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THE IIT STUDENT
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
IN BRIEF
쑽
SC Bench seeks data on ‘Some States
are lagging
behind on
alternatives to hanging NPS dues’
See if there is a more ‘humane’ method of execution that would render the present practice Vikas Dhoot
Delhi to table unconstitutional, a Bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha asks govt. NEW DELHI
6.6 magnitude
earthquake in
Continuing their protest: Opposition MPs raise slogans in the corridors of Parliament on Tuesday demanding a Joint Parliamentary
Afghanistan
Committee probe into the Adani issue. ANI (REPORT ON PAGE 10) rocks Delhi
The Hindu Bureau
Why Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sees red
NEW DELHI
City Delhi
INBRIEF
쑽 Delhi govt. gets MHA nod, BJP seeks FM’s sacking
for ‘leaking’ budget;
to table 202324 budget MLA gets suspended
in the Assembly today Mehul Malpani
NEW DELHI
T
According to data shared by the Delhi Health he Delhi govern the Opposition Ramvir
Department, the city has seen an increase in the ment will present Singh Bidhuri said the BJP notice on “baseless
number of fresh Covid cases over the last few days the 202324 budget will legally challenge the grounds”. Later in the day,
amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the on Wednesday. Chief Mi Speaker’s decision to sus as the House reconvened
country. On Monday, the city recorded 34 nister Arvind Kejriwal an pend the MLA. Amid de after lunch, he was allowed
COVID19 cases with a positivity rate of 6.98% nounced on Tuesday that mands for Finance Minister to raise the subject. Even as
while 72 cases with a positivity rate of 3.95% were the Ministry of Home Af Kailash Gahlot’s resignation he spoke, AAP legislator
reported on Sunday. The number of fresh cases fairs (MHA) had given per by the BJP, Mr. Gupta, ear Sanjeev Jha demanded that
had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time mission for the same. lier in the day, had given a Mr. Gupta be suspended for
since the pandemic began ravaging countries. The CM had a day ear notice for breach of privi one year for “constantly
With the fresh cases, Delhi’s COVID19 case tally lier accused the BJPled leges against Mr. Gahlot disrupting the proceed
has risen to 20,08,087 while the death toll stands Central government of and Cabinet Minister Gopal ings”. The proposal was put
at 26,524. PTI “hooliganism” for prevent Rai over alleged leaking of on the floor by the Speaker
ing the Delhi government Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (far right) interacting with the media at the Assembly on Tuesday. ANI budget details. He demand and the motion was passed
from tabling its budget as ed that the matter be sent by the House. Claiming that
per schedule on Tuesday. completely.” MHA letter at 2 p.m. on get. He added that the Del to the Privileges Committee it was a “planned move”,
Kejriwal’s mother undergoes Responding to the alle
gation, the MHA said it
The resolution also con
demned the Centre’s
Monday. He demanded ac
tion against the errant offi
hi government had
planned a “drama to divert
of the Assembly.
Mr. Gahlot, in a state
Mr. Gupta told The Hindu
that the Speaker had as
knee replacement surgery hadn’t received a response “highhandedness against cials. people’s attention away ment on Monday, had said sured him during the lunch
to the letter sent to the Del two crore people of Delhi, “We responded to all from AAP’s failure in Delhi the proposed budgetary al break that he would be al
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s mother hi Chief Secretary on which is unconstitutional, four observations made in and Punjab”. location for capital expen lowed to present his side.
underwent a total knee replacement and is now March 17, asking the go illegal and undemocratic”. the letter. No change was A Raj Niwas source said diture is ₹22,000 crore and “But just as I started, AAP
recovering at a private hospital in Chanakyapuri vernment to address some Speaking on the resolu made to the budget… It Mr. Kejriwal is “deliberate for ads ₹550 crore. Mr. Rai MLAs started shouting and
here. Primus Super Speciality Hospital said Mr. budgetrelated concerns tion, Mr. Kejriwal said, was about their ego. We ly making false statements had tweeted the Finance within minutes, I was sus
Kejriwal’s mother Gita Devi was unable to walk raised by the “[B.R.] Ambedkar would touched their feet, stood to mislead people”. Minister’s statement. pended,” he said.
without any help before the surgery but will now LieutenantGovernor. have never thought that before them with folded “He [Delhi CM] has been However, in his notice, Mr. Bidhuri said Chief
be able to walk without support. On Tuesday, the Delhi the Central government hands and the budget was saying that the Centre Mr. Gupta mentioned the Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Assembly passed a resolu would stop a State’s bud approved today. What did blocked the budget of a term “outcome budget”. and his government “does
tion seeking an investiga get. It’s an attack on the they gain by this? They are State. Delhi is a Union Ter Citing rules, the Speaker not have the understanding
tion by its Committee of Constitution.” happy that Kejriwal bowed ritory, therefore, it is part said the notice was to be gi of the constitutional provi
3dayold found abandoned in Privileges into the role of
the Chief Secretary, Princi
“The LG does not have
the power to raise any ob
before them,” the CM said.
“I want to tell the Prime
and parcel of the govern
ment of India. Moreover,
ven at least three hours in
advance but was submitted
sions” as it announced the
budget date without it be
dumpyard, probe under way pal Secretary (Finance) jections. He is bound by Minister that we want to the budget has not been only at 10.59 a.m. “There is ing approved by the Centre.
and others in delaying the the aid and advice of the work, not fight, with you. blocked,” the source ad also no mention of the an He said, “During former
A threedayold girl child was found abandoned budget presentation. Council of Ministers on all We don’t know politics; we ded. “The CM was aware nual budget in the notice. CM Sheila Dikshit’s govern
in a dumpyard in northwest Delhi’s Nangloi, the In response, Leader of but three subjects, as per have come here to work,” that the LG had approved It’s clear this was done with ment, her FM Mahinder
police said on Tuesday. They have lodged an FIR the Opposition in the As the Supreme Court’s 2018 he said. the financial statement and the intent of creating distur Saathi had once announced
and are investigating the matter. Officials from sembly Ramvir Singh Bid order,” he said. made certain observations bance,” the Speaker said, the budget date before the
the Delhi Commission for Women said they had huri said, “If the Finance The CM said the Delhi BJP hits back on March 9, 2023. Howev rejecting the notice. Mr. Centre’s nod. The then
received inforrmation about the child, after Minister blames his offi Chief Secretary had in Mr. Bidhuri said the LG er, none of the concerns Gupta said it was a “typo Speaker had sought an ex
which the police were informed and the girl cials for this, then, I think, formed Finance Minister has a constitutional right to raised was addressed,” the graphical error” and that planation and the FM had
taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. the system has collapsed Kailash Gahlot about the raise queries on the bud source added. the Speaker rejected the to apologise.”
NH 48 construction: Delhi ‘Action against
schools that
Metro increases frequency don’t admit
EWS students’
on Yellow Line, adds 2 trains
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI Education Minister Atishi
on Tuesday said strict ac
The Delhi Metro Rail Cor tion will be taken against
poration (DMRC) has in private schools that deny
creased the number of train admission to students from
trips between Qutub Minar the Economically Weaker
station and HUDA City Sections (EWS). She also
Centre on the Yellow Line constituted a committee of
to handle the rush of addi the Education Department
tional commuters in the and the Delhi Commission
wake of repair work on the The Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi and HUDA City for Protection of Child
DelhiJaipur highway (NH Centre in Gurugram. FILE PHOTO Rights to monitor the ad
48) — between Rangpuri mission process.
and Rajokri. The 500metre trains operated on this line station will now run up to The Minister said the
section of the highway has will go up from 57 to 59, of the HUDA City Centre sta Education Department will
been closed since last week ficials said. tion, thus easing the crowd closely monitor the
for 90 days because of con To accommodate the ad on the section of Yellow schools against which com
struction work. ditional crowd, the DMRC line that goes towards Gu plaints in this regard were
The Yellow Line con has increased the trips dur rugram. made last year.
nects Samaypur Badli in ing peak hours and has im The DMRC has also in The Delhi government
Delhi and HUDA City proved the frequency of troduced additional facili conducted a draw of lots
Centre in Gurugram. trains from 3 minutes and ties such as eight automatic for admission to private
Two additional trains 27 seconds to 2 minutes fare calculation gates, 12 schools under the EWS qu
have also been inducted and 30 seconds during ticket vending machines, ota for entrylevel seats on
and the number of train peak hours on weekdays. etc., at four stations on the March 14. A total of 37,184
trips has increased by 33%, In addition to that all the Yellow line — HUDA City children were offered ad
DMRC officials said. With trains which earlier termi Centre, IFFCO Chowk, M.G. mission to 2,001 private
this, the total number of nated at the Qutub Minar Road and Sikanderpur. schools.
COVID19: HC
seeks govt.’s
Petition in High Court challenges
stand on plea corporal punishment in prisons
for ex gratia
The Hindu Bureau solitary confinement in to corporal punishments
The Hindu Bureau NEW DELHI jails. having no nexus with mis
NEW DELHI Mr. Singhal, in his plea, conduct and are dispro
A petition filed before the said certain provisions of portionate to any legiti
The High Court on Tuesday Delhi High Court has chal the Prisons Act provide for mate objective… Corporal
asked the Delhi govern lenged the provision in law punishments like whip punishments infringe
ment to respond to a plea for corporal punishment of ping, restriction of food, upon prisoners’ funda
seeking the release of an ex jail inmates for acts of penal diet, handcuffs, fet mental rights and are de
gratia of ₹1 crore to families indiscipline. ters and substitution of humanising,” the plea said.
of police officers who died A Bench of Chief Justice gunny or other coarse fa The petition further
on duty during the pan Satish Chandra Sharma bric for clothing for prison stated that such corporal
demic. A Bench of Chief and Justice Subramonium ers which is demeaning punishments are designed
Justice Satish Chandra Shar Prasad directed that the and against the Constitu to raise physical injury,
ma and Justice Subramoni petition filed by advocate tion. pain and humiliation by in
um Prasad asked the go Harsh Vibhore Singhal be fliction of physical wounds
vernment to give a status listed for hearing on May ‘Dehumanising’ and destroy the hopes of
report in response to the 23 along with another plea “That impugned sections reformation or
plea filed by five people. by the petitioner against make prisoners vulnerable rehabilitation.
CM M ND-NDE
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THE HINDU
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 3
Delhi
States
Amid protests, Rajasthan Strong, scary: residents
of DelhiNCR recount
INBRIEF
쑽
becomes first State to powerful tremor
Court adjourns Sisodia’s bail
plea in excise case to Friday
pass Right to Health Bill
A Delhi court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing
Press Trust of India of Manish Sisodia’s bail plea in the excise policy
NEW DELHI case, being probed by the Central Bureau of
Investigation, to March 24. The CBI counsel
“I have experienced earth argued against the grant of bail to former Deputy
quakes in the past but the CM saying he could tamper with the evidence and
Doctors and paramedical staff of private hospitals and nursing homes have been agitating tremors this time were jeopardise the investigation. The CBI had arrested
against the Bill saying its ‘draconian provisions’ would stifle the private health sector strong and long enough to Mr. Sisodia on February 26 in connection with the
make me rush out of my alleged irregularities in the implementation of the
apartment with my chil nowscrapped 202122 excise policy. “Now that he
The Hindu Bureau vide free treatment with dren...I am scared to sleep knows what has been put to him… If he comes
JAIPUR out defining an emergency. now,” Vidhya Bhalla, a resi out, he will jeopardise my investigation,” CBI
While the doctors dent of Delhi's New People rush out of their houses counsel D.P. Singh told the court. He also accused
mid a strong prot clashed with the police at Friends Colony, said on at Khan Market in Delhi after a Mr. Sisodia of destroying evidence linked to the
A est by the agitating
private doctors, the
Rajasthan Assembly on
Statue Circle near the State
Assembly, the health care
services across the State
Tuesday night.
Ms. Bhalla’s account was
echoed by a crosssection
strong earthquake was felt in
several parts of north India on
Tuesday. ANI
case, including his cell phone.
3 States chip in to stop Delay in investigation
illegal sand mining in against Haryana
Chambal sanctuary Minister questioned
The Hindu Bureau A delegation of women
The Hindu Bureau Rajasthan Chief Secre GURUGRAM leaders met senior Chandi
JAIPUR tary Usha Sharma said the garh Police officers and
Forest and Mineral Depart The leaders of various na raised questions over the
Three States have com ments as well as the police tional women organisa delay in investigation.
menced joint action to stop and district administration tions on Tuesday ques The delegation pointed
illegal sand mining in Na in the three States would tioned the prolonged delay out that the chargesheet
tional Chambal Sanctuary, be required to operate in in probe into allegations of was not filed in the case
situated at the trijunction close coordination to put a sexual harassment against even three months after
of Rajasthan, Madhya Pra complete stop to illegal Haryana Minister Sandeep the registration of the FIR
desh and Uttar Pradesh, mining. Singh and demanded his and attempt to rape charge
which is known for its pop Chief Secretaries Iqbal immediate resignation and was not invoked against
ulation of critically endan Singh Bains of Madhya Pra arrest. the accused.
gered gharials. desh and Durga Shankar
The Chambal river cuts Mishra of Uttar Pradesh at
through the mazes of ra tended the meeting via vi
vines and hills in the deo conferencing.
sanctuary. Ms. Sharma said a
Coordination among the prompt exchange of infor
three States was discussed mation among the officials
at a highlevel meeting in would help prevent the
Jaipur on Tuesday with mining activities, while
emphasis on protecting manual checking of vulner
the fragile ecosystem criti able places would stop the
cal for breeding of gharials, entry of the people with
which are fisheating cro questionable credentials.
codiles. Illegal sand mining The sanctuary is listed
is threatening the flora and as an ‘Important Bird and
fauna in some parts of the Biodiversity Area’ and is al
sanctuary. so a proposed Ramsar site.
Timings
DELHI Shinde govt.’s
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 22
RISE 06:24 SET 18:33 ‘silence’ over
RISE 06:50 SET 19:21
THURSDAY, MAR. 23 Karnataka plan
RISE 06:22 SET 18:34
RISE 07:23 SET 20:24 questioned
FRIDAY, MAR. 24
RISE 06:21 SET 18:35
RISE 07:57 SET 21:27 The Hindu Bureau
MUMBAI
Ambadas Danve, Leader of
the Opposition in the Mah
arashtra Legislative Coun
cil and Shiv Sena (UBT)
MLC, on Tuesday ques
tioned the silence of the
State government over the
neighbouring Karnataka
government’s move to
block the health scheme
for the 865 disputed bor
der villages with a signifi
cant Marathi population.
Mr. Danve said the Kar
nataka government was
stopping funds worth ₹54
crore allocated by the Mah
0 arashtra government for
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4 Wednesday, March 22, 2023
States Delhi
Act (PMLA) by the ED auth
vember last year alleging
that certain phones stand
destroyed, Ms. Kavitha
M Minister Conrad
K. Sangma has
countered the claim of his
Gadkari’s office, following which security has
been beefed up at the senior BJP leader’s
residence and office in the city. The caller, who
examination in the case. orities in the Delhi liquor pointed out, adding that it Assam counterpart Himan identified himself as Jayesh Pujari, aka Jayesh
She exhibited the mo policy case. amounted to a glaring act ta Biswa Sarma over the Kantha, threatened to harm Mr. Gadkari if ₹10
bile phones she used in the In the letter addressed of malice on part of the ownership of a village on a crore was not paid to him. The police said that on
past, pertaining to the pe to Assistant Director of ED agency. disputed sector of the 885 January 14, a man claiming to be a member of
riod of Delhi liquor policy Jogender, she stated that She sought to know un km boundary between the Dawood Ibrahim’s gang had made threatening
formulation, to pressper she was submitting all the der what circumstances two States. Meghalaya Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong speaking during the first calls to the Union Minister’s office, demanding
sons before proceeding to earlier phones, as sought the agency had made such Mr. Sangma told the 60 day of the budget session in the Assembly in Shillong on Tuesday. ₹100 crore. A case was registered and a probe
the ED office for third day by the agency, that she an allegation when she was member Meghalaya As Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma is also present. ANI has been launched.
of her examination under might have used in the past not even summoned or sembly on Tuesday that
the provisions of Preven and which she could gath asked any Mukroh is within the juris those killed were from the centre,” he added.
tion of Money Laundering er. question/information. diction of West Jaintia Hills village. Mr. Sangma said the re
district of his State. sidents of the area were
The Assam government Two polling stations getting the benefits of va
calls the place Mukhrow or Mr. Sangma said Mukroh rious schemes and pro
Moikrang and claims it is in had a listed Village Em grammes, including the
the State’s West Karbi An ployment Council (VEC) PMAY and Jal Jeevan Mis
DEATH ANNIVERSARIES DEATH glong district. under the MGNREGS in the sion, through the Megha
G.BALAKRISHNAN (86), Retd. Senior “Mukroh is very much Laskein Block and Assemb laya government. The Muk
Supervisor - Platemaking, The Hindu,
Chennai passed away on 21-03-2023. within the State of Megha ly elections were conduct roh VEC issued 502 job
Address: 1467, 2nd Street, I Sector, laya and there is no doubt ed there in two polling sta cards on March 17 this
K.K.Nagar, Chennai - 600083. Contact
No: 7299003449 about it,” Mr. Sangma said tions. Mukroh, he added, year, he added.
while referring to a Census falls under the Mokaiaw The Chief Minister also Court extends Aniksha’s
code. Assembly constituency of outlined the steps his go
Less than a week ago, Meghalaya. vernment had taken to police custody till March 24
Mr. Sarma had told the 126 “The fair price shop protect the lives and pro
member Assam Assembly from Meghalaya side of perty of border area resi A court in Mumbai on Tuesday extended the
that the village was a part Mukroh A has 1,285 benefi dents. He said it created police custody of designer Aniksha Jaisinghani to
of the State. ciaries while the fair price new police stations and March 24. She was arrested in a case of allegedly
The village came into fo shop of Mukroh B has 944 outposts close to the bor bribing Deputy Chief Minister Devendra
cus on November 22, 2022, beneficiaries. The Mukroh der with Assam. Fadnavis’s wife Amruta with ₹10 crore. Ms.
when six persons were village has Meghalaya State The two States have had Jaisinghani is the daughter of cricket bookie Anil
killed during a clash bet government buildings, in boundary disputes with Jaisinghani. The court also remanded her father
ween Assam police and cluding the Mukroh Go each other in 12 sectors and cousin Nirmal Jaisinghani, who was arrested
Forest personnel and the vernment LP School and since 1972 when Megha on March 20, in police custody till March 27 in
villagers of Mukroh. Five of the Mukroh Health Sub laya attained Statehood. the same case.
Stalin awards ₹1 crore Dayanand Saraswati’s life is an
PERSONAL LEGAL NOTICE to Kartiki Gonsalves inspiration for Modi govt.: Shah
LOST & FOUND
Ishita Mishra
I, SUDHARSHANARAM Ramakrishnan The Hindu Bureau du elephant camp in the Mu NEW DELHI
have lost my original book docu- CHENNAI dumalai Tiger Reserve
ment, certificate of competency is-
TENDERS sued at MMD Chennai ; COC No: 95Z− (MTR) and Ragu, the calf “The Prime Minister is
10703. If found please contact Tamil Nadu Chief Minister they raise. Ragu was working for national awa
+919444733719.
M.K. Stalin on Tuesday pre brought to the camp as a six kening, a concept original
PUBLIC NOTICE sented ₹1 crore to Kartiki monthold orphan. The sto ly based on the philosophy
Gonsalves, director of the ry is also about the duo car and teachings of Maharishi
Oscarwinning documen ing for another abandoned Dayanand Saraswati,” said
tary The Elephant Whisper- calf Ammu. Union Home Minister Amit
ers. Mr. Stalin had felicitated Shah at the 148th Founda
Ms. Gonsalves, who shot the caretakers of Ragu with tion Day celebrations of
the documentary over five a citation and ₹1 lakh cheque Arya Samaj at Delhi’s Tal Union Home Minister Amit Shah being presented a collection of
years, said it was an honour on March 15. As per the CM’s katora stadium on Tues ‘Vedas’ at a function in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI
to win the Oscars. “It’s for announcement, a grant of ₹1 day.
women, for conservation, lakh each from the CM’s Pu Mr. Shah said Maharishi in Hindi. He had a long vi education, language, cul
and for the protection of blic Relief Fund has been gi Dayanand awakened the sion. He knew that to unite ture and traditions of India.
wild species,” she said. The ven to all 91 mahouts and as soul of the country which the country, one language The Rashtriya Swayam
film revolves around the sistants in the two elephant had been in slumber for is needed for communica sewak Sangh (RSS), in its
lives of caretakers Bomman camps in MTR and Anamalai years and maintained that tion,” Mr. Shah said. recentlyheld national ex
and Bellie at the Theppaka Tiger Reserve. a similar situation is pre “It is a matter of pride ecutive body meeting in Pa
EDUCATIONAL
vailing at present as well. for me that I was born in nipat, had extended sup
Hence Arya Samaj and its the same region from port for the celebrations of
GENERAL public outreach is the where he came,” Mr. Shah 200th birth year of Mahar
‘need of the hour’. said. ishi Dayanand Saraswati.
“Prime Minister Naren The Home Minister also “Maharishi Dayanand’s
dra Modi has taken inspira praised the Arya Samaj for teachings and works are
tion from the life of Daya ushering in a revolution in still relevant. On the occa
nand Saraswati to take the education in the forest sion of his 200th birth an
country forward to make it dwelling people of the niversary, RSS bows in re
a “vishwa guru”,” he NorthEast and maintained verence before him. All the
added. that no one else can run a swayamsevaks will partici
Mr. Shahsaid the Mahar programme like ‘Embrace pate in the programmes or
ishi fearlessly propagated distance’ in the tribal areas ganised so that his ideals
“swadharma, swabhasha except the Arya Samaj. will be reflected in their
and swaraj” in the preIn He also compared Arya lives. RSS is of the view that
dependence era at a time Samaj with the PM’s vision a true tribute can be paid
when talking about these as both of them promote only by building a cultured
was prohibited. natural farming. vibrant society filled with
“Even though he was a Speaking on the occa the sense of ‘self’ and free
Gujarati and had an exper sion, Gujarat Governor ing the society of untouch
tise in Sanskrit, Maharishi Acharya Devvrat praised ability, addiction and su
Dayanand spoke and wrote Arya Samaj for its efforts in perstitions,” the RSS said.
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Editorial Delhi
T
he police action against violent separa is a researcher with
tists in Punjab is a case of better late than marks obtained in various courses that the LibTech India level of hierarchy is whether you are an as a proxy for merit is like using a person’s body
never. Religious fanaticism in the State performance of Darshan Solanki deteriorated undergraduate or a postgraduate student. temperature as a sole metric to assess health,
has been raising its ugly head in recent years, and specifically in the second half of the autumn Intermingling of these two cohorts was an ignoring one’s age, gender or other preexisting
going out of control in recent months, with open semester. His deteriorating academic exception than the norm as undergraduates health conditions.
calls for violence and threats to state functionar performance could have affected him seriously.” tended to feel superior to postgraduates. For The principle of equal opportunity is only a
ies including Union Ministers. On February 23, a The report further said: “Other than the undergraduates, one’s abilities are immediately corrective measure of historical injustice. It is not
mob overran a police station and freed suspects, statement of Darshan’s sister, there is no specific tattooed in the minds of everyone based on one’s a sufficient principle to foster an equitable society
which was a complete breakdown of law and or evidence of direct castebased discrimination rank in the entrance exams. Much like the devoid of discrimination. Sandel quoting British
der. The challenge appears to be daunting for the faced by him during his stay at IIT Bombay.” Rajendran accident of birth, one’s branch of studies is an economic historian, R.H. Tawney, writes: ‘social
inexperienced Aam Aadmi Party government, Narayanan accident of one’s rank. This then becomes the wellbeing depends upon cohesion and solidarity.
and the situation needs more visible coordina A continuous process teaches in Azim unique identifier of this phantom called merit; Individual happiness does not only require that
tion and action by the Centre and the State. The Unlike the hard sciences, establishing causal links Premji University, then, slowly, the lines between being objective men should be free to rise to new positions of
violent campaign in the 1980s for a separate Khal of discrimination is challenging. However, the Bangalore, and is and objectifying get blurred. comfort and distinction; it also requires that they
istan, supported by Pakistan, had pulverised the lack of tools to establish causality does not negate affiliated with LibTech The accident of the branch of studies results in should be able to lead a life of dignity and
State and claimed the lives of a sitting Prime Mi the presence of discrimination. In thinking about India disinterest and disillusionment among some culture, whether they rise or not.’
nister and thousands of innocents in a genocidal marginalisation, the tendency is to sympathise students. But it plays out differently among
outrage targeting the Sikh community. That trau with the most victimised. While that is students across caste. On average, for some In perspective
ma should not be allowed to return and torment understandable, it should not dilute the many uppercaste disinterested students, it becomes an We write this from the perspective of being
the community or India. Sikhs are a highly mo forms of discrimination. What is needed is not opportunity to explore other facets, which then alumni of two different branches from two IITs
bile and enterprising community, now spread sympathy or bandaid empathy for the most acts as a justification for bad academic and societally identified with the privileged upper
around the world, but economic and social stag victimised but a constant engagement with the performance in college. There is usually an castes. This is neither a sentimental confession
nation is taking its toll. Agriculture is facing a cri politics of assertion because discrimination is not implicit confidence among such students that nor is this any grand theory of caste
sis, and drug abuse is rampant. Troublemakers necessarily a oneoff, highpitched melodramatic they could be bailed out when needed, owing to discrimination at the IITs. This is merely a
are smelling an opportunity to incite violence. event of hurling abuses at somebody. It is a their family connections, affluence, cultural reflection on what we saw and how we were
A wound that is allowed to fester will sicken layered and continuous process that happens capital or social networks with ‘successful’ occupants of the upper echelons by default and,
the whole body. The looming trouble in Punjab is through everyday doses, steadily creating an people. These act as cushions for them to take on occasions, were either silent or ignorant about
being inflamed by a mix of religious fanaticism, atmosphere of “us” and “them”. It takes subtle, risks in college. Think of how and whom you how discrimination operated on the pretext of
foreignaided opportunism, and a societal crisis. seemingly innocuous forms such as a smile would refer for a job in your company where you merit. There is no denying that every student at
The mobilisation of a section of the Sikh diaspora combined with a frown, a wince, a hand gesture, get a referral bonus. the IITs has put in immense effort to get in but it
in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia for or just silence. And, a discussion on However, on average, even when some has taken us a while to realise that calling it merit
the cause of separatism is also a worrying sign for discrimination at the IITs needs to be predicated students on ‘reservation’ feel trapped in a branch was erroneous. The tragic case of Darshan
India. The Centre has to work with Punjab and fo on a discussion on merit as it is the embedded not of their choice, they do not have the luxury to Solanki should serve as a reminder to lakhs of
reign governments to contain this malaise. Vio idea of merit that gives licence to discriminate. explore or take the same kind of risks as their elite alumni from the IITs to pause and reflect on
lent tendencies must be nipped in the bud and The political philosopher, Michael Sandel, in uppercaste counterparts. More often, they lack the blind spots of biases they may have had
proponents of hate must pay a price. Also, there the book, The Tyranny of Merit, presents a similar connections, affluence or cultural capital during their student days. Being key institutional
has to be a conscious effort to communicate with scathing critique of meritocracy as a societal ideal as their uppercaste friends. An apprehension of collaborators, it is equally important for the
the Sikh community at large to isolate the toxic and argues how hubris among the elites and a being stigmatised for bad academic performance faculty at the IITs to reimagine classrooms as
elements. To the world and to citizens, the mes politics of humiliation are natural outcomes of tends to amplify their anxiety and pressure. What spaces free of meritocratic or discriminatory
sage must be clear that India remains a multireli meritocracy. This is not to suggest that every these imply is that even the freedom to take judgements. Building empathy and fostering a
gious and multicultural nation that does not tol uppercaste student at the IITs discriminates or A perspective chances is implicitly conditioned on one’s rank culture of equality, dignity, and fraternity cannot
erate or require separatism. A lack of trust that every lowercaste student feels victimised. by two IIT and caste location. The buoyancy of youth is not happen through short orientation programmes.
between the farmers of Punjab and the Centre However, some uppercaste students at the IITs, alumni on what equal for everyone. What merit completely fails These should be builtinto the curriculum at the
had derailed the agriculture laws that sought to knowingly or unknowingly, embody what Sandel they saw and to account for are the starting points, the IITs and should become the DNA of campus life
reform the sector in 2021. A combination of strict calls “credentialist prejudice” as symptomatic of how trajectories, the social networks, the affluence, for learning spaces to be sanctuaries. These are
force against violent elements and trustbuilding meritocratic arrogance. This happens, when the prejudices, hardships and innumerable other not just moral imperatives but can play a huge
elites tend to “look down on those who do not
discrimination factors that shape us. Contrary to what we were role for a healthier and prosperous India.
with the general public should be at the heart of
the rhetoric and policy of the government. At any rise”. Such an approach “undermines social operated on told, we realised that it was never a levelplaying
rate, no rhetoric from any quarter should be en recognition and esteem for those who lack the the pretext of field. Metaphorically speaking, in a 100 metre Those in distress or having suicidal tendencies could seek help and
couraged that causes more alienation. credentials the system rewards”. merit race, people like us were running downhill, and counselling by calling helplines
Tightrope walk
India cannot afford any shift in its
An objective look at a China-led framework
balancing act on geopolitical issues
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n his keynote speech at the Lanting Forum in integrity and sovereignty. Similarly, China is also parties involved can equally benefit. While in
Beijing on February 21, Chinese Minister of increasing its assertive manoeuvres in the South theory, China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a
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ince 2006, the Prime Ministers of India
and Japan have exchanged visits for their Foreign Affairs Qin Gang highlighted the China Sea by greatly militarising the disputed muchneeded cooperative framework given the
“annual summit”, a meeting that has recently unveiled Global Security Initiative (GSI) maritime territory at the expense of the significant infrastructure deficit in the developing
steered the course of this bilateral relationship. Concept Paper. The GSI is presented as a sovereignty and the sovereign rights of its world, it is its disregard for international
However, it was not the IndiaJapan Special Stra Chinaled framework that seeks to restore Southeast Asian neighbours. Further, in its macroeconomic stability by funding
tegic and Global Partnership that was at the heart stability and security, particularly in Asia. Don McLain Gill complete rejection of international law, unsustainable projects for countries with low or
of the Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s mis Accordingly, Mr. Qin outlined five major pillars to is a Philippinesbased particularly the United Nations Convention on the nonexisting credit ratings that creates more debt
sion during his quick “official visit” to Delhi this effectively implement the GSI, i.e., mutual geopolitical analyst, Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), China continues to burdens for these countries. Moreover, as
week. His focus was on two areas: coordinating respect; openness and inclusion; multilateralism; author, and Director assertively intrude and block the access of its another illustration of Beijing’s disregard for its
the G7 and G20 agendas on food and energy se mutual benefit, and a holistic approach. for South and neighbours within their respective Exclusive neighbour’s sovereignty and sovereign rights,
curity issues arising mainly from the Ukraine Southeast Asia at the Economic Zones. China insisted on receiving a larger share in its
conflict as well as unveiling Japan’s $75 billion The substance of the narrative PhilippineMiddle East The second principle of the GSI lies in its bid for a joint exploration of resources with
While the promotion of such principles is timely Studies Association openness to spearhead inclusive international Manila in Philippine waters.
plan for a Free and Open IndoPacific (FOIP), to
and critical, given the current shifts in the (PMESA) engagements. While this position has been
work with countries in the region on avoiding
debt traps, building infrastructure, and enhanc international geopolitical landscape at the catalysed by the presence of U.S. treaty alliances The ‘holistic’ line
ing maritime and air security. Mr. Kishida ap expense of the developing world, a practical in the Western Pacific, ironically, China also The last principle of the GSI advocates a holistic
peared to be emphasising the need for a global assessment indicates that the GSI is tailored more continues to engage in exclusionary policies in approach towards traditional and nontraditional
consensus, especially including India, in tackling to be an empty narrative to compete with United the East and South China Seas. Not only is this an security threats, with an equal emphasis on
the challenges from Russia and China, where Ja States leadership and dominant U.S.led outright rejection of freedom of navigation eliminating any “breeding ground for insecurity”.
pan is aligned with western powers. In talks with concepts. Consequently, with the war in Ukraine enshrined in international law but it is also a Throughout the years, the rise of China in a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Kishida is un intensifying and diverging perceptions among display of narrowly defined interests to transitioning multipolar international system has
derstood to have been “straightforward” about developing countries vis-à-vis the West and the consolidate its sphere of influence in the region. resulted in power competitions with established
the need for India, as G20 president, to come on unfolding war, China is seeking to leverage these and rising great powers (such as the U.S. and
board with the G7’s plans to address the Ukraine fault lines by promoting its vision as a capable On security cooperation India, respectively) that seek to preserve and
issue and call out “Russian aggression”. While he alternative leader. However, an objective look at The third principle focuses on bilateral and strengthen the established order. Rather than
did not name China directly, it is clear that Chi China’s recent track record of external multilateral security cooperation and being holistic, China’s engagements with these
nese actions in its neighbourhood have left Japan engagement paints a completely different picture consultations to address issues of concern with powers indicate a more narrowly defined goal for
concerned, and his FOIP plan includes India as of what to expect from Beijing’s vision of a future the parties involved. While China plays a its power interests. In addition, China also
an “indispensable partner”. The timing of his vi security order. prominent role in various multilateral continues to be a catalyst for insecurity in the
sit was also pointed, coinciding with Chinese Pre The crux of the GSI’s first principle centres on institutions, its understanding of consultation can nontraditional security realm, starting from its
the need for countries to adhere to the United Beijing’s Global be seen through the prism of asymmetric power alleged lack of accountability regarding the
sident Xi Jinping’s Moscow visit. And, as Mr. Xi
met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Nations Charter and international law while Security relations such as constraining members of the COVID19 pandemic to arming terror groups,
show of strength on Tuesday, Mr. Kishida flew to facilitating relations based on mutual trust and Initiative, which Association of Southeast Asian Nations from such as in Myanmar.
Kiev to support Ukrainian President Volodymyr respect for each other’s sensitivities. During these is a vision of a pursuing collective actions against Beijing’s Therefore, China’s GSI is far from being a
Zelenskyy, his first such visit since the war began. past few years, China has consistently future security assertion. Moreover, China continues to delay the sustainable, equitable, and transparent solution
For New Delhi, that has close ties with Tokyo, demonstrated the exact opposite in terms of its order, is vastly establishment of a crucial Code of Conduct for to the growing insecurity that the world is facing,
as bilateral and multilateral cooperation (the relations with its neighbours. Along its the South China Sea as it continues to bolster its given an objective understanding of its track
different from
Quad), Mr. Kishida was a welcome guest. The two southwestern border, China continues to ensure military power projection in the disputed record in fulfilling its own principle
that its relations with New Delhi are provocative China’s recent territory and indulge in various grey zone requirements. Rather, the GSI indicates Beijing’s
countries have many collaborations that include
the Japanese loan for the muchdelayed “Bullet by not only unilaterally disregarding confidence track record of strategies. attempt to counter U.S. leadership through
train” project, and plans to work on infrastruc building measures and bilateral agreements but external The fourth principle highlights the GSI’s narratives, regardless of whether it can effectively
ture projects to link Bangladesh and India’s also by constantly undermining India’s territorial engagement prioritisation of positivesum cooperation, where operationalise such initiatives on the ground.
northeast. As presidents of the G7 and G20,
both nations have much to gain from synchronis
ing priorities and ensuring that the Global South
gets its fair share of the outcomes of both sum LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
mits. An end to the Ukraine war and a pushback
against China’s aggression in its neighbourhood Stop this threat allowed to help this lines, there needs to be to be challenging the law. transition has to come from spring sunshine blows the
are also common goals. However, it would be It is distressing that movement, or for that close collaboration between One wonders what the the ‘upper strata’. Plant cobwebs away”, March 19).
wrong to assume that they share similar positions antiIndia forces within and matter any other the Centre and Punjab. reactions would have been breeders have to develop The tulip petals against the
on them. Unlike India, Japan is part of the U.S.’s outside the country are secessionist activities. Gregory Fernandes, had these elements highyielding, snowcapped mountains
alliance. Japan has also joined sanctions against working overtime to People should extend moral Mumbai stormed government offices shortduration millet should spell hope in a land
Russia, while India has refused to do so. India has weaken India’s unity and and material support to the and buildings in the West. varieties, with improved torn by years of trouble.
been vocal about its concerns over China’s ac integrity. Recent events Government of India. The laxity by certain Left unchecked, the West palatability specially suited R. Sivakumar,
tions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) but reti such as attacks on Indian Govardhana Myneedu, western governments to could soon be dealing with for organic farming. Chennai
cent in directly criticising China’s actions in the missions should not have Vijayawada stop the vandalism exposes a massive headache. Dr. V. Purushothaman,
South China Sea, Taiwan Straits, etc. With Mr. been allowed to take place their duplicity in their Upant Sharma, Chennai
Modi set to visit Hiroshima as a G7 special invitee by the respective countries. The latest incidents aligning with the interests Una, Himachal Pradesh
in May, and later host Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin at the As far as the ‘Khalistan involving pro‘Khalistani’ of their socalled friends in Kashmir’s tulips
Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisa movement’ is concerned, supporters in the United the east. These countries in On millets The majestic tulip garden in Letters emailed to
tion, any shift in New Delhi’s tightrope balancing India has had a very nasty States and the United the West need to weed out Traditionally, millets are Kashmir is a huge draw; a letters@thehindu.
act on geopolitical issues would seem a stretch, experience. No country in Kingdom is a matter of the rabblerousers in the considered to be the poor breath of fresh air in a co.in must carry the full postal
even at the behest of a dear partner like Japan. the world should be concern. Rising above party Indian diaspora who appear man’s grain. Hence, the troubled region (“Kashmir’s address.
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n unprecedented haste, the show that the Union government changeinduced ocean warming.
Union Ministry of is keen to implement this project. Transplanted corals do not have a
Environment, Forest and The Great Nicobar Island has a high survival rate and are tions, was naturally passed
Climate Change (MoEFCC) population of about 8,000. Once susceptible to bleaching, STATE OF PLAY without any fracas.
has cleared the decks for a mega completed, the project is expected according to various studies. Due to such frequent sus
project at the cost of about to attract more than 3 lakh people, Mahesh Langa pensions, critical issues con
₹70,000 crore at the southern tip C.P. Rajendran which is equal to the current Tectonic instability mahesh.langa@thehindu.co.in cerning the public are not dis
of the Andaman and Nicobar is an adjunct population of the entire Further, the Great Nicobar Island cussed by the lawmakers
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Islands. NITI Aayog is piloting the professor at National 1,000kmlong island chain. The is located close to the epicentre of n March 10, the ongo when the House is in session.
project and the Andaman and Institute of Advanced ecological and environmental cost the 2004 Indian Ocean ing Budget session of It is perhaps for the first time
Nicobar Islands Integrated Studies, Bengaluru, of this urbanisation project in an earthquake which displaced the the Gujarat Assembly that the Gujarat Assembly has
Development Corporation is the and a director of the area known for its marine and sea floor by 1020m vertically as witnessed dramatic scenes not found a single issue worth
project proponent. The ‘Holistic Consortium for terrestrial biodiversity appears to well as trillions of tonnes of when Congress MLAs were debating under Rule 116 of the
Development of Great Nicobar Sustainable have been set aside without any undersea rock. The EIA report suspended from the House for MLAs had raised placards and Assembly, which deals with
Island’ project aims to develop an Development, serious consideration. Thus, it itself admits that “Great Nicobar a day following their protest shouted slogans as a “pre matters of “urgent public im
Connecticut, U.S.
international transhipment port of would be a misnomer to call this lies in close proximity to the Ring demanding a discussion on planned” strategy. At present, portance,” even three weeks
14.2 mTEU cargo capacity at project as ‘holistic.’ Have the of Fire and the Tsunami of 26 the change of prasad (offering) the BJP enjoys a brute majori into the Budget session.
Galathea Bay along the island’s authorities forgotten that a December 2004 is a clear at the Ambaji temple. The de ty of 156 in the 182member This is the second session
southeastern coast, an financially successful demonstration of how prone it is cision of the temple authori Assembly. In addition, three of the 15th Assembly after the
international airport to support transhipment hub can be to severe natural disasters…” ties to discontinue ‘mohan independent candidates who Assembly polls were held in
4,000 passengers during peak sustained only with viable The report, however, fails to thal’ and instead offer ‘chikki’ won elections last year also ex December 2022. The 14th As
hours, a 450 MVA gas and hinterland economic activities? mention scientific studies during sparked a controversy in the tended support to the BJP. sembly held 11 sessions bet
solarbased power plant, and an Expecting that in a place like Great and prior to the 2004 earthquake. State. The government settled Suspending Opposition ween January 2018 and Sep
ecotourism and residential Nicobar is wishful thinking. The coastline of the Great Nicobar the issue later saying the tem members during House pro tember 2022 totalling 123
township of about 160 sq km. The The island, which is spread over Islands, which was raised earlier, ple authorities will offer ‘mo ceedings has become a nor days, according to a report by
government hopes to establish the 900 sq km, was declared a sank several meters during the han thal’ as prasad and ‘chik mal practice in Gujarat. Some the PRS Legislative Research.
offices of multinational biosphere reserve in 1989 and earthquake. Postearthquake ki’ as an option. times, suspensions have The report says that on aver
corporations by clearing about a included in the UNESCO’s Man satellite measurements show that This was the second time flouted rules. In 2018, two age, the 14th Assembly sat for
million trees in the tropical rain and Biosphere Programme in the island topography is slowly that Opposition members Congress MLAs — Pratap Dud two sessions and 25 days a
forest and destroying large parts of 2013. More than threefourth of it regaining its original height were suspended from the hat and Amrish Der — were year. In 2000 and 2010, the
coral reefs. is designated as a tribal reserve relative to the sea level. Massive House during this session of suspended for three years for average sitting days for the
under The Andaman and Nicobar earthquakes like this are inevitable the State Assembly. On March allegedly attacking a BJP law State Assembly was 31 days a
Quick clearances Islands (Protection of Aboriginal in this region. The repeated up 1, 19 legislators from the Con maker with a microphone in year. In the 12th Assembly, the
The process towards Tribes) Amendment Regulation. and down movement of land in gress and the Aam Aadmi Par the House, while another le Assembly too sat for an aver
implementation of this free trade The agenda to convert this pristine response to such earthquakes ty were suspended from the gislator, Baldevji Thakor, was age of 31 days a year.
zone and transhipment facility in island into a commercial hub to makes the Great Nicobar Island Assembly for a day after they suspended for a year for alleg Between Opposition mem
Great Nicobar, located about 1,650 compete with the international unsuitable to be developed as an shouted slogans against the edly disrupting the proceed bers suspended and a reduced
km from Chennai and 40 nautical port in Singapore is nothing but urban port city, but the EIA report Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ings of the House. The move number of sitting days of the
miles from the international ‘ecocide’. This project will also run hardly considers the tectonic government. The Opposition was met with criticism since Gujarat Assembly, there is a
shipping route, started in counter to the rights of vulnerable instability around Great Nicobar. MLAs were demanding a dis the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha rule risk that substantive, demo
September 2020 when the NITI tribal communities, such as the On international fora, India’s cussion then too — on the is book has no provisions to sup cratic policy debates are get
Aayog issued a request for Nicobarese and Shompen, who leaders and representatives always sue of a fake trainee police sub port such action. The suspen ting stifled in the State. Unless
proposals for preparing the have been living in these areas for highlight the country’s role in inspector found undergoing sions were revoked days later. a robust bipartisan spirit re
master plan for the project. In thousands of years and who championing conservation, training at a Staterun police Not just a few Opposition enters the Assembly debates,
March 2021, AECOM India Private depend on the forests for survival. sustainability, and green training academy. When As members, but nearly the led by Mr. Chaudhary and the
Ltd, a consulting agency, released To recommend afforestation as development models. But our sembly Speaker Shankar whole Opposition has been BJP majority of the House, the
a prefeasibility report. The a compensation for the loss of optimism is dampened by Chaudhary rejected the de suspended in the past. In absence of Opposition voices
MoEFCC’s Expert Appraisal forest in the Great Nicobar Island unsustainable developmental mand of the Congress for an 2013, when the Gujarat Lokay raising critical questions re
Committee initiated the process of
The ecological is farcical. The EIA report says projects such as the one being urgent discussion on the is ukta Commission Bill was garding the policy agenda will
environmental clearance in April, and compensatory afforestation will be formulated for Great Nicobar — sue, which the party claimed passed in the Assembly, the be to the detriment of deve
and the project proponent environmental carried out in Haryana and projects which dilute was linked to the future of the lone warrior opposing it was lopment, and nudge Gujarat
contracted the Hyderabadbased cost of the Madhya Pradesh. Farfield environmental laws to ease youth, 16 Congress MLAs and Keshubhai Patel since more towards a strongarm ap
Vimta Labs to prepare the project in an afforestation, that too in areas that execution. Growth in terms of three AAP MLAs walked out as than 55 MLAs of the Congress proach to governance. Equal
environment impact assessment area known for have no ecological comparison, GDP makes no sense if it ends up a mark of protest. Following had been suspended earlier. A ly, the Opposition could play a
(EIA) report. In December 2021, its marine and makes no sense. The project will in the irretrievable loss of natural this, Gujarat Legislative and few other Opposition MLAs more effective role in the As
the Ministry placed the draft EIA end up destroying vast stretches of capital. It is high time that the Parliamentary Affairs minister were conspicuous by their ab sembly if it prioritised policy
report in the public domain for
terrestrial coral reefs. The report Prime Minister’s expressed vision Rushikesh Patel moved a mo sence. The Bill, which the issues rationally, such as un
comments and discussion. The biodiversity recommends ‘translocation’ of of ‘green developmental model’ tion for the suspension of the then Governor Kamla Beniwal employment, instead of stok
quick approvals, clearances, appears to have these organisms which are facing becomes the guiding principle for members for a day. He had returned for reconsidera ing confrontation over prasad
exemptions and denotifications been set aside an existential threat due to climate future economic activities. claimed that the Opposition tion after raising some objec preferences.
Most of the expense for the treatment of cancer, which is among the costliest diseases to treat, is borne by the patients
FIFTY YEARS AGO MARCH 22, 1973
DATA POINT
and average outofpocket expen Centre not for cinema
diture per hospitalisation case as
per the NSS report. houses nationalisation
Thanmaya Prakash While comparison data post the
& Vignesh Radhakrishnan implementation of Ayushman Bha New Delhi, March 21: Mr. I.K. Gujral, Minister of
rat, an insurance scheme State for Information and Broadcasting, made it
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n March 14, the Minister of launched in 2018, are not yet avail clear in the Lok Sabha during questiontime
State for Health said can able, the Committee observed that today that the Government’s policy was not to
cer cases in India will doctors’ “entire prescription and nationalise cinema houses. Mr. Gujral, who was
cross the 15 lakh mark by 2025. A latest cancer therapies were not replying to Mr. Prabodh Chandra, said that while
research paper published by the covered in the scheme.” It also said the Government would make some public
Indian Council of Medical Re that many diagnostic tests are not investments in the construction of cinema
search in December last year had covered. And given that initial in houses, they would want private enterprise to
estimated that cancer cases are vestigations can be “very expen invest in cinema houses. The Government had
likely to increase from 14.6 lakh in sive, it leads to delay in treatment.” plans to establish a chain of theatres to make up
2022 to 15.7 lakh in 2025 in India. The Committee observed that the big shortage in the number of cinema
In the last decade, cancer cases some Statespecific insurance houses available and the State Governments
have risen from around 10 lakh in schemes have been highly benefi were expected to act on the recommendation of
2012 to 14.6 lakh in 2022 (Chart 1). cial to the community at large, and a recent conference of State Information
While increasing disease bur suggested a convergence of State Ministers to set apart 10 per cent for the
den is a concern, the economic and Central schemes. Its observa encouragement of construction of cinema
burden is equally a worry given tions are accurate as the cost of houses. After Mr. Dharam Bir Sinha, Deputy
that cancer treatment is among cancer treatment does vary widely Minister of Information, had said, in reply to Dr.
the most expensive compared to across States. Chart 4 shows the H.P. Sharma, that there were only 7,140 cinema
other diseases. A Parliamentary Statewise average medical expen houses in the country against the 26,000
Standing Committee report on diture incurred per hospitalisation required, Mr. Prabodh Chandra said people
cancer, released in September case for cancer treatment in go were not coming forward to construct cinema
2022, expressed concern about vernment hospitals as per NSS houses because threats of nationalisation were
the “inaccessible and increasing 201718. The chart shows that ex being held out often as was happening in
cost of cancer treatment.” For in penditure was lowest in Tamil Na Punjab. He wanted a categorical statement that
stance, according to the National du and Telangana (with less than cinema houses would not be nationalised. In
Sample Survey (NSS) 201718 re ₹1,000 spent per case) followed reply to him as well as Mr. Jyotirmoy Basu, who
port, the average medical expendi closely by Andhra Pradesh. This is had alleged that threats of nationalisation were
ture per hospitalisation case for an outcome of existing Statespec being held out to collect money for the
cancer treatment was ₹68,259 in ific insurance schemes. While ex Congress, Mr. Gujral said he had seen reports of
urban areas (Chart 2). The average penditure was highest in the the Punjab Government’s intention to take over
expenditure for cardiovascular northern and northeastern parts cinema houses, but the State Government had
disease, the secondmost expen of India, the central, eastern and not approached the Centre on this issue.
sive disease on the list, was western States were middling.
₹47,788. The Committee said that The NSS data also show that 153
while anticancer medicine costs per 1 lakh people in the 4559 age A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MARCH 22, 1923
can be regulated, the cost of treat group and 300 per 1 lakh in the 60
ment also depends on other ex 69 age group reported hospitalisa Disarmament
penditure such as radiotherapy. tion due to cancer (Chart 5). This
Radiotherapy machines are not shows that cancer often strikes Leafield (Oxford) midnight, March 21: According
manufactured in India and are the around the retirement age of an to a telegram from Washington, Mr. Hughes,
refore expensive. It said that the earning member, which leads to Secretary of State, announces that he has
cost of radiotherapy cannot be reg mounting debt burden. received from Great Britain an official denial of
ulated as it has not been declared The data also show that the av the statement which was made at Newhaven to
an essential service. erage hospital stay of 14.1% of can the effect that in a considerable number of
Notably, a significant share of cer patients was more than 30 British ships bulges had increased and turrest
medical costs is incurred by pa days in India, while on average, loading arrangements been fitted, elevation of
tients in India due to relatively only 2.3% patients stay in hospital terret guns had been modified. Mr. Hughes
poor insurance penetration. Ac for that long. As longer stays lead explains that he obtained the information
cording to the NSS 201718 report, to higher bills, cancer is indeed an regarding the British ships from the United
more than 80% of hospital bills are expensive disease to treat. States Navy department which in its turn now
paid out of pocket. Chart 3 shows accepts the statement of the British
the average medical expenditure Thanmaya Prakash is an intern at The Hindu Government.
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The number of The supplementary The hydropower The revenue earned The number of
undertrial prisoners as grants approved by the potential which is by Centre from scrap sportspersons from
of Dec. 31, 2021 government for FY23 exploited by India disposal in Feb. 2023 U.P. to get govt. jobs
Understanding wastetoenergy plants
What kind of waste do these plants use to generate electricity? Why is segregation of waste important? How is the Kozhikode municipality planning to
implement the plant project? What are the various challenges such plants face?
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he Kerala government recently waste generation rate could avail around first wastetoenergy project in
announced the State’s first 100 TPD of nonrecyclable dry waste to Kozhikode. The planned facility
wastetoenergy project in generate power. The proposed plant is expected to be built in two
Kozhikode. The planned could absorb another 4050 tonnes of years and generate about 6 MW
facility is expected to be built in two years such waste from nearby urban local of power.
and generate about 6 MW of power. There bodies (ULBs). But this quantity of
are around 100 wastetoenergy projects material, around 150 TPD, will be 쑽
around the country but only a handful of available only when the people follow Wastetoenergy projects can
them are operational, thanks to various strict segregation practices and also consume only nonrecyclable
production and operational challenges. process biodegradable waste. Typically, dry waste. They are also
wastetoenergy projects consume 50 TPD expected to use segregated
What do wastetoenergy projects do? of material to generate 1 MW of power. At nonrecyclable dry waste
Wastetoenergy projects use this rate, the potential to generate power which is the only type of waste
nonrecyclable dry waste to generate from Kozhikode’s and other ULBs’ waste with a sufficiently high calorific
electricity. The process increases the is around 3 MW. A higher capacity than value.
State’s power generation capacity and this, such as the planned 6 MW, will be 쑽
eases the solid waste management (SWM) risky because enough material may not be
Setting up wastetoenergy
burden. available.
projects is complex and needs
Generally, solid waste in India is Operating wastetoenergy projects
the full support of the
5560% biodegradable organic waste, also depends on parameters like the municipality, the State and the
which can be converted into organic municipal collection efficiency, waste people.
compost or biogas; 2530% Cleaner cities: The waste collected from all over Kozhikode is heaped at Njeliyanparamba, where the segregation, moisture content, and the
nonbiodegradable dry waste; and around waste to energy plant is proposed to be set up. K. RAGESH operational efficiency of existing
15% silt, stones, and drain waste. Of the biodegradablewasteprocessing plants. If
nonbiodegradable dry waste, only 23% — plants. Of the nonbiodegradable waste, processing plant) should be streamlined these plants have operational woes (as is
including hard plastics, metals, and only about 5 TPD out of the 95 TPD is to ensure the waste coming to the facility common), the nature of waste will change
ewaste — is recyclable. The remainder recycled; the remaining nonrecyclable has this calorific value. drastically to have high moisture content
consists of lowgrade plastic, rags, and dry waste could be used to generate Second is the high costs of energy and low calorific value, which will
cloth that can’t be recycled. This fraction power at the wastetoenergy plant. production. The cost of generating power compromise power generation. Setting up
of the nonrecyclable dry waste is the from waste is around ₹78/unit, while the wastetoenergy projects is complex and
most challenging portion of the present Why do wastetoenergy plants fail? cost at which the States’ electricity boards needs the full support of the municipality,
SWM system; the presence of these While wastetoenergy plants seem like a buy power from coal, hydroelectric, and the State and the people. To overcome its
materials also reduces the efficiency of simple solution, they have several solar power plants is around ₹34/unit. various challenges, the municipality must
recycling other dry and wet waste. challenges en route to becoming feasible. While State electricity boards are ensure that only nonbiodegradable dry
It is this portion that wastetoenergy First is the low calorific value of solid considering purchasing power from waste is sent to the plant and separately
plants use to generate power. The waste is waste in India due to improper newer renewable energy sources like manage the other kinds of waste.
combusted to generate heat, which is segregation. The calorific value of mixed wastetoenergy, the price of the power Importantly, the municipality or the
converted into electricity. Indian waste is about 1,500 kcal/kg, generated needs to halve. Finally, many department responsible for SWM should
which is not suitable for power wastetoenergy projects have failed be practical about the high cost of power
What is the Kozhikode project? generation. (Coal’s calorific value is because of improper assessments, high generation, and include the State
Kozhikode has a population of about 6.3 around 8,000 kcal/kg.) Biodegradable expectations, improper characterisation electricity department, perhaps as a
lakh and generates approximately 300 waste has high moisture content and studies, and other onground conditions. tripartite agreement between the
tonnes per day (TPD) of waste. Of this, cannot be used for power generation. The Wastetoenergy projects can consume municipality, the plant operator, and the
around 205 TPD is biodegradable and 95 calorific value of segregated and dried only nonrecyclable dry waste, which is power distribution agency. It is also
TPD is nonbiodegradable. nonrecyclable dry waste is much higher, about 25% of the waste; they are expected crucial to conduct field studies and learn
The municipality is currently using the at 2,8003,000 kcal/kg, sufficient to to only use segregated nonrecyclable dry from the experience of other projects.
biodegradable material to generate generate power. However, segregation waste as well, which is the only type of Pushkara S.V. is a practitioner at the
organic compost in various composting (ideally at the source, if not at the waste with a sufficiently high calorific Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
Is the SARSCoV2 XBB.1.16
of seasonal influenza H3N2 cases, an THE GIST
uptick in COVID19 cases is also being
seen in India in the month of March,
despite the low number of testing. The 쑽
lineage a cause for concern?
total number of active COVID19 cases Coinfection of multiple
across the country has increased to over lineages of a virus could result
6,000. The fastspreading XBB.1.16 in recombinations between
lineage is believed to be responsible for genomes which can give rise to
the recent spike in COVID19 cases in chimeric genomes, otherwise
Does this emerging lineage differ in clinical severity when compared to other Omicron lineages? India. Although data from systematic called recombinants.
genomic surveillance in India is limited,
XBB.1.16 today accounts for more than 쑽
Vinod Scaria course of the COVID19 pandemic. Two The variant has to date been detected in 30% of all the sequenced genomes in the XBB.1.16 is a recombinant
Bani Jolly such recombinant lineages are currently at least 14 countries across the world. The month of March 2023, and its proportion lineage of the virus and is a
designated as Variants Under Monitoring lineage XBB.1.16 has a number of has been seen to be increasing in the past descendent of the XBB lineage.
The story so far: (VUM) by the World Health Organization mutations in common with the VOI few weeks. The States of Telangana, The lineage has been
ver the past three years and — XBB, a recombinant of Omicron XBB.1.5. Additional key mutations Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra have circulating predominantly in
O multiple waves of infection, the
SARSCoV2 virus continues to
evolve by accumulating genetic variations.
sublineages BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75, and
XBF, a recombinant of BA.5.2.3 and
BA.2.75.3 Omicron sublineages. The
including E180V and T478R in the Spike
protein and I5T in ORF9b are present in
the XBB.1.16 lineage. In contrast, the
reported the highest number of XBB.1.16
cases. However, this could be biased as
not all States proactively sequence their
India.
쑽
Based on preliminary data,
lineage XBB.1.5, a sublineage of the XBB, XBB.1.5 has the mutation T478K in Spike. samples. Based on preliminary data,
What are recombinants? first identified in New York City in T478R is associated with immune escape, there is no evidence to suggest that there is no evidence to suggest
Coinfection of multiple lineages of a virus October 2022, is currently designated as a or the ability of the virus to evade infections with the XBB.1.16 lineage differ that infections with the
XBB.1.16 lineage differ in
could result in recombinations between Variant of Interest (VOI) by the WHO. antibodies generated from previous in clinical severity from those caused by
clinical severity from those
genomes which can give rise to chimeric infections or vaccines. The ORF9b I5T other Omicron lineages although the
caused by other Omicron
genomes, otherwise called recombinants. What is the XBB.1.16 lineage? mutation is also found in the lineage higher growth advantage and immune lineages.
While most recombinations may not give First detected in SARSCoV2 sequences XBB.1.9 and has been widely believed to escape could lead to a higher risk of
rise to viable viruses, there is a rare from India, the XBB.1.16 is a recombinant lend a growth advantage to the virus. reinfection with XBB.1.16 compared to
possibility that recombination could lineage of the virus and is a descendent of Preliminary data also suggest that other circulating Omicron lineages.
result in the creation of a new lineage of the XBB lineage. The lineage has been XBB.1.16 has a higher growth advantage Protecting the vulnerable through
the virus with better functional circulating predominantly in India. A over currently circulating SARSCoV2 timetested means could therefore
capabilities than either of the parent significantly large number of the genomes lineages, including the XBB.1.5 lineage. significantly blunt the rise in infections.
lineages. from outside India, such as in the U.S. and The authors are researchers at the CSIR
Several recombinant lineages of Singapore, have been linked with Why is XBB.1.16 a cause for concern? Institute of Genomics and Integrative
SARSCoV2 have emerged during the international travel, mostly from India. Amid the ongoing increase in the number Biology in Delhi.
CM M ND-NDE
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THE HINDU
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9
Delhi
Text&Context
KEYWORD
secondwave feminism in the West Mr. Michael. V. McCabe, Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi, writes: “You said “chucking it
down” means “raining heavily.” Perhaps,
though I have never, ever heard it used
A concept, created through women’s magazines and popular media, which elucidated how women were satisfied with their roles as that way. It means “eating a great deal”
homemakers/mothers. It was one of the most influential ideas in the 1960s which eventually led to a revival of the feminist movement in the U.S. with the added flavor of doing so quickly.
“I have never seen anyone eat so much.
He’s really chucking it down!” Secondly,
Rebecca Rose Varghese As explained by Friedan in the chapter unhappiness, which she described as a on the romanticised image of the perfect when you described how to pronounce
‘The Happy Housewife Heroine’, “problem that has no name.” woman, many others have critically “mar,” you wrote that the final “r” is
eminine mystique was one of the according to the mystique, the West has analysed the feminine mystique through
F
silent. That, sir, is wrong. The final “r” is
most influential concepts in the undervalued the virtues of femininity. Criticisms of the concept these mediums. pronounced as any other “r” is
feminist movement, known to The concept romanticises the notion of Though the concept influenced many For instance, the book, Stepford Wives pronounced — “r”. Thus the word is
have triggered secondwave femininity and urges women to accept feminist movements, it was not without (1972) by Ira Levin looks at the extent to pronounced “mar,” just as it is spelled,
feminism in the U.S. in the 1960s. The their feminine nature that could be flaws. It came under heavy criticism for which society could go to match the and is not pronounced “mah,” as you
concept was introduced by Betty Friedan fulfiled only through sexual passivity, the false vantage point the author claimed idealised version of a suburban happy clearly implied. (You also might have
in her 1963 bestseller book titled The male domination, and nurturing maternal (that of a suburban housewife and mother housewife. The satirical psychological mentioned the meaning “to deface or
Feminine Mystique. The term described love. It criticises women’s attempts to be while she was a radical leftist) and for thriller, which was later adapted into a blemish” as in “You just marred my new
the societal assumption that women ‘masculine’ — to earn, or fulfil goals that being a concept that catered to a select movie with the same name, tells the story table.”) You wrote that “iron” rhymes
found fulfilment through their gendered were not feminine instead of accepting group of women. Black feminist scholar of Joanna Eberhart, a young married with “lion” and that “horn” rhymes with
roles alone. Drawing attention to women’s the virtuous mystiqueapproved roles. Bell Hooks, in her book From Margin to mother and an aspiring photographer “dawn,” that in neither case is the “r”
magazines and educational institutions Interestingly, the mystique was Center, explains how Friedan’s book gave who moves into a Connecticut pronounced. That sir, is rubbish.”
that romanticised the homemakermother portrayed, through media and magazines, a onedimensional perspective of community from New York only to find “Thank you, sir, for drawing my
images of a woman, Friedan’s book to be a new phenomenon that idealised women’s reality that did not address out that the women in the town attention to the additional meaning of
discussed the dissatisfaction and the notion of a perfect housewife who universal problems women faced. personified the image of the perfect ‘chucking it down’ and ‘mar.’ You may not
discontent among women, in trying to fit was satisfied with domestic life. Yet, this According to her, it was racist and classist suburbanhousewife. have heard of ‘chucking it down’ in the
into the media’s portrayal of a “perfect concept was as old as time, since the aim to portray the issues faced by middleclass The women seemed obsessed with sense of ‘raining heavily’, but it exists.
woman”. The concept restricted women was to restrict women to their gendered women as representing the whole of cleaning, cooking and taking care of their Regarding the pronunciation of ‘mar,’
to the role of a happy housewife even roles, limiting their dreams to the kitchen American society. The concept failed to families while lacking any dreams or ‘iron’ and ‘lion’ what I have stated is
when they could be freed from domestic floor and home nurseries. address the problems faced by women of intellectual interests. As Eberhart correct. It is the pronunciation recorded
work to pursue their dreams with the colour and workingclass women who had investigates the reasons behind the in dictionaries published in Britain.
help of modern appliances and Questioning the mystique to join the labour force out of financial strange incidences occurring in the town, Perhaps you have a different model. Your
technology that reduced domestic labour In her book, Friedan looks at the idealised need and did not have the option of it is revealed that all these women were spelling of the word ‘flavour’ indicates
— an option the women from their version of women presented in women’s remaining housewives. replaced with subservient robots by their that your variety of English is not British.
previous generations did not have. magazines that confined women to roles The book appeared blind to the plight husbands in their goal to have the perfect Then there is no quarrel. You are right
that the mystique found appropriate for of a section of women who were uppermiddleclass and so am I. Thank you, sir, for your deep
Reinventing the concept them. Even when it was revealed that imprisoned by sexist oppression. The suburbanhomemakermother/wife. The interest in the column.”
After World War II, the men returned women felt unfulfiled in their gendered book talked about the aspirations of movie ends on an eerie note where the “Mr. M. Chellappa, Pallavaram, Madras
from the war. Women who up until then roles, it was attributed to education or white, middleclass, educated women to protagonist herself is replaced by a robot, wants to know whether ‘fulsome’ means
had filled the men’s shoes, working lack of sexual fulfilment. Freudian leave their homes to fulfil their dreams with a finally satisfied husband. ‘full of.’”
outside and earning a living while the theories also blamed women for their but failed to talk about the women who The recent movie, Don’t Worry Darling “No. The word is used in a bad sense. It
men were away, were now expected to go incompetence in not living up to idealised would have to step in and do the domestic directed by Olivia Wilde also addresses means ‘excessively complimentary,
back to their feminine roles as obedient standards of the feminine and cited it as labour in middleclass households in such the feminine mystique through Alice’s flattering, offensive to good taste.’ It is
wives and homemakers. From there the reason behind their dissatisfaction. a situation. These women, from the (the protagonist) perspective in a similar used of language, style and behaviour.
sprung the artificial concept of the Statistics revealed that by the end of lowerworking classes, would have to premise. I was shocked at the fulsome praise of
feminine mystique. Men who returned the 1950s, more women were getting abandon their children and dreams to Despite its limitations, Friedan’s book the minister by the ViceChancellor.
expected women to be at their beck and married at a younger age, bringing down ensure that the white suburban woman captured the attention of women around The word ‘fulsome’ has only negative
expected complete devotion and the average age to 20. More women had could fulfil hers. While Friedan’s solution the world, pushing them to introspect, connotations. ‘Fulsome praise’ is not
nurturing from them. Moreover, in the dropped out of college and it was shown to these problems was for women to question and redefine their roles and lavish praise. It is excessive, sickening
1950s, during the Cold War between that they desired to fit into the standards balance a career and a household, this identities in society. flattery.”
America and Soviet Russia, the cultivation of the mystique. Yet, in interviews, there ultimately added more pressure on This false idea denied women the “Mr. P. K. Shamsundar of Gulbarga
of a perfect nuclear family and the was growing dissatisfaction among women to create a perfect balance opportunity to realise their potential, wants to know whether the following
idealised image of a happy suburban middleclass women as many could not between work and family. It created a turning them into frustrated spouses and sentence is correct. ‘His friend and doctor
housewife was part of a larger ideological find contentment in just serving the needs new ideal for women — the modern mothers. was with him when I called on him’.”
battle between the two nations. And of their husbands and families. This working wife which simultaneously Not only has it helped many scholars in “It is correct if his friend is also his
women, especially white women from the dissatisfaction with being unable to live belittled the homemaker who was contextualising feminist issues but it has doctor. If the friend and the doctor are
middle class were weaponised in this up to the ‘mystique’ pushed women into unsuccessful in creating this balance. also inspired many writers and two different persons, then ‘was’ should
battle in representing a superior addiction, depression and a sense of moviemakers to discuss the prevalence of be replaced by ‘were’: His friend and
American society which idealised emptiness. And thus, Friedan disputed In books and movies the feminine mystique even in the 21st doctor were with him when I called on
femininity and family life. the mystique and blamed it for women’s While many books and movies lingered century and critique it. him.”
“Mr. K. Suryamurthy of Tiruvarur
wants to know how to pronounce ‘depot’”
“The ‘e’ in the word is pronounced like
the ‘e’ in ‘bed.’ ‘pot’ in ‘depot’ rhymes
Please send in your answers to with ‘toe’ and foe’. The final ‘t’ is silent
THE DAILY QUIZ dailyquiz@thehindu.co.in The stress is on the first syllable ‘de’.
Published in The Hindu on May 19,
1987.
World Water Day is an annual UN observance day held on March 22 that highlights the
importance of fresh water. Here is a quiz on freshwater resources from across the world
Sindhu Nagaraj and Rukarara are the Questions and Answers to the previous
headwaters of this river. The day’s daily quiz: 1. The March equinox
X source of one of the two main happens when this point is exactly on the
QUESTION 1 tributaries of the river is Lake equator while moving from the southern
This is the largest freshwater Tana, and the other has been hemisphere to the northern hemisphere.
lake in the world by volume. It in dispute. Identify the river. Ans: The subsolar point
is also known for two more X 2. On equinox, the shadows cast by the
parameters. Identify the lake. QUESTION 4 steps of this Temple gives the impression
What are the parameters? Which is the world’s longest that a big serpent is descending to the
X freshwater lake? This lake is bottom. Ans: K’uk’ulkan
QUESTION 2 shared by four countries. Which 3. During an equinox, at these places on
Wular Lake is one of the largest are they? the earth, the sun neither rises nor sets.
freshwater lakes in South Asia. X Ans: North and South Poles
A navigation project at the QUESTION 5 4. This person was the head of the
mouth of Wular Lake has been This river is 61 m long at its Calendar Reform Committee in 1955. Ans:
in talks for decades. In which longest constant point and had Meghnad Saha
country is the lake situated? been named the World’s 5. In the current century, this March
What is the name of the Shortest River by the Guinness equinox will occur the earliest. Ans: March For feedback and suggestions for
project? Book of World Records before X 19, 2096 Text & Context, please write to
X Guinness eliminated the Visual question: Visual: King Suryavarman II built this letters@thehindu.co.in
QUESTION 3 category. Name the river. In Identify this lake. The Yarlung Tsangpo, the upper stream of this river originates HinduBuddhist temple. Ans: Angkor Wat with the subject ‘Text & Context’
Kagera, Nyabarongo, Mwogo, which country does it flow? here. What is the name of the river? Early Bird: Helen Tom
CM M ND-NDE
YK
THE HINDU
10 Wednesday, March 22, 2023
News Delhi
Trinamool,
From Page One SC to examine if poll bond pleas need AAP, BRS to
SC Bench seeks data on to be referred to Constitution Bench fight ‘misuse’
of CBI, ED
alternatives to hanging
Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud fixes hearing on April 11 after the petitioners urge the court to take up the case before The Hindu Bureau
“Lethal injection has not always been successful… the Karnataka Assembly election, which is set to be held in May; the petitions have been in limbo for nearly eight years NEW DELHI
Question is what is the best method according to
science,” Justice Narasimha observed. The Aam Aadmi Party
Chief Justice Chandrachud asked Mr. Malhotra Krishnadas Rajagopal anonymous donations. sold from March 2018 to (AAP), the Trinamool Con
if he had gone through “startling” anecdotal re NEW DELHI The Finance Act of 2017 December 2022 in 24 phas gress and the Bharat Rash
search material, which shows that “heavy pa has introduced the use of es at a total cost of ₹10.23 tra Samithi (BRS) are work
tients” end up “struggling” after the administra he Supreme Court electoral bonds which are crore to the taxpayer. ing closely together to
tion of lethal injections in the U.S.
“Now, we cannot tell the legislature that meth
od ‘A’ is better than method ‘B’... The burden is on
T on Tuesday fixed
April 11 to examine
whether petitions chal
exempt from disclosure
under the Representation
of Peoples Act, 1951, open
The expenses include
₹8.33 crore in bank com
mission and ₹1.90 crore in
stitch a nonBJP, nonCon
gress alliance, and as part
of its first step, the parties
the Union of India to constantly make a study,” the lenging the validity of the ing doors to unchecked, printing charges. While are proposing to file peti
court noted. electoral bonds scheme unknown funding to politi ₹6.74 lakh electoral bonds tions in courts against the
need to be referred to a cal parties,” Mr. Bhushan were printed, bonds worth misuse of investigating
‘Matter of legislative policy’ Constitution Bench. argued. ₹11,699.84 crore were sold, agencies like the CBI and
In 2018, the Centre filed an affidavit supporting A Bench led by Chief The Finance Act, 2016 the RTI response showed. Enforcement Directorate,
death by hanging. It had not found the method of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has also amended the Fo This petition has sought sources said.
execution “barbaric, inhuman and cruel” com was urged by senior advo reign Contribution Regula the quashing of the No Delhi Chief Minister Ar
pared to firing squads and lethal injections. cate Dushyant Dave, advo tion Act (FCRA), 2010, to vember 7, 2022 notification vind Kejriwal had report
The government had traced statistics of cates Prashant Bhushan, allow foreign companies issued by the Finance Mi edly written a letter to the
“botchedup” administration of lethal injections Shadan Farasat and Neha with subsidiaries in India nistry amending the elec Chief Ministers of West
to condemned prisoners in the United States for Rathi, all for the petition are essential to democracy tion for Democratic Re to fund political parties in toral bonds scheme. Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil
110 years to prove its point that this mode of State ers, to advance the next and need to be heard by a forms, has argued that the India, effectively, exposing “An additional period of Nadu, Kerala, Bihar and
execution was only “designed to create an appea date from May 2 to April 11. Bench of at least five Su amendments made Indian politics and democ 15 days shall be specified Punjab and invited them
rance of serenity and painless death”. Mr. Dave said the court preme Court judges. through the Finance Acts racy to international lobby by the Central government for a dinner meeting in
Likewise, the government had graphically de should take up the case be The petitions, which of 2016 and 2017, both ists, the petitioners have in the year of general elec Delhi on March 18 and pro
tailed the horrors of death by firing squad. How, if fore the Karnataka As have been in limbo for passed as Money Bills, contended. tions to the Legislative As posed to launch the “pro
the shots missed the heart, the prisoners slowly sembly election, which is about eight years, allege have through the electoral Response received from sembly of States and Union gressive Chief Minister’s
bled to death. scheduled to be held in that the scheme has bonds scheme, “opened the Department of Eco Territories with the legisla group of India”. The event
The Centre had also said the mode of execution May. opened the doors for ano the floodgates to unlimited nomic Affairs (DEA) on Ja ture,” the gazette notifica however did not take
is a “matter of legislative policy”. Mr. Farasat argued that nymous donations to polit political donations”. nuary 27 to a Right to Infor tion said. place.
The government said the death penalty is the issue of election bonds ical parties days before “The amendments have mation (RTI) application Earlier, a 30day extra There is also no clarity
awarded only in the rarest of rare cases. The court raised cardinal and sub polls are due. removed the caps on cam filed by Commodore Lo period for sale was allowed whether all parties con
had earlier clarified that it was not questioning the stantial questions of law af Mr. Bhushan, appearing paign donations by compa kesh Batra (retd) showed only in the Lok Sabha elec cerned agreed to the
constitutionality of the death penalty. fecting fair elections which for petitioner NGO Associa nies and have legalised that electoral bonds were tion year. proposition.
IMF clears $3billion
bailout for Sri Lanka
Amid ruckus,
Lok Sabha
Attempts by Presiding Officers to break NIA arrests
J&K journalist
Sri Lanka is “no longer a bankrupt country”, Pre
passes J&K Parliament deadlock fail to yield result in terror
sident Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised
address on Tuesday, adding that the IMF pro
Budget The Hindu Bureau but majority of the Opposi
funding case
gramme would “serve as an assurance to the inter NEW DELHI tion parties boycotted
national community that Sri Lanka has the capac The Hindu Bureau them as earlier Leader of The Hindu Bureau
ity to service its debt”. NEW DELHI Attempts by the Presiding the Opposition (LoP) Mali SRINAGAR
The IMF package enables Sri Lanka “to access Officers of both Houses of karjun Kharge couldn’t
up to $7 billion in funding from IMF & IFIs [Inter The Lok Sabha on Tuesday Parliament to break the speak on the floor of the The National Investigation
national Financial Institutions]”, he noted, while passed the demands for deadlock between the House because of protests Agency (NIA) on Monday
thanking Sri Lanka’s partners. the Jammu and Kashmir Treasury and Opposition from the BJP benches. arrested a journalist in Sri
India, Japan [as a member of the Paris Club ( J&K) Budget and the se benches did not succeed Questioning Leader of nagar for allegedly propa
group of creditors], and China — Sri Lanka’s top cond batch of Supplemen on Tuesday, leading to the House Piyush Goyal’s gating a secessionist agen
three bilateral creditors — played a crucial role in tary Demands, or Appro speculation that the Bud statement that the Opposi da under the garb of
unlocking the IMF assistance to the island, by pro priation Bill (No. 2), 2023, get Session could be trun tion had insulted the Chair protecting human rights.
viding financing assurances to the Fund. without any discussion as cated ahead of its April 6 man by boycotting his Irfan Mehraj worked for
In an open letter to bilateral creditors last sloganeering by the Trea schedule. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during a meeting with leaders of all meeting, senior Congress the online portal TwoCir
week, Mr. Wickremesinghe promised that Sri Lan sury and Opposition At a meeting of floor parties at his chamber in Parliament House on Tuesday. ANI member Jairam Ramesh cles.net, which focuses on
ka would be transparent in the debt restructuring benches disrupted normal leaders of the Lok Sabha, said such a statement came news about marginalised
process. functioning of the House. Speaker Om Birla asked ready to set aside its de must get the right to res from the leader a party communities, and also
In the Rajya Sabha too, both sides to let go off the mand to let the House run pond. He, however, didn’t whose members prevent edited the online Wande
Protesting hardships Leader of the Opposition contentious issues — the for essential financial busi give any give any assurance ed Mr. Kharge from spea Magazine. The NIA said his
Meanwhile, in anticipation of the Fund’s assis Mallikarjun Kharge Bharatiya Janata Party’s ness that is pending. on behalf of the Congress kingeven after the Chair arrest followed a compre
tance, Sri Lanka took a host of policy measures ov couldn’t speak as the rul (BJP) insistence on an apol Congress leader in the and blamed the BJP mem man had permitted him. hensive investigation into a
er the last year, including sharply increasing bank ing party members insist ogy from Congress leader Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan bers for disrupting the “Silencing of LoP is also nongovernmental organi
ing interest rates, floating the rupee, raising taxes, ed on an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his al Chowdhury, however, in House. an issue quite apart from sation’s terror funding
and increasing energy tariffs threefold. Congress leader Rahul leged “antiIndia” remarks sisted that Mr. Gandhi be the JPC on Adani,” Mr. Ra case, registered in 2020.
Reeling under high costs of living — and soaring Gandhi for his “democracy and the Opposition’s de given the right to respond Shifting blame mesh said. The Press Club of India
electricity bills now adding to their burden — under attack” remark. mand for a Joint Parlia to the allegations made Trinamool Congress Sau The Rajya Sabha Secre on Tuesday condemned
worker unions across sectors went on a strike re Stepping up their out mentary Committee ( JPC) against him by senior Mi gata Roy, however, blamed tariat said in a release that the arrest. “The misuse of
cently, protesting economic hardships. cry, the Opposition mem probe into the AdaniHin nisters, including Mr. both the BJP and the Con the Chairman underlined this draconian law [UAPA]
Asked about the IMF’s engagement with the Sri bers protested on the first denburg episode. Goyal, Mr. Joshi and De gress for not allowing the that it was the prime duty by the NIA in randomly ar
Lankan government amid concern over the space floor of Parliament and Sources claimed that fence Minister Rajnath Parliament to function. Ra of the members to run the resting Mehraj ominously
for dissent, Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for hung a large banner that the government, repre Singh. jya Sabha Chairman Jag proceedings of the House points towards a violation
Sri Lanka, Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF, read “We want JPC” ( Joint sented by Commerce Mi He argued that their al deep Dhankhar called two in an orderly manner. of freedom of speech and
told a media conference on Tuesday that the IMF’s Parliamentary Commit nister Piyush Goyal and legations were now part of meetings of the floor lead Mr. Dhankhar has sche expression. We demand
ambit was “limited” to economic affairs, and the tee), demanding probe in Parliamentary Affairs Mi the Parliament record and ers of different political duled the next meeting at his immediate release,” a
Fund did not have a mandate to interfere with to the Adani Group issue. nister Pralhad Joshi, was that’s why Mr. Gandhi parties in the Upper House 10 a.m. on March 23. PCI spokesman said.
how the government interacts with its citizens.
Internet
restored in Amritpal changed clothes, fled on Omnibus approach
most parts motorbike with associates: police may not work for
of Punjab
Provisions of the National Security Act invoked against Waris Punjab De chief and a nonbailable arrest warrant issued; legislators’ trials: SC
Aroon Deep
police have arrested four persons in the case and seized a getaway car, a walkietalkie set, a rifle and some swords The Hindu Bureau
PATIALA
NEW DELHI
The Punjab government The Hindu Bureau his appearance to evade place, Punjab Chief Minis
lifted the mobile internet NEW DELHI identification. Under the ter Bhagwant Mann on The Supreme Court on
shutdown imposed in the NSA, a nonbailable arrest Tuesday said stern action Tuesday suggested a State
State on Tuesday after he Punjab Police warrant has been issued would be taken against specific approach to set
noon, even as police conti
nue to pursue proKhalista
ni preacher Amritpal
T have invoked the
National Security
Act (NSA) provisions
against the Waris Punjab
De (WPD) chief.
Two more alleged WPD
those attempting to create
any trouble. “We are a
100% secular party, we
ting up special courts for
speedy trial of legislators
even as its own amicus cu-
Singh. Telecom operators against proKhalistan radi activists, Kulwant Singh don’t do politics in the riae flagged that criminal
reinstated internet connec cal preacher Amritpal Dhaliwal and Gurinder Pal name of religion and cases against lawmaker
tivity to their subscribers Singh, who still remains at Singh, have been sent to caste... I want to assure the shave leaped over the various State High Courts
over an hour after the sus large. The number of ar Dibrugarh jail in Assam, people of Punjab that ev 5,000mark, with 400 of to him. “Lawbreakers can
pension order extending rests made during the on where five others are alrea ery drop of my blood is them concerning heinous not be lawmakers,” Mr.
restrictions had elapsed. going operation now On a manhunt: The Punjab Police personnel deployed at the dy lodged. Among them is there for Punjab...,” he said offences. A Bench of Chief Hansaria submitted.
This was India’s 700th re stands at 154. AmbalaPatiala border in Punjab on Tuesday. R.V. MOORTHY Mr. Singh’s uncle Harjit in tweet. Mr. Mann said the Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. “But the load is different
corded internet shutdown, InspectorGeneral of Singh, against whom a sep police had acted against Chandrachud and Justice for each judge in each
according to the Software Punjab Police (Headquar zure of Mr. Singh’s getaway where he changed his arate case has been regis those who at the behest of P.S. Narasimha indicated State. Your own report
Freedom Law Center ters) Sukhchain Singh Gill car. One .315 rifle, a walkie clothes, wore a shirt and tered by the police on a foreign powers were in that a “onesizefitsall” ap shows that a judge in Kar
(SFLC)’s Internet Shut on Tuesday said that four talkie set and some swords pair of trousers, and then complaint that he and Har dulging in hate speech. proach may not resolve the nataka handles anything
downs Tracker. persons, identified as Man were also found. went to a place from where preet had forced a village Stringent punishment problem of long pendency between 13 to 196 cases, in
Restrictions will remain preet Singh, Gurdeep Investigations have re he along with three of his “sarpanch” at gunpoint to would be meted out to of criminal cases involving Odisha it is zero to 30 and
in place, however, in the Singh, Harpreet Singh and vealed that while being associates drove away on provide him shelter. them, he added. The oper MPs and MLAs. zero to two in Haryana…
districts of Tarn Taran, Fe Gurpesh Singh, were ar chased, Mr. Singh had two motorcycles. It is sus Stating that no unto ation against the WPD was “The solution will be dif We have to look at the in
rozepur, and Sangrur; as rested following the sei gone to a “gurdwara” pected that he has changed ward incident had taken launched on March 18. ferent in each State… We frastructure and judicial
well as in Amritsar’s Ajnala will ask the High Courts space in each State before
SubDivision and in the what arrangements can be earmarking cases to judg
areas adjoining YPS Chowk made… We have to know es,” the Chief Justice ad
and the Airport Road in the
Mohali district, according
to an order by Punjab’s
NIA files chargesheet against HC quizzes Punjab govt. the details of the number
of cases, judges,” Justice
Narasimha observed.
dressed Mr. Hansaria.
The court is also consi
dering a plea for lifetime
Home Department.
Due to the mobile inter
net shutdown, businesses
12 in gangsterterror nexus case on ‘intelligence failure’ Dozen courts
In November 2017, the
ban on people convicted of
offences from contesting
elections and becoming
faced difficulties in accept Press Trust of India intelligence failure, a la apex court had directed Members of Parliament
ing digital payments, Devesh K. Pandey gation in the terror conspi The accused were rais CHANDIGARH wyer said. The court was the setting up of special and State Legislative As
which hit their income ov NEW DELHI racy, which included plans ing funds to carry out tar hearing the habeas corpus courts to exclusively try le semblies.
er the weekend. “This is an to eliminate certain leaders geted killings and other ter The Punjab and Haryana petition filed by advocate gislators within a deadline The Centre had, in an af
industrial area with a lot of The National Investigation to terrorise people, extort ror activities, “as part of a High Court on Tuesday Imaan Singh Khara, seek of one year. A dozen courts fidavit filed in 2020, main
bulk cash transactions, so Agency (NIA) has filed a money from them and deeprooted conspiracy questioned the Punjab go ing the “release” of Amrit were set up for this pur tained in court that dis
ATMs ran dry quickly,” said chargesheet against 12 per create a sensation,” it said among terrorists, gang vernment on how pro pal Singh from alleged pol pose. On Tuesday, a lawyer qualification under the
Sanju, a shopkeeper in sons allegedly found to on Tuesday. sters and drug smugglers”. Khalistan preacher Amrit ice custody. The Punjab told the Bench that all 12 Representation of the Peo
Shambhoo Khurd district. have links with proKhalis The NIA said the char They have been identified pal Singh gave police the Police have said the Khalis courts were clogged with ple Act of 1951 for the pe
So though ATMs were tan outfits and Pakistan gesheeted accused had as Arsh Dala, Gaurav Pa slip. tan sympathiser is still on cases which had not riod of prison sentence
working, he said, people based conspirators. links with the Khalistan tyal, Sukhpreet Buddha, Justice N.S. Shekhawat the run after escaping their moved an inch all these and six years thereafter
who usually paid digitally The chargesheet has Tiger Force, a proscribed Kaushal Choudhary, Amit asked Punjab Advocate dragnet. years. Amicus curiae, se was enough for legislators.
couldn’t withdraw cash or been submitted in one of organisation, and its oper Dagar, Naveen Bali, Chho General Vinod Ghai how The Punjab AG said the nior advocate Vijay Hansa Mr. Hansaria, however,
pay. Residents were seen the three “terrorgangster ative Arshdeep Singh Gill, a tu Bhat, Asif Khan, Jagga the slip could have hap police was fully armed but ria said the number of said a convicted MP or
outdoors checking for con nexus” cases being probed declared “individual terro Takhatmal, Tillu Tajpuria, pened when the whole op exercised restraint as the pending cases had jumped MLA could come back after
nectivity shortly after the by the NIA. “Ten other per rist” under the Unlawful Bhupi Rana and Sandeep eration was meticulously operation occurred at a pu from 4,112 to 5,112, accord the sixyear ban and make
lapsing of the order. sons are still under investi Activities (Prevention) Act. Bandar. planned, and called it an blic place. ing to reports submitted by laws.
CBI explores options to restore Two migrant
workers killed
Interpol notice against Choksi in Gujarat
Devesh K. Pandey Choksi, a spokesperson The Hindu Bureau
Kallol Bhattacherjee has said on his behalf. In AHMEDABAD
NEW DELHI an email statement to The
Hindu, the spokesperson In two separate incidents,
The Central Bureau of In alleged that the Govern two migrant workers were
vestigation (CBI) on Tues ment of India had attempt beaten to death by locals in
day said that it had taken ed take Mr. Choksi illegally Ahmedabad and Kheda
up, with the Commission and that the court had re districts in Gujarat over
for Control of Interpol’s ceived compelling evi suspicion of them being
Files (CCF), the serious Mehul Choksi dence in this regard. thieves. The workers have
shortcomings and mis “The report from the been identified as Kulman
takes committed in reach and the second time in Antiguan police, and the Gagan from Nepal and Ra
ing the “unfounded and 2019 to get it removed from evidence adduced by Mr. mesh Kumar Kherawar
perfunctory” decision to the Interpol website. Ho Choksi in the ongoing High from Chhattisgarh. Ten
remove the Red Notice wever, his representations Court proceedings in Anti persons have been arrest
against fugitive Mehul were rejected. The third gua, point to an alarming ed in the first case and a
Choksi. It has initiated time was in July 2022, case of state orchestrated probe is on in the second.
measures to get the Inter when facing the possibility kidnap, torture and at
pol notice restored. of extradition from Anti tempted rendition by the
The CCF is a separate gua and Barbuda. Indian government. The
body within Interpol that is decision of Interpol to de
not under the control of ‘Compelling evidence’ lete the Red Notice streng
the Interpol Secretariat. The removal of his name thens these concerns,” the
The CBI said that the from the Interpol’s Red spokesperson said. The at
fugitive had earlier ap Corner Notice list “streng tempt to render Mr. Choksi
proached the CCF twice: thens” the argument that to India is in breach of in
the first time in 2018 to pre India tried to “kidnap” fug ternational rule of law, the
vent issuance of the notice, itive diamantaire Mehul statement said.
CM M ND-NDE
YK
THE HINDU
12 Wednesday, March 22, 2023
News Delhi
INBRIEF
쑽 Why couples want recognition for samesex marriage
Sreeparna Chakrabarty who have the legal sanc herit the house. How fair is violence. Legal recognition
NEW DELHI tion of a marriage, same that?” Mr. Vhatwar asked. for samesex unions would
sex couples have trouble Accessing each other’s mean that a couple can ac
Last week, Deepak Sharma accessing some basic rela Provident Fund, medical cess police and legal
was rushed to a hospital in tionship rights. Whether it insurance or any kind of protection.
Bengaluru for an emergen is buying a house together, joint social security op Adoption, surrogacy, or
cy surgery. There, writhing securing medical insu tions are out of bounds for even IVF for lesbian cou
in pain, he signed his own rance, having a joint bank these couples without the ples is almost impossible
documents, as his partner account, ensuring inheri ‘stamp’ of marriage. legally, with one person
of 13 years, Ankur Bhatna tance, or even on visa ap having to bear the full legal
gar, stood by helplessly. plications, there is no re Financial matters responsibility.
Antisubmarine warship Hospital authorities insist
ed that only “family” could
cognition of samesex
partners.
Things get more complicat
ed when one partner is fi
There is also a question
mark on the fate of chil
INS Androth launched sign the documents and nancially dependent on dren adopted in case the
not “friends”, Mr. Bhatna Legal rights the other. Bengalurubased couple decides to part
The INS Androth, second in a series of eight gar said. Social worker Koel Ghosh, Fight for equality: A fivejudge Bench of the Supreme Court will Sindhur Kashyap’s partner ways after some years, as
AntiSubmarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, “Our partners do not ex who lives with her partner start hearing petitions on the issue on April 18. ISTOCKPHOTO Spoorthy G., is eight years in the absence of joint cus
was launched in Kolkata on Tuesday. It was built ist for the system,” Mr. Ankana Dey in her ances younger, was a student and tody, only one would be
by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers. Sharma said. tral house in Kolkata, is pe the petitioners in the Su house together just before 19 years old when they left responsible for the up
Propelled by three dieseldriven water jets, these India decriminalised ho trified that if something preme Court in the same the pandemic. They had to started living together. bringing of the child. Mr.
ships can attain a maximum speed of 25 knots. mosexuality in 2018, while happens to her, her family sex marriage case, and rope in Mr. Vhatwar’s Since her parents objected Sharma and Mr. Bhatnagar,
Their primary role is to conduct antisubmarine in 2017 the Supreme Court may throw Ms. Dey out want to take their life for brother as a coapplicant to the relationship, she had who have explored all ave
operations in coastal waters, low intensity had recognised sexual from the house as she has ward as a couple recog for the loan. “So, though in no security net. nues for having a child ov
maritime operations and mine laying operations. orientation as protected no legal right over the pro nised by the State. reality, it is Ashish who has It is the dependence on er the last decade, are wait
“These ships are also capable of fullscale sub under right to privacy. Ho perty despite having spent Mumbaibased IT pro paid for half the property, the natal or birth families ing with high expectations
surface surveillance of coastal waters and various wever, because financial an equal amount of money fessional Inder Vhatwar if something happens to for accessing resources for the Supreme Court to
surface platforms and coordinated ASW and social security benefits on its upkeep. and his partner of 11 years, me, then it will be my which puts a lot of LGBTQ start hearing the petitions
operations with aircraft,” a statement said. are only accorded to those The couple are one of Ashish Srivastava, bought a brother who will get to in people at risk of physical on April 18.
SC refuses to intervene in
plea over demonetised notes Parliamentary panel House panel seeks Caste data
from 2011
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to
intervene on behalf of individuals who could not pulls up Railways data on heart attack ‘technically
exchange their demonetised currency for valid
deaths post COVID flawed’: govt.
over losses incurred
bank notes in 2016. Two months after a
Constitution Bench delivered a majority verdict
upholding the government’s demonetisation The Hindu Bureau
policy, the court said it cannot flex its Bindu Shajan Perappadan infarctions have increased NEW DELHI
extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the NEW DELHI post COVID,” it said.
Constitution to help persons who missed the Loss of ₹15,024 crore recorded in FY22 ; Rise in staff cost after 7th Pay The committee has also The Union government on
opportunity to trade their demonetised ₹500 and Commission and pandemic impact cited as reasons for net revenue fall In an attempt to under raised serious objections to Tuesday reiterated its posi
₹1000 bills for the new bank notes. The court, stand the rise of myocar the inability of the country tion that the caste data col
however, observed that the grievances may be dial infarctions (heart at to retain its scientists for lected in the SocioEco
genuine and directed the aggrieved petitioners to Maitri Porecha tacks) in seemingly fit research and grossly insuf nomic Caste Census (SECC)
approach the Centre for reprieve. NEW DELHI people following the CO ficient public investment in of 2011 is “technically
VID19 pandemic, the Par health research. flawed” and hence has not
drastic fall in the liamentary Standing Com The panel notes that been made official for any
Substance abuse defined as A net revenue of the
Indian Railways
has left the Parliamentary
mittee on Health and
Family Welfare has asked
the Indian Council of Med
ICMR spent around ₹1,300
crore for research purpos
es in FY 202223. “Consi
purpose.
The reply was tabled in
response to a question
mental illness in Act: Centre Standing Committee on ical Research “to give evi dering India is facing multi from Dravida Munnetra
Railways perturbed. Net dencebased clarification ple challenges on health Kazhagam (DMK) MP P. Ve
The Mental Health Care Act, 2017 defines revenue is essentially the based on the findings of its front like rise in commun lusamy, by the Ministry of
substance abuse disorders as mental illness, the excess of the Railways’ re planned studies on this”. icable diseases, noncom Social Justice and Empo
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ceipts over expenditure or “Currently, there is in municable diseases like hy werment in the Lok Sabha.
informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, in response its ‘profits’. In FY202122, sufficient evidence/data to pertension, cancer and Even as the Opposition
to a question about whether the government the Railways recorded a prove whether rise of myo severe malnutrition, anae parties continue to press
recognised this. The Union government’s negative net revenue or cardial infarctions and sud mia in various pockets of for the data to be made pu
measures to address this issue come under the loss of ₹15,024.58 crore. The committee has recommended that Railways should institute den deaths have been due the country, there is urgent blic and for the Centre to
umbrella of the National Action Plan for Drug In the Demands for remedial measures to plug leakages and reverse trend. FILE PHOTO to COVID19 vaccines — but need for ICMR to spend conduct a fresh census,
Demand Reduction. This involves running the Grants Report, the com these cases of sudden much more than ₹1,300 some States have conduct
Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan in 372 vulnerable mittee has observed that in internal resource gener means to generate and aug deaths due to myocardial crore on research,” it said. ed their own caste surveys.
districts, 340 integrated rehabilitation centres for the Railways’ net revenues ation is an indicator of in ment Railways’ revenues.
addicts,48 communitybased intervention is witnessing a downward ternal deficiencies in the The committee has
centres, and 71 outreach and dropin centres. trend, except in 201415, overall planning and man stressed that Railways
when it witnessed an in
crease of 8.20%.
“During the last five
agement of the Railways.
“The committee are
perturbed to note that des
should explore other non
fare revenues like adver
tisements or hoardings,
Academics raise concern over
Mamata to meet JD(S) leader years, with effect from
201819 onwards, the re
pite enhanced budgetary
support and extra budge
monetisation of surplus
railway land, and setting query in RS on ‘Pakistani author’
Kumaraswamy on Friday vised estimates (RE) were tary resources, Railways up ATMs at stations.
reduced to more than 50% have not been able to gen Another determinant of
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will and the actuals were far erate sufficient fund inter the Railways’ financial The Hindu Bureau had taken cognisance of question, neither the auth
on Friday meet former Karnataka Chief Minister behind from RE in all these nally,” it said. health is the operating ra NEW DELHI the fact that a book by a Pa or nor the book is named.
and Janata Dal (S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy in years,” the panel noted. tio — an indication of how kistani author was being For leaving the book un
Kolkata. This is likely to be Ms. Banerjee’s third The Railways noted that Generating revenue much the Railways spends About 250 academics and taught at Aligarh Muslim named allows the question
meeting with a key leader of a nonCongress it recorded a loss due to a The Railways has planned to earn one rupee. The teachers, including histor University, Jamia Millia Is to be read as suggesting
Opposition party in less than a week. These sharp rise in staff cost fol to reverse this and set a net committee has noted that ian Romila Thapar, have lamia and other education that any book by any Pakis
meetings assume significance amidst efforts by lowing the implementation revenue target of ₹2,393 the operating ratio of the expressed concern over a al institutions. The ques tani author that might pos
the Trinamool Congress and the Bharat Rashtra of the 7th Central Pay Com crore for FY23. Railways has been persis letter sent by the UGC to tion also wanted to know sibly be read as being ‘de
Samithi to stitch together a third Opposition mission in 201617 and The committee has re tently high. The operating Registrars of all Central Un whether the language was rogatory to Indian citizens’
front. On March 17, Ms. Banerjee met with 201718, and the adverse commended the Ministry ratio touched 107.39%, the iversities on March 16 re derogatory to Indian citi and ‘supporting terrorism’
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and impact of the pandemic of Railways should insti highest ever, in 202122. garding a question asked in zens and also if it support must not be taught in any
on Tuesday she left for Odisha to meet Chief from 201920 to 202122. tute remedial measures to The Railways has said Parliament. ed terrorism. Indian university; that
Minister Naveen Patnaik. The meeting between The committee pulled plug leakages and stem the that it was aiming at a tar The question from the “While it appears that a teaching any such book
Mr. Kumaraswamy and Ms. Banerjee comes up the Railways, stating trend of declining net reve get operating ratio of Rajya Sabha to the Centre specific book by a specific will result in punitive ac
months before the Karnataka Assembly elections. that the persistent decline nue, and find ways and 98.22% in FY23. asked whether the latter author is the subject of the tion,” a statement said.
AP AFP AP AP
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U.S. President Joe Biden will announce that he is designating two Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that her Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Bucha, a town near Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted on Tuesday
wilderness areas in Nevada and Texas as national monuments, as government was “very much careful” about issues of development Kyiv where Russian forces were accused of committing widespread that he misled Parliament by telling MPs that parties at his Downing
well as considering a new marine sanctuary in the Pacific. It comes partnership with China and Dhaka was not dependent on any atrocities, in a trip hailed as "historic" by Ukraine. Kishida is the last Street office did not break COVID lockdown rules. But, in evidence
a week after he approved the giant Willow oil drilling project in a particular country for overseas assistance, amid global concerns G7 leader to visit Ukraine and has come under increasing pressure submitted to a powerful parliamentary committee probing his
remote area of Alaska, angering supporters on the Left. AFP over mounting debt to Beijing by smaller countries. PTI to make the trip, as Japan hosts the G7 summit this May. AFP statements, he insisted that he acted in good faith. AFP
X
i Jinping promised in Ukraine, although the worries in the West over
to strengthen coor Kremlin said they would how far the ties will go. Khalistani protesters tak are in a developed country,
dination with Rus discuss China’s proposal to On Monday, Mr. Xi and ing down the Indian flag Members of the Indian diaspora every building or mission
sia at a Kremlin summit stop the fighting. Mr. Putin held fouranda from the building. gathered outside the Indian should be protected,” Mr.
with President Vladimir The Chinese leader’s half hours of talks, calling The Federation of Sikh High Commission in London. Sahu said. Mr. Patel said
Putin on the Chinese lead Moscow visit has been each other “dear friend.” Organisations and other that he and others were at
er’s first visit to Moscow viewed as a boost for Mr. In a rare move, Mr. Pu groups announced that adequate “resources the High Commission on
since the beginning of Rus Putin, who is subject to an tin escorted Mr. Xi to his they would protest “dis [would be] invested in en Monday “to discuss what
sia’s assault on Ukraine. International Criminal car after the talks, and the criminatory actions of the suring nothing untoward action to take” with India’s
Both nations seek allies Court warrant over accusa two were seen smiling Indian Police in Panjab” on happens” during Wednes High Commissioner to the
to counteract Western tions of unlawfully deport together. Wednesday, outside the In day’s protest. U.K., Vikram Doraiswami.
power and the two are ex Intersecting paths: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin attend a ing Ukrainian children. During the meeting on dian High Commission. In “Well done police,” Pra Speaking to The Hindu,
pected to sign a raft of eco welcome ceremony at the Kremlin on Tuesday. REUTERS Mr. Xi earlier met with Monday, the Russian lead ternet services had been vin Patel, who is one of the Mr. Patel was keen to draw
nomic cooperation Prime Minister Mikhail er said he was open to talks suspended in Punjab in re heads of an advocacy a distinction between the
agreements. would be able to meet Chi talks in the Kremlin in foot Mishustin and hailed Rus on Ukraine and praised cent days as security forces group, the Sardar Patel Me protesters on Sunday and
Mr. Putin called the na’s “growing demand” for age shown on Russian state sia and China as “great Beijing’s 12point position searched for proKhalistan morial Society, shouted adherents of the Sikh faith.
talks “meaningful and energy. television. neighbouring powers” on paper on the conflict, preacher Amritpal Singh, from the High Commission “I do not believe these
frank” and said Russia, “I propose strengthen Mr. Putin said he was the second day of his visit which includes a call for and his supporters. balcony. Some seven pol were Khalistani Sikhs.
which has been largely cut ing our coordination and “convinced that our multi to Russia. dialogue and respect for all A constable outside the ice officers stood between These were marauders...
out of European markets cooperation,” Mr. Xi said level mutually beneficial Beijing and Moscow’s countries’ territorial High Commission told The the High Commission’s goons who carried out this
because of sanctions, between two rounds of cooperation will streng trade ties have boomed sovereignty. Hindu, on Tuesday, that supporters and the road. nonsensical act,” he said.
Confronting an intensifying rivalry
with the U.S., Xi is turning to old allies
to old allies, from Russia nister during the NPC, out
NEWS ANALYSIS and Pakistan to China’s lined the broad priorities
Central Asian neighbours. for Mr. Xi’s third term, say
Ananth Krishnan Two key showpiece di ing Beijing “will take it as
BEIJING plomatic events have been our mission to defend Chi
lined up for 2023 — a sum na’s core interests and
Arriving in Moscow on mit to be hosted by Mr. Xi firmly oppose any form of
Monday on a visit laden with leaders of Central hegemonism and power
with symbolism — the first Asian countries, as well as politics.” “China has had a
of his third term as Chinese the third Belt and Road Fo growing network of
President — Xi Jinping rum, which is likely to fea friends, made more and
hailed the ChinaRussia re ture several leaders from more new friends, and
lationship as “a new model South and Southeast Asia. strengthened ties with old
of major country rela Xi Jinping Mr. Xi is doubling down on ones,” he said. “We will off
tions”. Chinese allies regardless of er more, better Chinese in
“China and Russia are fiveyear term. challenges in relations with sight and solutions to help
committed,” Mr. Xi wrote If the last three years of them, from the Ukraine meet humanity’s common
in an article in the Russian Mr. Xi’s second term hit crisis for Russia to continu challenges.”
Gazette published on the the pause button on Chi ing political and economic
day of his arrival, “to noal nese diplomacy largely instability in Pakistan. Global initiative
liance, noconfrontation due to the isolation fuelled One of the first foreign Against the backdrop of
and not targeting any third by his “zeroCOVID” re officials hosted in Beijing, worsening ChinaU.S. rela
party in developing our gime, Beijing has now days after the NPC, was Pa tions, Mr. Xi is with in
ties. We firmly support launched a new diplomatic kistan’s Foreign Secretary creasing frequency extoll
each other in following a push with the start of the Asad Majeed Khan. The ing what he calls “Chinese
development path suited new term, which has coin new Chinese State Council modernisation” as an alter
to our respective national cided with the reopening lor and Foreign Minister native to Westernisation
realities and support each of China’s borders. Qin Gang told him “the and liberal democracies.
other’s development and ironclad friendship bet Mr. Xi on March 15 un
rejuvenation. ‘Severe challenges’ ween China and Pakistan veiled what he called a
Mr. Xi’s visit to Russia Confronting an intensify has withstood the test of “Global Civilisation Initia
this week has underlined ing rivalry with the U.S. — time and the changing in tive” — the fourth such idea
not just the growing close the abiding current focus ternational landscape” and he has promoted, follow
ness of a relationship de for Mr. Xi, who in this pledged that Beijing would ing the Belt and Road In
scribed by both sides as month’s annual National “strive for greater develop itiative, the Global Deve
having “no limits” and be People’s Congress, in a de ment of the building of the lopment Initiative and the
ing “the closest in any pe parture from the past, sin ChinaPakistan Economic Global Security Initiative —
riod in history”, but the gled out the U.S. by name Corridor and bilateral which, he described when
emerging contours of what accusing it of “containing cooperation across the arriving in Moscow, as
is likely to be the focus of and suppressing” China board”. “part of China’s response
the Xi foreign policy in his leading to “severe chal Mr. Qin, in his first press to the changes of the
precedentdefying third lenges” — Mr. Xi is turning conference as Foreign Mi world”.
West Bank Imran Khan gets bail in terror cases,
settlers win Pak. Parliament to hold special session
House vote
Associated Press embattled ousted premier The office of the Speak
Agence France-Presse LAHORE another brief reprieve er of Parliament did not
JERUSALEM from arrest. give a reason but the state
A Pakistani court on Tues Pakistan’s parliament is run APP said the ruling
Israeli settlers celebrated day granted former Prime to meet in a special joint coalition had called for
after Parliament annulled Minister Imran Khan a session on Wednesday to Parliament to “take impor
part of a law banning them weeklong bail in two new enforce the state’s authori tant decisions” to ensure
from areas of the occupied cases in which he faces ter ty in the midst of pro the writ of the state was
West Bank the government rorism charges, officials longed antigovernment enforced.
evacuated in 2005. said. The ruling gave the defiance by Mr. Khan. (with Reuters inputs)
CM M ND-NDE
YK
THE HINDU
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Tata Motors to raise prices of
T
he war against on December 31, 2022, 127 having a turnover above Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 855.60. . . . . . . . . . 18.05
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3905.70. . . . . . . . 100.70
black money prosecutions have been ₹50 crore pay 90% of In Bajaj Finserv . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1268.10. . . . . . . . . . 22.70
commercial vehicles up to 5% stashed abroad ap launched under the” Act, dia’s Goods and Services Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 5710.10. . . . . . . . 159.30
pears to have slowed down Mr. Chaudhary informed. Tax (GST), Finance Minis Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 756.95. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.15
BPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 358.55. . . . . . . . . . 1.10
Tata Motors has announced a price increase of in the first nine months of ter Nirmala Sitharaman Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4264.70. . . . . . . . 67.15
up to 5% on commercial vehicles beginning April FY23 compared with the Panama, Paradise leaks said on Tuesday, dismis Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 862.35. . . . . . . . . . 4.35
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 217.05. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
1, 2023. “The decision to increase prices is a previous two years, with In the Panama and Para sing an Oxfam report’s Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2767.90. . . . . . . . 32.30
result of the company’s efforts to comply with just 59 assessment orders dise Papers leaks cases, conclusions that the rich Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4419.35. . . . . . . . 20.10
the more stringent BS6 phase II emission for tax demands totalling undisclosed income of est 10% contribute a frac Eicher Motors . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2934.80. . . . . . . . 17.20
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1606.20. . . . . . . . . . 13.40
norms,” the company said in a statement. “The ₹2,098 crore being passed, more than ₹13,800 crore tion of the GST kitty, while HCL Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1083.90. . . . . . . . . . 6.95
price increase will be applied across the entire Minister of State for Fi had been brought into the the poorest 50% contri HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2580.70. . . . . . . . . . 26.00
HDFC Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1579.45. . . . . . . . . . 17.70
range of commercial vehicles, with the exact nance Pankaj Chaudhary’s tax net by December 2022. bute twothirds of the HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 482.75. . . . . . . . . . 17.50
amount varying according to the individual reply in Parliament shows. closed Foreign Income and FY22, 183 orders were is “More than 250 India revenues. Hero MotoCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2349.05. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 388.55. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.80
model and variant,” Tata Motors said. In 202021, 120 such or Assets) and Imposition of sued for ₹5,350 crore tax. linked entities have been The Oxfam report Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2462.60. . . . . . . . 48.60
ders were passed under Tax Act, 2015, raising de Overall, assessments un identified in Pandora Pap “seems to be based on va ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 852.40. . . . . . . . . . 15.95
the Black Money (Undis mands for ₹7,055 crore. In der this 2015 law have been ers Leak,” he added. rious improbable assump IndusInd Bank. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1022.85. . . . . . . . . . 20.55
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1390.70. . . . . . . . 12.95
tions and not irrefutable or ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 376.95. . . . . . . . . . 1.85
NMDC raises iron ore prices verifiable facts”, the minis
ter said in Rajya Sabha,
JSW Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 665.75. . . . . . . . . . 2.40
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1706.85. . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2208.45. . . . . . . . . . 30.90
for third time since January
India to buck global slowdown, Sensex rallies noting that the GST is a
consumption tax collected
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1160.30. . . . . . . . . . 7.35
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 8228.40. . . . . . . . . . . . 8.80
NestleIndia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 18927.40. . . . . . . . 10.45
Mining major NMDC has raised the price of iron
0.77% as from suppliers and not NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 177.10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
ore lump by ₹100 a tonne and that of fines by
₹200 for a similar quantity effective Tuesday.
Consequently, the price per tonne is ₹4,500 for
maintain expansion: RBI officials bank, energy
from the ultimate consum
ers of goods and services.
“Therefore, it is not pos
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 151.55. . . . . . . . . . 0.75
PowerGrid Corp . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 223.15. . . . . . . . . . 4.35
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2269.70. . . . . . . . . . 68.45
SBI Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1097.70. . . . . . . . . . 23.60
lump ore and ₹4,110 for fines, NMDC, India’s
largest iron ore producer, said in a filing. Iron ore
The Hindu Bureau
MUMBAI
cause of its demonstrated
resilience and its reliance
stocks gain sible to exactly calculate
how much GST is actually
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 521.85. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.65
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 956.20. . . . . . . . . . 5.00
TataConsumerPro
is a key raw material for steel and any increase in on domestic drivers. paid by whom. From the duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 700.90. . . . . . . . . . 1.70
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 412.55. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.80
its price is an indicator of the demand for the end Even as the global econo However, they did flag The Hindu Bureau data of return filing, it is Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 104.75. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25
product. This is the third revision in prices my is set to slow down or price stability as a concern. MUMBAI evident that 90% of GST is TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3106.10. . . . . . . . 37.20
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1095.65. . . . . . . . 13.35
undertaken by the NMDC since January. even enter a recession in “Consumer price infla paid by top 22% businesses Titan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2514.05. . . . . . . . . . 54.10
2023 as financial markets tion remains high and core The Sensex on Tuesday of India having turnover UltraTech Cement . . . .. . . . . . . 7352.75. . . . . . . . 109.55
UPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 708.15. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05
worldwide face heightened inflation continues to defy gained 445.73 points, or above 50 crores,” Ms. Sith Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 366.40. . . . . . . . . . 0.75
uncertainty, the Indian the distinct softening of in 0.77%, to 58,074.68 on firm araman added.
U.S. FDA completes audit of economy is steadily gather
ing momentum, Reserve
put costs,” they observed.
Noting that the bank col
global cues and gains in
energy and banking stocks.
The Oxfam Report is
based on estimated expen
Granules arm’s packaging site Bank of India (RBI) officials pansion achieved in 2022 lapses in the U.S. in the Top gainers include Re diture on certain food EXCHANGE RATES
headed by deputy gover 23,” the officials wrote, ad first half of March were rip liance (3.11%), Bajaj Fi items and nonfood items Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4
Drugmaker Granules India’s stepdown arm nor Michael D. Patra wrote ding: “We remain optimis pling through global finan nance (2.88%), Titan and said 64.3% of the total p.m. on March 21
Granules Consumer Health Inc. (GCH) said the in an RBI Bulletin article. tic... whatever the odds”. cial markets, with the likely (2.15%), Axis Bank (2.14%) GST collected from these CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 82.46. . . . . . . . . . 82.78
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) India had emerged from The officials observed impact of the meltdown on and IndusInd Bank items comes from the bot Euro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 88.62. . . . . . . . . . 88.97
had completed an audit of its packaging site in the pandemic years stron that the NSO’s endFebru economic activity appear (1.94%). “Firm global cues tom 50% income group British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 101.02. . . . . . . . 101.42
Japanese Yen (100) . . . . . . .. . . . . 62.29. . . . . . . . . . 62.54
Manassas with zero observations. The audit was a ger than initially thought, ary data indicated that the ing to be limited at present, led to an upbeat start, but and 3%4% from the top Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 11.99. . . . . . . . . . 12.04
preapproval inspection for three products filed they asserted. economy was intrinsically they said markets were, mixed trends among index 10%. “Thus, the percen Swiss Franc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 89.05. . . . . . . . . . 89.41
from the unit. The facility will enable it to service “Unlike the global eco better positioned than ma however, bracing for tight heavyweights capped the tage is not with respect to Singapore Dollar . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 61.66. . . . . . . . . . 61.91
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 60.34. . . . . . . . . . 60.58
leading retailers more effectively, said Priyanka nomy, India would not ny parts of the world to er financial conditions. momentum,” said Ajit Mis the total GST revenue but Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 18.43. . . . . . . . . . 18.52
Chigurupati, Executive Director, Granules USA slow down — it would head into a challenging “Fear is creeping back,” hra, VP, Technical Re GST from only some select Australian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 55.07. . . . . . . . . . 55.29
Inc. and Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc. maintain the pace of ex year ahead, mainly be they wrote. search, Religare Broking. ed items,” the FM said. Source:Indian Bank
Sport
Nikhat, Nitu, Manisha and Jaismine in last eight Indian boxing is going to be talked
WORLD BOXING
al champion Sumaiya Qosi RSCR1;
50kg: Nikhat Zareen bt Fatima
about a lot in future, says Liranza
mova to secure her second
successive RSC victory Alvarez (Mex) 50; Chuthamat Y.B. Sarangi present good quality. The
Y.B. Sarangi within a minute. Raksat (Tha) bt Caroline de NEW DELHI refore, it is going to be a
Almeida (Bra) 50; Ingrit Valencia
NEW DELHI Worlds bronze medallist team to be taken into ac
(Col) bt G.Chukanova (Bul) 50; Raul Angel Fernandez Li
Manisha maintained her count (for its) quality and
Sassila Lkhadiri (Fra) bt Anush ranza, the Cuban coach
Nikhat Zareen defied a composure to quell the Grigoryan (Arm) 43 performance. It is undenia
who works with the Chi
tired body and another challenge of hardhitting 57kg: Irma Testa (Ita) bt Nguyen ble that India has greatly
nese team, is impressed
doughty opponent, Mexi Turkish pro boxer Elifnur Thi Thanh Hao (Vie) 50; Amina increased its quality. It will
with the performance of
can Fatima Herrera Alva Turhan through an RSC Zidani (Fra) Ashleyann Motta be a team that will have to
the Indian boxers and
rez, to book a berth in the verdict. Manisha will meet (Pur) 41; Manisha Moun bt Elif take into account the Asian
predicts that they will be
50kg quarterfinals of the French pro boxer Amina Nur Turhan (Tur) RSCR3; Games.”
come the ‘talk of the
World women’s boxing Zidani. Long range coun Omailyn Alcala (Ven) bt Nesthy Liranza could see the in
Petecio (Phi) 43; world’ in the future.
championships here on Hitting out: Jaismine, left, used her long range counterpunching terpuncher Jaismine ral fluence of a Cuban coach,
Tuesday. 60kg: Rimma Volossenko (Kaz) Liranza said the quality
to good effect against Shamadova. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA lied to beat Asian bronze former men’s foreign
bt Natalia Sadrina (Srb) 52; of Indian boxers will take
Nikhat was joined by Ni medallist Mijgona Shama Jaismine Lamboria bt Mijgona Liranza. Y B. SARANGI coach B.I. Fernandez, in
tu Ghanghas (48kg), Man Boora (81kg) — who got a in the second round, made dova. She will clash with them forward. “In Indian the overall progress of In
Shamadova (Tjk) 50; Paola
isha Moun (57kg) and Jais bye to the quarters — and Nikhat’s task easier. Colombian Paola Valdez, boxing, we have seen that According to Liranza, dian boxing.
Valdez (Col) bt Estelle Mossely
mine Lamboria (60kg) in Nupur Sheoran (+81kg), who ousted 2016 World (Fra) 50 it has a great quality. They one of the contributing
“The last bout’s fatigue “A Cuban coach was
the lasteight, while Shashi will feature in the lasteight and Olympic champion Es 63kg: Nataliya Sychugova (Rus) have young boxers, they coaches to the erstwhile in
was there. As the fight pro here for many years and I
Chopra (63kg), Manju on the morrow. telle Mossely. bt Somnuek Thananya (Tha) 52; are competing very well ternational federation AI
gressed, my body respond think that this has been a
Bamboriya (66kg), lost Nikhat, who defeated Mai Kito (Jpn) bt Shashi Chopra and have a great future. BA’s coaches’ manual, In
ed better,” said Nikhat, very important factor for
their prequarterfinal topseeded Roumaysa Bou Important results 40; Altagra Solis (Mex) bt Megan dia will be a force to reckon
who would face twotime (preliminary rounds):
“I think Indian boxing is India’s technical and tacti
bouts. lam on Sunday, moved well De Cler (Ned) 41; with in the upcoming
Worlds bronze medallist going to be talked about a cal development. I think
to land fast combinations 48kg: Alua Balkibekova (Kaz) bt 66kg: Navbakhor Khamidova Hangzhou Asian Games
Altogether eight home Thai Chuthamat Raksat Iulia Chugalakova (Rus) 41; (Uzb) bt Manju Bamboriya 50;
lot in the future,” Liranza that India can have cham
on the aggressive Mexican. told The Hindu on the side this year. pions in this Worlds and al
boxers, including Sakshi .Commonwealth Games Madoka Wada (Jpn) bt Tayonis Beatriz Soares (Bra) bt Marissa
Chaudhary (52kg), Lovlina Fatima, who conceded a champion Nitu trounced Cadeno (Ven) 50; Nitu Ghanghas Williamson (Aus) 41; Liu Yang lines of the World women’s “I think that the Indian so (have) Olympic cham
Borgohain (75kg), Saweety caution point for holding twotime Tajikistan Nation bt Sumaiya Qosimova (Tjk) (Chn) bt Milena Matovic (Srb) 31. hampionships ere. boxing team is going to pions,” said Liranza.
CM M ND-NDE
YK
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 15
Delhi
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ROLE MODEL BLITZ HONOUR COMPLETELY CURED
Starc is a big part of my Australia Klaasen’s unbeaten century Stadium named after Rani, first Martina Navratilova reveals
journey, says speedster Ellis helps South Africa level series woman to get the honour that she is cancerfree
X X X X
Starcy has been huge for me. Personally, he is someone I looked up Heinrich Klaasen slammed a 54ball century as South Africa beat Indian hockey player Rani Rampal became the first woman in the Martina Navratilova has been told by doctors that, “as far as they
to a lot of time. He presented me my first Australia cap too. He is a the West Indies by four wickets in the third and final OneDay sport to have a stadium named after her — in Rae Bareli. MCF Rae know, I’m cancerfree,” and that she should be “good to go” after
big part of my journey. He is a calming influence; he is also someone International at Potchefstroom on Tuesday. Bareli has renamed the stadium as Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf. Rani some additional radiation treatment. The 66yearold Navratilova,
who has been there and done almost everything the game has to The scores: West Indies 260 in 48.2 overs (Brandon King 72) lost to shared photos on the social media, where she is seen interacting with an 18time Grand Slam singles champion, discussed her health in
offer — Australia speedster Nathan Ellis. South Africa 264/6 in 29.3 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 119 n.o.). players and inaugurating the stadium with other staff members. an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV to be aired on Tuesday.
Men in Blue need to find a way We’re in a good space and
clear about the kind of team
to tackle the Mitchells’ menace we want to play: Dravid
Marsh, with two aggressive halfcenturies, and Starc, with eight wickets in two games, have proved to be thorns
in India’s flesh; the spinners are expected to come to the fore for Rohit’s men on a pitch likely to assist them S. Dipak Ragav
CHENNAI
in the series. Starc has had the right
AUSTRALIA IN INDIA Marsh, who has opened hander heavy Indian top India’s head coach Rahul
the batting in the absence order in a tangle, especial Dravid said the team man
S. Dipak Ragav of David Warner, has ly with the ball coming in. agement has a fair idea
CHENNAI grabbed the opportunity It is something Rohit’s men about the 1718 players for
with both hands with con would look to address. the 50over World Cup to
ilateral oneday in secutive halfcenturies to
B
Shubman Gill — who has be played at home later
ternationals may amass 147 runs so far. had a stellar start to his this year.
have lost relevance In a positive develop ODI career — has had a “We have almost nar
in recent times, but for vis ment for the Aussies, War quiet series and was guilty rowed it down to 1718
iting teams, a series win in ner batted in the nets for of throwing away his wick players. We have a few
India is still a big deal. over 20 minutes on Tues et with loose shots in both guys who are recovering
The Men in Blue have day. games. The young opener from injuries and might
only lost one ODI series The lefthanded batter would be keen to make come into the mix, de
since 2016, when Australia missed the first two match amends in the decider. pending on the time frame
beat India 32 in 2019. es as he had not fully reco The Chepauk pitch may of their recoveries and how
On Wednesday at the re vered from his elbow inju not help the speedsters like long it takes for them to
centlyrenovated M.A. Chi ry. If the swashbuckling the ones for the first two come back,” said Dravid,
dambaram Stadium, the opener does return, Mar games, which should ahead of the third ODI
Aussies will look to repeat cus Stoinis is likely to be please the batters after two against Australia here on
their feat from four years the one to make way for lowscoring matches. On a Tuesday.
ago in the third and final him. surface that is traditionally “But all in all, we are
oneday match of the se Meanwhile, India will known to help spinners, pretty much in a good
ries now level at at 11. look to complete a clean India will fancy its chances space and clear about the
The visitors will take sweep of the series win at considering its depth in the kind of team we want to
confidence from the com home this year, having department. play. Hopefully, we can
manding 10wicket win in blanked New Zealand and give these guys who we Impact player: Dravid will be keen that Suryakumar comes good
The teams (from):
Visakhapatnam on Sunday Sri Lanka 30. However, have zeroed in on as many in the decider. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
India: Rohit Sharma (Capt.),
to level the threematch Australia has proved to be playing opportunities as
Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill,
competition after the a far more formidable op Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, possible,” the former India against Mitchell Starc in
openinggame loss in ponent. K.L. Rahul, Ishan Kishan, skipper added. the first two matches, the
Mumbai. In the two matches, the Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, When asked about how coach said it wasn’t an area
Indian toporder has been Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra fruitful the three ODI series We need to find a way to of concern.
Perfect finish found wanting in seamer Chahal, Mohammed Shami, against Sri Lanka, New get through Starc’s spell “We have put up some
And an ODI series win in friendly conditions against Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Zealand and Australia have and not lose too many big scores in oneday crick
India ahead of the World the Aussie pace attack led Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and been in terms of prepara et, so not too much of a
Jaydev Unadkat.
wickets upfront
Cup here later this year by Starc. tion for the World Cup, concern, but these things
would be a perfect way to With the new ball, the Australia: Steve Smith (Capt.), Dravid said, “To a large ex can happen.
David Warner, Travis Head, about ensuring that we
finish the tour for Austra leftarm seamer made full tent, I think we have got a “Mitchell Starc has bow
Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell
lia, which lost the fourTest use of the assistance from lot more clarity at the end play different combina led well, so credit to him as
Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey,
series 21. For the tourists, the pitch and ambient con Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, of these nine games, irres tions at times so that we well. I think we need to
the two Mitchells — Marsh ditions, taking eight wick Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton pective of whatever hap are not surprised by anyth find a way to get through
and Starc — have been fir ets in the two outings, in Agar, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis pens tomorrow (on Wed ing in the World Cup.” that spell and bat and not
ing on all cylinders with cluding a fivefor in the and Adam Zampa. Need of the hour: Gill will do well to put a price on his wicket even nesday). On his side’s toporder lose too many wickets up
bat and ball, respectively, second match. Match starts at 1.30 p.m. while playing his natural game.B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM “For us now, it’s just struggles, especially front,” said Dravid.
Capitals ease past Warriorz, enter final Kerr does the star turn as Mumbai Indians
subdues Royal Challengers Bangalore
P.K. Ajith Kumar scored, though in contrast
NAVI MUMBAI ing styles. Kerr finished
with three wickets while
After a bit of an aberration, the England pace duo of
normal service resumed at Nat SciverBrunt and Issy
the Women’s Premier Wong picked up two each.
League. Mumbai Indians MI’s chase got off to a
won. Royal Challengers flying start with Hayley
Bangalore lost. Matthews (24, 17b, 2x4,
The Mumbai women, 1x6) and Yastika Bhatia (30,
SCOREBOARD DELHI CAPITALS who lost their last two 26b, 6x4) putting on 50 in
쑽 Meg Lanning c Simran b Shabnim games, must be relieved side the PowerPlay.
UP WARRIORZ 39 (23b, 5x4, 2x6), Shafali Verma c with their fourwicket vic Though there was a wob
Alyssa Healy st. Taniya b Capsey Ecclestone b Yashasri 21 (16b, tory at the D.Y. Patil Stadi ble afterwards, the fifth
36 (34b, 4x4, 1x6), Shweta 4x4), Jemimah Rodrigues lbw b um on Tuesday. After re wicket stand of 47 between
Alice in wonderland: Everything Capsey touched turned to gold Sehrawat c Jonassen b Radha 19 Shabnim 3 (3b), Marizanne Kapp ducing RCB to 125 for nine, Kerr (31 n.o., 27b, 4x4) and
(12b, 4x4), Simran Shaikh c (not out) 34 (31b, 4x4, 1x6), Alice
on Tuesday. EMMANUAL YOGINI they romped home with Pooja Vastrakar (19, 18b,
Jemimah b Radha 11 (23b, 1x4), Capsey st. Healy b Ecclestone 34
(31b, 4x4, 1x6), Jess Jonassen run 3.3 overs to spare. 2x4) ensured MI got its mo
Tahlia McGrath (not out) 58 (32b,
Warriorz got off to a out 0 (5b), Arundhati Reddy (not MI captain Harman raleboosting win. RCB’s
WPL 8x4, 2x6), Kiran Navgire st. Taniya
brisk start with Shweta b Jonassen 2 (3b), Deepti Sharma out) 0 (0b); Extras (b1, w8, nb2): preet Kaur won the toss for campaign ended with two
Sehrawat and Alyssa Healy st. Taniya b Capsey 3 (8b), Sophie 11; Total (for five wkts. in 17.5 the first time in the tourna wins and six losses. Stellar role: Kerr (3/22 & 31 n.o.) shone for MI. SPORTZPICS/WPL
Shayan Acharya bringing up 30 runs in just Ecclestone st. Taniya b Capsey 0 overs): 142. ment. Off the third ball, So
MUMBAI four overs. (2b), Anjali Sarvani (not out) 3 FALL OF WICKETS phie Devine, fresh from SCOREBOARD 11 (Devine, 0.3 overs), 233 Smriti b Kanika 0 (1b), Amanjot
While Capsey and Rad (6b); Extras (lb1, w5): 6; Total 156 (Shafali, 4.5), 267 her astonishing 36ball 99 쑽 (Smriti, 6.4), 359 (Knight, 10.6), Kaur (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (w8,
(for six wkts. in 20 overs): 138. (Jemimah, 6.1), 370 (Lanning, ROYAL CHALLENGERS 478 (Kanika, 14.4), 591 (Perry, nb2): 10; Total (for six wkts. in
England allrounder Alice ha stemmed the run flow against Gujarat Giants, was
FALL OF WICKETS 6.5), 4130 (Capsey, 16.2), 5136 16.1), 695 (Shreyanka, 16.4), 16.3 overs): 129.
Capsey stamped her class with quick wickets of Hea run out following poor Smriti Mandhana c Yastika b Kerr 7108 (Schutt, 17.5), 8119 (Richa,
130 (Shweta, 4.1 overs), 263 (Jonassen, 17.3). FALL OF WICKETS
once more in the Women’s ly, Simran Shaikh and Ki communication with her 24 (25b, 3x4, 1x6), Sophie Devine 19.1), 9125 (Disha, 19.6).
(Healy, 9.6), 371 (Simran, 11.6), UP WARRIORZ BOWLING run out 0 (2b), Ellyse Perry lbw b 153 (Yastika, 5.6), 262
Premier League, claiming ran Navgire, Tahlia skipper and opening MUMBAI INDIANS BOWLING
491 (Kiran, 14.5), 5104 (Deepti, Shabnim 30292, Yashasri SciverBrunt 29 (38b, 3x4), (Matthews, 7.1), 372
three for 26 and making a McGrath took charge of the 17.1), 6105 (Ecclestone, 17.3). 30261, Ecclestone 40251, partner Smriti Mandhana. SciverBrunt 40242, Matthews (SciverBrunt, 8.4), 473
fluent 34 (31b, 4x4, 1x6) to innings for the second Smriti, though, began to Heather Knight c Wong b Kerr 12 40180, Wong 40262, Kerr
CAPITALS BOWLING Anjali 20150, Deepti 3.50370, (13b, 1x4), Kanika Ahuja st. (Harmanpreet, 9.1), 5120 (Pooja,
guide Delhi Capitals to a game and second day in a Kapp 40240, Shikha 20160, Parshavi 2090. show glimpses of her sil 40223, Saika 40311. 15.5), 6120 (Wong, 15.6).
Yastika b Kerr 12 (13b, 1x4), Richa
fivewicket win over UP row. McGrath scored her Jonassen 40241, Radha Toss: Capitals; PoM: Capsey ken touch that had desert MUMBAI INDIANS
Ghosh c Kerr b Wong 29 (13b, 3x4, RCB BOWLING
Warriorz here on Tuesday. fourth fifty of the tourna 40282, Arundhati 20190, Capitals won by five wickets with ed her for most of the tour Hayley Matthews c Smriti b
2x6), Shreyanka Patil b Schutt 40191, Devine 10170,
The win, sealed with 13 ment (58 n.o., 32b, 8x4, Capsey 40263. 13 balls to spare. nament. But she fell to spin Schutt 24 (17b, 2x4, 1x6), Yastika
SciverBrunt 4 (3b, 1x4), Megan Shreyanka 30261, Perry
Bhatia c Smriti b Shreyanka 30
balls to spare, sent Capitals 2x6), getting Warriorz to again, this time topedging Schutt lbw b Saika 2 (5b), Disha 20181, Asha 30241, Preeti
(26b, 6x4), Nat SciverBrunt c
into the final, edging Mum 138. Rodrigues and Lanning in runs away. Jess Jonassen’s the Kiwi leggie Amelia Kerr Kasat b Wong 2 (5b), Asha
Richa b Asha 13 (7b, 1x4, 1x6), 20110, Kanika 1052, Smriti
bai Indians by virtue of bet In response, Meg Lan the seventh over, but the run out saw the game drift behind the stumps. Shobana (not out) 4 (3b); Extras
Harmanpreet Kaur b Perry 2 (5b), 0.3090.
ter Net Run Rate. MI and ning and Shafali Verma KappCapsey show took into the 18th over. But Ellyse Perry (29, 38b, (b4, w3): 7; Total (for nine wkts. Toss: MI; PoM: Kerr.
Amelia Kerr (not out) 31 (27b,
UPW will meet in the Elim brought up 50 in 4.1 overs. over. By the time Capsey Kapp sealed it with a boun 3x4) and Richa Ghosh (29, in 20 overs): 125.
4x4), Pooja Vastrakar c Smriti b MI won by four wickets with 21
inator on March 24. Ismail removed Jemimah fell, Capitals were just nine dary. 13b, 3x4, 2x6) jointly top FALL OF WICKETS Kanika 19 (18b, 2x4), Issy Wong c balls remaining.
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16 Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Sport Delhi
INBRIEF
쑽 RCB plagued by dip in form of key
players and injury concerns
Satisfactory returns from the previous season has prompted RCB to stick to the core group; Sri Lankan wristspinner Hasaranga
will again lead the attack while the opening pair of du Plessis and Kohli will look to improve the strike rate