Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW GET THE RIGHT 70 SENIOR BANKERS IN SATWIK-CHIRAG FINISH BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH POLICY LEVER FRAY FOR LVB TOP POST SECOND IN FRANCE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 1 Issue 362 VIJAYAWADA, TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable ASHWATHAMA IS BASED ON INCI- DENTS FROM NAGA SHOURYA'S LIFE { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com Govt to pay Suggestions sought from stipend to NAIDU'S LEADER OF OPPN jr advocates public on new capital city VIJAYAWADA: As PNS n VIJAYAWADA announced earlier, the YSRCP government has STATUS UNDER THREAT The six-member Expert decided to provide a month- L VENKAT RAM REDDY Committee formed by the gov- ly stipend of Rs 5,000 to n HYDERABAD ernment to review develop- junior advocates. The govern- ment plans and also suggest a ment issued an order to this If indications coming in from TDP MLA sticks comprehensive strategy for the effect on Monday. the ruling YSRCP hold true, State's all-round development, According to the order, the TDP is set to lose its main including the new capital, on applicants should possess Opposition status, which could Monday invited suggestions graduation in Law and their also mean curtains for to guns on quitting from the people. names should be entered in Chandrababu Naidu's posi- Though constituted on the rolls of advocates being tion as Leader of Opposition Naidu says resigning ‘not solution' September 13, the committee maintained by the Andhra (LoP) in the Andhra Pradesh started actual functioning only Pradesh State Bar Council. Assembly. PNS n VIJAYAWADA last week and has six weeks to Applications from fresh TDP's Gannavaram MLA submit its report to the govern- Law graduates, who passed Vallabhaneni Vamsi created a TDP MLA Vallabhaneni ment. Committee convener out in the year 2016 and furore two days ago by resign- Vamsi, who resigned from the and retired IAS officer GN Rao Sources said the Expert Committee might afterwards, are only eligible. ing as a legislator as well as a will quietly join YSRCP at a party and his post on Sunday, in a release on Monday said The period of first three primary member of TDP. He later date after the dust settles stuck to his guns on Monday they have decided to elicit submit its report in mid-December and the years of practice shall be even went to the extent of on his sudden resignation, or even as TDP chief N views from the people on var- government's decision on the fate of the counted from the date of announcing his decision to if Jagan works out some Chandrababu Naidu wrote ious development aspects, capital city would become clear in the new year certificate of enrolment. quit politics altogether. 'accommodation' for back saying "resigning or quit- including the capital. Continued on Page 3 However, political circles sense Yarlagadda. ting politics is not correct "People can email their sug- a 'larger political strategy' of In any case, questions are solution." gestions to expertcommit- and also suggest a comprehen- Administration Botsa YSRCP chief and AP Chief being raised about why Vamsi Vamsi wrote a letter to [email protected] by sive strategy for the State's all- Satyanarayana announced that Minister YS Jaganmohan submitted his MLA resignation Naidu on Sunday saying he November 12. We will consid- round development. the government would take a 44,941 posts Reddy to stamp out the 'main to TDP chief N Chandrababu decided to "quit politics" to Vallabhaneni Vamsi er them while preparing our "The Expert Committee will call on the "scope and shape" opposition' TDP from the AP Naidu, when as per norms it safeguard the (party) cadre. report," Rao said. undertake a quick review of of the capital based on the in govt depts Legislative Assembly, behind should be submitted to "I had the satisfaction of Naidu wrote back saying, "I Amid growing uncertainty the development plans initiat- Expert Committee's recom- Vamsi's resignation fiasco. Speaker. That act creates sus- doing commendable and think resigning or quitting on whether or not Amaravati ed so far and suggest a compre- mendations. Speculations are rife that picion about whether he is real- unparallelled public service as politics is not correct solution." will remain the capital of hensive strategy for all-round Sources said the committee to be filled Vamsi may eventually join ly serious on quitting the MLA a legislator... Now, having been "Let me reaffirm that you Andhra Pradesh, the Jagan development of the entire might submit its report in VIJAYAWADA: The State YSRCP. As for his announce- post. elected again as a legislator, me, quitting politics will not stop Mohan Reddy government has State, including the capital," the mid-December and the gov- government is gearing up to ment to quit politics, that is just Jagan's calculation seems to my associates and followers are the harassment and vindictive appointed the Expert government had announced ernment's decision on the fate fill 44,941 posts in various a part of the strategy to silence be that since Vamsi tendered in neck deep troubles due to political actions unleashed Committee, essentially to while constituting the commit- of the capital city would departments. According to the rising unrest in YSRCP his resignation to the TDP, he the vindictive attitude of local by the YSRCP and their review the development plans tee. Minister for Municipal become clear in the New Year. official sources, recruitment against new entrants into the is no more a TDP MLA and YSRCP in-charge and partisan stooges in the government. It will be done for 13,591 posts party - given that Gannavaram will be treated as an attitude of some government is our responsibility to fight in the police department, YSRCP leader Yarlagadda Independent MLA. Therefore employees," Vamsi stated in the against such unconstitution- 20,000 teacher posts, 2,750 Venkat Rao lost to Vamsi by a there is bar on an Independent letter to Naidu. al and undemocratic methods Cancel EU MPs’ posts in the forest department slender margin and is strong- MLA joining YSRCP and it will He said their (associates) of the present government by RTC woman conductor apart from 2,600 Group - IV ly opposed to the entry of his not be viewed as 'defection' problems could compound bringing awareness among visit to Kashmir, and 1,000 Group- II posts. rival. technically. because of him, if he continued the public." In addition to these, 5,000 It is understood that Vamsi Continued on Page 3 as a legislator. Replying to this, Continued on Page 3 says Swamy posts in other departments commits suicide will also be recruited. Staffer posted at Sathupally Depot hangs self PNS n NEW DELHI Candidates applying for the posts should be in the age Kanna terms In an embarrassment for the group of 18 to 30 years. Was driver for Jeeyar government, Bharatiya Janata Minimum educational Jagan govt Party MP Subramanian requirement is a pass in grad- Swamy, here on Monday, uation. as inefficient slammed the decision to Swamiji for 8 days: KCR allow a delegation of PNS n VIJAYAWADA Members of European Union PNS n HYDERABAD Parliament to visit Kashmir Amrapali Kata BJP State president Kanna and demanded its cancella- Chief Minister K Lakshminarayana said that tion. gets Central Chandrasekhar Rao said his he has never seen such an Swamy described the move belief and worship of the Lord inefficient government as as a "perversion" of the coun- deputation stems from the upbringing he the one led by YS try's policy. got from his parents, and that Jaganmohan Reddy. This "I am surprised that the HYDERABAD: IAS officer his childhood has passed in the government is only capable TSRTC employees taking part in a funeral procession of woman bus conductor, MEA (Ministry of External Amrapali Kata is deputed to Vaishnava tradition. Talking of painting government who committed suicide, in Khammam district on Monday Affairs) has arranged for the Centre to serve as 'deputy about he came close to China buildings in YSRCP colours European Union MPs, in secretary' in the Union cabi- Jeeyar Swamiji, the Chief and showing off, but not in PNS n KHAMMAM Earlier, Srinivas Reddy, work- their private capacity (not net secretariat. The officer of Minister said that Swamiji had ruling the State properly. ing in the Khammam depot as EU's official delegation), to 2010 batch is among the came to Siddipeta for the inau- In a tweet in Telugu on A woman bus conductor work- driver committed suicide set- visit Kashmir. This is a per- youngest bureaucrats to be guration of a temple many Monday, Lakshminarayana ing for Telangana State Road ting himself ablaze at his house version of our national poli- appointed to the post. years ago, and stayed in his said Jaganmohan Reddy, who Transport Corporation in Khammam on October 12. cy. I urge the government to The transfer order was house. has won 150 seats, had given (TSRTC) allegedly commit- Over 48,000 employees of the cancel this visit because it's issued from the establish- During his stay, the CM a return gift to construction ted suicide by hanging RTC are on strike demand- immoral," Swamy tweeted. ment officer to GOI, depart- said, he worked for Swamiji as workers landing them in a sit- at her residence here, ing among others the The delegation of ment of personnel & training, a car driver for eight days and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at China Jeeyar Swamiji's Tirunakshthra uation where they are not in a senior police said merger of the corpora- European Parliamentarians New Delhi on Monday. heard his enlightened words. Mahotsavam function in Hyderabad on Monday a position to earn even Rs 150 on Monday. tion with the govern- will be travelling to J&K on The order said, "Ms. KCR said he had no prior The CM said during pated in Tirunakshthra per day. Neeraja, a con- ment, a demand reject- Tuesday, nearly three months Amrapali Kata was recom- introduction with China Jeeyar Mahotsavam (birthday cele- ductor working in ed by Chief Minister K after the state's special status mended for Central deputa- Swamiji. "Devotees and Vikasa Swamiji’s stay at his brations) held at China Jeeyar Sathupally Depot took Chandrasekhar Rao. under Article 370 was abol- tion by the state government Tharanigni friends had come house, he worked for Swamyji Ashram located in the extreme step on The family members of the ished and it was divided into (referring to Telangana) . She to me in 1986-87 as they pro- the seer as a car driver Muchhinthal here on Monday. Sunday night, police deceased alleged that Neeraja two Union Territories. has been selected for appoint- posed to perform Talking about spirituality, he Commissioner Tafseer Iqubal was depressed over losing her ment as deputy secretary in Brahmayagnam, and asked me and was enlightened quoted the example of said. "We just got the informa- job in the wake of the ongoing the cabinet secretariat - under to do the programme in my by his words Siddipeta former MLA Guruva tion that she committed suicide. strike. Neeraja was working as the central staffing scheme village. I said OK. After this, Reddy, who he said was a Reasons for the suicide are yet a conductor for the past four for 4 years'. friends started the necessary hardcore Communist, but to be established," the official years. Police were informed The Centre has directed works. At that time, there was urge Swamiji to stay in my eventually the same Guruva told PTI. about the incident around 12 the Telangana state govern- no Brahmana Parishath in my house. Swamiji accepted my constructed a Ramalayam. The RTC employees who have noon on Monday. Last week, ment to relieve her from village. People asked me to request. In that period, I served CM said that everyone, what- been agitating since October 5 Neeraja took her two children duties to take up a new have Jeeyar Swamiji stay in my as a driver for Swamiji and ever status they may hold, over certain demands, gathered to celebrate Deepavali at her assignment. The officer has house as there was no suitable went around several to tem- turns towards God at one in large number at the residence mother's place in Pallegudem, been given three weeks time place for him in village. It was ples," he said. point of time. of Neeraja and shouted slogans while her husband went to his to take charge. a great fortune that I could The Chief Minister partici- Continued on Page 3 Kanna Lakshminarayana against the state government. mother's place. Subramanian Swamy TODAY 3,749 killed in Maoists ALMANAC Vizag cyber cops bust Vizag girl ends life over Month & Paksham: violence in 9 yrs: MHA Kartik& Shukla Paksha online fake dating racket ‘menstruation harassment’ Panchangam PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Tithi : Dwitiya: 03:47 pm n The racket came to light when a Girl's granny restricted her to one room in the Over 3,700 people were killed Nakshatram: Visakha: 11:12 pm Exposing a fake online dating month ago, cyber police received in Naxal violence in 10 states, Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start platform, the Vizag Cyber a complaint from one youngster, house as her father is on an Ayyappa Deeksha the highest in Chhattisgarh, in any important work) Crime police arrested 24 girls who is an employee at a private the last nine years, the and three men based out of firm in Vizag city SUMIT ONKA quiet, she felt mentally sick. Ministry of Home Affairs said Rahukalam: 02:51 pm – 04:16 pm n Kolkata. Many people, includ- n VISAKHAPATNAM Saying that she needs to in its annual report. Yamagandam: 09:08 am – 10:33 am ing Vizagites, had got trapped He complained that the online change the dress, the girl has In its report for 2018-19, the Varjyam: 03:00 am- 04:31 am paying money to become part dating club took about Rs 18 In a shocking incident that closed the door and commit- ministry said the CPI (Maoist) lakh from him on the guise of Gulika: 11:59 am - 01:25 pm of dating clubs. speaks about the menstruation ted suicide by hanging from continues to be the most The members of the fake providing young girls for dating taboo in society, a 16-year-old the ceiling fan. The deceased's potent among various LWE The highest number of Good Time: (to start any important work) dating team have cheated hun- girl committed suicide after brother broke open the door outfits in the country and casualties due to the Left Wing Amritakalam: 03:04 pm - 04:32 pm dreds of people across the her grandmother confined her and found her hanging. She responsible for more than 88 Extremism (LWE) took place Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:36 am - 12:22 pm country. The accused expect- in a room and not to roam died while shifting to a hos- per cent of the total violent in Chhattisgarh where 1,370 ed that no one would com- inside the house during the pital. incidents and resultant deaths. people were killed in 3,769 VIJAYAWADA plain to the police about the menstrual cycle. Kancherapalem police reg- "Amidst increasing revers- violent incidents perpetrated WEATHER racket as it involved the The incident took place at istered a case under Section es, the CPI (Maoist) has been by the Maoists between 2010 exchange of money for mas- Tummatipalem under touch clothes in the house. 174 of Cr PC. Kancherapalem making efforts to expand to and 2018. Forecast: Clear with periodic clouds sages and sex. Some other Kancharapalem police station Moreover, as the girl's father is Inspector P Krishna Rao said, new areas along the inter- Altogether 997 people were Temp: 32/24 Vizagites were also duped to limits in Vizag on Sunday. on an Ayyappa Deeksha, her "Parents informed us soon state borders without any sig- killed in 3,358 LWE violence Humidity: 86% the tune of Rs 2 to 3 lakh each, The deceased was studying grandmother told that during after the incident. We regis- nificant success," the report in Jharkhand in last nine years Sunrise: 06.13 according to the cops. from one youngster, who is an Intermediate in the city. As she the menstrual cycle, she should tered a case and sent the body said. As many as 3,749 people while 387 people lost their Sunset: 05.46 The racket came to light employee at a private firm in was on period, the girl's grand- not touch anything. for post-mortem. On Monday, lost their lives in 10,660 inci- lives in 1,526 similar violent Current Weather Conditions when a month ago, cyber Vizag city. mother has asked her to sit The girl felt bad about it. As we handed over the body to dents of violence in 10 states incidents in Bihar during the Updated October 28, 2019 5:00 PM police received a complaint Continued on Page 3 aside in the home and not to they have asked her to sit her parents." since 2010, the report said. same period. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 vijayawada 02

CAPSULE Integrity pledge administered Farmathon spreading Ankurarpanam for Homa Mahotsavams PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM environmental awareness VIJAYAWADA: Ankurarpanam for PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Homa Mahotsavams will be RINL is observing the performed from October 29 till Vigilance Awareness Week- November 26 at Sri Kapileswara 2019 from October 28 to Timpany Schools hosted Swamy temple in Tirupati. Every November 2 with a view to cre- Farmathon, a national farmer's year, during the holy Karthika ate awareness among the network, here on Monday cel- month, TTD observes this month- employees to promote integri- ebrating the 25 years of the long celestial fete on a religious ty and probity in public life. Programme of Environmental note in this famous temple The CVC has chosen 'Integrity Awareness in Schools (PEAS) dedicated to Lord Shiva. This fete - A Way of Life', as the theme in India. Children and teach- commences with Ankurarpanam for this year, to emphasise on ers from schools, farmers and on Tuesday evening. Deputy the need to imbibe integrity as Farmathon representatives executive officer Subramanyam a core value. were present. and superintendent Bhupati are PK Rath, CMD, RINL-VSP, Starting with a march aim- A rally being taken out by schoolchildren, farmers and others to create awareness supervising the arrangements. along with P J Vijayakar, IFS, Officials of RINL administering pledge to mark Vigilance Awareness Week in Visakhapatnam on Monday ing at spreading environmen- on nautural farming in Visakhapatnam on Monday CVO, RINL, K C Das, Director tal awareness, the group (Personnel), VV Venugopal To promote integrity among assembled in the Timpany was an opportunity to recog- importance of sustainable farm- Inter-school quiz Rao, Director (Finance), K K To promote integrity among the younger the younger generation, vari- School grounds. Chairman of nise and appreciate their tire- ing, community farming and competition on Nov 6 Ghosh, Director (Projects), generation, various competitions on the theme ous competitions on the theme PEAS, also Chairman of less efforts and labour by shared resources for farming at VISAKHAPATNAM: As part of Navy AK Saxena, Director of the week were conducted in Timpany Schools, Dr Ken Timpany schoolchildren and the first-of-its-kind event that Day celebrations, the Eastern Naval (Operations), administered the of the week were conducted in the schools the schools and colleges in the Gnanakan addressed the gath- their parents in Vizag. In the attempts to bring together those integrity pledge to all employ- vicinity of the plant. Elocution ering underlining the impor- city, it was a fusion of cultures, who support and those Command (ENC) is organising and colleges in the vicinity of the plant Inter-school quiz competition at ees at the main administrative competition for employees in tance of children becoming with many getting an opportu- involved in natural farming. Samudrika Naval Auditorium on building here on Monday on three languages will be con- aware of environmental issues nity to understand natural ter- Annie Cherian, Director of November 6. The competition the occasion of beginning of various departments and the surrounding villages, ducted on October 30. All causing damage to humans as race gardening, backyard gar- Timpany Schools thanked all coordinated by Navy Wives Welfare the Vigilance Awareness Week- employees participated and 'Gram Sabha' is planned for prize winners of various events well as nature. dening and integral multi- those present and outlined Association (NWWA) Eastern 2019. took the integrity pledge. In awareness at Gorlivanipalem will be felicitated at the valedic- Atchuta Rao, founder of crop natural farming methods. some activities that they will be Region, is open for students of Senior officers, HODs of order to sensitise the citizens in village on October 29. tory function on November 2. National Farmathon, said it The event highlights the pursuing next year. Classes VI, VII and VIII from all schools in the district. On the spot registrations will be open at the venue on November 6 from 8.30 am onwards. A preliminary round Former ‘Visalaandhra' editor TTD Info Centre officials told will be held from 9 am to 10.30 am to select six schools that will advance to the finals. More details can be obtained from Command C Raghavachari passes away Education Office over 0891- to expedite development works n 2812957 during working hours. PNS HYDERABAD n Raghavachari, who PNS n VIJAYAWADA Veteran Telugu journalist hailed from TTD JEO directed Pedda Sesha Vahana Chakravarthula Raghavachari, Shatapuram in TTD JEO P Basant Kumar the officers Seva at Tirumala who was the former editor of Warangal district's directed all the in-charge offi- Palakurthi mandal, was concerned to Vijayawada: In connection with Visalaandhra, a Telugu daily, cers of TTD Information Nagula Chaviti on October 31, passed away in Hyderabad in the undergoing treatment Centres and Kalyana implement Pedda Sesha Vahana Seva will be early hours of Monday. He was at a hospital in Mandapams located across paperless taken out in Tirumala. Sri 80-year-old. Raghavachari, who Hyderabad since a few the country to speed up the administration, Malayappa Swamy flanked by His hailed from Shatapuram in days for age-related development works of the two Consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi Warangal district's Palakurthi man- ailments respective areas. ERP and internal will be taken on a ride along the dal, was undergoing treatment at a A video-conference with all audit in their four mada streets on that day hospital in Hyderabad since a few be shifted to the main office of the officers of the TTD respective between 7 pm and 9 pm. Pedda days for age-related ailments. Visalaandhra in Vijayawada for Office said in a statement. TDP Information Centres located at Sesha is the five hooded divine The senior journalist was the people to pay their last respects. chief and Leader of Opposition Kanyakumari, Hyderabad, centres and also snake and often revered as editor of Visalaandhra, a paper Andhra Pradesh Chief N Chandrababu Naidu also Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, ensure that there Adisesha - the serpent king, who affiliated to the CPI for several Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy expressed grief at the death. Kurukshetra and New Delhi is no staff crunch serves his beloved Master as an decades. His body was shifted to expressed his grief over his death. "Raghavachari was committed to was held by JEO at the confer- TTD JEO P Basant Kumar addressing a meeting in Tirupati on Monday to umbrella, cot, ornament and Makdoom Bhavan in "Raghavachari believed in value- the development of the underriv- ence hall in TTD administra- review TTD development works event owns the privilege of being Hyderabad, the state headquar- based journalism, which reflect- ileged. I pray to God for his soul tive building on Monday. the first carrier of Lord during ters of the CPI. Several party lead- ed in his writings and has been to rest in peace, and I extend my He directed the officers con- immediately brought to my Brahmotsava Vahana Sevas. ers and workers paid floral trib- an inspiration to younger gener- deepest sympathies to his fami- cerned to implement paperless nal audit in their respective there is no staff crunch. "If any notice without any delay", he utes to him. The body may later ations," the Chief Minister's ly," Naidu tweeted. administration, ERP and inter- centres and also ensure that problem is there, it should be instructed. The ‘dangerous night time raid' to kill Baghdadi n IANS WASHINGTON Their target, Abu Bakr As President Donald Trump al-Baghdadi, the brutal ‘Talented' dog and senior advisers settled into the Situation Room, elite US founder and leader of forces more than 6,000 miles the Islamic State, was away launched one of the most injured in raid’ significant counterterrorism holed up in a operations in the campaign compound in IANS n WASHINGTON against the Islamic State. Taking off in eight helicopters northwestern Syria with A US service dog was injured in from northern Iraq, the troops family members and the "daring" American air raid in flew over hostile territory for northwest Syria that ended in the hundreds of miles in the morn- associates, and the death of dreaded ISIS terrorist ing darkness. United States had been Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, President Their target, Abu Bakr al- watching him for days Donald Trump said on Sunday. Baghdadi, the brutal founder and President Trump said when the Being chased by leader of the Islamic State, was American troops landed in eight holed up in a compound in detonating a suicide vest, killing Other US officials declined to that remain unknown are the helicopters along with specially dogs towards northwestern Syria with family himself and three of his children. describe Baghdadi's state in his composition of the force involved trained canines, they also had the dead end of members and associates, and the "He didn't die a hero. He died last moments. How the operation and how they communicated with them a robot, the first of its a tunnel, Abu United States had been watching a coward," the presi- - named for Kayla Mueller, an with more senior commanders in kind, to go after the ISIS terror- him for days. dent said. "Crying, American aid worker, who was Washington and beyond. ist inside the tunnel. Bakr Al-Baghdadi What followed was what whimpering, abducted and raped repeatedly But, in colourful and at times Being chased by dogs towards killed himself by Trump called a "dangerous screaming and by Baghdadi before she was taunting language, Trump campaign against the Islamic the dead end of a tunnel, Abu blowing up his and daring nighttime raid" bringing kids killed, according to US officials revealed details of an operation State. Trump saw raid Bakr Al-Baghdadi killed himself powerful suicide that was carried off "in with him to die. - came together is still something that marks one of the major vic- The President, speaking at by blowing up his powerful sui- grand style." It ended, he Certain death." of a mystery. Among the details tories in the five-year US-led the White House, said he "got that killed ISIS cide vest. As such the robot was vest said, with Baghdadi flee- to watch" much of the raid not used, the president told ing from advancing Who went into unusual detail during a national address broadcast beginning about 5 pm in chief unfold live reporters at the White House, giv- by minute basis. It was brutal. US forces into from the White House. The United States began to receive Washington. He credited undis- ing details of the operation in When he blew himself up, the a dead- closed technology for giving northwest Syria. "Nobody was tunnel collapsed on top of him on intelligence on the whereabouts of Baghdadi around a month ago, WASHINGTON: US President end him "absolutely perfect" visuals Donald Trump on Sunday even hurt. Our canine as they call, top of everything. He led his three tunnel including some "helpful" information from the Kurds, that were "as though you were announced that Abu Bakr al- I call it a dog, a beautiful dog. A children to death, he said. Trump and DONALD TRUMP, America President watching a movie. Baghdadi, leader of terror talented dog was injured and said the robot was not used. group ISIS died during an brought back," Trump said in "We were moving fast. We overnight raid led by US response to a question. weren't 100 per cent sure about VIJAYAWADA military forces in Syria. The US troops blasted their the tunnel being dead ended. It's BULLION RATES Here is a description of the raid way inside the strong compound, possible that there could have according to Trump, who went he said. "They blasted their way been in the escape patch some- GOLD ‘Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture’ into unusual detail during a in so quickly. It was incredible. where along that we didn't know ` (10 gm) national address broadcast Because the building was quite about. So we moved very, very 38,760 n ` 220 IANS BAGHDAD (REUTERS) the White House, Trump said from the White House. The powerful, strong. They blasted quickly. These people were mov- the Islamic State leader died United States began to receive their way in and then all hell broke ing. They were chasing," he said. SILVER In their long hunt for Abu Bakr alongside three of his children intelligence on the loose. It's incredible that nobody "Even not going through the front ` 45,500(1kg) al-Baghdadi, Iraqi intelligence when he detonated an explo- whereabouts of Baghdadi was killed or hurt. We had door. You'd think you go through ` 0 teams secured a break in sives-laden vest after fleeing into around a month ago, including nobody even hurt. That's why the the door. If you're a normal per- February 2018 after one of the a dead-end tunnel during the some "helpful" information dog was so great," he said. son, you say, knock, knock, may Islamic State leader's top aides attack. from the Kurds, said Trump. "We actually had a robot to go I come in? The fact is that they CHICKEN gave them information on how The path to Baghdadi's US intelligence officials were in the tunnel, but we didn't get it (commandoes) blasted their way RATES `/KG he escaped capture for so many demise was full of frustrations able to "scope out" his exact because we were tracking it very into the house in a very heavy years, said two Iraqi security for Western and Arab intelli- location two weeks ago, while closely," Trump said, revealing wall and it took them literally sec- Dressed/With Skin `131 officials. gence agencies, which have Trump himself became aware one of the highly guarded secrets onds," he said. Without Skin `149 Baghdadi would sometimes pored over clues to the where- of the planned raid three days of the American counter-terror- "By the time those things went Broiler at Farm `90 hold strategy talks with his abouts of a man, who imposed ago. As part of the plan, the ism operation. "We had a robot off, they had a beautiful big hall commanders in moving a reign of terror across a large United States had to secure just in case because we were and they ran into. They got minibuses packed with vegeta- swathe of Syria and Iraq, order- permission from Russia, Iraq afraid he had a suicide vest on. everybody by surprise. EGG bles in order to avoid detection, ing his men to carry out mass and Turkey to fly over their And if you get close to him and Unbelievably brilliant as fighters. 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Bakr Al-Baghdadi was the last "Ethawi gave valuable infor- "Ethawi gave us details on five in a raid by the US special forces ultra-fanatic version of Islam. the nature of the operation to He had a very powerful suicide man that came out from the hide- VISAKHAPATNAM 398 mation, which helped the Iraqi men, including him, whom in the Idlib region of northwest Turning militants such as Russia, but told Russian vest while they had it, Trump out, before which many of his RETAIL PRICE `3.90 officials they would "like" it. (IN VIJAYAWADA) multi-security agencies team were meeting Baghdadi inside Syria. Ethawi was critical to the agents said, adding that he was getting people were killed or gave up, complete the missing pieces of Syria and the different locations In a televised address from trying to track Baghdadi. full reports literally on a minute Trump said.

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Constables of G RAVI KIRAN n Tourism Muttamsetti Srinivasa Pedana Police Station received n VIJAYAWADA The government is not Rao (Avanthi Srinivas) visited information stating that one keen on the the site on Monday, along Ashok of Pedapullapadu village The foundation for capital city development of the with officials, and examined in Pedana mandal of Krishna Amaravati was laid amid hype capital city, as it is the ancient Buddhist stupa District was selling liquor bottles and hoopla, but after YS according top priority that had crumbled during the from his residence. Immediately, Jaganmohan Reddy assuming for the implementation rains recently. they had gone to his house and charge as the Chief Minister of welfare schemes and Even though the modern found liquor stock. But, the the construction activity in most of the funds are mahastupa was reconstructed accused Ashok and his brother the capital city came to a being allocated for them in 2016 despite the wide-rang- Kishore created a furore alleging standstill. ing protest of heritage experts that constables entered their Though an Experts only, opine political as reconstruction or rebuilding home forcibly and assaulted Committee was appointed by analysts any structure on a heritage site Minister for Tourism Muttamsetti Srinivas Rao, along with officials, inspecting them. Immediately, local the government on the capital n Allegations were levelled violates norms of archaeology, Thotlakonda in Visakhapatnam on Monday villagers gathered and with their city development, actions indi- the minister and officials again support, Kishore and Ashok by the Opposition party cate that the government is spoke about rebuilding the portation for tourists. Steps n The ancient heritage made a bid to attack constables. reportedly nullifying that the government is collapsed structure. have been taken to provide for But, on receiving information Amaravati plans. killing the concept of "We will explore the causes watering the trees within the sites of Thotalkonda Sub-Inspector of Pedana with Meanwhile, a few people Allegations were levelled by the constructed like Secretariat, capital city Amaravati in of the wreck and rebuild the premises. and Bavikonda on Vizag- additional force reached the exuded confidence that by Opposition party that the gov- Assembly and others. While various ways structure. The previous gov- The ancient heritage sites of Bheemili route houses location and controlled the minimising the budget, the ernment is killing the concept Happy Nest, a project of ernment had put in lakhs of Thotalkonda and Bavikonda 2000-year-old monastic situation. Sub-Inspector of government may finish the of capital city Amaravati in var- CRDA, also stalled. Now, cus- rupees on this and carried on Vizag-Bheemili route complex with stupas, Pedana said "Our constables capital city construction. But, ious ways. tomers are demanding the He further said: "Even, our out an inferior quality work. houses 2000-year-old monas- Chaitaya Grihas and found liquor stock at the home it seems the government is not TDP MLC Buddha CRDA to return their booking employees were downsized. We will investigate into the tic complex with stupas, Viharas atop of Ashok. After questioning keen on continuing any con- Venkanna said: "The govern- money. Most of the outsourcing and cause of the collapse of the Chaitaya Grihas and Viharas them, they tried to create a Thotlakonda Hill and struction activity in the capital. ment has created a lot of con- One of the CRDA officials contract employees quit. No mahastupa and action would atop Thotlakonda Hill and Bavikonda Hill scene colluding with a few local While some others opine fusion by making contradicto- said "If there is no permanent consulting agency is function- be taken against the staff found Bavikonda Hill. In 2015, villagers and tried to attack our that the government is not ry statements on the capital Secretariat, Assembly and ing. Only skeletal staff are responsible for it. We will also despite severe objections from constables. But, we foiled their keen on the development of the city. A few buildings are under other constructions, then there working. And now, the duty of redevelop the entire area and Intach (Indian National Trust bricks, building material and attempt and taken them into capital city, as it is according construction and roads were is no meaning of having quar- the CRDA is to give permis- set up an International Yoga for Art and Cultural Heritage) rocks brought from custody. We registered a case top priority for the implemen- laid to an extent, but every- ters here, which are under sions to new buildings or ven- Centre here," the minister said. and other heritage activists, Vijayawada and Yendada on under Section 353 for tation of welfare schemes and thing came to a grinding halt." construction. May be due to tures in its region and taking The minister said shelters the State government went the excavated base of the obstructing police duty and a most of the funds are being Earlier, a few expected that that, the government is not ini- action against illegal construc- would be provided besides ahead with reconstructing original stupa flouting her- case under Excise Act. allocated for them only. minimum buildings will be tiating any work here." tions." arrangement of bus trans- the structure with modern itage conservation norms. Two injured in cracker unit blast LEADERS TAKE GOVT TO TASK ON SAND CRISIS VPT, DCI observe Vigilance Awareness Week succumb to injuries KAKINADA: Two persons, who sustained burn injuries in the Jobless plumber records video before ending life Initiatives taken by VPT blast in fire carjacker making unit on November 18 at G PNS n VIJAYAWADA Vemavaram in Tallarevu mandal n Polepalli Venkatesh in East Godavari Polepalli Venkatesh, who used said he is committing to curb graft lauded district,succumbed to burn to work as a plumber in suicide as he is unable injuries. In all, 10 persons were n engaged in the work in the ill Guntur, committed suicide to find work due to PNS VISAKHAPATNAM fated unit when the incident after recording a video on sand crisis mobile. He committed suicide The Visakhapatnam Port Trust occurred. Of the two, who n succumbed to injuries in the on September 28, but the TDP chief tweets on and Dredging Corporation of blast, Y Naga Babu died two video came to light on Sunday. suicide posts video of India Limited jointly observed days ago and the second one Y He stated in that video that the deceased inaugural function of Vigilance he is unable to earn money Awareness Week here on Satyam died on Monday while n TDP leaders Prattipati undergoing treatment. The and said sorry to his wife Monday at DCIL office. remaining eight are still Raasi, daughter Chaya and his Pulla Rao, Dokka Deputy chairman of VPT PL undergoing treatment at the father-in-law. He stated in Manikya Vara Prasad Haranadh and managing direc- Kakinada government hospital that video that as there is no visited the home of tor of DCIL Rajesh Tripathi work, he is unable to earn administered the integrity pledge and their condition is said to be Venkatesh and n stable. With these two deaths, money. Hence, he has no value Leader of Opposition N Kalyan announced Rs 1 lakh their homes respectively. consoled his wife and in English and Hindi to the offi- Rajesh Tripathi, the number of victims in fire among relatives and others Chandrababu Naidu has compensation to the Both used to work as mason- kin. cers and employees of both the Managing Director of cracker unit blasts has gone up and has become as an inca- tweeted on this suicide saying Venkatesh's family. He ries and lost livelihood due to organisations. DCIL, emphasised the to eight. On September 28, a pable person before them, he that without having work for appealed to the Union govern- sand scarcity. n They handed over Rs 2 J Pradeep Kumar, Chief need of preventive blast occurred at G Medapadu reportedly recorded in the five months, building workers ment to intervene on sand AP Building and Other lakhs compensation on Vigilance Officer, VPT, while vigilance. He further in Smarlakota mandal in which video. are committing suicides. He scarcity. Due to hasty decision Construction Workers behalf of the party speaking on the occasion, stat- stressed on the role six women workers succumbed His wife Raasi lodged a demanded that the govern- and incapability of the State Federation State secretary ed preventive vigilance as the and importance of complaint with police about ment wake up from slumber government, lakhs of building Narasimha Rao said "The n Pawan Kalyan best form of vigilance and to burn injuries after technology in undergoing treatment for a her husband's suicide and and pay compensation to the workers are in pathetic condi- government has created a appealed to the Union exhorted the need for availabil- combating corruption week. According to information stated "He is in depression he workers, who lost their liveli- tions, he added. He said that crisis. The National Green government to ity of information in the website available, Mummivaram MLA was deprived of work as works hood due to sand crisis. He has a rally will be taken out Tribunal has given permis- intervene on sand as knowledge was always power. n J Pradeep Kumar, Chief sion to 247 quarries, but the Ponnada Satish Kumar were stalled for the past many posted the video of the November 3 in scarcity He emphasised that organisa- Vigilance Officer, VPT, months due to sand crisis. Not deceased also. TDP leaders Visakhapatnam and appealed government opened only 41. tions should identify the grey approached the Collector to emphasised that extend the same compensation only our family, but also many Prattipati Pulla Rao, Dokka to all the victims to participate The online website is work- areas and eradicate those with of Rs 10 lakh to G Vemavaram people belonging to our village Manikya Vara Prasad visited in the rally. ing only for a while in a day months? We demand the help of technology. He further organisations should fire cracker unit deceased as become jobless." the home of Venkatesh and It may be recalled that on and that too to book the sand government to pay Rs 10,000 added that by creating an envi- identify the grey areas extended to six women, who Venkatesh hailed from consoled his wife and family Saturday, Naga Brahmmaji of by the mafia, which is selling to workers as compensation. ronment where discretion would and eradicate those died in fire cracker unit blast at Gorantla village in Sattenapalli members. They handed over Munipalle village, Ponnuru it for high prices in the black We appeal to workers to be minimised and direct inter- with help of technology G Medapadu on September 28 mandal. In this village, many Rs 2 lakhs compensation on mandal in Guntur district market. The flood situation fight against the government face to be reduced as corruption n in the district. used to work in the construc- behalf of TDP. and P Venkata Rao of Guntur is only in September and and not to resort to the affects the quality of life of Rajesh Tripathi, tion sector. Jana Sena chief Pawan city committed suicide at October, what about earlier extreme step." common people. Managing Director of PL Haranadh while delivering DCIL, emphasised the address appreciated the initia- need of preventive tives taken by the VPT to curb vigilance Vizag cyber cops bust online fake dating racket corruption. He further added Nursing student commits that the best way to combat cor- Continued from Page1 Police Station, V Gopinath and ruption is to strengthen the Chief guest of the occasion P his team investigated the case system. He said honest system Vimaladitya, CBI SP He complained that the online based on the complaint. The suicide in Vizag city produces honest officers. He fur- Visakhapatnam, emphasized dating club took about Rs 18 lakh gang had been operating from PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Sunday morning to greet them ther added value system and the importance of effective vig- from him on the guise of provid- Kolkata in West Bengal. on the occasion of Diwali. No belief in 'karma' would certain- ilance, which actually speed up ing young girls for dating. Kumar Gopinath and his team with the A final year nursing student suicide note was found. Her ly help in reducing corruption. the process in manifold. Citing said that he received SMSs from support of the Kolkata police car- studying at the King George family members alleged that she Rajesh Tripathi, Managing the examples of IRCTC and different unidentified phone ried out a raid on Ocelum IT Hospital Nursing School com- might have been harassed by the Director of DCIL, empha- passport, he lucidly explained numbers with offers of member- Services Pvt Ltd at Tollygunge mitted suicide by hanging in her faculty. Two Town police shift- sised the need of preventive the role of technology not only ship to the clubs for casual dat- Circular Road from where the hotel room on the KGH premis- ed the body to the KGH mor- vigilance. He further stressed in reducing man hours and ing and sex. Later, he received a gang was operating the racket. es here in the early hours of tuary and registered a case of on the role and importance of energy but also in helping to phone call from a girl from Gopinath said that three per- Monday. suspicious death. In the second technology in combating cor- bring down the corruption. Purple Fantasy dating website, also offered sex with beautiful from the girls. But, Kumar never sons employed girls to run the She was identified as Baby incident 16- year-old K Hyndavi ruption. He applauded the He further added that the prac- who spoke to Kumar in a sweet girls on payment. Kumar paid a heard back from the club and racket. The girls trapped some Sivalaxmi of Anakapalle. She committed suicide in her bed- efforts put by both organisa- tice of integrity would make voice. The girl also offered to total of Rs 18 lakh at various phas- realised that he was cheated and male persons by promising them will be completing her course in room in Kancharapalem under tions in taking the message of humans mature. The event was arrange hotel rooms, body mas- es for the membership in the club approached the police. offers of various services, includ- another three months. She spoke Fifth Town Police Station limits CVC to grassroot level by attended by officials of both sage, and privacy to members and and also for multiple services Inspector of Cyber Crime ing sex. to her family members on on Sunday morning. conducting several activities. DCIL and VPT. Naidu's Leader of Oppn status under threat Was driver for Jeeyar Govt to pay stipend to TDP MLA sticks to guns on quitting Swamiji 8 days: KCR Jr Advocates Continued from Page1 Continued from Page1 Continued from Page1 "appreciating my concerns." "I 10,000 votes. After the Sstate's sincerely thank you for stand- division, he won the The Chief Minister said the For sanction of "Therefore, in the interest of ing by me. But, I would not like Gannavaram Assembly seat in Yadadri temple construction was stipend, Junior the future generation, safe- to prolong the issue. I hope you 2014 and again in May 2019, nearing to completion and he Advocates shall submit guarding and upholding the would pardon me, if I had inad- despite a strong anti-TDP wave. would perform the 'Maha an affidavit attested by democratic values, we have to vertently overstepped my brief," Meanwhile, YSRCP Sudarshana Yagam' there in their Senior Advocate fight the injustice of the present he said. Gannavaram in-charge February with 1,008 gundams with 15 years of practice, government, the TDP chief Vamsi, who was elected to Yarlagadda Venkat Rao, who under the aegis of China Jeeyar Bar Association con- Continued from Page1 YSRCP should first resign from added. the Assembly for a third term lost the May election, is strong- Swamiji. He said that he will cerned or the presiding the MLA post and contest elec- Naidu assured that he and from Gannavaram in Krishna ly opposing Vamsi's possible invite all Vaishnava Peethams officer of the court, every Jaganmohan, in his maiden tions afresh. the party would "stand by you district, met Chief Minister YS entry into the ruling party. located across the world and guru China Jeeyar Swamy show- six months. speech in Legislative Assembly in However, five months after wholeheartedly and uncondi- Jaganmohan Reddy three days "For five years as an MLA, Yagam would be conducted in ered praise on Chief Minister K The order further says June, had announced that he Jagan's maiden statement, there tionally" in the fight against ago, triggering speculation Vamsi harassed our party cadre grand manner. The CM said the Chandrasekhar Rao stating that the applicants shall have would not encourage defections is suspicion that Jagan may have high-handedness of the present about his political moves. no end. Hundreds of police China Jeeyar Swamiji's Peetham the latter has undertaken many Aadhaar cards and not like Naidu did, saying he would changed his stance on defections. government. "Always remem- He was first elected to the cases were foisted on them. would be seen on a higher pedestal programmes for the benefit of peo- exceed 35 years of age. like to do things differently com- It requires 19 MLAs for any ber that whenever injustice is then united AP Assembly in How can we allow such a per- although there will be many ple and established a place for him They shall register their pared to his predecessor. party to secure 'main opposition' meted out, we have to fight 2004 as a TDP 'rebel.' He lost son into the party now," Venkat Swamijis in the Yagam. politically. He said people in pol- names on the website The Chief Minister warned status in AP Assembly. instead of giving up," he added. the 2009 Lok Sabha election as Rao questioned. Rao said he KCR recalled that his marriage itics are generally afraid to talk viz., https://ysr- that he could easily strip Naidu TDP won just 23 seats in 175- Responding to this, Vamsi a TDP nominee from would discuss the issue with took place when he was 14 years about God, but KCR is a good lawnestham.ap.gov.in by of the Leader of Opposition sta- member Assembly in May 2019. thanked the TDP president for Vijayawada by a margin of YSRC chief Jagan. of age at Chithaluru in Warangal example of piety. uploading the certificates tus by taking five or six of TDP With the exit of Vamsi, its district. He said that such events The Swamiji appreciated that in the application format MLAs into YSRCP, but he would strength would come down to 22. were considered special in those the Yadadri Temple is being built and furnish details of not to that. Jagan had put a pre- Rumour mills are abuzz that adopt 'Vamsi formula' and the TDP's strength in the 'main Opposition' status and days as 'gurus' used to visit the vil- as a magnificent shrine and KCR their bank account to condition that any MLA from four-five TDP MLAs from become Independent MLAs and Assembly could fall to 18. This Naidu losing Leader of lages. KCR is thin, but brave: is trying to make it the best tem- which the stipend shall another party who wanted to join Prakasam district are keen to join YSRCP later. If that happens, will lead to TDP losing the Opposition status in Assembly. China Jeeyar Swamiji Spiritual ple in India. be credited. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 vijayawada 04 Dark Diwali for RTC staff PNS n HYDERABAD

It was a dark Diwali for over 48,000 employees of Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) as their indefinite strike entered 24th day on Monday. With no signs of an end to the stalemate and they are yet to get salaries for September, the "sacked" employees and their families spent the festival of lights in protests in front of the TSRTC depots across the state. After a low-key Dasara, the drivers, conductors and other RTC employees hold placards at a protest in Hyderabad on Monday employees of the state-owned public utility spent Diwali with declared that the striking their demands including the no celebrations. The employ- workers ceased to be employ- demand to merge the TSRTC ees, along with women and ees of the TSRTC, they face an with the government so that children, staged a sit-in on the uncertain future. The strike they are treated at par with the festival day. Some of the already saw two employees government employees. The women spoke of the difficul- committing suicide due to government termed the strike RTC employees, along with Congress leaders, staging a dharna in Hyderabad on Monday ties faced by them in meeting depression over not getting illegal and ruled out talks with household expenditure. salaries and the fears of losing the employees. The CM even Children said instead of burst- the jobs. Leaders of employee announced on October 6 that ing crackers like others, they unions said six other employ- those who failed to join duty were forced to sit on protest as ees died of cardiac arrest. before the deadline lost their their parents have not received The employees are on strike jobs as they dismissed them- RTC STAFF STORM salaries. As KCR already since October 5 to press for selves. No end in sight to RTC strike Cops foil CPI's COLLECTORATES ACROSS TS PNS n HYDERABAD Chief Minister K leaders of RTC employees hunger strike Chandrasekhar Rao con- unions expressed solidarity n Former CPI MLA K ducted a "police rule". with Sambasiva Rao. PNS n WARANGAL CHIEF MINISTER HAS NO SINCERITY IN SOLVING THE ISSUE, SAYS VH Sambasiva Rao, who began Sambasiva Rao recalled Meanwhile, RTC employ- PNS n HYDERABAD RTC employees organised a an indefinite fast two days that he, as MLA, had sup- ees and the activists of Tension prevailed near RTC JAC has organised a ‘maha huge rally from Ekashila Park ago in support of the strik- ported the indefinite fast Congress and other opposi- Jayashankar Smritivanam Congress senior leader V to the Collectorate office. ing employees of Telangana undertaken by KCR for a tion parties held protests on area of Balasamudram in Hanumantha Rao has alleged dharna' on Monday before the Congress, CPI and CPM lead- State Road Transport separate Telangana. Former Monday in support of the Hanamkonda town when the that the Chief Minister K Hyderabad Collectorate as part of ers have extended their support Corporation (TSRTC), has Congress MP V strike which entered the police officials lifted the CPI Chandrashekhar Rao has no to the RTC workers by partic- been shifted to the govern- Hanumantha Rao and the 24th day on Monday. protest camp on Monday. sincerity in resolving RTC Collectorates' seizure programme ipating in the rally. However, ment hospital here by police The CPI leaders' orgainsed a workers problems. He ques- across the state. Congress senior the police obstructed the rally on Monday after his health one-day relay hunger strike in tioned KCR to tell as to why the and allowed the RTC JAC caused concern. support of the striking merger of RTC into govern- leader VH also participated in leaders to submit their mem- The former MLA, who TSRTC employees. The ment is not possible when the the dharna along with various left orandum to collector. launched his fast on police lifted the protest camp Andhra Pradesh Chief parties leaders In Mahabubnagar, the RTC Saturday last, was admitted stating that permission was Minister, YS Jagan Mohan workers staged dharna before to the state-run Nizam's not accorded for the relay Reddy, did the same. the Collectorate and submitted Institute of Medical Sciences hunger strike. RTC JAC has organised a a Chief Minister like KCR in other hand, the RTC employ- a memorandum to Joint (NIMS) in the early hours of While the All party action 'maha dharna' on Monday his life. He reminded that the ees demonstrated dharnas Collector. In Vikarabad district, Monday as his blood pres- committee and the TSRTC before the Hyderabad RTC workers were facing lot of before Collectorates across the the RTC employees staged sure and sugar levels were JAC took up protests to storm Collectorate as part of troubles by not celebrating state. The RTC workers, who dharna before the Collectorate down, police said. the district collectorates, the Collectorates' seizure pro- Dasara and Diwali festivals. He staged dharna before before submitting the memo- Sambasiva Rao, however, CPI took up relay hunger gramme across the state. VH demanded the Chief Minister Rangareddy Collectorate office, randum. claimed that he was contin- strike. The police took up participated in the dharna to interfere in the issue by ini- have submitted a memoran- Tension prevailed at uing his fast in the hospital. precautionary measures at along with various left parties tiate steps to make the RTC dum to Collector Harish. The Rajanna Sircilla Collectorate Condemning police action the district Collectorates of leaders. On the occasion, the workers withdraw their strike. Collector responded in a pos- office when the RTC employ- in shifting him to hospital, Warangal Urban, Warangal RTC workers raised slogans Later, the employees have itive manner stating that he will ees tried to lay seize to he said Telangana people Rural, Jangaon, against the Chief Minister. submitted a memorandum to take the issue to the notice of Collectorate office. Jostling would not appreciate if the Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao and others call on former CPI MLA Mahbubababad, Bhupalpalli While speaking on the occa- the Hyderabad District the government. took place between RTC JAC TRS government headed by K Sambasiva Rao at the NIMS in Hyderabad on Monday and Mulugu districts. sion, VH said that he never saw Collector Manik Raj. On the In Warangal district, the leaders and police.

‘Karimnagar JUBILANT TRS MLA CALLS ON KTR KCR betraying 3 Maoists shot will be a people of TS, NIT-W has largest dead in Kerala beautiful city’ Indrasena number of faculty PNS n PALAKKAD PNS n HYDERABAD Three alleged Maoists, includ- PNS n KARIMNAGAR PNS n WARANGAL ing a woman, were shot dead BJP senior leader N Indrasena by Kerala Police's Thunderbolt BC Welfare Minister Gangula Reddy slammed Chief Selections for the Faculty posi- team after an exchange of fire Kamalakar has laid the foun- Minister K Chandrashekar tions in the levels of Assistant in the forests in Kerala's dation stone for the final Rao saying that KCR has spo- Professor Grade and the pro- Palakkad on Monday, officials layer works of the 14.5 km ken blatant lies in Huzurnagar motion of Professors to the said. Sources close to the police road between SRR college meeting and misled people. HAG Level were conducted said the three killed were not and Markfed here on Indrasena mocked KCR, from 13 - 24 October at NIT Keralites and hailed from Monday. He said that the stressing that the later deserves Warangal. While 135 posts neighbouring states. works on the 14.5 km road a place in Limca Book of were advertised for all levels of The Thunderbolt team had has reached the final stage. Records for speaking lies. Faculty, selections in the first gone for combing operations "The road work was taken "KCR has spoken blatant phase were conducted at the Prof NV Ramana Rao inside the forests after reports up under Chief Minister K lies during his visit to entry level i.e., Assistant about presence of Maoists Chandrasekhar Rao's assur- Huzurnagar. KCR claimed Professor. Selection process members in the entry level in there. According to reports, a ance scheme that ensures Kaleshwaram water is being involved seminar presenta- various departments. The seven-member team of repairs of roads dug up due supplied to Tungaturthi con- tion and personal interviews. Institute has also ensured prop- Maoists, seeing the to laying of pipelines of stituency, which is absolute- Preference was given to the er reservation system selecting Thunderbolt team, opened fire Mission Bhagiratha project. ly wrong. The water being candidates who have obtained candidates belonging to on them but in the retaliatory Rs 2.85 crore was sanctioned supplied to Tungathurthi their qualifying degrees from SC/ST/OBC and Economically fire, three ultras were shot to lay 2.5 km stretch final constituency is being done the Centrally Funded Weaker Sections. down and the rest managed to layer of the road from Court from Sri Ram Sagar Project Technical Institutes (CFTIs) With the addition of above escape back into the forests. Chowk to RTC workshop since 2010, when K Roshaiah and other top Institutes with 73 faculty members, the fac- However, the Congress MP and Rs 2.30 core allocated for was the Chief Minister. He NIRF ranking up to 100. The ulty strength of NIT Warangal from Palakkad, V.K. 1.6 km road stretch from cheated Huzurnagar people scrutiny also involved weigh- will go up to 342, making it Sreekandan, urged the Kerala Jayaram Hospital to by coming up with a series of tage for the Research projects, the Institute with the largest government to come clean on Markfed," he said. lies during his meeting. Patents and Journal papers number of faculty among the what was happening as, accord- Besides 14.5 km road, KCR is the first CM in the published in the SCl/SCO- 31 NITs, and also the best stu- ing to his information, there internal road have also been entire history to speak lies PUS/ WEB OF SCIENCE. The dent faculty ratio. Prof NV have been no reports of Maoists taken up under Karimnagar without a break and Selection Committees con- Ramana Rao, Director, NIT in the forests. "This could well smart city scheme. After cheats people. KCR name sisted of experts from IITs Warangal informed that the be a ploy to divert attention Hyderabad, Karimnagar will needs to be proposed for and other NITs. The Interviews new faculty will bring in pro- from the huge onslaught that emerge as one of the most Limca Book of Records for were also conducted through fessionalism and will help in the Kerala government is fac- beautiful city once all the speaking lies," said BJP Skype for candidates working enhancing the research as ing in the way the police han- works are completed, the national executive member abroad. The institute has been well as academic output from dled the case of the murder of Minister said. IT Minister KT Rama Rao congratulates Saidi Reddy in Hyderabad on Monday for winning the Huzurnagar by-election Indrasena Reddy. able to select 73 new faculty the Institute. two young girls near here Discussions conducted on Fresh case registered Migrant labour kids suffering commissioning of N5 Taxi track in Nair family deaths from TB, asthma: Study PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Gopinathan Nair family PNS n HYDERABAD Institute here on Monday. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM commissioning of N5 with- parking bays out of which six between 2000 and 2017. The Speaking on the findings, Dr in a month to accommodate are newly constructed park- A fresh case of conspiracy was deceased included Nair, his wife National Institute of Rural Chinnadurai, co-author of the Chairman of Airport more number of flights. ing bays and the runway is registered in the Nair family Sumukhi Amma and their chil- Development and Panchayati paper and Associate Professor, Advisory Committee and Currently N3 and N4 taxi 10,100 ft long and can han- deaths case on Monday against dren -- Jaybalakrishnan, Raj (NIRDPR) conducted a Centre for Decentralised local MP MVV Satyanaryana tracks are in operational and dle B767 class of aircrafts. two care-takers, a former Jayprakash, Jaysree -- and two study to analyse the working Planning, NIRDPR, said, "The convened a meeting with handling 10 movements per With the commissioning bureaucrat and seven others by nephews Unnikrishnan and conditions and socio-eco- nature of high mobility in airport officials and the hour. The airport director of new tarmac and N5 taxi the police probing into usurping Jaymadhavan. A special inves- nomic status of the migrant changing of worksites and sta- Airport Advisory Committee has informed the members track, six additional flight of properties of the family of tigation team has been set up to population in the states of tus of non-local labours were members on Monday on that AAI has spent around Rs movements for every hour deceased, who died between probe the case, including usurp- Tamil Nadu and Uttar hardly united to fight against or commissioning of N5 Taxi 23 crore on additional tar- can happen as per Andhra 2000 and 2017. But there has ing of Rs 30 crore properties. Pradesh. The study highlights demand for their rights. None track to facilitate increased mac and N5 taxi track to Pradesh Air Travellers' been no charges of murder in The police, which launched the the dynamics of people move- of the labour organisation was number of flights at accommodate additional air- Association and it was the new case, according to the probe after a complaint from a ment, their contribution to the registered in any of the work Visakhapatnam airport. crafts. requested that these new police. Among those who have family member and a neighbour, local as well as to national sites. But there are NGOs Satyanarayana held a dis- Currently no permission is slots be allotted only for been charge sheeted includes decided to widen the investiga- development. The study has due to poor living and work- working for their welfare. cussion with Raja Kishore, accorded for any new flights civilian aircrafts as Vizag can Names of Ravindran Nair, tion after finding irregularities. recently been published in the ing conditions. The migrant Awareness creation of the Director, AAI, in the morning between 9 am be considered commercial principal caretaker of the Ravindran, a distant relative National Journal of Labour labourers become prone to rights and provisions of various Visakhapatnam, and and 12 pm and in the after- capital of the State. Gopinathan Nair family, asso- of Nair, is suspected to be and Industrial Law. various respiratory diseases laws pertaining to labour under Advisory Committee mem- noon 3 pm to 4 pm and in Reduction of slots for new ciate caretaker Sahadevan and behind these deaths. But he has One of the major issues the such as tuberculosis, bronchi- the Constitution of India, mak- bers, including O Naresh the evening from 7 pm to 9 aircrafts will hamper the retired senior bureaucrat N. denied any wrongdoing and study found was the prevalence tis and asthma. Women and ing adequate initiatives to Kumar, DS Varma and S pm. The AAI Director growth of the state, said rep- Mohandas figure in the case, has stated that the complaint was of the Child Labour in stone children suffer from malaria implement the protective and Vijay Mohan, at the airport. informed that Air Asia was resentatives from Andhra filed on the basis of a complaint filed to harass him as he denied quarries. In addition, the study and anaemia due to lack of welfare measures for the bet- The Chairman advised the denied slots in peak hours. Pradesh Air Travellers' by Prasanna Kumari, a family to yield to the demands of some also found various health haz- nutritious food, according to a terment of the working condi- AAI Director to complete the Currently, the airport has 14 Association (APATA). kin. The deaths took place in the family members of the deceased. ards that these people face press release issued by the tions are the need of the hour." VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 nation 05

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French national NNPGs ask legislators to clear 13 staffers of airlines, airports robbed by 3 men posing as cops failed alcohol test since Sep 16 NEW DELHI: A French stand on Naga peace process PNS n NEW DELHI national's belongings were PNS n KOHIMA for an early solution to the six- allegedly stolen by three people The Naga National Political Groups decade-old issue, the state- Thirteen employees of airlines who posed as police personnel Ahead of another round of ment insisted. and airports have failed breath and frisked him in Karol Bagh (NNPGs) - holding separate talks with here, officials said on Monday. peace talks on October 31, the "It is time for political par- analyser tests since September seven-parties conglomeration- the Centre since 2017- made the appeal ties in Nagaland to clear their 16 and they have been sus- According to the officials, to the elected representatives through Joseph was stopped by the NNPGs- which is pushing for stand in the interest of the pended for three months, a accused and searched on an early resolution to the vexed a statement released by its media cell Naga people... If the political DGCA official said on Monday. political issue, has urged elect- parties of Nagaland fail in Seven employees of IndiGo, Sunday when he reached Karol on Sunday night Bagh. Police said a case has ed representatives not to main- their constitutional duties and and one airside worker each of been registered and the matter tain "neutral stand" and clear obligations, they should resign GoAir and SpiceJet have failed is being investigated. their position when the gov- and allow the Election the alcohol tests since the rules Footage from CCTV cameras ernment was keen to find a Commission of India to dere- were issued, the official said. installed in the area is being solution to the matter. cognise the parties," the "13 employees of various examined to identify the The Naga National Political NNPGs, which has seven Naga types have been found positive Seven employees od of three months". perpetrators, a senior police Groups (NNPGs) - holding outfits as its members, added. during the breath analyser tests "Employers have taken puni- officer said. separate talks with the Centre The statement came two in the voluntary phase... The of IndiGo, and one tive action as proposed in the since 2017- made the appeal to days after a senior NSCN-IM mandatory phase begins in airside worker each Civil Aviation Requirement the elected representatives leader, along with 16 others, November and shall entail our (Rules) and we acknowledge Firecrackers dumped on through a statement released quit the rebel group accusing 'surveillance and watch' on a of GoAir and their cooperation and support", vacant plot explode in by its media cell on Sunday it of being "insensitive" to the regular basis," the Directorate SpiceJet have the official said. night. people's plea for an honourable General of Civil Aviation failed the alcohol The official said of the seven Jalandhar, cause panic The Nationalist Social solution to the vexed issue, and (DGCA) official said. IndiGo airside workers, who Council of Nagaland, Isak- joined the NNPGs. "Importantly, most of these, tests since the failed the tests, two are cus- CHANDIGARH: Bomb disposal Muivah (NSCN-IM), which Claiming that future of Naga are involved in safety sensitive rules were issued, tomer service officers, four are squads and fire department signed a framework agree- generations must not be jeop- functions at an airport and can a DGCA official said drivers and one is a cleaner. personnel were scrambled after ment with the Centre in ardised by unresolved symbolic be a potential source of serious The suspended SpiceJet and several boxes of crackers August 2015, had been insist- issues, Hukavi Yeputhomi said incident or accident," the offi- GoAir employees are a driver dumped on a vacant plot in ing on a separate flag and the working committee of the cial said. October 18. and a senior ramp officer Jalandhar exploded, triggering panic among residents and constitution, despite the gov- contentious symbolic issues of "Unresolved matters should NNPGs had been more "prac- Two Bengaluru International The aviation regulator on respectively, the DGCA official shattering window panes on ernment's refusal to grant its separate Naga national flag be decided through political tical and realistic" in its nego- Airport Limited employees -- September 16 had issued rules added. Diwali night, police said. request. and constitution on which it and democratic process... The tiation with the Centre. one a senior assistant and the for the tests to be conducted at The aviation personnel Residents said the explosions Nagaland Governor R N was fully aware of the govern- position and status of elected Nationalist Democratic other a manager at the airline all airports for airside workers, under the ambit of these rules could be heard over a long Ravi, who is also Centre's ment of India's position". representatives of Nagaland Progressive Party (NDPP) and operations control centre -- including those handling air- include aircraft maintenance distance from Baba Mohan Das interlocuter will be holding a In the statement, the NNPGs cannot remain lukewarm They BJP coalition is in power in the have failed the test, according craft maintenance, air traffic engineers, other technically Colony. Eyewitness told police talk with the NSCN-IM in asserted that the elected rep- cannot choose to hide behind Northeastern state of to the official. control (ATC) and ground han- trained person authorised to that pellet-like structures Delhi on Monday. resentatives of Nagaland the boulders blocking the way," Nagaland. An employee of the Delhi dling services. carry out maintenance of air- scattered in the air after the Ravi had said on October 19 should not be maintaining a it said. Naga People's Front (NPF) International Airport Limited, The rules say, if any per- craft, vehicle drivers who drive explosions. A police that the NSCN-IM "has adopt- neutral stand on the matter, The Centre had set a dead- headed by former chief minis- who is an aerobridge operator, sonnel is tested positive for fuelling and catering vehicles, investigation has ruled out the ed a procrastinating attitude to now that the government was line for peace talks, in the wake ter TR Zeliang is the main failed the alcohol test on alcohol for the first time, equipment operators, aero- possibility of any terror angle. delay the settlement raising the keen on finding a solution. of the Naga society's demand opposition party in the state. October 21. refuses to undergo the test or bridge operators, marshallers, "We conducted an investigation. The DGCA official said in attempts to evade it by leaving personnel manning apron con- No terror angle has been Mumbai, a senior airport elec- the airport premises, "then he trol, ground handling services found," a police official said. trician, who was working for a or she must be kept off duty personnel as well as ATC per- On taking action against people After poll win, Wrong candidates, Minimum wage sub-contractor, AMA Private and their license/approval sonnel, according to the who dumped firecrackers on a Limited, failed the test on shall be suspended for a peri- DGCA. vacant plot illegally, the official Maha BJP chief revision to help said the police department is infighting cost UDF "already proceeding as per law to gift sarees to 55 lakh workers: against those guilty". women ‘dearly’ in Kerala: Chacko Kejriwal Action must against PNS n PUNE PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Maharashtra BJP chief and The selection of wrong can- Around 55 lakh workers in the sponsors of terror: state minister Chandrakant didates and factional fights in city will benefit from the Patil, who won from Kothrud the Congress in Kerala have increased minimum wages in Pune district in the just cost the party-led United that have been notified by the concluded Assembly polls, Democratic Front (UDF) Delhi government following PM Modi to EU MPs has decided to distribute "dearly" in the October 21 the Supreme Court's recent D K Shivakumar sarees to women in his con- assembly bypolls in the state, order, Chief Minister Arvind PNS n NEW DELHI stituency as a 'Bhau- beej' gift. senior Congress leader P C Kejriwal said on Monday. Patil, who was earlier Chacko said on Monday. P C Chacko Addressing a press confer- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Shivakumar in Post-Diwali, air quality termed as an "outsider" by his Chacko said the ruling Left ence here, Kejriwal said on Monday told a delegation of in Delhi much better rivals since he hails from Democratic Front (LDF) ‘Congress would employees will also get dear- European Union MPs that trouble, waves than in 2018: Gahlot Kolhapur district, won from wrested the Konni assembly ness allowance for the months urgent action was needed Kothrud by defeating MNS seat in Pathanamthitta dis- have won 2 more of April to September, besides against those supporting and JD(S) flag NEW DELHI: The air quality candidate Kishor Shinde by trict from the Congress, which seats if winning a Diwali bonus of one month's sponsoring terrorism. level post Diwali this year over 25,000 votes in the state held it for nearly 23 years. ability of nominees salary. He said 44 employers' There should be zero toler- PNS n BENGALURU seems much better than what it Assembly elections held last Similarly, the Vattiyoorkavu associations had filed a petition ance for terrorism, Modi told was after the festival in 2018, week. seat, held by the Congress was considered, against the Delhi government's the delegation that had called Congress leader D K Delhi Environment Minister "I thought on this 'bhau- since 2011, was lost to the and the party had previous notification to on him ahead of its visit to Narendra Modi Shivakumar has drawn flak Kailash Gahlot said on Monday. beej' (to be celebrated on LDF's CPI(M) candidate, he not succumbed to increase minimum wages. Jammu and Kashmir. from some of his party lead- Interacting with reporters on Tuesday), I should do some- said. Later, the high court struck Expressing hope that the There should be ers for holding the JD(S) flag the sidelines of an event here, thing for my sisters who are "The Congress would have pressure from down the notification and the parliamentarians' visit to vari- when he returned here from he said people are also telling economically backward,live gained these two seats if only factions’ government challenged it in ous parts of the country will be zero tolerance for Delhi after getting bail in a that less crackers have been in slums and work as domes- the winning ability of the the Supreme Court, the chief fruitful, Modi said the visit to terrorism, Modi money laundering case. used this time compared to last tic helps. I appealed to some nominees was considered and minister added. "On October Jammu and Kashmir should told the delegation Shivakumar, arrested by the year. "The air quality on the of my friends and several of the right candidates selected dismissed reports that the 14, 2019, the Supreme Court give them a better under- Enforcement Directorate, and morning after Diwali this year is them have responded posi- instead of succumbing to pres- BJP's poll-percentage had gave order in favour of the standing of the cultural and that had called on in judicial custody at the Tihar comparatively better than that tively by giving new sarees," sure from factions," Chacko improved in the elections. Delhi government on mini- religious diversity of the regions him ahead of its Jail, returned on Saturday to a of last year. I am not saying he said. Patil said the saree told PTI in an interview. People have dashed the mum wages. "We have notified of Jammu, Kashmir and visit to Jammu rousing welcome here, where this as an environment distribution exercise will be "These have cost the party- BJP's hopes of gaining a increased minimum wages," Ladakh, a statement issued by besides Congress leaders, there minister, but every person I am restricted to his Kothrud led UDF dearly in the foothold in Kerala. The party the chief minister said. the Prime Minister's Office and Kashmir were those from the JD(S) meeting is saying that the air constituency. "This year, we bypolls," Chacko, who is also tried to make a footing by The move will be effective said. waiting to receive him. quality is much better this are starting with Kothrud, but the Congress' Delhi unit in- raising Sabarimala and other in reducing poverty and deal- The prime minister also enormous size, demography When he was being taken in time," Gahlot said. He thanked from next year, my target charge, said. religious issues, Chacko said. ing with the economic slow- hoped that it will give them a and diversity. Governance sys- a procession in a flower- the people of Delhi for using would be to implement this He said the only point of The Supreme Court, in its down, he said, adding that the clear view of the development tems are today enabling people bedecked vehicle, a JD(S) less crackers while celebrating exercise in all eight con- consolation is that the UDF verdict on September 28 last step will lead to an increase in and governance priorities of the to move in an aspirational worker handed over a party the festival of lights on Sunday. stituencies of Pune," he said. was able to win with a margin year, overturned the demand and production, and region, it said. direction, he said. flag to him which the The national capital's air quality of 2,079 votes the Aroor seat Sabarimala Ayyappa temple's generate employment. Without naming any coun- Modi also underlined the Congress leader received, dropped to the season's worst in Alappuzha district, con- ban on women of menstruat- try, Modi said urgent action is focus of the government on waved it for a while and on the morning after Diwali, but sidered a "citadel" of the ing age (10-50 years) from required against all those who ensuring Ease of Living for all returned it to him. the situation was still better CPI(M) for the last 42 years. entering the hill shrine. support or sponsor terror activ- Indians. A video of the incident has than the last three years, Five assembly seats went to Chacko, who is a former ities and use terrorism as a state He mentioned about the since gone viral. according to government bypolls on October 21. Lok Sabha MP from Thrissur, policy. The prime minister success of key programmes of A video of former Chief agencies. Two seats were won by the claimed that people and also highlighted the jump in the government including Minister and Congress leader LDF and UDF won the Ayyappa devotees are with the India's position in Ease of Swachh Bharat and Ayushman Siddaramaiah criticising remaining three of which Congress as it had taken up Doing Business rankings from Bharat. Modi reiterated India's Shivakumar for the act, in a Congress won two and IUML the issue to the Supreme 142 in 2014 to 63 now. commitment to eliminate TB private conversation, is also one. Court by filing a review peti- This is a massive achieve- by 2025, five years before the now in wide circulation in Chandrakant Patil The Congress leader also tion. Arvind Kejriwal ment for a country of such global target. social media. India takes Pak denial 153 IAS officers appointed on central Congress will slide no of airspace to intl body deputation in 2018-19, lowest in last 5 yrs further, can now reverse PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI tide: Salman Khurshid Govt is of the view The personnel ministry data also BENGALURU: Senior Congress India has taken up Pakistan's Pakistan should Only 153 IAS officers were indicates shortfall in the central leader Salman Khurshid said on denial of use of its airspace to appointed on central deputa- deputation reserve or CDR that shows Monday the outcome of the prime minister's flight reflect on its tion under the central staffing Haryana and Maharashtra with the International Civil decision to scheme (CSS) in 2018-19, the the number of officers presently on elections indicates that his Aviation Organisation, gov- deviate from well lowest in the last five years, central deputation from each cadre party's slide in the country has ernment sources said on according to the latest data of stopped and it can now look Monday ahead of Narendra established personnel ministry. forward to reversing the tide. Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia on international A total of 340 IAS officers utation in 2015-16, 246 in cers working at the Centre. The party has now come out of a bilateral visit. practice were appointed under the CSS 2016-17, 171 in 2017-18 and Of the central deputation a bad period of confusion and India sought overflight during 2014-15 as against 320 195 in 2018-19, the data said. reserve of 74 IAS officers for self-doubt, the former Union clearance from Pakistan for in 2015-16 and 247 during The personnel ministry Bihar cadre, 38 officers were Minister said, obviously the prime minister's aircraft to India regrets Pakistan's deci- 2016-17, it said. data also indicates shortfall in working at the Centre. A total referring to the party's poor go to Saudi Arabia on Monday, sion to yet again deny over- As many as 211 officers of the central deputation reserve of 17 IAS officers of Gujarat show in the Lok Sabha but Islamabad cited alleged flight clearance for the VVIP the Indian Administrative or CDR that shows the num- cadre were posted at the Centre elections, Rahul Gandhi quitting human rights violations in special flight, granted rou- Service were given posting at ber of officers presently on against 64, the personnel min- as the party President and Jammu and Kashmir to deny tinely by any normal coun- the Centre during 2017-18, central deputation from each istry data said. some leaders deserting in a few the request. try. said the annual report of the cadre. As many as 44 IAS officers States. Terming the election Sources said the govern- In September, Pakistan ministry. secretary in the Central gov- Giving details of other IAS, IPS and IFoS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre were at results in the two States as ment of India is of the view denied overflight clearance to The central staffing scheme, ernment. Group A services like the are allocated cadre which is the Centre as against its CDR "encouraging", he said the party Pakistan should reflect on its the prime minister's aircraft which is in operation for To encourage officers from Indian Revenue Service (IRS) either state, a group of state of 134, 22 of Tamil Nadu workers are very pleased. decision to deviate from well during his visit to the US. decades, provides a systemat- participating services, includ- and Indian Postal Service or/and union territories. (against 81), 18 of Rajasthan In Haryana, the Congress established international prac- India has taken up the issue ic arrangement for selection ing the IAS, to come on CSS, among others, the ministry The total authorised (against 64), 15 of Punjab doubled its 2014 tally, and it tice, as well as reconsider its of denial of overflight clear- and appointment of eligible official communications are said 196 appointments were strength of IAS officers is 6,500 (against 48), 20 of Odisha Maharashtra, the Congress- old habit of misrepresenting ance with the relevant inter- officers from the participating issued twice a year requesting made under the CSS in 2014- as on January 1, 2019 and the (against 51), 24 of Maharashtra NCP alliance improved its tally the reasons for taking unilat- national civil aviation body, services at the level of deputy all cadre authorities to nomi- 15. CDR is 1,381. cadre (against 78) and 28 of considerably. eral action. they said. The ICAO is a spe- secretary, director, joint secre- nate eligible officers for depu- A total of 237 such officers Out of these 1,381 IAS offi- Madhya Pradesh against its The sources added that cialised UN agency. tary, additional secretary and tation. were appointed on central dep- cers, there were 507 IAS offi- reserve of 90, it said. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Maharashtra blues The BJP may iron out differences with the Sena but the Together, we can question is will it be ready for a perennial rocky ride? n the end, the BJP-Shiv Sena combination has the numbers, the propriety bestowed by a ver- To win the war on single-use plastic, we need not just bans but scientists Idict and long-term political survival at stake to let the cookie crumble. All that has been going and entrepreneurs who can make technology a viable tool on in between is about posturing and extract- ing respective pounds of flesh from a fortune built on Hindutva’s most rewarding phase so far. Truth is both cannot do without each other in Maharashtra. In a State that is fiercely loyal to Maratha pride and manoos, one cannot write off either the Shiv Sena, which has an ideolog- ical hold on the masses, or Sharad Pawar, who has been a true Maratha warrior in this round of State elections. And if the Sena SANDHYA JAIN is seen as a pesky ally of the BJP, it’s only because it has lost its “big brother” status in the alliance. But at least for its constituency, it has to keep fighting this rime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to takeover of numbers with its championship of rights and issues. The BJP accom- shun single-use plastic during his PIndependence Day address, which was modated the Sena only because of this groundswell, though some of its leaders reiterated at the 14th Conference of Parties had been insisting that the party go it alone. From the Sena’s point of view, this (COP14) of the UN Convention to Combat is the best time to go on the offensive and fulfill its founder Bal Thackeray’s dream Desertification (September 9), could fail to tackle the scale of the plastic menace unless of having a Sainik as Chief Minister. But the Thackerays never fought an election, scientists and entrepreneurs join the fight. choosing to be mightier as puppeteers than players. That outlier status worked Previously, in April 2011, former Delhi Chief given the heaving persona of Balasaheb Thackeray but his descendants fell far Minister Sheila Dikshit had imposed a blan- ket ban on the manufacture, sale, storage and short of it without electoral credibility. Which is why they fielded his grandson Aditya use of plastic bags but it soon withered away. after they held the BJP to its word that it wouldn’t do a repeat of 2014 when the In March 2016, the Union Government moot- two parties contested the Lok Sabha polls together but fell apart during the Assembly ed the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, to ensure that organisers of public functions polls months later. The BJP kept its promise and even agreed to give 124 seats (rallies, weddings) remove all plastic litter at to the Sena though it had won only 63 seats in 2014. Now, the Sena claims, there the venue at the end of the function. It was was also a pre-poll agreement on a rotational chief ministership. The Sena has hardly known among the citizenry. India generates a staggering 26,000 won lesser seats, 56, this time but has scented blood with the BJP tally down tonnes of plastic waste daily; there are no reli- from 122 to 105. It desperately wants to claim the notional status of being “big able statistics about how much is collected and brother” and dominate the alliance government and hence the State. Even if both (hopefully) recycled; most probably end up parties get Independents in their shopping carts, the numbers wouldn’t be enough. in rivers and landfills. Some have begun to be used in making more sturdy roads. Of course the BJP could opt for a minority government, as it had done with National Geographic noted that 40 per tic pollution unleashes multiple for the single enzyme responsi- two strains of plastic-eating bac- Chief Minister-elect Devendra Fadnavis before, but would find itself horribly exposed cent of the plastic produced every year are sin- health epidemics like those trig- ble for this chemical process, teria (Exiguobacterium sibir- from within and without — the Sena chomping away at its authority if not includ- gle-use items like carry bags and food wrap- gered by the green revolution, which, if reproduced largescale, icum DR11 and pers that are needed for just a few minutes which experts are only now could solve the world’s plastic Exiguobacterium undae DR14) ed, the Opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine now a or hours but linger in the environment for beginning to admit. The mega- problem. Indian scientists need that can decompose polystyrene, force with 98 seats. It is because of this predicament of the BJP that the Sena, hundreds of years. Sometimes additives are solution is generating waste-to- to join this quest, especially as a key ingredient in single-use now with an elected family member, is settling for nothing less than a written com- used to make plastics stronger and durable, electricity, the technology for plastic retains utility in many plastics. Both strains used poly- which increases their lifespan. The UN which exists in countries like areas (medical syringes, IV bags, styrene as a carbon source and mitment for 50:50 chief ministership. And though the wily Pawar has decided to Environment Programme estimates that Singapore where no waste goes surgical gloves, packaging, created biofilms, thus paving the sit in the Opposition rather than toy with the arithmetic of the Congress-NCP-Sena only nine per cent of all plastic waste is recy- to the landfills or oceans. garbage disposal bags and bins way for its natural degradation. understanding, he has lent moral heft to Aditya Thackeray’s right to chief minis- cled; 12 per cent incinerated and 79 per cent Strangely, Indian entrepreneurs INDIA NEEDS among others). Above all, thou- Indian scientists must grow all dumped in landfills or the natural environ- have not entered this arena, sands of manufacturing units and such bacteria strains to industri- tership. This underlines an endorsement of Maratha leadership. At this point, the ment. Worldwide, plastic pollution has made which could be very lucrative. SOLUTIONS NOW, lakhs of jobs are at stake, which al-strength so that small or medi- BJP cannot afford a hitback of the Jat kind in Haryana. And whether Aditya becomes its way into the oceans, where it is destroy- Perhaps the Government could BEFORE PLASTIC is why a total ban is nearly um enterprises could degrade a deputy CM or a half-CM, the fact is Sena has never been better placed to recov- ing marine life and coral reefs. Research pub- consider asking medium enter- impossible. Moreover, the plastic waste on a district-wide lished in Science Advances states that since the prises to enter this field and hire POLLUTION Government must decide if the basis. Such solutions need little er lost ground. But Uddhav’s waiting game, which has done nothing so far, may 1940s, the amount of microscopic plastics in experts to mentor this sunrise petrochemical-based shopping space and investment. not hold with Sainiks now that they have come so close to power. This internecine ocean sediments has doubled every 15 years. industry. UNLEASHES bags, which have entered the Recently, Irish teenager push and pull dynamic is something that the BJP has to live with. This could turn In 2010, plastic pollution touched almost 40 Biological solutions have MULTIPLE HEALTH market in recent years and take Fionn Ferreira won the Google particles per 10cm x 10cm patch of the ocean been found but have not been the same time to degrade as plas- Science award ($50,000) and problematic in day-to-day governance with the Sena posing hurdles to each and floor. On Henderson Island, an uninhabited adopted even on a pilot basis. In EPIDEMICS LIKE tic, should be allowed to aggra- funding for a promising inven- every policy decision or amending it to suit its concerns. Already Sena cadres atoll halfway between Chile and New Zealand, April 2017, Spanish scientist THOSE TRIGGERED vate the waste disposal crisis. tion to remove micro-plastics have felled the BJP by campaigning against it in places where they didn’t get tick- scientists found plastic items from Russia, the Federica Bertocchini accidental- BY THE GREEN Alternatives like biodegradable from water. Ferreira was kayak- ets. Of course, the BJP could circumvent the obstructionist ways by reaching out US, Europe, South America, Japan and ly discovered that wax worms eat hemp-based or bamboo-based ing when he saw a rock covered China, carried by the South Pacific gyre, a cir- plastic. The University of REVOLUTION, plastic should be promoted. in oil from a recent spill, which to Pawar, who had supported it in 2014. But this is a changed man who is not cular ocean current. Cambridge, the UK, promptly Previously, Japanese scien- had attracted tiny pieces of plas- forlorn anymore. And as he thundered in Marathi through blinding rain in Satara, Every year, nearly 12.7 million kg of plas- began a study (published in WHICH EXPERTS tists found a bacteria (Ideonella tic. Using ferro-fluid (a magnet- it was enough to defeat the BJP who had thought poaching his man Udhayanraje tic enters the oceans and this could double Current Biology) wherein it dis- ARE ONLY NOW sakainesis 201-F6) that ate poly- ic, oil-based liquid invented by in the next decade, according to Ocean covered that the worms can ethylene terephthalate (PET), NASA in 1963), Ferreira made a Bhosle was as good as getting the old warhorse. Symbolically and numerically, Conservancy. By 2050, almost every seabird degrade polythene, one of the BEGINNING the plastic used to manufacture more environment-friendly ver- he has the winning card now, one that he will use for his own benefit. Unless the on the planet will have plastic in its stomach. toughest materials in the world. TO ADMIT disposable water bottles (Science, sion with recycled vegetable oil ED cases against his kin bother him too much. Besides, with 20 of its rebel can- Oceans will have more plastic than fish, Waxworms (Galleria mellonella) March 2016). Laboratory tests and magnetite powder and according to a World Economic Forum are caterpillars, commonly used showed that Ideonella sakainesis removed 88 per cent of the didates winning in the State, the BJP is in quite a pickle. It still has the edge though report. Plastic nano-particles ingested by as fishing bait and are readily uses two enzymes to break down micro-plastics in his test samples. but the course ahead is on a rocky mountain high. marine animals are entering the food chain, available. They love beeswax and the molecular bonds of PET This could eventually be used at affecting fish fertility and food security of often attack beehives; possibly plastic and consider it as a food wastewater treatment plants to fil- coastal populations. they find plastic similar to source. The scientists believe ter micro-plastics before the Scientists believe that human beings con- beeswax; 100 wax worms can that this happened because the water is released into rivers or sume at least 50,000 micro-plastic particles biodegrade 92 milligrams of bacteria were put in a place with oceans. With technology now Finally dead every year, through food and water. The health polyethylene in 12 hours. only one food source and adapt- offering multiple solutions, we impact of this intake has not yet been med- Polyethylene is the most com- ed to consume it, a heartening need every one of them. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious IS leader, ran out of life. ically assessed but micro-plastics can release monly manufactured plastic that example of Nature’s resilience. (The writer is Senior Fellow, But he was a symptom and not a cause toxins that may penetrate body tissues and is used to make shopping bags Recently, in the Greater Nehru Memorial Museum and cause cancer and other afflictions. and food packaging. Noida wetlands, scientists at the Library; the views expressed are bu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed India needs solutions now, before plas- Scholars are now searching Shiv Nadar University discovered personal) Caliph of the Islamic Caliphate that he Afounded, a man, who despite making headlines in The Washington Post normalising S O U N D BITE him, was responsible for the deaths of tens of 55 lakh contractual workers The House must be briefed Alex played a great If I had to filter an old habit of thousands and the misery of tens of millions, will benefit from increase in on this raid, which the tournament as well. But mine, I stress about things was allegedly killed in a raid conducted by the minimum wages approved Russians but not top what a moment for me to that have not even happened. US military in northwest Syria. The Islamic State by the SC recently. It was Congressional leadership win my 10th (title) here in I am hoping that I can stop due to our struggle. were notified of in advance. my hometown of Basel. being that person. (IS) at one time controlled huge swathes of Iraq and Syria, dominated the oil trade and enslaved Delhi Chief Minister US House Speaker Swiss tennis ace Actor, TV show host and raped millions of women as well as pre- —Arvind Kejriwal —Nancy Pelosi —Roger Federer —Neha Dhupia cipitated a refugee crisis in Europe. But like so many other terrorist leaders such as Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, Baghdadi was in essence a coward. His “thought” leadership never translated L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR into actual on-ground leadership although his perversion of Islamic teachings impact- Setback for BJP Government by agreeing to a ed the lives of millions. He died, as US President Donald Trump, remarked, “whim- State voters have made their choice power-sharing agreement with pering, like a dog”, which to be honest was unfair to our canine friends. His bru- Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak tality spared none. Scared of being killed by American special forces or worse Sir — This refers to the editori- his refers to the editorial, “Wake-up calls” (October Janata Party. Nothing could be al, “Wake-up calls” (October 25). 25). The recent results of the Maharashtra and Haryana more agonising for a party that still, captured alive, he blew himself up with a suicide vest, killing at least three The Assembly poll results in TState elections have once again proved that Parliament won the Lok Sabha elections five terrified children whom he was using as human shields. Maharashtra and Haryana and a and Assembly elections are completely different ball-games months ago with an overwhelm- If it was not Baghdadi and IS, it would have been someone or something else number of by-elections in various and nationalism matters little in State elections. The BJP ing majority here. States recently seek to underline was gung-ho about winning 220-plus seats in Maharashtra Surely the voters of Haryana that would have risen from the ashes of post-occupation Iraq. The war on Saddam the importance of bread-and- and 75-plus seats in Haryana but it only managed to cross and Maharashtra have pricked Hussein was fought on very tenuous legal grounds by the US and Great Britain butter issues over Hindutva the line in Maharashtra and will have to bank on the party’s bubble of invincibil- and the coalition was desperate to “clean up” Iraq from the influence of Saddam’s nationalism by delivering punish- Independents. Five months ago, the BJP won all 10 seats ity. Accepting the mandate with ing blows to the BJP, which in Haryana and 23 in Maharashtra during the general elec- humility and recalibrating its Ba’ath Party and as a result gutted it. While the Americans in particular had played declared itself the victor. tions; it has slipped significantly in these State polls. policies should be the way for- an immense role in restructuring post World War-II Germany and Japan, even The results, however, showed With the Shiv Sena's excellent performance and the ward. There is no room for the most militaristic of American Generals, Douglas MacArthur, realised the impor- that the electorate sought to BJP's dependence on it, the former will bargain hard to the cooperative sugar belt rallied behind the Nationalist complacency any more. judge the BJP State Governments get its pound of flesh. In Haryana, too, Independents — Congress Party’s (NCP's) Sharad Pawar. The BJP must JS Acharya tance of state continuity in Japan, which is why the Japanese monarchy survived over some of the most pressing most of whom are rebel BJP leaders — have played it take this as a warning sign that good governance and sound Hyderabad the war. The war in Iraq was fought without any post-liberation plan or under- issues and did not get swayed too tough. There are multiple reasons for the below-par per- economic performance cannot be substituted. The party standing of the deep sectarian issues in the region. It had not factored in how much by the aggressive national- formance of the BJP. Issues at the grassroots level such can still correct its course and be more humble. Election takeaways ist pitch. In rally after rally in as farmers' woes and unemployment could not be ignored. Bal Govind Iran and Turkey would fiddle around. A US-imposed government was bound to Maharashtra and Haryana, Prime The Jats consolidated against the BJP in Haryana while Noida fail and it did. It was unable to control much of Iraq outside Baghdad and in a Minister Narendra Modi had Sir — This refers to the editorial, country awash with guns and a history of violence, with continuous wars from asked the voters to punish the “Wake-up calls” (October 25). Congress and the Nationalist time, we’ll cross 75)” for the 90- No complacency (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. But The BJP must learn lessons from 1980 onwards as well as thousands of unemployed soldiers and officers, the Congress Party (NCP) for oppos- member Haryana Assembly must right now, he is the least of the the Assembly elections in arrival of IS on the scene became a matter of when and not if. Nobody expected ing his government’s decision to have been shattered with the BJP ruling dispensation’s worries. Maharashtra and Haryana. the sheer brutality that was to follow, particularly against the Yazidis, but the killing abrogate Article 370 in Jammu & ending below the halfway mark Sir — This refers to the editori- The more pressing concern is Narendra Modi’s personal image Kashmir. In one rally, he even said with a tally of 40 seats. If the party al, “Wake-up calls” (October 25). the prospect of the Shiv Sena, and magic did not work so well in of Baghdadi was just the US trying to clear up some of the mess it had created that the Opposition should does hold on to power, it can only Though the diminishing returns bolstered by a hugely improved States where local issues and qual- as Donald Trump attempts to leave the area. However, while Baghdadi’s death “drown” in shame for saying be on the back of unscrupulous have set in for the BJP and the performance, playing spoilsport ity of leadership matter more. might have killed the IS until leaders in the region and major global powers do Article 370 had nothing to do games, not driven by the famed Shiv Sena, even though the unless the BJP agrees to a 50:50 Shashank nothing to stabilise the situation, another Baghdadi might rise. And given the way with the State polls. election-winning machine pow- alliance has retained power in division of Cabinet berths and a Via email BJP chief and Union Minister ered by Modi and Shah. Maharashtra, the man who halt- turn at the Chief Minister’s post. that wannabe-dictator, Recip Tayyep Erdogan of Turkey, is acting right now, the Amit Shah’s hubris-laden slogan of KS Jayatheertha ed the Modi-Shah juggernaut is In Haryana, the BJP has Send your feedback to: next Baghdadi is only months away. “abki baar, pachhattar paar (this Bengaluru Nationalist Congress Party somehow managed to form a [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Measurement of POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE JJP HAS DISRESPECTED THE MANDATE OF THE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAYING VOTE KISIKO, human evolution PEOPLE. VOTE KISIKO, SUPPORT KISIKO (VOTE WAS SUPPORT KISIKO, DID WE ASK FOR VOTES FOR SOMEONE ELSE, SUPPORT TO SOMEONE ELSE). FOR THEM? It’s about time some stream of science addressed —FORMER HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER —HARYANA DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER basic questions about what yardsticks are best for rating mankind’s advancements BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA DUSHYANT CHAUTALA Get the right policy lever VINAYSHIL GAUTAM Imagine the impact on economic growth if we just reform, avoid taking decisions that f there is anything left on which an app has yet to be developed, it is on human relationships within an organisation. Be it a rela- dampen growth in any sector and combine this with a check on overzealous departments Itionship involving one-to-one contact, one-to-many or many- to-many, there is often a feeling of tentativeness which leaves a sense of discomfiture with many stakeholders to the situation. No psychologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst or anybody of that breed has been able to engineer a response to this, which is reasonably reliable or durable. In short, the human mind, the psyche, the cognitive system are so complex and their interpreters are so much at sea on these issues that the best of them is not able to fashion anything with some quality of predictive validity, on what intervention would trigger what response. It is, as if it were, the boundary lines of technological intervention being drawn on KARAN BHASIN this issue. The entire theory of predictive validity converts itself into a huge arc of grey in behavioural matters. Under these circumstances, he fact that our economic growth has sentiments of loyalty, friendship, reliability, fidelity or for that mat- slowed down is not a surprise to anyone. ter even enmity and dislike are difficult to sustain, maintain and TThis trend started from September last be used as a platform of assurance. If everything is unpredictable, year and there are reasons to believe that we may if everyone is changing — almost without a design, without caprice be witnessing signs of an early recovery. A like- — from one moment to another, then how does one create a plat- ly casualty of the fiscal downturn is that even form of sustainability and predictability? the naysayers have started to believe in India’s This has almost universal ramifications. The issue of interper- official statistics, just like the recently-conclud- sonal relationships can be ignored only up to a point so far as run- ed Assembly elections have punctured the nar- rative regarding faulty Electronic Voting ning of an organisation is concerned. It also has ramifications on Machines (EVMs). the working of groups. The gravity of this poser is obvious, if one Some may continue to question the official only reminds oneself that organisations and groups are central to statistics and the fact remains that no statisti- human existence. cal data is completely free from errors. However, It is widely felt that work in organisations very often gets done the problem is not with the methodology and on the network of personal rapport and relationships. There is noth- therefore, if there are issues, they must be with ing “abnormal” about it. Then there is the question and act of “inter- the Ministry of Company Affairs’ website pretation” within the high-flying domain of the decision-maker. The MCA-21’s database. But, with the first quarter bandwidth of interpretation is so wide that a large number of mat- (Q1) of the financial year (FY) 2019-20 growth ters can be settled from one end of the spectrum to another with at five per cent, one can argue that the official statistics indeed are reflective of what’s going on uine business failures. This is important and Government should consider foregoing the exist- decisions, which on the face of it, appear almost mutually incon- in the economy. That is, we’ve slowed down from imperative at this juncture as we aspire to cre- ing demand and move to the new agreed rev- gruous. Obviously this opens the way for a lot of quips and at times eight per cent to five per cent in a span of four ate an innovation-led, entrepreneurship-driven enue formula as prescribed by the Supreme misplaced sniping. Yet, from a behavioural point of view, this is quarters. $5 trillion economy. EVEN FOR Court (SC). Doing so will give the sector a fresh totally understandable and capable of near-rational justification. How did this happen? The answer is our Further, it is important to recognise the EXISTING LOANS impetus and undo the damage caused by the 2G The above narrative raises certain fundamental dilemmas with banking sector which continues to reel under problems in our policies, especially the mone- fiasco. reference to the scientific nature of human relationships or for that substantial pressure. The recent deceleration of tary one. We had a prolonged period of WE SEE It is interesting to note that just at the time matter even scientific manner of running an organisation. the economy coincides with the IL&FS crisis extremely high real interest rates which have only when the Government is keen on privatisation, However, if one conclusion is obvious, it is with reference to the which spread to other Non-Banking Financial amplified the problems in the banking space. BUSINESSES it has announced a revival package for Bharat intrinsic “value of data.” This is often times as good as the value Companies (NBFCs). This recognition is important as it may ensure BECOMING EAGER Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar of its interpretation and indeed the ability to see correlations of one It is important to recognise that the finan- we avoid such a mistake in the near or even dis- Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). If history cial system is fragile and interlinked, thereby tant future. There may still be some room for TO REPAY THE has shown us anything, it is that the Government component of data with another. Careers may be made in analyt- resulting in spreading and enhancement of risks. further interest rate cuts and we will get to know can’t run anything. Therefore, the package for ics. Demanding and providing statistical proof may be the favourite This makes it more important to handle such more on this only after the October inflation fig- DEBT WHILE BEING BSNL and MTNL is likely to be money which haunt of some people. But the day where an entire life could be situations with utmost care and dissolve them ures become known. CAUTIOUS ABOUT could have been productively used elsewhere. programmed and existence of things living and matters dead could as quickly as possible. The fact that we saw a The Government will indeed have a fiscal The only positive about the package is the vol- be fully programmed, alas, is not even on the horizon. NBFC crisis at a time when we were already strain due to the ongoing slowdown as tax rev- FINANCING FRESH untary retirement scheme and likely merger This simple reality plays havoc with coping strategies of life. dealing with the Non-Performing Asset (NPA) enues will fall short of targets. Many estimates which may pave the way for future consolida- It would also be worth reminding oneself that it puts organisations, crisis only choked our financial sector, thereby suggest that we’re looking at a `2 trillion short- INVESTMENTS tion, down-scaling and eventual partial privati- as an entity, in a very vulnerable state. The text began with refer- resulting in a full three per cent decline in growth fall in the current fiscal. While I am not a fis- THROUGH DEBT. sation of its non-strategic operations. ence to interpersonal dynamics. Perhaps it is the ultimate trigger over four quarters. cal hawk and there are reasons to be less wor- While many would argue for reforms in fac- of all human action. It sought to establish how efforts to run an Luckily, we’ve witnessed impressive filings ried about the deficit, the Government, too, has THIS TREND NEEDS tor markets such as land or labour, it is equal- by banks for the second quarter profits which acknowledged that fiscal deficit is not a cause ly important to avoid overzealous departments organisation are nettled with contradictions. suggest that problems in the banking space seem of concern at the moment. TO BE REVERSED from taking decisions that will dampen the These dilemmas are nowhere being soluble or indeed, even, to be largely over. It is, therefore, important that Given the track record of the National AND THERE’S AN growth of sectors. comprehensible in their entirety. we address any fresh vulnerabilities that may Democratic Alliance (NDA) to stick to its own At the same time, recognising the limitations A simple extension of this line of thought would clarify the point emerge. There are two important points worth stated fiscal deficit targets, one can safely URGENT NEED TO of the Government and its ownership will enable further. It has to do with the nature of human achievement(s). noting here. First, credit offtake is sluggish as assume only a minor deviation from the same, a more ambitious privatisation programme Consider the act of mankind reaching the Moon and a man-made most bankers are indeed wary of lending. despite the revenue shortfall. The gap will very DE-STIGMATISE which will unshackle our economy leading to vehicle landing there. Clearly it’s a watershed in human history. It Therefore, while banks may have adequate liq- likely be filled up with the aid of non-tax rev- BUSINESS a productivity surge-led growth. has been celebrated widely and, rightly so. Yet it was several years uidity, it is not translating to credit at the retail enues through either disinvestment or privati- There are a lot of low-hanging fruits in India after the landing on the Moon that mankind realised that it would level. sation. FAILURES. THE when it comes to policy levers and reforms. be a great deal simpler to carry a piece of luggage if one put wheels Second and more importantly, the process At the same time, it is important to recog- FIRST STEP Therefore, just focusing on them is going to put on it. Clearly it is the basic and everyday experiences of life, which of NPA recoveries has invariably stigmatised nise the second and third-order effects of deci- us back on a seven per cent or plus growth path. bank-financed debt and, therefore, small and sions made by different departments on the TOWARDS The mantra for the same is simple, reform and need equal, if not more sustained attention, for evolution of mankind medium businesses seem to be a bit wary of bor- Indian economy. For instance, let’s look at the avoid taking decisions that would dampen to be more sustained. It need not be a matter of debate to figure rowing from banks. telecom sector that has been struggling since the ACHIEVING THIS growth in any sector. out which of the two events, referred to in preceding lines, is more While there are many ways to address the 2G scam. The sector grew over the last couple WOULD BE The first United Progressive Alliance conducive to human comfort. first part of the problem, it is difficult to address of years primarily due to increased debt. Government didn’t undertake any reforms but No public answer can be given to these question. It’s about the second aspect with any policy intervention. However, there was some confusion with SEPARATE CASES just avoided decisions that dampened growth, time some stream of science — biological, life, physical, social These two factors combined ensure that cred- respect to what constituted as revenue under the thereby reaping rich dividends from the reforms science or whatever — made it its business to address some very it-offtake is sluggish, which inadvertently has an spectrum revenue-sharing agreement with the OF BANK FRAUDS undertaken by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee simple basic questions. What yardsticks are best for measuring adverse impact on our economic growth. Government. The amount due, combined with WITH GENUINE Government. In contrast, both the terms of the Even for existing loans, we see businesses penalties and interest on it, is to the tune of Narendra Modi Government have witnessed a human evolution? What is the price payable for rapid growth? Are ` there limits to technological intervention? Perhaps a part answer becoming eager to repay the debt while being 92,000 crore, which the Department of BUSINESS continuous agenda of reforms. Imagine the cautious about financing fresh investments Telecommunications (DoT) is seeking from tele- impact on India’s economic growth if this was lies in looking at the life of tribals, who have endured endless neglect, through debt. This trend needs to be reversed com companies. This, at a time when the sec- DEBACLES combined with a check on overzealous depart- inanity, not to forget prosecution and yet managed to survive with- and there’s an urgent need to de-stigmatise busi- tor has witnessed two successive exogenous ments. out losing their moorings. ness failures. The first step towards achieving this shocks, is only likely to compound their prob- (The writer is a New Delhi-based policy (The writer is a well-known management consultant) would be separate cases of bank frauds with gen- lems. Given the state of the telecom sector, the researcher) A place at the cyber security superpower table Pushing forward with determination and a vision for the future will help ensure that India and its people will become a guiding force for cyber freedom and security in the information age threat of cyber crime and preven- In a move towards modernisa- For instance, they reached a before 5G becomes widespread. receive such an honour. He has also the living standards of people. tion. Preparing for a new generation tion and a new spirit of global coop- consensus on such measures as The fundamental encryption under- been invited to lecture on cyber Modernisation through tech- of computing that entails everything eration, members of the e- sharing information regarding legal lying both VPN and Secure Sockets security at such institutions as the nology will provide some of the care from the Internet of Things (IoT) to Governance, Information and regulatory frameworks; sharing Layer (SSL) technology will help Northwestern University in and vision needed to protect an 5G, is essential for any rising super- Technology, and Cyber Diplomacy cyber security best practices and rec- ensure compliance with regulations Chicago. industry that 70 per cent of the pop- power that hopes to compete — per- department of the Indian Ministry ommendations; working together to like the GDPR while protecting For his part, Kaushik believes ulation still depends upon for their haps even lead — as we move of External Affairs met with their protect Economic Information users and site owners from intrusive that there should be a stronger part- livelihood. This will also play a part toward the middle of the 21st cen- counterparts in Australia for a Infrastructure, especially with Government oversight and poten- nership between the Government in the Prime Minister’s plan to trans- tury. So where does India stand now series of talks, the latest of which regards to national security in both tial abuses. and the private industry in India. form India into a $5 trillion global BOCETTA in these regards and where does it took part in New Delhi a few weeks countries; unifying regulations The future of India and cyber Giving preference to local develop- economy. SAMUEL hope to go in the future? ago. These talks revolved around regarding digital product develop- security: One key player who’s ers will enhance India’s standing and As one of the world’s most The current state of cyber decreasing the frequency and sever- ment, including design, testing, working hard to put a new “Digital remove responsibility for her secu- populated countries and with 243 rime Minister Narendra Modi security in India: Statistics reveal ity of cyber crimes that threaten to and certification; implementing the India” on the map is Khushhal rity out of foreign hands. Allowing million active Internet users, India has been making the rounds of a lot about where technology is destabilise economic security as framework of the General Data Kaushik. An ethical hacker, it’s private DevSecOps (a natural and has a big stake in the evolution of Pfriendly countries over the heading and how far it still has to well as disrupt international peace Protection Regulation (GDPR) in partly his passion to turn the per- necessary response to the bottleneck cyber security and crime prevention. last few months, visiting his coun- go. Currently, there are more than and trade. order to facilitate more secure data ception of India as a cyber security effect of older security models on Every burgeoning superpower is terparts in France and the US and 370 million active computer users in So far, they’ve agreed to estab- sharing and protection between liability around, that is moving the the modern continuous delivery going to endure some growing initiating cyber security talks in India, making up about 30 per cent lish a Joint Working Group on the two countries and last but not cyber security technology sector in pipeline) to work with local and pains and missteps along the way. Australia. During a recent visit to the of the total population and nearly Cyber Security Cooperation; imple- the least, preventing the spread the country forward. regional law enforcement authori- Pushing forward with determina- US, Modi highlighted a renewed equalling the total population of the ment the United Nations Group of and controlling the impact of fake The key, he believes, is height- ties will allow these agencies to have tion and a vision for the future will awareness of the expectations of the US. That makes it the second- Governmental Experts (UN GGE) news and personal data profiling. ening India’s presence and visibili- the tools and knowledge necessary help ensure that India and her peo- wider world towards India. This largest global Internet market. reports of 2013 and 2015; continue India is not part of the “Five ty in matters of cyber security. to tackle cyber crime on a local level. ple will become a guiding force for constitutes both a sense of respon- Although India ranks first in reciprocal reporting on policies Eyes Alliance” that makes up the One of the first things Kaushik Direct tech-related subjects are cyber freedom and security in the sibility and a challenge that Indians cyber attacks, it is 15th in terms of regarding engagement with the pri- bulk of cyber superpowers but did in an effort to destroy the myth not the only way to give India a seat information age. are eager to meet. cyber security. This is mainly due to vate sector, telecommunications deeper cooperation means that it of India’s substandard cyber securi- at the table and bring us into the (The writer is a retired Defence Although Modi’s State visits a combination of increased reliance and important legislative develop- could be held to their standards and ty is to insist on his name and conversation as a technology super- analyst for the US Navy and specialis- and meetings addressed a number on mobile technology and cheap, ments. The meeting between Modi subject to their laws. Regulations nationality being included when his power. Changes in the agriculture es in diplomacy and national secu- of topics of interest for the country unprotected devices, which lands it and the French President Emmanuel about data integrity and privacy paper was selected for publication sector are a good example of how rity, with emphasis on technology and the world at large, one major within the top 10 nations worst in Macron resulted in similar points of underline the importance of using in UNESCO’s annual magazine. He technology can increase India’s trends in cyber warfare, cyber defence subject concerned the ongoing mobile security. agreement. a virtual private network (VPN) was the first ethical hacker to standing in the world and improve and cryptography.) VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 money 08

CAPSULE RBI imposes Rs 35 lakh fine 70 SENIOR BANKERS IN on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank FRAY FOR LVB TOP POST PNS n MUMBAI PNS n MUMBAI shore up its capital buffer, both The Reserve Bank has have been below the regulatory imposed a penalty of Rs 35 Centre's green nod Close to 70 senior bank exec- levels. The ongoing plan is lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile utives are in the fray to occu- implemented with the involve- Bank for violating norms on for Rs 819 cr Kochi py the corner room office of the ment of all including the branch frauds classification and noti- water metro project chief executive and managing heads, added the source. fication. director of the Tamil Nadu- “Simultaneously, cost-control The central bank imposed NEW DELHI: The Centre has based lender Laxmi Vilas Bank. measures are also in place to the fine via an order dated given the environment The Chennai-headquartered boost profitability,” the source October 24, 2019. clearance for Rs 819 crore water metro project that aims mid-sized private sector bank said. The bank is also in talks The bank has been to provide better connectivity has been headless since mid- with potential investors to raise penalised for "non-compli- September after the then chief funds, including some PE funds. ance with certain provisions Assocham to hold of islands around Kochi with the mainland, according to executive Parathasarathy Following the failure of get- of directions issued by RBI on official document. The Union Mukherjee left before the com- ting RBI nod for the merger frauds classification and Environment Ministry has pletion of his three-year term. with Indiabulls Housing reporting by commercial The bank, which has been Finance and being placed under banks and select FIs direc- event for budding given the final environment clearance to the proposed placed under the prompt cor- the PCA, there were lots of tions 2016," the RBI said in a project after taking into rective action by the monetary The recruitment process, which is rumours about the bank being release on October 25. account the views of its green authority since August for low shuttered in social media, forc- "This action is based on capital buffer and higher NPAs currently underway, will get over by ing it last week to file an FIR the deficiencies in regulato- bizmen in Jammu panel. Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), a joint venture firm of coupled and mounting losses, November 10 and the new with the cyber cell of the ry compliance and is not n the Centre and Kerala is scheduled to complete the management will take charge by the Chennai police. The accounts intended to pronounce upon PNS JAMMU government, is the process by November 10. against which the bank, which the validity of any transac- implementing agency of the “We have received as many first week of December if the Reserve has been placed under opera- tion or agreement entered With a view to promote entre- proposed project. As per the as 68 applications for the post Bank approval comes in tional restrictions, also include into by the bank with its cus- preneurship in Jammu and proposal, the project will cover of chief executive and manag- one named 'Priyanka Gandhi - tomers," the central bank Kashmir, industry body 15 identified routes in Kochi ing director, signalling higher Future of India'. One of the fake said. Assocham is organising an connecting 38 terminals interest in the nearly 100-year- the source added. if the Reserve Bank approval messages spoke about the clo- The RBI had conducted a event 'Startup Elevator Pitch' across 10 island communities old private sector bank,” a bank The list also has a few turn- comes in. sure of its branches and ATMs, statutory inspection of here on Wednesday. across 78.2 km channel length source privy to the develop- around specialists who have the The new chief executive's the bank said in the complaint. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank The event will be held at the Assocham and two boatyards. KMRL has ment told PTI. track-record of making loss- focus will be to turn around the For the June quarter, LVB on its financial position as University of Jammu on Launchpad - proposed to take up Senior executives from lead- making banks profitable, the bank, which has already initi- reported higher losses at Rs 237 on March 31, 2017, based October 30 which will help Startup Elevator development of 7 additional ing private sector lenders like source said. The recruitment ated a slew of measures for crore, up from Rs 142 crore a on which a show cause create new startups in the terminals (Info Park, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra process, which is currently faster recovery, added the year ago on higher provision- notice was issued to the region and enable them to Pitch Series, an Vaduthala, Njarackal, Bank, Axis Bank, foreign lender underway, will get over by source. The bank has already ing and lower growth in net bank as to why penalty grow quickly to become suc- initiative and Mulavukad View Point and Standard Chartered Bank and November 10 and the new kicked off a fast-paced exercise interest income as its gross should not be imposed for cessful examples in their platform for Embarkation jetty) as a social public sector bank Canara management will take charge to improve asset quality by NPAs touched 17.3 per cent non-compliance with the respective fields, the industry initiative, the document added. Bank have applied for the post, by the first week of December recovering bad loans and to from 10.73 per cent. directions. body said in a statement here. budding After considering the Assocham Launchpad - entrepreneurs is bank's reply to the notice and Startup Elevator Pitch Series, being organised oral submissions made in an initiative and platform for CCI to look into the personal hearing, the RBI budding entrepreneurs is in 12 cities NCLAT sets aside insolvency concluded that the non-com- being organised in 12 cities across India competition pliance warranted imposi- across India. tion of monetary penalty, it Under this initiative, setup business case for fund- proceeding against Ambience among sports said further. Assocham is giving upcoming ing, the statement said. startups in tier II and III cities “Startups in Jammu could PTI n NEW DELHI federations of India access to industry use the Assocham platform to RIL's digital biz rejig experts who can give them the network with high net worth may bring its apps The National Company Law PTI n NEW DELHI guidance they need on busi- individuals and generate Appellate Tribunal has set aside ness, product, marketing and business or funding oppor- on investor radar an NCLT order to initiate insol- Anti-trust watchdog CCI plans also connect them with the tunities for themselves," NEW DELHI: Reliance vency proceedings against real to hold interactions with stake- right people that can help Assocham National Council Industries' move to create a estate development company holders in sports sector to with funding process and on Startups chairman Anil new subsidiary combining all Ambience Ltd over the plea of address competition concerns proper guidance on how to Khaitan said. digital initiatives will make the Vistra ITCL India (formerly in connection with sports fed- digital platform increasingly known as IL&FS Trust erations without disturbing attractive to potential Company). the essential elements of their investors, according to A three-member NCLAT "self regulatory" frameworks. analysts. RIL's restructuring bench headed by Chairperson Plea for insolvency proceedings Competition Commission AI sale: Aviation min of telecom/ digital business Justice S J Mukhopadhaya has of India (CCI) Chairman raises focus on asset remitted the matter back to the against Intex Tech dismissed Ashok Kumar Gupta said that monetisation and debt National Company Law of late, the regulator has come reduction, Morgan Stanley may ease FDI norms Tribunal (NCLT), directing it to NEW DELHI: The NCLAT across numerous matters relat- said. "Consolidated debt decide afresh as the order was has dismissed a plea to initi- ing to the sports sector involv- PTI n NEW DELHI remains unchanged, but passed by a single member ate insolvency proceedings ing competition concerns. platform apps move onto only. against smartphone and "A major issue is that some The Department for investor radar, clarity on Vistra ITCL India's plea to mobile accessories maker federations, that also play a key Promotion of Industry and 63K bottles of corporate structure improves initiate insolvency was heard by Intex Technologies India Ltd role in selection of players for Internal Trade (DPIIT) and erosive and interest capitalization a NCLT bench comprising -- by one of its creditors. national teams, have restric- the civil aviation ministry are concerns lessen," Morgan Member (Judicial) and A three-member NCLAT tions that do not allow other looking at the possibility of esophagitis tabs Stanley said in a report on Member(Technical) -- and the bench headed by Chairperson 2019, the National Company bodies to organise tourna- relaxing foreign direct invest- Monday. IIFL Institutional order was reserved on April 22, Justice S J Mukhopadhaya Law Tribunal (NCLT) Delhi ments," he told PTI. ment norms to attract bidders there is an issue of substantial to be recalled Equities in a recent report said 2019 for judgement. upheld the order of the NCLT had rejected the application The regulator keeps a tab for national carrier Air India, ownership and effective con- the move, which involves However, Member Delhi, which had dismissed the filed by Avalon Sports and across sectors against anti- an official said. trol. So there, we are talking to PTI n NEW DELHI transferring telecom venture (Technical) retired on July 9, plea of the operational creditor Media on the same ground, competitive ways and in the The government for long the civil aviation ministry to Reliance Jio's debt to parent 2019 and the order to initiate after observing a pre-existence following which it was chal- past have also clamped down has been trying to sell debt- see whether they are interest- Jubilant Cadista balancesheet, should make insolvency proceeding was of dispute over the claims. lenged before the NCLAT by on such practices related to ridden Air India but could not ed in liberalising it," the offi- Pharmaceuticals Inc is digital platform "increasingly passed on August 27, 2019 by Earlier, on September 1, the firm. various sports. In some cases, attract bidders. It has now cial said. recalling 63,216 bottles of attractive to potential strategic Member (Judicial) only. This Gupta said the players are also again decided to call bids for "It is felt that if you allow Pantoprazole Sodium investor". Reliance Industries was challenged by Ambience restricted from playing in tour- sale next month. 100 per cent foreign direct delayed-release tablets in the Ltd (RIL) last week Director Raj Singh Gehlot impugned order dated August Divisional Bench of Member naments organised by others. In the aviation sector, 100 investment (FDI), probably it American market and announced it will set up a new before the NCLAT, contending 27, 2019 without extending any Judicial and Technical as per the "The Commission is propos- per cent FDI is allowed under will have a better effect on the Puerto Rico, as per the latest subsidiary to bring all its that final order cannot be passed opinion on merit of the claim provisions of the Act and after ing a sectoral workshop in this automatic route forO Air India bidding prospects. report of the US health reg- digital initiatives and apps under a single entity, and by Member (Judicial) alone as and counter claim of the parties. notice and hearing, the area which will provide an (Maintenance, Repair, The civil aviation ministry is ulator. infuse Rs 1.08 lakh crore it was being heard by a bench "The matter is remitted back Adjudicating Authority pass opportunity to various stake- Overhaul), ground handling, also aware of that. We are tak- The tablets are used for the equity into this new unit. of two-members. to the NCLT Bench III, New appropriate order...,” NCLAT holders to express and exchange and aircraft purchase. ing it up with them also," the short-term treatment of ero- "We accordingly, set aside the Delhi should be heard by said. views on relevant issues. "But in airline operation, official added. sive esophagitis associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Jubilant Cadista Pharmaceuticals Inc is recall- SBI Life fined Rs 4L for violating policyholder norms ing 63,216 bottles of the tablets in the strength of 40 PTI n NEW DELHI December 23, 2016; February (Amendment) Act, 2015, which internal controls in usage of mg, manufactured by Jubilant 17, 2017; and March 23, 2017. indicated a casual approach of applications for insurance, Generics Ltd at its Roorkee Insurance sector regulator Irdai It was found that provisions the life insurer in adhering to which may jeopardize the inter- plant, the Enforcement has imposed a fine of Rs 4 lakh prior to the Insurance Laws the regulatory norms. ests of the prospects/insureds," Report of the US Food and on SBI Life Insurance Company (Amendment) Act, 2015, were "A proposal form is a basis Irdai said in its order. Drug Adminstration Ltd for violating norms on incorporated instead of new of the contract and the provi- Hence, the authority as per (USFDA) said. advertisement and protection of provisions. Besides, the provi- sions of the referred sections of the powers vested in it under The reason for the recall is policyholders' interest. sions of the Section 45 of Insurance Act, 1938, should be Section 102(b) of the Insurance "CGMP Deviation: Presence The Insurance Regulatory Insurance Act, 1938, which clearly and correctly mentioned. Act, 1938, a penalty of Rs 4 lakh of dark brown discoloration and Development Authority of deals with advertisement and The lapses on the part of the life (Rs 1 lakh for lapse noticed in on edges of tablets," it added. India (Irdai) said it had exam- disclosure norms were not prop- the samples were examined insurer not only violate the each of the four proposal forms) The ongoing voluntary ined samples of proposal forms erly reflected, the regulator said. almost two years after the pro- provisions of regulations but is imposed on the life insurer," recall is a class II recall, the Asian stocks rise as signed on November 30, 2016; Irdai said the dates on which mulgation of Insurance Laws also indicate lack of proper it said. report said. Brexit fears recede Unemployment fuels unrest in Arab states: IMF PTI n NEW DELHI Benchmarks in PNS n HYDERABAD The unrest is in turn contributing to Asian stock markets followed Tokyo and HK Unemployment and sluggish Wall Street higher Monday as rose as fears economic growth are fuelling slower growth in the Middle East and investors looked ahead to a about US-China social tension and popular North Africa (MENA) region, alongside crowded week of corporate protests in several Arab coun- earnings, a possible US interest trade and Brexit tries, the International global trade tensions, oil price rate cut and other potentially receded Monetary Fund said Monday. volatility and a disorderly Brexit market-moving events. The unrest is in turn con- process, the IMF said Benchmarks in Shanghai, Central banks in Japan and tributing to slower growth in Tokyo and Hong Kong all rose Canada also are due to the Middle East and North as fears about US-Chinese announce interest rate deci- Africa (MENA) region, along- the rate of unemployment at "Women and young people trade tension and Brexit reced- sions. side global trade tensions, oil the youth level exceeds 25-30 are particularly likely to be out ed. The US Treasury is due to price volatility and a disorder- per cent and this requires of work, with more than 18 per Markets shrugged off soft report which governments are ly Brexit process, the IMF said growth to be higher by 1-2 per cent of women... without jobs earnings from US companies deemed to manipulate their in a report on the regional eco- cent" in order to make a dent in 2018." Violent protests have including Boeing and currencies to boost exports, a nomic outlook. in joblessness, Azour told AFP broken out in several Arab Caterpillar. Some 160 more designation that can trigger Earlier this month it lowered in an interview. The IMF report countries since early 2010 and companies are due to announce penalties. the 2019 forecast for the region said that the high unemploy- turned into bloody civil wars in their earnings this week, includ- A watch list issued in May -- taking in the Arab nations ment was worsening social Syria, Yemen and Libya. ing Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, included China, Japan and and Iran -- to a meagre 0.1 per tensions in Arab countries. A new wave of demonstra- General Electric and Exxon Germany. cent from 1.1 per cent last year. Emirates. al factors," the IMF said in its ed to address unemployment," "Unemployment averages 11 tions erupted over the last year Mobil. This will be "one of the most The IMF slashed its outlook The risks around the forecast report on Monday. said Jihad Azour, the IMF's per cent throughout the region in Algeria, Sudan, Iraq and Investors are looking to the substantial data and event risk for the region's three largest of earlier this month "are "The level of growth that director for the Middle East versus seven per cent across Lebanon, typically demand- Federal Reserve for another weeks of the year," said Jeffrey economies -- Saudi Arabia, skewed to the downside and countries in the region are and Central Asia. other emerging market and ing economic reforms and US interest rate cut this week. Halley of Oanda in a report. Iran and the United Arab are highly dependent on glob- having is below what is need- "We are in a region where developing economies," it said. action against corruption. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Tuesday October 29, 2019 EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION INININ THEATRETHEATRETHEATRE ISISIS REWARDINGREWARDINGREWARDING Dr Surabhi Ramesh talks to V SATEESH REDDY about the importance of basic education in theatre and the way Surabhi group has shaped the theatre scene in the city

staged every week by the background. He says, “In theatre art forward to the Surabhi Theatre in my PhD, I researched about younger generations. He Hyderabad. He shares, the technical aspects that says, “Education in theatre “Mayabazaar, the movie, the Surabhi family uses dur- is important. Surabhi must has an unfailing legacy that ing plays. What goes into have a theatre institute for is more than 50-years-old building the sets, the effects the future genera- but Surabhi staged it as a on stage and the budget tions. I’m also play even before the movie behind all that and more planning to released. The play was formed my thesis. My work publish outstanding and continues gives a complete picture books tions of theatre but our to attract many people till about how the Surabhi fami- about my Dr Ramesh is also the techniques are high end. date. I did my MPhil on the ly works. In my recent research.” only member from the the- The way we create the same subject where I gave a speech about ‘Women’s role n the 134-years- atre fraternity to deliver a effects of rain and fire on complete picture about the in Surabhi’ at the IFTR cul- old legacy of speech on the ‘Women’s role stage to symbolise the entry play and the techniques tural event, I explained the Surabhi Theatre in Surabhi’ to delegates from of gods have been a fan behind it.” key role of women in I family, Dr all over the world at favourite for many.” For every play, more than Surabhi plays.” Surabhi Ramesh Shanghai, China as part of “In the beginning, 20 technicians from the He opined that Surabhi is the only person the International Federation Surabhi theatre comprised Surabhi family work hard in institution needs to take to acquire a PhD. Speaking of Theatre Research’s (IFTR) more than 40 societies, each to The Pioneer, Dr Surabhi cultural exchange event. consisting about 80 people. Ramesh says, “The Surabhi Surabhi artists are very Now, we have only five soci- In the beginning, Surabhi theatre comprised more family contributed a lot for good at technical aspects eties and 400 families are the theatre. But it is sad that compared to other theatre trying to sustain the art. All than 40 societies, each consisting about 80 not many from the family groups. He explains that, “It these members live in people. Now, we have only five societies and 400 have pursued PhD in the- is not easy to enthral audi- Surabhi Colony at Serling- families are trying to sustain the art. All these atre research. But we did not ence a 1,000 times with the ampally,” Dr Ramesh said. get the time and space to same performance. We Dr Ramesh did his PG in members live in Surabhi Colony at pursue higher studies as we always look for new tech- theatre arts from the Telugu Serlingampally. It is not easy to enthral audience a were always working hard to niques to captivate their University in 2004. Later, he 1,000 times with the same performance keep the theatre scene alive attention. Surabhi drama did research on the famous in the Telugu states.” survives only by the collec- Mayabazaar play that was DR SURABHI RAMESH, SCHOLAR ON THEATRE

Kotii Reddy Saripalli has never forgotten his Sharing success struggles from being a data entry operator to becoming the Chief Application Architect in WITH SOCIETY Microsoft. He now ormal education is not always neces- works for the social and sary for success as many people, F including Micro- financial empowerment soft founder Bill Gates, has proved it time and of the needy again. Some people scale new heights with their own pas- sion. Kotii Reddy Saripalli, from the Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, also proved the theory right. From being a data entry operator in Gudivada and becoming the Youngest Java Certified Professional (JCP) in India, they taking charge of their ject, Pinnacle Blooms while banking a job in health. Another projects of Network, is a first-of-its-kind Microsoft without any his, e-Gudi, provides the network that aims to bring degree, to starting his own technology to religious places smiles to kids with neurologi- company, he has seen it all. and helps devotees from any cal and congenital condi- He is now serving back to place to have darshan and tions.” society through various services of the God with ease. He concluded that he social causes. He shares, “We are living in wants to help as many as peo- Speaking about his jour- a society where we can get ple as he can through his pro- ney to The Pioneer Kotii He said that even though financially helping the needy 700 students till date.” anything at our fingertips with jects that directly work for Reddy said that he hailed he cleared 12 rounds, the and more. He says that “To He also started various just a click. We need to people the betterment of the public. from a typical middle- very next day, he was rejected help the government school technologically driven pro- becoming more aware about — VSR class family. Reddy was for not having a degree in students, I adopted two jects in the fields of agricul- the benefits of technology.” fond of reading books computers. “After my success- schools, ZPHS in Nandivada ture, construction, education, His Kotii Foundation is since his childhood and ful interview I was asked to and MPHS in Jonapadu. We health and media. He spends helping senior citizens, single he was an avid reader present my educational cer- installed all the required facil- 33 per cent of his profits for mothers and widows with ONE OF KOTII'S of books about psy- tificates to initiate the joining ities for the students in these the poor. financial empowerment to PROJECTS, BHARATH chology. He said that process. I told them that I two schools and encouraged One of his current projects, help them live on their own. Bill Gates’ book, The don’t have any degree certifi- students to pursue various Bharath Health Care aims to He says, “Our Seva HEALTH CARE, AIMS Road Ahead, cate because I never did. professions. I was very happy empower 783 crore people of Foundation is identifying TO EMPOWER 783 CR inspired him to Later they informed me that that these two schools the world spread across 238 school and college dropouts achieve something they don’t hire people with- achieved a 100 per cent pass countries. He plans to and helping them pursue PEOPLE ACROSS 238 for himself in life. out a degree. It did not make rate in Class X results with empower them in terms of their studies. Our other pro- COUNTRIES Reddy says, “I sense to me so I just asked completed my Class them one question. ‘How can X in 1998 and later a successful company found- learned the PGDCA course. ed by a college dropout is not Once a tech giant, Satyam willing to hire talent without Ramalinga Raju, was my a degree?’ After a few days, I inspiration to learn com- got a call from the higher puters. So I came to officials of the Microsoft and Hyderabad and worked as they told me that they had no a C Language faculty for problem with my qualifica- some time. After witness- tion and hired me. I’m the ing my skills in comput- first person from India to get ers, a software company hired in Microsoft without a offered me a job.” degree,” he shares. Reddy started learn- Later, Reddy completed his ing various computer graduation and got a doctor- courses through his ate from the University of job. He became the Washington. After working Youngest Java Certified for more than ten years in Professional (JCP) in India Microsoft, Reddy quit his job and word of his skills that and started his own company caught the attention of Kotii Group of Ventures to Microsoft got him an help the needy people with interview with the firm in various projects such as pro- 2007. viding education for the poor, 10

Vijayawada Tuesday October 29, 2019 what’s brewing? WEB SPECIALISTS: OTT redefines success for new-age actors he ever-expanding world of OTT platforms in India has introduced a breed of new-age stars, T who believe in the power of over-the-top content but not in the concept of over-the- top stardom. The stories being churned out from the world of OTTs are not only changing the storybook of the entertainment world, but also give a bigger playground to budding actors to break ground, court instant fame and be a part of this New film to trace whole changing idiom of stardom where actors, and not glamour gods, are kings. “I really hope and pray that the idea of stardom doesn’t take over Kasturba’s influence the OTT platforms. I personally don’t believe in it, and I am not someone who propagates it. We should be wary of bringing the on Mahatma Gandhi Bollywood concept to OTT,” said actress Kirti Kulhari, who has found a new standing as actor mainly he upcoming the liberty of Gandhi ji's name team had to go through a long thanks to her digital shows with biopic Gandhi Ki for materialistic things. I must and extensive research Four More Shots Please! and Bard of Prerna Kasturba say that she has played a very process. Blood. traces Kasturba important role in Gandhi ji's “Kasturba Gandhi is not “With OTT coming in, I believe T Gandhi's influence becoming Mahatma,” men- that popular a freedom fight- everything is about actors, about on Father of the tioned Koshyari. er. She gets a very small space playing different characters and Nation Mahatma Gandhi. He added that the young in our history books. So, it about playing them well. I hope After a special screening in generation should watch the became difficult for us to get there are actors getting better Mumbai, Governor Bhagat film. information about her. Then opportunities, that you are cast not Singh Koshyari of “They should watch this we started visiting Gandhi because you are a star but because Maharashtra said it is very film in order to understand ashrams and interacted with a you are apt for the role. I hope OTT Hussain, Shefali Shah and Rasika on social media. You important that the young gen- the significance of relation- lot of old people to gather brings this trend rather than again Dugal who have taken their game to can just start creat- eration watch this film. ship and love. These days, information about her. Our making stars out of people who are the next level thanks to the digital ing content on Directed by Manish Thakur wives are called the better half writer Shakeel Khan did a artistes,” added the actress. platform. YouTube or TikTok. and produced by Manoj in order to show off. Earlier fantastic job in collecting New generation actors from vari- According to Sumeet, who rose to There is new kind of Pandey, the film primarily she was the ardhagini out of information and interpreting ous backgrounds are finding promi- fame with web series Permanent stardom that has features theatre actors in the respect. These days people are it,” said the director. nence thanks to OTT shows. The Roommates, the idea of stardom has come in. Digital stars are in the on web but only few of them shine cast. While Preeti Jha essays losing respect for each other. “After hard work of seven likes of Pankaj Tripathi, Sumeet changed. middle of that stardom,” Gagroo bright,” he said. the role of Kasturba Gandhi, That is something we can to eight years, we were able to Vyas, Maanvi Gagroo, Shriya “The audience finds people work- explained. The lack of time restraint, more the film also features Deepak regain after watching this prepare the script,” he added. Pilgaonkar, Shweta Tripathi, Kubbra ing on the web more approachable Priyanshu Painyuli, who gave focus on character-building and Antani, Dhruv Raj and film,” said Koshyari. Did he think of casting a Sait, Amol Parashar, Angad Bedi, and human. For instance, people Bollywood a not-so-impactful shot detailing, and a vast canvas splashed Shambhavi Sthapak. Although Gandhi ji has big name from Bollywood, as Priyanshu Painyuli, Bani J, Sayani don't hesitate to come to me to have with Bhavesh Joshi Superhero a with hues of different genres, are The makers arranged a spe- been celebrated in the history it would have given the film a Gupta and Nidhi Singh are among a conversation, or ask for a photo- while back, right now has focus some of the factors that drive fame cial screening for Governor of Indian freedom movement, wider reach? “We didn't cast the many names who can hugely graph. It didn't happen with the trained on him after the release of on the OTT platform in India and Koshyari. After watching the not many stories are heard big names due to a lot of rea- attribute the advent of OTT for movie stars. The idea of stardom is his Netflix film, Upstarts. He also on the foreign shores. film, he said, “I am very about his wife Kasturba, who sons. Firstly, the budget was a becoming household names. not worship now, but likability, and has the Chris Hemsworth-starrer “Everyone is thinking out of the happy to watch the film on was born in Porbandar in problem. Secondly, the loca- Many of these actors were strug- relatability” he said. Dhaka added to his resume. The box, trying to tell stories which are Kasturba Gandhi's life and 1869.She actively participated tions chosen by us would be gling to make a mark in Bollywood To this, Maanvi, star of Amazon film is distributed by Netflix. different, and actors are a big part everyone should know about in the welfare of women in tough for big celebrities to for a while. With good shows on Prime's Four More Shots Please!, “Stardom on big screens in the- of the storytelling process,” Kirti her life. Even I am very Champaran, Bihar, and the survive. We are the people OTT, their demand in the big asserted that one doesn’t need to atres is completely different. It is said. inspired by her life, especially Quit India Movement, among from the world of theatre, and screen world has also increased. have connections to get on the lad- difficult to achieve stardom on that To this, Mirzapur star Shriya the way she supported other protests during the free- we have made a film with a Then there are more experienced der of stardom in the virtual world. level. But a huge audience follows Pilgaonkar added: “While most Gandhi ji in every area. She dom struggle. lot of hard work. We have actors as Nawazuddin Siddiqui, “There is a different kind of star- and loves actors on the web as well, films tend to bank on star power to sacrificed so many things and Considering the fact that hoping it does well,” said the Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, dom which has come in. Internet is which creates web stars. I hope star- sell themselves, OTT series mainly never thought of getting into there are very little stories director. Emraan Hashmi, Radhika Apte, Ali a democratic medium. You don't dom doesn't hold back actors on rely on strong scripts, and that is a comfort zone.” known of Kasturba, director The release date of the film Fazal, Kalki Koechlin, Huma have to be star kids or industrialist's web to experiment with stories and what makes an actor take risks.” “She never let children take Manish Thakur said the film's is yet to be decided. Qureshi, Richa Chadha, Adil or sportsperson's child to be famous roles. Today, there are many stars — IANS FUN TIME

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Vijayawada Tuesday October 29, 2019 tollywood The basis of almost all good fiction is a true story. The makers of new Naga Shourya’s film follow this mantra to create a masterpiece, finds K RAMYA SREE t was earlier learnt that actor Naga Shourya has bagged a film that I will be produced ASHWATHAMA by Shankar Prasad is Malpuri and Usha Malpuri, and he will be cast alongside Mehreen Peerzada. In a latest development, the makers of the film announced a power- ful title for the film - based on incidents from Ashwathama while releasing the first look of the poster. For the first time, KGF fight master, Anbu Arivu, will compose the action scenes in the film that is Naga Shourya's life being directed by debutant Ramana Teja. full swing.” The film will have in the USA and has now thriller. The story is based on to the film.” “I didn’t under- Speaking on the occasion, more action scenes and the returned to India.” Naga Shourya garu’s real life stand how they made a script Usha said, “This will be a makers are planning to rele- Speaking about the film, incidents. I’m very happy that out of an incident as it is a first-of-its-kind film in Naga ase it in February, 2020. he said, “We have shot action they chose me to direct the sensitive topic to begin with. Shourya’s career. Debutant Heaping praise on director scenes continuously for film. Despite being injured This film will be a visual treat director Ramana is going to Ramana Teja, Shankar Prasad almost 30 days. Despite being on the set, Shourya garu per- for everyone as it revolves do an amazing job by doing said, “Ramana is a person pre-occupied, master Anbu formed the stunts without around a real life story with- justice to the story. Shooting with a lot of clarity in his made time for this film as he any dupes. Shourya will play out being preachy. This film has been completed except thoughts. He turned Naga really liked the script.” a character bounded by fami- shows how a common man for one song. The post-pro- Shourya’s real story into a Ramana Teja said, “This ly emotions hence even a reacts if he gets into a prob- duction work is going on in reel story. He earlier worked film is an emotional action- common person can connect lem,” says fight master Anbu.

Balayya's RULER to Flops might push KAJAL hit screens on Tarun Bhascker wants to get December 20 he makers of actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 105th film married soon Ruler released the movie’s first look on Diwali. The actor, who will be playing the role of a powerful ctress Kajal T police officer, was seen donning the khaki uniform in TO ACTING Aggarwal has the first look. He is also seen sporting a different hair- t’s widely known that Tarun opened up about style and beard in the poster holding a hammer. A her plans to settle The film being produced by C. Kalyan under Happy Movies Bhascker who created a Ahead of the down in a conversa- banner. Sonal Chauhan and Vedhika will be the leading ladies niche for himself after has Meeku I directing Pelli Choopulu tion with Lakshmi Manchu while Prakash Raj and Bhumika Chawla are also given key roles. release of now turned into an actor for on Voot’s Feet Up with the The film has recently wrapped up a schedule at the Ramoji scheduled Matrame Meeku Matrame Cheptha, Stars Telugu. Film City and the next schedule will commence in Hyderabad to release on November 1. When Lakshmi asked soon. The makers have locked the release date for December 20 “Vijay (Deverakonda) called me her about her wedding this year. Cheptha, Tarun one fine day and said I'm the hero in plans, Kajal said, “Yes, the film. I couldn’t believe it but Vijay I am planning for a Bhascker kept insisting. He couldn’t act in the wedding soon.” film due to other commitments and When asked interacts with the he was reluctant to give the story to about the qual- someone else. So he was hell bent on ities that she media and shares making me the actor,” said Tarun would want in while speaking to the media here in her husband, the city adding, “When I first heard she said, “Quite insights about the the narration along with Vijay, I did- a lot of things, but n’t know that I would be playing a most importantly he should be film, his future role. I told Vijay immediately that possessive, caring and spiritu- this story is relevant to most people al.” projects and and it is well-written.” The actress also opened more The director-cum-actor, who up about her beliefs, saying feels he can put on multiple caps, “I’m very spiritual, I be it an editor or a director, initial- even have a small idol ly felt scared thinking he might of Lord Shiva which have to undergo a rigorous body travels with me transformation for the film. Thanks wherever I go.” to Vijay he kept it real except for a few During a game kilos he had to loose for the character. of ‘Kill, Hook Up The film talks how about ‘how far or Marry’, Kajal is too far’ when it comes to uploading reveals that she content on social media leaving no would choose space for private life. Although a seri- to ‘kill’ Ram ous concept, it is shown in an enter- Charan, ‘hook taining way where audience will thor- up’ with N.T. oughly enjoy the film, said Tarun who Rama Rao Jr. adapted the Tamil script into Telugu. and ‘marry’ My wife who was initially hesitant Prabhas. about the film later accepted it and in fact designed all my costumes for the character, he said speaking about the support he received from his family. When asked about if he wants to continue as an actor, he straight away refused. “I can earn more money as a director and First look at Nithiin-Rashmika's romantic entertainer also I have a lot of stories with me to work on. Being an BHEESHMA actor is really tire- some. Maybe I will get back to acting if akers of the first look. With the I get three flops in a Bheeshma — uniqueness in script and stretch,” he says written and screenplay, audience will with a laugh. M directed by instantly connect to He also confirmed Venky Nithiin and Rashmika’s that he is are work- Kudumula, and pro- characters.” ing on a film duced by Suryadevara The film, a romantic with actor Naga Vamsi under entertainer that runs on Venkatesh. Sithara Entertainments many fun elements, will We are — released the film’s hit theatres in February, planning a first look on the occa- 2020. sports sion of Diwali. Nithiin Currently the team is drama and I and Rashmika busy shooting key need to do Mandanna will be the episodes in and around some research leads in the film. Rajahmundry. before helm- Speaking about the The film will also see ing it. film, director Venky actors Naresh, Sampath, — KRS Kudumula said, “We are Ananth Nag, Jisshu very happy and excited Sengupta, Raghu Babu with the response we and Vennela Kishore in have been receiving for key roles. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2019 sport 12 Satwik-Chirag finish second in France The Indonesian duo soon grabbed four match points and sealed their seventh title of the year after Satwik hit out. The World No. 11 Indian pair had an impressive week as they shocked reigning world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, before scripting stunning wins over World No. 8 Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and World No. 6 Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe. “We have a similar kind of game but we made mistakes. We should have slowed down the game. It was not nerves, may be if we could have won the first game, things could have been different,” Chirag told PTI. “We made slow starts in both the games in the final. Kevin and Marcus dominated the first seven points but we fought back to 17-17. With a bit of luck and better shot selection we could have won.” About their performance this week, Chirag said: “We are happy with Jadeja is possibly best Indian the way we played this week. It has been pretty good seven days. I would rate it the second best because of fielder of decade: R Sridhar course Thailand open win was the best we played.” IANS n MUMBAI by Times of India. Meanwhile, Rio Olympics cham- “I wouldn’t like to go very pion fifth seed Chinese Chen Long eam India fielding coach far but in the last decade or so grabbed the men's singles trophy TR. Sridhar, whose con- Jadeja has been the best field- with a 21-19, 21-12 win over tract has been extended by the er India has had,” he added. Indonesia’s Jonathan Christie in the BCCI, believes Ravindra Speaking about the final which lasted 51 minutes. Long Jadeja is possibly the best changes, he said: “The change became the second shuttler in the his- Indian fielder of the decade. It has been in two areas: mind- tory of French Open to retain the title is under the watchful eyes of set and fitness. Changing the since India’s Vimal Kumar did in Sridhar that the team’ fielding mindset is pertaining to what 1983-84. has improved dramatically in the teams want to achieve, and PTI n PARIS Indonesian pair and it has now Saina Nehwal was the only other hand over the game to the In the women's section, Korean the recent past. fitness was a crucial part of become 0-7. Indian to make it to the women’s final Indonesians. teen sensation An Se-young stunned While Sridhar showered that.” he Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag, who had won in 2012. In the second game, the Indians reigning Olympic champion Carolina praise on Jadeja, he said that The fielding coach said Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and their maiden Super 500 title at the Satwik and Chirag looked rusty in fell back a bit before levelling the Marin in an epic final to lift the an improvement in the ‘mind- that improving their slip cor- TChirag Shetty’s best efforts went Thailand Open in August, looked a bit the match and didn’t have a good start scores at 6-6 with Satwik winning a women's singles title at the French set’ and ‘fitness’ of the players don is something that they are in vain as they lost to top seeds Marcus nervy in the 35-minute final. as the world no 1 Indonesian pair video referral. Open badminton tournament, here on has been the reason behind looking at. Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Despite the loss, the duo’s effort moved to a huge 7-1 lead. The two pairs moved together till Sunday. India’s dominance in world “Developing a pool of Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the final of is commendable as this is the first time The Indian duo showed the stom- 10-10 before the Indians netted one The 17-year-old Korean erased a cricket. players who can field at slip the French Open Super 750 here. an Indian men’s doubles pair has ach to fight, clawing their way back at as Marcus and Kevin went into the one-game deficit to beat the three- “Jaddu’s presence on the cordon is an area we are The duo suffered a 18-21 16-21 reached a World Tour 750 final. 17-17 with some clever play from break with a slender one-point advan- time World Champion 16-21 21-18- field lifts the team’s spirits. He working on. In shorter for- loss to Marcus and Kevin, who are Partho Ganguli and Vikram Singh Satwik and equally supported by tage. 21-5 in a gripping 69-minute contest. is someone who can keep the mats, lateral movement and enjoying their 121st week as world Bisht were the last all-Indian pair to Chirag. Marcus and Kevin then broke off It was Se-young’s fourth title of the opposition on their toes with throwing from the deep are number one. Satwik and Chirag had win the French Open in 1983. However, the Indonesians soon at 12-12 and gathered some quick season and first at BWF Super 750 his fielding. He has an intim- the areas we are focusing on come into the match with a 0-6 In singles, Kidambi Srikanth had grabbed three game points. The points to move to 18-13 by putting level as she further underlined her idating presence on the field," as we head into the World T20 head-to-head record against the won the men's title in 2017, while Indians saved one but lost the next to continuous pressure on the Indians. growth as a world class shuttler. Sridhar was quoted as saying next year,” Sridhar said. Day/Night Test: People trying to sabotage India tour: BCB prez Ganguly hopeful, BCB PTI n DHAKA “Now after this, I won’t be sur- prised if I find that someone else angladesh Cricket Board pres- pulls out at the eleventh hour set to take final call Bident Nazmul Hasan ‘Papon’ has when we would be left with no PTI n NEW DELHI/KOLKATA alleged that there has been constant other options. I have called Shakib attempts to sabotage Bangladesh's to have a chat. Now if he also pulls CCI president Sourav Ganguly on Monday upcoming tour of India and the out, where do I even find a captain? Bremained hopeful that Bangladesh will strike by country's top cricketers I might have to change whole agree to play the first-ever Day/Night Test with 11-point demand was an combination. What do I even do between the two countries, notwithstanding the extension of that. with these players,” he said. neighbours' apprehension about facing the pink Bangladesh players called off The top boss is still livid with ball. the strike after BCB agreed to the arm-twisting tactic employed The Test is scheduled to be held at the Eden their demands of better pay pack- by senior cricketers and feels he Gardens from November 22-26. age at the international and first- made a mistake by agreeing to their The final outcome of Bangladesh Cricket class level days before their four- demands. Board's (BCB) meeting with its senior players week long tour of India where they “I still can’t believe it. I speak will be intimated to the BCCI president by late are supposed to play 3 T20s and to them everyday. They didn’t even Monday evening or Tuesday morning. two Tests. intimate me before calling a strike. "I spoke to the BCB president (Nazmul “You people (media) haven’t yet I feel that it was a mistake on my Hassan). They are agreeable, they wanted to Svitolina eases seen anything about the India tour. part to have agreed to their speak to the players. I'm sure it will be a Just wait and watch. If I am saying opener Tamim Iqbal has pulled out room and said, he wants to opt out demands. I should have never done day/night match. They that I had specific information of the tour citing his wife's deliv- of whole tour. I asked him ‘why so?’ that,” he said. will also officially The Test is that this was a conspiracy to sab- ery as a reason after initially agree- but he simply said he won’t go," “I should have told the players, announce it soon. past Pliskova otage India tour, then you should ing to only skip the final Test. Hasan revealed to the Bengali ‘Unless you call off strike, we will Hopefully, by 10-10:30 scheduled to believe me,” Hasan told country’s “Tamim had initially told me daily. not sit with you guys across the pm tonight, we will get a be held at AFP n SHENZHEN (CHINA) clawed her way back into the premier bengali daily ‘Prothom that he will only skip the second Bangladesh are due to arrive in negotiation table. Speaking to var- confirmation," Ganguly the Eden match and broke in the fourth Aalo’ in an interview. Test (in Kolkata from November New Delhi on Wednesday, October ious member boards, I felt that this told PTI. Gardens efending champion Elina game as Pliskova's radar went Asked to explain in detail why 22-26) for the birth of his second 30 but BCB president is sceptical should have been our approach but BCB's head of cricket from DSvitolina continued her awry. he thought so, Hasan has expressed child. However after the meeting that there could be a few more pull- the media also created pressure on operations and former dominance over world num- It was a tense contest his suspicion in the manner senior with players, Tamim comes to my outs. us,” Hasan also added. skipper Akram Khan November ber two Karolina Pliskova extending into a nerve-jan- acknowledged that there 22-26.The with a straight-sets victory at gling tiebreaker with Pliskova's are practical issues like final the WTA Finals in China on bold approach saving six set lack of preparation as far outcome of Monday. points, but she miscued on the as playing with the pink Bangladesh Opening Purple Group, seventh as the Ukrainian final- ball under lights is con- the eighth seed started her title ly drew first blood. PNG, Ireland secure spot in World T20 cerned. Cricket defence impressively with a 7- A frustrated Pliskova was "It's a great initiative Board’s 6 (14/12), 6-4 win in one hour broken immediately to open IANS n ABU DHABI points at stake. but we need to take the and 53 minutes at the the second set and never seri- Meanwhile, Papua New players into confidence. If you look at the itin- Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre. ously threatened to stage a reland have qualified for Guinea (PNG) earned their erary, we would probably get two days It was Svitolina's fourth comeback against an increas- Inext year’s ICC T20 maiden qualification for (November 20, 21) for training with pink ball straight victory over a misfir- ingly confident Svitolina. World Cup after finishing 2020 World T20 slated to be under lights. That's too little time for prepa- ing Pliskova who had 42 The 25-year-old is hoping at the top of their group in held in Australia after fin- ration. The players are meeting the president unforced errors. to end a barren season on a the ongoing World Cup ishing at the top of Group today. Hopefully, by tonight or tomorrow "I was trying to be ready high having not captured a Qualifier. A. (Tuesday) morning, a decision will be made," for her big serve and then take title since last year's WTA Ireland finished at the PNG first defeated Khan said. on the second serve," Svitolina Finals triumph. numero uno spot in Group Kenya by 45 runs in a Ganguly, on his part, wants a final intima- said after the match. "The Pliskova, who has a tour- B after Jersey earned a thrilling morning match tion by Monday night only so that preparation surface is a little bit slow and leading four titles this season, shock 14-run win over on Sunday and the failure starts in full swing with other arrangements. I had more ti... It benefited my is making her fourth straight Oman on Sunday. of the Netherlands to beat "If we get to know by tonight and then we return." appearance at the round-robin The result meant Scotland in 12.3 overs of will go forward with our plans by tomorrow." It was a disappointing tournament and has reached Ireland progressed as group their chase meant PNG There are plans to invite India's legendary result for Pliskova who start- the semi-finals for the past two winners as UAE could could book their tickets to Olympians like Abhinav Bindra, M C Mary ed well, mixing trademark years. manage to beat Canada by the premier event Down Kom and P V Sindhu and felicitate them for hard-hitting blows from the US Open champion 14 runs. Ireland won four Under next year. their contribution to the country's Olympic baseline with softer touch -- Bianca Andreescu takes on and lost two of their six The next year’s World movement. including an exquisite drop Wimbledon winner Simona matches in the ongoing T20, the seventh edition of "We want to invite and have plans to felic- shot to capture a break in the Halep in the later match in a tournament and will play the prestigious tournament, itate Mary Kom, Sindhu and all (great first game. battle of the past two Grand two more matches next will be held from October Olympians). We are just waiting for the BCB's But Svitolina slowly Slam champions. week, with mainly ranking 18 to November 15. confirmation at the moment. There are also plans to bring in school children, providing them free passes for the game," Ganguly said. A lot like Cricket Australia's annual 'Pink Test' (players wear Pink caps) in association with the Jane McGrath Foundation to raise Federer withdraws from Paris Masters awareness about breast cancer, Ganguly also AFP n PARIS the Paris Masters,” he said in decision to withdraw. Federer returned to the Paris wants the Eden's Day/night Test to be an "annu- a statement. “I HAVE TO PACE The 38-year-old Federer Masters last year for the first al affair". orld number three “I have to pace myself MYSELF SINCE I warned on Sunday after win- time since 2015 and reached "I want the Eden (Day/Night) to be an WRoger Federer since I want to play as long as ning his 10th Basel title that the semi-finals where he lost annual affair," the president said without elab- announced on Monday that possible on the ATP Tour. WANT TO PLAY AS he may skip the trip to Paris. a three-set semi-final thriller orating whether there would be some charity he was withdrawing from this “I am sorry for my French LONG AS “My fitness is fine, I’m to Novak Djokovic, who is top initiatives taken by the BCCI or the Cricket week’s Paris Masters in order fans who I will see next year POSSIBLE ON THE happy with how I feel,” he seed ahead of Rafael Nadal in Association of Bengal (CAB). to “pace” himself for the next at Roland Garros.” said. the French capital this year. Indian cricketers have for long objected to year. Tournament director Guy ATP TOUR.“I AM “I just don”t know if I Federer will be replaced playing with the pink ball but Ganguly recent- “I am extremely disap- Forget said he was “disap- SORRY should play next week. I'll fig- by a lucky loser in the main ly said that skipper Virat Kohli has agreed to pointed to have to pull out of pointed” with Federer’s late ure it out with the team.” draw. the idea.