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He ernment whether India is able properties located in initiatives to contain the spread Wednesday. suggested that N95 masks still a democracy and cited Tamil Nadu state through of Coronavirus. Ignoring the social distanc- should be supplied to all the thrashing of her son in public auction as illegal, The Atmakur Village lockdown restrictions, curbs are ing norm in the Coronavirus hospitals given the pandem- broad daylight by the police. arbitrary and contrary to Revenue Officer handed over being maintained in many areas crisis, Ravi Kumar came in a ic situation. Someone had Kaveribai alleged that sections 80 and 07 of the notice to TDP office secre- where large gatherings can com- rally with his supporters to sur- recorded his conversation Narsipatnam MLA was Andhra Pradesh Charitable tary Ramani to this effect. The pound the pandemic situation. render before the police. It may and he was suspended on behind the ill-treatment and Hindu Religious insti- notice read, "At present, there is Meanwhile, a petition has be recalled that Ravi Kumar       phone call to the tahsildar May 8 as the clip went viral. meted out to her son and his tutions and Endowments a ban on political events and been filed in the High Court on abused and threatened       and threatened him for release Dr Sudhakar Rao also being sent to a mental health Act 1987. other gatherings in view of the Tuesday seeking orders to file a Ponduru Tahsildar Tamarapalli "   $  of vehicles. However, the tah- alleged that the cops on May institution. The PIL also urged the Coronavirus pandemic. If any case against Telugu Desam Party Ramakrishna with dire conse- %      sildar said he had nothing to 16 took away Rs 10 lakh that She said that if Dr HC to set aside the orders violations of lockdown norms chief Chandrababu Naidu for quences over phone.   do and seized the vehicles. The was in his car and keep bot- Sudhakar Rao's mental con- besides asking the TTD to are found, then you will be eli- allegedly violating lockdown Tahsildar Ramakrishna     audio clipping (phone conver- tles of liquor in his vehicle. dition was not proper, how not make any effort to dis- gible for action under the norms during his journey from and his team visited the   sation between Ravi Kumar “They are saying that I was in could he write a letter to the pose of the properties. The Disaster Management Act 2005." Hyderabad to his residence in Ramasagaram tank and and Ramakrishna) was drunken state but no breath hospital superintendent and petition was filed on behalf As part of the nationwide Vundavalli. seized the vehicles (soil exca-       exposed by tahsildar analyser was used nor blood alleged that the government of one J. Amarnath. lockdown measures, all mass The petition contended that vation vehicles and other $ %    Ramakrishna. sample collected. I was sim- was targeting Dalits. Counsel for the petition- gatherings of social, sports, reli- Chandrababu showed utter dis- machinery) belonging to   &  Based on a complaint from ply referred to the mental She further said that Dr er Y. Balaji will argue the gious, entertainment, academic, regard for preventive measures, Ravi Kumar’s brother for       the tahsildar, police registered hospital,” he said. Sudhakar Rao faced a threat case before a division bench cultural and political nature which forbid mass gatherings indulging in illegal soil min- a case against Ravi Kumar Dr Radha Rani, the super- to his life in the hospital and of the High Court. The PIL remain banned to curb the during the lockdown and acted ing in the tank at Gorinta vil- $   under Sections 353, 506 and 34 intendent of GHMC, did not appealed to the concerned is likely to come up for spread of Coronavirus. Even in a way to add to the risk of a lage on May 16.  '   a few days ago. Suspecting that respond to phone calls made authorities to shift him to hearing before the division though the Centre and State further spread of the highly It may be recalled that TDP   he may land behind the bars, to check the veracity of the another hospital immedi- bench on Thursday. governments eased some of the infectious novel Coronavirus. leader Ravi Kumar made a Ravi Kumar absconded. doctor’s claims. ately. ' %####+&,       *  %( 1B   # - %.  Continued from Page 1 increase the enrolment ratio,” inspected so far notices were Continued from Page 1 The number of active the Chief Minister said. given to 62 schools and of the 

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Very soon, we can see bursement till this quarter dential as self assessment. birth anniversary of the party's ment, taking the cumulative states stood at 219 with 75 children passing out complet- working out to Rs 4,200 crore When the mother goes to the founder-president N T Rama Rao recoveries to 2,057. active cases, it said. ing Board Exam in the natur- benefiting 19 lakh students. school or college to enquire on May 28 every year. However, it al course,” Jagan said. From the next quarter, the about the child’s education if did not organise the annual con- He said that these reforms amount would be credited to she finds any irregularity she clave last year. The party fared stemmed from the agony of mother’s account. This apart can blow the whistle and action badly in the general elections /  # parents and children that they we have Jaganna Vasathi would be initiated, he said. winning just 23 seats in the 175 shared with him during his 14- Deevena where Rs 20,000 The other path-breaking seat AP Assembly. YS Jaganmohan month 3,648 km padayatra would be paid in two instal- reform underway is Nadu Reddy’s YSR Congress Party came $ %#%$ ! 0% where he saw schools in dilap- skilled and bright student ready comprising three pairs of uni- ments towards hostel fees and Nedu programme under Mana to power with landslide victory idated conditions, children not to take on the competitive form, belt, shoes, socks, text this amount will also be cred- Badi. In the first phase of the winning 151 seats. Continued from Page 1 in the High Court prevent- getting books even in the world. and notebooks, and school ited to the mother’s account. In 47,656 educational institutions After the poll debacle, the party ing the State government month of October, ayahs not The incentivising begins bags. The salary of ayahs has the final year of graduation in government, the scheme is also suffered humiliation after The seer said that there is from selling temple land getting their salaries and pend- with Amma Vodi where Rs been increased from Rs 1,000 course, there will be an intern- being implemented in 15, 715 three of its legislators openly sup- no auspicious day to shift anywhere in the state. ing provisions bills for eight 15,000 would be credited to the to Rs 3,000 and after a 20-day ship and the student would and will be completed by July. ported the Jagan-led government. the capital till September. It “If the Simhachalam tem- months or more. “The grief of mother’s account for sending brainstorming the menu, vari- have job orientation course All schools will have nine Four of the party’s Rajya Sabha may be recalled that Chief ple lands issue solved, gov- a father, Gopal, who showed her children to school. In able every day, was finalised. which helps in facing the com- basic facilities including toilets, members crossed the fence to BJP Minister YS Jaganmohan ernment will provide alter- the photo of his child who January, around 43 lakh moth- This was launched as petitive world after coming running water, lights, fan, paint- reducing its strength in the Upper Reddy visited the Sarada native lands to the temple in committed suicide as he was ers were given Rs 6,350 crore Jagananna Goru Mudda on out of college.” ing, compound wall, furniture, House to just two. Peetham and took the bless- lieu of the temples lands and convinced that the parent can- under the scheme benefitting January 21 and the additional He said that to supervise the blackboard and English lab. "The party should focus on the ing of Swaroopanandendra the regularisation fee will be not pay his second year about around 82 lakh children expenditure to the primary school and higher Under YSR Kanti Velugu reasons for faring badly in the polls Swamy on a few occasions. with the authorities,” he Engineering fees has moved from Class 1 to Class 12. “Last Government is Rs 465 crore. school education, the govern- primary screening was held in rather than criticising the govern- Talking to a section of said. me very much,” the Chief year, we did not ask but this “When the child goes to the ment has set up two Regulatory all government and private ment for every action, in the brain- newsmen, Swamy said that The grapevine is that the Minister said. year we will be insisting on 75 next level of college education, Monitoring Commissions schools and 1.29 lakh of the storming sessions," a TDP leader the long pending Executive Capital would not He said that the reforms and per cent attendance of the India stands at a poor 25.8 per headed by two retired judges. 1.58 lakh spectacles were dis- opined. Speaking at the party office Simhachalam temple lands be set up in Millennium incentives are packaged in such children,” Jagan said. cent of Gross Enrolment Ratio The Commissions will oversee tributed free of cost and gov- before the conclave began, former issue Pancha Grama issue Towers as proposed earlier. a manner that the money spent On the reopening day of the with Russia, Brazil and China the facilities in the schools ernment prepared to conduct finance minister Yanamala will also be settled by then. The tentative location is the on the child is an investment as school, this time on August 3, being ahead of us, we will be and colleges and serve notices surgeries to identified students Ramakrishndu said the progress of The swamy and five other Greyhounds compound near the child who enters the school the children would be given providing full fees reimburse- if they do not comply with the and due to Covid -19 the the state came to a standstill dur- seers in the state filed a suit Timmapuram in Vizag city. will come out of college as a Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kit ment to the students to guidelines. Of the 172 schools progress has been slow. ing the past one year. 510R 6  3  #. 4! &# 41(+ -0 "     -0%7  ! 5  !" #$! ")   Continued from Page 1 one-year rule has wrecked ed by over 14,000 TDP Continued from Page 1 to walk anymore. 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The CM also said he has writ- A division bench of Justices The fishes grown in the pond ten to the Prime Minister P B Varale and S D Kulkarni has been her only source of attacks have been reported in the from scratch. Narendra Modi on reopening of on Tuesday said if orders for income to feed a family of four Sundarbans from 2010 to 2017. "Hundred full-grown chick- hotels in the state. On Monday, open, churches and mosques essential items are placed for the last seven years ever since Shiba Sardar (40), another ens and 80 chicks were washed Karnataka had announced open- should also open, there will be through WhatsApp or phone, a tiger killed her husband in tiger widow, who hails from away. The small piece of farm- ing up the temples in the state no restrictions on them." then shop owners can keep Gosaba area of Sunderbans in the creeks of Sunderbans to run saline water which has killed all Satjelia which is often referred to land I have is full of saline from June 1 for devotees, becom- "In our country law is same items packed and people will 2013. the family. It was during a fish- the fishes. It would take a lot of as 'Bidhoba Para' or 'widows water. After the relief distrib- ing the first state to allow public for every one.... but for all this, only have to pick them up. Manjula, commonly known ing expedition that he was money and time to restore the hamlet', said she is scared of ution ends, how will we sur- in shrines eversince the the central government's per- "We suggest that the corpo- as 'tiger widow' or 'bagh-bidob- dragged away by a tiger into the pond for fish farming again," hunger more than any cyclone vive?" she said. Coronavirus- induced lockdown mission is required, we are wait- ration explore the possibility ha', is worried how to run her forests," Manjula said. dejected Manjula said. or dangers of man-tiger conflict. Shiba's younger daughter is was enforced on March 25. ing for it, our efforts are on in this of publishing WhatsApp family as the tidal surge created After much struggle, with More than 100 'tiger widows' A short-time poultry farmer, waiting for her class 10 results, "Temples will open from June direction," he said Yediyurappa's numbers of shops selling by the cyclone has flooded all the the help of an NGO, she was able of the Satjelia block in Gosaba she used to sell full-grown chick- while the elder one is of marriage- 1... for hotels and others we want statement came in response to essential goods in each area." farmlands and ponds in the to use a nearby pond near their area who had lost their spouses ens to meat corporations at a able age. Embankments in the permission from Delhi, from the questions raised in some sections the court said. This will help area, washing away all their one-storey mud-built house for to endangered Royal Bengal profit. Sundarban delta — a UNESCO Prime Minister. I have written a about government announce- citizens to place orders in means of livelihood. breeding of fishes. Tigers of Sunderbans in the last "For us, the fight with nature world heritage site — were letter (and) the expectation is ment on opening temples but no advance for grocery and "After Cyclone Aila, our farm- "But 'Amphan' took away 15 years also have similar stories and wildlife is a regular affair. But breached as the surge whipped up that mostly we will get permis- mention being made about other everyday essentials and land became barren as saline everything. A portion of my of despair to share. what hurts most is that every by the cyclonic storm inundated sion," Yediyurappa told reporters allowing mosques and churches prevent crowding at shop water had entered the fields. My house was washed away and the As per official records, 52 time a disaster hits Sunderbans, several kilometres of the islands here. "Once we say temples can also to reopen. fronts, the bench observed. husband then took to fishing in entire pond is now filled with human deaths due to tiger we have to rebuild everything with saline water.  + !') , -./-0-0   6      'O    M# %     'O   O !2+!  ) ? .## 9    "  $2'6 > !     7   " !   +80                     #     *01)(23      I
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A report by the Niti Aayog        8,$          )   5 5  appears to be the lodestar for the         8  9 *   A89*B   Finance Minster’s presentation. It included suggestions on improving            *01)(23 )    89*   ( farm gate infrastructure, dismantling         5                of APMC and even linking farmers           #         5 S   ( to agri-business directly or through contract farming, among others.      )       P   Q      8,$ Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv                     (( Kumar even said that “the Essential              $   *   Commodities Act” is a hindrance to agri-exports and had called for its     $!              removal way back in 2017. With sev-    =         5    *    ! eral States regulating the stock and secure farmlands. Emergency ing at doubling farm incomes ing, agri-commodity trading The human cost of “liberal- %                     *01) ( supply and various food items being crop and the “feed loan pro- the same way? Well, one spar- and agri-business among others, isation” of farm gate has been     5       9           ( # removed from purview, the said Act gramme”, too, were launched to row does not make a summer. Indian farmers will have no huge. Violence, drug abuse and is vestigial. Even with the spread of help the farmers with interim Consider this: The Committee other option than to be hired in insanity encircle the American $                   %   the Coronavirus, this sector is func- financing. Investments in rural on Economic Development their own farms as was seen in rural towns all along the “dust     9               = S tioning with a pre-Corona agenda. infrastructure and easy loans (CED), in its “An Adaptive the US. History has a strange bowl.” Joel Dyer’s book, Harvest          6  S         New steps though include the grant were encouraged. All such mea- Programme for Agriculture way of repeating itself. Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is of additional funds to galvanise Niti sures are very much similar to of 1962 and Doubling Farmers The Government’s decision Only The Beginning, acts as the 8 #   8   #    S          Aayog’s vision of reforming the agri the economic policy adopted by Incomes” report of 2017 had to open the farm gate and dis- dot-connector between the post- 5 =                     sector and Prime Minister Narendra the Indian Government to tack- presented an ably and careful- mantle regulated APMC man- World War-II reforms and the        D           9    Modi’s announcement of a New le the ill effects of the Corona ly-prepared design, leading to dis will open the doors of agri- current dismal state of American Property Card, which would stand as pandemic. the abandonment of all farm business to Indian farms. farmers. Home-grown militia              S        collateral for loans or advances from Given the extra flow of programmes at the end of five Farmers in the US are at the end movements had led to the                  %    # 5  banks and financial institutions. cash, stressed farmers were quick years. It proposed to “shift cul- of the tunnel. This is where the Oklahoma City bombing in                      =  8   The Government was swift to to buy more land, farm equip- tivators out of the farm to non- Indian Government aspires to 1995. The US farm debt this year link farmers’ lands to banking insti- ment and modernise infrastruc- farm activities” as too many be. In his book, Merchants of stood at $425 billion. Yet, most-  *  9                tutions in a bid to allow more cred- ture. In fact, for some years, the farmers were a problem. Grain, Dan Morgan describes ly large and company farms get   5  )        9      it flow into rural India. The Indian yearly land inflation price over- Post the implementation of the journey of how “market the benefits of relief packages. 9   %   S                Government is unsure about farm took bank investments. Overall, an adaptive land management access for farmers” led to the Meanwhile, thousands of statistics. Does it know how many the business was running good programme, over one million consolidation of elevator shafts American farmers are waiting to             5 S   destitute farmers are connected to the but this ascent was artificially small-medium family-size farms and storage by giant companies. be goaded out of farming again.                     rural banking system? Even if incen- sustained by way of fiscal manip- were lost. Farmer suicides along This was followed by the What started out in the post- 9         =         4  tives are there, can loan subversion ulation. Speculation was high with small and medium farm takeover of farmers’ co-opera- World War as a liberal reform, help them? Can a boost in infrastruc- and credit was being used to re- foreclosures sky-rocketed as tives. All of this culminated into has completely changed    (                 ture or market liberalisation uplift our finance other mortgages. This most farmers were unable to pay a new grain monopoly in the American agriculture to become 5 S     8,$S    D E D          rural sector? caused a financial crash. back their loans. The agrarian US, which now controls 70 per a farming system with minimal                       Maybe the US has an answer. Between 1950 and 1971, real crisis worsened depression cent of the world’s supply chain. farmers. Agriculture was a major industry in farm income decreased from among farmers. They have vocif- Farmers in America have no Currently, India is trying to                     ( America in the era before World $18 billion to $13 billion. 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The final $/*I1 forward posts, to create military asym- sounds odd, it is because the PLA paign, threatening statements through                  ( straw for China was the chairmanship of the exec- metry to gain advantage over the adver- believes that energising or mobilising the State-controlled media, cyber-attacks, utive board of the World Health Assembly by way /#9/-/I* sary in a short or localised conflict. Chinese public is useful for signalling misquoting laws and interpreting them                of which India could take to task both Beijing and &4141 However, it objects strongly and reacts resolve and deterring foreign incursions to its own advantage are all the tricks of         $5         the WHO. China felt threatened by India though A$-505$*' with force to India’s attempts to do the on Chinese interests. The second warfare the trade employed by China.                New Delhi made it clear that it wants to avoid 4*6/ same on its side of the LAC. In the cur- attempts to influence foreign decision- India understands the Chinese D *    ) AD*)B   HHH     power politics. */1-$4/ rent scenario, too, the bone of contention makers and how they approach China brinkmanship very well. India’s stand till   9  # D*)         %   So China soon made India the target of its :54$1#*$-**# is the newly-constructed Leh-Shyok- policy. The third seeks to shape the legal now has been not only politically and                "  “wolf warrior-diplomacy” too. First through Press 5-*I51/*/- DBO Highway, which has not only context for Chinese actions, including militarily correct but aggressive as well.   #      %       2H( statements, harsh articles and accusations of *.1$/*I8 removed the asymmetry but placed building the legal justification for Beijing’s China also understands that its interna-    $  9  %  7  $    ( unfair trade practices. 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It was trying its :/I/1-1-I in Aksai Chin and Karakoram Pass, both It would be of interest to note that about Aksai Chin like it has done in the 6                $5 usual technique of messaging and signalling to $/*I85 of which have become easily accessible both Doklam and the current stand-off case of Gilgit-Baltistan. In geo-strategic #   2G        8  2:  coerce New Delhi, least realising that India had $*-I4*-4* to Indian troops. were synchronised with the important terms China today has many vulnerabil-    = $   5          learnt its lessons well at Doklam. China’s recent I*5%5011/0 That is the reason the Chinese side political meetings of the CCP, which are ities like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet,        *   2?  ( provocations on the Line of Actual Control 1/I* is focussing on the Galwan stand-off, held periodically to critically examine the Xinjiang and the SCS to name a few.                  ( (LAC) have strategic messaging rather than tac- 564*% painting India as the aggressor. In an arti- efficacy of the Government, Xi Jinping India has strengthened its position  ) 9S      ?2 *       tical. These are not the usual summer time intru- /45*K/8 cle, its official Global Times newspaper in the instant case. not only militarily but strategically as well.            )S ( sions and are almost simultaneous. Naku La in 4/9*55-*#* accused Indian troops of crossing over The military strategy of the PLA is Therefore, India needs to stand firm and   #        ) North Sikkim, Galwan Valley in Sub-Sector North into Chinese territory. In typical Chinese based on the famous concept of “winning retain its control over the LAC. The drag- (SSN) and Pangong Tso (PTSO) in the Middle 5* style, they predicted India would regret without fighting.” Even today CCP on has made a mistake this time by dar- ) "            0S Sector of Eastern Ladakh. 4/-1-#1/ its actions. “The Galwan Valley is not like believes in the famous quote of Sun Tzu, ing the tiger. India’s dominant location  "       2@      ) The scuffles had very little to do with border Doklam because it is in the Aksai Chin “To win hundred victories in one hun- in the Indo-Pacific bestows upon it a   HH           disputes because both Naku La and Galwan were region in southern Xinjiang of China, dred battles is not the acme of skill. To strategic advantage which it must not                never disputed by the Chinese earlier. It wanted where the Chinese military has an subdue the enemy without fighting is the lose. The fact remains that both sides       #            to send signals to India that it wants negotiations, advantage and mature infrastructure. So, acme of skill.” Coercion remains the basic need to negotiate an exit strategy and a      #          ( maybe to get out of the global mess it finds itself if India escalates the friction, the Indian philosophy for resolving political differ- beleaguered China — if thinking to use      )      ($5     in, a leverage against the global pandemic inquiry. military force could pay a heavy price”, ences. In military terms it’s called “shi”, this as a bargaining strategy to strength-                 China is scared of losing its status as the “global it says. calibrated power display with limited en the geopolitical image of the CCP at   !    %    !  8  ) factory.” China has also tried to provoke Nepal by To understand the Chinese belliger- forces on the borders in order to seek home — may have to concede more than A!8)B     L PC         asking it to raise a boundary dispute with India in ence, one needs to understand the Sino-centric solutions. China believes in India. the Lipulekh and Kalapani sectors. China is People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Unlike coercing the adversaries to submit to its The best way to face the dragon is to          4          using Nepal as a pressure point as part of its coer- the Indian Army, the PLA is not a nation- will or face consequences. Psychological tame it. That is exactly what India is       Q # $5        cive strategy. al army. It is the military wing of the warfare is an important component of doing. The proverbial Chinese dragon is            While the incursion in North Sikkim was Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Chinese war fighting doctrine. It also supposed to be peaceful unlike its fire- A           resolved using the existing border management the primary role of ensuring supremacy believes in creating adverse political spitting version.     !     "     # protocols, the same failed to resolve the tension in of the CCP. 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Act, 1961 and the Uttar Pradesh whether our Government employees said the first two rules had to do with pendence to draw a painting of his prise in India, you are in for major (UP) Government’s decision to give (both in Central and State services) are punctuality and played a major role in choice (as long as it does not hurt any- trouble. We cannot lock it down if the freedom to industrial and business worth the pay which they collect every convincing the department head one’s religious sentiments) and a his- venture is a failure. We are bound by establishments from the Minimum month. Having been a Government about a worker’s sincerity and dedi- torian is at liberty to push his conclu- rules to pay salaries to workers irre- Wages Act, for a period of three years. employee for nearly 15 years, I feel that cation. “If the boss is convinced that sions even without proper validation. spective of the fact whether we are As a result of this, all trade union our babus get more than what they you reach office on time and stay back But an industrialist or entrepreneur working or not. It is impossible to bosses, cutting across party affiliations, deserve. The corporate sector is no till the working hours are over, you has no such freedom and he is at the wind up the operations in the coun- 1.*# have joined hands and declared war different. The management of our pri- have won half the war”, said Unni. mercy of his employees. try,” says a highly-successful Silicon against the Centre and the State vate sector firms is too considerate The last two rules, “never say no A worker employed by a compa- Valley-based entrepreneur. $1I-/0$ /!&$ ".'::$##$7 Governments which were bold when it comes to the interests of the to anybody and don’t do any work” ny has the freedom to move to green- For the good of the country,      enough to modify the Labour Laws workers. And sadly, our employees live reflect the mindset of our bureaucra- er pastures while his employer is not there should be a law which makes it ven as the Centre and State and Acts that govern employer- by the dictum “minimum work and cy. “Nobody will ask whether you have that fortunate, because he does not mandatory for trade union bosses to $ 
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  omy that got derailed by the appointment of the Pay Commission Government service as a Class Three never say no to them for anything”, ing to work. How unfair is that? years. This is because only people who   ' Coronavirus outbreak, a new contro- by the Union Government to revise employee. The first person to welcome was Unni’s mantra to survive the Many times I have asked US- have worked somewhere know the /      versy has erupted, with trade union the salaries and perks of Central me after I submitted the joining “hardship” of Government service. based entrepreneurs why they are hes- true value of work. leaders being up in arms against the Government employees. Subsequently, report was MN Unni, a seasoned Well, coming back to the present, itant to set up shop in India. Their Trade union leaders should never      changes in the country’s labour laws. the State exchequer spends a big for- Government employee. He intro- launching a business or industrial answer is nearly always the same. Our engage in union trade because this 4 ; O  What angered the trade union tune to implement the panel’s recom- duced me to the four “golden rules” enterprise and running it smoothly to archaic labour laws and the outdated means they are dealing in something    bosses was the move by the Shivraj mendations. This is followed by the of Government service. “Come to the the satisfaction of all have to be an art industrial Act prevent them from that is outside the purview of their     '  Singh Chouhan Government to State Government employees asking office on time; leave after office in today’s world. An author has the making any investment in the coun- understanding, experience and exper-    ' release some of the industries from the for matching hikes in their pays and hours; never say no to anybody and freedom to write whatever he feels like try. tise. Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations perks. The question being asked is don’t do any work,” was his advice. He penning down, an artist has the inde- “Once you open a business enter- (The writer is a senior journalist) +     ,   + !') , -./-0-0  >

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    public-private investment to stimulus package, including sectors in the third tranche the 2019-20 kharif season. The NRAI explained that     (   fight the COVID-19 disrup- Rs 8.01 lakh crore of liquidi- totalled to Rs 1.5 lakh crore, A decision in this regard restaurants do not expect the       tions, Union Minister Nitin ty measures announced by the while the fourth and fifth was taken in the May 15 " business volume in the post-      Gadkari said on Wednesday. Reserve Bank since March. tranches dealt mostly with meeting of the High Level pandemic period to be more    591#(2 Gadkari said the economy The five-part stimulus structural reforms and totalled Committee (HLC), chaired than 30 per cent to 40 per cent  
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       business persons or employ- electricity highways worth Rs 15 lakh three states -- Rajasthan, The BSE Sensex rallied 996 COVID-19, market partici- massive operating losses to (
    ees, are facing problems, but dis- crore in the next two years. Manipur and Meghalaya -- points on Wednesday, led by pants preferred to accumulate many businesses unless the       ( ultimately "we will win the " He said work has been for incurring kharif (sum- massive gains in banking and stocks ahead of the expiry of expenses are brought down      economic war" and the "coro- resumed on almost 80 mer) crop damage due to nat- IT stocks ahead of the expiry May futures and options con- significantly and a critical        na war", he said.    per cent of the pro- ural calamities, it said. While of monthly derivatives amid tracts, propelling benchmark expense like rentals is con- 
     "More liquidity needs to be ) :   jects. Rs 68.65 crore has been firm overseas cues. indices, experts said. verted into a variable cost," it   @   ) pumped in the market to   Meanwhile, in approved for Rajasthan, After hitting a high of Further, positive cues from added. The NRAI said it has 5 I    boost the coronavirus- order to keep the where the summer crop was 31,660.60 during the day, the most global markets and written to all malls owners      '1 hit economy and states   ) >2 ? national high- affected due to desert locust 30-share index settled 995.92 strong foreign fund inflows that the mandated lockdown       should come forward    ways entrusted to pest attack, Rs 26.53 crore is points or 3.25 per cent high- also enthused domestic has forced restaurants to shut 
 
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(  -*&#*041 (  -*&#*041 time," the statement said. The sub-assemblies for  .2 % 78 - Pharma major Sun Engineering and construction International Thermonuclear !-2$   +& Pharmaceutical Industries on firm Larsen & Toubro on Experimental Reactor (ITER) Wednesday reported a 37.12 Wednesday said it has deliv- France were delivered on an +4   per cent decline in its consol- ered critical nuclear power urgent basis during the lock- +4 #- -%#! idated net profit to Rs 399.84 2020, the net profit of the com- plant equipment to its global down to ensure uninterrupted crore for the quarter ended pany was at Rs 3,764.93 crore clients during the lockdown. assembly of Cryostat in reac- ,"!#> I   March 2020, mainly on as against Rs 2,665.42 crore in The company's heavy tor pit in southern France, it /4 & ?#     (: account of one time exception- the previous fiscal, Sun Engineering arm delivered added. &   al loss. The company had post- Pharma said. The revenue these equipment to global The compay said it is note-   
     ed a net profit of Rs 635.88 from operations for the fiscal clients in Abu Dhabi, France worthy to mention that L&T ! $$!" 1   crore in the same period pre- ended March this year stood at and other places, Larsen & total package of 16 ARDS Heavy Engineering has deliv- /I3D/II vious fiscal, Sun Pharma said Rs 32,837.50 crore. It was Rs Toubro said in a statement. reactors for refinery moderni- ered key assemblies towards   'DD in a BSE filing. Consolidated 29,065.91 crore the year-ago "The Heavy Engineering sation project for clean, envi- realising full fusion power by # !!%% #    'C  +( revenue from operations stood fiscal, it added. arm of Larsen & Toubro ronment friendly fuels to manufacturing the world's  1  at Rs 8,184.94 crore for the The board has recommend- ensured dispatch of critical ADNOC, Abu Dhabi were largest high-vacuum pressure ; ,  
'&  quarter under consideration as ed payment of dividend of Re reactors, coke drums and sub- delivered by the company, it chamber Cryostat and in wall (  -*&#*041 0      (:1  against Rs 7,163.92 crore in the 1 per equity share of Re 1 each assemblies of nuclear fusion said. "The final 4 Coke shields for USD 25 billion          same period a year ago, it for the year ended March 31, reactor for their global clients Drums part of package of crit- multinational ITER project. Markets regulator Sebi has          added. The company had a 2020, Sun Pharma said. Shares during the lockdown period in ical Hydrocracking Reactors All these significant orders again extended the deadline to         one-time exceptional loss of Rs of Sun Pharmaceutical India from beginning of last for DUQM Refinery in for process plant and nuclear apply for the post of 147    =C  260.64 crore in the quarter Industries were closed at Rs week of March," the company Sultanate of Oman & 2 power mega projects were senior level executives by two   $   
   ended March 2020, the filing 450.55 per scrip on the BSE, said. Ethylene Oxide Reactors for secured against global compe- months till July 31 in the wake     '&   said. down 1.85 per cent from its During this period, a final LPCL Petrochemical Complex tition with stiff delivery of coronavirus pandemic. On  3 ?2 7     For the fiscal ended March previous close. consignment of four out of a in China were delivered on requirements. March 7, the regulator had     invited applications for these        
  positions as part of its plan to    =      '   :    ;!  beef up the headcount for L&          # (+ $ &$4 faster and more effective exe- 5 ?       8   /  6  6 cution of its job. The deadline        for applying for the posts was       $#$!"#" March 23. uled for July 4 and August 3, (  -*&#*041      /I     The last date to apply for respectively.        the posts was later extended to A total of 147 vacancies (  -*&#*041 (  -*&#*041      Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali "the authority, hereby, initiates April 30 and thereafter till were notified for Officer      M Ayurved plans to issue an investigation to determine May 31. Now, it has been Grade A (Assistant Manager)   $   debentures worth Rs 250 India has initiated a probe into the existence, degree and effect Insurance provider Aegon has extended till July 31, the by the markets watchdog to #    
 crore that will be used to alleged dumping of polyester of any alleged dumping" of the tied up with e-commerce Securities and Exchange hire legal as well as IT experts, 5    (:1 ' meet its working capital yarn, used in the garment product from these nations. major Flipkart for offering a Board of India (Sebi) said in researchers, and other officials *     requirements and strengthen industry, from China, The directorate would probe life insurance plan with a fresh notice. for general administration.   (/I supply chain network. This Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam, whether the dumping of the COVID-19 cover. The plan “Due to the ongoing Applications were invited for      would be the first-ever a move aimed at guarding product is impacting domestic would provide Flipkart cus- COVID-19 situation, the 80 posts of Assistant Manager (   issuance of debentures by domestic players from cheap players and if this is estab- tomers with a comprehensive phase 1 and phase 11 exami- for general stream, 34 posts
  B the Haridwar-based firm, inbound shipments. these companies alleged that lished, DGTR will recommend insurance cover against nation for the recruitment of for research stream and 22       which has emerged as one of The probe was launched dumping of the yarn from imposition of anti-dumping COVID-19, and can be availed officers in Grade A (general, vacancies for Information the leading companies in the following a complaint by eight these countries is impacting duty. The revenue department on the Flipkart app instantly legal, information technology, Technology department. In       FMCG segment in recent domestic manufacturers, the domestic industry and the will take the final decision on along with the base life insur- engineering, research and offi- addition, it invited applica-  ' years. including Suryalakshmi government should impose duty imposition. ance plan, Aegon Life cial language streams) stands tions for engineering and offi- Cotton Mills and Suryalata anti-dumping duty on the In international trade par- Insurance said in a release on postponed,” the regulator said. cial language streams. Spinning Mills. imports. lance, dumping happens when Wednesday. Aegon's 'Life The revised date will be To apply for general stream, In their application to the The DGTR, in a notifica- a country or a firm exports an Insurance with COVID-19 informed in due course, it the incumbent needs to have commerce ministry's investiga- tion, said that on the basis of item at a price lower than the Cover' plan will provide for added. a master's degree in any dis- ;  & /     tion arm Directorate General the prima facie evidence sub- price of that product in its hospitalization expenses of up The phase I and phase II cipline or bachelor's degree in 8#. !  of Trade Remedies (DGTR), mitted by the domestic firms, domestic market. to Rs 1 lakh. examinations were sched- law or engineering. (  A:/1  '      - ;"  
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   $  Amazon.in on Wednesday well to cap the leverage, accord- mining operations in Tikak , announced that it was pro- ing to a company official. Open Cast Project (OCP), viding a COVID-19 health Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail under Saleki Proposed Reserve insurance, completely free of is the country's largest pure- an opportunity to participate in Forest in Assam's Digboi, is conditions by the project pro- mines in 1973, the collieries cost, for its sellers in India. play fashion and lifestyle play- the growth story, the official currently on hold and awaiting ponent, NEC, and only then operating in Assam were trans- The insurance will help er with a strong bouquet of explained. The rights issue is final approval from the Centre. extraction of coal can be done," ferred to CIL for a lease peri- cover the expenses related to fashion brands and retail for- part of their objectives of The miner said it is in the an official said. od of 30 years till April 2003 COVID-19 hospitalization mats with a network of over reducing leverage, strengthen- process of complying with stip- The Assam forest depart- and at that time, the concept of and treatment as well as 3,040 stores, and presence ing balance sheet apart from ulations and conditions laid ment had, in last month, mandatory clearance prior to ambulance assistance and across 25,000 multi-brand out- funding general corporate down by the National Board "Green signal from the Assam government for forest slapped a penalty of Rs 43.25 coal mining was not in place. ICU charges of up to INR lets across the country. expenses, including working for Wild Life (NBWL) and the NBWL and forest clearance for clearance in 2003, and subse- crore on PSU major Coal India It only came into effect after 50,000, and it will be valid for The board, which is meeting capital. The board is likely to Union Ministry of the project are yet to be quently, another application Ltd for carrying out "illegal notification of the Forest one year after activation, the on Wednesday, is set to approve constitute a committee to eval- Environment and Forest and received for starting coal min- was made in 2012, the miner mining" inside the reserve for- (Conservation) Act, 1980, the company said in a statement. the plan to raise Rs 1,000 crore uate and finalise the timing and Climate Change for mining ing activity in Tikak OCP," it said, adding that the in-princi- est for 16 years from 2003. NEC pointed out. Amazon has partnered by way of a rights issue, which other details of the proposed coal in Tikak OCP. said. ple approval, was granted by In a meeting in April, 2020, The opposition Congress, with Acko to manage the pol- will be fully subscribed to by issue. The operations in the project The Assam-based coal pro- the Centre with 28 conditions. it was decided that a site spe- All Assam Students' Union icy delivery and handling of the promoters/promoter group, The promoters and promot- have been suspended from ducing unit of the Maharatna One of the conditions for cific mine reclamation plan in (AASU), conservationists, claims and reimbursements. the official told PTI. er group will be fully subscrib- October 2019 on the directive PSU also needs to submit a fea- approval was obtaining clear- consultation with the Assam activists and students have This will benefit lakhs of The management evaluated ing to their rights entitlement of the Assam forest depart- sibility report for exploring ance from NBWL. government has to be submit- threatened to stage protests, if Amazon sellers - anyone who various options and is of the and will reserve their right to ment, and it is "awaiting the underground mining, and it is "The final clearance, which ted by the NEC for around 57 coal mining is allowed in areas has had an active product list- view that the rights issue will be subscribe to any additional stage-II clearance" from the yet to submit the same for con- is stage-II, for this project, will hectares of forest area, broken bordering Dehing-Patkai ing on Amazon.in between an equitable mode of fund equity shares in the issue is Centre, a statement issued by sideration of the Centre. be granted by the Union min- up due to mining. Wildlife Sanctuary, dubbed as January 2019 and May 26, raising as it gives shareholders under-subscribed. the NEC said on Tuesday. The NEC had applied to the istry after fulfilment of certain Post nationalisation of coal Amazon of the East. 2020, the statement said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Thursday May 28, 2020

he crisis induced informs Dara Johnson, together to put ‘Faith into by Covid-19 has Poor Fund Secretary of the practice’. I commend the brought many church. congregation of CSI Wesley  factors, hitherto But when Covid-19 church, Ramkote for rising mostly unno- struck, the church knew to the occasion and donat- -+.-+!-+ ticed, to light. that once-a-week was not ing generously to the One among them is the fact going to be enough. cause,” says Rev. U. Daniel, that humanity is here to Members realised that Presbyter-in-charge of the stay and that we’re all in there are several daily wage church. this together. labourers and migrant Asked if they had to face Several organisations, workers who are now pen- any challenges, he says, groups, and individuals niless and without food. “Initially, we didn’t have have been doing their best That’s when they decided sufficient rice bags and +,! (.!(  to help the sick, poor, and to distribute food, two were also apprehensive of migrant workers in the meals a day, to as many as permits by the police. Later state. One such organisa- 400 people every day, ever on, donation started pour- tion is a church at since the lockdown was ing in well, and the police Ramkote, that is known to announced by Telangana too allowed us to continue rush to the aid of the help- Chief Minister K after they witnessed our less in and around the area. Chandrasekhar Rao on genuine efforts.” During any other normal March 23. Several people of differ- week, the CSI Wesley A group of 10-15 mem- ent faiths, especially , %! 1%- Church feeds many of the bers of the church gathers Hindus, have sponsored less fortunate forced to live every morning at around rice bags. “They saw the 10 am in the church work the church was doing premises and begin cook- on our Facebook page and ing and packing food. “All donated a few bags of rice. -     of us members maintain Their support was so gen- social distancing, wear uine, they did not even  ! masks and gloves, and mention their names,” says carry out our work amid M. Solomon Prem Kumar,    ! clean, sanitised and hygien- Property Secretary, CSI ic conditions,” informs Wesley Church, Ramkote.   ! Prabodh Dasari, treasurer The church’s efforts have of the church. been acknowledged and      Interestingly, the church lauded by the Ranga Reddy has a Muslim among one of Collector. She has also the three cooks. While one informed the church about  group helps with groceries, people in other areas that another helps with helping need help, and the church !! out the cook, another, with was more than happy to packing the food in boxes oblige.   and another, sets out to dis- The food they distribute tribute. has several items. "   These food “We’d prepare lemon on the streets. The desolate packets/boxes are distrib- rice, tomato rice, vegetable   in and around the area uted in areas including rice, and sometimes chick- know that they can walk in Koti, Narayanguda, en too. We also supplied &! to the church every Ramkote, Abids, and oth- water and buttermilk,” Wednesday for stomach- ers. The very sight of their Mohd. Javid, one of the     filling, tasty food that is church van is enough to three cooks, tells us. “It also healthy. Most times, bring smiles across the costs us over 5,500 per day   ? members of the church faces of the desolate. Their on average,” informs the sponsor food in memory of beneficiaries include treasurer, Prabodh Dasari. 'D  their loved ones, and other migrants and anybody Interestingly, on the first +-+.-+ times, it’s the church that that's homeless on the Friday of Ramzan, the 1 &! pays for it. streets. They ensure that church got the cook to pre- 10. “We started feeding the the food they give lasts for pare lip-smacking haleem poor once a week over four dinner time too. to feed more than a 1,000 ! ""       1 ! years ago. It costs us any- “Hunger is a reality, even people on the streets. On ! !966 where between Rs 1,200 to more in times like this. Our days like Good Friday and   < Rs 20,000, depending on intention was to be of help others, the church tries to  ,%1!4 the menu, which depends to anyone, irrespective of feed more people. ""     % -+ on whoever sponsors the religion, caste, colour, or Sometimes, some fami- food. The menu ranges language. These testing lies have come forward and 1-&*@-((-@- , -31 2 2! from lemon rice to chicken times gave the church an celebrated their birthdays ! . -1 curry and fried rice,” opportunity to come by donating to the cause.  ! '  :      

iscovery Network, Forest Department, Wild actor, you’re always looking in a unique initia- Karnataka focuses on the bio- for interesting stories to tell. tive aimed at rais- diversity that flourishes in the However, to be able to narrate  ing awareness wild, as Karnataka now has the story of our country’s about the rich bio- some of the best forests in the wildlife was an extremely diversity of India world. Sir David enriching experience for me. and the need for wildlife con- Attenborough’s narration in Discovery has always been my servation, has pulled in English will be joined by go-to channel whenever I’ve 2,13! !!3! celebrated actors to Indian film stars including wanted to explore something  -. + provide voice- Rajkummar Rao in Hindi, new. Now to be a part of the / !  overs for the Prakash Raj in Tamil and channel through a film that so 0 1%       6 premiere of Telugu, and Rishab Shetty in beautifully portrays the natur- +! 6 "!
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