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A police official tasked tion over the S-400 missile deal for things such as spare parts The National Defense with the investigation said with Russia, Army chief Gen for previously-purchased Authorization ACT (NDDA) prima facie it appears that the Bipin Rawat on Sunday said ! equipment,” a White House 2019 gives the president the shuttering was hit by a tractor- the country has an indepen- National Security Council power to waive of the CAAT- trolley carrying construction dent foreign policy and it might - spokesperson told PTI hours SA sanctions if it is a national 9>, material, which led to the inci- go ahead with acquiring the + after the conclusion of the S- security interest. dent but the cause is yet to be Kamov helicopters and other 400 contract. But for the pres- It also mentions several n yet another incident of gross ascertained. weapon systems from Moscow. 6 * idential waiver, CAATSA sanc- other reasons for a presidential Inegligence on part of the con- “Nine people were injured The Army chief’s state- @; tions come into place in the waiver, prominent among tractors, four labourers lost their when the shuttering of the ment is significant as New +/22 7 event of a major purchase like which is if the purchasing lives while five sustained critical building collapsed. Four of Delhi is confronted with the O > S-400 missile defence system. country is taking or will take injuries, when temporary iron them have died, while five oth- threat of US sanction under Ahead of the deal, the US had steps to reduce its inventory of fixtures around an under-con- ers have been hospitalised,” the Countering America’s urged India not to purchase major defense equipment and struction multi-storey private Senior Superintendent of Police, Adversaries Through Sanctions Russian defence systems. “The advanced conventional building on the Noida-Greater Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ajay Pal Act (CAATSA) after India on Administration has indicated weapons produced by the Noida Expressway collapsed on Sharma said. An FIR has been Friday signed a multi-billion- that a focus area for the imple- defence sector of the Russian Sunday. registered under whose juris- dollar deal to procure the S-400 mentation of CAATSA Section Federation as a share of its total The incident occurred at diction the building is located, Triumf air defence system from 231 is new or qualitative inventory of major defence private real estate firm BPTP’s police said. The deceased have Russia. Gen Rawat, who upgrades in capability - includ- equipment and advanced con- 18-storey ‘Capital City’ in been identified as tractor-troller returned on Saturday night ing the S-400 air and missile ventional weapons over a spec- Sector 94 when the shuttering driver Naushad and workers after a six-day visit to Russia, defence system,” the White ified period. (temporary fixtures built of Karan, Vijaypal and Ramvijay, had held talks with military House NSC spokesperson said. In fact, over the last decade, iron) came crashing down in they said. officials of that country to Last month, the US had India the top arms purchaser of the morning, police said. Continued on Page 4 enhance bilateral cooperation. imposed sanctions on China the world, has gradually He said the Russians were very for the purchase of S-400 from reduced its dependence on keen on associating with the Russia. “Our recent action to Russian weapons. It now stands Indian defence forces. Washington has also threat- icy. I told them while we are based systems and technologies sanction a Chinese at about 60 per cent, which is “They (Russians) do ened to impose restrictions on talking sanctions and you are from Moscow to enhance its Government entity for an S- much lower than it was a understand that we are a strong New Delhi for dealing with questioning on sanctions, space capabilities. 400 delivery underscores the decade ago. As part of its diver- Army, capable of standing up Moscow. To this, Rawat President Vladimir Putin and “There is no end in sight to seriousness of our resolve on sification plan, India has for what is right for us, based responded saying, “Yes, we do Mr Narendra Modi, at this the manner in which we can this issue. The waiver author- increased its purchase of arms on our strategic thought appreciate that there could be juncture, are signing the treaty cooperate with your country. I ity is not country-specific. from the US to the tune of $18 process,” he said while deliver- sanctions on us, but we follow on purchase of S-400 weapon think the way forward is to see There are strict criteria for billion. A presidential waiver ing the Gen KV Krishna Rao an independent policy”. system in spite of the fact that what is best for the nation, considering a waiver,” said the can also be given if a country Memorial lecture here. Seeking to assuage Russian we may face challenges from strategically important for us,” spokesperson. is cooperating with the US On his Russian visit, Gen concerns over India’s growing America in the future.” he had said. The State Department, Government on other securi- Rawat recalled a question ties with the US, Rawat said, Disclosing that India was In a guarded reaction to which is tasked with reviewing ty matters critical to US strate- posed to him by a Russian “You (Russia) can be rest looking forward to procuring the Indo-Russian deal, the US the deal and initiating the gic interests. Experts believe naval officer that India seemed assured (that) while we may be Kamov helicopters and other said on Friday that its intent to process of sanctions or waiver that is exactly the case and one to be looking westwards at associating with America in weapon systems and technol- slap sanctions on Russia was under CAATSAA, and make of the main reasons for the US America, which has put sanc- getting some technology, but ogy from Russia, he said New not aimed at causing damage to recommendations to the designating India as a ‘Major tions on Russia, and that we follow an independent pol- Delhi was looking to get space- the military capabilities of its President, did not respond to Defence Partner.’ ! $" " % ! "# ! "# ! & !# $ #$ ' 9>, of-war to conduct the study. gerous virus and had been %& 1 6#(9# conditions. -#B,#4#> “However, now all the blamed for wiping out 30 per " The warden of the he National Tiger issues have been sorted out cent population of African bout 40 girls of a residen- Kasturba Gandhi Balika n a horrific incident, the TConservation Authority and the WII experts will soon lions in East African forests. Atial school in Supaul dis- Vidyalaya hostel Reema Raj Ibody of a seven-year-old girl, (NTCA) will soon commission start the study in a few tiger CDV is mainly found in wild !" trict in north Bihar were said she alerted the school who went missing on Saturday a Wildlife Institute of India reserves which will soon be dogs, jackals and wolves. It # #$%& ( ) thrashed by young boys and guard and informed police afternoon after being alleged- (WII) study to assess if the identified. CDV is a highly attacks the immune system *+ , their parents on Saturday when she came to know about ly abducted by a local council- canine distemper virus (CDV) contagious disease and we and other vital organs in ani- ! evening for resisting sexual the incident. Police reached the lor, was found in a gunny bag — the deadly pathogen that should not be seen caught mals. In most of the cases, the , -K advances. spot after one hour when the on the roof of a mosque locat- recently killed over 5 lions in unprepared in the matter,” the infection is fatal. /0! The boys used to pass lewd attackers left the premises. ed in Murad Nagar, on Sunday Gir forests — can affect the sources quoting officials said. Sources in the NTCA said K * 12 remarks and write vulgar Education Minister morning. health of the tigers too. He was referring to the death the study is being conducted " things on the walls of the girls’ Krishna Nandan Prasad According to police, the Sources said the decision to of 23 lions in Gujarat’s Gir with an aim to assess and sug- school. And when some girls Verma said it is a serious mat- body was first seen by a man conduct the study was dis- sanctuary in less than a month, gest preventive measures to ' found one boy writing on wall ter and promised that strict who went to the roof to get cussed at a NTCA technical most of them due to CDV and tackle the virus if it is found to (' they caught him and repri- action would be taken against some fresh air when he had committee meeting last month. protozoa infections. be lurking around. There are # #$%& (3 * manded him. In retaliation, the the attackers. “We are planning gone to the mosque for prayer.