/ 0 !"#$ %&'! !"#$" !"#$% &' 1+''1 41 56 $+1 !23 -%#/! 5 1 / 2 (0 7/ ( ( 1 5 81 4 / 5 / ( ( 56 2 3 4 2 &(& )*+ , -'& $$ ( )(*) +)) ,', ,-,' Q estimated value corresponds to 14 per cent of the proposed outlay for Centre under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (43 lakh crore). s India is engaged in a big New Delhi: Amid deepening The end objective of this Arescue operation to bring crisis in Afghanistan after the initiative is to enable “infra- out its citizens from strife- Taliban took over the war- structure creation through torn Afghanistan, External torn nation, a large number of monetisation” wherein the Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Afghan refugees in India vocif- public and private sector col- will brief Parliamentary lead- erously protested in front of the laborate, each excelling in their ers of various political parties UNHCR office here on core areas of competence, so as on August 26 about the situ- Monday demanding release of to deliver socio-economic ation there. “support letters” from the UN inance Minister Nirmala growth and quality of life to the This forthcoming all- agency to migrate to other FSitharaman on Monday country’s citizens, she added. party interaction comes at $$ $# countries for better opportu- announced an ambitious 6 In the railways sector, as the direction of Prime *" + #( $ % nities. lakh crore National many as 400 railway stations, Minister Narendra Modi, Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 90 passenger trains, 741-km Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Parliamentary Sources said first ever brief- aimed at unlocking value in Konkan Railways and 15 rail- Minister Pralhad Joshi said Affairs @JoshiPralhad will be ing of this sort is expected to infrastructure assets across way stadiums and colonies are here on Monday. He said the intimating further details,” focus on India’s evacuation, sectors ranging from power to planned to be monetised for an physical briefing will take Jaishankar tweeted earlier. and Afghanistan situation. road and railways as well estimated 1.2 lakh crore. place at 11 AM on Thursday Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in !" # $ Monetising 28,608 circuit in Parliament House Annexe. New Delhi. # % &# %'#( $ % kilometres of power transmis- “Floor leaders of political The Finance Minister had sion lines is estimated to gen- parties would be briefed by announced the monetisation of Central Government over sustainable infrastructure erate 45,200 crore and anoth- EAM @DrSJaishankar on the ! plan in her annual Budget the four-year period from FY financing. Towards this, the er 39,832 crore will come present situation in speech in February. 2022 to FY 2025,” she said. Budget provided for prepara- from 6 GW of power genera- Afghanistan, on 26th August, New Delhi: Three copies of Sitharaman said the asset “Ownership of assets will tion of a “National tion assets. 11am in Main Committee Sikh scripture Guru Granth monetisation did not involve remain with the Government Monetisation Pipeline” of The telecom sector will Room, PHA, New Delhi. # Sahib and 75 people, including selling of land and it is about and there will be a mandatory potential brownfield infra- give 35,100 crore from mon- Invites are being sent through 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, monetising brownfield assets. hand-back.” structure assets. NITI Aayog in etising 2.86 lakh km of email. are being evacuated from war- Projects have been identified Asset monetisation will consultation with infra line BharatNet fiber and 14,917 All concerned are ravaged Afghanistan on an across sectors, with roads, rail- unlock resources and lead to ministries has prepared the signal towers of BSNL and requested to attend,” Joshi $ IAF plane, people coordinating ways and power being the top value unlocking, she said. report on NMP. MTNL. tweeted. “In view of develop- the evacuation efforts with the segments. Union Budget 2021-22 had The aggregate asset Close to 29,000 crore ments in Afghanistan, PM Indian Government said on “NMP estimates aggregate identified monetisation of pipeline under NMP over the each is estimated from mon- @narendramodi has instruct- Monday. Nearly 200 more monetisation potential of 6 operating public infrastruc- four-year period is indicative- etising warehouses and coal ed that the MEA brief Floor Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are lakh crore through core assets ture assets as a key means for ly valued at 6 lakh crore. The mines. Leaders of political parties. head of an emergency still stranded in Afghanistan. AG7 meeting on Afghanistan, the Taliban on Monday warned that there "+ will be “consequences” if the US and the UK sought an , extension to the August 31 So if they extend it that means ' -.$+/0 deadline for the US-led troop they are extending occupation Q' pediatric facilities, doctors and withdrawal from the war- while there is no need for equipment like ventilators, BHUBANESWAR: torn country. that,” Shaheen said. ( ambulances, etc, are nowhere Bhubaneswar on Monday regis- Speaking to Sky News in “If the US or UK were to R close to what may be required tered a drop of Covid-19 cases Doha, Qatar, Taliban seek additional time to con- in case a large number of chil- with 168 new ones, with which spokesperson Dr Suhail tinue evacuations — the dren becoming infected. The tally rose to 1,05,680 in city.Out Shaheen stated that the answer is no. Or there would report, which has been sub- of 168 new cases, 133 were local month-end deadline was a be consequences. It will cre- he third wave of Covid-19 mitted to Prime Minister’s contacts and 35 from quarantine. “red line”, as any extension ate mistrust between us. If Tcould hit the country any- Office, observed that only The local contacts included would imply an extended they are intent on continuing time between September and around 7.6 per cent (10.4 crore) 8cases each in Nayapalli and occupation of the country. the occupation it will provoke October, an expert panel set up people are fully vaccinated in Patia, followed by seven each in He said the timeline had a reaction,” he said. he State on Monday report- by an institute under Ministry India. Old Town and Jharpada and six been laid out by US President The warning came as Ted a further decreased of Home Affairs (MHA) has If current vaccination rate in Laxmisagar.The active cases in Joe Biden and threatened British Prime Minister Boris Covid-19 caseload with 761 new predicted. It has called for sig- is not increased, India can wit- city stood at 3,408. Meanwhile, “consequences” if the US and Johnson convened an emer- cases in the 30 districts and the nificantly ramping up the vac- ness six lakh cases per day in achieve herd immunity through gested three likely scenarios for seven more patients succumbed the UK sought an extension to gency G7 meeting on Tuesday State pool. The total tally cination pace as well as health next wave, report said.“Leading infection or vaccination and third wave based on level of to disease in city, mounting total that deadline. in his role as current Chair of increased to 10,01,698. infrastructure facilities in coun- experts have repeatedly warned disease becoming endemic,” unlocking. In scenario one, it death toll to 987. However, 185 “It’s a red line. President the Group of Seven countries Notably, the State had try. The committee of experts of an imminent third Covid-19 report said.The NIDM report said that third wave could peak persons recovered from disease Biden announced that on — Canada, France, Germany, recorded 853 positive cases on also said that children will have wave in India. Epidemiologists quoted prediction of experts in October with 3.2 lakh posi- in last 24 hours, increasing total August 31 they would with- Italy, Japan, the United States Sunday.And again, out of the a similar risk as adults since predict a series of surges till we from IIT Kanpur which sug- tive cases per day. recoveries to 1,01,264. PNS draw all their military forces. and the UK. new cases, 101 children in the age group of 0 and 18 years test- ed positive. A total of 60,791 samples were tested in the last 24 , R ( ' hours and the test positivity Q R rate (TPR) was 1.25 per cent. The ) active cases stood at 8,917. Q' R Out of the new cases, 443 R were from quarantine and 318 Mohapatra said it is not possi- cent infection among children local contacts. Khordha district '* ! ble to set up separate hospitals during the end of the second reported the day's highest 289 & ) for the adults and children. But wave of the pandemic which cases followed by Cuttack with facilities for treatment in the had reached its peak after 64 117, Baleswar 52, Jajpur 35, existing Covid hospitals would days, said Mohapatra. “Third Mayurbhanj 24, Sambalpur 20, be upgraded.He said that the wave is now approaching. We Bargarh and Jagatsinghpur 18 he Supreme Court on +,-$ Government would set up a have to be fully prepared to each, Angul 16, Kendrapada 15, TMonday directed the par- Covid centre of excellence at keep more hospital beds and Puri 13, Deogarh and Dhenkanal ents of five-year-old girl, who , .+ the Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack at logistics ready as more children 12 each, Sundargarh 10, was allegedly raped and mur- n view of the third wave of the earliest.“It is expected that are likely to be affected during Bhardrak eight, Rayagada and dered in Jadupur village of Ithe Covid-19 pandemic like- the third wave of Covid-19 is this period,” he said. Keonjhar five each, Ganjam, Nayagarh district in July 2020, ly to affect a large number of likely to reach its peak in “Though the pandemic and Kandhamal three each, to approach the Orissa High children, the State Government October.