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‘GIFT’ TO GUJARAT
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will visit Gujarat Inter-
national Finance Tec-
City (GIFT City), India’s
maiden International
Financial Services Cen-
tre (IFSC), on July 29.
The PM, during his
visit, will lay the founda-
tion stone of the Head-
quarters Building of the
International Financial
ServicesCentresAuthor-
ity (IFSCA), the unified
regulatorforthedevelop-
ment and regulation of
financial products, fi-
nancial services and fi-
nancial institutions in
International Financial
Services Centres
(IFSCs) in India.
The headquar-
ters build-
ing of IFS-
CA has
been con-
ceptualised as an iconic
structure, reflective of
thegrowingprominence
and stature of GIFT-IF-
SC as a leading
Internation-
al Finan-
cial Cen-
tre.
The PM will launch
India International
Bullion Exchange
(IIBX), India’s first In-
ternational Bullion Ex-
change in GIFT-IFSC.
IIBX will facilitate effi-
cient price discovery
with the assurance of
responsible sourcing
and quality, apart from
giving impetus to the
financialisation of gold
in India. This shall em-
power India to gain its
rightful place in the
global bullion market
and serve the global
value chain with in-
tegrity and quality.
This also re-enforces
the commitment of the
Government of India
towards enabling India
to be able to influence
global bullion prices as
a principal consumer.
PM Modi will also
launch NSE IFSC-SGX
Connect. Under this
Connect, all orders on
NIFTY derivatives
placed by members of
Singapore Exchange
Limited (SGX) will be
routed to and matched
on the NSE-IFSC order
matching and trading
platform. The said Con-
nect will deepen liquid-
ityinderivativemarkets
at GIFT-IFSC, bringing
in more international
participants and creat-
ing a positive impact on
the financial ecosystem
in the GIFT-IFSC. Bro-
ker-Dealers from India
and across internation-
al jurisdictions are ex-
pected to participate in
large numbers for trad-
ing derivatives through
the Connect.
HM SHAH, FM SITHARAMAN,
GUJ CM TO ATTEND FUNCTION
The occasion will also
be graced by Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Union Finance
Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman, Union
Ministers of State
(MoS) for Finance
Pankaj Chaudhary,
Gujarat Chief Minis-
ter Bhupendra Patel,
Gujarat’s Finance
and Energy Minister
Kanubhai Desai and
Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao
Karad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
also make several other announcements
during his visit to his home state
PM to visit India’s maiden Int’l Financial Services Centre on July 29
LORD SHIVA’S CHARIOT!
Kanwariyas pulling a chariot of Lord Shiva return after collecting the water of Ganga river during the month of Sawan, in
New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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AHEAD OF CWG: LOVLINA ALLEGES HARASSMENT
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medalist Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain
took to Twitter on Monday to share that she has been facing mental
harassment ahead of CWC. 1 coach has been refused entry to CWC
village in Birmingham, while other 1 has been sent back to India.
CONG CHIEF
SONIA’S 2ND
APPEARANCE
AT ED TODAY
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi is
expected to appear before the ED on Tuesday for her
2nd round of questioning in money laundering case
linked to National Herald newspaper. Ahead of her
appearance at ED, Cong called meet on Monday. P3
MAN WHO GAVE
DEATH THREATS
TO KAIF, VICKY
KAUSHAL HELD
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Monday arrested a
25-year-old, out-of-work actor Mavinder Singh for
giving death threats to actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky
Kaushal. Singh was staying at different places in
suburban Mumbai over the past three months. P9
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
DROUPADI MURMU TAKES OATH AS 15TH PRESIDENT OF INDIA
“JOHAR, NAMASKAR”
Droupadi Murmu, 64, defeated
Oppn candidate Yashwant Sinha
to become 1st tribal and 2nd woman Prez
This is achievement of every poor
in India, says Murmu in her 1st
address to country as President of India
Droupadi said that her name was
given by her school teacher, based
on a character of the epic ‘Mahabharata’
Aditi Nagar & Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Droupadi
Murmu takes oath as
President of India, the
highest constitutional
post of the country, fol-
lowed by a 21-gun sa-
lute. CJI NV Ramana
administered the oath
of office of President to
her on Monday
.
President Droupadi
Murmu addressing the
nation said, ‘Johar! Na-
maskar! I express my
heartfelt gratitude to all
MPs & all MLAs for be-
ing elected to the high-
est constitutional post
of India. Your vote is an
expression of the faith
of crores of citizens of
country,’ Murmu said.
She also said that the
country needs to speed
up the efforts to meet
the expectations that
our freedom fighters
had with the citizens of
independent India.
(T) Droupadi Murmu with Ram Nath Kovind, M Venkaiah Naidu,
NV Ramana and Om Birla during her oath-taking ceremony, at
Central Hall of the Parliament, in Delhi on Monday. (B) Pratibha
Patil, Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Amit Shah, Murlimanohar
Joshi, Anandiben Patel, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pralhad Joshi, Ashok Gehlot, Yogi
Adityanath and other leaders are seen during the oath ceremony.
Reaching the post of President is
not my personal achievement, it is
the achievement of every poor in
India. Your affection, trust and support
will be my greatest strength in discharging
my functions and responsibilities.
—Droupadi Murmu, President
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR INDIA: MODI
HISTORIC MOMENT
FOR INDIA: SHAH
RAJ GUV MISHRA
WISHES MURMU
RS SEATS FOR `100
CRORE: CBI BUSTS
RACKET, ARRESTS 4
PM Modi on Monday described Murmu taking over as
new President as a “watershed moment” for the coun-
try, especially the poor, marginalised and downtrodden.
“The entire nation watched with pride as she took oath,”
the PM said, wishing her the best for a fruitful tenure.
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Monday
said that Droupadi
Murmu’s election as the
President of India proves
PM Narendra Modi’s gov-
ernment’s commitment
to the empowerment of
tribals. The election of
Murmu as the President
is a historic moment for
Indian democracy, Shah
said in the article.
Raj Governor Kalraj
Mishra attended the
swearing-in
ceremony
of the 15th
President of
the country
held in Del-
hi on Monday morning.
Guv congratulated Murmu
for a remarkable tenure as
Head of State of world’s
largest democracy.
CBI on Monday claimed to
have arrested 4 people for
running a racket by promis-
ing seats in RS, other govt
organisations for `100 crore.
The CBI also conducted
raids at 7 locations in Delhi,
Karnataka and Maharashtra.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Trinamool joins the Oppn
ranks, alleges protocol viola-
tion during Prez swearing-in
 Nitish Kumar skips
swearing-in ceremony
 Chinese President Xi Jin-
ping congratulates Murmu
 Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, Covid positive, re-
grets missing ‘historic oath’
 All Oppn parties submitted a
letter to RS Chairman stating
that LoP in the RS Mallikar-
jun Kharge was made to sit
in a seat “not commensurate
with the position he holds”
HONOURING WAR HEROES!
Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated
every July 26 in India, to observe
India’s victory over Pakistan in the
Kargil War for ousting Pakistani Forces
from their occupied positions on the
mountain tops of Northern Kargil
District in Ladakh in 1999. P5
KARGIL
VIJAY DIWAS
4 Cong MPs suspended
from LS for this session
New Delhi: Four Con-
gress MPs were sus-
pended from LS for rest
of session for display-
ing placards and dis-
rupting proceedings
despite a warning by
Speaker Om Birla.
Amid continuous dis-
ruptions, Chair named
Congress MPs Manick-
am, Prathapan, Jothim-
ani and Ramya Haridas.
Parl Affair Min Pralhad
Joshi moved a resolu-
tion to suspend the four.
THAROOR SPEAKS
Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor accused govt
of suppressing Oppn
voices, “arrogant about
its brute majority”.
Suspended Congress MPs
Manickam Tagore, Ramya
Haridas, Jothimani and TN
Prathapan at Parl on Monday.
BSE SENSEX 55,766.22 306.01 | NSE NIFTY 16,631.00 88.45
GLOBAL NEWS
Crucial
Crucial
INDIA TO DEPLOY
2ND S-400 SQUADRON
AT CHINA FRONT
New Delhi: India’s capability
to detect and destroy hostile
fighters, strategic bomb-
ers, missiles and drones at
long ranges will get another
major boost when a new
squadron of the S-400
Triumf surface-to-air missile
systems becomes opera-
tional along borders with
China in next 2 to 3 months.
Sources say deliveries are
now underway from, the
first since Russia-Ukraine
war erupted on February 24.
SEVERAL KILLED IN
‘TARGETTED’ MASS
SHOOTING IN CANADA
Canada: Several were killed
in a mass shooting early
on Monday in the Canadian
province of British Columbia.
Police issued an emergency
alert for multiple shootings
in city of Langley & asked
residents to stay alert and
away from area of incident.
“Multiple shooting scenes
in downtown core in city of
Langley with 1 incident in
township involving transient
victims,” statement said.
Don’t support corruption:
Didi on minister’s arrest
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee has dis-
tanced herself from the
state’s teacher job scam
and former education
minister Partha Chat-
terjee’s arrest, saying
she was hurt and could
not believe he could
do such a thing.
“I am personal-
ly hurt. I can’t
believe he could
do such a
thing,” she said.
If it is proved,
then I don’t
mind if life imprison-
ment is given,” the
chief minister said.
However, she ques-
tioned, “How do we
know there is no foul
play?” and added that
she did not want to en-
gage in a media trial.
Her statement
comes 2 days after
her cabinet min-
ister Partha
Chatterjee was
arrested in con-
nection with
school jobs
scam.
‘MIN DOESN’T NEED
HOSPITALISATION’
Partha Chatterjee, arrested
in connection with an
alleged school jobs scam,
has chronic health issues
but does not require
hospitalisation, said the
All-India Institute of Medi-
cal Sciences in Odisha’s
Bhubaneswar.
HIGHLIGHTS
 ED demands 14 days
custody of Partha
 Partha Chatterjee, aide
Arpita Mukherjee sent to
ED custody till August 3
 HC rejects Partha Chat-
terjee’s plea for expunging
‘adverse’ remarks in HC’s
Sunday judgment
LG SEEKS REPORT
ON ALLEGATION OF
CARTELISATION
3 DEAD, 2 INJURED
IN ACCIDENT AT
NANGLI POONA
New Delhi: TDelhi
Lieutenant Governor VK
Saxena has
sought a
report from
Chief Sec-
retary on
allegations
of carteli-
sation,
facilitating
monopolies and favouring
blacklisted firms in award
of liquor licences, sources
said on Monday. P2
New Delhi: Three persons
were killed, while two
others were injured as a
car, rammed into a bus,
on a highway near Nangli
Poona. A car with five oc-
cupants rammed into a
stationary DTC bus at a
bus stand on a highway
near Nangli Poona earlier
today, leaving three of
them dead, and the other
two injured. P2

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022
02
SaleofEVsgoesupincityas
29,604vehiclessoldtillnow
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The sale
of electric vehicles
(EVs) has gone up in
the city with as many
as 29,604 EVs having
been sold this year.
This is the highest
saleof EVstillnowand
the number is set to in-
crease further as five
monthsof thisyearare
still left. This is a re-
cord of sorts as the
Delhi governmnet had
announced its Electric
Vehicle Police in Au-
gust 2020.
The EVs sold in Del-
hi this year already
constitute 18.6% of all
EVs registered in the
capital till date. Sales
first saw a major jump
in 2016 with 21,690 EVs
sold, compared with
the 3,565 registered a
year ago. The number
remained around the
20,000-mark, but the
overall dip in vehicle
sales in 2020 due to the
Covid-19 outbreak saw
EV numbers, too, come
down to 12,381.
On August 7, 2020.
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal had launched
the EV policy with the
aim of ensuring that
25% of all new vehicle
registrations by 2024
were of EVs.
ELECTRIFYING EFFECT
ELECTRIFYING EFFECT
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Del-
hi government plans
to construct public
EV charging stations
in at least 10 existing
cluster bus depots in
the national capital
in a bid to push the
people to shift to e-
vehicles. According
to officials, the Delhi
Transport and Infra-
structure Develop-
ment Corporation
(DTIDC) has begun
the preliminary
work for the installa-
tion of public EV
charging stations in
these bus depots.
Officials said: “As
per the plan, the Del-
hi government has
decided to install
charging stations
across different bus
depots and parking
lots of metro sta-
tions. By September,
we have a target to
install 100 charging
stations for which
work has started al-
ready
.”
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Dia-
logue and Develop-
ment Commission
(DDC) of Delhi, the
think tank of the
Delhi government, is
going to host the
fourth Delhi Electric
Vehicles (EV) Forum
on August 10 at
NDMC convention
centre to celebrate
two years of the suc-
cessful implementa-
tion of the Delhi EV
Policy
.
Established in
2020, the Delhi EV Fo-
rum is an initiative
that brings together
over 200 stakeholders
in the EV ecosystem
across Delhi, such as
government agen-
cies, industry repre-
sentatives, start-ups,
academia, think
tanks, RWAs, etc. to
foster constructive
dialogue and to en-
sure effective and
collaborative imple-
mentation of Delhi’s
EV policy
.
10 cluster bus depots to
get EV charging stations
Delhi Govt to host EV
Forum on August 10
DELHI EV FORUM
IS AN INITIATIVE
THAT BRINGS
TOGETHER OVER 200
STAKEHOLDERS IN
THE EV ECOSYSTEM
ACROSS DELHI
THE DTIDC HAS
BEGUN THE
PRELIMINARY WORK
FOR THE INSTALLA-
TION OF PUBLIC EV
CHARGING STATIONS
IN THESE BUS
DEPOTS
THE SALE OF
EVS HAS GONE UP
IN THE CITY WITH
AS MANY AS
29,604 EVS
HAVING BEEN
SOLD THIS YEAR
Kanwariyas: Traffic
snarls likely today
Adequate security and traffic arrangements are made
New Delhi: Majorroads
inpartsof Central,East,
Northeast Delhi and its
bordering areas may
face traffic snarls on
Tuesday as kanwariyas
wouldreturntotheirna-
tive places through the
national capital, the po-
lice said on Monday
.
The traffic movement
in Central Delhi is also
likely to be affected due
to Congress leader So-
nia Gandhi’s question-
ing by the Enforcement
Directorate in connec-
tion with the National
Herald newspaper-
linked money-launder-
ing case.
Specialarrangements
have been made by the
police in coordination
with its traffic and civic
bodies across the border
andotherareasof Delhi.
Inviewof theongoing
Parliament session also,
adequate security and
traffic arrangements
have been made to deal
with any “contagious
situation” which may
arise, they said.
In Shahdara district,
adequate and proper ar-
rangements have been
put up since the kanwar
yatra started and from
Tuesday kanwariyas
would return to their
native places, hence
staffs have been de-
ployed already along
their routes, a senior
police official said.
As part of the kanwar
yatra, kanwariyas from
different parts of the
country collect water
from the Ganga river at
Haridwar in Uttara-
khand to offer at Shiva
temples back home.
Kanwariyas (Lord Shiva devotees) carrying water from the holy
Ganga river walk down a road during their pilgrimage in the
month of Shravan, in New Delhi, Monday.
FAVOURING BLACKLISTING FIRM
LG seeks report from Delhi CS
on allegation of cartelisation
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena has sought a
report from Chief Sec-
retary on allegations of
cartelisation, facilitat-
ing monopolies and fa-
vouring blacklisted
firms in award of liquor
licences, sources said
on Monday
.
The report has been
sought within 15 days
following a complaint
by an eminent organisa-
tion of jurists, lawyers
and prominent citizens,
they said while refusing
to divulge the name of
the organisation.
“The Lt Governor has
forwarded a complaint
by an eminent organisa-
tion of jurists, lawyers
and eminent citizens,
prima facie establishing
grave irregularities in
award of liquor licenc-
es, to the Chief Secre-
tary for verification and
enquiry, and asked him
submit a report to him
and the chief minister
within a fortnight,” a
source said.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi University has set
up a not-for-profit com-
pany to promote inno-
vation and encourage
new startups, Vice
Chancellor Yogesh Sin-
gh has said.
Meanwhile, another
Section 8 firm to gener-
ate funds for the com-
pany is in the final
stage, he said.
Section 8 companies
are generally those that
are set up for charitable
objectives and prohibit
payment of any divi-
dend to its members, as
per the Companies Act,
2013.
“We have set up one
company to encourage
new startups and inno-
vation in the varsity
and we are in search for
its CEO. The company
will work on incubators
and promote innova-
tion,” Singh had told
PTI earlier this month.
“The setting up of a
second company for
funding is also in the
final stage. It will ask
for funds from alumni
and companies under
their CSR activities. It
will be an independent
company of DU (Delhi
University) and will
have a professional
CEO. The funding will
be used for developing
the university,” he add-
ed. The university is
banking on the alumni
and corporate social re-
sponsibility (CSR) ac-
tivities of business
firms for funding.
DU sets up firm to promote innovation, says VC
DELHI UNIVERSITY

The setting up
of a second
company for
funding is also
in the final
stage. It will ask
for funds from
alumni and
companies
under their CSR
Delhi Congress stages protest against excise policy
Delhi Congress on Mon-
day said it staged a pro-
test outside Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia’s resi-
dence here, demanding
his resignation over al-
leged violation of rules
and procedural lapses in
the city government’s ex-
cise policy.
Leaders and workers
of the party gathered in
Patparganj holding ban-
ners and raised slogans
against Sisodia and CM
Arvind Kejriwal.
Earlier, the Delhi Con-
gress had accused the
ruling Aam Aadmi Party
of being “knee-deep in
corruption” and submit-
ted a written complaint
to Delhi Police Commis-
sioner Rakesh Asthana,
seeking a probe into the
liquor policy. Delhi LG V
K Saxena has recently
recommended a CBI
probe into the policy. Ac-
cording to officials, the
inquiry was recommend-
ed on a basis of a report
filed by the Delhi chief
secretary, showing prima
facie violations, includ-
ing “deliberate and gross
procedural lapses”, to
provide post-tender “un-
due benefits to liquor li-
censees”.
Congress workers holding protest against Manish Sisodia.
PROPER ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE: COPS
3 dead, two injured in
accident in Nangli Poona
New Delhi (ANI):
Three dead, while two
others were injured as a
car, rammed into a bus,
on a highway near Nan-
gli Poona.
A car with five occu-
pants rammed into a
stationary DTC bus at a
bus stand on a highway
near Nangli Poona ear-
lier today, leaving three
of them dead, and the
other two injured. A le-
gal action to follow.
Earlier on June 5, one
person died while five
others were injured in a
road accident in New
Delhi’s Pandav Nagar.
According to the po-
lice, a car which was
coming from Haridwar
and was going towards
Karol Bagh rammed
into a standing truck.
“There were six peo-
ple sitting in the car
who were injured. After
getting the information
police reached on the
spot and shifted them to
the hospital, out of
which 1 person died,” a
police official had said.
Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh
SINGH SAYS
THE CHARGES
One arrested at IGI
Airpot in cheating case
New Delhi (ANI): In
connection with the
cheating of a Delhi-based
businessman, Dinesh
Kumar Gupta, former
MD of Ujala Pumps, is
arrested by the EOW
from IGI Airport. The al-
leged cheating amounted
to worth Rs 5.50 crores.
The case was registered
onthecomplaintof Arun
Gupta, owner of a firm
called JK Gupta and
Sons. In the year 2012, the
accused approached the
complainant and took a
loan of Rs 65-70 lakhs
from him. Further, in the
month of December 2012,
the accused took another
loan of Rs. 3,35,50,000
from the complainant on
terms that if he failed to
repay the loan, he would
sell his property. Again,
in the year -2015, the ac-
cused who also had busi-
ness relations with the
complainant, stopped pa-
ying bills of approxima-
tely Rs. 2 crores, raised
by the complainant’s
firm namely J. K. Gupta
& Sons for the sale/sup-
ply of ball bearing to the
alleged company Ujala
Pumps Pvt. Ltd.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. —FILE PHOTO

INDIA
03
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: In the pres-
idential election, no
candidate would have
been insulted in his own
state like Yashwant Sin-
ha has been. He has got
a good number of votes
all over the country
. But
in Jharkhand, he was in
a very bad condition.
Leaders of both UPA
and NDA deserted him.
Usually, the MLAs and
MPs of the state
to which the
candidate belongs, vote
for them irrespective of
the party line. But this
time in Jharkhand, the
reverse has happened.
There are 81 MLAs and
14 MPs in the state, out
of which Yashwant Sin-
ha did not get a single
MP’s vote. Only eight of
the MLAs voted for him.
This happened when
two MPs in the state be-
long to the UPA and
close to 50 MLAs have
the support of the JMM-
led UPA government.
In fact, the JMM,
which is running the
government in the state,
had already announced
to support Droupadi
Murmu in the name of
tribal community
. Con-
gress definitely support-
ed Yashwant Sinha but
Congress MLAs and the
lone MP engaged in
cross voting. This is also
abigsetbackforAvinash
Pande, the party’s new
in-charge general secre-
tary in the state, who
triedhardtogetvotesfor
Sinha, however, 12
Congress MLAs and
one MP voted for
Murmu.
Sinha deserted in his own state by ‘political family’!
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ALL 30 MLAS AND ONE MP OF JMM ALSO
VOTED FOR MURMU AND 12 MPS AND
30 MLAS OF BJP AND ITS ALLIES ALSO VOTED
FOR MURMU. IN THIS WAY, SINHA GOT THE
REMAINDER OF THE CONGRESS VOTES, ALONG
WITH AND NINE VOTES OF LEFT AND RJD
Droupadi Murmu Yashwant Sinha
OPPOSITION OBSTRUCTS
DEVELOPMENT WORKS: MODI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday accused the Op-
position of obstructing
development works, say-
ingtheykeeptheirpoliti-
calinterestsabovethatof
society and the country
.
“Many times, the op-
position parties put
some obstacles in the
government’s work as
they could not imple-
mentthedecisionstaken
by them when they were
in power,” Modi said ad-
dressing virtually a pro-
gramme on the 10th
death anniversary of
formerSamajwadiParty
Rajya Sabha member
Harmohan Singh Yadav.
“Now, if they (deci-
sions) are implemented,
they oppose it. People
of the country don’t
like it,” he added, stress-
ing in recent times, a
trend of keeping “ideol-
ogy or political inter-
ests above the interests
of society and the coun-
try” is being witnessed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the 10th Punyatithi of Late Harmohan Singh Yadav,
through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Centre issues
advisory on
monkeypox
New Delhi: With In-
dia’s tally of confirmed
monkeypox cases rising
to four (three in Kerala,
one in Delhi), the Min-
istry of health and fam-
ily welfare has issued a
list of guidelines in-
forming citizens of
common symptoms of
the disease. Delhi LG
Vinai K Saxena on Mon-
day reviewed the Monk-
eypox situation in Delhi
along with Chief Secre-
tary, Secretary Health,
DGHS other con-
cerned officials.
8 killed, 16 injured
as 2 double-decker
buses collide in UP
PM NARENDRA MODI EXPRESSES GRIEF
OVER THE INCIDENT SAID STATE GOVT IS
PROVIDING ALL POSSIBLE HELP TO VICTIMS
Barabanki: Eight peo-
ple were killed and 16
injured when a Delhi-
bound bus rammed into
a parked bus on Purvan-
chal Expressway on
Monday
, police said. PM
Modi expressed grief
over the incident and
said the state govern-
mentisprovidingallpos-
sible help to the victims.
SP Anurag Vats said
around 4.45 am, a pri-
vate double-decker bus
from Bihar’s Muzaffar-
pur on its way to Delhi
collided with another
bus parked on Purvan-
chal Expressway under
the Lonikatra police
stationarea.ASPManoj
Pandey said the acci-
dent took place near an
eatery close to Naren-
drapur Madraha vil-
lage. “I express my con-
dolences to those who
have lost their loved
ones. Along with this, I
wish speedy recovery to
all injured. Under the
supervision of the state
government, the local
administration is en-
gaged in providing all
possible help,” Modi
was quoted as saying in
a tweet by his office.
Wreckage of two buses after a Delhi-bound bus rammed into the
other, which was parked on Purvanchal Expressway on Monday.
CM Office, GoUP
@CMOfficeUP
#UPCM @myo-
giadityanath has
expressed deep
condolences on the death
of people in road accident
on Yamuna Express-
way in Aligarh district.
Praying for peace to the
soul of the departed, the
Chief Minister expressed
his condolences to the
bereaved families.
36 PASSENGERS
WERE TRAVELLING
Aprivate double-decker
bus from Bihar’s
Muzaffarpur on its way
to Delhi collided with
another bus parked on
Purvanchal Expressway
on Monday morning,
police said. There were
36 passengers altogether
in the two double-decker
buses and police suspect
the driver was sleepy at
the time of the accident.
Cong calls meet ahead of Sonia’s
2nd appearance at the ED today
New Delhi: A day
ahead of Sonia Gan-
dhi’s appearance at the
Enforcement Directo-
rate office here, the
Congress on Monday
has called a meeting of
the party leaders to pre-
pare for protests. The
party has asked its
workers to hold a peace-
ful ‘satyagraha’.
Addressing the me-
dia, Congress MP KC
Venugopal said, ‘We de-
cided to hold a peaceful
protest in front of Ra-
jghat on Tuesday (as
Sonia Gandhi will ap-
pear before ED). We had
given an application to
Delhi Police for permis-
sion but they denied it.
It’s unfortunate and
condemnable. Govern-
ment is suppressing op-
position voice.’
Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and
Jairam Ramesh during the meeting at AICC HQ, Delhi on Monday.
As for the proto-
col, how did CM
Shinde appear in
the first row? They make
their own people sit in the
front. And a recognised
opposition leader is sim-
ply brushed aside. It is not
okay. It is not appropriate
to suspend someone. The
govt is intimidating them
for putting forth the truth
in the parl. It shows that
PM Modi wants to end
our democracy.
—Mallikarjun Kharge,
LoP in Rajya Sabha
TRAINER AIRCRAFT
CRASHES NEAR
PUNE, PILOT HURT
Mumbai: A single-seater
aircraft crash landed dur-
ing a training session in
Maharashtra’s Pune district
on Monday, said an official
from a private aviation
academy to which the plane
belonged. Its woman pilot
suffered minor injuries,
police and a medical officer
said. The incident took place
at Kadbanwadi in Indapur
tehsil around 11.30 am. The
aircraft had taken off from
the Baramati airport in Pune.
AMIT SHAH NADDA
TO BE IN PATNA SOON
FOR 2-DAY BJP EVENT
New Delhi: The political
temperature in Bihar is
set to soar over the next
weekend when Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
and BJP national president
J P Nadda arrive in the
state capital to address a
two-day joint convention of
the party’s morchas’. How-
ever, the highlight of the
two-day deliberations will
be the valedictory address,
on July 31, by Shah, the
party’s principal strategist.
TN: CLASS 12 GIRL
ENDS LIFE IN
SCHOOL HOSTEL
Chennai: On Monday, a
class 12 student was found
dead inside the hostel of
Sacred Heart Girls Higher
Secondary School, a govt-
aided missionary institu-
tion in Kilachery, Tiruvallur
dist, 50 km from Chennai.
The police suspect it to
be a case of suicide. The
investigation is transferred
to CB-CID. As the news
of girl’s death spread, her
parents and relatives held a
demo in Thekkalur.
CRUCIAL READ
TN WOULD HAVE BECOME BIHAR IF NOT
FOR CATHOLICS: SPEAKER’S REMARK ROW
Chennai: TN Assembly Speaker M Appavu on Monday
sparked controversy after he attributed devp of state to
Christian missionaries and said
state would have become another
Bihar if not for the work done by
Catholic missions. He claimed that
it was Catholic missionaries that
shaped his career, adding that govt
belonged to the people who “fast
and pray to God”. “CM knows that
this govt was created by you all. You can go ahead and speak
to your CM, I shall support you,” Speaker Appavu said.
OUTGOING PRESIDENT FULFILLED BJP’S
AGENDA: EX-JK CM MEHBOOBA MUFTI
Srinagar: Former JK CM Mehbooba Mufti on Monday hit
out at ex-President Kovind and said that he has left “behind
a legacy” during which the coun-
try’s Constitution was “trampled
upon” umpteenth times. She also
said that the outgoing president
“fulfilled BJP’s political agenda”.
Taking to Twitter minutes after
Murmu was sworn in as India’s
15th President, Mufti said, “Be it
scrapping of Article 370, CAA or the unabashed targeting of
minorities Dalits, Kovind fulfilled BJPs political agenda.”
FOUR DIE AFTER
CONSUMING
POISONOUS LIQUOR
Ahmedabad: Four people
have died, and several
others are said to be in
serious condition, due to
consuming illegal country
liquor in Botad district of
Gujarat.Several people
have been admitted to
the hospital after drinking
poisonous alcohol. Top
police officials, including
IG, SP, among others have
reached the spot. A SIT has
been formed to investigate
Botad’s hooch tragedy.
SABSE BADA RUPEE! YEAH!
Indianforexreserveshavebeenonayear-on-yearhighergrowthcurvesince2014,withIndianRupeeinternational
tradedealsforoilandgasexpectedtoensurethetrajectoryregistersarecordforexcollectionin2022-2023also
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: India’s for-
eign currency (forex)
reserves as on Sunday
night stood at $US 572
billion even as the
country appears head-
ed for a record year-on-
year growth in its forex
holdings that stood at
$US 561 billion and $US
642 billion for the en-
tire fiscal years of 2020-
2021 and 2021-2022 re-
spectively
.
Progressively, the fo-
rex mop-up over the
last 8 years has wit-
nessed a steady and
consistent improve-
ment over the previous
year since 2014 under
the Narendra Modi led
Union Government.
During the erstwhile
UPA-2 government led
by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh (not-
ed economist) of the
Indian National Con-
gress, the forex hold-
ings grew from $US 251
billion in 2008-2009 to
$US 304 billion in 2013-
2014 (over six fiscal
years), the Modi led
NDA government has
maintained a much
higher and consistent
forex growth levels an-
nually.
Since the BJP came
to power in India in
the 2014-2015 fiscal
year ($US 341 bn), 2015-
2016 ($US 360 bn), 2016-
2017 ($US369 bn), 2017-
2018 ($US 424 bn); bar-
ring the 2018-2019 fis-
cal ($US 412 bn), the
forex growth has con-
sistently been main-
tained. The growth
levels were main-
tained in 2019-2020
($US 477bn), 2020-2021
($US 561 bn), 2021-2022
(642 bn) with the first
two quarters of the
current fiscal year
2022-2023 already regis-
tering $US 572 bn so far.
Co-convenor of the
BJP’s Maharashtra
Vyapari Cell Mahen-
dra Jain disagrees.
Says he, “We are heav-
ily dependent on forex
for importing of oil
and gold, although the
sharp rupee trade ne-
gotiations by India
with many countries
has already resulted
in a rupee-rouble
trade deal for oil im-
ports from Russia, ed-
ible and soybean oil
imports from Indone-
sia and now we are ne-
gotiating a rupee cur-
rency trade deal with
Iran from where we
have huge gas im-
ports. Effectively the
sanctions that were
placed on Russia more
recently, and on Iran
earlier by the Euro-US
axis have failed. India
has shifted close to a
quarter of its imports
to rupee transactions
which again is a big
save and further bol-
sters out forex re-
serves each year.”
Why do we need such a large pool of (forex)
reserves although it is a contingency against
oil imports? Forex reserves growth is an
overhyped fact. Indian economy had
faced a huge balance of payment crisis
in 1991 and was able to leverage her
gold reserves for an (int'l) bridge loan
to overcome the crisis. We are a very
large and vibrant economy where the
manufacturing sector is very weak even
when compared to middle income industrial countries.
—Ravi Duggal, Fiscal sociologist
While Europe (Euro)
and China (Yuan)
tried to similarly exit the
$US hegemony in interna-
tional transactions they con-
ducted the huge dollar holdings
they had made the exercise futile,
Jain pointed out. On this fact, even
Duggal agrees while remembering
the Chinese efforts on the front.
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A joyful heart is good
medicine, but a crushed
spirit dries up the bones.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Congratulations to Smt Droupadi
Murmu ji on taking over as the 15th
President of India and becoming
the first tribal woman to hold the
highest constitutional post. So
wonderful that this watershed moment
in history has come as we mark
#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
An invaluable moment of history...
On this day of the 25th July 2017, I
had the privilege to receive former
President Pranab Mukherjee da at
his New Residence, 10 Rajaji Marg,
New Delhi accompanied by the new
Rastrapati hon’ble Ram Nath Kovind ji
as part of the convention.
TOP TWEETS
CONG INFIGHTING
MORE INTERESTING
THAN FRICTIONS
IN MEGHALAYA
ecently, police in
Meghalaya raided a
resort owned by BJP
leader Bernard
Marak Rimpu, call-
ing it a “brothel”. Police claimed
to have rescued five minors, in-
cluding a girl, from Rimpu
Bagan and arrested 73 people.
Marak has denied any wrongdo-
ing and was defended by the
state party unit which said that
Marak was possibly a victim of
political vendetta. Marak point-
ed his finger at Chief Minister
Conrad Sangma to allege that he
was behind the raid. BJP is a
minor ally in the Meghalaya
Democratic Alliance headed by
National People’s Party. The
BJP views it as an attempt to
malign the party. Whatever the
party may say, the alliance ap-
pears to have hit a rough patch.
Meghalaya being too distant
for the media it is more focused
on the infighting in the Con-
gress in Karnataka where state
Congress president DK Shivaku-
mar and former Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah are keen to settle
the leadership issue before 2023
Assembly elections. Their ambi-
tions may hurt the party
.
R
ope Francis will
be in Canada to
tender a personal
apology on behalf
of the Roman
Catholic Church for its in in-
volvement in physical, sexu-
al, mental and emotional
abuse of children of the coun-
try’s Indigenous population
comprising the Metis and In-
uit over several decades. He
had earlier expressed regret
for the deplorable acts of Jes-
uit priests when a delegation
of Indigenous people met him
at the Apostolic Palace in
Vatican City in April this
year. Canada’s Indigenous
community has been insist-
ing on a personal apology by
the Pope, although it will not
remove the scars on people’s
minds. The apology will be
merely symbolic.
In the name of “cultural as-
similation” Catholic priests
responsible for education
forcefully took away about
150,000 Indigenous children
from their families to live in
church-run schools. Because
of the abuse, thousands of
them died. The horrific de-
tails emerged after more than
1300 unmarked graves were
found where the schools
stood. As part of cultural as-
similation children were
barred from speaking their
language, practicing their
culture and traditions.
That church misused its
powers against the Indige-
nous people of Canada is not
the only instance of its kind.
In 2015, Pope Francis apolo-
gized for the “grave sins”
committed by the church. He
then said, “…Many grave sins
were committed against the
native people of America in
the name of God…I humbly
seek forgiveness…”
In 2000, Pope John Paul II
woremourningattiretoapolo-
gize for centuries of violence
and persecution against Jews,
non-believers and the Indige-
nous people of the colonised
countries.Apologiesbychurch
are certainly on the rise.
CHURCH APOLOGIES
FOR JESUITS’ SINS
In the name of “cultural
assimilation” Catholic
priests responsible for
education forcefully took away
about 150,000 Indigenous
children from their families to
live in church-run schools.
Because of the abuse,
thousands of them died
P
sadefenceanalyst,Ihavebeen
critically following, observing
and predicting the expected
and the future of Russo -
Ukraine conflict. After more
than five months of impasse,
the Eastern Europe is gripped
by the most destructive Euro-
pean conventional military
conflict since World War II.
The damage done to Ukraine
ismosttragicthough,indirect-
ly it affects the entire EU. It is
not just the refugee inflow and
the corresponding economic
burden on European coun-
tries, the ongoing war will
have many other repercus-
sions, world over. The Russian
responsetoNATOsanctionsis
notonlyresultinginwiderim-
plicationsfortheglobalecono-
my but disproportionately af-
fecting poorer countries.
If media reports are to be
believed, Ukrainians appear
to be losing unity amid mili-
tary defeats in the Donbass
and mounting economic cri-
sis. The surge of patriotism
that arose when the Russian
army was close to Kiev ap-
pears to have been exhaust-
ed. Along with it, the nation-
al consensus that saw all po-
litical groups rallying behind
the Ukrainian army seems to
have disappeared.
To counter the effects of
sanctions, the Russian army
has pivoted its strategy and
appears to be concentrating
on objectives of economic in-
terest and by mid-June, Rus-
sia occupied 125.000 sq kms of
Ukrainian territory
. The civil
society and the Army are
now not hopeful of a speedy
victory against the invaders
and even Zelensky himself
has lost his optimism.
If we go by the recent his-
tory, we would learn that in
the modern world, famines
are man-made. The Russia -
Ukraine war is a Suttle re-
minder of this fact and now
threatens millions of endan-
gered people around the
world with extreme hunger.
Much to the trauma of the
world, Ukraine remains the
breadbasket for the world, ex-
porting millions of tonnes of
wheat,barleyandmaizeevery
year. It is also a leader in sun-
flower seeds export used for
vegetable oil. But overnight,
these commodities have van-
ished from food stocks as Rus-
siacontinueschockingthesea
trade routes of Ukraine. The
dominance of Black Sea by
RussianNavyhasplungedthe
global food markets into a tur-
moil, with soaring prices, ex-
port bans and shortages.
Countries across Asia, the
Middle East, Africa, and even
Latin America are reeling un-
der the effects of this conflict.
The threat to global food
security is further aggravat-
ed by the upheaval in fuel and
fertiliser markets as, short-
ages and price hikes reduce
access to these vital inputs
for farming community. Ag-
riculturists believe that with-
out urgent action, food pro-
duction and crop yields will
get slashed and may raise a
frightening possibility of
food crisis the world over in
next 12 to 24 months and
cause multiple famines.
Shockingly
, the World Food
Programme’s latest analysis,
completed in Jun - July re-
veals there were 276 million
severely hungry people
marching towards starvation
before the war. This number
has risen to 345 million dur-
ing the period of the Ukraine
crisis.Thereportfurthersays
that a staggering 50 million
peoplein45countriesarenow
just one step from famine.
Paradoxically
, this War has
demonstrated how interde-
pendent EU is on the country
they impose sanctions upon.
However,somecountrieshave
already started detesting the
NATO actions on Russia. As
they understand how difficult
it will be for them to beat the
winters without availability
of Russian gas. Kremlin con-
trols 25% of world’s natural
gas requirements and 18% of
coalexports.While,European
Unionimportsroughly43per-
cent of its requirement of
naturalgasfromRussia,mak-
ing them heavily dependent
onthesuperpower.Becauseof
Putin’s decision to limit en-
ergy exports to many nations,
theconsequencesof theEuro-
pean energy crisis have ex-
panded and redefined the way
in which Europe approaches
energy efforts and its rela-
tions with Moscow. Should it
stand by Ukraine and NATO
or, allow its citizens, industry
and economy to grow by
mendingfenceswithRussiais
the moot question.
The leadership of Europe
is also fearful that the lavish
deliveries of ‘lethal weapons’
from the US, UK and other
NATO countries to Ukraine
are finding their way to the
dark web. The Ukrainian
traders claim to offer not just
small arms or body Armor
on the dark web, but also
such sophisticated hardware
as Javelin and NLAW anti-
tank systems or Phoenix
Ghost and Switchblade ex-
plosive drones that may dis-
turb their eco subsystems.
Its time, that world leaders
come together by surrender-
ing their own interest of
dominance and arms sale to
give priority to the very exist-
ence and development of the
human race.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GLOBAL FALL OUT
UKRAINE WAR
A
The leadership of Europe is
also fearful that the lavish
deliveries of ‘lethal weapons’
from the US, UK and other
NATO countries to Ukraine
are finding their way to the
dark web. The Ukrainian
traders claim to offer not just
small arms or body Armor on
the dark web, but also such
sophisticated hardware as
Javelin and NLAW anti-tank
systems or Phoenix Ghost and
Switchblade explosive drones
that may disturb their eco
subsystems. Its time, that
world leaders come together by
surrendering their own interest
of dominance and arms sale to
give priority to the very
existence and development of
the human race
The damage done to
Ukraine is most tragic
though, indirectly it
affects the entire EU. It is
not just the refugee inflow and
the corresponding economic
burden on European
countries, the ongoing war
will have many other
repercussions, world over.
The Russian response to
NATO sanctions is not only
resulting in wider implications
for the global economy but
disproportionately
affecting poorer countries
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer

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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The results
of the municipal elec-
tions held in two phases
of Madhya Pradesh are
out. Both the major par-
ties of the state are in-
terpreting it in their
own way before the pub-
lic, but it is being inter-
preted differently with-
in both the parties. BJP
leaders are interpreting
this in two ways. Lead-
ers close to Chief Min-
ister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan are calling it a
big victory and they say
that this has put an end
to the speculation of
changing the Chief
Minister. In his sup-
port, he is using the
congratulations given
by the Prime Minister.
The second camp is ped-
dling the narrative that
last time not a single
Congress mayor could
win, while this time
five mayors won.
Last time, all 16 may-
ors were from BJP,
while this time there
are only nine. In this
way, discussions are
being held to change
the CM before next
year’s assembly elec-
tions. Although it is not
known what the BJP
high command
will do,
but from Narottam
Mishra to Prahlad Pa-
tel, many names, as
potential CM, have
also started to be
floated around.
There is a sepa-
rate debate between
Congress and BJP
about this. Congress
is calling it its big
victory and has
claimed that Kamal
Nath will come
to power
again in
next year’s
elections.
The party leaders
maintain that in the
elections held in 2015,
not a single Congress
mayor had won, then in
2018, Congress won,
while this time five
Congress mayors have
won. The Congress has
also won in Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia’s strong-
hold Gwalior and Nar-
endra Singh Tomar’s
stronghold Morena. On
the other hand, BJP
says that Congress has
got half the victory
from BJP despite all
the efforts. Nine out of
16 mayors of the state
belong to the BJP, while
the Congress has five.
Similarly, in these 16
municipal corpora-
tions, the BJP has won
491 wards, while the
Congress has won 274.
The BJP has won 975
wards in 76 municipali-
ties of the state, while
the Congress has won
in 571. Furthermore,
the BJP has won 2,002
wards and the Con-
gress in 1,087 wards of
the state’s 225 councils.
Will MP Municipal polls results bring an end to Shivraj’s CMship?
DIVERSE OPINIONS
PARLIAMENT MONSOON SESSION
LOK SABHA ADJOURNED AGAIN
AMID SLOGANEERING BY OPPN MPs
New Delhi (ANI): The
proceeding in Lok Sab-
ha was adjourned till 3
pm on Monday amid
ruckus and sloganeer-
ing by Opposition mem-
bersovervariousissues.
Before the proceeding
of the Monsson Session
began, Droupadi Mur-
mu took oath as the 15th
President of India. The
64-year-old defeated op-
position presidential
candidate Yashwant
Sinha to become the
first tribal and the sec-
ond woman to hold the
top constitutional post.
Both the Houses are
witnessing continuous
adjournments since the
session has begun.
Notably
, the Monsoon
Session holds extreme
importance as the elec-
tion of the President
and Vice-President’s of-
fice is slated to take
place in this session.
The Monsoon Ses-
sion of Parliament com-
menced on July 18 and
will continue till Au-
gust 12. There will be 18
sittings during the Ses-
sion.
Opposition MPs create a ruckus in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday.
AMID CHAOS,
RAJYA SABHA
ADJOURNED
MARGINAL
SHORTAGE OF
COMMANDERS
New Delhi: RS proceed-
ings were adjourned till
4 pm on Monday amid
opposition’s protest over
GST on essential goods
and inflation among
other issues. Leader of
House Piyush Goyal hit
out at the opposition
members over their
claims that Leader of Op-
position was made to sit
in a seat “not commen-
surate with the position
he holds.”
New Delhi: There is a
marginal shortage of
commanders on certain
types of aircraft and the
same is being managed
by utilising foreign pilots
by issuing Foreign Air-
crew Temporary Authori-
sation (FATA), said the
Civil aviation ministry on
Monday. While replying
to a question in the Rajya
Sabha, the ministry said
that there were 82 FATA-
holders on June 30.
LS SPEAKER OM BIRLA ASKS OPPN NOT
TO HOLD PLACARDS INSIDE HOUSE
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday
addressed the issue of Opposition MP raising slogans
against the government
urged the members of
the Lower House of the
Parliament to stop bringing
‘placards into the House.’
“Opposition MPs raise slo-
gans against govt protesting
over issues of price hike and inflation in LS. I urge the
members to stop bringing placards into the House. The
government is ready to hold a discussion,” Birla said.
KHARGE: 5 DAYS WASTED, OPPN WANTS
MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION IN PARL
UDDHAV MOVES SC TO STAY PROCEEDINGS
BEFORE ECI ON EKNATH SHINDE’S CLAIM
VIVO INDIA CHALLENGED INTEGRITY,
SOVEREIGNTY OF INDIA: ED TO DELHI HC
7 HELD BY CBI IN WB
POST-POLL RIOTS
` 500 CR SCAM: ED
RAIDS CSI CHURCH
Man kills parents,niece with brick and hammer Police arrest
suspected
terrorist, probe
on: K’taka Min
SC ASKS
SURJEWALA TO
APPROACH HC
AGAINST PIL
New Delhi: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on
Monday alleged that there has been no meaningful discus-
sion in the House since the
Monsoon session began on
July 18 and said that 5 days
of parliament were wasted.
“The government has not
yet called the Opposition for
talks, it is clear that the gov-
ernment is not ready for discussion in the House. 5 days
of Monsoon session of Parliament have been wasted,”
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told ANI.
New Delhi: Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv
Sena camp has moved the Supreme
Court on Monday seeking stay of Elec-
tion Commission of India (ECI) pro-
ceedings on Eknath Shinde-camp’s plea
for recognition as ‘real’ Shiv Sena. The
plea filed by general secretary
of Shiv Sena Subhash Desai
submitted that the respond-
ents purportedly have
initiated proceedings.
New Delhi( Agencies): The ED has told Delhi HC through
an affidavit that Vivo India indulged in money laundering to
destabilise financial system and
challenge the nation’s integrity
and sovereignty. The affidavit
was filed before the Delhi High
Court last week. The anti-money
laundering agency has said in
affidavit that they were scanning
suspicious financial transactions
of 22 firms owned by Hongkong based foreigners enti-
ties. These firms transferred huge money to China.
New Delhi (ANI): The CBI
arrested seven accused in
an ongoing investigation in
a case related to the death
of Sridhar Das in Bengal.
The arrested accused have
been identified as Pranab
Barkait, Pritam Roy Sarkar
(arrested from Kolkata), Ra-
tan Roy Sarkar, Liton Shil,
Liton Bhaumik, Nakul Roy
Sarkar and Biswajit Barman
alias Biswa (arrested from
Jaipur).
Thiruvananthapuram: ED
raided multiple premises,
including HQs, of Church of
South India (CSI) in Thiru-
vananthapuram in an alleged
black money scam related to
accepting capitation fees for
admission to a medical col-
lege run by church.The raided
premises included residenc-
es of CSI Bishop Dharmaraj
Rasalam, medical college
director Dr Bennet Abraham,
CSI church secy Praveen.
Aligarh: A 2-year-old
unemployed youth bru-
tally battered his par-
ents and his four-year-
old niece to death in
Aligarh’s Vikas Nagar
area on Monday and
later walked to the
Gandhi Nagar police
station and surren-
dered himself.
Police said that Sau-
rabh, a diploma in poly-
technic, reached the
police station and con-
fessed to the crime and
claimed that he was
irked with his family
members. He allegedly
killed his parents with
a hammer and brick.
While his parents died
on the spot, his niece
succumbed to injuries
when she was being
taken to the hospital.
Police recovered the
hammer and the brick
used from the crime
scene. Saurabh’s father
Om Prakash (62) had
retired as an ADO from
panchayat dept in 2019.
Bengaluru (ANI):
Bengaluru Police have
arrested a suspected
terrorist belonging to a
terrorist organization
and further probe is un-
derway, said Karnataka
Home Minister Araga
Jnanendra He further
said that his local ac-
complices, who were
with the terrorist have
also been interrogated
and the activities car-
ried out by him are be-
ing investigated. Earli-
er, after Bengaluru po-
lice had arrested a per-
son who was connected
with terrorist organiza-
tions in J K settled
in Okalipur area. Fur-
ther details are awaited.
Supreme Court on Mon-
day asked Congress
leader Randeep Singh
Surjewala to approach
the Delhi High Court
with his plea chal-
lenging the Election
Law Amendment Act
that enables linking
electoral roll data with
Aadhaar ecosystem. A
bench of Justices DY
Chandrachud AS
Bopanna granted liberty
to Surjewala to move
to HC.“Since the PIL
petitioner challenges
the validity of Section
4 and 5 of Election
Law Amendment Act
an efficacious alternate
remedy is before HC.
we grant liberty to move
HC under article 226,”
the bench said in its or-
der. Filing the plea in the
apex court Surjewala
said that the linking of
the cards “infringes
upon fundamental right
of privacy of citizens.
BJP FLAGS OFF
FIRST-EVER
'TIRANGA BIKERS
RALLY'!
IN THE COURTYARD
LAL CHOWK DRENCHED IN COLOURS OF THE NATIONAL FLAG
BJP leaders and members
during the flag off ceremony
of Tiranga Bikers Rally to pay
tribute to fallen soldiers of the
Kargil War, at Lal Chowk in
Srinagar on Monday.
T
arun Chugh told the
gathering, “Two fam-
ilies, Abdullahs and
Muftis, who ruled for 70
years, had made Srinagar
terrorism capital, but the
Prime Minister, Narendra
Modi has made it tourism
and progress capital. The
rally flagged off by BJP
General Secretary Tarun
Chugh was organized by
BJP at clock tower, Lal
Chowk in Srinagar.
Both the major parties of the
state are interpreting it in their
own way before the public
CBIchargesheet
againstbizmanin
YesBank-DHFLcase
Mumbai: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) has filed a
chargesheet against
Pune-based business-
man Avinash Bhosale
and others in the Yes
Bank-DHFL scam.
The federal probe
agency has also named
Satyan Tandon and six
other firms in the
chargesheet filed before
a special CBI court in
Mumbai.
The Yes Bank-DHFL
began around April,
2018 when Yes Bank in-
vested Rs 3,700 crore in
scam-hit DHFL, the CBI
FIR reads.
Wadhawan in return
allegedly paid a kick-
back of Rs 600 crore to
Rana Kapoor and his
family in the form of a
loan to a company that
is held by Kapoor’s
three daughters, it said.
RS 4,700 CRORE
MISAPPROPRIATED
THROUGH BUILDERS
Over Rs 4,700
crore was misap-
propriated through
various builders,
including Bhosale’s
firms, the agency
has alleged, adding
that Bhosale and
his firms received
around Rs 68 crore
as consultancy
charges without pro-
viding any services,
officials said.
INDIA
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CURRENCIES
Musk rubishes affair rumour with Google co-founder’s wife
New Delhi: Elon
Musk said he’s not had
sex in ages, with a
sigh. Of course, the Te-
sla and SpaceX CEO,
and the richest man in
the world, was speak-
ing in context when he
denied a report accus-
ing him of having an
affair with Google co-
founder Sergey Brin’s
wife Nicole Shanahan.
A Wall Street Jour-
nal report alleged that
Musk ruined his
friendship with Brin
after his affair with
Shanahan. The report
mentions sources “fa-
miliar with the situa-
tion” who told WSJ
that the couple filed for
divorce earlier this
year over “irreconcil-
able differences”.
Now, Musk has de-
nied these accusations
to say that he and Brin
are still friends and
that the report is based
on “third-party ran-
dom hearsay”.
“This is total bs. Ser-
gey and I are friends
and were at a party to-
gether last night! I’ve
only seen Nicole twice
in three years, both
times with many other
people around. Noth-
ing romantic,” Musk
tweeted responding to
a Twitter account
called Whole Mars Cat-
alog that shared the
WSJ report tagging
Musk in the post.
“Yeah, the character
assassination attacks
have reached a new
level this year, but the
articles are all noth-
ing-burgers. I work
crazy hours, so there
just isn’t much time
for shenanigans. None
of the key people in-
volved in these alleged
wrongdoings were
even interviewed!”
Musk wrote on Twitter
responding to another
handle (Tesla Hype)
which quote tweeted
one of Musk’s older
tweets from May this
year about how politi-
cal attacks against him
would “escalate dra-
matically”.
And literally, to
wrap things up, Musk
added: “Haven’t even
had sex in ages (sigh)”.
The WSJ report alleg-
es that Musk and Shan-
ahan’s affair occurred
at the Art Basel event
in Miami just after
Musk broke up with
Claire Boucher
(Grimes). Sources told
the WSJ that Brin and
Shanahan were sepa-
rated but still living
together then.
A report from Insid-
er revealed earlier this
month that Musk had
twins with a top execu-
tive at Neuralink and a
former Tesla Employ-
ee Shivon Zillis. The
twins were born just
weeks before Musk
and Boucher had their
second child through
surrogate, “bringing
Musk’s number of
known children to
nine”, as The Verge
pointed out.
‘NOTHING ROMANTIC’ ABOUT IT!
ELON
SAYS

z This is total bs.
Sergey and I are
friends and were at
a party together last
night!

z Yeah, the character
assassination attacks
have reached a new
level this year.

z I work crazy hours, so
there just isn’t much
time for shenanigans.
INFOSYS: INDUSTRY LEADING REVENUE GROWTH
IN Q1 LAYS ROBUST FOUNDATION FOR THE YEAR
Bengaluru (ANI): Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY),
a global leader in next-generation digital services and consult-
ing, delivered a robust performance in Q1
with year-on-year growth at 21.4 per cent
and sequential growth at 5.5 per cent in
constant currency.Year on year growth
was in double digits across all business
segments in constant currency terms.
Digital accounted for 61.0 per cent of over-
all revenues, growing at 37.5 per cent in constant currency. Net
hiring was strong at 21,171. Operating margin for the quarter was
20.0 pc, with Free Cash Flow conversion at 95.2 pc of net profit.
New Delhi (Agencies): Fintech startup Happay’s EPIC corporate
payment solution received the “Elite Payment Solution Provider
for B2B2C” award at the recently concluded FinTech Festival
India 2022. Happay won the award for
successfully implementing its innova-
tive payment solution to streamline
corporate spending. FinTech Festival
India aims to showcase the potential of
the Indian fintech ecosystem. The festi-
val is designed to foster collaborations
between fintech companies, investors,
and fintech enthusiasts. The event offers a platform to exchange
new ideas and exhibit technological innovations.
HAPPAY WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS ELITE
PAYMENT SOLUTION PROVIDER AWARD
SENSEX, NIFTY SNAP
6-DAY WINNING STREAK
ON PROFIT BOOKING
Mumbai, (PTI) Benchmark
indices Sensex and Nifty
snapped their six-day winning
run to close lower by over
a half per cent after profit
booking in oil gas, automo-
bile and telecom stocks on
Monday. The 30-share BSE
Sensex fell 306.01 points
or 0.55 per cent to settle at
55,766.22 dragged down by
index heavyweight Reliance
Industries.During the day, the
barometer declined 535.15
points or 0.95 per cent to
55,537.08. The broader NSE
Nifty dipped 88.45 points or
0.53 pc to 16,631 as 31 of its
constituents closed in the red.
ADANI ENTERPRISES
LTD UP FOR THIRD
STRAIGHT SESSION
New Delhi (Agencies): Adani
Enterprises Ltd is quoting at
Rs 2546, up 1.86% on the
day as on
12:49 IST on
the NSE. The
stock is up
81.35% in
last one year as compared to
a 4.85% jump in NIFTY and a
4.43% jump in the Nifty Media
index. Adani Enterprises Ltd is
up for a third straight session
today. The stock is quoting at
Rs 2546, up 1.86% on the day
as on 12:49 IST on the NSE.
The benchmark NIFTY is down
around 0.76% on the day,
quoting at 16592.65.
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi Future Retail
announced that the inter-
est on 5.60% Senior Se-
cured Notes due 2025
(USD Notes) has not been
paid on account of ongo-
ing CIRP of the Company
and, all outstanding
amounts payable to any
of the creditors of the
Company as on the insol-
vency commencement
date are required to be
submitted as claims by
the concerned creditors in
accordance with the pub-
lic announcement issued
on 23 July 2022 read to-
gether with the applicable
provisions of the Code.
Further on account of the
prevailing moratorium in
terms of Section 14 of the
Code, NCLT’s order dated
20 July 2022, the Compa-
ny is protected against in-
ter alia any action of re-
covery or enforcement of
security interest against
the Company.
FUTURE RETAIL DEFERS
PAYMENT OF INTEREST
ON USD NOTES
New Delhi: Central Bank
of India reported 14.2%
increase in standalone net
profit to Rs 235 crore on a
0.9% rise in total income
to Rs 6,357 crore in Q1
FY23 over Q1 FY22. Oper-
ating profit during the
quarter declined 0.9% YoY
to Rs 1,221 crore. Operat-
ing profit margin was
19.21% in Q1 FY23 as
against 19.56% in Q1
FY22. Provisions and Con-
tingencies increased by
49.6% to Rs 913.67 crore
in Q1 FY23 from Rs
610.64 crore in Q1 FY22.
Provisions for NPAs was
Rs 959.26 crore in Q1
FY23 as compared with Rs
75.36 crore in Q1 FY22.
CENTRAL BANK OF
INDIA Q1 PAT RISES
14 PER CENT YOY
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Board of Infosys at
its meeting held on held
on 23 and 24 July 2022
has approved the allot-
ment of 97,309 equity
shares, pursuant to exer-
cise of RSU’s by eligible
employees. Consequently,
on 24 July 2022, the is-
sued and subscribed
share capital of the Com-
pany stands increased to
Rs 21,038,590,140 divid-
ed into 4,207,718,028 eq-
uity shares of Rs 5 each.
BOARD OF INFOSYS
ALLOTS EQUITY
SHARES UNDER RSUS
New Delhi (Agencies): ICI-
CI Bank Ltd has added
13.28% over last one
month compared to 9.92%
gain in SP BSE BANKEX
index and 6.06% rise in the
SENSEX ICICI Bank Ltd
rose 1.06% today to trade
at Rs 808.45. The SP BSE
BANKEX index is up 0.32%
to quote at 42542.45. The
index is up 9.92 % over last
one month. Among the oth-
er constituents of the index,
Axis Bank Ltd increased
0.55% and HDFC Bank Ltd
added 0.46% on the day.
ICICI BANK LTD
SPIKES 1.06% TO
TRADE AT ` 808.45
DECODING GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
I2U2 BLOC WILL FOCUS
ONJOINTINVESTMENTS
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on July 14
joined US President
Joe Biden, Israeli
PM Yair Lapid and
UAE President Mo-
hammed bin Zayed
Al Nahyan in the
first ever meeting of
I2U2.
The leaders identi-
fied and agreed to
work towards com-
mon areas of mutual
interest. The acro-
nym ‘I2’ stands for
India and Israel and
‘U2’ stands for US
and UAE. I2U2 was
first conceptualized
during a meeting of
the foreign ministers
of the four countries
in October last year.
Not only the govern-
ment synergies, the
group will also aim
to leverage private
sector capital and ex-
pertise for many ar-
eas of economic co-
operation. Each
country will also
have Sherpa-level in-
teractions regularly.
The I2U2 bloc will
focus on joint invest-
ments in six mutu-
ally identified areas
such as water, ener-
gy, transportation,
space, health, and
food security.
While some alli-
ances are crucial for
enhanced co-opera-
tion on pressing is-
sues plaguing the
world, some of them
became redundant
over the years as
they either failed or
fell short in achiev-
ing the ambitious
goals they had set
out. So, is there a
need for one more
such bloc and what
are its geopolitical
implications?
KEY FACTORS

z I2U2 could present
an opportunity to expand ties
with the US beyond Asia.

z The acronym ‘I2’
stands for India and
Israel and ‘U2’ stands
for US and UAE.

z Each country will also
have Sherpa-level interac-
tions regularly.
US recession will come to
India’s tech-hub, finally
New Delhi (Agencies):
India’s tech industry is
ruling out a US reces-
sion. Or so you would
think from Infosys
Ltd.’s cheery forecast of
14% to 16% annual rev-
enue growth, slightly
better than what the
country’s second-big-
gest exporter of soft-
ware services was pro-
jecting just three
months ago. The Ben-
galuru-based firm,
which reported its June
quarter earnings on
Sunday, is considered
the industry’s weath-
ervane. If it’s optimistic
about orders, then
there’s reason to believe
that the the deal pipe-
line isn’t drying up. US
and European firms —
from banking, manufac-
turing and retail to
health care and utilities
— are still entering off-
shoring contracts, par-
ticularly those that will
help them automate
processes to cut costs.
Evidenceof heightened
activity is also visible in
lastquarter’s12%year-on-
year jump in Bengaluru
office rents — three times
as steep as Shanghai, Sin-
gapore or Sydney
, accord-
ing to Knight Frank.
Vivo ‘laundering’ an attempt to
threaten integrity of nation: ED
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Enforce-
ment Directorate
(ED) has told the Del-
hi High Court
through an affidavit
that Vivo India in-
dulged in money
laundering to destabi-
lise the financial sys-
tem and challenge the
integrity and sover-
eignty of the country.
The affidavit was
filed before the Delhi
High Court last week.
The anti-money laun-
dering agency has
said in the affidavit
that they were scan-
ning the suspicious
financial transac-
tions of 22 firms
owned by Hongkong
based foreigners and
entities. These firms
transferred huge
money to China. It is
also probing a money
laundering case
against Grand pros-
pect International
Communication pri-
vate limited, a Jam-
mu and Kashmir
based distributor of
Vivo. The firm was
reportedly incorpo-
rated on the basis of
forged documents
and it was claiming to
be subsidiary of Vivo
India. The firm used
an email peter.ou@
vivoglobal.com, indi-
cates connection with
Vivo India and it is in
record of Ministry of
Corporate Affairs.
RIL falls 4 per cent
for June quarter
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Shares of Reli-
ance Industries dipped
4 per cent to Rs 2,404 on
the BSE in Monday’s
intra-day trade after
the company reported
lower-than-expected
consolidated net profit
at Rs 17,955 crore for
the quarter ended
June 30, 2022 (Q1FY23),
up 46.3 per cent over
the year-ago period. A
poll of analysts by
Bloomberg had esti-
mated net profit at Rs
21,615 crore. The oil-to-
telecom conglomer-
ate’s gross sales for the
quarter came in at Rs
2.43 trillion, up 53 per
cent over the year-ago
period. Consolidated
PBIDT (profit before
interest, depreciation
and tax) jumped 45.9
per cent YoY to Rs
40,244 crore in Q1,
beating the estimate of
Rs 38,474 crore. Results
were below estimates
on account of lower
than expected O2C
profitability. O2C Ebit-
da stood at Rs 19,888
crore, up 62.6 pc YoY.
Grant Thornton Partners with JLU
Bhopal (ANI): The Grant
Thornton India signed a
MoU with Jagran Lakecity
University on establishing
India’s first Centre for Ana-
lytics at the university
campus.
The launch and the dis-
cussion session was con-
ducted in the august pres-
ence of the Pro-Chancellor,
Abhishek Mohan Gupta,
VC Prof (Dr) Sandeep Shas-
tri, Prof Vivek Khare Reg-
istrar JLU, Navniit Siingh
Chatwal Director JLU,
Pradeep Pandey Director
Grant Thornton, Kapil
Arora Director Grant
Thornton, Sarosh Kumar
VP Cognizant and Mihir
Merchant Chair CII Bho-
pal. Grant Thornton is one
of India’s most prominent
and fully integrated Assur-
ance, Tax, and Advisory
firms, promising full advi-
sory and growth solutions
to big global companies.
Jagran Lakecity Universi-
ty, one of the fastest grow-
ing and most awarded uni-
versities in Central India is
known for its outstanding
academic and industrial
international collabora-
tions. The University sign-
ing a memorandum of un-
derstanding with Grant
Thornton on establishing
India’s first ever Centre for
Analytics is sure to open
multiple pathways for the
youth of this country. The
JLU-Grant Thornton Cen-
tre for Analytics has been
established with a mission
to develop students as Busi-
ness Analytics Experts and
establish a ready resource
for the industry for their
Data Analytics require-
ments and cater to academ-
ic programs, specialized
training, faculty-based re-
search development, and
support for entrepreneuri-
al ventures.
KEY
HIGHLIGHTS

z The University currently
offers over 50+ UGC-
approved programmes and
admissions are open for
this academic year.

z The launch and the
discussion session was
conducted in the august.

07
NEWS
Raj 4th in direct selling in north region, crosses `713cr mark
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Direct selling
industry in Rajasthan
continues to be at 4th
in Northern region,
with a total business of
over Rs 713 crore in
year 2020-21despite ad-
verse business condi-
tions caused by the
Covid19 pandemic, ac-
cording to an annual
survey report released
by Indian Direct Sell-
ing Association (IDSA)
here on Monday
.
The survey, carried
out by the IPSOS Strat-
egy3, indicates that the
year being dominated
by Covid19 and com-
prehensive lockdowns,
the direct selling in-
dustry in the state
managed to sustain the
business turnover,
which was nearly four
percent of the national
direct selling figure of
over Rs 18,067crore.
The state also ranked
4th by way of business
in Northern region
while the first three po-
sitions retained by Ut-
tar Pradesh, Delhi and
Haryana respectively
.
All the credit goes to
over 3.4 lakh direct sell-
ers in the state. The in-
dustry also contributed
roughly Rs 110 crore to
the exchequer by way
of taxes,reflectssurvey
.
Rajat Banerji, Chair-
man, IDSA, whiles
peaking on the Direct
SellingIndustryscenar-
io in the country, said
“Rajasthanisoneof the
priority markets for us
in the northern states.
Rankingat4thinNorth-
ern Region shows that
thereisahugepotential
for the expansion of di-
rect selling business
here. Despite the period
which was marred by
break out of COVID19
and followed by lock-
downs, the direct sell-
ing business crossing
over Rs 700 crore dur-
ing the period reflects
the inherit strength of
the market with hard
work, dedication and
faith of the direct sell-
ers of the state.”
“WithaCAGRof 12%
over the last five years,
direct selling has dem-
onstrated consistent
and sustained growth.
Notwithstanding a few
small hiccups during
the initial wave of the
Covidpandemicin2020,
the industry has shown
to be resilient and sus-
tainable.Whileworking
within the regulatory
framework, IDSA’s 18
member-companiescan
certainly claim to have
effectively protected
consumer interests as
well as of more than 3.4
lakhdirectsellersinRa-
jasthan,”statedBanerji.
Among the dignitar-
ies present on occasion
were Vivek Katoch,
Vice Chairman, and
Chetan Bhardwaj,
General Manager,
IDSA. During the con-
ference, female direct
selling achievers from
the state were also fe-
licitated, one from
each of the IDSA mem-
ber companies.
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
government on Monday
has launched an impor-
tantprogrammetomake
women and girls living
below poverty line self-
reliant with the spirit of
Antyodaya duri ng Aza-
di ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Through Haryana Mah-
ilaVikasNigam,women
of eligible families will
begiventrainingasdriv-
ers and in self-defense.
Giving this informa-
tion, an official spokes-
person said that women
willing to take driver
andself-defencetraining
can apply online till Au-
gust 22, 2022. The pro-
forma of the application
is available in the office
of Haryana Women De-
velopment Corporation.
Attested copies of de-
sired certificates are to
be sent along with the
application through
email 1982whdc@gmail.
com. Applications re-
ceived after the due date
will not be accepted. It
will be mandatory for
the interested eligible
applicant to attach the
telephonenumber,email
address and attested
copies of certificates is-
sued by the competent
authority
.
He said that these
driving and self defence
training programmes
have been started by
Haryana Mahila Vikas
Nigam, Panchkula only
for girls and women of
BPL families.
Haryana to give self defence training to BPL women
BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO

Driving and self
defence training
programmes
have been
started by
Haryana Mahila
Vikas Nigam,
only for girls
and women of
BPL families
Central government on
Monday apprised Delhi
HC that the Mughal
mosque in the Qutub
Minar complex is a pro-
tected monument.
The court was hear-
ing a petition challeng-
ing the alleged stopping
of prayers at a mosque
in south Delhi by the
Archaeological Survey
of India. Justice Manoj
Kumar Ohri was ap-
prised by Central Gov-
ernment Standing
Counsel (CGSC) Kirti-
man Singh that the
Mughal Mosque is a
protected monument
and the case pertaining
to the issue is pending
before the Saket Dis-
trict Court.
Kirtiman Singh
sought to take instruc-
tions to file a reply to
the petition. The bench
granted time to take in-
structions. The matter
has been listed for Sep-
tember 12, 2022, for fur-
ther hearing.
Advocate M Sufian
Siddiqui objected to the
submissions made by
CGSC. He said that
Mughal Mosque is not
covered under the noti-
fication. The namaz
never stop there. He re-
quested an early date as
the mosque has been
closed on May 13 this
year.
On the last date of
the hearing also time
was granted by the
bench to take instruc-
tions.
This matter pertains
to a Mosque situated
within the ‘Qutub Com-
plex’.
However, it is outside
the ‘Qutab Enclosure’.
Mughal mosque is protected
monument:CentretellsDelhiHC
The bench granted time to take instructions, it has been listed for September 12, for further hearing
THE PETITION
DECISIVE WAR AGAINST DRUGS
Punjab: 7.93L pharma opioids
and injectible narcotics seized
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Amid the
ongoing war against
drugs waged by Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann, Punjab Police in
last week has recovered
over 7.93 lakh tablets/
capsules/injections of
Pharma opioids from
across the state.
Addressing a press
conference on Monday,
Inspector General of Po-
lice (IGP) headquarters,
Sukhchain Singh Gill
said these 7.93 lakh
pharma opioids include
6.82 lakh intoxicant tab-
lets,17169injectablenar-
cotics, 85442 intoxicant
capsules, and 8648 vials
of intoxicant syrup.
The major recovery
comes after the Fate-
hgarh Sahib Police had
busted a pharmaceuti-
cal drug cartel after
making a big seizure of
over one lakh pharma
opioids during a raid at
an illegal storage go-
downinSaharanpurdis-
trict of Uttar Pradesh,
said IGP. He said that
thorough and deep in-
vestigationsintothepre-
vious case, wherein, po-
lice had arrested two
personsafterrecovering
mere 175 injections of
Buprenorphine and 175
vials of Avil, helped the
Fatehgarh Sahib Police
tonabthemainsupplier.
IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill addressing press conference.
MAJOR RECOVERY
Haryana to open 1200
libraries for competitive
exams preparations
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Hary-
ana Development and
Panchayats Minister
Devender Singh Bab-
li has said that 1200
libraries equipped
with modern facili-
ties will be opened for
the youth preparing
for competitive ex-
aminations across
the state. He added
that apart from pre-
paring for academic
education rural
youth can prepare for
competitive examina-
tions in these librar-
ies without leaving
their area.
Cabinet Minister
Babli on Monday in-
augurated e-library
and modern gym at
village Pirthla,
Fatehpuri, Rasulpur,
Chandpura, Laluwal
and Hindalwala in
Tohana Assembly
Constituency
.
While addressing
the villagers, Babli
said that he put for-
ward his suggestion
to Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
and Deputy Chief
Minister Dushyant
Chautala for opening
of e-library in the vil-
lages. The Chief Min-
ister immediately
acted upon the sug-
gestion and took the
decision to start an
e-library in every vil-
lage of the state. He
said that these air-
conditioned e-librar-
ies are equipped with
all facilities includ-
ing water, latest com-
puters, smart boards
etc. He said that simi-
larly, fitness ma-
chines of good quali-
ty have been installed
in modern gyms.
Uttarakhand’s CM Dhami pays tribute
to Indian Army on Kargil Vijay Diwas
New Delhi (ANI): On
the occasion of Kargil
Vijay Diwas, Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
paid tribute to the brave
martyrs who laid down
their lives for the
country
.
“We are proud of the
valour of our soldiers.
The whole world be-
lieves in the indomita-
ble courage and valour
of the Indian Army,”
said the Chief
Minister.
He stated that Uttara-
khand also has a tradi-
tion of sacrifice for the
country while adding
that in the Kargil war, a
large number of sons
of Uttarakhand sacri-
ficed their lives for the
defence of the country
.
The Chief Minister
said that the state gov-
ernment is committed
to the welfare of sol-
diers, ex-servicemen,
and their families. He
explained that the In-
dian Army has always
raised the honour.
“The brave soldiers
of the Indian Army had
forced the enemy to flee
even in adverse circum-
stances in Kargil.
The nation will al-
ways remember the
sacrifices made by the
brave soldiers to pro-
tect the borders of the
country in the Kargil
war,” said the official
statement.
EMPOWERMENT
PROUD MOMENT FOR SOLDIERS
NHRC issues notice to
Bihar prisons chief
National Human Rights
Commission has issued
anoticetoBiharprisons
chief over reports that
poor quality of food was
allegedly being served
to inmates at a jail in Be-
gusarai,anofficialstate-
ment said on Monday
.
The NHRC has issued
the notice to the Direc-
tor General of Prisons,
Bihar, seeking a report
within six weeks, the
rights panel said in a
statement.
The NHRC has taken
suo motu cognisance of
a media report that
“poor quality of food” i
being served to the pris-
oners in Begusarai Jail,
it said.
Besides, on the quali-
ty of food, the report
should also include the
status of other basic fa-
cilities for the prisoners
in other jails of the
state, it said.
 With sales of Rs
713 cr, Rajasthan
is the 4th largest
market in Northern
region
 Nearly Rs 110 cr
contribution towards
CGST and SGST
 Rajasthan
contributes around
nearly 4 % to the
National Turnover of
Rs 18,067 cr
 No. of women
Direct Sellers 1.60
lakh out of about 3.4
lakh in Rajasthan
HIGHLIGHTS
Rajasthan also ranked 4th by way of business in Northern region.
The Mughal Mosque is a protected monument. —FILE PHOTO
Haryana Minister Devender S Babli addressing a function.

08
2NDFRONT
COMMISSION OF INDIA PROBE
DELHI HC RESERVES ORDER ON
WHATSAPP, FACEBOOK PLEAS
Division Bench of Delhi
High Court on Monday
reserved the order on
petitions filed by What-
sApp and Facebook
challenging a Competi-
tion Commission of In-
dia (CCI) order for an
investigation into the
messaging app’s new
privacy policy
.
The bench of Justice
Satish Chandra Sharma
and Justice Subramo-
nium Prasad on Mon-
day reserved the order
after the completion of
all the submissions by
all sides. Appearing for
Facebook Inc, senior ad-
vocate Mukul Rohtagi
submitted that because
Facebook is the formal
ownerof WhatsAppand
the platform is said to
share its data with Face-
book (parent company)
doesn’t mean that it is a
necessary party to in-
vestigate.While oppos-
ing the CCI probe
against Facebook, Roht-
agi further argued that
there is no prima facie
material available with
the CCI to proceed with
investigating it while
conducting the investi-
gation of WhatsApp’s
new privacy policy
.
The Division Bench
washearingthepetitions
of WhatsApp and Face-
book challenging the sin-
gle bench, which had dis-
missed Facebook and
WhatsApp’s petitions.
However, Additional
Solicitor General N
Venkataraman ap-
peared for CCI and sub-
mitted that its jurisdic-
tion to investigate
WhatsApp’s new priva-
cy policy is not closed as
the policy in question is
neither withdrawn nor
stayed by any court or
by any judicial forum.
Earlier, the CCI coun-
sel said, “we are pres-
ently not able to move
forward with the inves-
tigation as the matter is
being examined by this
court.” Earlier in the
hearing, the Bench not-
ed that the Data Protec-
tion Bill is yet to be fi-
nalised by the respond-
ents/Centre while
granting time to What-
sApp and Facebook to
file their response over
the notice issued to
them by CCI and sought
several details from
them.
The court also ex-
tended the interim or-
der granted to the ap-
pellant earlier by the
court.
Earlier, senior advo-
cate Harish Salve ap-
peared for WhatsApp
LLC and informed the
court that “We are in-
sisting to file response
on CCI notices despite
the matter being pend-
ing before the courts
and under judicial con-
sideration.”
WhatsApp was sent a
notice on June 4, 2021,
while Facebook was
sent a notice on June 8,
2021, by CCI seeking in-
formation and response
to certain queries.
GEHLOT IN DELHI
‘Very impressed’: Raj CM
Gehlot praises Murmu’s speech
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Monday said
hewas“veryimpressed”
by President Droupadi
Murmu’s speech after
taking oath and hoped
that she meets the com-
mitments she has made
to the nation.
Murmu, who is the
second woman on the
top constitutional post,
succeeds Ram Nath Ko-
vind and was sworn in
by CJI NV Ramana at
Parliament’s Central
Hall. The Youngest pres-
ident at 64 and the first
to be born after Inde-
pendence, took oath of
office in name of god to
“preserve, protect and
defend Constitution and
the law”. Speaking to
reporters at the AICC
headquarters here, Ge-
hlot said, “We partici-
pated in her oath-taking
ceremony. Her views
were nice. Every word
in her speech had a
meaning. I am very im-
pressed.’’ “The views
expressed by a tribal
woman are commenda-
ble. I hope she meets the
commitment she made
to the nation today,”
said CM Ashok Gehlot.
UNDERCONSIDERATION
OF DIVISION BENCH: HC
Earlier, HC had said the inves-
tigation against the appellant
is under judicial consideration
before a Division Bench. It
stated, “In our view, there is
no doubt that the issuance of
impugned notice by the DG
is a step in furtherance of the
investigation commenced
in Suo-Motu case, which
investigation is the subject
matter of the challenge in the
present LPA.”
FB, WHATSAPP HAD
APPROACHED HC
Facebook and WhatsApp
had approached the Division
bench through an appeal,
challenging single-judge
bench order dismissing
their pleas against the CCI
decision. The single bench of
Delhi High Court on April 22,
2021, dismissed Facebook
WhatsApp’s pleas challeng-
ing a CCI order for an inves-
tigation into the messaging
app’s new privacy policy.
‘DGCA finds no major safety
violationinSpiceJetaircraft’
New Delhi (PTI): Avi-
ation regulator DGCA
conducted 53 spot
checks on 48 SpiceJet
aircraft between July
9 and July 13 and it did
not find any major
safety violations, Min-
ister of State for Civil
Aviation VK Singh
said on Monday
.
“However, as a safe-
ty measure, the Direc-
torate General of
CivilAviation(DGCA)
ordered SpiceJet to
use certain identified
aircraft (10) for opera-
tions only after con-
firming to the regula-
tor that all reported
defects/malfunctions
are rectified,” Singh
said in his written re-
ply in Rajya Sabha.
SpiceJet
planes were involved
in at least eight tech-
nical malfunction in-
cidents in the 18-day
period starting June
19, following which
the DGCA had on July
6 issued a show-cause
notice to the airline.
Just three days af-
ter issuing the notice,
the regulator started
conducting spot
checks on SpiceJet
planes, Singh stated.
The spot checks were
completed on July 13.
“A total of 53 spot
checks were carried
out on 48 aircraft
which did not find
any major significant
finding or safety vio-
lation,”hementioned.
The DGCA had on
July 19 started a
2-month-long special
audit of all Indian
carriers after its spot
checks earlier this
month found that in-
sufficient and unqual-
ified engineering per-
sonnel are certifying
carriers’ planes be-
fore their departure,
officials said.
SAFETY CHECK
 Just 3 days
after issuing
the notice, the
regulator started
conducting spot
checks on Spice-
Jet planes.
 53 spot checks
were carried out
on 48 aircrafts
which did not find
any major sig-
nificant finding or
safety violation.
City reports
16 dengue
cases in July
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi logged 16 cases of
dengue in July
, and with
this, the total number of
cases this year has gone
up to 159, according to a
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) report.
No death has been re-
ported due to dengue so
far this year in the na-
tional capital, according
to the report. Earlier in
June, there were 32 cas-
es of dengue in the city
.
MCD data shows that
between January 1 and
June 25 this year, Delhi
reported 134 dengue
cases. Curiously, the
monthly dengue cases,
since January, have
been the highest ever
recorded since 2017,
when the civic agency
started proper book-
keeping.
JK’s mission to
preserve its heritage
Delhi Police bust
immigration racket
Srinagar (ANI): ‘Naya
Jammu and Kashmir’
has embarked on a mis-
sion to revive, restore,
preserve and maintain
ancient sites and protect
its cultural heritage.
The government has
devised a scheme for
‘Revival, Restoration,
Preservation and Main-
tenance of Ancient Cul-
tural Heritage’ in JK
and efforts are being
made to ensure that it’s
implemented in letter
and spirit. The sacred
places and the heritage
sites requiring inter-
vention are being iden-
tified. Besides preserv-
ing and protecting cul-
tural sites, and monu-
ments, the administra-
tion is focusing on re-
viving folklore, tradi-
tional practices, lan-
guages, customs, artis-
tic expressions, social
values, etc.
Jammu and Kashmir
has been connected
with the ‘Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat’
movement as the cul-
ture of the Himalayan
region is being promot-
ed among the people of
other states and vice
versa. In the recent
past, many cultural ex-
change programmes of
artists with other states
and UTs have been or-
ganized to develop the
connection that had
been missing during
the past 70 years.
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Police on Monday
said that they have
busted an immigration
racket and arrested
two agents for alleged-
ly duping people on the
pretext of sending
them to foreign shores
using fake visas.
The arrests were
made following the ar-
rest of a passenger
with a fake Russian
visa from IGI Airport.
Delhi Police received a
complaint on July 20
from IGI Airport Immi-
gration Department
that a passenger name-
ly Suraj Singh, resi-
dent of Village Kotla
Tarkhana, Amritsar,
Punjab came to the im-
migration counter
seeking departure im-
migration to Abu Dha-
bi, UAE by flight no G8-
75. During scrutiny of
his travel documents,
it was found that a Rus-
sian Federation busi-
ness visa, affixed on
the passport was fake
with no security fea-
tures. Based on the
complaint, an FIR was
registered at IGI Air-
port police station and
the investigation was
taken up.
During interroga-
tion, Suraj Singh dis-
closed that earlier he
wanted to go to Russia
for work purpose and
for that he came in con-
tact with an agent
namely Jaswinder Sin-
gh alias Jassi, a resi-
dent of Village Lehar-
ka, Amritsar.
JICA extends loan of `6K crore for BulletTrain project
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Japan
International Coopera-
tion Agency (JICA) has
signed a loan agreement
with the Government of
India to provide an Of-
ficial Development As-
sistance (ODA) loan of
100,000 million Japa-
nese Yen (approx. Rs6K
crore) as Tranche 3 on
the “Project for the Con-
struction of Mumbai-
AhmedabadHigh-Speed
Rail (MAHSR)”.
The loan agreement
was signed between Ra-
jat Kumar Mishra, Ad-
ditional Secretary, De-
partment of Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Fi-
nance, Government of
India and Watanabe
Jun, Senior Representa-
tive, JICA India. The
High-Speed Rail be-
tween Mumbai and
Ahmedabad will use Ja-
pan’s Shinkansen tech-
nology (also known as
the “Bullet Train”).
Speaking on this oc-
casion, Watanabe said,
“By introducing Ja-
pan’s High Speed Rail
technology, this project
has emerged as a sym-
bol of Japan-India col-
laboration. We have wit-
nessed great progress
in civil work so far. We
believe that the day is
approaching when the
Shinkansen System
adopted in the project
will contribute to re-
gion-wide economic
and social development,
which will bring about
income generation to
local residents. With
this project, we aim to
simplify mobility and
ease connectivity with
a safe and reliable inter-
city transport system.
This Japan-India col-
laboration will ensure
Transfer of Technology
from Japan’s High
Speed Rail system to In-
dia, and also give a
boost to the ‘Make in
India’ initiative.”
JICA has been sup-
porting the project for
the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad Bullet
Train project by provid-
ing ODA loans. The
loan agreement was
signed on July 25, 2022,
which is subsequent to
JPY 250,000 million (ap-
proximately Rs18,000
crore) package of JI-
CA’s commitment in
2017. The National
High-Speed Rail Corpo-
ration Limited (NHSR-
CL) is the executing
agency of the project,
which is expected to cut
travel time between
Mumbai and
Ahmedabad to about
three hours.
PM Narendra Modi and his then-Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe initiated the project in
Ahmedabad in 2017. —FILE PHOTO
Raj CM Ashok Gehlot
During his visit to
New Delhi, Raj CM
Gehlot also met
ex-Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
JICA has been
supporting the
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Bullet Train project by
providing ODA loans
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As Au-
gust 15, the date for
the launch of the up-
coming national Hin-
di news channel
‘Bharat 24’ draws clos-
er, the curiosity re-
garding ‘Team JC’ has
gripped Noida’s ‘me-
dia circles’. The me-
dia circles were abuzz
on Monday when two
star news anchors Mi-
mansa Malik and
Poornima Mishra
joined Bharat 24.
Jagdeesh Chandra
welcomed both of
them and wished
them good luck.
Notably, earlier this
week Sachin Arora,
the star anchor of Zee
news, had joined
Bharat 24. As leading
media personalities
from across the na-
tional media realm
become a part of the
Bharat 24 team, the
political media and
entertainment world
is all agog to see what
comes next.
Star anchors Mimansa and
Poornima join‘Team JC’!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Mimansa Malik and Poornima Mishra at New Delhi on Monday.
A heartfelt salute to our
Armed forces, the Tricolour
flies high due to their courage
and bravery . Jai Hind!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
JULY 26, 2022
Guns grace
GALORE
eepika Padukone fans are hav-
ing quite an exciting Monday as
her motion poster from Pathaan
has been shared on social media
by Shah Rukh Khan. Pathaan is
oneof themostanticipatedfilms
of 2023 that will mark Shah
Rukh Khan’s return to big screens. On
Monday
, Shah Rukh, Deepika and John
Abraham shared a motion poster featur-
ing the actress in a badass avatar with a
gun. King Khan only summed up his
thoughts about Deepika’s poster in 3
words. Taking to his Instagram handle,
Shah Rukh wrote, “Guns and grace galore.
@deepikapadukone is all that and more!
Celebrate #Pathaan with #YRF50 only at
a big screen near you on 25th January
2023. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil
and Telugu.”
D
Deepika Padukone
R
am Charan is present-
ly working on S
Shankar’s drama, ten-
tatively titled RC15.
The latest buzz about the pro-
ject is that the team is cur-
rently shooting for the flick at
the Victoria Memorial Home
in Hyderabad. However, it is
not sure yet whether the mov-
ie’s female lead Kiara Advani
is also a part of this ongoing
schedule of RC15 or not. The
RC15 team has already shot
some important schedules on
the movie in places like Am-
ritsar and Vizag.
A
ll eyes are on Rajshri productions
Uunchai ever since the film has
been announced. Major news
broke on Rajshri’s social me-
dia platforms on Monday, as they an-
nounced the release date of their
60th film – Uunchai, directed by
Sooraj R. Barjatya. Slated to re-
lease on 11.11.22, Uunchai will re-
lease in the diamond jubilee year
of the iconic production house,
marking its 75 years of establish-
ment.
K
atrina Kaif and
Vicky Kaushal
has been facing
death threats on
social media. The
Mumbai Police have
registered a case against
the accused and are look-
ing more into the probe.
The case has been regis-
tered at the Santacruz Police
Station against an unidenti-
fied man and initiated an in-
vestigation for allegedly giv-
ing life threats to the actors.
The complaint was registered
by Vicky Kaushal under the u/s
506(2),354(D) IPC r/w sec 67 IT
Act. He complained that one per-
son has been threatening post-
ing threat messages on Insta-
gram. Reports claim that Katri-
na was allegedly being stalked
and threatened by a stranger
online. Vicky Kaushal had tried
to talk the person out of it but
the stalker would not budge. As
a result, the actor went ahead
and lodged a complaint at the
police station.
E
ver since Alia
Bhatt announced
her new film,
fans have been
eagerly waiting for its
release. Darlings will
not only see her as an
actor but will also mark
her debut as a producer.
Well, as promised, the
trailer of the film is out
and as expected it has
left everyone speech-
less.
The trailer looks
quite intriguing and
every actor seems to
have given their best. In
the trailer, Alia’s hus-
band played by Vijay
Varma goes missing.
She goes to the police to
file a missing complaint
along with her mother,
played by Shefali Shah.
One can conclude from
the trailer that Alia
wants to teach a lesson
to her husband and
hence she treats her in
the same way as he
treated her. Sharing
this trailer, Alia
wrote, “My
first film as a
producer!!!
Darlings
Trailer Out
CASE AGAINST
RANVEER SINGH
A
ctor Ranveer
Singh recent-
ly took the
internet by
storm with his nude
pictures. His pictures
have become the talk
of the town. Looks
like Ranveer has
been trapped in legal
trouble owing to his
bold pictures. Ac-
cording to the sourc-
es, a complaint has
been filed against the
actor for hurting
women’s sentiments.
The complaint has
been filed with Mum-
bai Police. More de-
tails regarding the
complaintarestillnot
known. Ranveer
bared it all in the pho-
toshoot as a tribute to
BurtReynolds.Hedid
a similar photo shoot
for a magazine.
RAMCHARANSHOOTSHISNEXT
Alia Bhatt
Poster...
Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif
Ranveer Singh
UUNCHAI’SRELEASEDATE
Parineeti Chopra
Poster...
Katrina Kaif
VicKatreceivedeaththreats

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