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In brief Single Covaxin dose TS TO KRMB Police ‘lathicharge' draws among infected ‘Stop AP’s diversion of protesting farmers ‘To end corrupt and same antibodies as 2 near Karnal, 10 hurt Krishna waters from HNSS’ round 10 people were injured on doses in uninfected Saturday as police allegedly ML MELLY MAITREYI A lathicharged a group of farmers PNS n NEW DELHI n HYDERABAD disrupting traffic movement on a family rule of KCR' highway while heading towards Karnal A single dose of Bharat Biotech's Lodging a fresh complaint against to protest against a BJP meeting. Covaxin in previously Covid-infect- the government, Besides Haryana Chief Minister TS BJP chief Bandi Sanjay begins Praja Sangrama Yatra ed individuals elicits a similar anti- the State wrote to the Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP body response as obtained with two Management Board president Om Prakash Dhankar and SNCN ACHARYULU doses of the vaccine in those with- on Saturday to ensure that Andhra other senior leaders of the party were n HYDERABAD out a previous history of the disease, Pradesh did not use the Krishna areas, which were right on the bank present at the meeting. The state according to an ICMR study. waters from the Handri Neeva of Krishna River. police drew severe criticism for the BJP Telangana unit president and MP The study was published in the Sujala Sravanthi project. Muralidhar said that Brijesh action against the farmers, and several on Saturday Indian Journal of Medical Research C Muralidhar, Engineer-in- Tribunal had stated that roads and highways, including toll began 'Praja sangrama yatra' from the on Saturday. Chief of Irrigation, Telangana, Tungabhadra High Level Canal plazas, were blockaded at different historic Charminar, after performing "If our preliminary findings are explained in his letter yet again that and other projects would divert places in protest. The affected routes puja at Bhagya Lakshmi temple. He confirmed in large population the Srisailam project was mainly a waters outside the basin and hence included the Fatehabad-Chandigarh, set off on his march in the presence studies, a single dose of BBV152 hydel power generating project as no allocations were being made. Gohana-Panipat, Jind-Patiala of several senior party leaders, includ- vaccine may be recommended to per the Bachawat Tribunal. The The AP government's present highways, Ambala-Kurukshetra, the ing Union Minister G Kishan , previously confirmed SARS-CoV- Tribunal did not allow diversion of action was tantamount to violating Delhi highway near Karnal, Hisar- BJP national general secretary and 2 infected individuals so that the the Krishna waters outside the the Tribunal award. Chandigarh and Kalka-Zirakpur Telangana BJP in-charge Tarun naive individuals could attain the basin. At a time when Telangana had national highways. Chugh and thousands of party work- larger benefit of a limited vaccine Due to the diversion of water been objecting to HNSS project ers. supply," it said. 's first indige- from HNSS to areas outside the that would take surplus waters India's new Covid Addressing a gathering at nous Covid vaccine Covaxin, code- basin, Telangana projects lying beyond the basin, the HNSS proj- Charminar, Bandi Sanjay named BBV152, was approved by within the basin would suffer ect had increased the quantum of cases jump to Kumar said that his the government for emergency great loss. It was grave injustice to diversion from 3,850 cusecs to padayatra was intended use in January. divert Krishna water to areas 700 6,300 cusecs, making matters two-month high to end the 'corrupt, dic- 2 km away at the cost of Telangana worse, he said. ndia on Saturday reported 46,759 tatorial and family rule' new coronavirus infections, the of Chief Minister K I most in nearly two months, as Chandrasekhar Rao in cases surged in the southern state of Telangana State. Bandi after a big festival. The South Sanjay said that his TS, AP and TN report excess rainfall Asian country's total COVID-19 cases padayatra would reached nearly 32.7 million and be "a platform to NAVEENA GHANATE Likewise; Andhra Pradesh received deaths rose by 509 to 437,370 in the Country gets 10% change politics n HYDERABAD 417.4 mm, against a normal of last 24 hours, government data in Telangana". deficit rainfall, 23 348.9 mm. showed. Kerala, which last week Apart from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and states get normal rains Pan India rainfall between June 1 celebrated a local festival, accounted Kishan Reddy are the only three states and August 27 is deficient by 10% for 70% of the new cases. India and Tarun in the country to receive excess rain- June 1 and August 27. i.e. the country received only 623.4 administered more than 10 million vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, a Chugh, BJP fall this year. As per data from the Pan India rainfall between June 1 mm of rainfall, against 689.4 mm. national record that Prime Minister national general Indian Meteorological Department, and August 28 is deficient by 10% According to Skymet weather, "Only called a "momentous secretary Arun Tamil Nadu received 29% excess due to weak monsoon. Telangana one region, the south peninsula is BJP TS unit chief and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar at the feat" for the country ahead of fears of Singh, rainfall, while TS received 23% and normally receives 568.5 mm rainfall, surplus with 4%. 2 launch of ‘Praja sangrama yatra’ at Charminar on Sunday. 2 another surge in infections. AP received 20% rainfall between while this year it received 697.4 mm. NCB cracks down on drug peddlers in ‘Be alert against Covid spread’ MHA writes to States ED attaches assets worth over ; actor held PNS n HYDERABAD for tackling the pandemic on a sus- o Covid-19 management protocol tained basis. Weekly Enforcement Rs 363 cr of Hyd-based jewellers he Narcotics Control Bureau The Union Ministry of Home Affairs Data received from States/UTs PNS n NEW DELHI (NCB) nabbed seven extended up to Sept.30 While MMTC ultimately Secretary has advised the State o Data indicates laxity in regarding wearing face mask in T persons, including two Governments to continue to be vig- public, maintaining social distanc- The Enforcement Directorate on suffered a massive loss, the Nigerians, during a drive to flush out ilant against the pandemic and take enforcement of Covid- ing norms, imposition of fines etc., Saturday said it has attached assets business of Sukesh Gupta the suppliers and peddlers of appropriate behavior pro-active containment measures. indicated a downward trend in worth over Rs 363 crore of a jew- flourished and ran with Mephedrone (MD) drug in Mumbai The Centre has extended the Covid- o Focus on five-fold strategy: enforcement, he said. He requested ellery firm in a money laundering and neighbouring suburbs, an official 19 management protocol up to Testing, tracking, treating, the States to augment their enforce- case linked to an alleged fraud agai- huge profit, the ED claimed said on Saturday. During the drive, September 30, 2021. ment efforts for effectively checking nst public sector enterprise MMTC. launched on Thursday, two NCB State governments and Union vaccinating and adhering to transmission of the disease. Forty-five immovable properties officials sustained injuries while Territory administrations have been Covid norms must Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote of MBS Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., MBS The ED case against the accused conducting a raid in Navi Mumbai, the advised to take suitable measures to to the Chief Secretaries of all States Impex Pvt. Ltd., Sukesh Gupta, was made out on the basis of a official said, adding the NCB team avoid large gatherings during the on Friday that the overall pandem- Anurag Gupta, Neetu Gupta, Van- Hyderabad CBI Anti-Corruption recovered a commercial quantity of coming festive season and if required strictly enforced, the Centre said. ing and adhering to Covid-appropri- ic situation at the national level now dana Gupta and their other group Bureau FIR and chargesheet (filed MD from the accused persons."Arrest impose local restrictions with a The Union home secretary ate behaviour for effective manage- appeared to be largely stable, except entities have been provisionally in 2014) against Sukesh Gupta and of TV actor Gaurav Dixit in a drug case view to curbing such large gather- emphasised the need to maintain ment of Covid-19. for the localized spread of virus in a attached under various sections of others for "defrauding" MMTC on Friday was also part of the ings. In all crowded places, Covid- focus on the five-fold strategy: He said enforcement of Covid-19- few States. the Prevention of Money Laun- Limited. operation," he said, adding Dixit was appropriate behaviour should be Testing, tracking, treating, vaccinat- appropriate behaviour was essential 2 dering Act, it said in a statement. 2 remanded in NCB custody till Monday. TODAY Revanth out to Political motive behind ‘non 2BHK houses mirror self respect ALMANAC blackmail with fake Month & Paksham: political programme’ of Vijayamma Shravana & Krishna Paksha papers: PNS n HYDERABAD about the motive behind the pro- of the poor, asserts KT Rama Rao Panchangam gramme – after all, this was the PNS n HYDERABAD A seemingly innocuous message first time that Vijayamma would be Tithi : Saptami 23:24 inviting people to attend a pro- organising such a programme, About 70,000 2BHK houses Nakshatram: Krittika Full Night In a rally of allegations and count- gramme marking the 12th death that too as a public function. in final stages in city Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start er allegations between Minister anniversary of former chief Since the demise of YSR, o 288 2BHK houses completed, 141 any important work) Malla Reddy and TPCC president minister late YS Rajasek- the family has traditional- handed over in , Minister Malla hara Reddy on Satu- ly gathered at Idupu- Rahukalam: 4:55 pm - 6:28 pm o Owaisi requests govt to shift Reddy on Saturday once again di- rday created a buzz in lapaya on his death Jail, construct new Yamagandam: 12:16 pm - 1:49 pm smissed the latest allegations lev- political circles, with anniversary. building for Osmania General Hospital Varjyam: 5:07 pm - 6:55 pm elled against him by the Mal- motives being attrib- However, being the PNS n HYDERABAD Gulika: 3:22 pm - 4:55 pm kajgiri MP with 'proof' as baseless. uted to the event. honorary president of At a press conference at the TRS This was despite the YSR Congress Party, Good Time: (to start any important work) Legialature Party office here, Malla message, sent on behalf of Vijayamma organising a The TRS government has been Amritakalam: 3:56 am - 5:44 am Reddy said that ever since he was the late YSR’s wife YS programme in Hyderabad developing the whole of Hyderabad, Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:52 am - 12:41 pm elected as MP on TDP ticket, Vijayalakshmi, or Vijayamma as that too after her daughter YS without any discrimination Revanth Reddy had been harassing she is addressed, clearing saying that Sharmila launched the YSR between the old and the new city, him. He had brought it to the notice the programme was “purely non- Telangana Party against the wish of said Municipal Administration and HYDERABAD of TDP supremo N Chandrababu political” and the invitation was be- her brother and AP Chief Minister Urban Development Minister K T Minister K T Rama Rao inaugurating blocks comprising 288 2BHK houses at Pilligudeselubasthi on Saturday. WEATHER Naidu about the blackmailing tac- ing sent to “members of his Cabinet, YS Jaganmohan Reddy led to the Rama Rao. Forecast: Partly cloudy tics of Revanth Reddy. his political colleagues, friends, media buzz in political circles. KTR, who inaugurated blocks the Malakpet constituency here on mere houses but a symbol of the self- Temp: 28 Malla Reddy alleged that friends and well-wishers”. 2 comprising 288 2BHK houses con- Saturday, congratulated the benefi- respect of the poor. 2 Humidity: 88% Revanth Reddy had been trying However, questions were heard structed at Pilligudeselubasthi in ciaries, and said the units were not Sunrise: 6:01 am in vain to put him in a spot by Sunset: 6:32 pm producing fake documents, instead of responding to the chal- Current Weather Conditions AIMIM councillor shot Updated AUGUST 28 , 2021 5:00 PM lenge thrown at him to resign and contest again from . Fare of new AC 3-tier economy class is cheaper dead in UP's Meerut 2 PNS n NEW DELHI Railway which is all set to use them OBTUSE ANGLE in train no. 02403 (Prayagraj- PNS n MEERUT The Railways on Saturday said the Jaipur express) from September 6 fare of its new air conditioned and bookings have been opened An AIMIM councillor was shot three-tier economy class coaches from Saturday, officials said. dead in broad daylight by uniden- will be 8 per cent less than the exist- These passenger-friendly coach- tified motorcycle-borne assailants ing 3AC coaches, giving the best es have 83 berths and the fare is here on Saturday, police said. travel experience at the cheapest lower as compared to regular 3AC Zubair (40), a resident of Dhabai price. coaches, they said. Nagar of Nauchandi Police Station The fare of the new coaches is 2.4 The newly introduced 3AC area, was sitting in a car outside his times the base price of existing economy mail/express/superfast house in the morning when the inci- sleeper class of mail and express coaches will have normal child fare dent took place, Superintendent of trains, officials said, adding 50 rules as applicable for existing Police (city) Vineet Bhatnagar said. such coaches have been given to 3AC coaches of mail/express trains. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul different zonal railways. Concession or free complimenta- Muslimeen (AIMIM) councillor Now, since the fare is fixed, these ry passes shall be at par with the from ward 80 was taken to a near- coaches will be attached in existing class coaches, they said. highest base fare is Rs 3,065 for existing 3AC coaches of by hospital but the doctors declared mail express trains. In trains which The base fare for up to 300 km 4,951 to 5,000 km, they said. mail/express trains, they said. him brought dead, he added. are running with maximum length, will be Rs 440 which is the lowest The latest zone to get these these coaches will replace sleeper according to the distance, while the coaches is the North Central 2 2 HYDERABAD | SUNDAY| AUGUST 29,2021 hyderabad 02

Single Covaxin... Continued from page 1 TRS to follow its counterpart ‘To end corrupt and family... Two doses are given with a gap of four to six weeks. The study Continued from page 1 Earlier, a large number of On Day 1, the padayatra, was undertaken to examine party leaders and workers which began at Bhagya SARS-CoV-2 specific anti- Vice president DK Aruna, took out a rally from Lakshmi temple at body responses after day zero in ‘one man, one post' policy? OBC Morcha president Dr K Nampally to Charminar Charminar, passed through (baseline, before vaccination), Lakshman , MLAs Rajasingh, Bhagya Lakshmi temple. At a Madina, Afzalgung , day 28 plus/minus two days SNCN ACHARYULU Telangana Bhavan - the head implementation of 'one man were left out for almost four Raghunandan Rao, MPs D public meeting there, party Begumbazar, MJ Market, post-first dose (month 1) and n HYDERABAD quarters of TRS to participate one post' criteria as they have years without district-level Arvind, Soyam Baburao , for- leaders urged people to make Exhibition Grounds, day 56 plus/minus two days in the TRS state committee been waiting for posts since presidents, KCR thought of mer MPs Vijayashanti, G the padayatra a grand success. Nampally, Assembly, post-first dose (month 2) of A major organisational shake- meeting. long time and will work more appointing party presidents to Vivek, SC Morcha State Bandi Sanjay Kumar urged Lakadikapul and BBV152 in a group of health- up is likely to be undertaken by When there was a discussion efficiently if given a post, each assembly constituency Incharge, MP Munuswamy, party leaders and workers to Mehidipatnam. care professionals as well as the ruling Telangana Rashtra among the leaders over opined the senior leaders considering each of them as a Party Tamil Nadu State work hard for the formation of Bandi Sanjay's night halt frontline workers. Samithi (TRS). appointment of MLAs and adding that the appointment of unit, but later changed his Assistant Incharge Ponguleti a democratic government in was at G Pulla Reddy The antibody response of The TRS Supremo and Chief MLCs as district presidents in MLAs and MLCs in nominat- decision to appoint district- Sudhakar Reddy and former Telangana. The BJP leaders, in Pharmacy College at individuals with confirmed Minister K Chandrashekhar districts, some of the leaders ed posts will neither help the level presidents. Legislative Council Chairman their speeches, mentioned the Mehidipatnam. Bandi Sanjay pre-vaccination SARSCoV-2 Rao is likely to follow his coun- were reluctant over the decision party nor the people. With the decision to appoint Swami Gowd were present. various schemes being imple- will walk 10 kilometres per infection was compared with terpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and advised the Chief Minister Sources told that the Chief district-level presidents, the Saffron flags were flying high mented by the Narendra Modi day, according to party lead- those individuals without in implementing 'one man one not to appoint MLAs or MLCs Minister reacted positively after TRS MLAs are worries over in every part of the Old City. government at the Centre. ers. prior evidence of infection. post' policy as the TRS leaders even in nominated posts. the senior leaders put forth the who is going to be their district As a part of the study, are pressurising the TRS chief Several senior leaders request- plan of action before the Chief president. blood samples were collected in this regard. ed KCR to only appoint party Minister. One will have to wait and see from 114 healthcare profes- KCR reportedly held discus- leaders in nominated posts as Due to some controversies in if the TRS leadership will ICGS ‘Vigraha’ sionals and frontline workers sions with some of the senior well as district presidents. the party, the TRS leadership appoint district-level presidents Political motive who received Covaxin at vac- leaders regarding the constitu- Many leaders, who were has cancelled all district com- as per its choice or after con- joins Coast cination centres in Chennai tion of party committees at dis- striving for the welfare of the mittees. sulting the district MLAs, from February to May 2021. trict level, when he went to party will be benefited with the After Telangana districts MLCs and MPs. behind ‘non political... Guard fleet PNS n CHENNAI Continued from page 1 attending. People close to Vijayamma Defence Minister Rajnath Fare of new According to sources close to say that the reason for con- Singh dedicated to the nation TS, AP and TN report excess rainfall Vijayamma, she is expecting ducting this programme is the indigenously built Coast about 2,000 to 3,000 who were because it will be 12 years Guard Ship ‘Vigraha’ in Continued from page 1 Nellore and Prakasam. In AC 3-tier... close to YSR to attend. On the since YSR’s death Chennai on Saturday. Telangana, SPI values are mildly Continued from page 1 dais would be former PCC (Pushkaram). Stating that the country Central India is deficient by dry for Nagarkurnool, Medak president and present TRS MP However, some leaders say has "great scope" to become 14%, Northwest by 13% and east and RangaReddy. More rains in store for TS The eligibility of privilege D Srinivas, former Assembly that the real intent is to pro- an indigenous ship-build- and Northeast India is deficient According to Skymet weather, PNS HYDERABAD: More rains are in store for Hyderabad as well pass/PTO for railway Speaker and present TRS MP mote Sharmila in Telangana. ing hub, Rajnath Singh by 9%". "expect moderate to heavy rains several districts in Telangana in the next three days. IMD issued employees shall be at par with KR Suresh Reddy, former AP The programme is the pointed out that the Centre At least 11 states and UTs to continue over Kerala, coastal orange alert of very heavy rainfall for next two days for ten districts the eligibility in 3AC coach- Legislative council Chairman A brainchild of a very senior has introduced policies to received deficient rainfall, while , Tamil Nadu, south while an yellow alert of heavy rainfall has been issued for 17 districts. es of mail/express trains. Chakrapani, former MP journalist who is working as help the domestic industry 23 states received normal rainfall. interior Karnataka, and coastal According to skymet weather, "Under the influence of the cyclonic According to officials, the Vundavalli Arun Kumar who an advisor to the YSRTP lead- become world class. This is defective because Andhra Pradesh for another 24 circulation over Northwest , a low-pressure area has booking of tickets against was close a associate of the late ership, if sources are to be In his address at an event favourable weather systems in the to 48 hours. Thereafter, rain formed over Northwest and adjoining West Central Bay of Bengal off passes issued to Members of YSR and former MP and the believed. to mark the commission- form of a low pressure formed in activities may subside over these north Andhra Pradesh and South Odisha coast. In the last 24 hours, Parliament and rail travel ‘soul’ of the late leader KVP The theme of the pro- ing of the 'Vigraha,' the last the Bay of Bengal or an off-shore States. Telangana may receive this feature became more marked turning into a low pressure area. coupons (RTCs) issued to Ramachandra Rao. gramme is "refreshing the of the seven Offshore trough in the , along intense showers until August The system is expected to be partly on land i.e. over Odisha and MLA/MLCs, fully reim- From the family, Sharmila memories of YSR" and the Patrol Vessels (OPVs), the west coast, were largely 31st. Albeit, the rain activities partially over the Bay of Bengal today and tomorrow, giving rains over bursable warrants/vouchers will be alongside her mother, sceptics say that this indi- here, he said in the next absent. Furthermore, the low may reduce over South Peninsula the state of Odisha and adjoining areas. Thereafter the system is shall be permissible as per the but it is not clear if Jagan cates the motive behind the two years, the expenditure pressure systems, formed this in the first week of September, but expected to cross coast further covering North Coastal Andhra existing provision of 3AC would be attending. Some event. Meanwhile, sources said on security around the month, were not strong enough. weather will not go completely Pradesh, South Chhattisgarh and North Telangana". Heavy to very coaches for mail/express people who are close to Jagan that the venue may be changed world will reach USD 2.1 Standardised Precipitation dry. heavy very likely to occur at Isolated places in Adilabad, Kumaram trains. believe he would not be from Shilpa Kala Vedika. trillion. Index (SPI), which is used to fore- The low-pressure area will Bheem Asifabad,Mancherial, Jagtial,Nirmal,Nizamabad,, Cancellation and refund cast possible droughts, is negative move in a westerly direction Peddapally, Warangal (Rural),Warangal (Urban) districts and Heavy rules and all other terms and in India, indicating increasing towards Vidarbha. Cyclonic cir- rain very likely to occur at ISOLATED places in Rajanna Sirsilla, conditions of travel will be at dryness during the monsoon culation over south-east Arabian Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, par with the existing 3AC to period. SPI value indicates values Sea is weakening and off-shore Khammam, Mahabubabad, Janagaon, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhuvangiri, CC class, they said. ED attaches assets worth... are negative moderately dry for troughs will also fade away lead- Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Malkajigiri,Vikarabad, Sangareddy, The air conditioned three- Srikakulam and mildly dry in ing to weak monsoon condi- Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar districts of Telangana. tier economy coaches are Continued from page 1 caused a loss of public money companies. "All through the Vishakapatnam, Vizianagaram, tions." being seen as a gamechang- to the tune of Rs 504.34 crore investigation, the conduct of er as they will offer the best The FIR said that the accused (including interest up to May 31, Sukesh Gupta has been evasive AC travel at the cheapest defrauded the Metals and 2021 of Rs 277.52 crore) to the and non-cooperative and he has price, the railways had Minerals Trading Corporation MMTC," the ED alleged. failed to discharge the burden of ‘Be alert claimed earlier. Limited (MMTC) in purchase "Sukesh Gupta colluded with proof imposed on him under 2 BHK houses mirror The new 3AC economy of gold bullion under the buyer's various officers of MMTC the PMLA," it said. against Covid class coaches will have 83 credit scheme. Hyderabad and painted a wrong In a separate case registered berths as against 72 in the "Sukesh Gupta, in active con- picture of his accounts and under the provisions of the spread’ MHA regular 3AC coaches -- an nivance with few officials of kept on lifting gold to carry on Foreign Exchange Management self respect of the... increase of 15 per cent. The MMTC Hyderabad, continu- its business as usual," the agency Act (FEMA), the ED said it also regular 3AC coaches have ously lifted gold without forex said. "While MMTC ultimate- slapped a penalty of about Rs writes to Continued from page 1 houses would be handed over repeatedly represented to the two side berths, which will be cover and without adequate ly suffered a massive loss, the 222 crore on the MBS group. Continued from page 1 to all the beneficiaries in Chief Minister that Old City, increased to three in the new security deposits. His dues were business of Sukesh Gupta flour- "Sukesh Gupta also entered The houses had been con- phases, KTR said, while hand- from where original coaches. consistently mis-reported to ished and ran with huge prof- into a OTS (one-time settle- However, the total number of structed with all basic facili- ing over some of the houses Hyderabad expanded, should According to the railways' the MMTC head office and it," it claimed. On the basis of his ment) with MMTC in 2019 but active cases and the high case ties. Nineteen shops had also to beneficiaries on Saturday. be developed with double plan, around 806 new coach- without squaring off the exist- business profile, the ED said, he as per the latest reports from positivity rate in some districts been provided in the complex Pilligudeselubasthi was the bed rooms houses, roads, es are to be rolled out by this ing losses, his firms continued took loans and struck real estate MMTC, Sukesh Gupta did not continued to remain a matter and the rent from them would 22nd site in the city in which drainages, drinking water etc. fiscal, either by this year or at lifting gold from MMTC for deals and grew his business in deposit any funds, and the OTS of concern. be utilised for maintenance of DBRs had been constructed. In the last seven years, Chief the beginning of next year. their personal gain and thereby the name of various related has failed," it claimed. Bhalla said that the State the complex without burden Another 60,000 to 70,000 Minister KCR developed governments/Union Territory on residents. houses in the city were in final Telangana and Hyderabad in administrations concerned KTR assured that the DBR stages and they would also be all aspects and in all areas. No outages in facility having high positivity in their houses being constructed at handed over soon, he said. About 10 days ago, a review districts should take pro-active Jangamet, Bandlaguda and Responding to MP was held related to issues in Revanth out to blackmail linking Aadhaar with containment measures so as to Farooqnagar would be expe- 's sugges- the Hyderabad Parliamentary effectively arrest the spike in dited and the units handed tion to construct a new hos- constituency, including pend- PAN, EPFO: UIDAI cases and contain the spread over to the poor soon. pital in place of the dilapidat- ing DBR houses. No other of transmission. Pilligudeselubasthi used to ed building of Osmania State was implementing dig- with fake papers: Malla... PNS n NEW DELHI The Union Government have drinking water crisis General Hospital, KTR said nity housing programme as in official said it was important and a poor drainage system, it would be taken to the Telangana, which was con- Continued from page 1 women students are staying in KCR was serving every sec- The Unique Identification to identify warning signs of but those problems had been notice of the Chief Minister. structing double bed room the hostels. I am doing my best tion of people with various Authority of India (UIDAI) potential surges early on and addressed, he said. He said he would strive to houses across the State at a Responding to the charges for the education of women," he welfare schemes and if a leader on Saturday said there have take appropriate measures to The houses handed over to provide a good facility for cost of Rs.18,000 crore and made by the MP against his claimed. like him was referred to in a been no outages in its curb the spread. "This would the poor on Saturday at people of the Hyderabad giving the houses free to the educational institutions, Malla Malla Reddy also said the derogatory manner, the TRS Aadhaar-PAN /EPFO linking require a localized approach as Pilligudeselu in Malakpet Parliamentary constituency. beneficiaries, it was pointed Reddy sought to clarify that he hospital attached to the medical leaders and Ministers were facility, which is authentica- has been mentioned in the constituency would cost not Although only three hospi- out. had over 600 acres of lands and college had been constructed bound to react, he said. KCR tion-based, and asserted that Ministry of Health and Family less than Rs.50 lakh to Rs.60 tals had been constructed in Referring to Asaduddin that he had set up educational after obtaining all approvals. All was a daring Chief Minister and all its services are "stable". Welfare advisories dated April lakh each in the open market the city over the last 70 years, Owaisi's request to shift the institutions in about 400 acres. his colleges and hospitals were he would implement every The comment came amid 25 and June 28, 2021," he said. if one were to buy them from four Telangana Institutes of 34-acre Chanchalguda Jail "How can I get Rythu Bandhu legitimate institutions and being promise made by him. If reports of UIDAI system Bhalla said the country had a private builder. But Chief Medical Sciences had taken elsewhere and utilize the area for those lands," he sought to run properly, he said. Revanth Reddy was capable, he outages in linking Aadhaar made significant progress in Minister K Chandrasekhar shape under the TRS rule. for double bed room houses, know, referring to Revanth Malla Reddy said that he should try and retain the with PAN and EPFO. The vaccination and the States Rao, who wanted the poor to TIMS at was hospitals, educational institu- Reddy's allegations that he had would 'expose' the blackmailing Congress candidate's deposit reports said that the glitch should continue with their live with dignity, was handing already functional, while the tions, IT Park and other taken crores of rupees under history of the Congress state unit in the impending bye-elections had left Aadhaar users in a vaccination programme so as over the DBR houses to them other three were coming up amenities for the benefit of Rythu Bandhu. president soon. It was time for to the Huzurabad constituency. lurch, even as EPF and PAN to inoculate maximum num- free of cost, he observed. at the Chest hospital at people, KTR said that he and Revanth Reddy went to the Revanth to stop his cheap tactics Malla Reddy said as an MP linking deadline looms. ber of eligible persons. There was no compromise on Sanatnagar, and Gaddi Home Minister Mohammad extent of raising questions about now that he had become PCC he had brought funds to the Those areas having no virus the quality in the DBR house Annaram. The foundation Mehmood Ali would take the his educational institutions, president, Malla Reddy observed. tune of Rs.400 crore and or low virus transmission construction. The area which stones for these hospitals proposal to the notice of including medical colleges, in Finding fault with Revanth Revanth Reddy should explain AIMIM councillor... should be adequately protect- was once a slum with no would be laid soon and the Chief Minister. As for Parliament, though the Centre Reddy for dragging Chief what funds he had brought. He Continued from page 1 ed by progressively ramping amenities had been trans- facilities completed within Warangal, KCR had taken a had given a clean chit to his Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also said he had spent his own Meanwhile, the assailants up testing and other measures formed into a pleasant area. two years, he said. decision to build a massive institutions in a written into the issue between them, money on social service pro- managed to flee from the spot. like ILI/SARI surveillance, The DBR flats were con- Local MLA Mohammed hospital in the place of the response. "I started the medical Malla Reddy said the Congress grammes and paid income tax The police are suspecting market surveillance etc., with structed on nine floors at a Bin Abdullah Balala, MP Central Jail, which had been college in 2012 and set up a col- leader should learn to respect of over Rs 2 crore to the govern- property dispute as the reason strict enforcement of Covid- cost of Rs.24.91 crore. The Asaduddin Owaisi have shifted elsewhere. lege for women and about 7,000 people elder to him. ment. behind the murder. appropriate behaviour. The central official asked the states'/UTs' Chief Secretaries to issue directions to the district and other local authorities to take strict measures for man- Can ill-equipped schools, colleges shield students from Covid-19? agement of Covid-19. ortunately or unfortunate- schools need to be equipped ing schools and closing them from admitting students into students, whether they go to Delta variant that is spreading desired. Against this back- CHICKEN ly we all have come to a sit- with everything that prevents immediately after the surge of different courses even if they do schools or cinema halls, will be fast? So, pragmatic steps are ground, if schools and colleges uation where 'caution' and Covid infection so as to shield the second wave. not have the capacity to accom- exposed to the virus. Are all the required to prevent incalculable are opened, where is the guar- RATES `/KG F 'precautions' have become the students completely. That is a It is a fact that virtual classes modate them. Most of the class- schools or classrooms spacious damage. antee that nothing untoward Dressed/With Skin `210 watchwords of 'normal' life. tall order. have had a negative psycholog- rooms are overcrowded. For a enough to accommodate stu- Even nations that have the will not happen? Opening of Covid-19 has caused ines- We are yet to overcome the ical impact on students, with classroom that can accommo- dents as per the prescribed best of medical facilities are educational institutions can Without Skin `275 timable damage to human life, impact of the second wave and everyone glued to smart phones date 20 students, double the norms? Except for a few private cautious in this regard. In spite wait. The spread of the virus Broiler at Farm `130 shattering norms in sphere. the third way is said to be round or laptops for hours together number is admitted. It means and government schools or col- of massive vaccination and must be contained first. For Despite reeling under the the corner. Are we prepared to during classes. The govern- students will never have prop- leges, most of the educational spacious schools, they are pro- that to happen, a well-planned impact of the pandemic, the cope with the impending third ments had made arrangements er space among them, let alone institutions are in a bad shape. tective of students' lives. There strategy is needed. As students EGG governments in many states, wave? What steps have been to make online classes trouble- social distancing norms of keep- They operate in private and is strict implementation of are engaged with virtual class- RATES `/100 including Telangana, are ready- taken to shield the future citi- free and tension-free. During ing alternate seats vacant. congested buildings with no Covid norms. Medical experts es, there is no urgency in dri- ing to reopen schools. At this zens of India from the virus? the last two years schools have After the second wave proper ventilation in the class- are warning that the new wave ving them to schools or colleges HYDERABAD 400 point, nobody knows at what Just reopening schools is not been virtually abandoned, with peaked, claiming a lot of human rooms. In this pathetic condi- is slow in spread, but will be without making the institutes VIJAYAWADA 480 cost. Reopening schools implies enough. The authorities should even basic staff not attending to lives, oxygen plants were opened tion, if schools and colleges are massive in its impact. The ris- completely safe. VISAKHAPATNAM 470 a lot. Students will not be airlift- have taken all precautionary their duties due to fear of Covid. in most of the hospitals. Now allowed to open, and students ing Covid cases Kerala is ed from homes to schools. They steps before announcing the As education has become a everything said to be 'right'. attend classes; will there be a indicative of this. - Rajeswara Prasad RETAIL PRICE `4.00 (IN HYDERABAD) will take crowded buses. Apart reopening of schools. We have lucrative business, many educa- Restrictions on cinema halls shield to protect them from the All told, the vaccination of Buddhavarapu from enough number of buses, had a bad experience of open- tional institutions do not flinch have been lifted. Ultimately, deadly Covid, particularly the Indians leaves much to be Senior journalist

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Phone: 040-23322341, Hyderabad Office: F-502, Diamond Block, Lumbini Rockdale, , Hyderabad - 500 082. Telangana. Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, Plot No.19, IDA Balanagar , Hyderbad-500037, Medchal -Malkajgiri District, Telangana. Chief Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY| AUGUST 29,2021 hyderabad 03 Loss-making RTC to cut down Ministers call for peaceful and eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi PNS n HYDERABAD on city, Palle Velugu services Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav along PNS n HYDERABAD The seven-seater auto ser- The RTC owed RS 3000 crore with Endowments Minister vices and jeeps have been pos- to banks and is yet to repay RS Indrakaran Reddy and Labour Since the city bus services and ing threat to the RTC. In fact, 2,500 crore. There are 4.42 lakh Minister Malla Reddy appealed Palle Velugu services are adding these services have increased auto-rickshaws and 1.14 motor to all the citizens to cooperate to the losses of the Telangana manifold in villagers in the cab and 31,000 maxi cabs oper- with the authorities in ensur- State Road Transport name of self-employment. As ating on the city roads. In spite ing the annual Ganesh Corporation (TSRTC), the road a result, people are not waiting of it, the district administration Chaturthi festival celebrations, transport undertaking is con- for RTC bus service, but using is sanctioning autos and cabs to held on a grand scale in the ducting an exercise to reduce auto-rickshaws and jeep ser- the unemployed youth for tak- city, peaceful and incident-free. the number of city buses and vices to reach their destination. ing up self-employment. In Chairing a high-level review Palle Velugu services, called as Thus, these vehicles have future, their number is going to meeting on Ganesh Chaturthi the lifeline of the rural people imposed a cut in the RTC rev- increase further. festival celebrations at MCR and to increase its long-dis- enue. In this backdrop, the RTC HRD Institute here on tance services in lieu of them. The RTC expenditure per has planned to increase its Saturday, Talasani Srinivas said The buses travelling long km is put at Rs 50 as against long-distance Garuda, Super that the state government of and all others to cooperate Further, the Minister asked distances contribute to improve the revenue of Rs 28-30 a km. Luxury services. To implement Telangana is taking all mea- with the state government and the people as well as pandal the revenues of RTC. the loss is as good as Rs 20 per the plan, it should buy new sures to ensure the celebrations police officials in celebrating organisers to follow Covid The RTC is steeped in severe ed to reduce the loss-making are coming up fast on the city km. The increasing cost of buses on the sport, but the RTC are held in a peaceful atmos- the festival peacefully. regulations and perform the crisis and is unable to keep its and untenable bus services. outskirts. In one way, the city diesel has broken the back of has no finances to buy them. phere. The Minister said that clay pujas. head above water unless it There are over 3,600 buses buses have become lifeline to the RTC. The government should release Indrakaran Reddy said that Ganesh idols would be dis- Chief Secretary Somesh resorts to borrow loans even to services limited to city. Prior to the city dwellers similar to the Prior to the pandemic situ- grant or stand guarantee for it festivals of all faiths are cele- tributed free of cost under the Kumar, Director General of pay salaries to the RTC the Covid pandemic situa- local trains in Mumbai. The ation, the RTC losses per to take more loans from banks. brated in Telangana State ever aegis of Telangana State Police Mahender Reddy, employees. tion, daily 35 lakh passengers increasing cost of diesel, wage annum crossed RS 1000 crore. This will put additional burden since the new state was formed Pollution Control Board to Greater Hyderabad Mayor If the same situation were to used to commute by city bus bill helped increase the RTC But, during the current fiscal on the RTC. Therefore, the in a peaceful atmosphere. He safeguard the environment. Gadwal Vijayalakshmi and continue, it would be extreme- services. The RTC is under losses further. The Metro rail year the first quarter losses of RTC is even prepared to hire appealed to the Bhagyanagar He appealed to people to put higher authorities of other ly difficult to run the RTC. pressure to increase the city as affected the RTC revenue to the RTC are put at Rs 900 long distance bus services if Ganesh Utsav Committee, up clay Ganesh idols in their government departments took Therefore, the RTC has decid- bus services as new colonies an extent, the RTC feels. crore. necessary. organisers of Ganesh pandals homes and offer puja to it. part in the review meeting. Teenmaar Mallanna remanded Electrification of railway Two Maoist members Triple riding: 3 killed after bike for 14 days in Chanchalguda jail lines strengthening infra surrender to TS police rams into lorry PNS n HYDERABAD The project was sanctioned for PNS n HYDERABAD CPI (Maoist) party, the ASP PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Teenmaar Mallanna into police a distance of 85 Kms in 2015- said while appealing to him to custody for seven days. The South Central Railway 16 at an estimated cost of Rs A CPI (Maoist) dalam mem- surrender to the police to lead Three persons died on the The Court on However, the judge said that he has been continuously giving 774 crores. The section ber surrendered before a peaceful life. spot after the motorcycle on Saturday remanded founder of would look into all these thrust towards enhancement of between Secunderabad - Bhadrachalam ASP, Dr He also appealed to the which they were traveling on 'Q Channel' Teenmaar aspects and ordered judicial infrastructure, capacity aug- Umdanagar for a distance of 28 Vineeth G, at Cherla in members of the Maoist party crashed into a loaded truck at Mallanna to 14 days of judicial remand for the accused for 14 mentation and safety. As part Kms is excluded in the above Bhadradri Kothagudem dis- and militia to surrender to Choutuppal on the city out- custody in Chanchalguda days. of it, the zone has accorded the project and was undertaken as trict on Saturday. police either through their skirts here on Saturday. prison after hearing a petition Umesh Chandra is going to highest priority for electrifica- part of MMTS Phase II and is The Maoist, Musaki Budri relatives or through local The victims were identified filed by noted astrologer file a petition seeking bail for tion of all the Railway lines completed. Doubling and elec- alias BR of Rampur in Bijapur police officers and join main- as M Harish, 22, a resident of Sannidhanam Lakshmikanth Teenmaar Mallanna. across its network. Accordingly, trification works in the balance district of Chhattisgarh State stream life. Choutuppal, Mohd Salman, Sharma. On April 22, Lakshmikanth the Zone has completed elec- section i.e., Umdana-gar - served as a guard in the pro- Meanwhile, another Maoist 24, and Mohd Arif, 25, from Lakshmikanth Sharma of lodged a complaint with the trification of 60 Kms Double Mahabubnagar for a distance of tection team of the Maoist member, who had been work- in Hyderabad. Maruti Jyotishalayam in argued before the court saying Chilakalaguda Police accusing line between Umdanagar - 85 kms has been undertaken in Telangana State Committee ing in the proscribed organi- All three were air-condition- Madhura Nagar Colony of that it was objectionable for the Teenmaar Mallanna of resort- Gollapalli. This is a crucial por- this project. The project is Secretary, Haribhushan, who sation since the 1980s, sur- er technicians. According to Secunderabad lodged a com- police to file cases under ing to threatening him. He tion in connecting Hyderabad progressing at a fast pace, with died recently, the ASP rendered before police in the police, the incident plaint with the police officials Section 306 (abetment to claimed that some fake indi- city with major cities such as the completion of doubling informed the media persons. Khammam district of occurred when the trio was against Teenmaar Mallanna commit suicide) and Section viduals visited his Maruti Kurnool, Anantapur, Benga- between Umdanagar - Budri used to carry an SLR Telangana. proceeding on the bike driven accusing the latter of threat- 511 of the Indian Penal Code Jyotishalayam at the behest of luru, Kadapa, Tirupati etc., Gollapalli for a distance of 60 weapon. She was suffering Ekkanti Sitaram Reddy, 65, by Salman from Pittampally ening him. Responding to the (IPC) seeking punishment for Teenmaar Mallanna and caus- and down South. The project Kms in two phases. Now, the from anemia and had a young who was the DVCM, East to Hyderabad. complaint, Chilakalaguda attempting to commit offences ing him inconvenience to him is being executed by the completion of electrification of son. The police department Division, Andhra Orissa When they reached near Police on Friday night arrest- punishable with life imprison- by spreading false news about Railway PSU, RVNL. this 60 kms stretch helps in would make arrangements for Border Special Zonal Dharmojiguda village near ed Teenmaar Mallanna and ment or other imprisonment. him. The police served notices The Secunderabad - providing seamless connectiv- her treatment. She decided to Committee, is a native of Choutuppal, the driver of a produced him before the The complainant did not make on Teenmaar Mallanna twice, Mahabubnagar Doubling & ity and enhanced travel expe- quit the Maoist party as the Bhadradri-Kothagudem dis- loaded truck at a weigh Secunderabad court on any suicide attempt, the coun- but the accused did not Electrification project is one of rience to Rail passengers for a party leadership harassed her trict, a police release said. bridge, negligently reversed Saturday. sel pointed out. respond to the notices, leading the critical projects for continuous stretch between and failed to provide proper Reddy, who had several the vehicle. Salman saw the Counsel for Teenmaar The Chilakalaguda Police to the police effecting his strengthening the rail opera- Secunderabad - Gollapalli for treatment to her, Vineeth said. aliases, joined the PWG in truck too late and crashed Mallanna, Umesh Chandra sought the court to send arrest on Friday night. tions in the state of Telangana. a distance of 88 kms. Her husband, Somadal alias 1981 and worked in the organ- into it. They fell on the road Somanar was an area com- isation as a 'Dalam and died on the spot, police mittee member of the banned Commander', it said. officials said. Mission to make Hyderabad rabies-free PNS n HYDERABAD #Hyderabad Rabies free in a year i.e. by Aug 15, 2022." Greater Hyderabad Municipal Talking about the pro- Corporation (GHMC) along gramme Paneeru Teja, an ani- with Blue Cross Hyderabad mal activist in the city, shares, and 23 other NGOs working "Rabies is a deadly disease, for for animal rights launched both animals and humans. In 'Mission Rabies' on Saturday. Hyderabad we haven't seen a A month-long drive, the single animal die of rabies in programme aims at adminis- the past six year. However, as tering anti-rabies vaccination they say prevention is better to the pets, street dogs and cats than cure, I laud the govern- to prevent the spread of the ment, Blue Cross and other deadly rabies disease. Secretary, Urban Development, long training of Veterinary today along with @blue- NGOs to take up this initiative. Sharing the news on Twitter, , wr- officers to take up vaccination crosshyd & 23 other NGOs & It will ensure a safer environ- Arvind Kumar, Special Chief ote, "Mission Rabies"- a month by @WVScharity launched @GHMCOnline. We will make ment for all."

TS logs 325 Covid cases 2-yr-old boy drowns in water pit PARTY TO PNS n HYDERABAD with 80, followed by Karimn- PNS n HYDERABAD into the pit filled with rainwa- where doctors declared him agar (26) and Khammam (24) ter, according to K Kanakaiah, dead. Following a complaint THE RESCUE Telangana on Saturday record- districts, a state government A two-year-old boy drowned Inspector. The family mem- from Abubakar's father Abdul ed 325 new Covid cases, push- bulletin said, providing details in a water pit while playing bers, who realised that Rahi, the Rajendranagar police BJP activists use flexies put up ing the tally to 6,57,119, while as of 5.30 PM on Saturday. The near his house in Rajendra Abubakar was missing for a have booked a case and are as part of the party’s Telangana the toll rose to 3,869 with two number of recoveries outnu- Nagar on Friday night. quite long time, began search- investigating. The body was unit president Bandi Sanjay’s more fatalities. mbered fresh cases on Satur- According to the police, the ing in the surroundings and shifted to the OGH morgue padayatra to shelter themselves The GHMC accounted for day with 424 people recuper- boy, Abubakar, was playing found his body in the water pit. and was handed over to the from the incessant rain that the most number of cases ating from the infection. alone when he slipped and fell They rushed him to a hospital family after autopsy. lashed Hyderabad on Saturday. Cops arrest man for cheating Schools and colleges prepare for reopening "Every corner of the schools PNS n HYDERABAD is sanitized properly and after women on matrimonial sites the school starts, the building PNS n HYDERABAD over phone and told that after Ahead of the Telangana gov- will be sanitized every day," she their marriage, he would move ernment's order to reopen edu- added. A parent, Anuradha The Rachakonda Cybercrime along with her to the United cational institutions from said that she is very happy police on Saturday arrested a States. For this, he insisted that September 1, the schools and about the reopening of schools. man on charges of cheating a she open an international bank colleges in the state conducted "Children have missed school woman of Rs 10 lakh through account and collected her doc- sanitisation of their campuses environment for the past one a popular matrimony site. uments including PAN card to keep students safe. Wearing and half years," she added. Police, who said he had cheat- and Aadhar, apart from col- masks and carrying hand sani- Further, she said, "The school ed several woman using mat- lecting Rs 90,000 from her as tisers have been made manda- management is taking safety rimonial sites, recovered Rs 3.2 processing fee," the official tory for every student. measures to keep children safe lakh, cheque books and mobile said. The Telangana State Board and at an individual level, stu- phones from him. Later, he took her YONO of Intermediate Education dents must follow social dis- The arrested person was P of marrying them and sending SBI internet banking creden- (TSBIE) on Saturday has also tancing." The state government Bala Vamshi Krishna, 35, a res- gifts and processing visa tials and verified her loan eli- asked all junior colleges to on August 24 announced that all ident of Khammam and native among others. He was previ- gibility and found a pre- make necessary arrangements government and private educa- of Vijayawada. According to ously arrested by the approved loan of Rs 8 lakh on for conducting classes in the tional institutions including the police, Vamshi Krishna, Hyderabad, Cyberabad and her name. physical mode duly following mandatory, it said and direct- ment is very good since the stu- school is strictly following the Anganwadi centres in the state who earlier worked for a soft- Rachakonda police," an official "He processed it to credit in Covid safety norms from ed district intermediate edu- dents have been facing prob- Covid-protocol. "The school will be allowed to reopen from ware firm, lost his job, alleged- said adding that after being her SBI account and trans- September 1. cation officers and nodal offi- lems with the online classes." building will be sanitised every September 1. Telangana Chief ly due to his addiction to bet- released from prison, he post- ferred the same amount to his The Board has instructed the cers in the State to monitor and "Their learning from these day," she added. Minister K Chandrashekar Rao ting on horse races. His wife ed fake profiles in various accounts. He then switched off colleges to clean the furniture ensure prompt maintenance classes isn't proper. Nothing Assuring the parents of their ordered Ministers and officials too divorced him. To meet his matrimony sites with the name his phone and cheated her," inside the classrooms besides of hygiene in all junior colleges. can substitute physical classes. child's safety, Vasavi Hepsibah of Municipal and Panchayat financial needs, he posted his 'Sai Pranav' from Hyderabad. police said, adding that based take up sanitization of internal Excited to welcome students For the students of higher Stephen, a teacher said, Raj departments to clean and profile in matrimony sites and During this, he found the pro- on her complaint, Cybercrime and external premises of the back to school, Swarna Ravi, classes, these classes affect "Parents need not worry about sanitise all educational institu- cheated four women posing as file of the victim from officials booked a case and institutions on a daily basis. school principal said, "We are their careers too. School learn- sending their children to tions and hostels by August 30. an NRI in 2020. Choutuppal and expressed identified Vamshi Krishna, The wearing of face masks very excited to meet the stu- ing would be very helpful for schools because the schools are Educational institutions in the "He collected several lakhs interest to marry her. who was arrested and pro- by all staff members and stu- dents after a long time. The children," she added. taking all the necessary safety state were shut down due to the from the victims on the pretext "Later, he contacted her duced before court. dents in the college premises is decision made by the govern- Further, she said that the measures for them." Covid pandemic. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY| AUGUST 29,2021 hyderabad 04

Kadiam invited Farm sector regained past for ‘Dalit Bandhu’ CM keen to introduce meeting in K’nagar glory in TRS rule: Minister PNS n JANAGAON sports policy: Minister Former minister Kadiam PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR Srihari has alleged some PNS n BHONGIR vested interests are behind Minister for Excise V Srinivas The credit for the vilification campaign Goud has said that Chief Minister for Energy G administering the against him and claimed Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Jagadish Reddy has said that that he is the only leader is keen to introduce a good the state has become a rice state on sound lines from Warangal to have been sports policy to encourage bowl in the country under the silencing his critics invited to take part in the sportsmen from rural areas. able administration of Chief ‘Dalit Bandhu’ review meet- Addressing the media after Minister K Chandrasekhar goes to Chief ing is to be held in laying the foundation stone for Rao and expressed concern Minister K Karimnagar. the Rs 10-crore indoor stadium over the successive rulers of Chandrasekhar Rao The people know better works on the premises of the united Andhra Pradesh that who works for them district stadium here on destroying agriculture. he said and who will feign render- Saturday, he said the govern- He, along with Minister for · If the people are ing public service by collect ment is bent on developing sta- Agriculture S Niranjan Reddy, bribes, he remarked. dium to develop all infrastruc- Minister for Excise V Srinivas Goud addresses the media after laying the toured Tungaturthi on not careful about the Dispelling allegations that tural amenities in districts. foundation stone for the Rs 10-crore indoor stadium works on the premises of Minister for Energy the district stadium in Mahbubnagar on Saturday Saturday and said that agricul- G Jagadish Reddy Minister for Agriculture designs of the the priority of Kadiam The credit for reserving two ture sector regained the past S Niranjan Reddy Srihari diminished in the per cent of jobs to sportsmen glory only in the TRS rule. Congress and the TRS, the Chief Minister K and also some seats in educa- the focus would be on rural up a cricket stadium if a suit- The credit for administering deaths due to starvation in public and on the other hand BJP, the future of Chandrasekhar Rao has tional institutions go to the areas in this regard. able place is found, he said. the state on sound lines silenc- Telangana. Besides, there were the BJP state president Bandi Telangana would be invited him to attend the state government, he said. The Mahbubnagar indoor Telangana State Sports ing his critics goes to Chief no farmers’ suicides, he said. Sanjay is embarking on Praja Dalit Bandhu review meet- Since the country needs stadium will host several Authority chairman Allipur Minister K Chandrasekhar Niranjan Reddy has cau- Sangrama Yatra, Niranjan in peril, he observed ing to be held in many sportsmen, the state gov- national and international Venkateswar Reddh, District Rao, he said recalling how sev- tioned the people to be care- Reddy said and called it as Karimnagar. Earlier, there ernment is focussing more on sports competitions like bad- Collector S Venkata Rao, local eral have doubted TRS run- ful about the promises being atrocious. He demanded an were reports in a section of sports and tourism promo- minton, basket ball, handball bodies additional collector ning the state’s administration. made by the BJP and Congress explanation from Bandi Congress and the BJP, the the media that the KCR tion, he said. and volleyball once the indoor Tejas Nandlal, municipal chair- He said that the Chief as their main intention is to Sanjayam against whom he is future of Telangana would be administration is not giving After 2014, the state stadium is ready, he said. man KC Narsimhulu, district Minister is protecting the create turmoil in the state. seeking to wage a war in peril, he observed. due importance to Kadiam achieved a lot of growth in the The Volleyball Academy was youth and sports official interests of all sections of The BJP on one hand hiked (Sangaramam). MLAs Gyadari Kishore and Srihari, who has rich realm of sports and hoped to sanctioned long ago. Besides Srinivas and others were pre- society taking them under his the prices of LPG and petro- If the people are not careful Lingaiah Yadav and others administrative experience. groom many a sportsman in hosting shotput, long jump sent at the stone-laying cere- wings. There is no hunger or leum products and looting the about the designs of the were present. the future, he said adding that events, the government will set mony. HUZURABAD BYPOLL Former TPCC GS Niranjan SCCL worker No consensus in Cong sustains likely to be suspended serious injuries PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n PEDDAPALLI Minister for Women and Child Welfare Satyavati Rathod addresses a meeting in on selection of nominee The Disciplinary Warangal on Saturday while reviewing the arrangements for reopening of schools The TPCC Disciplinary Action A Singareni Collieries across the state on September 1 K VENKATESHWARLU the further steps of the CM. Committee may initiate action Action Company Limited worker, n HYDERABAD KCR already announced Dalit against former TPCC general Committee has deployed in GDK-11 incline REOPENING OF SCHOOLS Bandhu besides giving an MLC secretary Niranjan in a day or mine, on Saturday sustained The Congress is still in dilemma and two Corporation posts to two. The Disciplinary Action taken the series injuries on his leg as he on finalising its candidate for the the leaders from the constituen- Committee was already expelled evidence from slipped and fell 60 metres Minister asks teachers, bypoll though the TPCC cy. It is learnt that the Chief TPCC former secretary Ganta TPCC official below in the coal mine. He was Election Management Minister would give two more Satyanarayana Reddy a couple of identified as general worker Committee had submitted a list Corporation posts to the lead- days ago. Niranjan physically spokesperson Choppari Kumara Swamy. He officials to work without leaves comprising names of three nom- ers of the Huzurabad con- appeared before the Disciplinary Sudhir Reddy, was immediately rushed to inees. stituency. Action Committee, however, the Singareni Area Hospital in PNS n WARANGAL 1,000 per month to buy essen- According to sources, there is According to sources, the the committee was not satisfied who distributed Ramagundam. tial commodities. Therefore, no consensus among party lead- announcing the party’s candi- Chief Minister is going to give with the written explanation passes for the SCCL Employees’ Union Minister for Women and Child they should ensure that there is ers in finalising the candidate date for the impending bypoll. the TSRTC Chairman post submitted by Niranjan. The state president Tummala Raja Welfare Satyavati Rathod has no shortage of the foodstuff, she from the list. It is learnt that the According to sources, the and one more Corporation committee served another Raviryal meeting Reddy and other leaders visit- asked the teachers and govern- said directing the district offi- party is contemplating to give a party has conducted its own sur- post to the Huzurabad leaders show-cause notice on him seek- ed Kumaraswamy in the Area ment officials to work without cials and elected people’s repre- tough fight to the TRS and BJP. vey on the winning possibilities to ensure the victory of the TRS ing further explanation. Hospital.Later, the injured taking leaves as the schools sentatives to visit schools and However, the party has no of the Congress party’s candidate candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav. Niranjan appeared before ing. According to sources, the worker was shifted to the gov- reopening day is drawing near- Anganwadis and observe the strong leader from the in Huzurabad recently. However, Meanwhile, BJP candidate Disciplinary Committee on party is sore at Niranjan as he had ernment hospital in er. She wanted the levelling of conditions there. Huzurabad constituency. Hence, it is learnt that the survey Eatala Rajender has been striv- Friday also and submitted his flayed AICC official spokesper- Karimnagar as the Area the school grounds should be She asked the authorities to it is according top priority to for- revealed that the party has to ing hard alone to retain his version. However, it is learnt that son Dasoju Sravan and State Hospital has no civil assistant completed. identify the vacant government mer Minister Konda Surekha. strive hard to put a brave face in position by winning the unex- the committee was not satisfied Women Congress former chief surgeon. Reviewing the arrangements offices for use as government However, the local party leaders Huzurabad as the TRS and BJP pected bypoll following his with his second explanation Nerella Sharada. Raja Reddy said that lack of for the reopening of the schools schools. ANMs should visit have been expressing unhappi- are indulged in an aggressive resignation to the MLA post also. The Disciplinary Action a surgeon at the Area Hospital on September 1, she asked the schools and monitor the health ness for bringing Konda Surekha campaign, forget about victory. and TRS. According to sources, the Committee has taken the evi- shows how insincere SCCL officials and elected people’s rep- condition of students, she said. on to the screen as she does not With the survey results, the Eatala Rajender has believ- Disciplinary Committee may dence from TPCC official management is towards safe- resentatives to daily visit schools She said that she would belong to the Huzurabad con- party has been delaying ing in his own strengths to win suspend Niranjan from the party. spokesperson Sudhir Reddy, guarding the health of the till 10 days after the reopening review the situation again in the stituency. announcing its candidate. the bypoll and has been imple- On August 18, Niranjan had who distributed passes for the workers. He demanded the of the schools. first week of September. Zilla Besides this, the survey con- Chief Minister K menting his strategies to fight chided TPCC chief A Revanth Raviryal meeting. The SCCL management to appoint She wanted drinking water Parishad chairperson Bindu, ducted by the Telangana Chandrasekhar Rao has been against the TRS candidate. In Reddy and Telangana Congress Disciplinary Action Committee full-scale doctors in the Area amenities, toilets and power MLA Sankar Naik spoke. Congress in the Huzurabad showering sops on the people of this backdrop, Congress is yet Affairs in-charge Manickam also collected the news that was Hospital and wanted the SCCL supply to schools should be in District Collector Abhilasha, constituency has become anoth- the Huzurabad constituency, to take a final decision on the Tagore in regard to the issuance published in newspapers in that safety officials to take proper perfect order. Each and every Superintendent of Police N Koti er reason for the delay in and the opposition is clueless on selection of its candidate. of passes for the Raviryal meet- regard. precautions. Anganwadi is being given Rs Reddy and others took part. Committee set up to probe Legal literacy ‘Top priority for roads’ outsourcing agency misdeeds camp held in WGL Medical college likely to PNS n SIDDIPET on violation of rules. PNS n WARANGAL development in Bhupalapally’ The agency was accused of District Collector P Venkatrami imposing cut in salaries of the Junior Civil Judge P Devi be sanctioned for Gadwal PNS n JAYASHANKAR Reddy has directed the officials employees in violation of rules, Manasa conducted a legal lit- BHUPALAPALLY to probe into the alleged irreg- delaying payment of wages every eracy camp at Sahrudaya PNS n GADWAL ularities being committed by the month, it is even paying wages orphanage and home for the Bhupalapally Municipal outsourcing services agency SK to a section of the employees, not aged and explained the salient Gadwal legislator Bandla chairperson Venkatarani Enterprises at the field level and paying Provident Fund to the features of the implementation Krishna Mohan Reddy on Siddu Seggam has said that submit him a report in 10 days. employees. To go into these of the poverty eradication Saturday inspected a tempo- the civic body gives priori- He addressed additional col- aspects additional collector was scheme.Addressing the rary building to house the gov- ty to the development of Bhupalapally Municipal chairperson lectors, municipal commission- appointed to probe into these inmates of the facility, she said ernment nursing college sanc- roads in all wards of the dis- Venkatarani Siddu Seggam breaks a ers, Siddipet and Gajewel hos- irregularities. There was prima the poverty is a socio-econom- tioned here from this academic trict headquarters. coconut on Saturday to kickstart the pital authorities, assistant labour facie evidence against it in vio- ic problem. Because of it, the year and the proposed site for the As the state government development of roads in all wards in officer, audit officials through a lation of rules. minimum needs of a section of construction of the college, along upgraded the town into a Jayashanker Bhulapally district tele-conference from the The district administration the society like food, shelter with Hyderabad Nursing college municipality, there is an headquarters Collectorate on Saturday to dis- got bad name as it conducted the and clothing are not being Deputy Director Vidyullatha. Hyderabad Nursing college Deputy Director Vidyullatha addresses the media in immediate need to develop cuss the plan of action against way it liked, he said announcing met. She called poverty as the They visited the Area Hospital Gadwal on Saturday amenities in the town, she lors. She thanked Ministers the SK Enterprises as there was that the SK Enterprises services major violation of the human here and went around various said. Errabelli Dayakar Rao, prima facie evidence against it are hereby terminated. rights of the people wards and ascertained the con- ing college for Gadwal, which dents to respond to the notifica- She said that the priority Satyavati Rathod, MLA ditions in the hospital. Later, they will commence classes from this tion to be issued by Kaloji is being given to allocate Gandra Venkata Ramana visited the proposed site for academic year. She said that she Narayana Rao Health University more funds to roads devel- Reddy for cooperating with INCLUSION OF LANDS UNDER WAKF BOARD PROPERTY construction of the nursing col- had inspected a building to for admissions to the nursing col- opment, drinking water the municipality by allo- lege. house the college temporarily. lege at Gadwal. She said Kamala amenities and sanitation. cating more funds to the In this connection, She asked all students, who was appointed principal of the She launched road develop- development of the munic- Vidyullatha said that Chief passed Inter with BPC to apply nursing college. She said that a ment works in wards 3, 8 ipality and to groom Cong Kisan Cell leaders Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for admission to nursing cours- medical college is likely to be and 10, along with TRS Bhupalapally as a beautiful assure justice to farmers has allocated a government nurs- es. She asked the Inter BPC stu- sanctioned to Gadwal. leaders and local council- town. PNS n ZAHEERABAD Students told to face failure, learn from it Congress Kisan Cell state pres- GITAM Deemed to be University conducted 12th convocation on its campus in Hyderabad on Saturday ident Anvesh Reddy and National vice-president PNS n not be too far from the aver- the university has switched Kodanda Reddy have expressed age person’s idea of success. to online teaching due to the concern over farmers not able to “One lives in both exciting But, it is impossible to live COVID-19 during the acad- sell their lands or not able to and turbulent times, but it has without failure, unless you emic year 2020-21 and devel- secure loans from banks and not never been easier to make an never risk it at all. So, under- oped technology to cus- getting input subsidy under the impact. One forges his or her stand that failure is part of life tomise pedagogy and adopt Rytu Bandhu as the authorities own path without fear and and be bold in your choices. essentially student-centric in the name of cleansing the land make the world a better place,” It is a key part of learning. learning by implementing records included the patta lands Congress Kisan Cell National vice-president Kodanda Reddy speaks at a gathering Krishna Prasad Chigurupati, Embrace the failure, learn digital and blended learning. in Satwar village of Zaheerabad at Satwar village in Zaheerabad Assembly constituency on Saturday Chairman and Managing from it, build on it, and move While 1,968 students Assembly constituency under Director, Granules India forward,” he exhorted. obtained eligibility to receive Wakf lands in the Dharani village, they assured justice to the with the government on behalf Limited, advised the grad- GITAM Vice-Chancellor degrees in different streams Portal. affected farmers in the village. of the farmers. They also told the uands in his convocation Prof K Siva Rama Krishna, in such as engineering, pharma- They said that one of the They asked the farmers not to be farmers to mount pressure on address at the 12th convoca- brief annual report, said that cy, science, management and affected farmers Mogulappa disheartened by the develop- the government to reopen the tion of GITAM Deemed to be that the university is impart- humanities at the GITAM died due to cardiac arrest unable ment. They assured the sugarcane factory at Zaheerabad. University, Hyderabad, on ing knowledge to 23,000 reg- Hyderabad campus, 1,320 to digest that his land was Congress party’s support to the Congress Kisan Cell district Saturday. He was presented Students celebrating after receiving degree certificates at GITAM Deemed to be ular students, 80,000 dis- students received them per- included in Wakf lands . On farmers. president Prabhakar, MPP pres- with an Honorary Doctor of University, in Hyderabad on Saturday tance learners, 1,500 research sonally. Thirteen students Saturday, they visited Satwar vil- It was atrocious to cause ident N Giridhar, Congress Science on the occasion. scholars with the help of received gold medals and lage and consoled the bereaved inconvenience to the farmers by leaders Y Narottam, P Narsimha Krishna Prasad recounted finally emerging successful ure is inevitable. Given your 1,445 faculty in 245 UG, PG, rank certificates. Prof N Siva family members. including them under Wakf Reddy and farmers of the village his journey as an entrepreneur at the global level. “It is considerable success already, Doctoral programmes. Prasad, Pro Vice-Chancellor Addressing a gathering in the Board, they said vowing to fight took part in the programme. fighting several setbacks and important to realise that fail- your idea of failure might Furthermore, he added that proposed a vote of thanks. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 29, 2021 nation 05 ‘Love Jihad' Act: Gujarat to Punjab Congress crisis: Harish Rawat to visit state soon with word from Rahul move SC against HC order PNS n NEW DELHI Amid the continued Rahul takes dig at BJP over PNS n AHMEDABAD forced to undergo religious Among other sections, infighting in the Punjab conversion. (Law against) which mainly deal with reli- Congress, AICC general Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay love jihad (was brought) in gious conversion through secretary Harish Rawat reports of 50% income rise Rupani on Saturday said the this very context, to take marriage, the high court has Saturday said he would visit state government is firm on strong action (against such also stayed the operation of the state soon as he briefed PNS n NEW DELHI stopping forcible religious activities). The state govern- section 5, which according to former party president conversion through marriage ment will certainly approach the BJP government, is the Rahul Gandhi on the situ- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the ruling BJP and will approach the the Supreme Court against "core" of the entire Act and a ation. on Saturday over reports of its income rising by 50 per cent Supreme Court against the the high court's order staying stay on it effectively stays the Rawat apprised Gandhi through electoral bonds and asked people about the increase high court's order staying sections of the Gujarat entire legislation. of the latest developments in their earnings. several sections of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion The government on as factions supporting Chief "BJP's income rose by 50%. And Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021), Wednesday told the high Minister Amarinder Singh yours?" he wrote on Twitter. (Amendment) Act, 2021. and will do all that is court that section 5 has noth- and state unit president Gandhi also shared a report On August 19, the Gujarat required." ing to do with marriage per Navjot Singh Sidhu engaged by an NGO, Association for High Court had stayed sec- He was speaking on the On August 19, the se. A stay on section 5 would in a war of words. Singh and Sidhu being at Democratic Reforms tions 3, 4, 4A to 4C, 5, 6 and sidelines of an event organ- actually stay the application "I have briefed him on loggerheads. The infighting (ADR), that said the saffron 6A of the amended Act pend- ised in the state capital Gujarat High Court of the entire law itself, and no whatever the situation in refuse to die down even party's income rose by 50 ing further hearing, saying Gandhinagar to celebrate the one would approach the Punjab is," Rawat, also the after the former cricketer per cent in 2019-20 with a that they shall not operate 125th birth anniversary of had stayed sections 3, authorities for seeking per- in-charge of party affairs in was appointed the PCC bulk of donations coming merely because a marriage is Gujarati poet Jhaverchand 4, 4A to 4C, 5, 6 and mission before getting con- the state, told reporters chief. through electoral bonds. solemnised by a person of Meghani, who was also given verted, the government had after meeting Gandhi here. Sidhu has also urged the The Congress has opposed one religion with a person of the title of "Rashtriya Shayar." 6A of the amended Act said. "In the next two-three party leadership to give the electoral bonds, alleging another religion without force The 2021 law, which However, the HC on days, I will visit Punjab him freedom in decision- that it helps the party in power. or by allurement or by fraud- penalises forcible or fraudu- pending further hearing Thursday turned down the and will meet party leaders. making, telling them that ulent means and such mar- lent religious conversion state government's plea seek- I will also meet Punjab he does not want to be a riages cannot be termed as through marriage, was noti- ing rectification of its order. chief minister Amarinder dummy party chief. remarks on Kashmir. clear that the next assembly marriages for the purposes of fied by the BJP government Last month, the Gujarat Section 5 of the Act man- Singh and PCC chief Navjot He said this after one of After this, some dissi- elections would be fought unlawful conversion". on June 15 this year. The orig- chapter of the Jamiat Ulema- dates that religious priests Singh Sidhu," he said. his advisers -- Malvinder dent ministers and MLAs under Singh's leadership. Talking to reporters, inal Act was in force since e-Hind filed a petition in the must take prior permission The Punjab Congress Singh Mali -- had to quit had met Rawat at Dehradun The chief minister's camp Rupani said, "The state gov- 2003 and its amended version HC, claiming that some of the from the district magistrate finds itself as a divided lot following pressure from the and demanded the chief also sought action against ernment is firm. Hindu girls was passed in the Assembly in amended sections of the new for converting a person from a few months ahead of chief minister's camp over minister's removal. Sidhu over Mali's remarks are made to elope, and later April. law were unconstitutional. one faith to another. assembly elections, with his alleged controversial However, Rawat made it on Kashmir and Pakistan. MP: MAN STITCHES WIFE'S PRIVATE Jailed MP man who strayed into Pak set to return INDIA CORNER PNS n SAGAR August 30, Sagar's handing Singh over to India, and a Preparations for Janmashtami PARTS OVER SUSPECTED INFIDELITY Superintendent of Police (SP) Atul police team and his family are A 57-year-old man, who was Singh said. The man had gone leaving for Amritsar to bring him fete begins in Mathura PNS n SINGRAULI (MP) 24, additional superintendent of treatment for her injuries. The lodged in a Pakistani jail after missing from his home 30 years back. It is yet to be ascertained police (ASP) Anil Sonkar said. middle-aged couple have children inadvertently crossing into the ago, and in January, 2014, the how and when the man crossed reparations have started in Suspecting his wife of infidelity, a The accused, who is a quack, who are married, the official said. neighbouring country, will return Madhya Pradesh government over to Pakistan, the official said. Pdifferent temples of 55-year-old man allegedly suspected his 52-year-old wife of A case under sections 323 to his home in Madhya Pradesh's found out that he was lodged in a Meanwhile, Singh's family has Mathura for Janmashtami stitched her private parts in having an extramarital affair with (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 Sagar district next week, a senior jail in Pakistan, the official said. claimed that he was mentally celebrations, slated for Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli another man, the official said. The (causing hurt by dangerous police official said on Saturday. The police initiated the process of weak and they came to know that August 30. “While cooking of district, police said on Saturday. man stitched his wife's private weapons or means), 498 Prahlad Singh, a resident of identification and correspondence he was lodged in a jail in Pakistan Prasadam to be offered to The incident took place in Raila parts over suspicion of infidelity, (detaining with criminal intent) Ghoshi Patti village under for bringing him back from after identifying his face on a tele- the principal deity in Hindu village under Mada police station he said, adding that the victim and other relevant provisions of Gourjhamar police station, about Pakistan in 2014, he said. The SP vision programme in 2014, shrine of Janmasthan, has area, around 30 km from the was admitted to the district the IPC was registered at 46 km from here, will be handed said that he received information Gourjhamar police station in- started, sites for the setting district headquarters, on August hospital, where she underwent Bandhora police post, he added. over to India at Wagah border on on Friday that Pakistan will be charge Arvind Singh Thakur said. up cloak room have been selected,” said Kapil Sharma, secretary Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan. Due to COVID-19 norms, it has been decided to give up the practice of distribution of Prasadam to every visiting devotee, this year, authorities at Shri Krishna Janmasthan stated. Sharma said cloak- ‘PM motivated rooms at selected four sites – (Rupam cinema, in front of Govind Rane disrespected CU prof booked for allegedly Nagar police station, Galteshwar temple Tiraha and Radha Park near scientists to Galteshwar temple) around Janmasthan – would be completed by August 29. Officials said that to avoid inconvenience to pilgrims, infor- PM’s directives on ‘Jan develop mation about various arrangements made by Shri Krishna Janmasthan threatening to kill Mamata Seva Sansthan would be communicated through loudspeakers. Covid vax’ PNS n KOLKATA Ashirvad Yatra’: Raut PNS n JABALPUR Case was lodged against a Vaccination in schools to begin PNS n MUMBAI getting the Sena, Uddhav Prime Minister Narendra professor of the Calcutta Thackeray and the MVA gov- Modi motivated scientists and University for allegedly threat- from September 1, says Kejriwal Union minister Narayan ernment. Rane and his present doctors to conduct medical ening on social media to kill Rane's "egotist and revengeful party, the BJP, will have to research which led to the Chief Minister Mamata accination and attitude" has forced the BJP on introspect. The BJP will soon development of an anti-coro- Banerjee, police said on Vration distribution backfoot, MP Sanjay realise its mistake (of induct- navirus vaccine in India, Saturday. centres set up in Raut said on Saturday and ing Rane). It is already on Union minister Virendra The case was registered schools in the nation- alleged the Konkan strongman backfoot due to Rane's attitude Kumar Khatik said on against Arindam Bhattacharya, al capital will still be was not following the direc- of revenge and ego which will Saturday. a professor of the Zoology operational after they tives of Prime Minister bring the BJP down," he said. “It is for the first time that Department, by the Hare Street reopen for classes 9 Narendra Modi vis-a-vis the Referring to Rane's threat of we need not have to depend police station on the basis of a to 12 from September 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra'. digging out old cases, Raut on any other country to pro- complaint filed by PhD schol- 1, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. Following a Addressing the party work- asked, "Don't we have his cure vaccines to fight against ar Tamal Dutta, a senior police marked improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the city, the Delhi ers in Nashik, Raut hit back at 'Kundli'. Be prepared when we a virus," the Social Justice and officer said. government on Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, col- Rane over the latter's state- open our 'sandook' (box)". Empowerment Minister told Bhattacharya was booked leges and coaching institutions will reopen from September 1. "There are ment that he will "dig Rane's 'Jan reporters. under IPC sections 505 (1B) plenty of classrooms and no dearth of space. Vaccination and ration dis- out" "old cases" say- Ashirvad Yatra' is Khatik is in Jabalpur to (with intent to cause, or which "Akhono hatya korte chai... Pa investigating officer on tribution will continue in schools where it is underway," Kejriwal said, ing the Sena has currently tour- launch the BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad is likely to cause, fear or alarm chata kutta ami noi... Ami Saturday afternoon. responding to a question on the subject. "Since students of only four the "Kundli" (a ing the coastal Yatra', which is aimed at reach- to the public), 506 (threat be to oshikkhito birodhi (I still want "I have nothing to do. Let classes are being called in the first phase, space will not be a major record) of Rane, Konkan ing out to the masses. cause death or grievous hurt) to kill.. I am not a footlicking the police arrest me. Let there issue. The vaccination area will be kept separate from where students a former Shiv region, “Prime Minister Narendra and 120B (punishment of dog. I am against those who be another Ambikesh are allowed," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event here. Sainik, and can including the Modi took the initiative to criminal conspiracy), said are illiterate)." Mahapatra," he said. open a "san- Sindhudurg motivate scientists and doctors Murlidhar Sharma, the joint Battacharya said it was a In April 2012, Chemistry dook" (box). district, his to conduct medical research commissioner of police personal conversation between professor Ambikesh Rane was stronghold. which led to the development (crime). him and a friend which was Mahapatra of Jadavpur Ayush system ‘very helpful’ in arrested and Raut also of an anti-coronavirus vaccine The professor is yet to be made public on social media. University was arrested for released on bail on spoke about the in the country,” he added. taken into custody, police said. "This conversation hap- allegedly forwarding a car- Tuesday late at night one-on-one meeting In contrast, anti-polio vac- When contacted, pened sometime back. I have toon, lampooning the chief boosting immunity: President over his "would have between Leader of cination in India was launched Bhattacharya told PTI, "I did- not threatened the chief min- minister. resident Ram Nath slapped" comments against Opposition Devendra three to four years after vacci- n't make any comments ister or anyone and it is clear The TMC-backed West PKovind said on Saturday Chief Minister Fadnavis and Thackeray, say- nation against polio almost got against the chief minister. The in the message," he said. Bengal College and University that the Ayush system of and Shiv Sena president ing the CM must have told completed in many countries, complainant is a Trinamool Bhattacharya, a professor Professors Association con- medicine has proved to be . Fadnavis what he needed to he said. “As of now, around 60 Congress supporter. I am wait- of Zoology for 17 years, said demned Bhattacharya's com- very helpful in boosting One of the FIRs against do. crore anti-COVID-19 shots ing for the police to take steps the police complaint was ments. immunity, especially during Rane was registered in Nashik. "We have political differ- have been given in the coun- and only after that I will seek lodged against him as part of Dutta, who lodged the the second wave of COVID- "Besides Rane, other ences with BJP. If BJP wants to try," he said. legal advice on this." a conspiracy so that he loses his police complaint, told PTI that 19, and that its popularity (newly-inducted) Union min- shoot us over Rane's shoul- Speaking on Central During a conversation on job. a professor cannot make such over the past two decades isters from Maharashtra- ders, we are ready. We had dif- schemes, the minister said a Facebook Messenger, a friend "I am scared and tormented. remarks. has helped improve the Bharti Pawar, Kapil Patil, ferences with (NCP chief) roadmap titled "Amrit Kaal" told the professor, "Before the I feel helpless and insulted. "I went through the com- financial condition of Bhagwat Karad are also tour- Sharad Pawar also but today worth Rs 100 lakh crore has elections you had written in a Never dreamt of facing such ments and found them to be farmers and forest-dwellers. ing various areas as part of the we are together," he said. been drawn under the leader- WhatApp group that you humiliation in my life. I can quite dangerous. A professor Speaking at a function after 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra'. But Besides the Sena, the NCP ship of the prime minister for wanted to kill the chief minis- sense that this is a conspiracy cannot make such comments. laying the foundation of the first Ayush university of Uttar Pradesh instead of following PM and the Congress are the two the next 25 years to make India ter. That time you went to the against me so that I eventual- That is why I approached the here, the president said, "In the fight against COVID-19, especially in Modi's directives to propagate other constituents of the Maha self-reliant by strengthening TMC leader's house to save ly lose my job," he said. police and after consulting the second wave, Ayush system of medicine played an important the work of the Central gov- Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern- the roads, industry and railway yourself..." Bhattacharya was served a them, I lodged a complaint role in increasing the immunity of people and making them free of ernment, Rane has been tar- ment. infrastructure. In reply, he wrote in Bengali, notice to appear before the with the Cyber Cell," he said. infection." "The tribal society has a rich tradition of knowledge of herbs but in the last two decades, the popularity of the Ayush system of medicine has increased all over the country. Herbal drug can help damaged kidney recover: Study Mehbooba Mufti alleges cops PNS n NEW DELHI latory effects...in the patients and described "its well-tolerat- Punarnava and Anantamul to associated with renal dysfunc- ed effect with no adverse hema- name a few in the formulation foiled PDP youth wing meeting An Ayurvedic poly-herbal for- tion or chronic kidney disease tological or biochemical abnor- which are known for their mulation, NEERI-KFT, has (CKD)". malities occurred to any sub- nephrocorrective, anti-inflam- DP president Mehbooba potential to not only slow down The NEERI-KFT, a herbal jects during clinical trial". matory and antioxidant prop- PMufti Saturday alleged the the progression of chronic kid- medicine extracted from plants, "It can be suggested that erties and reparative regener- police did not allow a meeting ney disease but also restore nor- has been found to correct NEERI-KFT can be an alterna- ation of kidney cells". It was of the party's youth wing in malcy in functional parameters oxidative as well as inflamma- tive and complementary ther- after a string of stringent tests Anantnag and also "roughed of the vital organ, a team of tory stress known for reducing apy at end-stage renal disease that this formulation was up" its members. Mehbooba, a researchers has claimed. body's immunity, said the (ESRD) or complete loss of developed to provide relief to former chief minister of In a review published in the authors after drawing data on kidney function where fre- kidney patients, he said. Jammu and Kashmir, also said latest edition of Saudi Journal the formulation for kidney ail- quent dialysis of renal trans- Professor K N Dwivedi from the Centre wants to justify its "iron-fist approach by branding all of Biological Sciences, they ments from more than five elec- plant remains only a single BHU felt that the herbal ingre- Kashmiris as perpetrators of violence". "PDP youth is not being concluded that "phytopharma- tronic databases such as Science option for continued survival dients in NEERI-KFT are allowed to conduct a meeting in Bijbehara today. The gates leading cological evaluation of NEERI- Direct, Google Scholar, Elsevier, of NEERI-KFT' not only exam- used for the management of CKD patients," researchers loaded with many anti-oxi- to Mufti sahab's grave have been locked & blocked with barbed KFT suggests that it exhibits PubMed, Springer, ACS publi- ined the impact of the herbal kidney ailments. noted. dants besides medicinal values wires. Can @JmuKmrPolice explain why were these young men substantial potential against cation from published database extract of NEERI-KFT pre- The study also highlighted KK Sharma, MD of the which not only strengthen roughed up?" Mehbooba said on Twitter. The PDP president said oxidative and inflammatory between 2000 and 2020. pared by the AIMIL the herbal drug's efficacy in AIMIL Pharma attributed this kidney but liver also. "This is preventing the PDP youth from holding a meeting in South Kashmir stress induced apoptosis by The study, 'A systematic Pharmaceuticals, but also reducing "serum creatinine, to the "more than 20 different a very unique drug and we “reinforces GOIs (Government of India's) strategy of not allowing exerting antioxidant, nephro- review on nephroprotective dwelled in detail on the adverse blood urea, and serum uric acid potent herbs like Haridra, have found it very effective in any meaningful political engagement especially the one that involves protective and immunomodu- AYUSH drugs as constituents events of modern medicine as compared to placebo group" Varuna, Shirish, Gokhru, our study also," he added. Kashmiri youngsters”. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY| AUGUST 29,2021 money 06 US projects $3.1 trillion budget New ‘BH' series to facilitate deficit for this yr, down $555 bn n WASHINGTON registration of vehicles The Biden administration is easy forecasting that this year's bud- get deficit will be $555 billion PNS n NEW DELHI extra charge will be levied for lower than it estimated back in diesel vehicles, while electric May, helped by an economy To ensure seamless transfer of vehicles will be charged 2 per that is rebounding more quick- personal vehicles across states, cent less tax. ly than had been expected. But the road transport ministry has In case, where the vehicle even with the improvement, come up with a new registra- bears BH-series registration the administration said Friday tion mark for new vehicles - mark, the motor vehicle tax that it is forecasting a deficit of Bharat Series (BH-series). shall be levied electronically. $3.12 trillion for the budget In this regard, the govern- The new rules also called year that ends September 30. ment has notified a new vehi- Central Motor Vehicles That would be the second cle registration regime that will (Twentieth Amendment) largest deficit in history, free vehicle owners from re-reg- Rules, 2021, shall come into exceeded slightly by last year's istration process when they force with effect from $3.13 trillion deficit. Democrats to offer expanded record-holder of $1.4 trillion shift from one state/union ter- September 15, 2021. The reg- And for the next decade, the health care, pre-school and set in 2009 during the Obama ritory to another. "This vehicle istration mark for BH-series administration never sees the junior college education and administration, when the gov- registration facility under vehicle will be generated ran- annual deficits falling below $1 climate change initiatives. ernment was spending heavi- 'Bharat series (BH-series)' will domly through the portal. trillion. For the 2022 budget Even with the added infra- ly to deal with a severe reces- be available on voluntary basis Currently, a person is year, which begins October 1, structure and social spending, sion after the 2008 financial to defense personnel, employ- allowed to keep vehicle for a the administration is projecting the Biden administration said crisis. The administration's ees of central government/ state maximum of 12 months in any a deficit of $1.54 trillion. The Friday that it sees the deficits Mid-Session Review said much government/ central/ state pub- state other than the state where non-partisan Congressional over the next decade coming in of the improvement in the lic sector undertakings and pri- it is registered. The owners has Budget Office forecasts an even $684 billion below its earlier deficit forecast for this year vate sector companies/ organ- vehicle registration is one such bets. The MORTH through a According to the notifica- to get such vehicles re-regis- lower deficit of $1.15 trillion forecast. However, that stemmed from a strong eco- isations, which have their offices effort as "one of the pain points "notification dated 26th August tion, the motor vehicle tax tered before the expiry of 12 next year. However, the CBO improvement would still leave nomic rebound, reflecting the in four or more states/union in the vehicle registration 2021, has introduced a new levied by the state and union months. forecasts are based on current deficits over the next decade impact of President Joe Biden's territories," the Ministry of process that needed attention registration mark for new vehi- territories at the time of regis- At present, a passenger vehi- law and do not take into totalling $12.49 trillion. economic policies. Road Transport and Highways was re-registration of a vehicle cles i.e. tration in respect to BH-series cle owner for re-registration of account what the impact will In the last two years, deficit The review upgraded the (MoRTH) said in a statement. while moving to another state". 'Bharat series (BH-series)'. non-transport vehicle will be 8 vehicle has to take no objection be of two massive spending totals have worsened as the administration's economic This scheme, it said, will The format of BH-series A vehicle bearing this registra- per cent in case of vehicles cost- certificate from the parent state bills that have yet to pass government approved trillions forecasts to show an economy facilitate free movement of registration mark will be YY tion mark shall not require ing up to Rs 10 lakh, 10 per for assignment of a new regis- Congress, a bipartisan measure of dollars in support for indi- expanding this year by 7.1%, personal vehicles across BH #### XX. YY denotes the assignment of a new registra- cent in case of vehicles costing tration mark in another state. of around $1 trillion in spend- viduals and businesses caught when measured from the states/union territories of India year of first registration, BH is tion mark when the owner of between Rs 10-20 lakh and 12 Also, the assignment of new ing on traditional infrastruc- in an economy reeling from fourth quarter of last year. upon relocation. code for Bharat Series, #### is the vehicle shifts from one state per cent in case of vehicles cost- registration mark is done after ture projects such as roads the coronavirus pandemic. That is up from the adminis- The statement further said the randomised four digit to another", the statement fur- ing above 20 lakh. the road tax on prorata basis is and bridges and a $3.5 trillion Last year's deficit of $3.13 tration's previous projection of that an IT-based solution for number and XX are two alpha- ther explained. It further said that 2 per cent paid in the new state. measure backed only by trillion surpassed the previous growth this year of 5.2%. Sugar factories Odisha govt approves policy to MONEY MATTERS owe dues worth ASDC, Hero to bridge digital Rs 231.45 cr to promote manufacturing of EVs PNS n BHUBANESWAR skill gap at auto dealerships

cane growers The Odisha Cabinet on Friday he Automotive Skills PNS n DEHRADUN approved an electric vehicle Development Council policy that aims at promoting T(ASDC) and Hero Sugar mills in Uttarakhand such automobile manufacturing MotoCorp have joined hands owe sugarcane growers dues and the adoption of pollution- to bridge the digital skill gap at worth Rs 231.45 crore, the free transport. the country's auto dealerships state assembly was informed Odisha Electric Vehicle and build their capacity in this on Friday. Policy, 2021 got the go-ahead critical growth driver. This was stated by sugar- during the meeting chaired by As per the Memorandum of cane development minister Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Understanding (MoU), the Yatishwaranand in the "The objective of the policy is to partners would train the assembly in reply to a ques- achieve adoption of 20 per cent dealership staff in an apprenticeship model. "We are extremely happy tion by BJP MLA Deshraj electric vehicles of all automo- to partner with Hero MotoCorp, as it will allow us to reach a large Karnawal. bile registrations by 2025 and to it is now necessary to reduce said. Various incentives will be number of youth, who can be skilled and subsequently gainfully Microsoft fixes cloud Iqbalpur sugar mill owes promote manufacturing of such vehicular pollution and carbon available for industries for man- employed in the industry. It is also important that the younger sugarcane growers an vehicles and its components, emission. ufacturing electric vehicles and generation in the country put in their hearts to the jobs that they are amount of Rs 179.30 crore, including battery, in the state. "It is high time to reduce the for individuals for purchase, performing in addition to their hands and minds," ASDC President platform vulnerability Libbarhedi sugar mill Rs This also aims at facilitating emission by curbing the use of another official said, adding that Nikunj Sanghi said in a statement. Hero MotoCorp Head of Sales and 18.83 crore and Laksar sugar innovation, research & develop- vehicles that consume fossil interest subvention in loans, After Sales Naveen Chauhan noted that through this strategic PNS n REDMOND (US) using the product. mill Rs 33.32 crore, the ment," Chief Secretary SC fuel and accelerating the pace of waiving of road tax and regis- partnership, the company would work with ASDC to upskill and reskill Microsoft has already been minister said. Mahapatra said. He stated that adoption of electric vehicles," he tration fees were also proposed. the workforce in the automotive industry. "The industry has witnessed Microsoft says it has fixed a in the hot seat over the hack the advent of new technologies in the recent past and this trend will flaw in its cloud computing of its Exchange email servers continue in the future as well. As the automotive industry is a large platform that cybersecurity disclosed in March and employer, there will be an increased demand of skilled manpower in researchers warned could blamed on Chinese spies. Its the industry. To meet this demand, the gap between the skill available have enabled hackers to take code was also abused to rifle Jan Dhan accounts swell to 43 crore and skill required will have to be bridged," he added. ASDC is an over a cloud-based database through the emails of US offi- industry-led initiative promoted by ACMA, SIAM and FADA jointly product used by many big cials in an earlier hack pinned PNS n NEW DELHI mark seven years of with NSDC and the Government of India to enhance the skill of the companies. on Russian intelligence agents #PMJanDhan, an initiative that automotive industry to compete with international standards. The company said Friday and more commonly associ- Bank accounts under Pradhan has forever transformed India's there's no evidence the poten- ated with the software compa- Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna development trajectory. It has tial opening was exploited ny SolarWinds. (PMJDY) have increased to 43 ensured financial inclusion and We are fast progressing in by malicious actors or that The cloud platform vulner- crore with total deposits over a life of dignity as well as any customer data was ability disclosed this week, Rs 1.46 lakh crore, the finance empowerment for countless exposed. while apparently causing no ministry on Saturday said as Indians. Jan Dhan Yojana has FTA discussions, says Goyal The cybersecurity firm harm, raised concerns about the government's flagship also helped further transparen- ndia is fast progressing in Wiz, led by former Microsoft the security of cloud services financial inclusion scheme cy." Appreciating the untiring discussions on different employees, said it discovered provided by the tech industry, completes seven years of imple- efforts of all those who have Ifree-trade agreements what it called an “unprece- which businesses and govern- mentation. worked to make PMJDY a suc- (FTAs) with countries, dented critical vulnerability" ments increasingly rely on. The PMJDY was announced cess, he said, their efforts have including the UK and the in Microsoft's Azure cloud After a White House cyber- by Prime Minister Narendra ensured the people of India UAE, to further enhance trade platform and notified the security summit Thursday, Modi in his Independence Day lead a better quality of life. and investment ties, tech giant earlier in August. Microsoft pledged it would address on August 15, 2014 crore) Jan-Dhan account hold- Increase in average deposit Finance Minister Nirmala Commerce and Industry Microsoft paid the firm a invest $20 billion in cyberse- and was simultaneously ers are women and 66.69 per is another indication of Sitharaman, while underlining Minister Piyush Goyal said on bounty for the discovery and curity over the next five years launched on August 28 to fos- cent (28.70 crore) holders are increased usage of accounts the importance of the scheme, Saturday. Under an FTA, two said it immediately fixed the and make available $150 mil- ter financial inclusion. This in rural and semi-urban areas, and inculcation of saving habit said the journey of PMJDY led trading partners reduce or problem. lion in technical services to national mission was launched the finance ministry said in a among account holders, it said. interventions undertaken over eliminate customs duties on If exploited, the flaw could help local governments to ensure people have access to statement. During the first Total RuPay cards issued to a short span of 7 years has in the maximum number of goods traded between them. Besides, they have affected “thousands of upgrade their defences. financial services, namely, year of the scheme, 17.90 crore PMJDY account holders rose effect, produced both transfor- liberalise norms to enhance trade in services and boost investments. organisations, including Federal lawmakers earlier banking, remittance, credit, PMJDY accounts were opened. to 31.23 crore. For account mational as well as direction- Goyal said India is engaging for such pacts with economies having numerous Fortune 500 com- in the year insisted that insurance, pension in an Out of total 43.04 crore opened after August 28, 2018, al change, thereby making the transparent rule of law and with whom India can have confidence panies," according to a blog Microsoft swiftly upgrade affordable manner. PMJDY accounts, 36.86 crore the free accidental insurance emerging financial inclusion that it will get a fair deal and reciprocal benefits. "We are fast post from Wiz, which is based security to what they say it As on August 18, 2021, the or 85.6 per cent are operative, cover on RuPay cards increased ecosystem capable of deliver- progressing in our discussions with the UK, with the UAE and other in Israel and California. should have provided in the number of total PMJDY and the average deposit per from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. ing financial services to the last GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. Canada and Australia are Microsoft said Friday it affect- first place, and without fleec- accounts stood at 43.04 crore. account is Rs 3,398, as per the On this occasion, the Prime person of the society-the poor- really on a fast track," Goyal said while addressing the JITO Trade ed only a subset of customers ing taxpayers. Of this, 55.47 per cent (23.87 statement. Minister tweeted, "Today we est of the poor. Mahakumbh. The minister also stated that recently, he had discussions with the USA's Charge'd Affairs in Delhi Atul Keshap, and both agreed to aspire for a USD 500-billion trade between the countries at the earliest possible time. The world is looking for a trusted partner and that partner is India's business community, he Asian tourism sees ups, downs in 2nd year of pandemic added. He added that whether it is FDI (foreign direct investment), forex reserves, foodgrain reserves, agriculture production or n HONG KONG wide come down after a dead- tourism.” manufacturing; all sectors are on a growth path. ly second wave earlier this But mountainous areas like From the Great Wall to the pic- year. Kashmir have seen an uptick in st turesque Kashmir valley, Asia's The “shikaras,” or tradition- infections as the number of vis- Vedanta to consider 1 interim tourist destinations are looking al Kashmiri houseboats, are itors rises, fueling worries to domestic visitors to get back on the calm waters of Dal about a third wave. dividend for 2021-22 next week them through the COVID-19 Lake as Indians travel at home. pandemic's second year. India is reporting about 30,000 BANGKOK'S BUSTLE edanta Ltd on Saturday With international travel new coronavirus cases a day, GOES QUIET said its board will meet heavily restricted, foreign down from a peak of 400,000 Erawan Shrine in the center of Vnext week to consider and tourists can't enter many coun- in May but still enough for Bangkok once bustled with approve the first interim tries and locals can't get out. In many countries to restrict trav- foreign tourists and locals mak- dividend for 2021-22. "...the the metropolis of Hong Kong, elers from India. ing offerings day and night. board of directors of the glamping and staycations have Nihaarika Rishabh said she Today, it is eerily quiet. Only a company (the “Board”) on replaced trips abroad for at and her husband were relieved handful of people buy incense Wednesday, September 1, least some of its 7.4 million res- to finally get away from their or flowers from the vendors 2021, will consider and idents. Across the Asia-Pacific home in the city of Agra for who set up stalls outside. approve the first interim region, international tourist their honeymoon, after their “We are still here because we dividend on equity shares, if any, for the financial year 2021-22," arrivals were down 95% in the wedding was postponed during don't know what else to do,” Vedanta Ltd said in a filing to BSE. Vedanta Ltd, a subsidiary of first five months of the year, the second wave. The vacation said one, Ruedewan Thapjul. Vedanta Resources Ltd, is one of the world's leading diversified compared to the same period in Kashmir has helped calm As Thailand battles a pun- natural resource companies with business operations in India, South before the pandemic in 2019, their nerves after months of the ishing COVID-19 surge with Africa, Namibia, and Australia. Coal India arm holds Covid according to the UN World pandemic, she said. nearly 20,000 new cases every vaccination drive *Coal India arm Bharat Cocking Coal Ltd (BCCL) Tourism Organization. Ali, the houseboat owner, is day, people who depend on has organised a special vaccination drive against Covid-19. Held at New variants of the virus Imraan Ali, whose houseboat don't want that to be affected," happy that the number of vis- tourism struggle in what was Ambedkar School of Martial Arts, Jagjeevan Nagar, Dhanbad, the loom — a constant threat to on Kashmir's is his he said. Tourists are returning to the itors has gone up. one of the most-visited cities in campaign has benefitted a large number of people especially 250 any recovery in even domestic only source of income. valleys and mountains in “We have been suffering the world, with 20 million vis- safaiKarmies of BCCL with the first dose of COVISHIELD, the coal tourism. Warnings of a possi- “Since we are expecting a INDIA CAUTIOUS AS Kashmir, as infections in the from past two years," he said. itors in the year before the pan- ministry said in a statement. Safai Karmies have been the backbone ble third wave in India worry good influx of tourists, we OUTBREAK RECEDES Himalayan region and nation- “Our livelihood depends on demic. of BCCL's fight against COVID-19 right from the beginning, it added. sunday magazine HYDERABAD, August 29, 2021

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy — Meryl Streep

FROM THE INSIDE Krishna's grace Third encounter All starts from him and ends in There is a lot of uncertainty as to him. As we celebrate Janmashtami, when and if at all the third wave of let's rejoice Krishna in our hearts 8 9 COVID-19 will hit the country CLIMATE CHANGE: OBSTRUCTING THE PATH TO A LIVEABLE TOMORROW?

It is about time we realise that something that seemed “a little off” has grown into a full-blown calamity with casualties more than just the environment and the lush green covers. However, there are still amends we can make as a community and lessen the blow, writes DR. JP GUPTA

e have been accustomed to sit- of the major factors contributing to the global combined measure of heat and humidity — of and possible solutions, is the way ahead. ting in our rooms while dis- challenge of confining the effects of global around 35° Celsius, or about 95° Fahrenheit. cussing how it is time to warming and minimising its impact. Other fac- Researchers across the globe have worked INDIA RECOMMENDED TO ADAPT A HYDRO- switch to a bigger apartment, a tors include: relentlessly to draw evidence that shows when GEN-LED ECONOMY better job or confining our- l fuel emissions due to exploiting natural heat taxes people’s bodies, their performance on There has been an evident increase in the selvesW to our rooms with our air conditioners gases various tasks, as well as overall coping mecha- global energy consumption and thus the dire on their maximum cooling temperature. l overusing resources that take hundreds and nisms, suffer. need to harness alternative energy sources that Enjoying the rain while we shoot up our lap- thousands of years to get renewed This further accelerates negative traits, are not just green, but also renewable and plen- tops seems like a regular day in our routine l excessive residue of carbon footprints ONE OF THE LESSER- including fuelling aggression, lower cognitive tiful. One such source with a substantially high- lives. However, what we fail to notice is the fact l the agricultural practices using both com- ability and plummeting productivity. The glob- er energy output per unit mass is hydrogen. that a bigger apartment is costing deforestation, mercial and organic fertilisers along with KNOWN ASPECTS OF al weather station data also portrays how the Hydrogen, used as a fuel in the production, the air conditioner emitting carbon footprint increase in livestock farming and others CLIMATE CHANGE IS human survivability limit has been briefly sur- transport and energy storage. It has the poten- and the untimely monsoons — a sign showing These combined with an inexhaustible list THAT IT IMPACTS US passed at least a dozen times in the last four tial to play a crucial cross-cutting role in the the catastrophic consequences of our actions. of other factors are bringing an age of disrup- PHYSIOLOGICALLY, decades at sites along the Persian Gulf and future low carbon economy, with applications Climate change has been impacting the nations tion and adding to global warming. The factors especially in the Valley in India. across the industrial, transport, and power sec- across the globe and reaching an irremediable are not only a result of human initiations and EVENTUALLY These facts give us all the more reason to act tors. There has been a growing appreciation state by the passing day. With temperatures ris- interruptions but are further being triggered AFFECTING OUR urgently and bring a reform to immediate that complete electrification of our current ing, glaciers melting and floods causing intensely to cause more havoc by the day. PSYCHE AS A BY- effect. The need of the hour is to serve as energy systems could be prohibitively expensive destruction by sudden advances in the shore or PRODUCT AND devout environmentalists and not only and technologically challenging, given the connected regions, the concern only seems to HOW IS IT IMPACTING THE WORLD? acknowledge the threat to our planet but also important storage, flexibility, chemical, and be amplifying. Human intervention has resulted in putting CAUSING MORE resolve it tout de suite. heating attributes of current fossil fuels. Based It’s time to realise that something that the entire ecosystem and the life forms sustain- DAMAGE THAN WE, AS on this, the experts have predicted that the seemed “a little off” has grown into a full- ing in it in a tough spot. Our activities have led A COMMUNITY, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATE FINANCE hydrogen demand could increase five-fold by blown calamity with casualties more than just to the temperatures shooting up and the ocean Climate finance revolves around the fact 2050, with use in the industry sector being the the environment and the lush green covers. and the land along with our atmosphere to get REALISE. THE RISE IN that there is a need for strategic planning major driver. In power, hydrogen could be a Most of the people are not acknowledging the affected. The cryosphere, the water bodies and GLOBAL TEMPERATURE when working on minimising the impact of cost-effective way of providing inter-seasonal concern, tagging it as a side-issue as they turn a the environmental covers are depleting due to REFLECTS UPON THE global warming. It helps the nations to reduce storage in a highly variable renewable electrici- blind eye; however, the truth lies far away from the increase in anthropogenic activities with FACT THAT PEOPLE'S greenhouse gas emissions such as by funding ty system from 2040. Scaling up the use of it. the impact growing irreversible if not interrupt- renewable power like wind, solar or hydrogen. domestically produced hydrogen can signifi- ed with an emergent series of action. Climate BODIES, AS Furthermore, it enables the people of the cantly reduce energy imports. CLIMATE CHANGE: A REAL THREAT? change is giving rise to several issues such as ice SUGGESTED affected regions to adapt to the situation such Hydrogen development is at its nascent Climate change has been growing evident sheets turning to water, marine heat waves, SCIENTIFICALLY, as droughts while allowing them to earn and stage and there’s a lot of uncertainty surround- every day and causing the temperatures to fluc- heavy precipitation, floods, tropical cyclones, CANNOT HANDLE HEAT produce food via effective methods etc. ing its safety. Therefore, it’s imperative to tuate. From scorching heat and pollution play- permafrost and ecological droughts becoming Climate finance is responsible for strengthen- understand the legal and regulatory require- ing a role in the air quality index deteriorating more frequent than ever. BEYOND WET BULB ing their communities and providing them a ments, investment cases, financing structures, and causing breathing health issues, the con- Turning away from the consequences of TEMPERATURES; A little bit of stability amidst the chaos. operational requirements, revenue stream, cerns are on a rise. One of the major factors our activities in the past millennia is setting COMBINED MEASURE Public and private finance in this area also sharing and other elements that need to be playing an evident lead in the entire problem is into motion a series of catastrophic events such OF HEAT AND plays a critical part as it helps the countries set considered to formulate an effective acceptable the increase in greenhouse gases contributing as intensifying the global water cycle and the a green economy while making them have an commercialisation model. A gradual transition to greenhouse effect that is growing intense. severity of wet and dry events. The conspicuous HUMIDITY — OF inclination towards workable systems built on with adequate policy and safety standards will The effect is making the heat of the sun get effects are becoming more evident and thus AROUND 35 DEGREE renewable sources, meanwhile eliminating help build confidence among stakeholders and trapped in the earth’s atmosphere and skyrock- requiring us to take significant steps to curb the CELSIUS, OR ABOUT 95 exploitation of the exhaustible ones. The fact provide a conducive environment for a eting the temperatures to a whole new level. problems. DEGREE FAHRENHEIT that as a country we have a long way to go, Hydrogen based economy. To accelerate the The change is hitting India along with oth- only makes climate finance more important at adoption of hydrogen technologies in India, a ers as well and resulting in tragic consequences THE UNPOPULAR FACT the moment. India has been working on mak- step-change in government policy and business with flora and fauna, businesses, economy and One of the lesser-known aspects of climate ing it to the list of developing green actions is required. more playing a part as the collateral damage of change is that it impacts us physiologically, economies, but the road to that passes the anthropogenic activities. Our country is eventually affecting our psyche as a by-product through a hydrogen-led ecological system. PLANNING AHEAD blessed by numerous environmental covers and and causing more damage than we, as a Utilising green hydrogen to curb the Forming a blueprint and administering the terrains including glaciers, high mountains, community, realise. The rise in carbon footprint and holding implementation of robust strategies to elimi- long coastlines as well as massive semi-arid global temperature reflects summits such as India’s nate the challenges of climate change, is becom- regions thus, making it a hotspot for climate upon the fact that people’s Climate Summit to ing imperative for a developing country like change. There is no doubt that global warming bodies, as suggested educate people ours. The emphasis should switch from “what’s is adversely affecting the Indian ecology, as scientifically, can- about the prob- wrong” to “how to make it right with immedi- backed by many surveys. In fact, India has not handle heat lem and dis- ate effect.” With India planning to take a step already made it to the top 10 most affected beyond wet cuss effec- towards a green hydrogen economy, setting countries in the Global Climate Risk Index bulb tem- tive other initiatives in motion along with climate 2021 as per a report published by pera- strate- panels hosting summits and creating awareness Germanwatch. The report further states how tures; a gies will lead to a better tomorrow. Climate change vulnerable people in developing countries suf- might be obstructing our path to a liveable fered the most from extreme weather events tomorrow, but there are still amends we can like storms, floods and heat waves, while the make as a community and lessen the blow. All impacts of climate change are visible around we need is the determination to make things the globe. The threat of climate change is as better and the realisation of the fact that, real as it gets and is seen moving gradually Richard Branson (Entrepreneur, Adventurer towards the D-day. and Environmentalist), put forth: ‘There is no planet B. We have to take care of the FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE one we have.’ CHANGE The writer is The Summit Chair; We, as a society, have been ignoring the Chairman Environment Committee, signs of global warming warnings over PHDCCI; Managing Director, Geenstat three decades, which has further led to Hydrogen India Pvt Ltd, a distinguished this adversity brewing on an exponential Scientist and a speaker at the scale. Human interference has been one ‘International Climate Summit 2021’ sunday magazine A MAN IS MADE BY HIS BELIEFS. AS HE BELIEVES. SO HE BECOMES spirituality 8 — LORD KRISHNA HYDERABAD, August 29, 2021

HIDDENSOULS KRISHNA’S GRACE PRAMOD PATHAK All starts from him and ends in him. As we celebrate Janmashtami, let's rejoice Krishna in our hearts, writes RADHANATH SWAMI rishna was born on the Contrary to all expectations, this eight day (Ashtami) of the divine couple never complained. Krishna Paksha (dark fort- Neither did they question God nor night) in Shravana or blame Him for their deplorable predica- Bhadrapada, which over- ment. Vasudeva stood by Devaki’s side Klaps with August or September of the like a pillar of fortitude, constantly Gregorian calendar. Krishna entered enkindling hope within her heart this world as Paramatma. whilst reminding her of their uncon- The planetary system was automat- ditional commitment to the will of ically readjusted so that everything divine Providence. became auspicious. Rivers, lakes trees, Devaki conceived for the seventh and nature, everything was extremely time — it was Sankarshan (another Lessons from pleasant. To welcome the supreme per- name of Balarama). However, one sonality of Godhead, the waning moon night, Devaki was shocked to notice became full moon in jubilation. There that there was no embryo in her Bhagavad Gita was celebration everywhere. womb. Kamsa thought it was a miscar- The asuras or people having asura riage. But, in reality, Krishna had rishna Janmashtami is being celebrated for the sec- mentality think of the lord as a com- arranged (through His all powerful ond year in succession under the threat of Corona. mon man who was born and who died, ‘yogamaya shakti’) for Sankarshan to be KTo make things worse the possibility of a third wave but it would be ignorance to think so. mysteriously transferred to Rohini’s still haunts us. The birthday celebrations of Lord Krishna, Firstly, the lord was not afraid to be womb. It was indeed a transcendental then, is again going to be a low-key affair. Same Precautions, born in the prison of Kamsa. Second, miscarriage. So far, Vasudeva and and same Corona protocols need to be observed. But should although the lord is all-pervading, he Devaki’s marital track record looked like that dampen our spirits? Remember Lord Krishna’s central had appeared from the womb of a tragedy — six sons slaughtered by message to Arjuna. Fight the battle. Pandava Prince was in Devaki. Third, he was born with all Kamsa and a seventh miscarriage. The a dilemma, reluctant to pick up his bow and arrow. Lord gems well decorated. Fourth, Vasudeva’s odds were overwhelming but this Krishna then chose to recite the Gita to arouse the fighting worshipable deity was born as his son. staunch couple did not permit fear or spirit of the Kshatriya Prince. The message was clear. Fight, In this transcendental jubilation, superstition to get the better of them. not flight. Life is a Kurukshetra where you face challenges Vasudeva mentally collected ten thou- Their hearts were sold out to that pre- in the form of Kauravas. The pandemic also is like a battle sand cows and distributed them cious eighth child who must be born, of Kurukshetra for the entire humanity. A battle that must amongst the brahmanas as a transcen- and conceive they did. be fought. The initial response to avoid and escape took a dental festival On the eighth night of the wan- heavy toll while we tried to live with one shut down after Krishna was born in the jail of ing moon, a son appeared at mid- another. Doubts and depression got the better of us. But we Mathura. There was complete terror night. It was Krishna, who was fully now realise that wishing coronavirus away was not the best and chaos during his birth. He was attired and ornamented and more strategy. It is time to brace for the fight. With all our resources appearing as the son of Devaki and effulgent than innumerable suns. and all our might. This is the lesson that Lord Krishna deliv- Vasudeva to fulfil their desire. The Lord Devaki’s and Vasudeva’s joy knew no ered to Arjuna who was in complete distress seeing the famed then decided to leave the residence of bounds! warriors of the enemy camp. Let us recapitulate the lessons Vasudeva and Devaki, in the prison Then came another severe test! of Gita. In this war of attrition, we all are like Arjuna, full house of Kamsa. Yogmaya, took birth Krishna desired to be taken to of doubts and anxieties. Let us take clues from the eternal as the daughter of Yashoda. By her Gokula and exchanged wisdom and prepare to take the battle to the enemy’s camp. grace, the guards fell asleep, the prison IF ONE with the daughter of We need to muster courage, sharpen our wit and garner our doors flung open and Vasudeva was SURRENDERS TO LORD Nanda and Yashoda. resources to fight the Corona. That is what Lord Krishna able to leave the prison house and save His heart torn with exhorted. Gita offers the most practical lessons for facing life. the child from the hands of Kamsa. KRISHNA, ONE WILL grief, Vasudeva exe- Life is full of challenges and we can face those only with the In those time, Kamsa’s atrocities EXPERIENCE THE EASE OF cuted that instruc- grace of God. But to get that we must believe in him and had crossed all limits. Because of GOING THROUGH THE TESTING tion, too, without have full faith. Initially, Arjun was in doubt and this made Kamsa’s disturbances, the vedic ritual- hesitation or delay. him avoid the fight. The Gita lesson begins from this. Lord istic ceremonies had almost stopped. TIME AND IN THIS WAY, THEY Also to clear tries to enlighten him that running away is not the answer. But on occasion of the lords birth the WILL PAY BACK THEIR BAD some pending Doubts make people shy away from challenges but they are Brahmanas were very happy and KARMA AND COME OUT OF Karmas of past birth not aware that by not fighting you are losing the battle even pleased to perform their rituals with THE BAD SITUATIONS OF and to nullify them in before it has begun. So, fight you must, not thinking of the peaceful minds. the current birth, a outcome that is not in your hands. During the pandemic we When Lord is all powerful then THEIR LIFE human being goes through saw many people give up the fight even before it started. The why do bad practices still exist in this the so-called ups and downs of outcome was disastrous. Lord Krishna says do your karma world? Why are wrong doers not pun- life. If one surrenders to Lord and dedicate it to Me. The rest will be taken care by Him. ished immediately? Many such ques- Krishna, one will experience the ease Thinking of the outcome weakens the resolve. We need to tions comes in our mind. “Why do bad of going through the testing time and fight and leave the result to the Lord. But we must under- things happen to good people?” To in this way, they will pay back their stand that Lord Krishna has never said that fight without answer all this, let us go to the dungeon bad karma and come out of the bad preparation. This is the misconception that many nurse. Being of Kamsa where he had incarcerated situations of their life. In conclusion, brave doesn’t mean throwing caution to the winds. That is Devaki and Vasudeva under the most relented. When Vasudeva faithfully pre- ordered his soldiers to arrest Devaki untold miseries of pregnant women. It when bad things happen to good peo- foolhardiness. Fighting with full preparedness is needed. This atrocious conditions. sented his first son, Kirtiman, to Kamsa and Vasudeva and brutally murdered is not uncommon to suffer from pre ple they clear their pending past birth is what we must do while facing the challenge of Corona. Their marriage was such a joyous the tyrant king returned the infant say- their first born innocent child. and postnatal depression. Who could karma and also it brings out the best Many thought that following Corona protocol was a sign of occasion until that ominous voice ing that he was mainly concerned about Devaki and her husband remained ever imagine Devaki’s horrific anxiety, in them so that wonders happen weakness. Certainly not. Bravery is making full use of your from the sky announced that the the eighth child. completely undaunted. They had every moment by moment, as she advanced Let us pause for a moment and arsenals and face the attacks of the enemy. It is an objective eighth child of Devaki would be the All was well on the home front, till reason to default. Instead, with in each of her pregnancies. She dread- ponder upon the selfless sacrifice and assessment of the challenge. Focus on the strengths but don’t cause of Kamsa’s death. Heaven dramat- the sage Narada planted the seed of mis- unshakeable faith and determination ed that moment when her demoniac surrender of that incomparable cou- let the weaknesses come in the way. All battles are strategic ically changed to Hell! Kamsa had his trust in Kamsa’s heart by warning him they decided to perform their sacred brother would come and dash her new ple, Vasudeva and Devaki, on this challenges to be met with grit and wit. The battle against sword at Devaki’s throat but Vasudeva not to trust that hidden heavenly voice duty of producing more offspring born helpless son to death on the dun- most auspicious occasion of Shri Corona is no different. Let us revisit the Gita and face the intervened with the assurance that because any child of Devaki could be under the most harrowing conditions geon walls. Kamsa paid no heed to her Krishna Janmashtami. threat that Corona has posed. every child of Devaki would be hand- his killer. The enraged tyrant lost all of Kamsa’s dungeon. pleading nor could Vasudeva’s interven- The writer is a spiritual guru at International Pathak is a professor of management, writer, and an acclaimed ed over to him, unconditionally. Kamsa traces of reason and consideration. He People seldom talk about the tion prevail upon him. Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) public speaker. He can be reached at [email protected]

Only those who take the shelter of God are able to transcend Virtual love-work balance the worldly maya, writes AJIT KUMAR BISHNOI ord Krishna states in the Gita that this world appears upside down Both being online, it’s not easy to manage the two simultaneously, Lto a casual onlooker. (15.1-4) What it means is that this world is says ANAMIKA YADUVANSHI, as shares tips to sail the two boats illusury, that is what attracts us is not good for us, and what repels is bene- he Covid-19 pandemic has one can do before giving the ficial for us. A few examples will clar- become an opportunity in relationship time to yield results. ify. Let us take food items. To what are Tadversity for online busi- It sure will turn out to be a for- we attracted? The answer is: what is nesses. Multiple new online midable one in time. tasty, which may not necessarily be start-ups have mushroomed l Set commitment levels for nutritious. And we stuff ourselves during this critical time. Same is both: All of us have prior com- with such food articles and even true of online relationships. mitments as we live in a society. become obese. What do we wish to see? People have found their soul- With the world on digital plat- What titillates and even scares us. Such mates through different online form unified by the Internet and programmes have the highest viewer- dating apps. However, in these bogged down by the Pandemic, ship. Even children are guilty of two new ventures of love and this line of maintaining a bal- indulging in such pleasures. What do work, it’s not easy to manage the ance between commitments is we wish to hear and talk about most? affairs simultaneously. Both fast becoming obliterated. Such Gossip is the most common pastime being online, there is no limit on is the gravity of obliteration that for many. I can go on but the message working hours. Balancing these one may not even realise the is quite clear. We suffer from illusion two could be overwhelming. actual cost one may pay eventu- in a big way. Here are few tips to sail these ally! Do not keep wondering as Obviously, we are forever making two boats: to what hit you. For either of the mistakes, big ones, and suffer greatly l Establish boundaries: With relationship might be sacrificed as a result. What will you say to a per- time being the limiting con- at the alter of this obliteration. son glorifying drinking, even produc- straint, you need to set bound- So, one must have commitment ing so-called scientific evidence to sup- aries in a manner that your levels for both in a manner that port what he indulges in without online work hours do not clash one’s commitment doesn’t cost restraint. This lusty behaviour is not with your online relationship. It the others’. limited to only drinking but extends to World upside down is well established statistically l Take care of your health: If eating harmful foods, watching con- now that an online love relation- one were to wonder how keep- sciousness lowering programmers, The third door to hell is greed. This consider ourselves big. What can ship might fall prey to oblivion ing healthy will assist you in bal- engaging in illicit affairs, etc. It is no enemy in limitless. Even very wealthy explain endless thinking on any mat- gradually if one doesn’t practice ancing your online work with wonder that Lord Krishna has repeat- persons fall prey to this weakness and ter? Why don’t we seek help, which basic tenets of a real physical online romance then pause and edly warned us in the Gita about this even end up in jail. Haven’t we been is available. Others don’t see our prob- relationship in order to spice up ponder — doesn’t the same very dangerous enemy — lust. In the told that need is limited only but greed lems the same way as we do; they are the virtual relationship. Same is objective. Just as the former’s ment. Nothing can be rated as a principle apply when you are verse no. 16.21, He specifically men- has no limits. likely to be more objective about not true of a business relation- growth is measured by growing sustained growth if it happens conducting your work physically tions that lust is a door to hell; it caus- What are we seeing these days in them. ship in modern virtual world. amount to the credit part of the overnight. Even the richest of and also living together physi- es ruination of the soul. a highly developed Western country? But the real solution is in taking Both require commitment. Balance Sheet, the latter’s growth the Treasuries in world would cally? If you are to respond in Anger is a close second. In the The country is divided in two due to shelter of God. Because this illusion Allowing an overlap on a regular is measured by the amount of end up emptying its coffers if affirmative, then you must verses 2.62 and 63, the Lord states, hate being fanned for political rea- (maya) of seeing the world upside basis would neither be good for trust and faith. Just as a clear there is no revenue generation. appreciate that same principle “Due to non-fulfillment of lust, anger sons. And what does such hate do? down is very difficult to overcome. either of them. vision empowers the idea of Just as you maintain patience applies to the e-world. Well, you results; from anger foolishness (closed The hatemongers may end up in (7.14) But it is not impossible to pro- l Set clear goals: Every rela- growth in an online business before yielding profits in a busi- neglect your health and you will mind) results; from foolishness bewil- demonic species. (16.19) Yes, it is eas- tect ourselves from being hopelessly tionship that is meant to last venture, the idea of meeting ness, must you also maintain not be good for either an online derment (inability to take right discus- ier to unite the masses by hate than illusioned. God can help. Those who must have a foundation that can definitive goals to improve your patience in an online love rela- business or an online love rela- sion based upon experience) results; by love, but why don’t we see the con- take His shelter are able to transcend weather all storms and yet flour- online love relationship empow- tion. Spice it up by texting, writ- tionship. Please know that your from bewilderment loss of intelli- sequences of such attempts. All these this maya. (7.12) Wise persons, there- ish. Same is true of an online ers it. Both can’t be achieved ing letters, saying random ‘I relationships are only as good as gence occurs; and by the loss of intel- by themselves are horrible, but when fore, take shelter of God, and are able business as also an online love unless there is a goal. Love You’s’, meet physically as is your health. ligence a person is doomed. In spite of we are smitten by ahamkar (ego) we to transcend this maya. relation. For committing to l Don’t expect result soon: often as possible and showing The writer is a life coach and such clear warning, we get angry and leave ourselves no chances of redemp- Bishnoi is a spiritual writer and can be them you need to have a clear Every profit requires an invest- commitment. That is the best motivational speaker do not even try to restrain ourselves. tion. On top of it, we, small souls, reached at [email protected] HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 29, 2021 special 09 THIRD ENCOUNTER There is a lot of uncertainty as to when and if at all the third wave of COVID-19 will hit the country. Amid the ongoing claims, WHO Chief Scientist suggests that India might be entering an endemic stage. MUSBA HASHMI speaks with experts to understand what awaits us

he third wave is imminent, said an expert. We are heading towards achieving endemicity, said another. There are several such claims and assumptions made by eminent expertsT and doctors. However, the fact of the matter is that nobody has yet been able to fully understand the nature of the virus, which is why many doc- tors believe that it will take us at least anoth- er year, if not more, to draw concrete conclu- sions. Scientists worldwide are on the go. They are chasing the virus’ evolution and its mutants with a few winning streaks. But a silver lining in the dark clouds of what seems to be a never- ending pandemic is that the country might be entering an endemic stage. Dr HK Mahajan, Anaesthesiologist, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Vasant Kunj, tells you that as per the World Health Organisation’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan, India is entering into an endemic stage. “This suggests that a population has learnt to live with a virus. There is a low or moderate level of transmission going on. There are no peaks or exponential growth like pandemic or epidem- ic,” he says. The high cases, he points out, occur where immunity is less, people are not vaccinated or not infected in the previous waves. However, as per the experts from National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), a third wave is imminent and can hit the coun- try any time between September and October. “It will not be that severe, but paediatric cases will be more, though not backed up by any sci- entific evidence. In this case, we need to have paediatrics infrastructure, ICU wards and doctors and trained nurses to deal with chil- dren getting infected,” says Mahajan. If the stats are anything to go by, they sug- gest that the country will see cases anywhere between one lakh and five lakh a day. “NIDM has predicted three scenarios. One, the third wave may peak in October. Two, three lakh cases per day. Three, if more viru- lent variants emerge, it may peak in September with five lakh cases per day. Four, it could peak in late October with two lakh cases per day,” adds Mahajan. All these models, he says, are based on cal- culations and are basically for forecasting and making predictions to anticipate the dynam- ics of the pandemic. “How many cases, viru- lency, morbidity and morbidity trends will hap- pen are demonstrated based on mathematical models. In India, these are mostly done by experts from IIT Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad. They take clues from several warnings indicat- ing an imminent third wave, understand them and prepare for it,” explains Mahajan. Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder & Director, Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, agrees with Mahajan and says that with the highest zero positivity rate and progressively increasing vac- cine coverage, it appears that India is heading for an endemic stage of the virus. “Kerala, which is seeing very high numbers is current- ly suffering from the third wave because of the low zero positivity rate, which is less than 40 per cent compared to about 70 per cent in the Northern part of the country. So, with the increased vaccination coverage, we are already administering about 50 lakh vaccines a day and we’re hoping that we will be doing about one crore vaccines per day to achieve our target of complete vaccination by the end of the year. We hope that the next wave, if it does come, will be like the British third wave, which even God forbid the next pandemic comes in,” says though with increased numbers, it had very low NIDM has predicted three scenarios. One, Bajaj. hospitalisation rates as well as very low death But for that to happen, the vaccination drive rates,” says Bajaj. the third wave may peak in October. Two, also needs a booster dose. “Only 7.6 per cent However, Dr Akshay Budhraja, people, that is 10.4 crore people, have been fully Pulmonologist, Aakash Healthcare, Dwarka, three lakh cases per day. Three, if more vaccinated. This rate has to be increased sub- says that if we go by stats, a third wave won’t A THIRD WAVE WON’T COME. virulent variants emerge, it may peak in stantially. Otherwise cases would increase and happen. “Having said that, no stats or analy- HAVING SAID THIS, NO STATS that would need healthcare infrastructure and sis can clear this doubt with absolute certain- September with five lakh cases per day. staff. This is still compromised and deficient. ty, only time will. The virus is mutating and we OR ANALYSIS CAN CLEAR THIS We also have to expedite the vaccination of kids are not sure how long the immunity lasts after DOUBT WITH ABSOLUTE Four, it could peak in late October with and follow COVID appropriate behaviour and vaccination or COVID infection. We don’t even CERTAINTY, ONLY TIME WILL. judicious lockdowns,” says Mahajan. know how effective the vaccine will be to newer two lakh cases per day Dr Vineeta Singh Tandon, Consultant, mutant strains in coming times. So, in any case THE VIRUS IS MUTATING AND Internal Medicine, PSRI Hospital, New Delhi, we must continue to follow the COVID pro- WE ARE NOT SURE HOW LONG — Dr HK Mahajan says that with the different projections, that may tocol in this time of uncertainty, till we achieve THE IMMUNITY LASTS AFTER Anaesthesiologist, Indian or may not turn true, what we need is a robust herd immunity, which isn’t far now. It is a mat- VACCINATION OR COVID health care system that can hold a caseload like ter of eight-10 months,” opines Budhraja. Spinal Injuries Centre, Vasant Kunj this. What we would need is localised lock- He adds that we may see a rise in the num- INFECTION. WE DON'T EVEN downs in case numbers shoot up and that needs ber of cases but the mortality rate won’t rise like KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THE to be implemented strictly by the authorities. in the second wave. “If at all a third wave hits VACCINE WILL BE TO NEWER Bajaj, too, is of the opinion that once the munity and now needs almost yearly immuni- “Fear-mongering does more than good. us, we will surely emerge stronger than before. third wave hits, we will emerge much sation and booster shots for those at risk. So, Third-wave to a large extent depends on mul- Simple reason is more people will be immune. MUTANT STRAINS IN COMING stronger because we are much more this COVID virus will also mutate into tiple factors like people not following COVID The very reason the number of cases are declin- TIMES. IN ANY CASE WE MUST prepared. “We have developed our a virus that is endemic to the com- appropriate behaviour, lax vaccination and peo- ing at present,” he says. CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ICUas well as hospital infra- munity and will always be a risk for ple mingling in crowded zones. Vaccination The future looks bright. We have so many structure, including oxygen those members who are high risk holds hope and we should focus on this num- vaccine options now and a ramped up vacci- COVID PROTOCOL TILL WE supply. And I think this is a like immunocompromised elder- ber going up. By all signs, the third wave (if it nation rate. “All of the available vaccines are ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNITY, hidden blessing from the pan- ly, or very young, and the rest of happens) should not be as devastating as the efficacious and safe. We have understood the WHICH ISN'T FAR NOW. IT IS A demic because we are now the community will slowly second one,” says Singh. Future holds promise nature of the virus. Like any other virus, it is focusing on ramping up our become immune to that,” opines and vaccination by all accounts would give us mutating, but at a faster rate. The only solution MATTER OF healthcare infrastructure, Bajaj. protection against this virus. It will remain to this is, increasing the vaccination rate, fol- EIGHT-10 MONTHS which will serve us well in the But the high risk community among us but would reduce its severity, she lowed by an annual booster dose, if required. — DR AKSHAY BUDHRAJA, long term to fight other diseases members, he adds, will definitely adds. Only herd immunity can end this. Till then, as well,” says Bajaj. need yearly boosters to make sure that A ray of hope, Mahajan, says that by the end uncertainty regarding coming waves will PULMONOLOGIST, AAKASH The future, he says, holds the same they do not suffer. This virus will replace the of 2022 we would achieve 70 per cent vaccina- remain. It’s a respiratory virus, you cannot erad- HEALTHCARE, DWARKA fate as it was with the Spanish flu. “The cur- common flu virus which is prevalent now. tion coverage in the whole world and then icate it completely. It will remain here for lives rent flu virus is apparently a mutation of the “So we will not be fighting against multi- countries can get back to normal. “Vaccination to come. But you can surely eradicate the dis- Spanish flu virus that happened about 100 years ple viruses. But this will be the predominant is the key to get the herd immunity and hence ease caused by it,” Budhraja tells you. ago, and then became endemic into the com- virus that will live with our community until ultimate protection,” he concludes. kaleid scope backpage HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | AUGUST 29, 2021

‘Killed the target’: Mumbai’s Nariman point will be submerged by 2050 umbai municipal Environment and Tourism nature and if we do not wake up, US on drone strike against Mcommissioner Iqbal Singh Minister Aaditya Thackeray on it will be a dangerous situation for Chahal said today that by 2050, a Friday, Chahal said about 70 per the next 25 years. And it will not major portion of south Mumbai, cent of the city's A, B, C and D only be the next generation but ISIS after Kabul blasts including the business district wards in south Mumbai will be the current generation will also of Nariman Point and state under water due to climate suffer," Mr Chahal warned. he US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a secretariat Mantralaya, will change. He said that nature has He said that Mumbai is the first T"planner" of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit go under water due to the been giving warnings, but if city in South Asia that is preparing for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. "The unmanned airstrike rising sea level. people do not "wake up" then the its climate action plan and acting occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are Speaking at the launch situation would turn "dangerous". on it. "Earlier, we used to hear that we killed the target," said Captain Bill Urban of the Central Command. of Mumbai Climate "Eighty per cent of the areas like about climate change events like "We know of no civilian casualties," he added in a statement annoucing Action Plan and its Cuffe Parade, Nariman Point and melting glaciers, but not directly the first reported US strike since the attack. The strike, launched from website at the Mantralaya will be under water... affecting us. But now it has come outside of Afghanistan, came as the airlift of evacuees from Kabul airport hands of Means going to disappear," he to our doorstep," he added. continued under much-heightened security after Thursday's attack. At Maharashtra said. Chahal said that last year for the least 78 people were killed, including 13 US troops, when a suicide The civic chief also said that it is a first time in 129 years, a cyclone attacker exploded a bomb in the dense crowd in front of the aiport's matter of just 25-30 years as (Nisarga) hit Mumbai and Abbey Gate. Some media reported that fatalities numbered close to 200. 2050 is not too far. thereafter in the last 15 months, US officials said gunmen opened fire after the explosion, adding to the "We are getting warnings from there have been three cyclones. carnage. The attack was carried out by the violent Afghan arm of the Islamic State group.

‘Intellectuals have a duty he US intelligence commu- Acknowledging the receipt of nity has failed to reach any the report, Biden in a statement Tfirm conclusion on the said his administration will do US INTELLIGENCE exact origin of COVID-19 and is everything it can to trace the to expose lies of state’ split on whether it leaked from a roots of this outbreak that has lab in China or emerged in caused so much pain and death ublic intellectuals have Chandrachud said. which are often based on nature, even though it does not around the world so that they P"a duty to expose the His remarks have been falsehoods," he explained. believe the virus was developed can take every necessary precau- lies of the State", Supreme viewed against the back- as a biological weapon, accord- tion to prevent it from happen- Court Justice DY drop of concerns ing to results of a detailed review ing again. Chandrachud said expressed by experts, FAILS TO NAIL ordered by President Joe Biden. Critical information about the Saturday morning, stress- activists and journalists The Director of National origins of this pandemic exists in ing that in a democratic that governments may Intelligence in a report on Friday China, "yet from the beginning, country it is important to have fudged Covid data said SARS-CoV-2, the virus that government officials in China hold governments respon- to hide the true causes COVID-19, probably have worked to prevent interna- sible and guard against spread of infections. emerged and infected humans tional investigators and mem- falsehoods, false narratives "The phenome- COVID ORIGINS through an initial small-scale bers of the global public health and fake news. non of fake news exposure that occurred no later community from accessing it", Delivering the 6th Chief is on the rise. The than November 2019 with the he said. Justice MC Chagla WHO (World first known cluster of COVID- To this day, China continues Memorial Lecture, Justice Health 19 cases arising in Wuhan, to reject calls for transparency Chandrachud also cau- Organization) China in December 2019. and withhold information, even tioned against an over- recog- However, there was no una- as the toll of this pandemic con- reliance on the govern- nized nimity among the intelligence tinues to rise, Biden alleged. ment to provide social, this community (IC) on the origins A World Health Organisation political, economic, cultur- during of the coronavirus. (WHO) team, which visited al and, in the current con- the The virus was not developed Wuhan, the epicentre of the pan- text, medical truths; he COVID pan- as a biological weapon. Most demic in central China, conclud- highlighted manipulation demic... agencies also assess with low ed earlier this year that the dis- of COVID-19 data as an calling it confidence that SARS-CoV-2 ease most likely spilled over example. 'info- probably was not genetically from an animal sold at a market. "One cannot rely only demic'. engineered; however, two This conclusion has been on the State for truth. Human agencies believe there was not rejected by some scientists. Totalitarian governments beings sufficient evidence to make In May, President Biden asked are known for their con- have a an assessment either way, US intelligence agencies to assess stant reliance on false- tenden- said the unclassified version the data and produce a report hoods to consolidate cy to get of the report. that "could bring us closer to a power... we see there is an attract- The report did not name definitive conclusion" on the ori- increasing trend among ed to the intelligence agencies. gins of the virus. countries around the sensa- The IC also assesses that Four IC elements and the world to manipulate tional China's officials did not have National Intelligence Council COVID-19 data," Justice news... foreknowledge of the virus assess with low confidence that before the initial outbreak of the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection COVID-19 emerged, it said. was most likely caused by natur- After examining all available al exposure to an animal infect- intelligence reporting and ed with it or a close progenitor other information, the IC virus-a virus that probably remains divided on the most would be more than 99 per cent 5 held in Mysuru gang-rape case likely origin of COVID-19. All similar to SARS-CoV-2. agencies assess that two These analysts give weight to ive people have been hypotheses are plausible: natur- Chinese officials' lack of fore- Farrested in connection al exposure to an infected ani- knowledge, the numerous vec- with the gang-rape of a University mal and a laboratory-associat- tors for natural exposure, and student in Mysuru and a ed incident, the report said. other factors, the report said. vicious assault on her friend, Karnataka DGP curbs movement of girls Praveen Sood said on ays after the gang-rape of a student in Mysuru, the Saturday. DUniversity of Mysore has issued a circular prohibiting A sixth accused is on female students from moving about its Mansangotriya the run and the police are campus after 6.30 pm. A similar order has been issued working to hunt him barring their entry to the Kukkarahalli Lake campus after Paralympics: Indian javelin thrower Bhati down, he said. 6.30 pm. The circular has been issued "on the verbal All five are labourers direction of the police department", the university said, Thousands in Berlin from Tamil Nadu's adding that extra security personnel would patrol the misfires in all six attempts, out of final Tiruppur district, Mr campus between 6 pm and 9 pm every day. The circular protest Covid measures Sood said, adding that one and its "precautions" come on the heel of a shocking ndia's javelinist Ranjeet Bhati bowed of those arrested seemed comment by Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, housands turned out in Berlin on Saturday to I out of Paralympics after failing to to be a juvenile; "... a 17- who declared the student and her friend "should not have Tprotest the government's coronavirus mea- register even a single vailid throw in his year-old. We are not gone (to the scene of the crime)... it is a deserted place..." sures, despite bans against several planned gather- six attempts in the men's class F57 final, sure... we are verifying," "Around 7-7.30 pm (on Tuesday), they (the student and ings. Police banned nine planned demonstrations here on Saturday. The 24-year-old from he said. her friend) had gone there... it is a deserted place. They for Saturday, including one from the Stuttgart- Faridabad had finished fourth at the The Karnataka top cop, should not have gone but we can't stop anyone from based Querdenker movement, the most visible Moroccan Grand Prix in 2019 and whose force had been crit- going... It is a deserted place and no one usually goes anti-lockdown movement in Germany. A court qualified for the Paralympics after icised for not making any there as no one will be there," the minister told the press. ruled in favor of allowing one protest, planned for winning gold medals in the state-level arrests following the hor- Worse was to follow, with the minister equating the 500 people, on Saturday and Sunday. tournament in Gurugram and the rific events of Tuesday opposition Congress' protests against his horrible remark More than 2,000 police officers were stationed national competition in Bengaluru this evening, also said, "It is a to an act of rape; he called it "an inhuman act". "... the around the city to respond to those who showed year. Earlier in the day, Bhavinaben Patel sensitive case. We have Congress was trying to rape me.. they are trying to rape up despite the bans. assured India of a silver medal after she technical and scientific the Home Minister. Meanwhile, a counter-protest called the “Love became the first Indian to enter the final evidence." Train,” complete with techno music, drew a large of a table tennis event in the Paralympics crowd of its own. Those demonstrators support with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's government restrictions to slow the spread of the Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal. coronavirus. The Saturday protests come amid debates in Germany about how and whether to impose restrictions for unvaccinated people, a question taking on more urgency as coronavirus case numbers rise. Similar protests took place in Berlin in early August, which ended in clashes with police and hundreds of people detained.

he rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms. In at least 14 Tstates, lawsuits have been filed either for or against masks in schools. In some cases, normally rule-enforcing school administrators are finding themselves fighting state leaders in the name of keeping kids safe. Legal experts say that while state laws normally trump local control, legal arguments from mask proponents have a good chance of coming out on top. But amid protests and even violence over masks around the United States, the court battle is just beginning. Mask rules in public schools vary widely. Some states require them; others ban mandates. Many more leave it up to individual districts. Big school districts that want to require masks are in court and battling governors in Florida, Texas and Arizona. Worried parents are suing over similar legislative bans on mandates in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina. Suits fighting mask requirements have popped up in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and Montana. Mask debate moves from moves Mask debate courtrooms to school boards