Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW A DIFFERENT KIND OF SENSEX PLUMMETS 886 PTS; BUNDESLIGA BACK WITH BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH ILLNESS NIFTY CRACKS BELOW 9,200 BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN DER KLASSIKER VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 214 HYDERABAD, FRIDAY MAY 15, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable VISHNU WANTS TO SHARE STORIES OF BRAVE TELUGU ARMY PERSONNEL { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com GOVT'S ‘JUMLA PACKAGE' WAY SHORT ALL PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES RECEIVED OVER FIVE LAKH SUGGESTIONS LG POLYMERS BEGINS SHIPMENT OF OF WHAT PM HAD PROMISED: CONG CANCELLED TILL JUNE 30 FOR LOCKDOWN 4.0, SAYS KEJRIWAL STYRENE TO SOUTH KOREA he Congress on Thursday said the government's economic package ndian Railways on Thursday said that it has cancelled all bookings for arning that the coming time will be difficult for the city and its people, week after gas leak from its plant near here left 12 people dead and Thas so far fallen way short of what the prime minister had promised Itrain tickets made till June 30 and given full refunds, adding that Special WDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he received more Alanded over 400 in hospitals, LG Polymers India on Thursday said it the nation and dubbed it as a "jumla package". Senior and Shramik trains will ply as usual. Regular train services, including than five lakh suggestions for the relaxations in lockdown 4.0, to be has begun transportation the remaining Styrene Monomer to South spokesperson of the party Anand Sharma said the Mail, Express, Passenger, and Suburban have been cancelled, said a implemented from next week. Addressing the media, Kejriwal said the Korea. "We have begun the transportation of Styrene Monomer (SM) country believed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was notification issued by Director, Passenger Marketing, Railway Board. lockdown was announced on March 24. "It has been 1.5 months and inventory within the plant as well as in styrene serious when he made the "dramatic" announcement of "The competent authority has desired that all tickets booked in this period almost the entire country and city was shut. Closing tanks at the port by vessels to South Korea to giving 10 per cent of the GDP as a package to revive the for trains for the period up to June 30, 2020 may be everything was easy but opening the economy will be very prevent and eliminate all risk factors," the economy and support workers and migrant labourers, cancelled and full refund generated," it added. The Railways difficult. We need to work very hard now. The coming time will be company said. A team of technical and expectations had soared. "The finance started 15 pairs of Special Rajdhani trains from Tuesday. very difficult for us," he said. Kejriwal said his government received experts from the company's Seoul minister's announcement dashed all hopes," Shramik Special trains to transport stranded migrant workers, more than five lakh suggestions from the public and after headquarters has also arrived at he said. students, pilgrims and tourists were resumed from May 1. analysing them, he will send the suggestions to the Centre. LG Polymers India plant. Free foodgrains to migrants, ‘Work from home' to be easy credit to farmers new normal for govt offices FM announces slew of steps to provide relief to farmers, migants PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI tariat will continue to go for Centre extends subsidy for Centre issues draft guidelines staggered attendance and vari- The government on Thursday 'Work from home' may able working hours to maintain announced a Rs 3.16 lakh become a new normal post- social distancing at workplace, crore package of free food- middle class to boost housing lockdown for government the ministry said. grains for migrant workers, NEW DELHI: Finance Minister stimulus package for a employees to ensure social "Therefore, a broad frame- concessional credit to farmers Nirmala Sitharaman today coronavirus-hit economy, said a distancing norms till the coro- work for work from home is and working capital loan for announced a Rs 70,000 crore credit-linked subsidy scheme for navirus pandemic is checked. important to standardize the street vendors as part of the boost to the housing and middle-income groups that had Sateesh Draft guidelines in this operating procedure even post- second tranche of fiscal stim- construction sectors that have been operationalised in May leaves regard have been circulated by lockdown situation and to ensure ulus to heal an economy hit been affected by the coronavirus 2017 and expired on March 31 the Personnel Ministry to all safety and security of informa- hard by coronavirus lockdown. outbreak and lockdown, by would be extended by 12 months a void central government depart- tion, while accessing government At a news conference, Finance extending an interest subsidy to March 2021. The move, she ments asking them to send files and information remotely Minister Nirmala Sithara- scheme meant to help said, would provide the housing their comments on it by May from home," it said. man said 8 crore migrant middle class families build and constr-uction sectors by 21, failing which, it would be The draft has given broad workers will get 5 kgs of or purchase a house. stimulating demand for steel, 4 presumed that they are in agree- Standard Operating Procedures grains and 1 kg of pulses Sitharaman, unveiling the cement, transportation, and ment with the proposed draft. (SOPs) that will ensure smooth free for two months, while second tranche of Prime other construc-tion-related Preparing for life amid Preparing for life amid COVID-19 pandemic, and seamless functioning of the 50 lakh street vendors ren- Minister Narendra Modi's materials and activities. COVID-19 pandemic, the min- government for continuity of dered jobless by Rs 20 lakh crore 2 istry said that the steps were the ministry said that the steps were being the office works besides impart- the lockdown being initiated because the virus initiated because the virus necessitated many ing resilience in the ecosystem would be given We are now offering a one-year necessitated many ministries to ministries to operate from home to maintain even in post-lockdown situa- a working cap- operate from home to maintain tion. ital loan of Rs extension of the scheme - from social distancing. social distancing Employees will be provided 10,000 each. March 2020 to March 2021 According to the draft, the with logistic support in the 2 — NIRMALA SITHARAMAN, Finance Minister government may provide departments in government ing facilities of National form of laptops or desktops by option for work from home to have successfully managed and Informatics Centre (NIC). This the respective ministries or the eligible officers and staff for rendered exemplary results in was the first of its kind of expe- departments and employees 15 days in a year as a matter of combat against the ongoing rience in Government of will be reimbursed for Internet Leopard sighted on Govt hosp tells policy. There are 48.34 lakh pandemic outbreak during the India," it said. services that they would use central government employees. lockdown period by leveraging It is quite likely that for the while working from home. no Covid, pvt "Many of the ministries and e-office and video conferenc- near future, the central secre- 2 road in Mailardevpally hosp says +ve PNS n HYDERABAD police and forest officials who HC TO TS GOVT Experts predict rushed to the spot along with NAVEENA GHANATE Indian troops The sight of a leopard near an the rescue team of the Zoo, but n HYDERABAD maintaining early onset of underpass in Mailardevpally the beast ran off before they on Thursday morning created arrived at the scene. Efforts A techie who had gone to a ‘posture' along Collect samples of dead too for Covid test monsoon panic among locals and were on to safely rescue the wild government hospital for border with China motorists passing by. The leop- animal, Forest officials said. Covid-19 testing was INKESHAF AHMED It also asked the government ard, which appeared to be “The leopard first moved to informed that there was no n HYDERABAD injured, was seen lying beside the adjacent footpath and then need for it as he was asymp- to take steps for extension of the median of a Road Under ran onto the road. It was last seen tomatic. 5 The Telangana High Court on Covid-19 treatment to patients Bridge (RUB), as curious, and jumping over the compound However, two days later, Thursday asked the state gov- mostly terrified, people clicked wall of a private farmhouse when he visited a private ernment to collect samples at all district hospitals with pictures from a distance. near Shamshabad. Search oper- hospital, he tested positive. also from dead bodies and good infrastructure, besides The animal was seen sitting ation is underway and traps have In a statement, Care conduct coronavirus detection Gandhi Hospital next to the median for a long been set up to capture it. Hospital, mentioned: "Patient tests as per the guidelines of time. Passersby informed the 2 S* Rao, 30 yr Male came to WHO and ICMR. It also asked OPD on May 11th to the government to take steps while dealing with two Public one Dr. KP Rajender Kumar, Pulmonology Department. for extension of Covid-19 treat- Interest Litigation (PIL) peti- retired District Medical and Patient has no COVID symp- ment to patients at all district tions. Health Officer of Jogulamba toms, was complaining dis- hospitals with good infrastruc- While one plea was filed by Gadwal district of the state, comfort in chest. ture, besides Gandhi Hospital. the vice president of Telangana seeking a direction to the state He was advised CT scan, A division bench of the HC, Jana Samithi (TJS) and the con- government to take samples but he decided to undergo comprising Justice MS venor of Telangana Democratic also from dead bodies and scan outside Care Hospital Ramachandra Rao and Justice Forum Prof. PL Visweswar conduct Covid-19 tests. 4 and had no reports, but was K Laxman, passed these orders Rao, the other one was filed by 2 Full story on told verbally that he has strong suspicion of COVID". 2 UN economic experts hail India's TS-bPASS to start from June first week ‘impressive' PNS n HYDERABAD TS-bPASS inter alia will KCR may ease lockdown further allow a citizen to construct a stimulus package MA&UD Minister K T Rama house after self-certification if L VENKAT RAM REDDY Rao has said that from June the dwelling is to be built with- n HYDERABA n GHMC limits alone the TS-bPASS (TS Building in 75 square yards. may see strict lockdown Approval and Self-certification The Minister stated that Telangana State may ease till May 29 8 System) will be implemented TS-bPASS was being imple- lockdown norms further in across the state. mented in 87 municipalities orange and green zones from He held a review on the on a trial basis. The officials May 18. n KCR to take call on RTC implementation of TS-bPASS have been verifying applica- Chief Minister K buses today TODAY here along with MA&UD sec- tions and a few buildings have Chandrasekhar Rao has con- retary Arvind Kumar. Officials already received permissions. vened a high-level meeting at ALMANAC were instructed to be gear up About 1,100 applications have Pragathi Bhavan here on state and open up further Month & Paksham: for the roll-out of TS-bPASS been received until now. Friday to review the implemen- some of the economic activities. Paush & Shukla Paksha from the first week of June. 2 tation of lockdown in the 2 Panchangam Tithi : Ashtami: 08:21 am Mallya ready to Nakshatram: Dhanishtha: 08:29 am Virus mutation not a cause of worry: Dr Rakesh Mishra Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start repay if case closed any important work) DAVE BENNETT SILVERY is expected, we do have a PNS n NEW DELHI Rahukalam: 10:36 am – 12:12 pm n HYDERABAD We have been sequencing a large number of viruses and it is unique strain privy to the Yamagandam: 03:24 pm – 05:01 pm expected, we do have a unique strain privy to the Indian Indian subcontinent. While Govt warned of another COVID-like Fugitive Indian businessman Varjyam: 04:28 pm – 06:15 pm Recent studies around the subcontinent. While there are more than 20,000 isolated sequences there are more than 20,000 iso- Vijay Mallya again urged the Gulika: 07:24 am - 09:00 am globe shows that the Covid-19 around the world, there are more than 150 sequences in India lated sequences around the zoonotic disease from elephants central government on caused by the SARS-CoV-2 world, there are more than 150 Thursday to unconditionally Good Time: (to start any important work) — RAKESH MISHRA, Director, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) NEW DELHI: In the wake of growing threat from emerging zoonotic diseases, virus, which emerged in sequences in India. With pas- like the deadly coronavirus, an animal right organisation has urged Union accept his offer of bank loan Amritakalam: 03:06 am – 04:53 am Wuhan, China, over four sage of time, the virus does Minister Giriraj Singh to ban elephants from being exhibited or trained for repayment and close the case Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:46 am – 12:38 pm months ago, has since the strain of coronavirus However, experts say that mutate and it is found to be the performances, as high prevalence of tuberculosis among them can pose a against him. mutated, raising con- that causes coronavirus there is no reason to worry yet same case with the Indian threat to public health. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) In a tweet, HYDERABAD cerns if there ever will be disease 2019 (Covid- and that further research has to strain as well, however, there is knocked on the doors of the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal the embat- WEATHER an end to the spread of 19) and is mainly be done before setting off bells no particular feature of the Husbandry and Dairying and called for his attention to another imminent tled liquor the virus. transmitted of caution. virus in India that is different zoonotic threat -- tuberculosis -- faced by captive elephants in the baron Forecast: Mostly sunny The virus, through Speaking to The Pioneer, Dr from the rest of the world” said country. In a letter, Giriraj Singh was apprised that tuberculosis, which alleged that Temp: 41/27 Severe Acute droplets gener- Rakesh Mishra, Director, Dr Mishra. can be transmitted from elephants to humans, has been detected in his offer of Humidity: 44% Respiratory ated when an Centre for Cellular & A very basic feature of the elephants in the country."Many captive elephants in the country suffer 100 per cent Sunrise: 05:44 am Syndrome infected per- Molecular Biology (CCMB), ‘corona’ family of viruses is they from TB," the letter stated. PETA noted that captive elephants who have payback to a consortium of Sunset: 06:41 pm Coronavirus son coughs, talks about the virus mutation. mutate very fast. It is normal, tested reactive for TB have been used for rides at Amer Fort near Jaipur public sector banks is being Current Weather Conditions 2 (SARS- sneezes, or “We have been sequencing a to be expected. and that those used in circuses, films, TV shows, festivals, parades, and constantly ignored. Updated May 14, 2020 5:00 PM CoV-2) is exhales. large number of viruses and it 2 other spectacles could also be putting the public at risk. 2 HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 hyderabad 02 Ryots told to grow what is A long-cherished Two naxalites of New Democracy surrender PV KONDAL RAO ent cases that were registered n WARANGAL in the region for the past 17 in demand years. The Commissioner said PNS n HYDERABAD Two underground members of the naxalite went underground dream now a reality the CPI (ML) New Democracy after completing his ITI train- Calling upon farmers to take surrendered before the ing in Narsampet and from up crops that had demand PNS n WARANGAL Warangal Police 1998 he was among the under- nationally and also interna- Water released to Devadula project Commissioner V Ravinder ground activists of the squads tionally instead of growing With the release of water to here on Thursday. According operating in the region. crops based on convention Devadula project canal from canal from Dharmasagar reservoir to the Commissioner of Police In 2003, Suryam was elevat- and tradition, Agriculture Dharmasagar reservoir in the Dr V Ravinder , the surren- ed as the Commander of the Minister Singireddy Niranjan district on Thursday, a long- dered Naxalites were identified squad subsequent to the death Reddy on Thursday said the cherished dream of farmers of as party state committee mem- of Commander Srinivas and State government wished to three constituencies - Station ber and Mahbubabad area from 2013 he led the splinter see a scenario where farmers Ghanpur, Wardhannapet and divisional secretary Soma group of New Democracy will be able decide the price Parkal - in erstwhile Warangal Bhaskar alias Suryam and The naxalites who surrendered before the Warangal CP on Thursday when the party split into two for their produce without district has come true. A total Mahabubabad district com- factions. The police official depending on market forces. of 91,700 acres of land would mittee member Burka Pratahp native of Thimmampet village native of Gunjedu village in said the surrendered was Speaking with officers be irrigated through this canal alias Shaym. in Duggondi mandal of Kothaguda mandal of Mulugu wanted in extortion cases and from Agriculture and taken up under J Chokka Rao The police official said the Warangal rural district , while district. He detailed that the he involved in two different Horticultural departments at Devadula Lift Irrigation state committee member Soma the district committee member state leader was wanted in encounters that occurred in his residence here, he said Scheme under package 46. Bhaskar alias Suryam is a Burka Pratap alias Shyam is a connection with twelve differ- Kothaguda forests. that the government was con- Panchayat Raj and Rural centrating on "comprehensive development Minister farming" for the benefit of Errabelli Dayakar Rao for- farmers. "Chief Minister K mally released the Devadula 2 flights with Chandrashekhar Rao aims lift irrigation project water to Free foodgrain to migrants, easy... at strengthening the farming the south main channel at the Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao releasing the water on Thursday Continued from Page 1 affordable houses for the mid- 312 evacuees sector which was neglected Dharmasagar Head regulator. dle-income group with an annu- Centre extends... by the rulers of combined Speaking after releasing the ed in a phased manner," he span of three years and it helps As many as 2.5 crore farm- al income of Rs 6 lakh to Rs 18 Continued from Page 1 land in Hyd State for decades," he said. water from the reservoir, the said. "This canal will provide expanding the irrigation poten- ers will be provided Rs 2 lakh lakh. Sitharaman said the cen- "We wish to give middle income PNS n HYDERABAD He said that no other State Minister said that the decades irrigation to 40,178 acres in 11 tial in the region. Warangal crore of concessional credit tral government will bear Rs groups - referring to the lowest in the country was encourag- old dream of the people of the villages in Station Ghanpur urban Zilla Parishad Chair through Kisan Credit Cards. 3,500 crore cost of giving free strata of the middle class ing agriculture like Telangana region had been realised due to constituency, 36,911 acres of Person Sudheer , MLAs Aroori Also for post-harvest (Rabi) foodgrain and pulses to (incomes between Rs 6 and Rs 18 Two more evacuation flights and urged the officers to Chief Minister K land in 11 villages in Ramesh, Dr T Rajaiah ,Challa and current Kharif crop require- migrant workers. State govern- lakh only) a scheme for subsidised with 312 evacuees from the encourage farmers to take up Chandrashekhar Rao. "The Wardhannapet constituency Dharma Reddy and MLC ments in May and June, ments will be responsible for housing. We are now offering a Philippines and the US land- farming based on the direc- projects taken up by and 14,611 acres in seven vil- Pochampalli Srinivas Reddy NABARD will provide Rs 30,000 implementation, identification one-year extension of the scheme ed at Hyderabad's Rajiv tions given by the govern- Chandrashekhar Rao to pro- lages of Parkal constituency," he were also present on the occa- crore additional emergency of migrants and full distribu- - from March 2020 to March Gandhi International Airport ment. He said that farmers vide irrigation to maximum explained. He said the project sion. The Chief Engineer of working capital funding for farm- tion. Also to benefit of migrant 2021," Sitharaman said. "This had on Thursday, airport offi- will be at loss if all of them extent of land and turn the was completed with an expen- Devadula Project Bangaraiah ers through rural cooperative workers, the government plans already benefitted 3.3 lakh cials said. The fifth Vande grow the same kind of crop. lands green are being complet- diture of Rs 78.20 crore in a graced the occasion. banks and regional rural banks. to allow inter-state portability families. The extension by 12 Bharat evacuation flight of She also announced a Rs of ration cards under public months will benefit another 2.5 Air India AI 1612 from 70,000 crore boost to the hous- distribution system (PDS) so as lakh middle income families and Manila via Delhi landed at ing sector through one-year to allow them to use their cards generate a sudden demand in the 1:58 a.m. with 149 passen- Virus mutation not a cause of worry... extension of subsidised loan for anywhere to get benefit. housing sector," she added. gers. The sixth flight AI 104 from Washington via Delhi reached at 8:22 a.m. with 163 Continued from Page 1 or more dangerous, less spread- Talking about herd immuni- done. As many as possible passengers. The passengers of ing or more spreading is very ty, Dr Mishra feels that it is nei- must be done so that we can ‘Work from both the flights were serviced The SARS-CoV-2 virus is unlikely from what researches ther a safe nor a viable policy. take care of people in a much Collect samples of... through the fully sanitised mutating but not at a particu- at CCMB have seen so far. “In order to achieve herd more informed way. Ideally, home' to be... international arrivals of the larly faster rate than what is There is no need to word immunity, more than 60 per everyone in Hyderabad should Continued from Page 1 spreading the virus to treat- main passenger terminal. expected of this virus family. about it as it is not a major cent of people need to be be tested and we can tackle the Continued from Page 1 ing doctors and paramedical After the completion of “On the Indian strain and iso- cause of concern, says Dr infected. That will take sever- crisis, how to control the spread Arguing the case before the staff, family members and immigration and other for- lates, so far there is nothing Mishra, adding that we have to al months. We are not in a state and in a month or two, flatten "Department of HC, the counsel for Prof. close contacts of the deceased malities, the passengers were very unusual about the Indian step up surveillance of the to afford such conditions as it the curve. But whether it will be Expenditure may consider Rao told the HC that there and funeral service providers. transported to designated isolates to suggest that they are virus and keep researching to will lead to a large number of possible to test everyone should reimbursement for data uses to was a possibility that the To support his case, he gave locations in the city for a more or less virulent. It has its find if the virus has mutated in deaths and it is not feasible in be taken into consideration the officers working from state would enter the third the example of the recent mandatory 14-day quaran- own signature that helps us a way that could be alarming. terms of ventilators available or given that it is such an arduous home and if required may stage of the Covid-19 virus if death of a Kurnool-based tine period as per the rules track the spread of the virus,” “The only cause of worry so far the facilities we have,” he said. task,” said Dr Mishra. issue separate guidelines in this the virus detection tests were doctor, who died of Covid-19 framed by the Ministry of said Dr Mishra. Researchers are is that the vaccines developed Addressing the controversy When asked about the Chief regard," the draft guidelines not performed on the dead virus, and said that six fam- Home Affairs. checking on whether there’s a will be in line with a particu- over the low number of tests in Minister’s prediction of a vac- said. However, the draft makes bodies of the people. He also ily members of the doctor Telangana government in genetic difference among lar strain of virus. But as it Telangana, Dr Mishra said that cine coming from Hyderabad it clear that papers marked told the HC that the virus had tested positive to the coron- coordination with the Indians that is determining keeps mutating, vaccines he agrees that more number of by August, the director said that "classified or secret" will not be infected several treating doc- avirus. Ministry of External Affairs, how we handle the virus. become inefficient. Like HIV, tests must be done. “However, there is no likelihood of a vac- processed while working from tors and family members of Agreeing with the argu- various central agencies and However, the biological con- there is no vaccine for Covid- we should also see if we have cine coming out in the next home for the time being till the the dead people. He said that ments of the petitioners, the the airport authorities made sequences of the strain, in 19 yet” said the CCMB direc- the resources and facilities. I several months, at least till NIC evaluates existing securi- the state government issued division bench said that the special arrangements to han- terms of it being less dangerous tor. agree that more tests should be early next year. ty protocol for remote access an order on April 20, 2020 cause of the death of the dle the arrivals as per the of classified files and informa- asking its healthcare staff to deceased would not be standard operating protocol tion in consultation with not collect the samples from revealed if the Covid-19 tests issued by the Ministry of KCR holds meet Home Ministry and propose dead bodies to perform the were not performed and Home Affairs. All passengers KCR may ease lockdown further suitable guidelines and SOP Covid-19 tests. added that such non-perfor- and aircraft crew were brought with rice millers for handling such material on Arguing the case before the mance would also lead to the out from the aircraft in batch- e-office. "Till the time classified division bench, Dr. Kumar spread of the virus. It asked es of 20-25 persons. Each PNS n HYDERABAD Continued from Page 1 Transport Authority were also not allowed RTC buses to run files shall be processed on told the HC that the conduct the state government to file passenger was screened by the opened in red, orange and so far. KCR is expected to take standalone computers only as of the Covid-19 tests on dead a detailed counter affidavit thermal cameras positioned at Chief Minister K It may be recalled that the green zones to enable proper- a call on allowing RTC services specified in the Central bodies was a matter of on the issue by May 26,2020 the aerobridge exit by airport Chandrashekhar Rao on Telangana cabinet meeting ty and vehicle registrations. in green and orange zones with Secretariat Manual of Office extreme importance as there before adjourning the matter health officials prior to immi- Thursday met with represen- held on May 5 had decided to The complete lockdown was certain restrictions on pas- Procedure (CSMOP)," it said. was a clear possibility of the till the same date. gration formalities. tatives of the Telangana State extend the lockdown in state enforced in the state from sengers in the meeting to be Rice Millers Association at till May 29. However, the cab- March 22 to May 5. held on Friday. However, Pragathi Bhavan. inet subsequently approved In districts that were cate- GHMC limits covering In this meeting, a compre- exemption of a few more sec- gorised as orange and red Hyderabad and surrounding hensive discussion took place tors from lockdown effective zones, the government allowed districts, though growth KCR is hatching a on meausres to be taken for May 6 with an eye on lifting opening of all shops on a rota- engines of Telangana economy, the marketing of Paddy and revenue earnings for the cash- tion basis with 50 per cent of have been witnessing sharp Rice in the backdrop of strapped state government. the total shops covered each spike in corona cases for the conspiracy: Congress increase in paddy production Accordingly, liquor shops day to avoid massing of peo- past one week. Official sources PNS n KAMAREDDY refuse to grow the crops and cultivation in the state. were opened across the state ple. say KCR will be forced to being suggested by the State The Chief Minister inquired even in red zones, along with Although the Centre has enforce strict lockdown in Former Minister Mohammed government. He said that about the capacity of the rice green and orange zones, from permitted states to operate GHMC limits till May-end as Ali Shabbir on Thursday KCR was indirectly promot- mills in the state and future May 6. Similarly, the offices of RTC buses with limited occu- any further lockdown relax- accused Chief Minister K ing Corporate Farming, a course of strategy to be fol- the Stamps and Registration pancy in orange and green ations could spin the situation Chandrashekhar Rao of proposal which was rejected lowed. department and the Road zones, the TS government has out of control. hatching a conspiracy to take by the previous Congress away farmers' lands to facil- government to protect the itate 'corporate farming' in interest of farmers. the State. He was speaking to He said that farmers have media after distributing more knowledge and experi- TS-bPass to start from June first week essential commodities to ence than politicians like nurses in ANM VRA KCR in deciding what they Continued from Page 1 meeting within two days with various online options (Mee used for approval. He asked Government Hospital in should cultivate in a given the district collectors, revenue Seva centers, mobile app) for officials to upgrade the soft- Kamareddy district. season. There might be KTR asked officials to officials and town planning the citizens to send in their ware based on the feedback Shabbir Ali said that the abundant crops and there upgrade the required infra- officials from GHMC limits. applications, apart from offline given by officials.Mayor Bonthu Chief Minister has given a would be small yields structure and enhance training He wanted the officials to registrations. A call center is Rammohan, MA&UD Principal veiled threat to farmers that depending upon the rainfall, for employees to ensure hassle- work towards providing online also being set up for those who Secretary Arvind Kumar, they would be deprived of humidity, temperature, qual- free transactions. approvals, once the complete have any queries. KTR CDMA Director Satyanarayana, investment support of Rs ity of seeds, fertilizers and The Minister instructed system falls in place. He expressed his happiness over and senior officials from 5,000 per acre per season also the methodologies being MA&UD officials to call for a instructed officials to provide the present software system MA&UD Dept participated. under Rythu Bandhu if they adopted by farmers. Mallya ready Govt hosp tells no Covid, pvt hosp says +ve Leopard to repay if... sighted on Continued from Page 1 evaluated further for underly- Yadadri a couple of days back, mounted to 1,414. There are Continued from Page 1 ing cause. He has been in hos- the district per se is Covid-free, 428 active cases. Thirteen per- He came back on 13th May pital for 2 days. He is showing according to health authorities. sons were discharged on road... "Congratulations to the gov- to Care Hospital and under- his willingness to go to Gandhi These three districts stand out, Thursday, taking the total Continued from Page 1 ernment for a Covid-19 relief went repeat HRCT which Hospital for further treatment." though the number of cases in number of those who have package. They can print as showed ground glassing While the patient was Telangana has been on the rise. recovered in the state to 952. However, teams have to much currency as they want appearance and strong suspect moved to Gandhi Hospital on In all, 26 districts in the state There were no deaths report- wait as the leopard seems to BUT should a small contribu- of COVID. He was admitted Thursday, samples of his fam- have no cases reported over the ed on Thursday. be hiding,” said an official tor like me who offers 100 per the same day in special isola- ily were collected. Patient was past 14 days. As per the Health from the Nehru Zoological cent payback of state-owned tion room, and sample report- allegedly billed for Rs80,000 Department, 27 males and 7 Park. bank loans be constantly ed positive on 14 May. The but the hospital claimed that 47 more positive cases females succumbed to the virus Senior officials of the ignored? Please take my money patient has neither travel his- the patient is covered under In all, 47 patients tested in the state. Maximum deaths Forest Department are unconditionally and close," tory nor contact history and Insurance. positive for Coronavirus on where in the age brackets of 50- monitoring the situation Mallya tweeted. Mallya is in the allegedly visited only grocery Thursday; 40 of them from 59 years and 70-79 years, along with a team from the midst of a legal battle in the UK, stores. Three TS districts buck trend GHMC area. While five of the which accounted for 9 deaths police department and the with the Indian government Before admission he had As of May 8, 216 districts in rest are from Ranga Reddy dis- each. One person each in the zoo. trying to get him extradited to visited four other hospitals India have not reported any trict, two are migrants -- one age bracket of 30-30 and 0-9 In another incident, an India to face enforcement and all of them denied admis- case of Covid-19. In Telangana, from Nalgonda and the other succumbed to the infection. Asian Civet cat that entered authorities in connection with sion, including Fever Hospital, three districts viz. Warangal from Jagtial. Seven persons in the age brack- the Masjid-e-Noorani in a Rs 9,000-crore bank fraud Nallakunta. Care Hospital rural, Yadadri and Wanaparthy As on date 37 migrants et of 60-69 and two in the age the confines of the and money laundering case said, "He underwent required have maintained that spotless have tested positive for Covid- bracket of 80-89 died due to Golconda Fort in the early involving his now-defunct investigations because of his record till date. Although four 19. With this, the total num- the virus. Five persons of the hours of Thursday was res- Kingfisher Airlines. chest discomfort and had to be migrants tested positive in ber of cases in the state has age 40-49 have expired. cued by the zoo officials.

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Unlike last year, expect Two arrested Cyberabad traffic cops for attack on water tankers in 48 hours hospital book over 9 lakh cases PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD During the current peak sum- Two relatives of a newborn PNS n HYDERABAD speeding and dangerous dri- mer season, the Hyderabad baby, who allegedly dam- ving cases. As many as 34,187 Metropolitan Water Supply aged the glass panes of the Owing to the lockdown call, contact cases include drunk and Sewerage Board Government Modern Mat- the traffic movement has driving, without driving (HMWSSB) is able to supply ernity Hospital at Petlaburj slowed down in Cyberabad license, spot and petty cases. water tankers within 24 hours after the newborn died, were region. This has eventually Of them 4,46,116 are viola- of placing a call with the board arrested late last night by the enabled the Cyberabad Traffic tion-based cases without unlike the earlier years, when Hyderabad Police. Police (CTP) to keep a tap on wearing helmets by riders, it took at least 10 days to sup- According to sources, the all the pillion riders and four 2,36,027 are for pillion riders ply water through tankers to attack was after the child wheeler vehicle drivers. \ not wearing helmets and city outskirts. died allegedly due to negli- They have been regularly 92,944 cases without mirror. Thanks to the steep fall in gence of the doctors. "The being sensitised on traffic Cyberabad Commissioner demand for water in May due two persons, Mohd Ashraf rules. The reduction of vehic- of Police VC Sajjanar said to Covid-19 threat. and Yusuf Qureshi, damaged ular movement has been there is also a need on part of Earlier, people used to lobby the main door glass panes of observed the citizens who citizens to maintain self-dis- with the HMSSB using their The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water the hospital after the baby commuting within the region The police are conducting special cipline, especially the political clout to get one tanker died at the hospital on have been actively cooperat- motorists to be self-disci- of water because of long wait- Supply and Sewerage Board charges Wednesday night. The moth- ing with the traffic personnel drives round the clock and booking plined and responsible. We ing lists and unprecedented Rs 500 per tanker for domestic use and er of the newborn, a resident in abiding the traffic rules, cases against those violating lockdown request them to follow the demand, especially during May Rs 800 per tanker for commercial use of Nawab Sahab Kunta in which is a healthy sign in rules and caught at check-posts lockdown rules strictly or last year. Falaknuma, was admitted to spreading awareness on road face legal consequences. There were days when peo- the hospital on Wednesday safety. Meanwhile, Traffic DCP, S ple were uncertain of receiving past 50 days due to lockdown problem of drinking water afternoon and a C-section From the beginning of the wheelers and 144 others. Police booked over 9,15,182 M Vijay Kumar said CTP is a water tanker even after two conditions leading to a dip in pollution. was performed on her in the lockdown starting from The police are conducting cases against motorists for creating awareness among the or three days of making a demand. The board charges Rs 500 evening. Later, the doctors March 23, 2020 to May 13, special drives round the clock various violations. In this public on the lockdown rules request with the board. Those As of now, the HMWSSB per tanker for domestic use declared that the child had 2020 in Cyberabad officials and booking cases against 8,80,995 cases, non-contact on social media and traffic who live in city outskirts some- gets less than 1,000 calls and Rs 800 per tanker for com- died," police said. have also seized 20,591 vehi- those violating lockdown cases which include 89,643 e- volunteers at various check- times have to wait for even requesting supply of water as mercial use. The HMWSSB The irate relatives then cles. Of them 16,800 are two rules and caught at various challan cases, 44,728 speed points. They are warning longer periods, up to 10 days. against 3,000 to 4,000 calls it officials are heaving a huge damaged the door glass wheelers, 1,401 are three check posts. guns cases, 14,449 social them against committing traf- Currently, there is a com- received during May last year. sigh of relief with the dwin- panes. On information the wheelers, 2,246 are four The Cyberabad Traffic media cases, 44,227 over fic violations. plete opposite situation as sev- The HMWSSB is operating dling of demand and asking police reached the spot and eral commercial organisations 920 water tankers, of them 75 consumers to place their calls took both of them into cus- and business establishments supply water free of cost to var- to 155313 in case they needed tody. A case has been regis- Woman ends Don't do unnecessary TS to ask HC are not functional during the ious localities where there is a water tanker. tered and investigation is on. life by for permission S-I attached to headquarters consuming acid tests: Health Minister to conduct PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD SSC exams The Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat has issued an order attaching D Narsaiah, A Chikadpally resident com- Health Minister Etela Rajender PNS n HYDERABAD sub-inspector of Chaitanyapuri police station to mitted suicide by consuming said that 9,000 health care per- the police headquarters following allegations of acid on Tuesday. Police said sonnel working in the fore- The State government will unruly behaviour towards migrant workers who that she was upset that her front at rural areas, have the make a special mention Minister for Labour Malla Reddy and Mayor Dr Bonthu Rammohan inspects the link road works in had come to the police station for e-passes. son could not come to utmost responsibility in this before a division bench of the Uppal on Thursday. The commissioner also ordered an enquiry into Hyderabad from Canada due situation. These workers are High Court on Friday and the incident and directed LB Nagar DCP to the lockdown. serving in the first line of the urge it to permit it to conduct Sunpreeth Singh to submit a report. The victim was identified Covid war was their first pri- the remaining SSC exams. The incident which is said to have happened a as Bondugula Laxmi. She ority. The State government will Mayor, Minister inspect week ago when several migrant workers queued stays along with her husband, The Minister said, "If the also urge the HC to issue a up at the police station seeking passes to return Bondugula Balraj at Vivek Coronavirus warriors are not revised examination schedule to their native places. Nagar under Chikkadpally healthy, we cannot contain patients who are migrants to hold the exams to avoid "For now, an enquiry has been ordered into the police station limits. The the pandemic. We should have need to be sent for quarantine loss of academic year to the link road works at Uppal incident and the officer has been attached to the couple's son, B Satish Kumar, courage, safety and sacrifice, either in the nearest quaran- students. headquarters. Based on the report, further action resides in Canada. hence I urge you guys to take tine center or home-quaran- The State government filed PNS n HYDERABAD roads and radial roads. will be initiated," Bhagwat said adding that they According to Hydroxychloroquine for 7 tine. a vacate stay petition on The Minister also inspected the link are also examining complaints against SI. Chikkadpally police, Laxmi doses, one per week as pre- Minister asked them not to Thursday before the high In order to reduce traffic problem on roads including road from Uppal to asked Satish to come home. scribed. Any person working force unnecessary tests on court on the issue and urged the city main roads, the Greater Boduppal, Peerzadiguda to Uppal But he informed her that he for health department should people who do not exhibit it to vacate the interim orders Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Baghayath link road along with Musi cannot return due to the wear the masks at all times." symptoms. passed by the division bench (GHMC) has under taken the construc- River and directed the officials to dis- lockdown. The Minister spoke to dis- He said, "We received new of the HC on March 20,2020 tion of link roads and slips roads con- cuss with the farmers for land acquisi- Since then, she was upset trict medical officers, hospital guidelines saying that we postponing the SSC exams. necting to high ways, so that the vehi- tion. The officials also inspected the link and had even told her hus- superintendents, officials of should test only if the person Responding to a Public cles coming into the city can take link road connecting Nagole - Bandalaguda band about it. On Tuesday primary health centers, ANM exhibits symptoms. Hence, we Interest Litigation (PIL) filed roads thus the traffic burden eases on - Peerzadiguda at a length 4 kms with night, she consumed bath- and ASHA workers through request people to adhere to by Balakrishna Mandapati, a the main roads said Labour, a cost of 20 crores. The road widening room cleaning acid. She was video conference. this and not force unnecessary resident of East Marredpally Employment and Training Minister works from Chengicherla to immediately shifted to a pri- The Minister said that the tests on people who do not from the city, the special Malla Reddy and Mayor Dr Bonthu Cherlapally, acquisition of 500 mts vate hospital but succumbed requirement of testing needs exhibit any symptoms. Any chief secretary of education Rammohan on Thursday. length land issue was solved with the on Wednesday. to be determined by the new person coming to the vil- department Chitra The Minister and GHMC Mayor land owners and the Hyderabad Road The Chikkadpally police healthcare professionals and lage does not need to get the Ramchandran filed a counter along with Peerzadiguda Mayor Jekka Development Corporation Limited registered a case and began based on the symptoms of test done, as long as they do affidavit in the case on behalf Venkat Reddy, Boduppal Mayor Samala chief engineer and officials were direct- an investigation. patient. Asymptomatic not have any symptoms". of the department. Buchi Reddy inspected missing link ed to start the work immediately. Police crack kidnap Textile traders stare at losses case in 24 hours, PNS n HYDERABAD The Telangana State Federation of Textile rescue toddler Associations have expressed disappointment as the PNS n HYDERABAD Police and lodged a complaint. Central government in their The Chaderghat Police 20 lakh crore package has not An 18-month-old boy who immediately checked footage given any subsidy to traders. was kidnapped on Wednesday from the CCTV cameras According to the TSFTA, morning, was reunited with his installed in the area and iden- more than 5 lakh people have mother on Thursday within 24 tified the kidnapper who took been impacted in the state hours by the Chaderghat Police the child away on his bike. due to the lockdown. These and East Zone Task Force The kidnapper was identi- include salesmen, hamalies, team. fied as Ibrahim, a resident of transporters, angadia, agents ing community has been left it involves many steps- cotton The missing infant was iden- Talabkatta. After losing hope of and tailors. They operate disappointed as the financial to yarn, yarn to grey cloth, tified as Mohd Shadullah, son having a male child, Ibrahim from malls, shops, houses package announced has not chemical to dye, dye to of Roshini, a labourer who also decided to kidnap a boy to raise and footpath sales. spelt out any specific mea- process and process to fabric. seeks alms for a living. as one of his own. Ibrahim In all about 30,000 textile sures for the segment. The The labour plays a key role in According to the police, reportedly was closely watch- trades provide 5 lakh jobs, loss in the past three months moving the same from man- Roshini made Shadullah sleep ing Rohini's son for three days said association president in Telangana alone could be ufacturers to traders to shops beside her on the pavement and kidnapped him on Ammanabolu Prakash. to an extent of Rs 3,000 crore to customers. He said that near Hotel Niagara, Wednesday. The kidnapped In a letter addressed to the and this included wages, rent, medium and small traders Chaderghat. When she woke child was rescued by the East Prime Minister Office, bank interest, municipal tax should be provided financial up on Wednesday, she realised Zone Task Force Police and Finance Minister, Textiles and trade. assistance for three months he was missing. She handed over to his mother on Minister and Niti Aayog, Prakash said the textile based on the income tax approached the Chaderghat Thursday. Prakash said the textile trad- industry is labour-intensive as returns filed by them. Covid-19 will redefine lifestyle and work culture NAVEEN KUMAR The IT sector is up for dras- n HYDERABAD tic changes as well as compa- nies are now contemplated The Covid-19 pandemic has working from home as a per- redefined the way we look at manent thing. Nikhil Raj things and has given much sig- Keshri, an IT professional, nificance to the term, 'a new says, "I'm all up for working normal'. In this unprecedent- from home. It cuts down on ed new reality, we will witness travel time, saves the energy a dramatic restructuring of spent on it and also allows us the economic and social order to use that more productively. in which business and society I'm hoping that firms will pro- have traditionally operated. Nikhil Raj Keshri shikha-goel Jagdish Chaturvedi vide their employees with The Pioneer spoke to profes- updated gadgets for better per- sionals from different back- take a huge toll on humanity have to change. Social dis- A medical professional who formance," he said. grounds and students to give with all this being cancelled tancing, hygiene within the also actively performs standup Dr Kamal Soi, Member of their opinion of 'a new normal' out, said a psychiatrist at department and outside the comedy, Dr Jagadish Chatur- NRSC said that keeping dis- and how the post pandemic Dhrithi Wellness clinic Dr station as well will be main- vedi, said that at least for a few tances will reduce differences world will change their lifestyle. Purnima Nagaraja. tained. We will have to shift years, events and shows will be as well as crashes may it be in As humans, we are not built Speaking about drastic towards paperless office and severely affected. "People are personal life as well as in pro- and hardwired for social dis- changes in policing, Additional similarly, petitioners and the now more sensitive to health fessional life. "The new normal tancing, we need to touch, Commissioner of Hyderabad public will also have to move to issues. We may reduce holidays social distancing is going to be hug and embrace child, moth- City Police, Shikha Goel IPS online platforms, which will be and cut down on air travels and good, this will not only save er, aged person, pet and part- said that paperless policing in used for different services," WFH and digital working will many lives but will also save ners. Social distancing will the future. "Policing itself will said the official. be a new norm," he said. many relationships," he opined. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 hyderabad 04

KRISHNA WATER ROW Now, TSRTC Cargo transports Deploy forces to prevent water theft: Cong agri produce PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD

Telangana Pradesh Congress Transport Minister Puvvada Committee president N Uttam Ajay Kumar on Thursday Kumar Reddy on Thursday flagged off RTC cargo buses urged Krishna River transporting goods to various Management Board (KRBM) to places from Allipuram here. keep a watch on the utlisation of He said that all measures to water by installing tele-meters. rule out problems in trans- He also demanded deployment portation of goods are being of CISF forces to prevent 'theft' taken. The procurement of of Krishna River water. KRMB TPCC working president N Uttam Kumar Reddy addressing the media in the city on Thursday --- Photo P. Anil Kumar paddy or other crops is chairman Chandrashekhar Iyer almost over in the district. has assured to take action after However, it is going on at going through the details, he from the foreshore of Srisailam on Thursday. It sought immedi- Reddy and other leaders were some places. Nowhere else in said. reservoir, is executed, then lakhs ate intervention of KRMB to part of the delegation. the country, the farmers get The Congress approached of farmers in Southern ensure that AP Government is Uttam said that he had as much support from gov- the KRMB opposing the plans Telangana would be affected not allowed to draw Krishna informed Gajender Singh ernment as they receive in of Andhra Pradesh Government adversely. Besides agriculture, it water illegally. Shekhawat, Union Minister Telangana, he said. The gov- TS on toes as to utlise additional 3 TMC may also be pertinent to men- TPCC working presdient and for Water Resources that the ernment is ready to purchase water from Srisailam by upgrad- tion that Krishna river water is Malkjagiri MP A Revanth plans of AP government to even to the last grain pro- ing canal systems from utilised for drinking water to Reddy, MLA Jagga Reddy, increase drawal capacity of duced by the farmer, he Pothyreddypadu Head Hyderabad," a delegation head- AICC Secretaries A Sampath Krishna water from added. The government is Regulators. ed by TPCC president N Uttam Kumar, Ch Vamshi Chand Pothyreddypadu regulator to encouraging farmers to raise "If the plan of AP government Kumar Reddy told KRMB Reddy, and G Chinna Reddy, 80,000 cusecs will severely and only t hose crops that are in to draw an additional 3 TMC chairman Chandrashekhar Iyer former minister Nagam adversely damage interests of demand, he said adding that migrants return per day, in addition to the pre- at the latter's office in Janardhan Reddy, TPCC Telangana farmers in South Telangana is described as sent drawing of Krishna water Jalasoudha, Errum Manzil here Treasurer Gudur Narayana Telangana. rice bowl of the country. PNS n HYDERABAD With the arrival personnel at the railway sta- tions and all such people are Initially it was foreign of thousands of being stamped ''home quaran- returnees, then came the sec- migrants, tined'' on the hands. ond wave with the return of The people entering the Sateesh leaves a void attendees of the Tablighi Telangana stares state by road are being exam- articles, produced during his Jamaat congregation in Delhi ined by medical teams at the PNS n NIZAMABAD at a third wave stints in The Pioneer and and now with the arrival of entry points. The asympto- (previously) The Hans India of Covid-19 On Thursday morning, The thousands of migrants, matic are being quarantined at have inspired and won the Pioneer lost its young reporter Telangana stares at a third infections home or in government quar- appreciation of many artistes V Sateesh Reddy, who battled wave of Covid-19 infections. antine facilities while the and communities across the complications caused by a head With at least 35 migrants test- symptomatic migrants are state. Telangana State Media injury for two days. He is ing positive for Covid-19 dur- transport following the relax- being isolated for testing. To Academy chairman and survived by his wife and his ing the last five days, the state ations in lockdown restric- screen the migrants entering president of Telangana newborn baby. government has sounded an tions poses a challenge as the state, 275 health teams have Union of Working A reporter who has alert and stepped up surveil- many have already reached been deployed at 87 check Journalists Allam made a deep impact lance at the entry points to their villages. So far 41,805 posts in the border districts. Narayana and on the people he check the spread of the virus. migrants have reached About 1,000 health personnel general secretary worked with and on It was on March 2 that Telangana by road while 239 are working in these teams. Askani Maruthi those about whom Telangana had recorded its have arrived by train. The However, it is believed that Sagar sent their he wrote with first coronavirus case and number of those arriving by before a proper screening sys- condolences to passion, Sateesh every time the government special aircraft from other tem could be put in place at his family and was returning home thought the worst was over, it countries stands at 798. What inter-state check posts, many assured them of in Nizamabad late on faced a new challenge. Late last is causing concern to health people had already entered benefits in line with Tuesday night after month, both Chief Minister K authorities is that the majori- the state and reached their vil- norms stipulated by visiting his friends when he Chandrashekhar Rao and ty of the migrants are from lages. the government for lost control over his bike and hit Health Minister Eatala Maharashtra, the worst affect- This was evident from the journalists. the road divider. He was Rajender had exuded confi- ed state in the country with case of three migrants who Terming his death as a loss admitted to a hospital, where he dence that with the decline in nearly 26,000 cases including returned from Mumbai. They to journalism in Telangana, succumbed to his head injuries. the number of new cases and 975 deaths. voluntarily approached the president and general Even as staffers at The Pioneer higher rate of recovery, the Health Minister Eatala Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad secretaries of Telangana are yet to come to terms with state would be largely free Rajender admitted that the due to suspected symptoms State Union of Working his departure, condolences from the disease by May 8. state faces the threat of a surge and were found Covid-19 pos- Journalists Nagunuri have poured in from people However, the spike in the in the number of cases with the itive. Shekhar and Virahath Ali and various organisations in number of cases during the last return of migrants. With the The Health Department has respectively appealed to Telangana. While mourning few days dashed their hopes. increase in the number of urged the general public to the Media Academy to his demise, they praised his Unlike the foreign returnees travellers to the state following inform the local authorities in cover the family of Sateesh good deeds and work. Mild and Tablighi meet attendees relaxations in the lockdown, case they identify new persons Reddy in welfare schemes and helpful in nature, Satish and their contacts who could Chief Minister or migrants who have arrived meant for journalists. had migrated to Hyderabad all be traced and screened, the Chandrashekhar Rao alerted in the towns and villages. The chairperson of Kadiyam from Nizamabad with the authorities are finding it tough the Health Department. The Officials say all newly Foundation, Dr. Kadiyam aim of making it big in to keep track of all migrants evacuees from other coun- arrived people in every village Kavya, termed the demise the field of journalism, returning home from other tries reaching Hyderabad by are being identified and of Sateesh as a loss to after having graduated in states. special flights are being quar- screened. ASHA workers are journalism and expressed Mass Communication Officials admit that the antined in hotels for 14 days. ensuring that they don''t step her condolences to the and Journalism from movement of a large number Those arriving by trains are out of their houses for 14 family. of people by different modes of being screened by the health days. Osmania University. His Conditions on Monsoon to enter Telangana Rythu Bandhu shameful: TPCC between June 16 and 24 PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD The Potsdam Institute for Telangana Congress leaders Climate Impact Research in on Thursday ridiculed state Germany has predicted entry government's move to extend of the Southwest monsoon in Revanth Rythu Bandhu only to those the state between June 16 and farmers who cultivate crop as 24 and the state will experience questions suggested by the government. widespread rains under its The party leaders alleged impact. Research group leader Ministers’ that the Chief Minister failed of the institute Prof Elina has, to extend Rythu Bandhu per- however, noted that there silence fectly till date. Only 60 per would be no rains for some cent of the farmers received time during July. PNS n HYDERABAD their Rythu Bandhu amount Participating in a webinar last year, the Congress leaders on forecast of monsoon onset Congress MP from alleged. TPCC working pres- -2020 in central India and Malkajgiri A Revanth Reddy ident Ponnam Prabhakar Telangana held at Prof be done on soils of Telangana, which is likely to intensify on Thursday questioned questioned the government to Jayashankar Telangana State agro-climactic conditions in into a cyclonic storm in the Chief Minister K reveal as to why the procure- Agricultural University here on the state at the micro level, she coming days, IMD officials Chandrasekhar Rao and ment has not been speeded up Thursday, she predicted con- opined. said. Ministers KT Rama Rao even though there are four tinuous rains for about three On May 15, IMD is likely to "In association with the and T Harish Rao to reveal ministers from Karimnagar months from July 15. She pre- announce the onset date of above system, the conditions as to why they are not district, he opined. dicted that the average rainfall monsoon over the mainland are becoming favourable for responding on the Go No Sangareddy MLA T Jagga in the state would be around and give regional rainfall dis- the advance of the Southwest 203 issued by the Andhra Reddy alleged that KCR will 854 mm and wanted the tribution for the season ahead. monsoon over south Bay of Pradesh government on remember Rythu Bandhu if Agriculture Department to Bengal, Andaman Sea and Pothireddypadu. Stating that there are elections. prepare their plans accord- Cyclonic storm Andaman and Nicobar Islands the AP government had He said that he will ques- ingly. Prof Elina observed that Meanwhile, a low-pressure around May 16," the official issued GO on May 5, tion Finance Minister on the country's economy was system has formed along the statement by IMD released Revanth alleged that the Rythu Bandhu if the latter dependent on monsoon. southeast Bay of Bengal and on Wednesday afternoon stat- Telangana Chief Minister comes to Sangareddy. Intense research is required to adjoining Andaman Sea, ed. conducted a review meeting on May 11. He asked the Chief Minister to reveal as to what the latter was doing when TRS questions Cong, BJP double standard AP is drawing 55,000 cusecs of water all these days from PNS n HYDERABAD Minister V Srinivas Goud on Rajasekhar Reddy. "Congress Pothireddypadu. He alleged Thursday took potshots at the and other opposition leaders that the contractor suggest- TRS MLAs and Ministers on Congress and BJP leaders. The have the history of collusion for ed by KCR will get Thursday alleged that the opposition leaders, who were the sake of positions. Congress Pothireddypadu works. Congress and BJP are adopting ministers during TDP and and BJP leaders should chalk Revanth, on Thursday different stands in Telangana Congress governments and out plans to stop the AP projects met the Irrigation and Andhra Pradesh. now criticizing the government instead of criticising the TRS Department principal secre- Ridiculing the Telangana on Pothireddypadu issue, never government. Palamuru- tary along with former MP Congress and BJP leaders' crit- spoke on the same issue then. Rangareddy project would have Konda Vishweshwar Reddy icism against the Chief Minister Some performed harathis when been completed much before if and former MLA T K Chandrasekhar Rao on was released to Rayalaseema opposition parties behaved in Rammohan Reddy and sub- Pothireddypadu issue, the TRS from Pothireddypadu head reg- proper manner. The opposition mitted a memorandum on leaders alleged that the opposi- ulator. Some leaders also wrote parties obstructed the project by Pothireddypadu issue. On tion leaders extended support to articles in favor of filing cases in courts," he said. the occasion, Revanth the Andhra Pradesh govern- as national parties, the TRS Pothireddypadu. TRS MLA from Shadnagar Reddy said that he will ment to complete the projects. leaders demanded Congress He questioned Congress Anjaiah Yadav alleged that AP address letters to Prime Demanding the Congress and BJP to make the Centre to leaders to reveal whether sep- government deceived Telangana Minister and Central Water and BJP leaders to write letters give national status to arate Telangana state was pos- government. Congress and BJP Resources Ministry on the to Prime Minister Narendra Palamuru-Rangareddy project. sible if KCR colluded with the leaders are criticising TRS gov- water looting of Andhra Modi on Pothireddypadu issue Excise and Prohibition then Chief Minister YS ernment by leaving Delhi. Pradesh state. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 nation 05 SHORT READS Guidelines issued for RT-PCR 14 home-bound migrant based pool sampling PNS n NEW DELHI workers killed, 60 injured The government has decided to use one time RT-PCR based PNS n LUCKNOW of the migrant labourers and pooled sampling for COVID- The injured said he has directed officials 19 screening among migrant 3 more test positive for Fourteen migrant labourers were concerned to ensure proper workers and returnees from were killed and nearly 60 undergoing treatment of the injured per- abroad kept in quarantine COVID-19 in U'khand, injured in two road accidents treatment at sons. facilities. tally rises to 75 on Thursday while they were In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh The same testing technique on the way to their homes in the Guna Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would also be used for moni- DEHRADUN: Three more Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, police district announced an ex gratia pay- toring in green zones districts people tested positive for said. hospital, he ment of Rs. 2 lakh each to the which have reported no cases COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, In an early morning acci- next of the kin of the deceased till now or in the last 21 days, taking the total number of dent in Guna, around 180 km said, adding and Rs. 50,000 each for the the Union Health ministry coronavirus cases in the state from Madhya Pradesh capital that none of seriously injured, officials said. said while issuing 'Guidelines to 75, a Health department Bhopal, eight Uttar Pradesh- them Yogi directed officials to for RT-PCR based pooled sam- bulletin said here on Thursday. bound migrant workers were coordinate with the Madhya pling for migrants/returnees The latest cases were reported killed and nearly 55 injured sustained any Pradesh government for ensur- from abroad/green zones' on from Dehradun late on when the truck they were trav- serious injury ing proper treatment of the Thursday. case/no case reported in last 21 and N-95 mask. Wednesday night, it said. All of elling in collided with a bus, the injured, they added. "A decision has been taken days)," the guidelines stated. Proper labelling them had a travel history from MP police said. He also asked them to make to use one time RT-PCR based According to the guidelines (name/age/gender/specimen outside the state, a health The second accident took only had a driver, coming underway. arrangements for bringing the pooled sampling for surveil- to be followed for pooling of ID) needs to be done on spec- department spokesperson said. place in Uttar Pradesh's from the wrong side on the The deceased were residents bodies of the deceased to their lance purposes for migrant samples, a cohort of 25 people imen container, it said. Two patients, including a man Muzaffarnagar when six Guna bypass road, of Unnao and Raebareli dis- homes.Policemen involved in workers in institutional quar- will be identified, and The guidelines stated that 25 and a woman, had travelled migrant workers walking to Superintendent of Police Tarun tricts of Uttar Pradesh, accord- the rescue work were later antine facilities, international throat/nasal swab will be col- such samples of such cohort from Delhi recently while their homes in Bihar from Nayak said. ing to police, who also said the quarantined in the wake of the passengers in institutional lected as per the laid down would be packed in triple layer another man had arrived in the Punjab were killed and four The injured were undergo- truck carrying the migrant COVID-19 scare, a police offi- quarantine facilities/hotels ear- protocol by trained laboratory packaging and will be trans- state in a taxi from Goregaon seriously injured after being hit ing treatment at the Guna dis- labourers was going to Unnao. cial said. marked for quarantine and personnel wearing appropriate ported to the identified labo- in Mumbai, he said. Fifty COVID-19 patients in by a roadways bus on the trict hospital, he said, adding Guna Collector S Meanwhile, six migrant for surveillance purposes in protective gear such as apron, ratory under cold-chain as Uttarakhand have been Delhi-Saharanpur Highway, that none of them sustained Vishwanathan said the district workers, walking to their green zones (districts with no hand glove, face-shield/goggles per ICMR guidelines. discharged after recovery, one officials said. any serious injury. administration is making homes in Bihar from Punjab, has died and the number of The Guna accident took Prima facie, it seems the arrangements to send the were killed and four seriously active cases stands at 24. place around 3 am when the carelessness of the bus driver injured labourers home safely injured when a roadways bus truck carrying nearly 65 caused the accident, Nayak after they recover. ran them over on the Delhi- Liquor found migrant labourers from said, adding a case has been Madhya Pradesh Chief Saharanpur Highway in Uttar In first case in Delhi Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh registered against the bus dri- Minister Shivraj Singh Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, offi- from vehicle collided with a bus, which ver and further investigation is Chouhan condoled the death cials said. prison, Rohini jail owned by Indian troops maintaining 7-year-old Congress MLA inmate tests positive n PNS PATNA girl, two PNS n NEW DELHI Several bottles of liquor were ‘posture' along border with China women test In the first case of coronavirus found in a vehicle owned by MP: Teacher held in a Delhi prison, a 28-year- a Congress MLA in Bihar, for raping teen PNS n NEW DELHI "All such incidents are borders is on track. Our force positive in HP old inmate of Rohini jail has where a stringent prohibition managed by established posture will not suffer due to tested positive for the disease, law has been in place for four daughter Indian troops were maintain- mechanisms where-in local the COVID-19 pandemic," PNS n SHIMLA officials said on Thursday. years, police said on MORENA (MP): A 55-year-old ing their "posture" along the formations from both sides he said. The prisoner who was Thursday. teacher was arrested for border with China while resolve issues mutually as per It is learnt that the situation A seven-year-old girl and asymptomatic tested positive The incident took place in allegedly raping his 18-year-old infrastructure development established protocols and in the Eastern Ladakh region two women have tested pos- on Wednesday and was later Buxar district and the MLA daughter in Porsa town of in the frontier areas was on strategic guidelines given by remained tense with troops of itive for coronavirus in admitted to Lok Nayak (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said. Sanjay Tiwari- said he was Madhya Pradesh's Morena track, Army Chief Gen M M the prime minister after the the two countries maintaining Himachal Pradesh, taking Hospital, a senior jail official The inmate didn't have any "shocked" and in favour of district, police said on Naravane said on Thursday, Wuhan and Mamallapuram a close watch on each other the total number of COVID- said, adding that five to six coronavirus symptoms. He legal action against four occu- Thursday. The police arrested days after personnel of the summits," Gen Naravane said. demonstrating aggressive 19 cases in the state to 71, officials who came in contact was lodged inside the jail pants of the car who have the accused teacher and his 53- two countries were locked in He said Indian Border posturing, even nine days officials said on Thursday. with the inmate have been sent around five to six months ago been arrested if they were year-old wife on Tuesday under two separate incidents of vio- troops have always been after the violent clash involv- The three fresh cases were to home quarantine. in a robbery and attempt to found guilty. relevant sections of the Indian lent face-offs. upholding peace and tran- ing 250 soldiers from both reported from Sirmaur and The quarantined persons murder case and used to stay Superintendent of Police, Penal Code, sub-divisional Gen Naravane said the inci- quillity along the border sides. Kangra districts in the state, also don't have any symptom in a barrack with 19 other Buxar, Upendranath Verma officer police (SDOP) Avnish dents in Eastern Ladakh and areas. The confrontation began they said. of COVID-19, the prison offi- inmates who have been isolat- said information was received Bansal. The complainant has North Sikkim involved "I can say on the evening of May 5 and A 24-year-old woman who cials said. They also said that ed, the DG said. This is the late Wednesday night that an alleged that her father had aggressive behaviour by with confi- both sides decided to "disen- recently returned to the prisoner shared a barrack first positive case of coron- SUV spotted in Simri police raped her on two occasions Chinese and Indian troops dence that gage" the next day. Himachal Pradesh from with 19 other inmates who avirus in a Delhi Prison. station area was carrying with the help of her mother and resulting in minor injuries to develop- In a separate incident, Mumbai tested positive for have been isolated. Earlier, three inmates of liquor. the couple had locked her up at personnel from both the ment of nearly 150 Indian and the dreaded virus at Dr "The prisoner had some Tihar Jail were put under "We intercepted the SUV home to prevent her from sides. infra- Chinese military person- Rajendra Prasad Government intestinal problem and was quarantine after one of them, and found eight bottles of lodging a complaint, he said. The Army Chief said both structure nel were engaged in a face- Medical College (RPGMC) in admitted to Deen Dayal a rape accused, was suspected liquor inside. Its occupants The victim confided in her elder sides "disengaged" after dia- capabilities off near Naku La Pass in the Kangra on Thursday, the offi- Upadhyay hospital on Sunday. to have come in contact with were arrested and booked sister, who subsequently logue and interaction at the along our Sikkim sector of the Sino- cials said. His intestine surgery was con- a coronavirus-infected per- under the relevant sections. informed the police, following local level. northern India border on Saturday. At On Wednesday night, a ducted on Sunday. On son. He was lodged in a sep- "From the cars registration which the girl was rescued "It is reiterated that both least 10 soldiers 30-year-old woman and her Monday, doctors took the arate cell in central jail num- certificate we learnt that it is from her home on Tuesday, the these incidents are neither from both daughter from Sirmaur's samples for COVID-19 and ber 2 of Tihar. The victim in owned by the MLA. Further official said. co-related nor do they sides sus- Paonta Sahib tested positive the result came positive on the rape case had tested pos- investigations are on", the have any connection with tained for COVID-19, Special Wednesday," Director General itive for coronavirus. SP said. Woman with other global or local injuries in Secretary (Health) Nipun activities," he told jour- the inci- Jindal said. The two had COVID-19 nalists when asked dent. returned from Delhi on delivers baby about the face-offs. May 4. BJP govts in UP, Gujarat not THANE: A 35-year-old woman, who tested positive for COVID-19, gave birth to a healthy baby girl at a In highest single-day spike Delhi's allowing trains booked by Cong hospital in Navi Mumbai, PNS n LUCKNOW statement. the fare set for it," Lallu said. officials said. The woman About 19,200 labourers are Accusing the BJP govern- tested positive for the disease COVID-19 cases jump by 472 to 8,470 Uttar Pradesh Congress pres- stranded in Surat alone, and ments of indulging in a "polit- in the 36th week of her ident Ajay Kumar Lallu on the DM there has said that he ical conspiracy" over the issue, pregnancy and her treatment PNS n NEW DELHI hospitals, and after being Thursday accused the BJP would allow the trains once the he said that earlier too the UP and delivery plans had to be audited by the death commit- governments in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh government Congress had repeatedly asked chalked out meticulously by a Delhi on Thursday recorded tee, it added. and Gujarat of not giving per- gives permission. Besides the Yogi Adityanath dispensa- multi-disciplinary COVID task the highest single-day spike in Facing criticism for "under- mission to trains booked by his Surat, permission was also not tion to provide details of force team at the private coronavirus cases, with 472 reporting" COVID-19 deaths, party for bringing stranded being given to six trains from stranded labourers but got no hospital, they said. "The patient fresh infections taking its tally the Delhi government had on migrant labourers back home. Valsad and five from Bharuch reply. was given treatment as per the to 8,470 and the death toll in Sunday issued a standard oper- He said about 10 lakh in Gujarat, he claimed. The state Congress chief health ministry guidelines and the national capital rose to 115, ating procedure (SOP) for labourers are stranded in other "The BJP govern- claimed that 13 trains she responded well to it, Dr the health department said. hospitals and other health states because of the coron- ments had made booked by the Congress Farah Ingale, from the Delhi's previous highest facilities in the city on report- avirus-forced lockdown. the migrants have brought thousands department of internal medicine spike of 448 cases was record- ing fatalities due to coron- "The Gujarat Congress had believe that they of migrants from at Vashi-based Hiranandani ed on May 7. avirus. booked 12 trains from Surat will be brought Rajasthan to UP's Ballia, Hospital, said. Later, a team of On Wednesday, the total Of the total number of for the migrant workers, but back for free. But, Gorakhpur, doctors took a unanimous number of cases in the nation- deceased patients, 59 were the collector there is not giv- the reality is that Fatehpur, decision to proceed with al capital stood at 7,998, aged 60 and above, accounting ing permission for it. Trains the BJP and mid- Jaunpur, Cesarean Section delivery and including 106 deaths. for over 51 per cent of the had been booked to bring dleman associat- Saharanpur, the woman gave birth to a With 472 fresh infections, fatalities, the bulletin said. people back to Amethi, ed with it are Gazipur, health baby girl, weighing three kg, on May 8, Dr Manjiri Mehta the total number of coron- Thirty-four of them were Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Faizabad, realising Kanpur, from the department of avirus cases in Delhi climbed letin. 115, the bulletin said. aged between 50-59 and 22 Gonda, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj much Lucknow gynecology and obstetrics to 8,470 on Thursday, accord- The death toll due to coro- The cumulative toll is as per were below 50 years of age, it and Ballia among others," the more and said. ing to a health department bul- navirus infection has risen to the case sheets received from said. state Congress chief said in a than Sultanpur. If govt eases restrictions, players Spl train reaches Bengaluru from Delhi, can start skill-based training passengers to undergo 14-day quarantine PNS n NEW DELHI can start their skill-based out- ment." door training provided there "We have a roadmap in PNS n BENGALURU According to a them. Top cricketers might start skill- are favourable guidelines from place for the players in the post "It's heartening that everyone based outdoor training after central government post May lockdown phase." Around 1,000 passengers senior railway is maintaining discipline and May 18 if restrictions are eased 18," Dhumal said. It is expected that even if arrived here from Delhi on official, the seated inside. No chaos," the in the fourth phase of the Asked to elaborate, the players train at Thursday on board the first Bengaluru civic South Western Railway public national lockdown, BCCI Dhumal said: "Since local grounds, net train to Karnataka since limit- relations officer said. Treasurer Arun Dhumal told players can't travel, we sessions for a bats- ed rail services resumed in the agency along with Once they came out of the PTI on Thursday while talking are looking at options to man might mean the country amidst the lockdown, the Karnataka platform, they were directed to about a roadmap to resume the see if they can start player and three net officials said. Health Dept had board the buses ready to take sport. their skills training (net bowlers. Soon after arrival at the them to the hotels and other Due to the countrywide sessions) at Currently, each Bengaluru City Railway station, set up 10 health institutions, which have been lockdown, all top athletes are grounds near of the Indian the passengers were screened check-up counters converted into quarantine cen- confined to their homes and their resi- players are for COVID-19 on the station to screen the tres, the officials said. are just doing some exercises dences. following premises itself, the officials Around 15 buses of to keep themselves fit in the The customised said. There were some com- passengers Bangalore Metropolitan lockdown to contain the BCCI is fitness drill plaints from the passengers, Transport Corporation COVID-19 pandemic, which in con- charts pro- about services inside the train, Earlier, the train that left According to a senior rail- counters to screen the passen- (BMTC), a subsidiary of the will enter its fourth phase stant vided by alleged lack of prior informa- Delhi on Tuesday at 9.30 pm way official, the Bengaluru gers. The passengers were dis- state government, were from May 18. touch their train- tion about quarantining them and scheduled to arrive at 6.40 civic agency along with the embarked coach-wise as deployed at the railway station "Yes, the BCCI is exploring with the er Nick and the absence of a proper cat- am on Thursday was delayed Karnataka Health Department Railway Protection Force per- to take these passengers to the options to see how our players govern- Webb. alogue of hotels. by 40 minutes. had set up 10 health check-up sonnel kept a strict vigil on quarantine centres. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Swadeshi vs Make in India For a sentiment to become reality, we need to generate mass Broken promises, again confidence, demand and scale of home-grown brands, a tall order f there is one big lesson that COVID-19 has taught us, it is the need to be self-sufficient and shed The Government’s fiscal package has failed the test of economic effectivity and political Isome dependencies of globalisation, which have been good for market economics but have been reliability. It lacks a plan to overcome the deadlock created by the lack of economic demand tested during the pandemic that has found us want- ing in preparedness. From testing kits to drugs, ven- being focussed on creating debt rather than demand, leaving tilators and hospital equipment and capacity, we everyone flummoxed and disap- are relying on imports. The poor budgetary sup- pointed. port to healthcare and education over the years has Most importantly, the fiscal package failed to give wings to the meant our public health system is extremely frag- Prime Minister’s catchy slogan, ile while our R&D is languishing. Yet if some rapid “It is time to be vocal about local.” inventions of the last month-and-a-half are any- The sleeping paper tiger of “Make in India” is a gentle yet crude thing to go by — indigenous test kits, ventilators and aggressive vaccine efforts that JAIVEER SHERGILL reminder of the fact that the hall- are both reliable and cost-effective — then the crisis has also opened up the pos- marks for the present sibility of capitalising on our innovation and skill sets. If we prime and encourage n May 12, following his own Government are catchy slogans set pattern of building up and sketchy implementation. For these efforts through incentive and funding hereon, we could at least develop some curiosity and hype that local industries to be successful, resistance given the frailty of our healthcare services. For example, the pharmaceu- leads to slogan-loaded it will take a lot more than sell- tical industry imports nearly 70 per cent of crucial chemical ingredients from China. headlines and ear-catching ing indigenous products at the Osound bites, the Prime Minister Central Armed Police Forces It is with the idea of building self-sufficiency in mind that Prime Minister Narendra announced a `20 lakh crore “fiscal canteens. To unleash the full Modi has given a clarion call about being “vocal about local” goods but set off a package,” the details of which were potential of the local industry, the neo-Swadeshi movement in motion. Canteens of military personnel have even been communicated by the Finance Minister package ought to have provided asked to stock up “made in India” products, including FMCGs. While we must attempt one day later to the eagerly waiting locked a solution to arrest sliding indus- down people of the country. Prior to the trial output growth rate. Lastly, it our own recovery in crucial sectors bit by bit, a blanket call may sound a bit like slo- unveiling of the package, there was no should have provided for a “wage ganeering, considering we depend on global brands for 70 per cent of all consumer dispute in any quarter with respect to the protection package” to cushion goods. The fact is all such home-grown enterprises have failed in the past without requirement of the dole. But there were the ongoing saga of losses. In the suspicions regarding the contours, con- absence of a holistic approach, the economies of scale and the depth of experience. In the end, the imports have always tent and intent of the Government qua, “vocal for local” slogan will die a come cheaper. So till we generate a mass demand, develop scale and upgrade qual- the restoration of the economy, which has natural death and be buried like ity benchmarks, “be Swadeshi buy Swadeshi” will just be a sonic boom. Perhaps, been lying demolished in the debris of other slogans in the vast ceme- closing businesses, shrinking savings, tery of the BJP Government’s this is a good time as any to at least push “Make in India” at the granular level. At evaporating jobs, rising bad loans, rural unfulfilled promises. the same time, we also have to take care about not being too insular and protection- distress and a bleeding agriculture sec- Overall, looking at the non- ist but competitive. Once we graduate to a level-playing field and comply with the tor. Post the announcement, the question during demonetisation, the most crore account holders. All of these Second, the raison d'être of beneficial, non-inclusive, zero that is begging an answer is: Can the fis- vulnerable section of society has have further dried the income any stimulus package is to spur income generation potential of market insistence on evolved standards of quality, our brands could see greater vis- cal package give any stimulus to an ended up paying a heavy price stream of depositors in this hour demand in the economy by way the package, it will not be an ibility internationally instead of having curated presence. But that’s still a long way already sluggish and sinking economy? due to the Government’s ill- of grave crisis. At a time when the of ensuring availability of surplus exaggeration to say that it has off. Anyway, most MNC majors, who have been doing business in India for over 50 To answer this, we need to test and weigh planned, indifferent and irra- country is visibly trapped in the income rather than increasing the failed the test of economic effec- the package on the scales of political reli- tional approach in handling the vortex of an economic recession, debt burden. Our policy-makers tiveness and political reliability. years, source raw materials locally and manufacture them here. So it is not like they ability and economic effectiveness and lockdown. Its decision to confine natural expectations of the peo- clearly missed this visible skyline The package lacks a plan to over- should be turfed out or that we should be left without stocks of essentials. There is scope for implementation. 1.3 billion people to their homes, ple were that the NDA in their script this time, too. The come the deadlock created due no doubt that India should promote local manufacturing, which will create jobs and As for the latter, at this crucial and without building any economic Government would balm the decision to establish a `3 lakh to the lack of demand in the sensitive juncture when the entire nation bunker at a mere notice of four wounds of those economically crore credit guarantee fund to economy. develop critical engineering and manufacturing skills. But that “import substitution” is going through one of the darkest phas- hours, was juxtaposed with the affected. It was expected of it to provide collateral-free loan to 45 The way forward and polit- should be done by encouraging foreign firms to bring in their expertise and money es of “health and wealth” recession, it was three to four days intimation it make a minimum `7,500 direct lakh Micro, Small and Medium ical reliability: At present, the to India, not discourage them. expected that the Central Government gave prior to the celebration of cash transfer to each and every Enterprises (MSMEs) with a nation has only got a glimpse of would loosen the strings of its purses to events like tali thali and diya jalao. Jan Dhan account holder. It moratorium of 12 months con- the promised `20 lakh crore The Gandhian ideal of self-reliance did birth several home-grown majors, some fill the pockets of people with extra The lockdown has had a visible should have announced unem- veniently ignores the harsh real- package. Looking at the preview, of which have survived though most have fallen by the wayside. JN Tata established income without any terms and condi- catastrophic effect on the people, ployment benefits and promised ity that the Achilles heel of this the future does not look promis- his Swadeshi Mill in 1886. And Ardeshir Godrej believed that India could realise its tions. However, at 5:45 pm on May 13, especially the daily wagers, who monthly stipend. It should have sector is a shortage of demand ing. One must exercise caution ` dream of self-rule by reducing its dependence on the West for manufactured goods. when the Finance Minister finished her earn 300-400 a day and survive increased the Minimum Support rather than of loans. Even if we before politically relying on the 1.5 hour-long Press briefing, the net result hand-to-mouth. They are all left Price (MSP) for the farmers, low- presume but not concede that the Government to salvage the cur- But we aren’t a colonial outpost anymore. One has to look at what happened to home- was that of “operation successful, patient starving. The unemployment ered the fuel prices and given the `3 lakh crore credit guarantee rent situation. In pure public grown soft drinks, born after the American giants were chucked out by the Janata dead.” It failed to show any colour of real rate has been at a 45-year high. surplus income vide tax incen- plan would provide a breather, interest, the Opposition sincere- Government in 1977. While Thums Up survives today, it is owned by Coca-Cola. money to the people. Much to everyone’s Overall, it slowed to 24 per cent tives to the salaried class. Instead, why were a majority of the 6.5 ly hopes that the remaining dismay, the vulnerable section of the soci- from 27 per cent in the week the Government chose to leave crore MSMEs, employing script will not be written with the Localisation did not give birth to globally competitive companies, so we must tem- ety ie, the migrant labourers, farmers, ended May 10 (as per CMIE). everyone “high and dry” and approximately 11.5 crore of the same pen that made numerous per our reactionary responses. Similarly, Bajaj Auto’s incredible international suc- shopkeepers and salaried class, who have Last but not the least, even the euphemistically labelled the “fend population, left out of this promises like depositing `15 cess today is because it competed in the crucible of the Indian market with foreign been the most affected due to the lock- most economically sound corpo- for yourself” scheme as scheme? Furthermore, instead of lakh in every citizen’s bank down, were left completely ignored in the rations have been forced to “Atmanirbhar Bharat” abhiyan handing over a political lollipop account, bringing back black giants. And the success of the Tata Group, Mahindra and Hero, all Indian multina- scheme of things. Further, even the slew declare salary cuts and undertake (self-reliant India mission). in the form of a moratorium, an money within 100 days, cleaning tionals, is because they have weathered competition and have collaborated with the of announcements that was made gave massive lay-offs. Despite a previous `1.7 lakh interest waiver on bank loan/EMI the river Ganga, ending terrorism best foreign partners. India is particularly dependent on China, importing goods and the impression that the Finance Ministry To make matters worse, the crore package announced under for a minimum period of 12 through demonetisation, build- was presenting a “loan marketing Government adopted the the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana on months should have been ing a $5 trillion economy, gener- services worth $50 billion more than it exports. We are deficient in rare-earth met- brochure” rather than a “rescue plan.” approach of the “East India March 26, the deaths of more declared so as to make surplus ating two crore jobs every year, als and cannot produce solar power equipment, wind turbines, cellphones, laptops Simply put, the fiscal package (contain- Company” during the lockdown than 55 migrants, disturbing income available and off-set the transforming Varanasi into Kyoto and electronics. Many international manufacturers already have plants here, assem- ing the fund of legally due tax refunds), period by extracting a pound of visuals of reverse migration, of losses they are incurring on a and the invisible `1.25 lakh crore misleadingly projected as “stimulus flesh from the economically the poor craving for “roti and daily basis due to a complete clog- package for Bihar. These exam- ble 90-100 per cent of their portfolio here, are expanding their R&D facilities and com- package,” failed at the altar of genuine fatigued citizens through a series sabzi” are a living testimony to the ging of the pipelines of the econ- ples also highlight that the ponent sourcing from India. Global brands dominate 90 per cent of the market in the expectation and needs of the people for of insensitive decisions, includ- fact that lofty announcements, omy. Government’s report card on smartphone and television categories, although the latter did have a healthy domes- various reasons that shall be discussed ing but not limited to an increase catchy slogans and repackaging On the one hand, there is an delivering promises is full of red in this column. in taxes on fuel. This, despite the of existing measures are all non- unrealistic expectation from the lines. Given the current “arrogant tic brand showing till about the 80s. Our own brands of refrigerators, washing machines To begin with, instead of adopting fact that international crude oil effective measures. The only industry to pay its and ignorant” mindset of the and ACs have long lost out to Chinese, Japanese and South Korean imports. Our an all-inclusive formula of “something for price has hit an 18-year low. modus operandi to prepare for the employees/workers even in the Union Government, the possibil- discretionary and luxury segments are totally dominated by global brands. Khadi is everyone,” our framers opted for an Further, interest rates on various long journey ahead is to place real absence of any source of revenue. ity of the economy coming out of insensitive policy of “nothing for the ones small savings schemes have been money in the palms of those who On the other, not even a single the quicksand of recession looks still a home-spun effort that has slim international acceptability as Indian linen. But who need the most,” completely leaving cut. This has hurt more than 30 pull the ropes of the economy. rupee worth “interest-free” ben- bleak. if our experiments with home-grown retail majors, hypermarket chains and fast food out the 48 crore informal sector work- crore depositors. The State Bank Minus this, the package is simi- efit has been passed on to them. (The author is a Supreme brands are any indication, then we have stood up quite well despite global players. force, 13.62 crore families, the farmers, of India, too, has reduced savings lar to a mirage in the desert that This highlights Government apa- Court Lawyer and National Promoting Indian firms for smaller contracts is a worthwhile cause. But we should lower middle and the salaried class from account interest rate from 3.25 projects an illusion rather than thy and chicanery. In a nutshell, Spokesperson of the Indian the ambit of the package. As was the case per cent to 2.75 per cent for 44 concrete substance. the fiscal package ended up National Congress) stop conflating self-reliance with Swadeshi. India is an integral part of the global econ- omy and we do not want to go back towards the bankrupt days of India in the 1970s. S O U N D BITE We need to understand I am old-school when it comes It is important to put this I would probably ask him the art of living with to love. I like to be pursued on the table: This virus (Dhoni) to bat at number 3 or WHO’s caution Corona. This is very and wooed, meet someone in (Corona) may become just 4. Or, if I have only 10 overs important as it is not a more than a digital way. I another endemic virus in left, I will tell him go and just The global health watchdog warns that COVID-19 could natural virus. It is an am a die-hard romantic and our communities. It play his game the way he become endemic and a vaccine could take some time coming artificial virus. believe in true love. may never go away. plays as a finisher. s nations around the world prepare to restart their Union Minister Actor WHO official Former cricketer economies after months of being in a state of —Nitin Gadkari —Kiara Advani —Mike Ryan —MSK Prasad Alockdown, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Coronavirus is here to stay and may never go away. And as the virus is still mutat- L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR ing, the world health watchdog is not even sure if there will be a surge in cases or a petering out after the lock- Condemnable attack ly in the South where a majority Convert crisis into an opportunity do not understand the language. downs are lifted. As nations across the world hope Most people were unable to fol- that it will be the latter, the WHO wants countries not Sir — It was heart-wrenching to his refers to the editorial, “Onus is on us” (May 13). low the speeches in real-time as ` to let their guard down and continue to keep a hawk’s hear that a mosque in Telangana The Prime Minister’s announcement of a 20 trillion we had to wait for the translation. was attacked by goons while five Tstimulus package is the fifth largest in the world dur- During the demonetisation eye on the spread. Seems we will just have to live with the Coronavirus the way persons — this number has been ing COVID-19 times after Japan, the US, Sweden and announcement in 2016, the we live with HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and even Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). allowed by the government — Germany. Representing around 10 per cent of the coun- Prime Minister’s message was For instance, in India, despite the best of efforts and huge amounts of money spent, were offering namaaz there. try’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it aims to cover a aired in English and Hindi. The Members of the majority commu- wider spectrum of society, including the cottage indus- least the Ministry of Information approximately 220,000 deaths occur due to TB every year. Similarly, the number nity not only created an unneces- try, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and Broadcasting can do is to of people living with HIV currently is 36 million as a whopping two million people sary ruckus but also pelted stones, labourers and the middle class. The main objective is to dub the speeches in regional lan- become newly infected with it every year. We are living with equally dangerous NCDs injuring some people. The police put more money into people's pockets to suitably boost guages and air them in States. In have taken cognisance of the domestic consumption and demand. With nations a crisis of this magnitude, clear as they account for approximately 41 million casualties (which is 71 per cent of matter; four cases have been reg- developing a trust deficit in the wake of the pandemic, will have to exhibit strong political will in carrying out and instant communication global deaths) each year. In India, the number of people who die of NCDs yearly istered and Section 144 has been the present bounty aims to make India self-reliant and bold labour reforms coupled with a supportive tax regime across India is essential. is 5.8 million and according to WHO projections, the total annual number of deaths imposed in the area. The a manufacturing hub. But for this to happen, India must in order to lure companies to set up a manufacturing Adrian David Telangana Government must take become an important player in the global supply chain. base in India. The onus now is also on Indian Inc to Chennai worldwide will increase to 55 million by 2030. strict action so that such a dread- The underlying message is quite clear: India has to con- seize this huge opportunity. Since it is more than clear Just like in the case of HIV, a vaccine for COVID-19 may not materialise any- ful incident does not recur. vert the current crisis into an opportunity. that the Corona pandemic is here to stay, we will have Stand united time soon. Six Indian companies are working on one and at least three have gone Ibn-Katib What’s heartening is the fact that artificial intelli- to start learning to live with it and bring a paradigm shift Azamgarh gence-driven technology has been proposed for both in our way of living. into a human clinical trial phase. Mass use, therefore, is not expected before 2021. supply chain management and agriculture. Labour Bal Govind Sir — In these crucial times And the worst part is that these pandemics are only set to become more frequent False promises reforms, too, have been proposed. But the Government Noida when Governments across the as the years go by. According to a 2016 United Nations Environment Programme world are struggling to fight the (UNEP) report, there has been a worldwide increase in zoonotic epidemics. In the Corona pandemic, Central as Sir — This refers to the editorial, Swadeshi overtones rather than country’s youth but the Language barriers well as State Governments must last century, a combination of population growth and reduction in ecosystems and “Economic rescue” (May 14). being an original concept. Government has failed miserably. function with stability for the biodiversity has culminated in unprecedented opportunities for pathogens to pass The Prime Minister’s idea of a self- Coming to Modi’s fourth Had these projects been a success, safety of mankind. Political agen- reliant India (atmanirbhar Bharat) nationwide address to the people the Prime Minister would not Sir — This refers to the editorial, da can be addressed later if between animals and people and on average, one new infectious disease emerges is like old wine in a new bottle. For in the wake of the pandemic, it have talked about making India “Economic rescue” (May 14). people survive the present crisis. in humans every four months, the report says. So, the choice is before us. Either even our scriptures mention eshah lasted for about 30 minutes but self-dependent. It’s time to come The Prime Minister’s widely-tele- Sumit we wake up and start respecting nature and behave more responsibly towards it, panthah — that is, self-sufficient lacked enthusiasm. Make in India, up with real ideas to tackle the vised speeches during the Via email India. In fact, Make in India, the Digital India, Startup India and economy than show oratory skills. COVID-19 lockdown have been or we just learn to live with these pandemics that will keep on coming at us till we economic slogan of Prime the Smart Cities project were all Navneet Seth Greek and Latin to many non- Send your feedback to: have learnt our lesson. Minister Narendra Modi has aimed at creating jobs for the Dhuri Hindi speaking Indians, especial- [email protected] HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 analysis 07 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN POINTCOUNTERPOINT Lockdown 4.0 not RELAXING STAY-AT-HOME RULES TOO QUICKLY IN LOOK, HE WANTS TO PLAY ALL SIDES OF THE AMERICA COULD BRING MORE SUFFERING EQUATION. IT’S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER, needed Mr PM AND DEATH TO THE COUNTRY. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS. The Government must bring in ease of —DIRECTOR, NIAID —US PRESIDENT living with safety and hygiene ANTHONY FAUCI DONALD TRUMP practices post May 17 A different kind of illness KUMARDEEP BANERJEE k, the clapping, torch lights, lamps and petal showers have With COVID-19 looming large, social justice, the signature tune of our Constitution, all been done. Now we need to get back to the slow, frustrat- still eludes scores of citizens in these troubled times Oing task of getting back to our livelihoods, amid an almost Schrodinger equation- equivalent of a virus wreaking havoc and cre- ating a “panic-demic.” This is my fourth “at home” column on the issue of what does it take to get back to ‘Make in India’ and live the rest of 2020. Let me draw attention to some real life experiences in the last two months and then I shall derive some inferences. My friend is a neighborhood doctor, kind and tax-paying with a worldview. He has a family of four, including an 80-plus mother, a teenage daughter and a doctor wife. His clinic, which employs three persons, has been shut for two months now. He has a salary, taxes and many such recurring incidentals, to pay every month. As per Government orders, opening up a healthcare standalone unit is/was always allowed but SANTOSH UTTAM he didn’t have access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ini- BISWAL CHAKRABORTY tially. Now he has procured some, but the cost of each suit which has to be disposed after single use is `2,000, which is a recurring capital expenditure he has to bear daily. The question is, can a pri- oble words like “justice”, “liberty” and vate healthcare personnel incur this expense every day? “equality” in the Indian Constitution’s pre- The second instance is from a food distribution initiative organ- Namble — “We the people of India... do here- by adopt, enact and give to ourselves this ised by the Delhi Government. During the first phase of the lock- Constitution” — safeguard the staggering popu- down and its concurrent State responses, people queued for food lation of above 137 crore citizens amid adversities. twice daily, but soon they started losing patience. At one instance Pitching real issues over rhetoric to improve our I was mobbed by a group, who with folded hands, requested me Human Development Index (HDI) ought to be to get them a pass back to their homes in distant villages. sensed pragmatically. With a plan to impose lock- All these are real-life, individual experiences of common peo- down 4.0 to wage war against the Coronavirus, the IN ORDER TO ple caught in a lockdown. We can always get into an informed argu- Government announced a `20 lakh crore special ACHIEVE ITS SDGS, ment of what worked and what didn’t and why something is wrong, economic package. This is equivalent to around 10 INDIA CANNOT based on our respective ideologies and political, religious identities. per cent of India’s GDP, which is the component AFFORD TO LEAVE But today we need to act up and free India from these new mass of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat or self-reliant India. ANYONE Further, the Prime Minister has stated, “Corona will gatherings and miseries. Here are a few suggestions for good gov- be with us for a long time but our lives cannot BEHIND AND ernance. revolve around it. We will wear masks, we will fol- THERE IS NO The Central Government has been for nearly two months over- low doh gaj doori (keep a distance of six feet) but OTHER WAY TO END ruling State Governments due to the powers given it by the Disaster we won’t let it derail our targets.” STIGMA AND Management Act. The significant point here being Central rule, through However, stories of starvation are becoming the DISCRIMINATION District Magistrates who mostly would also report to their State Chief new normal. The migrant population is struggling THAN THROUGH Secretaries and would be answerable to Central Government boss- to manage one meal a day. Unemployment and des- SOCIAL JUSTICE es. The key challenge here is the unwillingness of the bureaucracy peration are all around, be it in rural or urban areas. AND INCLUSIVE to accept this public service not-for-profit job as also being a fac- In the aftermath of the lockdown, distribution net- SOCIETIES. simile version of a corporate job. Agree, many District Magistrates works of crops are choked and sometimes the State PREVIOUSLY, ABJECT shops have opened which contradicts the ed migrant workers from Maharashtra broke out in South and Central America Governments are clueless on how to move the food POVERTY, LACK OF theory of meagre supply of essentials for and Gujarat. The Uttar Pradesh among sugarcane workers, they were sub- go on to becoming some of the most diligent secretaries (highest to where it is most needed. At the beginning of this the deprived. In a startling note, the Government has brought back thousands jected to racial, gender and economic level of bureaucracy) but do they become visionary leaders? The year, the World Economic Forum reported that EDUCATION, Confederation of Indian Alcoholic of labourers from neighbouring States. inequity. Women in El Salvador from Prime Minister has done an good job of empowering this bunch of India ranked 76th out of 82 countries on the social HEALTHCARE Beverage Companies and the Supreme The Government has started train ser- Central America encountered serious bureaucrats by getting them to present slide decks and showing tar- mobility index. This precisely signals the sordid FACILITIES, GENDER Court have asked States to contemplate vices from the national Capital to vari- barriers in exercising their sexual and gets. Did he get it down to the district level? Atma Nirbhar Bharat state of social justice. Reflecting on inclusive devel- PARITY AND THE online sales and home delivery of liquor. ous cities. The passengers are made to reproductive rights. or self-reliant India will only happen if each District Magistrate is des- opment, the United Nations (UN) has underlined INABILITY TO Usually, the five southern States — adhere to social distancing norms and The West African Ebola epidemic, ignated as the CEO. S/he should be able to produce two slides of the aspects of HDI, equality and justice in its ambi- REDUCE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, stand inside circles marked on the path- which killed above 11,000 people, exac- pre and post-COVID decks on the GDP in the district. They should tious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) MATERNAL Karnataka and Kerala — consume half way and the platform. They are subject- erbated the poverty crisis. The endemic be empowered with adequate checks, to revive their own district’s comprising 17 objectives. Nonetheless, the Corona MORTALITY of India’s liquor and also provide major ed to thermal scanning and the trains are was neglected as a social justice issue. economy in a relatively short span of time. Maybe the Disaster crisis will upend the timeline and derail the devel- RATES WERE THE excise to the Government. In the wake being sanitised. However, it still seems Human rights violations were prevalent opment of prescribed goals. It has infected the SDGs FACTORS DUE TO of the opening of liquor shops in Delhi, that there is a dearth of efforts to meet while dealing with the H1N1 Swine Flu Management Act can be utilised for economic empowerment. at the very core. the Government has imposed 70 per cent the requirements of the people in the time pandemic and the Asian Flu. Similarly, Second, the Government should put in more than generous efforts The National Institution for Transforming WHICH INDIA “special Corona fee” on the sale of of crisis. the outbreak of SARS caused social to remove bureaucratic language in policy announcements. Nobody India (NITI Aayog) has taken up the challenge to FAILED TO ACHIEVE liquor, aiming at enhancing revenue, In order to achieve its SDGs, India exclusion of a racial minority — the understands “`20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for Stressed achieve the SDGs. Aroya Setu, the Government’s ITS 2015 which has been hit hard due to the lock- cannot afford to leave anyone behind and Asian-Canadian group. MSMEs” to take an example. Do we expect an entry-level staff in a app, is enabling the machinery to identify poten- MILLENNIUM downs. However, there is chaos outside there is no other way to end stigma and Social justice remains a distant bank, facing a loan-seeking local tailor, employing five, to explain, tial COVID-19 cases in the country. However, the DEVELOPMENT shops, forcing police to use batons to dis- discrimination than through social jus- dream. Millions were denied social, eco- nuances of this policy to him? Can we expect the Government to infection has claimed above 2,500 lives, rendered GOALS. THAT perse crowds jostling to buy alcohol. In tice and inclusive societies. Previously, nomic and political justice when epi- simplify with FAQs who are and who aren’t beneficiaries of its millions jobless and stranded people at numerous CANNOT the melee, social distancing norms are abject poverty, lack of education, health- demics were dealt with from time to time. schemes? Can governance simplify its language for the people? Land, locations with empty bellies. This makes one ques- HAPPEN AGAIN grossly violated. Though the police had care facilities, gender parity and the There are several precedents of noncha- labour, liquidity and laws can change only when authorities deliver- tion the achievement of inclusive development and drawn chalk circles at the appropriate dis- inability to reduce maternal mortality lance in enforcing laws and initiatives social justice on the constitutional apparatus as 5.5 tances for people to stand in a queue, all rates were the factors due to which India during epidemics. The Indian Swine Flu ing them, start to speak a language understood by citizens. Is it time per cent of India’s total population is under the their effort was in vain. failed to achieve its 2015 Millennium outbreak in 2015 resulted in socio-eco- for simplified communications governance? extreme poverty line and is battling the epidemic With COVID-19 looming large, Development Goals. That cannot happen nomic inequities. Dana Majhi, a tribal Also, can governance be unified? It can be a rhetorical ques- alone. Rights groups have demanded adequate social justice, the signature tune of our again. from Malkangiri district of Odisha car- tion to ask if, local, district, Central and State Governments can be social security measures for women and labourers Constitution, still eludes scores of citizens Currently, glaring instance of laps- ried his wife’s corpse on his shoulders as aligned for a resilient and self-dependent India? Is it possible to break on a war footing. in these troubled times.The Union es in securing social justice worldwide he failed to get a hearse. His wife had died and get an elephant’s share of global supply chains? Can we as a Social justice in India is in shambles. Sixteen Government has taken a $1.5 billion loan cannot be ruled out, too. Older Black of Japanese Encephalitis and he walked nation, besides shunning ‘Made in China’ Diwali lamps, electrical migrant labourers, who were fatigued and fell asleep from the Asian Development Bank to Americans dying in greater numbers is around 10 km from the hospital with his switches and textiles think about `5,000 phones? Do we acknowl- on railway tracks in Aurangabad district of provide social protection to the needy. setting a disturbing trend in the social wife’s body. edge all these electronic gadgets and their spare parts are an assem- Maharashtra, were crushed to death. This human Understanding that constitutional justice milieu, warranting a probe in socio-eco- Social justice, equity and human bly line of global supply chains with origins in China? loss could have been averted if they had been is non-negotiable, State Governments are nomic and racial justice issues. In Spain, rights are at the borderline. At this junc- promised free travel home. Millions are starving on their toes to deliver basic amenities older people were found dead and aban- ture, no one should be left behind and Finally, and again related to language, the nomenclature “lock- and the Public Distribution System (PDS) in many to citizens. The Maharashtra doned and elderly homes were not paid we must end discrimination through down” signifying a red line, needs to go away. Yes, the pandemic States is unable to address food insecurity as the Government has announced free ration the required attention. In India, such social justice and inclusive societies. isn’t going to subside anytime soon and restrictions on movement gap between demand and supply is widening each to the disabled for a month. The police- community issues are yet to come to the The politics of epidemics is not the of people and goods along with significant economic activity are here day. To combat the Coronavirus, the nation is reel- men, who are above 55 years of age in fore. However, these issues of neglected panacea. The approach to the epidemic to stay for some time. However, changes in language will at least ing under lockdown 3.0, which will extend into 4.0 Mumbai, have been asked to go on leave. social justice, human rights and unad- should be holistic by bringing science, prevent the local police from lording over those who can’t afford to after May 17. There are potential problems rising The Rajasthan Corona Sahayata Yojana dressed social insecurity are not new. It governance and social justice into one argue. Do not bring in “lockdown 4.0”, bring in ease of living with to counter the infection. The doorstep delivery of is catering to the needs of the disadvan- is not during COVID-19 alone, the fold. safety and hygiene practices post May 17. free rations and other essentials for vulnerable sec- taged. issues of social unrest were also there (Biswal and Chakraborty are (The writer is Country Manager, India, ITI Council) tions of society is yet to be intensified. When nor- The Odisha Government is trying to whenever any major epidemic broke out Assistant Professors at SIBM and are work- malcy is limping back in a regulated manner, liquor bring out a whopping 4.86 lakh strand- in the past. When the Zika epidemic ing at Symbiosis International, Pune) The fantasy life of Jordan Goudreau FOREIGN EYE A few dozen volunteers and mercenaries tried to land on the Venezuelan coast near Caracas a week ago. Six were killed, all the rest were arrested. Goudreau would have been there, too, but he couldn’t leave Florida because of Coronavirus travel restrictions

much better mix of derring-do, mar- Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The overthrow your country’s Government was on hair-trigger like running at a brick wall again and tial arts, and exotic foreigners to kill. Magnificent Seven and so on.) Government, even in the name of alert for Goudreau’s planned raid, again with your head, hoping to (Sudden Death, Die Fast Die Furious, Specifically, he went to democracy, is a bad look. and on March 30 the Venezuelan make an impression. Eventually, the 6 Bullets, Kill ‘Em All and so on). Colombia. Having set up a “securi- Anyway, that was the end of the Navy spotted a Canadian-owned Naiguatá just sank. SCHOOL IS GOOD Goudreau was not a fake. He did ty company” called Silvercorp in grand plan but Goudreau didn’t cruise-ship, the RCGS Resolute, Another ship picked up its crew, BUT NOT NOW several tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Florida, he got in touch with the give up. The US Government had stopped off the Venezuelan island of and eventually Resolute got under- killing real people and by all accounts Venezuelan Congressional leader recently declared Maduro a “narco- Tortuga. So the Navy patrol ship way again. It’s now parked in Curaçao The UK Government’s was a brave and competent soldier. who claims to be the legitimate terrorist” (whatever that is) and put Naiguatá ordered the ship to proceed and no, there weren’t any mercenar- announcement that students But action heroes have early expiry President, Juan Guaidó, offering to a $15 million price on the to port for inspection. ies aboard. No passengers of any GWYNNE DYER dates. overthrow Nicolás Maduro (who Venezuelan dictator’s head. So Resolute didn’t move, because it kind, in fact. And finally, the tragi- should go back to school in At 60, Jean-Claude Van Damme actually lives in the presidential Goudreau’s Plan B was to send in a couldn’t. It had already suffered comic end. A few dozen volunteers June was wrong. Now t is hard being born Canadian if is doing self-mocking tough-guy palace). This would be done in the crack team (they’re always called some mechanical failure and put out and mercenaries tried to land on the children, parents and your ambition is to be a real-life commercials for Coors Light. Jordan time-honoured way, by recruiting “crack teams”) to capture Maduro, a warning that it was “not under Venezuelan coast near Caracas a teachers, need clarity about Iversion of movie tough guy Jean- Goudreau’s luck ran out in 2016, and training exiles and mercenaries airlift him out of the country and col- command.” But the Venezuelans week ago. Six were killed, all the rest the Government’s intentions. Claude Van Damme (Blood Sport, when he was injured in a parachute who would go in, attack the regime, lect the reward. thought it was stalling and after fir- were arrested. Goudreau would have Death Warrant, Universal Soldier, accident and had to retire from his and trigger a mass uprising. (Think However, by now Venezuela’s ing some shots at or near the cruise- been there, too. “He would have 100 But they also need to know Last Action Hero and so on). The beloved Special Forces at the young the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Intelligence service and practically ship it started ramming it repeated- per cent gone out in a blaze of gun- that ministers are thinking same goes for being Belgian, of age of 40. Cuba, only successful.) And for everybody else knew about ly on the starboard bow, apparently fire because that’s who he is,” said a about the longer-term. It will course, but Van Damme just want- Nobody offered him any beer about two weeks last October, Goudreau’s plan. The Associated trying to force it around in the right friend. But he couldn’t leave Florida be disastrous if the ed to be in the movies. Jordan commercials and his great idea to sell Guaidó was tempted. He even signed Press even ran a story about it on May direction. because of Coronavirus travel restric- inequalities in our society are Goudreau wanted the real thing the services of military veterans to a $213 million contract with 1, quoting associates of Goudreau as Now, Naiguatá was not some lit- tions. US President Donald Trump and joining the Canadian army schools to stop mass shooters — par- Goudreau’s Silvercorp for unspecified saying he was “in way over his tle speedboat; it was a 90-metre steel denies any official American involve- allowed to entrench reserves while studying computer sci- ents would pay a subscription of “general services”, but he cancelled head.” But before we get to the end ship with a crew of 44 and a heli- ment in the incident, and for once I themselves in the next ence at the University of Calgary did- $8.99 a month — didn’t fly. So he the contract in early November. of the story, a brief pause to contem- copter on the aft deck. But Resolute almost believe him. generation, in the shadow of n’t quite do it for him. So he moved ended up doing what washed-up Maybe Guaidó is not quite as gullible plate the equally spectacular incom- has four times the displacement and (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is the virus. to the United States (US) and joined American action heroes always do: as he seems, or maybe he just petence of the other side. its hull is ice-strengthened for cruis- ‘Growing Pains: The Future of (The Guardian editorial) the Green Berets, which provides a He went to Latin America (Butch remembered that hiring foreigners to By late March the Venezuelan ing in polar waters. Ramming it was Democracy and Work’) HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Sensex plummets 886 pts; UN economic experts hail India's ‘impressive' stimulus package Nifty cracks below 9,200 PNS n UNITED NATIONS Top UN experts have hailed as PNS n MUMBAI The fuel and power basket “impressive” India's Rs 20 lakh Fino Payments saw a deflation of 10.12 per crore stimulus package, the Bank sees rise in Equity benchmark Sensex cent in April, against 1.76 per largest so far among the devel- plunged 886 points on cent deflation in the previous oping countries, to revive its applications for Thursday, tracking heavy loss- month. economy, which has been BC points es in index heavyweights Meanwhile, Asian markets severely hit by the coronavirus- Reliance Industries, HDFC were in the red after the World triggered lockdown. Mumbai: Notwithstanding the twins, Infosys and ICICI Bank Health Organization warned Prime Minister Narendra sluggish economic activity, amid a selloff in global markets. that the coronavirus "may Modi on Tuesday announced Fino Payments Bank is Further, market players were never go away". massive new financial incen- witnessing a surge in disappointed as the immediate On top of that, US Federal tives on top of the previously applications from those spend out of the government's Reserve chief Jerome Powell announced packages for a wanting to act as banking Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus warned of a "highly uncertain" combined stimulus of Rs 20 correspondents in rural India package was seen to be relative- outlook for the world's top lakh crore (USD 260 billion). The mega stimulus package includes since the lockdown began, a ly small, raising doubts about economy. While launching the World top official has said. This can the revival of growth any time Bourses in Shanghai, Hong Economic Situation and previously announced measures to be due to renewed attempts at soon, experts said. After crashing over 955 points during Kong, Tokyo and Seoul closed Prospect (WESP) report save the lockdown-battered economy spotting income After crashing over 955 with losses. Stock exchanges in update on Wednesday, Chief of supplementing opportunities points during the day, the 30- the day, the 30-share index settled Europe were also trading on a the Global Economic by rural households or also share index settled 885.72 885.72 points or 2.77 per cent lower at negative note in early deals. Monitoring Branch Hamid has the domestic financial mar- among the most substantial in due to the high incidence of points or 2.77 per cent lower at 31,122.89 International oil benchmark Rashid told reporters in ket and the large capacity to the world after the financial migration back to the villages, 31,122.89. Brent crude futures surged response to a question that the implement that large stimulus packages announced by the where the returnees are Similarly, the broader NSE 3.85 per cent to USD 30.32 per stimulus package announced package,” he said, adding that US, which is 13 per cent of its looking for income generation Nifty tanked 240.80 points, or overnight negative close in US Sitharaman was mixed and barrel. On the currency front, by the Indian government on impact of the package would GDP, and by Japan, which is opportunities. "This is the start 2.57 per cent, to 9,142.75. markets as the Fed warned that traders await follow up the rupee slipped 10 paise to Tuesday “is a very welcome depend on the design of the over 21 per cent of its GDP. of entrepreneurial journeys for Tech Mahindra was the top the coronavirus crisis raises announcements, he noted. provisionally close at 75.56 development.” stimulus. Associate Economic Affairs many. The enquiries and laggard in the Sensex pack, longer-term growth concerns "During the afternoon ses- against the US dollar. He said the Rs 20 lakh crore The mega Rs 20 lakh crore Officer, Economic Analysis applications which we are cracking over 5 per cent, fol- and could result in an extend- sion, market further weakened In India, the death toll due package, which is 10 per cent stimulus package includes pre- and Policy Division, getting for 'BC Point' is lowed by Infosys, HDFC, ed period of low productivity as truncated WPI data added to to COVID-19 rose to 2,549 and of India's GDP is the “largest so viously announced measures to Department of Economic and increasing," chief executive IndusInd Bank, Reliance growth and stagnant incomes, the pessimism," he said. the number of cases climbed to far in the developing countries” save the lockdown-battered Social Affairs (EAPD/UN and managing director Rishi Industries and NTPC. said Narendra Solanki, Head- As per data released by the 78,003, according to the health because most developing coun- economy, and focuses on tax DESA) Julian Slotman told Gupta told PTI. He said as On the other hand, Hero Equity Research Commerce and Industry ministry. tries have been rolling out breaks for small businesses as PTI in an interview that the size against about 600 such MotoCorp, L&T, Maruti, (Fundamental), Anand Rathi. Ministry, wholesale price index Globally, the number of stimulus packages that are well as incentives for domestic of India's stimulus package is enquiries earlier, the company UltraTech Cement and Sun Further, investor reaction to (WPI) deflation in primary cases linked to the disease has between 0.5 per cent and 1 per manufacturing. “impressive” and “seems to be is now getting 1,000 Pharma led the gainers' chart. the first set of measures in the articles was 0.79 per cent in crossed 43.47 lakh and the cent of the GDP. The combined package of a magnitude that will help to enquiries. Indian market opened on a relief package announcement April, as against an inflation of death toll has topped 2.97 “India's stimulus packages works out to roughly 10 per reassure markets and to boost negative note following by Finance Minister Nirmala 3.72 per cent in March. lakh. are very large. And also India cent of the GDP, making it domestic consumption. Organised pvt sector plans layoff, salary cut: Report Sanitiser: Centre PNS n NEW DELHI lating into layoff in every indus- Naukri.info. asks states about try at every level. Companies Kumar further said "indus- production capacity The organised private sector in are even cutting salaries of tries like aviation, hospitality, India is planning to have major those employees whom they are travel, FMCG, retail, automo- New Delhi: To examine the job cuts/layoffs due to the coro- planning to retain. bile & manufacturing will suf- feasibility of resuming export navirus pandemic and lock- "This crisis is very much tem- fer more and will take longer of alcohol-based hand down that have significant- porary and once duration to recover due to a halt sanitiser amid the COVID-19 ‘No adverse impact on ly impacted the economic companies come in spending. Job cuts, salary pandemic, the central drugs activities, says a report. out of this, reduction and business Corona to eat up half controller has asked states According to the latest new job downfall are major reasons and union territories to submit results of MyHiringClub.com for spending less in the by Friday noon details of biz due to COVID-19’ and Sarkari-Naukri.info Layoff current situation." manufacturers, their Survey 2020, 68 per cent of the The survey noted of restaurants' revenue production capacity and if they PNS n NEW DELHI on the company's business as employers surveyed have either that the percentage fulfil domestic demand. The its operations continued dur- started the layoff process or are of layoff is highest PNS n MUMBAI Region), curbs on dine-ins government had on May 6 Snowman Logistics on ing the lockdown period as planning to. in Retail & FMCG will continue, or they may be banned exports of alcohol- Thursday said COVID-19 has well," the company said in a The online survey cov- sector at 49 per cent, fol- The COVID-19 pandemic is allowed to operate only at based hand sanitiser to ensure not impacted its business as filing to BSE. ered 1,124 companies lowed by Hospitality / Aviation likely to cut 40-50 per cent rev- low service levels, it added. its availability in the domestic the company's operations The clarification from the across 11 industry sectors / Travel (48 per cent), enue of the country's organ- "The organised sector has market as the novel continued during the lock- company came in response to in 25 major cities. The The online Automobile / Manufacturing & ised dine-in restaurants this seen a 90 per cent reduction in coronavirus cases soared in down. some media reports which survey was conducted survey Engineering (41 per cent), Real financial year, according to a sales since the lockdown. the country. In a letter to the The statement comes days said Snowman Logistics' busi- between May 1 to May 10, Estate (39 per cent), Power report. Dine-in is not operational and State and UT Drug Controllers after the proposed sale of ness was being impacted due 2020. covered 1,124 Sector (38 per cent). Slow recovery should begin online orders have declined on Wednesday, the Drugs entire 40.25 per cent stake of to COVID-19, according to Among the surveyed organi- companies across As per the survey, employees from June, Crisil Research 50-70 per cent," Crisil Controller General of India Gateway Distriparks in the filing. zations, 73 per cent said they 11 industry with experience between 6-10 said in a report. Research Director Rahul (DCGI) has sought details of Snowman Logistics to Adani However, the company have plans to decrease the years are likely to witness high- Given low demand and Prithiani said. hand sanitiser manufacturers, Group firm was called off. faced some logistics related salary of employees, 57 per cent sectors in 25 est number of layoff at 31 per social distancing norms, "And when the lockdown is including their names and "The business of Snowman issues due to lack of availabil- said this layoff is temporary, major cities. cent, followed by those with restaurants will operate at 25- lifted, the rebound is expect- addresses, average production Logistics Ltd is considered ity of drivers, it said. while 21 per cent said they are experience between 11-15 years 30 per cent of their monthly ed to be only gradual. This capacity, and average actual under the ‘essential services' Further, this year the prawn doing permanent layoffs for at Survey was held (30 per cent). service levels in the first 45 holds especially for Mumbai monthly production in April category as per the Ministry culture crop is excellent and least 2 years. between May 1 to For employees with more days after lifting of the lock- and Delhi-NCR, which make 2020. of Home Affairs (MHA), and exports are slow leading to Interestingly, 32 per cent May 10, 2020 than 15 years of experience, the down, it said. up nearly half of the organised accordingly all the warehous- more storage of seafood, employers did not have any job likely layoff percentage stood at Besides, with restrictions restaurant industry in India, es of the company are func- thereby increasing cut/layoff plans. 21 per cent, while for junior on gatherings and public but are red zones accounting tional and fully operational. Snowman's core business of "All industries are suffering creation and hiring will surely level employees (experience movement likely to be extend- for over 30 per cent of the Corona to have "Thus, the pandemic has cold store warehousing, it in the current pandemic situa- start," said Rajesh Kumar, CEO, between 1-5 years), it was 18 ed again in Mumbai and COVID-19 cases in India," deflationary not had any adverse impact said. tion and the pain is now trans- MyHiringClub.com & Sarkari- per cent. Delhi-NCR (National Capital Prithani added. impact:CEA n Heavy storm, lightening damage part PNS NEW DELHI Poor facing more risks from coronavirus Ruling out any impact of stimulus on the price situa- of 125-MW Sakri solar power project PNS n MUMBAI ly virus infection. tion, Chief Economic Advisor It further said that following K V Subramanian on PNS n MUMBAI ation," one of the officials The poor in general, and those the spread of the pandemic, Thursday said the COVID-19 said. suffering from malnutrition millions of households in for- pandemic has severely dent- Heavy storm and lightening in Till many years ago, this among them, are at higher risks merly food-secure regions of ed the demand for non- Dhule district of Maharahstra 125-MW plant, commis- of contracting coronavirus the world have fallen into essential or discretionary have caused severe damage to sioned in 2013, was touted as infection, highlighting the severe food insecurity, while in goods, creating deflationary a part of the 125-megawatt the world's largest single loca- weakness of the food and India various media reports say conditions. He also said that (MW) solar power project tion plant as it was spread health systems across the world tens of millions of the migrant a good part of the Rs 20 lakh located at Sakri. across 400 acres of land. and more so in India, says a workers and their poor fami- crore stimulus package is Nearly 50-MW plant of this This project was developed report. lies face starvation as the lock- designed in a manner that the 125-MW solar project of state by two firms, including Lanco The Global Nutrition Report down lingers. The report says fiscal deficit remains under power generator Mahagenco "The damage was to the Power for 75 MW capacity 2020 comes amidst the the country where public trans- afford healthy food, while one most of the poor across the control. "COVID has a signif- suffered damages as lighten- extent of 30 kV (kilovolts) and and Megha Engineering and COVID-19 pandemic spread- port is still patchy, it said. in three is overweight or obese. world cannot access or afford icant deflationary impact ing struck one of the isolators all the restoration works were Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) ing at a much faster clip in the The report notes that one in Ironically, the report said, healthy food primarily because because demand especially at the plant and the storm carried on immediately. The for 50 MW capacity, at a cost country, leaving over 78,000 nine of the world's population both the under-fed of agricultural systems that for non-essential or discre- damaged the solar panels at isolator has been replaced of over Rs 1,600 crore. infected and killing over 2,500. or a whopping 820 million are poor/undernourished and the favour calories over nutrition tionary goods and services around 5 pm on Wednesday, and the generation has start- The project was backed by Tens of thousands of poor and hungry wherein India alone is over-fed or the obese are at on one hand and on the other will go down according to the officials of ed from today as soon as the German financial institution daily wagers are on transit in the single largest contributor as risks with the latter facing 10 the ubiquity and low cost of significantly. the utility. plant started getting sun radi- KfW. most daring conditions across most of them cannot access or times more risk from the dead- highly processed foods. Airtel to launch online concerts on Wynk Music Fiscal deficit to balloon to 7.9 PNS n NEW DELHI The move is aimed at expanding the Telecom operator Bharti Airtel adoption of streaming platforms and pc in FY21, says Report has started pilots for hosting live online concerts on its comes at a time when the pandemic PNS n MUMBAI cent of the revised GDP in Wynk Music app, according to triggered movement restrictions FY21 from 3.5 per cent earli- a source. With the government's Rs 20 er, owing to lower revenues The move is aimed at lakh crore stimulus package, and higher expenditure against expanding the adoption of house and is designed to han- Music's online concerts are the country's fiscal deficit is the backdrop of COVID-19 streaming platforms and dle lakhs of users concur- aimed at offering artists the likely to be more than double pandemic," the SBI's research comes at a time when the rently. Over 35,000 concurrent opportunity to connect digi- to 7.9 per cent in the current report Ecowrap. said. coronavirus pandemic trig- users attended a recent live tally with fans and even share financial year, according to Baseline fiscal deficit based gered movement restrictions, concert by singer Astha Gill fresh content in a live environ- an SBI research report. economy. on CSO's earlier estimates of and social distancing norms and the results from the pilot ment. The report had earlier esti- "After taking into account GDP is around 7.1 per cent of are prompting performing have encouraged the Wynk The source said that since mated the fiscal deficit to be 3.5 cash outflow of these measures GDP, it added. artists to explore live steaming Music team to accelerate the social distancing norms are per cent of GDP this fiscal. as well as the previous and the "We estimate a 4.5 per cent and virtual concerts. launch process, the source likely to be around in the fore- The government has recent excise duty hike and DA direct impact on fiscal deficit Wynk Music has already form under the on an e-mail query. added. seeable future, digital music announced a cumulative pack- freeze (amounting to around purely because of revenue done two live concerts in the #WynkConcerts umbrella by The source, meanwhile, said With music recordings concerts could well become a age of Rs 20 lakh crore, which 0.8 per cent of GDP), we now shortfall / automatic fiscal sta- past one month to validate the as early as next month, a that Airtel's live concert tech- coming to a complete stand- mainstay and bring the con- is nearly 10 per cent of GDP to revise our baseline fiscal deficit bilizer and a 0.9 per cent indi- technology and plans are source told PTI. nology platform has been still due to the coronavirus- cert industry online in a big provide relief to various seg- (excluding extra budgetary rect effect because of GDP underway to launch the plat- Airtel declined to comment developed completely in- induced lockdown, Wynk way. ments of the coronavirus-hit resources (EBR)) to 7.9 per change," the report said. 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anani Rao, a journalist who believes in equality of The 'Bois locker room' incident has sexes and has been a part of renowned panels like J Rise 2020 and India Youth Conclave as a speaker, considers this incident to be unacceptable at all forced us to act NOW. Focussing on terms. What concerns her more is how ordinarily a bunch of teenage boys were having an indecent con- issues like gender education, versation on an online platform. Janani, who went against stereotypes and became the first misogyny, gender-based in the city to enter a male-dominated meadow of delivering food parcels, morality, sexism, patriarchy, claims that normalisation of objectifi- cation of women needs to stop. “I etc., The Pioneer's have been on the radar too, from being hurled abuses at, SHIKHA DUGGAL to physical harassment - I have had enough of it. speaks to some of the What’s worse is peo- ple thinking it's okay on the city's feminists on guy’s part because what they have ‘ladka hai’, she fumes. to say on the On the lack of healthy socialisation, incident Janani says, “Men and women are conditioned to be a certain way. Statements like ‘men don’t cry’ or ‘women are born to compromise and sacri- fice’ normalise patriarchal culture. Topics like consent, equality, how to progress as a society, need to be taught to every child during hir/her formative years.” The recent revelation of a minor girl instigat- ing a conversation on sexual assault was a separate conversation between two individuals, which coinci- dentally got mixed up with the ‘Bois Locker Room’ case, led to the advent of rampant online trolling of feminists ranging from insensitive comments, rape Bois Locker Room: and death threats. “Lack of parents’ responsibility in handling teenage boys on matters like sexuality, reinforcing humanity of girls and pornogra- phy leads to incidents like the ‘Bois Locker Room’,” says Linda Louis, a lawyer who has also been a participant of Women’s ASSERTION OF Film Festival held at Hyderabad. adali According to Linda, sexist jokes Sathyanarayana, a are a manifestation of how Kfeminist writer teenage boys value girls and whose debut book was a moral casually dehumanise women in best seller on Amazon values is their surroundings. in the category of heart numer- “Objectification by the media, Telugu literature, tells us wrenching ous face- culture, and liberal brainwash that being unafraid to and unjustified PATRIARCHY?less accounts persist. Patriarchal priorities still call out women when but also shows how bullying her, dominate us, women are com- they are wrong and not insecure girls are forcing her to pared to other women who don’t with the aim of vilifying regarding their safety turn off her com- cross boundaries, who don’t actions of only one gen- and how it suddenly ments. “Male entitle- obey, and this is considered to be der is the truest sense of brings in gender-based ment is a product of a transgression,” she adds. feminism. “Locker room morality.” societal norms. ‘Putting There is no easier way to say scandal is a mirror of Kadali also lays a woman in her place’ is that this horrifying incident that our society, the actual emphasis on persistent cultivated in some of came to light is just of the many problem lies in how male entitlement. our boys’ minds. There groups on the internet, and they we're imparting educa- Speaking on subjects are some men actively will not see an end anytime tion and parenting our like patriarchy, cyber- choosing to be sexist soon. What one can do is, outdo children. The case of the bullying, violence and that’s the thing their sexist friends, stop shield- Snapchat conversation against women, etc. on about male entitlement ing women abusers, call out of a girl pretending to her social media plat- which needs to change,” misogyny and try to terminate be a boy to check his form has brought in Kadali opines. rape culture.

Strings to keep one's sanity together during lockdown Hyderabad's Prakya Shetty, a software engineer by profession, has found the newly surfacing DIY string art amid the quarantine period, to keep herself busy, reports SHIKHA DUGGAL Celebrating the ave you ever tried bottom in varying lengths and an arrangement of voila, you have your outstand- coloured threads ing output in just 90 minutes. Quarantine Beard H strung between “It may seem too complicated points forming rep- at first, but it isn’t. ave you noticed a aging more me to share resentational Hammering can be noisy for a lot of men, who videos and images of their designs? City-based software while but it’s worth spending would otherwise lockdown beards using the engineer Prakya Shetty is busy time with after all, when H not sport the ALWAYS A BEARDO song indulging in this interesting you're stuck in the middle of a ‘beardo’ look, have as the soundtrack. form of art during the lock- lockdown,” this resident of been doing so, and What started as a fun idea down. Nagole tells us. a lot, in the past few months? snowballed into a massive With the help of 1 inch-long to each other. Thanks to the lockdown, project given the overwhelm- nails, it’s a fun art form that is DOS AND DONTS OF NAIL HOW TO MAKE STRING ART men have been forced to ing 10,000 strong responses extremely easy to make at STRING ART sport various looks, and with received across India. With a home. “This new love of mine o Prepare a desirable object most of them not even going focus on embracing the quar- is called String art. It was more o Use solid plywood to offer on an appropriate board. out, they seem to take it as a antine beard and remaining popular in the 70’s and was a hard surface to secure o Make marks to position the challenge. cool and classy in your own used mostly to add decor to the nails in one place. Beardo, an organisation skin, the video features over rooms,” informs Prakya. With nails at equal intervals. that celebrates and promotes 50 of India’s coolest beardos minimal use of materials like o Avoid panels with o Place a paper template on beards and facial hair across whose entries were shortlist- Linoleum nails, embellished melamine coating. the country, has made the ed and edited to the final wood, and floss for embroi- the board and tape it. most of this trend with a crowdsourced video. dery, it sure is an economical o Keep your image as simple o Hammer the nails. catchy upbeat original music “ALWAYS A BEARDO is way of adding ornamentation as you can. track called ‘Always a Beardo’, all about being loud and o Remove the paper. to your beautiful home. o Avoid fancy or complicated which is free to download proud of your beards, old and Explaining that there’s no o from an Instagram post. new. If there’s anything that images that have detailed parts. Make a small loop at one specific process to it, Prakya end of the string and apply The new campaign unites isolation has done, it’s renew suggests that one places his or o Use 25mm long brass or glue on the knot. Then, men across India in a new and reignite the passion in her nails in the desired Linoleum nails with a head. crowdsourced music video to men, giving them the time shape/design and simply go hook the loop onto one of embrace and salute their they needed to grow the bad- from side to side and top to o Don't place nails too close the nails. beards. In the cool new video ass beards or style the mus- shows that the spotlight on tache they’ve always wanted,” the beards grown during the said Sujot Malhotra, Chief lockdown. Men are encour- Business Officer. — PNS 10

Hyderabad Friday May 15 2020 what’s brewing?

Katrina Kaif: COVID-19 pandemic changed my perspective about life he COVID-19 pandemic we have been making towards the has brought the world environment. In this phase whenev- down to its knees. It has er I have felt low, I have resorted to changed almost every- meditating, doing yoga, or watching T thing — especially peo- a movie or a show that cheers me ples perspective of look- up,” Katrina added. ing at life. Katrina Kaif isnt feeling Not only this, the crisis has helped anything different. the actress polish her housekeeping “The pandemic, followed by the skills, in the absence of caretakers. lockdown has surely left many of us “This phase has helped me polish introspecting, on how blessed our my cooking skills and kitchen skills lives are and how much we take for in a big way. It has helped me granted in our normal lives. Also, improve in managing many house- with the alarming number of cases, I hold chores at once and has also feel we all should work towards at given me a newfound respect for the having better immunity through our homemakers who do it on a regular food habits and lifestyle. It also basis,” she expressed. Big B, Ayushmann changed my perspective about life in Also, Katrina has contributed her some ways,” Katrina told IANS. bit in the fight against the coron- Gulabo Sitabo She also shared how she gets wor- avirus. Her make-up brand Kay confirm ried about the situation at Beauty has partnered with De’Haat times, and she shares a to support daily-wage earners in few tips on how to rural areas of Maharashtra. control anxiety dur- “Right from the start, we will release on OTT ing the lockdown. had plans for Kay Beauty col- Grammy winner Sharon “I take one day at laborating with various fter much speculation, and it’s a huge moment, it’s a dream a time but, yes, foundations. There was a lot film director Shoojit come true for me. I have secretly there are days planned in terms of creating Sircar along with actors wished to work with him for many, when I miss being awareness and helping peo- Isbin teams up with Ustad A Amitabh Bachchan and many years and Shoojit da made on a shoot. ple, and also associating Ayushmann Khurrana this happen, and I will be indebted Sometimes I also with several causes. From have confirmed that to him forever. It has truly been an get worried about the start, Kay Beauty Amjad Ali Khan, sons their upcoming film, Gulabo Sitabo, honour for me to work with a leg- when will life go stands for a brand that will directly release on an OTT end and I feel enriched as an actor back to normal cares. De’Haat has been unique collaboration Pilu, and Sacred Evening-Yaman. streaming platform instead of going after the experience,” he said. again. But I our first collaboration between sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and to the big screen first. Ayushmann added, “What I love understand the and considering the Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sharon, who have known each The quirky dramedy has been about the film is its sheer simplicity crisis the world pandemic they were his sons Amaan Ali other for over a decade, have con- written by Juhi Chaturvedi of Piku — the fleeting moments of simple is dealing with, really happy to A Bangash and Ayaan Ali templated a collaboration for years fame. It will release on Amazon humour in the banter between a and the impor- work together on Bangash and multiple which has now come to fruition. Prime Video on June 12. landlord and tenant makes this film tance of every- this initiative,” Grammy-winning classical guitarist “It took a long time to get the “Gulabo Sitabo is a slice of life, really special. I hope audiences love thing that is said Vrundan, Sharon Isbin, allows viewers to lis- right partners to realise this unique dramedy that is a must watch for the film and our chemistry when it being prac- the founder ten to the two music instruments vision on the guitar. Our instru- families at home,” said Big B. premieres.” tised to and CEO of being strummed together. ments have so many interesting Talking about his experience of Gulabo Sitabo was slated for a defeat the De’Haat. The album titled Strings for Peace similarities and differences. working on the film, he added, “I theatrical release earlier this year, pandemic. is slated for release next week on Combining the sarod and guitar was excited about my role since the before the COVID-19 pandemic led “While the ZOHO label (ZM 202004). results in an extraordinary blend. time Shoojit showed me the charac- to a complete lockdown of the nar- anxiety is a The music is an amalgamation of It's a pleasure and inspiration to ter’s look. It took me almost three tion. serious classics wherein listeners will wit- perform with the finest. Strings for hours each day to get into character “This is the dawn of a new era for issue, I ness the magical combination of Peace is a beautiful compilation of with its different look. I had a won- Indian entertainment,” said director would sug- sarod and classical guitar in an music that successfully interweaves derful time working with my very Sircar. gest that every- eclectic East-West fusion, the the rhythms of sarod and guitar. talented co-star Ayushmann “I am happy that a global audi- one keeps calm, organisers said. Listeners will experience a remark- Khurrana. Even though we are con- ence will be able to watch our gritty meditate or per- “Each of the artists brings the able spiritual and emotional jour- stantly bantering in the film, it has dramedy, and enjoy what the film form yoga, and spirit of sharing the great unique ney,” Sharon Isbin shared. been a pleasure working with him has in store for them. Gulabo Sitabo think of the treasures of their own artistic tradi- “It’s been a real pleasure and an for the first time. This family enter- is a quirky, lighthearted movie that brighter side. tions, as well as finding common honour to make this album with tainer has the power to cut across the audience can enjoy with their Think about ground in ragas and medieval Sharon. She’s a world renowned geographic boundaries and we are families. It has been a wonderful the days to modes. The idea is to achieve a artiste who recently won the award pleased to bring Gulabo Sitabo to experience working with Amitabh come after cross-fertilisation at both the cellu- for Best Acoustic Guitarist and audiences across the globe.” Bachchan and Ayushmann this phase lar and cosmic levels of two classi- we’ve done many shows with her. Ayushmann also noted that Khurrana on the film,” added the and how cal music traditions, which are We also had around 30 shows lined Gulabo Sitabo is a special film for director. to not often held to be radically different,” up together in the United States, him. Gulabo Sitabo is being described repeat Khan said. which due to the ongoing situation “It made me reunite with my as the story “of two slimy scheming the The album’s four tracks cover a will probably be postponed for next mentor Shoojit da after Vicky foxes in a game of one upmanship, mis- wide range of expression, lyricism, year. It’s been an honour to work Donor. Whatever I’m today is each one attracting other members colour and virtuosity. The ragas with her,” states Amman Ali because of him and I’m happy that to their clan and each one with an composed by Amjad Ali Khan Bangash. he made me a part of his vision agenda of his own”. receive their world premiere in set- The recording will be released again. Gulabo Sitabo also sees me With the digital release, Gulabo tings for guitar and sarod: By The May 22. CDs and digital copies be share screen space with Mr Sitabo will premiere across 200 Moon-Behag, Love Avalanche- pre-ordered now from Amazon and Amitabh Bachchan for the first time countries and territories. takes Mishra Bhairav, Romancing Earth- other retailers.

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The idea of Krishna and his Leela was to make it CREATING HIS OWN Vishnu wants to contemporary. Rana was narrated it later and he share stories of immediately green-lit to brave Telugu produce it, finds OPPORTUNITIES Army personnel NAGARAJ GOUD ilmmaker sations over beers. The film and are under the pump con- Ravikanth Perepu gave me a formal introduction stantly. At the end of the day had the idea of a to writing,” he points out. though, it doesn’t matter who to the world F “boy falling in love Siddu believes it was a huge you are if your films don’t with two women leap he had to take, to play a work. You are still battling the ctor Manchu already met the mothers simultaneously” role who says that he is love same battle. Honestly, I’ve Vishnu appealed to and farmers of the two even before he went on to with multiple women at a time never felt like an outsider. netizens to share Telugu states but haven’t make his debut film, Kshanam. in Krishna and his Leela. “He is Friends like Lakshmi Manchu A him pictures or met the army personnel. He shared it with his friend not stating it for physical rea- never made me feel-so. videos of Telugu I want to know about Siddu Jonnalagadda back then sons. It took a while for me to Multiple times in the past she brave hearts of Indian army and espe- itse, who is playing the lead believe his reason as a writer. I had taken the initiative of ring- Indian army to his social cially Telugu brave hearts role in Krishna and his Leela. was sure that if I was faking it ing filmmakers and recom- media account. He said who have left their And when they decided to on screen as an actor, people mending my name in high that it was his effort to impression with their come together for a film a few will discover it. In fact at one esteem,” he explains. tell their stories to the valour and sacrifices,” years later, they felt the story of point, I had to take that leap He, however, had to do a lot world. “In this world, we Vishnu said on his social the old idea was obsolete. and say it to myself, ‘You know of other jobs to do what he should bow and offer our media pages on “Plus, we have evolved in our what, this is what the character loves the most — acting. “I respects to only Wednesday evening. crafts after our respective films is. My personal belief shouldn’t never wanted to become a three people Vishnu, who will Kshanam and Guntur Talkies. deter the flow of the character’,” writer. I’m talkative, interactive — mother, be next seen in So, we decided to borrow the he states, promising that and I’ve been told that I’m farmer Mosagallu, has old idea and write it from the Krishna will resonate with the expressive as well. So, I had to and army recently pro- scratch. The idea was to make youth. “He is there in every create my own opportunities. person- duced it contemporary. Rana was nar- single boy. He is an average Joe There were a certain set of nel. I Chadrangam, rated it later and he immedi- who is cute, sweet and girls like films that were offered to me believe starring ately green-lit to produce it. him. He gets emotional and in the past and I was not they Srikanth. It’s Overall, we took around eight- gets carried away at places but happy with them. Later when haven’t got currently there is this constant want of they released, my analysis of the recog- streaming on falling in love. He wants to get not signing them proved to be nition they ZEE5. FOR SIDDU, A RANK married and be a good hus- bang on. This is a place where deserve. I’ve band. But generally one doesn’t you can’t afford to do wrong OUTSIDER, ITS MORE get 100 per cent with their rela- films when you are relatively ABOUT FINDING HIS tionship and it’s a way of life. new and when you have no That is when he starts looking backing. You have to wait and PLACE IN THE INDUSTRY elsewhere. It is the same here wait. The patience wears you THAT FIGHTING THAT in the film. At the same time it out. In the process, you tell to has nothing to do with physical yourselves, ‘Screw it, you FACT THAT HE IS AN intimacy. It’s more for emo- have to create your OUTSIDER AND IS tional reasons.” own chances As he was dealing with a instead of wait- DEPRIVED OF MORE sensitive subject, he and Ravi ing for someone OPPORTUNITIES had to be extra careful. “We are to offer them to not putting it across in a funny you. When I DESPITE HIS TALENT. way. Of course, the film will started writing, evoke laughter but we are gen- there was this uinely addressing the point. buzz that ‘Oh, he nine months to have a com- We are not making slapstick, is an actor, why is he plete script of Krishna and his which is generally the easy way into writing?’ If I wouldn’t Leela,” Siddu tells us in a con- out,” he clarifies. have written for myself in the versation. For Siddu, a rank outsider, past, I wouldn’t have had the He admits to have had inter- its more about finding his line-up (of three films) that I est towards writing from a long place in the industry that have up next. I believe that just time but it wasn’t until he sat fighting that fact that he is an because you are desperate, it down with Praveen Sattaru to outsider and is deprived of doesn’t mean you are wrong. discover that he has a natural more opportunities despite his Nobody will do anything for flair for it. The director intro- talent. “It takes time to find anyone in this place,” he signs duced the actor through LBW your place in the industry and off, while gently reminding earlier this decade. “After it’s the same for star kids as that all he is doing these days, Chandamama Kathalu, well. The only difference being besides hitting the gym, is to Praveen sir wanted to attempt they have a lot of experience at write, edit what he writes and something new and interesting. their disposal, courtesy their edit his films. And he is also The idea of Guntur Talkies was parents. But they are subjected helping his mom by mixing born as we kept having conver- to a lot more scrutiny than us ingredients for mango pickle. Nikhil ties the knot ikhil Siddharth tied the knot with his fiancée Dr Pallavi Varma on Thursday in Shamirpet, Hyderabad. A traditional affair, the N wedding venue was well decked up with flowers. With the couple Mahesh gets hitched entered marital bliss amid lockdown, the family made sure to take esides Nikhil’s wedding, members and friends from the cou- precautions and sported masks. The actor wore a golden sherwani for the Thursday also witnessed ple attending it. It is an arranged ceremony, while his wife was every bit the Telugu bride, donning red-and- B another wedding of a match, we hear, for the actor, who Telugu supporting actor. was also seen playing a role with gold silk saree. Soon after, congratulatory messages poured in for the Jabardusth fame Mahesh, who won negative streak in Mahanati. While actor from the fraternity, with the likes of Allari Naresh, Harish Shankar and rich laurels for his act in Ram the wedding guests seem to have Sai Tej among others extending their marriage wishes. Charan-starrer Rangasthalam, wed not worn masks as coronavirus pre- Pavani at 6: 31 am in Sivakodu vil- ventive measure going by the pic- lage, Rajolu. The wedding was a tures, the ceremony though private affair with only the family appeared to have gone smoothly. Samantha and her pet dog cannot be beaten in this job! amantha Akkineni On the work front, Sam, has shared a pho- last seen in Jaanu, is said to tograph on have signed Game Over Instagram where director Ashwin Saravanan’s S she is seen taking Telugu-Tamil bilingual as her a nap with her pet next but there is no official French bulldog, saying no word yet on the project. She one does it better than them! is also rumoured to be in “No one does it better than talks with Sony Pictures for a us,” she wrote on the image. new film, which will be She also shared a photo- helmed by a debutant. It will graph with the dog where she be another Telugu-Tamil flaunts her perfect skin. bilingual, according to the “Good light, good skin, buzz. Her next release, how- good puppy kinda day... ever, will be The Family Man #nofilter #bareskin #happy- 2, which marks her Hindi heart,” she wrote. and digital debut. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2020 sport 12 Bundesliga back with Der Klassiker Sainz to succeed Vettel at Ferrari Dortmund braced to host Schalke in ‘most unusual derby in history’ AFP n MILAN

AFP n DORTMUND panish driver Carlos Sainz will Sreplace four-time Formula One orussia Dortmund’s young Brandt ready for historic game world champion Sebastian Vettel at stars Erling Braut Haaland Ferrari next season, while Daniel Band Jadon Sancho will be IANS n MUNICH Ricciardo has signed a “multi-year” hunting more goals on Saturday in deal with McLaren from 2021. “the most unusual derby in history” orussia Dortmund midfielder Sainz, 25, will leave McLaren fol- against Schalke as the German BJulian Brandt has said while he lowing the 2020 season to partner 22- Bundesliga returns behind locked is not feeling the same pressure as year-old Charles Leclerc at Ferrari, doors. he would in normal circumstances forming the team’s youngest pairing in Dortmund usually expect when they take on local rivals the past 50 years. 82,000 spectators at Signal Iduna Schalke, the sense of occasion is not “With five seasons already behind Park for a home derby, but the sta- lost on him. him, Carlos has proved to be very tal- dium will be near-empty with only “You have to say that it’s the fans ented and has shown that he has the a handful of media and officials who always make it special. If technical ability and the right attribut- admitted. you’re a few days before such a game es to make him an ideal fit with our Even national team coach you’ll notice that your neighbours family,” Ferrari team boss Mattia Joachim Loew will not be allowed in are only speaking about the game orities. Binotto said in a statement on to watch his Germany players Live when they see you,” Brandt told “Therefore, you don’t feel the Thursday. on their return to action. bundesliga.com in their midweek same pressure as you would in nor- “We believe that a driver pairing “It will be the most unusual interview. mal circumstances, but in the end, with the talent and personality of for McLaren next season when he takes derby in history,” former Dortmund “You notice that the media this is the situation that we’re in. Charles and Carlos... will be the best over the seat left vacant by Sainz. captain Sebastian Kehl told German focuses heavily on the game and Everyone will be watching us on possible combination to help us reach Ricciardo, 30, will line up along- daily Welt. that creates a certain tension in the Saturday, the Dortmund fans will the goals we have set ourselves.” side Britain’s Lando Norris, 20, in 2021 Normally, a home derby against air. At the moment, this isn’t the watch us and the Schalke fans will Sainz emerged in pole position to after he leaves Renault at the end of this Schalke comes alive “through the case. Although I think the fans still watch their team. The result of the succeed Vettel at Maranello after the season. fans, from their emotions, from the really care about the result of the fix- game will be important to them so German announced on Tuesday he was “Daniel is a proven race-winner enthusiasm in the stadium,” Kehl ture, you don’t notice it, especially it’s not like we just say that it’s irrel- quitting Ferrari after talks over a new and his experience, commitment and added. in this hotel. The only tension that evant who wins or loses, it won’t be contract broke down. energy will be a valuable addition to Dortmund are looking to close you could potentially feel is through like this. We do recognise that it Sainz, whose father, also Carlos, is McLaren and our mission to return to the four-point gap behind leaders the media but they have many other would be an important tone to set a two-time world rally champion, has the front of the field,” said McLaren Bayern Munich, who visit Union topics to cover so I think BVB vs if we win the game,” said the 24-year previously driven for Red Bull’s feed- team principal Andreas Seidl. Berlin on Sunday. Schalke is at the bottom of their pri- old. er team Toro Rosso and Renault before “With Daniel and Lando as team- However, Dortmund’s iconic impressing with McLaren last season. mates, I believe we have two racers who south stand, dubbed The Yellow Wall He secured the once all-conquer- will continue to excite our fans and help and normally packed with 25,000 problem. Freiburg on Saturday. “Not many ing British team’s first podium place in the team grow.” passionate fans will — like the rest Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Braut Haaland and Jadon Sancho in action during Bundesliga Haaland was in stunning form players my age have scored 20 goals almost six years in Brazil last year. Ricciardo has won seven races and of the stadium — stand empty. substitutes will wear masks, goal cel- best accepts this situation and can when the league was suspended in in a season once and I’ve done it Signing Sainz will also end any lin- recorded 29 podium finishes since his “The players will miss the ebrations will be replaced by elbow best deal with it.” mid-March with nine goals in twice,” said the 24-year-old gering speculation about six-time F1 debut with the HRT team at the chance for extra motivation by the taps while handshakes and hugs The pressure is on Haaland, 19, eight Bundesliga appearances Werner who has netted 21 champion Lewis Hamilton leaving British Grand Prix in 2011. fans and the atmosphere,” admitted before kick-off are a no-go. and Sancho, 20, to continue their since joining from Salzburg. times this term. “I’d like to Mercedes for Ferrari. He drove for Red Bull’s junior Kehl. “A lot of things will start from goal-rich partnership, despite the Sancho also terrorised score 30 in a season.” “I am very happy that I will be dri- team Toro Rosso in 2012 and 2013 While league action in England, scratch on Saturday,” Dortmund empty terraces, and steer injury- defences with 14 goals and 16 Julian Nagelsmann’s ving for Scuderia Ferrari in 2021 and before making the jump to the flagship Spain and Italy is still at least a month winger Julian Brandt told Sky. depleted Dortmund to victory. assists in 23 league games. Leipzig trail leaders Bayern by I’m excited about my future with the Red Bull team in 2014. He finished away, the German Football League “There will be no real advan- Midfield enforcers Emre Can At third-placed RB five points following draws team,” said Sainz, who is expected to third in the drivers’ standings in 2014 (DFL) has drawn up detailed tages and disadvantages to playing and Axel Witsel are out with mus- Leipzig, Germany striker Timo against Leverkusen and Wolfsburg play a supporting role alongside and 2016. hygiene guidelines to restart. home or away. cle strains, while playmaker Marco Werner is aiming to move closer to before matches were halted due to Leclerc. Vettel’s future meanwhile remains At games around the country, “In the end, it depends on who Reus is recovering from a groin his goal target for the season against the virus outbreak. Australian Ricciardo will drive uncertain. Rohit prefers ‘Dhoni’s gut feeling is his biggest strength’ Mourinho ‘desperate’ short-term targets NEW DELHI: MS Dhoni is an see how different MS was as a for PL return unconventional and unique captain. I used to think a cap- Faf backs double quarantine to salvage T20 WC AFP n LONDON PNS n NEW DELHI leader, whose biggest strength is tain must speak all the time in NEW DELHI: Veteran South Australia is not affected like his incredible gut feeling, says team meetings etc but MS was Africa batsman Faf du Plessis other countries, to get people ottenham manager Jose Mourinho mphasising that long term goals can put his Chennai Super Kings team- completely different. has proposed a two-week iso- from Bangladesh, South Africa Tsays he is “desperate” for the Estress and pressure on a player, star India mate Faf du Plessis. “He doesn’t believe a lot in lation period for players before or India where there is more return of Premier League action opener Rohit Sharma says he prefers short term The former South Africa team meetings. He’s a very and after the T20 World Cup as danger, obviously it's a health despite mounting concerns about the goals and would continue with the same strat- skipper has spent considerable instinctive captain he’s got such a way to stage the event as per risk to them,” du Plessis said. English top-flight’s restart plans. egy in future. time with Dhoni after joining a good cricket brain that he schedule later this year. “But you can go in before Some top-flight bosses understood to have Sharma, who has played 224 ODIs and 32 the IPL side in 2011 and has relies on it to make the right “I am not sure... Reading the tournament (for) two weeks expressed concerns about the plan to play from mid- Tests, said he likes setting a target for himself been an integral part of its suc- decisions on the field,” du Plessis that travelling is going to be an isolation and then play the June when they spoke during a League Managers before the start of a series. cessful journey. said of former India skipper. issue for lot of countries and tournament and afterwards Association meeting on Wednesday. “Over the years, I’ve realised that long-term “He reads the others play- Calling Dhoni the best fin- they are talking about two weeks isolation,” said the But Mourinho said he would relish the chance goals won’t help you in anyway. On the contrary er really well and he uses that to isher he has played with, Du December or January. Even if former captain. PTI to get back to work despite the challenges and risks it will add to your pressure and stress. I have make instinctive decisions on Plessis said no one can emulate posed by the pandemic. always focused on short term goals which are the field. He’s got an incredible what the dasher from Ranchi He’s just so unique like he times him a lot about leadership. “I have not asked for any delay,” Mourinho said mainly the next few games in the upcoming 2- gut feeling on the game and I can do with the bat. the ball so late he’s got an “I’m lucky to have started in a statement on Thursday. 3 months — who is it against, what can I do think that’s his biggest strength,” “He’s extremely calm. I incredible calmness. He knows my journey there at CSK “I want to train, and I am desperate for the best,” the Sharma said on Star Sports show du Plessis said in a Facebook Live haven’t played with someone his game and he picks a bowler because I have really learned a Premier League to return as soon as it is safe to do Cricket Connected: Chats. session with Tamim Iqbal. who is a better finisher than and goes for it.” lot from a leadership point of so, particularly now we are seeing other leagues “Setting goals for each series or tournament The 35-year-old said Dhoni him. It’s just remarkable to Du Plessis said that playing view. I tried to learn as much as preparing to return to action.” helps me a lot and I will continue to follow this changed his perception of how watch him from the side of the for CSK alongside Dhoni and possible from Dhoni and Mourinho said he is happy with the way his method in the future,” added the Mumbaikar, a captain should be. field. If someone else tries to do under the guidance head coach Stephen Fleming because both squad have kept themselves fit during the lockdown. who has scored 9,115 ODI runs. “It was amazing for me to MS Dhoni in action during IPL game it like him they won’t be able to. Stephen Fleming has taught are great captains.” PTI “I am extremely proud of the way my players All the sports persons are stuck in their have maintained their fitness,” he said. “They have houses due to the lockdown, enforced to con- shown great professionalism, passion and dedication. tain the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Sharma “We have all been working extremely hard said considering the situation, they can only wait Poms may start training in coming weeks through remote squad training sessions and isolat- for action to begin. Serie A on course of June restart ed running now the pitches are available to use again “I hope we get the opportunity to play crick- PTI n LONDON will have an option to ROME: The president of was sending a team of at the training centre. et, as we don’t know when we will play again. ‘opt out” of training if the Italian Olympic inspectors to check that “Every player has been extremely When we resume playing cricket, we will have ngland players they have any appre- Committee (CONI) said clubs were respecting the committed in terms of their individ- to see what’s Ecould tentatively hensions of health risk. on Thursday that he is current medical protocol ual work and now we wait for clear- coming start their outdoor skill- “These are the very “99 percent” sure that put in place to enable the ance to commence working in our way — based training in the first tentative steps back the Serie A season will return to training. small groups again, which I will fully whether its coming weeks with to playing cricket,” Giles restart next month fol- “The team will check support.” T20 World the ECB eyeing was quoted as saying by lowing its coronavirus- that professional clubs Cup or (the) resumption of ESPNCricinfo, indicat- enforced suspension. are conforming to the MURRAY FEARS ‘RUSH’ IPL,” he said. International cricket ing that it could be “From one to 100, protocols, first the Brighton striker Glenn Murray “We even with a series against done in controlled envi- what do I think the one for individual fears English football is being had a big bilateral West Indies in July, ronment. chances are Serie A starts sessions and then rushed back too soon, with death series against said its director of “This is individual- on June 13? I’d say 99 per- three months since the as of May 18 for rates still stubbornly high in the Australia planned — cricket Ashley Giles. based training, so in the supermarket. It should be cent,” Giovanni Malago season was halted, if they collective train- worst-hit country in Europe. we will have to However, as per many ways we should that controlled an environ- told broadcaster RAI. get the all-clear from the ing,” the FIGC “Football isn’t necessarily a analyse and see health directive issued be able to get control of ment.” “Everything is ready Italian Government. said in a state- necessity — it’s a game, it’s a who we are play- by Government wing, the environment so it’s However as per protocols for a restart, to put the The country’s sports ment. sport,” Murray told Sky Sports. ing against,” he the players — across safer to go back to prac- issued by the Department for system in a position to minister Vincenzo The announce- “I mean, what if we go signed off. all sports in UK — tice than it is to go to Digital, Culture, Media and begin again. However if Spadafora has given clubs ment comes after through all this rigmarole of try- Sport (DCMS), players will you asked me what the the green light to restart newspaper Corriere ing to get back started, and we have have an option. chances are of the season team training sessions Della Sera reported a second peak and we’re stopped The ECB Director also finishing once it’s begun, from Monday after play- that Lazio players were anyway? Osaka says shyness is holding her back agreed that they have to create I’d need a crystal ball.” ers were allowed to enter playing three-on-three “I just can’t understand after just an environment where West On Wednesday Serie club facilities for individ- matches at the end of ses- sort of loosening the lockdown why AFP n LOS ANGELES her. Indies and Pakistan both feel A clubs announced they ual sessions earlier. sions, which if true would we’re in such a rush to get it back. Why “There’s a lot of times safe while travelling to the wanted to return to com- On Thursday the be a violation of the pro- can’t we just wait sort of a month or so ormer world number one where I see myself in situa- United Kingdom. petition on June 13, over FIGC announced that it tocol. AFP to see if things go to plan?” FNaomi Osaka has admitted tions where I could have put having “a lot of regrets” and my input in, but instead I’ve said she’s soul-searching dur- held my tongue and things ing the coronavirus lockdown kept moving in a way that I for ways to become more didn’t really enjoy,” she said. NRAI nominates Moudgil for Khel Ratna assertive. “I feel like if I asserted The 22-year-old Japanese, myself, I would have gotten PTI n NEW DELHI to federation sources. NRAI President been recommended for Arjuna.” who stormed to prominence the opportunity to see what Raninder Singh said in a statement, “Our Moudgil, the shooter from by winning back-to-back would have happened.” he National Rifle Association of shooters had an outstanding last season Chandigarh earned the quota in the 10m Grand Slam titles at the 2018 With return dates for ten- TIndia (NRAI) has nominated ace and it was a particularly difficult selec- Air Rifle event when she won the Silver US Open and 2019 Australian nis still uncertain, Osaka said shooter Anjum Moudgil for the Khel tion to make this time around. medal in the ISSF World Cup in Korea Open, said she believed her she was using the unexpected Ratna — the country’s highest sporting “I wish all those recommended all the in 2018. shyness was holding her back. free time to try new things, honour — while recommending Jaspal very best and hope those who could not Last year, Moudgil paired up with “I think people know me like drawing and sketching. Rana for the Dronacharya Award for the make it this year, force us to do so next Divyansh Singh Panwar to claim the 10m as being really shy,” she told “Part of me is a bit con- second year in a row. time around with their performances. Air Rifle mixed team Gold medal in the CNN Sport. cerned (about not playing Moudgil, the 26-year-old rifle ace “I believe all are equally talented and ISSF World Cup in Munich and Beijing. “I want to also take the tennis), but also I know that who started shooting in 2008, is among will certainly reap rich awards if they She also reached the final in the 10m quarantine time to just think other players are in the same the first two Indians to have secured carry on the way they have.” Air Rifle event in the ISSF World Cup in about everything, and for me, position as me, probably,” she quota places for the Tokyo Olympics. Bhaker and Valarivan’s names were Munich and Rio de Janeiro. I have a lot of regrets before I Naomi Osaka arrives on court Twitter said. The NRAI on Thursday said it will added to the list on Thursday. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award go to sleep. and said last year that she felt “I just think that, it’s not be sending the Sports Ministry the “Anjum Moudgil has been nominat- carries a medallion, a certificate and a “And most of the regrets is depressed after reaching world like I’ll forget how to play ten- names of champion pistol shooters ed for Khel Ratna while the NRAI has cash prize of `7.5 lakh. due to (the fact) that I don’t number one following her nis. I also don’t want to train Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, again send Jaspal’s name for Dronacharya. While, the 43-year-old Rana, a mul- speak out about what I’m win in Australia. five hours a day right now Manu Bhaker and promising rifle shoot- They have always believed that he tiple Asian Games Gold-medallist marks- thinking.” She said she would feel because I think that’s how you er Elavenil Valarivan for the prestigious deserves it and are hoping he gets it this man, is credited to have groomed the likes The soft-spoken Osaka more comfortable if she spoke get burned out and you never Arjuna Award. time,” a federation source said. of teen sensations Bhaker, Saurabh and has spoken candidly about up and took more control of know when tournaments will Bhaker and Valarivan’s names were “Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Anish Bhanwala into world-class shoot- her struggles with success, what was happening around start again.” added to the list on Thursday, according Anjum Moudgil poses with Silver medal PTI Verma, Manu Bhaker and Elavenil have ers.