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INBRIEF
쑽 All 22 sub-registrars in the SIMswap fraud:
national capital now women man gets missed
Women officers more sensitive and empathetic at public dealing, says LG; adds that the move will
calls, loses ₹50 lakh
curb corruption and harassment of people at such offices; RWAs welcome the appointments The Hindu Bureau The police suspect
NEW DELHI the involvement of a
Jamtara-based gang
The Hindu Bureau the Chief Secretary had ap A south Delhibased busi
NEW DELHI pointed a woman as the Of nessman was duped of
behind the crime
W
ith Chief Secre to develop an ‘eplatform’ some unknown scammers They manage to get perso
with Kejriwal, Ministers tary Naresh Ku to make the services pro through a series of missed nal information of a poten
mar appointing vided by subregistrars on calls, the police said on tial target through phishing
LG Vinai Kumar Saxena will chair a review 16 women officers as sub line. Tuesday, adding that the (fake mails), vishing (frau
meeting today with CM Arvind Kejriwal and registrars on Tuesday, in victim had not shared any dulent phone calls), smish
other Ministers of the Delhi government to take addition to six officers who Welcome move OTP or personal details ing (fake text messages),
stock of preparations for next year’s G20 summit were appointed through Citizen groups and various with the accused. etc. They then use all per
and other related events in the city, an LG House an earlier order, all 22 sub Resident Welfare Associa The man, in his com sonal information to create
official said on Tuesday. He said the LG has been registrar offices in the na tions (RWAs), however, ex plaint, said he received sev a fake ID, impersonate the
overseeing “various related projects, including tional capital are now pressed mixed views over eral missed calls and when victim, and trick the tele
refurbishing of roads, especially those from and helmed by women. the development. he picked up one of the com service provider into
to the IGI Airport, among others”. Mr. Kumar made the ap Malviya Nagar’s Nil calls, there was no res issuing a duplicate SIM
pointments following di Block RWA chief Geeta ponse from the caller. La card — mostly on the pre
rections by LieutenantGo Sharma said the move will ter, he found out that mul text of losing the phone, or
vernor Vinai Kumar likely have an impact on tiple transactions were the old SIM card getting
Restore Maulana Azad Saxena.
A statement issued by The subregistrar’s office is responsible for providing various
the functioning of the sub
registrar offices.
made from his bank ac
count and he lost nearly ₹
damaged. Once the dupli
cate SIM starts function
fellowship: JNUTA to govt. Raj Niwas on Tuesday said services such as registration of properties, sale deeds. FILE PHOTO “Women officers are 50 lakh. A case has been ing, the original SIM gets
that the LG wanted only more sensitive towards the registered at the Delhi Pol blocked, the officer said.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ women to be in these tion had come to the fore ment also read. issues of the common citi ice’s cyber crime unit. Ac With the help of the dupli
Association ( JNUTA) on Tuesday demanded an posts, “which are at the recently, wherein the LG The subregistrar’s of zens,” Ms. Sharma said. cording to a senior police cate SIM, they can get a
immediate reversal of the Centre’s decision to cutting edge of the govern had suspended the SRs fice is responsible for the Ajit Swami, All Dwarka officer, initial inquiry sug onetime password (OTP)
withdraw the Maulana Azad National Fellowship ment’s interface with the [subregistrars] and it is ex registration of properties, Residents’ Federation pre gested the victim was and other alerts required
for minority students, terming the move an common citizens”, to en pected that with women sale deeds, issuing share sident, welcomed the deci duped using a SIMswap to carry out financial tran
“antiminority policy”. “The JNUTA notes with sure “more sensitive, cor officers at the helm, the certificates, verification of sion. technique. sactions through the vic
deep dismay the media reports appearing on ruptionfree and empath prevalent corruption, red documents among other He added that the in A SIMswap is a type of tim’s bank account. The
December 10, 2022, that the Ministry of Minority etic public dealing”. tapism, and harassment of services. fluence of touts in these of account takeover fraud in police suspect the involve
Affairs has decided to withdraw the Maulana “It may be noted that of people at such offices will Earlier in October, on fices was a major problem which criminals gain ac ment of a Jamtarabased
Azad Fellowship (MAF),” it said in a statement. late, many cases of corrup be mitigated,” the state Mr. Saxena’s directions, faced by common citizens. cess to a victim’s phone. gang behind the crime.
BJP’s civic poll analysis shows AAP leading in five Lok Sabha seats Delhi govt. to provide
Mehul Malpani mance in the Municipal the BJP suffered the most Delhi constituency, the BJP workers now want the MPs in the organisation’s work 450 free medical tests
NEW DELHI Corporation of Delhi in the South Delhi consti was behind AAP by more to let the Delhi unit do its and focus on their consti
(MCD) polls — in which the tuency, represented by Ra than 42,000 votes. job. The 2024 election is tuencies,” he added.
Having suffered a setback BJP won 104 wards against mesh Bidhuri, where it The party also fared not very far and this report The two seats where the The Hindu Bureau sive tests done,” an official
in the recently held civic AAP’s 134 wards in the 250 trailed AAP by over 80,000 poorly in the NorthWest does not bode well for us.” party did comparatively NEW DELHI statement said.
polls, the BJP’s Delhi unit is member House — the party votes. In the West Delhi constituency (Hans Raj “Two MPs have been better were NorthEast Del “Healthcare has be
pulling out all the stops to mapped the results on the Lok Sabha seat (Parvesh Hans) and the Chandni meddling in the organisa hi, represented by the par The Delhi government will come very expensive and
win the city’s seven Lok city’s Lok Sabha seats and Sahib Singh), AAP was Chowk constituency tional work to push their ty’s former Delhi unit chief provide 450 different types many people cannot afford
Sabha seats in the 2024 found that it trailed AAP in ahead by almost 60,000 (Harsh Vardhan). agenda. This report is a Manoj Tiwari, and East of medical tests free of cost private healthcare. There
general election. five. According to the ana votes. In Union Minister A senior party leader message to the MPs that Delhi represented ex across government hospi fore, this step will benefit
To analyse its perfor lysis, seen by The Hindu, Meenakshi Lekhi’s New said, “The party and the they must stop interfering cricketer Gautam Gambhir. tals and Mohalla Clinics. all such people,” Chief Mi
Until now, 212 types of nister Arvind Kejriwal said.
tests were provided in Mo At present, the Delhi Go
halla Clinics and more than vernment has 522 Aam
250 tests in government Aadmi Mohalla Clinics, 21
hospitals and super spe Polyclinics and 201 dispen
cialty clinics. saries across the city,
“For the rest of the tests, where the testing facility
people had to go to private will be available free of cost
hospitals and get expen to the people.
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Analysing U.S.China bilateral ties
What events led to the unprecedented downturn of relations between the two countries? Is there a growing effort from both sides to reset the relationship to the pretrade
war level? Is the complex relationship between the two powers set on an irreversible trajectory of rivalry?
U
August and the imposition of
an unprecedented downturn in heavy restrictions on China’s
2022. Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit semiconductor industry by the
to Taiwan in August has deeply upset bilat U.S. in October have fanned
eral ties. The imposition of heavy restric the flames of rivalry between
tions on China’s semiconductor industry the two nations.
by the U.S. in October has fanned the
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flames of rivalry further. Amid this escala
tion, the U.S. President Joe Biden and Chi Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi discussed
nese President Xi Jinping had their first in outstanding matters related to
person interaction on the sidelines of the U.S.China relations for nearly
G20 summit in Bali in November, signall three hours on the sidelines of
ing a probable relaxation of the growing the G20 meeting in Bali.
Easing tensions and reopening
tensions.
channels of communication
were agreed upon by both the
How did relations sour between U.S. leaders.
and China?
The U.S. and China, ever since the esta 쑽
blishment of diplomatic relations in the la While the meeting between the
ter part of the Cold War, have worked to two heads of states certainly
ward enmeshing their economic systems imply that there is a move
from the perspective of economic comple toward bringing in more
mentarity and strategic convergence. As a stability into bilateral relations,
result, China rose to the status of the se to what extent could this move
cond largest economy and got itself in be aimed at taking the relation
grained into the global economy. This to where it was before the
eventually translated into China’s growing trade war remains
economic competence as well as its rising questionable.
political ambition and might. China then
started to systematically undermine U.S.
global dominance through military and di
plomatic means. This happened at a time
when there was a growing perception of
U.S. decline amidst the global financial cri
sis and its entrenchment in the “forever
wars” of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Under Xi Jinping, China’s assertiveness
rose further, as its quest for primacy in the
world stage became increasingly appa
rent. With Donald Trump’s entry into the
White House, the U.S. concerns about the
threat from China reached critical levels.
The Trump administration took progres
sively confrontational steps towards Chi Easing tensions: U.S. President Joe Biden with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia on November 14. REUTERS
na, with growing bipartisan backing. The
administration’s imposition of tariffs on the leaders of both the countries to hit the U.S.’s commitment to the One China Policy “new era” of Xi Jinping is marked by Chi
China’s exports turned into a “trade war” pause button on the deterioration of ties. had not changed, and that it will oppose na’s efforts to project rather than conceal
which started to reverse the trajectory of “any unilateral changes to the status quo its capabilities.
U.S.China relations. Though Mr. Biden What was discussed between the two by either side”. This is despite Mr. Biden’s On the other hand, the Biden adminis
succeeded Mr. Trump, the policy on China leaders on the G20 sidelines? several previous statements which con tration has continued with intensifying the
did not change significantly, as the mo Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi discussed outstand tradicted this stance. Mr. Xi also noted the U.S.’s rivalry with China by expanding it
mentum for “decoupling” bilateral rela ing matters related to U.S.China relations “five noes” previously mentioned by Mr. beyond trade and into avenues like tech
tions did not just continue, but kept on for nearly three hours at Bali. There was Biden — not seek a new Cold War; not seek nology and political freedoms. It has also
gathering pace. China’s crackdown in Xin no joint statement released after the meet to change China's system; not to revitalise utilised multilateral approaches like
jiang and Hong Kong, its “wolf warrior di ing, although both sides provided their its alliances against China; not to disturb strengthening the Quad in the IndoPacif
plomacy” during the COVID19 blame own perspectives on issues of mutual con the crossStrait status quo; and not look for ic, and the founding of the IndoPacific
game, its evident support to Russia during cern. Easing tensions and reopening chan conflict with China. Mr. Xi stressed that Economic Framework. However, the ad
the Ukraine crisis, and its escalating offen nels of communication were agreed upon both the countries needed to “explore the ministration has coated these efforts with
sive posturing towards Taiwan, made it im by both the leaders. The U.S. President ex right way to get along”. a veneer of moderation and accommoda
perative for the U.S. to continue with a pressed that both the countries should tion to demonstrate some distinctiveness
confrontational posture towards China. “manage the competition responsibly and What does the future hold? with the previous administration. For in
The year 2022 witnessed the relations maintain open lines of communication”, The recent meeting between the two stance, the current U.S. administration’s
descend into an abysmal trajectory with and that the U.S. is not looking for conflict heads of states certainly imply that there is China policy outlined in May by the Secre
the Speaker of the U.S. House of Represen with China. However, he said that the U.S. a move toward bringing in more stability tary of State Antony Blinken identified Chi
tatives, Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan. The “will continue to compete vigorously” into bilateral relations. However, to what na as the “most serious longterm chal
visit was extremely significant in light of with China. Mr. Biden proposed promot extent could this move be aimed at taking lenge” to the international order.
sabotaging the U.S.’s stated commitment ing U.S.China cooperation on the issues of the relations to where it was before the Nevertheless, it presented a threepillar
to the One China Policy as well as bolster climate change, global macroeconomic trade war remains questionable. For one, approach towards China — “invest, align,
ing its commitment towards the defence of stability, as well as global health and food China has not moved away from its path to compete”. This showcases the Biden admi
Taiwan. China expressed its exasperation security. He also underlined the human attain its long term goal of centrality in the nistration’s intent to deal with the threat
through large scale military drills seeming rights concerns surrounding China’s activ international system. In fact, Xi Jinping has posed by China without sliding into an in
ly aimed at blockading Taiwan and signall ities in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. at multiple times underlined China’s time advertent conflict.
ing the U.S. of its intent to respond in kind. On the other hand, the Chinese Presi bound aspiration to achieve such a goal Thus, the longterm trajectories of both
China has been going on an overdrive to dent stated that the relationship should through phased modernisation of the countries do not seem to be poised for a
gain technological dominance in the not be seen by the U.S. through the prism country. China’s more specific objectives reset; rather, both seem to be buying time
fourth Industrial Revolution over the U.S. of “democracy versus authoritarianism”. like the reunification of Taiwan with the and reducing unnecessary risks while the
In order to undercut China’s growing Mr. Xi also reemphasised Taiwan’s posi mainland has been underscored by Mr. Xi strategic rivalry unfolds.
technological prowess, the U.S. imposed a tion as being at “the very core of China’s most recently in November during the Dr. Anand V. is an Assistant Professor
series of restrictions on China targeting its core interests” as well as the “the bedrock 20th National Congress of the Chinese (Senior Scale) at the Manipal Academy of
semiconductor chip industry. With ten of the political foundation of ChinaU.S. re Communist Party, where he consolidated Higher Education, Manipal (Karnataka)
sions reaching a peak, the G20 summit lations”, which the U.S. needs to respect. his exceptional third leadership term. where Uday Nitin Patil is a Doctoral Candi
held at Bali provided an opportunity for Meanwhile, Mr. Biden reiterated that the Further, it has to be noted here that the date
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