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BSNL, MTNL H’NAGAR BYPOLL to be merged Google claims breakthrough Govt’s offer fails to Counting of NEW DELHI: The govern- ment on Wednesday decided break deadlock over votes today to merge loss-making telecom PNS n HYDERABAD firms MTNL and BSNL as in quantum processing part of a revival package that The counting of votes polled includes raising sovereign TSRTC strike in the by-election to bonds, monetising assets and l L VENKAT RAM REDDY Huzurnagar Assembly con- VRS for employees. Says its Sycamore will change computing completely n HYDERABAD stituency in Telangana would Briefing reporters on deci- PNS n CALIFORNIA puter 10,000 years to do the be taken up on Thursday. The sions taken by the Cabinet same thing. But IBM Chief Minister K administration has made elab- headed by Prime Minister Google said it has achieved a researchers say that Google Chandrasekhar Rao's offer, orate arrangements for the Narendra Modi, Telecom breakthrough in quantum underestimated the conven- made late on Tuesday night, that counting to be held at Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad computing research, saying an tional supercomputer, called a high-level panel would con- Agriculture said the government will put experimental quantum proces- Summit, and said it could actu- sider the charter of demands of Market in Rs 29,937 crore for revival sor has completed a calculation ally do the calculation in 2.5 TSRTC employees unions bar- Committee of the two state-owned tele- in just a few minutes that days. Summit was developed by ring the one for merger of the Godown at com companies. The revival would take a traditional super- IBM and is located at the Oak corporation with the govern- Suryapet. package includes raising of Rs computer thousands of years. Ridge National Laboratory in ment failed to break the dead- The 15,000 crore sovereign bonds The findings, published Tennessee.Google has not com- lock even as the strike entered polling held and monetising Rs 38,000 Wednesday in the scientific mented on IBM's claims. 19th day on Wednesday. on October 21 crore of assets in next four journal Nature, show that Whether or not Google has The TSRTC JAC, which is l Six-member panel to submit was incident-free and a good years. Also, voluntary retire- "quantum speedup is achiev- achieved "quantum supremacy" spearheading the strike, as well report on employees' demands 84.76 per cent electors turned ment will be offered to able in a real-world system and or not may matter to competi- as a few other RTC employees' to CM on Oct 25 up for voting. The bypoll, the employees to cut cost, he said. is not precluded by any hidden tors, but the semantics could be unions shrugged off KCR's first after last year's assembly He said BSNL and MTNL physical laws," the researchers less important for the field of offer and asserted that 'merger' l Govt wants to hold talks elections in the state, has been will be merged. Pending this, wrote. Quantum computing is Google’s findings, however, are already quantum research. What it would continue to be their between Oct 25 and 27 necessitated due to the resig- MTNL will act as a subsidiary a nascent and somewhat bewil- facing pushback from other industry does seem to indicate is that the major demand and that the l Unions ready to cut short nation of state Congress pres- of BSNL. dering technology for vastly researchers. A version of Google’s paper field is maturing."The quantum fight would continue till they talks if 'merger' demand is not ident N Uttam Kumar Reddy sped-up information process- supremacy milestone alleged- achieved their goal. When following his election to Lok ing. Quantum computers leaked online last month and researchers ly achieved by Google is a piv- 'merger' was possible in the factored in Sabha. His wife N Padmavati, might one day revolutionize caught a glimpse before it was taken down otal step in the quest for prac- neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, a former MLA, is the Congress Congress to tasks that would take existing tical quantum computers," John there was no justification in TS ment over the financial impli- candidate, while TRS has again computers years, including the Preskill, a Caltech professor government's claim that it cations on the corporations if fielded S Saidi Reddy, who lost boycott TV hunt for new drugs and opti- time," said Chris Monroe, a IBM quickly took issue with who originally coined the would not be possible in the unions' demands were met to the PCC president in the mizing city and transporta- University of Maryland physi- Google's claim that it had "quantum supremacy" term, Telangana, they asserted. so as to be in a position to seg- Assembly polls. Kota Rama debates today tion planning. cist who is also the founder of achieved "quantum suprema- wrote in a column after the Meanwhile, the six-member regate the 21 demands into Rao, a medical doctor, and The technique relies on quantum startup IonQ. "The cy," a term that refers to a point paper was leaked. It means committee constituted by the 'practical' and 'impractical'. Chava Kiranmayi are the can- NEW DELHI: With the quantum bits, or qubits, which rules are very simple, they're when a quantum computer quantum computing research state government, following The committee decided to didates of BJP and TDP much awaited results of the can register data values of zero just confounding." can perform a calculation that can enter a new stage, he wrote, the directions of KCR to exam- submit the report to the Chief respectively. Though 28 can- Haryana and Maharashtra and one - the language of Google's findings, however, a traditional computer can't though a significant effect on ine the demands of RTC unions Minister on Thursday. didates are in the fray, the con- Assembly elections on modern computing - simulta- are already facing pushback complete within its lifetime. society "may still be decades and submit a report to govern- Thereafter, the Chief Minister test is among the candidates of Thursday, the Congress has neously. Big tech companies from other industry Google's leaked paper showed away." The calculation ment within three days, sprung is expected to take a call on ruling TRS, Congress, BJP decided to boycott television including Google, Microsoft, researchers. A version of that its quantum processor, employed by Google has little into action on Wednesday. which of the demands could be and TDP. TRS enjoys a mas- debates. But party leaders IBM and Intel are avidly pur- Google's paper leaked online Sycamore, finished a calcula- practical use, Preskill wrote, The committee members met by the government to ami- sive majority in the assembly will be available to give solo suing the technology. last month and researchers tion in three minutes and 20 other than to test how well the met at Bus Bhavan, the RTC's cably resolve the prolonged having a strength of 100 in the interviews where there is no "Quantum things can be in caught a glimpse before it was seconds - and that it would take processor works. Monroe headquarters, and sought RTC strike. 120-member House. panel. The boycott is in con- multiple places at the same taken down. the world's fastest supercom- echoed that concern. details from the RTC manage- Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 tinuation with the Congress' strategy not to send spokesperson on TV debates after the poll debacle in the MOUNTING DENGUE CASES general election in May. PIL filed on closure The party had lost the general election badly and HC raps TS govt for failure could not cross double digits. of Numaish It is upset as the debates are on India-Pakistan ties and PNS n HYDERABAD along communal lines. to take preventive steps Party spokesperson will The Telangana High Court on also be available in AICC Wednesday asked the state gov- headquarters. l Summons CS, principal secretaries of health and MAUD ernment and the management of the Exhibition Society to file PNS n HYDERABAD Thursday. The court passed counter affidavits in a Public these orders, while dealing Interest Litigation (PIL) petition Ready to conduct The Telangana High Court with a batch of PIL petitions filed by a city-based advocate on Wednesday expressed its filed by two concerned citizens Khaja Aijazuddin. In his peti- to restrain the Exhibition municipal polls dismay at the inefficacious of the state Dr. M. Karuna and tion, Khaja sought the closure Society from conducting the any time: KCR Vanteru Pratap Reddy met Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday steps initiated by the state Rapolu Bhaskar. of the upcoming popular annu- exhibition if it failed to obtain after being appointed as chairman of TSFDC government for prevention of The HC said that the state al All India Industrial the statutory permissions. HYDERABAD: Chief the outbreak of dengue fever in government had completely Exhibition, better known as A division bench of the High Minister K Chandrashekhar spite of the directions issued by failed in checking dengue Numaish, scheduled to be con- Court posted the matter for Rao has instructed the offi- the court on September 25 in Secretary, the principal secre- cases. It also said that the state ducted from January 1, 2020 hearing on Nov 12. It may be cials concerned to be pre- this regard. taries of the Municipal government did not create due to non-compliance of noted that the petitioner also pared for conducting the KCR rewards once bete Taking serious note of the Administration and Urban awareness among the people of statutory norms like Fire NOC, urged the court to direct the soci- municipal elections as and callous attitude of the state, a Development Department and the state by erecting holdings GHMC permission, ety to pay Rs.2,51,38,71 accrued when the State Election division bench of the High the Health Department to and posters. Hyderabad City Police per- dues to the GHMC for the erec- Commission sets the date. noire Vanteru with Court asked the Chief appear before it in person on Continued on Page 2 missions. He urged the court tion of temporary stalls last year. The Chief Minister held a review on Wednesday conse- quent to the green light given TSFDC chairman post by the High Court to conduct PNS n HYDERABAD hurled even personal abuses at the municipal elections. KCR. However, after KCR came Not withdrawn merger demand: Ashwathama Reddy Municipal Minister KT Rama Chief Minister K back to power, Vanteru Pratap PNS n HYDERABAD employees and leading to sui- Rao, Principal Secretaries S Chandrashekar Rao has Reddy joined TRS, much to the The government is giving statements that are hurting the cides. Instead of losing heart Narsing Rao, Arvind Kumar, rewarded his once bete noire shock of everyone. Now, it TRSTC JAC convenor sentiments of RTC employees and leading to suicides. and resorting to suicides, RTC Government Chief Advisor Vanteru Pratap Reddy by appears he has been rewarded Ashwathama Reddy has assert- Instead of losing heart and resorting to suicides, RTC employees should fight against Rajiv Sharma and others appointing him as chairman of for switching loyalties. Pratap ed that, contrary to the claim employees should fight against the government the government." said attended the meeting. the Telangana State Forest Reddy will have two years' made by the state government Ashwathama Reddy, speaking — ASHWATHAMA REDDY, TRSTC JAC convenor The Chief Minister said Development Corporation term as Chairman of the Forest on Tuesday, the striking RTC at the Dhoom Dham program that the Government was (TSFDC). Development Corporation. unions have not withdrawn held at Dilsukhanagar depot in prepared to conduct the Vanteru Pratap Reddy had TRS party insiders say that their demand for merger of Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will put forward all the 26 Hyderabad on Wednesday. municipal elections in the contested against KCR in the Pratap Reddy has been reward- TSRTC with government. The for making statements that demands before the govern- Leaders from Congress, BJP, state and that it would inform Gajwel constituency on behalf ed mainly to whittle down unions would continue to "hurt RTC employees". ment's representatives, includ- CPI and other parties and rep- the Election Commission of the Congress party, giving a Finance Minister Harish Rao's stress on the need to fulfil their "Government is sending sig- ing the demand for the merg- resentatives from civil society about its preparedness. tough fight in the Assembly influence and stature in Gajwel main demand during talks nals that RTC employees them- er of RTC with the govern- organisations took part in the elections. During the heat of constituency and Siddipet dis- with the government, selves have withdrawn the ment. Also, the government is programme in large numbers. campaigning in the run-up to trict. Ashwathama Reddy said on demand of merger, which is giving statements that are hurt- TODAY the 2018 Assembly polls, he had Continued on Page 3 Wednesday. He slammed Chief completely wrong. RTC JAC ing the sentiments of RTC Continued on Page 2 ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Ashwini& Sukla Paksha Women’s panel rudderless without chief Panchangam Where is data on mob lynchings? l l Tithi : Tritiya: 01:54 pm Post vacant for over a year Commission deprived of basic facilities Nakshatram: Swati : 02:21 pm l NAVEENA GHANATE While the NCRB had collected the data and decided to publish it, the final report makes no mention of it n CASES BEFORE Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start HYDERABAD PNS n NEW DELHI series of incidents of mob WOMEN'S PANEL any important work) Sources said the killings across the country. While states like Karnataka, Rahukalam: 03:03 pm – 04:32 pm A whole new variety of violent NCRB had compiled Lynchings have occurred for a Kerala and Punjab have taken Year Received Solved (upto Yamagandam: 09:07 am – 10:36 am and fatal crime has emerged in and analysed the variety of reasons, including sus- steps to empower their respec- our society over the last few picion of cattle theft or smug- tive State Commissions for 2019-20 172 Aug-19) 70 Varjyam: 07:36 pm - 09:06 pm data on mob years - lynchings. The nature gling, rumours of child lifting, Women, Telangana State has 2018-19 215 160 Gulika: 12:05 pm - 01:34 pm and motives of this violence lynching etc, but etc. In a majority of cases, par- kept its women's panel rudder- Good Time: (to start any important work) doesn't need introduction for surprisingly this ticularly those perpetuated by less for almost 15 months. The 2017-18 232 232 Amritakalam: the killings are all too obvious self-styled 'gau rakshaks', last incumbent, Tripurana mission. The current view in 06:20 am - 07:48 am for what they are. There have was not published Muslims and Dalits have been Venkataratnam, demitted office some circles is that no request Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:43 am - 12:29 pm also been umpteen reports in the victims. as chairperson in July 2018. from activists or petition from filed this year so far and 55 cases HYDERABAD the media on it coming in from In July 2018, Union minister Leave alone tall claims about the people would move the state carried over from the previous across the country, particularly the National Crime Records data collected under the sub- Hansraj Ahir had told the Rajya shift to a 'digital Telangana', even and that only the state High year are pending. WEATHER north, east and western parts. Bureau (NCRB) on October 21. heads of mob lynching, murder Sabha that the Centre does not a website to enable people to Court orders would mend mat- Spurthi, expressing disap- Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms Yet, when the NCRB published It is just silent on the subject. For by influential people and killing have any data on lynching inci- register complaints with the ters. They cite the HC's recent pointment over the apathy of Temp: 28/22 its data on crime for year 2017, its part, the bureau had identi- ordered by Khap Panchayat dents because the NCRB does panel is yet to see the light of the comments against the state gov- the government, said, "Rise in Humidity: 94% there was no mention of lynch- fied a few new sections of have not been published by the not collect it. Well, the case is day. The Chief Minister of ernment for not appointing crimes against women doesn't Sunrise: 06.06 ing. As if they didn't happen at nature of crime and even NCRB. To be sure, NCRB direc- that data has indeed been col- Telangana needs to take steps TSRTC MD. affect the government in any- Sunset: 06.05 all. promised to publish it, but tor Ish Kumar had decided to lected by NCRB, but the gov- for appointing the full comple- The response to an RTI query way. It's like women are at their Current Weather Conditions This is borne out by the when the figures were released, categorise the data under these ernment has not allowed it to ment members constituting the filed by social activist Spruthi mercy again for protection. Updated September 30, 2019 5:00 PM crime data for 2017 released by data on these was missing. The new sub-sections because of a publish it. Telangana state women's com- Kolipaka reveals that 102 cases Continued on Page 2 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 hyderabad 02

hile I begin by paying my without any consent of the Wrespects to the two central government? In this TSRTC employees who com- case, the BJP needs to spell out mitted suicide during the A CAMPAIGN OF CONTRADICTIONS its stand -- are they willing to strike, the Union representa- merge RTCs in all state gov- tives have said in court that the impact of the strike by bag- The Opposition, however, vatised. Yes it is. Quoting a case leaders. The RTC ernments? If so, they will they are ready to drop their pri- ging the Huzurnagar by-poll If a court verdict of 2007, which allowed alleges that KCR wants to cor- between the National Mazdoor Management and the govern- have to pass an amendment in mary demand - that of merg- for his wife, the Congress can- private buses to enter into RTC, is ner RTC's assets. But the fact Union of RTC vs the APSRTC ment have been soft about the Parliament to bring changes in er of the transport corporation didate. RTC Union leaders anything to go by, the Corporation is is it is KCR who himself in 2007, the petitioners NMU workers' 21-odd demands, the 35th Amendment of the with the government - which have been demanding on news adamantly demanded that prayed against privatisation of but the Unions were insisting Concurrent List. is exactly what the average debates for the Centre to inter- already privatized. As for merger with Telangana will not part RTC's RTC by hiring 700 private buses on the merger demand, which Quite likely, the BJP will not RTC staffer held very dear. vene and declare an government, that will need an 13 assets and will pay a mon- by then Congress government the government is not ready to bet on that. As for Congress, it The climb-down on the Emergency in the state and amendment in the Concurrent List in etary compensation instead of and the corporation. Justice Sri consider at all. Now, the knows very well that its own merger demand is intriguing for even impose President's Rule. sharing the Bus Bhavan. In fact Nagarjuna Reddy, who was Unions have informed the previous government in undi- this issue was the very basis on Revanth Reddy went a step fur- Parliament, which will bind all state the opposite is also true that hearing the petition at that Telangana High Court that vided AP gave out RTC's assets which the Union incited work- ther to claim that Chief governments RTC's assets were given away time, gave a judgment stating they are ready to let go of their on lease. RTC employees must ers to go on strike in the first Minister K Chandrashekar on lease during the TDP and that hiring of private buses merger demand. With this, the be careful not to fall for polit- place. The RTC Union leaders Rao feared a backlash from Congress regimes. could not be stopped. We must RTC Management is ready for ical concocted campaigns and were hellbent on this single RTC employees and hence Assets of RTC: tee constituted by Surprisingly, BJP's Dr acknowledge that private buses talks. But have the Unions continue to ignore historical demand and not willing to com- called off the election rally at Government of India has still Laxman has also joined in entered into RTC in 2007. Later, realised that their primary wrongs. Or else, the strike and promise, opposition parties Huzrnagar, despite the fact Congress state president not put its report on the and falsely claims that KCR ex-CM Kiran Kumar Reddy demand was not a justified politics being played over it will weaved conspiracy theories and that it was the aviation author- Uttam Kumar attributes a assets of RTC, which anyway was 'grabbing' the assets, while also hired private buses. Why is one nor was it constitutional- only remain 'A Campaign of hurled a lot of lies at the state ities who said it wasn't safe for certain figure to the assets of have to be shared between the truth of it all is available in KCR then being dragged into to ly possible. Even if Andhra Contradictions'. government for political motives the CM to fly in a helicopter RTC, Revanth Reddy has his Telangana and Andhra the public domain. an already privatised RTC. Pradesh government has done and wanted the strike to persist. due to bad weather on that day. own set of figures, and BJP Pradesh. Former AP CM Privatisation: Merger: such a thing, is it really a - Krishank Congress leaders' histrionics The Congress and BJP came state chief Dr Laxman also Chandrababu Naidu had even merger of the Corporation? If (Research Scholar, Osmania played out on streets and TV up with some interesting lies in bandies about some figure. asked for a share in 13 assets While Chief Minister is being This is the only demand so, how can a corporation, University) for all to see. Uttam Kumar their campaigns which need to These people don't realise of the RTC in Telangana accused of privatising RTC, the resounding in the speeches of which is a part of the (Views expressed by the Reddy even hopes to cash in on be highlighted. that the Sheela Bhide commit- including the Bus Bhavan. fact is that RTC was already pri- politicians and RTC Union Concurrent List, be merged author are personal) High Court raps MEET AND GREET TS govt for BHAROSA CELEBRATES failure to take preventive steps FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY Continued from Page 1 PNS n HYDERABAD There was no impact on the state government, despite a The Cyberabad Police has cel- Bharosa Support steep increase in the number ebrated the first year anniver- Center for of dengue fever cases, the sary of Bharosa centre located Women & court said. The HC asked the at district area hospital in state government to submit a Kondapur on Wednesday. Children is detailed report on the steps ini- The re-united families along intended to tiated by it to control dengue with the police officers inaugu- fever cases and the limitations rated the programme by water- support women it has to prevent them. ing a plant, symbolising the affected by In its orders made earlier, the growth of a happy family. HC asked the state government Women & Child Safety Wing, violence in to create a wider and stronger Cyberabad, DCP C Anasuya private and awareness among the people by spoke about the inception and public spaces using the print, electronic and objectives of Bharosa, social media with regard to pre- Kondapur and thanked the ventive and curative steps to be NGOs, alcoholism and drug bring families together. He Kavitha, Civil surgeon, from relief and rehabilitation as taken with regard to dengue. de-addiction centre in appreciated and thanked SCSC Kondapur Area Hospital, per her requirements. The government was asked to Hyderabad and SCSC for the extended support for Nageswara Rao, Alcoholic Apart from this Bharosa team take concrete steps by using all Margdarshak. SCSC general Bharosa, six She Shuttles, rehabilitation centre, etc. counsels the children who are the machinery at its disposal to secretary M Krishna Yedula Margadarshak Program, ICC "Bharosa" -Support Center victims in POCSO cases with Major General RK Singh, General Officer Commanding,Telangana and Andhra Sub Area calls on Governor Tamilisai eradicate the menace of mosqui- commended the support of workshops and creating aware- for Women & Children is help of Clinical Psychologist so Soundararajan at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday to breeding, prioritize areas in Bharosa Centre program in ness on women's safety for intended to support women that the incident shall not the city and elsewhere across the reuniting couples through about 3.5 working women in affected by violence in private impact their future psycholog- State where such preventive counseling and extended his the IT and adjunct areas. and public spaces, within the ical well being. The Cyberabad steps need to be taken, and support to Bharosa. He felicitated and congratulat- family, community and at the Bharosa Center was set up in Counting of ensure that fogging is carried out Cyberabad Commissioner ed the re-united couples through workplace. Aggrieved women October 2018 and is instrumen- in GHMC areas as frequently as of Police VC Sajjanar congrat- Bharosa Family & counselling facing any kind of violence due tal in handling various cases. Engineer Ramya's votes today possible. The court had asked ulated the Bharosa team which centre. He also released a set of to sexual harassment, sexual Total 124 families have been re- GHMC to consider the use of has resolved about 350 cases moral values story books in the assault, domestic violence etc. united by Bharosa center, Continued from Page 1 drone technology for the welfare related to marital disputes and form of stories for the benefit of will be provided with integrat- Cyberabad during this period. body remains missing of the people, besides asking it thanked Alcoholic Anonymous child victims. ed assistance through Police, 355 various domestic violence PNS n HYDERABAD Yet, the Huzurnagar bypoll is to increase the number of - a drug de-addiction centre The guests present were Medical, Legal and Prosecution cases pertains to Cyberabad crucial for TRS to reaffirm its portable fogging machines, and other support Centres for Archana & team of My Choices Services along with Psycho Commissionerate has been dealt Even after salvaging the capsized dominance in state politics portable sprayers, etc. partnering with Bharosa to NGO, Nageswara Rao, Dr therapeutic Counseling apart during this period. boat Royal Vashishta at after the party had suffered an Kachchaluru in East Godavari unexpected setback in the district and recovery of over Lok Sabha polls. Amid expec- eight bodies, the body of sub- tations that it would sweep the Man washed engineer Karukuri Ramya, 23, polls, the party ended up with remained missing a day after the only 12 of the 19 Lok Sabha Women’s panel away in NSP Not withdrawn merger successful recovery operation. seats in the state. Three bodies are yet to be BJP, which could win only canal, 12 traced in the boat tragedy inci- one seat in the assembly elec- rudderless without chief demand: Ashwathama dent that occurred on Engineers' A full 39 days after tions in December last, made Continued from Page 1 Information Act, 2005, which gates lifted Continued from Page 1 accused KCR of being "insen- Day on September 15. the tragedy, the impressive gains, netting four makes provision of a website sitive" towards RTC employ- A full 39 days after the relatives have no Lok Sabha seats. The law is ignored blatantly. a legal mandate. PNS n NALGONDA "Government is spreading ees and dared the Chief tragedy, the relatives have no Congress, which suffered a They just don't care and it's The government can take misinformation that one of Minister to resign and seek clue about the body and have clue about the shock defeat in the assembly being run by men with token cues from Delhi, Uttar A villager got swept away in the RTC employees' unions is fresh elections to sense peo- been experiencing anxious body and have polls, recovered and won three representation from women Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala the gushing waters of the left in touch with government to ple's mood. moments. seats in the Parliament elec- --two. The annual reports to create a mechanism for canal of the NSP near Haliya join duties. This is absolute- Congress senior leader V Ramya's father works as a been experiencing tions. A win in Huzurnagar is have not been published for women to file complaints village, according to reports ly fake news, spread by gov- Hanumantha Rao said that sub-station operator in elec- anxious moments important for Congress also as the past six financial years. without there being any need reaching here after 12 crest ernment to dishearten KCR was not sincere with tricity department, while her it seeks to take on the ruling People say the previous to go to the police. gates of the project were lift- employees and create divi- regard to talks with RTC mother is a home maker. believe that the body might TRS in the coming years. chairperson did good work, It is a different matter that ed on Wednesday morning. sions among RTC employ- employees. He warned KCR of Ramya, who did BTech, got have been washed away by Buoyed by its gains in Lok but RTI clearly reveals that some activists have taken The villager, identified as ees," he observed. Regardless downfall if RTC employees' job as sub-engineer in flood waters, observed her Sabha polls, BJP has hardly anything was done. Be some cases to social media, Rambabu slipped and fell of the efforts made by the demands were not fulfilled in Kumuram Bhim Asifabad dis- last rites on the banks of River announced grand plans to it TDP or TRS, nobody apart from reaching out to into the canal while bathing. government to dishearten right earnest. trict recently. Along with her Godavari on September 25. emerge as the alternative to cares". officials, and are actively seek- Inflows into the Nagarjuna RTC employees, they would "KCR is not committed to colleagues, she set out for a The Dharmadi Satyam TRS in the state and a success According to the RTI ing to address the core issues Sagar project were reported stand united and would not solve RTC problems. Instead tour of Papikondalu from team, engaged in salvaging the in the bypoll would help it. response, the Commission has over several months. as 2,24,811 cusecs and out budge until all the demands of troubling RTC employees Warangal, where she had gone boat, made hectic efforts since TDP, pushed to the margins requested the government to Although the Commission flow was 2,24,811 cusecs. were met, he said. "Our agi- further, the Government as part of her office work, on the last three days and finally in Telangana after a number of set up a website and "it is takes not of issues brought to The water level in the project tation is not just for our should unconditionally ini- the fateful day. managed to salvage it on its leaders joined the TRS under process". They did not its notice personally, the lack has reached 589.5 feet as salaries, but to save RTC and tiate talks with RTC employ- The boat got capsized at Tuesday. Eight highly decom- during the last several years, is give any time frame for com- of an online portal is forcing against 590 feet. Present water public transport organsia- ees. Or else, RTC strike will Kachchaluru in Godavari posed bodies of the tourists also keen on putting up a pletion. In fact, the govern- many women to approach storage was also recorded as tion," Ashwathama Reddy turn into Sakala Janula River with nearly 70 passen- were retrieved from the ill- decent performance in the ment is blatantly violating the police each time to report 310.44 tmc as against gross remarked. Samme," Hanumantha Rao gers on board. fated boat, but these did not Huzurnagar by-election to Section 4(2) of the Right to a crime. storage capacity of 312 tmc. Ashwathama Reddy said. Ramya's parents, who include that of Ramya. revive itself in the state.

HYDERABAD BULLION RATES GOLD GHIAL under probe for unfair biz ways Govt’s offer fails to break... ` Continued from Page 1 a sticking point. The chances of 38, 310 (10 gm) n the RTC unions calling off their ` PNS HYDERABAD 60 The complaint was filed against The committee, along with strike are bleak. SILVER Competition Commission of Transport Commissioner, plans The unions are planning to ` 45, 400 (1kg) India has ordered a detailed GHIAL and GMR Aero Technic Ltd to invite RTC unions for talks on attend the talks, but are deter- ` probe against Hyderabad (GAT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saturday and Sunday and enable mined to walk away abruptly if 100 international airport opera- the government to submit the merger is not on the table. tor GHIAL for alleged abuse of GMR Aerospace Engineering Ltd. report to the HC on October 28 Their considered view is that by CHICKEN dominant position and denial The latter is a wholly- owned -- the deadline fixed by the High adopting this strategy they will `/KG of market access to a leading Court for the purpose. have complied with the orders RATES MRO services provider. subsidiary of GMR However, going by the mood of the HC to hold talks with the Dressed/With Skin `144 The order against GMR of the RTC unions and the state- government before October 28 Without Skin `163 Hyderabad International Works for providing the Line the time between the landing ments of their leaders, the merg- without compromising on their Broiler at Farm `99 Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has Maintenance Services with an and take-off of any aircraft to er demand will continue to be main demand. come on a complaint filed intent to give advantage to declare it airworthy and make with the watchdog by Air mant coupled with exclusion- against GHIAL and GMR GAT at the aerodrome. it fit for departure. Works India (Engineering) ary motive by GMR to favour Aero Technic Ltd (GAT), a Line Maintenance Services To assess the complaint, EGG Pvt Ltd. its own group entity (i.e. GAT). wholly-owned subsidiary of can include activities like trou- Competition Commission of RATES `/100 Air Works is into providing Owing to its dominance in the GMR Aerospace Engineering ble shooting, defect rectifica- India (CCI) considered the HYDERABAD 377 maintenance, repair and over- upstream market and its pres- Ltd. The latter is a wholly- tion, component replacement, markets for 'provision of access haul (MRO) services of aircraft ence in the downstream mar- owned subsidiary of GMR. schedule maintenance and/or to airport facilities/ premises' VIJAYAWADA 375 to airlines and general aviation. ket, GMR seems to have dis- It was alleged that GMR checks, minor repairs and and 'provision of Line VISAKHAPATNAM 380 "... the facts of the present torted the level playing field," owing to its sole control over modifications and visual Maintenance Services' at the RETAIL PRICE `3.77 case prima facie suggest denial the regulator said in a 21-page the Hyderabad airport premis- inspections. Such service is Rajiv Gandhi International (IN HYDERABAD) of market access to the infor- order. The complaint was filed es has denied access to Air required to be provided during Airport (RGIA).

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RIME NCRB REPORT CORNER Film producer Bandla Crime against children rising in southern states Ganesh served notice he Jubilee Hills police have TS records highest number of PoCSO cases; K'taka continues with its bad record of crimes against children; number of cases rises in Andhra Pradesh from 1,992 in 2015 to 2,397 in 2017 Tserved notices of cheating, (1,587), Madhya Pradesh The prison population in per 1,00,000 population, fol- nificantly to the crime statis- trespassing and criminal NAVEEN KUMAR n HYDERABAD (1,569) and Bihar (1,356). central jails was manageable at lowed by Maharashtra and tics in the metros. intimidation against film Further in 93.6 percent of the end of 2017, that is as on Uttar Pradesh. producer turned politician Bandla As per the latest statistics the cases of aggravated pene- 31st December, 2017, in 9 UP, the most populous Ganesh on Tuesday for published by the National trative sexual assault on chil- States and 2 UT as the occu- state, registered the largest threatening film producer Potluri Crime Records Bureau dren, the perpetrator was pancy rate in these States/UTs number of cyber crimes Prasad at his home in (NCRB), a distressing trend known to the child victim. remained less than 100 per- (4,971), followed by Hyderabad. According to a can be seen when it comes to This is in line with 2016's cent. The NCRB report Maharashtra (3,604), and complaint given to the police, Prasad said that people who had crimes against children. The NCRB figures, where the showed that Telangana stands Karnataka (3,174). Among claimed to be sent by Ganesh, offences have been steadily number was at 94.6 percent. top in the line among others. the Union Territories, the showed up at his residence on increasing in the five southern The total number of These States and UTs are most cyber crimes in 2017 threatened him on Friday. The states from 2015 to 2017. POCSO cases registered in Telangana (93.6 percent), were registered in Delhi Jubilee Hills Police filed a case Throughout the country, 2017 stood at 32,608. When it Mizoram (91.83percent), (162). "Majority of cases under under sections 420 (cheating), crimes against children under comes to male child sexual Assam (84.30 percent), Tamil Of the 21,796 cyber crimes crimes against women were 448 (house trespass) and 506 IPC and Special and Local abuse, there hasn't been a Nadu (76.25 percent), registered in the country in registered under 'Cruelty by (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Laws (SLL) have increased comprehensive study in India Manipur (72.15 percent), 2017, 4,242 - about 19.5per- Husband or his Relatives' Prasad in his complaint also from 94,172 in 2015 to 1,582 cases. Indian metros at 1,521, fol- save one in 2007 by the Jammu & Kashmir (70.15 per- cent - were committed (27.9percent) followed by requested the police to provide 1,06,958 in 2016, and 1,29,032 In Andhra Pradesh, from lowed by Mumbai, Pune and Ministry of Women and Child cent), Goa (67.31 percent), against women, and 88 'Assault on Women with protection as his life was under in 2017. The overall rate of 1,992 cases registered for Bengaluru respectively. In Welfare, supported by United Tripura (50.80 percent), against children. The cyber Intent to Outrage her Modesty' threat. Apparently, Bandla crime against children in India crimes against children in 93.6percent cases of aggravat- Nations Children's Fund, Save Nagaland (20.33 percent), crimes against women were (21.7percent), 'Kidnapping & Ganesh also filed a complaint in 2017 was 28.9 per one lakh 2015, the number rose to ed penetrative sexual assault The Children and Prayas, Chandigarh (86.34 percent) related to cyber blackmail or Abduction of Women' alleging Prasad has been children, as compared to 24 in 2,397 in 2017. For Kerala, on children, the perpetrator which found that out of the and Puducherry (68.33 per- threats, cyber pornography or (20.5percent) and 'Rape' threatening to abduct him for the 2016. with 3,562 cases of cases of was known to the victim. The 53.22percent of children who cent). hosting or publishing (7.0percent)," the report said. past 10 days with the Banjara This rise in numbers could crimes against children in most common perpetrators were found to have been sex- The Occupancy rate of obscene sexual materials, As per the report, 58,880 inci- Hills Police. Police said that the be attributed to the increased 2017, the hike from 2016 was were family ually abused, 52.94percent Central Jail at National level is cyber stalking or cyber bul- dents of rioting were reported, issue arose because Bandla awareness about crimes against by 683 cases. Telangana and members/friends/neigh- were boys. 117.50 which shows over- lying of women, defamation, of which the maximum inci- Ganesh allegedly owes Potluri children, with a higher num- Tamil Nadu reported 3,580 bours/other known persons. The difference between the crowding in jails but over- or morphing and indecent dents were reported from Prasad Rs 7 crore. Ganesh had ber of people reporting it. and 3,529 crimes against chil- Further, increasing reports of numbers of girl and boy vic- crowding may differ on day to representation of women, etc. Bihar - 11,698, followed by borrowed Rs 34 crore from At 14.8 per cent each, dren under various local laws child sexual abuse material tims is quite vast indeed. day and jail to jail basis. At the Crimes against children Uttar Pradesh - 8,990 and Prasad to make 'Temper', a Madhya Pradesh and Uttar and IPC sections for 2017. (referred in other media as 2017's NCRB numbers further end of the year 2017 (as on included Internet crimes Maharashtra - 7,743. Tollywood film starring Jr. NTR Pradesh recorded the highest Tamil Nadu recorded the child pornography) online break down POCSO statistics 31st December, 2017), 18 committed through online TS registers highest number which released in 2015. number of crimes against chil- highest number of girls kid- across platforms like based on which sections the States and 1 UTs have report- games, etc. This is the first However, Ganesh claims that he dren, as per the latest num- napped for forcing them into WhatsApp, TikTok and others, crimes were registered under, ed more than 100% occupan- time that NCRB has com- of convicts had paid the full amount and bers. marriage, among the southern over the last of couple of which reveals the following. cy rate. Chhattisgarh has piled data on the nature of A total of 583 convicts were Prasad was demanding interest. Telangana has recorded the states. However, all southern years, the NCRB numbers do While there were 17,597 girl reported the highest over- cyber crimes against women lodged in various jails of the Kalinga Rao, Inspector of Police, highest number of cases of states recorded lower numbers not reflect this. Save seven, victims of penetrative sexual crowding (191.52%) followed and children. country for committing Banjara Hills, said that action murder of children with rape/ in this regard compared to Indian states report no cases assault (sections 4 and 6), for by Maharashtra (155.95%), In 2017, a total 11,601 per- offences against women relat- would be taken on Ganesh's Protection of Children Under 2016. regarding publication or trans- boys, the number was 183. Delhi (155.61%) and Uttar sons were arrested for cyber ed acts under Special and complaint after seeking legal Sexual Offences (POCSO), None of the southern met- mission of material depicting While 117 cases registered for Pradesh (149.30%). crime cases, 8,306 were Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st advice. with 10 victims. Meanwhile, ropolitan cities factored into children in sexually explicit aggravated penetrative sexual chargesheeted, and only 162 December, 2017. Telangana Karnataka had the highest the report - Bengaluru, acts. Nowhere has more than (section 8 and 10) assault had Dramatic rise in cyber crimes were convicted. has reported the highest num- in 2017 Youth booked for ‘AP number of children murdered Chennai, Coimbatore, one case been registered. male child victims, there were Crime against women up by 6% ber of convicts (84) followed (case registered under sec- Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode PoCSO cases against male 11,899 cases reported were by Jharkhand (69) and CM Jagan' as number tion 302 of the IPC) among - registered a single case of girls were victims. As com- The number of crimes Maharashtra (65) accounting southern states at 109, and foeticide. victims pared to 1,322 girls, 37 boys committed against women has for 14.41 percent, 11.84 per- plate fourth highest in India after Three southern states fig- were reported to be sexually increased in 2017 by 6 percent cent and 11.15 percent of the n engineering graduate in Uttar Pradesh (392), ured in the 10 Indian states harassed (section 12) in 2017. compared to 2016 and by 9 total convicted inmates lodged AHyderabad was booked for Maharashtra (161) and with the highest number of Child sexual abuse material percent compared to 2015. under SLL which are specific having the car's number plate as, Madhya Pradesh (115). POCSO cases. Maharashtra (under sections 14 and 15; also Among metropolitan cities, to crimes against women 'AP CM JAGAN'. The Cyberabad Karnataka also had the high- and Uttar Pradesh performed referred to as child pornogra- Hyderabad accounted for respectively. police arrested the 27-year-old est incidence across India of worst with 5,248 and 4,895 phy) had 339 girl victims, among the crime rates of 2.7 A total of 498 convicts were Muppidi Hari Rakesh, who children kidnapped for the incidents respectively. The compared to 43 boys. The only The number of cyber percent of the overall nation- lodged in various jails of the conceived the idea to get purpose of begging, with 60 other states among the ten place where there were more crimes increased dramatical- al figure. With 1,278 cases of country for committing "exemption at toll gates, easy victims. were West Bengal (2,131), male victims (512) were girls ly in 2017 as compared to 'cruelty by husband or his offences against SC/ST-relat- access at crowded places, and Among the southern states, Karnataka (1,956), Gujarat In the cases recorded under (152) was in cases where sec- 2016, and nearly every fifth relatives' being registered in ed acts under Special and avoid police checks". The youth Karnataka consistently report- (1,697), Chhattisgarh (1,676), the Protection of Children tion 377 of the IPC was read cyber crime in 2017 was 2017, Hyderabad stands in Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st was booked when a team from ed a higher number of crimes Telangana (1,632), Tamil Nadu from Sexual Offences with POCSO Act. committed against a woman, second position in the coun- December, 2017. Uttar Jeedimetla traffic police station against children since 2015 - (1,587), Madhya Pradesh (PoCSO) Act, the NCRB doc- NCRB stats reveal. The cyber try, next to Delhi which Pradesh has reported the high- was conducting a vehicle a trend that held true in 2017. (1,569) and Bihar (1,356). ument has demarcated how Prison population under control crimes cases in the country, recorded 2,450 cases. est number of convicts (211) checking and they noticed a Going up from 3,961 in 2015 And while Kerala was not many cases had male victims. the number of cyber crimes The national capital main- followed by Rajasthan (61) and vehicle with the wrong number to 4,455 in 2016, the state reg- among these, it did see the Telangana stands in fifth place committed per 1,00,000 pop- tained its record as crime cap- Tamil Nadu (53), accounting plate. "The car was intercepted istered 5,890 crimes against greatest number of sexual in the country, the stats reveal. ulation - in 2017 was 1.7, the ital with 40.4 percent of the for 42.37%, 12.25% and for further inquiry. On minors in 2017. The state's assaults on children among the The states among the top-10 report shows. Though most crimes in metros occurring in 10.64% of the total convicted investigation, police found the capital Bengaluru also had southern states, and sixth were West Bengal (2,131), of the offences cyber crimes the city. Bengaluru with 8.9 inmates lodged under SLL car had a different registration the most child victims among highest overall. Karnataka (1,956), Gujarat were committed in Karnataka percent, Mumbai with 7.2 crimes which are specific to number, and it is owned by southern metros, and was the Delhi had the highest num- (1,697), Chhattisgarh (1,676), in 2017; Telangana was next, percent, and Chennai with crime against SC/ST respec- Rakesh's uncle Yesu Reddy who fourth highest in India with ber of POCSO cases among Telangana (1,632), Tamil Nadu with a rate of 3.3 cyber crimes 3.6 percent contributed sig- tively. lives in Kakinada" police said. Rakesh started using the vehicle a few weeks ago, and since then he concealed the vehicle's original number plate with a GHMC cracks whip on customised one. GHMC to collect scrap from your doorstep KCR rewards once hostels in Ameerpet bete noire Vanteru 7,000 MT GARBAGE with TSFDC PICKED UP EVERY DAY chairman post Continued from Page1 Collection increases after additional vehicles are deployed in each circle TRS working president and bout 7,000 metric IT and Municipal Minister KT tonnes (MT) of Rama Rao was instrumental in Agarbage is being col- bringing Pratap Reddy into lected by GHMC and dis- TRS fold. posed at Jawaharnagar dump "Though CM represented yard every day. GHMC attrib- PNS n HYDERABAD hostels in SR Nagar on Gajwel Assembly constituency, PNS n HYDERABAD empty spaces and roads. Often utes the increase in garbage Monday. Almost all hostels it was Harish Rao who used to sewer lines and manholes are collection from 5,000 MT to GHMC sealed seven hostels, used rotten vegetables and call shots and monitor admin- If you have scrap or any bulky getting blocked due to indis- 7,000 MT to addition of vehi- including one ladies hostel, stored food. Officials issued istrative and political activities disposable items in your house, criminate dumping of waste, cles in each circle. in Ameerpet on Wednesday. notices to the hostels and the in the constituency. As Harish do not dump them on the road leading to sewage spills on the Every circle was recently Officials were left aghast by kitchens of the hostels for dis- Rao is being gradually sidelined if they can't fit in the garbage roads that have become equipped with four addition- the sight of rotten vegetables, posal of waste water on these in the party, his significance is can at home. Personnel of the increasingly common in the al mini-tippers and two Bob- stale food in the fridge, lack roads without the construction also being cut short even in Greater Hyderabad Municipal city. cats. At present, GHMC col- of silt chambers, and hostels of silt chambers in the hostels. Siddipet district. Therefore, Corporation (GHMC) will col- The drive to collect scrap lects garbage from home 100% on daily basis. Due to festival season and operating without any trade Khairtabad Medical Officer Vanteru Pratap Reddy has been lect them from your doorstep, comes in the wake of GHMC's using 2,500 Swacch autos The Transport Wing of heavy rainfall, more garbage license. Bhargav Narayana led the given a plum post and is being including broken furniture, successful campaign for col- and sends it to 17 transfer sta- GHMC is designated with is being generated and direc- GHMC officials conducted team which inspected a total given importance to cut short old mattresses, electronic items, lecting plastic that yielded 150 tions. In addition, GHMC the work of providing vehi- tor of transport Viswajit inspections on a number of of seven hostels. Harish Rao's influence in coolers, cushions, blankets or metric tonnes of plastic. vehicles are also disposing of cles for collection of garbage Kamapati said "Previously, Gajwel constituency," said a whatever, if they are of no use Thanks to the initiative, the the waste generated by sweep- from the 30 Circles of around 5000 MT - 6000 MT senior TRS leader from undi- to you. Following directions amount of plastic waste found ing the roads. GHMC using Secondary garbage was transported to vided Medak District. issued by MA&UD Minister K in drains and manholes has GHMC is currently using Transportation vehicles (for Jawaharnagar Dumping yard It is said that Pratap Reddy T Rama Rao, GHMC person- come down. 532 vehicles to send garbage field level sanitation) and on daily basis and presently, has already been given a free nel will conduct a special drive The drive to collect scrap to its transfer stations. The transportation of the col- with the existing fleet, the hand in the constituency by during November 3 to 12 to will be taken up with the help garbage collected at Transfer lected garbage from various garbage transported to KCR. By appointing him as collect all such material. of residential welfare associa- Stations is transported to Transfer Stations in GHMC Jawaharnagar Dumping yard TSFDC chairman, KCR has The idea is to prevent peo- tions, charities and communi- Jawaharnagar Dumping Yard limits to Jawaharnagar has crossed over 7000 MT sent across a message to peo- ple from dumping all such ty groups. For this purpose, the through tertiary fleet and the Dumping Yard through ensuring effective clearance of ple in Gajwel that the turncoat material at odd places in such GHMC will make a special garbage dumped at transfer Tertiary Transportation garbage at Transfer Station i.e. leader means more to him than a manner that they ultimately arrangement involving RWAs, stations is cleared to nearly vehicles Zero garbage". his nephew Harish. find their way to drains (nalas), NGOs and MLAs. TS Prisons gets a new head KTR inspects 2-BHK houses at Kollur Metro shuttle link between

PNS n HYDERABAD Services), has been trans- ferred and posted as Amenities like water, electricity; solid waste management, parks accessed BRK Bhavan, Lakdikapul The state government has Principal Secretary to the PNS n HYDERABAD sustainable habitation. PNS n HYDERABAD metro stations. relieved senior IPS officer government (Home depart- KTR later reviewed the pro- Adhar Sinha, Spl CS, GAD Sandeep Shandilya from the ment) vice Rajiv Trivedi, MA&UD Minister KT Rama vision of various amenities Chief Secretary SK Joshi said this facility would provide additional charge of DG IPS, transferred. Rao inspected the 2-BHK dig- like water, electricity, solid flagged off Metro shuttle ser- much convenience to women Prisons and Correctional The decision has been nity housing project site which waste management, parks, vices between BRK Bhavan employees in particular and Services. Shandilya is cur- made after the High Court is nearing completion at Kollur healthcare, education, and and Lakdi ka Pul Metro station thanked the service providers rently Additional DG, issued a green signal to con- on Wednesday. transport facilities. Mayor here on Wednesday at BRK and HMRL for conceding Railways and Road Safety. duct municipal elections in The self-contained town- Bonthu Ram Mohan, Bhavan. their request to provide a Principal Secretary (Home) the state. However, the ship has 15,660 housing units. Additional Chief Secretary for Speaking on the occasion, shuttle service for Secretariat Rajiv Trivedi was given the municipal elections will be The Minister said that the Housing, Chitra the Chief Secretary has employees. additional charge with held after resolving 70 pend- township will soon become a Ramachandran, MA&UD appealed to the secretariat The shuttle services will be immediate effect. The orders ing cases in the courts on role model dignity housing Secretary Arvind Kumar and employees to make use of the operated for every 15 minutes were issued on Tuesday. municipalities. Meanwhile, project in the country. He GHMC Commissioner Lokesh facility of shuttle service pro- daily between BRK Bhavan Similarly, Ravi Gupta, IPS, the election commission is instructed officials to take Kumar and Senior officials vided by the HMRL. He also and Lakdi ka Pul from 8.30 am Additional Director General gearing up for the municipal steps to ensure the township from various departments were advised MD, HMRL to pro- to 11 am, and 5 pm to 7 pm, of Police (Technical elections. becomes a safe, smart and present. vide similar facility from other he said. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 hyderabad 04 Striking RTC staff resort to sit-in protests, meet MLAs n UNION LEADERS SAY READY FOR TALKS WHENEVER GOVT INVITES THEM PNS n HYDERABAD PRAGATI BHAVAN SIEGE Agriculture Minister Niranjan Reddy at the meeting on Wednesday Sit in protests and meeting Case filed MLAs to submit their repre- sentations formed part of the against Revanth continuing stir of the employ- Minister asks agri officials to ees of the Telangana State Road for pushing Transport Corporation aside cop (TSRTC), which entered the prep for procurement season 19th day on Wednesday. PNS n HYDERABAD "The employees held sit-in protests and met MLAs at A non-bailable case has been PNS n HYDERABAD some places to submit repre- registered against Malkajgiri sentations on their agitation," MP Revanth Reddy for Minister for Agriculture S Need stressed for more Raji Reddy, a leader of one of obstructing a policeman on Niranjan Reddy has called the RTC employees unions, duty from discharging his upon agriculture department said. duties during the Congress officials to take all precau- veggie markets in city He reiterated that the unions party's recent siege on Pragati tions while making purchase were ready for talks whenever Bhavan. The case has been of paddy from farmers at the PNS n HYDERABAD assured to resolve them. ever they are invited by the registered under Sections MSP. The market is one of the government. 341, 332 and 353 of the IPC Addressing officials of agri- Agriculture Minister main vegetable markets in the The government on Tuesday following a complaint against culture department in a meet- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy city which receives at least said it has decided to examine the MP by sub-inspector ing held on 'MSP operations directed marketing depart- 1500-2000 tonnes of vegeta- other demands of the striking Naveen Reddy. kharif marketing season 2019- ment officials to prepare pro- bles, nearly half of the vegetable employees as unions them- Congress leaders have been 20' here on Wednesday, he posals to locate markets in all imports to city markets, from selves had withdrawn their taking part in the strike asked them to get the moisture four corners of the city for ben- 13 states daily. demand for TSRCTC's merg- expressing solidarity with the measuring instruments efit of the public as well as The minister asked the er with the government. RTC workers. As part of checked up and keep ready farmers, and felt that the num- officials to apply to the state The Road Transport extending the support, the paddy processing machinery. ber of markets in the city government on taking the Corporation Managing Congress called for laying siege Besides, he wanted the offi- should increase in keeping LIC's site, adjacent to the Director has appointed a com- Police haul away an ABVP student activist from a protest site in the city on Wednesday to Pragati Bhavan. To thwart cials to keep enough number with the demand. market, on lease since there mittee, comprising Executive the attempts of the Congress, of tarpaulins ready. He advised The minister was visiting the is every need to expand the Directors of the Corporation to the police house arrested the officials to install flexi ban- market Bowenpally vegetable existing market for benefit of examine the demands, the JAC members stream to houses of Congress leaders, confining ners at all notified ginning market here on Wednesday consumers. He also inspect- Chief Minister's Office had them to their own houses. mills about the timings of pur- accompanied by officials. He ed Mana Kuragayalu project said in a release. In the process, the police chase of cotton and the ban- interacted with the hamalis and and issued several sugges- The government has also elected representatives with pleas were deployed in strength ners should also specify the farmers and enquired them tions for expanding the pro- decided to submit a report to near the house of Revanth MSP for cotton according to about their problems and ject. the state High Court as per the PV KONDAL RAO Reddy on Road No 48, the moisture content. committee's report, which n WARANGAL RTC staff attack bus in Medak Jubilee Hills. He was pre- The banners should also would be submitted in one or vented from leaving the highlight the documents that two days, it said. Striking RTC employees and MEDAK: In a first aggressive buses since the regular house. However, he along the farmer should bring along Chief Minister K JAC members in Warangal act on temporary staff of the employees were taking the risk with a bunch of his followers with him to sell cotton at the Chandrasekhar Rao held a and other districts on RTC, striking RTC employees of strike and were spending came out of his house rather ginning mills. meeting with transport minis- Wednesday met MLAs and attacked an RTC bus in T sleepless nights. They stopped forcefully and moved towards Banners should also be dis- ter Puvvada Ajay Kumar and MPs at their residences in the Lingampalli village of Tegide the bus near Lingampalli Pragati Bhavan pillion-riding played at the mills on various senior officials following the city premises. mandal in Narayankhed village. They asked the driver a waiting motorcyclist. The SI charges that the farmers high court's directive to RTC Since morning, RTC employ- segment on Tuesday night and and conductor to get down Naveen Reddy tried to pre- should pay to weigh bridge and employees to hold discus- ees in Warangal got into differ- decamped with Rs 6,000 from from the bus before vent Revanth Reddy from officials, hamalis and so on. sions and settle their disputes ent groups and met the local the temporary conductor. decamping with the collected leaving, but the MP pushed Facilities like drinking water, before October 28. public representatives with their The RTC staff threatened the money. Police registered a the police aside and managed toilets, power and so on The union leaders had ini- charter of demands. The RTC private employees not to run case in this connection. to reach Pragati Bhavan. The should be provided at the tially said they would hold talks JAC members initially went to related video became viral on market yards. The rest hous- only if an announcement over Rajya Sabha member Banda Rokalla Shayampet area and the problem of the employees. the Internet. However, es for farmers should be kept merger of RTC with the gov- Prakash Residence on Hunter submitted a representation to RTC JAC members then Naveen Reddy lodged a case ready by getting them cleaned ernment was made, but during Road area and appealed to him him to influence the Cm to take went to Balasamudram area of with the Jubilee Hills police up properly. The ariculture minister at the Bowenpally vegetable market the hearing in the high court, to prevail upon the Chief up the issues confronted by the city to the residence of the that he was injured when he said they would not insist on it. Minister KCR for resolving the RTC employees immediately. Chief Whip Dasyam was pushed by Revanth . This amounted to the impasse of the RTC employees Similarly the Warangal east Vinayabhaskar and urged him employees withdrawing the immediately. MLA Nannapuneni Narender's to bring the matters of the Ginning mills told to co-op with farmers demand for merger, the release The employees also went in residence was also stormed by working class to the notice of quoted Rao as having said. a group to Warangal MP the RTC JAC members who Cm KCR so that the impasse is PNS n HYDERABAD problems to the notice of the them on behalf of the gov- The Chief Minister also Pasunuri Dayakar's residence in sought his cooperation to solve resolved soon. CM and see to it that dues to ernment. noted that the court had urged Agriculture Minister S them from the government Agriculture principal sec- that 21 issues among the Niranjan Reddy on are released. retary C Parthasarathi, pres- employees' demands be con- a call by the JAC of the corpo- have since then been organis- immense inconvenience to Wednesday asked ginning He told them to be liber- ident of the association of sidered, as per its orders and ration, demanding its merger ing protests all over the state in public. mills' state association repre- al in procuring the cotton ginning mills Bommineni directed officials to study them. with the government and support of their demands. The High Court had direct- sentatives to reach agree- with moisture content and Ravinder Reddy, general sec- Different employees and recruitment to various posts, Ruling out discussions with ed the RTC management and ments with Cotton asked them not to give retary K Ramesh, treasurer workers unions of TSRTC among others. the unions, the TRS govern- the employees to the negotiat- Corporation of India and trouble to farmers. He Ch Sridhar Reddy and others began an indefinite strike from The employees, workers of ment had termed the stir as ing table and settle all their dis- assured them to take their promised full support to were present. October 5 across Telangana on opposition parties and others "illegal" as they caused putes before October 28. Revanth Reddy talking to the media after the protest (File photo) Cases to be booked Teenager, married man fall in against cracker traders love, end lives in Mancherial PNS n HYDERABAD n Sanampudi Saidireddy Following the Supreme Court The two consume pesticide after elders raise objection clarification that harmful met- PNS n MANCHERIAL secluded place on Mancherial- H'nagar TRS als like antimony, lithium, Venkatesh died Chennur road at around 6 am. mercury, arsenic, and lead A teenaged girl and a married Some passersby noticed the nominee should not be used in the man, who reportedly fell in on the spot and two and alerted cops who manufacture of firecrackers to love, committed suicide by Srividya rushed to the spot and tried to booked for prevent air pollution, the PCB consuming pesticide on the save the girl, but in vain. (Pollution Control Board) has outskirts of Rasoolpalli in breathed her last Sources said Venkatesh and ticking off cop started inspecting the fire- caught, criminal cases would Jaipur mandal on Wednesday while being Srividya came into contact work shops in Hyderabad and be filed against the sellers. after their elders turned down shifted to a during her visits to her mater- PNS n HYDERABAD to file criminal cases on the Along with PCB officials, their wish to marry. nal uncle's place in sellers who violate the rules. police have said that criminal Jaipur Sub-Inspector K hospital Godavarikhani. Later, A case was registered against The Petroleum and Explosives cases will be filed against Vijender said Srividya (18) an Venkatesh went to TRS candidate Sanampudi Safety Organization (PESO) traders who are selling such Intermediate 2nd year student Venkatesh has two sons aged Mandamarri to attend a func- Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy greets Lok Saidireddy on October 21, the has issued similar guidelines as crackers and causing envi- and daughter of Rajaiah, a pri- below eight years. tion where he met her and the Sabha Speaker Omprakash Birla during his brief stay in Hyderabad on Wednesday day of polling in the recent the SC. ronmental damage and sug- vate teacher from Mandamarri Venkatesh died on the spot two exchanged phone num- by-poll in Huzurnagar, for The PCB inspections have gested people to come for- town, had fallen in love with and Srividya breathed her last bers, resulting in friendship. issuing warning to a sub- been initiated to crack down ward and celebrate eco- Venkatesh, (30) a married man while being shifted to a hos- He might have trapped her by inspector on security duty. on crackers that contain heavy friendly Diwali with by and car driver belonging to pital in Mancherial district constantly speaking to her or Speaker highlights On polling day, Saidireddy metals in the city. It warned encouraging made in India Tilaknagar in Godavarikhani headquarters after they con- sending messages, suspected was entering the polling that if such crackers were crackers. town of Peddapalli district. sumed some pesticide at a an investigating officer. booth at Kalmalacheruvu in role of mines in Garidepalli mandal along with the local leaders, but the SI Raghavender Reddy did not allow him to enter the Talasani lays stone for two-bedroom houses development booth and asked him to observe the election com- PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD advent of TRS government in mission rules. Telangana state. Responding to this, the Minister for Animal Later, he inspected 208 double Assembly Speaker In the decade preceding TRS candidate giving vent to Husbandry Talasani Srinivas bedroom houses built at Markas at a Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy 2014, the revenue to AP from his ire said, "Stop overacting Yadav has responded positive- cost of Rs 16.12 crore has underscored the impor- mines was Rs 12,000 crore, he and talking the way you like. ly to the suggestion made by tance of mines in country's said adding that it sharply Do you consider yourself a Mangal Haat division corpora- development and noted increased to Rs 16,000 crore in hero? You always say outsider, tor for construction of shops in the houses should be provided solve the people's problems. that material needed to lay Telangana since 2014. outsider. Just calm down." front of double bed-room hous- with power, drinking water Under the limits of the roads or to build project There are excellent oppor- As the video about the es for livelihood for the poor. and the colony with internal Urban Health Post in Maharaj should be sourced from tunities in Telangana's mining contestant's behavior became He was speaking after laying roads. Warning the people Ganj, several have been facing mines. sector. People's representa- viral, several complaints were the foundation stone for 145 against encroaching the gov- health problems. When the He was speaking as the tives and officials should work lodged against Saidireddy. 2BHK houses, to be built at a ernment land, the minister problem was brought to the Chief Guest on the interna- together to work wonders in The opposition accused cost of Rs 12.32 crore, in Sivalal asked Revenue Divisional minister's notice, he asked offi- tional conference on "Mining- this sector, he said. Saidireddy of behaving in a Nagar in Mangal Haat Division Officer Srinivas Reddy to iden- cials to take up urgent remedial present and future-invest- During his stint as mining high-handed manner with on Thursday. tify encroached lands in the measures. ments, issues and challenges" minister in 1999 in undivided the SI since he is a ruling The state government is division, if any, and take pos- On restoration of commu- held at Institute of Engineers AP, he said that revenue from party contestant and felt that building the houses and allot- open gym in the place opposite in Maharaj Gunj, he ordered session of such lands. nity hall, lacunae in drainage here on Thursday. mines to almost tripled to Rs his behavior was justified. ting them to enable the poor to to government school at officials to take steps to imme- When people of the division system, road development and Pocharam Srinivasa 450 crore. Cases were registered against live with self-respect, he said. Muchukunda Nagar. diately clear the garbage. brought to the minister's notice other problems and so on in Reddy put the undivided Home Minister Mahmood Saidireddy under Sections 356 He inaugurated the Bansilal When locals brought to his Later, he inspected 208 the problems being faced by Gyan Bagh, the minister asked AP's earnings from sale of Ali, President of Federation of and 504 for obstructing Vyas Park in Raheempura in attention to the reeking smell 2BHK houses built at Markas them for want of pucca officials to take up drainage sand during 2004-13 at Rs Indian Industries Dr TM Raghavender Reddy from dis- the division. He ordered offi- for want of clearing garbage at a cost of Rs 16.12 crore. drainage system, he directed issue first and later take steps 13.66 crore, but it increased Guna Raja and others took charging his duties. cials to take steps to set up an from a site adjacent to the PHC Officials told the minister that officials to initiate measures to to lay the roads. to Rs 2,383 crore with the part in the conference. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 nation 05 SHORT READS Ministry of Ayush to study efficacy of ayurvedic drugs in pregnant women

PNS n NEW DELHI The aim is also to help in augmentation An apex body for Ayurvedic IAS officer in Udaipur research under the Ministry of of milk after delivery, he said. The two- falls victim to cyber Ayush is all set to undertake a year long study will be conducted at 30 study to assess the efficacy of fraud, duped of Rs Ayurvedic drugs in pregnant primary health care centres of Gadchiroli 6.10 lakh women for management of district of Maharashtra anaemia and other complica- Normal life hit in JAIPUR: A conman committed a cyber fraud with an IAS tions. The study conducted by officer posted in Udaipur by the Central Council for Research comprising of same number of on for two years," he said. sending a fake Know Your in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) women will be given Ayurvedic The current study has been Kashmir, markets shut; Customer (KYC) link on her will cover 9000 pregnant women. medicines, diet and lifestyle advo- based on a pilot study conduct- mobile phone and allegedly As part of the study pregnant cacy along with conventional ed on 2,465 pregnant women in siphoned-off Rs 6.10 lakh from women will be given medicines ante-natal care regimen. Himachal Pradesh by the no public transport her bank account. Dr T made of herbs, put on a specific augmentation of milk after deliv- medicines. The expected out- The women included in the CCRAS in collaboration with the n Shubhamangla, presently diet and made to follow a par- ery, he said. The two-year long comes of the study are reducing study belong to the age group of Indian Council of Medical PNS SRINAGAR Internet services -- across posted as sub-divisional ticular lifestyle as per require- study will be conducted at 30 pri- complications in pregnant 18 to 40 years. A senior Ayush Research (ICMR) and the state all platforms – continued to magistrate in Jhadol of ment to prevent various compli- mary health care centres of women and their babies," ministry official said the project government in 2000-2005. Normal life remained affect- be snapped in the Valley, Rajasthan's Udaipur district, cations during pregnancy like Gadchiroli district of Srikanth said. staff including Ayurveda doctors "The outcomes of the previous ed in Kashmir for the 80th they said. had received a message link on edema, constipation, nausea, Maharashtra. The participants of the study and senior research fellows, study were encouraging. We consecutive day on Schools and colleges were her mobile phone on October backache and control anaemia "The normal birth weight of will be divided into two groups. pharmacists have already been managed to achieve the normal Wednesday with main mar- open, but students stayed 21. "The incident had happened and attain normal birth weight of a new born ranges between 2.7 One comprising 4,500 pregnant deployed at primary health cen- birth weight of babies, there was kets shut and public transport away as parents continued to on Monday. I had filled baby, Dr N Srikanth, Deputy and 3.2 kgs. To ensure that the women will receive convention- tres for the study purpose. "We significant increase in haemo- off the roads, officials said. keep their wards at home due personal information on the Director General in the CCRAS baby attains this normal birth al ante-natal care under the exist- will also provide health education globin levels in mothers and Some shops opened for a to apprehensions about their KYC link which appeared to be said. weight, mothers are given given ing national schemes of the gov- to these women on hygiene and deliveries were normal ones with few hours early in the morn- safety, the officials said. from SBI bank and suddenly Rs The aim is also to help in six different types of Ayurvedic ernment while the second group pregnancy care. The study will go lesser number of complications. ing in some areas, including While landline and post- 6.10 lakh was withdrawn from in the commercial hub of Lal paid mobile phone services my bank account in three Chowk in the city here, but have been restored across different transactions," downed their shutters around the Valley, all internet services Shubhamangla told PTI. She 11 am, they said. continue to remain suspend- said that she had complained Panel to review suspensions The officials said main ed since August 5 when the about the matter to Jhadol markets and other business Centre announced its deci- police and Udaipur cyber cell establishments were howev- sion to abrogate Article 370 of immediately but as the bank of non-gazetted staff in J-K er shut. Private transport was the Constitution and divide account was in Bengaluru she plying and the number of the state into two union ter- had to lodge complaint with the vehicles was higher than ritories. n cyber cell there which is PNS JAMMU The administrative secretary Sunday, leading to traffic Most of the top level and investigating the case. jams at various spots in the second rung separatist politi- A four-member committee has to the government, GAD, has city, they said. cians have been taken into been set up to review suspension been appointed as the Auto-rickshaws and a few preventive custody while Burst eco-friendly cases of non-gazetted officials chairman of the committee inter-district cabs were also mainstream leaders, includ- belonging to the Jammu and seen plying in some areas of ing two former chief minis- firecrackers for 2 hours with special secretary (Law) Kashmir Secretariat (subordi- GAD, additional secretary the Valley, they added. ters -- Omar Abdullah and on Diwali: UP govt Case against NCP nate) service involved in vigi- However, the other modes Mehbooba Mufti, have been lance and other cases, a govern- GAD (establishment) and of public transport were off either detained or placed LUCKNOW: To curb any major ment order said. Department (GAD), Iftikhar additional secretary GAD the roads. There was huge under house arrest. spike in pollution, the Uttar The suspension cases of Rasool Hamdani said on (Vigilance) as its members rush of private vehicles in Another former chief min- Pradesh government has polling agent employees of other departments Tuesday. some areas of the city, includ- ister and sitting Lok Sabha allowed only eco-friendly would be reviewed by the The administrative secretary ing commercial hub of Lal MP from Srinagar Farooq firecrackers to be burst for two appointing authorities concerned to the government, GAD, has The terms of reference of the Chowk and Jehangir Chowk, Abdullah has been arrested hours from 8pm on Diwali. A ‘TRANSFER' OF NCP VOTES TO BJP in terms of provisions of the J&K been appointed as the chairman committee will be to review the causing massive traffic jams under the controversial Public notification to this effect was PNS n PUNE Civil Services (Classification, of the committee with special suspension cases of non-gazetted in some areas, prompting Safety Act, a law enacted by his issued by it in light of a Though the claim Control and Appeal) rules, the secretary (Law) GAD, addition- officials belonging to the J&K authorities to press in more father and National Conference Supreme Court order, official An offence was registered order issued by the Under al secretary GAD (establish- Secretariat (Subordinate) ser- police personnel to regulate founder Sheikh Mohammad sources said on Wednesday. against an NCP "polling agent" was denied by Secretary to the government, ment) and additional secretary vice involved in vigilance and the movement of the vehicles, Abdullah in 1978 when he They said people have been for spreading "false information" poll officials, Kirti General Administration GAD (Vigilance) as its members. other cases, the order read. the officials said. was the chief minister. asked to buy firecrackers that that votes cast in favour of the Nalawade, the cause less pollution only from party nominee automatically licensed outlets and not e- got transferred to his BJP oppo- returning officer commerce platforms. Local nent through a "malfunctioned" for the Koregaon Advani, Sharmila authorities have been asked to EVM during the Satara Lok Assembly Centre should abolish assets sensitise people on the dangers Sabha bypoll in Maharashtra on participate in of firecrackers. Strict action will October 21, police said on segment under be taken against Station House Wednesday. which Navlewadi event on stroke criteria for EWS quota: Gehlot Officers if the guidelines are not The officials have identified followed, the sources said. is located, had the polling agent as Deepak prevention PNS n JAIPUR The decision we took Exhibition to Diwali will be celebrated on Raghunath Pawar, hailing from said that the Sunday. Navlewadi village in Satara dis- n Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok (in the state) should EVM was PNS NEW DELHI be taken by the showcase rare, trict in western Maharashtra. replaced Gehlot said on Wednesday that Villagers had claimed that Veteran BJP leader LK the Centre should take a deci- Centre so that people across heritage textiles Killers shot Kamlesh, votes cast in favour of the NCP Advani and film actress sion to abolish the assets-relat- the country could be nominee Srinivas Patil were be induced to commit an offence Sharmila Tagore on ed conditions for candidates benefitted. With the existing PNS n NEW DELHI stabbed him multiple going into the "account" of BJP against the State or against the Wednesday took part in an seeking reservation under the times: Autopsy candidate Udayanraje Bhosale. public tranquillity) of the Indian event organised here for rais- economically weaker sections conditions, candidates will A wide variety of beautiful LUCKNOW: The two alleged Though the claim was denied Penal Code (IPC). ing awareness about stroke (EWS) category. have to face many difficulties silks, ikats, patolas, Banarasi killers of Hindu outfit leader by poll officials, Kirti Nalawade, "Pawar gave wrong and false and its prevention. The state has recently decid- in obtaining EWS certificates sarees, together with a range of Kamlesh Tiwari had not only the returning officer for the information to media persons Stroke is the second lead- ed to abolish the conditions for — ASHOK GEHLOT colourful dupattas will be opened fire at him but Koregaon Assembly segment that votes cast in favour of NCP ing cause of death, with glob- EWS reservation in state ser- Rajasthan Chief Minister among the several antique and repeatedly stabbed him brutally, under which Navlewadi is locat- candidate were going to the BJP. ally one stroke occurring vices and educational insti- heritage textiles showcased at according to the post-mortem ed, had said that the Electronic He tried to create misunder- every two seconds and claim- tutes. the 'Vastra Shobha' exhibition report. A bullet wound, and 15 Voting Machine (EVM) was standing about the election pro- ing one life every six seconds, "The decision we took (in the a residential plot of 100 sq vice president Bhairon Singh here starting Thursday. The cut and stab wounds were replaced. cedure in the society," said V B according to Dr Vinit Suri, state) should be taken by the yards and above in notified Shekhawat in the assembly three-day exhibition, featuring found on the body of Tiwari He, however, clarified that the Ghodke, Assistant Police president of the Indian Stroke Centre so that people across the municipalities or a residential building on his birth anniver- a rich textile collection — during the post-mortem replacement had "nothing to Inspector, Pusegaon police sta- Association. country could be benefitted. plot of 200 sq yards and above sary. including the exquisite antique examination, which shows the do" with the vote transfer claims. tion. Ghodke said the police will "Stroke impact can be With the existing conditions, in areas other than the notified Remembering the stalwart borders, stoles and veils — by brutality by the assailants, a The complaint against Deepak seek permission of court for fur- reduced significantly if the candidates will have to face municipalities is excluded from BJP leader and former chief Indian impresario Shobha senior officer said on Pawar was lodged with Pusegaon ther investigation. patient can be managed in many difficulties in obtaining being identified as an EWS minister, Gehlot said Deepak Singh, will be held at Wednesday. Tiwari, 45, was police by G G Gaikwad, the assis- NCP legislator Shahshikant the first few hours called the EWS certificates," Gehlot told candidate. Shekhawat's life inspires politi- the SBKK. shot once on his face and the tant administrative officer who Shinde had said he was witness 'golden hours'," he said. reporters here. The Gehlot government had cians today and he would be Singh, who acquires textiles bullet was found stuck below was the presiding officer at the to the "vote transfer" in favour The event was held jointly The chief minister said those last week decided to abolish remembered forever. and fabrics from across the his chin. He also had multiple polling booth. A police officer of the BJP candidate when he by the Institute of who are eligible for the EWS these conditions and consider "Shekhawat had a long strug- country, said some of the tex- injuries on his face and neck. said a non-cognisable offence visited the polling booth at Neurosciences, Apollo reservation might not get the gross family income up to Rs 8 gling life. Right from the for- tiles displayed in the exhibition The Hindu Samaj Party leader was registered against Pawar Navlewadi village. Hospital and Indian Stroke benefit due to assets-related lakh as the only criteria for get- mation of the Jana Sangh, he are "almost 100 years old". "If was found dead in a pool of under section 505(1)(b) (with He had claimed that when he Association, a body of over 800 existing conditions. ting the EWS reservation in went on to become the chief they are in a good condition, blood at his residence in intent to cause, or which is like- raised the issue with the election neurologists from government A candidate whose family state government jobs and edu- minister and was elevated to the I purchase them but even if Khurshidbag locality in Naka ly to cause, fear or alarm to the officials from the polling booth, and other hospitals, ahead of owns five acres of agricultural cational institutions of the state. post of vice president of the they are not, I know how to Hindola area of Lucknow last public, or to any section of the they hurriedly changed the the World Strokes Day which land and above, or a residential He was talking to reporters country. It is a matter of pride," restore them," said the self- Friday. public whereby any person may EVM machine. falls on October 29. flat of 1,000 sq ft and above, or after paying homage to former Gehlot said. taught expert. "It seems our stars are Funeral procession sparks violence: Government hikes not good": CM BSY on 200 booked, 33 held in Mumbai wheat MSP by Rs 85/qtl; n pulses up to Rs 325/qtl rain fury again PNS MUMBAI booked under various Indian A police van, a Penal Code Sections, including PNS n BENGALURU Nearly 200 people have been 143, 145, 147 (rioting), 307 PNS n NEW DELHI booked and 33 of them arrest- taxi, a car, 10 to (attempt to murder), 326 (vol- As rains pounded the regions ed by Mumbai Police for 12 motorcycles untarily causing grievous hurt The government on Wednesday battered by flood havoc two allegedly attacking policemen and three auto- by dangerous weapon), 353 increased the minimum support months back, Karnataka Chief and damaging vehicles during (assault or criminal force to price (MSP) for wheat by Rs 85 Minister B S Yediyurappa won- the funeral procession of a man rickshaws were deter public servant from dis- to Rs 1,925 a quintal and for dered on Wednesday whether who committed suicide after damaged in the charge of his duty), the pulses by up to Rs 325 per quin- the stars are to be blamed for being unable to trace his teen incident, another Prevention of Damage to tal, official sources said. A deci- nature's fury again. "There was daughter, an official said on police official said Public Property Act and the sion in this regard was taken at downpour last time. It seems our Wednesday. Maharashtra Police Act. the meeting of the Cabinet stars are not good," he said. August's flood and heavy rains. Around seven police per- A police official on Tuesday Committee on Economic Affairs "Once again the Rain God Yediyurappa said he was hold- sonnel were injured in the ment to suicide against five to 12 motorcycles and three said some mourners trailing (CCEA), headed by Prime (Varuna) is furious and is ing discussions with the district attack on Tuesday, he said. persons. auto-rickshaws were damaged the procession suddenly tried Minister Narendra Modi. per quintal last year. pounding many districts, sub- authorities and video confer- Pancharam Rithadiya, 44, During his funeral proces- in the incident, another police to block the road at Umarshi The CCEA has approved the Barley MSP has also been merging many villages. Deaths encing with them on providing allegedly committed suicide sion to a crematorium in sub- official said. Bappa Chowk in Chembur. MSPs of all rabi (winter-sown) increased by Rs 85 to Rs 1,525 have taken place and vehicles relief to the rain affected people. last week by jumping in front urban Chembur on Tuesday, The police lodged an FIR As the police personnel tried crops for the 2019-20 crop year per quintal for the current year have been swept away," hetold The Chief Minister said what- of a running train at Tilak mourners allegedly hurled late Tuesday night against near- to remove the protesters, some (July-June) as recommended from Rs 1,440 per quintal last reporters. The heavy downpour ever support was extended to the Nagar railway station here stones at the police and also ly 200 people and arrested 33 of them ran to a nearby under- by the government's farm price year. To encourage cultivation of in August this year in Karnataka flood victims two months ago after not being able find his 17- vandalised a police van and of them, Gautam said. construction building and advisory body CACP, the pulses, the support price of led to floods in 22 districts, lead- would be provided to the affect- year-old daughter missing some other vehicles, Additional "Till now, 33 people have hurled stones, injuring two sources added. MSP is the rate masoor has been increased by Rs ing to the deaths of 84 people in ed people this time also. since some months. Commissioner of Police (east been arrested. We are analysing police constables and an offi- at which the government buys 325 to Rs 4,800 per quintal for rain related incidents. Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, In the suicide note, he pur- region) Lakhmi Gautam told the CCTV footage and some cer of Traffic Police, he said. grains from farmers. this year from Rs 4,475 per quin- About 5.5 lakh acres of land Kalaburagi, Gadag, Hubballi- portedly mentioned that the PTI. videos which have gone viral Eye-witnesses earlier According to sources, the tal last year. Similarly, the MSP were inundated, while crops in Dharwad, parts of Mysuru, police did not help him in trac- "Seven police personnel, on social media to identify the claimed that people got pro- CCEA has approved Rs 85 per of gram has been hiked by Rs about 2.3 lakh acres was com- Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru ing his daughter. including four officers, were others involved in the vio- voked when a policeman quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 255 to Rs 4,875 per quintal for pletely ruined. About 1.5 lakh bore the brunt of heavy down- After his death, Wadala GRP injured in the attack," he said. lence," he said. shoved a woman mourner with 1,925 per quintal for the 2019- this year from Rs 4,620 per quin- houses were destroyed in pour once again. registered an offence of abate- A police van, a taxi, a car, 10 The accused have been a stick. 20 rabi crop, up from Rs 1,840 tal last year. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 06 www.dailypioneer.com op nion facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Criminal lapses The recently released NCRB report is neither updated nor Could we have won the war? inclusive of controversial crimes ystematic and reliable data are impor- tant for citizens to gauge where we stand Had the Nehru Government paid heed to Wing Commander Nath’s learnings about Chinese Sas a nation, both at home and the world. Usually, the ones awaited with much expec- tation concern the state of the economy and military build-up on the Tibetan plateau, there would have been no scar on India’s psyche the quality of governance. But it is the data- base on crime that we should be worried about, considering it measures the state of society and is a reactive assessment of the many other benchmarks we might want to tom-tom. This is why the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which has been collating the crime database for three decades now, is significant. Bearing the government’s stamp CLAUDE of credibility, it has been considered bonafide and reflective of the former’s intent ARPI to strengthen correctives. But the panel, which has been enriching policy-mak- ing Commander Jag ers, civil society organisations and the media alike with credible insights, allow- Mohan (Jaggi) Nath of the ing them to analyse the country’s social map, has faltered on several counts in Indian Air Force (IAF) is the first of six Indian offi- recent years. The most alarming lapse is that ever since its first publication in cers to have twice been 1954, the report had a data gap of two consecutive years — 2017 and 2018. awardedW the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), With the police and security agencies working with 2016 figures, no predictive India’s second highest war-time military decoration. For 11 years, the 90-year-old or preventive models could be worked upon. Also with changes in social dynam- Wing Commander had the privilege to fly ics, it was difficult to establish comparative profiles to spot a trend. So when the famous Canberras, out of which, for the data was finally released after a delay of an extra year, it was surprising that eight years, he worked for the top-secret 106 Squadron. He received his first MVC the authorities had done the listing for 2017 and skipped 2018 completely. Which for his role in reconnaissance missions over means that the NCRB database is still not updated. What is also incomprehen- the Aksai Chin and Tibet between 1960 sible is the panel’s selective approach while releasing data for sub-categories. and 1962. Even during the Sino-Indian War As much as the inclusion of certain new chapters is welcome, it is baffling that (October-November 1962), he regularly data related to controversial events like mob lynchings, murders by men in power, flew over Tibet. The MVC citation says: killings ordered by khap panchayats and murders committed for religious rea- “[He] fulfilled a number of hazardous oper- ations involving flying over difficult moun- sons among others, did not make it to the final document. This, when the tain terrain, both by day and night, in Government had itself cited the collection and correction of errors for these sub- adverse weather conditions and in complete categories as the reason for the delay in the release of NCRB data. This then disregard of his personal safety.” raises serious doubts about the Government’s will to deal with mob violence. His missions proved immensely use- ful to learn about the Chinese military In the case of lynching, for example, it has shown utter disrespect to the Supreme build-up on the Tibetan plateau in the years Nearly 60 years after the The Chinese note says: “In One can also imagine that Court’s directive to frame specific laws on the subject. How then can we expect preceding the 1962 war but unfortunate- events, he is still very emotion- the night of October 10, 1962, casualties would have been less it to come clear on facts, the absence of which allows the Government to live ly, the political leadership refused to al: “I kept going down and sud- an Indian aircraft intruded into on the Indian side and more on believe the hard evidence gathered during denly, I saw the Chinese there. China’s air space over the sub- the Chinese. Further, the num- in continued denial of lynching as a serious matter of concern? In yet another his sorties and draw logical conclusions I took photographs of the urbs of Lhasa at 20.15 hours for ber of Indian PoWs, who suf- instance, farm suicide statistics were not published even for 2016. When most from the information gathered. Chinese soldiers all over the reconnaissance and then flew fered for seven months in Tibet, crimes go under-reported in this country, the lack of exact data can only com- Nath’s conclusions were that in 1962, place. I could have taken their northward along the Chinghai- would have been far less. The China had no Air Force worth the name portraits. They were all around.” Tibet (Qinghai-Tibet) highway Line of Actual Control would plicate matters and goad unscrupulous offenders to operate outside the law. This on the Tibetan plateau. The fate of the After he returned to Delhi, he NATH’S to Damshune [Damchung] have remained where it was in oversight can even lead to needless stereotyping of perceptions. Sino-Indian war could have been totally went straight to the office of CONCLUSIONS where it made reconnaissance September 1959 and the border The available data is also not encouraging and the Government must intro- different had India used its own Air Krishna Menon with Nanda circlings over a Chinese airfield dispute with China would not Force but the then Prime Minister and in his words: “Krishna WERE THAT IN and then flew away in the be as acute as today. The spect on certain spirals, like that of violence against women, particularly in Uttar Jawaharlal Nehru and VK Krishna Menon, Menon did not ask anything, he direction of India.” Shaksgam Valley would not Pradesh. There has been a 77 per cent rise in fake currency after demonetisa- the Defence Minister, chose to ignore the just said ‘Did you see the 1962, CHINA HAD Damchung, north of Lhasa, have been offered to China by tion. Overall violent crimes marginally improved in 2017 compared to 2016. While findings of the daring airman. Chinese soldiers?’ I answered NO AIR FORCE was the only airport used by the Pakistan in 1963. There would In an interview, the Wing Commander ‘Yes Sir, I saw them’. ‘That’s Chinese in Tibet at that time; it have been no scar on India’s psy- 4.29 lakh cases of violence were reported in 2016, 4.27 were registered in 2017. told this writer: “If we had sent a few air- alright, you can go’.” Nath knew WORTH THE NAME had no air defence. che as there is today. Delhi, despite taking significant strides in making the city safe, has not been able planes into Tibet, we could have wiped the that Menon later passed the ON THE TIBETAN The note from the Chinese The fate of the Tibetan to rid itself of the unwanted appellation as the crime capital of India. On an aver- Chinese out and everything could have been information to Nehru. No reac- Ministry of Foreign Affairs people would have certainly different in the 1962 war. The political lead- tion either. PLATEAU. THE FATE continued: “The deep intru- been different. In China, Mao age, 1,050 police cases per lakh population were registered in 2017 even as ership did not believe me that China had On September 8, 1962, the OF THE sion of Indian aircraft into Zedong would have lost his job the national average stood at 238. This makes it clear enough that it needs to no Air Force. Can you imagine what would Dhola Post in the Tawang sec- China for flagrant reconnais- and perhaps no Cultural double its efforts in securing its streets. The fact that eastern States like Odisha, have happened if we had used the IAF at that tor was surrounded by some SINO-INDIAN WAR sance over the capital city of, Revolution would have taken time? The Chinese would have never dared 600 Chinese soldiers; the Indian COULD HAVE BEEN and an airfield in Tibet, was place three years later. As a West Bengal and Assam, which already held the dubious distinction of record- do anything.” It is one of the greatest Army responded aggressively. obviously an action coordinat- result, China would have been ing all kinds of heinous crimes, have recorded a higher number of murders is tragedies of India’s modern history. Six weeks later, Mao’s Liberation DIFFERENT HAD ed with the current military completely different today. equally worrisome. Particularly Bengal is now high on the crime index, closer The Wing Commander remembered: Army massively attacked the 7 INDIA USED ITS attacks by the aggressive Indian In 1965, Pakistan would “The job of the 106 Squadron was to sur- Infantry Brigade headquartered troops in the eastern sector of perhaps have thought twice to Uttar Pradesh, usually perceived as the wild west. The crux of the problem vey these areas.” He recalled his first recon- on the Namkha chu (river). The OWN AIR FORCE the Sino Indian border. The before venturing into Operation is that multiple agencies record data for the NCRB, each in its own way. Worse naissance flight with 106 Squadron over the debacle which followed is well BUT JAWAHARLAL Chinese Government… warns Gibraltar to create insurgency still, as the latest report has shown, even when data has been collected, it is Aksai Chin: “My Commanding Officer known. What is not known is the Indian side that it must give against Indian rule in Jammu & difficult to be extracted. The NCRB’s method of calculating data itself has come [later Air Marshal] Randhir Singh was on the extent of knowledge the IAF NEHRU AND VK serious thought to the grave Kashmir, ultimately resulting in leave at that time, I was alone. I was briefed had about the People’s consequences of such increas- the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. under the scanner as it relies on old census data. Its methodology to compute by the Western Air Command to go, find Liberation Army (PLA)’s KRISHNA MENON ingly frantic activities of Three years later, India learnt its crime rates has not been consistent across years. And for all talk of digital inter- out from where the Chinese have come and deployment and the absence of CHOSE TO IGNORE aggression.” lesson that the Air Force can be ventions, the crime records are yet to be available at the click of a button. The take photographs.” the Chinese Air Force in Tibet. What to conclude? China useful…and by that time, there One day, at the end of 1960, Air-Vice On October 11, 1962, a HIS FINDINGS had no Air Force able to counter was a more decisive Chief of Air Government must understand that concealment or manipulation of data has no Marshal DAR Nanda, then IAF’s Deputy note by China’s Ministry of the Indian reconnaissance Staff (Marshal of the Air Force upside, only downsides, which will ultimately lead to the erosion of public trust. Chief, told him: “You go and take pictures Foreign Affairs in Beijing was flights and no air defence able Arjan Singh). It is when Nath and I will send an escort with you.” Another given to the Embassy of India to shoot down the planes. Had was awarded his second MVC. Canberra escorted Nath to protect him in China. It brings more light India extensively used its Air But sadly, history can’t be while he was taking pictures of Daulat Beg on the reconnaissance work Force, what could have been dif- rewritten. Needlessly undemocratic Oldi (DBO) at the edge of the Aksai Chin done by the 106 Squadron ferent? We would have proba- (The writer is an expert on in Ladakh. before (and during) the war. bly won the 1962 war. India-China relations) Should digital platforms have their users uniquely linked to their identities with the Government? t is a matter of serious conjecture whether S O U N D BITE technology, particularly the internet, has been Virat Kohli is the most Great scripts are the ones that The UN is saying a firm no to We may argue, we may important man in Indian make great movies. Research hatred of any kind and will agree, or we may not agree. Igood or bad for democracy. There is little cricket, we will listen to him. about the subject matter of the continue to focus on real But we cannot deny the doubt that the internet, especially social Mutual respect will be there, film is important to understand problems of people at this essential prevalence of media, has opened up a floodgate of opinions. opinions will be there. the nuances of the role. time of turbo-charged change. multiplicity of opinion. Traditional gatekeepers and voices have been BCCI chief Actor UN Secretary-General Former president swamped under the tsunami enabled by plat- —Sourav Ganguly —Kalki Koechlin —Antonio Guterres —Pranab Mukherjee forms like Twitter. At a level, it is not bad that the thought control, which the powers that be sought to maintain on the public, was through the media. This marked the end of access jour- L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR nalism and allowed the public at large to ques- Tough times ahead ment and the existing tion the dominant media narrative. However, it also allowed stupid, silly and often The UN, its role and challenges Government staff were to strict- ly follow the two-child family downright dangerous ideas to gain prominence. It further gave oxygen to con- Sir — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) he United Nations (UN) charter came into existence norm. Assam Finance Minister spiracy theories that had long been buried under the sand. And worst, the rise chief Amit Shah seems to have a in 1945 and since 1948, the UN day is celebrat- Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was of social media led to the rise of hate speech and abuse online. The challenge hand on the pulse of the voters. His ed by all member states on October 24. After the pushing for the population poli- prediction — that his party will win cy to be adopted, recently said, Governments and courts across the world are facing is how to cut the negative Tworld was ravaged by World War-II, the necessity of hands down in Maharashtra — a robust and widely-accepted peace-keeping body was “While the State’s population elements of social media and the internet without attacking the fundamentals of seems to be as good as that of four felt by global leaders. It is from here that the UN grew rose by 46 lakh from 2.66 crore free speech. One must understand that across the world, freedom of expres- out of six pollsters, who are giving from strength to strength to encompass 193 nations in 2001 to 3.12 crore in 2011, a the saffron combine more than 200 preliminary analysis has shown sion does not include the right to abuse and spread lies. India is no exception, today. India became a member of this body in 1945 seats. If the exit polls are anything and its bid for a permanent membership of the UN that it has increased by one crore which is why the Supreme Court is hearing a petition to link online identities with to go by, though they are known Security Council (UNSC) is gradually gathering in 16 years between 2001 and a Government-approved offline identity. This is exactly what happens in China to be wrong in the past, Devendra momentum with four of the five members in our sup- 2017. This increase is not only where every online persona has an identifiable individual behind it. However, free Fadnavis, Prime Minister port. Promotion of peace and cooperation along with alarming but also unacceptable.” Narendra Modi’s handpicked Chief prevention of war are the key functions of the body. The alarming increase in pop- speech advocates have argued that doing so will ruin the essence of the inter- Minister, is due for a second com- Issues related to climate change, refugees and ulation was due to the early mar- net. That said, one must not forget that unlike the US, the Indian Constitution ing. Fadnavis had already set the migrants, doing justice to member nations, uphold- get — in 2017, it contributed more than $10 billion riage in communities living in char does not guarantee absolute freedom of speech. There is another problem: Will record of becoming the first Chief ing democratic principles, tackling global health crises, to the UN, roughly one-fifth of the organisation’s entire (riverine), tea gardens and tribal Minister in Maharashtra to com- prevention of violence against children and women rank budget. With the Trump Administration considering a areas. Girls in these areas marry the linkage of offline identities to online profiles violate the right to privacy that plete a full five-year term in near- high on its agenda. cut in its contribution, the UN is faced with a tricky between 14 and 16 years, while the top court itself guaranteed a few months ago? ly 50 years. However, the world body is not immune to criti- situation. As many as 64 countries owe approximate- boys have been found to be mar- The fact is that for an overwhelming majority of people in India, this will make That said, if the results indeed cism. The main grouse against it is that it is facing ly 10,000 thousand crores to the UN until October 4. rying between 16 and 20 years. reflect the exit polls, the more sig- the worst liquidity crunch in its history, according to India, thankfully, has paid all its dues. Thus, the reason for the alarming little or no difference. Most people have little to hide. Besides, the Government nificant takeaway is for the its Secretary General António Guterres. The US is Ganapathi Bhat increase in population being early already verifies mobile phones and bank accounts through Know Your Customer Opposition. Rarely in recent responsible for a significant portion of the UN’s bud- Akola marriage, the Government must Indian democratic history has the strictly implement existing rules to (KYC) norms. Some, however, are deeply upset with the idea that the Government electoral contest been as one- forestall early marriage among is considering this, even though they themselves recognise that there has been sided as it is now. A strong have enjoyed a more assertive role Learn from Assam children. It may be recalled that people. Taking a cue from Assam, a proliferation of hate speech and fake information online, let alone the constant Opposition party at the Centre and a larger maneuvering space in September 2017, the Assam the Central Government, too, can barrage of abuse that women face on the internet. But the longer one studies can certainly change the way in the Opposition bloc. Many Assembly had passed the implement this idea. politics is being played out in the parties would have dared not dis- Sir — In a landmark decision that “Population and Women TK Nandanan the problem, there appears to be no middle path. It will be an interesting case national theatre. The BJP could count the Congress’ ability to take will bring great changes in the Empowerment policy of Assam,” Chennai for the judges of the apex court to consider and one that will be closely moni- have faced a tougher Opposition on the BJP in these tough times. social milieu, the Assam Cabinet which specified that candidates tored across the world not just by judicial systems but also by tech companies. headed by a strong national party. J Akshobhya has decided to deny Government with two children would be eli- Send your feedback to: And the Congress, too, could Mysuru jobs to people with more than two gible for Government employ- [email protected] HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com 07 FIRSTCOLUMN analysis Hurdles in POINTCOUNTERPOINT INSTEAD OF THE SIX-YEAR CLAUSE, IF PEOPLE ARE BOTH THE NRC AND CAB SHOULD BE SCRAPPED. WHY Ayushman Bharat COMING HERE, THEY SHOULD SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT DOES A PERSON NEED TO PROVE HIS IDENTITY AFTER AND CAN BE GIVEN CITIZENSHIP POST VERIFICATION. 70 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE? There are questions that don’t have to be answered — WEST BENGAL BJP GENERAL SECRETARY —TMC SECRETARY GENERAL now in detail but clarifying a vision is important to SAYANTAN BASU PARTHA CHATTERJEE stakeholders who are going to make investments End food wastage, feed millions RAJEEV AHUJA ormer Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya considers India produces enough food to meet the needs of its entire population, yet it is unable to Ayushman Bharat (AB) to be one of the major successes of the provide nourishment to starving women and children due to criminal wastefulness FNarendra Modi Government. Obviously, he has in mind only one of the AB pillars, that is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) which entitles free hospitalisation benefits of up to `5 lakh every year to nearly 11 crore vulnerable households. PMJAY has been able to treat nearly 50 lakh people at an average cost of `17,000 per treat- ment in its first year. The other pillar of AB relates to Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) aimed at providing comprehensive primary care and serving as a platform for integrated delivery of various services. The Government plans to develop 150,000 HWCs across the country by 2023. This pillar hasn’t met with the similar success as the PMJAY. Till now, the Government has been able to develop 20,000 HWCs and aims to have at least 40,000 HWCs functional by the end of this MOIN fiscal year. However, not much is known or discussed about their QAZI performance. ndia is booming but its children are starving. Both the components of the AB are at an early stage of imple- Here is a remarkable tolerance of inequity and mentation but the PMJAY is moving faster and has greater political Ihuman suffering. Despite the spectacular traction. But it’s the HWCs that are considered a high priority by some strides made in economic growth and the techno- experts, so much so that they call them the foundation on which the logical boom, the country still continues to strug- PMJAY stands. Regardless of how AB is conceptualised, both the gle to attain freedom from hunger. It is bearing wit- pillars need a few years before one can start talking about their “suc- ness to a triple burden of malnutrition — the coex- cess” as it not only depends on numbers but also sustainability. Both istence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficien- cies and overnutrition. are still evolving and will undergo significant technical refinements India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to over the years. With the PMJAY, it is easy to show “quick wins” as 102nd in 2019 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), the Government is giving free entitlements to the needy and offer- with the increase in prevalence of wasting (low ing a scope for additional revenue to hospitals. But the real success weight for height) among children under five con- of the programme lies in getting it stabilised. A year of implementa- tributing the most to the country’s poor perfor- tion has given rise to various distortions which need to be addressed mance. Over a longer-term horizon, the fall in the as the programme advances. Following are the four key distortions: country’s rank is sharper: From 83rd out of 113 INDIA NEEDS TO First, higher income States like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and countries in 2000 to 102nd out of 117 now. India is the lowest ranked South Asian country, even MOBILISE Karnataka have benefited disproportionately more than the poorer LARGE-SCALE States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The reasons for behind Pakistan, which is ranked 94th. India accounts for more than three out of 10 INVESTMENTS IN this distortion are not difficult to understand as the poorer States have stunted children globally, largely owing to a lack COLD STORAGE lower levels of awareness and they also have fewer hospital beds of good quality food, poor care and feeding prac- METHODS, in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. As per a National Health Authority (NHA) tices, inadequate water, sanitation and health ser- REFRIGERATED survey, only 10-15 per cent of the population is aware of the pro- vices. Other than increased susceptibility, the TRANSPORT AND hunger impede children’s ability to grasp ICDS and the PDS. tain an emergency buffer. The cruel truth, gramme in Bihar while in Tamil Nadu awareness is as high as 80 chronic impact of long-term malnutrition in OTHER even basic skills and they fail to devel- The tragedy is that India produces however, is that most of the produce is per cent. Getting the message out to beneficiaries is easy but increas- human and economic terms is well-known. LOGISTICS TO op to their full cognitive potential. Even enough food to meet the needs of its left out in the open, vulnerable to rain ing the number of hospital beds is hard. The Government is yet to Undernourishment is highly damaging to children MODERNISE ITS though India has a host of schemes to entire population and has at its dispos- and attacks by rodents or stored in announce an incentive package for private hospitals to boost avail- and overshadows their childhood, impairs their fight hunger, structural deficiencies have al arable land that has the potential to makeshift spaces, covered by tarpaulin mental and physical development and damages the FOOD SUPPLY left a large number of poor in the coun- produce food surplus for export. Yet, it sheets, thus increasing the chances of ability of beds in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. CHAIN. APART Most big corporate hospitals have been empanelled under PMJAY. country’s economic prospects. try at a risk of malnourishment. is unable to feed millions of its people, spoilage. Several countries are now Malnutrition threatens a child’s physical as well FROM THIS, A There is also growing evidence of the especially women and children. As you using metal grain silos to guard against This is surprising, given that these hospitals are designed to serve as mental well-being for many years to come. For STRONG WILL BY benefits to mother and infant if breast- trudge through the mire of any fungus attacks on the grain stock. the creamy layers of society and high-paying international medical many children, chronic malnutrition begins in the THE POLITICAL feeding is initiated within one hour of Government-run food auction yard or Added to the wastage of food, there tourists. They are not suited for providing “affordable” care which womb, with 20 per cent having a low birth weight. CLASS AND AN birth. This ensures skin-to-skin contact, wholesale food market, you will find piles is a depletion of precious resources is the focus of PMJAY as these rates wouldn’t be profitable even if As 90 per cent of our brain develops in the first IMAGINATIVE which is important in preventing of supposedly fresh produce lying every- involved in its production. According to they are assured of a higher number of patients. PMJAY rates are two years of birth, the quality of nutrition during THINKING ON THE hypothermia and establishing the bond where, rotting in the sun and competing the United Nations, India is estimated to appropriate for hospitals with low-cost structures. It’s no wonder that this stage determines the long-term physical PART OF between the mother and baby. It also with mangy dogs and scampering mice use more than 230 cubic kilometres of big hospitals have been complaining about the reimbursement rates. health, learning ability and future productivity. POLICY-MAKERS reduces a mother’s risk of post-partum for attention. A lack of education on post- fresh water annually, for producing food Given that more than 50 per cent of PMJAY empanelled hospitals Undernourishment can lower a child’s IQ, increase ARE NEEDED haemorrhage, one of the leading causes harvest practices often results in poor items that will be ultimately wasted. To are private, they have a strong bargaining power and sooner or later the risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases of maternal mortality. quality control and food being damaged put this into context, this amount of water they will assert it. They will either ask for a hike in reimbursement such as diabetes and heart diseases and reduce pro- Contemporary research has con- during handling. One of the major is enough to provide drinking water to ductivity. firmed the crucial importance of nutri- ways of enhancing food security in India 100 million people every year. Besides rates or opt out or abuse the system, all of which would be detri- Proper sanitation facilities are essential to pre- tion in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. is by simply controlling wastage and this, nearly 300 million barrels of oil used mental. vent child infections on account of related ailments The nutrition provided in the period through better processing and recycling. in the process are also wasted. Third, instances of fraud and corruption are a distortion too. like diarrhoea and pneumonia, which impair nutri- between conception and the child’s sec- Imagine a land mass greater than Reforming the faltering PDS which Despite heavy reliance on technology in controlling them, such ent absorption. Fortification of staple food vehi- ond birthday is critical for its optimum China. Now imagine that land is only supplies subsidised grain to the poor and instances have surfaced in the first year itself. The NHA has con- cles such as flour, salt, oil and milk is now being cognitive and physical development. used to produce food. Then suppose all modernising other areas, such as com- firmed over 1,200 cases of fraud that forced it to take action against seen as a crucial component for tackling food and Breastfed infants are more likely to the crops and produce from those 2.5 bil- puterisation of outlets and satellite con- 340 hospitals. Any scheme that suffers from leakages loses credi- nutrition security as well as child malnutrition. have better physical and mental health, lion acres are not eaten and left to rot. trol over the movement of transport vehi- bility and eventually loses Government support, too. Although, the Since several staple foods produced, procured and well into adulthood. Imagine all of that — and you get an idea cles can go a long way in plugging the NHA’s graded response includes levying penalty, de-empanelling hos- consumed in the organised sector are not easily Much less investment is required to of the amount of food the world wastes leakages of foodgrains for the poor. pitals, naming and shaming the fraudsters, it needs to prevent it through amenable to fortification, the Government must maintain adequate nourishment for every year. It is almost a third of the In recent years, numerous initiatives mandate the use of fortifiable commodities in all children than is required to repair bro- world’s total food supply. and interventions have been undertak- better use of technology as well as higher deterrence by hiking penal- its food-based schemes, including the Mid-Day ken children. A package of basic mea- The Food Corporation of India en by the Government and local and ties. Meal Scheme (MDMS) in schools, the Integrated sures — including programmes to (FCI) was set up in 1964 to offer impe- international actors to target food loss Last but not the least, an overarching vision and goal of the pro- Child Development Services (ICDS) and the Public encourage mothers to exclusively breast- tus to price support systems, encourage and wastage across the agricultural gramme is yet to be defined. Further, from a policy perspective a Distribution System (PDS). feed their children for up to six months, nationwide distribution and maintain value chain. The Government is seeking few important questions remain unanswered. For example, will the The full impact of the various interventions fortifying basic foods with essential vit- sufficient buffer of staples like wheat and to streamline and modernise agricultur- informal economy (non-poor) households be brought under the fold can be amplified if we adopt a multi-sectoral and amins and minerals and increased cash rice but its performance has been woe- al value chains, through reformation of of PMJAY? Will it be integrated with other public health insurance integrated approach looking at maternal and infant transfers targetted at the poorest fami- fully inadequate, in comparison to the the PDS to reduce the waste associated programmes in the spirit of one country, one programme? Just like health, water and sanitation, poverty alleviation, lies — can turn the tide. needs of the country. Around one per with the distribution and storage of grain. the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, will there be a gover- and behavioural change communications as inter- Fortification of staple food vehicles cent of the Gross Domestic Product India needs to mobilise large-scale nance structure comprising the Centre and States, that will oversee related challenges. such as flour, salt, oil, and milk is now (GDP) gets shaved off annually in the investments in cold storage methods, this programme? These and related questions don’t have to be No country has ever succeeded in reducing being seen as a crucial component for form of food waste. The FCI has neither refrigerated transport and other modern poverty without having the active engagement of tackling food and nutrition security as the warehouse capacity nor the manpow- logistics to modernise its food supply answered now in detail but clarifying a vision is important to stake- the Government in creating the proper conditions well as child malnutrition. Since sever- er to manage this humongous stockpile chain. Apart from this a strong will by holders who are going to make investments. Both pillars of AB have and opportunities for individuals to rise from al staple foods produced, procured and of foodgrains. the political class to act and an imagina- their respective trajectories, are in their infancy and will take a few poverty. As author Pallavi Aiyar has written in her consumed in the organised sector are not Every year, the Government pur- tive thinking on the part of the policy- years to mature. How well this journey is negotiated by the decision- excellent book Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience easily amenable to fortification, the chases millions of tonnes of grain from makers are needed. makers and those implementing it on the ground will define their suc- of China, “if born rich, it is better to be Indian, if Government must mandate the use of the farmers to ensure that they get a good (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s cess. (The writer is a development economist) born poor, it is better to be Chinese.” fortifiable commodities in all its food- price for their produce, for numerous National Committee on Financial Literacy Studies have shown that malnutrition and based schemes, including the MDMS, the food subsidy programmes and to main- and Inclusion for Women.) Innovation can break stranglehold of plastic Fundamentally, companies need to re-imagine their business models based on the recognition that we cannot continue to FOREIGN EYE produce disposable packaging that is used for seconds but pollutes our planet for generations

to pervade every aspect of our lives? The plastic pollution crisis will marks in reducing, reusing and recy- Though the recent effort of the only be resolved when companies cling. As a priority, the Government Government to end single-use plas- that profit from single-use plastic must first call for the reduction of tic is one more welcome step, declare a state of “peak plastic” and units sold in single-use packaging whether it will succeed in its objec- commit to urgent reductions in the and at the same time encourage HOPE TRUDEAU tive of dissuading the common man amount of single-use disposable investment in solutions focussed on LEARNS A LESSON from it is anybody’s guess. Yet, if the packaging units they sell. An obvi- reusing, refilling and so on, that are Government’s ambitious plan of ous first step is immediately elimi- not dependent on disposables. The voting in national polls KOTA SRIRAJ doing away with single-use plastic nating unnecessary and excessive Ultimately companies need to did not demonstrate any very environmentally-con- works, it may actually pave the way packaging, such as coffee capsules. rethink how products are delivered immediate threat to scious Indian is aware of the for much larger restrictions on the Firms will also need to adopt a pub- to the consumer and this is what the Ethreat that plastics pose to nat- use of all types of plastic. licly available, comprehensive plan to Government must facilitate. In tran- Canadian unity from the ural habitats. Our streets, mountains, This weaning away is vital as the invest in new ways to bring products sitioning from throwaway plastic, grievances of the Prairie lakes, oceans, rivers and even sew- scale of plastic proliferation and the to consumers in reusable and refill- India must visualise replacing virgin Provinces or nationalism in ers are clogged with this non-degrad- harm that it does to the environment, able packaging that is durable, afford- plastic with non-toxic. Recycled and Quebec, both of which are able material that does not get recy- especially to the marine ecology is able and more responsibly pro- recyclable plastic only has a limited permanent features of the cled fast enough, even as more and mind-numbing. The equivalent of a swapping single-use plastics derived or compostable, the fact is that these duced. Many diverse reuse and refill role in addressing the plastic over- more of it continues to be pushed truckload of plastic enters the ocean from fossil fuels with bio-based plastics are as difficult to biodegrade options exist currently and with production problem. However, there political landscape. Nor did into the environment. Though we are every single minute. Once in the plastics that are made from renew- or recycle as conventional plastic. innovation, more could be devel- is no silver bullet, one-size-fits-all it demonstrate a turn away well aware of its detrimental effects, marine environment, plastic breaks able resources like corn, potatoes, One again, corporate profitabil- oped. Fundamentally, companies option for new reusable or refillable from the admirably liberal, yet it is still the most favoured “go to” into smaller and smaller pieces and rice, soy, sugarcane, wheat, and veg- ity is taking the lead over environ- also need to reimagine their business packaging that will be applicable to inclusive and humane item for consumers and manufactur- according to studies, there are an esti- etable oil instead of non-renewable mental responsibility and concerns. models based on the recognition that every company, product or geogra- policies that Prime Minister ers alike. mated 50 trillion plastic particles in petroleum-based resources. Bio- The Government, too, seems to be at we cannot continue to produce dis- phy. Therefore, it is pertinent that fast Quite clearly, environmental our oceans today. These are often based plastics are made by creating sea when it comes to pinning down posable packaging that is used for moving consumer goods (FMCG) Justin Trudeau brought to concerns take a back seat over con- ingested by marine animals, who, plastic polymers from these materi- the exact sources of plastic prolifer- seconds but pollutes our planet for firms and retailers urgently prioritise office in 2015. Let us hope venience and bottom lines. What else then die horribly painful deaths als, through either chemical or bio- ation. Due to this ambiguity, even the generations. investment into the delivery of reuse that Trudeau returns to can explain the fact that despite the because, of it. In response to grow- logical processes. incidence of the recently-banned sin- India must script a re-use revo- and refill options. office chastened and wiser. numerous bans initiated against its ing public concern over convention- Though these are often erro- gle-use plastic is now steadily creep- lution that will eventually transcend (The writer is an environmental use over the years, plastic continues al plastics, many companies are neously promoted as biodegradable ing up. borders and set international bench- journalist) (The NYT editorial) HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 money 08

CAPSULE NON-DISCLOSURE OF WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT BSE seeks explanation from Infosys

PTI n NEW DELHI the stock exchanges that it has not adhering to accounting received anonymous whistle- standards. Leading exchange BSE on blower complaints alleging cer- The letter, addressed to the Wednesday asked Infosys to tain unethical practices and that board, claimed that recent big explain why it did not make a the same have been placed deal wins carried negligible Bajaj Auto Q2 profit disclosure about a whistleblow- before the audit committee. margins and that Roy directed rises 21 pc to er complaint which alleged that Against the backdrop of certain people to make wrong the company's top executives Nilekani's statement on Tuesday assumptions to show margins. Rs 1,523.32 cr were following "unethical prac- and the company's filing to the On Tuesday, shares of NEW DELHI: Bajaj Auto on tices" to shore up profits through bourses a day before, the BSE Infosys plunged over 16 per Wednesday reported 21.23 per irregular accounting ways. has sought clarification. cent on Tuesday, wiping out Rs ‘India may not cent increase in its On Tuesday, Infosys Nilekani had also said the 53,450.92 crore from its mar- consolidated profit after tax at Chairman Nandan Nilekani audit committee has retained ket valuation. The scrip gained Rs 1,523.32 crore in the said the whistleblower com- law firm Shardul Amarchand over one per cent in afternoon second quarter ended plaint dated September 20 had Mangaldas & Co to conduct an trade on the BSE and the NSE. benefit from US- September. The company had been placed before the audit independent investigation into US-based Rosen Law Firm posted a consolidated net committee on October 10. the issue. has said it is preparing a class profit of Rs 1,256.57 crore in There was an undated com- In the letter, dated action lawsuit to recover loss- the same period last fiscal, plaint which has also been submitted Statement attribut- "non-disclosure of the infor- September 20 and signed by es suffered by Infosys investors China trade woes’ Bajaj Auto said in a regulatory placed before the committee. able to Nandan Nilekani, mation about the whistleblow- 'Ethical Employees', it was in the US. filing. Total revenue from One of its board members had Chairman of Infosys Ltd, er complaint", the filing said. alleged that CEO Salil Parikh In 2017, Infosys had wit- PTI n NEW DELHI operations was down 4.09 per received the complaints on wherein it is mentioned that According to the BSE, a as well as Chief Financial nessed a protracted stand- The US-China cent at Rs 7,707.32 crore as September 30, according to Infosys Ltd had received whis- reply from the company is Officer Nilanjan Roy off between its high-pro- India is not likely to benefit compared to Rs 8,036.34 Nilekani's statement submitted to tle blower complaints. awaited. Following reports of engaged in forced rev- file founders and the from the US-China trade ten- trade war has crore in the year-ago quarter, it the stock exchanges on Tuesday. "However, it is observed that whistleblower allegations, the enue recognition previous management sions largely owing to existing prompted some added.Total vehicle sales in the Nilekani had said that both Infosys Ltd has not made any IT major, on Monday, informed from large contracts over allegations of gov- policy barriers to large-scale global second quarter stood at the complaints were placed disclosures under Regulation ernance lapses and production, strict labour laws 11,73,591 units as against companies to before the company's non- 30 of Sebi (LODR) Regulations, That both the complaints were placed issues relating to sev- and difficult land-acquisition 13,39,444 units in the same executive board members on 2015, w.r.t. receipt of whistle- erance package doled process, says an EIU report. diversify their period last fiscal, down 12 per October 11, also the day when blower complaint mentioned in before the company's non-executive out to former The US-China trade war manufacturing cent, Bajaj Auto said. Infosys announced its second the announcement," the com- board members on October 11, also executives, has prompted some global Motorcycle sales were also quarter results. pany said in a filing to the including companies to diversify their base and moving down 13 per cent during the the day when Infosys announced its second "Infosys Ltd vide an bourses on Wednesday. quarter results. ex-CFO manufacturing base and mov- some production period under review at announcement dated October The exchange has sought Rajiv ing some production out of out of China, but 9,84,240 units as compared to 22, 2019, titled 'Statement', clarification from Infosys for NANDAN NILEKANI, Infosys Chairman Bansal. China, but India is unlikely to 11,26,542 units in the same India is unlikely be at the receiving end. quarter a year ago. to be at the Commercial vehicle sales India may lose out on stood at 1,89,351 units as investment to regional peers receiving end compared to 2,12,902 units in because of policy barriers to the second quarter last fiscal, Sensex ends 95 pts higher large-scale production, strict down 11 per cent. labour laws, difficult land- in China. PTI n MUMBAI acquisition and permitting "Brazil, East Africa and processes and a limited num- Bangladesh may also become Equity benchmark BSE Sensex The broader ber of free-trade agreements more attractive manufacturing rose 95 points on Wednesday, NSE Nifty too (FTAs), Sarthak Gupta, destinations than India over led by gains in IT and auto advanced Analyst at The Economist the medium term if their stocks, amid mixed cues from Intelligence Unit (EIU) said. respective policy environ- global markets.After swing- 15.75 points, "While the recent corporate ments continue to improve at ing over 330 points in a chop- or 0.14 per tax cut is likely to improve the a more rapid pace than py session, the 30-share BSE cent, to settle attractiveness of the Indian India's," Gupta noted. Sensex ended 94.99 points, or business environment, we As per the report, even Arvind Fashions Q2 0.24 per cent, higher at at 11,604.10 believe that the country is though India's ranking has net loss at Rs 45.35 cr 39,058.83. It hit an intra-day likely to remain relatively far improved dramatically in the NEW DELHI: Arvind Fashions Hyundai launches high of 39,196.67 and a low of gained up to 2.55 per cent. Tuesday, leaving in doubt his down the list of favoured World Bank's Ease of Doing Ltd on Wednesday reported a 38,866.08. On the other hand, Bharti vow to exit the European manufacturing alternatives to Business index for 2019, and consolidated net loss of Rs The broader NSE Nifty too Airtel, Vedanta, ONGC, RIL, Union by the end of the China," Gupta noted. infrastructure investment has 45.35 crore in the second advanced 15.75 points, or 0.14 Kotak Bank and Yes Bank month. As the US-China trade war increased, acquiring land for quarter ended September 30. anniversary per cent, to settle at 11,604.10. shed up to 3.59 per cent. Elsewhere in Asia, bourses continues to disrupt global large industrial projects The company had posted a HCL Tech was the top gain- According to traders, in Shanghai, Hong Kong commerce, South-East Asia — remains time-consuming and consolidated net profit of Rs er in the Sensex pack, rising domestic investors were cau- Tokyo and Seoul ended on a especially Vietnam and expensive and restrictive 7.08 crore in the edition of Santro 2.93 per cent, ahead of its quar- tious tracking global stocks mixed note. Thailand — has emerged as labour laws. corresponding period of the terly results. after British Prime Minister Equites in Europe were also the leading destination for Besides, obtaining permits previous financial year, Arvind PTI n NEW DELHI Maruti Suzuki, SBI, HDFC, Boris Johnson lost the crucial trading on a choppy note in firms seeking to reduce their and approvals can still be Fashions said in a regulatory Hero MotoCorp and Infosys to Brexit bill timetable vote on their respective early deals. reliance on production bases "challenging," he said. filing. Revenue from Hyundai Motor India Ltd Sportz MT and operations in the second (HMIL) on Wednesday AMT priced at quarter stood at Rs 1,119.45 launched an anniversary edi- Rs 5,16,890 and crore as compared to Rs tion of its compact car Santro 1,209.05 crore in the year-ago priced up to Rs 5.75 lakh (ex- Rs 5,74,890 ‘Housing sales up 16% during Jan-Sep across 7 cities’ period, it added. The company showroom). respectively, the said its board has approved The anniversary edition will company said PTI n NEW DELHI However, Pune witnessed a issue of equity shares up to be a limited edition based on Bengaluru saw a 7 per cent dip in 32 per cent jump in overall Rs 300 crore on rights issue two variants – Sportz MT and HDFC Life Housing sales rose by 16 per housing sales at Rs 28,160 crore from housing sales to Rs 17,530 basis to meet its general AMT priced at Rs 5,16,890 and sary edition will entice our cent in value terms during Rs 30,310 crore during the same crore from Rs 13,275 crore corporate purposes including Rs 5,74,890 respectively, the customers and continue to January-September period of during January-September capital expenditure and company said in a statement. strengthen Santro's legacy on Insurance Q2 this year to Rs 1.54 lakh crore period last year 2018. working capital requirements The limited edition will the pillars of global technolo- across seven major cities, Housing sales in NCR were and to reduce the levels of come gun metal grey wheel gy, stylish design and world profit up 7% according to property con- 2019, rising yearly by 16 per sales worth Rs valued at Rs 24,860 crore till borrowing. In the second cover with black painted door class features." sultant Anarock. cent," Anarock Property 62,970 crore, up September this year as against quarter, the company said, it handles and black outside rear The company said the PTI n NEW DELHI Sales increased to nearly Consultants Chairman Anuj 33 per cent from Rs 21,600 crore in the three continued to make progress on view mirrors, while on the Santro has been developed to 2.02 lakh units during the Puri said. Rs 47,240 crore in quarters of 2018. its stated goal of exiting non- interiors there will be new seat meet the needs of the Indian HDFC Life Insurance period under review from 1.78 "The overall value of units the corresponding strategic emerging brands, fabric and front side AC vents families. It was re-launched Company on Wednesday lakh units last year, it added. sold in the corresponding period of 2018. reducing exposure to long with aqua teal inserts, it added. last October in a new avatar posted 7.5 per cent rise in "Despite depressed con- period of 2018 was approx Rs Bengaluru saw a 7 per payment-cycle customers and Commenting on the launch, after the previous version of standalone net profit to Rs sumption sentiment, the top 1.33 lakh crore," he added. cent dip in housing sales at Rs aligning primary sales more HMIL National Sales Head the model was discontinued in 308.69 crore for the second seven cities saw homes worth In value terms, the Mumbai 28,160 crore from Rs 30,310 closely with secondary sales. Vikas Jain said: "The anniver- December 2014. quarter ended September 30. about Rs 1.54 lakh crore sold Metropolitan Region (MMR) crore during the same period The company's net profit in the first three quarters of topped the list with housing last year. in the year-ago period stood at Rs 286.98 crore. Amazon India, Rlys tie up on Total income of the insur- ance firm rose to Rs 8,661.56 crore from Rs 7,902.10 in the IIFL Securities transport of e-commerce packages same quarter a year ago, HDFC Life said in a regula- Dr Reddy's recalls all its ranitidine Q2 profit PTI n BENGALURU improvement in speed for tory filing. PTI n NEW DELHI The recall has been initiated ground transportation of its The asset under the man- at the retail level for over-the- before tax Amazon India on Wednesday packages and increased relia- agement of insurance firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories on counter products and at the announced that it has part- bility for packages transported rose to Rs 1.3 lakh crore. Wednesday said it has initiated consumer level for prescription drops 33 pc nered with the Indian Railways through the railways network, "We have delivered strong a voluntary nationwide recall of products of all of its ranitidine for apilot programme to carry it said. performance across all key all its ranitidine medications sold medications sold in the US due PTI n NEW DELHI out inter-city transport of e- With the initial learnings, metrics and have continued in the US due to contamination to confirmed contamination commerce packages. Amazon India is working with to sustain our profitability. with probable cancer causing N- above the permissable levels. with NDMA above levels estab- IIFL Securities has reported Amazon India would trans- the Railways to build an e- Despite a challenging macro- Nitrosodimethylamine NDMA is classified as a lished by the USFDA, Dr Reddy's a 33 per cent plunge in its port customer packages with commerce transportation environment, we have grown (NDMA). probable human carcinogen said in a filing to the BSE. profit before tax at Rs 48.6 the Railways on three routes in the e-commerce industry product that would enhance by 35 per cent on individual The recall started on based on results from labora- This recall follows the crore for the July-September from New Delhi to Mumbai, to enable the Railways build capacity planning, contract weighted received premium, October 1 after the United tory tests. NDMA is a known USFDA's caution note alerting quarter of the current finan- Mumbai to New Delhi and an e-commerceproduct for paymentmethods, infrastruc- compared to industry growth States Food and Drug environmental contaminant patients and healthcare pro- cial year. New Delhi to Kolkata, the freight transport via rail, the ture and security of freight of 11 per cent," HDFC Life Administration (USFDA) and found in water and foods, fessionals that NDMA was In comparison, the com- company said in a press release. release said. movement viathe rail network, Insurance Managing Director found the presence of NDMA including meats, dairy prod- found in certain samples of pany had posted a profit The partnership is the first The company has seen the release said. Vibha Padalkar said. in certain ranitidine products ucts, and vegetables. ranitidine, it added. before tax of Rs 72.32 crore in second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company's total rev- enues declined to Rs 184.86 IMF sees Indian economic growth rebounding to 7% next fiscal crore in the quarter under review from Rs 244.05 crore PTI n SINGAPORE process and structural reforms in the same period preceding The recent tax cuts, government's more generally because India fiscal. The International Monetary has a potential enormous "The broking industry has Fund (IMF) sees Indian eco- progress in addressing lingering demographic dividend over been facing headwinds for nomic growth rebounding to weaknesses in the financial sector and the next couple of decades the last few months. We have around 7 per cent in the next measures to support growth sectors through which about 150 mil- seen a steep decline in the financial year, supported by lion people will be entering the volume and price of small- measures like monetary policy are seen as factors underpinning workforce, he pointed out. and mid-cap stocks, which stimulus and corporate income growth in the near term, Ostry said “We consider services as an affected retail sentiments," tax cuts. important source of growth IIFL Securities Managing “We see the Indian economy tainties, the stresses in the trade partnership agreement. and productivity to enhance Director R Venkataraman rebounding from our projected non-bank financial sector, Much greater attention to investments in the period said in a statement. 6.1 per cent growth this fiscal (and) stresses in the rural sec- integration type issues is essen- ahead,” he underlined. "Post the reform measures year to something like 7 per cent tor, among others," he said. tial to sustain growth in south India's success in the service announced by the govern- in the next fiscal year (2020). We Asked about the Regional Asia, he said, adding "This sector has been especially ment, we are optimistic that see the factors that will support Comprehensive Economic needs to include not only goods remarkable as its share of the the market will pick up in the growth, including monetary pol- Partnership (RECP), which trade, but more importantly world's information and com- second half of the financial icy stimulus, working their way India is reportedly cautious to services trade - which could munication technologies ser- year," he added. through the pipeline,” Jonathan sign as the multi-lateral trade provide a substantial engine of vice exports almost tripled in IIFL Securities primarily Ostry, Deputy Director, Asia lingering weaknesses in the Talking about the slowdown "There wasn't a single cause pact negotiations are widely growth for India and other a decade, from 6.3 per cent in offers advisory and broking Pacific Department at the IMF, financial sector and measures to in Indian economy in recent for the slowdown… there were expected to be concluded in the south Asian economies going 2000 to 17.8 per cent in 2010, services, financial products told reporters. support growth sectors as seen quarters, he said: “indeed (it) many different causes at work coming months, he under- forward,” said Ostry. recording the largest increase distribution, institutional The recent tax cuts, govern- as factors underpinning growth took many of us by surprise, including corporate and regu- lined the importance of having There is a need to take steps globally for the sector, accord- research and investment ment's progress in addressing in the near term, Ostry said. including the IMF. latory environmental uncer- services included in the free- to invigorate the deliberation ing to the IMF report. banking services. 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Thursday October 24, 2019 CELEBRITIES CREATING A Fashion has long been the apple of people's eye, commoners and celebrities alike. But it is fascinating to see a shift from celebrities

creating their clothing line to part from spreading the glitz ical-free products to solve their problems. and glam of the movie and I feel a deep sense of responsibility makeup and healthcare music industry, celebrities towards the environment and worldwide have also taken up Mamaearth, as a brand, resonates that,” products, finds spearheading other businesses says Shilpa Shetty Kundra. A as well. The fashion industry “I always had this thought and dream ANUSHKA PRADEEP seems to top the ‘go-to’ list of ventures for more than anything to start a beauty several top-notch celebrities. Some of the brand. Right from the time I started as a famous brands are Be it Fenty by model, make-up has always been some- Rihanna, Ivy Park by Beyonce, Draper thing I have understood, I played with it a James by Reese Witherspoon, Good lot and I experimented a lot. It was just American by Khloe Kardashian or brands natural progression,” Katrina said about like Nush by Anushka Sharma, Rheson by foraying into the make-up industry. Kapoor sisters — Sonam and Rhea and It is to be seen if Katrina’s products will Style Cracker by Alia Bhatt here in India. be able to compete with the other existing Dutee is first The biggies across the world seem to be and established products. taking their love for beauty a step further When we speak about surviving the by launching full-fledged make-up and competition, the face of the product and Indian lesbian healthcare collections taking advantage of their promotions go hand-in-hand. the brand they have built over the years. Keeping this mind and to address a larger Internationally, several celebrities like audience, the actress collaborated with Rihanna, Kylie Jenner, Gwyneth Paltrow, South ‘Lady Super Star’ Nayantara to pro- athlete to feature Drew Barrymore and Eva Mendes, mote her brand. Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba, Salma Hayek While commoners find the marketing and others boast of their own range of aspect of their product the hardest, on Vogue cover makeup and healthcare products. celebrities seem to have this aspect cov- Kylie Jenner’s triumphant crowning as ered with ease. “This makes the category ce sprinter Dutee Chand took to the Forbes Highest Paid Woman through of fashion brands particularly well suited Dutee Chand Instagram to share a her multi-million cosmetics line is just for celebrities. Depending upon the has added photograph of the cover one in the laundry list of celebrities who celebrity, the core target for the brand another page of Vogue where she are creating their own products. would overlap with the fan-base of the feather to her can be seen sporting an Celebrities often represent someone celebrity itself,” says Samit Sinha, brand A wings by H&M ensemble else’s product while they are on screen to expert and managing partner at becoming the Vogue designed by Suket Dhir. emerge in a glitzy, celebrity-approved Alchemist Brand Consulting. India Sportsperson of Earlier this year, avatar. Indian superstars are now getting “Celebrities we see today are more the year 2019. Cosmopolitan had also savvy and are catching up with the conscious and aware of the brand or line Just over a month ago, featured Dutee on their celebrity make up and health care retail they represent. This is especially the Chand was awarded digital cover for July, trend. This means not simply being the case with those who endorse beauty Gold in 100 metres at soon after which she face of a product, but banking on their and skincare products. When the the World University became the first Indian Celebrities we see today names and business acumen to spin off a commonfolk use the products Games in Naples, mak- sportsperson to openly are more conscious and company. Joining the ranks of Sunny endorsed by celebrities they ing her the first-ever declare that she's in a aware of the brand they Leone, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Lara find themselves moving a step Indian woman track and same-sex relationship. represent. This is especially Dutta Bhupathi, who have their names on closer to their celebrity. field athlete to do so, Several high profile makeup and skin care lines respectively, is Hence, celebrities feel setting her record clock- celebrities commended the case with those who Kay by Katrina. responsible toward the ing 11.32 seconds. While Dutee on various plat- endorse beauty and skincare The most sought-after model and brands they choose to repre- she experienced a lot of forms including the products. When the actress has launched her make-up line sent,” says Sachin Dakoji, pressure with her life on immensely popular talk- commonfolk use the products ‘Kay by Katrina’ recently which included a celebrity hair and the field, a bigger ordeal show host Ellen endorsed by celebrities they range of cosmetics from lip crayons to eye makeup artist, cre- faced by Dutee was that DeGeneres. liners, making it accessible to all levels of ative head of of keeping her identity A small-town girl find themselves moving a step people, be it pricing or its availability in Manea group hidden all through her born in Chaka Gopalpur closer to their celebrity. the market. of Salons. life up until this year in Odisha to a family of Hence, celebrities feel While businesses may be used to com- when she finally decided cotton weavers, Dutee's responsible toward the brands peting with other stores in their niche, the to step out of the closet ultimate aim is to bring celebrity retailer is becoming a force to be when she became the home the gold medal for they choose to represent reckoned with. They have name the India's first-ever openly India in the 2020 Tokyo SACHIN DAKOJI recognition, the financial backing lesbian athlete in India. Olympics. — PNS and — not to be underplayed — social media followings that give them a direct line to their potential customers. Former Miss Universe and actress Lara Dutta announced the launch of her skincare range, Arias, in early 2019. Similarly, Sunny Leone’s brand, Starstruck, came into being with the aim of creating a line which provides audience with long lasting good quality makeup products, in the year 2018. This demand to pursue an altogether different field depicts the willingness of celebrities to experiment with their career choices and cater to the needs of the pub- lic through their products speaks of their openness to taking risks. Shilpa Shetty also contributed her bit by investing in a line of natural and organic healthcare products for the whole family with Mamaearth. “I am happy to be representing a brand that understands the worries and strug- gles of parents and is heavily invested in creating natural and non-toxic and chem-

Shawls have Celebrating the always been a Till date, our target audience are celebrities and business- mark of royalty men. Now, we are planning and respect JEWEL OF KASHMIR to take the product to others by collaborating with other that an ashmina shawls, Delhi and the shawls from private players, such as the pride of Kashmir. The quality of individual Kashmir, have Kashmiri shawls is high corporate companies, and always been the compared to other parts of incorporate these shawls into receives from P sign of royalty India. Pashmina is not for their gifting culture and the affluent. everyone as it is expensive. Most of the rare Pashmina The product is designed for many. The shawls are stored in muse- kings and businessmen. My VARUNA ANAND ums for future generations. husband encouraged me to pride of owning In her first exhibition in the start the business in 2011,” gift from the kings to their city, The Splendor of Varuna Anand told The guests. She shared, “The a Pashmina Kashmir, textile designer Pioneer, talking about her minimum cost for a Varuna Anand is showcas- all-India tour to promote Pashmina shawl is about shawl only ing the various types of the shawls. Rs 10,000. Some costs thus continuing the legacy.” the exhibition had no prop- our target audience are handlooms made by the The uniqueness of the around lakhs. The product Even with the reputation er audience to appreciate. celebrities and businessmen. takes the craftsmen from Jammu and handicraft comes from the is very expensive but you that Pashmina shawls have, The main reason is the Now, we are planning to take Kashmir, thereby highlight- fact that the wool used to can see the difference not many turned up for the price of the product. Com- the product to others by col- honour a step ing its rich cultural heritage. make the shawl is derived between Pashmina material three-day exhibition in the mon folk can hardly afford laborating with other private “I studied textile design- only from a particular ani- and other products. The city. This exclusive collec- shawls that range from Rs players, such as corporate further, reports ing in Delhi and used to mal which lives only in shawl is known to become a tion along with other wide 10,000 to some lakhs. With companies, and incorporate make sarees. After my mar- Ladakh region. Varuna said family heirloom in many range of hand embroidered such exorbitant rates, when Pashmina shawls into their V SATEESH riage, I moved to Kashmir that the kings of Jammu households where women and hand-woven shawls asked about how she plans gifting culture. We are doing where I noticed the differ- and Kashmir always loved inherit Pashmina shawls made by master craftsmen to cater her products for our best to reach out to as REDDY ences between the shawls in the shawls and used to be a from their mothers-in-law of Jammu and Kashmir at everyone she said, “Till date, many people as possible.” 10

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Hyderabad Thursday October 24, 2019 tollywood Life in a metro for ANAND DEVERAKONDA Vijay Deverakonda is known for playing roles that steer off the typical Tollywood hero image. His brother, Anand, is also trying to go off the beaten track and leave a mark, finds NAGARAJ GOUD in a one-on-one conversation with director Damodara Attada

nnounced during Dasara, Anand Deverakonda’s next with debutant Damodara Attada will go to sets next month-end. A comedy A thriller, the duo of Vijay Buzz around Mattapally and Pradeep Errabelly will be producing it under Tanga Productions LLP banner. Speaking to The Pioneer, Attada said that the film is packed with a lot of humour while Jr NTR-Atlee also dealing with a social issue. “I drew inspiration from observing the society and penned it into a comedy thriller. All the characters will be I watched Dorasaani and was left impressed with Anand’s relatable. Anand will be seen as a film gets louder government school teacher and the acting skills. I met Anand and narrated the story and he film dwells on his personal issues. He agreed to do it. He fared well in his screen test raising our ews about Jr ject might be a reality kind and affectionate will be a young and decent mathe- NTR and Tamil soon. towards me. I haven’t matics teacher with rural roots deal- hopes that he is right for the role. We are planning to filmmaker Atlee “My long time dream helped him on the pro- ing with life in a metropolitan like conduct a workshop for a couple of weeks next month to N in talks for a is to direct a Telugu film. motional front as I was Hyderabad. Around 70 to 80 per cent get his nuances right. possible collab- It is going to happen occupied with the post- of the shoot will take place in oration has been doing soon,” the young Tamil production work of Bigil. Hyderabad, while the rest will be DAMODARA ATTADA, DIRECTOR rounds for the past cou- sensation said at the pro- He told me that Whistle filmed across East Godavari. The ple of years. If the latter’s motional event of Whistle will release in 700 plan is to wrap it up in 45 days in two views on streaming sites. busy with his films later, his father in his screen test raising our hopes statement on Wednesday in Hyderabad on screens here, which is to three schedules,” the Describing how the project took Vardhan Deverakonda remained in that he is right for the role. We are is anything to go Wednesday. Whistle is massive. That is another Visakhapatnam lad Attada, who has shape, the director said, “I knew Vijay touch often asking about my projects. planning to conduct a workshop for a by, then the Telugu dubbed ver- reason for me to consider an MBA degree from Andhra Deverakonda even before Yevade He was the one who suggested that I couple of weeks next month to get his the sion of Atlee’s most antic- making a Telugu film.” University, said. Attada has many Subramanyam. We even travelled pitch this film to Anand. I watched nuances right. Composers Amit pro- ipated Tamil action Whistle, he said, is praiseworthy short films like together for some time and unsuc- Dorasaani and was left impressed. I Dasani, Siddharth Sadashivuni and entertainer Bigil, starring dedicated to women. “It’s Kamalini and Vodka with Varma to cessfully pitched a story to many pro- met Anand and narrated the story Ram Miriyala have already recorded Vijay. Mahesh S. Koneru an action-drama primari- his name that have garnered many ducers in 2015. Though Vijay got and he agreed to do it. He fared well five songs.” will be releasing the film ly that also revolves for Telugu audience here. around football. It deals When the little atten- with women empower- dance at the event allud- ment. I’m an emotional ed to NTR being the hero person in general and as of his Telugu film, Atlee a writer I believe in say- nodded in agreement. ing something to the Priya Varrier in talks “We will come with an society. Atrocities announcement soon. towards girl child stirred Every time I had a me to pen Whistle. I for A1 EXPRESS release in Tamil, Jr NTR believe it will work big ink girl, Priya have been consulted. Priya sir would call me up time in Telugu than Prakash Varrier, liked the film’s storyline and extol the film. Tamil. The emotions will who will be mak- and it’s most likely that she He is a sweetheart resonate with everyone,” ing her Telugu will be the film’s leading and I have enor- he added. W debut with lady. However, an official mous love for Speaking about Vijay, confirmation to this end him.” he said, “I’m nothing Chandrasekhar Yeleti’s next, will be out in a couple of Speaking without Anna (Vijay). He starring Nithiin, has also days,” confirmed a source about Mahesh, made me. I am where I been named in final round close to the development. If he said, “He am because of him.” of negotiations for the lead- Priya indeed comes on has been very — NG ing lady of Sundeep A1 Express. board, she will be seen as a Kishan-starrer hockey player in the film. The movie was announced It’s a full-length role. earlier this month. “The A1 Express, a new-age makers felt that a fresh sports entertainer dotted pairing for Sundeep is ideal with humour, family emo- for the film and so decided tions and romance in equal to approach Priya. Some measure, marks the directo- other names rial debut of Visakhapa- Keeravani's too tnam lad Dennis Jeevan Kanukolanu, who did a series of short films ear- lier. A joint production younger son venture between G. Vishwa Prasad, Abhishek Agarwal, Sundeep Kishan and Daya Pannem, to debut with it will roll in the first week of November. The likes of Murli a whodunit Sharma, Priyadarshi, he first look of Mythri will be debuting as a cinematog- Rahul Movie Makers next, rapher. Ramakrishna Mathu Vadhulara, was Presently in post-production and Srinivas unveiled by Jr NTR on stage, the makers are planning to Avasarala T his Twitter handle on release the teaser shortly. The trio round off the Wednesday. The film sees com- — Satya, Vennela Kishore and supporting poser M.M. Keeravani’s Bramahaji — are the popular NOW, cast, while younger son Sri Simha debut- actors in the film. Hiphop ing as the lead actor, while his Tamizha is older son Kaala Bhairava, a the film’s noted singer, will compose tunesmith. music for the first time. THARUN — NG “Time flies and how! My brothers are all grown up! It gives me immense pleasure to release #Mathu- TURNS TO VadalaraFirstLook featuring Simha @Simhakoduri2302 in the lead role and Bhairi @kaalabhairava7 as the music EDITING director. Wishing them the very best on their debut. fter featuring in guest roles in Mahanati and Good luck to the team! (sic),” Sammohanam, Tharun Bhascker played a promi- Jr NTR tweeted. nent role in Vishwak Sen’s Falaknuma Das, winning According to film’s pro- accolades from all over. As he is now awaiting the ducer, Cherry, who is also A release of Meeku Maathrame Cheptha, which cen- the CEO of Mythri Movie ters around his role, the director-turned-actor has now Makers, the film is a who- turned his attention to editing. Well, at least not on a full dunit laced with a lot of time basis. Impressed with the film Pressure Cooker, humour. “The film has been directed by NRI brothers’ duo of Sujoi and Sushil, well conceived by debutant Tharun decided to cut the film’s teaser, which will director Ritesh Rana. Since be released later this week. The romantic-com- the content and the plot edy features Sai Ronak, Preethi Asrani, Rahul line appealed to us, we Ramakrishna, Rajai Rowan in lead roles. “I decided to back fresh talent liked the film immensely. It talks about the from such newcomers,” he parental pressure that youngsters from said. Besides Simha, first middle class families are subjected to after timers, Naresh Agastya and they complete engineering. It is told in a Athulya Chandra, will be sensitive and hilarious way. I requested the seen in important roles, directors’ duo to let me edit the teaser and while Suresh Sarangam they’ve readily accepted,” Tharun said. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2019 sport 12

In his firstDadagiri media interaction after becoming BCCIunlimited president, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly vows to run the board the way he led Men in Blue during his captaincy days I took over as captain and captained India Captain takes for six years,” Ganguly said referring to, what are widely considered, the dark days Maharaj’s new team of Indian cricket. charge: Ganguly “It’s a similar sort of a situation cricket body, HPCA between where things need to be brought back to 2012 and 2015 when Thakur place, reforms need to be done, huge was its president. becomes BCCI amount of money to be paid to state asso- Dhumal also led a three- ciations so it’s a lot of work,” he added. member ad-hoc committee which was formed to run president Laying down his immediate priorities, HPCA in the wake of Lodha PTI n MUMBAI Ganguly said a call to current skipper Virat panel recommendations to Kohli is in order. reform Indian cricket. He also ormer India captain Sourav “Virat Kohli is the most important has the experience of repre- FGanguly on Wednesday took man in Indian cricket, we will listen to senting HPCA in the BCCI. charge as the BCCI president, easily him. I will speak to Virat Kohli tomorrow, the most high-profile name to head the we will support him in every possible way, Jayesh George, (joint sec- world’s richest cricket board that has whatever he wants,” he said. retary): The 50-year-old has been mired in administrative turmoil “We are here to work for Indian crick- years of experience in cricket for the past three years. The 47-year- et. We will do that to the best of our abil- administration, having been old Ganguly was officially entrusted ity,” he added. Newly-elected BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, center, Secretary Jay Shah, part of Kerala Cricket with the task of heading Indian crick- He reiterated his commitment to left, and Treasurer Arun Dhumal pose for photo during press conference AP Association (KCA) as its sec- et for the next nine months at the improving the domestic cricket structure. PTI n MUMBAI the Gujarat Cricket retary, joint secretary, treasur- BCCI’s General Body meeting here, “The structures are there, the tourna- Association (GCA) since er and most recently the pres- ending a controversial 33-month reign ments are there. In the last three years the CCI president Sourav 2009. He was elected GCA ident. He has been part of the of the Supreme Court-appointed matches have doubled actually. When I BGanguly needs no intro- joint-secretary in September KCA since 2005. Committee of Administrators (CoA). played for Bengal and some of my col- duction but the four other 2013. His appointment as the BCCI’s leagues played for the other states there office-bearers who were elect- Mahim Verma, (vice- 39th President was finalised last week. were about 1000 games to be played at. ed unopposed here on Arun Singh Dhumal, president): His father P C He succeeds C K Khanna, who was the Now there are 2000 games between states Wednesday do. Following is (treasurer): He too hails from Verma has served as secretary interim head of the Board since 2017. and the affiliates. the synopsis of their journey a political family with his of the Cricket Association of “It’s an honour that I have been “So we have to account for it. We have in cricket administration. elder brother Anurag Thakur Uttarakhand (CAU). Mahim, asked to take this role. It’s a new start to make sure the best tournament in the currently being a Minister of 45, himself was CAU’s joint- for the BCCI,” said Ganguly, clad in his country is competitive, and it remains Jay Shah, (secretary): The State (Finance and Corporate secretary for 10 years until India blazer which was given to him important to everyone now because that’s 31-year-old is the youngest affairs). Thakur was removed September when he was elect- during the time he served as India cap- where you get the Kohli’s and MS Dhoni’s, office-bearer in the BCCI. as BCCI president in January ed the association’s secretary, tain. Ajinkya Rahane’s and Rohit Sharma’s of Jay, who is Home Minister 2017. Dhumal, 44, served as soon after the body got BCCI’s “I find myself in a position where Indian cricket,” he said. Amit Shah’s son, has been with vice-president of Himachal recognition. I can make a change and it’s a chal- Former Indian captain Saurav Ganguly takes charge as BCCI’s new President, at board headquarters PTI lenge,” he added. In the meeting that was also a PTI n MUMBAI I decided I will wear it,” he said as scribes reunion of sorts for some of the chuckled. familiar faces associated with the lad in his captain’s navy blue blaz- He will be at the helm for nine months Till I am around, everybody board before the CoA’s institution, er, Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday because the Supreme Court-mandated Kohli is the most important man Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Cpromised a “corruption-free, same- reforms require a cooling off period after will be respected: Sourav Ganguly promises all possible support to captain asserting Jay Shah was made the secretary. for-all BCCI”, a philosophy that, he said, a six-year run as an office-bearer. Ganguly MUMBAI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said the During his tenure, Ganguly will guided his tenure as India skipper from has already been Cricket Association of matter of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future in inter- ‘I am here to make Kohli’s life easier, not difficult’ look to coordinate with old guard such 2000 to 2005. Bengal Secretary and President. national cricket will be addressed but vowed to PTI n MUMBAI the way they have played in the last three as former President N Srinivasan and Elected unopposed to the top position Ganguly couldn’t help but recall the accord the two-time World Cup winning captain to four years,” said Ganguly. ex-Secretary Niranjan Shah, whose in the world’s richest cricket Board, the time he took over as team captain. respect during his tenure. CCI President Sourav Ganguly on Ganguly said he will also sit with the children are now part of the BCCI. bespectacled 47-year-old also gave enough The sport’s integrity was in tatters that Ganguly said he doesn’t now what is in BWednesday called Virat Kohli “the team management which also includes Mahim Verma of Uttarakhand indications that he would run the show the year after the 2000 match-fixing scandal Dhoni’s mind but promised that a player of his most important man in Indian cricket” head coach Ravi Shastri. became the new vice-president. way he wants and is unlikely to be influ- and Ganguly was handed the responsibil- stature will be given respect. and promised the captain all possible sup- “It will be a proper discussion and Former BCCI president and cur- enced. ity of resurrecting it. “It depends on him. You know champions don’t port to make his life “easier and not dif- everything will be mutually discussed but rent junior finance minster Anurag “I will do it the way I know, I will do Resurrection is once again what is finish quickly. I don’t know what’s in his mind and ficult”. be rest assured, we are here to make their Thakur’s younger brother Arun it the way which I feel is best for the BCCI required after three years of administra- what he thinks about his career. So we will deal with After taking charge as the BCCI boss, life easier, not make their life difficult. Dhumal became the treasurer while with no compromise on credibility. tive limbo, incidentally also caused by cor- that you know,” he said. Ganguly said he will be speaking to the Everything is on the basis of perfor- Kerala’s Jayesh George took the joint Corruption-free and same for all BCCI. ruption — the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scan- “He is one of the greats of the game and India Indian skipper on Thursday to discuss the mance,” the BCCI president was clear. secretary’s position. That’s the way I led India and that’s the way dal. is proud to have MS Dhoni over a period of time. way forward. “Performance is the most important “It’s a very young group. We will I will take this organisation forward,” said Ironically, Mohammed Azharuddin If you even sit down and take a note of what he “I will speak to him tomorrow thing and will decide the future of have to do a lot of hard work to under- the man with more than 18,000 interna- was at the centre of the 2000 scandal and has done, you say, ‘Wow, MS Dhoni’,” Ganguly said. (Thursday). He is the most important Indian cricket. Virat is the most impor- stand what’s been going on. There tional runs under his belt. will now be his Board colleague as Legends of the game have often had uncere- man in Indian cricket as captain of India. tant man in the entire context. We will have been no AGMs, no working Hard to miss at his maiden press inter- Hyderabad Cricket Association President. monious exits and Ganguly knows it more than I look it at that way. So we will have a support him, we will listen to him. I have committees in the last three years, so action after taking charge was the India The two former teammates hugged each anyone else how it feels to fight speculations and word with him and as I said we will sup- been a captain myself so I understand. we have no idea how it has been done. blazer that he was wearing. other after Wednesday’s meeting. criticism. port him in every possible way, he wants Mutual respect will be there, opinions and We will take note of everything,” “I got it when I was captain of India “Coincidentally, fortunately or unfor- “Till I am around, everybody will be respect- to make this team the best in the world. discussions will be there and we will do Ganguly said. but I did not realise that it is so loose. But tunately, there was a similar situation when ed and that doesn’t change,” he added. PTI It has been a great team to be honest with what is best for the game.” SINGLES Samson, Dube on line PRAVEEN BAGS GOLD IN WORLD C’SHIP Shanghai: Praveen Kumar on Wednesday became After ODI & T20s, Rohit enters top 10 in Tests the first Indian man to win a wushu World n 18th position, India have finished Championships Gold, beating Russel Diaz of for place in T20 squad PTI DUBAI Philippines in the 48kg category. The Indian saw off the series with five batsmen in the Rajkot and Nagpur, Bangladesh will ohit Sharma has become the top 20. his Filipino opponent 2-1 in the men's sanda event. also play two Tests as a part of the Rthird India batsman to reach Rohit’s player of the series In 2017, Pooja Kadian became the first Indian to be World Championship in Indore and the top 10 of ICC rankings in all effort of 529 runs helped him crowned world champion in wushu after she defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the Kolkata. three formats after a memorable make huge strides from 44th place women's 75kg sanda event. Among other Indians Samson, who recently hit a dou- series against South Africa in before the series. The ‘Hitman’ has in the fray, Poonam (women's 75kg) and Sanathoi ble hundred for Kerala in the Vijay which he donned the new role of held a career-high ranking of sec- Devi (women's 52kg) secured Silver medals while Hazare Trophy, is expected to come Test opener. ond in ODIs (in February 2018) Vikrant Baliyan bagged the Bronze in the men's in but only as second option to Pant Rohit emulated captain Virat and seventh in T20Is (November 60kg category. for the time being. Kohli and retired opener Gautam 2018). “There is no harm if both Gambhir as his knock of 212 in Kohli has been number one in SMITH ELECTED MCC LIFE MEMBER Rishabh and Sanju are there in the the third Test in Ranchi helped all three formats while Gambhir London: Former South Africa skipper Graeme team. They have played together in him advance 12 places to 10th has been at the top in Tests and Smith has been elected an Honorary Life Member IPL also. Rishabh has had limited position in the ICC Test Player T20Is and eighth in ODIs. of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians success in shorter formats but he is Rankings. Fast bowlers Mohammad of the game's law. The MCC took to Twitter to a long-term investment and we Ajinkya Rahane’s knock of Shami and Umesh Yadav have announce the membership. “MCC has today need to persist with him,” a BCCI 116 in Ranchi has helped him ended the series with their high- announced the election of @OfficialCSA legend official privy to developments in equal his career-high rank of est-ever rating points tally. Shami @GraemeSmith49 as an Honorary Life Member of selection committee said. fifth place, achieved earlier in is on 751 points and only one place the Club,” the MCC tweeted on Tuesday. Smith, “At the same time, Sanju is a November 2016. He remains the below his career-best ranking of who has an impressive record in One-Day player with game-changing abilities. third-best Indian batsman in 14th achieved in March 2018, International cricket for his country, scoring 6,989 Keeping World T20 in mind, the terms of Test rankings after Kohli while Yadav is on 624 points, runs including ten centuries, expressed his team management needs to check and Cheteshwar Pujara. three below his best of 21st in July excitement on being bestowed upon the honour. other options also as everyone knows With Mayanka Agarwal in Rohit Sharma congratulates Mayank Agarwal after he scores his first ton PTI 2016. “Thank you @HomeOfCricket and the MCC for this that it’s time to look beyond incredible honour. I have so many amazing Mahendra Singh Dhoni,” the source memories there and I'm excited to share more with added. you in the future,” Smith tweeted. With Kohli not there in the Sanju Samson & Shikhar Dhawan run between squad, Samson is being seen as a WFI TAKES BENTINIDIS UNDER ITS WINGS wickets during India ‘A’ fourth game against back-up batsman but it will be inter- K’taka,TN to play Hazare final New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India South Africa ‘A’ at Trivendrum Sanju/Twitter esting to see if Manish Pandey PTI n BENGALURU rival’s 177 for 9 in a game reduced to 40 (WFI) has brought Bajrang Punia's coach Shako retains his place in the squad that overs due to a late start owing to overnight Bentinidis under its wings by offering him a PTI n MUMBAI played against South Africa. L Rahul hit 88 (111 balls, 6 fours, 1 six) rain and a wet outfield, with an over to contract till the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and also Mumbai all-rounder Dube has Kand shared a century partnership with spare, thanks to an enterprising half-cen- appointed Russian Murad Gaidarov to help out ndia skipper Virat Kohli’s workload now pipped Vijay Shankar as the sec- fellow opener Devdutt Padikkal (92) to tury by the talented M Shahrukh Khan. Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya. Bentinidis was Icould be a topic of discussion while ond choice all-rounder in the short- power Karnataka to a nine wicket over Gujarat couldn’t recover from the early attached with the JSW and the WFI was always Rishabh Pant could have prolific est format, based on big-hitting Chhattisgarh and into the final of the loss of their batting mainstays-Parthiv Patel interested in having the services of the Georgian. Sanju Samson for cover during three prowess. Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday, and Priyank Panchal and could only make 177 Betinidis had refused the offer earlier but was left T20s when the selection committee It is unlikely that the famed wrist where it will face Tamil Nadu, which beat for 9 in 40 overs. with no option but to bow down to the Federation picks the squad for the upcoming spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Gujarat by five wickets in the other semi- Dhruv Raval was the top-scorer with 40 since it was not happy with him and was series against Bangladesh here today. Yuzvendra Chahal will get a look in final. while Axar Patel (37) and tail-ender C T Gaja contemplating getting Bajrang a new coach. Kohli has featured in 48 out of as Rahul Chahar and Washington Chasing 224 for victory, the host (24) were the other important contributors. the 56 games India have played Sundar are set to get another oppor- romped home in 40 overs as Rahul and For Tamil Nadu, medium-pacer M 2 MORE GOLDS IN MILITARY GAMES across formats since October 2018. tunity. Padikkal and then Mayank Agarwal (47, 33 Mohammed with 3 for 33 was the best bowler, Wuhan: India added two more Gold medals to its However, the selection committee K L Rahul, after his good show balls, 3 fours, 4 sixes) toyed with the while Washington Sundar, R Ashwin and leg- kitty with para-athletes Aneesh Kumar Surendran will leave it on Kohli to decide in Hazare Trophy, is likely to retain Chhattisgarh attack. gie Murugan Ashwin (1/33) and T Natarajan Pillai and Virender bagging the top honours in their whether he needs a break or contin- his place in the side. For Chhattisgarh, Amandeep Khare scalped a wicket each. respective events at the seventh CISM World ue playing. Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan (78, 102 balls,4 fours) held fort and Sumit In reply, Abhinav Mukund (32, 65 balls, Military Games. Pillai won the Gold in the disabled There is expected to be serious has been horribly out of form but the Sureshrao Raikar (40, 37 balls, 1 four, 2 3 fours), who has been in good form in the men's shot put IF1 category with a best throw of discussions about rookie Mumbai selectors might continue with him sixes) helped cause with some late hitting league phase and Dinesh Karthik (47, 47 balls, 12.76 metres which he registered in the fourth of all-rounder Shivam Dube, who for one more series. before the innings ended in the final over 5 fours) steadied the ship. his six attempts. Virender added one more yellow might replace an injured Hardik In case there is a question of at 223. However, the loss of three quick wickets metal, when he emerged winner in the men's Pandya for the all-rounder’s slot, pri- dropping Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal While Kaushik finished with 4 wickets, put Tamil Nadu under pressure before disabled shot put IF5 category with a best effort marily based on his big-hitting could be a choice as reserve opener. Mithun (2/44), offie K Gowtham (2/30) and Washington Sundar (27 not out, 43 balls, 2 11.43m. India narrowly missed a Bronze medal in prowess. Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini leggie Pravin Dubey (2/43) were among the fours) and the young M Shahrukh Khan (50 the 25m Center Fire Pistol Men team event after the Apart from the three-match T20 and Khaleel Ahmed are expected to wickets. not out, 46 balls, 3 fours, 3 sixes) took the team trio of Yogesh Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Omkar series which starts in New Delhi on be the three frontline pacers. Tamil Nadu batsman Shahrukh Khan, right, celebrates In the Tamil Nadu-Gujarat encounter, home in style, winning with an over to spare. Singh finished fourth behind Ukraine, Korea and November 3, followed by matches at after scoring fifty during Vijay Hazare game PTI/File Pic the Dinesh Karthik led side chased down the The final will be played tomorrow. China. AGENCIES