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The Taliban completed their
sweep of the country’s
south on Friday as they took
four more provincial capitals in
a lightning offensive that is
gradually encircling Kabul, just
weeks before the US is set to
officially end its two-decade
war.
In just the last 24 hours, the
country’s second — and third-
largest cities — Herat in the
west and Kandahar in the
south — have fallen to the
insurgents as has the capital of
the southern Helmand
province, where American,
British and NATO forces
fought some of the bloodiest
battles of the conflict.
The blitz through the
Taliban’s southern heartland
means the insurgents now hold
half of Afghanistan’s 34 provin-
cial capitals and control more
than two-thirds of the country
— weeks before the US plans to
withdraw its last troops. The
Western-backed government
in the capital, Kabul, still holds
a smattering of provinces in the
centre and east, as well as the
northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
While Kabul isn’t directly
under threat yet, the resurgent
Taliban were battling
Government forces in Logar
province, some 80 kilometers
(50 miles) from the capital.
The US military has estimat-
ed that Kabul could come
under insurgent pressure with-
in 30 days and that the Taliban
could overrun the rest of the
country within a few months.
They have taken over much of
the north and west of the
country.
In the south, the insur-
gents swept through the three
provincial capitals on Friday.
Attaullah Afghan, the
head of the provincial council
in Helmand, said that the
Taliban captured Lashkar Gah
following weeks of heavy fight-
ing and raised their white flag
over Governmental buildings.
He said that three national
army bases outside of the city
remain under control of the
Government.
Atta Jan Haqbayan, the
provincial council chief in
Zabul province, said the local
capital of Qalat fell and that
officials were in a nearby army
camp preparing to leave.
Bismillah Jan Mohammad
and Qudratullah Rahimi, law-
makers from Uruzgan
province, said local officials
surrendered Tirin Kot.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday launched
the national scrappage policy
saying it will help phase out
unfit and polluting vehicles.
Addressing the Investor
Summit in Gujarat via video
conference, the Prime Minister
said this policy is going to give
a new identity to the auto sec-
tor and to the mobility of New
India.
This policy will play a big
role in the modernisation of the
vehicular population in the
country, removing unfit vehi-
cles from the roads in a scien-
tific manner, he said.
The summit is being
organised to invite investment
for setting up vehicle scrapping
infrastructure under the
Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet
Modernisation Programme or
the Vehicle Scrapping Policy.
According to the
Government, it will also draw
focus on the synergies pre-
sented by the ship-breaking
industry at Alang for the devel-
opment of an integrated scrap-
ping hub. Union Minister for
Road Transport Highways
Nitin Gadkari and Chief
Minister of Gujarat Vijay
Rupani too were present on the
occasion.
Modi said the launch of
Vehicle Scrappage Policy is a
significant milestone in India’s
development journey. The
Investor Summit in Gujarat for
setting up vehicle scrapping
infrastructure opens a new
range of possibilities.
Vehicle scrapping will help
phase out unfit and polluting
vehicles in an environment-
friendly manner, Modi said.
“Our aim is to create a
viable circular economy and
bring value for all stakehold-
ers while being environmen-
tally responsible,” said the
Prime Minister in a series of
tweets before the event.
While launching the
National Automobile
Scrappage Policy, the Prime
Minister said that this policy
is going to give a new identi-
ty to the auto sector and to the
mobility of New India. This
policy will play a big role in the
modernisation of the vehicu-
lar population in the country,
removing unfit vehicles from
roads in a scientific manner.
He said that modernity in
mobility not only reduces the
burden of travel and trans-
portation, but also proves to be
helpful for economic devel-
opment. The goal for 21st
century India to be clean,
congestion free convenient
mobility is the need of the
hour, he said.
This policy reflects our
commitment to reduce pollu-
tion from the cities and pro-
tect the environment and fast
development. This policy by
following the principle Reuse,
Recycle and Recovery will
also promote the country’s
self-reliance in the auto sector
and in the metal sector.
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Former Congress president
Rahul Gandhi on Friday
accused Twitter of being biased
and interfering in the country’s
political process by blocking his
account. The BJP took a jibe on
Rahul’s predicament and said
now even the “Twitter has
shown him the door.”
In a strong attack, Rahul
said Twitter was denying his
millions of followers the right
to an opinion and termed it as
an attack on the democratic
structure of the country.
The former Congress chief
asked whether Indians should
allow companies just because
they are beholden to the
Government of India to define
our politics.
“It’s obvious now that
Twitter is actually not a neutral,
objective platform. It is a biased
platform. It’s something that lis-
tens to what the Government
of the day says,” he charged in
a video message posted on
social media.
“By shutting down my
Twitter they are interfering in
our political process. A com-
pany is making its business to
define our politics. And as a
politician I don’t like that,” he
said.
“This is an attack on the
democratic structure of the
country. This is not an attack
on Rahul Gandhi. This is not
you know simply shutting
Rahul Gandhi down. I have 19-
20 million followers. You are
denying them the right to an
opinion. That’s what you are
doing,” Rahul Gandhi said in
his video message.
He alleged that this is not
only patently unfair, but also
breaching the idea that Twitter
is a neutral platform.
And for the investors this
is a very dangerous thing
because taking sides in the
political contest has repercus-
sions for Twitter, Rahul said.
“Our democracy is under
attack. We are not allowed to
speak in Parliament. The media
is controlled. And I thought
there was a ray of light where
we could put what we thought
on Twitter. But obviously, that’s
not the case,” he said.
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In a major move towards
tackling environmental pol-
lution, the Centre has notified
the Plastic Waste Management
Amendment Rules, 2021, pro-
hibiting manufacture, import,
stocking, distribution, sale and
use of identified single-use
plastic (SUP) items, including
candy sticks, plates, cups and
cutlery, from July 1, 2022.
The thickness of plastic
carry bags will be increased
from 50 microns to 75 microns
from September 30, 2021, and
to 120 microns from December
31, 2022, according to the noti-
fication dated August 12. This
will also allow the plastic carry
bags to be reused, it stated.
Non-woven plastic carry bags
should not be less than 60 gram
per square metre (GSM) with
effect from September 30, 2021,
the notification said.
“The manufacture, import,
stocking, distribution, sale and
use of following single-use
plastic, including polystyrene
and expanded polystyrene,
commodities shall be prohib-
ited with effect from July 1,
2022: ear buds with plastic
sticks, plastic sticks for bal-
loons, plastic flags, candy sticks,
ice-cream sticks, polystyrene
(thermocol) for decoration;
plates, cups, glasses, cutlery
such as forks, spoons, knives,
straw, trays; wrapping or pack-
ing films around sweet boxes,
invitation cards, and cigarette
packets, plastic or PVC banners
less than 100 micron, stirrers,”
it read.
The provisions will not
apply to commodities made of
compostable plastic, the noti-
fication said. In June 2018,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
had announced that India will
eliminate all single-use plastics
in the country by 2022. In the
fourth United Nations
Environment Assembly held in
2019, India had piloted a res-
olution on addressing single-
use plastic products pollution,
recognising the urgent need for
the global community to focus
on this issue.
In a statement, the
Environment Ministry said
plastic packaging waste not
covered under the phase-out of
identified single-use plastic
items should be collected and
managed in an environmen-
tally sustainable way through
the Extended Producer
Responsibility of the producer,
importer and brand owner as
per Plastic Waste Management
Rules, 2016.
For effective implementa-
tion of the Extended Producer
Responsibility, the guidelines
being brought out have been
given a legal force through the
amended rules, it said.
Extended Producer
Responsibility is a policy
approach in which producers
take responsibility for man-
agement of the disposal of
products they produce once
those products are designated
as no longer useful.
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India’s drug regulator’s deci-
sion approving a study to be
conducted by the Christian
Medical College (CMC),
Vellore on mixing of Covid-19
vaccines Covaxin and
Covishield — to be tested on
300 healthy volunteers — has
not gone down well with one of
the jab manufacturers, Serum
Institute of India (SII).
On Thursday, Cyrus
Poonawalla, chairman of the
Pune-based SII, expressed his
reservation against the idea of
mixing of Covishield and
Covaxin, saying if something
goes wrong then there could be
a blame game between the
makers of the two vaccines.
He said he is not in favour
of administering two different
Covid-19 vaccines for better
efficacy. Mixing doses of two
Covid-19 vaccines is “very
wrong”, the SII chairman said.
Poonawalla, whose firm
makes the Covishield vaccine,
was speaking to reporters after
receiving the Lokmanya Tilak
National Award in Pune.
Poonawalla’s comment
comes days after the Drugs
Controller General of India
(DCGI) approved a proposal to
conduct a study on mixing
Covaxin and Covishield vac-
cines in India. The study,
involving 300 healthy individ-
uals, will be carried out by
Christian Medical College,
Vellore.
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Ten days after the Punjab
Government reopened its
schools for all classes, more
than 40 students have been
tested positive for the novel
coronavirus, including eight
students of a Government
school in Ajnala.
The cases have been
reported from Ludhiana,
Hoshiarpur, Abohar, and on
Friday from Ajnala. Alarmed,
the State Government has
already issued directions to
ramp up the testing in
schools.
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The doctors of the All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh
have claimed to have per-
formed a complex thoracic
surgery in the treatment of a
female patient who was suf-
fering from a very rare disease
c a l l e d
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
for many years. The patient
was on oxygen support for the
last three months. The doctors
claim that after the surgery the
patient is completely healthy.
The 34 year old woman, a
resident of Muzaffarnagar dis-
trict of Uttar Pradesh (UP)
was suffering from breathing
problem for the last ten years.
Her condition deteriorated
and she needed oxygen sup-
port.
In AIIMS- Rishikesh, pul-
monary specialist Dr Mayank
after investigations diagnosed
her condition as
‘Lymphangioleiomyomatosis'.
The Surgical in-charge of
the operating team of AIIMS-
Rishikesh, Dr Madhur Uniyal
said that
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
damaged the lung tissue that
results in such problems as
inability of fully oxygenate
blood, fluid in the lungs and
collapse of normal lung. “This
disease is very rare and occurs
in one patient in ten lakh peo-
ple.
Due to this disease, the
smooth muscles in lungs grow
abnormally. In such a situation
it was necessary to remove
these unnatural tissues from
the lungs as they were com-
pressing not only heart and
central structures but also the
opposite lung was being com-
pressed.
For this a risky decision
was taken to perform surgery
on the patient's entire chest in
order to save her life,’’ he said.
Dr Uniyal told that Professor
Biplab Mishra, Chest Surgeon
of AIIMS -Delhi had provided
important support in this com-
plex thoracic surgery.
This complex surgery took
more than four hours. After
complete recovery, patient has
been successfully discharged.
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Chief Justice of
Uttarakhand High
Court, Raghavendra
Singh Chauhan will
launch mobile e-van
courts on the occasion
of the 75th
Independence Day on
Sunday. The registrar
General Dhananjay
Chaturvedi informed
this while addressing the media
persons on Friday in the high
court auditorium while adding
that the launching of mobile
courts will be one of its kind in
North India.
He said that in the first
phase, mobile e-courts will be
started in five districts of
Uttarakhand which are
Pithoragarh, Champawat,
Uttarkashi, Tehri and Chamoli
districts. Chaturvedi said that
such mobile courts will be
helpful in the speedy disposal
of the cases considering the
geographical conditions of
Uttarakhand. The chief justice
will flag off the e-court mobile
vans from the High Court
premises on August 15, stated
Chaturvedi.
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The founder of Ghanshyam
Oli Child Welfare Society,
Ajay Oli was honoured with the
National Youth Award and
medal by the Union Minister
Anurag Thakur at the National
YouthAwardorganisedinDelhi.
Total 22 people from various
parts of India were felicitated by
the union minister on Friday.
This is the first time in the last
10 years when a citizen of
Uttarakhand got this national
award. Oli was awarded for his
work against child labour and
child begging and connecting
thousands of children with edu-
cationinthelastsevenyears.Oli,
who has claimed to have con-
ducted 13,000 awareness cam-
paigns in 109 cities, dedicated
this award to the society and the
youth who are constantly work-
ing for the society across the
country.
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The Chief Municipal Health
officer Dr Kailash Joshi has
directed the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun
(MCD) sanitation staff to not
give any preferential treatment
to the government bodies in the
city while carrying out sanita-
tion works like cleaning and
garbage collection. Joshi
ordered this during the meet-
ing conducted by the munici-
pal commissioner Abhishek
Ruhela on Friday.
He ordered the sanitation
inspectors to ask the govern-
ment offices to dispose of their
garbage like others through the
door to door service rather
than asking the corporation to
specially clean their premises.
“When the MCD is approached
by some government offices
regarding the collection of the
garbage or cleaning, we do it out
of courtesy but this should not
become the routine. Ask them
to dispose of through the door
to door service or impose a
penalty on them as per the
rules,” said Dr Joshi. Talking
about improving sanitation
facilities, Ruhela said the behav-
ioural change of the public is
necessary to improve the sani-
tation issues in the city. He stat-
ed it is crucial for sanitation
staff to be more efficient while
delivering their duties on the
field as they work directly at the
ground level against sanitation
issues. We know the sanitation
employees work regularly to
clean their respective areas but
they also need to monitor who
throws garbage in open places
and take action against them,
said the commissioner. The
deputy municipal commis-
sioner Sonia Pant also said that
monitoring of areas after clean-
ing and imposing penalties for
dumping garbage in the open
must be done regularly. Many
locals do not even know that
dumping garbage in drains is an
offence.
The sanitation supervisors
need to penalise more such
offenders so that they know
about the consequences of dis-
posing of garbage in public
places, stated Pant. Kailash
Joshi also directed the sanita-
tion inspectors and supervisors
to keep a record of repeated
offenders and take action
against them. The sanitation
inspectors can impose fines for
dumping garbage in public
places from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000
depending on the intensity of
their offence. Click the pho-
tographs of such offenders who
continue to commit offences,
make a report and take legal
action against them, stated
Joshi.
He also instructed the staff
to take action against dairy
owners who continue to dump
cow dung in open areas like the
Rispana River even after mul-
tiple warnings and imposing
penalties. On the question of
resolving the sanitation issues
in the Rajiv Gandhi complex,
the officials stated that the
building comes under
Mussoorie Dehradun
Development Authority
(MDDA) and the MCD is not
liable for any sanitation issues
there.
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The State Health depart-
ment reported 27 new cases
of the novel Coronavirus
(Covid-19) and 40 recoveries
fromthediseaseinUttarakhand
on Friday. Death of one patient
ofthediseasewasreportedinthe
state on the day. The cumulative
countofCovid-19patientsinthe
state is now at 3,42,553 while a
total of 3,28,735 patients have
recoveredfromthediseasesofar.
Inthestate7370peoplehavelost
their lives to Covid -19 till date.
The recovery percentage from
the disease is at 95.97 while the
sample positivity rate on Friday
was 0.13 per cent.
The state health depart-
ment reported seven new
patients of Covid -19 each from
Bageshwar,fivefromDehradun,
four each from Chamoli and
Haridwar, three from
Pithoragarh and two each from
Rudraprayag and Tehri on
Friday. No new patient was
found in Almora, Champawat,
Nainital, Pauri, Tehri and
Uttarkashi on the day.
TheStatenowhas401active
cases of Covid 19. Dehradun
with 152 cases is at top of the
table of active cases while
Pithoragarh is at second spot
with 57 active cases. Chamoli
has 42, Bageshwar 24,
Champawat 23, Uttarkashi 20,
Haridwar14,Pauri11,Tehrifive,
Nainital and Almora four each
activecasesofthedisease.Death
of one patient of Covid-19 was
reported at Shri Mahant
Indiresh hospital Dehradun
on Friday. The State reported
one new case of Mucormycosis
(Black fungus) on Friday. A
total of 572 patients of the dis-
ease have so far been reported.
In the ongoing vaccination
drive 1,01,638 people were
vaccinated in 736 sessions in
different parts of the state on
Friday.
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The upcoming monsoon ses-
sion of Uttarakhand
Assembly slated to commence
from August 23 would not
only be a test for the new Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
but also for the leader of the
opposition (LoP) Pritam Singh
and the Parliamentary Affairs
minister Banshidhar Bhagat.
Interestingly the session would
be the first for the three lead-
ers in their new capacity.
The monsoon session of
the assembly is being organised
after the budget session which
was held in the first week of
March this year when
Trivendra Singh Rawat was
the chief minister. Immediately
after the budget session, the
central leadership of BJP direct-
ed Trivendra Singh Rawat to
step down from the post of
CM. Following the orders,
Trivendra Singh Rawat
resigned on March 9 and he
was replaced by Tirath Singh
Rawat who took oath as CM on
March 10.
However Tirath Singh
Rawat could not get the chance
to face the assembly and on July
4 he was replaced by Pushkar
Singh Dhami who would face
the assembly in the monsoon
session as the leader of the
house for the first time. The
opposition Congress also
affected a change in its leader-
ship after the death of LoP
Indira Hridayesh and after
days of protracted deliberations
appointed Chakrata MLA
Pritam Singh as leader of its
legislature party in the state
assembly.
The party removed Singh
from the position of Pradesh
Congress Committee (PCC)
president and appointed
Ganesh Godiyal to the position.
After the change of CM, the
parliamentary affairs minister
was also changed as Madan
Kaushik was made president of
Uttarakhand BJP and
Banshidhar Bhagat was drawn
into the cabinet in his place.
The performance of these three
key players, the leader of the
house ( Dhami), LoP ( Pritam
Singh) and parliamentary
affairs ( Bhagat) would be
keenly watched during the
Monsoon session.
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Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami has directed
the Public Works Department
(PWD) to undertake a cam-
paign to make the roads of the
state free from pot holes. The
CM took a meeting of the offi-
cials of PWD, National
Highways Authority of India
(NHAI), National Highways
and Infrastructure
Development Corporation
Limited (NHIDCL) and
Border Roads Organisation
(BRO) at the state secretariat
on Friday.
In the meeting, the CM
said that the work to make the
roads of the state free from
potholes should start from
September 15 after end of
monsoon period. He cau-
tioned that special emphasis
on quality should be made. He
said that proper plan should be
prepared for the areas where
the works of smart city and
PWD are going on side by
side. The CM said that a rope
way division should be set up
in the
PWD for
giving an
imp etus
to the
ropeway
conne c-
tivity and
directed
the secre-
taries of
smart city
p r o j e c t
and PWD
to convene a meeting for it.
He said that the union gov-
ernment is giving full support
to Uttarakhand in increasing
road connectivity.
He said that the proposal
for roads, bridges, ropeways
and tunnels on NH should be
made.
The CM said that the
works on the Dehradun and
Haldwani ring roads should be
expedited and the Jaspur
bypass and Bhawali bypass
should get completed till
September this year.
The Chief Secretary (CS),
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu said
that the drone surveys of all
road projects should be done
and a platform for information
dissemination about damaged
roads should be developed.
The meeting was also
attended by additional chief
secretary Anand Bardhan,
Principal Secretary R K
Sudhanshu, special secretary
to CM, Parag Madhukar
Dhakate, engineer in chief of
PWD, Hariom Sharma and
others.
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Even though the number of
the cases of Covid-19 in
Uttarakhand have decreased
substantially, the disease would
cast its shadow in the upcom-
ing Monsoon session of the
state assembly. Taking no
chances the assembly speaker
Prem Chand Agarwal has
directed that the Covid-19 pro-
tocols would be strictly fol-
lowed during the session. The
monsoon session of the assem-
bly is slated to be held from
August 23 in Dehradun.
Talking to the media per-
sons after presiding over a
meeting held to discuss the
preparation for the session,
speaker Agarwal said on Friday
that all the members and the
employees would have to pro-
duce a negative report of RT-
PCR test for entry into the
assembly building. He howev-
er added that the assembly sec-
retariat is deliberating on
exempting those who have
received both doses of vaccine
from the mandatory RT-PCR
test. He said that the Covid pro-
tocol would have a bearing on
the seating plan of the mem-
bers and they would be seated
in the main hall and the hall
number 107. The speaker
informed that arrangements
in districts and MLA hostel
would be made for conducting
RT-PCR test of the MLAs. He
said that arrangements of ther-
mal scanning and sanitisation
would be made during the
session.
Agarwal said that the visi-
tors and the security personnel
of the MLAs would not be
allowed entry into the assem-
bly building. In response to a
question he said that the assem-
bly secretariat has so far
received 762 questions for the
session.
Earlier on the day while
presiding over a meeting of the
officers, the speaker said that all
necessary preparations should
be completed on time for the
session. He directed that the
vehicles should be parked at
pre-designated places and
arrangements of fire tenders,
teams of health department
and ambulances should be
made.
The meeting was attended
by chief secretary Sukhbir
Singh Sandhu, additional chief
secretary ( home) Anand
Bardhan, principal secretary (
estates) R K Sudhanshu,
Garhwal commissioner
Ravinath Raman, health secre-
tary Amit Singh Negi, secretary
S A Murugeshan and others
senior officers.
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In order to intensify their
protest against the
Uttarakhand Government for
inviting e-tender of private con-
tractors for the packaging and
supply of take home ration
(THR) in all districts, women of
various self-help groups protest-
ed outside the Secretariat in
Dehradun. A large number of
women started their protest
against the State government on
Thursday as according to them,
if the THR work will be carried
out by the private companies it
willsnatchthelivelihoodofover
two lakh women in State. When
nogovernmentofficialrespond-
ed to their protest on Thursday,
the protestors said they decided
to gherao the secretariat. “We
justwantthegovernmenttogive
back to us the work we have
been doing for the past eight
years. This is the reason we are
protesting for the rights of over
two lakh women. The govern-
ment is constantly telling us that
we will not be jobless because of
this tender but it fails to tell us
what we will do other than this
work. We cannot leave fighting
for our livelihood on the basis of
some verbal assurance,” said
Shyama Devi from Nari Shakti
Swaroop Mahila Pradesh
Sangathan (NSSMPS). She said
that the women protested out-
side the secretariat to meet State
government representatives but
they did not receive any
response. “When the city mag-
istrateKusumChauhancameto
the protest site, we gave a mem-
orandumtoherforthesecretary
of the department of Women
Empowerment and Child
Development (WECD). We
haveclearlystatedinitthatifthe
government will not cancel the
e-tender soon, all the SHGs
women will commence an
indefinite hunger strike,”
informed Devi. Another
protesting member Pooja
Dwivedi also said that it is
appalling how the only women
Cabinet Minister in State is
planning to snatch the employ-
mentofseveralwomen.Shealso
questioned that the officials
from WECD has also made
statements that this e-tender
process for inviting private con-
tractors is done under the
Central Government’s order
thenwhyitisnotbeingfollowed
in other the States and why the
same tender was cancelled by
the dormer CM Tirath Singh
Rawat. “No such statements
are reliable and we will fight for
our livelihood, '' Dwivedi stat-
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Aday after the Government
and the Opposition parties
put forth their respective
demandforaprobeintothepro-
ceedings of the Rajya Sabha a
few minutes before the sine die
when a scuffle happened, Vice
President and Rajya Sabha
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu
on Friday said a detailed con-
siderationoftheissuewasunder
way and an appropriate view
would be taken at the earliest.
The Chairman said the
Opposition and the ruling
party were “like his two eyes
and both were equal for him
and a proper vision was possi-
ble with two eyes”. He said that
on many occasions it was the
collective responsibility of both
the sides to enable smooth
functioning of the House.
“If anybody held a differ-
ent view about my handling of
the proceedings in the House,
I would leave it to their wis-
dom,” Naidu said.
On the issue of persistent
disruptions, Naidu said the
legislatures are meant for
debate and discussion and out-
side political battles should
not be fought on the ‘table of
the House’.
After Opposition leader
and Congress veteran Jairam
Ramesh on Friday said that
only 12 per cent of the bills
were being sent for parlia-
mentary scrutiny in commit-
tees and also how the
Constitution (127th)
Amendment Bill wasn’t sent to
a select committee despite
opposition demands, Naidu
said whenever differences per-
sisted on such matters in the
House, the House collectively
took a call and the Chair “could
not force it one way or the
other”.
The government has
demanded a committee on the
lines of the one former speak-
er Somnath Chatterjee formed
to probe the role of MPs in the
cash for query scam in 2005.
The committee then head-
ed by Congress minister Pawan
Bansal recommended expul-
sion of 11 MPs. The Parliament
later voted to expel all MPs.
An internal Rajya Sabha
committee has named some
MPs, including Trinamool
Congress’ Dola Sen, Congress’
Nasir Husain, Phulo Devi
Nehtam and Chhaya Verma,
CPM’s Elamaram Kareem and
CPI’s Binoy Vishwam among
those who allegedly took part
in the August 11 ruckus.
The internal committee
report also says that two mar-
shals—a woman allegedly
dragged by two Congress
women MPs and a male who
suffocated after being alleged-
ly caught by the neck by an MP
attempting to break the cor-
don—have filed complaints
with Naidu.
The internal security
report says that the marshals
had cordoned the table of the
House during the passage of
insurance amendment bill on
August 11 and the opposition
MPs “started using force when
they were unable to break the
security cordon to climb on the
table”.
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Domestic air travel has
become costlier as the
Ministry of Civil Aviation has
Friday raised the lower as well
as upper caps on fares by 9.83
to 12.82 per cent, modifying its
previous order. It has also
allowed Airlines to operate a
maximum of 72.5 per cent of
their pre-Covid domestic
flights instead of the 65 per cent
allowed till date. The actual
price, however, will be more
than this as the caps mentioned
by the government in its order
does not include the passenger
security fee, user development
fee for the airports and the GST.
This is the 4th time that the
flight ticket prices have been
revised. Ticket prices were
revised in February, May and
June. The hike in the air traf-
fic fuel price is the reason for
the consecutive hikes.
As a result, Delhi-Mumbai
one-way minimum fare will
rise from C 4,700 to C5287.5
and the maximum fare will rise
from C13,000 to C14,625 (taxes
extra). The revision comes at a
time when domestic travel has
picked momentum and with
other countries relaxing lock-
down restrictions on Indian
flights, international passenger
flights to several destinations
are resuming.
In an order issued late
Thursday night, the ministry
increased the lower limit for
flights under 40 minutes of
duration from C2,600 to C2,900
— an increase of 11.53 percent.
The upper cap for flights under
40 minutes of duration was
increased by 12.82percent to Rs
8,800. Similarly, flights with
duration between 40-60 min-
utes have a lower limit of
C3,700 instead of C3,300 now,
the order said.
The upper cap on these
flights was increased by 12.24
percent to C11,000. The flights
with duration between 60-90
minutes have a lower limit of C
4,500 -- an increase of 12.5 per-
cent. The upper cap on these
flights was increased by 12.82
percent to C13,200.
Now, domestic flights of
duration between 90-120, 120-
150, 150-180 and 180-210 min-
utes have lower caps of C 5,300,
C6,700, C8,300 and C9,800,
respectively, as per the min-
istry's order.
Till date, domestic flights
of duration between 90-120,
120-150, 150-180 and 180-210
minutes had the lower limits of
C4,700, C6,100, C7,400 and
C8,700, respectively. The min-
istry also allowed Airlines to
operate a maximum of 72.5 per
cent of their pre-Covid domes-
tic flights instead of the 65 per
cent allowed till date.
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Raising concerns over gender
gap in Covid-19 vaccine
administration, the NCW has
written to all States and UTs to
take measures to ensure that
women are not left behind in
the vaccination drive. The pre-
sent vaccination data shows a
huge gap of more than three
crore in male-female vaccina-
tion. According to Government
data, 27,86,40,043 men and
24,75,03,625 women have been
vaccinated against Covid-19
till now.
In a letter to all chief sec-
retaries, the National
Commission for Women
(NCW) referred to a media
report that highlighted the low
uptake of anti-Covid jabs
among women. “The gap in
immunisation coverage
between the two genders is a
matter of great concern for the
Commission and, therefore,
Chairperson Rekha Sharma
has written to chief secretaries
of all States/UTs to take mea-
sures to close the gender gap in
vaccination and to ensure that
women are not left behind in
the vaccination drive,” the
NCW said.
The Commission said the
report has highlighted that the
current gender gap in admin-
istering vaccines is significant-
ly more among the elderly
population than the younger
women. “It reflects the exist-
ing gender stereotypes in the
society due to which women
are being left behind and the
reasons include unequal access
to resources and technology for
both genders,” it said.
The Commission stated
that there is an urgent need to
increase the proportion of
women coming to vaccination
booths for receiving the vaccine
so that the gap in immunisa-
tion coverage can be correct-
ed.”There is also a need to cre-
ate public health awareness so
that more and more women are
vaccinated on priority,” the
NCW said.
In its letter, NCW has
mentioned that in many house-
holds, women's health is not
considered a priority as com-
pared to men if they do not
work outside the home and end
up getting less preference for
vaccination but women, being
the primary care-givers, are
more likely to get infected
while taking care of any sick
member of the family. “The
state government should also
continue the campaigns so as
toensure correct information
reaches to the remotest part of
India,” the commission said.
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Days after Twitter blocked
Rahul Gandhi's handle,
the National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) has written to
Facebook seeking an appro-
priate action about posts
allegedly “revealing identity of
victims” after Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi posted visuals of
his meeting with the family of
a deceased Dalit girl on his
Instagram profile for violation
of Juvenile Justice Act.
In a letter to Facebook,
NCPCR said it has come across
a video posted on the
Instagram profile of Gandhi
wherein the identity of the
victim minor girl's family has
been disclosed. In this video
the faces of the father and the
mother of the deceased girl can
be clearly seen, which is in vio-
lation of the prescribed provi-
sions of law, it added.
Instagram, a photo and video
sharing social networking plat-
form, is owned by Facebook.
The NCPCR Chief Priyank
Kanoongo on Friday said they
have received a complaint
regarding the uploading of a
video on Instagram which
revealed the identity of the par-
ents. “We wrote to Instagram to
take corrective action,” he said.
“We asked them for a reply
within three days, the duration
concludes today. If we don't get
a reply, then we will take action
against them under Section 14
of the Commissions for
Protection of Child Rights Act,
2005,” the NCPCR chief added.
The NCPCR asked
Facebook for taking appropri-
ate action against the Instagram
profile of Gandhi over violation
of provisions of the Juvenile
Justice Act, 2015, the Protection
of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012,
and the Indian Penal Code, and
demanded the removal of the
video from the platform.
Section 74 of the Juvenile
Justice Act, 2015, prohibits the
disclosure of identity of a child
inanyformofmediaandSection
23ofthePOCSOAct,2012,also
states that no information or
photo of a child should be pub-
lished in any form of media
which could reveal the identity
of the child. This information
under Section 23 of the POCSO
Act includes his/her name,
address, photograph, family
details, school, neighbourhood
or any other particulars which
may lead to disclosure of iden-
tity of the child.
“Therefore, posting of the
video of the minor victim's
family on social media plat-
form-Instagram has been
observed by the Commission
to be a violation of Section 74
of the Juvenile Justice Act,
2015, Section 23 of the POCSO
Act, 2012, Section 228A of the
IPC and the guidelines of the
Hon'ble Court as well. In view
of the same, the Commission
deems it appropriate to take
suo-moto cognisance under
Section 13(1) and notice under
Section 14 of the CPCR Act,
2005 in this matter,” the
NCPCR said.
“Accordingly, the link to
the Instagram video is being
forwarded for taking appro-
priate action against the
Instagram profile of Rahul
Gandhi for violation of provi-
sions of JJ Act, 2015, POCSO
Act, 2012 and IPC and removal
of the Instagram video from the
platform,” it added.
NCPCR had on 4 August
asked the Delhi Police and
Twitter to take action over
Rahul tweeting the photo of the
girl’s family. The microblogging
site blocked his account fol-
lowing the complaint.
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The Government on Friday
launched “IndiGau’, India’s
first Single Nucleotide
Polymorphism (SNP) based
chip for the conservation of
pure varieties of indigenous
cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej,
Sahiwal, Ongole etc. The aim is
to conserve the country’s
breeds with better characters
and help towards doubling of
farmers’ income by 2022:.
IndiGau is purely indige-
nous and the largest cattle chip
of the world with 11,496 mark-
ers, said Union Minister of
State for Science Technology
Jitender Singh after releasing
the chip here.
This indigenous chip was
developed by the scientists of
the National Institute of
Animal Biotechnology (NAIB),
Hyderabad, an autonomous
institution under the aegis of
the Department of
Biotechnology.
Singh said the CHIP of
our own indigenous cows is a
great example of self-reliant
India / “ATMA NIRBHAR
BHARAT”. “this chip will have
practical utility in the govern-
ment's schemes to achieve the
goal of conservation of our own
breeds with better characteris-
tics and help towards dou-
bling farmers' income by 2022.
Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary
DBT also informed that the
DBT is looking forward to
implementing this technology
in the field with the help of
other agencies like NDDB,
DAHDF, ICAR etc. To further
the use of this chip in generat-
ing phenotypic and genotypic
correlations, NIAB has entered
into a collaborative agreement
with National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB).
NIAB has also entered into
an MoU with private industry
to generate capability within
India for designing and mak-
ing our own SNP chips. These
may be very low-density SNP
chips in the beginning and
slowly this technology can be
further strengthened for bigger
chips, making India self-reliant
in this field, said a Government
statement.
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India is a peace-loving nation
but is fully capable of giving
a befitting reply if challenged,
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Friday. He also
said the Government is deter-
mined to develop a powerful
and self-reliant India.
He made this assertion
while virtually launching a
series of major events, organ-
ised by the Armed Forces and
various other organisations of
Ministry of Defence, to mark
the 75th anniversary of India’s
Independence and paid
homage to all the brave-hearts
who laid down their lives for
the country.
Rajnath congratulated the
Ministry and the Armed Forces
for organising various events
across the country which will
“instill a sense of national
pride among the people”.
Echoing the government’s
resolve, Rajnath said, “We aim
to develop a powerful and self-
reliant Bharat which is peace-
loving but fully capable of giv-
ing a befitting reply whenever
challenged”.
He assured the nation that
the Armed Forces are fully
equipped to deal with any
challenge that endangers the
safety, security, unity and
integrity of the nation. He said
the decisions aimed to promote
jointness among the Armed
Forces will play a pivotal role in
bolstering the security infra-
structure of the country.
Reiterating the
Government’s plan to make
India ‘AatmaNirbhar’, he said
no stone is being left unturned
to make the country self-reliant
in defence manufacturing. He
said the country’s dependency
on imports has decreased due
to measures taken by the
Government, including noti-
fying two positive indigenisa-
tion lists to promote self-
reliance and defence exports.
He made mention of
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Vikrant, the first aircraft carri-
er to be built in India, saying it
was a moment of pride for the
entire nation when the aircraft
carrier undertook its maiden
sea voyage recently.
Rajnath congratulated the
Indian contingent for its excel-
lent performance in the recent-
ly concluded Tokyo Olympics,
especially Subedar Neeraj
Chopra, who bagged India’s
only Gold of the Games in
Javelin Throw.
Speaking on the occasion,
CDS General Bipin Rawat
remembered Mahatma Gandhi
and Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose for their leadership role in
Independence movement.
Army chief General M M
Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral
Karambir Singh, IAF chief RKS
Bhadauria, Secretary (Defence
Production) Raj Kumar,
Secretary (Ex-servicemen
Welfare) B Anand, Secretary,
Department of Defence RD
and Chairman, DRDO Dr G
Satheesh Reddy, Financial
Advisor (Defence
Services)Sanjiv Mittal, Indian
Coast Guard chief K Natarajan,
National Cadet Corps
(NCC)chief Lieutenant General
Tarun Kumar Aich, Director
General Border Roads
Organisation(BRO) Lt Gen
Rajeev Chaudhary and other
senior civil and military offi-
cials were present on the occa-
sion.
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Pakistani spy agency Inter-
Services Intelligence (ISI)
has held a meeting with the ter-
ror commanders of its terror
affiliates Hizbul Mujahideen,
Al Badr and Jaish-e-
Mohammad among others at
Manakpalyan, Muzaffarabad,
to intensify attacks on securi-
ty forces and their convoys in
Jammu Kashmir ahead of
the Independence Day
celebrations.
The specific inputs suggest
intensified attacks on the
National Highway starting near
Banihal and reaching Srinagar.
The attacks are also likely
planned for Srinagar city.
Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and
other areas in order to send a
“strong” message to the Indian
establishment that the terror-
ist groups in Kashmir are still
active and have the capability
to strike at will.
The August 9 meeting,
according to intelligence
reports, was organised by ISI’s
Col. Yakoub who tasked the
terror commanders to “urgent-
ly convey to the OGWs (over
ground workers) and their
cadres in the Kashmir Valley to
carry out multiple attacks
against Security Forces,
Convoys etc starting from the
National Highway near Banihal
and coming towards Srinagar.”
“Attacks are also likely to be
carried out especially in
Srinagar city, Kupwara,
Baramulla, Uri and other areas.
Terrorists have been instruct-
ed to use any method available
with them including indis-
criminate firing, IED blasts,
grenade attacks, VBIEDs
(Vehicle-Borne IEDs) etc.
against security forces, convoys,
Naka parties etc on or before 15
August 2021, to send a strong
message to the Indian estab-
lishment and SFs that terrorist
groups in Kashmir are still
active and have the capability
to strike at will.” reads an intel-
ligence alert circulated to the
security forces deployed on
the ground in Jammu and
Kashmir.
While there were intelli-
gence inputs, the terror groups
on Thursday engaged the secu-
rity forces at Malpora in which
one Constable Umesh Kumar
of 46 Battalion of the CRPF
sustained a gunshot wound
on his right foot whose condi-
tion is stated to be stable.
While the CRPF was the
first to reach the spot and cor-
don off a building at Mirbazar
in south Kashmir's Kulgam
district in which the terrorists
were holed up, the Jammu and
Kashmir police and the Army
subsequently joined the oper-
ation, officials said.
The gunfight between the
joint forces and the terrorists
was underway till the filing of
the report.
CRPF officials lamented
the lack of technical intelligence
gathering authority for which
they have to rely on the police.
“Technical intelligence
capability, including mobile
communication interception
capacity would go a long way
in generating real-time action-
able intelligence for locating,
monitoring and decoding the
social media Apps/communi-
cation being used by the terror
outfits and swiftly launching
anti-terror operations,” experts
said.
With major deployment
for law and order as also anti-
terrorist operations in the
Valley, the CRPF has been the
hardest hit in such operations
due to lack of technical intelli-
gence gathering capacity, offi-
cials added.
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The Bharatiya Janata Yuva
Morcha (BJYM) will mark
the 75th Year of India’s
Independence with a cam-
paign of 75 km cycle rallies and
running events in 75 locations
across the country from August
15-17. The Yuva Sankalp Yatra
is part of the country’s Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
BJP National General
Secretary Tarun Chugh and
BJYM National President
Tejasvi Surya said at a press
conference that Yuva Morcha
will strive to ensure maximum
participation from the youth by
conducting various pro-
grammes across the year. One
of the first set of events being
organised is the Yuva Sankalp
Yatra and Rashtragaan
Samarpan programme.
“The Yuva Sankalp Yatra
intends to promote the message
of New India and Honourable
Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi’s vision of India for 2047
and the role of youth. The
cycling and running pro-
grammes are also intended to
encourage all the young people
of the country to be fitter and
stronger to create a healthy and
resilient nation”, said Chugh
and Surya.
In addition to the Yuva
Sankalp Yatra, the BJYM will
also activate 7,50,000 cadres to
sing the national anthem
together at 7.50 am on August
15 in all districts with a mini-
mum of 75 people in one dis-
trict. It has also instructed its
cadre to upload a recorded clip
of the National Anthem on the
Ministry of Culture’s
www.rashtragaan.in website.
“The Yuva Morcha has
invited all young people to
participate in the Yatra in their
district. Young people are
expected to join in large num-
bers in 75 different locations
spread across the country to
cycle during Yuva Sankalp,”
said Surya.
Each state is free to choose
running or cycling events as
part of the Yatra. In case of run-
ning, the states will organise 5
km of running in 15 locations.
In case of cycling, the states will
organize 15 km of cycling in 5
locations, totally contributing
to 75 km per Yatra location.
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The first nasal vaccine
against Covid-19 devel-
oped by Bharat Biotech and
supported by the Department
of Biotechnology (DBT) and
its PSU, Biotechnology
Industry Research Assistance
Council (BIRAC), has got
the DCGI's nod for conduct-
ing phase 2 and 3 trials, the
Government said on Friday.
Phase 1 clinical trial has
been completed in age groups
ranging from 18 to 60 years,
it said. “Bharat Biotech's
intranasal vaccine is the first
nasal vaccine that has
received the regulatory
approval for Phase 2/3 trials,”
the DBT said in a statement
here. This is the first of its
kind Covid-19 jab to under-
go human clinical trials in
India. BBV154 is an intranasal
replication-deficient chim-
panzee adenovirus SARS-
CoV-2 vectored vaccine.
Bharat Biotech has in-licensed
technology from Washington
University in St Louis, US,
according to 5reports.
As per the updates, Phase
1 clinical trial has been com-
pleted in age groups ranging
18 to 60 years.
The company has report-
ed that the doses of the vac-
cine administered to healthy
volunteers in the Phase I
clinical trial, has been well tol-
erated. It also added that no
serious adverse events were
reported. Previously, the vac-
cine was found to be safe,
immunogenic and well toler-
ated in the pre-clinical toxic-
ity studies. The vaccine was
able to elicit high levels of
neutralizing antibodies in
animal studies, the
report said.
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Nine States have reported
single dose vaccination
coverage to over 50 per cent of
their adult population with
Himachal Pradesh taking the
lead at 77 per cent while Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal and
Bihar lagging behind at 33 per
cent coverage so far, as per the
Government data.
Overall 43 per cent of the
total adult population in the
country has received the first
dose since the launch of the
vaccination programme in
January 16 by administering
doses to the frontline health
workers. In comparison, just 9
per cent of the total adult pop-
ulation have been inoculated so
far.
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
Kerala, Uttarakhand and
Rajasthan have already given
double doses of vaccine to a
large percentage of the
population.
According to a special
research report from the State
Bank of India’s Economic
Research Department —
“Covid-19: Vaccinate, vacci-
nate vaccinate”, the govern-
ment has managed to fully
vaccinate 9 per cent of the
country's total population and
12 per of the eligible popula-
tion. It said that daily cases in
the last 50 days have averaged
to 3.0 per 1 lakh population,
while daily deaths average to
0.6 per 1 million.
The report, authored by
Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group
Chief Economic Adviser, SBI,
said that 43 per cent of eligible
population stands vaccinated
with first dose and 12 per cent
with second dose.
“If we go by the present
vaccination rate of vaccination
—45 lakh per day, the critical
mass (70%) may be covered by
the first dose by the end of
November this year and second
dose by March 15 next year,”
the report said.
The latest nationwide sero-
logical survey conducted by the
Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) showed that
67.6 per cent in the age group
of 6 and above have Covid anti-
bodies. Different states have
different levels of sero-positiv-
ity. Combining this with the
population with double doses,
the estimated susceptible pop-
ulation for our sample 14 states
which includes Maharashtra,
Kerala among others, comes at
20.4 crore.
“There is an urgent need to
vaccinate these people imme-
diately. To vaccinate these peo-
ple, we need around 45-days
for the first dose,” Ghosh said
in the report.
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
Kerala, Uttarakhand and
Rajasthan have already given
double doses of vaccine to a
large percentage of the popu-
lation, the report said.
Vaccination in rural areas
has increased significantly for
certain states including Andhra
Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and
Uttar Pradesh and rural India’s
share has also come down in
total cases.
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Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath conducted an
aerial survey of the flood-affect-
ed areas of Ghazipur and Ballia
districts on Friday and later
interacted with flood-ravaged
people in these districts and
assured them all possible help
from the government.
Swollen rivers have affect-
ed 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh
and 600 villages are badly hit.
We have deployed State Disaster
Response Force (SDRF),
National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) and a nodal
officer for each flood-hit area.
Like we handled the coron-
avirus pandemic effectively and
we will also handle the flood sit-
uation,” the chief minister said
while interacting with the media
on Friday afternoon.
Yogi added, “The main rea-
son for the swelling of UP
rivers is release of water from
Kota barrage in Rajasthan,
Matatila in MP and Hathni
Kund dam in Haryana. In Ballia,
34 villages are flooded, affecting
a population of 1.25 lakh. I have
earlier reviewed the flood situ-
ation in Bhadohi, Chandauli
and Mirzapur districts.”
Talking on women’s safety
in flood-relief camps, the chief
minister said that women con-
stables had been deployed in
each camp and officials of the
district administration had been
directed to seek the cooperation
of public figures in the distrib-
ution of relief materials.
In Ballia, Yogi met the
affected people at Saraswati
Vidya Mandir in Maldeypur
and distributed relief material.
The water levels of the
Ganga and Yamuna rivers have
crossed the danger mark at
several places in Uttar Pradesh.
In Varanasi, the Ganga was
flowing 72 centimeters above
the danger mark after eight
years.
Meanwhile, teams of NDRF
have been conducting rescue
operations for flood victims.
Earlier on Wednesday,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
had a detailed conversation
with the Varanasi district
administration about the flood
situation in his parliamentary
constituency and assured all
possible support.
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Veer Singh, a three-year-old
nephew of a BJP leader,
became the youngest victim of
terrorist violence in the frontier
district of Rajouri late Thursday
night after a powerful grenade
blast inflicted splinter injuries to
seven other family members
including his parents and two
brothers.
The BJP leader has been
identified as Mandal President
Jasbir Singh-an ex-serviceman.
Accordingtopolice,thegrenade
blasttookplacearound9.30p.m
near Khandali bridge chowk in
the heart of Rajouri.
Immediately after the grenade
blast took place the security
forces rushed to the residence of
a BJP leader and shifted the
injured to the Government
Medical College hospital with
the assistance of local residents.
Theentireareawasalsocor-
doned off and a manhunt was
launched to track down the
footprintsofattackerswhoprob-
ably took advantage of the dark-
ness in the night. DIG Rajouri-
Poonch range Vivek Gupta also
rushed to the hospital as palpa-
ble tension prevailed in the area
due to lack of patient care facil-
ities. In the surcharged atmos-
phere local residents and close
relativesshouted slogansagainst
the local administration and
alleged due to lack of security
cover the terrorists managed to
target the BJP leader.
According to close relatives
of Jasbir Singh the entire fami-
lywassittingtogetherinthefirst
floor gallery of the house at the
time of the grenade attack.
The BJP leader himself
received serious injuries and
was operated upon late in the
Government Medical College
hospital in Rajouri.His seven
montholddaughterwasreferred
to GMC, Jammu for advance
treatment. Medical
Superintendent Dr Mehmood
Hussain Bajar said, three year
oldVeerSinghsuccumbedtohis
injuries late in the night while
Jasbir Singh was operated upon.
Other family members were
also receiving treatment in the
hospital.Thisisthesecondinci-
dent of terrorist violence where
a BJP leader was targeted by the
terrorists in the runup to the
75th Independence day cele-
brations in Jammu Kashmir.
On August 9, a BJP
Sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Dar
and his wife in Anantnag were
gunneddownincoldbloodnear
Lal Chowk area of Anantnag.
Following the grenade
attack, Rajouri town witnessed
complete shut down on Friday.
The last rites of Veer Singh were
also performed by the family
amid tight security arrange-
ments. Shops remained closed
and main market places wore a
deserted look in the Rajouri
town.Localresidentsalsostaged
protest demonstrations
demanding action against the
perpetrators of terrorist vio-
lence. BJP JK unit Chief
Ravinder Raina visited injured
family members in the GMC,
Rajouri.
Lt- Governor Manoj Sinha
strongly condemned the cow-
ardly attack in the house of a
political leader in Rajouri in
which a 2-year old child was
killed others were injured.
Sinha said, perpetrators of
this heinous act will be brought
to justice soon.
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APakistani terrorist belong-
ing to the Lashkar-e- Taiba
outfit was gunned down by the
joint team of security forces
during an eight hour long
operation near Malpora cross-
ing in Kulgam district late on
Thursday night.
During the fierce gunfight
two security force personnel
received injuries, whereas two
civilians were also injured far
away from the site by stray pro-
jectiles. The joint team also
safely evacuated 22 civilians
including shopkeepers, elderly,
women and children.
According to a police
spokesman, a convoy of BSF
moving on NH-44 was
attacked by terrorists near
Malpora crossing, Kulgam
around 2.30 p.m on Thursday.
The foreign terrorist was prob-
ably tasked to inflict consid-
erable damage to the security
forces to disrupt scheduled
functions ahead of 15th August
and spread fear amongst the
general public.
According to a police
spokesman, following swift
action by the joint team of
security forces the foreign ter-
rorist was trapped in an inhab-
ited building. Keeping in view
the huge and concrete structure
of the building and to minimize
the collateral damage, drones
were pressed in for monitoring
the movement of terrorists
hiding inside. During this exer-
cise two drones were
destroyed.
In the ensuing encounter,
joint teams of Kulgam Police,
Army and CRPF successfully
neutralised a foreign terrorist
identified as Usman of
Pakistan, affiliated with pro-
scribed terror outfit LeT.
The security forces recov-
ered RPG Launcher-01, RPG
rounds-04, AK series rifle-01,
AK magazines-03 and two
grenades from the site of the
encounter.
Meanwhile, in Mendhar
area of Poonch, a suspicious
person identified as Mehmood
Hussain S/o Mohammad
Munshi R/o Kasbalari was
apprehended at the security
checkpoint. During his per-
sonal search an IED having
four sticky bombs and an
amount of Rupees 10500/-have
been recovered from his pos-
session
In this regard an FIR
no.313/2021 u/s 23 ULAPA has
been registered in P/s Mendhar
and further investigation is
going on.
Mumbai: In yet another attack
on a raiding Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) team, five NCB
officialswereinjuredwhensome
armed drug peddlers resisted
thematMankhurdinnorth-east
Mumbai on Thursday night.
Confirming the incident,
NCB Zonal head Sameer
Wankhedesaidthattheincident
happened when his department
team had gone to apprehend a
gang of foreign peddlers oper-
ating from a wooded area locat-
ed along the railway lines at
Mankhurd.
“The drug peddlers sud-
denly attacked the NCB team
members with machetes and
stones. One of our officials suf-
fered a head injury, while four
others suffered superficial
wounds,” Wankhede said.
Thursday’s was the third
attack in nine months by drug
peddlersontheNCBofficialson
duty. In fact, the latest is the sec-
ond attack on the NCB sleuths
in a week. Earlier in November
last year, the drug peddlers had
attacked NCB officials at
Goregaon in north Mumbai.
Undeterred by the attack,
the NCB officials managed to
arrest a Nigerian and seized a
huge haul of drugs comprising
7.5 gms Cocaine, 254 gms hero-
in and 52 gms Mephedrone,
totallyworthoverC1croreinthe
illicit markets Acting on a tip-
off that a gang of 4 to 5 for-
eigners was engaged in an ille-
gal drug peddling business, the
NCB officials laid a trap and
intercepted one foreigner,
Obiorah Ekwelar of Anambra
west, Onisha, Nigeria.
The armed gang, with
which the NCB officials had a
physical stand-off, had become
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Pepper, particularly the vari-
eties grown in the high
ranges of Kerala, Tamil Nadu
and Karnataka were known as
Black Gold because traders
from Arab countries, Africa
and Europe made it to the
Malabar Coast in search of this
cash crop, an essential ingre-
dient in the delicacies of those
regions.
The foreign traders were
ready to shell out the price
commanded by the cultivators
of this spice.
Over the years, the com-
modity is being used to violate
Government of India rules in
foreign trade as terrorists,
money launderers and hawala
operators have
devised a new modus operan-
di to hoodwink the investigat-
ing agencies and bring in black
money using this black
gold.
The fly by night operators
use pepper from Sri Lanka
imported as part of South
Asian Free Trade Area
(SAFTA) Agreement to violate
the law of the land and flood
the country with hawala money
to further their nefarious activ-
ities which has resulted in pep-
per growers and traders taking
a big hit, according to traders
and farmers.
“While pepper from Sri
Lanka could be imported in
India only at a rate of C558 per
kg, the new generation traders
are importing the same at a pal-
try price of C350 per kg and sell
the same at C400/- per kg
which make them richer by
C50,000 for every tonne of
imported pepper,” said Kishore
Shamji, coordinator of Indian
Pepper and Spice Traders,
Growers and Planters
Consortium (IPSTGPC).
He said that the pepper for
domestic use was imported
through Kochi, Thoothukudi
and Chennai Ports.
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Though it was widely expect-
ed that the revised Tamil
Nadu budget for 2021-2022
may contain heavy dose of tax-
ation, people in the State were
in for a major relief as Finance
Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga
Rajan presented a budget on
Friday free of any hike in taxes.
The Finance Minister made
his maiden budget speech a
unique event by announcing a
cut of C3/- on every litre of
petrol sold in the State. This
means that consumers in the
State need pay Cthree less for
every litre of petrol. Thiaga
Rajan, a financial expert by
profession, did not burden the
people with any new taxes.
Even the Indian Made Liquor
was left untouched bringing
cheer to the millions of tipplers
across the State.
In the White Paper on
Tamil Nadu’s economy pub-
lished early this week, Thiaga
Rajan had portrayed a grim pic-
ture about the State’s finances.
“As per statistics there are 2.16
million families in Tamil Nadu.
Based on that the public debt
burden on each family is C2,63,
976. This debt excludes loans
taken by undertakings by elec-
tricity boards, transport under-
takings and metro water,” the
Minister had told during the
release of the White Paper.
He had also disclosed that
the State was in worst financial
crisis and it would take mini-
mum five years to bring the
economy back to normal. “Since
2013 Tamil Nadu has become a
chronic revenue deficit State.
The financial mismanage-
mentandinefficiencyoftheten-
year long AIADMK
Government had resulted in the
State losing income of more
than Cone lakh crore. The fiscal
deficit for 2020-2021 is C92,305
crore,” Thiaga Rajan had said.
He had given hints of power tar-
iff, motor vehicle tax and prop-
erty tax getting hiked. But noth-
ing of that sort has happened as
the Government left these sec-
tors untouched.
While announcing a series
of measures to revive the econ-
omy, Thiaga Rajan said that
time was not ripe to burden the
people of Tamil Nadu by hiking
taxes and duties because the
State has been crippled by the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The State owned Power
body TANGEDCO was losing
Rs 2.60 for every unit consumed
and the transport sector was
bleeding C59.15 for every kilo-
metre run. More than 1,000
brand new buses would hot the
roads soon, said the Finance
Minister in his speech.
A committee has been
established to study the finan-
cial, infrastructural and other
issues faced by MSMEs in Tamil
Nadu and suggest measures to
enable them to thrive. The
Government will also launch a
State Level Credit Guarantee
Scheme to enable more
MSMEs, particularly micro
enterprises to access credit.
Tiruppur Exporters Association,
a leading trade body in the State
welcomed the suggestions and
described the budget proposals
as growth oriented.
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 20,452
new positive cases and 114 COVID-19-related
deaths on Friday taking the caseload to 3,62,090 and
the death toll to 18,394. State Health Minister Veena
George said the state tested 1,42,501 samples in the
last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 14.35
per cent. The State has till now tested 2,91,95,758
samples. Out of those found infected today, 63
reached the State from outside while 19,328 con-
tracted the disease from their contact.
The source of infection of 960 is yet to be traced.
101 health workers are also among the infected, the
minister said in a release. Among the districts,
Malappuram reported the highest number of
cases--3,010, followed by Kozhikode with 2,426 and
Ernakulam 2,388. Meanwhile, 16,856 persons recu-
perated from the disease on Friday taking the total
cured in the state to 34,53,174. Currently, there are
1,80,000 persons under treatment in the state. There
are 4,90,836 persons under observation out of which
28,420 are in isolation wards of various hospitals.
There are 87 local self Government bodies with
a weekly infection population ratio (WIPR) above
eight per cent and the state government said there
will be strict restrictions in these areas. PTI
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The daily Covid-19 deaths
dropped to 158 and the
infections climbed to 6,686 in
Maharashtra on Friday, even as
5,861 patients were discharged
after full recovery from various
hospitals across the state.
A day after the state logged
208 deaths and 6,388 infections,
the daily fatalities came down by
50, while the infections rose by
298.
With 158 fresh fatalities
reported on Friday, the total
number of deaths in the state
increased from 1,34,572 to
1,34,730, while the infections -
- with 6,686 new cases – went
up from 63,75,010 to 63,82,076..
As 5,861 patients were dis-
charged from the hospitals
across the state after full recov-
ery, the total number of people
discharged from the hospitals
since the second week of March
last year increased from
61,75,010 to 61,80,871. The
recovery rate in the state
dropped from 96.86 per cent to
96.85 per cent.
The total “active cases” in
the state rose 62,351 to 63,004.
The fatality rate in the state
stood static at 2.11 per cent.
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After the completion of a grand Ram
temple in Ayodhya, a magnificent
temple of Lord Parshuram having his 25-
foot idol is going to be built in Kanpur
Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh.
The temple is being built with an aim
to invigorate around two crore Brahmins
of the state in favour for the Bharatiya
Janata Party as Samajwadi Party and
Bahujan Samaj Party have made 'Brahmin
Gaurav' a part of their political campaign
against the ruling party ahead of the 2022
assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
A temple trust, named Bhagwan
Shree Parshuram Nyas, has been formed
for the construction of the temple and it
is headed by BJP MLA Pratibha Shukla
while her husband and former MP Anil
Shukla Warsi is its patron.
Pratibha Shukla said that Brahmins
were always with the BJP and would sup-
port the saffron party in the coming
assembly polls too.
“The proposed Parshuram temple
will unite the Brahmins and make them
politically strong. The time has come for
the followers of Parshuram to snatch their
rights from those who have usurped their
political area. For this, they will have to
follow the policy of Chanakya by adopt-
ing Parshurama's tenacity, patience and
might,” she said
Former MP and BJP leader Anil
Shukla Warsi said that the BJP was not
involved in the construction of the tem-
ple and the installation of Lord
Parshuram’s idol and for this the trust
would not take any help from the gov-
ernment.
“Help can be taken from party MPs
and MLAs but not from political parties.
We solicit support from Brahmins to
come forward with donations to make
this project a success,” he said.
“The temple of Lord Parshuram is
going to be built at a cost of Rs 10 crore
in Kanpur Dehat. In this temple, a 25-foot
high idol of Lord Parshuram will be
installed and it is likely to cost Rs 50 lakh.
Not only this, work will also be done to
build Parshuram Vatika and research cen-
tre in the temple premises,” the former
MP said.
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Holding that “eight months”
seemed to be beyond “rea-
sonable time” for Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari to decide on the State
Cabinet’s recommendation to
nominate 12 members to the
State Legislative Council, the
Bombay High Court on Friday
expressed “hope and trust”
that the Governor would dis-
charge his Constitutional duty
“without undue delay.
Disposing of a PIL seeking
its intervention over the
Governor’s “inaction” in taking
a decision on the Maharashtra
government’s recommendation
made on November 6, 2020, a
HC division bench of Chief
Justice Dipankar Datta and
Justice G. S. Kulkarni observed:
“Of course, the Governor is not
answerable to the Court in view
of Article 361 of the
Constitution and no direction
can issue to the Governor;
hence, the petitioner has not
joined the Secretary of the
Governor as a party despite lib-
erty granted by an earlier order
of this Court,
“Before parting, this Court
expresses hope and trust that
things will be set right at an
early date. If indeed, during the
pendency of this writ petition,
the Governor has acted on the
advice of the Council of
Ministers, in whatever way it
was thought appropriate by
him, that would take care of the
petitioner’s concern complete-
ly. The Public Interest
Litigation is, accordingly, dis-
posed of with no orders as to
costs”
In its earlier observation in
the judgement, the HC bench
averred: “This Court, therefore,
concludes the judgment by
making a public law declaration
that the obligation, which the
Constitution vests on the
Governor to either accept or
return the recommendations as
made by the Council of
Ministers forming part of
advice, has to be
discharged within a reasonable
time”.
“Eight months, on facts,
seems to be beyond reasonable
time. This Court, having regard
to the gravity of the issue
involved and the necessity to fill
up the vacant seats of members
expeditiously as well as to sub-
serve the aims set by the
Constitution, would consider it
eminently desirable if the oblig-
ation, in the present case, is
duly discharged without undue
delay”.
In its remarks preceding its
conclusion, the HC bench
made some pertinent observa-
tions when it said: “The rec-
ommendations made by the
Council of Ministers have
become eight months old by
the time this Court com-
menced hearing of this peti-
tion.
If the saying that every-
thing happens for a reason is to
be believed, this Court ought to
assume that there was/were
genuine reason(s) for the
Governor not to convey his
decision earlier, whatever be
the nature thereof”
“However, it is time that
the impasse is resolved. It is
mature, sensible and responsi-
ble governance, both at the
Centre as well as in the States,
that the people look up to.
Should there be any misun-
derstanding or miscommuni-
cation between two
C o n s t i t u t i o n a l
authorities/functionaries, right
steps in the correct direction
ought to follow to obviate the
same,” the HC bench
observed.
“If there be minor differ-
ences of opinion, the same
ought to be resolved in such
manner as deemed fit and
appropriate including, inter
alia, a discussion between the
Governor and the Chief
Minister in the guiding spirit of
the Constitution. Indeed, if
there are major differences,
the same have to be made
known for ironing out such dif-
ferences,” the Judges
noted.
“Given the stand of the
State Government in the pre-
sent case that a response from
the Governor is awaited, con-
veying the desire of the
Governor that further action
ought to be taken, as envisaged
in Instruction-16 of the Rules
of Business (RoB), could be one
of the available options since
the RoB binds both the
Governor and the
Government. Doubtless, the
seats of the members in the
Legislative Council who are
required to be nominated by
the Governor cannot be kept
vacant indefinitely without
there being a justifiable cause
and much to the detriment of
legislative functions,” the HC
bench said.
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The Yogi Adityanath-led Government
came in for praise from a parliamentary
panel headed by a Congress Member of
Parliament over the issue of empowerment
of women. The Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Home Affairs lauded the
Uttar Pradesh Government for tackling vio-
lence against women.
Appreciating the UP Government, the
parliamentary committee headed by Anand
Sharma mentioned, “The committee appre-
ciates the initiatives, like interlinking of var-
ious departments and creation of a single-
window system to help women victims of
violence, taken by the state government of
Uttar Pradesh. The committee, therefore,
recommends that other states should also
establish such synergy and coordination
amongst various departments concerned
with the safety and security of women and
children.”It is evident from the report that
Uttar Pradesh has set an example for other
states .The state has established ‘One Stop
Centre’ in all districts for women suffering
from violence and so far around 1,04,859
women have been benefited from these cen-
tres wherein complainants are provided ser-
vices like police assistance, medical treat-
ment, legal aid, psychological counselling
and temporary shelter.
The safety of women has been the top
priority of the Uttar Pradesh government
ever since Yogi Adityanath assumed the
office as chief minister in 2017. The state
government has not only taken appropri-
ate steps to protect women from all kinds
of crimes but has also ensured strict pun-
ishment to the perpetrators so that poten-
tial criminals mend their ways. This
approach has borne results and has ensured
that UP leads the way in controlling rape
and other heinous crimes against women.
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The growing demand by political parties across the
spectrum, including ruling National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) allies, for caste-based census for reveal-
ing the true extent of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
populace seeks to create a new fulcrum around which
the Mandal politics is likely to revolve. Regional caste-
based parties, especially those that came up in the after-
math of the implementation of Mandal Commission
report in 1990, like Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya
Janata Dal of Bihar, are at the forefront of this demand.
Political pundits from social justice/socialist block,
however, apprehend that the move for caste-based cen-
sus could prove to be counter-productive for the SP and
RJD and other caste based parties led by dominant OBC
castes.
“Samajwadi Party and RJD may fancy themselves
as the parties of the OBCs, but they are in fact parties
of only Yadav dominant caste and many new parties
of the non-dominant OBC castes have emerged in UP
and Bihar. Caste-based census will not only bring out
the true extent of the OBC population, it will also reveal
the actual number of Yadav population. The census
might in fact help the Bharatiya Janata Party to imple-
ment its long cherished dream of sub-categorisation
within 27 per cent quota for the OBCs, thus margin-
alising the share of the Yadav community. The BJP may
have the last laugh by eliminating the Yadavs from the
fulcrum of Mandal politics,” opined a SP leader on
Friday.
The previous Manmohan Singh-led United
Progressive Alliance government at the Centre had
ordered Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) in 2011,
but the actual caste data were never made public. There
are speculations that a fresh SECC may be undertak-
en by the NDA government after the 2021 Census is
concluded.
“If the caste based census is conducted and the data
of population of each caste included in Central and state
lists is revealed then all non-dominant castes will organ-
ise against the dominant caste of OBCs -- the Yadavs.
The data of caste will put an official stamp that SP and
RJD are only the parties of Yadav community,” said a
political analyst.
The Narendra Modi government had set up the
Justice G Rohini Commission to look into sub-cate-
gorisation of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educa-
tional institutions but it is yet to submit its report and
is currently on its 11th extension since being set up in
October 2017.
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6. rulersofvariousraces.Medieval
Indiathusappearedtomissout
on the political developments
thatwereafeatureoftheMiddle
Ages in Europe. There was no
equivalent of Magna Carta,
model Parliament, Diet of
WormsofHolyRomanEmpire,
establishment of universities.
EventhoughMarathas,Rajput,
Sikhs and Jats could break the
Mughal hegemony, there was
nocorrespondingdevelopment
ofanynewthought.A300-year
delay in obtaining the printing
presswasalonesufficienttodis-
incentivise new political and
social thinking.
These changes had to wait
for the 19th century when
British rule had been estab-
lished. India was able to access
newideasinthefieldofscience,
politics, law, economics and
society in the West.
It was against this back-
groundthatthenationalmove-
mentforself-governancebegan.
India’s freedom struggle did
not begin with the demand for
freedom. It began with the
demand for introduction of
“elections”forenhancingIndian
representation in the councils.
While the resolution for Purna
Swaraj (Independence) was
adoptedattheLahoreCongress,
1929,thedemandforintroduc-
ing elective elements in the
councils came as early as 1885.
Nominationwasthemethodto
induct Indian members in
provincial and central councils
under Indian Councils Act,
1861. Such persistent demand
compelled the British
Governmenttointroduceelec-
tions — first indirectly in 1909
and directly in 1919. The first
general elections, though on
limited franchise, were held in
1920, which were boycotted by
theCongressaspartoftheNon-
Cooperation Movement.
However,abreakawaysectionin
the Congress, under CR Das
and Motilal Nehru at Gaya
Congress (1922), formed the
Swaraj Party, which contested
the elections successfully. The
SwarajPartywasrevivedin1934
when Congress decided to call
off the Civil Disobedience
Movement and participate in
electionsunderthenewconsti-
tutionalarrangementsthatwere
subsequentlyenunciatedunder
the Government of India Act,
1935. The Constituent
Assemblyrepresentedthehigh-
estfeatofdeliberativedemocra-
cyinBritishIndia.Itledtofram-
ingofIndianConstitutionwith-
outanyexternalinterference.It
was the evolution of represen-
tative institutions and training
in electoral and deliberative
democracy that made us fit to
practice democracy in India.
Several newly decolonised
nations in Asia and Africa
ended up with dysfunctional
democracyandriseofdictator-
shipastheylackedthistraining.
Another achievement of
the Freedom Movement was
theemotionalintegrationofthe
nation. As early as at Second
Congress (1886) at Calcutta,
Surendranath Banerjea stated:
“In ancient India, the lord of
Aryavarta would summon his
feudatorychiefstohiscapitalto
celebrate the most imposing
Aryan rite — Rajsuya Jagya.
But those were gatherings of
princes,notofpeoples.Herewe
have before us before us per-
sonified the incarnate majesty
of the nation”.
Netizens, more than ever
before, question whether we
got our Independence due to
Gandhi’sSatyagraha?No,wedid
not.Buthedidsomethingmore
important, making the aspira-
tion for Swaraj popular, and
inductingpeoplefromallwalks
of life in the struggle. Ceylon
(now Sri Lanka) in our neigh-
bourhood got independence in
1948withoutanyfreedomstrug-
gle whatsoever. It, however,
descendedintoacivilwarwith-
in30yearsbecausenoemotion-
al integration had taken place.
(The writer is an author
and independent researcher
based in New Delhi. The views
expressed are personal.)
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Sir—LetthesuperbrainsatISROnotlose
hope as its state-of-the-art earth observa-
tion satellite could not be launched into
orbit due to a technical anomaly. Even
though the first two stages were success-
ful during the crucial cryogenic stage, the
mission failed. The hi-tech satellite was
specially built using modern knowledge
and sophisticated devices to help and facil-
itate the country by monitoring natural
disasters, image capturing and processing,
enhancing agriculture through spectral
signatures, and so on. Definitely, it would
be heartbreaking for these brains that
sweated and worked so hard behind this
state-of-the-art space machine but let us
not forget that failures teach us how to
perform better in future.
The errors and the flaws that would
have resulted in this failure should now
be taken as important lessons that need
some more attention and analysing and
then work should be undertaken more
seriously and sincerely to make it error-
free and impeccable. Let us remember the
words of Winston Churchill: “Success is
not final, failure is not fatal; it is the
courage to continue that counts.”
M Pradyu| Kannur
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Sir — With central observers of almost
all political parties making the rounds of
Goa to lay the groundwork for the
upcoming polls, the election mood is
gradually setting over the coastal State. It
is, however, clear that dislodging the BJP
remains the single-point agenda of all
these parties that constitute the
Opposition. Although the formation of a
combined Opposition to take on the BJP
appears to be too vague a proposition, a
semblance of unity will have to be arrived
at between the parties to defeat the BJP
in the elections.
Will the Congress be treading a lone
path in the State or will it embrace a coali-
tion? As some parties continue to nudge
the Congress to take a quick decision, the
party finds itself restrained by its charac-
teristic indecisiveness. The Congress can
yetstageaformidablecomebackbyengag-
ing its opponents in their own backyards.
But it all depends on the party’s stalwarts
and their collective decision. By consider-
ing “winnability” as a factor, if the party
re-inducts deserters and defectors, it will
be inviting disaster. Meanwhile, the AAP
appears set to rock the BJP’s boat in Goa.
Pachu Menon | Goa
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Sir — Mumbai recorded its first death due
to the Delta Plus variant of Coronavirus
when a 63-year-old fully vaccinated
woman succumbed to it in July, a civic
official has said. Following the death, at
least two of her close contacts have also
been found infected with the Delta Plus
variant, which is considered highly infec-
tious. It is the second death due to this
variant in the State as it had claimed the
life of an 80-year-old woman from
Ratnagiri district on June 13. That woman
had not taken even a single dose of
COVID-19 vaccine.
In the latest case, the Ghatkopar
woman died on July 27 while undergo-
ing treatment. However, the State
Government came to know only on
August 11 that she was infected with the
Delta Plus variant, which came to light in
the genome sequencing report. The
woman had taken both doses of
Covishield, but tested positive on July 21
with synonyms like dry cough, loss of
taste, bodyache and headache.
Recently, the Maharashtra
Government had said that 20 new cases
of the Delta Plus variant were detected in
the State, seven of them in Mumbai. With
this, the Delta Plus variant has officially
and fatally entered Mumbai.
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75th year of her
I n d e p e n d e n c e .
Howsoever iniquitous
had the British rule been, its ter-
mination in August 1947 was
marked by absolute cordiality
between the departing colonisers
and the Indian people. Lord
Samuel, the Liberal Peer,
described the passage of the
Indian Independence Bill, 1947,
in British Parliament as “the
peace treaty without a war”.
When the last British regiment in
India sailed out of Gateway of
India in Mumbai (then Bombay)
on February 28, 1948, they were
given a ceremonial sendoff.
Thesurprisinglypeacefulclo-
sure to British rule in India con-
trastedsharplywiththesubsequent
hostileendofFrenchcolonialrule
in Vietnam and Algeria and the
Dutch rule over Indonesia. No
doubt an orgy of violence also
mauled India in 1947. It was,
however, over the disorderly
Partition, in contrast to an order-
ly transfer of power. It testified to
the failure of nation building in
colonial India with regard to the
majorityofMuslims.TheFreedom
Movement that had emotionally
integrated the nation bypassed
them.JinnahassertedthatHindus
and Muslims were two different
nationswithdissimilarperceptions
of history. His party, the Muslim
League, had pitched for Partition,
accompanied by a complete
exchangeofpopulationonreligious
lines. India’s Independence is
viewedonlyasliberationfromfor-
eign rule. No doubt many went to
thegallows,andmorepeopletothe
jails,toachievethatend.However,
anoveremphasisonIndependence
tendstoovershadowotherachieve-
mentsoftheFreedomMovement.
Things like growth of public dis-
course,emotionalintegrationofthe
nation, evolution of democratic
institutions — critical to the sus-
tainmentofanindependentIndia
— are often taken for granted.
Historian Stanley Lane-Poole
found the history of India during
theMohammedanperiodmoreof
achronicleofkingsandcourtsand
conquests rather than of organic
ornationalgrowth.Norwasthere
any such marked change in the
principles and methods of
Government as might be expect-
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