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he number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the planet has he first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the n a snub to China amid border tension, India today said Australia angladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent congratulatory Tpassed 40 million. The milestone was passed early Monday according TUnited Arab Emirates landed near Tel Aviv on Monday, further Iwould join the high-level Malabar naval exercises, which makes it the Bgifts to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion to Johns Hopkins University, which collates reporting from around the cementing a normalisation deal between the two countries. Etihad full "Quad" or quadrilateral coalition in the mega drill next month, along of Durga Puja, a government official said on Monday. The gifts were world. The actual worldwide figure of COVID-19 cases is likely to be far Airways Flight No. 9607 landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion international with the US and Japan. The Malabar exercises will take place in channelled through the protocol wing of the premier's office, an official higher, as testing has been variable, many people have had no symptoms airport just after 7 am. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed for Abu November-end in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Australia will in the prime minister's office, who was familiar with the process, said. and some governments have concealed the true number of cases. To Dhabi later Monday with an Israeli travel and tourism delegation on return to the joint manoeuvres after its participation in 2007 that drew The gifts have been sent through the Benapole-Petropole land route to date, more than 1.1 million confirmed virus deaths have been reported, board, according to an Etihad statement. Etihad criticism from China. Australia has been keen on joining the drill for be delivered to Banerjee through the Bangladesh although experts also believe that number is an said it plans regular passenger flights between years and both Japan and the US have been deputy high commission officials in undercount. The US, Brazil and India are the countries in the future and was launching pressing for its inclusion. In 2007, China Kolkata. Unconfirmed reports said reporting by far the highest numbers of cases, a dedicated Hebrew website. Etihad had reacted sharply when Australia had the gifts included a sari, sweets although the increase in recent weeks has been previously sent to Tel Aviv an unmarked participated in the Malabar naval exercises and flowers. The five-day long driven by a surge in Europe, which has seen cargo plane flying aid to assist the and so, India had not repeated the invite Durga Puja festival this year will over 240,000 confirmed virus deaths in the Palestinians in fighting the despite Canberra's wish. Singapore had culminate on October 25. pandemic so far. coronavirus. also participated in 2007. Fourth low pressure this SC Bar split over Jagan’s letter n SCBA prez recuses from EC meet on resolution condemning letter to CJI action by constitutional func- Oct forms over the horizon PNS n NEW DELHI tionaries is opposed to conven- tions causing serious inroads SCBA President Dushyant impacting the independence of n Citizens holds their breathe as IMD forecasts heavy to heavy rainfall over North Andhra from October 21 Dave has recused himself from the judiciary as enshrined in the process of passing the res- the Constitution of India. FM pushes large PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM central part of the Bay of olution condemning Chief The resolution said that its Bengal is usually in West- Minister YS Jaganmohan executive committee, at a CPSEs to meet 75 As the cyclone season begins in Northwest or Northwest direc- Reddy's letter to Chief Justice meeting on October 16, pc of FY21 capex October over Bay of Bengal, a tion towards Andhra Pradesh of India SA Bobde, in which strongly condemned the action fourth low pressure is very like- and Odisha coast. allegations were levelled con- of Reddy in releasing the let- target by Dec ly to build up by October 20 Sometimes they recur in against a sitting judge of the demn- ter to the CJI making allega- and induce heavy rains. the northeast direction after Supreme Court, an official of ing Jagan’s act of making pub- tions against the sitting judge The heavy rain under the reaching near the coast and it the bar body said on Monday. lic the allegations. in the public domain. influence of the system may travels towards Gangetic West Dave had a different view "in He said Dave had sought Several other Bar bodies further batter the areas in Bengal, Bangladesh or principle" on passing the res- EC's nod for not taking part in have also condemned Jagan’s 8 North Andhra that have Myanmar. olution at such an early stage, the meeting which was then action. already been affected by floods Temperatures start drop- Supreme Court Bar chaired by SCBA Vice In an unprecedented move, earlier this month. ping in Northern and Central Association (SCBA) Secretary President Kailash Vasudev. the Chief Minister wrote to the Earlier, low pressures were parts of Bay of Bengal in the Rohit Pandey said, when asked The resolution was passed CJI alleging that the AP High formed on October 5, 9 and 16. Bay of Bengal this month as a An east-west trough runs month of November. But the about media reports on alleged unanimously in the meeting Court was being used to According to IMD, the sea few models are indicating roughly along 14°N across temperatures of southern parts division in the executive com- chaired by Vasudev, the SCBA "destabilise and topple my surface temperature is around another low brewing over Bay peninsular India and cyclonic of the Bay of Bengal remain mittee (EC) over the issue. Secretary said. democratically elected gov- 290 C to 310 C over most parts of Bengal by October 20. circulation over central Bay of warm in November. Therefore, Dave had reportedly said the He said all EC members, ernment". of the Bay of Bengal. Tropical The latest IMD prediction Bengal between 1.5 km & 5.8 the formation of low-pressure bar had no idea about the except the President, were on He requested the CJI to cyclone heat potential is says that a cyclonic circulation km above mean sea level tilt- areas, depression as well as truthfulness of the allegations board in passing the resolution look into the matter and con- around 70-90 KJ/CM2 over the lies over the central Bay of ing southwards with height and cyclones also shifts towards the and such a resolution would be to condemn the CM's letter to sider initiating steps "as may be entire Bay of Bengal except Bengal and its neighbourhood this trough very likely to per- south Bay of Bengal. premature at this stage. the CJI. considered fit and proper to some parts of along the East and extends up to mid-tropos- sist over the same region dur- They tend to develop in the Pandey said the majority Earlier, the SCBA had said ensure that the state judiciary's Coast of India off Andhra pheric levels. Under its influe- ing next 3-4 days. south-east Bay of Bengal and was, however, in favour of in its resolution that such neutrality is maintained". Pradesh-Tamil Nadu coasts. nce, a low pressure is very like- Under the influence of these travel in West-Northwest direc- There seems to be a series of ly to develop over the same reg- systems, the movement of tion towards Tamil Nadu for low pressure developing in the ion during the next 24 hours. cyclones which forms over the south Andhra coast. Ambulance, ‘Changes being Atchannaidu to head made in all sectors fake patient for country's used to TDP AP; Ramana TS growth’ smuggle drugs PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n NEW DELHI Telugu Desam Party national president N 5 In a novel modus operandi, Chandrababu Naidu on a gang used a hired ambu- Monday reconstituted the lance with a fake patient to party politburo and the mislead the police on the central committee and route from Visakhapatnam appointed senior leader in Andhra Pradesh to New Kinjarapu Atchannaidu as Delhi. its new president for the The Delhi police have now Andhra Pradesh unit. arrested four persons and L Ramana has been recovered 181 kg of retained as the president of cannabis, worth around Rs TDP Telangana state unit. 1.8 crore in the internation- Naidu, however, did not prominence of BC communi- al market. reconstitute the AP state com- ties in the party. The Delhi north district mittee though a new president Atchannaidu's promotion Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy inspects the devastation caused by the police initiated the investiga- has been appointed. comes at a time when Naidu recent heavy rains during his aerial survey of the flood-hit regions of Krishna and tion after it received an Atchannaidu, who is also is keen on shedding the Guntur districts on Monday. The CM covered Nandigama, Avanigadda, anonymous complaint the deputy leader of Telugu 'kamma party' tag of TDP, Penamaluru, Mylavaram and Tadikonda constituencies and saw the extent of against a notorious character Desam Legislature Party, is a often attributed by rival crops damaged. After his aerial survey, he directed officials to provide input active in the Gulabi Bagh backward class (BC) leader YSRCP and others. Immature Jagan subsidy to farmers as well as complete enumerating the losses so that area. and Naidu’s decision is being compensation can be released at the earliest. 2 seen as a signal to the rising 2 on path to self-destruct CM takes to the air to assess flood fury India invites Australia to be PNS n VIJAYAWADA Penamaluru, Mylavaram, extend input subsidy to the lakh cusecs. 2 Tadikonda, Kolluru and other hapless farmers. With incessant rain in Chief Minister YS Jaganm- mandals in the two districts. Timely distribution of catchment areas in neigh- ohan Reddy on Monday A flood discharge of over input subsidy would help the bouring Telangana filling up part of Malabar exercise evening conducted an aerial seven lakh cusecs in river farmers in taking up cropping midstream rivulets like Mu- survey of flood-hit areas of Krishna last week left stand- in the Rabi season, he said. nneru, the flood at Prakasam PNS n NEW DELHI the US and Japan, effectively weeks after the foreign minis- TODAY Guntur and Krishna districts. ing crops in thousands of The flood flow in river Barrage continues to pose a making it the first military- ters of the Quad held extensive Accompanied by ministers acres in these districts inun- Krishna decreased to 4.90 threat to the lanka villages, In a significant move that level engagement between the talks in Tokyo with a focus on ALMANAC M Sucharita and Kodali Sri dated and also marooned lakh cusecs at Prakasam Bar- mostly in Guntur district, comes amid a Sino-India bor- four member nations grouping enhancing their cooperation in Month & Paksham: Venkateswara Rao, Jagan hundreds of houses. rage in Vijayawada by apart from the habitations on der row, India on Monday -- the Quad. the Indo-Pacific, a region that Ashwin & Shukla Paksha inspected the damage to agri- Jagan directed officials to Monday evening, but dis- the left bank of the river in announced Australia's partic- The invitation by India to has been witnessing increasing Panchangam culture and horticulture crops complete enumeration of the charges from upstream reser- Krishna district. ipation in the upcoming the Australian Navy for the Chinese military assertiveness. in Nandigama, Avanigadda, losses as early as possible and voirs continued to be over five Malabar exercise along with exercise next month came two Tithi : Chaturthi: 11:18 am 2 2 Nakshatram: Jyeshtha: 02:12 am (Next Day) Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Concrete chunks fall off Rahukalam: 02:53 pm – 04:20 pm Telugu-American wins $25K for Covid research Yamagandam: 09:07 am – 10:34 am PNS n WASHINGTON on ways to fight the seasonal not clear whether her research Varjyam: 09:05 am – 10:34 am, flu. Her plans changed when has been tested on a live Durga flyover, cop injured 12:42 am – 02:12 am An Indian-American teenager the pandemic hit. In order to model. PNS n VIJAYAWADA his hand and his head when Gulika: 12:00 pm - 01:27 pm has been awarded $25,000 for find a potential drug for the Anika, who hopes to be a the concrete pieces came off Good Time: (to start any important work) her research to find a treatment highly infectious virus, the medical researcher and profes- A couple of small concrete from the bottom of the fly- Amritakalam: 06:01 pm – 07:30 pm for the coronavirus. Anika 14-year-old used multiple sor one day, said that her chunks, believed to be con- over. Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from computer programs to identi- grandfather inspired her inter- struction debris, fell off the Kanakadurga flyover super- Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:37 am – 12:23 pm Texas, has just won the 2020 fy how and where the molecule est in science. "My grandpa, newly-constructed intendent engineer John 3M Young Scientist Challenge would bind to the SARS-CoV- when I was younger, he always Kanakadurga flyover near Moshe told The Pioneer that VIJAYAWADA for her work on a potential 2 virus. used to push me toward sci- Ashok Pillar at the foot of the after the traffic is allowed to WEATHER drug to treat Covid-19, report- Anika used in-silico method- ence. Indrakeeladri on Monday, ply on the newly-inaugurated Forecast: Thunderstorm ed CNN. ology for drug discovery to find He was actually a chemistry leaving a police constable on flyover, a small piece of con- Temp: 28/24 The schoolgirl has developed tain protein on the SARS- "It's exciting. I'm still trying a molecule that can selectively professor, and he used to duty with minor injuries. crete fell on the constable. He Humidity: 91% a molecule that can bind to a CoV-2 virus. This protein by to process everything," she bind to the Spike protein of the always tell me to learn the peri- Rambabu, an Andhra said that the chipping of loose Sunrise: 06.10 am certain protein of the coron- binding to it will stop the said of her big win. SARS-CoV-2 virus in an odic table of the elements and Pradesh Special Police (APSP) and dead concrete is in the Sunset: 05.50 pm avirus and prevent it from function of the protein," the Anika wasn't always focused attempt to find a cure for the learn all these things about sci- constable who was on bando- process; however the original functioning. "I developed this eight-grader was quoted as on the coronavirus. 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comment made heading a bench of the SC decades ago by a senior dealing with politicians having Apolitician that there will criminal history? This appears be no political murders but Immature Jagan on path to self-destruct credible as the SC had recent- only suicides suits AP Chief ly directed High Courts to Minister YS Jaganmohan only 44 when he took power vious regime. His time was Barring these, he did not complete trial of politicians Reddy quite well. in Jharkhand. The letter triggered a debate on whether spent on planning achieve anything. facing criminal charges with- Jagan grabbed attention of However, none of them Jagan’s complaints were true or levelled out whom to send Moreover, during in a year. the entire country 17 months have attracted as much con- to jail, who TRULY his rule, several Prime Minister Modi has ago when he rode to power troversy as Jagan in such a of vendetta. If his complaints were to be should be tar- undesirable incidents been contemplating to cleanse with a thumping majority and short span of time. None of true, why did he not choose to wait till the geted and who SPEAKING have taken place like politics of corrupt elements became the Chief Minister at them took such immature should be pun- attacks on temples, since long. As part of his the age of 46. decisions that are politically CJI responded? Did he release to the public ished. theft in temples and more. efforts, Modi contemplated Jagan was not the youngest suicidal like Jagan. deliberately, knowing that the judiciary He earned the Writing a letter to the Chief hastening the trial process of CM in the country -- It cannot be construed that would give scant respect to his complaint as anger of the judiciary by Justice of India levelling alle- politicians with criminal his- Devendra Fadnavis was 44 when a person becomes the abruptly ending the term of gations against Justice NV tory. when he headed the govern- CM at a relatively young age, the contents were far from true? the constitutional office of Ramana and AP High Court Knowing well the stand ment in Maharashtra, Yogi he or she would display lack the SEC and appointing judges and releasing it publicly taken by the Modi Adityanath was 45 when he of administrative experience. posed to do? He is supposed these ingredients. another person in his place. has led to people suspecting Government, Jagan slinging became the CM of UP. Prema Many youth will acquire to draw up plans to overcome He had the opportunity to Y SATYA KUMAR He took controversial deci- Jagan’s discretionary abilities. mud on somebody and trying Khandu took the reins of mental maturity at a relative- the financial problems of the increase his popularity by BJP National Secretary sions like painting govern- The letter triggered a debate to project the judiciary in CM's office of Arunachal ly young age, but not Jagan. state. He is supposed to imple- delivering good governance. ment buildings with party across the country on whether bad light displays his foolhar- Pradesh at the age of 36 while This is evident by the CBI and ment constructive pro- The Modi government gave colours and replacing Telugu Jagan’s complaints were true or diness. Pramod Sawant of Goa, ED filing 17 charge-sheets grammes that create wealth in all necessary support to resid- up constructive measures, medium with English in gov- levelled out of vendetta. If his There is nothing special in Conrad Sangma of Meghalaya Jagan by the time he turned the state, which is endowed uary AP to enable it to devel- embarked on destructive pro- ernment schools. Instead of complaints were to be true, either Modi or Home Minister and Biplav Kumar Dev of 40. with the longest coastline, op right from the day one. The grammes since coming to focussing on developmental why did he not choose to wait Amit Shah giving Jagan Tripura were in the age group The popularity enjoyed by fertile lands, natural resources, Modi government was pre- power. He unilaterally activities, Jagan diverted avail- till the CJI responded? Did he appointment since they would of 45-47 years when they YSR, and the omissions and water resources. pared to allocate some crores scrapped power-purchase able funds to welfare pro- release to the public deliber- follow rules to give appoint- became CMs of their respec- commissions of the previous In fact, Andhra Pradesh of rupees for construction of agreements, the Amaravati grammes. ately, knowing that the judicia- ment to any Chief Minister. It tive states. regime helped catapult Jagan has much potential, compared the state capital, development project and tenders for During the last one year, he ry would give scant respect to does not mean that they will There are many such exam- to power; his party winning to other states, to achieve of roads, Metro Rail projects, Polavaram project met. was seen distributing funds his complaint as the contents support every decision of ples in other parties too. When 151 of the 175 Assembly seats progress. To achieve this, the road projects, ports and to set The CM wasted his valuable and official posts among var- were far from true? Jagan. N Chandrababu Naidu first and 22 of the 25 LS seats. Chief Minister should have up many more public sector time by going after his polit- ious sections of society and Or was the letter an ill- Jagan alone is to be held became the CM of AP, he was With such a huge majority, vision, and an action plan. But undertakings. ical rivals and undermining appointed more than 60 advi- thought of plan to sling mud responsible for his self- only 45; Hemant Soren was what is any young leader sup- Jagan doesn’t seem to have But Jagan, instead of taking the decisions taken by the pre- sors. on Justice Ramana who is destructive decisions.

Covid being Rise in Covid post-recovery ‘effectively Don’t let corruption impact sand contained', says Centre policy image, Jagan tells officials PNS n VIJAYAWADA curtailed and quality sand is Chief Minister directed the ailments remains a worry n PNS NEW DELHI being supplied at an affordable authorities to introduce a PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM gists to help patients deal with Stating that protection of the price. The State should not get ‘Challan’ system, where anyone the aftermath of Covid-19 and India's cumulative Covid-19 environment goes hand-in- a bad name and any lapse in by paying challan can trans- With Covid-19 patients com- restore them to health. Apollo, positivity rate has remained hand with development, Chief the implementation of the port sand. He instructed the plaining of various health Visakhapatnam is planning to below 8 per cent for four Minister YS Jaganmohan sand policy would not be tol- officials to make certain that issues and concerning symp- open a Post-Covid Recovery days, demonstrating that the Reddy on Wednesday said that erated,” Jagan said. anyone can transport sand toms even after recovery, cor- Clinic in the city. rate of spread of infection is there shall be no scope for cor- For better execution of the from the reaches and provide porate hospitals now focus on The Post-Covid Recovery being effectively contained, ruption in sand mining and sand policy, the Chief Minister contractor standby transporta- post-recovery care. Clinics will address the rising the Union health ministry supply. advised officials to increase the tion. Even as positive cases in number of patients who have said on Monday. Stressing that the sand pol- number of reaches, capacity of For construction of gov- Andhra have taken a down- recovered but are suffering fr- This has been brought icy introduced by his govern- the reaches along with improv- ernment projects or housing turn—2,918 cases reported on om the mid and long term per- about by a high level of com- ment was ‘fully transparent’, the ing the efficiency of sand sup- for poor, sand should be sup- Monday— cases where persons sistent effects of the infection. prehensive countrywide test- Chief Minister said that the ply. plied at a subsidy price through suffering from the mid and Dr Sami, Chief Operating ing, it said. The country's aim was to make sand acces- “Boosting the capacity can a token system, he said and long term persistent effects of 2,918 cases, 24 more deaths in AP Officer, Apollo Hospitals, cumulative positivity rate sible to the public. attract large companies or added that even locals of the the infection are on the rise. Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh’s were reported in 24 hours. East Visakhapatnam said, “Many stands at 7.94 per cent and is Jagan was addressing a even the Central Government same constituency can avail the Over 50 percent of Covid Covid-19 tally rose to 7,86,050 Godavari district reported the patients who have recovered on a continuous decline, the review meeting on Monday institutions,” he said. The Chief subsidy sand through the patients suffer from problems on Monday as 2,918 new cases highest of 468 fresh cases and from Covid-19 at our hospitals ministry said in a statement. with officials at his camp office Minister stated that the cost of token system for their person- including breathlessness, chest were added, but the number of Vizianagaram the lowest at 44. have been contacting us for "As evidence has revealed, on the new sand policy where transportation was a little on al use. pain and heart issues, joint active cases reduced to just Kadapa became the 10th district symptoms that they are having, higher numbers of testing on he told officials to make the the higher side and asked offi- He said that public opinion pains, vision problems, and about 35,000. in the state to cross the 50,000 and not knowing where to go a sustained basis have aided supply process more efficient cials to explore ways to reduce should be taken before finalis- memory loss months after The latest bulletin said 4,303 cases mark after it added 155 in for them. To address these in bringing down the positiv- and improve the quality. it. Also, the price fixing should ing the policy. contracting the novel coron- patients also got cured in 24 24 hours. However, it has only health issues faced by patients ity rate. The decline in the The Chief Minister said that be at the constituency level and Ministers Peddireddy avirus. Covid-19 impacts hours ending 9 AM on Monday, 2,620 active cases now. who have recovered from cumulative positivity rate has his government was imple- if anyone is found to be selling Ramachandra Reddy, Perni almost all vital organs in the taking the total recoveries to Chittoor, Guntur, Krishna and Covid-19, we have started the demonstrated that the rate of menting the policy without higher than the fixed price, Venkataramaiah, Kodali body. 7,44,532. Visakhapatnam districts reported Post-Covid Recovery Clinics. spread of infection is being giving any scope for corruption SEB shall intervene and take Venkateswara Rao, and offi- Apart from acute events like The overall toll increased to four fresh fatalities each, while These exclusive clinics for effectively contained," it said. and also following the guide- action, he said. cials of the Panchayat Raj stroke and myocardial infarc- 6,453 after 24 more casualties Kadapa saw three more deaths. post-Covid care will help "Higher testing across wide lines of environmental protec- In order to bridge the gap Department were present in tion, chronic conditions like patients to connect to the spe- regions has led to early iden- tion. “Illegal mining was also between demand-supply, the the meeting. diabetes and hypertension are post Covid-care clinics. In morbidity and mortality cialised care that they need. We tification of positive cases, part of the post-Covid syn- some states, government post- beyond the pandemic with a have laid down the guidelines prompt tracking through effi- drome. A number of sudden Covid care clinics are also large number of chronically ill and have trained the clinicians cient surveillance and tracing, deaths in post-Covid patients being set up. individuals who have recov- to ensure that patients get the and timely and effective treat- AP sends eight have been reported and most Doctors are of the view that ered from Covid. correct treatment. The clinics ment in homes/facilities and Ambulance, fake of these are attributed to acute the post-Covid syndrome is The Post-Covid Recovery will help patients recover com- in hospitals for the severe speed-boats to cardiac events. adding to this disease load and Clinics will be manned by a pletely from the consequences cases. These measures in tan- Observing the trend, corpo- if not addressed with a special team of specialists including of Covid-19 and return to liv- dem eventually lead to lower rate hospitals are now opening focus will lead to an increase in neurologists and immunolo- ing life as before Covid.” mortality rate," it added. patient used to... flood-hit Hyd PNS n VIJAYAWADA

Continued from Page 1 Nageshwar and Poleju Babu The AP government is send- CM takes to Rao, who are residents of ing eight speed-boats and Atchannaidu to head TDP AP; Ramana TS It was mentioned in the Visakhapatnam, Andhra life-jackets to neighbouring the air to... Continued from Page 1 next elections in 2024. secretary in the central com- made a vice-president in the complaint that BC Rajiv was a Pradesh and Shole Raj, a res- Telangana for rescue and Atchannaidu was recently mittee, by virtue of which he central committee. notorious drug peddler, car- ident of Mori Gate, were com- relief operations in the rain- Continued from Page 1 A former minister, Atcha- arrested for his alleged role in will also be an ex-officio mem- Besides Ramana, who will be ried illegal firearms, and is ing to Mori Gate to supply battered Hyderabad city. nnaidu replaces Kala Venkata the ESI scam, which the TDP ber in the politburo. an ex-officio member, the wanted but absconding in an drugs to the local distributors. The AP State Disaster Res- Meanwhile, the state gov- Rao. Atchannaidu is also the claimed as witch-hunting by Former minister Kollu politburo has only two other armed robbery case in Prasad A trap was laid and four ponse Force personnel are ernment issued orders for free TDP legislature party Deputy the ruling party. Ravindra, who was recently members from Telangana Nagar. men -- Poleju Babu Rao, also being sent to the neigh- distribution of essential com- Leader in the Assembly. For the first time, film actor arrested in a murder case, has where the party is facing a vir- Based on the information, Gudepu Nageshwara Rao, bouring state, an official press modities to families affected by According to sources, and two-time MLA also been taken into the polit- tual extinction. the Delhi police raided the Shole Raj and Ramesh -- were release said here on Monday. the floods and heavy rains in appointing Atchannaidu as Nandamuri Balakrishna has buro. In the 15-member central house of the accused where arrested. A record rainfall of over 43 Krishna, Guntur, West and state party chief is aimed at been appointed member of Another former minister committee, four from they faced heavy resistance "Poleju Babu Rao and cm left Hyderabad in tatters, East Godavari districts. serving the twin purposes of the politburo, which has a Pithani Satyanarayana, who Telangana, including an MLA with some policemen getting Gudepu Nageshwara Rao with many areas still reeling Families whose houses appealing to the BC commu- total of 25 members, including has also been named in the ESI Mecha Nageswara Rao, found injured. Later, the Delhi police came to Delhi with the under sheets of water due to remained marooned or inun- nities and also to inject new three ex-officio members. scam, also got a place in the place while another has been in a series of raids caught cannabis by road in a hired overflowing drains and tanks. dated for a week would be blood into the party's ranks. Balakrishna will be a represen- politburo. made the official spokesman. many persons with contra- ambulance with a fake patient, "Telangana government given 25 kgs of rice, one kg red Following the massive defeat tative of the party founder NT Guntur MP Galla Jayadev Former legislator Sriram band. whereas Shole Raj came to requested us to send boats for gram dal, one kg potatoes and in 2019 Assembly and Rama Rao's family in the polit- has been made politburo mem- Rajagopal Tataiah has been After the raids and follow- Delhi by air. Shole Raj admit- rescue and relief operations. one kg onions, besides a litre Parliamentary elections, Naidu buro, replacing his late broth- ber in place of his mother Galla appointed as the party treasur- ing sustained investigation, ted that he was involved in Accordingly, we are sending of edible oil, according to is focusing on revamping the er Nandamuri Harikrishna. Aruna Kumari, who recently er. MLC Bachhula Arjunudu the police received further drug peddling for the last 10 three speed-boats from the Revenue (Disaster image of TDP to build a strong Naidu's son Nara Lokesh has resigned from her post. has been made chairman of the information on October 17 years," DCP North Anto SDMA and five from the AP Management) Principal cadre to take on rivals in the been retained as the general However, she has now been party disciplinary committee. that drug peddlers Gudepu Alphonse said. Tourism,” the release said. Secretary V Usharani.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES India invites Australia to be part of Malabar .... AP smuggler nabbed GOLD Continued from Page 1 collectively support free, open In her reaction, Australian India. Defence and security ties ` 51, 160 (10 gm) and inclusive Indo-Pacific and Defence Minister Linda "It will bolster the ability of between India and Australia ` 890 "As India seeks to increase remain committed to a rules Reynolds CSC termed the par- India, Australia, Japan and the have been on an upswing in the in Chennai with gold SILVER cooperation with other coun- based international order," the ticipation of her country in the United States to work togeth- last few years. ` 62,600 (1kg) tries in the maritime security ministry said. exercise a "milestone opportu- er to uphold peace and stabil- In June, India and Australia PNS n CHENNAI and seized, it said. ` 1000 domain and in the light of For the last few years, nity" and said it will showcase ity across our region," she said. elevated their ties to a compre- In another case, a city resi- increased defence cooperation Australia has been showing the "deep trust" between four The Malabar exercise start- hensive strategic partnership Gold worth over Rs 33 lakh, dent who landed from Dubai with Australia, Malabar 2020 keen interest in participating in major Indo-Pacific democra- ed in 1992 as a bilateral drill and signed a landmark deal for concealed in petroleum jelly was intercepted and examina- CHICKEN will see the participation of the the exercise and India's deci- cies and their shared will to between the Indian Navy and reciprocal access to military and hair gel by two interna- tion of his checked in-baggage RATES `/KG Australian Navy," the defence sion to heed to Australia's work together on common the US Navy in the Indian bases for logistics support dur- tional air passengers who revealed nine hair gel tubes in ministry said in a statement. request to be part of the mega security interests. Ocean. Japan became a perma- ing an online summit between arrived here on Sunday, has his possession. Dressed/With Skin `200 It also said the participants naval drill comes in the midst “High-end military exercis- nent member of the exercise in Prime Minister Narendra Modi been recovered, the Customs The tubes, on being Without Skin `228 of the exercise collectively sup- of growing strain in ties with es like Malabar are key to 2015. This annual exercise was and his Australian counterpart said. checked, were found to be Broiler at Farm `138 port free, open and inclusive China over the border row in enhancing Australia's mar- conducted off the coast of Scott Morrison. India has A native of Andhra Pradesh, unusually heavy. They were Indo-Pacific, remarks which eastern Ladakh. itime capabilities, building Guam in the Philippine Sea in already inked mutual logistics who arrived from Kuwait, was cut open and found to contain reflected a subtle change in The evolving situation in the interoperability with our close 2018 and off the coast of Japan support deals with the other intercepted by its officials a golden brown thick paste, EGG India's approach towards the Indo-Pacific region in the wake partners, and demonstrating in 2019. two Quad members. based on suspicion, a Customs suspected to be gold paste. drill as well as larger messag- of China's increasing military our collective resolve to sup- "This year, the exercise has The Mutual Logistics release here said on Monday. A total of 270 grams of gold, RATES `/100 ing. The exercise is expected to muscle flexing has become a port an open and prosperous been planned on a non-contact Support Agreement (MLSA) On examination of his valued at Rs 14.16 lakh, was VIJAYAWADA 529 be held in the Bay of Bengal major talking point among Indo-Pacific," Reynolds said. - at sea' format," the defence allows militaries of the two checked-in baggage, 16 gold recovered after extraction, the and the Arabian Sea. leading global powers. The US Australian Foreign Minister ministry said, adding that the countries to use each other's cut bits concealed in two small release added. HYDERABAD 480 "The participants of Exercise has been favouring making Marise Payne said the exercise will strengthen the bases for repair and replenish- plastic containers of petroleum The total seizure of 635 VISAKHAPATNAM 522 Malabar 2020 are engaging to Quad a security architecture to announcement was another coordination between the ment of supplies besides facil- jelly were found. grams of gold was valued at Rs RETAIL PRICE `5.29 enhance safety and security in check China's growing important step in Australia's Navies of the participating itating scaling up of overall The 365 grams gold, valued 33.30 lakh, it said, adding, fur- (IN VIJAYAWADA) the maritime domain. They assertiveness. deepening relationship with countries. defence cooperation. at Rs 19.14 lakh, was recovered ther investigation was on.

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GODDESS DURGA IN GAYATRI DEVI ALANKARAM Relief in full swing in flood-hit areas: Min

PNS n VIJAYAWADA n The civil supplies been alerted to provide medi- in May. He said Lokesh was department has been cines free of cost and the village claiming that 64 people were Relief and rehabilitation mea- directed to provide volunteers are making all-out killed in East Godavari district sures were in full swing in the essential commodities to efforts to help the affected fam- due to floods and 700 farmers flood- affected areas in nine dis- the affected families. Relief ilies, the minister said. committed suicide in the State. tricts across the State, disclosed and health camps are The civil supplies depart- Such lies would unnecessarily Minister for Agriculture being organised in the ment has been directed to pro- create a fear among people, he Kurasala Kanna Babu. vide essential commodities to said. Addressing the media here on affected areas and the affected families. Relief and Opposition leader N Monday, the minister said that permanent measures are health camps are being organ- Chandrababu Naidu had all reservoirs in East, West being taken to maintain ised in the affected areas and deceived the farmers of Godavari, Krishna and Guntur health and hygiene permanent measures are being Amaravati by making tall districts were filled to the brim. n taken to maintain health and promises, hence, they voted He said primary estimates In view of the imminent hygiene. In view of the immi- against the TDP in the elec- have revealed that crops in cyclone warning from nent cyclone warning from tions, he reminded. Goddess Kanakadurga is decorated as Goddess Gayatri on the third day of 1,07,797 hectares have been Tuesday, all the officials Tuesday, all the officials have He said Lokesh has no right Dasara Navaratri celebrations atop Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada on Monday damaged in nine districts. have been alerted to take been alerted to take adequate to speak ill of the Chief Minister Horticulture crops were dam- adequate steps to mitigate Minister for Agriculture Kurasala Kanna Babu addresses a press conference in steps to mitigate the problem, as the people know very well aged in 13,563 hectares and the problem, Minister for Vijayawada on Monday (file photo) the minister added. how he was striving to provide THIRD DAY OF NAVARATRI aquaculture was damaged in Agriculture Kurasala Kanna He said there was no truth in good governance. He said the 2,974 hectares. He said 478 Babu said copious water inflows. He said modities are being provided to the utterances of TDP leader Chief Minister does not need to boats belonging to the fisher- 40 colonies in Kakinada rural the affected families in these Nara Lokesh, who claimed that prove anything like Naidu did men were damaged. and electricity departments. were badly affected and even segments. Boats have been req- an input subsidy of only Rs 25 by deceiving people with graph- The minister said all the He said Eleru reservoir received Pithapuram, Prattipadu and uisitioned to rescue the affect- lakh was provided. He said Rs ics. He said constructive criti- Durga temple earns departments are taking up 30 tmc feet of water and all Anaparthi segments were ed families and mineral water 125 crore input subsidy was cism was always welcome but damage control exercise, espe- drains originating from the affected. is also being provided to them. released in July and August and not untruths about the present Rs 10 lakh revenue cially the roads and buildings reservoir were brimming with Food and essential com- The health department has Rythu Bharosa was paid in full government. PNS n VIJAYAWADA n On October 21, on the Webinar on auspicious Lokesh slams State govt for CM lives in hearts Goddess Kanakadurga is deco- Mulanakshatram day, revival of rated as Goddess Gayatri Devi Chief Minister YS on the third day of Dasara Jaganmohan Reddy on Navaratri celebrations on dividing ryots on caste lines tourism of BCs: Speaker behalf of the government Monday. The importance of will present silk saree to Goddess Gayatri is that the PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Goddess is considered as the Goddess Kanakadurga. All Veda Mata, the mother of Vedas. security arrangements TDP National General Secretary Members of National Tourism Chief Minister YS Jaganmo The Vedas are large body of were taken and a high Nara Lokesh on Monday made Committee of the Federation han Reddy will live in the texts, composed in Vedic level team comprising City a whirlwind tour to the flood- of Indian Chamber of hearts of Backward Classes for Sanskrit and they form the old- Police Commissioner B hit areas and enquired about Commerce and Industry years for the service he has est layer of Sanskrit Literature, Srinivasulu and Collector crop loss from the farmers in (FICCI) will interact with been rendering, opined and the oldest sacred text of A MD Imtiaz inspected the East Godavari district. Special Chief Secretary Rajat Speaker Tammineni Sitaram. Hinduism, Goddess Gayatri is temple premises and Lokesh inspected damaged Bhargava on ‘Revival of “I belong to the Backward the mother of the Vedas. security arrangements crops spread over different vil- Tourism in Andhra Pradesh’ in Class but Jaganmohan Reddy The Goddess often sits on a lages in Jaggampeta, Prathipadu, a webinar. elevated me to a higher posi- red lotus flower and appears registered online. Pithapuram and Anaparthy Reacting to the video confer- tion. Similarly, he gave impor- with five heads and five pairs of On October 21, on the auspi- Assembly constituencies. He ence mooted by the FICCI, the tance to 139 backward com- hands and representing the cious Mulanakshatram day, also visited the submerged hous- Lokesh interacts with villagers during his whirlwind tour to the flood-hit areas in Special Chief Secretary said, munities and created 56 incarnation of Goddess Parvati, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan es in the flood waters. Former East Godavari district on Monday “The Covid-19 pandemic has Corporations and reserved 50 Several leaders, Saraswati and She is especially Reddy on behalf of the govern- minister Nimmakayala hit the travel and tourism per cent of the chairperson who were identified with Saraswati. ment will present silk saree to Chinarajappa, Jyothula Navin, n “Benefits were not being victims and the evacuees were industry the hardest. The State posts for women,’’ Sitaram Temple Trust Board chair- Goddess Kanakadurga. All secu- Pavani, Varupala Raja and oth- not getting proper relief and government is committed to said and added that October present at the man P Somi Naidu and rity arrangements were taken ers accompanied him during his given to the deserving essential supplies. The govern- supporting the industry and 18 should be written in gold- meeting, hailed Executive Officer MV Suresh and a high level team compris- visit to Gollaprolu and farmers under Rythu ment has responded only when assisting in quick revival of en letters as it was a historic Babu told the media on Monday ing City Police Commissioner B Pithapuram mandals. Bharosa. Discrimination the Prime Minister made a call tourism in the State. We have day for BCs. Chief Minister that from 5 am to 6 pm as many Srinivasulu and Collector A Addressing after visiting was being meted out to to enquire about damages in the been interacting with the Several leaders, who were YS Jaganmohan as 10,899 devotees visited the MD Imtiaz inspected the tem- flood-hit crops at Gollaprolu, he the poor and tenant floods and heavy rains, he point- industry bodies, hotel associa- present at the meeting, said Reddy for temple for darshan. ple premises and security accused the government of farmers in the schemes,” ed out. tions, tour operators and other Jagan gave good representa- The devastanam earned Rs arrangements. deliberately dividing farmers Lokesh alleged He deplored that Chief stakeholders on a continual tion for BCs in the Cabinet giving good 10,68,365 income till Monday Devotees, who had taken along caste and religious lines for Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy basis to strategise and imple- and created five Deputy Chief representation evening through ticket, laddu tickets for darshan on deriving political mileage. n The TDP leader flayed the was travelling in helicopters in ment various initiatives aimed Minister posts. He added that sales and sarees auction. Strict Wednesday, are requested to visit Benefits were not being given to government for failing to the name of aerial visits without at revival of tourism.” Rs 33,500 crore has been for BCs in Covid guidelines were being fol- the temple for darshan as per the the deserving farmers under take preventive and making field visits to console He also said, “We are open to transferred to the beneficiaries the Cabinet lowed and devotees with valid slot allocated to them. All the Rythu Bharosa. Discrimination advanced mitigation and rescue the farmers. The ideas and recommendations in 16 months benefitting ticket purchased online were devotees should come with the was being meted out to the poor measures though prior Chief Minister was not bothered from industry bodies, and it is 2,71,37,253 people under var- allowed for darshan. About 40 printout of the online ticket, and tenant farmers in the information was available to ensure proper relief and com- essential that we continue the ious schemes. Nominated persons offered people for everyone should follow strict schemes. on the floods pensation when the farmers interactions with various stake- There were celebrations all floral tributes to YS Lakshakunkumarchana, 14 for Covid guidelines by wearing Lokesh flayed the government were facing misery in the repeat- holders of the tourism industry over the north coastal Andhra Rajasekhara Reddy and Chandihomam and four for masks, using sanitiser and main- for failing to take preventive and though prior information was ed floods and heavy rains, he to identify and execute initia- over the announcement of thanked Jagan for setting up of Srichakranavavarnarchana have taining social distance. advanced mitigation measures available on floods. The flood alleged. tives for revival of tourism. Corporations and their heads. the Corporations. Lord rides Kalpavruksha Vahanam in Tirumala Arogyasri Trust Foundation to be laid for warns network PNS n VIJAYAWADA Executive Officer KS Jawahar Reddy, additional On the fourth day of executive officer AV hospitals Skill Universities in Dec Navaratri Brahmotsavams Dharma Reddy, Board on Monday, Sri Malayappa members Chavireddy PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA Swamy took a ride on Bhaskar Reddy, Prashanti Kalpavruksha Vahanam in Reddy, Nischitha, The network hospitals reg- Minister for Industries Rajamannar alankaram. Chippagiri Prasad, Govind istered under Arogyasri Mekapati Gautham Reddy Due to Covid-19 restric- Hari, DP Ananth, HealthCare Trust are not said the foundation laying for tions, the utsava idols of Sri Kumaruguru, CVSO admitting the patients the Skill Universities in the Malayappa Swamy and His Gopinath Jatti, chief engi- under Employees Health State will be held in two divine consorts mount- neer Ramesh Reddy and Scheme (EHS) but advising December. A review meeting ed atop the golden others were present. them to get admitted under on Skill Development and Minister for Industries Mekapati Gautham Reddy convenes a review meeting on Kalpavruksha Vahanam Speaking to media per- the cash payment system. Training was organised Skill Development and Training in Vijayawada on Monday placed at the Kalyana sons, the TTD EO said as They are even advised to chaired by the minister here Mandapam in Tirumala. part of his daily visit to all claim reimbursement from on Monday. n APSSDC MD and CEO Madhusudan Reddy said the Hindu mythology says establishments of TTD, he the government for all the The minister clarified that Arja Srikanth told the process would start in Shree that the Kalpavruksha inspected facilities for devo- ailments brought under the steps should be taken to minister that the City first and then be complet- Vahanam is embedded with tees at the Kalyana Katta in EHS. obtain the necessary admin- ed across the State. divine Kalpavruksha, Tirumala. Dr Mallikarjuna, CEO istrative department approvals process of allotment of APSSDC MD and CEO Kamadhenu and He said precautionary of Dr YSR Arogyasri Health in that regard. He mainly dis- land for 20 Skill Colleges Arja Srikanth told the minis- Chintamani. It is known On the fourth day of Navaratri Brahmotsavams on Monday, Sri Malayappa guidelines of Covid-19 were Care Trust, warned the net- cussed the progress made in to be set up in the State ter that the process of allot- for granting boons to fulfil Swamy takes a ride on Kalpavruksha Vahanam in Tirumala in place at Kalyana Katta to work hospitals not to admit setting up of Skill Colleges and has already been ment of land for 20 Skill all worldly desires of devo- facilitate comfortable and the patients under cash universities. The minister held completed Colleges to be set up in the tees. Srimad Bhagavatham ‘Tree of Boons’ Swamy will bless devotees easy tonsuring while devo- payment scheme since the a discussion with his officials State has already been com- says that all those who took (Kalpavriksha) surfaced on Sarva Bhoopala Vahanam tees were happy about the government is clearing the concerned on the possibility G Anantharamu, Special pleted. shelter under Kalpavruksha during the churning of at night. Tirumala pontiffs arrangements made by TTD dues to the network hospi- of starting Skill Colleges in Chief Secretary, Skill He said the issue of land became prosperous. ‘Ksheera Sagaram’ (milky Pedda Jeeyar Swami and to redeem their vows to Lord tals. Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Development and Training, allotment to five other colleges Legends also say that the ocean).Sri Venkateshwara Chinna Jeeyar Swami, TTD Venkateshwara. He recalled that the State Chittoor, Eluru, Nellore and briefed the minister on the was also at various stages. government has released Kadapa districts. Fundraising steps being taken to increase Later, the minister enquired Rs 31 crore on October 13 for the establishment of a industry-based skills train- about the conduct of a com- and Rs 16 crore would be Skill University was also dis- ing and employment. APSS- prehensive industry survey NRI doc held NECKLACE PRESENTED TO GODDESS DURGA released very soon. cussed during the meeting. DC Chairman Challa on industries. with Rs 20L unaccounted Counter protests in Central University cash in Hyd students refuse to PNS n HYDERABAD support of three capitals withdraw protest An NRI doctor was caught PNS n HYDERABAD with Rs 20 lakh unaccount- "He never rendered justice to State Mala Mahanadu leader ed cash by security personnel PNS n AMARAVATI north Andhra and Rayalasee Satta Yohan Raju and other The protest by University of at Punjagutta on Sunday. The ma regions," Naik said. He leaders protested in support of Hyderabad students enter incident was reported while At a time when agitations in said Naidu is blocking the three capitals. Earlier, sever- day two. While till Sunday Telangana police’s counter- support of just one capital at sanction of the land to the al Minority Rights evening the students staged terrorism squad OCTOPUS Amaravati have crossed 300 poor people in the capital Organisations' representatives a relay hunger strike, from was conducting a mock drill days, some people and Dalit region, which demonstrates have also protested in Monday the association has as a routine exercise. Dr Organisations are also his so-called love towards the Mandadam in support of the gone on indefinite strike. Praveen, the NRI, and the protesting in support of the poor. three capitals not very far The students allege that cash were handed over to the capital city trifurcation. Dalit Parisapogu Srinivasa Rao, from where the local people the University has reduced Punjagutta police. organisations are carrying Andhra Pradesh Madiga are demanding one capital. the number of PhD seats by According to police, Dr out protests at Mandadam Reservation Porata Samiti It may be recalled that con- implementing cut off marks. Praveen, who is from Chittoor, and Tallayapalem in Tullur (MRPS) leader, questioned troversies have erupted in In an open letter, the Union had been working in the US. A mandal demanding decen- the Left parties as to why they the State after Chief Minister wrote, "When students are few months ago, he came to tralisation. are supporting Naidu, who is YS Jaganmohan Reddy continuously protesting for Hyderabad. He told the police Vadithya Shankar Naik, a allegedly obstructing the announced the trifurcation of second consecutive day to that the money was for con- Dalit rights leader, criticised sanction of free land to the the capital, proposing a safeguard the hard earned struction that was being under- former Chief Minister N poor. Judicial Capital in Kurnool, reservation policy that has taken at Chevella. However, he A devotee offers a necklace studded with yellow sapphire stones to Goddess Kanakadurga in Vijayawada on Monday. The Chandrababu Naidu that he is Amaravati region MRPS Legislative Capital in facilitated the entry of mar- could not produce any docu- necklace was handed over to temple Executive Officer MV Suresh Babu. NRI Dr Tatineni Srinivas and his wife, who were only working for the progress convenor Mallavarapu Amaravati and Executive ginalised sections of society ments to prove the same. settled in Atlanta (USA), presented the necklace worth Rs 40 lakh to the Goddess during the Dasara Navaratri celebrations of one section of the people. Nagayya Madiga, Chette Raju, Capital in Visakhapatnam. to University spaces." VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2020 telangana 04

DUBBAK BY-POLL Rains, Covid cast shadow Harish challenges BJP over Dasara festivities to prove its propaganda PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n DUBBAK Festival season, Heavy rainfall is likely to which peaks in Jagga Reddy Dubbak by-election TRS party dampen the festive spirit. in-charge and Finance Battered twice by heavy rains October and Minister T Harish Rao on and flash floods twice during Nov with Dasara takes a dig at Monday offered to tender his the last one week, Hyderabad resignation as a Minister and and its surroundings areas are and Diwali, Harish Rao as a MLA of Siddipet if Bandi likely to see another spell of comes at a time PNS n HYDERABAD Sanjay Kumar proves that the intense rainfall as the weather when the novel Central government is con- office forecast more down- Congress MLA from tributing Rs 1,600 out of 2,000 pour at a time when Dasara is Coronavirus Sangareddy T Jagga Reddy Aasara Pension being given by round the corner. In the past cases in India predicted that T Harish Rao the Telangana government to one week, as many as 70 peo- will lose his Minister post beedi workers. “If the allega- ple died in rain-related inci- crossed 7.5 and MLA seat in case TRS tions leveled against me are dents across the state. million mark candidate loses Dubbak by- false, will Bandi Sanjay will Even after the great deluge, tival season between Navratri don nine avatars. Bhadrakali election. While participating tender resignation to many colonies in Hyderabad and Diwali auspicious for mak- Devi Sharan Navarathri in a campaign in Vemulaghat Telangana BJP Chief position Finance Minster T Harish Rao addressing the media in Dubbak on Monday continued to be under water. ing purchases. Businesses are Mahotsavam began at the his- joy. Also, the absence of RTC village in Dubbak con- and his MP position?” he Waterlogging persisted in areas hopeful that this festival sea- toric Bhadrakali Temple in buses between the two Telugu stituency on Monday, Jagga questioned. platforms in the name of is spreading misinformation under LB Nagar, Malakpet, son, people will come out and Warangal with festive charm states is preventing hundreds of Reddy alleged that the TRS Addressing a press meet at ‘Thirugabadda Telangana’ say- in Dubbak election campaign Chandrayangutta, Karwan, spend money, and they will be and devotees thronging the people from returning to their government did injustice to Siddipet on Monday, Harish ing that they demolished TRS saying that the Central gov- Serilingampalli and and able to put the demons of the shrine in large numbers. homes in Andhra Pradesh for the villages drowned in Rao accused the BJP of flag base in Dubbak by ernment is contributing Rs Malkajgiri circles of the negative impact of pandemic Darshan was allowed while Dasara. Every year, the RTCs Mallanna Sagar project. indulging in false propaganda uploading a video from 2018 1,600 to the Rs 2,000 pension GHMC. Unable to move out, lockdowns on sales behind adhering to the Covid-19 pro- of Telangana state and Andhra He said that the Congress during the election campaign elections. The BJP leaders are given by the state government people were hit hard as power them. However, heavy rains in tocol. Pradesh operate extra buses, will correct it after coming to in Dubbak by-election by cir- trying to confuse the people of to the Beedi workers. She is shutdowns added to their mis- the state may turn their plans It may be recalled that the nearly 3,000, during Dasara to power. He asked the culating false information on Dubbak by giving an impres- also saying that the Central ery. A few people left relief upside down. Telangana Jagruthi had can- meet the demand. The buses Vemulaghat villagers to cast digital platforms and also sion that something has hap- government is giving Rs 8,000 camps and moved back into However, Navaratri celebra- celled Bathukamma celebra- are packed to capacity and the their votes to Congress can- during the door-to-door cam- pened in Dubbak. He said that for KCR Kit and state govern- their houses, while efforts to tions were off to a big start in tions in the light of Covid-19. RTCs levy special fares. This didates in these by-elections. paign. He challenged Bandi the complaint lodged with ment is giving only Rs 2,000,” drain out stagnated water con- temples across the state. Basara She reminded people of the year, the RTCs of the two He said that Harish Rao is Sanjay to prove their claims the Election Commission and Harish Rao said. tinue. Saraswathi temple, which was state that we are still in the states that stopped bus services trying to protect his minis- right in an open debate in the police sent the person He said that if it is true then Adding to it, India’s festival closed since the implementa- middle of a pandemic, our during the lockdown have not ter post and Siddipet con- Dubbak. concerned to jail. why the Gujarat government season, which peaks in tion of lockdown, was opened safety and the safety of our resumed them due to a dispute stituency for next elections. Harish Rao alleged that Harish Rao said that he is is not giving a single rupee to October and November with this month after government loved ones lies in our hands. over operating equal number He urged the people to there is no limit to the BJP’s ready for a discussion on the Beedi workers. He said Dasara and Diwali, comes at a announced Unlock 5. She requested the women of of services. The APSRTC is ensure the victory of the misinformation in Dubbak another falsehood post in that Gujarat government is time when the novel Navaratri, the nine-day festiv- the state to take all the precau- operating 1,850 special buses to Congress candidate to raise campaign. “Victory and defeat social media regard to SDF giving Rs 500 pension to the Coronavirus cases in India ities, began from Saturday and tions, maintain social distanc- various places within AP and the voice in the Assembly on is common in elections, how- funds meant for Town Hall old age people and asked BJP crossed 7.5 million mark. during these nine days ing and avoid large gatherings Karnataka, but Telangana state behalf of Vemulaghat vil- ever, BJP leaders are spread- construction. “BJP candidate leaders to reveal whether Many people consider the fes- Goddess Saraswathi will new while celebrating this festival of is not in its plans. lagers. ing misinformation to camou- M Raghunandan Rao too Telangana people believe BJP flage Dubbak people,” he spread misinformation and leaders if they said that the claimed. He said that the BJP urged Dubbak people to Centre is giving Rs 1,600 GET WELL SOON! leaders are spreading misin- observe the facts. A woman share for old age pensions in BJP alternative to formation on social media coprorator from Karimnagar Telangana. TRS: Kishan Reddy TS joins hands with BSE, GlobalLinker PNS n HYDERABAD their business growth. soon." GlobalLinker has part- PNS n HYDERABAD state was a rich state and Telangana government is nered with the Telangana State said that the Centre will The Government of Telangana focused on creating a con- Government to digitise SMEs Union Minister of State for extend financial help only along with GlobalLinker, ducive ecosystem for promot- in Telangana. A key to SME Home Affairs G Kishan after receiving the state gov- signed an MoU with the ing growth of the MSMEs. growth is access to capital and Reddy took potshots at ernment's report on the loss- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Jayesh Ranjan, principal sec- the arrangement with BSE Chief Minister K es due to floods. He said that to address the challenge of retary, Industries and IT SME will help Telangana State Chandrashekhar Rao over the Central teams would access to finance to the Department, Government of GlobalLinker members plan the flood situation in state, also tour flood areas in MSMEs. BSE will provide Telangana, said, "The State their capital raise and better especially in Hyderabad. "I Telangana and submit intellectual and manpower has taken various initiatives to prepare them in improved urge Chief Minister K reports to the Centre. He support to create awareness provide the required support management of their busi- Chandrashekhar Rao and said that the Centre is esti- about the importance and ben- for MSMEs to expand their nesses in time to come, said IT Minister KT Rama Rao mating the losses incurred efits of listing on stock operations and become inspir- Sameer Vakil, co-founder & not to do politics at this due to floods in various exchanges. Early in 2019, the ing examples for others to fol- CEO, GlobalLinker. time," he said. places across the nation. He State Industries & Commerce low. Currently there are very Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & While addressing the said that the BJP is growing Department had introduced few MSMEs registered on the CEO, BSE, said, "The MSMEs media at Delhi on Monday, as an alternative force to the IT MInister KT Rama Rao visiting former Home Minister Nayani Narsimha Reddy, who continues to be on ventilator and on Telangana State GlobalLinker stock exchange from in the State of Telangana play Kishan reminded KCR's TRS party in Telangana dialysis treatment, at Apollo Hospitals portal as a way to digitise Telangana and we would like a vital role in the economic words that the Telangana state. MSMEs and to help them with to see these numbers grow development of the State.” 23 in fray for BJP worried only about elections: Manickam ‘Sakhi centres to be Dubbak by-poll PNS n HYDERABAD Commemoration Day as a PNS n DUBBAK PCC Chief. He alleged that the Telangana Congress Affairs present rulers adopted divide ‘Rajiv Gandhi strengthened further’ After scrutiny and with- in-charge Manickam Tagore on and rule strategy, however, the drawal of nominations, as Monday said that the people of Congress would be in the contributed lot to many as 23 candidates have Hyderabad are suffering due to hearts of the people as a secu- PNS n HYDERABAD appoint a Women and Child remained in Dubbak by-poll flood. Expressing condolences lar party. "There are no caste nation building’ welfare officer at every Sakhi fray. According to election to the families who lost their and religion differences in Sakhi centres, the one-stop centre operated by NGOs to authorities, as many as 46 loved ones in floods, Tagore Congress. The TRS party is PNS n HYDERABAD centre for women in distress make them accountable. It have filed 103 sets of nomi- said that the Congress party working for the sake of com- will be further strengthened was also decided to appoint nations. will stand by the people. missions but not for the sake of Hailing the contributions of in the State. ST, Women and retired government officials While the election While participating in the people. Congress is the only former Prime Minister Rajiv Child Welfare Minister and eminent advocates to authorities have rejected the 'Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana party that brought freedom to Gandhi and the Congress to Satyavathi Rathod said that provide proper counseling to nominations of 12 candi- Commemoration Day' meeting the nation and accorded nation-building, his former the State government will the victims that take shelter at dates, 11 others withdrew held at Charminar, Tagore said Telangana state," he said. adviser Sam Pitroda on Monday implement the action plan these centres,” she said. their nominations on that the Congress believed in CLP leader Mallu Bhatti said the values the party stands strengthening Sakhi network She said that her depart- Monday, the last day for Gandhi ideals. "Unity in diver- thought about the next gener- the coming 30 years future. Vikramarka alleged that pre- for are being challenged at from the end of this month. ment has sought the police withdrawing the nomina- sity is the main theme of the ation when he worked as Prime Speaking on the occasion, sent rulers, who are supposed present. He said the Congress The Minister said this department to entrust one tions. While the contest is nation. Loving and respecting Minister. However, the present TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar to control communal differ- stands for diversity, democracy, speaking at a review meeting officer exclusively for moni- expected between TRS, BJP neighbours is a tradition of Prime Ministers are thinking Reddy said that the party will ences, are creating unrest secularism, inclusion and here on Monday on Sakhi toring Sakhi centres. She said and Congress, 15 indepen- Indians," Tagore said. "I am about coming elections and create history by winning among the people by creating decentralisation. Pitroda was centres, admissions into that the department will hold dents and six others, who proud that I am working with EVMs. Rajiv Gandhi was not Dubbak by-elections. After differences among castes and speaking via video-conferencing women Polytechnic colleges, a State level meeting with the filed their nominations on the leaders who worked with a person but a system," he hoisting Congress flag, Uttam religions. Senior leader V from the US after receiving the security for girls at homes police very soon with regard small recognised parties former Prime Minister late opined stating that Rahul said that he proud for partici- Hanumantha Rao alleged that Sadbhavana award. operated by private NGOs. to strengthening of the Sakhi tickets, were also in fray. Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi Gandhi too was thinking about pating in Rajiv Sadbhavana women have no security today. “The government decided to centres. Ensure floodwaters do not Arrangements in place for enter OGH: HC to govt cotton procurement: Niranjan PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD

The Telangana High Court Agriculture Minister on Monday directed the Singireddy Niranjan Reddy state government to ensure on Monday said that state that the flood waters do not government will set up call enter the Osmania General centres in every district for cot- Hospital premises by provid- ton procurement and receive ing outlet into Musi River. A TS total recoveries complaints, suggestions and division bench of the High advice from the farmers. Court passed these orders by During a review meeting at keeping in view of the rain past two lakh mark his residence in Ministers forecast during the next few Quarters, Niranjan Reddy, days. PNS n HYDERABAD jumped to 89.96 per cent as along with officials, urged the The High Court issued against the national average of marketing, agriculture, police, Agriculture Minister NIranjan Reddy at a review meeting on Monday notices to the authorities Covid-19 recoveries in 88.2 per cent. With four fresh transport and fire departments concerned to respond to a Telangana crossed two-lakh fatalities, the state's death toll to work in coordination. He given to cotton with 8 per cent quintal cotton with 7 per cent Public Interest Litigation the Osmania General storm water drainage system mark on Monday as the state rose to 1,275. The fatality rate asked the officials to ensure moisture, Rs 5,766.75 with 9 moisture,” he said. (PIL) filed by the founder Hospitals pursuant to the and sewerage system at the continued to see more recov- remains at 0.57 per cent as that the cotton brought to the per cent moisture, Rs 5,708.50 The Minister asked the offi- and managing trustee of sanction accorded vide GO hospitals in a good and a eries than new infections. against the national average of procurement centers not to be with 10 per cent moisture, Rs cials concerned to put in place Deccan archaeological and 313 dated November 8, 2010. sanitary state of repairs Health officials said 1,896 1.5 per cent. Officials said the soaked in unseasonal rains. 5,650.25 with 11 per cent web cameras, fingerprint scan- cultural research institute K The division bench later besides delaying the process more patients recovered dur- percentage of deaths due to The Minister urged millers to moisture and Rs 5,582 with 12 ners, moisture machines, elec- Jithendra Babu and a med- adjourned matter to of the construction of the ing the last 24 hours, taking Covid-19 was 44.96 while the enter into an agreement with per cent moisture. Rs 116.50 tronic kantas and operators. ical doctor by profession Dr. November 12,2020 for fur- new buildings. the cumulative recoveries to 2, remaining 55.04 had comor- CCI immediately as the later is will be given additionally to Rs “The procurement centers Shameem Sultana complain- ther hearing. In their peti- They urged the HC to 00,686. The 24-hour period bidities. The active cases stand ready to set up 300 ginning 5,825 per quintal cotton if the have to take all permissions ing about the inordinate tion, the petitioner alleged declare the same as illegal saw 948 new cases, pushing at 21,098, including 17,432 in mills and procurement centers cotton is with 6 per cent mois- from the Weights and delay in construction of the that the state government and arbitrary and unconsti- the tally to 2, 23,059. home or institutional at 9 market yards. ture and Rs 58.25 will be given Measures Department,” he new hospital buildings of had failed in maintaining the tutional. The state's recovery rate isolation. “Rs 5,825 per quintal will be additionally to Rs 5,825 per said. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2020 nation 05

INDIA CORNER ‘Changes being made in all Mayawati attacks Cong for Nath's ‘item' remark sectors for country's growth’ ahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Monday hit out at senior BCongressman Kamal Nath for using the term "item" while PNS n MYSURU floods in several parts of the ridiculing a Madhya Pradesh woman minister during a bypoll state, the Prime Minister said campaign speech. She asked Dalits to to vote for the BSP to teach Prime Minister Narendra the central and the Karnataka the Congress a lesson over this remark. Speaking on Sunday in Modi on Monday said neces- governments together were Dabra, where the Congress is up against the BJP's Imarti Devi, Nath sary changes are being made in doing every bit to provide had told the crowd his party candidate was a "simple person" while every sector to ensure growth relief to all those affected. his opponent was an "item". "Congress senior leader and former and to make this decade Speaking on the National Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's indecent comment against a Dalit BJP using govt agencies India's. Education Policy, he said, woman contesting bypolls from Dabra in Gwalior (division) is grossly "In the last 6-7 months you skilling, reskilling and anti-woman, highly shameful and highly deplorable," Mayawati might have seen the speed upskilling were the need of the tweeted, adding that the Congress high command must apologise for to target Abdullah: NC and the ambit of reforms are day and the policy focuses on Nath's remark. In another tweet, she asked Dalits to vote for her increasing. Whether it is agri- it. party in order to teach the Congress a lesson. Imarti Devi and 21 PNS n SRINAGAR mainstream political parties in culture, space, defence, aviation He also said that efforts other MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia had resigned from the Jammu and Kashmir in the or labour. In every sector nec- were being made at all levels to Congress and the state Assembly and joined the BJP in March, in the The National Conference shape of the People's Alliance essary changes are being made make India a global hub for process bringing down the Nath government. Bypolls for 28 seats are (NC) on Monday said the for Gupkar Declaration. for growth," Modi said. higher education and our slated for November 3 while counting of votes will be held on BJP is employing government "This is the price one faces Addressing the centenary make this decade India's. Modi greeted the people of youth competitive. November 10. agencies to target party pres- when opposed to BJP's ideol- convocation of the University "This decade can be India's the state on the occasion of Karnataka Governor ident Farooq Abdullah after ogy and divisive politics. of Mysore through video con- only when we make our foun- "Nada Habba" (state festival) Vajubhai Vala and Deputy failing to fight him politically. Recent history is a witness to ferencing, he said it is being dations strong. This decade has Dasara. Chief Minister C N Ashwath "The BJP, after failing to how the BJP has been employ- done for the sake of crores of brought immense opportuni- Expressing sympathy Narayan were present on the DRI seizes 13.2 kg pseudo- politically fight party president ing coercive and intimidating youth in this country and to ty for the youth," he added. towards those affected by occasion. Farooq Abdullah, has resort- measures through various ephredrine drug at city airport ed to employing its agencies departments to target opposi- for the task," an NC tion leaders across the coun- he Directorate of spokesperson said in a state- try. The recent ED summons Puja pandals TRevenue Intelligence ment here. to Abdullah is a case in point," Republic TV misrepresented its has seized 13.2 kg of The party was reacting to an the statement said. to be declared pseudo-ephredrine drug, Enforcement Directorate (ED) The NC said the timing of private communication: BARC valued at more than Rs summons issued to the Lok the summons is very clear as no-entry zones 13 crore in the Sabha member from Srinagar. the previous summons was PNS n NEW DELHI representing the same. BARC international market at The central agency ques- issued just before August 5 last PNS n KOLKATA India reiterates that it has not the Kempegowda tioned Abdullah, a former year, when the BJP-led Centre TV viewership rating agency commented on the ongoing International Airport Jammu and Kashmir chief abrogated Article 370 of the The Calcutta High Court on BARC India has charged investigation and without prej- recently. According to minister, on Monday in con- Constitution, and this sum- Monday ordered that all Republic TV of misrepresent- udice to BARC India's rights, DRI-Bengaluru, the drug nection with a money-laun- mons comes within days of Durga Puja pandals across ing its private and confidential it expresses its dismay at the concealed in the form of photo albums, photo frames, bangles and dering probe in a case related forming the People's Alliance the state be declared no- communication, saying it has actions of the Republic other personal items was booked through courier mode at the to the alleged embezzlement of for Gupkar Declaration, of entry zones to prevent the not commented on the ongo- Network," it said. Kempegowda International Airport. "The consignment was originally Jammu and Kashmir Cricket which Abdullah has taken a spread of COVID-19. A divi- ing investigation into the booked from Chennai to Australia and had already reached Singapore Association funds, officials lead. sion bench of the high court alleged manipulation of rat- Mumbai police, on a BARC en-route to Australia, but was pulled back to Bengaluru based on said. "Abdullah continues to comprising Justice Sanjib ings. In a statement, Broadcast complaint, is investigating alle- specific information," the DRI said. During examination of the They said the NC presi- maintain his innocence and Banerjee and Justice Arijit Audience Research Council channel not being involved in gations of manipulation of consignment it was found that within the thick covers of the declared dent's statement will be will cooperate with the author- Banerjee, hearing a public (BARC) said it was cooperat- any alleged malpractices, the TRP ratings. Republic TV is photo albums and photo frames, a total quantity of 13.2 kg of the recorded under the Prevention ities in what is nothing but a interest litigation, said that no ing with the law enforcement agency said it was "highly dis- one of the four channels being precursor drug, pseudo-ephedrine was cleverly concealed. Pseudo- of Money Laundering Act witch-hunt," the statement visitors will be allowed to agencies in their ongoing appointed" with the broad- investigated. The BARC state- ephedrine is a precursor drug that is utilised for the manufacture of (PMLA) as in the past. added. enter the marquees. For small investigation in the Television caster's actions. ment came after Republic TV the psychotropic substance Methamphetamine, also known as crystal The NC spokesperson said Meanwhile, taking to pandals, barricades will have to Rating Points (TRP) manipu- "BARC India is highly dis- disclosed what it said was an Meth, Meth, blue, ice and crystal, the DRI stated. With a market price the ED summons to Abdullah Twitter, Abdullah's son and NC be put up five metres from the lation case. appointed with the actions of email conversation between reaching more than Rs one crore per kilogram, dependent on where is clearly the result of the vice-president Omar Abdullah entrance, while for the bigger Responding to claims by the Republic Network by dis- the agency's CEO Sunil Lulla the precursor drug is sold, this is one of the largest such unity the party president has described the ED summons as ones, the distance has to be 10 Republic TV that an email closing private and confiden- and Republic Media Network consignments seized in recent times at the Kempegowda been able to forge among political vendetta. metres, the court ordered. from BARC gives proof of the tial communications and mis- CEO Vikas Khanchandani. International Airport and would have been sold on the international market for more than Rs 13 crore, the statement read. VIRTUAL HEARINGS Issue summons to Haj 2021 will depend on national, DMK chief Stalin calls on Govt procuring addl Goswami before CM Palaniswami international Covid protocols: Naqvi arraignment: HC MK president M K Stalin was among those who visited Chief Minister K Palaniswami here on Monday to convey condolences n video conferencing n D PNS NEW DELHI He said the health and well- PNS MUMBAI over the death of the latter's mother recently. being of the pilgrims is of Ministers including D Jayakumar, C Vijayabaskar, and Kadambur A decision on Haj 2021 will be utmost priority for the govern- licences for courts The Bombay High Court on Raju, Judges of the Madras High Court, Justices S Vaidyanathan and taken after the Saudi Arabian ment in the wake of the pan- Monday said if the Mumbai V M Velumani called on Palaniswami. government's final call on the demic. police crime branch propos- Stalin, also the leader of opposition in the Assembly, DMK leaders n pilgrimage and the national as The Indian agencies will PNS NEW DELHI The nearly 19,000 district es to arraign Republic TV Duraimurugan and K Pondumudi visited the chief minister at his well as international COVID- ensure the necessary arrange- courts heard 1933492 cases Editor-in-Chief Arnab official Greenways Road residence. MLAs and senior officials 19 guidelines will have to be ments in this regard and the As courts continue to hear virtually in the period, accord- Goswami in the television including chairman, central pollution control board, Shiv Das Meena, kept in mind to ensure the government as well as the Haj cases virtually amid COVID- ing to the Department of rating points (TRP) case, it additional chief secretary, Vikram Kapoor and celebrities from the well-being of the pilgrims, committee have started the 19, the government has initi- Justice in the Law Ministry. should first issue summons to film industry also visited. They paid floral tributes to a portrait of Minority Affairs Minister preparations to ensure a good ated the process of procuring The total number of cases him as was done for eight Palaniswami's mother Davusayammal, who died on October 13 at Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on taken in due course, keeping in health and well-being of the 1500 additional video confer- heard via video by both the others in the case. Salem at the age of 93, and conveyed their condolences to the chief Monday. view the necessary guidelines pilgrims, the minister said. encing licences at an approx- high courts and the district A division bench of justices minister. While chairing a Haj review to be issued by the govern- Due to a 100-per cent digi- imate cost of Rs nine crore for courts comes to 2621810. S S Shinde and M S Karnik meeting here, Naqvi said Haj ments of Saudi Arabia and tisation of the Haj process in providing the facility for high Now, the government has said if such a summons is 2021 is scheduled for June-July India in view of the coron- India, Rs 2,100 crore have courts and district courts, a initiated the process of procur- issued then Goswami shall and the Haj Committee of avirus pandemic to ensure the been returned through the senior functionary said. ing 1500 additional video con- appear before the police and Rahul Gandhi attends Covid India as well as other Indian health and well-being of peo- direct bank transfer (DBT) From the day the nation- ferencing licences at an cooperate with the investiga- agencies will formally ple. The entire Haj process mode, without any deduction, wide lockdown was imposed approximate cost of Rs nine tion. The court also directed review meeting at Malappuram announce the application might witness a significant to 1,23,000 people after the to check the spread of coron- crore for providing video con- police to submit for its ongress leader process and other related change in view of the guide- cancellation of Haj 2020 due to avirus till the end of ferencing facility for high perusal investigation papers CRahul Gandhi on preparations for the pilgrimage lines, including those related to the pandemic, Naqvi said. September, high courts and courts and district courts, the pertaining to the case in a Monday participated after a decision is taken by the the accommodation, trans- The Saudi Arabian govern- district courts across India senior functionary said. sealed cover by November 5 in a COVID-19 Saudi Arabian government. port, health and other facilities ment has also returned about have heard over 26 lakh cases Such licences are required when it would hear the mat- review meeting at He said the final decision both in India and Saudi Rs 100 crore for transportation, virtually, according to data col- for legal and extended use of ter. Malappuram, which regarding Haj 2021 will be Arabia, Naqvi said. he added. lated by the Union Law the video conference facility "The FIR is not an encyclo- has been witnessing Ministry. software, the functionary pedia. We would like to a spurt in positive Between March 24 and pointed out. peruse the investigation cases of late. September 31, the 25 high During the recently-held papers and see what probe In the past three Nadda to ‘Want all lawyers to be courts of the country collec- Aatmanirbhar app challenge, has been done from today till days, Malappuram tively heard 68,8318 cases via a few video conference appli- the next date of hearing," the recorded the highest number of cases in the state-- 1,399 on Sunday, address four video conferencing. cations were shortlisted. court said. 1,519 on Saturday and 1,025 cases on Friday. The meeting was held at the district collectorate. allowed to use local trains’ The Wayanad MP reached here on Monday on a three-day visit to rallies PNS n MUMBAI rently being operated only for his constituency, spread over the three districts of Malappuram, PNS n NEW DELHI essential services staff and 3 die after consuming spurious liquor Wayanad and Kozhikode districts. After the review meeting, Gandhi The Maharashtra government government employees. handed over the key of a newly built house to sisters-- Kavya and Bharatiya Janata Party pres- on Monday told the Bombay The state's submission was PNS n PALAKKAD and were buried, they said. "We don't know whether Karthika, who had lost their parents and home in the Kavalappara ident J P Nadda will address High Court that it was in in compliance with a previous "Today morning, the resi- what they consumed was landslide in Malappuram last year. Kerala had witnessed two major four public rallies in poll- favour of allowing all lawyers order of the high court. Three people were found dead dents found Sivan (37) dead in liquor or not.The survivors landslides at Kavalappara in Malappuram and Puthumala in Wayanad bound Bihar on Tuesday and to travel in local trains in Last month, the HC asked at aTribal colony atKanjikode front of his house and alerted say it was whitish in colour districts, triggered by heavy rains in August last year in which at least Wednesday and also speak at Mumbai if they use the service the state to permit lawyers near here and nine, including us.We are filing three FIRs," and got some smellsimilar to 113 people were killed. Congress leaders, including KPCC president a meeting of leaders of the for professional purposes only, who had physical hearings in three women, hospitalised, the investigatingofficer told phenyl.We are probing in all Mullapally Ramachandran and leader of opposition in the state ruling National Democratic and do not misuse the permis- the Bombay High Court to allegedly after consuming spu- PTI. directions," Palakkad SPG assembly Ramesh Chennithala were among those who were present Alliance during a two-day sion. travel to court by local trains. rious liquor,police said on Police said nine, including Siva Vikram told the media. to receive the former AICC president who landed at Calicut visit to the state. Nadda will Advocate General Ashutosh It had also said that with sev- Monday. three women, are under treat- Police are awaiting the post- International airport in nearby Karipur around 12 noon. address election rallies in Kumbhakoni also told a bench eral places of work opening up, Residents of the colony, ment at the district hospital mortem report of the Gandhi will be attending a Covid review meeting at Wayanad and the Buxar and Arrah on Tuesday of Chief Justice Dipankar the state needed to formulate Ayyappan and Raman, both here and all had consumed deceased in order to confirm district coordination committee meeting on central-sponsored afternoon. The BJP president Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni a way for citizens to begin above 52 years, died yesterday liquor the previous day. the cause of death. schemes at Kalpetta civil station on Tuesday morning. will then address the NDA that the state had decided to using the trains while adhering meeting in Arrah. District increase the number of local to the coronavirus safeguards. heads, MPs, district in- trains currently operating On Monday, Kumbhakoni said charges, assembly constituen- amid the lockdown and to per- the state had already conveyed CBI books BSP cy in-charges, assembly con- mit all women passengers to to the railways about the gov- venors and candidates besides use local train services during ernment's decision to allow all MLA, wife in Delhi to deploy environment marshals other important leaders from non-peak hours. women to use the local trains the region will participate in In view of the COVID-19 and the same should begin fraud case PNS n NEW DELHI to why it is important for the meeting, he said. outbreak, local trains are cur- soon. PNS n NEW DELHI them to do it and how they can The Delhi government will fight pollution through the The CBI has booked BSP deploy 2,500 environment move," he added. MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari marshals across the city to The minister also urged all and his wife Rita Tiwari in generate awareness about its MPs, MLAs and political party connection with an alleged recently launched anti-pollu- leaders to participate in the Chinese soldier apprehended bank fraud to the tune of Rs tion campaign, 'Red Light On, campaign and spread aware- 754.25 crore involving a com- Gaadi Off', Environment ness about it. pany, officials said Monday. Minister Gopal Rai said on The 'Red Light On, Gaadi by Army in Ladakh The CBI on Monday start- Monday. Off' campaign was launched by ed a search operation at the These marshals will be Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal residence of Chillupar deployed at 100 traffic signals on October 15. PNS n NEW DELHI The Chinese soldier has the LAC in eastern Ladakh (Gorakhpur) MLA Tiwari, across Delhi's 11 districts, he Experts say on an average a been identified as Wang Ya including in the Demchok who is son of former minis- said. vehicle stops at a red light for A Corporal of Chinese Long and he has been pro- sector following escalation ter and a strongman from Addressing reporters, Rai 15-20 minutes in a day, con- People's Liberation Army vided with required medical of the five-month-long mil- Gorakhpur, Hari Shankar said the shortlisted traffic sig- be launched at 100 traffic sig- drive," he said. suming 200 ml of fuel. This was apprehended in the assistance including oxy- itary standoff that began in Tiwari, and the office of the nals are those where the red nals. We are in the process of "The marshals will adopt the creates so much pollution. If 10 Demchok sector of Eastern gen, food and warm clothes, early May. company, Gangotri light is two-minute long. appointing 2,500 environment principle of 'Gandhigiri'. They lakh vehicles switch off ignition Ladakh on Monday after he it said. The Army said the PLA Enterprises, in Lucknow. The "From October 21 to marshals who will spread will give red roses to those not at red lights, 1.5 tons of PM10 had strayed across the Line Both Indian and Chinese soldier will be returned searches were also spread November 15, a ground-level awareness about the campaign switching off the ignition at red and 0.4 tons of PM2.5 will be of Actual Control (LAC), armies have deployed over after completion of all the out in Noida at the premises awareness drive on 'Red Light at these signals. It is an aware- lights. prevented every year, he had the Indian Army said. 50,000 troops each along formalities. of another accused. On, Gaadi Off' campaign will ness drive, not an enforcement They will be made aware as said. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Wrong at many levels By calling a Dalit woman candidate an ‘item’, Kamal Nath may Lessons from Shaheen Bagh have cost the Congress its chances in the MP bypolls t has been less than a month that the Hathras gang- rape and murder of a Dalit woman got the nation’s The Supreme Court judgment on the petitions pertaining to the three-month Isympathy. But in the absence of any action, the atroc- ities against her kind continue across the country, the anti-CAA protests will restore some order in the way we express dissent latest incident reported from Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. A Dalit woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by two men, including a former village head. On the same day, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath belittled the BJP’s Dalit woman candidate, Imarti Devi, as an “item” at a rally ahead of the byelections in the State. Courtesy Bollywood, the word has a pejorative intent when used with respect to women. And when a leading politician, no less somebody of Nath’s stand- ing, chooses to be politically incorrect and brash at a mass rally, it undoubtedly legitimis- A SURYA PRAKASH es the exploitative mindset of the village headman or upper caste men in the hinterland. Nath may claim the morning after that he didn’t name anybody but considering that he he recent judgement of the Supreme Court on was addressing voters in Devi’s constituency, is there any doubt about whom the barb the petitions pertaining was intended against? Public statements such as these endorse the feudal male’s preda- to the three-month tory behaviour and expose the already disempowered Dalit women to further tyranny. Which protests, held in Shaheen TBagh in South Delhi earlier this year, is why beyond sympathy, there is no redress or a felt anger that translates into political should clear the air in respect of the will, agenda or action to stop their abuse once and for all. Nath may not be the only politi- prevailing debate on how far one can cian to have made misogynistic statements against women but that doesn’t excuse his go while exercising the right to dis- sent. The key point is that the occu- latest gaffe, no matter how bitter his animosity with Devi may be politically. If he gets away pation of public thoroughfares while without repercussions, then there’s a lot that’s wrong with not just the system but collec- registering a protest is not acceptable tive conscience. He was expected to be particularly attentive, considering he was address- indefinitely. This judgement will have long- ing a rally just a fortnight ahead of the State’s bypolls, crucial to his and the Congress’ term implications on how political recovery in the State post the revolt of Jyotiraditya Scindia and the 22 MLAs that he took battles will henceforth be fought away with him to the BJP. Clearly, all he has done is score a self-goal by gifting the BJP when they spill out onto the streets, an issue on a platter, which has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission for “mak- because if the right to protest is an untrammelled right, the constitu- ing derogatory remarks against a Scheduled Caste candidate.” He is now being called out tional scheme could get disturbed. 15, 2019, onwards. demnation of the Constitution methods of revolution. It means as being anti-Dalit and anti-woman, both constituencies his party depends upon. Besides, The judgement of the three- The central argument of those largely comes from two quarters, that we must abandon the he should have been careful, considering that the Gandhi scions, Rahul and Priyanka, made judge Bench, comprising Justices who objected to the Shaheen the Communist Party and the method of civil disobedience, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bagh protest, including Dr Nand Socialist Party.” The commu- non-cooperation and satyagra- Hathras central to their bounce-back into political relevance. They braved police barricades Bose and Krishna Murari, said that Kishore Garg, who petitioned the nists do not like it because they ha.” These methods were okay and an oppressive UP administration to meet the girl’s family and commiserate with them. Article 19 was one of the corner- court, was that the protesters had INSTEAD OF want a Constitution based on the when there were no constitution- The seasoned and mature politician that he is, surely Nath doesn’t need any coaching in stones of the Constitution which blocked an important thorough- principle of dictatorship of the al methods of protest. “But where conferred two treasured rights on fare and caused enormous incon- PROMOTING proletariat. “They (the commu- constitutional methods are open, handling political sensitivities at this time. One certainly didn’t expect him to be either intem- citizens — the right to freedom of venience to commuters. The nists) condemn the Constitution there can be no justification for perate or indiscreet in a manner that would cost him politically. It has clearly put the Congress speech and expression under Article right to protest should not result SUCH CHAOS because it is based on parliamen- these unconstitutional methods. on the backfoot, both at the State level and nationally. 19(1)(a) and the right to assemble in the infringement of the right tary democracy.” The Socialists These methods are nothing but peacefully without arms under to free movement of other citi- FOR SEVERAL want to nationalise all private the grammar of anarchy and the Nath has an axe to grind with Devi, who is a Jyotiraditya loyalist and defected with Article 19(1)(b). “These rights, in zens. Dwelling on this issue, the property without payment of sooner they are abandoned, the him to the BJP. In fact, the sexist remark comes days after and probably as a hitback to cohesion, enable every citizen to court said: “We have, thus, no MONTHS, IT compensation. Second, they want better for us.” Devi’s accusation that Nath bribed MLAs when he was Chief Minister, that he gave cash assemble peacefully and protest hesitation in concluding that fundamental rights in the The Shaheen Bagh mode of against the actions or inactions of the such kind of occupation of pub- WOULD HAVE Constitution to be absolute and protest falls into the category doles of `5 lakh to Congress MLAs who could not be granted ministerial posts. About 28 State. The same must be respected lic ways, whether at the site in without any limitations, “so that mentioned by Dr Ambedkar — Assembly seats are at stake in the bypolls, a sizeable number for Nath to bet his chances and encouraged by the State, for the question or anywhere else for BEEN BETTER FOR if their party fails to come into organising a blockade to prevent on. That seems to be a tall order now. Devi is now playing up the wrongs done against strength of a democracy such as ours protests, is not acceptable and the power, they would have the people from using an important lies in the same.” However, it noted administration ought to take THE PROTESTERS unfettered freedom not merely to public thoroughfare and dis- her, asking if she should be denied a political role simply because she is poor, a Scheduled that these rights were subject to rea- action to keep the areas clear of criticise, but also to overthrow the rupting normal life. And let Caste and a woman? She even maintained that Nath had a consistent bias against her, sonable restrictions. Referring to an encroachments or obstructions.” TO MOVE THE State”. there be no confusion about the ignoring her at party meetings, slighting her, refusing to give her a decent hearing. And earlier judgement of the court, it The court recalled the history SUPREME COURT Just substitute the Congress primary intent of those who then she fired the most potent salvo, asking if he would behave like this with Priyanka Gandhi. said, “each fundamental right, be it of protest during the freedom party for the Socialist Party and promoted this “grammar of anar- of an individual or of a class, does movement. It said: “What must AGAINST THE it will appear as if Dr Ambedkar chy” — their dissatisfaction with Clearly, Nath has slid on his own sludge. His nemesis Jyotiraditya, too, has joined issue, not exist in isolation and has to be be kept in mind, however, is that is talking about what is happen- the peoples’ verdict of 2014 and fasting with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for two hours, demanding that Nath be balanced with every other contrast- the erstwhile mode and manner LAW MADE BY ing in India in the year 2020 2019 — more than anything else, stopped from campaigning. This distasteful remark has robbed Nath of the moral pitch ing right. It was in this respect, that of dissent against colonial rule where political parties, which and their desire to unsettle a duly in this case, an attempt was made by cannot be equated with dissent in THE PARLIAMENT. have been rejected by the elec- elected Government. The objec- that he had woven his campaign on, as a vote against “Congress rebels”, who he said us to reach a solution where the a self-ruled democracy. Our con- torate, want to foment trouble on tions to the Citizenship had disrespected the people’s mandate and crossed over to the BJP, selling out the party. rights of protesters were to be bal- stitutional scheme comes with THAT WOULD the streets to disturb the demo- Amendment Act were just a Instead, he is now at the receiving end for betraying the Dalit cause. The BJP currently anced with that of commuters”. the right to protest and express cratic process. Let us not forget façade. The court declared that democ- dissent but with an obligation BE THE that the Congress party’s vote Instead of promoting such has 107 MLAs and the Congress 88. There are four Independents, two Samajwadi Party racy and dissent go hand in hand, towards certain duties.” This is a share has crashed to less than 20 chaos for several months, it (SP) and one Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA. The Central party effectively has to win but then the demonstrations significant observation by the APPROPRIATE per cent and the vote share of the would have been better for the single digit seats to retain power. But Chouhan, who is battling challengers from within his expressing dissent have to be in des- apex court. In fact, Dr BR CONSTITUTIONAL two communist parties has hit protesters to move the Supreme ignated places alone. “The present Ambedkar, who headed the rock bottom and touched a low Court against the law made by own party and the discomfort of having to create space for a demanding Jyotiraditya, would case was not even one of protests Constitution Drafting RESPONSE of 2.50 per cent. the Parliament. That would be ideally like to get at least two digits on the tally to retain his chair. The Congress would taking place in an undesignated area, Committee, dwelt on this very The second aspect Dr the appropriate constitutional need to win all 28 seats to make it to 116, the half-way mark, a near-impossible task. It but was a blockage of a public way issue in his concluding remarks THAT WOULD Ambedkar highlighted relates response that would have passed which caused grave inconvenience in the Constituent Assembly on to the modes of protest. He told muster with Dr Ambedkar. needs 20 plus seats to stitch up a coalition but with BJP waiting in the wings with resources to commuters. We cannot accept the November 25, 1949, before the HAVE PASSED the citizens what they must do if Hopefully, the apex court’s to lure away the smaller parties in a prestige fight, that plan, too, is not quite within the plea of the applicants that an inde- Assembly put its final stamp of they wish to maintain democra- judgement should put an end to realm of possibility now. Besides with most of the seats going to the bypolls being locat- terminable number of people can approval on the Constitution. MUSTER WITH cy not merely in form but also in the Shaheen Bagh mode of assemble whenever they choose to In that speech, Dr Ambedkar fact. The first thing we must do protests and restore some order ed in the Gwalior-Chambal region, which has the highest numbers of caste atrocities and protest.” The blockade had resulted made two observations, which DR AMBEDKAR is to hold fast to the constitution- in the way we express dissent. violence and where the Dalit vote swing matters politically, Devi’s victimhood could prove in the closure of the Kalindi Kunj- are very relevant to the present al methods to achieve our social (The writer is an author special- to be crucial. Dalit supremo Mayawati has fielded her candidates in all seats. As far as Shaheen Bagh stretch, including the debate on democracy and dissent and economic objectives. “It ising in democracy studies. Views Nath is considered, the bypolls are his last chance to take another shot at chief minister- Okhla underpass, from December in the country. He said: “The con- means we must abandon bloody expressed are personal) ship. But by scorning a woman legislator, he may have just scripted his own downfall. S O U N D BITE We just approved new The National Education The odd-even scheme would We should all be ready to Chase the virus measures that should allow Policy will bring about be our last resort. If the rest adjust ourselves according to us to face this new wave of fundamental changes of the methods to curb air the problems that life throws India may be just about flattening its pandemic curve but infections, which is severely in the education pollution fails, we will think at us. Take everything into affecting not only Italy but set-up, from pre-nursery about its implementation your stride and be the best all depends on how we handle the festival gush the whole of Europe. to PhD (research). this year. that you can. here is some good news for India at last where the Italian Prime Minister Prime Minister Delhi Environment Minister Footballer pandemic is concerned. The number of new —Giuseppe Conte —Narendra Modi —Gopal Rai —Bala Devi TCoronavirus infections and casualties has declined in the last three weeks and the spread curve of the pan- L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR demic has flattened in most States, except for Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. Democracy in danger for her. For now, she is ready to India in the ‘severe’ hunger category form a Government within three The Government may have finally admitted to commu- Sir — Maharashtra Governor weeks but has declined to com- nity transmission but we had quite internalised the pos- Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s letter to ccording to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020, ment on whether she would sibility way back given the stiff peaks and high infectiv- Chief Minister Uddhav India ranks 94th among 107 countries in terms rule alone or form a coalition. Thackeray on re-opening tem- Aof hunger and continues to be in the “severe” Khushboo Ved ity. Yet we cannot afford to be complacent about the dis- ples in the State was meant to hunger category. This serves as an indicator of the coun- Ujjain ease right now as in Europe, too, the cases spiked expo- serve two purposes — to draw try’s poor Human Development Index (HDI). Last year, nentially after the spread slowed down for a bit, giving the Hindutva concept of religious India’s GHI rank was 102 out of 117 countries. India Delhi's toxic air identity back to the discussion, ranks lower than most of its South Asian neighbours people a false sense of security, and the dry winter weather aggravated susceptibility to and the other, to bolster the core and only Afghanistan fares worse. According to the Sir — With the onset of winter the virus. The UK is in a serious lockdown mode again. Besides, with economic activity pitch of the BJP. In truth, his report, 14 per cent of the country’s population is under- begins the yearly theatrics of who opening up as part of the country’s unlocking efforts and cinema halls, multiplexes, enter- words give credence to the sus- nourished. It is ironic that despite our scientific and tech- is responsible for the rising pol- picion that the values enshrined nical advancements, we are unable to alleviate the lution in Delhi. While the BJP tainment parks, swimming pools for sportspersons functioning, the festive bonhomie this in the Constitution of India are hunger of all the citizens. Our policymakers need to wake claims that there is more pollu- weekend could just about trigger a viral storm that could reverse the situation in no time. under siege indeed. The French up to the reality of the situation and adopt a conver- poor Public Distribution System (PDS). There should tion due to local factors, the State One has to look at Kerala, which was seen as a model of virus containment at one time, adage, “the legislator becomes the gent approach to tackle this issue. be an autonomous PDS based on community-led pro- Government blames the ruling transgressor”, aptly describes the The problem of hunger in urban and rural areas must curement and storage. Also, Anganwadi centres can party at the Centre and Congress sliding disastrously post-Onam. In a State, where 90 per cent of the reported cases were Governor’s epistle, as he had be approached separately as numerous factors con- play a vital role in providing early childhood care. There of forming an alliance to allow from outside, the trend reversed to 90 per cent of the infections being locally transmitted come close to denouncing the tribute to India’s “severe” hunger status. There is a lack also needs to be negotiations between the Centre and stubble burning. Amid all this July onwards. Constitution. of stable employment and due to frequent migration, the States on food and nutrition security measures. political gamble, the rising air We may slow down, tire out and chase the virus but have a long way to go because Koshyari’s letter unsettles even many are not registered with the system and hence do Venu GS pollution continues to affect the the ardent believers of Hinduism. not receive the necessary benefits. Not to forget the Kollam quality of life and subsistence of 70 per cent of the people are still susceptible to infection. So in short, there is no room He declares one is not a Hindu the city’s inhabitants. The Centre for complacency or laxity. In this respect, the Calcutta High Court ruling that puja pandals until and unless he or she should initiate a joint plan with in the city, which have been mounted on the usual lavish scale, cannot allow any visitors embraces the Hindutva doc- Landslide victory political system was introduced pers at two Christchurch the support of the State trine. Koshyari told Thackeray in 1996. On the other hand, the mosques and a fatal volcano Governments of Delhi, Haryana, inside except the organisers, is much needed to avoid a mass contagion. Only then can that the latter had become a “sec- Sir — New Zealand’s Prime opposition National Party was eruption. Having a solid interna- Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to we flatten out by February. Because, the socio-economic impact of the second wave of ular” Hindu, and thus, forsaken Minister Jacinda Ardern deliv- able to secure only 26.8 per cent tional following with her promo- make Delhi pollution-free. They the virus on an already overwhelmed, weakened and tottering healthcare infrastructure his claim to be in the Hindutva ered the biggest election victory and just 35 seats in the 120-seat tion of issues, including women’s should also have a permanent stable. The country is now in dire for her Labour party in half a Assembly. The resounding victo- rights, social justice and multilat- ban on firecrackers and not just and economy will be too great. We have to stop pointing fingers at the Government and need of a collective Opposition century. With all votes tallied, ry is due to Ardern’s progressive, eralism, Ardern has become a for the festive season. everyone else on the planet for our plight. We need to grow up as a nation and take respon- forum and a stable, cogent leader Ardern’s party won 49 per cent, democratic governance, her lead- role model to many. However, Amit Singh Kushwaha sibility for our own actions. True, the Government and other stakeholders in it are respon- to save the very fabric of democ- bringing 64 seats and an outright ership in successfully curbing the there has been some criticism of Satna racy. parliamentary majority. This is spread of COVID-19 in the her economic policies. Also, a sible to a very large extent for management, but it is time we hold ourselves accountable, Haridasan Rajan the highest result that any party country, as well as her handling summer season with no interna- Send your feedback to: too. If this means becoming online celebrants for one season, so be it. Kozhikode has achieved since the current of the massacre of 51 worship- tional tourists will be a major test [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Innovate for POINTCOUNTERPOINT IF I LISTENED COMPLETELY TO THE SCIENTISTS, WE’D ISSUES ARE GETTING WORSE, AND HE (TRUMP) better results PROPER NOW HAVE A RUSTIC THAT MAY BE IN A LARGE CONTINUES TO MISLEAD US ABOUT CIRCUMSTANCES MELANCHOLY. THE US HAS TURNED A NOOK. (REGARDING THE PANDEMIC). The Govt must take proactive steps to reform —US PRESIDENT —FORMER US VICE-PRESIDENT Indian agriculture to help production cross 500 million MT in the next two to three years DONALD TRUMP JOE BIDEN Stay within limits If the FD range gets embedded in the FRBM Act, it will give sanction to slippages. It will defeat VK BAHUGUNA hese days farmers across the country are agitating against the purpose of fixing a target, which is to obligate the Govt to keep expenses in check the three farm Acts passed by the Government recently. If we Tanalyse the status of agriculture today, we find that the sec- tor is in dire need of innovation, both at the policy and ground level. Unless the Government deals with the real issues facing the farm- ing community, nothing substantial will be achieved by simply reforming the existing structure that governs the sale and market- ing of farm produce. Government officials and many in the pub- lic space think that the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is doing a great job in declaring the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for a range of items like millet, pulses, oilseeds and so on, other than wheat and rice. However, the fact is that only six per cent of the farmers and only `2.5 lakh crore out of the `40 lakh UTTAM GUPTA crore total output from agriculture are covered by the MSP. From the point of view of food security, the MSP is an important inter- he Finance Ministry is building pressure on the vention as it provides some financial security to the farmers and 15th Finance Commission (15th FC) to allow price stability to the consumers. Tgreater flexibility while fixing the fiscal deficit The main cause for concern is how to make farming profitable (FD). It wants to adopt a flexible, range-bound FD for the small and marginal growers who constitute 86 per cent of target instead of a fixed number. With this aim in mind, the Modi Government is reviewing the Fiscal the farming community. They are neither able to invest in technol- Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. ogy, better seeds and other inputs, nor in infrastructure. Most of The issue was discussed at the Economic Advisory them are at the mercy of the rain god who is now playing truant Council (EAC) of the 15th FC, wherein the chair- with them due to climate change, coupled with price instability and man, NK Singh, cited a similar practice followed by indebtedness. The rich farmers are able to manage somehow, but the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) with +/- two per the poor get further indebted and trapped in bad loans. cent inflation target while deciding its monetary pol- Yet another problem is the reluctance of the younger genera- icy. The immediate prompt for this is the sharp con- tion to carry on subsistence farming. The Government must launch traction in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by a climate adaptation site-specific programme for tackling the hydrol- about 24 per cent in the first quarter of the current ogy of the area to retain soil moisture. Increasing productivity is financial year (FY) and a corresponding steep reduc- tion in tax collections even as the expenditure com- the only way we can double the farmers’ income. Take for exam- mitments are on the upswing (courtesy the two stim- ple China. In 2010, it produced 500 million metric tonnes (MT) of THE uli already given). As a result, on May 8, the INCORPORATION OF grain from 143 million ha of net sown area. In India that year, this Government raised its gross market borrowing tar- was only 240 million MT with the same sown area. Now with 140 get for the FY 2020-21 to `12,00,000 crore, up from THE FD RANGE million ha in 2020, we have inched closer to 300 million MT. Though the `7,80,000 crore provided for in the Budget on DOES NOT OFFER the contribution of the farm sector in the GDP is around 17 per February 1. ANYTHING BETTER cent, it supports the livelihood of 58 per cent of the workforce of Of this, the Government had already borrowed THAN WHAT IS India. The Gross Value Added (GVA) by agriculture, forestry and `7,66,000 crore during the first half of the current ALREADY THERE IN fishing was estimated at `19.48 lakh crore in the current financial FY and plans to borrow the remaining `4,34,000 THE FRBM LAW — year (FY). The growth in GVA in agriculture and allied sectors stood crore by January 2021. At `12,00,000 crore, the bor- FIXED NUMBER FD rowing limit is already set at about 5.8 per cent of TARGET PLUS at four per cent in the FY 2020-21. If the country wants to become the GDP — 2.3 per cent higher than the budgeted 20 from 3.3 per cent Budget Estimate (BE) Government has a lot of leeway — explic- up to one year), not a range. a $5 trillion economy, we must lift the annual growth rate of agri- ESCAPE CLAUSE — FD target of 3.5 per cent. With this and demand for UNLESS IT IS THE to 3.8 per cent in the Revised Estimate it as well as not so explicit. On the explic- It is argued that a range brings an ele- culture by at least eight to 10 per cent in the next few years and yet another Stimulus III gaining ground, it is not sur- (RE) and for FY 2020-21, from three per it side, we have seen the fiscal consolida- ment of predictability in knowing how far then aim for more. This will require a concrete action plan. prising that the Finance Ministry is building pres- INTENT OF cent as per the glide path required under tion glide path made fairly liberal to suit the Government can go in expanding its As a first step, there should be planned networking to inte- sure on the 15th FC. During the current year, we have MANDARINS IN THE the Act to 3.5 per cent. The one big thing the budget math as also the revised FD borrowing programme and the resultant grate land use with the adjoining forests through the creation of an extraordinary situation, so one can understand FINANCE MINISTRY that she did last year was reducing the being significantly higher than the target impact on crucial parameters like bond water bodies and implementation of watershed management the desperation. But it is important to recall here that TO HAVE BOTH, Corporate Tax rate, which meant a rev- — yet going unpunished (for instance, yields, interest rate; hence helpful in schemes. This will help tackle climatic vagaries. The next approach in his budget speech for 2016-17, the then Finance NAMELY RANGE AS enue loss of close to `1,50,000 crore annu- during 2008-09, the actual FD was six per boosting investor confidence. This is a friv- is to opt for high value crop diversity for better production so that Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the WELL AS THE ally. The reform was far-reaching and cent against the target of three per cent as olous argument. Whether it is one fixed the return per unit of land used is enhanced. The farmers would Government’s intent to review the FRBM Act ESCAPE CLAUSE. structural but one wonders whether this per the FRBM Act, 2003). On the not so number or a range, there is predictabili- (2003) with a view to make the target flexible (that THAT WOULD BE was an event not anticipated by the explicit side, DSPs and EBRs have been ty in both the scenarios. The difference is require value addition and friendly market support. Though the the announcement was made following the year Government. used to camouflage the true deficit. notional as in a range, one looks at the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) can no longer DISINGENUOUS. 2015-16, when it had achieved the FD target of 3.9 THE 15TH FC Ironically, the above numbers do not If the FD range gets embedded in the upper end. Unpredictability arises when control the farmers, they can still be used for better procurement per cent, sounds a bit anomalous). He had set up a give the true picture of the FD as a lot of FRBM Act, this will amount to giving legal things such as DSPs/EBRs are done out- through the MSP and can become competitive with reforms in their committee under NK Singh (it included among oth- SHOULD REFRAIN expenses, despite being a liability of the sanction to slippages. It will defeat the very side the FRBM framework; sadly, those are functioning, specially by creating more facilities for the farmers in ers, the then Chief Economic Adviser, Arvind FROM GOING FOR A sovereign Government, are kept off its bal- purpose of fixing a target which is to oblig- swept under the carpet. the context of the changed circumstances. Subramanian, and the then Deputy Governor, RBI, RANGE-BOUND FD. ance sheet. These are deferred subsidy pay- ate the Government to keep the excess of Another argument in support of The Government should promote consortiums of investors and Urjit Patel) to examine the issue. THE EXTANT ments (DSPs) and extra-budgetary its expenses over revenue within a spec- range is what some experts describe as farmers while the small and marginal farmers should form coop- The committee recommended a “glide path” for ARRANGEMENT resources (EBRs), a nickname for borrow- ified limit. The moment the law itself pre- reinforcing “counter-cyclical” objectives. eratives for negotiating with the sponsors for undertaking contract the next six years, beginning 2017-18. It recommend- SHOULD CONTINUE ings by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) scribes a range, say of three per cent-3.5 Put simply, when the economy is on a farming. In this venture, the APMC’s Mandi Samitis could also chip ed a FD target of 2.5 per cent, revenue deficit 0.8 per WITH SUITABLE and other agencies of the Government on per cent, even the most discerning downswing, then the Government needs cent, combined Centre-State debt ceiling of 60 per its behalf. Including these off-balance sheet Government will take the higher end of to undertake major investment to rein in in to provide infrastructure and help. These cooperatives can cre- INCREASE IN THE cent and a Central debt ceiling of 40 per cent for items, the FD for 2017-18 and 2018-19 the range as the benchmark as from a legal the slide and put the economy back on the ate infrastructure and inputs for increasing productivity and help PERMISSIBLE 2022-23. Further, it fixed three per cent FD to be BREACH UNDER THE would be about 5.9 per cent and 5.7 per standpoint, violation will happen only growth trajectory. It is primarily to tack- small farmers improve soil conditions and mitigate water scarci- achieved during 2018-19. It also allowed the cent respectively. For 2019-20, including when the actual exceeds 3.5 per cent. le extraordinary situations such as during ty through water harvesting. This will sort out the two major con- Government to breach the target — by up to 0.5 per ESCAPE CLAUSE. DSPs alone, FD would be 5.1 per cent. Add To put it differently, providing for a the current year that a 0.5 per cent cush- straints in increasing production. Yet another help farmers need is cent — in case of “far-reaching structural reforms ALL HIDDEN EBRs and the deficit will gallop. For 2020- range is a more subtle and sophisticated ion is permitted as per the 2018-19 to mitigate weather-related risks and for this, crop insurance poli- with unanticipated fiscal implications.” SLIPPAGES SUCH 21, the likely deficit of 5.8 per cent is exclu- way of embedding in the legislation a more amendment to the FRBM Act. cies must be made farmer-friendly. What do we do about the dete- In the amendment to the FRBM Act vide AS DSPS AND EBRS sive of DSPs and EBRs. relaxed target without catching the atten- The incorporation of FD range does riorating soil health due to the overuse of pesticides and fertilis- Finance Bill 2018-19, even while retaining the “escape SHOULD BE There is a short provision in the tion of the not so discerning eye. not offer anything better than what is ers? We must push for sustainable farming and the Centre and clause” to cover unanticipated events, the PROHIBITED Budget: Food subsidy about `1,03,000 The comparison with inflation target- already there in the FRBM law—fixed States must provide assistance to organic farming and conserva- Government adopted the glide path of achieving crore and fertiliser subsidy around `80,000 ing under the monetary policy to justify number FD target plus escape three per cent FD by 2020-21 instead of 2018-19 tion agriculture. As per the Compound Annual Growth Rate, the crore. Plus, there will be a huge shortfall FDI range is not all fours. While, the FD clause—unless it is the intent of mandarins mooted by the committee. Further, it set the debt limit in proceeds from disinvestment by at least target has a direct bearing on budgeting in the Finance Ministry to have both, organic food segment is likely to grow from `2,700 crore in 2015 of 40 per cent for the Centre to be reached by 2024- `1,50,000 crore as big ticket sales such as by the Centre (a swing of 0.1 per cent namely range as well as the escape clause. to `75,000 crore in 2025. 25 instead of the committee’s mandate of 2022-23. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited either way makes a difference of `20,000 That would be disingenuous. The 15th FC The Government must take proactive steps to reform Indian This cherry-picking may be seen in the back- (BPCL) and Life Insurance Corporation crore in its borrowing limit), inflation tar- should refrain from going for a range- agriculture to help production cross 500 million MT in the next two drop of the Government missing the FD target for (LIC) are unlikely to go through during geting by the RBI does not impact the bound FD. The extant arrangement to three years. Only then can the farmers’ income be doubled. The 2017-18 by 0.3 per cent and seeing no hope of achiev- the current year. This adds up to two per finances of banks. For a proper compar- should continue with suitable increase in first thing to do is to open the door to agitating farmers. After all, ing three per cent during 2018-19 as recommend- cent, taking the total to 7.8 per cent. ison, we need to look at the RBI mandat- the permissible breach under the escape it is they who have been feeding the nation. ed by the committee. While presenting Budget 2020- Including EBRs, the FD could touch 10 per ed “provisioning” for a loan that becomes clause. All hidden slippages such as DSPs (The writer is a former civil servant) 21, Sitharaman has already invoked the escape clause cent. Already, under the existing dispen- an NPA. That is a fixed number, say 25 per and EBRs should be prohibited. of the FRBM Act to relax the FD targets for FY 2019- sation of FD being a fixed number, the cent (for an account remaining unpaid for (The writer is a policy analyst) Powering towards global energy goals FOREIGN EYE India has made major progress in delivering energy efficiency. It has done better than China, the US, Russia and many European nations

States such as Uttar Pradesh (UP), lenge. Even Kerala, despite its high liv- sions grew 1.7 per cent in 2018 to India’s share of renewable energy in its the GDP, where a smaller value is Jharkhand and Odisha still lag behind ing standards, has witnessed glaring- reach a historic high of 33.1 gigatons final energy consumption stands at always desirable, as it points towards the national average. Rural areas of UP ly low progress in this aspect. Also, as of CO2 globally. It was the highest rate 32.2 per cent as of 2017 and has been greater energy efficiency. and Jharkhand are most deprived with per NSS-76, there exists a blatant, of growth since 2013, and 70 per cent suffering a decline for the last many India has made significant 80 and 85 per cent access to electric- countrywide rural-urban divide in the higher than the average increase since years. Even though India’s share of progress in delivering energy efficien- ity respectively. access to clean fuel. 2010. However, the global energy renewable energy is higher than coun- cy. It has done better than major According to the National Family On average, the beneficiaries of demand in the first quarter of this year tries like Russia, the US, China, Japan economies, namely China, the US, BRING AMAZON Health Survey (NFHS)-4, in 2015-16, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana declined by 3.8 per cent relative to the and Europe, the decline in this share Russia and several European countries. TO HEEL RACHEL NAND LAL Bihar ranked at the bottom of all States (PMUY) go for only 3.1 LPG cylinder first quarter of 2019, resulting in five must be controlled. Whereas for It has showcased exemplary perfor- GAIKWAD MISHRA with just 60 per cent of its households refills in a year. For the year 2019-2020, per cent lower CO2 emissions as well. countries mentioned above, in order mance on this front and achieved an It is an intolerable situation having access to power. Since then, it around 4.14 crore families never But this seemingly desirable change, to be able to sustain the share of energy intensity level of 4.1 to 5.1 that a company that depends has made significant progress in opted for a refill of more than three that was mainly caused by the nation- renewables in their total energy mix, megajoules per US dollar (MJ/$) that on the public services run by he United Nations’ Sustainable expanding its electricity access to cylinders. Madhya Pradesh, UP and al lockdowns, may not continue for intense efforts for increasing that is even lower than the global average Development Goal (SDG) 7.1 near-universal coverage in the last Rajasthan fared the worst in this more than a few months. share must be realised too. of 5.4 MJ/$. Energy efficiency and the State does not pay an Taims to ensure universal access three years. But despite attaining regard. According to the information To sustainably move towards a The Energy Statistics 2020 has increasing share of renewables are fun- appropriate taxes. To add to affordable, reliable and modern near-universal electrification for the given in the Rajya Sabha recently, since better future, it is now essential that reported a substantial growth in the damental in achieving several other insult to injury, this week it energy services by 2030. India’s jour- majority of States, securing continu- the beginning of the new financial year we cope with our energy needs, giv- renewable energy share in the total sustainable development goals. was reported that Amazon ney so far has been remarkable in ous and quality supply of power to in April till August, around 1.84 crore ing due consideration to the environ- installed electricity generation from Without accelerated clean energy will also not be paying achieving near-universal access to remote villages and poorest house- families refilled their LPG cylinders ment that has been long neglected and 13.4 per cent (2015-2016) to 17.7 per innovation and transition towards electricity in the last one decade. As holds still remains a big concern. only once. This information came in continues to be so. The energy tran- cent (2017-2018), owing to significant renewables, the 2030 agenda seems Britain’s new digital services per the “Saubhagya” dashboard, 99.9 Compared to electricity access, even as the Government claimed of sition from conventional to renewable investments and expansions made in far-fetched. tax because the US won’t do per cent of rural households in the larger variations can be observed in the providing free cylinders to the poor sources is the biggest need of the hour. wind and solar power generation. A As the nation faces the grim eco- a trade deal if the UK were to country have been electrified and less access to clean fuel among the States. during the lockdown. Hence, the Owing to this, SDG target 7.2 aims to recent International Energy Agency nomic impact of the pandemic, ener- impose this. But small than 20,000 homes lacked electricity Meghalaya, West Bengal, and challenge further remains to not only increase the share of renewable ener- analysis shows that in 2018, India’s gy efficiency offers several opportuni- access as of March 2019, but as per Empowered Action Group (EAG) increase the access to cleaner fuels for gy in the global energy mix by 2030. investment in solar energy was greater ties to provide the much-needed traders and advertisers NSS-76, more than six per cent house- States, excluding Uttarakhand, still lag households, but to increase the over- Among the BRICS nations, Brazil than in all fossil fuel sources of elec- boost to the economy in the form of using the site will be taxed. holds in rural areas and one per cent in providing universal access to clean all consumption per family. has been leading the way in the share tricity generation put together. SDG- employment generation and so on, The issue is one of fairness in urban areas had no access to elec- cooking fuels, and every second Energy production of all types of renewable power in its total ener- 7.3 aims to double the global rate of although a great deal of uncertainty needs urgent Government tricity till December 2018. household has no access to it. This sig- contributes to about 70 per cent of car- gy mix, drawing advantage from its energy efficiency by 2030. Energy exists with regard to SDG-7. attention.. A majority of the States have nificantly low national average poses bon dioxide (CO2) emissions across high potential of electricity production intensity indicates the amount of (The writers are researchers, The Guardian above 97 per cent access, but larger a core developmental and health chal- the globe. Energy-related CO2 emis- from wind and solar energy sources. energy needed to produce one unit of International Institute for Population) ( editorial) VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2020 money 08 FM pushes large CPSEs to meet IOC to offer differentiated fuels, hydrogen-spiked CNG 75 pc of FY21 capex target by Dec PNSn NEW DELHI India's top oil firm IOC is PNSn NEW DELHI remodelling business with an The Finance Minister asked the concerned increased focus on petrochem- Finance Minister Nirmala icals to hedge volatility in the Sitharaman on Monday secretaries to closely monitor the performance fuel business, while at the exhorted large central public same time turning petrol sector enterprises (CPSEs) to of CPSEs in order to ensure the capital pumps into energy outlets that achieve by December 75 per expenditure to the tune of 75 per cent of the offer EV charging points and cent of their planned capital battery swapping options expenditure (capex) target for capital outlay by the end of the third quarter besides conventional fuels as it 2020-21, to support economic looks to make itself future- growth hit by the COVID-19 ready. to Euro-VI) emissions from crisis. ment was Rs 1,16,323 crore that Indian economy, the finance Indian Oil Corp (IOC) The intention is to BS-IV vehicles, he said. She held a virtual meeting is 104 per cent, the statement minister encouraged the CPSEs Chairman Shrikant Madhav "Eventually we intend to with secretaries of coal and said. It added that the capex to perform better to achieve Vaidya said the intention is to become energy become energy company of petroleum & natural gas, along target is pegged Rs 1,15,934 their targets and ensure that the become energy company of the company of the India and not just be restrict- with the chairman and manag- mance of CPSEs, Sitharaman capital outlay by the end of the crore for these companies for capital outlay for 2020-21 is country and not just be ed to selling petroleum prod- ing directors (CMDs) of 14 said capex by CPSEs is a criti- third quarter of 2020-21 and the current financial year. spent properly and within time. restricted to selling petroleum country and not just ucts," he said. "The world is CPSEs belonging to these min- cal driver of economic growth make appropriate plan for it. It further said the achieve- The finance minister said products. IOC, which con- be restricted to changing. We intend to set up istries, an official statement and needs to be scaled up for She expounded that more ment in the first half of the cur- better performance of CPSEs trols over 40 per cent of India's EV charging points and battery said. This was the fourth in the the financial year 2020-21 and co-ordinated efforts are rent financial year stood at Rs can help the economy in a big diesel-dominated petroleum selling petroleum swapping stations at our petrol ongoing series of meetings 2021-22. required at the levels of secre- 37,423 crore (32 per cent of the way to recover from the impact product market, recently intro- pumps alongside offering auto- that the finance minister is hav- The finance minister asked tary of concerned ministries target), while it was Rs 43,097 of COVID-19. duced differentiated LPG for products: IOC chief LPG and conventional fuels. So ing with various stakeholders the concerned secretaries to and CMDs of CPSEs to achieve crore (39 per cent) in the pre- The CPSE capex review is industrial users that gives it will be a bouquet of offering." to accelerate the economic closely monitor the perfor- capex targets. vious financial year. carried out jointly by the flame temperature that is 80 and saving 5-8 per cent on fuel. IOC has already set up EV- growth amid the COVID-19 mance of CPSEs in order to In 2019-20, against the capex While mentioning the sig- Department of Economic per cent higher than conven- Also, the company has intro- charging points at 76 petrol pandemic. ensure the capital expenditure target of Rs 1,11,672 crore for nificant role of CPSEs in giv- Affairs and the Department of tional cooking gas, thereby duced hydrogen-spiked CNG pumps and battery-swapping While reviewing the perfor- to the tune of 75 per cent of the these 14 CPSEs, the achieve- ing a push to the growth of the Public Enterprises, it added. cutting down cooking time that will give BS-VI (equivalent facilities at 11 outlets. MONEY MATTERS Move to relax norms Nearly all Mideast economies hit Recovery ‘risks losing momentum', says European Central Bank for highway projects by pandemic recession, says IMF PNSn NEW DELHI ments of HAM and BOT pro- he head of the European jects relating to financial and PNSn DUBAI Central Bank says that the The government has pro- technical capacity and provi- IMF estimates that Teconomic recovery “risks posed to relax financial as well sions relating to tunnel and The coronavirus pandemic has losing momentum” due to the as technical eligibility criteria bridge projects, as approved by pushed nearly all Mideast the global economy second wave of coronavirus for highway projects to the competent authority, are nations into the throes of an will shrink 4.4% this infections and that the chief encourage increased participa- forwarded herewith for taking economic recession this year, monetary authority for the euro tion of developers amid further necessary action," yet some rebound is expected year, marking the countries could add more stimulus COVID-19 pandemic. MoRTH has said in a commu- as all but two — Lebanon and worst annual plunge if that becomes necessary. Christine Lagarde was quoted as saying To overcome delays in high- nication to NHAI Chairman Oman — are expected to see in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde that “the ways construction, Ministry of and NHIDCL MD apart from some level of economic growth since the Great second wave of the pandemic in Europe, notably in France, and the Road Transport and Highways other officials of the Ministry. next year, according to a report resulting new restrictions are adding to the uncertainty and (MoRTH) has already issued Expressing concern over published on Monday by the Depression of the weighing on the recovery. ” “Since the rebound we saw over some relaxations under COVID-19 pandemic resul- International Monetary Fund. 1930s the summer, the recovery has been uneven, uncertain and AatmaNirbhar Scheme to con- tant situation, the Ministry in This comes as the IMF esti- incomplete and now risks losing momentum,” she said in the tractors for the ongoing as well another document has said mates that the global economy interview published Monday in English on the ECB's as yet-to-start projects, besides that its impact is still on and it will shrink 4.4% this year, have seen fewer confirmed website.Lagarde said that “the options in our toolbox have not been providing some relaxation to has been observed that most of marking the worst annual one of the region's sharpest rency has dropped by 70% cases and deaths from the exhausted. If more has to be done, we will do more.” The ECB is bidders in performance secu- the projects are delayed. plunge since the Great economic contractions this compared to the end of last virus than countries in already supporting the economy with a pandemic emergency rity. Changes in bidding doc- "Financial and technical capac- Depression of the 1930s. year at 25%. The pandemic year, with people struggling Europe and the US, the program of bond purchases that are pumping 1.35 trillion euros uments in respect of financial ity of the bidders are also affect- Well before the coronavirus has only pushed the country to afford basic goods. region still faces challenges (USD 1.58 trillion) in newly created money into the economy. and technical capacity for ed due to COVID-19 and some swept across the globe, sever- further to the brink after a A devastating explosion in containing the disease. HAM (hybrid annuity model) bidders are unable to meet the al Mideast countries had been wave of anti-government at Beirut's main port in “Risks of a worse-than- and BOT projects (build, oper- eligibility criteria. Keeping in struggling with issues ranging anger before the virus struck. August killed at least 180 projected scenario loom ate, transfer) projects and gen- view the present uncertain con- from lower oil prices and slug- Lebanese demonstrators people, injured more than large, particularly given CSB Bank Q2 profit jumps eral relaxation for tunnel and ditions, it has been decided to gish economic growth to cor- were protesting government 6,000 and destroyed entire recent surges in COVID-19 bridge projects have been relax the financial as well as tech- ruption and high unemploy- corruption, foreign exchange neighbourhoods. The blast infections in many coun- to Rs 69 crore deliberated in the Ministry. nical eligibility criteria to encour- ment. shortages, hyperinflation, left hundreds of thousands of tries around the world that "As a result of deliberation, age increased participation of the The IMF projects the constant electricity cuts and people homeless. have reopened,” the IMF SB Bank on Monday reported changes in the bidding docu- bidders," the document said. Lebanese economy will see increasing poverty. The cur- While Mideast nations warned. over two-fold jump in net Cprofit at Rs 68.9 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. It had posted a net profit of Rs 24.6 Rockefeller crore in the second quarter of Edelweiss plans to raise $1bn Air India bid deadline may 2019-20. The bank's half-yearly Foundation profit after tax is at a record high of Rs 122.50 crore with Return on Assets or RoA (annualised) of 1.13 per cent despite having made a healthy provision of Rs 58.2 crore provides fund for realty sector next yr be extended to Dec 15 for COVID-19 during April-September, CSB Bank said in a regulatory filing.Total income grew to Rs 567.55 crore during funding to India PNSn MUMBAI PNSn NEW DELHI September quarter of 2020-21 as against Rs 431.07 crore in the year-ago period.The bank registered a rise in gross non-performing PNSn NEW DELHI Edelweiss Group on Monday To attract potential suitors, the assets (NPAs) to 3.04 per cent of gross advances at September- said its asset management government will ease asset end 2020 from 2.86 per cent by the same period of 2019.In terms Rockefeller Foundation on arm has raised Rs 6,600 crore valuation norms for Air India of value, gross NPAs or bad loans stood at Rs 387.42 crore as Monday announced USD 5.5 from global long term by allowing bidders to put in against Rs 326.20 crore a year ago. Net NPAs, however, fell to 1.30 million (around Rs 40 crore) investors for on-lending to offers on an enterprise value per cent (Rs 163.52 crore) from 1.96 per cent (Rs 221.51 grant to Center for Cellular Indian companies and pro- basis, a source said on crore).Provisions for bad loans and contingencies for the quarter and Molecular Platforms and jects requiring long term cap- Monday. rose to Rs 80.72 crore from Rs 24.57 crore a year ago. global nonprofit PATH to ital. To begin with, the govern- ance sheet. scale up COVID-19 testing The arm is looking to raise ment is likely to further extend The source said the govern- in India. The grant will sup- an alternative investment the deadline for putting in a ment would remove from the port the domestic manufactur- fund (AIF) of over USD 1 bil- preliminary expression of Preliminary Information Thomas Cook India & SOTC ing of critical testing materials lion next year to invest in interest for the loss-making Memorandum (PIM) the and deployment of scalable realty assets. between 16-18 per cent per national carrier to December quantum of debt to be partner with Accor testing programmes, essential Group chairman Rashesh The arm is looking to year, which is a notch higher 15. assumed by the bidder. to mitigating the virus' spread, Shah claimed its USD 890 than the two previous funds The source said bids will be The bidders would also be ravel services firm Thomas Rockefeller Foundation said in million is the largest fund raise an alternative in the same series. sought on an enterprise value asked to place offers for the Cook India and its group a statement. Additionally, the raise this year by any entity in investment fund He said EAM, which man- basis - a popular valuation entire company, 85 per cent of Tcompany SOTC Travel Ltd have grant will advance efforts to India amid the severe eco- ages over Rs 30,000 crore, has methodology for takeover which would be considered to partnered with global hospitality leverage data and technology nomic impact of the pandem- (AIF) of over USD 1 managed to get commitments deals. go towards debt repayment major Accor to launch a joint to strengthen pandemic sur- ic, and will be deployed into billion next year to from global long term Enterprise value (EV) is a and the balance would accrue initiative to promote safe holidays veillance and response, it projects and companies seek- investors like pension funds measure of a company's total to the government, the source in the new normal, the companies added. With support from ing long term funds which invest in realty and insurance companies for value, often used as a more said. "Changes are being made said in a statement on Monday. Rockefeller Foundation, can't be served by the banks the new fund. comprehensive alternative to to the valuation method. CGD While extended lockdowns and research institutes will be able or the NBFCs due to poten- assets Shah explained that there equity market capitalization. (Core Group on Disinvest work-from-home stress have to support MSMEs to manu- tial asset liability mismatch- are some concerns in the EV includes in its calculation ment) has approved it and it resulted in strong pent up travel demand for short drivable distance facture high-quality, yet low- es. platform is targeting the minds of investors from a the market capitalization of a would be placed before vacations, Indian consumers have understandably rated health- cost molecular diagnostics that Edelweiss Asset Manageme seven-year Edelweiss Special short term of up to one year, company but also short-term AISAM (Air India Specific safety as their priority, the statement noted. Thomas Cook meet global standards, he nt's (EAM) president and Opportunities Fund-III but they're very bullish on the and long-term debt as well as Alternative Mechanism).” India, SOTC and Accor have hence leveraged their collective added. head Hemant Daga said the (ESOF) to deliver returns long term in the country. any cash on the company's bal- sources said. expertise in curating the 'Holiday Safe' range that delivers on their comprehensive measures towards hygiene and safety while ensuring customers a memorable holiday experience, the statement said. The Holiday Safe portfolio in addition to health Singapore to and safety protocols, offers a range of vacation options such as DMart converts stores into fulfilment centres staycations, workations, drivecations, it added. give SGD 5.5bn PNSn NEW DELHI Rs 198.53 crore in the July- September quarter as against to 1.4L firms M&M announces to raise Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which Rs 322.63 crore of the corre- owns and operates supermar- The company sponding quarter last fiscal. PNSn SINGAPORE, production of Thar SUV ket chain DMart, has closed opened six new Its revenue from operation two of its retail stores in in the second quarter of More than 140,000 com- ahindra and Mahindra on Mumbai and converted them DMart stores during FY2020-21 was down 11.42 per panies with 1.9 million local Monday announced into fulfilment centres to cater the July-September cent at Rs 5,306.20 crore employees here will receive Mincreasing production of to its growing e-commerce against Rs 5,990.78 crore in the Singapore dollars 5.5 billion its all-new Thar SUV substantially business in the city. quarter this fiscal year-ago period. (USD 4.5 billion) this month after its bookings crossed 15,000 The company opened six taking its store count As restrictions were further as part of a jobs scheme to units since the launch of the new DMart stores during the eased during this quarter, its help them retain their vehicle. The new version of July-September quarter this to 220 business has seen improve- employees during the Thar was launched on October 2. fiscal taking its store count to ment and it continues to grad- COVID-19 pandemic that The deliveries will commence 220 with total retail business ually progress towards pre- has upended life and busi- from next month. The company in a release said a majority (57 area of 8.20 million sq. ft, tions in select pin codes of pandemic levels. nesses across the globe. per cent) of the buyers of Thar are the first-time car customers. Avenue Supermarts said in a ment centres (FC) for our "We continue to increase Pune City,” he said. "The highlight being that The latest payout is Mahindra and Mahindra Chief Executive Officer (Automotive regulatory filing. ECommerce business. One our footprint in Mumbai About its brick and mortar footfalls continue to be signif- Singapore dollars 1.5 billion Division) Veejay Nakra said, "We are delighted with this Besides, D-Mart has also each in Mira Road and Kalyan,” Metropolitan Region covering retail business, the company icantly lower than pre-COVID more than the last round of overwhelming response received for the all-new Thar, having expanded its e-commerce said Avenue Supermarts CEO additional pin codes. Mira said, "Footfalls are getting bet- levels but basket values are sig- disbursement in July, accord- crossed 15,000 bookings as on date. Given this overwhelming operations in select pin codes & Managing Director Neville Road and Kalyan FC addition ter and basket values are reduc- nificantly higher than pre- ing to a Channel News Asia response, we are substantially ramping up our capacity." Also, of Pune City. Noronha. were to deepen our reach and ing month over month.” COVID levels. Both these data report. Meanwhile, there is an acceptance of the vehicle among a larger base of "We have closed two of our Both these locations have an serve customers better in these The company last week points are trending towards Singapore reported four lifestyle seekers, beyond the traditional lovers of this iconic brand, Mumbai stores for customers alternate DMart store within regions. We have also expand- reported a 38.46 per cent pre-COVID levels,” Noronha imported COVID-19 cases he said. and converted them into fulfil- four kilometres, he added. ed our E-Commerce opera- decline in its profit after tax to said. on Monday. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Tuesday October 20, 2020

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aiee About shooting with Baba Sehgal: Rapping Manjrekar, Salman and director who made Prabhudeva, she said, Ranveer Singh, Rohit S her debut in “While shooting, it all the 2019 felt surreal and each day not solely about Salman I was on my toes to do Shetty to collaborate Khan-starrer Dabangg 3, justice to the character looks back at her screen and the faith on ‘Comedy of Errors' on why test for the film saying Prabhudeva sir and women, intoxication she knew she had to Salman sir had put in impress in the very first me. I got to learn so apper and adaptation ‘Cirkus' take if she was to star much from each one of musician alongside her favourite them. It was one of the Harjeet ollywood star childhood hero. greatest experiences of R Singh Ranveer Singh is set “During my screen my life.” Sehgal, pop- to team up with film- test, I knew that the first “We all love a good ularly B maker Rohit Shetty take was going to decide old origin story, and known as Baba Sehgal, for comedy movie my fate to star along Chulbul Pandey has says that while he Cirkus. with my childhood been one India’s most appreciates home- The film is based on William favourite artist loved and adored char- grown rap music com- Shakespeare’s classic play The (Salman),” she recalled. acters of all times. It was ing from the ground in Comedy of Errors, which a dream come true to be India, it will have to revolves around two sets of an integral part of that take more than just identical twins who were acci- journey,” she added. rapping about one’s dentally separated at birth. “The love that I struggles and journey The movie marks Singh and got for Khushi “on loop”. Shetty’s third project together (her character Counted as the first after their 2018 action block- in the film) is Indian rapper, Baba buster Simmba and upcoming and Goa. The makers are eyeing the push I Sehgal started way Sooryavanshi, in which the actor to release the film in winter needed to back in the 1990s, but has a special appearance. 2021. evolve as a his content has kept up According to a press release, person and as with the times, with Cirkus will be presented by an actor. I feel young audiences find- Bhushan Kumar of T-Series in more respon- ing his music groovy association with Reliance sible and dri- and catchy. Entertainment. ven. Life post Asked how he has The film also features actors Dabangg has seen rap in India grow Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline been just great, from the 1990s to Fernandez, Varun Sharma, said Mahesh 2020, he told IANSlife, Siddhartha Jadhav, Johnny Manjrekar’s “If I talk about my Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh daughter, about journey as a rapper, I Hirjee, Vijay Patkar, Sulbha working on the started rapping only Arya, Mukesh Tiwari, film that also for survival. I saw Anil Charanjeett, stars Sonakshi some international Ashwini Kalsekar Sinha and will videos and started and Murli Sharma. soon air on Zee exploring rapping. It Cirkus is set to Cinema.' was coincidentally just go on floors one month before next month ‘Dabangg 3' screen test was special

SAIEE MANJREKAR MTV was launched in and will be India. When I was pursuing this in movie Sehgal’s process? “I rap shot in delving into the layers songs etc. But some- about different food Mumbai, of rapping and where I believe that rap- delicacies in my raps Ooty, researching about it — ping solely about intoxi- because I believe as I had to read a lot, cation or women is not independent artists, we considering there was what I would like to have the space to be no internet back then. define as rapping. If one different. The I created my own way is to write, they should Bollywood industry is around raps, I made write their own instead anyway commercialis- them funny and cre- of following the herd. ing the raps and ative because I just Every rap has a begin- putting a few lines of it wanted to tickle a ning and an end, it is in every song piece but funny bone in the rhythmic blend of we, as independent people.” words with music, so rappers, do not have to Adding how instead of picking ran- follow the same path. things have dom words to string We have to keep inno- “changed enor- them together as a rap, vating to catch the mously since artists should write what audience’s attention then”, he really comes to them and we cannot risk said, and be innovative.” being repetitive. “Rappers Baba has recently Therefore, when I cre- nowa- rapped for Faboom, a atively process my days fantasy sports plat- raps, I talk of anything are form, in a music video and everything - like usu- structured on the EDM allopathy, homoeopa- ally format. Thanks to a thy, even cats. But catchy vibe, the video there is still a story in is getting popular on my raps, irrespective of social media. the elements that I add What is Baba for newness.”

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You can never prepare for In T20 cricket, 1 run and 2 I think from the last two games, I had in my mind that I have to DUGOUT Super Overs. No team does. runs are very very crucial. I specially the kind of team spirit watch the ball and hit it. I So you have to trust your am sure it was great for and camaraderie we have didn't think about taking ones MOTION PICTURE bowler's gut. You trust your viewership. KXIP got the shown as an entire team and and twos. I was determined to bowler, and let them believe better of us and deserved entire franchise has been hit a boundary and luckily it their instinct and gut the two points second to none did happen RR PILE ON CSK’S MISERY DC look to secure playoff berth PTI n DUBAI return of Chris Gayle MATCHES 25 has reduced the bur- Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Kieron Pollard and Kings XI Punjab's he nail-biting win KINGS XI PUNJAB 14 den on the shoulders DELHI CAPITALS 11 batsman Chris Gayle exchange jerseys at the end of IPL game Tover defending of the star openers, between MI and KXIP on Sunday @mipaltan champions Mumbai Stats: Faisel Features especially allowing Indians was certainly a Rahul to play more morale-lifter but the inconsistent freely. Kings XI Punjab have another Nicholas Pooran has shown tough battle at hand when they his lethalness time and again but take on table leaders Delhi is yet to play a match-winning Capitals here on Tuesday. knock and the pressure is increas- Having lost two tight games ing on Maxwell the batsman, who they should have won at the start is proving to be more useful as a Sanju Samson run-outs MS Dhoni during CSK innings IPLT20 of the season, KXIP managed to spinner operating in the power- get on the right side of the results play. picked up wickets at regular inter- pointed, perishing in the next over in the last couple of games, However, the team is likely vals to make life difficult for off Tewatia’s bowling as CSK although it was too close for com- to stick to him in the game CSK. slumped to 56 for four. fort by their own admission. against Delhi Capitals. CSK lost the in-form Faf du Dhoni and Jadeja tried their Needing seven off the last two Delhi are clearly the team to Plessis (10) in the third over, best to resurrect the innings and overs with nine wickets in hand, beat in the tournament and have caught by Jos Buttler off Archer then up the ante, but it proved to they should have wrapped the gained in confidence with a and then an over later, Shane be too little too late. game against RCB much before close win against Chennai Watson was sent back by Kartik. Dhoni was run out in search the last ball and even in the IPL’s Super Kings on Saturday. Kartik Tyagi celebrates after taking wicket of Shane Watson IPLT20 Opening the batting again, of a double in the 18th over. first double Super Over against While Prithvi Shaw needs Sam Curran made 22 off 25 balls Kedar Jadhav continued to Mumbai Indians on Sunday to be back among the runs after PTI n ABU DHABI while young Kartik Tyagi (1/35) before being dismissed by Gopal. struggle with the bat as RR night, the K L Rahul-led side a couple of ducks, his too was impressive. Dhoni’s deci- After that, a lot depended on bowlers didn’t give the CSK bats- could have closed it out opening partner ajasthan Royals produced a sion to bat first backfired as RR Ambati Rayudu but he too disap- men any leeway. in regulation time. Shikhar Dhawan Rfine bowling effort to restrict Death bowing elevating his game three-time champions Chennai and the form of bodes well for the Super Kings to a modest 125 for star player Glenn team that has won five in an Indian Premier League It's just a number: Dhoni on Maxwell in a seven out of the nine match here on Monday. shaky middle-order matches it has played. Opting to bat, CSK never got remain a concern for Axar Patel has going and lacked the fire power a team that needs to shown his utility not just to put up a decent score after playing 200th IPL game win its remaining with the ball but also with After former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh predicted that KXIP being reduced to 56 for four in 10 five games to the bat. His three sixes off will play the IPL 2020 final against DC or MI, RCB leg-spinner overs. PTI n ABU DHABI CSK skipper Dhoni told Rising Pune Supergiant. make the Ravindra Jadeja helped Delhi get Yuzvendra Chahal asked Yuvraj, “Bhaiya Hum India aa jaye Ravindra Jadeja top-scored presenter Danny Earlier this month, he over- play-offs. over the line in the final over fin- wapis?” Responding to Chahal, Yuvraj said he should get hit for for CSK with a 30-ball unbeaten hennai Super Morrison at the toss. took Suresh Raina (194 games) The fact ish against CSK. sixes and take some wickets before coming back and should 35 and skipper Mahendra Singh CKings’ match The two-time World to become the player with most that KXIP With an envious bowling watch the final Dhoni, playing in his 200th IPL against Rajasthan Cup winning captain appearances. have struggled line-up, Delhi have shown they game, made a run-a-ball 28 while Royals on Monday added, “It feels good but In 199 games, the former this season can defend even below-par totals. adding 51 runs for the fifth wick- marked the 200th at the same time it’s India captain amassed 4,596 despite having Playing in the absence of an et. appearance of just a number. I feel for- runs, which includes 23 fifties, tournament’s injured Rishabh Pant, time is Jofra Archer (1/20) was ter- Mahendra Singh Dhoni tunate to play for such a with a highest score of 84 not top two run-getters running out for Ajinkya Rahane rific with the new ball but he in IPL but, as is his wont, long time without many out. His strike-rate reads 137.67. in openers Rahul to make an impact. would be disappointed with his the skipper played injuries.” With 215 maximums, (525) and Mayank The match went into a Super outing on the field. down the milestone Dhoni has been the captain Dhoni also ranks third in the Agarwal (393) best Over last time the two teams met Besides Archer, the spin duo and said he was oblivi- of CSK since the inception of list of big-hitters in the tourna- sums up their errat- and more than Delhi, KXIP will of Shreyas Gopal (1/14) and ous to it. IPL in 2008. When the fran- ment after Chris Gayle (333 ic run. be hoping that it doesn’t come to Rahul Tewatia (1/18) were eco- “You spoke about it and chise was suspended for two sixes) and AB de Villiers (231 On a positive that again. nomical in the middle overs, that’s how I got to know,” years, the veteran represented sixes). note, the successful

Shami was very clear on bowling six yorkers: KL A fan took to Twitter to share a picture of KL Rahul from the KXIP-MI match that ended after two Super Overs and wrote, “My PTI n DUBAI RCB, KXIP could have thala.” Responding to the fan, the KXIP captain tweeted, “There is finished the job earlier only one Thala Gajal and everyone knows who he is” ings XI Punjab captain than they eventually ‘Bumrah has taken over the mantle from Malinga’ KKL Rahul lauded his did. PRAVIN DUBEY JOINS DELHI CAPITALS pace spearhead “It is not the first PTI n DUBAI KXIP snatched a win. Delhi Capitals on Monday named Karnataka leggie Mohammed Shami for time. But we don’t “He’s a world-class crick- Pravin Dubey as a replacement for veteran spinner Amit his ability and clarity want to make a umbai Indians all- eter. He has been number one Mishra, who was ruled out due to a fractured finger. The of thought to bowl six habit out of it. We Mrounder Kieron Pollard in a couple of formats for a 27-year-old leg-spinner has played 14 domestic T20 yorkers in the Super will take the two feels that pace spearhead long period of time. He has matches, and has 16 wickets to his name with an Over while defending points in the end. It Jasprit Bumrah has taken over learned and has grown leaps economy of 6.87. “Delhi Capitals today announced the just five runs in their doesn’t always hap- the mantle from Sri Lankan and bounds for us at Mumbai signing of 27-year-old leg spinner Pravin Dubey as dramatic IPL match pen the way you Lasith Malinga to become the Indians...We have comfort in replacement for Amit Mishra, for the rest of the against Mumbai Indians. plan so you don’t lynchpin of the four-time IPL him,” Pollard said at the post- Dream11 Indian Premier League,” media release stated. Mayank Agarwal and Chris Gayle celebrate after win IPLT20 “He (Shami) was very really know how champions’ bowling attack. match press conference. clear he wanted to go with to stay balanced. After picking up the cru- “A couple of years ago, we POINTS TABLE six yorkers. He has been “I was just cial wickets of KL Rahul, had a fit and fair Lasith Gayle was ‘angry & upset’ phenomenal, and keeps hoping we get Mayank Agarwal and Malinga and he (Bumrah) P W L NRR PTS getting better every game. over the line Nicholas Pooran in the stipu- has taken over that mantle 1 14 before Super Over It is important that senior because the boys lated 20 overs, Bumrah (3/24) now,” he added. DC 9 7 2 +0.921 players win the games for have been work- bowled an excellent Super enough as Mohammad Shami Malinga, the highest wick- 2 MI 9 6 3 +1.201 12 PTI n DUBAI the team,” Rahul said at the ing really really Over against Kings XI Punjab, bowled an equally impressive et-taker in the IPL, opted out 3 12 post-match presentation. hard. In the games conceding just five runs. over to lead the match to a sec- this year citing personal rea- RCB 9 6 3 -0.096 he big-hitting Chris Gayle revealed that he Rahul, who was named that we have lost, However, it was not ond Super Over in which sons. 4 KKR 9 5 4 -0.607 10 Tfelt “angry and upset” going in to the Super man of the match for his even then we have played 5 8 Over after Kings XI Punjab were in a comfort- 77, expressed happiness at well and just not been able still want to take it one game process. Mumbai Indians bats- RR 10 4 6 -0.591 able position to win the IPL match against the victory but said his side to get over the line.” at a time. It is sweet after the “We know we need to man Kieron Pollard said 6 SRH 9 3 6 +0.008 6 Mumbai Indians in regulation period. would not want to make a On his side winning kind of matches we have lost win everything from here, despite loss his side played 7 6 Chasing 11 runs in the second Super Over, habit of winning like this. two back-to-back close but the talk in the dressing but we can’t forget the good cricket. KXIP 9 3 6 -0.262 the Universe Boss cracked a six off the first ball Even in the last game against matches, he said, “We room is to focus on the processes that lead to a win.” 8 CSK 10 3 7 -0.463 6 before opener Mayank Agarwal smashed succes- sive fours to give KXIP their second consecutive win. “No, I wasn’t nervous. I was a bit more angry and upset that we got ourselves in this position. Barkley’s winner But it’s a game of cricket and these things do hap- Van Dijk needs right knee surgery Malik left out for Zim series pen,” Gayle told Agarwal and Mohammad starting October 25, to rediscover Shami during a post-match show for AFP n LIVERPOOL “Despite the obvious disap- sinks Leicester IANS n LAHORE better form ahead of the New IPLT20.Com. pointment, I’m a firm believer AP n LEICESTER Zealand tour. “Even when we were going out to bat (in the iverpool’s Premier League that within difficulty lies ncapped batsman Abdullah Pace duo of Hasan Ali and second Super Over) you asked me ‘who is going Ltitle defence was rocked on opportunity,” he continued, ston Villa claimed UShafiq earned a maiden call-up Naseem Shah were not considered to face the first ball’. I was like ‘Mayank you real- Sunday when the club con- adding: “I’m going to make Aa fourth straight on Monday but senior players for selection as they are recovering ly asked that question? It has to be the boss who firmed key defender Virgil van sure I return better, fitter and win to open the Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and from injuries. faces the first ball’,” Gayle added. Dijk has suffered knee ligament stronger than ever before.” Premier League season Mohammad Amir were left out "A few leading performers may For Punjab, Shami bowled a brilliant first damage amid reports the Van Dijk has been pivotal as Ross Barkley scored from Pakistan's 22-man probables feel disappointed that they have Super Over, defending five runs which was fol- Dutchman could miss the rest to Liverpool’s resurgence since in stoppage time to list for the ODI and T20 series been unable to break into the lowed by Chris Jordan conceding 11 runs in the of the season. making a then world record secure a 1-0 victory against Zimbabwe next month. squad. But, I want to reassure them second. Van Dijk, who will require £75 million move for a defend- over Leicester. Shafiq, 20, was rewarded for his that they will remain in considera- “Shami is the man of the match for me. To surgery, hobbled off after a er from Southampton in Having scored strong showing for Central Punjab tion for the New Zealand tour and defend six runs against Rohit (Sharma) and shocking challenge from January 2018. seven goals against Liverpool before the inter- in the recently-concluded National early next year's home series," (Quinton) de Kock, that’s fantastic. That’s a great Everton goalkeeper Jordan The 29-year-old has start- national break, Villa just needed one to main- T20 Cup. Misbah said. job.” Pickford in a 2-2 draw in the ed the last 94 league games to tain its 100% start and move a point behind The top order batsman from "Seniors like Shoaib Malik and “I have faced you in the nets and I know that Merseyside derby on Saturday. bring a defensive solidity that first-place Everton with a game in hand. Sialkot finished as the seventh most Sarfaraz Ahmed have not been you can nail those yorkers, and nail them well. “The centre-back dam- was lacking during Klopp’s Barkley collected a pass from John successful batsman in the National picked for this series, but I want to Today he came and delivered and brought it aged knee ligaments following first two years at Anfield. McGinn, drove forward and sent in a shot from T20 Cup with 358 runs with a categorically state that their careers home for us,” Gayle added. an incident involving Blues Since then Liverpool won 25 yards that found the bottom corner in the strike-rate of over 133. are not over by any means as per- Shami, who nailed his yorkers in the Super goalkeeper Jordan Pickford the Champions League in 2019 first minute of added-on time at the King Power He scored a century on his T20 formance remains the only criteri- Over to allow MI to only equal KXIP’s score, said after six minutes at Goodison and ended a 30-year wait to Stadium. debut, becoming only the second on for selection. with the margin of error being so less he just Park,” Liverpool said in a state- win the Premier League earli- The England midfielder has scored in both player in history to make a centu- "We have followed the same focussed on what he knew he could do best. ment. “Van Dijk was required er this year. of his games since joining on loan from Chelsea. ry on both first-class and T20 philosophy while leaving out “It was very difficult. When you get 15-17 to be substituted and further With the summer transfer “It was touch and go whether he started debuts. Mohammad Amir and Usman runs to defend in the Super Over, it’s a different assessment on the injury has with a major problem to solve window only just closed, Klopp today,” Villa manager Dean Smith said. Shafiq was included in place of Shinwari so that bowlers like matter altogether. You believe at the back of your revealed an operation will be to keep the Reds’ season on will have to wait until January “He had a knock to the knee but (it was) Malik, while Rohail Nazir was Mohammad Hasnain, Musa Khan mind that you can do it. needed. “No specific timescale track. to bolster his now threadbare a great goal and a real battling performance by named as Mohammad Rizwan's and Haris Rauf can get an extend- “But when the margin of error is so less, you is being placed upon his return Van Dijk struck an upbeat options at centre-back. the whole team.” back-up wicketkeeper. ed run." The 50-over matches will focus on what you can do best. I believe a lot in to action at this stage.” note in a statement released on Joel Matip and Joe Gomez Villa last won its first four games of a top- Sarfaraz, who was overlooked be played at the Pindi cricket stadi- myself. When I was going back on the top of my It will at the very least be social media, saying: “I’m now have consistently struggled flight campaign 90 years ago. for almost entire England tour um on October 30, November 1 and mark every ball, I was saying to myself, ‘This last months before Liverpool’s tal- fully focused on my recovery with injuries themselves. It was a game of few clear-cut chances, with despite being part of the squad, has 3, followed by three T20Is at the ball was great. The next ball will be great too’. I ismanic presence at the back and will do everything I can to Midfielder Fabinho could be fourth-place Leicester lacking a cutting edge been encouraged to feature in the Gaddafi stadium on November 7, 8 repeated that six times,” Shami added. returns, leaving Jurgen Klopp be back as quickly as possible. drafted into defence. without injured striker Jamie Vardy. first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and 10. 12

Vijayawada Tuesday October 20 2020 tollywood As Manasantha Nuvve Balayya’s Dasara clocks 19 years, MS Raju goes down the memory lane ne of the biggest gift to his fans blockbusters of Telugu cinema, Manasantha Sri Hari (Bheemudu), O Nuvve, clocked Naveen (Nakuludu) and 19 years of its Vinay (Sahadevudu) were release on Monday. roped in to play Pandavas, Marking the occasion, film’s with Balayya playing Arjuna writer and producer MS and Lord Shri Krishna. With Raju went down the memo- Pusapati Lakshmipati Raju ry lane and recalled the attached as the producer and genesis of the film after he Madhavapeddi Suresh as the burnt his fingers with Devi composer, the likes of Uday Putrudu. “It took me 10 Kiran, Asin, Sai Kumar, days to come out of the fail- Ashish Vidyarthi and Kota ure of Devi Putrudu. Next Sreenivas Rao were signed on up, I wanted to associate for other key roles. Balayya’s with something magnifi- Raju’s birthday-May 10. trusted eyes VSR Swamy was cent but I knew it wouldn’t “The shoot was to begin the cameraman. be easy. At the same time, I from June 1. After the puja Many cinephiles and was also sure that if you ceremony, we landed in aunched amid Balayya’s fans especially still wanted something desper- Araku to enhance the script 17 minutes edited much fanfare on remember the first shot ately, the universe would further. There were creative March 1, 2004, taken on Pandavas as conspire to help you differences and at times, I footage of Nandamuri with legends like Mohana Krishna Nandamuri achieve it. 100s of ideas used to leave the room only L ANR, D Rama sounded the clapper-board were circulating in my to be brought back by Balakrishna’s dream Naidu, MS Reddy, for the first shot. head. I wanted to tell a Aditya. The filming kicked K Raghavendra Rao, Now, in a sweet bit of news novel story under a small off in Hyderabad on time. Narthanasala Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and to his fans, Balayya on budget and bounce back,” After the completion, I was project, , K Viswanath in turnout, Monday announced that 17 Raju recalled. inundated with a lot of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s minutes of the film will be The storyline of a 1954 business offers but I wanted which was shelved dream project Narthanasala, dropping on newly-launched old Telugu film triggered to release it myself. I was which marked his directorial Shreyas ET app. “Narthansala Raju to come up with other films, Gopal Reddy the female lead. I met prepared to take fall if it after 10 days of debut as well, was shelved 10 is a favourite film of mine, brainwave of Manasantha introduced VN Aditya to Reema Sen at a hotel lobby was meant to be. October days after the shooting. starring dad. Everybody Nuvve. He immediately Raju. The director was and she too was in. I want- 19 remains as a special day filming, will be While multiple reasons did knows that I’ve started it rang his close associates fixed. The question veered ed Devi Sri Prasad as the in my career. The film was push Balayya into thinking under my direction. You have Paruchuri Brothers and S towards the lead protago- composer but it didn’t work a blockbuster and all my available for Shreyas mode whether to carry the been expressing interest to Gopal Reddy (cinematogra- nist next. “I rang Teja as he out. Later, I roped in RP issues were resolved. film forward or not, after watch the footage of the film pher) who pronto endorsed was doing Nuvvu Nenu Patnaik. All the tunes Money aside, got fame as ET users from shooting for 10 days at for long. As per your wish, 17 the idea. Till then all the with Uday Kiran back then. were green-lit in a well. Made on a budget of Ramoji Film City, minutes of the film will drop films his banner produced I saw a song from the film single day,” Raju Rs 1 crore 30 lakh, the October 24, reports Hyderabad, the final nail in in NBK Theatre of Shreyas were directed by Kodi and made up my mind to stated. film minted Rs 16 the coffin was Soundarya’s ET as Dasara gift,” the actor, Ramakrishna and as the cast Uday Kiran. Next day I The film had crore,” Raju shared NAGARAJ GOUD untimely death in a chopper addressing his fans, posted veteran was occupied with took a flight to Mumbai for muhurat on fondly. crash. The actress was roped on Facebook. He added that in to play the challenging some part of the earnings Draupadi. from the footage will go to Sarath Babu (Dharmaraju), charities. After Aditi, Anu boards Maha Samudram s producer Anil Sunkara celebrated his birthday on Monday, the unit of Maha Samudram, fronted by Sharwanand and Siddharth, announced the casting of Anu Emmanuel as the second lead. Her A announcement comes more than a week after the makers announced Aditi Rao Hydari as the female lead. Stating that Anu’s part carries her own weight although Aditi plays the titular Maha, the makers said, “Anu Emmanuel also has a significant role. In fact, (direc- tor) Ajay Bhupathi penned the script in a way that every character will have its own importance,” read a statement on behalf of the makers. Major portions of Maha Samudram, an intense love story set in the backdrop of smuggling, will be shot in Ninnila Visakhapatnam. Chaithan Bharadwaj is already on board to render music. The project will move to floors after Sharwanand completes his films with Shree Karthick and Nikhil to serenade Anupama Ninnila, Kishore B. fter months of Earlier, names of Anu Pratap announcing an urban search, the Emmanuel and Krithi Anupama’s casting. makers of Shetty were bandied The film is his third A Nikhil-starrer about to be a part of project after Current Vijay Sethupathi 18 Pages have the project. and Kumar 21F. It is rom-com zeroed in on The on-screen presently in pre-pro- VSN Prasad on Anupama chemistry between duction. Monday announced pulls out of Parameswaran as the Nikhil and Anupama 18 Pages is a quirky the title of his next, film’s leading will be a major attrac- love story, which, it is starring Ashok Selvan, Muthiah Muralidaran lady. tion, said said, will narrate the B Nithya Menen and director 18-page love story of Ritu Varma, as Ninnila Surya the lead actor (Nikhil). Ninnila, while also unveiling biopic ‘800' Sukumar, Pratap’s the first look. An urban mentor, has penned romantic comedy, the film has n big news, Vijay Sethupathi has con- the film’s story, while been predominantly shot in firmed that he is withdrawing from the Gopi Sunder is on London. According to a Muthiah Muralidharan biopic 800 which board to render source, the film tells the story I has been in controversy for days now. The tunes. GA2 of an overweight guy turning actor tweeted a letter written by the for- Pictures and slim and winning his love. It’s mer Sri Lankan cricketer, requesting him Sukumar peppered with comedy and has to withdraw from the film, accompanied with the Writings are a nice message as well. Prasad words “Thank you, goodbye” in Tamil. Vijay jointly introduced Ani Sasi as a direc- Sethupathi’s publicist Yuvaraj also confirmed. produc- tor with the film in Telugu. Ever since the actor’s first look from the project ing it. Presently in post-produc- came out on October 13, several objections were tion, the makers informed that raised by the Tamil community. The allegations said they will announce the release that Muralidharan was a supporter of the Rajapaksa date soon. government in Sri Lanka which is accused of com- Sharing the first look on his mitting genocide against the Tamil people. On social Twitter handle, an upbeat media, the hashtag #ShameonVijaySethupathi trend- Ashok Selvan said, “Ladies and ed as several users asked the actor not to be associat- gents, presenting you Love on ed with the film. a platter — Ninnila Ninnila a On Monday, Muralidharan, who is in the eye of beautiful film from the heart :) the storm, wrote a letter requesting Vijay Sethupathi My Telugu debut. With the to excuse himself from the project. He has said that most fabulous cast and crew! he does not wish to be the reason for a great artist (Sic).” from Tamil Nadu getting affected. “Keeping in mind Premam fame Rajesh that Vijay Sethupathi should not face any unneces- Murugesan has composed sary hurdles in future, I request him to withdraw the film’s music, while from this film,” he said. Vijay Sethupathi acknowl- Divakar Mani has cranked edged the tweet with the words ‘Nandri, Vanakkam’, the camera. which is used as a sign off in Tamil.