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<v Speaker 1>This is the catch upon three Things by the Indian

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<v Speaker 1>Express and I'm Ichasharma. Today is the seventh of August

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<v Speaker 1>and here are this week's headlines, starting with an Indian

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<v Speaker 1>Express exclusive. A new public fund to boost India's deep

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<v Speaker 1>tech ambitions in the private sector has approved in its

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<v Speaker 1>first round, over twenty one hundred corore in soft loans

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty two private companies at the cutting edge of space, science, energy,

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<v Speaker 1>tech and pharma, among others. These companies were chosen from

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty four applicants by a twelve member panel,

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<v Speaker 1>including eleven established names in private equity and technology and

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<v Speaker 1>a non voting government representative. The credentials of each company

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<v Speaker 1>are well established. There's one question marked though. An investigation

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<v Speaker 1>by the Inexpress has found that of the twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>recipients of public money, fifteen have investment ties to seven

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<v Speaker 1>members of the selection committee, raising questions of conflict of

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<v Speaker 1>interest and propriety. These together got over thirteen hundred crow rupees.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine of the firms are linked to the chairman of

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<v Speaker 1>the selection panel, the founder of an angel investing network,

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<v Speaker 1>who also has a personal stake in at least one

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<v Speaker 1>of the companies selected. In other Masior News, the opposition

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<v Speaker 1>has been relentless in demanding the Union Home Minister appeared

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<v Speaker 1>in Parliament and respond to allegations that Deli Plus used

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<v Speaker 1>excessive force against students gathered at Jantarmantar for twentieth July protest. Shah, however,

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<v Speaker 1>has not obliged so far, and the opposition has repeatedly

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<v Speaker 1>stalled proceedings in both houses as they demand his presence.

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<v Speaker 1>Today mourning two protests in both the Lok Sabah and

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<v Speaker 1>Ratasabah forced an adjournment for the weekend. In other Masior News,

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<v Speaker 1>four years after the administration attached the office of the

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<v Speaker 1>Jamat Islami in South Kashmir's Shopian after the outfit was

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<v Speaker 1>banned under the UAPA, the Justice and Development Front, a

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<v Speaker 1>breakaway group of the Jamath, has quietly moved in and

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<v Speaker 1>established its office on the premises. The Front has also

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<v Speaker 1>established its office in the building owned by the palae

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<v Speaker 1>Arm Trust in Shrinagar. Falaim, an independent educational trust linked

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<v Speaker 1>to Jamath, ran hundreds of schools across Jammuan, Kashmir before

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<v Speaker 1>they were taken over by the government. However, despite the

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<v Speaker 1>jdf's visible presence at the properties. The Chopian premises even

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<v Speaker 1>has a banner announced in the group's name link to

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<v Speaker 1>the banned organization. The administration seems to have turned its

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<v Speaker 1>gaze away from the supposed takeover, and in other news

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<v Speaker 1>making national headlines, educational institutions seeking minority status in Maharashtra

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<v Speaker 1>could soon face TITO scrutiny, with the government appointed committee

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<v Speaker 1>recommending that the approval process be super by a senior

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<v Speaker 1>iss officer, applications be vetted by a multi department expert panel,

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<v Speaker 1>and institutions be subjected to periodic review even after minority

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<v Speaker 1>status is granted. The Union Express has learned that the

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<v Speaker 1>report submitted by the high level committee headed by Additional

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<v Speaker 1>Chief Secretary b Wayne Gopalreadi, was highlighted the lukane in

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<v Speaker 1>the existing system, which lacks adequate checks, with applications currently

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<v Speaker 1>processed by a dedicated desk usually headed by a nonis

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<v Speaker 1>officer in the Minority Affairs Department, and no mechanism to

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<v Speaker 1>periodically review institutions after they receive minority status and in

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<v Speaker 1>the end. In newsmaking global headlines, US President Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>has signed two new executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and

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<v Speaker 1>birth tourism, reviving one of his signature immigration battles, weeks

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<v Speaker 1>after the Supreme Court blocked his earlier attempt. News agency

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<v Speaker 1>Reuters reported the move could effect foreign nationals and include

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<v Speaker 1>ding Indians traveling to US for childbirth or temporary states.

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<v Speaker 1>The move keeps birthright citizenship at the center of Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>immigration agenda. Unlike his first order, signed on his opening

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<v Speaker 1>day back in office in twenty twenty five, the two

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<v Speaker 1>new orders seem to be written more narrowly, so, instead

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<v Speaker 1>of targeting all children born in the US to parents

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<v Speaker 1>who are undocumented or live in the country temporarily, the

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<v Speaker 1>new orders zero in on smaller groups, children born to

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<v Speaker 1>foreign government or embassy staff, children of people the administration

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<v Speaker 1>labels alien enemies, and children whose parents are found to

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<v Speaker 1>have used fraud to gain citizenship. According to the Associated Press,

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<v Speaker 1>and with that this was all for this week, this

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<v Speaker 1>was the catch upon three things by the Indian Express,