DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024, LUCKNOW, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES BY UNNY THE WORLD ADDRESS TO NATION DayafterTrump shooting,Biden says‘lowerthe temperature’ No place for this kind of violence, any violence... no exceptions: US President PAKISTAN TO BAN IMRAN’S PARTY FOR BEING ‘ANTI-STATE’ ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA AGAIN AFTER WEEKEND ATTACK IN SAFE ZONE PAGE 10 New Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli (right) with outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal after taking oath of office at the Presidential residence in Kathmandu, Monday. AP PAGE10 Donald Trump arrives in Milwaukee for the Republican convention on Sunday. Reuters MOREREPORTS,PAGE10 ORDER TO POLICE Assam: If CAA covers person, don’t refer case to foreigners’ tribunals SUKRITA BARUAH GUWAHATI, JULY 15 THE ASSAM government has instructedthestate’sborderpolice not to directly refer citizenship cases of “Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian” people, who entered India before the end of 2014, to foreigners’ tribunals. Instead, the border police have been told to encourage themtoapplyforcitizenshipunder the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The CAA, which had incited protests in several parts of the country including Assam’s BrahmaputraValleybutwaswelcomed in the state’s primarily Bengali-speaking Barak Valley, wasfinallysetinmotionwiththe notificationof rulesforitsimplementation in March this year. The CAA enables the fasttracking of the citizenship process for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christans from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who entered India before December 31, 2014. However, Assam, which shares a long border with Bangladeshandwherethequestionof“illegalimmigration”from the neighbouring country has longbeenacontentiousissue,has CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Post-poll EVM check: EC looks at mock poll with up to 1,400 votes OLI TAKES OATH AS NEPAL PM MICHAEL D SHEAR WASHINGTON, JULY 15 USPRESIDENTJoeBidensaidina prime-time Oval Office address onSundaythatthenationneeded to “lower the temperature in our politics”, saying that he deplored the attempted assassination of formerPresidentDonaldJTrump andfearedforthedirectionofthe country’s politics. “We cannot, we must not, go down this road in America,” he said,usingthebackdropoftheoffice for only the third time in his presidency. “There is no place in Americaforthiskindof violence, for any violence, ever. Period. No exceptions. We can’t allow this violence to be normalised.” “The power to change America,” he said, “should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin.” The President’s six-minute speech — delivered from behind CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 3 Opp states say no to PM-SHRI, Centre stops school scheme funds RITIKA CHOPRA NEW DELHI, JULY 15 THE ELECTION Commission’s protocol for the Supreme Courtmandated verification of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls is likely to include a mock poll, permitting candidates to cast up to 1,400 votes on the machines selected for the process, The Indian Express has learnt. The election watchdog has received eight applications for verification of EVMs used in the 18th Lok Sabha elections and three for the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, whichwereheldsimultaneously. These applications were received pursuant to the Supreme Delhi, Punjab cite state schemes, Bengal objects to name ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND, DIVYA GOYAL GOPAL & ATRI MITRA NEW DELHI, LUDHIANA, KOLKATA, JULY 15 THE EDUCATION Ministry has stopped funds under the Samagra ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA), the flagship school education programme, to Delhi, Punjab andWestBengalbecauseof their reluctance to participate in the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme, The Indian Express has learnt. Thescheme,withabudgetof over Rs 27,000 crore for the next five years — the Centre is supposed to shoulder 60% of the financial burden and the states 40% — aims to upgrade at least 14,500 government schools into “exemplar”institutionstoshowcase the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. States have to confirm their participation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Education Ministry. Five states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal—areyettosigntheMoU. While Tamil Nadu and Kerala have indicated their willingness, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal haverefused,ostensiblyprompting the Centre to stop their SSA funds, it is learnt. The three states have not received the third and fourth installments of SSA funds for the last financial year's OctoberDecember and January-March quarters,northefirstinstallment for the current financial year's April-June quarter. This has prompted them to send several CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Viswanathan Anand, SC: WILL CONSIDER LISTING PLEA ON SURVEY Existing structure made wife Aruna, Arjun from parts of temples: Erigaisi at Adda today ASI to HC on Bhojshala E E X P L A I NE D BUSINESS AS USUAL `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ● What the SC said THE SUPREME Court, in April, allowed candidates who were placed second and third to seek verification of the “burnt memory/ microcontroller in 5% of EVMs... per assembly constituency/ assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency”. CourtorderinApril,when,forthe first time, the Court gave candidateswhostoodsecondandthird therighttoseekverificationofthe burntmemory/microcontrollers CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The Only Pvt. Engineering College in UP having NAAC A++ Grade Gold Rating by QS-I-GAUGE Indian College Rating Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow ANAND MOHAN J BHOPAL, JULY 15 Clockwise from top left: Viswanathan Anand, wife Aruna, Arjun Erigaisi EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, JULY 15 WITH INDIA’S D Gukesh preparingtotakeonreigningchampion Ding Liren of China in the World Chess Championship title clash in Singapore in NovemberDecember, there’s no one better than a five-time world champion to decode what that moment means for India. Over four decades, as Viswanathan Anand, who was CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE ARCHEOLOGICAL Survey of India (ASI) on Monday submitted its survey report on the disputed Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar district to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, stating that a scientificinvestigationrevealsthe“existing structure was made from the parts of earlier temples”. The court had in March last year ordered the ASI to conduct thesurvey,observingthatthenature and character of the structure needs to be “demystified and freed from the shackles of confusion”. On Monday, the Supreme Court said it will considerlistingforhearingapetition The structure in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. ANI challengingtheMadhyaPradesh HCorderdirectingtheASItoconductthe“scientificinvestigation”. Hindus regard the ASI-protected complex as a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while Muslims consider it the site of the Kamal Maula mosque. 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In the past, Spain had the occasional black player, such as midfielders Donato, Marcos Senna and striker Catanha, but they were Brazilians granted citizenship after moving to Spain to play professionally. Racism, though, was rampant in Spanish football. Last year, Williams was Spain’s Nico Williams celebrates with Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo after scoring the first goal. Reuters subjected to monkey chants in a game against Atletico Madrid. A furious Williams retorted: “There are fools in all places. So it’s not a big deal, we have to keep working so that this changes bit by bit, as in the end we are having an internal and external fight against this. It is what it is.” ThebitterrealityisthatSpain had not integrated immigrants into the game, unlike England, France, Portugal, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. 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