| 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. 22-year-old activist arrested for 'spreading toolkit', faces conspiracy charge The Delhi Police cyber cell has arrested 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru on Saturday after her alleged role in "spreading a toolkit" related to the farmers' protests came to light. A senior police officer said that while trailing the toolkit related to the farmers' protest, they tracked Ms. Ravi in Bengaluru. A police team was sent there for further investigation and she was picked up from her home. Police has also seized her laptop and mobile phone for further investigation. She was brought to Delhi where she was formally arrested and will be produced before a magistrate. "We have found that she made several changes in the toolkit related to farmers protest and further spread it in certain groups on social media," added the officer. Recently, Delhi police had registered an FIR under Section 124A (sedition), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) against the people who created and spread toolkit. A report from Bengaluru quoted sources close to Ms. Ravi, the arrested activist from 'Fridays For Future', as saying that her family and counsel were groping in the dark. "She was picked up for questioning. The family was also told she was being taken for questioning. But she has been taken to Delhi and shown arrest. Even the FIR copy is not available in the public domain and not made available to the family and counsel. We don't know what are the charges against her," said an activist who knew Ms. Ravi. Her family and her counsel have refused to speak to the media. Twelve bodies recovered in ongoing Uttarakhand rescue operations Twelve bodies were recovered on Sunday in the ongoing rescue operations in Uttarakhand, according to an update from Uttarakhand Police. This brings the total number of bodies found to 50. About 154 are still believed missing. Rescue operations are on at the Tapovan hydropower station in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, where a torrential flood last Sunday from a glacier-linked landslide destroyed hydropower plants downstream, killing at least 50 and causing 204 to go missing. Of the bodies retrieved, 41 were found at Chamoli, seven at Rudraprayag, and one each at Pauri Garhwal and Tehri Garhwal. Only 25 of the recovered bodies have been identified.  NDRF personnel carry the body of a flash flood victim near Raini village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on February 14, 2021. As part of rescue operations, a 30-cm diameter and 12-metre-deep borehole has been drilled to aid with removing silt. Many of those killed are believed to be workers at the tunnels of the Tapovan hydropower project, who were trapped in the massive pile of rubble and debris that resulted from the avalanche blocking the inlet tunnels. There are also operations on to divert the river's course from the left bank to the right bank to aid in desilting operations. There are at least 325 engineers, officers, geologists and scientists engaged in rescue operations. Efforts are also on to monitor the size of a lake that has been forming on the upper portion of the Rishiganga because the natural course of the river is being obstructed due to a pile of debris from last week's avalanche. Congress will not implement CAA: Rahul Gandhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his party will not implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and promised to hike the daily wage of tea plantation workers if his party comes to power in Assam. Launching the Congress campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls at Sivasagar in eastern Assam, he also took a swipe at the BJP for trying to divide Assam so that "business tycoons from Gujarat" take its wealth away. Mr. Gandhi recalled former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi as his guru who acquainted him with several key issues including the "divisive" CAA. Pointing to the crossed CAA printed on the Assamese "gamosa" around his neck, he said: "Listen, 'hum do hamaare do'! Come what may, we will not allow the CAA."  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting in Sivasagar district of Assam on February 14, 2021. Mr. Gandhi had coined 'hum do' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and 'hamaare do' for corporate giants Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani. He devoted much of his speech to the tea workers, who are a deciding factor in a third of the 126 Assembly seats. He said their daily wage would be more than doubled. "What can you buy with ₹167? We will add ₹200 to this figure and take away ₹2 to fix ₹365 as your daily wage," he told the crowd mostly comprising tea workers at the rally near a historic field where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had campaigned for the BJP a few days ago. The focus of the political parties has been on the workers. The BJP-led government has wooed them with cash and incentive schemes besides promising to hike their wages within a few days. Mr. Gandhi also promised to protect the principles of the Assam Accord signed between the All Assam Students' Union and the Centre in 1985 at the end of a violent six-year agitation against illegal immigration. "Assam has the issue of illegal immigration but the people of the State have the capability to resolve them through dialogue. The Congress will defend and protect the principles of the accord," he said, referring to the delay in implementing a vital clause that guarantees constitutional safeguards for the indigenous people. Modi launches five projects in Kerala Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched five projects in Kerala on Sunday which he said would energise the growth trajectory of the country. Mr. Modi, who arrived at Kochi on Sunday afternoon, dedicated to nation, the Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), launched the Ro-Ro vessels to be operated between Bolghatty and Willingdon Island and inaugurated the Sagarika International Cruise Terminal. He also laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of South Coal Berth, in Cochin Port besides inaugurating the Marine Engineering Training Institute, the only maritime training institute in India functioning within a Shipyard having extended training facilities for trainees on various vessels under construction or repair.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Complex inauguration, Kochi Refinery in Kochi on February 14, 2021. In his address, Mr. Modi said the projects would go a long way in creating the Athmanirbhar Bharath. The Prime Minister urged people to travel locally and explore places. He suggested start-ups to consider developing projects for the tourism sector. A large number of people are writing about the local tourism destinations and posting pictures about the destinations as they cannot travel abroad due to COVID 19. Besides generating additional revenue for the people in the sector, it will also connect youth to the culture of the country, he said. India went up in its world tourism ranking. The country is in the 34th position from the earlier 65, he said. Covid watch: Numbers and Developments The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stands at 1,08,98,961 at the time of publishing this newsletter with the death toll at 1,57,035. In Brief: Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the US and many other countries. Japan's Health Ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc. The announcement comes after a government panel on Friday confirmed that final results of clinical testing done in Japan showed that the vaccine had an efficacy similar to what overseas tests showed. Many countries began vaccinating their citizens late last year, and Pfizer's vaccine has been used elsewhere since December. Senior Congress leader and former defence minister A.K. Antony on Sunday alleged that disengagement in both the Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso Lake areas and the creation of a buffer zone was a "surrender" of India's rights. Addressing a press conference, he also said that at a time when India was facing multiple challenges at the border and was facing a two-front war-like situation, the increase in defence budget this year is meagre and insignificant and was a "betrayal" of the country. The government had on Friday emphatically stated that India has not "conceded" any territory following the disengagement agreement with China in Pangong lake areas in eastern Ladakh. Mr. Antony said he was sad that the Narendra Modi government was not giving proper priority to national security at a time when China was getting belligerent and Pakistan continued to promote terrorism. Evening Wrap will return tomorrow | 
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