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he Supreme Court Friday directed the government to ensure that all resident Donald Trump said Thursday for the first time that he would uge crowds bade a grief-filled adieu Thursday to Argentina's wo employees of the district hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal have Tsteps be taken to implement its decision to forego interest on eight Pleave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner Hfavourite son Diego Maradona before he was buried on the outskirts Tbeen suspended after a video surfaced on social media showing a stray specified categories of loans paid upto Rs two crore in view of the of the US election, even as he railed against the "rigged" vote. Trump has of the capital after a farewell that at times descended into chaos. As dog licking a 15-year-old girl's unattended dead body at the facility. The 20- coronavirus pandemic. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said made an unprecedented attempt to defy the darkness fell, the football legend was laid to rest after a ceremony second video clip was widely shared on social media on Thursday, sparking the COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused serious threat to the health results of the election by refusing to attended by family and close friends in the leafy surrounds of the Bella an outrage. Terming the incident "very serious", Chief Medical of the people but has also cast its shadow concede, spreading wild theories about Vista cemetery outside Buenos Aires. One of the Superintendent (CMS) of the hospital, Dr on the economic growth of the country as stolen ballots and launching baseless legal greatest footballers of all time, the World Cup Sushil Verma, on Friday said a wardboy and well as other countries in the entire world. challenges that have been thrown out by winner died on Wednesday aged 60, sparking a sweeper had been suspended, and an The eight categories of loans are MSME courts. Answering his first questions from mourning around the world. The peaceful farewell explanation sought from the doctor on (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises), reporters since the November 3 vote, the at the cemetery contrasted sharply with the emergency duty and a pharmacist. "An Education, Housing, Consumer durable, president moved closer to accepting that he sometimes raucous scenes of his send-off in inquiry committee has also been constituted Credit card, Automobile, Personal and would serve only one term in office before Buenos Aires that seemed somehow in keeping and action will be taken against all those Consumption. Biden is inaugurated on January 20. with the player's tumultuous life. found guilty," he said.

Can’t give expenditure details, Govt says AP Cabinet nod for house PNS n VIJAYAWADA of Amaravati. The instructions State Legislature. sites, DA, new tax system were issued when the full The audit is an essential test The State Government on bench was hearing a Public check and the basis for it are PNS n VIJAYAWADA Friday refused to submit details Interest Litigation on the shift- the facts and figures provided SPV okayed of the expenditure incurred on ing of the capital city in the by the Executive, the affidavit The State Cabinet that met Amaravati to the Andhra name of three capital cities. said. It went on to add that on here on Friday gave its nod Pradesh High Court. The DAG also stated in the approval, the audit reports are to pay crop insurance of Rs for irrigation An affidavit submitted by affidavit that the CAG audits submitted to the Governor for 1,227.774 crores for 2019-20 Aditya R Bhojgadhiya, Deputy both Central and the State being tabled before the State Kharif season — the amount projects Accountant General (DAG) of Governments and also com- Legislature. will be credited into farmers Vijayawada: Agriculture Fin Min pushes the office of the Principal piles the accounts of the State The DAG stated that accounts by December 15. Minister Kurasala Kannababu Account General to a full Governments. divulging of any information of The Cabinet also approved on Friday said the State large CPSEs to bench of the High Court com- As per Article 151 of the which the Legislature is privy distributiong of house site Cabinet has approved the exceed capex tar- prising Chief Justice Jitendra Constitution, the audit reports to would be against the provi- pattas on December 25, incorporation of a Special Kumar Maheswari, Justice M independent Constitutional response to the instructions by relating to the Union and the sions of the Constitution. The clearing of pending DA Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under get by March Satyanarayana Murthy and authority and answerable to the full bench of the High State Governments are to be DAG further appealed to the arrears to State Government Uttarandhra Irrigation Projects Justice N Jayasurya, stated that Parliament and the State legis- Court to submit details of the submitted to the President or High Court to dismiss the employees and a new system Development Corporation the office of the Comptroller latures, as the case may be. expenditure on the construc- the Governor of the State to be petition against the Accountant to levy property taxes in Limited (UIPDCL) and another and Auditor General is an The affidavit was filed in tion related to the capital city placed before Parliament or the General. urban local bodies. SPV under 8 Briefing the media after Area Drought the Cabinet meeting that Mitigation Projects Corporation was chaired by Chief limited (AP PADMPCL) duly Government Minister YS Jaganmohan including Channel Reddy, Agriculture Minister extension scheme and YSR Low forming over Bay can names music Kurasala Kannababu said Vedadri lift irrigation scheme that the 30,60,000 house site under “YSR Palnadu Drought college after pattas worth Rs 23,000 crore Mitigation Project”. would be distributed on 2 SPB December 25. turn into another cyclone Kannababu stated that 1.80 lakh per unit. PNS n VIJAYAWADA construction of the houses D Forms will be given for n Nivar weakens into low pressure, continues to drench parts of Puducherry, TN and AP will also be started on the house site lands under litiga- The YSRCP Government has same day, with a target to tion and after court clear- PNS n issued orders naming the complete 16 lakh houses in ance, a convenience deed Toll rises to 3, State-run school of music 8,494 layouts under phase-1 will be handed over. While two low pressures are and dance in after by June 2022, at a cost of Rs 2 brewing over , legendary singer SP one that could be formed extensive Balasubramanyaam. PM to review around November 29 can Nellore is the hometown of vaccine work in potentially intensify into a damage to crops Balasubramanyam. cyclone and hit Tamil Nadu PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister YS 53 women serving life Hyd, other cities and Puducherry coast, Jaganmohan Reddy had ear- experts say. Heavy rainfall over the last two lier written to Prime Minister The probability of cyclo- days dumped by cyclone Nivar Narendra Modi to confer the sentence released early genesis is moderate during dealt a blow to farmers in Bharat Ratna, the nation’s PNS n VIJAYAWADA Government had issued guide- 5 the subsequent 48 to 72 Andhra Pradesh as agricultur- highest civilian award, on lines for the grant of special hours and high after that, al and horticultural crops in the versatile artiste who pass- Women prisoners serving life remission to 53 women pris- the weathermen said. over 30,000 hectares were ed away in Chennai in sentences in prisons across the oners convicted and sentenced Historically, November damaged, officials said. September. state were released on Friday to life imprisonment for has been a month for the The toll in rain-related inci- Taking to , Minister under a special remission offences against laws related to formation of cyclones, espe- dents climbed to three on Mekapati Gowtham Reddy, scheme announced by the matters to which the executive cially in the Bay of Bengal. Friday while more than 10,000 who also hails from Nellore, State Government. power of the state extends. In the last 129 years, as Cyclone Nivar fills reservoirs in AP, people were lodged in relief posted, “ Recognising the Earlier, the YSRCP 2 many as 123 cyclones out of camps primarily in SPS legendary singer #SPBalu our a total 524 cyclones have Nellore and Chittoor districts, Govt has decided to rename formed in the Bay of Bengal TS, second low could trigger floods which bore the brunt of the the Government School of in the month of November Visakhapatnam: The water level 215.81 tmc ft had reached 194 nature's fury, they said. Music & Dance in Nellore as — a staggering 23.5 percent. in three major reservoirs and tmc ft. All reservoirs in Nellore, Swarnamukhi, Bhima and “Dr. S P Balasubramanyam Meanwhile, Cyclone common to Andhra Pradesh and Chittoor and districts Penna rivers were in spate wh- Government School of Music Nivar weakened into a well- — Srisailam, have been 00filled to the brim ile all medium and minor re- & Dance” (sic). marked low pressure area Nagarjunasagar and Pulichintala and the excess water is being let servoirs filled to the brim and Balasubramanyam’s son SP over South — are close to their full capacity. out into the streams and rivulets overflowed, cutting off road Charan, who is also a singer, Pradesh and adjoining West The low pressure which is likely downstream. This has resulted in communication at many places. thanked the Government and Central Bay of Bengal. The to brew around November 29 water overflowing on roads at Roads in over 180 km were the Chief Minister for the low pressure is triggering may hit the neighbouring states, many places, cutting off road damaged due to the floods honour. Reducing biases in low to moderate rain over bringing heavy to heavy rainfall. links, and also inundating while tanks breached at some decisions during a Andhra Pradesh. Cyclone Nivar that weakened into agricultural fields. places, inundating villages and pandemic Indian Meteorological a low pressure was hovering The Annamayya reservoir in farms. Department (IMD) in over Andhra Pradesh on Friday received an inflow The national and state dis- Custodial interrogation allowed of Chennai has sounded a evening and may bring showers of 18,000 cusecs and it was let aster response forces and caution bell over another for the next two days. out into Cheyyeru. The Pinche police personnel braved sev- low depression forming in Many rivers and streams are in project also received a heavy eral odds and rescued tens of Dr Ramesh in fire mishap case 2 the Bay of Bengal. spate across Chittoor. inflow of about 15,000 cusecs people from marooned vil- The Met department said In Srikalahasti town, roads and 70 percent of its full lages, overflowing rivulets and PNS n VIJAYAWADA mishap in Vijayawada. am to 5 pm. The investigation the low depression will leading to Varadaiahpalem and reservoir capacity has been filled. streams, thereby preventing In his order, Justice C officer shall allow the advocate intensify by Sunday and KVB Puram were closed for People living in low-lying areas loss of lives, officials said. The Andhra Pradesh High Manavendra Nath Roy direct- of Dr Ramesh to be present at there are chances of it traffic and efforts were on to have been told to remain on Chief Minister YS Jaganm- Court on Friday allowed inves- ed Dr Ramesh to appear before the time of interrogation on all TODAY becoming a cyclone. identify alternative routes. alert. ohan Reddy will undertake an tigators to proceed with the the investigation officer, in the three days. Cyclone Nivar disrupted At 6 pm on November 27, Tirumala Hills, the abode of Lord aerial survey in the rain-bat- custodial interrogation of Dr P this case the Additional In view of the pandemic, all ALMANAC normal life in Puducherry, Nagarjunasagar and Pulichintala Venkateswara, has been tered coastal and Ramesh Babu, the managing Deputy Commissioner of precautionary measures like Month & Paksham: neighbouring Tamil Nadu reservoirs were almost receiving incessant rain since districts on Saturday and director of Ramesh Cardiac Police for the three days. maintenance of social distance and parts of Andhra brimming, reaching 99 percent of Wednesday, causing a lot of review the situation with and Multi Speciality Hospitals The judge made it clear that shall be strictly observed, the Kartik & Shukla Paksha Pradesh on Thursday. their capacity. Srisailam reservoir hardship to hundreds of Collectors of the affected dis- for three days from November the custodial interrogation order said. Panchangam 2 which has a full reservoir level of devotees stranded there. tricts in . 30 in relation to the Swarna should be held in the office of Tithi : Trayodashi: 10:20 am 2 Palace Covid Care Centre fire the Additional DCP from 10 2 Nakshatram: Bharani: 03:19 am (Next Day) Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Rahukalam: 09:18 am – 10:41 am HRF booked for influencing Vakapalle rape victims ‘Brilliant student’ rapes Yamagandam: 01:27 pm – 02:50 pm n Varjyam: 11:09 am – 12:57 pm PNS VISAKHAPATNAM Names of functionaries of is continuing in the SC, ST nesses who have come from other rights, literary and Dalit UAPA was invoked Special Court at remote areas to depose in a 4-year-old neighbour Gulika: 06:32 am - 07:55 am The Andhra Pradesh police organisations were also includ- against TS HRF vice- Visakhapatnam,” the HRF said. criminal trial mandated by the Good Time: (to start any important work) n have booked HRF coordina- ed in the two FIRs. president Atram The HRF members said that law,” they said. PNS VISAKHAPATNAM marks in the Intermediate. Amritakalam: 09:55 pm – 11:43 pm tion committee member for AP Reacting to the charges, 13 accused police personnel are “It is because of this solidar- Durga Rao has been Bhujana Rao, Adilabad Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:42 am – 12:26 pm and Telangana VS Krishna and HRF representatives S Jeevan presently on trial. While two of ity and sustained rights A four-year-old girl was sex- charged with rape, arrested others for allegedly influencing Kumar and A Chandrasekhar district HRF president the Vakapalli women had died activism that the police are now ually assaulted allegedly by her and produced before a court Vakapalle rape survivors to described it as “an atrocious and Komaram Bheem in the intervening years, the seeking to intimidate VS neighbour, a 19-year-old that sent him to judicial VIJAYAWADA make false depositions against allegation”. remaining nine came to Krishna in what HRF believed youngster and said to be aca- remand, said Deputy WEATHER the police personnel. HRF, along with many Asifabad president. Visakhapatnam and deposed in to be a clear case of vindictive- demically brilliant, in a village Superintendent of Police Forecast: Showers Two FIRs were filed at Adivasis and women’s organi- court. “HRF, along with sever- ness. They have gone to the under Bhogapuram police sta- Trinath. Temp: 27/21 Munchingput police station in sations had been actively fight- al other organisations have extent of invoking the Unlawful tion limits in Medical examination of the Humidity: 91% and ing since 2007 seeking justice resilience of the women of provided them with food and Activities (Prevention) Act district. girl was conducted and the Sunrise: 06.28am Piduguralla in for the 11 Vakapalli women Vakapalli and the interven- shelter to be able to depose in which is a draconian legislation The accused, P Durga Rao, accused confessed the crime, Sunset: 05.39pm invoking the stringent who were allegedly raped by tion of the High Court in 2012 the trial. It is certainly not a that mocks at fundamental is a topper in academics and the DSP added. Unlawful Activities special forces personnel. and the Supreme Court in crime to provide food and freedoms,” a statement from had bagged a cash prize of Rs Current Weather Conditions Updated November 27, 2020 5:00 PM (Prevention) Act. “It is because of the sheer September 2017, that the trial shelter to Adivasi women wit- HRF said. 25,000 for scoring the highest 2 VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 vijayawada 02

n these times of rising and done in the right way and falling Covid-19 infection, regularly alter the brain’s Ihow do administrators chemistry and neural cir- bring all their capacities to Reducing biases in decisions during a pandemic cuitry in a way that one is provide relief to people? Let’s able to move effortlessly see how they make decisions These form part of System I. point of view. ine the mental fatigue one between System I and System based on emerging evidence In a new situation where During the course of their career, All administrators are would have if System II has to II, and that too at one’s own from psychology and neural decisions have to be made, administrators build up a large, diverse aware of the stickiness of the filter out all these biases. This volition. At the same time, science. System I scans through the repertoire of experiences, and they largely first noting on file. This was is one reason why humans breath control increases the Largely based on the work repertoire of experiences noted by Paul Appleby in his cannot use System II for long mental stamina and prevents of Nobel Laureate Daniel searching for similar features depend on these experiences to make report on public administra- periods of time. mental fatigue arising from Kahneman and his associates, between the present situation decisions tion as far back as 1953: As a result, there is an the continuous use of System there is a broad consensus and experiences stored in the “Structure of administration innate tendency to revert II. that the human brain consists repertoire. Based on the level restricts and inhibits formal back to use of System I in day- Such empowerment of two systems. of similarity, rapid and effort- mation bias. The storehouse results in poor decisions. delegation. But there is more to-day life. Often, this is tacit enables one to get over the System I makes decisions less decisions are made. Over- of experiences contains the Another common bias is unconscious than conscious and the administrator is thinking errors hardwired automatically, quickly, and reliance on System I is natur- how and what of decisions sunk-cost bias. delegation. The view of the unaware that s/he is under the in the brain, not completely, effortlessly, while System II al among administrators (and made in the past. Administrators often expend man at the bottom of the hier- influence of biases and has to but, say, by 5-10 percent. This requires effort, is thoughtful, human beings) because it Often, administrators effort, time and resources in DR. SAMEER SHARMA archy who writes the first note switch over to System II. is enough to improve deci- and decides what to think uses less psychic energy and believe that their long years of achieving results. Even after on a file is all important in The challenge is to sion-making immensely, par- about and what to do. is less tiring for the brain. experience have built up an all evidence shows that the most instances”. One way of increase the available psychic ticularly working under the During the course of their However, one unintended infallible know-what and intervention is going astray invested in the past will being aware of our biases is to energy in order to move at stressful conditions generat- career, administrators build consequence is the reliance on know-how. They pick infor- and results are unlikely to be become wasted if course is start operating System II. will and from System I to ed by the Covid-19 pandem- up a large, diverse repertoire several cognitive biases. The mation that fits into their achieved, administrators still changed midway. Using System II is extremely System II and that too rapid- ic. of experiences, and they large- problem becomes worse existing experiences and pay continue with the existing A third bias is called anchor energy-intensive and causes ly. There are several ways to ly depend on these experi- because the biases are embed- less attention to information course of action. They focus and insufficient adjustment mental fatigue. Importantly, increase psychic energy and (Author has a PhD from ences to make decisions. ded and often administrators that challenges their existing on the past and on the time bias. Here, administrators switching at the right time one way is to practice kriyas. the USA and a DLitt from These experiences contain are unaware of these know-how and know-what. and effort spent rather than take an initial position and between System I and System The foundation of kriyas Kanchi University. The arti- the know-what and know- ingrained, tacit biases. As a result, they are unable to what they will get out of it in rest their decisions on this II requires a lot of practice consists of postures (asanas), cle is based on his research how of decisions made/not Let’s look at a few examples. look at situations objectively the future. An important con- stand and fail to sufficiently and self-awareness. There are harmonious breathing and and practice and views are made and their consequences. One common bias is confir- and ignore alternatives, which sideration is that the resources move away from this first more than 90 biases — imag- locks (bandhas). All these personal) Green Energy Corridor powers AP’s AP Cabinet nod for house sites, DA, new tax system Continued from Page 1 applicable from July 2018 will pathakam” on December 21. renewable energy export plan be paid from January 2021 “The State government has For this project, 66,518 acres along with another hike of borne the entire premium for SNV SUDHIR Pioneer. of land has been pooled across 3.144 percent (applicable from crop insurance without even n VIJAYAWADA He said that huge extents of the State, including January 2019 and will be paid charging one rupee from farm- land exist in the state that can Government and private lands. from July 2021). ers and Chief Minister YS The Centre’s moves to develop be effectively put to use by Further, the State government Also, the hike of 5.24 per- Jaganmohan Reddy will be a Green Energy Corridor with these energy export projects. will also distribute TIDCO cent that was applied from July crediting Rs 1,227.774 crore eight states that have huge “Various Government of India houses to the beneficiaries by 2019 will be paid from January directly to the bank accounts renewable energy generating schemes such as Ultra Mega collecting only Rs 1. 2022. In addition to these, of the beneficiaries towards potential will give a fillip to the Renewable Energy Power Parks The Cabinet approved employees salary and pen- 2019 Kharif crop insurance,” Andhra Pradesh Government’s (UMREPPs) provide incen- change to the system of levy- sions that were deferred for the Kannababu said. plan to export renewable ener- tives for such renewable ener- ing of property tax from month of March will be paid He said that between 2016- gy. This, the State can do, by gy projects. Andhra Pradesh Annual Rental Value basis in December and the April 19, in a span of three years, tapping the huge untapped has already achieved the (ARV System) to Capital Value amount will be paid in January. farmers paid a premium of Rs potential and earn additional Renewable Power Purchase (CV) system. To empower women and 871.26 crore, and for 2019 revenue. Obligation (RPO) notified by In the new system, the per- strengthen the dairy sector, the kharif, the State Government Just a few months ago, the the State Commission and also centage tax so fixed is between Cabinet approved AP Amul had borne the entire premium State Government unveiled the Ministry of Power, 0.10 percent and 0.50 percent project, which is scheduled for of Rs 1,030.74 crore. “While Renewable Energy Export n New and Renewable Energy Development Government of India,” Srikanth of the Capital Value for resi- launch on December 2. only 60.84 lakh farmers have Policy that encourages private Corporation of AP Ltd will act as a Nodal Agency under Energy Corridor is being pointed out. dential buildings and between In the first phase, the project availed crop insurance of Rs renewable energy developers to AP Renewable Energy Export Policy developed at an estimated cost He said that taking into 0.2 percent to 2 percent for takes place in 400 villages of 37,453.79 crore between 2016- export power to other states. of Rs 10,141.68 crore with consideration the huge non-residential buildings while Kadapa, Chittoor, and 19, in just one year — 2019-20 The State Government has n The creation of the Intra-State Transmission System Government of India contribu- untapped potential and also only Rs 50 is levied as proper- Prakasam districts, where — nearly 58.77 lakh farmers envisaged facilitating a whop- will facilitate the evacuation of over 20 GW of power tion being Rs 4056.67 crore. availability of lands, the State ty tax for houses of families around 9,899 Bulk Milk were brought under crop ping 120 GW renewable ener- from renewable energy generation stations to load The activities envisaged Government in order to below the poverty line. Chilling Units will also be insurance which is of Rs gy projects in Andhra Pradesh centres under the project include encourage, develop and pro- The Minister said the new established. For interested ben- 37,721.57 crore,” Kannababu under the new Policy. establishment of Grid substa- mote renewable energy pro- tax (hike) would be limited to eficiaries of Cheyutha and said. Andhra Pradesh also wants n The project is anticipated to be completed by 2021 tions of different voltage levels jects by investors for the pur- 15 per cent of the existing rate. Aasara scheme, cattle, goats Referring to the Polavaram to facilitate the lease of 5 lakh with funding mechanism consisting of 40 percent with aggregate transformation pose of energy export outside The State Cabinet also gave and sheep will be distributed project, the Minister said that acres in the state to potential Central Grant, 40 percent KfW loan -Euro 500 million capacity of approximately Andhra Pradesh without any its nod for clearing of the on December 10. the Cabinet condemned the renewable energy export pro- and the remaining 20 percent being the State’s 22,600 Mega Volt Ampere obligation of procurement of pending DA arrears for The Chief Minister will speculations and reports on ject developers. contribution (MVA) and installation of power by State DISCOMs, employees and pensioners. launch the resurvey project reduction of the dam height In order to facilitate the approximately 9,700 circuit decided to notify the Andhra Accordingly, DA with a hike of “YSR Jagananna Shaswatha and said that such reports integration of large scale n As on December 2019, approximately Rs 2,000 crore kilometres (ckm) of transmis- Pradesh Renewable Energy 3.144 percent which was Bhu hakku mariyu Bhu raksha were baseless. renewable generation capacity was disbursed to the States as the Centre’s sion lines in these eight states. Export Policy 2020. addition, the Union contribution, and works related to installation of “Andhra Pradesh has signif- Srikanth added that the pol- Government’s Cabinet transmission towers and their stringing for an aggregate icant potential each for solar, icy has also been envisaged to Committee on Economic 6258 ckm and 6812 MVA were completed wind and wind-solar hybrid attract private investments to Affairs (CCEA) in 2015-16, generation. The State has ideal the state and improve local 53 women serving Custodial approved the creation of conditions for setting up economy. To promote setting Intrastate Transmission System Pradesh, Maharashtra, and where large capacity renewable energy projects for up of renewable energy equip- interrogation in the states of Andhra Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. renewable power projects are export of energy to other ment manufacturing facilities Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal These states are rich in planned. The intrastate trans- states,” AP Energy Secretary and generate additional rev- life sentence Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya renewable resource potential mission system called Green Srikanth Nagulapalli told The enue to the state government. allowed of Dr Ramesh... released early Continued from Page 1 ‘Brilliant student’ Low forming Continued from Page 1 Of the 53 women Justice Roy also said that SPV okayed for over Bay... A Standing Committee released, 19 were Dr Ramesh should not be rapes 4-year-old serving their sent- Continued from Page 1 constituted under the chair- subjected to pointless grilling manship of the Principal ence in Rajahmun- and to any third degree neighbour “Formation of a fresh low Secretary to the Government dry, 27 in Kadapa, method. Custodial interro- Continued from Page 1 irrigation projects pressure area over southeast and Home Department two in Vizag and gation should be carried on Bay of Bengal around reviewed the list of eligible five in Nellore with all decency strictly The incident occurred on Continued from Page 1 12,000 cusecs to 24,000 bling. November 29 and associated woman prisoners as per the adhering to the values of Wednesday and it came to cusecs of Somasila- The Chief Minister is enhanced rainfall activity state government guidelines. releasing the prisoners who human rights of a citizen of light on Thursday night when A Special Purpose Vehicle Kandaleru Flood flow canal believed to incorporate over South Peninsular India The Director General of have completed degrees the country, he said. the parents of the survivor under Krishna- Kolleru salin- with an amount of Rs 918.80 norms that will ensure organ- during December 1 to 3,” said Prisons and Correctional while serving life sentences It may be recalled that approached the police. ity Mitigation Project crore. isers are also punished along an IMD bulletin. Services sent the prison- and others that have learnt ten persons died of P Durga Rao took the girl Corporation Limited, in which The Cabinet also approved with players and charges are The low would concen- wise list of 53 eligible prison- tailoring, embroidery, bak- asphyxia and 21 others to his home on the pretext of four regulators will come up on sanction Rs 240.53 crore for non-bailable. trate into a depression during ers for grant of premature ing and other skills. sustained burn injuries playing with her on Kolleru and three structures on completion of R&R package Besides these, the Cabinet the subsequent 24 hours and release on Friday. The State Government has when the Covid Care Wednesday afternoon and Krishna River. in Chitravathi balancing approved Bills regarding the very likely intensify further Of the 53 women released, placed certain conditions to Centre run by Ramesh allegedly exploited her. The Cabinet also approved reservoir so as to impound 10 supply, pricing and manufac- thereafter, the bulletin said. 19 were serving their sen- be certain that these women Hospitals in a hotel in The innocent girl returned phases 2 and 3 of a World tmc ft of water in the project. turing of quality fodder for It is very likely to move tence in the Special Prison do not commit wrongdoings Vijayawada caught fire on home around 1.30 pm on Bank-assisted Dam The Cabinet approved exten- animals along with AP westwards and reach Tamil for Women in , again. All these women have August 9. Wednesday for lunch, where Rehabilitation and sion works of the north feed- Fisheries University Bill. Nadu-Puducherry coasts on 27 in the Special Prison for been subject to execution of The police subsequently she fell ill and complained of Improvement Project (DRIP), er canal of Rallapadu reser- Also, the Cabinet gave a December 2. Women in Kadapa, two in a personal bond of Rs 50,000 filed a criminal case pain while attending nature’s according administrative voir in with nod to the proposed incen- Heavy to very heavy rainfall Visakhapatnam Central and will have to appear against Dr Ramesh on the call. approval for an amount of Rs an outlay of Rs 632 crore. tives for Kopparthi YSR- at a few places with isolated Prison and five in Nellore before the probation officer charges of culpable homi- 776.50 crore. The Cabinet agreed to Jagananna Mega Industrial extremely heavy falls is very Central Prison. and police station concerned cide not amount to murder VIJAYAWADA The Cabinet also accorded amend the AP Gaming Act Hub, aimed at creating likely over Tamil Nadu, The AP government has once every three months till and attempt to commit BULLION RATES administrative approval to 1974 in the ensuing Assembly employment opportunities Puducherry, Karaikal and parts ensured that these women the completion of unexpired culpable homicide. increase the discharge from session to ban online gam- for the youth. of AP on December 2 and 3. can live a life of dignity by portion of their sentence. However, the High GOLD Court took exception to ` 49,760 (10 gm) singling out Ramesh Hospitals when the offi- ` 10 AP logs 733 new Covid cials gave permission out- SILVER right to the hotels all over ` 64,000 (1kg) Toll rises to 3, extensive... the city and asked the ` 200 Continued from Page 1 police to file criminal cases, six deaths between November 23 and on The state government cases against the district PNS n VIJAYAWADA Three districts reported 26, which was 188 per cent Thursday, was traced on announced that ex-gratia officials and stop further CHICKEN 100-120 new cases each, three Agriculture Minister K more than normal. Friday. would be paid to the kin of investigation. The State RATES `/KG Andhra Pradesh reported 733 added 50-75 and seven Kanna Babu told reporters Referring to official Another person was the deceased as per norms. government chose to new cases of coronavirus, districts had less after the Cabinet meeting that reports, the minister said washed away in an overflow- In Kadapa district, a car appeal in the Supreme Dressed/With Skin `158 1,205 recoveries and than 50 each in enumeration of the crop loss- 664 houses were submerged ing stream in Chittoor dis- that was on its way to Court which allowed the Without Skin `180 six deaths in the 24 the 24 hours. es would be completed by and another 673 damaged in trict on Friday, police said. Mantralayam from Kanchi, continuation of the inves- Broiler at Farm `109 hours ending 9 am Krishna dis- December 15 and compensa- the rains. Police, however, rescued a lost control and skidded into tigation. on Friday. trict saw two tion distributed to the affected As per preliminary reports, family of seven that was a pond and overturned. The police filed the crim- The state’s fresh fatalities farmers by December 31. paddy suffered the highest trapped in a farm hut in A police team from inal petition in the High EGG Covid-19 chart while four dis- Fresh seeds would be sup- damage in 16,290 hectares, Yerpedu mandal, with the Ontimitta rushed to the spot Court stating that Dr RATES `/100 now showed tricts had one plied to farmers in affected dis- blackgram in 7,362 ha and Pincha rivulet surging. and saved the three passen- Ramesh was not cooperat- 8,66,438 total pos- each, the bul- tricts at 80 per cent subsidy, he cotton in 3,571 ha. Police and NDRF person- gers by pulling out the car. ing with the investigation. VIJAYAWADA 438 itives, 8,47,325 recov- letin added. said. Horticultural crops in 1,371 nel arranged a speedboat and Director General of Police Responding to the peti- HYDERABAD 420 eries and 6,976 deaths so After 99.13 lakh SPS Nellore, Prakasam and hectares were also hit. also created a ropeway to D G Sawang commended the tion, Justice Manavendra far, according to the latest sample tests, the over- the four Rayalaseema dis- Meanwhile, the body of a evacuate the farm workers efforts of the police person- Nath Roy issued the order VISAKHAPATNAM 435 bulletin. all infection positivity rate in tricts of Chittoor, Kadapa, farmer, washed away in the family to safety, Chittoor dis- nel in the rain-battered dis- allowing the custodial RETAIL PRICE `4.38 The active cases numbered the state stood at 8.74 per and swirling flood in trict Superintendent of Police tricts over their rescue and interrogation of Dr (IN VIJAYAWADA) 12,137, it added. cent. received 288.8 mm of rainfall Mallemadugu reservoir in Senthil Kumar said. relief efforts. Ramesh.

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VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 vijayawada 03 Flood-hit farmers reeling, rescue RDIF, Hetero to produce 100 Mn doses of ‘Sputnik V’ them: Atchannaidu in letter to CM PNS n HYDERABAD The Russian Direct Investment PNS n VIJAYAWADA Fund, Russia's sovereign Onus on Govt to help flood-hit wealth fund, and city-based TDP AP president K pharma group Hetero have Atchannaidu on Friday farmers, says Pawan Kalyan agreed to produce over 100 appealed to Chief Minister YS million doses per year of the Jaganmohan Reddy to come to VIJAYAWADA: Pointing out that year's kharif and rabi crops have world's first registered the rescue of farmers who are the farming community has been still not reached the affected COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik reeling from the heavy crop badly affected by Cyclone Nivar farmers and the agriculture V, Hetero said on Friday. losses due to the impact of that struck at a time the crops department has to respond The parties intend to start Cyclone Nivar in the State. were almost ready to be accordingly in this regard. the production of Sputnik V in In a letter to the Chief harvested, Jana Sena supremo The Jana Sena chief recalled that the beginning of 2021, through Minister, Atchannaidu said Pawan Kalyan on Friday said that the farming community had Hetero's biologics arm Hetero that crops in thousands of tillers have lost almost everything incurred heavy losses before the Biopharma," it said in a press acres were still under water. they had in Nellore, Chittoor, cyclone due to heavy rains and release. announce the agreement crucial to enable swift access to Crops worth over Rs 9,720 Kadapa, Krishna, Prakasam and floods. "People are facing severe The Gamaleya Center in between RDIF and Hetero patients." crore were damaged in the Guntur districts. hardships as floodwaters Russia and RDIF announced that will pave the way to pro- Reddy further said the col- heavy rains and floods from "The responsibility lies with the inundated their homes due to on November 24 positive duction of the safe and highly laboration is another step August to October, he remind- State Government to assist these Nivar. The government must results obtained during the effective Sputnik V vaccine on towards Hetero's commitment ed. unfortunate farmers in all aspects ensure relief measures reach the second interim data analysis of Indian soil. in the battle against Covid-19 “Cyclone Nivar caused an Small temple on beach collapses, under these circumstances," the victims by taking up steps to the largest double-blind, ran- The vaccines interim clini- and realizing the objective of irrecoverable blow to the farm- actor-politician said.He said that protect the homeless. domised, placebo-controlled cal trial results show 95 per 'Make-in-India' campaign as ers and the Government EG fisherman hunt for gold farmers have incurred heavy Coronavirus cases are still being Phase III clinical trials in cent efficacy on the 42nd day envisioned by Prime Minister should make arrangements for losses due to Nivar, and it's learnt reported and measures have to be Russia's history involving after the first dose. Narendra Modi. buying the damaged crops by Visakhapatnam : A day after a many fishermen at Uppada coast that crop lost was worth an taken to prevent spread of other 40,000 volunteers. B Murali Krishna Reddy, Earlier in September offering remunerative prices. small temple on the brink of began searching too. estimated Rs 1,000 crore. "Since diseases along with Coronavirus," Currently Phase III clinical Director International 2020,Dr. Reddy's and Russian There was a greater need to res- Uppada coast in East Godavari Some lucky ones found small the losses may further affect the he said. trials are approved and are Marketing, Hetero Labs Direct Investment Fund cue the farmers who were collapsed, fishermen began gold pieces and fillings on the farmers as they were already "According to the weather alerts, ongoing in Belarus, the UAE, Limited, said "We are pleased (RDIF), Russia's sovereign badly hit because of repeated hunting for tiny gold pieces. coast at Jaggara-jupeta in U. caught in a debt trap, it's the need another cyclone is looming on the Venezuela and other coun- to collaborate with RDIF as a wealth fundentered into a part- natural disasters of the past few They believe that the gold fillings Kothapalli mandal in East of the hour for the government to horizon. I appeal to the Jana tries, as well as Phase II-III in manufacturing partner for the nership to conduct clinical months,” the TDP leader wrote. from the debris of temples and Godavari. provide them crop insurance in Sainiks to take part in the India and requests for more most anticipated Sputnik V trials of Sputnik V vaccine and He alleged that the buildings that were swept away Those who did find the pieces of time along with the input subsidy," programme to alert the people than 1.2 billion doses of vaccine for the treatment of its distribution in India. Government did not take pre- into the sea may be washed gold are not informing the Pawan Kalyan said. He said that well in advance," Pawan Kalyan Sputnik V vaccine came from Covid-19. As part of the ventive measures to save the ashore by the waves. authorities and instead are selling insurance claims for the last said. more than 50 countries. While we look forward to partnership,RDIFshall supply farmers. “Though the untime- After rumours spread that some it for Rs 500 to Rs 2,000. The that the common man in towns urgent steps to mitigate the suf- Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the the clinical trial results in 100 million doses of the vac- ly rains have ravaged the crops, people found tiny gold pellets, hunt is on even in the rain. and villages was also suffering fering of the residents. Russian Direct Investment India, we believe that manufac- cine toDr.Reddys upon regu- no sufficient steps were taken priorities need to be changed cyclones and calamities,” because of floodwaters enter- Enumeration of the damages Fund, said "We are delighted to turing the product locally is latory approval in India. to extend timely help to the in order to avert unnecessary Atchannaidu wrote. ing colonies and houses. “The should be taken up immediate- farmers. The ruling party's loss to the people in times of The TDP leader deplored civic authorities should take ly everywhere,” his letter said. Passive smoking too RGUKT Export Promotion Attempts to arm-twist Amaravati postpones causes cancer: Docs CET-2020 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Policy on the anvil farmers won’t work, says Lokesh PNS n VIJAYAWADA said "Lung cancer is a deadly disease and is the most com- Rajiv Gandhi University of PNS n VIJAYAWADA need to focus on inland water- Collector A mon type of cancer with Knowledge Technologies ways to reduce Logistics cost TDP MLC condemns govt for ‘punishing tillers Md Imtiaz on Friday urged cit- approximately 20 lakh patient (RGUKT) convener D The State Government would in the state. izens to discourage use of being diagnosed and around Harinarayana on Friday soon unveil an 'Export In order to enhance connec- resisting arbitrary 3-capitals decision’ tobacco in all forms. 18 lakh deaths per annum informed that the RGUKT Promotion Policy' to give tivity industrial clusters, the Speaking after unveiling a around the world." CET-2020 has been post- greater impetus to growth of Government is planning to set PNS n VIJAYAWADA Amaravati and Polavaram campaign undertaken by He said that in India alone, poned in view of the exports from the state, dis- up coastal shipping berths projects were undermined in HCG Cancer Centre on 'Lung around one lakh people are Cyclone Nivar. closed R Karikal Valaven, along the seacoast to leverage TDP MLC Nara Lokesh on this rule. Cancer Awareness' by forming diagnosed every year with The RGUKT CET-2020 Special Chief Secretary - the advantage of the lengthy Friday condemned the 'high- “The TDP would extend all a human chain with messages lung cancer. Of this, around was scheduled to be held Industries & Commerce, coastline in the State. handed behaviour and arm- support to the weaker sec- at Prakasam Barrage, 70,000 die every year. "A on November 28 and Infrastructure & Investment K Rama Mohan Rao, twisting tactics' of the YSRCP tions and farmers who are Vijayawada, the Collector whopping 90 percent of lung would now be held on Department, on Friday. Chairman, Visakhapatnam Government, accusing it of waging a relentless struggle appreciated the effort as it aims cancer cases are the direct December 5, 2020 Stating that the State Port Trust, in his speech high- trying to suppress the against the oppressive to create awareness on the result of smoking. Around 3 (Saturday). Government is encouraging lighted various initiatives of Amaravati farmers' agitation Government,” the TDP MLC harmful and deadly effects of percent of lung cancer cases Students appearing for the setting up of multi-modal the Government like 'Make in against the arbitrary 3-capitals said. tobacco use and passive smok- are due to passive smoking or the test were advised to Logistics Parks at Anantapur India', 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' decision. He said that the fact that ing. A 9 feet lung shaped 'secondhand' smoking. take note of the change. and Kadapa, Valaven said that and 'Sagar Mala' to drive Lokesh met farmers of this Government lacked structure made from plants Important measures for pre- Harinarayana said that every effort is being made to growth in logistics sector. He Krishnayapalem who were humanity or decorum was was unveiled with a message of vention of lung cancer are to the test will be held tap the potential of the 'best felt that proposed coastal eco- recently released at Undavalli injustice to them. exposed when the farmers 'Lets Clear The Air' by the stop smoking, avoid second- between 11 am to 1 pm on road and rail network' Andhra nomic zones in the state would on Friday. They said that they did not were handcuffed and sent to Collector on the occasion. hand smoking and avoid December 5. There will be Pradesh has. drive growth of Andhra Lokesh said that it was resort to any unlawful activ- jail. Lokesh lamented that Dr Gopichand M, Medical exposure of carcinogens at no change in the examina- Addressing the second edi- Pradesh. highly condemnable that SC, ity but had obstructed those though the complainant with- Director, HCG Cancer Centre, work," Dr Gopichand said. tion centres or hall tickets tion of Logistics Conference Rama Mohan Rao said that ST Atrocities cases were filed coming from outside to enter drew his police complaint, the allotted to the candidates, organised by the has taken against Dalit farmers them- the State Capital region. Government shifted the farm- he said. Confederation of Indian all the required measures for selves who were struggling for Reacting to the farmers’ ers to jail which was “unpar- Candidates were Industry with the theme safe evacuation of goods in protection of Amaravati. words, Lokesh alleged that the donable”.He asserted that the requested to report at the "Economic Prosperity through view of Covid-19 pandemic. The farmers told Lokesh YSRCP government was day would come when the allocated examination Logistics" through digital plat- Enhanced cargo handling sys- that they faced a harrowing implementing anti-farmer ruling party leaders would centre two hours before form, Valaven pointed out tem helped to avoid conges- time when in detention and policies as was evident from pay a heavy price for the the commencement of the that Andhra Pradesh is tion at the Port, he said in his thanked him for the support the inordinate delay in the atrocities and injustices they examination along with endowed with best road and address. extended by the TDP when Polavaram project works. were committing against the the hall ticket and any rail network and there is a the Government meted out He also alleged that both BC, SC, ST and Minorities. identity proof. Businessman 38 Police Inspectors promoted, get postings found hanging SOP teams arrest two drug PNS n VIJAYAWADA existing vacancy. S Kiran Traffic-IV Vijayawada City RSTF, Tirupati City in the PNS n HYDERABAD Kumar on promotion was City in the existing vacancy. existing vacancy. V Sreenivasa peddlers in separate cases As many as 38 inspectors were posted as DSP, V&E in the B Rajasekhar on promotion Reddy on promotion as The body of a businessman on Friday given posting and existing vacancy. as DSP (SN) was posted as DSP(SN) was posted as DSP, was found hanging in an PNS n HYDERABAD Beeramguda in Sangareddy oil value per liter is more than promotion orders which will B Mariya Das on promotion DSP, CID in the existing vacan- Intelligence City in the existing under-construction house district and Nagesh of Logili in 1 lakh, he is procuring from his come into force with immedi- as DSP (Regular) was posted as cy. G Srinivas Rao on promo- vacancy. in Kanchanbagh on The city police on Friday Visakhapatnam district were source at Vizag agency areas ate effect. DSP, SB, Prakasam district. B tion was posted as ACP, C Maheswara Reddy on pro- Wednesday late night. arrested an inter-state drug absconding in the case, a police and diluting it by mixing Siso The inspectors given promo- Katam Raju on Promotion as Traffic-II, Vijayawada City in motion as DSP (SN) was post- Nabiuddin, 32, a resident peddler and seized two litres of release here said. The modus- Propyl Alcohol and selling to tion orders are B Appa Rao DSP (Regular) was posted as the existing vacancy. R Rama ed as DSP SB Kurnool vice DV of Khilwat had left his hashish oil from his possession. operandi was that the accused the consumers for Rs 3,000. who was given promoted as DSP Traffic, Tirupati Urban. Chandra Rao on promotion as Ramana Murthy transfer. R house Monday and did not On credible information, is a BTech dropout and got He is regularly procuring DSP and posted as DSP, SC/ST GVS Pydeswara Rao on pro- DSP (SN) was posted as ACP, Govinda Rao on Promotion as return home. On the sleuths of Special Operation habituated to consuming ganja. ganja and hashish oil from cell in motion as DSP (Regular) was Traffic-I Vijayawada City in the DSP (SN) was posted as DSP Wednesday, his phone was Team (SOP), Malkajgiri Zone He came in contact with Nagesh from Vizag agency the existing vacancy. posted as DSP, CCS, West existing vacancy. Marine. switched off, following arrested Veerapalli Laxmipathi, drug peddlers at Vizag agency area and selling to consumers T Murali Krishna on promo- Godavari. M Ambica Prasad PV Maruthi Rao on promo- C Sarath Raj Kumar on pro- which a search was 24, of Manikonda at Pedda areas and later he started at higher prices and earning tion was posted as DSRP, on promotion as DSP tion as DSP (SN) was posted as motion as DSP (SN) was post- launched and his body was Amberpet X Road in procuring and supplying ganja money illegally. in the existing (Regular) has retained as DSP, DSP AP TRANSCO City in the ed as ACP Traffic -II found hanging to the stair- Hayathnagar when he was to the customers at higher The consumers are buying vacancy. N Suresh Babu on SB, East Godavari district. existing vacancy. N Bhaskar Visakhapatnam city. P case at a building at Hafeez procuring, transporting and prices and was earning money liquid hashish oil from drug promotion was posted as DSP, K Ravi Kumar on promotion Reddy on promotion as DSP Muralikrishna Reddy on pro- Babanagar, police said. supplying hashish oil to the illegally. Later he came to know peddler Laxmipathi and SC/ST cell Prakasam in the as DSP(SN) was posted as (SN) was posted as DSP, CID motion as DSP (SN) was post- His wife has alleged that customers. He was also supply- about hashish oil which is adding one or two drops in cig- existing vacancy. S Prasada DSP, SC/ST cell-I YSR Kadapa. City in the existing vacancy. ed as DSP Traffic, East her husband was murdered ing it through online apps to more demand than ganja and arettes and smoking to have a Rao on promotion was posted K Damodar on promotion as DP Kondaiah on promotion as Godavari district vice B by Sikander and a few oth- the customers. it is generally not available to drowsy effect. Hashish oil is as DSP, DTC, Anantapur in the DSP (SN) was posted as ACP, DSP (SN) was posted as DSP, Ramakrishna transfer. ers. Mohan Reddy, 25, of the drug peddlers. As hashish also known as cannabis oil. Depressed Cops nab 3, foil murder plan Village secretariats impress K’taka team man ends life PNS n VIJAYAWADA sekhar Rao was a financier- Angry at being cheated, PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n HYDERABAD cum-transport vehicles oper- Chandrasekhar planned to The team said Tadepalli police on Friday ator and used to give auto- eliminate Naidu with the help An official delegation from that the Depressed over losing arrested three persons and rickshaws and cars on rent. of M Raju and another auto Karnataka on Friday visited money in online games, a unravelled a conspiracy to P Satish Naidu took Rs driver B Rajkumar and offered Somasepalli and Chilamathur Karnataka man ended his life in commit murder. 20,000 on loan from Chandra- them three auto rickshaws as villages in Government Vanasthalipuram in the Guntur Urban SP RN sekhar through auto rickshaw payment. and interacted with volun- wee hours on Friday. Ammi Reddy told the media driver M Raju. Later Satish He purchased two big teers, officials and people to was interested Jagadeesh, 33, who was that the police noticed three Naidu pretended as a car trav- knives, two small knives and understand the nuances in emulating the addicted to online games, persons moving suspiciously el operator and hypothecated chill powder from I-Town in behind the functioning of the village had allegedly borrowed in an auto rickshaw at several cars belonging to oth- Vijayawada. village secretariat system. money from friends and Tadepalli in the early hours on ers claiming them as his cars. He planned to murder The team said that the secretariat relatives to gamble and Friday. When the police tried Trusting the cars to be Naidu in his home at Karnataka Government was system in that make quick money. to stop them, the trio tried to belonging to Satish Naidu, Penumaka by sprinkling chilli interested in emulating the But he lost most of the flee. Chandrasekhar gave Rs 13.50 powder and then carrying village secretariat system in state hence games and ran into However the police led by lakh over several occasions out the attack. that state hence they were they were debts. Though he cleared S-I D Vinod Kumar caught but Naidu failed to pay back Ammi Reddy appreciated touring AP to study its impact. Digital Assistant, Village dashboards and Service some debts, he still had them and upon frisking, the amount. the Tadepalli police for foiling The Karnataka team, led by Agriculture Assistant, Welfare Delivery System at the touring AP to much to repay and with found two big knives, two Chandrasekhar enquired the murder plan and saving a the State's Panchayat Raj and and Education Assistant, ANM doorstep of the people. The study its impact no money left with him, small knives and packets of about the hypothecated cars life. The SP said that the Rural Development and volunteers in the two vil- team further visited the Rythu Jagadeesh is suspected chilli powder. and found those cars belonged police registered a case and Commissioner S Priyanka lages. Bharosa Kendram. The team to have decided to end Giving more details, Ammi to others and Naidu was oper- further investigation is under- interacted with the Panchayat The team appreciated the stated that they would submit Secretariat system to the his life. Reddy said that M Chandra- ating them on rental basis. way. Secretary, Mahila Police, design of the secretariat system, a detailed report about the Karnataka government. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 nation 04

BJP makes No government can stop farmers Mufti, daughter under house organisational appointments fighting ‘battle of truth': Rahul

in states n arrest, presser disallowed PNS NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi PNS n SRINAGAR opinion,” Mufti said on Twitter. Pulwama. BJP Ministers & their on Friday attacked Prime She accused the administra- puppets are allowed to move The BJP on Friday made a Minister Narendra Modi over Kashmir is an "open air prison” tion of using “fear and intimi- around in every corner of number of organisational the agitation of farmers against where no one has the right to dation” to “muffle” any form of Kashmir but security is a prob- appointments in states, with the new farm laws and said no express their opinion, PDP opposition just a day before the lem only in my case,” Mufti said Ravindra Raju being made government in the world can president Mehbooba Mufti said commencement of the District in a tweet in the morning. the general secretary (organ- stop farmers fighting the "bat- on Friday after the authorities Development Council (DDC) The PDP president said her isation) in Haryana. tle of truth". barred her from holding a polls. daughter was also put under In a statement, the party The former Congress chief's press conference at her resi- “We are one day away from house arrest. said Ratnakar has been made attack on the government dence here where she was DDC polling & its evident that “Their cruelty knows no the joint general secretary came as thousands of farmers, allegedly placed under house the admin here is using fear & bounds. Waheed was arrested (organisation) in Bihar, while carrying flags and shouting arrest in the morning. intimidation in tandem to muf- for the press conference this on baseless charges & I am not Bhawani Singh and slogans, gathered at various The former Jammu and fle any form of opposition,” she morning after she was alleged- allowed to even console his Karmveer have been given entry points into the national Kashmir chief minister said said in a tweet. ly put under house arrest. family. Even my daughter Iltija similar charges in Uttar capital in a determined bid to she was not allowed to visit the A posse of policemen The former chief minister has been placed under house Pradesh. push their way through as remember that whenever arro- beginning!" he tweeted with Pulwama residence of party stopped journalists about 100 said she was not allowed for the arrest because she also wanted The party has made Abhay part of their 'Delhi Chalo' gance takes on truth, it gets the hashtag 'IamWithFarmers'. leader Waheed Parra who was metres away from Mufti's last two days to meet the fam- to visit Waheed's family,” she Kumar Giri the general sec- march against the new farm defeated. Punjab farmers, represent- arrested by the NIA earlier this 'Fairview' residence in Gupkar ily of the party's youth leader said. retary (organisation) of laws while police blocked them "No government in the ing over 30 farm bodies, had week. area of the city here, where she Waheed Parra who was arrest- Reacting to the alleged deten- Manipur and Nagaland. with barricades, teargas shells world can stop the farmers announced they will march to “Press has been barred from was scheduled to address the ed by the NIA. She said Parra tion, National Conference (NC) In the BJP, general secre- and batons. who are fighting the battle of Delhi through several routes - entering my residence in media. was arrested on “baseless vice president Omar Abdullah taries and joint general sec- Later, the farmers were truth," the former Congress - Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala- Srinagar. This despite no writ- The police said the presser of charges”. said personal liberty was being retaries in-charge of organi- allowed to enter the national chief said. Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri, ten orders explaining my arbi- the PDP president was not “Ive been illegally detained treated as a favour by the gov- sation are considered key capital and hold peaceful agi- "The Modi government will Moonak-Tohana, Ratia- trary detention. Kashmir is an allowed as per the orders from yet again. Since two days, J&K ernment that gives and with- posts, and people holding tation, the Delhi Police said. have to agree to the demands Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa open air prison where no one the higher ups. admin has refused to allow me draws it at will, while the judi- them are generally drawn In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi of the farmers and take back to protest against new farm has the right to express their Mufti had invited journalists to visit @parawahid's family in ciary does not interfere. from the RSS. said the prime minister should the black laws. This is just the laws. SHORT TAKES BJP MLA ‘fears physical, mental Use tech to ensure access Farmers' protest: HC allows Malegaon victim's kin harm’ after complaint against Lalu Kisan Cong slams PNS n PATNA political party. I fear physical to justice for all, says SC BJP-ruled states to intervene in Purohit's plea and mental harm, to myself BJP MLA Lalan Kumar and my family, from the pow- PNS n NEW DELHI petitions, appeals, revisions and PNS n DEHRADUN he Bombay High Court on Paswan, whom incarcerated erful people involved in the applications are pending in TFriday allowed Nisar RJD president Lalu Prasad enticement offered to me". The Supreme Court Friday high courts as well, the judge- National coordinator of Kisan Ahmed Bilal, father of a had allegedly telephoned from Prasad, who is serving sen- asked the Chief Justices of all ment said. Congress Rakesh Kumar victim who died in the 2008 Ranchi, told the Bihar Asse- tence in Ranchi for his high courts to use information A bench of Justices D Y Singh on Friday accused BJP- Malegaon blast, to intervene mbly on Friday that he feared involvement in fodder scam and communications technol- Chandrachud and Indira ruled states of using repres- in the plea filed by accused "physical and mental harm" cases, had made the purport- ogy (ICT) tools to ensure that Banerjee said that in district sive measures against farmers Lieutenant Colonel Prasad after having exposed the ed call on Tuesday, when he the access to justice is “democ- courts as many as 1,96,861 bail and warned that attempts to Shrikant Purohit, seeking that "powerful" leader. had asked Paswan to remain ratized and equitably allocated”, pleas are pending and the dis- quell their protests will only the charges against him be quashed. A bench of Justices S S Paswan, who represents "absent" during the election of saying as per the National the criminal justice system of trict judges should use the ICT further intensify them. Shinde and M S Karnik had heard Bilal's counsel B A Desai, and Pirpainti, made the claim in a the speaker scheduled the day Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), “bail, not jail” in practice. tools to monitor and ensure that Referring to Thursday's Purohit's counsel Neela Gokhale on Wednesday and closed the cleverly-timed interjection, after. over 91 lakh bail pleas are The suggestions came in the everybody gets justice. incident in Haryana where arguments for order on November 23. Advocate Desai had urged while leader of the opposition In the audio clip of the con- pending in high courts alone. judgement by which the top “The data on the NJDG is farmers marching to Delhi the bench to implead his client as a party to the case and admit Tejaswhi Yadav, the RJD supr- versation that has gone viral The apex court said the chief court extended the interim bail available in the public realm. had to face water cannons the intervention application since the victim had a right to be emo's son and heir apparent, on the social media, Paswan justices of every high courts and granted to TV anchor Arnab The NJDG is a valuable and teargas shells, Singh said heard. He had said that Bilal was also an intervening party in the was taking part in the debate can be heard expressing his administrative judges of dis- Goswami and two others in a resource for all High Courts to coercive methods to silence trial in the case pending hearing before a special NIA court in the on governor's address to the inability to do so, pointing out tricts should in their adminis- 2018 abetment to suicide case. monitor the pendency and farmers would only worsen city. In his plea, Bilal said that he had lost his son in the blast and newly constituted Assembly. that he was bound by the trative capacities utilize the The top court said the grant disposal of cases, including the situation. therefore, he was an "aggrieved party" in the case, who deserved Rising from his seat, party discipline. ICT tools to remedy the "insti- of bail is the “solemn expression criminal cases. For Chief "If the new farm laws are in to be heard. Advocate Gokhale had, however, opposed the Paswan, who lodged a com- "We will take care of tutional problem" of bail appli- of the humaneness of the jus- Justices of the High Courts, the interest of farmers as application filed by Bilal. She argued that Purohit had sought that plaint against Prasad with the you...... we will be having our cations and monitor the pen- tice system” and referred to the the information which is claimed by Prime Minister charges against him be quashed since the National Investigation state vigilance department on own Speaker. This govern- dency as "liberty is not a gift for NJDG data which reflected available is capable of being Narendra Modi why does he Agency (NIA) had failed to get prior sanction under section 197 of the previous day, told the ment will fall and you will be the few". that 91, 56, 842 bail applications utilized as a valuable instru- shy away from meeting the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prosecute him. chair, "I have made a disclo- made a minister thereafter," Further, the top court said are pending in high courts. ment to promote access to jus- them?" said Singh, who is also sure about a telephonic call by the former chief minister can high courts and trial courts Besides them, 12, 66,133 tice, particularly in matters general secretary of the All the national president of a be heard as saying. must enforce the basic rule of criminal matters such as writ concerning liberty. India Kisan Congress. MP: Cong MLA gets pre-arrest bail over protest against Macron Protests in Meghalaya over Passengers to Norms issued to regulate he Madhya Pradesh High Court UK can carry Ton Friday granted anticipatory bail to Congress MLA Arif ‘delay' in implementation of ILP double check-in Masood in a criminal case in shared mobility, end jams connection with a protest against PNS n SHILLONG However, there was no law baggage the French president in Bhopal and order problem so far, PNS n NEW DELHI Section 93 of the Motor last month. On October 29, Masood had led a protest against French An umbrella body of youth police said. PNS n NEW DELHI Vehicles Act, 1988," the state- President Emmanuel Macron over a row sparked by prophet organisations organised black To visit the ILP-regime The government has issued ment said. Mohammad's cartoon in France. A First Information Report was flag protests in Meghalaya on states, outsiders, including Passengers travelling in the Motor Vehicle Aggregator The objectives of issuing registered against Masood in Bhopal under IPC section 153-A Friday demanding implemen- people from other states of economy class of India-UK Guidelines with an aim to these guidelines also include (promoting enmity between different groups) following the protest tation of Inner Line the country, need to take flights of the British regulate shared mobility and providing ease of doing busi- and his speech. He moved the high court after his anticipatory bail Permit system (ILP) permission. Airways will be able to reduce traffic congestion and ness, customer safety and dri- application was rejected by the lower court in Bhopal. While granting in the state. There are also pro- carry double check-in bag- pollution. ver welfare, it said. him relief, the high court asked Masood to cooperate with Rallies were taken tections for locals gage with them during this These guidelines seek to As per the guidelines, the investigators and not to leave Bhopal without informing the local out in the state cap- with regards to winter season, the airline establish a regulatory frame- licence issued by state govern- police station, said his lawyer Ajay Gupta. ital and the districts lands, jobs and other said on Friday. work for aggregators by state inition of the term 'aggrega- ment is a mandatory pre-req- with the protestors facilities. Passengers will now be governments to ensure that the tor'," it said. uisite for permitting business carrying black flags. The state assembly able to take two pieces of aggregators are accountable Prior to the amendment, the operations by the aggregator. Shopkeepers downed had last year uanimously check-in baggage, with each and responsible for the oper- regulation of aggregator was For regulating the aggrega- SC extends by a week parole of Perarivalan their shutters when the pro- adopted a resolution urging weighing a maximum of 23 ations executed by them, the not available, it said. tors, the guidelines specified by ILP activists were passing the Centre to implement ILP kg, British Airways said in a Ministry of Road Transport & "MoRTH has issued the the Centre may be followed by serving life in Rajiv assassination case through the roads in Lewduh in Meghalaya. release. Highways (MoRTH) said in a Motor Vehicle Aggregator state governments. and Khyndailad areas here The BJP is part of the Till date, only one piece of statement. Guidelines 2020 as per the In order to ensure compli- he Supreme Court Friday and distributing black flags to National People's Party-led check-in baggage, weighing "The Motor Vehicles Act, requirements and provisions of ance with the licence require- Textended by one week commuters. Meghalaya Democratic not more than 23 kg, was per- 1988 has been amended by the the Motor Vehicles ments the Act stipulates penal- the parole of AG Movement of vehicles was Alliance (MDA) government mitted in the airline's econ- Motor Vehicles Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2019 and ties under "Section 93 of the Perarivalan, serving life also disrupted for some time. in the state. omy class. Act, 2019 to include the def- further as per the amended Act" . term in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for medical treatment. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rabindranath BJP door open Rao and S Ravindra Bhat Plaque for Jewish victims of 26/11 said the court had extended for Suvendu : the parole by a week on November 23 and directed the state to Tagore Literary provide escort to Perarivalan. It said that an interlocutory Dilip Ghosh application has been filed by the petitioner seeking extension of Prize shortlist Mumbai attacks unveiled in Israel parole by 90 days because of ailment and need for surgical PNS n intervention. The top court said that in view of the submissions of announced HARINDER MISHRA The mayor has reacted senior advocate Gopal Shankarnarayanan, appearing for the n EILAT (ISRAEL) favourably to the proposal, Hours after senior Trinamool petitioner and advocate Balaji Srinivasan, representing Tamil Nadu, PNS n NEW DELHI extending all help and support, Congress leader Suvendu Perarivalan's parole is extended by one week from Friday. The Jewish outreach movement representatives of the Sitar Adhikari resigned from the bench clarified that it will be the last extension of parole and Author Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Chabad has unveiled a plaque at Organisation for Indian cabinet, state directed the state to provide police escort to Perarivalan for visiting Island" and Raj Kamal Jha's its synagogue in this southern Immigrants in Eilat said. BJP president Dilip Ghosh the doctor. Perarivalan was first granted parole from November 9 "The City and the Sea" are Israeli coastal city in memory of The Sitar Organisation also Friday said the saffron party to November 23 by the Madras High Court on medical grounds, among the books contending six Jews killed in the 26/11 put up a plaque in the memory has its doors open for the which was extended by the top court. for this year's Rabindranath Mumbai terror attacks, demand- of the six Jewish victims of heavyweight leader and many Tagore Literary prize, founder ing that the Pakistani perpetra- 26/11 at its club on Thursday. others. of the award, Peter Bundalo tors of the carnage be brought to The plaque was unveiled at a Adhikari's resignation her- Goa seeks Rs 100 cr for events announced on Friday. justice. sombre ceremony which was alds the "end of Trinamool The Rav Hecht and First Secretary also attended by Deputy Mayor Congress", he claimed and to mark 60 years of liberation Literary Prize was founded in at the Embassy of India in Israel of Eilat Stas Dinkin. added that the party will 2018 by US-based publisher Rohit Mishra unveiled the Fleur Hassan Nahoum, "cease to exist". The Goa government has sought Bundalo as a platform for plaque mounted on a wall inside deputy mayor of Jerusalem for "The exit of Suvendu Rs 100 crore funding from the world peace, literature, art, the synagogue. foreign relations, said those who Adhikari from TMC is only a Centre to host year-long activities education and human rights. "To the memory and rise of masterminded and funded these matter of time. There are sev- to mark 60 years of the state's Apart from Ghosh and souls of Rabbi Gavriel Noah and brutal attacks should be pun- eral leaders of the ruling party liberation from Portuguese rule, Jha, other contenders for the Rivka Holtsberg, who were mar- ished. who are disgruntled with its Chief Minister Pramod Sawant literary award are -- Nirmala tyred during the time of their 3A paper size plaque that was nine terrorists, were killed and "Today Israel mourns with way of functioning. We have said on Friday. Speaking to Govindarajan for "Taboo", holy mission in a terror attack at unveiled on Thursday. over 300 others were injured in India on the anniversary of the kept our doors open," Ghosh reporters, Sawant said he will be Ranjit Hoskote for Chabad House in Mumbai, Engraved on a hard plastic the attacks which began on senseless acts of terror in told reporters here. heading a high-level committee comprising MLAs, businessmen, "Jonahwhale", Sachin India, from which the message plate, the message was person- November 26, 2008. In Mumbai that took the lives of 166 Adhikari, who has been at freedom fighters, historians and journalists to decide on the plansfor Kundalkar for "Cobalt Blue" of Torah was being spread all ally drafted by Rav Hecht. November 2012, Ajmal Amir people, including the Holtzberg odds with the party's top these activities. Goa was liberated from over 450 years of Portuguese translated from Marathi into over the area. The Mumbai Chabad House Kasab, the lone surviving gun- family from Israel and other brass, tendered his resigna- rule on December 19, 1961. "We have sought Rs 100 crore from the English by Jerry Pinto, Varun "And for the four guests who at Nariman Point was one of the man among the Pakistani group, members of the Chabad House," tion as the state's transport Centre for this programme. We are sure that the Union government Thomas Mathew for "The stayed in Chabad House at the targets of the attacks. Ten terror- was hanged to death in Pune. Nahoum told PTI. minister on Friday. He had will release the funds," the chief minister said. The year-long activities Black Dwarves of the Good time of the attack, and were also ists of Pakistan-based Lashkar- The Chabad Movement and "India has always been a bea- resigned as chairman of state- will showcase art, culture and journey of the state in the last 60 Little Bay", Sonnet Mondal martyred: Rabi Gavriel e-Taiba (LeT) carried out 12 Jews of Indian origin in Eilat con of tolerance for Jewish com- run Hoogly River Bridge years, he said, adding that roadshows will be held across the state for "Karmic Chanting", Taitelbaum, Mrs Norma coordinated shooting and have also requested Mayor Meir munities and we should not stop Commissioners on Thursday and in capital cities of other states. As a part of the initiative, a Rochelle Potkar for "Paper Rabinovich, Rabi Ben Zion bombing attacks lasting four Itzhak Ha Levi to set up a 26/11 until we find the masterminds dealing a blow to TMC's discussion will also be held on making Goa "Swayampoorna" (self- Asylum", Bijoya Sawian for Kurman, Mrs Yocheved Orpaz. days across Mumbai. memorial square in the city on and funders of these brutal backchannel talks to woo sufficient) by involving various stakeholders, Sawant said. "Shadow Men", and Sudeep May their souls be bound up in Over 166 people, including 28 the lines of the one dedicated to attacks and bring them to jus- him back before the 2021 Sen for "EroText". the bond of eternal life," read the foreigners from 10 nations and the victims of the 9/11 attack. tice," she said. state polls. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 nation 05

Liberty across INDIA CORNER human eras is as JK set for first polls post Art 370 tenuous as tenuous IMA ponzi scheme accused, former Minister R Roshan Baig hospitalised can be: SC abrogation, reorganisation ormer Congress minister R Roshan Baig, n who is in CBI custody in connection with PNS NEW DELHI themulti-crore I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) PNS n SRINAGAR/JAMMU F In the first phase of the DDC elections, 43 ponzi scam, has been hospitalised after he “Liberty across human eras complained of chest pain and uneasiness, is as tenuous as tenuous can Jammu and Kashmir is all set constituencies will go to polls -- 25 in sources said on Friday.According to sources be” and becomes a casualty to witness its first elections Kashmir and 18 in Jammu, the officials in the CBI, Baig was rushed to the Jayadeva in the absence of vigilance by since being reorganised as a hospital after he developed health related citizens, “the cacophony of union territory last year with said. For the by-elections to panchayats, complications on Thursday evening. Hospital the media” or observance of the maiden District 899 candidates were in the fray for the sources said the former minister had rule of law in the "dusty cor- Development Council (DDC) Panch seats and 280 for the sarpanch undergone an angiogram. Once he is discharged from the hospital, ridors of courts", the polls beginning on Saturday, the investigation agency will once again take him in its custody, CBI Supreme Court said on officials said. seats, they added. sources said. Baig was arrested on November 22 after a day-long Friday. They said by-elections to interrogation in connection with the ponzi scheme in which more The top court also said 12,153 panchayat constituen- than a lakh people were duped to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore. The that it was the duty of the cies are also taking place along take place from 7 am to 2 pm, Availability of all protective scam came to light in June 2019 when the ponzi scheme operator courts to “ensure that the with the DDC polls. Out of they said. State Election and sanitisation equipment Mohammed Mansoor Khan fled the country accusing Baig and some criminal law does not these, 11,814 are in the Commissio ner K K Sharma like sanitisers, non-contact government officers of cheating him. become a weapon for the Kashmir valley and the rest 339 has directed for setting up of thermometers, face-masks , selective harassment of citi- in Jammu. special polling stations for face-shields and PPE kits have zens”. In a 55-page judge- Campaigning for the first The PAGD -- an amalgam of said, adding 172 of them are Kashmiri migrants at Jammu been provided at the polling ment, a bench of Justices D phase came to an end on several mainstream political from the Kashmir valley and and Udhampur so that they stations as well as for the staff Will study HC judgement in Y Chandrachud and Indira Thursday and officials said parties, including NC and PDP, 124 from the Jammu region. can effectively exercise their and the voters, they added. Banerjee dealt with various elaborate arrangements have seeking the restoration of In the first phase of the right of franchise. Sharma interacted with Kangana case, says BMC Mayor aspects including the impor- been put in place for the Jammu and Kashmir's special DDC elections, 43 constituen- Those registered in Jammu deputy commissioners of all tance of human liberty and smooth conduct of the polls status which was revoked by cies will go to polls -- 25 in will vote at the designated districts of Jammu and umbai Mayor Kishori the role of the court and said and special measures taken in the Centre last year -- has been Kashmir and 18 in Jammu, the polling stations at Jammu and Kashmir through video confer- Pednekar on Friday said that their doors cannot be view of the COVID-19 pan- accusing the Bukhari-led party officials said. those at Udhampur would be encing which was also attend- Mthe Shiv Sena-controlled closed for those oppressed by demic. of being a B-Team of the BJP. For the by-elections to pan- voting at polling stations set up ed by the respective CMOs and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will first state actions. As many as 1,475 candidates There are 280 DDC seats in chayats, 899 candidates were in in that district, he said. senior officers of state election study the Bombay High Court's “The doors of this court are in the fray for the first phase the union territory - 140 each the fray for the Panch seats and He said necessary COVID commission. judgement in Kangana Ranaut's cannot be closed to a citizen of these polls, they said. in Jammu and Kashmir 280 for the sarpanch seats, they protocols have been put in He said foolproof method bungalow demolition case before who is able to establish The eight-phase elections regions, the officials said, added. place for ensuring the safe mechanism has been devised deciding the next step.She said prima facie that the instru- are seen as a triangular contest adding 14 constituencies have A total number of 2,644 polls. for the postal ballots from the past orders given by the high mentality of the state is being among the People's Alliance for been earmarked in each of the polling stations have been set Sanitisation of polling sta- absentee voters especially court regarding section 354A of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation weaponized for using the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), 20 districts of the union terri- up and there are be 703620 tions and counting centres COVID-19 patients in home (MMC) Act will also be checked. Section 354A empowers a civic force of criminal law," said the BJP and the Apni Party tory. Out of 1,475 candidates, electors for this phase, the would be done before the and institutional isolation and body and its officials to stop any ongoing illegal construction.Earlier Justice Chandrachu, who floated by former finance min- 296 are contesting the first officials said. polling date and afterwards as quarantine. in the day, the Bombay High Court declared the BMC's action of wrote the verdict. ister Altaf Bukhari. phase of the DDC polls, they Voting for the first phase will well, officials said. demolishing part of Ranaut's bungalow on September 9 as illegal and said it smacks of malafide intentions. A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I Chagla said it was appointing private firm m/s Shetgiri as the valuer to assess the damages caused in order to PM to review vaccine work in Hyd, other cities calculate the compensation amount due to Ranaut. PNS n The prime minister will AHMEDABAD/PUNE/HYDERABAD reach Pune around 12.30 pm, Farmers stage sit-ins, block he said. Modi's visit is aimed Narendra Modi will visit at reviewing the status of the roads at some places in UP Pune, Ahmedabad and vaccine candidate for coron- Hyderabad on Saturday to avirus infection and to know armers on Friday staged review coronavirus vaccine about its launch, production demonstrations at some development work at facilities and distribution mechanism, Fplaces in Uttar Pradesh there, officials said. he said. leading to traffic jams on roads, Modi will visit pharma The prime minister will officials said.Protesting against major Zydus Cadila's plant to then fly to Hyderabad where the Centre's new farm laws and get information about its vac- he is scheduled to visit vaccine the police action on the agitating cine development, Gujarat maker Bharat Biotech's facil- farmers, the activists of Bhartiya ON THE FLOOR OF ASSEMBLY Deputy Chief Minister Nitin ity, an official said. Kisan Union (BKU) blocked the Patel said. Modi will land at Hakimpet Delhi-Dehradun National The prime minister will Air Force station and go to Highway at Nawla Kothi in reach the plant, located in the Bharat Biotech's facility at Muzaffarnagar district and also Tejashwi tries to get Changodar industrial area, Genome Valley around 50 staged sit-ins in Meerut and Baghpat. over 20 km from Ahmedabad, km from Hyderabad. Bharat Due to heavy deployment of police personnel, however, the situation around 9.30 am, an official Biotech's Covaxin is undergo- remained under control as the administrative machinery was already even with Bihar CM said. and it has commenced phase- which has partnered with ing phase-3 trials. on alert after a call for holding the protests was given by the BKU. PNS n PATNA Zydus Cadila had II clinical trials from August. global pharma giant The PM will fly back to State vice president of BKU Harnam Singh Verma led a protest in The young RJD announced that the phase-I Modi will then proceed to AstraZeneca and the Oxford Delhi in the evening after his Naubasta Kala under Chinhat Police Station area of Lucknow on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish leader expressed clinical trial of its vaccine can- Pune, where he will visit the University for the vaccine, a hour-long visit to the facil- Friday morning.Verma said farmers will soon be staging a protest at Kumars personal attack on his dismay that while didate ZyCoV-D was over Serum Institute of India, senior official said. ity, the official said. the Sadar tehsil in support of their demands. arch rival Lalu Prasad during the recently held assembly he focused on elections evoked a visceral "peoples issues" response from the latters son during the Rahul condoles Prez: Rajkot's and Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition, on elections, the loss of lives in SC extends Arnab's interim bail the floor of the state assembly ruling NDA chose fire incident on Friday. PNS n NEW DELHI before the High Court and Yadav expressed righteous to do otherwise fire incident in thereafter for a period of four is tragedy anger over a speech made by The Supreme Court Friday weeks from the date of the the JD(U) chief in which he fear that it could be a girl", Rajkot hospital extended the interim bail of judgment of the High Court, beyond words had made a reference to the remarked Yadav. PNS n NEW DELHI TV anchor Arnab Goswami should it become necessary for PNS n NEW DELHI RJD supremos large family, The young RJD leader, who and two others till four weeks all or any of them to take fur- without mentioning them by was taking part in the debate Congress leader Rahul after the Bombay High Court ther recourse to their remedies President Ram Nath Kovind name, and linked it to alleged on the governors address to Gandhi on Friday termed as decides their pleas for quash- in accordance with law,” a on Friday condoled the death preference of Prasad, on hav- the newly constituted assem- "distressing" the fire in a des- ing of an FIR in the 2018 abet- bench of Justices D Y of Covid patients in a fire at ing a male offspring. "I hope bly, expressed dismay that ignated COVID-19 hospital ment to suicide case, stating Chandrachud and Indira a hospital in Gujarat's Rajkot, the chief minister is aware that while he focused on "peoples in Rajkot and urged the that the judiciary should Banerjee said in the judgement. calling it a tragedy beyond the youngest child of my par- issues" during the elections, Gujarat government to inves- ensure criminal law does not “The need to ensure the fair words. Five coronavirus ents was a girl, born after two the ruling NDA chose to do tigate the incident. become a weapon for selective across the spectrum - the dis- trict on November 4 in connec- investigation of crime is impor- patients were killed after a fire sons", said Yadav, whose elder otherwise. "I was speaking Five coronavirus patients harassment. trict judiciary, the High Courts tion with the suicide of archi- tant in itself, because it protects broke out in the ICU of a des- brother Tej Pratap Yadav is about jobs. And I bow before were killed after a fire broke "The writ of liberty runs and the Supreme Court - to tect-interior designer Anvay at one level the rights of the vic- ignated Covid hospital in also a member of the state the people of Bihar who voted out in the ICU of the hospi- through the fabric of the ensure that the criminal law Naik and his mother in 2018 tim and, at a more fundamen- Rajkot on Friday. assembly and younger sister for us and helped us emerge as tal in the early hours of Constitution," the apex court does not become a weapon for over alleged non-payment of tal level, the societal interest in “The death of COVID-19 Rajlaxmi Yadav is married in the single largest party. But for Friday, officials said. said in an extensive judgement the selective harassment of dues by companies of the ensuring that crime is investi- patients in a fire accident at the family of Samajwadi Party manipulations by pliant offi- In a tweet, Gandhi said, in the case, dealing with vari- citizens,” the apex court said accused. gated and dealt with in accor- a hospital in Rajkot, Gujarat president Mulayam Singh cials posted in places where "The news of fire in a Covid ous aspects such as power of while extending the interim “The interim protection dance with law. On the other is a tragedy beyond words. In Yadav. "Now let us come to the results of tightly contested hospital in Rajkot is distress- high courts to grant bail under bail. Goswami, Editor-in-Chief which has been granted to hand, the misuse of the crim- this agonising time, I offer my fact that the chief minister has elections were overturned, we ing. Similar fire broke out in writ jurisdiction, quashing of of Republic TV, Neetish Sarda the...accused by the order dated inal law is a matter of which the heartfelt empathy for the only one son. Could we apply might have got the chance to August in Ahmedabad. The an FIR and role of courts in and Feroz Mohammad Shaikh November 11, shall continue to High Court and the lower bereaved families. I pray for his own yardsticks and say that fulfil our promises", Yadav government must investigate upholding human liberty. were arrested by Alibaug police remain in operation pending Courts in this country must be speedy recovery for the he did not have another out of alleged. seriously into these cases." “It is the duty of courts in Maharashtra's Raigad dis- the disposal of the proceedings alive,” the judgement said. injured,” Kovind tweeted. Covid mutations do not appear to increase transmissibility Fadnavis latches on PNS n LONDON human populations. However, Covid like SARS-CoV-2 can develop this does not necessarily imply The mutations currently doc- mutations in three different ways -- by that any lineages will emerge to SC, HC verdicts umented in the novel coron- that are more transmissible or avirus which causes COVID-19 mistake from copying errors during harmful, they added. do not appear to increase its viral replication, through interactions "The virus seems well adapt- transmissibility in humans, ed to transmission among to target MVA govt according to a study which with other viruses, or they can be humans, and it may have analysed samples of the virus induced by the host's immune system already reached its fitness opti- PNS n MUMBAI Marathi, Fadnavis said, "The from more than 46,000 individ- mum in the human host by the verdicts of two courts in the uals across the world. time it was identified as a Senior BJP leader Devendra country given on the same The research, pub- develops in a virus, its descen- immune system, rather than novel virus," van Dorp added. Fadnavis said the verdicts day in a way sum up the per- lished in the journal Nature dants outperform closely-relat- being the result of the virus The researchers believe the given on Friday by the formance of the government Communications, analysed a ed variants without that partic- adapting to its novel human imminent introduction of vac- Supreme Court as well as the in the last one year. But will global dataset of virus genomes ular mutation. host, the scientists said. cines is likely to exert new Bombay High Court over the they now call the SC and the from 46,723 people with more rapidly, but we need to the virus, adding that both can According to the study, there "We previously estimated selective pressures on the virus recent developments in HC as Maharashtra-drohi COVID-19 from 99 countries, remain vigilant and continue become more common as they was no evidence that any of the SARS-CoV-2 jumped into to escape recognition by the Maharashtra were a "tight (anti-Maharashtra)?" collected up until the end of monitoring new mutations, get passed down to descendant common mutations are humans in October or human immune system. slap" to the Maha Vikas "The verdicts of the SC and July 2020. particularly as vaccines get viruses. increasing the virus' transmis- November 2019, but the first They cautioned that his may Aghadi (MVA) government. the HC over some of the inci- "We realised early on in the rolled out," van Dorp said. In the current research, the sibility. genomes we have date to the lead to the emergence of vac- Although Fadnavis did not dents that occurred in pandemic that we needed new According to the researchers, scientists identified 12,706 On the contrary, the scien- very end of December," said cine-escape mutants which specify which verdicts he was Maharashtra in the recent approaches to analyse enor- coronaviruses like SARS-CoV- mutations in SARS-CoV-2 of tists found that most common study lead author Francois they said could be identified talking about, he was appar past due to the rulers blinded mous amounts of data in close 2 can develop mutations in which 398 had strong evi- mutations are neutral for the Balloux from UCL. using their computational ntly referring to the Supreme by power, were a tight slap to to real time to flag new muta- three different ways -- by mis- dence that they occurred virus. This includes one muta- "By that time, viral muta- framework. Court's decision to extend the government," he added. tions in the virus that could take from copying errors dur- repeatedly and independently. tion in the virus spike protein tions crucial for the transmis- "The news on the vaccine journalist Arnab Goswami's "If the courts have to remi- affect its transmission or symp- ing viral replication, through The researchers then honed called D614G, which has been sibility in humans may have front looks great. The virus interim bail and the Bombay nd this government that crim- tom severity," said study corre- interactions with other virus- in on 185 of the 398 mutations widely reported as being a emerged and become fixed, may well acquire vaccine- High Court's observation that inal procedure code is for the sponding author Lucy van es infecting the same cell, or which occurred at least three common mutation that may precluding us from studying escape mutations in the future, the action of Mumbai civic protection of the people and Dorp from the University they can be induced by the times independently during make the virus more transmis- them," Balloux said. but we're confident we'll be able body's demolishing part of not for their harassment, then College London in the UK. host's immune system. the course of the pandemic. sible, they added. The scientists said a virus to flag them up promptly, actor Kangana Ranaut's bun- it gives rise to a question "Fortunately, we found that While most mutations are They modelled the virus' Most of the common muta- mutates and eventually which would allow updating galow in Mumbai was illegal whether they are violating none of these mutations are neutral, they said others can be evolutionary tree, and analysed tions appear to have been diverges into different lineages the vaccines in time if and smacks of malafide inten- the oath they had taken at the making COVID-19 spread advantageous or detrimental to whether, after a mutation first induced by the human as it becomes more common in required," Balloux concluded. tions. In a series of tweets in time of swearing-in," he said. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Hyderabad calling With the BJP flying in top guns for the civic polls in the city, the party is hoping to wrest Telangana in 2023 The soundburst he ruling BJP is relentlessly pursuing its goal of “one party, one nation” if its efforts to supplant India needs a mass movement for banning crackers. For what is considered Tfederal power in State after State are any indica- tion. And while it seems hyperactive in Bengal, deter- mined to win it at any cost, it is just as keen about enjoyment is tantamount to collective suicidal self-indulgence strengthening its footprint down south, where it has Karnataka. Nothing else explains why it is paratroop- ing a battery of its top leaders for polls to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) slated for December 1. Led by Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Ministers and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the party has literally swamped the city, hoping to consolidate its voters to its advantage and making the city a gateway to capturing Telangana in the next Assembly election in 2023. But why is the BJP so obsessed with Hyderabad’s local body polls, where it could win just four wards, HIRANMAY KARLEKAR against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS’s) 99 and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM’s ndia is in the grip of a raging 44, last time? What sense does it make to get aggressive in the civic polls when even COVID-19 pandemic, which is during the 2019 Lok Sabha election, it won four of the 17 seats? Perhaps the conver- Isurging forward relentlessly. New cases and deaths are report- sion rate between 2014 and 2019, from one to four seats, and its recent bypoll victory ed every day in alarming numbers. in the Dubbaka Assembly seat have given the BJP enough reason to hope that it could Things are made worse by severe get there if it starts sowing the seeds now. Dubbaka is adjacent to the seat that Chief air pollution levels in many places — particularly Delhi. Besides Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) won from and the BJP wants to sharpen this psy- enhancing people’s vulnerability to chological edge. And considering that the Congress is all but decimated, the BJP wants the Corona virus — these are caus- to claim its space as rightful challenger as early as possible. But more than everything ing permanent damage to the health of children and the old. One else it is what Hyderabad represents that is up for grabs. First, as a cyber hub, Hyderabad would have thought that all this has an upper crust brand worth next only to Bengaluru and the BJP wants to be seen and the crisis stalking the econo- as having the endorsement of the knowledge economy and a digitally-empowered India. my would invoke a sombre mood that would be reflected in the Second, the municipal limits include as many as 24 Assembly constituencies and touch observance of Deepavali, one of upon parts of Lok Sabha seats, so no time would be better than now to do the spade- the most beautiful events in the work. Third, Hyderabad’s largely Muslim character that has held out against the BJP’s country, which is celebrated by a large section of Indians of the dias- of Indians is relentlessly trying run one over. It is the result of crackers. One may be asked: which has contributed to eco- kind of Hindutva. After the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya — whose impact is largely confined pora as well, and prompts warm to reduce what is meant to be a the instinct for survival at work. How does one know that peo- nomic, and even creative, activ- to North India — it needs an ideological conquest in the south. And if the party can indeed gestures by friendly countries. splendid festival of lights into a The bursting of a cracker is an ple who explode crackers are ity. In the present instance, the swing votes in a Muslim-dominated territory, it could justify its political philosophy that Witness the lighting up of the prolonged orgy of horrid, ear act of will, the final one of a not engaged in creative activi- cracker industry employs thou- has spun around polarisation. Hyderabad is that bastion of syncretism that looks down Times Square in New York City on drum-splitting noise? They can- series that involves the decision ty? Some of them may. This sands in the manufacture and the occasion. not be unaware of the conse- to buy it, the act of buying it, fol- writer, however, is not aware of distribution of its products. upon divisive politics. Most importantly, it would help the BJP get rid of Owaisi, who craft- One had expected that the quences of what they are doing lowed by acts of storing it, tak- any survey, which shows how It is, however, an industry ed his political survival by undercutting secular forces, saying that they shortchanged emphasis in India would be on and the impact this will have on ing it out and igniting it. many or what percentage of that causes severe damage to Muslims on real issues, earning him the tag of being a vote-splitter and the BJP’s tacit observing Deepavali as a festival of their children and grandchil- Every act of will is an act of cracker enthusiasts are engaged society. Year after year, there has lights, dispelling the gloom that has dren, not only in terms of self-assertion. The self wills the in creative pursuits. The nature been talk of drastically restrict- B-team. Now that his appeal is no longer confined to Hyderabad and is expanding to enveloped the country this year, health but of character. Their action which, in turn, under- of activity required in any form ing use of crackers during Maharashtra, Bihar and may be Bengal, the BJP doesn’t want a counter-polarisation to creating an interlude of cheer in progenies, and those of the lat- lines its existence. One can act of creative venture and the set- Diwali and a few days before happen pan-India among Muslim voters, who may look up to him as their true represen- the midst of grief and despair. One ter, will come to feel that what because one exists. A much-ref- ting off of crackers respective- and after it. Virtually nothing, had hoped that people would matters is doing what they erenced statement by the ly are, moreover, totally differ- however, has been coming out tative and not want to be traded for votebank politics. Winning Hyderabad would mean abjure crackers, whose use had want to and not their society’s French philosopher, Rene ent and this writer knows of no of it; as almost unrestricted sup- taking Owaisi down on home ground. This is already apparent from the BJP leader Tejasvi been banned or severely restrict- well-being and future, and that Descartes, runs, “Cogito ergo novelist, poet, playwright, ply of crackers is available every ’s statements calling Owaisi an avatar of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and attributing his ed in many parts of the country. rules and laws can be broken sum” or “I think, therefore I am.” painter, film-maker or stalwart year and, if anything, used on Nothing like this happened. There with impunity. The conse- One can see a subconscious photographer who explodes a continuously escalating scale. Bihar win to his clout in Hyderabad. The campaign is, therefore, high-pitched, where local was not only no decline in their use quences can be serious in terms extension of the same thought crackers. Since restrictions imposed by civic issues have completely been swamped by rhetoric on Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, but they continued to be burst on of maintaining social harmony process behind the statement The argument can be that the Government on the use of terror, Rohingyas and by extension foisting them all on the encouragement of Hyderabad’s Deepavali day, which was and law and order if this leads implied in each cracker burst, “I people explode crackers because crackers have hardly had any November 14, and in some cases, to a generally cavalier attitude explode crackers, therefore, I they enjoy doing it and that effect, the Union and State gov- Muslims. This is easy for the BJP for it is still not well-entrenched enough to talk about even a week later, albeit in dimin- towards obeying laws, including exist.” In fact, there is more. One those engaged in pursuits that ernments need to take steps to local problems or peddle their solutions. ishing frequency. those embodied in the penal sometimes gets hurt — even are essential to the functioning drastically curtail production, if Where does this leave KCR? There was a time when he could claim advantages by Sky-rocketing decibel levels code in respect of crimes like badly — while setting off a of a society but are not regard- not close the industry down heaped miseries on the old, infirm murder, robbery, serious fraud, cracker. This, therefore, can ed as creative — businessmen, altogether. It should not be dif- tacitly supporting the BJP, helping it in the passage of crucial Bills in Parliament and stay- and the ill. Animals, particularly printing of counterfeit curren- also be projected as a testimo- administrators, managers, ficult to absorb the workforce ing neutral on controversial issues. But the mammoth Lok Sabha verdict for the BJP in dogs, suffered terribly, with some cy and so on. ny to one’s courage. It can be clerks, lawyers, doctors, engi- thus rendered surplus into the 2019 means the national party doesn’t really need him as an ally and would rather have going almost crazy with fear. People engaged in orgies of doubly so if the act is in defiance neers and so forth, for example manufacture of fireworks, Billowing smoke from cracker bursting crackers cannot be of a ban – or restrictions – on — have as much right to enjoy which will receive a boost as the its own man in the State. A role in New Delhi is also out of question now that the BJP is bursts severely spiked the already unaware of the consequences of the use of crackers. One can themselves as writers, painters, bulk of the money now spent on the enemy knocking at his gate. Besides, as the Bihar verdict showed, the appeal of the high air-pollution levels that had what they are doing. These then show oneself as a daring film-makers, photographers crackers will then be spent on Modi persona is still intact and Rao needs to rebuild himself as a leader who birthed the been playing havoc. Unforgivably, have been dinned into their rebel as well. and so on. They certainly do, these. State, led a social rather than religious movement and championed the people’s rights all this happened despite restric- consciousness for at least two There are doubtless, other but not when it causes serious Meanwhile, school chil- tions and bans, exhortations decades now. Is it that they means of self-assertion in the damage to public health and the dren and civil society organisa- that no outsider can ever understand. Hence the TRS has stepped up the anti-BJP rhetoric against unrestrained cracker bursts enjoy bursting crackers so much form of producing works of art environment. In such a situa- tions and personnel, who have and got in almost all its bigwigs to monitor each of the wards and ensure there is recall by civil society elements, environ- that they cannot help doing it like painting and photographs, tion, enjoyment is tantamount been demanding severe restric- value. KCR must realise that the BJP still has trouble pushing out Trinamool Congress in mentalists and a growing army of heedless of the consequences? making films, staging plays, to collective suicidal self-indul- tions on the use of crackers, school children pleading that their If this be true, what can be the writing, dancing, singing, mak- gence. We are steeped in a cul- must step up their efforts. The Bengal or couldn’t dislodge the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi because both had built future be not jeopardised. In fact, explanation? ing sculptures and designing ture conducive to it. target must be on building a their stock on mobilising a people’s movement on issues that mattered, the former on over the past several years now, To answer the first question, and building celebrated works Throughout history, most nationwide citizens’ mass move- land rights in Singur and the latter on clean governance. So KCR must avoid falling into there has been a growing move- one needs to look at some of the of architecture. Engaging in cultures have sanctioned an ment whose tidal sweep can be ment calling for a progressive deeper processes at work. Every these requires training, skill, element of self-indulgence in ignored by neither the Union the Hindu-Muslim trap set by the BJP and revive the social causes he stood for, some- reduction in the explosion of action by an individual is fun- effort and, of course, talent, and the form of gorging on food that and State governments nor the thing which he has ignored recently. He is distancing himself from Owaisi, fearing the crackers and a ban on the more damentally a result of instinct or the expending of a huge amount thrills the palate and consum- manufacturers, the distributors loss of the Hindu vote that’s still in his favour, and Modi, too, particularly on the divest- deafening and polluting kinds of an exercise of will. One instinc- of time, which would leave one ing beverages that can inebriate. or the exploders of crackers. these, without, of course, any sig- tively jumps out of the way of with little opportunity for going There is nothing wrong with (The writer is Consultant ment of PSUs. The last stance has helped him win the support of trade unions of LIC, nificant effect. a truck that suddenly comes though all the stages of activi- this within limits. It has creat- Editor, The Pioneer, and an BSNL and South Central Railways for the GHMC polls. He is also planning a meeting of Why is it that a large section across a bend and threatens to ty associated with explosion of ed demands, the satisfaction of author) non-BJP, non-Congress leaders next month. But will he be as convincing, considering his initial enthusiasm for stitching up a federal front before the general elections waned like quicksilver the moment he sensed bigger takeaways from a tradeoff with the BJP? S O U N D BITE Of course, trust deficits are quickly forgotten in politics but does KCR have it in him to The demands of the farmers Today, we joined a multilat- In Asia, we have more women Diego Maradona’s balance be convincing to others? are genuine. Therefore the eral Digital Cooperation comedians coming up, especially and acceleration were things request of the Delhi Police to Organisation as founding in India. The groundwork for that every defender was convert stadiums into jails member, ushering in a new having girl comedians to do scared of. You could barely is being rejected by the era of digital diplomacy to really well from Asia will knock him down while he Caught in between Delhi Government. shape global digital agenda. take a bit of time. was running with the ball. Kishore Biyani is in the middle of the retail wars being Delhi Home Minister Pakistan Foreign Minister Singaporean comedian Indian football team coach —Satyendar Jain —Shah Mahmood Qureshi —Sharul Channa —Igor Stimac fought by Amazon and Reliance and may be the sole loser ishore Biyani was Indian retail’s poster child L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR 15 years ago, featured on the covers of top business magazines and being a regular on Patel will be missed Maradona’s ability to surprise the front pages of financial dailies. We were Stop ‘connected lending’ and startle developed a darker K Sir — Ahmed Patel, a leader edge as he became addicted to told that he was building a retail empire through Future who remained with the he move to allow corporate behemoths to set up cocaine during his playing days Group that would rival that of the Walton family’s Congress for three decades, banks clearly indicates their clout with the ruling in the 1980s. He was suspend- Walmart. He even wrote a book, It Happened In India, succumbed to COVID-19 relat- Tdispensation. It is a disquieting pointer to the coun- ed by FIFA twice, even though ed complications at the age of try’s descent into an oligarchy. It is hard to believe that all the fame and infamy that to celebrate his success. His Big Bazaar store sales 71. He was the most powerful the present “corporate governance culture” has inspired attended his career and his life on national holidays attracted thousands of people party leader from Gujarat so much confidence in the RBI that it decided to favour were on display in that quarter- and there were kilometre-long lines outside outlets though he did not hold any banks in the corporate sector. It is premised on the prin- final match, on June 22, 1986, position of power. Patel won the ciple of profit for the rapacious corporate houses and against England. in order to get a bargain. But Biyani, like many oth- Rajya Sabha elections although not as much on public welfare. It’s a pity that in 1991, he ers in different industries, never saw the internet com- his candidature was challenged Large industrial houses will have access to differ- tested positive for cocaine while ing and it hit his business like a freight train. The irony of a group named “Future” not by the ruling party there. ent sources to collect or receive money (for them it is a recipe for disaster as it will exacerbate problems of playing for Napoli and got a 15- With the passing away of “capital”) including household savings through the banks non-performing assets (NPAs) and bad loans. Eventually month suspension. His behav- realising the future of retail will likely become a case-study in some business schools the stalwart, Gujarat has lost a they run and will be at liberty to use them to amass more the economic burden will fall on the people. It is for valid iour grew erratic. Shockingly, in one day. Biyani was forced to first drive a deal with Amazon and then later deal with leader who remained synony- wealth for themselves. The consequences of the lender reasons that the RBI’s recommendation has been termed 1994, he fired an air rifle at Reliance Retail as well. Amazon subsequently claimed that the Future Group could mous with an approach which and the borrower being one and the same are not hard as a “bad idea” and a “bombshell” by economists reporters outside his summer paid rich dividends in power to visualise. There is no way “connected lending” can Raghuram Rajan and Viral Acharya. Yes Bank, Lakshmi home in Argentina. Soccer not sell its retail assets to Reliance and went to emergency arbitration in Singapore politics. He was the last of the be prevented, given the loopholes in the system. The Vilas Bank, Punjab National Bank, ICICI Bank, Vijay lovers wonder how such a which gave it relief. While this should bring up questions of why Indian corporate bat- veterans in the Congress after super-rich know how to work the system to their advan- Mallya and Nirav Modi crowd the mind to plead the case superb master and stupendous tles constantly go to arbitration in nations like Singapore and the United Kingdom, it Tarun Gogoi, the two-time tage. Nobody needs to teach the corporate houses pro- against such a move. athlete can become flawed off Chief Minister of Assam. moting banks how to jump over the ring fence put The corporates waiting in the wings can do more the field. is also bad news for Biyani. Congress president Sonia around the funds. damage if given a chance. Linking the move to India’s One did not judge him for Yes, he has a massive ready-made network of retail stores across the country Gandhi depended a lot on To circumvent regulations and legislative safe- ambition to become a $5 trillion economy makes no what he did with his life, but one which Amazon or Reliance would love to get their hands on. More importantly, both Patel’s counsel. For that reason, guards, they may have to loan money with low income sound economic sense. As Raghuram Rajan puts it, the loved him for what he did with his demise is the most political- rates or donate through electoral bonds to those who proposal is “best left on the shelf.” ours. Hope that Maradona is in multi-billion dollar companies would not want the other to get their hands on it. While ly consequential event of this have oversight of the banks and their finances. The actu- G David Milton heaven playing now. He will both Amazon and Reliance have issued statements with all the right words, it appears year. When the main person alisation of the Central Bank’s recommendation will be Maruthancode, TN always be remembered among that this matter will not be resolved anytime soon. This is horrible news for Biyani running an establishment sud- football lovers till the sport is and his retail empire, which was already bleeding but was dealt a body blow by the denly dies, there is bound to be alive on this planet. Rest in chaos. Patel was the flagbearer Death of a legend the player I could have been if believe that Maradona defini- Peace, Diego! Coronavirus-inspired lockdown and the closure of malls. Amazon and Reliance don’t of status quo. After him, status I hadn’t taken drugs?....I am 53 tively was a great player but it Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee just have the pockets to ride out the crisis, they also know that if they can’t get their quo is not viable in the Grand Sir — Speaking to an Argentine going on 78 because my life has- is disrespectful to put him over Faridabad hands on the asset, they can always create another one with real estate being a lot Old Party. television channel in 2014, the n’t been normal. I’ve lived to 80 a player like Brazilian legend Jayanthi Anandambal greatest of all footballers, Diego with the life I’ve gone through.” Pele. While Pele grew into Send your feedback to: cheaper than ever before. What happens next only the courts will decide. Navi Mumbai Maradona, said, “Do you know Millions of football lovers international reverence, [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN A double-edged POINTCOUNTERPOINT I WELCOME THE DECISION TO ALLOW FARMERS TO THE CENTRE IS ALWAYS READY FOR TALKS sword? ENTER DELHI TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO (WITH THE FARMERS). A DIALOGUE WOULD PROTEST. THEY SHOULD NOW INITIATE TALKS. FETCH A SOLUTION. India must understand the need for data —PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER —HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER anonymisation and also build the idea of consent when dealing with facial identification technology CAPTAIN AMARINDER SINGH MANOHAR LAL KHATTAR Voicing pain through art KUNAL KISLAY While they are essential for survival, textiles can also be an important artistic medium of he pandemic pushed many enterprises into survival mode. They started exploring new technologies like computer vision to help expression, especially for those who have suffered violence, repression and discrimination Tthem work efficiently and safely. Computer vision uses live feed from CCTV networks to generate actionable insights in real time. Many offices have started contactless attendance wherein a camera iden- tifies a person even with a mask, using facial recognition technolo- gy. There is also an increase in the use of facial recognition for con- tact tracing to stop the spread of Coronavirus from an infected per- son. However, the spread of this technology globally also brought to light its misuse, such as racial discrimination. After several cases of bias against people of colour, the US Democratic lawmakers intro- duced a Bill that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by federal law enforcement agencies. SWAPNA MAJUMDAR India hasn’t implemented a countrywide facial recognition pro- gramme yet. We are in the perfect stage wherein we can learn from hen the two daughters of Debra Munda, the mistakes of others when it comes to creating laws that will mon- a resident of Sundergarh district, itor this powerful technology so as to protect our citizens’ right to lib- WOdisha, died after a prolonged illness, erty and privacy. Like any emerging technology, there are multiple appli- he was convinced that black magic was at work cations of facial recognition that appear completely harmless. For there. He suspected that his neighbour’s wife was instance, Facebook tags users in pictures and Google Photos organ- practising witchcraft and had cast an evil spell ises them according to faces. Interpol has been using the technolo- on his children. A couple of days later, he forced his way into the neighbour’s house after he had gy to make the immigration process safer, easier and faster. It uses left for work and attacked the woman. After information from 160 countries to prepare a criminal database. Over killing her and her four children with a crowbar, 650 missing people or “persons of interest” were reportedly recog- Munda and his accomplices threw their bodies nised using this technology in 2016. Today, it is being used across into a nearby well. multiple sectors. Privacy and surveillance concerns arise due to mul- This was not the first time that a woman was tiple cases of racial discrimination and illegal use of information. An killed on the suspicion of indulging in witchcraft innocent man in Michigan was forced to spend one whole day in police in . In fact, the steady rise in such attacks custody after a facial recognition system mistakenly identified him as against women prompted the State to promul- a shoplifter. There have been numerous instances of facial recogni- gate the Odisha Prevention of Witch-hunting Act tion systems wrongly identifying people of colour. Various algorithms in 2013. However, this does not appear to have provide incorrect matches for darker skinned individuals. struck fear in the hearts of perpetrators of such crimes. In 2019, at least four women were killed So what does the US Bill say? In the light of several protests every month over suspicions of practising witch- and the Black Lives Matter movement, the Bill prohibits the use of facial craft, between January and August, according to recognition technology and its federal funding. It will be illegal for any official statistics. Not surprisingly, Odisha holds federal agency to use or have access to surveillance technology with- the dubious distinction of being the second-worst in the geographical boundary of the US. Furthermore, the information State in the country where suspicion of witch- obtained in any form, resulting in the violation of this Bill, cannot be craft is a prime reason for the high number of used for judicial proceedings. It clearly states that this technology can- killings. not be used without a federal law and relevant provisions to ensure It was stories of such horrific violence that led to a churn within Pankaja Sethi. The Odisha- THE FIRST STEP maximum security. Incidents of racial discrimination have always been TOWARDS a major concern in the US and the killing of George Floyd in May put based textile designer and social anthropologist began exploring how she could project the vul- HEALING IS TO Sethi is not the only one to use textiles Accessing Justice, the report reveals how exhibition was an integral part of a the spotlight on errors in facial recognition technology, too. Various nerability of women. Sethi decided to use her art BELIEVE to tell stories of injustices committed the UP police humiliate, discourage and global conference on reproductive studies have shown that it does not have the same level of accuracy to channelise her rage against injustice by rais- SURVIVORS against women. “I Never Ask For It,” a harass women and girls protesting rights, reveals Rosalia Sciortino for people of different skin colours and gender. It works best when ing awareness on the issue. So, when she was INSTEAD OF campaign by Blank Noise, a Bengaluru- against sexual violence when they try Sumaryono, head of Southeast Asia identifying white men but falters the maximum when faced with images invited to reflect upon women’s rights, gender BLAMING THEM. based volunteer-led project, too, aims to get a FIR registered. Junction, a creative hub in Bangkok. of dark-skinned women. Wrong identification by algorithms has led equity, fertility, contraception and violence ONCE THE to generate awareness on gender-based The first step towards healing is to Sumaryono, who helped to conceptu- to increased cases of police brutality and racism. against women through her work at the “Fabric BLAMING STOPS, violence and end victim shaming/blam- believe survivors instead of blaming alise and organise the exhibition, con- Does India need a counterpart? There are people of varying skin of Being” textile exhibition, Sethi knew just what THE PROCESS OF ing by building testimonies of clothing. them. Once the blaming stops, the tends that it is not always necessary to tones in our country but in the sphere of criminal justice, the discrim- to create. The exhibition, that was held at the 2019 This is because textiles are inextri- process of collective responsibility can use words to bring about transforma- Nairobi Summit, commemorating 25 years of the COLLECTIVE cably linked to the lives of people, par- become possible. The Blank Noise tion. Art could give voice to the unspo- ination is not based on their colour. We discriminate on the basis of RESPONSIBILITY caste, tribe, economic status and religion. Hence, in India, the facial International Conference on Population and ticularly women. While they are essen- team is hoping to achieve both these ken and unheard without using words Development (ICPD), became the ideal platform CAN BECOME tial for survival, textiles can also be an goals. It envisions that by 2023, there just as it had done at the “Fabric of recognition software is not a threat in the same way it is in the US. for her to showcase her campaign for gender jus- POSSIBLE. THE important artistic medium of expres- will be 10,000 garment testimonials Being” exhibition. However, fears over privacy that arise out of the misuse of this tech- tice by putting women and girls at the centre of BLANK NOISE sion, especially for those who have suf- exhibited at the India Gate complex in Besides using her art to tell stories, nology are valid for us because as of now, there is no law protecting development. TEAM IS HOPING fered violence, repression and dis- the national Capital, each one narrat- Sethi has used her skill to build an the privacy of people. On a trial basis, the Central Board of Secondary Sethi wanted her artwork to provoke conver- TO ACHIEVE BOTH crimination. ing its own powerful story. agency of women and girls. When the Education and the Indian Railways became two institutions to suc- sations as to why women in India were oppressed THESE GOALS. IT Hence, Blank Noise’s testimonies Exhibitions on gender, sexuality, Coronavirus pandemic hit margin- cessfully use facial recognition on a large scale. The railway station and devalued in a society that worshiped god- ENVISIONS THAT are built by inviting women, girls and and women’s rights expressed through alised crafts people, especially in villages at Bengaluru, too, is set to get an AI-powered CCTV system that uses desses as symbols of power and benefaction. She BY 2023, THERE others to share the garment they wore the medium of textile art are creative in Odisha and unemployment led to facial recognition technology to aid in creating and maintaining a data- wanted to question why society religiously when they experienced sexual violence. and powerful ways to send social mes- hunger and poverty, Sethi provided revered women as creators of life and power and WILL BE 10,000 This is because most people across the sages. Pieces of cloth or yarn hanging livelihood opportunities to women base of criminals. The problem with such a powerful technology is GARMENT that it needs supervision at every stage. People in India have not put yet had no qualms in snuffing out their lives. She world can recall the clothes they wore from the ceiling or draped in an aes- and girls in weaver households by train- wanted to raise consciousness about the fact that TESTIMONIALS when they experienced any form of sex- thetic manner can have the impact that ing them to stitch masks. Since then, much thought into what facial recognition could do for us or the threats many women were killed not just on suspicions EXHIBITED AT THE ual violence, says Jasmeen Patheja, the spoken word may not have, espe- these women have lifted their families it could give rise to. Some believe it is the future and some are aware of being a witch but for numerous reasons. INDIA GATE founder, Blank Noise. The garment cially on issues considered prickly or out of poverty by stitching and supply- of data protection and misuse of information. Millions of girls were killed in the womb COMPLEX IN THE bears the memory of it and is a witness stigmatic. Sethi’s work at the “Fabric of ing ikat masks to different parts of the The way forward: Though the advantages of technological because their families preferred a male child. Even NATIONAL to that experience. Being” exhibition certainly had the State. History has shown that women advancement are undeniable, it is vital to take into account situations if some girls were lucky to survive foeticide, they CAPITAL, EACH The organisation, which has been intended effect of drawing attention to hold societies together particularly at of unprecedented social insecurity that this brings. We need to address were at a risk of experiencing emotional, men- ONE NARRATING working to tackle street harassment and the pressing need for sexual and repro- a time of crisis. They weave the tapes- the concerns about data privacy, protection and ethics in order to cre- tal and sexual violence, which is perpetrated to ITS OWN change public attitudes towards sexu- ductive health and rights for all. try of life to ensure the health, well- ate a strong legal framework to guide the workings and usage of bio- control them by a deeply-entrenched patriarchy. al violence through creative initiatives Art is the key to social transforma- being and prosperity of their families, Sethi, therefore, chose to depict the uterus POWERFUL since 2003, wants this campaign to be tion, says Natalia Kanem, Executive often at the cost of their own health and metric and facial recognition software. As a first step, the Personal STORY Data Protection Bill 2019 needs to be reviewed and made into an Act. and womb as sources of power, representing a process of healing; where survivors of Director of United Nations Population safety. Then, why must they die to give women negotiating for space against forces that violence feel heard and believed. Fund and the brain behind the exhibi- birth when most maternal deaths are A facial recognition algorithm picks up the biases of the data fed by wanted to curb their freedom and make them This is vitally important as claims tion. This is why they chose 15 artists preventable? Why must they be brand- people into it. People working with facial recognition algorithms should invisible and voiceless. Aptly titled, The Flaming by survivors of sexual violence are often from Asia and Africa to present art- ed as witches, sexually abused and killed be careful when feeding data and also when deriving insights out of Womb, her textile artwork used the popular dismissed or not taken seriously works featuring different kinds of tex- when they have an equal right to live it. We must understand the need for data anonymisation and also build Odisha ikat technique to weave three panels in enough. As a recent study by the tiles, including used clothes, to tell the a life without violence? Why must they the idea of consent when dealing with facial identification technolo- red threads to represent the burning anger with- Commonwealth Human Rights story of women. Narrated from their bear the burden of family planning or gy. Constant improvement should ensure zero scope of error even- in women and their resistance against the dik- Initiative (CHRI) and the Association culturally-diverse perspectives, these be denied access to safe abortion ser- tually. With the right policies and laws in place, facial recognition will tats of a patriarchal society. Art should make a for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives stories were expressed in different vices when reproductive rights of ensure our kanoon (law) is not andha (blind) anymore as enforce- noise, says Sethi. This is why she is using an artis- (AALI) reveals, rape survivors in Uttar kinds of fabric and colours. Yet, they all women are not up for negotiations? ment agencies will be able to see 24 frames per second through the tic medium of expression to tell stories of women Pradesh (UP) had to run from pillar to shared a common thread in the way Most importantly, why must they be millions of CCTVs across the country. Hopefully for our security. and push for greater focus on creating an post to file First Information Reports women, whether in Asia or Africa, denied their right to be born merely enabling environment for gender equality, sex- (FIRs) because the police did not negotiated for space and rights. because of their gender? (The writer is Co-Founder and CEO of Integration Wizards ual autonomy and freedom of choice. However, believe them. Titled Barriers in This was the first time that such an (The writer is a senior journalist) Solutions) Vital to get the Corona vaccine rollout right While getting micro-plans ready, States need to work in tandem with the Centre and citizen groups to ensure smooth and speedy distribution of the shots

individual receive a shot before a These principles only provide broad India could learn a lesson or two from best method. Why? Because of a implies that one needs to conduct speedy distribution of the vaccines as wealthy but low-risk person? What if guidance to strategising the effort. its own national malaria programme. number of other practical consider- deep data analytics using all available intended. some people refuse to take the vac- The real challenge lies in their oper- Several years ago, the Government ations that had an important role in data on relevant parameters to plan Need to get it right: Thinking cine for some reason or the other? ationalisation. made a switch in its malaria preven- the distribution and use of bed-nets. smartly. Is such a complex analysis about the vaccine rollout, it has all the These are some tough questions that To give an example, as a princi- tion strategy. Instead of relying most- These considerations had to do with worth doing, especially when the ulti- incentives for a deep political inter- a COVID vaccine prioritisation strat- ple, prioritising health workers, non- ly on Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) geographic accessibility, social and mate goal is to give the shots to the est — free vaccine distribution, egy will have to answer once a suc- medical frontline Corona warriors which is logistically challenging, the behavioural aspects in the use of nets, entire population in a short span of instant benefit (protection) provided cessful Coronavirus vaccine does and vulnerable people among the Government switched over to using administrative capacity, varying two to three years? The answer is by the shots, the scale at which it is hit the market in India. general population is all fine. But Long-Lasting Insecticidal Bed-Nets degree of efficiencies in deploying IRS “yes.” The goal is important but so is to be administered. Adequate safe- As is the case in many other these identified population sub- (LLINs); and it decided to use IRS and so on. These considerations the pathway chosen, which will have guards need to be put in place to RAJEEV KEERTI countries, the Indian Government, groups will not be vaccinated all at only as a supplementary measure. needed to be incorporated in priori- a significant bearing on the number ensure no political interference at the AHUJA PRADHAN too, has accorded top priority to the once. Some phasing will happen Because LLINs were in limited sup- tising the bed-net distribution. Local of new cases and deaths in the inter- local level or to check against any pos- issue of vaccine procurement, deliv- even among these population sub- ply in relation to the needs back then, conditions, too, needed to be factored vening period. In fact, preparing a sible diversion of vaccines. While the ho will receive the COVID ery and distribution. Prime Minister groups, which will need to get reflect- the distribution of LLINs had to be in. The team couldn’t do such ana- COVID vaccine distribution plan is local administration needs to be vaccine first as and when it Narendra Modi himself has been ed in micro-plans prepared by the prioritised. Consequently, States and lytics due to several constraints. But more challenging due to multiple vac- given discretion in preparation for Wcomes out? Will it be a doc- chairing high-level review meetings local (municipal and district) author- local authorities were asked to draw it was amply clear that preparing bed- cines, with each making different vaccine delivery and its rollout, some tor working in a private hospital in for preparedness of a vaccine rollout, ities. It will easily take a few months a list of malaria-endemic areas based net distribution plans was both an art demands on the logistics. Further, mechanisms need to be in place to Mumbai or a health worker in a whenever it happens, given to vaccinate even these prioritised on their endemicity. A neat listing of and science. there are still a few unknowns such ensure that the discretion is not mis- remote area of Madhya Pradesh, both AstraZeneca’s admission that there sub-groups. So, a phased approach is regions — from the higher endemic Micro-plans need to be smart: as the number of doses of a vaccine used. Once the vaccine is out, we can’t of whom are involved in dealing with was an “inadvertent dosing error’’ at the heart of a vaccine rollout plan. areas to the lower — was prepared by Similar logic will hold for the priori- to be given to each person. For all afford to get it wrong. The country Coronavirus cases? Who will get the during the global clinical trials. And such a plan has to be smart. A the States and local authorities. It was tisation of the COVID vaccine, too. these reasons, it’s all the more impor- needs to use all its available band- shot first, a healthy elderly person or In one of his earlier meetings, “smart” micro-planning will typical- thought that providing LLINs to Epidemiology, demography, geogra- tant to have a smart distribution plan width in getting this right. The a middle-aged man suffering from Modi had laid down four principles ly rely on multiple factors in prepar- higher endemic areas and gradually phy (rural versus urban, degree of for the vaccine rollout. stakes are pretty high. co-morbidities, both of whom are liv- of vaccination: The population ing a rollout plan for both, the pri- moving down the list until the nets remoteness), social and cultural fac- While getting the micro-plans (Ahuja is a development econo- ing in a COVID hotspot? Will a typ- groups to be prioritised; the absence oritised population and the general were exhausted would be the most tors and availability of healthcare prepared is the responsibility of mist formerly with the World Bank ical rural dweller have to wait longer of any domicile-related restrictions; public. objective way of distributing the infrastructure will all have to be States, they need to work in tandem and Pradhan is an advisor and than an urban dweller to receive a affordability and universality and use Insights from India’s national nets. However, the team soon realised brought to bear upon the prioritisa- with the Centre at all levels and cit- adjunct professor, Chitkara University, vaccine? Will a poor but high-risk of technology on a real-time basis. malaria programme: In this context, that such an objective way was not the tion of the vaccine’s rollout. This izen groups to ensure smooth and Punjab.) VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Money 08

TVS Motor Fin Min pushes large CPSEs to unveils mobile E-commerce festive season app for sees $8.3 billion worth sales exceed capex target by March customers PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Q4 of the FY'21". India's e-commerce festive sale The overall achievement as TVS Motor Company on season from October 15- Finance Minister Nirmala on November 23, 2020, is Rs Friday said it has launched an November 15 this year deliv- Sitharaman on Friday exhort- 24,227 crore (39.4 per cent) app which allows customers ered USD 8.3 billion (about Rs ed large central public sector against the Capex target for to explore and buy any model 58,000 crore) worth of gross enterprises (CPSEs) to exceed 2020-21 - Rs 61,483 crore, the online from the comfort of sales for brands and sellers, up their planned capital expendi- statement said. their homes. 65 per cent from USD 5 billion ture (Capex) target for 2020-21 Sitharaman encouraged the The TVS A.R.I.V.E app (Rs 35,000 crore) last year, by March to accelerate eco- CPSEs to perform better to allows an in-depth product research firm RedSeer said on nomic growth hit by the achieve targets and to ensure exploration and purchase Friday. COVID-19 crisis. that the capital outlay provid- experience using AR technol- This was also higher than She held a virtual meeting ed to them for the year 2020- ogy, the company said in a the pre-festive forecast of USD with secretaries of power, 21 is spent properly and with- statement. The app would 7 billion, RedSeer said in its mines and atomic energy along in time. also make its foray with a report titled 'The Festival of with the chairman and manag- The finance minister said module on the company's Firsts'. ing directors (CMDs) of 10 the better performance of flagship models, TVS Apache About USD 3.2 billion (Rs event, USD 1.2 billion (Rs holding multiple sale events, CPSEs, belonging to these amid the pandemic. the ministries and CPSEs for CPSEs can help the economy RR 310 and TVS Apache 22,000 crore) worth of gross 8,700 crore) in the second timed around Dussehra and ministries, an official statement While reviewing the perfor- making visible efforts to meet in a big way to recover from the RTR 200 4V, catering to its sales was registered in event and USD 1.4 billion (Rs Diwali. The report said said. mance of CPSEs, Sitharaman the capital expenditure tar- impact of COVID-19. tech-savvy customers, it September this year, which 9,700 crore) and USD 1.5 bil- Flipkart group (including This was the fifth in the said that Capex by CPSEs is a gets, the finance minister said Sitharaman asked the secre- added. zoomed to USD 8.3 billion in lion (Rs 10,300 crore) in other Myntra) and Amazon account- ongoing series of meetings critical driver of economic that "more efforts are still taries to closely monitor the This will be followed by the the festive period, the report events by e-commerce compa- ed for more than 88 per cent that the finance minister is hav- growth and need to be scaled required to achieve the target performance of CPSEs to inclusion of the entire range said. Of the USD 8.3 billion, nies, including Amazon and of the entire gross merchandise ing with various stakeholders up for the 2020-21 and 2021- of 75 per cent CAPEX by Q3 ensure to achieve the Capex of TVS products, TVS Motor USD 4.2 billion (Rs 29,000 Walmart-owned Flipkart. value (GMV) for the festive to boost the economic growth 22.Appreciating the efforts of and more than 100 per cent by targets and make plans for it. company said. crore) was logged in the first Festive season sees players month.

MONEY MATTERS ABB, Ashok Leyland team up for e-mobility pilot Rupee snaps 5-day winning run, PNS n NEW DELHI ture and increased deploy- ment of e-buses is key to meet- falls 17 paise to 74.05 vs USD Hitachi ABB Power Grids in ing the demand for sustainable he rupee snapped its five- India, Ashok Leyland and the transport solutions across day to Indian Institute of Technology India's rural and urban areas. Tfinish 17 paise lower at Madras (IIT-M) on Friday "We hope to study and under- 74.05 against the US dollar on announced a partnership for stand how the right technology Friday, weighed by subdued an e-mobility pilot. can enable an efficient transport sentiment due to weak The tripartite partnership system without damaging the domestic equities. Traders said will run an electric bus (e-bus) environment. We are delighted market participants were also a pilot to support sustainable in- "With sound policy levers in for the Indian market, he added. to have partnered with the best little cautious ahead of the campus commuting by IIT-M's place, this partnership – engag- "Combination of our robust in the industry for this endeav- release of the September students and staff. ing some of the finest industry buses with electric propulsion or," he added. quarter GDP numbers. At the interbank forex market, the domestic The e-bus, which will incor- and academic minds in India technology and flash charging Hitachi ABB Power Grids' unit opened at 73.80 against the greenback and witnessed an intra- porate Hitachi ABB Power – creates a truly sustainable from Hitachi ABB Power Grids, flash-charging system quickly day high of 73.76 and a low of 74.07. The local unit finally closed at Grids' innovative flash-charg- framework for e-mobility," can be the answer to the need for tops up the battery while pas- 74.05 against the American currency, registering a loss of 17 paise ing technology – Grid- Hitachi ABB Power Grids in sustainable public transportation sengers get on and off the bus. over its previous close. On Thursday, the rupee had appreciated by 3 Duroflex aims to eMotion Flash, will be provid- India Managing Director N across the country," Ashok On arterial roads, an e-bus paise to close at 73.88 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar ed by Ashok Leyland, while Venu said. Leyland Chief Technology with this solution can reduce index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six IIT-M will host the infrastruc- The partnership will provide Officer N Saravanan said. the need to take the vehicle out currencies, was down 0.04 per cent to 91.95. "Rupee traded muted ture required to operate the a zero-emissions mass public IIT Madras Director Prof of service for recharging every by afternoon trade on Friday tracking the dollar index muted trades. double revenue flash-charging system for the e- transportation bus system Bhaskar Ramamurthi said the few hours or having a replace- Thanksgiving holiday days keep dollar prices in a range moves," PNS n KOCHI rently has a plant in bus, Hitachi ABB Power Grids through the company's 'award- development of India's e- ment bus ready, the company Jateen Trivedi, Senior Research Analyst (Commodity & Currency) at Hyderabad where mattresses in India said in a statement. winning technology', localised mobility charging infrastruc- said. LKP Securities, said. Mattress maker Duroflex has are made and another plant in set a target of doubling its Devas near Indore where turnover to Rs 1,000 crore by foams and other inputs are AirAsia assures travel agents 2022-23 with the ongoing made. G E Shipping Gold, silver capacity expansion that will The 36,000-metric tonne about its financial sustainability help widen its reach to the per annum Devas plant also Gold jewellery demand marginally northern and western markets. supplies materials to furniture contracts to udget airline AirAsia India The company, in which pri- makers like Ikea, contributing has assured travel agents down about its financial vate equity firm Light House a third of its revenue which sell 2 Suezmax to decline 35 pc: Icra B invested Rs 160 crore two stood at Rs 500 crore in 2019- PNS n NEW DELHI sustainability and plans to years ago for a 24 per cent 20, Mathew Chandy, managing crude carriers PNS n MUMBAI expand capacity, according to a stake, has the capacity to pro- director of Duroflex told PTI. PNS n NEW DELHI Gold was marginally down by communication. The move duce 7 lakh mattresses annu- “We are confident of dou- Gold jewellery demand is Rs 43 to Rs 48,142 per 10 also comes amid concerns ally that will now cross 10 lakh bling our revenue to Rs 1,000 The Great Eastern Shipping expected to contract by 35 per gram on Friday in the nation- about the airline after with the new Rs 50-crore crore, over the next two years Company Limited (G E cent in volume terms this fis- al capital, according to HDFC Malaysia's AirAsia Group Berhad earlier this month said it was plant coming up in Indore, with our expansion and most Shipping) on Friday said it cal, hit by the coronavirus pan- Securities. reviewing its investment in AirAsia India. The airline -- a joint which is the largest mattress of the new incremental rev- has contracted to sell its two demic and high prices, accord- In the previous trade, the venture between AirAsia Investment Ltd and Tata Sons -- has been plant in the country produc- enue should come from the oldest Suezmax crude carri- ing to a report. precious metal had closed at facing business headwinds. The carrier has assured the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) about its financial sustainability ing 1,000 units a day. upcoming Indore plant. If our ers 'Jag Lateef' and 'Jag The demand is likely to see Rs 48,185 per 10 gram. and growth momentum. AirAsia India's CCO Ankur Garg, Chief of The 5-million units per plans go as planned, we should Laadki'. a rebound in the second half 41 per cent during the fourth Silver also declined Rs 36 Sales Ajay Kumar Wadhawan and other team members during a annum branded mattress mar- be a Rs 2,000-crore entity by The company has "con- of this financial year after a quarter of FY20, affected by to Rs 59,250 per kg, from Rs virtual meeting with TAAI assured them about the "stability of the ket is led by Sleepwell and FY25,” Chandy said. tracted to sell its 2000-built poor performance in the first the lockdown in the critical 59,286 per kg in the previous airline" as well as provided insight on its expansion and upcoming Curlon and Duroflex is at the He added that the plan is to Suezmax Crude Carriers, Jag two quarters, ratings agency last two weeks of March. trade. In the international schedules, as per the communication from TAAI. The airline has told third spot. The market is vast- get an incremental Rs 500 Lateef and Jag Laadki of Icra said. "Changed con- This was further widened market, gold was marginally the association that it continues to grow its network in line with ly unorganised. crore revenue from the new about 1,47,080 dwt (dead- sumer social distancing habits by the country-wide shut- higher at USD 1,810 per capacity guidance prescribed by the government. Already the carrier The Alappuzha, Kerala- plant alone on completion of weight tonnage) and about and limitations on social down of retail stores during ounce and silver was flat at is at 55 per cent of pre-COVID-19 capacity and is looking to increase based firm, which began oper- the third phase over the next 150,284 dwt, respectively," it events will slacken the pace of the first few months of the cur- USD 23.29 per ounce. the same to 70 per cent, according to the communication. ations in the early 1960s, cur- two years. said in a BSE filing. recovery. We maintain a neg- rent fiscal, Srikumar observed. "Gold prices witnessed ative outlook on the gold jew- The supply chain disruption some short recovery as ellery retail industry, consid- and restrictions over move- investors turned cautious ering the over 35 per cent vol- ment of non-essential goods in over vaccine progress. ume contraction likely in April and May resulted in Stimulus hopes may support BHEL sets record of manufacturing Markets end modestly lower FY21," Icra Vice President K jewellery demand falling bullion prices," HDFC Srikumar said. Gold jew- sharply by 74 per cent during Securities Senior Analyst highest-rated auto transformer ellery demand fell sharply by the first quarter of FY21. Tapan Patel said. tate-owned engineering as RIL, IT stocks weigh firm BHEL on Friday said it n Shas set a new record by PNS MUMBAI Reliance Industries and Although GDP is expected to successfully manufacturing and Infosys. improve compared to the pre- testing India's highest-rated Equity indices closed margin- On the other hand, Asian vious quarter, the recovery in Pradhan says LPG subsidy for auto transformer. "BHEL has ally lower after a choppy ses- Paints, Titan, Tech Mahindra, Indian economy is likely to be successfully manufactured and sion on Friday, dragged by Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance and lower in comparison to its tested (short circuit) India's losses in Reliance Industries Bajaj Auto were among the global peers. highest rating Auto and IT counters despite a firm gainers, spurting up to 2.85 per "Recently, broader markets BPCL consumers to continue Transformer at the National n trend in global markets. cent. During the week, the are outperforming main PNS NEW DELHI LPG is not of any material con- refill is bought using the sub- High Power Test Laboratory (NHPTL) at Bina in Madhya Pradesh," it Investors also remained on Sensex advanced 267.47 points benchmark showing a shift in sequence," Pradhan told PTI. sidy, another installment is said in a statement. This is a new benchmark in the global the sidelines ahead of the rele or 0.60 per cent, while the demand to mid and small cap. LPG customers of Bharat The government gives 12 transferred into the user bank transformer industry, according to the statement.Short circuit test is ase of Q2 GDP data, traders Nifty gained 109.90 points or From these high levels, for the Petroleum Corporation Lim- cooking gas (LPG) cylinders of accounts. Pradhan said the the most stringent, special type test for power transformers, which is said. The 30-share BSE Sensex 0.85 per cent. Global markets market to stay resilient and ited (BPCL) will continue to 14.2-kg each to households in LPG subsidy payment is done conducted to prove the adequacy for power transformers to closed 110.02 points or 0.25 remained in the positive terri- mid-caps to outperform, the get cooking gas subsidy post- a year at a subsidised rate. This digitally to all verified cus- withstand abnormal conditions of short circuit to ensure reliability per cent lower at 44,149.72. tory on Friday, shrugging off economy has to normalise and privatisation of the nation's subsidy is directly paid into the tomers. "Since it is paid direct- during their operations in the field. Incidentally, this is BHEL's 21 The broader NSE Nifty slipped questions surrounding the trial more stimulus has to be second-biggest fuel retailers, bank accounts of the users. ly to consumers, it does not 400 kV class transformer, which has successfully passed the short 18.05 points or 0.14 per cent to data of AstraZeneca's COVID- announced, which will take Oil Minister Dharmendra The subsidy is paid in matter if the servicing compa- circuit test, indicating the company's prowess in the sector. 12,968.95. PowerGrid was the 19 vaccine candidate. "Today's some more time based on the Pradhan said on Friday. advance and consumers use ny is public sector or private The 500 MVA 400/220/33 kV auto transformer has been designed top laggard in the Sensex pack, market momentum was driven government's plan and avail- "Subsidy on LPG is paid to this to buy LPG refills that are sector," he said. "LPG subsidy and manufactured at BHEL's Bhopal plant for UP PowerTransmission shedding 2.63 per cent, fol- by uncertainty related to effi- ability of vaccine," said Vinod consumers directly and not to available only at market price will continue as before to Corporation Ltd.These high rating transformers play a crucial role in lowed by HCL Tech, ONGC, cacy of COVID vaccine and Nair, Head of Research at any company. So the owner- from dealers of oil marketing BPCL consumers even after bulk power transmission to load centres and bigger cities. Axis Bank, TCS, M&M, expectation of Q2 GDP data. Geojit Financial Services. ship of the company that sells companies. The moment a disinvestment." Adani Transmission acquires Tata Power 83% nervous to go back to office sans vaccine 49 pc stake in Alipurduar raises Rs 1,000 dani Transmission on PNS n NEW DELHI collaboration in the future. minute quantitative survey of Friday said it has These are the voices of real almost 1,400 knowledge work- Acompleted acquisition of cr via debentures Around 83 per cent of employ- people facing real complexi- ers across tier-1, tier-2 and tier- 49 per cent stake in Alipurduar PNS n NEW DELHI ees in India are still nervous ties," Dinesh Ajmera, site lead 3 cities in India. "People are Transmission from Kalpataru about going back to the office and head of engineering sharing more personal experi- Power Transmission Ltd Tata Power on Friday said it as there is no vaccine, accord- (Bengaluru) at Atlassian, said ences with their team. The (KPTL) for an enterprise value has raised Rs 1,000 crore ing to a survey by IT compa- in a statement. majority of Indian employees of around Rs 1,300 crore. through issuance NCDs. ny Atlassian. Now is the opportunity to (89 per cent) reported a feeling "Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL) The company raised the From an organisational per- use the insights the company of unity and cohesion in their has acquired 49 per cent stake amount through issuance of spective, 88 per cent of Indian has been presented with to team. Another insightful rev- in Alipurduar Transmission Ltd from KPTL with agreement to acquire 10,000 unsecured, redeem employees believed their com- adapt for the better, guided by elation was that 1 in 2 (50 per balance 51 per cent after obtaining requisite regulatory and other able, taxable, listed, rated pany was already well pre- the experiences of employees cent) of managers said their job approvals and in a manner consistent with Transmission Service NCDs on private placement pared for returning to the around the world, he added. security was much better now Agreement," a company statement said. According to the statement, basis on November 27, it office, while 78 per cent of the The company said it used a than before COVID-19," the the share acquisition is pursuant to definitive agreements signed in said in a BSE filing.The workforce in India were mixed-method approach, com- survey report said. It added July 2020. The acquisition is in sync with ATL's strategy to enhance debentures would be listed on annoyed that it took a pandem- per cent of employees in India together compared to pre- bining 19 in-depth remote that the pandemic has triggered the value for its stakeholders, through organic as well as inorganic Wholesale Debt Market seg- ic to allow them to work from thought the members of their COVID-19. interviews through Zoom with a shift in managerial roles, and opportunities. With this acquisition, the cumulative network of ATL ment of BSE and have fixed home, the survey found. team feel closer to each other "The research findings point various workers in India, a managers are feeling more inte- will reach more than 15,400 ckt kms (circuit kilometre), out of which rate with annual coupon pay- The survey, conducted in now and 75 per cent thought to how the 'new normal' will two-week global diary study of gral to workflows and produc- more than 12,200 ckt kms (including this asset) is operational and ment. October, found that around 86 their team worked better shape work, relationships and six participants and a 15- tivity than ever. more than 3,200 ckt kms is under various stages of execution. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Saturday November 28, 2020 BEYOND THE KITCHEN he pandemic has the required know-how of all seg- new normal. There should be a changed culinary edu- ments which is needed in today’s special emphasis on how to work cation. Chef Arvind Rai times. under crisis, since the pandemic is shares the necessary There needs to be an increased far from over. The workforce of T skills that must be focus on digital courses as well, tomorrow shall be trained to work included in the new which can help the students ven- under situations that warrant to curriculum ture into a space beyond hospitali- act out of their comfort zone. The The entire world has been ty. The services industry is large, pandemic has propelled us to shook by the massive impact of and with the right kind of train- move towards adopting a format the unprecedented events taking ing, the students can opt for of new learning, which focusses place this year due to the pandem- courses in sales and marketing, on the concept of applicability of ic. With the initial lockdown customer relationships and reputa- new learnings which are relatable, across the world, industries, cor- tion management as well. driven by results and are extreme- porates or even small businesses Last, but not the least, the third ly interactive. This step is much and lives attached to them have aspect is mental training. As the needed in hospitality education. felt the tremor, which has brought country continues to battle against The time has come for the educa- upon a big change to how the the novel Coronavirus, there is a tors to stand against all odds, keep world functions. Likewise, the growing crisis among young adults the momentum going and always operations and executions in busi- struggling with mental health keep the smile alive no matter nesses post lockdown have also problems, including anxiety and what the situation is. gone through a great deal of trans- depression. We all know that hos- To sum up, if you are a student formation, keeping in mind the pitality is one of the most chal- who aspires to walk on this road, new normal. lenging industries, and to work in my advice would be to toughen During the pandemic, as these stiff times, it is crucial for yourself up, both physically and schools and colleges were shut, it one to be mentally fit. Hence, it mentally. The focus should be on had pushed educators to redesign would be a wise idea to include developing your skills as this can the mechanism of imparting mental health training and exer- be a challenging profession. lessons. ‘Digital learning’ emerged cises in the curriculum. as a saviour to many, and it is no It has indeed become crucial for (The writer is a senior longer limited to just online class- the curriculum to go through executive chef at The Ashok Hotel, es but also the entire content has complete rework to operate in the New Delhi.) been curated to make it suitable three pillars that one need to fol- food servicing and preparation is rounders with training in front for remote learning with the help low — adherence to health and very important. To ensure proto- and back management of restau- of technology. safety protocol, all-round training cols and social distancing are rants, operations, guest relations Hospitality is a service business and mental training. being followed, the whole kitchen and kitchen operations. and irrespective of the digital The key focus, currently, has area can be divided into smaller With changing times, high endeavours, the human touch can- been directed to health and safety segments — critical operation touch points such as no contact not be replaced. The pandemic has protocols, which should be fol- area, non-critical area and pre- services, the preparations using left an impact on hospitality edu- lowed to ensure all the operations preparation area. We also need to hygienic cookery utensils, new cation as well, hence, it is of para- are compliant with the protocols. educate students on usage of 100 SOPs while guest room making, mount importance that the cur- It is vital that students are well- ppm chlorine for sanitising non- front desk operations while main- riculum be updated with the versed with the changing times vegetarian items and 50 ppm chlo- taining social distancing guide- changing times. The overall indus- and the importance of following rine for vegetarian items, cost lines need to be included in the try is heading towards a change, hygiene protocols. It should form management during crises period curriculum. It is crucial for educa- which the educators also eventual- a key aspect of restaurant training and shift towards self-service fea- tors to make sure a holistic under- ly need to adopt. They are the pil- including vocabulary and mea- tures via latest technologies. standing of not only core revenue lars who shall be training the sures used by the industry such as COVID-19 has highlighted how operations but the understanding workforce of the future, and “clinically clean” and “sanitised quickly the demand for online of allied departments such as rev- hence, need to keep students cleaning”. There is also a need for ordering accelerated, and kitchens enue management, audits should abreast with the latest changes in developing newer technologies, are getting smaller in order to fol- be given to the students. They the industry, and evolution of which can help the students in low social distancing norms. With should be able to connect the dots industry requirements. The ‘one being safe in their training proce- practically every restaurant adopt- and make the best out of each sit- size fits all’ solutions are things of dure. ing some form of online food uation. It is also advisable for culi- the past. For sustained growth in Providing guests with contact- delivery, it is important for culi- nary schools to adopt short term the hospitality industry, there are less services, especially during nary students to emerge as all- courses which gives the students

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ten. It is written so beautifully that Dimple Kapadia: half the battle is won right there,” said the actress, who was discov- Remo D'Souza: Feel compassionate ered at age 14 by Raj Kapoor, and Working on Tenet entered the industry with Bobby in 1973. for strugglers because I've been there finally made me Talking about Nolan, the 63- year-old star said: “I was hesitating horeographer Remo D’Souza says dance video before the camera as a dancer to do the film because I was not he feels compassionate towards because usually I am a choreographer all believe in myself comfortable with myself and my struggling artistes because he has my life and I make people dance!” capabilities but after doing a Nolan C been there and faced everything The song is written and sung by Abhinav eteran Bollywood actress Dimple film, I realised I didn’t have to in the initial part of his career. Shekhar who also appeared in the video. Kapadia was initially hesitant to be part worry because he takes care of “I feel more compassionate for of the new Christopher Nolan biggie, everything.” Tenet was originally budding talents and strugglers because I Tenet. However, being a part of the big- scheduled to release in July this have been there, know exactly how it feels V budget Hollywood film has instilled a year, but got postponed several as a talented youngster without the right new sense of confidence and belief in times due to the ongoing pandem- opportunity or a series of rejections. With her and her craft. ic. The film is now scheduled to years of hard work and appreciation I have “My process of working is fear and nervousness. release in India on December 4. created my space, so I am quite focused on I don't know how the process unfolds after that,” “I hope people go to the cinema giving chance to new talent. I started doing Dimple told IANS, adding that she then relies on and see the film. It is absolutely that with dancers but then I realised that her “instinct and the director completely”. brilliant, the action sequences are songs are an integral part of our dance, and “My takeaway (after working in the film) is a hell fantastic. The drama has to be seen budding singers also face the same struggle of a lot. It has completely changed my mental on the big screen. You can’t enjoy it as dancers and choreographers,” Remo told make-up. It has made me more confident, wanting on pirated version or small screen,” IANS. to do better roles, work more and made me more said the actress. The Warner Bros. He recently appeared in the music video positive. It has made me believe in myself finally — Pictures also stars Elizabeth of the song, Log kya kahenge, and he says Nolan ke saath kaam kiya hai (have worked with John David Washington. Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, his effort in front of the camera is all about Nolan)! It is a beautiful dream that has come true,” In the film, Dimple is seen as Priya, who is cru- Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and promoting budding singers. she added. cial to the narrative. Her character emerges as Clemence Poesy. It has been shot across seven “I want to encourage singers now. The Dubbed as “an action epic evolving from the deadly person, splashed with various shades of countries — India, the US, the UK, Denmark, song in the video Log kya kahenge is a result world of international espionage”, Nolan’s new film grey. Estonia, Italy, and Norway. The film will be of that," he said, adding: “Abhinav (Shekhar) takes one on a thrilling time-bending mission with It was lovely (exploring the shades of grey). It available to the Indian audience in English, is a very talented singer and rapper. This two secret agents, essayed by Robert Pattinson and was a very lovely surprise, and the way it was writ- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. was the first time I was appearing in a

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ardik Pandya’s Hcareer- best effort wasn’t good enough to compensate Indian cricketers for a forget- table bowl- join Aussies in anti- ing effort as India Lack of all-rounders slumped to a racism gesture 66-run defeat PTI n SYDNEY against Australia has hit us: Kohli in the first ODI, he Indian cricketers on making a rather TFriday joined their PTI n SYDNEY Talking about the batting unimpressive start to Australian counterparts in unit, Kohli said: “I think we gave the tour, here on Friday. missed Dhawan and Pandya in Yuzvendra Chahal (1/89 in 10 forming a barefoot circle on the ndia skipper Virat Kohli on ourselves the best chance. Virat Kohli’s men quick succession as India surren- overs) earned the ignominy of ground to support the anti- IFriday questioned his team’s “Hardik’s innings was the started exactly on a note dered to scoreboard pressure fin- worst figures by an Indian spinner racism movement and acknowl- body language after the opening best example of that. As a bat- they wouldn’t have liked, giv- ishing at 308/8 after 50 overs. and Jasprit Bumrah’s wretched edge the culture of indigenous ODI loss and said Hardik ting unit we committed nicely to ing away 374 runs in 50 overs Pandya, who hit seven fours ODI form (1/73 in 10 overs) con- people of the host country. Pandya not being fit to bowl is positive and we are going with rival captain Aaron Finch and four sixes, carried his blazing tinued. The barefoot circle ceremo- affecting the side’s balance as he to do that in the future as well.” (114 off 124 balls) and his illustri- IPL batting form into the first India’s fastest bowler Navdeep ny was held before the start of doesn’t have enough all- Winning captain Aaron ous predecessor Steve Smith (105 game of the series but it was his Saini (1/83 in 10 overs) also strug- the opening ODI between the rounders at his disposal. Finch said he took his time early off 66 balls) hitting contrasting fast-medium bowling that Kohli gled like any newcomer does, two teams. “Everyone needs to show in the innings. hundreds. missed on the day as he lacked unable to hit the right length on Australian pacer Pat the intent in the entire 50 overs. “Found it reasonably hard to A pitch that looked docile options when Smith sent his reg- Australian tracks. Cummins had said that it was Probably, we played 50 overs get my timing. Took a couple of during the first half suddenly ular bowlers on a leather-hunt. Ravindra Jadeja (0/63 in 10 the team’s way of demonstrating after a long time that could have chances, got lucky,” he said. came to life in the second as Josh India badly missed a sixth overs) wasn’t as costly as Chahal but an anti-racism feeling as well as an affect...But having said that Finch heaped praise on his Hazlewood (3/55) bounced out bowling option with none of their since the past two and half months, celebrating the indigenous cul- we have played so much ODI teammates for their perfor- the Indian top-order, including specialist batters good enough to his bowling has lacked sting. ture of Australia. cricket that it is not something mance despite not being able to Kohli and a frightened Shreyas roll their arms for even two to India’s eternal nemesis Smith we don’t know how to do,” train much as a unit. Iyer, who got himself into a tan- three overs. seems ready to torment them a lot in which they attacked Chahal. Kohli said in the post-match pre- “We’ve barely been togeth- gle. It was a day when the bowl- in next two months if his 11 fours While Finch used his feet to sentation. er as a team. Each guy has dif- Pandya’s 76-ball 90 and a 128- ing unit barring Mohammed and four sixes were any indication smother the spin and play against “I think the body language ferent strengths and weakness- run stand with senior opener Shami (3/59 in 10 overs) flopped on Friday. the turn, Warner stayed back in the in the field wasn’t great after es. You embrace that. Davey Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 86 balls) badly and poor fielding only Not for once was he troubled crease to hit Chahal with the turn, around 25 overs. It was a disap- (David Warner), he’s moving delayed the inevitable but it was added to their woes. by the Indian bowlers, who were disturbing his line and length pointing part. If you don’t take beautifully. His rhythm looked always a catch-up game after the As many as three sitters were already under the pump after a completely. your chances against a top- outstanding. Smudge (Smith) team was reduced to 101 for 4 dropped and numerous sloppy 156-run opening stand between It helped as Smith and Maxwell quality opposition they’ll hurt was different class altogether,” he inside 14 overs. efforts on the field added to the Finch and David Warner (69). (45 off 19 balls) had no problems you and that is what happened said. “Maxi (Maxwell), the rare Big-hearted leg-spinner Adam misery. A lot of credit should go to in flaying the bowlers during the today.” ability he’s got to just click his fin- Zampa (4/54 in 10 overs) dis- The normally steady Warner and Finch for the manner last 10 overs. With Hardik Pandya not yet gers and put pressure on the to fit to bowl, Kohli said it is opposition.” affecting the balance of the Steve Smith, who was team. “We have to find out a way adjudged the Player of the Rohit not is Aus due to get few overs from part- match, said the superb innings Hardik targets WCs to return as bowler timers. Unfortunately, someone by Finch (114) and Warner (69) like Hardik is not ready to bowl gave him the license to thrill as to dad’s illness: BCCI IANS n NEW DELHI and have that confidence where is asked to do power-hitting right as an all-rounder. yet, we have to accept that, we he smashed a 66-ball 105 to take whatever role is given to me from the word go, Pandya on Pandya did not give any specif- don’t really have all-round Australia to 374 for 6. PTI n SYDNEY ndia’s ace all-rounder Hardik I try to fulfill that to the Friday played himself in before ic time about when he would get options as such right now,” he “Have been searching for IPandya on Friday said that he is best of my ability.” unleashing a flurry of boundaries match-ready to bowl. But he said he said. something for a couple of he BCCI finally cleared the “confusion” on why focussing and preparing himself to Pandya on Friday against Glenn Maxwell. is looking at long-term goals like the “That is an area to be looked months now. About three days TRohit Sharma did not travel with the team to play purely as a batsman till he gets played a brilliant knock Pandya said that playing as a World Cups and does not want to at, it is a big part in any team’s ago something just clicked. My Australia hours after captain Virat Kohli com- match-ready to bowl. — 90 off 76 balls — pure batsman he has to start rush in. There are three successive balance, someone like Marcus rhythm came back, everything plained of “lack of clarity”, stating that the top bats- The younger of the two Pandya and tried to take thinking as a batsman only. World Cups that India play — the (Stoinis), Maxwell bowling a few came back,” he said. man had to be in Mumbai for his ailing father after brothers had a back injury in 2019 the game deep “I start thinking as a bat- T20 World Cups in India and overs for Australia helped.” “Finchy and Davey played the IPL. and as he gradually returns to after India lost ter. I try to take the game Australia next year and the 50-over Kohli said his bowlers very well early on. We could Apart from this, the Board said senior-most fast competitive cricket, he is avoiding early wickets. deep. I try to bat in a way, World Cup in 2023 in India. couldn’t pick wickets regularly come in and be aggressive. bowler Ishant Sharma is ruled out of the Test series, bowling. He did not bowl at all for He came into where I can score more runs “It is a process. I am looking at and it allowed the Australians to Wasn’t thinking too much out starting December 17, as he will not be match-fit the Mumbai Indians in the recent- bat after they than what I am used to. It a long-term goal time when I want post a big total in the end. there, just seeing the ball and hit- in time. ly-concluded Indian Premier were reduced does not add too much pres- to be 100 per cent of my bowling “The key to winning games ting it. Was seeing the ball well. The Board reiterated Kohli’s assertion that League and played as a pure bats- to 101/4 in sure or does not give me any capacity for the most important is picking up wickets, that is It was a good surface. Rohit’s fitness will be up for a review on December man in the first ODI against the 14th over. more freedom. It is just that games — the World Cups are com- something we were not able to “Nice to contribute to a 11, following which a call would be taken on Australia on Friday. Unlike I am enjoying being on the ing, the most crucial series. I am do, also lapses in the field were good win. Need a bit of luck in whether he can be there for the Tests. Asked if playing purely as a his role at ground as a batter or crick- looking at long-term plan, not also a reason why we couldn’t this game sometimes, nice to “Rohit Sharma had to come back to Mumbai batsman makes any difference, Mumbai eter,” said Pandya on being short-term plan where I’ll try to capitalise on any kind of ride it today (getting his LBW after the IPL to attend to his ailing father. His father Hardik said, “(It does) not make Indians in asked if playing only as a exhaust myself and maybe have momentum, the pressure that overturned),” he said referring to is now recuperating well and that has allowed him much difference. I believe in hav- IPL’s , in batter allows him more something else (injury) which is not we created in early part of the the LBW decision which was to travel to the NCA and start his rehabilitation,” ing both skills. I like to back myself which he freedom than playing there,” he said. innings.” overturned. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said in a statement after Kohli expressed his displeasure over the lack of information on Rohit’s fitness on Thursday. He is likely to miss the opening two Tests because of the 14-day hard quarantine rules in the Ferguson’s fifer douses Pollard blitz host nation. Shah clarified that the white ball vice-captain AFP n AUCKLAND unbeaten 75 from 37 balls. during the spell and captain Tim had come back to Mumbai after the IPL in the UAE Ferguson claimed a career- Southee two. to attend to his ailing father after which he report- aceman Lockie Ferguson best haul of 5-21 to put the Pollard’s contribution ed to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Punleashed a devastating five- brakes on a flying start from the looked like it would prove deci- Bengaluru. wicket barrage as New Zealand West Indies, saying the short sive when New Zealand made “He (Rohit) is presently undergoing rehabili- downed the West Indies in a boundaries at Eden Park helped a shaky start and veteran open- tation at the NCA. Mr Rohit Sharma’s next assess- roller coaster T20 series open- his cause. er Martin Guptill departed for ment will be conducted on December 11th follow- er in Auckland on Friday. “It’s one of the craziest five. ing which the BCCI will have clarity on his par- The match — the first inter- grounds you could ever play at, They were soon 63 for four ticipation in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar national cricket played in New the ball flies everywhere and when Ross Taylor was run out. Trophy in Australia,” the statement read. Zealand for almost nine months fortunately for me today it went The Black Caps’ South It is also learnt that BCCI president Sourav — produced a nail-biting finale to hand, which is nice,” he said. African-born debutant Devon Ganguly will request Cricket Australia CEO Nick Two protesters enter field as the Black Caps reached 179/5 Pollard almost swung Conway and Jimmy Neesham Hockley to ensure that Rohit, if he goes, can under- SYDNEY : In a security breach, two protesters in the final over after being set momentum back to the West were looking dangerous when go soft quarantine which will allow him to train made their way into the field of play during a target of 176. Indies single-handedly, club- Pollard broke their 77-run part- during the 14-day isolation period. the first ODI between India and Australia Persistent showers meant bing eight sixes and four fours nership when Conway was As far as Ishant is concerned, Shah said the before being escorted out here on Friday. the innings were reduced to 16 to ensure his team set a compet- caught on 41. lanky pacer has recovered from his side strain but Two people made their way into the cen- and many players, particularly itive target. But Neesham, who scored will take time to attain peak match fitness. tre fielding circle holding up cardboard signs the tourists, were rusty after only Before play commenced, Jamieson, who conceded 18 They were 58 without loss 48 from 24 balls, steered the “Ishant has recovered completely from his side before the start of the seventh over. emerging from Covid-19 quar- both sides took a knee in a ges- from his first over in interna- before Ferguson broke through New Zealanders home with strain injury sustained during IPL 2020 in the UAE,” The invaders were protesters against antine on Thursday. ture against racism, with the tional T20. and clean-bowled Fletcher on Mitchell Santner, who hit a six he said. Adani Group and held ‘NO $1B ADANI But there were outstanding West Indies players each raising The tourists were even 34. to claim victory with four balls “While he is building up his workload in order LOAN’ sign. individual performances on a black-gloved fist. more brutal against Hamish The West Indies then lost to spare. to achieve Test match fitness, Ishant Sharma has The front of the protesters’ T-shirt read both sides, particularly player of West Indies opener Andre Bennett, plundering 29 runs five wickets for a single run over The next fixture in the been ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” “#StopAdani”, while at the back, it said “Stop the match Ferguson and West Fletcher smashed back-to-back from a nightmare over for the the course of 11 balls, with three-match series is in Mount Shah added. Coal. #StopAdani. Take Action.” PTI Indies captain Kieron Pollard’s sixes off debutant Kyle fast bowler. Ferguson claiming three scalps Maunganui on Sunday. AFP n LONDON ATK Mohun Bagan beat SC apoli honoured the mem- Napoli’s winning tribute to Maradona Nory of Diego Maradona PTI n VASCO SC East Bengal in less than a when he struck the winner with a 2-0 win over Rijeka Gattuso’s side entered the field all wearing the No 10 jersey of Maradona, month's time, it was a disap- after the changeover, Krishna which allowed them to go top who won Napoli’s only Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990 ijian striker pointing start to his coaching broke the deadlock and this of Europa League Group F in Fcontinued his prolific goal- stint in India as he was let time with a powerful left- the first match since the death ahead following an earlier scoring form as he helped down badly by his striker up footer past a diving Majumder. their Argentine icon. Carlos Vinícius brace. ATK Mohun Bagan prevail front. It was who Gennaro Gattuso’s side However Winks admitted over SC East Bengal 2-0 in the As the sole striker, Balwant made a dashing run on the left entered the field all wearing the to BT Sport after the match that first ever Singh was wayward up front and sent in a through ball to number 10 jersey of Maradona, he wasn’t aiming for the goal. derby here on Friday. and missed a sitter at the hour Hernandez before Krishna who won Napoli’s only Serie A “I’d love to sit here and say Krishna, who had scored mark when he blasted over the took control of the ball for a titles in 1987 and 1990 as well that I did, but I’ve got to be ATKMB's lone goal against bar just in front of the net. clinical finish. as the 1989 UEFA Cup. honest and say no. I saw Gaz Kerala Blasters in their cam- They had the better ball SCEB almost got an “Diego is a legend and will (Gareth Bale) run in,” said the paign opener, struck in the possession but looked thin equaliser in the 83rd minute never die,” Gattuso said after England international. 49th minute before Manvir up front, leaving too much to with Pilikington firing in from the match. “Since Wednesday Lucas Moura rounded off Singh killed the contest in the do for their vice-captain and the left but ATKMB custodi- you could see that the city the scoring in the 73rd minute 85th minute with a solo effort. former Norwich City winger an Arindam Bhattacharja breathed a different atmos- as the Premier League high-fly- With two wins on the trot, . stood tall and ensured anoth- phere. ers eye an intriguing London ATK Mohun Bagan led the As in their last match er clean sheet for Habas' side. “We hope to dedicate derby with in-form Chelsea at table with six points, followed against Kerala Blasters, A minute later, something important to him the weekend. by Northeast United FC. ATKMB struggled to Manvir chased a ball and win a trophy. In this city we Sociedad following their goal- through to the knockout Tottenham Hotspur are Lille missed out on quali- It was a typical Antonio get going initially, while from the midfield and have talked about it for too less draw in the Netherlands. rounds, where they were also level on nine points with Group fication after they could only Lopez Habas' style of play SCEB made some fine made a fine run, beating many years.” Fellow Italian side Roma joined by Arsenal thanks to J leaders Royal Antwerp after draw 1-1 with an AC Milan that panned out on the field as attacking moves but the SCEB defence before Napoli made sure the fans made their way into the last 32 their 3-0 win at Molde. a 4-0 thumping of bottom side side missing the injured Zlatan ATKMB were slow to get off lacked the finishing firing past Majumder and gathered outside to pay their with a 2-0 win at Romanian Brendan Rodgers’ side are Ludogorets, who are yet to Ibrahimovic. the blocks before taking con- touches. sealing three points from the respects to Maradona weren’t side Cluj, while Hoffenheim top of Group G on 10 points, pick up a single point. The Ligue 1 outfit are top trol of the game. ATKMB had their first big match. disappointed by the current joined them after ensuring three ahead of Braga in second Spurs comfortable home of Group H, one point ahead of Their defence, helmed by real chance just a minute The red-and-gold brigade team as an Armando Anastasio their respective passages into and seven in front of third- win was the stage for an incred- Milan and with Sparta Prague Tiri, put up a disciplined show before with Javier Hernandez wore black armbands in own goal and a simple Hirving the next round from L. placed AEK Athens with two ible long range strike from lurking a further point back to return with a clean slate for on the target but Debjit memory of the Argentine leg- Lozano finish sealed the points. Earlier Jame Vardy’s last- games to play after the Greeks’ Harry Winks, whose launch after dumping Celtic out of the their second successive match. Majumder came on his way as end Diego Maradona who Napoli are now two points gasp leveller in a thrilling 3-3 3-0 home defeat at the hands of from near the left wing put Jose competition with a 4-1 thrash- For Liverpool legend the first half saw a stalemate. died of heart attack on ahead of AZ Alkmaar and Real at Braga sent Leicester City Zorya Luhansk. Mourinho’s side three goals ing in the Czech Republic. , who built the Like in the last match Wednesday. 12

vijayawada Saturday November 28 2020 tollywood Major KRR's acting debut with narrates the way Bharani's next directorial Sandeep Having directed films across multiple genres such as romance, fantasy, action and biographical, filmmaker K Raghavendra Rao is lived: Sesh set to face the klieg lights as an actor now. He is headlining a arking the kind of research that Sesh said that when 12th death underwent in penning women-centric heartwarming drama, which rolls in January. anniversary the script and the he saw a picture of of Major process that they had Sandeep Unni- m Sandeep gone through to con- Tanikella Bharani is directing it from a script of Janardhana Unni- vince parents of the krishnan on news NAGARAJ GOUD krishnan on Friday, martyr to be able tell his channels, it struck Maharshi, finds actor Adivi Sesh shared story. a heartfelt video on In Major, Sesh is him that he could Twitter, revealing what bringing alive the hero- have been someone or a major part of The source adds that drove him to make ics of Unnikrishnan, a from his family. He his career spanning KRR’s shisya MM Major on Major National Security Guard more than five Keeravani has been roped Sandeep commando, who was later met Sandeep’s decades as a film- in to compose music Unnikrishnan, martyred in the 26/11 parents several f maker, K and he has already the Mumbai terrorist Raghavendra Rao recorded a couple of attacks in 2008. times to convince has desisted from speaking to songs. “The film will Sesh said that when them that their the media but that changed take off in January and he saw a picture of five years ago. He slowly start- a major part of it Sandeep Unnikrishnan intentions to make ed speaking at film-related will be filmed in on news channels, it a film were pure. events and soon came up with Hyderabad,” the struck him that he a show on ETV besides source con- could have been about the way Major launching his own YouTube duced cludes. someone from Sandeep Unnikrishnan channel. And now, he is set to by People his family. He lived, not about the way explore the actor in him. Yes, Media Factory and Abhishek later met he died. I hope you like you read it right. According to Agarwal. Tanikella Bharani, Sandeep’s my humble attempt in a well-placed source close to who received rich plaudits for parents trying to find the spirit the development, the director, Mithunam, will be directing several of the Major within who is rated high as an actor the project from a script of his times to myself,” said Sesh among the acting fraternity for protégé Janardhana Maharshi. convince addressing his follow- his routine of acting out scenes The source explains, “The them ers. to his actors, will be fronting a film is a compilation of events that their Directed by heartwarming and inspiring of a senior citizen’s life. Just inten- Goodachari fame Sashi women-centric drama to be like a thread, without being tions to Kiran, the movie, whose pro- visible, binds a bouquet of make a first look will be out on flowers to make it a beautiful film December 17, is being garland, KRR’s part will be were shot in Telugu and the glue that guides the lives pure. Hindi simultaneously. of four beautiful women. The He Sony Picture film will be a sensible one like added International Mithunam but will be a little that after Productions is foraying more commercial and set on they got a into a grand scale. KRR will take nod, the real test for with the film, co-pro- a call on the casting but as of him was to gain fitness duced by Mahesh Babu, now, the likes of Ramya to play the role and to Adivi Entertainment Krishna, Shriya Saran and match the appearance and Sharath Chandra Samantha are on his mind. of the Major. and Anurag Reddy's Oh! Babu is the title that the “The film narrates A+S Movies. makers have zeroed in.”

hile it’s common lowing on social media, for some actors to attracted offers to be the promote liquor brand ambassador of many w brands on their liquor brands but she doesn’t social media pro- believe in promoting liquor. files and increase “She was approached by many As the film celebrates its their bank balance, Lavanya brands with fancy paychecks Tripathi is a strict no to but Lavanya just doesn’t want Everything changed for us first anniversary on Sunday, endorse any form of liquor. A to associate marketing liquor. source tells us that the Being a star, she understands writer-director Ravi Kiran Dehradun her reach and so, for obvious after the release: Ravi Kiran on beauty, reasons, she has politely who com- declined multiple offers,” says Kola reflects on shooting it mands a a source close to the actor. solid Lavanya will be next seen Raja Vaaru… clocking 1 year with a skeleton crew fan in A1 Express alongside fol- Sundeep Kishan. She will small film with when we mentioned about waited for seasons to cap- spread over a year and be seen as a hockey play- a big heart, shooting it on Sony. Many ture some scenes. In fact, er in it. She also has a Raja Vaaru felt we shot it on Ari and for some portions, we challenging role in GA2 Rani Gaaru, Alexa cameras. While we would shoot for only two with how it changed their Pictures Chaavu a completes one didn’t have much budget hours in the morning and Kaburu Challaga. year tomorrow to work on, what we had in the evening. We visited Santosh lives for Plus, she has green- and despite the pandemic, was time, patience and theatres in Hyderabad Mohan and lit Atharva’s next it’s a year which has gone passion to do something,” after release and when the Sree Vishnu’s better Tamil flick, which quickly for the film’s reflects Ravi Kiran as he attendance got to know next with Teja rolls shortly. writer-director Ravi Kiran speaks to us. about our presence as the Marni. Our cameraman to endorse liquor endorse to Kola. “Some producers Smiling, he goes on, end credits began to roll, Vidyasagar is turning who got to know about the “We hired small rooms in they gave a standing ova- director and our editor Vidyasagar. Kiran film’s budget of Rs 60 lakh Ravulapalem for everyone tion to us. It gave us a big Viplov is working on some (Abbavaram) shared the were in for a shock about and we would travel in high. Everything changed prominent projects.” same opinion as well. In the quality. We were a auto rickshaws everyday to for us after the release,” he Ravi initially con- fact, he was very strong team of 15 members and the location with our exults, adding that Sneha, ceived Raja Vaaru Rani in his belief. I gave my 12 of them never experi- equipment. The camera- who played Geetha, has Gaaru as a perfect fit for nod to the theatrical

Lavanya doesn't want doesn't Lavanya enced a film set before. man’s assistants too were landed a role in Allu a web series. “I was hesi- release after the last shot. Folks who handled pro- my brother’s friends.” Arjun-starrer Pushpa, tant to make it as a fea- Looking back, I think we duction were friends of Ravi wrapped up the while Rajkumar Kasireddy, ture as I wanted to debut made the right decision. my brother. We shot the film in 55 days spread who played Chowdary, is a with some other genre. Everybody got a gate film on Sony A7S2 which over a year. “As we didn’t part of almost a dozen But the first person who pass to enter the indus- fits in your palm. Tharun have equipment to create films. “Prominent of them told me that it should try,” he concludes beam- Bhascker was in disbelief an artificial mood, we includes Raj Tarun's next have a theatrical bow was ing. — NG