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It’s Saturday! 

Get your weekend started with the top 5 stories from today's edition: CBI raid at Sisodia’s residence sparks political storm; mystery of missing files at Tripura police HQ; what to watch this weekend; and more. 

1) Tensions between the BJP-ruled Centre and Delhi’s AAP government flared after the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was among 31 locations searched by the CBI in connection with a case registered against him and other officials over alleged irregularities in the rollout of the Delhi government’s recently-withdrawn liquor policy. https://www.inexp.in/Tmo5uo
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🔴 Here’s what Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal had to say: “Delhi’s model of education and health are being discussed all over the world. They want to stop it. That is why they are raiding and arresting our Education and Health ministers. In the past 75 years, whoever tried to do work was stopped.” https://www.inexp.in/hqFAYZ

🔴 Not the first time: Sisodia is not the first AAP leader to be investigated by the CBI. The raid at his residence on Friday followed a string of investigations that the central agency has launched against the AAP ministers and their aides in various cases since 2015. In a number of these cases so far the CBI has filed chargesheets, even as the agency has also closed several cases for lack of evidence.
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🔴 What’s on Sisodia’s plate: Ever since the arrest of Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Sisodia, who already held key portfolios of Finance, Education, Excise and Public Works Department, was given charge of 22 departments, including Health, Home, Power and Tourism. In the coming months, he is supposed to spearhead, shape and execute several crucial projects, including the Rozgaar budget and an ambitious street-scaling project. https://www.inexp.in/iQjbzU

2) On the night of Independence Day, as the celebrations on Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav were yet to die down, official files were stolen from the highly secure Tripura Police Headquarters, and many others damaged. The matter was embarrassing enough for the Tripura Police and the BJP government. What has followed is even more so, with varied versions regarding the number of files stolen, police giving different accounts on how many had been recovered and who the accused were, and the Opposition wondering why.

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3) This week, our columnist Ashutosh Varshney writes about two foundational projects in India that have been weakening – national integration and commitment to democracy in view of the 76th Independence Day.

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4) Anecdotal evidence has been increasing about a new surge in coronavirus infections — more people seem to be falling sick with Covid-19 than in the recent past. However, almost no one is ending up in hospital. https://www.inexp.in/BbZXYa

What does the data show? One, there has been no exponential rise in the active cases trajectory. On Friday, the number stood at 1,01,830 cases; this is slightly lower than the previous two weeks — active cases were at 1,23,535 on August 12, and 1,35,364 on August 5.  Two, the weekly positivity rate has not increased. On Friday, the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.90% compared to 4.88% reported last Friday (August 12).

Is the infection more widespread than the official figures suggest? Clinicians say the spread of infection is much higher than the current positivity rate. 

Must Read | Covid hospitalisations in Karnataka go up as cases increase

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🍿 What to watch this weekend 

5) This week, Shubhra Gupta reviews the latest Taapsee Pannu-starrer ‘Dobaara’: “‘Dobaara’ comes off too choppy and muddled.

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5) This week, Shubhra Gupta reviews the latest Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer, ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’:  “Given that it is Aamir who is known for his meticulous building of a character, and the source material which overcomes its heavy doses of schmaltz by a superb performance by Hanks, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ should have been a movie we could take home with us. But it is the train which gathers speed, not Laal’s meandering tale, which only kicks in towards the last half hour.” (2⭐)

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The Express Saturday Quiz
Johnson & Johnson is set to end sales of one of its most iconic products. Which product is it? 

1. Baby powder
2. Band-aid
3. Bengay

(🤫 Pssst... the answer is in today's edition of The Indian Express. Get it here) Until tomorrow, Rahel Philipose and Varsha Sriram

🔴 Shrikant Tyagi, who was booked by police last Friday after he was caught on video pushing and abusing a woman at the Grand Omaxe residential society in Noida, was arrested from Meerut on Tuesday. https://www.inexp.in/pjHu-j

🔴 In a bid to standardise the process of sharing passenger data with the Customs department to avoid privacy infringements, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has asked airlines to mandatorily share PNR (passenger name record) details of all international passengers with the National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger, 24 hours prior to departure of flights. https://www.inexp.in/HPtU+S

👩‍💻 Must Read

With the Monsoon Session concluding earlier this week, Liz Mathew writes about her experience as a Parliament reporter: “If the powers that be are to be believed, this session – as stormy as several others in the recent past — will be the last to be held in this magnificent building, built 100 years ago. The Winter Session in November-December is expected to be held in the new building, which is coming up at a rapid rate, and fast overshadowing the majestic structure designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. But nothing can erase the history created in this building.”
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With the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the government is looking to provide customers with a choice of power suppliers like mobile and internet service providers. It also has a provision for timely and adequate tariff revisions to help state utilities come out of losses and make payments for power in-time. What does the amendment Bill propose? Why is it being opposed? We explain.
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⌛ And Finally...

When Anna Ushenina managed to force a draw from the clutches of defeat against Poland’s Oliwia Kiolbasa, guaranteeing a gold medal for Ukraine in the Chess Olympiad on Tuesday, there were no leaps of joy or high-fives, just tears and hugs. When millions back home, facing a brutal Russian invasion, were fleeing for life and struggling for food and shelter, the gold medal — an Olympiad gold no less — brought just fleeting relief. https://www.inexp.in/QM321X

🤫 Delhi Confidential: With Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) snapping its ties with the BJP and walking out of the NDA, there is a question mark on the continuation of Harivansh as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Harivansh is an MP from the JD(U). So, will he step down or continue in his post and do a Somnath Chatterjee on his party?
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🎧 In today’s episode of the ‘3 Things’ podcast, we take a look at why Nitish Kumar resiged and joined forces with the Mahagathbandhan, ISRO's partially successful SSLV-D1 mission, and IIT-Bombay students on hunger strike.
https://www.inexp.in/tsRXVS

Until tomorrow,

Rounak Bagchi and Rahel Philipose

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She was once in the charmed circles of the TMC, a favourite of CM Mamata Banerjee and former Industry and Commerce Minister Partha Chatterjee. But now she finds herself in a spotlight of another kind. A co-accused with Chatterjee in the recruitment scam, her face and videos are now splashed across TV screens along with images of trunks, ostensibly filled with cash, that were seized from some of her apartments in the city. 
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The benchmark Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 1,041 points, or 1.87% on Thursday to close at a near three-month high of 56,857. The Sensex has recovered by over 6.3% over the last 10 trading sessions, and over 11.5% in the last six weeks, since it hit a 14-month low of 50,921 on June 17. Why has it risen? Should you invest for short-term gains? We explain. https://www.inexp.in/TPGhcT

⌛ And Finally…

On Friday, 27-year-old Pragyna Mohan will lead the Indian team that will make its triathlon debut at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. India has sent a four-member team —  Adarsh M S, Vishwanath Yadav and Sanjana Joshi being the other three — to Birmingham in a sport that incorporates swimming, cycling and running in one race and where the country virtually has no history. However, the focus will be on Pragnya, who is the national and South Asian champion as well, as the only Indian to compete in a triathlon World Cup.

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Until tomorrow,

Rahel Philipose