Yediyurappa Bows Out, Suspense Rises Over New Karnataka CM: Bengal Forms Panel To Look Into Snooping Allegations

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Yediyurappa bows out, suspense

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Hero’s welcome
rises over new Karnataka CM

78-year-old BJP veteran quits ‘voluntarily’; party yet to reveal name of successor
Women hold ‘parliament’
at farmers’ protest site
NEW DELHI
Special Correspondent
Bengaluru BJP leadership
Women from all walks of life
came together to hold a
‘Mahila Kisan Sansad’ here on
Putting to rest endless spec-
ulation over a leadership to take a call
change in Karnataka, B.S. Ye-
Monday and discussed their
role in farming and the
diyurappa on Monday sub- Nistula Hebbar
farmers’ agitation. They said mitted his resignation as NEW DELHI
during the protest against Chief Minister to Governor As Karnataka Chief Minister
the farm laws, women and Thaawarchand Gehlot, end- B.S. Yediyurappa resigned, a
men shared the stage and ing his fourth stint at the part of the action shifted to
continued the agitation helm exactly two years after New Delhi and the national
shoulder to shoulder. he took charge. This was the leadership of the BJP, which
CITY " PAGE 2 78-year-old veteran leader’s now has the task of evolving
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD fourth tenure as Chief Minis- a consensus over his Dream come true: Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu celebrating at the Indira Gandhi
ter, none lasting a full term. replacement. According to International Airport in New Delhi upon her arrival from Tokyo on Monday. MOORTHY R.V. *
Delhi police move HC over With this, the stage is now BJP sources, general CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
fine for ‘farcical’ probe set for a new BJP Chief Minis- secretary organisation B.L.
NEW DELHI ter, and all eyes are on the Santhosh has left for
Bengal forms panel to look

Delhi Police has approached party high command’s deci- Bengaluru.
the High Court challenging a sion following a Parliamen-
recent order passed by a local tary Board meeting in Delhi CONTINUED ON " PAGE 8
Short term: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa
court that imposed a cost of and the BJP Legislature Party during a function in Bengaluru on Monday. MURALI KUMAR K.
into snooping allegations

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₹25,000 on it for “miserably”
meeting to be held in Benga-
failing in its investigation into
luru this week. at a function to mark two nisters and asked Mr. Yediyu- with most State leaders also
a case of a man who received
Mr. Yediyurappa, who had years of his government in rappa to continue till the claiming to be “clueless”
gunshot injuries in his left eye
during the north-east Delhi
been saying that he was wait- the morning. He said he had process of appointing his about what is on the high
riots last year. The court had ing for the “high command’s done it “happily and successor is completed. This command’s mind while com- Two-member committee to submit report within 6 months
censured Delhi Police for message” on his future, an- voluntarily”. is expected to happen by the ing up with various formulae
resisting registration of FIR. nounced his resignation te- Mr. Gehlot accepted Mr. weekend, sources said. being considered. Shiv Sahay Singh
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ary-eyed at the end of an Yediyurappa’s resignation, The name of the succes- Kolkata
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD emotionally charged speech dissolved the Council of Mi- sor is shrouded in secrecy, CONTINUED ON " PAGE 8 The West Bengal govern-
ment on Monday set up an
inquiry commission, com-
6 policemen killed in Assam-Mizoram border row

prising retired Supreme
Court judge Madan B. Lokur
and former Chief Justice of
the Calcutta High Court Jyo-
tirmoy Bhattacharya, to look
Violence comes days after Amit Shah’s when some 200 Assam police
personnel came to the Vai- into the allegations of snoop-
meet with CMs on inter-State disputes rengte autorickshaw stand ing on politicians, activists
and “forcibly” closed the du- and journalists using the Is-
Rahul Karmakar States in the Meghalaya capi- ty post of the Central Reserve raeli spyware Pegasus. the first State to set up an in- mission under the
Guwahati tal of Shillong for resolving Police Force and a section of Chief Minister Mamata quiry commission in the Pe- Commissions of Inquiry Act,
Six Assam police personnel the inter-State boundary dis- Mizoram police personnel. Banerjee said the Cabinet gasus spyware row.” 1952 (60 of 1952) to “enquire
were killed in an exchange of putes. The injured included The CRPF is deployed as a had approved the appoint- into and report on inter alia
fire with their Mizoram coun- Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandra- neutral force on disputed ment of the commission. ‘Phones tapped’ the reported interception
terparts after the protracted kant, Superintendent of Pol- stretches along the 164.6-km “Everyone is under surveil- Since there were “aggrieved and the possession, storage
border row between the two ice of Cachar district in As- Assam-Mizoram border. lance… We had hoped the parties” in the State whose and use of such information
northeastern States took a sam, and the officer in-charge Tense moments: Police personnel during a clash at the “The Assam police dam- Centre will start an inquiry phones had been put under collected through such inter-
violent turn on Monday. The of the Dholai police station in Assam-Mizoram border at Lailapur in Cachar district. PTI
* aged some Mizoram-bound into the Pegasus row under surveillance, the commis- ception, in the hands of state
clashes in the border town of the district. Officials said the vehicles and committed ar- the supervision of the Su- sion would investigate the actors and non-state actors.”
Vairengte also left at least 60 SP, in the intensive care unit form that six brave jawans of families,” Assam Chief Minis- son. They did not listen to preme Court. But this go- matter, she added. The notification said the
persons from Assam injured. with a bullet injury in the hip, @assampolice have sacrif- ter Himanta Biswa Sarma, our officials and lobbed tear vernment did nothing even Last week, she had urged commission may submit its
The incident comes less could be airlifted to Mumbai. iced their lives while defend- who holds the Home portfo- gas shells and grenades and when Parliament is in ses- the Supreme Court to take report within six months of
than two days after Union His personal security officer, ing constitutional boundary lio, tweeted. started firing around 4.30 sion. Therefore, before go- suo motu cognisance of the the notification ( July 26).
Home Minister Amit Shah Liton Suklabaidya, was of our State at the Assam-Miz- Mizoram’s Home Minister p.m.,” he said. ing to Delhi, we took the de- issue. The West Bengal go-
held a meeting with the Chief among those killed. oram border. My heartfelt Lalchamliana said the chain cision to set up an inquiry vernment issued a notifica- CONTINUED ON " PAGE 8
Ministers of the northeastern “I am deeply pained to in- condolences to the bereaved of events began at 11.30 a.m. CONTINUED ON " PAGE 8 commission. West Bengal is tion for setting up the com- MAMATA-PM MEET TODAY " PAGE 9
Rahul drives tractor to SC turns down plea of Gambhir foundation

House to protest farm laws Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI
stay the proceedings in a
case of illegal procurement
during the pandemic”.
The Bench advised the
The Supreme Court on Mon- and distribution of CO- foundation to move the Del-
‘Centre will have to take back black laws’ day refused to entertain a VID-19 drugs, saying “indivi- hi High Court for relief.
plea by BJP MP Gautam duals cannot monopolise
Gambhir’s foundation to the distribution of drugs DETAILS ON " PAGE 10
Show of support: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi driving a

tractor to Parliament on Monday. PTI *
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT just outside the Delhi bor-

NEW DELHI ders for over eight months
Former Congress president now. “These laws are aimed
Rahul Gandhi, accompa- at helping only two or three
nied by his parliamentary industrialists. The entire
colleagues, drove a tractor country knows for who and
to Parliament on Monday to whom these laws have been
express solidarity with the brought about. These laws
farmers protesting against are not for the benefit of
the three farm laws. farmers and that is why they
Mr. Gandhi, along with have to be withdrawn,” Mr.
Rajya Sabha members Par- Gandhi said.
tap Singh Bajwa (Punjab), His tractor drive from
Deepinder Singh Hooda Moti Lal Nehru Marg to one
(Haryana) and Lok Sabha of the peripheral gates of
member Ravneet Singh Bit- Parliament took the police
tu (Punjab), carried a ban- by surprise, as the area was
ner and raised slogans. “We under Section 144 of the Cri-
have brought the message of minal Procedure Code and
farmers to Parliament. A no gathering of more than
discussion is not allowed in- four people was allowed.
side the House and the Congress chief spokes-
farmers are being sup- person Randeep Surjewala
pressed. That’s why we are and Youth Congress chief
here and they [the Centre] B.V. Srinivas and a number
will have to take back these of party leaders were de-
black laws,” he said. tained outside Parliament
and taken to the Mandir
‘No benefit for farmers’ Marg police station by bus
The tractor ride was also amid sloganeering for the
aimed at highlighting the withdrawal of the farm laws.
cause of the farmers’ unions
that have been protesting LS PASSES TWO BILLS " PAGE 9
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IN BRIEF
Delhi zoo set to reopen
Police move HC over fine for DU portal for PG registration
for visitors from Aug. 1
sees 4.5K logins in 15 minutes
NEW DELHI
The National Zoological Park,
which is popularly known as
Delhi zoo, is scheduled to
‘farcical’ probe into riots case There are around 20,000 postgraduate seats on offer
reopen from August 1.
“Preparations for the opening
‘DCP didn’t get chance to file submissions, penalty will affect reputation of officers’ Staff Reporter conducted by the National the prospective candidates
NEW DELHI Testing Agency (NTA), dates about the registration pro-
are going on. Online booking
will be open from July 31, a
Staff Reporter but also would “certainly Delhi University (DU) on for which will be announced cess and the admission pro-
day ahead of the opening,”
New Delhi cause serious dent” to the Monday launched the on- later, officials said. They ad- cess. Applicants will have
said zoo director Ramesh Delhi Police has approached reputation of the officers. line portal for registration to ded that the DUET will be a the option to interact with
Pandey. the High Court challenging a various postgraduate pro- computer-based test held panelists. The webinar will
recent order passed by a lo- Remarks against probe grammes in the varsity, for all postgraduate pro- also be telecast live on DU’s
cal court that imposed a cost “The court has made very along with M.Phil and Ph.D grammes in designated official Facebook and You-
Five held for of ₹25,000 on it for “misera-
bly” failing in its investiga-
serious remarks against the
investigation even prior to
courses. The process will
continue till August 21.
centres across the country.
“Non-NET candidates
Tube channels,” said Rajeev
Gupta Chairperson of DU
cattle stealing tion into a case of a man who
received gunshot injuries in
the commencement of the
trial, which is contrary to the
According to officials,
there are around 20,000
who are desirous of seeking
admissions to the Ph.D and
Admissions.
after gunfight his left eye during the north-

east Delhi riots last year. Police conducting a flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar,
basic law that no finding
should be given in the midst
postgraduate seats on offer.
Aspirants can log into the
M.Phil programmes have to
appear for DUET 2021,” the
Chatbots available
Mr. Gupta also added that
The court had censured days after the violence broke out. FILE PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA
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of trial,” the plea stated. online portal through DU’s varsity said. the university had received
Staff Reporter Delhi Police for resisting re- The local court had con- official website, register over 500 queries within the
NEW DELHI gistration of FIR based on amount should be recovered to be deposited by the office cluded, “I have also applied themselves and upload rele- Virtual open days first few minutes of the on-
Five people involved in the complaint of the victim, from the Station House Offic- of DCP, North-East, without my mind to the facts and cir- vant documents. Officials said that the portal line portal being launched.
stealing cattle from Rajas- Mohammad Nasir, a resident er of Bhajanpura police sta- giving any opportunity to cumstances of the case and The university had earlier saw over 4,500 logins with- Officials had earlier an-
than, Haryana and Delhi- of North Ghonda in Delhi. tion and his supervising of- the DCP to make his submis- also perused the case diar- announced that the entire in 15 minutes of launch. The nounced that the online
NCR region were arrested It had further called the ficers, “who have miserably sions, which is against the ies, which reveal a very admission process will be university also announced portal for the DU admis-
on Monday after a brief ex- police investigation “callous failed in their statutory du- principle of natural justice”. shocking state-of-affairs”. online this year and aspi- that virtual open days will sions this year will also have
change of fire in Dwarka, and farcical”. The court had ties in this case after holding Delhi Police also said the The court had also que- rants were not required to be held from July 27 to July help desks in the form of
the police said. directed the DCP (North- a due inquiry in this regard”. imposition of such cost ried how the police were un- visit departments and col- 30 for postgraduate, M.Phil chatbots. Aspirants will also
DCP (Dwarka) S.K. Mee- East) to deposit the amount In its petition challenging would “seriously affect” not able to trace any eyewitness leges for any purpose. and Ph.D candidates. be able to email queries to
na said that the accused with the Delhi Legal Services the July 13 order, Delhi Police only the career of the go- despite the MLC of Mr. Nasir The Delhi University En- “These virtual open days the university throughout
mainly stole buffaloes. Authority. It also said the said the court “imposed cost vernment officials involved clearly showing his address. trance Test (DUET) will be have been planned to assist the day.
“On Monday, the police
got a tip-off that five men
Plea seeks separate Women hold ‘parliament’ at farmers’ protest site

would come to Goyla Dai-
ry-Dwarka Road following
which the road was barri-
caded. A tempo was spot-
ted and was signalled to
stop but the driver crashed
into the barricade and
public toilets for Mahila Kisan Sansad brings together participants from all walks of life, discusses their role in farming
Hemani Bhandari in a village in Haryana, said solution here. It’s high time it
tried to escape. However,
the tempo came to a halt
after colliding with a street-
transgenders NEW DELHI
Among those who were mem-
bers of the Mahila Kisan San-
the Mahila Sansad should
have happened on day one
but she is glad it has hap-
was passed in the Lok Sabha
as well,” she said.
Ms. Sangwan said the ‘par-
light pole,” Mr. Meena said. sad here on Monday were an pened. At the ‘parliament’, liament’ was essential be-
Two men started firing HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt. response Assistant Professor from Pun- speakers and deputy speak- cause women shared issues
at the police party who al- jab, wife of an Army officer ers included CPI leader Annie on the three farm laws which
so retaliated. Soibam Rocky Singh provide them with separate and a homemaker who occa- Raja, Jagmati Sangwan, na- will impact them directly.
Both the accused were New Delhi public toilets and other facil- sionally works towards wo- tional vice-president, All-In- “We spoke about how we
shot in their legs. Later, The Delhi High Court on ities,” the top court had said. men empowerment in her vil- dia Democratic Women’s As- should be given land rights
they along with three oth- Monday issued notice to the lage in Haryana. Fair share Women conducting 'Kisan Sansad'at Jantar Mantar sociation and activist Medha because we don’t have any
ers were apprehended, the government on a petition Facing harassment Amandeep Kaur Sandhu, in New Delhi on Monday. SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
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Patkar. In two of the three ses- rights whatsoever. A woman
police said. seeking direction to con- It said the third gender faces 32, Assistant Professor at a sions, an “agriculture minis- will have to repay the loan in
truct public toilets for the trauma, agony and harass- college in village Baba Sang articulately, one can’t ima- of their homes and be a part ter” was also to made to sit case her farmer husband
transgenders or third gen- ment when they utilise Dhesian, said back home, pe- gine. This women led parlia- of the movement. I have come and speak. takes his life but is not al-
Outlet to sell der claiming they are prone
to sexual assault and harass-
washrooms built for male or
female. This is a serious and
ople used to believe that wo-
men should stay indoors. But
ment has built confidence in
them,” she said.
here because this is the need
of the hour. I am an Army wife Resolutions passed
lowed to take loans,” she said.
“Their labour, hard work,
products by ment” when using male
toilets.
concerning issue which the
people of transgender com-
during the protest against the
farm laws, women and men
The 40-year-old wife of an
Army officer, a resident of
and we all stand with the
farmers,” she said.
Ms. Raja told The Hindu that
three resolutions were passed
skills and knowledge should
be taken on board by people’s
Tihar inmates A Bench of Chief Justice
D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti
munity face in their daily
life.
shared the stage and conti-
nued the agitation shoulder to
Mohali who didn’t wish to be
identified, said she is here to
Ramkali Jangda, a 57-year-
old housewife who works
on Monday. “Women should
be given 33% reservation in
movements,” said Samyukta
Kisan Morcha referring to a
Singh sought responses of “When the third gender shoulder. “Women here express solidarity. “Women with a local NGO working to- Parliament. This Bill has been resolution passed in the Mahi-
Special Correspondent the Ministry of Housing and uses the washrooms made spoke for their rights and so need to get out of the comfort wards women empowerment pending. We have passed a re- la Kisan Sansad.
New Delhi
Urban Affairs, Delhi govern- for male and female, then
The North East Delhi dis- ment and all municipal cor- their right to privacy is vio-
Residents against religious structures in park

trict on Monday became
the first revenue district
porations in the Capital on
the petition.
lated,” it added.
“Mysore, Bhopal and Plea to remove
here to open an outlet for
products manufactured by
The petition filed by Jas-
mine Kaur Chhabra, a final-
Ludhiana have already start-
ed taking action in such mat-
‘derogatory’
Tihar jail inmates.
The Tihar jail’s outlet
year law student, said it was ters and have built separate Special Correspondent ponse so far. of the city to offer prayers at denly two religious struc- word from
not fundamentally or moral- public washrooms for them GURUGRAM Social activist Sunita Shar- these shrines and could be a tures had come up over-
will help citizens and local ly correct to ask anyone of a and that the Capital of India, Many residents of South City ma, a resident of Block C, security threat.” She said night. He said that it was the caste certificate
residents who visit the dis- specific gender to use a pu- Delhi is still seen nowhere Part-II, including academics, said the religious structures that she and many other resi- modus operandi to grab the
trict office with services blic toilet which is made for taking such an initiative,” artists and social activists, that had come up in the se- dents have vigorously taken land which is worth crores. Staff Reporter
ranging from preparation any other gender. the petition said. are up in arms against un- nior citizens’ park at the en- up the matter with the resi- “I wrote to the RWA, the Pol- New Delhi
of Aadhaar cards to other The plea said the Su- It also said that the Cen- authorised religious struc- trance to Block A of the dents welfare association, ice Commissioner, the MCG The Delhi High Court on
certificates. preme Court in its 2014 judg- tral government have re- tures inside a park near the South City-II was a ploy to but there has been no res- and also tweeted seeking in- Monday sought response of
“The opening of the out- ment ‘National State Legal leased funds for the con- township, opposing it as an “grab land” in the guise of re- ponse so far. tervention of the Deputy the Centre and Delhi go-
let will help in rehabilita- Authority vs. Union of India’ cerned issue but still there attempt to grab the land. ligion. She said there was a Former DU Professor Commissioner, but there is vernment on a plea seeking
tion of inmates involved in recognised third gender are no separate toilets are The residents have also need to nip it in the bud or it Shamsul Islam, a resident of no reply. It is illegal to carry to direct the authorities not
the manufacture of bis- which consists of transgen- made for the transgender or made complaints to the pol- may lead to several pro- Block A, said he and his wife out such construction in the to use the alleged derogato-
cuits, samosas, mustard oil ders. “The Centre and State third gender community in ice, the municipal corpora- blems. had been contributing public land,” said Mr. Islam. ry word ‘kanjar’ on the
etc. which will be sold at governments should take Delhi. tion and also tweeted the “Soon hawkers and ven- ₹1,000 per month for the Repeated calls and mes- caste certificate issued to
the TJ’s outlet at the district proper measures to provide The HC has posted the pe- complaint tagging the office dors would start selling their maintenance of the park for sages to RWA president Niraj the members of Scheduled
office,” the government medical care to transgen- tition for further hearing on of the Deputy Commission- stuff close to this shrine. Peo- the senior citizens, but he Yadav on the matter went Caste and Scheduled Tribe
said. ders in hospitals and also September 13. er, but there has been no res- ple may come from any part was shocked to find that sud- unanswered. communities belonging to
‘Giraha’ community.
A Bench of Chief Justice
HC allows Centre to
give details in sealed
Three held for sending bogus D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti
Singh posted the plea file
by Akhil Bhartiya Gihara
Samaj Jagriti Parishad for
cover over CHRI’s plea police notices to Internet users further hearing on August
31. The petition said the
caste certificates issued by
Staff Reporter STAFF REPORTER operated on the behest of searched for any porno- the government contained
New Delhi NEW DELHI their mastermind, B. Chan- graphic content. “undignified and humiliat-
The Delhi High Court on Monday permitted Three members of a gang derkant, who is based out of DCP (Cyber Cell) Anyesh ing terms as ‘kanjar’.
the Centre to submit in a sealed cover, cer- were arrested for allegedly Cambodia, South-East Asia Roy said: “Action was initiat- It said the parishad had
tain information in connection with a peti- sending fake police notices and accused Dhinushanth’s ed suo moto after registra- made several representa-
tion by the Commonwealth Human Rights to Internet users asking brother, the police said. tion of an FIR on the basis of tions to the authorities to
Initiative (CHRI) challenging suspension of them to pay a fine of ₹3,000 A probe was initiated af- social media inputs.” remove the derogatory
its registration for 180 days for alleged viola- for watching pornographic ter a few people reported on “In the investigation so word, but no effort was
tions of the Foreign Contribution (Regula- content, which was an ille- social media about a pur- far, more than 20 bank ac- made to redress their
tion) Act (FCRA). gal activity, the police said ported police notice issued counts were found to be grievances.
Justice Rekha Palli questioned the on Monday. to them alleging they were used to route the defrauded
Centre’s counsel over the reason behind the watching pornography money. Cheating of more Cites another judgment
request to furnish information in such a Arrested from T.N. which is a banned activity, than ₹30 lakh has been ac- The plea mentioned that
manner. “What secret is going to be in inter- Three accused, Gabrial hence all the files in their counted for through identi- the High Court, in a judg-
pretation of a statute? I’m not considering James, Ram Kumar Selvam computer were blocked. fied UPI IDs and QR codes ment passed on July 27,
suspension but interim arrangement,” the and B. Dhinushanth, were The victims also added used in the bogus notices 2011, had directed the auth-
High Court remarked. all arrested from Tamil Na- that they were only doing over a period from Febru- orities to substitute the
du by a team of Delhi Polic- routine searches on their ary to June this year,” he word ‘chura’ with ‘balmiki’
Secret document e’s Cyber Cell where they web browser and had not said. in the caste certificate.
Centre’s standing counsel Anil Soni replied
that the information to be shared was in a
secret document. The High Court will hear
the case again on July 29.
The CHRI had moved the High Court
Tobacco use sees dip in Bollywood films: study
challenging a June 7 order passed by the
Home Ministry, suspending its registration Number of scenes per film began to decline by 30% per year since October 2012
for 180 days.
CHRI’s counsel had said that the suspen- Staff Reporter 1.1 per year] before the rules with the rules that required a come down in youth-rated
sion order is contrary to the framework of New Delhi took effect in October 2012. static warning on the screen movies too.
the scheme set out under the Act and even Tobacco-free Films and TV However, post-implementa- every time tobacco use was “We observed that the per-
the suspension was passed without initiat- Rules (2012) has reduced to- tion of the rules, the number displayed, audio-visual dis- centage of films depicting to-
ing any inquiry and is liable to be set aside. bacco depictions in Bolly- of tobacco incidents per film claimers and use of anti-tobacco incidents in youth-rat-
The NGO has said that the suspension or- wood films, as per a new stu- began to decline significantly bacco health spots before ed [U and U/A rated] films was
der was “unreasonable, manifestly arbi- dy released by HRIDAY, a by about 30% per year,” said and at intermission of films 76% in 2012. However, since
trary, excessive and disproportionate, on Delhi-based NGO, which stu- Gaurang P. Nazar, one of the with tobacco. Although the the enforcement of the rules
the face of it being based on wholly incor- died tobacco incidents in top- authors of the study. level of brand placement was in 2012, this percentage has
rect facts and for violating basic principles grossing Bollywood films bet- low, some films continued to been reducing [35% in 2017].
of natural justice”. ween 2006 and 2017. Moderate compliance display tobacco brands even This also indicates that rules
It said the suspension order has “com- “The number of tobacco The study will be published in after the rules went into ef- have been effective in restrict-
pletely paralysed” its functioning, “threa- incidents per film was in- Tobacco Control journal on fect,” Dr. Nazar said. ing, but not eliminating, the
tens the livelihood of its employees and creasing by about 10% per Tuesday. “After 2012, there Monika Arora, who is also depiction of tobacco imagery
casts a stigma on its reputation”. year [incidence rate ratio of was moderate compliance an author, said that it has in films,” Ms. Arora said.
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Timings
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Restrictions eased, but most
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WEDNESDAY, JUL. 28
05:41
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cinema halls remain closed
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Owners say they are waiting for big-ticket film releases
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Special Correspondent ceive a positive response
NEW DELHI from the audience as the
Though the decks have been content pipeline for Bolly-
cleared by the Delhi govern- wood, Hollywood and re-
ment for the reopening of ci- gional languages is promis-
nema halls at 50% capacity, ing for the year ahead,” Mr.
many theatres in the city are Dutta said.
taking it slow with most of
them staying closed on the Film buffs disappointed
first day of operations. A few film buffs eager to
While a few film buffs watch a film in a theatre
Though standing travel is banned, metro commuters stand shoulder to shoulder during peak hours on Monday. * SANDEEP SAXENA landed up outside theatres were seen outside a cinema
on Monday morning hoping A worker sanitising a cinema hall in Jangpura early in the
to catch a film on the big hall in Delhi. day but were disappointed
Jam-packed metro coaches on screen, owners said they are

waiting for a big-ticket film
release, 100% vaccination of
employees and proper sani-
of delights would be safe and
secure, and will become a
new way of celebrating spe-
to find the ticket counter
shut. “We could not find tick-
ets online so decided to give
it a shot at the ticket win-
City continues Day 1 of new travel guidelines tation of their premises be-
fore welcoming audiences.
Private screening
cial occasions. With simple
and easy pricing, and a con-
venient booking process, IN-
OX aims to curate memora-
dow, but it is not open. I was
really looking to do someth-
ing different as I am an avid
movie watcher,” said Aarav
to face vaccine ‘People are not aware that metro is offering only 20% of its passenger capacity’
A spokesperson from INOX,
which runs several screens
ble banqueting experiences
with features like welcome
Singh, a student.
Another moviegoer at
shortage, sees Staff Reporter question is how to do that.
across the Capital, said they
would open their cinemas
message on the screen and
other personalised servic-
Connaught Place said he had
hoped to catch a movie be-
39 new cases NEW DELHI
The Delhi Metro on Monday

These are mass transit sys-
tems and there is only a cer-
on July 30 with 100% of em-
ployees vaccinated with the
es,” the spokesperson said.
Gautam Dutta, CEO, PVR
fore an appointment later in
the day but was left
resumed operations with tain amount of relaxation one first dose. INOX also plans to Limited, said the company is disappointed.
Staff Reporter 100% seating capacity, per- can do. It defeats the purpose introduce private screening, aiming at 100% vaccination Online bookings and app-
New Delhi
mitting 50 commuters to tra- if these systems are treated where guests can reserve an of its employees before reo- based bookings have not
The Capital continues to vel in each coach. With entry like private vehicles. How to entire auditorium for a priv- pening, apart from following started yet with sources
face a shortage of COVID-19 continuing to be restricted at strike a balance is what is im- ate show and choose the all standard protocols issued from app-based ticket book-
vaccines and stock is likely stations, as standing travel is portant and needs to be content, either from the cur- by the government, and con- ing companies saying that
to last for less than a day, not permitted, queues were thought of,” said Mr. Bhatt. rent playlist, or an old ducting deep EPA-approved they are waiting for informa-
according to a bulletin re- seen outside some stations. Further Mr. Bhatt added, blockbuster. ULV sanitisation at cinemas tion from cinema hall own-
leased by the Delhi govern- In a notification issued on “Typically how ticketless pe- “INOX believes the new to make them safe. ers to provide their sche-
ment on Monday. Saturday, the Delhi Disaster ople are fined, the same kind and innovative offering full “We are hopeful to re- dules before going live.
The city has been facing Management Authority Commuters in a DTC bus on Monday. *
SANDEEP SAXENA of mechanism should be
a similar situation for more (DDMA) had permitted the adopted. Some standing
than two weeks. The
Health Minister had, ear-
lier this month, said 500
operation of metro trains
with 100% seating capacity
but specified that no standing
be occupied and preferred to
stand during travel causing
such a temporary situation in
we can say that there has
been an upgradation with the
relaxation but it is still far less
commuters on earmarked
places should also be
permitted.”
BJP demands relief for COVID-19 victims’
vaccination centres were
shut due to the shortage.
travel would be permitted.
However, on the first day
certain trains in some sec-
tions. DMRC has taken note
than the actual capacity.
Since only sitting has been Ridership
kin be raised from ₹50,000 to ₹10 lakh
On Monday morning, of operations, several passen- of such a situation arising in permitted, we should not be The DMRC said that the aver-
the city had only 70,900 gers were seen standing dur- morning peak hours and to that concerned. However, age passenger journeys with Party says scheme is ‘an insult to the memory of the dead’
doses of Covishield and ing the metro journey in avoid recurrence, will further some kind of social distanc- full seating and no standing
2,16,140 doses of Covaxin, crowded coaches. strengthen its regulated en- ing has to be ensured. The travel till 8 p.m. on Monday Special Correspondent from Delhi has died in these
as per the data. Till now, Stating that flying squads try and also advise public to DMRC should ensure that was approximately 17.5 lakh. New Delhi States, then their families
96,84,216 doses have been were present for enforce- occupy all seats during travel there are people monitoring Since the resumption of The BJP termed Delhi go- should also be paid compen-
administered in the city. ment across the network, the and abstain from travel by as there needs to be strict en- services on June 7 with the vernment’s ₹50,000 com- sation as per a transparent
Also, 10,614 doses were Delhi Metro Rail Corporation standing as it is still not per- forcement. Even though peo- stipulated 50% capacity, Del- pensation to families of those policy. There cannot be dis-
administered in the city on (DMRC) said that several peo- missible according to ple are sitting next to each hi Metro had witnessed who died due to COVID “an crimination over the distri-
Sunday. Fewer people are ple were not “fully aware that guidelines.” other, they are not facing around 16 lakh passenger insult to the memory of the bution of compensation as all
vaccinated on Sundays as the metro is offering only “The public are advised to each other and hence, the journeys on an average till Ju- dead”. The party demanded of those who died in Delhi or
government centres are 20% of its passenger capaci- avail metro services only impact might be less.” ly 25, officials said. that the compensation be in- Ramvir Singh Bidhuri outside were citizens of the
shut. ty” and not 100%. when absolutely necessary to Vaccinated commuters Between June 7 and July creased to ₹10 lakh. Capital.”
The city reported 39 With the revised guideline, adhere to the prevalent gui- can also be incentivised in 25, the daily average number put in place. Mr. Bidhuri said the se-
new COVIDcases in 24 the DMRC can accommodate delines,” Mr. Dayal said. some manner, suggested of commuters who were ‘Transparent policy’ “During the second COVID cond wave unleashed its
hours, taking the total cas- 50 passengers seated next to Amit Bhatt of the WRI, while counselled and penalised Leader of Opposition in the wave, Delhi’s healthcare fa- wrath on people in a way that
es to 14,35,949, according each other and 80% of its car- Strict enforcement stating that people sitting stood at 470 and 285 respec- Delhi Assembly, Ramvir cilities had completely crum- had ruined them emotionally
to the government bulletin. rying capacity, which consti- Several experts said strict en- next to each other “defeats tively, officials said. Singh Bidhuri said the sum bled, and the hospitals and financially. In such a sit-
There was only one tutes of around 250 people forcement of the guidelines the whole purpose of social With nine flying squads de- being distributed is inadeq- proved to be inadequate to uation, the Delhi govern-
death reported and the to- who can stand and travel, are was of prime importance distancing.” ployed on Monday, across the uate. He also said a discrimi- deal with the situation. A ment “should not play polit-
tal number of deaths stood still out of bounds. while relaxing the norms. “We have to incentivise pe- metro network, 432 passen- natory policy is being fol- large number of citizens had ics or take arbitrary
at 25,044. A total of 56,435 DMRC Spokesperson Anuj Sewa Ram, Head of Tran- ople who are vaccinated eith- gers were deboarded from lowed in giving to go to Haryana, Rajasthan, decisions” but instead be
tests were done in a day Dayal said: “Some people are sport Department at the er through some kind of pre- trains and 159 commuters compensation and demand- and Punjab for treatment,” compassionate in its ap-
and that test positivity rate still under the impression School of Planning and Archi- ference in terms of easy were penalised for flouting ed a completely “transparent Mr. Bidhuri said. proach to compensate the
(TPR) was 0.07%. that alternate seats are not to tecture (SPA) said: “In a way check-ins or discounts. The norms, the DMRC said. and streamlined policy” be He added: “If someone impacted families, he added.
Over 45,000 ‘Spas need to abide by DCW writes to government on scheme for widows
construction
workers get
reopening conditions’ It claims to have identified 791 women who lost their husbands due to COVID-19
Staff Reporter The DCW said 79 Mahila two children while over 45% that the benefits of the
HC said while hearing pleas NEW DELHI Panchayats under the Com- of women had three to five scheme can be passed on to
₹5,000 each
Staff Reporter
New Delhi to reopen spas, which have The Delhi Commission for mission carried out surveys children. these women.”
The High Court on Monday been shut since April due to Women (DCW) on Monday in their respective areas to The DCW stated that the In the letter, Ms. Maliwal
Staff Reporter remarked that all spa opera- the second COVID wave. wrote to the Women and collect the data. According to survey showed that 28.57% of said: “The WCD department
New Delhi tors in the Capital have to The latest unlock guidelines Child Development (WCD) the data provided by the the widows had no source of is requested to ensure that
The Delhi government dis- abide by the conditions im- by the DDMA have allowed department after identifying DCW, 92.79% of the widows income and were financially the schemes of the govern-
tributed one-time COVID-19 posed laid down by the Del- spas to open from July 26 791 women who have lost were in the 18-60 years age dependent on their hus- ment, especially the ‘ Muk-
relief of ₹5,000 each to hi Disaster Management but all employees have to be their husbands due to group, while the rest of them bands. Also, the family in- hyamantri COVID-19 Parivar
47,996 construction work- Authority (DDMA) for their fully vaccinated or undergo COVID-19. were senior citizens. come of 60.93% of the wo- Arthik Sahayta Yojna’, reach
ers who are registered with reopening amid the RT-PCR test fortnightly. In The women’s panel sought The report added 774 women was ₹15,000 or less. them. It is also requested that
the government, said auth- pandemic. its plea, the Delhi Wellness the implementation of men had children. In its letter DCW Chairperson Swati the District Magistrates con-
orities. “...all spa operators will Spa Association said the go- schemes announced by the to the WCD department, the Maliwal said: “We are send- cerned be given instructions
“I urge all construction abide by the conditions set vernment’s decision to not Delhi government for finan- women’s panel said that ing a detailed social survey to ensure the vaccination of
workers to get registered out in the order,” the Delhi open spas was arbitrary. cial aid to such families. around 384 women had up to report to the government so these women on priority.”
with the Delhi Building and
Other Construction Work-
ers Welfare Board to avail
the benefits of welfare
schemes for education,
Microbes from human, animal excreta AAP alleges graft in
marriage, maternity, pen-
sion, etc,” said Deputy CM
found above desirable limits in Yamuna BJP-led civic bodies
Manish Sisodia. Staff Reporter
In April, the government Very difficult to achieve bathing quality standards: govt. report New Delhi
had paid ₹5,000 each to The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday alleged
2,16,602 construction work- Staff Reporter Control Board. corruption in the BJP-governed municipal
ers as a one-time relief. The New Delhi But the level was as high corporation in processing of waste using ma-
47,996 workers are people, Levels of fecal coliform (mi- as 1,40,000 MPN/100 ml — chines and it runs into “crores of rupees”.
whose applications were crobes from human and 280 times the desired level AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharad-
approved between May 28 animal excreta) is above de- — at Okhla Barrage, a point waj said the municipal corporation is rent-
and July 18, said the sirable limits in all points along the river in Delhi, as ing machines to process waste at landfills
government. tested in the Yamuna in Del- per the report. but the rent is more than the machine’s cost.
“When the first lock- hi, except for Palla where “Trommel machines help in processing the
down was imposed, the Del- the river enters the Capital, Over 80% polluted garbage and reducing the height of the gar-
hi government was one of as per a Delhi government The 22 km stretch of Yamu- bage pile [in landfills]. According to that re-
the first governments to report. na from Wazirabad to Okhla port of the Chief Auditor of the civic body,
grant relief disbursement to The report submitted to in Delhi, which is less than the corporation has taken these trommel
all the 39,600 workers who the Union Ministry of Jal 2% of the river length, ac- machines on rent. The price of these ma-
were registered with the Sakti also stated that in the counts for about 80% of the chines, as stated in the audit report, is ₹17.7
Construction Board in absence of a “minimum en- Toxic foam floating in the pollution load in the river. lakh. But, the municipal corporation has ta-
March 2020. We have car- vironmental flow” (flow of Yamuna in Delhi. FILE PHOTO *
According to the Interna- ken these machines on rent for ₹6.3 lakh/
ried a series of reforms in water) of the Yamuna in tional Union for Conserva- month. That means within three months,
the Labour Department and Delhi, it is very difficult to quality levels in the river for tion of Nature, an environ- the rent of these machines surpasses the ac-
as a result of this, within 8 achieve even bathing quali- bathing purpose i.e. BOD<3 mental flow is the water tual price of these machines...interestingly,
months the number of ty standards of the river wa- mg/l and DO>5 mg/l,” the provided within a river, the civic body has spent ₹26 crore rupees till
workers registered with the ter. report read. wetland or coastal zone to now to pay the rent,” Mr. Bharadwaj said.
board has increased to 3 “Minimum environmen- For bathing in a river, the maintain ecosystems and Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar
lakhs,” Mr. Sisodia said. tal flow for the dilution of desirable level of fecal coli- their benefits where there Kapoor said AAP is tring tried to “mislead
Delhi government has al- the polluted water in the form in the water is 500 are competing water uses people” on the issue. “What AAP calls rent
so started a 24×7 helpline Yamuna in Delhi is required MPN/100 ml or lesser, as and where flows are regu- of Trommel machines is actually its opera-
for construction workers. to meet the desired water per the Central Pollution lated. tion cost...,” Mr. Kapoor said.
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4 NORTH & EAST DELHI THE HINDU

U.P. BJP MLA claims ‘hundreds Schools reopen in Odisha Encounter

death: OHRC
died due to oxygen scarcity’ They were closed for months due to second wave of COVID
Staff Reporter
BHUBANESWAR
seeks report
Staff Reporter
BHUBANESWAR
Later, Shyam Prakash blames media for ‘making a mountain out of a molehill’ Schools across Odisha reo- The Odisha Human Rights
pened on Monday after Commission (OHRC) has
Omar Rashid “Nobody can see the pain months of closure due to the taken suo motu cognisance
LUCKNOW of MLA Rajkumar Agrwal second wave of the CO- of the killing of criminal
Days after the Central go- and lakhs of other families,” VID-19 pandemic. Sheikh Haider in police fir-
vernment claimed that no- he said, referring to his col- With COVID-19 situation ing during his alleged es-
body died due to lack of oxy- league from Sandila whose gradually improving in the cape bid on Saturday.
gen in the second wave of son died of COVID-19 in State, the Odisha govern- The OHRC has issued
COVID-19, a BJP MLA in Ut- April. Mr. Agrwal had then ment had announced the re- notices to the Additional
tar Pradesh has claimed that alleged negligence on behalf sumption of Classes X and Chief Secretary (Home),
“hundreds of people died in of the hospital administra- XII. A teacher checks the temperature of a student as she enters the Director General of Pol-
agony due to lack of tion and even tried to get an According to Satyabrata her school in Bhubaneswar on Monday. BISWARANJAN ROUT *
ice, the Director General of
oxygen.” FIR lodged. Sahu, School and Mass Edu- Prisons and the Commis-
Shyam Prakash, BJP MLA cation Secretary, school Internet connectivity and of their parents prior to at- sioner of Police for Bhuba-
from reserved seat Gopa- ‘Spoke about country’ education had been impact- ability to purchase smart- tending physical classes. neswar-Cuttack in this con-
mau in Hardoi, made the On Monday, Mr. Prakash ed due to the pandemic in phones remained a nagging The decision to open nection.
statement in a comment on A COVID-19 patient getting free oxygen at a gurdwara in clarified his comments and two back to back academic issue. schools evoked an encourag- The officials have been
a Facebook post by a local Ghaziabad. FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY
*
blamed the media for mak- sessions. ing response. On the first asked to submit reports
journalist on Sunday. ing a mountain out of a mo- Moreover, the online COVID precautions day, more than 50% of atten- within four weeks.
The scribe had posted the during the peak of the crisis. “the world not does write lehill. “Where in my com- classes were not effective, as Both private and govern- dance was noticed in most Family members of
paper cutting of his new- Many BJP MLAs had written the stories of the mute,” Mr. ment have I written that only 40% students could be ment high school manage- schools. Haider had alleged that it
spaper’s coverage of the letters outlining the crisis in Prakash said, “You have spo- deaths only took place in reached through the mode. ments have been asked to The school timing has was a deliberate killing by
Centre’s claim that nobody their constituencies. ken the truth. I agree with U.P. and only during the se- The situation had deterio- open the institutions by fol- been scheduled from 10 a.m. the police. The OHRC has
died of oxygen scarcity and Commenting on journal- you.” He went on to state cond wave? I spoke of the rated in interior pockets, es- lowing COVID-19 precau- to 1.30 p.m. to enable stu- fixed September 6 as the
countered it with assertions ist Anand Mishra’s post, that hundreds of people entire country, and that is pecially the tribal dominat- tions. However, students are dents have their lunch at next date of hearing in the
made by the BJP’s own MLAs which he had captioned as died due to lack of oxygen. the truth,” he said. ed districts, where access to required to take the consent home. matter.
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Jaipur
A former BJP MLA was al- The project will help reduce plastic waste, says CM Patnaik
legedly manhandled and
his vehicle damaged by Satyasundar Barik metropolitan city in India mentation of the project,
farmers protesting against BHUBANESWAR have such facility yet. Simi- Mr. Pantaik said that cy-
three agri laws at Rajas- Puri on Monday became the lar facilities are available on- clone Fani had made land-
than’s Shahjahanpur, fol- first city in India where peo- ly in world-class cities like fall in Puri on May 3, 2019,
lowing which his suppor- ple can avail high quality London, New York and Sin- and he arrived there on May
ters on Monday held a drinking water directly from gapore,” Mr. Patnaik said. 5.
demonstration in Sikar and the tap on 24-hour basis. The Odisha Chief Minister
demanded arrest of the “Puri has become the first Water fountains said he was deeply shocked
perpetrators. city in the country to imple- “The project would benefit to find the condition of Puri
ment a project of this kind. 2.5 lakh citizens of Puri and and on the same day, he
It has enabled the people of 2 crore tourists who visit the vowed to develop Puri into a
Puri to collect quality drink- tourist place every year. world heritage city. “The
ing water directly from the They need not have to move Srikshetra scheme is going
tap. Henceforth, people around with water bottle. on as per plan and with Puri
need not have to store or fil- Puri would no more be bur- will reach a new peak of de-
ter drinking water,” Chief dened with 400 metric velopment,” he said.
Minister Naveen Patnaik tonne of plastic waste,” he According to Pratap Jena,
said while inaugurating the pointed out. Water foun- Urban Development Minis-
‘Drink from Tap project’. tains have been developed ter, a similar project is un-
“The inauguration of at 400 locations in Puri. der various stages of imple-
‘Drink from Tap’ project Narrating the sequence of mentation in 16 other urban
marks a new chapter. No events leading to the imple- centres of Odisha.
EDUCATIONAL
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
PUBLIC NOTICE
PERSONAL
CHANGE OF NAME
I, MOHD Sharique Habib S/O Moham-
mad Habib Ur Rehman born on, 11th
July 1984, residing at F−121/3,
5th Floor, Flat No 402, Shaheen
Bagh, Abul Fazal Enclave Part Ii,
New Delhi−110025, have corrected
my name to Mohammad Sharique Habib
vide affidavit dated 24th July
2021 at Delhi.
CM A ND-NDE
YK
THE HINDU
DELHI
SOUTH 5
IN BRIEF
A CM who never completed a full term Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
The five-decade political saga of Yediyurappa was marked by constant struggle and firefighting
B.S. Satish Kumar
fighting. Despite endearing Despite making a quan-
Bengaluru
himself to party workers and tum leap in terms of seats
B.S. Yediyurappa, who holds occupying prominent posts, won, the party marginally
7 kg gold looted from
the record of being Chief Mi- such as that of Leader of the fell short of the majority
Kerala cooperative bank
PALAKKAD
nister of Karnataka four Opposition, president of the mark. That is when Mr. Yedi-
Cash and gold, worth more times, could not complete party’s State unit, and Depu- yurappa resorted to the con-
than ₹3 crore in total, the full term even once. ty Chief Minister, Mr. Yediyu- troversial strategy of getting
have been stolen from a Two of the terms were rappa had not emerged several Opposition MLAs to
cooperative bank in Palakkad short as he failed to muster strongly in the State’s politi- quit their Assembly mem-
town. The burglary is the support of an adequate cal spectrum till 2008. bership and re-contest on
suspected to have taken number of MLAs to sustain BJP ticket — a move code-
place on Saturday or the government. But he Role of JD(S) named ‘Operation Kamala’.
Sunday at the Marutharoad failed to complete the other Unhappy cadre: Supporters of B.S. Yediyurappa protesting at The failure by the coalition Also, Mr. Yediyurappa’s
Cooperative Rural Credit two terms because of bicker- Shikaripur in Shivamogga on Monday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT * partner Janata Dal (S) to fourth stint in power was
Society Bank at ing in his own party, which transfer power to the BJP in marked by alleged interfe-
Chandranagar. About seven he had built brick by brick in dening from the very begin- lowing a report on illegal 2008 changed the political rence in the administration
kg of gold jewellery was the State. ning. mining, the 78-year-old Mr. fortunes of the party and Mr. by his younger son B.Y.
looted from the bank locker, Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
A close look at the turn of Also, past mistakes, par- Yediyurappa had a honoura- Yediyurappa. Vijayendra.
as per early estimates. It was Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isolated
events, particularly in the ticularly with respect to ad- ble exit this time. The party’s campaign, led It now appears that what
not immediately clear how places over Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, West
past two years, shows that ministration, continued this The five-decade-long pol- by Mr. Yediyurappa on the is often called “subversion of Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, coastal
much money was stolen.
there was a clear indication time too, with his own party- itical saga of Mr. Yediyurap- theme of “deception” by the democracy” in the form of Karnataka and Kerala. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning
of him not completing the men raising allegations of pa, who began his public life JD(S), was not only received ‘Operation Kamala’ was the likely at isolated places over Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh,
Singareni Collieries raises term this time too as the gulf corruption and nepotism. as president of the Shikari- well by the public but also origin of troubles for the BJP Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal
retirement age to 61 between him and the party But unlike his previous pur taluk unit of the then Jan elevated his political stature stalwart, who had to step city rain max min city rain max min
HYDERABAD
cadre, as well as the high stint when he had stepped Sangh in 1972, was marked and turned him into a tower- down despite taking the par- Agartala................ —....34.7....26.8 Kozhikode.................. 85....30.0....23.6
The management of Singareni command, had begun wi- down unceremoniously fol- by constant struggle and fire- ing Lingayat leader. ty to its peak in Karnataka.
Ahmedabad...... 12.8....28.0....25.1 Kurnool ....................... —....34.4....25.7
Aizawl................... —....28.2....23.4 Lucknow...................... —....35.7....29.1
Collieries Company Ltd.
Allahabad.............. —....33.5....28.4 Madurai ....................... —....38.7....25.7
(SCCL) has approved the Bengaluru ........ 59.8....28.3....20.5 Mangaluru .............. 75.8....27.2....23.1
decision to increase the Bhopal ............. 16.9....26.1....23.8 Mumbai ....................... 4....31.5....26.6
retirement age of workers
and employees from the
existing 58 to 61, on a par
SC says CBI should collect its Repatriation plea: HC Bhubaneswar......... —....31.8....26.6
Chandigarh ........ 2.2....31.9....28.7
Chennai ............. 0.8....36.2....26.0
Mysuru ........................ 7....28.7....20.2
New Delhi ................... —....33.1....28.3
Patna .......................... —....35.4....27.4
seeks Centre’s response

Coimbatore ........... —....32.0....23.0 Port Blair..................... 5....31.0....25.0
with other employees of the Dehradun ............ 37....25.8....24.0 Puducherry ............... 3.4....36.4....24.6
State government. The
decision will benefit 43,899
workers and officials of the
own evidence in ISRO case Nimisha, daughter in Afghan prison
Gangtok .............. 18....21.9....18.5
Goa..................... 15....31.0....25.6
Guwahati .............. —....36.0....27.6
Hubballi ................ —....27.0....21.0
Hyderabad ............ 1....31.1....23.5
Pune.......................... 10....27.7....22.5
Raipur ...................... 0.8....32.4....24.2
Ranchi ......................... —....31.6....24.1
Shillong.................... 0.8....24.1....18.0
Shimla......................... 6....20.8....18.3
coal company. A total of 767
employees, who retired
during March 31-June 30,
FIR says ex-police
officers framed
Two get anticipatory bail Special Correspondent
KOCHI
Imphal .................. 3....30.7....22.1
Jaipur ................... —....34.6....28.6
Kochi .................... 5....29.6....24.8
Srinagar....................... —....33.3....24.8
Thiruvananthapuram......... 7....30.4....23.0
Tiruchi......................... —....37.7....26.4
would be allowed to rejoin The Kerala High Court on Kohima ................. 1....28.6....17.8 Vijayawada ................ 15....34.6....25.4
service in view of the increase space scientist Special Correspondent
KOCHI
frame-up case. The court,
however, said the
Monday asked the Centre to Kolkata ................. —....35.1....28.0
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Visakhapatnam ............. —....33.0....25.8
in retirement age. respond to a petition by the
Legal Correspondent The Kerala High Court on petitioners would have to mother of Nimisha Fathima, Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
Monday granted interim cooperate with the probe. CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
Hyderabad firm hands NEW DELHI a Keralite woman languish- Ahmedabad..... 33 .35 .26 ....47 ...47 ....*
over fuselage to HAL The Supreme Court on Mon- anticipatory bail of two The court also extended ing in a prison in Afghanis- Bengaluru ....... 11 .46 .38 ....16 ...56 ....* In observation made at
weeks to S. Vijayan and the interim bail granted to 4.00 p.m., Darbhanga, Bihar
HYDERABAD day recorded that the CBI tan, for the repatriation of Chennai .......... ..5 .16 .69 ....24 ...41 ....* recorded an overall air
The first central fuselage for a Thampi S. Durga Dutt, former central intelligence Delhi .............. ..8 .19 .66 ..210 .116 ....* quality index (AQI) score of
had registered an FIR her daughter and Hyderabad ...... ..4 .50 .20 ....25 .....— ....* 143 indicating a moderate
supersonic plane made in the against former Kerala police former Kerala police officers officer P.S. Jayaprakash for granddaughter. Kolkata ........... 11 .24 .23 ....76 ...95 ....* level of pollution. In
private sector for the accused in the ISRO two weeks. Lucknow ......... ..6 .13 .88 ....71 .101 ....* contrast, Shillong,
officers who allegedly Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar Nimisha Fathima Meghalaya recorded a
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framed space scientist Nam- passed the order on a plea Pune............... 33 .33 109 ....16 ...78 ....*
fighter plane Light Combat
bi Narayanan in the Indian whelm or influence its inde- made public, the FIR regis- by K. Bindu, mother of Nim- the Afghanistan police. Her Visakhapatnam ..— ..— .57 ..... — .....— ....—
Aircraft-Tejas by city-based
Space Research Organisa- pendent investigation. The tered by the CBI ought to be isha. According to the peti- daughter was among those Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
VEM Technologies was
tion (ISRO) espionage case of report was only meant as an uploaded on the website. tioner, her daughter’s hus- in the group. SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
handed over to Hindustan making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
1994 after perusing a report “initial basis” for the court Solicitor General Tushar band, an Islamic State (IS) Afghanistan wanted to particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
here on Monday. The carbon filed by the court-appointed to better understand the Mehta orally undertook to fighter, was killed in an at- deport Nimisha and her mi- and monuments.
composite-based fuselage is Justice D.K. Jain Committee. case. The CBI probe should publish the FIR in the course tack. As per news reports, nor child and other Indians NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
among the eight contracted A Bench led by Justice not be coloured by the com- of the day. after the killing of Abu Bakr detained in jail. However, CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
to be made by the firm and A.M. Khanwilkar said the mittee report. The agency In April, the court asked al-Baghdadi, former leader the Indian government re- critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
involves fusion of about CBI probe would proceed in should collect its own evi- the CBI to look into the com- of the IS, in 2019 by the Un- fused to take them back. It dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
1,595 parts, inspected accordance with law. The dence, the Bench said. mittee report on the roles of ited States Armed Forces, a was the responsibility of the nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
at every stage before CBI should not let the com- It said that while the com- senior Kerala police officials group of 10 women and 21 Centre to bring back its citi- lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature
being assembled. mittee report either over- mittee report need not be in the case. children had surrendered to zens. said the petitioner. death in people with heart or lung disease
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Thane sanctuary proposed Rajasthan

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Sea always gives it back seeks increase

as MMR’s Ramsar site in NFSA
beneficiaries
Mangrove Cell awaiting approval from State Wetland Authority
Mohammed Iqbal
Staff Reporter lient Maharashtra Townhall. Monday, which was ob- JAIPUR
Mumbai “A proposal to declare Thane served as International Day Rajasthan has sought an
The Mumbai Metropolitan creek as a Ramsar site has for Conservation of Man- increase in the number of
Region is likely to get its first been submitted and we are groves. beneficiaries under the
Ramsar site at the Thane working on it with the Envi- National Food Security
Creek Flamingo Sanctuary, ronment Department,” he Task force to be set up Act (NFSA) on the basis of
with the Maharashtra Man- said. Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar, the present population
grove Cell submitting the The Mangrove Cell is Principal Secretary, Maha- instead of the 2011 Cen-
proposal for approval to the awaiting approval from the rashtra Environment and sus. With the State’s pop-
State Wetland Authority. State Wetland Authority, Climate Change Depart- ulation increasing during
A Ramsar site is a wetland which is headed by Environ- ment, said the department the last 10 years, a large
area designated to be of in- ment Minister Aaditya would be setting up a task number of families have
ternational importance un- Thackeray, and is closely force to conduct a fresh exer- come within the purview
der the Ramsar Convention, working with the Environ- cise to identify, demarcate, of food security.
an intergovernmental envi- ment Department for its and preserve wetlands left Chief Minister Ashok
ronmental treaty that pro- speedy approval. “Following out of coastal zones and in- Gehlot has written a let-
vides the framework for na- this, it can be sent to the land areas in the State. ter to Prime Minister Na-
tional action and Central government,” Mr. Ti- “We will be looking at all rendra Modi with the re-
international cooperation wari said. the wetlands [even those quest to refix the ceiling
for the conservation and The townhall was organ- that may have been left out] of food security for ex-
wise use of wetlands and ised by Climate Voices, a col- for our latest inventory in an tending the benefits of
their resources. lective of three organisations attempt to protect as many the NFSA to the needy fa-
Virendra Tiwari, Addi- — Purpose, Asar and Climate wetlands as possible across milies.
tional Principal Chief Con- Trends — along with the En- Maharashtra. The Minister is This should be done
servator of Forests, Man- vironment and Climate already planning to meet taking into consideration
grove Cell, announced the Change Department’s Majhi with all the District Collec- the estimated population
Clean-up: Civic workers collect the garbage thrown out after high tides on Marine Drive promenade on Monday. *
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of 2021, Mr. Gehlot said.
State will cooperate with First in country: Maharashtra fully Raigad landslide: rescue efforts called off
Jharkhand police: NCP vaccinates over one crore people Raina Assainar
Navi Mumbai
Four days after a landslide
Team is probing have arrested one journalist, hit Taliye village in Mahad
BJP leaders’ role in Abishek Dubey, who has State reports 11,077 recoveries, 4,877 new COVID-19 cases tehsil in Raigad district,
named former Maharashtra authorities called off rescue
bid to topple govt. minister Chandrashekhar Staff Reporter
Pune
after more than one crore other officials for this!” operations on Monday. Rai-
Bawankule from the BJP and people have been adminis- Meanwhile, Maharashtra gad Collector Nidhi Choud-
Staff Reporter also exposed the plan to top- Maharashtra on Monday be- tered both doses of COVID-19 reported a robust 11,077 re- hari said the 31 missing peo-
Mumbai
ple the government there by came the first State in the vaccine and they have been coveries against 4,877 new ple would be declared dead
The Nationalist Congress bribing MLAs. He has also country to fully vaccinate given full protection against COVID-19 cases on Monday, after following due process.
Party (NCP), an alliance named two MLAs from the more than one crore people the virus,” Health Minister causing the active cases to In the evening, the families
partner in the tripartite Ma- BJP’s State unit,” Minister against COVID-19. Rajesh Tope said. dip sharply to 88,729. paid their respects at the
ha Vikas Aghadi government and NCP chief spokesperson The number of people Environment Minister As many as 53 deaths spot of the landslide by offer- Families performing last rites of the missing members at
in Maharashtra, on Monday Nawab Malik said. who had been administered Aaditya Thackeray tweeted, pushed the State’s cumula- ing flowers and prayers. Taliye village on Monday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT *
said that the State would The NCP said three BJP of- both doses had reached “Despite tremendous natu- tive fatalities to 1,31,605 with Bharatshet Gogavale, Shiv
cooperate with the Jhark- fice-bearers from Maharash- 1,00,64,308, said additional ral calamities, today Maha- the case fatality rate climb- Sena MLA from Mahad, said had any hopes to find 53 bodies have been reco-
hand police team which tra — Mohit Kambok, Amit chief secretary (Health) Dr. rashtra set a benchmark of ing to 2.09%. the bodies stuck under the anyone alive after so many vered — 27 men and 26 wo-
would be arriving here to Yadav and Ashutosh Thak- Pradeep Vyas. Officials said being India’s first and only Mumbai reported 297 soil would have got decom- days. Every relative of the men — which included five
probe the role of Bharatiya kar — had gone to Jharkhand 3,75,974 people had been (as yet, and we hope for ma- fresh cases to take its total posed. “They deserve digni- missing person submitted children. Of the 31 missing,
Janata Party (BJP) leaders in on July 21 to bribe the MLAs. vaccinated through 4,100 in- ny more states soon) to have tally to 7,34,415 while the ac- ty in death. After having a their consent letter to the 17 are women and 14 men,
attempting to destabilise the “They ran away after the oculation centres in the State fully vaccinate 1 crore peo- tive cases dropped to 7,186. meeting with villagers and district administration in including a one-year-old girl.
government there. police got hint of the hap- till 4 p.m. on Monday. ple. Congratulations to our Eight fatalities took the city’s rescue teams, we decided to this regard,” he said. There are five people who
“The Jharkhand police penings.” “The State has set a record doctors, nurses, medics and death count to 15,845. call off the efforts as none According to authorities, have suffered injuries.
CM A ND-NDE
YK
6 EDITORIAL DELHI THE HINDU

Evaluating India’s options in Afghanistan

With the West done with Afghanistan, New Delhi needs to adopt a layered approach in finding a political solution
the 1990s, India has historically force that is standing up to the Ta- solution to the crisis. And if a polit-
enjoyed good ties with Afghanis- liban is the Afghan National De- ical solution is not achieved, it
Change at the helm tan, which go back to the 1950

Treaty of Friendship. Indian inter-
fense and Security Forces. India
should urgently step up training
should seek non-conventional
methods, like what it did in the
ests and influence suffered when Afghan forces and provide military 1990s, to offer support to its allies
As the BJP seeks to widen its social base, it the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, hardware, intelligence and logisti- within Afghanistan and retain
should avoid the politics of polarisation captured Kabul in 1996. But India cal and financial support so that some influence. None of this can
Stanly Johny was back in action as soon as the Kabul can continue to defend the be achieved unless it works togeth-
B
y unseating B.S. Yediyurappa from the Chief Mi-
Taliban were ousted from power cities. New Delhi should also coor- er with the regional powers.
nister’s chair in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata after the U.S. invasion in 2001. It dinate with other regional powers Russia has cultivated links with
Party (BJP) has set in motion a new strategy for its
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t is not a coincidence that the has made huge investments and to support the Afghan government the Taliban in recent years. India
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consolidation in the State. Considering that this change United States is exiting Afghan- commitments ever since, which because if the government forces would need Russia’s support in
of guard has been in the making for a while, the party istan at the same time that the run into over $3 billion, and cultiv- possibility of the Taliban’s autono- crumble before the Taliban, the any form of direct engagement
must have accounted for the ramifications. The BJP had focus of its foreign policy is shift- ated strong economic and defence my from Pakistan. At this point, prospects for a political settlement with the Taliban. When it comes to
to change its Chief Minister in Uttarakhand twice within ing to East Asia. There is growing ties with the Afghan government. talking to the Taliban looks inevit- would be narrowed. Why should a Afghanistan, Iran is an irreplacea-
consensus in Washington DC that Now, it is again staring at uncer- able. But India should not over- winning Taliban make ble country. It shares a long border
a span of four months recently, pointing to the pitfalls
the U.S., instead of staying en- tainty with the U.S. pullback hav- look the deep ties between Pakis- concessions? with Afghanistan and has built
in effecting changes even when they are premeditated. gaged in the lost wars, which adds ing effectively changed the ba- tan’s security establishment and contacts through several stakehol-
Mr. Yediyurappa is no pushover and remains agile and little value to American power, lance of power in Afghanistan and the Haqqani Network, a major fac- Regional solution ders in the country, especially the
active even at the age of 78. He has already said he should now urgently prepare itself the Taliban making rapid territo- tion within the Taliban that’s driv- There is a convergence of interests ethnic minorities. The original ob-
would remain active in politics. At least for now, he has for the unfolding geopolitical con- rial gains. ing the successful campaigns on between India and three key re- jective of India’s Chabahar project
no intention of crossing swords with the central leader- test with China. America’s strateg- The U.S.’s strategic objectives in the battlefield. The U.S. over- gional players — China, Russia and in Iran was to create a direct ac-
ship of the party, which gave him the marching orders. ic response to China’s rise is its In- Afghanistan were limited, as U.S. looked it while fighting the Taliban Iran — in seeing a political settle- cess to Afghanistan, bypassing Pa-
do-Pacific strategy, which seeks to President Joe Biden himself point- along with Pakistan, and it paid a ment in Afghanistan. These three kistan. This direct access is critical
But the Lingayat community that he belongs to has left
build a bloc of Indian and Pacific ed out earlier this month — killing heavy price for it. There is no gua- countries have already opened pu- for India in all different scenarios
no opportunity to express its displeasure. Community Ocean democracies aimed at con- Osama bin Laden and disrupting rantee that India’s quest for en- blic, direct talks with the Taliban. — move supplies to Kabul in larger
leaders and seers have come out openly in support of taining China’s rise and challeng- al-Qaeda networks. Defeating the gagement with the Taliban would But these contacts are largely tacti- quantities, retain its presence in
the displaced Chief Minister. Lingayats form the axis of ing its high-functioning single par- Taliban and nation-building were produce a desirable outcome. So cal in nature. For China, whose the event of a civil war or carry out
the BJP’s social base in Karnataka. Mr. Yediyurappa has ty dictatorship. The U.S. wants part of the neoconservative ideo- India should broad-base its op- restive Xinjiang province shares a covert operations if the Taliban
been the mastermind of the party’s rise in Karnataka India to play a key role in this bloc, logical project, which has evident- tions. While talking to the Taliban border with Afghanistan, a jiha- take power by force. But India, un-
and became the party’s first Chief Minister in a south- which along with Australia and Ja- ly failed. This means, the U.S., hav- to protect its interests, New Delhi dist-oriented Taliban regime der pressure from the U.S., slowed
pan, make up the so-called Quad ing met its realist objectives, can should also enhance aid to Afghan- would not serve its internal inter- down on the Chabahar connectivi-
ern State, in 2008. In 2018, the BJP did not win a major-
grouping. abandon the Afghan government istan’s legitimate government and ests. Russia, which fears that insta- ty projects, which finally prompt-
ity, but a year later, he undermined the Congress-Janata But there is one problem. India, and exit the theatre — which is security forces and work with oth- bility would spill over into the ed Iran to drop India and go
Dal(S) coalition government by engineering defections. unlike the other members, is the what Mr. Biden is doing. But India er regional powers for long-term former Soviet Republics, has alrea- ahead. Building strategic ties with
Two years later, he is handing over the baton, leaving only continental Asian power in cannot. It has to protect its invest- stability in the country. dy moved to secure its Central Iran, irrespective of the U.S.’s poli-
the fate of the defectors in the hands of his successor. the Quad, which shares a contest- ments, prevent Afghanistan from Asian perimeter. For the Shia theo- cy towards the Islamic Republic, is
The BJP high command has been wary of strong re- ed land border with China and is becoming another safe haven for Kabul versus the Taliban cratic Iran, a Sunni Deobandi Tali- essential for India’s Afghan bets.
gional leaders, and Mr. Yediyurappa has given it no rea- vulnerable to the geopolitical anti-India terrorist groups, and al- True, the Taliban now control or ban with which it had almost gone Finally, India should talk with Chi-
son to relax. His cunning has been a double-edged changes in the Eurasian landmass. so check Pakistan deepening its in- contest most of Afghanistan’s to war in 1998, will continue to re- na, with the objective of finding a
The U.S. may have retreated from fluence in Kabul. countryside. But still, it is not a fo- main an ideological, sectarian and political settlement and lasting sta-
sword for the party. On the one hand it helped the par-
Afghanistan as part of a grand stra- regone conclusion that they could strategic challenge. None of these bility in Afghanistan.
ty’s rise, but on the other he used it to consolidate his tegy to take on China in maritime Talking with the Taliban take Kabul easily. The Afghan mili- countries would like to see the Ta- Central to this approach is India
own personal power. He parted ways with the party Asia, in which it needs India’s in- So what should India do? One op- tary has some 200,000 battle-har- liban taking over Kabul militarily, striking the right balance between
once and even went to jail on corruption charges. He volvement, and India might find it tion, as many commentators have dened soldiers, including the high- which means there would be an its continental realities and the
has been brazen in promoting a son, B.Y. Vijayendra, in tempting to join the ranks, espe- already pointed out, is to hold ly trained special forces. In the isolated Sunni Islamist regime in a U.S.’s pivot to maritime Asia. The
the BJP, and as the inheritor of the Lingayat mantle. The cially after China’s aggression on talks with the Taliban. India has al- cities, which saw relative freedoms country with fractured ethnic eq- U.S., and the West in general, are
BJP’s game plan appears to be to hold the community the Line of Actual Control last ready established contacts with and rights compared to the dark uations. There would neither be done with Afghanistan. India, as
year. But the irony is that the the Taliban in Doha. Talking to period of the Taliban regime, the legitimacy for a Taliban regime one of the countries that would be
within its tent, but loosen its grip over power, mimick-
American withdrawal and the va- them would allow New Delhi to government, despite its infighting, nor peace in Afghanistan. impacted by the consequences of
ing its approach to the Patels in Gujarat who had turned cuum it leaves in Afghanistan and seek security guarantees from the corruption and incompetence, India, to break this impasse, American withdrawal, has to work
the party into a vehicle of their domination until Naren- continental Asia in general — insurgents in return for continued still commands support. There is should take a layered approach. Its with Eurasian powers to protect its
dra Modi arrived on the scene. It took a while before the which is being filled by China and development assistance or other no Northern Alliance this time. immediate goal should be the safe- interests and stabilise
Patels reconciled to their changed status in the BJP. The Russia — is reinforcing India’s iden- pledges (in the 1990s, India had The Taliban have already taken ty and security of its personnel Afghanistan.
high-command party that the BJP has become may like tity as a continental Asian power. backed the anti-Taliban Northern northern districts, including Ba- and investments. The long-term
to promote a Lingayat leader, though not necessarily as Barring a brief interregnum in Alliance) as well as explore the dakhshan and Takhar. The only goal should be finding a political stanly.johny@thehindu.co.in
the new Chief Minister, who will be more compliant to

its wishes than Mr. Yediyurappa. A lot will also depend
on Mr. Yediyurappa’s plans and his command over the
Lingayats, once out of power. But the BJP’s new strategy
An emigration Bill that does not go far enough
should not involve communal polarisation and its new The new Bill is better than the Emigration Act 1983, but more reforms are needed to protect Indian workers
Chief Minister must refrain from playing competitive
verned by the Emigration Act, vice fee, but the tens of thousands fined or have their passports re-
GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO
Hindutva with other Chief Ministers of the party.

1983 (https://bit.ly/3i4gfvd and of rupees that workers pay far ex- voked, are also less likely to make
https://bit.ly/2VcJm6s) which sets ceed the real cost of recruitment. complaints or pursue remedies for
up a mechanism for hiring When low wage migrants pick up abuses faced.
Wounded mountains through government-certified re-
cruiting agents — individuals or
the tab it makes them vulnerable
to indebtedness and exploitation. Scant gender dimensions
Tourist tragedy in Himachal Pradesh points public or private agencies. It out- Worker-paid recruitment fees eat This Bill does not also adequately
Nikhil Eapen lines obligations for agents to con- into their savings, force them to reflect the gender dimensions of
to the importance of preserving ecology
duct due diligence of prospective cognises the contributions of Fili- take high-interest loans, live on labour migration where women
T
he tragic death of nine tourists in a landslip in employers, sets up a cap on ser- pino workers and “the dignity and shoe-string budgets, and in the have limited agency in recruit-
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Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh is another n early June 2021, the Ministry vice fees, and establishes a govern- fundamental human rights and worst cases of abuse, leave work- ment compared to their counter-
pointer to the fragility of the ecology of the Hima- of External Affairs invited pu- ment review of worker travel and freedoms of the Filipino citizens”. ers in situations of debt bondage — parts and are more likely to be em-
layan States. Extraordinarily heavy rain pummelled the blic inputs to the Emigration employment documents (known Another significant drawback is a form of forced labour. ployed in marginalised and
State recently, leaving the hill slopes unstable and caus- Bill 2021 (https://bit.ly/2VerwzX as emigration clearances) to 18 that the Bill permits manpower But perhaps the Bill’s most glar- informal sectors and/or isolated
and https://bit.ly/2ULrNdS). The countries mainly in West Asian agencies to charge workers’ ser- ing inclusion is that it permits go- occupations in which labour,
ing floods in built-up areas including Dharamshala. The
Bill could be introduced in Parlia- states and South-East Asian coun- vice fees, and even allows agents vernment authorities to punish physical, psychological, and sex-
descending boulders from destabilised terrain, which ment soon and presents a long tries (https://bit.ly/2WmmfHp). to set their own limits. Internation- workers by cancelling or suspend- ual abuse are common. The Bill al-
crushed a bridge like a matchstick, are a source of wor- overdue opportunity to reform the al labour standards such as Inter- ing their passports and imposing so provides limited space for work-
ry even for cautious local residents, and for unwary vis- recruitment process for nationals Improvements, drawbacks national Labour Organization fines up to ₹50,000 for violating er representation or civil society
itors, such as the tourists travelling in a van, they can seeking employment abroad. The Emigration Bill 2021 is an im- (ILO) Private Employment Agen- any of the Bill’s provisions. When engagement in the policy and wel-
turn into sudden disaster. Himachal is famed for its provement over the 1983 Act. It cies Convention No. 181 and the enforced, it can be used as a tool to fare bodies that it sets up.
scenic vistas and welcoming summer climate, and drew Exploitative conditions launches a new emigration policy ILO general principles and opera- crackdown on workers who mi- To ensure that labour recruit-
a few hundred thousand tourists in June this year as For years, independent investiga- division, establishes help desks tional guidelines for fair recruit- grate through unregistered brok- ment works for the tens of thou-
tions into migrant worker condi- and welfare committees, requires ment recognises that it is em- ers or via irregular arrangements sands of Indian women and men
States began relaxing the controls for COVID-19. There
tions have underlined serious ex- manpower agencies to conduct ployers, not workers who should such as on tourist visas. Crimina- who migrate outside our borders
was justified alarm at the prospect of a fresh surge in in- ploitative practices which include pre-departure briefings for mi- bear recruitment payments in- lising the choices migrant workers each year, the Ministry of External
fections, prompting Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to large recruitment charges, con- grants, and increases accountabili- cluding the costs of their visas, air make either because they are un- Affairs must start at the top, and
appeal for COVID-appropriate behaviour. Unfortunate- tract substitution, deception, re- ty of brokers and other intermedi- travel, medical exams, and service aware of the law, under the in- draft a clearer purpose which ex-
ly, there was not enough vigil against travel to risky tention of passports, non-payment aries who are also involved in charges to recruiters. Large-scale fluence of their recruiters, or plicitly recognises the contribu-
areas, in the wake of a disastrous year for tourism, re- or underpayment of wages, poor labour hiring. But the Bill does not surveys by the ILO and the World simply desperate to find a decent tions of Indian workers, the un-
sulting in the mishap in Kinnaur’s Basteri area. What living conditions, discrimination go far enough. Bank show that Indian workers job is deplorable, runs contradic- ique challenges they face, and
and other forms of ill-treatment. First, the 2021 Bill’s purpose “to pay exorbitant charges for their tory to the purpose of protecting uphold the dignity and human
should worry Himachal, and neighbouring Uttarak-
In recent months, media reports consolidate and amend the law re- jobs and that poorer workers pay migrants and their families, and rights of migrants and their fami-
hand, is that the States may be entering a phase of irre- have highlighted how the majority lating to emigration of citizens of progressively larger fees — Indians violates international human lies. Then it must address the spec-
versible decline because of losses to their ecology; fre- of migrant worker deaths in the India”, lacks a human rights fra- in Saudi Arabia paid on average rights standards. Recruiters and ific provisions that diverge from
quent landslides may become inevitable. Bootstrapping Arab Gulf States/West Asia are at- mework aimed at securing the $1,507 in recruitment charges; public officials could misuse the this purpose.
an incompatible model of development in the hills, re- tributed to heart attacks and respi- rights of migrants and their fami- their counterparts in Qatar paid law to instil fear among workers
presented by big hydroelectric projects and large-scale ratory failures, whose causes are lies. Progressive labour regimes do $1,156 (https://bit.ly/3zzxLxh). and report or threaten to report Nikhil Eapen is a freelance journalist and
construction activity involving destruction of forests unexplained and poorly under- so. For example, in a country such To some, recruitment charges them. Migrants in an irregular sit- researcher at Equidem, a labour rights
stood. Labour migration is go- as the Philippines, it explicitly re- might appear like a justified ser- uation who fear that they could be non-governmental organisation
and damming of rivers, is an invitation to harm.
Mega hydropower, which Himachal Pradesh is work-
ing to tap as a significant source of “green” power that LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
substitutes energy from fossil fuels, could alter several
To read more letters
aspects of ecology, rendering it vulnerable to the effects India and the Taliban the invasion. They have so data bank should not be are thought provoking and that he will be leaving behind online, scan the QR code
of extreme events such as cloudbursts, flash floods, Whether it is moral or not, far enjoyed education and limited to just identifying make newspaper reading a rich journalistic legacy.
landslides and earthquakes. The parliamentary Stand- justifiable or not, ethical or freedom. It will all be and weeding out illegal interesting, especially in K. Pradeep, The Minister for
ing Committee on Energy during 2018-19 noted that the not, India should engage crushed under the Taliban. immigrants. There is a need times when the reading Chennai Parliamentary Affairs needs
State could more than double its existing harnessed hy- with the Taliban. If the Though India should never to make available habit is said to be on the to act and set an example in
Taliban are neglected, engage with such entities, it provisions through fair decline. House proceedings dealing with such
dropower potential of 10,547 MW. Kinnaur is a focus
Pakistan will join hands has no other choice. price shops and also free It is sad to note that the It is unlikely that aberrations.
point for such development, centred around the poten- with them and the T. Anand Raj, medical facilities. It is to be tenure of the Readers’ parliamentary proceedings Mani Nataraajan,
tial of the glacially-fed Sutlej valley, but one scientific es- combination will be very Chennai noted that migrants are Editor would be coming to will be smooth in the Chennai
timate warns that avaricious tapping of the river deadly for India. It should from the lower rungs, an end. As stated, the monsoon session especially
through all planned projects would impound nearly a not be forgotten that not so Migrant details forsaking family life to eke central concern needs to be in the background of a whole Steamrolled
quarter of its waters in dams, and divert a staggering long ago, the Afghan The proposed creation of a out a living by migrating . A course correction and not range of sensitive issues — The 7-1 drubbing that India
72% through tunnels. Other researchers, studying the President accused Pakistan data bank of migrant well streamlined data punitive steps. One wishes from snooping using Pegasus got in its hockey match
of letting in thousands of workers, announced in system covering all aspects, him well in his future to the ongoing stir of against Australia at the Tokyo
2015 Nepal earthquake, point to high seismicity causing
the Taliban from the Tamil Nadu, is timely. In right from their legality of undertakings. farmers. There is nothing Olympics should not surprise
fatal landslides and severe damage to hydropower Pakistan border. India’s the aftermath of the sudden existence to extending Balasubramaniam Pavani, novel or new for the anyone given the quality of
structures in the Himalayas; the cost of power pro- position is still worse. The lockdown last year, the welfare measures would Secunderabad proceedings of both Houses hockey played in India
duced was underestimated, while the potential was Americans just want to end Centre was left clueless provide a template for of the Parliament to be (‘Sport’ page, July 26). The
overestimated. Evidently, it is impossible to assign a the endless war. They want following the Supreme other States to follow. ■ As the RE, Mr. stalled, but if this becomes a issue needs to be
real value to the costs to people and communities, to- to escape, leaving the entire Court’s pointed queries on V. Subramanian, Panneerselvan has been a ‘permanent’ feature, it only introspected over as the
gether with the loss of pristine forests that weak affores- region in turmoil. It would the exact number of Chennai true ombudsman between makes a mockery of Indian hockey team was
be just a matter of months migrant workers across the The Hindu and its readers. democracy. It becomes once synonymous with glory.
tation programmes cannot replace. As catastrophic
before the Taliban overrun country. The role of From the RE His deft replies to the queries distressing when documents It is embarrassing every time
weather events inflict frequent, heavy losses, Himachal Kabul. The situation is migrants in the Monday mornings have put to him on journalism are snatched from Ministers the team comes a cropper. A
Pradesh and other Himalayan States can only watch deteriorating with each infrastructural always been extra special. stand testimony to his and torn and there is high few hard decisions may have
their ecological base erode. Changing course may yet passing day. My heart also development of any State The weekly columns of Mr. proficiency in the subject. decibel shouting. to be taken.
preserve a lot of their natural riches. goes out to the youngsters cannot be underestimated A.S. Panneerselvan, the That he is leaving makes for a Why are errant MPs not V. Lakshmanan,
in Afghanistan born after or quantified. However, the Readers’ Editor, The Hindu, sad reading but the point is punished? Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
CM A ND-NDE
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Did ‘Orange’ counter ‘Saffron’ in Karnataka? Diriliş: Ertuğrul is more

The Lingayat mutts’ influence and their heterogeneity have been a tough nut for the BJP to crack than just a Turkish delight
mines the homogenising Hindutva
project. It was the dangerous threat Turkey’s influence through its TV show has not waned
to Hindu unity that was exposed in
the 2017 campaign for the recogni- nessed across shops and hotels in Khyber
tion of the Lingayats as belonging to a Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, where the
separate religion, a demand that was two flags fly together.
Janaki Nair successfully beaten back — at least Recently, Bangladeshis turned fans after
temporarily — by the Union govern- some Bengali-dubbed episodes became
ment. available. The Turkish Ambassador there,
Why was it so difficult, but necessary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Nithya Subramanian Mustafa Osman Turan, after visiting Deepto,
for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to and the Chief Minister were able to the popular private TV channel, said such
retire an old warhorse such as B.S. get away with yoking ‘sanatana’ shows would help bring two fraternal coun-
Yediyurappa? After all, he clearly de- (eternal or absolute dharma) to ‘pra- As Turkey’s geopolitical and regional ambi- tries together. Meanwhile, Deepto has
fied all that the party publicly stands gathipara’ (progressive) when inaug- tions grow, its soft power influence through planned to purchase the series. Incidentally,
for. He shows no distaste for engag- urating the renovations to Anubhava its most popular television export, Diriliş: Bangladesh has become the fourth-largest
ing in old-style corruption, and has In solidarity: Seers from the Lingayat community gathering to show support Mantapa at Basavakalyan in Bidar – a Ertuğrul (Resurrection: Ertuğrul), does not arms buyer from Turkey, reportedly receiv-
even paid the price for it. He makes for Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in Bengaluru on Sunday. PTI * move that sent up a futile cry of prot- seem to wane. Recently, its first publicly- ing weapons worth about $60 million in the
no bones about extending his ‘rule est among those who saw this as a owned floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) first quarter of 2021.
by next-of-kin’ in promoting the de completely new directions through authority, mathadishas of especially contradiction of Basava’s ideals. storage and regasification vessel — also The historical conquests of the hero have
facto power of B.Y. Vijayendra. But the creation of caste-based develop- the Lingayat mutts have long esta- But again, it was the radical hete- named Ertuğrul Gazi — was inaugurated. also resonated with Kashmiris in India. In
above all, he showed a degree of fair- ment corporations – one of which blished themselves as the arbiters of rogeneity of the mutts that came into Present at this event, which would enable May 2020, a TRT official tweeted that more
ness to the Muslim population of the was the Veershaiva-Lingayat Deve- everyday life in Karnataka. public display for three months after the country to cover much of its energy Indians searched for these videos on You-
State (approximately 13%) when he lopment Corporation that was en- What of their engagement with January 2021, when the mathadishas needs, was President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Tube than for Shah Rukh Khan. Many pa-
categorically stated, at the height of dowed with ₹500 crore last year. Mr. the world of electoral politics? It of a sub-sect of the Lingayats, the Returning to its Islamic roots and re-esta- rents in Kashmir have even chosen to name
the pandemic in 2020, that ‘no one Yediyurappa made development all could consist of nudging adherents Panchamasali Lingayats, marched to- blishing the Ottoman glory have been a top their newborns Ertugrul, and a restaurant in
should say a word against Muslims; about caste. towards a particular candidate. wards Bengaluru, demanding a rear- priority for Mr. Erdoğan and his AK Party. downtown Srinagar is themed around it.
this is a warning’. Such fairness is But did the men in orange come Former Karnataka Chief Minister S. rangement of reservation categories Hence, last September, while commemorat- In August 2020, Azerbaijan became a ma-
quite alien to many other members out on the streets of Karnataka to ex- Nijalingappa was a ‘victim’ of this to better represent their sub-caste. ing the 739th death anniversary of Ertuğrul jor gas supplier in Turkey. A month later, the
of the party, which obliges its mem- press their gratitude for this lar- process. Participating in public prot- Mr. Yediyurappa was himself be- Ghazi, he reiterated the “goal of preserving latter supported the former after intense
bers to foster a hatred of Muslims. gesse? The public engagements of ests became common as mathadish- sieged in this war that broke out bet- Anatolia as a homeland”. Ertuğrul reflects fighting broke out between Azerbaijan and
His warning flew against the success- the mutts, particularly in the world as and political representatives to- ween the castes and sub-castes. The that ambition for prestige and national asser- Armenia. During this time, it was also an-
ful ethnic profiling of Muslims follow- of education, have been about a cen- gether demanded Other Backward second wave of COVID-19 arrived as a tion. nounced that Ertuğrul would be dubbed in
ing the Tablighi meeting at Nizamud- tury in the making, when Lingayat Class (OBC) reservation for the Vok- grotesque succour, but he still had to Produced by Turkish Radio and Television the Azeri language and aired on its state tele-
din Markaz in March 2020. Naturally, mutts first began to build institutions kaligas and the Lingayats in the late claw back the dangerous tilt in power Corporation (TRT), the national broadcaster, vision channel, AZ TV.
it only earned him greater displea- to serve those of their own caste, and 1980s. In 2017, they demanded sepa- towards the men in orange when he this historical extravaganza, set in the 13th However, not the entire Muslim world has
sure. later, a much larger community of rate religious status for the Lingayats. physically rapped the wrist of Vacha- century, has been inspired by the life of Er- taken to it. In a bid to curb Turkey’s soft pow-
He has symbolically ended two Kannadigas. From the 1970s, they This engagement has gone further nanda Swami, after the latter public- tuğrul Ghazi, whose son, Sultan Osman, be- er influence, some religious organisations in
years of a troubled time as Karnata- have expanded their educational en- today. Attempts are being made to re- ly asked him to accommodate more came the first Caliph of the Ottoman Empire. Egypt and Saudi Arabia called for a ban. Sau-
ka’s Chief Minister in a blaze of ad- gagements to set up professional col- duce the cacophony and expense of Panchamasali Lingayats in his Cabi- His heroic acts managed to capture the di Arabia, which holds a grudge against the
vertisements recounting his achieve- leges and related facilities. Today, for electoral politics, particularly in local net. hearts of billions of viewers across 72 coun- Ottomans, launched a big budget production
ments. As he counts his days to the instance, the Jagadguru Sri Shiva- body elections, by urging electorates We have, therefore, witnessed the tries and became popularly known as the titled Mamalik el-Nar (Kingdoms of Fire)
Margdarshak Mandal, or to a safe si- rathreeshwara ( JSS) group of institu- to ‘unanimously’ choose one or contradictory process by which the Muslim Game of Thrones. that has not caused any ripple.
necure elsewhere, Mr. Yediyurappa tions number close to 350 education- another candidate, who then wins unity that the Union government Mr. Erdoğan, a great proponent of this The popularity of Ertuğrul is in a way re-
has revealed his capacity to rally sup- al institutions, while the Sree without a contest. This does not strives for is continually undermined show, has been playing an active leadership flective of Turkey’s growing influence
port from the local men in orange – Siddaganga Mutt at Tumkur has an bode well for a democracy, but re- by the fractious struggles of the re- role in the Islamic world — whether it is in Af- around the world, including Venezuela
the mathadishas (head of mutts) of enviable 125. veals the mutt’s formidable local pol- gion and its castes. ghanistan, supporting Bangladesh with re- where Mr. Erdoğan shares a warm relation-
several Lingayat (and a few other) To add to their institutional itical power. Karnataka’s mathadishas – whom gard to the Rohingya issue, aiding Azerbaijan ship with President Nicolas Maduro. Mr. Ma-
mutts, of which Karnataka has a strength, there has been an in- no political party can do without – against Armenia or extending its presence in duro not only endorsed the series but also vi-
dense and active network. Small creased involvement of mutts and Current assertion are a mixed bunch. Some such as the North Africa. For someone who has been sited the sets during his trip to Turkey in
groups meeting in his support coa- mathadishas in all parts of Karnataka What of the current assertion by the then Nidumamidi Swami, and the modelling himself as an Ottoman sultan, a 2018. For now, it seems that wherever Mr. Er-
lesced into a gathering of about 450 in the developmental works of their men in orange in support of Mr. Yedi- current Nijagunananda Swami, have drama series like Ertuğrul is an effective doğan goes, Ertuğrul follows.
who convened at Bengaluru’s Palace regions. This may range from build- yurappa or another Lingayat leader? publicly campaigned against the communication vehicle. With the christening of an LNG vessel, it
Grounds on Sunday. ing bridges and irrigation works. Is it to enlarge the powers they alrea- BJP’s communal politics. Their com- In 2019, Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia wouldn’t be wrong to assume that Ertuğrul,
They are even involved in establish- dy enjoy, free of the accountability of mitment to their caste ironically had proposed setting up a television channel which has become a symbol of Turkish pow-
Generous grants ing a balance between new liveli- the elected representative? staved off the precipitous plunge to- to promote Muslim heroes and counter Isla- er, has expanded beyond being a historical
Mr. Yediyurappa had inaugurated his hoods and ecological sustainability. Or has the promised ‘double-en- wards the Uttar Pradesh ‘model’, mophobia. While that did not take off, the hero to other critical sectors of its society
last victory in 2008 with generous For example, making iron ore mining gine sarkara’, in fact, shown signs of which other members of the party following Ramzan, Pakistan Prime Minister and economy. At the inauguration, Mr. Erdo-
grants to these mutts. Between 2008 companies in Chitradurga more ac- disobediently pulling in a direction have eagerly embraced. For some Imran Khan recommended the show to his ğan said his government was “determined to
and 2013, the BJP government had countable to the communities that quite opposed to the Union govern- time, Basava tattva’s orange may well youth. Soon, a quarter of the global audience ensure a more prosperous life” for each one
granted at least ₹152 crore to 20 they have thoroughly ravaged. ment? Ironically, the power of the run counter to Hindutva’s saffron. were Pakistanis and by July 2021, Pakistan of its 84 million citizens.
named institutions. In his new, The Karnataka mutts have been, mathadishas, strengthened no Television Corporation’s (PTV) YouTube
though illegitimately obtained, time as M.M. Kalburgi so well described it, doubt by the wider political climate Janaki Nair taught Modern Indian History at channel gained 14.9 million subscribers. Nithya Subramanian is an Editor at the Institute of
in power, he steered Karnataka’s de- an ‘unauthorised government’. that privileges all men in orange, the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Extending beyond its political leadership, South Asia Studies (ISAS), an autonomous research
cades-long legacy of development in Wielding a moral, rather than a legal may precisely be that which under- Nehru University, Delhi the Turkey-Pakistan ‘brotherhood’ is wit- institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Yet another colonial legacy

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DATA POINT
FROM THE ARCHIVES
India’s regulatory regime needs a radical overhaul
FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 27, 1971
Pulapre Balakrishnan the country as fast as possible, no
matter what the consequences for its Graves for blacks not yet dead
A recent event in Kerala, though far inhabitants. However, even this un-
from the industrial centres of India, derstanding of the rationale of colo- A black New York criminal court judge who
may hold a clue to understanding the nialism is not enough to appreciate returned from a visit to South Africa has said
malaise crippling the nation’s indus- its debilitating consequences for In- that he saw dozens of news graves of South
try. This event took the form of one of dia. To hold India, the British invent- African black infants and 62 open graves
the State’s major employers making a ed an intermediary class standing waiting for those expected to die of malnu-
much publicised investment outside between themselves and the natives. trition. The Judges, Mr. William Booth,
Kerala. What is unusual about this is For the latter, there was no redress talked to U.N. committees inquiring into
that the company had earlier an- against the depredations of this class, South Africa’s racial separation practices. He
nounced that it would make an even whose excesses the colonial regime said he saw the new and expectant graves in
larger investment within the State tolerated as a small price for retain- a cemetery for blacks in the Dimbaza area.
itself. ing their colony. He also told of visiting a prison for blacks,
The negative publicity given to its which the authorities called one of the best,
departure by the company was consi- Crippling effect where he found “35 to 40 inmates crowded
dered unnecessary by the State go- The colonial administrative appara- into a 30’ by 30’ cell, where they are expect-
vernment and experts have pointed tus has been retained intact in Inde- ed to live for 10 to 15 years.” He said in Dim-
out that the original promise of in- pendent India. Of course, this was baza, described as a settlement for 7,000
vesting this larger amount in the not inevitable. The toxic measures blacks in the southern part of the republic,
State is incredible, as its volume is that enslaved Indians could have 50 per cent of all children born there die of
several times the firm’s market capi- been removed forthwith, but for rea- malnutrition before they are one year of age.
talisation. The investor, however, an- sons that are not difficult to compre- Parents decorate their sorry little graves
nounced that he had been hounded hend, India’s political class kept with milk bottles, rattles and toys so they
out by the regulatory authorities. In- them. Now, it has the Supreme Court will be happy in death as they were unhappy
dependently, journalists have con- asking why stick with a sedition law in life.
firmed that the company’s premises that had been used to immobilise In-
had been subjected to 11 inspections dians. While many understand the
in one month by the concerned go- absurdity of the sedition law today, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 27, 1921
vernment departments, and its CEO and the more aware among them can
had stated on public television that see how it kills our democracy, the City Tenants’ Protection Bill
he had been charged with over 70 crippling effect of colonial practices
compliance failures following these. that govern economic activity have A Bill entitled “The Madras City Tenants Pro-
In a swift move, Kerala’s Minister gone unscrutinised. Random inspec- tection Bill” is published for information in
for Industries appeared on public te- tion of a company’s premises by State the current “Fort St. George Gazette.” The
levision, where he opened himself to functionaries sits at their pinnacle, following is the statement of objects and rea-
questioning. He stated categorically preventing India’s industry from sons:- In many parts of the city of Madras,
that the inspections had been in res- achieving its potential. dwelling houses and other buildings have,
ponse to alleged violation of human On the 30th anniversary of the from time to time, been erected by tenants
rights and labour laws by the compa- economic reforms, a puzzle that on land belonging to others in the full expec-
ny, and that they had not been or- needs resolution is that while they tation that, subject to payment of a fair
dered by the Industries Ministry of have been focused on the manufac- ground-rent, they would be left in undis-
the State. We have no reason to dis- turing sector, the manufacturing sec- turbed possession notwithstanding the ab-
believe him, but are left wondering tor has not expanded relative to the sence of any specific contract as to the dura-
about the legitimacy of a regulatory economy. Its share has remained tion of the lease or the terms on which the
arrangement under which the elect- quite the same. We may just have re- buildings were to be erected. Recently, steps
ed government of the day has no say ceived a clue from Kerala to compre- taken to evict a large number of such tenants
on inspections, even if some of them hend this outcome. While the ele- have shown that such expectations are likely
are related to court rulings. gantly crafted trade and industry to be defeated. The tenants, if they are evict-
The picture of an ungoverned bu- reforms have addressed the policy ed, can at the best only remove the super-
reaucracy that emerges from this in- regime, they have not addressed the structures. Congested parts of the city will
cident is breathtaking in its implica- conditions under which production become more congested. It is reasonable
tion for the kind of democracy that takes place in this country. This may that the landlords when they evict the te-
we are living in. But it is not difficult have held back investment, standing nant should pay for and take the buildings.
to see where this originates from. It in the way of the expansion of the There may, however, be cases where the lan-
was the governance model during co- manufacturing sector as intended. dlord is unwilling to eject a tenant if he can
lonial rule in India. In an insightful India’s regulatory regime needs a get a fair rent for the land. The Bill provides
commentary on his compatriots of radical overhaul. for the payment of compensation to the te-
the East India Company, the econo- nant in case of ejectment to the value of any
mist Adam Smith had observed that buildings which may have been erected by
their only concern was to build a for- Pulapre Balakrishnan teaches Economics at him . It also provides for the settlement of a
tune by any means and to get out of Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana fair rent at the instance of the landlord.
CM A ND-NDE
YK
8 NEWS DELHI THE HINDU

Over 3.54
FROM PAGE ONE
Yediyurappa bows out,

U.P. gets big chunk of Clean Ganga funds crore FASTags
₹3,535 crore of the ₹10,972 crore given by Finance Ministry has been allocated to the State issued so far,
suspense over new CM Jacob Koshy cause they are sewage treat- says govt.
NEW DELHI ment infrastructure projects
“The party’s parliamentary allow me to form the Cabi- The National Mission for with government support SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
board will discuss the is- net for one and a half Clean Ganga (NMCG), con- until 15 years from the pre- NEW DELHI
sue,” Arun Singh, in-charge months despite floods and ceived as a ₹20,000-crore sent,” said D.P. Mathuria, Ex- More than 3.54 crore FAS-
of party affairs, Karnataka, rains in Karnataka. I had to programme in 2014 to clean ecutive Director, NMCG. Tags have been issued in
said in New Delhi. roam around [the State] like up the river, has so far been The funding is critical be- the country, the govern-
The resignation of Mr. Ye- a mad man. Last one and a allocated ₹15,074 crore. cause as of June 30, ment has told Parliament
diyurappa could well draw half years I had to fight CO- Of this only ₹10,972 crore, ₹1,040.63 crore was available recently.
the curtains on his nearly VID-19,” he said. or about two-thirds, has with NMCG under the Nama- “After declaration of all
five decades of political ca- Mr. Yediyurappa break- been released by the Finance mi Gange Programme, said lanes as FASTag lanes, the
reer, during which he rose ing down has now become a Ministry to the NMCG, a bo- Mr. Shekhawat. overall FASTag penetration
from the ranks of the RSS in subject of political debate. dy under the Jal Shakti Minis- Uttar Pradesh, at ₹3,535 has reached approximately
Shikaripura in the Malnad While state Congress chief try, according to a response crore, has received the most 96%, from 80% on Febru-
district of Shivamogga to be- D. K. Shivakumar said the to a question in the Rajya funds, followed by Bihar ary 14, 2021,” Union Minis-
come the Chief Minister of tears only indicated he was Sabha on Monday. (₹2,631 crore), Bengal ter for Road Transport and
the State. In this period he forced to step down, a pro- The NMCG further allo- (₹1,030 cr) and Uttarakhand Highways Nitin Gadkari
emerged as the tallest lead- minent Lingayat seer Dinga- cates the money to the rive- (₹1001 cr). said in a written reply in
er in the Lingayat communi- leshwara Swamy of Baleho- rine States. Sewerage projects for the Lok Sabha.
ty, which is among the big- sur Math said Mr. Gajendra Shekhawat, Jal Cleaning in progress: National Mission for Clean Ganga workers spraying bioremediation towns along the Ganga in Ut- The FASTag works with
gest voter base for the Yediyurappa’s tears would Shakti Minister, said in a solution at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. FILE PHOTO * tarakhand have already been the electronic payments
saffron party in Karnataka. “ruin” the BJP in the days to written response to a ques- completed for pollution systems developed by the
At what turned out to be come. Amid speculation ov- tion by Congress MP Malli- management, maintaining ₹20,000 crore. approached the Finance Mi- abatement under the Nama- National Payments Corpo-
his farewell speech in Vidha- er his replacement in the karjun Kharge that several ecological flow, rural sanita- Overall, 346 projects had nistry for funds to meet the mi Gange program and the ration of India (NPCI).
na Soudha to mark the se- last 15 days, Mr. Yediyurap- sets of interventions for tion, afforestation, biodiver- been taken up at a sanc- sanctioned cost. “Some of Mission has been focussing Ituses the RFID technol-
cond anniversary, an emo- pa’s camp had also tried to cleaning and rejuvenation of sity conservation, and public tioned cost of ₹30,235 crore, the allotted funds reflect the on rejuvenation of tributar- ogy to automatically col-
tional Mr. Yediyurappa grab the Lingayat political the river had been taken up participation. The planned out of which, 158 projects are investments in Ganga clean- ies of the Ganga with priority lect payments at the toll
broke down as he recounted optics as Lingayat-Veerash- such as treating domestic outlay for the Ganga clean- completed, the reply said. up programmes all the way on the polluted stretches, gates without the vehicle
his work in building the par- aiva seers and the All India sewage, industrial effluent up mission, accounting for An NMCG official told The from 1985. The amount sanc- said a statement from the having to stop or make pay-
ty in the State and took not Veerashaiva Mahasabha ral- and solid waste, river front future costs, is well over Hindu that the agency had tioned is much higher be- NMCG on July 17. ments in cash.
so veiled potshots at the par- lying behind the leader, urg-
ty high command. ing BJP not to dislodge him.
He recalled his bumpy On his part, Mr. Yediyu-
Denied entry T.N., U.P. acquired
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ride into the office during rappa thanked Prime Minis-
his fourth term and oblique- ter Narendra Modi, Home
to Varanasi, ally On the draw
ly expressed his displeasure Minister Amit Shah and BJP
towards high command for
forcing his hands. “I had to
face a lot of challenges when
national president J.P. Nad-
da “for having allowed me
to be in office for two years
hits out at NDA land for defence
I formed the government.
The high command did not
despite the rule of no power
for those above 75 years.”
Amarnath Tewary
Patna
A day after he was detained

industrial corridors
at Varanasi airport and Both are in their formative stages
Action shifts to Delhi on sent back without being al-
lowed to enter the city, Special Correspondent
chief of Vikasheel Insaan NEW DELHI
Karnataka CM options Party (VIP), an NDA ally in

Bihar, Mukesh Sahani
Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pra-
desh have acquired land for
lashed out at the coalition the Defence Industrial Cor-
Possible central observers, man Savadi, Mines Minister government in Patna, and ridors (DIC). Tamil Nadu has
Education Minister Dhar- Murgesh Nirani and Home said none listened to them acquired 283.28 hectares
mendra Pradhan and na- and Law Minister Basavaraj in the alliance. and Uttar Pradesh 196.7 hec-
tional general secretary in- Bommai. If the consensus is Mr. Sahani also boycot- tares in 2020-21, the govern-
charge of Karnataka Arun not reached around these ted the NDA leaders meet- ment said on Monday.
Singh, are also likely to candidates then another ing ahead of the monsoon “As on July 19, 2021, the
reach Bengaluru in a day. candidate would be pro- session of Bihar legislature investments made by the
While no date for a Legisla- posed. If a Brahmin candi- and announced that his public and private sector in
ture Party meeting has been date is to be brought for- Ajay Bhatt
party would contest 165 the TNDIC and the UPDIC
set, it will be sooner rather ward, Union Minister seats in the Uttar Pradesh are ₹2,252.28 crore and ment Corporation (TIDCO),
than later. Pralhad Joshi and Speaker Assembly elections. ₹1,236.10 crore respective- the nodal agency, has signed
Sources said while many Vishweshwara Kageri’s
names were floating as a re-
placement for Mr. Yediyu-
rappa, the priority would be
names are popping up in
discussions.
In any scenario, the situa-
“In the NDA no one lis-
tens to us. The Varanasi in-
cident has put a question
Bombay HC reserves order in ly,” Minister of State for De-
fence Ajay Bhatt said in a
written reply in the Rajya
22 MoUs with private/public
industries, worth potential
investments of ₹4,800
to choose from among the
existing MLAs. Only if a con-
tion in Karnataka has be-
come a little more complex
mark on PM Narendra Mo-
di’s slogan of sabka saath,
sabka vikas (with all, deve-
Gadling’s plea for temporary bail Sabha.
The DICs are aimed at
providing fillip to the de-
crore.” The U.P. Express-
ways Industrial Develop-
ment Authority has signed
sensus after consulting than in other States where lopment for all). Our party Special Correspondent filed against the rejection of mother as his brother could fence manufacturing eco- 55 MoUs with private indus-
MLAs was not arrived at, the BJP effected a change in has decided to contest 165 Mumbai his temporary bail not attend them because he system. The TNDIC has tries, worth potential invest-
would someone other than leader, as Mr. Yediyurappa seats in U.P. polls next year The Bombay High Court on application. was COVID-19 positive. Ho- identified five nodes — ments of ₹7,449.33 crore.
an MLA be considered. mustered a show of support and form the government Monday reserved the judg- The appeal mentions, wever, on September 11, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ho- As per present estimates
“We are to face elections from Lingayat Mutts and there,” Mr. Sahani told me- ment in a plea by advocate “On August 15, 2020, Mr. Ga- 2020, the petition got reject- sur, Salem and Tiruchirap- reported by the respective
after two years, and the lea- leaders and also declared dia persons outside the Bi- Surendra Gadling, an ac- dling’s mother died at Nag- ed. He then moved the High palli. The UPDIC has six State governments based on
dership should be such that his intention to stay active in har Assembly. cused in the Bhima Kore- pur. After two days, he filed Court in appeal, challenging identified nodes — Agra, Ali- the MoUs signed, the TNDIC
would run for the next five politics. Later on Monday The five-day monsoon gaon violence, against rejec- a temporary bail plea before the order of rejection.” garh, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, has potential to generate
years, that is why Yediyu- night, RSS leaders had a session of the Assembly be- tion of his temporary bail the special National Investi- National Investigation Kanpur and Lucknow. employment for 25,000
rappa (78) has been asked to meeting in Bengaluru, gan on Monday. Mr. Sahani application. gation Agency (NIA) court in Agency’s counsel Sandesh Both the DICs are in their persons and the UPDIC has
resign,” said a source. which was attended by par- is Minister for Animal Hus- A Division Bench of Justic- Mumbai. He sought tempor- Patil opposed the plea, say- formative stages, the reply potential to generate em-
Among the Lingayat con- ty national organisational bandry and Fisheries in the es S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jama- ary bail for three weeks to ing he is not required to at- said. “In the TNDIC, Tamil ployment for more than
tenders, sources said, were general secretary B.L. San- Nitish Kumar Cabinet. dar was hearing an appeal perform the last rites of his tend the funeral anymore. Nadu Industrial Develop- 16,700 persons.
Deputy Chief Minister Lax- tosh among others.
Bengal forms panel to Plea to acquire papers ‘Tiruchi plane crash probe a cover-up’
probe snooping issue of Bhagat Singh’s trial
Report drafted to exonerate pilots of criminality, says aviation safety expert
The announcement of the meeting leaders of the Op- They are currently stored in Lahore
formation of the inquiry position parties. JAGRITI CHANDRA lot-in-command (PIC)’s re-
commission came just The terms of reference of special correspondent files. However, situation has NEW DELHI clining seat for the incident.
hours before the Chief Mi- the commission include that
CHANDIGARH now changed for the better. The report of the investiga- Captain Mohan Ranga-
nister left for New Delhi. it will inquire into the state Chaman Lal, a former se- On March 23, 2018, for the tion into the 2018 Air India nathan, a former member of
Ms. Banerjee is likely to and non-state actors who nate member of Panjab Un- first time Lahore archives Express plane crash in Tiru- the Civil Aviation Safety Ad-
remain in the national capi- were involved in such re- iversity and honorary advis- held a month-long exhibi- chi is a cover-up to exonerate visory Council and former
tal for the next few days, ported Interception. . er, Bhagat Singh Archives tion of more than 200 items the pilots, says aviation safe- airline instructor pilot on
and Resource Centre, Delhi, from the Bhagat Singh files. ty expert Captain Mohan Boeing 737NGs, says the
has urged the Punjab go- Professor Lal said it was a Ranganathan. Not only did probe has been white-
vernment to take up the is- happy situation that Pakis- pilot error result in insuffi- washed to ensure pilots go
6 policemen killed in sue of acquiring files relat-
ing to the court cases of
tan was preserving the lega-
cy of Bhagat Singh.
cient thrust, but the cockpit
crew also endangered the
scot-free. “The report fails to
fault the pilots for continu-
Assam-Mizoram row Bhagat Singh now at the

Punjab Archives in Anarkali
tomb in Lahore.
“But this is as much a fact
that Bhagat Singh enjoys a
special status in Indian Pun-
passengers’ lives by continu-
ing to fly for close to four
hours despite a damaged air-
The damage: The aircraft hit an Instrument Landing System
antenna and brushed against the compound wall. FILE PHOTO *
ing to fly. This is a criminal
act,” he alleges.
“The thrust lever moving
“Mizoram police responded inside its territory. Professor Lal, in a letter jab as their most beloved re- craft in order to ensure that the antennas of a ground- Muscat airspace, where they back to 75% thrust is an indi-
spontaneously by firing As the border clash inten- to Chief Minister Amarinder volutionary hero. So, it is crucial data recording was based navigation aid during were ordered to make a cation that it wasn’t the back-
back. The aggression of the sified on Monday, Dr. Sarma Singh through Finance Mi- most appropriate that, the deleted, he alleges. take-off, resulting in a gaping landing in Mumbai. rest that reclined inadver-
Assam police started the un- and his Mizoram counter- nister Manpreet Singh Ba- records of his case files are On October 11, 2018, the wound in the aircraft belly. The Aircraft Accident In- tently, but in fact the pilot
fortunate development. The part Zoramthanga traded dal, said, “Scholars, includ- kept in one of important ar- flight from Tiruchi to Dubai Despite the ATC informing vestigation Bureau in its re- failed to lock his seat and the
Assam police withdrew and charges on Twitter while ing me, visiting this archive chives of Indian Punjab,” he with 130 passengers hit the the pilots of the damage, the port made public recently entire seat moved back-
the duty post was handed tagging the Prime Minister’s have not been shown these added. airport boundary wall and crew continued to fly till has blamed a snag in the pi- wards,” he notes.
back to the CRPF after the Office and Mr. Shah.
Union Home Minister spoke Pointing out that the veh-
Rajasthan Cabinet reshuffle likely in mid-August

to the Chief Ministers of icle of a Mizoram-bound
both the States,” he added. couple was attacked, Mr. Zo- Militant killed
Officials in Assam, howev- ramthanga sought Mr.
er, blamed the Mizoram pol- Shah’s intervention. “How during search
ice for the flare-up. They al- are you going to justify such K.C. Venugopal, Ajay Maken firm up peace formula between Gehlot and Pilot factions of Cong. in Kulgam
so blamed people in civilian violent acts?” he asked.
clothes armed with tele- However, Dr. Sarma told Sandeep Phukan formula between Chief Mi- tary in the All India Congress the Congress will also con- the Congress government a
scopic rifles. “They opened his Mizoram counterpart New Delhi nister Gehlot and his former Committee (AICC). sider appointing chairper- year ago. special correspondent
fire,” Cachar Deputy Com- that his officials were being The Ashok Gehlot-led Con- deputy, Sachin Pilot, who Two different sources said sons to various corporations Those supporting Mr. Pi- Srinagar
missioner Keerthi Jalli said threatened with violence gress government in Rajas- had rebelled against Mr. Geh- that apart from accommo- boards and commissions lot, however, argue that their One militant was killed
when asked what triggered until they “withdraw from than is all set for a Cabinet lot last July. dating Mr. Pilot’s supporters, along with new Ministers. fight was never about minis- during a search operation
the trouble. our post”. expansion by the second Resolving factionalism in the Congress leadership is Currently, there are nine terial berths but about giving at Kulgam’s Aharbal area
Assam officials also said Minor clashes were also week of August, a well Rajasthan is first priority for looking to reward some of vacancies in the Council of dignity to leaders who on Monday.
their team had gone to evict reported in the Killing- placed Congress source said the party and Mr. Maken is the independent MLAs that Ministers but it is not known worked hard to bring the Police said more mili-
encroachers from Mizoram. Iongkhuli area of Assam- on Monday. scheduled to visit Jaipur support the Gehlot govern- how many of them will be gi- party to power in 2018. tants were hiding in the
Assam claims Mizos have Meghalaya border on Mon- The source told The Hin- again on July 28 and 29 to ment as well as the former ven to the Pilot camp. There Amid claims and counter area and the operation was
been squatting in areas day when Assam police per- du that party general secre- have discussions with MLAs. Bahujan Samaj Party law- is a reported tussle over it. claims, top Congress sources in progress.
some one to three kilo- sonnel allegedly tried to tary (organisation) K.C. Ve- While some of Mr. Pilot’s makers who merged their Supporters of Mr. Gehlot indicated that all the ministe- This is the second major
metres from the inter-State uproot electric poles erect- nugopal and the general supporters will find a place party with the Congress. are not keen that the party rial vacancies may not be operation in Kulgam in the
border while Mizoram ed by workers engaged by secretary in-charge of Rajas- in the Council of Ministers, Hence apart from a Cabi- concedes too many seats to filled up in one go and a few past 24 hours. One ultra
groups claim Assam has Meghalaya Energy Corpora- than Ajay Maken, are learnt Mr. Pilot himself is likely to net rejig, in which non-per- MLAs whose rebellion had vacancies may be there even was killed in an encounter
pushed its people 10-12 km tion Limited. to have firmed up a peace be drafted as a general secre- formers may be dropped, threatened the stability of after the reshuffle exercise. in the district on Sunday.
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U.K. court
deems Mallya Mamata in Delhi on five-day Lok Sabha passes two Bills
bankrupt
Press Trust of India
visit, will meet PM Modi today amid protests by Opposition
London
A British court on Monday West Bengal CM is also expected to meet Sonia and other Opposition leaders They are the first to be cleared in the monsoon session
granted a bankruptcy or- Special Correspondent bers their opportunity to ticipate in the discussions.
der against Vijay Mallya, Sobhana K. Nair Congress had acknowledged NEW DELHI raise issues of public impor- When that did not hap-
paving the way for a con- New Delhi that not only Rahul Gandhi Both Houses of Parliament tance. Mr. Naidu said impor- pen, she went ahead with
sortium of Indian banks West Bengal Chief Minister but Trinamool general secre- saw repeated adjournments tant matters about COVID-19 the consideration and pass-
led by the State Bank of In- Mamata Banerjee landed in tary Abhishek Banerjee too on Monday, as Opposition vaccines, the alleged attacks ing of the Bills.
dia (SBI) to pursue a world- Delhi on Monday for a five- has been the victim of Pega- members continued their on press freedom and even Minister for Parliamen-
wide freezing order to seek day visit. This is her first trip sus cyber attack with a tweet protests over allegations of the chance to seek clarifica- tary Affairs Pralhad Joshi and
repayment of debt owed by to the national capital after from its official handle. It snooping using the Israeli tions from the government Minister of State Arjun Ram
the now-defunct Kingfisher the Trinamool Congress’s posted a picture saying Mr. spyware Pegasus and the on the Pegasus issue were Meghwal also urged mem-
Airlines. victory in the Assembly elec- Banerjee was targeted be- controversial agricultural re- denied. He said 57 matters bers to return to their seats
“As at 15.42 [U.K. time], I tion. cause of the West Bengal As- form laws. raised by 63 members had and participate in the
adjudicate Dr Mallya bank- Ms. Banerjee will meet sembly election. The Lok Sabha was ad- been permitted last week but discussions.
rupt,” Chief Insolvencies Prime Minister Narendra Ahead of Ms. Banerjee’s journed for the day after it none of them could be taken
and Companies Court Modi at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. visit, the Trinamool Parlia- cleared two Bills, amid the up due to the disruptions. Factoring regulation
Judge Michael Briggs said She has also sought time to Forging ties: The Trinamool Congress has dubbed Mamata mentary Party discussed the din. The Factoring Regula- On Monday, too, there were While Finance Minister Nir-
in his ruling during a hear- meet President Ramnath Banerjee’s visit as an important week in Indian politics. PTI *
strategy for the monsoon tion (Amendment) Bill, 12 matters admitted for Zero mala Sitharaman spoke be-
ing of the Chancery Divi- Kovind. session. She is expected to 2020, and the National Insti- Hour. “We are becoming fore moving the Factoring
sion of the High Court. Trinamool parliamentary and the Trinamool dynamics jun Kharge, Leader of the meet a host of leaders during tutes of Food Technology, helpless day by day,” Mr. Nai- Regulation Bill, giving a bit of
The Indian banks had ar- leader in the Rajya Sabha De- ahead of her visit, with the Opposition in the Rajya Sab- her visit. She will also be pay- Entrepreneurship and Man- du said. background on why the
gued for the bankruptcy rek O’Brien told The Hindu, former showing willingness ha, the responsibility to ing a visit to Ms. Gandhi. agement Bill, 2021, were In the Lok Sabha, discus- amendments were being
order to be granted in their “This is an important visit of to make many concessions. coordinate with the allies in She will also spend a day passed by voice vote. sions on the two Bills could made, Food Processing Mi-
favour. Mamata Banerjee and this is both Houses of Parliament. in Parliament, where meet- The proceedings of the not take place as the Opposi- nister Pashupati Kumar Pa-
The 65-year-old busi- an important week for the Congress concessions Sources said senior leader ings with other Opposition Rajya Sabha were adjourned tion members raised slogans ras simply moved the Bill for
nessman, meanwhile, re- Indian politics.” Asked if the The first step was to remove Shashi Tharoor had now leaders, including Samajwa- five times before being called demanding a discussion on consideration and passing.
mains on bail in the U.K. visit indicates a more active West Bengal Pradesh Con- been enlisted to liaise with di Party’s Akhilesh Yadav, off early for the day, as Oppo- the Pegasus issue and the The Factoring Bill, Ms.
while a “confidential” legal role for Ms. Banerjee in the gress President Adhir Ranjan the Trinamool in the Lok and those of the DMK, the sition members continued farmers’ demand for the re- Sitharaman said, was for the
matter, believed to be relat- national politics, Mr. O’Brien Chowdhury from the equa- Sabha. Mr. Tharoor met its RJD and others are planned. raising slogans against the peal of the three farm laws. benefit of the Medium and
ed to an asylum applica- said she was not seeking any tion, with whom the Trina- parliamentary party leader The party remained tight- government. Rama Devi, who was Small Scale Enterprises and
tion, is resolved in connec- chair or post. mool was not willing to Sudip Bandhopadhyay to lipped on whether she will Chairman M. Venkaiah chairing the proceedings, that the Bill had accepted all
tion with the unrelated Significantly, key changes speak. Congress president convey this on Monday. host a joint Opposition meet Naidu said the persistent dis- urged protesting members to the changes suggested by the
extradition proceedings. took place in the Congress Sonia Gandhi gave Mallikar- The second step was the or not. ruptions had cost the mem- return to their seats and par- Standing Committee.
Kisan Morcha plans to Row over Kerala church’s Congress sets two conditions
intensify stir by Sept. for Parliament to function
Muzaffarnagar to host ‘Big panchayat’
scheme for large families ‘House discussion in PM’s presence and judicial probe’
Special correspondent paign would entail intensify- Some see it as a bid to raise the community’s strength
LUCKNOW ing the stir and reaching out Special Correspondent nounce a Supreme Court-
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Hiran Unnikrishnan having five or more children. public. New Delhi monitored inquiry into the
a body of farmer unions Uttarakhand and Punjab KOTTAYAM Women delivering their Fr. Joseph Kuttiankal, di- A discussion on the Pegasus scandal.”
leading protests around the which go to the polls early Even as the controversy over fourth child onward will be rector of the Family Aposto- cyberattack in the presence Parliament, Mr. Ramesh
national capital for the last 2022. the measures to curb popu- given free delivery care at a late, pointed out that the of Prime Minister Narendra stated, was not functioning
eight months, on Monday “This movement will lation growth in Uttar Pra- hospital run by the Church scheme was planned as an Modi and Home Minister because the government
announced it would hold a start from there,” Mr. Tikait desh continues to rage, a while children born as the assistance to large families, Amit Shah, followed by a was not agreeing to these
“big panchayat” in Muzaf- said. Catholic Church diocese in fourth or subsequent in a fa- especially in the post CO- judicial probe, are the pre- legitimate demands. Trina-
farnagar on September 5. Issuing a threat to the U.P. central Kerala has an- mily will be given scholar- VID-19 scenario. “This is be- conditions for Parliament to mool Congress leader Derek
Rakesh Tikait, spokesper- government, Mr. Tikait said nounced a welfare scheme ships at an engineering col- ing planned as a minimal as- function, the Congress said Jairam Ramesh O’Brien, concurring with
son of the Bharatiya Kisan if it did not work in the inter- for families with five or more lege run by the Church. sistance to the families that on Monday. Mr. Ramesh, said this was
Union, made the announce- ests of the farmers, the mor- children. might be finding it hard to This was to counter criti- and Congress Chief Whip in exactly what was needed.
ment in Lucknow as part of cha would also blockade The initiative, launched Mixed response make both ends meet.” cism from the government, the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ra- Since the Pegasus issue
the morcha plans of intensi- Lucknow. by the Family Apostolate of The scheme, announced as The announcement of the which accused the Opposi- mesh said in a tweet, “The broke, Congress leaders, in-
fying the stir in States. The “Lucknow ko bhi Dilli ba- the Pala diocese under the part of the Year of the Family scheme has evoked sharp tion parties of disrupting entire Opposition is united. cluding Rajya Sabha mem-
morcha termed it as the naya jayega,” he said, ad- Syro-Malabar Church, seeks celebrations by the Church, reactions from the public, Parliament for the sixth day 1. Have a discussion on Pega- ber Shakti Sinh Gohil, had
“mission U.P.” and “mission ding that roads from all four to offer a monthly financial is now going viral on social with a section terming it a in a row in the ongoing mon- sus snooping issue in pre- demanded an investigation
Uttarakhand”. sides to Lucknow would be assistance of ₹1,500 to cou- media and has evoked deliberate attempt to raise soon session. sence of the Prime Minister by a Joint Parliamentary
Mr. Tikait said the cam- sealed. ples married after 2000 and mixed reactions from the the community’s strength. Former Union Minister or Home Minister. 2. An- Committee ( JPC).
India ‘engages Taliban’ but Afghan Army

chief’s India Kovind pays homage to martyrs
questions Pakistan’s support visit put off Inclement weather prevents the President’s visit to Kargil memorial at Drass
special correspondent Peerzada Ashiq mulla DivisionThe President
Jaishankar to share detailed assessment with Blinken NEW DELHI Srinagar interacted with the soldiers
Afghanistan Army chief Lt. President Ram Nath Kovind, of Baramulla Division and
Suhasini Haidar identified hospitals in the Gen. Wali Mohammad Ah- who could not fly to Kargil wished them luck for all fu-
NEW DELHI border town of Chaman and madzai has postponed his due to inclement weather, ture endeavours, an official
India is engaging all stake- Quetta as places where trip to India amid in- on Monday laid a wreath at said.
holders in Afghanistan, in- those injured in the fighting creased Taliban violence in the Dagger War Memorial, Later Mr Kovind chaired a
cluding some parts of the Ta- with the ANDSF near the the country. Baramulla, to pay tributes to high level meeting of the un-
liban, as part of a border post at Spin Boldak Lt. Gen. Ahmadzai was all the soldiers who sacrif- ified high command at the
“multi-track” strategy neces- were brought. scheduled to arrive on a iced their lives in defending Raj Bhawan. Attended by top
sitated by the advance of the The sources said many of three-day visit beginning the nation. security officials of different
Taliban militants on the those killed and injured also July 27 and meet Army President Kovind, accom- wings, including Army and
ground, according to official held Pakistani identity Chief Gen. Manoj Naravane panied by senior Army offic- the police, the President was
sources, who for the first cards, which was one of the and National Security Ad- ers, reached Baramulla from Ode to the brave: President Ram Nath Kovind laying a wreath briefed about the security
time confirmed the talks are reasons Afghanistan Presi- viser Ajit Doval. Srinagar after his chopper at the Dagger War Memorialin Kashmir on Monday. THE HINDU *
situation in the wake of abro-
ongoing. The talks with the S. Jaishankar will also talk dent Ashraf Ghani had, at a The visit was closely could not take off due to bad gation of Article 370, anti-
militant group don’t dilute about his visits to Doha, conference in Tashkent this watched amid the U.S. mil- weather and difficult flying homage at the Kargil War accompanied by J&K Lieute- militancy operations, and in-
India’s concerns over the Ta- Moscow and Tashkent. month, openly blamed Isla- itary exit from Afghanista- conditions around Zojila Memorial in Drass on the nant Governor Manoj Sinha, filtration. Sources said Presi-
liban’s recent military gains, mabad for failing to stop the n,and raging fighting bet- Pass in central Kashmir, offi- 22nd Anniversary of Kargil was received by Major Gen- dent Kovind praised the role
and Pakistan’s support to Ta- southern provinces includ- flow of “10,000” jihadis, ween the Taliban and the cials said. Vijay Diwas. eral Virendra Vats, General of security forces in combat-
liban fighters, but signify ing Kandahar, Helmand, who he said had entered Af- Afghan national Army. He was scheduled to pay The President, who was Officer Commanding, Bara- ing militancy.
that a negotiated power- Ghazni and Paktia. ghanistan from Pakistan and
sharing agreement is now The detailed assessment other countries in the past
seen as the “best case scena- does not predict the fall of month.
rio” for Afghanistan. Kabul at present, but that
“We support the Afghan the next three or four Pressurising Pakistan
government. We deal with months will be crucial to de- On Sunday, MEA officials in-
them irrespective of who is cide Afghanistan’s future. volved in the planning of
in power. We are in constant talks during Mr. Blinken’s vi-
touch with Afghan leaders sit had also said they would
from all ethnic backgrounds. NEWS ANALYSIS discuss the “the need for
We have participated at the sustained pressure on Pakis-
Doha [conference inaugura- External Affairs Minister tan on terror financing and
tion] and later on also have S. Jaishankar is expected to terror havens”.
been in meetings [with the share this perception with However, it is far from
Taliban]. We believe Af- U.S. Secretary of State An- clear how much the U.S. will
ghans deserve peace, and if thony Blinken on Wednes- be willing to criticise Pakis-
we have to be in touch with day in Delhi, pointing out tan publicly, given that it is
all stakeholders and regional that the U.S. air support and deeply engaged with its mili-
countries, we will be,” the international financial assis- tary and political leadership
sources explained. tance would be necessary to on pushing the Taliban to-
stave off the Taliban’s onwards some sort of a “face-
Purported hold slaught against the Afghanis- saving” peace agreement be-
According to the govern- tan National Defence and Se- fore the U.S. pulls out all its
ment’s latest assessment, curity Forces (ANDSF), troops.
the Taliban is attempting to along with a check on Pakis- Earlier this month, the
acquire territory to the tan’s continued support to U.S. also announced a new
south and border posts of Af- the Taliban. He would also connectivity ‘Quad’ com-
ghanistan, and will acceler- discuss the outcome of his prising U.S.-Uzbekistan-Af-
ate its efforts to take major recent visits to Doha, Dush- ghanistan-Pakistan. In New
cities once the U.S. com- anbe, Moscow, Tehran and Delhi, the move is seen as
pletes its pull-out of troops Tashkent, all of which fo- part of the U.S.’s search for a
at the end of August. In par- cused on the situation in Af- role in Afghanistan post-pul-
ticular, the assessment has ghanistan and India’s con- lout, amidst reports that
found that while the Taliban cerns about Pakistan’s role. American officials are dis-
holds territory considerably In particular, the sources cussing acquiring a base in
less than media speculation cited recent reports from in- Central Asia, and also nego-
of “85%”, and pegs its reach ternational news agencies tiating shelter for those in Af-
to only about “45-50%”, it is and videos that showed Tali- ghanistan who have helped
in a position to establish ban fighters being treated in their forces and hence, tar-
control of one or more of the Pakistani hospitals, and geted by the Taliban.
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JEE Advanced
to be held on Death toll in rain and landslips Land use change disrupted
October 3
Special Correspondent
climbs to 164 in Maharashtra Kinnaur’s ecology, says study
NEW DELHI Development projects could up the risk of landslips
The JEE Advanced, used 100 persons are still missing while nearly 2.3 lakh people have been evacuated
for admission to the elite VIKAS VASUDEVA the tunnelling in mountain
Indian Institutes of Tech- Shoumojit Banerjee CHANDIGARH areas will result in the risk of
nology, will be held on Oc- Pune After nine people lost their more landslips as large
tober 3, Education Minister Maharashtra officials on lives in a landslip in Hima- amounts of water percolate
Dharmendra Pradhan has Monday said that 164 per- chal Pradesh’s Kinnaur dis- into surfaces. “The use of dy-
announced. “The examina- sons had lost their lives trict, a debate surrounding namite for blasting through
tion will be conducted ad- while 100 persons were mis- the degradation of the envi- the surfaces and under-
hering to all COVID-proto- sing in the landslips and ronment in this ecological ground components of the
cols,” he tweeted on rain-related accidents sensitive hill terrain is bound projects disturb existing
Monday night. caused by the unprecedent- to gain momentum. slopes and the fragile
It was earlier scheduled ed downpour that has lashed A recent study suggests geology.”
to be held on July 3, but the western part of the State that both hydropower pro- A stretch of road that was Shanta Kumar Negi, presi-
was cancelled due to the and the coastal Konkan re- jects and afforestation ef- damaged by the recent dent of the Kinnaur-based
second wave of the CO- gion since July 22. forts, carried out as compen- landslip in Kinnaur. environment conservation
VID-19 pandemic. The IIT- In Raigad district alone, 71 sation for the forest land organisation Hangrang Sang-
Kharagpur is responsible persons died in the landslips diverted for hydropower ment records and ground re- harsh Samiti, told The Hindu
for conducting the exami- which buried Taliye village projects in the name of ‘miti- search to examine the ex- that over the years, climate
nation this year. in Mahad tehsil and Sakhar gation’, have altered land- tent, nature and impact of change is visible. “The con-
The final session of the Sutarwadi and Kevnale in use and are negatively im- forest diversion for hydro- ditions of Kinnaur are not fa-
JEE-Main examination, Poladpur taluk. pacting the forest ecosys- power projects in Kinnaur. vourable for hydropower
used as a qualifying test for Satara district reported 41 Towards safety: An NDRF team undertaking a rescue operation at Shiroli village in Kolhapur on tems. “Our study found that not projects. Construction activ-
JEE-Advanced as well as an deaths in the landslips at Monday. @6NDRFVADODARA/PTI
*
The study, titled Mitiga- only have construction activ- ities include blasting, which
entrance test for other en- Mirgaon and Ambeghar vil- tion or myth? Impacts of hy- ities for hydropower pro- has to be done in a scientific
gineering institutions, will lages. More than 25,500 by the rain since July 22, with sessments from other dis- pecting the sentiments of the dropower development and jects impacted existing land- manner, but the ground real-
conclude on September 2. head of livestock have been nearly 400 of these in Kolha- tricts in Konkan and western survivors and relatives of the compensatory afforestation use, disturbed forest biodi- ity is that there’s hardly any
Once JEE-Main results are engulfed by the floodwaters pur district and 120 in Sata- Maharashtra have yet to missing people, we have ac- on forest ecosystems in the versity and fragmented the check on the frequency of
released, qualified stu- or buried. ra. A consolidated assess- come in. cordingly withdrawn our high Himalayas, was under- forest landscape, but the re- blasting. We are not against
dents may then appear for The scale of the destruc- ment of the damage in the After four days of arduous rescue teams from Taliye,” taken by Manshi Asher and lated compensatory affores- development but Kinnaur is
JEE-Advanced. tion and loss is estimated to Konkan, especially in Chi- efforts in severely inclement said Raigad Collector Nidhi Prakash Bhandari, environ- tation plantations are also environmentally fragile, and
As a one-time measure, be even worse than the 2019 plun and Khed in Ratnagiri weather, authorities have fi- Chaudhary. mentalists associated with ridden with problems. this fact should not be ig-
students who had qualified floods which ravaged Kolha- district which are among the nally called off rescue opera- Chief Minister Uddhav the Himdhara Environment These include abysmally low nored. Development at the
and registered to write JEE- pur and Sangli in western worst-hit, is expected soon. tions in Taliye village with Thackeray, who was due to Research and Action Collec- presence of surviving sa- cost of human lives is not ac-
Advanced last year but had Maharashtra or the Malin Nearly 2.3 lakh people the 31 missing persons to be visit rain-battered Satara on tive. It was published in the plings [up to 10%], inter-spe- ceptable,” said Mr. Negi.
failed to appear for the ex- landslip of 2014 when more have been evacuated, said declared dead after due pro- Monday, was compelled to Land Use Policy journal of cies conflict, infringement Nine tourists were killed
amination will be allowed than 150 persons were official reports while the live- cess. abandon his visit after the January 2021. on local land usage and dam- after boulders fell on their
to attempt it this year with- killed. lihood of 1.95 lakh people is “After seeking the opinion helicopter in which he was The study, conducted bet- age by wildfires and land- vehicle in a landslip near
out having to re-qualify It is estimated that 1,028 said to have been hit in Kol- of the NDRF, the SDRF and travelling could not land ow- ween 2012 and 2016, used slips,” said Ms. Asher. Basteri in Kinnaur district on
through JEE-Main. villages have been afflicted hapur alone. The damage as- other rescue teams and res- ing to poor visibility. information from govern- She said studies show that July 25.
CBSE, UGC asked to assess Revenue from monuments down IN BRIEF
vaccination rate among staff Ticket sales fall from ₹336.23 crore in 2019-20 to ₹40.32 crore in 2020-2021
Damini Nath and Vijayakumar (Vijay Va- Rajya Sabha and the Lok
Immunisation is key to reopening educational institutions NEW DELHI santh), the Minister said the Sabha on Monday, acknow-
Ticket sales at monuments Centrally protected monu- ledged the inadequate bud-
Sidhu holds first meeting
Special Correspondent es, especially Classes 10 and fell from ₹336 crore in 2019- ments, including the World get of the Culture Ministry as
as Punjab Cong. chief
NEW DELHI 12. Several States have alrea- 20 to a little over ₹40 crore in Heritage Sites, were closed one of the biggest stumbling CHANDIGARH
Educational bodies under dy taken steps to encourage 2020-21, the year that saw for 61 days from April 16 to blocks. “The committee feels Days after taking charge as
the Central government vaccination among educa- the start of travel bans and June 15 during “lockdown that it is imperative for the the Punjab Congress chief,
have been asked to assess tional staff. The Delhi go- lockdowns due to the CO- 2.0 in view of COVID-19 sit- Ministry to seek the partici- Navjot Singh Sidhu on
the status of COVID-19 vacci- vernment set up a special VID-19 pandemic, according uation”, referring to the se- pation of private sector in or- Monday held his first
nation among staff and vaccination centre for teach- to Culture Ministry data gi- cond wave of the pandemic der to have the necessary in- meeting with four working
teachers in schools and col- ers and their families, while ven to the Lok Sabha on earlier this year. vestment needed to make presidents and
leges, according to a senior the Goa educational depart- Monday. The entrance to the Fatehpur our museums and archaeo- representatives of different
Education Ministry official. ment warned teachers that if In response to a question Sikri mosque, which is Funding ideas logical sites/monuments at wings of the party’s State
This comes amid demands they do not get vaccinated or from MPs Chandeshwar Pra- protected by the ASI. A “pay as you wish” entry fee par with international stan- unit. He had detailed
from a section of faculty, pa- do not have a medical ex- sad, Vinayak Raut and Rekha at monuments and outsourc- dards...,” the report said. discussions about rebuilding
rents and students that vac- emption, they may be re- Verma, Culture Minister G. a revenue of ₹336.23 crore, ing the maintenance of ar- The committee that is the organisation and
cination be made a pre-required to produce negative Kishan Reddy’s written reply while in 2018-19, there had chaeological sites were headed by T.G. Venkatesh re- strengthening the party, the
A teacher getting vaccinated
quisite for reopening RT-PCR tests on a weekly ba- said there were 1.19 crore vis- been 5.31 crore visitors and among the recommenda- commended that donation party said. He also met
at a camp organised in her
educational institutions to sis. Karnataka has launched itors at the Centrally protect- ₹317.2 crore in revenue. tions of the Parliamentary drives, including allowing representatives of the party’s
school.
ensure that the infection a drive to vaccinate all col- ed monuments and ₹40.32 While the ASI maintained Standing Committee on visitors to pay what they frontal organisations. PTI
does not spread on coverage. However, the offi- lege-going students and crore in revenue in 2020-21. 3,693 monuments across the Transport, Tourism and Cul- wish, beyond a minimum
campuses. cial said that there is no higher education faculty by In 2019-20, the Archaeologi- country, 143 of them were ture in its report on the con- amount, and corporate so- Biocon Biologics to make
The official said the Cen- move as of now to set a for- the end of July. cal Survey of India (ASI) ticketed, an ASI official said. dition of museums in the cial responsibility (CSR) in- monoclonal antibody
tral Board of Secondary Edu- mal deadline for mandatory The Education Ministry is monuments had seen 4.82 Replying to another ques- country. The panel’s report, itiatives be taken up. BENGALURU
cation (CBSE) and the Un- vaccination of teachers. likely to convene a virtual crore visitors that brought in tion by MPs Bhagwant Mann which was presented in the Biocon Biologics Ltd., a
iversity Grants Commission At a press conference last meeting of education offi- biosimilars firm and
(UGC) were among those week, Indian Council of cials in States — including subsidiary of Biocon Ltd., on
Monday said it had further
who had been asked to make
such an assessment regard-
ing vaccination of both
Medical Research (ICMR) Di-
rector General Balram Bhar-
gava had urged that not only
those in charge of schools,
higher education, technical
education and skill develop-
SC turns down plea of Gambhir foundation stepped up its fight against
COVID with the addition of a
novel antibody. The firm has
teaching and non-teaching teachers, but also all sup- ment and vocational educa-
Legal Correspondent been granted an exclusive
staff in institutions under port staff such as school bus tion — after Independence ic when medicines were tion’s lawyer, senior advo- Justice Shah asked the la-
NEW DELHI licence by the U.S.-based
their purview. Such data drivers should be vaccinated Day to take stock of the cur- scarce. cate Kailash Vasdev, that his wyer. The Bench advised the
Adagio Therapeutics to
could be key to decisions re- on a priority basis. He had rent situation after 16 The Supreme Court on Mon- “People were going hel- client was working for peo- foundation to move the Del-
manufacture and
garding reopening campus- suggested that it would be months of school closure. day refused to entertain a ter-skelter to procure drugs ple. Mr. Vasdev sought a stay hi High Court for relief. Mr. commercialise an antibody
es. wise to reopen the primary However, Education Mi- plea by BJP MP Gautam during the second wave. And of the proceedings initiated Vasdev withdrew the case. treatment based on ADG20
These regulatory and ad- school sections first, once nistry officials emphasised Gambhir’s foundation to stay then suddenly, one person under the Drugs and Cos- The Delhi government’s for India and select emerging
ministrative bodies have also staff are vaccinated, as that the onus for reopening the proceedings in a case of started distributing drugs. metics Act. drug controller had accused markets, it said in a
been asked to provide top- young children are at lower schools as well as for assess- illegal procurement and dis- This is not done,” Justice D.Y. “We saw how the com- the foundation in the High statement. ADG20, a novel
down encouragement and risk of infection. ing learning gaps caused by tribution of COVID-19 drugs, Chandrachud observed oral- mon man was suffering. In- Court of unauthorisedly monoclonal antibody, targets
pressure to speed up the Many States have begun the extended closures large- saying individuals cannot ly. Justice M.R. Shah, also on dividuals cannot distribute stocking, procuring and dis- the spike protein of
rate of vaccinations and reopening schools this ly rest with State monopolise the distribution the Bench, objected to the drugs... Do you want us to go tributing the Fabiflu medi- SARS-CoV-2 and related
move quickly toward 100% month for the higher class- governments. of drugs during the pandem- submissions of the founda- into the merits of this case?” cine for COVID-19 patients. coronaviruses.
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13 Really aced cooking this vegetable with a dal! (6) When Lord Narayana asked Brahma to create the world,
14 Anand, perhaps countered joke about a kind of Hindu philosophy (8) Brahma became very proud of himself. To teach him a les-
18 Survey is old and unfavourable, choose rejecting to participate (4,4) son, the Lord made two asuras — Madhu and Kaitabha —
20 Spy agitated by Marxist mentality (6) emerge from His ears, said V.S. Karunakarachariar in a dis-
23 Varying by the time of the year? Nothing's irrelevant in sales course. The two asuras stole the Vedas from Brahma. With-
modelling (8) out the Vedas, Brahma could not create. The two asuras had
25 Happens to be standing in cool wind (5) inadvertently uttered a beejakshara in the Durga mantra,
27 Behaviour of a certain tiger: primarily charges (7) and so Durga said they could ask for a boon. They requested
28 Active, ripped, hot gent wearing glasses (2,3,2) that they should die only if they wanted to. Durga granted
29 League’s leader drops out of final game for bribe! (6) them their wish. Because of Durga’s boon, it became diffi-
30 Once batter’s spooned, they might use their hands (8) cult to destroy them. Lord Narayana fought them for a thou-
■ DOWN sand years, but the fight was inconclusive.
1 Husband wrapped up in drapery after a big fall (9) Lord Narayana complimented them and said they fought
2 Outrage of upwardly mobile young man when under examination (7) well, and He could give them a boon. But they were so arro-
3 Coronets made with the top part of pretty flowering plant (9) gant that they told the Lord that they were powerful enough
4 Bat crossed the line, absolutely — guarantee! (6) to grant Him boons! So, the Lord said He wanted them both
6 Coins term in neuroscience (5) to die. They had not anticipated this. So, they said that if the
7 Shy about hugging, well, without restraints? Set boundaries! (7) Lord’s promise to give them a boon was still on, then they
8 Regularly gathered erotica for retired judge (4) would like to make use of it. The Lord assured them that His
Solution to puzzle 13309 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku offer was still very much there. They then said they wanted
10 Animal captures boy (quintessentially Watterson’s boy!) in intricate
trap (6) to be killed by Him, but this killing had to take place only in a
15 High? (Hesitate about appealing) (9) place where there was no water. The world had not taken
■ ACROSS 16 Exceptionally nice costs and special deliveries! (1-8) shape fully, because Brahma had not commenced his job of
1 She may be interested in taking some men out: essentially easy 17 Afghans avoiding alien spaces? (6) creation. The world was covered fully with water. So, the as-
going and without disrespectful speech (8) 19 Setter has set plenty without competence! (7) uras had assumed that killing them where there was no wa-
5 Transmitter’s extent of some long-wave signal cut back (6) 21 Foreigners popular for some eccentricity in Old Amsterdam, ter would be impossible. The Lord took the huge form of
9 So, Atlas Shrugged is not making a profit? (2,1,4) perhaps? (7) Hayagriva, placed the two asuras on His thigh, and slapped
10 Massaged closer, finding model's protective garment (7) 22 Tumour covered up in cream, oil, gelatin (6) them hard, crushing them in one blow. His hands became
11 Add fifty eggs at first and mix up (5) 24 Laugh very loudly after saucy comic operetta starts (5) coated with the fat from their bodies. The Lord rubbed this
12 Organelle initially released in intimate ecstasy (8) 26 Division of a million pence by one hundred (4) off on the earth. The earth came to be known as Medini, be-
cause ‘medas’ in Sanskrit means fat.
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Tunisian President sacks government ‘Stalemate’ in ties as U.S.,

Kais Saied orders Parliament closed for 30 days, a move the largest party decried as a ‘coup d’etat’ China officials trade barbs
Agence France-Presse warning that its members our forces will respond with
Tunis “will defend the revolution”. a rain of bullets”. Neither side appeared willing to concede ground in talks
Street clashes erupted on Tunisian police also shut-
Monday outside Tunisia’s Ar- Months-long deadlock tered the local bureau of Qa- Ananth Krishnan
my-barricaded Parliament, a The crisis follows months of tari-based Al Jazeera televi-
day after President Kais deadlock between the Presi- sion, the network’s Tunis Monday’s talks between se-
Saied ousted the Prime Mi- dent, the premier and En- director Lotfi Hajji said, nior American and Chinese
nister and suspended the le- nahdha chief Rached Ghan- warning that “what is hap- officials in the city of Tianjin
gislature, plunging the nouchi, which has crippled pening is very dangerous, it underlined a “stalemate” in
young democracy into a con- the COVID-19 response as is proof that freedom of the relations, officials said, as
stitutional crisis. deaths have surged to one of press is threatened”. both sides traded barbs and
Mr. Saied sacked Prime the world’s highest per capi- The President’s power- demands with little prospect
Minister Hichem Mechichi ta rates. The rivalry has grab sparked jubilant rallies of either appearing willing
and ordered Parliament blocked ministerial appoint- on Sunday by thousands of to concede any ground.
closed for 30 days, a move ments and diverted resourc- his supporters who flooded Chinese officials for the
the biggest political party On the boil: Security officers holding back protesters outside es from tackling economic the streets of the capital, first time presented “two Tough talks: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman
Ennahdha decried as a the Parliament in Tunis on Monday. AFP * and social problems. waving the national flag and lists” of demands to visiting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin. REUTERS *
“coup”, following a day of Mr. Saied declared that he sounding their car horns as U.S. Deputy Secretary of
angry street protests against Troops also surrounded cade on from Tunisia’s 2011 had “taken the necessary de- fireworks lit up the sky. State Wendy Sherman, while With”, the South China international rules-based or-
the government’s handling the office of Mr. Mechichi revolution, often held up as cisions to save Tunisia, the But the shock move was the U.S. side repeated its Morning Post reported. In der,” State Department spo-
of the COVID-19 pandemic. who was yet to officially the Arab Spring’s sole suc- state and the Tunisian peo- criticised abroad, with Ger- concerns over Xinjiang, the first, Beijing demanded kesperson Ned Price said in
Soldiers from early Mon- react to the events rocking cess story — comes even as ple,” after a day where street many urging a rapid “return Hong Kong and other Chi- Washington “unconditional- a statement.
day blockaded the Assembly the North African country. the Constitution enshrines a protests over COVID-19 to constitutional order”. nese actions — concerns that ly revoke the visa restric- “In particular, she raised
in Tunis while, outside, the On Monday afternoon, the parliamentary democracy. flared in multiple cities. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing has rebuffed as “in- tions over Communist Party our concerns about human
President’s backers hurled presidency announced the It “is a coup d’etat against The President, who under Turkey, where the govern- terference” in its internal af- of China (CPC) members and rights, including Beijing’s
stones, bottles and insults at dismissals of Defence Minis- the revolution and against the Constitution controls the ment supports Ennahdha, fairs. their families, revoke sanc- anti-democratic crackdown
supporters of the Islamist-inter Ibrahim Bartaji and Has- the Constitution,” Ennahd- armed forces, warned his said it was “deeply con- China’s Vice Foreign Mi- tions on Chinese leaders, of- in Hong Kong; the ongoing
spired Ennahdha, whose na Ben Slimane, the acting ha, the lead party in Tuni- opponents against taking up cerned” and called for “de- nister Xie Feng slammed ficials and government agen- genocide and crimes against
leader was barred entry to Justice Minister. sia’s ruling coalition, arms, threatening that if mocratic legitimacy” to be U.S. calls for a “rules-based cies, and remove visa humanity in Xinjiang; abus-
the complex. Mr. Saied’s move — a de- charged in a Facebook post, anyone “fires a single bullet, restored. international order” — calls restrictions on Chinese stu- es in Tibet; and the curtail-
also voiced by the U.S., In- dents”. Beijing has also ing of media access and free-
dia, Australia, Japan Quad asked the U.S. to revoke the dom of the press,” he said.
Solih asks Maldivians to rise against extremism

grouping — describing it as extradition request for Chi- “She also spoke about our
“an effort by the United nese tech giant Huawei’s concerns about Beijing’s
States and a few other West- chief financial officer Meng conduct in cyberspace;
ern countries to frame their Wangzhou, also the daught- across the Taiwan Strait; and
own rules as international er of Huawei founder Ren in the East and South China
President’s comments come after a direct link between them the problem in his speech on rules and impose them on Zhengfei, who has been un- Seas.” The Deputy Secretary
and ISIS has been found yet, Monday, President Solih em- other countries”. “The pur- der house arrest in Canada also raised concerns “about
Nasheed urged him to ‘course-correct’ the police chief told a media phasised that legal actions pose is to resort to the tactic pending extradition. the PRC’s unwillingness to
conference on Saturday. Ho- alone will not solve the is- of changing the rules to cooperate with the World
Meera Srinivasan rise against this dangerous wever, the suspects “support sues of religious extremism, make life easy for itself and Downturn in relations Health Organization and al-
COLOMBO movement,” he said, adding, ISIS”, and are involved in or blasphemy directed at Is- hard for others, and to intro- While the Chinese side en- low a second phase investi-
Maldives President Ibrahim “those countries, particular- “propagating the terror lam that caused “social dis- duce 'the law of the jungle' tirely blamed the U.S. for the gation in the PRC into CO-
Mohamed Solih on Monday ly a number of Islamic coun- group’s ideology” in the Mal- cord”. “The lasting solution where might is right and the downturn in relations, with VID-19’s origins”.
called upon citizens to rise tries embattled by war and dives, he said. to these two issues is instill- big bully the small,” the Chi- Mr. Xie accusing the U.S. of She also “affirmed the im-
against religious extremism, unrest have been swept by ing Islamic faith in our chil- nese Foreign Ministry quot- “treating China as an ima- portance of cooperation in
in order to safeguard the this very extremist ideology.” Recurring concern dren,” he said. His governed him as saying. gined enemy,” Ms. Sherman areas of global interest, such
country’s independence and The President’s reference Religious extremism has ment “exploring options” China put forward “two underlined U.S. concerns as the climate crisis, coun-
sovereignty. to threats of religious extre- been a recurring concern in within the education system lists” during the talks, called “about a range of PRC ac- ternarcotics, non-prolifera-
In a special address to mism comes weeks after Par- the Maldives, from where to resolve the matter. the “List of U.S. Wrongdo- tions that run counter to our tion, and regional concerns
Mohamed Solih
mark the Indian Ocean is- liamentary Speaker and dozens are known to have “As long as such divisive ings that Must Stop” and the values and interests and including DPRK, Iran, Af-
land nation’s 57th Indepen- former President Mohamed in the U.K, recovering from joined the Islamic State ter- forces exist in our society, “List of Key Individual Cases those of our allies and partn- ghanistan, and Burma,” the
dence Day, Mr. Solih said Nasheed urged him to the multiple injuries sus- ror group as fighters in Syria our peace and harmony will that China Has Concerns ers, and that undermine the State Department said.
some “erroneously” believe “course-correct before it is tained in an explosion target- and Iraq. Further, extremist be at persistent risk of dis-
in and “propagandise too late”, amid a growing rift ing him in Male on May 6. groups in the Maldives have ruption. Our position to
bloodshed” in the name of
Islam. “Everyone of us who
between the two leaders
from the country’s ruling
Maldivian police who
termed the incident a “terror
in the past been linked to the
murder cases of dissident
manage other major crises
will be consequently wea- WIll accept ‘U.K. could bar China firm
wish to safeguard the inde- Maldivian Democratic Party attack” have so far arrested journalists and bloggers who kened if we allow our nation-
woman linked
pendence and sovereignty of
the Maldives must readily
(MDP).
Mr. Nasheed is currently
10 persons in connection
with the case. No evidence of
sought to challenge their ide-
ology. While acknowledging
al affairs to spiral to that ex-
tent,” President Solih said.
to IS: Ardern
from nuclear projects’
Agence France-Presse Times newspaper.
46 Afghan ‘Afghan conflict is having devastating impact’ British government
Agence France-Presse London
Wellington Britain is investigating ways sources said the decision
soldiers seek New Zealand announced
on Monday it would accept
to block China’s state-
owned nuclear energy com-
could also impact another
planned plant in Essex,
refuge in Pak. Around 1,659 civilians killed, 3,254 wounded in first half of 2021, says UN report a woman linked to the Is- pany from all future power southeast England.
lamic State group and her projects in the U.K., amid It comes as U.K.-China re-
Agence France-Presse “I implore the Taliban and two children. chilling relations between lations have become in-
Reuters Kabul Afghan leaders to take heed The New Zealand-born London and Beijing, accord- creasingly strained on is-
Islamabad The United Nations warned to the conflict’s grim and woman — widely identified ing to reports Monday. sues ranging from
Forty-six Afghan soldiers on Monday that Afghanistan chilling trajectory and its de- as Suhayra Aden — moved The move could see Chi- espionage and cyberattacks
sought refuge in Pakistan could see the highest num- vastating impact on to Australia at age six and na General Nuclear (CGN) to human rights and Hong
after losing control of mili- ber of civilian deaths in more civilians.” was a dual national until excluded from several pro- Kong.
tary positions across the than a decade if the Taliban’s During the first half of Canberra stripped her of jects, including a consorti- CGN is already working
border following advances offensives across the country 2021, some 1,659 civilians citizenship last year. um planning to build a nu- with France’s EDF in the
by Taliban insurgents, Pa- are not halted. were killed and another Australian PM Scott Mor- clear plant on the Suffolk construction of a nuclear
kistan’s Army said on Violence has surged since 3,254 wounded, the UNAMA rison had said “terrorists coast in eastern England, ac- plant at Hinkley Point, in
Monday. May when the insurgents report said — a 47% increase who fought with terrorism cording to the Financial southwest England.
Hundreds of Afghan Ar- cranked up operations to on the same period last year. organisations” have forfeit-
my soldiers and civil offi- coincide with a final withdra- Mounting toll: A convoy of Afghan Special Forces at a The rise in civilian casual- ed their citizenship.
cials have fled to Tajikistan, wal of U.S.-led foreign forces. checkpost in the Kandahar province on July 13. REUTERS * ties was particularly sharp in New Zealand PM Jacinda
Iran and Pakistan in recent In a report released on May and June with 783 civi- Ardern said cancelling her
weeks after Taliban offen- Monday documenting civi- mission began reporting ov- “Unprecedented numbers lians killed and 1,609 citizenship would leave
sives in border areas. The lian casualties for the first er a decade ago. of Afghan civilians will per- wounded, it added. “Particu- them stateless. “They are
Afghan military comman- half of 2021, the UN Assis- It also warned that Afghan ish and be maimed this year larly shocking and of deep not Turkey’s responsibility,
der requested refuge at the tance Mission in Afghanistan troops and pro-government if the increasing violence is concern is that women, boys and with Australia refusing
border crossing in Chitral (UNAMA) said it expected fi- forces were responsible for a not stemmed,” UNAMA head and girls made up of close to to accept the family, that
in the north, the Army gures to touch their highest quarter of all civilian Deborah Lyons said in a half of all civilian casualties,” makes them ours,” she said
said. single-year levels since the casualties. statement. the report said. in a statement on Monday.
ELSEWHERE Southern Europe battles wildfires

as north cleans up after floods
France, Greece send aircraft to tackle Italy fires
Lebanon picks billionaire

Mikati as Prime Minister
BEIRUT
Leading Lebanese
businessman Najib Mikati
secured enough votes in
parliamentary consultations
on Monday to be designated
the next Prime Minister,
raising hopes for an urgently
needed government to tackle
a crippling financial crisis. Mr.
Mikati received 72 out of 118 Situation worsens: A firefighting helicopter in front of a thick cloud of smoke
votes in Parliament. Lebanon from a forest fire at Spathovouni village, near Corinth, in Greece. AP *
has been run by a caretaker

administration for nearly a Reuters Greece reinforced efforts to battle
year. REUTERS Athens blazes. More than 4,000 hectares of
Wildfires burned in regions across forest were destroyed in the fire.
Junta cancels results southern Europe on Monday, fuelled In Spain, the northeastern region
of Myanmar polls by hot weather and strong winds, as of Catalonia saw more than 1,500
YANGON
some northern countries cleaned up hectares destroyed near Santa Colo-
Myanmar’s junta on Monday
after a weekend of torrential rain ma de Queralt, forcing dozens to be
cancelled the results of 2020
and flooding. evacuated, although the blazes were
polls won by Aung San Suu
Kyi’s party, announcing they
In Greece, Prime Minister Kyria- 90% stabilized on Monday, firefight-
were not “free and fair”, kos Mitsotakis said firefighters had ers and authorities said.
almost six months after battled around 50 fires during the Conditions in southern Europe
deposing the Nobel laureate past 24 hours and it was likely there were in sharp contrast to the rain-
in a coup. Investigations had would be more with meteorologists storms that lashed northern coun-
uncovered more than 11 warning that a further heatwave was tries from Austria to U.K. following
million cases of fraud, the in prospect. the catastrophic flooding in Germa-
junta’s Election Commission On the Italian island of Sardinia, ny and neighbouring countries last
said. AFP firefighting planes from France and week.
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Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 682.80. . . . . . . . . 2.75
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3061.20. . . . . . -22.55 ‘Modest fiscal support to SMEs, low-income groups may cause deep scarring’ Axis Bank on Monday saw MUMBAI likely to argue
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 756.30. . . . . . . . . 0.90 its net profit almost double Describing the recent two against a hasty
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3836.35. . . . . . . . -5.55 Special Correspondent the April-June quarter. to ₹2,160.15 crore in the consecutive spikes in retail withdrawal of
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. 13525.05. . . . . 323.85
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6162.45. . . . . . -18.45
NEW DELHI “Even in India and Indo- June quarter on the back of inflation beyond 6% as a policy support
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 544.05. . . . . . . . -4.25 High commodity prices have nesia, where exports make healthy loan-book growth ‘transitory hump,’ a Wall
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 456.00. . . . . . . . -5.35 boosted the value of India’s up relatively small shares of and a fall in bad loan provi- Street brokerage said it ex- the August 6 policy, over-
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3482.00. . . . . . . 42.20
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 950.55. . . . . . . . . 2.55 exports, which have hit a re- the economy, high commod- sions. The lender had post- pects the RBI to overlook it looking the ‘transitory
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 144.00. . . . . . . . -0.10 cord $95 billion in the first ity prices have boosted the ed net profit of ₹1,112.17 and unanimously stick to hump’ in inflation,” Bank of
Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 4921.15. . . . . . . 96.40 quarter of 2021 and out- value of exports. This is one the dovish stance at the America Securities (BofA)
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 5411.25. . . . . . -10.90
crore a year earlier.
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. . . . 2563.20. . . . . . . 13.55 bound trade is likely to lead factor that helped reinvigo- Total income rose to forthcoming policy review, India house economists
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1550.25. . . . . . . . . 0.75 the country towards a recov- rate India after its first devas- ₹19,591.63 crore from though further upward revi- said. “Thereafter, the nor-
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1000.30. . . . . . . . . 6.30 ery after the pandemic’s tating wave of COVID-19,” the sion of its already-revised in- malisation path will depend
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2464.30. . . . . . -18.20
₹19,032.15 crore, according
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1434.55. . . . . . . . -8.20 ‘one-two punch’ hit the eco- firm said in its report. to a regulatory filing. Se- flation target is more likely. on the evolution of growth,
HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 663.10. . . . . . . . -2.25 nomy, Moody’s Analytics “[India has] suffered leng- quentially, it was down The Reserve Bank-led inflation and the pandemic.
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2810.25. . . . . . -24.75
said in a report on Monday. A leg-up: Higher commodity prices have helped reinvigorate thy economic shutdowns, from ₹20,162.76 crore in monetary policy panel The governor is likely to reit-
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 400.05. . . . . . . . . 8.30
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2348.70. . . . . . . . -9.40 Stating that India is strug- India after the COVID-19 first wave, the firm said. FILE PHOTO
* accompanied by only mod- the quarter ended March (MPC) is scheduled to an- erate a dovish message and
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 676.75. . . . . . . . . 0.10 gling to accelerate COVID-19 est fiscal support provided to 2021. Interest income fell nounce the third monetary argue against a hasty with-
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 981.30. . . . . . . . -8.00
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1603.90. . . . . . . 13.45
vaccination, the firm reck- vels of vaccination later, the key factors adversely af- SMEs and low-income hou- to ₹16,003.46 crore in Q1 policy review on August 6, drawal of monetary policy
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 104.65. . . . . . . . -1.35 oned that ‘herd resilience’ — among India’s peers in the fecting economies. seholds, that could lead to FY22 from ₹16,445.47 crore amid the continuing spike in support,” they added.
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 211.15. . . . . . . . -1.25 when 65% of the population region. In an economic out- very deep and lasting scar- a year earlier. However, in- retail inflation that has But they were quick to
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 704.55. . . . . . -13.00
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1740.60. . . . . . . 17.65
is fully immunised — is now look report on the Asia Pacif- ‘Exports, a lifeline’ ring as they struggle to reo- come on investments rose breached the 6% upper-tole- warn that abnormally high
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1597.60. . . . . . -14.15 expected in the fourth quar- ic Region titled ‘The Delta It termed exports a lifeline pen businesses, pay back to ₹3,428.20 crore from rance level for the past two crude prices may force the
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 754.30. . . . . . . . -9.90 ter of 2022. Only Indonesia, Roadblock’, the financial in- for the region which are now loans, or find employment ₹2,973 crore. The loan consecutive months. Reserve Bank to adapt to the
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7235.80. . . . . . -58.05
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 18101.35. . . . . . -42.60
Philippines and Thailand are telligence firm said the delta well above pre-pandemic le- as the economy finally recov- book grew 12% “We expect the MPC to normalisation process soon-
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 119.35. . . . . . . . . 0.85 expected to reach those le- variant of COVID-19 is among vels and continued to rise in ers,” it concluded. year-on-year. stick with a dovish pause in er than later.
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 114.55. . . . . . . . -0.75
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 232.70. . . . . . . . -0.30
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2076.85. . . . . . -28.85
SBI Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1076.65. . . . . . . 26.20
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 423.30. . . . . . . . -5.60
Shree Cement . . . . . . . .. 27968.30. . . . . . -18.10
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 703.40. . . . . . . . . 9.40
‘Indian airports turned ‘Orders passed
in 166 cases for
L&T Q1 profit zooms to Equitas parent,
SFB to merge
Tata Consumer
Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 776.35. . . . . . . . . 1.20
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 293.15. . . . . . . . -2.40
₹7,000-crore loss in FY21’ ₹8,216-cr. tax’ ₹1,531 crore on higher income on November 1
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1297.95. . . . . . . 16.55
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3197.55. . . . . . -15.30 AAI accounted for 69% of losses: CAPA
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . 1120.20. . . . . . -10.80 Press Trust of india Special Correspondent
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1722.85. . . . . . . 21.90
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 7616.70. . . . . 126.40 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New delhi ‘New orders grow 13%; external demand strengthening’ CHENNAI
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 819.95. . . . . . . . . 0.25 NEW DELHI More than 107 prosecution The board of Equitas Hold-
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 590.45. . . . . . . . -8.70 Indian airport operators are complaints have been filed Press Trust of India water supply, minerals and ings Ltd. (EHL) on Monday
estimated to have posted a under the Black Money New delhi metals, residential, power approved the scheme of
EXCHANGE RATES consolidated loss before tax (Undisclosed Foreign In- Infrastructure major Larsen transmission and distribu- amalgamation with subsi-
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit of ₹7,000 crore in FY21 com- come and Assets) and Im- & Toubro (L&T) on Monday tion, power and hydrocar- diary Equitas Small Fi-
except yen at 4 p.m. on July 26
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
pared with a profit of ₹5,160 position of Tax Act, 2015, posted a more than twofold bon offshore sectors. Inter- nance Bank Ltd. (ESFBL).
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 74.22. . . . . . . 74.54 crore in FY20, according to Minister of State for Fi- jump in consolidated profit national orders comprised The appointed date for
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 87.53. . . . . . . 87.91 aviation consultancy CAPA. nance Pankaj Chaudhary after tax to ₹1,531.66 crore 34% of order inflow. the scheme is November 1,
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.39. . . . 102.83 Of the losses, the Airports for the quarter ended June, With expectation of a re-
said in a written reply to a 2021, EHL said in a filing.
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 67.27. . . . . . . 67.57
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.45. . . . . . . 11.50 Authority of India (AAI) ac- question in Lok Sabha. helped by higher income. peat normal monsoon, the For every 100 shares of
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 80.85. . . . . . . 81.20 counted for 69% with the As on May 31, assess- A year earlier, “net profit agriculture sector is likely to EHL, shareholders will get
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 54.57. . . . . . . 54.83 after tax from continuing op- remain buoyant, it said, ad-
balance incurred by airports DA declined from ₹9,420 ment orders were passed 226 shares in ESFBL. Ear-
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 59.12. . . . . . . 59.38
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.54. . . . . . . 17.62 operating under public-priv- crore in FY20 to ₹1,500 in 166 cases, wherein a de- erations & discontinued op- ding the economy is expect- lier this month, Equitas
Source:Indian Bank ate partnership (PPP). crore in FY21. mand of ₹8,216 crore has erations” was at ₹543.93 gional lockdowns, shortage ed to gain lost ground, aided SFB had received Reserve
The combined operating In addition, airport-based been raised. Besides, un- crore, L&T said in a filing. of industrial oxygen and by the fiscal stimulus pack- Bank’s nod to apply for
revenue of the airports de- concessionaires such as re- disclosed income of about Total income in the April- supply chain disruptions. ages announced, adoption amalgamation of the pro-
clined by an estimated tail, duty-free, food and bev- ₹8,465 crore has been June quarter of FY22 rose to International revenues at of new COVID compatible moter into itself, in com-
64.1% to ₹8,310 crore in erage outlets lost ₹7,900- brought to tax and a penal- ₹29,982.70 crore from ₹11,186 crore constituted occupational models by bu- pliance with SFB norms
IN BRIEF FY21. However, as most air- ₹11,600 crore in FY21 taking ty of ₹1,294 crore levied in ₹22,037.37 crore. 38% of total revenue. The sinesses and vaccination ef- that mandate the promoter
port expenses are fixed, the the total losses for the sector HSBC cases. In the Panama The engineering and con- company bagged orders forts gathering momentum. to lower stake in the subsi-
airports saw their operating to ₹14,900-₹18,600 crore. and Paradise Papers cases, struction conglomerate’s ex- worth ₹26,557 crore at the With external demand diary to 40% within 5 years
costs decline by only 13.8%, CAPA forecasts FY22 loss- undisclosed credits of penses were at ₹27,708.08 group level during the quar- strengthening, a rebound in of the SFB beginning oper-
said CAPA in its Indian Air- es for operators to be com- ₹20,078 crore and ₹246 crore as against ₹21,367.63 ter, a growth of 13%. Orders global trade is expected, ations. As of June 30, EHL
port Outlook report. parable with those of FY21 crore, respectively, have crore earlier. Project pro- were received in various seg- providing a fillip to the coun- held 81.75% in Equitas SFB.
The airport sector’s EBIT- at ₹7,010 crore. been detected. gress was impacted with re- ments across metros, rural try’s exports, it said. (With PTI inputs)
Govt. cuts import levy on

Masoor Dal to 10%
NEW DELHI
Rane Brake Tata Motors Q1 net loss Byju’s buys Auto parts sector likely ‘NPAs fell to
Lining turns Great Learning ₹8.34 lakh cr.
The government has reduced
the effective customs duty
payable on imports of Masoor ₹1.73-cr. profit narrows to ₹4,450 crore for $600 mn to grow 20-23%: ICRA at March-end’
Dal from 30% to 10%, the
Finance Ministry said, citing Revenue surges to ₹66,406 crore ‘Strong demand, low base to aid growth’
Special Correspondent Special Correspondent Press Trust of India
‘public interest’ and added
CHENNAI Special Correspondent Bengaluru Special Correspondent New Delhi
this will bring down the retail
price of the lentil. The latest Rane Brake Lining Ltd. has MUMBAI Edtech platform Byju’s has NEW DELHI Non-performing assets
notification, issued by the reported a standalone net Tata Motors Ltd. said its acquired Singapore-based The Indian auto compo- (NPAs) or bad loans of
Central Board of Indirect profit of ₹1.73 crore for Q1 consolidated first-quarter Great Learning in a deal va- nents industry is expected banks have declined by
Taxes and Customs, does not FY22 against a loss of ₹6.89 net loss narrowed to ₹4,450 lued at $600 million. to witness a 20-23% growth ₹61,180 crore to ₹8.34 lakh
mention a cut-off date. crore in the year-earlier pe- crore compared with ₹8,444 Great learning focuses in revenues in the current fi- crore at the end of March
riod. Revenue from opera- crore loss in Q1 FY21. on professional and higher nancial year on the back of 31, 2021, as result of va-
Coromandel Q1 profit tions more than doubled to Consolidated revenue education. strong demand in domestic rious steps taken by the go-
surges 35% as sales rise ₹94 crore, the firm said in a more than doubled to Byju’s said it would in- as well as global markets, vernment, Minister of State
HYDERABAD regulatory filing. ₹66,406 crore. vest a further $400 million, aided by the low base, rat- for Finance Bhagwat K. Ka-
Agri-solutions provider “Q1FY22 was an eventful Retail sales at JLR rose making a total commit- ings agency ICRA said on rad said on Monday.
Coromandel International quarter with the country 68% to 1,24,537 vehicles as The Indian operations of ment of $1 billion in the Monday. supported by strong trac- Scheduled commercial
has reported an almost 35% weathering the second professional upskilling and The agency noted that tion in the key markets of banks were carrying NPAs
customer offtake continued Tata Motors showed signifi-
rise in consolidated net profit
wave of coronavirus,” said to recover from the impact cant improvement. Howev- life-long learning space. the industry bounced back the U.S. and Europe, it said. worth ₹8.96 lakh crore on
to ₹338 crore for the quarter
L. Ganesh, chairman, Rane of the pandemic. However er, the second COVID wave “With this acquisition, By- ‘handsomely’ during the se- “‘COVID 2.0’ applied a their balance sheet at the
ended June on higher sales.
Group. “Plants operated shortage of semiconductor along with the supply issues ju’s would expand... cond half of last fiscal temporary brake on the au- end of March 2020. As a re-
Total income stood at ₹3,686
crore (₹3,224 crore). The
during the quarter albeit at supplies constrained pro- slowed down the growth beyond the K12 and test- (FY21), with many auto com- to component industry’s result of government’s strate-
healthy show was driven by lower utilisation levels. duction resulting in a pre- momentum. prep segments,” it said in a ponents suppliers register- covery prospects in Q1 gy NPAs have since de-
strong revenue growth in the “Demand environment tax loss of £110 million. As a result the company statement. “Great Learning ing record revenue and pro- FY22,” said Ashish Modani, clined to ₹7,39,541 crore on
crop-protection business and in India looks encouraging Revenue rose 74% to £5 reported standalone pre-tax would continue... as an in- fits during the fourth V-P and sector head, ICRA. March 31, 2019, ₹6,78,317
sustained performance in the for the upcoming quarter. billion, 73.7% higher than Q1 loss of ₹1,314 crore for Q1 dependent entity of Byju’s quarter. Exports, which ac- “The aftermarket sales crore on March 31, 2020,
nutrient and allied However, commodity price of FY21, reflecting a 73% FY22 against a loss of ₹2,191 under the leadership of its count for 29% of the indus- were also impacted for close and further to ₹6,16,616
businesses, said Sameer increase remains a con- year-on-year growth in who- crore. Revenue surged four- founder and CEO, Mohan try’s turnover, also wit- to 4-6 weeks, because of the crore as on March 31, 2021
Goel, managing director. cern,” he added. lesales to 84,442 vehicles. fold to ₹11,904 crore. Lakhamraju, it added. nessed healthy recovery, lockdowns,” he added. (provisional data), he said.
SPORT
Ramkumar happy despite losing in the final RACING
TENNIS
round of the Newport ATP
Ashwa Bravo obliges in Three Wishes Plate
event last week. HYDERABAD: Trainer M. Srinivas FIRE POWER (Trevor) 1, Chelten- Aditya P. Thackersey & Mr. M. Trainer: M. Srinivas Reddy.
Kamesh Srinivasan After the heart-breaking Reddy’s Ashwa Bravo (P. Trevor ham (N.B. Kuldeep) 2, Explosive Satyanarayana. Trainer: L.V.R. 7. RANDOM HARVEST PLATE
up) claimed the Three Wishes (Gaurav Singh) 3 and Royal Pal Deshmukh. (1,400m), 5-y-o & upward, rated
New Delhi 9-11 loss in the fifth set of the Plate, the feature event of the (Nakhat Singh) 4. 4-1/2, 1/2 and 2. 5. SCARLET PRINCE PLATE (DIV. I) 40 to 65: ASHWA YASHOBALI
Eighth seed Ramkumar Ra- final qualifying round in opening day of the monsoon sea- 1m, 26.72s. ₹13 (w), 11, 66 and 34 (1,100m), 4-y-o & upward, rated (Gaurav Singh) 1, Maxwell (Ajeeth
son races, here on Monday ( July (p). SHP: 234, THP: 72, FP: 339, Q: 20 to 45: APPENZELLE (Akshay Kumar) 2, Full Volume (Chouhan)
manathan was defeated 7-6 Wimbledon, the 227th 26). 283, Tanala: 11,164. Favourite: Kumar) 1, Star Racer (Ajeeth Ku- 3 and King Maker (Surya Prakash)
(4), 6-2 by sixth seed Mitchell ranked Ramkumar has The winner is owned by Mr. Zav- Fire Power. mar) 2, Blink Of An Eye (N.B. 4. Not run: Kesariya Balam, Balius
Krueger of the US in the final stepped up his performance aray S. Poonawalla, Mrs. Behroze Owners: Col. S.B. Nair & Miss Kuldeep) 3 and Hidden Hope and Mystery. 1/2, 2 and 1-1/2. 1m,
Z. Poonawalla rep. Poonawalla Ameeta Mehra. Trainer: L.V.R. (Santosh Raj N R) 4. Not run: Bed- 26.98s. ₹37 (w), 13, 14 and 13 (p).
of the $52,080 Challenger with increased confidence. Racing & Breeding Private Lim- Deshmukh. ford and Berkeley. 2-1/2, 1 and Sh. SHP: 37, THP: 47, FP: 180, Q: 112,
tennis tournament in Cary, ited, Mr. Yohan Z. Poonawalla, 3. CON AMORE PLATE (DIV. I) 1m, 06.82s. ₹22 (w), 12, 75 and 41 Tanala: 439. Favourite: Full
Taste of Grand Slam Ms. Delna Z. Poonawalla & Ms. Si- (1,20m), (Terms) Maiden, 3-y-o (p). SHP: 347, THP: 106, FP: 836, Volume. Owner: Mrs. Anita
USA. mone Z. Poonawalla & Mr. only (Cat. II): SIYAVASH (Ashad As- Q: 749, Tanala: 23,548. Favourite: Chauhan. Trainer: M. Srinivas
The 26-year-old Ramku- He did get the taste of play- Ravinder Pal Singh Chauhan. bar) 1, City Of Bliss (Ajeeth Ku- Hidden Hope. Owner: Mr. S. Reddy.
mar was pleased with his ing in his first Grand Slam as P. Trevor stole the limelight by mar) 2, Hard To Toss (B.R. Ku- Pathy. Trainer: D. Netto. 8. SCARLET PRINCE PLATE (DIV. II)
riding four winners, while train- mar) 3 and Paladino (Kuldeep 6. THREE WISHES PLATE
fighting performance as he he got into the mixed dou- Singh) 4. 1/2, 2 and 1-1/4. 1m, (1,200m), rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II):
(1,100m) 4-y-o & upward, rated 20
ers M. Srinivas Reddy and L.V.R. to 45: COLACHEL BATTLE (Trevor)
had won his first four rounds bles draw with Ankita Raina, Deshmukh saddled three winners 13.76s. ₹43 (w), 13, 13 and 43 (p). ASHWA BRAVO (Trevor) 1, House 1, Thunder Road (Kuldeep Singh)
and ended up playing Rohan each. SHP: 33, THP: 90, FP: 140, Q: 69, Of Diamonds (Akshay Kumar) 2,
in three sets each. It includ- Vijays Simha (Chouhan) 3 and La-
2, Gusty Note (A.A. Vikrant) 3 and
1. CON AMORE PLATE (DIV. II) Tanala: 1,411. Favourite: City Of Amyra (N.B. Kuldeep) 4. Hd, 2-1/2
ed a victory over second Bopanna and Sania Mirza in Bliss. Owners: Mr. S. Daljeet Singh gos (A.A. Vikrant) 4. Not run:
(1,200m), (Terms) Maiden, 3-y-o and 1. 1m, 07.35s. ₹15 (w), 12, 61
seed and compatriot Praj- the first round. only (Cat. II): BY THE BAY & Mr. Mohammed Rashed Ali Chuckit. 3-1/2, 2-1/4 and Nk. 1m, and 18 (p). SHP: 192, THP: 53, FP:
(Chouhan) 1, Total Darc (Afroz Khan. Trainer: M. Srinivas Reddy. 12.26s. ₹12 (w), 12, 10 and 13 (p).
nesh Gunneswaran. “It was a wonderful feel- SHP: 22, THP: 29, FP: 33, Q: 27,
490, Q: 607, Tanala: 2,072. Fa-
Khan) 2, Maximum Glamour (Ak- 4. TENACITY PLATE (DIV. I) vourite: Colachel Battle. Owner:
“It was a long week for ing, playing first time in shay Kumar) 3 and Angelita (R. (1,400m), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): Tanala: 68. Favourite: Ashwa Col. S.B. Nair. Trainer: L.V.R.
me, but a good one here in Wimbledon. It was an ex- Manish) 4. 6, 5 and 1/2. 1m, 13.33s. FRANCIS BACON (Trevor) 1, Ashwa Bravo. Owners: Mr. Zavaray S. Deshmukh.
Good augury: Ramkumar was pleased with his performance in ₹12 (w), 11, 17 and 12 (p). SHP: 51, Arjun (Rafique Sk) 2, Just Incred- Poonawalla, Mrs. Behroze Z.
North Carolina. I could sus- tremely tight last round of THP: 43, FP: 85, Q: 80, Tanala: ible (Ajeeth Kumar) 3 and King Poonawalla rep. Poonawalla Ra- Jackpot: 70%: ₹2,521 (124 tkts.)
the Challenger event. FILE PHOTO
*
and 30%: 683 (196 tkts.).

tain a good game thanks to qualifying event, but I will 188. Favourite: By The Bay. Roger (Koushik) 4. 2-3/4, Sh and 2. cing & Breeding Private Limited,
the grace of God. Also, I was match, and he guided me Incidentally, it was Krueg- take the positives and keep Owner: Mr. Teja Gollapudi. 1m, 27.39s. ₹40 (w) 14, 130 and 10 Mr. Yohan Z. Poonawalla, Ms. Treble: (i) 165 (166 tkts.), (ii) 411
Trainer: Laxman Singh. (p). SHP: 355, THP: 51, FP: 1,687, Delna Z. Poonawalla & Ms. Si- (41 tkts.), (iii) 233 (140 tkts.).
in touch with coach T. Chan- well. I am grateful to him,” er who had beaten Ramku- working hard,” said Q: 771, Tanala: 2,436. Favourite: mone Z. Poonawalla & Mr.
2. TENACITY PLATE (DIV. II) Mini Jackpot: (i) 523 (45 tkts.), (ii)
drasekaran sir before every said Ramkumar. mar in the second qualifying Ramkumar. (1,400m) rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): Just Incredible. Owners: Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh Chauhan. 654 (64 tkts.).
CM A ND-NDE
YK
THE HINDU
DELHI
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Sharath surmounts Apolonia’s challenge Mirabai accorded INDIANS IN ACTION

Badminton: Men’s doubles
Manika unable to handle 10th seed Polcanova; Sutirtha blown away by Fu Yu in second round
a grand reception (group stage): R. Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty vs
Sean Vendy & Ben Lane (GBr),
8.30 a.m.
Says she was confident of doing her Boxing: Women's welter-
TABLE TENNIS
best and returning with a medal weight (round of 16): Lovlina
Borgohain vs Nadine Aptez
lemma. After all, it was a (Ger), 10.55 a.m.
clash between his partners Hockey: Men (Pool A): vs
for India and UTT franchise. Spain, 6.30 a.m.
Sailing: Women: Laser Radial
Forehand targeted (from 8.35 a.m.): Nethra Ku-
The left-handed Polcanova manan.
gave an exhibition of how to Men: Laser (from 8.45 a.m.):
negate the advantage that Ma- Vishnu Saravanan.
Amol Karhadkar nika derives from her long- 49er (from 11.20 a.m.): K.C.
pimpled rubber that she pref- Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar.
Shooting: Mixed 10m air pis-
A . Sharath Kamal, the flag-
bearer of Indian table
tennis, entered the round of
ers to use on the backhand.
For a majority of the first
three games, Polcanova tar-
tol: Manu Bhaker and Saurabh
Chaudhary, Yashaswini Singh
Deswal and Abhishek Verma.
32 in men’s singles while the geted Manika’s forehand and Qualification stage 1, 5.30
country’s campaign in wo- the European was far too su- a.m.; qualification stage 2, 6.15
men’s singles ended on Mon- perior and quick in the rally. a.m.; bronze medal match,
day in Tokyo. Despite getting her act to- 7.30 a.m.; gold medal match,
Sharath overcame stiff re- Winning gameplan: A. Sharath Kamal used his power-packed backhand to precision gether in the fourth set, Mani- 8.05 a.m.
sistance from Portugal’s Tia- to subdue his UTT teammate, Portugal’s Tiago Apolonia. AP * ka couldn’t snatch a set from Mixed 10m air rifle: Elavenil
go Apolonia to make it to the her fancied opponent to go Mobbed: Security personnel had their hands full as they Valarivan and Divyansh Singh
down 11-8, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7 in 27 escorted Mirabai on her arrival in New Delhi. R.V. MOORTHY * Panwar, Anjum Moudgil and
third round. While 10th seed sistance against 32nd seed Fu Chennai teammate in the Ul- champion Ma Long of China.
Deepak Kumar. Qualification
Sofia Polcanova of Austria Yu of Portugal. timate Table Tennis league in Later as Manika — a day af- minutes. stage 1, 9.45 a.m.; qualification
Kamesh Srinivasan tion of ₹60 lakh that we
proved too hot to handle for Sharath, seeded 20th, six games. Sharath won 2-11, ter surprising 20th seed Mar- In the women’s second stage 2, 10.30 a.m.; bronze
NEW DELHI could train in the US. The re-
Manika Batra in the women’s used his power-packed back- 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9. garyta Pesotska of Ukraine — round, Sutirtha lost 11-3, 11-3, medal match, 11.45 a.m.; gold
Olympic silver medallist Mi- ward for that training came
third round, Sutirtha Muk- hand winners to precision Sharath will next face de- took to the table, Sharath 11-5, 11-5 to the 42-year-old medal match, 12.20 p.m.
rabai Chanu returned from in the Asian Championship.
herjee failed to put up any re- while overpowering his fending Olympic and World may have been in a bit of a di- veteran of Chinese origin. Table tennis: Men's singles
Tokyo to a rousing welcome Later, before the Olympics
(third round): Sharath Kamal
amidst tight security at the we got the clearance and US
vs Ma Long (Chn), 8.30 a.m.
Indira Gandhi International visa in time to train tension-
INDIAN ODYSSEY
Archery: Men's team: Quar-
Bhavani makes history but goes down fighting Airport here on Monday.
Quite thoughtfully, Mira-
bai retained her face shield
free when TOPS sanctioned
₹75 lakh.
That played a huge role in
GOLDIES
terfinals: Atanu Das, Pravin and mask when she was es- this Olympic medal. If TOPS
Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai FENCING corted by security person- had not supported this well,
lost to Kim Je Deok, Kim
nel and other officers. the result may not have
Woo-jin and Oh Jin-Hyek K. Keerthivasan
(Kor) 0-6; 1/8 eliminations: “It is a fruit of five years of been that great,” said Vijay.
bt Ilfat Abdullin, Denis Gan-
kin, and Sanzhar Mussayev
B havani Devi created his-
tory as she became the
first Indian fencer to partici-
hard work. I learnt a lot
from the Rio failure. Win-
Both Mirabai and the
coach said that it could have
(Kaz) 6-2. ning an Olympic medal was been a far better fight for the
Badminton: Men’s doubles pate in the Olympics and al- my dream. gold against the Chinese,
(group stage): Satwiksairaj so register a win. but for the 49kg lifter facing
“I was confident that I
Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Her campaign, however, would do my best and re- a ‘biological situation’, a day
lost to Marcus Fernaldi Gide- came to an end as she lost to prior to the competition.
turn with a medal this time.
on & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo fourth-seeded Manon Bru-
(Ina) 13-21, 12-21. I am very happy,” said “I was tense. I thought
net of France 15-7 in the wo- Mirabai. that it would have been bet-
Boxing: Men’s middleweight
men’s sabre second round ter if it had not happened at
(round of 32): Ashish Kumar
lost to Tuoheta Erbieke (Chn). on Monday. Top support this time. Then, I told myself
Fencing: Women’s Sabre indi- It was always going to be While Mirabai thanked the that it keeps happening. So,
vidual: Table of 32: Bhavani difficult for Bhavani against Prime Minister and Sports better to forget about it, and Hancock... third gold in
Devi lost to Manon Brunet the Frenchwoman, ranked Ministry (for the Target focus on my competition,” skeet after 2008 and 2012
(Fra) 7-15; Table of 64: bt Na- third in the world. In fact, Olympic Podium Scheme) Mirabai said about dealing
Shortlived joy: Bhavani, right, had it easy against Azizi before losing to Brunet. * AFP Olympics. GETTY IMAGES
*
dia Ben Azizi (Tun) 15-3. the 27-year-old Indian had for providing the best sup- with her menstrual cycle.
Hockey: Women (Pool A):
lost all four previous en- net with some wonderful ri- seemed to have all the answ- her skill and won a few port when required, coach It will be a busy schedule South Korea: Archery: Men’s
lost to Germany 0-2.
counters to Brunet. poste and attack. ers. At the turn, the score points, it wasn't enough. Vijay Sharma put things in for Mirabai over the next team
Sailing: Men: Laser: Vishnu
perspective. Russia: Artistic gymnastics:
Saravanan (25th overall after However, Bhavani wasn't But, the Frenchwoman, read 8-2, summing up the Earlier, Bhavani had put few days in the capital be-
Men’s team
three races); Women: Laser overawed by the opponent who had finished fourth in difference between the two. it across Tunisia’s Nadia Ben “After the first lockdown, fore she returns home to Im-
Benjamin Savsek (Slo): Canoe
Radial: Nethra Kumanan and took the battle to Bru- the 2016 Rio Olympics, Though Bhavani showed Azizi 15-3 in the first round. it was thanks to TOPS’ sanc- phal. Slalom: Men
(28th overall after four
Tom Pidcock (GBr): Cycling
races).
Mountain bike: Men’s
Shooting: Men's skeet: Quali-
fication, Day 2: 18. Angad Vir
Singh Bajwa, 25. Mairaj Ah-
mad Khan. Did Not Qualify
I did my best, says Bhavani Devi Nishiya wins gold cross-country
Thomas Daley & Matty Lee
(GBr): Diving: Men’s synchro-
nised 10m platform
(DNQ) for final.
Swimming: Men’s 200m but- K. KEERTHIVASAN she said. Ranked 42nd in the understand her opponent’s Nails her last three landings Cheung Ka Long (HK): Fenc-
ing: Men’s foil
terfly: Sajan Prakash (24th world, Bhavani said she was strategy. She felt that she DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Sofia Pozdniakova (ROC):
overall), DNQ for semifinals.
Table tennis: Men's singles:
Second round: Sharath Kamal
B havani Devi was satisfied
with her maiden
Olympic campaign at Tokyo.
nervous before the start of
the opening contest as she
had a plan and put up a
better fight.
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B All three medalists are in
their teens, with Nishiya
Fencing: Women’s sabre
Nora Gjakova (Kos): Judo:
hadn’t participated in any “I did my best,” she said, Women’s 57kg
bt Tiago Apolonia (Por) 4-2; The 27-year-old said she TOKYO and Leal both 13
event after the 2021 World adding that she had Shohei Ono (Jpn): Judo: Men’s
Women's singles: Third couldn't have possibly done Japanese teenager Momiji DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Cup in Budapest in March. 73kg
round: Manika Batra lost to defeated Brunet in a training Nishiya won the gold in the
anything better in the is 16. Though she initially Vincent Hancock (USA):
Sofia Polcanova (Aut) 0-4; “The way I fought in the camp in France a few weeks women’s street skateboard-
second round against stumbled and missed the Shooting: Skeet men
Second round: Sutirtha Muk- first round showed that I before the Olympics.
France’s Manon Brunet, ing competition on Monday, landings on her first two Amber English (USA): Shoot-
herjee lost to Fu Yu (Por) 0-4. was well prepared for the
ranked third in the world. Bhavani will return to adding to the host nation’s tricks, Nishiya nailed her ing: Skeet women
Tennis: Men's singles (se- Games,” she said. Liverno, Italy, before taking gold haul at the Olympics. last three, bringing her total Momiji Nishiya (Jpn): Skate-
cond round): Sumit Nagal “I am very happy.
a flight back to Chennai, her Rayssa Leal of Brazil won sil- boarding: Women’s street
lost to Daniil Medvedev Olympics has been a dream About the bout against above Brazilian prodigy
hometown. Ariarne Timus (Aus): Swim-
(ROC) 2-6, 1-6. for me. I realised that it was Brunet, Bhavani revealed ver and Funa Nakayama of Leal. ming: Women’s 400m freestyle
true a few minutes before that the Frenchwoman was “I want to rest my mind Japan clinched the bronze. Nishiya’s victory came af- Margaret MacNeil (Can):
my first match [against too quick in the first half and and body, and get ready for All three medalists are in ter Japan’s Yuto Horigome Swimming: Women’s 100m
TOKYO TITBITS Nadia Ben Azizi of Tunisia],” admitted that she couldn’t future competitions.” Momiji Nishiya... teen their teens, with Nishiya won the men’s gold on Sun- butterfly
sensation GETTY IMAGES
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and Leal both 13. Nakayama day. Adam Peaty (GBr): Swim-
Indian archers fall to ming: Men’s 100m breaststroke
the mighty Koreans USA: Swimming: Men’s 4x100m
The Indian men’s archery freestyle
team of Atanu Das, Pravin
Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai
Indian shooters draw a blank in skeet Medvedev proves too hot for Nagal Jun Mizutani & Mima Ito
(Jpn): Table tennis: Mixed
was shown the door by doubles
top-ranked South Korea in the Angad and Mairaj fail to make it past qualification round TENNIS Maksim Khramtcov (Rus):
quarterfinals of the Tokyo Taekwondo: Men’s 80kg
Olympics on Monday. Shyam Vasudevan gun championship, Kuwait However, it was skeet le- Agence France-Presse Matea Jelic (Cro): Taekwondo:
The Korean line-up of Je Deok
TOKYO City, 2018), had to come out gend Vincent Hancock who Tokyo Women’s 67kg
all guns blazing to remain in ruled the final. Kristian Blummenfelt (Nor):
Kim, Woojin Kim and Jinhyek India drew a blank in shoot- Sumit Nagal bowed out of Triathlon: Men
Oh relied on its skill and ing for the third consecutive contention. He clinched his third the Tokyo Olympics losing to Hidily Diaz (Phi): Weightlift-
consistency to win 6-0 day as Angad Vir Singh Bajwa However, he shot 23 and Olympic gold with a new second-seeded Daniil Med- ing: Women’s 55kg
(59-54, 59-57, 56-54). and Mairaj Ahmed Khan 24 in the last two rounds to Games record of 59, while vedev 6-2, 6-1 in just 66 mi-
The Koreans scored 10s on 13 failed to advance from the slip down the ladder and Denmark’s Jesper Hansen, nutes in the second round
occasions, while the Indians
managed just seven 10s.
men’s individual skeet quali- ended his campaign with a who won the 2013 skeet on Monday. MEDAL EVENTS
fication round at the Asaka score of 120. World championship, bagged The Russian World No. 2
Earlier, India defeated Shooting range on Monday. 21 medals are on offer at the
Mairaj, who managed only silver. did not even need his A-
eighth-placed Kazakhstan Games on Tuesday
6-2. India won the first, Angad finished 18th and a 22 in his third round and Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashi- game as he cruised past the Artistic gymnastics: Women’s
second and fourth sets 55-54, Mairaj 25th. The former, was on the back foot coming di, who had bagged the 160th-ranked Nagal. team
52-51 and 55-54. making his Olympic debut, into the second day, regis- bronze at the 2016 Rio Games Tough luck: Nagal was unlucky to run into Medvedev Canoe Slalom: Women’s kayak
The Kazakh side, consisting of had been in raging form on tered 23s in both rounds to as an Independent Olympic Too big a gap so early in the tournament. REUTERS *
Cycling mountain bike: Wo-
Ilfat Abdullin, Denis Gankin Sunday when he shot 24, 25 finish 25th out of 30 shoo- athlete, finished third again. The gap between the two men’s cross-country
and Sanzhar Mussayev, took and 24 to total 73. ters. was evident as Medvedev hit Diving: Women’s synchronised
He represented his nation Germany’s 48th-ranked Jan- Golubic 6-3, 6-2 in just over
the third 57-56. thunderous serves and shots 10m platform
With only the top six qual- France’s Eric Delaunay this time and was not wear- Lennard Struff . an hour, playing her second Equestrian: Dressage team
ifying for the final, Angad, topped the qualification ing an Arsenal jersey and that brooked no reply. Naomi Osaka raced into match in as many days after Fencing: Women’s epee team
Vishnu, Nethra slip down who holds the world record standings with a new qualify- causing a social media flutter Novak Djokovic smacked the last 16 as she powered lighting the Olympic caul- Judo: Women’s 63kg, Men’s
the leaderboard of 60/60 in a final (Asian shot ing Olympic record of 130. as he did in Rio. 14 aces in a 6-4, 6-3 win over past Switzerland’s Viktorija dron on Friday. 81kg
India’s Vishnu Saravanan Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed,
and Nethra Kumanan 10m air pistol mixed
failed to hold on to their
overnight positions as they
slipped to the 25th and
Indian women put up a better show, but lose to Germany this time Surfing: Men and women
Swimming: Women’s 100m
backstroke, Women’s 100m
breaststroke, Men’s 200m
28th spots in the laser ball as Germany settled in and quarter when Gurjit Kaur’s was denied by a stunning save freestyle, Men’s 100m
standard and laser radial HOCKEY dominated possession. tackle on Cecile Pieper saw from Julia Sonntag. backstroke
categories of the sailing the referee point to the spot, Taekwondo: Men’s +80kg,
Shyam Vasudevan India goalkeeper Savita Pu- The missed chance would
event on Monday. but the Indians referred the Women’s +67kg
TOKYO nia was kept on her toes from come back to torment India as
The results (overall decision and had it reversed. Triathlon: Women’s individual
position): The Indian women’s hockey the word go but could do Anne Schroder scored in the Weightlifting: Women’s 59kg,
Laser standard (men) (after team put up a brave fight but nothing to stop Nike Lorenz’s India had a golden chance 35th minute with a ferocious Women’s 64kg
three races): 1. Kaarle Tapper failed to take its chances and accurate shot off a penalty to equalise in the third quar- strike.
corner. The 12th-minute goal ter but squandered it. Rani
(Fin), 2. Tonci Stipanovic
(Croa), 3. Pavlos Kontides
lost 0-2 to Germany in its Pool
A encounter on Monday. gave Germany the early ad- Rampal’s strike off a penalty
Vandana was one of the TV PICKS
better players on the Indian
(Cyp); 25. Vishnu Saravanan Showing vast signs of im- vantage and saw the side seize corner struck Lisa Altenburg side and made repeated fo- TNPL 2021: Star Sports 2
(Ind). control of the game. The Ger- on the thigh on the goal-line. (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m.
provement from its opening rays into the circle. She forced
Laser radial (women) (after man defence shut out any at- Sri Lanka vs India: 2nd
four races): 1. Liem Flem 5-1 loss to The Netherlands, Even though it hit Alten- a fine save from Sonntag late
tack attempted by the In- T20I, Sony Ten 1, 3 & Sony Six
Host (Nor), 2. Vasileia Sjoerd Marijne’s side played a burg above the knee, the In- in the third quarter. The Ger- (SD & HD), 8 p.m.
high-intensity game for most dians. dians opted for a referral and mans, with a 2-0 lead, were
Karachaliou (Gre), 3. Tokyo 2020: Sony Ten 2, 3 &
Anne-Marie Rindom (Den); Dominating possession: The Indians were left chasing the part. The Indians began well, Germany won a penalty won a penalty stroke. Gurjit content to hold on to posses- Sony Six (SD & HD), 4.30 a.m.
28. Nethra Kumanan (Ind). game against the Germans most of the time. GETTY IMAGES * but were soon left to chase the stroke early in the second Kaur stepped up to take it but sion and control proceedings. onwards (Wednesday)
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14 SPORT DELHI THE HINDU

Titmus wins duel in the pool against American great Ledecky

Dressel launches seven-gold bid spearheading USA’s triumph in the 4x100m relay; Peaty defends 100m breaststroke title
TOKYO OLYMPICS AQUATICS
Agence France-Presse Maggie MacNeil dethroned
Tokyo Sarah Sjostrom to win the
Australia’s Ariarne Titmus women’s 100m butterfly.
won a thrilling 400m frees- Britain's Tom Daley paid
tyle duel with American tribute to his late father after
great Katie Ledecky in the he and Matty Lee edged hot
Olympic pool on Monday as favourites China to the gold
Caeleb Dressel launched his in synchronised 10m plat-
bid for a seven-gold spree in form diving.
style.
The Tokyo Aquatics Finally, a gold!
Centre also witnessed anoth- Daley, 27, who revealed that
er dominant 100m breast- he might have missed the
stroke swim by world-record Games after knee surgery,
holder Adam Peaty, who de- wiped away tears on the po-
fended his title to give Britain dium as he finally added gold
its first gold medal of the to the bronzes he won at the
Games. London 2012 and Rio 2016
Games.
Absorbing encounter The Britons held their
Ledecky came to Japan on nerve on the last dive to win
the back of four gold medals the final with 471.81 points,
and a silver at Rio in 2016, Making a splash: World champion Ariarne Titmus pulled off a fantastic sprint in the last lap to dethrone Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle, while Adam Peaty underlined his credentials by with the Chinese Chen Aisen
but Titmus has been snap- retaining the 100m breaststroke crown. GETTY IMAGES, AP * and Cao Yuan second on
ping at her heels, ousting her 470.58 and Russians Alek-
as World champion in 2019 3min 56.69sec after an ab- The United States team Zach Apple brought them 3:08.97s, ahead of Italy and have prompted inevitable tended his dominance of the sandr Bondar and Viktor Mi-
and topping the timesheets sorbing encounter. spearheaded by Dressel home after Dressel led off, Australia. comparisons with Michael 100m breaststroke event, po- nibaev a distant third.
this season. Only world record-holder stormed to the men’s with sizzling legs from Blake It could be the start of a se- Phelps — winner of eight wering to the line in 57.37s Daley’s thoughts turned to
Titmus inched clear over Ledecky has ever gone 4x100m relay gold medal in Pieroni and Bowen Becker ven-title spree for Dressel, golds in 2008 and 23 in total. ahead of Dutchman Arno his father, Rob who died of
the final 50m to touch in quicker. the third-quickest time ever. ensuring they touched in 24, whose 13 world titles The unstoppable Peaty ex- Kamminga while Canada’s cancer in 2011, aged 40.
‘I am mentally strong and I’ll remain that way’ A rare gold for Russian men
My aim is 2024, so I have to train harder once I return, says Manika Batra Nagornyy at the fore in artistic gymnastics team triumph
Agence France-presse
What went wrong in mixed Singh) has said that you Tokyo
TABLE TENNIS doubles? refused to let national coach Nikita Nagornyy led the Rus-
They (Lin Yu Jun and Cheng I Soumyadeep Roy sit for your sian team to the coveted
Amol Karhadkar
Ching) are a real strong op- matches. Your response? men’s artistic gymnastics
ponent. They are World No.
H ours after she ended her
second Olympic journey
by becoming the first Indian
1, were seeded third over
here but they are really
I think sometimes it’s por-
trayed wrongly. Roy da is Su-
gold at the Tokyo Olympics
on Monday to add to its
world title.
tirtha’s (Sutirtha Mukherjee)
female paddler to win two strong. The boy (Lin) was personal coach and Sanmay The Russians turned the
singles rounds in Olympics, just way too fast and had a (Paranjape, Manika’s perso- turned the tables on Japan,
Manika Batra opened up strong ball. He was attacking nal coach) was in the gallery. which had pipped it to the
about the last fortnight that relentless. We did try and Sanmay knows my game and title in Rio 2016. China had
has kept her in the hea- put up our best (but, it I would prefer that Sanmay to settle for bronze.
dlines, not just for her ex- wasn’t enough). would advise me (in singles). Nagornyy joined Artur
ploits on the table. Against Sofia Polcanova Once that didn’t happen, I Dalaloyan, David Belyavskiy
today (Monday), you never thought I would play alone and Denis Abliazin. Emotional moment: Team ROC’s David Belyavskiy, Artur
How have the last eight days looked to be in the game… since Sanmay and I were de- The Russians last won the Dalaloyan, Nikita Nagornyy, and Denis Abliazin after their
been? Yes, I think my game and my vising strategies ahead of ev- men’s team title in 1996. gold was confirmed. GETTY IMAGES
*
Overall, it went really well, mind weren’t on the same ery match and he was also And they swelled with
but not today. If you com- page. I was a bit nervous and telling me from the gallery. pride on top of the podium The outcome of the first Daiki Hashimoto, earning a
pare my stint in first Olym- perhaps expected too much as Tchaikovsky’s concerto gold on offer at the gymnas- high 15.100 points, pro-
pics (in 2016), I am — not sa- from myself. Of course, you So was there an ego issue No. 1 filtered out through the tics competition was in the pelled the Games’ hosts
tisfied, but — really happy have to aim higher but I between you and Roy? sound system at the Ariake balance until the final tum- back into at least second.
with my performance over think I tried way too hard. I He sat for our mixed doubles Gymnastics Centre. The Rus- ble on the floor. Nagornyy chalked up his
here. My aim is 2024, so I think I was desperate to win match. Later, he asked me sian composer was called up China was within less feet and hands and took to
have to train harder once I rather than enjoying the and I told him I would play to play the role of super sub than a point of the Rio silver the floor to try to get the Rus-
return. I am really happy game. I will blame myself on alone. He was fine with it. He as Russia’s national anthem medallist going into the sixth sian Olympic Committee
with the way I played against that. I should have enjoyed didn’t say anything. I don’t cannot be used because the rotation, with Japan set for team over the line. And the
the higher-ranked Ukrainian myself and taken it point by know if anyone said anything country is under a doping third. world all-around champion
(Margaryta Pesotska, 20th point. in the media but it’s okay. I suspension and their ath- But a brilliant last throw pulled it off superbly, his
No sync: Manika Batra admitted that her game and mind seed and World No. 32) in the The Team Leader of the table am mentally strong and I’ll letes are competing under a of the dice on the horizontal score of 14.666 securing the
weren’t on the same page on Monday. PTI * second round. tennis contingent (M.P. remain that way only. neutral banner. bars from Tokyo teenager ROC a memorable win.
I’ve made my mark at the Olympics, says gymnastics judge Deepak Kabra Vidit into the
Shyam Vasudevan officiating in the men’s gym- the Olympics!,” said Kabra. not great and I knew I ty they attempt and its exe- portfolio management and last eight
Tokyo nastics events. A category- A former gymnast, Kabra wouldn’t go far as a gymnast. cution. The difficulty level is corporate finance at Reliance
Deepak Kabra is living his two judge, he arrived here decided to pursue a career as So I decided to pursue a role based on the move per- Industries for eight years, he RAKESH RAO
dream at the Tokyo Olym- just in time for the Games. a technical judge at 21. as a judge at 21. formed by the gymnast and made the full-time switch to NEW DELHI
pics, but lack of flights to the “Four of the flights I had Kabra began his interna- execution is how they per- sports to join Reliance Foun- Vidit Gujrathi overpo-
Japanese capital due to the booked got cancelled and all Late start tional career at the 2010 form it. dation Youth Sports. He now wered Azerbaijan's Vasif
COVID-19 pandemic nearly the other judges had come “I started gymnastics very Commonwealth Games and aims to upskill himself to a Durarbayli with a splendid
robbed him of the chance of here four days before me. I’d late. Simone Biles began has officiated in 20 global Strike a balance category-1 judge. display in the second game
becoming the first Indian say it was special to just be gymnastics at the age of six events including the Youth “You need to balance both to “No judge from India has of the fifth round for a
gymnastics official at the able to reach in time and and people say she was late – Olympics, World Champion- achieve the highest final ever done that. Only the top place in the quarterfinals
Games. judge my event. I am quite others normally start at four. ships and the Asian Games. score and get a better 25 judges in the world are gi- of the chess World Cup in
At 33, he is the second- relieved after judging one I began when I was 12! “A gymnast’s total score is ranking.” ven category-1 certification. Sochi on Monday. Follow-
youngest judge here and is event. I’ve made my mark at My fundamentals were based on the level of difficul- Having worked in legal That’s where I want to be.” Deepak Kabra. *
FILE PHOTO ing his 38-move win for a
1.5-0.5 triumph, Vidit be-
came the first Indian to en-
Eyes on Samson as India aims to wrap it up Chahal determined to secure ter the quarterfinals since
2002 when Viswanathan
Anand won the title.
Team management unlikely to change winning combination
INDIA IN LANKA
try to put pressure on India
T20 World Cup spot Suryakumar,
in the first match, but the in-
experience of Dasun Shana- Leg-spinner looks to perform ‘at every given opportunity’ Shaw to join
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ka’s team during crucial
Colombo
phases was exposed. The sil- Press Trust of India team in UK
Colombo
India will want Sanju Sam- ver lining will be Wanindu Press Trust of India
son to translate his pheno- Hasaranga’s leg-breaks Intense competition among London
menal talent into consistent which have been causing a a rich pool of players is driv- Opener Prithvi Shaw and
performances when it tries few issues for the Indians. ing leg-spinner Yuzvendra middle-order batsman Su-
to wrap up the T20 Interna- The teams (from): Chahal to perform “at every ryakumar Yadav have been
tional series against Sri Lan- India: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), given opportunity” and added to the Indian Test
ka by winning the second Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, firmly cement his place in squad for the five-match se-
match here on Tuesday. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar the India squad ahead of the ries against England start-
Having won the opening Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik T20 World Cup. ing on August 4 as replace-
encounter, India is unlikely Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan With a good haul of wick-
Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson
ments for injured players
to change the winning com- ets in the ongoing limited- Shubman Gill and Wash-
bination unless the team (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul overs series against Sri Lan-
Chahar, K. Gowtham, Krunal ington Sundar.
management decides to rest ka, Chahal wriggled out of Bengal opener Abhima-
Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun
Prithvi Shaw and Suryaku- Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar
the rough patch that had nyu Easwaran, who was a
mar Yadav, who are getting Kumar (Vice-Capt.), Deepak confronted him during the stand-by, has been added
ready to link up with the red- Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Che- truncated 2021 IPL. to the main squad after
ball team in the United tan Sakariya. After contributing in In- Avesh Khan also having to
Kingdom. Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka dia’s win over Sri Lanka in go back home with a frac-
However, it is expected (Capt.), Dhananjaya de Silva, the first T20I here, he ack- Raring to go: Yuzvendra Chahal flanked by Deepak Chahar tured left thumb.
that both will play on Tues- Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Ra- nowledged that one must and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. TWITTER *
The squad: Rohit Sharma,
day and be rested for the last japaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Cha- perform to be in the side. Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar
game once India has sealed rith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasa- “It’s definitely (a healthy given opportunity. If you mastery over the craft, Pujara, Virat Kohli (Capt.),
the series. ranga, Ashen Bandara, Minod competition). If you have a perform, you get to play, and helped him. Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Capt.),
In case there is an alterna- Bhanuka, Lahiru Udara, Ramesh pool of around 30 players, if you don’t, then you are Chahal spoke about the Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant
Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, (wk), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Ja-
tive plan, Devdutt Padikkal Expectation: Team India would like Sanju Samson to be more you definitely have the qual- out. “So, whenever I have work he did in the lock-
Binura Fernando, Dushmantha deja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bum-
and Ruturaj Gaikwad may consistent. AP *
ity. All the spinners are do- the ball in my hand, I focus down. “When I was not play-
Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, rah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd.
get a look-in. Akila Dananjaya, Shiran Fernan- ing well. As a spinner, you on getting the job done,” ing, I worked hard with my
Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shardul
is nowhere near what he Chahal would like to do an do, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan know that there are at least Chahal said. bowling coach on where to
Thakur, Umesh Yadav, K.L. Ra-
Minor worry used to be as a skiddy pacer encore with Varun Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickra- two guys who are ready, Watching video clips of bowl. (I looked at) why I was hul, Wriddhiman Saha (wk),
The other minor worry for before his back surgery. Chakravarthy. ma, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Ra- who have performed here him bowling at his prime not able to perform in a cou- Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi
the team would be Hardik The Indian bowlers put For Sri Lanka, the T20 se- jitha, Lahiru Kumara and Isuru and in the IPL. and speaking to men who ple of matches. So, I worked Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav.
Pandya’s batting form. His up a fantastic show in the ries is a tougher test than the Udana. “All I can do is think for matter, about the line he on these even during the Standbys: Prasidh Krishna &
bowling has been steady, but first game and Yuzvendra ODIs. Charith Asalanka did Match starts at 8 p.m. IST. myself and perform at every should pursue, to regain his lockdown,” he said. Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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