PM Modi to address first all-India District Legal Services Authorities meet

New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will address
the inaugural session
of the first national
meet of District Legal
Services Authorities at
Vigyan Bhawan on Sat-
urday, his office said.
The first ever nation-
al level meet of District
Legal Services Authori-
ties (DLSAs) is being
organised from July 30-
31 at Vigyan Bhawan by
National Legal Services
Authority (NALSA), a
statement from the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) said.
Prime Minister Modi
will address the inaugu-
ral session of the meet
at 10 AM on Saturday
.
The meet will delib-
erate on creation of an
integrated procedure in
order to bring homoge-
neity and synchronisa-
tion across DLSAs, the
statement said.
There are a total 676
DLSAs in the country
.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
NEWS IN BRIEF
DELHI MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS TEACHERS
TO TEACH ONLY ONE SUBJECT
New Delhi: Doing away with its old system wherein
one teacher used to take multiple subjects in a class,
the Municipal corporation of Delhi has now decided to
implement a period system in which one teacher would
teach only one subject in different classes, officials said
on Friday. Along with this, teaching work will be done in
all municipal schools on the basis of a uniform monthly
teaching plan, they said.
DELHI TO GO BACK TO
OLD LIQUOR RETAIL
POLICY, SAY OFFICIALS
New Delhi : With the
lieutenant governor recom-
mending a CBI probe into
the implementation of the
new excise policy, the Delhi
government has decided to
go back to the old regime
of retail liquor sale in the
city, officials said on Friday.
The Excise Policy 2021-22
will come to an end on
July 31.
SHARJEEL IMAM
BAIL: DELHI HC’S
NOTICE TO POLICE
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court on Friday issued no-
tice to Delhi Police on two
petitions moved by Sharjeel
Imam against the two
orders passed by the trial
court denying interim bail
and stay of trial in a sedition
case. A division bench of
justices Mukta Gupta and
Anish Dayal called for a
report within two weeks.
PM Modi to address first all-India
District Legal Services Authorities meet
NEW INDIA
SHAH TO OPEN CONFERENCE
ON DRUG TRAFFICKING
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will
be on a day’s visit to Chandigarh on Saturday, dur-
ing which he is scheduled to inaugurate a national
conference on drug trafficking and national secu-
rity, officials said. After the conference, Shah will
meet with the Chief Ministers, Punjab Governor-
cum-UT Administrator, the J&K Lt Governor, Chief
Secretaries and Director Generals of Police.
Raje’s meet with RSS
chief draws ‘interest’!
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a major po-
litical moment, for the
political landscape of
Rajasthan and more so
for the state BJP
, former
CM Vasundhara Raje
met RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Thursday
.
Raje’s Nagpur stay has
been kept a secret and
her sudden visit to the
RSS headquarters is a
point of discussion
in ‘relevant’ political
corridoors.
It is learnt that after
having food at the house
of a former BJP RS
member, Raje reached
theSanghHQs.Raje had
never visited the Sangh
headquarters in last
two decades. As a re-
sult, there was a lot of
discussion in the politi-
cal circles regarding
her Nagpur visit, dur-
ing which RSS’s Sar-
sanghchalak Dr. Mohan
Bhagwat and national
office bearers of the
Sangh met Raje.
PMModilaudstigerconservationists
New Delhi (ANI):
Lauding those who are
actively working to pro-
tect the tigers, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said that
India has at present 52
tiger reserves and that
innovative measures
are being undertaken to
involve local communi-
ties in tiger protection.
Taking to Twitter,
Modi said, “On Interna-
tional Tiger Day, I laud
all those who are active-
ly working to protect
the tiger. It would make
you proud that India
has 52 tiger reserves
covering over 75,000 sq.
km. Innovative meas-
ures are being under-
taken to involve local
communities in tiger
protection.” According
to the Tiger census re-
port of India released in
2020, India has around
70% of the world’s tiger
population. The report
also stated that India
has 8% of the world’s
biodiversity
.
International Tiger
Day is an annual cele-
bration to raise aware-
ness for tiger conserva-
tion, held annually on
29 July
. The day was de-
cided in 2010 at the Saint
Petersburg Tiger Sum-
mit in Russia. The main
purpose of this day is to
increase public aware-
ness and support for ti-
ger conservation, as
well as to advocate a
global system for safe-
guarding tigers’ natural
habitats.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
“On International Tiger Day, I laud all those who
are actively working to protect the tiger. It would make
you proud that India has 52 tiger reserves covering over
75,000 sq. km. Innovative measures are being under-
taken to involve local communities in tiger protection.”
NDA has changed
the notion of a
strong govt: PM
Al-Qaeda-linked terror
module busted in Assam
Guwahati (ANI): In a
major crackdown in
the northeastern state
of Assam, 11 persons
were detained for their
alleged links with
global terror outfits
including Al-Qaeda in
Indian Sub-continent
(AQIS) and Bangla-
desh-based Ansarul-
lah Bangla Team
(ABT). One of the per-
sons detained was also
a Madrassa teacher in
the state.
According to the po-
lice, the 11 persons, who
were detained on
Thursday from Assam’s
Morigaon, Barpeta,
Guwahati and Goalpara
districts, are “connect-
ed to Islamic fundamen-
talism” having links
with AQIS and ABT.
Further action will be
taken as per the law.
Chief Minister Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma, while
coming down heavily
on the “Jihadi mod-
ules” in the state, said
that a lot of informa-
tion is expected from
these arrests.
Chennai (PTI):PMNar-
endra Modi on Friday
said the ruling NDA has
changed the notion that
a strong govt means it
should control every-
thing and everyone and
hailedthespreeof secto-
ral reforms, insisting it
has opened up new ave-
nuesandgiventhemuch
required infra push.
A strong government
does not control every-
thing or everyone. It
controls the system’s
impulse to interfere. It
is one that is not restric-
tive but responsive, he
said in his address at
the 42nd Convocation
of Anna University, Ta-
mil Nadu’s premier
technical varsity
.
“A strong govern-
ment does not move into
every domain. It limits
itself and makes space
for people’s talents. A
strong government’s
strength relies in its hu-
mility to accept that it
cannot know or do eve-
rything. This is why you
see reforms in every
sphere that make great-
er space for the people
and freedom”, he said.
“The scrapping of
nearly 25,000 compli-
ances is boosting ease
of living. Removal of
angel tax, removal of
retrospective tax and
reduction of corporate
tax are encouraging in-
vestments and indus-
try
,” he said.
11 held for links
with terror outfits
Tiger Sangeeta with her cubs inside her enclose, on
International Tiger Day, in Patna, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at
the 42nd Convocation of Anna University, in Chennai, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mufti Mustafa Abbas Ali Afsaruddin Bhuyan
Summons to
Cong leaders
on Irani’s suit
ADHIR RANJAN APOLOGISES TO PREZ MURMU
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Friday is-
sued summons to Con-
gress leaders Jairam
Ramesh, Pawan Khera
and Netta D’Souza on a
defamation
suit filed by
BJP leader
Smriti Irani,
and asked
them to take
downtweetsandotherso-
cialmediapostsonallega-
tions levelled against the
minister and her daugh-
ter. Irani has sought dam-
ages of over Rs 2 crore
fromCongressleadersfor
“falseallegations”against
her and her daughter.
New Delhi: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury on Friday tendered an apology
to President Murmu over his controversial
“Rashtrapatni” remark. This came a day
after he said that ‘there is no question of
apologising as he had mistakenly referred to
President Droupadi Murmu as Rashtrapatni’’.
Home Minister Amit Shah calls
on President Droupadi Murmu
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Friday
called on President
Droupadi Murmu as
the ruling BJP and the
Congress continued to
lock horns over a com-
ment by a Leader of the
Opposition party in the
Parliament. What tran-
spired in the meeting
between the Home Min-
ister and the President
was not known immedi-
ately. Called on Adarn-
eeya Rashtrapati, Smt.
Droupadi Murmu Ji. @
rashtrapatibhvn, Shah
tweeted.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling on the President Droupadi
Murmu, in New Delhi on Friday.
Army Chief
begins 2-day
visit to Bhutan
New Delhi: Chief of
Army Staff Gen Manoj
Pande on Friday began
a two-day
visit to Bhu-
tan amid
China’s per-
sistent at-
tempts to
enhance infrastructure
around Bhutanese ter-
ritory in the Doklam
plateau.
The Indian Army
said Gen Pande is
scheduled to meet King
Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck and Jigme
Singye Wangchuck, the
fourth king of Bhutan
besides holding talks
with his counterpart in
the Royal Bhutan Army
.
PM TO LAUNCH POWER SECTOR’S
REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SCHEME TODAY
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate
in the Grand Finale marking the culmination of ‘Ujjwal
Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power @2047’ on Saturday
(July 30) at 12:30 PM via video conferencing. During the
programme, the Prime Minister will launch the Re-
vamped Distribution Sector Scheme. He will dedicate and
lay the foundation stone of various green energy projects
of NTPC. He will also launch the National Solar rooftop
portal. Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the
government has taken multiple path breaking initiatives
in the power sector.
GUJ HOOCH: CONG
SEEKS PROBE BY
SITTING HC JUDGE
New Delhi: With over 40
dying due to consumption
of spurious liquor in
Gujarat, Congress on Friday
alleged that illicit liquor
trade was “flourishing”
in the state under the
protection of ruling forces
and demanded a probe by
a sitting HC judge.
ARMY RESCUES
26 PERSONS IN
J&K FLASH FLOOD
Jammu: The Army on Friday
rescued 26 persons who
were trapped in a flash flood
in a river in J&K’s Poonch
district. About 26 persons
trapped in a flash flood in
the Chandak Bela area, army
troops along with police and
SDRF launched an operation
to rescue them.
KEJRIWAL MEETS
DELHI LG, SAYS NO
FALL OUT WITH HIM
MUMBAI’S ANDHERI
BATTLES HUGE FIRE
AT FILM SET
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal on Friday met
LG VK Saxena and said
it is important for Delhi’s
development that both of
them work together. Saxena
had last week rejected the
AAP government’s proposal
for Kejriwal’s Singapore
visit to attend a summit on
August 1.
Mumbai: A massive fire
broke out at a film set in
Mumbai’s Andheri on Friday.
Visuals from the scene
showed huge plumes of
smoke billowing from the
building, with firefighters at
the scene to tackle the blaze.
The blaze was reported from
DN Nagar behind Andheri
Sports Complex.
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Birmingham: India’s PV Sindhu has outclassed Pakistan’s Mahoor Shahzad
in Women’s singles badminton event in the Commonwealth Games 2022 at
the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.With it,Sindhu has extended
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IN ODISHA’S
IDENTITY’
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pat-
naik has said that the election of the daughter of the
soil Droupadi Murmu as the 15th president of the
country has added a chapter in the glorious identity
of the state.
COURT TAKES
COGNISANCE OF
CHARGESHEET
AGAINST JAIN
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday took cognizance of
the Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) filed by the
Enforcement Directorate against Delhi minister Satyendar
Jain, his wife and eight others including four firms in
connection with the money laundering case.
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HAPPINESS UTSAV
Brahma Kumari Shivani interact with students at the closing
ceremony of Happiness Utsav.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Brahma Kumari Shivani and other dignitaries at the ceremony.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia addresses at the closing ceremony
of Delhi government Happiness Utsav, at Thyagraj Stadium.
ACB TO PROBE 'COLLUSION' BETWEEN
BURARI TRANSPORT OFFICIALS, TOUTS
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
LG V K Saxena has di-
rected the Anti-Corrup-
tion Branch (ACB) to
conduct a time-bound
probe into the alleged
corruption and collu-
sion between transport
department officials
and touts at the Burari
Transport Authority,
that was impacting au-
to-rickshaw drivers,
sources said on Friday
.
The direction came in
wake of the Delhi High
Court’s order on a Crim-
inal Writ Petition filed
byseveralauto-rickshaw
unions of the national
capital who alleged
large-scalecorruptionin
the RTO and consequent
harassmentof auto-rick-
shaw drivers.
The LG has directed
to complete the investi-
gation and submit a
comprehensive report
within a month, they
added.
The Directorate of
Vigilance had exam-
ined the matter and ob-
served that the “peti-
tioners have levelled
serious allegations of
large-scale corruption
in the RTO as well as
misdeeds that are hap-
pening impacting the
auto drivers”, sources
said.
“It has been alleged
that permits are being
transferred in cahoots
with the MLO (motor
licensing officer) and
the RTO (road trans-
port office) officials,”
they said.
The auto drivers had
complained that the
permits were illegally
being transferred, on
default of payment of
loan. There were also
allegations of collusion
between auto financi-
ers, unauthorised deal-
ers and touts at Burari
Transport Authority
.
UNAUTHORISED DEALERS
“It has been alleged that permits are being
transferred in cahoots with the MLO (motor
licensing officer) and the RTO (road transport
office) officials,” they said. The auto drivers had
complained that the permits were illegally being
transferred, on default of payment of loan.
New Delhi (PTI): In a
bid to empower women
from low-income
groups, Greenpeace In-
dia has delivered bicy-
cles to over 450 women
labourers in Delhi and
Bengaluru as part of
the ‘power the pedal’
campaign.
Focusing on the issue
of gender equality in
mobility, the campaign
aims to create a com-
munity of 5,000 cyclists
of female domestic la-
bourers, who will act as
changemakers on the
streets, fighting pollu-
tion and climate
change, Greenpeace In-
dia, an environmental
organization, said in a
statement.
Most of the women
who participated in the
campaign are aged be-
tween 40 to 50 years and
the majority of them
walk to their workplace
as they cannot afford to
avail any other modes
of transport, it said.
Nandi (48) and her
husband Amarkant (54),
who reside in a slum in
south Delhi, cycle 20 to
25 kilometers every day
to sell balloons in differ-
ent markets across the
national capital.
“We don’t have any
other option. Over the
years, the city has got
fancy air-conditioned
buses and metro. We are
not even allowed to trav-
el with balloons. We felt
like those modes of
commuting were never
meant for people like
us,” Nandi said.
Pavitra (41), a domes-
tic worker who partici-
pated in the campaign
in Delhi, said walks
more than two kilome-
ters every day to reach
her workplace in
Kailash Colony
.
Domestic workers
who have been cycling
to their workplaces are
now able to commute in
the city better. I had to
walk every day because
I can’t afford to have my
own private transport. I
am hardly making mon-
ey to get necessities like
food. Public transport is
not an option as it will
consume more time,”
she said.
Talking to PTI,
Greenpeace India’s
campaign manager Avi-
nash Chanchal said by
creating the women cy-
clist communities, the
organisation is attempt-
ing to challenge the car-
centric infrastructure
in the cities.
POWER THE PEDAL CAMPAIGN
25-KM EVERYDAY
Over 450 women labourers get bicycles as part of Greenpeace effort
The campaign aims to create a
community of 5,000 cyclists of
female domestic labourers
HC junks DCF’s order
putting in abeyance
permission to DDA
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi High Court on
Friday set aside an or-
der of the Deputy Con-
servator of Forests
putting in abeyance
the permission grant-
ed to the Delhi Devel-
opment Authority
(DDA) for transplanta-
tion of over 600 trees
for the construction of
stormwater drain at
Dwarka’s sector-8 to
cater to water dis-
charge from the Indira
Gandhi International
Airport.
Justice Najmi Wa-
ziri allowed the plea
by DDA seeking
permission for trans-
plantation of 637
trees and felling of 56
others and asked the
Deputy Conservator
of Forests to supervise
the felling or trans-
plantation of trees by
DDA for its project.
The counsel for
DDA said that their
“writ petition has
been allowed” and
the court has “set
aside the DCF’s June
29 order whereby
the DDA’s permission
for felling/ transplan-
tation of trees had
been kept in abey-
ance”.
DDA, represented
through standing
counsel Prabhsahay
Kaur, said the project,
costing Rs 88.56 crores,
required permission
from the Deputy
Conservator of For-
ests (West Forest
Division) of the Delhi
government for the
transplantation of 637
trees and felling of 56
others.
While the permis-
sion was earlier grant-
ed, it has now been
arbitrarily put in
abeyance through a
June 29 letter of DCF,
thereby stalling the
progress of the public
project indefinitely,
DDA said.
TRANSPLANTING OF 600 TREES
THE PETITION
HC grants time
for report on
MPs, MLAs’
criminal cases
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi High
Court on Friday
granted time to its
administrative
side to file a status
report on the num-
ber of criminal
cases pending be-
fore it involving
sitting or former
MPs and MLAs.
A bench of Chief
Justice Satish
Chandra Sharma
and Subramonium
Prasad was in-
formed by the
counsel represent-
ing the administra-
tive side of the high
court that he has
filed a status report
of cases pending in
district courts till
June against MPs
and MLAs.
The bench grant-
ed four weeks to file
the report and list-
ed the matter for
further hearing on
September 8.
The bench had
earlier directed
that a list of cases
pending before the
high court that in-
volves sitting or
former MPs and
MLAs be filed be-
fore it.
It had asked the
counsel for the high
court’s administra-
tive side to contin-
ue filing the
monthly status re-
port which shall
also include the sta-
tus of the pending
cases.
‘Immunity from
natural Covid infection,
vaccines not absolute’
New Delhi (PTI): Im-
munity acquired from
natural COVID-19 infec-
tion or vaccines is not
absolute according to
emerging evidence,
Minister of State for
Health Bharati Pravin
Pawar told the Lok Sab-
ha on Friday
.
Reinfections follow-
ing natural coronavirus
infections as well
as vaccine break-
through infections are
not uncommon, the
minister added in a
written reply
.
Breakthrough infec-
tions were observed in
7.91 per cent of the sam-
ple population in a
study involving 1,112
vaccinated people who
had at least one dose of
either Covaxin or Cov-
ishield, she said.
The study was pub-
lished in the Journal of
Medical Virology in
March 2022.
Out of 88 post-vacci-
nation SARS-CoV-2
breakthrough infec-
tions, 90.91 per cent
were symptomatic cas-
es and the remaining
9.09 per cent were
asymptomatic. Among
symptomatic break-
through infections,
31.25 per cent were
mild, 43.75 per cent
moderate and 25 per
cent severe, Pawar said.
DATA
‘Embrace people of Northeast’
message delivered through film
Anjali Pillay
New Delhi: Let’s put a
“complete stop” to dis-
crimination towards peo-
ple from the
Northeast -- that is the
motto of a new initiative
of Delhi Police, which
has come out with a
short film that talks of
embracing them and as-
suaging their feelings of
insecurity.
The 15-minute film
was aired on DD Assam
on Thursday and will
soon be released on
the YouTube channel
of Delhi Police and its
other social media plat-
forms.
The film, scripted by
Delhi-based Madhumita
Chakraborty, a journal-
ist from Tripura, fea-
tures several celebrated
personalities from the
Northeast like Olympi-
ans Mary Kom, Mirabai
Chanu and Lovlina Bor-
gohain and also men-
tions about the various
initiatives of Delhi Po-
lice for people of the
Northeast.
“The nation applauds
when Indian citizens
hailing from Northeast-
ern region win medals at
Olympics and other pres-
tigious tournaments. We
enjoy their services eve-
ry day. And yet, many of
us do not stand up to ob-
ject when a few misin-
formed, misguided
among us call them de-
rogatory names...
Chinky, Momo, Nepali,
Bahadur, Corona...,” the
script of the film says.
“I too come from the
Northeast but I do not
have mongoloid fea-
tures. People with such
features face much more
discrimination,” she
told PTI.
DELHI POLICE
The 15-minute
film was aired on
DD Assam and
will be released
on YouTube
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RAIN EFFECT
Vehicles stuck in traffic on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway during rain on Friday.—PHOTO BY PTI
new National Educa-
tion Policy (NEP) is in
sync with the nation's
roots and has gained
unprecedented accept-
ance from the entire
country, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
said on Friday
.
Noting that the NEP
is rooted in "Bharatiya-
ta" while assimilating
global perspective, Shah
said the policy enriches
knowledge and culture
and is aligned with aspi-
rations of society
.
"The purpose of edu-
cationistodevelopchar-
acter, empathy, courage
and prepare students to
deal with challenges of
life. Education can ena-
ble India to reach the
pinnacle of success. So-
ciety is looking up to us
with expectations and
hope to make it happen.
Our educational aspira-
tion is not only for earn-
ing degrees and certifi-
cates but also to achieve
global good," Shah said
at an event on the com-
pletion of two years
since the launch of NEP
.
"National Education
Policy is in sync with
the roots of the nation
and has gained unprec-
edented acceptance
from the entire country
.
The policy has clearly
stated that robust public
education system is
foundation of a thriving
democratic nation. Pur-
pose of NEP is to devel-
opcitizenswhocombine
national pride with
global good with the
spiritof VasudhaivaKu-
tumbakam," he said.
The home minister also
noted that NEP is an an-
tidote to Macaulay's sys-
tem of education de-
signed to colonise our
minds.
NEP in sync with nation’s
roots, says Amit Shah
‘Education can enable India to reach pinnacle of success, society is looking up’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Ambedkar
International Centre in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The purpose of education is to develop
character, courage and prepare
students to deal with challenges of life.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
Chandigarh (PTI): In
the wake of a DSP’s
mowing down by a
truck, police in Haryana
carried out an Opera-
tion Clean’ in Nuh dis-
trict seizing 61 vehicles
involved in illegal min-
ing, government on Fri-
day said.
The operation was
conducted with partici-
pation of 1,593 police
personnel who seized a
total of 358 vehicles for
various infringements,
including illegal min-
ing. State’s Home Minis-
ter Anil Vij on Friday
said that Operation
Clean’ was carried out
by the state police from
July 20 to July 25.
“Taking strict action
in a peaceful manner,
during the investigation
in 33 villages of the dis-
trict, 61 vehicles were
seizedforillegalmining,
29 vehicles seized under
section 102 of CrPC and
Section 47 of Police Act,
268 vehicles impounded
under Motor Vehicles
Act and three FIRs were
registered and 307 chal-
lans were issued,” Vij
said in an official state-
ment.
Section 102 CrPC
grants police officers
powers to seize certain
property
. The 1,593 po-
lice personnel deployed
in the Operation con-
sistedof onesuperinten-
dent of police, one addi-
tionalsuperintendentof
police, 10 DSPs, 40 In-
spectors, 52 sub-inspec-
tors, 93 ASIs, 272 Head
Constables,1,065Consta-
bles, and 59 Special Po-
lice Officers, Vij said.
Out of 61 vehicles
seizedforillegalmining,
10 were dumper trucks,
27 tractors, eight trol-
leys, six tractor-trolleys,
and three heavy
earthmoving machines,
said the state home min-
ister. Of 307 challans, 64
were issued to vehicles
not bearing number
plates and rest to those
found without a high se-
curityregistrationplate.
NUH DSP KILLING
Police seize 61 vehicles for illegal mining under 'Operation Clean’
Man arrested for embezzling
`50 lakh from employer in Noida
Noida (PTI): A
29-year-old Delhi-
based man has been
arrested by the Noi-
da Police on charges
of embezzling Rs 50
lakh from the com-
pany where he
worked, officials
said on Friday.
Puneet Shrivasta-
va, who lives in East
Delhi’s Vinod Nagar
area, was arrested
on Thursday from
near Sector 15 metro
station here, police
officials said. The
accused worked in
ACTAS Technolo-
gies private limited
which had filed a
complaint with the
Phase 1 police sta-
tion here, alleging
that he had illegally
transferred Rs 50
lakh of the company
into his bank ac-
count and those of
his relatives, a
police spokesperson
said.
The operation was conducted
by police personnel who seized
a total of 358 vehicles
Police on Friday arrested a 12th man in con-
nection with the recent mowing down of a
Haryana DSP probing illegal stone-mining and in-
dicated that they have now wrapped up the case.
Nuh Police identified him as the person for whom
stone was being transported in the dumper-truck
that killed Tauru Deputy Superintendent of Police
Surendra Singh on July 19.
COPS ARREST 12TH MAN
Class X
student falls
to death from
7th floor
Gurugram (PTI):
A 15-year-old boy
died under suspi-
cious circumstanc-
es here on Friday
after falling off the
seventh floor of a
building where he
lived, police said.
According to po-
lice, it was still un-
clear whether the
Class 10 student,
resident of Sector
45, fell accidently or
died by suicide by
jumping from the
common balcony
on the floor.
According to the
police, the boy
came out from his
flat with a school
bag around 8.30 am
and fell from the
balcony under sus-
picious circum-
stances.
The security
guard and other
residents gathered
at the spot after
hearing the thud.
The injured boy
was rushed to a
nearby hospital
where doctors de-
clared him brought
dead. Police took
the body in custody
and kept it in the
mortuary
.
COAL SCAM
Court convicts
former Coal Secy
HC Gupta, others
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi Court on Friday
convicted former Coal
Secretary HC Gupta and
former joint-Secretary
in the Ministry of Coal
(MoC), KS Kropha, for
criminal conspiracy,
criminalbreachof trust,
cheating, and corrup-
tion in a coal scam case
related to irregularities
in allocation of a coal
block in Maharashtra.
Special Judge Arun
Bhardwajalsoconvicted
Grace Industries Ltd.
(GIL) and its Director
Mukesh Gupta for crim-
inal conspiracy and
cheating, and posted the
matter for August 4,
when the court will hear
augments on the quan-
tum of sentence to be
awarded to four con-
victs. The judge noted
that excess coal alloca-
tion was made in favour
of GIL in spite of the
fact that the excess allo-
cation was brought to
the notice of H C Gupta
and Kropha by one Mur-
li Agro Products Limit-
ed. Regarding the com-
pany
, the court observed
that it made false claims
before the Screening
Committee about its net
worth and the existing
production capacity of
its sponge iron plant.
GIL,undersignatures
of Mukesh Gupta, had
given false information
toMoCaswellasScreen-
ing Committee that it
has installed infrastruc-
ture for five kilns and
production is pending
for want of coal/ it has
got two kilns under pro-
duction.
Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta —FILE PHOTO
Delhi HC dismisses plea
to relax cut-off percentile
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on Fri-
day dismissed a Public
Interest Litigation (PIL)
filed by three doctors
who sought the quash-
ing of regulation 9(3) of
the postgraduate Medi-
cal Education (Amend-
ment) Regulations 2018
to the extent that it pro-
vides for minimum
marks of 50th percentile
as a mandatory require-
ment for the admission
to postgraduate courses.
The bench of Justice
Satish Chandra Shar-
ma and Justice Subra-
moniam Prasad on Fri-
day while dismissing
the petition said, “the
question of quashing
the statutory provision
in the peculiar circum-
stances of the case does
not arise merely be-
cause a large number of
seats are lying vacant.”
The court also observed
that the lowering of the
standards of medical
education has the po-
tential of wreaking
havoc in society at
large-- due to the risk
that the practice of
medicine entails-- as it
involves in its ambit the
matter of life and death
and therefore it would
be unconscionable for
this court to interfere in
the standards duly
.
“This court therefore
cannot issue a manda-
mus directing the re-
spondents to fill up the
seats, especially when
the persons concerned
have not obtained the
minimum percentile as
this court is dealing
with admissions to post-
graduate courses in
various medical colleg-
es and there can’t be any
compromise on the is-
sue of quality of doc-
tors/ specialists as it in-
volves the risk of hu-
man lives,” the Court
said in its judgement.
NEET-PG
T
T
T
NOTED BY COURT
Light rain in
Delhi, more
likely today
New Delhi (PTI):
Several parts of
Delhi received light
rainfall on Friday,
causing the maxi-
mum temperature
to drop by two
notches below the
normal to settle at
32.2 degrees Celsi-
us, according to the
India Meteorologi-
cal Department
(IMD).
The city is likely
to receive more
rainfallonSaturday
aswell,accordingto
the weather office.
The traffic police
also alerted com-
muters about possi-
ble road conges-
tions due to water-
logging, advising
them to avoid cer-
tain stretches. Ac-
cording to the IMD,
Pitampura observa-
tory received 11 mm
rainfall between
8.30 am and 5.30 pm
on Thursday
.
‘PRIMA FACIE,JAIN USED
HAWALA FUNDS TO BUY LAND’
New Delhi (PTI): A
local court on Friday
said there is “prima
facie sufficient evi-
dence” against Delhi
minister Satyendar
Jain in the Enforce-
ment Directorate
chargesheet which al-
leged he and his asso-
ciates had “utilised”
hawala funds to pur-
chase agricultural
lands in and around
the national capital.
The chargesheet or
prosecution com-
plaint was filed before
a special Prevention
of Money Laundering
Act (PMLA) court
here on July 27 and
the court has taken its
cognisance, the feder-
al agency said in a
statement.
The ED has named
Satyendar Jain, his
wife Poonam Jain and
associates Ajit Prasad
Jain, Sunil Kumar
Jain, Vaibhav Jain
and Ankush Jain, and
companies Akinchan
Developers Pvt. Ltd,
Paryas Infosolutions
Pvt Ltd, Manglayatan
Developers Pvt. Ltd
and J J Ideal Estate
Pvt. Ltd. in the
chargesheet.
4 teams of UP Police
to find kidnapped
rape survivor
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
Four teams have been
constituted to trace the
school teacher who was
allegedly raped and
kidnapped by the hus-
band of her school
manager here, police
said on Friday
.
This development
took place after the in-
tervention of Uttar
Pradesh Finance Minis-
ter Suresh Khanna.
Four teams have
been constituted by the
police to search for a
22-year-old teacher of a
village in Tilhar police
station, Superinten-
dent of Police (Rural)
Sanjeev Bajpai told
PTI. The police are on
the job and the teacher
will be found soon, the
SP said.
According to the fa-
ther of the woman, he
had met the state fi-
nance minister on
Thursday following
which the in-charge of
Tilhar police station
was directed to find her
immediately
.
Quoting the FIR
lodged in this connec-
tion, the SP said the ac-
cused had taken the
teacher to Shahjahan-
pur for some work
where he raped her in a
hotel and filmed it.
The accused repeat-
edly exploited her by
threatening to kill her
family members and
make the video viral if
she told anyone about
the incident.
When the woman
told her family about
the incident two days
ago, they went to the
man’s house where
they were threatened
and sent back. Follow-
ing this an FIR was
lodged on Wednesday
night, they said.
The accused alleged-
ly abducted the woman
from her house when
he got to know about
the police complaint,
the SP said. A case was
lodged against the man
under sections 376
(rape), 366 (kidnap-
ping) and 506 (criminal
intimidation) of the In-
dian Penal Code (IPC),
police said.
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
You came empty
handed, and you will
leave empty handed.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
NEP-2020 is related to the cultural
roots of India and this education
policy has been made by respecting
the suggestions of all. Among all
the education policies that were
introduced after independence, NEP-
2020 brought by @narendramodi ji is
the only education policy that did not
face any opposition.#2YearsOfNEP
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
#NEP2020 advocates making skill
development an integral part of
learning. Glad to note that Kerala
is taking several skill development
related initiatives at the school level
as envisioned in the NEP to create a
future-ready workforce.
TOP TWEETS
KARNATAKA
AREAS SLOWLY
TURNING INTO
COMMUNAL
HOTSPOTS
he simmering com-
munaltensioninKar-
nataka is taking the
shapeof targetedkill-
ings on both sides of
the religious divide. The killings
maybefalloutof personalenmity
butinthesurchargedatmosphere
rumour mills work in overdrive
to vitiate the atmosphere until a
motive is established.
Two days after a Bharatiya Ja-
nata Yuva Morcha worker
Praveen Nettaru was hacked to
death in Bellare, a Muslim youth
Mohammed Fazil was killed at
his home near Mangalore. Each
such killing only exacerbates
hatebetweencommunitiesinthe
BJP-ruled southern state for
whichpanacealiesnotinimport-
ing UP-like justice but impartial
investigation and ensuring that
the smallest provocative attempt
is firmly dealt with irrespective
of which community is the per-
petrator. A biased approach will
provide a fertile ground for hate.
Karnataka Chief Minister Ba-
savaraj Bommai has promised
fair and quick investigation in
Fazil’s murder just as was done
in the case of Nettaru’s hacking.
Prevention of such acts will be
a better option.
T
n 2021 India’s el-
derly population
was estimated to
be around 138 mil-
lion. Of this 71
million are females and 67
million are males. This is pro-
jected to increase to 194 mil-
lion by the end of the decade,
a substantial hike of around
41 percent. Elderly comprise
10.1percentof thepopulation.
With an increased elderly
population comes increased
problems faced by them.
These problems are physical,
emotional and mental in na-
ture. While bodily health is-
sues can be addressed more
easily because of improve-
ments in the country’s health-
care, the mental and emotion-
al health areas need better
attention. India’s only centre
for geriatric mental health-
care opened in Lucknow. An-
other specialized centre is
coming up in Bengaluru.
Mental and emotional
health requires educating
the youth and others in soci-
ety not to scoff and avoid sen-
iors feeling lonely and de-
pressed about their helpless
state. Most complaints from
senior citizens pertain to the
younger generation, includ-
ing children, being too occu-
pied pursuing their own in-
terests to think about the el-
derly. A national survey has
found that mobile phones are
keeping children away from
their elderly parents. When
left without a partner, cou-
pled with children unwilling
to share time with their par-
ents, the problem becomes
more acute and leads to a
feeling of loneliness, stress,
anxiety and depression.
Psychiatrists advise that
seniors should stay abreast
with not only technology but
also keep themselves involved
inactivitieslikechess,puzzles,
quiz,musicandgardeningetc.
to delay the onset of degenera-
tive diseases like Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s and dementia.
Still, a gadget is no substitute
for a human. Hence, attitude
towards silvers must change.
BETTER MENTAL
CARE FOR ELDERLY
Psychiatrists advise that
seniors should stay abreast
with not only technology but
also keep themselves
involved in activities like
chess, puzzles, quiz, music
etc. to delay the onset of
degenerative diseases
I
THE DARK TRIAD
or every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction,
says Newton’s third law of
motion. Every dark night is
followed by a bright dawn. A
sinusoidal curve must have
crests and troughs of equal
amplitude at periodic inter-
vals. These are some univer-
sal axioms accepted without
any challenge. So is the coex-
istence of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in
our daily life.
Arguably, one can never
find people with either com-
plete pitch-black or lily-white
traits. Instead, people show-
ing varied shades of grey is
more common.
Having said that, it is quite
common that we do come
across a vast array of people
exhibiting devilish behav-
iour in our professional sur-
roundings. And, for them an
eerie term called ‘Dark Tri-
ad’ is used to describe the
mix of malevolent personal-
ity traits these people have,
making it difficult to deal
with them. They can become
suddenly volatile, arrogant,
or domineering often disre-
garding the presence of peo-
ple with mellower traits in
their surroundings.
The term Dark Triad was
first used by Delroy L. Paul-
hus and Kevin M. Williams in
one of their papers published
in 2002 and has been thereaf-
ter frequently used to de-
scribe people with three dis-
tinct yet related personality
traits: Narcissism, Machia-
vellianism, and Psychopathy
.
It is thus a distil of these
three personality traits meet-
ing at a common intersec-
tion, operating as a continu-
um. Let’s deep dive into each
of these traits:
Psychopathy: Character-
ized by impulsivity, callous-
ness, detachment, remorse-
lessness, lack of empathy,
and conscience. But these
people can also be charismat-
ic, deceptive, and manipula-
tive. This is considered the
darkest or worst trait that
makes the Dark Triad.
Machiavellianism: Char-
acterized by being excessive-
ly domineering, critical,
negative, sneaky, manipula-
tive, immoral, selfish, and
emotionally detached.
Narcissism: Character-
ized by being egoistic, arro-
gant, hypersensitive to criti-
cism, and having an inflated
view of themselves. They
tend to be exploitative, boast-
ful, and aggressive. They dis-
play a grandiose sense of
self-importance, total ab-
sence of empathy, and enti-
tlement. People displaying a
toxic combination of these
traits can undermine their
colleagues, potentially poison
a healthy environment, and
destroy team spirit – essential
elements to have a flourish-
ing, successful organization.
Being ‘triadic’ can for a short
duration help people intimi-
date or ploy to move up in an
organization and gain upper
hand in their career progres-
sion but they don’t last long.
Identifying persons with
dark triad traits can be diffi-
cult as they can be deceptive
and lace their behaviour with
fake charm for selfish gains.
However, they don’t possess
the ability to retain their ve-
neer for too long and eventu-
ally burn themselves out.
Some of these incredibly
duplicitous people may be
coaxed to change, but the
likelihood of that happening
is quite rare as these sinister
traits are usually deeply in-
grained and highly resistant
to external factors.
Managing Dark Triad peo-
ple is complex and not easy
. It
requires deft handling and
smart skill to assertively deal
with behaviour that can fluc-
tuate wildly
.
Just like for every yin there
has to be a yang, Light Triad
– opposite of Dark Triad – has
gained credence in recent
times. Easytodecipherpeople
having Light Triad traits dis-
play overt faith in humanity
,
believe in collective benefits
instead of just oneself, and
considerpeopleareinherently
good.Hence,if everonethinks
negativeforcesareoverpower-
inghaveconfidencethatmany
Light Triad personalities
would come to the fore to bal-
ance the situation out and
bring in the equilibrium that
the cosmos yearns for.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
F
SABYASACHI DUTTA
The writer is A business executive with more
than two decades of corporate experience
spanning across the globe; writing is a
passion for Sabyasachi. He primarily writes on
emerging management and leadership topics
Just like for every yin there
has to be a yang, Light Triad
– opposite of Dark Triad –
has gained credence in recent
times. Easy to decipher
people having Light Triad
traits display overt faith in
humanity, believe in
collective benefits instead of
just oneself, and consider
people are inherently good
Identifying persons with
dark triad traits can be
difficult as they can be
deceptive and lace their
behaviour with fake
charm for selfish
gains. However, they
don’t possess the ability
to retain their veneer
for too long & eventually
burn themselves out.
Managing dark triad
people is complex

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INDIA
05
Ahmedabad (PTI): A
sessions court here on
Friday deferred to Sat-
urday its order on the
bail pleas of social ac-
tivist Teesta Setalvad
and former Gujarat
DGP RB Sreekumar, ar-
rested for allegedly fab-
ricating evidence to
frame innocent people
in the 2002 post-
Godhra riots cases.
The order on the bail
applications of Setal-
vad and Sreekumar,
who were arrested in
late June and currently
lodged in jail under ju-
dicial custody, has been
deferred multiple times
this week.
The court of Addi-
tional Principal Judge
DD Thakkar was origi-
nally scheduled to give
its ruling on Tuesday
. It
was first deferred to
Thursday, then Friday
and now Saturday.
The court said the order
was not yet ready
.
The judge had last
week reserved his order
after hearing argu-
ments from the coun-
sels appearing for Setal-
vad, Sreekumar and the
prosecution.
Besides the duo, for-
mer IPS officer Sanjiv
Bhatt is also an accused
in the case and all three
were arrested by the
Ahmedabad city crime
branch under sections
468 (forgery for purpose
of cheating) and 194.
Court order on
Setalvad, Sreekumar
bail now on Saturday
Mumbai (PTI): Activ-
ist Arun Ferreira, an
accused in the Elgar
Parishad-Maoist
links case, told a spe-
cial NIA court here
on Friday that the
electronic evidence
(emails), relied on
by the prosecution,
was obtained without
proper authorisation.
The National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA),
however, contended
that the emails were
not intercepted, but
were downloaded
during the investiga-
tion by following due
procedure. Ferreira
told the NIA court
that he had filed
an application two
months ago seeking
direction to the pros-
ecution for produc-
ing an order from a
competent authority
for carrying out such
interception.
FERREIRA CLAIMS
NIA INTERCEPTED
EMAILS
Teesta Setalvad
Kochi (PTI): The Kerala
High Court on Friday
deferred the hearing
to next week on a plea
seeking a standard
protocol for conducting
examinations across
the country in view of
a recent incident at a
NEET exam centre in
the state where female
candidates were made
to remove part of their
undergarments to
appear for the test. A
division Bench of the
High Court deferred the
hearing in the matter to
the first week of August.
Besides formulation of
a standard protocol for
exams across India, the
public interest litigation
also seeks a direction
to the National Testing
Agency (NTA) to permit
the affected female
candidates to re-appear
for the exam in view of
the “traumatic” situation.
KERALA NEET
ROW: HC DEFERS
HEARING ON PIL
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The politi-
cal wind is blowing in
the opposite direction
in Bihar. The rule of op-
position parties across
the country is in danger
but the rule of BJP in
Bihar seems to be in
danger. Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar is prepar-
ing to give a blow to his
ally BJP once again.
The case of Chirag Pas-
wan and former Union
Minister RCP Singh is
not over yet. It is said
that Nitish feels that the
BJP first tried to de-
stroy his party with the
help of Chirag Paswan
and then through RCP
Singh. Both these
shocks have been borne
by Nitish in some way.
Hence, before the BJP
makes a third attempt to
end their political exist-
ence, they can try to
shore up the BJP
.
Nitish has started in-
dicating this. When
dra Modi reached Patna
on July 12, Nitish wel-
comed him but no adver-
tisement was given in
any newspaper about
hiswelcomeandhispro-
gram. After that, Nitish
also welcomed and sup-
ported Draupadi Mur-
mu in the presidential
election but did not at-
tend her swearing-in
ceremony
. Before that,
Nitish did not attend the
farewell ceremony of
former President Ram
Nath Kovind. Think,
while in a grand alli-
ance with RJD and Con-
gress, Nitish supported
RamNathKovindonthe
grounds that he was the
governor of Bihar. But
he did not participate in
the farewell ceremony
of the same individual
when he retired from an
even grander position
i.e. that of the President
of India.
According to sources,
Nitish Kumar has made
up his mind to let go of
the BJP and there is no
effect of the persuasion
of Dharmendra Prad-
han, sent twice as a mes-
senger. It is also being
told that all the talks
have been done between
Nitish and Lalu Prasad
regarding the new gov-
ernment and the elec-
toral synergy ahead of
it. There are two types
of news about the agree-
ment between the two.
There is a news that Nit-
ish will remain CM and
as before, Tejashwi will
become the Dy CM and
after the next election,
Nitish will hand over
the command to him.
According to the oth-
er news, this time Nitish
will make Tejashwi the
CM and himself will
prepare for the Lok Sab-
ha elections by taking
both the parties along.
RJD has 80 MLAs and
JD(U) 45. Apart, 16
MLAs of Left and 19
MLAs of Congress are
also with them.
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government
under CM Eknath
Shinde will witness the
swearing in of fewer
than 15 new cabinet
ministers, most likely
on August 3, in a plan
that is being light hu-
mouredly termed as
the Teen-Tera gambit.
A source said, “Thir-
teen new cabinet mem-
bers are to be sworn in
immediately and likely
to include seven BJP
ministers and six min-
isters from the Eknath
Shinde faction.”
BJP high command’s
instruction to blood
new and young faces
will be reflected in the
cabinet with stalwarts
like Chandrashekhar
Bawankule (former
Energy Minister) and
Sudhir Mungantiwar
(former Finance Min-
ister) unlikely to find a
place in the new coun-
cil of ministers.
Another senior lead-
er, Girish Mahajan,
who served a minister
in the Fadnavis helmed
Maharashtra govern-
ment between 2014 and
2019 paid a visit to New
Delhi in a last-ditch ef-
fort to seek inclusion
into the proposed Ma-
harashtra cabinet of
ministers as also to
clear some misgivings
regarding his flamboy-
ant political image, it
is reliably learnt.
BJP’s state president
Chandrakant Dada Pa-
til, who served as Rev-
enue Minister under
the Fadnavis govern-
ment is expected to be
the exception to the
‘new faces’ diktat by
the high command,
considering the clean
image he maintained
during his previous
stint in the council of
ministers. Former BJP
minister Ashish
Shelar, who was ac-
commodated by then
BJP CM Devendra Fad-
navis in the previous
BJP-led government,
barely three months
before the 2019 assem-
bly polls, may also be
re-inducted.
Troubled times ahead for BJP alliance in Bihar
Around 13 new ministers likely
to be sworn in on Wednesday
WINDS OF CHANGE ?
WOMAN DEAD, 25 OTHER PASSENGERS
INJURED AS BUS FALLS OFF FLYOVER
TOBACCO PACKS TO GET NEW IMAGE, HEALTH
WARNING FROM DECEMBER 1
Aligarh: A woman passenger was killed and 25 others
were injured when a roadways bus travelling from
Delhi to Farrukhabad fell off a flyover in this district
of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said. According to
police, the accident occurred in the morning when the
bus driver lost control of the steering wheel. Superin-
tendent of Police (City) Kuldeep Singh told reporters
that a woman passenger died on the spot while the
condition of five of the 25 injured passengers remains
critical. The critically injured have been admitted to
medical college, the SP said.
New Delhi: Tobacco products manufactured, imported,
or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will display a
new image with the textual health warning "Tobacco causes
painful death, the Health Ministry has said. The image will be
valid for one year following its commencement from Decem-
ber 1. Also, tobacco products manufactured, imported, or
packaged on or after December 1, 2023 will display an image
with textual health warning tobacco users die younger, ac-
cording to the new health warnings notified by the ministry.
The ministry has notified the new warnings through an
amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products
(Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 dated 21st July, 2022.
CRUCIAL READ
HRY ROADWAYS
FREE RIDES TO
WOMEN ON RAKHI
PRANAY VERMA
IS INDIA’S NEW
ENVOY TO B’DESH
Chandigarh: Haryana
Transport Minister Mool
Chand Sharma on Friday
said state roadways buses
will offer free rides to
women on Raksha
Bandhan next month.
The festival of Raksha
Bandhan, also called Rakhi,
celebrates the brother-
sister bond and will be
celebrated on August 11.
The minister said women,
and children up to 15 years
can avail the free travel
facility from 12 noon on
August 10 to August 11
on all "ordinary" buses of
Haryana Roadways.
New Delhi: Senior diplo-
mat Pranay Verma was on
Friday appointed India's
new high commissioner to
Bangladesh, considered an
important posting in view
of an all-encompassing
strategic partnership
between the two countries.
Verma, a 1994-batch In-
dian Foreign Service officer
who is presently serving as
India's envoy to Vietnam,
will succeed incumbent
Vikram Doraiswami. "He
is expected to take up the
assignment shortly," the
Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA) said.
SC SERVES NOTICE
TO CENTRE ON PLEA
FOR J-K BAR COUNCIL
SC DISMISSES
REVIEW PLEA
AGAINST OROP
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Friday sought response
from the Centre and others
on a plea seeking directions
to establish the Bar Council
in Jammu and Kashmir and
Ladakh. A bench of Justices
D Y Chandrachud and J B
Pardiwala issued notices to
the Ministry of Law and
Justice, Bar Council of India
and others on a plea filed by
a lawyer. We will issue notice,
the bench said.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court dismissed a plea
seeking review of its order
upholding One Rank-One
Pension (OROP) principle
adopted by the Centre in its
2015 communication issued
to the Chiefs of defence
forces, saying it neither suf-
fers from any Constitutional
infirmity nor is it arbitrary.
An SC bench said there
was no merit in the review
petition.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a
judicial officer's plea challenging his suspension
by the Patna High Court, presumably for deliver-
ing a series of quick judgements, including in a
POCSO case where he concluded the trial in a
single day. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and S
R Bhat issued notices, including to the state of Bihar, on the
plea filed by Shashi Kant Rai, an additional district and ses-
sions judge (ADJ) in Araria. Rai has claimed in his plea that
he "reasonably believes" there is an "institutional bias" against
him as he concluded the trial in a POCSO case involving the
rape of a six-year-old girl in a single day.
BIHAR JUDGE CLAIMS SUSPENDED FOR QUICK
DELIVERY OF JUSTICE; SC NOTICE TO STATE
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked six
petitioners challenging the validity of certain
provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Pro-
visions) Act, 1991 to file an intervention in a pend-
ing matter. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud
and JB Pardiwala said the petitioners will be able
to supplement the grounds of challenge in the
pending petitions. We grant liberty to intervene
in the two pending petitions, the bench said.
Places of Worship Act: SC asks six
petitioners to file intervention plea
TARGET TEJASHWI
Congress on Friday
stepped up its attack
against Union minister
Smriti Irani for having a
face-off with Sonia Gan-
dhi earlier in the lower
house over Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury's "rash-
trapatni" remark and
demanded action
against her.
Congress MPs staged
a protest in front of the
Gandhi statue in Parlia-
ment complex demand-
ing an apology from the
government for Irani's
confrontation with Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi on Thursday
.
The Congress MPs
met in the Parliament
and decided on their
strategy at a meeting of
Congress Parliamenta-
ry Party chaired by So-
nia Gandhi, after which
they caused disruption
in both houses of Parlia-
ment with slogans
against Irani and de-
manding her sacking as
a minister.
The Congress has ac-
cused Irani of heckling
Sonia Gandhi inside the
lower house. The party
has already complained
against Irani to Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla
with a demand that the
matter be referred to the
privileges committee
for action against her.
The Congress also
took strong objection to
the manner in which
Union ministers Nir-
mala Sitharaman and
Piyush Goyal made ref-
erences to party chief
Sonia Gandhi in the Ra-
jya Sabha.
LoP in Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge
sought to raise the issue
inthehouse,butwasnot
allowed to speak during
the zero hour' under
Rule 258.
Cong ress’Jairam
Ramesh said, "Leader of
the Opposition Kharge
ji not allowed to raise a
legitimate point of or-
der in the Rajya Sabha
because of hungama by
BJP MPs and Ministers.
Adjourned till 12 noon."
LOGJAM CONTINUES
Congress raises heat against Irani
with MPs' protest in Parliament
New Delhi: The TMC
on Friday targeted the
Centre over the issue
of women safety citing
a case of a Gujarat BJP
MLA allegedly raping
a woman, a day after
the BJP accused the
Congress of hurling a
"deliberate sexist insult"
at President Murmu.
Both Houses of Parlia-
ment were adjourned on
Friday amid uproar over
Congress leader Adhir
Chowdhury's 'rashtra-
patni' remark.
New Delhi: Coronavi-
rus infections among
children and adoles-
cents typically cause
less severe illness as
compared to adults,
according to the
WHO, the government
informed the Lok Sabha
on Friday. Omicron and
its sub-lineages have
been found in 7,362
samples while Delta
and its sub-lineages
were detected in 118
samples analyzed by the
INSACOG from January
1 2022 to July 25, 2022
in children aged 0-18
years, MoS Bharati
Pravin Pawar said.
New Delhi: The Centre has decided
to reduce resolution time of public
grievances, raised on a dedicated
portal, to a maximum of 30 days
from present 45 days. Besides, it
has been decided that a complaint
from a citizen will not be closed until
an appeal filed against it is disposed
of. The disposed grievance will be
treated as closed unless the citizen
has filed the appeal. If the appeal is
received against the disposed griev-
ance, the grievance will be treated as
closed only after disposal of appeal.
New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra
took a dig at the BJP for alleging
that Congress MPs protesting under
the Gandhi statue in Parliament
complex ate chicken. The demon-
stration is being held against the
suspension of 24 MPs -- 20 from
Rajya Sabha and four Congress
members from Lok Sabha. Mitra hit
out at BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla,
who raised the issue on Thursday,
and Minister Smriti Irani, whose
daughter has been accused of run-
ning an “illegal bar” in Goa.
‘CORONAVIRUS
LESS SEVERE IN
CHILDREN’
‘GOVT CUTS PUBLIC GRIEVANCES RESOLUTION TIME’
MOITRA ATTACKS BJP FOR CHICKEN BARB ON MPS
Suspended MPs raise slogans at the Parliament Complex, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
No point in
getting lost
in maze of
gender:Tewari
New Delhi: Amid a
row over Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury’s
“rashtrapatni” re-
mark, Congress MP-
Manish Tewari on
Friday said anyone
occupying a constitu-
tional office is equally
honourable and there
is no point in “getting
lost in the maze of
gender”. A major row
broke had out over
the remark by Chowd-
hury in Lok Sabha
with the BJP launch-
ing an all-out offen-
sive against the oppo-
sition party. The rul-
ing party accused
Chowdhury of hurl-
ing a “deliberate sex-
istinsult”atPresident
Murmu and demand-
ed an apology from
Sonia Gandhi.
TMC TARGETS
GOVT OVER ISSUE
OF WOMEN
IN THE COURTYARD

INDIA
06
New Delhi (PTI):
There is an urgent need
to address the global en-
ergy and food crisis
triggered by disrup-
tions from the COV-
ID-19 pandemic and the
Ukraine conflict, Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar said at a
meeting of the SCO in
Tashkent on Friday
.
With Chinese For-
eign Minister Wang Yi,
Russian Foreign Minis-
ter Sergey Lavrov and
his Pakistani counter-
part Bilawal Bhutto lis-
tening, Jaishankar said
“zero tolerance” for ter-
rorism in all its mani-
festations is a “must”.
The external affairs
minister reiterated In-
dia’s position on Af-
ghanistan and high-
lighted its humanitari-
an support to the war-
torn country including
the supply of wheat,
medicines, vaccines
and clothing.
The major highlights
of the deliberations in-
cluded a decision to
grant permanent mem-
bership of the bloc to
Iran and make Egypt,
Qatar and Saudi Arabia
its dialogue partners.
Zero tolerance for terrorism:
India at SCO meet
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow : On Friday,
once again a major ad-
ministrative reshuffle
was undertaken by the
Yogi government of
Uttar Pradesh as 13
IAS officers including
DMs of five districts
were transferred. Ad-
ditionally, 20 senior
PCS officers have also
got new postings.
Managing Director of
Transport Corpora-
tion- Rajendra Pratap
Singh has been made
the Commissioner of
Chitrakoot. Varanasi
DM Kaushal Raj Shar-
ma has been made the
Commissioner of
Prayagraj while S Ra-
jalingam has been
made the District Mag-
istrate of Varanasi.
Secretary, Finance
Department Sanjay
Kumar has been made
Managing Director of
Transport Corpora-
tion while Commis-
sioner, Prayagraj San-
jay Goyal has been
made Commissioner
of Jhansi Division.
District Magistrate of
Unnao Ravindra Ku-
mar has been made
DM Kushinagar and in
his place at Unnao -
Apoorva Dubey - who
had been serving as
DM Fatehpur has been
appointed. Similarly,
DM Balrampur Shruti
has been made DM of
Fatehpur, while Chief
Development Officer,
Kanpur Nagar, Mahen-
dra Kumar has been
made District Magis-
trate of Balrampur.
Moreover, Chief Devel-
opment Officer,
Ambedkar Nagar - Su-
dhir Kumar - has been
made Chief Develop-
ment Officer Kanpur
Nagar. Vice President
Meerut Development
Authority - Mridul
Chaudhary - has been
made Project Publish-
er Lucknow. Addition-
al Commissioner, Com-
mercial Tax - Sudha
Verma - has been made
the Electoral Commis-
sioner, while Himan-
shu Nagpal, Joint Mag-
istrate, Jaunpur, has
been posted as Joint
Magistrate, Kanpur.
13 IAS officers, 20 PCS shifted in Uttar Pradesh
NEW ROLE
Rajendra Pratap Kaushal Raj Sanjay Kumar Sanjay Goyal
Gandhinagar (PTI):
dra Modi on Thursday
said that India now
standsinleagueof coun-
tries such as USA, Unit-
ed Kingdom (UK) and
Singapore where new
trends in global finan-
cial sector are shaped.
While addressing an
eventforlayingthefoun-
dation stone of the
Headquarters Building
of the International Fi-
nancial Services Cen-
tres Authority in Gan-
dhinagar, PM said today
in the 21st century, fi-
nance and technology
are linked to each other.
“India is now stand-
ing in line with coun-
tries like USA, UK and
Singapore from where
global finance is given
direction… Today India
is one of the largest
economies in the world.
Today a record foreign
investment is coming to
India,”hesaid.“Whenit
comes to technology
, sci-
ence and software, India
has an edge and experi-
ence. Today India alone
has 40 per cent share in
real-time digital pay-
ments all over the
world,” PM Modi said.
BJP on Friday alleged
that AAP was one of
“three musketeers of
corruption” along with
TMC and Congress and
questioned why Arvind
Kejriwal is not sacking
Satyendar Jain from
the Delhi government.
A day after TMC re-
moved Partha Chatter-
jee, who has been ar-
rested by the Enforce-
ment Directorate in the
school jobs scam case,
as a minister in charge
of several heavyweight
portfolios including
commerce and indus-
try, the BJP stepped up
its attack against AAP
over Jain, who is also in
ED custody
.
“Today, I want to tell
you the story of the
third musketeer of cor-
ruption, AAP. A few
days ago the party lead-
er came on TV and said
that he has seen all the
files of Jain and the
minister is staunchly
honest. Whereas Delhi
High Court has estab-
lished that Jain is cor-
rupt and has a criminal
background,” BJP
spokesperson Shehzad
Poonawalla said while
addressing a press con-
ference at his party
headquarters.
Alleging that Con-
gress was the “first and
the oldest musketeer of
corruption”, Poonawal-
la said,”its leaders re-
main silent in front of
ED but get violent on
roads.” He also accused
TMC of being the “sec-
ond musketeer” of cor-
ruption and alleged
TMC means “too much
corruption, “ which is
its model of govern-
ance in West Bengal.
Ranchi (PTI):
Jharkhand Governor
Ramesh Bais has asked
officials to withdraw
recognition of private
universities if found
violating the norms set
by the University Grant
Commission (UGC) and
the government, a re-
lease here said.
Bais, during a review
meeting with the offi-
cials of higher and tech-
nical education depart-
ment at Raj Bhavan,
said that it was impera-
tive to ensure that a uni-
versity had adequate
land, building and in-
frastructure before rec-
ognition is granted to it,
according to the release
issued on Thursday
.
The governor, who is
the ex-officio chancel-
lor of universities, said
that he had found insti-
tutes were running
with insufficient re-
sources, with UGC
norms and government
rules not getting fol-
lowed in some cases.
New Delhi (PTI): Even
afterpresidentsdemitof-
fice, it is their national
dutytokeepfollowingall
constitutional princi-
ples,treatingallsections
of the society and reli-
gions as equal, former
president Ram Nath Ko-
vind said on Friday
.
Kovind was speaking
at a function organised
at Vigyan Bhawan in
New Delhi where reli-
gious leaders from Hin-
duism, Islam, Christian-
ity
, Buddhism and Jain-
ism felicitated him.
He said all sections of
the society and all reli-
gions are equal for a
president.
“A president cannot
favour any specific sec-
tion and the ‘rastrapati’
position is the custodian
of all sections of the so-
ciety
. Even former presi-
dentsmustfulfilallthese
responsibilitiesandthey
needtoworkonconstitu-
tional principles which
is their national duty
,”
Kovind said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In Bihar, for
the last two months,
thereistalkthatRJDand
JDUmayreconcile.Talks
havetakenplacebetween
the leaders of both the
parties and the formula
has been made from
forming the government
to contesting the elec-
tions. But two months
ago, when Lalu Prasad
was released from jail
and preparations for go-
ing to Patna started, the
CBI become active.
On June 11, on Lalu
Prasad’s birthday
, a big
development was going
to happen in Bihar, but
just before that on May
20, the CBI raided the
place of many people in-
cluding Lalu Prasad and
his daughter Misa Bhar-
ti. Action was taken in
the case of taking land
for alleged recruitment
when Lalu Prasad was
the Railway Minister.
The political develop-
ments came to a halt due
to the sudden CBI raid.
Two months later, po-
litical developments in-
tensified again and it
was reported that there
might be some major de-
velopment in Bihar on
August 5-6, then on July
27, the CBI arrested Bho-
laYadav,theclosest‘aide’
of Lalu Prasad. His ar-
rest is a warning to Lalu
Prasad’s family and at
the same time a warning
to Nitish Kumar.
Many members of
Lalu’s family are on the
target of central agen-
cies in the matter of
land in lieu of job as
well as assets dispropor-
tionate to the income.
When the BJP does not
find itself able to ‘han-
dle’ Nitish, either
throughtalksorthrough
other means, then pres-
sure is being put on the
RJD so that it should
back down and Nitish
will remain with the
BJP under compulsion.
CBI’s‘cornering’ of Lalu family
helps BJP’s‘grand plan’ for Bihar!
India stands in league of US, UK
in global financial sector: Modi
PM Narendra Modi being received by Gujarat Governor
Acharya Devvrat & CM Bhupendra Patel at airport in
Ahmedabad on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Gandhinagar (ANI):
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi laid the
foundation stone of
the Headquarters
Building of the Inter-
national Financial
Services Centres Au-
thority, in Gandhina-
gar.
The Prime Minis-
ter also launched
the India Interna-
tional Bullion Ex-
change (IIBX) and
NSE IFSC-SGX Con-
nect. The event is be-
ing hosted by Inter-
national Financial
Services Centres Au-
thority (IFSCA), un-
der the aegis of the
Government of In-
dia in collaboration
with GIFT City and
Bloomberg.
Indonesia, South
Africa and the UK
are partner coun-
tries in the first edi-
tion of the Forum,
the Prime Minister’s
Office informed in a
press release.
The International
Financial Services
Centres Authority
(IFSCA), headquar-
tered at GIFT City,
Gandhinagar Guja-
rat, has been estab-
lished under the In-
ternational Finan-
cial Services Centres
Authority Act, 2019.
It works as a uni-
fied authority for the
development and
regulation of finan-
cial products, finan-
cial services and
financial institu-
tions in the IFSC in
India.
PM lays foundation of
IFSCA HQ in Gandhinagar
PM says in 21st
century finance
and technology
are linked to
each other
J’khand Guv:
Withdraw
recognition if
norms violated
After Congress, TMC,
AAP ‘third musketeer
of corruption’: BJP
WARNING TO LALU, NITISH
MANIKA BATRA LEADS INDIA TO
3-0 WIN OVER SOUTH AFRICA IN TT
PV SINDHU, KIDAMBI SRIKANTH
WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS
SRIHARI MOVES TO SEMIS, SAJAN
AND KUSHAGRA CRASH OUT
INDIA MEN'S TEAM HAMMER
BARBADOS 3-0 IN TT
SHIVA THAPA NOTCHES 5-0 WIN
AGAINST PAK'S BALOCH
India defeated South Africa 3-0 in
the women's team Group 2 tie with
Manika Batra, the gold medalist in
singles from Commonwealth Games
2018 in Gold Coast leading the
charge along with reigning national
champion Sreeja Akula.
PV Sindhu has trounced Mahoor
Shahzad 21-7, 21-6 and with that
it is 3-0 for India against Pakistan.
Kidambi Srikanth had won the men’s
singles while Reddy and Ponappa
had won the mixed doubles match.
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj
clocked 54.68s to qualify for the
semifinals of the men's 100m
backstroke event of the Com-
monwealth Games.
India, led by veteran table tennis star Sharath
Kamal, hammered Barbados 3-0 in Group 3 which
also has Singapore and Nothern Ireland.
Boxer Shiva Thapa registered
a comprehensive 5-0 win
over Baloch to move to the
pre-quarterfinals of the light
welterweight.
Commonwealth
GAMES’ HIGHLIGHTS
‘All religions, all sections
are equal for a prez’
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Shivraj Singh Chou-
han on Friday said the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has registered a
“one-sided” victory in
the three-tier panchay-
at elections in the state.
The panchayat elec-
tions held recently in
the BJP-ruled state
were not contested on
party tickets.
“In the three-tier
panchayat elections,
the BJP emerged victo-
rious in a one-sided
manner in all the three
formats (gram pan-
chayat, janpad pan-
chayat and zilla pan-
chayat). People have
supported the party in
a major way in villages,
towns and cities,”
Chouhan told PTI at his
residence after the re-
sults of the zila pan-
chayat’s presidents and
vice-presidents were
announced.
Out of the 23,000 pan-
chayats, BJP-supported
candidates won the
post of sarpanch in 90
per cent seats, which
means in 20,613 pan-
chayats, he said. Of
them, 625 won unop-
posed.
Raipur (PTI): A Naxal,
carrying a reward of Rs
5 lakh on his head, was
killed in an encounter
with security forces in
Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
on Friday
, police said.
The gunfight took
place in morning in a
forest near Bindrapani
village when a team of
the District Reserve
Guard (DRG) from
neighbouringDantewa-
da was out on an anti-
Naxal operation along
the inter-district bor-
der, IGP (Bastar Range)
Sundarraj said.
The body of the Nax-
al was recovered fol-
lowing the second one,
he said. Acting on in-
puts, the patrol team
had launched the op-
eration on Thursday
night in forest along
the inter-district bor-
der during which an
exchange of fire broke
out between the two
sides in forest that
falls in Dantewada, he
said.
BJP registered one-sided victory
in MP’s panchayat polls: Chouhan
Naxal with Rs 5L bounty
killed in encounter
4.6 magnitude
earthquake hits
Korea; two hurt
Ambikapur (PTI): A
moderate earthquake
of 4.6 magnitude hit
some parts of Korea
district in north Chhat-
tisgarh in the wee hours
of Friday, officials said.
Two employees of
South Eastern Coal-
fields Limited (SECL)
suffered minor injuries
when they fell while
trying to move to safety
on sensing the tremor
inside an underground
coal mine in the
district.
Ram Nath Kovind
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Satyendra Jain
Shivraj Singh Chouhan

07
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COMMODITIES
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GBPINR 96.3012 0.4382 0.4530
CURRENCIES
APPLE’SINDIAREVENUEALMOSTDOUBLES
New York (PTI): Technol-
ogy giant Apple, which re-
corded 83 billion dollars in
revenue for the third quar-
ter ended June 2022, has
reported a “near doubling”
of revenue in India.
Announcing financial
results for its fiscal 2022
third quarter ended June
25, Apple on Thursday said
it has achieved a revenue
record of $83 billion, up 2%
year-over-year.
Apple CEO Tim Cook,
during an earnings call,
said the 83 billion dollar
revenue was “better than
we expected despite supply
constraints, strong foreign
exchange headwinds and
the impact of our business
in Russia”.
“We set June quarter re-
cords in the Americas, in
Europe and the rest of the
Asia Pacific region. We
also saw June quarter rev-
enue records in both devel-
oped and emerging mar-
kets, with very strong dou-
ble-digit growth in Brazil,
Indonesia and Vietnam
and a near doubling of rev-
enue in India,” he said.
Cook added that Apple
continues to execute
across some significant ge-
ographies where there’s a
very low penetration of
the iPhone.
IN JUNE QUARTER
FINANCIAL
RESULTS
 Announcing financial
results for its fiscal 2022
third quarter ended June
25, Apple on Thursday
said it has achieved a
revenue record of $83
billion, up 2% year-over-
year.
IOC POSTS ` 1,992 CR
LOSS ON PETROL AND
DIESEL PRICE FREEZE
New Delhi: Indian Oil Corpora-
tion on Friday reported a net
loss of `1,992 crore in the June
quarter as a
freeze on petrol
and diesel
prices wiped
away record
refining margins. Net loss of
`1,992.53 crore in April-June
compares to `5,941.37 crore of
net profit in the same period a
year back, the company said. Its
revenue from operations rose to
`2.51 lakh crore in April-June
from `1.55 lakh crore, mostly
because of higher international
oil prices. —PTI
BoM LAUNCHES
SPECIAL MONSOON
OFFER
New Delhi: State-owned Bank
of Maharashtra (BoM) on
Friday announced a monsoon
offer, waiv-
ing the full
processing fee
on its hous-
ing and car
loans. Under ‘Retail Bonanza-
Monsoon Dhamaka’ starting
August 1. The retail products
are backed by several features
like three free EMIs on regular
repayment in housing loans,
loan facility up to 90% in the
car and housing loans, no pre-
payment / pre-closure / part
payment Charges etc. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
EIGHT CORE SECTOR OUTPUT EXPANDS BY
12.7 PER CENT IN JUNE 2022
New Delhi: The output of eight core infrastructure sectors ex-
panded by 12.7 per cent in June against 9.4 per cent in the year-ago
period, according to official data re-
leased on Friday. The production growth
of eight infrastructure sectors -- coal,
crude oil, natural gas, refinery products,
fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity --
was 19.3 per cent in May 2022, the data
showed. In June, the output of coal,
refinery products, fertiliser, cement and
electricity rose by 31.1 per cent, 15.1 per cent, 8.2 per cent, 19.4
per cent, and 15.5 per cent, respectively. —PTI
business
BRIEFS
Mumbai: Mortgage major
HDFC on Friday reported a
4.95% growth in its con-
solidated June quarter net
profit at `5,574 crore,
limited by the impact of
the interest rate hikes on
its core income. On a
standalone basis, the larg-
est pure-play mortgage
lender in the country re-
ported a 22% increase in
net profit at `3,669 crore
for the quarter, which was
a shade below the street
estimates of growth in the
high-20s. Its total income
on standalone basis in-
creased to `13,248.73
crore during the June
2022 quarter from
`11,663.14 crore in the
year-ago period. —PTI
Mumbai: With the funding
to fintechs seeing a sharp
30% drop in the June
quarter, valuation is ex-
pected to shift from pay-
ments to lending-led fin-
techs that will get the
maximum wallet share
ahead, according to a re-
port. As against this sharp
fall, funding to the sector
jumped a whopping 157%
year-on-year growth to $8
billion in 2021. Most of
the funding went to pay-
ments at $2.7 billion,
closely followed by lend-
ing at $2.6 bn, global con-
sultancy BCG said. —PTI
FUTURE OF FINTECHS
IS IN LENDING-LED
PLAYERS: REPORT
HDFC REPORTS 5%
GROWTH IN Q1
CONSOLIDATED NET
New Delhi: Sebi on Friday
deferred the implementa-
tion of rules pertaining to
nomination for MF hold-
ers till October 1. The
rules, which mandate in-
vestors, subscribing to
mutual fund units, to sub-
mit details of nomination
or opting out of nomina-
tion, was to come into
force August 1. Now, in-
vestors, who are sub-
scribing to mutual fund
units from October 1 will
have the choice of provid-
ing nomination or opting
out nomination. —PTI
SEBI DEFERS
IMPLEMENTATION OF
MF HOLDERS
New Delhi: Swiggy on
Friday said it will allow
permanent work-from-an-
ywhere for a majority of
its employees. Going for-
ward, corporate, central
business functions and
technology teams will
continue to work remote-
ly. They will converge
once in every quarter at
their base location for a
week to promote in-per-
son bonding, it added.
However, employees who
are in “partner-facing
roles” are required to
work from the office for a
few days a week from
their base locations. —PTI
SWIGGY TO ALLOW
PERMANENT WORK-
FROM-ANYWHERE
JULY ENDS ON A HIGH!
SENSEX CROSSES 57,000 MARK
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex and Nif-
ty spurted over 1 per cent to
extend their winning run
to a third day on Friday fol-
lowing buying in index ma-
jors Reliance Industries,
Infosys and HDFC twins.
A largely buoyant global
trends also helped indices
continue their gaining
streak. The 30-share BSE
barometer jumped 712.46
points or 1.25% to settle at
57,570.25. During the day, it
rallied 761.48 points or
1.33%to 57,619.27.
The broader NSE Nifty
advanced 228.65 points or
1.35% to 17,158.25.
Among Sensex constitu-
ents, Tata Steel, Sun Phar-
ma, Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd
Bank, Asian Paints, Info-
sys, RIL, Bajaj Finance,
Wipro and HDFC were the
biggest gainers. Dr Reddy’s,
Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI,
ITC and Axis Bank werethe
laggards.
“In India, the big posi-
tive for the market is FIIs
reducing their selling sub-
stantially and even turning
buyers for 8 days this
month. The expected out-
performance of financials
has played out well. Q1 re-
sults indicate improving
prospects for this seg-
ment,” said V K Vijayaku-
mar, Chief Investment
Strategist at Geojit Finan-
cial Services.
New Delhi: Gold prices rose by
`255 to `51,783 per 10 grams
in the national capital in line with
strong global cues, according to
HDFC Securities. The precious
metal had closed at ` 51,528 per
10 grams in the previous trade.
Silver also surged by `1,610 to
`58,387 per kg from `56,777
per kg in the previous trade. In
the international market, gold
was trading higher at $1,762 per
ounce while silver was flat
at $20.10 per ounce.
GOLD GAINS `255;
SILVER UP `1,610
New Delhi: Investors’ wealth grew by over `9 lakh crore
in three days of sharp rally in the equity market. In three
days, the benchmark has climbed 2,301.76 points or 4.16
per cent. The three-
day buoyant trend in
equities have added
`9,03,574.58 crore to
the market capitalisa-
tion of BSE-listed firms
which now stands at
`2,66,58,604.02 crore.
“Domestic equities
continued its northward
journey for the third
consecutive day on the
back of healthy corpo-
rate earnings and positive global cues,” Siddhartha Khemka,
Head - Retail Research of Motilal Oswal Financial Services
Ltd, said. Softening commodity prices, reduced intensity of
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) selling and better-than-
expected earnings season have led to the recovery in the
markets, analysts said.
INVESTORS RICHER BY OVER ` 9 LAKH
CRORE IN THREE DAYS
` RISES 45 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 79.24
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai: The rupee gained 45
paise to close at 79.24 (pro-
visional) against the US dollar
on Friday as heavy buying in
domestic equities
and weakness in
the greenback
bolstered inves-
tor sentiment.
Besides, fresh
foreign capital
inflows also sup-
ported the do-
mestic unit, forex
dealers said. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the do-
mestic currency opened strong
at 79.55 per dollar. It hovered in
a range of 79.56 to 79.17 during
the session. The domestic unit
finally settled at 79.24 against
the greenback, a gain of 45 paise
over its last close.
Govt received bids
worth ` 1,49,855 cr
New Delhi (Agencies):
The auction for the 5G
spectrum has concluded
for the fourth day on Fri-
day and will continue till
the fifth day on Saturday 30
July, confirmed Telecom
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw. The Union min-
ister further informed that
Friday witnessed 23 rounds
of bidding which fetched
bids worth `1,49,855 crore.
The total proceeds from
the third day of 5G spec-
trum auctions inched clos-
er to the `1.5 trillion mark
on Thursday, communica-
tions minister Vaishnaw
said. “Seven rounds were
conducted on Day 3, taking
the total to 16 rounds over
three days. Bids worth
`1,49,623 crore have been
received,” the minister told
reporters yesterday
. Thurs-
day bids were slightly high-
er than bids that were re-
ceived on Wednesday
(`1,49,454 crore), the second
day of the auction.
At the end of 16 rounds
on Wednesday, telecom op-
erators bid aggressively for
key 5G bands, but industry
insiders said spectrum
would not go beyond the
base price in majority of
circles since a good quan-
tity of airwaves is available
this time.
Mukesh Ambani’s Reli-
ance Jio, Bharti Airtel,
Vodafone-Idea and Gautam
Adani are vying to buy the
5G airwaves. According to
analysts, Reliance Jio may
be the most aggressive of
those in the race.
5G SPECTRUM
AUCTIONS SO FAR
 The Union minister further
informed that Friday
witnessed 23 rounds of
bidding which fetched bids
worth `1,49,855 crore.
 The auction will continue till
the fifth day on Saturday 30
July.
New Delhi (PTI): The cen-
tral government’s fiscal
deficit touched 21.2% of the
annual target in the June
quarter as against 18.2% in
the year-ago period, accord-
ing to official data.
In actual terms, the fis-
cal deficit was at `3.51 lakh
crore at the end of the first
quarter of 2022-23, data
from the CGA showed.
The country’s fiscal defi-
cit is projected at 6.4% of
the GDP for this fiscal end-
ing March 2023 as against
6.71% for the previous year.
As per the monthly ac-
count of the Union govern-
ment up to June 2022 re-
leased by CGA, the receipts
stood at `5,96,040 crore or
26.1% of the corresponding
BE 2022-23 of total receipts.
In the year-ago period,
the receipts stood at 27.7%
of BE 2021-22.
In the latest June quar-
ter, the total expenditure
incurred by the central
government was at
`9,47,911 crore or 24% of
corresponding BE 2022-23.
It was at 23.6% of BE 201-22
in the corresponding
period. For 2022-23, the
fiscal deficit of the govt is
estimated to be `16,61,196
crore.
FISCAL DEFICIT TOUCHES 21.2%
OF ANNUAL TARGET IN QUARTER 1
FISCAL DEFICIT
DATA IN NUMBERS
 The fiscal deficit is the
difference between total
expenditure and revenue of the
government. It indicates the
total borrowing that are needed
by the government. India’s fiscal
deficit is projected at 6.4%.
 The fiscal deficit was at
`3.51 lakh crore at the end
of the first quarter of 2022-
23, data from the Controller
General of Accounts data.
 The country’s fiscal deficit
is projected at 6.4% of the
GDP for this fiscal ending
March 2023.
Mumbai (PTI): India's for-
eign exchange reserves de-
clined $1.152 billion to
$571.56 billion for the week
ended July 22, according to
RBI data. The reserves has
been declining amid con-
tinuing volatility in the ru-
pee which has also signifi-
cantly depreciated against
the US dollar.
In the previous report-
ing week, the overall re-
serves had declined by
$7.541 billion to $572.712 bil-
lion. For the reporting
week ended July 22, the for-
eign currency assets de-
clined $1.426 billion to
$510.136 billion, the RBI
said in its weekly report.
Expressed in dollar
terms, the foreign curren-
cy assets include the effect
of appreciation or depre-
ciation of non-US units
like the euro, pound and
yen held in the foreign ex-
change reserves.
Forex reserves
fall $1.15 bn to
$571.56 billion
New Delhi (PTI): India
needs to set up 46,000 elec-
tric vehicle charging sta-
tions by 2030 to reach glob-
al benchmark, suggests a
white paper released on
Friday.
EV charger ratio is 6
both for China and the
Netherlands, 19 for the US
while it stands 135 for In-
dia. That means there is
one charger per 135 EVs in
India compared to 6 in Chi-
na, the white paper by
Alvarez and Marsal, a glob-
al professional services
firm, stated.
The paper was launched
at an electric vehicle con-
ference, The EVConIndia
2022, here.
The paper highlighted
some key challenges affect-
ing EV adoption and talked
about six key issues of af-
fordability, range anxiety,
supply chain, product safe-
ty quality, and inade-
quate access to financing.
India needs to set up 46K
EV charging stations

08
2NDFRONT
A mother embraces the imperfections
of children and makes motherhood
perfect and certain.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
ArmyofficersmoveSCseeking
reviewofsuspensionorder
New Delhi (PTI): Four
Military Intelligence of-
ficers suspended for al-
legedly being part of a
WhatsApp group with a
Pakistani agent as a
member have ap-
proached the Supreme
Court on Friday seeking
review of its order dis-
missing a challenge to
their suspension.
The officers had ap-
proached the Supreme
Court claiming that
they were not given any
hearing before being
suspended pending the
Courtof Inquiryagainst
them. The officers' peti-
tion was rejected by the
Supreme Court which
disagreed with their
contention that before
suspending them pend-
ing the Court of Inquiry
,
an opportunity of hear-
ing was required to be
afforded to them.
Even under Regula-
tion 349 also, there is no
requirement of such a
procedure to be fol-
lowed. The petitioners
can be suspended pend-
ing the Court of Inquiry
,
which as stated by Tush-
ar Mehta, learned So-
licitor General, has al-
ready been constituted
andinquiryisgoingon,
the bench of Justices M
R Shah and B V Na-
grathna held on July 14.
The officers have now
filed a review petition
claiming that inquiry
and investigation are
two different proce-
duresaccordingtoarmy
law. They said the Court
of Inquiry (COI) is a
fact finding tool which
is a pre-stage to disci-
plinary proceedings.
On the basis of con-
clusions reached by the
COI, the commanding
officer can decide to pro-
ceed with disciplinary
proceedings and carry
out investigation under
Army Rule 22 and while
doing so he can decide to
suspend the soldiers un-
der his jurisdiction
pending investigation
and not during Court of
Inquiry, the petition
said.TheysaidCOIisan
action administrative in
nature to assist the deci-
sion making process at
the prior stage on mak-
ing any conclusions
with regards to suspen-
sion, military custody
or arrest.
They said investiga-
tion is a post-stage re-
quirement when a deci-
sion related to military
custody has been origi-
nated through the Court
of Inquiry conclusions.
Both the procedures
underinquiryandinves-
tigations give statutory
protection and safe-
guards to person subject
totheArmyActof rights
of being heard, it said.
Thus this Hon'ble
Court has erred in its
decision that the sus-
pension of petitioners
as correct and legal
pending the Court of In-
quiry proceedings
which was not even
concluded.
OFFICERS’ VERSION
Terming their
suspension orders
illegal and suffer-
ing from proce-
dural infirmity , the
officers said the
decision making
process of the
competent author-
ity was against
law and arbitrary
by denying them
opportunities of
being heard.
The Solicitor General has
made a submission of very
serious allegation which is not
justified with the suspension
orders placed on records, it
said.
The officers were suspended
in May this year. They have
claimed that they were ordered
by their superiors to hand over
their personal mobile phones
which they did without any
hesitation.
‘Bal joined IAF to fight
enemies, not die in crash’
Jammu (PTI): A fami-
ly member of Flight
Lieutenant Advitiya
Bal, who was one of the
two IAF pilots killed in
a plane crash on Thurs-
day, expressed regret
over the way he died
while flying an ailing
aircraft instead of
fighting enemies.
He also urged Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh to
immediately retire the
entire fleet of ageing
MiG-21 jets so that no
more young lives are
lost. The IAF pilots
were killed Thursday
night when their twin-
seater MiG-21 trainer
aircraft crashed dur-
ing a training sortie
near Barmer. Wing
Commander M Rana
from Himachal
Pradesh was the sec-
ond pilot.
Our child was pas-
sionate about fighting
enemies on the battle-
field, but after his death
in the crash, his goal
will remain unful-
filled, his uncle Kara-
mveer, who is a retired
army personnel, said.
I want to request the
prime minister and de-
fence minister to retire
the MiG-21 (fleet) so
that no more young-
sters lose their lives,
he added. Hundreds of
people from various
parts of Jammu
thronged the house of
the IAF pilot in Jinder-
mehlu hamlet in the
border belt of R S Pura
to share the grief of the
family members.
INDIAN AIR FORCE SAYS WILL RETIRE
ALL SQUADRONS OF MIG-21 BY 2025
‘WHEN WILL THIS FLYING COFFIN BE
REMOVED FROM OUR FLEET?’: GANDHI
New Delhi: Amid recent crashes involving its vin-
tage Russian combat aircraft fleet, the Indian Air
Force is now going to retire one more squadron
of the MiG-21 Bison aircraft by September 30.
On Thursday evening, a MiG-21 Type 69 Trainer
aircraft crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan killing both
the pilots including a youngster Flight Lieuten-
ant A Bal and Wing Commander Rana. The 51
Squadron based out of Srinagar air base is being
number plated on September 30. After this, only
three squadrons of the planes would be left in
service and would be phased out by the year
2025, sources in the IAF told ANI.
New Delhi: A day after two IAF pilots were killed
in a MiG-21 trainer aircraft crash, BJP MP Varun
Gandhi called the plane a flying coffin and asked
when will the frequent crashing
aircraft be removed from our fleet.
The IAF said the aircraft was on a
sortie from Utarlai air base and the
accident took place at around 9.10
pm in which both the pilots lost their
lives. “The whole country is shocked
and saddened by the incident in
Barmer yesterday. For a few years now, the MiG-
21 has been involved in frequent accidents. The
aircraft alone has claimed the lives of about 200
pilots,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
A woman was allegedly
raped by her husband
and his cousin and later
divorced through 'triple
talaq' for not giving dow-
ry here, police said on
Friday
.Theaccusedhus-
band, Mohammad Ad-
nan from Lucknow, was
arrested on Thursday
and an FIR has been reg-
istered against him and
his cousin who is ab-
sconding, they said.
The woman in her
complaint alleged that
her husband used to de-
mand dowry and used to
beat her over it. Due to
the alleged violence, she
had started living at her
maternal house, SP
Akash Tomar said. On
Tuesday
, Adnan and his
cousin went to his in-
laws' house and both,
after finding the woman
alone, raped her, Tomar
said.
Woman gangraped, given ‘triple
talaq’ over dowry: Police
Development of law
collaborative effort of bar
bench: Khanwilkar
Man gets life sentence
for burning wife alive
New Delhi (PTI): SC
judge Justice A M
Khanwilkar, the sec-
ond senior-most judge,
who penned the recent
verdict upholding the
Enforcement Directo-
rate’s powers to arrest,
attach property, search
and seize under the Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act, demitted of-
fice on Friday after a
tenure of over six years
as an apex court judge.
Speaking at a func-
tion organised by the
Supreme Court Bar As-
sociation (SCBA) to bid
farewell to him, the
judge thanked his “pro-
fessional gurus”, some
former judges and sen-
ior members of the bar
who guided him in his
journey in the legal pro-
fession. In his message
given to the members of
the bar, Justice Khan-
wilkar said he has been
associated with the dis-
pensation of justice for
four decades, as a law-
yer first for over 16
years, and then as a
judge for over 22 years.
“I have immensely
benefitted from the as-
sistance rendered by the
bar. The SCBA and its
member hold an impor-
tant position in the his-
tory of the highest con-
stitutional court of our
country,” he said.
“I firmly believe that the
development of law is a
product of a collabora-
tive effort of the bar and
the bench,” Justice
Khanwilkar said.
He was part of several
constitution benches of
the apex court which de-
livered important judge-
ments.
Uttar Pradesh (PTI):
A man was awarded
life imprisonment by a
local court six years af-
ter he set his wife on
fire for not bearing a
son, a court official
said on Friday.
Manoj Bansal, a resi-
dent of Kothiyat local-
ity of the city area, had
burnt Anu, his wife,
alive for not bearing a
son, Advocate Sanjay
Sharma said.
Anu’s daughters, La-
tika and Tanya, saw
their mother burning
alive in front of them.
The two filed a com-
plaint against their
father and fought a
six-year-long fight to
get justice for their
mother.
“Hearing the case on
Wednesday, the court
of Additional District
and Sessions Judge
sentenced Manoj
Bansal to life imprison-
ment for the murder of
his wife,” Sharma said.
The court also im-
posed a fine of Rs
20,000 on Bansal.
Manoj had married
Anu in 2000. After their
marriage, Anu gave
birth to a girl, Latika,
and a few years later
Tanya was born.
PLEADED JUSTICE
WHATSAPP GROUP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
said that the State Gov-
ernment is taking deci-
sions with commit-
ment to provide high
quality health services
to the people of the
State. “It is due to our
concerted efforts that
the information of
Chief Minister Chiran-
jeevi Health Insurance
Scheme is reaching
more and more people
and every family of the
state is becoming ‘Chi-
ranjeevi Parivar’,” Ge-
hlot said and stressed
that along with health
insurance of Rs 10 lakh
each family covered
under Chiranjeevi Yo-
jana, facilities for or-
gan transplant, bone
marrow transplant,
ocular implant, blood-
platelets-plasma trans-
fusion and limb pros-
thesis are also being
provided.
The special thing is
that the limit of Rs 10
lakh in the scheme is
not used for transplant.
The entire transplant
cost is borne by the
state government. The
cost of the transplant
is not included in the
wallet amount of the
Chiranjeevi plan.
Gehlot said, “Since
the inclusion of organ
transplant package in
the budget announce-
ment this year in Chi-
ranjeevi Health Insur-
ance Scheme, so far (in
the last 3 months) 4
bone marrow trans-
plants, 58 organ trans-
plants (including heart,
kidney, liver) and 18
cocular implants have
been successfully done
free of cost. It is like a
new life for all these pa-
tients.”
The Chief Minister
said that Rajasthan has
become a model in
front of the world in
the field of health.
He has appealed to
the people of the state
to realize the concept
of a healthy Rajasthan,
that by giving informa-
tion about the scheme
to more and more peo-
ple, efforts should be
made to make them and
their families ‘Chiran-
jeevi Parivar’, so that
whenever they need
physical as well as fi-
nancial aid, they are
not troubled.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
4 bone marrow
transplants, 58
organ transplants
and 18 ocular
implants done in
3 months free of
cost
Every family in the state is becoming
‘Chiranjeevi Family’: Raj CM Gehlot
Justice Khanwilkar being felicitated at his farewell ceremony
organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in New Delhi
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Family members mourn the death of Flight Lieutenant Advitiya
Bal in RS Pura Jammu on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Jinendra Singh
New Delhi: One of the
biggest media houses
in India has caused
quite a con-
sternation in
the media
realm of the
nation. Known
for its crisp,
in-depth and fair cover-
age, ‘News18 India’ has
left all other main-
stream channels be-
hind in the race to be
the number one in
viewer preference over
the past four weeks and
has emerged as the ‘nu-
m e r o - u n o ’
channel pre-
ferred by citi-
zens for their
daily dose of
political and
other news.
In fact, starting from
26th week, where the
channel was still
pitched at the top, as re-
gards TRP, with over 8
crore viewers converg-
ing on to the channel’s
feed; the channel rose
to over 8.3 crore view-
ers over the next 7 days,
i.e. in 27th week. This
progression continued
in the 28th week as well
with over 8.5 crore
viewers and finally, for
the recently ending
29th week of the year,
the channel stood at a
handsome 8.7 crore
viewers, thus becoming
the number one chan-
nel, week after week, in
viewer preference.
Interestingly, other
mainstream channels
like Aaj Tak, Republic
Bharat, India TV, TV9
Bharatvarsh, Zee News
and others were still far
behind i.e. They have
not even touched the 8
crore viewer mark!
Notably
, in the region-
al space, the TV18
Broadcast Limited
group operates a Guja-
rati business news chan-
nel, CNBC Bajar, a Mar-
athi general news chan-
nel, News18 Lokmat
operates 10 regional
news channels under
the News18 umbrella.
In fact, observers
claim that it is for the
masterful strategy
hard work of CEO Ra-
hul Joshi that the chan-
nel is going from
strength to strength
will continue to do so
riding on Joshi’s ro-
bust planning and ex-
ecution.
News18 India races ahead of competition in TRP game!

The channel
stood at a
handsome 8.7 cr
viewers, thus
becoming the no.
1 channel, week
after week, in
viewer preference
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