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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `4.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Modi, Putin discuss HELDBYMAHARASHTRAPOLICEAFTERSENAFIRs Afghanistan; India UnionMinisterRane flags terrorconcern heldoverremarkson at BRICS,UNHRC Uddhav,grantedbail SHUBHAJITROY THE WORLD NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Says would have “slapped” CM; clashes between BJPand AWEEK intothe evacuation of morethan800 people from Sena workers;BJP calls arrest againstconstitutional norms Afghanistan—mostlyIndiansand some Afghans —New Delhi on Tuesday stepped up diplomatic JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU engagement withkey countries &VISHWASWAGHMODE withstakesinthe region. BIDEN TO STICK TO MUMBAI,AUGUST24 Underlining concernsabout AUG 31 DEADLINE Pakistan-based terroristgroups, UNION MINISTER and BJP Rajya India extended itshand to deal CIA DIRECTORMET Sabha member NarayanRane withthe humanitariansituation BARADAR: REPORT wasarrestedTuesdayby in Afghanistan, and also called Maharashtra Policefor threaten- upon the Taliban —without DANISH LEFT BEHIND ing to “slap”Chief Minister mentioningorcriticising them ‘IN CHAOS’,KILLED UddhavThackeray.Hewas re- —toensureaninclusive gover- PAGE 13 leasedonbail in Mahad in nance structureinthe country. Raigad,nearly nine hours after Aday afterhediscussedthe his arrest,but district officials situation in Afghanistanwith ior officials to remain in touch, said therewerefour other FIRs Policetry to control aclashbetween Sena, BJPsupporters German Chancellor Angela the MEA said. againsthim in the state. over the case againstRane, in Mumbai Tuesday. ANI Merkel, Prime Minister Later in the day, National The BJP ralliedbehind Rane, NarendraModi spoketoRussia’s Security Advisor Ajit Doval claiming that while it did not President VladimirPutin on chairedameeting of the NSAs agree with his remarks,his ar- Tuesday. Thetwo leaders of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia- rest wasinviolation of constitu- Battle lines sharpen “agreedtoform apermanent bi- India-China-SouthAfrica) tional procedures. lateral channel forconsultations” countries, whereIndia “raised Speaking to reporters ahead of key civic body on this issue,the Russian govern- the issue of cross-border terror- Mondayevening in Mahad in ment said in astatement. ism and activitiesofgroups Kawsar Qazizada (left) with her elder sisterDewaatMinneapolis airport, US, Monday.The Raigad,Ranehad said: “It is “They expressed intentionto suchasthe Lashkar-e-Toiba and familyapart from Kawsar had gone to Afghanistanamonthago,and got stuckthere. AP shameful that the Chief Minister polls early next year enhance cooperation on coun- Jaish-e-Mohammedwhich en- doesnot knowthe year of tering the dissemination of the joyState supportand threaten Independence. He leanedbackto Corporation. terroristideologyand the drug peaceand security”. enquireabout the countofyears VISHWASWAGHMODE TheRane-Sena showdown threatemanating from the terri- The meeting of the “High In hiding overseas, head of Afghanistan’s of independence during his &SHUBHANGIKHAPRE and his arrest Tuesdayhave tory of Afghanistan,” the Russian RepresentativesResponsible for speech.Had Ibeen there, Iwould MUMBAI,AUGUST24 raisedthe stakes, withthe Sena statement said. National Security” —attendedby poll panelrues:20years of progress lost have given(him) atightslap.” claiming that Rane’s utterances Thetwo sides notedthe “im- Russia’s General Nikolai Rane’s remarks ledtoaspate WHEN THE BJP asked Union againstChief MinisterUddhav portance of coordinated efforts” Patrushevand China’s Yang In Beirutfor role in conducting elections in of protests across Maharashtra. MinisterNarayan Rane to tour Thackeray have galvanisedits forthe establishment of peace Jiechi amongothers —“reviewed RITIKACHOPRA ameetsince the country, alleight Election In Mumbai, the Yuva Sena, the Mumbai, itssatellite cadres, and the BJP and stability in Afghanistan, en- the regional and global political NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Aug8, Commissioners changed their Sena’s youth wing ledbyAaditya cities and areas of the maintainingthat Sena suring security in the region as a and security scenariowithpar- Nooristani travel plans and flewtoanother Thackeray,was at the forefront of Konkan region, it was vandalism on the streets whole,itsaid. ticular reference to current de- WHEN HAWA Alam Nooristani waswarned countryinstead. protests.AmeyGhole, ShivSena the start of amission to is onlygoing to work to The MinistryofExternal velopmentsinAfghanistan”, (56) leftKabul on August8toat- nottoreturn Among these officials now corporatorand Yuva Sena treas- preparethe ground for itsadvantage. EXPLAINED E● Affairs said the leaders discussed amongother issues. tend aconferenceinBeirut, she strandedabroad is Nooristani, urer,put up banners in Dadar civicbody electionsdue While the street bat- the “unfoldingsituation in Theyalso discussedIran, had no inkling of what layahead. the firstwoman to headthe area with Rane’s photograph ti- next Februaryand to take the tles across the stateshowedthat Afghanistanand itsimplications West Asia, and the Gulf,and Aweek later,onAugust15, as Taliban’s rapid advance on IndependentElection Comm- tled“Kombdi Chor” (a derogatory battle to ShivSena strongholds, the Sena could still mobilise, it forthe region and the world”. emerging threatstonational se- Nooristani and her colleagues Afghanistan’s capital. Returning ission (IEC) of Afghanistan, and reference to the poultrybusiness including the Sena-controlled wasclearthatthe party heading Theyagreeditwas important for curity,suchascyber security. waited in transit at Dubai airport home wasnolongersafe, she who signedoff on Ashraf Ghani’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Brihanmumbai Municipal CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 the strategic partners to work to- Otheritems on the agenda were to boardthe flight backtoKabul, wastold. victoryinthe presidential gether,and instructedtheirsen- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 her familyinformedher of the Fearing retribution fortheir CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

MF-liketrusts key financing tool BUSINESSASUSUAL Night curfew relaxed in mega asset monetisation push BY UNNY for Janmashtamiand including ports,airports,ship- Ganesh puja in Gujarat SUNNYVERMA ping, telecom, warehousing, NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 mining, and gas&petroleum productpipelines. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT “The firsttranche of NHAI AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 Trusts (InvIT) will be akey fi- InvIT transaction is expected to nancing mechanism as the gov- be completedbyQ2/Q3 of At theBJP event to mark the birth anniversaryofSikandar THE GUJARATgovernment on ernment kick-starts itsambi- FY2022 subject to market condi- BakhtinGandhinagar on Tuesday. Express Tuesdaynight announcedrelax- tious plan to monetise tions and stabilisation of toll rev- ation in night curfew foreight brownfield assets,with a enuesinwakeofCovid,” says the metropolitan cities of the state Rs 5,000 croreNational NITI Aayog’s National Mone- SIKANDARBAKHT’SBIRTHANNIVERSARY on August30and from HighwaysAuthority of India tisation Pipeline (NMP) FY’22- THE EDITORIAL PAGE September 9to19inviewofthe (NHAI) InvIT issue expected to 25. “(This) issue is envisaged to BJP calls for ‘maximum upcomingJanmashtami and setthe ball rolling. be privately placed, withindica- MANAGING Ganesh Chaturthi festivals. InvITsfor railways andpower tive value fund raise at about Rs Accordingtoarelease by the sectorassets arebeing planned CROWNJEWELS ARE 5,000 crore.” THEPLAN organisation’ of minorities state government, amaximum as well —evenasaPublic Private BEING SOLDTOA The firsttranche of the NHAI SUCCESSOFMONETISATION of 200people areallowedinside Partnership (PPP)-basedtem- SELECT FEW:RAHUL InvIT is expected to include 586 TODEPENDONCAPACITY, within partyinGujarat temple premises during the cel- platehas also been prepared to PAGE 11 km of road assets in Rajasthan, MONITORING PAGE8 ebrations, in accordance with monetise assets across sectors CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BJP) is anew trend. We want to Covid guidelines.Atpresent, PARIMALDABHI showthat therehavebeen mi- Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, GANDHINAGAR,AUGUST24 norities on boardwith the party Gandhinagar, Rajkot,Jamnagar, Banners at Tarsali area of ever since the beginning.” Bhavnagar and Junagadh areun- Vadodarathreaten boycott ‘Raped’ by BSP MP, woman who set herself CELEBRATINGTHE birth an- Describing Bakht as “oneof der curfew from 11 pm to 6am. of next elections if Ganesh niversaryofformer governor of the party’s tallestminority lead- The statement by the infor- Chaturthi and Navratri Kerala and former Union minis- ers”, De Souza, aRomanCatholic mation department stated, festivities arenot allowed. “If on fire dies; familysays was beingharassed ter, Sikandar Bakht, on Tuesday, from Goa, calledupon minority “Under the leadership of Chief yatras seeking blessings Gujarat BJP calledfor “maximum morchaworkers of the party to MinisterVijay Rupani, the core (BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra) are man, a27-year-old Delhi againstBSP MP Atul Rai, and al- severe burninjuriesand treat- organisation of minorities” getasmanypeople with the committee meeting has taken allowed, thenprocessions for JIGNASASINHA University graduate, had died leged that senior IPS officers and ment wasdifficult. Theysuffered within the party in the state. party as possible. He said, “I can certain decisions to ensurethat Ganesh,whose blessings are &MANISHSAHU during treatment on Saturday. ajudgefromUttar Pradesh were organfailure.” Responding to aquestion on saythat Gujarat is BJP’s, (Prime people can celebratethe upcom- sought, should also be NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, The woman, astudent in “partofanexus”. Raiisalleged to have raped the firstsuchcelebration, na- MinisterNarendra) Modiji’s ingJanmashtami and Ganesha allowed,” thebanner in AUGUST24 Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, Thewomanhad sustained the woman in March 2018.Inan tional general secretary of the home ground. And herethere Utsavfestivals. ForJanmashtami, Gujarati says. Express had come to Delhiwith her 85% burn injuries and the man FIR filedonMay 1, 2019,the BJP’sminoritymorcha, Joshua should be maximum organisa- to celebratethe birth festival of THE 24-YEAR-OLD woman who friend on August16. Beforeset- 65%. Asenior official at RML woman said she came to know PeterDeSouza, said “It is to high- tion of minorities (within BJP).” LordKrishna around 12 am on had setherself on fire along with ting themselvesonfirethe same Hospital, wheretheyweread- Raiwhile contesting student light that thereiscontribution of Born on August24, 1918, August30, the night curfew will ises at once fordarshan while afriend outside the Supreme day, they recorded aFacebook mitted,said, “Weperformedsur- union elections, and had sought the minorities since thebegin- SikandarBakht wasafreedom be implemented from 1am. A following the SOPs and guide- Courtlastweek succumbed to Live video, wherein the woman geries on them the daythey financialhelp from him. ning (of the party). It is notthat fighter who waswith the maximum of 200persons will lines related to coronavirus.” burn injuries on Tuesday. The said she had lodged arapecase were broughttous, but theyhad CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 this (minorityassociation with CONTINUEDONPAGE2 be allowedinside temple prem- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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rity forces on his toes due to his were killed in an overnight gun- four years in jail. Afterhis release, from theHizbul Mujahideen to Naseema is under detention for BASHAARATMASOOD abilitytomaintainalow profile, fight in north Kashmir’s Sopore. he wasathome forthree years, the TRF and became itschief. allegedly helping militants. SRINAGAR,AUGUST24 melt away intocrowds and mo- Police believe theTRF to be a before going missing again in the “Severaltimes, we laid acor- The three militantskilledin tivate young men to join mili- shadowgroup of the Lashkar-e- spring of 2014. don to nab or kill him but he es- Soporeinanoperation that be- IN SEPTEMBER lastyear,the tancy.His name figuredat the top Toiba. With this, police said,102 “This time, he wasadifferent caped,” another police officer ganMondaynight were identi- Jammu and Kashmir Policede- amongthe listof10mostwanted militantshavebeenkilledsofarin militant,” said the police officer. said. The team that went in to ar- fied as Faisal Fayazand Rameez HARYANA BILL EASES clared Srinagar free of militants. militant commanders, released the Valleythis year.Ofthem, 39 “With his experience of 15 years, rest himMondayfromSrinagar’s Ahmad of south Kashmir’s LAND TAKEOVER,OPP In less than six months, thecity by theInspector GeneralofPolice have beenkilledsinceJuly1alone. he hadlearnt howtoescapethe Alochi Bagh area, following atip- Shopian and Ghulam Mustafa SAYS ANTI-FARMER had nine newrecruits—the man (IGP), Kashmir. Sheikh wasnamedinatleast security radar,and that is whyde- off, wasincivilian clothes. Sheikh Sheikh of Kupwara. who motivatedthem and got “Though he would nottake 27 militant attacks by police, in- spitethe mounting pressure, we waskilledalong with his deputy, Police said theyhad received ECONOMIC NORM them to join militant rankswas partinmilitant actshimself,he cluding killing of policemen, had no success forseven years.” Saqib Manzoor. atip-offonthe presence of the NOT SOLEBASISFOR believedtobeMohammad Abbas wasthe brain behindthem, the Armypersonnel andanon-local Mohd Abbas Sheikh was Afterthe unrestfollowing Police sources said apart three at Peth Seer villagein CREAMY LAYER:SC Sheikh, the militant commander manwho generatedideas and businessman, Satpal Nischal. killed MondayinSrinagar Hizbul Mujahideen commander from Sheikh, even his familyhas Sopore, and ajoint team of its killedinSrinagar on Monday. gave the orders,” said apolice of- Aresident of Rampur village Burhan Wani’s killing in 2016, had along association with mil- men, Armyand paramilitary SKIN-TO-SKIN TOUCH One of theoldestmilitantsin ficer,who has been closelyasso- in SouthKashmir’sKulgam, Sheikh shiftedbase from South itancy and that close to adozen forces were partofthe operation. CONDITION: AG FLAYS the Valley, who joinedtheir ranks ciated with anti-militancy oper- Sheikh joinedthe Hizbul being arrestedtwice. Held forthe Kashmir’s Kulgam to Srinagar members have joinedmilitant Theyhad zeroedinonthe three HC’SPOCSOORDER in 1996 and wasthe chief of The ations in the Valley. Mujahideen 25 years agowhen firsttimein2004, he wasre- city,and wassaid to have been ranksand have been killedin when theyopenedfire, resulting PAGES 10, 11 Resistance Front (TRF)since last On Tuesday, threemoremili- he wasjust20, and kept return- leasedafter ayear.In2007, he oftenspotted in Batamaloo area. gunfights, including his brothers in agunfight that endedTuesday year,Sheikh had kept the secu- tants, all belonging to the TRF, ing backtomilitant ranksdespite wasarrestedagain andspent Lastyear,Sheikh switchedover and anephew. Hissister morning, police said. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021

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Modi, Putin of the eight Commissioners. He wasalsoconferredwiththe will getthe statementsoftheir The Commissioner who re- Padma Vibhushan. witnesses examinedincourt,” cooperation among lawen- placedher as Chairperson, Union Minister Rane held, granted bail Bakht wasalso known for said Gulab ChandraAgrihari, forcement agencies, health Auranzaib, is partofthe his inter-faith marriage. In April districtgovernment counsel, safetyand healthcare, and strandeddelegation. he ranyears ago) and there He movedthe sessions chineryhad atough time the immense supportthe BJP this year,Bakht’s case wascited Prayagraj. counter-terrorism, the MEA All the Afghan officials are wasstone-pelting outside courtinRatnagiri, seeking managing them. is getting in the Jan Ashirwad as an example of “social har- Meanwhile, lastNovember, said. currentlyliving in arented Rane’s house in the Juhu area. pre-arrest bail whichwas de- District officials said there Yatra. We will continue to monyprevailing in Indian soci- Rai’s brother,Pawan Kumar, The meeting also adopted house in the countrytheyflew ShivSainiksalso held protests nied. He also approachedthe wasanother police team fight democratically,”hesaid. ety” by seniorGujarat Congress lodged acomplaint in Varanasi and recommendedthe BRICS to.The Indian Express is not in Dahisar,Malad (East) and Bombay High Court, seeking waiting to take Rane’s cus- BJP leader and former leader and Leader of againstthe woman foral- Counter Terrorism Action Plan disclosing their location on other places. quashing of multiple FIRsreg- tody since four other FIRs had Chief MinisterDevendra Opposition in Gujarat legedly forging documents. He forconsideration by the BRICS Nooristani’s request. At leastfiveFIRswerefiled isteredoverhis remarks,but been filedagainsthim. Fadnavis said: “Wedon’t sup- Assembly, Paresh Dhanani, alleged that in 2015,when the Summit. The Action Plan aims “I cannotexplain my feel- by ShivSainiksinMahad, wasnot granted anyurgent Rane has to appear before portRane’sremarkagainst while opposingaBill brought woman producedher high to further strengthen existing ings when Iheardofthe Pune city,Jalgaon, Thane city hearing. He wasarrestedin Raigad Police on August30 the CM. But letmemakeit in by Gujarat government to school marksheetbeforethe mechanisms of cooperation in Taliban’s impending captureof and Nashik city againstRane Sangameshwar while he was and September 13.State BJP clear that the entireBJP is check“love jihad” in the police while lodging an FIR areas suchasfinancing and Kabul city,”she said over the over his remarks. having lunchwith party presidentChandrakant Patil with Rane. At themost, such Gujarat Assembly. Thebill, againstastudent leader on combating terrorism, misuseof phone, her voice quivering. The FIR by Mahad city’s workers. said with Rane being granted an uncharacteristic remark passedbymajority was chargesofmolestation, her the Internetbyterrorists,curb- “Wewerenot prepared forthis. Yuva Sena party leader On Tuesdaynight, BJP MLC bail, the party will continue could have been countered by brought intoeffect as alaw in dateofbirth wasshown as ing travel of terrorists, border In fact, we were in Lebanon Siddhesh Patekar against Prasad Lad, who waswith with itsJan AshirwadYatra. the ruling coalition through June. March 10,1997. controls, protection of softtar- planning forthe next elections. Rane wasregisteredunder Rane from the time of his ar- Earlier,Prasad Lad said: statements. Wherewas the The function to celebrate According to the complaint, gets,information sharing, ca- We were planning to institu- IPC sections 153(wantonly rest,said the Union Minister “Wecondemn the wayin needtolodgeanFIR and issue Bakht’s birth anniversarywas when the woman filedthe case pacity building, and regional tionalise democracy (in giving provocation with in- hadbeen granted bail. whichMaharashtraPolice an arrest order?… Will held at Gujarat BJP’s statehead- againstRai in 2019,her mark- and international cooperation. Afghanistan),” she said. tent to cause riot), 159(com- Rane wasproducedbefore and Ratnagiri SP behaved Maharashtranot be governed quarters, Shree Kamalam, by sheetshowedher dateofbirth Without referring directly Waiting at Dubai airportfor mitanaffray), 504(inten- the Judicial MagistrateFirst withhim. He washaving his by law? Is this the Taliban?”. the party’s minority morcha as June 10,1997. to Taliban-ruledAfghanistan, the flight she neverboarded, tional insult to provokebreach Class at Mahad wherepolice food when he wasmanhan- The Sena said Rane had ledbyitspresident Mohsin Acasewas lodged against the MEA statement said that she felt “completely lost”, of peace), 505 (public mis- sought his custody forseven dledand arrested…Wehave hurtthe dignity of the consti- Lokhandwala in the presence the woman underIPC Section “considerable attention was Nooristani said. “Wewerestar- chief) and 506(criminal in- days.But Rane’s lawyers said notbeen told under which tutional postofthe Chief of De Souza, whoisalso aBJP 419(cheating by personation), paid to theheightenedrisk of ing at an uncertain future. We timidation). FIRswith similar he wassuffering from dia- section he has been arrested. Minister. MLAfromMapusa con- 420 (cheating and dishonestly growth of illegal drug produc- did notknowwhereweshould sections were registeredat betesand hypertension and We fear forhis life.” “The CM of anystate is not stituency of Goa. inducing delivery of property), tion and trafficking in the re- go from here.Wherewould we otherpolice stations as well. therewas no needfor his cus- BJP president JPNadda justanindividualbut an insti- Paying tributes to Bakht, De 467(forgeryofvaluablesecu- gion. It wasagreedthat con- go,and wherewould we live? Rane is presentlytouring tody. described Rane’s arrest as a tution and it has constitu- Souza said that this year the rity,will, etc), 468(purpose of cernedagencies in BRICS It wasall happeningsosud- parts of Konkan as partofthe Rane’s wifeNeelam had violation of constitutional tional status. The Opposition party has decidedtohonour cheating), 471(usingasgen- countries will enhance their denly,”she said. BJP’s public outreachcam- also reachedMahad Tuesday values. can criticise the government. Bakht, agreat freedom fighter uine aforgeddocument) and cooperation in this area”. By the time Nooristani and paign launchedasthe Jan evening. She wasaccompa- “The arrest of Union But thereare people like who fought forthe minorities. 120-B (criminal conspiracy) in In Geneva,atthe 31st spe- her colleagueslandedinan- AshirwadYatra. niedbyrelatives. MinisterNarayan Raneji by NarayanRane, in Narendra He addedthat programmes Varanasi. cial session of the UN Human othercountryafewhourslater, On Tuesdaymorning, Mahad sub-divisionalof- the Maharashtragovernment Modi’s cabinet…made a were organisedacross the On August2,alocal courtin RightsCouncil on the serious Afghanistanhad fallen fullyun- Rane told reporters he had no ficer Pratima Pudalwad said is aviolation of constitutional statement thathewill slap countryonthe occasion. Varanasi issuedanon-bailable human rightsconcerns and sit- der Taliban control. regretsabout what he had ShivSainiksand BJP workers values. We will neither be the CM, and usedthreatening De Souza said that the mor- warrant againsther afterthe uation in Afghanistan, India’s Thedecision to heedtheir said. “I have notcommitted had gathered in large num- scared nor suppressedby language. Is this the BJP cul- chaworkers can highlight the police told the courtshe “re- Permanent Representative families’ advice proved to be anycrime. Ihavenoregrets,” bers outside the police station suchaction,” Nadda said. ture?” ShivSena MP Sanjay fact that BJP is asecular party maineduntraceable despite IndraMani Pandeysaid, correct,Nooristani said. The he said. and courtand the district ma- “These people aretroubledby Raut said. by citingthe example of Goa severalraids”. “Stability in Afghanistanis Taliban have “captured”their whereout of 27 of itsMLAs, 15 The woman's parents, who linked to the peace and secu- houses —“They have takenour areRoman Catholics —ami- live in UP’s Ballia, said theydid rityofthe region. We hope that cars, our bodyguards, our tranche of follow-on issueof somecomfort.Asset monetisa- getting Rane arrested. the assemblybypoll forthe nority community. notknowwhen she went to the situation in Afghanistan equipment.Theyhavelooted the InvIT. tion in powercan bring further StateBJP leaders, including Bandra(East) seat and wasde- “Today,the situation in Goa Delhi. does notpose achallenge to its our houses. All my family “Wehavegot good feed- investment in infrabuilding,” former Chief Minister feated by the Sena. We have is different. Out of 27 ruling “She nevertold us anything neighboursand itsterritoryis members have been displaced. backfrominstitutional in- said NVenu,MDand CEO, India DevendraFadnavis who was shown him his place,” the MLAs, morethan 50% are about her case. We wanted to notusedbyterrorist groups My children and my pregnant vestors. The InvIT route, as al- and SouthAsia,Hitachi ABB instrumental in bringing Rane leader said Catholic. So, 15 out of 27 are help her,but she said she suchasLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) daughter-in-lawhavebeen ready triedinthe PowerGrid PowerGrids. intothe party fold in 2019,ral- Sources in the BJP said 69- Catholic community MLAs in would handle it… The MP and and Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM), forced intohiding,” she said. issue,should getthe monetisa- In the railway sector,station liedbehind him though they year-old Rane, known forhis Goa. It is abig achievement. his associates had been harass- to threaten anyother country.” During her conversation tion plan offthe ground imme- development, passenger train distancedthemselvesfromhis blunt-speak againstThackeray, And this example is before the ing her since 2019.They India was, however, careful with this reporter, Nooristani diately,”aseniorgovernment operations, goodssheds and remarks. wasentrustedwith asingle entirecountrythat BJP is a wanted us to withdraw the and calibrated about the Taliban referred frequently to the in- official said. hill railways arebeingmone- The arrest is another chap- mission –keeptargeting secular party (unlikethe talks case, but we didn’t. Theyalso —itdid notname or condemn credible speedofthe Taliban’s WhileInvITsand Real Estate tisedonPPP basis, while the terinthe continuing feud be- Matoshree and the Thackerays. being circulatedbyopposi- had some videos and threat- the hardline movement in its militaryvictory—she could Investment Trusts (REITs)are government is keen to launch tween Rane and Thackeray. “Whenitcomes to personal tion parties that BJP is anon- enedus, but my daughter said statement at the UNHRC. nothaveimaginedKabul structured financing vehicles, aTrack Signalling and Rane, who spent close to three attacksagainstthe Thackerays, secular party). We will have to she would fight,” her father “Weare closelymonitoring would fall so quicklywhen she other monetisation models on Overhead Equipment(Track decadesinthe ShivSena, left thereisnobody in the BJP who fight in the entirecountryon told The Indian Express. the rapidlyevolving security leftfor Beirut with her col- PPP basis include Toll Operate OHE) InvIT.The plan is to mon- the party in 2005 afterafallout can do this with conviction. this example,” De Souza “My daughter neverab- situation in Afghanistanand we leagues on August8,she said. Transfer (TOT), Operate etise existing railway infra- withThackeray.Hehas since Givenhis long association with added. sconded…Idon’tknowwhy continue to call upon parties “This is the capital we are Maintain Transfer (OMT), structureacrossdefinedroutes then been targeting Thackeray, the ShivSena, Rane knows the He also said that people theyissuedanon-bailablewar- concernedtomaintain lawand talking about. We had security Operations, Maintenance & as apackaged asset. both during his stint in the organisation inside out,” aBJP from minority communities rant againsther.She wasupset order,ensurethe safetyand se- forces. Our government’s rep- Development (OMD), and Among other railway as- Congress and in his newrole as source said, adding that the “should join the party instead and disappointed.Iwant the curity of all Afghan nationals, resentative wasinDoha trying Carry Operate Transfer (COT). sets,265 goods sheds out of the aUnion ministerinthe BJP gov- party wantstoproject him as of supporting it from outside”. government to take strict ac- UN personnel and diplomatic to bring the Taliban leaders to The InvestmentTrusts are total 1,246havebeen consid- ernment. Rane joinedthe BJP itsfaceinthe Konkan region to And onlythen, he added, they tion againstthe policemen. My staffmembers, and observehu- the negotiating table. somewhat likemutual funds, ered formonetisation over the duringthe run-uptothe Lok makeinroads in the Sena fief- can be givenrepresentation. daughter washarassedand man rightsand international “Wehad all purchasedgifts whichenable small investors NMP period, starting with 75 Sabha elections. dom aheadofthe civic body Mohsin Lokhandwala said tortured.Wewish we knew humanitarian lawinall circum- forour lovedones backhome. to buy unitsinthe trusts that goods sheds in FY23. The gov- From the startofthe Jan polls. that the party remembers more,” he said. stances,” India said. It wasall so shocking. Notonly arelistedonthe exchanges, and ernment plans to inviteprivate AshirwadYatra lastweek, Rane Bakht everyyear and this year “She wasathome, but the Pandeysaid India “stands did Ileave my children behind, to have ashare in theincome sector participation in aug- made his agenda clear.Ashe Night curfew it wasdecidedtolet people police nevercame foranin- ready to assist our friends from Ialso lostmypeople, my home- stream of these vehicles in the mentation and operations & setoff from Mumbai airportto “The devotees can stand at know that he wasaleader of quiry,”alleged her brother.The Afghanistaninfulfilling their land that Iloved and worked form of dividend and unit dis- management of these sheds as wooSena constituencies in adistance of twofeetfromeach the minorities in the party woman's familywill take the aspirations... We hope that the for. All in aflash,” she said. tribution. The other monetisa- private freight terminals. Mumbai, Palghar,Raigad, other and circle the “gol kund” since itsbeginning and was body backtoUPfor the last situation stabilises soon, and The Taliban takeover consti- tion approaches arebasically The Dedicated Freight Ratnagiri and Sindhudurgin while doing darshan... Amaxi- given“partnership of 25%” rites. the parties concernedaddress tutes a“darkpageinthe history user fee-based. Corridor Corporation of India the Konkan,hedeclared:“BJP mum of 200persons willbeal- with appointment as aparty The Delhi Police have initi- the humanitarian and security of Afghanistan”, Nooristani Afterthe successful plans to monetise 673kmof will return to power. We will lowedfor Shobha Yatraon general secretary. “Hewas ated aprobe,basedonthe issues.” said. “Wehavelosttwo PowerGridInvIT issuecompris- tracks either through grant of ensurethe end of three Janmashtami on decided givensuchabig responsibility video and the man’s social me- Indiaalsosaid it hopedthat decades’ worthofprogress in ing transmission assets earlier TOT-likeconcessions to private decades of the ShivSena routes across the state. No per- to bring Muslims to the party,” dia profile, and have registered thereisinAfghanistan“an in- human rightsand women this year,the government has players, or through InvIT trans- regime in BMC". mission willbegiven for‘Matki Lokhandwala said. acaseunderIPC Section 309 clusive and broad baseddis- rights. While the worldisde- nowlinedupfollow-on issues. action with revenue in the Elections for10municipal Fod’ festival during The move comes in the (attemptedsuicide) againstun- pensation whichrepresentsall veloping, we aregoing backto The transmission assets con- form of TrackAccess Charge.As corporations including Janmashtami celebrations wake of the Asauddin Owaisi- known persons. sections of Afghan society”. the starting point... If Iwereto sidered formonetisation over certain sections of the Western Mumbai and Thane, and 25 (sic),” it added. ledAll-India Majlis-e- During investigation, police “Voices of Afghan women, look at my ownjourney, Iwas a FY 2022-25 are28,608 circuit and Eastern dedicated freight Zilla Parishads aredue early ForGanesha Utsava cele- Ittehadul-Muslimeen(AIMIM) found that the woman had aspirations of Afghan children Member of Parliament, Iwas kilometre(cktkm), comprising corridorshavealready com- next year.Parties arecalling brations, the statement said, winning seatsinthe localbody come to Delhi lastmonth as and the rightsofminorities the head of the human rights about 17 per cent of PowerGrid menced, monetisation can be- these polls “mini-assembly” “Nightcurfew in eight metro- polls in Modasa, Godhra and well to protestagainst senior mustberespected.Abroad commission. Iled the entire Corporation’s total assetbase. gin in phases aftermoretracks elections giventhat these will politan cities will be relaxed to BharuchMunicipalities and UP officers who were allegedly based representation would election process (in 2019). This In 2021-22, transmission assets arecommissioned. take place around the time 12 am from September 9to19... sevenseatsinthe Ahmedabad helping MP Rai. help the arrangement gain would nothavebeen possible worthRs7,700 croreare ex- The government has used MVAishalf-way intoits in- At public places, idols with Municipal Corporation and is “Theycame to Delhi in July moreacceptability and legiti- under the Taliban. This genera- pected to be monetised, in- four key methods —market ap- nings. height of four feet while in pri- eyeing to contest the assembly but went backtoPrayagraj. macy,” it said. tion has seen women serving cluding the transaction already proach, Capexapproach, book Sena cadres had been itch- vate spaces, idolswithheight polls. The AamAadmi Party Nobody wasable to getin This is the clearestthat the as senior officers. We have even completedinApril-June. value approachand enterprise ing to take on Rane from Day1 of twofeetwill be allowed. (AAP) is also settocontest the touchwith her.Her familyand Indian government has so far had female diplomatsrepre- The projectscomprise 11 value approach—toarriveat of his Yatrawhen he paid avisit Devotees mustkeepasocial upcoming assemblyelections friends were also unaware of been aboutits position with re- senting our countryabroad. transmission lines, including the indicative value of Rs 6lakh to the Bal Thackeray Memorial distancing of twofeetamong afterits performance in the lo- her location and plans. On spect to Taliban-ruled But suddenlywehavegone six 765kVlines and five 400kV croreworth of assets to be in ShivajiPark, aSena strong- eachother while standing en- cal body polls. August16, the woman and the Afghanistan. backintime,” she said. lines, with atotal circuitlength monetised. hold. The event passedoff circling the Gol Kund in tem- man came to Delhi and External Affairs MinisterS Returning to Kabul isn’t an of 3,700ckt km, and three sub- Multiplesectorsand sub- peacefullyafter Senaleaders ples, following the SOPs...” BSP MP plannedtoshootthe video. We Jaishankar said 78 people were option forthe IEC stations with 6,630 MVAofag- segmentsidentifiedinthe said theywouldignoreRane, The statement added, The woman said Raicalled aretalking to theirfamily brought to India on Tuesday Commissioners —not in the gregatetransformation capac- NMP provide investors with a but some of the party’s old “Permission has been givenfor her to his apartment in members,” said asenior police from Kabul viaDushanbe. Two near futureatleast. “The ity and 1,956 km of optical rangeofoptions, but “execu- guarddid a“shuddhikaran” onlypuja ceremonyand prasad Varanasi on March 7, 2018,and officer. ministers, Hardeep Singh Puri Talibandon’tbelieveindemoc- ground wire. tion” will be keyfor suchabold (purification) of the memorial distribution ceremonyatpub- sexuallyassaulted her.She al- The UP government has set andVMuraleedharan, went to racy,and everything we did “Thereishigh visibility of reform move,said Manish afterRane’s departure. lic places whereGanesha leged that Raihad filmedthe up atwo-member committee, the airporttoreceive the wasinthe interestofelections. potential revenue and cash Aggarwal, Partner &Head – “Streetprotestsand agita- Utsava will be celebrated... no assault, and threatenedtocir- headedbyaDG-levelofficer,to Afghan Sikhs who came with It has been over aweeksince flows from the InvIT due to Infrastructure, KPMG in India. tions areverytypical of the other religious or social func- culatethe video clip on social probethe case. three copies of the Guru Granth Kabul’s captureand we still availability of additional 18 “Structuring of projectsand Sena and ShivSainiksare used tion will be allowed. Forthe media. “It is unfortunatethat they Sahib. don’thaveagovernment, no projects involving an invest- ensuring abalancedrisk to it. Sena politics has always Ganesha Sthapana and On June 22, 2019,Rai sur- died. We areconducting an in- ministryofexternalaffairsand ment of Rs 22,500crore to be framework is very important been basedonemotive is- Visarjanevents, maximum 15 renderedbeforeacourtand quiryand have already sus- In hiding no ministryofhome affairs. offeredasaproject pipeline to before thesedealsare launched sues… This controversy has people will be allowedinone wassent to judicial custody.He pendedtwo officers in the last election of 2019. Because thereisnodemocracy, the InvIT,” as per the NMP. in the market. We must avoid givenour cadre the chance to vehicle(sic).” remains in jail. He contested, week.The reportfromthe DG- The IECistoAfghanistan thereisnohope forthe imple- “The (NMP) is likelytobe whathappenedinthe recently mobilise in large numbers and won, the Ghosi Lok Sabha levelcommittee and Delhi what the Election Commission menters and players of democ- positive forthe chosen sectors launchedPPP in trains initia- across Mumbai and GujaratBJP elections from inside jail.The Police will be submittedsoon. of India (ECI) is to India. While racy (likeus),” she said. if it is orchestrated well, with tive,wherenobids (excepttwo, Maharashtraand stand to- Congress and eventuallybe- rape caseispending before a We will then take further ac- the ECI has three Election seamless regulatorysupport one of whichwas by agovern- gether againstthe BJP,” aSena came afounding member of local courtinPrayagraj. tion in the case,” said Prashant Commissioners, the IEC has MF-like trusts and the right ecosystem to ment entity) came up,” he said. leader said. the BJP in 1980. Bakht also “Nine prosecution wit- Kumar,ADG (Lawand Order) in eight. Gujarat, West Bengal, and meaningfullymonetise the as- Another Sena leader served as aministerinAtal nesses have been examinedby Uttar Pradesh. Nooristani completedher Bihar,and is likelytobe sets…The idea to increase effi- Battle lines claimedRanewill have no im- Bihari Vajapayee’s government the court. The statement of the Both Delhi and UP Police term as Chairperson this year, wrappedupbyDecember. ciencies of brownfield assets, the Maha Vikas Aghadi govern- pact on theground in the BMC and as Kerala Governor before accusedistoberecordedin couldn’t recordthe victims’ but continuedtoserveasone NHAI is also exploring asecond with ahand backcaveat,brings ment washaving itsway by polls. “In 2015,Ranecontested his death on February23, 2004. court. Afterthat, the defence statements.

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Superintending Engineer of in Augustinthe catchment areas ADITIRAJA SSNNL,but thefarmershave been has causedadeficit in theoutflow VADODARA,AUGUST24 told to use water"sparingly". On CONGMLA: DECLARE of the waterfrombothdams. August23, the dam recordedan BANASKANTHA While ISP has receivedato- WITH MONSOON delayedin inflowof21,298cusecand an out- talrainfall of 459.2 mm this Gujarat as August-end ap- flowof14,753 cusec. DROUGHT-HIT season, Omkareshwar has re- proaches, the depleting waterre- Pateltold The Indian Express ceivedatotal rainfall of 429.2 servesinthe statehavenow be- Tuesday, "Thereisadelayinthe Vadodara: Congress MLA mm this season, so far. All 38 come acause of concern, monsoon and the deficit in rain- Gulabsinh Rajput from rain gauge stations, including especiallysince even the catch- fall in Madhya Pradeshhasmeant Tharad wrotetothe Gujarat Sardar Sarovar,havebarely ment areas of the Sardar Sarovar alow inflowintothe dam this Chief MinisterVijay Rupani recordedrainfall since the be- Narmada Dam, whichisthe life- year.Atthe moment, we arere- demanding Banaskanthato ginning of July--withalmost line of the state, has recorded leasing waterfor irrigationas well be declared drought hit no rainfall recordedsince barelyany rainfall in August. and we will be able to save the over scarcity of rains in August5atmostrain gauge sta- The rainfall deficit in Madhya monsoon Kharif crops. We are monsoon period. tions, as per thehydrology data Pradesh, whereamajority of the clearthatthe cropsthatare stand- The catchment areas of dam,which is the lifeline of the In aletteraddressedto of the current monsoon of the Narmada basin is located,has ing right nowwill notbedam- state, has recordedbarelyany rainfall in August. File RupanionMonday,Rajput Narmada Basin. meant an almostnegligible in- aged.Therewill be no crisis of said, "Banaskantha has re- However, officials of SSNNL flowofwater to the Sardar drinking wateraswell because ceivednegligible rainfall arehopeful thatthe erratic pat- Sarovar Dam that stands at 115.82 we have decidedtojudiciously dam beganreleasing waterby Reservoir Level(FRL) of 196.60 during the monsoon period tern of monsoonwill continue metres,onAugust23, whichis distributethe wateruntil the lev- mid-Augustalong with fullyfunc- metres is full up to 194.82 metres, due to whichtherehas this year and bring alonga justfivemetresshortofits dead els rise. If needed, the dead stor- tional RBPH and Canal Head as of August23, while the been ascarcity of drinking heavy rain spell soon. Patel stock,whichlastyear,atthis time, agebelow110 metres will also be Powerhouse (CHPH), in order to Omkareshwar Dam, whichhas waterinvillages as well as said, "The monsoon season was120 metres. used(as the dam did in 2017)but maintain balance. Officials of an FRL of 262.13 metres stands at of fodder in cowshelters lasts until October.Wehave According to the Sardar we still do notexpect the situa- SSNNL saythat the closureofthe 252.58 metres. By the beginning and forwandering ani- seen that in the fewyears, for Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited tion to be that grim. We arealso RBPH meansalossof close to Rs 7 of August, the twodams release mals... ThereforeIrequest apartofthe monsoon, we re- (SSNNL), whichmanages the telling farmers to use thewater croreofelectricitygeneration per surplus wateralong with the gen- youtodeclareBanaskantha ceive heavyrains along with dam, the cut backonthe supply sparinglyasneeded. The day, whichisadenttoall three eration of powerfromtheir re- as draught hit and as per the upper catchment area and is inevitable in the coming days. Riverbed Powerhouse (RBPH) is states sharingthe powerfromthe spectivehydropowerstations. draught rules. “ ENS it is sufficient to raise the level Currently, againstanaverage in- shut in order to save the water." Dam -- Gujarat, Maharashtraand However, thebreak in therainfall up to theFRL." flowof17000 cusec, the dam is The powerhouses of the Madhya Pradesh. releasing atotal of 12000 cusec Narmada Dam usuallyremain In the upstream reservoirs in forirrigation and drinking water, operational in the monsoon -- for Madhya Pradesh,theIndirasagar according to ML Patel, the lastthree years since 2018,the Dam (ISP), whichhas aFull Dangs :Fifteen workers injured in truck accident

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AS MANY as 15 dailywagework- ers were injured in Subir Taluka of Dang on Tuesdaywhen a truckcarrying them metwith an accident and turnedsideways. According to police, the acci- dent occurredonTuesday morning on the statehighway road adjacenttoDaher village, when the driverofthe trucklost control over the truckleading the vehicle to be collapsed. All 15 workers travelling in the truckfell and came under the impact of the truck, informed the police. According to police, the 15 workers including 10 men and 5women were hired under the Mahatma Gandhi NationalRural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)for construction work in Daher villagepanchayat and the workers were headed towardsconstruction site when the accident occurred. "The truckdriverlostcontrol of the steering wheeldue to whichthe vehicle swirledside- ways and collapsedonthe side of the highway.All 15 workers were takentoSubir Primary HealthCarecentreinwhich10 were givenfirstaid and dis- charged. Five of them arestill being treated.Wehavenot lodged anycaseinthe matter," said apolice officialatSubir PoliceStation.

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Suspended Pvt schoolbody AAP leader to govt: Allow mandatory joins BJP physicalexams EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE from class 6 GANDHINAGAR,AUGUST24 GUJARAT CONFIDENTIAL

BATUK VADODARIYA from Surat, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE whowassuspendedfromGujarat AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 COLD RESPONSE unitof AamAadmiParty(AAP)for allegedly indulging in anti-party THE ASSOCIATION forPromotion BJP MLAfromJamnagar (rural), Raghavji Patelturnedupat activities, Tuesdayjoined BJP in of Prominent Schools has urged Khodaldham during Union Minister MansukhMandaviya’s Jan the presenceofparty president C to thestate government to allow AshirwadYatra.TheMLAhadnotgot anopportunityto publicly RPaatil and othersenior leaders. reopeningofschools and con- felicitateMandaviyaonthe latter’s elevation in the Unioncabi- VadodariyajoinedBJP along ductingcompulsoryexams fprm netand therefore, he walked up to Mandaviyawhile the minis- with his supporters at Gujarat Class 6onwards to be taken terwas seated in front of the stageand extendedhis hand for BJP's stateparty headquarters physically. shaking hands with the minister. However, Mandaviyaresisted Shree Kamalam in Gandhinagar. Stating that online education and Patelpattedthe Union Ministeronknee. Momentslater, An officialreleasefromBJP over the lastone –and-a-half PatelreturnedwithasmallbouquetofflowerswhichMandaviya Tuesday quotedPaatilassayingon year have affected children due accepted. Patel, who had defected to BJP from Congress in 2017, theoccasionthatVadodariyaisas- to lackofaccess or diversions at then whisperedsomethingintoMandaviya’s ears but through- sociated withthe ideology of BJP. home resulting in manychildren out the engagement,the ministerremainedrather passive. He alleged that some people are falling behindothers leading to tryingto joinpeopleto theirparty learninggaps among students, by spreading misunderstanding. the association has suggested‘to JAYASPOLL CAMPAIGN He further alleged that AAP has allow compulsory examstobe nothingtodowithGujarat or na- takenphysically in schools from THE BJP portrayedJan AshirwadYatra(JAY) takenout by Union tional interestand that it is only Railway authorities carry outdemolition of illegal hutsnear railway tracks between Uttaran and Udhna stations,inSurat on Class 6onwards forthe half Ministers in the stateasapubliccampaign to highlight how interestedinplaying politics. Tuesday. Hanif Malek yearly test whichisdue forCBSE the NarendraModi government had givenrepresentation to Vadodariyawas president of schools in September. various castegroups in his Cabinet. However, Gujarat Education AAP's Suratdistrict unit. He was “Thiswill helpparents, stu- Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, who accompaniedUnion suspendedbythe party,on dentsand schools to identify the MinisterMansukhMandaviyafor astretch of the latter’sJAY Monday, withallegations of anti- studentsand topics whichrequire in Rajkot told journaliststhat the yatras markedthe beginning partyactivitiesandsecretly work- remedial steps to be taken. We of the party’s "warm-up" forthe Assemblyelectiondue in ing fortheBJP.The releasequoted Surat:Demolitionofslumdwellings can comparewith pastyear’s re- around ayear’s time. VadodariyaasallegingthatinAAP, sultsofthe schooland studentsto their “self-respect wasnot being measurethe magnitude of the maintained, and thereforethey problem,’the letter written to had quit it.” stoppedafterSCordersstatusquo Education Minister COVIDCASETRACKER Bhupendrasinh Chudasama that the highcourt had vacated with the officials but the demo- videusalternatehouses.” Tuesdaystates. Places Confirmed Deaths New cases PM’s birthday: ENS&PTI itsJuly23, 2014 interim order of lition activitiescontinued. The plea,filedbySurat- Since schools and parents Ahmedabad 2,28,775 3,411 5 SURAT, AUGUST24 status quoand permitted the By afternoon, afterthe SC or- based“UtranseBhestan usedtotakecorrective action in Amreli 10,884102 0 Western Railways to go ahead der came, advocateZamir Railway Jhopadpatti Vikas the pastwhen achild usedtofall Ram Dhun Anand 9,635490 THE SUPREMECourton with the Surat-Udhna up to Shaikh, lawyer of the slum Mandal”, said that “irreparable behind academicallybut with on- programmes Tuesday ordered statusquo on Jalgaon third Railway lineproj- dwellers, reachedthe spotwith injury” would be causedtothe line schooling even children Aravalli 5,468790 the demolition of slum ect. acopyofthe order,after which slum dwellers, who areresiding themselvesare notaware Banaskantha 13,659 1620 in 7,100villages dwellings along railway tracks Afterthe railway servedno- the demolitionactivities were on the Railway land,iftheyare whether theyhaveacquired the Bharuch 11,449 1180 between Surat railway station tices to theillegal slums stopped. notprovidedwithalternate minimum basic knowledge to get Bhavnagar 21,707 3001 and Udhna railway station in dwellersbetween Suratto Surat Railway station direc- arrangement and once theyare promotedtonextclass, said pres- Botad 2,217 42 0 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Surat afterwhichthe demoli- Udhna Railway stations, late torDinesh Verma said, “Around made homeless, their condition ident of AOPS, Manan Choksi. GANDHINAGAR,AUGUST24 tion activitiesthatbegan in the Congress leaderRizwan 1,000 hutsweredemolished. would become moremiserable The association with 40 ChhotaUdepur 3,398380 morning were stopped by the Usmani movedthe Gujarat We will wait tilltomorrowand especiallyduring the Covid-19 schools had earlier appealedto Dahod 9,580 38 0 TO CELEBRATE the birthdayof railway authorities. High Court in 2014 on behalf of decideonour futurecourseof pandemic. the stategovernment to allow Dang 864180 PrimeMinisterNarendraModi on Abenchcomprising Chief the slum dwellers and the court action.” “Theimpugnedorder dated physical reopening of schools. At Devbhoomi Dwarka 12,935820 September 17,the GujaratBJPwill Justice NV Ramana and Justice stayed the demolition thatwas Shaikh said,“Thereare over August19, 2021 violates the present,schools areopenedfor Gandhinagar 20,836 205 0 hold RamDhun programmes in SuryaKant passed theorder af- lifted on August 19,2021. 10,000people residing in slums various judgmentslaid down by classes 9-12. 7,100villages of the state. terthe matter wasmentioned On August22, the railway here... They were notgiven al- the Supreme CourtofIndia in Further,suggesting standard Gir Somnath 8,543 67 0 The informationwas shared forurgentlistingbeforeit. authorities issued notices to ternatehouses underPMAY whichthe court has heldRight operating procedures forexams, Jamnagar 36,600477 0 with party workers by Gujarat BJP Senior advocateColin around 10,000 slum dwellers (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana) to Housing as an important in- the association has stated in its Junagadh 20,480 2710 presidentCRPaatilduring his Gonsalves, appearing forthe on both the sidesofthe railway or Mukhya MantriAwasYojna... gredient of Article 21 of the representation that since stu- Kheda 10,391 48 0 Samvaad Shibir with them in petitioner,told thebenchthat tracks from Utran Railway theyare on the roads. Further Constitution of India and has dentsdonot needtocome to Kutch 12,506145 1 Ahmedabad at Tagore Hall in compliancewiththe Gujarat Station to BhestanRailway sta- hearing will take placeinthe emphasizedonthe rehabilita- school formorethan2-3 hoursat Tuesday, as per aparty release. High Court’s August19order, tion to vacatetheir houses Supreme courtonWednesday.” tion of the slumdwellers,” said astretch,lunchbreak will nottbe Mahisagar 8,311 72 0 Paatil also asked the party directing eviction of over within 24 hours. Kailash Devi, aresident of the plea while challenging the needed,thusavoidingthe “mask- Mehsana 24,283177 0 workers to complete the task of 10,000 slumdwellers, the au- On Tuesdaymorning, the Mafatnagar railway slum, said highcourtorder. less” time. Morbi 6,502 87 0 forming Page Committees while thorities were going to startthe Railway authorities,led by two appealing to Darshana Jardosh It said the petition has been Also, the exams can be Narmada 5,978 15 0 adding that if it is completed,it demolition work on Tuesdayit- additional divisionalrailway Union ministerofRailways for filedfor and on behalf of around plannedinthree batches with not Navsari 7,167240 can ensurevictoryonall the as- self. managers, engineering staff, Statewho belongs to Surat, "Our 10,000 slum dwellers who are morethan 33 percent capacityof semblyseatsinthe state. “Listthe matter on August technical staff, along with per- slumsare being demolished... living near the Railway lines in school, the letter said. In case Panchmahal 11,742 70 0 Paatil also told the party 25,2021beforeanappropriate sonnel of Surat citypolice, RPF, Pleaseallotawastous. The ma- the city of Surat. “Theyhave schools arenot openednormally Patan 11,623 1290 workersthatOctober 7will mark bench. Till August 25, 2021, the GRPand SRP reached jorityofthe people residing in been residing on Railway land forafew moremonths then only Porbandar 3,848 19 0 the completion of 20 years of concernedauthorities aredi- Mafatnagar,Magdoom Nagar our areas areworking as labour- formorethan 60 years now. those studentswho have notse- Rajkot 58,668 7250 NarendraModi in office as Chief rected to maintainstatus quo,” slumsand starteddemolition ers... We have been staying here Most of them have proof of res- curedpassingmarkscan becalled Sabarkantha 9,337 1570 MinisterofGujarat and then as the benchsaid in itsorder. activities. forover30years and arepoor. idence...voter ID cards and ra- to school forremedial classes, it Prime MinisterofIndia. Gonsalvestold thebench The residentstried to plead We areready to vacate but pro- tion cards...,”itsaid. added. Surat 1,43,570 1,958 4 Surendranagar 8,120136 0 Tapi 4,443 23 0 VNSGU convocation: ‘Our country’s Vadodara 77,766 788 3 Valsad 6,238 49 0 universities leave alot to be desired’ Other states 1483 Total New Cumulative Cumulative cases: discharge: deaths: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cases: SURAT,AUGUST24 8,33,594 14 8,15,091 10,079 Firstdosetakerstilldate Fullyvaccinatedtilldate SURATPOLICE Commissioner 1,07,26,282 AjayKumarTomar on Tuesday 3,29,05,251 said that our country's universi- ties "leave alot to be desired". Hewasaddressingatthe52nd Cop held for ‘assaulting’ kin convocation ceremonyofVeer NarmadSouthGujaratUniversity Ahmedabad: Apolice constable, Pathak had informedthem that (VNSGU)inSurat,inwhichhewas alongwithhisfather,wasarrested Pravinhadbeatentheirdaughter. thechief guest,onthe188thbirth Education MinisterBhupendrasinh Chudasma wasvirtually forallegedly assaulting his "Mywifehas been threaten- anniversaryofrenownedpoetlate present during the ceremonyinSurat, on Tuesday. Express brother-in-lawand hisfamilyin ing me forthe pastmanyyears Narmad. Sabarmatiareaof Ahmedabadon that her brother worksinthe po- Tomar,who advisedstudents August23. lice. On Monday, Islappedmy12 nottogoby"howsociety judged Vice-Chancellor KNChavda arethe best.TodayAmerica is According to police,Priyank year old daughter slightlyover them" said, “If the university or said, "State Education Minister powerhouseof theworldbecause Mishra, constable with Idivision someissuedueto whichHemangi anyteacher or professor says that Bhupendrasinh Chudasma was theyhavemanyuniversities TrafficPoliceStationandhisfather calledupherbrotherandtoldhim youare notreally good, neverbe- likelytoremain present at the whichare among the toplisted Bhavesh Mishrahad allegedly that Ihad grievouslyhurtmy lieve them.Marksdon’tmatterin 52nd convocation event at universities in the world.” brought 10-15men in the house daughter.Hemangi asked her lifeatall. Marks carrynosignifi- VNSGU,butduetosomework,he During the event, 4,622 de- of his brother-in-lawPravin brother to cometomyhouse and TO BE PREPARED canceinlifeother than first-class wasnot present and he partici- greeswereconferredtostudents Pathak in Sabarmati of in some time, around15men en- or distinction in the certificate...” pated in the event virtually." in 12 different sections, out of Ahmedabad on Monday, al- teredmyhouse.Mybrother-in- Amockdrill forcountering aterrorattackwas conducted at theAhmedabad One mall in StateEducation Minister Tomarsaid,“InIndia,whenwe which26degrees of Doctor of legedly to assault Pathak and his lawPriyank and my father in law VastrapurareaTuesdaynight by the Ahmedabad Police.The mall wasevacuated by 9pmand all BhupendrasinhChudasamawho see our universities, it leavesalot Philosophywerestudentsinlaw, father HarshitPathak.According startedassaultingmeand alsohit routes to the mall were blocked. Policesaid the mockdrillcontinuedfor threehours at themall, wasthe guestatthe convocation to bedesired.Itisourresponsibil- commerce, science, education, to police, theaccusedhad arrived my father,whotheninformedthe whichisAhmedabad’s biggest and mostpopular malland multiplex. Nirmal Harindran didnotturnupinpersonandpar- ityto improveit.Theworldisruled arts,management,andcomputer at their brother-in-law's housein police control room," said the ticipated virtually. by thenationswhoseuniversities science. SabarmatiafterhissisterHemangi Pravin in his complaint. ENS Carnivorous plantsfoundinGirnar forest, say researchers of BKNMU

Prof Milind Sardesai of the JunagadhonAugust22lastyear. Initially, theyconcludedthata records so farinclude bladder- that wasnot recordedinGujarat themintheirpinhead-sizedblad- GOPALKATESHIYA DepartmentofBotanyat Adetailed laboratoryanalysis bunchofplantsonthe surfaceof wort species likeU.arcuataU.au- before,” Prof Vyas told The Indian ders-likesacsortraps. RAJKOT,AUGUST24 Savitribai Phule PuneUniversity and identificationprocess hases- porous wetrocks at around 100 rea, U. caerulea, U. gibba sub- Express. Utricularia bladders, among who has done research on blad- tablishedthatsome of those feet abovemean sea levelbe- speciesexoleta,U.reticulata, U. “While genetic evaluation the mostcomplicated parts of CARNIVOROUS PLANTS of utric- derworts, and confirmedthe plantsare U. janarthanamii,the longedtoanuncertain speciesof stellaris. and U. striatula. They confirmedittobeU.ja- carnivorous plant species, are ularia janarthanamii species of speciesidentifiedbytheJunagadh carnivorous plant species whose bladderwort.AfterDNAsequenc- mostlyoccurinforests in Dangs narthanamii,forfurtherproof,we filledwith water. Fortrappingin- bladderwort familythatpreyon university,told The Indian distributionwasconsideredtobe ingandmatchingthesequencing and along the Gujarat- sent specimenstoProfSardesai sects,the plantspumpwater out insectshavebeen found in the Express, “Ecologicallyspeaking, limitedtoMaharashtraonly. This, resultswiththeexistingdatabases Maharashtraborder as well as in who also identifieditasU.ja- and createnegative pressurein- hillyGirnar forest near Junagadh utricularias arefound wherepol- the BKNMU team claims, is the of molecular biology,the speci- Saurashtra, Vyas said. narthanamii and said that this side the bladders. Once one of city,according to ateam of re- lutionisless and indicatecleanli- firstdistributional recordofthis mens were confirmedtobeofU. The team sent specimens to a plant has notbeen recorded any- the twotentacles of the bladder searchers of the Departmentof nessofwater.Theyare never insectivorous plant anywherein janarthanamii, adding one more reputed biotechnology institute whereoutside Maharashtraat sends asignal indicating pres- LifeSciences of the BhaktaKavi foundinpollutedwater. Thepres- India outside Maharashtra. species to the floral diversity of in southern India forits DNA leastinthe past100 years,” Prof ence of an insect in nearby wa- NarsinhMehtaUniversity enceof lionsandtheseplantssug- TheteamalsohasPhDscholar Girnarforest,whichishometo 56 analysis and fedthe resultsinthe Vyas added. ter, thebladder opens itsmouth (BKNMU),Junagadh. gest thattheforest isahealthyand KamleshGadhvi,associateprofes- Asiaticlions. databaseofaportal,which isare- The U. janarthanamii plant and sucks in thatwater mass The presence of theseplants functional ecosystem". sors Sandip Gamit, who spe- “Thisisaveryexcitingdiscov- putedrepositoryof molecular bi- species has been namedafter Dr with the prey.Itthen releases along with megafauna species AteamledbyProfSuhasVyas, cialises in taxonomy, and ery. Theplantsare tinybutplayan ology information. Specimens MK Janarthanam,aGoa wateragain while trapping the suchasAsiatic lions has been head of the Department of Life Dushyant Dudhagra, all from the important role in local ecology were also sent to Prof Milind University professor,inrecogni- insect inside and consumes the hailedbyexpertsasacommen- Scienceof BKNMU,spottedplants lifesciencesdepartment of and food-chain in thatecology. Sardesaifor identification and tion of his contributiontothe re- prey by releasing digestive secre- dation of Girnar forest being a of fourspeciesof utriculariagenus BKNMU as well as Dr Rashmi Theypreyonsmall insectsand confirmation of the species. search on bladderworts in India. tions, botanists say. “healthyand functional ecosys- aduring afield surveyinaradius Yadav, an associateProfatSt keep their population in check,” “With the helpofthe portal, This species is endemic to Worldwide, around 220 tem” as theseplantsdonot thrive of around one kilometreinLal Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad. Utricularia janarthanamii said Prof Vyas, adding that U. ja- we could ascertain that there Kolhapur and Sataradistricts of species of carnivorous plantsof wherepollution levels arehigh. DhoriareaofGirnarforestnear Theyalso identifiedthree other plantsrecordedbyBKNMU narthanamii is the eighth species were previouslyrecorded three Maharashtra.Itgrows seasonally thebladderwortfamilyhavebeen These plantswererecordedonly Bhavnath Taleti, the foothills of plants—Utriculariareticulata, U. researchers in Girnar forest of carnivorous plantstobe species of bladderwortsin on porous and moistsurfacesin recorded and 40 of them have inMaharashtrabeforethisdiscov- MountGirnaronthe border of striatula and U. stellaris—all near Junagadh. Naman Doshi recordedinGujarat. Junagadh but the sequence we warmandwetweather.Theyprey been recordedinIndia, saidProf ery. GirnarWildlifeSanctuary in recordedinthe stateearlier. The state’sfloral diversity had fedwas of the fourth species onmacroinvertebratesby sucking Sardesai.

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SURENDRANAGAR Recyclers slam BIS 6income tax officers, 5cops movefor imported injuredasmini bus rams tree aluminium scrap Lok Rakshak Dal personnel EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE postedatthe headquarters of areready if similar standards are RAJKOT,AUGUST24 Ahmedabad city police. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE appliedtothe productswemake Eyewitnesses told The Indian AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 from the recycledaluminium,” SIX OFFICERS of the Income Tax Express that twoofficers of the IT he said adding that suchsteps Department(I-T)andfive women departmentandonewomancon- THE ALL India Non-Ferrous will eliminatesmall scrap im- constablesof Ahmedabadcitypo- stable sustainedfractures while MetalExim Association (ANMA) porters and will benefit larger lice were injured afteramini bus others sustainedminor injuries. that includes around 500alu- aluminium producers in the in whichtheyweretravelling “Theinjuredwere rushedto ahos- minium scrap recyclers in country. fromAhmedabadskiddedoff the pitalinSurendranagartownfrom Gujarathas asked the Union gov- Seekinga“levelplaying road and rammedatreeat wheretheywerereferredto ernment to desistfromimple- field” with respect to larger SomasarvillageinSurendranagar ShalbyHospital in Ahmedabad,” menting BIS (BureauofIndia companies suchasHindalco districtearly on Tuesday. saidSSVaru,policesub-inspector Standards) quality standardson and VedantaGroup, Jain said Police said the incident took of Muli. “Basedoninformation importedaluminium scrap. ANMA members importalu- place at around 4.30 am near So- providedbyRajendra Thakkar,in- “The importduty on alu- minium scrap, recycle it and masarvillageofSurendranagar’s come taxinspector of minium scrap in our neighbour- convert it as productsfor the au- Muli taluka on StateHighway 17, Surendranagar,wehaveregis- ing countries is nil. Our govern- tomobile industry. whichconnectsSurendranagar teredanon-cognisableoffenceas ment has imposeda2.5 per “Weare secondaryproduc- town with Rajkot,onTuesday of now,”hesaidaddingbusdriver cent importduty on the same. ers of aluminium and we have ON ACLOUDY DAY when the team washeading to The minibus bus that met Dashrathalsosustainedminorin- We fear that the government almostzerowaste duringrecy- Rajkot forconducting raids. withthe accident. Express juries. under the influence of larger cling. We do notpolluteasthe Aworkermowsthe lawn at Sabarmati Riverfront eventcentreinAhmedabad. Nirmal Harindran “A team of I-Tand police The publicrelations officer players in the aluminiumpro- large producers who use baux- were travelling in aprivate bus (PRO) forthe Gujarat region of duction, might raise this import iteand generatered mud, which thatrolled offthe road. Eleven as Rajkumar Gupta,Amit Gupta, Income Taxdepartmentcon- duty.Why should therebea is hardtodispose and can easily persons have been injured.Two Ojas Parikh, Rohit Thakkar, Uma firmedthe accident and injuries duty on scrap in the firstplace? pollutesoil and water. Our en- Rs 62 lakh stolen Why anti-land grabbing men and twowomen sustained Shankar Prasad and Prakash to officers but refusedtodivulge Suchaduty is understandable ergy needs arealso farless than fractures and have been hospi- Thakkar —all income taxinspec- further information. forfinishedgoods,” saidJayant the largerplayers,” he added. from finance talised. However, thereare no ca- tors. The injured constables are Meanwhile,otherteamsof the Jain, honorarysecretaryof “Wealsoimportrecycled law not invoked against sualties,”Superintendent of Sejal Dodiya, Shraddha I-Tdepartment launchedsimul- ANMA,whichheld itsannual products to China, Japan, office owner Police (SP) of Surendranagar, Nagabhai,Komal Dhanjibhai taneous raids on the premises of general meeting on Tuesdayat Taiwan and Indonesia,” Jain Ahmedabad: Three unidentified govt land encroachers: HC MahendraBagaria, told The Kajalben Valabhai and Asmita RK Group, aleading realty group Ahmedabad. added.Gujarat imports 35,000 personsallegedly attackedafi- Indian Express. Karshanbhai. The women con- of Rajkot,and itsbusiness associ- “Now the largerplayers are to 40,000 tonnes of aluminium nance office owner in Anjar of (Prohibition) Act, 2020 forerect- The injured were identified stables were partofthe armed ates,Tuesdaymorning. also trying to influence the gov- scrap everymonth. It has KutchGandhidham on August PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA ing homesonprivate property. ernment to bring in BIS stan- 500aluminium recycling units 23 and lootedcash worthRs62 AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 “Theenthusiasm on the part MADHYAGUJARATVIJ COMPANY LIMITED dards foraluminium scrap. Scrap thataccounts for30per cent of lakh, along withhis car and gold of the district magistrate to en- is notanitemonwhichquality the totalaluminium recycledin valuables. THE GUJARATHigh Courtques- terintoprivate land disputes, O&M CIRCLE OFFICE, GOTRI ROAD, BARODA-390 021 Tel: 2355520/21 Fax 2313164 standards can be imposed. We the country. According to police, the inci- tionedthe stategovernment on whether permissible or notisa [email protected] -E&P Dept-GoG: http://guj-epd.gov.in dentoccurredaround 7:30 pm whythe newly-enacted anti- different thing,but afraction CIN U40102GJ2003SGC042907 SARDAR SAROVER NARMADA NIGAM LTD. August23outside NR Angadia land grabbing lawhad notbeen thereof is appliedtoencroach- Tender Notice srno.1 to 33 Time limit Extension (1) Tender ID-472286 Biennial contract for office at the Navmetre road in invokedagainstthose encroach- ment on government land,then (A whollyowned Govt. of Gujarat Undertaking) Anjar town, whereBhavin ing government land while it has certainlythat would be thepur- whitewashing outside the buildings of VN colonyfor 2021-23 of Baroda(O&m) Division (2) Online Tenders (E-tendering) forfollowing work of Sardar Sarovar(Narmada) Project Tender ID-474993 Supply,Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Maintenance free Eco- are publicly invited by ExecutiveEngineerN.P.P.H.C.C.Div.4. Kevadia Colonyfrom the Thakkar (34) wasattackedby been done in the case of disputes pose forwhich(law) is made,” Friendly,Ready Capsule,Pipe-in-cage (PIC) type Earthing System at Transformer Centres of contractors registered in appropriate class. three unidentifiedmen who concerning private properties. observed Justice Upadhyay. SKY feeder under S/dn of Baroda(O&m) Division (3) Tender ID-471386 Hiring of Diesel Driven WorksUnder the Chief Engineer,Dam &Vadodara, Vadodara, SSNNL, Vadodara. then fledawaywith his car. JusticeParesh Upadhyay “Wehaveseeninnewspapers Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) for Tender Notice No.02 Of 2021-22 According to police, Thakkar made the observations on thatwith great pride youare say- I/C Squad under JambuvaO&m Division, Jambuvafor 3000 KM per Month for12hours (4) Tender ID No.478507 is the ownerofNRAngadia of- Monday while hearing aaset of ing we have registeredxnumber Tender ID-473801 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model (i) Name of Work:- AERIAL LIDAR SURVEY BY DRONE FOR DATA fice who wasattackedafter he petitions challenging the Amreli of FIRs forland grabbing. Should BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forKarjan-2 Sub-division for3000 KM per Month for24 ACQUISITON AND MAPPING OF PHYSICAL had shuthis finance office and districtmagistrate'sorder invok- Iask,how muchisprivate land hours (5) Tender ID-473926 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or FEATURES OF AREA UNDER SOUADTGA IN washeading home. ing Prevention of Anti-Social grabbing and howmuchgovern- equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forPadra-1 Sub-division for3000 KM per THE STATEOFGUJARAT. "Afterthe day's work,Ikept Activities (PASA) against people ment landgrabbing? Thereisno Month for24hours (6) Tender ID-473936 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax (ii) Estimate Amount: -Rs. 55.88 Lacs Rs 62 lakh cash in aschool bag, who had been namedinFIRs answer to this,” thejudgesaid. Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forPadra-2 Sub-division for3000 (iii) Last date/Time of Online Up to date 31/08/2021 shutmyshop and kept it in my lodgedunderthe newly-enacted The courtreserved itsorder on KM per Month for24hours (7) Tender ID-473811 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep Bid Submission: -upto18.00 hours. swiftcar to head home. After GujaratLandGrabbing the four petitions from Amreli. force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forKhatamba Sub-divi- (iv) Class of Contractor:- Class 'D' and above travelling for50-100 metres,I sion for3000 KM per Month for24hours (8) Tender ID-473913 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed ForFurther details please visit website www.ssnnl.nprocure.com noticedthat amotorcycle was Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) for INF/Narmada/182/2021-22 trailing just behind my car and it hit my car from behind,” said IBM’s softwarelab to Laboratoryunder JambuvaO&m Division, Jambuvafor 3000 KM per Month for12hours (9) JAl JlVAN MISSION "NAl SE JAl" PROGRAMME Tender ID-471441 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model Thakkar in his complaint. DWSU WASMQ MAHESANA “I stoppedmycar and one of BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour)for I/C Squad under Baroda O&m Division, Baroda for 2nd Floor,GWSSB, Jalbhavan, Opp RTOPalavasana Highway come up in Ahmedabad 3000 KM per Month for24hours(10) Tender ID-471455 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body the men coveringface witha Mehsana Pin 384002, Phone No-(02762) 225677 handkerchief knockedonmycar Labs’ operations in Gujarat, in- Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour)for LT-2 I/C Squad PORRINGENOUM E- TENDER NOTICE NO :- 6OF2021-22 window… Irolledthe window EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cluding establishing astate-of- forBaroda O&m Circle Office,Gotri, Baroda 3000 KM per Month for24hours (11)Tender- (E -TENDER ID NO :- 478654 (second try) 478656 (second try) downwhenthemanthrew chilly AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 the-artproduct engineering, de- 471889 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) 478659 (second try) 478661 (second try) 478662 &478666 powderinmy eyes.Hepushedme sign and softwaredevelopment Model-2021 (White Colour) forDesar Sub-division 3000 KM per Month for24hours (12) Tender (second try)) out of my car and lootedmygold INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY centreinAhmedabad, an official ID-471443 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS- Unit Manager &Executive Engneer District Water and Sanitation Unit WASMO chain and phone. The accused giant, IBM, on Tuesdayan- release stated. 6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forHTCell I/C Squad forBaroda O&m Circle Office,Gotri, Mehsana JAL JIVAN MISSION 'NAL SE JAL' Programmeinvite E- Tender For Mehsana District 06 Villages Water Supply Scheme for the work of ReC ESR, then fledwith the car and their nouncedthat it is working to set The proposedcentrewill fo- Baroda for3000 KM per Month for24hours (13) Tender ID-471451 Hiring of Diesel Driven Rec UG Sump, Pump Room, Pump Set, PVC pipeline work, slogan Wall peint- ownmotorcycle," he added. up asoftwarelab in Ahmedabad, cus on developing solutions Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) for ings etc. at. Estimated cost Total Rs. 108.55 lakhs From the Agency Registrered "An FIR has been filedagainst itsfifth suchfacility in the coun- while leveraging global design LT-1 I/C Squad forBaroda O&m Circle Office,Gotri, Baroda for3000 KM per Month for24 under required Class. On behalf of vlllage Pani Samitles Agency has to submit three unidentifiedunderIPC 394 tryafter Bengaluru, Pune, techniques, agile methodologies hours (14) Tender ID-472840 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or Required Details as given in the bid documents. After pre qualifying the bidder, forcausing hurtduringrobbery Hyderabad and Chennai. and advancedtechnologies,in- equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forChhani Sub-division for3000 KM per price bid of only qualified bidder will be opened. Rules of GST are included. The and397forcausinggrievoushurt The announcement was cluding artificial intelligence (AI), Month for24hours (15) Tender ID-472837 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax last date of online tender submission is :- 13/09/2021 up to 18:00 hrs, and during robbery. All effortsare made afterameeting between security and automation to sup- Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forTMS under Baroda O&m physical Document are to be submitted up to 13/09/2021 18:00 hrs. For further tender details visit on website www.nprocure.com For these works agreement made to ensurethatwecapture Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay portthe requirementsofthe gov- Division, Baroda for3000 KM per Month for12hours (16) Tender ID-473033 Hiring of Diesel Is to be done with Pani Samiti of Village, and Pani Samitl will make Payments the accusedswiftly,”saidasenior Rupani,IBM India managing di- ernment and global customers. Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White for the works done. The right to approve the rate is reserved with the WASMO police officer in Kutch rector Sandip Pateland IBM India Sandip Patelsaid, “Our ex- Colour) forNaswadi Sub-division for3000 KM per Month for24hours (17) Tender ID-473581 without assigned any reason. Further details can be obtained from above office Gandhidham. ENS Software Labsvice-president pansion in Gujarat would pro- Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model- on working days. No.DDI/MEH/195/2021/22 Gaurav SharmaatGandhinagar. vide us accesstoworld-class 2021 (White Colour) forExecutiveEngineer (O&m), JambuvaO&m Division, Jambuvafor 2500 At the meeting, Gaurav skillsand diversity of talent, drive KM per Month for12hours (18) Tender ID-473592 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep DELHI JAL BOARD, GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SDW) XIV Sharma discussedthe proposed skills development and enhance force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forJambuvaSub-divi- expansion of IBM India Software employability.” sion for3000 KM per Month for24hours (19) Tender ID-473619 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed KILOKARI SPS, JAL VIHAR, LAJPAT NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110024 Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forKarjan- Mob- 9650574488 Email- [email protected] “STOP CORONA; Wear mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene” 1Sub-division for3000 KM per Month for24hours (20) Tender ID-472845 Hiring of Diesel WORKS DEPARTMENT Press N.I.T.No. 01/(2021-22) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White S. Name of work (EMD) in Date of release of tender Last date/time of receipt Colour) forExecutiveEngineer (O&m), Bodeli for2500 KM per Month for12hours (21) Tender No. INR in eprocurement of tender through e EASTERN CIRCLE (R&B), BALASORE B-325 ID-473607 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS- solution procurement solution e-mail: - [email protected] 6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forTMS under JambuvaO&m Division, Jambuvafor 3000 1 Operation and Comprehensive Maintenance of 1 EXEMPTED 2021_DJB_207453_1 23.09.2021 up to 3.00 PM MGD STP based On Membrane Bio- Reactor Dt. 24.08.2021 Government of Odisha "e" Procurement Notice KM per Month for12hours (22) Tender ID-472914 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep (MBR) Technology at, Common Wealth Games Bid Identification No. CCEEC-09/ 2021-22 force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forNandesariSub-divi- Village, Akshardaam for the period of 30 months. sion for3000 KM per Month for24hours (23) Tender ID-472987Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed NIT along with all terms &conditions is available on web site https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in No: 4292 /Dt. 17.08.2021 Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forBodeli ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- Nature of work :- Building Work RE Sub-division for3000 KM per Month for12hours (24) Tender ID-472884 Hiring of Diesel Advt. No. J.S.V.319(2021-22) Executive Engineer (SDW) XIV Number of works :- 01 (One) No Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Amount put to Tender :- Rs. 278.74 Lakh Colour) forLaboratoryunder Baroda O&m Division, Baroda for3000 KM per Month for12 Class of Contractor :- “B” /“A” Class hours (25) Tender ID- 473008 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or SHILP GRAVURES LIMITED Date &Time of availability of bid Dt. 24.08.2021 at 10:00 AM document in the portal :- equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forExecutiveEngineer (O&m), Bodeli O&m Regd.Office: 778/6, Pramukh Industrial Estate, Sola-Santej Road, Village Rakanpur,Tal. Kalol, Dist. Last Date /Time of receipt of bid in the Dt. 07.09.2021 up to 05:00 PM Division, Bodeli for2500 KM per Month for12hours (26) Tender ID-473099 Hiring of Diesel Gandhinagar,Gujarat –382 722, India, Ph. No.: 02764 –286323/24, Fax No.: 02764 -286335 portal :- Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Website: www.shilpgravures.com Email: [email protected]; CIN: L27100GJ1993PLC020552 Date of opening of bid :- Dt. 08.09.2021 at 11:00 AM Colour) forKosindraSub-division for3000 KM per Month for24hours (27) Tender ID-473106 Information to the Shareholders Regarding 28th Annual General Meeting Name &address of the Office inviting Chief ConstructionEngineer, Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model- bid :- Eastern Circle (R&B), Balasore 2021 (White Colour) forTMS under Dabhoi O&m Division Dabhoi for3000 KM per Month for NOTICE is hereby given that the 28th Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company will be held on Wednesday, The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Further 12 hours (28) Tender ID-472942Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser September 29, 2021 at 04:00 p.m. through Video Conference ("VC ")/OtherAudio Visual Means ("OAVM”) to transact details can be seen from the e-procurementportal or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forWaghodia Sub-division for3000 KM the businesses as set out in the Notice of AGM, which is being circulated for convening the AGM. In view of the “http//tendersodisha.gov.in.” All future corrigendum will be per Month for24hours (29) Tender ID-473114 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, vide its Circular No.14/2020 available on ONLINE mode only. Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forExecutiveEngineer dated April 8, 2020, Circular No. 17/2020 dated April 13, 2020, Circular No. 20/2020 dated May 5, 2020 and Circular Chief Construction Engineer No.02/2021 dated January 13, 2021 and also Securities Exchange Board of India, vide its circular No. Baroda O&m Circle Office,Gotri, Baroda for2500 KM per Month for12hours (30) Tender ID- Eastern Circle (R&B) Balasore SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2021/11dated January 15, 2021 ("Circulars"), have permitted the holding of AGM 475247 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) through VC/OAVM, without the physical presence of the Members at acommon venue. In compliance with these OIPR-34026/11/0009/2122 Model-2021 (White Colour) forSecurity Officer,Vigilance Department, Corporate Office, Circulars and the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Baroda for3000 KM per Month for12hours (31) Tender ID-475253 Hiring of AC Diesel Driven Requirements) Regulations, 2015, theAGM of the Members of the Company will be held through VC/OAVM. Government of Odisha, Closed Body Jeep force Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) for In accordance with the aforesaid Circulars, Notice of the AGM along with the Annual Report 2020-21 are being sent Superintending Engineer,Vigilance Department, Corporate Office,Baroda for3000 KM per only by electronic mode to those Members whose e-mail addresses are registered with the Company/Depositories. e- Procurement Notice month for12hours (32) Tender ID-472918 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body Jeep force Trax Members may note that the Notice of AGM and Annual Report 2020-21 will also be available on the Company's B-331 INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) forSavli Sub-division for3000 Website at www.shilpgravures.com, website of the Stock Exchange i.e. BSE Limited at www.bseindia.com and the Bid Identification No. C.C.E DkI(R&B) 04/2021-22 KM per Month for24hours (33) Tender ID-472879 Hiring of Diesel Driven Closed Body force AGM Notice is also available on the website of CDSL (agency for providing the Remote e-Voting facility) i.e. Email Id- [email protected] www.evotingindia.com. Members can attend and participate in the AGM through the VC/OAVM facility only.The Trax Cruiser or equi model BS-6(9+D) Model-2021 (White Colour) Jeep forKoyali Sub-division Letter No 1480/ Dt. 19.08.2021 instructions for joining the AGM are provided in the Notice of the AGM. Members attending the meeting through The Chief Construction Engineer,Dhenkanal (R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal for3000 KM per Month for24hours (34)Tender ID-471338 ARC forcarting of newRSJ pole VC/OAVM shall be counted for the purpose of reckoning the quorum as per Section 103 of the CompaniesAct, 2013. through trailer as and when required from Chhani store to anyS/dn of Baroda Div (35) Tender on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites Percentage Rate bids in double The Company is providing remote e-voting facility ("remote e-voting ") to all its memberstocast their votes on all cover system to be received in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors ID-478722 ARC work forErection, Dismantling, and Maintenance of HT/LTand Transformer resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM. Additionally,the Company is providing the facility of voting through e- for construction of Building works as detailed below: center forKawant RE S/dn under Naswadi AG TAPS work or anyofBodeli O&m Div( 36)Tender voting system during the AGM ("e-voting "). Detailed procedure for remote e-voting/e-voting is provided in the 1 Name of the work : Building works ID-478727 ARC work forErection, Dismantling, and Maintenance of HT/LTand Transformer NoticeoftheAGM. In case of Member(s) who have not registered their e-mail addresses with the Company/Depository,are requested 2 No of works : 05 (Five) Nos. center forNaswadi S/dn anyS/dn under Bodeli O&m Div (37) Tender ID-478729 ARC work for 3 Estimated Cost : Rs. 2,41,49,610/- to Rs. 7,72,45,811/- Erection, Dismantling, and Maintenance of HT/LTand Transformer center forChhotaudepur to please follow the below instructions to register their e-mail address for obtainingAnnual Report and login details fore-voting. (as given in column No. 03 of table) S/dn anyS/dn under Bodeli O&m Div (38) Tender ID-478731 ARC work forErection, A. For members holding shares in Physical mode -please provide necessary details like Folio No., Name of 4 Cost of tender paper : Rs 10,000.00 Dismantling, and Maintenance of HT/LTand Transformer center forKawant RE S/dn under shareholder by email to [email protected]/[email protected] 5 Class of contractor : ‘B’ 'A' &'Special' &‘Super’(as given in Naswadi AG TAPS work or anyofBodeli O&m Div (39)Tender ID-478732 ARC work for B. Members holding shares in Demat mode can get their E-mail ID registered by contacting their respective column No. 06 of table) Erection,Dismantling,and Maintenance of HT/LTand Transformer center forPavijetpur S/dn Depository Participant or by email to [email protected]/[email protected] 6 Period of Completion of : 11 (Eleven) to 15 (Fifteen) Calendar under or anyofBodeli O&m Div.(40) Tender ID-478734Providing consumer end earthing for The 28thAGM Notice will be sent to the shareholders on their registered e-mail addresses in due course. work months (as given in column No. 07 of table) bodeli S/dn or anyS/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are as per labour rates (41) Tender ID-478737 In case you have any queries or issues regarding e-voting, you may refer the Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQs") 7 Date and time of availability : From Dt. 27.08.2021 to 16.00 hours of Providing consumer end earthing forpavijetpur S/dn or anyS/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are and e-voting manual availableatwww.evotingindia.com, under help section or write an email to [email protected] or call 022-23058542/43. of bid Document in the Dt.10.09.2021 as per labour rates (42) Tender ID-478738 Providing consumer end earthing fortejgadh S/dn website All grievances connected with the facility for voting by electronic means may be addressed to Mr.Rakesh Dalvi, or anyS/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are as per labour rates (43) Tender Id-478742 Providing 8 Date of opening of bid : Dt. 13.09.2021 at 11.30 hours Manager,CentralDepositoryServices(India)Limited,AWing, 25th Floor,MarathonFuturex,MafatlalMill Compounds, consumer end earthing forchhotaudepur S/dn or anyS/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are as per NMJoshi Marg, Lower Parel (East), Mumbai -400013 or send an email to [email protected] The bidders have to participate in ONLINE biding only further details labour rates (44) Tender ID-478744 Providing consumer end earthing forkwant S/dn or any or call022-23058542/43. can be seenfromthe e-ProcurementPortal: S/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are as per labour rates (45) Tender ID-478746 Providing con- For, Shilp Gravures Limited www.tendersodisha.gov.in.Any addendum /corrigendum / sumer end earthing forNaswadi S/dn or anyS/dn of Bodeli O&m Div.rates are as per labour Sd/- cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website. Place: Rakanpur Sd/- Chief Construction Engineer rates.Visit our website www.gseb.com,www.mgvcl.com &www.nprocure.com,Beintouch Mr.Bharat Patel Date: August 24, 2021 Dhenkanal(R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal with website till opening of tender. S.E.(O&M) Baroda Company Secretary OIPR-34132/11/0006/2122

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GUJARAT FRESH TREMORS IN PUNJAB CONG ‘FORCED CONVERSION, FUNDING CAA PROTESTERS’ SRPF constable loses Ministers hold 2bookedfor‘siphoningforeign Rs 3.05lakh while meeting, claim 34 booking SoU tickets MLAs want fundsforunlawfulactivities’ anapplicationcalledAny Desk.He EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE then asked us to followthe in- Amarinder out VADODARA,AUGUST24 structions in the app and add a receivedcashofthe same The Vadodara policehave leged racket of 'forcedconver- bankaccount...,”Damorsaidinhis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE amount in return to showale- said that Sheikh diverted asum sionstoIslam'. Sheikh, 50, who ACONSTABLE of the D-Company complaint. Then the man asked VADODARA, AUGUST 24 galtransaction but usedthe of Rs 59.94lakhs to CAAprotes- wasthe sixth accusedarrested of theState ReservePoliceForce the duo to sharethe one time KANCHANVASDEV moneyfor illegal activities in tors in Delhi as well as forse- in the case in July, is also the (SRPF) deployedinKevadia password(OTP) and makeapay- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 THE SPECIAL Operations Group Gujarat and otherstatesfor re- curing the release of the ar- Managing Trusteeand signing ColonylostRs3.05lakh to an on- ment on amobile wallet forthe (SOG) of the Vadodaracity po- ligious conversions and other rested accusedinthe Delhi authority of the Muslim linefraudwhiletryingto bookon- SoU tickets. But Damor soon re- JUSTOVER amonth afterthe liceonTuesdaybookedtwo worksthat areunlawful in na- communal clashes. Asenior of- Medical CentreinVadodara, line ticketstothe StatueofUnity alisedthat Rs 1.8lakh wasde- Congress high command made persons,including Salahuddin ture. Theyalso submittedthe ficial of the Vadodaracity po- whichwas one of the major (SoU) in Narmada district. ducted from his bank account. NavjotSingh Sidhu the Punjab Sheikh, managing trusteeof false documentsofaccountsto lice said, "The FCRA accounts dedicated Covid-19hospitals in The incident occurred on When the Tirath calledback chief touting it as aformula to Vadodara-basedAFMI charita- the government agencies receivedRs19crore through the old city area of Vadodara, August22whentheSRPFconsta- on the number,the caller asked keep the peace in the stateunit, a ble trust, forallegedly diverting (monitoring FCRA)." foreign funds. Theyforgeddoc- also settinganexample of com- ble DhiraDamor,41, and his him to add another bank account freshrevoltisintheworks.Thirty- funds from the FCRA (Foreign Sheikh,who wasarrestedby umentsand bills andwithdrew munalharmonyduring the nephew’sson, Tirathraj,15, were to theapp,wherehecould“return fourCongressMLAs,of theparty’s Contributions Regulation Act) UP Anti-TerrorismSquad (ATS) the cash in collusion with the pandemic. trying to book online tickets for themoneydeductedby mistake”. 80, heldameeting along with Afterthe meeting, the MLAs account of the trust, foractivi- in Julythis year as aco-accused suppliers. Of this, Rs 7crore Commissioner of Police, four persons to visitSoU. This time, the nephew’s son other party leaders hereTuesday, calledonSidhu. Express ties suchasillegal religious con- in acase of alleged forced reli- were usedfor the construction Vadodara, Shamsher Singh said According to the FIR filedat addedDamor’s private bank ac- followingwhichatleastfourmin- versionsand construction of gious conversions, is currently of mosques in UP,Maharashtra that ateam of Vadodaracitypo- Kevadiapolicestation,Damorsaid count details and atransaction of istersclaimedademandhadbeen mosques in Gujarat and other in custody in UP. and Rajasthan apartfrom lice will travel to UP to seek cus- thatwhen his nephew’s son ex- Rs 1.47 lakh wasmade from the raisedtoreplace Chief Minister Dalvir Singh Goldy,Santokh states, as well as providing a According to Vadodara po- Gujarat. The funds were origi- tody of the twoaccused. "Itis pressed his desiretosee SoU, he account. AmarinderSingh,addingtheyhad Singh Bhalaipur,Angad Singh, sum of Rs 60 lakh to theprotest- lice, Sheikh,along with nallymeant onlyfor the use of an ongoing investigation and handedoverhis mobile phoneto Inspector PT Chaudharyof "lost confidence in him". AmrinderSingh Raja Warring ers againstCitizenship MohammadUmar Gautam, the the trustfor itsworkrelated to morearrests arelikely. Thisisa him and told him to bookonline Kevadia police station said,“The Sidhu and the four working and Gurkirat Singh Kotli, and for- Amendment Act(CAA) in Delhi prime accusedinthe UP ATS widows andmedical services. casebookedbythe Vadodara tickets. Following the outbreak of teenager did notunderstand the presidentsappointed withhim mer MLAAjit Singh Mofar. in 2019-20. case, has been involved in sev- It cannotbeusedfor anyother police, although it is intercon- Covid-19,the SoU management online booking system and fell stayedawayfromthe meeting, Raja Warring told TheIndian The Vadodaracity SOG has eral illegal activities in purpose. But theyalso funded nected to the probeinitiated by had suspendedthe saleofoffline prey to the fraud. Theydid notre- heldatCabinetministerTript Express, “I wasapartofthe meet- said thatthe accusedforged Maharashtra,UPand Rajasthan. CAAprotestors and helpedthe the UP police," Singh said. tickets. alise even during the second call RajinderSinghBajwa’sofficialres- ing but neither do Iwant to sayI bills in collusion with the sup- The Vadodarapolice, whichis accusedinthe Delhi riots in se- Sheikh and Gautam have Damor has said that his thattheyweregiving out the OTP idence. However, later,some of wasapartofthe resolution seek- pliers connected to AFMItrust probingthe transactions of the curing their release. We also been booked under various IPC nephew’s sonlogged on to to afraudster.”Chaudharysaid a the MLAs present at the meeting ing the CM’s ouster, nor that Iwas forits activities to siphon off trustfrom2017, has also said have details of some angadia sections including 153A (for YouTubeandsearchedfor“online case has been booked under IPC went and metSidhuatthe notapartofthat resolution. Also, funds to the tune of Rs 1.65 that Sheikh's AFMItrustal- transactions, through which promoting enmity between dif- ticket SoU”,afterwhich,heclicked sections forcriminal breachof Congress headquarters. Idonot want to saywhether Iam crorefor “unlawful activities”. legedly receivedRs24.49crore moneywas routed to Umar ferent groupsongrounds of re- on alink forbooking wheretwo trust(406), cheating by person- Another minister present at in favour of the demand, or Iam Astatement from Vadodara through aHawala transaction Gautam." ligion, race, etc., anddoingacts mobilenumberswere ondisplay. ation(419),cheating(420),forgery the meeting, CharanjeetSingh notinfavour of thatdemand.” city SOG said, "The trustpro- from Dubai in addition to the Rs Umar Gautam is said to be prejudicial to maintenance of “Tirathdialledoneof thenum- (465), forgeryfor the purposeof Channi, said six of them, includ- Kotli, however, contestedthe videdthe supplierswith cheque 19.04crore siphonedoff from the prime accusedinthe case harmony), 406(criminalbreach bers and the person,who spoke cheating (468) as well as the rele- ingfour ministers and Sidhu loy- CMO'sclaim, saying he stoodby payments forRs1.65 croreand the FCRA account of the trust. filedbythe UP ATSinthe al- of trust) and 465(forgery). in Hindi,asked him to download vant sectionsofthe IT Act, 2008. alist and general secretary Pargat themeeting’sdemandtoremove Singh,willgo to Dehradunto meet Amarinder. the Congress Punjab in-charge The CMO statement also said Fulfil promises HIKE IN GAS PRICE Harish Rawat, and seek an ap- Mofar had deniedbeing present pointmentwith AICC chief Sonia at the meeting, and said he had made to Patidar Morbi ceramic Gandhi. Channi said he, Bajwa, gone onlytomeetone of the and ministers Sukhjinder Singh Cabinetministers there, and that community industryfaces Randhawa andSukhbinderSingh Angadhadsaidhehadgoneto dis- Sarkaria would bepartofthe del- cusscooperativeelectionsinhis before polls: SPG additional egation. Randhawa andSarkaria constituency. were also present at Tuesday’s Bajwa, however, claimedthat burden of meeting. notonlywereall the34MLAs EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Hours later,the CMO re- present at the meeting opposed AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 leasedastatement saying “seven to theCM, but that theyhad sup- Rs 100 crore of the 20-odd Punjab Congress portof 46inall.“Wegot callsfrom THE SARDAR PatelGroup (SPG) MLAs andex-MLAs” present at manyMLAstoday, but they were headedbyLalji PatelonTuesday the meeting had distanced stuck...TheDGPisCaptain’sman... askedtheGujarat governmentto PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA themselvesfromclaimsofa“fes- Some people do notwantany ac- fulfil the promises made to the MORBI,AUGUST24 tering revolt” and vowedsup- tion againstthem forbeing seen Patidarcommunitybefore theas- porttoAmarinder —including, with us," he told The Indian semblypolls,schedulednextyear. AHIKE in the price of industrial it said, MLAs Kuldeep Vaid, Express. The demands includewithdraw- gasbyGujarat GasLtd will put an ing thepolice casesfiledagainst additional burdenofoverRs100 Patidar youths who participated crorepermonthonceramicunits in the August2015agitation. in Morbi, the country's largest “Thegovernmentpromisedto cluster, industry representatives give governmentjobsto thekinof said on Tuesday. 14 youths who had diedduring Gujarat Gas, whichsupplies thePatidarprotestsonAugust25, natural gastoceramic manufac- 2015.This promise remains un- turingunitsinMorbiinGujarat's fulfilled. Also, thepolicecases Saurashtraregion,onMondayan- lodgedwrongfullyagainstusdur- nouncedarise in industrialgas ing the agitation have notbeen priceunderitsagreementwithef- fullywithdrawn. We want to tell fect from Tuesday. thegovernmentto fulfiltheirpro- The companyannounceda misesattheearliest...Thegovern- hikeinprice of industrial gasby mentonlyengagesinmakingpro- aboutRs5persquarecubicmetre misesandorganisingmeetingsas (Rs4.37plustax)foritscustomers elections approaches,”LaljiPatel, in ceramic and sanitarywarein- Baghel and Singh Deo with Punia aftertheir meeting at president of SPG, told media per- dustryinMorbiand Rahul Gandhi’s residence on Tuesday. Prem Nath Pandey sons. Surendranagar. “Wheneverelections ap- This, the firm said, is necessi- proach, the government pays at- tateddueto “substantialincrease” Baghel, SinghDeo thrash it tention.Sowewillkeepeveryone GEARING of natural gasprice in interna- together and hold meetings and tional markets. The industrycon- then makearepresentationbe- sumes70 lakhcubicmetresof gas outatmeeting with Rahul, fore thestategovernment,”hesa- UP FOR everyday,therebyadding abur- id. Patelsaid his organisation will den of Rs 100crore monthly on it, no call on CM rotation yet holdprogrammesacrossthestate industryrepresentativessaid. on August26torememberthose FESTIVAL Theysaidasuddenincreasein While Punia said the issue of who diedduring the Patidaragi- the price of gaswill adverselyaf- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE leadership changewas notdis- tation.“Wehavebeencelebrating An artistinVadodaragives fect the unitswhichhavealready NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 cussed, sources said it wasthe it as Patidar ShaheedDiwas. We final touches to Ganesh idol takenorders,especiallyexportor- central point of the discussions, willrequest all community me- in Bajwada area of the city derswhichtheyare underobliga- STEPPINGINTOresolve the with both Bagheland Singh Deo mbers to light lamps at their ho- on Tuesday. (right)Banners tion to fulfil. powertussle in Congress-ruled putting forththeir views.The mesasamarkofrespect,”hesaid. put up in Vadodaracity and Morbi Ceramic Association Chhattisgarh,senior party leader Chief Minister, sources said, has SPG will meetPatidarleaders ST buses ahead of the PresidentNileshJetpariya saidthe Rahul Gandhi metChief Minister been told to considerthe pro- at UmiyaDham at Unjha and Ganesh Chaturthi festival. hikewillincreaseproductioncost BhupeshBaghel and stateHealth posal. Punia told reporters that Khodal Dham at Kagvad to seek BhupendraRana forthe unitsby7-8 percent, and MinisterTSSingh Deo on issues related to governance and their support. mayforcenearly 30percentunits Tuesday. No final decision was, development were discussed operating in Morbi to stop pro- however, takenonhanding over during their meeting. He denied duction. themantle to Singh Deo forthe the leadershipissuebeing dis- COLLABORATION WITH BHISHMA SCHOOL OF INDICSTUDIES SHIKSHAK SAJJATA SURVEKSHAN He said fuel accountsfor balance of the party’s five-year cussed. nearly 35-40percentof totalpro- tenureinthe state. Askedaboutthe rotational duction cost, and asuddenhike Partysources said splitting chief ministershipissue, he said: GTU launches 12 online courses 37 %primary teachers mayprove to be unbearable to the five-year tenurewas dis- “Therewas speculation about it manyunitsastheywill be forced cussedbetween Rahul Gandhi, in the media. Therewas no dis- on ancient knowledge systems to sell products at aloss. Singh Deo and Baghel ahead of cussion on that.” Asked whether participate in govt survey “Wehavebeenappealingto the decision takenbythe Baghel will remain the Chief 2020, GTUvice-chancellor Prof KshitijPatukale, founder Gujarat Gas and the stategovern- Congress leadership to name Minister, he said, “He is the Chief EXPRESSNEWS professor Navin Sheth said, director of Bhishma School of As per the education department’s ment to at leastgiveusamonth's Baghelasthe CM in mid- Minister.” SERVICE “The university has resolved Indic Studies, said, “Thereare EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE records, the highestparticipation has notice before raising the price of December2018. Baghel said the discussion AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 to present the traditions and opportunities in the educa- AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 been reportedfromNavsari district naturalgas,butitalways comesat According to party sources, wasabout various programmes heritageofancient Indiain tion sector... with the stress where78per cent teachers appeared. ashortnotice that adverselyim- Rahul’s meetings with the two of the government;Singh Deo GUJARATTECHNOLOGICAL front of today’s society.These on Indian knowledge sys- OVER 57,000 government primary Among talukas, Vijaynagar taluka in pactstheindustry,”Jetpariyasaid. leaders –together and separately toosaid the discussion wason University,thelargest techni- courses arebeing run under tems in the NEP,therewillbe teachers participated in the“teacher Sabarkanthadistrict, one of theinterior Around athousand ceramic –onMondayathis residence the development of the state. cal university in the state,on the aegis of Dharohar-GTUs demand foracademicians readiness survey”(shikshak sajjata talukasontheGujarat-Rajasthanborder unitsinMorbi consume 70 lakh lastednearly three hours. AICC Baghel and Singh Deo have Tuesdaylaunchednew online Centrefor Indianknowledge and faculties. Also, Indic stud- survekshan) held on Tuesdayacross has recorded99per cent participation. cubic metres of naturalgas on a leader in charge of Chhattisgarh, been at loggerheads forsome courses on Vedic Indian system establishedsix iesexperts arerequiredin the the state. Education MinisterBhupendrasinh daily basis, he said. PLPunia, and General Secretary time,with sources closetothe lat- knowledge systems. monthsago.” travel sector.” Barringclusterresource centreco- Chudasama visited Government (Organisation)KCVenugopal terclaiming that the party lead- The 12 newcourses in- GTUhasenteredamemo- The GTUhas launched ordinators,visually challengedteachers PrimarySchool Sector20in Gujarat Gas, which also attendedthe meeting. ership, at the time of the election clude study of Vedas, ancient randumofunderstanding eight newcourses in emerg- and school inspectors, among 1.51 lakh Gandhinagar during the survey.While Baghel and Singh Deo blamed victoryin2018, had agreedto architecture, Indian arts, withBhishmaIndic ing areas suchasartificial in- teachers who were eligible forappear- talking to teachers,hereiterated that supplies natural gasto eachother forpushing the splitting the five-year term under dharma and religions, Foundationunder which telligence, cyber security and ing,nearly 37 percentparticipatedinthe since this is notanexamand onlyasur- ceramic manufacturing government intoturmoilover the leadership of Baghel and Kautilya PoliticalScienceand thesethree-monthcertificate biotechnology.The new voluntarysurvey conductedby thestate veywhich will notbereflected in any units in Morbi, on the rotational chief minister- Singh Deo. Baghel has publicly Arthashastra, global foot- courseswillbeofferedonline. courses aremasters in engi- education department. service records, it is beneficial forboth ship issue. deniedany suchagreement. printsofIndiandiaspora “Wehavealready re- neering in IOT (internetof RashtriyaShaikshik Mahasangh,a studentsand teachers towardsquality Mondayannounced a Both of them arelikelytostay “Sonia Gandhi and Rahul among others, being offered ceivedinquiries forcourses things)andmachinelearning teachers’body, had decided to boycott education. riseinindustrialgas in Delhi foracouple moredays, Gandhi areour leaders and we in collaboration with Pune- likevastu shastra even from postgraduatediplomacourse the survey by sitting on ahunger strike Basedonthe survey,the education and moremeetings areex- willabide by whatever they basedBhishma School of abroad,” said GTUregistrar K in datascience postgraduate statingthatinstructionspassedontothe department will frame atraining mod- price under its pected.The views of Congress say,"Singh Deo told reporters Indic Studies. NKher. diplomainbiotechnology, teachers doesnot specifythatitisvol- ule forteachers depending upon their agreement with effect President Sonia Gandhi willalso before themeeting. Baghel also Terming it as partof Talking about career op- masters in technology in untary andindicates it to be amanda- requirementwhichisexpectedto bean- from Tuesday be takenbeforeafinal decision, said the leadership’s decision National Education Policy portunities of thesecourses, biotechnology. tory exercise. nounced in the coming weeks. sources said. would be followed.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Delhi mustnot makehaste,needs to judge the BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Taliban primarilybytheir security guarantees

MANAGING THE PLAN SharatSabharwal

Success of ambitious assetmonetisation programme will THE US WITHDRAWALfromAfghanistanun- about ashift in the geopolitical balance in the scenescontactswiththemandtheofficialpo- der their one-sideddeal with the Taliban region in favour of the China,Russia, Pakistan sition is that India is in touchwith all stake- depend on institutional capacity and continuous monitoring looked in theend likearout, evoking the and Iran axis, with China using the opportu- holders. Could India have done better? The Saigon moment and seriouslydenting its nityto draw AfghanistanintoitsBeltandRoad hand-wringingatourcurrentdilemmaignores NMONDAY,UNIONFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanunveiledthebroad credibility.Dogged by reports of corruption Initiative andPakistanreplicating the 1990s certain ground realities. First, theobviousdif- contours of an ambitious assetmonetisation programme. The National and desertions, the Afghan armyprovedno scenarioof divertingjihadisfromAfghanistan ficulty in building bridges withthe Taliban, an MonetisationPipelineinvolvesleasingoutcentralgovernment assets valued matchfor the religiouslymotivated Taliban, to destabiliseKashmir.Thoughnotentirelyun- outfit dependent on Pakistanfor diplomatic O at aroundRs6lakhcrore over afour-year period ending in 2024-25, withthe folding up in 10 days without muchofafight. founded,overreadingsuchpossibilitiesought support, sanctuaries and their wareffort. government looking to mop up Rs 88,000croreinthe ongoingfinancialyear.Atits core, the The Taliban victory, underpinnedbyreligious to be avoided. The Chinesemay be averse to Second, India has no direct access to extremism and terror,couldbeashotinthe bankrollinganisolatedAfghanistan.Chinahas Afghanistan.Third,puttingIndianboots onthe ideaistolease out brownfield projects, proceeds from whichcan be usedtofinancegreen- arm forterrorists across the region. The calledupontheTalibanto adoptmoderateand groundinany appreciablenumberwill pit field projects.The ownershipofthe assets monetised, though, willremain with the govern- Americans —and even morethe region — prudentdomesticandforeignpolicies,adding them againstPakistanand itsproxies,who ment,withtheprivate playerstakingontheoperationalrisk.Whileroads,railways andpower continue to paythe price fortheir impru- thatitwill considerrecognition onlyafter an have aconsiderablelogistical advantage. account foraround 65 per cent of the proceeds of the programme, the listofassets detailed denceinusing religious zealotsthrough open,inclusive andbroadlyrepresentative gov- Therefore, India has to count on others forse- is spreadacrosssectors suchastelecom, aviation, mining and warehousing, suggesting a Pakistantodislodge theSovietUnion from ernmentisinstalled.Ithasalsoexpressedhope curity—theAmericansecuritycoverinthelast morewide-rangingprogramme.Whilethetargetsare aggressive,afour-yearroadmap,pro- Afghanistan. Pocketsofprotests andresist- thattheTalibanwillfirmlyfightterroristforces, 20 years, whichisnow gone. ance, including in the Panjshirvalley,have including the EastTurkestan Islamic Can India count on the Taliban, whose vidingindetailtheassets thegovernmentintendsto lease,shouldprovideclarityto investors been reported, but there’s nothing that looks Movement (ETIM). The Taliban have all along Haqqani faction is known as avirtual wing of and generateinterest. However, consideringthe regular shortfalls in the government’s dis- likeaviable challengetothe Taliban fornow. existedwithanecosystem of extremismand theISI,forsecurityanddobusinesswiththem? investmentcollections,the programme’s success will requirecareful and continuous mon- The Talibanhad inherited acountryinru- terrorism. WarriorsofalQaeda, ETIM, Central We willhave to lookforanswersto theseques- itoring, and addressing of concernsraisedbyprivate players. insthelasttimeandruleditwithanironhand, Asian and Pakistani terror groups have fought tions through quietcontact with the Taliban, Thetransactionsarelikelytobestructuredthrougheitherpublicprivatepartnerships,con- financing it through smuggling and the drug alongsidethem.IslamicStateterroristsarealso becausewe careforthepeopleof Afghanistan cessionsorinstrumentssuchasinfrastructureinvestmenttrusts (InvITs).However, consider- trade. Theyhavenow inherited afunctional presentinAfghanistan. Concerns will, there- and should notabandon thisstrategicallyim- stateand economy, withreasonablygood in- fore,persistinChina and Russia about the se- portant space in ourneighbourhood indefi- ing the experience of private playerswith PPPs, their comfortlevel in participating in these frastructureand an aspirational class.They curityandstabilityof XinjiangandtheCentral nitely.Friendlycountries suchasRussia and transactions is likelytodepend on ahostoffactors, suchasoperational flexibility, regulatory needqualifiedpersons,wider international AsianRepublicsrespectively.Iran,too,willhave Qatarcanhelp.Whilecounsellingmoderation framework,disputeresolutionmechanism,etc.Toensureasmoothrollout,someexpertshave recognitionand assistance to keep it running. concernsaboutthe safety of the HazaraShias and promisingcontinued development part- suggestedthatthegovernmentshouldlookataddressingtheconcernsraisedaroundPPPs.The Blocking Afghanistan’s access to its in Afghanistan. nership, we should judgethe Taliban prima- recentexperienceof theIndianRailways whenitinvitedprivateplayersto runpassengertrains assets/emergency reservesbythe US and IMF Notwithstanding the triumphalism at the rilybytheirsecurityguarantees,includingnot has notbeenencouraging —reportedly,onlytwo players participated in the process, one of is asign of the problems that an isolated Talibanvictory, thenationaldiscourse in allowingtheuseof theirterritorybyanti-India whichisagovernmententity.Thus,howtheseagreementsare structuredwillbecentralto their Afghanistancan face. The Taliban are, there- Going forward,ifthe Taliban Pakistanrecognisesthe attendant risksof terroristsand the ability to deal with us inde- fore,trying to project asofterimageby, inter fresh refugee flows,emboldeningofthe pendentlyofPakistan. success as that will determine the extent of private sector participation. It will requireinstitu- actwisely and build an alia, announcing an amnesty fortheir oppo- inclusive and stable system, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and extrem- Fornow,itiswait and watchfor India, as tional capacity to draftsuchattractive agreementsacross multiple sectors and settings. nentsand protection of women’s rightsin ism in general and the problems associated indeedfor other countries. The firstpriorityis The central government is also incentivisingstatestoparticipateinthis programme. keepingwithIslamicvalues.However, serious they maybeable to win with the Taliban tendency to regard the to getall Indian nationalsout of Afghanistan. Afterall, states, likethe Centre, have assets thatcan bemonetised, creating alucrativerev- doubtspersistabout their real intentionsbe- international recognition Pashtun belt on both sides of the Durand Line India should also join anyinternational effort enue stream forthem. Andconsidering that states drive general government capital ex- cause of their trackrecord and reports of and reduce their dependence as acontinuum (Mullah MohammadOmar to address the humanitarian crisis that is re- penditure, this channel couldprovide them with the additional resources neededtosus- reprisals, targetedkillingsand severe restric- had declinedthe Pakistani proposal to recog- portedlybrewing in Afghanistan. Going for- tionsonhumanrights. on Pakistan. If,onthe other nise this line). However, Pakistanisblinded ward,ifthe Taliban act wiselyand build an in- tain publicinvestment during this period of stressedpublicfinances.Onits part, the Centre Theyhavespoken of an Emirate, applica- hand,they sticktotheir old by theurgetosee India out of Afghanistan. clusive andstablesystem, theymay be ableto has come up with financial incentivestoencouragestatestofollowits lead. But in the cur- tion of shariahlaw and an inclusivegovern- ways, they mayend up Further,faced with threatsfromthe TTP and wininternationalrecognitionandreducetheir rent atmosphereofstrainedCentre-state relations, fructification of suchplans would re- ment in the same breath.Regardlessofthe generating opposition, other groups in itswest, broader interna- dependenceonPakistan.If,ontheotherhand, quiredeftpolitical management. gloss of inclusivity that theyput on their po- tional consensus againstterrorism and the they sticktotheir oldways, theymay end up litical set-up by taking on boardnon-Taliban violence and instabilityin ongoing scrutinyofthe Financial Action Task generatingopposition, violence and instabil- faces, it will essentiallybeaTaliban-domi- the country, heightening Force, Pakistanmay have to think twice be- ity in the country, heightening concerns natedgovernment with aheavy dose of their concerns among fore coming out of itscurrent restraint mode among Afghanistan’s neighbours. Eachsce- brand of the shariah. It is also to be seen how Afghanistan’s neighbours. on Kashmir. nariowillholdopenings forIndia. VACCINATING CHILDREN theybalancethe interests of the various fac- Thereiscriticismthat India did notbuild tions in the government. Eachscenario will hold bridgeswiththeTalibanevenaftertheUSdeal The writer is aformer High Commissioner to EUAfor Zydus Cadila vaccine opens up possibilities.Centre Concerns have been expressedinIndia openings forIndia. with them. Thereare reports of behind the Pakistan. Viewsare personal mustcarefullyaddress challenges of expanding programme HE INDIAN DRUG regulator’s emergency-use authorisation (EUA) to Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19vaccine,ZyCoV-D, is awelcomedevelopment.The second T homegrownvaccineto receive anEUAcanbeadministeredtochildrenabove 12 years, raising the possibility of extending the vaccination project to thecoun- LESSONS FROM PANDEMIC try’sadolescentpopulation.Forchildrenwaitingforclassroomsto beunlocked,thecompany’s announcement that it can providethe jabs to schools by mid-September is heartening news. Union Health MinisterMansukh Mandaviyahas spoken of the Centre’s eagerness to begin Post Covid, India mustinvest in an NHS-like healthmodel vaccinationforchildrenattheearliest.TheCentre’stalkswiththeAhmedabad-basedcompany slatedforlaterthisweekwill,therefore,bekeenlywatched.Theyare likelytobecentredonvac- cinepricingandsupplies.Thedecisionto extendtheinoculationprojectbeyondtheadultpop- SwatiNarayan ulation must, however, factor in other imperatives, especiallylogistical challenges. According to the government’s projections, the country’s vaccination drive is settoun- EARLY THISmonth,theUttarPradesh govern- Even before the pandemic, similarly hor- despitebeing handsomely paid, arechroni- dergo amassive ramp-up from September onwards. Morethan 120-croreshots must be ment informedthe Allahabad High Courtthat rific healthcaretragedies occurredevery sin- cally overworked. administeredinthe lastfour monthsof the year to attain the target of inoculatingthecoun- the order forare-inquiryagainstDrKafeel gleyear.In2017, 800children diedin Even afterthe pandemic, the Indian gov- Khanhad been withdrawn. But the doctor re- Jharkhand of suspectedencephalitis. In 2015, ernment continues to budget less than 1per try’s adult population by December. Independent studies —including the FitchGroup’s mains under suspensiondue to disciplinary 18 patientsdiedinaChennai hospital, due to cent of GDP forhealthcare, one of the lowest India Rating lastweek—haveexpresseddoubtsabout the feasibility of this target.The gov- proceedingsinanother case institutedby the powerfailureafter the floods. In 2014,13 in the world. Incontrast, China invests around ernment, however, maintains that vaccine supplywill be increasedfromnextmonth. If its statehealth department. women diedafter illegal sterilisation at an 3per cent, Britain 7per cent and the United claim is to hold up, an averageofone croreshots will be administeredevery daytill the end On the night of the tragedyinAugust2017, overcrowdedgovernment health campin States 17 per cent of GDP.So, 62 per cent of of the year —currently, the countryaveragesless than 50-lakh shots daily. The spurtinin- the good doctor had movedmountains to Chhattisgarh. These tragedies recur,but the health expenses in India arepaid forbypa- oculation could taxthe energiesofvaccinatorsand will requirestate governmentstoin- procureoxygencylinders forhis encephalitis sorry stateofhealthcarepersists. tientsthemselves—one of the main reasons crease the number of vaccination centres. It is notyet known if the plan to increase vaccine patients, whoselives hung by athread. But On apersonalnote, across the oceans,my forfamiliesfalling intopovertyespecially dur- 63 innocent toddlers suffocated whenthe sisterhasbeenbattlingencephalitisforthelast ing the pandemic. supplies has achapteronaugmenting the teams of vaccinators. Inoculating children will, government hospital in Gorakhpur ranout twoyears.Butthoughsheisonadelicate road The Covid-19oxygencrisiscould cer- in anycase,demand afurther upscalingin the logistics of vaccinedelivery.The government of oxygen. If onlythe government had care- to recovery,there is no doubt that Britain’s tainlyhavebeen prevented.But the central will, therefore, do well to conductathorough audit of the resources at itsdisposal before de- fullylistenedto, instead of arresting, Dr Khan, National Health Service (NHS) government government delayedbyeight months aRs ciding to usethe three-dose ZyCov-Dtoexpand itsinoculation drive. maybe, the chronic oxygen crisis plaguing Even after the pandemic,the hospitals have savedher life repeatedly. 200-crore tender to build oxygen plants Trial resultsshowthe newvaccine’s efficacy againstthe variantsdriving the pandemic Indian hospitals would have been resolved Indian government Everyyear,Britain’s legendaryhealthnet- across 150district hospitals. In contrast, pre- currently. The DNA-basedjab does notrequireultra-cold storagefacilities and is reported before the pandemic. continues to budget less work cures 15 millionpatientswith chronic scient district collector Dr RajendraBharud Nowthe health ministryhas claimedin ailments, at afraction of the costspent by the setupmultiple oxygen unitsin to be cost-effective.Aspring-powereddevice delivers the shotasanarrowstreak of liquid than 1per cent of GDP for Parliament that onlyPunjabhas reportedfour US. The NHS fundedbydirect taxesisalso the Maharashtra’s Nandurbar before the second that penetrates the skin —abig positive giventhat the fear of needles is known to be ama- “suspected”deaths during the second Covid- healthcare,one of the lowest fifthlargest employerinthe world, after wave. Kerala, the onlyoxygen-surplus state, jor cause of vaccine hesitancy.But is the government better off, fornow,harnessingthese 19 wave due to lackofoxygen. This contra- in the world. In contrast, McDonalds and Walmart. One of every20 also increasedproduction capacity in 2020 in advantages forthe adult vaccination project? Or does it have thewherewithal to do more? dictsevery news report. Patientsgasping for China invests around 3per British workers is employedasdoctor,nurse, anticipation of ademand surge. Itsdecision should be acarefullycalibrated one. breath on stretchers, testimonies of relatives cent,Britain 7per cent and cateringand technicalpersonnel. As true suc- Beforethe NHS wasestablished, George running from pillar to post foroxygenrefills, cessors of Florence Nightingale, the compas- Orwell in his stinging1946essay Howthe Poor gurdwaras installing oxygenlangars, televised the United States 17 per cent sionatenurses afterthe pandemic have been Die painted atragic portrait of state-run hos- SOS pleas of hospitals,appeals fromstategov- of GDP.So, 62 per cent of hailedassuperheroes by graffitiartistBanksy. pitalswith,“aseeminglackofany perception THIS LAND IS HER LAND ernments, overcrowdedcrematoriums and health expenses in India are Afterall, in arapidly ageing society,for Britons, that thepatientswerehuman beings”. bodies floating on theGanges. But in Delhi, paid forbypatients “the NHS is the closestthing to religion”. In the 21st century, notmuchhas im- the Lieutenant Governor has twice rejected On the other hand, in India, hospitals are proved in India’s public hospitals. Still, in The birth of an Afghan babyinthe midstofanAmerican proposals by the stategovernment to com- themselves —one of the beleaguered with absentee staff. As per aNiti India doctors areoften equatedwithgods. evacuation attempt shows up the lies of nationalism mission committees to investigateoxygen main reasons forfamilies Aayogdatabase, in the worststate of Bihar But, without basic medicines, equipment deaths. Instead, the volunteer-run “Oxygen falling into poverty in 2017-18, positions for60per cent of mid- and oxygen,can even Dr Khan be expected to ShortageDeaths” grouphas documented at wives, 50 per cent of staffnurses, 34 per cent perform miracles? HEMAINFACTSinhumanlifeare five:birth,food,sleep,love anddeath,”saidthe least629 oxygen-related deaths since May especially during the of medicalofficers and 60 per cent of spe- novelistEMForster. Isn’t it awonder,then, that the fictions of humankind so 2021nationwide. pandemic. cialistdoctors were vacant. Those on the job, The writer is withNIAS easilymakeusforgetsuchprimal realities? It is aquestion that follows,not just T frombloodyimperialwarsandthefratricideof nations—butthebirthofachild. Ababywasborninthecargo bayofanUSaircraftcarryingoutevacuationsfromAfghanistan, acountrybledbyathousand cutsofthe American “war on terror”. The mother, an Afghan AUGUST 25,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO woman, went intolabour mid-flight and deliveredagirlafter landing at aGerman air base. The bureaucracy of nationalism promptly bustedafuse.Isthe little girlaGerman citizen URS OFFERSTOQUIT MAIL TAMPERING AmericaaboutWashington’s decision to since she wasborn on German soil? Is she acitizen of the “land of the free”, since her mother supplysophisticated arms to Pakistan wentintolabouronanAmericanflight?Butwhatif sheisbornoutsideUSairspace?Doesthe CONGRESS (U) PRESIDENT Devraj Ursbowed SEVERALOPPOSITIONMEMBERS both in the and the dangersofthe greatpowers’ ri- fact thather mother is arefugeeofatorn land catapult her intothe community of the state- to thewishes of apowerfulsectionofthe Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha expressedcon- valrybeing brought to theneighbour- less?Theideologyof nationalismisabouttwocenturiesold,butitsapparatusof bordersand party leadership when he offeredhis resig- cern at the tamperingoftheirmail. In the Lok hood. The Indian concern wasconveyed nation at ameeting of the working commit- Sabha, theywanted to knowthe Speaker’s to the US representative to the United belongings continues to produce the exhausting tangles that ledManto’s character in Toba tee. The committee has, however, put offa decision on the privilegemotion on the ques- Nations,Jeane Kirkpatrick,atthe meet- TekSingh to lie down betweenIndia and Pakistan “on apiece of landwithnoname”. Worse, decision on Urs’s offerfor aday.Though the tion. The Speaker Balram Jakhar told ings she had with Prime MinisterIndira it continues to push humans into peril, whether it is the potential “non-citizens” cast out of anti-Urs lobbyinthe working committee is Subramaniam Swamy(Janata) that he has Gandhi and External Affairs MinisterPV Assam’sNRCorthethree-year-oldAylanKurdi,fleeingfromSyria,whodrownedwhilecross- in favour of electing an actingpresident, a got some factsaboutthe chargesmade in the Narasimha Rao. ing from Turkey to Greece. section of the party leadership would want motion. If these chargescame under the The idea of “nowhere people” is acynicalfabrication.Humansbelong —toeachother,to Urstocontinue until the next AICC(U) meet purviewofbreachofprivilege, he would ad- BOEING SUED in October.Urs, who hadsensedthe mood of mitthe motion, he said. expandingcirclesof family, community,country—unlessstructuresof powerandmoneyde- manymembers, took them by surprise by THE BOEINGCOMPANY is being suedfor cide to castthemaway. The little baby girl, castout of her homeland by suchagreat game of his offer. He read out astatement in which US ARMSTOPAK $100 million in asuit filedasaresult of the geopoliticalcynicism, has scraped pastdeath. Mayshe find food, sleep and aland —and, he said that therewas afeeling in the party 1978 New Years’ Dayair crash offBombay. above all, alovetowhichshe belongs. that he should step down. INDIA HAS CONVEYED itsconcernsto 213people diedinthe crash.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The prospectofthe Taliban wielding an effective veto on this matter,while the west haplessly pondersits options, is ameasure of thestunning strategic failure 9 THE IDEAS PAGE that has takenplace.” —THE GUARDIAN Gandhi Ashramofthe future On population,

India has achance to ensurethat the placewherethe Mahatma walked andworked, andwhereone can let facts speak still feel his spirit, remains aliving, breathingmeans forthe worldtounderstand Gandhi’s message Population laws areatravesty at atimeofsharp declineinfertility rates. Instead, Indianeeds policies that ensuredignifiedlives forall itspeople

talmortality rate (15.5 per cent), infant mor- tality rate (22.0 percent) andhigh contra- ceptive prevalence rate (74.4 percent). In Thomas Weber, brief, the probable fruit of better health fa- cilitiesand wider contraceptive choices. Charles DiSalvo and If an alarm bell is to bepressed, then it is Dennis Dalton notfor population laws butfor declining fer- tility.Replacement levelfertility demands Mohd Shahid and heavy investment in education, health and DURINGTHE PREVIOUS severaldecades, as employment opportunities so that the “lim- scholars interested in the lifeand thought Manoj Jha itedworking population” in the near future of Mahatma Gandhi, we have hadthe priv- is robust and skilledenough. What is ilegetoworkinthe archives of the neededisacomprehensive policy ensuring Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad —the THE OLD SLOGAN,“Humdohamaredo,woh dignifiedliving —easy access to quality ed- mostimportant repositoryofthe corre- panchunke pachchees (Weare two, we have ucation, better health services and sound spondencetoand from Gandhi —and to two; theyare five andhave25)” is probably livelihood opportunities. walk aroundthe hallowedground of the still potent enough to appeal to popular per- Letthe dataspeakonthe “need”for pop- Ashram, the residence of the Mahatma and ceptions of “uncontrolled” Muslim popu- ulation laws.The NFHS-4 (2015-16) shows his wifeKasturba, from 1917 until he de- lation growth —despitescientific evidence interesting linkages of fertility with educa- partedfromthereonthe historical Salt to the contrary. tion and economic well-being. Forexample, March to Dandi in 1930. At acritical juncture, when the states women with no schooling have an average We have wondered whatdirection the and Union territories in India areexperienc- of 3.1children, compared with 1.7children Ashram couldtakeinthe 21st century. Over ing asharp decline in fertility rates, popu- forwomenwith12 or more years of school- the years we have imagined, in particular, lation laws arebackinthe conversation. ing. AmongHindus, TFRwas2.1 and among what the Sabarmati Ashram might become Though thereisnothing on “record” that Muslimsit was2.6, thatis adifference of 0.5 and howitcould playits role in spreading these arespecificallyfor Muslims, the writ- children. Forthe same period, the mostpop- the messageofGandhi, howitcould be en- ing on the wall is clear.And it is atravesty, ulous state, Uttar Pradesh, had aTFR of 2.7; sured that the mosteffective use is made giventhe factsand figures available from in the case of Muslims, it was0.6 pointsmore of this unique world-significant location. government agencies. than that of Hindus.In some states with high Of course, it has alarge role to playasone The recentlyreleasedempirical data Muslim populations, the TFR of Muslims of India’s mosthistorical sites, as amuseum CRSasikumar from the National FamilyHealthSurvey waslittle morethan that of Hindus —0.6 in and as apilgrimageplace that inspires the Ashram in itsstriking simplicity and as a alsobepositioned so thatitensures thatits 2019-20 (NFHS-5) for22statesand Union West Bengal, 0.8 in Assam and 1.0inBihar questfor truth and teaches the observant relatively hard-to-access place without food outstanding collection of Gandhiana is territories provides that exceptfor three (NFHS-5). Forsure, this difference in TFR visitor about the value of nonviolence and outlets on thegrounds, and without shared by scholars and peace workers in a states —Bihar, Manipur andMeghalaya — does notsupportthe charade that Muslim simplicity in aperiod of threatening envi- lounges for“important” visitors (what waythat helps to promote first-class the fertility rateshavegonebelowthe re- population will overtake Hindus. ronmental collapse and very presenteco- would Gandhi sayabout this!). Gandhi scholarship and considered placement levelof2.1 children per woman. Lesttherebeany doubtleft, onemust nomic inequality.For these reasons, the les- Apotential Disneyesque Gandhitheme Gandhian praxis, and possiblytohelp cre- The total fertility rates(TFR) in the Union understand that thereisasteep decline in sons taught by Gandhi,and embodied in park(and what would Gandhi sayifhe ateaworldwide community of like- territories of Lakshwadeep and Jammu & the fertility of Muslims from NFHS-1 the Ashram, arejustasimportant nowas could re-visit Dandi?) maybepopular mindedGandhi inspirees? While the Kashmir,whichhavesizeable Muslimpop- (1992-93) to NFHS-4 (2015-16) (by1.78in ever before. among those wanting to take aselfieand Gandhi HeritagePortalofGandhi-related ulations, have gone substantiallybelow the comparison to 1.17 forHindus). Thereis The ethos of the Ashramisconduciveto tickabucket-listbox.However,theremay documentsand information is provided replacement levelwith1.4 children per also acontinuous decline in the popula- the higher-levelwaysofthinking and being be another approach, one that allows the electronically by the Ashram, could the woman. In Jammu &Kashmir,this is on ac- tion growth rate over decades. The decline thatGandhi modelled.Sopowerful arethe Ashram to become (or,indeed, remain) Ashram be the siteofaninternational count of amodestpercentageofwomen in decadal growth rate wassharp in present simplicity and orderlinessofthe sur- something harder to envisagebut where Gandhi research hub in India? It could be- with10ormoreyearsofschooling (51.3per Census 2011 and sharper forMuslims. The roundings that theycannotbut affect the one can feel the Gandhian ethos.Itwas here come the mostimportant place in the cent), fewerwomen marrying before the decadal growth rate (2001-2011)for thoughtful visitor.Inthe late1970s, the revo- that Gandhi conducted his experimentsto worldfor scholars and seekers to come and ageof18years (4.5 per cent), declining in- Muslimswas 24.6 per cent in Census2011. lutionarythinkerIvanIllich,talking of observe andinfer ethical action, where work,tomeetother scholars and seekers, fant mortality (20 per 1,000live births) and Though high, it markedasharp decline Gandhi’s hut at Sevagram, noted, “Thishut of communal living and dining meant that to shareinformation and discussideas. It morecurrent users of familyplanning from 29.5 per cent, whichwas registered Gandhi demonstrates to theworld howthe caste divisions were done away with, where could foster greater contact among Gandhi methods(59.8per cent). in Census 2001.This declineof4.9 per cent dignity of the common man can be brought ashramites learned that theycould take on experts and ensurethat Gandhi scholar- In all the sevenNortheastern states, the among the Muslims is higher than the up.Itisalsoasymbol of happinesswhichwe the might of an empire. ship is carriedout at the highestlevel and fertility ratesrangefrom1.1 in Sikkim to 1.9 corresponding 3.1per cent decline forthe can derive from practising the principle of Would the proposedmakeovernot end that an understanding of aGandhian ethos in Assam, exceptManipur (2.2) and Hinducommunity,whose decadalgrowth simplicity, service and truthfulness.” Of up obliterating Gandhi’s ideas and mes- is notlost. Could it be aplace whereGandhi Meghalaya (2.9). In nine out of 10 states, fer- percentagedeclinedfrom19.9(1991- course,hecould just as easilyhavebeen talk- sage? Would one still be able to feel scholars and sincereseekers from around tility ratesrangefromaslow as 1.3inGoa to 2001)to16.8 (2001-2011). ing about HridayKunj, the basic but inspir- Gandhi’s spirit?The loss would be intangi- the worldcome and work with the best of as high as 1.9inGujarat. Among populous Beforeweforgetthe propaganda of ing home of Gandhi andKasturbaatthe ble, but huge. When Gandhi wasasked why It has alarge role to play as local scholars and activists who could in- states,theTFRhasgonedownto 1.6children Muslims “having morewives”, lastavail- Ashram. But suchhappiness requires time, a he did notvisit America, he expressedthe one of India’smost historical spireeachother? in West Bengal. It is only1.7 eachin able figures from Census 1971 provide that slowerthan usual pace, and quietreflection — fear that people would come to see him out sites, as amuseum and as a Havingaccess to documents,whether Maharashtra, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh the incidence of polygyny(twoormore something impossibleamong hugecrowds. of idle curiosity:“Let’s see this animal in the in hardcopyordigital form, is notthe same andAndhra Pradesh.InTelanganaandKerala, wives) is highestamong Adivasis (15.25 per It seems to us thatthereare twopossi- Indianzoo”. He wanted thosewho hadan pilgrimage place that inspires as having agroup of like-mindedpeople thefertilityrate isgettingstabilisedat1.8chil- cent) followedbyBuddhists (7.9 per cent), ble ways to make surethatthe Ashram re- interestinhim to reallyunderstand what the quest fortruth and working in one place. And if the place had dren per woman. Even in Bihar,wherethe Jains (6.27per cent), Hindus (5.80 per cent) mains relevant into thefuture. One of them he wastrying to do and invited them to teaches the observant visitor aGandhian atmosphere(suchasthe TFR is 3, thereisarelative decline in fertility and Muslims (5.70per cent). seems obvious, but we feel would create come to the Ashram and makeadetailed about the value of Ashram could provide, but simpleaca- from 3.4 in NFHS-4 (2015-16).InNFHS-4 it- Fertility ratesare reflectiveofthe moreloss than gain.Ifthe press reports of study of his teachings. demiclibraries and archives,nomatter self, as manyas23statesand Union progress in respectivestatesonschooling, the proposal to redevelop the precinct are Instead of atourist hub whereGandhi nonviolence and simplicity howgoodtheyare,cannot) it would be a Territories,including all the states in the income levels, decline in neonatal and in- accurate, the Ashram could become amass could become ameretouristattraction, in aperiod of threatening wonderfullyunique atmosphereand, south region, showedfertilitybelowthe re- fant mortality ratesand increase in the con- touristhub, with alarge car park, food court, hereisachance forIndia to ensurethat the environmental collapse and through the Sabarmati Harijan Ashram, placement level. In Uttar Pradesh, too, there traceptive prevalencerate. States withrel- shops, aVIP lounge, thatcould reclaim the Ashram wherethe Mahatma walked and verypresent economic India could servethe entireworld as abea- is adecliningtrend in TFR from 3.8 in NFHS- ativelyhigher TFRlikeBihar and Uttar “visualwholesomeness, tranquillity and worked,and whereone can still feel his con forthe seeker of truth and nonviolence. 3(2005-06) to 2.7inNFHS-4 (2015-16). Pradesh needtoworkonthese fronts. uncluttered environment of 1949,” while spiritinthe gardens, homes, and prayer inequality. Forthese In West Bengal,the figures forwomen Hence, anytalkofpopulationlawsinIndia becoming a“world-class” touristdestina- ground, remains aliving, breathing means reasons, the lessons Weber is author of On theSalt March:The with 10 or moreyears of schooling (32.9per at this juncturewould at best be likeput- tion. This wouldgeneratemoneyfor the forthe worldtounderstand Gandhiand taught by Gandhi, and HistoriographyofGandhi’s March to cent) and women marrying before age18 ting the cartbeforethe horse. stateand, perhaps, makethe Mahatma his message. embodied in the Ashram, are Dandi, DiSalvoofThe ManBeforethe years (41.6per cent) arealmostsimilar to known to afar greater number of people. Of course, as scholars of Gandhi, we Mahatma: M.K.Gandhi AttorneyatLaw, Bihar and worse thanUttar Pradesh. But it Shahid teaches at Maulana Azad National One mustask,however, whether there mayhaveanarrowperspective.Inaddition just as important now and Dalton of Mahatma Gandhi: seems that West Bengal reachedaTFR of Urdu University;Jha is aMember of is notahigher purpose in preserving the to attracting true seekers,could the Ashram as ever before. Nonviolent PowerinAction 1.6onaccount of sharplydeclining neona- Parliament

What India must remember LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR CHEQUERED CAREER THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Mandal IDEAS PratapBhanuMehtaiswrongto frameitasachoicebetweenfreedomandPartition in Kamandal’ (IE, August24). The adu- lation accordedtoand the honours be- ONLINE stowedonhis funeral forKakyanSingh VijayChauthaiwale by theBJP areoverdone. As againsthis ONLYINTHE EXPRESS acquiescence as chief ministerofUPto IMAGINE ASITUATION: In ajoint family, a He continues “mission whitewash” forget nurturing anewly-born infant. This making concertedefforts to overcomethis the demolitionofthe Babri Masjid, his ● LET’SNOTBUILD babyisborn and on the same day, the eld- with his skilledvocabularyand selective, is convoluted logic. defeatistmindset. Today’s India is notshy subsequent role diminishedhis image. MOREWALLS: estand mostrespected person in the fam- convenient historical references. He also Post-Independencehistory showsthat of accepting pasterrors and that toowith- He could notcheckthe growth of crime FAUZIAKHAN ilyisbrutallymurdered. Whileeveryone has selective amnesia when he doesn’t liberals likeMehtarepeatedly triedtouse out playing ablamegame. Horrific scenar- during his chief ministershipand had will still celebratethe arrivalofthe new- mention “Direct Action” by MAJinnah on this trick. On theone hand,theyignored ios created by the same defeatists at other to be replaced. His public spatwith Atal ● TIME TO CHOOSE born,will do everything to nurturehim/her August16, 1946, whichresultedinthe the massive human tragedyduring instances suchasthe elimination of Article Bihari Vajpayeeand his choice of epi- FORTIFIED RICE : in the best possible way, will anyone argue genocide of Hindus, culminating in the Partition, opposedany reasonable inquiry 370orbuilding the Ramtemple in Ayodhya thets forthe latter betrayed his bitter- VEDEIKA SHEKHAR that in this celebration, everyone should greatestmigration of population in mod- intothe reasons foritand errors commit- were proven wrong, reflecting the newand ness and disrespect. It wasanirony of simplyforgetthe murder —not even ern history,that can be comparedonlywith tedduring that period. On the other hand, positive mood in today’s India.While do- political compulsion that Vajpayeecon- www.indianexpress.com mourn, forget about wiping the tears, of the ISIS-inducedmigration afew years thesame cartelplayedvote-bank politics ingso, Indiahas also embarked on along cededtohis re-entryinthe party, but close ones in the family? back. Unfortunately, therewas no live TV by creating afear psychosis in the minds of journeyofprogress —Atmanirbhar Bharat, he wasoustedagain. This is preciselywhat Pratap Bhanu coverage in 1946, but images and first- minorities, especiallyMuslims. By oppos- social justice, lending ahelping hand to YGChouksey, Pune Mehtaistrying to argueinhis column, ‘At hand accountsofthose affected by the vi- ing the elimination of repressive customs those who needitmost, systemic reforms HARDLYCREDIBLE 75, will India embrace the logic of freedom olenceand migration arevivid enoughto liketriple talaq, theyfurther hindered so- in everysector —resulting in it becoming WISHFUL THINKING THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘The lost or Partition?’ (IE, August15).Hedoesn’t understand the gravity of the situation. cial transformation among Muslims. aresilient and self-confident nation. decade’(IE, August24). Likeany loyal- want us to shed atear forthe deceased. The However, Mehta convenientlyignored this. Therefore, Mehta’sargument that are- Indian values teachustobegratefulto THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘In post- ist, the writer’s glorification of his primaryfallacy of his argument is the The coreofhis argument is that India membrance of the horrors of Partition is everyanimateand inanimateobject that pandemic classroom’ (IE, August24). party’s achievementshas contradic- choice betweenfreedom andPartition, has chosen apath of freedom, democracy somehowagainstbuilding amodern, just has contributed to our personal and social The author’s idea, invokingthe experi- tions and chinks. The BJP-ledNDA gov- whichessentially means denying history. and progress, forgetting Partition.Hewould India, is notonlybaseless but also askilful lives. Once ayear,weoffer fewdrops of wa- ment of Santiniketan, is laudable. It is ernment’s credibility is so lowthat it The operative word in the subtitle “or” likeIndia to forget the deathsofmillions of “whitewash project”. He doesn’t want to tertoall ourancestors, worship rivers and also wishful thinking. She argues that has utterly failedtoget foreign invest- means, somehow, we Indians were given innocent Hindus and Sikhs, the uprooting face an inconvenient truth and would like trees, salutethe martyrs of our countryon the contextofpandemic is usedasthe ment despiteits high ranking in the achoicebetween freedom and one side of morethan 15 million people, caravans of to shrug it offunder the guise of progress Republic Day. The declarationofAugust14 starting pointfor inquiry-basedlearn- WorldBank’s Ease of Doing business optedfor Partition while the other opted walking migrantsthatstretched hundreds and development. As if, onceweforget as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” ing with avision of transforming the list. No wonder,the government has to forfreedom. On the contrary, history states of miles, trains arrivinginDelhi filledwith Partition, India would instantlyovercome follows the same tradition. education of children. But youcannot monetise itsassets.True,the govern- that freedom and Partition were offeredto dead bodies, nottomention the rape and all her socio-economic issues. But history Today’s India is confident enough to createmainstreaminstitutions any- ment has openedbank accountsunder India as a“packagedeal”. Therewould not molestation of thousands of women. givesuspreciselyoppositelessons. recognise pasterrors, notwhitewash them. more that thrive on loftyidealswhich the PM JanDhan Yojanawith great fan- have been freedom without accepting But Mehtadoesn’t stop here.Hecon- Repeated attemptstowipe out these mem- It is willing to remember thevictims,pay areexploratory, stimulating and, inter fare but mostofthem have zerobal- Partition. Partition wasthe pre-condition cludes that rememberingthe tragedyof ories by liberals have resulted in vote-bank tributetothem and move on to build a alia, in harmonywith nature. On the ance. Itsother welfareschemes like forIndia’sfreedom,the condition which Partition is somehowantagonistic to the politics, corruption, dynastic loyalties, ade- modern, progressive andresurgent India. contrary, one can build on fear of the Ujjwal Yojana and Swachh Bharat are India’s topleadership in that critical period development of amodern, progressive,all- nial of inconvenient chapters of our history, These twoare notcontradictoryasMehta pandemic by orienting the effortsto good onlyfor garnering publicity as acceptedfor one reason or another. encompassing India. Going backtothe hy- and converting India intoasoftstate,de- would likeustobelieve. contribute to the interestofthe market. theyare notfunctioning well. Therefore, Mehtastartshis argument on pothetical pointatthe beginningofthis ar- void of self-confidence and anation with GJavaid Rasool, Lucknow Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur the wrong foot from the very firstsentence ticle, he would liketosay that if we mourn aconfusedidentity. The writer is in charge, Foreign Affairs and continues to do so till theend. the tragic murder in the family, we would In the lastfew years, India has been Department, BJP.Views arepersonal

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SC QUASHES 2016HARYANANOTIFICATION Kerala TPR rises HCorderin ‘Economic criterion can’t be sole TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE to 18%, govt to 541 NEWCASES:37,135 ramp up tests DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:3,18,192 basis to decide creamy layer’ PANDEMIC BEGAN TOTALVACCINATION:58,89,97,805 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE POCSOcase foridentifyingsuchofthoseper- Rs 6lakh per annum were to be DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sons who aresociallyadvanced considered as creamy layer. The 628 4,35,738 1.20% 1.36% AUGUST24 NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 have notbeen takenintoaccount stategovernment said the sub- by the Government of Haryana classification amongst the back- KERALAGOVERNMENTTuesday SUPREME COURTonTuesday while issuingthe notification”. ward classes wastoensurethat decidedtorampuptestingindis- outrageous, heldthateconomiccriterioncan- In the IndiraSawhneycase, peoplewith lowerincome tricts wherevaccination is rela- notbethe sole basis fordeciding also known as the Mandal amongstthem getquota as they tively low, amid aconstant rise in the creamylayer from among Commissioncase,thecourt,while needahelping hand. test positivity rate in the state. backwardclasses forthe purpose callinguponstategovernmentsto But the court saidthatSection While the test positivity rate TESTS TODAY: 17,52,701 | TOTAL TESTS: 51,11,44,493 of excluding it from the purview identifycreamylayeramongstthe 5(2)ofthe 2016 Act“clearly pro- (TPR)atthenationallevelisbelow | AGtellsSC of providing reservation. backwardclasses andexclude vides that social, economic and WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 1.78% OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.36% 3percentforthelasttwo months, AbenchofJusticesL them from the purviewofreser- other factors have to be taken ithasbeenclimbingupinKerala– NageswaraRao andAniruddha vation, also held that “thebasisof intoaccount forthe purpose of STATES REPORTING MOST CASES it touched18.04 per cent on Afterabrief hearing,theCourt Bose said this while quashing a exclusion of creamylayer cannot determining and excluding” the STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL Tuesdayagainst10per cent a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE adjournedthe matter to Haryanagovernmentnotification be merelyeconomic”. creamylayer.“Strangely, by the CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION month ago. The stateonTuesday NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 September 14,asnocounsel ap- of August17, 2016,whichspecified According to the notification notification dated17.08.2016,the reported24,296newcasestaking Kerala 24,296 1,59,79116.65% 2,62,71,816 pearedfortheaccuseddespiteno- thecriteriaforexclusionof creamy issued under Section 5(2) of the identificationofcreamylayer ■ the active caseloadto1.59 lakh. ATTORNEY GENERALKKVenu- ticebeingserved. layerwithinthebackwardclasses. Haryana BackwardClasses amongstbackwardclasses was ■ Maharashtra4,355 49,772 2.34% 5,39,05,696 At areviewmeeting, Chief gopalonTuesdayurgedtheSupr- The Benchdirected the It said the notification “is in (ReservationinServicesand restrictedonlytothe basisofeco- ■ Tamil Nadu 1,585 18,603 1.06%2,90,41,738 MinisterPinarayiVijayandirected emeCourttoreversetheBombay Supreme CourtLegal Services flagrant violation of the direc- Admission in Educational nomic criterion,” it said. thatasWayanad,Pathanamthitta, ■ Karnataka 1,259 19,810 0.83% 3,75,37,212 HighCourtrulingwhichheldthat Committee (SCLSC) “tomake tions issuedbythis courtinIndra Institutions)Act, 2016,children Quashing the Haryana notifi- Thiruvananthapuram and if thereis“no direct physicalcon- availabletheservicesof seniorad- Sawhney-Iand is at variance of those with gross annual in- cation, the court gave liberty to ■ AndhraPradesh 1,24813,677 2.07% 2,66,17,972 Ernakulam have better vaccina- tact,i.e.skinto skin”,nooffenceof vocateoradvocates along with with the memorandum dated comeofuptoRs3lakhshall be the stategovernment to issue a tion coverage,onlysymptomatic sexual assault under the theAdvocate-on-Record(AoR)to 08.09.1993 issuedbythe Union the firsttoget thequota benefit fresh notification within three STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS people would be tested in these Protectionof ChildrenfromSexual appear on behalf of the accused”. of India pursuant to thejudg- in services and educational insti- months aftertaking intoaccount four districts.Inthese districts, STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012,can The case dates backto ment of IndraSawhney-I, laying tutions. The remainingquota the principleslaiddowninIndra DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR morethan 70 per cent of the tar- be said to be committed. December2016, when the 39- down the criteria foridentifying shallgotothosewho earn more Sawhney-Iand the criteria men- getedpeople, aged above 18 year, The judgment“is outrageous year-oldaccusedhadluredthe12- creamylayer”. than Rs 3lakhbut up to Rs 6lakh tionedinSection 5(2)ofthe 2016 ■ Maharashtra267 1,39,843 2.61% 2.20% have receivedonedoseofvaccine. andwouldsetadangerousprece- year-old girltohis house on the Itsaid“thecriteriamentioned per annum. Those earning above Actfor determining creamylayer. ■ Kerala 17319,836 0.64% 0.55% Extensive testing would be dent”, Venugopal told aBenchof pretextofgivinghersomethingto heldin10 districtswherevaccina- ■ Odisha 67 7,5465.16% 0.76% JusticesUULalitandAjayRastogi, eat. According to the complaint tion is below70per cent. whichishearing appealsagainst lodged by thegirl's mother,the ■ Karnataka 29 37,184 1.31%1.27% HealthMinisterVeenaGeorge the January12ruling of the man pressedthe girl's breastand Three copies of Sikh scripture ■ Tamil Nadu 27 34,761 1.33%1.35% said Kerala aims to ensurefirst Nagpur Benchofthe BombayHC. attempted to remove her salwar. dose forall abovethe ageof18by Note:DataasonAug24;vaccinationnumbersasofAug23.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. The Supreme Courthad The mother found the girlinthe the end of September. stayedtheHCorderonJanuary27. man's house, in aroomthat was and 44 Afghan Sikhs flown in The AG and the National bolted from outside. CommissionforWomenhadfiled ASessions Courthad con- NewDelhi: Union ministers separateappeals. victed the man underSection8 Hardeep Singh Puri and V India’s first mRNA Covid vaccine “If tomorrow, apersonwearsa (punishmentforsexualassault)of Muraleedharan Tuesdayre- pairof surgicalglovesandfeelsthe thePOCSOActandsentencedhim ceivedthree copies of Sikh scrip- entirebodyof awoman,hewon't to threeyearsinjail. tureGuru Granth Sahib and 44 gets approval for phase II, III trials be punishedfor sexual assault as On January12, theNagpur Afghan Sikhs who reachedIndia per this judgment. This is an out- Benchofthe BombayHCmodi- from Kabul via Dushanbein pantsacrossthree trialsites (two observer-blind, Phase II study rageous order.The accusedtried fied the decision of the Sessions Tajikistan on aspecialAir India ANURADHA in Pune and one in Kolhapur) in seamlesslyfollowedbyaPhaseIII to bringdownthe salwarand Court, andconvicted him under flight. MASCARENHAS the Phase 1trial (of the vaccine, studyto evaluatethesafety, toler- even then bail wasgranted... The IPC Section 354(assault or using Guru Granth Sahib copies PUNE,AUGUST24 HGCO190), whichhas been ability,andimmunogenicityof the Judgeclearly didn't see the far- criminal forcewithintent to out- will be takentoGuru Arjan Dev completed. Safetydatawas good candidateHGCO19inhealthy reaching consequences,” the AG rage awoman's modesty), sen- GurdwarainNew Mahavir INDIA’S FIRSTmRNAvaccine enough and approval has been subjects’,whichwasapprovedby said. He saidthat “touching of the tencing him to one year in jail. Nagarhere, according to people againstcoronavirus –developed givenfor phaseIIand IIItrials the office of the DCG(I), CDSCO. breastofaminorevenwithoutre- TheHCsaidthatgropingami- coordinating the evacuation ef- by Pune-based Gennova that arenow expectedtobegin The studywill be conducted movingthe topamounted to nor'sbreastwithout "skin to skin fortswith the Indian govern- Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (partof in the next twoweeks,” Dr across approximately10-15 sites commission of offence of sexual contact"cannotbetermedassex- ment. Emcuregroup of companies) – SanjaySingh, CEO of Gennova in Phase II and 22-27sites in assault under the Act”. ual assault as definedunder the “The Afghan Sikhs will stay at hasbeengiventhego-aheadfrom Biopha-rmaceuticals Ltd, told Phase III. Gennova planstouse Referring to the factsofthe POCSO Act. It said that since the ahotel in Karol Bagh till further Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puri receivesGuru Granth the Drugs Controller General of TheIndian Express. the Department of case, he said the minor victim, mangropedthechildwithoutre- arrangementsare made," said Sahib whicharrived from Kabul, in NewDelhi Tuesday. UNI India(DCGI)tomoveintoPhaseII The vaccine Subject Expert Biotechnology-ICMR clinical trial who wasstalked and gropedby movingher clothes, the offence KanvBhalla, an entrepreneur co- and IIIofclinical trials. Committee reviewedthe interim networksites forthis study.“We the accused, raisedanalarm, and cannotbetermedsexual assault. ordinating rehabilitation efforts Thefirmhadsubmittedthein- Phase Idataand foundthat hope to enroll 4,400partici- anFIRwaslodgedwithoutanyde- “...itisnotthecaseof theprosecu- on behalf of NewYork-based tressedAfghans in coordination welcome the Afghan nationals. terim clinical data of itsPhase I HGCO19was safe,tolerable, and pants,” said Dr Singh. lay. Lettingoff the accusedwillgo tion that the appellantremoved philanthropistMandeep Singh with and underthe guidance of “Today, Igot the privilegeto trialto theCentralDrugsStandard immunogenic. “Weare aiming to roll out the againstthe legislative intent, the her topand pressedher breast... Sobti.Sobtiand ParamjeetSingh the government of India, he said. servethree 'swaroop' of Guru ControlOrganisation(CDSCO),the Gennova submitted the pro- vaccineasearly aspossible–even AG said, adding that 43,000 thereisnodirectphysical contact Anand, through their Sobti Puri, Muraleedharan, gov- Granth Sahib ji that arrivedin Government of India’s National posed Phase II and Phase III study by the year end –and initiallyit POCSO offences were registered i.e. skin to skin with sexual intent Foundation, have undertaken ernment officials andBJP lead- Delhi from Kabul," Puri tweeted RegulatoryAuthority. titled‘Aprospective,multi-centre, will be foradults before we work in the lastone year. without penetration,” it said. the rehabilitation of these dis- ers reachedDelhi's IGI Airportto in Hindi. ENS “Wehad enrolled82partici- randomised, active-controlled, ononeforchildren,”saidDrSingh.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021 11 GOVT &POLITICS GovtsellingIndia’scrown Haryanaclears Bill to speed up land DELHI CONFIDENTIAL jewelstoselectfew:Rahul acquisition, Cong TMC, CPM slam national monetisation schemeas‘dangerous’ move calls it ‘black law’ Chidambaramsaid,“Thisexercise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE has been designedwithout any NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 ex-antecriteria.The government EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BIGCHANGES shouldhave speltoutwhatitscri- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 ADAY afterthe Centreunveiled teriawere andwhatitsgoalswere. plans to monetise Rs 6lakhcrore Youdon’tembarkuponsuchabig THE HARYANA Assembly ■ ‘Approval of worthofstate assets across sec- exercise without firstsetting out TuesdaypassedaBillto fast-track Parliament’ substituted THE REVIVAL tors ranging from powertoroad the criteriaand whatyour goals land acquisition, even as opposi- with directions of and railways overthe next four are. Youdon’t embark upon such tionCongress demandeditbeei- Assembly NEARLYTHREE years afteritwas setup, the Supreme Courtis years, opposition parties on anexercisewithoutconsultations therwithdrawnorreferredtothe making renewedefforts to getits in-house think-tank –Centre Tuesday slammedthe move. withstakeholders.” House's select committeealleg- ■ Social impact forResearch and Planning –upand running. The brainchild of While Congress leader Rahul Have the railway unions and ingthatmanyofitsprovisionsare assessment done away former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, CRP sawthe exit of itshandpicked Gandhi accusedthe government Rahul Gandhi,flankedbyRandeep Surjewala (left) and P employees been consulted,he "anti-farmer". with in infraprojects team headedbyProfMohan Gopal justmonths afteritwas set of “selling” and“gifting”India’s Chidambaram, addresses the media on Tuesday. Anil Sharma asked.“Have port workers been AsBJP-JJPgovernmentmoved up. Under CJI NVRamana, the courtissaid to have frameda “crownjewels”, created using consulted;havefarmers been aheadwith the Bill,Congress leg- ■ 50% of compensation fresh “Scheme forre-structuring and functioning of Centrefor public moneyoverthe last70 consulted,”Chidambaramasked. islators ledbyLeader of can be paid as Research and Planning in Supreme Court of India” with ade- years,to a“selectfew”,theCPI(M) plunderofpeople’s wealth”. “clearly hasmishandledtheecon- “This is all hatched in secrecy in Opposition Bhupinder Singh rehabilitation and tailedmandateand hiring plan. Apartfromresearch,the CRP and Trinamool Congress also Addressing the media along omy” and does notknowwhat to thiswonderfulorganisationcalled Hoodastagedawalkout from the resettlement costs willalso focus nowonoutreach thatwillincludeexplainingkey slammedthe move. with former Finance ministerP do now. “As alastresort,theyare Niti Aayog.” House. decisionsofthe SC as well as itscontributions to lawand justice, The TMC said the move is a Chidambaram, Rahul said all as- selling everything.... To me, this is Rahul said the Congress is not Congress legislators also ■ Collector may and on the working of courts. "dangerous bid" by a"bankrupt" sets willgoto“onlythree or four ahugetragedy;itissomething againstprivatisationbut believes termedita“blacklaw”hinting it determine fair NarendraModi government to people”, as theseare the “sectors everypatriotic person and every thereshould be astrategy forpri- mayfurtherfuelthefarmeragita- compensation without raisemoney by graduallyhanding thosethree or four people arein- nationalistic person should op- vatisation. He said the UPAgov- tion going on forthe pastnine inquiries THE DEADLINE over sectors likerailways,roads, terested in”. He said, “Thisentire pose,” he said. ernment’sstrategywasnot to sell months. airportsandminingto corporates privatisationisdesignedtocreate Rahul said BJP claims nothing strategic assets andcompanies TheBJP-JJP stategovernment THE GOVERNMENT has setadeadline forfilling all faculty va- andcalleditananti-peoplemove. monopolies. The whole idea be- happenedinIndiafor70years,but where thereisarisk of monopo- had proposed‘The Right to Fair On aquestion regarding the cancies across centrally-fundedhigher education institutions. The CPI(M) said the National hind this is to create monopolies nowassets created in all these liesbeingcreated.HesaidtheUPA CompensationandTransparency landacquisitionbill,CMManohar The Education Ministryhas been putting up embarrassing MonetisationPipeline,releasedby forthree or four people.... The years arebeing sold. “Everybody privatisedcompanies that were inLandAcquisition,Rehabilitation LalKhattarsaidithasbeenpassed dataonfaculty vacancies in almost everyParliament session Finance MinisterNirmala PrimeMinisterinsists onbuilding knowswho this is going to.There chronically loss-making,with and Resettlement (Haryana to ensuresmoothcommence- in response to questions asked by MPs. In the recent Monsoon Sitharaman,“detailsthelootofna- twoorthreemonopoliesthatown is no confusion,”headded. minimal market share. Amendment)Bill,2021'to amend mentandcompletionof linearde- Session, the ministryinformedParliamentthat 14 of the44 tional assets andinfrastructure”. everything in this country.” Callingita“grandbargainsale, FULLREPORTON the Right to Fair Compensation velopment, essentialand emer- central universities have morethan 40% vacancy in teaching The party calledit“an outright Rahul said the government and agrand closing-down sale”, www.indianexpress.com and Transparency in Land gency projects. positions. These include Delhi University and Allahabad Acquisition,Rehabilitation and But former Chief Minister University with the latter havingmorethan 70%vacant teach- Resettlement Act, 2013. Bhupinder Singh Hooda termed ing posts.OnTuesday, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare The Bill states that "toensure themove aimedat“cronycapital- wrotetoheads of all IITs, IIMs, NITsand central universities What about expressway, airportsunder Cong: Irani that the existing infrastructural ism”.Healsoobjectedonthepow- asking them to recruit teachers againstvacant positions,es- projectsarecompletedanddonot ers giventothe Collector forland peciallyreserved positions. Forthis, Khareset ayear's dead- wasannouncedfor New Delhi Irani saidthe FinanceMinister sufferandto protectthepublicin- acquisitionproceedingsintheBill. line that endsonSeptember 4, 2022.. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE railway station when the had clarifiedthat the government terest,the stategovernment in- Congress MLAKiran NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Congress wasinpower at the would retain itsownershipand tends to amendSection 2and in- Choudhryalso thatthe more Centre. Is Rahul Gandhi accusing in the process of monetisation, sertSection 10-A in the Right to powersto Collectormayadversely SPREADING THE MESSAGE HITTINGBACKatRahul Gandhi's that the government forwhich the government would also an- Fair Compensationand affect the rightsoffemale mem- criticismofthe National the chief washis mother had nounce nodal officers forevery TransparencyinLandAcquisition, bersof thefamiliesconcernedand TWOYEARS ago, along with topBollywood stars,the castof Monetisation Pipeline plan, the done the misadventureofselling statefor this process. “Would Rehabilitation and Resettlement the tenants. popular TV showTaarak Mehta Ka OoltahChashmah wasin- BJP said it shows the opposition offthe country?” Rahul Gandhi call the monetisa- Act, 2013,toexemptcertain de- Deputy Chief Minister vitedby PrimeMinisterNarendraModi.Duringthe interaction, party's “political hypocrisy”, as ‘Politicalhypocrisy exposed’ Irani said theairport privati- tion process by his party govern- velopmental projects, including Dushyant Chautala, who had he talked about the ‘ChangeWithin’ campaign, to encourage Congress-ledgovernmentshad sation process wasinitiated by mentsasselling off,” Irani asked. rural infrastructure, affordable movedthe Bill in the Assembly, entertainment stars to promoteMahatma Gandhi’s ideals in monetisedMumbai-Pune ex- the Congress-ledUPA in 2006. “Thereisasaying in English, 'this housing, industrial corridors and stronglydefendeditandsaidthat theirmovies and TVshows. Thepopular TVcast hasbeen roped pressway and airports,among monetisedfor Rs 8,000 crore. Is “The political hypocrisy is ex- man's politics begins with health and education and metro Haryana is notthe firststate to in, again. This time to spread an important public health mes- others, earlier. Rahul Gandhi alleging that the posedinhis allegations over this hypocrisy,sustainedthrough ar- rail projects from thepurview of bringinamendmentsas16states sage: that people should embrace Covid-19vaccination and re- UnionministerandseniorBJP Maharashtragovernment had government'stransparentefforts rogance, and ends with con- theprincipalAct pertaining to had alreadyamendedthe 2013 duce vaccinehesitancy.Infact,aftertheshowstartedtelevising leader Smriti Irani said: “The soldoffthe expressway?In2008, to fillthecoffersandshield it from tempt'. This wasseen in Rahul conducting social impact assess- Act. FULLREPORTON thesemessages,HealthMinisterMansukhMandaviyahasbeen Mumbai-Pune expresswaywas an an RFP [requestfor proposal] theftbythe Congress,” she said. Gandhi's press conference.” ment study". www.indianexpress.com prompt to sharethem on social media platforms. Many injured in Sena-BJP BhanwariDevi case: BJP slams SP, Nadda, 5Punjab Congress Cong for absence ministers hit back at Sidhu clash at Rane’s bungalow Ex-minister Maderna at Kalyanfuneral aides over J&K, Pak remarks gets bail, 16 of 17 out MAULSHREESETH YOGESHNAIK LUCKNOW,AUGUST24 MUMBAI,AUGUST24 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE HAMZAKHAN THE BJP on Tuesdayhit out at the NEWDELHI,CHANDIGARH, IRKEDBY UnionministerNarayan JAIPUR,AUGUST24 leaders of the Samajwadi Party AUGUST24 Rane'sremarks againstChief and the Congress fornot paying MinisterUddhav Thackeray,Shiv THE RAJASTHAN High Courton theirlastrespectstoformerUttar THE BJP on Tuesdaysaid “repre- JPNadda Sena and Yuva Senaworkers Tuesday granted bail to former Pradesh Chief MinisterKalyan hensible” remarks by Punjab peltedstonesathisbungalowfac- Congress ministerMahipal Singh at his residence in Lucknow. Congress chief NavjotSingh ingthe Juhu beachinMumbaion Maderna, akey accusedinthe Singh,whom the BJP portrayedas Sidhu's twoadvisers — arerepeatedly making irrespon- Tuesday morning. Bhanwari Devi murder case, aniconof Hindutvaandthe OBCs, Malwinder Mali and PyareLal sible statementsthat have grave Rane and his sons Nilesh and alongwith six others. wascremated in Bulandshahr Garg—havegrave implications implicationsonnational security. Nitesh were in Konkan, but their Although Maderna is already Mahipal Maderna district’s Narora town on Monday. on national security and asked Iwould urge thetopmostnational supportersretaliatedby throwing Outside Narayan Rane’s house at Juhu. PradipDas out on an interimbail on med- “By failing to appear to bid the Congress leadership to make leadership of the Congress to state stones backatthe Sena workers. ical grounds, this is his firstreg- the final farewell to former Uttar itsposition clear. clearly whether theysupportthe In the exchange, eight policemen ularbail since his incarceration ular bail plea forMaderna, cur- Pradesh Chief MinisterKalyan In Punjab, five Cabinetminis- remarks... Silence on the matter receivedminor injuries. Afew andviolatingpandemicrules.The site. in December2011. rentlyundergoing treatment for Singh, AkhileshYadavjiyou have ters urgedthe Congress high willbeseenasimplicit support...” Sena workers and Rane support- police have also invokedthe Rahul Kanal, aYuvaSena Senior advocateJagmal Singh cancer,and it wasgranted. lostthe moral right to talk about commandtoensure strongaction While Mali hadclaimedthat erswerealsoinjured. DisasterManagement Actand leader,said, “Many Sainikswere Choudhary, who has been repre- With the latestset of bails, as the backwardclasses. Youtalk- as per lawagainstMali and Garg “Kashmir is acountryofKashmiri Asked whySenaworkers Epidemic Diseases Act. stoppedby thepolice...thosewho senting Maderna, said that the manyas16ofthe 17 accusedin ing about Backwards is nothing fortheir “patentlyanti-national” people”, Garghad takenaswipe were allowedtoassembleoutside AthirdFIR wasregistered by managed to assemble were from bail wasgranted on various the high profile case arenow out but hypocrisy,” said Deputy CM and “pro-Pakistan” remarks. at Punjab CM AmarinderSingh Rane’sbungalow, Joint Kasturba Marg police in Borivali westernsuburbs. Else, the crowd grounds. “First, the charges on bail,exceptIndiraBishnoi. KeshavPrasad Maurya. Punjab ministers Brahm forcriticisingPakistan,sayingthat Commissioner (Lawand Order) (East) againstnearly 90 Shiv Sena would have been muchbigger.” againsthim under IPC sections What has tiltedthe bail pleasin Targeting Akhilesh Yadavand Mohindra, VijayInder Singla, is notinPunjab's interest. VishwasNangrePatil said:“Police workersforprotestingandraising Besides stones,Sena support- 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal favour of the accusedisa the Congress, BJP leader Sakshi Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Balbir BJP spokesperson Sambit personnelwerepresent in ade- slogans againstRane. ers alsothrew eggs at Rane's conspiracy) areveryweak and Supreme Courtorder granting Maharaj claimedthat theyfailed Singh Sidhu and Sadhu Singh Patraalleged that such remarks quatenumbers and theydis- Earlier in the day, Santacruz house and supporters,seeking to thereisnodirect evidence for bail to one of the accused. to offercondolences to appease Dharamsot, along with MLARaj could nothavebeen made by persed themob.” and Juhu policestationshad de- recalltheUnionminister'spastas 302. Second, he has been in cus- Bhanwari Devi, an auxiliary a“particular section” because of KumarVerka, inastatementsaid, Congress leaders without ap- AdditionalCommissionerof ployedpolicemen outside Rane's apoultryshop owner.Theyalso tody since long and the SC has nurse midwife, allegedly pos- the BabriMasjid demolition is- “Remarks by both newly-ap- proval of party president Sonia Police(West)SandeepKarniksaid house as Yuva Senaworkers be- threw blackink at the house. An granted bail to aco-accused on sessedavideo of herself with sue. This act of the SP and pointed advisers...areclearly Gandhi and senior leader Rahul thattwoFIRshave beenregistered ganassemblingatthespot.Senior effigy of Rane wasburnt. the grounds of long custody and Maderna, who waseventually Congress leaders wasa“disre- againstIndia’s interests and detri- Gandhi. against60Sena workers and 60 Inspector DnyaneshwarGanore The violence, which beganat his grounds aresimilar.Third, it sackedasaminister. Shewent spect” to OBCsand Dalitsasatall mental to national security”. Earlier,Amarinder had Rane supporters forrioting. The said he stopped Yuva Sena leader 11 am, continued fornearly 40 wasalso his sickness,” Singh said. missing in September 2011. leader suchasKalyanSingh is In aseries of tweets,BJP pres- termedthe comments“atro- FIRswere registeredonchargesof Varun Sardesai (a nephew of CM minutes, disrupting peak hour Singh said that this wasthe FULLREPORTON “born once in centuries”, ident JPNadda stated:“Recent cious”, “ill-conceived” and poten- rioting,assault,endangeringlives Thackeray)fromcoming to the trafficonthe Juhu Tara Road. firsttime theyhad movedareg- www.indianexpress.com Maharaj said. commentsbyPunjab Congress tiallydangerous to peaceand sta- leaders...arereprehensible. They bility of thestate and the country. UP govt withdrew 77 Muzaffarnagar TN BJP gen secy quits over PAGD resolution demands claims of sexual misconduct restoration of J&K statehood riots cases without reason, SC told EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE In the run-up to themeeting, the riots were registeredinfive High Courthas stayed the CHENNAI,AUGUST24 NAVEEDIQBAL the administration had sought to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE districtsofMeerut zone against process. Tamil Nadu has with- ‘122 ED, 121 CBI SRINAGAR,AUGUST24 dissuadethe PAGD from holding NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 6,869 accused. Chargesheetwas drawnfour cases, Telangana 14 cases against TAMILNADUBJPgeneralsecretary KT the event, citing Covid measures. filedin175 of these cases and in cases and Kerala 36 cases, it said. KTRaghavan, who wasalso a Raghavan PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE forGupkar In alettertothe PAGD spokesper- THE UTTAR Pradesh govern- 165cases, final reports were sub- Hearing the matter on sitting, former prominentRSSfaceinthestate,re- Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday son, the Executive Magistrate ment has withdrawn 77 cases mitted and170 cases were ex- August10, theSupremeCourt signedonTuesdayafteraYoutube held itsfirstconvention with statedthatasof August22,theUT’s related to the 2013 Muzaffarna- punged. benchheadedbyChiefJustice of legislators’ video accusedhim of sexual mis- ing anybenefits.Hesaid the functionariesand workers of its executive committee,“hasputre- garriots without giving anyrea- “Thereafter, 77 caseswere India NVRamana had directed conduct. The video, releasedbya videowas to malign him and the constituent parties, which strictions on public gatherings”. son and these “maybeexamined withdrawnbythe stategovern- that no prosecution againstasit- NewDelhi: Sitting and former BJP member,purportedly shows BJP.“Idenythe allegations,” he passedaresolution seeking Referringtothis, Tarigami by theHigh Courtbyexercising ment under Section 321of ting or former legislator shall be legislators areinvolvedin122 Raghavaninasleazyvideo call said, adding thathewill face the restoration of Jammu and said, “Itseems the conduct of the revisional jurisdiction”,recom- CrPC,” the reportsaid, adding withdrawnwithoutleave of the cases arising out of offences un- with awoman partymember. allegations legally. Kashmir’s constitutional posi- meeting is notacceptable to the mendedareport filedin that the government orders“do High Court. der Prevention of Money Madhan Ravichandran, who Annamalai said an internal tion as on August4,2019. administration...Wehavefol- SupremeCourt on Tuesday. notgiveany reasons forwith- In his report, the amicuscu- Laundering Act, 2002 and arebe- releasedthe video on Tuesday probehas been ordered to ver- “Articles 370, 35-A and full lowedCovid protocols to the The recommendationwas drawal” of the cases underthe riaesoughtadirection to respec- ing probed by Enforcement morning, claimedthat therewere ify the authenticity of the video. statehood has been our consti- best extent. The administration part of the reportondatarelating provision.It“merelystatesthat tive governmentsthatthey“may Directorate(ED), according to at least15other similar videos of About Ravichandran’s claim that tutional position and the consti- has triedtocause hindrances to to pending cases againstlegisla- the administration afterfull con- issue instructions to the public datapresented to Supreme BJP leaders. Ravichandran also the video wasreleasedwith tution of J&K, whichwas abol- our small meeting as well.” tors submitted by Senior sideration has takenadecision prosecutor [towithdraw acase] CourtonTuesday. claimedthat the video wasre- Annamalai’s consent, the state ishedunconstitutionally, be On July5,daysafter the all- AdvocateVijay Hansaria,who to withdrawthe particularcase”, onlyifthe government, in a According to thereport, there leasedwith the consent of party’s BJP chief said, “I asked him to fur- restored.This is our basic char- party meeting with Prime wasappointed to assistthe court manyofwhichrelatetooffences givencase, is of the opinion that are121 CBI cases against51sit- statepresident KAnnamalai. nish the video and told him that terand demand,” spokesperson MinisterNarendraModi, the as amicus curiae in the matter. of dacoity,the reportsaid. the prosecution waslaunched ting and former MPs and 112sit- Raghavanimmediately an- action cannotbetaken before forPAGDand seniorCPI(M) PAGD in ajoint statement had The reportsaid the Standing It said Karnataka toohad maliciously and there is no foun- ting and former MLAs, indicat- nouncedhis resignation, claim- verifyingthe video and seeking leader Mohammad Yousuf said that it was“disappointed” Counsel forUttar Pradesh in- withdrawn62cases without as- dationfor prosecuting the ac- ing involvement of morethan ing that he worked forthe party explanationfromthe person fac- Tarigami said afterthe meeting. with the meeting's outcome. formedthat 510 casesrelating to signingany reason but the state cused”. one legislator in acase. 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What is monetisation? is talking about brownfield projectswherein- raisedthrough monetisation is around 14%of will be up formonetisation. Redevelopment “Monetisationpotentialof tollroadassets, SUNNYVERMA In amonetisation transaction, the govern- vestmentshavealready been made, where theproposedoutlayfortheCentreofRs43lakh of various government colonies and hospital- thoughbeingamarket-testedassetclasswith NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 ment is basically transferring revenue rights thereisacompletedasset which is eitherlan- croreunder NIP. ity assets including ITDC hotels is expectedto establishedmonetisationmodels,islimitedby to private parties foraspecifiedtransaction guishing or it is notfullymonetisedorisun- generate Rs 15,000crore. the percentageofstretches having fourlane THE GOVERNMENT on Mondayunveileda period in return forupfront money, arevenue der-utilised. So by bringing in private partici- What is the listofassets? and above configuration. The totallength of four-year National Monetisation Pipeline share, and commitment of investmentsinthe pation in this youwill be able to monetise it The assets on the NMP listinclude:26,700 What arethe challenges? national highway (NH) stretches with four- (NMP) worthanestimated Rs 6lakh crore. It assets.Real estate investment trusts (REITs) better and ensurefurtherinvestment in infra- km of roads, railway stations, train operations Among the keychallenges that mayaffect laneandabove isestimatedto beabout23%of aimsto unlockvalueinbrownfieldprojectsby and infrastructureinvestmenttrusts (InvITs), structurebuilding.” and tracks,2,8608 Ckt km worthofpower theNMProadmapare:lackofidentifiablerev- thetotal NH network,”asper the NMPframe- engaging the private sector,transferring to forinstance,are the keystructures used to transmission lines, 6GWofhydroelectric and enuesstreamsinvariousassets,levelof capac- work.Thegovernmenthastriedtoaddressthis themrevenuerightsandnotownershipinthe monetise assets in the roads and powersec- What is the government’splan? solarpowerassets,2.86lakhkmof fibreassets ity utilisationingas andpetroleum pipeline withaplan to monetise assets that arefour- projects, and using the funds so generatedfor tors. These arealso listedonstock exchanges, Roads, railways and powersector assets and 14,917 towers in the telecomsector,8,154 networks,disputeresolutionmechanism,reg- lane and above. infrastructurecreation across the country. providinginvestors liquidity through second- will comprise over 66%ofthe total estimated km of naturalgas pipelinesand 3,930 km of ulated tariffs in powersector assets,and low The MNP framework notesthat other key The NMP has been announcedtoprovide arymarkets as well. Whiletheseare astruc- value of the assets to be monetised, withthe petroleumproductpipelines.Intheroadssec- interestamonginvestorsinnationalhighways impedimentstothemonetisationprocessare aclear framework formonetisation and give turedfinancing vehicle, other monetisation remainingupcoming sectors including tele- tor, thegovernment has already monetised belowfour lanes. While the government has asset-specific challenges suchaspresence of potentialinvestorsareadylistofassetsto gen- models on PPP (Public Private Partnership) com, mining, aviation, ports,natural gasand 1,400kmofnationalhighways worthRs17,000 triedtoaddress these challenges in the NMP an identifiablerevenue stream. This is specifi- erateinvestmentinterest.Thegovernmenthas basis include: OperateMaintain Transfer petroleumproductpipelines,warehousesand crore.Anotherfive assets have beenmonetised framework,executionof theplanremainskey callyrelevant to therailway sector,whichhas stressedthat these arebrownfield assets, (OMT), Toll OperateTransfer (TOT), and stadiums.Intermsof annualphasingby value, through aPowerGrid InvIT raising Rs 7,700 to itssuccess.Structuring of monetisation seen limited PPP success as amode of project whichhavebeen “de-risked”fromexecution Operations, Maintenance &Development 15%ofassetswithanindicativevalueofRs0.88 crore. transactionsisbeingseenaskey. Theslowpace delivery. risks,and thereforeshould encourageprivate (OMD). OMT and TOThavebeen usedinhigh- lakh croreare envisaged forrolloutinthe cur- Also, 15 railwaystations, 25 airportsand of privatisationingovernmentcompanies in- KonkanRailway, forinstance,hasmultiple investment. Structuring the monetisation ways sector while OMD is being deployedin rent financial year.The NMP will run co-ter- thestakeofcentralgovernmentinexistingair- cluding Air Indiaand BPCL, and less-than-en- stakeholders, including state governments, transactions, providing abalance risk profile case of airports. minus with the National Infrastructure portsand160coalminingprojects,31 projects couraging bids in the recentlylaunchedPPP whichown stakeinthe entity.Creating an ef- of assets,and effectiveexecution of the NMP Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman Pipeline of Rs 100lakh croreannouncedin in 9major ports,210 lakh MT of warehousing initiative in trains,indicatethat attracting pri- fective monetisation transactionstructure will be keychallenges. said: “Thereisnoland here, this entire(NMP) December 2019.The estimated amount to be assets,2nationalstadiaand2regionalcentres, vate investors interestisnot that easy. could be abit challenging in this case.

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TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at leastone dose) The saroop of Sikh Holy Book 45,61,51,209 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose

19,27,101 Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puri and othershavecarriedontheirheads 80,00,000 Afghan Sikhs: 57,29,286 18,10,535 saroops of theGuru GranthSahibflown in from Afghanistan. What is a 46,37,675 saroop, and the code of conduct forinstallingand transportingone? persecuted 40,00,000

KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR and dwindling AMRITSAR,AUGUST24 0 LAST 10 DAYS (daily) AMONGTHE moststriking images emerg- ADRIJAROYCHOWDHURY Aug14Aug 23 ing from theflight of Sikhs from Afghanistan NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 have been those of Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puri carrying on his head, on Tuesday, FOLLOWINGTHE Taliban takeover of TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN one of the saroops of the holyGuru Granth Afghanistan, 46 Afghan Sikhs were evacuated 87.5% 12.4% Sahib flown in from that country. to IndiaonMonday, carrying with them three 58,89,97,805 saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib. So, what is saroop? (August22break-up;piedoes Saroop is aphysical copyofSri Guru The community GranthSahib,also calledBir in Punjabi. The Sikhs of Afghanistanare asmall com- notrepresentSputnikVdoses) EveryBir has 1,430 pages, whichare re- munity,indigenoustothe country. An esti- ferred to as Ang. The verses on everypage mated200SikhsandHindusremainstranded DOSESONAUG 23 64,48,210 remain the same. in Afghanistan. The Sikhs consider the saroop of Guru InhisbookAfghanHindusandSikhs:History AUG 22: 10,60,218 (1ST DOSE:7,57,884 ;2nd:3,02,334) Granth Sahib aliving guru and treat it with of athousandyears (2019),history enthusiast utmostrespect.Theybelieve that allthe 10 Inderjeet Singh suggestedthatthe historyof Gurus were the same spirit in different bod- Sikhism in Khurasan (medievalAfghanistan) INDIAACTIVE CASES 3,19,551 ies, and the Guru Granth Sahibistheir eter- begins with Guru Nanak who visited the re- nal physicaland spiritualform. gion in the 15th century. It wasthe fifthSikh master, GuruArjan Devoteees carry saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib brought backbyAfghan Sikh In 1504,the Mughal emperor Babur cap- 4,00,000 Dev, who compiledthe firstBir of the Guru evacueesatDelhi airport on Tuesday. Three of the lastsix remaining saroops in tured Kabul, and by 1526 he wasruling GranthSahib in 1604,and installeditatthe Afghanistan have been flown intoIndia. Praveen Khanna Northern India. Kabul became one of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. provincesof Hindustanandremainedsountil 3,85,336 3,19,551 Later,the tenth Sikh master, Guru 1738 when it wasconquered by the Persian 2,00,000 Gobind Singh, addedversespennedbythe Aceremonial whisk is waved high over Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has the sole ruler Nadir Shah. ninth master, his father Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Guru GranthSahib either on the move rightstopublish the Birs of the Guru Granth and compiledthe Bir forthe second and last or while reading from it. Sahib, and this is done at Amritsar. Previous flights time. It wasin1708thatGuru Gobind Singh Gurdwaras have aseparateresting place Thefirstmajorexodusof AfghanSikhsand 0 declared the Guru Granth Sahib the living forthe Saroop,called‘Sukh Asan Sthan’ or What is done with old Birs? Hindushappenedinthelate19thcenturydur- LAST 10 DAYS Guru of the Sikhs. ‘Sachkhand’ wherethe Guru restsatnight. Old and worn Birs of the Guru Granth ing the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, Aug14Aug 23 “Guru Granth Sahib is acompendium of This takesplace at the end of the daywhen Sahib arebrought to Goindwal Sahib in Tarn who is said to have executed closeto100,000 Note:The August23figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on August24 hymns written by six Sikh gurus,15 saints, the holy bookisceremoniouslyshut and Tarandistrict, where theyare cremated. people.TheAfghanSikhcommunityofPatiala including Bhagat Kabir,Bhagat Ravidas, rested.Inthe morning,the saroop is again Thesedays,onlyprinted Birs arecremated inPunjabwasestablishedduringthatexodus. Sheikh Farid and Bhagat Namdev, 11 Bhatts installedinaceremonycalled‘prakash’. as the SGPC and other Sikh bodies have In 1988, on the firstday of Baisakhi,aman INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,24,74,773 (balladeers) and four Sikhs. The verses are Manytourists speciallycometowatchthe been trying to protect the fewhandwritten with an AK-47stormedintoagurdwaraand Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August 24 composedin31ragas,” said Giani Harpreet prakash and sukha asanceremonyofthe Birs that remain. gunned down 13 Sikhs. The following year, Singh, Akal Takht Jathedar. Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple. GurdwaraGuruTegBahadurSinghinJalalabad Howmanysaroops were therein wasattackedbyrockets firedbythe mu- What does the act of carrying the Where arecopies of the Guru Granth Afghanistan? jahideen, leadingtothe death of 17 Sikhs. sarooponone’s head signify? Sahib published? “Therewere13saroops of the Guru Afterthe mujahideen took over Kabul in The installation and transportation of Therewas atradition among Punjabis, Granth Sahib in Afghanistan, of whichsix 1992, manySikhs and Hindus were subjected Guru Granth Sahib is governedbyastrict both Sikhs and Hindus, to copythe Guru were already shiftedtoIndia earlier.Three to kidnapping and persecution. This contin- code of conduct calledrehat maryada. Granth Sahib by hand and produce multiple have been shiftedtoday(Monday)and now uedwhentheTalibantookoverin1994.Allthis Under ideal circumstances, five baptised copies. The Udasi and Nirmla sectsalso just threemoreremain in Afghanistan. ledtoanextensive exodusof SikhsandHindus. Sikhs arerequired to transfer the Guru playedarole in makinghandwritten copies Those toowill be shiftedsoon,” said In the early 1990s,over60,000 Sikhs and Granth Sahib from one place to another.As of the Birs until the British introducedthe Chhabol Singh, member Karte Parwan HinduslivedinAfghanistan;by 2019 ithadre- amarkofrespect,the Bir of the GuruGranth printing press. GurdwaraCommittee. ducedtoaboutathousand,mainlyrestrictedto Sahibiscarriedonthe head, and the person The British also publishedseveral small The previous sevensaroops were trans- Kabul, Jalalabad and Ghazni, according to walksbarefoot. copies of the Guru Granth Sahib fortheir ferred followinganattackonGurudwara Singh’s book. Wheneveradevout sees the Bir of Guru Sikh soldiers so that theycould carry these Har RaiSahib in Kabul on March 25, 2020, In 2018,asuicide bomb attackinJalalabad Granth Sahib passing by,s/he removesher with them in the battlefield. when an Islamic Stategunmanstormedin- killed19Sikhs. In March 2020, an attackon shoes and bows. Nowadays,the Shiromani Gurdwara side and killedatleast25Sikhs. Gurudwara GuruHar RaiSahib killed25. Elgarcase:WhatNIAdraftchargessubmittedincourtsay,againstwhom

portant stageinany criminal case; with this Elgar Parishad case, and against whom? 153A (promoting enmity), 505(1)(B) (public lecting arms and ammunition to destabilise However, the sections in the NIA’s draft SADAFMODAK commences the trial againstthe accused. Initsdraftcharges,theNIAhasnamedhu- mischief),121(wagingorattemptingto wage the government. chargesremainthe same as the ones that MUMBAI,AUGUST24 Based on the evidencesubmitted by the man, tribal, and Dalit rightsactivists Sudhir awar or abetting), 121A (conspiracy to com- It is allegedthatthe accused had con- were proposedbythe Pune Police. investigatingagencythroughitschargesheet, Dhawale, Rona Wilson,SurendraGadling, mit certain offencesagainstthe state), 124A spired to organise sophisticated weapons The alleged conspiracy regarding the THE NATIONAL Investigation Agency (NIA) adraftisproposedbeforethecourt.Thisdraft Sudha Bharadwaj,and Mahesh Raut;aca- (sedition) read with 34 (commonintent) of “toattempt or cause death of public func- Prime Ministerislinkedto aletterclaimedto has submitteddraft chargesbeforeaspecial mentionstheallegationsagainsttheaccused demics Anand Teltumbde, Shoma Sen, and the Indian Penal Code(IPC),along with sec- tionary”. The Pune Police, whichinvesti- have been seizedbythe PunePolice from an courtinMumbaiagainst15arrestedaccused on the basis of the submittedevidence,and HanyBabu; activist-journalistGautam tions of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) gatedthe case from 2018 until it wastaken electronic device usedbyRona Wilson. The and six absconding accusedinthe Elgar thecorrespondingsectionsunderwhichthey Navlakha;Telugupoet-litterateurPVaravara Actonterrorist activities. overbythe NIA in January2020, had also Pune Police had claimedthat the letter dis- Parishad case. can be charged. Rao; activist-artists Ramesh Gaichor, Sagar The maximum punishment theyfaceis proposed draftchargesinaPune courtbe- cussedaconspiracy to assassinatethe Prime The NIA claims that all of them areactive Thecourthas to thenchoose the pro- Gorkhe, and JyotiJagtap;and activist-lawyer the death penaltyunder IPC section 121. fore the case wastransferredtoMumbai. Ministerina“RajivGandhi-type incident” members of the bannedorganisation posedsections forwhichthereisprima fa- Arun Ferreira. It has also namedthe Jesuit The Pune Policedraft had mentionedthat duringhis road shows —areference, appar- CommunistParty of India (Maoist)and have cie evidence againstthe accused. Once that priestand tribal rightsactivistFather Stan What arethe allegations against the the weapons were linked to aconspiracy ently, to theassassinationof theformerPrime been involvedinfurthering itsactivities. is done, the court reads out the chargesto Swamy, thecaseagainst whomhas been accused? “toassassinatePrimeMinisterModi”. MinisterbyanLTTEsuicide bomber during WhilethePunePolice,whichinvestigated the accused. abatedafter he diedincustody lastmonth. The NIA’s draftchargesclaim that the an election campaign in Tamil Nadu in May thecaseearlier,had includedinits proposed At this stage, the accusedcan plead The draftchargesmentionsix abscond- main object of the accusedwas to establish So, will the allegation about targeting the 1991. draftanalleged conspiracy to “assassinate guilty —and the courtcan then pronounce ing accusedincluding Teltumbde’s younger a“jantasarkar”“via revolutionsupported Prime Ministerstill be partofthe NIA’s The Pune Police filedtwo chargesheets PrimeMinisterNarendraModi”, the NIAhas the punishment. But if the accusedplead brother Milind, who is alleged to be atop by acommitmenttoprotracted armed case? before the NIA took over the probe. The cen- said it wasaconspiracy to “attempt or cause notguilty,the chargesare framedand the Naxaloperative. struggle to undermine and to seize power Yes. The NIA has said that while it has not tral agency has filedasupplementary death of public functionary”, but has not trial commences. The prosecution has to TheNIAhasproposedto charge alltheac- from the state”. includedthisaspectinthedraftcharges,itwill chargesheet. Wilsonhas deniedany linksto specificallymentionedthe Prime Minister. then provethe chargesbasedonthe testi- cusedunder 16 sections of the law. Charges It is alleged thatthe Elgar Parishad event continueto remainpartofitsevidenceduring the letter,and has approachedthe Bombay monyofwitnesses and other evidence, under some additional sections have been held on December 31,2017inPune wasin- the trial. HighCourtcitingthereportofUS-baseddig- What does the submission of draft while the accusedhavetodefend them- proposedagainstsome accusedinaccor- tended to “exploitthe communal sentiment Asenior NIA officialsaidthatsince the italconsultantArsenalConsultingwhichhas chargesmean forthe case and selvesagainstthose charges. dancewith thespecific roles theyare alleged of Dalit and other classes across the state”. draftchargesweresupposedtobe“holistic”, claimedthat “incriminating evidence” was investigation? to have played. Other chargesinclude organising funds theydid notinclude specific allegations like allegedly plantedonhiselectronicdevicetwo The framingofchargesconstitutes an im- What arethe proposedchargesinthe The16 commonchargesincludesections through the bannedorganisation, and col- the conspiracy to target the PrimeMinister. years before hisarrest. It is pending hearing.

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AGENCIES China says OrthodoxJews and otherspray at the Temple Mount in SENEGAL WASHINGTON,AUGUST24 Jerusalem on Monday. NYT FormerChad sanctions PRESIDENT JOE Biden has de- dictatordies cidednot to extend his August31 deadline forcompleting the US- against In shift, Israeli govt ofCovid-19 ledevacuation of Americans and Dakar: Chad’s former dic- Afghan allies from Afghanistan, Taliban not tatorHissene Habre, an official said Tuesday. allows Jewish prayer whose government was Biden made the decisionaf- accusedofkilling tens of terconsultation with his na- productive thousandsand became tional security team. Weighing on Temple Mount the firstformer head of the risksofkeeping forces on the statetobeconvicted of ground beyond thedeadline,he KJMVARMA been afrequent flashpoint be- crimesagainsthumanity optedtocomplete the mission BEIJING,AUGUST24 PATRICKKINGSLEY& tween Israelis and Palestinians. by an African courtafter by next Tuesday, whichwas the ADAMRASGON The policy begantochange spending decades in lux- deadline he setwell before the AHEAD OF the G7 meeton JERUSALEM,AUGUST24 during thetenureofBenjamin urious exile, has diedin Taliban completedits takeover Tuesdayonthe Afghan crisis and Netanyahu. Senegal. He was79. His of AfghanistanonAugust15. possible economic sanctions THE ISRAELIgovernment has The numbershavequietlyin- death TuesdayataDakar Biden asked hisnational se- againstthe Taliban, Chinaex- long forbidden Jews to pray on creased, but to avoidabacklash, hospital wasconfirmedby curity team to create contin- AUSsoldier plays with Afghan children evacuated to the Ramstein US Air BaseinGermany. AP pressedreservations over im- the Temple Mount, asitesacred the policy wasnot widelypubli- JeanBertrand Bocande, di- gency plans in case asituation posing penalties, saying the US to Jews and Muslims. cized. That changed lastmonth, rector of the penitentiary arose forwhichthe deadline and itsallies should learn lessons Since Israel captured theOld afterNetanyahu wasreplacedby administration. The for- neededtobeextendedslightly, Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, Biden's decision to dispatch from the pastand act prudently. City of Jerusalem from Jordan in Naftali Bennett. Suddenly, Israeli mer dictator had been the official said. ED USfearsa said the US militarywill need“at his topspy,aveteran of the for- Chinese Foreign Ministry 1967,ithas maintainedafragile news outletspublishedimages sentencedtolifeimpris- The Taliban said on Tuesday resurgent leastseveral days”tofullywith- eign service, comes amid afrantic spokesman Wang Wenbin told religious balanceatthe Temple and footageofdozens of Jews onment in 2016 but ulti- that theywould blockAfghans PLAIN E Al-Qaeda draw itsseveral thousand troops effort to evacuatepeople from amedia briefing herethat im- Mount, the mostdivisive sitein praying openlyonthe mount. ● matelyserved onlyfour trying to leave the country from EX and their equipment from Kabul. Kabul airportinwhat the presi- posing sanctions and applying Jerusalem: OnlyMuslims can Bennettinitiallyappeared to years in prison following traveling to Kabul’s airportand He said commanders arestill denthas called“one of the largest, pressurewillnot solve problems. worship there, while Jews can confirm aformal changeinpol- his trial on chargeslinked would reject anyplans to extend THE RAPID withdrawal of aiming to leave by August 31.He mostdifficult airlifts in history,” “The US and itsallies should pray at the Western Wall below. icy,saying that all religions to his time in powerfrom the deadline forUStroops to US forces and rise of the said thereisenough time to get The Washington Post said. learn lessons from the pastand But recentlythe government would have “freedom of wor- 1982 to 1990. AP withdraw from Afghanistan. Taliban in Afghanistanis all Americans out but wasless Baradar,who spent eight do some soul searching and act has quietlyallowedincreasing ship” on Temple Mount. Speaking at anews confer- a“galvanising event for specific about completing the years in Pakistani prison before prudentlyonAfghanistanre- numbers of Jews to pray there, a Aday later, aftercriticism ence, Zabiullah Mujahid, a jihadists everywhere”, evacuation of allat-risk Afghans. his release in 2018,has servedas lated issues,” he said. shift thatcould aggravatethe in- from Jordan and leftistand Arab Taliban spokesman, notedthat according to Chris Costa, Earlier, Biden had sent the the Taliban's chief negotiator in “Anywanton sanctions and stabilityin EastJerusalemand po- members of his governing coali- PAKISTAN chaos at the airportremaineda acounterterrorism direc- head of the CIA to meetthe peace talkswith the US in Qatar pressuring will notsolve the tentiallylead to religiousconflict. tion, he backtracked, issuing a Indigenous dangerous problem, and said the torinthe previous Taliban’s leader on Mondayin thatresulted in an agreement problem. We believe that while “It’s asensitive place,” said statement that the status quo waytoitwas beingclosedto Trumpadministration. the highestlevel diplomatic en- with the Trumpadministration advancing the peace and recon- Ehud Olmert, aformer Israeli anteremainedinplace. His office rocketsystem Afghan citizenstoprevent peo- Al-Qaeda’s rankshave counter since the militant group on the withdrawal of US forces. struction and transition in prime minister. “Andsensitive repeatedthat claim afterarecent ple from joining the crowds. been significantlydimin- took over the Afghan capital, two On Monday, before details of Afghanistan, the international places suchasthis, whichhavean inquiryfrom The NewYork Times, tested “Theroad that ends at the ishedby20yearsofwar US sources said. the secret meeting emerged, community should think about enormouspotentialforexplosion, providing asix-word comment: Islamabad: Pakistanon Kabulairporthas been blocked. in Afghanistan, but aJune CIAdirector William Burns StateDepartment spokesman howtoprevent militaryinter- needtobetreated with care.” “Nochange in the statusquo.” Tuesdaysuccessfullytest Foreigners can go through it, but reportfromthe UN metTaliban leader Abdul Ghani NedPrice wasasked about why vention under the pretextof The prohibition of Jewish But in reality,dozensofJews launchedaindigenously Afghans arenot allowedtotake Security Council said the Baradar in Kabul, aUSofficial senior US officials hadn't en- democracy,” he said. prayer on the 37-acreplateau nowopenlyprayevery dayina developedguidedmulti- the road,” Mujahid said. group’s senior leadership and asource familiar with gov- gagedwith Baradar giventhe “Weshould notallowthe re- that once held twoancient secluded partofthe eastern launch rocket system, He urgedthe crowds of remains present inside ernment activity told Reuters on stakes in Afghanistan. peat of atragedy whereacertain Jewish temples waspartofa flank of the site, and their Israeli Fatah-1,capable of pre- Afghans thronging the airportin the country, and main- Tuesday. The Washington Post, Price said “our discussions countrymade mistakesbut the long-standing compromise to police escorts no longer attempt ciselydelivering conven- hopes of leaving the countryto tains aclose relationship citing US officials who spokeon with the Taliban have been oper- Afghan people and the interna- avoid conflict at asitethat has to stop them. NYT tional warheads deep into instead go home, saying that the with the Taliban. condition of anonymity,firstre- ational, tactical, theyhavebeen tional community and especially “enemyterritory”. The Taliban would “guarantee their portedthe meeting. focusedlargely on our near-term regional countriespaidthe PakistanArmysaid in a security,” and notedthatthere ACIA representative said the operations and near-term goals price,”hesaid, in an apparent ref- statement the rocket is ca- wasnolistofpeople targeted for “tonot encourageAfghan peo- agency had no comment. The —what is going on at the airport erence to the US intervention in Covid lab leak theory pableof deliveringconven- reprisals. ple to flee their country”. WhiteHouse did notrespondto compound —that is what we're Afghanistan20years agoand its tional warheads. This was Mujahid also calledonthe US LaterTuesday,the chief arequestfor comment. focused on at the moment.” hasty withdrawal of troops. PTI thesecondflightof Fatah-1, unlikely: scientists afterits firstlaunchin January.Atthe time, Director General of Danish left behind in confusion, killed: Afghan Gen PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA PakistanArmy, Media WASHINGTON,AUGUST24 Wing,MajorGeneralBabar Masoodthe wound wassuperfi- and twocommandos accompa- Iftikhar,said the weapon STEPHENGREY, cial.“We arepulling him out.” nying him, mistakenlythinking IT IS moreprobable that Covid- systemcanhittargetsupto CHARLOTTEGREENFIELD, At 7.53am,Siddiquispoketoa theyjoinedtheretreatingconvoy. 19 spread when an infected ani- arangeof140 km. PTI DEVJYOTGHOSHAL, photojournalistcolleaguein Basedoncommunicationsat mal passedthe SARS-CoV-2 virus ALASDAIRPAL& Kabul,tellinghimhewasshelter- the time and interviews with to ahuman at aliveanimalmar- JAPAN READELEVINSON ing in amosque. commandoswhentheyreturned, ket in Wuhan, China rather than AUGUST24 Around 10 am, Masood and Alizaisaid he concludedSiddiqui the disease originatingfroma Supportsought the colleague in Kabulseparately tookshelterinthemosquewhere laboratoryaccident, accordingto Adrive-through vaccination forFukushima AS THE Taliban's campaign to re- got through on Siddiqui's phone. hewastreatedforhisshrapnelin- ateam of global scientists. centreatKarawang in West conquerAfghanistanwasgather- But theygrew alarmed, because jurybyaSpecialForcesmedic,and In acritical reviewpublished Java,Indonesia. Reuters waterrelease ingpaceinJune,hundredsofpeo- in both cases it wasn't Siddiqui accompaniedbyKarzai. as pre-proof in the journal Cell, Tokyo: Japan’sgovernment pleweredying in the fighting. who pickedup. It wasastranger As Siddiqui wasbeing evacu- 21 scientific experts from across adoptedaninterim plan Danish Siddiqui, a38-year- who identifiedhimself as ashop- ated,the Taliban launchedanew the worldpresented evidence in December2019, show they Tuesdaythat it hopes will old star photojournalistfor keeper before hanging up. attackand all government units about what mayhavestarted the initiallyemergedclose to thesite win supportfromfisher- Reuters basedinNew Delhi, de- Masood arranged aconfer- were forced to withdraw.Atthis pandemic. of theHuanan Seafood men and other concerned cidedhewantedtohelp cover encecallwith editors and opera- point, Alizai said, his men lost “The discussion over the ori- Wholesale MarketinWuhan, as groups foraplannedre- the story. “Ifwedon't go,who The familyreceivingSiddiqui’s body at his home in Delhi . File tions managers to explain what communication with Karzai, gins of the pandemic have be- well as other markets reportedto leaseintotheseaof treated will?” Siddiqui'smanager,Asia had happened. During that call, Siddiquiandthemedic.Theymis- come politicisedand heated,and have live animal trading. but still radioactive water pictureseditor Ahmad Masood, another Reuters photographer in takenlythought all three had we felt the time wasright to take Theysaid thatinthe weeks from the wrecked recalledhim saying. an Afghan SpecialForcescom- wascommandingthe assault. Kabul messaged Masood with jumpedaboardoneof theretreat- acritical look at all of the avail- following, cases radiated out- Fukushima nuclear plant. On July11, Siddiqui arrivedin mander showthat Siddiqui was At 7.41 am on July16, Siddiqui pictures circulating on social me- ingvehicles. able evidence,” said Stephen ward geographically, adding The governmentdecided Kandahar. Thereheembedded evacuatedto alocalmosque after sent avoice messagetoMasood. dia. Masood knewimmediately Alizai said one of his officers Goldstein, an author on the pa- those cases were followedbyex- inAprilto startdischarging with aunit of elitecommandos he wasinjured by shrapnel. And Therewas the sound of heavy the man in the photoswas then managed to getthrough to per and evolutionary virologist cessive deaths in January2020, a the waterintothe Pacific tasked with flushing out Taliban hewaskilled,accordingto thetop gunfire. Siddiqui is heardsaying Siddiqui. “Oh God, he has been Karzai'sphone.Hesaid it was at University of Utah Health, US. second markerofhow the virus Oceaninthespringof2023 fighters. Afghan officer,after being aban- to another person,“What is it, killed,” he said. answered by someone identify- “Preventingfuturepan- spread through the population. afterbuilding afacility and SiddiquiwaskilledinaTaliban donedwithtwo soldiers in the RPG?” Aminutelater,another Major-GeneralHaibatullah ing himself as aTaliban fighter, demics requires the political will “This suggests that the epi- compiling release plans attackonJuly16.Firstreports indi- confusion of aretreat. message.“Masood, I'vebeen hit.” Alizai,the commanderof who said, “You'rebringing to cut offthe routes by which demic beganinmarketsinthis undersafetyrequirements cated that he waskilled in cross- AfterTaliban forces moved The twospokeonthe phone Afghanistan'sSpecialOperations Indians to fightagainstus.” The these viruses enter the human district:the Huanan and possibly setbyregulators. Theidea fire at SpinBoldak,ahotly con- intoSpin Boldak on July14, the three minutes later.Siddiqui told Corps when it hostedSiddiqui in officer replied, "Don't shoothim. population. Focusing in the other marketsaswell,” he said. has been fiercelyopposed tested Afghan border crossing Special Forces had offeredtotake Masoodhehadbeenhitby shrap- Kandahar, told Reuters it wasevi- He's ajournalist.” “Wealready wrong direction will preclude The Wuhan Instituteof by fishermen, residents withPakistan.Butanexamination Siddiqui along as theyattempted nel on the backofhis leftarm.He dentnow that, in fierce fighting, killedthat guy,” the fighter an- those effortsfromoccurring,” Virology,often cited as the andJapan'sneighboursin- of Siddiqui's communications to recapturethetown. Hewasrid- passedthe phone to one of the his soldiers withdrew from Spin swered.Therewas no further Goldstein said. source of alab leak,isalso cluding China and South with Reuters andaccountsfrom ing with MajorSadiqKarzai, who membersof theunit,whoassured Boldakand leftbehind Siddiqui contact. REUTERS The authors notedthat maps markedonthe map, but is adis- Korea. AP pinpointing geographic locations tance away from the live animal of the firstwaveofCovid-19cases markets. ‘Coercion, intimidation’: Harris rebukes Hochul becomes Duterte seeksvice presidency New York’s 1st China over incursions in South China Sea woman governor in 2022, raises rivals’ suspicions

ministration, whichhas made order to maintain Americafirst, Albany: KathyHochul became amoveseen by political ob- ASSOCIATEDPRESS countering China’sinfluence without paying anyprice.” the firstfemale governor of New REUTERS servers and critics as abackdoor SINGAPORE,AUGUST24 globallyacenterpiece of itsfor- ‘Havana Syndrome’ York at the stroke of midnight MANILA,AUGUST24 to the presidency. eign policy.And it came during Tuesday, taking control of astate Theybelieve he could be US VICE President Kamala Harris acritical momentfor theUnited delays Vietnam trip governmentdesperatetoget PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT Rodrigo making aplayfor retaining deliveredasharp rebuketo States, as the Biden administra- Hanoi: Harris’stripfrom backtobusinessafter months of Duterte has agreedtobethe rul- powerbytaking over as presi- Chinafor itsincursions in the tion seekstofurther solidify its SingaporetoVietnamwas de- distractionsovercomplaints that ing party's vice presidential can- dent under ascenario in which South China Sea, warning itsac- pivot toward Asiaasits decades- layedseveral hours Tuesdayby her predecessor abusedhis didateinnextyear's elections, Go wins and then resigns, en- tions thereamount to “coercion” long focus on the Middle East an investigationintoapossible powerand sexuallyharassedfe- the PDP-Laban party said on abling Duterte to shieldhimself and “intimidation” and affirm- comes to amessy end. caseofthe so-called‘Havana male employees. Tuesday, prompting accusations from possible legal actions when ing thatthe US will supportits US Vice President Harris underscored this shift, Syndrome’ in Hanoi,officials said. Hochul, a62-year-old by opponentsthat it wasaploy RodrigoDuterte he leavesoffice. read more allies in the region against Kamala Harris calling theIndo-Pacific “critically The Havana Syndrome is the Democrat from Buffalo, wasex- to maintain his grip on power. “This is reallypartofthe Beijing’s advances. important to ournation’ssecurity name forarash of mysterious pected to deliverremarksand be The announcement came scheme of the Duterte cliqueto “WeknowthatBeijing con- and prosperity.” health incidentsfirstreported by sworn-in TuesdayinAlbanyfor ahead of the party's national Nograles, executive vice presi- extendnotonlyinfluencebutcon- tinuestocoerce, to intimidate swing through SoutheastAsia, China hit back, with Chinese American diplomatsinthe Cuba her 16-month term. She has convention on September 8, dent of the PDP-Laban party,said trol of government,” said opposi- and to make claims to thevast declared that theUS“stands Foreign Ministryspokesperson capital beginning in 2016. vowedtomovethe statepastthe whereitisalso expected to en- in astatement. tion congressman Carlos Zarate. majority of the South China Sea,” with our allies and our partners” Wang Wenbin invoking It wasnot immediatelyclear “distractions” markedbythe fi- dorse Duterte's aide and incum- Under the constitution a Duterte-backerNogralessaid she said. “Beijing’s actions con- in the face of threatsfromChina. Afghanistaninhis response to a who wasimpactedbythe syn- nal months of Andrew Cuomo's bent senator Christopher “Bong” president can onlyserveone the move would “guarantee con- tinuetounderminethe rules- The speechsought to cement question about Harris’ com- drome, though officials said it tenure, who long defiedcallsfor Go to be its presidential candi- term, and the announcement tinuity of the administration's basedorder and threaten the the US commitment to support- ments, sayingthat the US “can wasnot someone who worked his resignation from amajority dateinthe 2022 polls. had been widelyanticipated as programmes duringthe pastfive sovereigntyofnations.” ing itsallies in an area of grow- smear,suppress, coerce, and forthe vice president or the of Democratsuntil the threat of Duterte washeeding “the Duterte,had already hinted he years,” includinghis waron Harris, who is on aweeklong ing importance to theBiden ad- bullyothercountries at will in WhiteHouse. AP impeachment became real. AP clamour of the people,” Karlo couldseek the number twojob, drugs.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH BASEDONNATUREOFASSETS,ACCOMPANYINGREVENUESTREAMS Take risks, govt AUTOMOBILES CCI penalty: Sector-specificvaluationused will address issues: What is Maruti’s todrivemonetisationpipeline FM to IndiaInc To review PSBs’ performance today

dealer ‘discount SUNNYVERMA `6LAKHCROREMONETISATIONPLAN NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 INDICATIVEVALUEOFTHEMONETISATION SHAREOFSECTORSINTERMSOF control policy’? THEGOVERNMENThasusedfour PIPELINEYEAR-WISE (Rscr) INDICATIVE MONETISATIONVALUEINNMP keymethodstoarriveatindicative Other value of Rs 6lakh croreworth of Stadiums 4 pipelines*4% KARUNJITSINGH assets to be monetisedunder the 2% NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 NationalMonetisation Pipeline. 45 Gas ,3 Roads Ports2% 79,54

,422 pipelines 4% 67 This is basedonthe suitability of 1, 27% Finance MinisterNirmalaSitharaman, along with 62 1, Mining Urban

MARUTI SUZUKI India Ltd the valuation approachtothe na- 1, Finance SecretaryTVSomanathan (right)and Revenue real (MSIL) has been finedRs200 tureofthe assets and theaccom- 5% Railways estate 2% SecretaryTarun Bajaj, at aCII event in Mumbai on Tuesday. via PIB crorebythe competition reg- panying revenue streams. For 0 19 Telecom 25% Aviation ulator,the Competition roads, powertransmissionand

88, 6% 3% Commission of India (CCI), for MarutiSuzuki plant in telecom towerassets,the govern- SecretaryTVSomanathansaidthe Warehousing Power apolicyunderwhichthecom- Manesar. File ment has usedthe market ap- Power ENSECONOMICBUREAU government is consideringinsti- 5% generation transmission panypenaliseditsdealerships proach, wherethe value is deter- MUMBAI,AUGUST24 tutinginsurancebondsasalterna- FY22 FY23 FY24FY25 7% 8% and itsemployees foroffering minedbasedoncomparable tivestobankguarantees.Ontheis- additional discounts. dealers. In an email to dealer- markettransactionsfortheidenti- *Otherpipelinesand other assets; source: NITI Aayog FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala sue of arbitration awards being ships,the commercial head of fied assetclasses. SitharamanonTuesdayurged typicallyappealed, he said that a According to theCCI, how MSIL-NCRsaidthefirmwould In case of proposedmonetisa- monetisation value of the trans- (operations&maintenance) of similar categoryofassetadjusted IndiaIncto comeforwardandtake behavioural changeisrequired. did Maruti Suzuki restrict “mercilesslyinitiatemultiple tionof 26,700kmofnationalhigh- mission assets has been consid- the brownfield asset. fortheageoftheassetandnumber risksand assured industrycap- RevenueSecretaryTarunBajaj dealers from offering penalaction,if required,tostop ways,for example, the indicative ered basedonafactor of Rs 1.58 This method has been de- of yearsof operation.Powergener- tains of addressing issues related said the Department of Revenue additional thismenace(addi- valueof Rs1.6lakhcrorearrivedat crorepercircuit(ckt)km,basedon ployedtovaluemostassetsinsec- ation assets have been valuedat to competitiveness,includinghigh wasworkingonthetax-relatedis- discountsto tionaldiscounting) is basedonaverage rate of Rs 6 referencevalueonPowerGrid’sre- tors including ports,airports, rail- book value. powertariffs,and cumbersome suesof startupsandsoughtindus- customers? at anycost.” croreper km. The per km esti- centlyclosedInvIT.Fortotalassets waystations,passenger trains, Enterprise-valueapproachhas regulatorycompliances. tryinputsonthe same. MSIL entered matedisbasedonrecentTOT(toll of 28,608 cktkm, the estimated freightterminals,railway colonies been considered forassets where She said the governmentis Sitharaman on Tuesdayalso intoagreements Whyisprice operatetransfer)transactionsand value comes to Rs 45,200crore. redevelopment, trackinfraunder information on existing revenue committed to working towards metsenior officers of the Income with dealers maintenance assetmix to be monetised. While Capexapproachhas been dedicated freight corridor,sports stream is available or can be rea- ensuringpolicycertainty.Addres- TaxDepartment and officers of acrossthe country consideredanti- averagerealisationby NHAIunder considered forassetclasses that stadium,warehousing,BharatNet sonablyprojected based on as- sing industrycaptains at aCII in- GSTand Customs and reviewed to setmaximum competitive? pastTOTconcessionssuccessfully maybemonetisedthrough PPP fibreasset, mining, and urban sumptions and/or available data teractionhere,Sitharaman,whois theperformanceonthetaxmobil- discounts, under a‘discount Discount control mecha- awardedhas been in the rangeof (public-private partnership)- housing redevelopment. onprevailingtariffforanasset/as- onatwo-dayvisitto Mumbai,said isation front. Also presentatthe control policy’, and enforced nisms can be considered anti- Rs9-14crore perkm,alowerrange basedmodels envisaging capital Book-valueapproachhasbeen setclass.Insuchcases,netpresent regulatorsalsohadakey roleinen- meetwereBajaj,CBDTChairmanJ adherence to it through competitiveiftheyrestrict in- at Rs 6crore per km has been as- expenditurebyprivate sector.The usedforassetclasseswhereinfor- valueof discountedcashflows has suring the same and the govern- BMohapatra, and CBIC officials. steep penalties. ter-brand or intrabrand sumedtofactorincertain lower principle under the capexap- mationoncomparable market beenworkedoutto determinein- mentisworkingwiththemaswell Thegovernment’stotaltaxcollec- MSIL usedmystery shop- competition and could lead to trafficstretchesintheportfolioand proachisthat in the absence of transactions or estimated capex dicativemonetisationvalue. This on this important issue. tion in April-June grew about 86 ping agenciestovisit itsdeal- consumersnot gettingthebest impact of scale on monetisation. the assetmonetisation transac- investment is notavailable. The methodhas been used to value Expressing the government’s percentto overRs 5.57lakhcrore. ership to checkifadditional price. The CCI found that MSIL This approachhas also been tion, the Public AssetOwner book value of the assets hasbeen natural gasand product pipelines keenness to facilitatetrends and On Wednesday, Sitharaman discountswerebeingoffered.If hadthelargestmarketshare in used to assess indicative value of wouldhave to incurthe outlayto- estimatedconsideringtheaverage as well as fortrack,signalling, and sectors that arethe futureofthe willchairtheannualperformance adealershipwasfoundto have thepassengervehiclesegment powertransmission assets.The wardsaugmentation and O&M capexcostincurredtoconstructa overhead equipment. Indian economy,she acknowl- reviewofpublic sector banks offereddiscountshigher than and that Resale Price edgedthereare seminal changes (PSBs) with the heads of all these thoseauthorisedbyMSIL, the Management negatively im- happening in thefinancial sector, banks. She will also launchEASE companysought fines from pacted competition notonly whichthe government policy 4.0 (EnhancedAccess andService thedealership,manager,team among dealers but also with GROWINGINTEREST 10MOSTSOUGHT-AFTER should facilitate. “The economyis Excellence).EASEisacommonre- leader and direct sales execu- other brands. ‘India pips US as second most AMONGMANUFACTURERS: MANUFACTURING movinggraduallyfromabank-led formagendaforPSBsaimedatin- tive involved in the offerofan India,risingfromthirdinlastyear’s DESTINATIONS: lending model to amoremarket- stitutionalising cleanand smart additional discount. What is Maruti’s stance ? attractive manufacturing hub’ rankings,indicatesgrowing 1.China 6.Indonesia basedfinancemodel,” she said. banking. Itsfirstedition, EASE 1.0, In one case, asales execu- Marutihadarguedthatit’s interestshownbymanufacturers Once the proposedDevelop- waslaunchedinJanuary2018. tive wasfinedRs5,000andthe sole agreement with dealers India has overtaken theUStobecome thesecond-most inIndiaasapreferred 2.India 7.Lithuania mentFinancialInstitutionisoper- The meeting with MDs and dealershipRs50,000foroffer- did notimpose anydiscount sought-aftermanufacturing destination globally,with manufacturinghuboverother 3.US 8.Thailand ational, it will perform the func- CEOsof PSBsassumessignificance inganadditionaldiscountof Rs curbs and it acted only as an China still at number one, as per Cushman &Wakefield countries,includingtheUSand 4.Canada 9.Malaysia tion of long-term lending which giventheimportanceof thebank- 1,850onaccessories. MSIL adjudicatorfordiscountagree- thoseintheAPACregion 5.Czech Republic 10.Poland traditionallyhas been done by ing sector in generating demand emaileddealers aschedule of mentsamongdealers.TheCCI, banks. This would increase com- and boosting consumption. penalties forviolations of dis- however, rejected this stance, INDIA,USSWITCHPLACES: petitionforthebanksandalsoim- Recently, theFinanceMinisterhad count policy,whichescalated saying deals under competi- IndiaandtheUSswitchedplaces pharma,chemicalsand provetheir efficiency,she added. saidthegovernmentisreadyto do with everyoffence, from tion lawdonot necessarily (secondandthird)intheranking, engineeringsectors,which The Ministerspokeabout the everything required to revive and Rs 50,000 forafirstviolation, needtobeaformalagreement. whichcanbeattributedtothe continuetobeatthecentreofthe importanceof thegovernmentand support growth hit by Covid. Rs 1lakh forthe second and An MSIL spokesperson had plantrelocationsfromChinato US-Chinatradetensions industryworkingtogetherto“cre- The meeting is likelytotake Rs2lakhforthethirdandevery said, “Weare examiningthe otherpartsofAsiaduetoan Source:Cushman & ateIndia’sownequitycapital”and stockofthe banking sector and subsequent violation. order andwill takeappropri- alreadyestablishedbasein Wakefield/PTI identifyinghowthesunrisesectors progress on the restructuring 2.0 Keyevidence of Maruti’s ateactions under law.” and startups can contributeto scheme announcedbythe RBI. enforcementof thispolicywas Full reporton Survey details: Thereal estate consultant conducted 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index, which assessed the most India’sfutureandhowthegovern- Banksare likelytobenudged to foundinemailsby Marutito its www.indianexpress.com advantageous locations for global manufacturing among 47 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific (APAC) ment can facilitatethem. push loan growth in productive At the same event, Finance sectors, said abanking source. BRIEFLY Managements need to Portal for unorganised ‘GDP likely Metal, banking stocks ‘FDIplanforLIC’ to expand fuel Sensex to new high NewDelhi: The government ‘curtail expenditures’ on worker database to be isplanningallowingforeign around 18.5% Sensex direct investment (FDI) in themselves: Bhargava launched tomorrow ENSECONOMICBUREAU Intra-day, August 24 LifeInsurance Corporation MUMBAI,AUGUST24 56,125 55,958.98 of India (LIC), whichmay insocialsecurityschemes,officials in June qtr’ 56,000 helpoverseasinvestorspart- Co to enterEVmarket when affordable ENSECONOMICBUREAU said. The registrationofworkers AIDED BY favourable global cues, 55,647.11 55,875 icipate intheinsurer’sprop- NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 willbecoordinatedby theLabour NewDelhi:Thecountry’sgrossdo- the benchmark Sensexon osedmegaIPO,sourcessaid. ENSECONOMICBUREAU Ministry, stategovernments,trade mesticproduct(GDP)isexpected Tuesdaycrossed56,000 in intra- 55,750 Theplanisunderdiscussion NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 THE GOVERNMENT willlaunch unions and CSCs, officials said, to grow at around 18.5 per cent daytrading again and closedata 55,625 betweentheDepartmentof thee-SHRAMportal,adatabaseof addingthatawarenesscampaigns with an upwardbias in the first newhigh justbelowthe level. 55,500 Financial Services and DI- COMPANYMANAGEMENTSneed unorganisedsector’s workers, on wouldbeplannedtoenableregis- quarterofthe current financial Despite concerns over highvalu- PAM. According to thecur- to “curtailthekindof expenditures August26, Union Ministerfor tration of workers across the year,accordingtoSBIresearch re- ations,the 30-shareindexrallied 55,375 Open Close rent FDI policy,74per cent on themselvespersonally” with Labour and Employment country. portEcowrap. 403 points to closeat55,958.98 foreign investmentisper- Covid highlighting the needto BhupenderYadavsaidonTuesday. The government had earlier Thisestimateislowerthanthe and the NSE Nifty gained128 Analysts said the dominant mittedundertheautomatic buildinternalresourceswithafru- Maruti Suzuki India On Tuesday, he launchedthe misseddeadlines forcreating the ReserveBankofIndia’s GDP pointsto16,624.60inthebullrally. trendinthe market in Augustso routeinthe insurance sec- galstyle of functioning, Maruti Chairman RCBhargava. File logoofthe e-SHRAM portal, database, inviting criticism from growthprojectionof 21.4percent Thestrongreboundinbroader farhas been the weakness in the tor. However, theserules do Suzuki India chairman RC through whichthe government the Supreme Court. forthe April-June quarter. marketsalong with favourable broadermarketandaflightto the notapplytoLIC,whichisad- Bhargava said on Tuesday. aimsto register38crore unorgan- Following the launchofthe “Basedonour ‘Nowcasting’ globalcuesbolsteredoptimismin safetyoflarge-caps,particularly IT ministered through asepa- Addressingshareholdersinthe themselves personally,”hesaid. isedworkerssuchasconstruction portal,theworkersfromtheunor- model, the forecastedGDP DalalStreet,ledbymetal,banking and defensiveslikeFMCG stocks. rate LICAct. AGM, he termedas“agood devel- Headdedthecountry’slargest labourers, migrant workforce, ganisedsectorcanbegintheirreg- growth forQ1FY22would be andrealtystocks.Afterthegap-up InAugust,tillnow, themidcapin- opmentforthewholeof industry” carmaker is looking at the electric street vendors, and domestic istrationfromthesameday, Yadav around 18.5 per cent (with up- opening,theindicestradedrange- dexisdown8per cent and the recentshareholderactionsthatdid vehiclespacebutwillenteritonly workers,amongothers.thework- said. Aworkercan registerusing ward bias),” the reportsaid. bound in the firsthalfofthe day. smallcapindexby10per cent. UAEadvisory notapproveexpendituresbyman- when it makes it feasible forcus- ers will be issuedane-SHRAM their Aadhaarnumberand bank Higher growth in the second Dubai: Authorities in the agementonthemselves.“Manage- tomers in terms of affordability cardcontaining a12digit unique account details, apart from filling quarterof2022, or Q1 FY22is UnitedArab Emirates(UAE) ment themselvesneed, Ithink,to and also forthe companytooper- number,whichgoing ahead will in dateofbirth, home town, mo- mainlyonaccountofalow have temporarilysus- curtailthekindof expenditureson atewithout makingaloss. helpininclusionof theseworkers bile number,and social category. base. ENS pendedvisa-on-arrivalfacil- ity forpassengers who are arriving from or have been Govt issues in India in the past14days, South Korea likely to Some relief in coming accordingto EtihadAirways. curb Google, Apple caution over mths: Puri on fuel rise Infosysm-cap antecedents NewDelhi: InfosysLtd on commission dominance Crude production Tuesdaybecame the fourth ENSECONOMICBUREAU Indiancompanytohitama- of Nidhi cos NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 falls3.2% in July rket valuationof $100billion. REUTERS ‘ANTI-GOOGLELAW’ SEOUL,AUGUST24 NewDelhi: The government on THE GOVERNMENT is very sensi- NewDelhi: India’scrudeoil pro- ■TheKorean Tuesday againurged investorsto tive to theissueof riseinfuelprices, duction continuedits declining NewIKEAstore SOUTH KOREAislikelytobar parliament’slegislation checkthe antecedents of Nidhi UnionMinisterforPetroleumand trend, falling by over 3per cent in NewDelhi: IKEA said it is go- Google and Apple from requir- andjudiciarypanelmay companiesbefore puttingintheir Natural Gas Hardeep SinghPuri Julyasstate-owned ONGC pro- ing to open itsfirst-evercity ing softwaredevelopers to use approvethe money, as at least348 entities said on Tuesday, assertingthat ducedless than the target. storeinIndiaatKamalaMills their payment systems, effec- amendmentof the have failedtomeetthe criteriato people will getsome relief in the Thecountry’scrudeoilproduc- in Worli, Mumbai. tively stopping them from charg- Telecommunications be declaredasNidhi companies. coming months. International tiondeclinedby3.2percentinJuly ing commissions on in-app pur- BusinessAct,dubbed Nidhi companies arenon- prices areslowlycoming down to 2.5 million tonnes when com- chases, the firstsuchcurbs on the the“Anti-Googlelaw.” banking finance entities that are andstablising,theministeradded, pared withthe previous year,as Optiemustie-up tech giants by amajor economy. intolending and borrowing with addressing apress conference . pertheMinistryofPetroleumand NewDelhi: Optiemus Elec- The parliament’s legislation their members.The Ministryof “The Central government is Natural Gas dataonTuesday. tronics has announceda and judiciarycommitteemay put to afinal voteon CorporateAffairs (MCA), in are- very sensitive to this issue...I see Meanwhile, oil prices rose 3er partnershipwithApplecon- approvethe amendment of the Wednesday. Lawmakers in lease,said 348companies failed thatinthe coming months relief cent on Tuesday, extending sharp tract manufacturerWistron TelecommunicationsBusiness South Koreahavepushedthe is- to meetrequisite criteriafor dec- willcome,”hesaid.Puri,however, gainsonabullishdemandoutlook to boostproduction.AGuru- Act, dubbed the “Anti-Google sueofthe commission structure larationasNidhi companies un- defendedthe government on the as US regulators issuedtheir first raj, the company’s MD, said law,”that takesaim at app store since mid lastyear. der the Companies Act, 2013,and consistent riseoffuel prices, say- full approval foraCovid vaccine OptiemuswillinvestRs1,350 operators withdominant mar- AlphabetInc’s Google and NidhiRules 2014.This is the sec- ing the Centreimposes an excise and Mexico sufferedaproduction croreover3-5 years. PTI ketpositions. 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PARALYMPICS Afghanistan’s women’snational One athlete, eight officials: AfterbestshowatOlympics, teamfootballers India at opening ceremony turn of Indian Paralympians evacuated India's Olympics ended withNeeraj Chopra's gold, and it is in Javelin again that the ASSOCIATEDPRESS country will look to hit thehigh notesatthe Paralympics through 40-year-old multi KABUL,AUGUST24 Six, including original flag-bearer Thangavelu, were quarantinedafter comingin Games champion, DevendraJhajharia. The Athens and Rio Paralympics double cham- close contact with Covid positive passenger; others decide to preparefor events pion, aiming forhis thirdgold in what could be his swansong, will lead thecharge, as PLAYERS FROM Afghanistanwomen’s na- Indialookstosurpass theOlympic tally of 7medals. The city that immortalised tional soccer team had an “important vic- wheelchair basketball through Takehiko Inoue's manga'REAL' is all settohostIndia's tory”onTuesdaywhen theywereamong a group of morethan 75 people evacuated on MIHIRVASAVDA bestpara-athletes. Indians to watchout forinTokyo Paralympics: aflightfromKabul. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO SUMIT ANTIL thanked theAustraliangovernment formak- When shotputter and flag-bearer TekChand Javelin -F44/64 THEOFFICERONCOURT ing the evacuation of players, team officials (LOWER LIMB/S COMPETING WITH PROSTHESIS ledout India’s contingent during the opening SUHASLALINAKERE and familymemberspossible, with work ceremonyofthe TokyoParalympicson AFFECTED BY LIMB DEFICIENCY AND LEG LENGTH continuing to help moreleave Afghanistan. Tuesday, therewas one anomaly:none of the DIFFERENCE) YATHIRAJ-SL3 “These young women, both as athletes eight others walking behind him were ath- THE 22-year-oldset his personal best of Despitehis jam-packed schedule and activists,havebeen in apositionofdan- letes. 66.90m at the Para nationalinMarch.Healso due to thepandemic,Noida gerand on behalf of their peers around the This, afterthe Games’ strict Covid-19pro- took partinthe thirdleg of the Indian Grand District Magistrate SuhasLY worldwethank the international commu- tocols forced almost half-a-dozenIndians Prix earlier this year,anable-bodied tourna- continuedhis badminton nity forcoming to their aid,” the union said in intoquarantineand leftsome others serving ment, alongside reigning Olympicchampion, training. The 38-year-old 2017 astatement. three days of softquarantine, even as afew Neeraj Chopra. His 66.43m effort eventually WorldChampion wasgranted a The Afghan team wascreated in 2007 in chose to skip theopening ceremonyat earnedhim the sixth spotinthe finals but it bipartite quotainthe men’s acountrywherewomen playing sportwas Tokyo’s National Stadium to preparefor their wasarare instance whereapara-athlete singles categoryofpara- seen as apolitical act of defiance againstthe events, whichbegin early Wednesday. competedinanopen nationalevent. He had badminton by the Badminton Taliban. Consequently, onlynine Indians took part earnedaspotfor Tokyoatthe 2019 World WorldFederation. Players had been advisedthis month to during Tuesday’s ceremony. Para Athletics Championships wherehefin- delete social media posts and photographs India’s campaign got offtoaslightly ishedbehind gold winner Sandeep of them withthe team to help avoid reprisals shaky startafter the Paralympic Committee Chaudhary. PRAMOD BHAGAT since the United States-backedAfghanistan of India announced Tuesdaymorningthat Shotputter TekChand became the flag-bearer at the TokyoParalympicswhen Badminton -SL3 government fell. six members of the contingent, including highjumper Mariyappan Thangavelu wasquarantined. “The lastfew days have been extremely MARIYAPPAN THANGAVELU MEN’S SINGLES AND DOUBLES flag-bearer and Rio Games gold medalist (STANDING/LOWER LIMB MINOR IMPAIRMENT) stressful but todaywehaveachievedanim- Mariyappan Thangavelu, had to be quaran- High jump- T-42 portant victory,”former team captain tinedastheywerefound to be close contacts “Wewereconcernedinitially but theyare (SINGLE ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATIONS OR A With badminton settomakeits debut at Khalida Popal said. of aCovid-positive patient on their flight to all fine,” Chauhan said. “Wetook all precau- DISABILITY) the Paralympics in Tokyo, Indiahas sent a Tokyo. tions but someone on the flight tested posi- Mariyappan will return to defend his Rio ti- strong 7-membersquad. 2019 Worldcham- FIFPROhelped Six Indian officials and five para-athletes tive so they had to quarantine.Thiswas abig tle in Tokyoafter arather quietrun-up to the pion Pramod Bhagat would feel he has one Popal is among ateam of FIFPROlawyers were expected to take part in theopening dayfor Mariyappan, since he wassupposed Paralympics. Apartfromthe World's bronze hand on the yellow metalalready.The 33- and advisors who have worked with author- ceremony. Eventually, shot putter Chand was to be the flag-bearer.Hewas looking forward in 2019,Mariyapan's road to Tokyohas been year-old from Odisha wasinfected by polio ities in six countries, including Australia, the the onlyathlete who made it. Apartfromthe to this. But there's still the closing ceremony lacklustre. CoachSatyanarayana believeshis on his leftleg as afive-year-old. Bhagat, who U.S. and United Kingdom, to getathletesand Asian medalist, whowas namedasIndia’s still, so hopefully, he can be apartofthat.” trainee had adry spell due to some injury has nowbaggedmorethan twodozenin- their families on to evacuation lists and flag-bearer at the lastminute, others who The paratable tennis players, Sonal Patel concerns that have been ironedout now. ternational medals, initiallypursuedhis flightstosafety. were in the opening included chef de mis- and Bhavina Patel, chose to skip the cere- Mariyaappan wasraisedbyasingle mother firstlove, cricket but laterfoundhis true “The women footballers have been brave sion Gursharan Singh, deputy chef de mis- monysothat theycould concentrateontheir who usedtoworkasaconstruction labourer. calling in badminton. and strong in amoment of crisis and we hope sion Arhan Bagati, the contingent’s other ad- events, whichbeginonWednesday. theywill have abetterlifeoutside ministrative staffand one coach, The para-archeryand para-shooting Afghanistan,” Popal said. Satyanarayana. teams landedinTokyoonTuesdaybut as per DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA SANDEEP CHAUDHARY FIFPROgeneral secretary Jonas Baer- Atotal of 162countriestook part in the rules, theywill notbeallowedtomix with Javelin- F-46 Javelin -F44/64 Hoffmann said evacuations had been “an in- opening ceremony and India wasthe 17th athletesfromother nations forthe firstthree (SINGLE BELOW OR ABOVE crediblycomplexprocess.” countrytomarch outduringthe parade, af- days of soft quarantine. This ruledthem out THE ELBOW AMPUTATION) The 2019 World “Our hearts go out to all the others who terIran. Arecord54Indian athletesinnine of the ceremony. Champion is eyeinghis remain strandedinthe countryagainsttheir sports willtakepartinthe Tokyo The organisers have tightenedCovid-19 Jhajharia is coming offa firstmedal at the will,” he said. Paralympics. However, notall of them have protocols forthe visiting countries aftera personal best of Paralympics. The 25- The NewYorkTimes reportedthat Nikki reachedthe Japanesecapital yet. “Our teams In solidaritywithtwo Paralympians surge in cases across Japan and Tokyo, which 65.71m,morethan a year-old from the Dryden, aformer Canadian Olympian turned areleaving in batches. So far, only seven whocould nottraveltoTokyo, the reported4,220 newcases on Tuesday; 268of metreand half better Jhunjhunu district of human rightslawyerwho wasinvolvedin Indian athleteshavereachedTokyo and com- Afghanistanflagwas carried intothe them classifiedas‘severe’. than his Rio gold effort, Rajasthan metwith an the effort,said on Tuesdaythat twoAfghan pletedthe quarantine,” Paralympic parade of athletesbyavolunteer. On Tuesdaymorning, New Zealand’s at the trials in June. accidentwhenhewas12 Paralympians were partofagroup. Committee of India secretaryRaviChauhan Paralympic team withdrew from the open- With atraining regimen tweaked to suit his thatlefthisleftlegseverely injuredandstunted The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. “A fewwho were supposed to go have ing ceremonyoverCovid-19fears. body whichispastits prime, Jhaharia has itsgrowth. Afterspending the next year in reportedthat the athletesand their families been quarantinedafter theywereidentified thrower, and afew members of the coach- The websiteinsidethegames.biz quoted been able to hitthe “form of his life”. The crutches, Sandeep returnedtothe ground and had been granted humanitarian visas. as close contacts. It’s unfortunatebut the sit- ing staffhavebeen quarantinedinside their NewZealand’s chef de mission Paula Jaipur athlete is on course forarecord-shat- tried hishand at javelin. But it wasn’t until he “The operation is still ongoing, but at least uation is under control.” rooms at the Games Villageitself. Their Teseorieroassaying that “standing among tering thirdgold at the megaevent. 2017 Para movedtoDelhito trainundercoachNavalSingh 50 athletesand their families areonplanes or Mariyappan, who finishedonthe topof Covid-19tests,whichwereconducted by the large groups of people from manynations is Worlds champion Sundar Singh Gurjar (F- that he discoveredhis true potential. —for us it wasjustsafelygetting them into the podium in 2016 in thehigh jump(T42), organiserslater on Tuesday, returnednega- notalignedwithour commitment to our 46) is also in contention. ANDREWAMSAN the airport, that’s when we calleditawin,” along with teammateVinod Kumar,adiscus tive,according to Chauhan. Covid-19protocols”. Dryden told the ABC.

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BRIEFLY Unchanged &unchained Indiafootballgreat Chandrasekharan The effectiveness of passesaway four-pronged pace attack Kochi: Former India footballer and meansIndia arenolonger OlympianOChandrasekhar,who was partofthe gold dependent on spin medal-winning Indian team at the 1962 Asian SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Games, diedon AUGUST24 Tuesdayathis residence here. “WE HAVE no reasontochangeanything un- He was85, and lesspeoplehave niggles,whichwehaven’ten- survivedby countered since we finishedthe lastTest.” three children. ViratKohliwas prompt in his pre-match Chandrasekhar,adefender in his play- press conference. Afour-pronged pace attack ing days,was suffering from age-re- hasweighedheavilyonEnglandbatting,giving lated ailmentsfor some time, asource India apsychological upper hand. The India associated with the familytold PTI. He captain doesn’t look to be in the mood to wasamember of the 1960 Rome changethe templatefor the thirdTestat Olympics Indian team besidesbeing Headingley,startingonWednesday. partofthe 1962 JakartaAsian Games. Thesearethehardnumbers:Inthefirsttwo The footballer played forIndia from Tests, five Indian fast bowlers have accounted 1958-1966. He hails from Irinjalakuda for39Englishwickets.Theotheronewasarun- in Thrissur district. He has atotal of 25 out. Individually, Jasprit Bumrah has 12, caps to his name and also playedin MohammedSiraj 11,MohammedShami 7, the Asian Cup Qualifiers in 1959, IshantSharma5andShardulThakur4.Thelat- wherehemade his international de- terhas nowrecoveredfromahamstring nig- but, and Merdeka Cup in 1961,among gle that ruledhim out of the second Test.But other tournaments. Ishant seems to have done enough at Lord’s to retainhisplace.Thecombinedskillof theIndian pace attackhas made England, Joe Root ex- ATK Baganqualifyfor cluded,jittery. Rewindto RoryBurns’dismissal AFCCupknockouts inthesecondinningsatLord’s.Itwasaloosener from Bumrah down the leg side. But Burns, Male:ATK Mohun Bagan qualifiedfor completely squaredupinhisattempt to turnit the knockout stages of the AFC Cup to leg,offered acatchtoSiraj at short mid-off. following a1-1 stalematewith JonnyBairstowwas trappedleg-beforeto Bangladesh champions Bashundhara anIshantin-ducker, theballhittinghimonthe Kings in aGroup Dmatch here on backleg,becausehewasn’tquitesideways-on INSEARCHOFAWIN Tuesday. The Indian club made the in- to playthe delivery. ToomanyEngland bats- ter-zonal semi-final of the second tier menhave beenexposingtheirbackshoulders England’s Joe Root and James Andersoninspect the pitchatHeadingley, Leeds, on Tuesday. The hosts trail the series 1-0, withthe thirdTeststartingonWednesday. Reuters continental tournament as South while playing forwarddefence. Asian Zonechampions. Brazilianmid- Also, India’s pace has pinnedthem down fielder Jonathan Fernandes (28')put to the crease. Batsmen agree that when the the Bangladeshi side ahead in the first mindisnotsure,footwork becomesiffy.Thisis half before team-mateSushanto whatrelentlesspace aggression has done to Rookie pacer Siraj is unshakeable, undroppable Tripura(45+2') wassent offatthe the hosts.Overthe lastthree years, the Indian stroke of half-time. paceattackhasevolvedbrilliantly.Backin2018, during India’s previous tour of England, Rainabowsoutof Bumrah and companywereawork in SANDIPG It’s hardtothink of anyother progress.Theyare thefinishedarticlenow,ooz- AUGUST24 Indian pacer —the exceptional USOpenqualifying ingspeed,precisionandmostimportantly, va- riety.Siraj’sarrivalhasmadethepaceunitcom- THE ASCENDANCY of Indian cricketinthe Bumrah apart—who had NewYork:India's AnkitaRaina saveda plete.Now there’s barelyany respitefor the lastfew years has been built on an embar- transitionedintoTestcricket as matchpointinthedecisive setbuteven- oppositionbatsmen.Siraj’semergencehasnot rassmentoffast-bowling depth. So muchso tuallybowed out of the US Open onlypresentedIndiawitharealwicket-taking that even Ravichandran Ashwin, arguably smoothlyorswiftlyasSiraj.Even women's singles qualifiers following a option,but his ability to bowl long spellsand the mostpotent spinner in the world, hasn’t Ishant Sharma, and to go further three-setdefeatagainstAmericanJamie keep things relatively tight–his seriesecon- been able to find aplace in the playing XI in back, JavagalSrinath devoured Loeb, hereonTuesday.Ranked193, omyratesofaris3.32andstrike-rate42.4–has the ongoing series. Raina losttothe American ranked one augured wonderfullywell forthe team. In usualcircumstances, the return to fit- time and games to blossom into place belowher,3-6 6-2 4-6 in anearly Little wonder then that Kohli waseffusive ness of afifth-choice pacershould not potent bowlers twohoursopeningroundcontestatthe inhispraisefortheyoungster. “Now heiswalk- prompt an alteration to awinningcombi- FlushingMeadows.Sumit Nagal, ing around knowing thathecan getanyone nation, leave alone aheadache. But Shardul PrajneshGunneswaranandRamkumar out at anystage.That belief in his game has Thakur, who featuredinthe Trent Bridge 10 overs remaining, it wasnot an impossible Ramanathan areother Indians in fray. been elevatedtothe next level. Hence yousee Test,ismorethan an afterthought, but a task.But Siraj brokethrough hisresistance the resultsofwhat he is doing. He is aggres- mouth-watering temptation. He brings andtook out James Anderson. sive,inyour face and he is notgoing to take a with him apredisposition to probefuller Eachofthe situations is painfullyrelat- IndianGMErigaisi backwardstep.” lengthsconsistentlyaswell as hiscapabil- able to Indian cricket.Inthe past, first- winstitleinPortugal TheIndianpacequartet hasalsoseemingly ityasabatsman. changebowlers have squandered away the forced the Headingleycurator to prepare a Usually, in suchsituations,it’sthe least Mohammed Siraj’s pace,bothtypes of swings, back-benders,cutters, slowerballs, new-ball pressure, the opposition loweror- Braganca:Indian GrandmasterArjun pitchwithadifferent look.“We couldsee alot experiencedofthe quartetwho gets the yorkers andbouncers makehim alethal proposition on mostsurfaces. AP der has clung on defiantlyand turnedthe Erigaisi emergedvictorious in the II of the surface, whichhonestlyIdidn’t expect chop. But it’s notsostraightforward with matchonits head, unsuspectinglower-or- Terras de Tres-os-Montes Chess Open would be thecase. Ithought therewould be India, as MohammedSiraj,the least expe- der heroeshaveemerged –India have made hereonTuesdaywhile his compatriot moregrass on the pitch…”Kohli said. riencedand mostineptofIndia’slower- he wasanenforcer,but in the second, he racistslurs he coppedwhen fielding in heroes out of Ali and Curranseveral times DGukesh finishedsecond. The 17- Root’s Englandhavebeen facing afast order batsmen, is perhaps the least drop- turnedintoastrikebowler.InAustralia, he Melbourne. With all his rawenergy,hecould in the past. Even Anderson’s Test-highestof year old Erigaisi (Elo 2597) secured bowling crisis. In absence of Jofra Archer,Ben pable too, along withJasprit Bumrah. That wasinitially a‘keep thing tight at one end’ infuse intensity intoadull game. While do- 81 has come at India’sexpense. But Siraj en- 8.5 pointsfromnine rounds to finish Stokes and nowMarkWood, theirresponse is he has emergedasanundroppable asset, bowler.Whatever the role, Siraj always ing so, he doesn’t step intothe realm of the- sured that suchthemes would notrecur.He clearwinner in the field comprising restrictedto JamesAnderson’sswingmastery. an essential and valuable component of steams in with unrelenting intensity.“You atrics. He is certainlynot Sreesanth in anew- has asolution to untieevery knot. over 140players. He remainedun- The great seamer hasn’t yetbeen backedby India’sfastbowling riches, justseven Tests suggestsomething and he has the skill and fangledavatar. He seems in totalcontrol of Or in other words, he brings to the bowl- beaten through the ninerounds, post- enoughruns to bowl with. intohis career in itself is atestimony to the temperament to produce it perfectly,” his aggression, knows whentopress the ing group the coldly- termedphrase ‘killer ing eight wins and settlingfor adraw. Duringaconversationwiththis paper last strides he has made since bursting into Bharat Arun, India’s bowling coach, once brakes. His captain’s only grouse could be instinct’. That elusive trait the top week,former Indiacaptain Dilip Vengsarkar Test cricket in Australia. told this paper. that he persuades him intotaking futile DRS Australians and Pakistani seamers seemed spoke about howHeadingley, with itsnorth- It’s hardtothink of anyother Indian challenges often. So wasKohli in his matu- to possess in gallons. Better call it sheer Meghna,Renuka south slopecould be tricky forthe players, es- pacer —the exceptional Bumrah apart— Blessedwith tools ration days as captain. bloody-mindedness, that steelywill to earnmaidencall-ups pecially bowlers, in terms of hitting the right whohad transitionedintoTestcricket as It’snot justthe mindsetorabsence of emerge victorious eachand everytime one line and length. Nobody in the current Indian smoothlyorswiftly as Siraj.EvenIshant hubris,but alsothe gifts he possesses that Man forbig moments is on the field. Nothing breakshim, notthe NewDelhi: Seam bowlers Meghna squad has playedaTestatthis venue. Kohli Sharma,and to go further back, Javagal makeSiraj an all-conditions bowler.His His intensitycould suddenlychange the circumstances he grew up in, notthe early Singh and Renuka Singh Thakur were brushedaside the novelty factor. Srinath devoured time and games to blos- pace, both types of swings, back-benders, tideand momentum of games. His triple troubles adjusting to international cricketin handedmaiden India call-ups, while Usually, theHeadingleypitcheasesout af- som intopotent bowlers theyeventually cutters, slowerballs, yorkers and bouncers twin blows at Lord’s capturethe storytoa hiswhite-ballauditions, notthe death of his left-armspinner Rajeshwari terthe firstcouple of sessions. In 2002, when developedinto. Or Umesh Yadavand makehim alethal proposition on mostsur- large extent. father afew days before his Test debut. Gayakwad returnedasthe BCCI on India lastplayedaTest here, AnilKumble and ZaheerKhan. faces. ■ The Englishopeners seemed to have It’s perhaps toopreposterous to callhim, Tuesdayannounced the women's Harbhajan Singh spun aweb around England Intuitiveinhis game awareness, Siraj is But what endears moreishis combative- weathered thenew-ball storminthe first on the evidence of sevenTestmatches, areal teams forthe upcoming one-offTest batsmen on the heels of aRahul Dravid epic. sure about what lengthstobowlonapar- ness, the streak of fire-and-brimstone inten- inningswhen he dislodged Sibley. He also deal. Afastbowler’s career is risk-fraught. and limited over series against Does this brighten Ravichandran Ashwin’s ticular surface, and againstwhichbatsman. sity he wears on the sleeve. got No.3 Haseeb Hameedthe next ball. Injuries and workload could wrackthem; Australia.The Indian team will leave chances of playing the thirdTest? Save adry His dexterity to alternatelengths is so effi- He is the closestbowler India has in the ■ Moeen Ali, afamiliar nemesis, looked flaws couldsneak intohis technique, rhythm forAustralia on August29toplay pitchand/or an eleventh-hour changeinthe cient that he giveshis skipper ViratKohli mould of captain Kohli. The emotional out- entrenchedbeforeSiraj ejected him and could evade, the swing could taper off. But three ODIs, aday-night Test and three thought process, it looksunlikely. strategic flexibility.Hecan be an all-out pouring in the middle, the sometimes churl- blastedout Sam Curranalso. forall the intangibles, Siraj exudes awaveof T20Is, beginning next month. Day1:LiveonSony strikebowler,the enforcer or even the work- ish shush-up wicket celebrations, the sen- ■ Jos Buttler seemedtobedragging assurancethat makes one believe that he in- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA SportsNetwork,3.30pm horse. Formuchofthe firstinnings at Lord’s, sibility to complain to the umpires about England to safe shores, andwithless than deedisareal deal. Prequel and sequel of Bumrah’s 10-ball over to Anderson at Lord’s

startedhis 26th over.Hewas wicketless in Anderson kicksit away.What’s more, it’s an- The lastact TUSHARBHADURI that innings. When Icame out tobat, Joe Root otherno-ball. The No.11isnot enjoying it, India captain ViratKohli brings back AUGUST24 With skipper Joe Root batting serenely on said Bumrah was not bowling as despiterunsbeing addedtothe team’s tally. MohammedShami forthe lastoverofthe 170atthe other end, Anderson’s brief would quick as he normally does.And Ball 7: Backatthe body,but Anderson day. Root defends the firsttwo deliveries. The JAMES ANDERSONfelt that Jasprit Bumrah have been to swell the England lead -which then, thefirst ballwas 90 miles an deals with it better this time,taking the top thirdone, he flicks to deep midwicket but “wasn’t trying to getmeout”inthatmuch- was12atthe startofthe over -asmuchas hour and on the money, wasn't it?” hand offthe bat. He givesBumrah astare. turns down the single. But he is happyto talked-about 10-ball over at the fagend of possible. He would have watchedthe pitch Ball8:Ashort ball justoutside off-stump, cross over on the next ball, again giving Day3of the Lord’s Test.But the Indians may being slowand wouldn’t have been prepared JAMES ANDERSON and Anderson lets it go.Hemay have heaved Anderson twodeliveries to see out the day. have hadbigger fish to frythan the wicketof forwhat he encountered. asigh of relief thinking it wasthe end of the Ashort-of-a-length ball is pushedinto theEngland No.11. By riling up the England “I got caught offguardalittle bit because forthe next delivery. over,but Bumrah had oversteppedagain. space in the off-side. There’s asingle forthe team, theycapitalisedonthe resultant edge all the batters coming in were saying how Ball 2: Another shortball hitsthe No.11 Ball 9: Bumrah tries another yorker,but taking, but Root refuses it. It’s another no- that contributed to amemorable win. slowthe pitchwas.Banged in short, it was in the ribcage it’s misdirected anddownthe legside, and ball, whichmeans Anderson still has two Bumrah’s barrage didn’t gethim reallyslow. When Icame out to bat, Joe Root Ball 3: Another one targeting the ribs. another no-ball –the fourth of the over. balls to survive. Anderson’s wicket–that went to said Bumrah wasnot bowling as quickashe Anderson gets bat on it this time. It loops up Ball 10: This time, the yorker is on target He is beaten outside off-stumponthe MohammedShami with afull ball targeting normallydoes,” Anderson said on the BBC on the onside but thereisnoshort-leg to go but Anderson is equal to thetask.Finally, the next one, but the final ball of the day–afull the stumps in the next over –but it didcon- Tailenders podcast. forthe catch. over is over. one on the stumps –elicits ahalf-hearted tributetothe dismissal by disturbingthe Ball 4: Bumrah oversteps. Another short drive from the England No.11. The delivery mindsetand foot-movement of Anderson, Over and over again ball towardsthe ribs whichAnderson man- Root steps up eludesthe bat and pad to hit the topofthe who is known to be astubborn customer This is howthat over pannedout. ages to keep down. The England captain had seen enough off-pole, bringing to an endabrief, but en- with the bat at times. Ball 1: From round the wicket, abouncer Ball 5: Now, Bumrah resorts to the full from the non-striker’s end and decides to grossing, passageofplay. Here’s revisitingthe over and the drama from hell. Alaser-guided projectile honing ballaround off-stump. Anderson pushes it take matters intohis ownhands. Offthe first Wasitironic, or predictable, that forall around it. in on the left-hander’s face. Anderson fends to thepoint fielder and seeksasingle to get twoballs of the next over,bowledbySiraj, theshortstuffaimedatAnderson, it wasa at it, but is hit on the grill. There’s an appeal offstrike, but Root sends him back. Root resorts to the reverse ramp over the slip regulation lengthball that got his wicket? JamesAnderson wassubjected to a The scene is set foracatchatgully, but the ball hitneither bat Ball 6: Ayorkerthis time, which cordon and ahoickovermidwicket to collect As the players walk off, Anderson is barrage of bouncersbyJaspritBumrah Anderson had facedjustone delivery – nor glove. Anderson justaboutmanages to dig out with twoboundaries.Hegives Anderson twoballs seen having afew wordstosay to Bumrah. during the second Test. AP thattoo awayward one from Mohammed Anderson is givenaconcussion test and the insideedge. Theballhitshis pad and is to survive in that over,whichthe left-hander We clearly hadn’t seen, or heard, the lastof Sirajthatyielded abye –beforeBumrah his helmetischangedbeforehetakes guard going backtowards the stumps. An alert does without muchdifficulty. the story.

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