MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2024 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 X.com/thestatesmanltd. Fb/thestatesman1875 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR TARGETING MIGRATION CHAMPAI SOREN HINTS AT NEW POLITICAL JOURNEY P5 WEATHER GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY. VERY LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE. THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WOULD BE AROUND 35 AND 27 DEGREES CELSIUS RESPECTIVELY. P6 TEMPERATURE Submit situation reports every two hours, MHA directs states Min: 27.0 °C (+1) SUN SETS 18:56 hrs MOON SETS 06:11 hrs AGENCIES NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST THUMBNAILS PARMOD KUMAR NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST Women get their hands decorated with henna on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival in Prayagraj. n ANI PM Modi monitoring Mpox situation; PMO holds review meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been continuously monitoring the MonkeyPox situation in the country, the PMO said on Sunday. As advised by the Prime Minister, Dr P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the status of preparedness for Mpox in the country and related public health measures. T he Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday, 20 August. The matter will be heard by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. Kolkata witnessed a huge uproar of protest that eventually spread to other parts of the country, including in the national capital, after the body of a post-graduate trainee doctor was found in the seminar room of RG Kar Hospital on 9 August. Calcutta High Court handed over the investigation into the alleged rape and murder of the post-graduate trainee doctor to the Central Bureau of Investigation after it expressed its dissatisfaction over the probe that was being carried out by the state police. On 16 August, two advocates, Ujjawal Gaur and Rohit Pandey, seeking the 188 Pak Hindus get Indian citizenship in Guj; Amit Shah reiterates govt’s resolve for CAA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Sunday distributed citizenship certificates to 188 refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was present. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Shah said the CAA is not just to give citizenship to millions of people settled in the country, but to give justice and rights to millions of refugees. He said that due to the appeasement policy of the Congress governments, the people who took refuge in the country from 1947 to 2014 did not get justice. These people had to endure abuse not only in India’s neighbouring countries but also here. Mr Shah said that these people yearned for justice for three generations but due London: AI cabin crew member assaulted in hotel room AGENCIES to the appeasement policy of the Opposition, they did not get justice. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given justice to these lakhs of people. The Home Minister said that at the time of Independence, India was divided on the basis of religion and there were severe riots. He said crores of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Christians living in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh cannot forget their sufferings. The Congress government then had promised that people from Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and Christian communities coming from neighbouring countries would be given citizenship, but the promise was not kept. Mr Shah said that crores of people fled and suffered, many lost their families and property, but here in India they did not even get citizenship. He said that the journey from 1947 to 2019 and 2019 to 2024 will always be remembered by the history of this country. He asked why can’t those from neighbouring countries be given citizenship. On one hand, the Opposition gave citizenship to crores of people illegally, although they had infiltrated into India from across the border, Mr Shah said. On the other hand, those who had followed the law were told that there is no legal provision for their citizenship. The Home Minister said that the law is for the people and not people for the law. He said the BJP had promised in 2014 that its government will bring CAA and in 2019 the Modi government brought this law. urgent intervention of the top court given the gravity of the incident, wrote to Chief Justice Chandrachud urging him to take suo motu cognizance of the case. “The nation looks to the judiciary as the ultimate guardian of justice, the last refuge for those whose cries have been silenced by brutality. The victim in this case, a young doctor whose life was dedicated to serving others, deserves nothing less than the full measure of justice that our legal system can provide. Her death must not be in vain, it must galvanize us to act, to ensure that EAM in Kuwait, meets leaders to discuss bilateral ties STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Kuwait for talks with the Kuwaiti leadership on various aspects of bilateral relations between the two countries. The visit comes nearly two months after 45 Indians died in a devastating fire at a building in Kuwait. At least 49 foreign workers were killed and 50 others injured in the fire at the seven-storey building in Kuwait's Mangaf. Later in the day, Mr Jaishankar met Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and discussed ways to take the bilateral ties to a higher level.His visit will enable both sides to review various aspects of India-Kuwait bilateral relations, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Rajnath launches new state-of-the-art facilities for maritime security STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST NEW DELHI, 18 AUGUST An Air India cabin crew member was allegedly assaulted inside her hotel room in London, the airline has confirmed. Late Saturday night, Air India stated the "unlawful incident of intrusion" occurred at a London hotel. The airline said it was providing not only immediate assistance "but also professional counselling to help her." The incident took place on Thursday night after an intruder entered her room. The accused is said to be a Nigerian citizen and has been arrested, according to some reports. Sources said the incident happened at a hotel in Heathrow, London, and the crew had on many occasions raised the issue of inadequate safety at the hotel where the crew had been stalked. P12 Matter will be heard by a 3-judge bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud tomorrow Min. 61 % Max: 34.6 °C (+1) SUN RISES 05:53 hrs MOON RISES 18:57 hrs P4 SC takes suo motu cognisance of Kolkata rape & murder case RAINFALL: Nil RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max. 92 % LEWANDOWSKI'S BRACE GUIDES BARCA TO WIN K’TAKA CONGRESS TO PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNOR Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday inaugurated the newly-constructed stateof-the-art Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre building in Chennai. He also virtually launched the Regional Marine Pollution Response Centre, located at the Chennai Port premises, and the Coast Guard Air Enclave in Puducherry. The buildings have been established to ensure robust maritime security and provide efficient responses to emergencies, reinforcing the country's commitment to maritime safety and environmental protection. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre aims to significantly enhance the coordination and effectiveness of maritime rescue operations for mariners & fishermen in distress at sea. It underscores the government’s resolve to protect lives and ensure a swift response in critical situations. The Centre is installed with latest equipment for distress monitoring through terrestrial & satellite systems and equipped with advanced communication systems for real-time management of alerts by highlytrained personnel of ICG specialising in Search & Rescue procedures, with the rescue aircraft, ships and other facilities. The Regional Marine Pollution Response Centre is the first-of-its-kind facility for coordinating response against marine pollution, particularly oil and chemical pollution, in waters adjoining the coastal states in the Indian Ocean Region. The setting-up of this centre was spearheaded by Coast Guard Regional Headquarters East at its premises within Chennai Port. It has an Emergency Response Centre which will be manned 24x7 by ICG personnel to monitor marine oil pollution incidents. The Centre will also impart training in Pollution response techniques to various organisations such as Ports, Oil Handling agencies, Government organisations and private participants. It will also train personnel from friendly countries in combating oil pollution at sea. The practical training will involve actual deployment of various oil handling equipment for maximum exposure to real time oil spill scenarios. The Union Home Ministry has asked all state police forces to submit situation reports every two hours on the ongoing protests by medical professionals and others against the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. In a communication to the state police forces, the home ministry said that the law and order situation of all states should be monitored in view of the protests. “Regarding two hourly law and order situation reports. The competent authority has desired to monitor the law and order situation no other woman suffers such a fate,” the lawyers wrote in their letter to the CJI. The letter said the time has come for the judiciary to send a clear and resounding message Mohun Bagan and East Bengal supporters protest in Kolkata on Sunday. n SNS report of your state/UT against the murder of a trainee woman doctor. Henceforth, a continuous two-hourly law and order situation report in this regard may kindly be sent to the MHA control room,” the notification from the home ministry directed. that such heinous crimes will not be tolerated, that the sanctity of life and the dignity of women must be fiercely protected by the full might of the law. (PHOTO: SUBRATA DUTTA) Coast Guard DG Rakesh Pal dies AGENCIES CHENNAI, 18 AUGUST The Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Rakesh Pal,has died of a massive cardiac arrest here on Sunday. Sources in the ICG told IANS that he was in INS Adyar in preparation for the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh when he complained of chest pain. Rakesh Pal was serving as the 25th Director General of the Coast Guard. He was immediately rushed to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Sunday afternoon.However, the Coast Guard DG passed away at around 7 p.m. without responding to treatment, sources said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin paid their last respects to Rakesh Pal at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. Mr Singh also posted on X: "Deeply saddened at the untimely demise of Shri Rakesh Pal, DG, Indian Coast Guard in Chennai today. He was an able and committed officer under whose leadership ICG was making big strides in strengthening India’s maritime security. My heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family."