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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna IN BRIEF More than 40 lakh adolescents China constructing bridge get first shot of COVID vaccine on Pangong lake in Ladakh Indigenously developed Covaxin administered; second dose after 28 days It will bring down time to move troops and equipment Centre seeks urgent Special Correspondent Dinakar Peri New link: A satellite image of the region where the bridge listing of EWS quota case appears to be constructed. * TWITTER/@DETRESFA_ New Delhi/CHENNAI New Delhi NEW DELHI Building resistance: A student getting her first dose of COVID19 vaccine at a school in Bhopal movement as the time has much higher differences More than 40 lakh adoles on Monday. * A.M. FARUQUI China is constructing a would come down signifi in perception of the LAC The Centre on Monday cents in the 1517 age group bridge in eastern Ladakh cantly. “They need to build than the south bank, was the pressed the Supreme Court to received their first dose of than 54,000 got their jab on from various civic schools ar India records connecting the north and piers for the bridge, which initial site of the clashes in list on Tuesday the hearing of COVID19 vaccine on the first the the first day of the vacci rived at the jumbo centre in 33,000 cases south banks of Pangong Tso has been under way,” the early May 2020, while ten a case raising questions about day of the vaccination drive nation drive in Haryana. the Bandra Kurla Complex to (lake), which will significant source stated. sions on the south bank the ₹8 lakh income criterion for the cohort till 8 p.m., Un get vaccinated. India recorded more than ly bring down the time for flared up later in August. for identifying EWS to ion Health Minister Mansukh Nine dedicated centres 33,000 new COVID19 the People’s Liberation Ar The bridge is in China’s provide them quota in jobs. Mandaviya tweeted on In Pune, the vaccination cases in the 24 hours till 8 my (PLA) to move troops territory and the Indian Ar The Indian Army got tacti NEWS Ī PAGE 8 Monday. The Brihanmumbai Munici for adolescents commenced a.m on Monday. The and equipment between the my would have to now factor cal advantage over the PLA pal Corporation (BMC) has at 40 centres, Suryakant Dev number of deaths two sectors, two official this in its operational plans, on the south bank in August DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD According to the CoWIN designated nine vaccination kar, chief immunisation offic increased by 123, taking sources independently con the source noted. end by occupying several dashboard, more than 49 centres where students can er, Pune Municipal Corpora the total to 4,82,000. firmed on Monday. peaks lying vacant since Chargesheet filed in lakh in this age group have either walk in or preregister tion, said. At several centres, Authorities said that even India holds onethird of 1962, gaining a dominating Lakhimpur Kheri case registered for the vaccine so online. The BMC aims to vac teenagers were offered flow as the cases have started to “On the north bank, there the 135kmlong boomerang view of the Moldo area. On far. The vaccination pro cinate nine lakh students in ers, pens and masks after rise rapidly in the country, is a PLA garrison at Kurnak shaped lake located at an al the north bank too, the In LUCKNOW gramme, carried out in con this drive, which was virtual vaccination. hospitalisations have not fort and on the south bank at titude of over 14,000 feet. dian troops set up posts fac sultation with schools, is be ly launched by Maharashtra gone up. Ī page 10 Moldo, and the distance bet The lake, a glacial melt, has ing PLA positions on the Ashish Mishra, son of Union ing held at hospitals and Tourism and Environment CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 ween the two is around 200 mountain spurs of the ridgelines of Finger 4. Minister Ajay Mishra, was health centres. Covaxin, an Minister Aaditya Thackeray. km. The new bridge bet Chang Chenmo range jutting present at the site of the indigenous COVID19 vac A large number of students YOUNGSTERS RARING TO GO ween the closest points on down, referred to as fingers. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Lakhimpur Kheri incident, cine, will be administered in two banks, which is around according to the statements this age group in two doses AFTER FIRST DOSE Ī PAGE 2 500 m, will bring down the The north bank, which of witnesses, a government with a gap of 28 days. movement time between the counsel said on Monday as the two sectors from around 12 SIT submitted a 5,000page “Only Covaxin is approved hours to three or four chargesheet in a local court. for less than 18 years. The 18+ hours,” one of the sources (i.e. born in 2004 or before) said. The bridge is located NEWS Ī PAGE 8 — are eligible for all vaccines, around 25 km ahead of the including Covishield. For 15 Line of Actual Control (LAC), DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 17 years (born in 2005, 2006, the source stated. 2007), they are eligible only Sidhu promises dole for for Covaxin. Validations in The construction had women homemakers place in CoWIN,” Vikas been going on for some time Sheel, Additional Secretary, and it would reduce the ov CHANDIGARH Health Ministry, said. erall distance by 140150 km, the other source said. Days after AAP promised a In Delhi, vaccination for monthly sum of ₹1,000 to more than 10 lakh adoles Earlier, the PLA had to women in Punjab if voted to cents began at 159 centres on take a roundabout crossing power, the ruling Congress Monday, official sources said. the Rudok county. But now on Monday promised ₹2,000 A Delhi government spokes the bridge would provide a a month to homemakers if person said a total of 20,998 direct axis, the first source the party wins State polls. children were vaccinated on said, adding that the biggest the first day till 6 p.m. More advantage with the new NEWS Ī PAGE 9 bridge was the intersector DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Engineering Devas shareholders seize over $30 million of AAI assets student JAGRITI CHANDRA to garnish property belong charges, aerodrome charg detained in ing to Airports Authority of es, among others, held by it NEW DELHI India held by the Interna on behalf of the AAI, either app case tional Air Transport Associa at its head office in Montreal Devas shareholders on Mon tion in Montreal. These ac or at any of its branches Sonam Saigal day said they had seized tions represent the first worldwide. Arnabjit Sur more than $30 million of Air fruits of a globally focused ports Authority of India’s effort to attach assets of the “The Commercial Divi Mumbai/New Delhi (AAI) money held by the In Indian government to satisfy sion of the Quebec Superior ternational Air Transport As the Devas Multimedia’s Court accepted to designate The Cyber Cell of the Mum sociation (IATA), following awards,” a Devas spokesper a judge on an urgent basis to bai police detained an engi an order from a Canadian son said. hear the applications to neering student in Bengalu court in connection with the quash and stay the seizures/ ru on Monday evening in arbitration award the tele “Air India being one of the garnishing. The hearing will connection with the contro communications firm had biggest users of AAI is highly take place on January 4,” a versial Bulli Bai app. won against the Indian go impacted,” the spokesper senior official at the Union vernment. The move also son added. The enforcement Finance Ministry said. He is reported to be one impacts Air India. strategy requires IATA to of the four followers of the “garnish” air navigation CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 app. The student is being “Devas’ shareholders brought to Mumbai and is have been granted the right expected to be arrested soon, said an officer of the A ND-NDE Cyber Cell. No other details were disclosed till the time of going to print. The Delhi police on Mon day said they had written to hosting platform GitHub seeking information on ac counts which posted pho tos of Muslim women on the app, where they were being “auctioned”. Officers, however, said no break through had been achieved in identifying any suspect. Sources said the police have also written to Twitter seeking information about the account which first tweeted about the app. In the case of a similar app, Sulli Deals, in August, the police had said a notice was issued to GitHub to share the IP address from where the photos of Muslim women were shared, but the company asked the pol ice to approach it through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. Earlier, an FIR was lodged in Delhi under IPC Sections 354A (sexual ha rassment and punishment for sexual harassment), 509 (words, gesture or act in tended to outrage modesty of a woman) and 153A (pro moting enmity between dif ferent groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth etc.) at the Cyber Crime Pol ice Station of Southeast dis trict based on a complaint filed by a woman. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 GOONS EMBOLDENED Ī PAGE 10 CM YK
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The 17yearold, between 1518 years began Staff Reporter New Delhi who is studying in Class XII Health Minister Satyendar on Monday. New Delhi what she missed the most cal) class,” the ninth grader through distance education, Jain on Monday said the NEW DELHI On a day active cases during the pandemic. said. Agreed Poorva, 16, a said he loved to play football Omicron variant has been There is no need to pan The Delhi police have regis breached the 10,000 mark in Class XI student. “It is diffi and missed his regular train found in 81% of COVID19 ic, the Minister said. “The Three youth have been ar tered a case of extortion the Capital, 20,998 adoles E-learning woes cult to connect with teachers ing at an academy. positive samples in the city. only way to stop the spread rested for allegedly kid and criminal conspiracy cents got a shot in the arm as Several youngsters saw the during online classes.” of the virus is to always napping and killing their against a man for allegedly the vaccination programme immunity boost as an oppor Seventeenyearold Su “In the last few days, 187 wear a mask when you step friend in outer Delhi’s luring and extorting money opened for the 1517 age tunity to say goodbye to For Vicky Tirkey, it was diksha Singh, a Class XII stu reports of genome sequenc out and follow the CO Mangolpuri as he used to from an astrologer booked group on Monday. Jabbed Zoom classes and being con worse – he lost interest alto dent, was worried about her ing have come out and of VID19 guidelines. Preven taunt one of them over his under the POCSO (Protec with the first dose of Covaxin, fined to the four walls of their gether during online classes. future. “Now we can’t talk them, 152 people were tion is better than cure. I poverty, the police said on tion of Children from Sex students said they were look homes. “You end up playing games freely to teachers or each oth found Omicron positive. urge people to get vaccinat Monday. ual Offences) Act and for ing forward to the reopening on the phone while class is er about our future. Also, Omicron is now the domi ed as soon as possible,” he gang rape in 2018. of schools, catching up with Aarti, 15, said she would on. Going to school is better when we used to go out be nant variant in Delhi,” he said. Deputy Commissioner friends, and going out. rather the school authorities as you get to meet your fore the pandemic, it was re said. of Police (Outer) Parvinder The case pertains to Asif summoned everyone for dai friends and there are other freshing. But now that you’re The Delhi government Singh said the accused Khan alias Ashu Bhai Guru At Safdarjung Hospital, the ly physical classes. “During activities too. Now, it is just spending a lot of time in the The Minister said the has stopped sending all have been identified as ji, an astrologer in Hauz first day of the drive was a the pandemic, the most diffi books,” said the 15yearold. house, I feel suffocated and number of hospitalisations positive COVID19 samples Prince, Harsh and Javed. Khas. Khan, his son Samar smooth affair. Those who had cult thing for me was coping under pressure,” she said. was less at present. “In the for genome sequencing, an They allegedly killed San Khan, his friend and man not registered online could with online classes. I under Moonsun Topno, who previous waves, a large official said. The Hindu had tosh by stabbing him and ager were arrested under walk in and receive a shot, stand and learn better trudged to the hospital with Gurugram drive number of patients were reported last week that offi then throwing his body in Section 376D of the Indian but vaccination authorities at through activities in (physi his friends from neighbour In Gurugram, teenagers got hospitalised. Till yesterday, cials were planning not to a drain. Penal Code for gang rape the hospital said they were ing Kotla Mubarakpur, hoped an opportunity to interact only 202 patients from Del send all samples for ge and sections of the POCSO not accepting school ID card with Deputy Commissioner hi were in hospitals. While nome sequencing. The police said the Act. Khan alleged in his as proof since it did not men Yash Garg and offer their the number of [new] cases three were arrested in Guj plea that a man named Ram tion the age. feedback as the vaccination is increasing, the number of “Since the cases have arat. Naresh Sharma approached drive kicked off at DAV Public serious cases is not rising gone up in the last three to him after the case was Sahana, 15, a resident of School in Sector 49. While proportionally,” he said. four days, not all positive They revealed that on lodged and demanded ₹12 Chhattarpur, said she hoped there are around two lakh samples are being sent for December 25, Prince had crore to get him out of the her classes would resume eligible adolescents in the 15 Mr. Jain said the Delhi go genome sequencing,” the asked Santosh to lend his case. soon. “Initially, wearing a 17 group, 7,527 lucky ones got vernment was ready to fight official said. jacket so that he could im mask and social distancing their first dose on Monday. any variant of the virus, and press his girlfriend. But The police said Khan and was difficult but gradually I there were adequate num Earlier this month, Chief Santosh refused and taunt his employee Shiv Kumar got used to it. But I am not go (With inputs from Ashok bers of beds available. “Al Minister Arvind Kejriwal ed him over his poverty. said the victim in their case ing out as much as I used to Kumar) most 100% of people are had said that all COVID19 Santosh also beat Prince’s and Sharma were part of an do earlier,” the Class X stu vaccinated with the first positive samples would be friends, the police said. extortion racket. The victim dent said when asked about dose and around 75% are sent for genome sequenc had lodged another FIR in vaccinated with the second ing. The accused then called volving another group at the victim on the pretext Mandawali police station. of a party, where they first got him drunk and then stabbed him to death. Two Bills tabled in Delhi Assembly ‘Govt. should prioritise matters’ Special Sabo, Bhatinda, Pun Correspondent jab, has been added to New Delhi the list of existing four The Delhi Teachers’ head priests of Sri Akal University Bill 2022, Takhts, who act as which ostensibly seeks nominated members. to focus on preparing After the proposed “quality teachers amendment, the through worldclass ex DSGMC would have 46 posure”, was tabled in elected members and the Assembly on Mon 10 nominated mem day. bers, taking the total Mentioning the need tally to 56. of a Teachers’ Universi The proposed Bill, as ty in Delhi, Deputy passed by the Assemb Chief Minister Manish ly, will be required to be Sisodia said, “Teachers reserved by the Delhi are the real changemak LG for consideration ers in the evolving Del and assent of the Presi hi education model. We dent of India. gave global exposure to our teachers by sending Opposition hits out Meanwhile, the Con them to international gress said the Delhi go vernment should dis universities and they cuss pressing matters in the Assembly session. completely changed Delhi Congress chief Ch. Anil Kumar said it the education system in was surprising that the agenda for the twoday Delhi government session was to pass Bills, which could have schools.” been discussed in the budget session, as the The Delhi Sikh Gurd present priority should be to plan strategy to wara (Amendment) Bill arrest the spread of COVID19. 2022 was also intro Leader of the Oppo duced in the Assembly sition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri also sought to by Gurdwara Elections target the government over the rising cases in Minister Rajendra Pal the Capital. Gautam. The Bill was present ed to seek the addition of one more member to the list of nominated members of the DSGMC, taking its total from nine to 10 mem bers. Head priest of Shri Akal Takht, Dam dama Sahib, Talwandi Newly opened park a hit with visitors It houses replicas of monuments Staff Reporter and Mysore Palace, us ing 350 metric tonnes New Delhi of waste material. Since it was opened to Previously, SDMC of the public on Decem ficials highlighted that ber 26, the Bharat Dar the park would serve as shan Park in west Delhi a “good source of reve has seen a massive res nue” for the civic body ponse, generating with the ticket prices ₹24.81 lakh in ticket for adults costing ₹100 sales, according to the during the day, and data provided by the ₹150 in the evenings; South Delhi Municipal the ticket prices for Corporation. children below the age of 12 stand at ₹50 and On January 2, the ₹75 respectively. SDMC sold 5,726 tickets which generated ₹7.28 SDMC’s Director of lakh, while the park Horticulture, Alok witnessed 6,307 visi Singh, said that CO tors and generated VID19 protocols are ₹8.14 lakh in ticket sales being maintained at on January 1. the parkand “no sitting is allowed”. The park was con structed by the SDMC A senior SDMC offi over 22 months in an cial said that two pro area spanning across posals for the construc 8.5 acres, which houses tion of puzzle parkings replicas of 21 monu will be presented at the ments from across the civic body’s next Stand country, including the ing Committee likes of the Taj Mahal, meeting. Victoria Memorial Hall CM A ND-NDE YK
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RISE 09:38 SET 20:33 ty MP Rakesh Pandey ‘Honour avatars’ THURSDAY, JAN. 06 Mr. Yadav also said that if RISE 07:15 SET 17:40 joined the Samajwadi Party the SP was voted to power, RISE 10:19 SET 21:39 his government would ho (SP) on Monday, as the par nour all the avatars of Lord 0 Vishnu by building a mu ty continued to attract seum or a temple. DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries to leaders of the influential Former BSP MP Rajesh satisfy themselves about the veracity of Pandey, who was inducted an advertisement before responding to Brahmin community into the SP, is the father of any published in this newspaper. THG Ritesh Pandey, current BSP PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & ahead of the Uttar Pradesh MP from Ambedkar Nagar Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch in East U.P. for the authenticity of any advertisement Assembly election later or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s Other Brahmin leaders products and/or services. In no event can this year. from Purvanchal, includ the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ing BJP MLA from Sant Ka ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ The development came bir Nagar, Digvijay Narain company be held responsible/liable in Chaubey; BSP MLA from any manner whatsoever for any claims a day after SP president Ak Gorakhpur, Vinay Shankar and/or damages for advertisements in Tiwari; and his brother, this newspaper. hilesh Yadav, in a symbolic former BSP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar, Bheesma gesture towards the com Shankar Tiwari, had re cently joined the SP. munity, offered traditional Hindu prayers at the tem Joining hands: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav with Brahmin leaders who recently joined his party, at a press conference in Lucknow on Monday. * SANDEEP SAXENA ple of Lord Parshuram built by one of his party’s Brahmin leaders in Gosai called from Ayodhya, Chief Minister’s post — was installed and unveiled Mathura, Varanasi and “Brahman ka sankalp, Akhi- at the temple, said an SP ganj area of Lucknow. Prayagraj. Chants of Jai Jai lesh hi vikalp (The Brah spokesperson. Parshuram resonated at the mins have resolved, Akhi Offers prayers venue. Mr. Yadav later even lesh is the alternative),” “People of the Brahmin Mr. Yadav offered puja and tweeted the chant. said the hoardings. community are the biggest performed aarti at the tem socialists and are justice ple located in Mahurakala Hoardings at the venue A bronze idol of the axe loving people. The Brah village near the Purvanchal sought to establish Mr. Ya wielding Lord Parshuram min community will take Expressway, amid chanting dav as the preferred choice weighing 7.5 quintal, made U.P. on the path to social of Vedic mantras by priests of the Brahmins for the by artisans from Jaipur, ism,” Mr. Yadav told jour HC gives FB, WhatsApp more time to reply Staff Reporter D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti and WhatsApp challenging Singh said the Data Protec an order by a single judge New Delhi tion Bill is yet to be finalised Bench dismissing their pleas and adjourned the proceed against the probe ordered by The Delhi High Court on ings to March 30. the CCI into WhatsApp’s new Monday gave more time to privacy policy. Facebook and WhatsApp to “Till then the time to file file replies to two notices is replies to the June 4 and June Additional SolicitorGen sued to them by the Compe 8, last year, notices issued by eral Aman Lekhi, appearing tition Commission of India the CCI to the appellants (Fa for the CCI, contended that (CCI) which has ordered a cebook and WhatsApp) is ex the Data Protection Bill is “ir probe into the messaging tended,” the HC said. It was relevant” to this app’s new privacy policy. hearing appeals by Facebook controversy. 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Venkaiah Naidu paying The VicePresident said women’s empowerment. Legal Correspondent which are required to be fol IDUKKI tributes at the tomb of St. Chavara at the St. Joseph's community service must be Stating that Saint Chavara lowed before provisioning Kottayam SyroMalabar Church in Kottayam. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT made compulsory for stu NEW DELHI such reservation for the The ashes of late Congress dents studying in govern contributed immensely to OBC category. leader P.T. Thomas were VicePresident M. Venkaiah age, traditions, constitution world over for its culture and ment and private schools to achieving communal harmo The Supreme Court on Mon interred in his mother’s vault Naidu on Monday expressed al rights and ethos, Mr. Nai heritage. In this context, he help them develop an atti ny and tolerance in society, day said it will hear on Janu The apex court had also at the St. Joseph Church his strong disapproval of at du said secularism is in the called for strengthening the tude of sharing and caring. Mr. Naidu said that he always ary 17 an application filed by referred to its order, just cemetery at Upputhode here tempts to ridicule other reli blood of every Indian and Indian value system, an offi showed a deep concern for the Centre to recall a De two days earlier, directing in Kerala on Monday. gions and create dissensions the country is respected cial statement said. Community service the wellbeing of all and cember 17 order staying the the State Election Commis Kerala Pradesh Congress in society, saying every per “Once this pandemic is be taught us that peaceful hu local body election process sion of Maharashtra to re Committee (KPCC) vice son has the right to practise hind us, I would suggest that man relationships were to OBC reserved seats in notify the OBC seats as gen president V.P. Sajeendran and preach his or her faith in government schools as well sacred and more important Madhya Pradesh. eral category ones. received the ashes from the the country. as those in the private sector than anything else. “Today, family at Thomas’ house in must make community ser we need a Chavara in every “This will come up on Ja In its application seeking Palarivattom in Kochi. “Practise your religion but vice of at least two to three community,” he said. nuary 17,” a Bench of Justic a recall of the December 17 Hundreds paid homage to the don’t abuse and indulge in weeks compulsory for stu es A.M. Khanwilkar and C.T. order, the Centre has said MLA near the cemetery. The hate speech and writings,” dents,” he said. Minister of State for Exter Ravikumar said. the upliftment of the Sche ashes were interred as per the VicePresident said at an nal Affairs V. Muraleedha duled Castes, Scheduled the last wish of Thomas. event organised to mark the Highlighting the contribu ran, Kerala Minister for The court had on Decem Tribes and OBCs has been 150th death anniversary of tions of visionary leaders Cooperation and Registra ber 17 referred to a Constitu its utmost priority and an Sexually assaulted actor Saint Kuriakose Elias Chava such as social reformer Sree tion V.N. Vasavan, former tion Bench the verdict of inadequate representation writes to Kerala CM ra, a spiritual leader and so Narayana Guru and St. Chav Kerala Chief Minister Oom 2010 that had mentioned of OBCs in the local bodies cial reformer from the Kerala ara, the VicePresident urged men Chandy, Lok Sabha MP three conditions, including defeats the \"very object, in KOCHI Catholic community, at Man other States to take a cue Thomas Chazhikadan and the setting up of a dedicated tent and purpose of the nanam, near here. from Kerala in the fields of senior priests and nuns of commission to conduct a idea\" of decentralisation of The woman actor who was education, social justice and Carmelites of Mary Immacu contemporaneous rigorous power and taking gover allegedly kidnapped and Observing that hate late were present. empirical inquiry into the nance to the grassroots le sexually abused in 2017 in speeches and writings were nature and implications of vel. Kerala has reportedly sent a against India’s culture, herit the backwardness qua the letter to Chief Minister local bodies in the States, Pinarayi Vijayan seeking further probe in the case Telangana BJP chief sent Minister, Cong. MP nearly ED attaches ₹26 crore following the “revelations” by to 14day judicial custody come to blows on stage assets in fraud case filmmaker Balachandrakumar that he had seen ‘Pulsar’ Suni, Tension at event attended by Bommai Probe based on sortium of 19 lenders led one of the accused in the FIR by CBI against by the Bank of India. case, at the house of actor MP booked The police detaining Bandi Tense moments preceded Special Correspondent posed padayatra from Meke DPIL, others Dileep here. The filmmaker for violating Sanjay on Sunday night. the arrest of Mr. Sanjay. Pol datu to Bengaluru seeking It is alleged that the com had alleged that Mr. Dileep prohibitory orders ice personnel stormed the Bengaluru early implementation of the Devesh K Pandey pany availed itself of high had got a copy of the video take a protest in solidarity camp office building after drinking water project. er credit facilities by show on the sexual assault before it Special Correspondent with teachers and other go breaking open the shutter Amid high drama in the pol NEW DELHI ing paper transactions was produced in court. vernment employees against locks with gas cutters and ar itically sensitive Ramanaga The statue unveiling with shell companies and KARIMNAGAR a State government order on rested Mr. Sanjay and some ram district, Karnataka function was stalled for The Enforcement Directo related entities. SC adjourns CBI appeal in introducing a zonal system others. A local court re Chief Minister Basavaraj some time as the unfolding rate has attached assets ISRO frame-up case again Telangana BJP president and in the allocation of jobs. The manded them in judicial Bommai on Monday wit drama led to Mr. Suresh and worth ₹26.25 crore of Dia The funds so raised were Member of Parliament from order hurt the interests of custody till January 17. nessed chaos at a public his cousin S. Ravi, Congress mond Power Infrastruc diverted. NEW DELHI Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay, the teachers and others vis- function as the Congress’s MLC, sitting on a dharna on ture Limited (DPIL) and its was remanded in 14day jud a-vis their transfers, Mr. Ban Nadda slams TRS govt. Bengaluru Rural MP D.K. Su the stage while Mr. Bommai erstwhile directors, pro The ED has filed a The CBI on Monday got its icial custody by a local court di had alleged. BJP president J.P. Nadda resh and Higher Education appealed for calm. moters and their family charge sheet against DPIL, appeal in the Supreme Court here on Monday. flayed the Telangana Rashtra Minister C.N. Ashwath Na members in connection its directors and 11 others against anticipatory bail Samithi (TRS) government, rayan almost came to blows It all started when Con with a bank fraud case in in the case. granted to former Mr. Sanjay and four oth terming the arrest a “mur after a heated verbal duel on gress workers started shout volving ₹2,654.40 crore. intelligence and police ers were arrested by the Ka der of democracy and con the stage even as Congress ing slogans at the event prot Chargesheet filed officials accused in the ISRO rimnagar police on Sunday stitutional rights”. and BJP workers in the au esting against Mr. Bommai The value of total attach In April 2018, in the same frameup case adjourned to night on charges of causing dience sparred. unveiling the statues, leav ment so far has now gone case, the ED had issued the January 28. Appearing before grievous hurt to public ser “This massive use of force ing the local MP behind. up to ₹1,148.97 crore. first attachment order in a Bench led by Justice A.M. vants to deter them from dis and planned attack and vio The Chief Minister was in volving assets worth Khanwilkar, Additional charging their duties and at lence against the BJP lead Ramanagaram to unveil the The BJP, in a series of Cheating of lenders ₹1,122.72 crore. SolicitorGeneral S.V. Raju, for tempting to hold “Jagarana ers, workers, teachers, and statues of B.R. Ambedkar tweets, called the DK broth The ED probe is based on a the CBI, sought two weeks to Deeksha” in defiance of the employees is nothing but an and Nadaprabhu Kempe ers as “Kanakapura Rowdy first information report re It later filed a chargesh file a rejoinder in the case. prohibitory orders promul act of political vendetta,”he Gowda, inaugurate public brothers”, and said the dis gistered by the Central Bu eet against the former The next hearing is on gated to prevent the spread said in a statement. works, and lay the founda play by Mr. Suresh and Mr. reau of Investigation company directors, Amit January 28. The case was of COVID19, sources said. tion stone for a few projects. Ravi on Monday violated all against DPIL and others for Bhatnagar, Sumit Bhatna previously adjourned after a (With inputs from Delhi) The move had been seen to protocols and showed flex allegedly cheating a con gar and Suresh Bhatnagar, senior lawyer became unwell. He was planning to under counter the Congress’ pro ing of muscles. and other accused per sons. NIA arrests woman from CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Amid spike in Mangaluru in terror case Change on the ground COVID cases, Mariyam was suspected to be in touch with IS cadre Bengal civic Special Correspondent Monday’s arrest is a IS network in Kashmir and Assured return: Workers busy in a Bengal gram field on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Monday. The Telangana government polls as per followup of NIA searches parts of Kerala and is encouraging farmers to cultivate pulses on about 10 lakh acres in the rabi season as an alternative crop to paddy, in the wake MANGALURU in Kashmir, Bengaluru and Karnataka. of the Food Corporation of India’s decision not to procure parboiled rice from the State. * NAGARA GOPAL schedule Mangaluru in August. The National Investigation The NIA conducted simul CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Shiv Sahay Singh Agency (NIA) on Monday ar alleged terrorist activities of taneous raids in Kashmir, rested a woman from Man Ameen and his associates, Bengaluru and Mangaluru Kolkata galuru in connection with who have been running va on August 4, 2021 on per the ongoing investigation in rious IS propaganda chan sons suspected to be in The West Bengal State to terrorist activities of Mo nels on social media plat touch with Ameen and his Election Commission hammed Ameen, alias Abu forms for propagating associates and those who (SEC) has decided to go Yahya, of Kerala and his violent jihadi ideology of the were allegedly financing IS ahead with elections to associates. IS and radicalising and re activities. They had arrested four municipal corpora cruiting new members for Obaid Hamid of Srinagar, tions despite COVID19 cas Police sources said the IS module. Ameen and Muzammil Hassan Bhat of es touching a new peak for Deepthi Marla, alias Mari his associates reportedly Kashmir, Ammar Abdul Ra the past few days. yam, was arrested by the succeeded in expanding the himan of Ullal in Mangaluru NIA team comprising Depu and Shankar Venkatesh Pe Elections to the Bidhan ty Superintendent of Police rumal, alias Ali Muaviya nagar Municipal Corpora and Assistant Investigating from Bengaluru. tion, Siliguri Municipal Officer Krishna Kumar and Corporation, Asansol Mun police inspector Ajay Singh. As part of the probe, the icipal Corporation and the The sources said Mariyam NIA questioned Mariyam, Chandernagore Municipal was suspected to be in touch wife of Abdul Rahiman, a re Corporation are scheduled with Islamic State (IS) cadre. sident of Masthikatte, Ullal. for January 22. About 17 Rahiman is the son of writer lakh voters can exercise The NIA had registered a and former Ullal MLA, the their franchise in these suo motu case against seven late B.M. Idinabba. elections. On Monday, offi known and other unknown cials of the SEC held a accused in connection with meeting with the State ad ministration on the poll Institute of Mathematical Sciences is 60 ‘ISRO gearing up for multiple preparations. The process missions in year 2022’ of filing of nominations is From a small beginning, it has grown to 52 faculty members, 125 PhD students continuing as per the ear lier notification issued by Shubashree Desikan There was a short period K. Sivan says 3 space science missions are in the pipeline the Commission. Elections of turmoil in 1989 during to the Kolkata Municipal Chennai A special edition of children’s magazine Jantar Mantar being which C.S. Seshadri left the T. K. Rohit nously developed advanced Corporation were held on released at the IMSc event on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT institute with a group of technologies,” he said. De December 19. The Institute of Mathemati mathematicians and compu CHENNAI sign changes on Chan cal Sciences (IMSc), Chennai that sparked off its journey. Energy (DAE) took charge ter scientists to start what drayaan3 and testing has The State government came into the 60th year of its The initial years saw the vi has now become Chennai After a rather muted 2021 in seen huge progress, he said. had on Sunday announced existence on January 3 this sits of many stellar personal and the years 19841988 saw Mathematical Institute; terms of satellite launches, K. Sivan * restrictions in the wake of year. ities such as physicists Hans physicists Saurabh Rindani Indian Space Research Or Mr. Sivan said the hard rising COVID19 infections, Bethe and Murray Gellman, a quick growth when the fa and Anjan Joshipura also left ganisation (ISRO) is gearing RO has] many test flights for ware in loop test of Aditya L1 which included closure of Speaking at the celebrato however, the faculty to found the High Energy up for a number of missions Crew Escape System of Ga spacecraft and accommoda all educational institu ry, partonline event organ strength remained small. In culty strength doubled and Physics division at Physical in 2022 including the launch ganyaan and launch of the tion studies for XpoSat in the tions, restrictions on local ised by the faculty, V. Ravin the words of the institute’s Research Laboratory. of the first unmanned mis first unmanned mission of SSLV have been completed train and flight services dran, Director of the IMSc, former joint Director, G. Ra number of students in sion of Gaganyaan, its Chair Gaganyaan. In addition, we and ISRO has delivered the from both from domestic said that since its inception, jasekaran, the institution The initial hiccup did not man, K. Sivan said. also have Chandrayaan03, Sband SAR payload to NASA and international destina 295 PhDs had been awarded had a rebirth in 1984, when creased rapidly. In 1986, last and the year 1990, with Aditya Ll, XpoSat, IRNSS for NISAR [NASAISRO SAR] tions. to students. the Department of Atomic the appointment of R. Rama In his New Year’s message and technology demonstra mission. computer scientist P.S. chandran as director, saw for 2022, Mr. Sivan said ISRO tion missions with indige “In modification of the From its beginning as a the institute gain strength had a number of missions to Three new space science earlier order, local train small institute of about a do Thiagarajan and several oth again, with new students execute this year. These in missions are also in the pipe services will now be ex zen faculty, it has grown to and faculty joining. Since clude the launch of the line, Mr. Sivan said. These in tended up to 10 p.m. in 52 faculty members, 125 PhD er computer scientists then, there have been three Earth Observation Satellites, clude a Venus mission, DIS stead of 7 p.m.,” a note students and 35 postdocto directors — mathematician EOS4 and EOS6 on board HA –a twin aeronomy from the State government ral Fellows. joined to start the institute’s R. Balasubramanian, com the Polar Satellite Launch satellite mission and TRISH said on Monday. puter scientist V. Arvind and Vehicle (PSLV), and the NA, an ISROCNES [Centre On January 3, 1962, Mat Theoretical Computer now, physicist, Prof. EOS02 on board the maiden national d'études spatiales] During the day, there science was founded in Ravindran. flight of the Small Satellite mission in 2024. was chaos at railway sta Chennai by Alladi Krishnas Science division. Launch Vehicle (SSLV). “[IS tions as there was a rush to wamy. Nobel Laureate Sub board the train before 7 rahmanyam Chandrasekhar p.m. There were also a few gave the inaugural lecture incidents of people falling off crowded local trains. CM YK Meanwhile, the CO VID19 positivity rate in the State rose to 19.59%. A ND-NDE
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Each of them has The need to test other vaccines as an It was September 2003 and a Declaration of Human Rights, af remain, “to abide by the Constitu keep throwing dirt on the founder made a mark on Indian polity and additional dose in adults is overwhelming leading English daily of India firming in its preamble that all tion and respect its ideals and in of the second largest religion of India today represents a synthesis was celebrating its 125th anni members of the world body that stitutions” and “to promote har the contemporary world seen by of them all. Despite the diversity of N early a year after the rollout of COVID19 vac versary in Chennai. Inaugurating had been set up to strive for peace mony and the spirit of common its over two billion followers religion and language there runs cines for healthcare workers, the primary vac the grand event, the Prime Minis across the globe had “pledged brotherhood amongst all the peo across the globe as the most highly through the fabric of the nation cination schedule to cover 75 million teenagers ter of the day, the late Atal Bihari themselves” to the “promotion ... ple of India transcending religious, revered figure next only to God. the golden thread of a basic innate aged 1517 years began across the country on January 3. Vajpayee said: “... In spite of the and observance” of all the ideals linguistic and regional or sectional Does not all this attract application unity.” Nearly 0.4 million children received the first dose on unfortunate aberrations, whose enshrined in that socalled “Mag diversities.” of the IPC offence of outraging reli the first day. With all adults aged 18 years and above al recurrence must be prevented, In na Carta of Humanity”. The Un gious feelings? And when some of Twenty years later in the cause ready being covered, the inclusion of teenagers has re dia will always remain an open, in iversal Declaration of Human Now, so many years after the them cross the limits to incite peo célèbres captioned S.R. Bommai vs duced the eligibility age group to 15 years. The decision clusive and tolerant nation, with Rights had asserted at the outset beginning of the constitutional ple to commit atrocities against, Union of India (1994), an even larg to vaccinate teenagers, which was announced by Prime the freedom of faith guaranteed to that “All human beings are born era, many deeply patriotic citizens and even masskilling, of the se er Bench of the Court had pro Minister Narendra Modi on December 25 last year, was all not only by the statute book but free and equal in dignity and of the country see the prevailing cond largest group among the na claimed that “Constitutional provi based on the emergence of the highly transmissive Om also by the living traditions of this rights. They are endowed with rea ground situation as an antithesis tion’s citizenry, is their audacity sions prohibit the establishment of icron variant, its spread to many countries in about a ancient civilisation.” son and conscience and should act of the Constitution. They have be not covered by any provision of a theocratic State and prevent the month after it was designated as a variant of concern, towards one another in a spirit of gun wondering if that magnificent our Penal Code or by any other State from either identifying itself the global case surge, and the trend in many developed A leader, his assurance brotherhood.” In the coming charter of governance “enacted, law of the country? with or otherwise favouring any countries of vaccinating adolescents and children. He was referring to some ghastly years, its implications and de adopted and given to ourselves” particular religion” and “secula While there is no clear consensus on whether healthy incidents of violence against the mands were spelt out in the minut two years after Independence was The election law of India laid rism is more than a passive atti teenagers above 15 should be vaccinated particularly as two largest minorities in the coun est details in the two International just an Interim Constitution to be down in the Representation of the tude of religious tolerance. It is a severe disease and deaths in this age group are relative try witnessed during those days in Human Rights Covenants of 1966, replaced in the coming years with People Act of 1951 declares “pro positive concept of equal treat ly low when infected by the virus and a significant per various regions. The gentle Head later suffixed with several follow a brand new unwritten one drawn moting or attempting to promote ment of all religions.” centage of teenagers and children have been already in of the Government, endowed with up instruments like the Declara on diametrically opposite lines. feelings of enmity or hatred” on fected as indicated by a few sero surveys, vaccination exemplary political wisdom, was tion on the Elimination of All Have we, they are asking, really grounds of religion, etc. between Fading ‘light’ does increase the level of protection. Unlike in the case assuring the nation with confi Forms of Intolerance and of Dis decided to completely abandon different classes of citizens “in Announcing the tragic demise of of adults who were vaccinated with one of the two vac dence that those were just aberra crimination Based on Religion or our old commitments and alle connection with election” to be a the Father of the Nation on Janu cines — Covishield or Covaxin — teenagers will be admi tions not to last long, and that the Belief (1981) and the Declaration giance to the international human punishable offence (Section 125). ary 30, 1948, Jawaharlal Nehru nistered only Covaxin. It was found to be safe and im country would soon return to its on the Rights of Minorities (1992). rights instruments and to kick out Referring to it, an eminent apex had said: “The light has gone out munogenic in teenagers during a phase2/3 of the ageold traditions of pluralism and our constitutional pledges to pre court judge of the past, the late of our lives; that light will be seen clinical trial; only 175 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years religious tolerance. Vajpayee’s par A masterpiece of wisdom serve religious pluralism and V.R. Krishna Iyer, had once ob in this country and the world will were studied. The data of the trial, yet to be peerre ty had lost at the elections next When the celebrated Universal De maintain the citizens’ dignity, served: “It is a matter for profound see it for that light represented so viewed, were posted on a preprint server on December year but, after a gap of a full de claration of Human Rights was equality and fraternity? regret that political communalism mething more than the immediate 29. As in the case of adults, the eligible teenagers will re cade, returned to power with a proclaimed by the United Nations, is foliating and flourishing largely present; it represented the living, ceive the second dose 28 days after the first. bang. Would anyone among the the newly freed India was in the An inoperative IPC because parties and politicians the eternal truths, reminding us of present masters of the nation’s midst of writing its Constitution Long before the advent of Inde have not the will, professions the right path, drawing us from er Besides providing teenagers with a primary vaccine, destiny remember the solemn as for the future. Its noble architects, pendence, India had enacted and apart, to give up the chase for pow ror, taking this ancient country to healthcare and frontline workers and those above 60 surance their tallest ever leader all highly enlightened leaders of given to all its inhabitants an In er through politicizing communal freedom.” years with comorbidities will be provided with a pre had graciously extended to the na the day, infused the letter and spi dian Penal Code with a fullfledged identity.” It is indeed saddening caution dose. Providing Covaxin as the precaution dose tion? Vajpayee did not live long rit of that masterpiece of human chapter on “Offences relating to that, while the election law with its On that sad day, year after year to all the people who have received the same vaccine as enough to witness the “living tra wisdom into its preamble under Religion” laying down penalties aforementioned penal provision since then, sirens have been blar part of the primary vaccination schedule, scientifically ditions of this ancient civilisation” which the people of India “so for outraging religious feelings, in remains intact, this lament of a ing out in government offices and called as homologous vaccine booster, will be the best being thrown into the dustbin of lemnly resolved” to secure to all its sulting religion or beliefs, disturb deeply concerned juristjudge educational institutions alerting us approach at least till there is evidence on using a diffe history. Unfortunately, even his citizens justice, equality and liber ing religious assemblies, wound seems to have become a perma to remember the teachings of that rent vaccine as a booster shot. Though Covaxin ac sad demise did not act as a sober ty of all kinds and to promote ing religious feelings, and other nent feature of political discourse extraordinary leader who had counts for only around 10% of all doses administered till ing reminder to the powers that be among them all “fraternity assur nefarious activities of the sort. across the country. played the key role in our struggle date, the scientific bodies need to factor in vaccine for the need to translate his pious ing the dignity of individual and Why are, one may ask, these provi for Independence. But do we still availability too. This becomes particularly important as hope into the ground reality of the unity of the nation”. The details of sions of the Code lying totally in ‘Golden thread of unity’ have the will and the determina only Covaxin is used for vaccinating teenagers and its day. these prefatory pledges were elab operative while many people are The top court of the nation has in tion to let India remain what the production is very limited in comparison to Covishield. orated upon and fortified in Part openly flouting them in broad day fact been constantly spelling out Father of the Nation wanted it to The compulsion to test other vaccines that can be used In retrospect, Vajpayee wanted III of the Constitution on people’s light? Television and newspapers for us, from the very beginning, be, then and always in future? Do in place of Covaxin as an additional dose in adults is the country to religiously continue Fundamental Rights. Before too the meaning and implications of we remember our first Prime Mi therefore overwhelming. The approval of two addition treading the path it had chosen for long it was realised by experience the road map the Constitution of nister’s optimism that the Mahat al vaccines, which are manufactured using different itself while throwing away the that there was a pressing need to the country had laid for us soon af ma’s light “will be seen”? And, do vaccine platforms, will further lessen the reliance on yoke of colonial rule in 1947. In the alert the people of the country, ter Independence. In the case of we care for the solemn assurance Covaxin for primary vaccination of adults, thus ensur year following the advent of inde both the rulers and the ruled, also Ahmedabad St. Xavier’s College vs given to the nation by another ing that the vaccination programme for teenagers does to their constitutional duties to the the State of Gujarat (1974), a large great Prime Minister of the coun not suffer from shortages midway. nation and the society. Part IVA Bench of the Court had observed: try, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in 2003 was then added to spell out citi “India is the second most popu that “India will always remain an Safety at all costs zens’ Fundamental Duties — joint lous country of the world. The pe open, inclusive and tolerant na and several. The foremost among ople inhabiting this vast land pro tion”? Are there any answers? Governments should ensure implementation these sacred obligations were, and fess different religions and speak of safety protocols in the fireworks industry different languages. It is a mosaic Tahir Mahmood is a former Dean of the The death of four workers on New Year’s Day in a Delhi University Law Faculty blast at a fireworks unit in Kalathur village of Vi rudhunagar district, the hub of the firecrackers India’s rights record, America’s blinkered vision sector in Tamil Nadu, reiterates the need for relentless vigil to enforce safety protocols in an industry that Washington’s diplomatic embrace is providing New Delhi a certain immunity from international criticism deals with hazardous processes. The blast was said to have been triggered by friction caused by the mishan Krishnan Srinivasan rebuke her for flagrant discourtesy AFP mand in Sudan for a democratic The West’s instrument of choice dling of chemicals. Apparently, the workers had come on Indian soil. government. for penalising political adversaries to the unit for a pooja to usher in 2022. Even though the Recent Indian foreign policy dia is ranked in the Open Doors is this: unilateral sanctions of du authorities have suspended the unit’s licence and filed has a chequered record, the For what American Defence Mi World Watch List for ‘extreme’ In past times, third world lead bious legality in international law. cases under the Indian Penal Code and Indian Explo vacillations over the Taliban nister Lloyd James Austin III called Christian persecution below Syria, ers in countries such as India, Ma No audit has ever been taken of sive Substances Act, they have not cited violations such resuming control in Afghanistan “shared values”, Washington Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. go laysia, Indonesia and Nigeria tried the immense suffering these sanc as the licence holder leasing out the unit to others and being one instance. But it cannot takes an accommodating view of vernment has ignored all these to create a rival media platform, tions inflict on innocent civilians. manufacturing products unauthorisedly. Over the be denied that Prime Minister Na widespread Indian downgrades in findings to the dismay of nongo and Qatar, China and Russia start years, the district has seen numerous blasts and succes rendra Modi has been remarkably indices considered credible in as vernmental organisations (NGOs) ed 24hour news channels but can The U.S. Treasury lists 36 sive State Governments had formed, at times, commit successful in maintaining cordial sessing democratic norms and hu and activists due to Narendra Mo not match the resources and reach groups of multiple sanctions, the tees to study the factors that led to the blasts. There Indian relations with Washington man rights. Like Israel, India finds di’s positioning India as an indis of the entrenched, Westdominat latest of which is a typically insen have been improvements in the way the firecracker in under United States President Joe that Washington’s embrace pro pensable partner, and his govern ed Englishmedium news ecosys sitive measure against seven Ban dustry has been functioning. For example, the extent of Biden despite overt wooing of vides a certain immunity from in ment has no sympathy for NGOs, tem which includes soft power as gladeshis, including the police child labour has reduced considerably. But, with regard former President Donald Trump. ternational criticism. portraying their conclusions as sets such as music, film and chief, just before the 50th anniver to adherence to and monitoring of safety protocols, the biased and uninformed. culture. Hence, the Central Intelli sary of that nation’s liberation track record leaves much to be desired. Accommodating view The U.S. State Department’s gence Agency is portrayed as all from American ally Pakistan. India is considered a critical ally Country Report on Human Rights The world media knowing, despite its abject failures There has to be a paradigm shift in the manner an by the United States, the only de Practices itself last March record Diplomacy does not proceed ac in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Iraq’s On the U.S. event such as the Kalathur blast is viewed. Generally, signated Major Defence Partner, ed “significant human rights is cording to ethical standards; nor nuclear weapons and the Afghan For the world’s oldest democracy any blast is called an accident but such usage unwitting and AmbassadorDesignate to In sues” in India, including extrajudi does the global media. Six dying in army’s capabilities. to arbitrate on fundamental rights ly tends to gloss over the role of those who are respon dia Eric Garcetti told the Senate, cial killings, torture, arbitrary a gust of wind in Australia and six of others is ironic for a country sible for the implementation and the enforcement of sa “Few nations are more vital to the arrest and detention, violence in an Illinois warehouse collapse World news is curated by a where in 12 months ending March fety protocols. There can be no compromise on this future of American security and against minorities, unjustified ha make headlines, while reports that handful of western capitals, the 2021, its police murdered 37 Afri count. At the same time, the contribution of the fire prosperity than India,.” rassment of journalists, and cen every 25 minutes an Indian wo ‘read outs’ being for the domestic canAmerican people per million cracker industry to the country’s economy, especially sorship and blocking of websites. man commits suicide, 48 persons audience, which can enjoy the U.S. against 15 per million whites, that of Tamil Nadu, has to be acknowledged. The sector In Delhi last October, U.S. Depu India is rated poorly by the U.S. dying in a volcanic eruption in Java and its allies forever fulminating when AfricanAmericans com employs eight lakh people, directly and indirectly, in a ty Secretary of State Wendy Sher based Freedom House which and 208 in a typhoon in Philip against opponents who meekly prise only 13% of the population. backward region of the State with no assured irrigation. man, said of India’s purchase of called it ‘partly free’, Sweden’s V pines are not newsworthy. Nor is submit to the diatribes. Threats of The Summit For Democracy host However, this does not absolve the industry of the res Russian military equipment, Dem Institute which dubbed it an the current heroic popular de “massive consequences and sev ed by U.S. President Joe Biden was ponsibility to the life and the health of workers and the “We’ve been quite public about ‘electoral autocracy’, The Econo- ere economic cost” against Russia predictably confused about its larger sections of society. In any investigation of the any country that decides to use mist’s Democracy Index and the by G7 countries and the European participants because not every de event, the authorities concerned should seriously con the S400. We think that it is Stockholm Institute for Democra Union are blandly announced mocracy is liberal and not every sider translating into action some of the suggestions dangerous and not in anybody’s cy which India had helped to without reference to what might society considered liberal is fully made by an eightmember committee constituted by security interest,” but our authori establish. be Russia’s concerns for its own se democratic. Meaningful summits the National Green Tribunal after a blast in the district ties did not think it necessary to curity. A boycott of the Winter should be global in attendance that killed over 20 people in February 2021. Headed by A year ago, India ranked 142 in Olympics in China by irrelevant and concentrate on pressing pro former judge of the Punjab and Haryana, and Madras the World Press Freedom Index of western officials is heralded, but blems such as inequality, climate High Courts K. Kannan, the panel had suggested that Reporters Without Borders. The no boycott is threatened of the change and arms control on earth the Explosives Act be amended to make punishments U.S. Commission on International Football World Cup at Qatar, an and in space. more stringent than now, employing only certified per Religious Freedom has for succes absolute monarchy where there sons for operations including mixing, filling of chemi sive years recommended that In are scant civil and political rights, Krishnan Srinivasan is a former Foreign cals and the making of colour pellets, and using drones dia be listed as a ‘country of partic workers rights are negligible and for surveillance of various units. There is no dearth of ular concern’ due to its treatment homosexuality is deemed illegal. Secretary ideas to improve the working of the industry but what is of Muslims and Christians, and In required is that the authorities, both at the levels of Central and State Governments, should ensure the en LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. forcement of safety protocols. Income and quota ₹8 lakh. Incometax data bad legislation adds to the security policy, amity needs are deferred. We cannot To read more letters CM It is difficult to swallow the also show that the litigation pileup in courts. to be given importance. forget the bitter experience online, scan the QR code YK Government’s arguments in proportion of taxpayers of the second wave. favour of the income limit earning more than this limit Firoz Ahmad, R. Ramanathan, might help reduce the set by it given the fact that it also comes to around 20%. S. Seshadri, effects of an infection, only had not made any such Both these facts imply that New Delhi Coimbatore Chennai a good mask worn correctly rationale public while this limit includes almost can help cut virus drafting the law (Page 1, “₹8 fourfifths of households Amity is key Assembly polls Mask protocol transmission. The blame lakh income ‘reasonable’ and excludes merely the Pakistan and security. Do It is a matter of grave Despite warnings of a third lies in poor implementation cap for EWS quota, Centre highest earners. Such a they really go together? concern that the Election wave, crowding continues. of and compliance with tells SC”, January 3. broad inclusion in the name Pakistan is a state that is in Commission intends Masks are being worn COVID19 protocols. Consequently, the reasons of the economically weaker the vicelike grip of its holding polls to the five without covering the nose proffered by the sections negates the alleged military and follows the State Assemblies in the and mouth. While a vaccine Kartikey Singh, Government committee objective of economic dictates of fundamentalists wake of rising COVID19 Faridabad, Haryana seem more like a postfacto justice. Another oversight and radicals. Perennial cases almost pan India. rationalisation. As per data in imposing any such hostility toward India has Equally disturbing is the corrections & clarifications: A sentence in the entry cor available in the public income limit at the national not helped Pakistan in any attitude of political parties responding to Fifty Years Ago in the “From the Archives” column domain, almost 80% of level also ignores the wide way. in their greed for power. of January 3, 2022 — “PM rejects concept of superpower” dated households in India earn an disparity in incomes which In the absence of a tall Adding fuel to the fire is January 3,1972 — referred to Indira Gandhi talking about the annual income of less than exists across States. Such leader with vision, Pakistan most citizens becoming concept of super powers and the resultant balance of power being is being pulled on all sides. complacent. The heavens ‘not obsolete’. It should have been now obsolete. More than a national will not fall if the elections The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; E-mail:[email protected] A ND-NDE
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Rajendran ISTOCK PHOTO quiescence is that scientific research Lijo Chacko lure, with its deeprooted consequence of relies almost entirely on funding nonrisktakers smoothly sailing to the top In December 1954, Meghnad Saha, and promoting junk science find its antiscience environment, often mar from the government. So, a fear of re It is well known that the collaborative effort posts. In such contexts, it is the nonstate ac one of India’s foremost astrophysi way into this prestigious meet? How keting questionable concoctions in tribution acts against the idea of en of markets and the Government leads to de tor who innovates and creates breakthrough cists and an elected parliamentarian, was it vetted and approved by a high cluding cow products to cure CO gagement with society. Another velopment of a country. We also know that models of community engagement. They al wrote to Prime Minister Jawaharlal profile committee containing the VID19 and even homosexuality, as equally valid reason is that our con engaging with communities and nonstate so become the vehicle to carry the demands Nehru, “My request to you is that you country’s frontranking scientists? though it is some sort of disease. temporary science researchers re informal institutions is as important as work of people to formal institutions. We saw this do not smother your Desdemonas on Completely sidelining the real scien Pseudoscience has provided a foun main entirely cut off from liberal in ing with the Government machinery. in the case of the Right to Information (RTI) the report of men like this particular tific contributions made in ancient dational base for a huge moneymak tellectual discourse, unlike in the campaign, which became a law after de Iago. I sometimes believe there are and medieval times, ridiculous ing industry that successfully ped initial years after Independence. For Section 135 of the Companies Act man cadeslong efforts by NGOs. The law has too many Iagos about you, as there claims were made in that forum dles quackery by sustaining and most scientists today, the idea of dates corporates who are beyond a certain brought a dramatic change in the degree of have been in history about every per about ancient ‘Bharat’ being a repos exploiting the people’s ignorance. science as a form of argument re level of profits and turnover to pay at least transparency in India, with most Govern son of power and prestige”. By refer itory of all modern knowledge. Ex mains foreign. For many of them, ex 2% of their net profits before tax to the deve ment ministries falling under its ambit. ring to the characters in Shakes cept a few, like the late Pushpa Bhar Our social and political life reso posure to the social sciences is mini lopment space. This law gives corporates the peare’s Othello, an aggrieved Saha gava, who always fretted about the nates uncannily with the fascist era mal at university. They also don’t get necessary impetus to collaborate with non Corporate houses, when implementing was showing his displeasure at a sit lack of scientific temper among In of the 1930s40s when Adolf Hitler trained in a broad range of social top state actors like NonGovernmental Organi their CSR activities, and governments, when uation that he perceived to be bad for dian scientists, most of our leaders in and Benito Mussolini argued that the ics at the school level. sations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisa executing their flagship projects, especially Indian science wherein the courtship science chose to ignore something “white race” was locked in a deadly tions (CSOs). This strengthening of citizenry in the years preceding elections, are aggres between the state and science was that was patently wrong. demographic competition with races Globally, STEM students down private partnerships is a major component sive in their targets. But that doesn’t necessa being ruined by the Machiavellian of “lesser purity” whose numbers play altruism and arguably demon of development activities. Nonstate actors, rily work in the development sector where advisers of the then Prime Minister. Pseudoscientific remarks by res were growing much faster. It can be strate less social concern than stu because of their depth of engagement with change happens at a glacial pace. It is the ponsible political leaders have conti instructive in our current political dents from other streams. The blame communities, bring patient capital to corpo nonstate actors, who know the lay of the A glorious tradition forgotten nued to hog the limelight ever since. climate to reflect on how science squarely lies with the pedagogy fol rate board rooms and help the state, too, by land, who bridge the gap between people We have come a long way from Neh Even when a former Union Minister failed as a bulwark against such re lowed in our science education sys engaging in welfare activities. This is a classic and firms/state. ruvian times when scientists could insisted that Darwin’s Theory of Evo gressive viewpoints. The science his tem. The leading science and tech case of statedriven governance mechanism afford to be directly critical of the lution was scientifically wrong, lead torian, Massimo Mazzotti, at the Un nology institutes recruit students promoting collaboration among nonstate It is common knowledge that the District Prime Minister and still expect to get ing scientists remained silent save a iversity of California, Berkeley, ably right after school and largely host actors. Collector calls on vetted NGOs/CSOs to im a pat on their shoulder in return. Ov few. More recently, the Rashtriya showed how the fascist regime in Ita one or two perfunctory social plement various schemes during the normal er the past few years, a pernicious Swayamsevak Sangh chief made a ly, using various intimidation and science courses. Students, thus, A key pillar of democratic governance is course of the day or to step in at short notice political landscape that encourages misinformed statement that the DNA surveillance tactics, made academic mostly remain oblivious to the gener citizens’ power to question the state. NGOs when calamities strike. NGOs and CSOs so intolerance and superstition has of all the people in India has been the elites toe the official line. The facul al liberal intellectual discourse. This and voluntary groups/organisations have metimes do the heavy lift and ensure that been developed. This has proved to same for 40,000 years. His message ties did so without making an actual issue is of major concern, as the 21st played a significant role in building capaci schemes reach the last person even in the be nonconducive for the timetested clearly goes against the proven fact antifascist choice. Instead, they en century is witnessing a new rise of il ties of citizens to hold governments accoun face of disaster. When nonstate actors take a scientific model and freedom of in that Indians have mixed genetic li tered the grey zone of cynical de liberal democracy with fascist ten table. With the Government taking the stand large load off the state’s shoulder, the state quiry. For the creation of knowledge, neages originating from Africa, the tachment. It was due to cynicism and dencies that generate intolerance that any action by an NGO which is critical of can focus more on governance. one should be able to think and ex Mediterranean, and Eurasian careerism that the scientists of Italy and exclusion in various parts of the the government is ‘antinational’, more so press themselves freely. One also steppes. As a part of revisionist histo derided racist policies as foolish in world, including India. We are also when funded from abroad, the space for fo Research shows that it is the synergy of needs to have a space for dissent, rywriting, the Indian Institute of private but did not bother to ques living at a time when scientific advice reign grants has shrunk. Hence, Corporate NGOs, Government and corporates which is which is a fundamental requirement Technology Kharagpur has now is tion them publicly. Like Italy, racism is marginalised in public policy de Social Responsibility (CSR) grants, which the holy grail of development. I have learnt for democracies to thrive. Are our sued a 2022 calendar. The purpose of and ‘othering’ was very much a part bates ranging from natural resource wouldn’t necessarily have flowed had it not from being on the field that NGOs and CSOs scientists vocal enough to argue for it is to argue for a Vedic cultural foun of the political landscape in Germa use to environmental impacts. been for the CSR law, have assumed impor with their penetration are best suited for the freedom of thought and are they dation for the Indus Valley Civilisa ny under the Nazi regime, which saw tance to provide the muchneeded suste lastmile delivery of government schemes or able to stand up against pseudos tion — a theory that goes against all a big exodus of highranking scien In the early 20th century, many nance to NGOs and CSOs as key players in implementation of a corporate house’s CSR cience? Their silence has given rise to the available evidence; morphing an tists with Jewish tags. leading scientists were deeply en nonstate governance. work, thus nudging one another in the path the perception that they too are com Indus Valley singlehorned bull seal gaged with philosophy and had deve to a developmental state. plicit in creating an unhealthy at into a horse will not solve the eviden Reasons for toeing the line loped a distinctive way of thinking Essential cogs in the wheel mosphere of ultranationalism and tiary lacuna. A retinue of junk As discussed by Naresh Dadhich, an about the implications of science on State governance should be evolving in na The tension between the tenets of liberty jingoism, where the glorious tradi science propagators and newage Indian theoretical physicist, in an ar society. They were much more ture. However, the Indian bureaucratic elite and equality is balanced by fraternity provid tion followed by socially committed ‘gurus’ have been flourishing in this ticle, one of the reasons for this ac proactive about societal issues. The have little appetite for risktaking and inno ed by the empathetic NGOs and CSOs in the scientists like Saha is forgotten. continuity of that legacy appears to vation because of the constant changing journey towards a development state. The have broken. A coweddown scientif goalposts of their politicianbosses or be CSR law has made the corporate world not We have seen this lack of reactivity ic enterprise is not helpful in retain cause the quantum of work is more than only clean its own mess but has also created from Indian scientists and science ing the secular autonomy of academ what they can efficiently handle. Bureau a legal framework for corporates to work academies on many occasions in the ic pursuits. To regain this cultural crats, therefore, often take recourse to the with NGOs and CSOs. NGOs and CSOs in In recent past, starting with the con space among younger practitioners, status quo even if it is to at least get some dia, irrespective of the open hostility of the duct of the 102nd Indian Science science education must include pe work done and not stall everything by cam current dispensation, will play a major role Congress in 2015. How did a session dagogical inputs that help learners paigning for change, especially in the realm in mobilising citizen action to right various suffused with extreme nationalism take a deliberative stand against false of governance. There is also the fear of fai wrongs. They can help contribute to better theories that could undermine civil polity as well as better governance. Most im society and democratic structures. portantly, they have the legitimacy to oper ate not just as actors who must ride into the C.P. Rajendran is an adjunct professor at the sunset after their job is done but to be as in tegral cogs in the wheel of good governance. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Lijo Chacko is with the Institute of Development Bengaluru and an author of a forthcoming Studies, Brighton, U.K. Views expressed here are book, ‘Earthquakes of the Indian personal Subcontinent’. Views are personal STATE OF PLAY CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Chasing Rajenthra Bhalaji DATA POINT FROM THE ARCHIVES Why the AIADMK is forced to defend him despite FIFTY YEARS AGO JANUARY 4, 1972 his unpopular image Mujib to be released unconditionally D. Suresh Kumar ing out such motives. During the ‘Ja nata curfew’, he tweeted: “The New Delhi, Jan. 3: Pakistan President Bhutto A hunt for former Minister K.T. Rajen happening in the country are a les today announced his decision to release thra Bhalaji in connection with two son to bogus crusaders who made Bangla Bandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman un jobrelated cheating cases is proving fun of Hindu religious practices and conditionally “in response to world opi to be a challenge for the Tamil Nadu beliefs...” Following an uproar, he de nion,” but left vague the actual date of re police. Over a fortnight after the Mad leted it. lease. Mr. Bhutto made known his decision urai Bench of the Madras High Court at a mammoth public meeting in Karachi at dismissed the AIADMK leader’s anti Against this backdrop, there is which he sought the “people’s approval” for cipatory bail applications, six special scepticism over the failure of the pol this course in the manner of ancient Roman police teams have failed to trace him. ice to arrest him with critics ques rulers. “You have relieved me of a great bur Among the complaints registered tioning if the politician managed to den,” he remarked after the audience, esti against him by the Virudhunagar Dis remain untraced due to his proximity mated by Radio Pakistan to number lakhs, trict Crime Branch is cheating go to the BJP. However, Mr. Bhalaji’s sis roared its approval. Mr. Bhutto said he vernment job aspirants after collect ter and lawyer have knocked the would have comprehensive talks with Mujib ing ₹1.6 crore. doors ofthe High Court alleging ha on his return to Rawalpindi and would the reafter release him “unconditionally”. He There are not many in the rassment by the police. did not mention when he would reach Ra AIADMK to shed tears for Mr. Among the few AIADMK walpindi and when the talks with Sheikh Bhalaji, though publicly exministers to lose in the Mujib would take place. He said he would go the party has called the 2021 Assembly election, to his home town of Larkhana before return police action an act of Mr. Bhalaji is also facing a re ing to Rawalpindi. Mr. Bhutto addressed one political vendetta by the vived probe by the Directo of the largest crowds at a political rally in Ka DMK government. For, the rate of Vigilance and Anti rachi in 20 years. Speaking in Urdu for 90 rustic politician is contro Corruption (DVAC) under minutes, Mr. Bhutto said he first planned to versy’s second child. He had the Prevention of Corrup go to his hometown of Larkhana, about 500 not only alienated local party tion Act. km north of here, and then see Sheikh Mujib functionaries with his ag It is inevitable that the for talks he said he had started in Rawalpin gression but caused much AIADMK would back Mr. Bhalaji as di. “I will then release him unconditionally embarrassment to the leadership by the M.K. Stalin government has and without bargaining,” said Mr. Bhutto. taking a pronounced proHindu and turned the heat on several former mi proBJP stand as Minister. In the run nisters. Five former ministers, in A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JANUARY 4, 1922 up to the 2019 parliamentary polls, cluding two known to be trusted lieu he declared, “[Prime Minister] Modi tenants of Mr. Palaniswami, have The ways of the Pro-Consul is our [AIADMK] daddy, India’s dad been booked by the DVAC. More are dy!” This did not sit well with the likely to be targeted. Former Social The visit of the Prince, it was fondly hoped cadres who had witnessed former Welfare Minister V. Saroja is facing a by some, would bring in its train peace and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa lead the case of cheating job aspirants. One of contentment to the people of India but it is party to a historic electoral success in Mr. Palaniswami’s personal assis regrettable as observed by Pundit Hridaya 2014 with an epic remark: “Who is a tants, Mani, has also been arrested nath Kunzru, that the visit should have better administrator — Gujarat’s Modi on charges of cheating people. roused bitter passions and caused in some or this Tamil Nadu lady?” Therefore, the party leadership places, riot and bloodshed. Strange are the could illafford to let Mr. Bhalaji fend ways of the ProConsul of the “land of white Caught on audio once threatening for himself. An AIADMK delegation Elephants”. Nationalist leaders are cast into to eliminate an opponent and later recently met Governor R.N. Ravi al prison under one section or another of the justifying it, and on video manhan leging that the police was harassing I.P.C., and under the Defence of India Rules dling a party man, Mr. Bhalaji has its functionaries. The party has 32 Indians and 16 Burmans have been or never been known for public nice sought to turn the tables on the DMK dered to leave Rangoon within 24 hours and ties. He called for cutting off actor questioning if the government would not to return to Rangoon until January 12th. politician Kamal Haasan’s tongue arrest Electricity Minister V. Senthil We are informed by our Rangoon correspon when the latter described Nathuram Balaji, a political turncoat, who as dent that it is notified that representations Godse as “free India’s first Hindu ex Transport Minister in the Jayalalithaa made by Executive members of bodies that tremist”. As Minister, he went on re government, faced a similar case of have resolved on a campaign of NonCoop cord saying if the support for “Islam cheating job aspirants. eration or boycott will not be taken notice of ic terrorism” continued, “nobody Irrespective of the political game, by the Government. Another order is still can stop Hindu terrorism”. Mr. Bha the Tamil Nadu police, which prides more interesting. It is stated that nationalist laji had also embarrassed then Chief itself as being on a par with the Scot papers will be removed from the list of pap Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami by land Yard police, has its task cut out ers receiving the “patronage of government insisting that the murder of a BJP in arresting Mr. Bhalaji. advertisements” and even notices and com functionary in Tamil Nadu had a “re muniques are not to be sent to them. ligious angle” despite the police rul [email protected] A ND-NDE CM YK
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Harish Rao, who Challenge to 10% quota has delayed postgraduate medical admissions Omar Rashid A local journalist Raman vided 250 doses of Covaxin. participated in the launch Kashyap died after being Half of these vaccine doses event at the Primary Health Legal Correspondent income criterion to identify making economic criterion “The current gross annual LUCKNOW mowed down. Three BJP will be given to the children Centre (PHC), Banjara Hills, EWS among forward classes as the sole ground for grant family income limit for EWS workers, one a driver, were registering online, and the said the online registration NEW DELHI of society for grant of 10% re of reservation benefits. of ₹8 lakh or less may be re Ashish Mishra, son of Union allegedly lynched by the an rest will be for onthespot system is being followed as servation in NEET medical tained. In other words, only Minister of State for Home gry crowd in retaliation. arrivals, the official said. the density of the benefici The Union government on admissions under the allIn Committee report those families whose annual Ajay Mishra, was present at aries is high in municipal Monday pressed the Su dia quota (AIQ) category. On November 25, the Centre income is up to ₹8 lakh the site of the Lakhimpur The chargesheet filed in In Tamil Nadu, where corporations and online re preme Court to list on Tues The court was hearing a had informed the court that would be eligible to get the Kheri incident in which the Chief Judicial Magistrate Chief Minister M.K. Stalin gistrations will ensure less day the hearing of a case batch of petitions filed by it had taken a considered de benefit of EWS reservation,” eight persons were killed, court names 13 accused, launched the COVID19 vac crowding at the vaccination raising questions about the NEET aspirants challenging cision to revisit the criterion the report said. according to the statements apart from Mr. Ashish Mis cination for children, a total centres. It is estimated that ₹8lakh income criterion for a July 29 notification of the for determining EWS. of witnesses, a government hra. They face charges of of 3,03,499 children were 18.70 lakh children in the identifying economically Centre announcing a 27% The committee said the ₹8 counsel said on Monday as murder, attempt to murder, vaccinated till 6 p.m. on age group 1518 years will re weaker sections (EWS) to quota to OBCs and 10% re The Union government lakh criterion strikes a “fine the Special Investigation and criminal conspiracy, Monday. A total of ceive the vaccine. provide them reservation in servation to EWS in AIQ. then formed an expert com balance” between overin Team submitted a 5,000 those under relevant sec 33,46,000 children in the admissions and jobs. mittee comprising former Fi clusion and inclusion errors. page chargesheet in a local tions of the Arms Act, and 1517 age group are eligible The Karnataka govern The Supreme Court’s qu nance Secretary Ajay Bhush court. others. to get vaccinated in Tamil ment, which had planned to Appearing before a Bench ery was significant as the an Pandey; ICSSR Member “The figure ensures that Nadu. Districts such as Mad vaccinate 6.38 lakh chil led by Justice D.Y. Chandra One Hundred and Third Secretary V.K. Malhotra; and most lowincome people “As per the statement of The SIT had arrested 13 urai, Salem, Cuddalore, Ka dren, was able to meet 65% chud, SolicitorGeneral Constitutional Amendment Principal Economic Adviser who are not required to pay witnesses, Ashish Mishra accused persons in the FIR nyakumari, Villupuram, of its target. Camps were or Tushar Mehta, for the of 2019, which introduced to the Government of India income tax are not excluded was present at the spot,” S.P. lodged over the killing of the Kallakurichi and Tiruvanna ganised in schools and pre Centre, made an oral men the 10% EWS quota, is itself Sanjeev Sanyal. The commit and are covered in EWS and Yadav, senior prosecution farmers. malai accounted for a cover university colleges across tioning to urgently list the under challenge before a tee submitted its report to at the same time it should officer, told presspersons, age of over 10,000 children the State. case on Tuesday. larger Bench. The amend the government on Decem not be so high that it be adding that this was part of The name of the 14th ac each on the first day. ment is under question for ber 31. comes overinclusive by in the case diary. cused Virendra Shukla was In Bengaluru, 29,423 chil The case is originally cluding many incomes tax added to the chargesheet As many as 38,417 chil dren were vaccinated. scheduled for January 6. The paying middle and high in Mr. Ashish Mishra and his under Section 201 (causing dren in Kerala received the There were many cases of Centre has filed a committee come families into EWS. father had been saying that disappearance of evidence), vaccine, on Monday, from a students who could not get report in the Supreme Court Therefore, considering that he was not present at the Mr. Yadav said. target population of 15.34 the first shot as they had for which supports the ₹8lakh the currently effective In site in Tikonia when three lakhs. Thiruvananthapuram gotten to bring parental con income threshold as a “rea come Tax exemption limit is vehicles from his convoy ran The investigators record had the maximum number sent forms or other docu sonable” basis to determine around ₹8 lakh for indivi over protesting farmers, kill ed the statements of 208 of children – 9,338 – receiv ments such as identity EWS. duals, the committee is of ing four of them, on October witnesses. ing the vaccine. As many as cards. the view that the gross an 3. 551 vaccination centres had All-India quota nual income limit of ₹8 lakh The lawyers for the farm been set up across Kerala. Lakshadweep Islands Ad The report is the result of the for the entire family would Mr. Ashish Mishra, alias ers said they were not satis ministrator Praful Patel Supreme Court’s repeated be reasonable for inclusion Monu, had said he was pre fied with the investigation as To avoid confusion, the launched the COVID19 vac grilling of the government, into EWS,” the report rea sent at his ancestral village the chargesheet did not in vaccination centres for chil cination drive for children at since October, to explain soned. of Banveerpur overseeing clude the name of the Union dren sported pink sign a function held at the Go how it zeroed in on the fi the annual wrestling event Minister, though the vehicle boards to distinguish them vernment Girls Senior Se gure of ₹8 lakh as the annual conducted by his family in involved in the incident was from the vaccination condary School, Kavaratti. memory of his grandfather. registered in his name. centres for adults. Vaccination for the 15 to Bulandshahr LeT ‘commander’ killed, say police IN BRIEF At the end of the day, 17 years age group began in none of the centres had re all the 10 inhabited islands. lynching Saleem Parray was shot dead in Shalimar Garden; another gunned down in Gusu Amit Shah reviews ported any adverse events A total of 3,469 children has security challenges following immunisation, been identified as the target serious: SC Peerzada Ashiq State Health Minister Veena group. NEW DELHI George, said. Legal Correspondent Srinagar (With inputs from Union Home Minister Amit In Telangana, Health Mi bureaus) NEW DELHI Two militants were killed by Shah convened a meeting on the police in Srinagar and Monday to review the China constructing The Supreme Court on one intruder was shot dead emerging security bridge on Pangong lake Monday noted that the Bu by the BSF near the Interna challenges, the Ministry of landshahr mob violence of tional Border (IB) at Arnia in Home Affairs said. He In February 2020, as part of points in Aksai Chin. 2018 in Uttar Pradesh was a Jammu on Monday. Guns in the garden: A security man standing guard outside the famed Shalimar Garden after stressed the need for better the first phase of disengage A satellite image of the serious case in which a pol the shoot-out in Srinagar on Monday. * NISSAR AHMAD coordination and synergy ment, both sides agreed for ice officer was lynched un LashkareTaiba (LeT) among the Central and the complete disengagement on area put out by an open der the pretext of cow “commander” Muhammad police said. dy. The second militant, la troops.” The Army on Mon State security agencies, it the north and south banks. source intelligence analyst slaughter. Saleem Parray was trapped The police identified him ter killed in Gusu, may have day evening said that a group said. The Indian Army has a per with Twitter handle @de inside the famous Mughal fled from the garden. of Pakistani terrorists were manent position near Fin tresfa_ shows a bridge like The court’s observation garden Shalimar in Srinagar as Hafiz, alias Hamza, from trying to attempt to infiltrate Four additional HC ger 3, the Dhan Singh Thapa structure between the clos is part of its order staying in the afternoon. Policemen Pakistan. “He was involved Border killing from the Line of Control in judges made permanent post, while the PLA has a est points of the two banks. the bail granted to an ac wearing civilian clothes car in the killing of two police A BSF spokesman said, “Al Poonch district. “Alert base east of Finger 8. The cused, Yogeshraj, in the ried out the operation “fol men in Bandipora and after ert and brave BSF troops on troops foiled the infiltration NEW DELHI south bank leads to the Kai In a separate incident of a case. The court ordered lowing a specific tipoff ”. this terror incident, he shift the IB in Arnia area saw the bid, and subsequent search lash range and to the Chush video by Chinese media Yogeshraj to surrender in ed to the Harwan area of Sri movement of a suspected Pa of the area lead to recovery Four additional judges — one ul sector. showing PLA soldiers with a the next seven days. “The police cornered Par nagar,” Mr. Kumar said. kistani person and he was of ammunition and Pakistani from the Calcutta High Court map in Galwan on January ray in Shalimar, but he challenged. He did not pay currency left behind by the and three from the Bombay Since the August action, 01, an Army source said it “The matter is quite se opened fire [at the security Earlier, the police suspect any heed and was subse fleeing terrorists,” a Jammu High Court — were elevated China has taken up con was not in the location of rious where under the pre forces]. In the retaliatory fir ed that they had encircled quently shot dead by the based Army spokesman said. as permanent judges on struction of alternate roads the clash last year or the text of the cow slaughter, a ing, he was killed. His killing two militants inside the gar Monday. The Department of away from our line of sight, buffer zone set up after the police officer has been is a big success for the police. den but found only one bo Justice in the Law Ministry a defence official stated. As first phase of disengage lynched. Prima facie, it is a He was involved in around a said another additional judge reported by The Hindu last ment. “It appears to be pro case of people taking law dozen killings in 2016,” In of the Bombay High Court June, China had intensified paganda. The place [clash into their own hand,” a spectorGeneral of Police Vi was given a one-year term to construction work behind site] doesn’t have any mark Bench led by Justice Sanjay jay Kumar said. continue as an additional the main confrontation ings as shown in the vide Kishan Kaul observed in judge. Before being made o,”the source added. the order. Hours later, security forc permanent judges, additional es encircled a militant from judges usually serve a term of Over $30 million of AAI The apex court took a the nearby Gusu area of Har two years. assets seized by Devas stern view of the fact that wan. “The militant was charges have not yet been killed. Incriminating mate SC notice to Centre, framed by the trial court in rials, including arms and am Manipur on ILP system the case. It has sought a re munition, were recovered port from the Bulandshahr from the encounter site,” the NEW DELHI trial judge specifying the time needed to do so. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Union and Devas Multimedia signed a tional Chamber of Edtech regulation policy on SC judge asks new CBI SIs the Manipur governments to contract with Antrix (ISRO’s Commerce’s (ICC) arbitra the cards: Education Minister to inculcate integrity respond to a plea challenging commercial arm) in 2005 tion court in September the Inner Line Permit (ILP) under which the latter 2015 ordered Antrix to pay Strive for truth: Justice Maheshwari system in the State. Manipur would build and launch two $672 million to Devas and is the forurth state where ILP ISRO satellites and lease the the Permanent Court of Ar Pradhan says no place for exploitation or monopoly Devesh K. Pandey is applicable.It contended corresponding Sband satel bitration (PCA), under the that the ILP provides lite spectrum to Devas, IndoMauritius bilateral in Special Correspondent Dharmendra Pradhan ulation by the government, NEW DELHI Justice Dinesh Maheshwari unrestrained power to the which in turn would use it to vestment treaty awarded on similar to the bricksand (right) presenting an award State to restrict entry and exit provide its Internet servic October 13, 2020, over $111 NEW DELHI higher education and skill mortar tuition and coaching Supreme Court judge Dinesh during the ceremony. of non-indigenous people or es. However, following a million plus interest. The ac development departments. services which they are Maheshwari on Monday those who are not permanent leaked draft CAG audit tion in Canada aims to en The booming education “We are also having discus slowly taking over. called upon the newly induct ly to integrate you into the residents of Manipur. report pointing to a number force only the PCA award. technology sector, which sions with MeitY [Ministry of ed subinspectors of the CBI institutional integrity,” he of potential irregularities in has benefited from the dis Electronics and Information “The Government of In to inculcate institutional inte said, according to a CBI Ganjam district is now the deal the UPA govern The Superior Court of ruptions in traditional edu Technology] and the Law dia does not want to place grity, strive to seek the truth statement. child marriage free ment cancelled it in Febru Quebec found that the AAI cation modes during the Department on how to come restrictions but we are firm and assist the court of law in ary 2011. However, no evi is India, in so far as it is an pandemic, is likely to come up with a common policy,” on certain things,” Mr. Prad coming to a decision which Referring to the newage BHUBANESWAR dence of bribery was found organ of the state of India, under regulation soon, with he said. han said. upheld the cause of justice. challenges the CBI investiga and two international arbi inseparable from India or is Union Ministries discussing tors were faced with, Justice Odisha’s Ganjam has declared tration hearings ruled the alter ego of India. As a framing of a common policy, According to a September Large market Justice Maheshwari, who Maheshwari said the officers itself as a child marriage free against the Indian govern result, the Treaty Awards Education Minister Dhar 2021 report from the Centre “We offer a large market and was the chief guest at the in should continuously up district — the first one in the ment for wrongful cancella enforceable in Quebec can mendra Pradhan said on for Budget and Governance all are welcome to reach out vestiture ceremony of the grade their knowledge State. The district tion of the deal. The Interna be executed on the AAI’s Monday. Accountability, there are to Indian students but there 24th batch of the SI trainees, through persistent and in administration has been able assets. more than 4,530 EdTech cannot be a monopoly. We congratulated them and quisitive zeal. to stop as many as 450 child At a virtual event to distri companies of which 435 have a welfare model. [The asked them to discharge their marriages and video-record Engineering student bute coupons valued at ₹253 have come about in the past companies] can come and responsibilities impartially “Do not forget that whe 48,383 marriages in 2020 detained in app case crore for over 12 lakh socially two years. do business and create and in consonance with the never constitutional courts and 2021. “We decided in and economically disadvan wealth. But simultaneously, oath of allegiance to the want that matters must be 2019 to prevent child Officials had said they were ter no response was given taged students to get free ac Industry leaders such as you cannot exploit my stu country. presented to them with im marriages on mission mode trying to identify accounts by GitHub, officials said. cess to EdTech courses, Mr. Byju’s and Unacademy have dents,” he warned. peccable true facts, it is the and at the same time that were involved in Pradhan said, “There is no raised capital worth $2.32 “As an individual, the offic CBI which is called upon for generate general awareness uploading the pictures and The Delhi Commission place for exploitation or mo billion and $354 million, res Repeated Internet disrup ers have learnt as to what in the purpose.” against it,” the District were deactivated after the for Women (DCW) has also nopoly”, in the sector. pectively, in the first year of tions and outage marred tegrity is about, how a person Magistrate said. complaint was filed. taken cognisance of the case the pandemic alone. The Monday’s event held at the is supposed to be, as we say, The batch consists of 37 and issued summons to the False promises burgeoning field of EdTech offices of the Education Mi of unquestionable integrity,” SI probationers who joined MLA moves HC for bail in The incident came six Delhi Police to provide case “We have heard reports that startups has faced little reg nistry, illustrating some of he said, going beyond perso the CBI Academy on Sep attempt-to-murder case months after “Sulli Deals” files of both Sulli Deals and some education technology the other challenges for edu nal integrity, the officers must tember 14, 2020, and under was uploaded on the same Bulli Bai before January 6. companies are exploiting cational technology firms understand and inculcate in went 66 weeks of training MUMBAI hosting platform. Two sepa students with loans for fee seeking to reach students stitutional integrity. on a wide range of subjects. rate FIRs were lodged at that In Mumbai, Deputy of based courses. If someone from poor homes, or in re Nitesh Rane, BJP MLA, on time, one in Delhi and the Commissioner of Police wants to subscribe for these mote areas, with limited In “Your individual integrity, Monday approached the other in Noida. No one has Rashmi Karandikar told The out of their own free will, ternet connectivity. we will have no doubt about, Bombay High Court seeking been identified in that inves Hindu, “We have registered there is no problem. But stu but then, institutional integri anticipatory bail in an tigation and the investiga FIR against founder of GitH dents should not be lured to “In this modern 21st cen ty, again, calls upon you to attempt-to-murder case. tion has not progressed af ub and Twitter handles that take loans by false promises tury world, electricity and understand what your sur A week earlier, a Kankavli used photos of women.” from them,” Mr. Pradhan Internet have become essen roundings are, what your in resident named Santosh CM said noting that advisories tials just like air, water, food, stitution requires, what is re Parab, 44, had filed a police YK had been issued late last clothing and housing,” he quired of the best of your ‘I’ to complaint claiming he was month by schools and the said. our ‘we’. The aim of these assaulted by certain persons academies like your academy linked with Mr. Nitesh, the while training you is ultimate son of Union Minister Narayan Rane. The case is likely to be heard on January 4. A ND-NDE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI NEWS 9 TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Adityanath Sidhu promises dole for women Channi’s role at top does not should contest mean much for Punjab SCs from Braj: MP He offers ₹2,000 a month to homemakers; AAP has offered ₹1,000 to all women Nistula Hebbar SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT women can travel safely and Lack of cohesiveness and leadership bogs the group down independently on long dis NEW DELHI CHANDIGARH tances to colleges and un VIKAS VASUDEVA iversities across districts and After Uttar Pradesh Chief Days after the Aam Aadmi villages with ease under the CHANDIGARH Minister Yogi Adityanath Party (AAP) promised to pay Punjab model,” he said. revealed on Saturday that a monthly sum of ₹1,000 to Punjab has the highest per he is amenable to contest adult women in Punjab if ‘Bid to lure voters’ ing the Assembly polls voted to power, the ruling As Mr. Sidhu advanced ‘free centage of Scheduled Caste due early this year in the Congress on Monday played bies’ to lure voters ahead of State, BJP Rajya Sabha its card to garner the sup the Assembly election, Ragh population among States at member Harnath Singh port of women voters by av Chadha, AAP leader and Yadav has requested that promising to pay ₹2,000 a coincharge of the party’s nearly 32%; yet the com he fight from Braj in the month to homemakers, if Punjab affairs, called Mr. Sid western part of the State. the party assumed power in hu a person without a stand. munity has not seen the the State. Mr. Yadav, who hails Sharing a video of Mr. Sid emergence of strong leaders from the area, has written The announcement was hu on Twitter, Mr. Chadha to BJP national president made by Punjab Congress said, “There is a saying in across key political parties. J.P. Nadda in this regard. president Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab that ‘even a bicycle at a rally in Barnala district. has a stand, but Sidhu has no Sharp caste divisions within Speaking to The Hindu, The AAP was quick to take a stand’.” the MP said he was a dig at the Congress State pre Poll trumpet: Navjot Singh Sidhu announced rewards to girls the SCs, landlessness and in “madhyastha” interced sident, and said Mr. Sidhu on completion of various stages of school. * FILE PHOTO In the first part of the vi ing between “Bhagwan was “a person with no deo, Mr. Sidhu is seen criti difference of political parties Reluctant step: Experts say appointment of Charanjit Singh Krishna” and Mr. Nadda. stand”. cal of Arvind Kejriwal’s an Channi is a move borne out of compulsion. * PTI “Both Bhagwan Krishna nouncement of giving ₹1000 are among the key deter and Yogiji appeared to At the rally, Mr. Sidhu said to all women above 18 years gether in my dreams and ₹2,000 a month would be He said women’s empo next government in the of age in Punjab. And, in the rents to their rise. the next day itself I des provided to homemakers. werment was at the centre of State, Mr. Sidhu announced second part, Mr. Sidhu him patched the letter,” he “It is important that their the country’s narrative and it that to battle the high dro self is making an announce Ahead of the 2022 As tinct and effective Statelevel 1.5% votes in the 2017 As said. [women] hard work be re was important to help wo pout rates of girls from ment to give ₹2,000 monthly leadership. Finding it diffi sembly polls. cognised. They will also be men of Punjab to achieve school, it is proposed that and eight LPG gas cylinders sembly election, the Con cult to cultivate an exclusive provided home and kitchen their full potential by giving girls would be rewarded free of cost to women of ly SCbased leadership at the Observers feel the indiffe based business opportuni them visibility, representa ₹5,000 on completion of Punjab. gress’s electoral strike in ap State level, different caste rent attitude of the political ties and interestfree loans tion and power. Class 5 and ₹10,000 on com based SC factions align with parties is another key rea up to ₹2 lakh to run them. pletion of Class 8. He accused Mr. Sidhu and pointing Charanjit Singh different political parties to son. Further, they will be provid “Giving women freebies the Congress of copying the get elected in 34 reserved ed with eight gas cylinders a as the AAP does will not em Freebies on offer announcements of Delhi Channi as Chief Minister has seats [in the 117member Des Raj Kali, a wellknown year to keep their kitchen power them in this commun “On completion of Class 10, Chief Minister Arvind Kejri House].” novelist and political ana running under all circum ity,” he said. ₹15,000, along with a digital wal. brought the community lyst, whose work focuses on stances,” he said. tablet, will be provided to Jat Sikhs’ dominance the Ghadar movement, SC “Unlike the AAP, the Pun girl students for digital edu back into focus in the politi Moreover, the SCs stand issues and the State’s litera jab Model under the aegis of cation and finally on comple nowhere near the Jat Sikhs ture and culture, points out the Punjab Congress Com tion of Class 12, ₹20,000 cal arena. in the latter’s dominance of that the Congress, the SAD mittee intends to work to shall be given. However, to farmland ownership. or others have not done wards cohesive growth and keep them motivated and The Scheduled Castes, as anything significant for the not isolated selfserving continuing their education, The majority of the SCs SCs other than play appease shortterm agendas.” electric scooter subsidies their counterparts in other are agricultural workers em ment politics. will be launched so that the ployed by the economically Offering a slew of freebies parts of the country, are not stronger community that “The leadership in the in an attempt to garner wo has dominated politics, mainstream political par men’s support and form the a homogeneous community. ties, the Congress and the NEWS ANALYSIS Akali Dal, has been dominat Demand for temple They are scattered among 39 ed by the Jat Sikhs. They nev whether in the Congress or er nurtured any Dalit leader Braj and the adjoining castes and five major reli the Shiromani Akali Dal. to ensure that their domi nance continues. Even now, areas of Mathura and gions — Hindus, Sikhs, Chris Ashutosh Kumar, Profes the appointment of Charan sor of Political Science at the jit Singh Channi is a move Vrindavan are important tians, Muslims and Budd Panjab University, says: borne out of compulsion. “Punjab is an agrarian eco Firstly, Ambika Soni de pilgrimage spots for those hists — besides being nomy and the SCs hardly clined the offer of the Chief own land. This is the key rea Minister’s post, then the par worshipping Lord followers of a large number son why we haven’t seen the ty couldn’t arrive at a con emergence of a strong Dalit sensus between Sunil Jakhar Krishna. of sects and faiths such as leader. The Jat Sikhs are do and Sukhjinder Randhawa. minant as far as the owner Mr. Channi’s name was not Significantly, in Mathu Ravidassias, Ramdassias, Ka ship of agricultural land is even in the contention. His concerned. The SCs, on the name came up for discus ra, the Sangh Parivar is virpanthis and other hand, have less land sion only after the party ran holdings. In fact, a large out of its primary options,” making demands for a Radhasoamis. number of them are engaged Mr. Kali says. as workers on the farmlands temple again at a spot Underlining the sharp of the Jat Sikhs. The religious Professor Ram notes that and caste divides among the mainstream political where a mosque exists. Cong. Uttarakhand theme song Adityanath castereligious divide, Ronki them is another reason.” parties have targeted the SC population regionwise, When asked whether Ram, Shaheed Bhaghat It was the Bahujan Samaj which prompted further fac Party that featured Dalits as tionalism. “Babu Kanshi the farmers’ movement takes potshots Singh Chair Professor of Pol a political plank for the first Ram of the Bahujan Samaj time in 1992 when it secured Party worked hard to bring and the resentment mocks ‘twin engine’ model itical Science at Panjab Un over 16% votes and won nine political unity but after find seats, but it has since seen its ing not much scope, he shift against the BJP among at Rahul iversity, said: “Among the 39 support declining to around ed his focus to Uttar Pra desh,” he said. farmer groups may make castes, two caste groups Mathura or anywhere in constitute about 80% of the western Uttar Pradesh a Party criticises BJP for changing CMs thrice in five years Special Correspondent SC population (31.91%, 2011 risky proposition for the LUCKNOW census). The two groups Chief Minister to contest, The spirit of Hindu does comprise four castes — Val not discriminate on the ba Harnath Singh Yadav de SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ters in the presence of form sis of individuals, caste, mikis and Mazhabis, Cha er Chief Minister Harish Ra creed or religion, Uttar Pra nied the possibility. NEW DELHI wat, Congress Legislative desh Chief Minister Yogi mars and AdDharmis. Each Party (CLP) leader Pritam Adityanath said on Monday “Yogiji’s government The Congress released its Singh, and Pradesh Con as he took potshots at Con of these two main caste theme song for the Uttarak gress Committee (PCC) chief gress leader Rahul Gandhi has done a lot of work, in hand Assembly polls, target Ganesh Godiyal, along with over his Hindu vs Hindutva groups consists of 40% pop ing the ruling Bharatiya Jana AICC incharge for Uttarak debate. Addressing an cluding in terms of law ta Party (BJP) for changing hand, Devender Yadav. event in Amethi, Mr. Gand ulation of the SC population. three Chief Ministers in five hi’s former constituency, and order; he will win years and claimed it as proof The theme song draws at Mr. Adityanath said he had “Politically too, they are that the party has failed to tention to the BJP changing no anxiety about saying from this area for sure,” provide a “double engine” its Chief Minister thrice in that he was a proud Hindu. equally divided along the governance model. five years. he asserted. Mr. Adityanath said Mr. ideological lines of the main The BJP, in power both in But when asked who Gandhi did not know about “Kisan ab shaant mann Uttarakhand and at the would be the Congress’s Hindu or Hindutva and political parties. Their politi Centre, claims that “double Chief Minister face, Mr. Ra was spreading false se aankalan karengey engine” governments have wat said, “People will be the propaganda. cal divide is vividly exhibited been beneficial for the face and people are clearly [farmers will now assess State’s development. asking for a change.” in the bifurcation of SC re the situation with a cal Seeking to present a unit servation of 25% into 12.5% mer mind],” he observed. Harish Rawat during the for Valmiki and Mazhabi launch of the theme song in Mr. Adityanath said he New Delhi on Monday. castes and the remaining was willing to contest any ed face, the Congress organ 12.5% for the rest of the 37 ised the theme song launch seat, “whether Gorakh event at the party headquar castes. The caste and reli pur, Kashi or Mathura” as gious divisions over the directed by the party’s years preclude them from top leadership. developing their own dis With U.P. polls in sight, BJP stays mum on Malik’s remarks ‘He may be eyeing a political role in elections not necessarily for BJP’ Nistula Hebbar Governor Satyapal Malik accused State, not necessarily on behalf Narendra Modi of showing of the BJP. NEW DELHI insensitivity towards farmers. Constitutional post The BJP on Monday maintained a the message down the line “He is, however, a constitutional studied silence on the latest re seemed to be not to react in any office holder and cannot inter marks by Meghalaya Governor way to the Meghalaya Governor’s vene directly in the politics of the Satyapal Malik wherein he said remarks. region. Therefore, as such we are Prime Minister Narendra Modi not saying anything. The high behaved arrogantly whenever he Party leaders, not wishing to command also wants to wait this (Mr. Malik) had raised the issue of quoted, did, however, say that out,” said a senior office bearer of the three controversial farm laws Mr. Malik, who hails from west the party. and repealing them. ern Uttar Pradesh was probably looking at a political role in the The idea behind the wait and At a function in Haryana on upcoming Assembly polls in the watch attitude seems to be to sit Sunday, Mr. Malik had said that out the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Prime Minister Modi reacted ar polls and not take any action, rogantly to the former’s sugges verbal or official on Mr. Malik. tions that the farm laws be taken back and sensitivity shown with During the last Assembly polls regard to farmers who had lost in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, Mr. Ma their lives during the protest lik was one of the party leaders movement. on whom the BJP had relied to communicate with the Jat com This is not the first time Mr. munity in the western region of Malik has made statements that the State when there appeared to have hurt the image of the party, be resentment brewing on the but likely the first time he has question of reservations for the named Mr. Modi directly. Howev community. er, BJP leaders have refused to respond to the comments and Congress steps up heat on Modi over Meghalaya Governor’s comments Special Correspondent secretary Randeep Surjewala apologise to India’s toiling farm said the Governor’s reported ers and farm labourers. Other New Delhi conversation with Mr. Modi re wise, they will never pardon veals the “antifarmer and insen you,” Mr. Surjewala said. Targeting Prime Minister Naren sitive face of the Prime Minister, dra Modi over Meghalaya Gover the BJP and the Modi Mr. Surjewala demanded that nor Satyapal Malik’s claim that government”. the Narendra Modi government Mr. Modi was arrogant over the should announce compensation farm laws and the death of farm ‘Remove or resign’ for the next of the family mem ers during the antifarm law prot “If Governor Satya Pal Malik is ly bers of the 700 farmers who died ests, the Congress on Monday ing, please sack Governor Malik and a government job, withdraw said the Prime Minister should today and register an FIR against every single criminal case regis apologise to the farmers and im him. And if he is not lying, then tered in States like Uttar Pradesh mediately constitute the commit Prime Minister Modi must come and Haryana and constitute the tee to legally guarantee mini forward, [Home Minister] Amit committee to decide the compul mum support price (MSP). Shahji must come forward and sory MSP architecture within 24 hours. At a press conference, party chief spokesperson and general A ND-NDE CM YK
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10 NEWS DELHI THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 33,000 new cases in India; all States record rise Allegations on expiry of vaccines are false: govt. Maharashtra leads surge with 12,160 new infections, with Mumbai accounting for 8,082 of them; Delhi reports 4,099 cases ‘Shelf life extended based on analysis’ Special Correspondent Keeping count: The COVID-19 test positivity rate is seeing a 4.59% a day earlier and the allowing the passengers to cases of COVID19. The Special Correspondent A health worker arranging rise in many States. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA number of active cases has disembark was awaited. Health Department con insulated containers ready Thiruvananthapuram gone up to 10,986, up by firmed 29 new Omicron cas NEW DELHI to carry vaccines. matic or mild in nature. dents from Classes 1 to 9 and 30.8% in a day. Uttar Pradesh recorded es, taking the total tally of the Union Health Ministry data at Mumbai recorded the for Class 11 from January 4 to 572 new cases when 1.47 lakh variant in the State to 181. Of The Health Ministry, on months on February 22, 8 a.m. on Monday showed In 31. But about 95.3% of the to samples were tested. The ac these, 42 patients have been Monday, clarified that all al 2021. dia confirmed over 33,000 most new cases in the State — tal 9,029 hospital beds are va tive case pool has 2,261 cases. discharged so far. The State’s legations about expired vac new COVID19 cases in the 8,082, of which, 90% (7,273 Delhi reported 4,099 new cant as of Monday and Health Rajasthan has so far recorded active case pool has shown a cines being administered in “The shelf life of vaccines previous 24 hours. The num cases) were asymptomatic, cases, the highest in seven Minister Satyendar Jain said 121 cases of Omicron of slight increase in the past India under its national CO is extended by the national ber of deaths increased by Health Department authori months, a Delhi government the situation was under whom 60 have been dis three days to 19,359. Howev VID19 vaccination pro regulator based on compre 123, bringing the total to ties. The total bed occupancy bulletin said. This is a 28.3% control. charged. er, hospitalisations are gramme are false and mis hensive analysis and exami nearly 4,82,000. Authorities is just 12.2% now. The Brihan increase from 3,194 fresh cas shrinking and just 2,225 per leading and based on nation of stability study data say that even as cases have mumbai Municipal Corpora es on Sunday. The test posi With its biggest singleday Gujarat recorded 1,259 sons being treated for moder incomplete information. furnished by the vaccine started to rise rapidly, hospi tion said offline classes tivity rate in the national cap jump of 388 new infections new cases and three deaths. ate or severe COVID. manufacturers,” said the Mi talisations have not gone up. would be suspended for stu ital increased to 6.46 %, from since May in pollbound Goa The active case tally reached A release issued by the nistry. during the yearend festivi 5,858 out of which 16 patients In Andhra Pradesh, the ac Ministry said that the Cen Maharashtra leads the ties, the State government on are on ventilator support. tive case pool has been rising tral Drugs Standard Control surge, with the State record Monday finally imposed a The State also logged 16 new steadily for the past five days Organisation (CDSCO) on ing 12,160 new infections tak night curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 cases of Omicron, taking the with 122 new infections tak October 25, 2021, had — in ing its active case tally to a.m. in the coastal State. total tally to 152. Of this, 85 ing the active cases to 1,278. response to Bharat Biotech 52,422. This is a fivefold have been discharged. International Limited’s let jump in less than a month — Four new cases of Omi Karnataka added 1,290 ter — approved the exten the active case pool had been cron were also reported in For the second consecu new cases to its tally, taking sion of shelf life of Covaxin just over 10,400 cases on De the State. tive day Odisha reported 424 its active caseload to 11,345. (whole virion, inactivated cember 7. The State also re new COVID cases, taking the Five COVIDrelated deaths coronavirus vaccine) from ported 68 Omicron cases, A total 66 passengers have tally of active cases to 2,209. were also reported . So far, 77 nine months to 12 months. taking its tally of the new var tested positive out of the Omicron cases have been re iant to 578 . Of these, 259 2,000 samples tested from Kerala logged 2,560 new ported in the State. It added that the shelf life have been discharged so far. the cruise ship Cordelia. The of Covishield was extended However, a majority of the ship had come from Mumbai (With inputs from by the national regulator cases were either asympto and is presently docked at State bureaus and AP) from six months to nine Mormugao. The decision on SC tells govt. to decide on Let women MPs testify before repatriation of woman, child panel on marriage age: Dev Sonia left India in 2016 to join the IS in Afghanistan Men continue to decide rights of women, says Kanimozhi Legal Correspondent chargesheeted by the Na Justice Rao said about the Safe practice: All polling personnel have to be fully Special Correspondent Many other women MPs media to express their out tional Investigation Agency drastic change in circum vaccinated for election duty. * FILE PHOTO have strongly reacted to the rage. “There are a total of 110 NEW DELHI for various offences under stances from nearly six New Delhi gender disparity in a panel women MPs but the govern the Unlawful Activities (Pre months ago when the peti EC tells States to step that will deliberate on a key ment chooses to assign a Bill The Supreme Court on Mon vention) Act. She would face tion was filed. up vaccination drive Trinamool Congress MP gender issue. that affects every young wo day asked the Union govern trial in India. Sushmita Dev, the only wo man in the country to a pa ment to consider and decide The court said the peti Press Trust of India Chief Secretaries of Uttar man member of the 31mem Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shiv nel that has 30 men and only “expeditiously” petitions Mr. Francis, represented tioner needed to first “con Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, ber parliamentary panel re Sena member in the Rajya one woman. Men will conti filed by a Keralabased man by advocate Renjith Marar, vince” the Indian govern New Delhi Manipur and Punjab, the EC viewing the Child Marriage Sabha, shot off a letter to nue to decide the rights of for the repatriation of his moved the Supreme Court in ment to process the reminded them that polling (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that House Chairman M. Ven women. And women will be daughter, who left India to July 2021. He conveyed his extradition. Days after assessing the CO personnel came under the seeks to increase the legal kaiah Naidu criticising the made mute spectators,” Ka join the Islamic State, and apprehension that Sonia, at VID19 situation in the five category of frontline work age for marriage for women move to send the Bill to a pa nimozhi, Lok Sabha mem minor granddaughter from the time lodged in Kabul’s Mr. Marar submitted that pollbound States, the Elec ers and were eligible for the from 18 to 21, in a letter to nel consisting predominant ber of the DMK, said. detention in Afghanistan. PuleCharkhi prison, may from what the father had tion Commission of India “precaution dose”, sources the committee’s Chairman ly of men. Stating that parti be executed amid the fight heard, the jail in which So (ECI) has asked them to step said. The EC said the polling Vinay Sahasrabudhe, re cipation of women is Ms. Dev, in her letter to A Bench led by Justice L. between the Taliban and go nia was lodged had been de up the inoculation drive personnel should be fully quested him to allow all wo essential in a discussion on Mr. Sahasrabuddhe, invok Nageswara Rao asked the go vernment forces. He feared molished and the detainees against the viral disease and vaccinated and those eligi men MPs to testify before the Bill that concerns issues ing Rules 84(3) and 275 of vernment to decide the re an imminent threat to the moved to the borders of Pa ensure that the personnel to ble for the second dose the panel. faced by women, Ms. Cha the Rules of Procedure and presentations made by 65 lives of his kin. The Taliban kistan and Afghanistan. He be deployed on election du should get it on priority. turvedi said: “This is dis Conduct of Business in the yearold V.J. Sebastian Fran have since returned to pow said that Sonia was still un ty are “double vaccinated”. The Rajya Sabha has 29 heartening to note that a Bill Council of States (Rajya Sab cis within eight weeks. The er in Afghanistan. der detention. In his peti women MPs and the Lok so pertinent to women and ha), proposed that “any wo court did not otherwise tion, Mr. Francis stated that In a recent letter to the Sabha 81. the Indian society will be de man member of both Lok make any comments on the “Even if the government it was a violation of the fun liberated upon in a commit Sabha and Rajya Sabha be merits of the case. has changed, the relation damental rights that the In The Bill has been referred tee where the representa empowered to testify in writ ship [with Afghanistan] dian government had not in to the Standing Committee tion is highly skewed.” ing or in person before the Sonia Sebastian, alias Ay seems to be good from what itiated any steps for the on Education, Women, Chil committee on this issue.” isha, left India to join the ter we read in the newspapers,” repatriation. dren, Youth and Sports, Other MPs took to social rorist organisation Islamic headed by Mr. Sahasra State in 2016. She has been budhe, a BJP member. Police inaction has emboldened goons, say women who faced online ‘auction’ Rights groups seek help from tually, it became once a bana Azmi and radio jockey social media today, spills on Muslim women and held an app makers and users. We al President, PMO and Home Ministry week, then once a month, Sayema and “auctioned” to the streets soon after,” the auction. Since then there so demand action from the she said. “I was hospitalised them as domestic help. RJ said. were auctions held on Twit PMO’s office as well as the Hemani Bhandari Ms. Khan was among the The ‘Bulli Bai’ mobile app for typhoid in October and ter, Sulli Deals app, Club Home Ministry. The various Jagriti Chandra first women to bring the presented women as ‘deals after that, my family wanted Ms. Sayema, who works She also said that despite house and now Bulli Bai State Women’s Commissions website “Sulli Deals” to light of the day’. me to let it go and move on. It for Radio Mirchi, says social the Information Technology app,” Ms. Amin said. must also take cognisance NEW DELHI last July after the first in became toxic for me,” she media attacks against her are Minister’s tweet on the mat and deal with this menace on stance of the online abuse but “having said that, they said. common, but perpetrators ter, no police officer had con The Bharatiya Muslim Ma a war footing,” the BMMA Commercial pilot Hana Khan and among the first victims haven’t done anything. They are getting bolder in the ab tacted those targeted for an hila Andolan (BMMA) called said in a statement. is now hesitant to share to file an FIR at a Noida pol themselves would always say Ms. Khan said, “Looking at sence of any police action. investigation. the online auction a result of where she is posted. A day af ice station. But some six that what has happened to us the environment in the coun hatemongering against Five women’s organisa ter another online app tar months later, after innumer is wrong and horrible but try, it isn’t farfetched to say “Every single person will “Why do they need an FIR Muslims. tions, including the National geted Muslim women by able calls and visits to offi still would do nothing”. that there can’t be bodily have to realise that they are when it is all happening in Federation of Indian Women posting their publicly availa cials and the police station, harm or they can’t reach us next. I have been facing this front of their eyes,” Sayema ‘Implement cyber laws’ and the All India Democratic ble pictures in an abusive she has only heard that there After registration of the in the real world. Now, for in for the past four to five years asked. “This filthy mindset is a re Women’s Association also context, Ms. Khan told The has been no progress in the FIR, she would call for up stance, I am posted in anoth since the time I have been ac sult of years of hatemonger sent a joint memorandum to Hindu that she was worried case, she said. dates every day and even er city and not many people tive on social media. I have Congress party convener ing against the community the President demanding that such online abuse would know. I am not comfortable been called names, and my Hasiba Amin, who has also ably assisted or ignored by that he “intervene and en not end, and eventually, Ms. Khan recalled that ev sharing any more.” pictures photoshopped. This been targeted multiple various governments, so sure that those responsible those behind auctioning of ery time she has approached is not new, but nothing hap times, says this is the fifth much so that today they have for this vile and criminal be Muslim women online would police officials, they have The “Bulli Bai” mobile app pens to these goons and they time since May 2021. no fear of law... The full force haviour are punished with threaten them physically been kind and cordial to her on GitHub hosted pictures of are getting more muscle ev of the cyber laws must be the severity that they too. several prominent Muslim ery time. 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Solution to puzzle 13444 Faith, belief and service + 13445 Type your answers in our online grids! At a time when the prevalence of many faiths kept people @ https://qrgo.page.link/jjpTn confused, the advent of the Saivite Nayanmars inspired the spirit of service to Siva and the Sivan Adiyars, and thereby 16 Similarity discovered by father seeing Omicron’s development outside helped to foster Saivism. Tirunavukkarasar’s life shows how (10) by Siva’s grace he experiences a change of heart that brings about the change of faith and a change in the way of his life, 18 Irish elf to clean up her makeup (10) pointed out Sivathiru Pa. Peraathu Selvan in a discourse. It is 20 Entertained patrons improve cinema’s opening to become God’s will that he is placed in very challenging situations and that, with His unfailing guidance, he is led out from the tremendous (4) darkness of ignorance to the light of God realisation. Even 23 Lawyer leaving flooring material around the driver’s compartment is his brief straying into the Samana faith when he is known as Dharmasena becomes a strong basis for his unshakable faith shocking (7) in Saivism. 24 Note replaced by student in Italian city’s grassy plain (5) 26 Doctor, rich, invited to the party goes back with a tropical flower (6) First of all, the incident of his suffering severe stomach 27 Learned person needs sodium for a short time to get to the grassy colic and the way it is cured through sheer grace of Siva makes him extremely grateful to God for having shown the plain (7) path to salvation by seeking His feet. He offers the Lord the 28 Young shellfish dye rose sets differently (4,7) garland of songs in beautiful Tamizh, the famous pathigam ‘Kuttrayinavaaru.’ Till date it is believed that those who sing ■ DOWN Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku this hymn with faith and devotion are sure to get relief from mental sorrow and distress. It is also held that this famous ■ ACROSS 2 Grassy plain’s development has been reported (6) hymn won for him the special title ‘Navukkarasar,’ con 3 Start off trip in a part of a chapel (4) ferred by the Lord Himself. 1 One selling lots? (6,5) 4 Cricket team getting attached to a good sign in the British exam (64) 9 Wild Asian animals seen with medieval catapults (7) 5 Wellbehaved shore bird caught in an altruistic act (4,4) God subjects him to further trials when the then reigning 10 To admire from the east, the outskirts of Vellore may have to 6 Menial labourers against replacing soft disposables for babies after Pallava king inflicts on him threats and punishments. But he comes out of all this unscathed by the Lord’s grace and the shape up (6) Victor gets rid of the page (7) hymns he sings during this period of torture instil tremen 11 Delight in the return of a stage of life (3,2) 7 Letdown for a prospector? (5,4) dous faith in God and fearlessness about death, disease, or 12 Punch and cut out Charlie, the nonconformist (7) 8 Old man confiscating signal booster meets son in a grassy plain (6) any kind of torment, even in hell. Incidentally, it brings a 15 Partly register the basic idea (4) 13 Thomas Dyer dresses up on an honouring occasion in the west (7,3) change of faith in the king also. It also inspires joy in serving 14 IRS discarded ambiguous declarations for being based on unscientific the Lord alone who is the ruler of the entire universe. observations (9) A ND-NDE 17 Outofstyle retreat welcomes revolutionary lacking affection (8) 19 Pastry dish capturing the right character of a grassy plain (7) 21 Mournful song in a legal grievance statement (6) 22 Thin fragment from a precious metal making the student climb up (6) 25 Surreptitious signal making some groups stumble (4) CM YK
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Reuters Agence France-Presse In turmoil: A file photo of Abdalla Hamdok. * AFP cal forces and conflicts bet Dubai Iranians commemorating the ween the (military and civi second anniversary of killing The taking of the Emirati Cape Town Khartoum days, with rumours swirling threatens its whole surviv lian) components of the Yemen’s Houthi rebels of Qasem Soleimani. * AFP ship Rwabee marks the lat over his possible al”, he said. transition” and said that seized a ship in the Red Sea, est assault in the Red Sea, a South African police said Sudan’s civilian Prime Minis resignation. “despite everything that has armed drones targeted munity of Muslims. key route for international on Monday they had ter Abdalla Hamdok re Mr. Hamdok was the civi been done to reach a con Baghdad’s international air Monday’s events highlight trade and energy shipments. charged a man with arson signed on Sunday, more than “I have tried my best to lian face of the country’s fra sensus... it has not port, and hackers hit a major The Iranianbacked Houthis over a fire that caused ex two months after a coup and stop the country from sliding gile transition, while Gen. happened”. Israeli newspaper on Mon tensions in West Asia, which acknowledged the seizure tensive damage to the na following another deadly towards disaster,” Mr. Ham Burhan has been the coun day — a string of assaults that has been roiled by Mr. off the coast of Hodeida, a tional Parliament building crackdown on protesters, dok said, addressing the na try’s de facto leader follow Mass protests against the showed the reach of Iranal Trump’s 2018 decision to longcontested prize of the in Cape Town. The fire with the military now firmly tion on state television. ing Bashir’s ouster. coup have continued even lied militias on the anniver withdraw America from a grinding war in Yemen bet flared up again on Monday in control. after Mr. Hamdok was rein sary of America’s killing of a deal aimed at limiting Teh ween the rebels and a Saudi even as fire fighters strug Sudan “is crossing a Mr. Hamdok cited “the stated. Protesters charged top Iranian General. ran’s nuclear programme. led coalition that includes gled to contain the blaze. Sudan had been undergo dangerous turning point that fragmentation of the politi that the deal to reinstate Mr. As talks continue in Vienna the United Arab Emirates. ing a fragile journey toward Hamdok simply aimed to All three coincided with a to try to resuscitate the ac The fire broke out early civilian rule since the 2019 give the cloak of legitimacy massive memorial in Tehran cord, Iran remains able to No group immediately on Sunday at the parlia ouster of autocrat Omar al to the generals. for General Qassem Soleima apply pressure from outside claimed responsibility for mentary complex, some of Bashir, but was plunged into ni, who was killed by a U.S. of the negotiations even as it the hacking of the Jerusalem which dates back to 1884 turmoil when military leader Thousands of demonstra drone strike in 2020 in Iraq. Post’s website. The hackers and includes the National General Abdel Fattah alBur tors on Sunday braved tear Iran’s President Ebrahim replaced the Post’s homep Assembly, or lower House han launched his coup on gas, a heavy troop deploy Raisi demanded former U.S. age with an image depicting of Parliament. October 25 and detained Mr. ment and a telecommunica President Donald Trump be a missile coming from a fist Hamdok. tions blackout to demand a “prosecuted and killed.” “If bearing a ring long associat It caused the collapse of civilian government. They not, I’m telling all American ed with Soleimani. the roof of a part of the Mr. Hamdok was reinstat lambasted the coup, shout leaders, don’t doubt that the complex housing the up ed on November 21 under a ing “power to the people” hand of revenge will come Meanwhile, two armed per chamber on Sunday. deal promising elections in and demanding the military out of the sleeves of um drones were shot down at July 2023, but local media return to barracks. mah,” Mr. Raisi said, refer the Baghdad airport on Mon A 49yearold suspect ar had reported he had been ring to the worldwide com day, a coalition official said. rested in connection with absent from his office for the blaze is expected to ap pear in court on Tuesday and will face charges of housebreaking and theft as well as arson, police said. ELSEWHERE FDA expands boosters Johnson: U.K. hospitals will Trump, 2 eldest children for more U.S. teenagers face ‘considerable pressure’ subpoenaed in New York Bolsonaro hospitalised after abdominal pain Pfizer shots for children as young as 12 Civil probe into his business practices RIO DE JANEIRO Associated Press variants,” especially as omi Britain is one of Europe’s worst affected with toll at 1,49,000 Associated Press to file court papers seeking to quash the subpoenas, set Brazilian President Jair Washington cron is “slightly more resis New York ting up a legal fight similar Bolsonaro was rushed to to one that played out last hospital early Monday with The U.S. is expanding CO tant” to the vaccineinduced Agence France-Presse New York Attorney General year after Ms. James’ office abdominal pain that doctors VID19 boosters as it con Letitia James recently sub subpoenaed another son of found was caused by an fronts the Omicron surge, antibodies that help fend off London poenaed former President Mr. Trump. intestinal blockage, and is with the Food and Drug Ad Donald Trump and his two facing potential surgery nine ministration (FDA) allowing infection. Realworld data British Prime Minister Boris eldest children, demanding Mr. Trump sued Ms. months out from elections. extra Pfizer shots for chil Johnson on Monday said that their testimony in connec James last month, seeking to Mr. Bolsonaro, 66, was on dren as young as 12. from Israel tracked more the U.K.‘s staterun hospitals tion with an ongoing civil in end the investigation after vacation at the beach in will face “considerable pres vestigation into the family’s she requested that he sit for Santa Catarina when the pain Boosters already are re than 6,300 12 to 15year sure” in the coming weeks business practices, accord a January 7 deposition. Mr. started, leading to a rushed commended for everyone due to the steep rise in virus ing to a court filing made pu Trump’s lawsuit, filed in fed evacuation to Sao Paulo in 16 and older, and federal olds who got a booster there infections. blic on Monday. eral court, alleges that the the presidential plane. AFP regulators on Monday de probe has violated his con cided they’re also warrant at least five months after Speaking during a visit to The subpoenas for Mr. stitutional rights in a “thin Taliban pour liquor into ed for 12 to 15yearolds a vaccine centre, Mr. John Trump, his son Donald lyveiled effort to publicly canal in latest crackdown once enough time has their second Pfizer dose and son said “the pressure on Trump Jr. and his daughter malign Trump and his passed since their last dose. our NHS hospitals is going to Ivanka Trump stem from an associates.” KABUL found no serious safety con be considerable in the investigation “into the val But the move isn’t the fi course of the next couple of uation of properties owned Monday’s court filing was A team of Afghan intelligence nal step. The Centers for cerns, the FDA said. weeks and maybe more” as or controlled” by Mr. Trump the AG office’s first public agents poured around 3,000 Disease Control and Preven “Omicron continues to surge and his company, the acknowledgement that it litres of liquor into a canal in tion must decide whether to Children tend to suffer through the country”. Trump Organization, the fil has previously subpoenaed Kabul, the country’s spy recommend boosters for ing said. Mr. Trump’s testimony. agency said on Sunday, as the the younger teens. Dr. Ro less serious illness from CO The U.K. saw record num new Taliban authorities crack chelle Walensky, the CDC’s bers of cases in the last days Messages seeking com Ms. James, a Democrat, down on the sale of alcohol. director, is expected to rule VID19 than adults. But child of 2021 though it has not re Boosting safety: Boris Johnson, left, with a woman receiving ment was left with lawyers has spent more than two Video footage released by the later this week. leased figures for the whole her COVID19 booster vaccination in Aylesbury. * AFP for the Trumps and Ms. years looking at whether the General Directorate of hospitalisations are rising country this year. James’ office. Trump Organization misled Intelligence showed its The FDA said everyone 12 banks or tax officials about agents pouring alcohol stored and older who’s eligible for during the Omicron wave — The country is one of Eu The Attorney General’s the value of assets — inflat in barrels into the canal after a Pfizer booster can get one rope’s worst affected with a attempt to get testimony ing them to gain favorable seizing it during a raid.“ as early as five months after most of them unvaccinated. death toll of nearly 1,49,000. Friday because they were ill sion not to increase virus res from the former President loan terms or minimizing Muslims have to seriously their last dose rather than or selfisolating due to CO trictions over the festive pe was reported in December, them to reap tax savings. abstain from making and six months. FDA vaccine Pediatrician and global The Prime Minister said VID19, The Sunday Times riod in England. but the court filing on Mon delivering alcohol,” said a chief Dr. Peter Marks said in that he was aware of high le reported. day was the first public dis Ms. James’ investigators religious scholar in the video a statement the agency health expert Dr. Philip Lan vels of hospital staff absenc “Of course we keep all closure that investigators last year interviewed one of posted on Twitter. AFP made its decision because a es due to COVID19, adding: Chris Hopson, the chief measures under review, but were also seeking informa Mr. Trump’s sons, Trump booster “may help provide drigan of Boston College “we’re looking at what we executive of NHS Providers, the mixture of things we’re tion from Ivanka Trump and Organization executive Eric better protection against can do to move people into which represents hospitals doing at the moment is, I Donald Trump Jr. Trump, as part of the probe. both the delta and omicron welcomed the FDA’s deci those areas that are particu in England, told Sky News think, the right one”, the larly badly affected”. that “the pressure on hospi Prime Minister said. The Trumps are expected sions, but stressed that the tals outside London is now Around 50,000 NHS staff growing” after the capital Omicron variant “does main need is to get the un were absent from work on bore the brunt of virus cases seem pretty conclusively to earlier. be less severe than Delta or vaccinated their first shots. Alpha,” he said. “It is putting Mr. Johnson urged the pu fewer people into ICU.” Meanwhile, thousands of blic to get a booster vaccina tion, saying there are slots The number of people in schools have delayed this available for two million pe hospital with COVID19 in ople this week. So far almost England was reported on week’s scheduled 34 million people have re Sunday as the highest since ceived the booster jabs. February at more than reopening. 13,000, with 769 of those on The PM defended his deci ventilators. “It is among unvaccinat ed people that most of the severe illness and death from COVID will occur in coming weeks,” he said in an email. “Many thousands of lives could be saved if pe ople could persuade them selves to get vaccinated.” World powers vow to stop spread of nuclear weapons China, Russia, U.S., U.K., France issue statement after NPT review scheduled today was postponed due to COVID19 Agence France-Presse nuclear war cannot be won and partners, the five world powers They added: “We each in tack on its proWestern must never be fought.” said they saw “the avoidance of tend to maintain and further neighbour. Paris war between nuclearweapon strengthen our national mea The statement was issued af states and the reduction of stra sures to prevent unauthorised The rise of China meanwhile Five global nuclear powers ter the latest review of the Trea tegic risks as our foremost or unintended use of nuclear has also raised concerns that pledged on Monday to prevent ty on the NonProliferation of responsibilities.” weapons.” tensions with Washington could atomic weapons spreading and Nuclear Weapons (NPT) — lead to conflict, notably over to avoid nuclear conflict, in a which first came into force in “As nuclear use would have The statement comes as ten the island of Taiwan. rare joint statement ahead of a 1970 — was postponed from its farreaching consequences, we sions between Russia and the review of a key nuclear treaty la scheduled date of January 4 to also affirm that nuclear wea United States have reached Beijing considers Taiwan ter this year. later in the year due to the CO pons — for as long as they conti heights rarely seen since the part of its territory and has VID19 pandemic. nue to exist — should serve de Cold War over a troop buildup vowed to one day seize it, by “We believe strongly that the fensive purposes, deter by Moscow close to the Ukrai force if necessary. further spread of such weapons Putting aside current diffe aggression, and prevent war,” nian border. must be prevented,” said per rences that have caused major they said according to the text Russia welcomed the decla manent UN Security Council tensions between both China released by the White House. That has raised fears that the ration by the atomic powers members China, France, Rus and Russia and their Western Kremlin is planning a new at and expressed hope it would re sia, the U.K. and U.S., adding: “A duce global tensions. CM A ND-NDE YK
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The un monthly survey showed. Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 691.30. . . . . . . . . 7.50 billion, the highestever ports,” he said, explaining employment rate rose to monthly figure, according to that the sector had per 7.9% in December from 7% The seasonallyadjusted BPCL 386.10 0.65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Commerce and Industry Mi formed successfully despite in November, its highest IHS Markit India Manufac ......... nister Piyush Goyal. the “big setback” expe since 8.3% in August. Eco turing Purchasing Manag rienced by the travel and nomic activity has been hit ers’ Index eased to 55.5 in Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3617.55. . . . . . . 11.55 Addressing a press confe tourism industry because of in the country after an in December, from Novem rence here on Monday, Mr. the ongoing pandemic. crease in cases of the Omi ber’s 10month high of Cipla 930.50 -13.60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Goyal highlighted the pur cron coronavirus and res 57.6. The December data ...... suit of exportoriented pro He also said that credit trictions imposed by many pointed to a ‘substantial, grammes by the Uttar Pra should also go to India’s di States. albeit slower, rises in sales Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 155.30. . . . . . . . . 9.25 desh and Tripura plomatic missions across the and output,’ it said, adding governments. world, exporters, industry Urban unemployment the reading was at 56.3, its Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 4651.25. . . . . . -26.95 associations and export pro rate rose to 9.3% in Decem highest since the final “In every sector, there has motion councils for collec ber from 8.2% in the pre quarter of fiscal 202021. Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 4853.15. . . . . . -53.85 been significant growth in tively working to explore vious month while the rural exports,” said Mr. Goyal. He newer global regions and to unemployment rate was at Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. . . . 2718.80. . . . . 126.90 claimed that every month’s help expand the “export 7.3%, up from 6.4%, the data export data from April to De basket”. Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1661.60. . . . . . . 39.35 cember 2021 had displayed a “historic high”. HCL Tech 1326.15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .......... 7.05 Export figures for Decem HDFC 2636.40 49.95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ....... HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1519.65. . . . . . . 40.25 Urban unemployment rate rose to 9.3% in December. HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 650.50. . . . . . . . . 0.95 showed. Many economists Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2476.60. . . . . . . 14.50 Across the board: There has been significant growth in worry that the Omicron var exports in every sector, says Piyush Goyal. * REUTERS iant could reverse the eco Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 478.05. . . . . . . . . 2.50 nomic recovery seen in the previous quarter. CMIE’s da Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2361.30. . . . . . . . . 1.15 ta on unemployment is closely watched by econo ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 764.70. . . . . . . 24.55 mists as the Centre doesn’t release monthly figures. IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 912.30. . . . . . . 24.15 ber, reflected a 37% increase from $201.37 billion seen in from $27.22 billion a year the same period of the pre Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1898.45. . . . . . . 10.70 earlier. vious year, Mr. Goyal said. Indian OilCorp. . . . . . . .. . . . . . 112.95. . . . . . . . . 1.45 ‘48.9% rise in April-Dec.’ The Minister said the ser Merchandise exports grew vices side, especially the IT ITC 219.10 1.05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 48.9% to $299.74 billion in sector, had received special ......... the AprilDecember 2021, focus of the government. “We have seen $178 billion JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 667.05. . . . . . . 11.10 Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1824.45. . . . . . . 28.35 L&T 1922.85 26.95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ....... M&M 829.80 -7.35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ........ Maruti Suzuki. . . . . . . . .. . . . 7523.90. . . . . . . 97.45 Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 19677.95. . . . . . -27.75 NTPC 126.00 1.60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ......... ONGC 143.05 0.65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ......... PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 205.00. . . . . . . . . 0.60 Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2403.85. . . . . . . 35.70 Nomura postCOVID Future asks court to declare activity index hits high Amazon arbitration illegal SBI Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1209.40. . . . . . . 13.40 State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 470.80. . . . . . . 10.35 ‘India, Israel in talks for free trade agreement’ Shree Cement . . . . . . . .. 27247.40. . . . . 259.95 Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 848.95. . . . . . . . . 3.25 Tata Consumer Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 748.00. . . . . . . . . 4.55 Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 497.60. . . . . . . 15.20 Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1142.45. . . . . . . 31.00 TCS 3817.75 79.40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ‘But, power consumption slips 3.1%’ ....... Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . 1784.80. . . . . . . . -5.75 Indian retail firm cites CCI’s stay of 2019 deal to bolster case UAE pact close to finalisation: Goyal Titan 2523.85 1.45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ......... Nomura analysts Sonal Var ma and Aurodeep Nandi UltraTech Cement. .. . . . 7723.90. . . . . 132.85 Special Correspondent said in a note on Monday. UPL 764.20 17.10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . NEW DELHI The note, titled ‘Another Special Correspondent ....... high in business resumption Postpandemic economic at the cusp of a third wave’, NEW DELHI Wipro 718.70 3.35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . activity hit a fresh high in warned that elevated mobil Reuters company argues that since ......... the week ended January 2, ity and a rising positivity the 2019 deal no longer has India is in dialogue with Is as per the Nomura India Bu rate suggest a further rise in MUMBAI antitrust approval, it has ‘no rael for concluding a Free EXCHANGE RATES siness Resumption Index new COVID19 cases, which legal existence’ in India and Trade Agreement (FTA), reading of 120.3, indicating has already hit 33,750 on Future Retail has asked a Amazon can no longer ass Commerce and Industry Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit a 20.3% rise compared with Sunday from about 6,500 New Delhi court to declare ert any of its rights. Minister Piyush Goyal said except yen at 4 p.m. on January 03 preCOVID levels. cases per day a week earlier. arbitration proceedings in here on Monday. Singapore with Amazon The “continuation of the CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL While this was the second “While early signs point .com as illegal, arguing that entire arbitration proceed The announcement week in a row that the index to a lower mortality rate, it India’s antitrust agency had ings is a perpetuation of ille coincides with the 30th an US Dollar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 74.06. . . . . . . 74.38 stayed above 120, power de bears close monitoring. The suspended a 2019 deal used gality,” Future said in its fil niversary of the establish mand fell 3.1% from a week restrictions could derail the by Amazon to assert rights ing dated December 31. ment of diplomatic ties Euro 84.08 84.47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . earlier compared with a recovery in contactinten over Future. between the two coun ....... 2.5% rise seen in that week. sive services in this quarter, Future and Amazon did tries. Both sides are cur but global experience sug Amazon successfully used not respond to a request for rently in talks to mark the British Pound. . . . . . . . . . . . .100.09. . . . 100.53 Workplace mobility mea gests a smaller impact than the terms of its $200million comment. A source with di occasion with highlevel vi sured by Google dipped 6% previous waves and a swift investment in debtladen Fu rect knowledge said Amazon sits and new agreements. Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 64.31. . . . . . . 64.59 from the earlier week, but a growth rebound once cases ture to block the Indian re had told the Singapore arbi 10.4% rise in the Apple driv peak,” the note said. tailer’s attempt to sell retail trator in December that the Mr. Goyal also informed Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.66. . . . . . . 11.71 ing statistics bumped up the assets to a rival, alleging CCI’s suspension of the 2019 that bilateral free trade overall index. The labour breach of certain contracts. deal does not mean the tran agreements are being ne Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 81.10. . . . . . . 81.49 participation rate inched saction is void, as the watch gotiated with the United Piyush Goyal down to 40.6% from 40.7%, But the Competition Com dog has allowed Amazon to Arab Emirates, the United Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 54.88. . . . . . . 55.12 mission of India (CCI), in De reapply for clearances. Kingdom, Australia and cember, suspended the 2019 Canada. He said the agree Canadian Dollar. . . . . . . . .. . 58.40. . . . . . . 58.68 deal saying Amazon sup ment with the UAE was ‘close to finalisation’ while Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.73. . . . . . . 17.83 the FTA with Australia was at a ‘very advanced stage.’ Australian Dollar . . . . . . .. . 53.72. . . . . . . 53.99 pressed information while The FTAs would cover a seeking approvals. wide range of sectors such Source:Indian Bank as agricultural products The dispute is being and pharmaceuticals. IN BRIEF heard by a Singapore arbi tration panel, but both sides have been fighting parallel cases in Indian courts to en force or overrule certain de cisions taken by the arbitra tor. In the latest, the Audi India sales doubled Banking India wants WTO meet in 2021 to 3,293 units stocks lead on COVID package on bourses NEW DELHI Discussions on patent waiver sought Special Correspondent German luxury carmaker Audi PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ing this proposal into WTO’s on Monday said it more that MUMBAI doubled its sales in India last NEW DELHI proposed response year, selling 3,293 retail Indian equity markets units. The company in a started the first day of trad India has sought an emer package. statement said the ing in the new year on a eu gency meeting of the Gener yearonyear growth of 101% phoria with key indices al Council of the World In October 2020, India in 2021 was the highest ever gaining 1.6% backed by Trade Organization (WTO) growth since 2008 and heavy buying in the bank this month in Geneva to de and South Africa submitted propelled by five electric cars ing and financial pack fol liberate upon the world and the petrol powered lowed by metal and auto trade body’s proposed res the first proposal, suggest Qrange along with stocks. ponse package, including Asedans, the company said patent waiver proposal, to ing a waiver for all WTO in a statement. The S&P BSE Sensex deal with the pandemic gained 929.40 points or amid rising coronavirus in members on the implemen IRDAI moots fresh pay 1.6% to 59,183.22. The top fections globally, an official norms for directors Sensex gainers included said. tation of certain provisions Bajaj Finserv (3.59%) and HYDERABAD Bajaj Finance (3.52%). Simi The General Council is of the TRIPs agreement in larly, the NSE Nifty 50 in WTO’s highest decision Insurance regulator IRDAI dex rose 271.65 points, or making body in Geneva. relation to the prevention, issued an exposure draft 1.57%, to close at 17,625.70. proposing changes to norms Expressing disappoint containment or treatment on remuneration of Ajit Mishra, VP, re ment over no progress on nonexecutive directors as search, Religare Broking TRIPs (TradeRelated As of COVID19. In May 2021, a well as MD/CEO/wholetime Ltd. said market partici pects of Intellectual Proper directors of insurers. This, it pants overlooked rising ty Rights) waiver proposal revised proposal was sub said, was ‘to ensure sound Omicron cases and muted to deal with the pandemic, remuneration or global cues. India has called for includ mitted. TRIPs came into ef compensation practices and avoid situations resulting fect in January 1995. from excessive risktaking... due to inappropriate “We have sought an compensation structures.” emergency meeting of the Nippon India Mutual Fund unveils Auto ETF General Council to discuss MUMBAI the WTO’s response pack Nippon Life India Asset age to deal with COVID19 Management Ltd. (NAM India), the asset manager of pandemic including patent Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF), introduced Nippon waiver proposal. WTO will India Nifty Auto ETF, ‘India’s first auto sector ETF.’ The start its meetings from Janu openended scheme will replicate or track the Nifty ary 10,” the official said. Auto Index. The New Fund Offer (NFO) will open on RBI approves small, Ashok January 5 and close on offline epayments January 14. Leyland Dec. It aims to promote usage in rural areas Omicron covered by sales dip 2% health policies: IRDAI Special Correspondent “Such transactions would not require an Additional Special Correspondent HYDERABAD Mumbai Factor of Authentication. Since the transactions are CHENNAI Insurance policies that cover The Reserve Bank of India offline, alerts (by way of SMS COVID19 treatment costs (RBI) has come out with the and / or email) will be re Commercial vehicle manu will also cover the cost of framework for facilitating ceived by the customer after facturer Ashok Leyland treatment of the Omicron smallvalue digital payments a time lag,” it added. Ltd. has reported a 2% dip variant, the Insurance in offline mode, a move that in total sales volume for Regulatory and Development would promote digital pay There is a limit of ₹200 December at 12,518 units Authority of India said. It ments in semiurban and ru per transaction and an over compared to the yearear advised insurers to put in ral areas. all limit of ₹2,000 until the lier period, following a place coordination balance in the account is re drop in light commercial mechanism with network The framework incorpo plenished. The RBI said the vehicle (LCV) sales. providers to make available rates feedback received framework took effect seamless cashless facility and from the pilot experiments ‘immediately’. When computed sepa requested hospitals to on offline transactions con rately, LCV sales, including honour SLAs with insurers. ducted in different parts of exports, contracted 17% to the country between Sep 4,899 units while medium CM tember 2020 and June 2021. and heavy commercial YK vehicle (M&HCV) sales rose An offline digital payment 11% to 7,619 units, the com does not require Internet or pany said in a statement. telecom connectivity. The M&HCV segment “Under this new frame was led by buses with an work, such payments can be increase of 57% to 1,020 carried out facetoface units and trucks by 6% to (proximity mode) using any 6,599 units. channel or instrument like cards, wallets and mobile For the ninemonth pe devices,” the RBI said. riod ended December, to tal sales grew 41% to 79,607 units. LCV sales rose 21% and M&HCV 64%. A ND-NDE
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Dinakar INDIA — 1ST INNINGS Success mantra: Ashwin says he goes with the flow and K.L. Rahul c Rabada b Jansen 50 that has helped his batting. * GETTY IMAGES Johannesburg (133b, 9x4), Mayank Agarwal c Breathing fire: Jansen proved too hot to handle for the Indian batters. * GETTY IMAGES Verreynne b Jansen 26 (37b, S. Dinakar at the Wanderers, Ashwin There were patches of grass 5x4), Cheteshwar Pujara c Bavu said, “Always good to bat on the surface and the ball Ngidi with footwork and ba However, Rahul’s patient and finding the edge even as and can surprise you with his ma b Olivier 3 (33b), Ajinkya Ra JOHANNESBURG first and post 250. South zipped around. On view was lance, flicked Rabada, and vigil ended after he miscued a the batter attempted a drive pace off the track. hane c Petersen b Olivier 0 (1b), Africa has made 250 here pace, bounce and movement. lofted to the right of Olivier pull from outside off when without footwork. Hanuma Vihari c van der Dussen R. Ashwin batted with and dominated Test match before departing attempting Jansen pitched short; Jansen’s India, 49 for three, could b Rabada 20 (53b, 3x4), Rishabh fluency and freedom and a es from there.” Welcome to the Wander to slash Jansen. lifters were coming at varying Twin strikes have been in further trouble Pant c Verreynne b Jansen 17 testing pitch. ers. The pacemen called the heights. In the morning, Ra Cheteshwar Pujara was had Temba Bavuma not put (43b, 1x4), R. Ashwin c Petersen About the surface he shots at the Bullring and the And some lusty blows by hul and Mayank Agarwal ne prised out by Olivier with a down a tough chance at point b Jansen 46 (50b, 6x4), Shardul He said after the first said, “The pitch was two batsmen struggled to cope. the newly promoted vice gotiated the crucial first hour. lifter; Pujara defended from a when Hanuma Vihari (2) Thakur c Petersen b Olivier 0 day’s play here, “There was paced. Little different to a captain, Bumrah, took India static position when he slashed hard at Lungi Ngidi. (5b), Mohammed Shami c & b a time when I was keen on typical Wanderers pitch.” India was dismissed for beyond 200. Rahul won the In an attacking move, should have gone right back. Rabada 9 (12b, 1x4), Jasprit being technically right and 202 and South Africa lost toss, elected to bat and put on South Africa brought in Oli Vihari settled down to Bumrah (not out) 14 (11b, 2x4, in the process lost some of Queried about the im opener Aiden Markram, play another exhibition of playing, vier for pace bowling all Ajinkya Rahane perished make an impression. There is 1x6), Mohammed Siraj c Ver my flow.” pressive leftarm seamer ing across and being trapped ‘leaving’ and being in the rounder Wiaan Mulder and to the next delivery, playing a solidity about him on these reynne b Rabada 1 (6b); Extras Marco Jansen, who has legbefore by a Mohammed ‘zone’ — his mental switch for straightaway the Protea bow away from his body and edg pitches. Strong off his back (b8, lb3, nb5): 16; Total (in He added, “Now I am been impressive against In Shami delivery that nipped Test cricket has been striking ling looked more threatening. ing an Olivier awayswinger. foot, he cut Olivier. He fell to 63.1 overs): 202. playing more of my natural dia, he said, “Leftarmers al back. — before stroking elegantly. India needs runs from both a brilliant leaping catch at game. I get into positions to ways add variety. He’s got Mayank (26) coverdrove these senior batters. Ra shortleg by Rassie van der FALL OF WICKETS play some shots which height and bounce. He’s At stumps on day one of Between periods of de and offdrove Olivier with hane’s was Olivier’s 50th Test Dussen after the batter fend 136 (Mayank, 14.1 overs), 249 some specialists might not special. Nice side on action, the second Freedom Test on fence, he stroked beautifully. timing and poise. Jansen, ho wicket in only his 11th Test. ed a rather vicious lifter from (Pujara, 23.3), 349 (Rahane, be able to do so.” gets close to the wickets.” Monday, the host was 35 for A backfoot punch through wever, ended Mayank’s in Olivier has a whippy action Rabada. India lost wickets at 23.4), 491 (Vihari, 38.4), 5116 one. cover off Rabada was all class. nings, angling the ball across regular intervals. The most (Rahul, 45.5), 6156 (Pant, 53.4), Ashwin said, “Right from On K.L. Rahul adapting 7157 (Thakur, 54.6), 8185 (Sha the Australia series, I have to Test cricket, he said, “He The Proteas could have mi, 59.3), 9187 (Ashwin, 60.5). been batting well. Batting has found a formula for suc been two down but ’keeper coach Vikram Rathour has cess in Test cricket. Ob Rishabh Pant put down a SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING been helpful.” viously he has the talent tough catch after Keegan Pe Rabada 17.12643, Olivier 171 and the skill set. There is no tersen slashed at Jasprit Bum 643, Ngidi 114260, Jansen He said there was no de one formula for Tests. It rah. In a blow to India, in 175314, Maharaj 1060. liberate plan for him to be keeps throwing questions at form seamer Mohammed Si attacking. “The first ball you.” raj appeared to have pulled SOUTH AFRICA was straight so I straight his hamstring in his runup — 1ST INNINGS drove. So I just responded About him playing a part and had to leave the field. Dean Elgar (batting) 11 (57b, to the balls.” with the ball, Ashwin said, 1x4), Aiden Markram lbw b Sha “No one can predict how a For India, captain K.L. Ra mi 7 (12b, 1x4), Keegan Petersen Asked about Mohammed pitch will behave. Hopeful hul made a 133ball 50 of typ (batting) 14 (39b, 2x4); Extras Siraj’s fitness, he said, “The ly, some footmarks would ical patience and quality and (lb2, w1); 3; Total (for one wkt. medical team is assessing develop and there could be Ashwin rattled up a 46ball in 18 overs): 35. him. Knowing his history he some assistance for me.” 50, pulling his weight as an FALL OF WICKET should come back and bowl allrounder. 114 (Markram, 3.5). for us.” INDIA BOWLING South Africa’s impressive Bumrah 83140, Shami 62 On matchwinning totals beanpole leftarm seamer 151, Siraj 3.5240, Thakur Marco Jansen scalped four, 0.1000. while there were three wick Toss: India. ets each for the nippy come back man Duanne Olivier and significant one being that of the fast Kagiso Rabada. Pant. Jansen, shifting angles cleverly, got one to straighten In lowscoring scraps, runs at Pant who insideedged to from the lowerorder can of the ’keeper. ten swing games and the ag gressive Ashwin timed the It’s all happening at the ball sweetly in a vital knock. Bullring! He ondrove and coverdrove IN BRIEF Kohli pulls out of Test with back spasm It was like a new debut: Olivier Mominul, Liton build S. Dinakar Kohli had a “back spasm.” particularly when he has an Sources also reveal that Kohli SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Olivier. * GETTY IMAGES grass on it.” Bangladesh lead Shortly after the second Test opportunity to achieve a is “hurt” by all the talk about Olivier conceded that the Johannesburg commenced, a BCCI release historic feat: India winning him, the latest being the JOHANNESBURG Test. Of course, we want to MOUNT MAUNGANUI stated: “Team India captain its first Test series on South remarks by selection win the series but don’t first hour was tough when So, Virat Kohli will not be Virat Kohli had a spasm in African soil. He eats, sleeps committee chairman Chetan For Duanne Olivier, it was a want to think too far ahead.” openers K.L. Rahul and Mominul Haque, in pic, and playing his 100th Test in his upper back this morning. and breathes for moments of Sharma. case of living a dream again. Mayank Agarwal were un Liton Das led Bangladesh to a South Africa after all. He won’t feature in the success overseas, and is He said, “If someone had separated, but said “Lungi historic first innings lead over second Test against South incredibly passionate about But then, it was Kohli who The comeback paceman told us that we would bowl Ngidi and Marco Jansen New Zealand before both fell Coach Rahul Dravid, on Africa.” it. opened the Pandora’s box said, ““It was like a new de out India for just over 200, came on, they bowled very to Trent Boult in a dramatic Sunday, had been eloquent when just ahead of the but. I was very nervous we would have taken it any well and created the pres final session of the first Test in defending the India Normally it would be Could a back spasm keep team’s departure from India, today.” day.” sure for us to take wickets.” here on Monday. At stumps on captain for the manner in incredibly hard to keep Kohli him out? And he has played he spoke about a lack of day three, Bangladesh was 401 which he led the team, away from an overseas Test, with pain in the past. communication when he was The man who had given Asked about the pitch, he The paceman said, “Ngidi for six in reply to New connected with the boys and removed as the ODI skipper. up hopes of playing for the replied, “It’s a typical Wan went wicketless today after Zealand’s 328, a lead of 73 kept them insulated from all Once he said that, there was country again, scalped three derers pitch. It has some bowling so well. On some with four wickets in hand. the “chatter” around him. bound to be a reaction. Kohli on day one of the second other days, he might not The scores: New Zealand 328 is no longer the allpowerful Test here on Monday. bowl so well and pick up vs Bangladesh 401/6 in 156 Dravid also spoke about figure he once was in Indian wickets.” overs (Mahmudul Hasan Joy celebrating Kohli’s 100th cricket, someone who could The gameplan 78, Najmul Hossain Shanto 64, Test, at Cape Town, and even force a legend such as About the gameplan of the Maharaj’s inclusion Mominul Haque 88, Liton Das added that the India captain Anil Kumble out as coach. South African bowlers, Oli About leftarm spinner Kesh 86; Trent Boult 3/61, Neil would be presented before vier said, “We made them av Maharaj’s inclusion in the Wagner 3/98). AFP the media ahead of the Mentally, beneath all the play as much as possible. team ahead of a specialist match. Kohli has not statements meant for public Stuck to the process, stuck batter on a seamerfriendly interacted with the press consumption, how is he to the basics and reaped the pitch, Olivier said, “Keshav digitally even once on this handling his latest position rewards. We also bowled a might have bowled only one tour. within the hierarchy? And, fuller length.” over today but he could send we may never know the real down 20 in the second in Under the circumstances, reason for Kohli missing the Asked to look ahead in the nings. The wicket could de it was a massive surprise second Test. series, Olivier replied, “We teriorate and we might need when K.L. Rahul walked out are 10 down. That’s the real a spinner.” for the toss with Dean Elgar ity. The focus is on this Test. here on Monday. Rahul said Tomorrow is a new day. If we bat big, we can win the ExPakistan captain Possibilities enormous for Odisha rallies to stun Mumbai de Jong does it Hafeez retires women’s IPL: Raman Down 1-2 with just 20 minutes remaining, it scripts a 4-2 win for Barcelona LAHORE ISL 2021-22 Agence France-Presse Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez announced ‘It will boil down to the commercial side of things too’ Sports Bureau MALLORCA his retirement from international cricket on P.K. Ajith Kumar teams that will play each The ISL produced yet Sparking a revival: Jerry’s double strike helped Odisha Barcelona overcame its CO Monday, ending an 18year other twice or three times — another highscoring turn the tables on Mumbai City. * FOCUS SPORTS/ISL VID chaos to sneak a tight career that included a Eight members of the In is workable in the imme thriller on Monday night. victory away at Mallorca in 12month ban from bowling dian women’s team that W.V. Raman. diate future. This time around, Mumbai points, from nine matches, Brazilian ensured there the LaLiga on Sunday. because of a suspect action. went on the tour of Australia City was at the receiving end not to mention the improve wasn’t enough time for The 41yearold last played for stayed back even after the * FILE PHOTO “If the objective of the IPL as Odisha FC stunned the de ment it has made in its goal Mumbai to come back. Barcelona was without his country at the Twenty20 multiformat series conclud is to give exposure to the fending champion and table difference. eight firstteam players World Cup in the United Arab ed last October. They had all “There are two ways of girls, you would think of pro topper 42 at Vasco's Tilak If Odisha rattled Mumbai who had tested positive Emirates in OctoberNovember been signed up by the Wo looking at it: you say it could viding good quality or if you Maidan Stadium. Odisha may have kept its in the second half, it was a last week while a further last year when Pakistan lost in men’s Big Bash League. inspire a lot of girls to take think of commerce, the com reputation of leaking goals, different story in the first. six were out through injury the semifinals to eventual up cricket or you say take it mercial angles will depend Odisha was 12 down with but on this night it was able The reigning champion, af or suspension. champion Australia. AFP One of them became the nice and easy and once you more on the quality of crick just 20 minutes remaining, to score more than it conced ter going 21 up, thanks to the Player of the Tournament. start a fullfledged (wo et that is played,” said the but Jerry Mawihmingthanga ed. And it should thank Jerry brilliance of Jahouh, was all Xavi Hernandez had Warriors beat Another equalled the record men’s) IPL you want it to be former India opener. produced two superb goals for that. over Odisha. said on Saturday it was Panthers for the league’s highest indi a grand success straight within the space of seven mi “crazy” the game had to go vidual score. away,” he told The Hindu. “At the end of the day, you nutes to lead his side to what He scored his first with a The result: ahead, with Jordi Alba, Press Trust of India have to put out a package has been one of the upsets of superb header, from close Ousmane Dembele and Ga Harmanpreet Kaur and “I suppose it will boil even if it is slow to take off, it the season. in, off a fine cross from Nan Odisha FC 4 (Aridai Cabrera vi were among those infect BENGALURU Smriti Mandhana were not down to the commercial will sustain itself and be dakumar Sekar. The second 4, Jerry Mawihmingthanga 70 ed while Sergio Busquets the only Indians to impress side of things too, because come a big brand later on.” Goals from Ahmed Jahouh came off a pass inside the & 77, Jonathas de Jesus 89) bt was suspended and Pedri, Captain Maninder Singh this season at the world’s IPL is not just all about and Igor Angulo had put box from Jonathas. Mumbai City 2 (Ahmed Jahouh Ansu Fati and Memphis De and allrounder Moham strongest T20 domestic cricket.” Expansion Mumbai ahead after Aridai 11, Igor Angulo 38). pay injured. mad Nabibakhsh helped league for women. He feels the league can be Cabrera had given Odisha Twelve minutes later, he champion Bengal Warriors He thinks a middle path — expanded within a couple of the lead in the fourth mi returned the favour, as the Tuesday’s match: Bengaluru FC But a patchedup Barce beat Jaipur Pink Panthers Jemimah Rodrigues, Sha a tournament with five years. “They can start it in nute. vs SC East Bengal, 7.30 p.m. lona team climbed to fifth, 3128 in a closely fought fali Varma, Deepti Sharma, 2022 (with five teams),” Ra just a point behind Atletico match of the ProKabaddi Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav man said. The victory was sealed by Madrid, after Luuk de League here on Monday. and Richa Ghosh also did Jonathas de Jesus in the dy Jong’s header proved the their bit for their franchises. “In another two years, the ing minutes. difference. Maninder scored 13 Their performances once under19 girls would have The results: points while Nabibakhsh again put into focus the need played two World Cups. Af Mumbai still on top fetched 10, including a last for such a professional wo ter the first IPL, a lot of Mumbai is still leading the ta LaLiga: Elche 0 drew with minute Super Tackle, for men’s league in India. young girls would be encour ble, though, with 16 points Granada 0; Real Betis 0 lost Bengal. Arjun Deshwal aged by their parents to take from nine games, one more to Celta Vigo 2 (Aspas 36 scored 16 points for Panth W.V. Raman, former up cricket. So by 2024, you than the secondplaced Hyd pen, 45+2); Alaves 1 (Joselu ers. But his failed attempt coach of the Indian women’s will have enough cricketers erabad FC. 58pen) drew with Real So in the last raid of the match team, believes the possibili in terms of numbers and ta ciedad 1 (Januzaj 14); Real cost Jaipur a chance to win. ties of the women’s IPL are lent.” Odisha remains seventh, Mallorca 0 lost to Barcelona 1 enormous. but it has taken its tally to 13 (L. de Jong 44). In another match, Patna Pirates pipped Telugu Ti Premier League: Leeds 3 tans 3130. (Harrison 39, Dallas 77, James 90+2) bt Burnley 1 (Cornet CM 54). YK A ND-NDE
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RAMAKRISHNA (4); Pablo Carreno Busta bt (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. onwards K. Keerthivasan Sydney Viktor Durasovic 6-3, 6-3; Ale- ISL: Star Sports 3, 7.30 p.m. umphed so far. chana Kamath are riding on was indeed special. Moreov day, all the players and offi jandro Davidovich Fokina & Pe- The Ashes: Fourth Test, day INDORE Speaking to The Hindu momentum having won the er, I have not won any dom cials underwent an Antigen World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsi dro Martinez bt Lukas Hellum- 1, Sony Six (SD & HD), 5 a.m. men’s and women’s crowns estic title this season and test for the virus, after which pas crashed to defeat in his Lilleengen & Andreja Petrovic (Wednesday) The withdrawal of India’s top here on Monday, Sathiyan in the Petroleum Sports Pro looking forward to it,” said seven players tested positive. first singles match since el 6-4, 6-1}. paddler G. Sathiyan from the said he wasn’t feeling well motion Board interunit Manav. bow surgery, losing an epic Chile bt Serbia 21 {Alejandro IN BRIEF UTTNational ranking Cen and hence decided to with tournament held at the same Four test positive battle against feisty Argenti Tabilo lost to Filip Krajinovic tral Zone table tennis tourna draw. venue a few days back. Qualifier Archana didn’t Competition Manager N. Ga nian Diego Schwartzman 67 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5); Cristian Garin Brown’s careerbest 50 ment beginning at the Abhay want to attach too much im neshan said of the seven (5) 63, 63 at the ATP Cup bt Dusan Lajovic 4-6, 6-4, 3-0 sparks Celtics rally Prashal Indoor Stadium here “Feeling feverish, better Excited portance to the PSPB inter players who underwent here on Monday. (retd); Tomas Barios Vera & Ta- on Tuesday has left the to rest and recover and get “Very excited. I hit peak unit win. “Each tournament RTPCR Test four have tested bilo bt Nikola Cacic & Matej Sa- WASHINGTON doors yet again for a possible ready for the Senior Nation form at the right time. De is different. My win there will positive and they will have to He showed up to play 11th banov 6-4, 3-6, [10-7]}. new men’s singles champion als. Also, it’s better to stay feating Sathiyan in the semi have no bearing here,” she return home for risk of in ranked Schwartzman and Group D: Poland bt Georgia Jaylen Brown scored 21 of his to emerge. safe and I don’t want to put finals of the PSPB interunit said. fecting others. looked at his battling best in 30 {Hubert Hurkacz bt Alek- career-high 50 points in the others at risk,” he said. winning the first set tie sandre Metreveli 6-7(3), 6-3, fourth quarter and grabbed All the three previous Na At the venue here on Mon break, moving freely with lit 6-1; Kamil Majchrzak bt Alek- 11 rebounds to help Boston tionalranking tournaments Manav Thakkar and Ar tle sign of his right elbow sandre Bakshi 6-1, 6-1; Szymon Celtics rally past the visiting have had three different causing problems. But the 23 Walkow & Jan Zielinski bt Orlando Magic for a 116-111 men’s winners — Sharath Ka yearold lost his focus, and Bakshi & Zura Tkemaladze 6-7 overtime win on Sunday. mal (North Zone, Panchku with it, five games in a row. (2), 6-2, [10-6]}. The results: Raptors 120 bt la), Sanil Shetty (Dehradun), Argentina bt Greece 30 {Fe- Knicks 105; Celtics 116 bt and Harmeet Desai (South Chile stunned Serbia 21. derico Delbonis bt Michail Per- Magic 111 (OT); Cavaliers 108 Zone, Puducherry). Dusan Lajovic, standing in as volarakis 7-6(5), 6-1; Diego bt Pacers 104; Kings 115 bt Serbia captain in Novak Djo Shwartzman bt Stefanos Tsitsi- Heat 113; Hornets 99 lost to And this time, too, the kovic’s absence, retired hurt pas 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3; Maximo Suns 133; Thunder 86 lost to field looks wide open in the at 03 down after sharing the Gonzalez & Andres Molteni bt Mavericks 95; Lakers 108 bt absence of Sharath and Sath first two sets with Cristian Markos Kalovelonis & Tsitsipas Timberwolves 103. REUTERS iyan. Garin. 6-3, 4-6, [11-9]}. CA chief Hockley tests The women’s field is also Muni knocks out Denim positive for COVID pretty even with very little to separate the top five players. Sports Bureau (Jpn) 6-4, 7-5; Krish Tyagi bt SYDNEY Prapti Sen (North Zone), Su Aarav Samrat Hada (Nep) 6-4, tirtha Mukherjee (Dehra CHANDIGARH 6-2; Anssh Kundu bt Aniruddh Cricket Australia chief Nick Dun), and Sreeja Akula Sangra 6-3, 7-6(3); Aayush Hockley on Monday became (South Zone) have tri CHANDIGARH: Muni Ananth Bhat (USA) bt Ronin Lotlikar the latest to contract mani knocked out top seed 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Bushan Haobam COVID-19 during the Ashes \\ NEW DELHI ROUND-UP \\CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ILeague suspended Denim Yadav 46, 63, 61 in bt Vineeth Mutyala 7-6(6), series. Hockley, who is fully for six weeks the boys first round of the 6-3; Shingo Masuda (Jpn) bt vaccinated, developed mild CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ITF grade3 tennis tourna Sarthak Arora 6-3, 6-2; Poon- symptoms and immediately ment here on Monday. thong Komopisut (Tha) bt Udit got tested and isolated, with Brilliant bowling by (Jatin Pasricha 46, Mohd. (DCA) by seven wickets in Special Correspondent tion of just one round when Gogoi 6-0, 6-3; Yuvan Nandal a positive PCR result Shubham Sharma the second Kanta Devi several players and officials In the prequarterfinals, bt Manas Dhamne 6-4, 6-4. confirmed. Hockley has had Manofthematch Shubham Salman Ali 5/31) lost to ABRA Memorial tournament. KOLKATA from different teams tested Muni will play Thanaphat no direct contact with either Sharma claimed five wickets In another match, WCL positive. Boosarawongse of Thailand, Girls: Suhitha Maruri bt Sukh- the Australian or England without conceding any runs 142/1 in 18.3 overs (Aniket Academy beat Young The ILeague was on Mon who beat National cham manni Bhandari 6-3, 6-2; Anya squads. AFP while Sachin Singh Rawat Dhankar102 n.o.). Brigade Cricket Academy by day suspended for six weeks This was followed by a pion Daksh Prasad for the Murthy (USA) bt Hitakamya topscored with 83 runs as 75 runs. following reports of positive steep rise in the outbreak of loss of four games. Singh Narwal 6-2, 6-0; Mad- Froome delays return Shri Sai Cricket Academy WCL Academy triumphs The scores: cases in different teams and the pandemic in the State, hurima Sawant bt Radhika Ma- due to painful knee thrashed Ganga WCL Academy won by one a steep rise in COVID19 prompting the league com In another match, Monil hajan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; Tamanna International Cricket wicket in a lowscoring final DCA 118/8 in 30 overs lost to numbers in West Bengal. mittee to reconvene a meet Lotlikar beat sixth seed Ilya Takoria bt Suhani Gaur 6-2, LONDON Academy by 94 runs in the against TNM Academy to lift ing with club Mukhin of Russia for the loss 2-6, 6-2; Sanjana Sirimalla bt first R.D. Group oneday the fifth Junior Cricket DCCA 119/3 in 16.1 overs The league committee of representatives. of five games. Saloni Tamang (Nep) 6-3, 6-1; Four-time Tour de France tournament. Championship. Ridura the All India Football Feder Chahana Budhbhatti bt Riya champion Chris Froome said The scores: Biduri was named best (Ranveer Mehta 46, Priyanshu ation (AIFF), that met vir The clubs “corroborated” Rushil Khosla beat Reiya Kaushik 6-1, 6-1. on Monday he would delay batsman of the tournament tually, accepted the recom with the recommendations Hattori of Japan and will his return to competition SSCA 258/9 in 40 overs while Mayank Mudila was Arya 43 n.o., Prince Mishra mendation of the member put forth by Dr. Mahajan, face lucky loser Kriish Tyagi Tejasvi Dabas bt Saina Desh- after suffering knee pain declared best of its sports medical com said a statement from I in the second round. pande (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; So- while training. The (Sachin Singh Rawat 83, wicketkeeper. 3/21); WCLA 289/5 in 30 overs mittee Dr. Harsh Mahajan, League. nal Patil bt Diva Bhatia 7-5, 36-year-old Kenya-born The scores: who suggested the tourna The results (first round): 6-3; Rutuja Chaphalkar (USA) British cyclist believes he Abhishek Tiwari 55, Yash (Tarun Singh 79, Rudra Bidhuri ment be postponed by at The committee will have bt Lakshmi Gowda 6-1, 6-2; pushed himself too hard in TNMA 136 in 32.5 overs least six weeks. a review meeting after four Boys: Muni Ananthmani bt De- Vaishnavi Adkar bt Nandini the early weeks of training as Verma 53, Tushart 5/20) bt 66) bt YBCA 214 in 30 overs weeks to take stock of the nim Yadav 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Tha- Dixit 7-6(5), 6-1; Ruma Gaikai- he seeks to improve on an (Piyush Kumar 76, Yuvraj Singh (Paras 120 n.o.). The league was first situation, it was informed. naphat Boosarawongse (Tha) wari bt Hannah Nagpal 6-4, underwhelming debut season GICA 64 in 17 overs (Pukhraj stopped after the comple bt Daksh Prasad 6-1, 6-3; 0-6, 6-1; Renne Singla bt Shar- last year for Israel Start-Up 3/20) lost to WCLA 137/9 in 39 Aryan, Sparsh excel Daksh Agarwal bt Arunava Ma- vani Shrestha (Nep) 6-0, 6-2. Nation. AFP Singh Vaghela 30, Shubham Aryan Raj topscored with jumder 6-1, 6-1; Monil Lotlikar Sharma 5/0). overs (Sameer Khan 28 n.o., 94 and Sparsh took five bt Ilya Mukhin (Rus) 6-4, 6-1; Extra day’s race in Bhavi Sharma 3/19). wickets as Push Cricket Rushil Khosla bt Reiya Hattori Bengaluru on January 12 Salman and Aniket sizzle Academy (PCA) downed An unbeaten 102 by Aniket Easy for Dream Chaserz Kanchan Cricket Academy BENGALURU Dhankar and a fifer by and WCL Academy (KCA) by five wickets in the Mohd. Salman Ali helped Manofthematch Priyanshu first D.R. Sharma memorial The Stewards of the AB Rising Academy beat VS Arya scored an unbeaten 43 tournament. Bangalore Turf Club have Sports by nine wickets in while Ranveer Mehta The scores: KCA 207/8 in 40 decided to conduct a second the R.D. Saini tournament. slammed a 15ball 46 as extra race day on January 12 The scores: Dream Chaserz Cricket overs (Amol 86 n.o., Sparsh (Wednesday). Academy (DCCA) beat VS Sports 141 in 35.4 overs Dahiya Cricket Academy 5/32) lost to PCA 208/5 in Divij exits early 36.4 overs (Aryan Raj 94, Hardik 62 n.o.). Special Correspondent Bengal’s Ranji preparations Joshna returns NEW DELHI affected due to positive cases to the top10 Diivj Sharan was beaten Special Correspondent Lahiri have returned posi Joshna. * FILE PHOTO: R. RAGU 64, 62 by Dominic Strick tive results, said a Cricket er of Switzerland in the KOLKATA Association of Bengal (CAB) Press Trust of India first round of the $58,320 source. Challenger tennis tourna Bengal’s Ranji Trophy prep New Delhi ment in Traralgon, arations have been affected “The CAB had conducted Australia. with seven members, in RTPCR tests on all Bengal India’s leading squash cluding six players, of the cricketers as a safety mea player Joshna Chinappa Divij, seeded second squad testing COVID19 sure. Certain players have has returned to the top10 with Christopher Rungkat positive. tested positive. The CAB is of PSA world rankings. of Indonesia in doubles, taking all necessary precau had won a qualifying Sudip Chatterjee, Anus tions,” said association se The 35yearold had match against Patrick Fitz tup Majumdar, Kazi Junaid cretary Snehasish Ganguly reached a careerhigh 10th geralad, to make the main Saifi, Geet Puri, Pradipta in a statement. place for the first time in event. Pramanik, Sujit Yadav and 2016. She has returned to assistant coach Sourasish the elite club of players in In the ATP event in Ade 10th position. laide, Ramkumar Rama Junior National nathan was beaten 64, 76 basketball from today Saurav Ghosal has (7) in the first qualifying dropped a spot to be 16th round by the former World Sports Bureau jasthan looks formidable on in the men’s rankings. No.1 junior, now ranked paper. 103 among men, the 18 Indore yearold Holger Rune of Reigning champion Kera Denmark. Ramkumar will The 71st National junior bas la starts as favourite in girls’ play the doubles alongside ketball championships be section, but Chhattsigarh, Rohan Bopanna. gins here on Tuesday. In the Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pra The results: $521,000 ATP, boys’ section, Punjab will desh are teams that can pull Adelaide, Australia: Qualify hope to defend its title even off surprises. ing singles (first round): Hol- as last year’s runnerup Ra ger Rune (Den) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 7-6(7). Count Of Savoy lives up to the billing $58,320 Challenger, Traral gon, Australia: Singles (first HYDERABAD: Trainer S.K. Sun 208, Tanala: 607. Favourite: N R I Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. round): Dominic Stricker (Sui) derji’s Count Of Savoy (C.S. Sport. Owner: Mr. Syed Abdul bt Divij Sharan 6-4, 6-2. Jodha up) claimed the Laknav Subhan. Trainer: Mir Faiyaz Ali 5. LAKNAVARAM CUP (1,600m), 4 aram Cup, the feature event of Khan. yo & upward, rated 40 to 65 CM Monday’s ( Jan. 3) races. The win 3. RAMAPPA CUP (2,000m), 4yo (Cat. II): COUNT OF SAVOY (C.S. YK ner is owned by Mrs. M.B. Du & upward, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. Jodha) 1, N R I Infinity (B.R. Ku bash & Ms. Farida B. Dubash. III): BOLD BIDDING (Akshay Ku mar) 2, November Rain (Mukesh mar) 1, Yesterday (Surya Kumar) 3 and Moringa (Surya THE RESULTS: Prakash) 2, Ice Berry (Gaurav Prakash) 4. 31/2, Nk and 3. 1m, Singh) 3 and Queen Blossom 38.47s. ₹11 (w), 10, 15 and 10 (p). 1. THUNDER LIGHT PLATE (DIV. II) (Rupal Singh) 4. 11/2, 3/4 and Sh. SHP: 20, THP: 29, SHW: 10 and 2m, 7.25s. ₹55 (w), 17, 27 and 43 18, FP: 27, Q: 21, Tanala: 49. Fa (1,400m), 4yo & upward, rated (p). SHP: 88, THP: 83, SHW: 32 vourite: Count Of Savoy. Owners: upto 25 (Cat. III): MISS LITTLE and 70, FP: 640, Q: 439, Tanala: Mrs. M.B. Dubash & Ms. Farida B. ANGEL (Antony Raj) 1, Sye Ra 18,551. Favourite: Wandring War Dubash. Trainer: S.K. Sunderji. (Ajeeth Kumar) 2, My Master rior. Owners: Mr. Rama Seshu (Gaurav Singh) 3 and New Hustle Eyunni & Mr. P. Prabhakar 6. THUNDER LIGHT PLATE (DIV. I) (Surya Prakash) 4. Not run: In Reddy. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. ception. Nk, 21/2 and 11/4. 1m, (1,400m), 4yo & upward, rated 27.57s. ₹15 (w), 11, 19 and 15 (p). 4. STREAK OF DAWN PLATE upto 25 (Cat. III): ROYAL PAL SHP: 54, THP: 40, SHW: 12 and (Abhay Singh) 1, Neffereti (S.S. 41, FP: 96, Q: 74, Tanala: 339. Fa (1,200m), Maiden, 4yo & up Tanwar) 2, Wild Card (Aneel) 3 vourite: Miss Little Angel. Own ward, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): PA- and Ashwa Pushkin (Rupal ers: Mr. V. Narendar Reddy & Mr. CIFIC COMMAND (Akshay Kumar) Singh) 4. 1m, 28.23s. ₹35 (w), 15, Eswarchandra Rajagopal Tripur 1, Grand Finale (A.A. Vikrant) 2, 28 and 20 (p). SHP: 127, THP: 47, aneni. Trainer: G. Shashikanth. Ok Boss (Santosh Raj) 3 and Spe SHW: 10 and 72, FP: 546, Q: 374, 2. FIRECREST PLATE (1,400m), 4 cial Effort (Surya Prakash) 4. 2 Tanala: 3,949. Favourite: Royal yo & upward, rated 20 to 45 3/4, 1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 13.34s. ₹18 Pal. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy (Cat. III): ANGELITA (Ajeeth Ku (w), 11, 31 and 19 (p). SHP: 124, Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable mar) 1, Beauty Flame (Gaurav THP: 43, SHW: 13 and 19, FP: Trust. Trainer: K. Satheesh. Singh) 2, N R I Sport (Akshay Ku 206, Q: 134, Tanala: 1,981. Fa mar) 3 and Siri (Rupal Singh) 4. vourite: Pacific Command. Own Jackpot: 70%: ₹1,282 (274 tkts.) & 2, 3/4 and 2. 1m, 25.95s. ₹39 (w), ers: Mr. Peddi Reddy Prabhakar 30%: 142 (1,053 tkts.); Treble: (i) 13, 19 and 13 (p). SHP: 54, THP: Reddy & Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy. 566 (93 tkts.), (ii) 89 (928 tkts.); 52, SHW: 14 and 68, FP: 309, Q: Mini Jackpot: 442 (266 tkts.). A ND-NDE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 follow us: thehindu.com facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu instagram.com/the_hindu Barely represented Rising tally Rising unemployment Through the roof Squash rankings 1 The number of women out of the 179 In percentage, the 7.90 In percentage, India's 36.08 In percentage, 10 The world ranking of Indian 31 MPs in the parliamentary panel proportion of increase in unemployment rate in Turkey's yearly squash player Joshna which has been assigned to the sevenday rolling December, according retail inflation in Chinappa. The 35yearold had examine the bill which seeks to average of daily COVID19 to the Centre for December, reached a careerhigh 10th raise the legal age of marriage for cases in India on January Monitoring Indian according to the place for the first time in women from 18 to 21. According to 2, 2022 compared to that on December Economy (CMIE). The unemployment country's official data. This is the 2016. She has returned to the elite the members’ list of the Parliamentary 26, 2021. On Sunday, India recorded rate rose to 7.9% in December from highest in 19 years. The Turkish club of players in the top 10. On the Standing Committee, led by senior 33,682 new cases. This is the first time 7.0% in November, its highest since Statistical Institute said the consumer other hand, Saurav Ghosal has dropped BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, since September 23, 2021 that daily 8.3% in August. The urban price index increased by 13.58% in a spot and now occupies the 16th available on the Rajya Sabha website, cases crossed the 30,000 mark. As on unemployment rate rose to 9.3% in December from the previous month, position in the latest men's rankings. Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev January 2, 2021, 1,700 cases of the December from 8.2% in the previous further eroding peoples' purchasing Dipika Pallikal, who was the first to is the only woman among the 31 Omicron variant had been detected in month, while the rural unemployment power. The yearly increase in food break into the top 10, was blessed with members. The Prohibition of Child the country. The three States with the rate was up 7.3% from 6.4%. Economic prices was 43.8%. Inflation has been twins earlier this year and is expected Marriage (Amendment) Bill was highest prevalence of the variant are activity and consumer sentiment have rising in the country while the Turkish to return to action soon. The sport will introduced in Lok Sabha during the Maharashtra (510), Delhi (351) and been hit after a rise in COVID19 cases lira has been slumping to record lows. be in focus this year during the Asian winter session. PTI Kerala (156). COVID19BHARAT.ORG PIB and restrictions in many States. REUTERS Games and Commonwealth Games. PTI AP COMPILED BY THE HINDU DATA TEAM EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EXPLAINER Extending the GST compensation What is the GST payment due to States? Why are several States demanding a continuation of the compensation beyond June 2022? THE GIST Suresh Seshadri B Ahead of the 46th The story so far: Just a day ahead of the meeting of the GST Council, 46th meeting of the GST Council on Finance Ministers of several December 31, the Finance Ministers of States at a preBudget several States had a preBudget interaction interaction with the Union with the Union Finance Minister and Finance Minister demanded demanded that the GST compensation that the GST compensation scheme be extended beyond June 2022, scheme be extended beyond when it is set to expire. Citing the impact of June 2022. the COVID19 pandemic on the overall economy and more specifically States’ B The adoption of GST was revenues, the States including Tamil Nadu, made possible by States Kerala, West Bengal, Rajasthan and ceding almost all their Chhattisgarh stressed that while their powers to impose revenues had been adversely impacted by locallevel indirect taxes the introduction of GST, the hit from the and agreeing to let the pandemic had pushed back any possible prevailing multiplicity of rebound in revenue especially at a time imposts be subsumed into when they had been forced to spend the GST. This was agreed on substantially more to address the public the condition that revenue health emergency and its socioeconomic shortfalls arising from the fallout on their residents. transition to the new indirect taxes regime would What is the GST compensation? CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC account of the amount accruing into the the protected revenues guaranteed. While Tax dilemma: Union be made good from a The Constitution (One Hundred and First Compensation Fund being inadequate. the trend had been visible even before the Minister for Finance and pooled GST Compensation Amendment) Act, 2016, was the law which Interestingly, even now the compensation pandemic, the gap had widened ever since, Corporate Affairs Nirmala Fund for a period of five created the mechanism for levying a Why are several States seeking an Mr. Rajan had observed. This view was Sitharaman chairs the 46th years that is set to end in common nationwide Goods and Services cess will continue to be levied well beyond extension of the GST compensation broadly echoed by other States including GST Council meeting, at June 2022. Tax (GST). The adoption of GST was made sunset timeline? Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi, with most of Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi possible by States ceding almost all their the current fiscal year since the borrowings With the finances of most States having been them seeking an extension for five years. on December 31, 2021. B With the finances of most powers to impose locallevel indirect taxes severely hit in the wake of the pandemic and States having been severely and agreeing to let the prevailing multiplicity made in lieu of the shortfalls in the the economic slowdown that had preceded Can the deadline be extended? If so, PTI hit in the wake of the of imposts be subsumed into the GST. While the outbreak of COVID19 in early 2020, the how? pandemic, States have been States would receive the SGST (State GST) compensation fund would need to be met. State governments have been hard pressed The deadline for GST compensation was set hard pressed to find ways to component of the GST, and a share of the to find ways to garner the resources to meet in the original legislation and so in order to garner the resources to IGST (integrated GST), it was agreed that taking into account earlier releases the essential and additional spending extend it, the GST Council must first meet the essential and revenue shortfalls arising from the transition amounting to ₹1,15,000 crore, the total necessitated by the public health crisis. recommend it and the Union government additional spending to the new indirect taxes regime would be amount released in the current financial must then move an amendment to the GST necessitated by the public made good from a pooled GST year as backtoback loan inlieu of GST Tamil Nadu's Finance Minister Palanivel law allowing for a new date beyond the June health crisis. Compensation Fund for a period of five compensation was ₹1,59,000 crore, it added Thiaga Rajan had last week stressed that 2022 deadline at which the GST years that is currently set to end in June at the time. The Centre clarified that this with the States’ revenues yet to recover, and compensation scheme will come to a close. 2022. This corpus in turn is funded through sum was in addition to normal GST considering the huge revenue shortfall that a compensation cess that is levied on compensation “being released every 2 was anticipated, it was necessary that the Interestingly, even now the compensation socalled ‘demerit’ goods. The computation months out of actual cess collections” that is period of GST compensation be extended by cess will continue to be levied well beyond of the shortfall is done annually by estimated to exceed ₹1 lakh crore. “The sum at least two years beyond June 2022. He the current fiscal year since the borrowings projecting a revenue assumption based on total of ₹2.59 lakh crore is expected to emphasised that at the time of introduction made in lieu of the shortfalls in the 14% compounded growth from the base exceed the amount of GST compensation of GST, the States had agreed to forego their compensation fund would need to be met. year’s (20152016) revenue and calculating accruing in FY 202122,” the Union Ministry fiscal autonomy with an assurance from the In September, the GST Council decided to the difference between that figure and the of Finance said at the time. Union government that their revenues would extend the compensation cess period till actual GST collections in that year. be protected. However, over the last five March 2026 “purely to repay the It also explained that the decision for the years, there had been a widening gap backtoback loans taken between 202021 What is the shortfall for the current Union government to borrow the ₹1.59 lakh between the actual revenues realised and and 202122”. fiscal year ending on March 31? crore and release it to the States and UTs, On October 28, the Union government said which had been taken in the 43rd GST the Ministry of Finance had released Council Meeting held on May 25, 2021, was ₹44,000 crore to the States and Union aimed at bridging the resource gap due to Territories “under the backtoback loan the short release of compensation on facility in lieu of GST Compensation”. After EXPLAINER What Russia hopes to do by ratcheting up tensions with Ukraine Why is Russia continuing its military build-up along the border it shares with Ukraine? How is the West responding? G. Sampath Europe that joined the alliance after May veto power over who gets to become a Germany’s Vice Chancellor and THE GIST 1997, in the aftermath of the collapse of member of NATO, and pointed out that Economic Affairs and Climate Action The story so far: Tensions between the Soviet Union. This would effectively NATO would not take decisions affecting Minister Robert Habeck (from the Green B Russia has amassed more Russia and the West have been rising for mean that NATO cannot operate in any of eastern Europe without involving the Party) has termed the pipeline as “a than 1,00,000 troops at months now. Russia has amassed more the Baltic nations that border Russia countries concerned. In other words, mistake from a geopolitical perspective”, its border with aspiring than 1,00,000 troops at its border with (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania), central they believe that Russia, by amassing and has warned of “severe NATO member Ukraine. aspiring NATO member Ukraine, European states such as Poland, troops at the Ukrainian border and consequences”, including stopping the Russia stated that only if prompting fears that it is planning to Hungary, and the Czech republic, and ratcheting up tensions, is hoping to Nord Stream pipeline, if Russia were to NATO withdraws their invade its neighbour. While Russia has Balkan states such as Croatia and negotiate the regional security invade Ukraine. American state forces from all countries denied such plans, it has, at the same Slovenia. Russia also wants NATO to drop architecture directly with Washington, department officials have also indicated in Europe that joined the time, stated that the troop deployment is plans of any further ‘enlargement’, which bypassing the small European states. But that sanctions against Nord Stream 2 are alliance after May 1997, in response to NATO’s refusal to cap its means committing to not accepting both the U.S. and NATO have indicated a certainty in case of an invasion. would they deescalate steady expansion eastward. Putting the Ukraine and Georgia as members. that they would not want to fall into this the military buildup. onus of deescalation on the West, Another demand is that NATO must not trap and will instead consult their What next? Kremlin has put forward a series of hold drills in eastern Europe, Ukraine European allies on their negotiations Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia, B The U.S and NATO proposals outlining the conditions that and Georgia without prior approval from with Kremlin. led by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy officials have bluntly must be met before it would scale back its Russia. Sherman and Deputy Foreign Minister stated that Russia’s mobilisations. But the U.S. and NATO, How do the rising tensions impact Sergei Ryabkov, will hold talks in Geneva proposals are unrealistic. while agreeing to talks, have said Ukrainian troops undergo military exercises What has been the West’s response the Nord Stream 2 pipeline ? on January 10 to try and work out a path They insist that Ukraine Moscow’s proposals cannot be taken on December 25, 2021. * AFP to Russia’s proposals? The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is complete towards deescalation. Negotiations are and every other country seriously. U.S. President Joe Biden has American and NATO officials, while but has to get multiple clearances before also expected to continue a couple of has the right to determine also assured his Ukrainian counterpart would depend on “unconditional indicating that they are open to gas starts flowing through it. As and when days later at the Organisation for Security its own foreign policy. Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. will compliance with Russian security negotiations, have bluntly stated that it gets operational, it would double the and Cooperation (OSCE) in Vienna. “respond decisively” in case of an demands”. Russia released these Russia’s proposals are unrealistic. Citing volume of gas supplied by Russia’s While Russia is expected to continue its B Germany has also warned invasion by Russia. demands in the form of draft security the principle of sovereignty, they insist Gazprom to Europe’s industrial tactic of deploying brinkmanship in Russia that the Nord pacts in December. Foremost among that Ukraine, and every other country in powerhouse Germany. With Greens a pursuit of geopolitical goals, the U.S. will Stream pipeline would be What are Russia’s demands? them is that NATO should withdraw eastern Europe, has the right to part of the ruling coalition, Germany is seek to leverage the possibility that an stopped if they were to At a press conference in December, troops and weapons from all countries in determine its foreign policy without keen to phase out coal and nuclear actual invasion would only make the invade Ukraine. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, when outside interference and join whichever energy. It desperately needs cheap gas, states in the region cling tighter to NATO, asked if he could guarantee that Russia alliance it wants. They have also which is why former Chancellor Angela by making the Russian threat more real S ND-NDE won’t invade Ukraine, replied that it dismissed the idea of Russia wielding Merkel approved the Nord Stream 2. But and urgent. CM YK
tuesday, january 4, 2022 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE | II EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The fight continues: Participants of a protest demanding the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in New Delhi in 2014. * FILE PHOTO ABSTRACT FROM THE ARCHIVES Post the Weighing in on the efficacy prohibition of of female leadership dowry It is necessary to get rid of inherent biases and perceptions about the effectiveness of women How transactional attitudes in roles of authority towards marriage keep the practice of dowry alive THE GIST Bhaskar Dutta mandated reservations were randomly selected, Ms. Banerjee is currently the only female Chief subsequent differences in investment decisions Minister. Prashanth Perumal B A recent study in the U.S The lack of representation of women in a made by gram panchayats could be attributed to reports that States which parliamentary panel examining a bill to increase the differences in gender of the pradhans. The underrepresentation of women in Indian Calvi, R., & Keskar, A. (2021). 'Til Dowry Do Us have female governors had the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 Chattopadhyay and Duflo concluded that legislatures is even more striking. For instance, Apart: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Fa fewer COVID19 related years has come under scrutiny following the pradhans invested more in rural infrastructure the 2019 election sent the largest number of milies. Available at SSRN: deaths. The authors of the comments of Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka that served better the needs of their own gender. women to the Lok Sabha. Despite this, women https://ssrn.com/abstract=3783911 study conclude that women Chaturvedi. In this piece dated September 24, For instance, women pradhans were more likely constitute just over 14% of the total strength of the leaders are more effective 2020, Bhaskar Dutta explains how prejudices to invest in providing easy access to drinking Lok Sabha. This gives us the dismal rank of 143 out Laws against dowry, the practice wherein than their male counterparts about the efficacy of women in key political roles water since the collection of drinking water is of 192 countries for which data are reported by the bride’s family pays money and other gifts in times of crises. While need to be systemically eradicated. primarily, if not solely, the responsibility of the InterParliamentary Union. Tiny Rwanda to the family of the groom during marriage, there is danger in making women. comes out on top with a staggering 60% of seats in have been made more stringent over the de sweeping generalisations, What do Germany, Taiwan and New Zealand its lower house occupied by women. cades. These antidowry laws, which allow the important takeaway have in common? These are all countries that In addition to the instrumental importance of for a jail sentence of up to 5 years for mem from such studies is the have women heading their governments. And promoting more space for women in public Since women running for elections face bers of the groom’s family who are found to necessity of getting rid of although they are located in three different policy, this is also an important goal from the numerous challenges, it is essential to create a be guilty, are widely believed to have reined inherent biases about continents, the three countries seem to have perspective of gender equality. The right to vote is levelplaying field through appropriate legal in at least the explicit exchange of dowry female effectiveness in managed the pandemic much better than their arguably the most important dimension of measures. The establishment of quotas for items. However, the downfall in the practise leadership roles. neighbours. Much along the same lines, a detailed participation in public life. There are others. What women is an obvious answer. I have mentioned of dowry shows only one side of the story. recent study by researchers in the United States proportion of women stand for election to the earlier that mandated reservation for women in There may be other unseen and unintended B In India, women were reports that States which have female governors various State and central legislatures? How many gram panchayats was established in all major consequences resulting from the strict legal allowed to vote from 1950 had fewer COVID19 related deaths, perhaps are elected? Perhaps more important, how many States since the mid1990s. Attempts have also ban on dowry that need to be taken into ac onwards and so could partly because female governors acted more women occupy important positions in the been made to extend quotas for women in the Lok count while evaluating antidowry laws. participate on an equal decisively by issuing earlier stayathome orders. executive branch of government? Sabha and State Assemblies through a Women’s footing with men from the The authors of the study conclude that women Reservation Bill. Unfortunately, the fate of this Bill In “Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and first general election of leaders are more effective than their male About suffrage represents a blot on the functioning of the Indian Violence in Indian Families,” economists Ros 195152. This is in contrast counterparts in times of crises. There will be Independent India can rightly be proud of its Parliament. The Bill was first presented to the Lok sella Calvi and Ajinkya Keskar look into the to the experience in the several critics (no need to guess their gender) who achievement in so far as women’s suffrage is Sabha by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in amendment to the Dowry Prohibition Act socalled “mature will question the reliability of this conclusion by concerned. Women were allowed to vote from 1996. Male members from several parties opposed and its various effects on the Indian family se democracies” of western pointing out deficiencies in the data — admittedly 1950 onwards and so could participate on an the Bill on various pretexts. Subsequently, both tup. In 1961, India enacted the Dowry Prohibi Europe and U.S. somewhat limited — or the econometric rigour of equal footing with men from the first general the NDA and United Progressive Alliance tion Act that made the giving and receiving of the analysis. Many will also point out that it is election of 195152. This is in striking contrast to governments have reintroduced the Bill in any dowry illegal. This law proved to be un B The underrepresentation dangerous to make sweeping generalisations the experience in the socalled “mature successive Parliaments, but without any success. successful in curbing the practice and hence, of women in Indian based on one study. democracies” of western Europe and the United Although the Rajya Sabha did pass the bill in 2010, in 1984, it was amended with stricter provi legislatures is striking. Even States. In the U.S., it took several decades of the Lok Sabha and the State legislatures are yet to sions. As a result, there was a significant in though the 2019 election The point about the danger of making sweeping struggle before women were allowed to vote in give their approval — despite the 24 years that crease in convictions and greater public sent the largest number of generalisations is valid. Of course, studies such as 1920. Most countries in Europe also achieved have passed since it was first presented in the Lok awareness around the antidowry law. women to Lok Sabha, these do not establish the superiority of all female universal suffrage during the interwar period. Sabha. women constitute just over leaders over their male counterparts. All female Since most able bodied men went away to the The researchers note that after the anti 14% of its total strength. leaders are not necessarily efficient, and there are battlefields during the First World War, increasing Steps to reducing prejudice dowry law was amended by the Government Attempts have also been many men who have proved to be most effective numbers of women had the opportunity to show Of course, there is a simple fix to the problem. in 1984, the value of the gifts that were ex made to extend quotas for and charismatic leaders. The important takeaway that they were adequate substitutes in activities The major party constituents of the NDA and UPA changed as dowry between families dropped women in parliament from the recent experience and such studies is the that were earlier the sole preserve of men. This, it alliances can sidestep the logjam in Parliament by by as much as 20% between 1985 and 1990. through a Women’s necessity of getting rid of inherent biases and is suggested, mitigated the antifemale bias and reserving say a third of party nominations for Further, while the prevalence of dowry Reservation Bill. But even perceptions about female effectiveness in earned women the right to vote in European women. This will surely result in increasing dropped among the Hindus who came under after being tabled 24 years leadership roles. countries. numbers of women in legislatures and the purview of the antidowry law, it re ago, it has not been passed subsequently in cabinets. The importance of this mained unchanged among the Muslims who by the lower houses. India’s gram panchayats We have had and have charismatic female cannot be overestimated. There is substantial were not covered under the law. All this sug Importantly, female leaders also bring something leaders like Indira Gandhi, Jayalalitha, Mayawati, evidence showing that increased female gests that the antidowry laws curbed the quite different to the table. In particular, they Sushma Swaraj and Mamata Banerjee among representation in policy making goes a long way practise of dowry to a significant extent. perform significantly better than men in several others. Interestingly, a glaring example of in improving perceptions about female implementing policies that promote the interests gender stereotyping was the labelling of Indira effectiveness in leadership roles. This decreases The encouraging drop in the exchange of of women. This was demonstrated in another Gandhi as the “only man in the cabinet”. Apart the bias among voters against women candidates, dowry gifts for marriage, however, had other study conducted by Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo from these stalwarts, the overall figures are and results in a subsequent increase in the negative consequences. The authors argue and coauthor Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, who depressing. The female representation in the percentage of female politicians contesting and that there is always an implicit bargain that used the system of mandated reservations of current National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning elections. So, such quotas have both a happens between the bride’s side and the pradhans in gram panchayats to test the government at the Centre is probably not very far shortterm and longterm impact. Indeed, voter groom’s side with each side trying to maxi effectiveness of female leadership. Their study from the typical gender composition in Indian perceptions about the efficacy of female mise its gains from the marital partnership. was made possible by the 1993 amendment of the central and State governments. Female members leadership may change so drastically in the long Laws against dowry changed the terms of bar Indian Constitution, which mandated that all make up only about 10% of the total ministerial run that quotas may no longer be necessary! gaining between the two sides to some ex States had to reserve onethird of all positions of strength. The underrepresentation of female tent. For instance, with stricter antidowry pradhan for women. Since villages chosen for the Ministers in India is also reflected in the fact that Bhaskar Dutta is Professor, Ashoka University. laws, the groom’s family could no longer ex The views expressed are personal plicitly bargain for money and other gifts as a condition for marriage. But antidowry laws CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC do not take other bargaining tools out of the equation of marriage. The groom’s family THE DAILY QUIZ could still bargain in other ways implicitly. When dowry is outlawed, the groom’s family Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is celebrating its 74th Independence Day today. may expect the bride to have a job that brings A quiz on one of India's neighbours. a steady flow of earnings to the family. The re searchers, in fact, found that parents of 1 In which year was the 5 By indulging in what ̇ Name this Burmese, the first from Asia to hold a global daughters started investing more in their country's official English traditional activity do diplomatic post between 1961 and 1971. * THE HINDU ARCHIVES daughters’ education and career to compen name, which it had held since Burmese celebrate their new sate for the absence of dowry. 1885, changed from Burma to year called Thingyan? Please send in your answers to the Myanmar? [email protected] More importantly, the outlawing of dowry 6 Name the political party also led to a drop in the status of women with 2 Name one of Asia's mighty founded by Nobel Laureate Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: 1. The second R in the family after marriage. The researchers rivers that rises and flows Aung San Suu Kyi that was ruling stands for Reuel. His full name is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, found that women’s decisionmaking powers wholly within the country. the country before being ousted 2. Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the within the family (such as their say on how to from power last February. history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning spend their husband’s earnings) dropped by 3 Name the ancient city, a with the letter ‘W’, 3. Shortage of paper after WWII, 4. Misty around 3 percentage points after dowry was UNESCO World Heritage Site, 7 Name the former First Lady Mountains, 5. The Silmarillion, 6. 17 with The Return of the outlawed. This is because when dowry could in the Mandalay Region that has of India who was born Ma King picking up the most statuettes, 7. C.S. Lewis, 8. Leonard no longer be used as a bargaining chip by wo more than 2000 Buddhist Tint Tint in Burma in 1923 and ‘Mr. Spock’ Nimoy, 9. Tengwar. men, the influence that women had within temples and pagodas. became an Indian citizen in 1951. the family began to drop. In such a scenario, Early Birds: Terril Thomas| Mohd. Kiron Karim| Mahmood unless women brought something else other 4 Kutupalong in Bangladesh is Lebbai| Anuj Mavlankar| John Ryan Jijo than dowry that was lucrative to the table, the the world's largest refugee groom’s family was likely to be disappointed camp housing more than 80,000 with the marriage deal. Violence against wo members of which ethnic group men also witnessed a rise of about 2 percen from Myanmar? tage points after dowry was outlawed. Furth er, given the widespread social stigma against Compiled by: V.V. Ramanan divorce, women had no choice but to stay in these abusive marriages. The researchers CM thus warn that prevailing social attitudes, YK such as the transactional view that many pe ople have towards marriage must be taken in to account when framing laws to protect wo men. For feedback and suggestions for Text & Context, please write to [email protected] with the subject ‘Text & Context’ S ND-NDE
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