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' ,' credence after going through the (4 $5: 5 ;6 6 : 69-%5 "1 ' $ ,,- AA9@@@& 6 69 methodology adopted and how 8 6&' $( 8*$4:'46+ ,69 3 5( ' &%:%, 8 6&' $( 6 4 !9GG1 58 & & 6 6 4!9"GG2 45 , 3'& 6 6-7@%5 58!2!1, 3'& 6 6-%,"12 648 its others predictions have fared 6 8' ' 8%$( 8 ' % 5 5 4 $54$ 4$ &456 8 $' 6:4 so far. This model, developed by 46 $ 3 845 ' ,' 4 $5: 5 ;64$8 $ researchers from Homi Bhabha $ 6 $ 5('46+ ,6 & + *4$ '46 $%5- ' National Institute (HBNI), a Predictor, Covid-19 cases will of ACTIVE cases in India would & 5 $ *4$ ' & ;6$ 6 8 5 62 deemed university aided by peak in Telangana State by mid- be 1.7 lakh in July. Department of Atomic Energy, July and then gradually decline. The researchers calculated ; is publicly available. Not only Telangana, the app that the end time of the pandem- The researchers developed also predicts the peak to be ic — when 99 percent of total this app, that would calculated reached by each state and also expected cases of Covid-19 data in realtime and named it the entire country. would be reached is COV-IND Predictor. COV-IND Predictor had pre- around January The app synchronises with dicted that Telangana would be 2021 when most of the latest data from the Covid- recording 3,476 Covid-19 cases the infected per- VQxr8PWD9 ( 19 dashboard in realtime and by June 6 (the number of cases sons would have makes predictions. on this date was 3,496). The recovered. rhqqr p y According to the COV-IND Predictor says that the number ; qrvrirvt yhr)8H " Naidu vows to maul Jagan for ‘one year of misrule’ ! Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu on "### $%& Tuesday said that the TDP #$ '($"%" $ would expose the failures of )" " $! !') '.%' YSRCP government during the Budget session of the "$ ') $ )'+( Assembly that is likely to start from June 16. Grhqr s ur Pvv #45 6,, *% Naidu held a virtual con- ference with elected represen- *+' +'*, tatives of the TDP, party in- powder. He said that TDP charges and district party will focus on such corruption presidents. He called upon scams and irregularities 6yyhr Sri Kalahasti temple not to the TDP leaders and elected in the scheduled Assembly hhvyr h BJP state vice president representatives to wage a of the cancellations, atrocities session. Vishnuvardhan Reddy on relentless struggle against the and failures. He alleged that At the meeting, the party BT9Qi vt) Tuesday disclosed that the YSRCP government and raise in the name of schemes, the leaders discussed various 7htury reopen as priest tests +ve party’s national general sec- the problems of farmers and ruling party was perpetrating burning issues with Naidu. retary V., Ram Madhav the poor in the Assembly one scam after another with- They stressed the need for authorities to postpone its the temple complex, following would head a virtual rally on thus exposing the misdeeds out least consideration for the taking their party charge reopening on June 12. easing of COVID-19 lock- Wednesday evening as part of and failures of the one year of lives of the people. sheet to the people all over A priest of the Sri Executive Officer of the down norms to allow entry of the completion of the first YSRCP rule. The TDP supremo alleged the state and expose how the Vaayulingeswra shrine at Sri ancient Saivite shrine, C devotees from this weekend, year of the second term of He said during the one- that the unbridled corruption YSRCP has committed count- Kalahasti, 40 km from here, on Chandrasekhar Reddy told have now been suspended till Prime Minister Narendra year YSRCP rule, the com- by the YSRCP was evident in less misdeeds in the name of Tuesday tested positive for PTI tonight that the ongoing further orders from the Modi. mon man has been put to the purchase of Coronavirus 'Navaratnalu'. COVID-19, prompting temple arrangements being made at Andhra Pradesh government. ; misery and injustice because testing kits and bleaching ; % & '(%') '( ,+, After plaints pile up, ! 3'7(* *%* !"#! '(%'+') $ &! +', 3, AP to stockpile sand *), *. '( ! Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on ! * Tuesday assured the Telugu film industry Amaravati farmers try to get !'%('') ++!K+#! that land would be provided in Visakhapatnam region for carrying out The AP Chief Minister YS ')'/'.') & !K ! cinema related activities. backing of Tollywood bigwigs Government Jaganmohan Reddy has '+0') &+#!K"-! Representatives of the Telugu film has written to instructed officials to open all 2*(' +#" !.++! industry met the Chief Minister to thank armers of Amaravati, the Centre sand reaches and aim at stock- 2. *), ' ! * him for allowing resumption of film Fwho had been asking it to ing 70 lakh tonnes of sand shooting in the state. protesting against the blacklist 154 BS- before the onset of monsoon. )+*'('') !K&++ ! A delegation from the film industry, decision of the YSRCP 3 vehicles belonging to JC The Chief Minister also said 3%*0* %+%') /01 comprising megastar Chiranjeevi, government to decen- Diwakar Reddy and his rela- that hereafter, orders for sand Akkineni Nagarjuna, SS Rajamouli, Dil tralise administration tives saying that these vehicles can be booked at the village Raju, Vijay Chander, Damodara Prasad, C and shift the seat of gov- were registered in violation of secretariats from June 11 Kalyan, PVP, and D Suresh Babu, met the ernance to Vizag, on rules. The State Government onwards. before the monsoon becomes Chief Minister at his official residence and Tuesday demanded the also sought permission for The Chief Minister interact- active. There is a need to 2 3 thanked him for providing single window representatives from the other States to seize the vehi- ed with district collectors increase the mining of sand in 4!#5& permission for shootings in the state and Telugu film industry cles wherever they are plying. through videoconference dur- Srikakulam, East and West 6! -+7 also presented their views for the devel- extend solidarity with On its part, the AP ing the Spandana meeting Godavari, Krishna, Guntur $89+ ! opment of the Telugu film industry in their agitation. Government ordered seizure held here on Tuesday where he and Nellore districts and at $-8! the state. ; of the vehicles being plied in told them that all sand reach- least 3 lakh tonnes should be ; violation of the rules. es should be opened and extracted, he said. ; enough stock should be piled ; $ ) !$ -./0.0.
on't the easing of weapon to tackle relax rules and norms at a the way for further spread of of 2020 will be called 'Corona lockdown dis- the deadly virus, most ( time when the nationwide the virus. Due to lack of batch'. In the late sixties, just Wturb rural areas people are not adhering " death toll is nearing 70, 000. awareness or sheer irrespon- to increase the pass percent- that are presently safe, to to its norms; or, like in " It is clear that the commit- sibility, people are jeopardis- age in Class X, the then gov- a large extent, from the Dharavi slum in "" ment shown initially to tack- ing their own lives as well as ernment of undivided Andhra devastating impact of Mumbai, the le the corona situation has those of fellow citizens by not Pradesh headed by Kasu Covid-19? Can India , * existing situation, in terms gone for a toss now. Where following at least social dis- Brahmananda Reddy had beat the coronavirus of density of population ") has the dedication of the gov- tancing. Further, it has granted 10 additional marks pandemic effectively with and growth of urban areas, ernment, 'revealed' on daily become an uphill task for the to students who could not its meagre weapons when simply does not permit it. basis by two officials of Union government to tackle asymp- attain the pass mark of 35 out social distancing goes for a It appears that only in will not work when it comes It appears that the govern- Health and Home ministries tomatic cases of Covid-19. of 100. Thus, students who toss? Isn't it abdication of nations with largely disci- to Covid-19. ments may not be in a posi- Luv Agarwal and Punya Salila People have been asked not to got just 25 marks in the final responsibility on the part of plined people things are The sickening pictures of tion to effectively treat Covid- Sreevatsava respectively, allow their children to play examination were deemed to the governments to virtually under control. In some of the crowds buying fish that the 19 cases in the days ahead as gone? outside; still, they are least have passed. Of course, those shepherd the virus by lifting so-called liberal societies, media highlighted recently, the existing facilities at gov- ( )* +() It is now clear that 90% of bothered about their chil- students carried a tag: restrictions at a time when chaos is the norm, with peo- with people packed like sar- ernment hospitals are no ) +, the total cases of corona are dren's movements and play in 'Brahmananda Reddy pass'. cases are exploding? India is ple bent upon defying rules dines in small spaces that go match for the requirements, from just 10 states, with Delhi, the open. In view of worsening situ- headed for the worst. The sit- and restrictions as if there is by the name of markets, sug- given the emerging situation. Maharashtra, Gujarat and The Telangana government ation across the country, the uation, far from being 'con- no tomorrow. In India too, gest that there can be no Increasing bed strength at more or less in a similar posi- Tamil Nadu being among has cancelled SSC public governments should first trolled', will spin out of con- people have no qualms about control whatsoever when short notice is easier said tion. states that are badly affected. examination and promoted all ensure that people follow trol due to the opening of violating rules and norms. It everyone is a willing violator than done. For instance, the It is ridiculous on part of Free movement of people due 5.34 lakh students across the social distancing and wear shopping malls, markets, gives bikers and others thrill of norms. One should not Delhi government is looking the governments, which had to lifting of curbs and open- state. Similar decisions should masks. Shrines need not open shrines and other public to give a slip to the traffic forget that in Suryapet near- for the availability of nearly implemented lockdown strict- ing of places of mass gather- be taken for Intermediate and now. Can't people pray at places. Although social dis- police when they brazenly ly 100 people got infected by 16, 000 beds in private hospi- ly when the death toll was just ings like shopping malls and degree exams also. It is a dif- home? Cinema theatres too tancing is considered a potent violate rules. Such an attitude a single fish vendor. tals. The other states too are 10 all over the country, to restaurants will simply pave ferent matter that the students should remain closed. *, 7', 6+ 9 /+'., ., " #$ %&
&&4$8 5( 46&' 8%, 9, 66 6*4$ 6, $5 ' ' The government has decided 58 ,,- ' ,8*$4:"" : 4""27@ &' $64%,8&4: 4 :9' , *4$9 58 ,,- 6&'44,645& 3 4 to impart teaching to students * // ! / &458%& 8*$4:""27@ : 4"!+: 58 &, $ *6 %8 5 6O84%- 6 of Class I to X through !1 2 ! 3 4/ 1 &, 66 6*4$ 58($ 8 6 ,,- ' $ ' , $&4%,8 Doordarshan Saptagiri channel To wipe out the sale of 5$6 ) 1!/ - 56 , & 6 *$4:!+: 47+:9*4$ 58 6 3' ,+*$4: ' from Wednesday onwards due banned gutka and ganja 3 ) 5$86 4 *$4:7+: 4A+: *4$: $2 to Corona outbreak. The smuggling, the city police - ( / Bridge course lessons would be under the directive of Police +3 / 596 &3 1 taught I to V grade students Commissioner Ch Dwaraka ) 3 56 / 1 +3 / and subject lessons to VI to IX The classes will be held till Students, while teachers, who Tirumala Rao conducted sur- 56 1! 3 ) grade students. the end of June. On the other teach VI and VII grade stu- prise checks on the high- 5$96 / !1 2 It is learnt that teachers hand, the two-hour pro- dents, should go to schools ways. On a tip-off, the : ! would come to schools once a gramme, which is currently every Wednesday from June Vijayawada Task Force sleuths week to clarify students’ doubts underway for X students 17, followed by teachers, who arrested eight persons and ' :48%64+ $ 58 4* ' where the latter could seek would be continued. As per the teach lessons for VIII and IX recovered 100 kgs of ganja ( 5> 6:%((, $6 6 4-% help from the former. Tuesday. ducted from 11.30 am to 12 education department, teach- grade students should attend worth Rs 5 lakh and seized ' : $ ,*$4: $6 + 5 : Meanwhile, Bridge course According to schedule, pm and classes for VI and VII ers, who teach lessons for school every Friday from June two cars and a motorbike on smugglers was to buy the 58' 5 + ,, 5 books designed specifically Classes for I and II will be held grades will be telecast from 2 grades I to V, should attend the 19. While X grade teachers are Tuesday under material from Narsipatnam 6 3' + 5 :8 6 $ & 58 for I to V grade students were from 11 am to 11.30 am, while pm to 3 pm, for VIII and IX school every Tuesday from required to go to schools every Satyanarayanapuram police and Chintapalli in ' ' ' ,+4* 58$ . -%9 distributed to students on for III, IV and V will be con- from 3 pm to 4 pm. June 16 to clarify the doubts of Wednesday and Friday. station limits. Visakhapatnam district and :- 6 49 : 5 ' The arrested were identi- with the help of Ravindra :9 $ 5%: $ 58 fied as N Vamsikrishna (41), Babu, Sambasiva Rao, :- 6 49 ' : $ , 6 P Ravindra Babu (32), N Hemanth Sai Ram, Praveen - 5( $ 56+4$ 8 ( Sambasiva Rao (47), Shaik Kumar and Sambasiva Rao, Gouse Basha, M Prabhu the material is being trans- Kumar (29), V Hemanth Sai ported to Vijayawada by road. ADCP KV Srinivas Ro. Ram (23), S Praveen Kumar The Task Force police ACPs T Kanaka Raju, VSN )* (23) and P Sambasiva Rao seized two cars bearing num- Sarma, Inspector K (49) all residents of bers AP 16 FF 6868, AP 39 W Krishnamohan, SIs Abdul Vijayawada. 0148 and a Pulsar motorbike Salam, Sesha Reddy and the During the interrogation, bearing number AP 39 AC team nabbed the ganja ped- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan they said that Vamsikrishna, 4013. A case was registered dlers at a house opposite Reddy on Tuesday directed offi- Shaik Gouse Basha and and man-hunt has been Chandra hotel, cials to issue identity cards for Prabhu Kumar were involved launched to nab others Poornanandapet under various welfare schemes to ben- in ganja smuggling. The involved in the smuggling, Satyanarayanapuram police eficiaries in a time-bound man- modus operandi of the ganja according to Task Force station limits. ner. He said as per the standard ! operation procedure (SOP), rice and pension cards will be given Q R within 10 days of applying, "# $ % Aarogyasri cards within 20 days and house site pattas with regis- tration within 90 days. -*. "This is the commitment we && % '() have given to the people and the The construction of Gow- '* + SOP should be followed strictly also rising. Similarly, as shops Mandiram and Go-Tulabhara and the benefits should be given and businesses begin to Mandiram near Alipiri Padala % on saturation method without As the country begins to ease reopen, they have require- *,,'+. Mandapam will be completed 4$ ' 8 4 69'4 6' 4 any scope for corruption and out of the lockdown, HDFC ments for business finance. in two months, according to should be transparent," an offi- Bank launched ‘Summer Speaking about ‘Summer F' 8 $6' 545%5 ""9 /, ' , TTD Trust Board Chairman ' $ $6' 5 : : <6,4 cial statement quoted the Chief Treats’, which has exciting Treats’, Parag Rao, Country YV Subba Reddy. $ $6' 5 43 56 ,,- Minister having said in a digital offers to meet the chang- Head – Payments, Consumer ,', 6 *6, The TTD chairman, along 66% 845%5 "@*$4:G27@ 'Spandana' meeting with district ing needs of mer- Finance, Digital with the TTD Board member collectors. chants, as well as Banking, said the :45 $862 ' $%: , Sekhar Reddy, inspected the $%+ 6 ' 5 :6D E “If the cards are not given should be completed.” The cases concentrate on the works in vil- salaried and lockdown has creat- progress of construction works ' 6 $: $3 879@@@ &3 69 within the stipulated time for no of those left out should be sort- lage secretariats, Rythu Bharosa self- ed new consumer of the twin buildings on ' &' ,,- 66% 8 5 ' valid reason, action will be ed out by June 15 and the house Kendras (RBKs) and village clin- employed habits. Work A five-year-old toddler B Tuesday. &4%5 $66 %+ $ 5 6 :9 taken,” Jagan said. site pattas should be distributed ics besides the work in progress customers. from home and Karthikeya got a new lease of Speaking to media persons 6'5%5 6 : 58.'%8 The Chief Minister said that on July 8, he said. under the Nadu Nedu scheme in Efforts to learn from home life after the doctors success- later, the TTD Chairman said 4:+, , + $ 5 $%+ 45 the list of beneficiaries should be Jagan said the Secretariat various schools. curb the have become a fully removing a button battery the works of the new 85 68 2 4 69'4 displayed at all village and ward should also display all important The mapping of YSR Clinics spread of reality and will that was struck in his esoph- Mandiram and Bhavan have -443 8 ' *$ $ $6' 5 secretariats. The pension, rice and useful numbers and the cal- in urban areas will be complet- Covid-19 remain so for the agus at Manipal Hospitals taken up with the contribution 6,4 69' 4$ +4$ 8%$ 5( and Aarogyasri cards should be endar of welfare schemes and the ed by June 10 and land has to be have changed near future. “We are here. from some donors and TTD ' $ ,,4 86,4 45,2 delivered to beneficiaries at their services available for people. identified, Jagan said. consumer seeing increased A team of doctors led by Dr Board members but was doorstep, he said. "If the work is not done on Noting that 31,000 of the lifestyles and demand for electronic Ravi Shankar Tata, medical delayed by three months due On house site pattas, Jagan time, paying compensation will 55,000 anganwadis in the state demands. Work from home devices, appliances, and edu- gastroenterologist and Dr to the Corona lockdown. He said that in Gow said, "We have asked those who also take place," he said, and are in a bad shape, he said that and school from home have cational, entertainment and VVK Sandeep, Consultant He said TTD is planning to Tulabharam Bhavan and devo- have missed out house site pat- asked officers to focus on the there is need for new buildings resulted in increased demand fitness subscriptions.” ENT, successfully removed make arrangements for devo- tees could donate feed and tas to apply. As of now 30.3 lakh housing scheme which is near- and asked a joint collector to take for phones, tablets, computers “There’s also rising demand the battery within two hours tees to worship the holy cows grass as per the weight of a is the likely figure and the list ing the fag end of implementa- up the responsibility of training and related accessories. for finance from auto loans of presentation and saved the before going to Tirumala for cow to redeem their vow of should be displayed by June 12 tion. staff at village and ward secretari- Demand for safe digital pay- and personal loans to business child from further harm. Srivari darshan. Godaanam. and by June 15, all formalities He also asked the collectors to ats and review their work. ments and private transport is finance schemes. The child, after ingesting the battery was finding it extreme- +&* ( ly difficult to breathe and -%%, )* could not swallow anything. ! Post the incident at home, he was immediately taken to a 9"9#'"@(:* local doctor, who referred this - mutations that increase infec- case to Manipal Hospital for M! " tivity, while also ensuring immediate treatment. Researchers in the US have that those regions were as Sharing details about the 9&+'"3(* identified regions of the novel dissimilar as possible from case, Dr Ravi Shankar Tata, Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) " sequences naturally occur- consultant medical gastroen- to target with a vaccine by "" ring in humans to maximise terology, said: “When the bat- harnessing tools used for the " " safety. Researchers propose a tery did not come out, the .&.+ development of cancer list of 65 peptide sequences child was brought to Manipal )* ; immunetherapies. # $ % that, when targeted, offer the Hospitals. He was unable to Using this strategy, % " &' greatest probability of provid- swallow anything solid or liq- !! " #$%&#' ((( researchers believe a resulting ing population-scale immu- uid for the past two days. Our #$%)*$&#' (( vaccine would provide pro- nity. As a next step, the team team of doctors were able to )#+ ,$-, . tection across the human "We think our approach that would stimulate a mem- is testing various combina- remove the battery successful- population and drive a long- provides a road map for a ory T-cell response that when tions of a dozen or so of these ly within two hours of his term immune response, the vaccine that would be both paired with the right B cells sequences in mouse models arrival to the hospital. During study, published in the jour- safe and effective and could would drive memory B cell to assess their safety and the procedure, we observed )* + nal Cell Reports Medicine, targeted with immunothera- gets based on their ability to be produced on a scale," formation and provide lasting effectiveness. that because of the ingestion of said. pies and apply those same stimulate a lasting immune Maris added. To increase the immunity and do so across "Our approach, if success- the battery, its content leaked In many ways, cancer tools to identify the right pro- response, predicted to be in likelihood that a vaccine is the majority of human ful, could lead to protection inside the esophagus and it behaves like a virus, so the tein sequences to target in the vast majority of the both safe and effective, the genomes. against not only SARS-CoV- was burnt up to seven cm for research team decided to use SARS-CoV-2. human population," said research team prioritised They targeted regions of 2 but also other coronavirus- which the doctors had to put the tools they developed to "By adapting the computa- senior author John M Maris parameters in identifying SARS-CoV-2 that are present es that might emerge in the in a Ryles tube for a few days / 0 identify unique aspects of tional tools developed, we from the University of regions of the virus to target. across multiple related future," said study lead author until recovery. Patient was childhood cancers that can be can now prioritise viral tar- Pennsylvania. They looked for regions Coronaviruses as well as new Mark Yarmarkovich. doing well.
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Joint Collectors on house sites layouts works, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy compli- The youth wing of the ruling mented District Collector MD party Telangana Rashtra Imtiaz and the authorities for Samithi (TRS) lodged a com- “Reiterating his view that we completing 100 per cent layouts plaint with the police against have to live with Covid-19 as works in Krishna district. a Facebook user, who had the pandemic wouldn’t simply District Collector Imtiaz, posted fake news on social vanish in the days to come,” Joint Collectors K media that Chief Minister K Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Madhavilatha, L Sivashankar Chandrashekhar Rao had Reddy on Tuesday empha- and K Mohan Kumar took part succumbed to Covid-19. sised the need for creating in the video conference on The complaint was lodged awareness among people over Tuesday. against the user ‘Panyala Coronavirus and the need to The Chief Minister has ! % Raju’ on Facebook. Raju post- overcome the fear of contract- launched a portal from the ed on his Facebook page that ing it. He pointed out that the camp office through video " &'( the Chief Minister died of recovery rate is high while the conference for the beneficiaries Coronavirus and that he had mortality rate in the State is just to apply for various welfare ")) contracted the virus through one per cent. awareness among people to with simple medications by schemes introduced by the his nose, as confirmed by the Addressing a video conference make sure they identify the staying at home,” Jagan said. government. Later, he "# doctors at Gandhi Hospital. with District Collectors as part of symptoms and get tested vol- He also acknowledged the reviewed the works on house In the complaint, the lead- the Spandana programme, the untarily. services of village volunteers, sites, sand, YSR Village Clinic, ers alleged that the person Chief Minister directed officials “People shouldn’t feel any Asha workers, doctors, lab Rythu Barosa centres, Nadu- of house site beneficiaries by said that 1,397 layouts were had been posting derogatory to educate people about the stigma or fear for getting test- technicians and sanitation Nedu, e-Crop booking, Covid June 12. completed with 100 per cent comments and fake news on measures that need to be taken ed. If they don’t come forward workers during the fight and others. For the old house site ben- demarcation with survey social media and abusing the to protect themselves and for and get treated, it may eventu- against the pandemic. With He appreciated the Collector eficiary applicants, the process stones. Chief Minister. removing the stigma surround- ally leads to death, hiking the regard to the Nadu-Nedu for the establishment of 15 new for completing the layout shall be completed by June 15, About 92,000 new applica- The Bowenpally police reg- ing the infection. mortality rate. So far, the pos- development activity, the Chief medical colleges, with 50 acres works for house sites and the he said that by July 8 every- tions received from new appli- istered a case and took up The Chief Minister instruct- itive rate in the State is only one Minister instructed the Joint of land for each college. He told initiative shown for medical thing should be in place for the cants. Land for all the benefi- investigation. The post has ed officials of the Health per cent while it is six per cent Collectors to monitor the the officials to complete the college land in Machilipatnam distribution of house sites to ciaries in the district will be since been removed with the Department and all District in the country. Nearly, 85 per works on a daily basis and told land identification process at and instructed officials to pre- the beneficiaries. ready by June 30, said the help of the Cyber Crime Collectors to focus on creating cent of the cases can be cured them to identify suitable lands the earliest. pare and display the final list District Collector Imtiaz Collector. Police. $ &, ,) +%% %12 - 33! . . Parents of a 20-year-old woman Acting on a tip off, the allegedly killed her for falling in Cyberabad Special Operations love with a man, who belongs Team (SOT), officials of the to the OBC community, after SOT, LB Nagar Zone, along they found that she was preg- with the Hayathnagar police ! nant. and agriculture department The incident occurred on officials, conducted a raid and Sunday morning at Kalakuntla nabbed four persons in a " # village in Manavapadu mandal godown located on the out- &+ 2 of Jogulamba-Gadwal district. skirts of Brahmanapally while ! According to the local oolice, they were mixing and packing Bhaskaraiah Vuppala and spurious cotton seeds in order Veeramma, have three daugh- to sell them to gullible farmers. 5% - ters and the deceased Divya was hospital, Divya went to sleep in filed a complaint with police Officials seized 2.8 tonnes of Hyderabad city by mixing spu- farmers that they were selling one of them. her room. At around 4 am on after Divya’s neighbours tipped spurious cotton seeds, along rious seeds with seed chemi- branded seed at a lower price . ticular design depending upon "She was pursuing her Sunday, Bhaskaraiah and him off. with processing and packing cals and packing them in cov- than the government approved particular location. undergraduation from a private Veeramma allegedly strangled On Sunday, an FIR was reg- equipment and other evidence, ers of various brands like seeds. The Telangana government is As per the GO Rt. No. 231 college in Kurnool district her to death. istered under Section 174 (pro- all worth Rs 50 lakh from their ‘BILLA & PAVANI’, which Three days ago, the accused taking up construction of 4,696 issued by the Secretary, “This where she met her beau, who "Early on Sunday morning, cedure to follow in case of possession. already exist in the market. As already sold spurious seed smart toilets on a war footing will obviate the need to go for was also studying in the same Divya’s parents informed her unnatural death, where the The arrested persons have per their plan, Venkateshwarlu packets to a couple of innocent basis. According to Principal tender every time and a lot of class. Divya, who belongs to the neighbours and relatives that police are empowered to under- been identified as Chinthala looks after the entire mainte- farmers in the surrounding Secretary Arvind Kumar, time can be saved in the process”. upper caste Vaishya communi- she died of cardiac arrest. take an investigation) of the Venkateshwarlu (30), Putta nance of their illegal activity, areas of Shadnagar town. “Telangana recognising the The GO reads that each of ty, had not disclosed her rela- However, Divya’s neighbours, CrPC after the complaint was Venkata Ramana (46), Nomula while Naik and Ramana have While the actual price of the importance of public, commu- these toilets should be tionship to her parents fearing who grew suspicious, informed filed stating that Divya died Venkanna (32) and Vagalagaani to supply the seeds and other branded and government nity, ‘She’ toilets (one per 1,000 equipped with proper ventila- backlash as her boyfriend the village secretary. The Shanti under suspicious circum- Ashok (32). Another person equipment required for the approved seed packet weighing commuters) has, on the directive tion, proper water supply and belongs to the Boya communi- Nagar police subsequently stances. involved in the racket, mixing and packing of the spu- 450 grams is Rs 730, the of Minister K T Rama Rao, having electrical connection ty. When she fell sick and did detained Bhaskaraiah and "When we examined her Pathlavath Krishna Naik (42), rious seeds” according to accused sold a spurious seed authorised District Collectors to wherever needed. Toilets on not menstruate since her return Veeramma on Sunday after- body, she had injuries on her is absconding, said the Police. Rachakonda police. packet of the same quantity for finalise designs, SSR unit rates important commercial areas from college, her father took her noon and began questioning neck and other minor injuries “Chinthala Venkateshwarlu, Venkateshwarlu took a Rs 500, cheating the farmers. and empanel agencies to speed can be taken up on self sustain- to a private hospital in Kurnool them. After her parents found due to the struggle. During the came to Hyderabad 10 years godown for lease on the out- On Tuesday morning, while up construction without delay of able Public Private Partnership on Saturday where they were out that she was pregnant and course of interrogation both the ago and was working as a cable skirts of Brahmanapally village. Venkateshwarlu, Venkata tendering process”. (PPP) mode on the lines of informed that she is pregnant," that she had fallen in love with parents confessed to the crime,” operator. Pathlavath Krishna Helping the group was a mar- Ramana, Nomula Venkanna The design of such toilets Loo Café in Hyderabad where- said the police. a person from a lower caste, her SI Sreehari added. Naik and Putta Venkata keting agent, Vagalagaani and Vagalagaani Ashok were whether standalone or commu- in it will be designed, con- Her parents allegedly want- parents assumed it would tar- After the confession, a case Ramana, who are in the seeds Ashok. All the accused start- mixing and packing the spuri- nity toilets (having more than structed and maintained by the ed Divya to abort her pregnan- nish their reputation in the vil- of murder was registered under business from Nandyal, are ed mixing the spurious seeds ous cotton seeds in their one seat), including She toilets agency at their own cost. cy but she allegedly refused to lage. On Sunday, her father Section 302 of the Indian Penal well known to Venkateshwarlu. with red colour seed mixing godown, police and officials of will be finalised by the District It is clarified that all such toi- do so. Police said that her par- strangled her, while her moth- Code. Venkateshwarlu and chemical and packed the same the agricultural department Collector with the assistance of lets constructed in institutional ents reportedly threatened her er covered her face with a pil- Shantinagar Circle Inspector Venkata Ramana planned to in labelled covers of other raided and caught them in pos- the Municipal Commissioners premises, etc., shall be open to to abort the baby by stating that low,” said the Sub-Inspector of K Venkateshwarlu said that earn easy money by selling brands, including session of the spurious cotton of the ULBs. Some designs are general public and usage shall news of her pregnancy would Shanti Nagar Police Station the accused were remanded in spurious seeds to gullible farm- ‘SARPANCH GOLD’ to sell seeds and other equipment already shared by the CDMA under no circumstances, be “bring disrepute” to the family. Sreehari. judicial custody after they for- ers in the surrounding areas of them to farmers. They told the used in the process. and Collectors to finalise a par- restricted. After returning from the Village panchayat secretary mally arrested the couple. < ! ! /=>8: 3 33 3 444 '*. )' '/' 6+444 Continued from Page 1 by the Modi government will Government schemes were He recalled that the YSRCP Continued from Page 1 can book sand at Village come into force from June be highlighted, being rebranded as State had promised to send the cor- Secretariats as well. The 10, he said and asked Continued from Page 1 Addressing the media here Vishnuvardhan Reddy said. Government schemes. rupt TDP leaders behind bars Activity at sand reach- Joint Collector should them to maintain trans- on Tuesday, Vishnuvardhan Speaking about local issues, “The AP Government but did not send even one es should be stepped up take full responsibility and parency in all deals. “Under the the pretext of these promises, Reddy said that virtual rallies the BJP leader said that many promised to pay Rs 12,000 to Opposition leader to jail dur- and sand mining should the Collectors should Referring to the liquor the ruling party resorted to betrayals, cancel- are being organised across the letters were written to Chief each farmer under YSR Rythu ing its one year rule. be escalated in supervise the transactions. policy, the Chief Minister lations, tariff increases and needless financial country on account of Covid- Minister YS Jaganmohan Barosa and had paid Rs 7,500 “The state will flourish Srikakulam, East and People with smaller said “We have taken effec- burdens,” the TDP chief said, asking his party 19 pandemic. Three rallies are Reddy on the “anti-people” only. The State Government only if the Saturn effect of West Godavari, Krishna, needs can draw sand from tive steps to bring down leaders to fight relentlessly till the Government planned for Andhra Pradesh decisions and problems being is paying farmers Rs 13,500 YSRCP and TDP are Guntur, Nellore and any source within 5 km the consumption of alco- steps down. "At the same time, the party — Costal Andhra, North faced by the people in the by including the Central gov- relieved,” he said and added Kadapa districts where and the matter should be hol. We have closed down members should remain cautious about Andhra and Rayalaseema state. “However, there was no ernment Kisan Samman that parties which praised the number of reaches informed to the Village 43,000 belt shops and those who will betray us and maintain dis- region. response from the CM. The Yojana scheme funds of Rs Jana Sena are finding fault are more in number, the Secretariat, he said. reduced the number of tance from them. The virtual rally would be government does not care 6,000, he said. with it. Vishnuvardhan Chief Minister said. New Bulk orders should be liquor shops by 33 per The betrayers will remain condemned inaugurated by Ram Madhav about the frontline workers or Vishnuvardhan Reddy Reddy challenged both the sources should also be dealt by the Joint cent besides cutting down because of their collusion with the chaotic on Wednesday at coastal journalists,” Vishnuvardhan alleged that both the ruling ruling party and the TDP to identified and reaches Collector and the the number of working forces,” Naidu said. The TDP leaders accused Andhra and development and Reddy said. party and the previous TDP an open debate on corrup- should be set up, he said. Standard Operating hours after taking over the Jagan rule of making poor people's lives mis- welfare activities carried out He alleged that all Central government looted the state. tion. From June 11, people Procedure (SOP) will liquor trade.” erable by hiking power tariffs. !& / '4 444
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Others, including epidemi- ,,-' .!$ Continued from Page 1 plying in Nellore are locked in Responding to the industry’s % * % 0 ologist Giridhara R Babu, cal- court cases. “Therefore, cancel- needs, the Chief Minister told the culate the virus to peak in mid- RTA Joint Commissioner lation of their registration has delegation to set up studios and Continued from Page 1 rushed to the spot and staged a July based on when the lock- - /012-0(3 Prasada Rao on Tuesday said been postponed,” Prasada Rao other production facilities in protest in front of the guesthouse down was lifted. that 50 buses were registered on said. Visakhapatnam city, as the State Representatives of the Telugu demanding the actors declare “If the lockdown is lifted by Continued from Page 1 come from? What is being Jatadhara Industries, while 104 The RTA official said that so government was going to extend film industry, including actors K their support to their protest that May end, then we will have done about it," the Deputy are registered in the name of C far, 62 vehicles of JC Travels support by all means. Chiranjeevi and Akkineni has been going on for the 175 peak around mid-July because Mr Baijal refused to recon- Chief Minister questioned. Gopal Reddy. have been seized and another “Chief Minister assured to Nagarjuna, directors Trivikram, days demanding continuation of if you take three incubation sider his decision and it was "We brought up this sce- He said that 33 vehicles were 39 were yet to be seized. As provide lands in Vizag for the Rajamouli, producers Daggubati Amaravati as the only Capital of periods, which is one-and-half not taken up in the meeting, nario during today's meeting registered in Karnataka, 15 in many as 12 buses plying in Film Industry, for setting up of Suresh Babu, Dil Raju, Venkat the State. The farmers said that months, that will be enough for he said. Assessing a steep but nothing was discussed. Telangana and 101 in AP, Telangana have been identified studios and other production ram Reddy and Damodar the film personalities usually you to know how the disease curve for Delhi's virus cases We feel the only way beds adding that 27 FIRs were reg- and the Government of that facilities working from AP. The Prasad were in the state Capital come out in support of various spreads when nothing is con- in the coming weeks, Mr may be available is if all istered in Anantapur and three state has been given informa- government also agreed to pro- region to meet Chief Minister movements but failed to support trolled,” Prof Babu said. Sisodia said 50 per cent of all other planned medical pro- in Kurnool against these vehi- tion so that suitable action is vide land for housing plots for YS Jaganmohan Reddy. After the residents of despite their However, it may be noted beds in Delhi were generally cedures can be put on hold cles. The Joint Commissioner taken, he said. the celebrities who wish to set- reaching Vijayawada airport, numerous appeals. They said that these calculations are occupied by those who came for a later date and the focus said that he had written to the Moreover, those intending to tle in Vizag", said Transport the film personalities came to that the success of Telugu films based on estimated reaction of for treatment from outside. is on COVID-19... we are still Centre to blacklist these vehi- buy vehicles from JC Travels Minister Perni Venkataramaiah. BJP leader Gokaraju Gangaraju’s depends only on the viewers in the people after lifting of the "Now we see that there thinking what needs to be cles in its database. have been forewarned. Also, the Addressing media after the guesthouse on the Undavalli Andhra Pradesh, but when it lockdown. might be a situation that done." Mr Sisodia also told Prasada Rao said that he also officials have identified 71 fake meeting, Chiranjeevi said that Karakatta for visit. comes to backing the people, the Like all estimates, these pre- 80,000 beds would be need- reporters that according to asked insurance companies to insurance policies pertaining to the Chief Minister has agreed to Getting a whiff about the film personalities conveniently dictions would hold good till ed by end of July - that too central officials, Delhi was update the national data base. the buses, he said. allow shootings in the state from arrival of Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna forget the people who help such time the people continue only for residents of Delhi, not not in the community trans- Registration of 80 vehicles JC Uma Reddy and JC July 15 and responded positive- and others, Amaravati farmers them amass huge money. to be alert and continue to take outsiders... so where will this mission stage. was cancelled in Anantapur, five Asmit Reddy are functioning ly over the issues related to precautions while going about each in Kurnool and Chittoor as directors of Jatadhara indus- Tollywood. their day to day lives. Also, it far, urban areas have been the it spreads to rural areas, the and three in Kadapa, he said, tries, the RTA joint commis- He stated that Jagan assured acres in Visakhapatnam to the allotted by former Chief Minister must be remembered that so worst-hit by the contagion; if predictions would go awry. adding that six vehicles that are sioner said. for reconsidering to allot 300 Tollywood which was already YS Rajasekhara Reddy. $ ) !$ -./0.0. $ 7))* +')** " %& "' "()*% 01
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' Driving licence, fitness certifi- cate, permits and all such Officials from the Centre say + motor vehicle documents will there is no community transmis- remain valid till September 30 /< 2 12< 1 1 sion of COVID-19 in Delhi, even if people have failed to Deputy Chief Minister Manish renew them since February, the 411 1 2 2 < Sisodia asserted on Tuesday, and * !+ government said on Tuesday in /=/ ! 1 ' 1 estimated that there might be 5.5 , view of the COVID-19 situa- %&' 6&4$45 $%6 lakh coronavirus cases in the city + + tion. & 6 6&45 5% 4:4%5 5 ' by July 31. Delhi will need In March, the government 5 45 ,& + ,9 ,' , ' 80,000 beds by July end, he told said these documents would 5 6 $ 58 $ 545 reporters after a meeting of the * * remain valid till June 30. % 68 6 8 ' 64%$& 4* Delhi Disaster Management -. % "Given the current circum- 5* & 45 6?54 3545? 5 Authority (DDMA). stances to avoid hardships that validity of the documents would be applicable on "fitness, 5 $,' ,*4* ' *$ 6'& 6 6 The meeting was chaired by Lt being faced by transporters that have expired since permit (all types), learner's - 5($ +4$ 825 $ & 5( ' Governor Anil Baijal who is also and citizens, state govern- February 1 or would expire by licence, driving license, registra- $ +4$ $69' ,646 8 ' ' chairperson of the Delhi Disaster overrule the Delhi government's cases of coronavirus in Delhi and cases are expected to be report- ments are further advised that September 30, 2020, be treat- tion or any other concerned doc- >$ ,(4 $5: 5 6: 3 5( Management Authority. order reserving state-run and pri- we will need 15,000 beds. ed in Delhi by July 31, he said. these documents be consid- ed as valid till September 30. ument", as per the notification. ,, ' +$ + $ 456 4' 58, "Officials from the Centre said at vate hospitals for Delhiites, the "It is estimated that Delhi will He said that people living in ered valid till September 30, The ministry's decision To facilitate citizens during ' '%( $%6'4*+ 5 6 the meeting that there is no com- deputy chief minister said. record 2.15 lakh cases by July 15 Delhi also need beds during 2020 for enforcement pur- came after taking into consid- the period and conditions for 6 : 8-%5 582' 5 munity transmission of COVID- He said that the national cap- and 33,000 beds would be COVID-19 pandemic and in pose," Road Transport and eration the grim situation still prevention for COVID–19, the 63 8 * ,' ' 6$ &' 8 19 virus in Delhi," Sisodia told ital may record 44,000 COVID- required. There might be 5.5 lakh view of this, the Delhi Cabinet Highway Minister Nitin continuing due to conditions ministry had relaxed fees valid- &4::%5 $ 56: 66 45, , the media after meeting. The 19 cases by June 15 and it would cases by July 31 and Delhi would had recently taken the decision Gadkari said. for prevention of spread of ity and /or additional fee under 6* $ 6&4$45 $%6 5* & 45 lieutenant governor has refused need 6,600 beds in hospitals. "By need 80,000 beds," Sisodia said. to reserve state-run and private In a notification issued on COVID-19 across the country. the Central Motor Vehicles 6&45& $5 89' 6 8 to reconsider his decision to June 30, there would be one lakh Based on doubling rate, 5.5 lakh hospitals for Delhiites. Tuesday, the ministry advised The extension of validity Rules, 1989, till July 31. 8 &, $ 4545 ' 6 6: 8 - ' 5 $ 2? + 8 : 4,4( & ,,9 &4::%5 $ 56: 66 45 6 ' $86 ( 4* ' 5* & 452225 #0 5 0 ' /' * "$ 2-$ ,' 94* ' 5 & 6 6- 5( $ +4$ 895 $,' ,*4* ' & 6 69 ' 64%$& 4* 5* & 45 6 7 9--9 5 & /!- 54 35459?' 6 82
!! % . A minimum of 45 votes are 4 23+ 56+ ( 41 3 &). required for a candidate to win. JD(S) patriarch H D Deve If he wins, this will be the sec- BSP chief Mayawati attacked 1 . ! / 31 Gowda on Tuesday filed his ond Rajya Sabha entry for 87- the BJP and the Congress on %&' 5 4$45($ 66 The UP government on nomination as party's candi- year-old Gowda, the first time Opposition Samajwadi Party playing "dirty politics" on this , 8 $ 58*4$: $5 45 Tuesday hit out at the opposi- date for June 19 Rajya Sabha being in 1996 as the Prime and Bahujan Samaj Party on issue when the people are facing : 5 6 $> 3 545 % 68 tion accusing it of trying to elections from Karnataka. Minister. Gowda was defeated in Tuesday said the "encroach- hardships due to coronavirus :4 8 ' 6 3 5( ‘derail' the appointment of The former Prime Minister Tumkur constituency by BJP's G ment" of Indian territory by pandemic. "It's unfortunate that 8 $ & 456 4 ' ,' 69,000 basic teachers, even as was accompanied by his sons S Basavaraj by over 13,000 votes China is unacceptable and that at time when people are facing (4 $5: 5 43 +$ 8 58 BSP chief Mayawati sought a former Chief Minister H D in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. they are with the government but difficult times due to the pan- $ 6 $ G@+ $& 5 4*- 86 5 CBI inquiry and Congress Kumaraswamy and former As joint candidate of the then other parties should rise above demic, the BJP and Congress are ' & '46+ ,6*4$<"= leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Minister H D Revanna, state ruling Congress-JDS coalition, politics on the issue of national playing dirty politics and allega- + 5 62 ' 6 ,646 8 ' backed the aspirants. JD(S) chief H K Kumaraswamy Gowda had chosen to contest interest. "In East Ladakh, the tions and counter allegations on ,4&38456'4%,8- , * 8 5 On June 3, the Lucknow and others, as he filed his papers request of Congress President from Tumkur at the last minute encroachment of Chinese forces the border dispute with China. ,' 45, * $ ' bench of the Allahabad High at the office of Legislative Sonia Gandhi, several national after vacating Hassan-his home for past one month is unaccept- This is not in the nation interest," +46 $ 5 ' 5 45 , Court had stayed the appoint- Assembly Secretary M K leaders and party legislators, turf, to grandson Prajwal able to the country. The govern- she said. "The dispute with & + ,&4: 6845 4"@+ $ ment process, after which the the recruitment of 69,000 teach- Vishalakshi, who is the return- and it was not an easy task to Revanna. Election is scheduled ment should initiate strict steps China and also Nepal is becom- & 5 *$4: ' &%$$ 5 !G+ $ UP government challenged the ers in Basic Education ing officer for the polls. "persuade" him to enter the on June 19 to fill four Rajya to raise the morale of our forces. ing very serious. In such a situ- & 5 25' 6+ 459 3 5' 6 interim order. The court on Department. This is an attempt JD(S) on Monday had Rajya Sabha. The JD(S), which Sabha seats from Karnataka, As BJP takes 'akadhikari' deci- ation all parties should rise 64%(' ' 45 ,%: 5 Monday reserved its order on to derail the entire appointment announced that Gowda will be has 34 seats in the assembly, is represented by Rajeev Gowda sion, it's feeling itself weak even above party politics and think in (' 64:: 66 45;6%$( 5 the state government pleas. process. We will abide by the contesting the Rajya Sabha polls. not in a position to win a seat in and BK Hari prasad of Congress, though the people and opposi- nation interest. In such a matter, 5 $ 5 45*4$+$4 & 45 58 "A number of allegations court decisions in the matter," Announcing the decision, Rajya Sabha on its own and will Prabhakar Kore of the BJP and tion are with them on this issue," it would be better if the Centre +$ 6 $ 454*+%-, &, * 5 were levelled by the opposition UP Basic Education Minister Kumaraswamy had said Gowda need support from the Congress D Kupendra Reddy of JD(S) that SP national president Akhilesh takes all in confidence," she ,' 2 6+ 45&4: 6 : 8 against the UP government over Satish Dwivedi said on Tuesday. decided to contest following the with its surplus votes. will fall vacant on June 25. Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi. said in another tweet. $ +4$ 6 ' <"=+ 5 6 $ 54 ( 5( 8: 66 45 5 ,' '46+ ,62?6 34%$ A (*,.= 2 58%,( 5& 5 ' %5+$ & 8 5 8 6 >> ? : 4 9 $% $2* ' , '(4 $5 5& &$ 6 6 *0+,. 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' + $64569 5&,%8 5( well prepared they are if a major Punjab's Moga district, officials seats be conducted using ballot The Rajya Sabha polls for 4: 54$69 $ 5 -- 8*4$ tremor hits the city. said on Tuesday. The incident papers. The bypolls for 24 three seats from MP will be ,, ( 8,3 ,, 5( !@< $<4,8 A bench of Justices Vipin took place at Khosa Pando vil- Assembly seats was necessitat- held on June 19, with the , : 5 :+, %8 ( $ Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar lage in Moga late Monday ed following the resignations of leader further said the state Congress fielding former chief $ 4* ' $ 6' $ ;6 %5 asked the Delhi government, the night. A team of policemen 22 Congress MLAs and death of party unit has demanded the use minister Digvijay Singh and 8 6 $ & 9+4, & 6 845 % 68 2 three municipal corporations, went to Gurwinder's house to two other legislators. However, of ballot papers for the by-elec- Phool Singh Barraiya, and BJP ' +4, & 45458 $$ 6 8 cantonment board, DDA and question him after a complaint the dates for the same are yet to tions instead. Moreover, fielding Jyotiraditya Scindia *4%$ &&%6 8%58 $$ , 5 New Delhi Municipal Council to was lodged by his uncle for be announced. Dhanopia said the state Congress and Sumer Singh Solanki. A 6 & 4564* ' 58&' 8%< file affidavits explaining steps The order came on a applica- stability of buildings in Delhi was allegedly burning wheat straw, State Congress on Tuesday has also submitted another much-awaited expansion of , 8 6 58&' 8%, 8 $ - taken or proposed to be taken to tion moved by advocates Arpit poor and in case of a major the officials said. When the submitted a memorandum to memorandum to the EC seeking the Shivraj Singh Chouhan D $ 5 454* $4& 6E& 9 ensure safety of people in the Bhargava and D K Sharma earthquake there could be large police team reached his house, the Madhya Pradesh's Chief information about the elections government, which came to ' , 4: 54$6' - 5 event of a major earthquake. claiming that the authorities number of casualties. he misbehaved with the police- Electoral Officer (CEO), said to two of the 24 seats Jaura and power on March 23, will have 8 5 8*4$ ' &$ : 9 5 The bench gave the Delhi gov- and Delhi government have not The petition is still pending men and hurled abuses at them, state Congress leader J P Agar Malwa where the sitting to wait till Tandon is back. 4** & ,*$4: 5( +4, & 6 < ernment and the civic authori- done anything despite several before the high court which from Moga DSP Barjinder Singh. Dhanopia, who is in-charge of legislators have died. A mini-expansion of the 456 82 ' 5& 8 5 443+, & ties one week to file their affi- directions by the court to devel- time to time has directed the When more police officials partys poll-related affairs. Jaura Assembly seat has been cabinet took place in April in 45%58 5 (' ' 5 $ > davits and listed the matter for op an action plan. Delhi government and civic were called in to nab him, the "On an average, 1,000 to 1,200 lying vacant since December 21, which five ministers were ( + 6 ,, ( 8, &3 8- hearing on June 15. In their application, they have authorities to develop an action accused opened fire with a 12- citizens cast their votes in every 2019, while Agar Malwa seat fell inducted, among them Scindia ' &&%6 84 $ ,4 ** $9' The court also directed the sought directions to the Delhi plan. In the application, Bhargava bore rifle from the roof of his booth. So, voters will have to vacant on January 31, he said. loyalists Tulsi Silawat and 6 82? ' &&%6 8 &&46 8 ' authorities to make the public government and civic bodies to has contended that around 11 house, the DSP said. Head repeatedly press buttons on As per provisions of the Govind Singh Rajput. Political & : 5 :+4 58$ :: 8 aware about the action plan in put in place an action plan in a earthquakes have struck Delhi constable Jagmohan Singh was EVMs. With the rise in COVID- People's Representation Act activity in MP, as in most 5 4' 6 4<' , $2 ' place, if any, for their safety in the time bound manner. since April 12 and according to killed while inspector Tarlochan 19 cases in the state, the possi- 1951, elections to vacant seats states, has come to a standstill +$4& 8 8 4&' 6 ' : 58' event of a major tremor in The application was filed in experts a big one was imminent Singh and constable Ridham ble spread of the infection should be conducted within six since March when a lock- ' : 45 ' ' 8 ' 5 $45 Delhi. A detailed order of the Bhargava's main petition filed in which is why he has moved the Singh sustained bullet injuries through EVMs cannot be ruled months, which is ending in down was imposed to fight the $48 58 &3 8' : ' court is awaited. 2015 claiming that the seismic court now for urgent directions. in the attack, he said. out," he said. The Congress July for these two seats, he said. coronavirus outbreak. 6 45 9?' 6 82 2 ) R'(' !7 % 8 ,/*'*, 7* ,' ' 5$2!- % , # . ' ,%* / A', ' - ) ! . A cloth merchant here has //, */ Lufthansa group has offered to Elections to seven seats of the been duped of sarees and 45 fly empty planes to India and / 0 . Karnataka Legislative 'gamchas' worth Rs 1.51 lakh % 6 carry passengers only on its Council will be held on June by two men who posed as rel- '.*) ' . 1 2 . "! outbound flights to destina- 2 29, the poll panel announced atives of the Uttar Pradesh 7*. %A*' tions in Europe, senior govern- on Tuesday. Social Welfare minister, police % ment officials said on Tuesday. 3 ! 2 The seven seats are falling said on Tuesday. Scheduled international pas- 2 vacant on June 30, accord- Superintendent of Police senger flights have been sus- ing to an Election Dev Ranjan Verma said the , ! , A Delhi government panel has pended in India since March ) 3 ! Commission statement. cloth merchant, Tarachand ! suggested using Pragati 23 due to the coronavirus pan- Members of the Karnataka Jain, lodged a police complaint 2 2 Maidan, Talkatora Indoor demic. Therefore, there is a Legislative Assembly will a couple of days ago. Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor pent up demand for outbound vote on June 29 to elect the In his complaint he stated ! Stadium and JLN Stadium as international travel, especially seven new MLCs. that the accused, Ashok %5 makeshift COVID-19 facility to among non-resident Indians started Vande Bharat Mission German airlines group uled domestic passenger flights The Commission has Kumar Baudh and Chandrika deal with the surge in number (NRIs) who are in a hurry to on May 7 to bring back strand- Lufthansa has come at a time started operating on May 25, directed the Karnataka chief Chauhan, had visited his shop of cases, an official said go back either for personal or ed Indians from abroad on when the number of COVID- Mumbai airport was permitted secretary to depute a senior on February 24. When he did not receive the Tuesday. The official said that professional reasons. flights operated by Air India 19 cases continue to rise in to handle only 50 flights per officer to ensure that the They introduced themselves payment, the cloth merchant the panel, constituted by Lt "Lufthansa group (which group amid the coronavirus India, especially in metro cities day as per the request of instructions regarding as relatives of UP Social approached local officials only Governor Anil Baijal, has also operates airline brands like lockdown. Air India group that have the country's largest Maharashtra government. COVID-19 containment Welfare Minister Ramapati to learn that no such distrib- suggested using Thyagaraj Lufthansa, SWISS, etc) have has been taking bookings on its airports like Delhi and Mumbai. Similarly, Kolkata airport measures are complied with Shastri and asked for sarees ution programme was held. Indoor Stadium and offered to fly ferry (empty) outbound flights too, and for State governments in the was permitted to handle just 20 during the elections. and 'gamchas', which they The SP said Baudh was Dhyanchand National Stadium flights to India and carry pas- some destinations the demand past have expressed reluctance flights per day from May 28 The counting of votes will claimed were to be distributed arrested on Monday night and for the purpose. Earlier in the sengers only on its outbound has been huge. to deal with large numbers of onwards, as per the request of be held on the evening of among the poor, the SP said. efforts are on to nab the other day, Deputy Chief Minister flights to destinations in Since March 23, foreign air- incoming flyers as their health the West Bengal government. June 29 after completion of He said the duo got away accused. Manish Sisodia said that there Europe. A decision is yet to be lines have operated non-sched- infrastructure has been More than 2.46 lakh people polls, as per practice with clothes worth Rs 1.51 'Gamcha' or traditional might be 5.5 lakh COVID-19 taken on this matter," said the uled repatriation flights to take swamped with a huge number have been infected and around The notification for the lakh, promising that the state cloth towel is also being used cases in the city by July 31 and senior government official. their stranded citizens back of COVID-19 cases. 7,400 people have died due to elections will be issued on Social Welfare Department as a face cover to prevent the 80,000 beds would be needed. The Civil Aviation Ministry home. The offer from the For example, when sched- COVID-19 in India till now. June 11, the statement said. will pay for them. spread of COVID-19. $ ) !$ -./0.0. # %& "' "()*% +'*+ *'* ) 6 748&' & 1'111 & Q+,*/R +.*., >8 A record rise in COVID-19 9 K ' cases in India for the seventh consecutive day has pushed the The World Health Organization tally to over 2.6 lakh on - !/ = said Monday that the coron- Tuesday, with the daily nation- ! < 1 < 1! ! 2/ avirus pandemic situation was ! 7 wide spike in coronavirus cases worsening around the globe, as 2 inching close to 10,000. ) =' ! / == it warned against complacency. The rise in cases comes at a The WHO said it had !+ time when the country has - %)' $5 3 ' * recorded its highest daily tally 7 stepped out of a 75-day coron- 5 6 $. 8 %$ ++ 45 of new infections, with 7! avirus lockdown with malls, % 68 6 8 ' & 5 $ , COVID-19 raging in the religious places and offices open- , 8 $6' +4*. ' 88 6&%66 8 Americas. 2 ing in several parts of the coun- '' :- *4$ * 5 , 6 5( ' And as mass protests for 2 try under strict conditions. 5 : 64* 4?,4+$4* , ?+ $ racial justice sweep across the 7 Since the onset of June, the Ministry data. The country Maharashtra tops the tally 4$3 $6 6& 58 8 6*4$%5 United States and beyond, the country has also been witness- has registered over 9,000 coro- with 3,169 deaths followed by "= > -' +4,,6*$4: United Nations' health agency ing over 200 COVID-19 fatal- navirus infection cases for the Gujarat with 1,280 deaths, $5 3 2 ' . ;6& 5 $ , urged anyone demonstrating to told a virtual news conference "More than six months into sible, keep at least one metre ities each day that has taken the sixth day in a row taking the Delhi with 874, Madhya , 8 $6' +45458 ' 8 do so safely. in Geneva. this pandemic, this is not the from others, clean your hands, country's death toll to 7,466. country tally to 2,66,598. Pradesh with 414, West Bengal 6+$%5( 6%$+$ 6 -* ,8 5( The novel coronavirus has "More than 100,000 cases time for any country to take its cover your cough and wear a India is the fifth worst-hit The number of active novel with 405, Tamil Nadu with $ 55 8 8 586'43 6 killed more than 403,000 peo- have been reported on nine of foot off the pedal," he said. mask if you attend a protest." nation by the COVID-19 pan- coronavirus cases stands at 286, Uttar Pradesh with 283, 6 6 & 58 8 6*4$ ' > ple out of at least seven million the past 10 days. Yesterday, Turning to the wave of "Stay home if you are sick demic after the US, Brazil, 1,29,917, while 1,29,214 people Rajasthan with 246 and -' , & 45 (54$ 5( ' infected since the outbreak more than 136,000 cases were protests sparked by killing of and contact a health care Russia and the UK, according have recovered and one patient Telangana with 137 deaths. $ &4:: 58 4564* ' + $ emerged in China last reported -- the most in a sin- George Floyd on May 25, Tedros provider," he added. to the Johns Hopkins University has migrated, according to the The death toll reached 75 in 6 %5 2?. & 5 $ ,, 8 $6 December, according to a tally gle day so far. encouraged active surveillance The WHO has continually data. Several states like Health Ministry data updated Andhra Pradesh, 64 in ' ( 5 > -' &3 6 from official sources compiled He said that almost 75 per- of the virus to ensure it does not stressed the importance of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, till 8 am. "Thus, 48.47 per cent Karnataka and 53 in Punjab. 4 44$8 5 $4$3 $64* ' + $ 58 ' $ -' ( 5 by AFP. cent of Sunday's cases came rebound, especially in the con- tracing those who may have Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, patients have recovered so far," Jammu and Kashmir has ( * 43 $ 3 $ 62&4:+, : 5 After East Asia, Europe from 10 countries -- mostly in text of mass gatherings. "WHO come into sustained, close con- Chhattisgarh and Tripura a ministry official said. reported 45 fatalities due to the $ : 5 6 $ $ 58$ 48 9 became the epicentre of the the Americas and South Asia. fully supports equality and the tact with an infected person. among others have been show- According to the ICMR, a coronavirus disease, while 39 + $ 5 45 , $ 6 8 5 disease, but has now been Tedros said that in countries global movement against The WHO's emergencies ing a spurt in cases. total of 49,16,116 samples have deaths have been reported 88 584: 5 6 $: overtaken by the Americas. where the situation was racism. We reject discrimination director Michael Ryan said A total 266 new COVID-19 been tested as on 9 am, from Haryana, 31 from Bihar, ' '*4$ ' 69? 8 %$ ++ 6 82 "Although the situation in improving, "the biggest threat of all kinds," he said. someone who had been at a fatalities and 9,987 cases have Tuesday, with 1,41,682 samples 16 from Kerala, 13 from Europe is improving, globally is now complacency", adding "We encourage all those mass protest did not necessar- been reported in the last 24 been tested in the last 24 hours. Uttarakhand, nine from it is worsening," WHO chief that "most people globally are protesting around the world to ily meet the technical defini- hours till Tuesday 8 am, Out of the total 7,466 fatal- Odisha and seven from . = < 3 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus still susceptible to infection". do so safely. "As much as pos- tion of a contact. according to the Union Health ities reported till Tuesday 8 am, Jharkhand. 1 * < 1<! !1 =/3 !' .( $ 54 !%22--0 .& ' ' &, 66"@-4 $8 + $ ) : 5 45 5 : , 8% $ & 5& ,, 8 586 %8 5 6 $ !2--/'* %<$' +$4:4 8 5 4* ' < 0- " 9$ 9 "=+ 58 : &9' * 5 6 $ , 5 6 : 554%5& 8' $ 45 booth wearing face masks will % 68 2 ' :6*4$& $ 5 . &, 66""6%-> & 69' &'&4%,8 visit households carrying Indian and Chinese troops have 54 - ' ,8 $, $ $ ,64 Union minister Smriti Irani prime minister's letter to the begun mutual disengagement in & 5& ,, 82' , #@+ $& 5 NCP president Sharad Pawar will address BJP's first virtual citizens and highlight Modi some parts of eastern Ladakh : $364%,8- - 6 845 on Tuesday visited Raigad rally in the national capital on government's achievement's ahead of the next round of mil- 6 %8 5 6+ $*4$: 5& 5H% $< district in Maharashtra to take June 13, highlighting the in last one year. Eminent citi- itary talks scheduled tomor- $, 58' ,* $, :69!@ stock of the damage caused by achievements of the Modi gov- zens, including doctors, advo- row, government sources said on + $& 5 6' ,,8 + 5845 ' $ cyclone 'Nisarga' last week. ernment in the last one year, cates among others, will also be Tuesday. 58 5& 9' 6 82 ' Pawar interacted with locals party's Delhi unit chief Adesh contacted through the cam- Top military talks are to be 554%5& : 5 &4: 6 8 at a market in Mangaon where Gupta said on Tuesday. paign," he said. held in the 'Hot Springs' area of * $ ' 8$ 6 ('4%$ 6 8 district guardian minister The 'Delhi Jan Samvad' rally In another event, the Delhi eastern Ladakh on Wednesday. Patroling point 14 (Galwan & 554 +% , 64*:4$ ' 5 Aditi Tatkare and Raigad Lok will be addressed virtually by BJP will hold two video con- Sources say ahead of the area), Patrolling point 15, and 5 5 , 3'6 %8 5 6 6 3 58 Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare were Irani from the Delhi BJP office. ferences in each of the 70 talks, a "significant" number of Hot Springs, ANI quoted gov- 63 8 ' (4 $5: 5 4 also present. The cyclone had This rally will reach out to assembly constituencies in the Chinese troops has withdrawn. ernment sources as saying. &456 8 $+46 +45 : 5 4* ' caused huge devastation in around 25 lakh people through social distance, he said. coming days to interact with Except the Finger region in Indian military teams are in :6 5 4*64 $ 5( parts of the coastal district, Vikas Aghadi government social media and cable opera- Delhi BJP will launch its local party leaders and work- Pangong Tso, Chinese troops Chushul for talks with the <"=& 6 62 ' 6 8 about 115 kms away from headed by the Shiv Sena. tors, he said. campaign to take Prime ers, he said. have started pulling back two to Chinese soldiers. On Monday, ' , ' (4 $5: 5 ' 8: 8 Mumbai, on June 3 after mak- Pawar tweeted that he had In view of the coronavirus Minister Narendra Modi's Continuing Delhi BJP's three km, they say. To recipro- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh +$ + $ 456 4'4,8 :6 ing landfall near Shrivardhan. begun his tour of coastal pandemic, senior party lead- message and his government's initiatives to help people cate, the Indian side has also said India wants a resolution of *$4:%5 "1 4!19 ' : $ Chief Minister Uddhav Konkan region to review the ers, including MPs, MLAs, achievements in last one year during the pandemic, frontal brought back some of its troops the decades-old border issue 5 4 ' ('4%$ ' &' Thackeray had announced an cyclone damage. A close aide Delhi BJP office bearers, to around 15 lakh households organisations will distribute and vehicles from these areas, with China "as soon as possible". 63 8 ' 8 6+ 56 45 4 3 immediate relief of Rs 100 of Pawar said that the NCP councilors and others will in Delhi on Wednesday, the 15 lakh face masks and 7.5 said top sources. He described as "positive" last $ ,443 '4,8 5( :6 5 crore for Raigad. chief would visit areas affect- attend the rally along with Delhi BJP president said at a lakh sanitisers among people Talks between the two armies week's high-level military dia- 4*64 $ 5(<"=& 6 6 58 Pawar's party is a key con- ed by the cyclone in Ratnagiri 20-50 people at 2,000 places press conference. in the city, in next few days, are to be held this week at mul- logue between the two sides on ' (4 $5: 5 : 8 8 , 8 stituent in the tripartite Maha district on Wednesday. across the city, maintaining "Two workers each from a he added. tiple locations including the face-off in eastern Ladakh. 6 %84* ' : $2 /3 11 !< / : 3 ! %'+.%') '+' 7 '!4:;"! $2 $ - == 1 ! :!> 2 @+ '+ * & > ./ $! / 9%!!2-234# %&' +$4: 5 5 3 : ! AB0= ;5 84& 645 % 68 ++4 5 8 >%8( 4* ' ::% 58 6': $ ('4%$ 2 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath &&4$8 5( 4 5 6 $ National Commission for The chardham yatra will on Tuesday said the spread of 54 * & 459 8H- , 5 Women (NCW) Chairperson not be started till June 30. COVID-19 is under effective ' 6- 5 ++4 5 8 >%8( 4* Rekha Sharma has written to The Devasthanam Board control in Uttar Pradesh despite ' &4::45' ('&4%$ 4* ' Union Health Minister Harsh took the decision on it being the most populous state, 5 45 $$ 4$4* ::% 58 Vardhan on the plight of preg- Monday, its CEO Ravinath and emphasised that prevention 6': $ 585 45 $$ 4$4* nant women and alleged denial Raman said. is the only cure for the virus until 8 3'2 6$ &4:: 58 459 of treatment to them during The priests, stakehold- a vaccine is found. : 8 - ' %+$ : 4%$ the COVID-19 pandemic. ers and hak-hakookdharis Addressing a review meeting, 4,, ( %:9 6+ 58 5( ' ' In the letter, Sharma said that of the four Himalayan tem- the chief minister also men- & 5 $ ,(4 $5: 5 *4$ ' + 6 it has come across many cases ples — Badrinath, tioned his visits to Basti, * :45 '62 ' $ &4:: 58 < where non-availability of ade- Kedarnath, Gangotri and Gorakhpur, Azamgarh and 45 6* 5 ,,+$4& 66 8, 6 quate ambulances for materni- Yamunotri — also known as Varanasi divisions in the past two 3 58 ' 54 * & 45 66% 8 ty services and denial of admis- "chardham", had urged the days. He said the coronavirus sit- quoted as having said in a state- to provide jobs to people in the 45 % 68 2 5 ' 6$ +$ 6 5< sion in hospitals led to delay in authorities not to start the uation in Uttar Pradesh is in a ment issued here. "A small mis- MSME sector and directed to 8 ' 5 45(4 $5: 5 5 reaching the heath facility, and a note has been taken proper implementation of pro- pilgrimage till June 30 in better position as "good work" take can be dangerous. The ini- develop a software to find how 6 $ ,& 6 6 5 ' ::% 58 whereas in some cases it has regarding the lapse on the grammes and schemes for view of the rising number of has been done in all areas. tiative to provide relief to poor many are given jobs and also 6': $ ('4%$ 2 6 ' also resulted in the death of the part of hospitals and authori- institutional delivery mecha- COVID-19 cases. "Despite being the most pop- and check spread of the virus has those who are left without one. 645< 5<, 4* 5-8%, mother and the newborn baby, ties in these crucial times. nism to control maternal and The four temples in the ulous state, the spread of given good results," he said. The government will provide J 44:9 ' +$ 6 8 5 4* ' according to a statement issued The statement said the infant mortality rate in India. Garhwal Himalayas COVID-19 is under effective He said that relaxations have "Bharan-Poshan Bhatta" ::% 58 6': $ ('4%$ by the NCW on Tuesday. NCW chief mentioned that it The Commission has urged are open but devotees are control. Till a vaccine for the been given under 'Unlock-1' (allowance for food) to street . $664& 459'4 68 < The Commission said that it had earlier written to all states the health minister to inter- not being allowed to visit coronavirus is found, prevention but precautions should be taken. vendors, the chief minister 5 8%58 $ ' %-, & * & 2 is a matter of "great concern" and union territories regarding vene in the matter. them. is the only cure," Adityanath was He said that attempts are on added.
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Scientists have identified regions of the SARS-CoV-2 ' ) virus that causes COVID-19 to The Delhi High Court Tuesday % 2 target with a vaccine, by har- asked the Delhi government to nessing tools used for the treat as representation a peti- development of cancer tion seeking direction to it for immunotherapies. capping or fixing rates to be 2 The researchers at charged by private hospitals for Children's Hospital of treating COVID-19 patients Philadelphia (CHOP) in the and to prominently display vated due to shortage of requi- challenging the Delhi govern- US employed the same availability of beds for them. site healthcare infrastructure ment's June 7 order directing approach used to elicit an The plea, filed by Vineet such as hospital beds and ven- all its hospitals and also the pri- immune response against can- Kumar Wadhwa, through ment to treat as representation resides in a joint family com- tilators. vate hospital and nursing cer cells to stimulate an lawyer Praveen Chauhan, another petition by a two- prising working members who It highlighted the hardship homes to admit only “bona immune response against the cancers that can be targeted and effective and could be sought direction to the Delhi year-old boy highlighting the would be resuming work/ reg- and challenges faced by the res- fide” residents of the national novel coronavirus. Using this with immunotherapies and produced at scale," said Maris, government to develop a considerable risk faced by him ular office pursuant to the idents of Delhi in getting capital for treatment. strategy, the researchers believe apply those same tools to iden- senior author of the research mechanism whereby the hos- and many other minors due to “Unlockdown” as announced admitted in hospitals despite The court was informed by a resulting vaccine would pro- tify the right protein sequences published in the journal Cell pitals here display availability the Delhi government's deci- by the Delhi government with having the patient testing pos- the counsel for Delhi govern- vide protection across the to target in SARS-CoV-2," said Reports Medicine. of COVID 19 beds at a promi- sion to lift the restrictions effect from June 8 and he is at itive for COVID-19 or showing ment that the Lieutenant human population and drive a John M Maris, a pediatric The COVID-19 pandemic nent place in the hospital and imposed to contain the spread considerable risk of contacting symptoms and being a high- Governor Anil Baijal has over- long-term immune response. oncologist at CHOP, and a pro- has led to an urgent need for on their websites. of COVID 19. The government COVID-19 through these risk category patient, facing dif- ruled the decision of Chief "In many ways, cancer fessor at the University of the development of a safe and A bench of Chief Justice D will consider the representa- members due to lifting of ficulty in breathing and in Minister Arvind Kejriwal that behaves like a virus, so our Pennsylvania. effective vaccine against SARS- N Patel and Justice Prateek tions and decide accordingly, restriction on movements. urgent need of getting medical treatment for COVID 19 would team decided to use the tools "We think our approach CoV-2, the virus that causes Jalan, conducting the hearing the court said. The plea, filed through advo- assistance. only be provided to bona fide we developed to identify provides a roadmap for a vac- the COVID-19 disease, the through video conferencing, The child, in his plea filed cate Arjun Syal, said the situ- Meanwhile, the court dis- residents of the national capi- unique aspects of childhood cine that would be both safe researchers said. also asked the Delhi govern- through his father, said he ation has been further aggra- posed of a batch of petitions tal in state-run hospitals. $ ) !$ -./0.0. 8 * & -4432&4:L8 ,+ 45 $ N ' , 45 $ 56 ($ :2&4:L8 ,+ 45 $L ! > 8 ! ,,. ' 7., ; & 4: : $ R$ &; < = > = S 6,45( 6 ' & , -$ 6N ' ,46 & %6 O4* ' 4% ' $5 68%$ 5( ' ( % ( ( , $9"1@ $6 (49 ,,6 ,,- $ & 6 &4%5 $ + % , not have a White mother and was %? raised by his White mid-western ( maternal grandparents but he " 7 was a two-term President. Even then, the killings of Black ( Americans by White police offi- ( cers or even White civilians, * ! who saw the Blacks as a threat, 2 *!3 + continued with little or no judi- ./ "! .3'") cial prosecution. Take the case of ( Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Black school student, who was + @ % S he violent protests that shot dead by a White man, have engulfed the US in George Zimmerman, in “self ? ( the aftermath of the bru- defence”, an argument that was *.;+ (5< ( tal murder of a Black even accepted by the court. % man, George Floyd, by a The sad fact is that there are TWhite Minneapolis police officer, countless other such incidents — Derek Chauvin, were marked by the famous Rodney King case in S *! ( some extraordinary visuals. Of Los Angeles where nothing hap- *! ( course, some malevolent forces pened to the police officers who trickled into the protests, driving brutally beat the eponymous ( both the looters and criminals. It is Black man. A % ( extremely likely that the sight of Sure, the police in America * ( looting and the viral videos on is a highly militarised and trigger- social media of high-end stores happy force. It does have the right ++40 ( being vandalised and looted will be to defend itself in violent situa- 0 B % 7 S beneficial for US President Donald tions. That said, there are a dis- Trump in the presidential election proportionate number of Black scheduled later this year. However, men, who are killed by the police + + Trump’s penchant for making wild- in America. It is also a fact that *! ly inappropriate comments, coupled within the police forces, there’s an with Democratic contender Joe should be grateful that things complex, not just because of the bered in America as a hero even inadequate representation of Biden maintaining a relatively stu- have not become so bad this time fighting but on account of the though he defended a lost cause. Black people. Institutionalised *.;+ (5< ( dious silence, may still change the around. causes, too. Occasionally, there Lee was a great tactician but he and accepted racism in the police 7 ( outcome. Now, I must clarify, I have can be an overall societal accep- did lead his army to a devastat- forces, for the reasons outlined % But sitting in India, without spent a lot of time in the US tance that one side had a com- ing loss at Gettysburg. The man above, too, exists. *! *.;+ " ( much knowledge about contempo- (indeed the last country visited by pletely horrible cause; World who beat him, General Ulysses However, do not think that rary American history, it is difficult me before the virus shut down War-II and Nazi Germany being S Grant, one who became the US the irony of someone from 7 ;+$ to know about institutionalised everything) as a traveller, visiting examples. Now, modern President soon after and one who India talking about police “bru- ( 4 % racism and how poor race relations various parts of that great and Germany has eviscerated Nazi is as brilliant a tactician and tality” is lost on this writer. This ? 8 % remain over there. The fact is that vast nation, both along the coasts symbols. One can be charged for leader as Lee, is not remembered is a country where State-sanc- most Indians, indeed most global and even the interiors, including celebrating Nazi leaders or sell- fondly. Thankfully this is chang- tioned “encounter killing” is tourists and business persons who the “Deep South.” I haven’t stud- ing Nazi memorabilia in ing today. celebrated by many with evi- ? * *! S travel to the US, usually visit cos- ied there. However, I have a Germany today. In general, the A lot of this has happened dence that such “encounters” # # mopolitan cities, the likes of New strange and fascinating interest in German political leadership has due to a number of reasons. have been biased against minor- York, Boston, Los Angeles, San “American” football. Being a bit accepted that their predecessors Many Americans, particularly ity communities for decades. *! Francisco and Chicago. For a casu- of a war nerd, I spent a lot of time between 1930 and 1945 did from the former Confederate This is a country where extra- , ( al observer, seeing the tremendous reading about some of the battles something terrible even before States, remember the war as one judicial murder of rape-murder S success of some African-Americans of the US Civil War that took the Jewish Holocaust. It is not as about “States’ Rights” in a feder- suspects in Hyderabad just a few — from former US President Barack place between the Northern if the Germans have forgotten al structure. And not as a war that months ago was celebrated by all Obama to the many, many such peo- “Union” States and the Southern about the war. Indeed, some of had as its underlying cause the and sundry on social media. % A # *! ple who dominate professional “Confederate” States. This was a their Generals, such as Erwin defence of basic human dignity, This is also a country, where $ 7 ( = S sports such as basketball star LeBron fascinating war, the first mecha- Rommel, famously known as the the fact that no man should be much like the US, the poor and James and the many actors like nised one of sorts that gave por- “Desert Fox,” are fondly remem- owned by anyone else. those from the minority com- 8 , Morgan Freeman with an omnipo- tends to the tactics used in the bered, partially because of their Something that one hopes that no munity are often jailed for years 1 tent voice, Beyonce’s dulcet tones and killing fields of World War-I. opposition to Adolf Hitler. matter what your current polit- by a slow, inefficient and corrupt *! - % the scientific genius of Neil deGrasse However, this is my perspective. It would, therefore, seem ical affiliation today, you can criminal justice system. The Tyson — one would wonder why It might seem infantile to some logical to believe that the side that agree with. need for police and criminal jus- Black men and women do not but this is what I believe sitting precipitated, fought and lost a war Although when one delves tice reforms have been felt for ( *.;+ # receive acceptance across the nation. half a world away. over the cause of keeping human into it at a deeper level, he/she years. One should not use the + ( Popular culture would make an out- In India, what we learn beings enslaved should have suf- would realise the complexities shield of what is happening in sider believe so. about the US Civil War — with fered the same fate as Nazi and contradictions that hap- the US to pretend that India is * 4 0 # One could rightly wonder why a few sentences being accorded Germany. Of course, one can pened on both sides many years any better. ( is it that at a time when America is to it in our school textbooks — make arguments like “degrees of ago. In today’s increasing simplis- As long as the US continues + 0 % ( sending astronauts into space in is that it was fought between the evil” and all that but as an out- tic age where nuanced arguments to celebrate the Civil War as one ( @ ! nearly a decade, other parts of the progressive “North”, which was side observer, it is extremely have withered away, it is easier to where States fought for their nation are burning? Comparisons against slavery, and the pro-slav- puzzling that instead of that, the remember this as a war where the “rights” rather than uphold an S $ between happenings in the late ery “Southern” States. The US celebrates the rebels. It cele- “rights” of States were trampled abhorrent system, things will @ % ( 1960s, when the American Apollo “North” found a great political brates the Confederate Flag in upon rather than remembering really not change. Having spent ( mission was in full swing and when leader in Abraham Lincoln, popular culture. Television shows it as a war of conscience because time in both Georgia and South racial riots broke during the civil who signed the emancipation and subsequent movies like The it makes some Americans feel Carolina, it is painfully clear to an rights movement, with that of the declaration, thus freeing all the Dukes of Hazzard had a Dodge nicer about their forefathers. outside observer, a man of colour “crew dragon” mission and race riots slaves. After much bloodshed, Charger, the “General Lee”, with There is no doubt that the like myself, that things are unlike- CDDDD " ) C5 happening today are telling. The only the “North” finally won and all the Confederate Flag painted on US has made some great strides ly to change anytime soon. No thing missing today is high-profile was well with the world. This is its roof. Even a cursory car fan but one can easily question matter how much people protest, EDDDD F$ %? political assassinations; Black civil the end. Go through the histo- would have heard of this car. whether a person of colour could casual discrimination is ingrained # rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr ry textbooks, I’m sure this is a Talking about “General Lee”, become the top elected official in in the minds of many, just like it and Democratic presidential con- better explanation than many Robert Edward Lee, the man any other Western nation. Yes, to is back home. tender Robert F Kennedy were shot others. who led the Confederate Army this day, there are doubts whether (The writer is Managing !,A,*/ 7% dead during that time frame. We Wars, in general, are too of Northern Virginia, is remem- Obama could have won if he did Editor, The Pioneer) 3 & $ % 4 9 * 03'(
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( 1 felt across industries. Finding is known for voicing his opin- +, & 698 4 6 ,,' 4- &45 5 '6 5( workers will be a tough task in ion on a range of socio-political the near future. Operational issues, including CAA, public costs of businesses will likely see # " policy, secularism and commu- Numerous stories about the a spike. Firms may have to shell = * ( nism in society. Already a recip- travails of workers and the out higher wages to make them O O ient of the Sahitya Akademi Government’s claim that no stick around. This should help Award, Padma Shri and Padma Sir — That the Supreme Court one died for want of food and Sir — The opening up of malls, raise their welfare levels. % $ Bhushan, the present achieve- had to intervene to direct the water are half-truths. This is a hotels and places of worship Prathna ( ment is another feather in Government to safely transport national crisis that should be even as the country has seen a Via email Akhtar’s well-decorated cap. the migrants to their States top priority. tremendous spike in the num- Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee confirms the fact that the latter Priyank Desai ber of cases is an indication that $ :: ? S " % Faridabad failed in handling the situation. Via email we are coming to terms with liv- / = 1/A>3 <3 $ ) !$ -./0.0. 1 ;3"%'- :4.9 %1 0!- 49'(" 0! *& ( ,B *) *& )% *& ( O.,), D) P %% - .,( ,) ++ ) O.,), D) P *) D* ),* ,P %* *, *& , ,B () * (@.+ .,()*( * *& () * ,)+ ) *& %% ,* B,) * 6+ ' , '4* $ 8 45 ,354, 8( 4%$ L * - % .& B ( * ) L , &,( ( * ) 8 6+46 ,9 %$ 8 +'6 & 56 $ 3 + *$4: ((* - ) (* && ,,&$%& ,: 8 & , 56 % 456, 3 ' < & ./$ -&(::)55)9 ) $& 3 * ( &4) & 4 1 + S ( 4 G6 # HIHE + ( GJHGI< ( *.;+ (5< = +S 2 ( 3 ( ( $0 %(9=45') * 0 P# = + ( hile the rest of India and its neighbour Bangladesh might enjoy a full moon, S 2 Wthe night of the poornima (full moon) 3 ( with a luminescent lunar sky full of romantic fantasies in the Sunderbans, on both sides of the 8 #S border, spells doom, death and destruction these + Q 74 1 ( days. After the fierce cyclone Amphan hit West S Bengal, Odisha and Bangladesh on May 20, the 0 huge delta region and the largest mangrove area ( in the world was hit the hardest, putting more ( than four million human lives on the edge yet ( again. + * 4 ! 2+*4!3 The West Bengal Government alone esti- mated that the damages caused by the cyclone + # ( $! @ were to the tune of 1 lakh crore. And in Bangladesh, there were reports of tens of thou- 4 +*4! # sands of homes damaged or destroyed and many 56 villages submerged by storm surges in low-lying coastal areas like Khulna and Satkhira. ! " A 0 4 0 Most of the people in the Sunderbans live 2+ 3 ; ! @ on the abysmal margins of the economy in con- 0 4 gested ghettos across this beautiful landscape @ surrounded by water and dense green forests, % ? with the man-eating Royal Bengal Tiger and crocodiles a constant threat, even in the so-called 9 = *.;+ (5< buffer zones. Every time a destructive cyclone or storm begins to form in the turbulent 4 # P waters of the Bay of Bengal, due to the increas- ! Q ing high surface temperature of the sea, it trig- will rise, submerging their fragile the first instance, almost immediate- said many of their colleagues have trav- + gers fierce cyclones, often catastrophic, like the K homes. ly called for relief materials, such as tar- elled back home during the lock- - = ( cyclone Aila, which hit Bengal and the Volunteers and journalists, howev- paulins, clothes, sanitary napkins, dry down, resulting in labour shortage, ( P# Sunderbans earlier. Despite the ravages being er, say that the West Bengal food, bottles of Zeoline, camphor, which would certainly delay restoration + witnessed in the destruction of water bodies, Government and the local administra- torches with batteries and so on. of power. Q *; forests and the expanse of the mangrove green tion, after initial lethargy, have moved They clearly stated that they want- Almost everywhere, panchayat belt due to man-made construction and appro- in with great speed to undertake relief ed 10x12 feet tarpaulin sheets as a basic pradhans and politicians are missing @ @ priation of forest land, it is the Sunderbans which operations in the aftermath of the requirement. Several national and in action — people in several islands bears the brunt of these fast-moving, high-speed . 2 cyclone Amphan and the destruction international NGOs have joined this said they have not seen them even once @ ( cyclones, mostly protecting the mainland and it left behind as thousands of trees were effort by the Bengal Relief Collective, since the lockdown began. In some vil- the plains in the rest of Bengal and Bangladesh 9 uprooted in the gales and electricity which also comprises students and lages, panchayat members have begun # # by assimilating the wind and stopping its and telephone lines brought down and teachers, including from JNU and collecting identity documents from S $B# % speed. . houses flattened. Many of Kolkata’s other campuses. They used local fish- people who have lost homes and % *.;+ (5< 0 Repeated appeals by environmentalists and . roads are flooded and its 14 million ermen, boatmen and others to move farms, so that they can be paid the % P+ experts to stop big thermal power projects and people were left without power for days into north and eastern Sunderbans. compensation announced by the State # 0 % other forms of construction activity have fall- F after the cyclone. They used launch boats while initial- Government. But allegations of corrup- 7 en on deaf ears. Protests in Bangladesh against But after the initial hiccups, the ly stocking the relief material at tion have also begun to surface at the a recent coal-based thermal power project with entire Public Distribution System Hasnabad and Kwakdip. same time. Q % Indian assistance in the Sunderbans, and that (PDS) has been effectively activated It has been weeks since cyclone In some cases, ruling party cadres too almost in the core area, have not yielded any F9 and rice, pulses and other essential Amphan ravaged the Sundarbans, and are accused of allegedly threatening 1 % P* results as yet. Protests have been literally commodities are being given in the yet the trail of destruction it left Opposition party supporters who try banned in Bangladesh and activists in Khulna . ration shops. Several independent behind is stark. Many islands, where to access relief or speak about corrup- + told this reporter two years ago that even peace- doctors and health workers have people subsist on fishing, farming tion in relief disbursal. The BJP has ful demonstrations or pamphlet-distribution are moved in from Kolkata to help the and catching crabs, are still submerged done little on the ground except spread 2 3Q % *.;+ ( not allowed by the Bangladesh Government. . locals, as they did after Cyclone Aila under saline water, which rises and discontent against the State 5< @ This is despite the fact that top professors 2. hit the Sunderbans. recedes with every tide, finding its way Government. @ and eminent citizens in Khulna and Dhaka F Besides, the Government, stu- inland through broken embankments. Several civil society groups like ( University have repeatedly given evidence to the dents, young professionals, voluntary Where flood waters have evaporated, Bangla Sansktiti Mancha and Amphan Government that the entire green zone of this groups and others have collected food, tall trees with decaying leaves and rav- Relief Network, NGOs like Mukti, " # . ( ecological hotspot and a world heritage location medicines, torches and so on and are aged farms and fields stand testimony Prameya and Praajak and individuals is being seriously threatened, so much so that F reaching out to areas where relief has to the excessive salt which has left large with near and dear ones in the # $ 4 4 ( even the Royal Bengal Tiger will be forced into not reached. Anustup Roy, a young swathes of land barren, unfit for agri- Sundarbans have been working tireless- displacement. Even journalists are not allowed freelance photographer in Kolkata, culture for at least the next few years. ly through these last two weeks, distrib- to enter the area and report, close to Khulna. for instance, organised all his friends Almost all mud houses are broken uting dry ration, tarpaulins, water, + Indeed, the tide is a regular feature in this and well-wishers and moved into — some have only a section of a wall, medicines and cooked food through % 1 K P* ( undulating expanse of backwaters, rivers and many areas like Mohanpur and some just the pillars, and some, noth- community kitchens in numerous Q + S 4 water bodies across the cluster of many islands, Sandeshkhali with relief material. ing at all except for a few broken, bat- islands. “The big relief is that the ; 0 ; , ! * some doomed to disappear and some which The Jadavpur Commune of the tered pieces of wood from frames. Government is moving in with the 0 $ 2,!*0 ',!*$3 ( reappear as new, tentative spaces of human civil- Jadavpur University in Kolkata, which People in Sagar and Patharpratima public distribution system, distribut- - isation. This is almost like the areas close to the has been relentlessly working in the islands said the fury of the storm was ing rice and basic food to the 0 1 Brahmaputra river in Assam after the annual most remote parts of Kolkata provid- so massive, asbestos sheets and tiles of marooned locals. One hopes that this floods, which destroys and submerges vast tracts ing dry rations, cooked food, sanitis- roofs were flying like birds. relief moves at a war-footing in the days # @ of land and forests, numerous villages and ers and medicines to cops, slum Almost all of the Sundarbans is still to come,” said a journalist reporting human habitations. dwellers, homeless people, vendors and under complete darkness. Electric from 24 Parganas. # ( Now, locals say, when the tide arrives on a others since the lockdown, moved in poles and wires lie strewn around arte- (Sengupta is a senior journalist. The full moon night, those who are living in tarpau- from day one and travelled to rial roads, making movement of traf- article is co-authored by Aritra lins under makeshift shelters surrounded by Sunderbans to provide relief. fic difficult. Repair work began this Bhattacharya reporting from the 2 3 water, will yet again be doomed as the waters The Bengal Relief Committee, in week but electricity workers on ground Sunderbans) Q ' R & % 0 ! - - * % -0 9 $ %2/ %!-% $62* 5 9!- - -- $$
Because of this, it was able to block ing with the support of regional par- Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Congress Party (NCP), three each of polls last week, three Congress times. People elect MPs to represent a number of Bills and controversial ties from the South and Eastern Samaj Party (BSP) and the Left out- the Shiv Sena, the Shiromani Akali MLAs resigned even as the Congress them in Parliament but after getting laws that the Government wanted to India. Fearing the Government’s fits are slowly fading away in the Dal (SAD) and so on. With allies, the accused the BJP of poaching on its chosen they try to change parties for pass. investigating agencies, vulnerable Rajya Sabha. AIADMK, the JD (U), SAD, Asom legislators. personal gains. This defection game Dominating both the Houses is leaders facing cases like Mulayam Other regional parties like the Gana Parishad (AGP), the Bodoland The Congress has taken them to is played out often and this time, too, essential for the Narendra Modi Singh, Mayawati and so on, have Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), YSRCP People’s Front (BDF), Sikkim resorts and kept them in a camp. there will be no exceptions. Government to complete its core also reluctantly supported contro- (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Democratic Front (SDF) and the After the resignation of the three The electorate needs to check agenda. While the Prime Minister versial Bills like the Triple Talaaq, Party), the Telangana Rashtra Republican Party of India (A), the MLAs, the Congress Party’s strength this kind of political culture. . !0 %&)9<)" has strengthened himself by winning repeal of Article 370 and so on in the Samithi (TRS) and others have National Democratic Alliance in the 182-member Assembly is now Legislators, who act in unscrupulous a larger number of seats in the 2019 past. The BJP’s game of “divide the gained more ground. (NDA) is at 104, including three only 65. The resignations will hurt ways, should be voted out in subse- Lok Sabha polls than it did in the Opposition” has worked well for the Currently, the BJP is the single- nominated MPs and four the Congress’ prospects of winning quent elections. The anti-defection lections for 24 Rajya Sabha 2014 elections, the majority is still Government. Most crucial Bills were largest party in the Rajya Sabha with Independents, which support it. the second seat. Unfortunately, this law needs to be looked into again by seats, spread across 10 States, eluding the BJP in the House of passed in the last one year due to lack 75 seats, followed by 39 of the The BJP has also made some defection game has become the the lawmakers and reformed. There Ewill be held on June 19. These Elders. of Opposition unity. So, why are Congress, 13 of the Trinamool artificial gains by luring Congress norm in the last few years with leg- should be a provision to recall the biennial polls are crucial for both the Emboldened by his these biennial elections important? Congress (TMC), nine each of the leaders like Sanjay Singh and Neeraj islators. This is not the spirit of the elected representatives. BJP and the Opposition. Rajya Government’s success in the second It is the Upper House that enables All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Shekhar, thereby reducing the Constitution or the anti-defection In short, there is need for elec- Sabha members are indirectly elect- term, the Prime Minister would have the Government to get smooth Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Biju strength of the Congress in the laws passed by the Parliament. In toral reforms on many things includ- ed by MLAs of State Assemblies and pushed through his party’s agenda transaction of business done if it has Janata Dal (BJD), eight of the SP, Upper House. The real challenge for fact, the law came about in order to ing transparency in funding and so the political parties win seats accord- like the Uniform Civil Code, popu- the majority. Every new seat counts. seven each of the TRS and the the Opposition is the lack of floor put an end to the “aya Ram, gaya on. There are many reports on elec- ing to their strength in the Assembly. lation regulation measures and so on The BJP is very close to the goal of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coordination to take on the Treasury Ram” (here today, gone tomorrow) toral reforms that are lying with the The BJP is moving towards a had not the deadly Coronavirus hit obtaining majority but the pace is (DMK), five each of the Janata Dal- Benches. culture and to preserve the party sys- Government and these must be workable majority in the Rajya the country and the world. quite slow. In the forthcoming polls, United (JD-U) the Communist Party What is worrying is the trend of tem. But in practice it is misused. implemented. But for this, a strong Sabha where the Congress-led The NDA needs 122 for a major- both the Congress and the BJP may of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the using defection for winning the The MPs themselves make laws political will is needed. Opposition had an upper hand till ity in a 245-member House and cur- win some seats and lose others. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), four Rajya Sabha seats. Look at what is and then defy them as per their con- (The writer is a senior now, owing to its numerical strength. rently the ruling party is function- Smaller parties like the each of the BSP and Nationalist happening in Gujarat. Close to the venience, as we have seen many journalist) $ ) !$ -./0.0. !
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Forex 8 6 $ & 4* ' 6 9 ' +$4> & on capex plans, with major Baghel requested the Centre to traders said persistent foreign 6 $8 8 4. - industry players delaying their 65 per cent of steel demand in reconsider its decision to link fund flows and the revival of , 5( 5 4 $ capex plans for more than a year. India, have dimmed consider- the increased borrowing limit 2 ! business activity supported 5 $ 454$+4$ 45 The demand for steel in the ably with the onset of the pan- of states to specific reforms, an the rupee, but strong US : 8D E9 ' first quarter of the fiscal is demic. official statement said. He also dollar weighed on the &4:+ 56 8 5 6 : 5 2 expected to fall by 60-65 per cent "Most of the infrastructure stated that economic packages domestic unit. The rupee ?. ' 66%&& 66*%,, as the extended lockdown to projects will be deferred even announced by the Centre to opened at 75.53 against the &4:: 66 45 845 !G@ contain COVID-19 pandemic first quarter of fiscal 2021. While through domestic sales or after the lockdown is lifted deal with the COVID-19 sit- US dollar, but pared the ' $: ,%5 ' A!G@ and the migration of labour have some may delay their capex exports, it added. mainly on the back of labour uation and ensuing lockdown gains to settle at 75.61 against .' 8$ 8$ ' $: , 4 $ impacted construction and plans, some envisage shelving of The agency further said that shortage due to reverse migra- are insufficient to revive the the US dollar, down 6 paise $4> & 5 , 5( 5 9? 6 82 manufacturing sectors. "Steel the plans altogether," the agency even though the demand recov- tion, and lower infrastructure economy. over its previous close. It had ' 6&4+ 4*4$3 5 ' manufacturers are focussing on said. In the near-term, steel ery is expected in the third quar- spending due to funding con- Considering the demand conditions so that they can settled at 75.55 against the +$4> & 5&,%8 68 6 (59 managing liquidity and cash manufacturers are expected to ter, it is expected to decline by straints of central and state gov- of states, the Centre has enhance their resources, it greenback on Monday. 5( 5 $ 5(9: 5%* & %$ 9 flows in the near term to tide focus on managing liquidity, 13-15 per cent for the fiscal. "The ernments on account of lower allowed an additional bor- said. During the four-hour trading 6%++,9&456 $%& 459 $ & 459 over an estimated contraction of alongside augmenting sales vol- prospects of the construction tax collections and focus on rowing limit of 2 per cent of Baghel further said that session, the domestic unit 6 5( 58&4:: 66 45 5(4* 60-65 per cent demand in the ume and liquidating inventory sector, which accounts for over social sectors," it said. GSDP (Gross State Domestic automation of fair price shops, saw an intra-day high of *4%$ ' $: ,6 64*!G@ Product), but state govern- including installation of POS 75.43 and a low of 75.61. 45 D 5( 5 $ 5(9 ments are unable to avail this machines in remote and for- Meanwhile, the 30-share BSE +$4&%$ : 5 9&456 $%& 45E benefit due to non-fulfillment est areas, is a difficult target to benchmark Sensex was trad- - 6 62 ' &4:+ 5*%$ ' $ +,.! =* %40% - $ of the set criteria, the CM stat- achieve for Chhattisgarh, as 14 ing 164.73 points lower at 6 84$345 ' - , 5& '$ ed. States be allowed to avail districts of the state are affect- 34,205.85 and broader NSE %5 6 6 ,64 5 8 5& 8 '7%, the additional borrowing limit ed by Left Wing Extremism Nifty fell 47.30 points to 6 ( 2 ' 3 H% +: 5 *4$ of 2 per cent without any activities. 10,120.15. ' &45 $ & 9. 6 89 6 .+,A 3*(, : 5%* & %$ 8 6%5 6 $ >2%! 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The new service has steps for resuming operations. 3 ;*3 4%* - 14 B 1 in 2017-18 from Cayman been launched in four cities, "Polytechnic Mining Islands, which is UK Overseas 2 >+>? 4%* > 2 Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Alumni Association of Goa =/2 = GG =< Territory. >1+> ! -! 3 Jaipur and Pune, CredR said (PolyMAAG), the pre-emi- Similarly, FDI from Cyprus in a release. nent body of mining engineers %&' : : 5 6 too increased by about three- 4< ' The service of the vehicle in the state, has appealed to . 53 8D . E45 % 68 times to USD 879 million in will be carried out by trained Pramod Sawant, Chief 6 8 65 +$4* 5* 6& , $ the last financial year from auto experts while following Minister of Goa, to take imme- !@"=
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I always had the standing the language here. But eventu- passion of getting into acting but I ally, I managed to pick up the language. / = never knew how to pursue it. I had no I consider myself a learning cub. I try to @ prior experience. All I wanted to do was grasp the words and learn the meaning become an actor but I never knew the of it. I want to learn to speak fluent Even if there is no lockdown route. About five years ago, I was going Telugu as soon as possible. any more, everyone must take through a downtime in my personal / ! " " !! ! their own precautions while life. It was then that I wanted to make a ' being outside the house... / 0 @ $8$8 name for myself. I was very determined Don’t be reckless... Don’t put and found out where auditions happen Initially, I was very skeptical about yourself and others in danger. @/ # High testing rate would regularly, from a couple of friends. acting here. I wasn’t sure how people Question is how many have isolated #covid19 affect- 6 2 would accept me but was quite shocked months a lock down is need- ed people long back amid ! by the response from the people of ed? Are we expecting vaccines first lockdown. But we Telugu states. Within a few weeks of any time soon? Now coron- missed that chance. Now if I attended many auditions before I serial being telecast, people started to avirus have many strains, will we have to isolate, then we landed my first role. The worst part is recognise me and showered a lot of love the vaccine be effective? Will should be ready for rapid that I never got to audition for any role on me. One good thing about the peo- 82 ! our economy survive if lock testing with a short period of as I was always turned down because of ple here is that they don’t differentiate if D = down is imposed again? If in a lockdown. my colour. I was extremely fair and the the actor is from the Telugu states or case, restaurants are shut again casting director would say I didn’t have not. They support talent and accept you 8 many entrepreneurs have the appeal of a south Indian. One day, I as one of their family members. 2 ! invested in restaurant chains as got to audition for a role for Zee ) $ ! well, they will suffer losses too. Kannada’s Gruha Lakshmi and got 28 2 > 8 8 through. There was no looking back I have also been doing movies in ever since. Kannada. I have done four of them to %2 B!2 8 ) ! date. Three movies were supposed to @2 8 # release this year, but all of them got 4 Before becoming an actor, I was into delayed because of the ongoing pandem- State government wasted the #lock- ad modeling. I did a lot of print and ic. I donned the role of a cop in one of down period by not testing enough. video ads for many designer-wear the movies Jackpot and I loved that role. Only after 22K testing data, it opened labels. I have worked for Weekender I’m looking forward to the release of the the state from 17th May in a stag- among many others. I also took part in film. I always wanted to play a split-per- gered manner and declared a lot of dramas and plays during my sonality role. That’s my dream role to play " % entire state green zone apart college days. on the large screen. I was approached by @"$$$#$? from containment zones. Now, ; &2 a few filmmakers from Telugu industry all of us facing the conse- too, if everything goes well, I would love Yes! We still need to be quences. The project I was doing in Colours to see myself on the large screen here. at home. Because this is Kannada went on for about four years .! ! the only precaution we and my character was a huge hit. After can maintain to keep that serial was wound up, I wanted to Nobody from my family comes from a ourselves safe. act for the Tamil industry. Meanwhile, film background. My dad was always Restaurants should not someone sent my profile to Telugu pro- against my choice of getting into acting. be open as it raises ducers here. They called me up for an He would say that this is not my cup of the risk keeping audition. I flew from Bengaluru to tea or this is not what he wanted me to hygiene stan- Hyderabad and came do. He wanted me to get into the family dards in mind. to know that I was business. My mum, on the other hand, But to cope up auditioning for a serial has been very supportive. She has been and manage being produced by my pillar of support. She always the economy, Annapurna Studios and I encouraged me to do what I shopping consider myself lucky love. Everyone knows malls should for being a part of me by my dad’s be permitted such a big produc- name. I wanted to start their tion house for my people to know me busi- first serial in Telugu. by name. ness. Once I heard the Touchwood, every- story of Trinayani, I thing went fine and felt this is what I 0 C my dad is also wanted to do and happy that I finally immediately gave my established a name nod. for myself. P Vijayawada Wednesday June 10 2020 ( * ! =BC(; B? ctor Hartley lem in our country.” Sawyer has been Lead actor Grant Gustin B fired from popular reposted Wallace’s statement, show The Flash writing that he was “shocked, after a collection of saddened and angry when I racist and misogy- saw the tweets. Words matter”. nistic past tweets by him start- In a 2012 tweet, which ed circulating online, leading recently surfaced, Sawyer to widespread backlash. wrote: “The only thing keep- op star try. that does not get the The tweets, all from before ing me from doing mildly Beyonce “Many of the best chance to be center he joined series, make refer- racist tweets is the knowledge Knowles creatives and business stage, build your own ences to sexual assault and that Al Sharpton would never says the people, who although stage and make them contain racist and homopho- stop complaining about me.” entertain- supremely qualified see you. Your queer- bic language. Sawyer’s Twitter In 2014, he wrote: “Enjoyed ment busi- and talented, were ness is beautiful, your account has been deleted, but a secret boob viewing at an ness is still very sexist turned down over and blackness is beautiful. screenshots of the old posts Such remarks are antithetical audition today.” and male-dominated. over as executives at Your compassion, your were circulating online over to our values and police, Several tweets refer to The icon made a major corporations understanding, your the past two weeks. which strive and evolve to assaulting women, and one powerful statement on because they were fight for people who Through a statement, the promote a safe, inclusive and reads, “Date rape myself so I sexism in the industry female or because of may be different from network announced Sawyer’s productive environment for don’t have to masturbate”. and the Black Lives racial disparity. And you, is beautiful. I removal from the series, in our workforce,” it added. After facing flak, Sawyer Matter movement dur- I’ve been very proud to hope you continue to which he featured as Ralph The news of his firing also issued an apology on ing YouTube’s Dear provide them with a go into the world and Dibny since 2017, reports hol- comes as the people in the US Instagram. Class of 2020 virtual place at my table. One show them that you lywoodreporter.com. continue to protest against “My words, irrelevant of graduation, reports of the main purposes will never stop being “Hartley Sawyer will not be systemic racism in the wake of being meant with an intent of variety.com. of my art for many yourself. That it’s your returning for season seven of George Floyd’s death in humor, were hurtful, and She said she had to years has been dedicat- time now, make them The Flash,” read a statement Minneapolis. unacceptable. I am ashamed I carve her path to suc- ed to showing the see you,” she added. from The CW, producers Showrunner Eric Wallace was capable of these really cess. She said the beauty of Black people Addressing the pan- Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti also tweeted: “This morning, horrible attempts to get atten- process was “terrify- to the world, our histo- demic and the ongoing Productions and executive many of you learned that tion at that time. I regret them ing”, but building her ry, our profundity and unrest in the US, she producer Eric Wallace. Hartley Sawyer will not be deeply. This was not accept- own company was a the value of Black lives. said, “Congratulations “In regards to Mr Sawyer’s returning for season seven of able behaviour. These were major turning point in I've tried my best to to the class of 2020, posts on social media, we do The Flash. Concerning his words I threw out at the time her life. “I know how pull down the veil of you have arrived here not tolerate derogatory social media tweets, they with no thought or recogni- hard it is to step out appeasement to those in the middle of a remarks that target any race, broke my heart and made me tion of the harm my words and bet on yourself,” who may feel uncom- global crisis, a racial ethnicity, national origin, gen- mad as hell. And they’re could do, and now have done she pointed out. fortable with our excel- pandemic and world- der, or sexual orientation. indicative of the larger prob- today,” he said. “The entertainment lence,” she said. wide expression of out- business is still very The star continued: rage at the senseless sexist. It’s still very “To the young women, killing of yet another male-dominated and our future leaders, unarmed Black human as a woman, I did not know that you’re about being. And you still E <+ see enough female role to make the world made it, we’re so proud models given the turn. I see you. You are of you.” opportunity to what I everything the world She went on to high- knew I had to do — to needs. Make those light the importance of +&$,-. run my label, and power moves. Be excel- Black Lives Matter management company, lent. And to the young protests. to direct my films and kings, lean into your “Thank you for produce my tours that vulnerability and rede- using your collective '' meant ownership, fine masculinity. Lead voice and letting the owning my masters, with heart. There’s so worlds know that owning my art, owning many different ways to Black lives matter. The itching traditional ing film based on a true story my future and writing be brilliant. I believe killings of George theatrical release about a woman who showed my own story. Not you and every human Floyd, Ahmaud amid the COVID- unparalleled courage, and enough Black women being is born with a Arbery, Breonna 19 crisis, the Janhvi inspiration to many in the had a seat at the table. masterful gift. Don’t let Taylor and so many Kapoor-starrer coming years. We are excited So I had to go and the world make you others have left us all Gunjan Saxena: to share this fearless story chop down that wood feel that you have to broken. It has left the The Kargil Girl will be getting about following your heart and build my own look a certain way to entire country search- a direct-to-OTT release. The and your dreams with millions table. Then I had to be brilliant. And no ing for answers. We've news was officially confirmed around the world,” said Karan invite the best there you don’t have to speak seen that our collective by the makers and the stream- Johar, who has backed the film was to have a seat. a certain way to be hearts, when put to ing platform Netflix on through his production house, That meant hiring brilliant. But you do positive action, could Tuesday. Dharma Productions. women, men outsiders, have to spread your start the wheels of No release date has been Directed by Sharan Sharma, underdogs, people that gift around the planet change. Real change announced yet. the cast also features Pankaj were overlook and in a way that is authen- has started with you, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet waiting to be seen,” she tically you.” this new generation of Girl is inspired by the life of Kumar, Manav Vij and Ayesha said. “To all those who high school and col- Indian Air Force combat pilot short video showcasing the Raza. She explained how feel different. If you’re lege graduates who we Gunjan Saxena, and stars journey of the real-life Gunjan “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil race and gender play a part of a group that’s celebrate today,” she Janhvi in the titular role. Saxena with an introduction Girl is a story of pure courage big role in the indus- called ‘other’, a group said. Saxena entered the war zone by Janhvi to her character in and determination and we during the 1999 Kargil War. the film. can’t wait to premiere it,” said The makers have shared a “Gunjan Saxena is a defin- Monika Shergill, VP. FUN
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$ !! 3 : ! ) $ ! !! : ! 022 + , he International Cricket Council (ICC) on TTuesday approved Covid- 3'4 ++ 19 replacements in Test crick- et, banned the use of saliva to * this year’s World T20. There shine the ball and re-introduced has been no formal announce- non-neutral umpires for bilat- he International Cricket ment with regards to this year’s eral series as part of its inter- TCouncil (ICC) will be hop- edition,” BCCI treasurer Arun im playing regulations to tack- ing to end the impasse sur- Dhumal said. le the threat posed by the rounding the future of this “Either India hold their Covid-19 pandemic. year’s T20 World Cup in edition as per schedule in In the five new regula- Australia and sort the nomina- 2021 with Australia organising tions, recommended by the tion process for its next chair- theirs in 2022 or vice versa. In Anil Kumble-chaired Cricket man when the board members any case, a decision needs to be Committee, and ratified by meet virtually on taken considering the the Chief Executives Wednesday. members will need to Committee (CEC), the teams The last ICC board plan their bilateral will also be allowed an addi- meet was a damp squib engagements,” a senior tional DRS call as home with leaks of classified e- official privy to ICC umpires will now be officiating mails gaining precedence board room politics in bilateral Test series. A.:3 !>3!= ? 33 :$1 3 = ! 3'+* ! ! ? 33 > over the agenda. And the said. Also, a 32-inch additional board members would expect The other aspect will be 0 $ ! P0 ! = $ !! logo would be permitted on the still be allowed to shine the before play recommences,” the Officials,” the ICC said. some concrete decisions to broadcaster, Star India, which players’ jerseys, which will help ball. Repeated violation of the parent body stated. This means India’s C end the logjam over this year’s has invested heavily in both the * them to reach out to him. teams make commercial gains ban would at first invite a The introduction of two Shamshuddin, Anil Chaudhary T20 World Cup Down Under, IPL as well as ICC events. “All those who used to call as Boards battle the pandemic’s warning before a five-run home team umpires for bilater- and Nitin Menon will be seen which looks increasingly “Star is a stakeholder. n old social media post by me that, you guys know your- financial blow. penalty is imposed. als after nearly two decades is officiating during the home improbable due to the Covid- Their opinion will also matter,” AIndia pacer Ishant Sharma selves... Reach out to me, let’s “Teams will be allowed to “Players will not be permit- purely due to the logistical series against England next 19 pandemic. the official said. lent credence to former West have a conversation. Because, if replace players displaying ted to use saliva to shine the challenges of travelling given year with Javagal Srinath being So would the BCCI agree There is speculation that Indies captain Darren it was in any way, shape or form symptoms of Covid-19 during ball. If a player does apply sali- the flight restrictions in place the match referee. to push their edition (2021) to the October-November win- Sammy’s allegation that a what Minhaj said it meant, I’m a Test match. In line with con- va to the ball, the umpires will globally. Due to the lack of experi- 2022 if Cricket Australia dow for the T20 World cup racist nickname was used to very disappointed,” he said. cussion replacements, the manage the situation with some “The requirement to ence of a lot of these umpires, requests? would be taken up by the IPL address him during his IPL “I will be messaging those Match Referee will approve the leniency during an initial peri- appoint neutral match offi- who are not a part of the ICC “Let ICC first announce if the ICC announces a post- stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad people. You guys know who nearest like-for-like replace- od of adjustment for the play- cials will be temporarily Elite Panel, an additional DRS what they intend to do with ponement or cancellation. for which he is now demand- you are. I must admit, at the ment,” the ICC stated in a ers, but subsequent instances removed from the playing con- review has been allotted to the ing an apology. time in which I was being press release. will result in the team receiving ditions for all international teams in each innings. Operations team will also sup- match jersey. The two-time T20 World called that, I did not know what “However, the regulation a warning,” the ICC said. formats owing to the current “...Keeping in mind that port local match referees when “A logo, not exceeding 32 Cup-winning captain, while it meant,” he added. for Covid-19 replacements will “A team can be issued up logistical challenges with inter- there may be less experienced processing code of conduct square inches in size, may be commenting on the protests “I thought it meant strong not be applicable in ODIs and to two warnings per innings national travel. umpires on duty at times. This breaches, and a neutral Elite placed on the chest of the Test over African-American George stallion or whatever it is, and I T20Is,” it added. but repeated use of saliva on “The ICC will be able to will increase the number of Panel match referee will con- match shirt and sweater in Floyd’s death in the US, had saw no problems with it The CEC predictably rat- the ball will result in a 5-run appoint locally based match unsuccessful appeals per duct any hearing remotely via addition to the three other spoken about being called Kalu because I was ignorant to the ified the ban on use of saliva, penalty to the batting side. officials from the Emirates ICC innings for each team to three video link. logos allowed as per regulations. while he was in India. Kalu is a fact of what it meant, I thought which is considered to be a Whenever saliva is applied to Elite Panel of Match Officials for Tests and two for the white- The ICC also relaxed the As of now, logos on chests are derogatory word to describe it meant something else, some- transmitter of novel coron- the ball, the umpires will be and the Emirates ICC ball formats.” apparel rules by allowing a only allowed in ODIs and black people. thing uplifting.” avirus unlike sweat which will instructed to clean the ball International Panel of Match The ICC Cricket logo on the chest of Test T20Is.” Sammy said having under- Sammy, who now plies his stood the meaning only now, he trade in the Pakistan Super feels disappointed with his League, said he distinctly teammates, who addressed him remembers laughter at the very , + + , D ? : E by that nickname during his mention of the word. 2013-2014 stint with SRH. “Me being a team man, I One of them could be thought, hey, team-mates are , 6 + * preparations. Ishant, who had shared a group happy, it must be something “It is crucial that the side understands picture also featuring Sammy, funny. You can understand my +,%+*' Young batsman akistan on Tuesday appointed former the conditions that they will encounter on May 14, 2014, using Kalu to frustration and my anger when Rishabh Pant has every shot in Pcaptain Younis Khan as national in the upcoming series and so having the identify the West Indian in it. it was pointed out to me that it the book and it’s difficult to con- team’s batting coach and also roped in experience of the likes of Younis Khan The same year, even Sammy wasn’t funny at all, it was tain him when he gets going, Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling coach and Mushtaq Ahmed to compliment called himself Kalu in a social degrading,” he said. says star Afghanistan spinner for the upcoming tour of England. head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and fast media post to offer birthday “I’ve had great memories in Rashid Khan. The 42-year-old Younis had scored bowling coach Waqar Younis will be wishes to VVS Laxman — the all the dressing rooms I’ve The Afghan spinner had 10,099 runs in 118 Tests, including a invaluable.” SRH mentor at that time. been in, as a T20 player, as a faced Pant in an U-19 tri-series career-best 313 in a successful career dur- Younis said he feels “privileged to “I was listening to Hasan leader in a dressing room, as a in 2015 ahead of U-19 World ing which he also became world number have been again offered the opportuni- Minhaj (Indian-American captain, I’ve always been one to Cup in Bangladesh in 2016. one batsman in the ICC rankings. ty to serve Pakistan for a challenging but comedian and actor) talking build up a relationship or build “He hit three sixes in a row Pakistan are scheduled to take on exciting tour of England.” about how some of the people up a team, not bring it down. and in the fourth ball he mis- England in a three-Test series from July “The Pakistan side includes some in his culture view or describe “So, all those who used to timed but only to be dropped at 30 and then the two teams will clash in immensely talented cricketers who have black people,” Sammy said in call me that, you guys know short midwicket. Our bowler a three-match T20 series from August 29. the potential to achieve greater heights. his latest Instagram post. yourselves, some of you have looked helpless and put his “I am delighted that someone of the Together with Misbah-ul-Haq, Mushtaq “...I was angry after listen- my numbers, you have me on hands on his head, yelling in stature and incredible batting record of Ahmed and Waqar Younis, we will try to ing to him describing a word Instagram, on Twitter, wherev- Pashto, ‘now what do I do get in Kolkata in the U-19 Triseries,” Younis Khan has agreed to join the make them better and prepare them as that they use to describe black er. Reach out to me, let’s have him out?’” Khan recalled the Rashid said. Pakistan cricket set-up as national men’s best as we can with on and off field people, which he was saying is a conversation,” he added. incident in an Instagram chat Talking about the art of team batting coach,” PCB Chief Executive coaching and guidance,” Younis said in not in a good way and it was Sammy reiterated that he with Indian legspinner bowling, Khan said the key to Wasim Khan said. a PCB release. degrading. is very disappointed as he Yuzvendra Chahal. tackle the big-hitting batsmen, “Younis’ work ethics, commitment to Head coach and chief selector “Instantly I remembered thought of his teammates as Despite getting many like the Caribbean, is to confuse match preparation, game awareness and Misbah-ul-Haq also welcomed Younis when I played for Sunrisers family. chances, the Delhi left-hander them. tactics in the English conditions will be and Mushtaq on the coaching panel. Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014, “...I’ll still be angry, and still has not been able to cement “Never pitch the ball up; invaluable.” 2 ! D (54 “Due to events beyond human con- I was being called the exact deserve an apology from you his place since MS Dhoni side- they would clear boundaries Former leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, trol, the series in England will be one of same word that he described,” guys, because I saw all of you lined himself post the 2019 with ease. It’s about playing who took 185 wickets in 52 Tests for of time playing County cricket and the most challenging and difficult and, he added. guys as my brothers. So, talk to World Cup semifinal exit. them on the backfoot and con- Pakistan, will also be mentor of side. He working with the England cricket team,” as such, we need to have the best talent Sammy demanded an apol- me, reach out to me, please “He has every shot in the fuse them with the wrong one has guided both England and the West said Wasim. and brains on our side. Younis as well as ogy from his teammates, asking clear the air,” he said. book and is one batsman who is and leg spin. I always try to mix Indies in the past as spin bowling coach. “Apart from guiding the spinners and Mushtaq clearly tick all these and addi- very tough to bowl to. I remem- it up,” Rashid, who is known for “Mushtaq knows the English condi- playing a mentor’s role, Mushtaq can be tional boxes, which will assist us in ber bowling to him at a ground big-spinning googly, said. PTI tions as well as anyone, having spent a lot helpful to Misbah in match planning and achieving our targets,” he said. : : $ R ) 0 , +, ) - ++ %+, &
* ( %-,) ' Australian wicket-keep- %&' Indian football’s domes- and thus the 2020-2021 season will er batsman Matthew Wade on tic season will begin from August 1 be shortened by two months in view he executive board of the Tuesday said he would not sledge when the transfer window opens, two of the Covid-19 pandemic. TAsian Cricket Council Indian cricketers during this year’s months later than normal times due “Yes, we have received the circu- (ACC) has deferred its deci- home Test series as Virat Kohli’s men to the Covid-19 pandemic. lar from the AIFF stating that the sion on the fate of this year’s Asia Cup T20 thrive on verbal duels and use it to In a circular sent on Tuesday to domestic season will begin from with Sri Lanka offering to host the event, their advantage. all the state units, the AIFF said it has August 1, 2020 and run to May 31, claiming that original hosts Pakistan Wade has used sharp words to got clearance from the world body 2021 and it will open the summer have agreed to the proposal. get into the skin of his opponents in FIFA to hold the season from August transfer window from August 1 till E 3 3 !. :E @ 3: 23 Sri Lanka cricket chief Shammi Silva the past, especially in the 2017 India uses his words or his body language. 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021. October 20,” the head of a state asso- has claimed that the Pakistan Cricket ODI series and also during last So they use it as an advantage now. The summer transfer window ciation said. Board as well as the ACC are in agreement year’s Ashes. To be honest, I don’t really want to will run from August 1 to October 31. “....We are pleased to inform '$ 456- $+, & 8*4$ that the island nation can host the tour- However, the 32-year-old said he engage too much into that,” Wade While the domestic transfer win- you that FIFA has approved the nament. would not want confrontations with told reporters. dow normally begins in the first week amendment in All India Football The event is scheduled in September Indian players during the much- “I know that they thrive off that of June to continue till August end, Federation’s season dates and regis- %$46%&& 66 5!@!"4% '( and while it is the PCB’s turn to host, shift- anticipated four-Test engagement energy that comes between two it has been pushed back to August tration period (transfer window) for ing it to another country seems inevitable later this year. players. They’re probably as good at this year due to the global health cri- 2020-21,” the circular from AIFF said. B of those not having a lot of considering that India would not travel to “They’re a hard team, they use doing that as anyone in the world at sis. The second transfer window football,” Southgate told Sky Pakistan. it (sledging) to their advantage very the moment, so it’s something I might But there was no change in the will be from January 1, 2021 to ngland manager Gareth Sports. “We had a discussion with Pakistan well. Virat is very clever the way he stay away from this time.” PTI normal May 31 season ending date January 31, 2021. PTI ESouthgate believes a year- “The age of the team you Cricket Board (PCB) and they have long delay to the European would hope would be better in already agreed to our hosting this edition Championship could benefit a year’s time but we have to go due to the present world situation,” ', 3'7( * his side as key players will be and prove that on the pitch.” Shammi Silva was quoted as saying by Sri $ +, 2 fit and rising stars will mature. If the tournament remains Lankan media outlet Ceylon Today. Euro 2020, which was in the same format across “We had an online ACC meeting and 7'7 +'**/ due to begin on Friday, 12 cities in 12 different they basically gave us the green light to ()' The mayor of tion programme, on was moved back 12 countries, England would host the tournament,” he added. Madrid has said the city is Monday. %, , ' Chelsea midfielder months because of the play all of their group It is understood that the ACC will being considered as a poten- “I think hosting an inter- N’Golo Kante has returned to coronavirus pandemic. games at Wembley and wait for the ICC’s decision on the T20 tial host of this year’s national event like the contact training ahead of the England captain then the semi-final and World Cup in Australia (October- Champions League final and Champions League final is Premier League’s comeback next Harry Kane and final there if they get that November) before taking a call on the has given the idea his “total very important but especial- week, the Blues confirmed on Manchester United striker far. Asia Cup. and absolute support”. ly in these circumstances,” Tuesday. The French World Marcus Rashford would have Southgate, who has experi- “...The Board emphasised on the The fixture was due to be Almeida added. Cup winner had been allowed to been major doubts for the ini- ence of playing in a home importance of holding the Asia Cup played at the Ataturk “What it would demon- continue training at home when tial dates due to injury. tournament at Euro 96, is hop- 2020. In light of the impact and conse- Olympic Stadium in Istanbul strate is Madrid’s ability to his teammates returned to train- Rashford, 22, was one of ing his side will benefit. quences of the Covid-19 pandemic, pos- on May 30 before the recover in a very short time ing last month due to fears over four English players named “We have an advantage in sible venue options for the Asia Cup 2020 Champions League was post- from the dramatic situation coronavirus. among the top five most high- our group matches,” he said. were discussed and it was decided to take poned in March with only we have been through.” The 29-year-old is not ly valued players in the world “But so do Italy, who play their the final decision in due course,” an ACC half of the last 16 completed. Bayern Munich. Martinez-Almeida said on Almeida added that expected to be match fit in by the CIES Football games in Rome, Spain play in press release stated after the meeting on The final last season “I know steps are being Monday night to Spanish “adequate security condi- time for Chelseas opening game Observatory on Monday. Bilbao, Holland (Netherlands) Monday. between Liverpool and taken in this regard and on television channel Trece. tions exist, we have the infra- of Project Restart against Aston The others are Raheem play in Amsterdam. A senior ACC official privy to devel- Tottenham was held at behalf of the city council, I Spain has been able to structures and public services Villa on June 21. Sterling, 25, Trent Alexander- “It’s only a true advantage opments said there were discussions Atletico Madrid’s Wanda want to show my total and bring coronavirus under con- to host it and it would send However, Kante could now Arnold, 21, and Jadon Sancho, in the latter stages of the com- regarding postponement but no consen- Metropolitano while Real absolute support for the trol in recent weeks and a message to the world that play an important role in the 20. “At one point we were pos- petition, semi-final, final, if we sus could be reached as far as alternate Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Champions League final Madrid moved into phase Madrid, despite what we run-in as Chelsea aim to hold sibly looking at being without are good enough to get to that dates of holding the tournament in Sri hosted the 2010 decider being held in Madrid,” two, the penultimate stage of have experienced, does not onto a place in the Premier Marcus Rashford and Harry point. But without doubt we Lanka were concerned. between Inter Milan and Madrid mayor Jose Luis the Government’s de-escala- give up and is back.” AFP League’s top four. AFP Kane, or at the very best both have to view it positively.” Vijayawada Wednesday June 10 2020 !28 >= R ! "# $
fter stating latest interactions to Top Jaya Prada, Jayasudha, ! 2 that he wasn’t Telugu TV, the actor said Jackie Shroff, Sumalatha, called for the he wasn’t even invited to Radhikaa Sarathkumar series of meet- 10th annual reunion of and her husband Sarath ings that the 1980s actors held last Kumar, Poonam Dhillon, industry held November. “The 80s Suhasini Maniratnam, with government author- actors meet happen regu- Nagarjuna with wife ities last month, stirring larly. Recently it was held Amala, Venkatesh, a hornet’s nest, at Chiranjeevi residence, Ramesh Aravind, 8 : Nandamuri Balakrishna Hyderabad but I wasn’t Sobhana, Jagapathi Babu, has dropped another extended an invitation Nadiya, Radha, Jayaram, bomb. As a part of his for it. I believe in giving Prabhu, Suman, Lizzy, 60th birthday on respect and taking it. If Naresh VK, Rahman and Wednesday, the actor has you are not inviting me, Bhagyaraja were among a been giving series of its better you avoid me host of others who interviews to various completely. I will go my graced the reunion at media outlets over the own way,” the actor stat- newly renovated house of ! past one week. In one his ed. Chiranjeevi. ( $ <#- ' ;3"33/"(* A 6 6 est remembered for he adds, “For an actor, the his turns in Sri Sita biggest advantage with an Ramula Kalyanam OTT platform is that he can ctress Pooja Hegde has Chootamu rule out box-office pressure. shared how she spent Raarandi, Annaya, Dynamics of film business too time amid lockdown in a Yuvaraju, and has undergone a metamor- hilarious new post. Anandam among others, actor phosis. Back in 1999, when Pooja shared two Venkat has staged a comeback the film opened to 50 per cent monochrome pho- with Aha’s Run — more than occupancy, it would have the tographs on Instagram, where five years after his last Aa legs to run for another four- she is seen sleeping in bed. Aiduguru released. He points five weeks uninterrupted. But Describing her life amid out that he couldn’t help but if a film opens to 50 per cent self-isolation due to the out- take a break after his last. “I these days, it would be break of coronavirus in the didn’t want to spoil my hard- replaced by evening itself. country, Pooja captioned it: earned reputation by doing OTT is a boon for the indus- “My entire quarantine in a just any other role. People try, which is why most big nutshell... #quaranti- knew me as hero Venkat, players are entering into it. It nelife.” which was fine. I was sure that will respect you as an actor She then shared a if I didn’t do films, it’s ok. I and land you many opportu- photograph of herself had other businesses, taking nities.” doing yoga. In the care of my finances. So, it was Venkat has completed image, the actress is a risk I could afford. Yes, I did shooting for The Beauty and seen balancing her miss the camera but I was not the Baker Telugu remake, body on one leg and happy with the roles being which Annapurna Studios is performing the “ready- offered,” he tells us in an inter- producing. The show follows to-fly pose”. view. the love story between a sim- “Next up.. take the So when the offer to feature ple baker and an international other foot off the ground in Run came by way, he didn’t superstar. After a chance and fly off into the sun- think twice. Besides his encounter, it explores whether set.. #yogadreams #virab- prominent role, the fact that it their relationship can survive hadrasana3,” s h e c ap - was backed by Allu Aravind her jet-setting lifestyle, her tioned the image. and Krish meant that he had overbearing agent, their differ- On the acting front, to “give it a shot”. “Initially we ent socio-economic back- adding: “The makers audi- and concludes with it. The Pooja was last seen filmed it as a series but due to grounds and both their exes tioned many actors for the film is 80 per cent wrapped up onscreen in the Telugu some reasons it was pieced and the media. In many ways, part but none fit their vision. and I need to shoot for four action drama Ala together as a movie. Somehow it’s back to where it all began One fine day, I met Supriya at more days. I have also signed Vaikunthapurramuloo it didn’t turn out as we expect- for Venkat, whose debut film a party and she asked me to up to do a Tamil-Telugu bilin- starring Allu Arjun. ed. I couldn’t even dub for it Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam give the role a thought. I saw gual, which will be helmed by Directed by Trivikram because of the lockdown. Chootamu Raarandi (1999) the original and was con- a Tamil director. It’s a two- Srinivas, the film also fea- Nonetheless, I got good was produced by superstar vinced to it. After all, it’s hero film and I play one hero. tures Tabu, Jayaram, reviews for my role, with Nagarjuna under Annapurna Annapurna Studios which is It will have a sensational star Sushanth, Navdeep, Nivetha many commenting that I Studios. He will be seen as the producing.” cast,” he shares. Pethuraj, Samuthirakani, looked fit and was tailor- female lead’s mentor and Venkat is also playing a key Venkat is happy to don the Murali Sharma, Sunil, made,” he states, quick to manager in the remake. “It’s role in Ichhata Vahanamulu greasepaint again, saying that Sachin Khedekar, inform that even when was an interesting role and has a Nilaparadu, spearheaded by the industry is where he and Harsha not doing movies, he made it lot of Venkat for all of its 10 Sushanth and newbie always wanted to be. “For me Vardhan. a point to hit the gym and episodes. I’m excited and con- Meenakshi Chaudhary. “It’s a as an actor, it’s an interesting remain fit. fident about it. I was under role like what Srihari garu phase to be around, especially He believes OTT platforms some pressure to portray it played in some films last with the OTT boom. When I will help the actors and direc- because the original actor decade. It has its own impor- made my debut it wasn’t an tors to experiment more. 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ith many rumours swirling around that he is not in the pink of health, composer Sashi Pritam of Gulabi and Samudram fame on Tuesday clarified that he has undergone Angioplasty earlier this month and now is doing fine. “I suffered a heart attack on June 4 and my friend Raju admitted me to Century Hospital in Banjara Hills immediately. The doctors diag- nosed that there was a block in my heart, follow- :! ing which they performed Angioplasty. They have placed a stent in my heart and saved me from a massive heart attack. I thank my family members, friends and well-wishers for praying for my speedy recovery,” the talented music director, who was discharged on Tuesday evening, said in a statement.
eading producer Dil = /' 3%%4(% =43*(:39(% ; " Raju’s former partner Laxman, who took "(%4.5'3 9 ; %& '39=% care of the distribu- tion wing of Sri Venkateswara ith the Telangana check cast and crew for mild members less than 10 years Creations, has decided to go government giv- cough or low-grade fever of age and above 60 years solo. While there have been ing its consent to using infrared thermometer. should not be allowed on reports that he bagged distribu- restart shootings It also made it compulsory sets without medical clear- tion rights of some anticipated on Monday, the that producers will be ance. It has also asked to cut projects earlier this year, it has industry got the responsible for obtaining down the crew to less than now emerged that Laxman will list of standard practices self-declaration forms on 40 persons. The guidelines also be venturing into film pro- that it should follow while it history of ailments like dia- also asked the industry to duction. Apparently, he wanted limps back to normalcy betes, hypertension, cardiac shoot primarily in studio to announce a slate of films slowly. While advocating the issues etc including recent environments, avoiding under his production house regular practices of social bouts of cough, sore throat, external locations. Contain- Bridge Productions but Covid- distancing, avoiding hand- fever from cast and crew on ment zones will not be con- 19 outbreak thwarted his plans. shakes, wearing non-med- sets. Only personnel sidered for shooting. It is believed that he will first ical grade masks, daily fumi- screened and cleared for the Guidelines to be emulat- announce his big-ticket film gation of locations and pro- work can go about their ed on the hair and make-up before announcing next set of viding hand cleaning facili- business. While encouraging front, catering services, art ventures shortly. ties at entry and exit points the use of Arogya Setu app, department and for post- strongly, the government the government advised the production works too have has asked the producers to producers that cast and crew been issued.