) <& = % > % > > -.(-/0$12 %* " %"1 .%+/'0 *%+,- = B *1&9 D==D&C9&1 .19 ;D& 'D9) (9 9 &D 1#; #C*(9D: .;D=# .;C.91: 9*; =C *;9; BD ;D#&* #199 &DC; *;D*1 9 1& 1# 11 1;C9 ;E1. -'E: # * *+,65 --& 6?@ A 1 ! 343 5506 0 %& $ % # 91: 1#; he Pegasus snoopgate got Tbigger on Monday as names of Congress leader ! Rahul Gandhi, poll strategist Prashant Kishor, Minister of " Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, " # and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Minister of 91: 1#; State for Jal Shakti, Prahlad % $#&' Patel surfaced among those and claimed that it only offers he first day of the Monsoon who may have been the victim its spyware to "vetted ) leaders, Government officials, TSession of Parliament was of a spyware telephone tapping Governments" and said it was judges and journalists. marred by disruptions, with conspiracy. "considering a defamation law- he Government on "A highly sensational story Prime Minister Narendra Modi A lady staffer of the SC suit". The France-based media TMonday strongly refuted was published by a web portal accusing the Opposition of who accused for Chief Justice non-profit Forbidden Stories allegations of its alleged yesterday night.... The Press not liking "women and those Ranjan Gogoi of sexual abuse and Amnesty International's involvement in the Pegasus report appeared a day before from deprived sections - Dalits, also figures on list as poten- Security Lab had access to telephone tapping scandal and the Monsoon Session of the tribals, farmers and OBCs - tial targets of Israeli spyware these records, which they accused the Opposition of Parliament. This cannot be a finding their place in the Union ( ) "Pegasus" in the latest set of shared with The Wire and 16 using it to disrupt Parliament. coincidence. In the past simi- Cabinet." !*(+ #$ explosive revelations by The other news organisations 91: 1#; party in Lol Sabha Adhir Information Technology lar claims were made regarding The PM made this calcu- Wire portal along with 15 worldwide as part of a collab- Ranjan Chowdhury and Rajya and Communications Minister the use of Pegasus on lated attack on the Opposition issues of price rise, farm laws International media organisa- orative investigation and he Congress on Monday Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge. Ashwini Vaishnaw, whose WhatsApp. in the Lok Sabha after sloga- and picked up placards as soon tions like Forbidden Stories, reporting project running over Tdemanded the resignation Taking to social media, name was also found in the list Those reports have no fac- neering erupted when Modi as the Prime Minister got up to The Washington Post and The six months. of Home Minister Amit Shah former party chief Rahul said, of people whose phones had tual basis and were categori- wanted to introduce to the present the new Ministers Guardian. following the allegations "We know what he's been read- been tapped, dismissed media cally denied by all parties....The House, as per convention, the inducted into his Cabinet. As Former Election against the Modi Government ing- everything on your reports on the use of Pegasus Press report of July 18, 2021 new members in the Council of Modi started his address, the Commissioner Ashok Lavasa ' "' regarding the espionage scan- phone." His tweet was a quote- software to snoop on Indians, also appeared to be an attempt Ministers who were inducted Opposition Benches raised the and West Bengal Chief dal on politicians including tweet of an earlier post of his, saying the allegations made just to malign the Indian democ- by him in a major reshuffle on decibel of their Minister Mamata Banerjee's "( their leader Rahul Gandhi, top in which he had written: "I'm ahead of the Monsoon Session racy and a well-established July 7. The Opposition mem- protests. nephew Abhishek Banerjee's bureaucrats, judges, industri- wondering what you guys are of Parliament are aimed at institution," the Minister said, bers ignored Speaker Om Modi said he thought there name are among those whose Patna: New technologies are alists and journalists & media reading these days." maligning Indian while the Opposition was Birla’s repeated appeals for would be an enthusiastic wel- phones may have been com- being used to disturb and trou- organisations. The party expressed its democracy. demanding replies from Prime calm. come to so many women, promised. Also on the list is the ble people and hinder their The Congress tried to cor- deep resentment over the lat- In a suo motu statement in Minister Narendra Modi and Opposition parties sprang Dalits, tribals and OBCs personal secretary to work, Bihar Chief Minister ner the Government both in est revelations that the tele- the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said Home Minister Amit Shah. to noisy protests and raised becoming Ministers. Vasundhara Raje Scindia, when Nitish Kumar said today in and out of Parliament terming phones of Rahul and his staff that with several checks and she was the BJP's Chief strong disapproval of reports of the entire issues a case of sedi- members were also hacked. balances being in place, "any Minister in Rajasthan, The journalists, judges, and minis- tion hence the Central The telephone of Ashok sort of illegal surveillance" by Wire reported. ters in India being targeted with Government must be held Lavasa, Chief Election unauthorised people is not The Israeli company, NSO Pegasus spyware. He called accountable. The party also Commissioner was also select- possible in India. Group, which sells Pegasus, has such acts of snooping "dirty" held a Press conference ed for illegal surveillance and The Minister made this denied the snooping charges and "worthless". addressed by leader of the snooping. statement in response to media reports that the spyware Pegasus was being used to conduct surveillance on sever- 91: 1#; trajectory with ated this phrase al Indians, including political their conspiracies. with me in a lighter nion Home Minister Amit In a hard-hit- vein but today I UShah on Monday hit out at ting statement, want to seriously the Opposition, the Congress Shah said that the say - the timing of party and international organ- report about the the selective leaks, isations for accusing the alleged snooping the disrup- Government of being involved has been amplified by a few tions…aap chronology sama- in surveillance of phones of whose only aim is to do what- jhiye! This is a report by the politicians, journalists and oth- ever is possible to humiliate disrupters for the obstructers. ers, saying such "obstructors" India at the world Disrupters are global organi- and "disruptors" will not be able stage. sations which do not like India to derail India's development “People have often associ- to progress. " # % ! # & " ' () " 91: 1#; #R % ere comes a two-year 91: 1#; ! Hwarning against the preva- ! lence of Covid-19. The All he Supreme Court on & * India Institute of Medical TMonday ensured the Sciences (AIIMS) has cau- release of Manipur-based polit- tioned that people should be ical activist, booked under + K - careful for the next one to two NSA for his criticism of BJP " . & & years, and not give a chance to leaders on use of cow dung and # K the Covid-19 to explode again. cow urine as cures for Covid- The warning comes a day after ! #$ 19, by 5 pm, saying he cannot health experts cautioned peo- be put in jail for even a + ple to maintain Covid appro- as epicentres, if not night. % priate behaviour for the next restricted. "Idea of festivals is to A Bench of Justice DY 125 crucial days to minimise share happiness, not Covid. For Chandrachud and MR Shah " #$% the effect of the infection. next 1-2 years, till the pan- said that his continued deten- Alerts have been extended demic is not under control, we tion will be in violation of his &'( & /0 .1 from overcrowded public shouldn't become part of rea- fundamental right to life 345%55 places to religious gatherings son for causing the pandemic under Article 21 of the 6%60 which experts say can emerge to Constitution. 37"33/%80% *;9; day after Navjot Singh 91: 1#; ASidhu’s elevation as Punjab Congress chief, there was no fghanistan Army chief sign of a thaw in his strained AGeneral Wali Mohammad relationship with Chief decision to elevate Sidhu was will hold wide-ranging dis- Minister Captain Amarinder also seen as a snub to the Chief cussions with Army chief Singh. The cricketer-turned- Minister. General MM Naravane and politician and his Captain were Notably, Amarinder has National Security Advisor engaged in their own show of all along been opposing Sidhu’s (NSA) Ajit Doval during his ed more than three billion dol- strength that did not augur well elevation to the party’s apex two-day visit starting July 27 to lars in several projects related for the health of the State party post. In the process, he had New Delhi. to infrastructure and ahead of the Assembly polls. used every possible ammuni- His visit comes at a time welfare. The two were so near, yet tion he had — playing the caste when the Afghan forces are The two Army chiefs are so far away, as they met their card, indicating a possible split fighting the Taliban which has likely to discuss the current sit- loyalists at locations a few hun- within the party, flagging up controlled nearly two-third of uation prevailing in dred meters away from each the national security issue for that country. Afghanistan, sources said here other in Chandigarh Sector 2 his association with Pakistani India and Afghanistan have on Monday. The visit comes on Monday. Prime Minister Imran Khan, long-standing defence ties in days after External Affairs Sidhu’s appointment came and joining hands with his terms of training.