RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 MILLENNIUMPOST.IN REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI | KOLKATA VOL.16, ISSUE 233 | Monday, 23 August, 2021 | New Delhi | Pages 12 | Rs 3.00 No Half Truths City: Pg 3 Nation : Pg 6 Film: Pg 12 DMRC replaces conventional lights 4-day Malabar wargame Scarlett’s lawyer slams with LED at 155 Delhi Metro stations to begin on Thursday Disney for misconduct EVACUATION FROM AFGHANISTAN Covid: India logs 30,948 new India brings back 392 people infections, 403 fresh fatalities NEW DELHI: India logged 30,948 new coronavirus infec- tions, while the active cases declined to 3,53,398 compris- including 2 Afghan lawmakers ing 1.09 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total tally of COVID- 19 cases has increased to 3,24,24,234. The death toll has climbed to 4,34,367 with 403 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases have The daily positivity rate was on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on declined to 3,53,398, the lowest recorded at 1.95 per cent. It has August 23, 40 lakh on Septem- in 152 days, while the national been less than three per cent ber 5 and 50 lakh on Septem- COVID-19 recovery rate has for the last 27 days. ber 16. It went past 60 lakh increased to 97.57 per cent, the The weekly positivity rate on September 28, 70 lakh on highest since March 2020, the was recorded at two per cent. It October 11, crossed 80 lakh ministry said. has been below three per cent on October 29, 90 lakh on A reduction of 7,942 cases for the last 58 days, according November 20 and surpassed has been recorded in the active to the ministry. the one-crore mark on Decem- COVID-19 caseload in a span The number of people who ber 19. India crossed the grim of 24 hours. have recuperated from the dis- milestone of two crore on May As many as 15,85,681 tests ease surged to 3,16,36,469, 4 and three crore on June 23. were conducted on Satur- while the case fatality rate Cumulatively, 58.14 crore day taking the total cumula- stands at 1.34 per cent, the COVID-19 vaccine doses have tive tests conducted so far for data stated. been administered under the detection of COVID-19 in India's COVID-19 tally nationwide vaccination drive the country to 50,62,56,239. had crossed the 20-lakh mark till Sunday morning. MPOST I-T PORTAL LIVE AFTER ALMOST 2 DAYS People who were stranded in crisis-hit Afghanistan arrive by a special repatriation flight of IAF at the Hindan Air Force Station, in Ghaziabad, on Sunday PTI OUR CORRESPONDENT Govt summons Infosys CEO seeking All Afghanistan returnees to NEW DELHI: India on Sun- day evacuated 392 people get vaccinated against polio explanation for glitches in I-T portal including two Afghan lawmak- ers in three flights as part of its NEW DELHI: India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan MPOST BUREAU Unit in a late evening tweet mission to bring Indians and returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against said, "The emergency mainte- Afghan partners from Kabul the wild polio virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Man- NEW DELHI: With the new nance of the @IncomeTaxIn- in the backdrop of increasing daviya said on Sunday. I-T portal remaining unavail- dia portal has concluded and Taliban hostility and deterio- The minister also shared a photo where returnees could be able for almost two consecutive the portal is live. We regret rating security situation in the seen getting jabs at the Delhi international airport. days, the Finance Ministry has any inconvenience caused to city after it fell to the militant Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries in the "summoned" Infosys MD and taxpayers." outfit a week back. world where polio is still endemic. CEO Salil Parekh on Monday Earlier on Sunday, Infosys Separately, 146 Indian "We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with to explain to Finance Minis- had tweeted that the income nationals, who were evacuated free Polio Vaccine - OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against ter Nirmala Sitharaman the tax portal was under emer- from Afghanistan to Doha, Wild Polio Virus.Congratulations to the Health Team for their reasons for continued glitches manual filing of remittance gency maintenance. On Sat- are being repatriated to India efforts to ensure public health Take a look at the vaccine drive even after over two months of forms and also extend due urday too it had tweeted that on Sunday night, the Indian at Delhi International Airport," Mandaviya tweeted. MPOST launch. dates for electronic filing of the portal is "inaccessible due embassy in Qatar said this Meanwhile, the company forms related to intimation by to planned maintenance". evening. The 168 people evacuated Indian friends for their mes- in a late-evening tweet said pension funds and sovereign Quoting the I-T depart- In the morning, a total of from Kabul included Afghan sages of support. emergency maintenance of wealth funds. ment tweet, Ministry of 168 people, including 107 Indi- lawmakers Anarkali Honar- "I appreciate the kind words 7 killed at Kabul airport; fighters the portal has concluded and "Ministry of Finance has Information and Broadcast- ans and 23 Afghan Sikhs and yar and Narender Singh Khalsa of sympathy and support mes- the site is live. summoned Sh Salil Parekh, ing, Senior Advisor Kanchan Hindus, were flown from Kabul and their families, people sages from all Indian friends seize areas from Taliban The new income tax e-filing MD &CEO @Infosys on Gupta tweeted, "This is the sec- to Hindon airbase near Delhi in familiar with the evacuation and the diplomatic missions in portal "www.incometax.gov. 23/08/2021 to explain to ond major GoI project @Info- a C-17 heavy-lift military trans- mission said. New Delhi over the suffering of KABUL: A panicked crush of In chaotic scenes Saturday, in', developed by Infosys, had a hon'ble FM as to why even after sys has messed up. The first was port aircraft of the Indian Air "India is our second home. Afghans in the past few weeks, people trying to enter Kabul's British and Western troops bumpy start from the day of its 2.5 months since launch of new #GST portal. Now it is #Inco- Force (IAF). Even if we are Afghans and live particularly the last 7-8 days. international airport killed in full combat gear tried to launch on June 7, as it contin- e-filing portal, glitches in the meTax portal. Infosys bags GoI Another group of 87 Indi- in that country, people often "The avoidable suffering of seven Afghan civilians in the control crowds big enough ued to face tech glitches with portal have not been resolved. projects using L1 route which ans and two Nepalese nation- call us Hindustanis. I thank Afghanistan is man-made and crowds, the British military to be seen in satellite pho- users complaining that cer- In fact,since 21/08/2021 the limits options. Clearly lacks als were brought back in a India for extending its helping at a scale beyond all civilized said Sunday, showing the dan- tos pressing into the airport. tain functionalities were either portal itself is not available," either capacity or intent to special Air India flight from hand," Khalsa told reporters at contemplation. Afghanistan is ger still posed to those trying They carried away some who unavailable or working slow. the Income Tax department deliver. Two 'failures' in a row Dushanbe, a day after they were the Hindon airbase near Delhi. going through a difficult time, to flee the Taliban's takeover were sweating and pale. With Consequently, the I-T tweeted. cannot be coincidence". evacuated to the Tajikistan cap- "I feel like crying. Every- and only good leadership, com- of the country. temperatures reaching 34 department had to allow Infosys India Business Turn to P4 ital in an IAF 130J transport thing is finished. It is a very dif- passionate attitude and interna- The deaths come as a group degree Celsius (93 degrees aircraft, officials said. ficult and painful decision to tional support to the Afghan of fighters opposing the Tali- Fahrenheit), the soldiers As many as 135 Indians, leave the country. We have not people would somewhat bring ban’s rule battle the insurgents sprayed water from a hose on who were earlier evacuated seen such a situation. Every- an end to these miseries," he in the mountains and valleys those gathered or gave them Petrol, diesel prices cut by 20 paise from Kabul to Doha in the last thing has been snatched away. tweeted. to the north of Kabul, cap- bottled water to pour over few days by the US and NATO It's all over," Khalsa said as he India carried out the evacu- turing several rural districts. their heads. MPOST BUREAU ing to a price notification of aircraft, were flown back from broke down when asked about ation missions in coordination While details of the fighting The British military on state-run oil companies. The the Qatari capital city to Delhi the situation in Afghanistan. with the US and several other remain unclear, it marks the Sunday acknowledged the NEW DELHI: Petrol and die- reduction came as interna- in a special flight, they said. With Sunday's evacuation, friendly countries. It is learnt first organized resistance to rise seven deaths of civilians in the sel prices were cut by 20 paise tional oil prices tumbled to "Bringing Indians back the number of people brought that a small group of Indian offi- up against the Taliban since crowds.