| Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day's biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. We hope you are staying safe. Massive build-up again in Finger area of Pangong Tso's north bank With Indian troops engaged in a tense standoff at the south bank of Pangong Tso (lake) for the past week, a massive build-up has again begun in the Finger area of the north bank, a senior government official told The Hindu. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has occupied the ridge lines and amassed troops on the north bank, where Fingers 4-8 are located. The official said there was a worrying concentration of troops on both sides, with China dominating the area. The development comes a day before an expected meeting of the foreign ministers of both countries in Moscow, on the sidelines of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. As reported, China has ingressed about 8 km in the Finger area of the north bank. India has not been able to patrol beyond Finger 4 since April last week, when China amassed troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Earlier, Indian troops could patrol up to Finger 8. Meetings yield no results Several rounds of meetings at military and diplomatic levels have not yielded results. China partially retreated to Finger 5, and as per the agreement, Indian troops were also pushed back to Finger 2. "China is dominating the ridges in the Finger area of Pangong Tso for the past four months. Since last evening, it has rushed additional forces. We have had no option but to match the presence. The ground commanders will meet in the day," said the official. It is to be noted that till now no dispute was reported in the south bank and for the past one week the Indian Army is dominating the ridges and hills here. Supreme Court refuses to postpone NEET; exam will take place on September 13 The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will be held as per schedule on September 13. The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to intervene in various petitions seeking postponement of examinations on grounds of student safety. One of the petitions, represented by advocate Shoeb Alam, even sought the use of admit cards as curfew passes in containment zones. Alam said a "slight nudge" from the court would go a long way to ensure the safety of lakhs of candidates taking the exam across the country. Senior advocate K.T.S. Tulsi urged the court to postpone the exams, saying the novel coronavirus infection count was steadily climbing and had reached 90,000 a day.  Students checking their names before appearing for NEET in 2019. File photo Senior advocate Arvind Datar said States such as Bihar had only two exam centres. Aspirants had to journey miles, exposing themselves and others to infection. But the court said it would not be possible for authorities to conduct NEET, which requires to be held simultaneously across the country, on different dates in different States. "The authorities have taken all precautions," the Bench said. The court reasoned that changing dates would not solve the problem. Whatever date was fixed, there might be some difficulty, it said. Supreme Court stays Maratha reservation law The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the implementation of the 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs but made it clear that the status of those who have availed of the benefits will not be disturbed. A three-judge bench headed by Justice L.N. Rao referred to a larger constitution bench, to be set up by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, the batch of pleas questioning the validity of the law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs. The apex court said that status of those who have already taken benefits of the 2018 law shall not be disturbed. The Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 was enacted to grant reservation in jobs and college admissions to people of the Maratha community in Maharashtra. The Bombay High Court, while upholding the law in June last year, had held that 16% reservation was not justifiable and the quota should not exceed 12% in employment and 13% in admissions. Street vendors should switch to digital transactions: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government was working on a new digital transaction platform for street vendors in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Modi was addressing street vendors who had received loans through the micro-credit scheme, PM Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), which had been launched by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry in June. Under the scheme, street vendors badly hit by the pandemic and lockdown can avail of loans up to ₹10,000 in order to restart their work. The Prime Minister also interacted with three of the beneficiaries via videoconferencing. As customers preferred digital transactions over cash due to the pandemic, street vendors should move towards digital transactions, he said. Citing the example of restaurants that take orders and deliver through apps, Modi noted that street food vendors could also carry out their business online. The government would come up with a platform for street vendors to transact digitally, he said. Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the UAE. Thousands of people are eligible to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, including members of parliaments and governments, university professors and past laureates. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides on the award, declined to comment.  U.S. President Donald Trump. File "It is for his contribution for peace between Israel and the UAE. It is a unique deal," said Christian Tybring-Gjedde, an MP from the right-wing Progress Party. Evening Wrap Vaccine Watch The UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has paused late-stage trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after a study participant developed an unexplained illness, raising concerns about the safety of the vaccine. AstraZeneca didn't reveal any information about the possible side effect except to call it "a potentially unexplained illness". However, the Serum Institute of India said it would continue trials of the vaccine. On Tuesday, the CEOs of AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi vowed to not seek approvals or emergency use authorisations for their vaccine candidates without conclusive positive data, and pledged to uphold scientific and ethical standards. The pledge follows news last week that U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for a vaccine to be released in the U.S. just ahead of the November elections. It also comes amid Russia's claim to have created a vaccine in record time – a claim marred by questions over the validity of its testing data. Unplanned lockdown broke the back of unorganised sector, says Rahul in video series In the fourth and final part of his video series on the Indian economy, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "misled the country" by saying that the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic would be won in 21 days. Instead, in those 21 days, the "backbone of the unorganised sector was broken," he said. The unplanned lockdown, imposed without prior notice, was the "third attack" on the unorganised sector, he said. In the earlier parts of this series, he had spoken of demonetisation and "faulty implementation" of the GST as the other reasons behind the collapse of the unorganised sector.  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks on COVID-19 and unemployment in the final episode of his series 'Arthvyavastha Ki Baat, Rahul Gandhi ke saath', in New Delhi on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 "The poor, those working in small and medium businesses, are daily wage earners. They eat with what they earn each day. When you announced the lockdown without notice, you attacked them. The Prime Minister said the fight will be for 21 days, the backbone of the unorganised sector broke in 21 days," he said. Light candles on Sept 9 amidst 'darkness of unemployment': Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party and the Congress in Uttar Pradesh are seeking to highlight the issues of unemployment and a recessionary economy by taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's play book. Modi had asked people to light candles and lamps for nine minutes from 9 pm on April 5 to demonstrate the collective will to fight against Covid-19. The two Opposition parties made similar appeals on Wednesday. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asked people to switch off lights in their homes at 9 p.m. for nine minutes on September 9 amidst the "darkness of unemployment". He asked people to light the torch of revolution and add to the voice of the youngsters. In a tweet, Yadav also posted a couplet that, in English translation, said: "When the youth clench their fists, the persecuting rulers lose their sleep." Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stood at 44,23,688 at the time of publishing this newsletter, with the death toll at 74,541. In Brief: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday decided to credit a lower interest rate of 8.15% for 2019-2020, with the credit of the remaining 0.35% being subject to the sale of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by December 31. Janata Dal (United) MP Harivansh on Wednesday filed his nomination, as the BJP-led NDA's candidate, for the post of Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha. The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled from September 14 to October 1. The election for the Deputy Chairman's post is likely to be held on the first day of the session. Evening Wrap will return tomorrow. | 
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