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Indian Olympic hopefuls mightiness person to rejig their lifestyles arsenic the authorities is considering “cutting the flab.” Close to 300 athletes person fiscal enactment nether Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), but they whitethorn nary longer get unfettered entree to nationalist funds for their preparation. There’s nary coagulated determination connected it yet, but the treatment connected restructuring of funds has picked up momentum pursuing a disappointing medal tally astatine the Paris Olympics. Legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone indicated, during the Games, that players were pampered “maybe to immoderate extent”, affecting their hunger to win. Can this suffice arsenic people correction then? We hold and watch.
With that, let’s determination connected to today’s edition:
- Tamil superstar Vijay’s archetypal day, archetypal amusement successful politics
- PM Modi connected ‘digital arrest’ frauds
- Tackling Delhi’s aerial contamination crisis
🚨 Big Story
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez volition hold bilateral talks successful Vadodara connected Monday, and inaugurate India’s archetypal backstage subject transport craft accumulation works of the C295 craft for the Indian Air Force. This volition beryllium his archetypal sojourn to India – the archetypal by a Spanish PM aft 18 years.
‘Beginning of an era’: The C295 is acceptable to regenerate the bequest Avro-748 fleet, and volition beryllium deployed for tactical transport of up to 71 troops oregon 50 paratroopers, and for logistic operations to locations inaccessible to existent heavier aircraft. As portion of the archetypal ‘Make successful India’ aerospace programme successful the backstage sector, the French aviation elephantine Airbus volition present the archetypal 16 craft successful fly-away information from its Final Assembly Line successful Seville, Spain, portion the remainder 40 craft volition beryllium manufactured and assembled by TASL astatine the Vadodara facility. What is the C295 aircraft? Why is its acquisition important? We elaborate.
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“Will she prehend it arsenic an opportunity, which tin alteration the South to presumption itself not arsenic a unfortunate but arsenic a powerhouse of caller ideas and palmy endeavours?”
Congress person Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is each acceptable to marque her electoral debut if she wins the Wayanad bypoll, astatine a clip erstwhile North-South tensions are brewing, acknowledgment to the impending delimitation exercise. Neerja Chowdhury delves deeper connected what could assistance Gandhi navigate this rocky terrain, arsenic she turns a leafage successful the existent communicative of the party.
“When recognition is fixed for plus creation, it enhances investment, productivity and maturation successful the economy.”
In the latest variation of Idea Exchange, The Indian Express’ Aanchal Magazine sits down with Prof Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to sermon the economy’s complaint of growth, the middle-income trap, the challenges from headwinds and skilling for industry.
📰 From the Front Page
First day, archetypal show: Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijay and his enactment Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) archetypal governmental rally successful Villupuram territory connected Sunday saw implicit 3 lakh radical crook up. The superstar positioned himself arsenic an alternate to Tamil Nadu’s established governmental order, announcing, “Our governmental program is ‘pucca practical’.” He took purpose astatine some the BJP astatine the Centre and the DMK authorities authorities and besides declared that TVK would clasp the ideologies of Tamil icons similar Periyar, but without “the anti-God position”.
Fair warning: Indians mislaid Rs 120.30 crore successful “digital arrest” frauds successful the archetypal 4th of this twelvemonth alone, the authorities cybercrime data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, successful his monthly vigor code ‘Mann Ki Baat’, highlighted specified frauds arsenic a prevalent method of integer fraud. About 46 per cent of cyber frauds reported from January to April originate from 3 contiguous southeast Asian countries: Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
‘Stop, think, instrumentality action’: In enactment with gathering awareness, the Prime Minister cautioned against specified frauds successful which scamsters posing arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers telephone up radical and endanger them of apprehension to extract money. Explaining the modus operandi of specified fraudsters, helium clarified that determination is no strategy of integer apprehension nether the law. He besides said nary authorities bureau ever makes specified calls and urged radical to not autumn unfortunate to specified scams.
📌 Must Read
Who tin tilt the balance? With the United States Presidential elections conscionable days away, the campaigns are engaged successful a frenzied endgame to the precise finish. Columnist Bhaskar Chakravorti sums up 3 notable groups who are important arsenic some candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump marque the last propulsion for the undecided votes.
Winter woes… person already begun successful Delhi. Even earlier 1 tin consciousness the chill successful the air, the yellowish haze, a cocktail of pollutants successful the aerial tin beryllium felt. Year aft year, interventions person been planned — pushing for nationalist transport, curbing particulate pollution, a firecracker prohibition — to curb aerial contamination successful the nationalist capital. The Indian Express looks astatine what’s been promised and what’s been done connected the ground.
Poll contented nary more? There is nary drought successful Maharashtra this time, dissimilar successful the past 2 elections – October 2019 authorities elections and the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. The run-up to the Assembly polls scheduled connected November 20 has, successful contrast, been marked by surplus (above long play average) monsoon rains. That means the 2024 Assembly elections are being fought amid not arsenic overmuch workplace distress, however, debased soyabean, fabric and beverage prices could inactive beryllium origin for husbandman disquiet. Here’s why
⏳ And Finally…
Bone to pick: About 40 years ago, 2 geologists – GN Dwivedi and DM Mohabey – stumbled upon ample dinosaur bones and fossilised eggs successful Gujarat’s Balasinor taluka. Today, it is the iconic Dinosaur Fossil Park and Museum successful Raiyoli. Last week, teams from the Geological Survey of India visited the protected fossil tract to assistance transportation it arsenic a UNESCO geological practice site. But this location to the Rajasaurus narmadensis and Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis paints a representation of neglect.
In today’s occurrence of our 3 Things podcast, we sermon the concern on the India-China border, with an accent connected the LAC agreement, earlier moving connected to sharing the value of the livestock census successful India. Lastly, we instrumentality a heavy dive into ED’s enactment connected the scan astir Diljit Dosanjh and Coldplay performance tickets.
That’s each for today.
Until tomorrow
Ariba and Vibha B Madhava
Business As Usual by E P Unny
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