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Centre clears
NEARBY
Teacher shot dead as Kashmir ₹86,912 crore
of GST dues
sees 7th targeted killing in May Special Correspondent
New Delhi
Law and order is good in Militants fired at Caste (SC) quota five years
ago and was posted in
The Centre on Tuesday
paid the entire amount of
the State, says CM Stalin
TIRUCHI
her outside school Kashmir. Goods and Services Tax
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on near Kulgam town Last October, a teacher
from Jammu, recruited un
(GST) compensation due to
States up to May 31 by re
Tuesday said that better
maintenance of law and order
Peerzada Ashiq der the SC category, was shot leasing an amount of
Srinagar
during the last one-year rule dead inside a school in Srina ₹86,912 crore. The pay
of the DMK had brought in
more investments to the
A Hindu teacher from Jam
mu’s Samba district, posted
gar. “The government
should do something about
Q4 GDP growth ment included a contribu
tion from its own coffers
ne
State. in Kashmir Valley’s Kulgam, targeted killings. We want beyond the ₹25,000 crore
was shot dead outside the justice. My sisterinlaw was balance in the GST Com
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Advisory to airports
school by militants on Tues
day morning. Targeted kill
here (Samba) two months
ago. She never complained decelerates to 4.1% pensation Fund.
The Finance Ministry
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ings have thus left seven civi of any threat, though she did said this was being done to
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on monkeypox virus
CHENNAI
lians dead in the month of Seeking protection: Kashmiri Pandits during a protest against talk about lurking fear of Economy expanded 8.7% in 202122 assist States in managing
May in the Valley. the killing of the school teacher in Srinagar. NISSAR AHMAD * late,” a kin of Ms. Bala said. their resources and ensur
The airports in Chennai,
Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Salem,
Officials said militants Two JaisheMuhammad Vikas Dhoot nomic recovery’ as real GDP ing that their programmes,
fired from a close range at when militants intercepted la in her head,” the officials men were shot dead in an New Delhi in 202122 exceeded the pre especially entailing capital
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Madurai and Thoothukudi
have been directed to subject Rajni Bala, 36, around 10 Ms. Bala outside the school, said. antimilitancy operation in India’s gross domestic pro pandemic levels of 201920. expenditure, could be im
international travellers to a.m. on Tuesday. The staff which is located at a seclud The police said Ms. Bala Pulwama, taking the militant duct (GDP) growth slowed On a quartertoquarter ba plemented successfully
testing for monkeypox. and students of the Govern ed place with orchards was shifted to a hospital in death toll to 27 this month. to a fourquarter low of 4.1% sis, it argued real GDP during the financial year.
ment High School, Gopalpo around, eight km from Kul critical condition but died of during the JanuaryMarch growth was 6.7% in the
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OPPORTUNITIES A PAGE 5 finish the morning assembly “The gunmen shot Ms. Ba ed under the Scheduled FEAR AMONG HINDUS A PAGE 10 preceding quarter, as manu 22, reflecting a ‘sustained As a result, the States were
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facturing output shrank, growth momentum’ enter now only owed GST com
provisional national income ing the current fiscal year. pensation for one month —
No UGC nod for varsity’s JuneSeptember rainfall likely estimates released on Tues
day show. As a result, full
The contactdependent
and employmentintensive
June 2022, the Ministry
noted. States had been
distancelearning courses to be 103% of the average: IMD A year growth came in at 8.7%
— a tad lower than the 8.9%
pace projected in February.
trade, hotels, transport,
communication & services
related to broadcasting sec
guaranteed a certain level
of revenue for the first five
years of the GST regime,
IT
Gross ValueAdded (GVA) tor continued to languish which was introduced in
Special Correspondent reer would be in jeopardy. in the economy is estimated below prepandemic levels, 2017.
CHENNAI The UGC has said the un Jacob Koshy er the four broad regions — and northwest India. to have grown 8.1% in 2021 ending FY22 still 11.3% lower “This decision has been
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The University Grants Com iversity was recognised by New Delhi central India, southern pe The southwest monsoon 22, slightly lower than the than 201920 GVA levels. taken despite the fact that
mission has issued a notifi the erstwhile Distance Edu The monsoon rainfall from ninsula, northeast India and seasonal rainfall over the 8.3% projected by the Na Overall GVA growth only about ₹25,000 crore is
cation that the open dis cation Council for the pe June to September is likely to northwest India — for which monsoon core zone, which tional Statistical Office slowed to 3.9% in the Janu available in the GST Com
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tance learning programmes riod from 200708 to 2014 be more than that forecast the IMD provides a forecast, consists of most of the rain (NSO) earlier. The GDP had aryMarch 2022 quarter, pensation Fund. The ba
offered by Periyar Universi 15 and by the UGC Distance by the India Meteorological are also likely to be plentiful. ed agriculture regions, is al shrunk 6.6% in 202021, from 4.7% in the preceding lance is being released by
ty are in violation of the Education Bureau for 2019 Department (IMD) in April, Central India and the south so most likely to be ‘above while the GVA had contract period. Worryingly, manu the Centre from its own re
UGC Regulations, 2020. It 20 (academic session Janu with the agency on Tuesday ern peninsula are expected normal’ or more than 106% ed 4.8% in the wake of the facturing sector output sources pending collection
has cautioned the students ary 2020 only) for offering upping its estimate from to get 106% of their histori of its historical average. COVID19 lockdowns. shrank 0.2% from a year of cess,” the Ministry said
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not to join any such pro such courses. 99% to 103% of the Long Pe cal average. The Finance Ministry said earlier. in a statement.
gramme offered by the un riod Average (LPA). Rainfall is likely to be ‘nor the latest national income
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No UGC nod for

Law and order is good in State: Stalin Cell set up to look into
processing of applications
‘T.N. is an oasis of
varsity’s distance
learning courses
peace, and this
Nadu BJP president K. An
namalai even
schemes were announced
before CM inspects desilting works Aim is to prevent unreasonable rejection
has increased officially, Mr. Stalin said Mr. Dennis S. Jesudasan
CHENNAI
officers and Deputy Collec
Annamalai was indulging in Special Correspondent tors would be nominated as
UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain investment flow’ politics, whereas the go MAYILADUTHURAI/ TIRUVARUR Days after Chief Minister quality assurance officers
said the UGC had received vernment was working for Chief Minister M.K. Stalin M.K. Stalin visited a taluk of and given login credentials.
representations that the Special Correspondent the welfare of the people. on Tuesday inspected the fice and spotted a few “defi The cell would have ac
university’s open distance TIRUCHI When asked about the desilting works in the tail ciencies” in services, the cess to the entire efile, in
learning branch was func Chief Minister M.K. Stalin largescale retirement of go end areas of Nagapattinam Commissionerate of Reve cluding the application, re
tioning without a fulltime on Tuesday said better vernment servants within a and Mayiladuthurai, which nue Administration has con ports entered and uploaded
director and faculty mem maintenance of law and or short period, and whether are expected to receive in stituted a quality assurance by village administrative of
bers, and had inadequate der had brought more in the government had plans flows of water released cell to curb the tendencies ficers, revenue inspectors
nonteaching staff mem vestments into the State. to reduce the retirement from the Mettur dam in the of some tahsildars and other and zonal tahsildars, and
bers. The complaints Commenting on repeat age from 60 to 58, the Chief coming days. field officers to reject online the decisions recorded by
would be forwarded to Ta ed criticism from former Minister said those matters The Chief Minister car applications for certificates the tahsildars. “Similarly,
mil Nadu’s Secretary for Chief Minister Edappadi K. were under discussion. ried out inspections of wa on flimsy and untenable districtlevel quality assu
Higher Education “for fact Palaniswami that law and terbodies and irrigation ca grounds. rance cells may also be con
finding and needful order had collapsed in the Early water release nals at Kattur in Supervisory visit: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin carrying out an During surprise visits to stituted in due course. They
action”. State since the DMK came He said the early release of Nagapattinam district and inspection in Mayiladuthurai on Tuesday. M. SRINATH *
taluk offices and interac will submit their investiga
The university’s open to power, Mr. Stalin said water from the Mettur dam Thirukadaiyur in Mayila tions with citizens at eSevai tion reports directly to the
distance learning pro there had been no instanc on May 24, nearly three duthurai district, a week af northeast monsoon. Kuru special desilting work at centres, “it has come to Commissionerate,” the offi
grammes were in “gross es of riots, caste or commu weeks before the custom ter water was released vai crop could be harvest Kothankudi and Peralam in [our] notice that some tah cial said.
violation of the conditions nal clashes, firings or gang ary date of June 12, was ex from the dam on May 24, ed in time before the onset Tiruvarur district. sildars and other field offic It will also call up the ap
laid down under UGC violence in the State during pected to help increase ahead of the customary of the northeast monsoon, While the entire 5km ers handling the processing plicant using the registered
(Open and Distance Learn the last one year of DMK paddy coverage in the delta date of June 12. officials said. length of the Kothankudi of online certificate applica mobile number to get feed
ing Regulations), 2017, and rule. districts. It was expected The government had At Ananthamangalam channel, branching from tions have been rejecting back and to find out wheth
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UGC (Open and Distance The State was an oasis of that 5.20 lakh acres would made a special allocation village in Sembanarkovil the Vanjiyar and joining applications on flimsy and er any money has been de
Learning Programmes and peace, and this had result be brought under cultiva of ₹80 crore for desilting taluk, Mr. Stalin inspected the Kaduvankudi channel, untenable grounds, causing manded or paid. Every
Online Programmes) Regu ed in an increase in the flow tion in the kuruvai season work in irrigation canals in the sowing of paddy with a has been desilted at a total harassment to citizens,” ac month, the Commissioner
lations, 2020, and their of investments. This was a and 13.5 lakh acres in the the delta districts, span drum seeder machine that cost of ₹3.15 lakh, the 4km cording to a communication ate will randomly select a
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amendments from time to testimony to the fact that samba season this year. A ning 4,964 km. delivers the advantage of a Peralam channel, which al sent by the Commissioner few taluks for investigation.
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time”. At a meeting on Fe peace and tranquility pre sum of ₹61 crore had been The Chief Minister was harvest 10 to 15 days earlier so branches from the Vanji ate to all Collectors. If the cell finds that applica
bruary 12, the UGC decided vailed in the State, he said, sanctioned for the kuruvai informed by officials that than usual. The other ad yar and joins the Veera A senior official told The tions have been unreasona
not to consider any appli while addressing the media package to support farm the early release of water vantages of this method in natham channel, has been Hindu that the cell would in bly rejected or approved in
cation from the university after wrapping up a two ers. The State government from the Mettur dam cluded a smaller require desilted at a total cost of vestigate the quality of the full by a field officer, it will
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for 202223 and 202324. It day visit to the delta dis had completed the desilting would pave the way for ment of seeds and lower ₹3.75 lakh. processing of applications open all the records pro
had also not processed the tricts, including Thanjavur of watercourses in the delta raising paddy crop on 5.2 expenditure, Mayiladuthu The desilting of the by the field functionaries cessed by such a field officer
university’s application for and Tiruvarur. districts well in advance, so lakh acres during the Kuru rai Collector R. Lalitha said Kothankudi channel would and officers by reviewing for a specified period and
202122 to offer open dis To a question on the al as to supply water to the vai season and 13.5 lakh while briefing the Chief benefit 232 acres of cultiva their files, and it would submit a report to the Com
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tance learning leged leak of State govern farmers without any hitch, acres during the Samba Minister. ble land in Kothankudi and eventually have a virtual cell missionerate for penal
programmes. ment information to Tamil he said. season, supported by the Later, he inspected the Kaduvankudi. to which handpicked IAS action.
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Tobacco control cells to Daily COVID-19 caseload rises to 98, Monkeypox: advisory
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districts: Health Minister Symptomatic travellers must be tested
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Chennai and Chengalpattu account for a majority of the fresh infections Special Correspondent no deaths, he said. No case
CHENNAI had been reported in India;
‘6,000 educational institutions will Special Correspondent change in hospitalisations so The airports in Chennai, but with fresh cases being
be identified to create awareness’
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CHENNAI far, he said. Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Salem, detected in various coun

COVID19 clusters in educa In a communication to Madurai and Thoothukudi tries, the chances of the dis
Special Correspondent in the State, and 3,063 tional institutions continued Collectors and health teams, should subject international ease spreading in India
CHENNAI shops that sold such pro to drive a rise in daily infec he said that slowly, isolated travellers with fever, hea could not be ruled out, he
Tobacco control cells will ducts were fined ₹1.59 tions on Tuesday. Chengal clusters in Chennai and dache, muscle ache or ex said.
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come up in 10 more dis crore. In addition, 21 shops pattu and Chennai account Chengalpattu, which were haustion to testing for mon Health facilities should
tricts in Tamil Nadu, and that sold gutkha and pan ed for a majority of the 98 either institutional or had keypox. maintain heightened sur
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6,000 educational institu masala were sealed on the fresh cases reported in the emerged after family func Any sick traveller from veillance of people who pre
tions will be identified to basis of an emergency pro State. tions, were recurring. The the affected countries sent themselves with an un
create awareness against hibition order. There were 46 cases in daily caseload, which had hit should be isolated, and the explained rash, having
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the use of tobacco and Chengalpattu and 44 in a low of 22 on April 15, was samples should be sent for travelled in the last 21 days
drugs, Health Minister Ma. ₹4.76 crore in fines Chennai. The State’s active now nearing 100, he said. testing to the BioSafety Le to a country that has had
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Subramanian said here on According to a press re caseload rose to 542. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian and Health Secretary “While cases have been vel4 Laboratory of the In confirmed or suspected cas
Tuesday. lease, enforcement teams Health Minister Ma. Sub J. Radhakrishnan inspecting the testing of students for mild so far, the fact that they dian Council of Medical Re es of monkeypox, or having
Currently, these cells are had collected ₹4,76,28,887 ramanian, who inspected COVID-19 at VIT in Chennai. B. VELANKANNI RAJ
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are there shows that the sub searchNational Institute of come into contact with a
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functioning in Vellore, in fines from 2,56,223 peo the campus of VIT at Kelam variants and lineages within Virology (ICMRNIV), Pune, confirmed case of monkey
Dharmapuri, Salem, ple under the Cigarettes bakkam, where a cluster has 1,500 students were to be Chengalpattu and Chennai, the subvariants have rein through the State Public pox. Those with suspected
Erode, Perambalur, Ariya and Other Tobacco Pro surfaced, said a total of 118 tested, and the process we have had institutional fection or immuneescape Health Laboratory, as per symptoms should be isolat
lur, Namakkal, Thoothuku ducts Act, 2003. So far, students had tested positive would be completed by Wed clusters directly linked to potential. It is better to en the guidelines issued by the ed at designated facilities
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di, Kanniyakumari and 13,080 schools and 1,344 for the infection on the cam nesday. The number of cases fresh batches of students ar sure that anyone with symp Directorate of Public Health until the lesions are re
Tiruvallur. colleges had been declared pus. “Currently, 5,670 first on the campus may rise by riving from different States. toms is checked at the entry and Preventive Medicine. solved and a fresh layer of
On the sidelines of an tobaccofree educational year students are residing in another 40 to 50, he said. At Anna University, it was point and isolated before In a separate communica skin is formed, or until the
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event to mark World No institutions in the State. the hostels. One of them test The Health Minister said linked to a cultural event. others get exposed to the in tion to the Airport Director, treating physician decides
Tobacco Day, Mr. Subrama Now, 100 educational insti ed positive for the infection daily COVID19 cases re The IITMadras and Sathya dividual,” he said. Airports Authority of India, to end their isolation. They
nian said, “We have an tutions in Chennai and its last week, after which we mained below 50 in the Sai Medical College clusters “We need to keep giving a and the Deputy Directors of should be reported to the
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nounced new centres in neighbouring districts had tested 1,242 people, of State, and there had been no now have nil cases after satu push to vaccination. Wear Health Services, Director of District Surveillance Officer
the districts of Chengalpat been identified, and certifi whom 74 were found to have death for nearly three ration testing and control ing masks in crowded areas Public Health T.S. Selvavi of the Integrated Disease
tu, the Nilgiris, Mayiladuth cates were issued in line contracted COVID19. Anoth months. Students from oth measures. A few more cases or where people are exposed nayagam outlined the guide Surveillance Programme.
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urai, Ramanathapuram, with the theme of World er 2,943 people were tested, er States had started arriving were reported at Anna Un to each other without the lines to be followed. Any in Infectioncontrol practices
Ranipet, Sivaganga, Than No Tobacco Day, 2022. and the results for 1,321 are in Tamil Nadu to attend iversity during the isolation possibility of physical dis ternational traveller found should be followed, while
javur, Theni, Tenkasi and Efforts would be made available. Of them, 44 per classes and appear for exam period.” tancing is a must. At the hos to have symptoms should be samples should be sent to
Tirupattur for this year.” to declare 41,529 schools sons tested positive for the inations. A total of 237 peo Family clusters emerging pital level, we need to ensure subjected to testing. NIV. If a person tests posi
The Minister said that in and 3,409 colleges tobac infection. All of them, as well ple had tested positive for after common lunches or that people wear masks, as As of May 20, monkeypox tive, the tracing of people
the last one year, 102 cofree by World No Tobac as their contacts, have been the infection at IITMadras. dinners was a concern. even one instance of unpro cases had been reported in he/she had come into con
tonnes of banned tobacco co Day next year, the re isolated,” he said. Health Secretary J. Rad While new cases had been tected exposure could pose a the U.K., the U.S., Europe, tact with in the last 21 days
products had been seized lease added. He added that another hakrishnan said, “Of late, in reported, there had been no risk,” he added. Australia and Canada, with must begin immediately.
Anbumani for
ordinance on
BJP stages protest to press DMK ‘Levy of 1% market cess Tatkal tokens
in subregistrar
won’t affect farmers’
online games
Special Correspondent
government for fuel price reduction They can take their produce to any of
offices soon
CHENNAI The police stop the party workers near Rajarathinam Stadium the regulated markets, says Minister Chennai
A day after Minister for The Registration Depart

Industries Thangam allowed on the road, and
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would help ment would introduce tat
Special Correspondent Special Correspondent
Thennarasu said the Ta CHENNAI was affected on the adjacent CHENNAI develop kal tokens in subregistrar
mil Nadu government BJP Tamil Nadu president K. road. A large number of pol Rejecting AIADMK coordi an interest in marketing offices to accommodate
would bring in legislation Annamalai led a massive ice personnel were posted to nator O. Panneerselvam’s their produce. This more documents to be re
to ban online games with protest in Chennai on Tues prevent any untoward inci claim that the inclusion of would further ensure gistered. The tatkal tokens
stakes, PMK president day, urging the DMK govern dent, and iron barricades more agricultural produce that farmers get a higher would be issued in addition
Anbumani Ramadoss on ment to fulfil its election pro were erected to prevent the in AnnexureI of the Tamil to the daily quota of regu
price for their produce
Tuesday urged the go mise to reduce the price of protesters from taking out Nadu Agricultural Produce lar tokens being issued in
vernment to promulgate petrol by ₹5 a litre (the go the procession. Metropoli Marketing (Regulation) Act, subregistrar offices.
an ordinance instead of vernment reduced it by ₹3 tan Transport Corporation 1987, to levy a market cess of said, and recalled that it had A senior official of the
waiting for the next As last year) and diesel by ₹4 a buses and police vehicles 1% would affect traders and been collected under both Registration Department
sembly session. litre. were parked around the ve farmers, Minister for Agri AIADMK and DMK regimes. said 10 additional tokens
“If the government is However, the party work Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai at a protest in nue to arrest the protesters, culture and Farmers’ Wel Unlike in Maharashtra, Pun would be allotted as tatkal
keen on imposing a ban ers did not march towards Chennai on Tuesday. S.R. RAGHUNATHAN
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who chanted slogans against fare M.R.K. Panneerselvam jab and Haryana, farmers tokens, apart from the reg
on online gaming, it need the Secretariat, as an the government. on Tuesday maintained that here were free to choose ular tokens. The time slots
not wait for the next As nounced, as the police for anything extra,” he said. duced the price [of petrol] After the protest, Mr. An the move would benefit whether to market their for tatkal tokens have been
sembly session in Octob stopped them near the Raja After 30 days, BJP workers by ₹3 just for the sake of it,” namalai, accompanied by them. produce in regulated mar allotted throughout the
erNovember. Since the rathinam Stadium at Eg across the State would as he said. He said people other BJP leaders, walked a “Due to this action of the kets or open markets, he day. In the current token
session is about five to six more, where they had as semble in Tiruchi and press would not accept the excus few yards and was prevented government, farmers would said. slot system, 200 tokens are
months away, online sembled. the government to bring es of the DMK government. by the police from proceed be able to take their pro The AIADMK coordinator issued in highvolume sub
gaming would lead to ir Mr. Annamalai said his down the prices. “We will According to him, the ing further. A nearstampede duce to any of the regulated had contended that the levy registrar offices and 100 in
reparable damage by party would organise a show march towards Fort St. Ge Centre had made achieve unfolded on the road, and markets in the State for an of 1% market cess on new other subregistrar offices.
then,” he said in a state of strength by mobilising ov orge if the government does ments in eight years, but one many protesters followed appropriate price. Moreov agricultural produce in reg Under the proposal sent by
ment, and pointed to sev er 10 lakh people in Tiruchi not reduce the prices. You year of DMK rule had be their leader. They also at er, it would help farmers de ulated markets would affect the Inspector General of
eral cases of suicide by to pressure the government [the DMK government] come a bitter experience. tempted to sit on the road as velop an interest in market traders and farmers, and Registration, the State go
those who had lost mo to reduce the prices of petrol agreed to bring down the “In four days, I will come out the police blocked them. In ing their produce. This further urged Chief Minister vernment has fixed ₹5,000
ney in online games. and diesel. The BJP would price of petrol by ₹5 and die with details of corruption in the melee, a slipper was hur would further ensure that M.K. Stalin not to go ahead per token as tatkal fees.
(Assistance for overcom- first organise a fast in all 60 sel by ₹4. Prime Minister Na wind power generation,” he led at the police and the farmers get a higher price with such a move. The The tatkal fees would be
ing suicidal thoughts is party districts if the govern rendra Modi reduced the said. protesters. However, the sit for their produce,” the Mi AIADMK leader had insisted collected under a separate
available on the State’s ment failed to cut the prices prices twice, and the cumu Earlier, BJP workers uation was brought under nister said. that the same should not be head, along with other re
health helpline 104 and in 20 days. “Do what you had lative reduction is ₹14.5 a staged a demonstration on control and Mr. Annamalai The levy of 1% market levied on transactions out gistration fees, and the
Sneha’s suicide prevention promised in your election litre of petrol and ₹17 a litre Rukhmani Lakshmipathy Sa and other leaders walked cess was not new, and had side the regulated markets, window would be open
helpline 044-24640050.) manifesto. We are not asking of diesel. Tamil Nadu has re lai in Egmore. Traffic was not back to their vehicles. been in practice for long, he too. two months in advance.
CM M CH-CHE
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THE HINDU
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Quit Tobacco software launched Refrigerator donated to elders’ home

Timings
CHENNAI
WEDNESDAY, JUN. 01
RISE 05:42 SET 18:32 Special nai Corporation for home tained by the Indian Com
Correspondent less elders. munity Welfare
RISE 06:56 SET 20:15
THURSDAY, JUN. 02 The mobile application will support people in their attempts to abstain CHENNAI
Senior geriatrician and Organisation.
RISE 05:42 SET 18:32 Dr. V.S. Natarajan Geria Padma awardee V.S. Nata Rajasekaran Manima
RISE 07:46 SET 21:05 Special Correspondent 30% of the cancer burden tric Foundation has do rajan handed over the re ran, managing trustee, Dr.
FRIDAY, JUN. 03
CHENNAI among Indian males. Though nated a refrigerator and frigerator. The shelter, V.S. Natarajan Founda
RISE 05:42 SET 18:33 Cancer Institute (WIA) has de the overall prevalence of to health mix for the mem where around 50 persons tion, and S. Venkatarama
RISE 08:37 SET 21:54 signed a free mobile applica bacco use came down from bers of the shelter being are housed, is located at nan, Zonal Health Officer,
tion, Quit Tobacco, to support 16% in 20092010 to 5.2% in run by the Greater Chen Thattankulam and main also participated.
persons in their attempts to 20152016 in Tamil Nadu, the
abstain from the use of tobac use of smokeless form of to
co. Health Minister Ma. Subra bacco (10.6%) among adults in
manian launched the applica the State was higher than that
tion on the occasion of World of smoking (10.5%). This indi
No Tobacco Day on Tuesday. cated that the prevalence of
According to a press re smoking reduced considerably
lease, an estimated 28,64,400 Kicking the habit: A sand sculpture on tobacco awareness on owing to increased awareness,
persons, aged 15 and above, Elliot’s Beach in Besant Nagar. M. KARUNAKARAN * whereas the use of the smoke
use tobacco in some form in less form of tobacco was still
Tamil Nadu. Of them, almost of motivation to quit. It also consultation is available, the higher in parts of the State des
50% are concerned about their keeps track of the financial ex release said. The app has been pite the ban on the products.
tobacco usage. But only 38.9% penditure on tobacco pro completed till the first phase In addition to the launch of
take active steps to quit, while ducts and savings once they and the upgrade to the second the mobile application, Cancer
the rest are unable to take a start abstaining from tobacco. phase is under way. This was Institute organised a sand
decision or do not know how The platform provides de the only tobacco cessation ap sculpture event to promote
to go about it. scriptions of the level of de plication available in Tamil, awareness on the illeffects of
The application was de pendence and offers tips on the release said. tobacco on Elliot’s Beach. A
0 signed on the basis of the lack
of motivation among tobacco
how to manage withdrawal
symptoms, stay away from Tobacco and cancers
campaign at nearly 20 signals
across Chennai was also held.
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ment has plans to conduct
bazaars for selling goods
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Special Correspondent of Narada district, Bihar, and his tion for Women Develop groups on college campuses Mary’s College recently.
CHENNAI associate Jishaf Soren, 33, of Na
The police on Tuesday arrested lagola, West Bengal.
two persons, one from West
Bengal and the other from Bi
har, for sexual assault on a four
Construction workers
Investigation revealed that the A
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yearold girl in Ennore. two worked with the girl’s father
On Monday, the mother of at a construction site in Ennore.
the girl lodged a complaint with They were charged under the
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her fouryearold daughter was Children from Sexual Offences
sexually assaulted by the duo. (POCSO) Act.
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sonnel registered a case and be Avadi Police Commissioner
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THE HINDU
Ford employees face uncertain future, stage protest Nine held for kidnapping
Workers demand better severance package; they seek help from the Tamil Nadu government
realtor from Mangadu
Special Correspondent the car. The gang demanded
Sangeetha Kandavel the plant. One of the protes members said there was the Tamil Nadu government CHENNAI that the family pay ₹1 crore
CHENNAI tors said, “The manage news about plans to use this to immediately look into The police on Tuesday ar as ransom.
With the deadline for wind ment asked us to sign a de plant for making electric this issue and extend help. rested nine persons for al Mr. Suresh Kumar’s rela
ing up operations nearing claration that we will not vehicles, so the union put Last year, on September legedly kidnapping a busi tives quickly alerted the
and with no ray of hope of protest. We refused and we on hold talks for a few days. 9, the U.S.headquartered nessman from his house in Mangadu police. On the or
another company taking ov are all sitting here at the “We were hopeful that we carmaker said it would Kovur near Mangadu. They ders of Avadi Police Com
er the unit, workers at plant.” will get jobs. But in the se cease manufacturing vehi were arrested in Attur near missioner Sandeep Rai
Ford’s Chennai car plant Around six workers who cond week of May, we were cles for sale in India imme Salem. The police recovered Rathore, special teams were
have started a protest de spoke said they were being told that there are no such diately; manufacturing of the car that was used to ab formed to nab the accused.
manding better severance utilised till the company fin plans. And now the compa vehicles for export would duct the victim. After analysing call re
package. Currently, produc ished production of all its ny has indicated that busi wind down at the Sanand The police said Suresh cords, the police traced the
tion at the plant has come to pending cars. “We have fin ness would be wound up by vehicle assembly plant by Kumar, 48, a real estate bu kidnappers and victim to At
a standstill. Employees staying away from work at Ford’s plant in Chennai. ished all the pending work. end of June,” he added. the fourth quarter of 2021 sinessman from Sri Lanka, tur in Salem. The police ar
Those workers who went * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Work on 1,500 cars is pend Sources said the Deputy and the Chennai engine and recently put up his house rested nine persons and res
in for their shift on Monday ing and this will get over in a Labour Commissioner from vehicle assembly plants by for sale. On Monday, 10 men cued Mr. Suresh Kumar. The
refused go to the shop floor us. The management told us the last 36 hours, told The week’s time. So now, the Sriperumbudur visited the the second quarter of 2022. arrived by car to his home in police said the victim’s cou
and started an inhouse agi that if we don’t work, it Hindu. management has started plant and held talks and There was no update from Kovur and enquired about sin had cheated the accused
tation. “We went inside and would be marked as loss of Apart from this, those treating us differently,” one more details would be made Ford’s public relations team the property. After a few mi of over ₹1 crore, and they
said we won’t work until pay,” one of the workers in who came in for the second of them lamented. available tomorrow. on the protest until the sto nutes, they brandished wanted to get it back
they provide a solution to side, who has been there for shift are protesting outside One of the key union The employees requested ry had gone to print. knives and abducted him in through the ransom.
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‘Make workplace wellness a key result area for leaders’ EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
A measure to increase women’s
A recent study from India explores the impact leadership styles have on employees’ mental health
participation in the workforce
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he role of corporate 54% of the leaders believe Leadership traits ganisational support
leaders in promoting leaders who take accounta The study through leadership training. To impact female workforce and also facilitate a safe and
mental health forms bility for the wellbeing of notes that in 1. Automobile sector (34%) participation, Quess Corp hygienic work environment
the crux of a research exer the team would ensure an at herent 2. FMCG (33% ) has partnered with Sustaina for all gendered employees
cise titled ‘All in the Mind: mosphere that organically traits of 3. ECommerce (29% ) ble Menstruation Coalition, and their families, says a
The Leadership Factor 2022’ promotes mental health. leaders and Wellness budgets a global coalition that seeks press release.
commissioned by Gi Group 2. Delegation: 65% em how they Sectors that loosen their to eradicate period poverty. The partnership would
Holding, India. ployees and 55% leaders show up in the purse strings remarkably to To become a “Period Vic extend to schools and educa
Seeking the views of leaders agree apportioning work by workplace have mental promote mental tory” workplace, Quess tional institutes as part of
and employees, the paper matching tasks with skill health implications for health are: would provide access to sus Quess Corp’s CSR arm, Care
spells out how to adopt a lea sets will spare employees employees. 1. IT/ITeS tainable menstruation pro works Foundation (CWF),
dership style that promotes undue stress. Horses bred 1. Leaders who are com (33% ) ducts for women employees; the release adds.
mental health. and trained for jump racing municative/ responsive, sup 2. Con
More than 1000 employees will obviously cut a sorry fi portive, confident, and de sumer dur Mastek brings employees together
and 504 reporting heads/ gure in harness racing. manding are seen to ables (29% )
managers participated in the 3. Responsibility: 61% em positively impact mental Policy support for grand fortieth anniversary fete
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6 TAMIL NADU CHENNAI

THE HINDU
Ramkumar
Ganesan joins T.N. signs MoU with IPPB for ‘Governor not discharging duties’
sons for which the State was
<
> Governor’s
Staff Reporter office
issue with CPI
pensioners’ digital life certificate
CHENNAI
cannot be used to rejecting it. He said many de
The State Platform for Com nullify the people’s tailed submissions had been
leader mon School System Tamil
Nadu (SPCSSTN) has con
mandate made to the government by
the civil society in Tamil Na
P.B. Prince Gajendra Babu
demned Governor R.N. Ravi’s General Secretary, SPCSS-TN du on why NEP 2020 should
Chennai
India Post Payments Bank to render doorstep services at ₹70 per certificate speech at the convocation of not be implemented. Point
Tamil Nadu Open University NEP 2020 and not discharg ing out that the DMK made its
Film producer Ramkumar Special Correspondent
Ganesan, son of the late CHENNAI <
> Over 7.15 lakh State
government
on Monday, in support of im
plementing the National Edu
ing his duties as per the Con
stitution of India.
opposition to NEP 2020 clear
in its election manifesto, he
thespian Sivaji Ganesan, on The Tamil Nadu govern cation Policy 2020 (NEP). The Governor had said said it was the mandate of the
pensioners/family
Tuesday joined issue with ment signed a Memoran In a statement on Tuesday, many were opposing NEP elected government to fulfil
pensioners submit their
CPI state secretary R. dum of Understanding P.B. Prince Gajendra Babu, 2020 as they had not read it its promise. The office of the
Mutharasan, for allegedly life certificate during
(MoU) with the India Post general secretary of the or fully. Mr. Babu was of the Governor cannot be used to
criticising Prime Minister Payments Bank (IPPB) for July, August and
ganisation, alleged that the view that the Governor had nullify the people’s mandate,
Narendra Modi by invoking obtaining life certificate September every year
Governor was propagating not fully understood the rea he added.
the actor’s name. from pensioners through for annual mustering
Mr. Ramkumar, who re doorstep services of the
cently joined the BJP, said Postal Department. during the last two years.
his father was a friend of Recently, the State go The MoU was signed in
communist leaders and vernment issued orders for the presence of Finance Mi
had supported them. “If Si five modes of annual mus nister Palanivel Thiaga Ra
vaji Ganesan is among us tering of pensioners during jan, Finance Secretary N.
now, he would not have re July to September this year, Muruganandam, Commis
turned any of his hard won including the doorstep ser MOU was signed in the presence of Finance Minister Palanivel sioner of Treasuries and Ac
awards as he would have vices of the IPPB, for obtain Thiaga Rajan and others. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
*
counts T.N. Venkatesh,
become a supporter of our ing digital life certificate Chief General Manager of
Prime Minister and the BJP. through Jeevan Pramaan Over 7.15 lakh State govern tions— direct mustering IPPB Limited Gurusharan
He also would have stood Portal to avoid the hardship ment pensioners/family (physical appearance); sub Rai Bansal, Chief Postmas
by me and my decision to
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of coming in person for pensioners submit their life mission of life certificate ter General Tamil Nadu Cir
become a member of the aged pensioners/family certificate during July, Au through post; and digital life cle B. Selvakumar, Assistant
BJP,” he said. “Praising Mr. pensioners. gust and September every certificate (DLC) through General Manager, IPPB Ltd
Sivaji is fine, but do not use As per the agreement, year for annual mustering. Jeevan Pramaan Portal by Tamil Nadu Circle N.R. Di
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his name to slander and vil the IPPB would render the As of now, mustering can using biometric device. vakara, Postmaster General
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ify other people. He is doorstep services at a cost be done by pensioners/fa Due to COVID19 pan Chennai City Region G. Nat
much greater than your of ₹70 per digital life certifi mily pensioners by exercis demic, exemption from an arajan and other senior offi
cause,” he added. cate, an official release said. ing any one of three op nual mustering was granted cials.
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to grow at AIADMK’s expense Correspondent

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for the year ended
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NLC India Ltd., PSU had posted a net
(NLCIL), a Navaratna profit of ₹1,237 crore.
Party engaged in ‘doubledealing’ on interState disputes, he says Public Sector Under Its total income in
CHENNAI
Mr. Ponnaiyan wanted the IT
wing of the AIADMK to expose
taking (PSU), has post
ed a 22% growth in its
creased by 19% to
touch ₹10,662 crore.
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Former Minister and the the attitude of the BJP through
AIADMK’s organisation secre social media and urged mem
tary C. Ponnaiyan on Tuesday bers of his party to be vigilant.
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for seeking to grow at the ex ‘Change policies’
pense of his party in the State. The former Minister advised the
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Addressing a twoday work BJP to change its policies in fa

shop organised by the the par vour of Tamil Nadu. “Only then
ty’s Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai for can it grow here,” he added.
its officebearers, Mr. Ponnaiyan R.B. Udhayakumar, secretary of
said even though the BJP was the Peravai and former Revenue
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“an ally” of his party, its growth Minister, said nearly 20 speak
would “not augur well for the ers had addressed the workshop
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AIADMK, Tamil Nadu and Dravi C. Ponnaiyan and they included Lok Sabha’s
dian policies.” former Deputy Speaker, M.
Accusing the BJP of working periyar dam. The Karnataka un Thambidurai, former Ministers
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against Tamil Nadu’s rights, he it of the BJP had been against D. Jayakumar, S.P. Velumani, P.
said the national party had been giving water to Tamil Nadu Thangamani, Gokula Indira and
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doing “doubledealing” on in while the State unit of the na B. Valarmathi, and former
terState disputes, concerning tional party here remained a Chennai Mayor Saidai Duraisa
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CHENNAI
SOUTH 7
Sitharaman,
Jaggesh file Lowest voter turnout at Thrikkakara Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
RS papers
Press Trust of India
Final voting
figures of the
One held in fake video case
Bengaluru
Union Finance Minister

byelection in Special Correspondent
Kochi
40, of Kottakkal. He is
reportedly an IUML
Nirmala Sitharaman and Kerala is 68.75% The Kochi city police on sympathiser and has
actorpolitician Jaggesh of Special Correspondent Tuesday nabbed the key criminal antecedents having
the BJP were among the KOCHI accused suspected of previously booked for cases
prominent faces to file Notwithstanding what ap creating the fake Twitter registered under IPC 302
their nominations for the peared to be a blistering start profile used to upload a fake (murder) and 307 (attempt
June 10 Rajya Sabha polls to voting with long queues in video of Left Democratic to murder), the police said.
from Karnataka on Tues front of most of the polling Front (LDF) candidate Jo “Our technical team has
day, as the contest heats up booths in the initial hours, Joseph on social media. confirmed that he is the one
for the fourth seat. the final voting figures of The accused, taken into who created the fake
While Ms. Sitharaman is 68.75% in the byelection in custody from Coimbatore in profile,” the police said. So
seeking reelection from the Thrikkakara Assembly the wee hours, was far, seven persons have been
Karnataka, for Mr. Jaggesh, constituency in Kerala held Patient wait: People standing in a queue to vote for the identified as Abdul Latheef, arrested in the case.
a former MLA and MLC, on Tuesday eventually fell Thrikkakara bypoll on Tuesday. THULASI KAKKAT *
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
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Forecast for Wednesday: Heavy rainfall likely at isolated places
the Upper House of election voter turnout of ing stations. of momentum in the after next hour when polling low 50% in some of the over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura,
Parliament. 70.39%. With the rain staying noon probably owing to the reached 57.17%. It further booths. Sikkim, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar
Among the others who In fact, it was the lowest away, the voter turnout hot and humid conditions. dipped slightly in the next Voting percentage among Islands. Thunderstorm with lightning likely at isolated places
filed papers on Tuesday, voter turnout since the con touched 8.15% at the end of The average hourly turnout couple of hours to touch male voters consistently ex over Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Vidarbha, Karnataka, Tamil
the last day to do so, were stituency was formed in the first hour raising the of voters fell below the 7% 66.78% by 5 p.m. ceeded that of their female Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep
the BJP’s third candidate 2011. In 2011, the polling was spectre of a potential record mark for the first time as the The low voter turnout in counterparts through the city rain max min city rain max min
Agartala................ 3....34.8....25.6 Kozhikode.................... —....34.6....25.9
and outgoing MLC Lehar 73.76% followed by 74.71%, turnout. It rose to 15.97% at 9 polling figures crept to Kochi Corporation areas day, though the latter held Ahmedabad ........... —....41.6....27.8 Kurnool ....................... —....38.4....28.0
Singh Siroya, and former which remains the highest a.m. and then to 23.75% an 45.77% at 1 p.m. within the constituency the upper hand in terms of Aizawl................... —....27.2....21.4 Lucknow...................... —....41.0....29.4
MP D. Kupendra Reddy ever turnout till day. hour after. A steady flow of In the next hour, less than seems to have dragged down absolute numbers. But that Allahabad.............. —....43.6....30.2 Madurai ....................... —....37.0....26.0
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Bengaluru .......... 6.9....30.4....20.6 Mangaluru ................. 14....31.0....22.6
from the JD(S). Out of the total electorate voters continued as polling 6% voters turned out at the the voting percentage. was unsurprising consider Bhopal .................. —....41.0....29.2 Mumbai ....................... —....34.4....29.0
Congress candidates of 1,96,805, just 1,35,294 ex reached 31.54% at 11 a.m. and polling booths taking the vot While in most booths in ing that female voters ex Bhubaneswar......... —....38.0....27.7 Mysuru ........................ 5....32.8....21.0
filed their nominations on ercised their franchise. Poll 39.34% at noon. ing to 51.47% at 2 p.m. The the Corporation areas polled ceeded their male counter Chandigarh ........... —....42.5....29.7 New Delhi ................. 18....39.4....20.4
Chennai ................ —....39.3....29.0 Patna .......................... —....38.6....27.2
Monday itself. ing was held across 239 poll However, polling lost a bit same trend continued in the less than 60%, it even fell be parts by 1,01,530 to 95,274.
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Coimbatore ........... —....34.0....24.0 Port Blair................... 12....31.9....25.7
Dehradun .............. —....37.9....23.8 Puducherry .................. —....36.5....26.5
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Gangtok ............. 0.5....22.0....16.9 Pune............................ —....37.7....24.2
Special CBI court in Delhi Lingayat, Dalit communities Goa....................... —....34.1....26.4

Guwahati .............. 6....34.8....26.0
Hubballi ................ —....32.0....22.0
Raipur ...................... 5.6....42.4....28.2
Ranchi ......................... —....37.8....25.6
Shillong.................... 0.1....24.7....16.7
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Hyderabad ............ —....39.0....27.6 Shimla......................... —....31.4....19.6
summons D.K. Shivakumar take objection to new textbooks Imphal ................ 12....31.4....21.5
Jaipur ................... —....41.8....31.5
Kochi .................... —....31.0....25.2
Kohima ............... 22....24.6....15.6
Srinagar....................... —....24.7....13.7
Thiruvananthapuram...... 0.7....31.8....24.7
Tiruchi......................... 9....36.6....25.0
Vijayawada .................. —....43.0....28.4
Kolkata ................. —....34.6....28.1 Visakhapatnam ............. —....34.0....30.2
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Staff Reporter which the Congress leader Jayanth R. textbook has edited out Ba says he reformed Veerashai (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)
New Delhi was granted bail. Bengaluru savanna’s criticism of caste va mata, which is wrong,” he Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
A Special CBI court in Delhi Significantly, the ED’s The way lessons on Basavan hierarchy and that he start wrote, warning the Chief Mi CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
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on Tuesday took cognisance case was triggered by the na and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ed the Lingayat religion. nister that an agitation Ahmedabad..... .59 .40 42 ... 37 .100 ....*
Bengaluru ....... .19 .74 14 ... 66 ...86 ....* In observation made at 4.00
of a chargesheet filed by the chargesheet filed by the In have been edited in the new Panditaradhya Shivacharya would become inevitable if Chennai .......... ...6 .26 50 ... 35 ...54 ....* p.m., Bihar Sharif, Bihar
recorded an overall air
Enforcement Directorate come Tax authorities in textbooks in Karnataka have Swami of Sanehalli Math has the text is not corrected. Delhi .............. ...5 ..— 59 . 316 .303 ....* quality index (AQI) score of
(ED) against Congress leader 2018. The probe agency has drawn the ire of Lingayat written an open letter to In another lesson “Gand Hyderabad ...... .36 .28 14 ... 68 .134 ....* 362 indicating an unhealthy
D.K. Shivakumar in a money

laundering case that origi
alleged that a large amount
of Mr. Shivakumar’s wealth
and Dalit communities, res
pectively, and members of
Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai in which he has
A hi Yuga Mattu Rashtreeya
Horata”, text on Ambedkar
Kolkata ........... .11 .12 19 ... 77 .102 ....*
Lucknow ......... ...6 .65 33 . 238 .180 ....*
Mumbai .......... ...6 ...3 19 . 143 .265 ....*
level of pollution. In
contrast, Gadag, Karnataka
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Visakhapatnam ...— ..— .— .....— .....— ....—
complaint filed by the In and 2018 during his tenure tened Statewide protests if been edited. “Lines like Ba caste system, he quit the Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
come Tax authorities in 2018 D.K. Shivakumar as the Power Minister of the the “misinformation” is not savanna was a strong critic Hindu Dharma and accepted SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
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on allegations of tax evasion Karnataka government and removed. This comes close of caste hierarchy who Buddha Dharma, which is a making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
and facilitating hawala tran kumar had also been sum contracts granted during on the heels of members of threw the sacred thread af part of Indian tradition and and monuments.
sactions. moned by the court in this this time are under the agen the Vokkaliga community ter the ceremony, that he had opposed caste hierar NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
Special CBI judge Vikas case on July 1. cy’s scanner. Moreover, the taking serious objection to propounded Veerashaiva chies”, being replaced with: reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
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Dhull took cognisance of The ED had filed this char ED has said that contracts statements by Rohith Chak philosophy based on hu “In his old age, he quit Hin critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
charges under Section 3 of gesheet before a Delhi court granted to companies while rathirtha, chairperson of the manitarian values setting du Dharma and accepted dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
the Prevention of Money last week. The probe agency Mr. Shivakumar was the Ur textbook review committee. aside all the rituals and hie Buddha Dharma that is part PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
Laundering Act, Special Pu had also arrested Mr. Shiva ban Development Minister The “Bharatada Mata Pra rarchy in the original vaidika of the Indian tradition”. Da lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature
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said, adding that Mr. Shiva tember 2019, following also under their scanner. vised Class IX social science moved. Also the new text down heavily on this edit.
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A judicial course that calls for introspection

On a constitutional plane, the verdict in ‘Perarivalan’ deserves a relook or review as it stands on wobbly foundations
ty of the same. Article 161 con the circumstances of the case the final arbiter of the Constitution
sciously provides a ‘discretion’ to when the Constitution conferred (Article 245) could not have
Caution first the Governor in taking a final call,

even if it was not wide enough to
express power on the Governor
alone, for grant of pardon, remis
trumped Article 161 with Article
142, which is constitutionally jar
overrule the advice, but it certain sion, etc., under Article 161. In the ring. It is usurpation of power of
The UIDAI should not downplay the possibility ly provides latitude to send back case on hand, the Bench found another pillar of democracy. With
of leaked Aadhaar numbers being misused V. Parthiban any resolution for reconsidera fault with the Governor not having utmost respect, the constitutional
tion, if, in his opinion, the resolu taken a decision on the recom course, if at all, may have been to
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ment withdrew a notification from a Unique Identifi tion conflicted with constitutional mendation of remission by the put it back in the lap of the Gover
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he recent decision of the Su ends. In M.P. Special Police Esta- State Cabinet for a long time. The nor with a nudge and a wink to ‘de
cation Authority of India (UIDAI) office cautioning
preme Court of India in the blishment (2004 (8) SCC P.788) a fault of the Governor became cide’ within a reasonable timeline.
people against sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar case of A.G. Perarivalan and Constitution Bench had held that more intense in the opinion of the
card, just two days after the advisory was issued, claim the Rajiv Gandhi assassination the “Concept of Governor acting Bench, when the Governor even Forgotten sentiments
ing that it would be “misinterpreted”. The May 27 not case has stirred up a hornet’s nest in his discretion or exercising in mission in respect of the offences tually referred the matter to the The Tamil Nadu State Assembly re
ification that was issued by the Bengaluru Regional Of for its constitutional righteousness dependent judgment is not alien committed by the convicts under President of India for his decision, solution dated September 9, 2018
fice of the UIDAI urged people to use the masked and establishing its supremacy as to the constitution”. the Arms Act, 1959, the Explosive after sitting over the recommenda and the consequent Cabinet re
Aadhaar number facility — that can be downloaded the final arbiter of enforcing con Substances Act, 1908, the Pass tion for more than two years. commendation was to ‘respect Ta
stitutional discipline. The decision Implication of ‘consultation’ ports Act, 1967, the Foreigners Act, mil sentiments’. What of the senti
from the UIDAI website — and which displays only the
has been hailed by some major In the other Constitution Bench 1946, etc., besides Section 302, is Deeper examination needed ments of the victims of the crime?
last four digits of the Aadhaar number. This was a sen political parties as a blow for judgment in Sriharan’s case (2016 in wobbly terrain. The entire investigation of the An oft forgotten genre, as Justice
sible advisory. The masked Aadhaar facility has been in federalism. (7) SCC P.1), arising out of the core According to the decision, it is a crime was by the Central Bureau V.R. Krishna Iyer pithily put it in
place since 2018 and this came about following a report of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination simple murder attracting Section of Investigation alone. In the teeth his purple prose, “It is a weakness
by the Centre for Internet and Society that publicly Court’s extraordinary route itself, one of the references placed 302 of the IPC and therefore the of the specific ruling in Sriharan, of our jurisprudence that the vic
available datasets had sensitive details such as full Aad The Court has treaded the extraor for consideration was whether the Governor’s decision to forward with reference to the invocation of tims of crime and the distress of
haar number details and also included bank account dinary constitutional route under term ‘consultation’ stipulated in the recommendation to the Presi power by the State government in the dependents of the prisoners
Article 142. The power to do ‘com Section 435 Cr.P.C. implies ‘con dent is against the letter and spirit terms of Sections 432 and 433 of do not attract the attention of law”
details of individuals. The dangers of providing the full
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plete justice’, for grant of remis currence’. It was held that the of Article 161 — meaning it is Cr.P.C, the power exercisable by (1980 (SCR)(1) P.846). The Bench
Aadhaar number to several agencies — the use of the sion and consequent premature word ‘consultation’ means ‘con against the spirit of federalism en the Governor under Article 161 in has regretfully bid farewell to such
Aadhaar card and the number for various purposes to release. The Bench decided to ex currence’ of the Central govern visaged in the Constitution. Such respect of the subject matter is not humane inputs.
day has only multiplied exponentially — are evident in ercise the power of grant of par ment. The Constitution Bench reasoning, with respect, amount so clear and obvious as ruled by To portray the remission as to
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the way these numbers have been used by fraudsters don, remission et al., exclusively highlighted that there are situa ed to reductionism, oversimplifi the Bench. Whether what the State what it was not in the State is a sad
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for criminal purposes such as identity theft, Know Your conferred on the President of In tions where consideration of re cation of the commission of hei government could not achieve di fallout the lawlords on the pulpit
Customer (KYC)related fraud among others in recent dia and State Governors under Ar mission would have transborder nous offence against the Indian rectly by invoking Sections 432 may not have bargained for. And
ticles 72 and 161. In the teeth of ramifications and wherever a cen state by the convict as coconspira and 433 of Cr.P.C, without concur on the constitutional plane, this
years, and which have been documented in news re
foundational bedrock and corner tral agency was involved, the opi tor, viewing it as an ordinary crime rence of Centre could be allowed verdict deserves a relook, even a
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ports. The UIDAI has itself registered far more potential stone of separation of powers viz. nion of the Central government clothing the executive of the state to take a contrived route vide Arti review, as it stands on wobbly
fraud cases related to the issue highlighted above in re Parliament/Legislature, Executive must prevail. with the power of pardon, remis cle 161 and achieve its objectives is foundations built with creaky
cent years compared to the past. Other scams that are and Judiciary, whether the course Basing its conclusion on the le sion regardless of its transborder a pertinent issue. This aspect re credence.
of a higher order have also been revealed recently, re adopted by the Bench to do expe gal position that the subject matter repercussions and the integrity/se quires deeper judicial examina In 2016 (1) SCC P.463 (Rajbala vs
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lated to biometrics theft that have allowed scamsters to dient justice is constitutional calls (Section 302 in the Indian Penal curity of the country. Surprisingly, tion for the sake of constitutional State of Haryana), the top court
steal welfare benefits at the expense of genuine benefi for introspection. Code) murder, falls within Lists II nothing has been said on this vital clarity. presciently wrote, “A judge should
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ciaries. The Internet is rife with leaked data and this The predominant purpose of and III (State and Concurrent lists) aspect in the order. The second aspect is the delay always bear in mind that errone
this article is not Perarivalancen of the Seventh Schedule to the in taking a decision by the Gover ous and fallacious exercise of dis
poses a major threat to user privacy.
tric, as a convict, or whether the Constitution, the learned judges Article and issues nor in the matter. The Constitu cretion is perceived by a visible
The UIDAI has, however, been ambivalent about the cry of an agonising mother de concluded that the State was fully Having unprecedentedly conclud tion does not lay down any time collective.” — the visible collective
inherent dangers in the indiscriminate use of the Aad
haar number or the Aadhaar card by citizens, as evi
denced in its series of flipflops on the issue even before
served relief or not. The focus is
only to evaluate the constitutional
ity of the decision in the context of
empowered to take a call and re
commend remission in this case.
If it is a simple case of being a A
ed that the executive of the state is
competent to decide, the Bench
invoked Article 142 of the Constitu
frame for the Governor to act on
the advice of the Council of
Ministers.
being We The People.
The evolving principle of consti
tutional moralism and justice dis
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this latest withdrawal notice. There seems to be a con Article 142. Section 302 crime, the reason for tion to usurp the power of the Go In a case like the present one, a pensation by the constitutional
tradiction of views within the authority on the issue of The power under Article 161 is finding fault with the Governor’s vernor of the State under Article long consultative process was im courts may as well heed the dis
exercisable in relation to matters decision to forward the recom 161. There are momentous issues perative due to several litigations tressed cries of the real and imper
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potential misuse of the Aadhaar number. On the one

to which the executive power of mendation to the President may that are flagged on the exercise of repeatedly being pursued at the ceptible victims before showering
hand, in statements advising caution and user discre the state extends. While the Gover be constitutionally correct. But the power of remission under Arti instance of the convicts, under their grace on the perceptible
tion in revealing one’s Aadhaar number, it is seeking to nor is bound by the advice of the the larger controversy as to wheth cle 142, by the Supreme Court in one legal pretext or the other. offenders.
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treat these as sensitive information just like the biomet Council of Ministers (Article 163), er the Governor in his exercise of the present factual context. In any event, even if the delay
rics provided by citizens to the authority. Yet, on the the binding nature of such advice power under Article 161 is compe The first is whether Article 142 was constitutionally inexcusable Justice V. Parthiban is a retired judge of
other, it has sought to universalise the open use of the will depend on the constitutionali tent at all, to grant pardon or re could be invoked by the Court in or was vulnerable to challenge, the Madras High Court
Aadhaar as an identity document with missionary zeal
Shining a light on Germany’s stand in the Ukraine war

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lence does not help at all. The UIDAI must popularise
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the use of the masked Aadhaar facility as a start and

rethink ways to tighten the scrutiny over how Aadhaar
Deciding on a course of action could mean modification of several decades of its mainly noninterventionist policy
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numbers are issued and utilised even as law enforce

ment agencies crack down on data leaks and websites conservatives, then in alliance for weapons of all kinds to defend liament, Rolf Mützenich, who built
with the Social Democrats, had re itself, Germany has hardly anyth his career in the belief of a world
carrying unmasked Aadhaarrelated information.
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dent Vladimir Putin might be de been decommissioned a decade icism in the media and among the
terred if offered concessions ago and for which there is no am public, the views of dignitaries
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Amit Das Gupta & Moscow, for the first time since current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz,
For civil service to be truly representative, Krishnan Srinivasan 1990, had created a new border in Near taboo subjects appear indecisive, because he can
Europe in 2014 with the annexa Apart from such practicalities, not rule in favour of arms deliver
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aking another step towards equity, three women, he Russian invasion of Uk project, Nord Stream 2, between way of steering a different course, tance within his own party.
Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Sin raine has sent shockwaves Russia and Germany, was ap which can be observed through The Green Party is prone to fac
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gla, secured the first, second and third ranks, res through the world, especial proved and almost operational out German society. After Hitler, ing a similar dilemma; its Ministers
pectively, in the 2021 Civil Services examinations con ly in Europe, being the region ised. In regard to the warnings Germans struggled hard to be in the cabinet are the most outspo
most immediately affected. The about possible Russian intentions, category falls under the term come likeable in the world, and to ken in supporting Ukraine by wha
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countries close to the Russian bor the German government believed ‘peacedividend’, after overcom be regarded as democratic, paci tever means available, but there is
(UPSC). Considered one of the toughest examinations der, namely the Baltic states and that it understood Russia better ing the Cold War and Germany’s fist, cooperative, understanding growing discontent among its pac
to crack, the girls emerged successfully at the top in Poland, had long warned against than the rest of the world, which partition, surrounded by friends and helpful. As a result, military ifistminded supporters, who do
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their second attempt, and in the case of the second such a possibility, which they con eventually turned out to be wish without any hostile neighbours. force, power politics and national not support the argument that the
ranker, in her third try. All three women agreed that it sidered the next step after the an ful thinking. And the second was the German interest have become almost ta victims of an invasion require to
was a long, difficult and challenging journey. With 10 of nexation of Crimea in 2014 and the Gandhian dream of a world with boo subjects, and declining to be be supported. Germany is an im
the top 25 rankholders being women, there is a lot to monthlong Russian military An over and underestimation out any arms, an especially attrac involved in conflict has become portant member of the European
buildup along the border. The The lack of realistic thinking in fo tive concept for a people who had the national mantra. Defending Union and the North Atlantic Trea
celebrate — and ponder over. According to the latest All
Germans, the strongest European reign affairs in a country holding initiated, and suffered most from, the national interest, such as the ty Organization, but is extremely
India Survey on Higher Education report, published by economy and the key nation for archrealist Otto von Bismarck in the destruction of Europe in two protection of export opportunities conflicted on how deeply it should
the Ministry of Education for 20192020, the gross en the European Union, however re high esteem might appear absurd world wars in the 20th century. which are the basis of German be involved in supporting Ukraine.
rolment ratio in higher education for the female popu mained indifferent, regarding for an India struggling with two The consequences of these pac wealth, by sending the navy to Deciding on such a course of ac
lation is 27.3%, compared to 26.9% for males. In this such warnings as exaggerated powerful neighbours with nuclear ific views have now become more protect certain shipping routes tion will mean a further modifica
backdrop, women comprised only 26% — or 177 — of the alarmism. weapons as a fact of life in this cen visible. Despite being one of the was approved by the Parliament, tion of several decades of a mainly
total of 685 candidates recommended by the UPSC for This attitude was not only the tury. While the Germans, based on richest countries, Germany but condemned as a relapse into noninterventionist policy.
fault of the current Federal Go a particular mindset, have overes starved its armed forces financial military adventurism in large sec
appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),
vernment, formed by the Social timated their influence on the ly. The Army has a highly dimin tions of the media. Amit Das Gupta is a scholar in the Federal
Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) Democrats, the Green Party and Kremlin and underestimated Mr. ished number of serviceable heli This same attitude is found even Army University Munich.
and Central Services, Group A and B. This skewed sta Liberals. Former Chancellor Ange Putin’s security obsessions over copters, submarines or artillery. among leading Social Democrats Krishnan Srinivasan is a former Indian
tistic must change because public service offers a un la Merkel’s Christian Democrat the past three decades. The first As a result, while Ukraine pleads such as their chairman in the Par Foreign Secretary
ique opportunity to bring about social change, and wo
men can drive this, especially in a country where girls
often have to drop out of school for a variety of reasons,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
from poverty, early marriage to lack of toilets. To read more letters
Ms. Sharma hails from Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Ms. UPSC examination determination of women to the future of our society. the administrative reforms, country. Interfaith relations online, scan the QR code
It is women’s power to the walk the extra mile and Women have been found to one cannot accept that the have come under great strain
Agarwal from Kolkata and Ms. Singla from Sunam (Pun
fore with Shruti Sharma, achieve success. For be not only less corrupt but requirement of personnel is now. The country becomes ■ The award has created
jab), and each of their stories is that of struggle and per Ankita Agarwal and Gamini decades, the allIndia civil also better administrators — coming down by the year. the loser when the Prime interest in the Indian
sistence. It has been a hardfought battle for women to Singla topping the 2021 Civil services has remained a male at least from the ordinary Are vacancies being Minister is on the wrong side languages. It is a fact that
come this far in the IAS, and sometimes a trickier road Services examination (Page bastion. Women are proving citizen’s point of view. underreported, thereby of the ideological battle. As there are many gifted writers
awaits them once inside the steel framework of the ad 1, May 31).It is also themselves to be equally Another notable aspect is enabling the Government for ‘the fast track of but who write in other
ministrative setup. If three women are at the top today, heartening that more efficient administrators. that more women could have (and probably State development’ Mr. Modi has Indian languages. They are
they have a lot to thank trailblazers such as Anna Rajam women are breaking the There is no doubt that the begun looking for a career in governments also) to cut spoken of, its benefits have not known because their
glass ceiling and bagging success stories will propel the civil services. One can expenditure without it being not tangibly percolated to stories are not translated into
Malhotra (née George), the first woman to join the In
key positions in the many to dream big and only hope that this healthy noticed? the impoverished millions to English. Hence, there is a
dian Administrative Service in 1951, or C.B. Muthamma, corporate world as well. achieve their goals. trend would continue and P. Mangalachandran, improve their quality of life. need for translators who can
the first woman to join the IFS in 1948 who fought a N.J. Ravi Chander, M. Jeyaram, more and more women join West Ponniam, Kannur, Kerala The ‘Suffering India’ still popularise the works of
landmark case in the Supreme Court of India when she Bengaluru Sholavandan, Tamil Nadu the civil services. awaits the much promised these authors. The Tamil
was looked over for a promotion for Ambassador, or Kosaraju Chandramouli, Eight-year rule Acche din. Nadu government should
It is heartening to note that This time, women Hyderabad What is it that has translate the works of Tamil
even Anita Kaul who worked tirelessly to champion the ■ ■ G. David Milton,
Right to Education Act 2009 which made education a the top ranks have been aspirants have raised the bar. distinguished the eightyear Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu writers to English and
secured by women. Women According to media reports ■ It is a delight that women rule of Narendra Modi from popularise Tamil literature.
fundamental right for every child. The early part of a ci
holding positions of many of them pursued their have done well in the Union that preceding it? It has Booker prize K.S. Sundaram,
vil servant’s career is usually spent in rural or semiur leadership augurs well for goals despite problems such Public Service Commission’s made Hindutva central to The Booker Prize this year Coimbatore
ban India, giving her a vantage point over issues includ our country. What is even as additional responsibilities. Civil Services Examination. Indian politics. No other going to Ms. Geethajali Shree
ing women’s health, literacy, economic independence, more gratifying is the fact Their success stories will But, at the same time, it period since Independence for her Hindi novel is a bit of IPL 2022
caste and gender disparities that are in need of reforms that young brilliant minds inspire young minds to chase appears that the number of has seen India’s retreat from surprise as she was a dark Like the previous editions,
or policy intervention but are often overlooked due to still find the civil services to their dreams come what candidates succeeding is secularism as a result of the horse till the end. Also the the 15th edition of the
lack of a proper understanding. To achieve this, educa be a huge draw. Well done, may. dwindling by the year — 685 implementation of the prize is a first for Hindi. The cashrich IPL league has
women. Well done, UPSC. Dr. D.V.G. Sankararao, candidates in the published Hindutva agenda as Mr. translator deserves equal produced some gems. The
tion is the key. Also, if civil service has to represent all Nellimarla, Andhra Pradesh
Balasubramaniam Pavani, results. What is happening? I Modi’s tenure as Prime praise for the translation. IPL continues to better itself
sections of the population, of which half are women, Secunderabad remember that during the Minister. The situation is so There is no doubt that the and provides a wonderful
their representation in the services too must increase at ■ It is a measure of the extent late 1970s and 1980s, i.e. worrisome now that hate award has renewed interest avenue for emerging players
all levels of the bureaucracy, starting with the highest ■ That women have done of awareness, advancement during my days as a young speeches and targeted in Indian literature. to learn with the veterans.
rung. well is heartening for it is and progress of Indian aspirant, it used to be around attacks are considered as a A.V. Narayanan, Satish Reddy Kanaganti,
testimony to the grit and the women and augurs well for 800 on average. Whatever be measure of one’s love for the Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu Tipparthy, Nalgonda, Telangana
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India’s EV ambition rides on three wheels Engaging academic lawyers

The EV policies put in place by some States as part of FAME-II have been instrumental in driving this growth Both the judiciary and the executive have rarely employed
the expertise of Indian law professors
essentially associated with personal
use, consumers are justifiably appre the Supreme Court. But no law professor has
hensive in adopting such vehicles gi ever been appointed as a Supreme Court
ven the host of issues which come judge. Compare this with countries like the
with it. The recent incidents of fires U.S. where several law professors have
in escooters have added to the ap served as judges of the Supreme Court.
Soumyadeep Kundu prehension. Reliable manufacturers Second, India has rarely nominated a law
& Soumya Roy with proven track records in the two Prabhash Ranjan professor to international judicial and legal
wheeler and fourwheeler EV space bodies like the ICJ and the Appellate Body of
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in India are hard to come by. This In a case involving the interpretation of the the World Trade Organization. India has pre
India’s push for electric vehicles further adds to the supply side Copyright Act of 1957, Justice Prathiba M. ferred to send retired judges, government la
(EVs) was renewed when phaseII of crunch and there are very few affor Singh of the Delhi High Court has appointed wyers, or superannuated bureaucrats to
the Faster Adoption and Manufactur dable offerings for the consumer. Arul George Scaria, a law professor, as an these bodies compared to other liberal de
ing of (Hybrid and) Electric (FAME) expert to assist the court. Prof. Scaria’s ap mocracies which routinely nominate law
Vehicles scheme in India, with an Issues to be addressed pointment is an opportunity to assess the professors to these organisations. This is
outlay of ₹10,000 crore, was ap The current policies in place at the role of law professors in society. The core oc despite India producing iconic international
proved in 2019. This was significant vehicles in India. At the current rate, emption of 100% and on registration State level, which are focused on ac cupation of a law professor is to teach and law professors like B.S. Chimni, R.P. Anand
since phaseI, launched in 2015, was ethreewheelers are expected to fees. Assam, Delhi and West Bengal celerating adoption of EVs among push the frontiers of knowledge through re and V.S. Mani, whose work is cited globally.
approved with an outlay of ₹895 breach the 5lakh target by 2023. Gi have linked incentives to the battery consumers, have spurred an ethree search and scholarly engagements. But they Third, the Modi government has been
crore. India was doubling down on ven the success of ethreewheelers, size (in kWh) with additional benefits wheeler dominance. However, this have much more to offer provided the sys heard championing the lateral entry of ex
its EV ambitions, focusing on cultiv it is worth taking a closer look at their on interest rate on loans and scrap has come at some costs. A major one tem gives them the right opportunities. Do perts in the government to replace generalist
ating demand for EVs at home while dominant position, how they got page incentives in some cases. U.P. is adequate passenger safety. Subse India’s judiciary and the executive employ bureaucrats for work that requires a high le
also developing its own indigenous here, and what India’s EV policy can has gone a different way with its sub quent EV policies must therefore pay the expertise of law professors? vel of domain expertise. But there is rarely
EV manufacturing industry which do to sustain their success and ex sidies, offering 100% interestfree special attention to this issue. Local The examples of their doing so are spo an example of a law professor being induct
could cater to this demand. tend it to the other categories. loans to State government em manufacturing enterprises often lack radic. Shamnad Basheer, a celebrated aca ed as a fulltime expert in any of the minis
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Initially envisioned for three The EV registrations data show ployees for purchasing EVs in the the necessary resources or the motiv demic in the field of intellectual property tries. Fourth, India’s constitutional courts
years, FAMEII got a twoyear exten that Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Uttar Pra State and 30% subsidy on the road ation to invest in design develop law, who died at 43, assisted the Supreme seldom appoint academics to serve as ami-
sion in June 2021 owing to a number desh and West Bengal account for price of EVs to families with a single ments focusing on safety. Lack of Court as an ‘academic intervenor’ in Novar- cus curiae or as experts to assist the courts in
of factors including the pandemic. It close to 80% of all ethreewheeler girl child. To promote sales of EVs proper oversight from regulatory bo tis v. Union of India (2012). Aparna Chandra comprehending difficult questions of law.
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aims to support 10 lakh etwowheel registrations, with U.P. accounting manufactured within the State, U.P. dies over these manufacturers add to and Mrinal Satish served as amicus curiae Contrary to the practice of courts in other
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ers, 5 lakh ethreewheelers, 55,000 for close to 40% of all registrations. exempts SGST on all such vehicles. It the woes. Future policies must there before the Delhi High Court. Legendary aca liberal democracies, Indian courts largely re
efourwheeler passenger cars and Of these five States, Assam, Delhi, has outlined incentives to promote fore incorporate appropriate design demics such as Upendra Baxi and Lotika Sar ly on the expertise of the Indian Bar.
7,000 ebuses. Three years into U.P., and West Bengal have formal EV manufacturing in the State. Bi and passenger safety standards. kar have voluntarily intervened in matters of
FAMEII, the numbers have been lag ised EV policies while Bihar has a har’s draft EV policy too has been While the current Statelevel policies importance, compelling courts to take them Why partner with academics?
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ging far behind the original three draft policy with a final policy due to drafted along similar lines: it focuses have been instrumental in increasing up. On select occasions, the Supreme Court Often, constitutional courts grapple with
year target. As a part of FAMEII, the be introduced later in 2022. Inciden on adoption and manufacturing. local ethreewheeler manufactur has appointed law professors such as Mool challenging legal questions. Answering these
government has made a push for in tally, these five States are character These States have performed excep ing, they have led to an increasingly Chand Sharma as Joint Registrar (Research) requires a certain ability to theorise and con
digenous manufacturing with a num ised by high population density and tionally well in the FAMEII scheme fragmented manufacturing industry and Anup Surendranath and Daniel Mathew ceputalise, which practicing lawyers lack.
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ber of automakers answering the shortage of affordable public tran and are on their way to achieve the with nonuniform standards akin to as Deputy Registrars (Research). V.S. Mani Law professors are academically trained to
call. Legacy auto manufacturers such sport. Indigenously designed and target of 5 lakh ethreewheelers. the formative years of motor vehicles was part of the team that represented India theorise. Unlike practitioners who are gener
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as Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahin produced, ethreewheelers like e The success India has experienced in the early 20th century. This frag before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ally wedded to the ‘black letter’ approach,
dra, Hero Electric, and TVS unveiled rickshaws have become a common in the ethreewheeler space has mentation has led to legacy automak in the 1999 aerial incident case involving In law professors study the law critically, often
their EV offerings. New EV players al sight in these States. Costing bet come from developing both the de ers struggling to compete with the dia and Pakistan. The Law Commission has employing empirical, interdisciplinary, and
so emerged on the scene with the ween ₹1 lakh and ₹1.5 lakh, these veh mand and supply sides. Subsidies, large number of manufacturers in ev employed the services of law professors to comparative approaches. This skill set has
likes of Ola and Bounce entering the
etwowheeler segment. While e
twowheelers and efourwheelers
icles are produced by scores of local
workshops and small enterprises
and have come to dominate the e
tax exemptions, and interestfree
loans have successfully rallied de
mand for these vehicles. These vehi
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this issue so that legacy automakers
are not demotivated from competing A draft reports batting for law reforms. In
some instances, parliamentary committees
have invited law professors to depose as exp
the potential of raising the bar of legal rea
soning by several notches. Basheer’s iconic
intervention in Novartis is a case in point.
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receive significant coverage, a three threewheeler market. With financial cles provide for inexpensive means in the ethreewheeler space. Their ert witnesses in important matters. The ex Appointing academics as judges of consti
wheeled underdog has been quietly assistance from FAMEII, local manu of transport for millions, are easy to resources are necessary for design ecutive has also appointed law professors to tutional courts or involving them to assist
dominating the Indian EV space. facturers have built a truly Indian EV maintain, and have relatively low op ing and manufacturing more ad serve in different committees. courts in tackling complex legal issues can
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with its unique design catering to In erating costs, making them immen vanced and safer ethreewheelers. bring in a refreshing perspective. It will also
The dominance of e-3-wheelers dian commuter needs. Legacy auto sely popular among operators. The Future EV policies must therefore Neglect of academics foster institutional diversity in our judicial
Threewheeler EVs like eautos and e makers with their own ethree indigenous design allows for easy lo take into account the existing and But these examples are the outcomes of indi process. Decisionmakers occupying the
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rickshaws account for close to 65% of wheeler offerings have been strug cal manufacturing in workshops and emerging stakeholders on the de vidual initiatives by judges, bureaucrats or high echelons in the judiciary and the execu
all EVs registered in India. In con gling to compete with these local small enterprises and makes them mand and supply sides for effective politicians reposing faith in law professors; tive should recognise that by not making the
trast, twowheeler EVs come at a dis producers. The EV policies put in relatively easy to charge and main implementation. With the prevailing they are not a consequence of a system that fullest use of the expertise of academic la
tant second with over 30% of regis place by these States as part of tain compared to their twowheeler trajectory of EVs, India must take les values the expertise of academic lawyers and wyers, they are doing a disfavour to our so
trations and passenger fourwheeler FAMEII have been instrumental in and fourwheeler counterparts. This sons from its ethreewheeler success is desirous of using their skills. Both the jud ciety. The onus is on them to develop robust
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EVs at a meagre 2.5%. Under the tar driving this growth. success in the ethreewheeler space story to sustain its EV ambitions. iciary and the executive have largely over institutionalised mechanisms to engage aca
gets for FAMEII, ethreewheelers The focus of the EV policies of has been difficult to replicate in the looked India’s academic lawyers. The follow demic lawyers in the service of the nation.
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have crossed over 4 lakh vehicles of these five States is on accelerating etwowheeler and efourwheeler Soumyadeep Kundu is a Doctoral student ing examples elucidate this point. First,
the 5lakh target since 2019. The adoption of EVs among consumers space, which have problems both on and Soumya Roy is Associate Professor, Article 124(3)(c) of the Constitution provides Prabhash Ranjan is Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal
Quantitative Methods and Operations Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University.
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numbers are expected to be higher and promoting local manufacturing. the demand and supply side. Since that a ‘distinguished jurist’ i.e. an illustrious
Management Area, Indian Institute of Views are personal
given the prevalence of unregistered All five States provide road tax ex twowheelers and fourwheelers are Management-Kozhikode law professor, can be appointed as a judge of
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DATA POINT
Preventive action against rape FROM THE ARCHIVES
FIFTY YEARS AGO JUNE 1, 1972
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Not just fast investigations and trials, but measures to Press freedom: Council report
ensure safety of women are required in Tamil Nadu
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New Delhi, May 31: The Press Council of In

D. Suresh Kumar tracked and monitored to fetch maxi dia has said that its findings have had a salu
mum punishment for the accused. tary effect in safeguarding the freedom of
Four gang rapes in under three He vowed that the investigation
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the press and in ensuring that this freedom

months, with the latest victim being would not be (slow and shoddy) like is not regarded as a licence by newspapers.
murdered, have turned the spotlight the Pollachi case. He transferred the In its annual report for 1971 laid on the table
on the need for enhancing safety for case to the Crime BranchCID, which of the Lok Sabha today, the Council said
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women and strengthening law and fasttracked the investigation and that by and large the press served the cause
order in Tamil Nadu. Of greater con filed a voluminous charge sheet of the public with a few exceptions where a
cern is that the accused targeted the against the accused. The accused few papers had chosen to indulge in “black
three survivors, who were with their persons in the doctor’s case too were mail, cheap sensationalism, scandalmon
male companions, in public spaces. arrested within days of the crime. gering, scurrilous and communal writings or
In another case, a youth stalked a wo However, the administration’s obscene publications.” Such journals, it said,
man, forced his way into her home quick ac tions did not prevent si did not generally command a large circula
and allegedly raped her at knifepoint milar crimes from un tion. The Council was doing all it could to
in the heart of Chennai. folding in Cuddalore, restrain them from abusing their journalistic
The gang rapes in Vellore, Namakkal and Rames role and violating ethical standards. During
Cuddalore, Namakkal and waram. In the last inci the year under review, the Press Council
Rameswaram were pre dent, a woman out on considered 28 complaints. In respect of
ceded by a horrific inci work at a prawn unit was complaints upheld, five editors were cen
dent of a woman in Vi robbed, raped and mur sured and four warned while the Council ex
rudhunagar being dered by two migrant pressed displeasure against one. In nine
blackmailed and raped by workers from Odisha, trig complaints the Council, apart from express
four men and three juveniles gering massive protests. The ing its opinion about objectionable writings,
over a period of seven rapists in all cases have been refrained from taking further action because
months. In Vellore, a woman arrested. But it also had a dif the editors concerned admitted improprie
doctor from Bihar and a ferent fallout in Rameswaram with ty.
male colleague were hood the Municipal authorities seeking to
winked into taking a ride at night in a profile details of guest workers sell A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JUNE 1, 1922
share autorickshaw, with the accused ing pani puri and working in restau
pretending to be copassengers. The rants and construction sites, ostensi A bank fraud
two were robbed, the man beaten up bly linking crime with migrants.
and the doctor raped. The trauma Sexual crimes have evoked strong Secunderabad, May 31: A very ingenious
tised woman left for Bihar and filed reactions from Tamil Nadu’s politi fraud has been perpetrated on the Imperial
an online complaint with the police. cians in the past. Against the back Bank of India Ltd. Secunderabad. A Hindu
While the modus operandi in the Vel drop of the ‘Nirbhaya’ case, then calling himself S. Rajarao — tall, dark, stout
lore case had traces of the ‘Nirbhaya’ Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had called and wearing a white coat and trousers and a
case, the Virudhunagar incident for amending central laws to provide red cap, aged about 35 years, with a scar on
brought back memories of the 2019 for punishments such as the death the right side of his forehead, during the bu
Pollachi case in which young women penalty and chemical castration for siest part of the morning presented a forged
had been blackmailed and abused sexual offenders. After the Hathras voucher claiming interest on Government
and which the DMK had made a cam rape, Mr. Stalin had promised to set promisory notes amounting to Rs. 1925. The
paign issue then. up special courts to hear cases relat voucher appeared to be quite in order in
The two cases, which surfaced ed to violence against women when usual Government form. At the bottom it
when the Legislative Assembly was in his party is voted to power. The State was passed for payment and signed “A.P.
session in March, caused great em already has Mahila Courts. Emmer, Treasury officer” and initialled by
barrassment to Chief Minister M.K. To the government’s credit, there forging the initials of the Asst Accountant
Stalin. Not long ago, as the Leader of was no attempt to cover up the rape Mr. Hun and an Indian accountant. The
the Opposition, he had questioned cases. Mr. Stalin has made it a point Bank clerk taking the signature and the in
the Union government for adjudging to make surprise inspections at pol itials to be authentic passed the voucher for
Tamil Nadu, then ruled by the BJP’s ice stations whenever possible — so payment and the shroff paid the amount in
ally AIADMK, the leading State in the mething his predecessors had not Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 notes but the receiver signed
Good Governance Index. He had done in decades. But what is needed “T. Ananta Rao” in the shroff ’s books and
asked how the Centre could rank Ta is preventive action, strengthening when the document was sent to the Imperial
mil Nadu first in ‘public security’ security for women and a special fo Bank, Hyderabad Branch, it was checked in
when there were incidents such as cus on ‘visible policing’ with senior the ordinary course and returned with a slip
the Pollachi serial sexual abuse case. police officers playing a proactive to say that the amount of the claim written in
Therefore, he lost no time in declar role. words should also be initialled. It was then
ing that the investigation and trial in discovered that the whole document was a
the Virudhunagar case would be fast sureshkumar.d@thehindu.co.in clever forgery.
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THE HINDU
FROM PAGE ONE

Both sides move court over video leak IN BRIEF
Teacher shot dead in Plaintiffs return envelopes ‘without breaking the seal’; masjid panel yet to receive copy of video survey
J&K in targeted killing Abhinay Lakshman Following this, Jitendra to the court. Based on these
New Delhi Singh, plaintiff Rakhi Singh’s leaks, the Hindu side had
Earlier this month, militants in Baramulla was also In the Gyanvapi Mosque uncle, filed an application claimed the discovery of a
Popular singer KK dies
killed six civilians, including busted. Kashi Vishwanath Temple before the court, claiming Shivling, while the Muslim
after concert in Kolkata
a Kashmiri Pandit em Two local JeM militants dispute, the Hindu and Mus that “antinational ele side had said the structure in KOLKATA
ployee, a woman artist, a were killed in an overnight lim parties on Tuesday ap ments” were behind the leak question was part of the Wellknown singer
wine shop employee and gunfight in Pulwama’s Raj proached the District Court and thus sought a probe by fountain inside the mosque’s Krishnakumar Kunnath,
three policemen, in six sep pora village. “The killed mil in Varanasi seeking an inves the Central Bureau of Investi wuzu khana. popularly known as KK, died
arate targeted attacks in the itants were identified as Sha tigation into how the con gation in the matter. After this first leak, the in Kolkata on Tuesday night,
Valley. hid Rather of Tral and Umar tents of the video survey of Senior advocate Mumtaz masjid committee had ap officials said. He was 53. KK
The killing of policeman Yousuf of Shopian. Besides the mosque premises were Ahmed, representing the proached the Supreme was feeling unwell after
Saifullah Qadri outside his other terror crimes, Shahid leaked to the media and in masjid committee, said they Court, which had trans reaching his hotel, following
house on May 24 in Srina was involved in the killing of the public domain. too had filed an application ferred the suit to a district a performance at a concert in
gar’s Soura saw the security a woman, Shakeela of Ari This comes a day after Dis seeking a thorough investiga court in Varanasi. The dis the evening, officials said. KK
forces stepping up opera pal, and government em trict and Sessions Judge A.K. Murky waters: Hindu plaintiffs accompanied by their tion of the leak, saying it was trict court is currently hear has recorded songs in Hindi,
tions against militants. Six ployee Javid Ahmed of Lur Vishvesha accepted an un advocates on their way to court in Varanasi on Monday. *
PTI a blatant violation of the ing a suit filed by five Hindu Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,
teen militants have been gam Tral,” Inspector dertaking from both sides court’s orders. women, seeking the right to Malayalam, Marathi and
killed since then in the Val General of Police Vijay Ku that they will not copy or Masjid Committee is yet to plaintiffs on Monday. “But Significantly, this is not pray at a Hindu shrine be Bengali, among other
ley. The police claimed that mar said. leak the contents of the sur receive a copy of the video before we could open it, we the first time that the con hind the Gyanvapi mosque’s languages. PTI
among the slain militants in A total of around 27 mili vey upon receiving it from survey, its lawyers said. already started seeing on tents of the video survey western wall all yearround.
cluded those behind four tants were killed in Kashmir the court. Under these con Ranjana Agnihotri, one of news channels that it had have been leaked. Earlier, Meanwhile, Nikhil Upad Adityanath compares
target killings, including the this month, taking their ditions, the court had on the lawyers for the Hindu been leaked. So, on Tuesday when a civil court in Varana hyay, son of BJP leader Ash Akhilesh to Rahul Gandhi
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cases of Kashmiri Pandit death toll to around 90 for Monday handed over copies plaintiffs in the dispute, said we returned the envelopes si had ordered the survey, wini Kumar Upadhyay, has
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
employee Rahul Bhat, artist this year, as militancy shows of the survey to the Hindu the sealed envelopes with to the court just as we re parts of the video survey filed an application before
Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday
Amreen Bhat and two poli no letup despite stringent plaintiffs. discs of the video survey ceived them — without were leaked even before the the district court seeking to while taunting Samajwadi
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cemen. Besides, the module security measures and anti The Anjuman Intezamia were handed over to the breaking the seal.” survey report was submitted be arrayed as a plaintiff. Party president Akhilesh
behind the wine shop attack militancy operations. Yadav compared him to
Congress leader Rahul
‘Indus water talks Satyendar J&K leader Bhim Gandhi. The only difference
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M. Mohapatra, Director soon rains to be within the Both sides to resolve issues. says MEA Staff Reporter Minister.
General, IMD, told The Hin- normal range of 96104% of New Delhi Leaders across spectrum mourn him
du that the expectation of the LPA,” he added. Suhasini Haidar A Special CBI court on CPWD engineers protest
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increased rains was largely The most important NEW DELHI Tuesday remanded Delhi Special Correspondent against senior officer
SRINAGAR
premised on La Nina condi monsoon months, for agri Indian and Pakistani nego Home Minister Satyendar NEW DELHI
A joint forum of Central
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tions prevailing through the culture, are July and August tiators ended another round Jain to Enforcement Direc Bhim Singh, 81, founder of
monsoon month. In April, it though the IMD is expected of talks as part of the Indus torate (ED) custody till June the Jammu and Kashmir Na Public Works Department
(CPWD) engineers’
was expected that the ongo to announce the forecast for Water Treaty on “cordial” 9, a day after his arrest in a tional Panthers Party, died
associations on Tuesday held
ing La Nina conditions July only by the end of June. terms, said the Ministry of moneylaundering case re on Tuesday morning.
protests across the country to
would transition to neutral
conditions. La Nina is the
converse phenomenon of
Were monsoon rains to be
normal this season, it would
be the fourth consecutive
External Affairs (MEA), de
scribing the 118th meeting of
the Permanent Indus Com
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portionate assets FIR
against him, registered in A Mr. Singh, a lawyer by
profession, has been unwell
for some time and was ad
demand action against a
senior officer, who allegedly
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the El Nino and is character year of ‘normal’ or ‘above mission that took place in 2017. mitted to the Government detained during an inspection
ised by a cooler than normal normal’ rainfall. Delhi on May 30 and 31. The ED produced Mr. Medical College, Jammu. in Jammu and Kashmir last
sea surface temperatures in The ‘normal’ monsoon The MEA did not give any The Indus seen on its course Jain before Special CBI Prime Minister Narendra
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the central Pacific. rains don’t imply that all details on the issues that from Leh to ladakh. Judge Geetanjali Goel on Modi said in a tweet, “Prof. Bhim Singh submitted a memorandum to
“An influential factor months would see well dis were on the agenda for dis * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Tuesday and sought his Bhim Singh Ji will be re Housing and Urban Affairs
called the Indian Ocean Di tributed rains. In 2021, for cussion, including Pakis custody for 14 days. The membered as a grassroots sections of society in and Minister Hardeep Puri calling
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pole is expected to be nega instance, August stared at a tan’s request for floodflow sides to interact frequently agency argued that Mr. Jain leader who devoted his life outside the State legislature. for “appropriate disciplinary
tive and is considered not fa 24% deficit but September, data sharing and objections and resolve issues through had so far been evasive in for the welfare of Jammu At a time when polarisation action” against Shri
vourable for the monsoon. usually the month that sees to hydropower projects bilateral discussions under his replies to them and that and Kashmir. He was very and divisiveness has domi Amarnathji Shrine Board CEO
“Other factors are expected the least rainfall, saw excess planned on “western rivers” the Indus Water Treaty,” the there are voluminous evi well read and scholarly. I nated the political arena, he Nitishwar Kumar.
to compensate and that’s rains, similar to what was in Jammu & Kashmir. MEA said after the meetings dentiary materials that he will always recall my inte stood for communal harmo
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why we expect the mon observed in 2019 and 2020. However, it said that the between sixmember dele needs to be confronted ractions with him. Sad ny and fought tooth and nail Defence Ministry signs
annual report of the Com gations on either side led by with. dened by his demise. Con against the forces who are ₹2,971 cr. missile deal
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mission for the previous the new Indian Commis SolicitorGeneral Tushar dolences to his family and hell bent upon dividing the NEW DELHI
The Defence Ministry on
Q4 GDP growth year had been finalised and
signed, indicating some
sioner for Indus Waters A.K.
Pal, and Syed Muhammad
Mehta appeared for the
agency on Tuesday and
supporters. Om Shanti.”
Jammu and Kashmir par
people and regions on the
communal lines,” Commu Tuesday signed a contract
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consensus on the way for Mehar Ali Shah, the Pakis said, “There is a checkered ties also expressed their nist Party of India (Marxist)
decelerates to 4.1% ward on a number of issues tan Commissioner for Indus trail of money. We do not condolences on the demise leader M.Y. Tarigami said.
undertaking Bharat Dynamics
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that come up each year. A Waters, adding that they know whether his money of Professor Singh, who “A man of many parts.
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statement from Pakistan’s had agreed to hold the next was being laundered or so emerged as a major political Timeless, selfless and a cru MkI Beyond Visual Range
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tion in factories’ output lier. For the full year, GVA also added that India had The MEA’s statement being laundered.” tions of the people of the colleague and friend. From cost of ₹2,971 Crore. Air to Air
since the massive 31.5% fall from agriculture and the fi promised a response to its comes in contrast to pre Mr. Jain’s lawyers, ho Jammu region. riding across the Sahara on missile with BVR capability
in the first quarter of 2020 nancial, real estate & profes objections. vious, more acrimonious wever, told the court that “Professor Singh was a a motorcycle to Palestine to provides large stand off
21 amid the strict national sional services sectors, the “The meeting was held in statements issued by both other than “bold allega leader committed to secular Iraq — Bhim Singh Ji had
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lockdowns. only two sectors that grew a cordial manner. The Com India and Pakistan, which tions”, the agency does not values who fought relent friends all across,” Peoples which can neutralise the
Economists pointed out in 202021, rose by 3% and mission appreciated the had detailed areas of dis have any evidence against lessly for the rights of down Conference chief Sajad Lone adversary aircraft without
that real GDP was only ‘a 4.2% in 202122, compared commitment of the two pute between the two sides. Mr. Jain. trodden and marginalised said. exposing itself.
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tion as well as data correc 33.6% in Q4, the highest Pandits demand relocation from the Valley till terrorism is totally wiped out
tions for the first half of the since Q3 of 201920. More
year. over, though manufacturing PEERZADA ASHIQ demanded justice. salaries if we leave the sta recent attacks directed at un UPSC recommends 685 candidates
A downward revision in sector shrank from a year Srinagar “We met the LG a few tion. They are forcing us to armed civilians. Words of
growth rates for the first two earlier, it grew sequentially The woman teacher’s killing days ago and demanded our rejoin offices in the Valley. condemnation and condo Vijaita Singh
New Delhi
quarters of 202122 also af at 14.2% during Q4, it point in Kulgam on Tuesday has relocation from the Kashmir We should not be sacrificed lence ring hollow as do the
fected the full year’s growth ed out. sparked a fresh wave of fear Valley. Even the Inspector so cheaply,” another Pandit assurances of the govern The number of Civil Service
rate visàvis the last esti The recovery in invest among migrant Kashmiri General of Police said on re protester said. ment that they will not rest Examination candidates
mates released on February ment demand was a bright Pandit employees recruited cord it will take two or three LieutenantGovernor Ma till the situation normalises.” shortlisted for recruitment
28. The 20.3% GDP growth spot, said EY India’s chief under the Prime Minister’s years to wipe out terrorism noj Sinha and top leaders of Peoples Democratic Party this year is the lowest since
estimated earlier for Q1 was policy adviser and econo special rehabilitation pack in Kashmir. The LG adminis parties in unison con president Mehbooba Mufti 2012. The reduced intake
pared to 20.1%, while the mist D.K. Srivastava. Howev age, and Hindu employees tration should shift us till demned the schoolteacher’s said, “Despite GoI’s [Govern comes at a time when the
same number was revised to er, the contribution of net from Jammu recruited under then,” a Pandit, who partici killing. Mr. Sinha said the ter ment of India’s] fake claims Centre is facing an acute
8.4% from 8.5% for Q2. exports to real GDP growth the Scheduled Caste quota. pated in a protest at Shivpora rorists and their sympathis about Kashmir being normal shortage of All India Servic
Chief Economic Adviser was negative at ()2.9%. and Hundreds of Kashmiri in Srinagar, said. ers would be given an unfor it is obvious that targeted ci es (AIS) officers who are will Office of the UPSC in New
V. Anantha Nageswaran said although private final con Pandits blocked highways in Scores of Pandits threa gettable response for the vilian killings are on the rise ing, or available, to serve in Delhi. R.V. MOORTHY
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the real GDP numbers were sumption expenditure grew Kulgam and Srinagar to tened to go on a mass migra dastardly attack. and a deep cause of concern. Union government.
pretty much in line with ear 7.9% in 202122, its magni press the demand for reloca tion if the government failed National Conference vice Condemn this act of cowar The Union Public Service ment’s policy of
lier estimates, so it was diffi tude was only ₹1.2 lakh tion from the Valley. They to transfer them. president Omar Abdullah dice which sadly plays into Commission (UPSC) recom “rightsizing” human
cult to make the argument crore higher than 201920, shouted slogans against the “The administration is said, “This is yet another tar the vicious antiMuslim nar mended only 685 from resources.
that the growth rate was he pointed out. LieutenantGovernor and threatening us to hold our geted killing in a long list of rative spun by the BJP.” among the candidates who Of the nearly five lakh
took the examination in candidates who took the
2021 for appointment to the preliminary examination in
Centre clears ₹86,912 Webinar on mechanical engineering held Indian Administrative Ser
vice (IAS), the Indian Fo
reign Service (IFS), the In
October 2021, 9,214 qualified
to sit for the main examina
tion. A total of 1,824 later ap
crore of GST dues The lines separating it with other disciplines are blurring fast, says a speaker
dian Police Service (IPS) and
Group A and B of the Central
peared for the personality
test. Nearly 10 lakh candi
Services. dates had registered for the
In April, the Ministry had 14% compounded growth Special Correspondent Dayananda Sagar College of vernment departments, exam.
pegged the outstanding GST whereas the Cess collection CHENNAI Engineering. He further research organisations and Gradual decrease Earlier this year, the De
compensation dues for did not increase in the same The webinar on ‘Mechanical spoke about the inclusion of companies that require me In 2014, 1,236 candidates partment of Personnel and
202122 at ₹78,704 crore, proportion, [and] COVID19 engineering in the digital interdisciplinary courses chanical engineering talent. were recommended, and in Training (DoPT) had pro
equivalent to four months of further increased the gap era’ organised by Dayananda and how handson engineer He reiterated that the oppor 2012, 998. In 2013, 2015, posed amendments to the
such accruals. So dues had between protected revenue Sagar institutions and The ing experience is the best tunities for meaningful engi 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and Indian Administrative Ser
been remitted to States for and the actual revenue re Hindu held recently, had ex way to equip students for the neering work are plentiful, 2020, the number stood at vice (Cadre) Rules, 1954 re
the AprilNovember eight ceipt including reduction in perts discuss and encourage marketplace. and that almost every indus 1,122, 1,078, 1,099, 990, 759, lating to the Central deputa
month period. cess collection,” the Minis the audience to look at me try requires a mechanical 829 and 761, respectively. tion of IAS officers.
Citing an inadequate ba try said. chanical engineering from a Job opportunities engineering backbone. “You The number of candi Through the amend
lance in the GST Compensa The Telangana govern different perspective. The mostasked question just have to know where to dates selected has fallen ments, IAS, IPS and Indian
tion Cess account, the Mi ment is, however, contest “The industry has grown from the audience, who look”, he added. sharply and posts advertised Forest Service officers could
nistry had said the pending ing the Centre’s calculation to be interdisciplinary. The tuned into the webinar, was The panelists further for recruitment has declined be deputed to the Union go
amount would be released of dues to the State. “There boundaries separating me about the job opportunities quelled concerns and fears gradually. vernment and Ministries
“as and when amount from is something wrong with chanical engineering and through what mechanical available at present for me that mechanical engineering For 2021, the government without necessarily taking
cess accrues in the compen GOI calculations,” Chief Se other types of engineering engineering looks like in to chanical engineering jobs were disappearing. reported 749 vacancies. In the State government’s nod.
sation fund”. The Compen cretary Somesh Kumar said. such as electrical, civil and day’s world. graduates. They spoke about how in the 2020, as against 836 vacan The DoPT has said that
sation Cess is levied over Telangana, which has re biomedical are blurring A fastchanging industry Anand Badiger, Assistant age of automation, artificial cies, only 761 were selected. the State governments have
and above the peak 28% rate ceived ₹296 crore, has de fast,” said Dinakaran, Head, calls for innovations in the Professor, Mechanical Engi intelligence (AI) and electric In 2019, there were 927 va not been sponsoring adeq
on luxury or ‘sin’ goods, in cided to write to the Centre, Department of Mechatron way the subject is taught to neering, Dayananda Sagar vehicles (EV), mechanical cancies and 829 selections. uate number of officers for
cluding cars. Mr. Kumar added. ics, Hindustan Institute of students, said M.R. Hasee College of Engineering ad engineering skills remain co A senior government offi Central deputation to meet
“The States’ protected re (With inputs from Tech and Science while buddin, Associate Professor, dressed this with a compre veted in all kinds of compa cial said the reduction in in the requirements of the Go
venue has been growing at M. Rajeev, Hyderabad) walking the audience Mechanical Engineering, hensive walkthrough of go nies. take followed the govern vernment of India.
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THE HINDU
CHENNAI
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India, China to hold next round of talks

Disengagement at Patrolling Point 15 in the Hot Springs had become a contentious topic last time
Ananth Krishnan Tuesday said both had He said China was “not
Hong Kong
agreed to “resolve the re that interested in the chang
India and China on Tuesday maining issues in the West es of the ranking in trade vol
agreed to hold the next ern Section of the border in ume” referring to the U.S. re
round of talks between se accordance with the princi placing China as India’s
nior military commanders to ple of mutual and equal se biggest trading partner ac
continue the slowmoving curity.” Asked about the im cording to India’s Ministry of
disengagement process pact of the border issue on Commerce data for the fi
along the Line of Actual Con trade and investment, Fo nancial year 202122. He said
trol (LAC). reign Ministry spokesperson according to China’s statis
Officials from the two Zhao Lijian said China “al tics for the calendar year Brigadier Ashok Abbey (retd.) releasing the book by J. Ramanan (second from left) and Vrinda
sides, during the 24th meet ways believes that the boun 2021 “China remains India’s Ramanan (left), in the presence of N. Ravi (centre), Chairman, Kasturi and Sons Ltd., and
ing of the Working Mechan dary question doesn’t repre largest trading partner” and Malini Parthasarathy, (right), Chairperson, THG Publishing, on Tuesday. JOTHI RAMALINGAM B. *
ism for Consultation and sent the whole of “the disparity in trade fi
Coordination (WMCC) on
border affairs held virtually,
reviewed the LAC situation
Call for consensus: Officials agreed to continue discussions to
resolve the remaining issues along the LAC. FILE PHOTO *
ChinaIndia relations and we
should put it in an appro
priate position in bilateral
gures published by China
and India is a result of diffe
rent statistical measurement
‘Promote Indian Himalayan
and agreed to “continue the manders meeting at an early viously suggested they ex relations.” scales”.
discussions through diplo
matic and military channels
to resolve the remaining is
date to achieve the objective
of complete disengagement
from all friction points along
pected resolution at PP15 at
an early date, but differences
in Demchok and Depsang,
On ongoing probes of
Chinese telecom majors in
India, including Xiaomi, ZTE
“What we care about is
whether the Indian side has
the will and takes real ac
range for mountaineering’
sues along the LAC at the ear the LAC in the Western Sec the two other remaining and Vivo, Mr. Zhao said Beij tions to create a fair, transpa
liest so as to create condi tor,” the MEA added. areas, were more ing “is closely following the rent and sound environment ExArmy officer releases book brought out by The Hindu
tions for restoration of Both sides failed to pronounced. situation” and that “the In for bilateral trade and invest
normalcy in bilateral rela achieve a breakthrough in The two sides discussed dian side should act in accor ment, further expand mu Staff Reporter Chairman, Kasturi and Sons Indians and those of other
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CHENNAI
tions,” the Ministry of Exter the 15th round of talks held the LAC during Chinese Fo dance with laws and regula tuallybeneficial cooperation Ltd., and Malini Parthasa nationalities spent huge
nal Affairs said. on March 11, when they dis reign Minister Wang Yi’s tions and provide a fair, just between the two sides and There is a need to promote rathy, Chairperson, THG Pu sums of money for mountai
“In this context, they cussed disengagement at Pa March 25 visit to New Delhi. and nondiscriminatory bu deliver tangible benefits to the Himalayan range in India blishing Pvt. Ltd., at a func neering in Nepal, he said. In
agreed to hold the next (16th) trolling Point 15 in the Hot The Chinese Foreign Mi siness environment for Chi the two countries and two as a mountaineering desti tion organised at the office dia could also benefit greatly
i
round of the Senior Com Springs area. Officials pre nistry in a statement on nese companies.” peoples,” he said. nation, just as Nepal is doing of The Hindu. if there was an adequate im
az
in the case of the mountains There was a mispercep petus to promote mountai
within its borders, Brigadier tion that the Himalayas are neering in the Indian Hima
Rajya Sabha elections set to be a thriller

Ashok Abbey (retd.), who synonymous with Nepal, layan region.
had served as the president and India has only a part of The former Army officer
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of the Indian Mountaineer them. While some of the said the coffee table book,
ing Foundation (IMF), said in highest mountains, includ with photographs by J. Ra
Chennai on Tuesday. ing Mount Everest, were manan and commentary by
Eyeing dissonance in Congress, BJP fields more candidates than it is certain to win in the polls Releasing Mountains of there in Nepal, India, on the Vrinda Ramanan, both
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our destiny, The Himalayas other hand, had diversity trained mountaineers, could
Nistula Hebbar Janata Dal(S) for the fourth On Monday, senior leader didates. With four berths at — an expedition to the In- from Arunachal Pradesh till contribute greatly towards
Sandeep Phukan
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seat. Kuldeep Bishnoi skipped a stake, each candidate re dian range brought out by Ladakh. this, as it comprehensively
NEW DELHI
meeting of party MLAs in quires 45 votes to win. The the special publications divi “Mount Everest is not the covered the Indian Hima
The disquiet within the Con In Rajasthan Chandigarh as he is upset at BJP, with 119 MLAs, can get sion of The Hindu, he said beall and endall of moun layan range unlike most oth
gress over fielding “outsid In Rajasthan, where the Con being ignored for the post of two MPs elected easily — Fi the book had come at the taineering… There are er books on the topic.
ers” for the Rajya Sabha elec
tions has made the BJP field
more candidates than that it
gress has fielded Randeep
Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik
and Pramod Tiwari, electing
Pradesh Congress Commit
tee chief and the Gandhis
giving a free hand to former
nance Minister Nirmala Sith
araman and actor Jaggesh
with 29 votes surplus. A right time when adventure
tour operators in India were
looking for Indians and fo
mountains that are more
challenging and difficult,”
Brigadier Abbey said.
He said a copy of the book
should be present in the of
fices of the Ministry of Tou
IT
is certain to send to the Up the third candidate will now Chief Minister Bhupinder The Congress, with reigners to carry out expedi Nepal promoted the Hi rism, the IMF, all the moun
per House. As many as 57 be a tricky affair with Mr. Singh Hooda. around 69 MLAs, can get one tions in the Indian Hima malayas zealously as reve taineering clubs and Indian
seats across 15 States are be Chandra’s entry. Mr. Tiwari “If the BJP manages to candidate elected easily — layas post COVID19. nue from mountaineering diplomatic missions abroad
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ing filled in this round of needs the vote of all 11 Inde Subhash Chandra take away two Congress Jairam Ramesh. The Janata The book was released in contributed significantly to to showcase the mountai
elections. pendent MLAs backing the MLAs’ votes, then Ajay and Dal (S) which has, on paper the presence of N. Ravi, its Gross Domestic Product. neering potential in India.
The BJP has fielded addi Ashok Gehlot government. and the support of the three Kartikeya will have almost at least, 31 MLAs (five have
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tional candidates Dhananjay But one of them, Sanyam RLP MLAs, and needs to get equal number of first prefe been declaring off record
Mahadik in Maharashtra and
Lahar Singh in Karnataka,
while backing two Indepen
Lodha, has asked the Con
gress why it has not fielded
anyone from Rajasthan.
eight votes together to win.
Haryana
rence votes and then the se
cond preference will come
into play. In that scenario,
that they will defy the party
whip) floated a candidate,
Kupendra Reddy, thinking
BJP to have no Muslim face in House
dents, media barons Sub The number of first prefe In Haryana, factionalism cast Kartikeya will have an advan that it could persuade the Special Correspondent Muslim member in either Syed Zafar Islam and journal
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hash Chandra in Rajasthan rence votes required for win a shadow on Congress leader tage,” a senior Haryana Con other two parties not to put NEW DELHI House of Parliament as the istturnedpolitician M.J. Ak
and Kartikeya Sharma, in Ha ning is 41. The Congress, in Ajay Maken’s prospects, as gress leader said. up a candidate and help get The absence of the name of current round of Upper bar — are all completing their
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ryana. In the latter two cases its current position, can easi the Congress, with 31 MLAs, their candidate elected. Union Minister for Minority House polls conclude. tenures by July and unless re
at least, the going will be ly get two of its three candi has just enough strength to Karnataka In Maharashtra, allies Shiv Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Till the Budget Session, nominated, will end up with
tough for the Congress. The dates elected. see him through. But again Karnataka will see a different Sena and NCP are said to be from the list of BJP nominees the BJP had three Muslim BJP having no Muslim face in
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most interesting battle is in Mr. Chandra, with the Mr. Kartikeya Sharma has kind of chaos over the polls, unhappy over the Congress’s to the Rajya Sabha, as his MPs; all, however, in the Ra Parliament. Mr. Islam is retir
Karnataka where both par BJP’s support, already has been fielded as an additional with the Congress and the choice of Imran Pratapgarhi, own term ends, will mean jya Sabha. These MPs — Mr. ing on July 4 and Mr. Akbar
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ties are trying to corner the the 30 extra votes of the BJP candidate. BJP both fielding “extra” can who is from Uttar Pradesh. that the party will have no Naqvi, BJP spokesperson on June 29.
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Hardik Patel set to

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He led the Patidar agitation in 2015

Special Correspondent BJP would be his next desti
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Ahmedabad nation. Mr. Patel spent near

The poster boy and face of ly nine months in jail as the
the 2015 Patidar quota agita State’s BJP government had
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tion, Hardik Patel, who had filed two sedition cases

challenged the Bharatiya Ja against him following the
nata Party (BJP) govern Patidar agitation in 2015.
ment, is set to join the BJP Whether Mr. Hardik Patel
ahead of the next Assembly will swing any section of the
polls scheduled to be held in community in favour of the
December this year. BJP remains unclear as he
Mr. Patel will join the par faces questions from erst
ty and will be inducted into while supporters.
the BJP by Chief Minister “He will be exposing his
Bhupendra Patel and the true face for the second
party’s State unit chief C.R. time when he joins the BJP
Paatil, Gujarat BJP spokes on June 2. He did it earlier
person Yagnesh Dave said. when he joined the Con
The 28yearold resigned gress in 2019,” said Lalji Pa
from the Congress, where tel, a Patidar community
he was working president of leader from north Gujarat.
the Congress’s Gujarat unit According to Mr. Lalji Pa
for a year. He had joined the tel, the agitation was not a
Opposition party in the run platform for people like Mr.
up to the 2019 Lok Sabha Hardik Patel to launch their
polls. political careers.
While resigning from the Ever since his resigna
Congress, he had said the tion, Mr. Hardik Patel’s
party’s leadership was former aides have been crit
“highly communal, anti icising their former col
Hindu and antiGujarati” in league for “playing politics
a clear indication that the in the name of community”.
First arrest in
Moosewala
shooting
MOOSA
The Punjab Police made

the first arrest in the case
of Sidhu Moosewala on
Tuesday, two days after the
Punjabi singer was shot
dead at the nearby Jaha
warke village. A police of
ficer said the accused,
Manpreet Singh, was pro
duced before a court,
which sent him to police
custody for five days. Moo
sewala was cremated at
Moosa village on Tuesday.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
12 NEWS CHENNAI

THE HINDU
‘Working to build new Sri Lankan flights make refuelling halts

India, not vote bank’ Due to fuel shortages in the island nation, they stop at Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, say sources
Murali N. Krishnaswamy
Chennai
A330300s. The govern
mentowned carrier started
large Indian airport from Sri
Lanka, an air distance of 357
mander who flies Airbus air
craft, while the fuel uplift for
PM Modi releases 11th instalment of PMKisan scheme Sri Lankan Airlines has be the first of these approxi km. Some other flights that a 10hour flight on the Airbus
gun “technical halts” at mately 40minute transit replenished their fuel re A330 would be about 60
A.M. Jigeesh Chennai and Thiruvanan halts recently with UL454 serves in Kerala were UL553 tonnes, there would have to
New Delhi thapuram for some of its (ColomboTokyo Narita) (ColomboFrankfurt), on be additional fuel to meet
Prime Minister Narendra longhaul international landing in Chennai on May May 27, and UL606, to Syd the mandatory regulatory
Modi released the 11th instal flights which, an aviation 23. ney. The aviation source ad requirements for contingen
ment of the Pradhan Mantri source told The Hindu, were ded that another overseas cies, possible diversions and
Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKi essentially refuelling stops Refill stops fuel stop was Dubai, for the as reserves.
san) scheme in Shimla on due to a shortage of jet fuel The 6,897km nonstop route These approximately 40 Paris flights. The aviation source also
Tuesday. Under the scheme, at the island nation’s Banda is usually covered in a little minute halts began recently, said that some international
₹6,000 is given in three ranaike International Air over eight hours. The source say sources. Official confirmation airlines operating to Sri Lan
equal instalments to all land port. said that there is a fuel refill An airline official confirmed ka could have been advised
holding farmer families. These are sectors operat on the return sector (UL455) Chennai, but this flight has a the development but no to tanker their flights to
The Centre said it would ed with the airline’s largest too. On May 27, UL604, to stopover at Thiruvananthap further details were given. avoid refuelling issues at Co
distribute ₹21,000 crore Warm welcome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving at the aircraft, the 297seat Airbus Melbourne, was refuelled at uram now as it is the closest According to a senior com lombo.
among more than 10 crore crowd at a roadshow in Shimla on Tuesday. PTI *
beneficiary farmer families.

Each beneficiary would get
₹2,000 each in this instal Aid too low, say farm unions YouTube Sharad bids goodbye to Lutyens’ Delhi
ment.
Addressing the beneficiar Special Correspondent Dhawale said the prices of blocked over a
ies, the Prime Minister New Delhi fertilizers have increased by
million videos ‘I am only nister V.P. Singh’s govern ed from the Rajya Sabha too.
thanked the people for giv The farmers’ organisations ₹600 to ₹700 per bag and ment to implement the Man Despite the suspension, he
moving house,
ne
ing him the opportunity to are not amused by the seeds are being sold in the dal Commission in August stayed on at 7 Tughlaq Road
serve them. He said the pre release of the 11th instalment black market. “Farmers SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT not my politics’ 1990 upended Indian polit due to a court order.
vious government consi of the PMKisan scheme. cannot afford farming.” The NEW DELHI ics. Mr. Yadav said that it was There was speculation
dered corruption as an es They argue that the coordinator of BKU Pavel Video sharing platform Sobhana K. Nair he who forced V.P. Singh’s that the Rashtriya Janata Dal
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sential part of the system. amount is very less when Kussa said the decrease in YouTube blocked over a New Delhi hand. And, it was his de will offer a Rajya Sabha
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He alleged that instead of compared to the losses the production of wheat million videos in India dur Socialist leader Sharad Ya mand for a castebased quo berth. He did not want his fa
fighting corruption, the then suffered by farmers in the due to early summer and ing the first three months dav has bid goodbye to Lu ta within the women’s reser rewell from the Lutyens’
government succumbed to it recent past. All India Kisan heatwave is not yet of this year – more than any tyens’ Delhi after nearly four vation Bill that necessitated Zone to be tinted with re
and the money meant for Sabha president Ashok calculated. other country in the world, decades. He vacated his 7 the second UPA government gret. “All candidates for the
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them. ty Guidelines Enforcement 22 years on Tuesday, ending Sharad Yadav In 2011, he says, it was on already been announced so
Mr. Modi said the trinity poor have the dignity of toi a lot of damage to the coun report released on a rollercoaster career in Del his initiative that the Con why speak of it now,” he
of Jan DhanAadhaar and lets. Earlier there was help try. “We are working to build Tuesday. hi and also bringing close to Raj Rao has to shout out the gressled government start said.
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mobile ensured that money lessness to raise money for a new India, not a vote As per the data shared, an era of socialist politics. questions to him. The hear ed the caste census, which As he shifts to the margins
was reaching the beneficiar treatment, today every poor bank,” he stressed. “100% YouTube removed “I am only changing hous ing challenge though does led to the SocioEconomic of Delhi to his daughter’s
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ies directly in their accounts. has the support of Ayush empowerment means end 11,75,859 videos in India for es, not my politics,” were his not come in the way of clari Caste Census He came to home in Chhattarpur, his
“Earlier there was a com man Bharat. Earlier there ing discrimination, eliminat violating its Community parting words. Moments be ty of thought. In his own as Delhi 48 years ago after win wife, Rekha Yadav, says that
pulsion to suffer smoke in was a fear of triple talaq, ing recommendations, and Guidelines during January fore the trucks carrying the sessment, he will be remem ning the Jabalpur Lok Sabha it is not a final adieu to Lu
the kitchen, today there is a now there is the courage to ending appeasement. 100% March 2022 quarter. You family’s belongings trundled bered for three things: seat in Madhya Pradesh at tyens Delhi. “We will make a
facility to get LPG cylinders
from the Ujjwala scheme.
Earlier there was the shame
fight for one’s rights,” he
claimed.
Mr. Modi maintained that
empowerment means that
every poor gets full benefits
from government schemes,”
Tube has Community Gui
delines that set the rules of
the road for what is not al
out of the house, he paused,
to speak to presspersons, re
minding them of his legacy. A Mandal, caste census, and,
ironically, stalling the wo
men’s reservation Bill.
the age of 27 years in the 1974
general elections. He was ex
pelled from the JD(U) in
strong comeback,” she said,
pinning her hopes on her
daughter Ms. Rao and son
IT
of open defecation; now the vote bank politics had done he stated. lowed on the platform. His daughter Subashini The decision by Prime Mi 2017. He was soon suspend Shantanu.
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Centre to
monitor cable
Ministry brings out guidelines Second line
of lawyers
President Kovind gives New judges
for Delhi,
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operators’ feed to manage monkey pox cases missing: SC

Late J&K Police constable honoured
Calcutta HCs
Special Correspondent Press Trust of India Special Correspondent
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NEW DELHI Surveillance and rapid identification of cases suggested New Delhi Special Correspondent NEW DELHI
The Information and The Supreme Court on New Delhi The Law Ministry on Tues
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Broadcasting (I&B) Minis Special correspondent body ache and profound Tuesday observed that a Jammu and Kashmir Police day elevated nine addition
try is getting devices in NEW DELHI weakness. As per the guide second line of lawyers is constable Altaf Hussain al judges of the Madras
stalled on the headend of India needs to be prepared lines, contacts should be missing in the top court Bhat and Group Captain Va High Court as permanent
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cable operators across the to tackle cases of monkey monitored at least daily for and every senior advocate run Singh of the India Air judges, extended the term
country to monitor their pox in view of the increasing the onset of signs/symptoms having over 20 years of ex Force (IAF) were posthu of one additional judge by
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output feed. reports of cases in nonen for a period of 21 days from perience must guide at mously awarded the Kirti one more year and ap
The headend receives demic countries, the Union the last contact during the least 15 junior lawyers. Chakra and the Shaurya pointed new judges to the
TV signals from satellites Health Ministry said on infectious period. A Vacation Bench said Chakra posthumously by Delhi and Calcutta High
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and processes them for dis Tuesday while issuing “Gui The guidelines stress sur that senior advocates of President Ram Nath Kovind Courts.
tribution to the cable net delines on management of veillance and rapid identifi the Supreme Court can de on Tuesday. Sharing the list of ap
works and households. monkey pox disease”. cation of new cases as key vise some modalities to The second phase of the President Kovind presenting pointments, Law Minister
“The devices are being The Ministery confirmed It is a viral zoonotic disease public health measures for train the junior lawyers in Defence Investiture Cere Kirti Chakra to kin of late Kiren Rijiju said, “I extend
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installed to monitor if the that there are no reported with symptoms similar to outbreak containment, courtcraft and etiquette. mony at the Rashtrapati Altaf Hussain Bhat. best wishes to all of them!”
channels are being broad cases of the infection in smallpox. mandating need to reduce The observations came Bhavan was attended by Advocate Anish Dayal
cast properly,” an official India. the risk of humantohuman during the hearing of a Prime Minister Narendra tober 6, 2020, the protected has been appointed a judge
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said. “The monitoring dev “We are maintaining a be naturally susceptible to transmission. matter in which the Bench Modi and Union Defence Mi person visited his family at in the Delhi High Court
ices are to be installed on close watch on the situation. the virus. The incubation pe said, “The second line of la nister Rajnath Singh. Nunner and was about to while advocate Amit Shar
the headend of the cable Monkey pox (MPX) is a viral riod of monkey pox is usual Products to avoid wyers is missing. We want Several gallantry awards proceed to his safe accom ma had been made an ad
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operators, under the provi zoonotic disease with symp ly from six to 13 days, but Products derived from wild the young generation of le were given posthumously to modation when he was tar ditional judge in the same
sion of SubSection 4 of toms similar to smallpox, can range from five to 21 animals from Africa should gal profession to be personnel of the Cobra unit geted by terrorists, who in Court. Additional judges of
Section 10A of the Cable although with less clinical days, and the period of com be avoided, the Ministry groomed and by the time of the CRPF, the J&K police, discriminately fired upon the Madras HC who have
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Television Networks (Regu severity,” a Health Ministry municability a day or two said. It said travellers should the older generation is old the Odisha police and per him. Mr Bhat retaliated and been elevated are Justices
lation) Act, 1995,” the advi official said. before the rash until all the refrain from close contact and wants to quit, the sonnel from the Army, Navy despite his injuries, he Govindarajulu Chandra
sory said. The cable opera scabs fall off or subside. with sick people, including young generation is ready. and the IAF. chased them and killed one sekharan, Veerasamy Si
tors have been requested Natural reservoir Suspected cases will in those with skin or genital le At present there is a gap in Mr. Bhat was awarded the terrorist on the spot. vagnanam, Ganesan llan
to cooperate with the Stating that the natural re clude a person of any age sions, contact with dead or this. Every senior lawyer Kirti Chakra posthumously Group Captain Singh was govan, Ananthi
Broadcast Engineering servoir of the virus is yet un having a history of travel to live wild animals such as who has more than 20 for his raw courage and su awarded the Shaurya Chak Subramanian, Kannammal
Consultants India Limited known, the Ministry has said affected countries within the small mammals including years of experience in the preme sacrifice for the na ra for successfully ma Shanmuga Sundaram,
officials visiting their pre that certain rodents (includ last 21 days presenting with rodents (rats, squirrels) and bar must undertake to tion. The J&K police consta noeuvring and landing the Sathi Kumar Sukumara Ku
mises for the installation of ing rope squirrels, tree an unexplained acute rash nonhuman primates (mon train and guide at least 15 ble was deputed to ensure Light Combat Aircraft at the rup, Murali Shankar Kup
devices. Noncooperation squirrels, Gambianpouched and one or more of symp keys, apes) and also eating junior lawyers of which five the safety and security of Hindon airbase on October puraju, Manjula Ramaraju
will be viewed as a viola rats, dormice) and nonhu toms, including swollen or preparing meat from wild will at least come up to the protected functionaries in 12, 2020, despite it develop Nalliah and Thamilselvi T.
tion, it said. man primates are known to lymph nodes, fever, head/ game (bushmeat). mark.” Ganderbal district. On Oc ing a major technical snag. Valayapalayam.
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@ https://qrgo.page.link/jjpTn Parasara Bhatta wins debate
18 Fellow scientist had standing, I dropped out as he became a Parasara Bhatta, a great scholar and Vaishnavite Acharya,
monster (12) brought a Vedantic scholar into the Sri Vaishnava fold, said
21 One more graduate, right away begins simple life (6) Thenthirupperai Aravindalochanan in a discourse. When
Bhatta was worshipping Lord Ranganatha at the Srirangam
22 Advice to promote mediocrity — shun a drink (8)
temple, the Lord told him to win over a Vedantin called
24 It's not even innate pride that makes one fearless (8) Madhavachari to Visishtadvaitic thought. Madhavachari
25 Biased press has only questions (6) lived at Melkote in Karnataka. One day some pilgrims visited
26 Knockabout in Australia — it's hard and many go from east to west Melkote, and Madhavachari asked them if they knew anyone
(8) equal to him in scholarship. They replied that Parasara Bhat
ta was the only one equal to him. When the pilgrims
27 Cut it, indeed disorganised (6)
reached Srirangam, Parasara Bhatta told them, “Next time,
■ DOWN tell him that I am a better scholar than he is.”
1 With a rub can produce a natural wax (8)
On their next visit to Melkote, the pilgrims told Madhava
chari that Bhatta was superior to him. Madhavachari felt
2 Used to protect those who resist change (3,5) that in that case he should never engage in debate with Bhat
3 Loot is there for all to see (8,7) ta. Lord Ranganatha then asked Bhatta to go to Melkote to
5 Cover point brought in — one wasn't truthful (4) meet Madhavachari, and to take with him all the temple offi
cials, and to travel in His palanquin. Only one priest and
6 Calibration does go wrong for a performance enhancer (8,7)
cook were to be left behind to attend to daily duties in the
7 Exposed previous state (6) Solution to puzzle 13570 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku temple. When the procession reached Melkote, another
8 Big man shows interest in a painter (6) Vaishnavite Acharya called Anantazhvan met Bhatta, and
11 Plea for help by girl behind those in the middle (7) said such a grand procession would keep him off from de
■ ACROSS bating directly with Madhavachari.
14 Old woman brought in and welcomed (7)
1 Country sides are noisy inside and overcast outside (6) As advised by Anantazhvan, Bhatta left behind the Lord's
16 Nowadays in modest surroundings but dissolute overall (8) palanquin and wearing simple clothes, he met Madhavacha
4 Club King discarded, go away! (5,3)
9 Watched the Queen return by the night flight (6) 17 Crazy end since one was mad (8) ri where food was being served to scholars. Bhatta told Mad
10 Leader shot right at the back — sign of impending trouble (3,5) 19 Michael Jordan is, however, part European (6) havachari that he had come for a debate with him. Bhatta
12 Plant or a wild lion? Harbouring a doubt (8) won the debate. Madhavachari became a Visishtadvaitin,
20 Maybe later pick up some dumplings (3,3)
13 It's a short launch — has got some capital (6) and took the name Nanjeeyar. When Lord Ranganatha
15 One's altogether in it, perhaps (8,4) 23 Climate inland is capital (4) asked Bhatta how he had won the debate, Bhatta said he had
quoted Thirumangai Azhvar’s Tirunedunthandakam.
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The Rajapaksa sheen fades in stronghold Hambantota

we can manage to an extent. paksa, and Mr. Mahinda’s mory, just above a small un
Faced with shortages and power cuts, citizens have taken But that takes care of just son Namal Rajapaksa also derground museum, lay
to the streets, primarily targeting the Rajapaksa clan our own family, that too stepped down from Cabinet broken, their corners shat
temporarily,” says Mr. Chan positions. They all resigned tered into pieces. Armed sol
Meera Srinivasan “I used to pay 2,000 [Sri made the essential farming drasiri. “If we can’t grow on May 9, after their suppor diers guard the area. A few
Weeraketiya, Hambantota Lankan] rupees for a bottle ingredient exorbitant in the food, the country will go ters brutally attacked peace metres down the road are
Paddy farmer S.D. Weera of weedicide. Now, a bottle market. hungry.” ful protesters in Colombo, Chamal Rajapaksa Primary
wansa has made a livelihood costs 22,000. Even if chemi “Everyone is talking The anger that farmers setting off violent retaliatory School, named after the el
decision and a political cal fertilizers are available about a food crisis and star expressed last year is now attacks by incensed dest Rajapaksa brother, and
pledge in recent weeks — he now, we just cannot afford vation. It is unfair to expect widely shared by citizens, as citizens. the adjacent D.A. Rajapaksa
will not sow in the coming them,” he explains, seated farmers to fix food shortages seen in heightening public Maha Vidyalaya, named af
season, and he will never at the red cementfloored now,” says Mr. Weerawansa. protests in recent months. Citizens’ fury ter their father. It is hard to
back a Rajapaksa again. verandah of his small home When paddy farmers de Grappled with acute shor The citizens’ fury manifest miss the Rajapaksa imprint
They aren’t unrelated. in Weeraketiya in the south cide not to sow this season, Growing anger: The destroyed memorial of the Rajapaksas’ tages of milk powder, other ed starkly in Weeraketiya, a in this Sinhalamajority,
His crop has fallen by 50% ern Hambantota district, seed farmers such as W.W.P. parents in Weeraketiya. MEERA SRINIVASAN * essential food items, fuel, Rajapaksa stronghold. Arso southern belt where Mr. Ma
this harvest, a consequence known for its bigticket, Chi Chandrasiri are directly af and LPG gas, in addition to nists destroyed a memorial hinda was, until recently re
of Sri Lankan President Go nabacked mega projects fected. “How can I expect dent’s rash policy shift is im to ensure adequate fertilizer power cuts all day until re for the Rajapaksa brothers’ vered like a king, and even a
tabaya Rajapaksa’s ban on that critics have termed farmers to buy the seeds at a pacting the country’s food supply. President Gotabaya, cent rains, citizens have ta parents built here, allege deity.
chemical fertilizers last year. “white elephants”. time like this?” he asks, re ecosystem. who in April admitted that ken to the streets in Colom dly using public funds. Mr. Not anymore. “You see
The ban was revoked signed to his imminent loss It is proving especially the fertilizer ban was a “mis bo and many other districts, Mahinda’s ancestral home how they have attacked the
months later, following Rise in production cost es. The seeds can’t be stored costly at a time when Sri take”, has now asked offi demanding that President in nearby Medamulana was Rajapaksa memorial,” says
farmers’ protests and wide The Rajapaksa government, past their stipulated time of Lanka, reeling under a crip cials to formulate a National Gotabaya resign. The public attacked, as was Carlton Mr. Weerawansa, who had
criticism from experts, but in its May 2021 ban and sub nine months following pling economic crisis, has Fertilizer Policy “expedi outrage is directed at the en House, the family home in voted for Mr. Gotabaya in
that did not save the crop. sequent reversal, effectively which farmers have no run out of dollars to import tiously”. tire government and ruling Tangalle, some 15 km south, 2019, to “give him a
The annual yield of paddy cut fertilizer subsidy earlier choice but to convert the essentials, including food. “People in the capital and establishment but is prima where their father’s statue chance”. “He was new to
and tea, crucial for Sri Lan provided to farmers, result seeds to rice grains. “A kilo Colombo is coping with ex major cities say that those of rily against the Rajapaksa was also destroyed. politics and promised to
ka’s food security and fo ing in a 10fold increase in of seed paddy is sold at 150 ternal help. Flagging im us living in villages are still clan. It forced Mahinda Raja At the top of the road work for the country, but he
ne
reign exchange, has production cost for farmers. rupees, but when it is con pending food shortages re better off during this crisis, paksa, President Gotabaya’s leading to Mr. Mahinda’s has let us all down. Now, pe
dropped by half, according That, coupled with record verted to rice, it fetches only cently, Prime Minister Ranil we can grow something in older brother, to resign as Weeraketiya home, two con ople have shown that they
to farmers and crop inflation during the current 100 rupees,” he says, reveal Wickremesinghe said the our backyards and put to Prime Minister. Other broth ical, crystallike structures will not tolerate any Raja
scientists. economic meltdown, has ing how a powerful Presi country needs $600 million gether a meal. That is true, ers Chamal and Basil Raja installed in his parents’ me paksa – no brother, no son!”
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EU bans majority of Russian oil imports ‘NATO bid backing only if Cash-strapped
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Sri Lanka
Nordics meet demands’ hikes taxes
Embargo a big ‘City being destroyed ruthlessly’
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step forward, says They must alter laws if needed: Turkey Agence France-Presse
Belgian PM
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Associated Press said. “The city is essentially Reuters halted arm exports to Tur Colombo
SLOVIANSK being destroyed ruthlessly Ankara/Helsinki key in 2019. The Nordic Cashstrapped Sri Lanka
Associated Press Russian forces in a “frenzied block by block,” Oleksandr Finland and Sweden should states applied to join NATO on Tuesday announced
Brussels push” have seized half of the Striuk said. He said heavy change their laws if needed after Russia’s invasion of Uk steep, acrosstheboard tax
In the most significant effort
yet to punish Russia for its
war in Ukraine, the Euro
eastern Ukrainian city of
Sievierodonetsk that is key
to Moscow’s efforts to
street fighting continues and
artillery bombardments
threaten the lives of nearly A to meet Turkey’s demands
and win its backing for their
bid to join NATO, the Tur
raine. All 30 NATO mem
bers must approve any en
largement plans.
hikes to shore up revenue
as the country suffers its
worst economic downturn
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pean Union agreed to ban complete the capture of the 13,000 civilians still shelter kish Foreign Minister said Mevlut Cavusoglu said and seeks an IMF bailout.
the overwhelming majority Major market: The European Union relies on Russia for 25% Donbas region, the Mayor ing in the ruined city. on Tuesday, doubling down Turkey, a NATO member for The valueadded tax
of Russian oil imports after of its oil and 40% of its natural gas. AFP on a threat to veto an histor seven decades, would not (VAT) applied on almost all
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tense negotiations that test ic enlargement of the lift its veto unless its de goods and services was
ed how far the bloc is willing since the bloc relies on the Alexander De Croo called energy could only come harder for Moscow to fund alliance. mands were met, echoing raised from 8% to 12% with
to go to ostracise Moscow. country for 25% of its oil and the embargo a “big step for slowly, if at all. social programmes. In a move that shocked its recent comments by Presi immediate effect, while
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From the moment Russia 40% of its natural gas. ward” on Tuesday morning “They hate us all! The ba allies, Turkey on May 13 ob dent Tayyip Erdogan. corporate taxes were also
invaded on February 24, the In a move unthinkable just and Irish Prime Minister Mi ‘Hatred for Russians’ sis for these decisions is jected to Finland and Swe Ankara has said Sweden increased from 24% to
West has sought to make months ago, EU leaders cheal Martin hailed it as “a The deputy head of Russia’s hatred for Russia, for Rus den joining NATO on the and Finland must halt their 30%.
Moscow pay economically agreed late on Monday to cut watershed moment”. But Security Council said on sians and for all its inhabi grounds that they harbour support for the PKK and The personal income
for its war. But targeting the around 90% of all Russian oil both leaders cautioned that Tuesday that energy sanc tants,” Dmitry Medvedev, people linked to groups it other groups and bar them tax exemption threshold
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lucrative energy sector was imports over the next six Europe would need time to tions against the country who is also a former Presi deems terrorists, including from organising any events was lowered from 3 million
seen as a last resort in Eu months. adjust to the impact — and were intended to hurt ordin dent and Prime Minister, the Kurdistan Workers Party on their territory, among rupees ($8,330) a year to
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rope and has proved hardest Belgian Prime Minister any further bans on Russian ary Russians by making it wrote on the Telegram app. (PKK), and because they other demands. 1.8 million rupees.
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Israel signs UAE free trade As China ups threat, U.S.

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deal, its first in Arab world Senator visits Taiwan

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Duty to be scrapped on 96% of products Duckworth reiterates support for island

Agence France-Presse Associated Press put forward promoting
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Dubai Taipei cooperation between Tai

Israel signed a free trade U.S. Senator Tammy Duck wan’s armed forces and the
deal with the United Arab worth on Tuesday reiterated National Guard.
s:
Emirates on Tuesday, its America’s support for Tai “I do want to say that it is
first with an Arab country, wan on her second visit in a more than just about mili
building on their U.S.bro year to the selfgoverning is tary. It’s also about the eco
tp
kered normalisation of di land claimed by China. nomy,” the Illinois Demo
plomatic relations in 2020. Ms. Duckworth met Tai crat told Ms. Tsai.
Israel’s Ambassador to The Ministers of Israel and wan President Tsai Ingwen Ms. Tsai thanked the U.S.
ht
the oilrich UAE, Amir the UAE signing the pact on and emphasised the close government and the Con
Hayek, tweeted mabruk — Tuesday. AFP *
economic, political and se gress “for the importance
congratulations in Arabic — curity relations between they place on peace and sta
with a photo of Emirati and tariffs as our nations work Taipei and Washington. bility across the Taiwan
Israeli officials holding doc together to increase trade, China sent 30 military air Strait,” as well as Ms. Duck
uments at a signing ceremo create jobs, promote new craft toward the island on worth herself for “keeping a
ny in Dubai. skills and deepen coopera Monday in an ongoing cam close watch on Taiwan relat
The Emirati envoy to Is tion,” Mr. Khaja tweeted. paign of regular flights. Tai ed security issues.”
rael, Mohamed Al Khaja, The 2020 deal was part of wan’s Defence Ministry said China said it strongly de
hailed as an “unprecedent the U.S.brokered Abraham it responded by scrambling plored Ms. Duckworth’s vi
ed achievement” the deal Accords that also saw Israel jets, putting air defence mis sit.
that, according to the Israeli establish diplomatic ties sile systems on alert and is “Taiwan is a province of
side, scraps customs duties with Bahrain and Morocco. suing radio warnings. China, and there is no so
on 96% of all products Twoway trade between Ms. Duckworth said she called President,” Foreign
traded. Israel and the UAE last year wanted to “emphasise our Ministry spokesperson Zhao
“Businesses in both coun totalled some $900 million support for Taiwan securi Lijian said. He urged the
tries will benefit from faster dollars, according to Israeli ty”. She cited strong biparti U.S. to end all official con
access to markets and lower figures. san backing for a Bill she has tacts with Taiwan.
Bodies of all
victims taken
Australia PM names Assistant
to Kathmandu Minister for the Republic
Kathmandu A symbolic step toward ouster of Queen as head of state
The bodies of 22 people,
including four Indians, Agence France-Presse paigns for an Australian
killed in the plane crash in Sydney head of state. “WE ARE ON
Nepal’s mountainous Mus Australia’s centreleft Prime OUR WAY!” tweeted promi
tang district on Sunday, Minister Anthony Albanese nent Republican and author
have been brought to Kath named his Cabinet on Tues Peter FitzSimons.
mandu where the mortal day, including an “Assistant “Let the record show, for
remains would be handed Minister for the Republic”, the first time in the history
over to their families after despite the country being a of the Commonwealth, Aus
the postmortem, officials constitutional monarchy. tralia has a member of the
said on Tuesday. As the United Kingdom’s Govt singularly devoted to
All the bodies have been 96yearold Queen Elizabeth removing the Crown, and
sent to the Tribhuvan Un II prepares to celebrate her Anthony Albanese helping Australia become a
iversity Teaching Hospital platinum jubilee, her recent Republic,” he added.
for postmortem examina ly elected government in have promised a referen In 1999, Australians nar
tions. The bodies will be Australia took a symbolic dum on removing the Queen rowly voted against becom
handed to the families of step toward her ouster. as Australia’s head of state, ing a Republic, following dis
the victims after the post Mr. Albanese announced but Mr. Albanese — a long agreement over the
mortem, an official said. that Sydney MP Matt This time Republican — did not proposal that the Queen’s re
The black box of the tlethwaite would be Assis make the promise a feature placement would be chosen
plane was also retrieved by tant Minister for the Repu of his election campaign. by members of parliament,
a team of mountain guides blic, in addition to other The move was welcomed not the public.
from the crash site on duties. by the Australian Republic Almost 55% of voters op
Tuesday. Previous Labour leaders Movement, which cam posed the move.
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Fiscal deficit improved to 6.7% in FY22 Oil rallies as EU agrees to
ban most Russian crude
Brent oil dddddddddddddddddd 123.42 ddddddddddddddd2.16 Higher tax mop up helps; official estimates released in February had pegged deficit at 6.9% of GDP
Press Trust of India year earlier. The government sional data indicated that the
Brent rises for ninth straight session
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PRICE CHANGE New Delhi said it expected the fiscal fiscal deficit of the Centre Reuters
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 739.85. . . . . . . . . 5.15
Apollo Hosp . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3979.30. . . . . . . 87.35
Fiscal deficit improved to deficit for the current finan was contained marginally LONDON <
> EU leaders agreed
in principle to cut
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2859.65. . . . . . . 15.65 6.71% of the FY22 GDP over cial year at 6.4% of GDP, or below the FY22 revised esti Oil prices extended a bull
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 685.20. . . . . . . . -8.45 the revised budget estimate ₹16.61 lakh crore. mate, benefitting from the run on Tuesday after the EU 90% of oil imports
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3864.10. . . . . . . . . 7.40
of 6.9% mainly on account of In April 2022, there was a higher tax and nontax reve agreed to a partial ban on from Russia by the
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. 12934.00. . . . . . . . . 9.95
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6082.15. . . . . . -29.05 higher tax realisation. revenue surplus of ₹591 nue receipts and lower capi Russian oil and China decid end of 2022
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 700.20. . . . . . . . . 1.15 Unveiling the revenueex crore. Government meets its tal spending, which ab ed to lift some COVID curbs
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 326.20. . . . . . . . -2.95
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3647.80. . . . . . . 71.55
penditure data of the Union fiscal deficit from market sorbed the deficit in amid rising demand ahead vasion of Ukraine three
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 992.95. . . . . . . . . 6.15 government, the Controller borrowings. nondebt capital receipts of peak U.S. and European months ago.
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 192.90. . . . . . . . . 5.70 General of Accounts (CGA) Revenue collections were and higher revenue summer driving season. The embargo exempts pi
Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3591.30. . . . . . . 24.80
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 4369.65. . . . . . . . -0.65
said that the fiscal deficit in about ₹27 lakh crore, almost expenditure. Brent crude for July, peline oil from Russia as a
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. . . . 2780.75. . . . . . . 22.30 absolute terms was ₹5 lakh crore above the bud which expires on Tuesday, concession to Hungary.
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1428.60. . . . . . -12.40 ₹15,86,537 crore (provision get estimates, said Vivek Ja ‘Risks to FY23 target’ rose $2.31, or 1.9%, to “As twothird of the Rus
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1040.75. . . . . . . . . 0.85
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2306.75. . . . . . -60.50
al). The Finance Ministry lan, Partner, Tax Connect On the outlook for FY23, Ms. $123.98 a barrel by 0823 sian crude oil exports are
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1388.95. . . . . . -12.60 had in February estimated Advisory. Nayar said there were several GMT, after earlier rising to seaborne around 1.5 million
HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 598.95. . . . . . . . -9.95 the deficit at ₹15,91,089 crore risks to the fiscal deficit tar $124.10 — its highest since barrels per day (bpd) of oil
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2773.90. . . . . . . . . 3.35
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 422.55. . . . . . . . . 5.80
or 6.9% of GDP. Glide path: The government estimates fiscal deficit for FY23 at ‘Analytics aids revenue’ get of ₹16.6 lakh crore, ema March 9. The more active will need to be replaced by
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2353.25. . . . . . . . . 4.30 Tax receipts during the fis 6.4% of GDP, or ₹16.6 lakh crore. NAGARA GOPAL
* “The spurt in tax revenues, nating from the revenue loss August contract rose $2.44 the EU,” PVM analyst Tamas
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 752.85. . . . . . . . . 4.35 cal were at ₹18.2 lakh crore especially GST collection, to the Centre on account of to $120.04. Varga said.
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 930.85. . . . . . . . -5.35
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1503.60. . . . . . -23.20 as against the revised esti crore presented to Parlia In another set of data, the was mainly a result of the excise duty cut, lower European Union leaders “This volume is actually
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 270.65. . . . . . . . . 1.60 mates (RE) of ₹17.65 lakh ment on February 1, 2021. CGA said the fiscal deficit DGARM, which is the Data thanbudgeted transfer of agreed in principle to cut closer to 2.12.2 million bpd
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 551.25. . . . . . . 12.40 crore, the data showed. The CGA further said the re during the first month of Analytics wing of the GST the RBI’s surplus, and the 90% of oil imports from as both Poland and Germa
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1846.85. . . . . . -56.35
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1654.50. . . . . . . . -6.35 Total expenditure too was venue deficit at the end of FY23 was 4.5% of the Budget Council,” Mr. Jalan said. need for additional spending Russia by the end of 2022, ny are planning to phase out
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1034.35. . . . . . . 36.00 higher at ₹37.94 lakh crore the fiscal was 4.37% for fiscal Estimate for the current fis Aditi Nayar, chief econo on food, fertilizer and LPG the bloc’s toughest sanction pipeline purchases by the
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Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7966.35. . . . . . -47.55 against the RE of ₹37.7 lakh year 202122. cal. The deficit was 5.2% a mist, ICRA, said the provi subsidies through the year. yet on Moscow since the in end of the year.”
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 17691.50. . . . . . -15.40
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 156.00. . . . . . . . . 5.10
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 151.25. . . . . . . . . 7.20
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PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 232.90. . . . . . . . . 4.65
Rupee drops
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Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2632.65. . . . . . -32.15
SBI Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1174.15. . . . . . . 25.75
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State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 468.10. . . . . . . . -6.50
Shree Cement . . . . . . . .. 22116.30. . . -344.10 to alltime
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 860.60. . . . . . -27.70
Tata Consumer
Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 759.75. . . . . . . . . 9.60 8.4% yearonyear in April low of 77.71 to support virushit economy
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Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 443.55. . . . . . . . . 1.15
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1055.65. . . . . . . . . 8.20
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3364.35. . . . . . -10.90 Press Trust of India
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . 1180.25. . . . . . . 16.25 Output for all sectors barring electricity shrank from March Mumbai State Council vows to reduce real borrowing costs
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2216.00. . . . . . -39.90
The rupee declined 17
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UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 6082.60. . . . . . -20.05
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 779.60. . . . . . . . -2.95 Special Correspondent contracted 13.6% from paise to close at its alltime Reuters In terms of monetary and
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 478.05. . . . . . . . . 1.80 New Delhi March 2022 levels. Similarly, low of 77.71 against the U.S. BEIJING financial policies, China will
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India’s core sector output ex fertilisers and refinery pro dollar on Tuesday as surg China’s Cabinet unveiled a boost financing efficiency
panded 8.4% in April, the ducts were up 8.7% and 9.2% ing U.S. bond yields dam package of 33 measures co via capital markets, by sup
EXCHANGE RATES
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
fastest pace in six months, yearonyear, respectively, pened the appeal of riskier vering fiscal, financial, in porting domestic firms to list
except yen at 4 p.m. on May 31 with crude oil and steel the but fell 10.9% and 5.5% from assets. vestment and industrial pol in Hong Kong, and promote
CURRENCY TT BUY
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 77.44. . . . . . . 77.76
TT SELL
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 82.85. . . . . . . 83.20

only sectors among the eight
infrastructure industries
comprising the index to re
March.
“The IIP growth in April
can also be expected to be in
Losses in domestic equi
ties, high crude oil prices
and forex outflows also A icies on Tuesday to revive a
pandemicravaged econo
my, saying it will inspect
offshore listings by qualified
platform companies. The
State Council also vowed to
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British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 97.44. . . . . . . 97.88
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 60.45. . . . . . . 60.70 cord a marginal decline in the higher single digit range weighed on the rupee. how provincial governments further reduce real borrow
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.62. . . . . . . 11.67 production from the year of 6% to 8%, based on these At the interbank foreign implement them. ing costs, and strengthen fi
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 80.63. . . . . . . 80.97
earlier period. numbers,” said Madan Sab exchange market, the ru The stimulus package, promote healthy develop nancial support for infras
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Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 56.45. . . . . . . 56.69

Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 61.08. . . . . . . 61.36 However, on a sequential navis, chief economist at pee opened lower at 77.65 which was flagged by Chi ment of platform compa tructure and major projects.
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.69. . . . . . . 17.79
basis, the Index of Eight to record a sequential in Bank of Baroda. against the greenback and na’s State Council in a rou nies, which are expected to Meanwhile, the Ministry
Australian Dollar . . . . . . .. . 55.58. . . . . . . 55.82
Core Industries (ICI), which crease as well, rising 0.8% Mr. Sabnavis added that finally settled at 77.71, tine meeting last week, un play a role in stabilising jobs, of Finance said purchase tax
Source:Indian Bank
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constitutes about 40% of the from March. Coal output, some of the numbers like down 17 paise over its pre derscores Beijing’s shift according to the measures. for smallengine cars would
Index for Industrial Produc which was 28.8% higher coal’s 28.8% jump and pow vious close. toward growth, after draco China will also expand be halved. The government
tion (IIP), declined 9.5% last than in April 2021, shrank er’s 10.7% growth, while im This is the fifth straight nian COVID19 control mea private investment, acceler would cut the tax for cars
IN BRIEF month compared with 25.6% from the preceding pressive, were “difficult to monthly decline for the ru sures pounded the economy ate infrastructure construc priced at no more than
March 2022 levels. month’s levels. reconcile with the power cri pee amid weak risk senti and threatens Beijing’s 5.5% tion and stimulate purchases 3,00,000 yuan and with 2
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Electricity generation, Cement output grew 8%, sis that was there in April ment, foreign fund out growth target for the year. of cars and home appliances litre or smaller engines to 5%
which grew 10.7% yearon even as steel declined 0.7% with shortage of coal and flows and concerns over To revive investment and to stabilise investments, ac of the sticker price, down
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year, was the only industry from a year ago, but both power being reported”. high inflation. consumption, China will cording to the measures. from 10% earlier.
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add plants in Poland, Ohio Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) CHENNAI Indian paint industry, which Shares of LIC on Tuesday New Delhi The country’s top three
and Indonesia starting this wants the government to The decorative division of was about ₹50,000 crore declined by more than 3% India will strongly oppose private telecom operators
year, CEO Nitin Gupta said as
reconsider the proposal to Nippon Paint India plans to prior to COVID, had shrunk. after the company posted a continuation of moratorium will resort to another
s:
the firm aims to tap into a

make six airbags mandato open 600 retail outlets over The decorative segment had 17% drop in consolidated on customs duties on e round of tariff increases in
global boom for EVs. REUTERS
ry in passenger vehicles, the next seven months in accounted for 70% of it. net profit for the fourth commerce trade at the the second half of the cur
saying the norm will adver Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, In 2022, Nippon Paint re quarter ended March. WTO’s meeting in Geneva rent fiscal and close FY23
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sely hit the already shrink said a senior official. vised prices twice following The stock slid 3.05% to next month as it was adver with revenue growth of 20
Cosmetics raises $50 mn
ing small car market and “We would like to be rising fuel prices, the Rus settle at ₹811.50 on the BSE. sely impacting developing 25%, according to a report.
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SUGAR Cosmetics has closed the auto sector. ka than in Tamil Nadu, as we tics issues. “Price rise is in 3.23% to ₹810. At the NSE, The official said allowing in average revenue per us
$50million Series D The firm noted the rule are already in the second evitable,” Mr. Titus said. it fell by 3.21% to end at the moratorium to lapse er in FY22, the number is
fundraising round led by the would largely impact the position in Tamil Nadu,” “While others are plan ₹810.85. was important for develop toms duties on electronic set to grow 1520% in FY23
Asia fund of L Catterton, a costsensitive entrylevel said Mark Titus, Director ning to raise the prices in In volume terms, 2.22 ing nations to preserve poli transmissions since 1998 as the full impact of the in
private equity firm. The round car segment — which has Marketing, Nippon Paint In June, we have not yet taken lakh shares were traded at cy space for their digital ad and the moratorium had creases carried out in the
saw strong interest from been facing headwinds and dia (decorative division). a decision, as we can’t pass the BSE and over 43.73 vancement, to regulate been periodically extended previous fiscal plays out,
private equity (PE) funds with witnessing dwindling sales Nippon Paint proposes to on the cost to the custom lakh shares at the NSE. LIC imports and generate reve at successive ministerial and also on the back of the
continued participation from over the last three years — open 300 400 independent ers,” he added. had posted a 17% decline in nue via customs duties. conferences (MC), which is newer increases expected
existing investors – A91 making it even more diffi retail points in Karnataka. “It would take at least six consolidated net profit to The World Trade Organi the highest decision making in the second half of the
Partners, Elevation Capital cult for twowheeler users The rest of the new outlets months for the industry to ₹2,409 crore for the fourth sation (WTO) members had body of the 164member year, Crisil’s research wing
and India Quotient. to upgrade to small cars. would be opened in Tamil come back to normalcy.” quarter ended March. agreed not to impose cus organisation. said in a report.
SPORT
Shoaib helps Nelson avoid the drop Badrinath, Jagadeesan interact with Kiran quietly pulls off a
Young Stars and IOB relegated to the second division Super Kings Academy campers quartermile stunner
tons 173 & 156/8 decl. in 46 ov But now, with the inter
TNCA I DIVN. ers (Anand Subramanian 61, G. ATHLETICS State Nationals — the main
Sports Reporter Babu 45, B. Arun 4/56) drew Stan Rayan trials to select the Indian
Chennai with UFCC (T Nagar) 122 in KOCHI team for the World cham
40.5 overs (P. Sugendhiran 41,
M. Shoaib Mohammed Khan A month after Aishwarya pionships and Common
L. Sathiyannaarayan 7/43). Pis
scalped five wickets and tons 5 (31), UFCC 1 (31).
Mishra’s stunning 51.18s at wealth Games — in Chennai
helped Nelson SC avoid rele the Malappuram Federation coming up ( June 1014), she
At ICGuru Nanak College:
gation by helping it take the Young Stars 272 drew with Vi
Cup in April and the vanish has managed to improve her
firstinnings lead against Ma jay 317/8 decl. in 63.4 overs ing trick after that, another time magically.
dras Cricket Club on the final (Daryl S. Ferrario 63, M. Shah quartermiler Kiran Pahal “I hope to clock 51.35s at
day of the last round TNCA Shoaib Mohd. Khan rukh Khan 67, N. Jagadeesan has come up with an im the interState...that’s the
first division league match (Nelson, 5/88). 45, Karan Patel 65). Vijay 5 pressive time. World championship quali
here on Tuesday. (55), Young Stars 1 (19). Kiran, from Sonepat, fying mark, that’s my tar
56), defending champion
At ICGuru Nanak, half At MAC: Nelson 386 drew clocked 51.84s for the Ha get,” Kiran told The Hindu
Jolly Rovers will take on Vi
centuries from Daryl S. Fer with MCC 271 in 85.3 overs ryana State title at Karnal a on Tuesday evening.
jay CC, while MRCA will (K.H. Gopinath 41, Siddarth S.
rario and M. Shahrukh Khan Holding forth: Badrinath and K.S. Viswanathan address the trainees at Salem and Chennai. few days ago, a time that “I had a hamstring injury
meet Grand Slam. Ahhuja 78 n.o., K. Gowtham
helped Vijay CC take the took her to the second spot last year during training and
The scores: At MRFPach.: Thamarai Kannan 47, Shoaib
lead against Young Stars. SPORTS REPORTER closing ceremony in Chen start its annual camp from in this year’s Asian 400m missed three months. Now,
Globe Trotters 217 drew with Mohammed Khan 5/88). Nel
Young Stars finished 11th MRCA 330/9 in 81 overs (N.S.
CHENNAI nai. June 7, 2022, in Chennai list, behind Aishwarya. my workouts are good, they
son 5 (23), MCC 1 (23).
and will be relegated. Chaturved 80, S. Swaminathan The Super Kings Academy S. Badrinath, former India (Thoraipakkam) and Salem Kiran hit the headlines have improved. That’s the
At IITMChemplast: IOB 340
At IITMChemplast, M. 58 n.o., S.R. Athish 53). Points: summer camp, which got and Chennai Super Kings (Salem Cricket Foundation). with her 52.73s (improving reason for the good time.”
drew with Jolly Rovers 343/6
Kaushik Gandhi and M. Vish MRCA 5 (39), Trotters 1 (27). decl. in 84.1 overs (M. Vishal 77,
underway in Chennai and player, was the guest of ho There will be twoday and from 55.18 in 2018) at the But she is ready for Chen
al’s halfcenturies helped Jol At SRMC (Turf): Grand Slam M. Kaushik Gandhi 93). Jolly Salem on April 6, concluded nour in Salem. fiveday camps. 2019 Ranchi National Open nai and hopes to get back to
ly Rovers take the lead 430 & 14/1 decl. in 3 overs Rovers 5 (43), IOB 1 (19) on Tuesday (May 31). The students of the Super Students can register at at and was invited to the na the National camp.
against IOB. The latter fin drew with Swaraj 170 in 53 ov Correction: A.G. Pradeep K.S. Viswanathan, CEO, Kings Academy received cer www.superkingsacademy.com. tional relay camp. “I was in the National
ished last and will step down ers (M. Siddharth 4/52). Grand had scored a century for IOB Chennai Super Kings, and N. tificates from the guests of Contact 73053 22282 (for But she had a very quiet camp in 2019 and 2020. If I
to the second division next Slam 5 (39), Swaraj 1 (23). and not as published in these Jagadeesan, Chennai Super honour. Chennai) and 73054 22282 life after that, clocking a get a call, I’ll join imme
year. In the semifinals ( June At CPTIP (Turf): India Pis columns on May 31. Kings player, graced the Super Kings Academy will (Salem). best of 54.48s in 2021. diately,” said the 21yearold.
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Trevisan passes the Fernandez test, enters maiden Slam semifinal

She will take on teenage star Gauff, who beat Stephens in straight sets to make the last four; Zverev halts Alcaraz; Cilic proves too good for secondseeded Medvedev
FRENCH OPEN
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THE RESULTS
Quarterfinals: Women: Trevi
SaniaHradecka duo
Paris
Italy's Martina Trevisan
san (Ita) bt 17Fernandez (Can)
62, 67(3), 63; 18Gauff (USA)
bt Stephens (USA) 75, 62.
loses in third round
reached her first Grand Slam
semifinal on Tuesday with Men: 3Zverev (Ger) bt 6Alca PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The 10thseeded Indo
victory over Canada's Leylah raz (Esp) 64, 64, 46, 76(7). PARIS Czech combination fell be
Women’s doubles (third
Fernandez at RolandGarros. Sania Mirza and her Czech hind early in the first set and
round): 8Pegula & Gauff (USA)
World No. 59 Trevisan bt 10Sania (Ind) & Hradecka partner Lucie Hradecka lost though it fought back, Pegu
downed the 17th seeded Ca (Cze) 64, 63. to the American pair of Jes la and Gauff held their nerve
nadian, a fellow lefthander, Monday’s result: Men (fourth sica Pegula and Coco Gauff to win the set. It was almost
62, 67(3), 63. round): 20Cilic (Cro) bt 2 46, 36 in the third round of a similar script in the se
Trevisan was a shock quar Medvedev 62, 63, 62. women’s doubles at Roland cond as the Americans pre
terfinalist at Roland Garros as Garros on Tuesday. vailed.
a qualifier in 2020. firstever Grand Slam win ov
Despite her low ranking er a top10 player.
this year, she returned to the World No. 2 Daniil Medve
tournament with a maiden dev was knocked out by Ma
WTA title under her belt in rin Cilic in the last 16 on Mon
Rabat and went into Tues day in straight sets.
day's tie on a ninematch win Former US Open cham
ning streak. pion Cilic eased to a 62, 63,
She made that 10 when she Make that 10! Trevisan arrived at RolandGarros with a maiden WTA title under her belt, and went into Tuesday's tie on a 62 win in just 1hr 45 min on
claimed victory on a second ninematch winning streak. AFP *
Court Philippe Chatrier.
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match point having wasted Medvedev followed fourth
one in the second set with Open were her influences. Open on Tuesday. world, avenged her defeat to set clash. The German third ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas out
Fernandez left to rue her 44 "They are happy for me. I Gauff, who burst onto the Stephens at the 2021 US Open seed claimed a 64, 64, 46, 7 of the tournament after the
unforced errors. saw them yesterday as they scene as a 15yearold history and helped erase the memo 6(7) victory over Spanish 2021 runnerup was defeated
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Trevisan, now guaranteed are in Paris playing the le maker at Wimbledon three ry of her quarterfinal defeat teenage sensation Alcaraz af by Danish teenager Holger
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a place in the top 30 at least, gends event. They are my big years ago, defeated fellow last year to eventual cham ter three hours and 18 Rune earlier in the day.
said Grand Slam titles by fel gest inspirations." American Sloane Stephens pion Barbora Krejcikova in minutes. Cilic, ranked 23, will face
low Italians Francesca Schia Teenage star Coco Gauff al 75, 62. Paris. Zverev moved into his se Russia's Andrey Rublev in his
vone in Paris in 2010 and Fla so reached her maiden Grand Victory for Gauff, 18 years Alexander Zverev beat Car cond straight lastfour match third career Roland Garros
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via Pennetta at the 2015 US Slam semifinals at the French old and ranked 23 in the los Alcaraz in a dramatic four at Roland Garros after his quarterfinal.
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Explaining the reasons be from October 1, 2022. Manush Shah will be the ting up a national academy, while the South Africans
Sergio Perez with a fresh
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from SAI, S.D. Mudgil, CoA tion phase, with an eye on a part of a weeklong National four other cities. said DDCA joint secretary
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last weekend. “For us, holding representative and chairper rich medal haul in Birming camp for 15 paddlers at the The squads: Rajan Manchanda.
onto his pace, race craft and son of the selection commit ham, we have included the PadukoneDravid Centre for Men: Sanil Shetty, Sharath Ka K.L. Rahul will lead the
experience was a nobrainer tee, said at a press confe said player in the team. She Sports Excellence here. mal, G. Sathiyan and Harmeet Indian team in the absence
rence here on Tuesday, is one half of the pair that is Mudgil stated that all the of regular skipper Rohit
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Checo will continue to race for “Under the existing selec ranked No. 4 in the world 15 players (eight men and se Women: Sreeja Akula, Reeth Sharma, who has been
the team until 2024,” said tion criteria, one of the and which will be the top ven women) at the camp will Rishya, Manika Batra and Ar rested for the series along
team boss Christian Horner in members of the women’s seeds at the Commonwealth be fielded at the World Table chana Kamath; Standby: Diya So near yet so far: The Indians put their best foot forward, side Virat Kohli and Jasprit
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Carlsen team clinches gold Shubhangi feels women’s cricket has come a long way The continental champions meet in
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CRICKET to spare, Italy astonishingly
P.K. Ajith Kumar FOOTBALL missed out after losing to
PUNE Agence France-Presse minnow North Macedonia
Opposite the tennis court at Buenos Aires in a playoff.
the famed Deccan Gymkha Real Madrid’s France star “What happened with
na Club in Pune is a shop Karim Benezema deserves Italy is crazy, having won
that sells things exclusively to win the Ballon d’Or, ac the Euros and not being at
cricket. At the cash counter cording to seventime lau the World Cup, given Italy’s
you will find a middleaged reate Lionel Messi. history at the World Cup,”
woman with cropped, salt “There’s no doubt, it’s ve he said.
andpepper hair. ry clear that Benzema has “If Italy had been at the
had a spectacular year and World Cup they would have
Anand. *
FILE PHOTO Lowprofile has ended it by winning the been one of the favorites.
She will help you choose the
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right bat or glove. Some
C ontinuing his fine run

in the shorter timefor
mat, Viswanathan Anand
times, her suggestions are
met with arched eyebrows.
Shubhangi Kulkarni, howev
stunned Magnus Carlsen er, does not let on that she is
on way to the tied third well qualified to advise. She Raising the decibel level: Players from all over the world
spot in the 10th Norway does not let on that she is a made their presence felt at the T20 Challenge. SPORTZPICS/IPL *
Chess 2022 Blitz at Stavan Golden run: Ramita, Shreya and Elavenil, who finished former India captain who
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played 19 Tests and 27 ODIs. never he is in Pune.” Test, at Bengaluru. After a
Wesley So won the event Most of the visitors to her Gavaskar was the biggest five for 48 in the first innings
scoring 6.5 points from Sports Bureau nush Srikanth and Paarth shop may not know that she icon of Indian cricket when with her legspin, she took
nine rounds. Carlsen was Makhija, started well, but bowled the Indian women’s Shubhangi began playing the two more wickets in the se
second on 5.5 followed by
Anish Giri, Anand and
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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wal, Elavenil Valarivan and
lost its way and eventually
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team to its firstever Test vic
tory, or that she was a suc
cessful administrator who
game.
How it all started

cond. In the fourth Test of
the sixmatch series, she
took seven wickets to help
tied on 5 points. Ramita outplayed Denmark In a packed calendar for played a key role in the BCCI “When I was still at school, India post its first Test win. Champions League,” Messi They were unlucky. No one
Anand’s 43move victo 175 for gold in the shooting the season, the Indian team taking women’s cricket un my mother came to know of told TyC Sports. would have wanted to play
ry over Carlsen was his first World Cup in Baku, Azerbai had planned to pace itself der its wing. a camp conducted by the Able administrator Messi was speaking them.”
since 2017. jan, on Tuesday. judiciously and had opted to Not that she minds! Maharashtra Cricket Associa After hanging up her boots, ahead of a friendly with Italy Meanwhile, Angel Di Ma
The fivetime World The Indian team started field only 12 rifle shooters in She is happy just to spend tion and she took me there,” she became an administra at Wembley stadium in Lon ria will retire from interna
champion started with a well by topping qualification the current World Cup. time at Sunny’s Sports Bou she recalls. “Then I also at tor. It was while she was the don, between two continen tional football after this
win over Norway’s Aryan in the first stage. It wavered The results: Air rifle: Men: 1. tique, which she established tended a camp by Lala Amar secretary of the Women’s tal champions. year’s World Cup.
Tari, drew with So and de a bit in the second stage, to Korea 16 (627.3) 936.3; 2. Aus some four decades ago in nath in Lucknow, in 197576.” Cricket Association of India, The match between the
feated Veselin Topalov, be 0.6 point behind Den tralia 8 (626.6) 933.4; 3. Croa partnership with former Ba After playing an invitation in 2006, that the BCCI took South American Copa It will be time: Di Maria
drew with Temour Radja mark, but ensured its berth tia (Josip Sikavica, Miran Maric roda cricketer Jairaj Mehta tournament at Nainital, she over. America holders and the “After this World Cup it will
bov, lost to Anish, drew in the gold match. ic, Andrija Mikuljan) 16 (624.2) and Sunil Gavaskar. played in her first National That was one big step for European champions, be time, there are a lot of
with Wang Hao, then came The first medal helped In 940.0; 4. India (Rudrankksh Inside the shop, you will tournament at Kolkata in ward for women’s cricket. where many Argentines lads who are at international
Patil, Dhanush Srikanth, Paarth
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Women: 1. India (Shreya Agra
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wal, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita)
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lude to the classical time bia, Poland and France. Rikke Ibsen) 5 (629.2) 942.8; 3. mal Bhandarkar,” Shubhangi Against the West Indies in mensely because of that. stormed to qualification for Di Maria, 34, played 121
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the same players. of Rudrankksh Patil, Dha rea 10 (626.5) 944.2. “He visits the shop whe debut in India’s first official IPL.” this year with several games and scored 24 goals.
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R. Ashwin holds his own, Sai Kishore and Sai Sudharsan draw attention
extra covers off a fiery Kagiso
IPL 2022 Rabada will testify.
S. Dinakar The mentally tough Sud
Chennai harsan has footwork, the gift
He was a fireball at the end of of timing and the attractive
an innings. The pocket po ness of a lefthanded batter.
werhouse innovated, creat He notched 141 runs in five
ed and invariably took his matches with a highest of 65
team past the finish line. not out. A lad for the future. M. Sujendran L. Vignesh
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superfit at 36, throbbed with Chakravarthy had an ordin slam hundreds
life at the death, notching up ary IPL for Kolkata Knight Centuries from M. Big wins for Swaraj FC,
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whiplash hits at an astonish ing the bowler more easily, helped Seshadri MCC beat Swaraj FC thrashed Income
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forcer. Karthik’s was a stun son for Sunrisers was (Asishkumar 54, J Sarath the park with a
ning success story but it was marred by injuries but he Perumal 4/34 , Sohil 4/51). commanding 41 win over starting here from June 8.
a mixed bag for Tamil Nadu still managed to make an im Indian Bank.
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bowled his offspin with con influential cameos. tracting extra bounce and Legspinner M. Ashwin June 11 to March 12, 2023 for Lucky 90+3) bt Indian Bank 1 Asian Cup. choice. It’s a football city.
trol for most part for Rajas Lanky leftarm spinner R. picking up six wickets in five had his moments for Mum boys in the age group of 6 (Aby 77). Even as the team has You get that extra needed to
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Royals also employed Ash rat Titans. ore’s teammate at Titans, is Indrajith could not cash in St. Bede’s Ground for TRC vs Little Hearts (8 a.m.); was satisfied with the over hours after the team landed
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Games. for us to retain the
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TDCA’s 25th
anniversary
celebration today
TNSJA scholarships to be
awarded during the occasion
members of the TNSJA
GENERAL based on their recent
SPORTS REPORTER achievements. TDCA
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During the occasion, India cricketers and of
TDCA, in association ficials from the Tamil
with the Tamil Nadu Nadu Cricket Associa
Sports Journalists’ As tion (TNCA) are expect
sociation (TNSJA), will ed to be part of the
present scholarships to celebrations.
the tune of ₹3 lakh to TDCA, which runs a
sportspersons from dif wellstructured league,
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GDP expansion Fuel for Sri Lanka EU bans Russian oil Italy opens its borders Core sector growth
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fourth quarter of 202122.
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5.4% expansion seen in the
OctoberDecember quarter of 202122.
The growth in the JanuaryMarch
quarter pushed the annual growth rate
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amount of
diesel India
sent to Sri
Lanka, which is facing acute fuel
shortage in the midst of its worst
economic crisis. Last month, India sent
90 oil imports the European
Union leaders agreed to ban
by the end of 2022. This is
the latest sanction the bloc
is imposing on Moscow, spurred by the
ongoing war in Ukraine. The embargo
covers Russian oil brought in by sea,
294 who entered Italy, after
authorities opened a port
in Sicily to those rescued
over the last 10 days in
the central Mediterranean. The
operations, which began on May 19 off
the coast of Libya, rescued 49 children,
8.4 production growth of
eight infrastructure
sectors in April on the
back of better
performance by coal, refinery products
and electricity segments, according to
official data. The output of the sectors
up to 8.7%. The gross domestic an additional $500 million credit line allowing a temporary exemption for some of whom were as young as three of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery
product (GDP) had expanded by 2.5% to Sri Lanka, to help pay for fuel and imports delivered by pipeline, a move years old. Italy has seen a surge in products, fertilizer, steel, cement and
in the corresponding JanuaryMarch other imports. In keeping with India’s that was crucial to bring landlocked migrant arrivals recently. The Interior electricity had expanded by 4.9% in
period of 202021, according to data ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, New Hungary on board as the decision Ministry said 18,841 migrants have March 2022 while it was higher at
released by the National Statistical Delhi has extended, this year alone, aid required consensus between all arrived in Italy by sea so far this year, 62.6% in March 2021 due to low base
Office (NSO). The NSO, in its second worth over $3.5 billion to Sri Lanka. members. The EU had already imposed up by 31% over last year. This is an effect. The output growth in April is
advance estimate, had projected GDP With long lines for fuel, the public has five previous rounds of sanctions on increase of almost onethird over last the highest since October 2021 when
growth at 8.9% during 202122. PTI been suffering for months. PTI Russia over its war with Ukraine. AP year’s migrant arrivals. AP the core sector grew by 8.7%. PTI
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school admissions. for Internet and Society (CIS) acquired
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advisory asking people to refrain from obtain the consent of the individual before social security and employment
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Delivery of Financial and Authority of India (UIDAI) opted to withdraw authentication purposes on the Central number etc. The same year, the UIDAI in
Other Subsidies Benefits and the notification. It stated that the action was Identities Data Repository (CIDR). This response to an RTI stated that more than
Services) Act, 2016 states
to avert any possibility of ‘misinterpretation’ centralised database contains all Aadhaar 200 central and State government websites
that Aadhaar authentication
is necessary for availing
subsidies and services that
are financed from the
of the (withdrawn) press release, asking
people to exercise “normal prudence” in
using/sharing their Aadhaar numbers.
numbers and holder’s corresponding
demographic and biometric information.
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needs to be maintained and The withdrawn notice had suggested accompany the verification answer ‘Yes’. rightful beneficiary’s Aadhaar with a distinct
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information cannot be used
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for anything other than the
specified purpose. the document must not be downloaded from details. Additionally, the Aadhaar Act forbids sizeable identity documents available.
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for some reason, must be permanently finger print, iris scan, among other the bank account number would not be
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Payments Bridge (APB) and show their Aadhaar cards
veils the first eight digits of the twelvedigit than Aadhaar number generation and stating that the individual’s fingerprint, iris needtoknow basis. Comptroller and
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to Aadhaar. In July 2018, Telecom Regulatory of India’s number (or enclosed personal information) instances where employees of service audit reports provided to them by the
Chairman R.S. Sharma tweeted his Aadhaar collected from the holder can be published, providers were caught stealing biometric entities themselves. Further, UIDAI’s
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central and State harm”. In response, users dug up his mobile information or authentication records would authentication. A farstretch means for authentication has not helped it with
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residential address and date of birth. It could order of the High Court or Supreme Court, collecting fingerprints from varied places ensures that each Aadhaar Number
some Aadhaar beneficiaries
such as their names and
not be ascertained if the PAN number was or by someone of the Secretary rank or that an individual might touch unknowingly generated is unique. The CAG’s reported
addresses. This means that actually correct. UIDAI dismissed assertions above in the interest of national security. in a certain space (such as a railing of a stated that apart from the issue of multiple
of any data leak, arguing that most of the staircase) with iris data being acquired from Aadhaars to the same resident, there have
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fraudulently link the rightful caution users from publicly sharing their As per the National Payment Corporation of As for mobile verification, phone users in being accorded to multiple residents.As per
beneficiary’s Aadhaar with a Aadhaar numbers. India’s (NCPI) data, ₹6.48 crore worth of India are known to carry two or more phone UIDAI’s Tech Centre, nearly 4.75 lakh
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distinct bank account, financial frauds through 8,739 transactions numbers at one time. There could be a duplicate Aadhaar numbers were cancelled
embezzling the beneficiary What does the law say? involving 2,391 unique users took place in FY possibility that the number linked to the as of November 2019. The regulator relies on
by impersonation.
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Act, 2016 makes it clear that Aadhaar institutions and organisations have endowed phone numbers instead, update it in the CAG concluded it was “not effective enough”
authentication is necessary for availing greater focus on linking their databases with bank using the available information (of the in detecting the leakages and plugging them.
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subsidies, benefits and services that are Aadhaar numbers, including for bank individual) and deprive them of benefits or Biometric authentications can be a cause of
financed from the Consolidated Fund of accounts especially in light of the embezzle funds. worry, especially for disabled and senior
India. In the absence of Aadhaar, the compulsory linkage for direct benefit citizens with both the iris and fingerprints
individual is to be offered an alternate and transfer schemes. The NPCI’s Aadhaar What are some of the structural dilapidating. Though the UIDAI has assured
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can be read at she/he is not deprived of the same. Enabled Payment System (AEPS) facilitate The Aadhaar Data Vault is where all benefits due to biometric authentication
epaper.thehindu.com and Separately, Aadhaar has been described direct benefit transfer (DBT) and allow numbers collected by authentication failures, the absence of an efficient
https://www.thehindu.com/ as a preferred KYC (Know Your Customer) individuals to use Aadhaar for payments. agencies are centrally stored. Its objective is technology could serve as poignant premise
topic/textandcontext/ document but not mandatory for opening This requires bank accounts to be linked to to provide a dedicated facility for the for frauds to make use of their ‘databases’.
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Looking at the UN report on the Taliban regime

Which are the foreign terrorist groups flourishing on Afghan soil? What are the internal dynamics within the Taliban post its ascension to power?
The report also says that the alQaeda ideological approach to securing Taliban What about other terrorist groups?
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The story so far: A new report from the 180400 fighters in Afghanistan. “Fighters the command of Hibatullah, various constitutes the largest component of
Analytical Support and Sanctions included nationals from Bangladesh, Taliban factions are manoeuvring for foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan,
Monitoring Team of the United Nations India, Myanmar and Pakistan,” says the advantage, with the Haqqani Network with their numbers estimated at
Security Council (UNSC) says that foreign report. While AQIS capabilities were cornering most of the influential posts in 3,0004,000, and mostly located along B A new report from the
terrorist organisations continue to enjoy “assessed as still weakened from losses as the administration. the east and southeast Analytical Support and
safe haven under the new Taliban a result of the October 2015 joint United AfghanistanPakistan border areas. Sanctions Monitoring Team
regime. The report adds that due to StatesAfghan raid in Kandahar’s How are ethnic dynamics in the Among all the foreign extremist groups in of the UNSC says that
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Taliban internationally at this juncture, member states, international and posture” due to financial constraints. The (Durrani) Taliban to be in the ascendancy takeover. The report also notes that the Taliban regime. It adds that
the terrorist groups are currently in regional organisations, private sector report notes that the name change of the among the Taliban leadership, with Kabul airport attack of August 26 has the terrorist groups are not
consolidation mode and not likely to financial institutions, and the work of AQIS magazine from ‘NawaiAfghan Pashtuns getting precedence over elevated the Islamic State in Iraq and the likely to launch major
launch major attacks outside Afghanistan bodies such as the United Nations Jihad’ to ‘NawaeGazwaheHind’ nonPashtuns. Several key Tajik and LevantKhorasan (ISILK) to be the most attacks outside Afghanistan
before 2023. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. suggests a “refocussing of AQIS from Uzbek commanders in the north have prominent Daesh affiliate in the region. before 2023.
Afghanistan to Kashmir”. been replaced with Pashtuns from the While its activity declined towards the
What is the mandate of the What does the report say about south, and these decisions have come end of 2021, the group has grown in B Two Indiafocussed
monitoring team and how did it terrorist organisations that pose a What about internal tensions? against the backdrop of an “organised strength through prison releases and new terrorist groups,
collect data? threat to India? The foremost internal division in the campaign by Pashtuns to dislodge ethnic recruitments. Meanwhile, alQaeda JaishiMohammed (JiM)
The monitoring team assists the UNSC Two Indiafocussed terrorist groups, Taliban is between the moderate and Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek communities continues to enjoy a close relationship and LashkareTaiba (LeT),
sanctions committee. Its report, JaishiMohammed ( JiM) and hardline blocs. While the moderate bloc) from rich agricultural land in the north”. with the Taliban, celebrating the latter’s are reported to have
training camps in
circulated among committee members, LashkareTaiba (LeT), are reported to wants working relationships with foreign Internal cohesion within the Taliban success by “renewing its pledge of
Afghanistan.
informs the formulation of UN strategy in have training camps in Afghanistan. partners and integration with the was easier to maintain during the allegiance to Hibatullah”. Noting that
Afghanistan. India is currently the chair While the JiM “maintains eight training international system, the hardliners insurgency period, when there was a neither ISILK nor the alQaeda are
of the sanctions committee, which camps in Nangarhar, three of which are (consisting of senior Taliban leaders “compelling common cause to expel “believed to be capable of mounting B TehreekeTaliban
Pakistan (TTP) constitutes
comprises all the 15 UNSC members. This directly under Taliban control,” the LeT centralised around Hibatullah foreign forces from Afghanistan”, the international attacks before 2023 at the
the largest component of
report — the 13th overall — is the first was “said to maintain three camps in Akhundzada) have a more ideological report notes. But now that they are in earliest,” the report concludes that their foreign terrorist fighters in
since the Taliban returned to power in Kunar and Nangarhar”. Both the groups stance, with little interest in international power, “the Taliban’s core identity of a presence, along with the presence of Afghanistan, with their
August 2021. The UN team could not visit enjoy close links with the Taliban relations. Independent of both these Pashtun nationalist cause dominated by other terrorist groups on Afghan soil, numbers estimated at
Afghanistan for evidencegathering. This leadership, with the LeT having a history blocs is the Haqqani Network which, southern Taliban has again come to the remain a matter of grave concern for 3,0004,000.
is the first of its reports not informed by of providing finance and training while more aligned with the hardliners, is fore, generating tension and conflict with neighbouring countries and the wider
official Afghan briefings. Instead, the expertise to Taliban operations. inclined towards a pragmatic rather than other ethnic groups.” international community.
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The world always needs love. In troubled times author weaves a lingering teenage passion of two Released on valentine’s day in 1970, Eric Segal’s “Good morning, sir”.
even more. Two years on from the start of the young lovers, Florentino and Fermina who are Love Story is about two college students from “Good morning.”
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COVID19 pandemic, there has been so much compelled to part because the girl’s father different worlds brought together in the “Sir, is there a difference between ‘Ask him
suffering and uncertainty that it is time we shed disapproves of their relationship. The two live unlikeliest of ways. Their deep love and respect whether he can come tomorrow’ and ‘Ask
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thoughts about the beauty of life and falling in is, after the girl marries an accomplished doctor adversities they encounter in life: from severing “ ‘Ask him whether he can come tomor
love. committed to the eradication of cholera, and is ties with parents, finding jobs, completing row’ means ‘Ask him whether he can come
For those who followed the music of the sixties, later widowed. The master of magical realism that education, fighting disease and finally death that tomorrow or not’. There is a choice in this.
lyricist Hal David’s uplifting song, “What the Marquez is, he explores what it means to be breaks the illusion that all love stories have the You use whether when there are alternatives.
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world needs now is love; It’s the only thing that faithful in the 1985 novel. ‘lived happily thereafter’ kind of ending. It is the In the sentence with ‘whether’, you are inter
there’s just too little of…No, not just for some but Though Florentino whiles away the years of strength of their love that helps to accept and ested in finding out the convenience of the
for everyone”, couldn’t sound truer six decades separation in multiple affairs, he reserves his acknowledge love as a beautiful understanding of other person. You may change the day if ‘to
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on. heart for his teenage love. He purposefully attends a different level — where no action is meant to morrow’ is not suitable to him. The second
the funeral of his lover’s husband and after 59 hurt and no apology is needed. sentence with ‘if ’ implies that tomorrow is
The universal language of love years, nine months and four days, once again what is convenient to you. The emphasis here
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There are songs, movies, poems on the theme of proclaims his love for her. Both give each other a Through the ups and downs is on your convenience. It almost amounts to
love that make the world go round. But nothing second chance. John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars recognises saying ‘Tomorrow is convenient to me. Please
can remind us better of love’s universal appeal, the simple pleasures in life and asks us to make come tomorrow’. You use ‘whether’ when
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inherent strength and an innate strangeness than the best of the days available and not let you are prepared for any answer. You are not
literature. Each love story written is different and Each love story written is different and is unfairness strip us of our desires. It helps us to emphasising your point of view. You leave it
is not necessarily always about romance. It can be not necessarily always about romance. It realise that we all get a chance to lead a good life if to the person concerned. You use if when you
as much about our feelings and concern for can be as much about our feelings and we allow it for ourselves. show a preference for a particular answer.
friends, family, pets, environment, strangers and concern for friends, family, pets, Olive Kitterbridge by Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Find out whether he approves of this.
even our own self. Revelations and betrayals in environment, strangers and even our own Strout is about a cantankerous woman, often Find out if he approves of this.
relationships of love aren’t trivial either but help self given to bouts of bad temper towards her Find out whether he is at home.
to make this special emotion a combination of longsuffering pharmacist husband. But his love Find out if he is at home”.
thoughtfulness, appreciation and selflessness. It is not without reason why Jane Austen’s Pride for her — and, also her’s for him, however “Sir, what is a ‘moot’ point?”
Books from yore to present are perfect examples. and Prejudice spawns more than 200 years of strangely it is expressed — is never in doubt, and “A moot point is a debatable point. It is so
From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to adaptations. The 1813 novel examines the idea and forms the fulcrum point of their life. Each time mething that has not been settled or decided.
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre or Leo Tolstoy’s Anna the reality of love as the novel’s protagonists find you read it, you find something new to admire It is a point or a question over which there is
Karenina that we have grown up reading are some it hard to get into a contented relationship. about their love. disagreement. Whether nationalisation of in
of literature’s epic stories that teach and celebrate Through a comedy of folly, Austen beautifully Every writers’ perspective on love takes a dustries is really good is a moot point”.
love in all its forms. captures what people eternally long for in a different hue, but what remains at the core is love “It has been very hot this year, sir. We need
What with rising complaints of marital discord relationship — to be truly valued by someone. Her as an endearment that shines through to be the some rains”.
and digital infidelity collapsing family ties in passages communicate the importance of love in rule and not an exception — especially when you “We certainly need rain. When ‘rain’ is
present times, it would be a wonderful idea to peoples’ lives. With faults of some and virtues of are engulfed in crises. used in the plural it refers to the rainy season.
The rains came.
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‘we are expecting rains’. We are expecting
THE DAILY QUIZ rain means we are expecting some showers.
We are expecting rains, means we are looking
Since 2001, June 1 has been observed as World Milk Day to recognise its importance as a global food. A quiz on forward to the monsoon”.
all things milk “What is the meaning of ‘He is being led by
the nose’, sir?”
“ ‘To lead someone by the nose’ means ‘to
F In which major sporting event is there a tradition of the champion
1 In Greek mythology,
whose milk was said to
have created the milky way?
5 The Russians had a way of
keeping milk from going
consuming milk after claiming the title? The latest one happened on May 29.
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make one submit to your wishes completely’.
If X is led by the nose by Y, then Y has com
sour by dropping which animal plete control over X. One is led by the nose
into the liquid?
when he is weakwilled. Some animals like
2 What is the term used
for the disaccharide that Please send in your answers to the dailyquiz@thehindu.co.in asses are led by their noses.
makes up around 2–8% of
milk (by weight) and gets its
6 In the history of milk, what
is the contribution of Gail
Borden Jr.? Questions (abridged) and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: 1. This is
Shakespeare in Othello (Act I, Scene iii)
says:
name from the Latin for
the first WHO Treaty adopted under article 19 of the WHO constitution. Ans: The Moor is of a free
milk?
7 Made from ewe's milk,
name the cheese named
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
2. The R in MPOWER, a policy package intended to assist in the countrylevel
and open nature
That thinks men honest
3 Name the historic
largest dairy
development programme
after a town in France.
implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco, that but seems to be so,
launched in January 1970
that transformed India from
8 Fill in the blank: _______ is
the first form of milk
produced by mammals
stands for this. Ans: Raise taxes on tobacco
3. The expansion of TNCO. Ans: Tar, Nicotine and Carbon monoxide
And will as tenderly
be led by the nose
a milk deficient nation into (including humans)
4. In 2010, this tobacco company filed a complaint against Uruguay because of As asses are......’
the world's largest milk immediately following the its antismoking legislation. Ans: Philip Morris International “Well, let’s stop here. Goodbye”.
producer. delivery of the newborn. 5. This country was the first to introduce plain tobacco packaging. Ans: “Thank you, sir. Goodbye”.
Australia
4 Name the landmark
1976 Shyam Benegal
film inspired by the milk
9 What are the two major
types of protein in milk?
6. The collective name of the six largest tobacco companies. Ans: Big Tobacco
7. This country is planning to ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation. Ans:
cooperative movement New Zealand
that was entirely Visual: This type of cigarette and the term that is associated with smoking these For feedback and suggestions for
crowdfunded by nearly cigarettes. Ans: Electronic cigarette, vaping Text & Context, please write to
5,00,000 dairy farmers.
letters@thehindu.co.in with the
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