DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA BY UNNY Muslim women are entitled to maintenance from husband under CrPC: SC ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, JULY 10 THE SUPREME Court on Wednesday ruled that all married and divorced women, including Muslimwomen illegally divorced by pronouncement of “triple talaq”, are entitled to claim maintenance from their husbands under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, “irrespective of her personal law”. In separate but concurring judgments, a Bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Augustine GeorgeMasih heldthat the right of Muslim women to seek recourse to Section 125 will not be eclipsed by the provisions of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, enacted by the then Rajiv Gandhi government after the landmark Shah Bano judgment of 1985. “Therightscreatedunderthe provisions of the 1986 Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the right created under Section 125 of the CrPC,” Justice Nagarthana wrote. Underlining the religionneutral character of the provision, Justice Masih said: “Numerous decisions of this court went on to state that Section 125 of CrPC, 1973, is a measure for social justiceto protect the weaker sections, irrespective of applicable personal laws of the parties”. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 POSTAL REGN. NO. JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES BUSINESS AS USUAL ● `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 MODI IN VIENNA: FIRST VISIT BY INDIAN PM IN 41 YEARS Day after Putin meet, PM underlines: Loss of innocent lives unacceptable US voices ‘concerns’ on India-Russia relationship India,Austriahold bilateraltalks:PM saysblueprintfor cooperationready SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, JULY 10 SHUBHAJIT ROY A DAY after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russia-Ukraine war continued to dominate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna where he said “this is not a time for war”, “problems cannot be solved on thebattlefield”and“lossof innocent lives, anywhere, is unacceptable”. Modi's reiteration of the statements, echoing what he said in Moscow, signals to the West that he has sent a clear IN THE wake of Prime Minister NarendraModi'sjust-concluded visit to Russia, the US State Department, for the second day in a row, expressed “concerns about India's relationship with Russia”. Saying that it “continues” to express these concerns to India, the US confirmed that it had held “conversations” with India in the “past 24 hours” too. “We have been quite clear aboutourconcernsaboutIndia's relationship with Russia. We have expressed those privately CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEW DELHI, JULY 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a selfie with Austrian Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer during his visit to the Federal Chancellery, in Vienna on Wednesday. ANI CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 As MEA says 10 Indians ED: Dealers arm-twisted, targeted back from Russia war, in Punjab for not paying kickbacks families say name them CHARGESHEET AGAINST KEJRIWAL, AAP NIRBHAY THAKUR NEW DELHI, JULY 10 IN ITS first prosecution complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case, the Enforcement Directorate has allegedthattheAAPconvenorhad a role in “arm-twisting wholesalers for not paying kickbacks”. The complaint, akin to a chargesheet, was filed by the ED in May. The Rouse Avenue Court tookcognizanceofthecomplaint, in which the AAP too has been made an accused, on Tuesday. A section of the complaint, CM Kejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21 whichtalksaboutKejriwal,titled ‘Role in arm-twisting wholesalers for not paying kickbacks’, states that certain liquor businessmen who were not ready to “give kickbacks” were targeted in AAP-ruled Punjab. “...when certain wholesalers were not agreeing to give kickbacks to the AAP in Delhi their businesses were targeted in Punjab through the officials of Punjab,”allegedtheprosecution complaint. “M/s Mahadev Liquor, the thirdbiggestwholesalerinDelhi which has stakes in Ms Deepa Chaddha, was not paying kickbacks. Vijay Nair — by using the excise officials in Punjab – armtwisted her by closing down on a false pretext her liquor factoriesinPunjabandthenmadeher surrender the licence of Mahadev Liquor and then redistributed the business to their select wholesalers,” it alleged. Nair, former communications in charge of the AAP, was CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SREENIVAS JANYALA HYDERABAD, JULY 10 FAMILYMEMBERSofIndiansstill trappedfightingRussia’swarwith Ukraine want the Ministry of External Affairs to declare the names of the 10 youths who, it says, have been brought back to India. The Indian Express spoke to familiesof menfromNarayanpet in Telangana, Gulbarga in Karnataka, and Hoshiarpur in Punjab — none of them have returned so far, nor do the families know of anyone who has. Mohammed Sufiyan (23) of Narayanpet, Mohammed Samir Ahmed (23), Saiyed Iliyas Hussaini(22),andAbdulNayeem (23) of Gulbarga, and Gurpreet Singh (23) of Hoshiarpur are among those still caught in the war. Saiyed Salman, Sufiyan’s brother, told The Indian Express that he was relieved when he heardthatsomeIndianshadbeen brought back. “I heard that 10 wererescued,butithasbeenseveral days and there is no news of whotheyare.Mybrotherhasnot returned, nor have the youths from Gulbarga. In fact, everyone is asking each other if their brother or son has returned, and nooneknowsanything.TheMEA CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AIIMS blood test offers Reddit confession, teen from Faridabad, tip-off: hope & help in early How student who duped US varsity was caught Alzheimer’s diagnosis ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND, ANKITA UPADHYAY NEW DELHI, JULY 10 A SIMPLE blood test, developed byresearchersanddoctorsatthe All India Institute of Medical Science(AIIMS),NewDelhi,may help in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, a progressivetypeofdementiathatmainly affects those aged 65 and above. For the last four years, re- PAGE 1 ANCHOR searchers have been working with 90 patients from DelhiNCR, all between 50 and 75, at the memory clinic and geriatric departmentsof AIIMStodevelop a blood screening test for early diagnosisof thediseaseandhelp understand what caused their memory to fade. Considering an estimated 8.8 million Indians older than 60 have some form of dementia,apredictivebloodtest CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PARUL KULSHRESTHA & RITIKA CHOPRA NEW DELHI, JAIPUR, JULY 10 AT 1.03 pm on February 23, Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, US received an email titled “Urgent Report of Admission Fraud – Seeking Immediate Investigation”. The short email would set off a chain of events that would ultimately end in the arrest of a 19-year-old Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. lehigh.edu from India for allegedly duping the prestigious varsity and securing admission, alongside a scholarship of $85,000. The student, Aryan Anand, would have gotten away with it too,haditnotbeenforananonymouspostbyhimonReddit,and another 19-year-old from Faridabad who pieced together the alleged fraud. Anand, a computer science student, was arrested on April 30, and charged with forgery, tampering with CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 FIRST FULL BUDGET OF BHAJAN LAL GOVT Deputy CM and Finance Minister Diya Kumari arrives at the Assembly to present the Budget on Wednesday. Rohit Jain Paras Rajasthan Budget puts focus back on Bijli, sadak, paani HealthcareprojectsworthRs27,660cr; 4lakhGovtjobrecruitmentsover5yrs Roadmapfor Vision 2047 HAMZA KHAN JAIPUR, JULY 10 PRESENTING THE first full Budget of the BJP government led by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Diya Kumari kept the focus on the essentials of ‘bijli, sadak, paani’ and healthcare while avoiding any major sop. She also laid down the foundation of the government’s vision for the next five years as part of “Viksit Rajasthan @ 2047”. Aspartof the2047vision,the Finance Minister announced 10 resolutions of the state government, including a $350-billion economy; focus on infrastructuredevelopment;qualityof life; agriculture growth and farmers welfareamongothers.Thefocus, THE FOCUS is back on ‘bijli, sadak, paani’, apart from upgradation and upkeep of existing infrastructure. The Budget sets the tone for the next five years as part of the BJP's 'Vision 2047' for Rajasthan. largely,wasinvesting inbasic infrastructure while upgrading and maintenance of the existing infrastructure facilities. Kumari announced drinking water projects worth over Rs 40,000 crore. This includes six major Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) projects worth Rs 20,370 crore; CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ‘People want govt to give them what they deserve, not freebies’ HAMZA KHAN JAIPUR, JULY 10 SETTING THE stage for the Rajasthan government’s next five years as part of its vision 2047, Deputy Chief Minister and FinanceMinisterDiyaKumarifocused on the essentials of water, electricity, road and healthcare, saying that people don’t want freebies but what they think they rightfully deserve. In an interview with The Indian Express, she said that her Budget has “hardly any populism”. Like the government at the Centre, the focus “is not on votes or popularity but on actually getting things done”. And to achieve the aim of a developed Rajasthan by 2047, she said, one needs to start at the bottom. “People don’t want freebies. Theywantgoodroads.Whenthey meetus--Iamalsoapublicrepresentative -- what they ask you is not for a free phone. When they cometome,theyaskmeforroads, water, a job, and that their wife also wants a job. Nobody wants anything for free. They want the government to give them what they deserve,” she said. However, the Budget does not compromise on lofty aims. While the state GDP is Rs 15.28 lakh crore (2023-24) or over CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MORE REPORTS PAGE 3 At 16 years, a dream, a dream goal, and football history for Yamal SANDIP G NEW DELHI, JULY 10 THEMATCHclock,andtheworld around Lamine Yamal, stopped at 20:16 at the Allianz Arena in Munich. It was the precise moment when the wondrous strike from his left-instep curled and curved in its 20-yard journey, shook the iron post and nestled intotheFrenchnets,pasttheairborne shot-stopper Mike Maignan. The goal stirred a famous comeback victory for Spain over France to enter the Euro Championship 2024 final, and wouldsoarintothehalloffameof thegreatestgoalseverinthetournament, and adorn the wall of footballtragicintheyearstocome. The goal was remarkable on several layers, from his poise in front of a packed defence to snatch the ball, the vision in discovering the perfect path to goal amidstFrenchshirts, thedexterity of his feet to trick his prematch provocateur Adrien Rabiot and friends to one side, nudge the ball to the opposite side with a delicate touch of the out-step and the conviction to bend the ball beyond the goalkeeper from the distance. Butthemostastonishingfea- ture was that Yamal is only 16 — he turns 17 on Saturday. He is already the youngest to several feats — youngest to play for his club, FC Barcelona, and country, youngest goal-scorer for both, youngestassist-maker,youngest goal-scorer at Euros. Helooksyounger.Thereisno trace of moustache;he baresthe braces on his teeth when he smiles, he has packed textbooks sothathecanpreparefortheexams.Thecoachoftensubstitutes him after the hour mark, lest he endsuppayingaheftyfineasthe Germanlabourlawpreventsminors working after 8 pm. With the ball on his feet, though, he Lamine Yamal celebrates as Spain reach the Euro finals for the first time in 12 years. Reuters sends adults double his age this wayand that,intoagorgeof embarrassment. But somewhere, he is still a child. Though he has been at Barcelona’s famous youth academy La Masia for a decade, he feels homesick. He talks to his parents Sheila, from Equatorial Guinea, and Mounir from Morocco,everyday.Inthephone callbeforethematch,hismother asked him what gift he wanted for hisbirthday.He replied: “You don’t need to buy me any present if we manage to win.” He gave himself a birthday present. A goal of unreal beauty. In that moment, the face of Jaipur his parents may have flashed in his mind. Childhood was not easy, his father had to borrow moneyfromrelativesandneighbours to buy boots and take him tofootballtrials.Duringonesuch trial, he caught the eye of Barcelona scouts. Eight years later, he caught the attention of the legendary Xavi Hernandez, then Barcelona manager. He needed just 10 minutes of watching him practice to invite him for training with the senior team. And last season, he was fast-tracked to the first team. But for years, he kept his mother’s scarf at his bedside. He carried it to the school and the pitch.Wheneverthereisabreak, he rushes to his hometown, Rocafonda,asleepymigrant-rich townwithabout120,000inhabitants, half-an-hour from Barcelona. He spends time with hisparentsand extendedfamily. “Ihave23cousins,andwespend a lot of time at my uncle’s bakery. I belong there,” he once told GQ Spanish. The town is his identity. Whenever he scores a goal, he flashesthelastthreedigitsof the town’s post code 304. The numberisprintedonhisboottoo,beside the flags of Equatorial Guinea and Morocco. He has CONTINUED ON PAGE 2