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Addressing the Investor he Taliban completed their Summit in Gujarat via video Tsweep of the country’s conference, the Prime Minister south on Friday as they took said this policy is going to give four more provincial capitals in a new identity to the auto sec- a lightning offensive that is tor and to the mobility of New gradually encircling Kabul, just India. weeks before the US is set to This policy will play a big officially end its two-decade role in the modernisation of the war. vehicular population in the In just the last 24 hours, the country, removing unfit vehi- country’s second — and third- cles from the roads in a scien- largest cities — Herat in the tific manner, he said. west and Kandahar in the The summit is being south — have fallen to the organised to invite investment insurgents as has the capital of for setting up vehicle scrapping the southern Helmand infrastructure under the "# $ province, where American, Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet British and NATO forces Modernisation Programme or fought some of the bloodiest the Vehicle Scrapping Policy. development journey. The While launching the helpful for economic develop- battles of the conflict. " $ & $' ' According to the Investor Summit in Gujarat for National Automobile ment. The goal for 21st centu- The blitz through the Government, it will also draw setting up vehicle scrapping Scrappage Policy, the Prime ry India to be clean, congestion Taliban’s southern heartland under threat yet, the resurgent In the south, the insurgents Government. focus on the synergies pre- infrastructure opens a new Minister said that this policy is free & convenient mobility is means the insurgents now hold Taliban were battling swept through the three Atta Jan Haqbayan, the sented by the ship-breaking range of possibilities. going to give a new identity to the need of the hour, he said. half of Afghanistan’s 34 provin- Government forces in Logar provincial capitals on Friday. provincial council chief in industry at Alang for the devel- Vehicle scrapping will help the auto sector and to the This policy reflects our cial capitals and control more province, some 80 kilometers Attaullah Afghan, the head Zabul province, said the local opment of an integrated scrap- phase out unfit and polluting mobility of New India. This commitment to reduce pollu- than two-thirds of the country (50 miles) from the capital. The of the provincial council in capital of Qalat fell and that ping hub. Union Minister for vehicles in an environment- policy will play a big role in the tion from the cities and protect — weeks before the US plans to US military has estimated that Helmand, said that the Taliban officials were in a nearby army Road Transport & Highways friendly manner, Modi said. modernisation of the vehicular the environment and fast devel- withdraw its last troops. The Kabul could come under insur- captured Lashkar Gah follow- camp preparing to leave. Nitin Gadkari and Chief “Our aim is to create a population in the country, opment. This policy by fol- Western-backed government gent pressure within 30 days ing weeks of heavy fighting and Bismillah Jan Mohammad Minister of Gujarat Vijay viable circular economy and removing unfit vehicles from lowing the principle Reuse, in the capital, Kabul, still holds and that the Taliban could raised their white flag over and Qudratullah Rahimi, law- Rupani too were present on the bring value for all stakeholders roads in a scientific manner. Recycle and Recovery will also a smattering of provinces in the overrun the rest of the country Governmental buildings. He makers from Uruzgan occasion. while being environmentally He said that modernity in promote the country’s self- centre and east, as well as the within a few months. They said that three national army province, said local officials Modi said the launch of responsible,” said the Prime mobility not only reduces the reliance in the auto sector and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. have taken over much of the bases outside of the city remain surrendered Tirin Kot. Vehicle Scrappage Policy is a Minister in a series of tweets burden of travel and trans- in the metal sector. While Kabul isn’t directly north and west of the country. under control of the Continued on Page 11 significant milestone in India’s before the event. portation, but also proves to be Continued on Page 11 ( " ) #* Gorakhpur (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the state govern- makes the Covishield vaccine, ment will honour with cash was speaking to reporters after awards all those who participat- receiving the Lokmanya Tilak ed in the recently concluded National Award in Pune. !""# Tokyo Olympics at an event in Poonawalla’s comment ! # Lucknow on August 19. comes days after the Drugs $ Adityanath made the remarks at 6-7!-5/ Controller General of India a ceremony to honour 75 (DCGI) approved a proposal to ' $ ( sportspersons, including three ndia’s drug regulator’s deci- conduct a study on mixing )*+O Olympians, at the Gorakhnath Ision approving a study to be Covaxin and Covishield vac- temple here on the occasion of conducted by the Christian cines in India. The study, Nag Panchami. Medical College (CMC), involving 300 healthy individ- P% He announced a cash award Vellore on mixing of Covid-19 uals, will be carried out by P of 2 crore for Olympic gold vaccines Covaxin and Covid-19 vaccines is “very Christian Medical College, #"&!- $ medallist Neeraj Chopra, 1.5 Covishield — to be tested on wrong”, the SII chairman said. Vellore. ( $ crore each for silver medallists, 300 healthy volunteers — has Poonawalla, whose firm Continued on Page11 1 crore for each member of the not gone down well with one of ( men’s hockey team that won the the jab manufacturers, Serum . / bronze medal and 50 lakh for Institute of India (SII). " # 0$ $ $ each member of the women’s On Thursday, Cyrus hockey team. Poonawalla, chairman of the $ Adityanath said, “We have Pune-based SII, expressed his $ O 1$ already said that sportspersons reservation against the idea of ( 0 from the state will get Rs 6 crore mixing of Covishield and 0/ 6!2 / school in Ajnala. )$ ! ( ! for an Olympic gold medal, Rs 3 Covaxin, saying if something The cases have been )$ 2+$( crore for a silver medal and Rs 1 goes wrong then there could be en days after the Punjab reported from Ludhiana, $ $ crore for a bronze medal. We will a blame game between the TGovernment reopened its Hoshiarpur, Abohar, and on L $ also give cash awards to all the makers of the two vaccines. schools for all classes, more Friday from Ajnala. Alarmed, Olympic participants. We have He said he is not in favour than 40 students have been the State Government has $ also decided to give cash awards of administering two different tested positive for the novel already issued directions to $ ( M for Commonwealth Games and Covid-19 vaccines for better coronavirus, including eight ramp up the testing in schools. Asian Games.” efficacy. Mixing doses of two students of a Government Continued on Page 11 $ OP ! ited with effect from July 1, The provisions will not the global community to focus democratic structure of the 2022: ear buds with plastic apply to commodities made of on this issue. country. This is not an attack sticks, plastic sticks for bal- compostable plastic, the noti- In a statement, the R on Rahul Gandhi. This is not loons, plastic flags, candy sticks, fication said. In June 2018, Environment Ministry said you know simply shutting ice-cream sticks, polystyrene Prime Minister Narendra Modi plastic packaging waste not Rahul Gandhi down. I have 19- 6-7!-5/ per square metre (GSM) with (thermocol) for decoration; had announced that India will covered under the phase-out of 20 million followers. You are effect from September 30, 2021, plates, cups, glasses, cutlery eliminate all single-use plastics identified single-use plastic denying them the right to an n a major move towards the notification said. such as forks, spoons, knives, in the country by 2022. In the items should be collected and opinion. That’s what you are Itackling environmental pol- “The manufacture, import, straw, trays; wrapping or pack- fourth United Nations managed in an environmen- 6-7!-5/ doing,” Rahul Gandhi said in lution, the Centre has notified stocking, distribution, sale and ing films around sweet boxes, Environment Assembly held in tally sustainable way through they are beholden to the his video message. the Plastic Waste Management use of following single-use invitation cards, and cigarette 2019, India had piloted a res- the Extended Producer ormer Congress president Government of India to define He alleged that this is not Amendment Rules, 2021, pro- plastic, including polystyrene packets, plastic or PVC banners olution on addressing single- Responsibility of the producer, FRahul Gandhi on Friday our politics. only patently unfair, but also hibiting manufacture, import, and expanded polystyrene, less than 100 micron, stirrers,” use plastic products pollution, importer and brand owner as accused Twitter of being biased “It’s obvious now that breaching the idea that Twitter stocking, distribution, sale and commodities shall be prohib- it read. recognising the urgent need for per Plastic Waste Management and interfering in the country’s Twitter is actually not a neutral, is a neutral platform.