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5 THINGS FIRST Congress president Rahul Gandhi on a two-day visit to Amethi; Important hearings: Kerala nun rape case, Cyrus Mistry's petition, Vijay Mallya's reply, Salem-Chennai highway project; Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate Sikkim's first-ever airport—Pakyong Airport, near Gangtok; US to unleash next wave of tariffs on China; 73rd UN General Assemblybegins.

1. How India plans to pay for world's largest healthcare plan Modicare: The government launched its mega health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat — the world's largest government funded healthcare programme — that envisions providing cashless insurance up to Rs 5 lakh for 50 crore beneficiaries. The scheme is expected to significantly reduce the 32% of out-of-pocket expenditure incurred on inpatient care. The cost: It's likely to cost the government (and taxpayers) Rs 5,000 crore this year and Rs 10,000 crore next year when it's rolled out across India. The concern: There have been concerns that the ambitious scheme may take away a lion's share of India's already low health spend, leaving primary care in distress. A report by The Elders, a London based organisation of independent global leaders, says India may risk creating "an inefficient and inequitable US-style health system". The solution: The government plans to utilise an additional collection of around Rs 11,000 crore generated through 1% of health cess introduced during Budget 2018 to fund the scheme. Bills and payment: Given the inadequate network of government hospitals, the scheme's success will depend on private sector participation. Private hospitals, however, say that the package rates fixed by the government for about 1,350 medical procedures are too low. For example, reimbursement for a Caesarean section has been fixed at Rs 9,000 for five days of hospital stay. They expect these rates to be revised soon. Read the full story here

2. 'Termites' are the reason Amit Shah wants to win in 2019? Termite problem: "Illegal infiltrators" in India are like termites eating away at the future prospects of India's youth, according to BJP President Amit Shah — calling on a gathering of people from eastern UP and Bihar, known collectively as Purvanchalis, to vote the BJP back to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to rid the country of illegal aliens, referring to the 2 crore Bangladeshis staying in India. Legal infiltration, anyone? The BJP president referred to identifying illegal infiltrators, which begs the question: are there legal infiltrators too? Food for thought: Shah also alleged that the "termites" were taking jobs from (only) the Purvanchali youth, food from India's poor and causing trouble in Delhi, threatening national security and killing innocent citizens by bomb blasts. Who votes, who banks? Shah accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of indulging in vote bank politics, for sheltering illegal immigrants in Delhi who did not deserve any human rights, he added. Meanwhile, Kejriwal hit back at Shah, challenging him to a public debate, comparing the performance of the Modi government and the AAP dispensation in the national capital, after the BJP party president accused the Delhi CM of stalling the national capital’s development.

3. It's France vs France in Rafale deal Stoking fire: The French government has criticised its former President, Francois Hollande, for accusing the Indian government of "giving them no choice" but to accept Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as Dassault's Indian partner for the 36 Rafale jets — with the French junior foreign minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne calling Hollande's remarks inappropriate and damaging to France-India relations. Saving skin: Hollande, who demitted office in May last year, made the remarks after facing accusations of a conflict of interest as the Anil Ambani Reliance group partially financed a movie produced by Hollande's girlfriend, Julie Gayet, in 2016. Last tango in Paris? In India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley suggested that there seemed to be collusion between Hollande's statement and the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's assertion, days before, via a tweet, about an explosive revelation concerning the Rafale deal. Truth, lies, in between: Gandhi, for his part, has asked the PM, Narendra Modi to come clean on the issue, saying that the PM's office has been called a "thief" by a former French President. Read the full story here

4. India's fake news becomes America's problem Problem here, solution there: WhatsApp has appointed a grievance officer for India, after continuous pressure from the government, to tackle fake news that led to several incidents of mob lynchings across India—the caveat being that the grievance officer will be based in the US. You've sent mail: Users can either send a WhatsApp message or a mail to the officer—Komal Lahiri—if they find some objectionable content. The company has said appointment of a grievance officer based in a different geographical location was in sync with the company's policies. Roadblocks still: The Facebook-owned company has however, not accepted the government's demand for creating a software solution to trace fake news messages as creating such a software would be against the idea of user privacy and end-to-end encryption. Meanwhile, to counter rumours over WhatsApp that have triggered several incidents of mob lynching across India in the past, an initiative has been taken to quell such fake news and spread an anti-lynching message using the same messaging platform by 'Know Your Neighbour'—a citizen group—which debuted by launching an audio clip on the occasion of Muharram, to sensitize common people against mob lynching. Full story here.

NEWS IN CLUES 5. Name this famous niece of filmmaker Guru Dutt Clue 1: She debuted as an assistant director under her maternal cousin and veteran film director Shyam Benegal. Clue 2: Dimple Kapadia and Raveena Tandon won the National Award for Best Actress under her directorial hand. Clue 3: Her last movie as director was Chingaari, in 2006, based on a novel The Prostitute and the Postman by Bhupen Hazarika. Scroll below for answer

X-PLAINED 6. SOS: Save Our Sailor Who: Indian navy commander Abhilash Tomy. In 2013, he became the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe. He was representing India in the 2018 Golden Globe Race (GGR)—a gruelling, 30,000-nautical mile course. He had sailed over 10,500 nautical miles in the last 84 days, since the race started on July 1. Where: Currently, he lies stranded on his vessel, SV Thuriya, in the south Indian Ocean, about 1,900 nautical miles from Perth in Australia. Why: Extremely rough weather and sea conditions—with 14-metre high waves and wind speeds of 130 kmph—dismasted his sailboat and has also left the 39-year-old with a serious back injury. How: On Sunday, Tomy managed to get in touch with race organisers in France through messages via YB3 tracker and satellite phone, requesting for a stretcher. The details were then conveyed to the Australian Rescue Coordination Centre in Canberra, Australia. The Indian Navy's P8I aircraft then flew from Mauritius carrying medicines and food and located the boat rocking excessively. Since Tomy can only be rescued by naval ships, given the heavy rain in the area, he is expected to be picked up by French vessel Osiris by around 1145 IST today. Thereafter, he is likely to be shifted to Australian Naval ship HMAS Ballart. The Indian ship INS Satpura, also deployed for the rescue mission, will only make it to Tomy's current location, latest by Friday. Full story here.

7. House comes down on PM's housing scheme Houses of cards: Less than one fifth, or just over 16% of the houses sanctioned to be built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) have been constructed since the time the scheme was launched in 2014—to be implemented across a seven year period from 2015-22, to mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence with the aim of housing for all. Count to countdown: Of the 1 crore houses to be built for the urban poor by 2022, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs sanctioned the construction of 54 lakh homes in the last three years, of which only a little over 8.84 lakh houseshave been constructed — which is 16.09% of the sanctioned number of houses. That means in four years, the ministry has to construct an average of 6,243 houses a day to achieve the target of a crore houses for the urban poor. Election benefit: The speed in some states, especially those that go to polls later this year—Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh—is expected to pick up in order to impress the voters. Meanwhile, the leading states in terms the absolute number of houses built under PMAY are Madhya Pradesh, with 1,33,663 houses; Gujarat, with 1,20,766 houses; and Maharashtra, which has built 93,370 houses.

8. The not-so-magnificent 7 of the Sensex Over the last week, the market capitalisation of 7 of India's 10 most valued Indian companies took a cumulative hit of ₹89,779.67 crore in market valuation last week, in tandem with a weak broader market. This, while the Sensex tanked 1,249.04 points (3.28%) to end at 36,841.60. It wasn't all bad though. The gainers included:

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9. Can this boxer beat Ali, Foreman & Tyson? Russia's Alxander Povetkin had never been stopped in his 35 previous fights. Till he met Britain's Anthony Joshua, that is. A ruthless seventh-round knockout at Wembley Stadium on Saturday meant 28-year-old Joshua retained the International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organisation and International Boxing Organisation belts. The 28-year-old's impressive stats now read: Fights: 22 Wins: 22 Knockouts (KOs): 21 Defeats: 0 The likes of Muhammad Ali (56 wins, 5 losses, 37 KOs), George Foreman (76 wins, 5 losses, 68 KOs) , Mike Tyson (50 wins, 6 losses, 44 KOs) and Wladimir Klitschko (64 wins, 5 losses, 53 KOs) were all well-regarded heavyweight champions yet, unlike Joshua, none held the title after so few fights. Joshua's critics aren't resting though, till he beats World Boxing Council champion Deontay Wilder in a much-anticipated heavyweight title unification fight. Watch this space. Match report here.

10. Why men with money shouldn't gift a cheap gift Expensive bravery: Dhan Singh Bisht, an employee of a finance company, is on the run for stealing Rs 70 lakh from his employer, a Delhi based financier—after the employer gifted him with just a t-shirt for foiling an attempt by robbers to snatch a bag containing Rs 80 lakh in cash, and in the process sustaining injuries. Angry bird: Bisht apparently got miffed with his employer not just at the reward but also because the financier declined his request to approve a loan which he needed to marry off his three daughters and pay off his debts—which is when he hatched a plan with a friend, Yakub, to steal Rs 70 lakh that his employer asked him to deposit in a bank. Beans that spilled: Both Bisht and Yakub bolted with the cash to Nainital—unfortunately, Yakub, who came back to wipe off the evidence, was arrested on his return to Delhi by the Delhi Police, though Bisht is yet to be arrested.

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Answer To NEWS IN CLUES Kalpana Lajmi. The renowned filmmaker died on Sunday morning at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. Aged 64, she was suffering from a chronic kidney disease and liver failure. Dimple Kapadia won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 1992 for the Lajmi-directed Rudaali, while Raveena Tandon won it in 2000 for Daman.