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www.dailypioneer.com TODAY TTD owned 1,128 immovable ALMANAC Battered by Nivar, farmers Month & Paksham: Kartik & Shukla Paksha properties, reveals white paper Panchangam n Tithi : 12:47 pm in AP brace for more storms Vaikunta Dwara darshan to be allowed for 10 days Nakshatram: 06:03 am (Next Day) C PRADEEP KUMAR Government said on Saturday. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Subba Reddy also said that Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start n VIJAYAWADA While six people died in the Tirumala temple’s Vaikunta any important work) , two others The Tirumala Tirupati dwaram will be opened for 10 Rahukalam: 04:13 pm – 05:36 pm There seems to be no end to were killed in Kadapa. Devasthanams on Saturday days from Vaikunta Ekadasi. A the farmers’ trauma — two The impending cyclones — disclosed that it owns 1,128 decision in this regard was Yamagandam: 12:04 pm – 01:27 pm more cyclones are brewing named Burevi and Taketi — immovable properties spread taken during the TTD Board Varjyam: 04:41 pm – 06:28 pm over the horizon. are intensifying and moving over 8,088.89 acres across the meeting that was held on Gulika: 02:50 pm - 04:13 pm Though it’s too early even for towards the shore. country. Some of these assets Saturday in Tirumala’s Good Time: (to start any important work) the weathermen to predict These back-to-back are prime properties located in Annamacharya Bhawan. that the low pressure areas cyclones, coming less than two metro cities. “Considering requests from Amritakalam: 03:23 am – 05:10 am brewing over the weeks apart, are disrupting The TTD Board released a pilgrims, after negotiating with Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:42 am – 12:26 pm would intensify into cyclones, normal life, causing heavy loss- white paper on the immovable with Survey Number, place, the Peethadhipathis, Agama this is not a relief for the farm- es to farmers during the har- owned by the temple on board resolution, auctioned Advisors, we have resolved to VIJAYAWADA ers and people living along the vest time. Saturday. date etc. open the Vaikunta Dwaram for coastline in the state. The two cyclones are expect- Speaking to the media after The white paper released by ten days starting from WEATHER Eight people were killed in ed to hit the coast in the first a meeting of the TTD Trust the TTD says that of the 8,089 Vaikuntha Ekadasi day for the Forecast: Sunny floods caused by heavy to week of next month — Board, its chairman YV Subba acres, over 335.23 acres have benefit of multitude of visiting Temp: 31/20 extremely heavy rainfall in December 2 and December 5. Reddy said that these proper- already been sold along with pilgrims to Tirumala temple,” Humidity: 74% Chittoor and Kadapa districts ties include the assets that had some properties. As of now, said the Trust Board chairman. Sunrise: 06.29am in the last three days, the State 2 Pg2 been auctioned since 1974 TTD has got 987 assets, it says. Sunset: 05.39pm CM conducts aerial survey of Nivar-hhit areas 2 Current Weather Conditions Updated November 28, 2020 5:00 PM Free power Govt to table Fish DBT begins Feed Regulation PNS n VIJAYAWADA Bill in Assembly Rajya Sabha member V Vijayasai Reddy on SNV SUDHIR Saturday took to Twitter n VIJAYAWADA to announce that the State Government has sanc- The State Government is giv- tioned funds to Srikak- ing final touches to Bill for ulam district for release to the enactment of “Andhra farmers under the Direct Pradesh Fish Feed (Quality Benefit Transfer as part Control) Act, 2020,” that will of the free power scheme. regulate the approximately Rs He said that the State 17,000 crore fish feed manu- Government has released facturing industry in the Rs 6.05 crore for the pro- state. ject for Srikakulam. 2 2 PM reviews work on vaccines with lab visits PNS n AHMEDABAD/ HYDERABAD/PUNE Modi’s visit to Prime Minister Narendra Genome Valley Modi on Saturday visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and validated my Pune to review coronavirus vaccine development work vision: Naidu there. The Prime Minister's VIJAYAWADA: Office (PMO) said the day- Hailing the manifold growth long visit was aimed at get- of biotech, TDP supremo N ting a first-hand perspective Chandrababu Naidu said that of the preparations, chal- it was a moment of lenges and roadmap in happiness for him as none India's endeavour to vacci- other than Prime Minister nate its citizens. Narendra Modi has visited Modi began by visiting the Genome Valley to review pharma major Zydus the progress of vaccine Cadila's manufacturing facil- making at Bharat Biotech. ity near Ahmedabad. “My three decades old vision Wearing a PPE kit, he has become a reality now. It reviewed the vaccine devel- is a dream come true that the opment process at the com- vaccine for epidemic is being pany's research centre, locat- developed at Genome Valley ed over 20 km from for which I laid the Ahmedabad. foundation,” Naidu said. Modi was extensively 2 briefed about the vaccine work at the plant by the DNA based vaccine being company officials. He was developed by Zydus Cadila. briefed about the vaccine I compliment the team production procedure. He behind this effort for their interacted with scientists work. Government of India and vaccine developers, an is actively working with official said. them to support them in this "Visited the Zydus Biotech journey," Modi tweeted after Park in Ahmedabad to know the visit. more about the indigenous 2

Doctor murdered at home in Avanigadda PNS n VIJAYAWADA his family members were out of station. Kota Srihari Rao, a well- Superintendent of Police known doctor of Lakshmi Ravindranath Babu told Nursing Home was found in media persons said that a pool of blood in his home Avanigadda DSP Mahboob in Avanigadda town of Basha and circle inspector Krishna district on Saturday. Ravi Kumar rushed to the The doctor used to live in spot on learning about the a bedroom on the premises murder. of the nursing home. The murder took place at a time 2 02 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 BJP’s high-octane push in GHMC has a larger purpose objective of boosting the In Telangana though, the MIM was a clever attempt to and BJP are already locked in cadre’s morale and the party’s This extraordinary importance the party took a big leap by win- put the TRS and MIM in a fix. a battle with strong communal ‘ALL AND approach of not taking any ning four Lok Sabha seats as In spite of some mutually overtones. election lightly. The other sim- saffron party is attaching to a civic well as the Dubbaka Assembly recriminatory statements, their Elections in Bihar where the plistic view is the aim of poll and the high-octane campaign of seat in a byelection earlier fight is commonly viewed as a Congress could win only 19 SUNDRY’ emerging as an alternative to this month. Although the vic- friendly match as the MIM is out of 70 seats proved again the TRS. Equally facile is the its leaders were initially intriguing tory in Dubbaka was marked contesting only 51 seats. It that the political space for the Municipal Corporation conclusion that the GHMC beyond the transparent objective of by a wafer thin margin, it indi- walked straight into the BJP’s grand old party is receding in election has never elections are a semi-final for boosting the cadre’s morale and the cated that non-Modi factors trap by daring the TRS govern- large swathes of the country. Aattracted so much the Assembly polls in Tamil like anti-incumbency can also ment to demolish memorials This is true also in Telangana national attention as the one to Nadu, Puducherry, West party’s approach of not taking any do the magic. of Telugu icons N. T. Rama where its fortunes are dwin- be held in Greater Hyderabad Bengal and Assam in 2021 and election lightly. The twist that BJP president Rao and P. V. Narasimha Rao dling and its leaders have been on December 1 when an esti- in UP in 2022, besides push- Bandi Sanjay Kumar gave to built on the foreshores of defecting to the TRS and late- mated 74 lakh voters are list- ing its Hindutva agenda. Yet, S NAGESH KUMAR the GHMC campaign by Hussainsagar Lake. ly BJP. ed to elect 150 corporators. it is difficult to envisage how where it holds power. Amit ble uncertainty in spite of Former Resident Editor, threatening a surgical strike The BJP and MIM are KCR‘s iteration of his plans The BJP has pulled out all the the BJP’s success in GHMC Shah’s visits to and AIADMK’s disastrous show The Hindu against Pakistanis, Rohingyas treading a dangerous path as to float a third front targeted stops by despatching its brass will influence voters in the East Hyderabad within a span of in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- and Afghans overstaying in the both sides have their sights primarily at the BJP would be from Home Minister Amit and the North where the eight days should explain this. tions against the virtual clean Andhra over its refusal to Old City must be understood fixed on West Bengal too. another reason for the BJP’s Shah to MP Tejaswi Surya for socio-political factors are dif- This was a smart move consid- sweep by the DMK and its confer Special Category Status against this background. It Buoyant after winning five attempt to give back as good as the campaign. ferent. ering the likelihood of V K. UPA allies which won 38 out and muddled thinking over has turned the spotlight on his Assembly seats in Bihar, the they get.They are taking the This extraordinary impor- The BJP’s game plan also Sasikala’s release from jail, of 39 seats. Amaravati. It has clearly come party with the likes of Tejaswi MIM sees West Bengal with 27 battle to his home turf as a tance the saffron party is seems directed at the South, superstar Rajinikanth formal- Among AP, , to a conclusion that it must Surya fanning the flames per cent of Muslims as anoth- forewarning to KCR to watch attaching to a civic poll and the which accounts for 130 Lok ly launching his party formal- Telangana and Kerala, the BJP play the Hindutva card for a through incendiary speeches. er hunting ground. This may his back before taking a leap high-octane campaign of its Sabha seats and turning its toe- ly and developments like M. K. had just two Assembly seats till successful foray into the South, His audacious claim that the lend a new dimension to from ‘gully politics’ to Delhi leaders were initially intrigu- hold into a footprint that Alagiri’s inclination to join recently. In Tamil Nadu, it is on a fact BJP leaders openly BJP’s battle was primarily Bengal’s electoral landscape politics, to use Rao’s own ing beyond the transparent extends beyond Karnataka, the BJP. He has ended possi- the backfoot over Hindi and in admit. against Asaduddin Owaisi’s as the Trinamool Congress expression. Free power Government to table Fish Feed Jagan undertakes aerial DBT begins Continued from Page 1 Regulation Bill in Assembly “A total of Rs 6.05 crore Continued from Page 1 survey of Nivar-hit areas have been sanctioned to Srikakulam district under The Bill will be introduced free electricity pilot project. in the forthcoming winter ses- n Kin of 8 flood victims to get Rs 5 lakh ex gratia, announces CM Chandrababu Naidu has sion of the state Assembly. spent Rs 4,000 crore on free The Bill will clear the way PNS n VIJAYAWADA electricity but nothing mate- for a centralised Fish Feed rialised. YS Jagan's govern- Controlling Authority that will Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan ment has decided to spend Rs regulate, supervise, and control Reddy on Saturday undertook 8,853 crore (sic),” Vijayasai the manufacture, sale and dis- an aerial survey of areas affect- Reddy tweeted. tribution of fish feed. ed by Cyclone Nivar and It has been decided that The Bill, once it becomes an announced ex gratia of Rs 5 the Direct Benefit Transfer Act, will replace the Ordinance lakh each to the kin of eight will be carried out in the that was already issued a few persons — six in Chittoor and Srikakulam district on a pilot months ago. The Act will pro- two in Kadapa districts — basis before being extended hibit the manufacture of fish Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy pays homage to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule who died due to the heavy throughout the state with feed without a licence and the on his death anniversary at his camp office at Tadepalli on Saturday. rains triggered by the natural effect from April 1, 2021. existing fish feed makers will disaster. The State Government has be given four months to obtain ensure compliance of quality like urea, which increase inor- The Chief Minister saw the decided to introduce Direct a licence. standards of fish feed through ganic nitrogen to artificially extent of damage in the three Benefit Transfer on the sub- The licence fee ranges from the necessary regulatory and enhance crude protein value. districts of YSR Kadapa, sidy extended as free electric- Rs 10,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh, supervisory mechanism This unethical practice results Chittoor and SPSR Nellore ity to farmers and the pro- depending upon the capacity through legal enforcement. in incurring huge economic during his aerial survey. posal was approved by the of the plant. Violators would It will also help aquaculture losses for farmers. Due to ille- He directed the officials to Cabinet in September. be prosecuted and also penal- farmers select quality fish feed gal practices in Fish Feed make sure that power was will be ties up to Rs 10 lakh will be as per their requirement, based Manufacturing, high crude restored as early as possible and among the first states in levied. on the percentage of ingredi- protein value is obtained dur- to take up enumeration of sidy to the farmers in the areas and to compensate other India to adopt this pro- The Act is aimed at prescrib- ents. ing proximate analysis which crop loss on a war footing and affected areas. A decision to damages like houses and live- gramme. ing quality standards for fish “Fish Feed manufacturers results in huge economic loss- compensation be paid by volunteers should be utilised to this effect was taken in the stock as per SDRF norms. The decision comes after feed being sold to aquaculture tend to resort to the illegal es for farmers due to the low December-end. hand over the amount if they Cabinet meeting on Friday. He told the officials to com- the Union Government farmers in the state. It will also practice of mixing adulterants efficiency of fish feeds. The Chief Minister said peo- have already left the relief The Chief Minister directed plete the temporary restoration issued a draft proposal for ple in the relief camps should camps. the officials to act with a works of Pincha and amending the Electricity Act be given Rs 500 each while He instructed the officials to humane touch while dealing Annamaya projects immedi- 2003 to address issues in the returning home. Services of give seeds on 80 percent sub- with the people in affected ately. power sector. Gita has all the TTD owned 1,128 answers, says Battered by Nivar, farmers... PM reviews work on immovable ... Kanchi seer at Continued from Page 1 people were sheltered in relief the farmers whose crops were Continued from Page 1 securities of the State and the Tirumala camps, Collectors of these dis- damaged due to Cyclone Nivar. vaccines with lab visits Central Governments. The devastation caused by tricts told the Chief Minister at Paddy crop was damaged in The white paper on the Subba Reddy said that as PNS n VIJAYAWADA Cyclone Nivar is gradually at review meeting. 2,80,829 hectare — 1,02,890 Continued from Page 1 tate speedy progress," Modi TTD’s immovable properties part of making Tirumala as a coming to the fore, with thou- Kadapa Collector Ch hectare in Guntur, 63,503 tweeted after his hour-long assumes significance following Holy Green City and a pollu- Swamy Vijayendra sands of hectares of kharif Harikiran said 12,741 people hectare in Krishna and 30,146 Zydus Cadila chairman visit there. the massive controversy that tion-free pilgrim centre, the Saraswathi of Kanchi crop getting inundated due to were rescued from floods in hectare in East Godavari dis- Pankaj Patel recently said the After leaving the facility, erupted after the Board had in TTD has decided to run 100 Kamakoti Peetham had heavy rains that lashed the the district. trict. Crop damage is lesser in company is aiming to com- Modi got down from his vehi- May of this year announced its to 150 electric buses to darshan of Lord State during the past four days. Hundreds of houses and other districts compared to plete the vaccine trial by cle at the main gate and waved decision to auction 50 immov- Tirumala with APSRTC. Venkateswara at Tirumala Like every time a natural roads stretching to hundreds of these three major cultivators. March 2021, and could pro- to the media persons and the able properties located at dif- This would help cut pollu- on Saturday and later took disaster strikes, it is the farm- kilometres in these districts Bengal gram crop was duce up to 100 million doses cheering crowd standing near- ferent places in Tamil Nadu, tion by utilising the non-con- part in Bhagavat Gita ers that are facing the brunt. were also damaged, the destroyed in 57,234 hectare in a year. by. Andhra Pradesh and ventional sources of energy Parayanam at Kharif crop, that was ready Collectors told the Chief the state. The highest was Modi spent over an hour at Covaxin, being developed Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. including wind and solar. The Nadaneerajanam for harvesting, has been Minister. 45,113 hectares reported in the plant, before leaving for the by Bharat Biotech in collabo- The immovable properties Board chairman also said that Mandapam. soaked, dampening the hopes According to the agricultur- Kadapa district, and 11,871 airport, from where he left for ration with the Indian Council that were proposed to be auc- gold plating works of Maha After the Parayanam, in of farmers who had been mak- al department, Cyclone Nivar hectares in . Hyderabad at 11.40 am. of Medical Research and tioned included tiny houses Dwaram, Dwajasthambam, his religious discourse, the ing preparations to harvest it. caused massive devastation, Black gram crop was affect- Modi landed at Hakimpet National Institute of Virology, and house plots measuring Balipeetham in Srivari temple seer said that Gita pro- Agricultural crops in 72,755 damaging standing crops in ed in 36,671 hectare in the state Air Force station near is undergoing phase-3 trials. between 1 cent and 5 cents and and Surya Prabha vahanam at vides ultimate solution to hectares in Kadapa, 33,269 4,30,780 hectare in the state. of which 16,360 hectares was Hyderabad around 1 pm and At 3.20 pm, Modi took off farming lands between 10 Sri Padmavathi Ammavari all the problems being hectares in SPS Nellore and Paddy farmers were the reported from Prakasam dis- proceeded to pharma major for Pune, where he landed at cents and below one acre. temple with 11.7 kg of gold has faced by human beings and 9,658 hectares in Chittoor dis- most affected, followed by trict followed by 12,966 hectare Bharat Biotech's vaccine man- 4.30 pm. From the airport, However, the announcement been approved. makes them to lead a right- trict suffered damage in the those who cultivated red gram, in . Red gram ufacturing facility at Genome Modi proceeded by helicopter led to an outcry from various The TTD Board also decid- eous path. deluge, caused by cyclonic bengal gram, cotton and other crop was damaged in 18,608 valley, located around 20 km to the Serum Institute of India political parties, forcing the ed to reintroduce He said all the storm Nivar. crops. According to prelimi- hectare, the worst hit being from the air station, by road. (SII) at Manjari, located 17 km TTD to withdraw the propos- Kalyanamastu, the mass mar- Parayanam programmes Similarly, horticultural crops nary estimates by the office of Prakasam district with 18,179 At the facility, he reviewed from the airport. al. riage programme for under- mulled by TTD are in 1,729 hectares in Chittoor, the commissioner of agricul- hectare, followed by 349 hectare the progress of Covaxin, a vac- Modi interacted with scien- The TTD owns properties privileged couples with a new reaching millions and mil- 3,240 hectares in Kadapa and ture, the crop loss is 8,32,969 in Kadapa district. Cotton fields cine candidate being devel- tists at the Serum Institute of donated by devotees to the hill set of guidelines. lions of devotees across the 931 hectares in SPS Nellore metric tonnes. In terms of were damaged in 16,878 oped by the company. He also India and went around the shrine several decades ago A boys hostel for SV globe via SVBC live and district were also affected. value, the loss is estimated to hectares overall, with Prakasam interacted with Bharat Biotech facility, taking stock of vaccine and the Board said that “non- Balamandiram would be built lauded the efforts of TTD In SPS Nellore district, be Rs 1,846.85 crore. The gov- district reporting damage in Chairman and Managing development work being car- maintainable and non-rev- at a cost Rs 10.75 crore, he authorities in spreading 17,163 people, in Kadapa ernment has to pay an input 13,188 hectare followed by Director Krishna Ella, scien- ried out there, before leaving enue generating properties said. Sanatana Hindu Dharma 15,289 and in Chittoor 4,012 subsidy of Rs 580.28 crore to 1,202 hectare in Kadapa. tists and senior management. for the Pune airport around 6 would be auctioned as they TTD Board Member Prachara. "At the Bharat Biotech facil- pm on the way back to Delhi. were very petty and unviable”. Kumaraguru from Tamil Nadu TTD chairman YV VIJAYAWADA ity in Hyderabad, was briefed Modi's visit to SII was aimed The TTD has proposed to has donated 4 acres of land to Subba Reddy, EO KS BULLION RATES about their indigenous at reviewing the progress of set up a committee on how to construct Sri Venkateswara Jawahar Reddy, board COVID-19 vaccine. the vaccine candidate for coro- bring the temple properties all Swamy temple in Vulundur members Govinda Hari, GOLD Modi’s visit to Genome... Congratulated the scientists navirus and to know about its over the country into good constituency in his state and DP Ananta, Krishnamurthy for their progress in the trials launch, production and distri- use. Subba Reddy said that a also come forward to donate Vaidyanathan, Additional ` 49,090 (10 gm) Continued from Page 1 housed in Genome Valley so far. Their team is closely bution mechanism, an official decision has been taken to Rs10 crore towards its con- EO AV Dharma Reddy ` 670 bore testimony to the effec- working with ICMR to facili- said. postpone the move to buy struction. were among those present. SILVER He said that amid growing tiveness of that long-term ` 64,700 (1kg) expectations about Covid-19 vision, the TDP chief said. ` 200 vaccine 'Covaxin', the spot- He said that the Genome OBTUSE ANGLE light has turned on the Valley witnessed the setting Hyderabad-based Genome up of many companies in the Doctor murdered at home CHICKEN Valley which was founded, biomedical fields which even- RATES `/KG way back in 1999 to boost tually created lots of job biomedical research, training opportunities for the young Dressed/With Skin `161 and manufacturing. generation. in Avanigadda Continued from Page 1 Without Skin `183 Naidu said that it was his It was laudable that the police suspect it to be murder of the person giving such vision to develop Genome expert teams of Bharath and are investigating the case information would be kept Broiler at Farm `111 Valley as a prestigious high- Biotech were making all pos- They inspected the scene of from that angle. secret and he or she would be technology business district sible efforts to develop Covid- offence and found the doctor The SP said that a clues team rewarded. EGG spread over 600 sq km 19 vaccine. Everybody should lifeless in his bedroom. “The reached the spot and four The four teams investigating RATES across Hyderabad suburban wish for the success of killers tactfully changed the teams have been formed to the case are led by DSP `/100 areas like Turakapally, Bharath Biotech in its efforts CCTV camera’s direction to investigate and nab the killers. Mahaboob Basha and C-I Ravi VIJAYAWADA 444 Shamirpet, Medchal, Uppal, to make vaccines available to hide their identity,” the SP He appealed to the people to Kumar. The teams have begun Patancheru, Jeedimetla, the people in this health said. He said that since the alert the police if they have any questioning the doctor’s fam- HYDERABAD 428 Gachibowli and Keesara. emergency situation, the for- incident took place at a time information that could lead to ily members, close relatives, VISAKHAPATNAM 435 Now, the making of mer chief minister of undivid- not one of the doctor’s family the identification of the killers. hospital staff and locals to RETAIL PRICE `4.44 'Covaxin' at Bharat Biotech ed AP said. member was at home, the The SP assured that the names crack the case, said the SP. (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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He asserted that a but also created many new one Cyclone Nivar that the YS Jaganmohan Reddy, accusing field level survey and first hand for the people in the past 18 Government stands by them him of limiting himself to aerial interaction with farmers would months of its misgovernment. and would do everything in its surveys of flood-hit areas instead give a correct picture. He opined a longer Assembly power to ease their suffering. of conducting field visits that can “Jagan, who travelled on land in would have to be held to give Chief Minister had “miserably mergence of several villages Gautham Reddy also said give a proper picture of the the name of Padayatra before the a chance for wide-ranging failed to deliver in governance which further damaged thou- that high-level bridges would be devastation caused. elections, has begun to only fly debates on all those issues. and administration”. He alleged sands of crores of property due constructed in the days to come. TDP MLC Nara Lokesh alleged and is now beyond the reach of The former chief minister that there was zero coordina- to the submergence of crops During his visit, the Minister that YSR Congress Party the common public after coming alleged that only statements tion while the official machin- and houses. He stated that also, boarded a boat to reach six vil- Government “did not make even to power,” the TDP MLC said. were being issued but no relief ery had totally collapsed and it the Pincha project bund lages that were cut off from the minimum possible efforts to He demanded the CM to conduct or compensation was given to was demotivated. breached. mainland and also inspected rescue the flood-hit people, physical visits to the submerged the affected families on the The former chief minister Stating that the Buggavanka overflowing lakes in Atmakur mainly farmers” and demanded crops and farmers' damaged field level. He further alleged alleged that floodwater man- stream was mismanaged, constituency. that the Chief Minister visit the farm fields in order to that Chief Minister YS agement was thrown to winds Naidu said that it led to waist- The Minister visited Nagula flood-affected areas in person. understand the gravity of the Jaganmohan Reddy was mak- which was clearly evident from deep flood waters entering Vellaturu village in Chejerla Lokesh demanded to know why situation. “The YSRCP made it a ing “only aerial surveys” but how the Annamayya project houses in Kadapa. He alleged mandal accompanied by RDO, the Jagan regime “was not habit of neglecting and ignoring not coming down to the was grossly mishandled. He that similar negligence was Irrigation, revenue and other carrying out timely enumeration the problems of the people ever ground to comfort the flood alleged that without prior shown during the last year's officials and inspected the water of crops losses” and also not since it came to power,” Lokesh victims. warning, water was released floods in the Krishna and bodies in spate. He also inter- releasing the required alleged. Naidu asserted that the leading to flooding and sub- Godavari rivers. acted with villagers and compensation to the farmers in He paid rich tributes to Mahatma enquired about their problems. times of natural disasters. Jyothirao Phule on his death He assured farmers who have He said that while the people anniversary. suffered crop damage that they were suffering terribly due to Speaking after paying floral would get all support from the cyclones and floods, the Chief tributes to a portrait of the social Solution to Bajrang jute mill government. Minister was doing nothing reformer, Lokesh said that the The Minister later visited except conducting aerial surveys. YSRCP Government in Andhra Apparao Palem under Atmakur “It’s not enough just to conduct Pradesh was undermining the constituency. He said that after aerial surveys as an eyewash as ideology that Mahatma Phule issue soon, says Velampalli 1995, this was the first time that such empty and half-hearted stood for. floods had caused damage to Mandal. He appreciated the crop damage enumeration at PNS n VIJAYAWADA the area. He also said that on efforts of the Police, SDRF, the earliest. December 25, some of the SDRF teams. YSRCP MLA Dr Gopireddy Endowments Minister homeless will get free house The minister reassured the Srinivas Reddy visited the Velampalli Srinivas Rao on sites. Nivar killed livestock worth Rs 47.5L villagers of Varikuntapadu that flood hit villages in Guntur Saturday said that the State The Minister took a boat to the power substation will be set district on Saturday. Government has begun taking reach Veerlagudipadu village in VIJAYAWADA: Cyclone Nivar has buffaloes/cows, 13 calf/heifer and up in the village at the earliest He visited Konakan-chivari steps to resolve the Bajrang Jute Sangam mandal where he its impact on the livestock, 162 poultry birds. The assistance to bring an end to the power Palem, Gogulapadu, Kottapalli, Mill imbroglio and ensure jus- assured the villagers that a high mostly in districts sought by the department to issues in the villages. Chakaligunta villages under tice to the workers. level bridge would be con- due to heavy rains. compensate the livestock loss Elsewhere, AP Agriculture Rompicherla mandal. He said that Chief Minister structed to end their problems Loss of livestock was reported in during the cyclone was Rs Mission vice-chairman MVS Narasaraopet sub collector S YS Jaganmohan Reddy has of commuting during the rainy YSR Kadapa, Chittoor, Anantapur, 6,60,000 for buffaloes /cows at Nagi Reddy, Machilipatnam Ajay Kumar and other officials constituted a High-Level season. He als3o inspected the Nellore, Prakasam and Guntur Rs 30,000 per animal, Rs MP, V Balishowry, Avanigadda accompanied the MLA. He Committee which is working water flow and reviewed the sit- districts. 39,06,000 for sheep/goat at Rs MLA Simhadri Ramesh, JD said that the farmers who lost for an amicable solution and uation with officials concerned. As per the reports by the officials 3,000 per animal, Rs 2,08,000 Agriculture T Mohan Rao and their crop in the floods will get has already held consultations He said that Jagan was keen The minister said that soon He said that people have been of Animal Husbandry department for calf/heifer at Rs 16,000 per others also visited flood-hit vil- compensation from the gov- with the management and to set right the issues to do jus- the government would do jus- shifted to safer places and relief 1,274 sheep/goat died due to the animal and Rs 8,100 for poultry lages in Krishna district. They ernment and Chief Minister workers. The committee also tice to employees and workers. tice to the employees and camps and others that remained cyclone in YSR Kadapa district birds at Rs 50 per bird. visited villages under YS Jaganmohan Reddy will held a meeting at the Minister’s Srinivas said that meetings workers. in the villages were provided alone. A total of Rs 47,83,599 Challapalli mandal, Mopidevi support the farmers and stand camp office in Vijayawada on were conducted with Guntur MLAs Ambati Rambabu food and water. The total loss of livestock assistance was sought by the mandal and Avanigadda man- by his words. Saturday. district collector, mill manage- and Maddli Giridhar, MLC KS With the timely efforts by the reported in six flood-hit districts Animal Husbandry department dal in the district and assured Ajay Kumar alleged that the The Minister said that the ment, workers and depart- Lakshmana Rao, Guntur dis- authorities there was no loss of in the state from November 25 to for the loss of livestock in the the farmers whose corps were opposition parties are not leav- previous TDP government ment officials and the govern- trict collector I Samuel Anand life during the cyclone, said 28 are 1,302 sheep/goat, 22 state. damaged due to cyclone that ing any chance to criticise the never tried to resolve the ment sought the officials to Kumar, trade union leader Goutham Reddy, appreciating He visited the relief camp at the Minister visited the villages compensation will be given for ruling party for petty political Bajrang Jute Mill problem submit a report about mill Lella Appi Reddy and other the efforts of the officers and model ST Colony at Atmakur under the Penna River catch- the loss. Officials were gain despite the state being despite workers conducting restart and resolve of officials participated in the staff. and distributed bedsheets. Later, ment area in Anantha-sagar instructed to complete the rocked by a natural disaster. numerous agitations. workers/employees issues. meeting. Low pressure to bring rains to APTDC lines up projects worth 5 Maoists surrender south India next week: IMD Rs 202 crore to lure tourists at Chintapalli PNS n CHENNAI PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

A low pressure area over south The state-owned Andhra Five militia members of the Andaman Sea and adjoining Pradesh Tourism Maoist party surrendered Bay of Bengal was "very like- Development Corporation has before the ASP Vidyasagar ly" to concentrate into a lined up projects worth Rs 202 Naidu at Chintapalli in depression in the next 48 hours crore for development so as to Visakhapatnam district on and intensify further before attract more tourists. Saturday. moving towards the Tamil The state Cabinet, which They were identified as Nadu coast, the India met here on Friday, approved Mattam Matyaraju (26) of bers and the local people in Meteorological Department the APTDCs proposal for Mynakota village, Korra general. (IMD) said on Saturday. securing a Rs 142 crore loan Sanyasi Rao (40) of Volleyball matches and Under its influence, various from banks to develop tourism region of Visakhapatnam dis- at Gandikota in Kadapa dis- Gurralagondi village, Korra medical camps were organised parts in southern states were westwards and reach south heavy to very heavy rainfall infrastructure, including trict. trict, known as the Grand Hari, Baggurai village, (35), in a big way in the agency likely to receive rainfall start- Tamil Nadu coast around with moderate thunderstorm hotels, at various destinations. Eco-resorts would also be Canyon of India. Mattam Bhagat Ram, areas and the response has ing December 1, the IMD said December 2, it said. Under its and lightning over Tamil Nadu, The corporation will spend developed at Maredumilli and The YSR Memorial will be Mynakota village (25) and been overwhelming, he added. in a series of tweets. influence, scattered to wide- Puducherry and Karaikal dur- the balance Rs 60 crore from Jagithpalli while a Tribal developed at Kadapa and a Korra Purnachander (26) also The ASP said CRPF person- "A Low Pressure Area lies spread rainfall activity was ing this period. its internal resources. HAAT and Drive-in restaurant MICE Centre at Kovvuru in from Mynakota village. nel organised a civic action over South Andaman Sea adja- "very likely" over Tamil Nadu, Isolated heavy falls with AP Special Chief Secretary at Araku, the picturesque val- West Godavari district," Rajat With this surrender, 13 programme and came close to cent SE (south east) Bay of Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, moderate thunderstorm and (Tourism and Culture) Rajat ley thats one of the most Bhargava said. militia members have surren- the militia members and the Bengal and Equatorial Indian Mahe, Lakshadweep, south lightning was also very likely Bhargava told PTI here on famous tourist attractions in The Special Chief Secretary dered from Chintapalli subdi- local youth. This helped in the Ocean. It is very likely to con- coastal Andhra Pradesh and over south coastal Andhra Saturday that eco-resorts the state. said the new works proposed vision alone in November, surrender of the extremists. centrate into a depression dur- south Rayalaseema on Tuesday Pradesh during December 1 would be developed at "APTDC has also drawn up were critical from a tourism ASP Naidu said. The surrendered militia mem- ing next 48 hours and likely to and Wednesday, the weather and 2 and over Rayalaseema Lambasingi, which was plans to undertake high impact point of view as AP has He said efforts of commu- bers also gave assurance to the intensify further thereafter," it office said. and Lakshadweep area on becoming immensely popular projects like a ropeway and improved its ranking as the nity policing created aware- police that they would not go said.It is likely to move nearly IMD also forecast isolated Wednesday, it added. as 'Andhra Ooty' in the tribal development of Water Tourism best performing state. ness among the active mem- back to the Maoists. 2 bank robbers held, Rs 77 lakh recovered DEE lands in ACB net for PNS n VIJAYAWADA "The duo used to visit Dachepalli for works. They The police on Saturday arrest- observed the SBI at Nadikudi, taking Rs 2 lakh as bribe ed two youths on charges of conducted a reconnaissance robbing the State Bank of and stole Rs 77 lakh by cutting PNS n VIJAYAWADA India, Nadikudi branch a week open the money chest using a ago and decamping with Rs 77 gas cutter. While committing Anti Corruption Bureau lakh. the theft, they took care to wear sleuths nabbed a deputy exec- Guntur rural SP Vishal gloves, detaching CCTV cam- utive engineer red-handed Gunni on Saturday told media eras and sprinkled chilli pow- while he was accepting a bribe persons that the police have der to mislead sniffer dogs," the of Rs 2 lakh from a woman to arrested Kedari Prasad (21) SP said. do an official favour. and Vinay Ramulu (37), both He said that the police The accused officer has been relatives and natives of formed eight teams with the identified as Damodara Gandhinagar of Miryalaguda help of a small video clip Mohan Gandhi, working as in Telangana State and recov- cracked the case. DEE at the Chitravathi balanc- ered the stolen money. He said that the police ing reservoir at Parnapalli vil- Revealing details of the theft, arrested the duo and recovered lage in Lingala mandal of the SP said that the duo had the entire stolen amount from Kadapa district. been inspired by movies like them. According to a statement by '', and YouTube videos "This is perhaps the first of the ACB, the government has floods. Parnapally sub-divi- Mohan Gandhi red-handed and committed the crime to its kind robbery case in the paid compensations to the res- sion DEE, Mohan Gandhi on Friday. The ACB officials earn easy money. country that was resolved with- idents of Chitravati Balancing demanded Lilavati to pay a conducted raids at Mohan "They wanted to get rich eas- in seven days and the stolen Reservoir (CBR) as their hous- bribe of Rs 2 lakh to get the Gandhi's residence, farmhouse ily and settle down in life, but took place on November 21 in and with the phone number Intermediate and planned to cash recovered," the SP said, es have been inundated due to compensation cleared. in Pulivendula as well. our police foiled their plan by which the culprits did not and other scientific methods, earn money inspired by movies appreciating the police teams the floods last month. On November 25, she filed He was produced before the conducting a thorough and sci- leave any evidence. However, the police cracked the mystery, and YouTube videos in which for their work. The government has sanc- a complaint with the Tirupati special judge for the court of entific investigation," Vishal the police found a slip of paper the SP said. bank robbers managed to Vishal Gunni said that the tioned Rs 21 lakh for Kancham ACB DSP, Anantapur in- SPE & ACB cases, Kurnool for Gunni said. on which a phone number Vishal Gunni said that the escape without leaving evi- teams would be recommended Lilavathi as her house has charge DSP and other officials further action on Saturday, He reminded that the theft was written, a small video clip accused studied till Class X and dence. for AP Police awards. been inundated due to the who laid a trap and nabbed said the ACB. SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 nation 04 UP Guv promulgates ordinance Encouraging to Raut hits back at Fadnavis see voters against ‘forcible conversions’ participating in DDC polls: Omar for barb against Thackeray PNS n LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh Governor PNS n SRINAGAR PNS n MUMBAI Modi during the latter's visit Anandiben Patel on Saturday to the Pune-based Serum gave assent to an ordinance National Conference (NC) Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Rauton Institute of India (SII) later in against forcible or fraudulent reli- vice-president Omar Saturday took a swipe at for- the day, gious conversions, which pro- Abdullah on Saturday said it mer Maharashtra chief min- Raut said, "It is surprising vides for imprisonment of up to was encouraging to see vot- ister Devendra Fadnavis of that the BJP doesn't know the 10 years and fine of up to Rs ers come out to participate in BJP for accusing his successor directives of the PMO that 50,000 under different cate- the District Development Uddhav Thackeray of "threat- there was no need for official gories. Council (DDC) polls despite ening" his opponents. protocol in this visit". The promulgation of the Uttar the cold weather. Earlier in the day, Raut reiterated the Sena Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Abdullah's remarks came Fadnavis told reporters that will not cower down if nation- Conversion of Religion as the voting for the first he had not seen any chief al investigation agencies are Ordinance, 2020 comes four original religion, it shall not be shall convert, either directly or phase of the eight phase minister in Maharashtra, used against its leaders. days after the Yogi Adityanath deemed a conversion. indirectly from one religion to DDC polls and bypolls to other than Uddhav "The state government is government had approved a While the onus to prove that another by use or practice of mis- local bodies was underway in Thackeray, who threatened reporters while defending Raut said, "How can demoli- watching the situation. Those draft of the ordinance which also the conversion has not been representation, force, undue the union territory. the opposition "so much", Thackeray, who heads Shiv tion of an illegal construction who get sadistic pleasure from curbs religious conversions only done forcibly will lie on the per- influence, coercion, allurement “It's encouraging to see and said his (the CM's) Sena. be called illegal?" such things (by playing vin- for the sake of marriage. son accused of the act and the or by any fraudulent means or by voters come out to participate recent interview to He also lashed out at In its ruling, the HC dictive politics)...they should According to the ordinance, a convert, it said. marriage nor shall any person in the DDC polls despite the 'Saamana' (Shiv Sena mouth- Fadnavis for demanding declared the Mumbai civic know such things don't go on marriage will be declared "null In case of contravention of the abet, convince or conspire such cold weather. I hope as the piece) did not befit the con- President's rule in the state. body's action of demolishing for long," he added. and void" if the conversion of a law, the ordinance says that the conversion. day progresses more people stitutional post he held. "What kind of a precedent part of Ranaut's bungalow Raut was apparently refer- woman is solely for that purpose court shall grant appropriate An aggrieved person, his/her choose to cast their votes,” the "When he was chief minis- does he want to set (by mak- here as illegal and said it ring to the searches conduct- and those wishing to change compensation payable by the parents, brother, sister, or any NC leader said in a tweet. ter, Fadnavis had threatened ing such demand)?" Raut smacks of malafide inten- ed by the Enforcement their religion after marriage accused to the victim of conver- other person who is related to While the voting was slug- that he had 'kundlis' (details) asked. tions. Directorate (ED) at the need to apply to the district mag- sion which may extend to a max- him/her by blood, marriage or gish for the first couple of of everybody (political oppo- Queried about the Bombay When asked about CM premises of Shiv Sena MLA istrate. imum of Rs 5 lakh in addition to adoption may lodge an FIR hours in the valley due to cold nents). What kind of lan- HC's ruling on Friday in Thackeray not accompanying Pratap Sarnaik in a money It also has a provision under the fine. about such conversion, accord- weather, it picked up pace as guage was that?" Raut told actress Kangana Ranaut case, Prime Minister Narendra laundering case. which if someone returns to their The ordinance says no person ing to the ordinance. the day progressed. SHORT TAKES Cong names Charge sheet in Anvay Naik case BJP to be blamed if Maha faces Bedlam in Odisha Assembly, Pawan Bansal second COVID-19 wave: Minister as ‘interim’ to be filed soon: Deshmukh aharashtra minister of state for oppn wants minister dismissed PNS n NAGPUR MRevenue Abdul Sattar has treasurer slammed the BJP for organising PNS n BHUBANESWAR Maharashtra Home Minister protests on streets amidst the PNS n NEW DELHI Anil Deshmukh on Saturday COVID-19 pandemic. "The BJP will The opposition BJP and said a charge sheet will soon be responsible if the state is hit by a Congress MLAs disrupted the Congress president Sonia be filed in the architect-inte- second wave of COVID-19 proceedings of the Odisha Gandhi has appointed Pawan rior designer Anvay Naik sui- pandemic. The BJP is playing politics Assembly for the fourth con- Kumar Bansal as the party cide case, in which journalist by gathering people (for protests)," secutive day on Saturday over treasurer following the demise Arnab Goswami is an accused. Sattar told reporters in Nanded on Friday. He ruled out the the kidnapping and murder of of senior leader Ahmed Patel, Besides Goswami, two others possibility of a lockdown in old format at this juncture. "The BJP is 5-year-old girl 'Pari' even as the a statement said on Saturday. are also accused of abetting the gathering people for protests and morchas. If this continues and if state government clarified that Bansal, a former union min- suicide of Naik and his moth- Maharashtra faces a second wave of coronavirus pandemic, the the SIT probe will be court ister, is the All India Congress er in 2018. judiciary should ensure that BJP will be responsible," he said. In a recent meeting with Prime monitored. Committee (AICC) in-charge "It is only after getting per- criminal law does not become Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had The issue was raised in the of administration. He will hold mission from the court, inves- a weapon for selective harass- raised the issue of "some parties" holding protests in the time of Assembly by Congress They said the police has not party has been demanding a the post in addition to his tigation into the Anvay Naik ment. It also said that prima the COVID-19 pandemic, without naming the BJP. Legislature Party leader been able to arrest any accused CBI probe into the incident duties as an interim measure, it suicide case, in which Arnab facie evaluation of the FIR Narasingha Mishra as soon as person in the little girl's kidnap and dismissal of Sahoo from said. "Congress president has Goswami is an accused, is against Goswami and two oth- the House assembled for the and murder case even though the Cabinet. assigned the additional respon- currently going on. Very soon ers did not establish the ingre- day. over four months have passed Naik said his partys sibility of AICC treasurer to Shri a charge sheet will be filed in dients of the offence of abet- Two held for death of elephant due The BJP members reiterat- since the incident. demands of a CBI probe into Pawan Kumar Bansal, in-charge this case," Deshmukh told ment to suicide. ed their demand for removal of Leader of Opposition P K the matter and dismissal of the administration, as an interim reporters here. Goswami, Neetish Sarda to electrocution in Madhya Pradesh Sahoo from the Cabinet as his Naik of BJP accused Chief agriculture minister were yet to measure to look after the duties His statement comes a day and Feroz Mohammad Shaikh wo persons were arrested in role in providing protection to Minister Naveen Patnaik of be met. The BJP members of treasurer with immediate after the Supreme Court were arrested by Alibaug Tconnection with the death of a the main accused in the Pari shielding the Agriculture min- will continue to agitate in the effect," a statement from AICC extended the interim bail of police in Maharashtra's Raigad wild elephant due to electrocution kidnap and murder case is not ister instead of giving justice to Assembly and outside till the general secretary Organisation Goswami and two others till district on November 4 in con- near a village in Madhya Pradesh's clear. the victim girls family. His victims family gets justice. K C Venugopal said. four weeks, stating that the nection with the case. Jabalpur district, a forest official said on Saturday. The carcass of one of the two tuskers moving Man, absconding about in the area was found near K'taka Cong seeks probe into suicide Mohas village, 15 km from the district headquarters on Friday. The BJP in touch with Suvendu, after raping elephant had walked into an electric trap set by the poachers for killing wild boars, Jabalpur divisional forest officer Anhana Tirkey said. attempt by CM's political secretary sis-in-law with 2 Efforts are on to trace the other wild pachyderm, the official said. On but nothing decided as of now interrogation, the accused said when they saw the elephant dead in PNS n BENGALURU brothers, arrested the trap, they cut off the power connection from the overhead high- Congress state PNS n KOLKATA camp leaders but talks regarding reagrding his joining us. We tension electricity supply lines, the official said. The accused, who are The Congress in Karnataka on President D K his conditions for joining the have to wait for few more days PNS n BULANDSHAHR residents of a nearby village, were booked under the Wildlife Saturday demanded an investi- Shivakumar The BJP central leadership is in party are yet to begin. to have a clear picture," the Protection Act and further probe is underway, Tirkey said. The gation into the alleged suicide alleged that touch with disgruntled TMC The BJP is, however, hopeful leader said on condition of A man allegedly absconding deceased elephant had sustained a burn injury on its trunk and his attempt by Chief Minister B S mass leader Suvendu Adhikari, about his joining as it feels that anonymity. for the last one and half vital organs were also severely impacted, said Dr Sandeep Agrawal, Yediyurappa's political secretary some video who resigned from the Mamata the heavyweight TMC leader has Although Adhikari has years after raping his divorced wildlife veterinary officer of Kanha National Park. The two tuskers had N R Santosh, to enable the truth which is Banerjee cabinet on Friday, but "few options left" a senior BJP resigned from the Mamata sister-in-law along with his entered the district from Mandla towards the south and had been to come out, claiming that ‘personal' in nothing has been decided as of leader said. Banerjee cabinet in which he two brothers, has been arrest- moving about in the area, though there were no reports of the them some confidential matters are nature might now regarding his joining the "We are in touch with was the minister in charge of ed, police said on Saturday. having harmed anybody or damaged property in Mangeli, Mohgas or linked to it. saffron party, sources in it said. Suvendu Adhikari. We share transport, waterways and irri- Accused Israr, also carry- Jamtara villages, the DFO had stated. Congress state President D K have led to the Adhikari, they said, is in good good terms with him but noth- gation, he has not resigned ing a reward of Rs 25,000 on Shivakumar alleged that some suicide attempt terms with some of the saffron ing has been decided as of now from TMC or as MLA. his arrest, was arrested on video which is 'personal' in by Santosh as he Friday night by a team of nature might have led to the was said to be Kotwali Nagar police station Mother, son attempt self-immolation near suicide attempt by Santosh as he officials, said Bulandshahr was said to be upset about it. upset about it. March against farm Balrampur scribe, friend killed Superintendent of Police Odisha assembly in third such incident He also accused an MLC and Santosh Kumar Singh. a Minister of even 'blackmail- I'm not sure how true it is," laws: SP sr leader in fire in his village residence The accused was also mother-son duo attempted to ing' the CM, without naming Shivakumar said. found in the possession of an Aset themselves on fire near the anyone. Speaking to reporters in PNS n LUCKNOW PNS n BALRAMPUR (UP) Lucknow hospital where he illegal pistol, which was Odisha assembly on Saturday, the However, Ministers R Karwar, he merely said there succumbed to the injuries, the seized, he said. third such incident in less than a Ashoka and K S Eshwarappa has to be an inquiry into it, but Senior Samajwadi Party leader A journalist was charred to SP said. The gang-rape case against week to draw the government's have rubbished Shivakumar's it would be meaningless if any Ram Govind Chaudhary on death along with his friend in The father of the deceased Israr dates back to June 18 last attention amid alleged police statement as 'misleading, imag- agency under this government Saturday condemned the BJP a fire that broke out in his vil- journalist, Munna Singh, has year, when his brother inaction. Sulochana Das and her inary and baseless.' investigates it. for the treatment meted out to lage house under Kotwali Dehat demanded action apprehending Salman gave “triple talaq” to son Subrat Das, of Kujang in the Jagatsinghpur district, "I was aware of certain things, "Some confidential matters farmers during their march to police station area in Balampur that his son was murdered. his wife following a quarrel attempted to set themselves on fire near IG Park, close to the a video was given to a MLC and are involved, there was black- Delhi and urged people to district, police said on Saturday. According to the police, with her, said police. assembly premises, officials said. However, an alert security a Minister, who gave it to Delhi mailing, the Chief Minister support them in their fight Rakesh Singh, 35, working Rakesh Singh's wife and chil- After Salman divorced personnel immediately intervened and prevented them from leaders.... I got to know of and others were blackmailed by against the Centre's farm laws. for a local newspaper, and his dren had gone to a relative's his wife, his three brothers lighting the matchstick though they had poured kerosene on things two to three months that MLC and Minister, this is Chaudhary, who is the friend Pintu Sahu, 32, suffered house two days ago following -- Israr, Gaffar and Abrar themselves, they said. While being taken to custody, Sulochana ago... what I was told by many peo- Leader of the Opposition in serious burns in the fire at the some dispute between the cou- -- took turns to rape her said she travelled all the way to Bhubaneswar and tried to die by As the video which is said to ple over the phone. the state assembly, in a state- house in Kalwari village, said ple. and then turned her out of suicide after being unable to get justice from the police in be personal in nature was given I don't know how far this is ment said farmers have been Balrampur Superintendent of On Friday night, there was the house, driving her in a Jagatsinghpur. Her other son Ambrut Das was allegedly killed to national (BJP) leaders in true," he added. Santosh, who treated as “enemies” by the Police Dev Ranjan Verma. an explosion in the house after car to a school near her on July 20, 2019 and police closed the investigation into the Delhi a couple of days ago by was hospitalised last night fol- government, which is While Sahu died on the spot, which one of the walls collapsed maternal home under matter after registering a case of unnatural death, she alleged. "I that MLC and Minister, he lowing alleged suicide attempt, “shameful” and needed to be Singh suffered 90 per cent and one of the room caught fire, Gulauthi police station know my brother was killed, but the police failed to give justice. (Santosh) was said to be upset. is currently stable. condemned. burns and was referred to a police said. area. We have approached several forums, but frustrated," said Subrat before being whisked away by the police. The assembly is at present in the session. DDC polls for local issues, not ‘bigger' problems: Voters Two BTP MLAs took money to support PNS n GUND (J&K) exercised their franchise till 11 Juma Koswal, another voter, send a message how the peo- am. Two DDC seats -- Gund- said that "bigger issues are for ple feel about last year's deci- Gehlot govt: Cong MLA in video tweeted Several voters in Jammu and A and Gund-B -- went to polls bigger parties to discuss". sion". JP's Rajasthan unit president Kashmir's Ganderbal district in the central Kashmir district, "Yes, our identity has been The eight-phase elections BSatish Poonia on Friday tweeted on Saturday said that the which recorded a polling per- snatched from us (after abro- are seen as a triangular contest a video in which Congress MLA District Development Council centage of 23.14 till 11 am. gation of special status), but among the People's Alliance Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya is (DDC) polls are to elect peo- "Political issues are for big- this election is not for that," he for Gupkar Declaration purportedly heard accusing two ple who can solve basic prob- ger platforms like the assem- said, adding that people are (PAGD), the BJP and the Apni MLAs of Bhartiya Tribal Party of lems and "bigger issues" like bly or the Parliament. What voting for candidates who can Party floated by former taking Rs 10 crore each to support restoration of special status role do the DDCs or for that solve local issues and prob- finance minister Altaf the Gehlot government. The video should be left for assembly and matter panches and sarpanch- lems. Bukhari. is of a public meeting addressed by parliamentary elections. es have in framing laws. This Some, including first-time The PAGD -- an amalgam Malviya who alleged that each of the two MLAs took Rs 5 crore for The eight-phase DDC polls is a small platform to address voters, however said that this of several mainstream politi- supporting the government in Rajya Sabha elections and Rs 5 crore are the first elections in the developmental issues of election was a "small fight" for cal parties, including NC and for supporting the government during the political crisis. Poonia, Jammu and Kashmir since it the people at the local level," restoration of special status of PDP, seeking the restoration of while posting the video, asked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to throw was reorganised as a union ter- 67-year-old Shareef-ud-Din the erstwhile state. Jammu and Kashmir's special light on the “horse-trading” saying the Congress leader has ritory last year after the abro- said after voting at a polling candidate who could address The Centre on August 5 last "This election is also impor- status which was revoked by confirmed the questions raised by him when the party MLAs were gation of its special status, and booth in the district's Thune day-to-day issues. year had announced abroga- tant as through this we can the Centre last year -- has been confined to hotels. The Congress MLAs were confined to hotels it is being held along with area. "We have many issues that tion of Article 370, which keep those parties and people accusing the Bukhari-led party during the Rajya Sabha elections in June and later in July during the bypolls to panchayats. Zahida Begum, a voter at need attention. I do not know gave the erstwhile state of away who took away our spe- of being a B-Team of the BJP. political crisis after the rebellion by former deputy CM Sachin Pilot. The first phase was held the Government Higher anything about Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir special cial status," Yaseen Ahmad Of the 1,475 candidates in Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had accused the BJP of trying to topple across Jammu and Kashmir on Secondary School in but I want the issues of our status, and divided it into said, adding that though the the fray for 280 DDC seats, 296 his government. Saturday and over 22 per cent Hariganiwan, said she came locality to be resolved," she union territories of Jammu DDC polls had nothing to do candidates are in the first phase, of the seven lakh voters had out to vote to support a local said. and Kashmir, and Ladakh. with the issue, but "this would according to officials. SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 nation 05

‘DELHI CHALO’ Fadnavis targets MVA govt on Stalemate continues as protesting issues of ryots, Maratha quota farmers refuse to budge PNS n MUMBAI BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis PNS n CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI, also settle for a legal assurance onSaturday accused the that the MSP system will con- Uddhav Thackeray-led Thousands of farmers have tinue, ideally through an Maharashtra government of reached the national capital on amendment to the laws. ignoring the plight farmers in their tractor-trolleys and other They are also pressing for the the state and failing on the vehicles, responding to the withdrawal of the proposed Maratha reservation issue. “Delhi Chalo” call against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill The former chief minister agri-marketing laws enacted at 2020, fearing it will lead to an said the government has failed the Centre in September. end to subsidised electricity. to provide financial aid to On Saturday morning, it Farmers say rules against stub- farmers. The MVA govern- wasn't clear if they will agree to ble burning should also not ment completes a year in office move to the Burari ground on apply to them. on Saturday. "The Thackeray the outskirts of the city, where Key players: government has failed in pro- police said they can continue The `Delhi Chalo” call was viding financial assistance to with their protest. Many pro- given by the All India Kisan farmers. The government has The Thackeray government has failed in testers were demanding a bet- Sangharsh Coordination completely ignored their providing financial assistance to farmers. ter venue in the centre of Committee. Several other plight. Cotton, soybean crops The government has completely ignored Delhi. Originally, the protest organisations including got destroyed due to pest was meant to be on November Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh attack, but no help was provid- their plight. Cotton, soybean crops got 26 and 27. and factions of the Bharatiya ed to farmers," Fadnavis said in destroyed due to pest attack, but no help A look at the protest so far: Kisan Union (BKU) came out a press conference. was provided to farmers, said BJP leader Day 1: in support. "This government has mis- On Thursday, thousands of Day 2: The standoff continued on crops, they argue. The march is being held erably failed in Maratha reser- Devendra Fadnavis farmers crossed from Punjab to Protesters assembled at Saturday morning at Delhi's Farmers fear that with the under the banner of Samyukta vation as well," he alleged. Haryana. At border points, Delhi's border at Tigri and border. More farmers were virtual disbanding of the mandi Kisan Morcha. The Rashtriya "Some of the state ministers the Haryana Police tried to stop Singhu. Police used teargas making their way from Punjab system, they will not get an Kisan Mahasanghathan, Jai are deliberately making contra- Uddhav Thackeray, who threat- state." He was apparently refer- them, using water cannons and water cannons to stop and Haryana. assured price for their crops Kisan Andolan, All India Kisan dictory statements on the ened the opposition "so much", ring to the Supreme Court's and teargas. But later they them from breaking through What farmers fear: and the “arthiyas” -- commis- Mazdoor Sabha, Krantikari Maratha reservation issue. and said his recent interview to decision to extend journalist were allowed through. There barricades, which included Farmer unions in Punjab sion agents who also pitch in Kisan Union, Bharatiya Kisan They are doing so to cover up 'Saamana' (Shiv Sena mouth- Arnab Goswami's interim bail were skirmishes with police at sand-laden trucks. In the and Haryana say the recent with loans for them -- will be Union (Dakaunda), BKU the government's failure. This piece) did not befit the consti- and the Bombay High Court's other points as well on the evening, they offered to let laws enacted at the Centre will out of business. (Rajewal), BKU (Ekta- government is deliberately tutional post he held. observation that the Mumbai highway to Delhi as it passed them into the city and contin- dismantle the minimum sup- Their demands: Urgahan,) BKU (Chaduni) are dragging its feet in the Fadnavis further said, "The civic body's action of demolish- through BJP-run Haryana. A ue their protest at Burari port price (MSP) system. Over The key demand is the with- among the participants. Supreme Court," he said. Supreme Court and the Bombay ing part of actor Kangana large group of protesters ground. But many appeared time big corporate houses will drawal of the three laws which Most protesters are from The BJP leader also said that High Court's recent decisions Ranaut's bungalow in Mumbai camped for the night near reluctant. dictate terms and farmers will deregulate the sale of their Punjab, but there is a substanial he had not seen any chief min- are enough to underscore the was illegal and smacked of Panipat. Day 3: end up getting less for their crops. The farmer unions could number from Haryana as well. ister in Maharashtra, other than constitutional breakdown in the malafide intentions.

PM Modi lauds INDIA CORNER Biden represents the student who 4 central police organisations Eastern Railway to resume non- best in us: Kamala made his sketch functioning without regular chiefs suburban passenger train services n n n PNS WASHINGTON to,” Harris said in a tweet. PNS MUMBAI PNS NEW DELHI he Eastern Railway will Harris, 56, the daughter of resume non-suburban Joe Biden will be a president an Indian immigrant from Ajay Dake, a sixth standard Four central police organisa- Tpassenger train services who represents the best of Chennai, has created history student from Maharashtra tions are functioning without from December 2 with 54 trains, America, his deputy and Vice by becoming the first Black has become the toast of his regular heads for varied an official said on Saturday.Non- President-elect Kamala American woman to be school as Prime Minister lengths of time as the govern- suburban passenger train Harris has said, elected as the country's Narendra Modi lauded his ment has not appointed their services were stopped in the last asserting that he is a Vice President. "exceptional art talent" after full-time chiefs. week of March due to the leader the world will While Indian-origin receiving his sketch from The latest organisation to COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, respect. politicians have been him. Ajay, a student of the Bal come under this category is the 30 trains will be run in Howrah Lavishing praise elected as heads of the Vidya Mandir High School in Central Industrial Security division, 22 trains in Asansol division and two trains in Malda on the 78-year-old US state in various parts of Parbhani made a sketch of Force (CISF) as its chief Rajesh division, an ER spokesman said here.Among the 30 trains in Howrah President-elect, Harris the world in the last sever- the prime minister and sent Ranjan is set to retire this division, eight trains will be run in Bardhaman-Rampurhat sections on Friday said that Biden will al decades, from Mauritius to it to him, not expecting that month-end and the Union and an equal number in Rampurhat-Gumani section, while two trains be a president for all Fiji, Harris as the vice presi- he would receive a reply. He home ministry has given the will be run in Rampurhat-Dumka-Jasidih section, he said.Apart from Americans. “Know that” dent of the United States was in for a pleasant surprise "additional charge" of the post these, eight trains in Katwa-Azimgang and four passenger trains in Biden “will be a president would be the most powerful when he received a letter to SSB director general Kumar capacities by various Indian Abhay was appointed as the Katwa-Azimganj sections will also be run in Howrah division, the who represents the best in us. politician ever. Biden, in a from Modi, in which the PM Rajesh Chandra "till the join- Police Service (IPS) officers. Director of Hyderabad-based spokesman said. A leader the world will respect series of tweets, called for lauded his "exceptional art ing of regular DG, CISF or Indo-Tibetan Border Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and our children can look up unity in the country. talent". untill further orders, whichev- Police chief S S Deswal is National Police Academy. er is earlier" as per an order handling the "additional Abhay, who goes by his issued on November 26. charge" of the National first name, is now serving as Night curfew, prohibitory orders Similarly, the charge of the Security Guard since incum- the DG of Odisha Police. federal counter-terrorist force bent A K Singh retired on Special secretary (internal in Leh amid Covid spike NSG, the Narcotics Control September 30. security) V S K Kaumudi is US imposes sanctions on Bureau (NCB) and the central Border Security Force holding the additional charge he administration in Leh has police think tank -- Bureau of (BSF) chief Rakesh Asthana of BPRD since August after imposed night curfew and Tbanned the assembly of Police Research and is holding the additional he was appointed to the pre- more than four people amid a Development (BPRD) -- is charge of NCB since July last sent post in the Union home fresh COVID-19 spike, an official Russian and Chinese firms being rendered in additional year after incumbent DG ministry. said on Saturday. Ladakh recorded one more COVID- PNS n WASHINGTON The announcement related death and 44 new cases, taking the death toll to 114 and The US has imposed sanctions was made as the Nearly 8000 IT overall caseload to 8,272, on four companies from China US continues to NSA Doval holds talks with officials said. The self-imposed and Russia for supporting professionals get lockdown by the civil society group in Leh to contain the spread of Iran's missile programme that take tough coronavirus entered its sixth day on Saturday as the district recorded remains a "significant prolifer- measures against jobs through Maldivian Defence Minister a minimum temperature of minus 12.9 degrees Celsius. The new ation concern," Secretary of Iran for continuing COVID-related death was reported from Leh, taking the number of State Mike Pompeo has said. fatalities in the district to 73. The other 41 deaths were reported from n The announcement was their activities 'Karma Bhumi' PNS COLOMBO “NSA #AjitDoval and Kargil district, the officials said. Of the 44 fresh cases, 42 were made on Friday as the US con- @MariyaDidi, Defence reported from Leh and two from Kargil, while 100 patients – 89 in related to nuclear n tinues to take tough measures PNS KOLKATA National Security Advisor Minister of #Maldives held a Leh and 11 in Kargil were discharged in the last 24 hours. against Iran for continuing arms Ajit Doval has met Defence cordial & detailed discussion their activities related to Nearly 8000 jobs have been Minister of Maldives Mariya on deepening bilateral part- nuclear arms. activities. These determina- secured by IT professionals in Didi and held a cordial and nership between India & “The US has sanctioned missile programme. tions underscore the continu- West Bengal who have detailed discussion on deep- Maldives in defence and Amazon cancels ‘Utopia' four entities in China and President Donald Trump ing need for all countries to returned from other places ening bilateral partnership security,” High Commission Russia for their support of withdrew the US from the remain vigilant to efforts by due to the COVID-19 pan- with the key island nation in of India in Maldives said in after one season Iran's missile programme, landmark Iran nuclear deal in Iran to advance its missile demic, an official of the state the Indian Ocean. a tweet. which remains a significant 2018. programme,” Pompeo said. Information Technology Doval's talks with Didi Doval arrived in Colombo mazon has pulled the proliferation concern. We will After withdrawing from the “We will continue to work to department said. was part of a trilateral mar- on Friday for the trilateral plug on conspiracy thriller continue to use all our sanc- Iranian nuclear deal, Trump impede Iran's missile develop- The statae IT department itime dialogue among India, maritime dialogue. Aseries "Utopia" after just tions tools to prevent Iran has asked all countries to ment efforts and use our sanc- had developed the 'Karma Sri Lanka and the Maldives The high-level engagement one season. An adaptation of from advancing its missile reduce their purchase of oil tions authorities to spotlight Bhumi' app for professionals being held here in the Sri that covers a wide range of the 2013 British drama of the capabilities,” Pompeo said. from Iran to zero or face sec- the foreign suppliers, such as who had returned from other Lankan capital. subjects is designed to initi- same name, the show hailed The companies are Chengdu ondary sanctions. these entities in the People's places to enlist themselves for Sri Lanka is hosting the ate collective action on mar- from "Gone Girl" author and Best New Materials Co Ltd and Iran insists its nuclear pro- Republic of China and Russia getting employment in the fourth national security advi- itime security including mar- screenwriter Gillian Flynn, Zibo Elim Trade Co, Ltd. in gramme is for peaceful pur- that provide missile-related state for a limited period of sor trilateral meeting on itime domain awareness, reported Variety.The show China and Nilco Group, which poses. materials and technology to time. "With the advent of maritime security coopera- legal regimes, train in search featured John Cusack, Sasha is also known as Nil Fam Pompeo said all countries Iran. The sanctions imposed COVID, there has been a tion with India and the and rescue, maritime pollu- Lane and Rainn Wilson. It Khazar Company and Santers need to be vigilant to efforts by include restrictions on US huge influx of IT profession- Maldives. tion response, information premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 25 to lukewarm Holding and Joint Stock Iran to advance its missile government procurement, US als here from outside," said The meeting is taking sharing, curbing piracy drugs reviews."Utopia" was about a group of young adults who meet online Company Elecon in Russia programme. government assistance, and Sanjay Das, joint secretary, IT place after six years - the last arms and contraband traf- that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organisation for transferring sensitive tech- “These measures are part of exports and will be in effect for Department, government of meeting was held in New ficking in the Indian Ocean after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground nology and items to Iran's our response to Iran's malign two years,” he said. West Bengal. Delhi in 2014. region. graphic novel. Within the comic's pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that may actually be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world.The series also featured Ashleigh LaThrop, Dan Byrd, Jessica Rothe, Desmin ED attaches Nomads under lens as child missing cases rise Borges, Javon “Wanna” Walton and Christopher Denham. assets of PNS n munity policing initiative of the backyard of her home and THIRUVANANTHAPURAM the Kerala government. later found dead in Kollam 12 arrested for duping aspiring ex IAS officer The rights panel chairman, district recently. PNS n NEW DELHI The Kerala police is keeping Antony Dominic, had recent- The rights panel sought Delhi Police constables a special watch on nomads and ly directed the DGP to submit the police report based on a he Uttar Pradesh Special Task Assets worth over Rs 27 migrant workers in the wake of a report on the steps taken to complaint filed by human Force has arrested 12 persons for crore of Chhattisgarh-based an increase in child missing control the disappearance of rights activist, P K Raju. Ttaking money from aspiring Delhi former IAS officer Babulal cases in the state, a top official children. According to Kerala Police constables, promising their Agrawal have been attached said. In the report, the top cop police's latest crime statistics, selection in the entrance examination by the Enforcement The state police chief, DGP said immediate and effective a total of 91 cases of kidnap- to be held shortly by the central area's Directorate (ED), the central Loknath Behera informed the action is taken if a complaint ping and abduction of chil- Staff Selection Commission."Twelve probe agency said on state Human Rights panel is received about a missing dren were reported in the persons including the racket kingpin Saturday. that the Janamaithri wing of child and to trace them. southern state in the initial Mahendra Singh have been arrested by the STF from Gorakhpur on The agency is probing the police department had The police report also three months, till March, this Friday," an official statement said here on Saturday.The STF sleuths Agrawal, his family members been entrusted with the task said an investigation was pro- year. also seized 11 mobile phones, 14 Aadhar cards, six fake id-cards of and others in connection of tracing children who had gressing to find out the cir- Of the total 1217 crime exam recovered from them.During interrogation, Mahendra Singh told with a money laundering gone missing under various cumstance in which seven- reported against children dur- STF that he used to run the racket of promising candidates' selection case linked to charges of circumstances in the southern years-old Devananda, a ing the period, 331 were rape by having "question solvers" sit in the test in their place, it said.The alleged corruption and dis- state. groups and migrant workers The 'Janamaithri Suraksha school going girl who had and seven were murders, it gang used to charge hefty amount from candidates for their services. proportionate assets. Information on nomadic were being collected, he said. Project' is a prestigious com- gone missing while playing in said. A detailed probe in on in the matter. SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 Money 06

FDI up 15 pc ‘Navy to execute $ 51bn to $ 30 billion Petrol price crosses Rs 82 during April- mark, diesel above Rs 72 /ltr orders for ships, submarines’ Sep: Govt data PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n PANAJI Speaking during the event, PNS n NEW DELHI Petrol price on Saturday CII Goa State Council crossed Rs 82-mark in Delhi Union Minister of State for Chairman Blaise Costabir said Foreign direct investment and diesel surpassed Rs 72 a Defence Shripad Naik on that with India's maritime (FDI) into India grew by 15 litre after eighth increase in Friday said expected orders for interests growing at a fast pace per cent to USD 30 billion rates in past nine days. surface ships and submarines in line with Prime Minister during the first half of the Petrol price on Saturday to be executed from 2020 to Narendra Modi's vision of a current fiscal, according to was hiked by 24 paise per litre 2030 by the Indian Navy are to USD 5 trillion economy by official data. and diesel by 27 paise as hopes the tune of USD 51 billion. 2025, the country's shipbuild- Inflow of FDI during of a vaccine development led Naik was addressing a virtu- ing will see increased focus and April-September 2019-20 to a rally in international oil al meet on opportunities at demand. stood at USD 26 billion, as prices. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) The country's vast coastline per the data of the Petrol price in Delhi rose to and Mazagao Dock and the evolving geopolitical Department for Promotion of Rs 82.13 per litre from Rs Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL), situation in India's neighbour- Industry and Internal Trade 81.89, according to a price organised by the hood has also put a greater (DPIIT). notification from oil marketing Confederation of Indian thrust on maritime safety and In July, the country had companies. Industry (CII). security, he added. attracted USD 17.5 billion Diesel rates went up from static since September 22 and They have, however, resorted The union minister said that Chairman and Managing worth of foreign investments. Rs 71.86 to Rs 72.13 per litre. diesel rates hadn't changed to calibrating the rates since more than 60 per cent of the Director of GSL said the Sectors which attracted This is the eighth increase in since October 2. the pandemic broke out with Indian Navy's budget is dedi- defence shipbuilding sector maximum foreign inflows rates since November 20 when Public sector oil marketing a view to avoiding volatility in cated to capital expenditure face platforms being built for Limited (HSL) and Cochin will continue to see robust during April-September oil companies resumed daily companies - Indian Oil Corpo- retail prices. The 58-day hiatus and nearly 70 per cent of this mainly the Indian Navy and Shipyard Limited (CSL), the growth. 2020-21 included computer price revision after nearly two- ration, Bharat Petroleum in petrol price revision and 48- capital budget has been spent the Indian Coast Guard at potential for MSMEs is vast. There was 9.3 per cent software and hardware (USD week hiatus. Corporation Ltd and Hindus- day status quo on diesel rates on indigenous sourcing, Goa Shipyard Limited, Naik said "expected orders growth in the defence budget 17.55 billion), services (USD In nine days, petrol price has tan Petroleum Corporation were preceded by no change in amounting to nearly Rs 66,000 Mazagon Docks Shipbuilders for surface ships and sub- in 2019-20, he said and added 2.25 billion), trading (USD gone up by Rs 1.07 per litre and Ltd - revise rates of petrol and rates between June 30 and crore in the last five years. Limited, Garden Reach marines to be executed from that the country expects to see 949 billion), chemicals (USD diesel rate has risen by Rs 1.67. diesel daily based on bench- August 15 and a 85-day status He said that with more than Shipbuilder and Engineers 2020 to 2030 are to the tune of the same trend for the next 10 437 million) and automobile Prior to the November 20 mark international oil price quo between March 17 and 60 major surface and sub-sur- (GRSE), Hindustan Shipyards USD 51 billion". years. (USD 417 million). hike, petrol prices had been and foreign exchange rate. June 6. MONEY MATTERS Sri Lanka willing NDTV shares: Sebi bars two promoters Ather discontinues 450 scooter, PNS n NEW DELHI The directions follow a probe by replaces it with 450X, 450 Plus to meet its debt Regulator Sebi has barred lectric two-wheeler startup NDTV promoters, Prannoy markets regulator Ather Energy on Saturday said Roy and Radhika Roy, from the between September Eit has decided to replace its first securities market for two years product, Ather 450, with Ather obligations: Govt and also directed them to dis- 2006 and June 2008 450X and Ather 450 Plus, which PNS n COLOMBO uncertainty about the gov- gorge illegal gains of more wherein various have been built on the same ernment's planned reduction than Rs 16.97 crore for platform, with improved hardware Sri Lanka remains willing and in government debt and bud- indulging in insider trading violations of insider and software capabilities. able to meet all its debt oblig- get deficit. more than 12 years ago. trading regulations The company had launched the ations as it has done in the "The Government has Besides, the watchdog has were found Ather 450 in 2018. The company past, the government said on repeatedly expressed its abili- barred seven individuals and will stop the sale of Ather 450 on November 28 in both Bengaluru Saturday, a day after Fitch ty and willingness to meet all entities for insider trading in and Chennai, Ather Energy said in a statement. This marks the end of downgraded the country's sov- its debt obligations falling due the shares of the company for Hence, September 7, 2007 to phase one of Ather Energy as a company as it moves on to a new ereign credit rating to "CCC". in the period ahead," the a period varying from one to April 16, 2008 was UPSI peri- stage of rapid growth aided by a new round of Series D funding, it added. "Our maiden model, Ather 450 was the outcome of four years Fitch Ratings said on Friday finance ministry said in a two years. Also, some of them od. of continuous work on R&D, design, prototype building and testing, it was downgrading Sri Lanka statement. have been asked to disgorge along with 6 per cent interest relating to the proposed reor- Prannoy Roy and Radhika and improving the product to make it production worthy. The from "B-" to "CCC", barely The government wishes to illegal gains made from trad- from April 17, 2008 till the date ganization of the company. Roy sold shares on April 17, learnings from Ather 450 in terms of design, specifications and above default, after the govern- reaffirm to foreign investors ing in the shares when they of actual payment. Prannoy Roy was the chair- 2008, when the trading win- production along with feedback from the owners has helped shape ment's 2021 budget showed that have put faith in Sri were in possession of All the entities have violat- man and whole time director dow for them was closed and the Ather 450X and Ather 450 Plus," Ather Energy Co-founder and too steep revenue projections, Lanka continuously over the Unpublished Price Sensitive ed Prohibition of Insider and Radhika Roy was the man- made a profit of Rs CEO Tarun Mehta said. The company is now looking forward to following earlier tax cuts and past several years that the Information (UPSI). Trading (PIT) Regulations, aging director during period 16,97,38,335. delivering new products across all cities, he added. a higher deficit for 2021 than country remains willing and The directions follow a Sebi said in three separate under investigation and were By doing so, they violated 2020. able to meet its debt obliga- probe conducted by the mar- orders passed late on Friday. part of the decision making PIT norms and also acted in The ratings agency said the tions, as it has done impecca- kets regulator between Sebi noted that Prannoy chain that had led to crystal- contravention of NDTV's code budget was lacking a credible bly in the past, the statement September 2006 and June 2008 Roy and Radhika Roy togeth- lization of the UPSI. of conduct for prevention of ‘PM's presence to motivate firm to fiscal consolidation strategy said. It said the assessment had wherein various violations of er made a gain of Rs 16.97 Discussions pertaining to insider trading which prohib- and provides only limited ignored several key proposals insider trading regulations crore while indulging in insid- reorganisation of the company ited them from trading at least bridge unmet healthcare needs’ details on the potential rev- presented in the 2021 Budget were found. er trading in the shares of New started on September 7, 2007 till 24 hours after the informa- rug firm Zydus Cadila on enue impact of some of the regarding deficit financing in The amount has to be paid Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) and the disclosure was made tion was disclosed to the stock Saturday said the presence of measures announced, raising the period ahead. jointly or severally by them while in possession of UPSI on April 16, 2008. exchanges. DPrime Minister Narendra Modi at its Zydus Biotech Park will motivate the company to scale greater heights in its pursuit to ‘65 per cent of bridge unmet healthcare needs. Farmkart to raise Rs 90 cr from EPFO extends date to Modi visited Zydus Cadila's domestic air manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad, as he began his three- travel back to city visit to review ongoing coronavirus vaccine development work. VCs for pan-India expansion submit life certificate "His inspiring presence will motivate us to scale greater heights in pre virus level’ n n our quest to bridge unmet healthcare needs," Zydus Cadila said in a PNS MUMBAI PNS NEW DELHI Life certificate is due in any n regulatory filing. The Zydus family comprising 25,000 Zydans stands PNS MUMBAI month till February 28, 2021," committed to the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' mission and offering the Madhya Pradesh-based Retirement fund body EPFO a labour ministry statement nation safe and efficacious vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to Nearly 65 per cent of the agritech startup Farmkart, has extended the deadline for said. fight COVID-19, it added. Zydus Cadila had earlier announced that domestic air travel has which offers a wide range of submission of life certificates Presently, a pensioner can the phase-I clinical trial of its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D is over and returned to the pre-COVID- agricultural products and ser- by pensioners till February 28, submit JPP anytime during it commenced phase-II clinical trials from August. 19 level and now there is a vices to farmers through its e- a move which would benefit the year up to 30th need to evolve a strategy to commerce platform, is plan- over 35 lakh persons who November, which is valid for bring back the tourism indus- ning to raise Rs 90 crore in could not submit the docu- a period of one year from the try on its feet, Civil Aviation Series A funding from venture ment by November due to date of issue. Baba Ramdev on board of Ruchi Secretary Pradeep Singh capitalists for expansion across coronavirus pandemic. All such pensioners can Kharola said on Saturday. the country. The pensioners who could submit life certificates till Soya; brother Ram Bharat to be MD He was addressing a webi- "At present we are function- not submit their life certifi- February 28, 2021. nar on 'Aviation and ing at 1,240 locations in cates till November 30 dead- During this extended peri- oga guru Swami Ram Dev, his Tourism-the Road Ahead' Madhya Pradesh. We plan to line, would get pension every od, pension will not be younger brother Ram Bharat hosted by the Federation of begin our immediate expan- month till February. stopped in respect of 35 lakh Yand close aide Acharya Association of Indian sion to 8,000 locations in Prime Minister Narendra from Farmkart's e-commerce "In view of the ongoing pensioners who could not Balkrishna will be on the board of Tourism & Hospitality. Maharashtra, Gujarat, south- Modi lauded the efforts of platform. COVID-19 pandemic and submit JPP during November soya food brand Nutrela-maker Kharola also said in the ern region and reach one lakh Patidar to digitally connect Patidar said the company the vulnerability of elderly 2020, the ministry added. Ruchi Soya that was recently times of COVID-19 air trav- (locations) by December 2021, farmers and deliver farming has tie-ups with top brands, population to coronavirus, Multiple modes for sub- acquired by Patanjali Ayurved. el has become a preferred across the country in next one items to their doorsteps. both domestic as well as inter- the Employees' Provident mission of JPPs including Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd in a mode of travel for being a safe year. Initially, we had invested Farmkart's tech solutions national, for its e-commerce Fund Organisation (EPFO) 3.65 lakh Common Service notice to shareholders sought means of transportation. Rs 15 crore in this venture and are designed for non-tech platform. "We have tied-up has extended the time limit Centres (CSCs), branches of approval for appointment of Ram Bharat, 41, as the Managing "On the first day of are looking to raise Rs 90 savvy farmers providing them with almost all major interna- up to 28th February 2021 for pension disbursing banks, Director of the company. Subsequent to a consortium of Patanjali resumption of domestic air crore in Series A funding with fertilisers, pesticides, tional and domestic brands for submission of Life Certificate 1.36 lakh post offices, postal Ayurved Limited, Divya Yog Mandir Trust (through its business services (May 25) there were through venture capitalists," fungicides, seeds, farm equip- seeds, fertilisers, fungicides (Jeevan Pramaan Patra-JPP) network of 1.90 lakh postmen undertaking, Divya Pharmacy), Patanjali Parivahan Private Limited 79,000 people who would Farmkart founder Atul Patidar ment, among others at their and pesticides. We have tie-ups in respect of the Pensioners and Grameen Dak Sevaks and Patanjali Gramudhyog acquiring Ruchi Soya in insolvency travel and we were worried. told PTI. doorsteps with no delivery for farm equipment and are drawing pension under EPS under the Department of proceedings last year, the new management got right to appoint the But gradually it started Recently in one of the cost. Besides, farmers can also looking to add more in this 1995 (Employees' Pension Post can be availed by pen- board, the notice said. "The board of directors of the company at its improving," he said. episodes of 'Mann Ki Baat', rent modern farm equipment category," he added. Scheme-1995) and whose sioners. meeting held on August 19, 2020 appointed Shri Ram Bharat as managing director of the company with effect from August 19, 2020 to December 17, 2022 and his designation was changed from whole- time director to managing director," it said. Now the shareholder approval is being sought for the appointment. Bharat will be paid a salary of Re 1 per annum, the notice said. ADB approves $300 mn loan to cash-strapped Pakistan

PNS n ISLAMABAD Pakistan has been facing the dilemma Under the first phase, the ADB helped the government The Asian Development Bank of rise and fall in the export growth usher in key reforms, includ- ‘PSEs should strengthen decision has approved a USD 300 mil- showing underperformance of its export ing reducing or abolishing tar- lion policy-based loan to iffs and ad hoc duties on a large making to improve performance' Pakistan to help promote industry. It was further compounded by number of raw materials and ublic sector enterprises macroeconomic stability in the the coronavirus. International financial intermediate goods. (PSEs) should cash-strapped country. institutions like the ADB provide help to Pakistan has been facing Pstrengthen internal The announcement by the the dilemma of rise and fall in decision-making and project Philippines-headquartered address such issues and the latest loan the export growth showing implementation capabilities lender came a week after facility was its manifestation underperformance of its for improved performance, Pakistan secured USD 800 mil- export industry. It was further SAIL Chairman Anil Kumar lion worth of debt freeze deals compounded by the coron- Chaudhary said on Friday. from 14 members of the G20. to enable Pakistan in recover- Pakistan, and the Pakistan avirus. International financial Chaudhary, who is also the As of August this year, the ing current account deficit in Single Window. institutions like the ADB pro- chairman of CII PSE Council, country owes USD 25.4 billion a sustained manner as well as The bank said that several vide help to address such issues made the remarks while to the group of 20 rich nations. facilitate export diversifica- steps were also taken to intro- and the latest loan facility was addressing a PSE Summit organised by the industry chamber. "He The USD 300 million loan tion. duce e-commerce, strengthen its manifestation. has emphasized on strengthening the cost competitiveness, internal would improve trade compet- It will introduce important key institutions involved in Pakistan along with 76 other decision making and the project implementation capabilities of the itiveness and export diversifi- Pakistan at a critical point in its The ADB's programme will tariff- and tax-related policy facilitating trade, and enhance poor African countries had PSEs for their improved performance," a statement issued by SAIL cation, said Hiranya macroeconomic recovery, the support Pakistan's efforts to reforms to help improve the export certification qualified for the G-20 debt quoted Chaudhary as saying. He also said there are ample Mukhopadhyay, Principal government's ongoing efforts improve its export competitive- Pakistan's international com- process. relief initiative, announced in opportunities for CPSEs to create a synergy among themselves to Public Management Specialist to ensure stability have started ness which was more impor- petitiveness and further The new financing falls April this year for May- improve their performance and contribute towards Atmanirbhar at the Asian Development showing encouraging results tant than ever given the strengthen key institutions, under Subprogram 2 of the December 2020 period, to Bharat, the statement added. Bank (ADB). this fiscal year,” Mukhopadhyay impacts of the pandemic, he including accreditation bodies, Trade and Competitiveness combat the adverse impacts of “While COVID-19 hit said in a statement. said, adding that it is expected the Export–Import Bank of Programme. the COVID-19 pandemic. SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 special 07

Amid soaring COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Capital, MUSBA HASHMI speaks with doctors and experts to bring you a report on why Delhi is struggling in navigating the third wave DELHI SURGE: ALL TO

n Thursday, the DelhiBLAMEB GovernmentLAME informed the High Court that it is con- sidering lockdown, night curfew in order to curb the virus. The fact that Delhi is Oone of the worst-hit States obviously leave the Government with no second choice. But, what has led Delhi to this troublesome zone? Is it irresponsible public behaviour, festoon- ing of throats with masks to escape penalty? Or is it the decision to relax the lockdown in the face of crashing economy, joblessness and societal depres- sion? Whatever the reason, fatalities have rocketed. Alarmingly, experts fear this is just the tip of the iceberg. With 5,000 fresh cases daily and deaths peak- ing to over a 100, in the Capital a whopping 6 lakh have been impacted by coronavirus infection. “The increasing death toll is a matter of worry for everyone. No one specific reason can be attrib- uted for this surge. The causes are diverse and need to be dealt with accordingly. The toll is proportion- ate to the infected cases. Due to the rising number of cases, the hospitals are overburdened, hence pro- viding timely treatment to all the patients is a big challenge. This can be one of the reasons for the deaths,” Dr Shiba Kalyan Biswal, Consultant, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Narayana Hospital, Gurugram, tells you. Another reason can be that although COVID is a respiratory disease, it affects the immune sys- tem and the blood vessels as well. Such conditions aggravate co-morbidities that a person may have. Hence, if a person is suffering from some under- lying disease, he is more prone to suffer from a seri- ous condition after he contracts COVID infection. Such patients are also unfortunately adding to the toll,” he said. The ongoing festive and wedding season has added to the danger. “Many people attended gatherings and social meetings. This also added to the problem. Also the fall in temperature can propagate any flu or infec- tion. Dense population is also another factor in big cities and often people fail to follow social distanc- ing norms. The lockdown was lifted because of eco- nomic constraints but as a result, the careless atti- tude of people in public places is reflected. It is time people avoid stepping out if unnecessary,” he said. Hans Raj Hans, Member of Parliament, North- West Delhi, said that Government laxity along with several other factors has led to high number of cases in the Capital. “Poor mask discipline, the decision to open all the markets, more than 50 people at weddings and other related functions, social gatherings during fes- tivities, the deteriorating air quality index and ris- ing respiratory disorders are reasons for the rise of COVID-19 in the National Capital. Besides, the casual approach of Delhiites is also one of the rea- sons for this rise. The Central Government is work- Photos: Ranjan Dimri/The Pioneer ing with the State Government to control the sit- uation in Delhi, but the residents should cooper- ate by taking all possible care. Without this coop- “Historically, the intensity of second and third Even when Maharashtra and other States of everyday. This is not acceptable by any means. The eration, the situation will not abate anytime soon,” waves are always much widespread in case of any India saw a surge in cases, Delhi managed to keep severity of symptoms have increased and people are Hans said. pandemic. People are now tired of the guidelines the case count as low as 2,000. Dr Sandeep Nayar, not getting beds easily. The patient is moving from It’s been only nine days since the Delhi and are coming out in large numbers this leads to Senior Director, Centre of Chest and Respiratory one hospital to another in search of a bed, this too Government implemented a fine of `2,000 for not a much extensive viral load and more chances of Disease, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, tells you and fro will surely make their symptoms worse. We wearing a mask in public and within four days of getting exposed to the virus. If you remember, in why things have gotten worse now. are worried about this situation,” he said. the rule, the Delhi Police collected nearly `1.5 crore the beginning of the pandemic the deaths of doc- “There are many factors, one of which is over- The new rules implemented by the Delhi as challans. According to the data shared by the tors were much higher because they had the high- crowding. Now that all the markets are opened, peo- Government should help in curbing the cases. Delhi Police, a total 7,655 challans have been issued er viral load and they didn’t know much about the ple are out there and not following any social dis- “These regulations should help. Initially, there were from November 20 to November 24. The figure, virus. They didn’t know the exact way of donning tancing norms or proper hygiene. If you see the sce- a limit of only 50 people in marriages. But then they which then started to see a dip, is sufficient to and doffing the PPE kits. But doctors have learnt nario outside, people are climbing on each other. removed it and now they have come back to it again. explain how masks is not at all an option worth con- rapidly and are following all the precautions. But Not even 10 per cent of the people are wearing their They have realised their mistake,” he said. sidering for Delhiites, who seemingly don’t fear the the general public doesn’t know the etiquette of mask properly. It is something that has trou- Our society, Nayar says, is divided in two deadly virus. wearing a mask. They keep taking it off just to speak bled us. It goes without saying that this groups of people. One, who wears masks Varun Gupta, a social activist and environmen- and never shy away from touching the outer sur- has contributed in the rising cases,” and the others who don’t. “The ones talist, agrees with Hans and says that Delhiites are STEPS TAKEN BY face of the mask. So doing all these things proves Nayar explains. who wear masks think that the later extensively responsible for the current situation. DELHI GOVERNMENT to be very dangerous especially in crowded settings The second reason is that ones are fools and vice versa. “To a great extent, Delhiites are responsible for like markets and offices,” he said. because of the pollution the They think that just because of the increase of COVID in the Capital. People should He tells you that Delhi is now open to people symptoms are getting worse. one disease they will not wear a consider their mask as the only vaccine at present. l Challan of `2,000 for not wearing accessing healthcare from the nearby cities which Earlier patients with mild symp- mask. It is only when they suf- During the festival time, what I analysed was that was not the case earlier. “People were not allowed toms were opting for home fer from it they realise its people almost forgot that the world is fighting a pan- a mask in public to cross State boundaries during the first wave. quarantine, but now COVID severity. It is just that they learn demic. The markets and some of the public places l Usually people come to Delhi when their case is crit- along with pollution is result- the hard way,” he said. were crowded just like it used to be in the pre- Not more than 50 people allowed ical and that’s why the mortality in Delhi is high- ing in worsening of the symp- When can Delhi expect a COVID time. Adding to that, maximum people in marriages er,” Bajaj added. toms and patients are rushing decrease in the cases, Nayar says, were not wearing masks or the same was and is l Bajaj feels that the guidelines of marriages towards the hospital. that we can only hope for it. below their nostrils. Such cases were seen in the Aggressive testing. Daily RT-PCR should have been made permanent instead. “I feel He believes that the high cases “Many European countries went for a metro too. Not only this, even vegetable sellers, tests limit has been increased to that the limited crowd in weddings help us as a com- are not only a result of aggressive testing in the second lockdown. Who knows we too shopkeepers, food stall owners, rickshaw man were munity also. It prevents poor people from getting State. “States like UP have also increased the test- have to take some stern steps. I am not saying seen without masks. Government, doctors, acad- 37,200 exploited and also curtails the unnecessary expen- ing rate. Our positivity rate has gone up to 13 per we should go for a lockdown, it is purely the emics, social organisations, police, media and oth- l Atleast 205 ICU beds added in diture. Undoubtedly, during COVID it prevents cent. Aggressive testing is happening but then about Government’s call. But some strict steps should be ers keep telling peoples to take precautions, but peo- marriages from acting as super spreaders of infec- 25 days back, the occupancy had come down to 70- taken to tackle this situation. Though, the ple are living in oblivion. I would just say to every- hospitals run by the Central and tion,” he said. 80 per cent. Now things have gone from bad to Government has recently revised some rules, they one that there is still time to protect yourself,” Gupta He points out that aggressive testing is neces- worse and we had to add more beds. It is not only have to be very strict and make sure that they are said. Delhi Governments sary in any pandemic. “We can’t keep chasing the because people have tested positive, but because they also implementing it. Just announcing won’t make Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder Director, Ujala l 120 ventilators arrived from virus all the time. We have to test and identify the are in a bad shape and have to be rushed to the hos- a difference,” he said. Cygnus Group of Hospitals, tells you that the inten- people upfront those who are symptomatic. That’s pital,” Nayar tells you. Lastly, he has a request to make to the gener- sity of the second and third wave of a disease is Bharat Electronics Limited, the reason South Korea got a handle on the pan- He adds the increasing mortality rate in Delhi al public. “Masks are a must. Take care of yourselves. always much widespread and it is the time when , given to hospitals demic very quickly because of the massive aggres- can be attributed to the severity of the COVID-19 Keep your body hydrated. Eat fresh fruits and veg- people need to take more precautions. sive testing policy that they implemented,” Bajaj said. symptoms. “We are witnessing about 100 deaths etables. Avoid junk food,” he said. sunday magazine FEELINGS COME AND GO LIKE CLOUDS IN A WINDY SKY. CONSCIOUS BREATHING IS MY ANCHOR tarot 8 — THICH NHAT HANH November 29, 2020

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

MADHU KOTIYA

ARIES March 21-April 19 LEO July 23-Aug 22 SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 21 This week you card foresees healing and rejuvenation. Those putting on weight must put their health on priority. You will feel healthy and free and may experience a Those suffering from an injury or other physical You will finally understand the value of money and good change of perspective. Negativity replaces optimism. ailments will find quick recovery. There are times in our health, and work out a plan to be in harmony with nature New possibilities are foreseen. You will learn the lives when we must accept change and allow things to to maintain good health. Focus on walking, breathing and importance of solving your problems with rational and come to a natural end. Every negative note has its prayers for mental and physical healing. On the career thorough thinking. This is also a time to utilise your positive end too. On the career front, a comeback of front, unrelated issues would occupy mind space. You creative energies. Professionally, a promotion is indicated your old and trusted employee who was supposed to either have little time or are feeling lethargic about work. which will make you confident and secure. You are self- be the backbone of your profession is indicated. Hard work and efforts put in the last week are not so disciplined and energetic. Those in business, your ideas Venues will open for those who wish to expand their rewarding. This is a temporary phase. On the personal and views are being respected and followed. This is the business or start a new venture. Time spent on the front, something special is likely to be celebrated this time when your intelligence, wisdom and experience will academic pursuits will pay good results now. On the week. You feel emotionally contended and find a healthy pay you rich dividends. On the personal front, your relationship front, love is difficult and confusing this relationship. You have full faith in your partner. This is the relationship will grow. You are romantic and love is in the week. Sticking to old beliefs may spoil your relations. It time when mutual understanding between the two is great air. Other relationships too are nurturing, and meaningful is advised to avoid the intervention of the third party. and strengthening of relationship is indicated. in your life.

Lucky number 19 Lucky number 13 Lucky number 9 Lucky colour Sky Blue Lucky colour Blue Lucky colour Green Lucky day Friday Lucky day Thursday Lucky day Friday

TAURUS April 20-May 20 VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22 CAPRICORN Dec 22-Jan 19 This week your inner and outer conflicts may bring upon There is a balance between mind, body and soul this This week you may enjoy the nature’s bounty and negative effects to your healthy lifestyle and routine. week. You will be energetic, enthusiastic and full of life. blessings of the Almighty. Cure of a very old or Challenges are foreseen on the career front. This is a Your farsightedness will pay you rich dividends. This is prolonged illness is on the cards. Those in urgent need perfect time to clear the fog. This is also a good time to the time to enjoy good food and live a healthy life, both of motivation and inspiration to lead a healthy and set your goals and targets and work towards them in the mentally and physically. On the career front, new job meaningful life will find a mentor. You feel empowered system. The win will come after a struggle. Your great offers and opportunities in business will help you and embark on a new journey which is progressive and insight may work in your favour. A break-through broaden your horizon. If expansion in the business is the makes you feel comfortable. On the work front, this is success is on the cards. On the relationship front, you plan, this is the right time. Go for it! Good finances, the time to keep counting the blessings. You may be will follow tradition instead of your heart. The income and gains through the ancestral property are busy organising an auspicious ceremony at home/office. conventions and traditions are overpowering you and you indicated. On the relationship front, those contemplating The career will boom and so will be your interaction with will try and seek answers from a guru or a senior person marriage may start browsing the market for a suitable the outside world. On the personal front, confusion, with regard to your emotions. This week you may be bride or groom. Guard against temptations and misunderstanding with the partner is likely. You need to more inclined spiritually and worldly pleasures, love and addictions. A step towards spirituality may prove to be guard yourself against selfish motives, aggression and emotions would take a back seat. the saviour. any haste decisions in this period. Patience is the key.

Lucky number 10 Lucky number 3 Lucky number 4 Lucky colour Brown Lucky colour Peach Lucky colour Red Lucky day Tuesday Lucky day Wednesday Lucky day Wednesday

GEMINI May 21-June 20 LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22 AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18 This week you will possess the power and energy to This week cards indicate excessive fear, phobia, and worry. This week your satisfaction and contentment will play create a fresh lifecycle for yourself. You will have Mental tension will remain, and this may reflect on your an important role for you to be in good health. You will control over your desires and temptations that may health. Headache, insomnia, and sleeplessness may cause enjoy worldly pleasures and relax. ‘All is well’ feeling harm your health. You realise the importance of the unrest. Be careful of cold, cough and seasonal ailments gives you cool mind, contentment, positive aura and a balancing factor in your life and your body is in tune too. This is the time to meditate, join yoga and take a glow on the face. On the work front, there is generosity with the five elements of nature. On the career front, break from the hectic schedule. On the career front, a little in your temperament and ability to convince others you may have experienced setbacks that make you indiscretion may put your reputation in the firing line so be with your communication. You care for the emotional suspicious of the others. The turning point will come careful. At the work area, you may go unnoticed and feel wellbeing of others and respect your colleagues and when you can leave the past behind you and develop a neglected. This may cause tension and hamper your juniors. They follow you, admire you, and respect your more open mind about the future. This is the time to growth. Do not run away from responsibilities and magnanimity. On the relationship front, there is love, think positive and move ahead. On the personal front, commitments. Do not disclose your working plans till you fun and entertainment. You spend time together and confrontation is likely between lovers. Do not let accomplish them. On the personal front, your partner will present an expensive gift to your beloved and partner. emotion get in the way. Rather, use fact and logic to be filled with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm Time is right to bring your romantic relationships out in make your decisions. while you feel demoralised, or hold low self-esteem. the open, the family will accept your choice.

Lucky number 6 Lucky number 12 Lucky number 18 Lucky colour Pink Lucky colour Golden Lucky colour Orange Lucky day Friday Lucky day Sunday Lucky day Saturday

CANCER June 21-July 22 SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21 PISCES Feb 19-March 20 This week you will adopt a moderate approach to life In keeping with the ongoing festive spirit, you will be Fatigue may take a toll this week. Issues — domestic or and be true to your commitments. You have understood active and vibrant. Self-knowledge and mastery are the professional — will leave you disturbed. Restlessness or that you need a routine and a careful regime if you want keys to success. You possess the inner light and problem related to Blood Pressure may bother. Consult a to achieve your goals. It is not necessarily a very consciousness, and sheer faith and experience from the doctor. You may require proper sleep and support of near interesting or exciting period. You are not hesitant to past would help you become self-reliant. Through and dear ones. A positive approach will help put life into spend money in a gym, meditation, following nutritive meditation, you are on the path to attain spiritual you. On the career front, there is nothing new happening. diets etc to be in good health and fitness. These efforts fulfilment and share this light with others. On the Things are moving as usual. Fear of stagnating career or will pay you well. On the work front, you will feel stability professional front, your wisdom and leadership will help profession may bother you. This is a temporary phase. As in your profession. Use experience and skills to achieve you establish a niche for yourself. Your plans are now the week progresses, you will find the positive results. your desired goals. Advice from a senior person in well underway and you are beginning to consider more With your wisdom and experience, you keep moving job/business will be very helpful. On the personal front, opportunities to expand your current plans. On the ahead and achieve the desired results. On the relationship you may get too emotional or possessive in your personal front, you will find your relationships growing front, you will enjoy the quiet powers inherent in you. You relationship, and that may become the cause of irritation and developing to a satisfactory level. There is faith, will be able to influence your partner by diplomatic and separation. You will be compassionate towards understanding with each other. conversation. those dear to you. Lucky number 2 Lucky number 11 Lucky number 21 Lucky colour Indigo Lucky colour White Lucky colour Magenta Lucky day Tuesday Lucky day Monday Lucky day Wednesday Madhu Kotiya is a tarot card reader, spiritual healer, and Founder, MShezaim Institute of Tarot and Divination. Contact details: [email protected], www.indiatarot.com, M: 9873283331

ASTROTURF BHARAT BHUSHAN PADMADEO Mind balance is the key random thoughts are the scattering type. placed with respect to the two luminar- omeone concerned about not being missing link in the process could be fig- Those who realise that only a focused ies — the Sun and Moon. Moon is ill- able to contain his wavering mind ured out,” I said. Looking at the account mind can lead to success, try to contain disposed to Venus, which makes you too Sand habit tendencies, despite seri- he shared, it appears that he keeps their wavering mind, which comes touchy and sensitive. You may get ous efforts towards that end, connected chanting mantra with focus on his ener- under gathering up type. As you gradu- overexercised even on trivial issues and with me for necessary guidance. “Sir, for gy centres. So, he has been mechanically ate in the process further, you may blow it out of proportion as would fiery almost a decade now, I have been reli- working on energy plane. He, however, become one pointed. They still remain Mars flaring up the air element mean. giously pursuing Yoga-asana and medi- has cared the least to work upon his subject to pushes and pulls. But relative- Read together with the implications of tation as guided by two acclaimed teach- thought process. He has been reading ly they are able to remain focused to the ill-disposed luminaries, it speaks of a ers in the field. So far, I have been able many books written by realised people their priority preferences for long. Those temperamental, moody, irritable, impul- to just identify my fault lines. I have for necessary guidance, which makes who are able to effortlessly remain sive, and rash character, having a disori- been trying to address them, with no him academically aware. But his mind, focused for long is the call of a concen- ented mind. sign of tangible success in immediate intensely engaged in wanton thoughts trated mind. Now coming to spiritual potential, future. My monkey like mind keeps ran- that don’t allow him the mind-space and Those who wish to evolve spiritually, benevolent Jupiter over the head in the domly flirting with varying thoughts time necessary to absorb the educative and even grow materially, preparatory to birth chart speaks high of your spiritual and ideas, and so I fail to do justice to inputs, but for which it will not find that, at least they should try to graduate quotient. Seen at subtle level, lagna sub- my priority preferences. I don’t know reflection in his conduct. to the stage of one pointedness, if not lord Rahu, happens to be the lord of 5th how to go about further. Kindly guide.” Here I recall the saying of a realised concentrated. I then suggested him to cusp identified with merits accrued from “Well, the purpose of spirituality is spiritual master: “You may enjoy the follow the three stage meditation process the past. 9th sub-lord identified transla- to understand the living realities of life, grace of the God, the holy men and as suggested in my book titled: “God or tion of acquired merits into fruits hap- which when absorbed in the deep teachers. But if you lack the grace of No God; Awareness enriches life.” pens to be Moon, which occupies the realms of mind help in making reasoned mind, you may go to rack and ruins”. The man then asked: “Sir, I will pur- sub-lordship of Rahu. All put together choices in life and conduct with ease and That makes it incumbent upon us to chase your book and follow the method indicates seed of spiritually deeply comfort. What is the fun in pursuing work upon our mind-state before pursu- you have suggested. But tell me, is my ingrained in your mind. Positioning of spiritual process, if it has not helped ing spiritual process, otherwise it will present mental predicament reflected in Moon, however, calls for concerted reform your thought process?” I asked. not offer desired result. It may not be my chart? Do I have the potential to efforts to organise your mind before “Remember, all actions on your part, be out of place to mention that there are evolve spiritually?” expecting the desired results. it pursuing spiritual process or targeting five states of mind — Darkening, Look at the astrological pointers. The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant material desires are conducted by mind. Scattering, Gathering up, One pointed You are born in an airy sign Libra with and spiritual counsellor. Connect with him at Better, give me an account of how you and Concentrated. Ignorant minds are fiery planet Mars conjunct headless Ketu Tel: 91-111-99818037273/9871037272 are pursuing the process so that the the darkening type. Minds flirting with there in the lagna. Mars is also adversely Email: [email protected]

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As the world got busy battling the effects and impact of the virus, hackers saw this as an opportunity to exploit new vulnerabilities that emerged from a large numbers working from home, writes AJAY SINGH, as he explains various cyber risks faced by individuals and groups and suggests ways to tackle them

he Covid-19 pandemic has led to considered as a temporary solution may l Stopping remote access unless it is a in Ransomware attacks in recent months. The lockdowns across the world and become a regular practice. This necessitates a necessity deployment methods include socially made working from home an complete rethink on cyber risks and involves l Default passwords should be changed engineered emails packed with malware, or a inevitable necessity. While this moving away from traditional cybersecurity l Devices and online accounts should have weblink that triggers a drive-by download. allows businesses to remain approaches. Any policies and protocols related strong passwords. For both personal and Some of the ways to protect your systems from Toperational, it has exposed organisations to to cybersecurity which were introduced when business accounts multi-factor Ransomware attacks include changing default several new risks, particularly for those who companies switched to work-from-home may authentication wherever available, should passwords at all access points, training fail to take the proper precautions. Even as the have served them in the short-term, but when be utilised employees in identifying suspicious email links, world got busy battling the effects and impact it comes to long-term measures, a thorough re- l Meeting links should strictly not be shared keeping air-gapped up-to-date data back-ups, of the virus, hackers saw this as an evaluation needs to be conducted. With the publicly or through social media platforms prohibiting the use of USB drives, and updating opportunity to exploit new vulnerabilities that easing of lockdown restrictions, when l Trusted apps or those recommended by all operating systems and software in time. emerged from a large work force working employees will no longer be confined to one’s employer should be used for work Phishing: This is a type of social from home. working from home, the larger questions of involving collaboration engineering attack where hackers attempt to Various reports around the world indicate dealing with cyber risks of working-from- l Regularly updating operating systems, steal login credentials such as passwords or a sharp increase in cybercrime even as Covid- anywhere will become more relevant. The top antiviruses and other applications on deceive people in multiple ways into installing 19 has caused major disruptions and forced of the cybersecurity agenda for individuals, computers and other devices malware. Employee training to recognise changes in the way we work. During this crisis, businesses, and governments in the aftermath l Home Wi-Fi and admin passwords should phishing emails and the use of multi-factor there has been a sudden surge in cybercrime in of coronavirus should therefore be to mitigate be changed regularly, while avoiding authentication can help to prevent or mitigate many countries with cybercriminals preying on cyber risks and build a safer and more resilient open/free Wi-Fi networks damage from a cyber-attack which may result new factors and vulnerabilities related to cyber environment. l Cyber-hygiene guidelines as laid out by from a phishing exploit. information systems that have come into play. one’s employer should be strictly followed Business email compromise: During this Scams, phishing websites, maps loaded INDIVIDUALS AND CYBER RISKS pandemic, a large number of cases of business with malware, and spam messages linked to the We have all been a target of cyber-attacks ORGANISATIONS AND CYBER RISKS email compromise instances have been Coronavirus have been reported the world in some form or the other, for instance Today, almost all businesses regardless of reported. Here, cybercriminals spoof emails over. Dominic Raab, the British Foreign phishing attacks, phone calls or SMSs from the industry they are in and their size are (usually making them look like they are from Secretary observed in early May that ‘There cybercriminals, among others. They are after vulnerable to cyber-attacks which can happen legitimate sources) to redirect a payment will always be some who seek to exploit a crisis your personal data, passwords, social ids, bank at any time, without warning. This is true intended for one of the company’s suppliers to for their own criminal and hostile ends. We information and social contacts… basically across sectors and geographies. The pandemic their own bank accounts. In a work from home know that cyber criminals, and other malicious anything that can either fetch them a price for has only accelerated the need to implement scenario, where employees are not in front of groups are targeting individuals, businesses, your data or can help them launch bigger THE LOCKDOWNS HAVE NOT comprehensive cybersecurity programs after a each other to seek clarifications, these kinds of and other organisations by deploying Covid-19 attacks. Escaping a cyber-attack means that you ONLY MADE US WORK thorough assessment of existing, new, and cyber-attacks are on the rise. Preventing such related scams and phishing emails.’ Since then have been vigilant, prepared or simply lucky emerging cyber risks. The concept of a cyber attacks calls for a high degree of vigilance and cyber threats and attacks have only increased. enough to avoid one. FROM HOME, BUT ALSO ‘perimeter’ which was once confined to the situational awareness among employees The lockdowns have not only made us There are fortunately many things we can SHOP-FROM-HOME, STUDY- walls of an organisation or a data centre has (especially those processing payments). work from home, but also shop-from-home, do as individuals to make our online existence FROM-HOME, BANK-FROM- completely eroded. Security professionals have Employees must be advised to be careful and study-from-home, bank-from-home, attend safer while working from home or for that been forced to abandon the traditional castle- alert to such attempts and double check before meetings from home and so on. Studies have matter working from anywhere. Before looking HOME, ATTEND MEETINGS and-moat strategy used so effectively in the they initiate action. Organisations must also also shown a dramatic increase in the amount at what we can do, consider the findings of the FROM HOME AND SO ON. past due to the arrival of cloud computing and implement additional controls to prevent any of time people are spending on-line. latest Norton Cyber Security Insights Report STUDIES HAVE ALSO the use of portable devices by organisations mistakes in this regard. Fortunately, technologies like video which suggests that: SHOWN A DRAMATIC coupled with the integration of personal Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): The conferencing, BYOD (Bring Your Own l 30% of people cannot detect a phishing devices into organisational systems. 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Cybercriminals have been have been a target of a phishing incident. TECHNOLOGIES LIKE VIDEO dimensions: policies for onboarding these devices into the quick to discover that employees working from l 70% of consumers wish that their home CONFERENCING, BYOD l Technology dimension: securing IT corporate network, there is often laxity and home have weaker cybersecurity than when Wi-Fi network could be made more secure. (BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE), systems, applications, networks, data, and carelessness in observing the protocols. More they operate from their offices. They have However, a mere 27% consider it likely that VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE devices so, during the pandemic. The absence of exploited new weaknesses in the various their home Wi-Fi network could be l People: employees and others who are users specific organisational cybersecurity technologies used and have incessantly susceptible to attack. NETWORK), AND and have access an organisation’s system protocols makes them a cyber risk. If any of launched attacks. This goes to show that cyber threats are COLLABORATIVE l Policies, Procedures and Processes that are these devices are compromised, they can Given that we are spending (and will greatly enhanced by the fact people are largely PLATFORMS EXIST TODAY used to run business operations provide hackers with an opening into a continue to spend) a major part of our lives unaware of the cyber risks that they have to THAT ENABLE WORKING l Laws, regulations, and compliance corporate’s network and data which can be on-line, a comprehensive assessment of the contend with and the counter measures they accessed and exploited. If employees continue cyber risks that we are exposed to as must adopt to mitigate the risks. Some of the FROM HOME. HOWEVER, In the near future as the pandemic to work from home and rely on personal individuals, families, and businesses, is key to basic things that contribute to maintain better THE EXPOSURE TO CYBER continues, there are a few types of cyber- devices for the foreseeable future, then a survive and thrive. cyber hygiene while working from home are: RISK HAS GROWN threats companies must specifically be more robust protocol must be established A large number of organisations have l Instead of using personal devices, company- prepared for and safeguard against: which mandates the installation and updating already announced that some office-based provided computers and laptops should be EXPONENTIALLY Ransomware: Ransomware is a type of of security software on personal devices that employees will be working from home in some used malware that is used to deny access to a are used for office work. form for the foreseeable future and perhaps l A VPN software can be utilised to connect computer system or data by encrypting the even permanently. 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Photos: Worrel Kumar Bain and Reynold Machado Goa and Portuguese colonisation of India are almost synony- mous. Few know that Goa has a past that dates back to the saga of Parshuram in Hindu mythology and India's pre-Islamic era, writes SOMEN SENGUPTA. UNESCO World Heritage Week was recently celebrated in India from November 19 to November 25 PEBBLESPEBBLES OFOF AA

estled between the Western Ghats and Sahayadri Hills, and watered by two beautiful rivers named Mandovi and Zuari, this land was long isolatedN from the Indians. It was isolated not because of any physical feature or inac- cessibility, but for its distinctive history and heritage that was seemingly “foreign” DEAD SEA for British-ruled Indians. Goa, the coastal DEAD SEA territory of Konkan heartland, was always port from Lisbon to expand their activi- a hidden pearl and a priced colonial nest ties in India, such as expansion of for Portugal, a country that traded and Christianity, through the missionaries ruled at many parts of the globe for sev- landing from Europe. Soon there was a eral centuries. visible change in the entire demography Goa and Portuguese colonisation of of Goa and tangible changes in architec- India are almost synonymous. Few know ture, language, food, dress, music and Goa has a past that dates back to the saga sports Goa came about. Goa gradually THIS LITTLE of Parshuram in Hindu mythology and became a unique place within India. India’s pre-Islamic era. This little Portugal of India gradual- PORTUGAL OF INDIA Hindu mythology says that this land ly boomed in its own style and pace. GRADUALLY BOOMED was created from sea by Parashuram the Majestic churches, forts, printing press and 6th incarnation of Vishnu. Parashuram, above all a legend named “St Francis IN ITS OWN STYLE AND according to mythology, excavated this Xavier” turned Goa into an unparalleled surface from sea with his arrow and gift- place to which no other Portuguese PACE. MAJESTIC ed it to the Brahmins. In the ancient times, colonies of India (be it those in Bengal or CHURCHES, FORTS, it was known as Govapuri and later Gujarat) came a close match. Gomantak. Towering among the past relic of that PRINTING PRESS AND In 3rd century BC, it was a part of fascinating time is Fort Aguada that was ABOVE ALL, A LEGEND Maurya Empire and after that till the end built from 1609 to 1612 and still stands of 750 AD almost all Hindu dynasties of a living testimony at north Goa. This is NAMED “ST FRANCIS appears in many movies. St Lawrence of a man who died in 1552 in China. Western India like Satavahanas, Chalukya one of the few forts of India, that was XAVIER” TURNED GOA church built in 1630 is situated inside the Born in Spain and sent to India in and Rashtrakuta ruled this land. It fell into never conquered by enemies. fort. 1542 by both the King of Portugal and the hands of Muslims in 1312 and again Built in sturdy brown laterite stone for INTO AN Though a large part of the fort is now Pope the third, Francis Xavier, spent 10 in 1370, Hindu king of Vijaynagar con- the sake of combating the British, Dutch UNPARALLELED PLACE dilapidated and submerged in water, its years in Goa serving leprosy cursed peo- quered it. Hindu rule ended in 1470 when and Marathas, this is perhaps the best remains give enough idea of typical ple and spreading the message of Christ. Adil Shah of Bijapur gained Goa. sample of Portuguese military architecture TO WHICH NO OTHER Portuguese style of fortification. Its well From 1510 to 1540, when Portuguese bru- This was the time when the fragrance in India. Aguada means water, and this PORTUGUESE planned moats, gunpower room, bastions, tality over Indian masses was at its apex, of Goa’s exotic spices began to attract the fort once had several sweet water streams light house and escape passage all are still he landed there as an apostle of peace and Portuguese, who had already arrived in flowing inside it, offering a great provi- COLONIES OF INDIA visible and very clearly mirror mystic first gained confidence of local people by Kerala in 1498, like a magnet. In 1510, 12 sion of drinking water both for its habi- (BE IT THOSE IN timeline of the history. serving them. It was he who attracted a years after Vasco Da Gama arrived in tants and sailing ships that used to anchor Goa witnessed a silent revolution huge mass to Christianity that finally Kerala as a trader, another Portuguese near it. The fort strategically faces BENGAL OR GUJARAT) when India’s first printing press was set up changed Goa to a very different demo- named Alfonso De Albuquerque showed Candolim beach near river Mandovi. there, though accidentally. It is interest- graphic marquee in India. his military might and became the ruler The upper part of the fort was used as CAME A CLOSE MATCH ing to note that the first book printed in After his death in China, his body of Goa. water station and fort where as the lower India was not in Bombay or Bengal which was still intact after many months Soon after, they took over Diu in 1534 part was used to berth Portuguese war Presidency, where historically almost all of his demise, was brought back to Goa and Daman in 1559. A large part of Bengal ships. The huge water reservoir is assumed modern wonders landed from Europe. on March 14, 1554 and kept in a casket was already under the Portuguese and to store not less than 23,76,000 gallons of It was in September 1556 when a gifted by Queen of Portugal Maria Sophia with the new territory, they cemented a water. printing press machine, which was orig- ture, this massive church of 250 ft in length in 1560 at Basilica de Bom Jesus. The relic foundation of India’s Portuguese coloni- The 1.3 metre thick fortification wall inally meant to be delivered at Abyssinia and 187 ft wide was built between 1562 is placed on the right wall of the church sation. This prevailed till 1961, following skirts the seashore and ascends the edge or Ethiopia, arrived in Goa and placed in to 1619 during the golden era of and can be seen from a distance. which India reclaimed it after a soft mil- of bare rocky island. The massive St Paul’s college. From that machine, for Portuguese. This attracts thousands of pilgrims itary operation. grand stand of Fort Aguada once the first time, a Spanish technologist Dedicated to the feast of St Catherine across the world. Every 10 years the cas- The conquest of Goa was perhaps the had 79 canons in place. A 13 mt named Juan De Bustamante printed a of Alexandria, it was built to commemo- ket is taken down and people are allowed beginning of Portuguese dream to imprint high light house built book of Theology named Conclusions rate the victory of Portuguese over to get a closer look of the relic. their colonial stamp upon India. As a in 1864 is the most Philosophic. Muslims in 1510. The church exterior Over a period of time, however, sev- tyrannical race they soon got into conflict iconic landmark of This machine was actually shipped bears a Tuscan touch while the interiors eral distortions have taken place. One fin- with local Indians, resulting in demolition the fort. It from Portugal to Abyssinia of Africa. are much of Corinthian. Its extraordinary ger of its feet was vandalised by a lady in of temples and forceful religious conver- often When the ship anchored at Goa on its way Iberian façade, colourful mosaic floors, 1554 and the right hand of the body was sions. This was also the time when they to Abyssinia, the relations between the two typical European ceiling and exotic wood sent to Vatican in 1914, as demanded by tried to stop the practice of sati cult but countries had declined as the king of carvings, all put together, create an out- Pope himself. This was a year after Xavier failed. Soon the need was felt to protect Abyssinia detested the fact that Christian standing piece of European architecture was crowned as Saint. Goa from other European powers, like missionary had come to his country. So which is matchless on many counts. The Basilica De Bom Jesus is a gem of British and Dutch East India Company, the machine was abandoned at Goa and laterite plinth and lime plaster of the architecture and perhaps, the most famous and even from the Maratha warrior, it was sheer luck that India, as the first church have survived the test of time. Portuguese footprint in Goa. Its bare exte- Shivaji, who attacked the Portuguese country of Asia, got to see the magic of Earlier, the church had two towers. rior, made of brown laterite, offers an irre- of Goa. printing machine. Unfortunately, after One of which was grounded in 1776. The sistible charm to mingle with history. Built The need for mili- 1660, the machine went traceless. Today, church has a bell called the Golden bell between 1594 and 1605 in late Rene struc- tary competence a printing museum in Goa tells the story and a chapel known as Cross of Miracles. ture, it blends Doric, Ionic, Roman and pushed the without showing any tangible relics. It is believed that in 1619, the vision of Corinthian style of architecture. The Portuguese to Portuguese touch is palpable in every Christ had fallen there. This legend façade contains Jesuit motif embalm go for mas- corner of old Goa, especially in its mas- attracts a huge crowd all across the globe. “HIS” an abbreviation of Latin “Iesus sive forti- sive churches and cathedrals. Two most It is the Cathedral of Arch Bishop of Goa. Hominum Salvator” meaning “Jesus. fication. significant of those are Se Cathedral de A convent adjacent to it houses a small yet Saviour of Men”. The monument enshrines They got Santa Catarina and Basilica de Bom good archaeological museum. statue of St Ignatius Loyala and infant direct sup- Jesus. Both are UNESCO world heritage If Se Cathedral is famous for Cross of Jesus. monuments and both are filled with sto- Miracle then Basilica de Bom Jesus (a Cathedral, fort, lighthouse and old ries of exciting history of Portuguese con- smaller monument) is a bigger crowd colonial buildings are now open to pub- quest of Goa and its religious history. puller as it holds the legend of St Francis lic and Government alike. The general Se Cathedral is perhaps the most cel- Xavier, the man who is considered the panorama of old Goa runs like a motion ebrated religious building of Goa. This is “greatest figure in Asia after St Thomas the picture visualising a saga much different the largest church of India and even big- Apostle”. from India’s general history. Even though ger than any in Portugal. Goa’s emergence as one of the holiest Portuguese are long gone the profound A classical example of Gothic place in the Christian world is largely footprints are alive in every edifice of Portuguese Manueline style of architec- because of its association with a holy relic Parashuram’s land. FROM PAGE 1

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TELLYTALE ‘Replacements come with challenges’ ASHI SINGH, who has recently replaced AVNEET KAUR to play Yasmine TUNE IN TO HERO MODE years of marriage and since then his Get ready for a wonder like never before relationship with Renuka has never been the in Sony Sab’s Aladdin Naam Toh Suna Hoga, speaks with MUSBA HASHMI as Sony SAB's announces its mega-launch same. Mukund felt that he has been betrayed of the year Hero — Gayab Mode On. With and has been suspicious of her ever since. about the challenges that she faced and reveals that she would love to be a part the power of invisibility as a distinctive When Raghav and Renuka bump into one of Jhalak Dikhhlaa Jaa element in the story, the show promises to another after so many years, how will be a pure visual delight for the audience Mukund react? And what will Raghav do n What made you say yes to play blended with a gripping storyline that will after meeting Renuka? Well, the audience is Yasmine?? leave you asking for more. The show is in for a treat as a lot of twists and turns are The character of course. Initially, I was slated to launch on December 7, every Mon- set to play out in the next few episodes. apprehensive about taking up the role Fri at 8 pm. With Raghav all set to enter Hamariwali because it is a replacement, but when I got The show is an incredible journey of a Good News and create chaos in Renuka and know about the storyline and the character common man, Veer (Abhishek Nigam) and Mukund's life, the audience will surely want brief, I liked it very much. It was something I want to play a lot his quest to find his father. His life gets to know what will happen next in the Tiwari that I wanted to do. It is something that of varied roles in my fascinatingly exciting as Veer chances upon parivaar. one doesn’t get to do in daily life. I am a miraculous ring, which upon wearing gives fortunate to have got a chance to play this life. I don't want to him the power of invisibility. The ring can GET READY TO MEET PHOOL KUMARI role. keep playing the only be worn and owned by someone who Bhojpuri film icon and bold performer n Was it hard to get into the skin of same kind of roles has the inherent virtues of kindness, Rani Chatterjee has successfully made a the character? More so because you courage, selflessness, nobility and empathy. mark in the entertainment industry. The have replaced Avneet, and the for five-six years. I At the same time, it also has the power to daring actor is all set to make heads turn as character was already well- am always on a look corrupt and degrade the weak hearted actor Shruti Sharma has been roped in she enters &TV's Gudiya Humari Sabhi Pe established? out for different making them vicious. But Veer decides to Shruti Sharma says: “I am very excited Bhari. Portraying the role of Nanhe's (Sudhir Yes. It was extremely difficult to to have landed this role. Chamcham is an Neema) love interest Phool Kumari, Rani will get into the skin of the character characters. With that incredible character, and playing her gives create a spectacle amongst the men in the because if the audience has seen an being said, I don't me a lot of scope for performance as an family whereas with the women, not so actor play a character for two think there will be a actor. The concept o-f the show is very much. years, it becomes hard for them to strong and the background story of the When Gudiya (Sarika Bahroliya) finds accept another actor play the role which I will ever character and her journey will definitely out that Nanhe's medical reports show same role. Also, I didn’t have the turn down change social perceptions. I am also grateful traces of cancer she is disheartened to learn scope to play it purely my way, because to Colors for giving me this very special that he has only a few days left to live. To Avneet portrayed it in her way and opportunity and I look forward to working on make the most for Nanhe who longs for a comparisons will be drawn. Initially, it the show and giving it my all.” companion, Phool Kumari enters the house, took a lot of thoughts to play it Kya aap karenge ek nachaniya ko adding an extra dose of entertainment and differently from the previous actor and bahu ke roop mein sweekaar? Watch still maintain the essence. That was has life changed after the show? Namak Issk Ka coming soon only on Colors. a double pressure. Also, it was out of A lot. When I started shooting the my comfort zone, it required action show, it was hard for me to accept that I RAGHAV’S ENTRY IN RENUKA’S LIFE that I haven’t done earlier. There have got the show and that I am living my Zee TV recently presented a heart- was so much to do. dream of acting. During the show only, my warming story that captures the essence of n Some memories from the sets. life changed for the better. My personality the ever-evolving dynamics of the saas-bahu It’s been only a while since I was improved and I got to learn a lot. I went use this superpower for good, making him relationship in Indian society. Titled am a part of this show, but out of my bubble and experienced the the Hero. However, Veer’s prized possession Hamariwali Good News, it showcases a having said that I have some world out there. There were instances is also desired by the evil aliens of the outer unique role reversal between the daughter- great memories already. From when I was troubled with certain things world and here begins Hero’s real challenge in-law Navya (Srishti Jain) and her mother- eating lunch together with the but now they serve as a learning to save humanity. in-law Renuka (Juhi Parmar) to give their cast to sharing our life experience and help me tackle situations Introducing Abhishek Nigam in the lead family the much awaited Good News. experiences with each other, with much ease. It is hard for me to role of Veer aka Hero who promises to liven Versatile actress Juhi Parmar plays the role we already have created that mention all the ways in which my life up the screen along with the very talented of Renuka in the show, who is the mother- rapport. Sometime, even I has changed after it, there’s so much. Manish Wadhwa as Amal Nanda, Ajay Gehi in-law and the lifeline of the Tiwari family. wonder hamare paas itni n Is there a role that you would say as Shukracharya, the gorgeous Yesha Shakti Anand, on the other hand, is seen baatein aati kaha se hain. I no to? Rughani as Zaara, Nitish Pandey as Mama essaying the pivotal character of Mukund, share a very good bond Not really. I want to play a lot and the super-cute twins Surabhi and who is Renuka's husband and Navya's with Ginu (played by of varied roles in my life. I don’t Samriddhi as sisters Sweety & Meethi along father-in-law. Raashul Tandon), Sheefan want to keep playing the same with a host of other stars in the show's We've seen how Renuka and Mukund (played by Amit kind of roles for five-six years. I galaxy. have been distant from each other and while Raghuvanshi), Koyal am always on a look out for we've seen the duo clash and argue like humour. Everyone in the house is astonished (played by Shivani Badoni) different characters. With that WHAT’S IN A PROFESSION? every couple, recently Renuka was trying to by her breathtaking looks and latke-jhatkes. and Aladdin (played by being said, I don’t think there Presenting a heartfelt romantic drama, make an attempt to get closer to Mukund They can't resist themselves and always Siddharth Nigam). We will be a role which I will Colors is set to launch Namak Issk Ka, a once again. However, it looks like a new seem to have an excuse to be around her never shy away from ever turn down. journey of a flamboyant Chamcham who is character is all set to take their arguments to and her kaatil adaayein. pulling each other’s leg. n A reality show that looked down upon for her profession but is a whole new level. Manish Goel is all set to Expressing her excitement, Rani There is a very dark you would like to be a married off into a reputable family in enter as Dr Raghav in Hamariwali Good Chatterjee says: “I am thrilled to portray the location at the sets part of? Mumbai. News and it is his past equation with Renuka role of Phool Kumari. It is the first time I will where we shoot all the Yes. I would Even though Chamcham is a dancer that will take the Tiwaris by storm. be exploring this genre, and I believe that haunted scenes, so in really want to be a traditionally known as Nachaniya, she is a Apparently, Raghav and Renuka were in this show is the perfect fit for me to make a our free time all five of part of Jhalak levelheaded and morally righteous person love and he was going to ask for her hand in debut in it. As Phool Kumari now enters the us sit there and share Dikhhlaa Jaa. I Raised in an orphanage, Chamcham marriage. However, Mukund's rishta came in show, viewers will be in for a treat. I am sure ghost stories. It is fun. like the show became a dancer in order to make ends before he could make his move and the rest they will enjoy this new role of mine and n Your character since my meet and to take care of those dependent on is history. While her husband was initially continue to shower me with their love and Naina from Yeh Unn childhood and her. To essay the character of Chamcham, unaware, he came to know after seven-eight support.” Dino Ki Baat Hai earned would love to be a much love from the audience. How part of it.

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LOVE FOR CINEMA… you to get away from being every time I took part in them. who you are. It was always very I gradually gained confidence AUDITIONING FOR THREE YEARS… I was always fascinated by cine- exciting to me. From Sai Baba from my performances. I am ma. Even as a child, I would to superheroes, I donned every blessed that I am good at a few My entry into the film industry was not easy; I had my watch three to four films a day. role and I always outper- things and I worked on them share of struggle. I had to audition for three years Also I would always prefer to formed. Acting, elocution and even more. And now, I have before I bagged my first role. There were so many act in school. Whenever you debating speaking were the made a career out of my times that I was selected for a role and even got an act, you are being someone else only two things that I was at strengths, which is very offer, but was let go later. Happy Days was one and that’s the only chance for my best and I won appreciation satisfying for me. such film. There was a film for which I shot for three days but it was shelved. Every role I got was after I auditioned. That three-year phase was the most challenging in my career. These films were all by small time film- Current heartthrob actor Sundeep Kishan who is in his makers, trying to make it big. During the initial phase of my career, I worked with element while at work, nurtures young talent through his people like Deva Katta and Praveen Sattaru who come from a special production house. After the resounding success of Ninu school of thought. Later, I worked with a lot of new filmmakers and with them, one gets to learn Veedani Nene, he has not looked back. Right from his something new every day. I had LIVING good hits and stunning lows. childhood, he has lived life largely on his terms, Now, my career has picked up LIFE ON again from scratch with MY OWN be it making acting his career against odds or shedding Ninu Veedani Nene. This TERMS… phase of my career is the 14 kilos to belong rightly to a group of youngsters most exciting one. It For a major saw an all-time low Young Sundeep with his father part of my life, I who are re-writing the rules of budget for the film and then zoomed up always wanted to beautifully. For the be an actor, but for A1 Express that is already making waves. first time in my MBITIOUS EVEN AS A KID… a brief period, I life, I put my wanted to be an IPS Riding the crest of popularity at the acme of his career, education to I was born in Chennai but most of my education officer. Perhaps the use. You will was in Vizag and Guntur. Being a 90’s kid, I must thought of becoming an Sundeep Kishan speaks to The Pioneer about his desire to now see a A admit I had the best childhood. I got the best of IPS officer took root in completely everything. I was a very mischievous child, but I my head because of all the give young talent a platform to grow in a conducive different would describe myself as ambitious. I was films I have watched. I com- Sundeep never happy being a ‘regular’ child, I pleted one semester in Kishan. always wanted to do something dif- Engineering but began atmosphere. In a free-wheeling conversation with ferent and try something new. questioning myself if K RAMYA SREE, There is no sport that I haven’t that was what I the media-shy actor, a workaholic, tried. Also, I was always into dra- wanted to be really matics. I was into elocution, doing with my life; shares facets of his childhood that made him strong to the debates and would take part in it did not make all cultural activities in school. sense to me. Later, I core, influence of the three strong women in his early life, This kept me active. As a kid, I did my BBA and was more or less always into MBA. and much more. trouble due to my mischief. If I In a way, I have lived wanted to bunk classes and go my life on my own terms. watch a movie, I would tell For most, it might not sound my parents. There was not to be rebellious, but coming DAD FREAKED OUT ABOUT MY ACTING CAREER… single time that I bunked from a typical Telugu family, par- classes without informing ticularly with the kind of upbringing My uncles — Chota K. Naidu and Shyam K. Naidu — were never a part of my growing up years. What I wanted to do them. There was never a I got, it was very rebellious of quit- had nothing to do with what they were doing. My dad, Mr Ravi Prakash Naidu, runs his own business and mom is time where I was not ting engineering, choosing BBA, also an employee. When I wanted to become an actor, my dad freaked out. This whole idea was very off for them. extraordinarily mis- while simultaneously working as an Even my uncles, who were my good friends, were against me being a part of this industry. That is when I joined chievous. assistant director and giving auditions. as an assistant to understand what goes into making a film. It takes a lot to understand the kind of lifestyle I have. I always have people around me. I work very differently and I’m very spontaneous with my decisions. For a parent, all this is very scary but they understand and believe in me and I’m very blessed to have such a cool A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE… family. My mom still works. My sister too is highly educated. She did her Master’s from the UK and she is working with Eros. I’m extremely proud of her. She is one of the associate producers with Eros. Till three One of the most memorable experiences of my life months of joining her job, she didn’t tell anybody that she is my sister. was after Prasthanam. At that time, I had a lot of meet- ings in Mumbai. For me, being in Mumbai itself was big deal. I was still living off my parents when I got a Bollywood film offer. But going to Mumbai even for the meetings was way too expensive for me. I would take an evening bus and reach Mumbai by the morning. I would then go to a dormitory that charged about Rs 250 to Rs 300 per day, get ready in the common washroom, later take a coffee and request the café guy to keep my luggage safe, then attend the meeting and return in the evening, take my luggage and return either to the dormitory or take the bus back home. All this was because staying in a hotel was too expensive for me. The process itself was very interesting and beautiful. I’m glad I could experience all of this.

A SATISFYING FILM… THE THREE WOMEN WHO A1 Express is the most satisfying film I have INFLUENCED ME… done so far. The film is being shot with a bunch of youngsters. I’m the oldest one on set. It’s an The major part of childhood extremely ambitious film in terms of budget and influence was my maternal grand- the film is about sport — Hockey. Considering mother Anantha Lakshmi garu, my where my career dipped to a point and I and my mother, Kanakadurga, and her team could rise again and pull this film off is elder sister, Padmalatha. My highly satisfying. I’ve shed 14 kilos for the film biggest support system to even get and I’m enjoying the process. I don’t want my first photoshoot was the money to talk about the struggles; I always want given to me by my grandmother. to talk about the good things. Most recent When I had to get a better photo- emotional moment was during Ninu shoot done, my pedhamma gave Veeedani Nene. With no fault of ours, we me money without telling my had to face a lot of hurdles. At some level mom. These three women very my managers, Seetharam and Siva, strongly influenced me in my life could manage everything. The entire and my sister, Mounica Naidu, Sundeep with his Pedhamma (extreme left), sister Mounica and credit goes to them. does so today. mother Kanakadurga (extreme right)

What do you do in your leisure time: I’m either working too much or just lying down. If I want to get away from all this, I’ll visit a new city. How do you describe yourself: A typical Taurian Your favourite holiday destination: Europe A city you wish to visit: Paris Getaway with family: The Himalayas or Goa How do you deal with anger: If I’m angry, I’m With uncles Chota K. Naidu (extreme right) and Shyam K. Naidu angry. But I don’t carry it for long time. I’m either of (extreme left) and father Ravi Prakash Naidu (second right) two extremities. Being with me is a pain and only people who know me really well will understand me. What are you most inspired by: Life Person you admire the most: My dad Favourite actor: Chiranjeevi garu, Robert Downey Jr Your relationship status: Very much single right now Something in your bucket list: To open a restaurant, probably in every possible city in the two states and provide good food at affordable rates. Your biggest addiction: Visual content A compliment people give you the most: RAPID FIRE: They really like my vibe. From left: Sister Mounica, father Ravi Prakash