$- > / !2?#@% #@%@ VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( 2.-3+*45 / 181/8; :/)5! 74834 9 /2 / , 1/:11 6 C.1, 6: 11 ./1 4: ., 6 /:6.6:1:< <:, <: /.< ,: 4:< 6., :< <:D 1 :< <1 4 1.1 <:. <:6:B 7: :: , /!.)+ %- )*= A:1!:%%2 #6 $,#$ 7*787+9 +7) *+R - .R && ( pro-poor people governance,” said the Karnataka ) %(* CM-elect soon after he was elected to the post. + The outgoing Chief Minister, Yediyurappa, said, “We have unanimously elected Bommai as CM....we are asavaraj S Bommai, 61, the very happy.” BState Home Minister, a The MLAs’ meeting at “Lingayat” by caste and a close Bengaluru’s Hotel Capitol that !! confidant of BS Yediyurappa elected Bommai was attended was on Tuesday declared the by the Central observers — new Chief Minister of Union Ministers Dharmendra Karnataka after BJP legislature Pradhan, G Kishan Reddy and est Bengal Chief Minister party met at the State capital. general secretary and State-in- WMamata Banerjee on a Bommai is expected to charge Arun Singh. Pradhan high-profile visit to the nation- take oath of Chief Ministership announced the name of al Capital met Prime Minister on Wednesday. Bommai as a successor to Narendra Modi at his resi- The name of Bommai, the Yediyurappa amid loud cheers dence on Tuesday ahead of a son of former State Chief and clapping. series of meetings with top Minister SR Bommai (a Janata By picking-up Bommai, a Opposition leaders to prepare parivar leader) who had joined Sadara “Lingayat”, the BJP the strategy for a unified chal- the BJP in 2008, was proposed seemed to have satisfied the lenge to the BJP in the 2024 by Yediyurappa, the “Lingayat” caste dynamics of Karnataka, Lok Sabha polls. strongman and former Chief pre-empted influential com- On Wednesday, Mamata Minister. munity’s wrath, and agreed to will hold “chai pe charcha” , , -. $ ,, . / $ $ The new Chief Minister is Yediyurappa’s choice of the with Congress president a two-time MLC and three- CM candidate. Sonia Gandhi. Opposition leaders like NCP Om Prakash Chautala, Shiv and political strategist time MLA from Shiggaon in Yediyurappa himself This was the Bengal Chief chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Sena leader Sanjay Raut, Delhi Prashant Kishor. Haveri district. belongs to the Veerashaiva- Minister’s first meeting with the Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Continued on Page 2 “It is a big responsibility in Lingayat community which is Prime Minister after the bitter the given situation. I will strive seen to be the BJP’s core sup- 0 ! , . /. $ $% Bengal election campaign. to work for the welfare of the port base in Karnataka. , .%1 ** $.23$ $ . $ Mamata told reporters poor. It will be pro-people and Continued on Page 2 after the meeting that there should be a Supreme Court- monitored enquiry into the Pegasus scandal involving Opposition leaders, two Union P Ministers and 40 journalists Congress for obstructing busi- ers’ agitation and Pegasus spy- revealed as potential targets of ness in both Houses and asked ware controversy. !" surveillance using Israeli lacards of “Big Brother is BJP MPs to “expose” the Both the Lok Sabha and Pegasus spyware that is sold PWatching” and ear-split- Opposition party. the Rajya Sabha were !! "#$ only to Governments. ting slogans were the only Both Houses of Parliament adjourned multiple times on %!! Mamata’s nephew highlight of the sixth day of the have barely transacted any Tuesday as members of the Institute of Health Informatics from more than 600 people &'()*)) Abhishek Banerjee is among Parliament session which business as they have been Opposition continued their in a statement. aged 18 and above, the findings !,- the potential targets whose ended without transacting any witnessing a repeat adjourn- vociferous protests on the “However, we found these of the study were consistent '" name has surfaced as part of a business on Tuesday even as ments on account of Congress- Pegasus snooping issue, seek- levels dropped substantially across all groups of people, # worldwide investigation by a Prime Minister Narendra Modi led vociferous protest on a ing an independent judicial over the course of two regardless of age, chronic ill- media consortium that gave tongue-lashing to the range of issues, including farm- probe into the matter. to three months,” Madhumita nesses or sex, researchers said. # #$ includes India’s The Wire. Apart from the reports by Shotri added. Based on data Continued on Page 2 # Mamata announced a judicial the Pegasus Project partners, #%&'!"./O enquiry led by former Supreme the issues of the farmers’ !,! Court judges on Monday. demand to repeal the three 1!%% Mamata described her farm laws and petrol prices sky- ndicating that a booster dose ( meeting with the PM as a rocketing have also been raised Iis going to be the next in- 2213 “courtesy visit” and said she by Opposition members. thing after two mandatory jabs 4/ ! discussed the Covid situation, However, it was the against Covid-19, a study pub- 1 the supply of vaccines and Pegasus issue that has domi- lished in The Lancet journal has # 5"--67/ medicine to the State and also nated proceedings in both the found that the total antibody ,. a proposal to rename Bengal Houses so far. As soon as the levels start to weaken just six 78! as Bangla. Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha weeks after both doses of # “I should not speak what resumed their sessions, the immunisation with Pfizer and the PM said,” she told reporters Opposition members began AstraZeneca vaccines. The ")*+ ## when pressed for details. raising slogans in support of antibody levels may also be # ,#$ Apart from Sonia, Mamata ,* - ) / % $, % their demands for a probe. reduced by more than 50 per - -." is scheduled to meet top )%4& Continued on Page 2 cent over 10 weeks or 2-3 (2 months, said researchers from ,%# University College London &5' (UCL) in the UK. !!( They said if the antibody !7)**& levels carry on dropping at this -# rate, there are concerns that the !)8 protective effects of the vac- !7 !"# cines may also begin to wear # )*'&( off, particularly against new ')&#8! variants. But how soon that 7)'# might happen cannot be pre- $ % dicted yet, they added. General of the Border Security The UCL Virus Watch ! + , ! Force (BSF), will join study also found that antibody "#"$ % der that separates Assam and he Union Ministry as the Delhi Police levels are substantially higher "# $ Mizoram, with the three Assam Tof Home Affairs Commissioner with following two doses of the %%-. & districts of Cachar, Hailakandi (MHA) on Tuesday immediate effect. Pfizer vaccine compared to two % &' and Karimganj sharing a bor- appointed Rakesh Earlier on shots of the AstraZeneca jab, 18 years of age. der with Kolasib, Mamit and Asthana, a 1984 batch June 30, Balaji known as Covishield in India. Mandaviya said India is on Aizawl districts of Mizoram. Indian Police Service Shrivastava, 1988 Antibody levels were also much he Government is expect- course to become the largest Mizoram, earlier referred (IPS) officer of Gujarat batch IPS officer, higher in vaccinated people ays after denying any death Ted to begin vaccinating vaccine producing country as to as Lushai Hill, shares borders cadre, as the Commissioner of was appointed as the acting than in those with prior SARS- Ddue to oxygen shortage children against Covid-19 by more companies will get pro- he Assam-Mizoram border with three States of Tripura, the Delhi Police. Delhi Police Commissioner CoV-2 infection, they said. during the second wave of next month, Union Health duction licences. Trow that claimed the lives Assam and Manipur besides a The appointment of after then incumbent SN “The levels of antibody Covid-19, the Government has Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Zydus Cadila, which is of six Assam policemen on 722-km border with the neigh- Asthana to the post came just Shrivastava retired. following both doses of either written to States/Union told the BJP Parliamentary developing DNA vaccines, has Monday has its genesis in an bouring countries of days before his superannuation Asthana has served as the the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vac- Territories seeking such data, Party meeting on Tuesday. concluded its trials for the 12- 1875 Bengal Eastern Frontier Bangladesh and Myanmar. on July 31. He will have a Special Director of the Central cines were initially very high, according to Government Prime Minister Narendra Modi 18 age group, and subject to Regulation declaring 1,318 sq The India-Myanmar bor- tenure of one year. Bureau of Investigation (CBI). which is likely to be an impor- sources. This data is likely to be was also present at the meeting. statutory provisions, the vac- km of the stretch as an inner der in Mizoram is open, and an According to a Ministry of During his stint in the CBI, he tant part of why they presented in the ongoing The Union Government cine may be available in the line forest reserve over which unhindered movement of peo- Home Affairs (MHA) order was engaged in an unsavoury are so protective against Monsoon Session of had expressed confidence that near future, the Centre Assam claims its jurisdiction. ple from both sides has report- issued on July 27, Asthana spat with then CBI Director severe Covid-19,” said Parliament, they added. it would soon be able to vacci- had said. Mizoram shares a 164 km edly led to a spurt in cross-bor- currently serving as Director Alok Verma. Madhumita Shrotri from UCL Detailed report on P5 nate children between 12 and Continued on Page 2 border with Assam which is the der smuggling. The Free core of the unresolved border Movement Regime between issue between the two States. India and Myanmar allows Several rounds of talks people living along the border .2 between the two States with to travel 16 km into each ' # ( ) facilitation from the Centre other’s territory without visa.