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Indians released from Taliban India records 34,457 new Afghanistan Embassy
in New Delhi seeks
custody await evacuation at Kabul Covid cases, 375 more deaths adjournment in SC
New Delhi, Aug 21:
New Delhi, Aug 21: son who was travelling New Delhi, Aug 21: As Afghanistan de-
The Government is likely with his wife, the group A single-day rise of scends into chaos and
to send an aircraft to had left for the airport in 34,457 Covid cases anarchy following the
evacuate Indians from eight buses at 1 am but pushed India's tally to recent takeover by the
Kabul after they were could not enter the air- 3,23,93,286 on Satur- Taliban, its Embassy
released from Taliban port. As they were wait- day, while the number of here is unsure about the
custody and have been ing outside, several un- active cases declined to stand to be taken before
asked to wait near the armed Taliban members 3,61,340, the lowest in the Supreme Court in a
airport. Earlier in the came to their side and, 151 days, according to case relating to a dispute
morning, the Taliban re- after beating several of the Union health minis- with a Delhi-based con-
leased over 200 people, them, took them all to try data.The death toll caseload in a span of 24 far in the country to struction contractor. On
many of them Indian na- Tarkhil, Kabul. climbed to 4,33,964 hours. The daily positiv- 50,45,76,158. The behalf of the Embassy of
tionals and some of them The person and his with 375 fresh fatalities, ity rate stands at 2 per number of people who the Islamic Republic of
Afghan Sikhs and Hin- wife threw themselves according to the data cent. It has been less have recuperated from Afghanistan in New
dus, it had taken into out of the vehicle and updated at 8 am. than 3 per cent for the the disease has surged to Delhi, advocate Ejaz
custody as they were went back to the city. The 3,61,340 active last 26 days, according 3,15,97,982, while the Maqbool on Thursday
approaching the Kabul Taliban spokesman cases comprise 1.12 per to the ministry. case fatality rate stands sought an adjournment
airport for flights out of Sikhs are locals while people, most of them Ahmadullah Waseq de- cent of the total infec- The weekly positiv- at 1.34 per cent, the of hearing in the Afghan
Afghanistan. those from outside are Indian nationals, from nied the allegations of tions, the lowest since ity rate stands at 1.98 per data stated. So far, embassy’s dispute with
While the Indian na- huddled at Gurdwara near Hamid Karzai In- abduction in an inter- March last year. The cent. It has been below 57.61 crore Covid vac- KLA Construction
tionals were taken to the Karta-e-Parwan. ternational Airport in view with the daily Al- national Covid recovery 3 per cent for the last 57 cine doses have been Technologies Private
local police station for The story was bro- Kabul. These people in- Information. He said rate stands at 97.54 per days, the ministry administered under the Limited. In a letter writ-
verification of their ken by Al-Itteha that cluded a number of Af- members of the group cent, the highest since said.As many as nationwide vaccination ten to the Supreme
documents, the Afghan said Taliban affiliates, ghan citizens andAfghan were present around March last year, the min- 17,21,205 Covid tests drive. The 375 new fa- Court Registry,
Hindus and Sikhs were most likely fighters of the Sikhs, but most of them Hamid Karzai Interna- istry said.A reduction of were conducted on Fri- talities include 105 from Maqbool said he was
turned back. Some of Haqqani network, had were ordinary Indian tional Airport and would 2,265 cases has been day, taking the total Maharashtra and 99 unable to get instructions
the Afghan Hindus and taken more than 150 citizens.Quoting a per- not allow people. recorded in the active number of tests done so from Kerala. from the Ambassador.
Nation SUNDAY 22 AUGUST 2021 2
Those not allied with Cong
should also be invited:
Tricky terrain Mamata on Oppn unity
New Delhi, Aug 21: ernment at the Centre of
A recently-released India Today survey
asked its respondents to name the top West Bengal Chief Min- misusing the central
achievements of the Narendra Modi govern- ister and Trinamool agencies."The NHRC
ment. Over half of the people opted for ei- Congress chief Mamata has been misused to tar-
ther the revocation of Article 370 or the Su- Banerjee on Friday get Bengal," she
preme Court sanction for the construction of emphasised on opposi- said.During the meeting,
the Ram Mandir. More than any other dis- tion unity and said that Banerjee also listed
pensation since that of Indira Gandhi, the those who are not allied some urgent issues
Modi government has staked its reputation with the Congress which she said need to
on its ability to bring about sweeping ideo- should also be invited to be focused on, such as
The Union Minister Rajnath Singh addressing at the launch of the Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under Innovations
logical changes in the country. Besides Ar- join hands, sources said. Covid vaccine for all, for Defence Excellence - Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), through video conferencing, in New Delhi . (PIB)
ticle 370 and Ram Mandir, most state gov- Banerjee made the repealing the three farm
ernments of the Bharatiya Janata Party have
also pushed through, or reinforced, laws
against cow slaughter and ‘forced conver-
remarks at the opposi-
tion parties' meeting
called by interim Con-
laws, and rollback of un-
precedented hike in fuel
prices, among others.
Sonia emphasises on Oppn unity ahead of 2024 LS polls
gress chief Sonia The sources said that New Delhi, Aug 21: and arrogant unwilling- unity" that all Opposition
sions’, ticking off other items in their ideo-
Gandhi.As per sources, Banerjee also demanded New Delhi, Aug 20 ness to discuss and de- parties demonstrated for
logical bucket-list. Yet, in some respects, the
BJP has now become a victim of the aston- Banerjee said during the a judicial probe into the (IANS) Congress in- bate urgent issues of over 20 days in both the
ishing pace of its ideological triumphs in this meeting, "Forget who is alleged Pegasus snoop- terim President Sonia public importance." Houses.
dominant phase. A political party makes capi- the leader, let's keep our ing row. The Nationalist Gandhi on Friday said The Congress leader "We functioned in a
tal out of ideological issues in two ways: one, personal interests aside. Congress Party (NCP), that the Monsoon Ses- said that the Pegasus coordinated manner with
by mobilizing support for the struggle for the People will lead." DMK, Shiv Sena, sion of Parliament was snooping scandal that daily discussions among
goal and, two, from the political goodwill that Stressing on opposi- Jharkhand Mukti a complete washout en- affects each and every our floor leaders," she
follows its achievement. The trouble is that tion unity ahead of the Morcha, CPI, CPI-M, tirely due to the govern- citizen, the repeal of the said, adding that it was
the goodwill doesn’t persist ad infinitum. Hav- 2024 Lok Sabha elec- National Conference, ments obstinate and ar- three anti-farmer laws - entirely due to the oppo-
ing squeezed out the bulk of the political gains tions, Banerjee said, Rashtriya Janata Dal, rogant unwillingness to the agitation of farmers sition parties that the
to be had from its many decades’ long ideo- "Every opposition party AIUDF, VCK, discuss and debate ur- the Constitution. She that has been going on Constitutional Amend-
logical issues, the party is now constrained to should be brought in. Loktantrik Janta Dal, gent issues of public im- made the remarks at the for the past nine months, ment Bill was passed to
look for a new generation of big issues that The fight is against the JDS, RLD, RSP, Kerala portance. meeting of the 19 oppo- the price rise of essen- restore the long-standing
push the frontiers of Indian society and pol- BJP. For this, those not Congress Mani, PDP She also emphasised sition parties which was tial commodities and the rights of states to identify
ity. There are two candidates that have been allied with the Congress and IUML were also part on opposition unity chaired by her. continuing assault on and notify OBCs The
attracting growing attention in recent months. should also be be invited of the meeting convened ahead of the 2024 Lok Speaking at the federalism and the insti- Government had erred
The first is the Uniform Civil Code, one of in the meetings.""Let's by Sonia Gandhi. How- Sabha elections to give meeting, Sonia Gandhi tutions of our democ- three years back and as
the three core demands of the BJP at its foun- set up a core group and ever, the Samajwadi the country a govern- said, "Monsoon session racy needed to be dis- you well know this Bill
dation (along with the construction of the Ram work together," Ban- Party, the Aam Aadmi ment that believes in the of Parliament was a cussed. Sonia Gandhi was required to rectify
temple and the removal of Article 370). The erjee said. The sources Party and the Bahujan values of the freedom complete washout en- said that in spite of this, that mistake and a sub-
second big issue that has gained newfound said that Banerjee also Samaj Party were not movement and in the tirely due to the the session was marked sequent ruling of the Su-
traction among large sections of the Hindu accused the BJP gov- part of the meeting. principles enshrined in government's obstinate by the "determined preme Court," she said.
Right is population control. The governments
of Uttar Pradesh and Assam have taken the
lead in framing population control policies in
Kashmiri youth thrashed outside
line with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s
call for checking ‘demographic imbalance’.
However, both these issues have inbuilt
his office in Gurugram
Gurugram, Aug 21:
liabilities that make for a trickier political ter- A Kashmiri youth was
rain. The essential criteria of the sangh parivar allegedly thrashed by six
to select an ideological issue is that it should unidentified men outside
represent, in some manner, the political and his office in Sector-44 of
cultural domination of Hindus over Muslims. Gurugram on Thursday
Whereas the other big issues of the BJP — night. However, the mat-
Ram Temple, Article 370, cow slaughter and ter was reported to the
religious conversions — could be used to tar- police only on Friday.
get Muslims, the UCC and population con- The victim was iden-
trol also draw Hindus into their coercive or tified as Tariq Bhat (22)
punitive dragnet. of Handwara town in
First, let’s take the case of the UCC. Ear- Jammu and Kashmir. He
lier this year, the Uttar Pradesh state execu- has been working in a
tive committee of the BJP resolved to make corporate office as Fi-
the UCC a key poll plank for next year’s state nancial Advisor for two
elections. The political rhetoric of the BJP on years. The victim told
the UCC is framed in simple terms — coun- the police that around 8
tering Muslim autonomy or ‘separatism’ by p.m. on Thursday, he
taking away their regressive personal laws. was leaving for his home
But the reality is much more complicated, when the six men caught
which is why the BJP has consistently shied NEWS14..JULOOS E ALAM E BIBI ASHURA 1442 FROM ALAWA E BIBI TO
hold of him from behind
away from moving ahead on the UCC. If a CHADARGHAT HYD(NEWS14) and dragged him to a
comprehensive UCC were to actually see the nearby park that was
light of day, it would provoke the ire of politi- isolated at that time and the police on Friday af- tion house officer (SHO)
cal constituencies beyond Muslims. First, the beat him without saying ternoon. "We took the of Sushant Lok police
UCC would disrupt the social life of Hindus anything. "The victim victim to the incident site station, told.
as well as Muslims. Despite the impression told the police that he to know what happened The corporate office
of the Hindu code bills bringing in a uniform doesn't know who they the previous night. We w ere the victim is
and progressive regime to regulate Hindu fam- were and why they beat are also scanning the working tweeted that
ily life, the personal laws of Hindus are nei- him. The victim has re- CCTV footage of the "We stand in support of
ther uniform nor particularly progressive. ceived some injuries on spot to establish the our employee, Tariq
Hindu personal laws actually protect diverse the chest, back and head identity of the men who Bhat and are in constant
customary laws, with regulations governing during the incident. The were behind the inci- touch with local au-
matters such as marriage and inheritance of- matter was reported to dent," Jasvir Singh, sta- thorities to help him.
ten varying according to the customs of dif-
ferent states and communities.
Similarly, like the personal laws of other
Haryana providing relief to
communities, Hindu personal laws are also
regressive on gender equality. For example,
the Hindu Succession Act differentiates be-
poor families hit by Covid-19
Chandigarh, Aug 21: menced here. Adequate adequate arrangements
tween men and women in matters of intestate Haryana Chief Minister arrangeents have been were made. No discrimi-
succession. As much as it relishes its rhetoric Manohar Lal Khattar on made for ensuring unin- nation of any kind was
of ‘saving’ Muslim women, the BJP would, Friday said the state has terrupted oxygen supply done in the supply of
understandably, be wary of implementing been giving a benefit of during the pandemic, he oxygen. During the sec-
policies that can draw it into a clash with Hindu Rs 2 lakh to poor fami- said. Initially, Haryana ond wave, the daily oxy-
conservatism. The modernist and progressive lies under an insurance got a quota of 150 met- gen supply and require-
impulse of the BJP, after all, almost exclu-
scheme, who have lost ric tonnes (MT) oxygen ment were calculated
sively extends to Muslims. Second, the UCC
members during the from the Centre, which thoroughly, he said.
would take away the autonomy in personal
Covid-19 pandemic. was later increased to "Not only this, con-
laws from the key political constituency of
The Chief Minister 285 MT, although the centrators were also
tribals who manage their affairs according to
informed the state as- state had demanded 350 brought to ensure ad-
their customary laws. The suggestions com-
sembly about this during MT," he said. equate supply of oxygen.
ing from the Union law ministry and the Law
the Question Hour on The Chief Minister Many social organiza-
Commission on bringing tribals into the fold
the first day of the mon- said to ensure uninter- tions also contributed to
of the UCC have been met.
soon session that com- rupted oxygen supply, this," said Khattar.
Business & Sports SUNDAY 22 AUGUST 2021 3
Resurgence in inflation reignited debate
on monetary policy response: RBI Guv
New Delhi, Aug 21: growth-inflation trade- core groups due to mul-
RBI Governor Shak- offs posed by an excep- tifarious disruptions
tikanta Das has said that tional shock like the caused by the pandemic.
the resurgence of infla- Covid-19 pandemic," he "Many of current
tion in May and June re- said. He noted that the price shocks are likely to
ignited the debate on flexible inflation targeting be one-off or transitory.
monetary policy re- (FIT) framework allows Weak demand condi-
sponse. The minutes of adequate flexibility to the tions and low pricing
the last meeting of the MPC to deal with unan- power are limiting the
Monetary Policy Com- ticipated shocks to the extent of their pass-
mittee (MPC) showed economy in the conduct through to output
that Das said that the ap- of its monetary policy. prices," Das said. Man-
proach by the Reserve As per the RBI's as- aging the economy and
Bank of India (RBI), the country is witnessing monetary policy re- sessment of the resur- the financial markets
bolstered by careful at the present juncture. sponse. The gains in gence in inflation in In- since the beginning of
guidance on all aspects "The resurgence in monetary policy credibil- dia since the June 2021 the pandemic has
in the conduct of mon- inflation in May and June ity since the adoption of policy is that it is driven thrown up several chal-
etary policy, has been an above the upper thresh- inflation targeting have largely by adverse sup- lenges with crosscu- ZEREY SADARAT-HAZRATH SYED SHAH AZIZ ULLAH ALLAVI UL CHISTI* ZEREY
important facilitator for ply-side drivers imping- rrents and conflicting NIGRANI-HAZRATH SYED SHAH ASKAR ULLAH ALLAVI QITABAT-HAZARATH
old has reignited the de- helped the MPC to re- ALLAMA HAFIZ DOCTOR SYED MURTUZA ALI SOFI HAZRATH SYED SHAH MIN
the cusp of recovery that bate on the appropriate spond effectively to ing on food, fuel and objectives, he said. ULLAH ALLAVI SAHAB. (NEWS14)
No formal communication from SEBI on Adani India's direct selling industry bucks
Wilmar IPO being kept in abeyance: Adani Grp pandemic to grow 10% in FY21
Mumbai, Aug 21: Adani Wilmar IPO, ac- mation requests from ister of State for Finance, New Delhi, Aug 21: should be able to regis- the start of Q2 as the country went into
The Adani Group has cording to an update in them in the past. We will Pankaj Chaudhary said India's direct selling in- ter a growth in excess of government started to lockdown, and a new
said that it has not re- the SEBI website as on continue to co-operate that the SEBI is investi- dustry is likely to have 10 per cent during the give more relaxations for normal came into exist-
ceived any formal com- August 13. with the regulators in the gating some Adani grown around 10 per FY 2020-21," he said, carrying out commercial ence, we moved to-
munication from the Se- "SEBI has put on its future as well," the group companies with cent in the Covid-hit adding that clarity will activities, the industry wards digital ways to
curities & Exchange website that Adani spokesperson added. regard to compliance FY21, according to in- come only when the of- responded positively as promote our products
Board of India (SEBI) Wilmar IPO 'Issuance of Wile the regulator has with SEBI regulations dustry stakeholders. ficial numbers are re- well, resulting in the Q2 and business plan.
with respect to Adani observations kept in not given reasons, re- while the Directorate of Indian Direct Selling leased. As per a survey of FY 2020-21 register- We ensured home
Wilmar initial public of- abeyance'. However, ports have suggested Revenue Intelligence is Association (IDSA) by the industry body in ing a growth of 9.25 per deliveries and digital
fering (IPO) observa- we have not received that Adani Wilmar IPO also probing certain en- Vice President, Rajat the Q1 of FY 2020-21, cent over Q2 of FY training. Overall, we
tions being kept in abey- any formal communica- was put on hold due to tities under the laws ad- Banerji, said that in the the industry was able to 2019-20, Banerji said. grew by 300 per cent in
ance. The Capital mar- tion from SEBI with re- an ongoing investigation ministered by it. How- first six months of FY register a growth of 0.90 The growth in the in- the previous year and
kets regulator has kept spect to the IPO obser- into the group's flagship ever, the minister added 2020-21, the direct sell- per cent. dustry was largely driven this year we are grow-
the proposed Rs 4,500- vations being kept in company, Adani Enter- that the Enforcement ing industry in India reg- While the first quar- by the increase in sales ing comparatively at a
crore initial share-sale of abeyance," a spokes- prises. Gautam Adani- Directorate is not prob- istered a growth of 4.7 ter of FY 2020-21 was of wellness and personal faster rate," he said.
edible oil major Adani person of Adani Group led Adani Enterprises ing these companies. per cent over the corre- largely impacted by the care segment products, Sood said that at
Wilmar Ltd (AWL) in said. "While we have al- holds 50 per cent stake The Adani Group sponding period in FY different phases of he noted. present the market size
"abeyance". Without dis- ways been fully compli- in Adani Wilmar, which spokesperson said that 2019-20. lockdowns, despite of all Proveda Marketing of the direct selling in-
closing the reason, Sebi ant with applicable SEBI owns the popular edible the group has no con- "Building on the the challenges, the indus- India Managing Director dustry in India is Rs
said "issuance of obser- Regulations, we have oil brand 'Fortune'. Dur- nection with FPIs, either same trend, it can be try was able to register Aseem Sood highlighted 16,000 crore and is ex-
vations kept in abey- made full disclosure to ing the monsoon session directly or indirectly and safely assumed that di- a minuscule growth, it the significance of digi- pected to become Rs
ance" with regard to the SEBI on specific infor- of the Parliament, Min- these are investors . rect selling industry showed. However, with tal channels. "When the 64,500 crore by 2025.
Six Indians win on opening day World Athletics U20 C'ships: Amit
of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing wins 10,000m race walk silver
Dubai, Aug 21: Rohit semifinal berths. other three junior pugi- second day on Sunday. nessing thrilling action in Nairobi, Aug 21: Indian race walker Amit Khatri won silver in the men's
Chamoli, Ankush and Chandigarh's Rohit lists to emerge victorious Apart from Bishwa- the presence of pugilists 10,000m race walk event at the World Athletics U20 Championships in
Gaurav Saini were outclassed Alhassan in their respective mitra, Daksh Singh from strong boxing na- Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi on Saturday. Khatri won the silver with a timing of
among the six Indian Qadous Sriya 5-0, openin-round matches. (67kg), Deepak (75kg), tions like Kazakhstan, 42:17.94. He was in the lead for a good part of the race walk before being
boxers who registered while Ankush blanked Yashwrdhan Singh Aditya Janghu (86kg) Uzbekistan and Kyrg- overtaken by Kenya's Heristone Wanyonyi in the last two laps. Eventually,
victories on the opening Bader Shehab from (60kg), Usman Mohd and Abhimanyu Loura yzstan, to name a few. Wanyonyi won the gold medal with a timing of 42:10.84. Spain's Paul McGrath
day of the ASBC Youth Kuwait 5-0. Haryana's Sultan (50kg), Naksh (92) will play their open- The gold medallists in the clinched the bronze medal with a timing of 42:31.11. "As it's a high altitude, so
& Junior Boxing Cham- Gaurav too put up a Beniwal (75kg) and ing round matches, while youth age group will re- breathing problem for me. It was my first international competition and won
pionships here on Sat- dominating show against Rishabh Singh (81kg) among women, Preeti ceive prize money of silver for India. I'm happy with silver at least I could fulfil the hopes of India,"
urday. another Kuwaiti boxer suffered defeats in their (57kg) will kick off her USD 6,000 while silver Amit was quoted as saying by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) after the
In the junior boys' Yaqoub Saadallah be- respective preliminary challenge. and bronze medallists medal. This is also India's second medal in the ongoing competition. Earlier on
category, Rohit (48kg), fore he was declared bouts. The 2021 World The ongoing Asian will get USD 3,000 and Wednesday, the Indian quartet of Bharat Sridhar, Priya H Mohan.
Ankush (66kg) and winner with 'referee Youth Championships Championships will pro- USD 1,500 respectively.
Gaurav (70kg) claimed stopping the contest' bronze medallist Bishw- vide the much-needed The junior champions
confident victories (RSC) in the second amitra Chongtham will competitive tournament will be awarded USD
against their respective round of the bout. begin his campaign in the to the promising talent at 4,000, while USD
opponents and con- Ashish (54kg), continental event as six the Asian level after a 2,000 and 1,000 will be
firmed medals for the Anshul (57kg) and Preet youth Indian boxers will gap of almost two years. given to the silver and
country by securing Malik (63kg) were the be seen in action on the The event has been wit- bronze medallists.
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