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FISHERMAN NETS ‘FISH WITH HEART OF ACTRESS SAIRA BANU, ADMITTED TO ROAD AHEAD MAY BE BUMPIER THAN POPE FRANCIS SAYS NOT RESIGNING, GOLD', TAKES HOME OVER RS 1 CRORE HINDUJA HOSPITAL, CURRENTLY IN ICU HOPED: SUNDAR PICHAI TO GOOGLE LIVING ‘NORMAL LIFE’ AFTER SURGERY fisherman from Maharashtra's Palghar, near Mumbai, had eteran actress Saira Banu, who was admitted to Mumbai's an Francisco, United States: Google on Tuesday extended ope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living "a never imagined that he would make a fortune with his Hinduja Hospital a couple of days ago after she the option for its employees to work from home into next totally normal life" following intestinal surgery in July, he Acatch and earn crores overnight. Chandrakant Tare, a Vcomplained of blood pressure-related issues, has been Syear due to the pandemic. Returning to Google campuses Psaid in a radio interview on Wednesday. Francis, 84, fisherman from Murbe village in Palghar district, took his boat moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of the hospital on will remain voluntary globally through January 10, with local dismissed an Italian newspaper report that he might step to the sea for the first time on August 28 after the monsoon Wednesday, reports news agency ANI. As per the news offices given the discretion to decide when to require down, saying: "I don't know where they got it from last week ban on fishing was lifted. While fishing, he noticed that the net agency, Saira Banu complained of issues related to blood employees to return to their desks, according to chief that I was going to resign ... it didn't even cross my mind." He had become heavy and pulled it out. The crew were surprised pressure and was taken to the Hinduja Hospital three days ago. executive Sundar Pichai. "I'm happy to say that a large number also said he was almost certain to attend the UN Climate Cha- to see that he had caught around 150 ghol fish in the net at She has been shifted to the ICU ward today. Saira Banu's of offices globally are already open for business, and we are nge Conference in Glasgow in November. The Pope thanked a once. Ghol fish is not only a delicacy but also has many medic- husband and actor Dilip Kumar died at the age of 98 in welcoming back tens of thousands of Googlers on a voluntary nurse at the Vatican for convincing him to undergo surgery to inal properties and is known as "the fish with the heart of gold." Mumbai in July this year. basis," Pichai said. remove part of his colon rather than continuing treatment. AP, TS face-off over sharing of Govt not slashing pensions: Sajjala PNS n VIJAYAWADA during the previous government towards pensions to 39 Krishna waters continues Brushing aside the allegations lakh people, the YS that the state government Jaganmohan n Telangana officials stage walkout of Krishna River Management Board meeting in protest against is slashing social securi- Reddy govern- ty pensions, Gover- ment has been Board Chairman's stand on power generation in Srisailam nment Advisor spending Rs (Public Affairs) 1,500 crore ML MELLY MAITREYI Sajjala Ramakrishna on 60 lakh n HYDERABAD Reddy on pensioners. TS submits written Wednesday pointed "This shows In a major development, Telangana out that the State has the quantum irrigation officials staged a walkout representation on been spending three leap and calls from the meeting with the Krishna times the amount spent the bluff of the River Management Board in protest AP’s ‘illegalities’ by the previous govern- propaganda against the stand taken by the ment. He accused a section of launched by a section Board Chairman on generation of PNS n HYDERABAD the media of publishing distorted of the media that supports the power from Srisailam. versions to mislead the people. Opposition," Ramakrishna Reddy The over five-hour long 14th Rajat Kumar, Special Chief Speaking to the media here on said. meeting of the KRMB held with the Secretary, Irrigation, Telangana Wednesday, Ramakrishna Reddy irrigation officials of both the submitted a detailed letter to the said while Rs 500 crore was spent 2 Telugu States on Wednesday to dis- Board mentioning all the cuss several contentious issues demands of Telangana. including the re-allocation of Rajat Kumar made it clear Krishna water between the two that the agreement of water States and power generation from sharing at 512:299 between AP Pawan Kalyan tells JS Srisailam project ended on a incon- and Telangana was only tempo- clusive note as both the States rary and only for 2015-16 with stuck to their respective stands the hope that Telangana would which they have been articulating. get its rightful allocation soon. activists to expose bad Telangana officials were upset As Telangana completed its when the KRMB Chairman MP Krishna basin projects and pro- Singh agreed with the contention of Srisailam project itself was planned Commission to check the veracity and drinking water requirements viding water to the ayacut, water roads on social media Andhra Pradesh that Telangana and constructed basically for hydel of their stand on Srisailam hydel and power be generated in utilisation in Telangana Krishna should not generate power from power generation and made it project. Srisailam project only when Sagar basin has gone up and thus its PNS n VIJAYAWADA into a gorge on the way. Some youth Srisailam hydel electric station at clear that power generation would However, the KRMB Chairman, and Krishna delta required water demand for 50:50 allocation be said all the roads in the entire con- the cost of irrigation and drinking continue. after hearing the arguments of for the irrigation and drinking made immediately pending Actor-politician and Janasena pres- stituency are in similar condition,” water requirements of AP. Telangana officials said Board both the States, backed Andhra water purposes. fresh Tribunal award, he said. ident Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday the statement from Pawan Kalyan Telangana rejected the demand officials should refer to the docu- Pradesh's demand and said prior- 2 said that Sramadanam programme said. to stop power generation as the ments of the then Planning ity should be given for irrigation 2 will begin on October 2 and he The JSP president alleged that the would personally take part in the government was resorting to threats programme along with Jana if citizens ask for roads and a situ- Sainiks, Veera Mahilas to get the ation has prevailed where they are roads repaired. even ready to use police force for HC division HC stays govt move to take back Panic as HPCL In a statement, Pawan Kalyan lathi-charge. requested all Jana Sainiks and Due to bad road conditions Veera Mahilas to post the photos of across the State, women, children bench rejects refinery leaks bad roads on social media on and elderly have been hospitalised plots from Amaravati farmers September 2, 3 and 4 using the with injuries, while some others are Govt plea in hydrocarbon hashtag #JSPFORAP_ROADS. narrowly escaping death. With an PNS n VIJAYAWADA “I personally saw the badly-hit intention to take the condition of roads when I toured Krishna, roads to the notice of the people Sangam Dairy In a setback to the State govern- vapour Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore dis- and to get response from the gov- ment, the Andhra Pradesh High tricts during Cyclone Nivar. ernment, all the Jana Sainiks and PNS n VIJAYAWADA Court on Wednesday granted a stay PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Thippavarappadu village in Gudur Veera Mahilas shall post the pho- on the government's move to take constituency in Nellore district tos of bad roads on the social media Dismissing the writ appeal in the back the returnable plots of farm- Tension prevailed for some time was badly damaged for nearly 7-8 on September 2, 3 and 4 through Sangam Dairy case, a division ers who had given their assigned in and around Malkapuram fol- km. There are huge pits on the road. #JSPFORAP_ROADS,” said Pawan bench of the Andhra Pradesh lands for Amaravati capital as part lowing leakage of some gas from A tractor flipped over when it fell Kalyan. High Court on Wednesday direct- of the land pooling scheme follow- the Hindustan Petroleum ed the government not to take ing an agreement with the AP Corporation Limited-Visakh over the dairy. Capital Region Development Refinery on Wednesday. Challenging the single bench Authority (APCRDA). A large number of HPCL-VR judge order, the State government The High Court issued interim workers, employees and people had filed an appeal in the case. orders stayed the implementation in the surrounding areas ran The division bench of the High of GO No 316, aimed at recover- from the spot after the automat- Court heard the case and upheld ing the residential and commercial ic danger siren started blaring an the order of the single judge and plots allotted to the farmers in lieu ment argument and issued a stay the then Chandrababu Naidu gov- alert. dismissed the writ petition of the of the assigned lands surrendered on the implementation of the GO. ernment issued an order (GO No However, the technical team of government. to the APCRDA for the capital con- In the first week of August, the 41) lifting these restrictions on the refinery rushed to the spot struction. YS Jaganmohan Reddy government assigned lands and enabling the and controlled the leakage. Soon 2 Counsel for the government had issued notices to around 50 farmers to sell their lands, so that after, the team announced there opposed the interim orders saying farmers who had been allotted res- the government could acquire is no danger from the leaked gas. that the administration has not yet idential and commercial plots allot- them for the capital city under land According to sources, hydro- TODAY taken back the plots but only ted by the then TDP government pooling. carbon vapour leaked during served notices to the farmers, as in lieu of the assigned lands given YSRCP leaders have accused the equipment handing over ALMANAC selling the assigned lands or for the capital construction under the, especially, Naidu and his exercise at around 1.50 pm in the Month & Paksham: exchanging them with plots was land pooling. coterie, of threatening Dalits and Merox unit in the refinery. Shravana & Krishna Paksha against the rules. The High Court, However, during the construc- forcibly acquiring the lands File photo of Jana Sena activists repairing potholes on a road in Vijayawada. however, dismissed the govern- tion of the capital city at Amaravati, assigned to them in Amaravati. 2 Panchangam Tithi : Dashami 06:21 Nakshatram : Ardra 14:57 Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad State posts improved TTD to return deposits in ‘coin prasadam’ time to start any important work) PNS n TIRUPATI Rahukalam : 1:48 pm - 3:20 pm TTD officials said Yamagandam : 6:05 am - 7:38 am GST revenues in Aug The Tirumala Tirupati that the temple earns Varjyam : 3:49 am - 5:32 am Devasthanam (TTD) has launched Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 PNS n HYDERABAD 2021 due to second wave of “Dhana Prasadam”, a new initiative Gulika : 9:10 am - 10:43 am Covid. wherein devotees would be lakh per month in the Good Time : (to start any important work) The gross GST revenues collect- With the easing out of Covid returned the money they deposit at form of coins which ed in the month in Andhra restrictions and many sectors guesthouses and cottages in the have been accumu- Amritakalam : Nil Pradesh touched Rs 2,591 crore, like manufacturing, real estate form of coins. Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:50 am - 12:40 pm an increase of 33 percent over and to some extent service sec- TTD officials here on lating over the years that of August, 2020. tor showing improvement, GST Wednesday said that the “Dhana Telangana too has been in collection for July and August Prasadam” was launched on coins will be given to the pilgrims VIJAYAWADA tune with the national trend and have again crossed Rs 1 lakh- Wednesday in which the TTD as part of refunding their deposit WEATHER its GST revenue for August stood mark. would pay back the devotees in the amount. If the pilgrim refuses to Forecast: thunderstorms at Rs 3,526 crore registering a The pan-India tax collections form of coins. accept the coin packet, he will be Temp: 31/25 growth of 26 percent over that of in August on goods sold and The TTD officials said that the paid his deposit amount in the form Humidity: 77% corresponding period last year. services rendered was 30 percent temple earns Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 of currency notes,” TTD officials Sunrise: 6:02 am It may be recalled that GST higher than Rs 86,449 crore col- lakh per month in the form of coins said. Sunset: 06:30 pm collections, after posting above lected in August 2020, and 14 which the devotees drop in the “In the coming days, we will also Current Weather Conditions Rs 1 lakh-crore mark for nine percent higher than Rs 98,202 Srivari hundi after making a vow. ing in at the guesthouses and cot- amount they had deposited would get ready packets with coins of Rs Updated SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 5:00 PM consecutive months, dropped crore collected in August 2019. Pilgrims to the temple have to tages to stay there. From now be returned in the form of coins. 2 and of Rs 5 value to be given to below Rs 1 lakh-crore in June 2 deposit some money while check- onwards, while checking out, the “A packet, containing 100 Rs 1 the pilgrims,” the officials said. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 vijayawada 02

HC division AP reports Telangana schools bench ... Crops inundated, 1 washed 1,186 new Continued from Page 1 Covid deaths, finally reopened Earlier, the High Court had 10 deaths PNS n HYDERABAD attended classes. Education away as rains wreak havoc PNS n earlier set aside the GO hand- VIJAYAWADA Minister P Sabita Indra ing over the management of PNS n VIJAYAWADA As the Basavanna Schools, barring residential Reddy, who inspected a the dairy to Tenali Sub- Andhra Pradesh logged 1,186 government institutions, school in the city, said stu- Collector. The government The incessant rain that has stream remained fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,396 resumed offline classes in dents should be told specif- argued that the single judge lashed Guntur for the last swollen, the approach recoveries and 10 deaths in the Telangana on Wednesday, ically during morning erred in his judgement by not three days has wreaked havoc 24 hours ending 9 am on with COVID-19 protocols prayers about the need to considering the facts of the in the district with one person road on the Satten- Wednesday. The state's Covid- in place, while colleges too follow COVID-19 norms. case. being reportedly washed away apalli-Piduguralla was 19 chart now showed 20,15,302 resumed in the state. Teachers and other staff Advocate-general S Sriram in the floodwaters. Also, crops total positives, 19,86,962 recov- The resumption of class- should also take precau- said the dairy was fraudulent- in hundreds of acres were sub- damaged, disrupting eries and 13,867 deaths so far. es for 1st to 12th standards tions at the time of mid-day ly converted into a private merged and road connectivity The latest bulletin said the followed a High Court meals, she said. company from a mutually- to hundreds of villages disrupt- traffic movement number of active cases has Order on Tuesday, granting More care should be aided cooperative society. ed due to overflowing of flood- come down to 14,473. schools permission to do so, taken about school children Ownership of the dairy's water onto roads. al villages. Several residential For the first time in many while staying government as college students are assets was also transferred ille- All canals, streams and nalas localities at various places were weeks, all 13 districts reported residential schools from expected to have better gally to a trust managed by in the district are overflowing. inundated in knee-deep water. less than 200 fresh cases in a holding off-line classes for awareness, she said. Out of Dhulipalla Narendra, chair- According to police, one Chilli, cotton and paddy day, with East Godavari top- four weeks. The Court also 60 lakh children from 1st to man of Sangam Dairy, the A- Durgi Srinivasa Rao ws washed crops remain submerged in ping with 175. Kurnool and directed that no children in 12th standard in the state, G said, and argued that it was away in the Katredu stream at rainwater in hundreds of acres Vizianagaram were at the bot- any class be compelled by about 29 to 30 lakh students in the larger interest of milk Kesanupalli village in in Palnadu region. The farm- tom with 13 each. school managements to are in government institu- producers and to prevent fur- Dachepalli mandal. The police ers have to bear the brunt of Kurnool is the only district physically attend offline tions, she said. Meanwhile, ther depletion of government pressed expert swimmers to ment of vehicular traffic. The escape when a tree got uproot- the incessant rains, a group of with less than 100 active cases classes if parents were not Governor Tamilisai assets, that the management trace him. As the Basavanna police diverted the traffic via ed and fell on it at Muppalla farmers told The Pioneer. now. Krishna reported four inclined to send them. On Soundararajan visited the of the dairy was given to the stream remained swollen, the Kondamodu and village. Agriculture officials said fresh fatalities, SPS Nellore Wednesday, students high school at Raj Bhavan Tenali Sub-Collector so that approach road on the Narasaraopet. Rain battered Macherla and that the crop loss could be two, Chittoor, East Godavari, streamed into schools wear- here and interacted with day-to-day operations contin- Sattenapalli-Piduguralla was Elsewhere, passengers trav- Gurazala constituencies, affect- assessed only after the flood- Prakasam and Visakhapatnam ing masks, used the hand students, teachers and par- ue without any hindrance. damaged, disrupting move- elling in a car had a miraculous ing road connectivity at sever- water recedes. one each in a day. sanitizer's provided and ents and officials. AP, TS face-off... TS submits written State posts Govt not slashing pensions... improved GST Continued from Page 1 could be no compromise on Continued from Page 1 working hard and the results "The State government has equal sharing of 811 tmc ft of will be tangible and benefit been providing pensions on Rajat Kumar, Special Chief Krishna water. representation on... revenues in Aug... "The date and disbursement the future generations," the a saturation basis with over Secretary, Irrigation, At present, Telangana is Continued from Page 1 of pensions was uncertain senior YSRCP leader said. 98 percent of the disburse- Telangana expressed his strong allocated 299 tmc ft and AP Continued from Page 1 of drinking water require- during the TDP regime, but "We are paying interest to ment rate," the YSRCP senior objections to this and walked 512 tmc ft as per the Bachawat ment should be taken into Sequentially, however, in our government, the a tune of Rs 30,000 to 40,000 leader said. out of the meeting along with award. Telangana has actually sought account and that would there was a 3.76 percent amount is given on the first crore on the loans taken by He said that the govern- other State irrigation officials. Telangana has been repre- an allocation of 575 tmc ft out amount to 3.3 tmc ft, he dip in August 2021 collec- of every month, that too on the TDP government. A per- ment has been spending The KRMB meeting also senting to the Centre and the of 811 tmc ft from the Brijesh explained. tion vis-a-vis Rs 1.16 lakh the doorstep of the beneficia- son who was Chief Minister almost Rs 1500 crore every failed to bring both the parties KRMB that a temporary allo- Kumar Tribunal to meet its Telangana demanded that crore mopped up in July ry. of the State has nothing to month for pensions, which is to an understanding on shar- cation in the proportion of irrigation and drinking water AP be stopped from illegal 2021. To bring in accountability, claim as an achievement dur- almost three times higher ing of Krishna waters. 50:50 be made with retrospec- requirements. Therefore its diversion of Krishna water "The gross GST revenue we are weeding out ineligible ing his term," he said. than that of the previous Telangana insisted that till tive effect from 2018 and it be demand of 50 percent alloca- through Pothireddypadu and collected in the month of people," he said. Ramakrishna Reddy said government. the new Tribunal award is implemented from this year tion is just, he said. HNSS lift to outside the August 2021 is Rs 1,12,020 There is nothing wrong in that the government is weed- He advised the opposition announced, Krishna waters itself till the new award was The State would utilise 45 Krishna basin. KRMB failed crore of which Central GST paying pensions month-wise ing out ineligible candidates TDP leaders to come forward be shared in the ratio of 50:50 announced as per the State tmc ft of Krishna water to prevent illegal diversions by is Rs 20,522 crore, State and the volunteer comes call- from the pension list and and provide suggestions for while AP insisted that it Reorganisation Act. through diversion of Godavari AP which already diverted GST is Rs 26,605 crore, ing on five days if the person putting a check to malprac- better implementation of the should be in the proportion of Telangana also raised its water from this year in the 63.5 tmc ft so far against the Integrated GST is Rs 56,247 is not at home on the first day tices. The government has scheme rather than blaming 70:30 between the two Telugu objection over construction of upstream of Nagarjuna Sagar allocation of 34 tmc ft, and crore (including Rs 26,884 of the month, Ramakrishna removed the 2-3 month lump the government with false States. illegal projects like and also 13.2 tmc ft of 16.5 failed to set up telemetry sys- crore collected on import Reddy said. sum scheme for those resid- accusations. Earlier before the meeting Rayalaseema LI project by AP tmc ft of Krishna water divert- tems. of goods) and Cess is Rs TDP has nothing to claim ing in other States, he said. Ramakrishna Reddy also commenced, Rajat Kumar said and said AP had been submit- ed to Hyderabad for drinking The Board should enforce 8,646 crore (including Rs of what its government had Ramakrishna Reddy made reeled out the data on the one of the main reasons for ting complaints against water purpose would be Tribunal award strictly from 646 crore collected on done during its term and it clear that all those staying power sector dues which Telangana movement was to Telangana to divert attention utilised by the Telangana. this year to prevent illegal import of goods)," the people have sent packing its in other States have to come were coming down due to the get the State its rightful share from its unauthorised projects The Bachawat Tribunal diversion of Krishna waters by Finance Ministry said in a supremo N Chandrababu within the first week of each measures taken by the Chief in Krishna waters and there without approvals. stipulated that only 20 percent AP, Telangana demanded. statement. Naidu. "Our Chief Minister is month to avail the pension. Minister. Determined Telangana registers 322 Panic as HPCL Pollution to cut 9 years of life span KCR takes PNS n NEW DELHI expanded geographically 2024 by ensuring cuts in lockdown curbs, battled toxic over time," the EPIC report industrial emissions and air in winter following a new cases; refinery leaks Air pollution is likely to said. vehicular exhaust, introduc- sharp increase in farm the next step reduce the life expectancy of For example, air quality ing stringent rules for trans- residue burning in the near- three deaths about 40% of Indians by has significantly worsened in port fuels and biomass burn- by states of Punjab and ML MELLY MAITREYI PNS n HYDERABAD more than nine years, the western state of ing and reduce dust pollu- Haryana. n hydrocarbon... HYDERABAD according to a report Maharashtra and the central tion. It will also entail better According to the EPIC's As many as 322 fresh cases of Continued from Page 1 dent, the HPCL-VR manage- released by a U.S. research state of Madhya Pradesh, it monitoring systems. findings, neighbouring In a significant decision that Covid-19 and three deaths ment confirmed the leaks of group on Wednesday. said. New Delhi was the world's Bangladesh could raise aver- reflects the steely determina- were registered in Telangana However, the automatic sen- hydrocarbon vapour and More than 480 million Lauding India's National most polluted capital for the age life expectancy by 5.4 tion of Chief Minister K till 5.30 pm on Wednesday. sor siren sounded the alert clarified that the situ- people living in the vast Clean Air Program (NCAP), third straight year in 2020, years if the country improves Chandrasekhar Rao, who has With this increase, the and with the previous ation was quickly swathes of central, eastern launched in 2019 to rein in according to IQAir, a Swiss air quality to levels recom- drawn immense flak and number of Covid-19 cases in nightmarish experience controlled by the and northern India, includ- dangerous pollution levels, group that measures air qual- mended by the World Health taunts from opposition par- Telangana has increased to in their minds, the refinery personnel. ing the capital, New Delhi, the EPIC report said "achiev- ity levels based on the con- Organization. ties and other circles over the 6,58,376 while the death toll workers ran from the There was no endure significantly high ing and sustaining" the centration of lung-damaging To arrive at the life Dalit Bandhu scheme, the has reached 3,876. refinery. injury to any person pollution levels, said the NCAP goals would raise the airborne particles known as expectancy number, EPIC flagship Dalit empowerment As many as 331 people Seeing the workers or no damage in the report prepared by the country's overall life PM2.5. compared the health of peo- programme will be imple- recovered from the disease in rushing out of the refinery, refinery, the manage- Energy Policy Institute at expectancy by 1.7 years and Last year, New Delhi's 20 ple exposed to different lev- mented in four more mandals the last 24 hours. This the general public in the sur- ment said. the University of Chicago that of New Delhi 3.1 years. million residents, who els of long-term air pollution drawn from four constituen- increased the total number of rounding areas also started Normalcy was restored at (EPIC). The NCAP aims to reduce breathed some of the clean- and applied the results to cies represented by Dalit leg- recovered patients to running. around 2.45 pm and opera- "Alarmingly, India's high pollution in the 102 worst- est air on record in the sum- various places in India and islators in the State, along 6,48,648. Responding to the inci- tions in the refinery resumed. levels of air pollution have affected cities by 20%-30% by mer because of coronavirus elsewhere. with Huzurabad constituen- cy. The State government has DRUG PEDDLER CALVIN TURNS APPROVER piloted Dalit Bandhu scheme in the Huzurabad constituen- GMR to invest cy and the scheme would eventually be implemented ED may seize bank accounts of film personalities across the State to cover all 17 lakh Dalit families in the Rs 500 crore in State. n Charmi among those to be quizzed today However, KCR has initial- ly picked four more mandals PNS n HYDERABAD accounts and he has come out The Excise Department had Hyd Metro Rail from as many constituencies with the names of all those previously constituted the SIT located in eastern, western, The Enforcement Directorate people who have given him for "a comprehensive" probe. A northern and southern parts is going to question actor-pro- money for the purpose of total of 12 cases were regis- PNS n HYDERABAD International Airport Ltd, of Telangana to get a proper ducer Charmi on Thursday in obtaining drugs. Upon confir- tered, 30 people were arrested, issued by Airports Economic understanding of the views connection with the drugs mation of transactions between while 62 individuals, including The GMR group which is Regulatory Authority the aero- and sentiments of SCs, their racket that was busted on July Calvin and those summoned, 11 people connected with operating Rajiv Gandhi drome operator will be invest- requirements, and issues 2, 2017 when customs officials the ED will seize the bank Tollywood, were examined by International Airport here will ing Rs 519.52 by 2024. cropping up during the arrested Calvin Mascarenhas, accounts of errant celebrities. the SIT under Section 67 of the be investing over Rs 500 crore The envisaged project cost implementation of the a musician, and two others and As of now, it is not clear Narcotic Drugs and in a Rs 5,000 crore Metro Rail of the Metro line would be scheme. seized drugs worth Rs 30 lakh whether Puri Jagannath had Psychotropic Substances link project being proposed by around Rs 5,000 crore of All the SC families in the from their possession. They any transactions with Calvin. (NDPS) Act and Ssection 161 the Telangana government for which HIAL's contribution chosen four mandals will have asked Charmi to bring all The ED has already seized the of Criminal Procedure Code. connectivity to the aerodrome would be in the range of Rs now be covered under the details of her bank accounts. bank accounts of Kelvin. The SIT had collected blood, from various parts of the city. 500 crore (10 percent of the Dalit Bandhu scheme simul- According to reports, actors Should the ED seize the hair, nail and other samples According to a consultation project cost) which is equiva- taneously. Rakul Preet Singh, Rana bank accounts of celebs, it from some of those who paper on the tariff revision for lent to the estimated cost of Daggubati, Ravi Teja, Charmee would be a jolt for Tollywood appeared before it for question the third control period (April Metro connectivity within the Kaur, Navdeep, Mumaith celebrities who have paid been supplying drugs to film and whoever is involved in the and sent them for analysis. 2021 to March 2026) pro- airport precinct, the consulta- CHICKEN Khan, and director Puri amounts to Calvin in connec- celebrities, software engineers, drugs case. Actors Ravi Teja, Charme posed by GMR Hyderabad tion paper said. RATES `/KG Jagannadh had been asked to tion with the money-launder- and even students of some The ED's questioning will Kaur, Mumaith Khan, appear before ED between ing case linked to the drugs corporate schools. Mobile thrown the spotlight on the Jagannadh and young actors Dressed/With Skin `257 August 31 and September 22. case. That is why they have numbers of some Tollywood case that had been in cold stor- Tarun Kumar and Navdeep Without Skin `277 Puri Jagannadh was ques- sought last six years' bank celebrities were allegedly found age, mainly due the clean chit were among the stars who Broiler at Farm `143 tioned for about 12 hours on accounts of director Puri in their contact lists. given by SIT to film personal- were questioned by the SIT. Tuesday. Jagannath with their focus on Based on that information, ities. Cinematographer Shyam K Last week the agency issued three years -- 2015 to 2017. the ED is preparing to seize the Tollywood circles are wor- Naidu, actors Subbaraju, EGG notices to 10 persons con- Some other film personali- accounts of certain Tollywood ried over the developments as Tanish, Nandu and Teja's dri- RATES `/100 nected to Tollywood and two ties also may be questioned in celebrities found to have had the ED investigations could ver were also among those others, including a private club the days ahead, with Calvin transactions with Calvin, bring out new facts with those questioned. VIJAYAWADA 416 manager, as part of the money- turning approver and revealing sources said on Wednesday. linked facing probe a la The SIT had filed a charge- HYDERABAD 398 laundering probe linked to the all transactions between him Calvin has attended the Bollywood actors. However, sheet in eight out of 12 cases, drugs racket. and certain celebrities. Calvin inquiries of ED as an accused an ED official clarified that for while giving a clean chit to film VISAKHAPATNAM 410 Presently, the ED is verifying and company reportedly told 12 times till date. The ED has now those summoned would personalities questioned as RETAIL PRICE `4.16 (IN VIJAYAWADA) the bank accounts of all those the investigators that they had thoroughly verified his bank be treated only as witnesses. part of the investigation.

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CASE ON ADIMULAPU SURESH, WIFE Farmers across the State have no FIR against public servant objection to power meters: Jagan involves social stigma: SC PNS n NEW DELHI unnecessarily summoned by PNS n VIJAYAWADA Polambadi programme on 15 the agency. types of crops and asserted that Registration of a FIR against On February 26, the top Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan the schedule of farming activi- a public servant involves a court had stayed February 11 Reddy on Wednesday observed ties should be displayed in all social stigma, the Supreme order of the Telangana High that farmers across the State RBKs. Court on Wednesday said as Court by which it quashed have no objection in fixing Besides these, he empha- it asked the CBI to file its the CBI FIR against the cou- meters, as the instruments sised on getting certification reply on whether preliminary ple. would help in knowing power for organic agricultural prod- enquiry (PE)was conducted The CBI had contended usage and also increase ucts and instructed the author- before registration of the that in breach of the well-set- accountability of the officials ities to ensure that a better Disproportionate Asset (DA) tled principles which have concerned. price is provided for such case against an IRS officer been laid down by this Chairing a review meeting products. and her husband Adimulapu Court, the Single Judge of the on agriculture, e-cropping, Discussing with the offi- Suresh, who is presently the High Court has quashed a an RBKs and on projects regard- cials, the Chief Minister Education Minister of FIR lodged in 2017 in the ing development and strength- emphasised on e-cropping Andhra Pradesh. case involving allegations of ening of infrastructure facilities booking and said that farmers A bench of Justice DY the possession of dispropor- in agriculture and allied sectors, must be given a physical Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and during that time, it has tionate assets, under Section the Chief Minister stated that receipt along with digital and Hima Kohli agreed with come to knowledge of the 109 of the Indian Penal Code the government was spending acknowledgment listing out the submission of Additional agency about disproportion- 1860 read with Section 13(2) much money for providing all e-crop details. He stated that Solicitor General Aishwarya ate assets of the accused. and Section 13(1)(e) of the quality power to the farmers by the entire process must be Bhati, appearing for CBI, “Why don't you state these Prevention of Corruption strengthening feeders and also done in a transparent way and that the High Court while facts on affidavit and file a Act 1988. bringing in a 10,000 MW solar must be cautious during the hearing the petition seeking rejoinder in the matter that The probe agency has said project for uninterrupted free registration. quashing of the FIR against why no need for Preliminary that the Single Judge of the power supply and free electric- In addition to making heavy the accused has gone into the Enquiry was felt by the High Court had gone into a ity to farmers. machinery available at the merit of the case. agency,” the bench said and detailed inquiry, more akin The Chief Minister directed Community Hiring Centres, “We see from the finding posted the matter for further to a trial. the authorities to replace dys- the Chief Minister directed of the High Court that it has hearing after two weeks. After the stay of High functional transformers with the officials to ensure all the virtually conducted a trial in Senior advocate Siddharth Court order by the top court, new ones immediately and necessary farming tools are the case. We will set aside the Dave, appearing for the the investigation against the told them to study the causes available for the farmers at the order of the High Court and accused IRS officer TN couple has been progressing. of transformer burnouts and RBKs by next Rabi season. quash the FIR, provided that Vijayalakshmi and her hus- Bhati on Wednesday said load issues. officials to resolve the issues should be made available at the godowns to store seeds, fertilis- Further, he ordered to fill the you have not conducted a band, said that no PE was that the 1992 batch IRS offi- He also directed the officials brought by these Boards and RBKs within the stipulated ers and pesticides. 2038 vacant posts in village sec- preliminary enquiry. Then conducted by the agency cer Vijayalakshmi is the main to promote cultivation of mil- said that the authorities should time. He stressed on providing The Chief Minister said there retariats with Agriculture you can conduct the PE and and an FIR was registered on accused in the case, while her lets by creating awareness definitely take the responsibil- quality products through should be continuous monitor- Assistants. Meanwhile, the offi- register a fresh case. You the basis of source informa- husband, a former civil ser- among the farmers that good ity of addressing the issues RBKs. He said that a system ing and review of the perfor- cials explained that the state must know that registration tion but they never disclosed vant-turned-politician is an returns can be expected. raised by the farmers. should be set up to resolve the mance of RBKs and directed the received 421.7 mm of rainfall of FIR against public servant the source. abetter. During the review meeting, The officials informed that farmers' issues directly through authorities to take steps to get against the normal of 403.3mm involves a social stigma. He said that it is just The CBI has claimed that the Chief Minister said appro- there are over one lakh farm- the RBKs by using Artificial ISO certification. and said normal or heavy rain- Hence, you must conduct PE harassment and the High the couple has acquired priate steps should be taken to ers in the Agriculture Advisory Intelligence. He stated that YSR Agri- fall was recorded in all districts before registration of FIR as Court was correct in quash- assets worth over Rs. 5.95 encourage farmers and ensure Boards. The Chief Minister directed Testing Labs must be launched except Nellore. per Lalita Kumari judge- ing the FIR as it was not in crore against the income of that they get better remunera- Reviewing the Rythu the authorities to focus on in December this year. So far, 67.41 lakh acres have ment,” the bench said. accordance with the top over Rs. 4.84 crore during the tive prices for their crops. Bharosa Kendras (RBKs), the creating awareness among With regard to the YSR been cultivated in Kharif Bhati said that in 2016 a court verdicts. check period of 2010-2016. With regard to Agricultural Chief Minister said that the fer- farmers on natural farming. He Polambadi programme, the against the set target of 76.65 search and seizure operation Dave sought stay of the Bhati said that there was Advisory Boards meetings, the tilisers, pesticides and seeds told the officials to take build- Chief Minister said that the lakh acres, the officials told the was conducted by the CBI investigation by the CBI say- 22.6 percent jump in their Chief Minister instructed the requested by the farmers ings on rent for setting up small government was conducting a Chief Minister. against several IRS officers ing that they are being income. TS student EG officials brace to thwart Deadline for e-KYC bags top rank threat of Covid third wave extended till Sep 15 in AUEET PNS n KAKINADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Learning from the devastating State Civil Supplies Commi The Directorate of Covid-19 second wave that ssioner Kona Shashidhar on Admissions, Andhra claimed many lives in East Wednesday said that the dead- University on Wednesday Godavari, the district medical line for integrating electronic announced the AU and health, working in tandem consumer ration cards (e- Engineering Entrance Test- U1B deep-water well with revenue officials, are mak- KYCs) with Aadhaar has been 2021 (AUEET) results and ing extensive arrangements in extended by another 15 days. also released the admission the government and other He explained that the gov- schedule for the 6-year hospitals to face the predicted ernment had taken this deci- B.Tech + MTech dual degree in KG basin yields gas third wave of coronavirus sion so that none of the ben- the age of five have an excep- programmes. effectively. The officials have eficiaries would be inconve- tion from linking Aadhaar The first rank was bagged PNS n NEW DELHI that have been clubbed into arranged 200 beds in the nienced. As previously with ration cards and those by Malladi Sai Sita Ramana clusters. Government General Hospital announced, the e-KYC regis- above ages five and adults Pradyumna a student from State-owned Oil and Natural The discoveries in the block with focus on paediatrics to tration deadline was August 31 were advised to link their Telangana State who Gas Corp (ONGC) has are divided into three clusters- treat children if the third wave and has now been extended till Aadhaar by September 15. secured 74 marks. Students pumped first gas from its Cluster-1, 2 and 3. Cluster 2 hits the district. All these 200 September 15. Only those whose names from Visakhapatnam deep-water U1B well in is being put to production beds have oxygen facility. Officer Dr Gowreshwara Rao, trict. The officials are also Shashidhar said the dead- are on the ration cards need to bagged the second to fifth Krishna Godavari block KG- first. Apart from this, 30 more pae- district Covid nodal officer taking steps to check fleecing line was being extended fol- be linked to the Aadhaar and ranks. D5 in the Bay of Bengal. The Cluster 2 field is divid- diatric ventilators have been and ZPCEO NVV Satyanara of patients by private hospitals lowing complaints that con- those who do not have finger- The offline certificate ver- The well, in KG-DWN 98/2 ed into two blocks namely 2A kept ready in the GGH. yana have already inspected in the name of Covid treat- secutive holidays, festivals prints do not have to go to ification for the candidates Block's Cluster-2, has an esti- and 2B, which are expected to Moreover, additional beds the GGH and other hospitals. ment. In view of the WHO and were coming up and Aadhaar Aadhaar centres and can put would be conducted on mated peak production of produce 23.52 million metric were arranged in the 20 com- The medical officials insist- Union Health Minister pre- registration centres were not their fingerprints on the e- September 3 and 4. The 1.2 million cubic meters per tonne of oil and 50.70 billion munity health centres in the ed the private hospitals get dicting a possible third wave of functioning in many places as POS machines at the nearest entry/edit web options by day of gas, the company said cubic meters (bcm) of gas. Oil district and in the GGH in ready 20 beds with oxygen Coronavirus, the district the servers were not working ration shops or MPDO offices, the candidates on in a statement. production is likely to start Rajahmundry. especially to treat children in administration is taking all properly either. Shashidhar had clarified last September 7 and 8. "Secretary, Ministry of shortly. District Health and Medical case a third wave hits the dis- steps to face the challenge. He said that children under week. The provisional allotment Petroleum and Natural Gas, The firm is investing USD of seats (first phase) would Tarun Kapoor flagged off 5.07 billion in developing the be done on September 11 maiden production from the oil and gas discoveries in the and commencement of deep-water gas well U1B on block. It will cumulatively IN PRAYERS online classes for the first August 31," the statement produce around 25 million Man beaten to semester is scheduled from said. tonne of oil and 45 billion Minister for Energy and October 3. For more details ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 cubic meters of gas with a Environment Balineni about the programmes, or KG-D5 block, which sits peak production of 78,000 Srinivasa Reddy participates important dates and fee, next to Reliance Industries' barrels per day of oil and 15 death in I-Town aspirants can login on to KG-D6 block in the KG basin, million standard cubic meters PNS n VIJAYAWADA night. in a spiritual programme www.audoa.in has a number of discoveries per day. During the clash, Imran held on the occasion of A 30-year-old man was mur- was badly beaten up and he erecting a sacred mast in dered at Wynchipet under died of his injuries, said the the Prasanna Ganapathi Kothapet police station limits police who reached the spot in Vijayawada on Tuesday late on Wednesday morning after Swamy temple located at Only YSRCP can develop night. The victim has been learning about the incident. Godugupalem on identified as Imran of the Police are questioning the Wednesday. MP Magunta same locality. locals and are trying to iden- Srinivasulu Reddy and According to the police, tify the accused. The body was Mayor G Sujata are also North Andhra: Duvvada Imran had a quarrel with shifted to Government some local youths in the General Hospital mortuary seen. PNS n VIJAYAWADA lane highway with Rs 14,000 Wynchipet area on Tuesday for postmortem. crore and further develop- MLC Duvvada Srinivas said on ment of the beach corridor in Wednesday that the develop- Visakhapatnam, the MLC ment of North Andhra region added. can be done only by the Further, Srinivas criticised N Farmers struggle to get urea for Kharif YSRCP government under the Chandrababu Naidu for ruin- leadership of Chief Minister YS ing North Andhra in his 40 PNS n GUNTUR SPT The Union government used er dealers say that they are Jaganmohan Reddy. years of “political industry” to extend subsidies on the fer- forced to bear transportation Speaking to the media here, and stated that Jaganmohan Farming activity has picked up tilizers previously but it has charges. Fertilizer Dealers he alleged that the previous Reddy had made a historical momentum in the district fol- stopped now. The urea manu- Welfare Association State pres- TDP government completely decision by making lowing incessant rains and the facturers have imposed trans- ident VV Nagi Reddy told The neglected North Andhra dis- Visakhapatnam the executive farmers are making arrange- portation charges on the fertil- Pioneer that the urea manufac- tricts on all fronts, right from Palasa. capital. ments for sowing paddy for izer. The dealers said that they turers should bear the trans- providing cure to kidney The MLC observed that the He also criticised Nara kharif season. earn only Rs 15 profit per bag portation charges so that the patients of Uddanam to the TDP leaders are least con- Lokesh for speaking on However, the farmers in the of urea and if they bear the farmers could get urea at MRP. construction of Bhavanapadu cerned about Vamsadhara pro- Polavaram project and Sujala district are facing a struggle for transportation charges, they The agriculture department port. ject and Bhavanapadu port Sravanti and said that none of urea. According to Agriculture would incur losses. officials said that they had “There were instances when and left those projects to their the TDP leaders have any Department officials, paddy Moreover the spiralling diesel assessed the quantity of fertil- kidney patients of Uddanam fate despite making umpteen moral right to speak on these cultivation is being taken up in charges are leading to ever izers required for the Kharif were forced to visit Srikakulam promises to the people during projects. the State in over 50 lakh acres mounting transportation season and sent the indents to or Vizag and queue up for dial- elections. “Unlike the TDP He said that the foundation for the kharif season. charges, the dealers pointed the respective companies. ysis and were abandoned government, our Chief for Polavaram project was laid The government has set up out. “The officials are clamping A group of farmers told this under TDP rule,” the MLC Minister prioritised both the by former chief minister YS 10,600 Rythu Bharosa Kendras down on us if we hike the price correspondent that they had said. projects and is determined to Rajashekara Reddy, and the (RBKs) across the State and credit system available there. However, the private fertilizer of urea. It is not possible for us been purchasing fertilisers for He said that after witnessing complete them in the next 30 TDP government stalled its assured the farmers that urea The farmers confirmed that dealers are expressing reluc- to sell the urea at MRP”, the fer- the last several years from pri- their plight, the YSRCP chief months,” he said. progress. He came down heav- would be available at these cen- there was urea at the BHKs. tance to sell urea since they are tiliser traders said. vate dealers since they could be kept his promise by supplying Besides these, the govern- ily on Lokesh for venting his tres. Small and medium farm- Since they are unable to facing losses. Meanwhile, the State govern- paid later. “We pay the fertilis- fresh water from irrigation ment had also started the con- frustration on the State govern- ers complained that they have obtain the urea on credit, small The fertilizer traders said ment has extended Rs 450 crore er dealers after we harvest the projects at a cost of Rs 750 struction of two fishing har- ment by using abusive lan- to shell out money on the spot and medium farmers are that they are forced to spend to the Markfed for transporta- produce and sell it. But there is crore and also sanctioned a bours in Srikakulam, guage against the Chief if they were to purchase urea at approaching private fertiliser about Rs 30 extra on each bag tion of fertilisers to the RBKs. no such facility at the RBK” the super speciality hospital at Bhogapuram Airport, a six- Minister. the RBKs since there is no dealers who give it on credit. of urea for transportation. At the same time, the fertilis- farmers said. 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Lucky escape Viveka murder case: Court rejects Govt ensuring all poor get for passengers as bus rams CBI plea for narco-analysis test nutritious food: Balineni into lorry PNS n KADAPA that he was not, and the court dismissed the CBI petition. PNS n ONGOLE The CBI, which is investigat- The CBI had filed the peti- PNS n ONGOLE dren. “The government is pro- ing the murder of former min- tion on August 18 seeking viding nutritious food to the Passengers travelling in ister Y S Vivekananda Reddy, permission to conduct narco- Minister for Energy and women and children in the an APSRTC bus had a suffered a setback on analysis test on Sunil Yadav. Environment Balineni poor. The government aimed miraculous escape when Wednesday as the Magistrate’s The court, after hearing argu- Srinivasa Reddy on Wednesday to ensure that no woman or it collided with a lorry at court at Jammalamadugu ments of both the sides, said that the YS Jaganmohan child suffered from malnutri- Madanapalle in rejected its petition seeking adjourned the case to August Reddy government has taken tion,” Balineni said. The Chittoor district. permission to conduct narco- 27 and later posted it to all steps to provide nutritious Minister called upon people to RTC officials said analysis test on Sunil Yadav. September 1. food to all the poor. participate in the nutrition here on Wednesday that The CBI officials produced It may be remembered that The Minister, along with week programme and create the super luxury bus, Sunil Yadav before Magistrate the CBI arrested Sunil Yadav in MP Magunta Srinivasulu awareness among the people belonging to the Baba Fakhruddin on these circumstances, the CBI Goa on August 2 and pro- Reddy and Collector Pravin about nutritious food. Kandukur bus depot in Wednesday via videoconfer- urged the court for permission duced him before the court on Kumar, flagged off an aware- Joint Collector TS Chetan, Prakasam district, was ence from the prison. to conduct a narco-analysis test August 3. ness rally taken up as part of Mayor Sujata, Women and on its way to Kandukur After grilling Sunil Yadav, on Sunil Yadav. The Magistrate Meanwhile, the court has National Nutrition Week pro- Child welfare department PD from Bengaluru. the CBI officials failed to trace asked Sunil Yadav if he was extended the judicial remand grammes, being held here at Lakshmi Devi, DPO Narayana It collided with a sta- the weapons used to kill ready to undergo narco-analy- of Sunil Yadav till September Collector’s office on Women and Child Welfare the Minister said that the Reddy and ZPCEO Devanand tionary lorry on Vivekananda Reddy. Citing sis test. The accused replied 15. Wednesday. Department from September 1 State government is imple- Reddy were among those who Tuesday night. Though The awareness programmes to 7 in the district. menting many schemes for the participated in the pro- the front portion of the are being organised by the Speaking on the occasion, welfare of women and chil- gramme. bus was badly damaged, all the passengers escaped unhurt. Man dies after taking However, bus driver Lokesh accorded KS Rao suffered injuries Abhibus bags contract to on his legs and was a warm welcome shifted to the govern- vaccine in Gannavaram ment hospital in Tirupati. PNS n VIJAYAWADA oped fever, started vomiting ing to the local medical officer, in agency areas develop ‘all-in-one’ app for RTC Kandukur RTC depot and diarrhoea and later died. Subhani was addicted to alco- PNS n KAKINADA manager Sriman A 30-year-old man from Soon after, rumours started hol and was suffering from PNS n VIJAYAWADA narayana told The Gannavaram mandal in doing rounds that Subhani liver problems and also had Telugu Desam Party nation- Pioneer that arrange- Krishna district died under died of reaction from the family issues. al general secretary and MLC The Andhra Pradesh Road ments were made to suspicious conditions on Covid vaccine. His wife died The doctor said that after Nara Lokesh was accorded a Transport Corporation bring the passengers Wednesday. According to about eight months ago and he the autopsy report the exact warm welcome when he (APSRTC) has finalised the travelling in the ill-fated sources, the man, identified as was looking after their child. cause of the death will be entered East Godavari and bidding of Unified Ticketing bus to Kandukur. Shaik Subhani, a mason, had With the death of Subhani the known. She added that in the West Godavari districts bor- Solutions (UTS) app that will The RTC officials on Tuesday evening taken child has become an orphan. last two days, the Health der areas on Wednesday. provide all kinds of services heaved a sigh of relief as Covid vaccine jab as part of the Meanwhile, DMHO Dr Department officials have vac- Lokesh is in the agency to pertaining to APSRTC to all the passengers mega vaccination drive organ- Suhasini said that the cause of cinated 1.6 lakh people and gain first-hand knowledge Abhibus. In all, five companies escaped unhurt in the ised by the Health Department. death was not because of vac- there was no complaint from of the problems of people. took part in the bidding process major accident. On Tuesday night he devel- cination. She said that accord- anyone. As part of his visit, he and the tender was awarded to entered the district on Abhibus after it quoted 17 Wednesday and visited some paisa over each ticket. areas in Rampachodavaram. All the services of APSRTC He addressed people at var- will now be available in one On normal days, the RTC tions, including Palle Velugu Waltair division achieves best-ever ious places during his visit. single app that Abhibus will issues an average of 30 lakh service, are considered ordi- Lokesh interacted with the develop. The app will be made tickets on all services and at nary tickets and if the bus Krishnunipalem evacuees available within six months the rate of 17 paise, a commis- leaves, the ticket can be and gave a patient hearing to and shall be maintained for five sion of over Rs 5 lakh daily exchanged for another bus. freight loading mark them. A large number of years as per the tender condi- would be paid to the service With the new app all ser- women led by former MLA tions, RTC officials said. Last provider. The project would vices will be tracked including PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Rajeshwari were present. year, after Covid first wave, cost about Rs 70 crore and Rs bus passes, cargo parcel book- From April 2021 Earlier, he visited the Pola- measures were taken to devel- 30 crore will be sanctioned by ing, complaints and sugges- The Waltair Railway Division to August 2021, varam affected villages and op an app to issue tickets the Union government. tions, said the department has achieved its best-ever interacted with the evacuees. online and also for all services. All online ticket reserva- officials. freight loading during the peri- the division od between April and August loaded 26.71 MT in the present fiscal. Despite the pandemic, the division of freight which made successful efforts to con- is 6.82 MT (34.3 YSR has earned a permanent place in tinue the supply chain to var- percent) more ious parts of the country. In the first two quarters – than during the from April 2021 to August same period last hearts of the people, says Sucharita 2021 – the division loaded 26.71 Million Tonnes (MT) of financial year. PNS n ONGOLE Minister inaugurated a mega government has spent Rs 1.30 Education Council Chairman freight which is 6.82 MT (34.3 blood donation camp here. lakh-crore for the implemen- Prof Hemachandra Reddy, percent) more than the load- Home Minister Mekathoti Speaking on the occasion, tation of various welfare RIMS medical officer Dr ing of 19.89 MT during the official release on Wednesday. financial year which is Rs On the occasion, Divisional Sucharita on Wednesday said she reminded that YSR schemes in the last two-and-a- Durga Prasaid, district Red same period in the last finan- The revenue generated by 2,316.70 crore. Railway Manager, Anup that former chief minister late launched the Arogyasri and fee half years. Money is being Cross chairman Prakash Babu cial year. originating freight loading in During April to August Kumar Sathpathy appreciated YS Rajasekhara Reddy has reimbursement schemes. He credited into the bank and Prakasha Engineering This is the highest-ever the period from April to 2021 Indian Railways has done the team Waltair for their earned a permanent place in also launched the Jala Yagnam accounts of beneficiaries doing College founder K Ramaiah loading of Waltair Railway August 2021 is Rs 3,090 crore, an incremental loading of relentless efforts in achieving the hearts of people. scheme under which many away with mediators,” she said. were among those present. Division during this period. which is Rs 773.30 crore (33.4 131.00 MT out of which 6.82 this accomplishment despite As part of the events organ- irrigation projects were con- SP Malika Garg, Social As many as 100 students The previous best was 26.61 percent) more than the rev- MT (5.21 percent) has been the pandemic. He said that the ised to mark the 12th death structed, Sucharita said. Justice Committee Advisor donated blood on the occa- MT during April to August enue generated for the corre- contributed by Waltair divi- spirit would continue in all anniversary of YSR, the Home “The YS Jaganmohan Reddy Jupudi Prabhakar, Higher sion. 2019, the division said in an sponding period in the last sion. fields to achieve new heights. 2,110 tonnes onions transported by Kisan rail in August EG police collect Lal Street pub booked Rs 1 cr as fine Total”. Shivendra Mohan, PNS n VIJAYAWADA Divisional Railway Manager, for allowing minor girl Vijayawada complimented P from people not The South Central Railways, Bhaskar Reddy, senior divi- PNS n HYDERABAD Vijayawada Division on sional commercial manager wearing masks Wednesday said that it success- and entire commercial team The Cyberabad Police issued fully transported 2,110 tonnes involved in materialising the PNS n KAKINADA notices to the management of of onions in seven rakes from operation successfully from Lal Street Pub at Gachibowli Tadepalligudem during the Tadepalligudem station. The police in East Godavari on Wednesday for allowing a month of August. He appealed to farmers and district have collected fines 10-year-old girl into the pub The onions were transport- traders to utilise the opportu- amounting to over Rs 1 crore on Tuesday night violating the ed using Kisan Rail trains in nity offered by Kisan Rail from those people found not rules. The pub was also func- general coaches and parcel specials by availing special wearing face masks on the tional till 1 pm in the mid- van rakes from concessions and facilities roads. The police said here on night. As per the rules, people Tadepalligudem towards being offered by Railways. Wednesday that they were under age group of 21 years Howrah, Changsari, Malda The DRM assured the enforcing Covid norms strict- should not be allowed into a Gachibowli Police have served Town and Jorhat earning the farmers and traders that ly to check Covid spread. pub. A video of a 10-year-old notices to the management of division Rs 93 lakh. Railways will extend full sup- The police imposed fines girl was dancing on the dance the pub. The Business Development port and encouragement for worth Rs 1,00,19,850 on floor while her parents After criticisim from neti- Unit (BDU) team of hassle-free transportation of 1,14,387 people since March encourage her from behind, zens over not taking action Vijayawada Division elucidat- their farm produce and 26 for not wearing face was tweeted by a netizen ask- against the pub and question- ed about various schemes and requested to utilise the Kisan masks. The district police ing the reason for allowing a ing the responsibility of the concessions available for trans- Rails scheme as it immensely warned of imposing fines if 10-year-old girl into the pub. kid, the Cyberabad Police said portation of goods through they persuaded 50 percent to the customers for transport- through Kisan Rail under benefits the agricultural sec- people come out onto the After the video went viral that strict action will be taken rail. As part of this endeavour, tariff concession being offered ing agricultural products “Operation Greens – TOP to tor. streets without masks. on social media, the against the management. MPTC member, her husband ‘Breaking the barriers' to eradicate TB by 2025 killed as car crashes into lorry PNS n HYDERABAD Amid this background of the four states, tribal groups in groups, adherence to treat- this scourge in the country, Telangana and Assam, mining ment, diminishing stigma and PNS n HYDERABAD after performing other mar- At a time when India has set a USAID chipped in with its and industrial groups in boosting self-morale in the riage rituals of her daughter. national strategic plan to erad- Breaking the Barriers pro- Karnataka and Telangana, tea patients are some more inter- MPTC member from When they reached Pedda icate Tuberculosis by 2025, the gramme, a community engage- garden workers in Assam and mediary outcomes. Nalgonda Dontham Kavitha Amberpet, the car which US Agency for International ment initiative, aimed at reduc- migrants from Bihar. The good Samarian organi- and her husband Venugopal Venugopal Reddy was driving Development (USAID) and ing morbidity due to TB and The American agency, along sations are working towards Reddy were killed after the car crashed into a tipper lorry other partners have joined aligning it with the with its partner non-govern- embedding digital technology in which they were travel- from behind when the forces with the country to Government of India's (GoI) mental organisations (NGOs) to increase the reach, accura- ling in crashed into a tipper driver appl- achieve this goal. goals. promote the health and wellbe- cy and efficiency of their tipper lorry the Outer ied sudden brakes. Baghya Raju Koppu, a visit- Developing and scaling up ing of the TB patient and care- efforts. Ring Road at Abdull- Both of them died ing paediatrics consultant at effective behavioural change giver community in an It is a known fact that many apurmet on Tuesday on the spot. The Continental and Apollo hospi- operational models among vul- enabling environment. patients abandon medication night. The victims Pedda Amberpet tals in Hyderabad and the nerable populations to raise TB With its efforts, USAID midway because of the painful- belong to Police have taken managing director of Amrutha infection notification to the desires to reap the intermedi- ly longer duration and Thanedarpally village the lorry driver into Children's Hospital at government and improving favourably alter behaviour Breaking Barriers is focusing ary outcomes of gaining com- extremely powerful medicines of Thipparthi in custody and are Shankerpally near the city said successful treatment outcomes unique to groups such as trib- on the geographies of prehensive knowledge about involved in treating the disease. Nalgonda district. investigating the case. that TB, an airborne contagious for those cases which are drug als, migrant population, min- Telangana, Karnataka, Bihar TB among vulnerable popula- The agency also aims to They had recently per- As both the victims were disease is a major health con- sensitive and helping TB - ing and industrial groups. and Assam, along with TB tions and TB patients among achieve long term results such formed marriage of their working in ruling TRS, sever- cern in India, which is known HIV disease infected patients As the disease easily spreads Alert India in Telangana, the vulnerable population as successful treatments for daughter and were returning to al leaders and activists of to be lurking inside many peo- are some of its goals. to other people in the vicinity CARE India in Bihar, World groups. drug sensitive TB and drug their residence at Vanastha- Thipparthy have come to their ple and waiting to manifest As part of Breaking Barrier when a patient sneezes or Vision in Assam and KHPT. Improved health seeking resistant TB, including the lipuram in Hydera-bad from residence to console the when their immunities are programme's behaviour change coughs, behaviour change solu- It identified urban vulnera- behaviour to diagnose TB adoption of its solutions by the Nalgon-da on Tuesday night, bereaved family members. compromised. solutions, USAID is striving to tions will play a key role. ble groups for the disease in all among vulnerable population Indian government. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 nation 05

Bombay High Court reserves Seeking opening of Badrinath temple for Court takes cognisance of Gehlot's INDIA order on Kangana's plea pilgrims, ascetic begins indefinite fast defamation case against Vijender Gupta he Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea filed by actor opeshwar, An ascetic on Wednesday began an indefinite fast in support of the ongoing Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of a criminal defamation complaint filed by Delhi CORNERKangana Ranaut seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated agitation demanding opening of the Badrinath temple for pilgrims. The Uttarakhand High Cabinet Minister and AAP leader Kailash Gehlot against BJP MLA Vijender Gupta for allegedly Tagainst her by a metropolitan magistrate's court in the city on a complaint filed by GCourt has put a stay on the Chardham Yatra, which includes Badrinath, due to the Covid Adefaming him in relation to procurement of 1,000 low floor buses by the Delhi Transport Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar. Ranaut, through her counsel Rizwan Siddiquee, had challenged the pandemic. The gates of chardham shrines of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath Corporation. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey fixed the matter for defamation proceedings initiated earlier this year, saying the magistrate's court in suburban Andheri were opened earlier this year only for priests to offer daily prayers. Dharmaraj Bharti, also called September 18 for examination of the complainant as a part of pre-summoning evidence.Gehlot, had failed to apply its mind to the case. Ranaut said in her plea the lower court did not Mauni Baba, has the reputation of being in a state of silent meditation at the Badrinath temple who is Delhi Transport Minister, has alleged in his complaint that Gupta “intentionally and for independently examine the complainant or witnesses named in the complaint against her, but it throughout the year. Other seers stay in Badrinath only for six months and come down during malafide purposes” defamed him and tarnished his reputation to gain political mileage.He has instead relied merely upon the discretion of the Juhu police and winter when the doors of the temple are closed due alleged that Gupta levelled “defamatory, scandalous, initiated the case against her. On Wednesday, Siddiquee told a to snowbound conditions. Joining the agitation, he mischievous, false and scurrilous allegations” verbally as well single bench presided over by Justice Revati Mohite-Dere that led a procession from Saket Tiraha to his residence as in writing.The complaint has alleged that Gupta posted the police inquiry into Akhtar's complaint was "one-sided." where he began an indefinite fast. Locals, including “reckless, unfounded, malicious, scandalous, malafide, "My witnesses were never examined. The magistrate should priests and traders, whose livelihood is dependent on mischievous, libellous, spiteful and defamatory” statements have ensured that no party is harassed," Siddiquee told the HC. the annual pilgrimage, have been staging a relay fast and other materials against Gehlot on Twitter, Facebook and Akhtar's counsel Jay Bharadwaj, however, told the bench that for 12 days, demanding the commencement of the other social media accounts. The complaint said that “vilifying the magistrate had ordered the police inquiry after going yatra to Badrinath. Mauni Baba's indefinite fast will and scandalous” allegations were made by the accused in through Akhtar's complaint and excerpts of the interview in continue until at least the locals are allowed to visit order to stall the “ambitious project of the Delhi Government which Ranaut had made the alleged defamatory comments. the temple. to give major relief to the residents of Delhi”. EC moves SC for fixing timeline for Congress skewers govt over filing poll pleas, release of EVMs hike in cooking gas prices PNS n NEW DELHI

PNS n NEW DELHI As a result of the apex court's The Congress on Wednesday order, the EC is unable to use a attacked the government over The Election Commission on substantial number of EVMs. rise in prices of essential com- Wednesday sought an urgent “The same is a cause for modities including domestic hearing in the Supreme Court concern for the Election cooking gas, with Rahul on its plea alleging that EVMs Commission as it is scheduled Gandhi saying the country is and VVPAT machines used in to conduct assembly elections in uniting against this injustice. the assembly polls of six states a few states next year. In this The price of Liquefied are lying unused as they are pre- context it is pertinent to note Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylin- served due to an order extend- that the term of Legislative ders across all categories ing the limitation period for fil- Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, including subsidised gas on ing pleas, including election Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Wednesday were hiked by Rs petitions, during the second Pradesh are coming to an end in 25 per cylinder, the third wave of Covid. 2022,” it said. The panel gave the straight increase in rates in less A bench headed by Chief Justice numbers of EVMs and VVPAT than two months. NV Ramana agreed to hear next machines used in these assem- The former Congress chief tweet in Hindi. the common people". week the EC's plea after senior bly polls in six states. hit out at the government over Congress chief spokesper- "If this is 'development', advocate Vikas Singh submitted a It would be in the interests of the rise in prices of domestic son Randeep Surjewala said then the time has come to send large number of Electronic Voting justice that the plea of EC is cooking gas and shared a chart the prices of domestic cooking this 'development' on leave," Machines (EVMs) and Voter senior lawyer said, adding that Consequently, anybody can still plea said. The poll panel is allowed by fixing of the timeline of the hike in LPG rates in the gas had doubled in the last Vadra also said. Verified Paper Audit Trail these machines would be need- file a plea challenging the elec- seeking appropriate directions for filing of the election petitions four metros since January seven years, and said "achche Congress social media machines (VVPATs) are still being ed for upcoming polls.“Alright, tion of a returned candidate and from this court fixing a timeline so that the EVMs and VVPAT while using the hashtag din" have come for the BJP to department head Rohan Gupta preserved and need to be released. we will fix it next week,” said the as per procedure, the poll panel for filing of Election Petitions in machines in recent polls may be "#IndiaAgainstBJPLoot". "loot" the country. said the party has received He sought that a timeline be fixed bench which also comprised is required to preserve EVMs the States/Union Territories of released on the basis of the sta- The Congress party "March 1, 2014 - Gas cylin- video messages from hun- for filing election petitions relating justices Surya Kant and A S and VVPAT machines, having Assam, Kerala, NCT of Delhi, tus of filing of Election Petitions launched the campaign on der cost Rs 410. September 1, dreds of common people to Assembly polls of Assam, Bopanna. evidentiary value, to put forth its Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and by that due date. “It is trite to social media using the hashtag 2021 - Gas cylinder cost Rs across the country on the price Kerala, Delhi, Puducherry, Tamil Taking note of the onset of views in judicial proceedings. West Bengal, as in absence of the mention that the Election and shared videos of common 884. In seven years, the cost has rise and the problems faced by Nadu and West Bengal. the second COVID wave, the “Resultantly, all the EVMs and same, all EVMs used in these Commission releases for reuse people from across the coun- more than doubled. This is them and the party has shared “We have to maintain these CJI-led bench, on April 27, VVPATs belonging to the States/Union Territories are cur- only those EVMs which have try narrating their woes Modi ji's promise of 'Achche them on its handles. EVMs and VVPAT machines 2021, had relaxed the statutory Election Commission of India rently stuck or unable to be been used in constituencies in regarding price rise. din'. BJP's 'achche din' of loot- He said the Congress' hash- and hearing is necessary as period for filing petitions, that were used in recently held used/deployed for respect of which no Election The Congress has been ing people's budgets," tag "#IndiaAgainstBJPLoot" is elections in states like Uttar including the election petitions, Assembly Elections are blocked upcoming/future elections due Petition/Writ Petition has been attacking the government over Surjewala said in a tweet in trending in the country and Pradesh, Uttarakhand and under the Representation of and cannot be used in to the Order dated 27.04.2021 filed raising any EVM related the rise in petrol, diesel and Hindi, using the hashtag. has thousands of shares. Punjab are coming up,” the the People Act, 1951. future/upcoming elections,” the passed by this court...,” it said. issue,” it said. LPG prices and has been In a tweet in Hindi, "We have received hundreds demanding reduction in them Congress general secretary of videos from around the by removing some of the taxes Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also country of common Indians imposed by the central govern- said, "Prime Minister ji, There whose lives have been com- ment. are only two types of 'develop- pletely devastated by the ever "The one who is forcing the ment' taking place under your increasing prices of basic com- Express solidarity with Afghans: Ex-ministers public to sleep empty stomach rule: On one hand the income modities," he said. is himself sleeping under the of your billionaire friends is Gupta said for the third PNS n NEW DELHI reconciliation and national lor of Jamia Millia Islamia crimination on grounds of shadow of friends....but the increasing, while on the other, month in a row the Modi reconstruction, Indians stand Najeeb Jung, Afghan expert religion in providing shelter to country is uniting against the the prices of essential com- government has increased the Expressing concern over the in solidarity with them Vedpratap Vaidik, senior jour- Afghans who have been injustice," Gandhi said in a modities are increasing for price of LPG cylinders. situation in Afghanistan, a The group said the people nalist Saeed Naqvi, former forced to leave their country, group of eminent persons, of India stand shoulder to diplomat K C Singh, social the signatories to the state- including former ministers K shoulder with the people of activist Sandeep Pandey, for- ment said. Natwar Singh, Yashwant Afghanistan in these difficult mer Rajya Sabha member They called for India to Covid breakthrough NHRC notice to Sinha and Mani Shankar times and asserted that the Majeed Memon and Forum permit temporary stay to Aiyar, on Wednesday urged proud, patriotic and brave for a New South Asia founder Afghan journalists, artists and Union Minister Delhi police the government to continue people of Afghanistan have Sudheendra Kulkarni. The civil society leaders who are infections ‘within engaging with the Taliban defeated every invading army group has appealed to the feeling threatened by the con- reviews reopening chief over woman's and not allow any political and continue to fight forces of Indian government that India ditions in their country. expected numbers’ in India party to use the develop- extremism and terrorism. should continue to engage "No political party should of schools immolation bid ments in that country to The statement has been with the Taliban. be allowed to use the devel- PNS n NEW DELHI communally polarise Indian issued collectively by former "We welcome the govern- opments in Afghanistan to PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI society for electoral gains. external affairs ministers ment's first official acknowl- communally polarise Indian The reported breakthrough In a statement, the group, Singh and Sinha, as well as for- edgement of its engagement society for electoral gains and Union Education Minister COVID-19 infections in India The National Human Rights under the banner 'Indian mer diplomat and Congress with the Taliban in Doha any such attempts should be Dharmendra Pradhan held a are well within the expected Commission sent notices to friends of Afghanistan', said as leader Aiyar, retired IPS offi- and the positive assurances dealt with sternly," the group meeting with senior ministry numbers taking into account the police heads of Delhi the Afghans seek to embark cer Julio Rebeiro, former IAS given by the latter," it said. said in its appeal to the gov- officials on Wednesday on the the total infections and other and Uttar Pradesh after an on a path of peace, national officer and an ex-vice chancel- There should be no dis- ernment. status of the reopening of factors, genome sequencing alleged victim of sexual schools across the country and government consortium assault and police apathy set the roadmap for vaccinating INSACOG has said in its herself afire outside the their staff. Schools were closed recent bulletin while stressing Supreme Court in August, Country likely in March last year ahead of a that inoculation protects from officials said Wednesday. 12 JKAP activists detained in Jammu nationwide lockdown to con- severe illness. Issuing the notices, the PNS n JAMMU JKAP activists assembled near that the Jammu and Kashmir tain the spread of novel coro- The INSACOG said Delta National Human Rights to receive Press Club here and staged a administration has completely navirus infection. continues to be the dominant Commission has observed Over a dozen activists of Jammu sit-in to press for the resump- transitioned to e-office, thereby The Centre had allowed the lineage in India and globally. tion of population that is vac- that it is "shocking" the above normal and Kashmir Apni Party tion of 'darbar move' and later ending the practice of the bian- reopening of schools as per the When a person gets an cinated and the known reduc- woman felt "victimised by the (JKAP) were detained during a tried to march towards the city nual 'darbar move'. COVID-19 situation in respec- infection even after being vac- tion in the effectiveness of system". rainfall in Sept protest, deamnding resump- centre but were intercepted by “Now both the Jammu and tive states in October last year. cinated against it, it is called a Covishield/Covaxin against "The National Human tion of 'darbar move', an age old police. Officials said about 15 Srinagar secretariats can function While several states began par- breakthrough case. infections by Delta. Rights Commission has taken PNS n NEW DELHI practice of shifting of offices JKAP activists were detained normally for 12 months. This will tial reopening of schools, there “The number of reported “Vaccines continue to pro- cognisance of a complaint between the twin capital cities when they tried to take out a save the government Rs 200 was a complete closure again in vaccination breakthroughs in tect against severe disease and that a woman, victim of The country received 24 per of Srinagar and Jammu. rally without permission. crore per year, which will be used April this year when an aggres- India are well within the num- remain a cornerstone of pub- alleged sexual assault and cent less rainfall than normal Led by Apni trade Union Lieutenant Governor Manoj for the welfare of the deprived sive second wave of COVID-19 bers expected from the total lic health strategy,” the bulletin police apathy set herself on in August, belying the IMD's president Ajaz Kazmi, scores of Sinha had on June 20 announced sections,” Sinha had said. hit the country. number of infections, the frac- dated August 30 said. fire along with a man outside predictions for the month, but the Supreme Court in New rainfall is expected to be Delhi on August 16, 2021. above normal in September. Subsequently both died while Above normal rainfall to undergoing treatment at normal rainfall is likely over Supply of solar energy to railways will save carbon: Study RML Hospital," the NHRC many parts of central India in said in a statement. September, India Meteorolo PNS n NEW DELHI emissions by as much as 6.8 portation, it is also the most The commission has gical Department (IMD) million tonnes carbon dioxide famous and the largest employ- issued notices to the Director Director General Mrutunjay Direct supply of solar energy to each year. Report co-author er in the country. The govern- General of Police, Uttar Mohapatra said on Indian Railways will enable and Riding Sunbeams founder ment pumps large sums of Pradesh and the Wednesday. two billion passengers to trav- and director of innovation Leo money to modernise the rail- Commissioner of Police, The monsoon deficit now el on solar powered trains and Murray said, “Right now India ways, which, in turn, will play Delhi, asking them to submit stands at nine per cent and help save almost seven millions is leading the world on two a large role in a net zero vision a detailed report in four this is expected to come down tonnes of carbon a year, accord- vital climate frontiers - rail elec- of the nation. weeks, along with the action due to good rainfall during ing to a study. trification and solar power "There has been analysis initiated against the errant September, he said. The study conducted by deployment. Our analysis that converting all diesel loco- public servants, it said. July too had recorded seven NGO Climate Trends and UK- shows that connecting these motives to electric will indeed The Uttar Pradesh DGP per cent less rainfall. based green tech start-up two keystone low-carbon tech- increase the emissions in the has also been directed to The country received 24 Riding Sunbeams said direct nologies together in Indian short term, however, this report "ensure safety and security of per cent less rainfall than supply of solar energy to Indian Railways can drive both India's shows the tremendous oppor- the family members of the normal in August, but rainfall Railway lines - without the economic recovery from the tunity of doing it right the first victims", the statement said. is expected to be above nor- need to connect via the grid - Covid pandemic and its efforts time, by creating a direct con- mal in September, the IMD will power at least one in four to transition off fossil fuels to nection of the locomotive sys- said in its forecast for the trains on the national network tackle the climate crisis.” tem to solar PV installations, month. on competitive terms. Another author of the report meeting more than a quarter of "According to the Indian and Director at Climate Trends the total demand,” Khosla said. Railways 2019-20 annual One million is equal to ten zero carbon emitter by 2030. works, reducing energy losses Aarti Khosla noted that the The researchers also warned report, there was passenger lakhs. The study said that a mix The new analysis highlights and saving money for the rail government pumps large sums that achieving the target of full traffic of over eight billion of electrification, energy effi- that around a quarter of this operator. of money to modernise the electrification of all routes by during that period, which ciency and a switch to renew- new solar capacity - up to The researchers found that railways. 2023 could be accompanied by would mean that two billion able energy will be needed to 5,272 MW - could be fed substituting energy supplied “Indian Railways plays an an increase in CO2 emissions passengers could be travelling enable the target set by Prime directly into the railway's over- from the coal-dominated grid important role in the lives of in the short term because of on trains directly powered by Minister Narendra Modi for head lines instead of being pro- for private-wire supply from every Indian. Not only is it the India's current reliance on coal solar energy,” said the study. Indian Railways to be a net- cured over the electricity net- solar could also rapidly cut most practical mode of trans- to produce electricity. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Taliban and the Farewell! The US has abandoned Afghanistan but where does it go from here, under the Taliban? threat to Nepal RISHI GUPTA s the last American soldier boarded the final flight from Kabul on May 31, two things happened that are of significance to South Asian affairs. One, India made The Afghan takeover by the militia is a threat not only to the region, Apublic for the first time its formal communication with the Taliban, days after the latter’s overtures. Two, al-Qaeda, alleged to have links with the Taliban and sheltered in Afghanistan, congratulated the latter on the exit of the United States and called for the but also to India since Nepal is a trusted, though porous, border “liberation” of Kashmir along with other so-called Islamic lands. If India is the unques- ith the takeover of the tioned leader of the anti-terrorism forces in the Asian sub-continent, Afghanistan and Taliban in Afghanistan, the Taliban have a lot of explaining to do about their commitment to eject terrorism from WNepal stands on the cusp of severe and several security their land. A return to democracy, civil governance and peace is a priority for Afghanistan challenges. For decades, Pakistan’s but the elimination of terror is the priority for South Asia in particular. India needs a two- Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) pronged approach to the Afghanistan affair. On the one hand, India is willing to help in has been found using Nepal as a safe haven to carry out terror the country’s progress economically and in reviving attacks, run espionage operations, democratic values as also protect its investment of and pump fake currency notes into billions of dollars in developing infrastructure. On the India. It is reflected from the fact other, India has to tackle the issue of terrorism both that Pakistan has a meagre trade relation with Nepal since 1960. in Afghanistan as well as South Asia. India is still final- Contrary to the small trade num- ising its Afghan policy; the Doha meeting with the bers, the Pakistan Embassy is Taliban is part of it. The coming days will see its grad- housed in a large complex in the ual unfolding, culminating in the Prime Minister’s heart of Kathmandu city, which is often seen as the epicentre of covert address to the UN General Assembly this month. operations at the behest of the ISI. Where terrorism is concerned, India has already ini- While the nexus between the tiated action in the UN Security Council by adopting agency and the Afghan Taliban in a resolution asking the Taliban that Afghan territory the context of Nepal goes back to the hijacking of Airlines IC184 by “not be used to threaten or attack any country or shelter or train terrorists”. the ISI-backed terror group in A similar demand is listed in the Doha Agreement signed by the Taliban and the 1999 from the Kathmandu US but, in this case, the reference is not only to al-Qaeda but other terror groups like Airport, Nepal has hardly paid the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad which allegedly have Pakistani patron- attention to such concerns. However, the United States, in age. Hundreds of fighters of these groups are reportedly in Afghanistan and fought all its annual global terror reports, along with the Taliban. The onus is on the Taliban to satisfy India that such terror groups has cautioned against the poten- attempted to smuggle narcotics National Security Policy in ers from Afghanistan to enter will not be encouraged. The resolution obliquely underlines the possibility of Pakistan, tial use of Nepalese territories and fake currency and explo- 2016 which mentions terrorism India using an open border. At against India by the terror groups. sives. With less than 150 person- in line with extremism and aims the same time, Pakistan can weighed down by constant pressure from the Financial Action Task Force, shifting ter- In its 2019 Country Reports on nel assigned to the counterter- to counter it. However, it does exploit this opportunity into a ror elements out of its territory to Afghanistan. Pakistan also has the responsibility to Terrorism, the United States rorism desk of Nepal Army’s not provide any working strat- network of illicit activities host the next meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) reported that “due to the open Special Force, the training of the egy in this regard, precisely through Nepal and recruit vul- and would not want to be embarrassed if India and other countries raise the issue of border with India and insufficient personnel in collecting intelli- because Nepal has so far not nerable Afghans on the pretext security protocols at the country’s gence and on-ground opera- witnessed any terror attacks on of asylum in India. Similarly, terrorism when deciding on inviting Afghanistan under the Taliban. India at some point sole international airport in tions remains to be tested. its soil, barring its homegrown the nexus between the ISI and should also seek clarification on the status of the Haqqani group in the Taliban’s scheme Kathmandu, Nepal could be used The absence of credible Maoists in 1996. In terms of Taliban may play out for of things. In November 2012, it was India that was instrumental in getting the group as a transit or staging point for security infrastructure in Nepal THERE ARE preparedness, the Nepal Army Pakistan-backed terror groups designated as a terror organisation. How Afghanistan under the Taliban and Pakistan international terrorists”. In its and a long open, porous bor- participates in a joint military to use the Hamid Karzai 2018 report, too, the US had cat- der poses serious security SEVERAL OTHER exercise — ‘Surya Kiran’ — with International Airport for smug- tackle the terror question will determine India’s stand when the time comes for it to egorically mentioned Indian threats to India. In recent years, India, where its personnel train gling purposes, where Nepal chair the Counter-Terrorism Committee in 2022. Mujahideen operating from India’s Counter-Terrorism and SUCH INCIDENTS along with the Indian Army on may well fit as a launching pad. Nepal. On the other hand, Nepal Counter-Radicalisation REPORTED BY counterterrorism tactics. In Therefore, the Nepal has a poor counterinsurgency (CTCR) Division, under the 2017 and 2018, the Nepal Army Government should work PICTALK infrastructure, and in case of a sig- Ministry of Home Affairs, has INDIA'S SECURITY for the first time participated in against time to advance its nificant terror scenario, it will be been tasked to monitor the the Sagarmatha Exercise with emergency and defence capa- insufficient. There are loopholes growth of madrasas on the FORCES WHERE China’s People’s Liberation bilities in this context. Above at the Tribhuvan International India-Nepal border. On July 21, PAKISTANI Army aimed at countering ter- all, Nepal needs to be cautious Airport (TIA) regarding the avail- 2015, the Home Ministry had rorism. China, however, has a against its casual approach ability of the latest detection tech- informed the Lok Sabha that TERRORISTS HAVE different viewpoint towards the towards Islamic extremism as nology. It was only recently that a four infiltrators and 874 smug- TRIED TO ENTER Sagarmatha joint exercise alto- it poses a risk to regional secu- section of the TIA was upgraded glers were arrested from the gether. China has been tackling rity and its own national secu- to welcome tourists in 2019. India-Nepal border. While INDIA THROUGH Free Tibet voices militarily, and rity. On the other hand, India In 2019, a Pakistani national India’s border security infra- NEPAL, ATTEMPTED since Nepal is home to more will have to be wary of such was caught with a load of Indian structure is flawless, Nepal will than 20,000 Tibetan refugees, it developments in Nepal, espe- currency worth `76.80 million. In have to double its intelligence TO SMUGGLE aims to do similar brutalities in cially a potential nexus between 2013, Indian Mujahideen founder and security operations in the Nepal. the ISI and China in Nepal. Yasin Bhatkal was arrested by the bordering region. Nepal will NARCOTICS AND To conclude, the rise of the (This is the first of a two- Indian security forces from the also require strengthening its FAKE CURRENCY Taliban as a legitimate actor in part series on the Afghanistan Nepal-India border. There are sev- intelligence-sharing network Afghanistan may allow the developments’ impact on Nepal.) eral other such incidents reported with India because information AND EXPLOSIVES Pakistan-based terror groups to (The author is a Research by India’s security forces where plays a vital role in carrying out increase their presence in Assistant with the Vivekananda Pakistani terrorists have tried to joint operations. Nepal. Nepal may become a International Foundation. The enter India through Nepal, Nepal has come up with a gateway for illegal asylum seek- views expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

POWER STRUGGLE Whether it is the purchase of medical A security personnel diverts traffic from the waterlogged Zakhira underpass, in Delhi PTI Sir — With political parties gearing up for Shifting spotlight from cricket equipment, purchase the 2022 Assembly elections, the stage is set for a carnival-like atmosphere to pre- nament. Bhavna Patel’s gold in table tennis of land for Ram vail over the State. Just as much as the was a spectacular way to start off, followed temple...the UP In-house opposition alliances between various factions, tradi- by Nishad Kumar who clinched a silver in high Government has no answers. tional allies annulling longstanding asso- jump. Sumit Antil, javelin thrower, broke the ciations too are matters that will be spec- world record thrice on his way to gold with AAP's UP in-charge The Congress, fighting a crisis in Punjab, ulated upon. While not dismissing a final attempt of 68.55m. — Sanjay Singh lands in fresh controversy with ‘Panj pyare’ rumours about dissent within the major There were several other spectacular per- parties over their choice of candidates even formances in the tournament which took he trouble does not seem to be ending any time soon for the Punjab Congress. at the last minute, the probability of rela- India’s medal tally to 10. The performances There is nothing low-grade, The party comes with an in-house Opposition which has already projected its tively unknown entrants in the fray forti- ndia has been shifting its attention from left the country with a wave of pride and hap- fying their positions against all odds can- cricket to other important sports lately. The piness and India’s senior leaders and low-risk or Tleaders as ‘power-hungry’ who lack unanimity. And, to make matters worse, not be ruled out either. Imassive interest and involvement of Indians sportspersons congratulated the medal win- low-cost, about any just when they decide to ‘talk it out’, one or the other section spills out remarks A democracy as one that is enjoyed in in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics stand ners on social media. This shows that crick- war. It was time to which reverse the whole rapprochement purpose. The ambitious Navjot Sidhu and the country is a Government of the peo- testimony to this shift. India performed bril- et is not the only sport which deserves atten- end the war in Afghanistan. his in-party allies simply want to run over anything ple, for the people and by the people. But liantly in the Tokyo Olympics and scored its tion and support from the Government as well over the years, this concept of democracy best medal haul of seven, including the first as fans. Sports like these need equal, if not US President that comes in the way to the Chief Minister’s chair. has become more of a rhetoric employed gold in individual athletics. In the World more, dedication and hardwork. Therefore, —Joe Biden The ‘eint se eint baja du’ remark by Sidhu on the extravagantly by the political class to Athletics U20 Championships that followed, they should be treated at par with cricket. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of impress the masses with. The fact, how- India's Shaili Singh clinched silver in women's sports authorities should, by now, realise the I am a diehard Punjab Harish Rawat, and the feud between Rawat ever, remains that there is nothing demo- long jump. In the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics, need to invest in athletics and other sports believer, supporter cratic about the process and people have our young players won millions of hearts with and help the athletes do even better in grand and Congress MLA Pargat Singh, proved that the and lover of makeup. to make do with the sort of ‘selection’ prof- their exceptional performances. Indian ath- tournaments like these. I was very young bad blood among the top party leaders was not triv- fered by various political parties and cast letes broke records at the prestigious tour- Devanand Ray | Delhi when I first delved their invaluable votes in their favour. Hence ial. Hence Rawat, in an attempt to mend the fences, into the world of beauty. met Sidhu and his four working presidents in the it is time the electorate had a rethink on frequent bloopers and blunders regarding of the Taliban Sanctions Committee, the whole matter. the security of women in India. Right from India's role will be crucial. Unlike the UN Congress Bhawan on Tuesday and referred to them Pachu Menon |Goa Actor advocating sober attire to keeping safe panels, the groups and blocs of nations do — Bhumi Pednekar as Panj pyare, thus courting trouble and having had company, the politicians and ministers have not have any official standing and are able to issue an apology on Facebook after the Shiromani POLITICAL BLOOPERS AND BLUNDERS offered 'free sermons' to girls and their par- to play only the role of influencers. Akali Dal (SAD) demanded that the Government should book him for hurting the Sir — There are some lawmakers of the ents. Shifting the onus on the victims, by As requested by the new rulers of Today, I officially religious sentiments of the Sikh community. country who do not think twice before trying to abdicate their responsibilities, Afghanistan, a discussion was held in the retire from the shooting from the hip on rape cases. They comes too easy for Ministers. Then there Indian embassy in Doha, Qatar's capi- game I love the Rawat said that even while meaning respect, objectionable words are sometimes assume they are 'elders' whose words carry are the Opposition parties whose singu- tal city, involving the Indian Ambassador most. Bittersweet used; he also promised to clean a gurudwara complex in his State as penance. The immense weight with the masses where- lar aim is to pin the Government to the mat to Qatar Deepak Mittal and Taliban's but grateful. SAD spokesperson, Daljit Singh Cheema, added that the Congress has always been as it is just the opposite. Karnataka Home on sensational issues without thinking representative Sher Mohammed Abbas anti-Sikh and been hurting Sikh sentiments. In Sikh theology, Panj pyare (The Beloved Minister Araga Jnanedra, for example, twice on the subtlety involved in the mat- Stanekzai, nick-named "Sheru", who Former cricketer seemed to care less about public sentiments ter. had indidently trained as an army offi- — Dale Steyn Five) is a collective name given to the five Sikhs who were the first to be initiated into when he advised girls to avoid deserted Ganapathi Bhat |Nagpur cer for nearly two years at the Indian the order of the Khalsa and can perform a baptism ceremony to initiate other Sikhs into places after evening to 'safeguard' them- Military Academy (IMA). The Taliban A material generally the order of the Khalsa. It is a highly regarded term in Sikh community. Rawat has shot selves. The minister was commenting on INDIA’S TALIBAN DIPLOMACY favour continuation of age-old ties the horrendous rape incident of a college Sir — As the current head of the United between India and Afghanistan. keeps moving from his own party in the foot and now a mere apology cannot undo the damage that has girl that took place at the foothills of the Nations Security Council (UNSC), India According to historian-author William one place to another been done. Religion has been the most relied upon tool in Indian politics and a slip of famous Chamundi hills in Mysuru. A few has set the tone for the world's opinion on Darlymple, there is now the possibility and Nitish Kumar the tongue can be used against the Government. The party, already in tatters in the State, days after the ghastly crime, the accused matters related to the Taliban and terror- of them asserting their independence has the same quality. wouldn’t want to go the harm’s way in the polls. It’s premature to speculate that clean- were caught in a neighboring state. ism. India's handling of the Afghan issue from their “paymasters”, Pakistan. He is a waste material. But the first-time Minister went over- will decide the credibility of the Taliban TV Jayaprakash |Kerala ing a gurudwara complex would cleanse the former Uttarakhand Chief Minister of this board with his reactions and observations. rule. The United Nations formal reaction ‘sin’, but the voters would ultimately decide whether this remark, together with the many There have been many others, too, who to the power shift in Afghanistan will also Send your feedback to: Bihar RJD president controversies surrounding the Congress party, would impact it in the 2022 elections. have thought little before coming up with be a matter of concern. 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LEARNING AS AN ART GOVIND BHATTACHARJEE Early care and education play a pivotal role ideas of politicians in deciding the learning trajectory of a child The idea of India is fast becoming synonymous with the idea of reservation and every community, regardless of social and economic status, wants a share in the pie hen politicians run out of RASHI SHARMA ideas and imagination, they fall back upon their only he brain develops rapidly prior to the age six and it is our environ- remaining bastion - Caste— ment and experiences that shape the quality of its development. Nutrition Wthe bread of butter of Indian politicians, Tand good health, safety, opportunities for early learning and child inter- especially those who thrive on identity actions enhance it. They create a strong foundation for future develop- politics. Nothing is as powerful in sowing ment of young children. Thus, early childhood care and education plays the seeds of mistrust and hatred between a pivotal role in deciding the future learning trajectory of a child. It is impor- its groups, alienating each from the oth- tant to expose young children to flexible, multi-faceted, multi-level, play- ers in an irreconcilable manner, and when the seeds of hatred flourish in all based, activity-based, and inquiry-based learning. The National Education their cussedness and start enveloping the Policy 2020 also highlights the criticality of foundational learning and its society with their squalor, it is only the future impact. Almost 3.46 crore children in the 3-6 age group are enrolled politicians who reap that monstrous har- in 13.87 lakh Anganwadis. There are also 1.98 lakh Government and vest. Government-aided schools with pre-primary sections. Around 1.25 crores In power, much of their energy and children are enrolled in these and private unaided schools. Further, the gross State’s resources are spent on perpetuat- enrolment ratio (GER) at primary level was 102.7 per cent in 2019-20 which ing and strengthening these social cleav- ages in the pretence of uplifting the indicates that nearly all children at the primary level are enrolled in schools. backward castes so that they can exploit them in future elections. In the process, the idea of a casteless society, the dream of our constitution makers, becomes an ever-receding mirage. After his botched experiment with prohibition which has indisputably THE CASTE thwarted Bihar’s economic development SYSTEM IS ed caste data except for the SCs place the act under the Ninth In 2019, even the Centre passed by depriving the state of revenue exceed- ARGUABLY ONE and STs. Schedule by virtue of Article 31B the 103rd Constitution amend- ing `5000 crore, while failing miserably to OF THE WORLD'S Extrapolating the NSSO data, of the Constitution through the ment bill reserving 10 percent curb the ever-thriving smuggling and LONGEST in 1980, the Mandal Commission 76th Constitution Amendment quota for EWS under the general bootlegging rackets operating all over the had estimated the OBC population Act of 1994, taking it beyond judi- category thereby breaching the 50 state with impunity, Bihar Chief Minister SURVIVING at 52 percent which led to reserva- cial review.However, this amend- per cent limit of reservation. This Nitish Kumar apparently has no more DISCRIMINATORY tion of 27 per cent for them.This ment itself is presently under judi- has since been challenged before ideas for the revival and resurgence of the AND EXPLOITATIVE percentage remains under dispute; cial review; one only wonders why the Supreme Court where it now state. With the old prophet of identity pol- a recent report using primary it has taken so many years without stands referred to a five-judge For optimal use of existing systems and resources, NCERT is preparing SOCIAL itics, Lalu Prasad Yadav, now a pale HIERARCHY. school enrolment data from the U- any verdict as yet. bench. The idea of India is fast a National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education reflection of his old self, being back on the DISE database which can serve as In 2018, Maharashtra legislat- becoming synonymous with the (NCFECCE) focusing on the 3-8 age group. Play and Activity based learn- political scene after his bail, Nitish prob- MERITS OF a rough proxy, given our nearly ed for reservation for Marathas, idea of reservation and every ing is going to be integral part of NCFECCE. The framework will provide ably feels threatened, especially after his CONTINUED cent percent primary enrolment, becoming the state with the second community, regardless of their sufficient flexibility to incorporate local culture, traditions, stories and indige- close shave in the last Assembly election. RESERVATION TO suggests that the proportion of gen- highest percentage of reservation social and economic status, are nous toys so that children, parents, teachers and Anganwadi workers can With reduced numbers for his MLAs, MITIGATE ITS eral category, OBC, SC and ST pop- after Tamil Nadu, touching 65 demanding a share in the pie. easily relate to it. NCFECCE will be followed by both Anganwadis and Pre- the ground under his feet has already SCOURGE THAT ulations are 25, 45, 19 and 11 per- percent; this was struck down ear- In 2011, responding to polit- turned quite slippery. As regards the cent, respectively, with wide inter- lier this year by the Supreme Court ical demands from various quar- primary schools to ensure smooth transition to grade I. It is in this con- father-son duo of Lalu and Tejaswi, devel- CONTINUES TO state variations. which, while refusing to buy the ters, the UPA government con- text, Samagra Shiksha, an integrated scheme for school education, has opment of the state is the remotest thing AFFLICT OUR Various states have been argument that the Marathas were ducted a full-fledged Socio been synchronised with the recommendation of the NEP 2020 so that the in their minds - while the father had SOCIETY EVEN demanding increases in the reser- ‘educationally and socially back- Economic Caste Census (SECC) at lofty vision of the policy can be translated at the grassroot level. The Nipun turned Bihar into a den of outlaws, the son AFTER SEVEN vation quota citing higher percent- ward’, reiterated the 50 percent cap a cost of nearly `5000 crore; the Bharat initiative launched under the aegis of Samagra Shiksha attempts would have emptied the treasury by ful- DECADES OF ages of backward castes in their of the Indra Sawhney judgment.It data were published in 2016 but to provide an all-inclusive approach for children of the 3-9 age group. The filling his promise of 10 lakh Government population and several states have was indeed absurd to treat excluding the caste data which has jobs to unemployed Bihari youth if elect- INDEPENDENCE legislated increased quotas for Marathas who dominate the state's never been made public, ostensi- vision of the Mission is to create an enabling environment to ensure uni- ed. It is thus not surprising that the arch AND JEOPARDISE them too, but the Supreme Court political and economic landscape bly for fear of stirring up uncon- versal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy, so that by 2026- enemies of yore are now joining hands for OUR ECONOMIC has stubbornly defended its nine- as a community needing empow- trollable social turbulence and 27 every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading, writ- their common political interest around PROGRESS judge bench judgment in the Indra erment through reservation. further polarisation of an already ing and numeracy at the end of Grade III. Further, to ensure that all stu- castes. Along with leaders of nine other HAVE NEVER Sawhney case (1992) that capped In a unique instance, Andhra polarised society, besides the fear parties, they even met the Prime Minister the reservation at 50 percent. Since Pradesh in 2000 reserved all seats of antagonizing dominant and dents are school ready, a 3-month play-based school preparation mod- BEEN IN DOUBT ule called ‘Vidya Pravesh’ has been launched for all Grade 1 students, to to demand a caste-based census in Bihar. then, however, as many as nine for ST candidates for the posts of powerful castes that may not have augment their pre-literacy & numeracy, cognitive and social skills. NCERT The demand is likely to be echoed by other States - Tamil Nadu, Andhra school teachers in Scheduled sufficiently high numbers. States, for sure. Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Areas; as expected this was also The caste system is arguably has designed a programme under NISHTHA to prepare 25 lakh teachers The stand of the Union Government,” Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, struck down by the apex court. In one of the world’s longest surviv- for embracing experiential learning in classrooms through art, stories, local as a matter of policy not to enumerate Maharashtra, Haryana and North Eastern India there are ing discriminatory and exploitative toys, poems and activities in mother tongue. Nipun Bharat's most promi- caste-wise population other than SCs and Telangana - have passed laws several States, Meghalaya, social hierarchy. Merits of contin- nent feature is its focus on innovative pedagogies and standardised capac- STs in the Census",has already been made breaching this cap, though these are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and ued reservation to mitigate its ity building of teachers so that teaching promotes inquisitiveness, imag- clear by the Government in July. Even yet to be implemented pending Mizoram, for example, which scourge that continues to afflict our ination, and understanding of the concept rather than rote memorisation. then, Union Minister of State Ramdas judicial examination or have been have reserved upwards of 80 per society even after seven decades of With foundational stage learners, teachers need to focus on activities which Athawale and BJP leader Sushil Modi disallowed by the Supreme Court. cent seats in Government jobs, the independence and jeopardise our have raised the same demand.The Claiming that the backward castes constitutional validity of which economic progress has never been interest them andchildren should also be encouraged to communicate in National Commission for Backward (The writer is a former constituted 87 percent of its pop- has never been judicially chal- in doubt. However, the absurd lev- their home language. Therefore, teachers will have to learn to teach in many Classes, a constitutional authority, has Director General of the ulation, in 1993, Tamil Nadu lenged. Other States are also con- els to whichshort-sighted politi- ways - through interaction, play-way methods, small group activities and also urged the centre to collect OBC data Office of the Comptroller hadlegislated for 69 percent reser- templating an increase, some on cians are pushing it is dangerous hands-on learning activities.The activity and play based pedagogies also as part of the 2021 Census. The demand & Auditor General of vation - the highest in India - in equally absurd grounds like in with no potential benefits in sight India. The views provide ample opportunities for parents to engage children in meaningful is raised at the time of every census, but expressed are personal.) Government jobs and higher edu- Maharashtra, for example, for Jats except serving their narrow polit- interactions. Parents can easily involve children in day-to-day activities that independent India has never enumerat- cation, and then got the Centre to in Haryana and Patels in Gujarat. ical interests. promote early language and numeracy, i.e., role play with children, clay modelling, making local toys, storytelling, singing local rhymes, talking about different shapes which are easily available at home, asking them to POINTCOUNTERPOINT count the number of fruits or vegetables available at home. The NEP 2020 recommends a paradigm shift in the current education system and teach- THE RENOVATION OF THE THE CONGRESS DID NOT EVEN CONSTRUCT A ers by using innovative pedagogies to stimulate critical thinking, creativ- JALLIANWALA BAGH MEMORIAL COMPLEX WASHROOM AT THE SITE AND IS NOW DOING ity and curiosity amongst the children shall play a vital role in the refor- IS AN INSULT TO MARTYRS. POLITICS OVER THE RENOVATION DONE BY THE BJP. matory process. — CONGRESS LEADER — BJP GENERAL SECRETARY (The writer is Director of School Education and Literacy, Ministry RAHUL GANDHI TARUN CHUGH of Education, Government of India. The views expressed are personal.) Chinese shadow on Indian pharmaceutical industry In the last few years, the industry has come under China's shadow with the Chinese capturing nearly the entire supply chain ndia is called the pharmacy Prior to 2000, there was a otics, such as Ampicillin, Penicillin-G and 6-APA. The plies could be jeopardised if Where API firms are strug- of the world. It ranks fourth worldwide demand for Indian- Amoxicillin, Cloxacillin, price of 6-APA has since China suddenly stops supply- gling for survival, funds may be Iin the world in terms of made Active Pharmaceutical Dicloxacillin, Flucloxacillin, increased to a peak of USD 35 ing these APIs. allocated for upgradation of value and third in terms of vol- Ingredients (APIs). India was Oxacillin among others. In per kg. China has already threat- technology. The Government's ume. India exports medicines thriving in the field of basic 2005, India was completely China has thus established ened to stop drug supplies to support for the establishment of to most of the countries and the chemicals, intermediate chem- self-sufficient for 6-APA as a monopoly in almost all types the US and concerns are being research and development facil- share of Indian medicines in the MAHAJAN icals and APIs. After 2000, there were four manufacturers of Intermediates and APIs. It expressed in the US. India's ities could be helpful. Easing US market is 34 percent. ASHWANI though, India continued to be of Penicillin-G in India. Today, has a state-sponsored strategy National Security Advisor Ajit environmental laws for API We manufacture medicines the source of ready-made med- India, along with the world, has where all Chinese suppliers Doval had also warned that units and exemption from envi- for a range of diseases like icines for the world but the guarantees by the Chinese become 100 percent dependent come together to exploit the sit- India’s dependence on China ronmental laws may be appro- malaria, common infections, manufacturing of API and insurance company Sinosure, on China for this input. uation by significantly hiking for APIs could be a serious priate strategy. Other incentives vitamin deficiencies, diabetes, intermediates started slipping proactive research and develop- Until 2001, before the the prices of products they national security threat. like reduction in import duty cancer, asthma, HIV, heart dis- from India and went into the ment support, export promo- Chinese market aggression, 6- export. For example, the price The Government of India for testing equipment, allot- eases. hands of China. tion incentives, marketing APA was sold for an average of ‘DBA’, the key input for anti- has recently announced ment of land at cheaper rates, However, for the last few China created an unimag- incentives, cheap electricity price of $22 per kilo. Between malarial drugs, went up by 47 Production Linked Incentives making it a pre-condition that years, the industry has come inable production capacity for and community facilities, and 2001 and 2007, the Chinese percent, ‘Erythromycin TIOC’, (PLI) plan to encourage API Indian buyers of APIs and under China’s shadow with intermediate chemicals and deliberately lax pollution regu- suppliers crashed the 6-APA key input for Azithromycin, production in the country, Intermediates are required to the latter nearly capturing the APIs and started dumping latory laws. Many provisions prices by less than half to an increased by 44 percent and under which an amount of buy at least 50 per cent of their supply chain. Due to this, not them in the world market were against WTO rules. average of US$9 per kilo. that of ‘Penicillin-G’ by 97 `12,000 crore has been allocat- requirements from domestic only the health security of including India at less than half This can be illustrated with Indiancompanies were forced percent. ed. But that alone will not suf- manufacturers if those products India’s 135 crore people could (The writer is Professor, the normal price. The Chinese the example of the price move- to stop production as they As a result, India faces a fice. To defeat China in the are available from India, etc., be at risk, it could even eclipse PGDAV College, Government was an active col- ments of 6-APA (6-Amino could not sustain the losses. As public health security crisis. If price war, the government will could be some other steps to University of Delhi. The India’s ability to provide afford- views expressed laborator providing low-inter- Penicillanic Acid, a derivative of soon as Indian companies went India is completely dependent have to impose ‘Safeguard’ safeguard the national interest able medicine to the rest of the are personal.) est loans, long-term moratori- Penicillin-G), the basic chem- out of production, China start- on China for critical inputs, it and ‘Anti-Dumping’ duties and possibly avoid an impend- world. um on debt repayment, credit ical building block for antibi- ed increasing the prices of is possible that our medical sup- on all APIs. ing crisis. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 Money 08 GST mop up tops Rs 1L-cr for Petrol demand continues to rise, diesel lags PNS n NEW DELHI per cent lower than pre- second straight month in Aug COVID levels in first half of India's fuel demand recovery August. PNS n NEW DELHI crore collected on import of especially action against fake manufacturing PMI. The PMI ing quarter. remained patchy in August as Fuel demand had recov- goods)," the finance ministry billers have also been con- index stood at 52.3 per cent in "We expect GDP growth in petrol consumption contin- ered to near-normal lev- Signalling accelerating eco- said in a statement. tributing to the enhanced GST August, down from 55.3 per the ongoing (September) quar- ued to rise but diesel sales fell, els in March before the nomic activity, GST collection During August this year, collections. The robust GST cent in July. ter to range between 7.8-8.8 per preliminary data from state onset of the second topped the Rs 1-lakh-crore the revenues from domestic revenues are likely to continue "The cent, with the absolute level of fuel retailers showed on wave of COVID-19 mark for the second straight transactions (including import in the coming months too," the GDP to continue to trail the Wednesday. infections led to the Diesel month in August at Rs 1.12 of services) were 27 per cent finance ministry said. pre-pandemic level as the While petrol sales are already reimposition of sales, he lakh crore. higher than the revenues from ICRA Chief Economist services sector struggles to above pre-COVID levels, diesel lockdown in differ- said, were likely The tax collections in August these sources during the same Aditi Nayar, however, catch up with the rest of continues to lag. ent states, stalling to return to pre-pan- on goods sold and services ren- month last year. cautioned the economy," State-owned fuel retailers mobility and muting demic levels by Diwali dered was 30 per cent higher The GST collection, after over Nayar said. sold 2.43 million tonne of economic activity. in November if a third than Rs 86,449 crore collected posting above the Rs 1- the India's economy petrol in August, up 13.6 per Consumption in wave of COVID infec- in August 2020, and 14 per cent lakh-crore mark for grew by a record cent from the year-ago period. May slumped to its tions does not lead to the higher than Rs 98,202 crore nine months in a 20.1 per cent in It was 4.1 per cent higher lowest since reimposition of lockdown. collected in August 2019. row, dropped below April-June quarter, than pre-COVID petrol sales August last year ATF consumption, Sequentially, however, there Rs 1 lakh crore in helped by a weak base of 2.33 million tonne in August amid lockdowns which had seen the most was a 3.76 per cent dip in June 2021, after the of last year and sharp 2019. and restrictions in severe fall as air travel was August 2021 collection vis-a- second wave of rebound in manufacturing and Sales of diesel - the most several states. Fuel restricted beginning March vis Rs 1.16 lakh crore mopped COVID caused a services sector. used fuel in the country - rose demand showed signs 2020, is likely to return to nor- up in July 2021. blip. "With the Singhania GST Consultancy 15.9 per cent to 4.94 million of resurgence in June after mal by the end of the current "The gross GST revenue col- easing out of sequen- & Co Partner Aditya Singhania tonne during August 2021 restrictions began to be eased fiscal year in March, he had lected in the month of August COVID restric- tial dip in the said the collection during over the previous year, but was and the economy gathered said. 2021 is Rs 1,12,020 crore of tions, GST collection GST collections, August 2021, majorly relates to down 9.8 per cent from August pace. Consumption of LPG, the which Central GST is Rs 20,522 for July and August lower-than-expected supplies that took place in July 2019. On July 30, S M Vaidya, only fuel which showed growth crore, State GST is Rs 26,605 2021 have again crossed core sector growth, and mod- 2021, and it seems to maintain August diesel sale was also Chairman of India's largest oil even during the first lock- crore, Integrated GST is Rs Rs 1 lakh crore, which eration in the August manufac- the revenue consistency in 9.3 per cent lower than the firm IOC, had stated that down because of free supplies 56,247 crore (including Rs clearly indicates that the sequen- turing PMI suggest that some comparison to the collection of previous month, mostly petrol consumption has risen by the government to the poor, 26,884 crore collected on economy is recovering at a fast tial dip in caution is warranted regarding July 2021, which clearly indi- because of lower mobility due over pre-COVID levels as peo- rose 1.85 per cent year-on-year import of goods) and Cess is Rs pace. Coupled with economic collection and the strength of the recovery cates the economy is thriving to monsoon. ple prefer personal transport to 2.32 million tonne in 8,646 crore (including Rs 646 growth, anti-evasion activities, moderation in the August that is underway in the ongo- with the steady pace. Diesel consumption was 8 over public transport. August. MONEY MATTERS Sebi slaps Rs 40L Coal India starts pilot project TVS Motor sales up 1 pc in fine on 8 entities in illiquid stock to replace diesel with LNG August at 2,90,694 units PNS n NEW DELHI hennai-based TVS options case Motor Company on PNS n NEW DELHI State-owned CIL on CWednesday reported a Wednesday said it has begun 1 per cent increase in total Capital markets regulator the process of retrofitting LNG sales at 2,90,694 units in Sebi has imposed penalties kits in its dumpers -- big August 2021. The company totalling Rs 40 lakh on eight trucks engaged in transporta- Second unit of NTPC had posted a total sales of entities, including individu- tion of coal, a move that will 2,87,398 units in the same als, for indulging in non-gen- help the PSU to save around Rs month last year, TVS Motor uine trades in illiquid stock 500 crore annually. plant begins operation Co said in a regulatory filing. options at BSE. "In a big push to reduce its Total two-wheelers sales were lower at 2,74,313 units last month, as In eight separate orders, the carbon footprint, national PNS n BHUBANESHWAR said S K Satya, NTPC's region- against sales of 2,77,226 units in August 2020, it added. Domestic regulator levied a fine of Rs 5 miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) has al executive director of the two-wheeler sales stood at 1,79,999 units in August 2021 as lakh each on Nikita Rungta, initiated the process of retro- The NTPC started commer- eastern region. compared to 2,18,338 units in the year-ago month, down 18 per Aakash Prakash Shah, Abha fitting Liquefied Natural Gas sidiary Mahanadi Coalfields LNG will replace the use of cial operation of the 800 MW “Second unit of NTPC cent, the company said. "With pandemic restrictions easing and the Mohunta, Aachman Vanijya, (LNG) kits in its dumpers," the Ltd (MCL). diesel by about 30 to 40 per second unit of the Darlipali Darlipali Stage-I (2x800 MW) festive season soon approaching, we expect the retails to improve Abhi Portfolio, A C Agarwal company said in a statement. CIL on Tuesday signed a cent and reduce the fuel cost by Super Thermal Power Station located in Odisha started com- significantly in the coming months," it added. Motorcycle sales last Commodities, Vinay This is a significant move, as memorandum of understand- about 15 per cent. in Odisha's Sundargarh dis- mercial operation w.e.f (with month were at 1,33,789 units as compared to 1,19,878 units in Ramanlal Shah HUF and the world's largest coal miner ing (MoU) with GAIL an "The move will reduce car- trict on Wednesday. effect from) 00:00 Hrs of August 2020, while scooter sales stood at 87,059 units as against Vinodkumar M Jain. uses over 4 lakh kilolitres of BEML to get this pilot project bon emission significantly and Odisha is entitled to receive 01.09.2021,” the NTPC sales of 87,044 units in August 2020, it added. The Securities and diesel per annum with an executed. also save around Rs 500 crore 50 per cent of the power gen- Limited tweeted. Exchange Board of India annual expense of over Rs Once the LNG kit is success- annually if all existing Heavy erated by the Darlipali project, In a regulatory filing on (Sebi) observed large scale 3,500 crore. fully retrofitted and tested, Earth Moving Machines while the remaining will be Tuesday, it said the commer- reversal of trades in stock The company in association these dumpers will be able to (HEMMs) including dumpers sold to Bihar, Jharkhand, cial capacity of the NTPC options segment of BSE. with GAIL (India) Ltd and run on dual fuel systems i.e. are retrofitted with LNG kit. Sikkim and West Bengal, the and the NTPC group would Rupee snaps 4-day winning It noted that such large BEML Ltd has taken up a pilot both on LNG and Diesel, and Getting rid of diesel pilferages state-run energy conglomerate become 53,225 MW and scale reversal of trades in project for retrofitting LNG their operations will be signif- and adulteration are other said in a release. 66,650 MW respectively with streak, drops 8 ps against $ stock options lead to creation kits in its two 100 tonne icantly cheaper and cleaner added advantages," the compa- The unit had completed its Darlipali's second unit coming he rupee snapped its four- of artificial volume at BSE. dumpers working at CIL sub- with use of LNG. ny said. trial operation on July 21, on stream. session winning run to close 8 Tpaise lower at 73.08 against the US dollar on Wednesday as muted domestic equities and a strengthening greenback overseas Google Search, Maps Sensex falls after record close on weighed on the market sentiment. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 73.05 against the American currency and witnessed an intra-day high of 72.92 and a low of 73.50. It finally ended at 73.08, registering a fall of 8 to now offer detailed profit-booking; Nifty above 17,000 paise over its previous closing. On Tuesday, the rupee had settled at 73.00 against the American currency. "Rupee pulled back from two- and-a-half-month high on back of short covering along with weaker info on vax availability PNS n MUMBAI Paints, Nestle India, Axis Bank the low base effect and was Kia India posts Asian currencies. Rebound in dollar index also weighed on rupee and Titan were among the powered by private consump- along with dollar buying around 73 odd levels," said Dilip Parmar, PNS n NEW DELHI Equity benchmark Sensex gainers. tion expenditure and invest- 55 pc rise in Research Analyst, HDFC Securities Medium-term bias for rupee dropped 214 points on "Despite a strong opening ment. The auto sector showed remains on bullish side while near-term bargain buying or profit Google on Wednesday said Wednesday, led by losses in after favourable GDP data, a flattish trend as sales for booking can't be ruled out after surging 1.7 per cent in just four users will be able to get more index majors Infosys, HDFC domestic indices failed to hold August saw a decline following sales at 16,750 trading sessions, Parmar said, adding that Spot USDINR is having information about vaccine and TCS as investors booked onto its early gains due to prof- supply constraints, he added. resistance at 73.65 and support at 72.75. availability and appointments profits at record levels despite it booking strategy from the In Asia, bourses in Shanghai, units in August for over 13,000 locations in the a positive trend in global recent rally,” said Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul PNS n NEW DELHI country across its three prod- markets. Vinod Nair, Head ended on a positive note. ucts - Search, Maps and After touching a life- of Research at Equities in Europe were also Automaker Kia India on Skoda posts four-fold jump in Assistant - starting this week. Google said it will continue time high of Geojit Financial trading with gains in the after- Wednesday said its sales The information is powered to partner closely with the 57,918.71 during the Services. noon session. increased by 55 per cent to by real-time data from the CoWIN team to extend this session, the 30-share India's Meanwhile, international oil 16,750 units last month as sales at 3,829 units in August CoWIN APIs, and includes functionality to all vaccination index pared all gains benchmark Brent crude rose compared to 10,845 units in koda Auto India on details like availability of centres across India. In March to end 214.18 points or 0.31 per cent to USD 71.85 per August 2020. Wednesday reported a nearly appointment slots at each cen- this year, Google started show- 0.37 per cent lower at barrel. "August was a month of Sfour-fold jump in sales at tre, vaccines and doses offered, ing information on COVID- 57,338.21. multiple milestones for us 3,829 units in August 2021. The pricing and link to CoWIN 19 vaccination centres, in part- Similarly, the broad- and has given healthy sales company had sold 1,003 units in website for booking, a statement nership with the Ministry of er NSE Nifty declined numbers. Our products have the same month last year, Skoda said. The information will auto- Health and Family Welfare. 55.95 points or 0.33 been faring very well. Auto India said in a statement. matically show up when users "As people continue to seek per cent to 17,076.25. The Carnival, our marquee While the newly launched SUV search for vaccine centres near information related to the It touched an intra- product in India, has regis- Kushaq has fueled the growth for them, or in any specific area – pandemic to manage their day record of tered its CY 2021 highest the brand in India, other models such as Superb, Octavia and Rapid across Google Search, Maps lives around it, we remain 17,225.75. retail sales of 537 units this have also contributed to the increase in sales volumes, it added. and Google Assistant, it added. committed to finding and M&M was the top loser in month, reflecting improving Commenting on the sales performance, Skoda Auto India Brand In addition to English, users can sharing authoritative and the Sensex pack, shedding GDP rose customer sentiment in the Director Zac Hollis said, "Our August sales have grown significantly also search in eight Indian lan- timely information across our around 3 per cent, followed by due to market," Kia India Chief Sales and reflect the increasing popularity of the Skoda brand in India. guages including Hindi, Bengali, platforms,” said Hema Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, TCS, and Business Strategy Officer This market is important for the global growth ambitions of the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Budaraju, Director of Google HDFC and Infosys. Tae-Jin Park said in a state- brand and we have a detailed strategy to strengthen our presence Kannada, Gujarati, and Marathi. Search, said. On the other hand, Asian ment. here." He further said, "Along with our focused product strategy, we have taken several measures towards building a strong bond with our customers and improving the overall brand experience." Service station Tata Motors reports 53 pc launched for Majority of employees want to WFH once a week PNS n NEW DELHI have to be more human-cen- patterns, she advised. tric, putting health and well- "Even as the office retains its increase in domestic sales temp-controlled Nearly 80 per cent of corporate being at the forefront," said place in a working set-up being ata Motors on Wednesday employees want to work from Radha Dhir, CEO and Country reshaped in a post-COVID said its total domestic containers home at least once a week post- Head, India, JLL. world, aspirations are increas- Twholesales increased by 53 PNS n MUMBAI COVID, according to a survey Almost 60 per cent of those ing from the modern work- per cent to 54,190 units in August by property consultant JLL surveyed believe that a work- place, while homeworking is as compared to the same month GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo India. place that promotes a healthy still preferred," JLL said. last year. The company had sold announced its collaboration In its survey Workers lifestyle and safety is a key pri- Among other findings, 91 35,420 units in August 2020. The with DoKa-Sch Temperature Preference Barometer for India, ority, she added. per cent of the respondents auto major said its passenger Solutions to launch a dedicat- JLL India found that employ- "There is a greater under- favoured flexible working vehicle sales in the domestic market stood at 28,018 units in ed service station for Optic- ees would prefer to work two standing and need for work-life hours. August, up 51 per cent as compared to 18,583 units in the same ooler temperature-controlled days in the office and three balance amongst employees Stating that the priorities of month last year. The auto major noted that semiconductor shortage air cargo containers. days remotely. now. We are also seeing the the workforce have undergone continues to impact the auto industry globally. The recent The new service station The sample size of the sur- need for human connection a shift, the consultant said lockdowns in East Asia have worsened the supply situation and operated by GHAC on behalf vey was 300 employees, work- gaining prominence amongst corporate employees want an hence Tata Motors is forced to moderate production and offtake of DoKaSch will be able to ing with various corporate place of work is added," JLL days in the office. employees as they crave social empathetic employer and volumes in the coming months, it said. "The situation is fluid and house up to 100 specialised, houses. said in a statement. The survey highlighted that connections and emotional work-life balance, more than a we will continue to work to mitigate the impact of this and aim to temperature-controlled con- "79 per cent of the workforce The consultant said that an employees want more balance engagements in the workplace," comfortable salary. meet our customer orders through an agile, multi-pronged tainers at time and will serve wants to work remotely from ideal working week, post- in their working patterns, with Dhir said. The pandemic has priori- approach including close engagement with our extended supply as the primary regional hub home at least once in a week, Covid, seems to be one where a hybrid work model and flex- The companies would have tised working in an environ- chain partners, procuring chipsets from the open market, using for the German company's and this number goes up to 89 employees spend three days ibility being key. to be mindful of the require- ment that puts health and alternate chips and managing our model and trim mix," it added. customers, a release said. per cent when a third-party working remotely and two “The offices of the future will ment for more flexible work well-being at the forefront. 9

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To be in a position where you fail to get FIGHTING FOR treated due to the lack of money is like having your AFFORDABLE worst nightmare come true. The Pioneer's K RAMYA SREE MEDICAL CARE Making Hyderabad writes about a team of Good the first to do so. I was even arrested for the same, but never Samaritans who gave up. My team and I went to WATER POSITIVE Delhi and met the then Union Minister of Health and Family ater positivity is the With groundwater touching strive to ensure Welfare, Harsh Vardhan, and gave need of the hour, alarmingly low levels, the con- him a copy of the number of pri- even more in sumption has to be judicious. the poor have vate hospitals in Telangana,” he Hyderabad, because The best way to sensitise con- shares. W of its severe scarcity. sumption patterns is to measure access to The team’s aims to ensure the The planet is in dan- the usage of water. Without not-so-fortunate get the right ger of running out of water. measurement, there can be no affordable treatment at hospitals and help Human beings are consuming minimisation; he highlighted them with Arogyasri and see that more natural resources than how saving water was akin to treatment. private hospitals do not loot the they are supposed to be doing. having money in the bank! Only poor and the naive. “We want to This year’s natural resources are when it is measured, we can bring a change among the public. already consumed as of July. know how much is being con- Not just private hospitals, we also Becoming water positive means, sumed. The aim of this is to sen- make sure that proper treatment helping to replenish those dwin- sitise people to use water more is given to the poor at govern- dling levels of available water. sparingly, opined Dr M.V. ment hospitals too,” Jagan further To create awareness on the Murthy. tell us. issue, TEDxHyderabadSalon MV Rama Chandrudu During the held an event on ‘Creating Water emphasised how critical it was lockdown, Positive Cities’ at Kondapur for individuals to take the onus Jagan and his Well, Amphitheatre in the city. of saving water and inspiring team also Salon events are those that keep people around them to do as fought a TEDx community engaged well. He also shared how he has against between regular TEDx events. stopped using harsh chemicals at the ille- The venue chosen for the his home thereby making it easi- mother might gal sale event was the Kondapur well, er to recycle water. not make it if of oxy- which was restored by Kalpana, Kesavi and Praneeth crooned the surgery gen one of the hosts of the Salon. two beautiful songs about water was not per- cylin- The place which was a dump and the environment. The little formed within ders. yard and a constant source of Kathak dancers, from Kathak the next 24 “We pollution is now a sought-after Kala Kshetra, the students at hours. He was went to place to visit! A small amphithe- middle school enthralled the asked to pay the the agen- atre was created, to make it suit- audience dancing with the grace surgery expenses cies and able for small events. The idea of beautiful peacocks! Post the overnight. The hos- found out behind choosing the venue was performance held a panel dis- pital paid no heed to his which hospitals to showcase how a dirty and cussion where the panellists pleas to allow him to pay the were selling the oxygen polluted place can be converted echoed the need for water posi- bill after the surgery was per- cylinders for what price. We did into a beautiful public space and tivity around everyone. The four formed, so he’d have enough time some ground research on the venue. panellists assured to become to arrange for that kind of money. number of beds in hospitals and Three thought leaders water positivity mascots. I was very depressed to know how many cylinders they needed, Veeramalla Prakash Rao, The Salon events are meant to e has been a blessing what happened to him. Nobody and more. With time, we were Chairman of Telangana Water engage and spark discussion on in disguise for the should have to go through such a able to curb illegal sale in private Resources Development issues of interest to our local poor and a hero to dire situation in their lives.” hospitals.” Corporation and supervises community. It is also meant to those seeking medical It was after this painful inci- He says, with a team of nearly a Department of TS Ground inspire action and bring about H help. Meet U Jagan, dent that Jagan formed a team to hundred people placed across Water and Walamtari; Dr MV change. Kalpana Ramesh is a liv- who has been fighting ensure others shouldn’t suffer like Telangana, they were able to tend Murthy, Hydrogeologists and ing example and attended a sim- against private hospitals that loot the Covid-induced lockdown that a witness to the agony faced by his friend and his family. to the medical needs of close to CEO of ekoknowledge.net and ilar event in 2016, today, she is a the public in the name of surg- his work intensified. Jagan man- one of my close friends after his “My team and I worked to three thousand people, especially MV Rama Chandrudu, force to reckon with, having sev- eries and medical treatments. He aged to help thousands of people mother was admitted to a private manage and make things system- during the lockdown. The associ- Environmental planner and eral achievements up her sleeve strives to make the public under- during those hours of chaos. hospital over a health ailment. atic in private hospitals. I educat- ation worked day and night dur- chemical-free life advocate par- and now being known as stand the importance of choosing Jagan, who is the founder of They were ‘tortured’ over bill pay- ed the common public to choose ing the peak period of the Covid ticipated and deliberated on the Telangana’s Water Woman. “It government hospitals over private Telangana Private Hospitals ments at a hospital to an extent government hospitals over private second wave, and helped thou- subject. was truly heartwarming to see hospitals in the city. Victims Associations, when asked that he wanted to commit suicide clinics. sands of those affected by Covid, As Veeramalla Prakash Rao everyone react with so much Even though he has been doing what made him take this up, for being unable to pay those We even managed to bring in get some concession for treat- got up to speak on the water positivity, on seeing change and this for a while now, it was during replies with determination, “I was huge bills! He was told that his the GO 248 to the state. We were ments at hospitals. positivity, nature started how everyone felt responsible responding with rain. He contin- for wanting ued speaking undeterred and by to bring in the time he completed, he small little drenched totally and won the changes, hearts of the audience for his them- passion for water positivity. selves”, said Thus the discussion began on a Kalpana very positive note and set the Ramesh. right tone for the rest of the ses- Wine joins the vegan spread sion. K RAMYA SREE liege of eco-warriors. involves the usage of egg attracts the protein and Vegan leather, vegan milk, whites, which makes the other particles and helps in vegan textiles are often end product nonsuitable the clarification process of he rise in the spotted on brand labels, for vegan consumption. the wine. Letting vegans number of people and the newest entrant to Now, to understand what consume clear wine is turning vegan is the vegan label is vegan eggs do or how are they absolutely guilt-free,” says T growing at an wines! Yes, you read that used in the wine-making Sujata. exponential rate! right, wines are now vegan, process, it is pertinent to As a majority of individ- Turning vegan is surprised? Then this is understand that eggs have uals are turning vegan, a way of living that seeks definitely something you'd several different functions they are also looking for to exclude, as far as possi- like to read more about. in different kinds of vegan options in wines. El ble and practicable, all Wine is simply under- recipes. Goru, Fuerza, the Metal forms of exploitation of, stood as fermented grape In the wine-making Label range, and Terroir and cruelty to, animals for juice, how is it not already process, it is used as a Daronton Chateauneuf du food, clothing, or any a vegan product? While coagulant. The egg whites Pape are some of the best- other purpose. These wine is technically vegan are used only to attract all sellers from their portfolio lifestyle alterations have already, the wine-making the residual products like in the Indian markets. led to massive process pulp, proteins, tannins, You now must be won- changes in often grape skin, etc. After dering how vegan wines the food and this process is com- taste like. Tastewise, there clothing pleted, the egg is barely any noticeable industries to whites collect at the difference between regular accommo- bottom and are and vegan wines. Some of date this completely their premium selections new removed from the include the classic French wine. This is the range of Terroir Daronton process of clarifica- Cote du Rhone, Terroir tion that yields us Daronton Vacqueyras, the ‘clear wines’ Terroir Daronton that are majorly holding a delectable range attract all the microscopic Chateauneuf du Pape. sold in the mar- of vegan wines like El particles after the larger They also carry an exclu- ket. Goru, Goru el Blanco and particles like bits of skin, sive range of Australian With the surge Fuerza. pulp, and seeds are wines like Outback Jack, of vegans in Sujata Patil, Wine removed with the process Outback Jack Shiraz India, many Business Head of Monika known as racking. After Cabernet, Outback Jack importers and Enterprises an expert in this process of fining the Shiraz and Outback Jack delegates have the domain of wines, wine is completed, the egg Cabernet Merlot as well as developed an speaks exclusively with whites collect at the bot- Metal Label Durif and interest in the The Pioneer about the tom and are completely Metal Label Black Shiraz. product. Monika process of making vegan removed from the wine. Now that even the wine Enterprises, a wines. “In the wine-mak- The vegan filtration alter- you consume is turning leading importer ing process, egg white is native for egg whites is vegan, what stops you and distributor, used as a coagulant. The bentonite or kieselguhr. It from making that change takes pride in egg whites are used only to is an absorbent clay that to a vegan lifestyle? VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 sport 11 India’s playing XI in focus Rohit replaces Kohli as top ranked Indian Test batsman Rahane’s place under scanner as Ashwin likely to get first game of the series Dubai: Opener Rohit Sharma and fourth spots respectively in on Wednesday toppled his the Test all-rounder rankings. PTI n LONDON 4th Test. Day 1 innings at an average of 19 is not skipper Virat Kohli to become England captain Joe Root’s an indicator of Rahane’s quali- INDIA-ENGLAND AT THE OVAL top-ranked Indian batsman sublime form in the ongoing ice-captain Ajinkya Live from 3:30pm IST ties but a spunky strokeplayer after being placed fifth in the World Test Championship Rahane’s wretched form SONY SIX NETWORK like Suryakumar Yadav or an Team P W L D Win % latest ICC men’s Test Player series against India has helped Vand senior off-spinner orthodox batter like Hanuma England 102 43 22 37 42.15 Rankings. him reclaim the top spot for Ravichandran Ashwin’s proba- would get another chance but Vihari might bring in a bit of India 13 1 5 7 07.69 Rohit’s scores of 19 and 59 batters after nearly six years. ble inclusion will have the most over the past two years, his freshness in the middle-order. in the third Test lifted him one The 30-year-old had start- significant impact on the Indian inconsistency has hurt this team If Rahane is dropped at all, HIGHEST INNINGS TOTAL place to a career-best fifth ed the series in fifth position team’s efforts to move on from badly. then Vihari has a better chance India 664 in 170 overs 2007 position, seven rating points but his 507 runs in three Tests its Leeds debacle when it takes What many people have of coming in as he also bowls more than Kohli for an aggre- have helped him overtake on a stronger England in the found baffling is that even a off-spin. England 594 in 173.3 overs 1982 gate of 773. Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, fourth Test at the Oval starting hundred at Melbourne or a fifty Ravindra HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE The last time someone Steve Smith and finally New on Thursday. at the Lord’s hasn’t inspired Jadeja in other than Kohli was the top- Zealand captain Kane The high of an inspira- confidence and he has never this series, India 221 Sunil Gavaskar 1979 ranked India batter was in Williamson, whom he now tional victory at the Lord’s was looked like getting back into England 235 Ian Bell 2011 November 2017, when leads by 15 rating points. followed by back-to-back batting some kind of form. Cheteshwar Pujara was second India pacer Jasprit Among bowlers, veteran debacles at Headingley and the A total of 95 BEST BOWLING (Innings) and Kohli fifth. Bumrah also rose one place England pacer James penultimate game at Oval would runs in five India 6-38 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 1971 In the latest update, Pujara among bowlers, from 10th to Anderson has moved back to certainly have an impact on both England 7-80 Gubby Allen 1936 has progressed three slots to ninth, while spinner the top five, his four wickets sides as the series heads towards FAISEL FEATURES reach 15th position after his Ravichandran Ashwin was in the match lifting him one its business end. second innings knock of 91 static at the second position place, while Player of the Skipper Virat Kohli had with two wickets from three etrative enough. and is the fourth Indian on the behind Australia’s Pat Match Ollie Robinson has said that a victory at Lord’s did- games, has played pri- Similarly, the skipper has list with Rishabh Pant still Cummins. advanced nine places to 36th n’t guarantee a win in the next marily as a No 7 bats- indicated looking at the work- ahead of him in 12th place Ravindra Jadeja and after his seven-wicket match Test and a defeat at Headingley man whose willow- load of Jasprit Bumrah and despite slipping four slots. Ashwin held on to their third haul. PTI doesn’t mean that an encore wielding skills are Mohammed Shami, both of would happen at the Oval with considered to be far whom have bowled over 100 the series locked at 1-1. better than Ashwin, overs in the series so far. Moeen appointed Not the one to believe that who is perhaps the world’s If their middle-order is a Prasidh added to main squad outside noise (fans and experts) best spinner at the moment. cause of concern, the other should be given much credence, The Oval track has tra- aspect that’s bound to give them London: Karnataka speedster measure. Poms vice-captain the Indian captain, in his heart ditionally helped spinners sleepless nights is the form of Prasidh Krishna, who has been “He (Prasidh) has been London: All-rounder Moeen of hearts, knows that all is not and therefore Ashwin, who rival skipper Joe Root, who has a standby player with the Indian included in the team, mainly Ali has been named as well with his batting unit and the had a six-wicket haul in a already tallied 507 runs in just team for the past three months, because, considering all the England vice-captain for the biggest problem is the perfor- county game for Surrey (vs three games with a hat-trick of was on Wednesday added to the workload management issues fourth Test against India start- mance of its three middle-order Somerset) might just bring in his hundreds. main squad ahead of the fourth an...There is nothing more to it ing Thursday at the Oval. stalwarts — the skipper himself, 400 plus wicket experience to If Ashwin gets a look-in, Test. than that,” Arun said at the vir- Moeen’s elevation comes Cheteshwar Pujara and his trouble the English batters who Root versus Ashwin will be a “The All-India Senior tual press conference before the after Jos Buttler was given a deputy Rahane. have been wary of him in the contest that a lot of cricket fans Selection Committee — based fourth Test. paternity break due to the Pujara might have past. will be looking forward to. on the request of the team man- “So Ishant’s (Sharma) form impending arrival of his sec- redeemed himself with a But Kohli, whose fascination For England, Dawid Malan, agement — has added fast was a bit of concern, I think, but ond child. knock of 91 which was high for four pacers is well document- in his comeback match, was in bowler Prasidh Krishna to we have things sorted out. But The 34-year-old Moeen on ‘intent quotient’ but the ed, might want to replace an off- good touch. Add to it, Mark India’s squad for the fourth Prasidh Krishna is just you has so far played 63 Tests for same can’t be said about colour Ishant Sharma with Wood’s blistering pace and Chris Test,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah know, a precautionary inclu- England, scoring 2879 runs Rahane, whose form is shaky Shardul Thakur, who is more of Woakes’s incisive swing bowling stated in a release. sion,” added Arun. with five hundreds and also despite a crucial 61 in the sec- an all-rounder and it remains to and it is enough to ensure a bit Bowling coach Bharat The 25-year-old has played has 193 wickets to his credit ond innings at the Lord’s. be seen if Ashwin comes in place of workload management for Arun maintained that Krishna’s only nine First-Class games with five five-wicket hauls In all likelihood, Rahane of Jadeja, who hasn’t been pen- James Anderson. inclusion was a “precautionary” with 34 wickets in his kitty. with his off-breaks. PTI Tamim doesn’t want to be Final call on Ashwin before match: Arun in B’desh T20 WC squad PTI n LONDON best bowlers we have However, Arun hinted and its unfortunate that that English batters’ circum- AFP n DHAKA He said he hoped he would ndia’s bowling coach he has not played so far spect way of handling Ashwin This series is still wide open: Shastri be fit for the World Cup, which IBharath Arun said that but if there is an oppor- may lead to a change in nature London: India head coach ier said than done but we angladesh batter Tamim starts in the United Arab English batsmen are “wary of tunity and if we feel that of the track along with fickle Ravi Shastri would like his should remember your good BIqbal on Wednesday said Emirates on October 17, but Ravichandran he is going to fit English weather playing its team to take inspiration from moments as well. Such things that he did not want to be in the added: “The thing that struck Ashwin’s abilities” into the scheme part. its Lord’s Test win rather happen in the game,” Shastri national squad for the T20 me, since I am not playing the on tracks with of things, they “History at the Oval says than think about the humil- said. World Cup to give other players last 15 to 16 games, those who “assistance” but will definitely that it aids spin but you also iating defeat at Leeds ahead Shastri spoke about how a chance. The 32-year-old open- were in my place I don’t think it a call on the both be know how the Englishmen are of the fourth Test. one should take the positives er said he had told the would be fair to them. senior off-spin- bowling in wary of Ashwin’s abilities of Shastri admitted that get- from the Lord’s Test where Bangladesh Cricket Board and “Maybe I would I have been ner’s inclusion tandem,” what he could do if there is ting out for 78 on the first they were in a weaker posi- chief selector Minhajul Abedin in the squad, but I don’t think it will only be Arun said any assistance from the track. day became decisive in the tion at the start of the fifth of his decision on Wednesday. would be fair.” taken on when asked “The best thing would be final context of the third day before turning the tables. “I told them I don’t think I T20I since March last year and Soumya Sarkar, Thursday if both the to decide after looking at the Test but the series is still “England was in the dri- should be in the World Cup missed Bangladesh’s series win Mohammad Naim, Liton Das morning ahead spinners can track tomorrow morning as “wide open”. ver’s seat and we snatched team. I am basically not available over Australia last month and Mahedi Hasan are expect- of the fourth fit into the anything could happen “It’s very easy, you just go victory.” In the last Test for the World Cup,” Tamim because of a knee injury. He is ed to be the main candidates Test. playing XI at Oval between now and tomorrow. back to Lord’s. Just think match, they bowled bril- said in a video message. also out for the current T20 to open the batting at the “Ashwin, no which aids spin So we look at it tomorrow Lord’s, forget the last one. As liantly. But this series is wide Tamim has not played a series against New Zealand. World Cup. doubt, is one of the bowling. morning and decide.” simple as that. I know it’s eas- open.” PTI Impressive start for No 1 Bhagat Manika, Sathiyan seek exemption from Fati takes Messi’s Atletico welcome Tokyo: World number one defeats in both her women’s No 10 Barca shirt shuttler Pramod Bhagat made singles and mixed doubles national camp; face non-selection Barcelona: Barcelona’s 18-year- an impressive start to his cam- matches. Up against Japan’s old striker Ansu Fati is to inher- paign in the men’s singles com- Ayako Suzuki, a Gold medal- PTI n NEW DELHI make a lot of effort (for the WTT Star Contender. it the number 10 shirt worn for back Griezmann petition but young Palak Kohli list at the 2009 World upcoming events),” she said. Both Manika and Sathiyan years by Lionel Messi, the club endured a tough day at the Championships, the 19-year- ndia’s leading table tennis Sathiyan, on his part, said: had won the mixed doubles title said on Wednesday. AFP n PARIS Tokyo Paralympics, here on old Kohli lost 4-21, 7-21 in just Iplayers G Sathiyan and “I am currently training in in Hungary last month and also In a short clip published on Wednesday. 19 minutes in a group A Manika Batra have sought an Poland with some high quality did well in the singles. social media, the teenager is rance forward Antoine Griezmann has made a shock return to Bhagat, the reigning world women singles class SU5 exemption from the national sparring partners and will be However, TTFI advisor M P thrown a blank shirt which he FAtletico Madrid just two years after leaving to join Barcelona, champion, outwitted fellow match. federation for the national camp playing some much needed Singh said the federation’s poli- looks at quizzically before hold- on the final day of a hectic European transfer window. Indian Manoj Sarkar 21-10, 21- Kohli, whose left arm is beginning in Sonipat on quality matches in the Polish cies are not player specific and ing it up to the camera, where it Real Madrid also bagged a French international star as Eduardo 23, 21-9 in his men’s singles under-developed since birth, Thursday, making them ineligi- Superliga. “And then will rest whosoever doesn’t turn up for is suddenly emblazoned with his Camavinga arrived from Rennes — but their attempts to sign Kylian group A class SL3 opener that will next take on Turkey’s ble for selection for the upcom- and recover for few days in the national camp will not be name and the number 10. Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain failed. lasted 56 minutes. Zehra Baglar on Thursday. ing Asian Championships as per Chennai and head to Doha for considered for selection as per “Our new number 10, made World Cup-winning 30-year-old Griezmann, who scored 133 The 33-year-old, who had Kohli and Bhagat had ear- the new rules. WTT on September 17 fol- the new rules. in La Masia,” the caption reads, goals in his first spell with Atletico, has rejoined on a one-year loan contracted polio during his lier gone down fighting against Manika wants to continue lowed by Asians at the same Manav Thakkar and referring to the club’s prestigious deal with an option to extend by another year and an obligation childhood, will face Ukraine’s second seeds Lucas Mazur and with her training regimen in place. So, unfortunately will not Harmeet Desai, who both are youth academy which Fati to buy, the club said. Oleksandr Chyrkov on Faustine Noel in the mixed Pune while Sathiyan is playing be able to attend the camp this training in Germany at the joined when he was 10-years- Midfield prodigy Camavinga, who is just 18, penned a six-year Thursday. Manoj too will clash doubles group B opener. in the Polish league. “I request time.” moment, confirmed that they old. Before Messi, Barca’s num- deal at Real, the club reportedly paying a fee of 31 million euros with Chyrkov on Friday. Bhagat and Kohli, competing (the TTFI) to let me continue The Asian Championships will be joining the camp soon. ber 10 was worn by other play- plus nine million euros more in bonuses. Earlier, Kohli had a diffi- in SL3-SU5 class, lost 9-21, 21- with the training plan I follow. begin in Doha on September 28 Sharath Kamal, too, will be ers like Ronaldinho, Rivaldo or Real had spent the last week trying to clinch a dizzying deal cult day in office as she suffered 15, 19-21 in 43 minutes. PTI I would like to prepare well and and will be preceded by the attending. Romario, all Brazilians. AFP for 22-year-old forward Mbappe, making two bids, the last under- stood to be worth a total of 180 million euros. But PSG’s Qatari owners do not need to sell and appear pre- and saved four match points to pared to risk losing Mbappe for free at the end of the campaign upset Spanish ninth seed Pablo in order to have the World Cup winner, Neymar and Messi togeth- Carreno Busta 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6- er in attack for at least one season. Djoker starts record quest with win 4, 7-6 (9/7). Real can come back in for Mbappe again in January, when they Japan’s 56th-ranked Kei could sign him to a pre-contract agreement to move next summer AFP n NEW YORK ZVEREV STRETCHES STREAK time I’ll be on an 18-match Nishikori, the 2014 US Open without having to pay a transfer fee. Earlier, Tokyo Olympic winning streak,” said Zverev, runner-up, eliminated Italy’s On Tuesday, PSG also announced the signing of teenage orld No 1 Novak champion Alexander Zverev who would claim his first 113th-ranked Salvatore Caruso Portugal defender Nuno Mendes from Sporting Lisbon, on a sea- WDjokovic won without stretched his win streak to 12 Grand Slam title if he creates 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. He next son-long loan with an option to buy. playing his best to reach the matches and warned he has his such a run. plays American Mackenzie In Barcelona, Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal joined second round of the US Open eyes on denying Djokovic the The 24-year-old German, McDonald with Djokovic a Tottenham Hotspur for 25 million euros after two seasons on loan on Tuesday in his quest for a Slam. who next faces Spain’s Albert possible third-round oppo- with Real Betis, while teenager Ilaix Moriba head- calendar-year Grand Slam and Fourth seed Zverev, who Ramos-Vinolas, could face nent. ed to RB Leipzig for an initial 16 million record 21st Major title. beat Djokovic in an Olympic Djokovic in the semi-finals. Wimbledon runner-up euros. The 34-year-old Serbian semi-final, dispatched Matteo Berrettini, a US Open They also announced a deadline-day star dominated much of the American Sam Querrey 6-4, QUALIFIER PULLS STUNNER semi-finalist two years ago, defeat- deal to take Sevilla forward Luuk de Jong way in beating 18-year-old 7-5, 6-2. French-born US qualifier ed France’s Jeremy Chardy 7-6 on loan. Danish qualifier Holger Rune “I hope in two weeks’ Maxime Cressy fired 44 aces (7/5), 7-6 (9/7), 6-3. In the Premier 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-1 after two League, Chelsea hours and 15 minutes in the secured the signing night feature at Arthur Ashe of Atletico midfield- Stadium. Andreescu battles it out on return er Saul Niguez on a “It wasn’t the best of my season-long loan. performances,” Djokovic said. New York: World No 1 Ashleigh event outlasted Swiss Early strugglers “At the same time, he played Barty, coming off wins at Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 4-6, Arsenal signed Japan well in the second set when it Wimbledon and Cincinnati, began 7-5 after two hours and 48 defender Takehiro mattered and I didn’t serve well her chase for back-to-back Slam minutes. Tomiyasu from Bologna in the second set.” titles by defeating Russian Vera Olympic champion and for a fee worth a report- History-chasing Djokovic, Zvonareva 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) at the US 11th seed Belinda Bencic ed £19.8 million, and who has won eight of the past Open on Tuesday. claimed an opening-round offloaded defender Hector 12 Grand Slam events, will next The 25-year-old Australian next win over Arantxa Rus of the Bellerin to Real Betis on a sea- face 121st-ranked Dutchman faces Denmark’s Clara Tauson as she Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4 while son-long loan. Tallon Griekspoor. Holger Rune, left, and Novak Djokovic, meet at the net after first-round match AP goes for her sixth title of the year. Iga Swiatek, seeded seventh, On Wednesday former Djokovic would complete the New York hardcourts. He Federer and Rafael Nadal, both Canadian sixth seed Bianca defeating American qualifier Jamie Bayern Munich defender Jerome the first men’s singles calendar- would also break the deadlock absent due to injuries, as is Andreescu, the 2019 US Open Loeb, 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 14 Boateng joined Ligue 1 side Lyon on year Slam since Rod Laver in for all-time men’s Slam titles at defending champion Dominic winner who skipped last year’s minutes. AFP a two-year deal after his contract 1969 by winning the crown on 20 which he shares with Roger Thiem. with the German giants expired. 12

Vijayawada | Thursday September 2, 2021 tollywood VISHAL SIGNS PAN-INDIA FILM ctor have finalised one Vishal title for all lan- who cele- guages and they will A brated his announce the same birthday very soon. recently, The film is being has signed a pan produced by India project, being Vishal’s close directed by debu- friends and actors tant A Vinoth Nandha and Kumar. Raja Raja Ramanaa under the Chora actress banner Rana Sunaina is the lead Productions. actress in the film Meanwhile, that was launched Vishal’s next, on Wednesday in Samanyudu is also Chennai. Regular gearing up for a shooting of the film theatrical release. has also begun in In the past few Chennai. months, he has Touted to be an quickly wrapped up action entertainer, two big projects the film will have Enemy costarring some incredible Arya and Veeramae stunt episodes. Vaagai Soodum the WHEN CHIRU MET STALIN According to latter also produced sources, the makers by him.

egastar Chiranjeevi met Tamilnadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday to M congratulate him on becoming Chief Minister. The star went to Chennai to meet CM Stalin. Stalin’s son and actor Udayanidhi accompanied him. Stalin had been receiving applause for the recent Vijay Antony’s thriller to administrative steps he has been taking. Chiranjeevi said he became a fan of Stalin’s work. The actor has close ties with Tamilnadu for he began his career in Madras and lived in the city for close to 25 years. His brother, actor-politician Pawan Kalyan, too, recently hit theatres on Sept. 17 wrote to Stalin appreciating his work as a chief minister. ctor Vijay Antony, who creat- ed a sen- A sation Aadi impresses with with Bichcha gadu in Tollywood, is gearing up for his Music School Atithi Devobhava next, Vijaya to Raghavan, helmed by Ananda Krishnan. The feature a stellar cast film is all set to hit theatres very first look soon. The teaser of the film oung actor eddy.” released recently Aadi Sai Just like the title created a lot of Kumar has Atithi Devobhava, the buzz. lined up a first look poster too, is The actor looks Y bunch of interesting and an killer with his interesting attention-grabbing one. stylish intense projects and In the poster, Aadi can looks in the film his ongoing film under be seen touted to be a the direction of running towards a huge political action Polimera Nageshwar is mirror. The thriller. Vijaya all set for release. The mirror has a romantic Raghavan, also amini Films, the #SuhasiniMulay #BenjaminGilani film’s shooting was still of Aadi and starring Hyderabad-based produc- #GracyGoswami,” tweeted the wrapped up recently, his lead actress Aathmika as the tion banner, announced a makers. and currently, we hear, Nuveksha. female lead, is set musical feature Music Choreographer Adam Murray, who post-production works The film is being to release in the- Y School on Wednesday. has credits include The King’s Man, are underway. jointly produced by atres on The musical feature film, Cruella and Rocketman, is aboard for On Wednesday, the Rajababu Miryala and September 17. being made in various languages, the shoot. Cinematographer Kiran title and first look Ashok Reddy Miryala. The film is stars Sharman Joshi, Shriya Saran, Deohans is also attached. poster of the movie The technical crew of being produced Suhasini Mulay, Benjamin Gilani, were revealed. Atithi Atithi by TD Rajha and Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Vinay Devobhava has been Devobhava'includes DR Sanjay Varma, Gracy Goswamy, and Ozu announced to be the Sekhar Chandra for Kumar, under the Barua. Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, is title of the romantic music, Karthik Srinivas banner of on board the feature film and has action thriller. for editing, and Chendur Film written 12 original songs for the pro- Sharing the poster, Amarnath Reddy for International. ject. Aadi wrote: “Here camerawork. Papa Rao Biyyala, founder of comes the Promising Aadi Sai Kumar was Yamini Films is directing the feature, First look of last seen in Sashi, which is about the pressure of the #SrinivasaCineCreations which was written and unimaginative education system on ' #AtithiDevobhava ing directed by debutant children, which aims only to make #AadiSaiKumar & Srinivas Naidu SAI DHARAM LAUNCHES them doctors or engineers, leaving no #Nuveksha Directed by Nadikatla. The film time for art or sport. #PolimeraNageshwar also featured Surbhi in #THANKYOUCOLLECTOR INITIATIVE “Yamini films , a one-of-a-kind #SekharChandra the lead. The musical by #Ilaiyaraaja #KarthikSrinivas film reportedly ith just a month lives in the struggle. How @TheSharmanJoshi & @shriya1109 @AMARNATH_DOP had an average left for the release many of us know about #PapaRaoBiyyala @prakashraaj #RajababuMiryala, run at the box of his upcoming them? @AdzMurray @prince_ozu @vrsid- #AshokReddyMiryala office. film Republic, So, to pay tributes to dareddy @kirandeohans #RamaSatyaNarayanaR w actor Sai Dharam them, we are launching an @MonaAmbegaonkar @drsagarJNU Tej took to his initiative called Thank You Instagram handle to launch Collector to throw light on #ThankYouCollector Stories their stories.” initiative. Directed by Deva Katta of The actor, who plays a Prasthanam fame, the film Paagal to stream District Collector called has Aishwarya Rajesh play- Panja Abhiram in the movie, ing the female lead. Prime Video, adding further value shared in a video that the Produced by J Bhagawan on Amazon to the Telugu content slate on the initiative starting and J Pullarao under the service. September 8, is JB Entertainments Set in Visakhapatnam, the film aimed at banner in associa- from Sept. 3 centers around Prem, a flamboyant bringing tion with Zee young man who, out of despair fol- out the Studios, the TT giant Amazon Prime lowing his mother’s demise, sets out stories of film is tipped Video on Wednesday to seek the love of his life. His brave as an intrigu- announced the premiere quest, however, leads him to multi- IAS offi- ing social of the Telugu romantic ple women he falls for, until the cers. drama, that O comedy Paagal. cupid truly strikes and brings along He primarily The film will premier with it challenges Prem hadn’t bar- wrote: focuses on the on the platform on September 3. gained for. What lies ahead is a vol- “We three pillars of Directed by debutante director ley of sequences replete with respect our democracy leg- Naresh Kuppili, the film is head- drama, humour, and quirk that soldiers who islative, executive, lined by Vishwak Sen, known for promise to keep you hooked till the safeguard us and judiciary. his portrayals in films like end. Paagal also features Rahul from enemies in the Jagapathi Babu and Falaknuma Das, Ee Nagaraniki Ramakrishna, Murali Sharma, borders. We have seen and Ramya Krishna will be seen Emaindi, and Hit. The film also has Mahesh Achanta, and Indraja heard about their valour and playing pivotal roles in this actresses Nivetha Pethuraj, Simran Shankar in pivotal roles. sacrifice. At the same time, upcoming drama. Choudhary, and Megha Lekha in Dil Raju has produced the movie District Collectors struggle Mani Sharma is taking the lead roles. under his production house Sri on a daily basis to protect care of the music depart- Following its theatrical release Venkateswara Creations in associa- the nation from the hands of ment. The film is slated to last month, Paagal is headed for an tion with Bekkam Venugopal’s inland enemies. Some win hit the screens on October 1 early digital premiere on Amazon Lucky Media. and some even lose their for Gandhi Jayanti weekend.