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He was a brilliant politician, workers crisis effec-     statesman, multilingual scholar  tively with a and poet." The CM said that humanitarian &  )$  future generations will remem- growth during his period, said ever. He further stated that approach. ber his contributions for the Jagan. PV Narasimha Rao had Gurukul schools concept was Special development of the country. served as the ninth Prime introduced by PV Narasimha Chief labour reached national lockdown was irrigation department sprung Jagan tweeted remembering Minister between 1991 and Rao. On the birth centenary of Secretary to their home enforced from March 24 by the into action to ensure the safe- Sri #PVNarasimhaRao garu on 1996. Meanwhile, Telangana former Prime Minister PV the govern- States safely Centre all of a sudden for ty of migrant labourers besides his birth anniversary. An astute Chief Minister K Narasimha Rao, KCR said that ment (irriga- without spend- three week initially, it created ensuring works, wages, food, politician & multilingual schol- Chandrasekhar Rao also offered Telangana State Cabinet and tion department) ing their own a panic among migrant labour- proper accommodation at the ar, Rao garu led the nation floral tributes to the leader. Assembly will move a resolution Aditya Nath Das money by arrang- ers across the country with construction sites by negotiat- towards economic liberalisa- KCR said that PV Narasimha demanding Bharat Ratna for the has played a pivotal ing transportation like stoppage of all works by con- ing with contracting agencies tion. His contribution to the Rao was a great person, who revered leader. He assured that role in achieving this task buses, trucks, trains etc tractors abruptly. There were and issuing strict instructions growth of the nation will be taught the greatness of Indian he will personally take a delega- by enforcing the Covid-19 reg- when the lockdown curbs were no wages, food, and trans- to them in enforcing Covid-19 remembered by generations to culture to the world. He called tion to Prime Minister ulations strictly at the construc- eased to allow migrant labour- portation facilities. This forced regulations. come. PV Narasimha Rao had him a "360-degree personality" Narendra Modi and will request tion sites of irrigation projects. ers to travel to their native migrant workers to walk thou- With this, all the contracting brought reforms and led the and said that reforms brought him to accord Bharat Ratna to With this, the department places. sands of miles in scorching agencies took up sanitisation country towards progress and by him will be remembered for- PV Narasimha Rao. could prevent the infection Over 7,200 migrant workers summer heat along with their measures at all labour camps, outbreak in labour camps at from Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar family members to reach their construction sites. Medical project sites and ensured and West Bengal were working native states. Several migrant facilities were arranged. Wages    works, wages and food for at various project sites in workers were dead along the to labourers were paid every  ,# $# migrant labourers during the Andhra Pradesh. Most of highways, railway tracks while day. Ration supply was also Police officer’s son !     lockdown. The department them were working for the walking to their native states. ensured every day. $&" 65   "#$ also ensured that every migrant Polavaram project. When At this juncture, the AP 1  held for sexually # $ 01/ $ exploiting minor 7#'$#/ $  State records highest single " 23    2 1    2 1 " +4 5 Police have taken RTO broker day spike, crosses 13k mark The son of a non-cadre IPS Ravi Kumar into their custody      officer, along with another in the JC Travels forgery case.    2 1 State. Krishna with 79 cases. person, was arrested for sex- Police probing into the irreg- The death toll also climbed Srikakulam district was the Telangana reported 983 ually harassing, abusing and ularities and forgery docu- The Covid-19 tally witnessed up significantly on Sunday, lone district where not even corona positive cases includ- exploiting a minor student. ments of JC Diwakar Travels yet another massive jump in with 12 persons reported a single new case was detect- ing 816 cases from areas The accused was working in during the TDP regime have cases on Sunday, with 813 dead. The latest updates take ed during the preceding 24 under the GHMC limits the communication depart- found out that Ravi Kumar new cases reported from var- the State death toll to 169. Of hours. and four deaths on Sunday. ment of the police headquar- had played a key role in JC ious parts of the State. The the 12 deaths reported The Sunday did not wit- With this, the overall num- ters and it came to light on brother's illegal activities. Sunday's tally is the highest on Sunday, six ness much change in ber of positive cases in the Sunday. Kinnera Varun Tej, According to reports, Ravi single-day count of Corona occurred in the number of state increased to 14,419 the son of the police officer, a .    Kumar had reportedly sold the cases reported so far. The , five Covid-19 cases while deaths rose to 247. final year law student in the banned vehicles, which were update, which includes were report- detected The number of Covid-19 Andhra Christian College in  /. registered in Nagaland with returnees from other States ed from among people positive cases continues to Guntur, and Avula Kaushik, a 0 '   )  forged documents. It may be and overseas, takes the over- Krishna returning be high in as the B Tech final student of VVIT,     recalled that former MLA JC all tally to 13,098 in the State. district, from other cumulative number of pos- were arrested by the Guntur Prabhakar Reddy and his son  The previous single-day high and one States. itive cases from the city police in this regard.   '   Asmith Reddy have been   of 796 was reported a day ear- death was Compared to increased to 10,812. Disha Police station of   '   issued PT warrants in two lier, on Saturday. The 24 reported 51 cases on According to a health bul- Guntur DSP A    cases and are now in the   hours ending 9 am, Sunday from West Saturday, 50 letin, 244 patients were dis- Lakshminarayana said that Kadapa Central Jail.   also saw as many as 25,778 Godavari new cases were charged from hospitals post Varun and Kaushik uploaded     samples tested for the virus. district. detected in this recovery on Sunday which the naked pictures on porn Till date, the State has con- On Sunday, 12 category on Sunday. took the number of recov- sites of the victim. He said that ducted tests on 8,41,860 sam- of the 13 districts The bulk of positive ered and discharged cases in the duo befriended the girl girl student for the past three  ples tests. reported fresh cases during cases were detected among the state to 5,172. The count three years ago and offered her years and sexually harassed, On Sunday, the number of the preceding 24 hours. the Telangana returnees with of active patients is 9,000 in a cold drink laced with seda- abused and exploited the vic- recoveries was also high with Kadapa reported the highest 18 positive cases. Similarly, Telangana. Out of the 983 tives and took her naked and tim with the help of naked 401 persons cured and dis- tally of 111 cases followed by 14 of the Covid-19 positive positive cases, 816 persons obscene pictures when she photos. He further stated the  charged from hospitals in the Kurnool with 103, and samples belonged to the from Hyderabad tested pos- fell asleep due to sedatives. duo uploaded those photos on  State. The tally of cured per- Guntur with 90 cases. 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hen late PV reforms. Including this, about Narasimha Rao con- 23 lakh acres of land has been Wceived of land %&'   ()  *  (  assigned to various sections, reforms in the then united benefiting about 15. 84 lakh Andhra Pradesh state, among individuals. However, the land many others, our family too Akkiraju Vasudeva Rao, cabi- implementation later is not also come down. A society so distributed could not be was perturbed over the possi- net minister, were also present defeated. that is totally depended on exploited properly since the bility of being required to sur- when we met PV. In the Legislative Assembly, property, and a society where governments of those days did render ancestral lands owned PV, who was known to have PV said “The seeds of land property holder is looked with not bother to provide agricul- by us. Of course, it was drafted by himself the land reforms were sown as long ago respectability unless it is prop- ture-related facilities or inputs Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, reforms bill, was totally as the days of Ramayana. The erly operated upon, we will be required by the small and first elected Chief Minister of engrossed in that work then. interest and personal attention void of values. Any act is marginal farmer and as a the erstwhile Hyderabad State, Yet, he could find time to see bestowed by a small farmer on passed to benefit the people. result the purpose was defeat- who eradicated the system of us. He patiently explained the a small piece of land is much As representatives of people, ed. jagirdar and makthedar in essentiality of the reforms and better than that of a landlord. we never think to bring an Act Thanks to PV’s land Telangana, and introduced the the need to distribute land to Land Reforms Act, with so that is not to your liking. reforms, not only big land- law of tenancy. It had a lot of the landless. Setting aside our many dimensions and ramifi- Charity begins at home. Most lords had to surrender surplus impact on landowners with fears, he told us that the left- cations, cannot be brought by of the legislators are from land, but also further land huge landholdings all over the over land (after being declared sitting at home, but needs a rural areas. We are going to concentration and purchase of state then and particularly in excess of holding) would be   , - + - state-wide dialogue. At the declare our lands first. As agricultural lands by them Khammam taluk of enough for a family. He said he !  / ! 0/ same time, consuming time leaders, we have a responsibil- was stopped. When the Khammam District. We too himself had to surrender hun-   >#  " < on unnecessary, discussions ity to do it first. A leader is not Telangana Government decid- had to surrender consider- dreds of acres of lands. History will also help the landlord to just for getting votes. Let me ed to go for land records rec- able acres of lands then. proved that reforms with roots lie in PV’s land reforms! labour and democratising and minimising injustice to circumvent the Act. remind you that you cannot tification and purification, the Another land reform means regard to land rights have Land reforms came into improving the socio-econom- aggrieved persons; "Stridhana" Otherwise, dogs and cats will escape from this Act. If you available statistical data surrendering some more of shaped Telangana’s future. force on first June 1973. The ic base of rural society. or the property held by a also get a share in the land- give voluntarily, okay; other- revealed that the marginal, our lands was our fear. It was on August 30, 1972, land legislation and its imple- Introducing the Bill in the woman provided for in the lord’s property. Hence, an wise, I take through the Act. small, semi-medium and I remember the day when, that the then Chief Minister of mentation envisaged, among then State Assembly, PV “Dayabhage" and "Mitakshara" Ordinance became necessary People want it and want the medium holdings accounted accompanying late Parcha undivided Andhra Pradesh other things, redistribution of exhibited his authority on schools; providing due com- to avoid further damage. The Act to be implemented.” for as large as 97%! Srinivasa Rao, a relative of PV Narasimha Rao, while rights and interests in land in many features of the bill, pensation to farmers who bill is not aimed at taking The Land Reforms Act, By any means, if one pon- mine and a landlord in introducing the historic land favour of the landless poor and touching upon several inter- would lose holdings under the revenge on anybody or not to introduced as a Bill on August ders the maximum beneficia- Khammam district, I met chief reforms bill in the state thereby reducing the inequal- esting and challenging charac- ceiling; distribution of land to put anybody to loss. This is 30, 1972 and brought into ries of Chief Minister K minister PV Narasimha Rao at Legislative Assembly, spoke ities in the ownership of land; teristics that echo his states- SCs and STs and to the back- only to bring equality in soci- implementation with effect Chandrasekhar Rao’s Rs his official residence in eloquently. His views reflect- fixing of ceiling to each fami- manship, his in-depth knowl- ward classes, and about con- ety”. from June 1, 1973, benefited 10,000 per acre investment Begumpet. Late KV Narsinga ed his strong commitment to ly unit; distribution of govern- edge of land-related matters stituting tribunals and the Leaving little to imagina- Telangana to a large extent. As subsidy for agriculture, it is Rao, an advocate and close land reforms. If they are read ment land to the poor; distri- and issues related to politico- need to bring an Ordinance in tion, he added, “Today society per available statistics, about undoubtedly the small, medi- associate of PV, took us to the with the data on landholdings bution of surplus land, which socio-economic facets. In the advance. PV pointed out that respects someone who is land- 3.14 lakhs acres of surplus um and marginal farmers. It former Prime Minister to place made public by the was hitherto in the hands of process, PV mentioned about he had started implementation ed and possesses 500 acres or land was distributed to SCs, goes to to the credit of PV that our fears before him. Late Government of Telangana, landlords, to the weaker sec- personnel committed to process of the land ceiling in more land. He is proud and STs and other weaker sections today we have the small hold- Tella Lakshmi Kantamma, where the marginal, small, tions for agricultural purpos- secure social justice to imple- May 1972 by way of bringing arrogant. If his landholding is for agriculture and house site ings and it is to the credit of then a Member of Lok Sabha semi-medium and medium es and house sites; better ment land reforms; designat- an Ordinance. It was a preven- reduced to some 20 or 30, pro- purposes, benefiting 2.26 lakh KCR they are getting the ben- from Khammam, and late holdings account for 97%, the prospects for agricultural ed role to the High Courts in tive action, said PV, so that portionately his arrogance will people consequent to land efit! 9/"$7&$! &   # +, *  - !"  ##$  ./0     8 #   7#(      down until July 15. Gold and    2 1 silver remained divergent dur- Amidst COVID-19 pandemic's ing the week. The Task Force police seized Rs    2 1  *# * .#"/ 0# uninterrupted forward march, Standard gold (24 carats) 50.38 lakh unaccounted cash in 1# 2 - 3 /2 /242 2"4 coupled with internal distur- appreciated by Rs.680 and Visakhapatnam city. According The Leader of the Opposition, "3" 2  2 "4# -  bances following the death of closed at Rs.50,400 (per 10 to reports, the Task Force police N Chandrababu Naidu, paid 3$ 2. $ # # # $ George Floyd at the hands of gms). Ornamental gold too recovered the money from one rich tributes to former Prime 2"$ # .34 /24 # police, the US and most of the moved up in tandem and was Grandhi Narasimha Rao, who Minister PV Narasimha Rao !2"38 / . 9 3$  " 3 European markets remained quoted in the range of hails from Narasapuram in to mark his birth anniversary # 9 # / 2.2 3$2 uncertain. Consequently, the Rs.46,090- 46,190 on the clos- West Godavari district, and here on Sunday. Naidu sought #" !  $2#"9 # Bull Run continued sending the ing day. Silver (0.999) recorded has been working as a clerk in Bharat Ratna for former Prime .3 2   !  .49  volatile global markets into a a decline of Rs.300 and closed Jayadevi Jewellers in Jewellers in Narasapuram. After hawala transactions and hand- Minister PV Narasimha Rao " # # 2 / # 2$ tizzy. New York gold touched at Rs.48,050 (per kg).The sen- Narasapuram town. interrogating the clerk, he ed over the case to the Two and recalled how he had US$ 1,771.50 (per oz), while sil- timent in gold and silver jew- On a tip-off, the Task Force admitted that the owner of Town police. In turn, the Two revived the economy from  "5(6 !5 * *"6 3' ver also moved up in tandem ellery market is likely to remain police kept tabs on a person, Jayadevi Jewellers, Praveen Town police registered a case the brink of collapse and set it "//-3'!!''!9!90!' *! and closed at $ 17.80(per oz). buoyant. who was moving under suspi- Kumar Jain, has sent him to against the man and took up on the path of recovery. Under /! 5!'6 45.!'634 /" "!6*3 Platinum and palladium closed cious circumstances near the shift the money from investigation. In a similar inci- his able leadership, the coun- '!A"45/! 4!*3.! 934+ at $ 795.00 (per oz) and $ COMMODITIES Visakhapatnam RTC bus com- Visakhapatnam to dent, police on March 23 seized try was able to compete with *!"'.!3./!"4  "9!3-+' ! 1,812.00 (per oz) respective- During the week, the sen- plex. The team under the super- Narasapuram. Rs 49 lakh unaccounted cash in the rest of the world. Narasimha Rao had initiated )'"6"6 ly. timent in principal wholesale vision of Task Force ACP At the same time, police Proddatur town of Kadapa dis- Naidu stated that history land reforms that helped the Other economic commodity markets in Trinath detained him and found that he had a secret trict. Police had recovered the will forever remember the uplift of Dalit and Bahujan parameters remained the twin cities was mod- found out that the man was code on his phone, which is money from gold merchant in leaders and personalities who sections of society to a large vices rendered by Narasimha upbeat vis-a-vis erate to strong. Rythu shifting the money to Jayadevi generally used in times of Proddatur. rekindle a new hope among extent. He praised that PV had Rao. He further recalled that Rupee. MCX crude Bazars and the mar- their people in a time of grave rendered brilliant services to way back in 2014 itself, the AP oil closed at kets located in crisis. He further stated that the Telugu people not only as Assembly had passed a reso- Rs.2,906 (per bar- Begum Bazar, PV Narasimha Rao would be a politician but also as a littéra- lution during the TDP regime rel), while Kishangunj, %!! &' () "! * remembered as such a histor- teur. for setting up of a memorial Brent Crude >? ?(> ical figure, who gave a bold, Recalling the progressive for Narsimha Rao in the closed at $ new direction to the country turn that he gave for the coun- national capital and claimed 41.02. Copper MCX was quot- Mukthyargunj, Risala Abdullah,    2    in its hour of need. try at a critical juncture, the that as a result, 10 years after ed at Rs.459.95 (per kg). Gold Mir Alam Mandi, Naidu recalled that as the TDP chief said conferring his passing away, PV memor- MCX stood at Rs.48,305 (per 10 Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, Floral tributes were paid to Chief Minister of United Bharat Ratna would be a great ial came up at Ekta Sthal in gms) and Silver MCX at Bowenpally, General Bazar and Raja Vikram Dev Verma by gar- Andhra Pradesh, the late tribute to the outstanding ser- New . Rs.48,365 (per kg). Sensex and Alwal continued to receive landing his statue to mark his Nifty 50 closed at 35,171.24 and good arrivals until the voluntary 151st birth anniversary on the 10,383 points respectively. lockdown was declared. Most of Andhra University premises The foreign exchange mar- the commodities, including here on Sunday. %   "       ket also remained firm during chillies, coriander, tamarind, Kalinga Odia Academy has the week. The foreign exchange methi, mustard, rice, wheat, organised the birth anniversary rates vis-a-vis Indian Rupee jawar, maize, ragi, garlic, ginger celebrations of Raja Vikram       were: US$ 75.63, EURO 84.84, etc; either remained steady or Dev Verma of Jeypore Royalty. GBP 93.31, SR 20.14, KD moved within narrow mar- Raja Vikram Dev Verma had The traditional festival of Paruveta Utsava 245.61, UAED 20.59, CAD gins. The future of turmeric played a major role in the field was grandly conducted on Sunday at Sri 55.26, SGD 54.28, HKD 09.76, seems to be bright in view of the of education in Andhra and Kalyana Venkateswara temple in Srinivasa CHF 79.79, AUD 50.36, NZD increased export demand from Odisha States. He had con- Mangapuram. As a part of the fete, the utsa- 48.59, OMR 196.43 and JYen Bangladesh. Common pulses tributed Rs 1 lakh per annum to 5  ;;!   < = > "->"  "  %%; va idols were brought to Mukha Mandapam 0.71. such as tuar dal, moong dal, Andhra University. He was a      ">    "   after daily rituals and were offered aarti and At home, though the author- urad dal and masoor dal great litterateur in Telugu and ‘nivedana’. In view of Coronavirus restric- ities have permitted shops to recorded a marginal apprecia- Odia and was awarded D Litt. making sand sculpture on RK cate Latika, registrar of Andhra tions, all the events were performed in ‘ekan- remain open, due to COVID- tion in the range of 4 per cent The academy had celebrated Beach. University Krishna Mohan and tham’ inside the temple. 19 fear, there are hardly any to 5 per cent, while edible oils, the 150th anniversary on a Mayank Devi of erstwhile others paid rich tributes to Temple deputy executive officer Yellappa, buyers and most of the markets sugar and vanaspati remained massive scale in 2019 by organ- royal family of Jeypore, Raja. Founder secretary of the AEO K Dhananjayudu, chief priest Balaji have declared voluntary lock- unchanged. ising painting competition, sem- INTACH president, Vizag chap- Academy SN Behera super- Swamy and other staff participated. inar on the great man’s life and ter, and her daughter and advo- vised the arrangements.

+) +    respondent. “It is a common  !"#$#$% name for describing the mix- The nation sadly remembered ture of spices in majority of yesteryear ‘Emergency era’ the Indian languages. which made former Prime Therefore, it can never be Minister Indira Gandhi and tively. After the 44th of the size of the electorate. Considering the present dis- names: Madras HC appropriated”, the Court held, her son Sanjay Gandhi, besides Constitutional Amendment Notwithstanding the fact        turbing scenario, the need of In a recently delivered judg- and added that if a trademark a coterie of drum-beaters not Act was passed in 1978, the that any provision in the        O P the hour is to take some dras- ment, a bench comprising had been used uninterrupted only infamous, but villains in expression ‘internal distur- Constitution has the potential OP    tic steps to arrest the situation Justice C.Saravanan noted that for a long number of years, the eyes of the people. Had the bances’ has been substituted by to be misused by cunning and from going out of hands; oth- the terms ‘Magic’ or ‘Masala’ then it would have qualified Emergency not been imposed the words ‘armed rebellion’ to greedy politicians to the detri-  "      erwise, the above-named two are common words in Indian to become a ‘distinctive mark’ in 1975 with the oblique make the situation more spe- ment of public interest, still in     external and internal factors, food industry; and ,therefore, entitled for protection and motive of saving her throne, cific. the scheme of the Constitution, coupled with the propulsion no one can claim monopoly monopoly. the name of Indira Gandhi No doubt, no sane person the provisions of Emergency provided by the myopic, com- over the same. would have been written in would agree that there were need to be retained. In a is yet to be invented, large over our country, there munalist and separatist polit- Delivering the judgment in Needy advocates permitted to history with golden letters. sufficient grounds for the dynamic parliamentary while vaccine is a far cry; prevails a sense of anxiety and ical leaders across the fence, a plea filed by ITC Limited do alternative jobs Indeed, once described as a imposition of Emergency by democracy, rulers come it becomes all the more anger. The economic blockade would cause an irreparable against Nestle Limited, In order to help lawyers who ‘goongi-gudiya’, Priyadarshini the crest-fallen Indira Gandhi and go, but national inter- important to of Chinese goods, which damage to society. seeking to restrain the latter are facing difficulty in meeting had emerged as the most pow- whose election to Parliament ests are paramount. assure that as appears to be just a dream, Therefore, let wisdom pre- from using the words ‘Magic ends due to the lockdown sit- erful woman leader of the was set aside by the Allahabad Seen in this per- a fall-out of would have far-reaching con- vail over the Delhi moghuls Masala’ and ‘Magical Masala’ uation, the Gujarat Bar world, particularly after break- High Court in the famous Raj spective, the year this pandemic situa- sequences on the financial and capacitate them to read with respect to the noodles Council passed a resolution on ing the permanent headache Narain vs. Indira Gandhi 2020 offers huge tion, the young and well-being of a huge battalion between the lines. The word product ‘Maggie’, the court June 21 permitting temporar- called, Pakistan into two name- Nehru and others case. The challenges of multiple educated are not left of traders dependent on the Emergency, though in the his- held that the petitioner had ily its members to engage in ly viz. Pakistan and Bangladesh nightmare that followed the nature. The country high and dry. Our Chinese goods. And, to say the torical perspective, is devoid of failed to make out a case any other profession, job or in 1971. imposition of Emergency has today has been facing ,, country has an asset of least, our perpetual opponent any virtue, let us not treat it as against the respondent for an business. The extraordinary circum- left indelible black mark on our the wrath of invisible -   about 65% of the young Pakistan too is leaving no untouchable. Emergency, injunction. Such lawyers will be stances that permit imposition country, which boasts up as the global aggressor called population and the pre- stone unturned to disturb our whether at the national level, The petitioner, while claim- exempted from Sec. 35 of the of Emergency have been nar- largest democracy in the world. Coronavirus which has sent pandemic has ren- economic balance and mental state level, or in the financial ing exclusive right to use Advocates Act, which pro- rated in the Constitution of At the end, after 21 months of taken a heavy toll of several dered most of them disap- peace. sphere, should be sparingly these words with respect to its hibits them to pursue any India. Accordingly, Art. 352, the ordeal, the nation gained thousands in the country and pointed and depressed since Added to this are the home- used to protect the interests of noodles brand ‘Sunfeast other activity than legal pro- 355, 356 and 360 deal with nothing except a bitter lesson several lakhs all over the world. the future appears to be not so grown enemies under the guise the nation. And, perhaps this Yippee’, argued that it fession. However, the resolu- National Emergency, how these self-centred politi- Considering the fact that the promising, if not totally dark. of human right activists, is the right time to do so. amounts to passing off and tion will come into effect after President’s Rule in States and cians can eat up the very fab- effective medicine to cure Further, with the shadows of minority leaders, and self-pro- sought permanent prohibito- the same is approved by the Financial Emergency respec- ric of democracy, irrespective COVID-19-affected patients Chinese aggression looming claimed intellectuals. Magic, masala and common ry injunction against the Bar Council of India (BCI).

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   2 1    2 1     A Venkata Ranganath,   Prime Minister Narendra Superintendent of Police,     .& # Modi should disclose the facts Nalgonda, in a statement here   related to China’s infiltration on Sunday informed that pas- "/ $,$ into Indian territory in Eastern sengers travelling to Andhra    Ladakh, the Galwan Valley Pradesh State through    #$$ $& and other places, demanded Nalgonda district shall make a   !   Andhra Pradesh Congress note that the vehicles will be       Committee president Sake allowed into the Andhra !    ! " Sailajanath. Pradesh from 7 am to 7 pm.     TTD will release the July quota In a statement released here The SP said that Guntur   of Rs 300 special entry darshan on Sunday, Sailjanath ques- Superintendent of Police has tickets online for the benefit of tioned why the Prime Minister informed that vehicles will be    devotees on Monday. Similarly, was not updating the facts on allowed into Andhra Pradesh #  TTD intends to issue 3000 the Indo-China border to the         !)    from 7 am to 7 pm and after 7 road from Nalgonda should transport and emergency ser- $      Sarva Darshan tokens per day people of the country. He ques-     ) *  +   pm, vehicles will not be per- note that the stretch was iden- vice vehicles, all other passen- $    for July. Devotees could procure tioned Modi that was it not true          )* mitted inside Andhra border tified as an integrated road and gers travelling to AP should these tokens one day in that the Chinese army has       ,  and passengers shall make a no public transport vehicles possess a valid pass as per the # advance. For instance, for dar- encroached upon Galwan note of it and make their trav- from Nalgonda towards AP state guidelines to enter the shan on July 1, tokens will be Valley, Pangong Lake and       el plan accordingly. Nagarjunasagar – Macharla border. People without a valid issued on June 30 in TTD reached Y Junction. He point-           The SP further stated that road will be allowed through pass will not be allowed and officials concerned and then counters at Srinivasam, Vishnu ed out that the Union govern-         ! - .  people travelling through that road by the AP police. people travelling to AP should plan their travel, said SP AV Nivasam and Bhudevi ment was cheating the people by ! "          Nagarjunasagar–Macharla He further said that except obtain a valid pass from the Ranganath. Complex near Alipiri. not furnishing the information  #$     # pertaining to the Indo-China  %  / .   faceoff. He said China has been & '(    intruding into Indian territories  "  " 0 %        2  0 ' for the past few years. He recalled that Indian troops under the rule of UPA tions for the PM Cares Fund Auditor General, and the funds in 2013 had hit back at the from Chinese companies is a are not related to the govern-  )3  '% 1!/ Chinese army when they threat to the integrity of the ment. Similarly, the funds will intruded into the Y Junction in nation. He said there are no also not come under the ambit Ladakh. The Congress leader modalities for collection of of RTI.    2 1  *!     Continued from Page 1 Later, they were sent to has questioned was it not true PM Cares Fund and there is no The PCC chief said by May   )  1   their native States safely by that Chinese army intruded information, who will super- 2020, the PM Cares Fund YSRCP leaders Amanchi In return, the irrigation arranging buses, trucks and into Chumar region in Ladakh vise the funds, how to spend received donations to the tune Krishna Mohan and Thota   " "2  department offered incen- trains. For this reason, when in 2014 and the Indian govern- the donation and there are no of Rs 9,678 crore. He ques- Trimurthulu lambasted Jana      tives to contracting agencies project works resumed after ment had made diplomatic specific goals for it. tioned why China companies Sena chief Pawan Kalyan for  .  in payment of labour cess to lockdown restrictions were efforts in Ahmedabad to resolve The APCC president said did not send donations to creating uncertainty among   0 3. goverment for providing all eased from June 1, all the the issue. He said again China the Prime Minister Office India in 2013, and why the Kapu community with his  1 "    these facilities to migrant migrant labourers number- intruded into Dokhlam Valley sources say that the PM Cares Chinese company TikTok has vague comments and asked   1 2   labourers. ing over 7,200 returned to AP in 2017 on Indo-China border. Fund does not come into the donated Rs 30 crore to PM him to learn basics before    While every other migrant to rejoin duties. He alleged that taking dona- purview of the Controller and Cares Fund now. making any allegations. worker was suffering in other The effective handling of Addressing a press confer-  4/0)   !   States in the country, it was a migrant labourers during the ence here on Sunday, MLA 1   *     different situation in AP as lockdown and post lockdown Thota Trimurthulu said that )  1      migrant labourers continued by the irrigation department  $#$/#& +* ,! -! Pawan Kalyan is making false "      to work at project sites as ensured that works on all irri- allegations against the YSRCP community, Pawan remained usual, received wages, food gation projects went off "'$" '$    government saying it is trying silent and didn’t question him and medical facilities without smoothly without causing  - .!,  to suppress the reservations at any point. Even during the      any problem. trouble to anyone. & ." $ issue by allocating funds to the 2019 elections, though they    community and also creating a were not in a direct alliance,      " Continued from Page 1 rift among the communities. people clearly understood the      /!.  .! “Does Pawan Kalyan know secret partnership between  %* (( R   Apart from this, three anything about Kapu welfare, Naidu and Pawan and thus cases from Delhi, two from    2 1 or the schemes or the benefits rejected both of them. Even the Madhya Pradesh, and one that Kapus are availing, or any allegations on Kapu Nestham deceived people with a fake each from Odisha and Firing a fresh salvo against the person went to him opposing or Kapu reservations were promise assuring reservations  *( 4 **2 Chattisgarh were also YSRCP government for throw- the scheme,” he questioned? being done supporting the to Kapus. He also enacted a reported in the past 24 ing rules to winds in connection In order to provide financial TDP stand, he added. drama by constituting commit- hours. with allocation of Krishna river assistance to the poor women He questioned Pawan tees to study the possibilities 4* )  So far a total of 1,865 per- water to Saraswati Power in the Kapu community, the Kalyan asking why he didn't and later didn't even disclose sons have tested positive for Industries, TDP official State government has intro- utter a word against Naidu, the Manjunathan Committee Covid-19 among the per- spokesperson K Pattabhi Ram duced Kapu Nestham and who had insulted Kapu leader report. Continued from Page 1 sons who returned from on Sunday alleged that in a very spent Rs 354 crore. So far Mudragada Padmanabham “Naidu even faced rejec- other States. Of this, the brazen manner, the govern- cannot question the contents of around 2.5 lakh women have and beaten him, along with his tion from his own MLAs over Hence, the family mem- active cases tally is 734, ment has extended the allocation the CM's own affidavit at this availed this scheme and if any wife and son during the TDP the issue. Yet he tried to take bers of the victim contacted while 1,131 persons have of water from previous five stage, he observed. eligible person was left out or regime. He further said that the public for a ride. Even then elders of the duo and in turn, been cured till date. Twelve years period to lifetime. He further stated that not yet applied, can still apply Pawan Kalyan was rejected by Pawan Kalyan kept mum and they agreed to remove the new cases were being Addressing a press conference Saraswati Power was allotted for the scheme. He said that his own party members, along went as per the directive of photos from the porn sites, reported from overseas here on Sunday, he reminded limestone mines in Guntur dis- only Pawan Kalyan and with Kapu community, thus Naidu,” he alleged. and to end the blackmailing. returnees. While two that the TDP has exposed that trict and senior IAS officer Sri Chandrababu Naidu are find- faced defeat in both the con- Chief Minister YS The DSP said that but the Covid-19 cases each were Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Lakshmi had made these allot- ing fault with the government, stituencies. Jaganmohan Reddy has dis- duo violated the agreement returnees from Kuwait and Reddy and his wife Bharathi are ments in her capacity as the offi- which is providing Rs 15,000 Meanwhile, YSRCP leader bursed Rs 4,769 crore for Kapu and continued the torture, Qatar respectively, one each shareholders in the company cer concerned at that time. to each Kapu beneficiary Amanchi Krishna Mohan crit- community through various therefore, the victim accom- from South Africa, according to the election affi- Later, the same officer was through Kapu Nestham wel- icised Pawan for making base- welfare schemes. Though three panied by her kin recently others also shared and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and davit submitted by the latter to arrested by the police for viola- fare scheme. less allegations saying that the are old schemes, eight are new lodged a complaint with the uploaded those obscene pho- Malaysia were also detect- the Election Commission tions during the tenure of YS He further stated that Pawan government is trying to sup- schemes introducd by the Disha Police Station. tos, hence, police collecting ed. The cumulative tally of The TDP leader reiterated Rajasekhars Reddy’s govern- Kalyan made a mistake by press the reservations issue YSRCP. Before speaking The DSP said that the technical evidence and would Covid-19 patients in foreign that it is a fact that Jagan, along ment, he recalled. At the same tying up with the TDP in by allocating funds to the against the government, Pawan police during the investiga- nab those culprits. He warned returnees category is 385, with his wife Bharathi, were time, he maintained that the 2014 elections. Though Naidu community. Although reserva- Kalyan should learn funda- tion got primary evidence that no one will be spared for while 92 persons have been partners in Saraswati Power lease was later cancelled as the had failed to keep up the tions don’t come under the mentals and do research like against the duo and arrested sexually harassing the girls discharged after getting Industries. The ruling party company had failed to start the promises he made to the Kapu State government, Naidu Jaganmohan Reddy,” he said. them. He said that several and women. cured. leaders and the government works in the stipulated time. #    2, +/ #$5+  * 6#  * 777 / & " 4&$# , &  ./:+)1 Continued from Page 1 Karimnagar, Siddipet and Continued from Page 1 face insurance certificates. They All the 154 vehicles were regis- Khammam, two positive cases are also investigating the fake tered on the names of JC Uma      Medchal, 19 from Warangal each from Adilabad and Gadwal Police are inquiring about police clearance certificates used Reddy and Chavva Gopal Reddy. Rural, 12 from Warangal Urban, and one positive case each from the forged documents relating to by JC Travels. JC Travels had pur- Meanwhile, Anantapur court With the massive surge in     ) *  * five from Bhadradri Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, JC Diwakar Travels. As a part of chased 154 under scrap and con- has ordered the extension of COVID-19 cases continuing Kothagudem, three each positive Jangaon, Medak, Suryapet and their investigation, police are verted the vehicles into BS-4 remand of the duo in the JC in Hyderabad, Telangana cases from Nalgonda, Nizamabad, tested positive. probing into fake in-voice and vehicles with forged documents. Travels forgery case. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao will take a decision in next three to four days on the proposal # *    )  8//9    *  to re-impose lockdown in the state capital for a few days. According to the Chief Minister's Office, he has * , (, *  -*  ; ( , -  *+ -*  decided to finalise the strat- egy to contain the spread of      %"  was not open to public and was Coronavirus in the limits of celebrated without usual glitter Greater Hyderabad Major temples in the state,     and pomp this year, the hundi Municipal Corporation      down, the demand for toma- which remained shut for near-     offerings at the temple too (GHMC). toes has gone down as hotels, ly three months in view of the # & ' declined drastically. He said a decision will Because of diminishing supply, hostels and restaurants Covid-19 pandemic and the The Basara Gyana Saraswati also be taken on the propos- tomato is being sold at Rs 50 remained close. During the consequent lockdown, are col-    " Temple Devasthanam incurs als that lockdown should be a kg in open market as against lockdown period, a kg of lectively staring at Rs 100 cr     Rs 80 lakh expenditure every re-imposed under the Rs 30 last week. tomato was sold between Rs 5 revenue shortfall upon  #  month towards salaries of GHMC limits for a few days. The prices will remain at and 10. Its price increased to reopening.  #   employees. As things stand, the The chief minister said that this level for another two Rs 30 a week ago. Now it Athough some of the tem- temple now has funds to pay there is no need to panic or months till the fresh arrival of reached Rs 50 a kg. ples have re-opened for the   wages to employees only for entertain fear over the tomatoes in to the market. The tomato crop raised in public, they are not in a posi- four months. increase in the number of The cultivation of tomato February and March did not tion to generate even 10 per The Vemulavada Raja positive cases in the city as has commenced and it will command good demand and cent of their usual revenues. uphill task for the shrine to Rajeswari temple has sustained the government had made all take another two months to consequently was sold cheap This is attributed mainly to the Narasimha Swamy temple nor- were to pay full salaries to meet the wage bill, electricity revenue shortfall to the tune of arrangements to offer prop- harvest the crop. Moreover, the in the market. suspension of arjita sevas and mally attracts large numbers of employees from June, their bill and expenses of the temple. Rs 20 crore. The temple trea- er treatment to all the needy. export of tomatoes to In April and May the area poor sales of prasad. devotees between March and treasuries would become Yadadri temple executive sury had funds totaling Rs 16 The chief minister on Hyderabad from other states under tomato crop in Currently, free darshan of June so much so that the shrine empty. officer Gita Reddy, at a meet- crore at the end of March. The Sunday held a review meet- has come down. Telangana and Chittoor dis- the deities in various temples earns 45 per cent of its annu- The Yadadri temple had ing with various heads of temple authorities say that ing with ministers and offi- Tomato is cultivated in trict has been drastically is being allowed. In some of the al revenue during these four funds totaling Rs 6 crore as on departments of the temple, there would be no problem for cials on containment of Medak, Siddipet and reduced. temples, the revenue that is months. This year, due to the the day of imposition of lock- received suggestions to aug- about two or three months. Coronavirus, treatment avail- Vikarabad districts in the state. The tomato crop raised is currently generated is just imposition of lockdown during down. The temple is now left ment funds for temporary The Kondagattu Anjaneya able for the patients, strategy Hyderabad markets receive useful to meet the local enough to meet essential peak season and the restric- with only Rs 2.80 crore, post adjustments. The meeting dis- Swamy temple has funds to to be implemented in future 600-800 quintals of tomatoe demand. The supply has been expenses. In many of the tem- tions in place since March 19, expenses as well as payment of cussed payment of salaries to meet salary bills of employees and other related issues. from these districts. The per curtailed. Moreover, tomatoes ples, the revenue generated is there has been an adverse bills and staff salaries. The employees, payment of emer- only for about four months. Health Minister Eatala day consumption of tomatoes are being sold between Rs 30- not enough to meet these impact on the shrine's rev- temple needs Rs 2.20 crore to gency bills, among other Government funds are avail- Rajender said that several in the city is put at 5000 to 35 a kg in Madanapalle mar- expenses. Considering that enues. Besides, pensioners, pay full wages to employees. things. Options like liquidation able only to those temples that medical and health officials 6000 quintals, ket. The traders buying the Telugus' 'inauspicious' month contract employees, out- Under various emergency of fixed deposits and availing are listed among the ones eli- and medical experts are sug- To meet the demand, the tomatoes at this rate have to of Ashadham commenced on sourced workers and others heads of account like payment overdraft were considerd not gible for grants-in-aid. Reputed gesting another 15-day lock- traders import tomatoes from sell the same for Rs 40 to 42 a June 22, for about one month have been paid only half their of electricity bill and for ghee feasible. temples should meet their down in the GHMC limits. Madanapalli in Chittoor dis- kg in the city. On Saturday, a there is no scope for an monthly wages for about three to prepare prasadam, the tem- The condition of Bhadradri expenditure from their own Medical and Health trict, Kolar and kg of tomato was sold at Rs 40, increase in the revenues of months from March. The tem- ple needs another Rs 20-30 temple is worse. Since the funds. That is why, many of the department also made pro- Chikmangalore in Karnataka, while it was sold at Rs 50 in the temples. ples have paid essential bills like lakh. Unless the revenues celestial wedding of Lord major shrines are feeling the posals for the re-imposition After clamping the lock- open market. The Yadadri Lakshmi electricity bills. If the temples increase soon, it would be an Srirama and His Consort Sita pinch now. of lockdown in Hyderabad.   +%$ !$-./-0-0  ) $#1@@&/# $   +   +(  )   *+, ,- .     1   $"#"$" /$ #/      Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to Bihar      /     Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and enquired about the rising A senior doctor who was work-  &   water level of Mahananda river   . "3 < ing at a COVID-19 hospital in    and assured him of all help from 4"32  !.8 "3 Delhi died early this morning. &    the central government for the He was 56.     protection of the people of the = 2 > 23 8 Doctor Aseem Gupta, was state. ##   #  ,+? *!+3!'49!4 working as an anaesthesia spe- Separately, the home minis- "//0!+"44"4+ 345  () "34 cialist in the Lok Nayak Jai     ter also spoke to Assam Chief -"!9"4!' /0/3)A6"4(7 ' Prakash hospital, which has  & 0    Minister Sarbananda Sonowal 45 '4 A * "4+'!6!'!6 been declared a COVID-19 #  % and minister Himanta Biswa 3-JJ&>$9"//"34 344!6>*! hospital. He was being treated Sarma and took stock of the 5!!/3.9!4  66(9!6 at Max hospital in Saket for  "/  alarming situation developing 6"+4"-") 4)!"4 *! A!3- *! past two weeks. due to the rising water of the     AB!" C !4 '! 6A"4+! )*6 !* "4+ His condition deteriorated Brahmaputra. 9"4!' /'!63(')!6 3"5!4 "- late on Saturday and he died "I spoke to Chief Minister '"51 -7  !/1! ;  1" !( & /! 6 -"!4!9"4"4+.'37!) 6 few hours later, officials said. side hospitals across the coun- graduation in Engineering, Kejriwal had recently praised Shri @nitishkumar ji about the 1!  3.!-71 !  1! -3' () "34" *.'!;!90!55!5 Doctor Aseem Gupta was try. while the other is a studying the doctors at the hospital for rising water level of Mahananda !1 -' &1'-! 1,!3!  )/! ' 4)!34 ."/3 0 6"68" * one of the medics that NDTV "This is a moment of pride. medicine. their work during the pandem- River in Bihar and assured him "! 3!.!5" "4+ *!6 /! had interviewed on May 3rd The whole country stands with Over 300 doctors have lost ic. Lauding the doctors, he had of all possible help from the cen- -!1'!, -1''- 1! .'3)!66 6!// 6 when the air force had show- us. This type of honour that we their lives since the pandemic said that the medics don't go tral government for the protec- 3.!' "34 /"6 "343- *!0/3)A6> ered flowers on the hospital as are getting as a sign that they was first reported in the coun- home or meet their family tion of the people of Bihar," *"/! *! () "343-34! a mark of respect to healthcare are proud of us. We will try to try seven months ago. members for days on end fear- Shah tweeted in . possible help has been assured Mahananda and Bagmati river 9"4!' /0/3)A"4 '4 A "// workers in their fight against fight this Coronavirus dis- LNJP hospital was declared ing that the infection may The home minister also to the State. Modi government basins. 0!+"434 345 8 *!6 /!3- COVID-19. The mega drill by ease," he had said. a COVID-19 dedicated hospi- spread. tweeted: "Spoke to Assam Chief stands firmly with the people of The flood situation in Assam 3 *!'-3('9"4!6"// the Air Force saw flypast by Dr Gupta is survived by his tal on March 17. Since then, it Delhi is the worst-hit city in Minister Shri @sarbanandson- Assam". worsened on Saturday with two )399!4)!34*('65  45 fighter jets and transport air- wife and two sons. His wife had has successfully treated more the country with over 80,000 wal and Shri @himantabiswa to Water level of the more people losing their lives / 6  "//1(/K8 ))3'5"4+ 3 craft over state capitals, aerial also got infected with COVID- than 2,700 coronavirus patients cases. Over, 2,500 people have take stock of the alarming situ- Mahananda river is expected to due to the deluge, which has +3!'49!4 53)(9!4 6>*! flower shower and perfor- 19 but she recovered a few days and sent them home. died due to the virus in the ation in Brahmaputra river and go up due to heavy rains in affected over 4.6 lakh people 43 ")!"4" "4+ !45!'-3' mances by military bands out- ago. One of his son is pursuing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind national capital so far. landslides near Guwahati. All Nepal and areas between the across 21 districts, officials said.  44('D 5"'! E/"9!6 34! 0/3)A"4 '4 A  6-/3 !5 "4 3!90!'8*"/! * -3'-3(' /"9!6 34!9"4!6"4(7 '  6 -!. '- "     *     +481!3'!( 1 3( 34 ')*GH> 3&   '45  4      '3 *5 * . 15! $ 2: :$2 2 3$2 @>" )23 @      and they have cancelled the .!67/7  board exams. Consider the     $2" /24   Universities should not con- impact it would have had,      duct examinations in the midst especially on the poor students As part of its mission to "reach 1+ ,? *! 5*  ' 5!6* of the COVID-19 pandemic who don't have access to any out globally and engage active- +3!'49!4 "/// (4)* C"// There is a need for a new tem- and even holding online tests online facilities," said Sibal, ly", IIT-Kharagpur has collab- 3'34 C) 9. "+4-'391(/G plate of globalisation based on is not right as it is "discrimina- who was the HRD Minister orated with University of 3)34 '3/ *!6.'! 53-2 ; fairness, equality and human- tory" towards poor students, from May 2009-October 2012 Alberta, Canada, to launch a GH"4 *!6 !>45!' *! ity in the post-COVID world, former human resource devel- in the UPA-II government. Joint Doctoral Degree ) 9. "+48533'; 3;533'6('! Minister of State for External opment minister Kapil Sibal His remarks come days after Program (JDP) -- aimed at "//0!)345() !5 45 !6 6 Affairs V Muraleedharan has said on Sunday. the remaining CBSE and ICSE facilitating academic 3(/5 /630!534!34)" "!46 said. The senior Congress leader board examinations for class- exchanges between the facul- -3' 3 *!'5"6! 6!68*"!- Muraleedharan said this on also said that with almost half es 10 and 12, scheduled to be ty members and students of "4"6 !'*"' 7"4+**3(* 4 the 20th anniversary of the As a populous, developing the 2020-21 academic year of held in July, were cancelled due the two countries. 6 "5 5('"4+ "' ( /'!"! Warsaw Declaration. country and a free society, schools over without proper relook at this policy," Sibal told to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme will give 9!! "4+34 *!2 ;GH The individual as well as the fighting COVID-19 is not a classes due to the COVID-19 PTI in an interview. "Quite frankly even univer- students an opportunity to . 45!9")34  ('5 > collective response to this small challenge for India, he spread, board examinations Sibal, who as the HRD min- sity exams should be post- undertake research at the part- cation of research projects for *3(* 46 "55('"4+ *!G; pandemic will determine how said. for Class 10 should not be held ister had spearheaded a poned," Sibal said. ner institute for a period of six students, joint supervision, 5 ) 9. "+48$>/ A* !6 6 democracy as a mode of gov- "Our response has shown next year as it would burden reforms process in the educa- Till such time there is a pan- months to one year, a state- fellowships with financial sup- "//0!) ''"!53(  45G8=== ernance is judged by the world how democracy, discipline the students unnecessarily. tion sector under which it was demic, there should be no ment by IIT-Kharagpur said. port in the form of a month- 3$=8===6 9./!63(/50! at large, he was quoted as say- and decisiveness can come "What has happened is that decided to abolish compulso- exams and holding online Virendra Kumar Tewari, ly stipend to cover the cost of )3//!) !55 "/8 ))3'5"4+ 3 ing in a statement issued by together to create a genuine half the year has been lost and ry CBSE Board exams for examinations will be "extreme- the director of IIT Kharagpur, accommodation and meals .'!66'!/! 6!>!6 "5 *! the External Affairs Ministry people's movement. While we we don't know how long this Class 10, said it was a sensible ly discriminatory" because in said, "We have to engage for students during their visit," !6 "4+) . )" "//0!53(0/!5 -'39 <8===.!'G=/ A*.!3./! on Saturday. care for our own citizens, pandemic will continue. There policy to have been followed a lot of places in India, in actively in a more strategic Tewari said. 3K8===.!'G=/ A*.!3./!> He said it will have a signif- India is also extending helping is no need for Class 10 board but when the NDA came to remote areas, there is no facil- manner, in the post-COVID The participating students *3(* 46 "5 *!6 !C6 icant impact on consolidation hand to other partners, in exams for a while for these two power they reversed that. ity for online examinations 19 world." will receive recognition upon 2 ;GH'!)3!'' ! 6 of democracy in the world of our neighbourhood and years — this year and next "Thank god they have lis- and the poor will be discrim- "The partnership pro- completion of the programme, &J>H.!')!4 8*"/! *! tomorrow. beyond," he added. year — and then they could tened to some sane advice inated against, he said. gramme will include identifi- the statement added. 4 "34 /'!)3!'' ! 6K>G .!' )!4 >*!2 ;GH+'3 * ' !"4 *!6 ! 6G><<.!'8  "$  *")*"6/!66 * 4* /-3- *!   ?    @ "%(%<6@  ?  ; 4 "34 / !' +!3-%>JH.!' '#&$# )!4 8*!6 "5> " "   ?    / .+   ! - AB ??  1"# 2 4"3" 2 "/  9" " /2 )"$      grammes like MGNREGS, 7#!       SBM (G), 15th FC Grants to >*+-? "* 'C6 )A '5 The Centre has asked PRIs, District Mineral      The Central Information 45  '!9!/ )A '5 Arunachal Pradesh govern- Development Fund, CAMPA, Commission has dismissed in / 66!6!/- '! "4"6 !'2"435 ment for expeditious imple- Local Area Development A government order asking one go 141 petitions filed by an (9 '"4+* 45*"6"-! mentation of Jal Jeevan Mission, Fund, at village level for judi- oil marketing companies to RTI applicant against the Delhi !6 !5.36" "!-3'2 ;GH34 a flagship programme that aims cious use of all available funds. stock up two months' sup- Lt Governor's office, calling it (45  45!'!6!4  3 4 to improve the lives of rural "The state will get Rs 231 crore ply of LPG cylinders in a misuse of the transparency "63/ "34 '5  )" *3 !/"4 people by providing safe drink- under 15th Finance Commission Kashmir Valley has sparked law to inundate the office with  "* '5"6 '") 83--")" /66 "5> ing water to every rural house- Grants to PRIs during 2020-21; speculations, especially in pleas seeking information unre-  "* '"6 '")  +"6 ' ! hold through household tap 50 per cent of this amount has the wake of the LAC face- lated to it.  4 / 4(7)34-"'9!5 * connections by 2024. to be mandatorily to be spent on off, with NC leader Omar Warning the applicant, 03 * *!9"4"6 !' 45*"6"-! Union Jal Shakti Ministr water and sanitation," the min- Abdullah questioning the Information Commissioner Y * ! !6 !5.36" "!-3' *! Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the union minister said. ister said in his letter. Under Jal need for such a move. K Sinha said in case such an . *3+!4>*!)3(./!* 60!!4 a letter to Chief Minister Pema He requested the state gov- Jeevan Mission, water quality According to the June 27 avalanche of "frivolous, vexa- Claiming that he had not from the PIO or the FAA and A!.   4"63/ "34 '5 Khandu urged him to focus on ernment for taking up water testing laboratories at district order issued by the direc- tious and wasteful" litigation is received any information in yet he incessantly kept filing )'! !5  )" *3 !/*!'!8 *! retrofitting and augmentation supply works in villages on and state levels are given prior- tor of the Food, Civil received by the Commission, response, he approached the all the RTI applications in the  6 "5>"4+*8*3"6 1 of piped water supply schemes immediate basis to provide ity. Community is being involved Supplies and Consumer it will be compelled to dismiss CIC seeking directions to the LG's office. Response/s /!+"6/ 3'-'39 ' 4.('86 "5 already existing in the villages household tap connections, for surveillance of water quality. Affairs Department in such applications without LG office for issuance of the received from the *"66 9./!6!'! !6 !5"4 and habitations, so that the which would help in practising Provision has been made to Kashmir, an adviser to hearing on the grounds of information sought by him. Respondent, however reveals 4  45*!'! ('4!5 3 remaining households could be social distancing and would empower and engage with the Jammu and Kashmir Lt being repetitive and as such The LG's office represent- a different story".  "* '-'39 *!6 !) ." / provided with tap connections additionally help local people community for which, various Governor G C Murmu has adjudication will serve no larg- ed by noted RTI activist "In the current environ- 34(45 >*!9"4"6 !'6 "5 easily in least possible time. in getting employment and activities are planned like time- passed directions in a er public interest. Subhash Agrawal said the ment with the outbreak of the *!4*!) 9! 3A43 03( Shekhawat in his letter asked boost rural economy. ly procurement of kits, supply meeting on June 23 "to The applicant, Dinesh, had applications have been replied pandemic, COVID-19, and *"6 !6 '!.3' 8*!-"'6 !4  3 the chief minister to start the Stressing on the need for of kits to the community, iden- ensure sufficient stocks of filed a number of pleas under to or transferred to the con- with the consequent lock-  "* ' !5") /3//!+! 45 work in a 'campaign mode'. strengthening of existing tification of at least five women LPG in the valley as the the Right to Information (RTI) cerned authorities after inti- down the normal functioning 36." / 45 *!'! - !' 3 *! "During the Covid19 pan- drinking water sources for in every village, training five supply of the same gets with the Lt Governor's office mating the applicant. of all organisations has been "63/ "34 '53- *3 !/"4 *! demic, it is the endeavour of long-term sustainability of persons especially women for affected due to closure of seeking details of properties, Sinha said, "...it is noted severely impacted. For the 34> !3./!*3) 9!"4 the government that people do drinking water supply sys- use of field test kits, so that the National Highway on illegal constructions, allotment that the appellant has consis- Commission, this only adds )34 ) " * *!9"4"6 !'"//0! not crowd public stand posts tems, Shekhawat asked for water can be tested locally. account of frequent land- of houses among other things tently stated that he has not to the already huge backlog of ' )!5 3)3//!)  *!"'6 9./!6 and drinking water sources, convergence of various pro- slides. through separate petitions. received any information cases," Sinha said. -3' !6 "4+8 *! 6 "5> ( 24  3  "2?           ( " ":1 3R + ) $& 98; )   ! -! !,       <18!" Opposition Congress has accused the government of      SLBC is an apex inter-insti- Senior Congress leader 3! 1 'failing' to manage the COVID- tutional forum to create ade- Siddaramaiah on Sunday urged    !'!,$ 19 situation. The number of Bank unions have written to quate coordination machinery the Karnataka government to Covid-19 cases in the state Maharashtra Chief Minister in all states, on a uniform basis bring out a "white paper"   !,! which stood at 3,408 as of June Uddhav Thackeray seeking his for development of the state. regarding its COVID-19 man- 1'!- ,! 1, reported 11,923 on Saturday //955&!' intervention in getting direc- The chief minister is chairman agement.  !9 13 !  with the capital city topping the tions for banks from competent of SLBC. Alleging lack of transparen- districts in the infection count. authorities for sanctioning of Last week, Maharashtra cy on part of the government ' , 9 ,! $ Siddaramaiah in his state- -!&!", & crop loans to farmers under the Home Minister Anil in controlling the spread of  3 ''9< ment has demanded an debt relief plan in the state. In a Deshmukh had warned of virus, the former Chief account on the money spent by     rural areas, and 117 deaths. letter written to the chief minis- criminal action against banks Minister said, this has led to / !  1  the government for COVID-19 After a meeting chaired by ter on Saturday, United Forum of that are delaying giving crop 'mistrust' among the people treatment and related activities. The Palghar administration Collector Kailas Shinde on Bank Unions (UFBU) said the loans to farmers. about the administration. "As the Karnataka govern- "How much money has been has decided to rope in teachers, Saturday, it was also decided to state-level bankers' committee "All the government Citing allegations of irregu- ment has not maintained Minister B S Yediyurappa to spent from the state's treasury to National Cadet Corps and strictly enforce restrictions in (SLBC) and the Reserve Bank of announcements need to be larity in the purchase of med- transparency in its measures to bring out a white paper regard- control coronavirus? it has been National Service Scheme mem- place to combat the outbreak, India (RBI) should spell out translated into proper direc- ical equipment by paying twice control the spread of coron- ing measures taken and money spent on what purpose? How bers to help in efforts to con- officials said. clear terms regarding sanction- tions by the competent author- the market rate, he threatened avirus, it has given rise to sus- spent so far, to place the truth much has been spent so far on tain the coronavirus outbreak. Students of NCC, NSS will ing of loans to those accounts that ities and in the absence of such the government of agitation, if picion, insecurity among peo- before the people and instill quarantine, treatment, PPE kits, As on Saturday night, the cooperate with police to con- are being covered under the clear directions bank officials it continues to remain indiffer- ple," Siddaramaiah said. trust in them. ventilators, oxygen cylinders, district had 3,930 COVID-19 trol movement in restricted crop loan debt relief scheme by cannot implement those ent to the demand for white In a statement released by With the spike in the num- masks, sanitisers and other cases, of which over 3,000 were areas, a statement from the the state government. announcements," the letter said. paper and transparency. his office, he urged Chief ber of infections in the state, medical equipment?" he asked. in Vasai-Virar and some 900 in district administration said.   +%$ !$-./-0-0  1 *+, ,- .   / . $27/  *  *       &$7$ " '/# "#  )  >?5      

     /   "  Criticising the TMC dispensa-      tion in West Bengal for alleged- The country will have to focus ly opposing pro-people policies O)#  # "2@ on defeating coronavirus and $"     of the Centre, Union Finance . 49 "03 .2 bolstering the economy as it    Minister Nirmala Sitharaman exits from the lockdown and #   on Sunday said the state could # ? $$#  enters the "unlock" phase, Prime   $  not be made a beneficiary of the Minister Narendra Modi said 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan',  1? * ' 6* ' *"!- on Sunday underscoring the "   as it had not provided any data "4"6 !'55* * )A!' 34 need to keep guard against the #   $ on migrant labourers. (45 6 "5 *!C* 6! *! deadly virus. Addressing a virtual rally for 2"'(6C"4" " "! * '!)!"!5  " He also stressed that India the people of Bengal, the +335'!6(/ 6"43'6 ;*"    has always transformed adver- Union finance minister also (90 ""//430!!. 45!5    33 *!'. ' 63- *!6 ! 3 sities into stepping stones to slammed Chief Minister )390  *!)3'34 "'(6 success and this year won't be "/   Mamata Banerjee for "her 3( 0'! A>6. ' 3- *! different. reluctance to allow Shramik share any data with us. The India border standoff. ) 9. "+48G)/36!)34 ) 63- "During this unlock period, Special train services in the ruling dispensation in Bengal "I would credit her for one 2 ;GH. "!4 "// one will have to focus on two precautions, you are putting not only pace up the move- coast had to face the fury of state". doesn't want any of the thing; at least on the Sino-India )39.(/63'"/0!A!. "4 points -- defeating coron- others at risk besides your- ment towards self-reliant India, cyclone Amphan; on the West "The West Bengal govern- Centre's welfare policies to be border issue, she (Mamata "46 " ( "34 /@( ' 4 "4!8*"/! avirus and strengthening the selves, especially the elderly but also boost the advance- coast it was cyclone Nisarg. In ment has been opposing all implemented," she said. Banerjee) stood by the Centre," )399(4" /! 5!'6"// !// economy," Modi said in his and children at home," he cau- ment of technology in India. many states, farmers had to pro-people policies of the Senior TMC leaders had Sitharaman said. .!3./! 03( )393'0"5" "!68 monthly "Mann ki Baat" radio tioned. Referring to the recent On the various challenges bear the brunt of swarming Centre...Six states have shared recently criticised the Union Terming the TMC govern- 9! /6 453 *!'- )"/" "!6 address. He said as people decisions taken by his govern- thrown up during the year locust ... many parts of the data on migrant workers, fol- government for not making ment as "anti-people",  "/ 0/! "46 " ( "34 / move out during the unlock ment, Modi said during this 2020, Modi said people often country have been witnessing lowing their return. West the state a beneficiary in the Sitharaman said the state was @( ' 4 "4!- )"/" "!6! )8)/"4") period, they have to remain unlock phase, "many other discuss as to when the year will intermittent earthquakes," he Bengal, however, did not... 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar informed about cyclone "9"4+6! )>  6/ (4)*!534 more vigilant compared to the things are getting unlocked", end. Referring to coronavirus, said. In an apparent reference "Our prime minister Abhiyaan', a job scheme for 'Amphan', 11 days in advance, $&> F!* !'!)!"!5 lockdown period. "Always which had shackled the coun- the prime minister said as if to China's actions in east launched a scheme, which migrant labourers. but it failed to take adequate +335'!6(/ 63-* 6! *!2"'(6 remember, if you do not wear try for decades. one calamity wasn't enough, Ladakh, he said, "amidst all covers 116 districts in the Sitharaman, however, appre- precaution. ) 9. "+4"4 (90 " 45! a mask, do not observe the He referred to reforms in the the country has had to face an these, the country has had to country, but none from Bengal ciated the chief minister for her Several lives could have * !435!)"5!5 3"9./!9!4 two-yard social distancing mining, space, agriculture and unending slew of challenges. deal with the designs of some could be included as the TMC support to the central govern- been saved, if timely mea- "  )'366 *!6 !8F *! 6 "5> norms or do not take other other sectors, saying these will "A few days ago, our east of our neighbours." government didn't bother to ment on the issue of the Sino- sures were taken, she said.

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Yogi Adityanath will visit the and 87 per cent of all Covid- China National Biotec Group '"++!'!5 '3> !34+'!66 Ram Janmabhoomi site in India recorded its biggest surge 19 related deaths in the coun- (CNBG) said on Sunday that 6.3A!6.!'634 '!45'  /(7 Ayodhya on Sunday after- in the number of Coronavirus try. early human test results for a 6 "5 *!'!9 'A63- noon and inspect the ongoing cases in 24 hours with 19,906 Of them, Maharashtra (1.59 coronavirus vaccine candidate 2"7  '+" 8*33!'6!!6 temple construction work, new patients on Sunday, tak- lakh cases, 7,243 deaths), suggested it could be safe and 1 C6 -- "'6"4!6 !4+ /8 officials said here. ing the total to 5,28,859 infec- Delhi (80,188 cases, 2,558 effective, the second vaccine "45") !5 * . ' C6"6"34-3' The chief minister will also tions, according to the Union deaths) and Tamil Nadu candidate from the firm to runner in the race to develop a *!)3(4 '>F 35";* */!5 inspect the progress of devel- Health Ministry. (78,355 cases, 1,025 deaths) show encouraging results in a shot against the virus that has 1 8"6 *"6 *!"6"3434 ! opment works underway in The number of casualties together have 63.7 per cent of clinical trial. The experimental killed nearly 500,000 people 45" "4 *!1 8-3')"4+ *! various parts of Ayodhya, they rose to 16,095 with the coun- the active caseload. shot, developed by a Beijing- globally. .3/")! 3'!/! 6!1 3'A!'6 said. try witnessing 410 Covid-19 Maharashtra reported over based unit of CNBG, has CNBG, affiliated to the state- ) (+* ./ "4+) '56 $"4 *! "The CM will be visiting second visit to the Ram related deaths during the peri- 5,000 cases for the second induced high-level antibodies in owned China National 4"+* 8F /(7  !! !5> 4 "' / Ayodhya on Sunday after- Janmabhoomi site since the od. This is the first time that consecutive day, taking the all the inoculated participants in Pharmaceutical Group "5!33- 4!!4 "4 456 (' 5"6 '") 34 '"5 82"7  '+" "6 noon. He will inspect non- COVID-triggered lockdown more than 19,000 fresh infec- from June 1 till date. The state's tally of Covid-19 cases a Phase 1/2 clinical trial involv- (Sinopharm), said earlier this *! '56 "4+8F !4*!4  9 COVID hospitals, along with was implemented. The chief tions have been reported in a number of active cases stands to 1,59,133. With 1,400 new ing 1,120 healthy people, month that another vaccine "4 3/A 8 +! .*34!) //6 construction works on devel- minister will also visit the single day. India is the fourth at 2,03,051, while 3,09,712 infections, Mumbai's tally has according to preliminary data of candidate produced by its -'39. ' 3'A!'6 $ 9> opment schemes at various Hanuman Garhi temple, the worst-hit country in the world people have recovered and climbed to 74,252. The state the trial, CNBG said in a post- Wuhan-based unit also trig- 39!3- *!96  *!C!0!!4 places of Ayodhya," District officials said. by the pandemic after the one patient has migrated, has reported 167 COVID-19 ing on the social media platform gered high-level antibodies safe- ) (+* 0)3.6*"/!./ "4+ Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha He had last visited the site United States, Brazil and according to the updated data related deaths. Of these 86 WeChat, without disclosing ly in clinical trial participants ) '56>*!. ' 3'A!'6 '! told PTI. on March 25 when the Ram Russia. at 8 am. deaths occurred in the last 48 specific readings. based on preliminary results. 936 "9.3' 4 -3'(6863 "He will also visit the Ram Lalla idol was shifted to new This is the fifth consecutive Eight states - Maharashtra, hours and the rest 81 are from Chinese companies and A vaccine has to prove its * ! 3) // )34)!'4!5.3/")! Janmabhoomi site and some temporary structure. The CM day that Coronavirus infec- Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, the previous period. Delhi, the researchers have been allowed effectiveness in "Phase 3" human 6 "346 3*!/. *!9>F other temples during his visit," also donated Rs 11 lakh in his tions have increased by more Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, worst-affected city in the to test eight vaccine candidates test where thousands of partic- he added. personal capacity for the con- than 15,000. There has been a Andhra Pradesh and West country, has over 80,000 infec- in humans at home and abroad, ipants are recruited in order to This will be Adityanath's struction of the Ram temple. surge of 3,38,324 infections Bengal - had contributed to tions now. making China a major front- be cleared for sale. 3" "30 0  /2 /3. "3 92 .    1+-*  + '?  '7#58 /2 / 4" "3 - = .#,$"   ! <:5 -? -"4!3-3!'6J/ A*    8@/(*)  (  66/ ..!534 - 9"/"4 Q/&" &$ R  7 6 * 4C6*"/ ' 5"6 '") -3'       "4" "4+93'! * 4=+(!6 6"4 8@   5  6*2=98.     D E 9 ''" +!-(4) "34 9"5 *!      the Chinese companies in his '!6 '") "346"4./ )! 3)390 The Tamil Nadu government (seemingly personal) PM *!)3'34 "'(6 *'! 83--")" /6      under the fourth phase are has decided to transfer the Hitting back at the BJP for rais- CARES Fund," Singhvi said a 6 "534 ('5 >*"6(/ / *"8 scheduled to be operated probe into the death of a ing the issue of funding to the virtual press conference. '!6"5!4 3-* 5 5  3* // 8 Air India will be conducting between July 3 and 15, it stat- father-son duo, alleged vic- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, the "If the Prime Minister of * 5 '' 4+!5 -(4) "34-3'*"6 170 flights to and from 17 ed. A total of 38 flights and 32 tims of police torture in Congress on Sunday alleged India will compromise his 634C69 ''" +!341(4!G%>! countries between July 3 and flights will be operated on Tuticorin district, to the that Chinese firms were con- position by accepting dona- * 5"4" !53!'=+(!6 68 15 under the fourth phase of Indo-UK and Indo-US routes, Central Bureau of tributing to the PM Cares tions of hundreds of crores "3/ "4+ *!+("5!/"4!6-3' *! the Vande Bharat Mission, respectively, as per the docu- Investigation (CBI), Chief Fund and asked why it was from Chinese companies in the 9 4 +!9!4 3-2 ;GH>- !' according to an official docu- ment. The national carrier will Minister K Palaniswami said accepting such donations controversial and opaque fund, *!!!4 8G+(!6 6 !6 !5 ment. operate 26 flights between on Sunday. when India and China have how will he defend the coun- .36" "!-3'2 ;GH*"/!34! The government started the India and Saudi Arabia, it The governments decision been engaged in a tense bor- try against the Chinese aggres- 5"!53- *!5"6! 6!8"6 '") mission on May 6 to help added. The US Department of will be informed to the der standoff in Ladakh. sion? Prime Minister Modi 3//!) 3' 7!45' * 6 "5> stranded people reach their Transportation announced on Madras High Court, which is Congress spokesperson has given a befitting reply to needs to answer," he said. *!6 !+3!'49!4 "4)(''!5 destinations using special repa- necting India with Canada, the June 22 that it has barred Air seized of the matter, and Abhishek Singhvi also ques- those who cast an evil eye on The PM CARES Fund was /3663-6J8$J8J==-3' triation flights. Scheduled US, the UK, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India from operating char- secure its approval before tioned Prime Minister its territory in Ladakh. set up in March this year with '' 4+"4+"63/ "34 45 international passenger flights Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi tered flights between India transferring the case to the Narendra Modi on his "18 "I implore the prime minis- an objective to deal with any @( ' 4 "4!- )"/" 8 !6 "4+8-3358 have been suspended in India Arabia, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the United States from July central agency, he told meetings" with Chinese ter to say China is an aggres- emergency arising due to the 90(/ 4)!-3' *!6!+(!6 6>3 since March 23 due to the South Africa, Russia, Australia, 22 without its prior approval, in reporters here. President Xi Jinping in last six sor," Singhvi said. COVID-19 pandemic. Since '!)3!' *!6 "5 93(4 8 *! coronavirus pandemic. Myanmar, Japan, Ukraine and an apparent retaliation for the "The government has years and asked why he has not "What is most worrying and then, some opposition parties - 9"/* 60!!4 6A!5 3 Under the fourth phase of Vietnam, as per the airline's Indian government not allow- decided that the CBI will yet called China "an aggressor", alarming for national security have demanded the donations 5!.36"  *!934!"4 *! the mission, Air India will be document accessed by the PTI. ing American carriers to oper- probe the case," Palaniswami hours after Modi in his radio is the fact of donations received received by the fund be made !/"!-(458* 6 "5> conducting 170 flights con- These 170 chartered flights ate between the two countries. said. broadcast asserted that India by Prime Minister Modi from public. :  3!"' < 5*1  *  + 2 *    == 2 '!(,D1 !.E      A series of satellite images     D E between May 22 and June 26 have visually showcase Chinese Unable to find work under the construction on the river-bend MGNREGA, a group of villagers of the Galwan as it crosses the here have started on the labori- Line of Actual Control and ous task of cleaning a canal so flows into territory held by that water reaches its tail-end. India in Ladakh, NDTV report- About 70 labourers from ed. Naugava village in Naraini tehsil It was in the area around this have decided to do it for free – a embankment, including at an “shramdaan” to give life again to water reaches its tail-end and we Indian Army patrolling point land turning barren. Authorities are able to grow foodgrains to called Patrol Point 14 (PP-14), now want to pay them for the job feed our children," he says. that Chinese and Indian soldiers ment appears to be a defensive fatal clashes between soldiers of the embankment (as it juts into they have taken upon themselves, Another labourer, Ramswaroop, clashed on June 15. Twenty   $     position of the Indian Army. both sides. All that is visible here the Galwan River). At least four but the villagers have turned says people from nearby villages Indian soldiers and their   %   $  Parts of this appear to have been in the image of June 16 is debris new shelters are visible attached down the offer. have donated food to them, Commanding Officer, a   2  ' submerged by rising waters of with no signs of any construc- to the rock face near the Shyamlal, one of the workers, which is being cooked by women Colonel, were killed in action the fast-flowing Galwan in the tion or of any soldiers. embankment, none of which said villagers were not finding involved in the “sharmdaan”. here. India believes at least 45    $     latest images of June 26. No The subsequent two images of were present in the image of work under the Mahatma Gulabrani, Mamta, Sumitra Chinese soldiers, including a    Indian soldiers appear to be pre- this site are starkly different from June 16 or in any of the previ- Gandhi National Rural and Rani are among the women Colonel suffered the same fate. sent at the site. what was visible earlier. High ous images described. These Employment Guarantee Act. taking care of the task. They have It has been widely reported The images acquired from resolution satellite images from shelters, which appear to be A stretch of the 40-km-long named their kitchen that the embankment on the eated in Ladakh (the root of the the river-bend, in other words, Maxar and Planet Labs indicate Maxar of June 22 appear to show tents, are camouflaged in the canal between Guhala Kalan and "Shramdaan Rasoi". At pre- Galwan river-bend is in Indian present dispute), the extent of the location of the embankment. the presence of a single Igloo- the presence of rock fortifica- colour of the rock face that they Divli villages was also not sent, 65-70 people are involved territory, in other words a clear- the incursion can be debated. The embankment is crucial as style shelter on the embankment tions on the embankment with have been erected against. cleaned for years, he adds. in the initiative, says Gulabrani. cut intrusion by the Chinese What is clear, though, is that it enables Chinese forces to on May 22 and approximately 20 parts of the area covered with The final image shown here “Due to this, the fertile agri- "Till a few years ago, crops were Army. A line denoting the LAC the Indian Army has patrolled look down the Galwan Valley soldiers. It is unclear if these what appears to be pink tarpau- is a Planet Labs image from June culture land was becoming bar- irrigated by water from this here on Google Earth Pro up to the embankment area for towards Indian positions on were Indian or Chinese soldiers. lin. At least 50 soldiers appear to 25 and seems to show consoli- ren. I was sitting idle since I did canal. But for the past two to four appears to indicate that the decades. This is no longer pos- the banks of the river a short dis- There is no construction activ- be visible in the embankment dation of the embankment posi- not get any job under the MGN- years due to the non-cleaning of extent of the intrusion is 137 sible because of Chinese con- tance away. A stone wall (sangar) ity visible around this structure area, including approximately 25 tion. Some of the pink tarpau- REGA. Then I thought that I silt, there was a shortage of metres. 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( One of the closest villages to the town is                   Wanoja, a hamlet of 300 families. Twenty five  (    years ago, it was a bootlegger’s paradise with    A A$              unruly men stumbling about in a drunken stu-                 ( por. Today, as we battle COVID-19, this village stands out as a model of resilience. The spirit "             +  behind this collective determination is sarpanch $  1  B  5 1(  $  1  8  Nirmala Geghate, who symbolises the multiple 8  + 5 1 (              roles women play in a crisis like a pandemic. 1A!  )       (     Primarily as caregivers, women are not just sus-                 taining families but also serving as front-line    *              ( responders, mainly in the health and service sec-  2 ;GH        tor of the country, even in rural India.                 During my early career in the State Bank of 2     @ 1   B        India (SBI), I was posted as manager of the local                     # 1  branch. I also happened to be piloting the self- help group (SHG) movement. One of the first  1 #" B!  0          ( villages that we chose for our pilot project was 2  >                 Wanoja. 2    a post she has been holding for the last on preventive measures such as social more respect and authority within the            #     Nirmala was a shy woman and there was   five years. As the elected village head, distancing, hand washing as well as family unit, reflecting positively on                  nothing outstanding about her that could qual-      she oversees the administration of pub- how to identify symptoms of the dis- intra-household relationships between                     ify her for a leadership role. But I was impressed    lic services. There is 100 per cent lit- ease. She has also made sure that all the the sexes. Aware of the benefits derived                S  by her simplicity and honesty and offered her   eracy in the village now and all boys promised Government relief reaches from their exposure, village women are                ( the role of SBI’s ambassador for the SHG move-  and girls attend college. No men drink every family. increasingly articulating their interest       ;    1  0   ment in her village. Nirmala was taken aback    now and there is total prohibition. The Reflecting on the success of the in broadening their knowledge by                  and asked me why I chose her. I told her that village has a very good recreation park SHGs in the village as also the progress travelling outside the immediate village everybody in the village had vouched for her.   for the children. made by the gram panchayat, Nirmala environment.         )                               ( Nirmala hesitated for several days but finally All houses have indoor toilets and says the women of her village never The success story of Wanoja’s yielded to our gentle and persuasive prodding.    piped water supply. They get filtered thought they would pull the “cart” so SHGs and its women underscores the                 ( What tipped the scales in our favour was that     drinking water from a plant installed far. She is happy in her role as the “cart importance of giving poor people             her mother-in-law was quite supportive and   S    by a power generation company under puller” and envisions a prosperous access to loans, savings accounts and               promised to relieve her of a number of house-  2    its CSR initiative. The firm has also set future for her village. The first SHG, other financial services that can sup-           # 1  0 hold chores. Nirmala convinced neighbouring   >   up a medical centre manned by a qual- which began with a monthly contribu- port their precarious lives and busi-                  women to band together and the first SHG was     ified medical team. The village is tion of 20 from each member, has nesses and enable them to reach their         * 1    ( born in the village. It was christened Savitribai    periodically disinfected by the compa- now increased the amount to 200, an full potential. It can also alter the     # * 0       Phule Bachat Gat, appropriately named after 2   ny. The sarpanch has made sure that indication of the increased income and socially-constructed roles and identi-                #   ( rural India’s pioneering woman reformer. All the donors get enough value from their saving capacity of the women. ties of these women who live in some women in the SHG, barring Nirmala, were 2 ;GH>   investment and has provided promi- Changes at the individual, house- of the most challenging and fragile con-              )                    B   ( unlettered. Nirmala persevered hard to teach her nent visibility and branding to their hold and community level have accom- texts. For the resilient women of group members the nuts and bolts of manag-  work so that they are able to enhance panied the economic impact of the Wanoja, every disaster is an opportu-                ing the group. Every time she visited the bank,     their social bottom line. SHGs. Participating in group meetings nity to move forward. Recurrent     # * 0          she made one woman accompany her by rota-   8 Women’s leadership in agricul- has provided women with new oppor- droughts have given the women a                " ( tion so that they could observe how a bank   8  ture is increasingly being recognised as tunities and experiences. They have chance to show their families that they                 worked. In the end, these women started trans-      a key to tackling climate change. They also become confident in dealing with can be leaders too.       +          acting business at the bank independently.     are playing a strong role in adapting public officials and authority figures. Women have a unique vantage                 Nirmala’s hard work paid off and the group new technology, spreading information The most perceptible change for point for identifying trends at the local          B  prospered. This had a multiplier effect in the and urging action. They have taken the women at the household level is the level that might signal the start of an #                ( entire village as several more SHGs emerged. As advantage of a slew of agricultural ini- men’s attitudes towards housework. In outbreak. They are the eyes and ears of             the SHGs’ focus was more on collective enter- tiatives in the last few years that have the past, women had few income-earn- not only the medical establishment but          )       prise, the number of businesses the women have focussed on aiding marginalised com- ing opportunities and were mainly also the administrative apparatus. set up in this long journey include a retail agency munities and women farmers. engaged in housework. Their husbands When she looks back at her own           B       for farm inputs. The most recent success story The COVID-19 and the lockdown gave them little or no assistance in this evolution, Nirmala is grateful for hav-                   ( is the Government support that has enabled each have made little difference to life in work. Now, because of the success of ing achieved a satisfactory level of well-               SHG member to set up an independent poul- Wanoja village. The village head the SHGs, the tension between remu- being for her family and the commu-          A$ try unit. There are now around 300 poultry units ensured that social distancing and nerative work and housework has nity. The women of the SHGs say they #    1  0        with the chicks, poultry feed and shed, all fund- other mandatory lockdown instruc- been resolved by men sharing some are now able to assert their right to be      (   A         ed by the Government. tions were meticulously practised and household responsibilities. heard and to have their opinions taken      (      ( In the process of mapping out her SHG’s tra- all the entry and exit points to the vil- Women of the village are getting seriously. Over the years, some gains                  ( jectory and navigating murky village politics, lage were sealed. As the sarpanch, increased recognition as the breadwin- will undoubtedly be reversed; others            A$ #      Nirmala was drawn into electoral politics. Nirmala formed teams to protect her ners and this is substantially altering will be resilient to reversals. Women A$     J             ( Panchayat Raj was already beckoning women village from COVID-19. She is ensur- the family relationships at the grass- like the ones in Wanoja provide us to join governance and she couldn’t remain insu- ing access to accurate information to roots level. To the women, their shiny silver glimmers of hope as we                lated from political currents, much as she tried keep the SHGs, the women, their involvement in SHGs results in fewer battle COVID-19.       to avoid them. She represented her ward for two families and their communities safe. “problems” with their husbands. (The writer is a well-known devel- D         E terms and finally became the village sarpanch, These efforts include essential guidance Women, as they say, are now granted opment professional) " *   * ( 2 --  3!  " 91,3! .10'  1 ,0&$ 3 ,- 1 1!  1:/

Ahmad. We met at a bar just behind According to Diouf, the majority According to Moore, these early from Pakistan. According to Moore, wives arrived in Europe and had chil- formation was when the American his office and had lunch there. Ahmad of African slaves brought to the US, immigrants from South Asia were approximately 1,800 Pakistanis migrat- dren there, both parents began to adopt Government adopted the idea of mul- told me that his ancestors were some especially during the cotton boom in mostly Sikhs, but some among them ed to the US between 1947 and 1965. religiosity, especially when their chil- ticulturalism in the 1990s. This meant of the first Muslims to come to the US, the 18th and 19th centuries, followed were also Muslims and Hindus. Almost all of them were men. And dren entered their teens. They felt this that a group could exist with its own over 500 years ago. This wasn’t some traditional African religions and many However, Moore adds that they were since they were unable to bring wives would help them keep a check on their cultural ethos within a larger meta-cul- fancy talk. In her 1998 book, Servants were also Muslim. Both Diouf and all clubbed as Hindus by the Americans and children with them, many married children growing up in “permissive” ture, without fully integrating. So the of Allah, American historian Sylviane Haselby write that a large number of who believed they followed the same Latin-American women in the US. societies. A similar thing happened in question of identity, Islamic evangelism Diouf writes that among the first them converted to Christianity and faith. They largely worked as hired When US immigration laws were fur- the US. and multiculturalism combined, espe- "" , %* batches of African slaves brought to the those who didn’t, managed to remain hands in agriculture and factories. ther relaxed in 1965, the number of Moore writes that even though the cially in the post-9/11 scenario, for sec- US by Europeans in the early 17th cen- Muslim. According to the Encyclopedia Around 6,000 such South Asians Pakistanis migrating there increased first groups of Pakistani migrants ond generation Pakistani migrants, hile watching TV footage of tury, were many Muslims. But accord- of American Religious History, there migrated to the US between the late manifold. These also included young were not very demonstrative about who began to signal their identity the recent race riots in the ing to historian Sam Haselby, a former were no mosques in the US until 1921. 19th century and 1917, when the US Pakistani men and women interested their faith and had either become through Islamic symbols. WUS, I recognised one of the faculty member of the American Ahmad told me that his ancestors Congress placed restrictions on migra- in higher education in American uni- entirely Westernised or placed more This actually played out during my many African American protesters University of Beirut, there was, in fact, belonged to Senegal in Africa and tions from India. In 1923, the US versities and colleges. According to emphasis on their ethnic customs and lunch with Ahmad. Later he informed being arrested in Washington DC. The a Muslim presence in the US even arrived in South America as slaves in Supreme Court declared that Indian Moore, these first groups of Pakistani cultures, the last batch of this genera- me that the bar we were in was start- protester was Ahmad Farooq, whom before European Puritans set up their the late 16th century on a Spanish ship. migrants were not eligible for US cit- migrants did not exhibit any outward tion of migrants became conservative ed by a Pakistani named Humayun. He I had met in 2018 when he approached first colony in the region in 1607. In an They escaped and reached Mexico, izenship because they were not White. displays of their faith and quickly when their children reached school- had migrated to the US in the 1960s, me after a talk I had delivered at the essay for the May 2019 issue of Aeon, from where they moved to what Moore writes that since they continued adopted “the American way of life.” going age. Impacted by the growth of and started the bar in the early 1970s. International Forum for Democratic Haselby writes that Muslims regular- became Arizona in the US. being called Hindu and faced racial However, things in this context the “politics of identity” in the US, the In the mid-1980s, he suddenly sold the Studies, where I was stationed as a ly arrived in the Americas with Spanish The history of South-Asian attacks, some moved the courts to began to gradually change from the children grew up looking for their bar because of “community pressure.” Research Fellow. expeditions in the 15th and 16th cen- Muslims in the US is equally interest- plead that they were descendants of early 1980s. Palestinian Professor roots. But instead of finding these roots So what happened to Humayun? “No, After the talk, Ahmad invited me turies, sometimes as slaves and some- ing. Professor of Religious Studies ancient Aryans, and therefore should Bishara Khader writes that one of the in Pakistan, as such, the children were he didn’t end up in Afghanistan. He’s for coffee. All I knew about him was times even as advisers. Kathleen Moore writes that the first be treated as Whites. The ploy did not factors that instilled a greater role of actually handed explanations in this still here in Virginia. But I don’t think that he lived in Virginia and was a A majority of them were from Muslims from South Asia arrived in the work. Restrictions on immigration religion in the lives of Muslims in context by Islamist evangelical outfits his children know that daddy once retired college professor. A week later, Granada, a Muslim stronghold in US in the late 19th century. They were from South Asia were lifted in 1946. Europe was the fact that more and that mushroomed in the US, especial- owned a bar”, Ahmad smiled. while visiting the area for something Europe before it was overthrown by the all from areas constituting present-day From 1947 onward, a majority of more Muslim migrants began to ly from the 1980s onwards. (Courtesy: Dawn) entirely different, I decided to visit Spanish in the 15th century. Pakistani and Indian Punjabs. South-Asian Muslims in the US arrived acquire wives from home. When the Another factor behind the trans-   +%$ !$-./-0-0  =

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(6"4!66!;9 "/ global trade, which stands at ing rate, India has one of high- stress in the sector. )39.'39"6!"634!3- *! around USD 1.3 trillion, in the est costs of capital, on logistics, Distribution companies 936 )3993434/"4!-' (568 next five years, according to a we are disadvantaged by 10-12 (discoms) owed a total of Rs 6!4"3'!/*" 3/")!3--")!' top industry executive. per cent and our energy costs 75,642 crore to power gener- 5! /"4+" *)0!';)'"9!6 For achieving such target, need to be globally competi- ation firms in April 2019, 6 "534 ('5 > 4 government support in terms tive," he added. according to portal PRAAPTI !0"4 '83'+ 4"6!50 *! of favourable policies would be The industry and the gov- (Payment Ratification And * 90!'3-399!')! crucial, Automotive ernment will need to commit Analysis in Power procure- 45 45(6 '8!.(  Component Manufacturers to each other to be 'atma-nirb- ment for bringing The overdue amount in erating companies (gencos) in 399"66"34!'3- 3/")! Association of India (ACMA) har', he said. Transparency in Invoicing of April 2020 also increased from view of COVID-19-induced D0!'E4!6*36 "5 Director General Vinnie Mehta In 2018-19, the Indian auto generators). Rs 1,01,181 crore in March lockdown. The government 0(6"4!66!;9 "/)39.'39"6! told PTI. Support from the with the US and the EU cent of the global trade share component industry's revenue The portal was launched in 2020. had also waived the penal --!) 693'!69 // 45 government would not only act accounting for 65 per cent of in the next five years. However, stood at USD 57 billion, con- May 2018 to bring in trans- Power producers give 60 charges for late payment of 9!5"(9/!!/!4 !'.'"6!6> as a catalyst for business exports, Mehta said. for this, government support tributing 2.3 per cent to the parency in power purchase days to discoms for paying bills dues in the directive. L*!-' (56 !'653 growth but help the the indus- "The global trade in auto will be critical," he noted. country's gross domestic prod- transactions between the gen- for the supply of electricity. Last month, the govern- )39.'39"6!" * *!!9 "/ try become self-reliant as well, components is USD 1.3 trillion While the industry will have uct. erators and discoms. After that, outstanding dues ment announced Rs 90,000 ))3(4 3- *!.!'634*3"6 he added. Currently, the Indian and the Indian auto compo- to deliver technologically rel- In comparison, turnover of In April 2020, the total over- become overdue and genera- crore liquidity infusion for 5! /"4+" * *!)39. 4 auto component industry nent industry has a minuscule evant, globally price-competi- Chinese auto component due amount, which was not tors charge penal interest on discoms under which these ))3(4 6 45-"4 4)" / exports 25 per cent of its pro- share of 1.3 per cent. We tive products with consistent industry stood at USD 550 bil- cleared even after 60 days of that in most cases. utilities would get loan at eco- ' 46 ) "346>*!)'! ! 4 duction -- USD 15.1 billion, should aspire for at least 5 per quality, the government will lion last year. grace period offered by gener- In order to give relief to nomical rates from Power !9 "/ ))3(4 *")*"6 ators, stood at Rs 1,08,487 power generation companies Finance Corporation and REC 6"9"/ ' 3!" *!')39. 4C63' crore as against Rs 58,200 (gencos), the Centre enforced Ltd. This was an initiative of )/"!4 C6 ))3(4 >*!)39! "#$ !$  crore in the same month of the a payment security mecha- the government to help gencos "4 *!9"55/! 456 '  -  A/+  2 preceding year. nism from August 1, 2019. to remain afloat. "4 !' ) "4+" *03 * *! 8 5   According to the latest data Under this mechanism, dis- Discoms in Rajasthan, Uttar . 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E-commerce major Amazon India on Sunday said it is Airtel Payments Bank's rev- offering close to 20,000 'sea- enues rose 87 per cent to Rs sonal' or temporary employ- 474 crore during FY20, dri- ?5   $2= 99" 3. ment opportunities in its cus- ven by surge in digital pay-   2 .# tomer service (CS) organisa- ments, money transfer and /I"#$& tion to help customers in India offtake of new services, 92:)   and globally with a seamless according to its MD and "!!$ $  ,+? 35'!7 online shopping experience. CEO Anubrata Biswas. ../" 4)!6* 6 /936 '! )*!5 The new temporary posi- The payments bank sees a #$. " 45 " 6.'!;2 6 /!6/!!/ *"6 tions -- being added to meet "massive headroom for      934 *8 45" !.!) 6 3 "4 the anticipated demand in growth" and its promoters -(//9 4(- ) ('"4+) . )"  customer traffic in the next six remain committed to unlock- ( "/"6 "340!453-!. !90!' months -- are open in tion of 12th standard pass and onset of Indian and global hol- ing this potential, Biswas The Bombay High Court has *"6! '86 "5  3.)39. 4 Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, proficiency in English, Hindi, iday seasons," Amazon India said. said the ISKCON, a registered 3--")" />*!)39. 4"6 Noida, Kolkata, Jaipur, Tamil, Telugu or . Director (Customer Service) Last year, Bharti Airtel and trademark of the International !.!) "4+ 3 "4" 6.! A Chandigarh, Mangaluru, Based on the candidates' Akshay Prabhu said. Bharti Enterprises had inject- Society for Krishna ) . )" 0!. !90!'87(6 Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow, performance as well as busi- He added that new season- ed an additional Rs 325 crore Consciousness, has acquired 0!-3'! *!-!6 "!6! 6346 ' 6 Amazon India said in a state- ness needs, a percentage of the al positions will provide can- into the payments bank. immense reputation in India 6 *!6 /!6 '!+' 5( // ment. Most of the positions are current temporary positions didates job security and liveli- "Airtel Payments Bank's A    4 ?? and abroad and there can be "4)'! 6"4+5(! 3 '"3(6 part of Amazon's 'Virtual are likely to be converted into hood during these unprece- revenues rose 87 per cent to no doubt it is associated with - ) 3'68"4)/(5"4+3.!4"4+3- Customer Service' programme permanent positions towards dented times. In May this year, Rs 474 crore during FY20, the religious movement and 9 'A! 6" *'!5()!5 that provides flexible work- the end of the year, Amazon Amazon India had announced fuelled by surge in digital C "  "  no one else. '!6 '") "346 45.!4 (. from-home options, it added. India said. "We are continuous- adding 50,000 seasonal roles payments, money transfer, The trademark undoubted- 5!9 45>3!!'8 *! The new positions will see ly evaluating hiring needs across its warehousing and and offtake of new services", ly deserves the highest degree )39. 4 /63!.!) 6 associates support customer across the customer service delivery network to meet the Biswas said. ; " 64  of protection, Justice B P 5!+'3 *-3' *!"45(6 '5(! services through e-mail, chat, organisation in response to the surge in online demand for Addition of new services Colabawalla said on Friday 3/36 6 /!63-.'"/ 45 /- social media and phone. The growing customer demand. products after easing of the such as insurance to the port- while hearing a commercial 3- 8*")* ))3(4  /936 eligibility criteria for these We estimate that customer lockdown that had been put in folio, along with healthy adds     attacking the Army of our intellectual property (IP) suit 34! *"'56 /!63- *!)33/"4+ positions include having min- traffic will further scale up over place in view of the coron- in new savings accounts also country. They are trying to filed by the International .'35() 6>*!+'3(.-"'9* 6 imum educational qualifica- the next six months with the avirus pandemic. buoyed the numbers. A group of Zomato food deliv- grab our land. This cannot be Society for Krishna 9 4(- ) ('"4+(4" 6 "' /8 ery platform employees in allowed," one of the protesters Consciousness (ISKCON) (4! 45 3* /""4 (47 0> Kolkata tore and burnt their said. against an apparel manufac- * 6 .! A9 4(- ) ('"4+ official T-shirts on Saturday in Another protester said they turing company Iskcon ) . )" 3- '3(45$>H/ A* -'4- !  92?,!  4,' protest against the killing of 20 were ready to starve but would Apparel Pvt Ltd. (4" 6> Indian soldiers by the Chinese not work in companies having The ISKCON alleged that      TCS added Rs 25,722.6 ITC's valuation rose by Rs 3,06,600.66 crore. Army in Ladakh last week. investment from China. the apparel company had crore to take its valuation to 13,521.45 crore to Rs The market valuation of During the protest at In May, Zomato laid off 520 infringed its registered trade- Six of the 10 most valued Rs 7,93,854.51 crore. 2,39,821.43 crore and that Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Behala, some of them claimed employees or 13 per cent of its mark to sell clothes online. Indian companies together The market val- of HDFC Bank dipped Rs 10,713.59 crore to that they had quit their job as workforce in a huge retrench- The suit sought the court to added Rs 92,130.59 crore in uation of climbed Rs 12,460.2 Rs 11,04,704.44 crore and that Zomato has a sizeable Chinese ment exercise due to the novel direct the apparel company market valuation last week, Infosys crore to Rs of ICICI Bank declined Rs investment and urged people coronavirus pandemic. from infringing on the reli- with Tata Consultancy Services jumped Rs 5,79,553.80 crore. 9,645.67 crore to Rs to stop ordering food via the There was no immediate gious movement's trademark. emerging as the biggest gain- 18,104.7 Kotak 2,26,002.43 crore. company. In 2018, Ant reaction from Zomato and It also sought a declaration that er. crore to Mahindra Bank Bharti Airtel's market valu- Financial, part of Chinese whether the protesters were their trademark 'ISKCON' was ) 2 3$ HDFC Bank, HUL, Infosys, reach Rs added Rs 7,707.44 ation fell by Rs 6,082.95 crore major Alibaba, had invested among those who were well-known in India, consid- Kotak Mahindra Bank and 3,18,648.65 crore to its market to Rs 3,05,674.88 crore. USD 210 million in Zomato retrenched was not known. ering the nature of services 3$ 2"   "3 ITC also witnessed a jump in crore and that capitalisation to In the ranking of top-10 for a 14.7-per-cent stake. The Twenty Indian Army per- offered by them and the kind F' 3  "$3 their market capitalisation (m- of Hindustan stand at Rs firms, RIL maintained its top food delivery major recently sonnel, including a colonel, of wide reputation and good- cap) for the week ended Friday, Unilever Limited 2,65,347.77 crore. spot, followed by TCS, HDFC raised an additional USD 150 were killed in a fierce clash will that has been acquired by  ,+?  3!' 45 while Reliance Industries, (HUL) advanced Rs In contrast, HDFC's Bank, HUL, Infosys, HDFC, million from Ant Financial. with the Chinese troops in the them. 45(6 '" /3/( "346* 6 HDFC, Bharti Airtel and ICICI 14,614.2 crore to Rs valuation plunged Rs Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra "Chinese companies are Galwan Valley in eastern '!.3' !5"5!4"4+3-" 6 Bank finished with losses. 5,06,198.81 crore. 11,996.55 crore to Rs Bank, ITC and ICICI Bank. making profit from here and Ladakh on June 15. )3463/"5 !54! /366 36 $KK>=J)'3'!-3' *!@( ' !' !45!5 ')*$=$=> 64! /366 6 335 6GKH>$%)'3'!"4 *! #$"'$'#.G@ $ 6 9!.!'"35/ 6 ! 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It is worth men- railway projects, pleted exports of 60,000 tonne .#&/" = developer's sales bookings had DLF's net sales bookings rose The facility will be exporting tioning here that the 4.3 bridges and highways, of special grade slab to China 0(6"4!663'5!'033A3-3!'      6%8=KJ)'3'! 63-5 !> stood at Rs 4,557.1 crore in the 2 per cent to Rs 2,485 crore CE-marked plates conforming metre-wide new mill of RSP nuclear power plants and and 2,700 tonne of plates to previous year. during the last fiscal year. to the European standards, the produces a wide range of plates many other sectors. Vietnam, the RSP sources said. Dr Reddy's Laboratories expects to launch 25 products in the US market in the cur-     **Q 3  > Q  +  +>(6*28/ rent financial year, according to a top company official. The drug major has also                Insurance Council to bring Kavach policy will be an indem- earmarked a capital expendi-        #  some rationalization in the treat- nity-based policy, but optional ture (capex) of Rs 1,000 crore With the Insurance Regulatory ment costs. As a responsible cover shall be made available on for finding various projects Development Authority of India  $%&#'(      insurer, we are fully committed benefit basis. The base cover will during the ongoing financial (IRDAI) announcing the guide-    #      to creating innovative and pro- offer hospitalization expenses year."On a full-year basis lines for two standard COVID- ductive solutions for the cus- like room and boarding (2019-20), we launched 27 19 health insurance policies tomers in an appropriate charges along with products, including four re- with uniform features, terms and Further, all life, general and Chief Underwriting and manner." PPE kits, gloves, launch of the earlier discontin- conditions, the insurance com- health insurance companies Reinsurance Officer Milind V. According to the masks and such ued products. We expect the panies will offer 'Corona Kavach' have been encouraged to offer Kolhe said, "We welcome the guidelines by the other similar new launches momentum to and 'Corona Rakshak' from July standard benefit-based policy, regulator's move to bring the IRDAI, the mini- expenses and continue during the year with 10 and help people with better 'Corona Rakshak', which hands COVID insurance products at mum sum insured even AYUSH about 25 product launches health insurance coverage in out a pre-agreed lump-sum the time when it is needed the for the Corona treatment. lined up despite uncertainty their fight against the coron- upon diagnosis. most. Customer-centricity is Kavach Policy will be Corona Kavach due to COVID-19," Dr avirus pandemic. The premium under both the main theme of these prod- Rs 50,000 and the will also cover home Reddy's Laboratories CEO It is mandatory for general the products shall be pan India ucts during the unprecedented maximum sum insured care treatment Erez Israeli said in an analyst and health insurers to provide said, the standard indemnity- avirus infection or disease with basis and no geographic location times."The hallmark feature is would be Rs 5 lakh. There is expenses of up to 14 days, call. As of March 31, 2020, the the reimbursement-based stan- based COVID-19 policy named the tenure ranging from 3.5 or zone-based pricing will be the uniformity of the policy also a five per cent discount for if it involves an active line of company has 99 cumulative dard COVID-19 product, while as 'Corona Kavach' will cover the months to 9.5 months. Notably, allowed, according to the IRDAI. wordings across the market. healthcare workers. However, for treatment and is done on a med- filings pending for approval offering the benefit-based prod- cost of treatment of any co-mor- an indemnity plan reimburses Commenting on the regulator's Claims management will be an Corona Rakshak Policy, the ical practitioner's advice, among with the US Food and Drug uct is optional for all insurers. bid conditions, including pre- hospitalisation expenses actual- guidelines on uniform COVID- important aspect of these prod- minimum sum insured would other conditions. Cost of pulse Administration (USFDA), Despite being coronavirus- existing conditions, along with ly incurred by the policyholder 19 health insurance products, ucts and insurers are working be Rs 50,000 and maximum oximeter, oxygen cylinder and including two new drug specific policy, the regulator the treatment for the coron- to the extent of the sum insured. Bharti AXA General Insurance closely with the General limit is set at Rs 2.5 lakh. 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otarians of twin cities was noticed by the initiators of Chandanagar and Rotary Club of Hyderabad and the project that many farmers Greater Hyderabad too came for- Secunderabad under didn’t begin their agriculture ward to be a part of this mission.  Rotary District 3150 works due to the non-availability Chintakunta Village in Dharur have embarked on a of the funds. Added to that, due Mandal in Vikarabad District very novel initiative, to the prevailing COVID-19 was chosen to begin with. They an initiative never heard before Pandemic, some of them found it started with the target of mecha- and the initiative that is a need of difficult to raise money through nized ploughing of 125 acres the hour under prevailing cir- borrowing. benefiting almost around 70 to cumstances called “Mission A brainchild of V. Ramraj, a 80 farmers (Whose land parcels Naagali” (meaning ‘plough’ in resident of Hyderabad, the mis- are less than 2 acres). The project Telugu). It is an initiative to help sion was done in collaboration was executed at a cost of Rs. 3 the poor, small, and marginal with Anitha Reddy, Member of lakh. The project kicked off on farmers to plough his/her fields Rotary Club of Smart June 9th, 2020, and ended on by tractors free of cost. It is an Hyderabad, and two more Sunday. They have completed initiative aimed at underprivi- Rotary Clubs, Rotary Club of tilling and ploughing of 125 leged farmers. Chandanagar and Rotary Club of acres of land free of cost. A The fields are ploughed in the Greater Hyderabad. unique record indeed. initial spells of the rain. But, it Rotarian V Ramraj, a They don’t want to rest there. Hyderabad based industrialist “We have taken it as a very pres- during his recent visit to tigious project. It has given us a Chintakunta Village, Dharur great sense of satisfaction,” says Mandal, Vikarabad District V. Ramraj, Rotary District found many lands were not Governor of Rotary District ploughed and on enquiry out of 3150. “We are even exploring if curiosity came to know the we could arrange farm imple- plight of the poor and marginal ments for free use,” he adds. farmers. “This is a crucial season to On return to the city, Ramraj farmers as well as the people. It is shared the idea with friends on crucial to sustain and enhance Facebook. He has got an over- the livelihood of the farming whelming response to his community. It is they who con- Facebook post. Many volunteered tinue to serve the food and nour- to join hands. Seeing the over- ishment needs of millions of whelming response, Ramraj with people of this country. Their pro- the help of like-minded friends ductivity is all the more impor- jumped into the initiative. tant now under these challenging Looking at ‘Mission Naagali’ circumstances due to the on social media, Rotarian Anitha COVID-19 outbreak,” Ramraj Reddy, Member of Rotary Club observed. of Smart Hyderabad joined V. Ramraj hopes to make Ramraj’s mission and gave it a ‘Mission Naagali’ a model to the systematic turn. She too started society and wants this format of pooling funds for this. 2 more helping farmers to spread across clubs Rotary Club of the country.   P   Vijayawada Monday June 29 2020 **2   * ""#&2*4# $## *   / 5 0  )   0/ 7%8 ith the lockdown missing daughter. Director shutting film Mayank Sharma has co-writ- shoots, upcoming ten the series with Bhavani anveer Singh’s turnaround to become the deadly virus.  assignments of Iyer, Vikram Tuli, and Arshad 2018 blockbuster saviour of justice. “New Zealand decides to several filmstars Syed. The series will stream hit Simmba will The action-comedy re-release Golmaal Again in will release on var- on be re-releasing drama revolves around a theatres making it the First ious digital platforms in the from July 10.  in Australia and corrupt police officer who Hindi Film to get a next months. Fiji, as the world eventually stands up relaunch post covid. New Here is a sneak peek into VIDYA BALAN in tries to regain normalcy against rapist. Also starring Zealand is now covid free the OTT world’s star-studded Shakuntala Devi and re-open centres of Sara Ali Khan, the film and is opening its theatres line-up: Shakuntala Devi will see entertainment amid the opened on December 28 in on 25th June with Golmaal actress Vidya Balan as math deadly COVID-19 pan- 2018. Again. As it is rightly said - SUSHANT SINGH genius Shakuntala Devi. The demic. On June 24, it was ‘THE SHOW MUST GO RAJPUT in Dil Bechara Anu Menon-directed film is Ranveer took to his announced that Shetty’s ON...’,” Shetty wrote. The late Sushant Singh based on the life of time is southern star SWARA BHASKER in narrate a fictionalised account Instagram account and 2017 comedy caper The filmmaker also Rajput’s last film Dil Bechara Shakuntala, who was widely Samantha Akkineni. While Rasbhari of the terror attack that took shared two posters of the Golmaal Again shared a poster for will release digitally. Dil revered as the Human Bajpayee impressed with his Swara Bhasker stars in place at the Cama Hospital, film. One of them read, will be the first the re-release, Bechara is the official remake Computer for her innate abili- role in season one of the Rasbhari, a love story set in among other venues, on “Blockbuster returns in Bollywood which states of 2014 Hollywood romantic ty to do incredibly complex show, Samantha grabbed Meerut. Swara plays the role November 26, 2008. Directed cinemas near you” while film to get a “Let’s do it drama The Fault In Our Stars, calculations within seconds. attention with her role in the of a stern English teacher who by Nikkhil Advani, it will the other said, “Australia re-release in again” — sig- based on John Green’s popu- The film will premiere on Tamil film Super Deluxe that is the object of attraction for stream on Amazon Prime bringing cheers back in New Zealand, nally reopen- lar novel of the same name. Amazon Prime Video. had earlier released in Netflix. Nand (Ayushmaan Saxena). Video. cinemas on July 2.” as the country ing of cinema Budding actress Sanjana The Family Man 2 streams on The show premiered on In the Rohit Shetty opens up to theatres, Sanghi stars opposite Sushant SAIF ALI KHAN in Dilli Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video this AMOL PALEKAR and directorial, Ranveer is seen normalcy after which were in the film. It will premiere Saif has already made an weekend. MANAV KAUL in Gormint as the corrupt police officer controlling the shut due to the on the OTT platform impressive OTT debut with JANHVI KAPOOR in The political satire features Simmba, who has a moral spread of the pandemic. Disney+ Hotstar, on July 24. Sacred Games. He returns to Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil RAIMA SEN in The Last Amol Palekar and Manav the medium in Tiger Zinda Girl Hour Kaul with Shikha Talsania and ABHISHEK BACHCHAN Hai director Ali Abbas Zafar’s Ditching traditional theatri- Raima has made a mark Girish Kulkarni. Plot details and NITHYA MENEN in show Dilli, which is about the cal release amid the COVID- in Hindi and Bengali films. of the Amazon Prime show Breathe: Into The Shadows dark edges of Indian politics. 19 crisis, the Janhvi Kapoor- She now treks the digital are under wraps. Release date Abhishek Bachchan will be The show also stars Sunil starrer goes for a direct-to- medium with the supernatur- of the show is yet to be offi- making his digital debut with Grover, Mohammad Zeeshan OTT release. The film is al thriller that will also feature cially confirmed. Breathe: Into The Shadows. It Ayub and Sarah Jane Dias. It inspired by the life of Indian Sanjay Kapoor. Set in a also marks the digital debut of will stream on Amazon Prime Air Force combat pilot Himalayan hill station, the AFTAB SHIVDASANI in South actress Nithya Menen. Video. Gunjan Saxena, and stars show is created by Amit Poison: 2 The show also features Sayami Janhvi in the titular role. Kumar. Asif Kapadia is Bollywood actor Aftab Kher. Actor Amit Sadh, who MANOJ BAJPAYEE and Saxena entered the war zone backing the Amazon Prime Shivdasani will make his digi- was lauded for his perfor- SAMANTHA AKKINENI in during the 1999 Kargil War. Video series as executive pro- tal debut with the upcoming mance in the first season of The Family Man 2 Directed by Sharan Sharma, ducer. web series Poison: 2. The Breathe, will reprise his Manoj Bajpayee the cast also features Pankaj series will also feature Raai role as Inspector Kabir returns in the Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet KONKONA SEN SHAR- Lakshmi, Pooja Chopra, Sawant once again. second chapter Kumar, Manav Vij and Ayesha MA in Mumbai Diaries 26/11 Gautam Gulati and Taher This time, Abhishek of The Family Raza. It will be released on The series, starring Shabbir, and stream on the will be seen on a Man, and co- Netflix. Konkona Sensharma and OTT platform ZEE5. mission to find his starring this Mohit Raina, is expected to .-7- 4+ %+9'4 +5 0' * 4-0 7659 4? '9- ++4 inger Adele has smiley face emoji. Her fans won- “epic” song together, and shot a shared that her dered if the picture holds a hint music video. highly-antici- about her upcoming album, The Grammy winner hasn’t  pated fourth which will be her first album released new music since 2015’s album will be since 2015, reports people.com. 25, which featured singles like delayed because “Teaser? Albums coming out Hello and Send my love (to your she is quarantining amid today???!!!! Tell me now!!!!” new lover). The album, which the ongoing COVID-19 wrote one excited fan. was her third studio release, pandemic. Adele was quick to shut down earned the artist five Grammys, The British singer sent the speculation, telling the fan including album of the year. some of her fans into a that they needed to “be patient’. In recent times, Adele is tizzy on Saturday when “Of course it’s not. Corona seen using the opportunity to she posted a photo- ain’t over. I’m quarantining. spend more time than usual at graph of herself Wear a mask and be patient,” she home with her seven-year-old singing into a micro- wrote. son Angelo, whom she shares phone, which she cap- Last year, rapper Nicki Minaj with ex-husband Simon tioned with a cryptic said the pair had recorded an Konecki.

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ani Ceballos fired Arsenal into the FA Cup semi-finals as the DSpaniard's stoppage-time strike clinched a dramatic 2-1 win at Sheffield United on Sunday. Mikel Arteta's side rode their luck after surviving a second-half barrage from the Blades at Bramall Lane. Nicolas Pepe put Arsenal ahead with a first-half penalty after Chris Basham fouled Alexandre Lacazette. David McGoldrick equalised with three minutes left, but on-loan Real A   ";  Madrid midfielder Ceballos settled a hard-fought quarter-final in the final moments.    Arsenal join Manchester United in the last four, with Leicester facing Chelsea and Newcastle hosting Manchester City in    Sunday's other quarter-finals. Arteta was Arsenal's captain when azio fought back from a goal down to beat they won the FA Cup final against Hull in LFiorentina 2-1 in Serie A and keep its fading 2014. title hopes alive. And the Gunners boss remains on Luis Alberto struck seven minutes from time course to get his hands on the silverware to cut the gap to league leader Juventus back to again as Arsenal look to win the compe- four points. tition for a 14th time. Ciro Immobile converted a penalty to can- After losing their first two matches fol- while Mesut Ozil was also absent Arsenal grabbed the lead in the 25th flash of his potential when he cut in from narrowly over the bar. cel out Franck Ribéry's opener for Fiorentina. lowing the restart, Arsenal, who beat from the Gunners squad. minute. the right and forced Henderson to save his United were denied by another VAR Lazio's hopes of claiming a first league title Southampton in the Premier League in David Luiz was back in long-range drive. review when John Egan headed home after since 2000 took a hit midweek when its 21-match midweek, have now won two in a row. Arsenal's defence after serving a -()* -  Arsenal were clicking at last and McGoldrick’s shot from an offside position unbeaten run ended with a defeat at Atalanta in The Blades have gone winless in their suspension for the red card he Kieran Tierney broke down the left, was pushed out by Martinez. its first match back following the hiatus due to four matches since the English season picked up during a disastrous sub- Basham’s challenge on Lacazette crossing for Pepe to shoot just wide. Basham should have equalised from the coronavirus pandemic. restarted, ruining their hopes of a push to stitute appearance in the defeat at looked innocuous, but he caught the Luiz’s difficult start to the resumed sea- Jack Robinson's cross, but the defender And it seemed as if it was going to slide fur- qualify for the Champions League and Manchester City last week. Arsenal striker just inside the area son continued when the Brazilian limped headed wide from close-range. ther when Ribéry curled in the opener following ending their FA Cup campaign. It wasn't long before Arsenal's and Paul Tierney awarded a penalty. off injured after stumbling while shepherd- Arsenal were undone by a terrible a magnificent solo run in the 25th Arteta made five changes, with Pierre- defensive frailties were on display when Ivory Coast winger Pepe stepped up ing the ball out of play early in the second piece of defending in the 87th minute. minute. Emerick Aubameyang and Eddie Nketiah John Lundstram nodded home from Oli to beat Dean Henderson from the spot for half. Sead Kolasinac made a comical mess But Immobile, who is leading the among those left out. McBurnie's header, but the goal was ruled his eighth goal of the season. Henderson almost scored a remark- of clearing Robinson’s long throw, smash- Serie A goal-scoring chart, convert- There was no place for Matteo out by VAR for offside against the Blades Pepe has mostly struggled through an able goal from his own penalty area, the ing it into Mustafi and McGoldrick ed a penalty in the 67th for his 28th Guendouzi again after the Arsenal mid- midfielder. underwhelming first season with Arsenal. keeper's wind-assisted kick bouncing past pounced to beat Martinez with a close- of the season after Fiorentina goal- fielder's role in the brawl against Brighton, Despite their unconvincing start, Invigorated by the goal, he showed a Gunners stopper Emiliano Martinez and range finish. keeper Bartlomiej Dragowski fouled Felipe Caicedo. Lazio snatched all three points when Luis Alberto surged forward from midfield and an attempted pass to his teammate took a kind deflec- O@ ? ;  ?   "  P tion back to him and he fired in the winner. -,* 1**, *    nental and world stages. are being played with its infrastruc- Red Miners. Genoa fought back from two goals down to “Indian talents just need more ture are great and the only thing “It was amazing, I lived and draw at bottom-placed Brescia 2-2 and pick up ormer Australia and Jamshedpur games, get them playing all the time that the game needs more than any- breathed everything and was very a vital point in its bid to avoid relegation. FFC striker Tim Cahill believes and competing and when they go thing is unity. close to the community as well as Brescia hadn’t won a match since December Indian football’s young talents can into international fixtures, you “Everyone is flowing in the the owners from the Tata Group,” but went 2-0 up inside 13 minutes thanks to goals flourish with systematic exposure at (will) see that they can handle the same direction to get to that one said Cahill, who had also spent from Alfredo Donnarumma and Alessandro the top level. pressure,” Cahill was quoted as goal - which is to win an AFC Asian eight years at English Premier Semprini. Cahill, who brought his sterling saying by 'Star Sports Football Cup title, to reach the World Cup League side Everton, featuring in But Genoa got back into the match seven career to an end following his stint United' according to the Asian and help women’s football and to 226 matches with 56 goals to his minutes from halftime when Iago Falque convert- with the Jamshedpur-based side in Football Federation website. develop your own leagues.” credit. ed a penalty after Andrea Papetti was adjudged the 2018-19 season of the Indian The 40-year-old said India is Cahill's spell at Jamshedpur “One of the best things about to have fouled Cristian Romero. Super League (ISL), said his expe- moving towards the right direction was cut short to 11 matches due to the club was that everything we did Genoa levelled with another spot kick, this rience convinced him that India has to achieve greater heights. injury but the Australian legend has was for our fans and everything time by Andrea Pinamonti, after Daniele Dessena what it takes to excel on the conti- “The ISL and the leagues that fond memories of his time with The Jamshedpur FC did was for players.” handled in the area. '"4+ 30'"4+ O "P! " "  0/ 3*   )  )  90!6  3 4+   ;    P  /   0   E '  *    6! ;(.! )*  -99:; /       enior India pacer Shikha Pandey      Sfinds suggestions such as use of *    ndia captain Virat Kohli smaller balls and shorter pitches to Ihas the ability to play ngland spinner Jack Leach isn’t make women's game appealing to be ormer India pacer Irfan Pathan has revealed each format according to Eperturbed by the competition “superfluous" and urged the ICC “not Fthat World Cup-winning ex-skipper what its demands are and for places in the national team and to tinker" with rules to attract more Mahendra Singh Dhoni liked to control his the best thing about him is stated that he wants to bring over his audience. bowlers when he started his captaincy stint back his commitment to the best form from club cricket to the “I have been reading/ hearing a lot in 2007 but came to trust them by 2013, a phase game, according to the international arena in order to about the changes being suggested to during which he also became a calmer leader. team's batting coach become a regular starter in the Test help grow women's cricket/ make it a “In 2007, it was the first time and you under- Vikram Rathour. team. more attractive product. I personally stand that when you “For me, the best thing “I’m thinking about trying to feel most of the suggestions to be super- are given a big respon- about Virat Kohli is his bring my best to the England set-up,” fluous," 31-year-old Pandey, a serving sibility of leading a commitment to the game,” Leach was quoted as saying by officer of the Indian Air Force, wrote. team, you get excited,” Rathour told Sportskeeda. Cricbuzz. "I feel like I haven’t done Pandey, who has 113 wickets from Pathan said on Star "He wants to be the best that yet and it takes a bit of working 104 international appearances, drew the Sports' 'Cricket player in the world and he out mentally how you want to go analogy of 100m sprints while describ- Connected’ when works hard for that. He about things.” ing what a light weight ball and 20-yard asked how Dhoni puts in the hard yards, and “You’ve come from county crick- pitch would mean for women’s cricket. changed as a captain he is the hardest working et where you feel like you are mas- “An Olympic 100m female sprint- between 2007 and cricketer that I have seen. sively involved and you do that er doesn't run 80m to win First place in! We have surprised you with our 2013. Other than that I believe through performing over and over. medal and clock the same timing as her power-hitting in recent times, so “The team meet- his adaptability is his Here I feel like I haven’t done that yet male counterpart. remember, this is only the beginning; ings were always small biggest strength.” and I think I have a better under- “So the whole 'decreasing the length we will get better. Please have patience. though, both in 2007 “He is not a one standing of why that is,” he said. of the pitch' for whatever reasons We are skilled players, who are evolv- and 2013 during dimensional player, he can numbing 973 runs Kohli of form and after that we Leach remains in contention for seems dubious. Also, it almost definite- ing,” wrote Shikha. Champions Trophy, just 5 minutes meeting,” change his game as and almost single handedly had a tour to the West a place in the England line-up that ly takes the double headers out of ques- What she finds objectionable is try- added the bowler, who announced his retirement when required. He plays took Royal Challengers Indies. After playing like will take on West Indies in the first tion,” she wrote. ing to achieve growth through tinker- from all forms of cricket earlier this year. every format differently Bangalore to the final. that for two months in the Test of the three-match series at While she is game for reduction of ing of rules rather than robust market- Talking about the one change that he and that has been one of his “One of the best exam- IPL, he goes to the West Ageas Bowl starting July 8. size of the cricket ball in women’s game ing. noticed in Dhoni, Pathan said, “when young greatest strengths,” Rathour ple in which I saw was in Indies and in the first The series will mark the resump- but she is completely against reducing “Growth can also be achieved by Mahendra Singh Dhoni became a captain in added. Rathour took the the 2016 IPL where he match he scores a double tion of cricket after the sport was sus- the weight simply because of the per- marketing the sport well. We don't have 2007, he used to run from the wicket-keeping example of the 2016 season scored four hundreds and hundred without hitting a pended in March due to coron- ception that they can't hit the ball long. to tinker with rules or the very fabric end to the bowler in excitement and try to con- of the Indian Premier hit 40 odd sixes. He was single ball in the air,” he avirus pandemic. “Please don't bring the boundaries of the game to attract an audience. trol the bowler as well. League where with a mind going through a great patch further said.   Vijayawada Monday June 29 2020  " " & &    (* ! "/ #"$# 9( % 5*   O2*     N(    ( fter Jyothi relief.” week after he filmmaker posted  *        5   Lakshmi, The actor has rich praise announced on Twitter. 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He can go a “BREAKING NEWS: My Daaredhi, the direc- in the casting of Satyadev. long way in the industry as next film on RGV- tor wrote, “Here is So it was natural for the a director,” Satya raves. WORLDTHEATRE is the STAR of my actor to associate with The actor, who doesn’t titled POWER STAR ..it new film POWER Pradeep’s maiden film see a difference between a will be starring P K, M S , STAR ...This shot whenever he embarked on supporting role and a lead- N B , T S, a Russian was taken when he it. That aside, the script of ing role as long as the role woman , four children , 8 visited my office 47 Days, which drops on has something for him to buffaloes and R G V ..No ..Any resemblance ZEE5 on Tuesday, was too explore, is a popular face prizes will be given for to any other person enticing for the actor. “My on the web medium, hav- understanding who the is incidentally coin- role in 47 Days had two ing starred in series like characters are #RGV’s cidental and inten- shades-of a cop in uniform Gods of Dharmapuri and a POWERSTAR (sic),” the tionally uninten- and who is later suspended web film Locked. His per- tional..(Sic).” due to a botched up police formances in both titles While the filmmaker occasions through his operation. The emotional earned him plaudits. didn’t name Pawan tweets. angle of the role was chal- “Locked got me the com- Kalyan in his tweets, As soon as Varma lenging and I believe it will bined positive reviews of he has been a vocal announced this new film of resonate with the viewers,” my turns in Maine Pyar critic of the his, Poonam Kaur accused the actor tells us. Kiya, Jyothi Lakshmi actor-turned- the filmmaker of using In the thriller, filmed and Bluff Master and I politician, actresses’ emotional weak- across Hyderabad, couldn’t have asked training his ness and brainwashing Visakhapatnam, Goa and for more! In fact, I’ve guns on the them to speak against a Warangal, Satya plays ACP been receiving appre- popular personality. “I really wish I Satya who slips into mild ciation calls from actor on had recorded the call of depression after his wife other industries as numer- this traitor director who Paddu (played by Roshni well,” the actor, who ous brainwashed me for an Prakash) commits suicide. played a neurosurgeon in hour to speak against a She doesn’t leave a reason the medical thriller, personality ...the tweets he behind her extreme step. shares. sent me were sent to “After sometime, he under- The actor’s next release respective party personal stands that there’s a big is Uma Maheswara Ugra ...thank god I have few conspiracy theory behind Roopasya, which will debut genuine people in media her suicide and that she on a noted streamer short- I wouldn’t know ur was rather made to end her ly. It is directed by C/O intentions otherwise life. As he begins to Kancharapalem fame ...(sic),” she wrote on unearth small details of the Venkatesh Maha. He has Twitter. puzzle, he goes through a also green-lit debutant gamut of emotions,” he Vishwak Rao's untitled notes, adding that he still period film which centers remembers the last day of around the events sur- the shoot which went on rounding Skylab in the late for 34 hours straight. “We ’70s. Touted to be a slice of were shooting a final life drama high on humour action block and due to a and emotions, it was sup-    technical error, we had to posed to go to floors earli- reshoot some portions we'd er this summer but due to shot earlier in the day. COVID-19 outbreak, the We’ve barely had a break, schedules had to be O  B as we went on for 34 hours deferred. He exudes non-stop. It was super confidence that once ctress Shruti Haasan calls herself a intense. And the moment the situation is con- “water baby”. Pradeep said pack-up the ducive to shooting, the Shruti, daughter of veteran stars next day evening; every- unit will have the and Sarika, took to body fell on the ground in cameras rolling. Instagram, where she shared a throwback picture of herself from an underwater photo-shoot. “Water baby #throwback,” she captioned the image. She also shared a photograph of her face, 8<  /0 where she showed her two birthmarks in her eye and urged everyone to celebrate all the 3  things that make them what they are. /  / “Yes, those are birthmarks in my eye — no it’s not some weird reaction — no it’s not a dis- # *   ease — yes they get lighter and darker just like +/  freckles — yes it’s very common — yes I have   had them for years and years and I think they’re super special ?? and YES you should ilmmaker Kishore contemplating exploring the celebrate all the things that make you YOU,” Tirumala, who is known digital medium with his writ- Shruti wrote. for family entertainers, ing team now. “I am of the The actress had earlier shared a glimpse has been signed on by belief that some stories are from her “wild” Thursday night. Sithara Entertainments for better suited for digital medi- She posted four looks and made a collage a new project of theirs. um than for cinema halls. So out of it. In the first image, she can be seen This new project too will mostly be a I’m seeing the possibility of staring at the camera, in the second image, signature Kishore film where empha- exploring such stories with my Shruti is seen sporting a goofy look. sis will be on a love story with family team now. My forte is family The third photograph has the actress mak- emotions revolving around it. The entertainers with dollops of ing a fish face and in the fourth, the Gabbar Is filming would commence sometime comedy but I would want to Back actress is smiling at the camera. later next year, with producer Naga experiment on OTT platforms “At home, oil in my hair, fancy ring light Vamsi and Kishore set to decide the and show my other side,” the and fleeting thoughts and moods - THURS- casting. director told The Pioneer. DAY NIGHTS are wild. I hope everyone is Kishore is the latest director that If it wasn’t for the pan- doing well and I hope you’re entertaining has been roped in by Sithara. ilmmaker Vijay demic, Vijay would’ve yourself and falling in love with yourself a lit- Avasarala Srinivas, Sashi Thikka and Konda’s Orey… begun the next leg filming tle bit more everyday,” she wrote alongside the Rahul Ravindran are a host of other Bujjigaa was one of of his Kannada debut image. directors who are attached to make the many summer with Nikhil Kumar by Shruti made her debut in Bollywood in 2000 films for the production house in the releases that had to now. The still-untitled with the film Luck. She was later seen in Hindi next one year. be postponed indef- film, co-starring films like Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, Ramayya Right now, Kishore is awaiting the initely due to the outbreak of Kashmira Vasthavayya and Behen Hogi Teri. release of Red, a thriller, starring COVID-19. 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