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New criminal laws in force; Cr.PC,
IPC applicable only for old cases
IN BRIEF
Till BNS gets new section on sexual crimes against men and transgender persons, police can invoke allied charges such as
wrongful confinement and physical hurt, if they get such complaints; Central officials say States free to amend BNSS
MUMBAI
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TISS withdraws
notices on staff
termination
FINANCIAL REPORT
Bengal Governor seeks
White Paper from CM
Vijaita Singh
CHANGE OF GUARD
Gen. Dwivedi
takes charge
as Army
Chief
NEWS » PAGE 12
MIRED IN CONTROVERSY
The rot in
India’s higher
education system
Student confidence in the
system must be restored
OPINION » PAGE 7
NEW DELHI
s three new criminal laws come into
effect across the
country from Monday despite objections from States
ruled by non-BJP parties,
Union government officials
said here on Sunday that
the States were free to
bring in their own amendments to some provisions
of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that
replaces the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.PC). The
BNSS prescribes the procedure and conditions for arrest, bail, and custody,
among other things.
The Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita (BNS), which replaces the Indian Penal
Code, 1860, may also be
amended soon to incorporate a section on sexual
A
Soren declares
‘rebellion’ to drive
out ‘feudal’ forces
PATNA
crimes against men and
transgender persons. A senior government official
said that police officers
were being asked to invoke
other allied sections under
the BNS, such as wrongful
confinement and physical
hurt, if they get such complaints, until an amend-
ment is brought to correct
this anomaly.
The Bharatiya Sakshya
(BS), which replaces the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, is
the third law which will
come into force.
From 00:00 hours on
July 1, more than 650 district courts and 16,000 pol-
ice stations across the
country will have no option but to migrate to the
new system. Cognisable offences will be registered
under Section 173 of the
BNSS, instead of Section
154 of the Cr.PC.
The IPC and Cr.PC will
run concurrently along
with the new laws as several cases are still pending in
courts and some crimes
that took place before July 1
that are reported later will
have to be registered under the IPC.
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JMM leader and former CM
Hemant Soren declared a
‘rebellion’ against ‘feudal
forces’ while addressing a rally
on ‘Hul Diwas’ in Jharkhand
on Sunday. » Page 4
EDUCATIONPLUS
» PAGE 19
Exit polls show victory for far-right
in the first round of France election
Reuters
PARIS
Marine Le Pen’s far-right
National Rally (RN) party
won the first round of
France’s
parliamentary
elections on Sunday, exit
polls showed, but the final
result will depend on days
of horsetrading before
next week’s run-off.
The RN was seen winning around 34% of the
vote, exit polls from Ipsos,
Ifop, OpinionWay and
Elabe showed. That was
ahead of leftist and centrist
rivals, including President
Emmanuel Macron’s Together alliance, whose bloc
was
seen
winning
High-stakes battle: A ballot box being emptied at a polling station
in Soultz-Les-Bains, eastern France, on Sunday. AP
20.5%-23%.
The New Popular Front,
a hastily assembled leftwing coalition, was projected to win around 29%
of the vote.
The exit polls were in
line with opinion polls
ahead of the election, but
provided little clarity on
whether once next Sunday’s second round is concluded the anti-immigrant,
eurosceptic RN will be able
to form a government to
“cohabit” with the pro-EU
Macron.
The RN was seen winning the most seats in the
National Assembly, but only one of the pollsters —
Elabe — had the party winning an absolute majority
of 289 seats in the July 7
run-off.
Experts say that seat
projections after firstround votes can be highly
inaccurate.
STRONG LEAD
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India identified 641
R. Sampanthan,
veteran Sri Lankan fauna species, 339
Tamil leader, dead taxa of plants in 2023
Shiv Sahay Singh
Meera Srinivasan
KOLKATA
COLOMBO
Veteran Sri Lankan Tamil
leader Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, who dedicated
his political life to pursuing
a just solution to the island
nation’s Tamil question,
passed away in Colombo
late on Sunday. He was 91.
A member of the Ilankai
Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK),
he was a sitting MP from
the eastern Trincomalee
district. He led the Tamil
National Alliance, the main
grouping representing Tamils of the war-hit northern and eastern provinces
of Sri Lanka. He was the
Leader of the Opposition
between 2015 and 2018.
A parliamentarian for
nearly half a century, Mr.
CM
YK
R. Sampanthan
Sampanthan was a bold
and relentless voice in the
House. Since the end of the
civil war, he had sought
equal rights for Tamils,
within a ‘united, undivided, indivisible’ country.
Trained as a lawyer, he
had based his arguments
for a political solution on
Sri Lanka’s constitutional
history and the promises
that the southern Sinhalese establishment made in
the past but failed to keep.
A new species of turmeric
in Manipur and a new kind
of bat in Karnataka are
among the plant and animal species which were
discovered in India in
2023, show data released
by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on
Sunday.
A total of 641 species —
442 entirely new to science
and 199 newly recorded in
the country — were added
to Indian fauna in 2023. India added 339 taxa — 326
species and 13 infraspecific
taxa — to its plant database.
Of these, 171 taxa are new
to science and 168 new to
distributional records from
India. Taxa can refer to
sub-species or varieties of
The discoveries
include a new
species of turmeric
from Manipur and
a bat from Kodagu
a plant species.
Among the new plant
discoveries were Curcuma
kakchingense, a new species of turmeric discovered
at Kakching in Manipur,
and Asystasia venui, a flowering plant discovered in
the Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic
Garden at Howrah in West
Bengal.
Most of the new animal
discoveries were reported
from southern India.
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NEWS » PAGE 13
Two days after issuing
termination notices to over
100 staff members, TISS
assured the staff that they
would be retained and
withdrew the notices, effective
on Sunday. » Page 14
THE HINDU
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Monday, July 1, 2024
City
Delhi
EDUCATIONAL
GENERAL
misleading SC
IMD predicts heavy rain ‘CBI
over probe against
in Capital, issues ‘orange’ CM in excise case’
alert for next three days
EDUCATIONAL
GENERAL
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NEW DELHI
EDUCATIONAL
Weatherman warns of traffic bottlenecks, electricity disruptions, increased chances of accidents;
Delhi govt. announces ₹10 lakh compensation each for families of those who died by drowning
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The police on Sunday advised people to avoid Pragati Maidan
tunnel due to heavy waterlogging. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
tered, resulting in the
death of 11 people in rainrelated incidents. The
number includes six persons
who
died
by
drowning.
The rainfall on June 28
broke all previous records
of rain in the month of
June since 1936 and left a
large part of the Capital inundated, raising questions
on the Delhi government’s
monsoon preparedness after it exposed the city’s
drainage infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the Delhi
government announced a
compensation of ₹10 lakh
each to next of kin of those
who drowned following
the heavy showers.
“The Additional Chief
Secretary, Revenue, is hereby directed to identify
those who lost their lives
with the support of area
hospitals and the Delhi police, and to immediately
provide them aforementioned compensation on
behalf of the government,”
Delhi Water Minister Atishi
said
in
an
official
‘Prevent waterlogging’
The Minister also visited
the Minto Bridge underpass, which was flooded
during rain, and instructed
officials to use new technologies to prevent waterlogging at the site.
Mayor Shelly Oberoi
said all agencies are working together to provide relief from the persistent waterlogging.
“Quick
response teams have been
formed to act as soon as a
complaint is received
about waterlogging,” she
said.
‘Centre to blame’
“When the Chief Minister
was granted bail by a trial
court, the ED immediately
sought the Delhi High
Court’s intervention and
secured a stay on the bail.
When Mr. Kejriwal seemed
set to receive bail from the
Supreme Court, the Centre
had him arrested by the
CBI,” the AAP leader
alleged.
Sanjay Singh. R.V. MOORTHY
“The CBI is misleading
the Supreme Court. On
June 4, it had told the court
that its investigation into
the Delhi excise policy case
was complete and that a final chargesheet would be
filed within three to four
weeks. The agency had
completed its probe and
did not need to investigate
any further or make any
more arrests. But it still arrested the Chief Minister
last week. Perhaps the
agency did not know that it
would have to arrest Mr.
Kejriwal on the directions
of the Centre,” Mr. Singh
added.
The Central probe agency had arrested the AAP
national convener on June
26 in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi
excise policy scam. A Delhi
court has sent him to judicial custody in the case until July 12.
Wall fell in no time, water rushed in: Vasant Vihar victim’s kin
Alisha Dutta
NEW DELHI
Sunita Kumari’s world
came crashing down after
the Delhi police broke to
her the news of her husband’s death, along with
two other labourers, in a
wall collapse at a construction site in Vasant Vihar.
Ms. Kumari was living
with her husband Dayaram, 45, in a shack built
close to the wall. The two
other victims were also living nearby in similar
structures.
A resident of Uttar Pra-
desh’s Jhansi, she said
when the intensity of rainfall increased in the early
hours of Friday, a chunk of
the wall fell on their makeshift homes around 5.30
a.m. due to which they
were trapped under the
rubble.
“Within minutes, the
whole wall came down.
Even the rainwater that
had accumulated at the site
came rushing in and nearby trees were also uprooted,” she said.
“The crash awakened
the other workers who
were living at a distance
were taken to the police
station since they had
nowhere to go.
After a 28-hour rescue
operation that ended on
Saturday afternoon, the
workers’ bodies were
pulled out from under the
rubble, which was lifted
with the help of cranes.
The place at the construction site where the labourers were trapped
following the wall collapse. FILE PHOTO
from them. They pulled
me out with the help of a
rope while my husband
and two others remained
trapped under the rubble,”
she added.
Ms. Kumari said she and
another woman worker
‘Labour laws violated’
According to officials, the
death of the labourers
could have been averted
had labour norms been followed. “The workers were
living in shanties next to
the
under-construction
building in violation of the
norms,” said an official.
Following a series of
deaths in mishaps at construction sites, the Delhi
government had earlier issued safety guidelines,
calling for proper barricading, the installation of signages, and a provision for
workers’ accommodation
in a separate enclosure.
The police have registered a case under IPC Sections 288 (negligent conduct with respect to
pulling down or repairing
buildings) and 304A (causing death by negligence).
Felling of trees: Delhi One month after Vivek Vihar hospital fire
govt. panel summons tragedy, nightmare continues for parents
DDA Vice-Chairman
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The three-member Ministers’ panel constituted by
the Delhi government to
probe into the alleged illegal felling of 1,100 trees in
the protected Ridge area
has asked Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Vice-Chairman Subhasish
Panda and the Forest Department Principal Secretary to depose before it on
Monday.
The fact-finding panel
has also summoned DDA’s
Principal Commissioner,
Housing
Commissioner
and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).
The panel comprising Delhi Ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran
Hussain was formed by the
government on Friday.
It will submit its report
before July 11 to the Supreme Court, which is
seized of the matter.
“As the next date of
hearing in this matter is
12.07.2024 and the Hon'ble
Supreme Court has directed GNCTD to file an affidavit based on the facts before
11.07.2024,
your
cooperation is needed to
adhere to the strict timelines...,” read the communication from Mr. Bharadwaj to the officials.
Earlier, the court had
rapped the DDA over the
felling of the trees on February 3 and had asked Mr.
Panda if these were cut on
the directions of Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena, who is also the Chairman of the authority.
Suman Kumari froze in
fear and collapsed, making
a loud thud while her husband Madhuraj Kumar
sprinted frantically to Vivek Vihar’s Baby Care New
Born Hospital on May 26,
the day TV channels broke
the news of a massive fire
tragedy at the facility.
Their baby was among
the 12 newborn children
who were admitted there
due to birth-related complications. While one of
them died before the fire
started on the night of May
25, seven were charred to
death in the incident.
The Ghaziabad-based
couple’s baby boy was
among the four lucky children who survived the tragedy. Mr. Kumar said the
locals had told him on the
Seven children were
charred to death
while only four could
survive the massive
blaze at the hospital
way to the hospital that the
children were rescued and
admitted to another medical facility nearby the illfated facility.
“By the time I reached
there, the list of survivors
had got shorter and the
lobby of the hospital was
filled with wailing people,”
he said, remembering the
fateful day.
“Till the moment the
man in the reception did
not read out my wife’s
name from his small notepad while informing about
the survivors, I didn’t
know if my child was alive
or dead,” he said.
His child was then shifted to Swami Dayanand
Hospital in Dilshad Garden
and treated there for over a
week.
Health implications
Now, the child is taken every week to the hospital for
the examination of his
hearing ability, eyesight
and lung-related problems
caused due to the fire incident.
Mithilesh Kumar and his
wife Richa said twins were
born to them after 15 years
of their marriage but their
daughter died allegedly
due
to
a
doctor’s
negligence.
The couple had admitted their surviving child to
the Vivek Vihar hospital for
the treatment of breathingrelated issues after borrowing a hefty amount from
their relatives. “The baby
boy faced breathing difficulties. After we lost our
daughter on the day of
their birth, we were desperate to save him. So, despite the hospital fee of
₹7,000 a day, we admitted
him to the facility,” said the
courier agent, who has
now named his child Agniveer (fire warrior).
Rakesh and Karishma’s
child is still battling it out at
Swami Dayanand Hospital.
“Our baby was born two
months premature due to
which he was admitted to
the ill-fated facility,” said
Mr. Rakesh.
Despite surviving the
blaze, the child is still days
away from being discharged from the Dilshad
Garden hospital. While the
parents are still worried
about their child, they
want justice for those who
lost their babies in the fire.
‘Aim to launch Metro Phase 4 by 2026’
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Sunday
that it has finished close to
50% of construction on the
Phase 4 metro line, and is
aiming to launch all three
priority corridors spanning
CM
YK
65 km by 2026.
“On the Majlis Park–
Maujpur corridor, about
80% civil work has been
done. Tunnelling work is in
progress on the Aerocity–
Tughlakabad and Janakpuri
West–RK Ashram Marg corridors,” a senior DMRC official said.
He added that a segment
from Janakpuri West to
Krishna Park Extension is
nearing completion and
will likely be opened by August. Meanwhile, the Majlis
Park–Maujpur corridor is
expected to be launched
next year. Other sections
will be opened by 2026.
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o Village Bhanoli, Post Office &
Tehsil Kumarsain, District Shimla,
H.P. have changed my name from
Gopal Dass Dogra to Gopal Dass for
all purposes.
he India Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Sunday issued an ‘orange’ alert for
the national capital, predicting heavy rainfall between
Monday
and
Wednesday.
The IMD also asked people to be prepared and remain updated about the
weather conditions.
“Major traffic disruptions, increased chances of
vehicle accidents, disruption of electricity, and partial damage to vulnerable
structures due to strong
winds is the impact expected under an orange alert,”
the body said in its forecast
till July 3.
The Delhi police also
asked commuters to avoid
the Okhla underpass due
to waterlogging. The newly
constructed tunnels at Pragati Maidan that were
flooded on Friday remained closed for traffic.
The IMD warning has
come two days after heavy
rainfall left the Capital bat-
communication.
The Minister also inspected the Chandrawal
water treatment plant and
said the water supply to
Central Delhi was disrupted following damage to the
pump house at the plant
due to flooding.
The repair work has
been completed and the
water supply has been restored, she added in a post
on X (formerly Twitter),
adding that officials have
been asked to prevent such
incidents in future.
Aam Aadmi Party leader
and Rajya Sabha member
Sanjay Singh on Sunday
said the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) was
“misleading” the Supreme
Court and had arrested
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal despite telling it that its
probe in the excise policy
was complete.
Announcing at a press
conference that all parties
under the INDIA bloc
would protest on Parliament premises against the
“misuse” of the country’s
investigative agencies on
Monday, Mr. Singh said the
CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) had become
“political weapons” in the
hands of the Centre and existed for the sole purpose
of “keeping political opponents in jail”.
THE HINDU
Monday, July 1, 2024
Man succumbs
to injuries after
mob attack
in Bengal
Press Trust of India
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States
Delhi
Ahinda leader warns of stir U.P. govt. reviews preparations
festivals, bans sale of meat
if Siddaramaiah is replaced for
along Kanwar Yatra route
as Karnataka Chief Minister
Press Trust of India
KOLKATA
CM should continue in post for full five years, Cong. will lose its existence in State if he is removed,
says Doddamani; ‘seers should not make political statements, they can lead to friction in society’
Shivakumar
meets Kharge
The Hindu Bureau
BELAGAVI
he political tussle in
the Congress in Karnataka that was
fuelled by the Vishwa Vokkaligara Mahasamsthana
Math seer Chandrashekhara Swami publicly requesting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to make way for his
deputy, D.K. Shivakumar,
took a sharp turn on Sunday, with Ahinda (Kannada
acronym for minorities,
OBCs, and Dalits) warning
of a State-wide agitation if
Mr. Siddaramaiah was
replaced.
Ahinda, which helped
Mr. Siddaramaiah to flex his
political muscles and build
his own political constituency after his exit from
the Janata Dal (Secular), has
again stood by him in opposing the demand to replace him.
Ahinda State president
Prabhulinga Doddamani
T
The Hindu Bureau
BENGALURU
The hot seat: A Vokkaliga seer had recently said that Siddaramaiah
should make way for D.K. Shivakumar. FILE PHOTO
said in Hubballi on Sunday
that “Mr. Siddaramaiah
should continue as Chief Minister for the full term of
five years. If he is replaced,
Congress will lose its existence in Karnataka. We will
take up an agitation in all
districts and taluks if there
is any move to change him.
Ahinda and Siddaramaiah
are synonymous.”
Referring to the seer’s remarks, he said: “Swamijis
should not make such political
statements.
They
should restrict themselves
to religious preachings and
rituals. Such political statements can lead to friction in
society. Seers should understand that they do not belong to any caste but to the
whole religious group.
Seers should also understand that this is an internal
matter of the party.” He said
that Ahinda leaders had
gathered in Hubballi to prepare for an event planned in
August to coincide with Mr.
Siddaramaiah’s birthday.
Amid the talk over the creation of multiple posts of Deputy Chief Minister in Karnataka, D.K. Shivakumar
met Congress president
Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi
on Sunday. During the
meeting, the ongoing public exchanges between
leaders from the camps of
Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar were discussed,
sources said. He is learnt to
have raised the issue, especially the way in which
Cooperation Minister K.N.
Rajanna had been publicly
demanding that there
should be multiple posts of
Deputy CM. The sources
said that it was likely that
Mr. Kharge would intervene in the matter.
LUCKNOW
The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday decided
to ban the sale and purchase of meat in the open
along the route of Kanwar
Yatra during the holy
month of Shravan, which
begins on July 22.
In view of the upcoming
festivals, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the
preparations regarding law
and order and successful
organisation of these festivals, and gave necessary
guidelines to the officials,
according to an official
statement.
Mr. Adityanath said,
“The holy month of Shravan is starting from July 22.
During this period, Shravani Shivratri, Nagpanchami
and Rakshabandhan will
be celebrated. Traditional
Kanwar Yatra will be held.”
Besides, Jagannath Rath
Yatra will be celebrated
from July 7-9, Moharram
on July 17-18, and Guru Purnima on July 21, the statement said.
In the wake of these fes-
U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath directed that “cleanliness and sanitisation
should be maintained” on the route of the Kanwar Yatra during the
holy month of Shravan, which begins on July 22.. FILE PHOTO
tivals, “everyone needs to
be alert and cautious”, Mr.
Adityanath told the officials in the review meeting.
He also said that from
the point of view of the traditional Kanwar Yatra,
Ghaziabad, Meerut, Ayodhya, Bareilly, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Barabanki, Basti,
and the districts bordering
Uttarakhand are very
important.
‘Maintain coordination’
The local administration
should maintain coordination between the districts
within the State and between the border districts
and other States, the Chief
Minister said.
“Traditionally, music
and dance have been a
part of the Kanwar Yatra.
Ensure that the sound of
DJ, music etc., is as per the
prescribed standards,” he
said. Mr. Adityanath directed that “respecting the
faith of devotees”, there
should be “no open sale
and purchase of meat”
anywhere on the Kanwar
Yatra route. “Cleanliness
and sanitisation should be
maintained on the Yatra
route. There should be a
good arrangement of
streetlights,” he said.
Rains lash Gujarat; Surat receives highest Cong. to raise nursing college ‘scam’ in M.P. House
rainfall of 153 mm in State in 10 hours
Press Trust of India
BHOPAL
Press Trust of India
AHMEDABAD
Heavy rains lashed several
areas in Gujarat on Sunday, with Palsana taluka in
Surat district receiving 153
mm of rainfall, the highest
in the State, in just 10
hours.
The downpour affected
traffic movement in Surat,
Bhuj, Vapi, Bharuch and
Ahmedabad cities due to
inundation in low-lying
areas, rendering some
roads and underpass inaccessible, officials said.
According to the India
Meteorological Department (IMD), Gujarat is ex-
People walk through a busy street in Surat amid the heavy rain. PTI
periencing a wet spell due
to cyclonic circulation over the north-east Arabian
Sea adjoining the Saurashtra region.
The wet spell will continue in the next four days,
it added.
Four talukas namely
Bardoli, Surat city, Kamrej, and Mahuva in Surat
district received rainfall in
triple digits at 135 mm, 123
mm, 120 mm, and 119
mm, respectively, in ten
hours.
Among other talukas,
Vapi in Valsad district received 117 mm of rainfall,
Olpad in Surat 116 mm,
Valsad taluka 102 mm, Kaprada in Valsad 90 mm
and Khergam in Navsari
received 88 mm.
Between 6 a.m. and 4
p.m., Ahmedabad city received 62 mm of rainfall,
which led to waterlogging
in several areas.
On July 3 and 4, Valsad
and Navsari districts in
south Gujarat and Banaskantha district in north
Gujarat are expected to receive significant rainfall.
The Budget session of the
Madhya Pradesh Assembly, beginning Monday, is
likely to see a confrontation between the Congress
and the government on
multiple issues including
the alleged nursing college
scam and Minimum Sup-
port Price for crops.
The government will
present the Budget on July
3, officials said, adding that
the session will feature 14
sittings, starting from Monday and concluding on July
19.
On Sunday, Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar reviewed the preparations
for the session at the State
Assembly. Officials noted
that this marks the third
session of the 16th legislative assembly.
The Congress is expected to focus on several issues, including the alleged
nursing college scam and
the BJP’s promise of a Minimum Support Price (MSP)
on farm produce from the
previous
Assembly
election.
The opposition party
has planned to stage a protest on Monday at the residence of former Medical
Education Minister Vishvas
Sarang, who now holds the
cooperative portfolio, accusing him of involvement
in the nursing college
scam, which is being
probed by the CBI.
PUC centres
defer strike
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operators in Delhi have deferred their strike after the
Transport Minister assured
them that their demand for a
fee hike will be looked into.
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A 23-year-old man died at a
hospital in West Bengal’s
Jhargram district on Sunday, a week after he was
beaten up by unidentified
people, police said.
This is the third death in
mob attack in West Bengal
after two other similar incidents that took place in
Kolkata and nearby Salt
Lake on June 28 and 29.
Sourabh Sau was found
lying injured on a road in
Jamboni area near Jhargram town and taken to a
local hospital on June 22.
He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
His family alleged that
he was assaulted by a
group of men engaged by a
contractor who alleged
that Sau had tried to steal
parts of an earth mover
parked on the side of the
road.
The incident is preceded by fatal assaults on two
youths accused of stealing
mobile phones on successive days in Kolkata and
nearby Salt Lake on June
28 and 29 respectively.
THE HINDU
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Monday, July 1, 2024
States
Delhi
Soren declares ‘rebellion’ Ahead of poll, Saini
rolls out benefits
to drive out ‘feudal’ forces worth over ₹100 cr.
in first rally after release
INBRIEF
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The Hindu Bureau
GURUGRAM
Committee formed to probe
Ram Path cave-ins in Ayodhya
The Ayodhya district administration has
constituted a committee to probe the alleged gross
negligence in the construction of the 14-km-long
Ram Path that suffered cave-ins at multiple spots
in just two pre-monsoon showers. This comes a
day after the Uttar Pradesh government
suspended six officials of civic agencies following
the road cave-ins and waterlogging at several
sections of the newly built Ram Path. “A
committee of all the departments concerned has
been constituted which will investigate and submit
its report within 15 days,” Ayodhya Divisional
Commissioner Gaurav Dayal said on Sunday. He
said excessive rains led to these issues. PTI
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on
Sunday said the ‘Subhadra Yojana’, a financial
assistance scheme promised by the BJP in its
election manifesto, will be rolled out on
September 17, the birthday of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. He also said the Ratna Bhandar
(treasury) of Lord Jagannath temple in Puri will
be opened soon and an inventory of the
valuables stored inside it will be made. He was
addressing a programme organised by Odisha
BJP in Bhubaneswar to felicitate the party’s
newly-elected MPs and MLAs in the State. PTI
Amit Bhelari
PATNA
harkhand
Mukti
Morcha ( JMM) leader and former Chief
Minister Hemant Soren declared a ‘rebellion’ against
‘feudal forces’ while addressing a rally on the occasion of ‘Hul Diwas’ at
Bhognadih village in Sahibganj district on Sunday.
The day is observed every year on June 30 to
commemorate the Santhal
rebellion against the British in 1855. “On the same
lines, I declare ‘Hool Vidroh’ to drive out feudal
forces not only from Jharkhand but the entire country. This is a day of inspiration for everyone.”
The former Chief Minister was addressing his first
rally after being released
from jail on Friday after the
Jharkhand High Court
granted him bail in a money laundering case linked
to an alleged land scam.
Accompanied by his
wife and Gandey MLA Kal-
J
(From left) Kalpana Soren, Hemant Soren, and CM Champai Soren
at the inauguration of new schemes in Sahibganj on Sunday. ANI
pana Soren and Chief Minister Champai Soren, the
JMM leader asserted that
the Opposition INDIA bloc
will uproot the BJP from
power across the country.
“There is panic in the
BJP camp after my release.
Party leaders are once
again ‘conspiring’ against
me. I have been implicated
in false cases. Central agencies are being used against
those raising their voice
against the wrong policies
of the government. Jharkhand is known as the land
of revolutionaries and we
are not afraid of jail, lathi,
or hanging,” he said.
Mr. Hemant Soren also
claimed that the BJP is
making plans to advance
the Assembly poll. “I dare
them to conduct the election any day they wish to...
We are prepared. They will
face a crushing defeat.”
The JMM leader said a
legislation will be brought
in, which will ensure that
benefits of mines and minerals reach the people of
Jharkhand first and urged
the gathering “to take our
rights and answer those
who conspire against it”.
Mr. Soren also pointed
out that in the last four
years he had worked hard
to bring change in the State
and that now the government runs from the village
and not the headquarters.
“Our schemes are implemented on the ground, the
benefits of which are being
availed of by even the last
person in society. The government has also taken
many steps to provide employment to the youth. The
people of Jharkhand have
the first right to the wealth
of Jharkhand. The State government is moving towards this goal,” he said.
₹290-crore projects
Mr. Champai Soren, who
inaugurated and laid the
foundation of 396 projects
worth ₹290 crore on the
occasion, alleged that his
predecessor was put behind bars as he was talking
about the welfare of the
poor, Dalits, and tribals.
On a spree to hand over benefits of various social welfare schemes ahead of the
Assembly election, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab
Singh Saini on Sunday distributed benefits amounting to more than ₹100
crore to 83,633 beneficiaries under three ambitious
schemes.
At a State-level programme in Panipat, Mr.
Saini disbursed ₹22.59
crore to 75,330 beneficiaries under the Social Security Pension Scheme, and
gave away ₹15.09 crore to
2,003 beneficiaries under
the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Awas Navinikarn Yojna for
house repair.
Assistance for plots
Apart from this, under the
Mukhyamantri
Gramin
Awas Yojana, 6,300 beneficiaries were given entitlement certificates and financial assistance letters of
₹1 lakh each for 100 square
yard plots. These beneficiaries will receive benefits
totalling around ₹63 crore.
The Chief Minister said
in May 2022, the Old Age
Samman Allowance was
started on a proactive
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini
mode through Parivar Pechan Patra. Since then, allowances for 2.32 lakh elderly people have been
automated. The income limit has been increased
from ₹2 lakh to ₹3 lakh annually under this scheme.
He mentioned that during the Congress regime,
only ₹1,000 per month was
given as pension, but now
his government has increased it to ₹3,000 per
month. Currently, the government is providing
₹605 crore under monthly
pension to over 20 lakh elderly people in the State.
Mr. Saini said the double-engine governments at
the Centre and in the State
were pro-poor and working towards economically
empowering and strengthening the poor.
New Chief Secretaries take charge Aligarh lynching case: V-C row: no differences between H.P.
in Maharashtra, U.P. and Odisha
police book deceased govt. and Raj Bhavan, says Governor
The Hindu Bureau
MUMBAI
Senior IAS officer Sujata
Saunik made history on
Sunday by becoming the
first woman Chief Secretary of Maharashtra.
The 1987-batch IAS officer was appointed by the
Mahayuti government following the retirement of incumbent Nitin Kareer. Ms.
Saunik will be serving a
one-year tenure before retiring in June next year.
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde and Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis, had reportedly unanimously appointed Ms. Sau-
nik for the role, signalling
support for women voters
ahead of the upcoming Assembly election.
The transition of authority took place during a ceremony at the Secretariat
in south Mumbai, on Sunday evening, where Mr. Kareer formally handed over
the charge to Ms. Saunik.
Change in U.P.
Meanwhile, senior IAS officer Manoj Kumar Singh
took over as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh on
Sunday, an official statement said.
The 1988-batch IAS officer replaced Durga Shankar
Mishra, it added.
Also, senior IAS officer
Manoj Ahuja on Sunday
took charge as the Chief Secretary of Odisha. He assumed charge from Pradeep Kumar Jena.
Back to parent cadre
Mr. Ahuja was on central
deputation and had served
as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
On the request of the
Odisha government, the
Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet had on June
25 approved the repatriation of Mr. Ahuja to his parent cadre.
(With inputs from PTI)
Press Trust of India
Press Trust of India
ALIGARH
A man killed by a mob in
Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh on
suspicion of theft has been
booked along with eight
others on the charge of dacoity following a complaint
by the mother of an accused in the lynching case,
the police said on Sunday.
Mohammad Fareed, 35,
was lynched at Mamu
Bhanja on the night of June
18, leading to communal
tension in the area. Seven
people were booked and
six arrested in the case.
On Saturday, Lakshmi
Mittal, the mother of Rahul, one of the six accused
arrested in connection
with the case, lodged a
complaint. Based on this,
an FIR was registered on
the charge of dacoity.
Molestation charge
In her complaint, Ms. Mittal alleged that on the night
of June 18, Fareed had
barged into her house and
tried to molest her before
looting some valuables.
She claimed that when
her family chased Fareed,
he lost balance, fell from
the stairs and later died of
his injuries, the police said.
SHIMLA/SOLAN
Amid a row over the appointment of Palampur
Agriculture University’s
Vice-Chancellor, Himachal
Pradesh Governor Shiv
Pratap Shukla on Sunday
said there are no differences between the State government and Raj Bhavan.
The remarks came after
Chief Minister Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu on Friday met
the Governor and said the
file on the appointment of
the V-C is with the government and there has been a
“communication gap”.
The Governor told re-
Remarks blaming
Raj Bhavan for
delay in appointment
made owing to
misunderstanding:
Shiv Pratap Shukla
porters in Solan that a Minister had made a statement based on some
misunderstanding and it
was clarified by Mr. Sukhu.
On June 27, the CM took
exception to remarks by
Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar blaming Raj
Bhavan for the delay in appointment of the V-C.
Mr. Kumar reportedly
said the file regarding the
appointment of V-C Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar was
pending with Raj Bhavan.
On Sunday, the Governor said the file has actually reached the government
around three months ago
and at present it is with the
Law Department. The
Chief Minister himself has
said this, Mr. Shukla said.
Asked about preparedness for the monsoon, the
Governor said he held talks
with Mr. Sukhu recently
and the government was
directed to take adequate
measures so that any disaster, like last year’s, does
not take place.
In Maharashtra’s poorest district, bamboo ambulances venture where roads fail
SPOTLIGHT
Purnima Sah
Nandurbar feels diminished. Located at the edge
of Maharashtra’s northern
boundary in the Satpura
hill range, it is enveloped by
Madhya Pradesh in the
north and Gujarat in the
west. Just over the State
border, the 182-metre Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel towers over
the mostly tribal people of
Nandurbar, a district in the
development shadow. The
undulating landscape, now
green and wet, will turn
back to brown and dry in a
few months.
Often cut off from a number of daily-living services
by the Narmada on its
north and the Tapi on its
south, reaching hamlets
can take hours of navigating dirt tracks and streams.
It is the norm for villagers
to carry sick people in bamboo ambulances or ‘bamboolances’ to the closest
primary health centre
(PHC). A makeshift stretcher of bedsheets with two
ends tied to bamboo sticks
is a common sight. The 17lakh population, as per the
District Collector’s data,
faces numerous healthcare
challenges due to a scattered demographic and dif-
ficult
geographical
topography.
Policy-programme think
tank NITI Aayog’s multidimensional poverty index
score shows an improvement from 52.12% in 201516 to 33.17% in 2019-21. However, the district continues to remain the poorest
in the State.
Nirmala Kagadya Vasave,
38, a first-time Lok Sabha
candidate from the People’s Party of India (Democratic) who lost the recently
concluded general election,
asks many rhetorical questions: “For over 75 years the
tribal population of Nandurbar has been kept away
from all kinds of growth,
but if it had been a non-tribal district, would the situation have been the same?
How is it possible that irrespective of the government
we have remained stuck in
time? If the [Prime Minister
Narendra] Modi government can build tunnels in
the Himalayas and bridges
over sea routes, how difficult is it to construct a basic
roadway and bridges to
connect all the hamlets?”
Despite the 2021-22 State
health data revealing that
Nandurbar’s sex ratio was
935 females to 1,000 males
— higher than Maharashtra’s average of 920, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR,
up to 12 months) in the dis-
ambulances, and those that
are there are old and illmaintained. The district
has 61 ambulances by 102
(ambulance helpline) and
14 ambulances by 108
(emergency helpline) on
emergency response services. There is no public
transport, and privatelyrun boats and local vehicles
are unreliable. Even at the
PHC, there is no guarantee
of finding a doctor.”
Overcoming the odds: Medical staff arriving on a boat ambulance at a hamlet in Nandurbar to check on patients; (right) a pregnant woman
and her husband make a rare visit to a primary healthcare centre in Bhilgaon after a long journey on unpaved roads. PURNIMA SAH
trict was 20.1 per 1,000 live
births, double the State’s
IMR of 10.31.
Lack of connectivity
At 8 a.m. on a weekday,
Sangita Keshav, who is 28
weeks pregnant, is visiting
Bhilgaon PHC for the first
time with her husband
Keshav Jamsingh Pawara.
This is her sixth pregnancy.
The 25-year-old from Sawaryadigar village in Akrani
tehsil says all her five children were born at home
without any regular checkups or medical intervention. “This time around I
have pain in my waist and
abdomen, so the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) didi insisted that I consult the doctors at the
PHC,” she says.
Dr. Kantilal Pawara, the
taluka health officer at the
Block Public Health Unit,
Dhadgaon, says, “The 202324 data reveal the birth rate
of Nandurbar is 16.8, but
Dhadgaon’s birth rate alone
is 26 per 1,000 people.
There are many reasons:
early marriage, early pregnancy, no awareness of
contraceptives or their usage, and no understanding
of family planning. Recently, we started family planning sessions to educate people as most couples here
have over six children.”
He had a new hospital
building built last year, but
Dhadgaon is often cut off
from other areas during the
monsoon, and boat ambu-
lances have to be used.
There are no real roads
here either.
No guaranteed aid
A Mahindra Bolero ambulance brings home 12 women passengers at various
stages in their pregnancy
after a day spent at the Civil
Hospital in Shahada subdivision of Taloda tehsil. The
women have travelled 160250 km one way for a sonography, and are scattered across many villages.
The women gather at their
nearest PHC, from where
they were picked up
around 8 a.m.
ASHA worker Chandrakala Padavi, who assisted
them, walks hamlet to hamlet to create awareness on
the need for routine checkups and institutional births.
“Many women here give
birth without any medical
aid,” she says.
In 2022-23, there were
31,566 institutional deliveries and 2,869 home deliveries in the district.
“Deaths could be avoided if the region was accessible by road and had phone
network connectivity,” says
District Health Officer Dr.
Ravindra Sonawane, adding that ‘bamboolances’
are used to reach a point
from where an ambulance
could pick people up.
Latika Rajput, a member
of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the State-appointed core committee,
says, “There are hardly any
Shortage of staff
MLA and Bharatiya Janata
Party leader from Nandurbar, Vijaykumar Krishnarao
Gavit, who was the Minister
of Tribal Development of
Maharashtra from 200409, says it is very difficult to
get medical staff to join
medical units in remote
areas like Nandurbar, as
most professionals want to
work in bigger cities.
Of 81 approved posts for
medical officers (Group A),
27 are vacant, and of 85
Medical Officer (Group B)
posts, 23 are vacant. Under
the National Health Mission, 986 posts are approved, of which 172 are vacant. Of 160 approved posts
for Medical Officer, 68 positions are vacant. There are
192 community health officers, with 52 posts vacant.
Last year, the district
health department had put
out an advertisement call-
ing for specialists for the
posts of radiologists, gynaecologists, paediatricians
and others, with a salary of
₹1.5 lakh per month. There
was not a single applicant.
Floating dispensaries
Since 2016, Gulab Singh
Nurjipadvi has been working in one of three boat ambulances run by the Maharashtra government as a
driver. He ferries the one in
Dhadgaon; there are two in
Akkalkuwa taluka. As the
boat sails through the Narmada backwaters, he
points to the hills. “Our
boat checks 50 patients daily from Monday to Saturday,” he says.
Rakesh Chandrasingh
Pawara, the health officer
from Roshamal PHC, has
been working in the boat
dispensary for the last 15
years. “We can only do basic first aid and give medicines, but for treatment the
patient must be taken to the
nearest PHC. It is generally
challenging to take pregnant women on the boat,
put them in a ‘bamboolance’ to take them to the
ambulance point, and then
transfer them to the nearest
PHC,” he says, adding that
during the monsoon, the
task becomes impossible.
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Launch of financial aid scheme
on PM’s birthday: Odisha CM
INDIA bloc will uproot BJP from power across the country, says former Jharkhand CM at event to
commemorate Santhal rebellion; ‘panic in BJP after bail, its leaders conspiring against me again’
THE HINDU
Monday, July 1, 2024
‘Give nod to
NRI quota in
govt. medical
colleges’
The Hindu Bureau
BENGALURU
Amaravati body notifies
acquisition of 1,575 acres
for capital development
Stuck in limbo during the YSRCP tenure, the project now takes centre stage with the new
government committed to developing the capital, for which the old master plan is being followed
V. Raghavendra
VIJAYAWADA
n a significant move
towards resuming the
construction of the
capital city of Amaravati,
the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development
Authority (AP-CRDA) issued a Gazette notification
on June 29 for acquiring
1,575 acres spread over
Rayapudi, Lingayapalem,
Nelapadu, Kondama Rajupalem and Sakhamuru
villages.
The land is meant for
development of the Amaravati Government Complex (AGC) and implementing zoning regulations and
urban design guidelines.
A public notice was issued to that effect by Capital Region Development
Authority Commissioner
Katamaneni Bhaskar under Section 39 of the A.P.
CRDA Act, 2014.
I
Construction stalled
The construction of Amaravati had been completely
stalled by the YSR Congress Party government in
the past five years after Y.S.
Jagan Mohan Reddy proposed three capitals.
However, the new Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena
Party-BJP alliance government in the State has taken
upon itself the challenging
task of rebuilding Amaravati, for which the old mas-
The Andhra Pradesh government plans to complete the development works of Amaravati city in
two-and-a-half-years, says State Urban Development Minister P. Narayana. K.V.S GIRI
ter plan is being followed.
Municipal Administration & Urban Development
Minister P. Narayana, who
was holding the same portfolio between 2014 and
2019, told the mediapersons recently that the State
government targeted to
complete the capital city in
two-and-a-half-years.
A.P. govt. will fulfil
election promises:
TDP State president
Naidu visits city
Accordingly, the government is taking steps to get
the Amaravati project back
on track.
The total revised cost is
being estimated.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited Amaravati 10 days ago and
took stock of the situation.
TDP State president Palla
Srinivasa Rao has said on
Sunday that the Andhra
Pradesh government is
committed to developing
Amaravati as the capital
city that matches global
standards, and
Visakhapatnam as the
“financial capital”.
The YSRCP had
The Hindu Bureau
VIJAYAWADA
deliberately campaigned
that Amaravati belonged
to a particular caste, and
resorted to land grabbing
and other irregularities in
the port city by making
people believe that it
would be the executive
capital, Mr. Srinivasa said.
He said the State
government would deliver
all its election promises by
overcoming the challenges
in its path.
CPI(M) expels
member with
links to gold
smuggling
‘Purpose of Maratha
quota stir is not to
create social tension’
The Hindu Bureau
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Shoumojit Banerjee
PUNE
The CPI(M) seemed to
scramble to defend itself
against accusations that
the party elite in Kannur
gave political cover to predatory criminals and profited from their illegal activities,
including
ambushing gold smugglers
and hawala agents.
In a move that appeared
to underline the CPI(M)’s
bid to rid its ranks of criminal profiteers, it expelled
one Sajesh hailing from
Kannur from the party’s
primary membership.
The CPI had voiced its
concern over the “tales” of
organised crime emanating from the Left’s bastion
in north Kerala. The Opposition had flagged the issue
in the Assembly and staged
a walkout.
CPI State secretary Binoy Viswam had voiced
concern about rapacious
criminals posing as protectors of the Left movement.
The government also initiated disciplinary action
against Kannur police and
Viyyur prison officials who
allegedly initiated a process to grant remission for
lifers serving time for assassinating RMP leader T.P.
Chandrasekharan in 2012.
The government also
transferred a police officer
who contacted RMP leader
K.K. Rema to gauge her disposition to granting amnesty to her husband’s killers. Last week, Minister
M.B. Rajesh averred that
some government officials
were working to undermine the government and
take advantage of the Opposition.
Categorically refuting allegations that he was indulging in ‘casteism’, Maratha
quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Sunday said
the objective of his agitation was to secure reservation for his community and
not create rifts between
members of the Other
Backward Classes (OBCs)
and Marathas.
Speaking in Beed district, Mr. Jarange-Patil
urged the ruling Mahayuti
government as well as leaders from the OBC community to not create divisions
between the two communities in the State for the
“sake of vote-bank politics”, while urging Home
Minister Devendra Fadnavis to maintain law and order. Mr. Jarange-Patil
claimed that Marathas had
been granted reservation
decades before the OBCs
could secure theirs. “The
Marathas had been given
reservation since 1874…
this was mentioned in a
number of gazettes, including the Satara gazette
and the then Bombay Government gazette, which
shows Marathas and Kunbis to be one and the same.
The OBCs, on the other
hand, were first granted reservation only in 1967 by
the Maharashtra government and then during the
Mandal Commission two
decades later. The OBC
leaders just do not want to
understand that the Marathas were first granted
reservation. We are only
demanding what is rightfully ours,” he said.
Manoj Jarange-Patil
Stating that he would
not budge from his demand that Marathas ought
to get reservation under
the OBC Kunbi category,
Mr. Jarange-Patil asked
how could the OBC leaders
demand that 57 lakh records [showing Marathas
to have been Kunbis] that
had been found by the government, be scrapped.
‘No casteism’
“My agitation has not aggravated social tensions in
the Marathwada region. I
am sincerely saying I have
never indulged in casteism
nor will I do so. When so
many records and proofs
have been found [showing
Marathas as Kunbis], you
[OBC leaders] are saying
‘cancel them’,” he said.
Mr. Jarange-Patil, whose
four hunger strikes over
the past 10 months
brought
the
Eknath
Shinde-led Mahayuti government to its knees,
warned OBC leaders trying
to spread unrest in Marathwada and in other parts of
the State.
“We, too, want our children to achieve success in
life. They too have dreams.
We Marathas will take reservation under the OBC
quota come what may,”
said the activist.
Centre extends deadline for Telangana Smart City till March Meningoencephalitis claims
The Hindu Bureau
HYDERABAD
The Centre has approved a
request made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy
and extended the timeline
for the Smart City Mission
till March next year.
The positive response
comes after the Chief Minister’s appeal to Union
Housing and Urban Development Minister Manohar
Lal Khattar seeking extension of the deadline.
The Centre had earlier
set this month end as the
target for completion of
Smart City Mission, and
the Chief Minister wanted
it to be extended by a year.
Meeting in Delhi
Mr. Revanth Reddy, who
called on the Union Minister on June 24 during his
recent visit to New Delhi,
explained that works were
taken up under the mis-
sion in Warangal and 45 of
them were completed.
Another
66
works
launched with an estimated ₹518 crore were under
progress.
Similarly, 25 works were
completed in Karimnagar
and 22 more costing ₹287
crore were under way.
He requested the Centre
to extend the time for
Smart City Mission until
the works were completed,
in the larger public interest. The Centre had accordingly written a letter to
the States on Saturday announcing extension of
Smart City Mission till
March next year. The
Centre clarified that approved works would be
continued and no new
works would be sanctioned. Funds for the ongoing works would be released on a first come first
serve basis till September,
it said.
Bandi Sanjay demands probe into
‘irregularities’ in utilisation of funds
diversion of Smart City Mission funds for stern action
against the guilty.
The Hindu Bureau
KARIMNAGAR
Welcoming the Centre’s decision to extend Smart City
Mission up to March 31,
2025, Union Minister of
State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the
move will pave the way for
comprehensive development of Karimnagar and
Warangal
cities
in
Telangana.
In a statement, Mr. Sanjay alleged that the previous
Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) government diverted
the funds sanctioned under
the Smart City Mission.
The greed of the leaders
of the previous BRS dispensation for commissions
from the contractors took a
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
heavy toll on development
in the two cities, he
charged.
Some leaders of the ruling Congress are following
in the footsteps of their predecessors in the previous
regime, he alleged and demanded that a detailed inquiry be ordered into the irregularities,
including
Fund share
He said the State government should cooperate
with the Centre by promptly releasing its share of
funds as matching grants to
facilitate all-round development of Karimnagar and
Warangal.
Speaking to the media in
Karimnagar earlier in the
day, Mr Sanjay alleged that
the ruling Congress in Telangana was exhibiting discrimination against the Assembly
constituencies
being represented by the
BJP in the State in terms of
allocation of development
funds.
two lives in Kerala: officials
A.S. Jayanth
KOZHIKODE
Unhygienic and stagnant
water resources and high
temperatures could be the
factors contributing to the
recent unusual rise in the
rare, but fatal primary
amoebic meningoencephalitis cases in the State.
Three cases of the infection, including two deaths,
have been reported in the
last two months alone.
While a five-year-old girl
from Malappuram district
died in May, a 13-year-old
girl from Kannur district
lost her life in June. Another
12-year-old boy from Kozhikode district is right now
undergoing medical treatment at a private hospital.
First detected in Alappuzha
municipality in 2016, the inection was reported in Ma-
Cherian’s remarks on Carbon derived from coconut husks can
school education’s
power supercapacitors, find researchers
quality trigger row
Sarath Babu George
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
The Hindu Bureau
ALAPPUZHA
Kerala Culture Minister Saji
Cherian has seemingly
stepped on a political and
social landmine by remarking that many students
who passed the Class 10 examinations could barely
read or write.
The remark at a private
school function in Alappuzha on Saturday arguably cast severe doubts on
the State’s secondary education system. The observation appeared to acquire
the contours of a controversy on Sunday, with General Education Minister V.
CM
YK
Sivankutty forcefully contesting Mr. Cherian’s statement. He countered that
the statement was not factual. He said the State’s
school education system
was robust and improved
by the government.
He added some persons
may have cherry-picked
parts of Mr. Cherian’s
speech and highlighted
them out of context. He
noted that Mr. Cherian
stressed the need to improve the quality of education. Mr. Cherian had
blamed the “liberal evaluation” system for the alleged
lack of scholastic merit
among Class 10 pass-outs.
Researchers at the Government College for Women,
Thiruvananthapuram,
have devised a method to
produce activated carbon,
suitable for supercapacitor
fabrication, from coconut
husks, which are a major
agricultural residue in
Kerala.
The coconut husk biowaste-derived
activated
carbon holds immense
promise for sustainable
and efficient green solutions for high-performance
supercapacitors owing to
its availability, low cost,
and eco-friendly nature.
Supercapacitors, with
Schematic illustration of the synthesis of activated carbon.
significantly higher capacitance and energy storage
capacity than conventional
capacitors, have emerged
as a vital component in the
quest for sustainable energy storage solutions. But,
the search for an ideal supercapacitor electrode material has been a challenge.
The research team, led
by Xavier T.S., Assistant
Professor, Department of
Physics, and including Merin Tomy, Ganesh S.G.,
Anu M.A., and Sreelakshmi
S.R., found the prototype
supercapacitors made of
coconut husk-derived activated carbon to be fourtimes more efficient than
the existing supercapacitors. The findings have
been published in the
American Sustainable Resource Management Journal.
The team had leveraged
the innovative microwaveassisted method designed
at the Centralised Common Instrumentation Facility (CCIF) at the college.
Unhygienic and
stagnant water
resources and high
temperatures may be
worsening situation
lappuram in 2019 and 2020,
Kozhikode in 2020, Thrissur in 2022, and in Alappuzha in 2023. “There has been
a rise in such cases the
world over. Warming of the
atmosphere and stagnant
and unhygienic water resources could be some of
the conditions leading to it.
This type of amoeba is
found to be more active in
warm water,” M.P. Jayakrishnan, Additional Professor, Paediatrics, Government Medical College
Hospital, Kozhikode, told
The Hindu on Sunday.
Dr. Jayakrishnan was
among those who treated
the five-year-old girl from
Malappuram and also suspected the possibility of the
infection. “Earlier, we used
to have cases of bacterial
meningitis. But, its instances have come down of late
due to vaccination. The fiveyear-old girl had symptoms
similar to that of bacterial
meningitis. That was when
we thought if it could be
amoebic meningoencephalitis,” he pointed out.
This infection is caused
by Naegleria fowleri, also
called ‘brain-eating amoeba’, which lives in fresh
warm water, such as lakes
and rivers.
The amoeba infects people when it enters their body through the nose. It travels up to the brain and
destroys the tissues and results in its swelling.
Actor Siddique
elected AMMA
general-secretary
The Hindu Bureau
KOCHI
Actor Siddique has been
elected general-secretary
of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA). He defeated Kukku
Parameswaran and Unni
Sivapal in the election held
on Sunday.
Edavela Babu, who was
the longest-serving general
secretary of the organisation, had opted out earlier.
Jagadeesh and Jayan
Cherthala were elected
vice-presidents and Baburaj joint secretary.
Kalabhavan Shajon, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Joy
Actor Siddique
Mathew, Suresh Krishna,
Tini Tom, Ananya, Vinu
Mohan, Tovino Thomas,
Ansiba Hassan, and Sarayu
were elected to the executive committee of the association. Actors Mohanlal
and Unni Mukundan were
earlier elected president
and treasurer of the organisation unopposed.
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Seeking to introduce a quota for Non-Resident Indians (NRI) in government
medical colleges in the
State, Karnataka has urged
the Centre to allow a 15%
quota by sanctioning 508
supernumerary seats in
these colleges.
The
supernumerary
MBBS seats sought by the
State are in 22 government
autonomous medical colleges under the Department of Medial Education
from the academic year
2025-26. An annual fee of
₹25 lakh per student can be
fixed which would generate ₹127 crore for the Medical Education Department
for the first year and ₹571.5
crore from the fifth year.
The 22 medical colleges
under the Department of
Medical Education have an
intake of 3,450 seats for
2023-24 of which 85% or
2,929 seats was Karnataka
quota and 521 seats or 15%
all-India quota.
In a letter to the Chairman of the National Medical Commission, Medical
Education Minister Sharan
Prakash Patil said that supernumerary was nothing
but creating additional
seats over and above the
annual sanctioned intake
of UG-MBBS seats within
the medical colleges. Dr.
Patil pointed to UGC guidelines for admission and supernumerary seats for international students in UG
and PG programmes, and
in NEP 2020 that emphasised intake of international students in Indian higher educational institutions
for global outreach.
5
States
Delhi
THE HINDU
6
Monday, July 1, 2024
Editorial
Delhi
Court on climate right and how India can enforce it
New beginnings
The Indian cricket team finally did
justice to the ‘favourite’ tag
I
A new right around climate
Scholars and legal practitioners are still
unpacking the judgment. The issue before the
Court was whether and how electricity
transmission lines can be built through the
habitat of the critically endangered Great Indian
Bustard. The government claimed that a previous
court order protecting the bird’s habitat had
affected the country’s renewable energy
potential. Modifying this order, the Court
prioritised transmission infrastructure to enable
accelerated development of renewable energy to
address climate change. But the more seismic
aspect of the judgment was the newly minted
‘climate right’ rooted in the constitutionally
guaranteed right to life (Article 21) and right to
equality (Article 14). Reading this right into the
Constitution potentially opens the door to climate
litigation, empowering citizens to demand from
the government that this right be protected.
But the judgment also leaves unresolved
questions. Does the Court overstate the
large-scale clean energy agenda as the main
pathway to avoiding climate harms and,
correspondingly, understate climate adaptation
and local environmental resilience? Just how will
this right against the adverse effects of climate
change be protected? And what might it mean for
the agenda of the newly formed government?
One way forward is the slow accretion of judicial
decisions around this right. But another is new
legislation to actively realise a right against the
adverse effects of climate change.
The former approach, the proliferation of
court-based action through enhanced litigation
around climate claims, will likely lead, slowly and
over time, to an incomplete patchwork of
(judiciary-led) protections. As with many other
well-meaning judicial orders directing the
protection of fundamental rights, realising
climate rights could become contingent on the
passage of several subsequent policy actions.
Moreover, a patchwork approach is less likely to
chart an overarching framework to guide future
policy.
Navroz K. Dubash
Senior Fellow at the
Sustainable Futures
Collaborative
Shibani Ghosh
Visiting Fellow at the
Sustainable Futures
Collaborative
Aditya Valiathan
Pillai
Fellow at the
Sustainable Futures
Collaborative
Because India is
still developing,
what the
country needs
is a law that
enables
progress
toward
low-carbon and
climate-resilient
development
Is the latter approach, climate legislation, then
a preferred approach to protect climate rights?
The judgment itself states that there is no
‘umbrella legislation’ in India that relates to
climate change. And in so doing, seems to
implicitly recognise the merits of an overarching,
framework legislation. Drawing from the
experience of other countries, framework
legislation can bring several advantages. It can set
the vision for engaging with climate change
across sectors and regions, create necessary
institutions and endow them with powers, and
put in place processes for structured and
deliberative governance in anticipation of and
reaction to climate change.
Indian context is important
These are important advantages, and good
reasons for India to consider climate legislation.
But at the same time, it is essential that Indian
climate legislation not blindly copy other
countries, and is tailored to the Indian context.
Undoubtedly, India needs to transition to a
low-carbon energy future, an imperative that is
highlighted in the Ranjitsinh judgment. But this,
by itself, is not nearly enough to enforce a right
against the adverse effects of climate change.
Climate legislation should also create a supportive
regulatory environment for more sustainable
cities, buildings, and transport networks. It
should enable adaptation measures such as heat
action plans sensitive to local context. It should
provide mechanisms for shifting to more
climate-resilient crops. It should protect key
ecosystems such as mangroves that act as a buffer
against extreme weather events. And, it should
actively consider questions of social equity in
how it achieves these tasks. In brief, it should
provide a way of mainstreaming and internalising
climate change considerations into how India
develops. Nothing less is required to make
progress toward avoiding the adverse effects of
climate change.
But having a single, omnibus law that covers all
these areas is not feasible, particularly in the face
of an existing legal framework that legislates on
most of these issues. It is impossible to anticipate
upfront all the ways in which society can and
should prepare for climate change. So, what is the
way forward?
Here, there is scope to learn from international
experience both what not to do and what
directions to follow. Climate laws in many
countries, often following the example of the
United Kingdom, focus narrowly on regulating
carbon emissions, for example, by setting regular
five yearly national carbon budgets and then
putting in place mechanisms to meet them. This
sort of approach, which has unfortunately
become somewhat of a template for countries to
follow, is ill-suited to India.
Instead, because India is still developing, is
highly vulnerable, and yet to build much of its
infrastructure, what the country needs is a law
that enables progress toward both low-carbon
and climate resilient development. The
distinction between a regulatory law, such as the
U.K.’s, and an enabling one, like, for example in
Kenya, is important to understand. A regulatory
law focuses, in a narrow way, on emissions and
how they can be limited. An enabling law can be
written to stimulate development-focused
decisions in a range of sectors across the
economy — urban, agriculture, water, energy and
so on — by systematically asking whether each
decision moves the country closer to or further
from low-carbon growth and climate resilience.
Importantly, this approach emphasises
adaptation as much as mitigation.
An enabling law is likely to be a more
procedurally-oriented law, one that systematically
creates the institutions, processes and standards
for mainstreaming climate change across diverse
ministries and different parts of society. For
example, such a law would build in procedures to
support knowledge-sharing, ensuring
transparency and avenues for public
participation and expert consultation, prompting
meaningful setting (and revision) of targets and
timelines and reporting against these.
The factor of federalism
There is another dimension essential for a climate
law tailored to India: ensuring that the law works
effectively within Indian federalism. Many areas
relevant to climate action, from urban policy to
agriculture and water fall under the authority of
sub-national governments — States or local levels,
and electricity also is a concurrent subject. An
Indian climate law must simultaneously set a
framework for coherent national action while
decentralising sufficiently to empower States and
local governments, and enable them with
information and finance to take effective action.
Finally, the enabling role should ideally also
extend beyond government. Business, civil
society and communities, particularly those on
the frontlines of climate impacts, have essential
knowledge to bring to energy transition and
resilience. Finding ways of enabling participation
in decision making would enable all these
sections of society to bring their knowledge to the
table in addressing climate change. An effective
Indian climate law based on enabling procedures
would also provide opportunities for voice to
diverse segments of society.
These broad ideas provide a set of principles
for a climate law tailored to India, one that
provides a basis for taking forward and fulfilling
the promise of the Ranjitsinh judgment.
Respite may still elude a beleaguered community
Weaponising PMLA
The finding that Soren may not be guilty
exposes ED’s approach to political cases
T
he grant of bail to former Jharkhand Chief
Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
leader Hemant Soren exposes the questionable practice of the Enforcement Directorate
in slapping money-laundering cases just to arrest
political adversaries of the ruling dispensation.
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
forces courts to render a preliminary finding on
whether there is reason to believe that those
jailed for laundering money are guilty of the offence and grant bail only if they record a negative
finding. Weaponising such provisions against political opponents can have grave consequences
for their personal liberty. In Mr. Soren’s case, he
spent five months in prison and had to resign as
Chief Minister when his arrest was imminent. It is
equally true that when bail is granted, it causes
considerable embarrassment to the prosecution
and government, as it can only be based on a preliminary view that the accused are not guilty. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay of the Jharkhand
High Court has analysed the material and circumstances of the case and given him bail based on a
conclusion that there is reason to believe that Mr.
Soren is not guilty. The Enforcement Directorate
registered a case under the PMLA against him
based on a police case related to forgery and fabrication of documents involving a revenue inspector and his associates. It sought to build a
case that 8.86 acres of land, as part of a larger extent sold to those not entitled to buy it, belonged
to Mr. Soren and was in his possession since
2010.
The Enforcement Directorate also claimed
that its timely intervention and the arrest of those
involved prevented the illegal acquisition of the
land. The court has raised pertinent questions as
to why no one who had allegedly been unlawfully
evicted from the land had ever approached any
court for redress even when Mr. Soren was out of
power. It also questioned the agency’s inference
that Mr. Soren was planning to build a banquet
hall on the land, based only on the image of a
plan given by a consultant and found on the
phone belonging to one of the accused. The inference was on the basis that the area depicted in
the plan was close to the land parcel involved in
this case. The court also discounted the Enforcement Directorate’s argument that Mr. Soren, on
receiving a summons, had set up a man by name
Raj Kumar Pahan to approach a special court and
get the land restored in his (Pahan’s) name so that
it would exculpate Mr. Soren. The High Court’s
findings such as these may be the subject of appeal or may be revisited during the trial. However, they also shine a light on how central agencies
are showing unseemly haste in arresting political
functionaries in office based on inferences and
surmises.
CM
YK
I
n November 1888, Lord Dufferin (1826-1902)
wrote, ‘Muslims of British India, a nation of
50 million reigned supreme from the
Himalayas to Cape Comorin’. In contemporary
India, the Muslim demographic has swelled to
more than fourfold since Lord Dufferin’s era. It
now surpasses the combined populations of
Britain and France. Despite this, Indian Muslims
find themselves standing helplessly at the heart of
a violent triangle marked by lynching, bulldozer
justice, and riots under the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) regime, particularly since 2014. Notably, a
majority of Muslims have collectively exhaled in
relief at the outcome of the 2024 general election.
The BJP has been deprived of a majority of its
own, a departure from the verdicts of the 2014
and 2019 general elections. Consequently, India
has reverted to a coalition era.
A mix of optimism and scepticism
Some view India’s reversion to a coalition era as a
glimmer of hope for the rejuvenation of its
beleaguered secular polity. There is optimism
that regional parties could act as a check on the
propaganda machinery of the Hindutva right and
its anti-Muslim biases, potentially curbing the
Narendra Modi government’s pursuit of
discriminatory policies against Muslims.
However, in my assessment, placing faith in the
transformative potential of the new Modi regime
may be overly optimistic. This scepticism is
fuelled by the historical alignment of coalition
leaders such as Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal
(United) and N. Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu
Desam Party with majoritarianism, given their
involvement in BJP-led governments since the
mid-1990s.
Furthermore, the BJP’s electoral setback in
2024 should not be misconstrued as an
ideological defeat. While the election outcome
may convey a message against majoritarianism, it
is improbable that the BJP will internalise this
lesson, as ideological parties are often more
inclined to preach rather than learn.
The 2024 election campaign orchestrated by
Shaikh Mujibur
Rehman
the author of
‘Shikwa-e- Hind: The
Political Future of
Indian Muslims’ and
teaches at Jamia
Millia Central
University, New Delhi
Scrutiny of the
2024 election
campaign and
representation
in the 18th Lok
Sabha shows a
targeting of and
a discrimination
against the
Muslim
community
the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, stands out as
the epitome of Islamophobia, compared to the
previous elections in 2014 and 2019. In India’s
electoral history, this has been the most
Islamophobic campaign since the first general
election in 1951-52. Mr. Modi’s predecessor and
the former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
even released a statement condemning Mr.
Modi’s campaign in 2024, accusing him of
‘lowering the dignity of public discourse, and the
gravity of office of Prime Minister with hate
speeches’. But it was too late and too little.
No Muslim representation
On June 9, Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s
Prime Minister for the third consecutive term; the
over 70-member cabinet comprises members
from the BJP and other parties within the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition and
is conspicuously devoid of any Muslim
representation. The prerequisite for a Muslim
presence in the cabinet hinges on the election of
a Muslim Member of Parliament under the BJP
banner. Yet, the party’s track record speaks
volumes as it fielded only one Muslim candidate
in Kerala out of its 441 candidates in the general
election. He lost.
This deliberate exclusion of Muslim candidates
from the national and State elections has become
a well-entrenched norm within the BJP, leading to
the formation of governments devoid of Muslim
representation at the central and State levels, as
seen in States such as Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, and Gujarat. With India’s Muslim
population hovering around 15% of India’s
population, this glaring absence of representation
amounts to a grave denial of its rightful place in
the political landscape.
In July 2022, Mr. Modi announced in
Hyderabad, at the BJP’s national executive
meeting, his concerns for the Pasmanda
community — Muslims of Hindu heritage.
However, beyond mere rhetoric in speeches and
interviews, he has failed to make any substantial
interventions in this regard. For a meaningful
start, the BJP could have fielded Pasmanda
Muslim candidates in the 2024 election. Yet, this
initiative did not materialise. The new Parliament
comprises 24 Muslim Members of Parliament,
primarily from non-BJP parties affiliated with the
Opposition coalition known as the INDIA bloc.
This development has led to a further dilution of
Muslim representation, significantly weakening
the political voice of the community, especially
during a period marked by escalating violence
and discrimination. While representation lies at
the core of any democratic system, its denial
echoes the significance of the renowned political
maxim, ‘taxation without representation’ from
the American Revolution. Evidently, this
deliberate endeavour to exclude Muslims from
the upper echelons of the governing power
structure must be viewed as a sophisticated
attempt to colonise the community.
Under scrutiny
For Hindutva Right organisations, Muslims are
perceived as a problem, a threat, and even an
internal enemy. The majoritarianism, inspired by
the Hindutva ideology, scrutinises every aspect of
Muslim life — from the Azaan (Muslim prayer) to
their dietary preferences (such as beef ), attire
such as the burqa/hijab, places of religious
instruction such as madrasas, and the legal
standing of religious establishments such as
dargahs or masjids, among others. However, the
Hindutva far Right’s apprehensions regarding
these matters stem from a broader objective of
de-Islamising India.
Interpreting the interventions by Hindutva
right regimes on these fronts solely as violations
of minority rights would present a skewed
perspective of their ideological agenda, which
aims at establishing a majoritarian Hindu Rashtra
(Hindu state). Hence, Prime Minister Modi’s
Islamophobic campaign in 2024 was likely
orchestrated not only for electoral gains but also
to cultivate a conducive atmosphere for the
Hindu Rashtra by delineating Muslims as the
undesirable ‘Other’ and unworthy of equal rights.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Emergency
As a retired Indian Railway
servant who was appointed
to the Indian Railway
service in 1977, the
Emergency brings
memories of some good.
But for the Emergency, me
and several of my
batchmates would never
have dreamt of entering
government service. We
applied to the then Railway
Service Commission in 1975
and were given our
appointment orders in
December 1976. All the
procedures connected with
the recruitment were strictly
followed according to the
merit of the candidate. The
only reason for the
transparent selection was
nothing but the Emergency.
J.F. Arul Alcanter,
Coimbatore
At Bridgetown, Barbados
Though every Indian cricket
fan celebrates the win at
Barbados, there is a tingling
feeling of sadness when the
narrow loss of South Africa
from a position of strength
is deeply introspected. The
South African outfit is
second to none when it
comes to individual player
brilliance and the team’s
collective strength. But we
have to settle that India
won this time. South Africa
did not ‘lose’ since it was
anyone’s game till the last
moment. (‘Sport’ page,
June 30).
you make a hundred
someone should be with
you... You have to look at it
from a team point of view.”
India’s win was the result of
excellent team spirit.
V. Lakshmanan,
Dr. V. Purushothaman,
Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
One recalls Sir Garfield
Sobers’ quote: “If you take
five wickets some one
should do the catches and if
The 11-year wait is a long
time for a country that
breathes cricket every
second. India’s win is the
result of team work. Rohit
Sharma’s incredible
performance throughout
the tournament, Virat
Kohli’s magnificent 76 when
it was needed the most,
Surya Kumar Yadav’s
unbelievable catch, and the
unmatchable spell of
Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik
Pandya felled South Africa.
Kshitiz Bhardwaj,
Dharuhera, Rewari, Haryana
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ndia’s long drought in ICC tournaments finally wound to a close on a glorious Saturday at Bridgetown in Barbados. The Men in
Blue finally won a title, the ICC T20 World Cup,
since the 2013 Champions Trophy at Birmingham
in England. ‘Kapil’s Devils’ in the 1983 ODI World
Cup and M.S. Dhoni’s men in the 2007 ICC World
T20, were outsiders, who stunned the globe.
Subsequently, every Indian squad has stepped into a multi-team cricket event as one of the favourites with the weight of expectations thrust upon
by a gargantuan fandom and an Indian diaspora
seeking a sense of identity. Last November in the
2023 ODI World Cup, India was the team in form
but failed to get past Australia in the summit clash
at Ahmedabad. If catharsis was essential, it finally
happened in the West Indian islands as Rohit
Sharma’s men snatched a seven-run win over a
doughty South African unit. Every cog fell in
place, Virat Kohli regained his touch with an excellent 76 even as wickets fell around him in the
final. All-rounders Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya
reiterated their value, and Suryakumar Yadav
pouched a stupendous catch when South Africa
was seemingly in sight of victory. Rohit led astutely while bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah delivered thunderbolts that left the South Africans
dumbstruck.
Aiden Markram’s men just ran into a stronger
opposition at the last hurdle and their capitulation was an acknowledgment of the superior attributes that Bumrah and company possessed.
Young seamer Arshdeep Singh too revealed a mature head as Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller
threatened to seize the game. South Africa is yet
to win any significant ICC silverware but surely
the men from the Rainbow Nation won hearts.
They made it tough for India and if a few moments on the razor’s edge had changed, Markram
may well have lifted the cup. For India, Rohit,
Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja’s retirements from
T20Is signal the end of an era. Coach Rahul Dravid, who bowed out, will be missed too. Close on
the heels of the run-fests during the Indian Premier League on flat surfaces, the T20 World Cup
hosted in the West Indies and the United States
offered a twist. The 22-yards, drop-in pitches or
abrasive surfaces, were never conducive for the
massive sixes associated with T20Is even if batters like Rohit, as he did against Australia,
seemed to perform on a different plane. The
championship’s fairytale was the manner in
which Afghanistan fought towards the semifinal.
Men, who learnt cricket in the refugee camps in
Pakistan, while also dealing with the Taliban,
were resilient and sport was the winner.
T
hrough its recent judgment in M.K.
Ranjitsinh and Ors. vs Union of India &
Ors., the Supreme Court of India has
dropped a large rock into the relatively
placid waters of India’s nascent climate change
jurisprudence. It has read into the Constitution of
India the right to ‘be free from the adverse effects
of climate change’, identifying both the right to
life and the right to equality as its sources. As a
new government considers its imperatives and
agenda, Ranjitsinh provides an intriguing
opportunity to think through and possibly enact
much more systematic governance around
climate change.
THE HINDU
Monday, July 1, 2024
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Opinion
Delhi
The rot in India’s higher education system
T
The NTA’s diktat
PhD admissions for the academic
year 2022-2023 were only
completed by mid-March 2023,
after a full eight months’ delay.
Meanwhile, in November 2022,
the Gazette of India had notified
the University Grants Commission
Ayesha Kidwai
is Professor of
Linguistics at
Jawaharlal Nehru
University and a
Fellow of the British
Academy since 2024
The National
Testing
Agency-University
Grants
Commission-Vice
Chancellor nexus
needs to be
examined
(UGC) Regulations, 2022, as the
rules by which universities in the
country could admit students for
PhD courses of study. These
regulations returned to
universities the right to conduct
their own entrance exams. Faculty
in several Central universities who
had their own admission test had
anticipated that because of these
new regulations at least for the
PhD admissions, they could revert
to their own tried and tested
entrance exams. However, this
hope was belied, this time by the
executive fiat of the NTA-friendly
heads of their institutions. Riding
roughshod over the Academic
Council and the objections of
students and teachers, the NTA
was once again entrusted with the
PhD entrance exam for JNU as part
of a consortium of three other
universities, including Delhi
University and Jamia Millia
Islamia.
In a meeting with the JNU
Teachers’ Association on April 8,
2024, the JNU Vice Chancellor,
Santishree D. Pandit, stated that
this fealty to the NTA was
demanded by the fact that the
Ministry of Education has handed
over all entrance exams to the
NTA, and JNU was funded by
them. This is a position that the
Central government has itself
denied in both the UGC
Regulations, 2022, as well as its
response to a Public Interest
Litigation in the Delhi High Court
on August 28, 2023. Right to
Information queries have failed to
turn up any contract that JNU may
have signed with the NTA. It is not
clear then why the JNU Vice
Chancellor was one of the first
Vice Chancellors to warmly
embrace the UGC’s non-binding
notice of March 28, 2024 (that
stands in stark contravention to its
own Regulations) that only the
scores of the 2024 June UGC-NET
exam would count for admission
to this year’s PhD programmes, a
decision for which no explanation
has been recorded in the
Commission’s minutes uploaded
on the UGC website. In fact, even
this decision is not explicitly
recorded in the minutes. Such was
the haste that without even the
pretence of a mandate from its
Academic Council, the JNU
administration decided on April
26, 2024, to accept the scores of
only the June 2024 UGC-NET exam
as the basis for admissions to its
PhD programmes.
Universities taken prisoner
In the last three years, the NTA has
ensured that it has run the
academic calendar of all the
universities. The universities have
been taken its prisoner via the
particularly vigorous promotion of
the NTA by the UGC, and
particularly its Chairperson. No
less complicit have been the
Vice-Chancellors of many, if not
all, Central universities, who have
actively colluded with the
suppression of scepticism
regarding mode, format, and the
concerns for exam security
internal to their institutions, to
ensure that the extra-legal diktats
issued by the UGC Chairperson
and the Commission are
implemented in their universities.
Any probe that examines the NTA
must also examine this nexus
between the UGC, the
Vice-Chancellors of ‘prisoner’
universities, and the assault on
university autonomy that the NTA
regime represents. In particular,
the UGC’s inexplicable insistence
that only the June 2024 dates of its
own UGC-NET exam will count,
and its Chairperson’s
announcement of the successful
conduct of the exam hours before
it was cancelled by the Ministry of
Education, must be explained, if
the full rot that has set in to the
country’s higher education system
is to be corrected. And if student
confidence in the system is to be
restored, the government must
instruct university
Vice-Chancellors to immediately
convene their statutory bodies to
initiate steps to ensure that PhD
admissions are completed within
the shortest time, in accordance
with the processes laid out in their
own Acts and Statutes and the
UGC Regulations, 2022.
He has to deal with a huge financial criss while also building Amaravati
STATE OF PLAY
Sumit Bhattacharjee
sumit.b@thehindu.co.in
N
. Chandrababu Naidu’s
Telugu Desam Party
(TDP) rode on an antiincumbency wave to power,
winning 135 of the 175 Assembly seats. The Pawan Kalyan-led
Jana Sena Party ( JSP) won 21
seats, while the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) secured 8 seats.
Together, the three parties
constituting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reduced the Jagan Mohan Reddy-YSR Congress Party just 11
seats. Mr. Reddy’s party,
which had won 151 seats in the
2019 Assembly elections, did
not even win enough seats to
qualify for the status of Opposition party in the Assembly.
Mr. Naidu, who had been
written off some years ago,
has proved his naysayers
wrong, but chief ministership
this time is not going to be a
bed of roses. He carries the
massive burden of expectations and responsibility.
His foremost challenge is to
keep his flock together and ensure that they work well with
the leaders of the JSP and BJP.
When the alliance was announced for the elections,
there was rebellion among the
cadres of all three parties. Mr.
Naidu and Mr. Kalyan managed to quell the dissent tactfully, and all the cadres
worked together to see that
there was vote transfer between the parties. This is said
to be one of the main reasons
for the landslide victory of the
NDA in Andhra Pradesh.
However, the sharing of
power is always a bigger challenge to confront. This begins
with the allocation of cabinet
berths, which calls for expert
human resource management. Mr. Naidu, an expe-
Bumrah: faster, meaner, and stingier
India’s lynchpin is at the summit among bowlers in T20 internationals
DATA POINT
Srinivasan Ramani
W
hen Jasprit Bumrah
came on to bowl the
16th over of the T20
World Cup final, South Africa
needed 30 runs off 30 deliveries.
Heinrich Klaasen had just smacked
Axar Patel for 24 runs in the 15th
over. By the time Bumrah had
completed his spell — he bowled
the 18th over as well — the target
had become 20 runs off 12 balls: he
had conceded only six runs off his
two overs and taken the wicket of
all-rounder Marco Jansen. Bumrah’s spell turned the match and
helped India win the tournament.
Bumrah has been the lynchpin
of the Indian bowling attack across
all three formats and sports a phenomenal record. He averages
20.69 with 159 wickets at a strike
rate (SR) of 45.1 in Tests and 23.55
and 149 wickets at a SR of 30.7 and
an economy rate (ER) of 4.59 in
ODIs. Both these marks are easily
among the best of his era and the
best for any Indian pace bowler ever. His T20 international numbers
are special too — 89 wickets at a SR
of just 16.9 deliveries and a phenomenal ER of 6.27. How does he rate
among all the T20I bowlers?
Chart 1 plots the strike rates
and economy rates of all bowlers
in T20I games (non-Test playing
nations were omitted to adjust for
competition) who had picked up at
least 25 wickets. Pace bowlers are
marked as circles and spinners as
triangles. Note that the axes are reversed — higher SR and higher ER
are closer to the origin of the axes.
The median SR (18.3) and ER (7.86)
are also marked in the chart.
Bowlers with a SR and ER well
below the median form the elite
list, marked in red. No pace bowler
comes close to Bumrah’s combination of SR and ER in T20Is. He is in
a zone of his own with the lowest
ER of 6.6. The closest pace bowlers
are Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqui (SR: 15.6 and ER: 7.09), South
CM
YK
Africans Dale Steyn (15.8 and 6.94)
and Anrich Nortje (16.3 and 7.01).
Among spinners, only Nasum
Ahmed of Bangladesh (16 and
6.29), Graeme Swann of England
(15.8 and 6.36), Rashid Khan (16.8
and 6.38) and Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan (17.3 and 6.42) had a better
ER than Bumrah. But the fact that
Bumrah plied his overs mostly in
the powerplay (first six overs) and
death overs (17th to 20th) suggests
that his record is phenomenal.
A closer look at these two periods of play shows this even more
clearly. Chart 2 plots SR versus ER
for all bowlers in the first six overs
(powerplay) of T20Is. Bumrah’s SR
(24.6) was a tad over the median
SR (22.45), but his ER was higher
than that of only one other pace
bowler, compatriot Bhuvaneshwar
Kumar (SR: 24.7 and ER: 5.85).
Other elite bowlers in this segment
(who picked at least 25 wickets) include Sri Lankan Angelo Mathews
(20.3 and 6.14) who has bowled
sparingly in recent years, the West
Indies’ Samuel Badree (22.7 and
6.2), Farooqui (17.3 and 6.23), his
compatriot Mujeeb Ur Rahman
(21.1 and 6.32), Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir (24.3 and 6.3) and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood (18.5 and
6.44). It is crucial to mention here
that Bumrah’s reputation precedes
him and batsmen have increasingly tended to play out his overs with
little risks. This has resulted in a
higher SR even as he maintains an
elite ER in the powerplay.
In the death overs, Bumrah is
even more lethal. Chart 3 plots SR
versus ER for bowlers for the death
overs. Among bowlers taking 25 or
more wickets, Bumrah has the
lowest ER (6.95) with 39 wickets at
a SR of just 12 runs. West Indies’
Sunil Narine also has enviable
numbers (11 and 6.78) but has only
picked up 14 wickets. Only Dale
Steyn (25 wickets at a SR of 11.8 and
ER of 7.34) comes close to Bumrah’s marks.
Data for powerplay and death overs were
provided by Kartikeya Date. X:
@cricketingview
rienced politician, appears to
have handled this well so far,
by giving due importance to
Mr. Kalyan and also making
him the Deputy Chief Minister
of the State. He has also given
a ministerial berth to the BJP’s
Satya Kumar Yadav.
The three leaders of all the
three parties — Mr. Naidu,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Mr. Kalyan — have different personality traits. Their
communication skills and
trust in one another will be
key in keeping the alliance
together.
Mr. Naidu’s party has a
clear mandate this time. It is
evident that he has the upper
hand in the alliance, including
at the Centre, where the BJP
does not have a majority.
Thus, the people of Andhra
Pradesh expect him to deal
with the Union government
more firmly and deftly to secure good deals and packages
for the State’s development.
They expect him to finally secure Special Category Status
and manage the completion of
a few major projects, such as
Polavaram, and also stop the
privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant soon.
Andhra Pradesh is in the
‘red’ with a huge financial deficit. A number of projects are
pending due to lack of funds.
There have been no substantial investments in the State in
the last few years. Unemployment is high. In this backdrop,
Mr. Naidu has promised ‘super six’ guarantees.
Mr. Reddy spent about
₹4.25 lakh crore on Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT) and
non-DBT schemes during his
regime. The State’s public
debt amounts to about ₹4.83
lakh crore. According to the
Reserve Bank website, the
Andhra government offered to
sell securities worth ₹2,000
crore on June 11 through auction. As per one estimate, Mr.
Naidu has to generate close to
₹1.21 lakh crore to fund his
welfare schemes per annum.
On July 1, Mr. Naidu has to
disburse about ₹4,500 crore
to 65 lakh pensioners across
the State. He has increased the
monthly pension from ₹3,000
to ₹4,000 in general as part of
his ‘super six’ guarantees. Salaries amount to an additional
₹6,000 crore. In the first
month alone, he has to spend
about ₹10,000 crore. This
apart, he has to reimburse the
Andhra Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation an
amount of about ₹2,000 crore
per annum for making bus
rides free for women.
Meanwhile, he has to complete the promised greenfield
capital at Amaravati. In 2014,
after becoming the first Chief
Minister of residual Andhra
Pradesh, Mr. Naidu had
pooled about 33,000 acres of
land from the farmers of Amravati to build the new capital.
He had spent about ₹10,500
crore between 2014 and 2019,
but the capital went into limbo when Mr. Reddy came to
power and floated the idea of
three capitals instead. Mr. Naidu’s initial budget of ₹21,000
crore in 2015 has now shot up
to more than ₹40,000 crore. It
is unclear where he will get
these funds.
The path ahead is filled
with hurdles, but the people
hope that the veteran leader,
who has fought many battles
in the past, will overcome
these too.
FROM T H E A R CH IV ES
FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 1, 1974
Tyre prices raised again
New Delhi, June 30: Tyre manufacturing
companies have further raised the prices of
different types of tyres ranging from that of
scooter to heavy duty trucks.
This is the second price hike by the
manufacturers’ association known as
Automative Tyre Industry (ATI), since the
withdrawal of statutory price control on tyres by
the Union Government on April 29, this year.
The latest price rise, effective from June 28,
while increasing the price of a scooter tyre by
Rs. 10 has increased the price of a standard
truck tyre with nylon linings by about Rs. 175.
Tyre prices were substantially raised by the
ATI ranging from 18 to 52 per cent on the
controlled levels immediately after the decontrol
in April.
While announcing the tyre price decontrol
decision in Parliament, the Industrial
Development Minister, Mr. C. Subramaniam,
had stated that the Government would keep a
strict watch on the tyre prices.
But Mr. M.M. Sabharwal, Deputy Managing
Director of a leading tyre company, said that the
manufacturers were free to decide the tyre
prices after the decontrol and the Government
did not exercise any control on the
manufactuers in this respect.
As the automative tyre industry decides
prices for different sizes of tyres, there is no
scope for different manufacturers offering
competitive prices for the tyres of a particular
size. According to the new rates the recall price
of a popular brand scooter tyre will be Rs. 89
and that of a nylon truck tyre Rs. 2400. As these
sizes of tyres are in great demand and short
supply they would fetch Rs. 130 and Rs. 4,500
respectively in black market. This is said to be
the result of some deliberate distortions in the
demand and supply estimates.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 1, 1924
Archaeology in Travancore
The annual report of the Archaeology
Department of the Travancore State for the year
1098 M.E. (corresponding to 1922-23) is a short
record of useful progress. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer
the Superintendent of the Department was on
circuit for 25 days during the year; and he
visited 19 villages and copied 68 inscriptions.
Besides these, 14 copperplates were newly
examined and 32 photographs were taken of
interesting sites and temples.
A ND-NDE
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he academic year of
2022-23 was marked by
unprecedented delays
in admissions to all
university programmes because of
the introduction of the National
Testing Agency (NTA)-run
Common University Entrance Test
(CUET) regime for both
undergraduate and postgraduate
degrees. Initially, a CUET for PhD
admissions had also been
envisaged by the NTA for 2022-23,
but that plan was summarily
dropped in mid-September 2022.
University administrations that
had disregarded the serious
internal critique by teachers and
students of the blind ceding of this
core aspect of university
autonomy were left in the lurch.
One such university was
Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU)
whose tryst with the NTA is
indicative of all that Central
universities have suffered in this
NTA regime. JNU, India’s
second-ranked university that
produces an average of 650 PhDs a
year, had conducted its own
all-India pen and paper entrance
examination (for all its
programmes of study) for nearly
50 years before 2017, which never
had to be cancelled because of the
use of unfair means or paper
leaks, and which ensured the
completion of all admissions by
August 14, year upon year. There
were widespread demands within
the university for a return to the
JNU entrance exam tradition for all
levels of enrolment, given the
presence of capacity, experience,
and expertise in the university. In
some public posturing, the Vice
Chancellor critiqued the NTA’s
multiple choice question format.
Yet, the exam was not brought
back home to JNU and remained
in the format imposed by the NTA.
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On Tamil Nadu’s financial distress
How are the funds for phase two of the Chennai Metro Rail distributed? Is the Centre stalling the funds for the metro project? What about funds released by
the Centre for restoration work after natural disasters in the State?
EXPLAINER
T. Ramakrishnan
The story so far:
amil Nadu’s Finance Minister
Thangam Thennarasu, at a
meeting chaired by Union
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman in New Delhi on June 22 as
part of preparations for the Union Budget
2024-25, made a slew of demands
including the Union Cabinet Committee’s
nod for the ₹63,246 crore Chennai Metro
Rail Phase-2, the allocation of ₹3,000
crore towards “necessary” restoration
works in areas hit by two natural disasters
last year and the increase of unit cost of
centrally sponsored schemes.
T
What is Chennai Metro Rail Phase-2?
The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL),
which is operating services on two
corridors (Chennai Airport to Wimco
Nagar, Thiruvottiyur, and Chennai Central
to St. Thomas Mount) under Phase-1 of
the metro rail project for about 54 km,
has proposed to extend the project,
through three corridors, for nearly 119
km. The corridors are Madhavaram to
Siruseri SIPCOT (45.8 km), a north-south
corridor; Lighthouse to Poonamallee
Bypass (26.1 km), an east-west corridor,
and Madhavaram to Sholinganallur (47
km), an orbital corridor. Eighty elevated
stations and 48 underground stations
have been proposed. For funding the
second phase, the State government has
tied up with the Japan International
Cooperation Agency ( JICA), Asian
Development Bank (ADB), Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and
New Development Bank (NDB).
The Tamil Nadu government, which
gave in-principle approval for the phase in
April 2017, accorded administrative
sanction two years later for the execution
of JICA-funded stretches of the phase,
treating the project as a “State sector
project” without prejudice to the
participation of the Union government. It
In progress: Construction work of the Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase 2 at OMR, Chennai. SRINATH. M
did the same for other stretches in July
2020. Up to March 31, 2024, the State
government sanctioned ₹5,400 crore as
share capital of the CMRL and ₹12,013.89
crore as subordinate debt.
Why has the State Finance Minister
asked for the Centre’s intervention?
The Chennai Metro Rail Project’s Phase 2
got the approval of the Public Investment
Board (PIB) as a Central sector project
under the equity sharing model in August
2021. It has been awaiting the approval of
the Union Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) since then. In
fact, when the All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) was in
power in the State, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for
the phase in November 2020.
In anticipation of the green signal, the
State government is bearing the entire
expenditure out of its own funds, which
are already under enormous stress. Its
plea to the Centre is to sanction Phase-2
under the 50:50 equity sharing basis, as
done for Phase-1. Presenting the current
year’s State budget in February 2024, Mr.
Thennarasu observed that the “inordinate
delay” by the Union government in
approving the project had resulted in an
expenditure of ₹9,000 crore during
2023-24 (which is expected to go up to
₹12,000 crore this year). Last week, he
urged Ms. Sitharaman to immediately
sanction the project and ensure adequate
provisions in the Budget.
What are the other major issues of
Tamil Nadu on the finance front?
It has been the contention of Tamil Nadu
that the State gets a pittance when it
Should education be brought
back to the State list?
When was the subject added to the concurrent list? How do other countries govern education?
Rangarajan. R
The story so far:
he NEET-UG exam has been
embroiled in controversies
over the award of grace marks,
allegation of paper leaks and
other irregularities. The government also
cancelled the UGC-NET exam after it was
held, while the CSIR-NET and NEET-PG
exams have been postponed.
T
What is the historical background?
The Government of India Act, 1935 during
the British rule created a federal structure
for the first time in our polity. The
legislative subjects were distributed
between the federal legislature (present
day Union) and provinces (present day
States). Education which is an important
public good was kept under the provincial
list. After independence, this continued
and education was part of the ‘State list’
under the distribution of powers.
However, during the Emergency, the
Congress party constituted the Swaran
CM
YK
Singh Committee to provide
recommendations for amendments to the
Constitution. One of the
recommendations of this committee was
to place ‘education’ in the concurrent list
in order to evolve all-India policies on the
subject. This was implemented through
the 42nd constitutional amendment
(1976) by shifting ‘education’ from the
State list to the concurrent list. There was
no detailed rationale that was provided
for this switch and the amendment was
ratified by various States without
adequate debate.
The Janata Party government led by
Morarji Desai that came to power after
Emergency passed the 44th constitutional
amendment (1978) to reverse many of the
controversial changes made through the
42nd amendment. One of these
amendments that was passed in the Lok
Sabha but not in the Rajya Sabha was to
bring back ‘education’ to the State list.
What are international practices?
In the U.S., State and local governments
set the overall educational standards,
mandate standardised tests and supervise
colleges and universities. The federal
education department’s functions
primarily include policies for financial
aid, focussing on key educational issues
and ensuring equal access. In Canada,
education is completely managed by the
provinces. In Germany, the constitution
vests legislative powers for education with
landers (equivalent of States). In South
Africa, on the other hand, education is
governed by two national departments
for school and higher education. The
provinces of the country have their own
education departments for implementing
policies of the national departments and
dealing with local issues.
What can be the way forward?
The arguments in favour of ‘education’ in
the concurrent list include a uniform
education policy, improvement in
standards and synergy between Centre
and States. However, considering the vast
diversity of the country, a ‘one size fits all’
comes to the Central release of funds for
natural disasters. In 2023, there were two
spells of natural disasters that hit the State
in quick succession. It had submitted two
detailed memoranda to the Union
government, seeking around ₹37,906
crore but the latter, according to the State
government, released a “meagre sum” of
₹276 crore. In an order issued in April, the
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
approved an assistance of ₹285.54 crore
and ₹397.13 crore for the two spells, of
which the total funds disbursed under the
National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)
stood at ₹115.49 crore and ₹160.61 crore.
Also, the order mentioned ₹406.57 crore
as the 50% of fund available in the State
Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) account
of Tamil Nadu as on April 1, 2023.
The Central government’s position is
that it can provide funds for immediate or
temporary restoration work and not for
works of a permanent nature. In the case
of permanent projects, the State has to
approach the Centre with separate
proposals under any programme or
project for funding.
The State is also concerned over the
“unrealistic” unit cost of houses under
centrally-sponsored schemes. For
instance, under the ‘Affordable Housing in
Partnership’ vertical of the Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the Central
government’s share is only ₹1.5 lakh per
unit against the Tamil Nadu government’s
contribution of around ₹7.5 lakh to ₹13
lakh per unit. In the case of the rural
housing project, the former provides
₹72,000 per house and the latter, ₹1.68
lakh. Similarly, in the case of social
security pension, the Centre gives a mere
₹200 per month per beneficiary for Old
Age Pension and ₹300 per month per
beneficiary for widows and differently
abled. In view of the inadequacy of the
amount, the State government, made it
₹1,200 per month per beneficiary.
Besides, Tamil Nadu is also one of the
States that has asked the Centre to merge
cesses and surcharges with the basic rates
of taxation so that the States receive their
legitimate share in devolution.
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approach is neither feasible nor desirable.
Further, as per the report on ‘Analysis of
Budgeted expenditure on Education’
prepared by the Ministry of Education in
2022, out of the total revenue expenditure
by education departments in our country
estimated at ₹6.25 lakh crore (2020-21),
15% is spent by the Centre while 85% is
spent by the States. Even if expenditure
by all other departments on education
and training are considered, the share
works out to 24% and 76% respectively.
The arguments against restoring
‘education’ to State list include corruption
coupled with lack of professionalism. The
recent issues surrounding the NEET and
NTA have however displayed that
centralisation does not necessarily mean
that these issues would vanish.
Considering the need for autonomy in
view of the lion’s share of the expenditure
being borne by the States, there needs to
be a productive discussion towards
moving ‘education’ back to the State list.
This would enable them to frame
tailor-made policies for syllabus, testing
and admissions for higher education
including professional courses like
medicine and engineering. Regulatory
mechanisms for higher education can
continue to be governed by central
institutions like the National Medical
Commission, University Grants
Commission and All India Council for
Technical Education.
Rangarajan. R is a former IAS officer
and author of ‘Polity Simplified’. Views
expressed are personal.
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The Chennai Metro Rail
Project’s Phase 2 got the
approval of the PIB as a Central
sector project under the equity
sharing model in August 2021.
It has been awaiting the
approval of the Union Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) since then.
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In anticipation of the green
signal, the State government is
bearing the entire expenditure
out of its own funds, which are
already under enormous stress.
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It has been the contention of
Tamil Nadu that the State gets
a pittance when it comes to the
Central release of funds for
natural disasters. It had
submitted two detailed
memoranda to the Union
government, seeking around
₹37,906 crore but the latter,
according to the State
government, released a
“meagre sum” of ₹276 crore.
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The Government of India Act,
1935 during the British rule
created a federal structure for
the first time in our polity.
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During the Emergency, the
Congress party constituted the
Swaran Singh Committee to
provide recommendations for
amendments to the
Constitution. One of the
recommendations of this
committee was to place
‘education’ in the concurrent
list.
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Considering the need for
autonomy in view of the lion’s
share of the expenditure being
borne by the States, there
needs to be a discussion
towards moving ‘education’
back to the State list.
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Who stands to gain if TikTok is banned
in the United States?
Why is the U.S. considering banning the social media platform? How was it embroiled in controversy over the Israel-Hamas war? Do Meta and
Google also use artificial intelligence to increase user engagement?
Sahana Venugopal
The story so far:
n April, the Biden administration
passed a law — Protecting
Americans From Foreign Adversary
Controlled Applications Act — that
forces TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance
to divest ownership of the app in 9-12
months, or see it banned in the U.S. If that
divestment does not happen, there is a
chance that users in the U.S. could lose
access to TikTok, similar to how Indian
users lost the service four years ago.
TikTok and ByteDance sued the U.S.
government in response, claiming that the
law violates Americans’ right to free
speech and that Congress is singling out
one platform, “with one set of rules for
one named platform, and another set of
rules for everyone else,” according to the
companies’ legal petition dated May 7.
I
Which platforms stand to gain?
TikTok was banned in India in June 2020
after clashes between Chinese and Indian
soldiers near a contested border region.
However, rival tech platforms didn’t waste
any time in trying to fill up the void. In
September, YouTube introduced an early
beta of YouTube Shorts in India. While
the exact India-centric data points are not
available, the average daily views of
YouTube Shorts grew by over 120% in
India year-on-year (as of July 2023), while
the average daily logged-in viewers of
YouTube Shorts grew by over 30%
year-on-year in India (as of July 2023), the
company shared with The Hindu.
Meanwhile, Meta announced in July
2020 that Instagram Reels would be
coming to India. The social media giant
has periodically hailed India’s community
of content creators and brands earning
their revenue through Reels. Meta
declined to provide India-related statistics
showing the adoption of Reels in India.
What effect does TikTok have on
American politics?
TikTok is used by around 170 million
Americans, who reach out to a global
audience of more than one billion. But for
years, the viral video app has been under
the microscope due to fears of its
entanglement with China’s regime. In
2023, FBI Director Christopher Wray told
the U.S. Senate that TikTok was in China’s
control and that it “screams out with
national security concerns.”
Apart from this, U.S. politicians believe
TikTok could be used to influence the way
Americans think about larger geopolitical
conflicts and issues. For example, since
Hamas’s October 7 rampage and Israel’s
retaliatory bombing of Palestinians,
TikTok has faced accusations of
promoting pro-Palestinian viewpoints and
hashtags. The accusations were so strong
that the company shared statistics and
published a statement on November 13
last year, stressing its neutrality and
pointing out similar occurrences across
other social media platforms.
How does AI make TikTok tick?
According to TikTok and ByteDance’s
legal filing on May 7, a large part of the
app’s success is thanks to its video
recommendation engine and the source
code powering it. This was developed by
China-based ByteDance engineers and
then customised for use in different
markets, explained TikTok in its filing.
Sanket Shah, co-founder and CEO at
Invideo AI, told The Hindu that Artificial
Intelligence (AI) played a crucial role in
shaping a user’s experience on platforms
like TikTok and Instagram. “Through
sophisticated algorithms analysing user
interactions, content attributes, and
demographic data, these platforms
deliver tailored content experiences,
fostering increased user engagement and
prolonged platform usage,” said Mr. Shah.
The rise of generative AI technology
could take social media algorithms and
targeted advertising to entirely new
heights. “Generative AI introduces a new
dimension, empowering users with
personalised content creation capabilities
and tackling issues such as content
overload and algorithmic biases. This
convergence of AI technologies not only
enhances the social media experience but
also drives significant revenue growth
within the social media advertising
market. These platforms share a common
goal for AI: keeping users engaged on
their platform,” explained Mr. Shah.
TikTok rivals have not missed out on
these technologies either. In April, Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the
integration of AI across the social media
company’s platforms, including Reels.
One significant result of this was a rise in
user engagement that was powered by
shorter videos. “On Instagram, Reels and
video continue to drive engagement, with
Reels alone now making up 50% of the
time that’s spent within the app,” he said.
Mr. Zuckerberg further noted in the call
that generative AI image expansion tools
had been earlier rolled out across
Facebook and Instagram Reels, with small
businesses adopting them.
YouTube Shorts also uses AI in its
algorithm, measuring metrics such as
clicks, watch-time, survey responses,
sharing, likes, and dislikes. The systems
learns from over 80 billion signals every
day to match videos and users, YouTube
told The Hindu. The company also said
that generative AI-powered features were
coming to Shorts, in order to encourage
more creators. These include
AI-generated image or video backgrounds
based on text prompts, and the ability to
edit/remix videos by typing in ideas.
Meanwhile, during the Google I/O
developers’ conference in May, the
YouTube-parent announced Veo — its
“most capable video generation model
yet.” “We’ll also bring some of Veo’s
capabilities to YouTube Shorts and other
products in the future,” noted Google in a
blog post.
Will ByteDance give up on TikTok?
For now, the answer seems to be a firm
no. “The “qualified divestiture”
demanded by the Act to allow TikTok to
continue operating in the U.S. is simply
not possible: not commercially, not
technologically, not legally,” said TikTok
and ByteDance in their legal filing.
Numerous legal proceedings and
extensions could also delay the 2025
divestment deadline. Like TikTok, both
YouTube-parent Google and
Instagram-parent Meta have attracted the
U.S. government’s ire due to their
approach to user privacy and their
potentially addictive video offerings. But
because they are American companies,
founders and top executives face far fewer
questions about their national loyalties
and their citizenship status.
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The first Tour de France was
organised by a newspaper
named ______ in order to
boost its circulation. By the
time the race concluded, its
circulation had increased
six-times even as its
competitor was run out of
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The Tour de France is one of
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for more than two weeks.
Name the other two countries
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Since 1975, all editions except one of
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The first Women’s Tour de France was
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waiver from a body because the body
required women’s WorldTour races to
have a maximum stage length of 160
km, a limit cyclists have called
“sexist”. Name this body.
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When cyclists ride close to or just
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drag by as much as 95%. What is the
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“You look tense. I thought you’d begin to
relax after your big presentation.”
“I can’t afford to relax. Your boss was
present at my presentation, and he’s
asked me to make it again.”
“That doesn’t sound good. If my boss
was there, I’m sure he gave you some
sharp criticism.”
“What are you talking about? How can
criticism be sharp? I mean, there’s …”
“When you speak to someone in a
sharp manner, what you’re doing is
speaking to them angrily. You sound as if
you’re warning the individual.”
“I don’t know about the warning bit.
But his sharp comments about my body
language really hurt my feelings.”
“That’s a good example. My boss takes
some getting used to. He continues to be
sharp with me every now and then.”
“As far as I’m concerned, he’s a terrible
person. I don’t see anything good...”
“How can you even say that? Everyone
agrees he’s a sharp dresser.”
“Sharp dresser? Does it mean someone
who dresses well?”
“Very good! The person dresses well,
and is also very stylish.”
“Your boss is very fashionable.”
“He certainly is! He’s sharply dressed
for all occasions. The clothes he wears to
the gym are starched and ironed.”
“Really? That’s taking things a bit too
far. Nobody in his right mind would call
me a sharp dresser.”
“I agree. My sister, on the other hand,
is a sharp dresser. ”
“I spend less than ten minutes getting
ready. If I spend more time, my
grandmother makes fun of me.”
“Your grandmother is a remarkable
woman. She remains sharp for her age.”
“Sharp again? How many meanings
does the word ‘sharp’ have? I mean…..”
“The word has many different
meanings, I’m afraid.”
“So, when you say that my
grandmother is sharp, you mean…”
“When you say that someone is sharp,
what you’re suggesting is that the
individual is intelligent.”
“The person is someone who
understands things quite easily.”
“That’s right!”
“How about this example? The speaker
was impressed by the sharp questions the
students asked.”
“Great example! Luckily for Roy, the
children have taken after their mother.
They have a sharp mind.”
“Can we please talk about something
else now? I’m sick of the word ‘sharp’.”
“Understandable. Why don’t we…”
“Tell me, how is s..o..u..r pronounced?
People in our country pronounce it in
different ways.”
“Native speakers make the word rhyme
with ‘our’, ‘tower’ and ‘shower’.”
“I see. The lime juice that Mala gave us
was very sour.”
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From Page One
New criminal laws in
force today onwards
641 species identified
last year in India
Kerala topped the list, with 101 additions — 74
completely new species, 27 new records — followed by West Bengal with 72 new species, and
Tamil Nadu with 64.
Significant animal discoveries include Capra himalayensis, which proves that the Himalayan
Ibex, distributed in the trans-Himalayan ranges of
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, is a distinct species from the Siberian Ibex.
Miniopterus srinii, a new species of bent-winged
bat, was found in Kodagu district of Karnataka.
The vast majority of these new discoveries
among fauna have been recorded in the invertebrate category, which saw 564 new species in
2023; only 77 vertebrate species, of which the majority were fish species, were discovered in 2023.
West Bengal recorded the highest number of
new plant discoveries, with 52 new taxa, followed
by Kerala and Uttarakhand.
The Environment Minister also rolled out the
‘Fauna of India Checklist Portal’, a first of its kind.
It comprises 121 checklists of all known taxa, covering 36 phyla, and providing information on all
the 1,04,561 animal species distributed across India. Endemic, threatened, and scheduled species
have also been included in the list.
Mr. Yadav emphasised the importance of conserving not just threatened species, but also biogeographic zones across the country.
Concerns emerge over BNSS Legal community
braces for change as
provision on police custody new laws take effect
The new law, set to replace the Cr.PC, allows police custody beyond the first 15 days of arrest; legal
and civil rights activists say this is a ‘retrograde step’ opposed to the fundamental right of citizens
R. Sivaraman
CHENNAI
ith the three
new criminal
laws set to be
implemented across the
country from Monday, legal and civil rights activists
have expressed concern
over certain “retrograde
provisions”.
The Code of Criminal
Procedure (Cr.PC) empowers the jurisdictional magistrate to grant police custody up to 15 days in case
investigation cannot be
completed
within
24
hours. However, Section
187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha
Sanhita
(BNSS), which replaces the
Cr.PC, says police custody
of 15 days can be authorised in whole or in parts at
any time during the initial
40 or 60 days out of the
60- or 90-day period of
judicial custody.
The police custody of 15
days may be spread over
60 days where the offence
is punishable with at least
10 years of imprisonment,
or 40 days for any other
offence.
Human rights activists
are apprehensive that the
provision could pave the
way for the police to take
undue advantage over the
W
Strong resistance: Advocates talk to the police during their protest
against the new criminal laws, in Chennai on Friday. ANI
arrested persons and indulge in extrajudicial
measures.
D. Nagasaila, an advocate practising in the Madras High Court, said: “The
main point of concern is
the change in police custody rules. Earlier, police
custody was permitted for
a maximum period of 15
days, and that too could be
sought only in the first 15
days following the arrest.
The BNSS allows the police
to make requests for custody beyond 15 days. On face
of it, extending powers of
police to request custody
up to the initial 60 days [after arrest] is a retrograde
step. It is opposed to fundamental right of citizens.”
The new provision
could lead to bail being de-
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
As the procurement of new
submarines under P-75I
goes on, the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has
taken up a preliminary study on the design and development of an indigenous
conventional submarine
under Project-76.
“DRDO got a go ahead
from Defence Ministry to
carry out a preliminary
study to determine the
project contours. It is expected to take up to a year
Meera Srinivasan
COLOMBO
CM
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Cordial talks: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with his
Sri Lankan counterpart M.U.M. Ali Sabry in Colombo on June 20. ANI
was mainly to convey concern from the Sri Lankan
side,” the source said, requesting anonymity.
The issue was reportedly raised in New Delhi too,
when Sri Lanka’s High
Commissioner to India
Kshenuka
Senewiratne
called on External Affairs
Minister S. Jaishankar on
June 25.
However, neither official mentioned discussing
this in their updates on the
meeting posted on their official X handles.
Earlier that morning,
the Sri Lankan Navy sailor
had died during an operation targeting Indian fishermen and their fishing vessel off Kankesanthurai in
the Jaffna peninsula, in the
Extrajudicial measures
V. Suresh, general secretary of People’s Union Civil
Liberties (PUCL), said,
“The provision extending
police remand is perhaps
one of the dangerous provisions in the new law. The
bar of police custody within the first 15 days from
time of arrest is removed,
permitting the magistrate
to order police custody for
a period of 15 days anytime
during the initial 40-60
days of detention. This effectively means the earlier
bar on seeking police custody once the remanding
magistrate grants judicial
DRDO takes up study on development
of indigenous conventional submarine
after which a formal case
will be put up to the Cabinet Committee on Security
(CCS) for project sanction,”
a defence source said.
This will be a continuation of the advanced technology vessel (ATV) project,
to
build
a
conventional submarine,
under which the Arihant
series of nuclear ballistic
missile submarines (SSBN)
are being built and another
project for building nuclear-powered submarines
(SSN) is currently under
way, the source said.
Under P-76, there will be
Sri Lanka summons Indian envoy
over sailor’s death, voices concern
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently summoned an official from the
Indian High Commission
in Colombo and voiced its
concern over the death of a
Sri Lankan naval sailor,
who was part of a patrol
unit that had seized an Indian fishing vessel in the
early hours of June 25. He
died due to the “aggressive
manoeuvres of an Indian
trawler” that had “resisted” apprehension by the
patrol unit, according to
the Sri Lankan Navy.
A senior Foreign Ministry official handed over a
formal note to the Indian
diplomat on the issue of
persisting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)
fishing, especially using
the bottom-trawling method, and “indiscriminate
poaching by Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters”,
according to a news report
published in the Colombobased Sunday Times newspaper.
An official source told
The Hindu that the Indian
official was summoned to
the Ministry on Friday. “It
nied during this period if
the police argue that they
need to take the person
back in their custody.
custody is lifted. Thus, the
magistrate may order that
any accused person can be
shifted from judicial custody back to police custody
at any time beyond the first
15 days of arrest, even if he
has been granted judicial
custody. This prolongation
is a very serious infringement on protections available for the accused, and exposes them to more police
torture, intimidation, and
other dangers.”
“The new law hits the
spirit of custodial jurisprudence in India where the
police have not been trusted in ensuring safety of people in their custody. You
can end up going against
the morality and spirit of
the Constitution by changing procedural laws. The
fundamental rights of citizens will be affected by the
new provision,” Henri Tiphagne, executive director, People’s Watch, said.
However, police officers
argue that the new provision will allow them to conduct proper investigation
in cases and prevent hasty
interrogations. It will also
give them more time to collect all evidence. A senior
police officer said, “It will
be more useful in cases relating to property offences
or cheating.”
island nation’s Northern
Province. Ten Indian fishermen were arrested on
charges of illegal fishing.
Their fishing trawler was
confiscated.
Bottom-trawling
The development has
brought the long-persisting
fisheries conflict in the
Palk Strait back into the
spotlight. Disregarding the
relentless demand of Sri
Lanka’s northern fishermen that their Indian
counterparts stop using
the destructive bottomtrawling method of fishing,
the fishermen from India
have continued the practice for years.
Meanwhile, northern
Sri Lankan fishermen have
blamed the governments
of Sri Lanka and India for
failing to work out a durable solution to the enduring problem, which has
put their livelihoods under
severe pressure.
They have also been demanding the resumption
of talks between representatives of fishermen’s organisations from both
sides.
“Both
governments
have a responsibility to implement the agreement
reached by both sides in
2016 when the Foreign Ministers of both countries
met in Delhi. They agreed
to end the practice of bottom-trawling at the earliest. Instead of taking that
effort forward, some actors are trying to politicise
this issue,” said Annalingam Annarasa, who leads a
Jaffna-based
fisheries
cooperative society.
Following their 2016 bilateral meeting and agreement, India and Sri Lanka
set up a Joint Working
Group to resolve the problem of Indian fishermen
frequently facing arrest for
illegal fishing in Sri Lanka’s
territorial waters. The
Group last met in 2022.
substantial
indigenous
content, including weapons, missiles, combat
management system, sonars,
communications,
electronic warfare suite,
mast and periscope, sources said. The Navy has a 30year submarine building
programme, and after the
P-75I, it intends to design
and build conventional
submarines indigenously,
senior officials had stated
on several occasions.
Propulsion module
An air independent propulsion (AIP) module de-
signed and developed by
the DRDO is now awaiting
fitment on the Scorpeneclass submarines. The first
Scorpene-class submarine
Kalvari is expected to go
for refit in 2025 when the
fitment process will begin
and is expected to take two
to three years, sources
said.
An AIP module acts as a
force multiplier as it enables conventional submarines to remain submerged
for a longer duration thereby increasing their endurance and reducing chances of detection.
Soibam Rocky Singh
NEW DELHI
Starting Monday, three
new criminal laws will
come into effect, reshaping
the legal landscape in India. This transition has
sparked a mix of apprehension and preparedness
among
the
legal
community.
On December 25, 2023,
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023,
the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and
the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. These will
replace the Indian Penal
Code (IPC), the Code of
Criminal
Procedure
(Cr.PC), and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
Extensive training
A judge at the district court
in the capital, speaking to
The Hindu, highlighted the
extensive training undertaken by Delhi judges.
“Every single judge in
Delhi underwent training
at the Delhi Judicial Academy, Dwarka. We had oneon-one lectures. Everybody felt that while we will
face difficulties, we will
solve them,” the judge
said.
“The soul of the law remains the same, with a few
cosmetic changes,” the
judge said.
However, not everyone
is optimistic. K.C. Mittal,
former Chairman of the
Bar Council of Delhi (BCD),
criticised the new laws as
oppressive.
Power to handcuff
Mr. Mittal condemned the
new power to handcuff
without court permission,
calling it a signal of state
terror among the public,
which is against the findings by Justice Krishna Iyer.
He added, “The top court
has held solitary confinement as violative of human
rights, but the government
has introduced this under
the new law.”
Mr. Mittal warned of
chaos in courts, citing confusion over the new
provisions.
“Nobody knows what to
do and what not. The provisions are confusing, and
nobody knows what will
apply when and how.
Nobody knows what to
do and what not. The
provisions are confusing.
There is utter chaos in
the minds of everyone
K.C. MITTAL
Former Chairman of
the Bar Council of Delhi
There is utter chaos in the
minds of lawyers and everyone in the courts,” he
said.
Senior advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey has expressed concerns about
potential confusion following the implementation of
the new law on July 1. He
noted that during legal
proceedings, the issue of
whether the law should be
applied retrospectively or
prospectively will inevitably arise.
One of the most challenging aspects of the new
law, according to Mr. Dubey, is the mandatory registration of Zero FIRs.
Potential for misuse
“This change can lead to
abuse of the legal process,”
Mr. Dubey warned. “For
instance, if I am in Delhi
and the offence occurred
in Delhi, anyone can register the FIR in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, or Chandigarh. The police station
where the FIR is registered
will decide whether and
when to transfer the matter. Meanwhile, the police
officer at that station can
arrest you, only to later declare that the offence falls
under Delhi’s jurisdiction.
By that time, your fundamental rights could be encroached upon.”
Mr. Dubey emphasised
that the intention behind
the Section is to prevent
people from suffering and
running from one place to
another to register a complaint. However, he cautioned, “There would be a
lot of misuse of this
process.”
On the preparedness of
lawyers to deal with the
new laws, Rahul Singh,
vice-president, New Delhi
Bar Association said, “The
New Delhi Bar Association
has conducted seminars
on the new laws and lawyers are fully ready”.
General Dwivedi assumes charge
as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff
hance operational effectiveness, the statement
said.
Dinakar Peri
NEW DELHI
General Upendra Dwivedi
took over as the 30th Chief
of the Army Staff (COAS)
on Sunday from General
Manoj Pande, who superannuated after more than
four decades of service.
The change in the post
also initiated a series of
changes among other senior appointments, including the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff and several Army
Commanders.
“He takes over as the
COAS at a time when the
global geo-strategic environment remains dynamic, with the challenges in
the security domain becoming more pronounced
due to technological advancements and everchanging character of
modern warfare,” the Defence Ministry said in a
statement.
“Operational preparedness to counter security
threats to a rising nation,
therefore, would figure
prominently as a key focus
area for the COAS.”
A focused response strategy to myriad non-traditional security challenges
New leader: General Manoj Pande, left, hands over command of
the Indian Army to General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday. ANI
too shall be a priority towards augmenting the nation’s defence, the Ministry
said.
Born on July 1, 1964,
General Dwivedi was commissioned into the Infantry
( Jammu & Kashmir Rifles)
of the Indian Army on December 15, 1984. Like the
Navy chief, Admiral Dinesh
K. Tripathi, he is an alumnus of the Sainik School,
Rewa, in Madhya Pradesh.
General Pande was to
retire on May 31, but was given a one-month extension
in service amid the delay in
the announcement of a
new chief. This generated
speculation in the military
fraternity of a possible deviation from the seniority
principle in the appoint-
ment of service chiefs. However, on June 11, the Union government appointed
Lieutenant-General Dwivedi, the senior-most officer,
to the top post.
As a Lieutenant-General, he held important appointments, including that
of Director-General of Infantry and General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief
(Northern
Command)
from 2022 to 2024, before
taking over as Vice-Chief.
General Dwivedi has a
deep understanding of
modern and emerging
technologies in the security domain, and possesses a
thoughtful approach in
harnessing and integrating
cutting-edge technologies
into military systems to en-
Other appointments
Lieutenant-General N.S.
Raja Subramani, currently
the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central
Command, is set to take over as the Vice-Chief of the
Army Staff.
Lieutenant-General
Anindya Sengupta is set to
take over from him as the
Central Command chief.
He is currently the Chief of
Staff of the Udhampurbased
Northern
Command.
A.K. Singh retired as
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,
Southern
Command, and Lieutenant-General Dhiraj Seth,
who is presently commanding the South West
Army Command, replaces
him.
Lieutenant-General
Manjinder Singh, chief of
the Shimla-based Army
Training Command, will
take over as the South West
Army chief. Replacing him
will be Lieutenant-General
Devendra Sharma, currently the Chief of Staff,
Western Command.
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On June 21, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
seeking deferment of the implementation of the
laws passed by Parliament in December 2023.
However, a senior government official told The
Hindu that training and hand-holding has been
done for all States to help them adapt to the new
system.
First information reports (FIRs) are filed
through the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS), a programme that functions under the National Crime Records Bureau. A
significant upgrade to the CCTNS will help people
file an e-FIR, without visiting a police station, and
a zero FIR, which can be filed irrespective of the
jurisdiction of the crime location.
The official said that changes have also been
made to the CCTNS software to register FIRs in
languages other than English and Hindi.
The BNSS mandates compulsory audio-video
recording of search and seizure in each criminal
case and mandatory forensic examination in all
cases where an offence attracts punishment of seven years or more. The recordings will have to be
submitted before the court electronically “without delay”.
Officials pointed out that the security of the
cloud-based system where the data will be stored
will be of prime concern. The e-sakshya platform
is being hosted by National Informatics Centre.
The BNSS provides the States time till June
2029 to prepare their forensic capabilities.
“Though forensics has been made compulsory in
all crimes punishable by over seven years, not all
States have the required capacity and trained officials. They have five years to upgrade,” the official
said.
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Parliament
should pass
law to raise
50% cap on
quotas: Cong.
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Opposition members to keep focus on alleged NEET paper leak and new criminal laws; MPs to protest the ‘use of Central
agencies against BJP’s rivals’; other key issues include price rise, unemployment, Manipur situation, Centre-State relations
NEW DELHI
Akin to T.N. law
In a post on X, Congress
general secretary Jairam
Ramesh said throughout
the Lok Sabha poll campaign, the party has been
saying that all State laws related to reservation for the
SCs, STs and all Backward
Classes should be included
in the Ninth Schedule, as
was the case for a Tamil
Nadu law in 1994.
“However, bringing reservation laws beyond the
50% limit into the Ninth
Schedule is also not a solution, because according to
a 2007 Supreme Court decision, such laws are also
subject to judicial review,”
he said.
“In such a situation, the
only way out is for Parliament to pass a Constitution
Amendment Bill which will
enable the reservation for
SCs, STs and all Backward
Classes to exceed 50%,”
the Congress leader said.
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
pposition parties
belonging to the
Indian
National
Developmental, Inclusive
Alliance (INDIA) in the Lok
Sabha will participate in
the debate on the Motion
of Thanks to the President
for her address to the joint
sitting of Parliament.
Though the debate was
to start on Friday, the
House had to be adjourned
because of the Opposition’s insistence on a dedicated discussion on the alleged irregularities in
NEET (National Eligibilitycum-Entrance Test).
On Monday, Opposition
members are likely to raise
the issue of NEET during
their debate on the Motion
of Thanks, as the demand
for a separate discussion is
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unlikely to be accepted by
the Chair.
In a show of unity, INDIA MPs will protest
against Central agencies
such as the Enforcement
Directorate (ED), Income
Tax Department and CBI
“targeting Opposition leaders”.
While former Jharkhand
Chief Minister Hemant Soren was granted bail by the
High Court, Delhi Chief Mi-
tion, to place a comprehensive report on the
State’s financial situation
before the Council of Ministers and issue a White
Paper for the information
of the people of the State,”
a statement from the Raj
Bhavan said on Saturday.
The Hindu Bureau
KOLKATA
Amid the stand-off between the Raj Bhavan and
the West Bengal government, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has called upon
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to table a White
Paper on the State’s financial situation.
The Governor’s call
came hours after he met
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman in
New Delhi.
“Considering the grave
nature of the economic
scenario in the State, the
Governor calls upon the
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
C.V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister, upon the
authority vested in him under Article 167 of the Constitution read with Rule 30
of the Rules of Business for
West Bengal framed under
Article 166 of the Constitu-
‘High debt’
In a press statement, the
Raj Bhavan said that the interest to revenue receipts
of 20% means that 20 paise
on every rupee of revenue
of the State government
goes towards payment of
interest on loans and Central transfer alone constitutes around 55% of the to-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
with the book on M. Venkaiah
Naidu on Sunday. ANI
personality. “No one can
match the level of Mr. Naidu’s wit, spontaneity,
quick counters and oneliners,” he said, remembering his long association
with Mr. Naidu.
Mr. Modi released three
books — Venkaiah Naidu:
Life in Service, a biography
authored by the former Resident Editor of The Hindu’s Hyderabad edition, S.
Nagesh Kumar; Celebrating
Bharat: The Mission and
Message of Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu as 13th VicePresident of India, a photo
chronicle compiled by I.V.
Subba Rao, former secretary to the Vice-President;
and Mahaneta: Life and
Journey of Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, a pictorial
biography in Telugu authored by Sanjay Kishore.
He said the three books
would become “a source of
inspiration for the people”,
while also “illuminating
the correct path to serving
the nation”.
Mr. Modi said he had
had the opportunity to
work with the former V-P
for a long period since Mr.
Naidu became the BJP president, followed by his senior role in the Cabinet, his
tenure as the Vice President and Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha.
“One can imagine the
wealth of experience a person hailing from a small village may have gathered
while holding such significant posts,” he said.
Seat-sharing talks will NIA arrests 2 persons
in Hizb-ut-Tahrir case
begin soon: Sharad
The Hindu Bureau
PUNE
The Maha Vikas Aghadi, an
alliance of the Congress,
the Shiv Sena (UBT), and
the Nationalist Congress
Party (SP), will contest the
Maharashtra
Assembly
election together, NCP(SP)
chief Sharad Pawar said on
Sunday, adding that the
Opposition coalition must
present a united front to
bring
about
political
change.
Speaking in Pune, Mr.
Pawar emphasised the
“moral obligation” of the
CM
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dra Modi government did
not want a discussion on
NEET as it would expose
the BJP’s links with those
who were involved in the
paper leak.
Mr. Gohil alleged that
top functionaries of the
trust that runs Jay Jalaram
(Gujarati) School — believed to be epicentre of
the NEET irregularities —
were close to BJP leaders.
“If you Google a little
bit, then you will find Jay
Jalaram Education Trust
among those who donated
to the BJP,” Mr. Gohil said.
Apart from the NEET
and the criminal laws, other key issues the Opposition would raise include
price rise, unemployment,
Manipur situation, CentreState relations, including
State government’s share
in taxes and other revenues.
Bengal Governor seeks White Paper on State
finances; Trinamool alleges diversionary ploy
Modi releases books on Venkaiah
Naidu, says he is an ‘inspiration’
Releasing three books on
the life and works of former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu through video
conferencing on Sunday,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi said the journey of
Mr. Naidu’s life is a source
of inspiration for the younger generations.
The programme was organised in Hyderabad on
the eve of Mr. Naidu’s 75th
birthday.
Mr. Modi said the life of
Mr. Naidu was a perfect
glimpse of the amalgamation of ideas, vision and
nister Arvind Kejriwal is
still behind bars in the alleged Delhi liquor policy
scam. Even during the debate on the Motion of
Thanks, the issue of targeting of political rivals of the
BJP would be raised.
But the Opposition
speakers would keep their
focus on the alleged NEET
paper leak and the three
criminal laws — replacing
the Indian Penal Code,
Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act — that comes into force on July 1.
On NEET, the Opposition would seek to target
the BJP as the party-ruled
Gujarat emerged as a key
State where irregularities
took place.
Gujarat Congress chief
and Rajya Sabha member
Shaktisinh Gohil on Saturday alleged that the Naren-
three major MVA parties to
safeguard the interests of
their smaller allies which
had been part of the Opposition coalition during the
2024 Lok Sabha election.
Buoyed by the MVA’s
performance in the polls,
Mr. Pawar said the alliance
had firmly set its sights on
winning the Assembly
election in October.
Asked who would be the
MVA’s Chief Ministerial
face, Mr. Pawar remained
non-committal.“Although
seat-sharing discussions
have not yet begun, they
will start soon,” he added.
The Hindu Bureau
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The National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Sunday
arrested two persons — Abdul Rehman, alias Abdul
Rahman, and Mujibur Rehman, alias Mujibur Rahman Altham Sahib, from
Thanjavur district — after
conducting searches at 10
locations in five districts in
the Hizb-ut-Tahrir case.
The arrested persons
are members of the Hizbut-Tahrir, an international
pan-Islamist and fundamentalist
organisation
which is working to re-establish an Islamic caliphate
and enforce the constitution written by Hizb-utTahrir’s founder Taqi alDin al-Nabhani, according
to the agency.
The investigation by the
NIA revealed that they had
been conducting secret
classes to radicalise the
youth using extremist ideologies and projecting democracy, Constitution, law
and the judiciary as anti-Islamic. The searches were
conducted in many places
including those in Tiruchi,
Thanjavur and Pudukottai.
tal revenue of the State.
The Governor said fiscal
stress due to high debt is
reducing the State’s capacity to spend on development of social and economic
services.
Intra-regional inequality in
West Bengal is very high
and requires to be addressed through effective
decentralisation of fiscal
resources within the State.
Mr. Bose highlighted the
poor fiscal situation in
West Bengal a day after he
filed a defamation suit
against the West Bengal
Chief Minister at the Calcutta High Court.
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee had said that women were not feeling safe
when visiting the Raj Bhavan, in an oblique reference to allegations of harassment brought by a
woman employee of the
Raj Bhavan against the Governor on May 2.
The Chief Minister and
the Ministers have refrained from visiting the
Raj Bhavan since May 2.
Responding to remarks
by the Governor on the financial situation of the
State, Trinamool Congress
leader Kunal Ghosh said
that Mr. Bose was trying to
divert attention from the
real issues.
Modi has time for everything
but Manipur: Jairam Ramesh
The Congress on Sunday slammed Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for “not finding time”
yet to visit conflict-torn Manipur, with party
general secretary Jairam Ramesh recalling the
“drama” around Chief Minister N.Biren Singh’s
resignation. “Exactly a year ago, a big resignation
drama was staged in Imphal,” Mr. Ramesh said in
a post on X, sharing a photograph of Mr. Singh’s
torn resignation letter. “The agony and anguish
of Manipur continues. The non-biological PM has
time for everything else but visiting the troubled
State or even talking to its elected representatives
face-to-face,” he added. PTI
Man who assaulted woman
arrested, says Bengal Police
The West Bengal Police on Sunday filed a suo
motu case and arrested one person in connection
with a video showing a person beating a woman
at Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district. The police
took to social media, and said efforts were being
made from certain quarters to spread
misinformation about the incident. “Police have
arrested one person who had publicly assaulted a
woman. Victim has been provided police
security. Investigation proceeds,” a post from
Islampur police district said. In the video, a man
is seen beating the woman and a man in full
public view. The Opposition parties have targeted
the ruling Trinamool Congress over the issue.
Spectrum auction: telcos to
get payment notice this week
The Telecom Department is expected to issue a
demand note to telcos this week for the payment
of spectrum they bought in the just-concluded
auction, according to a source. The auction
witnessed the sale of 141.4 MHz of radio waves for
₹11,340.78 crore. In all, 10,500 MHz of radio
waves used for mobile services worth over
₹96,238 crore were placed on the block during
the auction. As per sources, the demand note
would outline both options — upfront payment or
payment via instalments and is expected to be
sent out early this week to various companies. As
per the terms of the bid document, the payments
have to be made within 10 days of the issue of the
demand note. PTI
In Mann Ki Baat, PM thanks people
for participating in ‘biggest election’
PM did not
speak about
people’s
issues: Cong.
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
In the first Mann Ki Baat
radio address of his third
term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday
thanked the people of the
country for having reiterated their “unwavering
faith” in the Constitution
and the democratic systems of the country.
Maintaining that the
2024 election was the biggest in the world, he said
an election as big as this, in
which 65 crore people cast
their votes, had never taken place in any other
country in the world. “For
this, I congratulate the
Election Commission and
everyone involved in the
voting process,” he said.
The Prime Minister said
that Mann Ki Baat might
have been paused for a few
months, but its spirit,
touching upon the good
work done every day, work
done with selfless spirit,
and work having a positive
impact on the society, carried on relentlessly.
Striking a chord with
the tribal people, he said
tribal brothers and sisters
celebrate Sunday as Hool
Divas in memory of Veer
Sidhu-Kanhu, who strongly opposed the atrocities of
foreign rulers.
“Veer Sidhu-Kanhu united thousands of Santhal
compatriots and fought
the British with all their
might. And do you know
when this took place? This
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Lending an ear: Union Minister J.P. Nadda and other BJP leaders
listening to Mann Ki Baat in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI
happened in 1855, that is, it
happened two years before India’s First War of Independence in 1857. Then,
in Santhal Pargana of
Jharkhand, our tribal
brothers and sisters took
up arms against the foreign
rulers,” he said adding that
Veer Sidhu and Kanhu attained martyrdom while
opposing the restrictions
imposed on them by the
British rulers.
“The supreme sacrifice
of these immortal sons of
the land of Jharkhand inspires the countrymen
even today,” he said.
Tree campaign
The Prime Minister said he
was immensely happy that
the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
campaign he launched on
World Environment Day to
plant trees in honour of
mothers is progressing rapidly.
“On social media, people are sharing pictures of
planting trees with their
mothers or with their photographs. Everyone is
planting trees for one’s
mother — whether one is
rich or poor, whether one
is a working woman or a
home-maker. This campaign has provided all of us
with an equal opportunity
to express affection towards mothers,” he said.
He also spoke about a
special kind of umbrella
made in Attappady, Kerala,
named Karthumbhi Umbrella.
“These colourful umbrellas are strikingly splendid. And the special fact is
that these umbrellas are
made by our tribal sisters
of Kerala. Today the demand for these umbrellas
is rising across the country.
They are also being sold
online. These umbrellas
are made under the supervision of Vattalakki Cooperative Farming Society.
This society is led by our
woman power,” the Prime
Minister said.
Congress leader Pawan
Khera on Sunday alleged
that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not mention
any of the issues people
wanted to hear about in his
radio programme Mann Ki
Baat.
Taking a jibe at the
Prime Minister after he addressed the first episode of
Mann ki Baat in his third
term, Mr. Khera, the Congress’s media and publicity
head, questioned why Mr.
Modi did not mention
NEET irregularities, the
railway accident or the “infrastructure collapse”.
Mr. Khera said though
this was Mr. Modi’s third
term, it was not on his own
strength. “The government is walking on crutches. We thought he would
say something sensible this
time,” he said.
“The Prime Minister did
not speak on any issue of
people’s interest. His
method has been to
change the agenda. Because everyone is talking
about NEET, the scams, to
distract attention, you are
talking about umbrella
from Kerala...” he alleged.
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The Congress on Sunday
said Parliament should
pass a law to enable reservation to exceed the 50%
cap, a day after the NDA
constituent Janata Dal (United) demanded that the
quota increase in Bihar be
included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
At a meeting of the JD(U)
national executive on Saturday, the party expressed concern over a recent Patna High Court
verdict striking down the
Bihar government’s decision to increase the quota
for the Scheduled Castes
(SCs), Scheduled Tribes
(STs) and Other Backward
Classes to 65% from 50%.
In a political resolution
passed at the meeting, the
JD(U) urged the BJP-led Union government to put the
State’s law under the Ninth
Schedule to rule out its judicial review.
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The trip next week will reverse the perception of a drift in ties between the two countries, they say; it will also be a signal to Western countries,
including the U.S. and Europe, that the PM intends to continue to ‘balance’ India’s relations, two years since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began
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NEW DELHI
Avalanche hits Gandhi
Sarovar near Kedarnath
A massive avalanche hit the Gandhi Sarovar,
located 4 km above the Kedarnath Dham, around
5 a.m. on Sunday. There was no loss of life or
property, a district official said. Devotees
captured the avalanche on their mobile phones.
The temple currently has a significant presence
of devotees as the Char Dham Yatra, to
Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath
shrines in Uttarakhand, is under way. A huge
cloud of snow slid down the mountain at high
speed and stopped after falling into a deep
ravine. This occurred in the upper reaches of the
Gandhi Sarovar near the Chorabari glacier, below
the snow-covered Meru-Sumeru mountain range
located at the upper end of the Kedarnath valley.
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi began a
five-day visit to Bangladesh on Sunday with an
aim to consolidate the bilateral defence
engagement and explore new avenues of
cooperation in the maritime domain. The trip
comes more than a week after Bangladesh Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina visited India during
which both sides vowed to expand the overall
defence and strategic ties. It is Admiral Tripathi's
first official visit abroad after he took the reins of
the Navy two months ago. He is scheduled to
hold wide-ranging talks with his Bangladeshi
counterpart, Admiral M. Nazmul Hassan, and
other top officials of Bangladesh's military,
including the Army chief and Air Force chief.
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Air India Express’s cabin crew union has alleged
unfair labour practices by the airline, including
issuance of charge sheets to its members, and
sought intervention of the labour commissioner
to resolve the issues. The Air India Express
Employees Union (AIXEU), which is affiliated
with the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, has written a
letter to the Chief Labour Commissioner
(Central) in this regard. The communication also
comes at a time when conciliation proceedings
are going on before the CLC (C) on the disputes
between the cabin crew members and the airline
management. Air India Express has made no
comments yet. PTI
Cong. MP urges Speaker to lift
COVID curbs on presspersons
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday said
he has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla,
urging him to lift COVID-19 restrictions on
presspersons covering Parliament. In the letter to
Mr. Birla, he said that several presspersons, many
of whom have been covering Parliament for over
a decade, are facing restrictions in the name of
COVID-19 protocols. “I urge you to kindly
reconsider the current restrictions and allow full
access to all accredited journalists. Such a move
will reinforce our commitment to a free press
and ensure that our democracy remains robust
and transparent,” Mr. Tagore said in the letter
written on June 27. In a post on X, the Congress
MP shared a copy of the same.
has yet to be formally
announced.
The PM’s visit, which is
likely to be his first bilateral
visit abroad in his third
term, would place Russia
on a par with India’s closest neighbours that have
normally been the destination of first visits by Indian
Prime Ministers. The visit
will also be a signal to
Western countries, including the U.S. and Europe,
that Mr. Modi intends to
continue to “balance” India’s ties, two years since
the Russia-Ukraine conflict
began.
While the government
has not announced any
plans for Mr. Modi to visit
Kyiv on this visit, he will
travel to Vienna between
July 9 and 10. Meanwhile,
by travelling to Moscow
next week for a bilateral visit, Mr. Modi might also indicate that he is not as keen
to pursue India’s position
at multilateral summits,
particularly given China’s
presence. This week, he
has deputed External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
to attend the SCO summit
in Kazakhstan, and it remains to be seen whether
Mr. Modi will now return to
Russia for the BRICS sum-
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Vladimir Putin. ANI
mit in October.
Experts also said that
Mr. Modi’s visit will allow
him to get a “first-hand account” of how Russia’s war
in Ukraine is proceeding,
and also discuss thorny issues such as the recruitment of Indians to work as
Russian military “helpers”
that India has opposed, as
well as to speed up the supply of defence hardware
and spares that have been
delayed by the war. “The
visit will go a long way in
removing some of the apprehensions about waning
political ties between the
two countries, and allow
the leaders to resolve
pending issues,” said scholar and distinguished fellow at ORF Nandan Unnikrishnan, who travelled to
Moscow last week for the
“Primakov Readings International Forum” where
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov had said Mr.
Modi’s visit “perfectly fits”
into Russia’s strategic foreign policy line.
Mr. Lavrov said India, as
China, had made a
Two days after issuing termination notices to over
100 staff members owing
to a funding shortfall from
the Tata Education Trust
(TET), Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Acting Vice-Chancellor,
the Tata Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS), assured
the staff that they would be
retained and withdrew the
notices, effective immediately on Sunday.
The development came
after the TET promised to
release funds for the salaries of project and programme faculty and nonteaching staff.
“The letter of termination dated June 28, addressed to all concerned
staff, is hereby withdrawn
with immediate effect.
They are requested to continue their work, and salaries will be released as soon
as the TET support grant is
received by the institute,”
read a public statement issued by the institution.
A controversy arose over the termination of 55 faculty members and 60
non-teaching staff across
campuses in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Tuljapur, and Guwahati. The staff members
The Tata Institute of Social
Sciences in Mumbai.
appointed on a contractual
basis were informed on the
evening of June 28 that
their contracts would not
be renewed, and their service would end on June 30.
The contracts of staff
working under the TETfunded projects are renewed yearly, though they
are appointed by the TISS
and their performance is
evaluated as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines.
This year, the contract
ended on May 31, but the
staff were instructed to
continue with their duties,
develop new programmes
and start the admission
process, conduct student
interviews and so on for
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“This is deceitful, if you
were supposed to terminate us, why ask to initiate
the admission process. A
few hours before the termination mail came in, we
had just finished with admission interviews,” a professor, who received the
termination mail, said, requesting anonymity.
“If the terminations
would have gone through,
some of the brightest scholars would have lost their
jobs and the programmes
across campuses would
have been left with a disproportionate teacher-student ratio,” said another
professor.
Speaking to The Hindu,
Mr. Tiwari said, “For the
past four months we managed to pay salary to all the
staff, and it was becoming
difficult to use further reserves. However, we informed them when funds
come in, we will renew the
contract.”
The sudden termination
had come as a shock to the
faculty. They said such a
step would ruin the “quality of education and culture
of TISS”.
(With inputs from Alisha
Dutta and Maitri Porecha
from New Delhi)
“choice” to deal with Russia in national currencies,
adding that about 60% of
the India-Russia trade was
now settled in them, despite the fact that China and
India are engaged economically with Western countries that have sanctioned
Russia. “They are fully
aware of the discriminatory nature of what the West
is doing,” Mr. Lavrov said.
Officials said India and
Russia are discussing increased investments in the
Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor and in Siberia, while India wants to
source minerals from Russia. Issues that need to be
sorted include insurance,
and negotiating with ports
in between for transit, a
source said, adding that
there may be some issues
with ports in China. The
route presents a more effective option than the International North–South
Transport Corridor or other options, the source
added.
(With inputs from Dinakar Peri)
malpractices in NEET
NIA conducts
searches in
Rajouri in
terror case
The Hindu Bureau
The Hindu Bureau
AHMEDABAD
NEW DELHI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested the owner of a
private school at Godhra in
Gujarat in connection with
alleged malpractices in the
National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test (NEET) for
admission to undergraduate medical courses.
Dixit Patel was arrested
from his residence, public
prosecutor Rakesh Thakor
said, adding that the CBI
was taking him to Ahmedabad to seek his remand.
“As the case has been
handed over to the CBI by
the Gujarat government, a
CBI team will produce him
(Dixit Patel) before a designated court in Ahmedabad
to seek his remand,” Mr.
Thakor said.
The National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Sunday
conducted searches at
multiple locations across
Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district in connection
with the recent Reasi terror attack case.
On the evening of June
9, in the Pouni area of Reasi, terrorists had opened
fire on a bus transporting
pilgrims from Shiv Khori to
Katra. The attack caused
the bus to plunge into a
nearby gorge, killing nine
people, including a child.
Taking over the investigation on June 15, the NIA
targeted five locations suspected to be connected
with “hybrid terrorists”.
The searches, prompted
by information purportedly received from arrested
accused Hakam Khan alias
Hakin din, aimed to uncover any support networks
that may have aided the attackers.
The NIA seized various
items during the searches,
which they believe will
provide evidence to unravel the larger plot behind
the attack.
The school’s role
Jalaram School, located
near Godhra, was one of
the designated centres for
the NEET-UG exam held on
May 5.
It has been alleged that
the school was the epicentre of alleged malpractices and fraud in connection with the exam.
NSUI activists protesting
against the NEET scam.
SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Mr. Patel is the sixth person to be arrested in this
case. The accused had allegedly demanded ₹10 lakh
from candidates to help
them clear the all-India
test.
Earlier, the Gujarat Police had busted the scam in
which a coaching centre
owner and others were arrested for allegedly tampering with the exam paper. Upon the Centre’s
insistence, the State government handed over the
investigation to the Central
agency since malpractices
were also reported from
multiple States, including
Bihar.
SUDOKU
쑽
(set by Karaoke)
Across
1 Bottles displaying fine slogan (7)
5 Ageless model leaves base (7)
9 Get used to a place over time (5)
10 A gun fires back to pierce instantly (2,1,6)
11 Lawyer quietly got up to reach criminal court (10)
12 American sailor near Central China's uninhabitable place
perhaps (4)
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14 Femme fatale liking dress but without tops! (11)
18 Faking fever? He can relax heartily and remain absent
unauthorized (6,5)
21 Expressing annoyance, leader left spot (4)
22 Wife shown iPod variety having no intention of buying (6,4)
25 Leaders go out to admire missile? Quite contrary (5,4)
26 Fruit, dry fruit? (5)
27 When resting they are closed speedily skipping page perhaps
(7)
28 Congresswoman from East or North misrepresented (7)
Down
1 Female before music exercise gets iced drink (6)
2 Highly explosive stuff stocked up in Pelota Market (6)
3 Where will an indecisive person sit? (2,3,5)
4 Initially, social networks arouse flames unknowingly in chaotic
state (5)
5 Eat a taro, man! It holds back paramour (9)
6 Take advantage of mass and class (4)
7 He rescues oarsmen at sea, right? (8)
8 Most suspicious stories about revelry regularly by model (8)
13 What? No more troubling wife? (5,5)
15 They measure everything in zeros? Not hard (9)
16 Fighter plane lost at sea undoubtedly (2,6)
17 Write about editor and reporter (8)
19 Drink permitted in holiday home (6)
20 He starts the play as an expert having training (6)
23 Playthings picked up in small portions (5)
24 Nice to give 50% discount in shop (4)
FAITH
쑽
Bharata’s arguments
Solution to previous puzzle
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku
Bharata tries every argument possible to influence Rama
to change His mind and return to Ayodhya. He says that
although he has respect for his father, he cannot condone
what Dasaratha has done, said Navalpakkam Vasudevachariar in a discourse. In old age, a person is likely to make
mistakes. One’s judgment is clouded, and it is possible
that erroneous decisions are made. Dasaratha was an aged
man when he banished Rama to the forest. This grievous
mistake of his can be attributed to his age, says Bharata.
But is it not Rama’s duty to right the wrong? As Dasaratha’s eldest son, is it not His duty to reverse Dasaratha’s unfair order? Moreover, every man’s life has four stages — the
period when he is a student (brahmacharya), his years as
a householder (grihastha), his years in a forest (vanaprastha) and finally renunciation (sanyasa). It is said that the
best among the four stages is grihastha. That is because he
is the one who provides for the rest. A student does not
earn, and lives on what is given to him by a householder. A
sanyasi too lives on alms given by the grihastha. So, the
role of a grihastha in society is noble.
How can Rama suddenly jump to the vanaprastha
stage, when there is so much He has to do in the householder stage? Moreover, He is the king’s son, and has more
duties than a normal householder.
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Navy chief Admiral Tripathi
begins visit to Bangladesh
rime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit
to Moscow for a
standalone state visit on July 8 and 9 to meet Russian
President Vladimir Putin
will reverse the perception
of a “drift” in relations, experts say. The visit is expected to focus on strategic, economic, and military
ties.
The Modi-Putin talks are
expected to focus on the
rise in India-Russia trade
due to India’s import of oil,
smoothing out payment issues arising from Western
sanctions, building on previous conversations on the
Chennai-Vladivostok maritime route, and concluding
the Reciprocal Exchange of
Logistics Agreement (RELOS) agreement that will
pave the way for more defence exchanges.
It will be Modi’s first visit
to Moscow since 2015 and
marks a return to the decades-old annual IndiaRussia summit format. He
had met Mr. Putin at St. Petersburg in 2017, at Sochi in
2018, and at Vladivostok in
2019, during the Russian
President’s visits to India in
2016, 2018, and 2021. The
two leaders met on the sidelines of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation
summit in Uzbekistan in
2022.
“The break in regular
summitry — initially due to
COVID, and a rapidly
changing international situation — makes it imperative that both sides reverse
the perception in the international community of a
drift in bilateral relations,”
said former Ambassador to
Moscow Venkatesh Verma.
“Hence, the visit is timely,
but also overdue to recharge the wellsprings of
the strategic partnership,”
he told The Hindu.
Sources said the final
details of Mr. Modi’s programme was still being finalised, and advance External Affairs Ministry and
security teams were in
Moscow to make arrangements for the visit, which
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MONEYWISE
Delhi
Moderating
the pain of
taking loss
THINKINVESTOR
You can consider pairing
two-three loss-making stocks
when you do not have
profit-taking stocks to pair
with; the objective then will
be to take a large loss with
high-intensity pain
Gold, silver
stay range
bound
in June
Venkatesh Bangaruswamy
PRECIOUSMETALS
ILLUSTRATION: SOUMYADIP SINHA
We wouldn’t hold our breath
Managing emotions
Suppose you fail to cut losses in your
trading portfolio when the position
moved adversely. You expose yourself
to the risk the stock will further move
against you and cause more losses.
Also, you lock-in capital in a
loss-making stock, thereby, denying
yourself the possibility of generating
gains by investing the money
elsewhere. If you continue to display
such loss-aversive behaviour, you
could unintentionally build a large
portfolio of such stocks. These stocks
may eventually go up in price, but
your capital may be locked up for a
long time. And, that is not optimal.
You can manage your loss-aversive
behaviour by pairing loss-making
stocks with profitable trades. Suppose
you have three stocks in portfolio, one
of which has an unrealized gain of
₹10,000 and other two have
combined unrealised losses of ₹4,000.
Selling each of the loss-making stocks
separately can cause pain, as the loss
will be salient. But you can pair these
loss-making stocks with the one that
has unrealized gain.
Your net gain will be ₹6,000. Of
course, you will regret incurring the
losses, but the pain will be less
because it is subsumed within the
gains. Note that pairing the stocks
require you to identify the ones that
need to be sold based on your view of
their directional movement from the
current levels. That is, your decision
must be based on the profit-making
stock reaching its price target and
your view that the loss-making stocks
are unlikely to move up soon.
Chinese yuan is closely monitored, and those holding it cannot manoeuvre freely, a crucial hurdle
preventing it from becoming the world’s reserve currency even as U.S. dollar still exudes charm
B. Krishnakumar
For the third month in succession,
precious metals remained largely
range bound in June. The lack of any
meaningful triggers on the economic
front played a key role in keeping the
precious metals price in a tight range.
While silver prices displayed some
buoyancy in May, the white metal
mimicked the trend in gold and
remained range bound in June.
Comex gold closed marginally
lower by 0.26% in June to settle at
$2,339.6 an ounce. Comex silver
posted a relatively deeper cut of
2.89% to end the month at $29.56 an
ounce.
Mirroring the trend in the global
markets, MCX gold closed 0.35%
lower in June at ₹71,582 per 10-gram.
MCX silver witnessed a slightly deeper
cut of 4.23% to end the month at
₹89,540 per kilogram.
Similar to the price action
witnessed in May, Comex gold
remained range bound in June too.
Expect the recent range bound and
volatile price action to persist in the
near term, as the price cools off from
the overbought condition.
Strong uptrend
From a medium-term perspective, the
Comex gold price is still in a strong
uptrend and the price could head to
the next major target of $2,500-$2,515.
This view would be invalidated on a
fall below $2,150.
After strong up move in May,
Comex silver price was confined to a
narrow range in June. As anticipated
last month, the price cooled off a bit
from the highs recorded in June, and
also dropped to the target zone of
$29.5-$30 mentioned last month.
The overall trend is still positive for
silver and a move above $30.9 would
signal the start of the next leg of the
up move.
Mirroring the global trend, MCX
gold too was stuck in a narrow range
last month. As anticipated in the
previous month, the price drifted
lower to the then mentioned target of
₹70,500-₹71,000. The short-term
outlook is positive and MCX gold price
could head to the immediate target of
₹72,750-₹73,500. Only a move above
₹74,950 would open up significant
upside potential. Until then expect
modest upside and an overall
sideways price action to continue.
As anticipated, the MCX silver
cooled off in June and also dropped to
the target zone of ₹89,500-₹90,500
mentioned last month. Expect the
MCX silver to consolidate in a range of
₹87,700-₹95,000 in the short-term.
Long term trend is positive and a
move above ₹95,000 would indicate
the resumption of long-term uptrend.
The price could then head to
₹99,000-₹99,750.
Long-term outlook positive
To summarise, the long-term outlook
for both gold and silver remains
positive. The price could however
continue to consolidate in a range in
the near term.
(The author is a Chennai based
analyst / trader. The views and
opinion featured in this column is
based on the analysis of short-term
price movement in gold and silver
futures at COMEX & Multi Commodity
Exchange of India. This is not meant to
be a trading or investment advice.)
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DOLLAR POWER
Anand Srinivasan
Sashwath Swaminathan
O
ver the past decade, countries
in the West and
the East took a
turn towards preferring autarkical economic and political policymaking, signifying a fundamental break
from the previously global
attitude they exhibited.
A growing group of observers and commentators
has been forecasting the
end of the U.S. dollar as the
world’s reserve currency.
Also, many of the pundits
claim the Chinese yuan
would be the one to usurp
the coveted position of the
world’s reserve currency.
The argument is built on
two fundamental premises: 1) An apparent waning
influence of the U.S. economy on a world stage in
terms of favourable political and economic pacts as
well as a decrease in the
number of goods and services traded on a global
scale using the U.S. dollar
as its medium.
2) An increase in the ambit of Chinese economic
and political influence
among its neighbouring
States and other developing countries predominantly through the Belt
and Road initiative.
A closer examination of
the veracity of the first
claim regarding the waning
influence of the U.S. on the
world stage, both economically and politically, shows
it is largely misguided. One
need only look at how the
It is difficult to envision a
world where China, with
heavily restricted market
and low-quality exports,
is a better investment
prospect and trade
partner than the U.S.
Closer examination of
the veracity of the first
claim regarding the
waning influence of U.S.
on the world stage...
shows that the claim is
misguided
Russo-Ukraine
War
prompted the U.S. to be
Ukraine’s key ally and supporter, representing the
West along with its European allies. Meanwhile,
China has largely stayed
out of the conflict, choosing to maintain a neutral
position, fearing rebuke
from its Western counterparts. Moreover, as a significant portion of the world
trades with other currencies, it is natural as economies expand, they trade
among each other, leading
to a decline in the total
share of trade taking place
with the U.S. dollar.
the significance of U.S. monetary policymaking.
Over the latter half of
the past decade, multiple
headlines stated the end of
the petrodollar was near
and the time of the petroyuan had begun. China has
indeed tried to augment its
influence in geopolitics by
striking economic and political deals with multiple
allies and investment deals
with developing countries
starved of funds via the
Belt and Road initiative.
However, this plan has
been riddled with poor
economic
management
and exploitative pacts with
partner countries such as
Sri Lanka, unable to pay
back loans to China, and
many others reporting
feeling pressured under a
phenomenon now come to
be known as “Debt-trap diplomacy”. This does not
bode well for China as this
mode of influence is highly
volatile and unsustainable,
souring diplomatic efforts
in the long run. Additionally, domestic Chinese demand suffered since they
implemented the zero COVID policy, which placed
excessive strain on the Chinese economy along with
real-estate collapse. The
Chinese yuan is closely
Still the favourite
However, it would be
wrong to interpret this as
an inherent weakness of
the U.S. dollar as it continues to enjoy greater preference for investment
than any other country.
The year 2022-23 is an example of how investment
funds rushed to U.S. shores
after the Federal Reserve
raised rates at short intervals, signalling high investor confidence in U.S. treasuries and the U.S. dollar.
During the period, most
central banks adjusted interest rates in line with the
Federal Reserve, indicating
Personal Loans
Conclusion
The objective is to reduce the pain of
taking losses so that you release the
stocks that are no longer optimal to
hold in your portfolio.
You can also consider pairing
two-three loss-making stocks when
you do not have profit-taking stocks to
pair with. The objective then will be to
take a large loss with high-intensity
pain. This is arguably better than
selling one loss-making stock each
day, incurring a series of moderate
level pain!
(The author offers training
programmes for individuals to manage
their personal investments)
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Name of Lender
monitored, and those
holding it cannot manoeuvre freely, a key hurdle preventing it from becoming the world’s reserve
currency. Since the expansion of the American shale
oil revolution and the push
for American energy independence, traditional oilproducing allies such as
Saudi Arabia tried to seek
alliances with countries
such as China to, in turn,
reduce their exposure to
U.S. demand for their oil.
However, it must be noted
the Saudi Arabian government and wealth funds
prefer U.S. treasury bills
and American high-skilled
technology imports such
as Artificial Intelligence.
It is difficult to envision
a world where China, with
its heavily restricted markets and low-quality exports, poses a better investment prospect and
trade partner than the U.S.
Many critical roadblocks lie ahead in countries such as China, which
seek to displace the U.S.
dollar as the world’s reserve currency. However, it
is possible over time, these
obstacles will be overcome
and a new or group of currencies will assume greater
global importance. Such a
currency would have to be
freely tradeable with a stable economy behind it, ensuring those who utilise it
can do so without being
concerned about its inherent value or stability or
the country issuing it.
(Anand Srinivasan is a
consultant.
Sashwath
Swaminathan is a research
assistant at Aionion Investment Services)
Loan amount 5 lakh
Tenure 5 years
Loan amount 1 lakh
Tenure 5 years
(% of loan amount)
Rates and Charges
Loan amount 5 lakh
Tenure 5 years
(% of loan amount)
EMI (Rs)
EMI (Rs)
Processing fee
Name of Lender
Interest Rate (%)
EMI (Rs)
Processing fee
HDFC Bank
10.50 onwards
10,747 onwards
2,149 onwards
Up to Rs 4,999
Union Bank of India
8.70 - 10.45
10,307 - 10,735
Rs 1,000
Tata Capital
10.99 onwards
10,869 onwards
2,174 onwards
Up to 5.5%
11.25-15.40
10,934-12,000
2,187-2,400
1.50% (Min. Rs 1,000 to
Max. Rs 15,000)
Punjab National Bank
8.75 - 10.60
10,319 - 10,772
0.25% (Rs. 1,000 - Rs. 1,500)
Bank of Baroda
8.85 - 12.70
10,343 - 11,300
Up to Rs 2,000
10.80 onwards
10,821 onwards
2,164 onwards
Up to 2%
Canara Bank
8.70 - 12.70
10,307 - 11,300
0.25% (Maximum Rs 2,500)
11.10-18.75
10,896-12,902
2,179-2,580
Up to 2% (Min Rs 1,000
Max Rs 10,000)
Bank of India
8.85 - 10.85
10,343 - 10,834
0.25% (Rs. 1,000 - Rs. 5,000)
Axis Bank
10.99 onwards
10,869 onwards
2,174 onwards
Up to 2%
UCO Bank
8.45 - 10.55
10,246 - 10,759
Nil
Kotak Mahindra Bank
10.99 onwards
10,869 onwards
2,174 onwards
Up to 3%
10.85-14.85
10,834-11,856
2,167-2,371
0.50%-1% (Min Rs 250 and
Max Rs 10,000)
State Bank of India
8.85 - 9.90
10,343 - 10,599
Up to Rs 1,500
Bank of Maharashtra*
8.70 - 13.00
10,307 - 11,377
0.25% (Rs. 1,000 - Rs. 15,000)
State Bank of India
ICICI Bank
Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Interest Rate (%)
Canara Bank
10.95-16.40
10,859-12,266
2,172-2,453
0.50% (Maximum Rs 2,500)
Punjab National Bank
10.40-17.95
10,772-12,683
2,144-2,537
Up to 1%
HSBC Bank
Federal Bank
Union Bank of India
Bajaj Finserv
9.99-15.00
10,343 - 11,122
0.50% (Rs 500 - Rs 5,000)
9.10 onwards
10,403 onwards
Up to 2%
9.20 onwards
10,428 onwards
0.50% (Rs 3,500 - Rs 8,000)
2,124-2,379
Up to 2%
11.49 onwards
10,994 onwards
2,199 onwards
Up to 3%
HDFC Bank
11.35-15.45
10,959-12,013
2,192-2,403
Up to 1% (Maximum Rs 7,500)
Karnataka Bank
8.88 - 11.37
10,350 - 10,964
0.60% (Rs 3,000 - Rs 11,000)
11.00 onwards
10,871 onwards
2,174 onwards
Up to 3.93%
Federal Bank
8.85 onwards
10,343 onwards
Rs 2,000 - Rs 4,500
10.75-13.50
10,809-11,505
2,162-2,301
0.50%-1%
South Indian Bank
12.85-20.60
11,338-13,414
2,268-2,683
Up to 2%
UCO Bank
12.45-12.85
11,236-11,338
2,247-2,268
Up to 1% (Minimum Rs 750)
10.99 onwards
10,869 onwards
2,174 onwards
Up to 2%
10.00-12.80
10,624-11,325
2,125-2,265
1% (Rs 1,000-Rs 10,000)
11,487
2,297
Up to 2% of loan amount (Min. Rs 2,500
Max. Rs 8,500)
10,744 onwards
2,149 onwards
1.5% -3.5%
Bank of Maharashtra
8.85 - 12.00
ICICI Bank
10,621-11,895
Punjab & Sind Bank
IDFC First Bank
Indian Overseas Bank**
Karnataka Bank
13.43
IndusInd Bank
10.49 onwards
Punjab and Sind Bank***
8.85 - 10.25
10,343 - 10,685
0.25% (Rs. 1,000 - Rs. 15,000)
South Indian Bank
8.75 onwards
10,319 onwards
0.75% (Max: Rs 10,000)
City Union Bank
14.45 - 14.95
11,751 - 11,882
1.25% (Min: Rs 1,000)
*0.25% interest rate concession for existing housing loan borrowers and corporate salary account holders.
**0.50% interest rate concession to borrowers with credit scores of 800 and above. Interest rate concession of 0.25% to borrowers having
credit scores of 750-799
***Concession of up to 50% on processing fee for PSB Apna Vahan Sugam.
Rates and charges as on June 26
Source: Paisabazaar.com
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End of petrodollar?
The lack of any meaningful
triggers on the economic front
played a key role in keeping the
precious metals price in a tight
range; however, the long-term
outlook for both gold and silver
remains positive
Cutting losses on investment is easier
said than done. This is because we
hate losses more than we like gains of
the same magnitude. That is, a loss of
₹10,000 will cause more pain than a
gain of ₹10,000 can give us happiness.
This behavioural bias, called loss
aversion, adversely impacts wealth.
Here, we discuss how loss aversion
can hurt financial well-being. We also
discuss how to manage your emotions
when cutting losses.
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World
Delhi
NEW YORK
THIONVILLE
CARACAS
SEOUL
Police shoot and kill 13-year-old in
New York as he points replica gun
One dead and five injured in
wedding hall attack in France
Colombia rebel group agrees to
‘unilateral ceasefire’ after talks
N. Korea condemns drills by U.S.,
Japan, South Korea as ‘Asian NATO’
REUTERS
X
Video released late on Saturday showed an officer in upstate New
York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the
ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at
them. The teen was killed after officers stopped two youth in
connection with an armed robbery investigation, the police said. AP
Press Trust of India
ISLAMABAD
Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari on Sunday gave his
assent to the government’s
tax-heavy Finance Bill
2024, which drew sharp
criticism from the Opposition which labelled it as an
IMF-driven
document
harmful to the public for
the new fiscal year, according to a media report.
President Zardari on
Sunday gave assent to the
Bill in accordance with Article 75 of the Constitution
and the Bill would be applicable from July 1.
Pakistan is in talks with
the IMF for a loan of $6 billion to $8 billion. Earlier
this week, Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif said the
Budget was prepared in
collaboration with the IMF.
One person was killed and five were wounded in northeastern
France when several masked gunmen opened fire at a wedding
ceremony, police sources said on Sunday. The attack is believed to
be linked to a settling of scores between drug traffickers. Around a
hundred people were in attendance at the wedding. AFP
AP
X
A Colombian splinter group of former FARC guerrillas known as
Segunda Marquetalia has agreed to a “unilateral ceasefire” and the
release of captives following negotiations with the government. The
talks are the latest attempt by leftist President Gustavo Petro to end
decades of conflict between the government and rebel groups. AFP
Le Pen’s far-right party marks strong
lead in the first round of French polls
French President Macron urges voters to rally against the far-right in the second round of elections; National Rally’s Le Pen
calls upon voters to give the party an absolute majority in parliament to put party leader Jordan Bardella in the PM’s chair
Associated Press
PARIS
F
rench voters propelled the far-right
National Rally to a
strong lead in first-round
legislative elections on
Sunday and plunged the
country into political uncertainty, according to
polling projections.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who
called the surprise elections just three weeks ago,
urged voters to rally
against the far-right in the
second round of balloting.
French far-right leader
Marine Le Pen called on
voters to give the National
Rally an “absolute majority” in parliament. She said
Discontent folks: Many voters are frustrated about economic
concerns and President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. AFP
a National Rally majority
would enable the far-right
to form a new government
with party president Jordan Bardella as Prime Minister in order to work on
France’s “recovery.”
Projections by polling
agencies suggest the National Rally stands a good
chance of winning a majority in the lower house of
parliament for the first
time, with an estimated
one-third of the first-round
vote, nearly double their
18% in the first round in
2022. The party is building
on its success in European
elections that prompted
Mr. Macron to dissolve parliament and call the surprise vote.
The two-round elections wrap up on July 7.
Many French voters are
frustrated about inflation
and other economic concerns, as well as Mr. Macron’s leadership, seen as
arrogant and out-of-touch
with their lives.
A new coalition on the
left, the New Popular
Front, also poses a challenge to the pro-business
Mr. Macron and his centrist alliance Together for
the Republic. It includes
the French Socialists and
Communists, the greens
and the hard-left France
Unbowed party and vows
to reverse an unpopular
pension reform law that
raised the retirement age
to 64.
High turnout
There are 49.5 million registered voters who will
choose the 577 members of
the National Assembly,
France's influential lower
house of parliament. Turnout stood at an unusually
high 59% three hours before polls closed. That’s 20
percentage points higher
than turnout at the same
time in the last first-round
vote in 2022.
AP
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North Korea denounced joint military drills by South Korea, Japan
and the U.S., calling them an “Asian version of NATO” and warning
of “fatal consequences”. It comes a day after the allies wrapped up
the exercises, dubbed “Freedom Edge”, in missile and air defences,
anti-submarine warfare and defensive cyber training. AFP
Taliban members
meet Afghanistan,
UN envoys in Doha
Agence France-Presse
DOHA
Representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime began meetings on Sunday
with UN officials as they attended talks in Doha with
special envoys to the Central Asian country for the
first time, a UN spokesperson said. The two-day, UNhosted meeting in Qatar is
the third of its kind in the
gas-rich emirate in just over a year but the first to include Taliban authorities.
UN officials and over 20
envoys, including the U.S.
special representative to
Afghanistan, were expected to meet with the Taliban
government’s delegation
led by spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Ahead of the UN event,
Taliban Foreign Ministry
UN officials and over
20 envoys are
expected to meet
with the Taliban
delegation
official Zakir Jalaly on Sunday maintained that any
meetings taking place after
Monday were “unrelated”
to the official agenda.
The sidelining of civil society organisations has
provoked outcry among
the groups, including women’s rights activists. “Caving into the Taliban’s conditions to secure their
participation in the talks
would risk legitimising
their gender-based institutionalised system of oppression,” head of Amnesty International Agnes
Callamard said.
Incumbent well
Women bombers
ahead in Mauritania kill 18 in coordinated
presidential elections attacks in Nigeria
Agence France-Presse
Associated Press
NOUAKCHOTT
MAIDUGURI
Incumbent Mohamed Ould
Cheikh El Ghazouani was
set to win a comfortable
majority in the Mauritanian presidential election,
the electoral commision
said on Sunday, with most
of the ballots counted.
Mauritanians voted on
Saturday to choose between seven candidates vying to lead the sprawling
nation, which has largely
withstood the tide of jihadism in the region and set
to become a gas producer.
With 90% of the votes
counted by Sunday afternoon, national election
commission Ceni forecast
that former general Ghazouani would garner more
than 55% of votes cast.
Women suicide bombers
targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks in northern
Nigeria that killed at least
18 people, local authorities
said Sunday.
The first bomber detonated during a marriage
celebration in the northeastern town of Gwoza,
Barkindo Saidu, directorgeneral of the Borno State
Emergency Management
Agency, told reporters.
“Minutes later, another
blast occurred near General Hospital,” Mr. Saidu said,
and the third bomber at
the funeral service was disguised as a mourner. Children and pregnant women
were among those killed.
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
That would allow him to
comfortably see off rival
and human rights campaigner Biram Dah Abeid,
who Ceni predicted would
win 22% of the vote.
Ghazouani’s other main
rival, leader of the Islamist
Tewassoul party, Hamadi
Ould Sid’ El Moctar, was
currently counted as holding 13% of the vote.
The suicide attacks
were targeted at a
wedding, funeral and
a hospital and
injured 30 people
At least 30 others were
wounded.
No one claimed responsibility for the the attacks.
Borno state has been heavily affected by the insurgency launched in 2009 by
the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.
In the past, Boko Haram
has used women and girls
in
suicide
bombings,
prompting suspicions that
some attackers come from
the many thousands of people the extremists have
kidnapped over the years,
including schoolchildren.
Storm and torrential rain lash France,
Switzerland and Italy, leaving seven dead
Agence France-Presse
GENEVA
Ferocious storms and torrential rain that lashed
France, Switzerland and
Italy this weekend have left
seven persons dead, local
authorities said on Sunday.
Three persons in their
70s and 80s died in France’s northeastern Aube region on Saturday when a
tree crushed the car they
were travelling in during
fierce winds. A fourth passenger was in critical care.
In neighbouring Switzerland, four persons have
died and another is
missing.
Three were killed after
torrential rains triggered a
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landslide in the southeast,
police in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino said.
A man was also found
dead in a hotel in SaasGrun in the southwest can-
ton of Valais, police said,
adding that he was probably taken by surprise by a
sudden rapid rise in
floodwater.
Another man is also mis-
sing in Valais, police said.
The civil security services said “several hundred”
people were evacuated in
Valais and roads closed after the Rhone and its tributaries overflowed in different locations.
Emergency
services
were assessing the best
way to evacuate 300 people who had arrived for a
football tournament in
Peccia, while almost 70
more were being evacuated from a holiday camp in
the village of Mogno.
In northern Italy’s Aosta
Valley, internet users
shared images of spectacular floods and swollen rivers rushing down mountain slopes.
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Pak. President
gives assent to
tax-heavy
Finance Bill
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BONANZA
WHAT IT MEANS
MAGNIFICENT
PROUD
BCCI announces ₹125 crore prize
money for victorious Team India
‘I do not usually cry after a game
but the emotions are taking over’
Indians fielded like a pack of
wolves, says coach Dilip
My heart rate was up, well done
on being calm, says Dhoni
K.R. DEEPAK
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BCCI secretary Jay Shah, on Sunday, announced a prize money of
₹125 crore for the Indian team. “I am pleased to announce a prize
money of ₹125 crore for Team India for winning the ICC Men’s T20
World Cup 2024. The team has showcased exceptional talent,
determination, and sportsmanship,” Shah posted on X.
X
K.R. DEEPAK
An emotional Jasprit Bumrah opened up about India’s title win.
“Usually, I am the one who tries to keep my emotions in check but
today I do not have many words, I do not usually cry after a game
but the emotions are taking over. My family is here and there is no
better feeling than to get your team through in a game like this.”
K.R. DEEPAK
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Suryakumar Yadav received the ‘best fielder’ award from BCCI
secretary Jay Shah for his magnificent catch to dismiss David Miller
in the final over of the summit clash. “We fielded like a pack of
wolves. Everybody knew their roles but together we hunted every
opportunity which came our way,” fielding coach T. Dilip said.
K.R. DEEPAK
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India's first T20 World champion skipper M.S. Dhoni led the chorus
of former and current cricketers in hailing Rohit Sharma's men for
regaining the trophy. “World Cup Champions 2024. My heart rate
was up, well done on being calm, having the self belief and doing
what you guys did,” Dhoni posted on Instagram.
India conquers own demons en route world crown
The ability to find ways to win, contributions from the support cast in crunch situations, willingness to adapt and the foresight of the selectors were key factors in a memorable campaign
Ashwin Achal
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
s the ICC Men’s T20
World Cup progressed, the air of
invincibility around the Indian team grew. Nothing
seemed to faze the group.
Slow pitches in New York.
Spin-friendly conditions in
the West Indies. Heavy
wind. Heavy rain. Bat first.
Bowl first. It did not matter. This Indian team finished the job under all circumstances.
The self-belief was most
evident in the final, when
India looked down and out
by the end of the 15th over
of the South Africa chase.
But yet again, India managed to find a way to win.
Captain Rohit Sharma
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often spoke about finding
the will to pull through difficult situations.
His players, tough characters all, responded in
kind. It was particularly
pleasing that this campaign did not run on the
exploits of one or two
stars.
Clutch
There were clutch shows
from several quarters — Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar
Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar
Patel and Rohit.
Virat Kohli reserved the
best for the last. Despite a
horror run, Kohli received
the backing of the team
management.
A breakout knock was
just around the corner,
head coach Rahul Dravid
remarked. Free of clutter,
Kohli strode out in the final
to put up a match-winning
show.
When the squad was announced a couple of
months ago, there was concern that it was bowlerheavy. As it turns out, the
selectors had foresight in
plenty. Three pacers —
Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh
and Mohammed Siraj —
were required in USA.
When the team landed
in the West Indies, spin
was king. Not a concern for
India, which had four
tweakers in the ranks. Kuldeep Yadav was the chosen
one, and the left-arm wrist
spinner came in and delivered immediately.
The Indian teams of the
past have been guilty of
sticking to a template and
avoiding change. Not so for
this unit.
When a holding role
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T20 WORLD CUP
was needed, Axar Patel
was sent up the order. The
move worked wonders, especially so in the final, as
Axar put India back on
track after a shaky start.
Axar went about his business like an accomplished
specialist.
Rohit’s acumen also
shone on the field, as fielders were moved around
on the fly.
Smart ploy
Quinton de Kock succumbed to a smart ploy,
when Rohit stationed an
extra man in the square-leg
fence, knowing fully well
that the wicketkeeper preferred the sweep.
From start to finish, India had all bases covered.
This was an unstoppable
winning machine. The
highest standard has been
set.
Victory march: India’s run was marked by a collective effort and not by individual brilliance, and that would have pleased Rohit. K.R. DEEPAK
For Dravid, a forgettable chapter to
redemption song in the Caribbean
Ashwin Achal
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
Up for it: Rohit’s T20I captaincy stint will be known for pioneering
India’s no-holds-barred approach. K.R. DEEPAK
Skipper Rohit’s clarity of
thought set him apart
Ashwin Achal
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
There was room for nostalgia when Rohit Sharma announced his retirement
from T20Is on Saturday. “I
started my India career
playing this format,” Rohit
said.
That start in international cricket came in fortuitous circumstances. The senior batters had opted out
of the 2007 ICC World
Twenty20, paving the way
for a then 20-year-old Rohit. Right through his 17year T20I career, Rohit
made batting look easy. Elegance, timing, power — Rohit had it all.
There was a brief time
when Rohit was unable to
convert his raw talent into
runs. Once Rohit worked
his way out of this hole, it
was all smooth sailing.
Rohit’s elevation to India
captain was inevitable, given his five IPL titles as
Mumbai Indians skipper. A
natural leader, Rohit is a
caring senior to the youngsters, and friend to his
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peers. An underrated tactician, Rohit reads the game
and moves pieces on the
fly. Clarity of thought —
another essential quality of
a leader — is another
strength. Rohit made it
clear that batting first was
the right way to go in a big
match like Saturday’s final.
“It is not necessary that
everyone thinks like that in
the team. But I have a decision to make,” Rohit said.
Rohit also gets the credit
for changing the mindset of
the national team. There is
no fear of failure in this
group; the goal is to attack
and live with the consequences. Rohit practises
what he preaches. To fit the
‘attack first’ template, Rohit
often sacrifices his own
numbers by going hammer
and tongs.
When the captain shows
the way, others must follow. With a World Cup trophy under the belt, Rohit
has nothing left to prove in
T20Is. But the genial cricketer is not done yet. There
are goals left to pursue in
other formats.
Barring a parody advertisement, it is tough to recall a
time when Rahul Dravid
truly let loose. To see Dravid scream in joy while
holding the ICC Men’s T20
2024 World Cup trophy
aloft was a satisfying sight.
It was reassuring to know
that nice guys need not finish last.
And to think that 17
years ago, the Caribbean
was the site of a dark chapter, when Dravid’s India exited the ODI World Cup in
the group stage. Dravid
may not harp on the past,
but this victory was a comforting redemption song.
The head coach received the perfect send-off.
The players paid emotional
Perfect send-off: The World Cup win would be the lasting legacy
of Dravid’s tenure. K.R. DEEPAK
tribute to a man many
would consider their childhood hero.
Rohit Sharma stated
that Dravid deserved the
title more than anyone
else, given his extraordinary service to the game. By
backing his men to the hilt,
Dravid earned the admiration of the players.
“Nahi, nahi, nahi (no,
no, no),” Dravid said as the
lads approached him to lift
him and toss him up in celebration. Too late — a smiling Dravid was soon in the
air.
Dravid brought his meticulous nature to the job.
The former India captain
was a big presence at every
training session, watching
over the action and offering a word or two to the
wards. When he spoke to
the media, he refrained
from taking credit for successes. There were no references to his accomplishments as a player.
“I don’t think of myself
as a player anymore,” Dravid once remarked. It was
all about the team and how
he could contribute.
And thus an incredible
chapter in Indian cricket
ends. The Rohit-Dravid
partnership, now a World
Cup-winning pair, makes
way for newer things. For
Dravid, life goes back to
Bengaluru and family.
Public appearances will
be fewer now, but the memories of his time in the
top job will remain sweet.
Jadeja too walks into the sunset
Sports Bureau
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
Ravindra Jadeja became
the third Indian cricketer
to walk into the sunset after India’s victorious 2024
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
run.
In an Instagram post, Jadeja called time on his
T20I career.
“With a heart full of
gratitude, I bid farewell to
T20 Internationals.
Influential: Jadeja was the go-to man for India. K.R. DEEPAK
Steadfast horse
“Like a steadfast horse galloping with pride, I’ve always given my best for my
country and will continue
to do so in other formats.
Winning the T20 World
Cup was a dream come
true, a pinnacle of my T20
international career.
“Thank you for the me-
mories, the cheers, and
the unwavering support,”
the post read.
The all-rounder was not
at his best in the World
Cup, taking a solitary wicket and scoring 35 runs in
eight outings.
Proven performer
Jadeja, however, is a proven performer for Chennai
Super Kings (CSK).
He has won three IPL
titles with the franchise.
Jadeja made his T20I
debut against Sri Lanka in
2009. The southpaw
earned 74 T20I caps, scoring 515 runs and taking 54
wickets.
Focus on Tests, ODIS
An all-format player, Jadeja
will now turn his attention
to Test matches and onedayers.
Chase master: Kohli’s greatest asset has been his ability to break
down targets into manageable goals. K.R. DEEPAK
Kohli’s legacy marked
by relentless pursuit
towards perfection
Ayan Acharya
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
Virat Kohli’s first T20I
came more than 14 years
ago on the tour of Zimbabwe. He made an unbeaten 26 off 21 in Harare to
see India home in a 112-run
chase. He batted at No. 5
then.
Fast forward to 2024
and Kohli has decided to
hang up his boots from the
shortest format after becoming one of the most influential No. 3 batters in
the game. He had endured
a difficult World Cup in the
Americas, with only 75
runs in seven innings before his 76 in the final lifted
India to 176 for seven. He
made sure India had
enough to put up a fight.
Like he did all those years
ago, as a 21-year-old.
Kohli not only had the
runs but also the artistry.
He always had an aggressive body language and a
defiant shrug in the face of
the most hostile bowling,
riling up the opposition
further. His tenure in
T20Is, both as a batter and
as a captain, symbolised
India’s transformation.
Kohli’s greatest asset in
white-ball cricket was his
ability to break down targetss, earning him the sobriquet of ‘ultimate chase
master’.
But the rapid evolution
of T20st caught up with
him. The demand for higher strike-rates and a less
risk approach meant his
recent years were a slow
burn; it had occasional
sparks of brilliance like his
53-ball 82 against Pakistan
in Melbourne (2022) and
the 59-ball 76 against South
Africa in Barbados on Sunday.
At 35, he relentlessly
pushed himself to meet
modern T20 demands,
showcasing his hunger to
be the best. This relentless
pursuit will be his lasting
T20 legacy.
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Offie Sneh runs through the ‘To pick up eight
South African batting line-up is sensational’
The Indian spinner picks up eight wickets in the first innings; South Africa, following on, is helped
by Luus’ fighting century who adds 190 runs with skipper Wolvaardt for the second wicket
SA IN INDIA
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South Africa’s hopes of
avoiding the follow-on
rested on Marizane Kapp
(74), but Sneh castled the
former with a superb delivery that bounced off a
length to beat the outside
edge and hit the top of the
off-stump.
Three balls later, Sneh
had Sinalo Jafta caught at
short-leg to complete her
fifer.
From there on, the
hosts ran through the lower-order and had no hesi-
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tation in asking the visitors
to bat again.
And when Deepti Sharma trapped opener Anneke Bosch in front in the
eighth over of the second
innings, South Africa was
in deep trouble.
However, Luus and
skipper Laura Wolvaardt,
who remained unbeaten
on 93 (252b, 12x4), showed
great determination and
technique to frustrate the
Indian bowlers in the last
two sessions and added
190 runs for the second
wicket.
Luus continued from
where she left off in the
first innings and looked
untroubled on challenging
conditions where the spinners found turn and uneven bounce.
She was decisive in her
footwork, playing confidently off the back-foot to
cut and pull effectively.
When the bowlers overpitched, Luus essayed
some crisp drives and lofted shots down the ground
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INDIA — 1st innings: 603/6 decl.
SOUTH AFRICA — 1st innings
Laura Wolvaardt lbw b Sneh 20
(36b, 3x4), Anneke Bosch c Deepti
b Sneh 39 (73b, 4x4, 1x6), Sune
Luus lbw b Deepti 65 (164b, 6x4,
1x6), Marizanne Kapp b Sneh 74
(141b, 8x4), Delmi Tucker c Richa
b Sneh 0 (8b), Nadine de Klerk c
Rajeshwari b Sneh 39 (44b, 6x4),
Sinalo Jafta c Shubha b Sneh 0
(4b), Annerie Dercksen lbw b
Deepti 5 (13b, 1x4), Tumi
Sekhukhune (not out) 1 (14b),
Masabata Klaas b Sneh 1 (6b),
Nonkululeko Mlaba b Sneh 2 (6b);
Extras (b-18, nb-2): 20; Total (in
84.3 overs): 266.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-33 (Wolvaardt, 7.6 overs), 2-96
(Bosch, 30.4), 3-189 (Luus, 59.5),
4-198 (Tucker, 62.4), 5-249 (Kapp,
76.1), 6-249 (Jafta, 76.5), 7-258
(Dercksen, 79.6), 8-258 (de Klerk,
80.1), 9-260 (Klaas, 82.3).
INDIA BOWLING
Renuka 7-0-22-0, Pooja 9-2-32-0,
Sneh 25.3-4-77-8, Rajeshwari
17-3-53-0, Deepti 21-5-47-2,
Harmanpreet 3-0-9-0, Smriti
2-0-8-0.
SOUTH AFRICA — 2nd innings
Laura Wolvaardt (batting) 93
(252b, 12x4), Anneke Bosch lbw b
Deepti 9 (18b, 2x4), Sune Luus b
Harmanpreet 109 (203b, 18x4),
Marizanne Kapp (batting) 15
(38b, 1x4); Extras (b-5, nb-1): 6;
Total (for two wkts. in 85 overs):
232.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-16 (Bosch, 7.4), 2-206 (Luus,
73.2).
INDIA BOWLING
Renuka 7-1-19-0, Sneh 20-5-64-0,
Pooja 9-5-23-0, Deepti 23-2-56-1,
Rajeshwari 16-7-34-0, Shafali
2-0-7-0, Harmanpreet 8-0-24-1.
to reach her maiden Test
hundred. The Indian spinners were inconsistent,
missing their lengths and
were let down by some
poor catching as well.
Deepti dropped Kapp
twice in successive overs —
once at slip off Sneh and
then off her own bowling.
Having lost the ODI series 3-0, the visitors will
look to salvage a draw on
and gain some much-needed confidence ahead of the
T20Is next week.
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India coach Amol Muzumdar on Sunday ascribed
Sneh Rana’s eight-wicket
haul to her sense of belonging in the team. “After
she won the match against
Australia, she went and
played the inter-zonals as
well in the month of April.
And before we came here
to play the Test, she attended the bowlers’ camp
at the NCA and was working on her bowling skills.
“So, I think the message
is very clear to her that she
is an integral part of this
team, and she delivered at
the right time in the morning. To pick up eight wickets, it’s a sensational performance,”
Muzumdar
said after the day’s play.
Following on, though,
Proteas batters played spin
impressively once again
for their team to safely see
the rest of the day through.
Speaking about his
work with the team with
respect to tackling spin,
South Africa batting coach
Baakier Abrahams said: “I
think the first thing was
really just around the
mindset. Watched a lot of
videos around people that
have been successful in India and what tools they
use. So, it was more about
trying to transfer that information over to them.
“And then, it was really
around the skillset required to be successful
based on the successes of
the previous batters. Then,
it was just about them deciding on what their preferred options are and
playing towards their
strengths. That’s what you
saw over the last few days.
It’s something that’s only
started recently. And I
think the uptake in the information and how they
implemented has been
really good.”
Speaking about Sune
Luus’ impressive batting,
especially against spin, he
said: “I think it’s been a bit
of a journey with Sune. I
did the ODI series as a consultant in Sri Lanka. She
didn’t have the best series
and was really hurt. So,
she took a couple of weeks
off from the game and just
reflected. We spoke a lot
about her why. Like,
what’s the motivation?
And she came up with
some really strong information around that. And
then, it was just ironing out
one or two technical
things. But the biggest shift
has been the mindset.
“As you can see, she’s
got a lot of tools in the bag
and playing options. It was
about freeing her up mentally to be able to do that,
and have the mindset to
play in a style that she’s
comfortable with and encourage that.”
Spirited: Luus and Wolvaardt took the fight to the Indian camp.
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Tejas wins men’s hurdles
with a new meet record
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LONDON
Novak Djokovic is poised to
mount a one-man battle to
preserve the legacy of Wimbledon’s golden generation
in the face of an increasingly successful new wave
spearheaded by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
However, the odds will
be stacked against the seven-time champion and the
holder of 24 Grand Slam titles when the tournament
gets underway on Monday.
He was succeeded as
Australian Open champion
by Sinner with the Italian
also taking his world number one ranking.
Djokovic then saw his
French Open crown pass to
Alcaraz after he limped out
of Paris suffering from a
torn meniscus in his right
knee.
The likelihood is that for
the first time since 2002,
the men’s final on July 14
will not feature at least one
of the ‘Big Four’ who have
swept up 19 of the last 20
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titles. Alcaraz, at 21 and 16
years Djokovic’s junior, is
already a three-time major
winner.
He captured the US
Open in 2022 while still a
teenager, defeated Djokovic
in a five-set final at Wimbledon in 2023 before seeing
off Zverev in another five
setter at the French Open
this month.
Sinner, 22, made the
semifinals at Wimbledon
last year and celebrated his
first grass-court title at
Halle this month.
The top-seeded Italian
has racked up four titles in
2024, losing just three of 41
matches.
Agencies
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Golden moment: Tejas, right, was too good for the competition.
RITU RAJ KONWAR
new national record by the
national 4x400m mixed
relay team but fell short of
qualifying for Paris here on
Sunday.
The quartet of Mohd.
Anas, Mohd. Ajmal, Jothika
Sri Dandi and surprisingly
Kiran Pahal clocked 3:12.82
to better the previous national record by almost
two seconds.
It was, however, interesting to see Kiran — who
booked an individual quota earlier — despite the
AFI’s vehement claims of
not considering non-campers for relay events. It remains to be seen whether
it was a one-off or the AFI
considers her for the national camp and the women’s relay team.
The results (finals):
Men: 200m: 1. Animesh Kujur
(Odi, 20.65s), 2. Nalubothu
Srinivas (AP, 20.95s), 3. Ragul
Kumar (TN, 21.15s); 800m: 1.
Shyam Milan Bind (MP, 1:47.24),
2. Rijoy J (Ker, 1:48.58), 3. Ankesh
Chaudhary (HP, 1:50.01);
10,000m: 1. Kartik Kumar (UP,
29:50.11), 2. Gulveer Singh (UP,
29:50.38), 3. Vansh (Har, 30:43.74);
110m Hurdles: 1. Tejas Shirse
(Mah, 13.54s), 2. Manav (TN,
13.85s), 3. Madhvendra
Shekhawat (Raj, 13.85s); 400H: 1.
Nikhil Bhardwaj (Pun, 50.21s), 2.
Murad Sirman (Guj, 50.60s), 3.
Dhaval Utekar (Guj, 50.87s);
Triple jump: 1. Abdulla
Aboobacker (Ker, 17.00m), 2.
Praveen Chitravel (TN, 16.98m), 3.
Gailey Venister (TN, 16.40m);
javelin: 1. Sahil Silwal (Har,
81.81m), 2. Vikrant Malik (Odi,
81.74m), 3. Kishore Jena (Odi,
80.84m).
Women: 200m: 1. Srabani
Nanda (Odi, 23.89s), 2.
Madhumita Deb (MP, 23.93s), 3.
Nancy (Har, 23.95s); 800m: 1.
Chanda (Del, 2:01.53), 2.
Amandeep Kaur (Pun, 2:04.73), 3.
Gug Kaur (Pun, 2:05.60);
10,000m: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav
(Mah, 33:42.54), 2. Seema (HP,
34:05.69), 3. Ankita (Har,
36:34.97).
100m Hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji
(AP, 13.06s), 2. Pragyan Sahu (Odi,
13.15s), 3. Nithya Ramraj (TN,
13.21s); 400H: 1. Olimba Steffi
(TN, 59.43s), 2. Ramandeep Kaur
(Pun, 59.81s), 3. Deekshita Ramak
Gowda (Kar, 59.84s).
High jump: 1. Khyati Mathur (UP,
1.86m), 2. Pooja (Har, 1.79m), 3.
Manshi (UP, 1.76m); long jump:
1. Ancy Sojan E (Ker, 6.59m), 2.
Shaili Singh (UP, 6.59m), Nayana
James (Ker, 6.42m); 4x400
mixed relay: 1. India A (3:12:87),
2. India B (3:14:22), 3. Sri Lanka
(3:18.18).
Russell steals victory
as Verstappen
and Norris collide
FORMULA ONE
Reuters
SPIELBERG
George Russell won the
Austrian Grand Prix for
Mercedes after Red Bull's
triple world champion
Max Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris collided
late in the race while fighting for the lead.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri
finished second with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz third at
Spielberg's Red Bull Ring.
The victory was a first
for Mercedes since November 2022, when Russell triumphed in Brazil, and the
second of the Briton's
career.
"It's not over until it's over," declared the jubilant
winner after taking the
chequered flag in a race
that stored up its excitement until the last 20 laps
when the battle between
Verstappen and Norris
boiled over.
Russell had started
third, with Verstappen on
pole and Norris alongside
on the front row, but the
win was handed to him after 64 of the 71 laps.
Both frontrunners suffered punctures, Norris
limping back to the pits
and retiring while Verstappen rejoined and finished
England comes back
from the brink
ATHLETICS
Tejas Shirse was clearly not
happy, despite winning the
110m hurdles on the final
day of the 63rd Inter-State
athletics championships
here on Sunday with a new
meet record of 13.54 seconds. The 22-year old had
been aiming for the Olympic standard but it was too
much to ask for from someone who got serious about
the sport less than a year
ago.
“Seven months back, I
was not even thinking
about the Olympics. It all
started at the last interstate, where I could not
qualify for the Asian
Games. But then I saw the
race in Hangzhou and
thought, ‘I could have been
there’. It triggered a lot of
things.
“That’s when I made a
roadmap for getting to the
Olympics, the first step being the national record,
which happened recently.
“The next was the qualifying mark, which didn’t
happen but that doesn’t
mean I will give up,” a determined Shirse said.
Also proving himself
ready for bigger challenges
was Sahil Silwal, taking the
top spot in javelin throw.
Silwal, who had been
among the most promising
throwers a few years ago,
pushed himself hard to
manage 81.81m in his final
throw for a new personal
best.
The most anticipated
event at the meet saw a
On the prowl: Russell took home the Austrian GP crown. REUTERS
England came back from
the brink of elimination to
secure a 2-1 win over Slovakia in their Euro 2024
round-of-16 clash on Sunday after a last-gasp bicycle
kick by Jude Bellingham
took the match to extra
time, with Harry Kane
heading the winner.
England was unable to
get a foothold against Slovakia which was aggressive
from the start and pressed
its opponent relentlessly,
taking the lead with an Ivan
Schranz strike from a counter attack in the 25th
minute.
Declan Rice hit the post
from long range as England
desperately sought an
equaliser, but it wasn’t until five minutes into added
time that Bellingham found
the net, with his side’s first
shot on target in the game,
before Kane headed home
in the first minute of extra
time.
England will face Switzerland in the quarterfinals.
Earlier on Saturday, a
Kai Havertz penalty and a
Jamal Musiala strike gave
Germany a 2-0 win over
Denmark as the hosts
reached the quarterfinals
after a dramatic game that
was delayed by almost half
an hour in the first half due
to a violent storm.
Havertz stroked home
from the spot early in the
second half in Dortmund
following a handball by Joachim Andersen, the unlucky Danish defender who
had a goal disallowed at the
other end only moments
earlier.
Musiala then ran away to
stroke in the second goal
midway through the second half as Germany’s
class told.
The results: Pre-quarterfinals:
Germany 2 (Havertz 53-pen,
Musiala 68) bt Denmark 0;
England 2 (Bellingham 90+5,
Kane 91) bt Slovakia 1 (Schranz
25) aet.
What a goal! Bellingham punches England’s get out jail ticket with
this stunner. REUTERS
fifth behind Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton.
Stewards handed the
Dutch driver a 10-second
penalty for causing the collision but that made no difference to Verstappen's result and he increased his
championship advantage
to 81 points over Norris.
Nico Hulkenberg was
sixth for Haas, a major
boost for that team, with
Red Bull's Sergio Perez seventh and Kevin Magnussen eighth for Haas.
Daniel Ricciardo gave
RB two points in ninth and
Pierre Gasly took the final
point for Renault-owned
Alpine.
The results: 1. Russell
(Mercedes); 2. Piasti (McLaren)
+1.906s; 3. Sainz (Ferrari) 4.533; 4.
Hamilton (Mercedes) 23.142; 5.
Verstappen (Red Bull) 37.253; 6.
Hulkenberg (Haas) 54.088; 7.
Perez (Red Bull) 54.672; 8.
Magnussen (Haas) 60.355; 9.
Ricciardo (RB) 61.169; 10. Gasly
(Alpine) 61.766; 11. Leclerc
(Ferrari) 67.056; 12. Ocon (Alpine)
68.325; +1 lap: 13. Stroll (Aston
Martin); 14. Tsunoda (Red Bull);
15. Albon (Williams); 16. Bottas
(Stake F1); 17. Zhou (Stake F1);
18. Alonso (Aston Martin); +2
laps: 19. Sergeant (Williams);
DNF: Norris (McLaren).
Standings: Drivers: 1.
Verstappen 237; 2. Norris 156; 3.
Leclerc 150; 4. Sainz 135; 5. Perez
118; Constructors: 1. Red Bull
355; 2. Ferrari 291; 3. McLaren
268; 4. Mercedes 196; 5. Aston
Martin 58.
Lautaro
sizzles in
Argentina’s
win over Peru
Di Maria and Lautaro... provider
and finisher. AP
COPA AMERICA
Agence France-Presse
MIAMI
Argentina maintained its
perfect start at the Copa
America on Saturday with
a 2-0 victory over Peru in
Miami.
Lautaro Martinez scored
twice at the Hard Rock Stadium to seal a win that ensured Argentina advance
to the quarterfinals as
Group A winner.
With Lionel Messi sidelined after complaining of
a sore right hamstring, and
coach Lionel Scaloni serving a one-game suspension, Argentina made nine
changes to its starting XI.
Peru managed just one
shot on goal during a onesided encounter.
Martinez’s first goal
came just after half-time. A
sublime through ball from
Angel Di Maria released the
Inter Milan forward, who
calmly lifted a deft finish
over advancing Peru goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
The results: Argentina 2
(Lautaro 47, 86) bt Peru 0;
Canada 0 drew with Chile 0.
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South Africa’s Sune
Luus produced brilliant performances with
ball and bat, respectively,
as the two sides shared the
honours on an engrossing
third day of the one-off
Test at the MAC Stadium
here on Sunday.
Sneh ran through the
South African batting lineup, picking up eight wickets (eight for 77) in the first
innings to help India take a
337-run lead. Later, Luus
(109, 203b, 18x4) led South
Africa’s recovery with a
gritty hundred in the second innings after being
asked to follow-on.
The Proteas went to
stumps on 232 for two, still
needing another 105 runs
to make India bat again on
the last day.
Off-spinner Sneh bowled a dream spell in the
morning (5.3-2-16-5) as she
troubled the South African
batters. Resuming at 236
for four, the visitors lost
their last six wickets for 17
runs.
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Misfiring Belgium faces
World Cup demons
against France
Alcaraz in good spirits after a
surprise exit from Queen’s
TENNIS
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LONDON
Concerns are building among Portugal supporters over Roberto Martinez’s approach as the
Selecao get ready to take on Slovenia in the day’s other pre-quarterfinal
Agence France-Presse
DUSSELDORF
elgium
has
a
chance for revenge
on Monday when it
faces neighbour France in
the last 16 of Euro 2024, a
showdown between two
big-hitters
who
have
played well below expectations so far.
Defeat to France in the
semifinals of the 2018
World Cup was extremely
bitter for Belgium, as a socalled “golden generation”
of players was suckerpunched by Les Bleus after
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a stunning last-eight victory over Brazil.
Belgium would have
avoided France and in fact
been on the other, ostensibly easier, side of the draw
had it beaten Ukraine and
finished top of Group E.
And Belgium would likely have topped the group
but for Romelu Lukaku’s
horrendous luck, with the
striker looking sharp but
having three goals chalked
off by VAR decisions.
Lukaku might not have
got off the mark but he did
set up Youri Tielemans for
one of Belgium’s two goals
and is in far better form
than when he flopped at
the last World Cup in Qatar
after rushing back from injury. Belgium will play one
of Portugal or Slovenia,
who face off in the other
pre-quarterfinal of the day,
in the quarterfinals should
it get past France.
Concerns are building
among Portugal supporters over Roberto Martinez’s approach. Portugal
arrived as a contender to
win the tournament for a
second time, but despite
topping Group F, its performances lowered expectations over how far the Selecao can go.
Martinez deployed a 35-2 formation against the
Czechs and Georgia which
his players struggled to get
to grasps with, while the
more familiar 4-3-3 worked
well against Turkey.
But veteran Portugal defender Pepe said that the
team needs to step up and
follow Martinez’s instructions better. There are also
concerns Martinez is too
deferential to 39-year-old
striker Cristiano Ronaldo,
who did not score in any of
the three group games.
With Atletico Madrid
goalkeeper Jan Oblak in
goal against former Real
Madrid nemesis Ronaldo
and striker Benjamin Sesko
on the prowl at the other
end, Matjaz Kek’s side
could prove thorny opposition for Portugal.
Getting ready: The Spaniard has been honing his skills and is all
set to defend his All England Championship title. AP
to be more comfortable
moving on grass, playing
on grass this year.
"I had a great practices
with great players just to
see my level. Right now I'm
ready to start the tournament."
Alcaraz is seeking to win
his fourth Grand Slam,
having
only
recently
turned 21, and could join
an elite group of players to
have achieved the Roland
Garros-Wimbledon double
in a year.
Only Rod Laver, Bjorn
Borg, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have managed that in
Rejuvenated Gauff raring to go at
SW19 after last year’s first-round exit
Reuters
LONDON
Self-evaluation: Gauff believes the dark phase she went through
put her career in perspective. GETTY IMAGES
Second seed Coco Gauff
said she went through a
dark time after her firstround exit from Wimbledon last year, but the setback put her career in perspective as she turned her
form around.
Gauff, 20, has since won
the U.S. Open and reached
the semifinals of Australian
Open and French Open.
“I wish my past self
could see me now,” the
American told reporters
on Saturday. “That was a
tough moment for me. I
think the first two, three
weeks after that, I was really in a dark place.
“It was tough for me to
realise I have so much
time. When that happens
you just feel the weight of
everything on you. I think I
had high expectations at
that age. I still do.”
Gauff said she did not
feel any extra pressure
ahead of playing fellow
American Caroline Dolehide in the first round on
Monday.
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz said he has shaken off an early defeat at
Queen's Club and is ready
to begin his Wimbledon title defence.
The French Open champion was beaten by Britain's Jack Draper in the
traditional London warmup event but says he has
spent the intervening days
sharpening his grass game.
"I'm feeling great. Honestly, after Queen's, I had a
lot of days to adapt my
game, to practice, to get
better," said the Spaniard.
"I remember after losing
in Queen's, the next day I
started practising my
movement, my shots, just
the open era.
"Winning Grand Slams
is difficult. Obviously
changing from clay to a
grass court, totally different surfaces, totally different game of play," Alcaraz
said.
"Let's say I'm going to
try. Obviously, I want to
put my name on that short
list to win Roland Garros
and Wimbledon in the
same year. I know that
there's going to be a really
difficult and big challenge
for me, but I think I'm ready to do it.
"I've done great these
last weeks just to get ready,
just to feel comfortable to
play Wimbledon here in
my 100%."
Alcaraz will kick off
Centre Court action on
Monday against 21-year-old
Mark Lajal, the Estonian
world number 262.
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I will have to be at my
best in Paris, says Sindhu
The Indian, who won silver and bronze in her last two Olympic Games, feels a
third medal is not impossible and is determined to change its colour
Richardson fails to qualify for
200m at Paris Olympics
Sha’Carri Richardson will not race in the 200m at
the Paris Olympics after finishing fourth at U.S.
track trials in Eugene on Saturday in a race
Gabby Thomas won in 21.81 seconds. Richardson
was in the top-three with about 40m left but
faded down the stretch and finished in 22.16,
slower than either of her preliminary rounds.
Brittany Brown and NCAA champion McKenzie
Long earned the second and third spots.
Fray, Alba take Miami to win
over Nashville without Messi
The result: Nashville 1 (Mukhtar 73-pen) lost to Inter Miami 2
(Fray 40, Alba 44).
Flawless Bagnaia claims third
consecutive Dutch MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia claimed his third consecutive
Dutch MotoGP on Sunday ahead of
championship leader Jorge Martin. Enea
Bastianini completed the podium at Assen.
Polesitter Bagnaia led from the start on his
factory Ducati to ride a flawless race, capping a
memorable weekend after his success in
Saturday’s sprint race. He further reduced
Martin’s lead to 10 points in his quest for a third
straight world title.
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HYDERABAD
huttler P.V. Sindhu,
who will be competing in her third
Olympics in Paris next
month, said a third individual medal is not impossible and that she is determined to change its colour.
“You need to be smarter
and really work hard. I feel
like getting there. I am not
overconfident but hoping
to win another medal,” the
28-year-old Sindhu said
during a zoom media interaction arranged by Sports
Authority of India (SAI) in
association with Badminton Association of India
(BAI) and Indian Olympic
Association (IOA).
“It is not impossible to
win a medal in Paris. I have
learnt a lot from my mistakes. I have experience on
my side and I need to give
100%. Each and every
game is crucial and I will
have to be at my best right
through,” said Sindhu,
who won silver and bronze
in her last two Olympic
Games.
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Challenging period
“I have learnt a lot in the
last one year, which has
been really challenging because of the knee injury.
“Especially from the
Vaidehi Chaudhari
wins title in Taiwan
TENNIS
Sports Bureau
Geared up: Sindhu says her focus will be on maintaining consistency. GETTY IMAGES
Prakash Sir keeps telling
me a few things which
are very simple and easy
to remember.
Asian circuit before this
Olympics, I know that
there would be less of
short-duration matches,
no easy points and no
match could be considered
done despite having a big
lead till it is actually won,”
Sindhu said while thanking
her support staff, BAI, SAI,
Government of India and
the sponsors for all the
MOTORSPORTS
CHENNAI
R. Praggnanandhaa finally broke through and
scored a hard-earned victory over Dutchman
Anish Giri in the fourth round of the Superbet
Classic chess tournament in Bucharest. World
Championship challenger D. Gukesh, playing
black, had little trouble holding off Firouzja
Alireza of France to a draw on a day when
Fabiano Caruana scored his second victory at the
expense of wild-card Deac Bogdan-Daniel of
Romania. Caruana became the sole leader and
also got back to No. 2 in live world rankings. With
five rounds still to go, Caruana leads the table
with three points out of a possible four and the
Indian duo of Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh are a
half-a-point behind. Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So,
Nepomniachtchi and Alireza are all sharing the
fourth spot on two points each.
support. “I can do much
better. It is not that I am
not able to finish off matches.
“You lose despite taking
the lead and end up winning despite trailing. So,
my focus will be on consistency,” she said on her recent form.
More rallies
“The game has changed a
lot now. There are more
rallies with emphasis on
strong defence. I have to
give my best against every
opponent. Since we have
time, we prepare better for
the Olympics,” she said.
On the reason for train-
Muddappa wins three
out of four categories
Sports Bureau
Praggnanandhaa downs Giri;
Gukesh draws with Alireza
Mantra Racing’s Hemanth
Muddappa secured wins in
three of the four categories
he competed in, in the second round of the MMSC
FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle
Drag
Racing
Championship 2024, at the
Madras International Circuit on Sunday.
In the girls’ (Stock 165cc)
category, Jagathishree Kumaresan from One Racing
continued her winning
streak over teammate S.P.
Shuria and Aisvariya from
Motul Sparks Racing.
The results (all four-stroke
unless mentioned):
Unrestricted: 1. Hemanth
Muddappa (Mantra Racing)
(07.739secs); 2. Mujahid Pasha
Hemanth Muddappa.
(Fast Track Racing) (07.809); 3.
Attaulla Baig (08.155).
1051-1650cc (Super Sport): 1.
Muddappa (07.697s); 2. Pasha
(07.962s); 3. Baig (08.052s).
851-1050cc (SS): 1. Muddappa
(07.915s); 2. Niranjan R. Kumar
(08.831s); 3. Khaja Awais Ahmed
(08.950s).
551-850cc (SS): 1. Mohammed
Riyaz (08.511s); 2. Altaf Khan
(08.546s); 3. Muddappa (08.552s).
361-550cc (SS Indian): 1.
Shahrukh Khan (Mantra Racing)
(11.512s); 2. Jason D’Souza
(Mantra Racing) (12.128s); 3.
Imran (Fast Track Racing)
(12.386).
166-225cc (SS): 1. Prashanth S
(13.604); 2. Prashanth K (13.860);
3. Govardhan R (14.068).
Up to 165cc (SS Indian): 1.
Abdul Basim (Rockers Racing)
(13.975s); 2. Bharathraj J (Rockers
Racing) (14.061s); 3. Madhan R
(ACCSYS India Rookies Racing)
(14.069s).
Girls (Stock 165cc): 1.
Jagathishree Kumaresan (One
Racing) (16.449s); 2. S.P. Shuria
(One Racing) (16.886s); 3.
Aisvariya (Motul Sparks Racing)
(17.289s).
2-Stroke (131-165cc, SS): 1.
Imran (Fast Track Racing)
(12.874); 2. Prashanth (12.970); 3.
Shashi Kiran V (13.147).
2-Stroke (Up to 130cc, SS): 1.
Shahrukh (13.308s); 2.
Balasubramanian (Big Boys
Racing) (13.393); 3. Madhan (Big
Boys Racing) (13.498).
With love from SA— fans laud
India’s win despite heartbreak
T20 WORLD CUP
Press Trust of India
Injured Miller-Uibo will not
defend Olympic 400m crown
Reigning Olympic 400m champion Shaunae
Miller-Uibo will not defend her title at next
month’s Paris Games after suffering an injury,
Bahamas athletics officials said. Miller-Uibo, the
2016 and 2020 400m gold medallist who was
chasing a hat-trick of Olympic titles in Paris, was
aiming to seal qualification at the Bahamas trials.
However, the 30-year-old was injured ahead of
the 400m final, meaning she will miss out on a
place in her specialised event.
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South Africa might have
faltered at the finishing line
but its maiden final appearance in the T20 World
Cup earned it accolades
from local and expatriate
fans, who also lauded the
triumphant Indian team
for finally ending its 11year-old wait to win an ICC
event by lifting the coveted
trophy in Barbados.
“We waited a very long
time for the Proteas to get
into a final and we were all
really hoping that they
would walk away with the
crown,” said Vimla Frank,
former sports presenter on
South Africa’s only national Indian radio station, Lotus FM.
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Defenders Ian Fray and Jordi Alba scored four
minutes apart late in the first half and Inter
Miami held on for a 2-1 victory over Nashville SC
in the MLS at Nashville on Saturday. Lionel Messi
did not play for Inter Miami after injuring his
right hamstring in Argentina’s victory this week
over Chile in the Copa America. Luis Suarez also
missed the match.
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“But that it did not happen does not mean that we
are not part of it. What
they did by reaching the final really brought about a
surge in cricket support in
South Africa and that matters a lot. I think diehard
supporters of the Proteas
will still be proud of what
they achieved.”
“Being a South African
of Indian origin and also a
diehard Proteas supporter
as a South African to the
core, I was happy for the
Indian team,” Frank said.
Cricket South Africa
(CSA) Chief Executive Officer Pholetsi Moseki echoed
Frank’s sentiments.
“The whole of South
Africa rallied behind the
Proteas. Reaching the final
of the T20 World Cup is a
tremendous achievement
in itself and should be celebrated,” Moseki said.
“Both sides played extremely well as the match
swayed from side to side.
We would have cheered for
either side if they won,
although we are South Africans at heart,” said Anil
Singh. who with his family
of six and a dozen friends
joined the hundreds of
fans at the iconic Wanderers stadium to watch the
game on a big screen, huddled in blankets against the
cold winter weather.
“Our boys must be congratulated for having
reached the final after falling in the semis before and
we were preparing to celebrate until luck favoured
India in the final stages of
the game. We would have
liked our side to bring
home the trophy, but we’re
happy for the Indians too.”
sports commentator Fareed Dockrat said.
ing in Germany with Indonesia’s Agus Dwi Santoso,
Sindhu said she wanted to
avoid distractions, stay
more focused and peaceful, acclimatise to the conditions and the facilities
which are all under one
roof and closer to Paris,
and with the best team she
could hope for.
“Prakash Sir keeps telling me a few things which
are very simple and easy to
remember. He wants me to
cut down on unforced errors, keep the shuttle in the
court and play freely. We
have been working on all
these aspects,” Sindhu
said.
Vaidehi Chaudhary battled
for three hours and 23 minutes to beat Kyoka Okamura of Japan 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in
the final of the $25,000 ITF
women’s tennis tournament in Taipei, Taiwan, on
Sunday.
It was the third singles
title in the professional circuit for the 24-year-old Vaidehi. Vaidehi also has four
doubles titles in the international circuit.
Other result: $15,000 ITF
women, Los Angeles:
Semifinals: Sahaja Yamalapalli
bt Rachel Gailis (USA) 6-0, 6-4.
ITF junior, Nonthaburi,
Thailand: Final: Hyu Kawanashi
(Jpn) bt Hitesh Chauhan 7-5, 6-3.
Semifinals: Hitesh bt Koshiro
Nakamae (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4.
Vaidehi
Asian U-14, Shymkent,
Kazakhstan: Doubles: Final:
Makhmudbek Beknazarav (Uzb)
and Radion Traigel (Kaz) bt
Yashwin Dahiya and Vivaan
Bidasaria 4-6, 6-4, [10-3].
Indian athletes dazzle in
Olympic attire during
ceremonial send-off by the IOA
Shooter Anjum being felicitated by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas on
Sunday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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NEW DELHI
The cream of Indian sports
was in attendance as the
Olympics bound athletes
were given a hearty sendoff by the Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) here on
Sunday.
The unveiling of the ceremonial and competition
kit saw the athletes catch
the eye in their sparkling
attire. They were assured
of the “blessings and good
wishes” of the entire nation, especially in the address by the Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
and the Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
The president of IOA,
P.T. Usha announced a fullfledged medical recovery
system at the athletes village for India apart from a
“home away from home”
set up by the Reliance
Foundation.
Acknowledging that the
Indian athletes have all the
resources and facilities at
their disposal in pursuit of
excellence in the Olympics, Usha said, “we have
no doubt that you will
make us proud in Paris.
The entire nation stands
behind you.”
Hockey players Jarmanpreet Singh and Nilakanta
Sharma, shooters Shreyasi
Singh and Anjum Moudgil
dazzled on stage in the
Olympic ceremonial dress,
designed by Tarun Tahiliani. The dress would be
worn by the contingent
during
the
opening
ceremony.
Shooters Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, Sandeep Singh, Rhythm Sangwan, swimmer Srihari
Nataraj, wrester Reetika
Hooda, hockey players Jugraj Singh and Krishan
Pathak gave a glimpse of
the “playing kit”, designed
by JSW Sports.
Minister Hardeep recalled the nation’s celebration of the T20 World Cup
cricket triumph and expressed confidence that
the Indian athletes would
handle the “great expectations with great determination to win more Olympic
medals” than ever before.
He recalled being in Geneva during the Rome
Olympics in 1960 as an
eight-year-old and how India had missed winning
the gold, but had regained
it in Tokyo in 1964.
Appreciating the ceremonial dress, the minister
said that India would win a
medal in “Fashion Olympics”. He was particularly
pleased to state that 12 of
the Paris bound athletes
were with Indian Oil and
five were with ONGC.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
took up the role of the
principal sponsor for IOA
for four years from the Paris Olympics to the next in
Los Angeles in 2028, covering the Commonwealth
Games, Asian Games and
Paralympics along the way.
Sports minister Mandaviya goaded the athletes to
“go with confidence, enthusiasm and the will to
win. The 140 crore blessings are with you”.
Recalling his interaction
with the athletes at the National Institute of Sports in
Patiala, the sports minister
said his confidence had
gone up about India performing in Paris being
“better than ever”.
Olympic medal winners
— boxers M.C. Mary Kom
and Vijayveer Singh, shooter Gagan Narang and
weight-lifter bronze medallist of the Sydney Olympics
in 2000, Karnam Malleswari — were also felicitated
on the occasion.
“Indian cricket team’s
win last night was celebrated by the whole nation. I
want to see that celebration during Paris Olympics,” Mandaviya added.
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Sport
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Hardik exorcises his demons at last
He responded to being the vice-captain with aplomb; the influential all-rounder took a little while to work his way into the ICC T20 World Cup in the Americas,
but once he found his feet, he performed like the pivotal cog in the wheel he was always going to be
R. Kaushik
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS)
t has to go down as one of the
moments of the T20 World Cup. It
actually came after the final ball
had been delivered, after victory
had been snatched (by India) and defeat
courted (by South Africa). It transpired
after tears were shed, after hugs and high
fives were exchanged, after the shock of a
heist was slowly replaced by the euphoria
of being crowned World champions.
It’s not an uncommon sight, especially
in football. Generally, it happens when a
player has scored a crucial goal – a
scything run through the defence, or an
equaliser at a vital time – or when the
goalkeeper has pulled off a spectacular
save, close-range or off a penalty kick. In
cricket, not so much. In Indian cricket,
almost unheard of.
We are referring, of course, to the kiss
Rohit Sharma planted on Hardik Pandya’s
cheek, not long after the latter had
expertly closed out the final over of the
T20 World Cup final at the Kensington
Oval. In itself, it was huge, the ultimate
show of thanksgiving and affection from
the captain to his deputy. The subtext
which preceded it lent it greater meaning
and import; if Hardik hadn’t already
traversed the spectrum from Villain No. 1
to an unquestioned hero after his
death-over heroics, he was now back in
public favour. Thanks in no small
measure to his wonderful captain.
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Public enemy
When he returned to Ahmedabad as MI
skipper, the all-rounder was roundly
booed. It was initially construed as
franchise-loyalty finding resonance; after
all, their captain of the two previous
seasons had made a deal with the
‘enemy’. But as MI went to Hyderabad
and Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata, the
boos just wouldn’t stop. Most damagingly,
Hardik was greeted with jeers in his own
backyard, at the Wankhede Stadium,
where MI would play seven home games.
Sanjay Manjrekar once chided the
Mumbai fans, asking them to ‘behave’
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Electric undercurrents
Things have been a little tense beyond the
ambit of the Indian dressing room for
about six months now, since Hardik
supplanted Rohit as the captain of the
Mumbai Indians franchise ahead of IPL
2024. It wasn’t a popular move, it didn’t
go down well with the numerous fans of
either MI or Gujarat Titans, who Hardik
led with aplomb for two years, or of
Rohit, affable and well-liked and with five
IPL titles under his belt as captain.
Rohit had taken over the captaincy of
the franchise from Ricky Ponting in the
middle of a stuttering 2013 campaign, and
immediately turned his team’s fortunes
around by leading them to the title that
same year. That sparked a remarkable run
of successes in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020,
when Rohit became the only captain after
Mahendra Singh Dhoni to successfully
defend the IPL title. Tactically astute and
blessed with exceptional
man-management and leadership skills,
Rohit was the peoples’ captain.
It wasn’t so much the fact that MI
snatched away the captaincy from Rohit
than how they did it that rankled the fans.
If Rohit was party to that momentous
decision, it hasn’t wended its way into
public consciousness. MI had sound
reasons to look beyond Rohit, also the
Indian cross-format captain at the time
who had just played a stellar individual
role in his side’s march to the 50-over
World Cup final at home. After all, they
had the future to consider, and a mega
auction was due ahead of the 2025
season. In Hardik, a prodigal son who had
steered GT to the title in their maiden
appearance and taken them to the final
the following year, MI saw the perfect
candidate to step into Rohit’s shoes.
Hardik is both an excellent captain and a
brand on his own, so it made cricketing
and marketing sense to rope him in. The
problem is, no one seemed to have told
Rohit that.
Hardik had a terrible IPL. Terrible
cricket-wise – 216 runs from 14 innings,
highest of 46, and 11 wickets at an
economy of 10.75 – but otherwise too. His
team stumbled from one defeat to
another, bringing up the foot of the table
with just four wins from 14 outings. At
various times, it looked like a disjointed
bunch of individuals, though Rohit was
nothing if not the consummate team man.
The deposal must have stung,
especially because it came without
warning, but he put that disappointment
aside to finish with 417 runs at a
strike-rate of 150, his highest in 17 years of
the tournament. Often banished to the
outfield, his tactical inputs were minimal
to none, but even he wouldn’t have been
unmoved by the fury unleashed on
Hardik across the country.
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on the pitch, the opponents, the pressure
being imposed by the other bowlers. In
both their corners was a solid older
brother-like presence, someone who has
had first-hand experience of being sucked
into a battle of someone else’s making.
Rahul Dravid’s calming, stabilising,
erudite presence comprehensively
scuttled even rumours of a dressing room
divided.
Hardik responded to being the
vice-captain with aplomb. He took a little
while to work his way into the
tournament, but once he found his feet,
he performed like the pivotal cog in the
wheel he was always going to be. At No. 5
and 6, he was the buffer between the
top-order and his fellow all-rounders,
Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja; as the
third or fourth pacer, he could slip in
overs unnoticed while always posing a
wicket-taking threat because he has great
faith in his short ball.
To no one’s surprise, Hardik boasted
the highest average by an Indian, 48.00,
aided by three not outs in six innings. His
strike-rate of 151.57 was second only to
Rohit’s 156.70 of all batters who faced at
least 25 balls. He also finished with 11
wickets – behind Arshdeep Singh and
Jasprit Bumrah – and his economy of 7.64
was impressive, any which way one
looked at it.
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themselves, but they were having none of
it. With reason or without, Hardik was
installed as the culprit, the main reason
for Rohit’s ouster. It wasn’t a good look on
anyone.
Through it all, Hardik put on a brave
face. By nature, he is effervescent and
ebullient, full of life and vigour and vim.
Sometimes, he treads the line between
carefree and careless dangerously, but his
sunny disposition is not a put-on. He must
have seriously been hurt by what he felt
was unfair treatment, but through it all,
he maintained a studied silence while
remaining outwardly cheerful and breezy.
Only he must have known what he was
going through, seemingly isolated from
the larger, experienced bunch and living a
nightmare all by himself.
The dynamics were further addled by
the fact that he would be Rohit’s deputy
at the T20 World Cup. How would this
work out? Would there be residual
tension, if not outright bad blood? How
would Rohit handle Hardik? How would
Hardik react to playing under someone
for the country whom he had captained
at his franchise? Would that impact India’s
campaign?
Fact is, Rohit and Pandya have been
around long enough, the former far
longer than the latter, to be working at
cross purposes. In a way, they both had
been put in impossible situations by their
franchise, but when it came to India, that
was a closed chapter. There was
unfinished business to tend to, a World
Cup to win. Rohit isn’t the vindictive,
grudge-carrying kind; he is a giver, as his
teammates will readily attest, and he gave
Pandya space. Confidence. Belief.
Respect. He gave him freedom, and he
gave him responsibility. And look at how
Pandya repaid the faith.
Smart move
Rohit used Hardik superbly at the World
Cup, holding him back till the last few
overs when the right-hander could bat
with undiluted freedom. He summoned
his heavy medium-pace at key moments,
realising that the latter’s smarts,
intelligence and skills could be handy at
different stages of an innings depending
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Things have been a little tense
ever since Hardik supplanted
Rohit as the captain of the
Mumbai Indians franchise
ahead of IPL 2024
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Most damagingly, he was
greeted with jeers in his own
backyard, at the Wankhede
Stadium, where MI would play
seven home games
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Hardik boasted the highest
average by an Indian, 48.00,
aided by three not outs in six
innings. He also finished with
11 wickets, behind only
Arshdeep and Bumrah
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Changing their perception
To say that he sang the redemption song
during the exciting climax of the final
against South Africa will be a touch unfair
because Hardik didn’t need to redeem
himself; he had done nothing to put
himself in that position. But with his last
two overs of the World Cup, the 17th and
20th of South Africa’s chase, Hardik
forced the fans to change their
perception. Not by design, because that’s
not why he plays the game, but through
his performances.
Alive to the reality that the only way
India could stop South Africa was by
imposing heavy pressure either through
wickets or dot balls, Rohit held his fifth
bowler back until he couldn’t any longer.
So Hardik came on with Heinrich Klaasen
on the rampage and South Africa needing
26 off 24. With his first delivery, he forced
Klaasen to edge to Rishabh Pant, a
massive moment that was to spark the
Indian fightback. Hardik conceded only
four in that over, one of the reasons why
he had a healthy 16 to defend in the final
over. David Miller dismissed first ball, to a
stunning catch by Suryakumar Yadav,
Kagiso Rabada packed off the fifth ball,
caught far more easily by the same fielder.
India home and dry by seven runs, the
vice-captain finishing with three for 20.
Hence, but not only because of that,
the Rohit cheek-peck. It was almost the
passing of the captaincy baton. Rohit
knows Indian cricket is in safe hands,
never mind how Mumbai Indians might
be.
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Delhi
Study finds gene mutation that turns
familiar faces into strangers
Individuals with the misfortune of carrying the mutant gene took much longer than is socially acceptable to recognise people with whom they were expected to be familiar —
such as spouses, siblings, and children — while they confused strangers with familiar people
D.P. Kasbekar
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Mutation of the MCTP2 causes
prosopagnosia, or face
blindness. Its prevalence
worldwide is estimated to be
1.8-2.9%. Prosopagnosia is
one form of visual agnosia, or
inability to identify everyday
items just by looking at them
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Face recognition and a gene
The researchers identified a family of 35
individuals spread across three
generations. The members of its eldest
generation were all older than 60 years.
Nine members of the family had daily
problems with recognising faces. They
also performed very poorly on a
standardised face recognition test.
Another nine performed normally in the
tests, yet they too had difficulty
recognising faces.
The remaining 17 — including nine who
married into the family — performed
normally in the tests and had no difficulty
recognising faces.
By charting the family tree, the
researchers inferred that a
great-grandparent of the eldest
generation must have carried the
mutation. The eldest members then
passed on the mutation to their affected
children and grandchildren.
Examining the genome of the affected
family members revealed they had all
inherited the same genome segment in
one copy of their chromosome no. 15.
Recall that we inherit two copies of each
chromosome, one from each parent, and
in this way each one of us possesses 23
pairs of chromosomes.
By sequencing the genomic DNA, the
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Researchers demonstrated
that unrelated individuals
who performed poorly in face
recognition tests were more
likely to carry independent
mutations in the MCTP2 gene.
Their first-degree relatives
who shared their mutation
also shared the impairment
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simple joy, often taken for
granted, is to unexpectedly run
into a friend or a relative at a
train station or market.
Recognising a familiar face in an
unfamiliar context or crowded place gives
most of us unalloyed pleasure.
We should give thanks to our MCTP2
gene for this ability. According to research
published in this month’s issue of the
journal Genetics, by researchers led by Ye
Rao of Capital Medical University, Beijing,
when this gene is mutated the ability to
recognise faces is severely impaired.
Individuals with the misfortune of
carrying the mutant gene took much
longer than is socially acceptable to
recognise people with whom they were
expected to be familiar — such as spouses,
siblings, and children — while they
confused strangers with familiar people.
This disorder is called prosopagnosia,
or face blindness. Its prevalence
worldwide is estimated to be 1.8-2.9% in
the general population. Prosopagnosia is
one form of visual agnosia, or inability to
identify everyday items just by looking at
them.
The MCTP2 gene is thus the first found
to be required for a higher form of visual
social cognition in humans.
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Examining the genome of the affected family members revealed they had all inherited the same genome segment in one copy of their chromosome no. 15.
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researchers found that the MCTP2 gene,
located in this segment, had been altered
by a mutation. As a result, one amino acid
in the protein encoded by the MCTP2
gene had been replaced by another. The
researchers didn’t find this mutation in
any of the hundreds of thousands of
human genome sequences stored on
different databases.
That is, the mutation was novel and
private to this family.
Validation from population studies
But how did the researchers conclude
that face blindness was caused by
precisely this mutation, and not by some
other mutation in the candidate genome
segment?
They came to their conclusion on the
basis of a population screen. The
researchers recruited a cohort of 2,904
individuals (743 male and 2161 female, all
around 19 years of age) to answer an
online questionnaire. The questionnaire
incorporated elements of the face
recognition test. Seventy-eight individuals
scored very poorly: that is, their scores
deviated by two standard deviations or
more from the average score.
The researchers sequenced the
genome of 75 of the poor scorers and
found seven of them carried one of five
other sequence alterations in the MCTP2
gene. This demonstrated that unrelated
individuals who performed very poorly in
face recognition tests were more likely to
carry independent mutations in the
individuals carrying the different MCTP2
mutations, they found abnormal
responses in the rFFA.
The MCTP2 gene is the first found to
be required for a higher form of visual
social cognition in humans
MCTP2 gene compared to the general
population.
Additionally, the team found that the
individuals’ first-degree relatives, such as
a parent, a child or a sibling, who shared
their mutation also shared the facial
recognition impairment.
These findings implicated the MCTP2
gene in face recognition.
As for the 68 others who did poorly on
the test but had non-mutated MCTP2
genes: some of them might have had
mutations in yet other genes for face
recognition. Others might have suffered
face recognition problems because of
infection or injury. And still others might
indeed have been false positives.
A questionnaire-based screen is
unlikely to have been 100% specific for
identifying individuals with face
recognition deficits; for extraneous
reasons, even ‘normal’ face recognisers
might perform poorly on a questionnaire.
In the brain, the right middle fusiform
gyrus, a.k.a. the fusiform face area (rFFA),
is activated during facial recognition.
When the researchers used functional
magnetic resonance imaging to study
In the brain, the right middle
fusiform gyrus is activated
during facial recognition.
When researchers used
functional magnetic
resonance imaging to study
individuals carrying different
MCTP2 mutations, they found
abnormal responses in the
gyrus
When a glove becomes a puzzle
It is perplexing for most of us to imagine
what it is to live with a visual agnosia. In
his bestselling 1985 book The Man Who
Mistook His Wife for a Hat, the gifted
neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks
(1933-2015) recounted case histories of
some of his patients. Dr P. was a
distinguished musician and teacher, and
had a visual agnosia caused by a tumour
in the brain.
When Dr P. was offered a glove and
asked what it was, he described it as “a
continuous surface infolded on itself,
(with) five outpouchings…” He imagined it
to be a change purse for coins. When
asked to put on his shoe, he was unable to
tell his foot from his shoe. He mistook
water hydrants and parking metres on the
street for children and patted them on the
head. And he mistook his wife for a hat.
Baffled, Dr. Sacks wondered how a
man such as this could function as a
teacher at the Music School. Yet Dr. P.
taught music until the last days of his life.
With the discovery of MCTP2’s role,
our helpless bewilderment regarding
visual agnosia should give way to our first
molecular glimpse of what actually might
be happening in the troubled brain. Both
Dr. Sacks and Dr. P. would have been
pleased with this progress.
(D.P. Kasbekar is a retired scientist.)
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WHAT IS IT?
Perpetual motion: cheating nature’s laws
Karthik Vinod
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Nothing lasts forever. This is good
life advice, and it also happens to
be an important feature of our
physical universe.
Natural philosophers considered
and discarded the idea of
“perpetual motion” a long time
ago. The basic premise of
perpetual motion is that it should
be possible to operate a system
without supplying power to it. We
know from daily experience that
this can’t be true: for example,
your phone’s battery will drop to
zero if you use it without charging.
In physicists’ parlance, perpetual
motion violates the law of
conservation of energy. The first
and second laws of
thermodynamics also stipulate
that anything that offers power
must also liberate heat. If there
was an infinite power supply, there
would also have to be an infinite
heat liberator. There isn’t.
But this simple explanation
hasn’t stopped some people from
wondering whether perpetual
motion machines might exist.
A simple example is the dunking
bird toy. It uses a temperature
differential between the bird’s top
and bottom to move back and
forth. Very simply speaking, when
it moves forth, its beak dips into a
glass of water that flows to the
A dunking bird toy uses a temperature differential
between the top and bottom to move back and
forth. ROBINLEICESTER (CC BY-SA 3.0)
bird’s bottom, and the weight causes the
bird to move back.
The dunking bird toy can work like this
for a long time, but it can’t move
perpetually: it will stop when the
temperature differential between the
bird’s top and bottom vanishes.
(Karthik Vinod is an intern with The
Hindu.)
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