Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer , SUNDAY, AUGUST 01, 2021; PAGES 10+16 `5 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 282 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com BJP using ‘e-Ravanas’ Walmart, Disney Mastercard P P announce new Covid steps P submits data norms to RBI 6 to spread hatred: SP 5 amid Delta surge 10 ‘No vaccine, no entry’ State govt not in a Cabinet reshuffle hurry for elections TS progress due to stable only after rule in hotels, malls to vacant MLC seats Situation not conducive with Huz’bad bypoll govt, able leadership: KTR n daily Covid cases around 600 PNS HYDERABAD imminent in PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD The much-awaited cabinet State got 9.5 lakh Municipal administration minister reshuffle may take place only additional doses in July The State government is in favour KT Rama Rao observed that the State Balanced after the impending Huzurabad of the Election Commission wait- witnessed such development because development Assembly bye-election as well as NAVEENA GHANATE ing for some more time to hold of a stable government and efficient would become the MLC elections. n HYDERABAD elections for the six MLC seats leadership. Speaking at a function on Chief Minister K under the MLAs quota that fell Saturday here, he said that Telangana possible only Chandrasekhar Rao had planned Given the blatant disregard for vacant on June 3 with the expiry of State had been leading in industrial- when rural to make the Cabinet reshuffle in Covid-appropriate behavior the members' term. ization in the country for the last development, March last. However, due to among sections of the public, The term of M Srinivas Reddy, seven years. Another achievement of agriculture and several reasons, it had to be post- hotels and malls in Telangana MLC nominated under the Telangana State was its balanced poned. may soon disallow entry for unvac- Governor's quota, ended on June development with focus on rural and industries were In the meantime the Eatala cinated customers. 16. The MLCs whose term ended urban development, he said. supported Rajendar episode took place, Director of Public Health Dr G on June 3 were Gutha Sukhender While giving priority for IT and simultaneously resulting in further postpone- Srinivasa Rao said on Saturday that A policy decision in this regard Reddy, Nethi Vidyasagar, Industry, the state government was ment. TRS sources said there there was a possibility that only would be taken, depending on how B.Venkateswarulu, Kadiyam focusing on opportunities for would be no element of surprise patrons vaccinated against Covid- the COVID-19 situation in the state Srihari, Md Fariduddin and employment generation. In the rural — KT RAMA RAO even if the cabinet reshuffle IT & Municipal 19 might be allowed into hotels would unfold in the coming days. Akula Lalitha. In response to the areas, importance was being given Administration Minister takes place next year. and malls in the future. He point- Even though there was a shortage of recent letter from the Election for agriculture and hereditary voca- The Election Commission ed out that even those who had vaccine, apparently the message for Commission seeking opinion of tions, KTR said. has to conduct the Huzurabad tested positive for Covid-19 were people was that they had no choice the State Government for hold- Balanced development would Assembly bye-election by wandering outside without being but to get vaccinated, he said. ing MLCs elections, become possible only when rural ly, the Minister said. He said that brought for attracting industries to November. in isolation and therefore cases development, agriculture and indus- Telangana's revolutionary single- Telangana. were high in almost nine districts. 2 2 tries were supported simultaneous- window policy -TS-iPASS --was 2 2 For every Covid case reported in TOKYO OLYMPICS PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu in , 30 were missed: Expert semis, to fight for bronze now PNS n NEW DELHI his analysis on Twitter in which he they are likely to go unreported. If showed for every reported Covid-19 contact tracing is done well, even PNS n TOKYO gles semi-finals here on Saturday. For every single Covid-19 case case in India, how many cases were asymptomatic cases can also be The 26-year-old silver-medallist reported in India, there were 30 cases missed. He, however, clarified that reported. This has been reflected in Reigning world champion PV from the Rio Games, however, that remained undetected or were it does not mean this was deliberate the fact that a few states have done Sindhu's hopes of securing India's remained in the hunt for a bronze missed, according to an analysis of but simply reflects the performance better than others as they can report first-ever Olympic gold in bad- and will be competing against ICMR's fourth sero-survey by inde- of the disease surveillance system on more cases as compared to other minton came crashing down as she China's He Bing Jiao in the third pendent epidemiologist Dr and the response to pandemic in the states," Lahariya told. slumped to a straight-game defeat place play-off at Musashino Forest Chandrakant Lahariya. state in tackling the cases. against World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Plaza on Sunday. The public health expert shared "Many cases are asymptomatic so 2 Chinese Taipei in the women's sin- 2 Heated discussions Delta variant rampant in as TPCC meets on Indravelli show Tokyo, Thailand & Malaysia PNS n HYDERABAD n TOKYO first time. Olympics organis- ers reported 21 new COVID- A meeting of the Telangana The Olympics host city 19 cases related to the Games, Pradesh Congress Committee on Tokyo, as well as Thailand bringing the total to 241 since the party's August 9th Indravelli and Malaysia, announced a July 1. show ended on a sour note here on record number of COVID-19 The record comes a day Saturday, with differences between infections on Saturday, most- after Japan extended its state TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy and ly driven by the highly trans- of emergency for Tokyo to AICC programmes implementa- missible Delta variant of the the end of August, expanding tion committee chairman A disease. it to three prefectures near Maheshwar Reddy over the venue. Cases surged in Sydney as Tokyo and the western pre- It is learnt that Maheshwar Reddy well, where police cordoned fecture of Osaka in light of the opposed Revanth Reddy for deter- off the central business dis- recent spike in infections. mining that the proposed Dalit, trict to prevent a protest Olympics organisers said against a strict lockdown that on Saturday they had revoked 2 will last until the end of accreditation of a Games- August. reported 210 new infections related person or people for Police closed train stations, in Sydney and surrounding leaving the athletes' village for TODAY banned taxis from dropping areas from the Delta variant sightseeing, a violation of passengers off downtown and outbreak. Tokyo's metropol- measures imposed to hold ALMANAC deployed 1,000 officers to set itan government announced the Olympics safely amid the Month & Paksham: up checkpoints and to dis- a record number of 4,058 pandemic. Ashadha & Shukla Paksha perse groups. The govern- infections in the past 24 2 Panchangam ment of New South Wales hours, topping 4,000 for the Tithi : Ashtami 07:55 Nakshatram: Bharani 19:36 Hyd patients with Delta Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start NITI looking at the pioneer’s any important work) Plus variant recover Rahukalam: 5:09 pm - 6:45 pm PNS n HYDERABAD emulating TS AI pest Diva page every Yamagandam: 12:22 pm - 1:58 pm Varjyam: Nil The two cases of Coronavirus Delta Plus vari- management solution Thursday. Gulika: 3:33 pm - 5:09 pm ant found in Telangana were from Hyderabad. PNS n HYDERABAD Good Time: (to start any important work) Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivasa Amritakalam: 2:12 pm - 4:00 pm Rao said that the cases were reported in mid- NITI Aayog is now suggesting that Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:56 am - 12:47 pm May and the two persons had completely Telangana's AI pest management solution recovered. Their contacts were also tested for can be used by all other states in the coun- HYDERABAD the virus and the results turned negative. try. Today It may be mentioned here that across the The solution, delivered through an WEATHER country 70 cases of Delta Plus variant were app, offers real-time localised advisory there is practically no male Forecast: Partly cloudy found by INSACOG, a grouping of 28 lab- and surveillance, enabling farmers to bastion that has not been conquered Temp: 29 oratories involved in the task, Union Science catch pest infestations early to take Humidity: 70% and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said corrective and immediate action to by women. Yet absolute gender parity is a Sunrise: 5:55 am on Friday. The DPH said that the Delta vari- avoid significant crop damage and sub- distant dream. Feminism is a force that is setting Sunset: 6:49 pm ant was dangerous and people should wear sequently improve the quality of the crop things right things like gender disparity, gender Current Weather Conditions masks both indoors and outdoors. and incomes. Updated July 31 , 2021 5:00 PM violence, gender and human development, sexual and 2 2 reproductive health and rights, gender and economic OBTUSE ANGLE rights, gender and governance as well as gender and media, among other areas. But how does one make sense from the All set for Laldarwaza mind-boggling information out there? Bonalu: Anjani Kumar Let The Pioneer cut through the clutter for you. Bring out the PNS n HYDERABAD media persons, he point- woman in you who is the mistress of the domain, a helper- ed out that all temples in completer, a life-giver, a lady of wisdom who can bring All arrangements have the city would conduct been done for the puja on Sunday and the glory to the man of her choice or stay single in Laldarwaza Bonalu Rangam programme will unmatched blessedness. Grab The Pioneer to scheduled for Sunday. be held on Monday. Commissioner of The Commissioner of ensure that you are updated on all aspects of Hyderabad Police Anjani Police detailed traffic gender for confidently handling life's Kumar said on Saturday diversions on the occa- roller-coaster ride in today's world. that the police had taken sion of Bonalu and all precautions for Rangam. smooth conduct of the festival. Addressing 2 HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 01, 2021 hyderabad 02 Vice Prez calls for innovative, Delta variant rampant in Asia; Tokyo, Thailand... efforts to protect Indian languages Continued from page 1 for months. worked on a flight from Russia. Thailand reported a daily read more PNS n HYDERABAD guages. The Vice Presidentreiterated serving mother tongue, the The organisers did not disclose record of 18,912 new coron- COVID-19 infections have He also suggested making the importance of imparting Vice President called upon how many people had their avirus infections, bringing the increased by 80% over the past Vice President M Venkaiah ancient literature more acces- education in the mother language enthusiasts, linguists, accreditation revoked, if the country's total accumulated four weeks in most regions of Naidu on Saturday called for sible and relatable to the youth tongue up to primary school teachers, parents and the media person or people involved were cases to 597,287. The country the world, WHO director-gen- innovative and collaborative in plain and spoken language. level and according priority to to take insights from such athletes, or when the violation also reported 178 new deaths, eral Tedros Adhanom efforts to protect and rejuve- The Vice President recom- the mother tongue in the countries. took place. read more also a daily record, taking total Ghebreyesus said on Friday. nate Indian languages. mended compiling endangered administration. He said countrieslike France, Malaysia, one of the hotspots fatalities to 4,857. "Hard-won gains are in jeop- Noting that preserving lan- and archaic words in a lan- He lauded the Centre for Germany and Japan, while of the disease, reported 17,786 The government said the ardy or being lost, and health guages and ensuring their con- guage from rural areas and var- bringing out a visionary using their native tongue in coronavirus cases on Saturday, Delta variant accounted for systems in many countries are tinuity is possible only through ious dialects in order to pre- National Education Policy various advanced disciplines a record number of infec- more than 60% of the cases in being overwhelmed," Tedros a peoples movement, he said serve them for posterity. (NEP) which lays emphasis on like engineering, medicine and tions.More than 100 people the country and 80% of the told a news conference. read people must come together He cautioned that one's self- the use of mother tongue in the law, have proved themselves gathered in the centre of the cases in Bangkok. more and pool in efforts to pass on identity and self-esteem will education system. strong vis-a-vis English-speak- capital Kuala Lumpur, express- The Delta variant is not nec- The U.S. Centers for Disease the heritage of language to eventually be lost if one's moth- A holistic education, as NEP ing countries in every field. ing dissatisfaction with the essarily more lethal than other Control said the variant, first future generations. er tongue is lost. envisions, is only possible when Naidu also sought improving government's handling of the variants, but much more trans- detected in India and now Naidu, who was virtually It would be possible to pre- culture, language and traditions scientific and technical termi- pandemic and calling on Prime missible, Supakit Sirilak, the dominant across the globe, is as addressing a conference organ- serve various aspects of our are integrated into the educa- nology in Indian languages in Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to director-general of the Medical contagious as chickenpox and ised by Telugu Kootami on the heritage - music, dance, drama, voice her concerns in her tion system, he pointed out. order to facilitate their wider quit. Science Department, told far more contagious than the protection of mother tongues, customs, festivals, traditional mother tongue, Telugu, when Appreciating the recent deci- reach. Protesters carried black flags Reuters. common cold or flu. It can be touched upon various people- knowledge - only by preserv- she expressed her difficulty to sion of 14 engineering colleges Asserting that according and held up placards that read China is also battling an passed on even by vaccinated driven initiatives needed to ing our mother tongue, he fluently speak in English. in eight states to offer courses importance to mother tongue “Kerajaan Gagal” (failed gov- outbreak of the Delta variant in people, and may cause more preserve the Indian languages. said. Naidu said the case under- in various Indian languages did not imply the neglect of ernment) – a hashtag that has the eastern city of Nanjing, serious disease than earlier Highlighting the important On the occasion, he lauded lines the need for the judicial from the new academic year, he other languages, he called for been popular on social media traced to airport cleaners who coronavirus strains. role translation plays in enrich- the recent initiative of Chief system to allow people to favoured gradual increase in encouraging children to learn ing a language, he called for Justice of India NV Ramana, express their problems in their the use of Indian languages in as many languages as possible, increased efforts in improving who resolved a 21-year-old native languages in courts and technical courses. beginning with a strong foun- the quality and quantity of marital dispute in an amicable also deliver judgments in Referring to various best dation in ones own mother Bike-lifter held, translations in Indian lan- way, by allowing the woman to regional languages. practices in the world in pre- tongue. NITI looking at 9 vehicles seized I am not angry TS progress... emulating TS AI... PNS n HYDERABAD For every Covid case reported Continued from page 1 The Crime team of with Congress Continued from page 1 based application a farmer or Falaknuma Police station Over the last seven years, extension worker empties the under Hyderabad Police high command: in India, 30 were missed: Expert investments totaling 2.2 lakh Rama Devi Lanka, Director moths from the pheromone Commissionerate appre- crore had come to the State. Emerging Technologies, said: trap. He then opens the app hended Mujeeb Khan alias Continued from page 1 case reported in that state, 98 scientific manner from 21 States After the formation of "We started the project in six through his smart phone and Mujeeb, who had lifted nine Komatireddy cases were missed or remained and UTs so we know India has Telangana State, the Telangana districts in this season and it captures 2 trap images. The bikes using a master key, on PNS n HYDERABAD The Union health ministry on undetected. 67.6 percent seropositivity at State Industrial Project Approval will be scaled up based on pests, pink bollworms, are Saturday. The Police have Wednesday shared the findings The under-counting factor national level which is undisput- Self Certification System was success. In fact NITI Aayog is detected and counted from recovered the bikes worth Rs Congress MP from Bhongir of the fourth round of national was lowest for Kerala at 6 which ed. The government says it, so introduced. Those interested also looking at this particu- the image uploaded. An advi- 8 lakhs from the accused. Komatireddy Venkat Reddy serosurvey conducted by ICMR means for every case reported this essentially means there are in setting up industries in the lar solution to take it to other sory is then generated on the Mujeeb Khan is a resident of said that he has no angry across 70 districts of India. six cases were missed, according 90-95 crore people in India State would have to apply online states". app. If it exceeds 8 moths in Nagole in Hyderabad. towards the Congress party While Madhya Pradesh leads to the analysis. who are sero-positive and a on the TS-iPASS portal and The AI-based pest man- three consecutive days, then Mujeeb Khan is a daily high-command. He said that the chart with 79 percent sero- The under-counting factor for majority after natural infection. approvals would be given in 15 agement solution built by advisories are issued to use wage labourer. Earlier, he he criticized the party and prevalence, Kerala is at the low- India was 30 which means for So they will come in the same days if all the documents were Wadhwani AI, a non-profit, pesticide". used to do signboard works. leaders out of anger for not est with 44.4 percent followed by every case reported 30 cases proportion from states through in order. The government was is being used for managing The Agricultural After marriage, he was liv- getting the TPCC chief posi- Assam with 50.3 percent and were missed, according to the which we have arrived at this providing uninterrupted supply cotton crops. Pest manage- University has validated the ing separately from his par- tion and there is no need to Maharashtra with 58 percent. analysis. conclusion." of water and quality power, he ment is a project being imple- solution and all the advi- ents along with his three concentrate on his criticism For every laboratory con- For Madhya Pradesh, the In immunology, seroconver- pointed out. KTR said that mented in six districts of sories are designed based kids Near Lucky Hotel in now. He said that he will firmed Covid-19 cases in India, under-counting factor was 83 - sion is the development of spe- after TS-iPASS system came into Telangana covering around on their inputs. The project Alkapuri Colony at Nagole. work in cooperation with all the number of unreported or highest after Uttar Pradesh fol- cific antibodies in the blood force, jobs had been provided for 3,000 villages. is in pilot state currently. The accused, addicted to party leaders. undetected cases ranged from 6 lowed by Jharkhand at 63, serum as a result of infection or 15 lakh people. He requested Rama Devi, during 'AI Pe Rama Devi said, "The crop- bad habits and lavish life, Speaking to the media on to 98, according to the analysis. Rajasthan at 62, Gujarat at 61 immunisation. industrialists to give preference Charcha', said, "Cotton is a ping season has started now decided to steal bikes to Saturday at Jangaon district, Among States and Union and Bihar at 59. However, Lahariya said that a for local people in hiring for its major crop in Telangana and and will extend up to gain easy money. Komatireddy alleged that Territories, the analysis by Speaking about the analysis, State and district specific survey unit and said the government the pest pink bollworm November. Once the har- As per his plan, Mujeeb Chief Minister K Lahariya showed that Uttar Lahariya said, "What we need to will provide a more accurate pic- was providing required skill infests the crop and by the vesting start, we would know khan started roaming in Chandrasekhar Rao is a 'Dalit Pradesh missed the highest remember is that sampling of ture and the government should training to unemployed youth time farmer realises he loses the results and then the pilot isolated places to commit drohi'. He questioned KCR number of cases. With every sero survey has been done in a urgently plan such a survey. to make them industry- ready. his produce. It is an AI- will be completed". theft of bikes. In June, he why he has shown discrimina- lifted a bike at tion towards Labour Minister Chandrayangutta PS Limits, and former for which he was remanded Deputy Chief Minister T Heated discussions to judicial custody. After Rajaiah. The Chief Minister Cabinet reshuffle State govt not in a hurry for release from jail, he again has to reveal the reason behind as TPCC meets... started committing thefts launching the Dalit Bandhu Continued from page 1 using the master key. scheme from Huzurabad. On July 27, Valupadasu only after Tribal Dandora (public meet- elections to vacant MLC... Naveen, a resident of ing) would be held at Indravelli. Gowlipura complained Maheshwar Reddy wanted Continued from page 1 resumed, the Election rants who are trying their luck about the theft of his Honda No vaccine... Revanth Reddy to shift the Commission considered holding as TRS has enough strength of CD110 Dream vehicle. After Huz’bad bypoll venue. The State government has writ- MLC elections and had sought MLAs and the election of can- registering the offence, the Continued from page 1 Maheshwar Reddy is report- ten back that time is not suitable the opinion of the State govern- didates who are given MLC Falaknuma Crime team Continued from page 1 Sabha elections, he did not edly not happy because presently to hold the polls MLC ment. tickets is only a formality. checked CC cameras and The DPH said that the Covid- contest. Subsequently Gutta Premsagar Rao is getting elections, given the pandemic sit- The Telangana government, Former TDP leader L identified as previous 19 situation was under control According to sources, KCR was made MLC and the prominence by being encour- uation. in its response, also mentioned Ramana, who recently joined offender Mujeeb Khan and in the state. He said, "The sec- previously planned to drop Chairman of Telangana aged to organize the Indravelli Even as experts have been that the State was still registering TRS, could be given MLC post, took him into custody. ond wave had not yet fully three or four ministers from Legislative Council. After the meeting. cautioning about the possible around 600 cases every day and sources said. Those who are keen subsided. Cases were high in the Cabinet and induct five to 2018 Assembly elections, in Some leaders are of the view third wave of pandemic, sections that the vaccination process had on MLC ticket include B places like Khammam, six new faces in his team. the second term of the KCR that it would be better to hold of the public are not following not been completed. Venkateswarulu (for a second Nalgonda and Karimnagar. The MLC elections would government also Gutha did the meeting in Huzurabad, Covid-appropriate behaviour. However, one has to await the term), former Speaker In Kusumanchi village, we be completed before the not get a chance in the where a by-poll is going to held. Moreover, health authorities in decision of the EC. Madhusudhana Chary, Hyd patients saw incidents where huge Huzurabad Assembly bye- Cabinet. He is aspiring for a TPCC working president Dr the State have warned that the Politically, there are many , cases were registered at once. election. For this, KCR needs berth in the proposed J Geetha Reddy expressed her impact of the second wave had aspirants for the MLC seats and Kancharla Chandrasekhar with Delta We are seeing outbreaks in to pick seven candidates. So, Cabinet reshuffle. objection to using the word not yet come down in some dis- Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Reddy, Bonthu Rammohan, for- places like Manchiriyal, TRS circles feel that once the There are speculations in 'Dandora' for the Indravelli tricts like Khammam, Nalgonda, Rao himself gave assurances to mer MLA Payam Plus variant... Peddapalli, GHMC, MLC elections are over, there TRS circles Kadiyam Srihari meeting. Party Election Karimnagar, where Covid-19 some leaders about MLC posts. Venkateswarulu, Deshapathi Continued from page 1 Khammam". He observed: will be some clarity about the could be made Council Committee chairman positive cases were still high. During the by-election to the Srinivas and TRSLP Secretary "We all have a responsibility to new faces to be inducted Chairman and Gutha taken Damodara Rajanarasimha The responsibility would lie Nagarjuna Sagar constituency, he Ramesh Reddy. He said that the state was see that these outbreaks do not into the Cabinet. If KCR into the cabinet. It is also pos- asked Geetha Reddy whether with everyone -- government as publicly announced that he The reluctance of the State getting ready for the 3rd lead to a 3rd wave". decides to re-nominate Gutha sible that MLC Palla Rajeswar she had 50,000 votes of well as people -- to ensure that would give MLC post to local government, though citing pan- wave. He said that the While 2.2 crore people in Sukhendar Reddy and Reddy would be made the Dandora. However, the meet- there would be no third wave, leader Koti Reddy, an aspirant for demic situation, comes as a sur- Delta variant had been the state were eligible for the Kadiyam Srihari, one of them Chairman of the Legislative ing finally decided to include Medical and Health authorities MLA ticket, when the Assembly prise as this is not an election very intense in 135 coun- vaccine, 1.12 crore people had could be made the Chairman Council. If former Assembly the word Dandora. stated categorically. ticket was given to Nomula involving large number of peo- tries across the globe, so far got single dose, while of the Telangana Legislative speaker C Madhusudanachary Damodara Rajanarasimha Under normal circumstances, Bhagat. If Gutha Sukhender ple and only MLAs will vote in including India. 33.79 lakh got both doses. Council and the other may be is given the MLC ticket, he too also raised a point that the the Election Commission will Reddy is given MLC nomination the elections. Thus, exposure will The DPH said, "Delta About 30.04 lakh doses of vac- taken into the Cabinet, as per would be in reckoning for the Indravelli incident took place complete the election process again, it would be interesting to be limited. In fact heightened virus has been observed cine had been received in July sources in TRS. Council Chairman post. during the Congress govern- before the MLC seats fall vacant. see if Koti Reddy would get the political activity, padayatras, to have a long lasting from the Centre. The alloca- Gutha Sukhendar Reddy There are several aspirants ment and said the meeting However, it could not conduct chance given the social equation. meetings with party workers, severe effect on the body tion of vaccines had increased was assured of Cabinet berth for MLC tickets like former would defend it should anyone elections because of the serious KCR also promised MLCs various communities, are being as well as the potential to as the state got 9.5 lakh more when he switched to TRS Minister Thummala raise the Indravelli firing inci- pandemic situation. Now that seats to goldsmith, potter, wash- witnessed in Huzurabad, where cause permanent infec- doses from the Centre. Of the from the Congress as MP. Nageswara Rao, Ponguleti dent in which several tribal peo- the situation has improved and erman and weaver communities. by-election is due before the first tions". 22.32 lakh people who had Hence, in the previous Lok Srinivasa Reddy and others. ple died. all kinds of activities have been Meanwhile, there are many aspi- week of November. taken the first dose of Covishield, only 12 lakh peo- ple had been given the second dose. About 3 lakh people All set for Laldarwaza... need to take Covaxin second PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu in semis, to fight for bronze now dose. The DPH said that pri- Continued from page 1 so I don't think that troubled me most consistent shuttler in the erased the deficit after the break. to telling effect in the second ority would be given to those a lot. At the end of the day the last five years and is known for She started putting doubts in her game. She read Sindhu better Bonalu: Anjani Kumar needing the second dose over One of the most consistent level of the semifinals is going to her deceptive strokes and opponent's mind with her and anticipated things well. the next one to two weeks. players, who has claimed medals be really high - you can't expect immaculate footwork. deceptive strokeplay. Sindhu tried to play her Continued from page 1 the lower Tank Bund Road in all big-ticket events in the last easy points. I just couldn't be on Sindhu seemed a tad sluggish Sindhu kept retrieving every- attacking strokes but her cross from Kawadiguda (via) DBR five years, Sindhu couldn't the winning side." in her movement and couldn't thing thrown at her and gath- court smashes, attacking tosses In connection with the Mills and will be diverted at CHICKEN counter Tai Tzu's deception This is Sindhu's 14th loss to find her flow. ered points whenever she had and angled returns -- all ended Bonalu festival celebrations at the M.R.O. Office towards RATES `/KG with her aggressive game, going the Taiwanese second seed in 19 The Taiwanese second seed the chance to attack but she up going wide and long as the Katta Maisamma Temple, Ashok Nagar (via) Vaartha down 18-21 12-21 in 40-minute meetings, having also lost to her targeted her opponent's body couldn't push the pace of the ral- Taiwanese made it 11-7 at the Lower Tank Bund, Lane and Indira Park. Dressed/With Skin `210 clash here. in the last three face-offs. and cramped Sindhu with her lies even as her opponent looked break. Hyderabad, traffic will either The traffic coming from Without Skin `200 "I'm a bit sad because it's the On her bronze medal match, sharp returns from near the net. in good touch. The world No. 1 dished out be stopped or diverted at the Ambedkar Statue to Indira Broiler at Farm `130 semi-finals, but I tried my best, Sindhu said: "It's going to be a The two played some exquis- The duo moved neck and some delightful strokes, includ- following places and routes Park (via) Domalguda will be it's just not my day. I fought until bit sad. I need to go back and ite rallies with Sindhu equalling neck from 11-11 to 18-18 before ing a cross court smash on on Monday from 03.00 p.m. diverted at Indira Park the end," said Sindhu after the relax and prepare for tomorrow her opponent and also unleash- Tai Tzu unleashed a drop and Sindhu's backhand, an overhead to 09.00 p.m. Junction towards Ashok EGG match. because it is not over yet. I still ing a few smashes, one of which then pushed one away from straight smash, a loopy precise The traffic coming from Nagar 'X' roads. The traffic RATES `/100 "In the second game I gave have a chance. forced Tai Tzu to go for a full- Sindhu's reach to lead for the toss at the backline, to march Iqbal Minar towards coming from RTC 'X' Roads away a huge lead but still I was "...I hope I can give my best. stretched dive as she made it 4- first time. ahead as Sindhu ran out of ideas. Kattamaisamma temple will towards Kattamaisamma HYDERABAD 550 fighting back because you never It just wasn't my day (today), but 2. Soon Tai Tzu grabbed two She eventually sealed her not be allowed on Telugu temple intend to go Lower VIJAYAWADA 480 know, it can change at any I'm going to try it again tomor- Sindhu was up 7-3 with Tai game points and sealed it with place in the Olympic final, nine Thalli flyover and diverted Tank Bund road will not be moment. It's the Olympics, you row." Tzu committing a few unforced a straight down the line fore- years after her Games debut, towards Telugu Thalli allowed and diverted at VISAKHAPATNAM 470 have to fight until the last point There is very little margin of errors and entered the interval hand smash. with a flick serve and a cross Junction. The traffic will not Reliance Apartment (Ramya RETAIL PRICE `5.50 and I have done that. error against a player of the cal- with a healthy 11-8 lead. Brimming with confidence, court return to Sindhu's back- be allowed towards Hotel) towards liberty (via) (IN HYDERABAD) "I was prepared for her skills, ibre of Tai Tzu, who has been the Tai Tzu, however, quickly Tai Tzu used her angled returns hand. Kattamaisamma temple on Street No.5, Domalguda.

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Phone: 040-23322341, Hyderabad Office: F-502, Diamond Block, Lumbini Rockdale, Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 500 082. Telangana. Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, Plot No.19, IDA Balanagar , Hyderbad-500037, Medchal -Malkajgiri District, Telangana. Chief Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 01, 2021 hyderabad 03 Telangana in the limelight Telangana achieved status of ‘Model State’, says Vinod Kumar PNS n HYDERABAD in the entire country, resulted in finding enduring solutions again in Parliament Short film contest The government is making all to problems of different vul- efforts to develop Telangana as nerable sections of society, on road safety a model state by ensuring bet- especially their women coun- No.2 State in food grain production ter irrigation, power genera- terparts. PNS n HYDERABAD tion, health infrastructure, "While people belonging to Agriculture Minister visits groundnut-based food processing units in Gujarat quality education and filling middle and upper-middle The Cyberabad police, traffic vacant posts with a sense of classes have the resources to ML MELLY MAITREY among the States where the police and SCSC (Society for pride and commitment, address their problems, their n HYDERABAD extent of land under cultivation Cyberabad Security Council) Telangana State Planning counter parts from the poor- had increased significantly. are jointly conducting a third Board Vice-Chairman B Vinod er sections of society, especially After stating in Parliament Across the country in Yasangi short film contest on the Kumar said on Saturday. women and those who belong recently that Telangana record- of 2020, crops were cultivated subject 'Road safety and us' in Addressing the newly recruit- the rural areas, need the con- ed lowest number of farmer in 68.88 lakh hectares; the collaboration with Start Help ed junior assistants, who are tinuous help by the suicides in the country, the extent increased to 80.46 lakh Foundation to create aware- undergoing an induction train- of Rythu Bandhu scheme, pur- Government", Vinod Kumar Centre has Friday acknowl- hectares in 2021, registering an ness. The entries are invited ing program at Dr MCR HRD chase of agricultural produce, said. The welfare schemes are edged that Telangana is now increase of 11.58 lakh hectares. from the interested people. Institute of Telangana in and successfulimplementation the need of the hour and are almost on par with Punjab in In Telangana, the increase in In a press note issued on Hyderabad on Saturday, Vinod of Rythu Beema scheme, gave not at all a burden of the exche- food grain production. cultivated land in one year was Saturday, it is informed that Kumar said under the leader- a new-found confidence to quer, he said and called upon Replying to a question in the 3.77 lakh hectares (7.47 lakh the prize money for the top ship of Chief Minister K farmers, boosted agricultural the youth of Telanganato diver- Rajya Sabha, the Union gov- Rabi (Yasangi) season. Punjab Chandrasekhar Rao, significant hectares in 2020 and 11.24 lakh three winners will be Rs Chandrashekar Rao brought and other activities. The state sify and enrich their skill pro- ernment said that 1.41 crore and Telangana were the two progress had been achieved in hectares in 2021) and it 50,000, 30,000 and Rs 20,000 multiple beneficial outcomes for is achieving the V-shape recov- files and take a lion's share of tonnes of paddy was procured States from which over one the agriculture sector in a accounted for 32 per cent of the respectively. different stakeholders and made ery of the economy of the job opportunities in informal from Telangana during 2020- crore tonnes of paddy each had short time. The tempo would increased extent across the The length of the video Telangana a Model State. The Telangana State, immediately sector, which is dominated by 21 through the Food been procured. be maintained to take the State country. Meanwhile, Niranjan must be anywhere between other states across the country after the onslaught of the sec- workers from other States. Corporation of India. After Otherwise, the FCI procured further ahead in the agriculture Reddy, who went to Gujarat to 60 to 120 seconds including are emulating Telangana. ond wave of Covid Pandemic. Trainee JA G HimaBindu Punjab (2.02 crore tonne), it is 82.6 lakh tonnes from Andhra sector, he said. observe the groundnut-based the credit lines. Videos can be Vinod Kumar said that the He said the conceptualiza- welcomed and conducted pro- Telangana from which FCI Pradesh, 77.8 lakh tonnes from The Food Processing Policy food processing units there, made in any of the three lan- abundant availability of power tion and implementation of ceedings of the event. D procured the highest quantity Odisha, 59.35 lakh tonnes from approved recently by the State said that after Gujarat, guages -Telugu, Hindi or and water, transfer of money to innovative welfare schemes, Mounika proposed a vote of of paddy. Chhattisgarh, and 56.5 lakh Government would aid in set- Telangana was famous for its English. accounts of farmers as a part which were first of their kind thanks. Union Civil Supplies tonnes from Haryana. ting up food processing zones groundnut crop. In the wake of Minister Sadviniranjan Jyothy, Sharing this with media per- extensively in the State. This the decision to set up ground- in a written reply, said that of sons, State Agriculture would improve productivity in nut-related processing plants in the 1.41 crore tonnes pro- Minister S Niranjan Reddy agriculture; ensure profitable Telangana, he visited units in cured from Telangana last year, said that Telangana was rates for farm produce, and Gujarat. He visited a private 48.85 lakh tonnes came in the undoubtedly pro-farmer gov- engender employment oppor- peanut butter food processing Kharif season (Vaanakalam) ernment and, under the lead- tunities. unit in Sabar kantha district of and 92.53 lakh tonnes in the ership of Chief Minister K Telangana also figured Gujarat. People in rural areas deprived Hotel room murder, suicide of Covid vax: Uttam Kumar mystery unravelled PNS n HYDERABAD that how a poor Dalit family PNS n HYDERABAD would be able to provide a lap- Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar top, Ipad or smartphone to its The Cyberabad police Reddy on Saturday alleged ward. unravelled the mystery that the Covid vaccination He said that he would take behind a murder and suicide rate was slow in the state, par- this issue to the notice of the on Saturday. ticularly in rural areas. There Centre during the current On Thursday, a man killed was a need to speed up the vac- Parliament session. He said his wife and committed sui- CHEER FOR THE GOLD cination so that the target of that the only solution to cide in a hotel room at vaccinating all the adults by address this problem is to vac- Madhapur under Cyberabad December 31 could be cinate all the students imme- Commissionerate. Cheering badminton champion PV Sindhu to win gold at Tokyo achieved and the third wave of diately and to open the schools The Police who investi- Olympics, Country Club CMD Rajeev Reddy unveiling the unique Covid could be prevented. that the vaccine doses were not as soon as possible. gated the case and inquired 'shuttlecock car' designed by K Sudhakar of Sudha Cars in Stating that he would raise arriving every day. Only 100 to Lamenting on no imple- with the family members, as Hyderabad on Saturday. the issue in the Parliament, he 200 doses are given whenever mentation of crop insurance in well as close persons to the said that vaccination was going the supply reaches the local the state, he said it was unfor- deceased, came to a conclu- on at a slow pace in the rural hospital. With such a meager tunate that the TRS govern- sion that both were married areas. Uttam Kumar Reddy supply and slow rate of vacci- ment is the only one in the but not announced official- participated in the general nation how we would be able country that was not imple- ly. Santoshi has brought pres- body meeting of Nalgonda to vaccinate all the adults by menting any crop insurance sure on Ramulu to announce Mandal Praja Parishad on December 31, 2021?" he said. scheme. He said that farmers their marriage officially and Saturday. He said that for Speaking on the troubles were being abandoned when in that issue, example only 10 per cent of the being faced by students of the faced with heavy rains or only both had a tussle. 65,000 population of Nalgonda rural areas in receiving online floods or natural calamities. He Ramulu has cut her throat in mandal were not given two classes, he said that students of said that the previous Congress frustration and then com- doses of vaccine so far. poor families were unable to governments have imple- mitted suicide by hanging "The doctors of Nalgonda follow online lessons due to a mented crop insurance himself to the ceiling fan in mandal have informed me lack of infrastructure. He said schemes effectively. the hotel room.

INSRANCE SCAM UP man dupes old man for Rs.1 cr PNS n HYDERABAD switched off. The victim While he was working in deposited a total of Rs.1 crore India Infoline, he had stolen The team of Cyber Crime over six months. Realising that client's data from insurance Police of CCS took a person he has been cheated, the victim companies and used it for from Ghaziabad into custody complained to the CCS cops on trapping the people. So, he for duping a insurance policy- July 14. planned to cheat the innocent the pioneer's Realty holder to the tune of Rs 1 crore insurance policies, stating that The CCS Police have inves- insurance clients by offering in the name of bonus on insur- he will get 200 shares of a coal tigated the case and arrested them huge bonuses on their ance policies. company worth Rs 80 lakhs if prime accused Rahul Singh existing policies offers. page every Friday The CCS sleuths and detec- he took the insurance policy. Chandel, a native of Mau in UP In the year 2018, he regis- tive department of Hyderabad He claimed that he got the State. He worked as a senior tered a company named arrested Rahul Singh Chandel, shares as a bonus from his tele-caller in India Infoline, Chandel Innovative Business a native of Vaishali in Gaziabad company. Believing his words, where he used to contact cus- Solution (OPC) for garment Buying or selling property can on Saturday in connection the complainant deposited Rs tomers regarding a gold loan, trading business and estab- sometimes land even shrewd people in with the cheating. Police said 25 lakh on different dates and mutual fund and insurance. As lished the office at Kaushambi a man from Aghapura in in different bank accounts as he gained much more knowl- in Ghaziabad to evade arrest. trouble. It is so because out there we Hyderabad complained to the directed by the accused. edge of how to get easy money In this process, he has taken have land sharks, avaricious brokers, police on July 14 that he was He received two policies by way of cheating the inno- some bank accounts from lured over the phone by one one is with Exide and the cent people, who have insur- Mukesh Kumar, who belonged unscrupulous agents, ill-managed KP Ahuja, who is working other is Reliance life insurance. ance policies on the pretext of to Allahabad Dist on a com- with a finance company in When he contacted for taking providing a huge bonus, he mission basis to utilize them banks, corrupt revenue staff and Delhi. He offered him to take the shares, Ahuja's mobile got started trapping people. for his clandestine operations. whatnot. Whatever be the property -- residential, commercial, industrial, or vacant land - you need to go to the 453 children rescued in field armed fully with up-to-the-minute information on the legal position, ‘Operation Muskan' market values and the like. A small PNS n HYDERABAD Out of which, 251 boys and 59 girls belonged to the State gap in any of these areas can land The Cyberabad and 132 boys and 11 girls of you in big trouble. Not anymore! Commissionerate has con- other states. ducted 'Operation Muskan - As many as 205 cases were The Pioneer will do the Vll' in July to trace out the registered under various sec- missing children and rescue tions concerned with the homework for you in this children from begging, rag- crime against children u/s 323 demanding terrain. picking, child labour etc. IPC, 75, 79 Juvenile Justice Act As part of these operations, 2015 and u/sec 14 of Child Grab The Pioneer to a total of nine teams have been Labour (Prohibition and ensure that you buy or formed division-wise in Regulation) Amendment Act Cyberabad Commissionerate 2016 and Section 17,18 of sell property at its consisting of 1 SI, 3 PCs and Bonded Labour Act. optimum value 1 WPC in each Sub-Division The Rajendranagar and AHTU team. As such the Operation Muskan-07 team with no legal teams have conducted rescue received a complaint on July operations on various indus- 14 stating that the complainant pitfalls tries, companies and other found 10 children who were whatsoever. establishment shops and also working in a bangle unit. For special drive on the begging of the last three years, the children and then uploaded accused Mohammed Akthar them in "Darpan App". Hussain and Mohammed During the period, a total of Jamal were engaging the chil- 453 Children including 49 dren for bangle making by giv- begging children have been ing accommodation and food rescued in the limits of at their house without their Cyberabad Commissionerate. parent's knowledge. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 01, 2021 hyderabad 04 Tourists at Beechupalli cautioned War against plastic begins today as Krishna river in spate PATHARLA VENKATESWARLU The mindless use of plastic PNS n GADWAL n SIDDIPET covers has been in temples has been posing threat to the envi- Tourists made a beeline to The increased use of plastics ronment. The temples are seen noted pilgrim centre has been adversely impacting using plastic covers for packing Beechupalli to witness the the environment. Generally, Prasadam and to serve food to Krishna river, which is flowing people use plastic covers to devotees. at brim level with heavy flood- bring home anything pur- To make the district totally water inflows following the chased in the market. free from the use of plastic cov- torrential rains in the Moreover, in celebra- ers, the call is to implement the upstream. All the pushkar tions, meetings the ban on the use of plastic cov- ghats are inundated and the use of plastic has ers in all offices - government water is overflowing up to the increased and private - and in the day-to- steps of Lord Shiva temple at manifold. In day lives of the people. Beechupalli as all the 47 gates cials sounded high alert as the at the temple area. fact, plastic For the past two years, steel have been lifted at Jurala pro- river is overflowing. The police The revenue officials covers are banks containing steel utensils ject and about 4.50 lakh cusecs have imposed restrictions to arranged expert swimmers from blamed for and plates have been set up in of water is released to the have selfies on the river banks. the local fishermen to use them the occur- the municipality. For the past downstream. Police teams have been in the emergency situations to rence of can- two years, the municipality has The floodwater is overflow- deployed at the temple. MRO rescue the people. Repeated cer among use of plas- tic covers are risking their Seva programme with the imposed fines and registered ing preventing the devotees to Subrahmanyam also cautioned announcements have been humans. tics lives and are likely to die. objective of prohibiting the use cases against those who violat- reach the Sri Hanuman temple. the tourists not to go into the made alerting the tourists to stay Plastic covers will for Earlier, efforts made by the of plastic covers in temples. The ed the plastic ban orders. Raids The police and revenue offi- river as the waters are gushing safe from the flooding river. take hundreds of years to dis- government and officials to civic authorities and elected have been conducted on chick- integrate. Humans will ban plastic covers' use could people's representatives have en centres, tiffin centres and the progress only if they drive out not be enforced effectively due asked the people not to re-use owners have been sensitized to plastic covers from their lives. to a lack of sincerity on the part the discarded plastic covers. the ban. In spite of disciplinary In a bid to make Siddipet a of the officials. Special measures are being ini- action, there is no letup in the Mulug NRI elected plastic-free municipality, The government banned the tiated in the town to clean poly- situation. Therefore, the offi- Finance Minister T Harish Rao use of plastic covers as it real- thene bags from the surround- cials and elected people's rep- asked the municipal authorities ized the grave danger to the ings of temples. resentatives came to an under- AAPI secretary to eradicate the use of plastic environment, animals and The polythene covers turn standing and decided to enforce covers in the town. As such the the humans due to these covers. the fertile agricultural lands into the ban more strictly from PNS n MULUG and India. He has raised dona- municipality prohibited the use past two Siddipet municipality is imple- wastelands. Animals devouring Aug 1. tions close to $200,000 for Implementation of plastic covers. The munici- years. The polythene covers menting measures to enforce on plastic covers will develop Municipal Commissioner Noted oncologist Dr Satheesh Leukemia and Lymphoma pal authorities are tightening would be banned only if the the ban severely. The munici- abdominal and respiratory Ramanachary said that the sin- Kathula, NRI from Society (The LLS) and of 5 'Ss' in police their belts to implement the ban people cooperate with the pal and government authorities problems and ultimately die. gle rule polythene covers Mulug in Telangana was awarded as 'the comprehensively. authorities. The shopkeepers besides the elected people's Mindless discarding of poly- should not be recycled, where- has been elected as man of the year' in stations stressed Plastic covers were found should completely implement representatives are preparing to thene bags obstructs the free as 5- micron polythene covers the secretary of the 2018. He has been everywhere in Siddipet. The the ban. The plastic covers can- launch a movement against flow of the water in drainages. can be recycled. He said that American serving as board of PNS n JAYASHANKAR ban will come into force in the not disintegrate, moreover, plastic covers in the town. There is every need to use the use of plastic covers has Association of trustees of the LLS BHUPALAPALLY town from August 1. they prevent rainwater perco- Therefore, from August 1, Moduga tree leaves (scientific been banned in the town from Physicians of for the Dayton The civic authorities have late deep into the soil. the Siddipet municipality is name: Butea Mono sperma) for Aug 1 as per a resolution adopt- Indian Origin Chapter. Additional SP V Srinivasulu been campaigning against the Moreover, animals eating plas- implementing Swachchata Hee packing goods in place of plastics. ed by the governing body. (AAPI). Satheesh As the chair of the on Saturday inspected the has been involved with 'Adopt a Village' com- Armed Reserve Police Force the organization for the mittee, he has helped with headquarters here and last 12 years and has served in the installation of 10 water emphasized implement five various capacities. purification plants across 'Ss' - sort, set in order, shine, Entries invited for MLA Mahipal donates AAPI, a very reputable India. He also organized med- standardise and sustain - for organization that represents ical and blood donation camps keeping police stations spick about 1 lakh doctors of Indian in Mulug area a few years ago. and span. origin and Dr Satheesh is Recently, he conducted a camp He asked creation of a con- ‘Intinta Innovator' tractors to 7 panchayats instrumental in raising over $5 in Mulug for high school girls genial atmosphere in the PNS n SANGAREDDY she said that with 'Intinta million for Covid relief in and provided them nutrition, police stations to help police Innovator' it is encouraging to PNS n PATANCHERU India. AAPI has donated 2300 anaemia prevention and men- extend better amenities to the Sangareddy District Revenue discover the creativity in every oxygen concentrators, 100 strual hygiene. He donated people. The implementation of Officer Radhika Ramani person. She mentioned that Known for his philanthropy, ventilators, 100 high-flow oxy- thousands of sanitary pads. the five 'Ss' will help police sta- said the government she was organizing an Patancheruvu MLA Gudem gen devices across the country. Dr Satheesh sent a defibrilla- tions dispose of waste mater- would provide the exhibition of new Mahipal Reddy has once again The organization is planning tor, which costs about 2 lakh ial and made it useful in dis- opportunity for inventions as an proved his magnanimity by to help India in future with rupees to district. As a charging duties by policemen. innovation online platform donating tractors to seven vaccination projects. Oxygen resident of Mulug district head- The ASP appreciated RI GS through the during the panchayats in Jinnaram man- plants, etc. quarters, oncologist, Dr Satheesh Chakravarthy and ASP "Intinta Independence Day dal limits worth Rs 11 lakh. He Dr Satheesh has been doing Kattula had donated thousands Srinivasulu for effectively Innovator" pro- celebrations. She handed over the tractors to the a lot of philanthropic activities of masks in Mulug district dur- implementing the five 'Ss' rule gramme. She said anyone from all respective panchayats at GMR for the last 15 years, in the US ing the Covid pandemic. in ARPF headquarters. unveiled the walks of life, from Function Hall in Patancheruvu Innovator posters at a housewives, could take part. on Saturday. meeting with officials from the She asked the respective Speaking on the occasion, chayats have been given tractors Haritha Haram. Zilla Parishad Departments of Education, authorities to design innovative MLA Mahipal Reddy said the and tankers and appealed to the Chairman Prabhakar, TRS Agriculture, Industry, Rural ideas and work hard to ensure GMR Foundation founded by sarpanches to utilise them as per senior leader and MPTC MLA Manik Rao lays stone for CC Roads Development and representa- that more innovations go from him will always in the forefront the local requirements. He said Venkatesh Gowd, sarpanches, PNS n ZAHEERABAD tives of various colleges at the the district. The inventors are in the social service. He said out the sarpanches and village sec- MPTCs, Ward members DRO Chamber on Saturday. asked to send their inventions of 55 village panchayats in the retaries should protect the Jinnaram mandal party president Local MLA Manik Rao has Speaking on the occasion online by August 10. assembly constituency, 45 pan- saplings planted as part of the Rajesh and others were present. said that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao consti- tuted a Rs 1,000-crore fund under the title Dalit Empowerment Scheme for the Bala Adalat to be taken up with BVRIT holds intl seminar development of Dalits. PNS n NARSAPUR guage is vital in unveiling Speaking after laying the innovations. College principal foundation stone for the Rs 19- missionary zeal: CRPC chief Grip over the English language Dr Lakshmiprasad said lakh CC Road development is essential to reach interna- BVRIT will be at the forefront works in Babu Mohan Colony PNS n NAGARKURNOOL in tribal areas like Mannanur. tional standards, Sri Vishnu to grab the opportunities. in the town on Saturday, he Deprival of love and affec- Educational Society vice- The society secretary Aditya accused the opposition parties Telangana State Childrens' tion during childhood, tram- chairman R Rajagopal said on Vissam, Dr Zdzislaw of levelling cheap allegations The Dalit Bandhu scheme is government on the implemen- Rights Protection Commission pling upon the rights of chil- Saturday. Polkowski (UJW Poland) Dr against KCR who is imple- being implemented from the tation of development schemes chairman J Srinivasa Rao on dren, child marriages would Addressing a two-day inter- Senai Yelcinkaya (Marinara menting unprecedented Huzurabad Assembly con- and prove their sincerity Saturday said that the commis- pose problems not only to national seminar on "learning University-Turkey), Dr K schemes in the state. stituency on a pilot basis on the towards Dalits, he said. sion would approach children them but to their future gen- moral values through the Madhavi Reddy, NIT Referring to BJP criticism lines of implementing the Rytu He predicted TRS victory in the in every nook and corner erations, he felt. English language' at BVRIT Warangal, Dr Suvarna against the latest scheme of the Bandhu scheme, he said. He forthcoming by-elections. Earlier, implementing the Bala Adalat He thanked the woman and college in Narsapur in Medak Lakshmi of EFLU Hyderabad, CM - Dalit Bandhu, he com- said that the Huzurabad con- residents of Babu Mohan Colony with a missionary zeal. child welfare department for district on Saturday, Rajagopal conference convener Dr pared it to demons chanting stituency was chosen to imple- extended a warm welcome to the The objectives of the com- making Bala Adalat successful. exhorted the students to apart Venkataramana, co-convenor Vedas. The schemes like Rytu ment Dalit Bandhu, not with MLA under the leadership of for- mission are to resolve the prob- to scrutiny to take action. Earlier, district Collector, L from gaining grip over the Dr Mrunalini Sshanka, Dr Bandhu or Rytu Beema are an eye on the forthcoming by- mer councillor Nama Ravi Kiran. lems of children and to ensure Complaints would be segregat- Sarman expressed concern English language to inculcate Srikanta Rao and students unique to Telangana and no elections. The communal BJP The MLA garlanded the that the children would not face ed as per the subject wise and over many children going out moral values. participated in the seminar. A BJP-ruled state is implement- party should put an end to Ambedkar statue in the colony. problems in future, he said. every complaint would be of school despite governmen- Director Dr Sivakumar said book on the seminar is ing them. He sought to know cheap politics and should give Later, he planted saplings in the He was taking part in the one- resolved. Most of the com- tal efforts to provide education the role of the English lan- released on the occasion. the reason why from the BJP. constructive advice to the state colony premises. day Bal Adalat held at Velama plaints pertain to the needs of to the children. In fact, the dis- Function Hall in the town on physically challenged and trict has the highest population Friday along with members A health problems of children. of tribals and Chenchus. Their Devaiah, Ch Raga Jyoti, Y He said that the district col- rights would be protected Brundadhara Rao, A Sobha lector should pay attention to besides providing them with DK Aruna attributes her defeat to ‘inactive' in social media Rani, P Anjan Rao and B resolve all complaints. The educational and sporting PNS n HYDERABAD erly and said that she failed to Telangana BJP office, Aruna she said. Social media reached uneducated people are also Aparna and received complaints commission visited opportunities. take the genuine reason to the said that social media reached a level where it has been show- using social media these days from children. They said that Nagarkurnool as the district is The district collector felici- BJP national vice-president DK people effectively why she its peak even the governments ing its impact on the candidates' and hence the party activists over 490 complaints have been backward. Child labour and tated the commission mem- Aruna has realised that she lost joined BJP by quitting Congress. are using social media to spread winning prospects. Aruna asked have to use social media to received at the Bal Adalat. child marriages are some of the bers and chairman by present- the election in 2019 in Addressing the BJP national their schemes. The political the party activists to take the counter the campaign going on The chairman said that every problems in the region. The ing them with shawls and Mahabubnagar because she Mahila Morcha Social Media parties are using social media central government's welfare against vaccination in a clear complaint would be subjected next Bala Adalat would be held mementoes. failed to use social media prop- Work Shop on Saturday held at extensively for their activities, schemes to the people. Even manner, she added. Rush snake-bite victims to hospitals, not to quacks! Achieve greenery MALLEPALLIGOVERDHAN chameleons and lizards. patient to unqualified healers n NAGARKURNOOL Of the 287 snake species in to avoid death. target by Aug 7: DC the state, only 54 species Because of blasting of rocks The number of snake-bite cases are venomous. The ven- going on in the state as part of PNS n SANGAREDDY rural nature forest should be increases with the commence- omous include kraits, building irrigation projects, designed as a maze with high- ment of the rainy season, as black cobra, cobra, sand quarrying in tank beds District Collector Hanumant rise plants. these reptiles out of their holes Russell's viper, Indian rat using heavy lorries, the snakes Rao has directed the zonal It was suggested that the as the atmosphere cools con- snake and so on. If a per- find their habitats disturbed development officers to com- people should be made aware siderably. Therefore, the farm- son receives a snake bite, he and forced to go out, leading to plete the greenery target as part of the use of Vaikuntha ers have been advised to take should not be made to walk them entering human habitats. of Haritha Haram by August 7. dhamam built in every village. suitable precautions and or run as the poison will go Some snake species live on He held a meeting with He said 100 per cent wet and approach hospitals within three to his brain leading to his trees. Though pythons are not Panchayati Raj officials, dry waste should be separated hours of the snake bite instead death. The people should tie venomous, because of their MPDOs and APDs at the and moved to the dump yard of approaching quacks and tightly two inches above the huge size they would be able to Collectorate conference hall on to prepare compost manure. those who promise to cure the place of the snake bite and coil around their prey which Saturday. On this occasion, he Planting of saplings should be cases using mantras. using a syringe the venomous includes huge animals and said that the plantation should continued as an ongoing With the arrival of mon- blood should be sucked out. humans and suffocate them to be completed within 15 days in process. The Collec tor asked soons, farmers begin their agri- three hours of the snake bite, levelling hillocks and land Immediately, he should be death. The farmers have been the vast rural nature forests and the people to be vigilant on the cultural operations like tilling otherwise, the victims are like- using huge cranes, the habi- rushed to hospital and should advised not to go to the farm not less than 10 acres. The goal possible third wave of the coro- the land, sowing the seeds. In ly to embrace death. tat of snakes have been be put on anti-venom treat- at night. If at all, they have to of greenery has to be complet- na and advised them not to the process, snakes hiding in Over the past several years, destroyed leading to snakes ment, experts say. go, they should confirm ed by August 7 by distributing move in groups, wear masks the farm bunds and bushes are the boom in real estate leading entering villages and nearby Under no circum- whether they accidentally six plants per house. and keep a physical distance. It likely to attack the farmers. to realtors developing new towns. stances, the person suffer- stepped on anything like a He said the focus should be should be informed to the peo- Recently, several snake-bite ventures and digging the land, In villages, the snakes enter ing from anxiety should snake. on multi-level avenue planta- ple through 'dandora' trumpet- incidents have taken place digging of thousands of km for cattle sheds, old and disused not give room for anxiety or The experts say that the tion and planting big trees and ing in the villages. He asked the across the state. Doctors sug- laying drinking water pipeline houses, the roof of the houses fear. People should not lose snakes would never attack oth- underscored the need to grow officials to impose a fine if peo- gest treating the cases within under the Mission Bhagiradha, for devouring on rats, golden hours by taking the ers unless they were frightened. large plants in nurseries. The ple are roaming without masks. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 01, 2021 nation 05 Centre seeks stricter curbs in BJP using ‘e-Ravanas’ on social media to spread propaganda and hatred: SP districts with 10+ pc positivity PNS n LUCKNOW cannot highlight any achieve- ment of its government despite PNS n NEW DELHI states for prompt shifting and The BJP is using “e-Ravanas” on ruling the state for four-and-a- effective hospital management," social media to spread “propagan- half-years. Districts reporting a Covid-19 the Centre told states. da and hatred” ahead of the 2022 Stating that the people of the positivity rate of over 10 per cent The ministry also asked states Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, state have hopes from the SP, in the last few weeks need to con- to focus on those districts where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed the party will win sider strict restrictions to prevent the positivity rate is less than 10 Yadav alleged on Saturday while 350 seats in the upcoming assem- or curtail people's movement per cent, so as to protect these dis- underlining the perils of fake bly elections. and crowding, the Centre told 10 tricts and the populations by news on virtual platforms. "When the BJP can win over states witnessing an upsurge in focusing on saturation of vaccina- The former Uttar Pradesh chief 300 seats by lying, why cannot we infections and positivity. tion there. minister said he has alerted his win more seats on the develop- Highlighting that 46 districts "States were again informed party cadres against social media ment work done by our previous are showing more than 10 per that this quantum of vaccine content used by the BJP to paint government?" he asked. cent positivity rate while anoth- doses indicates the minimum its political rivals in a bad light and The BJP, Yadav asserted, has no er 53 are showing positivity possible allocation by the Centre also asked them to be “disciplined objectionable on social media, matter against unidentified peo- faith in democracy. between five and 10 per cent, the to the states; quantum more than and decent”. and report the same to the party ple at the Gautam Palli Police “It is conspiring so that the Centre has urged the states to this is usually delivered by the "Like the demon king Ravana, office,” Yadav said. Station on July 25. entire system goes out of the ramp up their testing for detection ment and management of Covid- are reported to be in home isola- Union Health Ministry to states the BJP is using ‘e-Ravanas' on Taking an aggressive stand Sounding a word of caution, hands of the people. Its intention of Covid-19. 19 by the health authorities in tion, it said there is a need to effec- based on their consumption," social media to spread its propa- against those spreading false Yadav said, "As the state polls are is that the people should be The Health Ministry said it was these states were also reviewed. tively and strictly monitor these the statement said. ganda and hatred. Like Ravana, information targeting the SP, the near, BJP men can do anything as behind and the system should forcefully underlined that any These states are either reporting cases so that they do not meet The ministry said the states they are there on social media in party last week filed a complaint they are experts in spreading lies dominate. "Democracy is in dan- laxity at this stage will result in the a rise in daily Covid cases or a rise other people and spread the were advised to direct private hos- disguise and spread lies and against unidentified people for to fool the people to grab power. ger. In order to save democracy deterioration of the situation in in positivity. infection. pitals to put up hospital-based rumours," the SP president told allegedly creating a fake Twitter Their objective is to divert the from BJP's deceit, the SP is rais- these districts. The Health Ministry, in a state- "The people in home isolation PSA plants. PTI in an interview. account of the party chief and attention of people from core ing the voice of people," he added. Union Health Secretary Rajesh ment, said, "All districts reporting should be effectively monitored in "States have been earlier He claimed "pseudo BJP lead- spreading hatred. issues, including development. The SP leader also hit out at the Bhushan chaired a high-level positivity rate of more than 10 per such a manner to ensure that advised regarding this in the past ers" pose as SP supporters, and The complaint was filed by "We have asked our workers to “worsening” law and order situ- meeting on Saturday to review the cent in the last few weeks need to those who require hospitalization two months. Provisions under the post and forward "indecent state SP chief Naresh Uttam, who be disciplined, decent and prac- ation in the northern state under Covid-19 situation in Kerala, consider strict restrictions to pre- are seamlessly transferred for Clinical Establishment Act enable remarks" on virtual platforms. submitted screenshots of a tweet tice restraint in the language they the BJP regime. "The entire coun- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil vent/curtail the movement of timely clinical treatment. states to issue such direction to "I have asked my party cadres claiming the party would con- use on social media, which has try has seen what treatment was Nadu, Odisha, Assam, Mizoram, people, formation of crowds and "Detailed standard operating private hospitals. For states which to remain alert and keep an eye struct a “Babri mosque” at the emerged as a strong medium to meted out to women during the Meghalaya, and intermingling of people to prevent procedures covering various facets have already issued such direc- on the activities of such dubious place of the Ram temple in communicate. Unfortunately, the panchayat poll nominations… Manipur. the spread of infection." of effective clinical management tions, they were advised to review elements. Party workers have Ayodhya after coming to power BJP is misusing it," he said. how BJP goons took the law in The public health measures Noting that more than 80 per of Covid-19 patients in hospitals the status and facilitate the private also been asked not to share, in the state,, sources said. The former UP chief minister their hands and misbehaved with taken for surveillance, contain- cent of active cases in these states have been earlier shared with the hospitals further," it said. respond or forward anything An FIR was registered in the added that it is ironical the BJP women," he said. Will implement Assets worth Pontiff files plea in SC seeking INDIA CORNER `3.79 cr found Mizoram Governor Kambhampati Mekedatu project, in raid from uniform code for endowments Haribabu meets President SSC member PNS n NEW DELHI vows Karnataka CM izoram PNS n BHUBANESWAR A fresh PIL has been filed in MGovernor the Supreme Court seeking Dr Hari Babu PNS n NEW DELHI The anti-corruption vigilance uniform code for religious Kambhampati sleuths have found properties and charitable endowments on Saturday Karnataka Chief Minister worth Rs 3.79 crore including and referred to the control of met President Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday 1.5 kg gold, Rs 12 lakh cash in authorities on Hindu temples Ram Nath maintained that the state will get the possession of a private sec- across the country, unlike Kovind at the the Centre's approval and imple- retary to a member of the certain other groups which Rashtrapati ment the Mekedatu drinking Odisha Staff Selection are allowed to manage their Bhavan here. water project over the Cauvery Commission (OSSC), an official own institutions. The meeting river, notwithstanding any oppo- said. The plea has sought direc- assumes significance as five Assam Police personnel and a civilian sition from neighbouring Tamil Vigilance sleuths raided six tions that Hindus, Jains, were killed and over 50 others, including a superintendent of Nadu. places in Bhubaneswar and Buddhists and Sikhs have police, sustained injuries when the Mizoram Police opened fire on His comments came in the Cuttack after receiving a dispro- similar rights to establish, a team of Assam officials last Monday. “Dr Hari Babu wake of newly-appointed Tamil portionate assets complaint manage, and maintain their Kambhampati, Governor of Mizoram, called on President Kovind Nadu BJP president K Annamalai against Biranchi Narayan Sahoo. religious places like Muslims, the Hindus and Sikhs. trary, irrational and offend at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted. announcing that the state unit of The Tamil Nadu BJP has As many as three teams com- Parsis, and Christians. Articles 26-27 does not Articles 14, 15, 26. the saffron party would protest planned to observe a daylong fast prising 4 DSPs,13 Inspectors The plea filed by seer leave scope of any discrimi- The plea filed through against Karnataka's decision to go in the Cauvery delta region on and other staffers conducted the Swami Jeetendranand nation between the religions advocate Sanjai Kumar ahead with the Mekedatu project. August 5 to protest against the raids, the official said. Saraswatee has also sought in the matter of manage- Pathak has also sought to "He (Annamalai) will do his decision of Karnataka, which is Two double-storeyed build- directions to declare that ment of religious affairs, the direct the Centre or the Law AI flight makes emergency job. That is not related to us. also ruled by the saffron party, to ings at Niladri Vihar, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and plea said. Commission of India to draft Annamalai going on a fast is not start the Mekedatu project. Bhubaneswar, two single- Sikhs have similar rights to The petition stated that a 'Common Charter for landing due to windshield crack my business," Bommai told On the second day of his first storeyed buildings at Bhakti own, acquire, and administer the state is neither constitu- Religious and Charitable reporters here. Delhi visit as chief minister, Vihar, Bhubaneswar and movable-immovable proper- tionally competent nor capa- Institutions' and 'Uniform n Air India Express flight He said Karnataka has all the Bommai called on Finance Godibandha, Cuttack, 14 plots ties of their religious places ble of running the manage- Code for Religious and Afrom here to Saudi Arabia rights over the river water and Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in Bhubaneswar, Khurda and like Muslims, Christians, and ment of the religious affairs Charitable Endowments'. had to make an emergency will definitely implement the Health Minister Mansukh Puri, a four-wheeler, insurance Parsis. which consists of unique rit- Earlier, a similar plea was landing at Thiruvananthapuram Mekedatu project. Mandaviya and Parliamentary deposits worth over Rs 56 lakh, The PIL contended that the uals and practices which are filed by advocate and BJP international airport on The state government has pre- Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. Rs 12 lakh cash from his house, petitioner has reasonable very personal to the believers. leader Ashwini Upadhyay Saturday after a crack in the pared a detailed project report He visited Raj Ghat to pay Rs 13 lakh from his relative's belief that the states are dis- The PIL also sought to seeking uniform code for windshield of the aircraft was and submitted it to the Centre for tributes to Mahatma Gandhi house, gold ornaments weigh- criminating in the matter of direct and declare that all the religious and charitable detected, an airport official said. After taking off from here at around approval, Bommai said. and also paid tributes to former ing around 1.5 kg worth over Rs management of religious laws made to own, acquire, endowments and referred to 7.52 am, less than an hour into the flight, the pilots noticed the crack "We will get the approval for prime minister Atal Bihari 60 lakh have been unearthed, so affairs by controlling the reli- and administer movable- the control of authorities on in the windshield of the airplane prompting them to turn back to it. Let anyone fast or eat," he Vajpayee at his memorial far, the vigilance said in a release gious places of only certain immovable properties of tem- Hindu temples across the Thiruvananthapuram for an emergency landing at around 8.50 am, the added. Sadaiv Atal. on Friday. religious denominations like ples and gurudwaras are arbi- country. official said. However, the plane had no passengers, due to the COVID- 19 restrictions on international travel to certain destinations, and was only carrying cargo and a crew of eight. All the crew members, including the pilots, are safe, C V Ravindran, the Director of Thiruvananthapuram Re-enacting Bhagat Singh's Airport, told PTI. He also said that had the crack been detected in the pre-flight check, the plane would not have taken off and therefore, it SC asks CBI to take administrative steps execution, 10-yr-old must have happened during take-off or while cruising. to ensure no delay in filing of appeals accidentally hangs himself In MP, 22 prisoners injured PNS n NEW DELHI in a corruption case. 2020. anism involving ICT should be PNS n BADAUN (UP) Shivam tied a noose around "The CBI is directed to take The bench said the court adopted to facilitate proper his neck, however, the stool on as barrack wall collapses The Supreme Court has direct- all necessary administrative must have due regard to the monitoring and supervision. A 10-year-old boy died in a which he was standing slipped, ed the CBI to take necessary steps to ensure that these kinds nature of explanation in deter- The bench was hearing a village here while allegedly re- causing him to hang, locals wenty-two prisoners were administrative steps to ensure of delays do not occur in future. mining whether a case for plea filed by the CBI against the enacting the hanging of free- said. Tinjured, one of them no delay in filing of appeals and Delays in the part of the con- condoning the delay in filing high court verdict which had dom fighter Bhagat Singh for The other children pan- grievously, after a wall of a said an IT-based monitoring cerned officials in moving the the special leave petition is acquitted the accused in a cor- a play which was to be staged icked and screamed for help barrack in Bhind district jail of mechanism should be adopted appeals within the stipulated made out. ruption case. on Independence Day, police following which some local Madhya Pradesh collapsed to facilitate proper supervi- period of limitation is liable to "We, therefore, direct that The high court had deliv- said on Saturday. residents reached there and early on Saturday, an official sion. cause grave misgivings on the necessary administrative steps ered its verdict on a batch of The family cremated the brought Shivam down after said. The wall of barrack Noting that there was a delay reasons of delay," a bench of jus- be taken by the CBI to ensure appeals filed by the accused, body soon after the incident cutting the noose but he had number 6 caved in around of 647 days in filing a petition tices D Y Chandrachud and M that the filing of the appeals and who were convicted and sen- on Thursday without inform- died by then, they said. 5.10 am, Bhind by the probe agency against a R Shah said in its order last other steps required in law is tenced in November 2012 by a ing the police, an officer said. SSP Badaun, Sankalp Superintendent of Police Chhattisgarh High Court order week. duly monitored, preferably on trial court in Raipur for the Shivam, son of Bhure Singh Sharma said, a team led by the Manoj Kumar Singh told PTI over phone. “Twenty-two prisoners were in June 2019, the apex court It said the proposition that an ICT (information and com- alleged offences under various and a resident of Babat village SHO of Kunwargaon Police injured in the incident. One of the inmates, who suffered serious observed that the explanation the delay was caused by the munications technology) plat- sections of the Indian Penal under Kunwargaon Police Station was sent to the village injuries, was rushed to Gwalior for advanced medical treatment, while given by the CBI was "clearly onset of Covid do not explain form so that such delays do not Code, including those related Station of the district, was on Friday but the family mem- other injured prisoners were taken to the district hospital,” he said. insufficient". the entire period of delay as the occur," the bench said, while to cheating and criminal con- rehearsing for the play along bers refused to give any infor- There were 255 prisoners inside the prison at the time of the incident, The court dismissed on the high court had delivered the dismissing the plea on the spiracy, and under the provi- with other children. mation as to how the boy had he added. "As soon as we got information about, police personnel grounds of delay the CBI plea verdict in June 2019 while the ground of delay. sions of the Prevention of While re-enacting the scene died. We are investigating the were rushed to the jail for rescue operation,” Singh said. The police against the acquittal of accused pandemic started in March It also observed that a mech- Corruption Act. of Bhagat Singh's execution, matter, he added. officer said that the jail building was quite old and the wall might have collapsed as a result of incessant rains over the last couple of days. Child trafficking survivor becomes 1-hr WBCPCR chief Odisha Special Ops Group trains PNS n KOLKATA one hour on the International Day The 12-year-old also advocated unknown people or accept any- commandos in guerilla warfare against Trafficking on July 30 to for setting up of more parks and thing from them. A 12-year-old boy, survivor of share his valuable experience and playrounds for children. A panel spokesperson said the commando undergoing training child trafficking and child labour feedback on the issue," a "All drug, cigarette and gutka child, who now studies in class 7 Afor guerilla warfare in Odisha was made the chairperson of spokesperson of WBCPCR said. companies must be closed and the and stays at a children's home, was Police's elite Special Operation West Bengal Commission for The boy as WBPCR chairper- government should build schools brought to the household by a Group (SOG) has to remain hungry for the entire day and stay awake Protection of Child Rights son wrote a letter to West Bengal in their place," the letter in the offi- trafficker without the knowledge the whole night, a senior police (WBCPCR) for an hour, an offi- Women and Child Development cial letterhead of the panel with of his parents and forced to do officer said. This helps the cial said. and Social Welfare minister Shashi memo number 1112/..." said. jobs like mopping floor, washing commando to prepare for the The boy, who was rescued Panja and demanded that the state The letter, which was available utensils, fetching water and even arduous task, stay in the jungle from a household in north Bengal must ensure education for all chil- with PTI on Saturday, also babysitting the granddaughter of and effectively tackle the Maoists seven years back where he was dren for their bright future. demanded "traffickers and perpe- the family. and beat them in guerilla warfare, the officer said. The SOG, established working as a domestic help, was He said that traffickers and per- trators of child labour should be The boy is now under the cus- in Odisha in 2004, not only helped the state in various anti-Maoist made of the chairperson of petrators of child labour should be punished strongly, made to bear tody of the panel and is a fan of operations, but has also provided rigorous training and skills to police WBPCR on Friday. punished strongly and fined heav- all expenses of education for the International football icon Messi. personnel from other states and Central police force. As many as 924 "After being rescued by ily. They should be made to bear trafficked child." "I want to be a commando personnel from different states including 600 jawans of CRPF have so Childline NGO with the help of all expenses of education of the child labour because of the situ- leave school. It also demanded that the gov- when I grow up, and rescue all far been trained by the SOG of Odisha Police so far, the officer said. police, the boy got a new lease of victim. ation at home. The government He also demanded that a strict ernment should work towards children in distress," the boy told This came to the fore when Odisha DGP Abhay reviewed SOG related life. We appointed him as the The boy in the letter said that must ensure sponsorship for such child labour law must be created creating awareness among chil- the commission members when activities along with senior officers of the State Police recently. chairperson of the WBCPCR for many children are forced into children so that they don't have to to instil the fear of law in people. dren not to interact with asked about his aim in life. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 01, 2021 money 06

EU fines Amazon $886 million for Mastercard signals compliance, Centre to clear pending GST data protection submits data norms report to RBI compensation of Rs 11,400 cr violations PNS n NEW DELHI This was his first visit to PNS n PNS n NEW DELHI operate as usual, working in Delhi after becoming the chief PNS n NEW YORK lockstep with our customers Karnataka Chief Minister minister. After being banned by the and partners to minimize any Basavaraj Bommai has said the On the second day of his European regulators have RBI from issuing new cards, impact on cardholders," it Centre has agreed to give last visit, the chief minister also fined Amazon 746 million US-based payments technolo- added. year's pending GST compen- called on Parliamentary Affairs Euros (886 million) for data gy major Mastercard on Friday Mastercard, a major card sation of Rs 11,400 crore at the Minister Pralhad Joshi. protection violations. said it has submitted an audit issuing entity, is the third com- earliest in instalments. He also visited Raj Ghat to Amazon said in a regula- report to the regulator show- pany to have been barred by His statement came after pay tribute to Mahatma tory filing on Friday that the ing compliance with the local RBI from acquiring new cus- meeting Union Finance Gandhi. He also paid tribute to Luxembourg National data storage norms. tomers over data storage issues, Minister Nirmal Sitharaman in former prime minister Atal Commission for Data The Reserve Bank had after American Express the national capital on Friday. Bihari Vajpayee at his memo- Protection issued a decision on July 14 put an Banking Corp and Diners Club He said the funds are The chief minister also rial Sadaiv Atal here. against the company earlier indefinite ban on International. required urgently to meet the sought early release of GST On Friday, Bommai had this month, claiming that its Mastercard from RBI had said that Covid-19 and other expenses compensation of about Rs called on Prime Minister processing of personal data issuing new cred- Mastercard was found to be in the state. 18,000 crore for the current fis- Narendra Modi. He also met did not comply with the it, debit and to ensure that Mastercard non-compliant with the direc- "I have requested for pay- cal and funds for the central- Home Minister Amit Shah European Union general data prepaid is compliant with both the tions on 'Storage of Payment ment of last year dues in GST ly sponsored schemes. "She and Defence Minister Rajnath protection regulation. cards. The letter and the spirit of the System Data' despite being compensation of Rs 11,400 (FM) has promised a lot of Singh. Amazon said that it ban came into order. given adequate opportunities. crore. The FM has agreed to help for the agriculture sector He had also met MPs from believes the decision is with- effect from July "This includes submitting However, the regulator had give it in instalments. She will through NABARD," he said. the state at Hotel Ashoka here. out merit and that it will 22. reports as required by the RBI. said the ban on issuing new start releasing it immediately," Bommai, who was elected as defend itself vigorously. The restrictions ued We look forward to continuing cards was not going to impact Bommai told reporters after the new leader of the BJP Amazon has come under were put in place dia- our conversations with the the services of the existing the meeting. legislature party on scrutiny by the EU before. In because of the company's RBI and reinforcing how seri- customers of Mastercard in Bommai, who is also a Tuesday, following B S November regulators filed failure to comply with local ously we take our obligations. India. member of the GST Council, Yediyurappa's resignation, antitrust charges against the data storage norms that require We are hopeful that this latest Mastercard is a payment said the state had received a took oath as company, accusing Amazon payments companies to store filing provides the assurances system operator authorised to GST compensation of Rs the chief of using its access to data from data related to Indian cus- required to address their con- operate a card network in the 12,000 crore for the 2020-21 minister on companies that sell products tomers only in the country. logue with the RBI from April cerns," it said. country under the Payment fiscal. However, the pending Wednesday. on its platform to gain an "When RBI required us to through the report's submis- Further, the company said it and Settlement Systems Act, amount was Rs 11,400 unfair advantage over them. provide additional clarifica- sion on July 20, 2021," is committed to put in whatev- 2007 (PSS Act). crore, he said. While the U.S. initially criti- tions about our data localisa- Mastercard said in a state- er resources are required to RBI's circular on Storage of cized the EU for targeting tion framework in April 2021, ment in response to a set of meet any additional require- Payment System Data on April American companies, it has we retained government- queries sent by PTI. ments raised by RBI and bring 6, 2018 had directed all system more recently started taking empanelled Deloitte to per- The company said since the this matter to a close "expedi- providers to ensure that with- a tougher line on big tech as form a supplemental audit to RBI's 2018 directive on data tiously". in a period of six months the well, suing Google last year help demonstrate our compli- localisation and storage, it has "In the meantime, we remain entire data relating to payment for abusing its dominance in ance. worked closely with the central focused on ensuring our cur- systems was stored only in online search and advertising. "We have been in a contin- bank and Indian government rent business continues to India. COVID impact: Data shows 58 pc Sunteck Realty Q1 MONEY MATTERS profit at Rs 3cr; Macrotech Developers net debt fall in housing sales in Apr-June revenue up 52 pc PNS n NEW DELHI preceding quarter. Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai falls 23 pc in Q1 to Rs 12,435 cr "Sales or absorption fell by a Metropolitan Region (MMR), at Rs 96 crore ealty firm Macrotech Data analytic firm PropEquity massive 58 per cent as India wit- Delhi-NCR and Pune witnessed Developers has on Saturday reported that nessed the major brunt of the a fall in housing sales in Q2 of PNS n NEW DELHI Rreduced net debt by housing sales across seven COVID second wave in April 2021 versus Q1 of 2021 by 55 per 23 per cent during the first major cities fell 58 per cent and May," PropEquity said in a cent, 59 per cent, 49 per cent, 57 Sunteck Realty Ltd has Finolex Industries Q1 quarter of this fiscal year to during April-June over the statement. per cent, 63 per cent, 43 per cent reported a consolidated net Rs 12,435 crore and previous quarter due to the Stringent lockdown across and 62 per cent, respectively. profit of Rs 3.02 crore for the targets to bring down its second wave of the COVID-19 major cities in India impacted "Real estate sector which was quarter ended June 2021. profit zooms to Rs 146 cr borrowings to below Rs pandemic. housing sales as home registra- slowly recovering by March was The Mumbai-based devel- 10,000 crore level. In its According to data, sales of tions were also suspended and hit with the second wave. Going oper had posted a net loss of PNS n NEW DELHI ment remaining subdued due investors presentation, residential properties home loan disbursals were slow, ahead, we may witness resizing Rs 3.08 crore in the year-ago to the 2nd wave of the pan- Macrotech Developers, declined to 45,208 it added. of units, marketing led discounts, period. Finolex Industries Ltd, inte- demic. After reaching all-time which markets its properties under 'Lodha' brand highlighted that the units in April- Bengaluru, Chennai, amenities and special payment Total income rose to Rs grated manufacturer of PVC highs, the PVC prices seem to net debt stood at Rs 12,435 crore at the end of the June quarter as June 2021 schemes to be offered by devel- 96.11 crore in the first quar- pipes and fittings, has report- be cooling off, which is a pos- against Rs 16,076 crore as on March 31, 2021. Macrotech from 1,08,420 opers to boost demand, especial- ter of this fiscal year from Rs ed nearly three-fold jump in itive sign for further opening Developers MD and CEO Abhishek Lodha told PTI, "We are on track units in ly during the beginning of 63.20 crore in the corre- June quarter consolidated net up of the market. to bring down the net debt to below Rs 10,000 crore level by end of the the festive season," sponding period of the pre- profit at Rs 145.52 crore. "We remain committed to this fiscal year." In the presentation, the company said that its said Samir Jasuja, vious year, according to a reg- The Pune-based company our long-term growth goals average cost of debt came down by 70 bps (basis points) from 12.3 founder and man- ulatory filing. had posted a profit of Rs and retain our focus on prof- per cent in March 2021 to 11.6 per cent in June'21. In April, aging director at Its sales bookings grew by 56.72 crore for April-June itability built on a sustainable Macrotech Developers got listed on the stock exchanges after raising PropEquity. 74 per cent to Rs 176 crore in 2020-21, Finolex Industries business, ensuring long-term Rs 2500 crore through its Initial Public Offer (IPO).The company's the April-June quarter from said in a filing to BSE. value to all our stakeholders," collection (from home buyers) jumped over four fold to Rs 1,714 Rs 101 crore in the year-ago Income increased to Rs Finolex Industries Executive crore in the first quarter of this fiscal from Rs 384 crore in the year- period. 981.07 crore from Rs 570.21 Chairman Prakash P Chhabria ago period. The proceeds from IPO and higher collections from Sunteck Realty focuses on crore in the year-ago period, said. customers helped the company in reducing its debt. On Friday, the a city centric development the filing said. The company has three company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 160.91 crore for portfolio of about 38 million "The company has reported manufacturing plants at Pune the quarter ended June. It had posted a net loss of Rs 134.44 crore square feet spread across 19 robust set of financials, despite and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra in the year-ago period. Total income grew to Rs 1,712.36 crore in the projects. the overall business environ- and Masar in Gujarat. first quarter of this fiscal year from Rs 572.53 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. CIL approves CI NMF inks investment NTPC profit rises 17 pc to increase in ACTL to construct J&K's first pact with Amp energy coal evacuation freight terminal by 2022 Rs 3,443 cr in Apr-Jun quarter ssociated PNS n NEW DELHI energy projects in India, with the facility charges Container potential for future expansion. PNS n NEW DELHI ATerminals Ltd Copenhagen Infrastructure Amp India and CI NMF have PNS n NEW DELHI (ACTL) on Saturday New Markets Fund (CI NMF) targeted an initial 1.7 GWp State-owned power giant said it will has inked a pact with Amp portfolio of renewable energy NTPC on Saturday posted a State-owned CIL on Saturday construct Jammu Energy India Private Ltd for projects, delivering clean and nearly 17 per cent rise in con- said its board has approved a and Kashmir's first joint equity investment of over green energy to C&I and utility solidated net profit to Rs proposal to increase the coal freight terminal by USD 200 million (around Rs customers. This transaction is CI 3,443.72 crore for the April- evacuation facility charges. 2022 and work for 1,500 crore) in renewables. NMF's first investment in the June quarter on the back of The board has also the same is under Copenhagen Infrastructure Indian renewable energy market higher revenues. approved subsuming rapid progress in Samba. Partners (CIP), among the largest and its largest commitment since The consolidated net profit loading charges with evacua- The company in a renewable energy focused fund establishment in 2019. of the company in the quarter tion facility charges with effect statement said this managers globally, has signed an Pinaki Bhattacharyya, co- ending June 30, 2020, was Rs from Sunday, Coal India Ltd freight terminal will investment agreement through its founder, MD and CEO of Amp 2,948.94 crore, a BSE filing said. (CIL) said in a filing. "Coal be constructed on 33.125 acres of land, which has been allotted to Copenhagen Infrastructure New India, said CIP is the world's Total income in the quarter India Ltd board has ACTL by State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO). An SPV Markets Fund I (CI NMF) with leading renewable energy under review rose to Rs approved...evacuation facility Company, ACTL Samba Pvt Ltd has already been formed, it Amp Energy India Private focused infrastructure fund 30,390.60 crore from Rs charges be enhanced to Rs 60 added.The initial cost of raising this facility is projected to be around Limited, a statement said. manager and their significant 26,794.68 crore in the same tonnes, up from 2.41 million to Rs 3.98 per unit in the same per tonne with effect from 1st Rs 150 crore, it said. This facility will improve freight transportation The agreement enables joint domain expertise is a strong period of the last year. tonnes in the same period a period a year ago. August, 2021," the filing said. and warehousing services for the entire region, thereby making the equity investments in excess of value addition, in addition to NTPC's gross power gener- year ago. Coal imports of the The company said that its The boards of CIL arms products of J&K competitive nationally and internationally, the USD 200 million in renewable being a capital partner. ation in the June quarter was firm rose to 0.47 million tonnes board of directors has approved have been authorised to deter- statement said. This project, once ready, would generate 71.74 billion units compared in June quarter from 0.20 mil- a proposal to raise up to Rs mine the evacuation facility employment opportunities for the Union Territory with skill to 60.18 billion units (BU) in lion tonnes. 18,000 crore through the issue charges to be charged from development techniques in the field of software, warehousing, cold the same period a year ago. Plant load factor (PLF) or of secured/ unsecured, the consumers with the pro- storage, cargo handling, customs clearance etc, it added.The SPV Its domestic coal supply (for capacity utilisation of coal- redeemable, taxable/tax-free, vision of annual review with company has obtained all permissions from the railways for its plants) in the June quarter based power plants also rose to cumulative/non-cumulative, effect from August 1, it said. providing rail connectivity to the freight terminal, the company said. stood at 45.81 million tonnes, 69.68 per cent in the June non-convertible debentures Coal India accounts for up from 40.19 million tonnes quarter, up from 68.22 percent ("Bonds/NCDs") in one or over 80 per cent of domes- in the same period a year ago. in the same period a year ago. more tranches/series not tic coal output. The Its coal production (from Average power tariff of the exceeding 30 (thirty), through maharatna firm is eyeing Unichem Laboratories posts captive mines) in the June company was Rs 3.73 per unit private placement in domestic one billion tonne coal out- quarter stood at 2.46 million in April-June 2021 compared market. put by 2023-24. Rs 11.48 cr loss for Apr-Jun rug firm Unichem Laboratories on Saturday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 11.48 crore for the quarter ended on DJune 30, 2021.The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2.43 India formulating standards for services sector: Goyal crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, Unichem Labs said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated total income of the PNS n NEW DELHI standards for the services across the globe. technology, research and qual- company stood at Rs 313.70 crore for the quarter under ecosystem so that we can have "We can make sure that we ity education, while India has consideration against Rs 333.93 crore for the same period a year India is formulating standards a very high quality of services can provide adequate safe- skilled and intelligent manpow- ago, it added. for the services sector so that which we offer to the rest of the guards for the lawyers in the er at competitive prices. the country can have high world. India is also rapidly pro- lower courts and larger ecosys- Total service exports from quality of services to offer to gressing to become one of the tem in the legal profession but India to the world was USD 17 the rest of the world, world's largest digital markets, we will certainly engage with billion in 2001-02 and now it Commerce and Industry be it fintech, edutech and you (experts) and other lumi- has jumped to USD 205 billion Minister Piyush Goyal said on telemedicines," the minister naries and I think we have in 2020-21. Saturday. said at IACC-NIC's second already set up a committee with "As I see them, our services He said that India is rapidly Indo-US Services Summit. the law ministry to examine sector will be far more resilient, progressing across sectors such Talking about legal services, this issue in greater details," he reliable, robust and it will be at as healthcare, home delivery, he said Indian lawyers are top added. the forefront of economic telecom and technology. class and have huge opportu- Further, Goyal said that the recovery in a post-Covid "In India, we are formulating nities opening up for them US is the hub of innovation, world," he said. sunday magazine HYDERABAD, August 1, 2021

You have to be in yourself, but engage with the world and see what's going on — Julianne Moore

FROM THE INSIDE Out-of-Body Experience love these stripes Out-of-body experiences are among a few International Tiger Day on July 29 once ways in which people can consciously again emphasized on the need to save assess their spiritual progress 8 9 the majestic animal from getting extinct.

OTT: A WIN-WIN FOR ALL The digital streaming revolution that’s sweeping the country can offer a great opportunity for Indian art without compromising on its traditional ethos and quality, writes AJAYYA KUMAR he Covid-19 pandemic brought private organisations have helped a great deal from the ‘sabhas’ and popularised it among a And needless to say, the reach. While clas- about two big changes in the art and in sustaining and nurturing them. wider audience. This time, it’s the turn of sical art forms have always enjoyed good reach culture domain in India. On the one According to World Bank estimates the streaming services. and popularity, that has not been the case with hand, it paved the way for an Over- creative sector provides 30 million jobs world- The Covid-19 pandemic was also the time folk arts. Several indigenous art forms have The-Top revolution in the country. wide and contributes 7 per cent of global GDP. that revealed the ability of OTT platforms to vanished into oblivion by now. We stand to TThe large Indian middle class stuck at home While there are no official estimates for India, bring diverse cultures, subjects and talent to lose more during this pandemic and the pace during the lockdown onboarded the OTT plat- experts confirm that tens of thousands depend the forefront of cinema and to give them the of that loss will be unprecedented. It is impera- forms en masse. According to a report released on the industry. And that includes not just the kind of reach which until then was enjoyed tive therefore to introduce such art forms to in December 2020 by Boston Consulting artists, but the accompaniment, instrument only by the mainstream movie industry. For OTT formats which have succeeded in fetching Group, OTT subscriptions grew by a whopping makers, set designers, light and sound techni- those who were traditionally shut out by the pan-Indian and international audiences for 60 per cent from 2018 to 2020. As per IBEF cians, curtain pullers, make-up artists, even latter, OTT was a godsend. regional cinema. statistics, between March and July alone, the ticket collectors and more. Experts have point- The viewers quickly developed a taste for number of paid subscribers increased by about ed out that the performance of an artist on such content and mass entertainment was not BUT HOW? 30 per cent. The growth spurt provided a stage is the result of the combined effort of anymore a monopoly of potboilers. One option is the State intervening to give much-needed lifeline to the entertainment over 30 people who act as supporting staff. Filmmakers who were earlier compelled to shape to a national streaming service under the industry that was staring at closed theatres and When COVID-19 happened, shows were change the tone of their movies to suit the purview of the I&B ministry. While state- pandemic-induced uncertainty until then. cancelled en masse and artists were forced to mainstream notions were now free to make owned broadcasting and radio services have If the flourishing OTT segment was one sit at home. With art and culture not being cat- content that reflected the true spirit of the taken shape across the globe, most govern- outcome of the pandemic, the other was the egorised as ‘essential’ what was certain was that place, people and culture it talked about. ments have to date been hesitant to enter the further sidelining of performing arts and the industry would be among the last to open. Coming to performing arts, OTT services streaming space, barring rare examples like artists. When the countrywide lockdown was For a country that takes immense pride in that stream entertainment content have shown SberZvuk, the music streaming service by announced in March 2020, artists fell in the its rich cultural heritage, India announced no there’s an opportunity. And the pandemic has Russian State-owned Sberbank. ‘non-essential’ category. With the world aid packages to the sector during the pandemic STREAMING provided a context. This is the cue for India’s The more obvious and feasible option, shrinking to one’s living room, those who used unlike some of its European and Asian coun- PLATFORMS, IN FACT, art industry to seize the advantages offered by therefore, is for private players to chip in. to do live performances before crowds earlier terparts, barring a few states like Kerala and MIGHT NOT BE JUST A modern technology, especially streaming ser- Given the fact that connoisseurs have had were now forced out of work. Many of them, Tamil Nadu. In fact, the government allocation WAY TO TIDE OVER THE vices. The success that the entertainment only limited avenues to enjoy performances abundantly rich in talent, wondered where to the industry was the lowest during the pan- industry saw with streaming platforms is ever since the Covid outbreak and that the their next meal would come from. And to demic years with the budget being cut further CRISIS, BUT A something that could be replicated in the art creative urge of the general public to indulge some of them, things turned fatal. In March by 15 per cent. The efforts of the Sangeet POTENTIALLY and culture domain too. in fine arts will be high after a period of 2021, three artists — singer Pravin Moon, Natak Akademy to assist those in need too SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER We are yet to see many efforts in this direc- doom and gloom, this would be the right time drummer Yash Madankar and dancer Kirti have proved inadequate, given the highly unor- IN THE HISTORY OF tion though. Most major streaming services to turn our focus towards OTT platforms for Gaikwad — all from Maharashtra, attempted ganised nature of the industry. that exist today focus on entertainment content the performing arts. Art creators, curators, suicide after their livelihoods were wiped out. With no visible signs of normalcy return- INDIA'S PERFORMING like movies, web series, stand up comedy collectives and CSR wings of corporate com- All three incidents happened over a week. ing, artists started moving online. Things start- ARTS IF EMBRACED. shows and at best, documentaries. Artists are panies should grab this opportunity to Gaikwad did not survive. ed picking up slowly; Or at least seemed so. OTT PLATFORMS HAVE still forced to perform on Zoom or other inde- explore the possibilities in content production In this context, here’s a question to ponder Individuals and patron organisations came for- UNDENIABLY RAISED pendent platforms which offer limited reach. and content distribution around arts and cul- upon — is there a possibility where OTT for- ward to help those in need. Although online There have been a few commendable ture through direct production or funding mat could be leveraged to redeem performing shows were no match for live performances THE QUALITY OF efforts though such as Nine Rasa — the OTT activities. Given the capital India enjoys arts? where the performer and audience establish a INDIAN MOVIES AND platform by Shreyas Talpade for theatre and across the world in terms of its cultural her- connection, art enthusiasts and patron organi- ENCOURAGED performing arts, Playtoome which is a live itage, what can be assured is that there would INDIA’S PERFORMING ARTS INDUSTRY: A PRE sations rose to the occasion supporting the vir- EXPERIMENTATION AND platform for Indian art forms, Stage — a be no dearth for quality audiences. AND POST COVID SNAPSHOT tual events and lending a helping hand to the dialect based OTT platform, NCPA@Home by During an interview given to a leading Performance arts have enriched India’s cul- artists. INNOVATION IN THE National Centre for Performing Arts and so media house eminent flautist and Padma tural history over centuries. Dance in India, for But what is to be noted is that not every FILM INDUSTRY on. While it has been heartening to see such Vibhushan awardee, Hariprasad Chaurasia example, is said to have a tradition of over artist has the resources to move online or even endeavours, we need a lot more to ensure that pointed out that our legacy, the genres and 2000 years. Or take the case of Indian Theatre, access to those who could help them. A large we don’t lose our precious legacy to these dire gharanas our predecessors built over centuries which is performed in over 20 languages share of performing artists come from villages times. through their hard work, is at risk if we do not including indigenous tongues. According to a and tier-2, tier-3 cities where network and con- Streaming platforms, in fact, might not be see an impetus to protect performing arts now. report released by FICCI in 2016, the perform- nectivity infrastructure is yet to improve. But just a way to tide over the crisis, but a poten- History has shown us that the best of art, ing arts industry in India stood at `236 billion given that the industry has taken the baby tially significant chapter in the history of literature and music are created during the in 2012 and was expected to grow at a CAGR steps to embrace the internet, it is time to India’s performing arts if embraced. OTT plat- darkest times. But for them to survive and of 2.5 per cent over the following years, driven think about where to go from here and what is forms have undeniably raised the quality of flourish, the care and nurture of the state and by innovative forms of fundraising and the next best possible step to dial things up. Indian movies and encouraged experimenta- the society are inevitable. At a time when India increasing demand from the international tion and innovation in the film industry. There is set to be a trillion-dollar economy, it’s only audience. EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY is no reason it wouldn’t be able to make the reasonable to aspire that India’s art and culture While the visibility of these art forms has Technology is not alien to performing same impact on performing arts too. The avail- domain should also have scope for similar diminished over the years due to the increased arts. In fact, digital technology has played a ability of more options would help the artist to growth. popularity of other forms of content and enter- major role in the popularity that art forms feel more secure and shift his/her focus from tainment, various government schemes and gained in modern India. Take the case of bare sustenance to original productions and The writer is an ethical Investor, start-up men- funds, trusts and donations by individuals and radio which took Carnatic music concerts experimentation. tor, art curator and author sunday magazine PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS IS SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO CARE spirituality 8 — JERRY CANTRELL HYDERABAD, August 1, 2021

HIDDENSOULS PRAMOD PATHAK

OUT-OF-BODY Envy is the root of evil he problem of evil has confounded the philosophers as well as the commoners alike. Why evil persists in this world created by an omnipotent, omniscient and EXPERIENCE omnipresentT God who is supposed to be benevolent and just? It is perhaps one issue that has given the stick to the scep- tics and the agnostics, as also the atheist to beat the believ- ers. If there is God how do you explain evil? Certainly, a log- ical question to raise. And we still don’t have any convinc- Out-of-body experiences are among a few ways in which people can ing answers. Maybe, we will never have an answer except for that one reason which most religious thinkers provide — the doctrine of Karma. But this also cannot answer the consciously assess their spiritual progress, writes HINGORI problem of infinite regress convincingly. And that may again be a question that leaves many corollaries. However, though y maternal uncle rience accounts to see if he could find (NDE). Some subjects report having not all evil can be explained philosophically, a large part of would live to tell the common elements in the unique had an OBE at times of severe physi- LIFE CHANGING BENEFITS OF OBES evil prevailing in the world can be explained psychological- tale of his own Out- of- experiences that were shared with him. cal trauma, such during an accident, People report an inner awakening ly. And Lord Krishna explained this in his many answers to body experience His conclusions were that OBEs are major surgery or from complications of their spiritual identity, and a com- the different characters of the Mahabharata at different times. (OBE) during a near not a result of belief systems of any due to near-fatal illness. NDEs may plete transformation of their concept He talks about the faculty of free will that human beings have deathM experience (NDE). He was kind and are independent of cultural include impressions of being outside of self. They see themselves as more been given to guide their actions in life. It is not exercising diagnosed with cancer after he col- upbringing. the physical body. aware and alive — as being one with of this free will that leads to evil in this world in most cases. lapsed at Heathrow airport upon his The seven most common ele- Along the same lines as an NDE, the universe. Many claim to no longer The ability to discriminate between the right and the wrong return from India. As the detection ments preceding an OBE are: sleep extreme physical effort during activ- fear death. Precognition, telepathy, pre- calls for a special quality that can only be explained by the happened at a time when his cancer paralysis; an increased heart rate; ities such as high-altitude climbing and monitions, prophecy, the ability to see Sanskrit word Vivek, having hardly any English equivalent. had spread to a few of his organs, the heat sensations; vibrations or tingling SPIRITUAL TRAVEL marathon running can induce OBEs. auras and many other psychic abilities So, the Lord comments on Duryodhana’s foolhardiness by doctors informed the family that in the body; a buzzing sound; pressure IS A TOOL FOR THE A sense of bilocation may be experi- are often reported to be enhanced by stating that a man’s nemesis is the result of his own injudi- there was a very slim chance of him (mild to severe) on the head; a feeling enced, with both ground and air-based out-of-body experiences. The reason cious thinking. Vinash kale viprit budhhi is what He had said. living beyond a couple of months at of sinking or floating, or of a sudden SPIRITUAL SEEKER. perspectives being experienced simul- for this is currently unknown but And it is the envy that guides this injudiciousness. Envy is most. Due to complications from the descent and the Silver Cord. AN INDIVIDUAL CAN taneously. many believe it’s simply a natural result one of the three basic emotions that human beings are born disease, he was hospitalised soon Many near-death and out-of-body Many people have reported OBEs of us becoming more open and in tune with, the other two being love and rage. Other emotions are after. One afternoon, as his vitals experiencers have described seeing an ENGAGE IN A during deep meditation. Such OBEs with our internal energy systems. manifestations of these three. It was Envy that led to the killing dropped, my uncle saw his own list- umbilical-like cord connecting their SPIRITUAL PRACTICE often include travel to different astral There are numerous reports of of Able by Cane as the Bible tells us. The stories in the Indian less body lying on a hospital bed as he spirit body to their physical body. Many realms and meeting spiritual guides individuals healing themselves and Pauranik texts also tell similar tales about how envy perpe- floated near the ceiling of the hospi- religious traditions describe this spir- DESIGNED TO and mentors. others when out-of-body. Often this trated evil. Envy, then, has always proved to be the cause of tal room. He saw the doctors trying to it-body-connecting cord, which is INDUCE SPIRITUAL Induced OBEs: OBEs can be healing is initiated by a focused most of the evil in this world down the ages. From the ancient resuscitate him while his wife and chil- commonly known as the ‘silver cord.’ induced by chemical hallucinogens, thought directed to a specific area of to the medieval to the modern, history is full examples that dren wept. He could hear every word The silver cord has been described TRAVEL particularly dissociatives. There are also the body. validates this hypothesis. The many kingdoms perished due that was spoken and see every expres- as being smooth, very long, very EXPERIENCES. IT IS several mental induction techniques Our limited scientific understand- to envy, the many wars were fought due to envy. Envy is essen- sion, before being pushed back into his bright, like an elastic cable made of like meditation, deep trance as well as ing of human consciousness and the tially a demonic trait that results from a bloated or a bruised body by what he described as a huge light, about an inch wide and attached POSSIBLE FOR THE visualizations like climbing a rope to limitless capabilities of the soul is the ego. Most of the time, rather all of the time envy is a result ball of white light. to one of several possible locations on “pull out” of one’s body, floating out of reason we still classify experiences such of non-acceptance of reality and without any proper reason. He would live for another five the physical body. Many experiencers ADVANCED one’s body, getting shot out of a can- as OBEs as paranormal, even though Against this backdrop let us examine the current snooping years, much to the surprise of his doc- have felt the pull of the silver cord SPIRITUAL non, and other similar approaches. more and more evidence points to a controversy related to Pegasus. Why do people snoop at oth- tors, before succumbing to a recur- when it is stretched near its limit. great percentage of humanity having ers? Why this interest in others? Simple reason is envy. What rence of the disease. OBEs are classified in to two cat- TRAVELLER TO SPIRITUAL TRAVELS an out of body experience at least once is the other guy up to interests only those who feel threat- egories — spontaneous and induced. CONTROL THE Spiritual travel is sometimes called in their lifetime. ened. Envy is a result of insecurity. Insecurity to one’s posi- OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE Spontaneous OBEs include expe- transcendent or ecstatic experience Having personal experiences tion. But those who perceive the threat are not the only ones An OBE, also known as ‘extra-cor- riences that happen during or near CONTENTS OF A because it deals with the ‘inner’ sens- which point to the fact that we con- to be blamed. Threat often is created by suggestions and poreal experience’ (ECE), is a phenom- sleep. In many cases, people who claim SPIRITUAL TRAVEL es rather than the physical senses. It tinue to exist after death tends to make oblique references communicated by some vested interests. enon where the consciousness detach- to have had an OBE report being on also deals with states of being seem- us wiser and more determined. It is a paranoid reaction resulting from some false beliefs es and moves away from the human the verge of sleep, or being already EXPERIENCE ingly independent of the physical The implications of understand- which the human ego nurses. The fear that someone’s posi- body, thus being able to experience a asleep shortly before the experience. world. Spiritual travel is a tool for the ing life and death — two great mys- tion is threatened due to the presence of someone else. But reality that is far subtler than this ordi- In most of these cases subjects perceive spiritual seeker. An individual can teries we witness and experience reg- this is a fallacy. When the position someone is holding is in nary one. This phenomenon is also themselves as being awake; about engage in a spiritual practice designed ularly but have always struggled to itself transient having a limited life why this fear of losing known as astral projection, astral half of them note a feeling of sleep to induce spiritual travel experiences. fully grasp — would be far reaching it. That perhaps is the crux of the problem. To expect for a travel, and soul travel. paralysis. It is possible for the advanced spiritu- for all of humankind.” permanent position in a temporary world. Researcher Robert Crookall com- Another form of spontaneous al traveller to control the contents of The writer is the author of Hingori Sutras Pathak is a professor of management, writer, and an acclaimed piled thousands of out-of-body expe- OBE is the near-death experience a spiritual travel experience. series of spiritual books public speaker. He can be reached at [email protected] Art can be healing God’s manifestations n the Bhagwad Gita, Arjuna enquires Art as a therapy is a technique rooted in the idea that creative from Lord Krishna about the rela- God’s munificence has no limits. He tive merits of worshiping God as a expression can foster mental well-being, says AARRTI ZAVERI personI or worshiping God in His unmanifest form. (12.1) The Lord manifests in multiple ways to help us, rt is not only restricted replied that worshiping Him as a per- to creativity; it is beyond son is superior. (12.2) Because achiev- writes AJIT KUMAR BISHNOI Athat. It is a bridge that ing success by worshiping the unman- connects our mind, body, and ifest form of God is lot more difficult. soul. For centuries people used (12.5) Therefore, it is no wonder that we art to express their feelings and generally worship God in His manifest improve their well-being. The forms. Even Adi Shankaracharya, the relation between art and soul great exponent of the unmanifest, com- can be drawn back from the posed the “Bhaja Govindam” texts so past when activities like sketch- that the common man could easily get ing, drawing, painting, and started on the devotional path. modelling were used to express In order to worship God in His emotions, thoughts, and were manifest forms, we make idols and pho- taken to reduce stress and tos of God of His various incarnations. depression. These idols and photos have been rou- The healing power of art is tinely worshiped in temples and homes. undeniable. Art has always In temples, worship of a murti is gen- been a synonym for positivity, erally started after a “prana pratishtha” self-expression, and self- ceremony. A very elaborate ceremony growth. The hues, patterns, and is held with lots of priests, specially invit- others work as a therapy to ed for this purpose, chant many those who are bogged down mantras. In simple language, they are God’s incarnations in the material appropriately. God arranges some help with negative emotions and sincerely praying to God to bless the world are for limited periods only. through mediums for those who are provides relief. You need not be murti with His presence. But God, the When Lord Ramachandra blessed the distressed. Many have had such expe- a professional to experience the omnipresent, is present everywhere. earth planet by His presence, He left riences when someone miraculously healing factor of the art. Then, why this prayer? The answer can once the purpose/purposes for which appeared and extended help. To inquis- Anyone can feel its sensation. be had from the ‘darshan’ God gives to He incarnated were served. Same for itive persons, God, situated within, The mantra is to dwell self in His devotees, who please Him by their Lord Krishna. Similarly, in temples, destroys the darkness born of igno- the process of creating some- ‘tapasya’. Such devotees are allowed to God’s presence is there till it serves its rance by the shinning lamp of knowl- thing. ment in this experience. der (PTSD) like movement, music, or the seek some boon of their choice. The purpose. edge. (10.11) Seekers of wealth are not Art works on the body Healing with art thus can be l Stress written word. Lord grants the same, if appropriate. God not only grants such favours disappointed either. (18.78) God mind, and soul. It helps in the very calming. At the soul level, l Substance use disorder Surrounding yourself with Traversing the spiritual path is not to the humankind, but does much favours some of His devotees by mak- activation of both sides of the this can help us get connected The cornerstone is to break art can help balance stress hor- easy. The practitioners require a lot of more. Rather He is always carefully ing them His instruments as he made brain. Art as a therapy is a to our higher energies and the ice and relieve ourselves mones that are responsible for help, response, etc. Hoping that their engaged in action. (3.23) Though Arjuna in the Mahabharat war. (11.33) technique rooted in the idea become more self-aware of our from the unwanted toxins. Art a variety of diseases including request has been granted, regular wor- there is no compulsion of any duty for Those, who preach God’s instruc- that creative expression can emotions and subconscious. as a therapy is all about explo- depression and anxiety, dia- ship of the murti, now called a Deity is Him. (3.22), He is just too kind to those tions, please Him greatly (18.69), and foster mental well-being. In Art as therapy can help you ration. It is not about winning betes, and high blood pressure. started. But what happens if the regu- who take his shelter. By his mercy they God even helps them in writing/com- terms of our body, it involves heal issues like: but experimenting. All this can be achieved with- lar worship is stopped. The temple goes achieve supreme peace. (18.62) That is posing spiritual texts. Many have our senses, sense of touch, l Anxiety One can even expand out heavy medications and into disuse or has been abandoned for a very exalted state. Even to a begin- admitted that what they wrote did not smell, and sight. It has advan- l Depression beyond ‘traditional art’. Play worrying about side effects. whatever reason. What will be the pur- ner, who just prays for something, God originate from them; God helped. tages over verbal therapy as it l Eating disorders around with materials like So, let art paint your mind, pose of God’s special presence then? must respond. He must give something God’s munificence has no limits. He involves working with materi- l Emotional difficulties cardboard, old clothing, quilt- body, and soul with all the pos- None. And, therefore, just as He agreed not necessarily what has been prayed manifests in multiple ways to help us. als, textures objects that use the l Family or relationship prob- ing fabric, or broaden your def- itivity and relieve you from to come, God leaves. And the Deity for. Worship by distressed persons, Let us not miss out. whole body, it helps regulate lems inition beyond visual art to stress. turns back to its original identity of a inquisitive persons, seekers of wealth Bishnoi is a spiritual writer and can be reached heartbeat and muscle move- l Post-traumatic stress disor- include creative endeavours The writer is a visual artist stone murti. and wise persons are all responded to at [email protected] HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 1, 2021 special 09 LOVE THESE STRIPES International Tiger Day on July 29 once again emphasized on the need to save the majestic animal from getting extinct. MUSBA HASHMI chats up wildlife experts to bring interesting stories, facts about the predator and bust some myths along the way

igers love water and are rarely found far from water — one of the few cats that does. How many of us knew it? Not many, for sure. This is not all. They have spiny tongues. Spine-like struc- turesT on the tongue of a tiger help them extract muscle tissues from the bone during feeding. Such interesting facts, if told during a jungle safari, would definitely make our tiger sightings worth it. But unfortunately, this is not the kind of information we look forward to on safaris. After all, who wants to waste time on gaining knowl- edge instead of searching for the stripped preda- tor. And why not, since sighting a tiger in the mid- dle of a jungle is a sight to behold. And if you are lucky enough to have a closer look, those two pro- found eyes will make you forget everything else and delve deep into the royalty of the majesty. But, fret not. If you missed these facts, put your seat belts on and get set for an informato- ry ride. Though the tiger is the largest among the cat family, the cubs are born blind and it is only after a couple of weeks that they open their eyes. Interesting enough? Here is one more. It is a known fact that the tiger is the only cat with a striped coat, however the stripes are not just on the fur but on the skin too. KILLING BY MYTH While the number of tigers has increased for the first time in their conservation history, WWF says that there is still a long way to go. Currently, the total population of tigers around the world is known to be at 3,900. A silver lining is that around 3,000 of those wild tiger populations are in India. However, with the increase in the numbers of the species, there is an increase in the myths surrounding them. “The most common myth is that once a tiger devours human flesh it cultivates a taste for it and becomes a “man-eater”. This is extreme anthro- pomorphizing. Second, you can tell a “man-eat- ing” tiger by looking in its eyes,” Prameek Kannan, Senior Biologist — Western Indian Tiger Landscape, Wildlife and Habitats Division, World Wildlife Fund for Nature -India (WWF- India), points out. There is, of course, more. Tiger’s whiskers and claws bring good luck. “If these whiskers and claws are responsible for tigers getting killed, how can those bring good luck for humans?,” asks Meraj Anwar, Coordinator — species conserva- tion, Terai Arc Landscape, WWF India. Tiger bones are a source of Chinese tradi- tional medicines and such claims have no scien- tific backup in terms of efficacy, Anwar adds. Sunit Kr Das, Senior Project Officer, Photos: Prameek Kannan Brahmaputra Landscape, WWF India, says that many believe that humans are a common prey of tigers. But it is not true. “Except man-eaters, tigers unplanned development have decimated most of primary producers i.e plants and trees,” says effort we are getting a positive result. No doubt normally avoid the human areas and confronta- our forests and prime tiger habitats, forcing tigers Anwar. the numbers are increasing. “But still so many tion,” he tells you. to live in smaller habitats where they often Pawar agrees with Anwar and says that the gaps are in the entire system and we need to fill Another common myth, Das says, is that encounter humans. This negative interaction with cat needs our immediate attention. those with our best effort,” opines Das . modern tigers are descendants of prehistoric humans puts the lives of both tigers and humans “To me, no other animal on earth creates as Following the 2018 All India Tiger Estimation saber-tooth. “But actually present tigers are not in grave danger. Tigers need large territories with much awe as the tiger. A graceful being coupled Exercise, which happens once in four years, and descendants of prehistoric saber-toothed tigers. ample prey and when there is not adequate prey with strength and fierceness, today this big cat is also considered to be the world largest wildlife Despite the misleading name, the two are not in the region, tigers are forced to venture out of deserves our immediate attention. With threats survey covering an area of 381,000 sq km of closely related,” Das explains. the forest in search of easy prey i.e., livestock, dogs of poaching, habitat fragmentation, and conflict forested habitats across 18 states where tigers are Brace yourself for some more. And apparently and others. Habitat destruction along with ille- with humans, tigers today stand as a symbol of found and involving a foot survey of 5.22 lakh the most interesting of all. “During the full moon gal hunting of prey are the prime threats to the conservation epitomizing the problems of van- km, India announced their tiger numbers to the night, when the jungle has pindrop silence, lan- survival of tigers in India,” says Pawar. ishing wildlife and fragmented habitats. world — as many as 2,967 tigers in the wild, mak- gurs atop a tree are hurdled close to each other. A quick fact again. No two tigers have the Ultimately, wherever there is a healthy tiger pop- ing India the country with most tigers in the wild. Their shadows are being casted on the ground due same stripe pattern — these are used by scien- ulation, there are healthy forests teeming with The population has increased by nearly 33 per to the strong moonlight. A tiger nearby on the tists and wildlife managers to tell individuals wildlife — and a flourishing forest not only ben- cent since the last census in 2014 when the total prowl, slowly makes his way towards the tree apart and keep track of their movements and efits wildlife but also humans,” explains Pawar. estimate was 2,226. India reached its Tx2 Goals where the langurs are resting. He cautiously populations. way before the deadline year of 2022 and every- chooses his victim and places his paw on the cho- And one more. Though famed as loners, THE COMPLEXITIES one seemed to be happy. sen langur’s shadow. The tiger lets out a mighty many male tigers actively engage in parental care Kannan recalls: “I was working as a biolo- “But, looking at a bigger picture, according roar killing the langur instantly and dropping it — a male may have litters with multiple partners gist in a multi-use reserve forest in Maharashtra to the The Status of Tigers in India Report-2018, dead on the ground. The tiger claims its kill and and may visit each of them and spend quality that harbors a healthy, breeding tiger population, ‘The occupancy of tigers in India has changed sig- walks away like nothing had happened and once time with their progeny and mates. These may living alongside a couple of million people. I was nificantly from 88,000-89,000 sq km to 40,000 sq again there is pindrop silence all around the jun- include hunting and sharing kills - a family group called to a spot with forest staff on an incident km since the year 2014’. This significant drop in gle,” Devavrat Pawar, Project officer — Species may even be able to take down larger prey as a of a tiger attacking a group of people, killing one, tiger-occupied areas in just four years is a big con- conservation, Terai Arc Landscape — Dehradun collective, than a single tiger usually does. ONE OF THE MOST and injuring a few more severely. When we vis- cern. It explains India’s poor connectivity between Program office, WWF India, mentions. ited the victims at the hospital, some of those in protected areas (Tiger Reserves) and Reserve AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ECOSYSTEM INTERESTING MYTH THAT I that same party exclaimed, “it was because of our Forests which acts as a corridor for tigers and DANGEROUS IN DANGER Every species is an essential part of the HAVE COME ACROSS IS fault that the tiger attacked, we knew of its pres- other wildlife. Shrinking presence of tigers out- The big cats, however, are not as safe as they ecosystem, but apex predators like tigers, because ence, and yet we persisted, we were asking for side tiger reserves in the country is an important should be. There are several threats that they are of their position in the food chain can have a dis- DURING THE FULL MOON trouble, it was our mistake, not the animal’s.” This issue which needs be addressed immediately. facing. proportionately large impact. The movements of NIGHT, WHEN THE JUNGLE kind of response left me awestruck!” Currently in India, such corridors, Reserve “One of the biggest threats that these cats are apex predators like tigers influence the movement Another instance in the same region, where Forests are not legally protected and a policy deci- facing is poaching — in poorly protected areas patterns of their prey — deer, antelope, wild cat- HAS PINDROP SILENCE, a tiger had attacked and killed a woman in a field. sion to protect these at the highest level is — both due to poor enforcement by the tle and monkeys. These potential prey species will LANGURS ATOP A TREE “The forest guard claimed the owners of the field required. Better habitat connectivity ensures dis- Government and poor local community support sound off alarm calls, on the approach of a preda- were well aware of the tiger in the area, and the persal of wildlife from one protected area to for living alongside tigers. Second, poaching of tor — at which they all flee. ARE HURDLED CLOSE TO staff worked in tandem with them - warning another protected area, boosts biodiversity in wild prey - both for subsistence (remote areas with “This so-called — landscape of fear, in turn EACH OTHER. THEIR them of tiger movements in the area. The farm- degraded ecosystems and safeguards genetic flow few alternatives), sport (in some areas hunting tra- shapes the vegetation growth and regeneration ers, he claimed, actually welcomed the presence between populations, thus decreasing the chances ditions are carried on for sport even when other patterns across the landscape. Prey will often SHADOWS ARE BEING of tigers and leopards in their fields — they kept of diseases caused by inbreeding,” Pawar tells you. alternatives are available), and trade (bush-meat leave an area or avoid one with a lot of predator the herbivores away — and they could get a good trade). Tigers may also occasionally be killed as activity — or following a recent kill instance. This CASTED ON THE GROUND night’s sleep. He claimed this attack happened PROJECT CAT TO THE RESCUE by-catch in traps set for ungulates. Additionally, may allow vegetation to re-grow — different DUE TO THE STRONG because a group of people not from that area but In 2016, Discovery India partnered with depleting prey may force tigers to target livestock species respond differently to browsing by her- further afield encountered the tiger and took it World Wide Fund for Nature to support a glob- for subsistence, which brings them into conflict bivores in different ways. Respite periods from MOONLIGHT. A TIGER upon themselves to chase the tiger. The tiger al effort to double the number of tigers in the wild with people,” Kannan tells you. the same allows different patterns of regenera- NEARBY ON THE PROWL, charged and took down the victim as it was mak- by 2022. In India, the partnership with WWF Not only this, but conflict with people is tion and growth that may in turn affect other ing its escape, unfortunately, the victim died on India includes the teams’ bold endeavors to intro- another major threat to the species. “Tigers may ecosystem services that include nutrient cycling SLOWLY MAKES HIS WAY the spot with the force of the attack,” Kannan tells duce nylon-net tiger fences in the 24 Parganas kill livestock and pose a threat to people in shared and hydrology. Therefore, apex predators such TOWARDS THE TREE you. Forest Division in Sundarbans as the fencing landscapes, when local support for the same is as tigers can have a cascading, top-down effect, Kannan says in both these instances, he got keeps tigers from wandering into villages near the poor, or Government mechanisms to compen- and their disappearance from an ecosystem has WHERE THE LANGURS ARE the first-hand experience of how complex forests, which in turn will reduce the wandering sate are inefficient or inadequate, locals may kill a suite of cascading effects that creates ripples RESTING. HE CAUTIOUSLY human-tiger relations are. of Royal Bengal Tigers into towns around the tigers and other wildlife in retaliation — by poi- across the ecosystem,” says Kannan. Sunderbans. soning or electrocution and other means,” Anwar adds that in the last two decades, bot- CHOOSES HIS VICTIM AND HUMAN-TIGER CO-EXISTENCE NEEDED Additionally, the introduction of protective Kannan explains. tled drinking water got popularised among the PLACES HIS PAW ON THE The way forward for tiger conservation, designs to decrease negative human-wildlife Adding to the threat list is rapid land trans- elites first and then among middle class people. Kannan says, is to facilitate better human-tiger interactions in villages across the Corbett Tiger formation. The fragmentation of multi-use land- Similarly, in the second wave of COVID-19 in CHOSEN LANGUR'S co-existence across multi-use areas. “These Reserve and the Amangarh Tiger Reserve. These scapes by infrastructure, agriculture and urban- India and abroad, the importance of oxygen was SHADOW. THE TIGER LETS include — working on protecting natural habi- measures incorporate early warning systems, solar isation reduces habitat connectivity for tigers, and realised by all of us. Tiger habitats or forest tat connectivity, mitigating costs incurred by local powered fences, and lookouts. Restoration and can make populations isolated and jeopardize ecosystems are perennial sources of fresh drink- OUT A MIGHTY ROAR people from wildlife, and also using smart tech- reinforcement of the fence to prevent negative their long-term survival. Additionally, habitat-loss ing water as well as of oxygen. “Bottled water or nology — CCTV cameras, mass text messaging human-tiger interactions, and ultimately, save the also reduces the overall habitat available to tigers oxygen in a canister cannot suffice our need of KILLING THE services, among others, to create awareness on the lives of both people and tigers. A floating camp which escalates human-tiger conflict. free flowing fresh water and oxygen coming out LANGUR INSTANTLY movements of potentially dangerous wildlife in and speed boat are also being provided toward “With the ever-increasing human population, of forests. Tiger sits as a top predator in the eco- shared spaces — to avoid conflict situations,” he the West Bengal Forest Directorate, to speed up there is a lot of pressure on our natural resources. logical pyramid and provides umbrella protec- — DEVAVRAT PAWAR says. the response time of the forest personnel during Large scale habitat destruction followed by tion to all of secondary carnivores, herbivores and Das says that with the current conservation the crisis. kaleid scope backpage HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 1, 2021 Astronauts returning from Moon went through customs n July 20, 1969, the world watched with Obated breath as man set foot on the Moon. 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