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KANNADA ACTRESS SANJJANAA INDIAN MEDIA MUST GO GLOBAL, THE CHINA PASSED ‘EXTRAORDINARY AND JAYAPRAKASH REDDY NO MORE; ARRESTED IN DRUGS CASE WORLD IS LISTENING TO US: PM MODI HISTORIC’ CORONAVIRUS TEST: XI JINPING LEAVES BEHIND A HUGE VOID

annada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani has been taken for questioning as the rime Minister said that not only Indian products, but 's hina has passed "an extraordinary and historic test" with its handling of the eteran Telugu stage and film actor Jayaprakash KBengaluru police widened its probe into the illegal drug market and its Pvoice too is becoming more global with the world paying more attention to the Ccoronavirus, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday at a triumphant awards VReddy died of heart attack at his residence in alleged links to the film industry. The questioning of the country. Inaugurating Patrika Gate in Jaipur and releasing two books authored by ceremony for medical professionals decorated with bugle calls and applause. The on Tuesday. He was 74 and is survived by actor comes days after the arrest of another Kannada actress, Patrika Group Chairman Gulab Kothari through a video conference, PM nation's propaganda machine has churned out praise for China's Covid-19 his wife and a son, family sources said. Ragini Dwivedi, on drug peddling charges. Searches were Modi said Indian media also needs to go global at a time when the response, reframing the public health crisis as an example of the Jayaprakash Reddy collapsed inside the conducted at the home of Ms Galrani this morning by the country enjoys a "very strong presence" at almost every international agility and organisation of the Communist leadership. Xi doled out bathroom on Tuesday morning and breathed his Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police after getting a body. "Our newspapers and magazines should have global reputation. gold medals to four "heroes" from the medical field in front of last. The actor, popularly known as JP, began his search warrant from a court. She has been taken to the We should reach digitally across the world in this digital age. Indian hundreds of applauding delegates on Tuesday, all wearing face career as a school teacher. His passion for acting office of the Central Crime Branch for questioning. institutions should give away literary awards like they are given masks and strikingly large red flower pins. "We have passed drove him towards the stage and he played varied roles in countless Ragini Dwivedi was arrested on Friday after her in different parts of the world. This is the need of the hour an extraordinary and historic test," Xi said, praising the dramas. He then attracted the attention of Telugu film industry and a home was searched the same morning. and necessary for the country," he said. country for a "heroic struggle" against the disease. variety of roles came his way. Covid tests to be made available CBI should implead in at all government hospitals in AP scam: A-G l PNS n VIJAYAWADA AP Govt asks HC to order Centre to get CBI probe case Health wing to PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on persuade Covid The AP government on Tuesday instructed officials to Tuesday requested the state ‘India scaling ensure that Covid-19 tests High Court to direct the are available at all government survivors to Centre and the CBI to probe up production hospitals — from Primary donate plasma the alleged scams that had of active pharma Health Centres to district taken place in Amaravati dur- hospitals — and their focus he ing the previous TDP regime. ingredients’ should be on conducting Thealth department will Advocate-General more number of tests. personally contact and per- Subrahmanyam Sriram made During a videoconference suade people who recovered the request on behalf of the with district collectors and SPs from Covid-19 to donate State government during the 2 as part of Spandana, the Chief plasma to save lives. hearing on a petition filed by Minister said that efforts "The health department the lead- should be made on creating call centre will call the recov- ers seeking to quash the inves- awareness among the public ered patients and tell them tigation by a Special over Covid tests and make the about the plasma donation Investigation Team (SIT) of the tests available at all govern- programme and convince police. He requested the court to the power to review its admin- ment hospitals. Covaxin likely to hit them to donate plasma to The A-G told the High make the Central government, istrative policies and there was Reiterating that we have to save other people's lives," Court that the state govern- CBI and Enforcement no constitutional bar for that. live with Covid, the Chief said Health Commissioner ment had already written to Directorate parties in the pre- The government had consti- Minister instructed authorities markets in early 2021 Katamneni Bhaskar. the Central government asking sent writ petition and direct tuted SIT in accordance with to be vigilant and take timely The department has read- for a CBI inquiry into the scam them to implead in the case. the provisions of CRPC and action. He directed the offi- New Delhi: Covid- Rai, Professor, ied a list of 37,000 people committed by the previous Sriram argued that the elect- there is no violation of law, he cials to make best use of 104 19 is raging like a Community who beat the disease, making regime. ed government of the day has said. 3 call centre in creating aware- wild fire across the Medicine, and them eligible to donate plas- ness and also ordered the country, making Principal Investigator ma for critical Covid district Collectors to monitor India the second for Covid-19 vaccine patients. the calls handled by the worst hit country trial at AIIMS, said: "The database of eligible No arrests yet helpline and also conduct after the US. "Phase 1 trial has donors has been prepared mock calls. But there is a been successfully and is currently being shared in Antarvedi Four more Jagan instructed the district bright spot amid completed. Phase 2 with the blood banks which Collectors to focus on the test this mayhem — trial is most likely to have the facility to collect temple added results, without the occur- India's first indige- get completed some- and store plasma," said to Priyanka's rence of any delays. Truenat nous Covid-19 vac- time in October. After Bhaskar. The move is aimed and RTPCR tests results cine, Covaxin developed by this, the Phase 3 trial will at treating Covid patients chariot blaze advisory council should be done within 24 Bharat Biotech, may be begin. Covaxin may be more effectively and the YS PNS n VIJAYAWADA hours of sample collection launched in early 2021. launched in early 2021 Jaganmohan Reddy govern- and in rapid tests, the results Covaxin has successfully (after completion of all trial ment will launch a plasma Days after a six-decade old should be given within 30 completed Phase 1 trials stages)." donation campaign soon. ABV moves HC, seeks chariot of the famous Sri 5 minutes of sample collection, and the Centre has given its In the first phase of the As part of the campaign, Lakshmi Narasimha temple he said. Jagan also directed the approval for Phase 2 of Covaxin trial, around 375 the state government will in Antarvedi in East officials to strictly place the clinical trials from participants were studied reward each donor with a Godavari district was gutted primary and secondary con- September 7. across 12 locations. token amount of Rs 5,000. protection from arrest in a fire on the intervening tacts of the positive cases Speaking to IANS, Sanjay PNS n VIJAYAWADA B Adinarayana Rao, coun- night of Saturday and Sunday, under home quarantine. 3 3 sel for ABV, informed the no arrest has yet been made. Besides this, he instructed A single judge bench of the court that the petitioner has a "Nobody has been arrest- officials to provide a medical Andhra Pradesh High Court, fundamental right to dignity, ed yet in the chariot case. We kit with all the required med- presided by M Satyanarayana privacy under Article 21 of the are still investigating," a dis- icines for those in home iso- Amid Covid, 8 CETs start today Murthy, on Tuesday reserved Constitution. He said that the trict police official told IANS. lation and told the Joint the order on a writ petition apprehension of the petition- The cause of the chariot Collectors to monitor the ven as authorities in and 11," Education Minister be held on September 26, fol- filed by former Intelligence er that police will take high- going up in flames is not supply of the kits. EAndhra Pradesh are busy Adimulapu Suresh said. lowed by AP Post Graduate chief AB Venkateswara Rao, handed action was genuine. known as yet even as the He told the officials to fighting the battle against coro- ICET offers admission to Engineering Common seeking protection against the Senior counsel said that locals suspect some foul play. expedite the recruitment navirus, the Education courses such as MCA Entrance Test (PGE- arrest by the police. some junior IPS officers, with "We are investigating the process of medical profes- Department has announced and MBA. CET) from The writ petition came after selfish motives and in an case from multiple angles sionals exclusively for Covid the dates of eight common Andhra Pradesh September 28 to 30. the former Intelligence chief, attempt to please the Chief such as some unidentified duty. So far, the State govern- entrance tests (CETs) for Engineering “AP Education who faces accusation of irreg- Minister, are out to create person throwing a burning ment has taken a decision to admissions to various courses, Common Common ularities during the purchase prejudice against the petition- cigarette butt into the chari- Eye on 2024, recruit additional medical starting from Thursday to Entrance Test (AP Entrance Test (AP of surveillance equipment er. Adinarayana Rao quoted a ot room and also the possi- staff of about 17,000 for the October 5. ECET) is scheduled EDCET) and AP from Israeli firm RT Inflatable tweet by a senior IAS officer bility of some miscreants Naidu relies treatment of Covid-19 "The entrance tests are for Monday next and LawCET will be held Objects and awarding the con- from the CMO as to how the aiming to procure honey on ‘inclusive patients. Besides these, the scheduled to be held from Engineering on October 1 and AP tract to Akasam Advanced IAS and the IPS officers were from the honeycomb right on expansion’ government took a decision to September 10, starting with Agricultural and Medical Physical Education on Company, owned by his behaving. top of the chariot," he said. recruit 11,000 trainee nurses. Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test Common Entrance Test son, apprehended arrest. 3 3 Further, the officials told that Common Entrance Test (AP (EAMCET) between (APPECET) from October 2 16 new teaching hospitals will ICET), which will be held in September 17 and September to 5," said the Minister. be established and the tender four sessions on September 10 25. Suresh said AP PGCET will 3 2 process shall commence from next month. Rhea Chakraborty arrested TODAY 3 Page 4: 11,691 discharges, 10,601 cases in AP ALMANAC by Narcotics Control Bureau Month & Paksham: Pvt hospitals continue to fleece Covid PNS n MUMBAI Bhadrapada & Krishna Paksha Panchangam The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday arrested Tithi : Saptami: 02:05 am (Next Day) patients, govt looks the other way Rhea Chakraborty after ques- Nakshatram: Kritika: 11:15 am tioning her for three days in Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n tration along with police is still connection with drugs-related any important work) not taking action against the allegations in her boyfriend and Rahukalam: 12:13 pm – 01:44 pm The State government appears erring hospitals. actor Sushant Singh Rajput's Yamagandam: 07:38 am – 09:09 am to have completely turned a Kanaka Raju, a septuage- death case. "Rhea has been blind eye to the fleecing of narian resident of MVP arrested and due process of Varjyam: 04:51 am – 06:37 am Covid patients by private hos- Colony, said “Instead of prop- informing the family has been Gulika: 10:41 am - 12:13 pm pitals that give scant regard to er and regular counselling of completed," said deputy direc- Good Time: (to start any important work) treatment cost fixed by the COVID-19 patients and their tor of NCB, KPS Malhotra. Amritakalam: 08:34 am – 10:22 am government. family members on the status She was taken to a public Abhijit Muhurtham: NIL Going by the action taken of the infection and the out- hospital here for medical around 10.30 am on Tuesday questioned by the Enforcement — or lack of it — the state gov- come, the front office staff are check-up and COVID-19 tests and was also seen carrying a Directorate in connection with ernment is confined to only in a regular mode of asking to soon after her arrest. bag with her, while entering the a money laundering case. VIJAYAWADA issuing stern warnings that deposit more money for fur- Rajput, 34, was found dead office. NCB recently arrested her licences of such hospitals ther treatment. In most hos- at his Bandra apartment here The 28-year-old girlfriend of brother Showik Chakraborty WEATHER would be revoked. pitals, no CCTVs arrange- on June 14. Before entering the Sushant Singh Rajput had in and Sushant's manager Samuel Forecast: Scattered thunderstorms In open violation of govern- ments are in place in the vehicle along with NCB offi- recent TV interviews denied Miranda on drug supply Temp: 34/26 ment’s instructions, private patient treatment area for cials, Rhea waved at the assem- that she consumed drugs. charges. Sushant Singh Rajput's Humidity: 71% hospitals are asking Covid Though there is a tsunami patients with inflated bills in management, facilitation, and bled media persons at the anti- Rhea was recently interro- father had filed an FIR against Sunrise: 06:03 am patients who need oxygen or of complaints flowing from the guise of personal protec- screening of footage by the drug agency's office in south gated by the CBI probe team, Rhea Chakraborty in Patna, Sunset: 06:23 pm critical care to deposit Rs 1.5 the various sections of society tive kits and a host of other authority as and when Mumbai. camping at the DRDO guest accusing her of driving his son Current Weather Conditions lakh advance. against the fleecing the charges, the district adminis- required.” 3 Clad in black, Rhea reached house in Mumbai's western to suicide and misappropriat- Updated September 8, 2020 5:00 PM the NCB office at Ballard Estate suburb Santacruz and also ing his money. 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he gradually unfolding drama being played out in Andhra Pradesh has Tall the ingredients of a thriller Eye on 2024, Naidu relies on ‘inclusive expansion’ novel — with the main player in the Opposition making ulist schemes being the support of the predominant of making some forays into idea of the extent of his pop- moves with eyes fixed on launched by the YS According to the political strategy adopted Reddy community in undivid- this vote block, thereby halting ularity among the Kapus, and the 2024 Assembly elec- Jaganmohan Reddy by Naidu, there is a need of creating a ed AP during its rule of near- the onward march of the has been concentrating on tions. government, the YSRCP division in the Reddy community which has ly four decades. Most of the YSRCP. the community with an eye on Understandably, the is concentrating on chief ministers came Several leaders, including the next elections. The Jana moves being made by PIN weakening the stood behind the YSRCP. Being a party that from the Reddy community. former chief minister N. Sena chief has also aligned TDP supremo N POINT TDP so that there is little enjoyed the support of the Reddy In fact, it was often heard in Kirankumar Reddy and Kotla with the BJP so that this caste Chandrababu Naidu are possibility of its main polit- community earlier, Congress has the best New Delhi that one can't imag- Suryaprakash Reddy (son of base remains intact, while most intriguing, quite deft ical rival unseating it in the chance of making some forays into this ine Andhra Pradesh without a former chief minister Kotla sending signals to one and all and consequently, most inter- near future. Reddy chief minister! Vijayabhaskar Reddy), are like- that he enjoys the support of esting. This is understand- This may not happen in the vote block, thereby halting the onward The disastrous decision to ly to be entrusted this task of the Union Government, able, considering his experi- immediate future, but anti- march of the YSRCP bifurcate AP led to a complete wooing the Reddy and unlike any other politician in ence and political sagacity. incumbency factor is always rout of the Congress in the communities on behalf of the the state. Naidu is well aware Undoubtedly, Naidu is play- around the corner. residuary State, at around the Congress, since they were con- of these factors, and driving ing a risky game and even if Losing power to its main position. Chief Minister YS rewarded four MLAs of the M D RATNA KUMAR same time it lost power at the sidered the backbone of the these two powerful sections — one move backfires, he may political rival YSRCP has had Jaganmohan Reddy would then Opposition party with Senior Journalist centre. party in its heydays. the Reddys and the Kapus — lose the battle and also the war a devastating effect on the hardly be blamed for replicat- Cabinet berths. Now it’s struggling to Naidu is well aware that the away from the ruling YSRCP in the sense that the TDP may TDP. ing this, just to settle old It’s most unfortunate that remain relevant by waging a community also plays a will be his priority in the cede its position as the princi- Out of power, the party is scores. such a practice is allowed to minded’ (in the sense of war against BJP-led Central crucial role at the hustings and days to come. pal opposition party in the literally struggling to survive, Four of its 23 MLAs have take place on an increasingly opposing the ruling party) government. that film actor and Jana Sena While it may not be easy for state. For now, Naidu is and the situation is such that already deserted the TDP, hav- regular basis by ‘admirers of political parties to expand According to the political supremo has a Naidu to influence voters away putting into practice the the- it is just two MLAs away from ing suddenly found deep democracy’, but that is a sub- their base among particular strategy adopted by Naidu, sizeable following among the from the ruling party, he is ory of inclusive expansion to losing the position of the prin- admiration and love for Jagan ject for another column. sections of society. there is a need of creating a Kapus. This is despite the fact playing the waiting game, take the wind out of YSRCP cipal opposition party. and his brand of develop- Weakened, and facing pos- Towards this end, Naidu is division in the Reddy commu- that the Jana Sena failed to bag with 2024 as the prize. sails. In neighbouring , ment. sible ignominy of losing the trying to influence the nity which has stood behind even one seat in the districts that Only time will tell if Naidu’s Taking advantage of its posi- the ruling TRS successfully Not that the TDP can com- Leader of the Opposition post, Congress and Jana Sena to the YSRCP. Being a party that has a predominant Kapu pres- ploy of helping the Congress tion in power, the YSRCP is pulled the rug from the plain — it had played the Naidu is now adopting the the- expand their base and rebuild enjoyed the support of the ence like East Godavari, West and Jana Sena strengthen strengthening its base across Congress feet and deprived it same game with the YSRCP ory of inclusive expansion by their image. Reddy community earlier, Godavari, Krishna and Guntur. would pay off in the long run, the state. Helped by the pop- of the principal opposition when in power and had in fact encouraging two other ‘like- The Congress had enjoyed Congress has the best chance Pawan Kalyan has a fair or boomerang on him.

Pawan demands Govt's apathy leads to rise in justice for Gandikota NTPC Simhadri develops reservoir displaced Covid cases, alleges Naidu PNS n VIJAYAWADA building using fly ash Jana Sena Party founder l NTPC Simhadri, in a press PNS n VIJAYAWADA l Naidu said that over 13 per cent of the country's current infections president PawanKalyan release, said Nano concrete, a were being reported in Andhra Pradesh indicating the alarming rate of said that justice should be brainchild of the Grand Ash The YSRCP government's Coronavirus spread in the State and alleged that that people's health was rendered to the evacuees Challenge, is an innovative negligence led to the record now put in serious risk. He pointed out that discharged patients from under the Phase-II of construction aggregate that rise of Coronavirus cases quarantine centres were not being given Rs 2,000 as promised by Chief Gandikota reservoir pro- replaces regular stone with 76% across the State, alleged TDP Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy ject in Jammalamadugu fly ash, a key derivative of thermal chief N Chandrababu Naidu. l The TDP chief expressed concern over the abnormal delay in supply of constituency of Kadapa power generation. With this, The government's indifferent oxygen cylinders at Covid hospitals and lamented that ventilators were district. Pawan in a state- research and development at attitude was the reason for not being fitted in the ICUs to give proper treatment to the patients. He ment on Tuesday said that NTPC has earmarked scope for loss of control as Andhra alleged that the government was not fulfilling its promise of granting Rs it is unfortunate that peo- use of hundred per cent power Pradeshhas now recorded 15,000 for conducting the last rites of Covid victims and not a single ple of 16 villages, includ- industry by-products one lakh cases in just 10 days rupee was paid towards the promised Rs 50 lakh compensation to the ing Tallaproddatur village, while its first one lakh cases kin of Covid front line workers, who died while discharging their duties. which will be submerged, PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM took nearly 138 days, he have been vacated forceful- pointed out. in serious risk. ly. Standing up to its prioritiSed Addressing a video confer- He pointed out that dis- being fitted in the ICUs to kin of Covid front line work- He said it was painful commitment towards green al, the aggregate is exemplary result, use of stone for con- ence with party people's rep- charged patients from quar- give proper treatment to the ers, who died while discharg- that villagers have been power, devising ways to use its of the alternate resource devel- struction and land for ash dis- resentatives and senior lead- antine centres were not being patients.ing their duties. shifted hastily without pay- by-products, NTPC, Simhadri, opment the environment posal is also minimised, lead- ers, Naidu said that over 13 given Rs 2,000 as promised He alleged that the govern- Stating that the neighbour- ing compensation and has developed a first of its kind, needs right now.The product is ing to an ultimate solution for per cent of the country's cur- by Chief Minister YS ment was not fulfilling its ing States were not opting for rehabilitation measures. unique model building using cast as stone, broken in jaw natural resource conservation. rent infections were being Jaganmohan Reddy. promise of granting Rs anti-farmer reforms, Naidu When the evacuees staged Nano Concrete Aggregate crushers through multiple Even at just 50% penetration reported in Andhra Pradesh Naidu expressed concern 15,000 for conducting the said that the YSRCP regime a protest stating that they (NACA) to demonstrate the phases of aggregate, making it into the natural stone market indicating the alarming rate over the abnormal delay in last rites of Covidvictims and was trying to say goodbye to will vacate only after the immense potential of fly ash ideal for better bonding. in India, it is critical to under- of Coronavirus spread in the supply of oxygen cylinders at not a single rupee was paid their right to free power, payment of compensation utilisation. Attaining better compressive score the scope for 107 million State and alleged that that Covid hospitals and lament- towards the promised Rs 50 which they had won after a and providing rehabilita- NTPC Simhadri, in a press strength than regular con- tonnes of NACA, capable of people's health was now put ed that ventilators were not lakh compensation to the 40-year long agitation. tion facilities, police battal- release, said Nano concrete, a struction material through consuming 81.5 million tons of ions have been deployed to brainchild of the Grand Ash hydration chemistry, no ther- generated fly ash.A highly quell the agitators. Challenge, is an innovative mal energy is required for a practical construction substi- Pawan pointed out that construction aggregate that stronger composition. tute for terrains with scarce it was not fair for the gov- replaces regular stone with In line with the Sustainable and dwindling natural 35.45 lakh food packets worth ernment resorting to lathi- 76% fly ash, a key derivative of Development Goals, its com- resources, the innovation is charge and terrorising the thermal power generation. position requires minimum capable of revolutionizing the evacuees. He recalled that With this, research and devel- usage of water and sand as market dynamics. he had met Vamsadhara opment at NTPC has ear- compared to a regular stone Such accurate technological Rs 3 cr distributed during lockdown project evacuees while marked scope for use of hun- aggregate. applications illuminate the touring in Srikakulam dis- dred percent power industry With a high specific gravi- road ahead for conglomerates PNS n TIRUPATI istration for facilitating trict as part of the 'Porata by-products. ty in the range of 1.8 to 1.9 to take that major leap towards 5,000 patients every day at the Yatra. Resolving the poignant eco- gm/cc, it exhibits low porosi- an optimistic ecological and TTD Executive OfficerAnil Covid Care Centresin Tirupati. logical concern of ash dispos- ty with water absorption. As a industrial co-existence. Kumar Singhal on Tuesday The Executive Officer reviewed the activities of the directed officials concerned to SV Anna Prasadam Trust at consider the proposals to pro- his chambers in the TTD vide Anna Prasadamat TTD administrative building on temples located in other RoFRpatta distribution on October 2 Tuesday. regions like Rishikesh during He said 35.45 lakh food Brahmotsavams as is being PNS n VIJAYAWADA stones, taking photographs of ward secretariats and every and fill the vacant posts. District packets worth Rs3.08 crore done at Tirumala and beneficiaries standing in their employee would work from the collectors and JCs should mon- were distributed among Tirupati. Stating that distribution of allotted sites and record the office. Attendance would be itor and ensure time-bound migrant labourers, the poor Additional executive officer RoFRpattas to tribals in 35 details and file then in Webland taken for village volunteers in implementation of welfare and needy of Tirupati and TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal addresses a review meeting in Tirupati AV Dharma Reddy, JEO P scheduled zones would take and ROFR database. The Chief Secretariats at least three days in schemes and this would be a stranded pilgrimsduring the on Tuesday. Additional executive officer AV Dharma Reddy and JEO P Basant Basant Kumar, CE M Ramesh place on October 2, Gandhi Minister was speaking during a a week and they can be present measure of their performance, lockdown.TTD officials Kumar are also seen Reddy, FACAO O Balaji, Jayanti, Chief Minister YS Spandana videoconference with in the secretariats as per their he said. The Chief Minister informed that the Trust so far Additional FACAO Ravi Jaganmohan Reddy directed district collectors and SPs. convenience. directed district Collectors to has 5,68,421 donors of which down period. plied grocery and other mate- Prasadu and others district collectors to ensure Officials informed him that a The Chief Minister said that visit village/ ward secretariats 21,732 donors had contributed They told the Executive rials worth around Rs 1 crore participated in the review completion of identification of biometric attendance system is Joint Collectors should monitor twice a week and the Joint Rs27 crore during the lock- Officer that the trust had sup- to the admin- meeting. boundaries, installing marking being implemented in village/ the village volunteer system Collectors four times in a week. Cops told to make use of Mystery over death Allocation of house sites to of accused in hospital technolgy to curb crime PNS n VIJAYAWADA the government hospital at poor in Amaravati opposed Repalle. Police of Repalle regis- Minister participates in passing out parade of constables A man died under suspicious tered a case against Raghavendra PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA friend of police and they should circumstances due to alleged based on a complaint lodged by always remind it. He said con- police harassment at Repalle in a trader Tunuguntla Kishore. It is deplorable that the gov- Minister for Transport stables would get good name to Guntur district. According to The accused Raghavendra had ernment was attempting to cre- PerniVenkataRamaiah (Nani) the police department by per- reports, police reportedly used cheated four traders by collect- ate the largest slum in the State has said it is happy to find peo- forming their duties without third degree on Kotari ingmoney from them and tried at Amaravati by allotting 1,960 ple, who completed graduation bias. Raghavendra (36), who to collect money from cold acres for 55,000 house sites, dis- and PG, are joining the police Police Training Centre in hails from drink shop owner closed Joint Action Committee department. Machilipatnam is one of the Chuttugunta of Chanti at Peteru vil- leader of He said earlier candidates reputed institutes in the State Guntur city, while lage iin AmaravatiParirakshanaSamithi with SSC qualification used to and so far five batches have com- interrogating at Repallemandal by (ASP) MallikarjunaRao and join as constables. The minister pleted training. The inmates Repalle police threatening him. Mahila JAC leader DrSailaja was the chief guest of the pass- of honour. Speaking on the gets training in IPC, CRPC, per- station. But Chanti, along and Dalit JAC leader ing out parade of 215 constables, occasion, Sridhar Raosaid Chief sonality development, police However, they with villagers, ChilakaBasavaiah. who completed nine months Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy administration, law and order, denied the news handed over the Referring to the allotment of ment should immediately com- Referring to the training at the Police Training has given green signal to recruit crime, investigation, forensic and claimed that accused 55,000 house sites in 1,960 acres plete the half built houses Centre in Machilipatnam, on 1,870 constables after the and others. Besides, other sub- Raghavendra was Raghavendra to police. of Amaravati inAmaravati and hand them allotment of 55,000 Tuesday. YSRCP came to power. He said jects like communication skills, arrested for cheating sev- Police had taken him region,MallikarjunaRao said over to the poor, she demand- house sites in 1,960 He said police play an impor- so far 1,500 selected candidates fundamental rules, spoken eral traders. They further into custody and observed that here on Tuesday that one could ed. tant role in the maintenance of have completed training, includ- English, how to check crime claimed that Raghavendra was he was not taking food due to ill- imagine what type of slum it DrSailaja said that it was not acres of Amaravati law and order in the State. He ing 455 women cops, who were against women and other sub- suffering from AIDS and dia- ness so they shifted him to hos- would become if two lakh peo- proper to say that the JAC was region,MallikarjunaRa said constables and SI selections selected in 33 per cent reserva- jects are taught during the train- betes, hence, they shifted him to pital suspecting Coronavirus. ple started living in 1,960 acres. against the allotment of house are being conducted in a trans- tions quota. ing. Repalle government hospital The government hospital doc- He said that the government sites to the poor.Dalit leader o said that one could parent manner in the State. He He said the State government Sports and games are the reg- where he died while undergoing tors conducted tests and found should honour the package ChilakaBasavaiah wondered as imagine what type of suggested to candidates, who gives priority for the empower- ular itinerary in the institute. treatment. him to be suffering from AIDS promised to farmers and also to how the government would completed the training, to con- ment of women in the State and Superintendent Addressing a press conference and diabetes. So, they started honour the CRDA Act. provide employment to the two slum it would become tinue the pledge they have made appealed to trained constables to of Police M RavindranathBabu, at Bapatla in Guntur district on treatment but he died while Mahila JAC leader DrSailaja lakh people, who would be if two lakh people while joining the duty in the make use of modern technolo- Police Training Cetre principal Tuesday, Deputy Superintendent undergoing treatment. DSP said that it was not proper to given house sites in Amaravati. police department. gy to check crime against the ASP Satyanarayana and other of Police ASrinivasaRao said that SrinivasaRao said that police allot house sites to the poor in Already, people living in started living in 1,960 The minister and ADGP women and ensure safety to officials attended the passing out Raghavendra died due to illness registered a case and conducting the capital region without giving Amaravati lost their livelihood, acres Sridhar Raoreceived the guard people. He said law is the best parade. while undergoing treatment in inquiry into his death. them ready houses. The govern- he pointed out.

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TDP leader from Prakasam dist Gang of thieves held joins YSRCP CM fiat to officials PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM with over 500 gms of gold jew- n The police have ellery and Rs2 lakh cash (all PNS n VIJAYAWADA With the arrest of three men of recovered over 1,240 together Rs13 lakh) in between a burglary gang on Tuesday, gms of gold ornaments August 16 and 17 when the The TDP received a setback Vizag police claimed to have worth Rs 27.18 lakh, inmates were not in the resi- in as its solved over 58 property over 1,700 gms of dence. senior leader and former on Nadu-Nedu works offences the gang had commit- silver ornaments worth Based on a complaint, police ZPTC member Chinta Rama ted in four districts of north Rs 1 lakh and over Rs formed special teams to iden- Rao has joined the ruling PNS n VIJAYAWADA Andhra. tify and nab the property 1.69 lakh cash, all YSRCP. The TDP leader is The gang was striking hous- offenders. The CCTV footage said to be a close associate of Chief Minister YS es at their will in Vizag city, together Rs 29.95 lakh retrieved from houses gave local MLA Gottipati Ravi Jaganmohan Reddy has direct- Vizag Rural, and from the gang clues to the police about the Kumar. Rama Rao is from ed officials to focus on com- West Godavari districts. n City police chief gang and they managed to nab Vellalacheruvu in pleting the Nadu-Neduworks The police have recovered the prime accused in the bur- Santamagulurumandal of in schools by September 30 over 1,240 gms of gold orna- Manish Kumar Sinha glary case Prabhakar near Prakasam district. without any compromise in ments worth Rs27.18 lakh, said that the arrested Gnanapuramrailway station in He has joined the YSRCP, quality. over 1,700 gms of silver orna- have been identified Vizag city. Their arrest led to along with 400 families that During the Spandana video ments worth Rs1 lakh and over as BathulaPrabhakar recovery of the stolen proper- support him. He joined the conference here on Tuesday, Rs1.69 lakh cash, all together alias Rahul Reddy (24), ty from his residence at party in the presence of he instructed the District Rs29.95 lakh from the gang. a native of West Gopalapatnam area in the city. Minister BalineniSrinivasa Collectors and Joint Collectors City police chief Manish Godavari district, The police also nabbed Reddy at an event organised to monitor the quality of Kumar Sinha said that the Pedapati Naveen (21), Prabhakar's associates Naveen in Vijayawada. Nadu-Nedu works and said to arrested have been identified as a resident of Vizag city and TavitiRaju. Prabhakar con- Speaking on the occasion, speed up the works. Though BathulaPrabhakar alias Rahul and KuppaTavitiRaju fessed that they were involved Rama Rao said that imple- initially only a set of nine Reddy (24), a native of West in over 58 property offences mentation of welfare schemes works were included under said the State has signed Godavari district, Pedapati (28), a native of and stolen over Rs34.21 lakh and development activities by Nadu-Nedu, now one anoth- Taking a serious note on the MoUs with Amul, HUL, Naveen (21), a resident of Vizianagaram worth property. Chief Minister YS er work of construction of irregularities of sand mining and Procter & Gamble, Vizag city and The police managed to Jaganmohan Reddy attracted kitchen sheds was also includ- ITC,Reliance, Jio and Allana KuppaTavitiRaju (28), a native recover 87 per cent of the him to join the party. ed. The works should be com- illegal transportation, the Chief Groups aimed at providing of Vizianagaram, used to persons broke into the house stolen property in the over 58 He said that he would pleted by month end as Minister ordered officials to take sustainable livelihood to receive the stolen property of Bishop K Rajendra Singh cases and the investigation is strive to strengthen the party schools are likely to be women and giving business from Prabhakar and Naveen. located at Paradesipalem area on to recover the remaining in Prakasam district. Former reopened on October 5. stern action against those involved, opportunities to utilise their Of late, some unidentified in Vizag city and decamped property. market yard chairperson Officials informed that slab irrespective of their social status money effectively. Officials Bollineni Ramakrishna, work has to be done in 1,085 were told to focus on associ- senior leaders toilets and 55,607 ating the banks with women OotlaNageshwaraRao, Chinta Anganwadiswould be done and 1,200 new buildings cials to take stern action entrepreneurs to have secure Officials Patients on ‘Doli' now a Sridhar, S RammohanRao, revamped under Nadu-Nedu were almost completed. against those involved, irre- loans for maximising their PamidiKoteshwaraRao, B initiative. In this context, as Officials have been instructed spective of their social status. business outcomes. grease palms Malleswari, BC leaders B 22,979 Anganwadis are being to complete works by the end YSR Aasara will be Deputy Chief Minister All Kondalu,KoteswaraRao and operated in rental spaces, offi- of this month. launched on September 11, Nani, Ministers Botsa regular sight in Agency others accompanied Rama cials were told to shift them Taking a serious note on the with a budget ofRs 6,700 Satyanarayana, Adimulapu of fake ACB Rao. They, too, resigned from into permanent buildings. irregularities of sand mining crore to benefit 90 lakh Suresh, other officials were PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM the TDP and joined the Also for 12,018 centres, the and illegal transportation, the women of various self-help among those present at the sleuths Expressing YSRCP on the occasion. allocation of land has to be Chief Minister ordered offi- groups. The Chief Minister Spandana-programme. PNS n VIJAYAWADA In the absence of road con- nectivity to the villages in concern over The Anti-Corruption tribal pockets in the Doli Bureau (ACB) sleuths con- Vizianagaram, patients, even ducted raids on the govern- expecting mothers, being car- incidents, CPM TDP has no right to speak Govt ties up with Honda ment offices across the State ried on makeshift stretchers leaders B n to probe into collection of has become a regular sight. Lokanatham To open second Safety Training money from officials by On Tuesday, a tribal fake ACB officers. The ACB woman was carried in a and K Surendra on razing of temples: BJP Education Centre officials lamented that it makeshift stretcher for eight said that the was pathetic to know that km from her home to get PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM programme for two-wheel- some district level officers ambulance service. successive BJP State president er and four-wheeler learner paid bribe to fake ACB offi- MellikaChunnammi, a resi- government The TDP has demolished SomuVeeraraju The second 'Road Safety licence applicants of the city. cials on receiving threaten- dent of Poimala village under many temples during the Training' Centre exclusively Honda's skilled instruc- ing calls. It shows that they Salurumandal in failed to create Krishna Pushkarulu, did the pointed out that N for learner licence appli- tors will train all learner admitted themselves as cor- . basic party forget about Hindutva at cants of Visakhapatnam was licence applicants at rupt officers. The routes connecting their infrastructure in that time, questioned BJP State Chandrababu Naidu, opened here on Tuesday. In Regional Transport Office, The ACB officials on villagers are so bad, leave president SomuVeeraraju. who demolished the a bid to check the road Vuda Colony, Marripalem, Tuesday questioned offi- four wheelers but two-wheel- tribal pockets Addressing the media here on fatality incidents by impart- Visakhapatnam, with all cers concerned about pay- ers can't travel on the hilly Tuesday, he said that the TDP temples, did not build ing safe driving education to safety measures and social ing bribes to the fake ACB and slippery pathway.The has no right to speak about at least one temple in the motorists, this is a joint distancing norms.A learner officers under which they woman was admitted to the village and she was carried in demolition of temples in the initiative by Honda licence is issued to an indi- questioned two officers Primary Health Centre at a sling to get the vehicle to State. the five years of his Motorcycle and Scooter vidual after testing his from Makkuva in Vizianagaram reach hospital. It was not the He pointed out that N tenure. "Where was India Private Limited knowledge on driving rules John Viklif, DEE, R&B, district and she is availing first such incident in the Chandrababu Naidu, who (HMSI) and Andhra and regulations through the- Amudalavalasa, and GR treatment. north Andhra region. There demolished the temples, did Reddy urging him to order for Chinarajappa when Pradesh Transport oretical and practical tests. Gupta, Panchayat Raj engi- The patient's relatives and were over 10 incidents report- not build at least one temple in an investigation with the sitting the temples were Department. Now, Learner Licence neer, Srikakulam. They others said owing to lack of ed in the past one year.A few the five years of his tenure. judge on the Antarvedi inci- In order to sensitise appli- Applicants of reportedly paid Rs 50,000 to road connectivity to their vil- weeks ago, a pregnant woman "Where was Chinarajappa dent." demolished when their cants coming for Learner Visakhapatnam will get free the fake officers. lage, those faced with a med- M VenkataKumari of when the temples were demol- "For five years, Naidu has party was in power, License Registration (LLR) Road Safety Awareness On the other ical emergency have no other Chodepalli area under ished when their party was in created a hype stating that on driving rules and regula- Training by Honda and it hand,Sankar Reddy, Joint option than to carry the KoyyuruMandal in power, hequestioned. How can Amaravatiwould be developed he questioned tions, road signs and drivers' will provide a two-hour free Chief Inspector of patients like bundles. VizagAgency had to be car- Rajappa now speak on the as a world-class capital. duties on road, the of cost training to all learn- Factories, Visakhapatnam, Chunnammi has been suf- ried in a makeshift stretcher Antarvedi incident, he flayed. Everyone should ask Naidu Transport Department of er licence applicants of the admitted that he paid Rs fering from fever and other all the way to get a medical The BJP State president said: why Amaravati was not built. crore given by the Centre for has given responsibility to city while ensuring social 5,00,000 to fake ACB offi- sickness for the past few days convoy (ambulance), which "I addressed a letter to Chief Naidu should explain what he the capital city construction, he Honda to initiate a pre- distancing and safety mea- cials through his attender V and there were no medical was over two kms from her Minister YS Jaganmohan had done with the Rs 7,200 asked. Learner Licence Registration sures in the new normal. SrinivasaRao. facilities in and around her village. CBI should HC reserves order Pvt hospitals Amid Covid, implead in... continue to... No arrests yet in Antarvedi 8 CETs start... Continued from Page 1 on ABV plea... Continued from Page 1 temple chariot blaze Continued from Page 1 Asking the High Court to The less privileged are the As many as 2.7 lakh students dismiss the TDP’s petition, the Continued from Page 1 most affected as they cannot Continued from Page 1 have applied for EAMCET, A-G said the petitioners were pull strings to get their kin with a majority sitting in the the ‘proxies of the accused’ Counsel said that the petition- admitted to major hospi- The chariot was stored in a tall exam for admissions to var- who are likely to be investigat- er does not want a blanket pro- tals. The political and room, closed on three sides ious branches of engineering ed by the SIT in the land tection and the court may administrative class is con- and open on one. When not courses, followed by medical scams. impose conditions. He assured sciously turning a blind eye used, it was covered with and agricultural courses. “They have no locus standi the court that the petitioner to reality that hits us all in palmyra leaves on the open ICET received applications in the case, as there is no vio- will not interfere with the the face each morning and side. from 64,884 students, fol- lation of their fundamental or witnesses and course of inves- through the 24 hours of day Police are probing if some- lowed by 37,167 for APECET. statutory rights,” Sriram said. tigation. and darkness. one tried to take the honey by As the eight entrance tests He said the petitioners had Responding, Advocate- Moreover, people coming smoking out the bees from the would be held under the shad- failed to demonstrate how the General Sriram from neighbouring states honeycomb during which a ow of coronavirus pandemic, state government’s orders in Subrahmanyam in his argu- like Odisha expecting better spark could have fallen on the the department is making this regard will affect them ment stated that the writ peti- treatment are simply ending palmyra leaves setting them arrangements for their safe personally. tion was clearly an abuse of up paying more than Rs 5 ablaze and gutting the chariot. conduct. "Keeping the stu- “Also, they could not process of law. Unwarranted lakh overall. “Private hospi- Making things more diffi- dent's safety in view, the num- demonstrate to the court vio- and unverified allegations tals fleece middle-class pro- cult for the police, the surveil- ber of examination slots have lation of any Constitutional were being made against the able, Sriram said. fessionals, while the poor are lance cameras were not func- been increased to accommo- provisions in this matter,” the IPS officers without any basis The writ petition for the at the mercy of a toxic cock- tioning when the fire broke out date fewer number of students A-G added. and without any facts, he relief is unprecedented on the tail of luck and divine inter- around midnight. in each slot," he said. He brought to the notice of countered. basis of an apprehension vention. To add insult to Antarvedi temple is famous vividly mentioned in the coconut trees, Antarvedi is Likewise, all the examina- the court that the state govern- The Advocate-General also which is completely baseless, injury, unnecessary tests, not for its 'Theerdham' (temple Hindu scriptures and is asso- located in the lush green tion centres will be sanitised ment has written to it (High said that when the petitioner he said. once but twice, confining to fair), drawing thousands of ciated with sage Vasishta and Konaseema region of East with sodium hypochloride for Court) requesting for allot- says that the IPS officers want- “The petitioner’s contention bed seems the order of the people from both West and others. Godavari district, 200 km east each session, with the provi- ment of a designated court for ed to please the Government, that there was no financial loss day. In fact, the tests pad up East Godavari districts and The Tirumala Tirupathi of Vijayawada, 130 km from sion of hand sanitisers, gloves, the functioning of the SIT and perhaps it was the conscience to the State and therefore no the bill. By this standard, beyond. Devasthanam runs an accom- and 57 km south- face masks, and thermal scan- that it is still waiting for a of the petitioner speaking. case is liable to be registered is billing is the essence of med- Known as the second modation facility in the village. west of . ners for ensuring a safe envi- response to the request. Without the IPS officers incorrect. He can’t get that icine today. Varanasi, Antarvedi temple is Adorned with lakhs of ronment. being impleaded, without insurance in this case. The extending the courtesy of provisions of the IPC do not opportunity of hearing to mandate that cases can be reg- Covid tests those unnamed officers, the istered only if financial loss is Govt to petitioner has disentitled him- caused. The petitioner was Covaxin may be launched in early to be made... self to any relief, Sriram said. supporting procurement of persuade Covid Even in the litigation against equipment which was opposed Continued from Page 1 his suspension, he did not by senior IPS officers and he survivors... implead any of those against was pursuing the project even 2021, says AIIMS docter Continued from Page 1 So far, there are 11 teaching whom he made allegations after the election code was hospitals across the State, and he repeats the same con- imposed without disclosing Continued from Page 1 process the virus does not clinical trials in Britain, Brazil 63,00,431 cases and 1,89,206 According to the Health and with the new ones, a total duct here, he said. his son’s interest in the deal. He pose a threat. and South Africa. deaths so far. Commissioner, the southern of 27 teaching hospitals will Quoting the petitioner that is not entitled to the relief,” the From July 20 onwards, AIIMS On a comparison of Covaxin India on Tuesday reported Queried on the level of sat- state is spending an amount be available across the State. he won’t interfere with the Advocate-General said. began human trials of Covaxin with Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, 75,809 new Covid-19 cases isfaction with the vaccine tri- of Rs 15 crore per day in over- The officials were also inquiry, the Advocate-General He argued that therefore, on 100 healthy volunteers aged Rai insisted that Covaxin is recorded in the last 24 hours, als in progress, Rai said he is all coronavirus arrangements, informed to accelerate the said the petitioner’s ability to there was no legal basis for the between 18 and 55 years. In better placed than the Russian while the death toll mounted to content with the progress made including treatment, patients' process of identifying land for alter the narration of witness- petitioner to get any relief in Phase 1, the blood samples col- vaccine. 1,133, the highest single-day so far, but declined to share the food, accommodation, tests Urban Health Clinics. es is recorded and it shall be this case as prayed for with an lected from the volunteers He added that Covaxin and spike in fatalities so far. content of the report on Phase and medicines, among oth- Deputy Chief Minister Kali placed before this court if it injunction against arrest for all were monitored for side effects. the Oxford University- India is now the the second 2 trials so far. ers. On average, AP is testing Krishna Srinivas, Ministers wanted. times to come. Covaxin is an "inactivated" AstraZeneca vaccine candi- worst hit country by Covid-19 Rai added that all rules and 65,000 to 70,000 samples per Botsa Satyanarayana and The petitioner’s reference to After hearing the argu- vaccine, which injects doses of date in India are technically at after the US with 42,80,442 regulations are being followed day. The state on Monday Adimulapu Suresh, and offi- the past conduct of the CID in ments, the single judge bench the virus that have been killed, the same level in the clinical coronavirus cases since the while conducting Covaxin reported 8,368 new coron- cials were among those at the the social media posts regard- extended the interim order aiming to prompt the body to trials stage, though the Oxford first was reported on January clinical trials, and nothing is avirus cases, taking the over- Spandana programme. ing the High Court was unten- and reserved the final order. build antibodies, and in this vaccine has reached Phase 3 30. The US has recorded being done in rush. all tally to 5.06 lakh. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 region 04 Govt hospitals complain of faulty equipment, refer patients to pvt PNS n HYDERABAD patients are expressing their impatience over the style of The condition of Government functioning of the hospital as Hospitals treating Corona they were forced to pay from patients in Khammam and their pocket for the test. Janagoan districts is worse that In spite of bringing the issue the patients are forced to go out to the notice of the Medical and and approach private diagnos- Health Minister Eatala tic laboratories to get the CT- Rajender, the CT-scan machine scan done to check condition at the hospital was not repaired. of their lungs as the CT-scan In fact, medical equipment at machine in several govern- many government hospitals is ment hospitals went out of stated to be out of order. order. In some community health The government hospital at care centres, even X-ray Janagoan has 100 beds. The hos- machines were out of order. pital treats Coronavirus patients The technicians working there 11,691 discharges, too. While some of them under- or doctors are stated to be hand go treatment in home isolation in glove with the private labo- conditions, the others who visit ratories and refer the patients here to receive treatment are to private diagnostic labs. 10,601 fresh cases in AP being advised to get their CT- In some hospitals, even PNS n HYDERABAD scan done from private labora- of the hospital owns a private The CT-scan machine is not the medical officers can be Coronavirus diagnostic kits In the 24 hours ending 9 am on tories as the machine at the hos- clinic with CT scan facility. The working in government hospi- gauzed if the CT-scan machine are being siphoned off to pri- For the fifth day in a row, pital was out of order. government hospital refers tal at Khammam district head- is not working in such hospi- vate diagnostic laboratories. Andhra Pradesh saw more Tuesday, 11,691 Covid-19 patients The patients would have to patients to the hospital. Thus quarters too. Out of over 100 tal. Sometimes, immediate test- Some doctors take them to number of coronavirus were discharged from hospitals in pay Rs 3,000 to get the test the medical officer is cutting Coronavirus patients, 20 are in ing of CT-scan was necessary their private clinics and use patients getting cured than done. In fact, a medical officer the hay while the sun shines. ICU. The style of working of for more serious patients. The them there. the addition of new cases, the state upon recovering from the though the 10,000-plus posi- infection while 10,601 fresh cases tives daily has become a regu- increased the overall tally to ONLY 6 MIN IN THE HOUSE larity. In the 24 hours ending 9 am 5,17,094 on Tuesday, 11,691 Covid-19 patients were discharged from tested in 24 hours, taking the Prakasam district crossed Opposition leaders hospitals in the state upon state's gross to 42.37 lakh, with the 30,000 total cases mark and recovering from the infection a positivity rate of 12.20 per cent. now has the highest number of while 10,601 fresh cases The recovery rate further 14,570 active cases in the state, increased the overall tally to improved to 80.40 per cent and ahead of East Godavari express intolerance 5,17,094. the mortality rate fell margin- (13,561). PNS n HYDERABAD It may be recalled that the The number of active cases ally to 0.88 per cent from 0.89 Vizianagaram district, which Speaker gave six minutes time dropped further to 96,769 after per cent.On Tuesday, five dis- was the last of 13 districts in CLP Leader Mallu Bhatti to Bhatti to speak on resolu- a total of 4,15,765 patients got tricts reported new cases in the state to enter the Covid-19 Vikramarka expressed intoler- tion appealing the Centre to cured so far and another 4,560 excess of 1,000 each with chart where the first case was ance over allotting only six confer Bharat Ratna award to died, including 73 in the last 24 Prakasam topping with 1,457, reported on May 7, crossed the minutes time to the Congress PV on Tuesday. After six min- hours, the latest bulletin said. followed by East Godavari 25,000 mark and now has party to speak in the House. utes, the Speaker asked Bhatti A record 70,993 samples were with 1,426. 9,085 active cases. He expressed anger over the to stop his speech. Irked with argument of the government the Speaker's act, Bhatti argued that the Speaker allotted time saying that he cannot conclude based on the number of his speech within six minutes. Chief Minister Congress members present in Later, the Speaker gave a ‘TRS trying to win civic the House. "People elected 19 chance to Minister KT Rama condoles actor Congress MLAs. However, Rao. After KTR's speech, the TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy addresses his party men at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday KCR purchased Congress Speaker asked Bhatti to com- Jayaprakash MLAs and is now stating that plete the speech within one polls with bogus votes’ the Congress party has no minute. PNS n HYDERABAD sions in Old City. members," Bhatti said and While speaking at Gun Park Uttam exudes confidence of The Congress party must Reddy's death questioned what opposition along with party MLAs- TPCC working president and be alert when the delimitation PNS n HYDERABAD would speak in 6 minutes. Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, D Malkajgiri MP A Revanth process takes place. The "How to raise the issues Sridhar Babu, Seethakka, Jagga Reddy has alleged that TRS GHMC mayor post is Telangana Chief Minister K people are facing, when the Reddy and MLC Jeevan Red- Cong victory in GHMC polls and MIM are trying to win the reserved for BC women this Chandrashekhar Rao on Speaker starts ringing the bell dy, the CLP leader demanded GHMC elections through time. The party has to exam- Tuesday condoled the death right from the second minute," the state to revive the media PNS n HYDERABAD elections on Tuesday at vices of all Congress commit- delimitation and bogus votes. ine whether the government of noted film actor Bhatti asked. point in the Assembly. Gandhi Bhavan, Uttam Kumar tees in all 150divisions. The He said that delimitation must would change the divisions or Jayaprakash Reddy. The Chief TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the TRS is try- people are against the TRS rule be based on total population not. The legal team should be Minister, who conveyed his Reddy called upon the party ing to benefit in the GHMC in GHMC and are looking divided by seats. However, ready during the election condolences to the members leaders to break the conspira- elections with the bogus votes. towards Congress and the vic- the limitation process is as time to approach the court of the bereaved family said cies of the TRS party by wag- As part of it, the votes are tory of Congress certain in the they wished. whenever the need arises. Reddy acted in several films ing fight on bogus votes and enrolled differently at different GHMC elections, Uttam said. TPCC conducted a meeting The party has to prepare in a variety of roles and also demilitation. Exuding confi- divisions. The voter list total- AICC secretary Bosu Raju to chalk out an action plan on manifestos for every division won people's admiration as a dence on victory in GHMC ly in defective manner, he said that the leaders have to Greater Hyderabad elections at separately. The campaign theatre artiste. elections, Uttam said that the said. work in coordination aiming Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday. must be done on the assur- Reddy died of heart attack TRS government totally failed Uttam asked the leaders to to win the elections. The senior After participating in the ance didn't implemented by at his residence in Guntur in in municipal administration. initiate steps to see the delim- leaders V Hanumantha Rao, meeting, Revanth Reddy said the government. The party Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. While participating in a itation process done perfectly. Marri Shashidhar Reddy, Feroz that 15,000 to 30,000 votes are has to set up a special set up He was 74 and is survived meeting held to chalk out an He asked the Congress leaders Khan, Niranjan and others there in some divisions and to recognize bogus votes, by wife and a son, family action plan to win GHMC to visit all houses using the ser- were also present. 70,000 to 80,000 in some divi- Revanth Reddy suggested. sources said. Sanjay calls ‘KCR 8th Nizam’ DMHO orders enquiry into ‘RTC will come out of crisis soon’ PNS n HYDERABAD Reminding that KCR's crit- n TS to establish 30 heavy motor vehicle driving institutes icism against the then Chief Terming the Chief Minister K Minister K Rosaiah during complaint against Yashoda PNS n HYDERABAD Chandrasekhar Rao as '8th Telangana movement for not PNS n HYDERABAD incident. Nizam', Telangana BJP Chief conducting Liberation Day The two-member doctors On the completion of one Bandi Sanjay Kumar alleged officially, Sanjay asked KCR to District Medical and Health committee was asked to sub- year as Minister, Puvvada that KCR is describing Nizam tell as to why the latter is main- Officer, Hyderabad ordered mit detailed report and opin- Kumar said that TSRTC will as a great one forgetting the taining silence on Liberation for an enquiry into a com- ion along with case sheet, come out of crisis very soon. fact that Nizam killed TS peo- Day celebrations. plaint regarding alleged foul bills, doctor notes and others He said that seeing the ple using Razakars. He said that he has been vis- play on death of Group II documents within three days growth in the occupancy ratio He questioned whether the iting historical places to tell the officer Swetha Reddy. to take further action. in the recent days even during Chief Minister KCR and his history of Telangana martyrs to The patient had undergone The DMHO ordered the this Covid crisis, TSRTC will son Minister KT Rama Rao the present generation. He a C-section operation after enquiry based on the com- overcome all problems and received any lathi injuries dur- making friendship with alleged that KCR is trying to which she died at Yashoda plaint filed by Mujahed come out of it soon. ment centres at ZSTC, come the shortage of skilled ing the Telangana movement. AIMIM. hide the Telangana martyrs Hospital at Malakpet. As per Mohiuddin Khudri, The Minister said that it is Hakimpet and Warangal to drivers/manpower in the auto- He alleged that KCR speaks Alleging that KCR adopting history intentionally for vote the order, Dr P Jayamalini President of Telangana State proposed to decentralise the impart quality training with mobile sector. differently before elections and a two-tongue attitude on bank politics. SPHO UHNC, Malakpet and All India Anti-Corruption training activity in TSRTC the course contents confining The Minister thanked all the after elections by enacting dif- Telangana Liberation Day, As part of his two day tour Dr P Veena, Medical officer Committee. and establish another 30 heavy to the regulations of the MV employees of TSRTC and ferent dramas at different times Sanjay said that KCR is not of the places where Razakars UPHC Shalivahana Nagar As per the complaint, Rs motor vehicle driving training Rules and Act. As many as 30 Transport Department for sup- to deceive Telangana people. conducting September 17 as resorted to atrocities, Sanjay are appointed as enquiry 29 lakhs rupees was charged institutes (DTIs) at each rev- driving training centres are porting and co-operating with He alleged that KCR is destroy- Telangana Liberation Day cel- visited Bairanpally village in officers for conducting and provided treatment to enue district headquarters, in being set up for training in dri- him and wished that this will ing the history of Telangana by ebrations officially. Siddipet district. detailed enquiry into the dead body of Swetha Reddy. addition to the skilled develop- ving and this will also over- continue in future. Covid scare in Assembly Gandhi Bhavan becomes venue for wordy duels, clashes PNS n HYDERABAD a leader of the party. as employee tests +ve How the Congress high PNS n HYDERABAD The historic Gandhi Bhavan, command will respond on state head quarters for series of clashes by the party Despite Assembly Speaker Congress party which once men is stirring a lot of interest. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, tak- became a hub political activi- Meanwhile, Chief Minister K ing all the precautionary mea- ty and the nerve centre for Chandrasekhar Rao passed sures by allowing only the per- political strategy, has now critical remarks on the future sons with Coronavirus nega- become the venue for wordy of the Congress at the TRS tive reports inside the duels and clashes among the Legislature Party meeting held Assembly premises, one of party men. on Monday. the employees working in the with the developed symptoms Many a political heavy He predicted that the TRS Assembly tested positive on in his body. With the result weight has worked their strate- flag would flutter atop of the second day of the House cre- being positive for Coronavirus gies from this place and went GHMC pocketing at least 104 ating flutter among other infection, other employees are to capture power in the state. seats in the 150-seat GHMC employees. scared that they might have All prominent leaders of the elections. He quoted a survey The employee, who was contracted the Coronavirus as Congress gathered at Gandhi ordered by the TRS to endorse tested positive issued entry many of them took passes Bhavan on Tuesday to chalk TPCC leaders Dasoju Shravan and Niranjan abusing each other during a party meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday his views. passes to hundreds of people. issued by him. However, the out strategy for the forthcom- Predicting the future of the He was on duty even on the Assembly authorities focused ing GHMC elections. TPCC It all began with the severe their vitriolic tongues. They down. September 8 is the birth- spokespersons. The contro- Congress and the BJP, he first day of the Assembly ses- on finding the persons who president N Uttam Kumar wordy duel taking place even went to the extent of day of Dasoju Shravan. As he versy soon was on the lips of dubbed the Congress as very sion. The employee was were in contact with the Reddy was presiding the meet- between official spokespersons assaulting each other. went to the Gandhi Bhavan, all everyone in the party. weak in the Greater Hyderabad allowed into the Assembly Coronavirus patient. The ing. of the TPCC Dasoju Shravan However, TPCC president Congress leaders conveyed Clashes between Congress limits and ruled out it winning premises as he was tested test- authorities directed several Tempers ran high at the and Niranjan. intervened and pacified the their greetings. But in a leaders and the party rank and significant number of seats. ed negative for Coronavirus employees, who were in con- meeting and sparks flew. The They crossed all borders clashing official spokesper- moment the situation turned file were not new. Earlier, vet- However, the BJP is likely to two days ago. He underwent tact with him to home quar- irate Congress leaders resorted and resorted to heaping abus- sons. For the time being the for worse leading to altercation eran Congress leader V bag a seat or two more improv- Coronavirus test on Tuesday antine themselves. to fist cuffs among themselves. es on each other lashing out controversy apparently died between two of the official Hanumantha Rao clashed with ing its previous tally. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS Oppn to put up joint candidate Chinese troops fired shots in for RS deputy chairman post PNS n NEW DELHI air, tried to close in: Army The Congress on Tuesday PNS n NEW DELHI mitted to maintaining peace decided that the opposition and tranquility, however is UP govt suspends will put up a joint candidate for The Army on Tuesday said also determined to protect Allahabad SSP the post of deputy Chinese troops fired shots in national integrity and sover- chairman and it will reach out the air and attempted to close eignty at all costs," the Army Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi to various parties in this in on an Indian position in said. Adityanath suspended regard. eastern Ladakh a day earlier as "India, while is committed to Allahabad Senior The decision comes ahead of it rejected charges by China's disengagement and de-esca- Superintendent of Police Abhishek Dixit on Tuesday for the Monsoon Session of People's Liberation lating the situation on the LAC, his failure to control crime and Parliament starting September Army(PLA) that it trans- China continues to undertake corruption and maintain law 14 and was taken at the gressed across the Line of provocative activities to esca- and order, said Additional Chief Congress Parliamentary strat- party in Adhir Hour in both houses during Actual Control (LAC). late." Senior Colonel Zhang Secretary (Home) Awanish egy group meeting chaired by Ranjan Chowdhury. the session. The remarks by the Army Shuili, a spokesperson of PLA's Kumar Awasthi. Dixit is also party chief Sonia Gandhi. Congress deputy leaders in The Congress also decided came after the PLA late on Western Theater Command, in charged with not following the The post had fallen vacant both houses and chief whips to raise the issue of the han- Monday night alleged that the a statement on Monday night instructions of the government/ after Harivansh's term ended. and party's whips also attend- dling of the COVID-19 pan- Indian troops crossed the LAC alleged that Indian troops again headquarters properly and is He has since been re-elected to ed the virtual meeting. demic in the wake of rise in and "outrageously fired" warn- Army said that at no stage the close-in with one of our for- illegally crossed the LAC and accused of promoting the Upper House as a member This was the first time that daily number of cases and ing shots near the Pangong lake Indian troops crossed the LAC ward positions along the LAC "outrageously fired" warning corruption, a home department from Bihar. some of the letter-writers, who India taking the second spot in in eastern Ladakh. or resorted to use of any and when dissuaded by own shots on Chinese border patrol spokesperson added. The The meeting was attended had demanded an overhaul of total cases in the world, besides The use of firearms along "aggressive means", including (Indian) troops, PLA troops soldiers who were about to spokesperson said the SSP did by party's leaders in both hous- the party, came face to face the effect of lockdown. the LAC marks a serious esca- firing, as alleged by the Chinese fired a few rounds in the air in negotiate. Chinese troops were not act on government es including Rahul Gandhi, with the Congress leadership The party will also raise in lation in border tensions as the PLA. an attempt to intimidate own forced to take countermea- instructions for foot patrolling former Prime Minister after the CWC meeting. both the houses the issue of previous instance of shots "At no stage has the Indian troops," the statement added. sures to stabilize the situation, and increasing security of banks Manmohan Singh and Leader The Congress strategy group Chinese aggression at the bor- being fired at the de-facto bor- Army transgressed across the It further said that despite he said without elaborating. and business establishments of Opposition Ghulam Nabi decided to raise the issue of der and the current situation der was in 1975. India and LAC or resorted to use of any the "grave provocation", Indian The Indian troops crossed against incidents of robbery. Azad and leader of Congress restoration of the Question there. China exchanged accusations aggressive means, including troops exercised "great the LAC at the west section of There was a steady increase in just four days after Defence firing. It is the PLA that has restraint" and behaved in a the China-India border into pending crime cases in Allaha Minister and his been blatantly violating agree- mature and responsible man- the Shenpao mountain region bad in the past three months, Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei ments and carrying out aggres- ner. near the south bank of the spokesperson said, adding ‘Hunar Haat' to return in Fenghe held talks in Moscow sive manuveres, while engage- The Army termed the state- Pangong lake, he alleged. the government instructions on on ways to ease tensions at the ment at military, diplomatic ment issued by the Western Separately, the Ministry of social-distan cing were also not border. They met last Friday on and political level is in Theater Command of the PLA External Affairs termed as followed properly in the district, the sidelines of a Shanghai progress," the Army said. as an attempt to mislead their false reports in Chinese media for which the high court had Prayagraj next month Cooperation Organisation "In the instant case on domestic and international attributing some comments to also expressed its displeasure. (SCO) meet. September 7, it was the PLA audience. National Security Advisor Ajit PNS n NEW DELHI In a statement, the Indian troops who were attempting to "The Indian Army is com- Doval. Newly-wed couple 'Hunar Haat', the Minority Affairs shot dead by woman's Deepak Kochhar Ministry's initia- Man booked Rlys generated over 8L man- father, brother tive to generate DEHRADUN: woman and her in ED custody employment for for threatening husband were shot dead in master artisans, Udham Singh Nagar district of till Sep 19 will make a come- UP minister days of work under GKRA Uttarakhand allegedly by her back on October 9 father and her brother, who n n PNS MUMBAI in Prayagraj with the theme of Modi advocated “vocal for local Moti Singh PNS NEW DELHI were against the marriage, A court here on Tuesday “local to global” and a focus on toys”, he said in a statement. police said on Tuesday. The n remanded Deepak Kochhar, indigenous Indian toys. Naqvi said that every corner of PNS PRATAPGARH (UP) The Railways has generated incident took place in Kashipur husband of former ICICI After a gap of about six the country is endowed with more than 8 lakh man-days of area of the district on Monday Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, months due to the coronavirus various kinds of indigenous Police have booked a man work in six states, including night, they added. The victims, in the custody of the pandemic, the next 'Hunar toys made with wood, brass, here for allegedly threatening Bihar and Rajasthan, under a Nazia and Rashid, had eloped Enforcement Directorate Haat' will be organised in bamboo, glass, cloth, paper, Uttar Pradesh cabinet minis- rural public works scheme in June and got married against (ED) till September 19 in a Prayagraj from October 9 to 18 clay, etc. 'Hunar Haat' will be an ter Moti Singh in a video clip launched in June this year to the wishes of the woman's money laundering case. and more than 30 per cent stalls enormous platform, providing that has been widely shared tackle the impact of COVID- family, Additional Superinten Deepak Kochhar was will be for artisans who prepare market and opportunities to on social media. 19 on migrant workers, the dent of Police, Kashipur, Rajesh arrested here on Monday indigenous toys, Minority master artisans who prepare In the video, the man can ministry said Tuesday. Bhatt said. Nazia's father had under sections of the Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas these indigenous exquisite toys, be heard saying, "Mai seedhe The Garib Kalyan Rojgar created a ruckus at Rashid's Prevention of Money Naqvi said. he said. Moti Singh ka encounter Abhiyaan was launched with house after the marriage and Laundering Act (PMLA) in The artisans will also be Prime Minister Modi's appeal karunga (I will do encounter an initial funding of Rs 50,000 even threatened to shoot the connection with the ICICI extended help through various to get “vocal for local toys” will of Moti Singh)", amid clap- crore. The Railways is execut- Abhiyaan in six states viz. the ministry said in a statement. newly-weds if he spotted them Bank-Videocon money laun- institutions for attractive pack- help the Indian toy industry to ping and cheering by a group ing various works under it, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Till September 4, it added, in the Alli Khan mohalla, where dering case probe. aging of 'swadeshi toys', he said. gain dominance in the toy mar- of people gathered around. including construction and Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan 12,276 workers had been the two families live, Bhatt said. Officials had said Deepak Naqvi said here that every cor- ket. "In the video shared on maintenance of approach and Uttar Pradesh. engaged in this programme Kochhar was placed under ner of the country has a tradi- 'Hunar Haat', which has pro- social media, one person, roads for level crossings, devel- “Piyush Goyal, Minister of and the payment of Rs 1,631.80 arrest as the agency wants to tional and ancestral legacy of vided employment and employ- Chandan Yadav, who is sur- opment and cleaning of silted Railways and Commerce & crore has been released to the MP: BJP leader from put him under custodial indigenous toys. ment opportunities to more rounded by around 50 other waterways, trenches and Industry is closely monitoring contractors for the projects Gwalior joins Cong interrogation to obtain more This legacy, which was on the than 5 lakh Indian artisans, people, is heard saying that drains, and maintenance of the progress made in these being implemented. details about some fresh evi- verge of extinction, has got a craftsmen, culinary experts and Sabhapati Yadav is his mater- approach roads to railway sta- projects and generation of work The Railways has appointed dence gathered in this case, boon after Prime Minister other people associated with nal uncle. He threatened cab- tions. opportunities for the migrant nodal officers in each district BHOPAL: BJP leader from that was filed under the crim- Narendra Modi pitched for them in the last five years, has inet minister Moti Singh and "Indian Railways has gener- labours of these states under as well as in the states so that Gwalior Satish Sikarwar joined inal sections of the anti- 'swadeshi toys', the minister become a credible brand of rare made objectionable remarks," ated 8,09,046 man-days of this scheme. Around 164 rail- a close coordination is estab- the Congress along with several money laundering law in said. The Indian toy industry exquisite indigenous handmade Superintendent of Police work till September 4, 2020, way infrastructure projects are lished with the state govern- of his supporters in the January last year. has got a tremendous boost after products, Naqvi said. Anurag Arya said. under Garib Kalyan Rojgar being executed in these states,” ment. presence of the party's Madhya Pradesh unit chief Kamal Nath on Tuesday. Expressing confide nce about winning all 27 seats in the bypolls that are yet to be Badrinath beautification ‘eSanjeevani' gets 3L consultations BSF appehends scheduled, the former chief minister said voters of these PNS n NEW DELHI constituencies may not support master plan worth over Bangladeshi cattle Kamal Nath or the Congress but The Union Health Ministry's they will definitely support the telemedicine service platform truth. After inducting Sikarwar 'eSanjeevani' has completed and his supporters in the party, smuggler from Malda Nath said not only people, but Rs 400 cr submitted three lakh tele-consultations even BJP workers were PNS n DEHRADUN till now, the government said on PNS n KOLKATA unhappy with the ruling regime. Tuesday. The Uttarakhand government The platform supports two Border Security will present its master plan types of telemedicine services - Force has appre- Four killed as cargo worth Rs 424 crore for the beau- - doctor-to-doctor through hended a tification of Badrinath and eSanjeevani and patient-to- Bangladeshi truck rams car in TN expansion of facilities for devo- doctor through eSanjeevani national when he Cuddalore(TN): Four people tees around the Himalayan OPD. It has provided essential was allegedly try- including two women were temple to the Prime Minister's healthcare at a critical time ing to smuggle killed and five others injured Office (PMO) on Wednesday, around the famous temple are when conventional medicine is cattle to the when a cargo truck rammed official sources said here. to be carried out in three phas- perceived to be risky owing to tant pillar of the Ayushman tion on April 13 this year . neighbouring into a SUV on a highway near The master plan for the beau- es, said Chamoli District the nature of the coronavirus Bharat Health and Wellness This has proved to be a country through a river route man said, he hailed from here on Tuesday, police tification of Badrinath was pre- Magistrate Swati S Bhadouriya disease, the health ministry Centre (AB-HWCs) pro- boon in containing the spread in Malda district, a BSF state- Chapainawabganj in said. The fish laden pared on the lines of Kedarpuri who recently gave final touch- said. On August 9, Union gramme, it said. of coronavirus infection while ment said on Tuesday. Bangladesh and had crossed bound van from Parangipettai reconstruction at the behest of es to the master plan at a meet- Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Launched in November last simultaneously enabling provi- Acting on specific input, over to India about one month herelost control after it brushed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ing with officials concerned. had described as "landmark year, it aims to implement tele- sions for non-COVID essential BSF personnel at Sovapur out- back. past an oncoming two- who is also personally monitor- The beautification of the achievement", the national consultation in all the 1.5 lakh healthcare, it said. post reached the midstream of The BSF handed over the wheeler and within moments ing the progress of projects Shesh Netra and Badrish lakes telemedicine service complet- health and wellness centres in ESanjeevani has been imple- the Ganga on a speedboat on Bangladeshi national and the rammed into the sports utility already under implementation near the temple is to be taken up ing over 1.5 lakh teleconsulta- a 'hub and spoke' model by mented by 23 states so far and Monday night and found a cattle to Shamsherganj police vehicle that was behind the at Kedarnath. Uttarakhand in the first phase of the imple- tions. December 2022, the ministry others are in the process of man swimming towards station. An FIR has been motorcycle. In the impact, two Tourism secretary Dilip mentation of the master plan, The platform reached double said. rolling it out, the ministry said, Bangladesh border holding on lodged by the BSF to investigate women, aged 32 and 27 and a Jawalkar will make a presenta- the temple and areas close to it that number within a month Owing to the COVID-19 adding that Tamil Nadu alone to a rope in which three the matter in detail, the state- 15 year old girl, who travelled tion on the master plan at the will be beautified in the second since then. One lakh of these pandemic, the health ministry has contributed 97,204 consul- bovines were tied to. ment said. in the SUV besides a man who PMO on Wednesday in the and a path connecting the tem- tele-consultations were held in rolled out the second tele-con- tations on the eSanjeevaniOPD The border guards inter- The cost of the seized cat- was seated next to the driver in presence of ple directly with the Shesh the last 20 days, the ministry sultation service — app while Uttar Pradesh is in cepted the man and brought tle is estimated at about 'Taka' the van died on the spot, Om Prakash, official sources Netra lake will be built in the said. The Doctor-to-Doctor 'eSanjeevaniOPD' — enabling second position with 65,173 him and the cattle to the river 1,20,000 in Bangladesh market, Deputy police Superintendent said. Development works third phase, Bhadouriya said. eSanjeevani service is an impor- patient-to-doctor teleconsulta- total consultations. bank. During questioning the the statement said. (Thittakudi), N Venkatesan said. 4 more added to Priyanka's ‘6 from particularly vulnerable tribal group Andaman & Nicobar Islands advisory council COVID-19 tally rises to 3,359 of Andaman Islands tested Covid positive’ PNS n PORT BLAIR PNS n LUCKNOW indices. Bhushan also elaborat- PNS n NEW DELHI ed on the situation of the other Twenty-seven more peo- Congress interim particularly vulnerable tribal ple have tested positive for President Sonia Gandhi Six members of a particularly groups in the archipelago. COVID-19 in Andaman has appointed four addi- vulnerable tribal group of "Another tribe is Jarawa. There and Nicobar Islands, taking tional members to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are less than 200 Jarawas. They the coronavirus tally in the advisory council of tested positive for COVID-19, were tested and no one has been union territory to 3,359, an Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Health Ministry said on found positive. From another official said on Tuesday. party General Secretary Tuesday. Responding to a ques- tribe, Ongees, all were found neg- Of the 27 new cases, 20 were that the total number of recov- in-charge of Uttar tion, Health Secretary Rajesh ative. Sentinelese and Shompen detected during local contact eries in the union territory has Pradesh. Mohsina Kidwai, P.L. Punia Bhushan said all the six people are cut off and confined to their tracing and seven were airport risen to 2,997. The newly-appointed mem- and R.P.N. Singh, among oth- have recovered and returned to islands and no report of death or arrivals, the official said. Of the total 3,359 COVID- bers are Rakesh Sachan, ers — for the AICC general their island. visible symptoms has been All passengers coming from 19 cases, 312 are active as Acharya Pramod Krishnam, secretary. In February, three "There are five particularly received from them," he said. the mainland have to manda- 2,997 have recovered from Harendra Malik and Begum more members — Vivek vulnerable tribal groups Presently, there are 312 active torily undergo rapid antigen the disease and 50 people Noor Bano. Singh, Mohd Muqeem and (PVTG) -- some in Port Blair ered and returned to their group is a classification created cases of COVID-19 in test for COVID-19 at the air- have died of the infection, the Last year Sonia Gandhi had Vinod Chaturvedi — had been and others across different island," he said. In Nicobarese with the purpose of enabling Andaman and Nicobar Islands. port here on arrival, he said. official said. A total of 39,708 set up an advisory council — added to the advisory council. islands in the archipelago. One tribe which is not a PVTG, there improvement in the conditions The archipelago has recorded a At least 50 people recovered samples have been tested for whose 18 members included Vivek Singh passed away in PVTG has shown positivity. are still 15 active cases. of certain communities with total of 2,997 cases and 50 from COVID-19 in the last 24- COVID- 19 till Monday, the Ajay Rai, Ajay Kapoor, May this year. Six were positive, all have recov- Particularly vulnerable tribal particularly low development deaths due to the infection. hours, the official said, adding official added. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Agent provocateur Within days of its Defence Minister meeting Rajnath Singh, China High stakes for Jaishankar violates talks spirit by pushing troops in Ladakh, again hat the current talks diplomacy on Ladakh is just a meaningless charade was more than evident The Minister’s understanding is sharp and realistic. He is convinced that since Tfrom the Chinese mouthpiece, Global Times, which warned India against doing “a handstand on the edge diplomacy worked to get China to withdraw from Doklam, it can work again of a cliff” or underestimate Beijing’s hitback capabili- ties. This came soon after its troops fired in the air unprovoked at Pangong Tso, claiming the push came from India. It looks alarming because this comes days within Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s meeting with his counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscow on the side- lines of this year’s edition of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Alarming because China had ini- tiated that meeting. But used to tradeoffs on the talks table following intimidation and salami-slicing on the ground, it had not bargained for India’s toughness on status quo ASHOK K MEHTA ante. Or that it would resolutely hold ground. And though India has emphasised that it would like to settle the border issue within the framework of diplomacy and dialogue, ven as China accused Indian troops of intimidatory firing the fact that Chinese troops are still stationed within our artillery range in the south of on Monday, Foreign Pangong Tso should remind us that it will never back down on that count. And till we Minister S Jaishankar will meetE his Chinese counterpart Wang address the historicity of a fluidic Line of Actual Control (LAC) and insist that percep- Yi face to face in Moscow for the first tional differences over it be replaced by marking it on the ground, we will be back to time after the standoff. The meet- square one. Till we establish the centrality of the boundary issue in negotiations, the ing will take place on the sidelines eyeball-to-eyeball conflicts will only escalate. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign minis- right when he indicated that talks would be needed at a deeper level of political engage- ters’ conclave, hot on the heels of ment but it is unlikely that China would bend in those discussions, too. Unless it gets Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s something in return. As the Doklam standoff near the trijunction with Bhutan has showed conversation with his counterpart, Gen Wei Fenghe, at the same plat- us, the summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping form. Pessimism surrounds the ensured just a temporary withdrawal of troops and within a year, the Chinese ramped outcome of the Wang-Jaishankar up their positions, encircling claim lines so tightly that they could heave down militari- meeting though Jaishankar has ly. And while Beijing realises that it needs to keep a transactional engagement with India been signalling to Chinese leaders the big picture of India-China rela- and Black Top. The Army just tial to reignite India’s Tibet pol- Depsang poses a direct challenge to protect its strategic interests, it will never reconcile to losing the strategic advantage tions and India’s terms for a reset. His said it occupied ground to icy, which in 1950 ignored to the strategic Daulat Beg Oldie in Ladakh because of the DSDBO road that allows India troop parity in this sector. Besides, emphasis on the need for India to improve its defences. China’s illegal occupation of military garrison and air base, China wouldn’t want the Indian shadow over the Karakoram, particularly between Gilgit- be more proactive and take risks are After the meeting of Defence Tibet. India’s much-touted aban- which it views as a threat to G reflected in some recent Indian mil- Ministers on expected lines, donment of the One China pol- 219, the Aksai Chin highway to Baltistan in the west (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir), where China is heavily invested in itary, diplomatic and economic China accused India of crossing icy has nothing to do with Tibet Lhasa. While a counter-intrusion the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and Aksai Chin in the east. It certainly activities that connote capabilities LAC at Chushul and demanded but more with Taiwan and Hong along the 1,590 km LAC in doesn’t want Indian troops in the higher ridges and won’t let go of the spurs it has wrest- and confidence. Diplomacy is the Indian troops be withdrawn. Kong. Chinese Foreign Ministry Ladakh will be feasible and not path India has chosen to secure its India blamed China for multiple spokeswoman Hua Chunying be escalatory like military action ed post-Galwan. Besides, it sees India as the proxy of the US and will continue to be objective of restoration of status quo intrusions and urged the restora- said: “We firmly oppose any to push back at Depsang or any offensive on that count. The combined US-India strategy to counter it along maritime ante. Jaishankar, who says he knows tion of status quo ante. But both country providing convenience other intrusion, neither is advis- routes and halt its digital monopoly by denying technological access in both markets Wang for a long time, acknowledges sides stressed the determination for the Tibetan secessionist forces’ able as long as the door to diplo- the situation on the LAC is very seri- to continue talks. Central to separatist activities.” The Global macy is open. The military has already aggravated its anxieties. And while President Donald Trump may not be overt- ous and requires “deep conversa- China’s complaint is Indian vio- EIGHTEEN WEEKS Times accused India of playing option must remain the last ly confrontational with China given trade dependencies and instead try to claim credit tions” at the political level. lation of Chinese LAC at Galwan the Tibet card and noted that resort notwithstanding the last as a mediator between the two Asian powers, India has to be prepared to bear the brunt India launched a blitzkrieg of and Chushul without admitting AFTER THE INITIAL China’s national strength, includ- public pronouncement of the for- events along the LAC prior to it is the original sinner of multi- ing its military strength, is much mer acting US Undersecretary of of Xi’s belligerence and hegemonic ambitions. Singh meeting his counterpart. ple intrusions by violating border INTRUSIONS, THE stronger than India’s and that State for South Asia and Central In fact, China intends to stretch India along the Himalayan border as just a day before, CDS Gen Rawat was exceptionally protocols and unilaterally alter- INDIAN ARMY when it comes to ultimate com- Asia, Alice Wells : “India’s broad- it announced how it never recognised the “so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’”, and reiter- vocal over the military option, ing status quo. Stung by the ban- bat capability, the Indian side will ening strategic horizons over including a two-front war if diplo- ning of 117 more apps (now CARRIED OUT ITS lose. Eighteen weeks after the ini- the past two decades have result- ated its claim it was actually “south Tibet” and part of its territory. The statement came macy failed and the utility of Quad. aggregate of 224 banned apps), tial intrusions, the Indian Army ed in a shift away from a passive in response to the Indian Army’s question asking if five civilians who went missing from COAS Gen Naravane, on his third for the first time China accused MAIDEN carried out its maiden proactive foreign policy to one that Arunachal Pradesh days ago were in the custody of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). visit to Ladakh, was in Chushul at India of colluding with the US PROACTIVE operation at Chushul heights advances its interests more vig- the scene of recent action. Chief of against Chinese companies. It and unnerved the PLA. orously.” This “abduction” could lead to a potential flashpoint and over time there could be more Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal formally charged US with med- OPERATION AT Dominating ground in other Jaishankar had a long stint at of maximalist rhetoric and territorial imperialism. China has been consistent in its expan- Bhaduria, inspected air bases in the dling in the border dispute. sectors should have been taken Beijing and then as Foreign sionist designs in the northeastern State, issuing stapled visas to its residents in 2009, east and Foreign Secretary Harsh While US officials have been CHUSHUL HEIGHTS up much earlier. Many officers Secretary. He enjoys the full implying they were not Indian citizens. Incursions have been consistent over the decade Shringla, in his first public address, accusing China of bullying India, AND UNNERVED are demanding that the military confidence of his Prime Minister. highlighted the Galwan clash result- President Donald Trump himself option be utilised to impose His understanding of China with some even claiming it had built temporary bridges. And these, too, it has justified ing in casualties for the first time in has been non-committal by call- THE PLA. costs on China now that the force under President Xi Jinping and with the old argument of “a differing perception of the alignment of the LAC, as in many 42 years of peace and tranquility on ing the standoff “very nasty” and DOMINATING build-up is being completed. the Chinese Communist Party is other areas.” In March 2019, China destroyed 30,000 world maps printed for export the border. Indian forces carried out wanting to do something to help Three additional divisions, tanks sharp and realistic. He is con- their first proactive military opera- both countries. He did not think GROUND IN OTHER and artillery are amassed along vinced that since diplomacy for not mentioning Arunachal Pradesh and Taiwan as part of Chinese territory. And in tion on their own side of LAC on the that China was bullying India LAC with reserves in depth. worked to get China to withdraw April 2020, Beijing’s Sky Map showed parts of Arunachal Pradesh within its interna- south bank of Pangong Lake by though he noted that China was SECTORS SHOULD China has made matching from Depsang, Chumar and tional borders. India has got to be more than just vigilant, it now needs to be proactive. occupying heights that gave them certainly “going for it.” After the HAVE BEEN TAKEN deployment, including locating Doklam, it can work again. Given domination in the Chushul area. A partisanship Prime Minister its J20 frontline fighter, at Hotan. the escalatory firing by PLA and It is watching the Malacca Straits, a key strategic and economic transit corridor for China, battalion of Vikas regiment, com- Narendra Modi displayed in UP MUCH EARLIER IAF is ideally suited for deter- occupation of positions close to it has upgraded the Quad initiative with US and Japan, and begun talking to Central Asian prising exiled Tibetans, was endorsing Trump at Houston rence by punishment in case mil- India’s —creating a new friction and southeast Asian nations debt-trapped by China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But apart employed in the pre-emptive oper- (and Ahmedabad) for the next itary force is used to evict intru- point —coupled with rash state- ation, messaging to China the dor- President, a video of which is the sions. ments by Global Times, the from these, it should now drive a hard bargain with China over an Asian split costing mant Tibet issue. A company com- Trump vote-catcher among The one intrusion that PLA Chinese have raised the stakes for the latter its greater ambitions vis-à-vis the US. And yes, we should get vocal about join- mander of this special force was Indian Americans, Trump’s clean covets most is Depsang which Jaishankar. ing the chorus on Tibet. killed due to an old mine and his chit to China is problematic. was not covered by the failed “dis- (The writer, a retired Major funeral was attended by Ram The use of Tibetan troops in engagement” dialogue. In General, was Commander IPKF Madhav, general secretary of the BJP. operations, when high altitude September 2013, it had occupied South, Sri Lanka and founder About the proactive operation, there Ladakh Scouts regiments are the same area and withdrew member of the Defence Planning is confusion over location and con- available, is by design India’s after talks and India’s counter- Staff, currently the Integrated Of security & demons trol of contested heights at Helmet belated psy war. It has the poten- intrusion at Chumar. The PLA at Defence Staff.) Kangana has become Bollywood’s bete noire but the Y-plus security makes her a pawn in a larger political game S O U N D BITE everal years ago, the fiery Kangana Ranaut It (Jacob Blakes’) is India has a strong The environment is filled with There is no Star Trek appeared on the cult Bollywood talk show called an incredible family. presence on every a quiet acceptance of the pre- like control room in Koffee with Karan hosted by producer Karan And what they've international platform. vailing circumstances and con- the film industry where S endured, and they In such a situation, the ditioning but there is sincerity everybody is sitting, Johar. To paraphrase from that outing of hers, she just do it with such Indian media also of moving ahead despite the doping and and said that if a film was ever to be made about her life, dignity and grace. needs to go global. spirit, to strive for a beginning. conspiring against people. Johar would be the antagonist. Over the past few California Senator Prime Minister Actor Author years, we have seen how that has played out. First, —Kamala Harris —Narendra Modi Amitabh Bachchan —Chetan Bhagat there was the story about nepotism and how Bollywood promotes its own, and while the Indian L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR film industry epitomises nepotism, it really is not very unique in that regard. Anywhere in the world or in Fulfil GST promise Salute to DRDO India, nepotism is a byword in politics and industry. Regulate crypto currencies soon Sir — Let us salute the Ministry So when popular Bihari actor Sushant Singh Rajput allegedly committed suicide, Sir — This is with reference to the he crypto currency was first launched in 2008 when of Defence and the Defence Kangana was one of the first to climb onto the bandwagon to accuse the nepotism article, “The GST quagmire,” pub- the Bitcoin hit the markets as the first internet-based Research and Development of Bollywood of pushing a young actor over the edge before quickly jumping on to lished on September 8. In a rare Tcurrency. It is issued by private firms and individ- Organisation (DRDO) for suc- covenant of faith, the Centre and uals and is neither backed by any security nor any cessfully test-firing the first the murder conspiracy theory. And then from a crusader, she appeared more and States arduously evolved a consen- Government guarantee. Crypto currency is traded Hypersonic Technology more like a headline-grabber. She has written utterly shameful tweets against men- sus over the Goods and Services through exchanges and the price depends only on Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV), tal health, questioning the very concepts of psychology, and taken on the , Tax (GST) spread over a decade demand as supply is constant. Consequently, the Reserve making India the fourth country and more. The then chairperson Bank of India (RBI) has continuously warned crypto cur- in the world after the US, China a partner in the Maharashtra alliance government, with several party spokespersons of the GST Council and Union rency users and traders about the risks associated with and Russia to develop and test the attacking her. There is no doubt that with little to no formal media training and revert- Finance Minister had assured the this new system. In fact, the Central Bank issued a cir- modity reading should apply. So, who will control and technology that will pave the way ing to type, Shiv Sena leaders come across as uncouth, sexist goons while attack- States that in case of a gap in the cular in April 2018 stating that it did not recognise the monitor the exchanges? Fourth, their value is demand for missiles that will have the GST compensation fund, the currency as a legal tender and it would not provide any driven and there is no mechanism to protect investors. capacity to travel at six times the ing Kangana, who is playing her pro-BJP card well and using it to give ammunition Council shall decide the mode of services, financial or otherwise, to entities engaged in Fifth, as cross-border transactions using crypto curren- speed of sound. The DRDO has to the Central party’s relentless attack on its one-time ally. So she has been given raising additional resources, crypto trading. cy as a medium of exchange are possible, how will India demonstrated its capabilities for Y plus category security by the Central Government to make a point, never mind the including borrowing from the However, on March 4, the Supreme Court struck plug anti-national activities? use of the highly-complex tech- market. The GST compensation down the RBI’s circular and final directions are awaited Sixth, there is scope for money laundering using nology that will serve as the costs this will involve or the purpose it will serve. That possibly will not save her to States was already rearing up as from the Central Bank and the Government in the mat- crypto currency, considering the fact that developed building block for the next-gen- office from being demolished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) an issue because of an ailing ter. Though there are about 20 exchanges in India which nations like the US and UK have already recognised the eration hypersonic vehicles in which is controlled by the Shiv Sena, an act that, if the Sena goes ahead with, will economy and the pandemic do business in crypto currency, the trading is still cloudy currency. So it may not be possible for India to do away partnership with the industry. ensured that revenues from the pending the RBI’s final announcement on the matter. with it totally. However, if crypto currency is to be used The HSTDV is an unmanned allow the once-plucky Kangana to play the victim yet again. imposition of cess started dwin- The issues that need examination are many. First, in the mainstream economy, either as a currency or a scramjet demonstration aircraft While the actor is entitled to her opinions, it would be prudent for her to remem- dling from August 2019. The is crypto currency a legal tender? If so, how will the trans- commodity, then the Government/RBI should first bring for hypersonic speed flight. The ber that the past can come back to haunt you. Her actions today, that make her look Centre had to dive into the excess actions using crypto currency be monitored and in regulatory measures before these digital products make most significant part of this dream cess collected during 2017-18 brought under the tax ambit? Second, can an internet further inroads into the system and become a parallel mission is that apart from being like a pawn, will be judged by many in the future and while she has in the past raised and 2018-19. currency be treated on par with sovereign currency? black economy. used as a vehicle for hypersonic some very valid points against the extreme nepotism in the film industry, where a It is sad that at the very first Third, if crypto currencies are not recognised as legal M Raghuraman and long-range cruise missiles, the talentless child of a superstar gets breaks that others would not, that model itself is sign of distress, the Centre has tender and they are just commodities, then rules on com- Mumbai HSTDV can also be used for civil- resorted to “babuspeak” and ian applications, including the being broken by new streaming platforms and more choices. Bollywood itself will reneged on its guarantee. It would launch of satellites at a low cost. not survive the Coronavirus pandemic in any recognisable shape or form. The actions rather let the States fend for them- the wheel of governance. A throw- Assembly on October 12, 1949, crowning achievement, the Centre M Pradyu of the television media in amplifying some of the wilder allegations raised by Kangana selves. The GST, being more than back to the post-Raj days, when reminded them that this was a ought to walk the extra mile to Kannur and others of her ilk have also been shameful and must be questioned. This entire mere maths, is a quintessence of payment of privy purses was small price to pay for the integra- uphold the federal spirit. federal architecture. Any negation opposed by many members, tion of India. When GST is being R Narayanan Send your feedback to: affair will leave India, the Indian media and Bollywood scarred for years to come. thereof weakens the radial ties in Sardar Patel in the Constituent touted by the Government as a Navi Mumbai [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN An unusual POINTCOUNTERPOINT CONTRARY TO ALL OF THE LIES, IF I COULD GET A VACCINE TOMORROW, I’D DO IT. election JOE BIDEN WANTS TO SURRENDER IF IT COST ME THE ELECTION, I’D DO IT. OUR COUNTRY TO THE VIRUS? WE NEED A VACCINE AND WE NEED IT NOW. The Bihar poll will be the first digital one held —US PRESIDENT —FORMER US VICE-PRESIDENT amid the pandemic and will be fought through virtual rallies and on social media DONALD TRUMP JOE BIDEN An uttam future for UP KALYANI SHANKAR It is just a matter of time before this State becomes one of the best in India not only on the he forthcoming Bihar elections are unique in many ways. This will be the first digital poll held amid the pandemic and issue of governance but also on imparting education and health services Tthis time, the elections will be fought through virtual rallies and door-to-door campaigns as well as on social media. The BJP is far ahead of the others because of its experience in the virtu- al mode. It will indeed be a big achievement if the digital experi- ment succeeds in a backward State like Bihar. There are many other firsts in the November polls. The absence of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad is a big loss for the Opposition alliance, as they lack a charismatic leader. His rustic charm and jokes that kept the crowds at his rallies in splits will be missed. He made the poor and oppressed believe that they were the real rulers with him at the helm. It was he who created the Muslim-Yadav (MY) VIJAY BAHADUR PATHAK vote bank. Unfortunately for his allies, Lalu is in jail serving his sentence in the fodder scam. In 2015, Lalu played a big role by rom being called an Ulta Pradesh (upside stitching up the grand alliance, which won big. Though his son down State), Uttar Pradesh is making a and political heir, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is quite mobile and artic- Fquantum leap towards becoming an Uttam ulate but he is yet to establish himself as a leader. Pradesh (good State). And in this endeavour, it In the absence of any tall leaders in the alliance, he is the chief is being helped by the fact that UP ranked num- ber two in the State Business Reform Action Plan ministerial face. The RJD’s social media accounts are now full 2019: Ease of Doing Business (EODB). This is up of images of Tejashwi meeting people in flood-hit areas. The RJD from the 12th rank UP got in 2019, testifying that has its own problems, as the ongoing sibling rivalry is a hindrance it has emerged as the second-best State in India to unity in the party. Moreover, senior leaders like Raghuvansh where investors are happy to contribute. Pratap Singh are unhappy and thinking of moving to other par- This was made possible because the BJP ties. Government was able to do away with red tapism. Another first is the migrant labour issue. They have become It also signifies the fact that the UP Government the new vote bank. The Opposition believes that the is making great strides towards fulfilling Prime Government has not done enough for them. The whole country Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of an Aatma saw the plight of millions of migrant labourers walking back to Nirbhar Bharat and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is implementing all schemes meant THIS 10-PLACE their villages because of the mishandling of the lockdown and the to achieve this goal efficiently. JUMP IN ONE YEAR issues associated with it by both the Central and State This 10-place jump in one year in the EODB IN THE EODB Governments. It is estimated that at least two million migrant labour- rankings released by the Union Government is RANKINGS ers have returned to their homes in Bihar. The unemployment rate a big achievement indeed as UP has left several RELEASED BY THE in Bihar is 46.6 per cent, the highest in the country. leading States like Gujarat, Telangana, Rajasthan, UNION The third is the impact of Covid. This will be the first Assembly Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra behind. UP has GOVERNMENT IS A poll in the midst of the pandemic. Bihar has recorded over 1.2 implemented 186 out of the 187 reforms in the BIG ACHIEVEMENT lakh Coronavirus cases so far. The Government claims that around State Business Reform Action Plan that were sug- INDEED AS UP HAS one-lakh tests are being done daily after a slow start, and the num- gested by the Department for Promotion of LEFT SEVERAL ber of positive cases has declined. The Opposition parties dis- Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). What LEADING STATES makes this achievement even more special is the pute this and have alleged that the State Government is tamper- fact that this year’s exercise was completely based LIKE GUJARAT, ing with data. on user feedback. The jump in ranking indicates TELANGANA, Fourth, it will be the first time that the CPI(ML) has made an that entrepreneurs have been receiving the true RAJASTHAN, electoral pact with the RJD. Both the CPI and CPI(M) have in the benefits of the reforms introduced by the UP TAMIL NADU AND one day and efforts in this direction are crore. Apart from this, training and free Delhi via the Agra-Lucknow past contested elections either with the RJD or the and Government. These reforms were spread across MAHARASHTRA on since Yogi Adityanath took charge tool kits were distributed to 6,000 arti- Expressway. This is not all. The this time they will be part of the Opposition alliance. Given the several areas such as labour regulation, online, BEHIND. UP HAS as the Chief Minister of the State. The sans/handicrafts men. This indirectly Government has even started a project demography of Bihar, backward caste voters hold the key to power. single window, access to information and trans- IMPLEMENTED 186 big push came in February 2018 when has given employment to more than to construct a Ganga Expressway that Other Backward Classes (OBC) constitute 45 per cent to 50 per parency, land administration, construction per- OUT OF THE 187 the UP Government organised an five lakh people. will connect Meerut with Prayagraj. cent of the population in Bihar, whereas the upper castes, Muslim mit, commercial disputes, inspection enablers REFORMS IN THE Investors’ Summit in which memoran- The ODOP scheme was launched If there is a network of roads and Scheduled Castes account for around 15 per cent each. Bihar and so on. STATE BUSINESS da of understanding (MoUs) worth in 2018 by Adityanath to promote the across UP, can air connectivity be far More than 20 departments such as Invest UP `4.68 lakh crore were signed. The local artisans and local products. The behind? Till 2017, only two cities of UP votes on caste lines. (Udyog Bandhu), the Labour Department, the REFORM ACTION contours of the simplified norms of scheme has now been adopted by the were connected by air but now this Fifth, the recent death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) Pollution Control Board, Commercial Tax, PLAN THAT WERE investment took shape then, which were Union Government and Prime Minister number has gone up to 12. Besides, has become a poll issue. Politicians will not even hesitate to use Power, Stamp and Registration, Excise, Food SUGGESTED BY THE reflected in two ground-breaking cer- Narendra Modi calls it the “Vocal for construction of Asia’s largest Jewar the untimely death of a young actor for their benefit and the SSR Safety and Drug and many others were part of DEPARTMENT FOR emonies through which 371 projects Local” scheme. The primary objective International Green Field Airport in case is a shining example. this journey. Successful implementation of the PROMOTION OF with an investment of about `2 lakh of this is to focus on a particular prod- Noida is going at a fast pace in collab- Meanwhile, the election fervour is at a fever pitch with major “Nivesh Mitra” in UP, too, has been instrumen- INDUSTRY AND crore were made. These projects are uct and raise its quality to compete in oration with Zurich Airport parties beginning their virtual campaigns since Monday. The NDA tal in UP achieving this EODB. In a period of INTERNAL TRADE. likely to generate over five lakh jobs. the international market. International AG. and the Grand Alliance are the two major groupings. The BJP, JD(U) two years, “Nivesh Mitra” received around WHAT MAKES THIS The foundation of the Defence Investment in any State depends on Any industrial exercise always and the RJD are the major triangular forces of Bihar politics today 2,29,936 No-Objection Certificate (NoC) appli- ACHIEVEMENT EVEN Industrial Manufacturing Corridor in three parameters — power supply, leads to job creation. This is evident in but no political party is in a situation to form a Government on cations, out of which it disposed of over 94 per MORE SPECIAL IS Bundelkhand is another aspect of communication and transport. UP has UP as with an investment of about `3 cent of them. The Nivesh Mitra Portal received increased industrial development in the made a quantum jump in all three. The lakh crore through the first and second its own. 18,120 grievances from entrepreneurs, of which THE FACT THAT State. This corridor will be built with power supply across the State has ground-breaking ceremonies and other The Congress has decided to hold 100 virtual rallies. However, 17,752 have been successfully resolved at an out- THIS YEAR’S an investment of `50,000 crore and will improved considerably while a network means, more than 33 lakh people have it has not developed a strong State-level leadership. Party work- standing resolution rate of 98 per cent. EXERCISE WAS create employment for five lakh people. of roads has been laid connecting the got direct and indirect employment. ers and leaders in Bihar squarely blame the State leadership for The success in the UP Government’s work- COMPLETELY The project got a fillip when the UP western part of the State with the east- Besides this, the BJP Government has the Congress’ poor prospects. ing lies in its efforts to impart transparency and BASED ON USER Government, in collaboration with the ern region. The construction of the given Government jobs to three lakh The JD(U) is strengthening itself by inducting several party the use of technology for Business-to- FEEDBACK Defence Ministry, organised the coun- Purvanchal Expressway is a testimony youths in three years. Of this 1.5 lakh hoppers and so is the other camp. Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Bihar Government (B2G) interactive procedures. The try’s largest Defence Expo 2020 in of the Government’s resolve to improve personnel were recruited in the police Chief Minister and the chief of Secular Yogi Government has been successful in improv- Lucknow. More than 100 agreements connectivity. Construction of this six- force. After the registration of over10 (HAM-S) had recently joined the NDA. Sharad Yadav, who was ing the EODB by introducing various were inked, which included 71 MoUs, lane, 341 km-long Purvanchal lakh youth for skill development train- expelled by the party for anti-party activities, is likely to return to Information Technology-driven modules and 13 product launches, 18 technology Expressway is in progress and will be ing, more than 8.48 lakh youth have the JD(U). Even though, the BJP president JP Nadda had recent- Nivesh Mitra is one such. Its success lies in the transfer agreements and six important opened for public use by early next year. been trained and more than three lakh fact that it has now become an integral and effi- announcements. Besides, over 100 The expressway would have youth have been employed so far. In ly asserted that the NDA would contest the forthcoming poll in cient part in bridging the gap between industri- pacts were made. become functional by November but fact, UP was awarded a gold medal by Bihar unitedly, the LJP president Chirag Paswan, the son of Ram al demands and expectations and Government UP’s own Uttar Pradesh because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ASSOCHAM for being the best State in Vilas Paswan has been attacking Nitish. machinery. Expressway Industrial Development the launch has been rescheduled. There skill development. The voters, too, are going to follow new the guidelines of the Maximum approval of the State Business Authority (UPEIDA) signed 23 MoUs would be 11 interchanges for entry/exit The efforts put in by Adityanath Government. These include the use of masks, gloves, sanitisers, Reform Action Plan and higher user feedback sat- with various enterprises, inviting invest- on the expressway and in order to con- under the guidance of Modi have thermal scanners and adhering to social distancing norms. The isfaction record on the Nivesh Mitra portal ment for the UP Defence Industrial nect it to Gorakhpur, the construction started showing results. It is just a mat- Election Commission proposes to implement strictly all these reg- played a critical role in achieving the EODB. In Corridor. In all, over 200 MoUs were of the around 92 km-long Gorakhpur ter of time before this State will become ulations. Bihar is important for political parties as it has 40 Lok order to make Government working more effi- signed during the Defence Expo 2020. Link Expressway is in progress. one of the best States of India not only Sabha seats. It is too early to predict poll results, as there could cient and competitive, the EODB system has been That the Government wants to give Even the rugged Bundelkhand is on the issue of governance but also on always be election upsets but for now it is advantage BJP-JD(U) implemented at the district level. Initiatives like impetus to industrial development is getting its share of highways. The con- imparting education, health services the monthly ranking of all 75 districts on the reflected in the Government’s One struction of the 297 km-long and providing jobs to the people. alliance because of a weak and splintered Opposition and lack of EODB parameters shall further result in creat- District One Product (ODOP) scheme, Bundelkhand Expressway at a cost of (The writer is Member, Legislative charismatic leaders. ing a conducive business environment. under which the Government dis- `14,849 crore is under way, which will Council, and vice-president, UP unit of (The writer is a senior journalist) Where UP stands today was not achieved in bursed loans of more than `8,875 connect the Bundelkhand region with the BJP). The challenges of online pedagogy and skills India, as an industrialising nation, cannot afford to have an engineer with bookish knowledge of an engine without the skill to design it FOREIGN EYE

of India (RBI) and the World Bank. The for continuing education. But the ques- nificantly altered the methods and feasible in the online mode of learning. ciated with it. The lack of digital infra- economic consequences of the pan- tion is: Is this viable on the ground? Will materials of teaching for educators and India, as an industrialising nation, structure in rural and unprivileged sec- demic and local lockdowns have been our students contribute to the human parents. The fundamental constituent cannot afford to have an engineer with tions has posed implementation chal- well-discussed and are surfacing in the capital and participate in the her- to enable online education is digital bookish knowledge of a combustion lenges on the ground, leading to social GDP and industrial production num- culean task of reviving the Indian infrastructure, including high-speed engine without having the skill to inequalities. However, the major worry bers. economy? The presence of internet and internet and supporting devices (desk- design and operate it. Historically, the lies in the outcome of this new regime However, there is another side of digital infrastructure along with their top, laptop, tablet or mobile phone). industry-academia gap has always of online education system in terms of SWAPNIL SONI the issue which is quietly creeping up significant (about 50 per cent) penetra- These prerequisites of online education existed in India. A McKinsey report had skill and lack of employability of the and that is the social consequences aris- tion in the country have come today as have further expanded the gap between flagged the issue, a decade ago, that just human capital that will have the great A TOUGH ndia went into lockdown mode in ing out of the lack of skill training. a boon for education and for impart- the upper and middle class and urban a quarter of engineers in India were responsibility of putting the Indian March and people in almost all sec- Certainly, this social and educational ing training to aspirants. In this back- and rural populations of the country in actually employable. Now, the online economy back on its growth trajecto- CHANGE Itions of society have been facing consequence will translate into eco- drop, the Pradhan Mantri e-Vidya terms of access to education even after education model producing graduates ry with equitable development. COVID-19 gave us a glimpse socio-economic difficulties since then. nomic adversity over a period. Programme was launched, which uni- promulgation of the Right to Education. with lack of skills may aggravate the It is high time we think about of a less work-driven The almost insurmountable challenge According to the All India Survey on fies all efforts related to digital, online Education and skill training have employability issue further. This may bridging the gap between rural and in front of policymakers has been to Higher Education (AISHE), India’s and on-air education. Furthermore, top always been a two-way communication lead to a deteriorated human capital and urban digital infrastructure for online society, but it will take balance lives and livelihoods. The gross enrolment ratio was 27.4 per cent 100 universities were permitted to and feedback process that may not be underemployment in the economy education and imparting employable determination to avoid a uncertainties of the lockdown entwined for 2017-18. This is not a great figure start online courses from May 30 done in the online mode as effectively due to the fact that a large pool of the skills. The National Education Policy return to the old normal. It with health and safety concerns disrupt- as compared to the other developing without any fresh approval from edu- as it can be done in classrooms and lab- present unskilled human capital com- (NEP) aims to reform the education will need an alternative ed the market that faced a supply and countries. This is further battered by the cation regulators. States, such as oratories. It is difficult to imagine stu- ing out of the online pedagogy will join system by 2030 in a push towards an politics of prosperity: One demand shock. These issues resulted in possible decline in enrolment this year Karnataka, too, announced policies for dents learning biology, physics and the workforce in the future, face Atmanirbhar Bharat. One hopes that a historically low Gross Domestic owing to constrained access to educa- online education. chemistry without actually experi- employability challenges and take a the NEP bridges the gap between the that gives priority to well- Product (GDP) growth rate of -23.9 per tional institutions and infrastructure for However, there exist certain menting in laboratories. It is quite longer period to be skillful and join the industry and the academia in terms of being over economic growth cent in the first quarter of the current many unprivileged students, particular- unprecedented challenges for moving important to differentiate knowledge productive workforce of the nation. employable skills and gives an equal and is willing to challenge financial year, with industrial growth ly in rural India. Given the contagion, towards online education, which is the and skill in this context. Knowledge can Given the necessity of the online learning and growth opportunity to all. the consumerist vision of shrinking by 40 per cent. However, it the Indian education regime had to shift need of the hour. It has not only be delivered and learned from literature. education system, at present, we must (The writer is a Senior Research the good life. is expected to pick up in the subsequent gear to the online mode. Thanks to the changed the way students from KG to However, skill-imparting needs exper- acknowledge and address these issues, Scholar, Department of Management The Guardian quarters as stated by the Reserve Bank internet that, at least, served an option post-graduation learn, but also has sig- iment and experience that may not be challenges and the consequences asso- Studies, IIS, Bengaluru) ( editorial) VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Indian economy to contract India's hiring outlook bleakest in 15 yrs: Survey 10.5 pc in FY2021: Fitch PNS n NEW DELHI India is witnessing the weak- PNS n NEW DELHI Also a looming deterioration est hiring sentiment in 15 in asset quality in the financial years with just 3 per cent Next startup ranking Fitch Ratings on Tuesday sector will hold back credit pro- companies planning to add slashed India's FY21 growth vision amid weak bank capital staff in the next three months, to be released projection to (-) 10.5 per cent, buffers. Furthermore, high a survey of over 800 employ- on September 11 from (-) 5 per cent estimated inflation has added strains to ers said on Tuesday. earlier, saying the continued household income and supply- According to Manpower NEW DELHI: Ministry of spread of the virus and impo- chain disruption and excise Group Employm-ent Outlook Commerce and Industry will sition of sporadic shutdowns duties increases have caused Survey, that covered 813 firms release the next edition of ranking of states and union across the country has disrupt- prices to rise. It projected infla- across India, Indian employers territories (UTs) based on their ed economic activity. tion to slow amid weak under- report cautious hiring plans for startup ecosystem on In the first quarter of current lying demand, easing supply- the final quarter of 2020. September 11, an official said. fiscal India's gross domestic chain disruption and a good As per the survey, 7 per cent south, the survey said. subsequent quarters". The rankings are based on the product (GDP) contracted by monsoon. of employers anticipate an "Post the 'right sizing' exer- The survey further said that initiatives taken to develop the a massive 23.9 per cent. "We have slashed our GDP increase in payrolls, 3 per cent cise aligning themselves to nearly 44 per cent of employ- startup ecosystem for Fitch said India recorded forecast for this fiscal year to - forecast a decrease and 54 per the current market demands, ers reported that they may promoting budding one of the sharpest GDP con- and recre- tions... The con- 10.5 per cent, a huge revision cent expect no change. Once organisations are now looking return to pre-COVID-19 hir- entrepreneurs. The ranking tractions in the world in the ation venues, tinued spread of of - 5pp (percentage points) the data is adjusted to allow for at improving productivity, new ing within the next nine framework covers seven April-June quarter, but noted and where the virus and compared to the June GEO. We seasonal variation, the outlook forms of employee engage- months whereas 42 per cent pillars and 30 action points, that growth should rebound lockdowns the imposition expect the shortfall of activity stands at 3 per cent, it said. ment, getting furloughed are unsure about returning including policy support, strongly in the July-September were strin- of sporadic relative to our pre-virus forecast "Hiring sentiment is the employees back and imple- back to normalcy from the hir- incubation centres, seed period amid re-opening of the gent and long shutdowns to be 16 per cent by early 2022," weakest since the survey began mentation of technology," said ing perspective. funding, angel and venture economy. However, there are -lasting across the coun- Fitch said.GDP growth is like- 15 years ago, remaining rela- Sandeep Gulati, Group When asked about existing funding and easier regulations. signs that the recovery has throughout try depress sen- ly to be (-) 9.6 per cent in July- tively stable when compared Managing Director of members of the workforce "The ranking is ready. It will be been sluggish and uneven, it 2Q20. timent and dis- September, (-) 4.8 per cent in with the previous quarter, but ManpowerGroup India. that have been placed on a job released on September 11," said. It said multiple challenges rupt economic activity," Fitch October-December and 4 per declining by 16 percentage These factors are influenc- retention or furlough scheme, the official added. The startup In its September update of are holding back growth recov- said. cent in January-March quarter points in comparison with ing the employment trends this 42 per cent of companies sug- ranking framework aims to Global Economic Outlook, ery, both in the short and It further noted that the this fiscal, as per Fitch projec- this time one year ago," the quarter, he added. gest they plan to bring them rank the states/UTs for Fitch said, the deepest reces- medium term. severe fall in activity has also tions.For the next fiscal, Fitch survey said. Gulati further said that "the back with reduced hours, how- establishing a robust sions were in India, the UK and "New cases of the coron- damaged household and cor- estimated Indian economy to The strongest hiring pace is government is also trying to ever, 3 per cent indicate these ecosystem for supporting Spain, countries that saw par- avirus continue to increase, porate incomes and balance grow 11 per cent, while for recorded in the small-sized ease the burden on corporate staff will be let go. Globally, startups. ticularly large shocks in daily forcing some states and union sheets, amid limited fiscal sup- 2022-21 growth would be 6 per organisations followed by the India by providing various employers in 22 of the 43 mobility data on visits to retail territories to re-tighten restric- port. cent. medium-sized and large-sized sops from production-linked countries and territories sur- firms. From a region perspec- incentives to changes in the veyed by ManpowerGroup tive, north and east regions labour law and leniency on tax expect to add to payrolls in the indicate a more positive out- returns. We hope to see the period up to the end of Sebi allows NSE look compared to the west and impact of these reforms in the December 2020. ‘India scaling up production to undertake of active pharma ingredients’ e-KYC Aadhaar EU names HIL supplies authentication GoAir operates over Dombrovskis 114.2 tonnes PNS n WASHINGTON This has led to a number of PNS n NEW DELHI DDT to Zambia countries looking at India as a India, a global hub for gener- substitute to China for their Markets regulator Sebi on 200 charter flights as its new NEW DELHI: State-owned HIL ic drugs, has launched a new manufacturing bases and key Tuesday added the National (India) Ltd has supplied 114.2 trade chief tonnes of organochlorine scheme to boost production of commodity production. Stock Exchange (NSE) to the active pharmaceutical ingredi- Kant said the Indian govern- list of entities that can under- PNS n BRUSSELS insecticide DDT to Zambia for from Saudi Arabia a malaria control programme, ents that are greatly dependent ment is committed to achieve take e-KYC Aadhaar authen- PNS n the Union ministry said on on the Chinese supply chain, its 'Pharma Vision 2020', which tication. MUMBAI The European Union's exec- Tuesday. "This is the last according to NITI Aayog CEO aims to make the country a The regulator, in May, had utive commission is propos- phase of dispatch out of the Amitabh Kant. global leader in drug discovery, come out with a list of eight Budget carrier ing its experienced Latvian 307 tonne order received from Speaking at the 14th Annual innovation, and drug manu- entities permitted to use e- GoAir has oper- vice president, Valdis Zambia's healthy ministry," BioPharma and Healthcare facturing. KYC (Electronic-Know Your ated over 200 Dombrovskis, to take over the HIL Chairman and Managing Summit, he said India is now India is working towards Customer) Aadhaar authen- charter flights post as trade chief of the bloc Director S P Mohanty said in gearing up for innovation in its development budget is more robust innovation landscape tication. from Saudi following the resignation of an official statement. HIL, the pharmaceutical ecosystem than USD 45 billion. awareness, innovation facilita- Central Depository Arabia to vari- Ireland's Phil Hogan. sole manufacturer of DDT focusing on speedy and scaled Relations between the US tors such as human capital Services (India) Ltd (CDSL), ous domestic EU Commission President globally, is exporting the up delivery of new vaccines and China, the world's leading investment in research and National Securities airports as part Ursula von der Leyen made product to many African and personalised medicines. manufacturer in a number of development, safety-legal envi- Depository Ltd (NSDL), BSE, of repatriation the announcement as she countries. Mohanty said HIL He said that India has sectors, have deteriorated after ronment, regulatory environ- CDSL Ventures, NSDL efforts and has flown more September 4, an airline named European Parliament recently supplied 20.6 tonnes launched a new scheme to the coronavirus outbreak ment to provide truly world Database Management, NSE than 37,000 passengers spokesperson said. heavyweight Mairead McGu- of DDT to South Africa, while boost production of active spread across the world from class biopharma research, he Data and Analytics, CAMS between June 10 and According to the airline, inness as the new financial the supply of 129 tonne to pharmaceutical ingredients the central Chinese city of said. The government has car- Investor Services and September 4, the airline said charter operations from services commissioner to fill Zimbabwe is in progress, he that are greatly dependent on Wuhan. President Donald ried out far-reaching reforms Computer Age Management on Tuesday. Dammam commenced from Ireland's seat at the table. said. "India is committed to the Chinese supply chain. Trump has squarely blamed to streamline the clinical trial Services were the eight enti- The Wadia Group-promot- June 10, while these services Dombrovskis now fills a manufacture and supply "We are planning to do Beijing for allowing the virus and regulatory approval ties that were allowed to use ed private carrier had com- from Riyadh started operating vital post in dealing with the quality products at reasonable complete manufacturing in to spread across the world that process to facilitate drug dis- e-KYC Aadhaar authentica- menced the repatriation flights from June 11. However, ser- United States, China and post- prices to the Southern African India," he said at the virtual has led to the death of over covery in partnership with tion. on June 10 and gradually vices from Jeddah started only Brexit Britain, with all three region, which will strengthen summit organised by the USA- eight lakh people and triggered the private sector, he said. In a circular issued on ramped up its operations with from July 30, it added. demanding near daily atten- our bilateral relationship," the India Chamber of Commerce an unprecedented global Bio incubators have been set Tuesday, Sebi said, "National a combination of Vande "We are pleased to have tion. “I am looking forward to ministry added. on Friday. health crisis. up to monitor and nurture Stock Exchange of India Bharat Mission flights and successfully completed the work on all those issues," The day-long virtual sum- Bilateral tension between scaling of technologies. India Limited shall undertake private international charters. record 200 charter flights from Dombrovskis. It also means mit was attended by major Washington and Beijing has is developing world class clin- Aadhaar authentication ser- GoAir has flown a total the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia von der Leyen limited her players from the US pharma- also spiked over security con- ical trial infrastructure to vice of the UIDAI subject to 37,016 passengers from three in 87 days as part of the repa- reshuffle in the Commission ceutical sector, whose com- cerns and human rights viola- increase the number of beds compliance of the conditions cities of Saudi Arabia -- triation efforts, be it Vande and with McGuinness she bined annual research and tions in Xinjiang and Tibet. per thousand population. as laid down in this regard." Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah Bharat Mission or interna- narrowed the gender gap in -- to 11 Indian airports, oper- tional private charters," said the Commission, which now ating 203 charter services Kaushik Khona, Chief stands at 14 men and 13 between June 10 and Executive Officer, GoAir. women. Rupee settles 25 ps NSDC, LinkedIn partner to impart free training lower at 73.63 PNS n NEW DELHI Each learning path includes against US dollar video content designed to help to add 5 sort centres, expand National Skill Development job-seekers develop core digi- NEW DELHI: The rupee Corporation and professional tal skills needed for an in- depreciated 25 paise and network LinkedIn on Tuesday demand tech role, covering a 8 existing units ahead of festive season settled at 73.63 (provisional) said they have joined hands to range of skills from entry- against the US dollar on provide access to free LinkedIn level digital literacy to PNS n NEW DELHI the package to customers. A Tuesday amid rise in demand Learning resources for impart- advanced product-based skills. key element of Amazon's logis- for the American currency ing digital skills to youth for Given the need for adaptable E-commerce giant Amazon tics network, these sort centres from banks and importers. At enhancing employability. and transferable skills in the India on Tuesday said it is leverage and automation to the interbank forex market, the Under the partnership, 10 current times, LinkedIn is also adding five sort centres and increase the speed of trans- rupee started off on a tepid free LinkedIn Learning paths, making available for free, three expanding eight such existing porting packages for customers note at 73.63 and finally consisting of 140 courses for a largest online professional net- additional soft skills learning facilities in the country to and sellers in the country. closed at 73.60 against the range of in-demand tech jobs, work. paths on the eskill India por- strengthen its capacity ahead of states, it added. "By expanding and investing greenback, down 25 paise will be made available for free "With this in mind, the tal, the statement said. the festive season. "With this expansion, in the sort centre network, we over its previous close. The on eSkill India digital platform LinkedIn and NSDC collabo- “NSDC is facilitating online The five new sort centres Amazon India will strengthen are positioned to ensure con- local unit traded in a range of until March 31, 2021. ration aims to enable a future- acquisition of skills through will be launched inits delivery speed and connec- tinued customer and seller 73.37 and 73.64 per US dollar LinkedIn will also provide ready digital workforce by pro- new-age platforms to create a Visakhapatnam, Farukhnagar, tivity for customers and sellers, delight, ahead of the upcom- during the session. On periodic labour market insights viding access to free learning technically competitive work- Bengaluru, Mumbai and ahead of the festive season," the ing festive season. This expan- Monday, the rupee had settled based on its economic graph of resources aligned with 10 in- force. Our collaboration with Ahmedabad, a statement said. statement said. sion will create hundreds of at 73.35 against the US dollar. more than 69 million members According to LinkedIn data, demand jobs in today's digital LinkedIn reflects our com- Apart from these new build- Amazon's sort centres seg- opportunities for individuals Meanwhile, the dollar index, in India. This will include in- Indian professionals with dig- economy", NSDC stated. The mitment to advance digital ings, Amazon India will also regate customer packages and ancillary industries espe- which gauges the greenback's demand skills, emerging jobs, ital skills were 20 per cent more 10 free LinkedIn Learning competencies and skills of expand eight existing sort cen- before they are shipped to cially during this time when strength against a basket of and global hiring rates to in demand than professionals paths will help India's youth young professionals," NSDC tres to increase its overall sor- delivery stations. The sortation economic growth is a priority six currencies, rose 0.43 per NSDC to better understand the without digital skills in 2020. develop the skills needed for CEO & MD Manish Kumar tation area to more than 2.2 happens based on the location for the country," Amazon India cent to 93.11. skilling ecosystem. LinkedIn is the world's those jobs, it added. said. million square feet, across 19 and mode of transportation of Director Abhinav Singh said. Dues payment over 10 yrs not enough to aid VIL: Fitch SBI planning to launch ‘SAFAL' for organic cotton growers PNS n NEW DELHI enue market share to 75-80 per remained stagnant, covering will need to pay around USD cent from around 70 per cent only half of its interest cost. 1-1.2 billion a year during PNS n NEW DELHI Commerce and Industry. The Supreme Court's decision in the next 12-18 months, at "Vodafone Idea's auditor FY2021-2031," it said. "We want to go beyond this to allow telcos to pay outstand- the expense of Vodafone Idea, expressed material uncertain- The Supreme Court's latest .State Bank of India is plan- so-called retail segment and ing dues over 10 years will not which will likely lose 50 mil- ty over the company's ability to ruling will allow Bharti Airtel ning to launch a loan product, reach out to... like farmers. be enough to help Vodafone lion-70 million subscribers in continue as a going concern, to pay the remaining outstand- SAFAL, primarily focussed Today I am not only giving Idea to stabilise its position, the next 12 months; it lost which, the auditor said, ing dues in 10 annual payments on organic cot- crop loans... We while Jio and Airtel are expect- about 155 million subscribers depends on successful negoti- of about USD 600 million ton growers are about to ed to strengthen their market in the last nine quarters," it said. ations with Vodafone Idea's (about Rs 4,410 crore) starting who don't have launch a prod- shares through subscriber Reliance Jio could snap up lenders to waive their rights to March 2022 instead of a lump any credit his- uct called Safe gains, Fitch Ratings has said. more than half of Vodafone repayment after breaches of sum. tory, said a top and Fast Agri- It further said another tariff Idea's subscriber losses, with covenants under its bank Bharti's FY21 Indian mobile official of the culture Loan . hike of at least 20 per cent is the balance going to Bharti, the loans," Fitch Ratings said. EBITDA is likely to improve by country's There is a com- probable in the next 12 release added. At June end, it had a cash 30-40 per cent on the back of largest lender. pany which months. While Jio had posted balance of USD 470 million improved margins following The bank is brought all the Vodafone Idea's plan to raise Earnings before Interest Tax (about Rs 3,454 crore) which tariff hikes and 5-6 per cent using Artificial organic cotton funds through a mix of equity Depreciation and Amortisation was well short of short-term subscriber growth. Intelligence (AI) and Machine growers and created a database and debt is "unlikely" to restore will gradually lose market share market share on the SC verdict. (EBITDA) growth of 55 per debt maturities and guarantees Fitch expects Jio's FY21 Learning (ML) in a big way for on the basis of blockchain," its competitive position and given its weak balance sheet Industry tariffs are expected cent, and Bharti reported of USD 3.6 billion (about Rs mobile revenue to increase by generating business, SBI man- Setty said. He further said that reverse subscriber losses, as the and limited financial flexibili- to rise as users adopt higher- Indian mobile EBITDA growth 26,450 crore). 45-50 per cent, driven by high- aging director C S Setty said any buyer of this cotton across amount would not be sufficient ty," a Fitch release said, adding price 4G plans. of 35 per cent in the first quar- "It has so far paid about USD er monthly average revenue per speaking at a Fintech confer- the world can check whether for capex, it argued. that Jio and Bharti, on the other "We expect Jio and Bharti to ter of the current fiscal, 1.1 billion of its total unpaid user (ARPU) and subscriber ence organised by Federation the farmer actually is growing "We believe Vodafone Idea hand, are expected to gain increase their combined rev- Vodafone Idea's numbers dues of USD 8.9 billion, and it addition of about 40 million. of Indian Chambers of the organic cotton. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Wednesday September 9, 2020 MOTORCYCLING HIS WAY ACROSS

An all-rounder and multi-faceted Shubham Saini, THE GLOBE aving traveled media page has close to changed year on year in clicking pictures for as started off biking at the age of 20 and travelled across India, half a million followers the last decade. Be it a long as I can remember. Shubham Saini and is a photography breakfast or a weekend And as I grew older, I was over 400 cities across the globe within a span of has explored community in the country ride or an off-road adven- drawn to exploring new H the nooks and that imparts unmatched ture, motorcycles are now places. I decided to blend corners of the travel experiences. considered an ideal travel both my passions and just four years. An entrepreneur, a well-trained country. His love for travel The young entrepreneur buddy by many. The most founded Photographers of and photography urged feels motorcycles have explored terrains, more India — a community for photographer, biker, and avid traveler, Shubham him to create a platform evolved from something often than not, drive pur- passionate travellers and that is a perfect amalga- for mere commuting to an chase decisions for the photographers. I often say is one of the youngest community custodians in mation of his two passions exploration companion. kind of motorcycles the people earn to travel and I — Photographers of India. He explains, “The biking riders would like to buy.” travel to earn. In four the space of motorcycling in India. He talks to Four years in, the social scenario has dramatically This change saw a lot years, the community has more women riders hit the grown to almost half a K RAMYA SREE on how he has successfully roads. He says, “Over the million and we have taken years, there has been a sig- over 1,000 travellers with brought together a community of photographers, nificant change in how me on off-beat escapades, women riders are per- photography trips, and videographers, travelers, and independent artists ceived and this change has motorcycle expeditions.” SHUBHAM FEELS encouraged more women Shubham who dreams across various genres of work from all walks of life to to cover Route 66 — the MOTORCYCLES HAVE explore the joys of riding. historic U.S. route that We have so many role runs east-west across the EVOLVED FROM models today who are Central part of the state of SOMETHING FOR breaking stereotypes New Mexico tells us his around motorcycling and best riding experience. MERE COMMUTING challenging the norms. “My best riding experi- TO AN EXPLORATION Today, I meet a lot more ence thus far has been to women riders when I trav- Spiti Valley, which I COMPANION el around for our photog- undertook in 2017. It was raphy tours, many of them in extreme weather — -26 nothing was planned on track racers as well. Riding Degrees Celsius during the trip and we were tak- clubs, as well as brands, the month of February — ing one day at a time. It are supporting women rid- and three of my friends was unforgettable.” ers. This, hopefully, will rode on our Royal Shubham is a proud only be amplified with Enfields. It was such an owner of a Royal Enfield more representation, col- amazing and adventurous Standard (Cast Iron) and a laboration, and inclusivity ride, though we couldn’t Himalayan. “Although, I in mainstream riding make it to Kaza, we saw have a soft spot for my ecosystems and culture.” everything from huge vul- Himalayan and it is my Taking us through his tures to stones falling favourite companion on journey, Shubham says, “I from the cliff while we most of my offbeat adven- have been fascinated with were riding through them, tures,” he signs off. Meet the small screen Ramulamma

When you think of Ramulamma, actress is someone who instantly strikes one's mind. But in the Television industry, if one takes the name of Ramulamma, it is Sirisha Damera that strikes one immediately thinks of. She found her niche in the small screen industry and established a name for herself from her very first serial. The Telangana-lad speaks to K RAMYA SREE about her entry into TV, passion for dance, and more...

or those who are school dance, stage perfor- ground who is full of mass screen industry. fans of serials on mances. “My mother was and speaks in pakka She feels if given a chance, television, the interested in dancing and Telangana dialect.” Telugu people can do won- F Damera sisters are stage performances since her Asked about the accep- ders and create ripples here. a household name schooling. So my sister and I tance from the audience for She says, “It is upsetting that who made a name would perform in school and the roles she plays on screen, the cast in most of the serials for themselves for their college. After my sister got she tells us, “When I go out, I is being hired from other girl-next-door looks. Sirisha, married, I started to receive had many people coming to states. The production houses the younger of the two, says more offers since she didn’t me and saying they feel I’m or the channels are not even her debut into acting was take up many. I wanted to like a girl-next-door. I like trying to look for locals. I’m completely accidental. She pursue my MBA. But because the variations in my serials. I unsure about the reason tells us, “My sister is an artist, of financial issues, I had to don’t like to play the same behind this, but it will be while I was pursuing my take up acting,” she explains characters.” really helpful for people here under graduation, my sister when asked about her deci- Sirisha feels OTT is taking if we encourage local talent, asked me if I’d be interested sion to take up acting as a a toll on the TV industry. She Telugus too, can do wonders.” in acting, when I agreed, I profession. explains, “Nowadays, every- did a small role in DD in If Mogalirekulu proved her one is taking to web series. 2010. Later, I learnt about as an actor, it’s Ramulamma These shows are being auditions for Amrutham and that got her the never-before released very often and the went ahead and gave mine. I fame. Sirisha, being a shooting process and the bagged the main lead in the Telangana-lad hailing for time duration too, isn’t much, serial, after which I went on Sircilla in Karimnagar, and many love watching to do back to back projects. enjoyed playing the character them. Already, many young- My debut was completely for its raw nature. She says, sters don’t watch serials, I feel accidental.” “My role in Mogalirekulu the rise of OTT could affect out of the For Sirisha, it was her proved my mettle as an the TV industry. I might take mother who encouraged her actress. That was my first up a project for OTT if I’m and her sister to take up Arts. break, but my career-best has ever offered one.” Her mother, who was very to be Ramulamma. I enjoyed Like many other artistes, BOX passionate about dance playing Ramulamma, it’s a Sirisha too is upset about the encouraged the sibling-duo powerful role. I play a dominating number of out- to take part in all college and woman from a rural back- siders in the Telugu small 10

Vijayawada Wednesday September 9 2020 what’s brewing?

NCB arrests Swara defends Rhea, Actress Sanjjana My son wants to Rhea, three says no proof of murder Galrani's home be away from the ctor Swara Bhasker has attention was diverted to Rhea raided in drug case written in defence of after Sushant’s father filed an FIR days into Rhea Chakraborty, against her in Patna. “This led to a s part of the on- ducted at Sanjjana’s limelight: Akshay who has been accused shocking slander campaign and going war agai- house for her alleged role A by Sushant Singh Raj- hysterical media trial that has nst drug menace in a drug case.” ollywood star Kumar told host Bear questioning put’s family of abetting practically declared Rhea to be a in Karnataka, Post Bollywood actr- Akshay Kumar Grylls in the upcoming his suicide and misappropriating murderess, with no proof, based A the City Crime ess, Kangana Ranaut’s says his son episode of Discovery’s Into n a sensational development, the his funds. Swara compared the on contorted facts, rank misinfor- Branch (CCB) revelations about the Aarav wants to the Wild with Bear Grylls. Narcotics Control Bureau on media’s treatment of Rhea to the mation and what are now being Police conducted its raid alleged nexus between B have a life The actor, who will next Tuesday arrested Bollywood Salem witch trials in the 17th cen- proven to be lies,” Swara wrote. at Kannada actress Sanjj- drug mafia and a section away from the be seen in horror comedy actress Rhea Chakraborty after a tury. She wrote in The Week that She wrote, “She has been vilified ana Galrani’s residence in of Bollywood biggies, media glare and create his Laxmmi Bomb, said he I tough three-days of grilling to watching the narrative around and called slanderous names by the up market Indira noted Kannada filmmak- own identity. has tried to inculcate his unravel the drugs nexus in the Rhea unfold in the news, she was social media ecosystems and Nagar area early Tuesday. er Indrajit Lankesh, Aarav was born to father’s values in his son. film industry, officials said. reminded of Arthur Miller’s play #JusticeForSushant ‘warriors’. Sala- This is the second about a week back, Kumar and actor-author “He’s (my father was) She has been charged under various sec- The Crucible, a dramatisation of cious conspiracy theories about high-profile raid on a alleged that the drug Twinkle Khanna in 2002. the only influence I have tions of the NDPS Act for her alleged role in the trials that saw 20 women being her have done the rounds and she, Kannada actress, after mafia had gained its root The couple are also par- in my life and I’ve fol- the drugs angle which has emerged in the executed on suspicion of practis- her family and staff at her building Ragini Dwivedi, who is in Sandalwood as well. ents to seven-year-old lowed all his rules and all investigations into the death of actor Sushant ing witchcraft. “In recent weeks, have been physically hounded by already in police custody As a fallout of his reve- daughter, Nitara. his things that he has Singh Rajput. I’ve often thought of The Crucible shameless media personnel.” Whi- for her alleged role in lations, the City Police, “My son is very differ- taught me. And I hope Rhea will be taken for a medical test as I watched the public sentiment le there has been no evidence to drug trafficking during inquired him and he is ent. He just doesn’t want my son gets that,” Kumar shortly and is likely to be produced before a around the death of actor Sushant prove that Sushant was murdered, high-end parties organ- alleged to have given 15- to tell anyone that he’s my added. The much-antici- magistrate through video-conferencing for Singh Rajput, ostensibly by suicide, “evidence that suggests that ised in Bengaluru. 20 prominent names of son. He wants to be away pated episode of the remand in the evening. turn from emotional outpouring Rajput’s family has lied is emerg- In a statement by the Sandalwood stars, musi- from the limelight. He adventure show will pre- The NCB had interrogated Rhea for six of grief by fans into a media-fu- ing.” “Watching this case play out Joint Police Commissio- cians and technicians wants to have his own miere on September 11 hours on Sunday, later on Monday for eight elled hysteria and blind certitude and turn into a senseless, hysteri- ner (Crime) Sandeep who are allegedly indul- identity. That’s what the on Discovery Plus app at hours and again for around five hours on that he was murdered,” she wrote. cal, conspiracy-heavy TV soap-like Patil said, “After obtaini- ging in drugs and who whole thing and I under- 8 pm and on September Tuesday before placing her under arrest. She continued that after the ini- reality-show, one cannot help but ng a warrant from a cou- frequent high-end par- stand it. So, I let him be 14 at 8 pm across 12 tial debate around nepotism, wonder at the human condition.” rt, a search is being con- ties organised in the city. the way he wants to (sic),” Discovery channels.

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NEWS Atrucks and Ipas, a French Acause celebre Aoff the coast Elon Musk's Tesla tourist was for animal rights of Sydney, could not just sit caught with two activists around the last on his hands kilograms of world will be allowed month, in what is waiting for the sand in his to leave his Pakistani believed to have electric carmaker luggage that he zoo and transferred been the third to release its had collected to better conditions, sighting of the Cybertruck, from a Sardinian the animal welfare endangered sea expected from late 2021. Instead he came up with his own version beach. group helping with the case said on Saturday. Dubbed the 'world's creature in these of the futuristic vehicle. It took eight months for IT specialists and According to The Independent, the tourist was fined £890 - loneliest elephant' by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a waters in over a century. According to officials, the whale may engineers at Igor Krezic's Stark Solutions company to disassemble approximately Rs 86,633 - by the local Sardinian authorities zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years. have measured more than 25 metres in length and weighed a rugged Ford Raptor F-150 into its smallest parts and then responsible for the coastal protection in the region. It is said Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said the elephant has over 100 tonnes. According to Andrew Marshall, an NPWS transform it into petrol-powered vehicle that resembles a that the Italian island's pristine white-sand beaches are highly been finally given medical approval to travel, most likely to ranger, the mammoth whale was sighted near the beach town Cybertruck. The first drive through the streets of the southern town protected, and tourists can face heavy penalties for trying to Cambodia, where he will find companionship and better conditions. of Maroubra. "The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet of Mostar drew a lot of attention, Mario Coric, the company smuggle some sand away. Penalties include one to six years in The overweight elephant Kaavan underwent a full medical yet despite its size it could have easily slipped by Sydney's manager, said. "Everybody was watching and half of them thought jail for theft, "with the aggravating circumstance of having examination at the zoo on Friday, said Bauer. In May, Pakistan's coast unnoticed," he said. Despite its large size, blue whales are we made a tank, because people don't know what the Cybertruck stolen an asset of public utility", the outlet reports. "These High Court ordered the Marghazar Zoo closed because of its mostly invisible even to experienced whale-watchers, Marshall is. One girl even stopped and asked if this is the place where they behaviours not only harm the environment but also abysmal conditions blamed on systemic negligence. Rescuing claimed. "They are not often seen because they tend to live very are producing Tesla Cybertruck," Coric said. Though it may not look compromise the maintenance of the coastline for the Kaavan from the zoo's dire conditions attracted the attention of far out to sea, their populations are widely dispersed and we identical to Cybertruck's functional prototype the pickup captures sustainable development of tourism in Sardinia," a press animal activists around the world, and celebrities including US have very limited data on its migration and critical habitat." A its spirit. The owner wanted us to combine two opposite sides — release stated, as quoted by the local media. The island's singer Cher, who lobbied for his relocation. "Unfortunately, the Sydney-based photographer named Sean K, was able to capture Ford and Cyber — because he is a fan of both Tesla and Ford, so idyllic beaches draw tourists from all around the world. It is rescue comes too late for two lions that died during an attempted photographs of the majestic blue whale as it swam along the we merged two souls into one," he said. "This one uses gasoline said the Sardinian beaches face the threat of both erosion and transfer at the end of July after local animal handlers set a fire in coast near Maroubra. "I'm speechless but could blurt out a and Tesla uses electricity. We tried to copy as much as possible but tourists manually removing the sand. And this is not the first their enclosure to force them into their transport crates," Bauer said million things at the same time," the photographer wrote in a our car is not the same size as the Cybertruck," Coric added. time that a tourist has been caught doing it. in a statement released on Saturday. post shared on photo-sharing app Instagram. SINGLES Serena survives scare PAY HIKE FOR PAK DOMESTIC CRICKETERS Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday unveiled a revamped Dominant win AFP n NEW YORK pay structure for its domestic cricketers, under which the top performers stand a chance of earning 3.2 million through the No 3 Thiem cruises into last eight, erena Williams had to sum- season, a whopping ‘83 per cent more’ than last year. The 3.2 Smon up every last ounce of million (`14 lakh INR) over the course of the season will include a strength to depose 15th seed monthly retainer of 150,000. Ahead of the 2020-21 season, which Medvedev sets up all-Russian QF tie Maria Sakkari in three hard- begins on Sept 30, the PCB announced a new pay structure which fought sets on Monday. will see even the lowest paid domestic players earn at least “seven AP n NEW YORK The 38-year-old American per cent more” than what they received in the 2019-20 season. needed almost two and a half on’t tell Dominic Thiem hours to dislodge her 25-year- MBAPPE TESTS CORONA POSITIVE the US Open is dimin- old Greek opponent 6-3, 6-7 Paris: France and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe Dished in any way just (6/8), 6-3 inside an empty tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss Tuesday's Nations because it’s the first Grand Arthur Ashe Stadium in New League match against Croatia. The Paris Saint-Germain forward Slam tournament since the York. was isolated once he found out about his positive test and left 2004 French Open without at “She’s such a good com- France's training camp to return home on Monday evening. least one of Roger Federer, petitor. It was a really intense played better today. I was a lit- games down in the deciding Rafael Nadal or Novak match,” said Williams, who had tle fatigued last time and had set, pumping herself up with JEJE LEAVES CHENNAIYIN FC Djokovic in the quarterfinals. been dumped out of a US some cramps. Just felt like I was loud screams that echoed Chennai: Indian international striker Jeje Lalpekhlua has left two- “It doesn’t matter at all if Open tuneup tournament by able to compete longer,” around the spectator-free arena time ISL champions Chennaiyin FC after six years, the player and the Big Three are here or not,” the same opponent last month. Williams added. as she broke Sakkari twice to club confirmed on Tuesday. Jeje, called Mizo Sniper by the club's the No 2-seeded Thiem said on “I felt like she almost Williams rallied from two clinch the last-eight spot. fans for his lethal instinct in front of goal, leaves the club as its Monday after beating No 15 leading goal-scorer with 25 strikes to his name. He was pivotal to Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), first set against Pablo Carreño None of the men left has a set while advancing to the the club's ISL title triumphs in 2015 and 2017-18. 6-1, 6-1 in the fourth round at Busta. ever earned so much as one quarterfinals and he’s Flushing Meadows. Nadal (pandemic con- Slam trophy yet. dropped serve only three LYNN JOINS MI TEAMMATES IN ABU DHABI “Everybody wants their cerns) and Federer (two knee The quarterfinals on the times. Abu Dhabi: Australian batsman Chris Lynn arrived here on hands on the trophy,” said operations) did not enter the bottom half of the draw will “I’m playing better every Tuesday to join his Mumbai Indians teammates for the upcoming Thiem, who won almost half of tournament at all. be Thiem against No 21 Alex match,” Medvedev said. “I IPL. The four-time champions also informed that Lynn's Auger-Aliassime’s service This ends a run of 13 de Minaur; and No 10 hope this can continue. I’m compatriot James Pattinson and Kiwi's Trent Boult had joined the points, 46 of 88. consecutive major champi- Andrey Rublev against No 3 pleased, actually, with the side last week. “It doesn’t really matter onships won by a member of Daniil Medvedev. On the top fact I’ve won all the sets.” BILLY STANLAKE JOINS MELBOURNE STARS who they’re going to beat.” the Big Three. half, where Djokovic used to Thiem is the only Melbourne: Djokovic — seeded No 1, “It’s been getting pretty loom: No 12 Shapovalov vs remaining man who has con- Melbourne Stars have further boosted their pace unbeaten this season and the boring,” said Denis No 20 Carreño Busta; No 5 tested multiple major finals. stocks for the upcoming Big Bash League with the signing of overwhelming favorite — was Shapovalov, the first Alexander Zverev vs No 27 He is 0-3, losing twice to towering quick Billy Stanlake from the Adelaide Strikers. The disqualified on Sunday after Canadian man to reach the Borna Coric. Nadal at the French Open agreement will see pace bowler Daniel Worrall move to the Strikers unintentionally hitting a line US Open quarterfinals, “with Medvedev was runner- and to Djokovic at the in return. judge in the throat with a ball these three guys winning up to Nadal last year, losing Australian Open this Dominic Thiem pumps his fist after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in 4th round after dropping a game in the every tournament.” in five sets. He hasn’t dropped February. 150-160 score will be good Delhi Capitals can challenge & win IPL-13: Rabada Yuvi eyeing

PNS n NEW DELHI team.” stint in BBL A good start as usual will be Workload management will be Melbourne: Former Indian all- on UAE tracks: Hesson elhi Capitals’ pacer Kagiso key, the bowler reckoned. rounder Yuvraj Singh is eyeing PTI n DUBAI is a great batting wick- Bowling at the death in DRanada feels that the team “We have to start again and a stint in the Big Bash League et, smaller boundaries grounds like Abu Dhabi will be has the wherewithal to challenge start the whole process, so hope- key for pacers in hot UAE: Shami and Cricket Australia is trying score of 150 to and scores (team completely different from all comers for the Indian fully we can get off to a good to help him find a team. A160 will be a totals) are (on) high- Chinnaswamy. Premier League title this season. start but win at the end of the Kolkata: Keeping in mind “Temperature is much No Indian player has ever competitive one in er (side),” Hesson told “Bowling at the death in Always seen as an under- season – we want to be the most the hot and humid conditions higher compared to India. featured in the BBL as BCCI Dubai or Abu RCB’s YouTube Abu Dhabi will be quite differ- performing side for much of consistent team and win at in the United Arab Emirates, There are chances of getting doesn’t allow active players to Dhabi track, channel. ent from bowling at their 12-year history, Delhi times when we really, really it will be vital for fast bowlers dehydrated. There will be take part in overseas league. reckons RCB He said that on Chinnaswamy. The lengths entered the playoffs last year for need to win,” he added. to manage their workload chances of cramps. So we will The 38-year-old Yuvraj had coach Mike certain grounds, you bowl and we have identi- the first time in seven years and Rabada, who has 31 wickets properly as the task at hand have to keep those things in retired from international and Hesson, who is spinners will come fied our death bowlers,” beat SunRisers Hyderabad in his IPL career, trained for the wouldn’t be easy when the IPL mind,” Shami said. domestic cricket last year, clear- happy to have identified in handy, especially Hesson said. before losing to Chennai first time with the rest of the gets underway on September “It will be difficult as the ing the decks to ply his trade in his team’s designated when the surface is Although he didn’t name Super Kings. team on Monday after complet- 19, feels Kings XI Punjab wickets here are also different. foreign leagues across the globe. death bowlers, an area a bit skiddy. Chris Morris but Hesson hint- “We had a really ing his quarantine. pacer Mohammad Shami. So workload management is According to a report in that has let them down “On certain ed that the South African’s good season, so I “It feels good to be run- The cities of Dubai, Abu important. But it is not that Sydney Morning Herald, Yuvraj’s during earlier IPL sea- grounds yes. It inclusion certainly provided know that we can ning in, and to be with Dhabi and Sharjah — which difficult that it can’t be man- manager Jason Warne of W sons. depends, like Abu RCB with a potent death overs challenge and win some teammates as well,” he will host the league this time— aged. It depends on us how we Sports & Media has confirmed The length of side Dhabi, seamers had bowling option. this competition said. “This (situation) is are expected to experience manage our workload,” added that Cricket Australia is trying boundaries are big- played a big role “I think there’s been a lot because we came quite unique, not a lot of temperatures of around 35-40 the 30-year-old, rated as one to find a franchise that would ger in grounds like there and probably of talk about finishing the really close last people get to do this. degree celsius during the tour- of the best pacers in the world be interested in the former Abu Dhabi and that (the pitch) doesn’t innings with the ball in the past season. So, men- We’re in the middle of a nament. at the moment. IANS Indian all-rounder. will bring down the (offer) spin as much as and we have got some experi- tally I guess that desert, playing cricket — “We’re working with CA to average team total. the other two grounds enced players in that space. helps,” Rabada it’s something that I did- cricket calendar has helped him quite strong. I think I just need try to find him a home,” Warne “Here 150-160 (Dubai and Sharjah). It Also we can improve on play- said. “But, also, it is n’t think I would ever be able recharge his batteries. to bowl more, and make sure I said on Monday. will be good scores does skid. We need the ers we already have.... Make a new tournament to do. So it’s a lot of fun also.” “It’s been a high volume of haven’t forgotten how to bowl. However, as per the report, in some grounds ability to adjust to conditions them a year wise.. A year so we have to start Rabada said that the cricket in the past five years for I need to keep up with the bowl- “interest in Yuvraj from BBL and it will be different. on the day as well,” Hesson smarter,” Hesson added. again and we’ve got a break he has got due to the me, but I really enjoyed the ing practice, but otherwise I feel clubs had been modest to Chinnaswamy (in Bengaluru) said. nice group put together, nice Covid-enforced freeze on the break at home,” he said. “I feel healthy.” date.” PTI Indian players will miss energy Warne wants Boxing James Rodríguez due to empty stands: Styris Day Test at MCG Italy continue unbeaten run win over Bosnia and joins Everton regular basis, so they will be Melbourne: Spin legend Shane Herzegovina. used to that,” Styris said in Warne has urged Cricket AP n LONDON also at Bayern Munich on loan Star Sport’s show Cricket Australia to keep the iconic HAALAND ON SONG in 2017. Connected. Melbourne Cricket Ground as In other matches, Romania ames Rodríguez joined Everton said James joined “But you are right, Indian the venue for the Boxing Day came out on top against Austria JEnglish Premier League club on a two-year deal with an players, I can’t remember. I Test against India later this year in Klagenfurt, with Denis Alibec, Everton in an attempt to revive option for an additional season. mean (Virat) Kohli, 10 years despite growing Covid-19 cases Dragos Grigore and Alexandru a career that faltered at Real The reported fee was 20 million ago, most of those players in Victoria. Maxim on target in a 3-2 victo- Madrid. pounds ($26 million). have been around long The governing body is set to ry. Signed by the Spanish giant “James, as everyone knows, enough now. They won’t announce the schedule for Norway shook off their after rising to prominence with is a fantastic player with a lot of struggle, but they will just India’s tour of Australia this opening loss to Austria as a stunning goal for Colombia at quality and a lot of ability to wonder where they are and week which will include four Borussia Dortmund striker the 2014 World Cup, the attack- make assists for the strikers,” said look for that energy in other Tests and there are fears that Haaland helped tear apart ing midfielder couldn’t match Ancelotti, who left Bayern later ways,” he added. MCG may lose the Boxing Day Northern Ireland in Belfast. those highs in Madrid. in 2017 and was hired by PTI n NEW DELHI Former India pacer Ajit Test. AFP n AMSTERDAM tearing an anterior cruciate lig- Paddy McNair cancelled “I’ve come here to Everton last year. Agarkar said it will be odd “Cricket is the 2nd biggest ament for the second time in out Mohamed Elyounoussi’s try to improve, to get “He’s really excited about ormer New Zealand all- initially to play in empty sta- sport in the world behind soc- icolo Barella extended Italy’s eight months. fine finish but Haaland, who better,” the 29-year- the project of the club and the Frounder Scott Styris feels diums as in India the crowd cer(fact) & the biggest day on Ntwo-year unbeaten run as Barella’s bullet header in struck his first international old James said. fact we want to improve. He foreign players won’t be can act as a 12th man for the the Aust sporting calendar is the he scored the winner in first half stoppage time was goal in Friday’s defeat, thumped “I’ve also come was really excited to sign and I much affected, but the Indian home team. Boxing Day test. We must try & Monday’s 1-0 victory away to the enough for Roberto Mancini’s in from the edge of the area to here to help the team didn’t spend time to convince cricketers will definitely miss “It might be little odd at do everything possible to keep Netherlands in the UEFA side to take all three points in restore Norway’s lead. to win, to play good him — he was already con- the energy while playing in the start, but like Scotty (Scot it at the MCG this year. FYI- Nations League while Erling Amsterdam and top spot in Alexander Sorloth scored football — vinced.” front of empty stands in the Styris) said, that energy The Melb Cup & the AFL GF Haaland netted twice for League A, Group 1. twice, the second via an assist entertaining James won the league upcoming IPL. sometimes you get from are the next biggest events in Norway in a 5-1 thrashing of The Azzurri’s are a point from Haaland who completed football.” title twice at Madrid and “I don’t think there will crowds, particularly in India, Aust !,” Warne wrote on his Northern Ireland. ahead of the Dutch, who are the scoring on the hour with At Bayern but Everton has be too much of an adjust- the IPL has moved to the Twitter handle. Italy’s win was slightly playing under interim coach another superb finish. Everton, he is not won the English ment for the overseas players. UAE, but in India, it can India’s tour is likely to start spoiled by news of rising star Dwight Lodeweges following Scotland scraped past an being reunited championship since A lot of the overseas players sometimes act like a 12th with limited-overs matches (T20 Nicolo Zaniolo injury, who will Ronald Koeman’s appointment inexperienced Czech Republic with manager 1987. play in front of small crowds man for the home team,” he series) before the action shifts to undergo another serious knee at Barcelona, and third-placed 2-1 in Olomouc to go top of Carlo Ancelotti who not “I’m a winner, I’m or even empty grounds on a said. the four-Test series. PTI operation on Wednesday after Poland following their 2-1 away League B, Group 2. only signed him for Madrid but a real winner,” James said. 12

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PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE AN OUTPOURING OF GRIEF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF CHARACTER ACTOR JAYA PRAKASH . HERE IS WHAT SOME OF THEM HAD TO SAY: Megastar tweeted, “He is a great TFI's finest actor- artist. I've last acted with him comedians. Will in Khaidi No150. He always cherish the would often request experience of filmmakers not to working with him. schedule his Heartfelt WANTED REVIVAL portions during the condolences to his weekends as it family and loved ones.” would clash with his posted, theatre commitments. “He loved acting. He He even asked me to brought alive his attend some of his plays but I roles in both theatre OF THE CULTURE couldn't. He is remembered as the first and films. Thank you factionist in films. He created a separate for entertaining us identity for himself.” chief.” Mohan Babu wrote on wrote, “Very Twitter, “His death sad to hear about pained me. He has #JayaPrakashReddy been a part of many garu. I used to fondly films from my call him Mama. This OF DRAMAS banner Lakshmi is a huge loss for all opular supporting Prasanna Pictures. of us. My actor Jaya Prakash Despite being busy as condolences to the Reddy, who is an actor, he always made family and loved ones. known for his P time for theatre. He believed in helping others.” Rest in peace Mama negative and comedic roles in a (sic).” career spanning more than said, “He was a dear SS Rajamouli wrote, 25 years, passed away on colleague and we “Shocked & saddened Tuesday at his home in Guntur. Aged 74, he suffered shared a close bond. to know about the a cardiac arrest. We've done films sudden demise of Reddy honed his acting like Samarasimha #JayaPrakashReddy skills in the theatre, which Reddy and garu. Had great was his first love. Impressed Narasimhanaidu times working with by his performance in a play Gupchup at Nalgonda in the together. As he came him. Thanks for 80s, Dasari Narayana Rao from a theatre entertaining us with your recommended his name to background, he would treat theatre and films versatility by portraying some memorable Ramanaidu, who later got the as his two eyes. His busy schedule in films comedy and villain roles over the decades. same play performed for him in Hyderabad. The legendary notwithstanding, he always ensured that he May your soul rest in peace (sic).” producer signed him on for performed plays.” Allu Arjun said, “Film Brahmaputrudu (1988) Nagarjuna wrote on industry lost another shortly after. More gigs in Twitter, “He was a fine wonderful artist. I films Raja, Prema gentleman mr respected and admired Khaidi, Chitram Bhalare Vichitram, Jambalakidi Jaiprakash reddy his talent. He had a Pamba and Lorry Driver fol- Garu .. my terrific memory and lowed but a major break- condolences to his unique voice. He always through project eluded family and may his supported theatre groups Reddy. Mounting interest rates on soul rest in peace (sic).” and artists. I still remember loans meant that he bid adieu Victory posted, his request asking me to support theatres and I to acting in 1992 to focus on “I am extremely sad to hope to do it someday.” his career in the field of hear about the sudden Sreenu Vaitla tweeted, “My dear uncle,I have teaching. For the next five demise of my dear known you since the beginning of my career, years, he concentrated on teaching and raising his kids. friend the warmth and love you had towards me is It was the 1997 film #Jayaprakashreddy what I will always have in my cherished Preminchukundam Raa that garu. We were such memories. You filled every scene with your helped him revive his film a great combination enthusiasm. You always ended our telephonic career. He received plaudits for his act as a - on screen. Will conversations with ‘Nana we belong here.. we based factionist in the definitely miss him. #RIP belong to the movies’ this will always stay with romantic drama. While a dry Praying for his family and loved ones (sic).” me as your blessing. I'm so grateful to have spell did follow for a year, his Pawan Kalyan stated, “With known you. RIP Jp uncle you will be missed. subsequent release roots from theatre My deepest condolences to the family (sic).” turned the tide. More villainous gigs background, he VV Vinayak said, “I liked him a lot. I especially followed and noughties saw entertained the liked his comic timing more. He has been a experimented with comedy audience with part of all of my films and to lose an actor like roles once again. If negative roles, him is a personal loss.” was a first step in that direc- tion, the phenomenal comedy roles and as Ram wrote, “Dear #Jayaprakashreddy response to his cameo act in particularly enjoyed a long sion as well to great recep- he played a wheelchair- a character artist. He garu..thank you for keeping us Kabaddi Kabbaddi helped association with Sreenu tion. Such was his dedication bound role. He even acted would slip into any entertained..was always in awe of you from the him to emerge as a sought- Vaitla and , to his craft that he even and produced a drama titled role with great ease. day I met you on the sets of Ready..Rest in after comedian soon. playing supporting roles in dubbed for his lines in Tamil. Alexander. Directed by Despite being busy as an actor peace now sir.” Directors like EVV all their films. He even In one of his last inter- Davala Satyam, the shoot was Satyanarayana, Sreenu Vaitla debuted in Tamil last decade views, he expressed his wish wrapped up last year and its in the industry, he never forgot theatre. His Genelia Deshmukh posted, “RIP and SS Rajamouli soon start- with Dhanush-starrer to see the revival of the cul- release hangs in balance. death is a loss to both fields.” #Jayaprakashreddy garu .. Remembering fondly our ed exploring his uncanny Uthamaputhiran, which was ture of dramas in the Telugu He is survived by son tweeted, “Saddened by the great times at shoots.. Was always fun interacting sense of comic timing and a remake of Telugu hit Ready. states. His last feature film Chandra Prakash Reddy and

Telugu industry pays tribute to JP Telugu passing of #JayaPrakashReddy garu. One of with you.. Prayers and strength to the family.” unique dialogue delivery to He reprised the village hot- was Mahesh Babu-starrer daughter Vipula, both of the optimum last decade. He head role in the Tamil ver- , where whom reside in AP.

Due to JP, Seema accent found a place Jaya Prakash Reddy was in the film language: Vakkantham t the turn of the and along with Ravi, Preminchukundam Raa. one of the few genuine guys new millenni- brought the scene alive Over time, due to his other um, Jaya and made it iconic. In fact, films set in a Seema back- A Prakash Reddy sitting in front of the mon- drop, he had become a started to itor and seeing them go complete authority over accept comedy about it full of beans, we the Seema accent. from the industry: Jayanth roles, taking people on a were cracking up.” Filmmakers too started joy ride over the next two Vamsi, who also gave JP looking at accents as an n many ways, it a juicy part, prompting him decades of his career. another memorable funny asset to storytelling. Now was his turn in to prep for it. “He spent While there are many role as Sarkar in the Telangana accent is Preminchuku- Venkatesh-starrer close to three weeks in dif- comedic gigs of his that , credits JP’s being explored and shortly, I Preminchukun- ferent rural pockets of bring an instant smile on turn in Preminchukundam I believe filmmakers would dam Raa that Rayalaseema and picked up the faces of the audience, Raa helping explore slangs of different ndam Raa revived Jaya the local slang. He incorpo- his turn in Ravi Teja-star- realise the importance of districts as well,” Vamsi Prakash Reddy’s career in rated some of the words into rer Kick — especially the episode was being shot. He accents. “Back then in the explains. director Telugu cinema after his ini- his lines on sets. He took the police station scene — was a diabetic and his industry, the film language Vamsi remembers the tial spate of films didn’t land character to the next level stands out. Speaking to us, sugar levels dipped that was spoken in Andhra actor first from his turn in Jayanth C him big offers. Speaking to with his skills. On day one film’s writer Vakkantham day. So the shoot was sus- dialect particularly that of Chitram! Bhalare us, the romantic drama’s itself I realised that we’ve Vamsi says, “When I was pended after half day’s Krishna district. After his Vichitram! “It was an inter- Paranji recalls director Jayanth C Paranji made the right choice,” the penning the cop role, the work, but post (the film) performance in esting and a brief role he recalls that he was finding it director notes, smilingly first name that crossed my release no one noticed he Preminchukundam Raa, played in the film, yet he his working difficult to cast the villain adding that as Reddy had a mind was what if JP garu was not feeling well in the the Seema accent found a managed to leave an opposite Venky when he natural flair for comedy, his plays it. There were no initial portions of the place in the Telugu film impact. The film opened experience remembered Jaya Prakash expressions got a little comi- other options. He started scene. The balance episode language landscape. And alongside megastar Reddy from cal in the beginning as he experimenting with his was shot in the final leg of the major credit for it Chiranjeevi’s Gang Leader with Jaya days. Jayanth was the assis- commenced filming. “I had roles by then. I dropped by shooting and I was present should go to JP garu. He and went on to become a tant director on Bobbili to tone it down and remind the location at Annapurna on sets this time too. He was great with the way he blockbuster,” he states. Raja, where the actor played him that he was playing the Studios to see how that was back in his element reeled dialogues of — NG Prakash for the small role of a tribal main villain. Once he got chief. “He is a tall guy and into the zone of the actor, he Bobbili Raja, heavily built and I know he simply aced it.” was capable of playing the Jayanth remembers Reddy's natural villain. At that point of time, Reddy as one of the few Swaroop's adventure drama with Matinee he was in Guntur, working genuine guys from the he Pioneer 27). To this end, the cast is yet to be final- flair for as a school teacher and industry. “He had absolutely was the first latest is that the project ized. doing theatre. We asked no agenda when he spoke. to inform was made official on The untitled film is comedy, writes him to come down to He said what he felt; he you that Tuesday, with the pro- Matinee’s third pro- Hyderabad and later did a never held back. He was T Agent Sai duction house indicat- duction of the year, as NAGARAJ make-up test. He looked down-to-earth and a simple Srinivasa ing that it's an action- they are already pro- ominous in the get-up and chap. It’s unfortunate that Athreya helmer RSJ adventure drama with ducing Megastar GOUD we roped him in shortly he has passed away. The Swaroop has agreed to a generous dose of Chiranjeevi-starrer after,” Jayanth tells us. death news came as a do his next for humour. To be shot in Acharya and The director adds that shock to me,” the director Matinee Tirupati, the film will Nagarjuna-starrer Jaya Prakash realised he got concludes. Entertainment (April roll in December. The Wild Dog.