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BULLIED 9-YEAR-OLD BOY TO SKIP KEJRIWAL ANNOUNCES RS 10 LAKH SAUDI ARABIA HALTS PILGRIMAGES JAPAN TO CLOSE SCHOOLS TO DISNEYLAND, WILL DONATE $475,000 EX GRATIA FOR DELHI VICTIMS’ KIN OVER CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CONTROL SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS

n Australian boy with dwarfism whose distress from bullying became he Delhi government will give Rs 10 lakh to the families of those who audi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam apan will close schools nationwide to help control the spread of the Aa viral video will donate hundreds-of-thousands of Tlost their lives in the communal violence in northeast Delhi, Chief Sover fears about a viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual Jnew virus, the government announced Thursday. Prime Minister dollars in donations to charity rather than a trip to Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday. He also said that the hajj pilgrimage, a move that came as the Mideast has over 240 Shinzo Abe was asking all elementary, middle and high schools to Disneyland. The clip of nine-year-old Quaden Bayles government will bear the cost of treatment of those injured in the confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. The extraordinary decision by remain shut until spring holidays begin in late March. showed him crying and repeatedly saying he wanted violence and admitted to private hospitals. Those seriously injured Saudi Arabia stops foreigners The measure affects 12.8 million students at 34,847 to die after being bullied at school, sparking an will get Rs 2 lakh, the CM told a press conference. Special from reaching the holy city of schools nationwide, the education ministry said. outpouring of support from around the world. The video camps will be set up for people to get essential documents Mecca and the Kaaba, the cube- "The coming week or two is an extremely important was watched millions of times and prompted US which they lost during arson, Kejriwal said. When asked about shaped structure the world's 1.8 time," Abe said. "This is to prioritize the health and comedian Brad Williams to start a GoFundMe page the alleged involvement of AAP councillor Tahir Hussain billion Muslims pray toward five safety of the children and take precautions to that eventually raised almost US$475,000. in the riots, Kejriwal said no rioter should be spared. times a day. avoid possible large-scale infections,” he said. SPEED BUMP HC judge Muralidhar shifted Chandrababu Naidu detained hours after criticising police PNS n The transfer came on a day when a bench at Vizag airport, sent back A row erupted on Thursday over the timing of the transfer headed by the judge of Delhi High Court judge expressed ‘anguish’ YSRCP activists block TDP supremo on way to Praja Chaitanya Yatra Justice S Muralidhar, who had slammed the police for not reg- over Delhi Police's SUMIT ONKA ceed with his years, even as slo- istering a case against three BJP failure to register FIRs n gans of 'Go back Babu' rent the leaders for their alleged hate against BJP leaders. air. speeches, as the Congress said Pragya appears YSRCP activists on Thursday "He cooperated with us and the "midnight" notification before special scuttled TDP supremo N agreed to go to the VIP lounge was "shameful" and the Centre Chandrababu Naidu's plans of at the airport. Though we ini- accused the opposition party of Priyanka attacks Centre over court in Praja Chaitanya Yatra in tially tried to allow him to go politicising a "routine" shift. Visakhapatnam district with ahead with his planned pro- The Union Law Ministry on transfer of Delhi HC judge their strident protest. gramme, there were too many Wednesday night issued three As announced by the party, number protesters and so we separate notifications for the NEW DELHI: Congress leader ryana High Court, days after several YSRCP supporters decided to take him into pre- transfer of Justice Muralidhar Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the Supreme Court collegium 4 blockaded the TDP chief who ventive custody for his safety," and two other judges--Justice Thursday attacked the govern- made the recommendation. landed at the Vizag as part of Meena said. Ranjit Vasantrao More of the ment over the transfer of Delhi The judge was hearing the his yatra. This was Naidu's first Earlier, the convoy meant for High Court and Ju- High Court Judge S Muralid- Delhi violence case and the late visit to Vizag after the city was Naidu was held up for hours as stice Ravi Vijay Kumar Mali- har, saying the Centre's attem- evening notification came on proposed by the YSRCP gov- YSRCP cadres remained ada- math of the Karnataka High pts to "muzzle" justice and "br- the day when a bench headed ernment as the Executive mant at not letting it enter the Court. Justice Muralidhar was eak people's faith in an upright by him expressed "anguish" Capital of . TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu squats on the ground in protest after airport. transferred to the Punjab and judiciary are deplorable" over the Delhi Police's failure A notice under Section 151 police stopped him from exiting the Vizag airport on Thursday. The protesters called Naidu Haryana High Court. Justice Muralidhar was tra- to register FIRs against alleged CrPC was served on Naidu and a "traitor" and claimed he has 3 nsferred to the Punjab and Ha- hate speeches by BJP leaders. he was taken into preventive Naidu was sent back into the high-adrenaline political no moral right to visit Vizag as custody "because of his safety VIP lounge inside the airport protest at Vizag airport saw the he has opposed the proposal of and security", Vizag city Police here and from there onto a YSRCP activists laying down making the city the executive Commissioner Rajiv Kumar plane to Hyderabad. on the road in front of the con- capital. Delimitation in Meena said. The unprecedented and voy meant for Naidu to pro- ‘Gujarat model’ 3 AP, TS ‘not so Insurance firm replicated in Delhi soon’: Kishan Ensure free, fair YSRCP defends blocking told to pay Rs Amit Shah must resign, says NCP PNS n NEW DELHI elections: Union Minister of State for Dhankhar to PNS n MUMBAI Home G Kishan Reddy on Naidu with 2017 reminder 2.5L, fine for Thursday said that there wo- state EC Alleging that "Gujarat model" uld be no delimitation exer- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM refusing claim has been replicated in Delhi cise exclusively for AP and PNS n NEW DELHI which witnessed large-scale Telangana, effectively ruling The YSRCP on Thursday justi- communal violence over the out any possibility of an incr- 5 fied the blockade of former The New Delhi district con- CAA, the NCP on Thursday ease in the number of Chief Minister N Chandrab- sumer forum has directed called for Union Home Mi- Assembly seats. abu Naidu at the Vizag airport Max New York Life Insurance nister Amit Shah's resignation. It would only take place as by the rank and file of the to pay Rs 2.5 lakh along with The responsibility of main- part of a nationwide exercise, party by reminding that the interest and compensation taining law and order in Delhi Nawab Malik Kishan Reddy said. He emp- TDP chief had prevented their to a policy holder's nominee is with the Union home min- hasised that a decision on the leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy for repudiating claim on the istry. silent spectator to the riots in matter was yet to be taken. in a similar way on January 26, grounds of non-disclosure NCP national spokesperson the national capital, where He also told reporters that 2017. of ailments. Nawab Malik also demanded the death toll has reached 34. an outreach programme in However, TDP leaders The firm has been asked to a probe into whether Shah co- The Congress has already J&K would be held again in countered this claim of the pay half of the repudiated uld not handle the situation in demanded Shahs resignation. May and hinted that alloca- YSRCP leaders stating that claim Rs 2.5 lakh, half of the the national capital or he had The Gujarat model has been tion of not less than Rs 30,000 the circumstances in both the repudiated claim amount, allegedly given instructions repeated in Delhi, Malik told crore would be made to the incidents were not identical. YSRCP and TDP activists argue on the road to Vizag airport where former Chief along with 9 per cent interest to the police to not respond reporters here, apparently state as part of a special On January 26, 2017, Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was set to land, on Thursday. and a compensation of Rs quickly to the situation. referring to the 2002 riots in package. Jaganmohan Reddy, as part of refused permission to pro- Jagan for his tour. Moreover, 15,000 towards "harassment, Opposition parties have the BJP-ruled western state. The situation in Delhi is the party's strategy to stall the ceed further with his tour. the YSRCP leadership did not mental agony and pain" accused the police of being a 3 returning to normal, he said. TDP meeting to scout for Earlier, the YSRCP had apply for permission from caused to the claimant. Trump: India is investments, landed in Vizag. announced its decision to stall government for the pro- The Forum termed the incredible, lot of However, he was taken into the meeting. The government gramme. repudiation unjust. CORONAVIRUS custody at the airport itself and did not give permission to 3 progress made 3 in bilateral ties India evacuates 112 people Jyoti, others airlifted from China, reach Delhi 8 PNS n NEW DELHI stranded there. firmed Jyoti returning to Delhi. stranded there on account of from China, 124 from Japan She will remain in Delhi for Earlier, the Union Health coronavirus outbreak. She sp- A resident of Andhra Pradesh some days and undergo med- and Family Welfare Ministry ent one month there in a dor- PNS n NEW DELHI the deadly virus. The foreign national evacu- TODAY Annem Jyoti who was strand- ical tests before behind allowed sent messages to Indians stra- mitory. A C-17 Globemaster III ated from Wuhan so far ed in the Chinese city of to be on her way to her home- nded in Wuhan to be prepared Nandyal MP P. Brahmanand India on Thursday brought transport aircraft of Indian included 23 from Bangladesh, ALMANAC Wuhan, that is under lock- town Ernapadu in Bandi to fly to India since a military Reddy took the initiative and back 112 people from the Air Force evacuated 76 Indians six from China, two each from Month & Paksham: down due to coronavirus, on Atmakur Mandal. aircraft has been dispatched to took her family members to coronavirus-hit Chinese city of and 36 foreign nationals from Myanmar and Maldives and Phalguna & Shukla Paksha Thursday reached here on mil- Amarnath Reddy, to whom bring them home, he said. ministers to submit memoran- Wuhan and another group of Wuhan while an Air India one each from South Africa, itary transport aircraft along she is betrothed, quoting Jyoti had gone to Wuhan as da requesting their interven- 124 from Tokyo who were on flight brought back the group USA and Madagascar, besides Panchangam: with some other Indians Indian embassy sources, con- part of her job training and was tion and help in Jyoti's return. board a cruise ship infected by of 124 people from Tokyo. the 119 Indians. Tithi: Chaturthi: Full Night Nakshatram: Revati: 01:08 am (Next Day) Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) DISCOM’s development charges shocker to consumers Warner back as Rahukalam: 01:56 pm – 03:23 pm Yamagandam: 06:39 am – 08:07 am Households having ACs or air coolers get demand notices to pay up Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 Varjyam: 11:38 am – 01:26 pm Sunrisers captain Gulika: 09:34 am - 11:01 am C PRADEEP ment, received such demand unbearable. Good Time: (to start any important n VIJAYAWADA notices. Following the notices, the PNS n NEW DELHI from New Zealand skipper work) According to some angry heat is on for those who had Kane Williamson for the sea- Amritakalam: 10:26 pm – 12:14 am In a major shock, the AP DIS- consumers, the power depart- availed of the heavy discounts Explosive Australian batsman son starting March 29. Abhijit Muhurtham: 12:05 pm – 12:52 pm COM has started sending ment has sent notices demand- and easy payment options David Warner was on " am thrilled to be given the notices to people across the ing Rs 3,000 per AC and Rs offered by electricity appli- Thursday reinstated as IPL captaincy for this coming VIJAYAWADA state, sending notices to pay 1,500 for each air cooler in the ance dealers. Quite a few of the franchise Sunrisers IPL 2020. I'm extremely WEATHER "development charges" ranging household. The residents of people have opted for ACs Hyderabad's captain, a posi- grateful for the opportu- Vambay Colony said that they instead of a air cooler due to nity to lead the side once Forecast: from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 to tion that he had to give up Mostly Sunny households that have either were poor and could barely the 'zero per cent loan' facili- after the ball-tampering again," Warner said in Temp: 34/21 Humidity: 54% ACs or air coolers. afford to pay the electricity ty. Now, with the demand scandal in 2018. a video posted by Sunrise: 06.35 With summer approaching bills, let alone this additional notice from the AP Discom, The 33-year-old the Sunrisers Sunset: 06.22 fast, the notices have sent demand. They said the sum- the overall price of the AC has Warner, who led the Hyderabad. shockwaves among the people, need to pay over and above the On Monday, some people in mers are becoming increasing- proven to be costly, say con- Sunrisers to the Current Weather Conditions FULL REPORT Updated February 27, 2019 5:00 PM who are nonplussed as they are electricity bill for the power the Vambay Colony, that was ly harsh, and life without at sumers. trophy in 2016, ON PAGE 11 unable to understand why they consumed. established by the govern- least an air cooler would be 3 will take over VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 vijayawada 02

CAPSULE Ganja worth Mango growers expect bumper yield Rs 2.45 crore 966th Avatarotsavam seized in Vizag CH PRADEEP n Koteswara Rao, a mango n Ch Srinivasulu, additional of Ananta Alwar n n on March 1 VIJAYAWADA farmer, said that early director, horticulture PNS VISAKHAPATNAM flowering is a good sign of department, Nuzvid, said VIJAYAWADA: The TTD plans Mangoes, the king of fruits, good yield. "This year, we to get a better price to On a tip-off, officials of the will hit the market soon. Directorate of Revenue to celebrate grandly the 966th are expecting a better yield mangoes, growers should Avatarotsavam of prominent Mango lovers will for onset of Intelligence (DRI), Visakha- summer so that that they can compared to previous year. follow integrated pack patnam, intercepted a truck Vaishnavite and top among So far, climatic conditions house and heat treatment Alwars, Ananta Alwar at relish delicious Pedda Rasalu and a car at NAD Junction in are favourable" procedures Purushaivari Thota located on and Banganapalli from Nuzvid Visakhapatnam and seized north east of Srivari temple on in . Those two 1,638 kgs of the banned nar- n For the ripening of the fruit, farmers should expose fruits to March 1. The TTD is varieties are not only famous cotic marijuana on Thursday. organising the event for the across the Telugu States but ethylene gas in the ripening chamber for natural ripening, Officials found 40 bags past nine years. Nearly, 10 also country. which will keep the fruit free from fungus and insecticides. If concealed under a load of exponents on Alwar's works This year, the yield would be one follows the procedure, there will be good demand for banana stalks consisting of will deliver special lecturers good compared to previous mangoes 800 brown sugar packets. during the celebrations held years due to timely rains and Investigation revealed that under the auspices of the less cold wave during the flow- the contraband was loaded Alwar Divya Prabanda Project ering season. It is expected that ter price to mangoes, growers and grading centre/integrated into the goods carriage near of TTD. This is a special this year there would be a should follow integrated pack pack chamber by offering sub- Narsipatnam and the same occasion when descendants of minimum of five to six tonnes house and heat treatment pro- sidy. was being handed over to a Anantalwar from across the of mango yield per hectare, cedures. For the ripening of the Koteswara Rao, a mango driver near Anakapalle. country gather at the which would bring profits to make good money. To get good expect a good harvest from Krishna district. fruit, farmers should expose farmer, said that early flower- "The ganja has been pro- Purusaivarithota and perform farmers, according to sources. yield, pruning of mango trees those trees. For a good harvest To know more about the fruits to ethylene gas in the ing is a good sign of good yield. cured from the Vishaka Divya Prabanda Pasura Hundreds of people get should be carried out before the of mangoes, the government is mango farming activity in the ripening chamber for natural "This year, we are expecting a Agency area and was being Parayanam and render employment during the mango season starts, as there will be a supplying fruit cover, which district during the current year, ripening, which will keep the better yield compared to pre- sent to Bhubaneswar. The pravachanams. Legends say season for packing, grading good scope for tender branch- will protect the fruit from The Pioneer spoke to Ch fruit free from fungus and vious year. So far, climatic con- narcotic drug has been seized that the karpoora patch on the and segregating a large number es to grow. However, most of spots and scars that enables the Srinivasulu, additional director, insecticides. If one follows the ditions are favourable with under the provisions of mula Virat idol of Sri quantity of tasty mangoes from farmers wakeup days before the fruit to grow spotless, which horticulture department, procedure, there will be good very less cloud breeze at the Narcotic Drugs and Venkateswara Swamy was put Nuzvid, as they will be trans- season commences, which is has a good demand for exports. Nuzvid-he said that this season demand for mangoes. time of flowering and the rain- Psychotropic Substances by Anantalwar after he ported to north Indian States the reason for a normal yield. It is estimated that the price there would be a good yield for He further stated that the fall in the rainy season was also (NDPS) Act-1985. The value accidentally hit on a boy in a and even to the Middle and In the current year, one-third of mangoes would be around growers. We would get mango State government was encour- good, mango farmers in this of seized ganja in the grey Tirumala garden, who turned East. During the season, mid- of mango trees are less than 10- Rs 30,000 per tonne for the yield across the district. aging farmers to establish area will have a good season in market would be around Rs out to be the Lord himself. dle men also get a chance to year-old and growers can current mango season in Srinivasulu said to get a bet- ripening chamber, collecting the days to come, he said. 2.45 crore. Even today karpoora is applied to the chin of Lord and Prabanda Parayanam is done regularly. The Mahadwaram of CPM against ‘electricity devt charges’ Srivari temple also showcases Aradhhanotsavams the crowbar with which Anantawar has hit the Lord in Govt gives ‘shock’ the boy's guise. The of Carnatic music Avatarotsavam will be conducted under the supervision of Acharya to power consumers Rajagopalan, the secretary of trinity from today HDPP and Special Officer of Divya Prabandam Project of PNS n VIJAYAWADA them a master of Bhairavi, Andhra Pradesh NGO Association leaders take out a rally in Vijayawada on Thursday demaning that the government solve TTD. Thodi and Yadukula ragas. He their pending problems The TTD is organising innovated a new trend in Thala Araku Utsav to Aradhanotsavams of Trimurthy and his works are Nava Ratna of Carnatic music - Sri Shyama Malika. begin on Feb 29 Shashi, Sri Thyagaraja Swamy Thyagaraja also hailing from APNGOs step up pressure on VISAKHAPATNAM: Araku and Sri Muthuswamy Thiruvarur in Thanjavur district Utsav is all set to begin on Dikshitulu- at SV College of of Tamil Nadu. Thyagaraya is February 29. The two-day Music and Dance on Friday. famous as a legend of Carnatic Aradhanotsavams music. Also known govt to solve pending issues utsav will be conducted on a grand note by inviting guests will commence in as Nadayogi, he has from across the country to the morning with penned and sung PNS n VIJAYAWADA Minister YS Jaganmohan Sudhir Babu alleged that before explore the beauty of Araku special pujas and 24,000 lyrics but Reddy had promised to cancel elections, both the Central Valley. The festival showcases garlanding of the only 750 are avail- Andhra Pradesh NGO CPS during padayatra and and State governments said CPM leader Ch Babu Rao enquires with a woman about electricity development the culture and traditions of idols and portraits able now. He is also Association leaders appealed to included in the party mani- that employees' issues will be charges at Vambay Colony in Vijayawada on Thursday tribals in the region, while the of Sangeeta credited for recit- the government to take mea- festo, no action has been taken solved on a priority basis but government is making Trimurtis. ing Rama Nama for sures to solve the long-pend- yet to cancel CPS and imple- after coming to power, elaborate arrangements for the Thereafter students 90 crore times on ing demands of the employees. ment the old pension scheme. employee's issues are being PNS n VIJAYAWADA festival. Picturesque locations, and teachers will the advice of The APNGO leaders took part He recalled that employees ignored. CPM leaders lush green hills and dances of sing keertans and Ramakrishnananda in 'All India Demands Day' were happy that the YSRCP Association district presi- CPM leader Ch Babu Rao tribals will impress tourists. compositions of Swamy and also for programme at the Irrigation government would solve all dent Vidyasagar said for every demanded that the govern- staged a dharna Last year's balloon festival at musical giants for 14 hours having Rama darshan. Office on the call given by the their problems, but in vain. five years, the pay should be ment take back the notices at Vambay Araku Utsav impressed the without any break. Muthurswamy Dikshitulu, a All India State Employees He pointed out that for 11th revised as per the increase in served on consumers for Colony tourists. But, this year, the Syama Shastri was born at native of Thiruvarur in Federation. PRC, a retired IAS officer prices, if the government reg- collecting electricity devel- government is making Thiruvarur and settled in Thanjavur district, he was the Speaking on the occasion, Takkar, has been appointed. ulates the prices, there will be opment charges. demanding that arrangements to entertain the Thanjavur. His family wor- disciple of Chidambar Nadayogi association state president N Later, a committee was formed no need for the government to Babu Rao on Thursday the government tourists with different themes. shipped Goddess Kamakshi for at Kashi and also an upasaka of Chandrasekhar Reddy said with the ministers and anther pay DA, he pointed out. took part in a protest staged Recently, Minister for Tourism, generations and an exponent in God Sri Subramanya. His great even nine months after the committee was set up with offi- Association leaders at Vambay Colony alleging revoke its Culture and Youth Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit. works in Sanskrit are known as YSRCP assuming power, no cials, which were delaying the Krupanandam, Vasanta Rao, that the government issued decision Advancement Muttamsetti Also known, as Venkata- Kritis, including Kamalambana- action has been taken to solve process, the association lead- Ratna Kumari, Md Iqbal, P notices to consumers Srinivasa Rao released a subramanian Shastri was a con- varna, Navagraha, Vibhakti, the pending problems of ers condemned. Ramesh, Satish Kumar, J demanding that they pay poster on Arku Utsav. temporary of Thyagaraja and Panchalinga and Shodasha employees. Employees Association Swamy, Sampath Kumar and Rs 3,000 for having an air notices issued to people ask- Muthuswamy and also like Ganapathi. He recalled that Chief Amaravati JAC State secretary others were present. conditioner and Rs 1,500 for ing to pay development a cooler. changes, should be taken Speaking on the occasion, back, or else people would he reminded that the TDP teach a befitting lesson to government had deceived the YSRCP in next elec- Exoplanet may have right conditions for life: Scientists the poor by imposing excess tions. charges; hence, people voted He further stated that IANS n LONDON Astrophysical Journal Letters, er version of Neptune than a ditions to support life. to the YSRCP. However, with the BJP policies artifi- determined that it is possible for The study, published in The Astrophysical larger version of the Earth. They used the existing obser- after coming to power, the cial recession was created An exoplanet more than twice the planet to host liquid Journal Letters, determined that it is possible for A 'mini-Neptune' is expect- vations of the atmosphere, as YSRCP government is also and buying capacity among the size of the Earth may have at habitable conditions beneath ed to have a significant hydro- well as the mass and radius, to walking in the footsteps of people has fallen drastical- the right conditions to host life, its hydrogen-rich atmosphere. the planet to host liquid water at habitable gen 'envelope' surrounding a determine the composition and the TDP. ly. say scientists led by an Indian- K2-18b is 2.6 times the conditions beneath its hydrogen-rich atmosphere layer of high-pressure water, structure of both the atmos- He alleged that the gov- In the last six months due origin astronomer, opening the radius and 8.6 times the mass with an inner core of rock and phere and interior using ernment was implementing to shortage of sand, there search for potentially habit- of Earth, and orbits its star atmosphere and the conditions research. iron, the researchers said. detailed numerical models, and various welfare schemes like were no works and people able planets significantly larg- within the habitable zone, of the interior underneath "To establish the prospects for If the hydrogen envelope is, statistical methods to explain Amma-Vodi, Rythu Barosa, suffered a lot. er than the Earth, but smaller where temperatures could allow remained unknown, they said. habitability, it is important to too, thick, the temperature and the data. Rs 10,000 to auto drivers, He appealed to the gov- than Neptune. liquid water to exist, the "Water vapour has been obtain a unified understanding pressure at the surface of the The researchers confirmed house sites to homeless on ernment to rethink on col- The researchers from the researchers said. detected in the atmospheres of of the interior and atmospher- water layer beneath would be the atmosphere to be hydrogen- one hand and cancelling lecting electricity develop- University of Cambridge in The planet was the subject of a number of exoplanets, but ic conditions on the planet - in far, too, great to support life, rich with a significant amount ration cards, pensions and ment charges and take a the UK used the mass, radius, significant media coverage in even if the planet is in the hab- particular, whether liquid water they said. of water vapour. scholarships creating trouble wise decision. and atmospheric data of the 2019, as two different teams itable zone, that doesn't neces- can exist beneath the atmos- The new study showed that They also found that levels of to the poor in the State on CPM leaders K Durga previously identified exoplan- reported detection of water sarily mean there are habitable phere," Madhusudhan said. despite the size of K2-18b, its other chemicals such as the other hand. Rao, K Subhani, A Ratna et K2-18b, which is 124 light- vapour in its hydrogen-rich conditions on the surface," said Given the large size of K2- hydrogen envelope is not nec- methane and ammonia were He pointed out that peo- Kumari, K Omkar, K Murali, years away. atmosphere. Nikku Madhusudhan from 18b, it has been suggested that essarily, too, thick and the water lower than expected for such an ple at Vambay Colony are P Mukanti and others were The study, published in The However, the extent of the Cambridge, who led the new it would be more like a small- layer could have the right con- atmosphere. poor and demanded that present.

VIJAYAWADA VANDALISM IN DELHI BULLION RATES GOLD ` 42,890 (10 gm) Broken desks, burnt books bear witness to riots ` 160 SILVER PNS n NEW DELHI would have happened if that was n Arun Modern n Shaheen, parent of a Class VII The main gate of the school has ` (10 gm) 46,900 the case," said school principal Senior Secondary student of the school, said, "Why been damaged making it easy for ` 100 "Welcome to a very happy Jyoti Rani. School, which is did the rioters have to burn anybody to enter inside. school" reads a half-charred "Our security guard was there Schools have been closed in board at a private school in on Tuesday evening when a mob over 32 year- old, down a school, which educates north east Delhi and east Delhi CHICKEN Brijpuri area of north east Delhi, entered the precincts. Scared by looks no less than a students? They are burning for three consecutive days, while RATES `/KG which is now home to broken the happenings, he rushed out- cemetery, say everything else and could have the CBSE has postponed Board desks and burnt books after it side to save his life. Only two officials, who claim spared schools. What about the exams in the area scheduled till Dressed/With Skin `104 was vandalised during the vio- days later, we could gather the the damage is children, who are awaiting their February 29. Without Skin `119 lence. courage to go to the school and estimated to be final exams? Their year-long The communal violence over Broiler at Farm `72 Arun Modern Senior all I could see was vandalised over Rs 70 lakh effort will go waste" the amended citizenship law in Secondary School, which is over desks, burnt books in library and northeast Delhi has claimed 34 32 year- old, looks no less than a mess everywhere. It looks no lives so far and left over 200 peo- EGG a cemetery, say officials, who less than a cemetery now," she everything. We have lost records burn down a school, which crayons strewn over, half-burnt times leave their bags in schools. ple injured. Frenzied mobs `/ claim the damage is estimated to added. of 30 years. The only thing we educates students? They are models that were part of a No student has been hurt. This torched houses, shops, vehi- RATES 100 be over Rs 70 lakh. Bhisham Sharma, the owner are thankful is that there were no burning everything else and recently held exhibition and cut (the violence) did not happen in cles, a petrol pump and pelted HYDERABAD 313 "While I am yet to recover of the school, said the rioters children at that time in the could have spared schools. What outs from the Republic Day cel- school hours. I came today stones at locals and police per- VIJAYAWADA 335 from what has happened at the burnt books worth Rs 70 lakh. school, otherwise the loss would about the children, who are ebrations last month, are among only." sonnel. Jaffrabad, Maujpur, school, my biggest relief is that "The school has been running have been huge," he said. awaiting their final exams? Their the remains while the entire Similar heart-wrenching Babarpur, Yamuna Vihar, VISAKHAPATNAM 375 children were not on the premis- since 1987. The incident hap- Shaheen, parent of a Class VII year-long effort will go waste." library has been burnt. scenes can be witnessed in DPR Bhajanpura, Chand Bagh and RETAIL PRICE `3.35 (IN VIJAYAWADA) es when this happened. I do not pened around 5 pm on Tuesday. student of the school, said, At Rajdhani Public School in Security guard Pawan Susheel School in the same area. Nobody Shiv Vihar are among the areas even want to imagine what They came and burnt down "Why did the rioters have to Shiv Vihar, a few student bags, said, "Kindergarten students at was present on the premises. mainly affected by the riots.

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CAPSULE Guv exhorts students to serve nation One YSR Village Kondarama Swamy PNS n VIJAYAWADA n Governor Biswa Bushan temple Harichandan explained Clinic for 2,000 Governor Biswa Bushan how Mahatma Gandhi Brahmotsavams Harichandan appealed to stu- freed the country from dents to protect the interests VIJAYAWADA: The annual the British rule through population: CM of downtrodden. He said it is Brahmotsavams of Sri the responsibility of students non-violence and lauded Kodandarama Swamy temple in whatever sphere they settle the role of several will begin from March 23 with in their lives to instil confi- leaders in the freedom Ankurarpanam on March 22. dence among underprivileged struggle The important days during that they are all equal before n Brahmotsavams include the law. Governor Biswa Bushan Harichandan addresses 35th and 36th convocations of Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur He said now as the Dwajarohanam on March 23, Addressing 35th and 36th on Thursday. (right) A large number of students attend to receive degrees and medals nation is on the cusp of Kalpavruksha on March 25, convocations of Acharya change and emerging as Garuda Vahanam on March 27, Nagarjuna University in country is dared enough to see Philosophies. He congratu- The Governor said only the fastest growing Rathotsavam on March 30 and Guntur on Thursday, he said towards our country after suc- lated the authorities for through innovation, research economy in the world, it Chakra Snanam on March 31. that students should create cessfully conducting nuclear achieving a second rank for and development, India can Ahead of Brahmotsavams, the truly requires the TTD is performing the holy awareness among the poor explosion. He said that the the university in the emerging initiate positive transforma- dedicated services of temple cleaning Koil Alwar about their fundamental rights Acharya Nagarjuna University economics university rank- tion in the world and address students provided by the Constitution. gained prominence with ings-2020. The Governor unemployment, racial, caste Thirumanjanam on March 20. n The artists of cultural wings of The Governor explained exclusive Centres of called upon students to serve and gender discriminations. He reminded students TTD HDPP, Annamacharya how Mahatma Gandhi freed Excellence and Research such the nation. He said now as the Earlier, , Minister of the last words of Gautam Project and Dasa Sahitya the country from the British as Mahayana Buddhism, BR nation is on the cusp of change Education and guests. Vice- Buddha to his disciples rule through non-violence Ambedkar chair, Jagjeevan and emerging as the fastest Chancellor Prof P Rajasekhar Project will present bhajans, 'Be your own light' n kolatas and harikatha in all days and lauded the role of sever- Ram's chair, Mahatma growing economy in the world, presented a report on the PNS VIJAYAWADA n Chief Minister YS Brahmotsavams. al leaders in the freedom Jyotibha Phule's chair, Centre it truly requires the dedicated activities of the university struggle. He said the country for Women's Studies, Centre services of students. He since the last convocation held Later, the Chancellor pre- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy emerged as an atomic power for Gandhian Studies and reminded students the last in 2013. Minister for sented PhD degrees and gold Jaganmohan Reddy said that said that health Minor girl during the regime of Atal Centre for Scientific Socialism words of Gautam Buddha to his Education Audimulapu Suresh medals to students in various there should be a YSR Village services at YSR Clinics raped in Nuzvid Bihari Vajpayee and no other and Centre for Afro-Asian disciples 'Be your own light'. addressed the students. disciplines. Clinic available for every pop- would be provided free ulation of 2000. A B Sc nurs- of cost administering VIJAYAWADA: A minor was ing graduate should be avail- basic medicines to raped by an unidentified person able at the clinic round-the- patients at Nuzvid on Wednesday clock in the villages where midnight. The incident took there are Village and Ward n The Village Clinic place when the girl was waiting Ambati terms Naidu ‘traitor’ New tool developed Secretariats. The Village Clinic should immediately outside the house for her father should work like a referral attend to serve the to return home. On noticing PNS n AMARAVATI point extending middle-level patient and treat small that the girl was lonely, a n Footwear, eggs and health services provider. miscreant took the advantage TDP chief N Chandrababu to ‘outsmart' hackers He was reviewing the activ- ailments then and water bottles were and told the girl that he would Naidu proved out to be traitor, ities of the health department there while referring take her to his father. Believing thrown at Naidu by n as he was not allowed to move people to show their IANS NEW YORK a major challenge to using with officials here on the major health issues the words of the stranger, she out of the Vizag airport for four Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Thursday. to other hospitals accompanied him on his hours by the people of north resentment over his Instead of blocking hackers, cybersecurity: "A shortage of Explaining the significance bicycle. The culprit took her to Andhra region, sais YSRCP remarks against the researchers created a new data needed to train computers of Village Secretariats in a lonely place adjacent to IIIT MLA Ambati Rambabu. region cybersecurity defence approach, to detect intruders. The lack of extending services at the Under the 'Dr YSR Nuzvid and raped her and fled Footwear, eggs and water n "Out of frustration, which involves setting traps for data is due to privacy concerns. doorstep of villagers, he hint- Chirunavvu' scheme, dental the scene. bottles were thrown at Naidu hackers. The method, called Better data will mean better ed at more and more services screening of students of class- Weeping victim reached the by people to show their resent- Naidu was making his DEEP-Dig (DEcEPtion ability to detect attacks", are being provided to farmers es from I to VI would be con- main road, Nuzvid Circle ment over his remarks against cronies attack Anil DIGging), ushers intruders into researchers said. through Rytu Bharosa ducted soon. Under the Inspector Ramchander Rao, the region. "We are not sup- Kumar Yadav, a decoy site so the computer can "We're using the data from Kendras. scheme, each student should who was on night-patrolling porting the protests. But one Ramakrishna Reddy learn from hackers' tactics. The hackers to train the machine to He said that health services be given free of cost tooth- duty, noticed the girl crying has to realise that they protest- and . But the information is then used to identify an attack, we're using at YSR Clinics would be pro- paste and tooth brush. The took her to a hospital for ed against Naidu's stand Naidu. It was the TDP govern- government won't train the computer to recognise deception to get better data," vided free of cost administer- target is to screen 60 lakh stu- treatment. As the condition of against the Executive Capital ment, which blocked YS keep mum, if such acts and stop future attacks. said study researcher Gbadebo ing basic medicines to dents. Prior to launching the the girl was serious, she was being set up in Visakhapatnam, Jaganmohan Reddy when he DEEP-Dig advances a rapid- Ayoade. Hackers typically begin patients. The Village Clinic scheme, he wanted officials to shifted to Vijayawada hospital are repeated," warned and Naidu's stand only to pro- went to Vizag seeking Special the MLA ly growing cybersecurity field with their simplest tricks and should immediately attend to study all aspects carefully and for better treatment. A mote Amaravati as the capital. Category Status for AP in known as deception technolo- then use increasingly sophisti- serve the patient and treat wanted them to observe how man0hunt was launched by the Naidu and his cronies had 2017. Where was democracy gy, which involves setting traps cated tactics, the researchers small ailments then and there the Kanti Velugu scheme is Nuzvid police to nab the culprit. amassed wealth and lands in then and where is it now? Out of frustration, Naidu was for hackers. said. while referring the major being implemented. Amaravati, hence, speaking Police had the only option of making his cronies attack Anil "There are criminals trying to But most cyberdefence pro- health issues to other hospitals. The dental screening pro- only in favour of that region," sending back Naidu than stop- Kumar Yadav, Ramakrishna attack our networks all the grammes try to disrupt intrud- Each and every district should gramme should be imple- he pointed out. ping the thousands of protest- Reddy and Roja. But the gov- time, and normally, we view ers before anyone can monitor have a teaching hospital and mented on the lines of Kanti YSRCP defends It was wrong to say that it ers against him, asking him to ernment won't keep mum, if that as a negative thing, instead the intruders' techniques. also one in each of the 25 Lok Velugu with no hiccups sur- was just YSRCP activists, who go back. It was for the police such acts are repeated," warned of blocking them, maybe what DEEP-Dig will give researchers Sabha constituencies. facing at any level. There blocking Naidu protested, it was a protest by all to act to save law and order." the MLA and added that there we could be doing is viewing a window into hackers' meth- Detailed project reports are should be constant monitoring those who wanted north "Vizag is a peaceful place. is awareness among people, these attackers as a source of ods as they enter a decoy site being prepared to set up seven of the scheme by superiors. with 2017 Andhra to develop. Naidu's Naidu was trying to pollute the who protested in Vizag. free labour," said study stocked with disinformation. medical colleges in the State, The Chief Minister enquired claim that 5,000 people came atmosphere there by inciting a "Decentralisation would be researcher Kevin Hamlen from The decoy site looks legiti- he said asking officials to from officials on the progress from Pulivendula is false. It is section of the people. I laud the taken up with three capitals University of Texas in Dallas, mate to intruders, and attack- make arrangements to provide of Kanti Velugu. Whether, reminder not a fight between the YSRCP decision taken by the police in and nobody can stop us from the US. "They're providing us ers will feel they're successful, amenities to teaching hospi- spectacles are being given free Continued from Page 1 and the TDP but a protest Vizag and it is wrong to blame doing it. The TDP MLAs from data about what malicious said study researcher Latifur tals. Each teaching hospital of cost to senior citizens or not. against Naidu who spoke the DGP, who had also worked north Andhra had already attacks look like. It's a free Khan. As hackers' tactics should provide dental educa- Health Minister Citing security reasons, against north Andhra," said during Naidu's rule," he said. passed a resolution in favour of source of highly prised data," change, DEEP-Dig could help tion service. PHCs should and higher authorities in the police did not allow Jagan Rambabu. "It is not possible for Naidu Executive Capital in Vizag," the Hamlen added. cybersecurity defence systems also provide facility of dental health department attended to go ahead with his tour "Today people are against to belittle the government. MLA said. The approach aims at solving keep up with their new tricks. check-up. the meeting. plan. The TDP leaders contend that the current scenario is totally different. They say that prior permission was Minister: Krishna, HC judge Muralidhar shifted hours after criticising police obtained for Naidu's tour and showed the relevant doc- Continued from Page 1 transfer. against the BJP leaders making uments to substantiate their At the BJP party briefing, inflammatory statements was claims. Guntur districts The notifications said senior leader and union minis- transferred overnight from the They said that Jagan was President Ram Nath Kovind ter Prakash Javadekar said the Delhi High Court, he said. not allowed to visit approved the transfers after transfer was in line with the rec- Hitting back at the Congress Visakhapatnam on security will be developed consulting the Chief Justice of ommendation of the Collegium. over the allegations, Law reasons, while Naidu was India. The recommendation was made Minister Prasad said, "By politi- gheraoed on political PNS n VIJAYAWADA cause of ineligibility was already They came on a day when a on February 12. cising a routine transfer, grounds. informed through the notices, bench headed by Justice The Congress alleged that the Congress has yet again dis- The TDP leaders allege Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan which was displayed at the Muralidhar, the third senior- transfer of Justice Muralidhar played its scant regard for the that city airport became the Reddy was keen on develop- Village Secretariats. most judge in the Delhi High was aimed at saving some BJP judiciary." venue for the YSRCP to ment of Krishna and Guntur Collector A Md Imtiaz and Court, expressed "anguish" over leaders in the Delhi violence "Transfer of Hon'ble Justice avenge for the political insult districts, said District In-charge MLAs thanked the District In- Delhi Police's failure to register case and exposed the govern- Muralidhar was done pursuant heaped on it. and Panchayat Raj Minister charge Minister for allocating Rs FIRs against alleged hate speech- ment's "intimidation and to the recommendation dated They allege "Pulivendula Peddireddy Ramchandra Reddy. 100 crore for the Job Guarantee es by BJP leaders Parvesh vendetta politics" against the February 12 of the Supreme brand of factionism raised its The government had taken up scheme for the district. On the Verma, Kapil Mishra and judiciary. Court collegium headed by ugly head in Visakhapatnam" many development pro- occasion, MLA Kolusu Anurag Thakur in connection Congress leader Priyanka Muralidhar's "sudden" transfer, issue of Justice Muralidhar's Chief Justice of India," Prasad and demanded to know why grammes in these districts, he Pardhasaradhi, Government with the protests against the new Gandhi Vadra accused the gov- former Congress chief Rahul transfer, Congress chief said in a series of tweets. Jagan was afraid of Naidu if reminded. Addressing a review Whip Samineni Udaya Bhanu, Citizenship law. ernment of making attempts to Gandhi tweeted, "Remembering spokesperson Randeep He said a judge's consent is he is not at fault. meeting here on Thursday, he MLAs Vasantha Krishna Prasad, Union Law Minister Ravi "muzzle" justice and "break peo- the brave Judge Loya, who was- Surjewala alleged that the BJP taken before transferring him or "Disturbances are being said that of 4,53,064 are draw- Jogi Ramesh, Malladi Shankar Prasad said Justice ple's faith in an upright judicia- n't transferred." government was "waging a bat- her. created in the city to cover up ing pensions in Krishna district Vishnuvardhan, Rakshna Nidhi, Muralidhar was transferred on ry". "The midnight transfer of Special CBI judge B H Loya, tle of revenge" against the judi- Continuing his attack on the for the land scams of Jagan and 64,000 new people have Dulam Nageswara Rao, K Anil the recommendation of the Justice Muralidhar isn't shock- who was hearing the high-pro- ciary. He called the transfer a opposition party, Prasad said the gangs. Had the TDP conduct- been selected for the pension Kumar and others thanked Supreme Court Collegium and ing given the current dispensa- file Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake classic case of "hit-and-run people of India have rejected the ed in the same fashion, could scheme in the district. Minister Perddireddy accused the opposition party of tion, but it is certainly sad and encounter case, died in alleged injustice" by the government. Congress and "hence it is hell Jagan have successfully com- He also said that about 11,013 Ramachandra Reddy for his politicising a routine transfer. shameful," she tweeted. mysterious circumstances on The judge who reminded the bent on destroying the very pleted his pada yatra," the persons were identified as inel- support in the development of He added that a "well-settled Taking a dig at the govern- December 1, 2014. government of its 'raj dharma' institutions India cherishes by TDP leaders said. igible in the district and the their constituencies. process" was followed in the ment over what he called At a press conference on the and initiated and directed action constantly attacking them". ‘Gujarat model’ DISCOM’s Naidu detained at Vizag Insurance firm told to ‘Instal Ambedkar development charges pay Rs 2.5L, fine for statue on replicated in Delhi airport, sent back... Neerukonda hill' shocker to consumers refusing claim PNS n VIJAYAWADA Continued from Page 1 of party workers on Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 alleged that the protest of the Continued from Page 1 March 1. YSRCP was conducted with the YSRCP MLA Alla Whether the home NCP president On Monday, activists of the Left parties While the police personnel had full support of the police as the The New Delhi district consumer forum said the Ramakrishna Reddy on minister could not han- Sharad Pawar, staged a protest, describing the AP Discoms arranged security for the Leader of protesters were not taken into policy was issued after conducting proper medical Thursday wrote a letter to dle the situation in Delhi Maharashtra Deputy demand as "unfair" and seeking a rollback. the Opposition at the airport, the preventive custody but were examination and therefore the company cannot Chief Minister YS or he himself had given Chief Minister Ajit The protesters said that on the one hand, the protesters managed to block the allowed to come near the air- absolve itself of its liabilities by shifting onus on the Jaganmohan Reddy request- such instructions to the Pawar and party's state government was implementing various welfare convoy and even hurled eggs and port. insured person. Kamla Devi had taken a policy with ing him to instal BR police should be probed. unit chief Jayant Patil schemes like Amma-Vodi, Rythu Barosa, Rs tomatoes at it, as per reports. Though the police denied per- Max New York Life Insurance in 2010. Ambedkar statue on the hill He should resign imme- will attend the meeting, 10,000 to auto drivers, house sites to homeless, Several TDP and YSRCP sup- mission to both the groups to After her death, her nominee was denied the ben- at Neerukonda village in diately, Malik said. he added. moves like imposing a "development surcharge" porters were spotted get- stage any peaceful protests efits of the claim, alleging that the policy holder was Amaravati. He recalled that Malik accused the Speaking about the on people would be counterproductive. ting into heated argu- and deployed a large suffering from cardiomyopathy, but did not disclose opposition leader N Delhi police of not dis- controversial Citizenship M Raj Kumar JE, Moghalrajapuram said that ments with each other. number police per- it to the company while taking the insurance. The com- Chandrababu Naidu had charging their duty and (Amendment) Act, development charges are being collected from The situation led to sonnel, leaders and mission said it would be unjust to allow the insurance inaugurated Ambedkar falling prey to political Malik said the right of the customers as per their usage. Generally, the a traffic jam on the supporters of both company to shirk its responsibility to record about ail- Smruthi Vanam at pressure. implementing the law consumers do not reveal all the electrical appli- busy Gajuwaka-NAD the parties managed ment of the insured. Iyanovolu and proposed to He also pitched for lies with the Centre and ances in their house and take a minimum of 1 stretch, leaving the to reach the airport It also said that the insurance company in its dis- instal 125 feet Ambedkar resignation of another not the state govern- KVA connections and later in the bill it will be common public to road by early Thursday. cretion could have rejected the application, but it opted statue. Union minister, Anurag ment. clearly evident that they are using A/c or Cooler bear the brunt of the Anticipating trouble and issued the policy. "In the instant case, since the He mentioned in his let- Thakur, and Delhi BJP "We, however, will not or water heater or other appliances that con- political power play. and a possible clash insured died and the policy was issued to her after med- ter that Ambedkar Smruthi leader Kapil Mishra for implement the NRC (in sume more electricity. Raj Kumar said that as Naidu was scheduled to meet between TDP and YSRCP work- ical examination, shifting the entire onus on the insured Vanam works were stopped allegedly making Maharashtra)," he said. the consumer takes minimum load power con- farmers at Pendurthi on his way ers and leaders at the Airport, the (now died) would tantamount to shifting of respon- and requested to install a provocative speeches. The NCP is the sec- nection by paying less amounts will in turn to Vizianagaram. The TDP supre- Vizag Police Commissioner sibility by the OP (opposite party) and does not absolve 100 feet Ambedkar statue at Meanwhile, Malik ond largest constituent reflect on the load on transformers. He said that mo is on a two-day tour of the refused to give permission for the OP of its liabilities. Neerukonda village hill and said the Mumbai NCP of the Shiv Sena-led rul- these development charges are being collect- North Andhra region. TDP leaders to reach the airport "In our considered view, repudiation of claim in such inaugurate the works on will organise a meeting ing coalition MVA. ed to provide better service to the customers. Meanwhile, TPD leaders to greet their leader. circumstances is unjust," the commission said. Ugadi festival. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 nation 04 AAP councillor SHORT READS CBI brings back girl taken to Dubai denies involvement by her dad in defiance of HC order in death of IB staffer PNS n NEW DELHI Yellow Notices are issued by PNS n NEW DELHI The HC termed the Interpol on the request of The CBI on Thursday brought Aman Lohia's member countries to locate AAP councillor Tahir NCW chief writes to back a three-year-old girl from escape with his missing persons, they said. Hussain on Thursday denied Dubai who was taken there by The CBI had also filed a any involvement in the riots Kejriwal, asks him to her father in alleged violation daughter on a charge sheet on December 19 or the killing of an include women of Delhi High Court orders, Dominican pass- last year before a special court Intelligence Bureau staffer officials said. port and refusal against Aman Lohia, his moth- whose family accused him of MLAs in Cabinet The girl's father, Aman er Meena Lohia, alleged being behind the murder, NEW DELHI: National Lohia, had taken Baby Raina to to subject himself accomplice Pawan Kumar and saying these are "baseless Commission for Women Dubai amid a custody battle to jurisdiction of maid Shiuratia Debi Mahto, accusations". (NCW) Chairperson Rekha with his wife Kiran Kaur Lohia the Indian legal they said. He called for an impartial Sharma has written to Delhi in the high court that had The agency has invoked probe into the incident and cillor and his associates were Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked him to deposit his pass- system as a “co- Indian Penal Code provisions said action should be taken behind the killing. on including women port with authorities to prevent ntempt of court” pertaining to criminal conspir- against the guilty. "It is wrong Hussain has rejected the legislators in his cabinet. him from leaving the country, acy, kidnapping from India to target me. I and my fami- allegations. Sharma has expressed they said. informed it about its compli- Aman Lohia, son of a noted when the girl had come to meet and kidnapping from lawful ly have nothing to do with it," "I came to know from news concern over no woman The Supreme Court, which ance action, the officials said. businessman, was fighting a Aman Lohia as per the parent- guardianship among others Hussain said. reports that I am being being part of Kejriwal's was apprised of the matter The girl will be produced custody battle for his daughter ing plan, he took her along against the businessman. The AAP leader also blamed for the murder of a council of seven ministers. through a petition against a before the Supreme Court on Raina in the high court after with family confidant Pawan Aman Lohia had allegedly demanded strict action man. These are lies and base- "Various kinds of equality, high court order in the case, Friday, they said, adding that separating from his wife Kiran Kumar and maid Shiuratia decided to flee to Dubai, where against BJP leaders responsi- less accusations. For our safe- including political equality, had directed the CBI to visit the child is at her mother's Kaur Lohia, a Delhi-based der- Debi to Dubai using a cir- “personal laws enjoin exclusive ble for giving inflammatory ty, my family and I had political leadership and Dubai to bring back the girl to home under the agency's care. matologist. cuitous route via Nepal and custody upon the father”, using speeches. moved away from our home power sharing is one of the India. The dramatic developments The high court had granted other gulf countries. a passport acquired from Ankit Sharma (26), who on Monday in police pres- most basic, intrinsically A team of CBI officials had of Thursday were a culmina- Raina's custody to the mother Considering “international Caribbean country the worked for the Intelligence ence," he said. valuable as it is the key to recently gone to Dubai where tion of a six-month long trail with a parenting plan, accord- ramifications”, the Delhi High Commonwealth of Dominica. Bureau (IB), had gone miss- Senior AAP leader Sanjay equality on other realms, and it coordinated with local of a defiant father who in a des- ing to which, Aman Lohia Court had handed over the The high court had termed ing on Tuesday and his body Singh said the party's stand all citizens are supposed to authorities to ensure the safe perate move escaped to Dubai could meet his daughter for probe to the CBI which had Aman Lohia's escape with his was found in a drain near his remains clear that strictest be given equal representation return of the girl and her with his daughter claiming he some hours on three days of a registered a case. daughter on a Dominican pass- home in northeast Delhi's punishment must be taken and leadership irrespective of father. was a "victim of gender bias" of week. The court also asked him The Interpol had issued a port and refusal to subject riot-hit Chand Bagh area on against anyone associated gender," she said in her letter. After the team arrived on courts and that it was the "love to deposit his passport, which 'Yellow Notice' for the girl on himself to the jurisdiction of Wednesday. with spreading violence and The NCW chairperson has Thursday morning, the CBI for his daughter" which direct- he did, the officials said. a CBI request, the officials the Indian legal system as a His family members added that Hussain has given requested the chief minister rushed to the apex court and ed his actions. On August 24 last year, said. “contempt of court”. claimed that the local coun- his statement on the matter. to consider inducting a couple of women legislators or at least one in his council of ministers, the commission Gujarat's debt MALEGAON BLAST CASE Got patient said in a statement. swells to hearing, Sidhu Pragya appears before Rajasthan CM Gehlot Rs 2.4 L crore, says after questions central govt Assembly told meeting Sonia over Justice special court in Mumbai Muralidhar's transfer PNS n GANDHINAGAR PNS n NEW DELHI : Questioning the PNS n MUMBAI motorcycle was registered in The Gujarat government on Thakur's name and that led to Amid reports of differences transfer of Delhi High Court judge S Muralidhar, Thursday informed the legisla- BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur her arrest in 2008. with Punjab Chief Minister Rajasthan Chief Minister tive Assembly that the state's on Thursday appeared before The Bombay High Court Amarinder Singh, Congress Ashok Gehlot on Thursday public debt has risen by over Rs a special NIA court here in had granted bail to her in 2017. leader Navjot Singh Sidhu asked the central government 28,000 crore in one year and connection with the 2008 Thakur was given a clean chit Bangladeshi student on Thursday said he met what message it was trying now stands at Rs 2.4 lakh crore. Malegaon blast case, in which by the National Investigation party chief Sonia Gandhi to convey. The notification of Responding to a written query she is one of the accused. Agency (NIA), but the trial and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Justice Muralidhar's transfer raised by Congress MLA This came a day after special court refused to discharge her here and got a "patient hear- to the Punjab and Haryana Shailesh Parmar during the court judge V S Padalkar from the case. asked to leave India ing". n High Court came late Question Hour, Deputy CM directed all the accused in the The court had dropped the PNS asked Meem to leave India In a statement, Sidhu said Wednesday evening, on a day Nitin Patel said as on December case to take note of his order charges against her under the within 15 days from the date he was called by the "party when a bench headed by him 31 2019, Gujarat owes Rs (passed in May last year) Maharashtra Control of Org- A Bangladeshi student of Visva of its receipt — did not spec- high command" to Delhi and expressed "anguish" over 2,40,652 crore, a rise of Rs directing them to appear anised Crime Act (MCOCA), Bharati University has been ify the nature of the "anti-India that he apprised the two Delhi Police's failure to 28,061 crore from 2018-19. On before it at least once a week. Seven persons, including but she is being tried under the asked by the home ministry to activities". senior leaders of a road map register FIRs against alleged Wednesday, Patel had present- The Bhopal MP appeared Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Pu- Unlawful Activities leave the country for reported- The woman, who hails from for the "revival" of the hate speeches by BJP leaders ed a Rs 2,17,287 crore state before the court around 1 pm. rohit, are facing trial in the (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and ly engaging in "anti-govern- Kustia district of Bangladesh, Congress-ruled state "to its Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra budget for 2020-21, with After taking note of her app- case. other relevant laws. ment activities". got enrolled in the Bachelor of pristine glory". and Anurag Thakur. "What healthy allocations to educa- earance, the judge allowed her Six people were killed and The accused are facing trial Afsara Anika Meem, an Design course at the varsity in He said he met Congress message is central tion, health and agriculture sec- to go. over 100 injured when an under various sections of the undergraduate student at the 2018. She received the notice General Secretary Priyanka government trying to give by tors. In a written reply to a sub- Interacting with reporters explosive device strapped on a UAPA, the Indian Penal Code central university, has been dated February 14 on Wedne- Gandhi on February 25, for transferring Justice question about interest paid on outside the court, Thakur said motorcycle went off near a and the Explosive Substances served a 'Leave India Notice' sday, one of her friends said. 40 minutes at her residence. Muralidhar, who showed his loans taken in the last two years, whenever the court summons mosque in Malegaon, a town Act. They have been charged by the Foreigners' Regional Meem had allegedly shared On Wednesday, he met resentment against police Patel said in 2017 -18, the state her, she will appear before it. about 200 km from here in under UAPA sections 16 Registration Office, Kolkata — some posts on Facebook relat- the Congress President and inaction during Delhi violence had paid Rs 17,146 crore inter- She had last appeared before north Maharashtra, on (committing terrorist act) and under the Ministry of Home ed to anti-CAA protests in the General Secretary at 10 and in failure of police to act est and Rs 13,700 crore as prin- the court in connection with September 29, 2008. 18 (conspiring to commit ter- Affairs. December, and has been tro- Janpath for more than an against BJP leaders for their cipal amount. the case in June 2019. According to police, the rorist act). The notice — which has lled on social media since. hour. hate speeches" Gehlot tweeted on Thursday. "People have so much faith in the CORONAVIRUS IMPACT judiciary and the government's attempts to Tyre burst caused Rajasthan undermine the justice system are very unfortunate," he AIBA cancels European forum in Italy said. bus accident which killed 24 PNS n NEW DELHI ed the northern Lombardy region, leaving 12 dead and 400 Delhi govt to prepare PNS n JAIPUR The vehicle had insurance The International Boxing infected. Eleven Italian towns and a temporary permit for a Association (AIBA) on -- 10 in Lombardy and one in 3-level action plan to A tyre burst appeared to be two-way trip from Kota to Thursday cancelled the the north-eastern region of curb pollution cause of the bus accident that Sawai Madhopur, where the European leg of its continen- Veneto -- have been placed killed 24 people in Bundi dis- marriage party was headed. Its tal forum in Italy, citing the under a lockdown, according NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment trict, the Rajasthan govern- fitness certificate was valid till novel coronavirus outbreak in to various media reports. Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday ment told the state assembly on September 20. that country. AIBA continental forums said the Delhi government will Thursday during a brief discus- Dhariwal said the state's The forum was scheduled to are meant to "unite National prepare a three-level action sion which ended with an oppo- health and transport ministers be held on Saturday in Assisi, Federations through dialogue". plan – quarterly, annually and sition walkout. went to Kota on Wednesday to where the Indian boxing team The forums allow for meetings five years – to reduce pollution A mini-bus carrying a wed- offer their condolences to the is currently participating in a between NF presidents and in the national capital. Rai held ding party had hurtled off a families of the victims. preparatory camp for next general secretaries to discuss a meeting with experts who bridge on Kota-Dausa According to report from The state government has month's Olympic qualifiers in and resolve all internal and suggested the government to on Wednesday morning. the relief management control announced a compensation of Jordan. by far the highest number of "I hope you and your fami- bilateral problems. issue a direction to agencies After making a statement room, the prima facie cause of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of "Scheduled for February coronavirus cases in Europe. lies stay healthy and that the The goal is to discuss AIBA that no outdoor construction on the accident, Parliamentary the accident was a tyre burst, those killed Rs 40,000 for the 29th in Assisi, Italy AIBA Eur- Moreover, Italy has imposed coronavirus will be eradicated reforms and future of the activities should be conducted Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal earlier said. However, injured. The state government opean Forum 2020 is can- strict quarantine restrictions in soon. Your health is our prior- organisation, which has been in winters when the pollution Dhariwal targeted the opposi- the matter is being investigated, will also bear the expenditure on celled due to COVID-19 (coro- some regions which could last ity and we will do this forum stripped of the right to conduct levels rise. The minister said tion BJP by asking under whose he added. the education up to the college navirus). This decision was for weeks," it added. when the circumstances are the qualifying as well as the the experts also suggested that tenure the highway was built. A case against bus driver level of the victim's children. taken by AIBA leadership in The Indian boxers are sch- better," Moustahsane said in a main event of the Tokyo there should be an inter-state As BJP members protested, Shyam Singh, who also died in Deputy Leader of Opposition the best interests of the dele- eduled to fly out of Italy on communication to National Olympics by the International action committee to take steps Speaker C P Joshi asked them the accident, has been regis- Rajendra Rathore said the gov- gates," AIBA Interim President Friday. Federations. Olympic Committee (IOC). to curb pollution. Rai said the to maintain order and directed tered. The documents recovered ernment should run a campaign Dr Mohamed Moustahsane Moustahsane said the AIBA Assisi is a hill town in the The IOC has cited alleged suggestions will be sent to the minister to end his state- from the vehicle are being against vehicles running with- said in a statement. will organise the Forum later in central Italian region of financial and administrative Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ment. The BJP MLAs then examined, the minister said in out valid permit and fitness cer- "The coronavirus outbreak the year "when situation in Umbria. The coronavirus out- mismanagement in the AIBA next week and a final action walked out. the statement. tificates. in Italy worsened and Italy has Europe becomes better." break in Italy has so far affect- for its decision. plan will be prepared.

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY India's women scientists want better support, fair policies in research PNS n NEW DELHI women. equality, Geetha feels the state "Setting up new education- Noting that a career in sci- National Science Day is celebrated on and union governments should al and research institutions As the country marks the ence is a demanding and tough February 28 each year commemorating provide women grants for star- across India has contributed to National Science Day on option, Rupamanjari Ghosh, tups, core research, travel, and this cause,” she said. Friday, many leading Indian Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar CV Raman's discovery in 1928 of the prototype development. However, Reddy, who won women scientists have stressed University, said Raman effect — the scattering of "Universities should prefer- the Infosys Prize 2019, thinks on the need for the right kind there are additional barriers - photons or light particles by matter. entially encourage women India is lagging behind in basic of support, equality, and gen- - often unintentional and entrepreneurs and women star- sciences as compared to devel- der-fair policies in the field of unconscious ones -- which are tups. A survey has to be con- oped countries, and needs to research. put up along the career path of The prize is one of cles from 54 journals, and ducted on participation of make serious efforts to fill the National Science Day is cel- women in science. the highest multi- found that "29.8 per cent of all women as chairpersons or gap. ebrated on February 28 each "When such a career disciplinary science research authors, and 33.1 per committee member in policy "This can be achieved with year commemorating Indian demands long hours, there are awards in India. cent of the first, 31.8 per cent making,” Geetha added. structured funding, more focus physicist C V Raman's discov- issues of lack of security and According to of the co-, and 18.1 per cent of Professor Manjula Reddy, on education and research ery in 1928 of the Raman effect basic amenities that affect Geetha, women the last authors were women." Chief Scientist, Center for activities. — the scattering of photons or women more adversely than represent only Another study by the UK's Cellular and Molecular Biology "Basic research is a develop- light particles by matter. men in this society. We need to and Development at Lovely She noted that out about a fifth of senior Intellectual Property Office (CCMB), Hyderabad believes mental activity; it may not Raman received a Nobel pay active attention to these Professional University (LPU) of the 560 awardees of authors in all published (IPO) noted that women inven- that science in India is pro- have immediate tangible ben- Prize in Physics in 1930. Of the preventable problems,” Ghosh, in Punjab, emphasised on clos- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar research. tors account for just under 13 gressing at a rapid pace since efit, but has long-term sustain- 607 Nobel medals awarded so a Professor of Physics, told. ing the gender gap, and mov- Prize for Science and A study, published in the per cent of patent applications the last decade, thanks to the ability and is the bedrock for far in scientific disciplines G Geetha, Professor and ing towards women-led pro- Technology, only 18 recipients journal PLOS One in 2018, globally. focus and initiatives on educa- future technological advances," globally, just 20 have gone to Head, Division of Research jects in science. have been women. assessed 293,557 research arti- For society to evolve with tion and research. she explained. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 nation 05

DELHI VIOLENCE Transfer of HC judge aimed at saving BJP leaders: Cong CONG LEADERS MEET PREZ, PNS n NEW DELHI The Congress on Thursday alleged that the transfer of Delhi High Court Judge S Muralidhar was aimed at sav- DEMAND SHAH'S RESIGNATION ing some BJP leaders in the PNS n NEW DELHI Delhi violence case and 48 FIRs lodged, exposed the Modi govern- Accusing Home Minister Amit SG informs HC ment's "intimidation and Shah of "abdication of duty" vendetta politics" against the during the communal violence NEW DELHI: Solicitor General judiciary. in Delhi, a Congress delegation Tushar Mehta told the Delhi The notification of Justice led by party chief Sonia Gandhi High Court on Thursday that Muralidhar's transfer to the on Thursday urged President 48 FIRs have been lodged in Punjab and Haryana High Ram Nath Kovind to call for his relation to the north-east Delhi Court came late Wednesday resignation and remind the violence and there be no evening, on a day when a Centre of its "raj dharma". judicial intervention till bench headed by him Reading out parts of the normalcy is restored in the expressed "anguish" over memorandum that the party national capital. A bench of Delhi Police's failure to regis- submitted to the president, Chief Justice D N Patel and ter FIRs against alleged hate CPI(M): Justice Muralidhar's Gandhi said both the Delhi gov- Justice C Hari Shankar was speeches by BJP leaders ernment and the Centre told by Mehta that the Centre Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra transfer ‘selective response' and the police need to file a remained "mute spectators" and Anurag Thakur. NEW DELHI: The CPI(M) on Thursday said Justice instead of trying to take reme- reply to the plea for lodging Congress leader Priyanka FIRs against alleged hate S Muralidhar's transfer from the Delhi High dial measures to control the sit- Gandhi Vadra hit out at the Court was a "selective response" to his court uation. "We call upon you and speeches by three BJP government over the transfer, leaders. Mehta informed the orders in which he rapped the city police for the constitutional office you saying the Centre's attempts "trying to shield" BJP leaders who made "hate hold, that the life, liberty and court that 48 FIRs have been to "muzzle" justice and "break lodged till date in relation to speeches". The Left party demanded the property of the citizens is pre- people's faith in an upright government keep the transfer order, notified late served, secured and protected. CONG, AAP POLITICISING VIOLENCE IN DELHI: BJP arson, looting and the deaths judiciary are deplorable". in the communal violence has Wednesday night, in abeyance to reinforce the confidence of the You should immediately call for NEW DELHI: The BJP on months since Sonia Gandhi gave "The midnight transfer of people in the judicial system. Justice Muralidhar was transferred to the removal of the home min- erupted over the amended Justice Muralidhar isn't Thursday accused the Congress the call for 'fight to the finish' at citizenship law. the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on a day a bench headed by ister given the gross ineptitude, and the AAP of "politicising" the a rally. Javadekar said the BJP shocking given the current him expressed "anguish" over the Delhi Police's "failure" to register abdication of duty and his riots in the national capital and was working to restore peace dispensation, but it is certain- FIRs against the alleged hate speeches made by BJP leaders inability to contain the situation. claimed that attempts to and condemned the Congress, ‘AAP's stand on ly sad and shameful," Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur. The CPI (M) said "We owe this to the citizens instigate violence had been the AAP for doing politics over Priyanka Gandhi tweeted. in a statement that the transfer was recommended by the Supreme who have lost their loved ones, made for two months after the violence that claimed 34 violence remains "Millions of Indians have Court collegium, but it has been protested against by the Delhi High their homes and their livelihood Congress president Sonia lives in northeast Delhi and left clear: take action’ faith in a resilient and upright Court Bar Association for well-argued judicial-administrative and most of all their long cher- Gandhi gave the call for ‘aar yaa over 200 injured. He asserted judiciary, the government's considerations. ished amity and brotherhood. par' (fight to the finish) in that peace was restored in two NEW DELHI: Senior AAP attempts to muzzle justice & We hope you will take decisive December last year. Addressing days due to Union Home leaders Sanjay Singh and Gopal break their faith are action on this matter," she told a press conference at the party Minister Amit Shah's effective Rai on Thursday said the deplorable," the Congress died in allegedly mysterious ry. Slamming the Congress the media outside Rashtrapati office, senior BJP leader and handling. He said the Congress's party's stand on violence general secretary said. circumstances on December over the allegations, Union Bhavan after meeting the pres- Taking a dig at the govern- 1, 2014. At a press conference Law Minister Ravi Shankar Union Minister Prakash Taking on the AAP which demand for Shah's resignation remains clear that strictest ident. The delegation included Javadekar asked why other was "petty politics." Earlier in the punishment must be given to ment over Muralidhar's "sud- on the issue of Justice Prasad said the judge was governs Delhi, Javadekar said den" transfer, former Muralidhar's transfer, transferred on the recom- former prime minister political parties were silent on that its MLAs should have day, the Congress hit out at the anyone associated with Manmohan Singh, Leader of the attack on the policemen and worked for peace, but Chief government over the transfer of spreading it. Their reaction Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Congress chief spokesperson mendation of the Supreme Opposition in Rajya Sabha on the death of Intelligence Minister Arvind Kejriwal Delhi High Court Judge S came after family of an tweeted, "Remembering the Randeep Surjewala said it Court collegium and accused Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma. "In identified riot victims by religion Muralidhar, alleging that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer, brave Judge Loya, who wasn't seems those doing justice in the opposition party of politi- Patel, P Chidambaram, K C such a situation, the duty of all in the Assembly. He alleged that Modi dispensation was waging a who was found dead in a drain transferred." country will now not be cising a routine transfer. Venugopal, Mallikarjuna political parties should be to attempts to instigate violence battle of revenge against the near his home in northeast Special CBI judge B H spared. Surjewala hit back at Prasad, Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi consolidate peace," he said. had been made for the last two judiciary. Delhi's riot-hit Chand Bagh Loya, who was hearing the He alleged that the govern- describing him as the "most Vadra, Anand Sharma, A K area, accused AAP councillor high-profile Sohrabuddin ment was "waging a battle of lawless minister" this country Antony, Kumari Selja and Tahir Hussain of being behind Sheikh fake encounter case, revenge" against the judicia- has ever seen. Randeep Surjewala. to remind it of its constitution- Gandhi asked where he was as his attention to these grave the killing. Family members of "Rashtrapatiji, you are given al duty and the pillars of raj the violence spread across events? For that matter, the Ankit Sharma, 26, alleged that the highest possible responsibil- dharma by which any just gov- northeast Delhi. Delhi chief minister, and the Hussain and his associates ity under the Constitution of ernment must abide," she said, "What was he preoccupied newly elected Delhi govern- were behind the killing. Hussain MLA announces India: to act as the conscience flanked by senior leaders of her with since last Sunday that he ment were also completely rejected the allegations. Ensure free, fair keeper of this government and party. Questioning Shah's role, was unable, apparently, to give missing from the scene. withdrawing elections: Dhankhar support to CAPSULE Agonising wait for relatives Pride of Khattar govt Guruvayur, to state EC PNS n CHANDIGARH Padmanabhan PNS n NEW DELHI Haryana Independent MLA outside mortuary in Delhi Balraj Kundu announced his State Election Commissioner decision to withdraw support PNS n NEW DELHI passes away Sourav Das on Thursday met to the M L Khattar dispensa- PNS n KERALA West Bengal Governor tion on Thursday, saying he Still to come to terms with the Jagdeep Dhankhar who asked was "deeply hurt" with the gov- loss of their loved ones in vio- One of the most popular ele- him to ensure peaceful and ernment giving "clean chit" in lence in parts of northeast phants of the Guruvayur fair civic polls in the state, and the sugar mills corruption he Centre must ensure Delhi, relatives are anxiously temple in Kerala's Thrissur take action to prevent a repeat had flagged. peace in violence-hit waiting outside GTB hospital's district, 'Gajaratnam' of the violence that marred "I had extended my support mortuary for the postmortem Guruvayur Padmanabhan, the panchayat elections in to an honest chief minister and Delhi: RSS leader to be conducted before the died on Wednesday. The 2018. an honest government, but I : Nobody has right to bodies are handed over to tusker, who had been carry- The meeting, which lasted came to know today that the take the law into their hands them. Family members of peo- ing the Guruvayur Sri for 20 minutes, took place at display of honesty is a farce," and the Centre should ensure ple, who are missing since the Krishna idol for festivals, the Raj Bhavan. Take recourse even the MLA told reporters out- that peace is restored in Delhi violence broke out, also have was 84 years old. In the meeting, Dhankhar side the Assembly, after the which has been wracked by been asking hospital authori- According to the authori- told Das to ensure that the to transferring officials chief minister refused to order communal violence, RSS ties to check whether were ties of the Guruvayur "kind of scenario noticed" in in the interest of any probe into allegations general secretary Suresh brought dead or are being Devaswom Board, which the panchayat elections held ensuring fair and peaceful made without substantial ‘Bhaiyyaji' Joshi said on treated. oversees the administration in May 2018 is not repeated polls proof or due to personal enmi- Thursday. Necessary action Relatives of 35-year-old Family members of people, who are missing of the temple, the tusker had and the civic polls, likely to be — JAGDEEP DHANKHAR ty. "I withdraw my support to should be taken to restore law Mudassir Khan who have been been unwell for over a month held in mid-April, take place West Bengal Governor this government and on Friday and order in the national waiting at the mortuary at since the violence broke out, also have been and was being treated for the in a peaceful, orderly and fair I will formally hand over my capital, he said. "The GTB hospital said they are still asking hospital authorities to check whether last two weeks after he devel- atmosphere, according to an letter to the Governor and the government should establish to recover from the shock. were brought dead or are being treated oped swelling in his body. official statement. and must engage in dialogue Speaker," said Kundu, who peace in areas where there is "We have been coming here Post 9 am on Wednesday, his The governor also asked with all stakeholders. The represents Meham constituen- 'ashanti' (unrest). Nobody has since last two days. Yesterday, condition worsened and was the commissioner to keep statement further said that the cy in the Assembly. the right to take law into their the in-charge IO said that files Children are not going to northeast Delhi. Many relatives declared dead at 2 pm at the him informed about the steps commissioner needs to tell hands," he said. Joshi was were ready and the post- school, everyone is preferring and friends of riot-affected Punathoorkotta, a training taken by the poll panel. the police and administration replying to queries of reporters mortem would be conducted. to stay indoors and we are not victims are waiting in the hos- centre for captive elephants Dhankhar underlined the that any partisan approach on the Delhi violence on the Today, we have been waiting even using our vehicles to pital anxiously to get details near the Guruvayur Sri need in giving all parties would invite exemplary con- UN rights chief sidelines of a programme here. here since 8 am and the post- commute. We are in shock about their loved ones. Krishna tem- equal opportunities as a pre- sequences. Communal riots, which broke mortem is underway. over what happened within Some of them claimed that ple. requisite to free and fair polls. The commissioner expresses out on Sunday in various parts "We hope to get the body three days," he said. neither police nor the hospital At the He told the commissioner informed Dhankhar that he of north-east Delhi over the soon. We will conduct the last Mudassir was outside his authorities are telling them time of his that if the situation arises, Das will be meeting district mag- ‘great concern' amended citizenship law,\ have rites today itself," his nephew house in Kardampuri on exactly when will the post- death, all may "take recourse even to istrates on March 4. so far claimed 34 lives. More Arbaaz Khan said. Monday when he was attacked mortem be conducted. doctors of transferring officials in the Das was accompanied by over CAA than 200 people have been Talking about the situation by a mob, his family said. He Relatives including the the interest of ensuring fair and secretary of the commission PNS n GENEVA injured in the riots in the in his area in Mustafabad, sustained bullet injury on his mother of of 22-year-old Guruvayur peaceful polls". Nilanjan Sandilya to the national capital, where the Arbaaz said with security head and was declared brought Shahbaz (25), who has been Devaswom The governor further said meeting. He was tight-lipped The UN human rights chief on police department comes under deployment, it is returning to dead by doctors at GTB hos- missing since February 25, are were present that the state election com- about discussions in the Thursday voiced "great con- the Union home ministry. normal but there is still fear pital. He used to work in a waiting anxiously outside the near the tusker, missioner must take all steps meeting amid queries from cern" over India's amended cit- among people. plastic scrap manufacturing mortuary at GTB hospital monitoring his to dispel fears and impres- reporters while leaving the izenship law and reports of Resignation of "No one is able to sleep unit and lived with his wife and since morning to know if their health condi- sions that the poll panel is an governor's official residence "police inaction" in the face of Justice Dharmadhikari peacefully. There is still fear. children in Kardampuri area of son is even alive. tion. extension of the government around 11.50 am. communal attacks in Delhi, urging political leaders to pre- notified vent violence. NEW DELHI: The government GANGA POLLUTION Updating the ongoing 43rd has notified the resignation of Session of the Human Rights Justice Satyaranjan Council in Geneva on human Dharmadhikari who was the rights developments around second senior-most judge of CPCB asks UP authorities to act firmly against violators the world, UN High the Bombay High Court. Commissioner for Human The Law Ministry has notified PNS n NEW DELHI consultation with the UPPCB, Rights Michelle Bachelet also his resignation, saying it is In a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Pollution has inventoried over 1,000 GPI spoke about the situation in effective from February 15. Taking strong note of effluent Control Board (UPPCB), the CPCB asked it to operating in Uttar Pradesh with Jammu and Kashmir. He had tendered his discharge in drains pol- ensure that no industry discharges effluent the potential to discharge efflu- She said the Citizenship luting the river Ganga, the ent in the river Ganga. Amendment Act (CAA) resignation, saying he does not into any drain without meeting prescribed want to be transferred out of Central Pollution Control Board It has also been monitoring 24 adopted last year by India's Maharashtra due to his has asked the state pollution standards, and that coloured or untreated drains, two in Unnao and 22 in Parliament was of "great con- "personal and family" reasons. control body to take stern action effluent is not drained into river Ganga Kanpur since March 2019 on a cern". "Indians in huge num- Talking to reporters on against the non-complying weekly basis, the official said. bers, and from all communi- February 14, Justice industrial units and order their During its monitoring ties, have expressed - in a Dharmadhikari had said he closure. lution control measures in a time and its tributaries has been between December 31, 2019 and mostly peaceful manner - resigned as he had been In a letter to the Uttar Pradesh bound manner," said CPCB threatened due to disposal of January 7, 2020, the Central their opposition to the Act, elevated as the chief justice of Pollution Control Board Acting Chairman R S Prasad. untreated sewage and sullage Pollution Control Board and support for the country's the high court of another state (UPPCB), the CPCB asked it to In 2017, the Supreme Court from drains and discharge of (CPCB) found industrial efflu- long tradition of secularism," and he did not wanted to leave ensure that no industry dis- had passed a judgement which untreated or partially treated ent or sewage was being dis- she said. "I am concerned by Mumbai. Judges of the charges effluent into any drain directed all state pollution con- effluent from grossly polluting charged in four drains in reports of police inaction in Supreme Court and the high without meeting prescribed an action taken report by Pollution) Act, you (UPPCB) are trol boards to mandatorily carry industries (GPI) which are Kanpur- Sheetla Bazaar, the face of attacks against courts send their resignations standards, and that coloured or February 29. hereby directed to take appropri- out inspections and take appro- mixed with drain effluent and Wazidpur, Bhudiya Ghat and Muslims by other groups, as to the president, which is untreated effluent is not drained "In exercise of the power ate measures including issuance priate action against erring reach Ganga river directly Ratanpur- despite several meet- well as previous reports of accepted. into river Ganga. conferred under the Water of directions to ensure imple- industrial units. through its tributaries, said a ings held last year over such pol- excessive use of force by police It has asked the UPPCB to file (Prevention and Control of mentation of the following pol- Water quality of river Ganga CPCB official.The CPCB, in luting activities. against peaceful protesters. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Costlier casualty The Delhi violence is serious because it shows that binaries Some hard, home truths have been deep-set and a panic economy has taken over he story of the Delhi violence lies much beyond the headlines or the number of It is an irony of our times that the very Government, which promised to protect Tthe dead. The terrifying visual of a man, whose photo of being beaten up by a violent the country from any divisive internal or external force, has failed to fulfill its duties mob simply because he wore a certain kind of clothes and sported a beard went viral, val- idated the pogrom-like sequence of events as the new normal and its casual acceptance in normal life. It’s something as statistical as an accident on the crime charts. It is serious sim- ply because it happened in Delhi, the nation’s capital no less, and not in a far-flung town in India clouded by obscurantism. It is a test case that could get copied elsewhere AJOY KUMAR and worse, be passed off as another law and order situation that can be tamped down by Section 144. When a judge like Justice Muralidhar, whom junior lawyers hen the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was voted to call an inspiration, gets transferred overnight for daring to question the Delhi power in 2014 and then even police, then we should worry, with deep furrowed brows. Simply because an more resoundingly in 2019, independent judiciary is the only hope for citizens seeking justice and rights one of the pillars that the Wparty sought to stand on was its claim that that the Constitution guarantees to them. If this institution is broken, then our Prime Minister Narendra Modi will represent statute books mean nothing at all and public morality simply spins out of the a strong Government and that it will protect orbit of our nation as we knew it. Till now. If north-east Delhi, where various the country from any divisive internal or exter- nal force. It is this assurance that forms the communities have literally lived cheek by jowl for decades and more, is torn backdrop of the now-infamous belief that the asunder by blood-curdling rage at the mere remark of an extremist, it shows Prime Minister’s “56-inch chest” will provide that Indians, as a people, are harbouring a tinder box in their minds. This is a India with a protective shield. Events that unfolded in Delhi over the past week, where separatism that has nothing to do with the unresolved wounds of Partition. But clashes broke out between communities that an otherisation propaganda that has been bred systematically on a fertile ground led to the killing of 35 people (at the time of of insecurities and economic denial. The polarisation of the mind is a far dead- writing), have thrown cold water over the Prime Minister’s hollow claims of leading a lier poison for it blunts the edge of humanity. It also means a subterranean con- strong Government. flict, which may bubble up any moment and because of its smouldering nature, In fact, there will be few instances in the engulf every other human possibility of reason, wisdom and compassion. If history of independent India where a citizen BJP motormouth and “go and kill” instigator Kapil Mishra has not been reined has felt more unsafe than he/she does right now. Delhi is in the midst of its worst riots in despite protests from within his own party, it legitimises the politics of hate since 1984. And as relevant authorities exam- as a yielder of fast dividends and delegitimises public service. Politically, social- ine who exactly is to be blamed for the vio- in the country, why did it fail to ly being threatened with transfer Supreme Court judge lavish ly and culturally, there is a sudden vacuum which nobody wants to plunge into lence that has been unleashed, there are some deliver? orders, raids by income tax heavy praise on the Prime issues that are indisputable and require some These are not the only ques- authorities or the Enforcement Minister even as serious allega- or commit to. That explains why the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), despite winning tough answers. tions over the conduct of the Directorate or any other agency tions of abuse of State power were a solid verdict, seems uncertain about the public stance it should take. It can- The first is, how did such a riot take place, Delhi police. Why are videos of which is at the Centre’s disposal being examined by the very not stick its neck out simply because nobody, including the BJP, knows what that, too, in the capital city? Delhi is not just police personnel destroying IF THE STATE with a degree of reckless aban- same court. the capital of this country but is also home CCTV cameras doing the don. I don’t think we would have Such acts and comments by shape panic can acquire in a vacuum. Prejudice has taken over national pride to India’s most well-funded and trained rounds? The only way to get MACHINERY IS to go more than a few weeks individuals in positions of author- to such an extent that everybody listens to it, not without it. police force. Let this sink in. Theoretically answers and to ensure that such FAILING US AND behind to find an instance of such ity — whether in the bureaucra- The only certainty about these uncertain times is that it is not the best time speaking, this means that the Delhi police, riots do not happen again is to dig abuse. It has permeated all insti- cy or in the judiciary or any other which functions under the Central deep and find out as to what INSTITUTIONS tutions, including the Election institution — have chilling effects to seek our place in the world. US lawmaker Bernie Sanders has expressed Government that is controlled by the BJP and exactly happened. But how will ARE DISPLAYING Commission of India. on the citizens. It erodes their reservations and concern as has the US Commission on International Religious more specifically comes under the direct the destruction of CCTV cam- More recently came the faith in the institutions and the Freedom (USCIRF). Even UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “very supervision of Union Home Minister Amit eras help answer that question? A LACK OF brazen example of Justice S Constitution. This poses a greater Shah, is India’s best equipped police force. This What I am concerned about BACKBONE, THE Muralidhar of the Delhi High risk to India’s democratic health saddened” by the casualties in Delhi. He called for maximum restraint and vio- means that in terms of numbers and assis- and what should concern all of Court, who received a presiden- in the long term than individual lence to be avoided. Although the Modi Government sought to describe such tance, compared to other forces across the us is the establishment of truth ANSWER AND tial order transferring him to the acts of abuse of power by the BJP comments as “factually inaccurate and misleading,” truth is the world does- country, the law and order situation in Delhi and the delivery of justice to all BURDEN Punjab and Haryana High Court. that I have highlighted in this arti- could not have been better protected. Well, those people who have been This order came a day later after cle. n’t expect India to indulge in genocidal politics. Especially, when we use the hypothetically speaking, at least. affected by this senseless violence. (UNFORTUNATELY he pulled up the Solicitor General So what do we do? If the optics of the Sabarmati ashram for visiting dignitaries but forget the non-vio- In addition to this, Delhi is also the cen- This can be done only by taking OR FORTUNATELY) and the Delhi police for inaction State machinery is failing us and lence mantra preached by its original resident. When it comes to the Opposition, tre for all intelligence agencies in the coun- appropriate action against those during the riots in north-east institutions are displaying a lack try. It is home to several intelligence bodies, involved in the violence. FALL ON Delhi. Coming down heavily on of backbone, the answer and bur- the BJP anyway wins the battle on competitive whataboutery. So when senior whose job includes to be alert about all pos- Perpetrators include leaders of the Delhi police, he pulled it up den (unfortunately or fortunate- Congress leaders, led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, met President Ram Nath sible acts of violence or riots that may erupt political parties of every hue and EVERYDAY for its failure to register FIRs ly) fall on everyday people. Kovind to demand the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah over his “abdi- in the country. But the intelligence bodies and any official, who allowed such PEOPLE. IN THIS against alleged hate-speeches by Unfortunate because this is a the police force have failed to prevent violence violence to go unabated for three three BJP leaders, Anurag great burden that the civil soci- cation of duty”, the party reminded it of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. BJP MP in not more than a 10-km radius from days. FIGHT, THE ONLY Thakur, Kapil Mishra and other ety must now discharge when its Pragya Singh Thakur, another motormouth who hasn’t been reined in, asked Parliament. How does this make those resid- The more serious concern is THING WE MUST usual suspects from the BJP. institutions appear to be found the Congress to review its role during that period. Only RSS general secretary ing in other parts of the country feel? If the that slowly but steadily, we have MAKE SURE IS While pressure by a wanting. Fortunate because there Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi advised the BJP that nobody had the right to take Government could not stop acts of mass vio- reached this shameful place. Government on the bureaucra- is rarely a time in history when lence in places where its base is the strongest, There are a few reasons for this. THAT WE FIGHT, cy and the judiciary is not an any Government or institution the law into their hands and that the Centre should ensure that peace is restored how exactly does it plan to protect the rest of One is the lack of resistance by invention of the BJP — there are can suppress the will of the peo- in Delhi. Placatory, high-sounding terms that are abstract enough to spare the the country? the bureaucracy. I have some NOT WITH obvious examples of the ple. The only thing we must make BJP’s extreme elements, all of whom have been birthed by its ideology. In the Let’s once assume that this is not true. But sympathy for the bureaucrats VIOLENCE, BUT Emergency, 1984 and 2002 — sure is that we fight, not with vio- the element of bias cannot be denied because here though. Governments of the rarely has there been as concert- lence, but with vigour, voice and end, it is time for the civil movement to free itself from the piecemeal appro- as per reports, the Delhi police was sent at least past have often shown — and the WITH VIGOUR, ed an effort by a Government to vote to uphold the rule of the law priation of causes and issues by political parties. Or be exploited by them. For six alerts on Sunday (February 23), asking for BJP Government has mastered VOICE AND VOTE undermine all institutions, all at and the Constitution. Victory Delhiites, who have found a new identity in a city that is a melting pot of all deployment to be stepped up after BJP leader — how adept they are in the art once. Circumstances are not then will be undeniable for every- Kapil Mishra called for a gathering in support of abuse, twist and wrangle. This TO UPHOLD THE helped by members of these one who wants to live in a uni- migrants, the time for denial is over. We cannot be sporting identity cards like of the Citizenship Act at Delhi’s Maujpur. Why is in contrast to Sardar institutions either. So often, we fied, peaceful and prosperous a curfew pass. We must stand up and be counted. then was the police so helpless in preventing Vallabhbhai Patel’s vision of the RULE OF THE LAW see bureaucrats being asked to democracy. violence? This is a greater cause for concern civil services being the “steel jump and respond back with, (The writer is a former IPS because if the Delhi police is better equipped frame” of good governance. “How high?” In the judiciary, too, officer, a former MP and current- Imperfect justice to tackle violence than any other police force Bureaucrats are now routine- we have recently seen a sitting ly a member of the AAP) Harvey Weinstein is convicted of third-degree rape S O U N D BITE and a criminal sexual act. He’s staring at just 5 years When the US President was I am a big believer in Ongoing incidents in Delhi are Instead of taking active he battle of justice for women, who take here lakhs of policemen were education. I truly believe more concerning in the context steps to remedy or defuse on rich and powerful men for molesta- deployed. How could a riot that the way forward for any of efforts to target and poten- the situation, the Central tion, or worse rape, is long, lonely and happen? Had the Government country, any family, city, tially disenfranchise Muslims, government as also the T and police wanted, it would state is by educating itself in clear violation of international Delhi Government have hard. No matter in which part of the globe they not have happened. more and more. human rights standards. remained mute spectators. are, whether it is India, Pakistan, the UK or even SP chief Actor USCIRF Chair Congress president the biggest and one of the most technologi- —Akhilesh Yadav —Shah Rukh Khan —Tony Perkins —Sonia Gandhi cally-advanced Western countries in the world, the US. What else justifies the fact that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR accused by no less than 90 women of sex crimes, was convicted only in two cases The science of prayer clearing an exam and interview whereas he was found guilty of raping one Amid chaos, heroes still exist for the post. At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi woman and committing a non-consensual sex act on another? It was imper- Sir — Every year, the country cel- his refers to the editorial, “Delhi aflame” (February has given special status to the fect justice because he was acquitted of the most serious charges — two counts ebrates February 28 as the 26). Blood, violence and hate sum up the last few physically challenged and called of predatory sexual assault and one count of first-degree rape, which might have National Science Day in remem- Tdays in Delhi. This cauldron has been going on them Divyang to emphasise their brance of Dr CV Raman, who dis- for four days and counting, and citizens, along with special place in the society, such put him in a cell for the rest of his life. The jury only convicted him of third-degree covered the scattering of light, also the rest of the country, can only helplessly look on in discrimination is condemnable. rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act. So now he is looking at just five years known as the “Raman effect.” It horror. The visuals have been so graphic that they Action should be taken against in prison. And this was the man, who throughout his long career as a film pro- is fascinating that great scientists would make one shut out the disturbing imagery and the officials responsible. Lalit Adesara ducer, had silenced multiple accusations of rape and sexual assault with threats, strongly believed in the power of news headlines making their way onto the screen. But prayer, which helped them discov- despite the flood of negativity, glimmers of hope denials, character assassinations, monetary settlements and Non-Disclosure er the secrets of nature. remain. Agreements. He had even scared off journalists who tried to expose his das- This reminds me of a story Even as rioters and hateful, communal bigots give Dirty political game tardly acts and bring him to justice, till tenacious journalists from the New York about a young businessman us a glimpse of India’s ugliest underlying tendencies, sharing a compartment on a there are still people in the city who can restore faith bours and friends. They have also fought to ensure Times and the New Yorker brought him down with their exposés in 2017. However, train with an elderly gentle- in humanity. Still, there are heroes as the city burns. that daily life continues, despite the upheaval. Their Sir — This refers to the editori- the verdict is a small victory for women around the world battling hard against man. When he noticed that the These heroes are the people who have chosen to put actions are a soothing balm in these tumultuous times, al, “The court rap” (February 27). their sexual predators. The Unnao rape victim, who accused former BJP MLA old fellow was quietly and humanity first at a time that demands that religion be a reminder that India and its children still remember The violence in the capital, a intently praying with his Rosary, prioritised. They are the people who stood up for their and honour the spirit of the Constitution — one that result of political manoeuvres, Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape or the law student, who tried to bring former BJP the young man chided him for neighbours and fellow citizens, even while the State promises to secure justice, liberty, equality and fra- was avoidable. It reflects badly not MP Swami Chinmayanand to book for raping her repeatedly, would tell you at his “superstition” and told him machinery failed to contain the bloodshed. They are ternity for its citizens. only on the police force but also what personal peril they managed to be heard. Weinstein’s conviction is also a that science had rendered the those, who after the destruction had passed, were there Javvadi Lakshmana Rao on the functioning of the high beliefs of religion irrelevant. to pick up the pieces, hand-in-hand with their neigh- Andhra Pradesh echelons of bureaucracy. Keeping defeat of the most belligerent victim-shaming and blaming tactics that are used “How did you come to discover the Delhi police under the con- by ruthless defence lawyers in such cases. More importantly, it broke the stereo- that?” the old gentleman asked. trol of the Union Government has type of what a “perfect victim” is as justice was given to the two women who His companion didn’t his coat pocket and produced a Shun prejudice the right intervention by stepping provided much space for shame- really know how to answer the tattered business card that read, in to issue notices to the Delhi- less and dirty politics. To make did not end their relationship with their tormentor simply because he was who question then and there, so he Louis Pasteur, Paris Institute of based central medical institu- governance accountable, the com- he was. It is a small measure of vindication for the six women who testified that offered to send him a few texts Scientific Research. Sir — This refers to the report, tions, Safdarjung Hospital and mand of the police must be given Weinstein attacked and sought to intimidate them as they were put through the and public lecture notes on the Undoubtedly, spirituality is “CCPD issues notice to central VMM College. They allegedly to the State Government. subject for his enlightenment. greater than science. Man has medical institutions for denying denied a teaching job to Dr Vineet Keshri grinder by his lawyers. They can now feel proud of the part they played in get- “What’s your address?,” he asked, only learnt to clone the body, not job to Divyang doc” (February Nonita Gangwani, an MD in Via email ting the predator put behind bars, where he belongs. It is also a victory for the “I’ll send you the material via the the soul. 26). The office of the Chief physiology and a wheelchair user #MeToo movement, which was fast classified as a fad than a cause. post.” TS Karthik Commissioner for Persons with with 70 per cent disability due to Send your feedback to: The old man rummaged in Disabilities (CCCPD) has made multiple sclerosis, despite her [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN India’s baptism POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE ARMY SHOULD BE DEPLOYED IN DELHI AS THE CM WAS READY TO COOPERATE IN MAINTAINING by fire POLICE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PEACE IN DELHI BUT TODAY HE TALKS ABOUT SITUATION AND INSTILL CONFIDENCE. CALLING THE ARMY. THE POLICE IS WORKING 24X7 The nation is passing through a transitional —DELHI CHIEF MINISTER —DELHI BJP PRESIDENT period in its history, from a feudal agricultural society to a modern industrial one ARVIND KEJRIWAL MANOJ TIWARI Shouldering responsibility MARKANDEY KATJU South Asian nations face a water crisis which poses a threat to agriculture and industries. Given its ew people in India or for that matter, outside the country, are able to understand what is happening in the nation, par- increasing influence, is India willing to become a provider of water security in the region? Fticularly after the recent mindless violence in the national Capital in which as many as 38 people lost their lives and a whop- ping 150 were injured, apart from the massive destruction of private and public property. So let me try and explain this as best as I can. India is passing through a transitional period in its his- tory, from a feudal agricultural society, to a modern industrial one. At present it is not entirely feudal nor entirely modern but stuck somewhere in between. Though there was a limited degree of industrialisation in India after 1947, it was not complete, like in Western countries (or even anywhere near that of China). Feudal remnants in the form of casteism, communalism, religious big- SANDEEP KUMAR DUBEY otry, superstitions, gender discrimination and so on are still pow- erful and well-entrenched. n May 23, 2013, while speaking at the foun- A transitional period is always a very painful time in histo- dation stone-laying ceremony for the Indian ry as it is full of turbulence and strife. If we read the history of ONational Defence University, Gurugram, the Europe from the 16th to the 19th centuries, when Europe was then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exuded con- passing through its transition from a feudal to modern society, fidence that India was well-positioned and willing we find it was full of turbulence, turmoil, wars, revolutions, chaot- “to become a net provider of security” in its imme- ic conditions, intellectual ferment and so on. It was only after diate region and beyond. In 2015, the Institute for going through this fire that modern society emerged in Europe. Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, came out with an assessment report titled, India as At present, India is going through this fire and we are going through a Security Provider. The report highlights India’s a very painful epoch, which night last another 15-20 years or growing military capabilities and its proactive so. responses to the human and non-human threats to For what is a transitional period? It is a time when the old the littoral nations of the Indian Ocean, which cor- society is being totally uprooted and torn apart, when ancient roborates the country’s image and positioning as a values are being challenged and destroyed but new values are benign power and net security provider in the region. yet to be created. Can such a historical transition be achieved But the question here is: Is India also willing to play peacefully? One wishes it could be so. However, historical expe- the role of net security provider when it comes to rience shows otherwise. The vested interests in the old order ensuring water security in the region? The above- WATER WOES always put up a fierce resistance to any fundamental change in mentioned IDSA report points out, “While tradi- COUPLED WITH tional security threats limit India’s role; cooperation the political and social order, as that would endanger their inter- THE EFFECTS OF on non-traditional threats opens up a new oppor- CLIMATE CHANGE ests. So this change can only be achieved by some kind of rev- tunity for India to play a regional role.” Thus, it is olution. a geostrategic imperative for India to focus on non- HAVE RESULTED IN A People ask when and how such a revolution will come about traditional security threats in the region emerging DISTINCT SET OF in India. Who will be its leaders? No one can say for sure. One from sectors such as water and energy. CHALLENGES THAT can never be rigid about historical forms. But this much can be Today all the nations of South Asia face a water CALL FOR INDIA’S said with certainty: Some kind of revolution is inevitable in India crisis in one form or another due to a range of fac- PROACTIVE ROLE IN because everything has collapsed here. All our State institutions tors — population growth, urbanisation, inefficient THE SOUTH ASIAN have become hollow and empty shells, while on the other hand use, bad management and lack of governance, REGION. WHAT IS the Indian economy is sinking and the people’s distress is grow- among others. The unfolding water crises pose a seri- REQUIRED ous threat to sustainable development, agriculture hinder and open up opportunities for rity provider. Benjamin Kienzle, a facul- ronment, to save the ecology and to man- ing. Nature does not like a vacuum and chaos cannot continue TODAY IS A and industries, poverty reduction and the ecosys- CONTINUOUS regional cooperation at the same time. ty member of Defence Studies at King’s age water resources in an integrated and forever. So some alternative to the present political and social tem. Climate change has exacerbated the brewing Some may think that regional coopera- College London, elucidates, “A security holistic manner. Polycentrism is inherent system is bound to emerge. water crises like never before. The United Nations REGIONAL tion compromises on the sovereignty of provider has a stronger interest in the in South Asia and by default distribution At present we have a parliamentary democracy in our coun- Secretary General António Guterres has termed cli- COOPERATION IN a State. However, the notion of sovereign- immediate security of a third party, of power is effected by the very nature of try but this runs largely on the basis of caste and communal mate change as “the most systematic threat to PROVIDING WATER ty can be broadened to accommodate and rather than in direct security gains for South Asian sovereignty. What is missing vote banks. Casteism and communalism are feudal forces which humankind.” SECURITY, facilitate the idea of cooperation, which itself…the action of a security provider essentially is the effective coordination to must be destroyed if India is to progress. However, parliamen- Water is a common resource and managing and WHICH IS AT is not about imposing suzerainty of one easily lead to a win-win situation…A secu- realise and unlock water governance tary democracy further entrenches them. So we have to have governing it has always been a challenge at any scale, PRESENT MARRED nation on another. rity consumer, on the other hand, is pri- potential in the region. Effective coordi- an alternative. What that alternative system will be has to be be it local or regional. A participatory robust insti- BY THE ABSENCE OF India has been quite active in the marily interested in its own security and nation can be established only through a thought out by intellectuals and for this they have to use their tutional architecture for water governance is need- AN INSTITUTIONAL region in terms of coming to the rescue is largely indistinct towards the security well-structured institutional architecture ed to manage and govern resources in a systemat- of its neighbours when they are in trou- needs of third parties…In general, secu- involving all the actors and stakeholders. creativity. Intellectuals are the eyes of society and without them ARCHITECTURE ic and efficient way. Many of the important water FOR WATER ble. A case in point is when Maldives faced rity consumers create easily win-lose sit- With the emergence of non-State environ- a society is blind. However, the test of every political system or bodies in South Asia are transboundary and thus a water crisis in December 2014, India uations...” Notwithstanding, he makes it mental actors and groups in the region, act is one and only one: Does it raise the standard of living of their basins spread in more than one country. GOVERNANCE IN launched Operation NEER to immediate- clear that a security provider in no way the role of governments has receded in the people ? Does it give them better lives? Integrated basin management would not be a real- SOUTH ASIA. ly provide Maldives with it. The people compromises its own security interests. water governance and self-organised gov- Before an actual revolution there has to be an intellectual ity without regional cooperation at the SHOULD and the Government of Maldives were Domestically India has made some ernance networks have found prominence. revolution. For instance, before the French Revolution of 1789 Asian level. PLAY A LEAD appreciative of India’s quick response and progress to improve water governance. In their article “Reflections on Actor- there were several decades of intellectual struggles by great Most of the water treaties in South Asia are bilat- ROLE IN help. Having said that, one must be The then Ministry of Water Resources, Network Theory, Governance Networks, thinkers like Voltaire, Rousseau and the other thinkers of the eral in nature, which form the core of the South INSTITUTIONALISING mindful that those were more of a River Development and Ganga and Strategic Outcomes”, Ludmilla Meyer Enlightenment, who attacked the feudal system, religious big- Asian political ecology of governance. Be it upper REGIONAL response to a crisis that emerged and sim- Rejuvenation (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) Montenegro and Sergio Bulgacov caution otry and so on. This intellectual revolution is needed to change or lower riparian, nations in the region are appar- COOPERATION BY ilar exercises could be useful to tackle constituted a committee led by Mihir Shah that, “self-organised governance networks ently not content with the existing treaties. For exam- future contingencies of that sort. However, to suggest institutional reforms for water can impede (policy) implementation…or the mindsets of the masses who are at present steeped in feu- ESTABLISHING A ple, India, an upper riparian nation, does not seem ROBUST water woes coupled with the effects of cli- governance to deal with the water chal- they can enhance the efficiency of policy dal ideas and feudal practices. to be happy with the Indus Water Treaty with mate change have resulted in a distinct set lenges that India faces in the 21st centu- implementation…Thus, it is important So the present stage in Indian history is the pre-revolution- Pakistan, a lower riparian nation in this case. ARCHITECTURE of challenges that call for India’s proactive ry. In July 2016, the Committee came out to determine how these networks are ary stage, i.e, the stage of the intellectual revolution. All patriot- Between Bangladesh, a low riparian nation and India, role in the South Asian region. What is with a report titled, A 21st Century formed, who forms them and how they ic, broad-minded intellectuals must contribute to it. In particu- the Teesta river issue still remains unresolved, with required today is a continuous regional Institutional Architecture for India’s Water function, since they have such direct lar, they must attack the poison of communalism which has Dhaka asking for an increase in water share. cooperation in providing water security, Reforms. The report makes a number of impacts on governance. The more we gripped India, and which is being promoted and fostered by our People in Nepal, an upper riparian nation, think which is at present marred by the absence critical suggestions to strengthen the know about networks, the better we medieval-minded political masters. water treaties with India produces environmental of an institutional architecture for water governance of India’s water resources. One understand governance dynamics and its All forces which divide our people and spread religious or injustices to the riverine people of Koshi river. Along governance in South Asia. of them is about its shape and structure. relationships with the Government, caste hatred must be strongly combated, for only a mighty unit- with this kind of political ecology of the region, the India should play a lead role in insti- The report underlines that “polycentric informal mechanisms, and private issue of sovereignty in South Asia is a very sensi- tutionalising regional cooperation by governance regimes characterised by a dis- actors.” ed people’s struggle can lead to the revolution which will trans- tive topic. South Asia represents a typical case of the establishing a robust architecture. It has tribution of power but effective coordina- India should painstakingly study the form India into a prosperous, highly developed and highly indus- Westphalian concept of sovereignty, where each already set an example with the launch of tion structures perform better.” governance networks that exist today in trialised country. It will also get rid of the scourge of poverty, nation has exclusive sovereignty over its territory and South Asian Satellite in 2017, which Considering water as one of the sectors South Asia for conceptualising a region- record and rising unemployment, appalling level of child mal- the natural resources, including water. No nation Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his most vulnerable to climate change, the al institutional architecture for water nourishment, almost total lack of proper healthcare and quality would like to be seen as compromising its sovereign- tweet termed as a “symbol of South Asian report stressed that the ability to respond governance in the region, to not repeat education for our masses, atrocities and discrimination against ty. However in reality, in the face of globalisation and cooperation” and “a journey to build the to it is strengthened by polycentric gov- another SAARC which is failing under its minorities and Dalits, widespread corruption, gender discrimi- trade integration, each nation is bargaining its sov- most advanced frontier” of regional coop- ernance regimes. burden. nation, female infanticide, child marriage farmers distress and ereignty with the other nations and regional and eration and partnership. With India look- The existing political ecology of (The writer works as a Senior so on, which have bedeviled Indian society for long. international actors. These two factors — the ing for a larger regional role, it cannot South Asia makes the space of water Programme Manager for climate and (The writer is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India) existing South Asian political ecology and the power afford to be a security consumer. It has to resources a geopolitically contested zone. water projects at a German foundation and politics played out in the name of sovereignty — both metamorphose itself into a credible secu- Governance is needed to protect the envi- is a policy commentator) Make nature’s value visible FOREIGN EYE If bureaucrats could accept poverty-alleviation as a mainstream agenda to make a powerful diminution of rural poverty, accounting for the GDP of the poor can be the way forward The Economics of Ecosystems and drive humanity and dependence upon tem where individual users, acting tive externalities by allocating eco- decide the future placement of the Biodiversity (TEEB) initiated by the market-based economic systems, independently according to their own nomic values to invisibles to make it nation on the global map. Their United Nations in 2007. TEEB is a remain at the heart of deserved recog- self-interest, behave contrary to the a plausible option for inclusion by the report signals that the rural produc- global initiative focussed on “making nition to account for nature in the common good of all users by deplet- bureaucrats and corporates. tion system would suffer the most, nature’s value visible”. Its main objec- GDP, especially in relation to the sur- ing or spoiling the shared resource The concept of GDP accounting given the destruction of our ecosys- tive is to mainstream the value of bio- vival of marginalised sections of soci- through their collective action. It is of the poor appears to be crucial in tems. The question that we must ask diversity and ecosystem services into ety. This invincibility somehow ham- quite worrisome that big business that it has to blend sustainability along ourselves is, that if nations like A NATION ON FIRE decision-making at all levels. It aims pers the cognition to acknowledge the houses and people at large are not able with big data that is accessible to all. Vietnam, Indonesia and so on, can FOR ITS FREEDOM to achieve this goal by following a GDP of the poor via negative exter- to value the gratuitous support pro- The TEEB framework facilitates all of separately compute the GDP of the structured approach to valuation that nalities. Often, in the process, the sec- vided by nature due to imprudence the above by merging it with data ana- poor, why not India, despite three of Over 30 people have died MEGHA JAIN helps decision-makers recognise the ondary sector (industrial) omits to and the incompetence to distinguish lytics, technology and sustainability. the members on the board of the and hundreds have been wide range of benefits provided by make the required dent due to an private goods from public goods. Certainly, it is not about placing TEEB being Indian. Initiatives like injured in New Delhi. The t has taken the world a while to ecosystems and biodiversity, demon- invisible characteristic attached to Greenomics is all about econom- a price on nature, rather it is about zero-budget natural farming in Prime Minister talks of reach the understanding that strate their values in economic terms the transformation, from sourcing of ic factoring of public and non-market- recognising, demonstrating and valu- Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are Inature can never be taken for and where appropriate, capture them raw material to processing of finished ed (those not made by man and not ing nature’s services to people. Nobody welcome and the need of the hour. If peace and brotherhood, but granted. Unfortunately, in India, this in decision-making. produce. transacted in the market) goods in is buying or selling a cloud. The real- bureaucrats could accept poverty- he has led his country here. is not the case and utilisation of com- Although conservationists like Think-tanks and economists computation of the national domes- ity is that forests can generate rainfall alleviation as a mainstream agenda to The political opposition is mon natural resources like forests, Pavan Sukhdev and Gretchen C Daily realised the requirement for true tic product of an economy. It is defi- that is vital for agricultural productiv- make a powerful diminution of rural enfeebled. He continues green cover, oceans, rivers, fish stocks — pioneers in illuminating and quan- demonstration of environmental eco- nitely essential (and poses a challenge ity. However, recognising and demon- poverty, accounting for the GDP of the and so on, doesn’t reflect anywhere in tifying the economic value of our nat- nomics or “greenomics” for its invis- in a way) to evaluate the intrinsic eco- strating that true scientific value is the poor can be the way forward. efforts to muzzle civil our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ural environment — who are award- ible values much earlier and American nomic value, as most of the business reality now. (The writer is Assistant Professor society. Yet it is fighting accounting, as these are difficult to ed with the Tyler Prize for biologist and philosopher Garrett minds have tried to comprehend The idea propagated by TEEB’s and Senior Research Scholar, back. Indian citizens have chronicle. This economic inconspic- Environmental Achievement in 2020, Hardin’s The tragedy of the commons today. One such endeavour comes Indian members, “GDP of the poor”, DRC/FMS, University of Delhi. Inputs expressed their revulsion at uousness of nature’s services becomes have clearly put forward the same is an exemplar to this. For the unini- through the Global Initiative for a holds relevance especially in a fragile by Kushankur Dey, Assistant Professor, the country’s direction. an underlying concern, which has opinion, acceptance remains elusive. tiated, the tragedy of the commons is Sustainable Tomorrow (GIST) plat- atmosphere of everlasting ecological IIM Lucknow. The views expressed are The Guardian generated debate and discussions like The economic invisibility of nature to a situation in a shared-resource sys- form to quantify the impact of nega- uncertainties that undoubtedly will personal.) ( editorial) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 money 08

SHORT READS Gold rises Rs 78 World shares slump after Trump announcement on virus plans on global cues, PNS n LONDON New York suggested USD 8.5 The Bank of Korea kept its silver up by Rs 35 billion instead of the request- Trump told reporters late Wednesday key policy rate unchanged, at Shares fell in Europe and Asia ed USD 2.5 billion. He put Vice that he was open to spending its current record low 1.25 per NEW DELHI: Gold prices on on Thursday after President President Mike Pence in "whatever is appropriate" to fight the cent. Thursday rose by Rs 78 to Rs Donald Trump announced charge of the response to the The Shanghai Composite 43,513 per 10 gram in the that the US was stepping up its virus outbreak. virus, after the Senate Democratic index rose 0.1 per cent to national capital on positive efforts to combat the virus out- Trump said he didn't believe Leader Chuck Schumer of New York 2,991.33, while shares fell in global trend as worries over spread of coronavirus raised break that began in China, as a pandemic was inevitable, suggested USD 8.5 billion instead of Taiwan and most of Southeast yellow metal's safe haven the number of cases surpassed though health officials stand- Asia. Thailand's benchmark 81,000. ing beside him warned more the requested USD 2.5 billion. He put rose 1.5 per cent after tumbling appeal, according to HDFC Vice President Mike Pence in charge of Securities. The precious metal Germany's DAX lost 2.2 infections are coming. And 5.1 per cent on Wednesday fol- had closed at Rs 43,435 per 10 per cent to 12,498.88 and the shortly after Trump spoke, the response to the virus outbreak. lowing reports of newly dis- gram in the previous trading CAC 40 in Paris dropped 2.3 the government announced covered virus cases. session. Silver prices also per cent to 5,59.99. In London, that another person in the US Investors have been moving gained Rs 35 to Rs 48,130 per the FTSE 100 lost 2.5 per cent was infected — someone in price action, it does appear that 0.3 per cent to 26,778.62. more money from stocks into kg from Rs 48,095 per kg. to 6,869.80. The future for the California who appears not to any bounce in stocks is likely In South Korea, where 334 bonds in the wake of the out- "Spot gold for 24 karat in Delhi Dow Jones Industrial Average have the usual risk factors of to be short-lived. And eventu- new cases of the virus were break. The yield on the 10-year gained Rs 78 with recovery in fell 0.5 per cent to 26,779.00 having travelled abroad or ally, the markets could fall reported, the Kospi dropped Treasury was at 1.29 per cent international gold prices. Gold and the future contract for the being exposed to another deeper as investors start to 1.1 per cent to 2,054.89. The Thursday, down from 1.34 prices traded higher on S&P 500 was 0.6 per cent patient. think what's the point of try- central bank downgraded its per cent. The yield on the coronavirus worries with lower, at 3,092.20. Traders are concerned the ing to pick the bottom in the growth estimate for 2020 to 2.1 three-month Treasury bill increase of new cases," HDFC Trump told reporters late global economy could stumble short term." per cent from 2.3 per cent and edged up to 1.51 per cent. The Securities Senior Analyst Wednesday that he was open as major industrial countries prices lower Thursday in Asia. the fire sale will go before the Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost said the virus outbreak would inversion in the yield between (Commodities) Tapan Patel to spending "whatever is struggles to contain the out- "Previous crisis playbooks market at least starts to scale 2.1 per cent to 21,948.23, while have a short-term impact on the 10-year and the 3-month said. appropriate" to fight the virus, break. News of hundreds of have all revolved around buy- in again," Stephen Innes of in Australia, the S&P ASX/200 business activity, after the Treasurys is a red flag for after the Senate Democratic new infections in China and ing the dip in equities, so I AxiCorp said in a report. dropped 0.8 per cent to economy expanded at its slow- investors because it has preced- Leader Chuck Schumer of elsewhere helped pull share wonder just how much further "But based on last night's 6,657.90. Hong Kong's climbed est pace in a decade last year. ed the last seven recessions. Skoda Auto launches Octavia Rs 245 priced at Rs 35.99 lakh NEW DELHI: Skoda Auto India Trump: India is incredible, lot of Sensex drops 143 pts on Thursday launched its limited edition Octavia RS 245 model priced at Rs 35.99 lakh (ex-showroom) with online progress made in bilateral ties on coronavirus jitters bookings scheduled to open on March 1. The car can be PNS n MUMBAI booked against a fee of Rs 1 PNS n WASHINGTON feted at the world's largest Talking to reporters India visit was a "failure of lead- lakh and a limited 200 units of cricket stadium in the ership". Extending its losses for the fifth the model 245 will be sold President Donald Trump has "Namaste Trump" event in after his return Asked about incidents of consecutive session, equity exclusively through its described the US' relationship and was cheered from India on violence during his India visit, benchmark Sensex declined centralised platform with India now as "extraordi- by tens of thousands of people. Wednesday, Trump the US president had said, "As 143 points on Thursday track- www.buyskodaonline.co.in, the nary" and said a lot of progress "We were treated very, very far as the individual attacks, I ing a global selloff amid rising company said in a statement. was made in bilateral ties dur- well and we really enjoyed it. A said, "He (Prime heard about it, but I didn't dis- fears of the coronavirus out- Commenting on the launch, ing his maiden official visit to lot of tremendous progress Minister Modi) is a cuss that with him (Modi). break turning into a pandem- Skoda Auto India Brand the "incredible country" where was made in terms of relation- great gentleman, a That's up to India." ic and hitting the world econ- Director Zac Hollis said, "With America is going to do a lot of ship -- our relationship with Reacting on Trump's state- omy. the Octavia RS 245, we business. India is extraordinary right great leader. It's an ment on the issue, Sanders on The expiry of domestic translate our century-long Trump's remarks came even now," Trump said. incredible country." Wednesday tweeted, "Over 200 derivatives contracts too kept motorsports legacy into the as his likely Democratic Party "We are going to be doing a million Muslims call India market volatile, traders said. fastest koda offering in India." rival in the November presi- lot of business with India, they home. Widespread anti- After plunging over 465.69 India is at risk of getting severely It offers a combination of high- dential elections Bernie are sending billions and bil- tion officials, his likely Muslim mob violence has points during the day, the 30- impacted by the epidemic economically performance engine, sporty Sanders criticised the US pres- lions of dollars now to the Democratic Party rival in the killed at least 27 and injured share BSE barometer finally because of its high reliance on Chinese appearance and dynamic ident for what he claimed was United States," Trump said November 3 presidential elec- many more. Trump responds settled 143.30 points, or 0.36 driving capabilities along with a "failure of leadership" on the in response to a ques- tion, Sanders slammed by saying 'That's up to India'. per cent, lower at 39,745.66. imports for various goods, he noted class-leading safety and issue of human rights in the tion. the president and This is a failure of leadership Similarly, the broader NSE intelligent connectivity features, light of the communal riots in But in the midst said the Trump's on human rights." Nifty fell 45.20 points or 0.39 tracking its Asian peers as the demic economically because of he added. Delhi. of the positive statement regard- Sanders is the second per cent to end at 11,633.30. rapid global spread of the its high reliance on Chinese President Trump and his comments on ing the vio- Democratic presidential nom- ONGC was the top loser in coronavirus kept investors on imports for various goods, he family visited India from India by Trump, lence in inee after Senator Elizabeth the Sensex pack, followed by the edge and made them seek noted. Vatika leases 50K sq ft February 24 to 25 at the invi- his family and New Warren to speak against the HCL Tech, SBI, ICICI Bank, safety in gold and bonds, said Benchmarks also remained to Decathlon in tation of Prime Minister administra- Delhi violence over the Citizenship IndusInd Bank, Hero Narendra Solanki, Head volatile on account of month- Narendra Modi. Trump was dur- Amendment Act in New Delhi. MotoCorp and M&M. Fundamental Research ly expiry of derivatives con- Gurugram accompanied by top brass of ing Meanwhile, President On the other hand, Sun (Investment Services) - AVP tracts, he said, adding that sen- NEW DELHI: Realty firm Vatika his administration, including his Trump's daughter Ivanka noted Pharma, Titan, Asian Paints Equity Research, Anand Rathi timent remained sluggish amid has leased about 50,000 sq ft National Security Advisor that the president announced and Axis Bank led the gainers' Shares & Stock Brokers. reports that GDP growth is area to retail chain Decathlon in Robert O'Brien. that the US International chart. India is at risk of getting likely to stay flat at 4.5 per cent its project at Gurugram. Vatika Talking to reporters after Development Finance Market opened in negative severely impacted by the epi- in October-December 2019. has leased this space to French his return from India on Corporation (USIDFC) will firm Decathlon, which is into Wednesday, Trump said, "He open an office in India. retailing of sports goods, at its (Prime Minister Modi) is a The USIDFC will project 'Shopper's Village INXT' great gentleman, a great establish a permanent HMSI launches in New Gurugram, Haryana. leader. It's an incredible presence in India to ‘Indian economy The project, which is part of a country." strengthen our eco- BS-VI compliant large township, will have a Trump visited nomic ties, improve Unicorn bike leasable area of around 1.2 Ahmedabad, Agra and development plus fur- will bounce back’ million sq ft. Alok Mehta, Head New Delhi. During his ther women's eco- Product Strategy, Vatika, said stay, he addressed a massive nomic empowerment PNS n NEW DELHI Public sector firms model Decathlon has been pre-leased rally in Ahmedabad along through WGDP have the potential to PNS n NEW DELHI about 50,000 sq ft area in this with Modi, visited Agra and (Women's Global Indian economy will soon produce three-times project to open its flagship held official meetings in Development and bounce back from its worst Honda Motorcycle & Scooter store in New Gurugram. New Delhi. Prosperity showing in 11 years as a steep more than the current output India (HMIS) on Thursday The US president was Initiative)!" cut in taxes will help attract and should be operated launched BS-VI compliant investments and the massive independently, he told PTI version of its Unicorn bike infrastructure spending here. model with price starting at revives economic activity, ANIL AGARWAL Rs 93,593 (ex-showroom, mining baron Anil Agarwal Delhi). Jason Kothari reveals mantra said. The Unicorn BS-VI is Besides spending on build- forecast a 5 per cent GDP powered by a 160cc engine ing infrastructure, the govern- growth for the full 2019-20 fis- providing greater perfor- ment should focus on exploit- cal that ends in March but mance and superior efficien- of turnaround success in book ing natural resources the many experts believe the cy, HMSI said in a statement. PNS n NEW DELHI from Rebel to Entrepreneur", country has and look at stake growth rate will be lower than "Unicorn was the first Kothari share's his turnaround sale in most PSUs. the projection. motorcycle introduced by Jason Kothari, who has the dis- story and the many learnings Public sector firms have Agarwal, the founder and Honda in India. Since its tinction of transforming sever- from it with students and the potential to produce three- chairman of Vedanta, said the launch, it has always been the al distressed Indian Internet young entrepreneurs to help times more than the current government cutting tax on benchmark when it comes to firms, shares the turnaround them in their journey. output and should be operat- companies to the lowest in the engine refinement and story of his journey from a Published by Harper ed independently, he told PTI world will attract investment smooth performance," HMSI rebel, train-wreck kid to one of Business, the book tells how here. but companies President, CEO & Managing the top ten paid young execu- Kothari started as an assistant "I think it (economy) will need a little Director Minoru Kato said. tives in the country. to Jackie Chan in Hong Kong, bounce back. It has tremen- hand-hold- The Unicorn model has As a college student at learned strategy from champi- dous potential. I see light at the ing to see been in the market for more Wharton, Kothari scraped Jason Kothari on Muay Thai fighters in end of the tunnel, it is not far. their pro- than 16 years and has more New Zealand for together money from family Thailand, tackled huge person- The economy will kick start jects than 2.5 million customers, and friends to save his child- lion. Jason then became a pro- al setbacks and became a CEO soon," he said adding the roll- through. he added. hood favourite comic book fessional turnaround leader in 60 seconds, among many out of Goods and Services Tax HMSI Senior Vice trade pact with India company, Valiant and went on to transform dis- other stories. (GST) had a temporary impact President, Sales and Entertainment, from bank- tressed Indian Internet firms As the CEO of but it is being straightened Marketing Yadvinder Singh PNS n NEW DELHI ly want to pursue a trading ruptcy and bring it back to life. Housing.com, FreeCharge and Housing.com, Kothari is cred- now. Guleria said with the new relationship through a differ- A few years later, he trans- Snapdeal, and advise giants like ited with leading the transfor- Indian economic growth advanced 160cc engine deliv- New Zealand on Thursday ent means," New Zealand's formed Valiant into the third- technology investor Softbank mation of the distressed com- plunged to an 11-year low ering more power, Unicorn said it will look forward to a Minister for Trade and Export largest superhero entertain- and real estate developer pany and a merger with News in the July-September BS-VI "will raise the bar for bilateral trade agreement with Growth David Parker said at ment company in the world Emaar. Corp's PropTiger to create the quarter when it clocked seamless refined performance India in case New Delhi does a Ficci conference. after Marvel and DC Comics In his book "Irrationally USD 350 million industry 4.5 per cent expansion. along with the trust of Honda not join the China-backed Responding to issues con- and sold it for USD 100 mil- Passionate: My Turnaround leader. The government has reliability". mega trade deal RCEP. cerning the opening of domes- The Narendra Modi-led tic dairy sector, he said New government in November Zealand appreciates the con- decided not to join Regional cerns of the Indian dairy Comprehensive Economic industry but expressed hope Can pay dues if Centre adjusts GST credit: Voda Idea Partnership (RCEP) deal as that some solutions could be negotiations failed to satisfac- arrived at through negotia- PNS n NEW DELHI ment. torily address New Delhi's tions. The company has sought a moratorium In fact, the amount when "outstanding issues and con- "We know it is an issue of Troubled Vodafone Idea has of three years on payment of interest fully set off will even pay in cerns". However, the possibil- sensitivity to the Indian gov- written to the telecom depart- and penalty, and subsequent payment part the self assessed interest, ity of India joining the trade ernment on behalf of the peo- ment expressing its inability to it said in the letter to the tele- pact is open provided its con- ple. We know that there is a pay full AGR dues unless the timeline of 15 years at an interest of com department seen by PTI. cerns are addressed by the real issue for India. The only government takes urgent mea- six per cent The company has sought a member nations. way that a deal is eventually sures, including allowing stag- moratorium of three years on "I met with your minister of done is if it is mutually bene- gered payment, reduction in payment of interest and penal- commerce (Piyush Goyal) yes- ficial. How might that be done levies and implementation of penalty, and interest on penal- million, and employee base of ty, and subsequent payment terday and we discussed those in respect of dairy. Well it floor prices in the crisis-ridden ty. It said adjustment of GST 10,000 direct staffers while timeline of 15 years at an issues. Of course, New would be good if it were a fact sector. credit due from the govern- making a strong plea for interest of six per cent. Zealand and India have been based argument". The letter to the communi- ment could help in meeting its "urgent support from govern- The letter, similar to the one busy for some years negotiat- India's dairy industry -- the cations ministry comes at a AGR payment. ment". written by industry body ing through the rubric of largest in the world -- had time when the company is Citing its losses over last few Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) COAI, has also batted for RCEP and we will know by the expressed apprehension that confronted with AGR dues of sound financial state", including allowing set offs for years, the company said the said it can settle the balance of grant of loan, equal to AGR end of the year as to whether the RCEP trade pact would over Rs 53,000 crore and has Vodafone Idea said the com- GST credit accumulated so far, financial stress in the telecom its self-assessed principle if the amount at six per cent inter- India chooses to stay out or severely impact dairy farmers paid a mere 7 per cent of its pany would be in a position to and permitting staggered sector is widely acknowledged. Centre allows set-offs of Rs est rate "so that the AGR lia- participate in RCEP. because of cheaper imports liabilities so far. meet its liabilities only if the mechanism for payment of The company underlined its 8,000 crore worth of GST bility may be discharged "But if they don't participate from Australia and New Warning that it is "not in a government initiates steps balance amount of interest, current subscriber base of 300 credit lying with the govern- immediately". in RCEP then we will obvious- Zealand. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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nubhav Sinha recently declared Thappad is meant to T be the concluding feature of his ‘dis- THAPPAD crimination trilogy’ resonates — the other two being Mulk (2018), and Article 15 (2019), his manifesto on oppression on the basis of caste. Thappad trains focus on gender discrim- CAST: ination to complete the picture. with impact TAAPSEE PANNU, Sinha’s biggest credit as far as Thappad goes is that he maint- being a housewife who has crimination is an outcome of PAVAIL GULATI, KUMUD ains a balance in tone, never given up her dream of being a the upbringing that not just MISHRA, RATNA PATHAK getting overly preachy with dancer, and is now satisfied men, but also women, get in SHAH, TANVI AZMI, MAYA what his narrative has to con- putting her talent to use only in our country. The screenplay is vey. Thappad merely utilises a giving dance tuitions to the quietly effective in the way it SARAO, DIA MIRZA, MANAV random, impulsive act of slap- neighbour’s daughter. shows how the thought of say- KAUL; DIRECTION: ANUBHAV ping to lay out an intricate por- Amrita’s sole purpose in life, ing sorry, even long afterward, trait of marital exploitation that it would seem, is to be happy never quite crosses Vikram’s SINHA could be happening within the and proud about the fact that mind. For Amrita, his lack of not RATING: confines of any household that Vikram is all set to be trans- remorse sparks off the realisa- get 4/5 might maintain a picture of ferred by his firm to London, tion that her marriage was anything calm on the outside. where he will take up a top job always built on Vikram's ego substantial Importantly, the film ques- and they will set up home in a and not love. to do in tions the male entitlement of house with a cute blue door. For maximum impact, the the superiority in a relationship. The trigger that sets off tur- story draws up subtexts utilis- film Sinha and co-writer moil in her seemingly content ing prop female characters. As apart Mrunmayee Lagoo set the tone life is the slap that Vikram Amrita decides to walk out of from for that idea right from the lands on her cheek, at a house her marriage, we meet her being early frames, long before the party to celebrate their London lawyer (Maya Sarao). She is a there film’s highlight, titular act of transfer, in an uncharacteristic successful career woman who for her. violence actually happens. We and frustrated fit of rage. fights for women’s rights and We under- spot it in little things that The very brief scene, master- yet cannot escape her hus- stand Amrita’s define the life of protagonist fully written and executed, res- band’s (Manav Kaul) brutish awakening hap- Amrita (Taapsee Pannu). It is a onates for the sheer sense of ways in the privacy of their pens primarily given, for instance, that she is disparity it so simply conveys. posh bedroom. At the other because she is slapped the one who must wake up to You understand the deepseated extreme is Amrita’s domestic in public, Does that turn off the alarm clock that chauvinism about Vikram, an help, who suffers physical mean she would have her husband Vikram (Pavail otherwise sophisticated guy abuse regularly at the hands of glossed over the issue had Gulati) sets, so that he can get with a pleasant demeanour, her husband because he feels it Vikram assaulted her in pri- up on time for work. If he must which drives him to instinctive- is only right that a man beats vate? Also, gender equations in work all night, she should be ly take umbrage when his wife up his wife. If these sub plots a marital relationship cannot around to fix the printer, and tries stopping him as he enters appear too familiar while set- always be explained in black craft- she must also be there to brew into an aggressive showdown ting up a broader picture, and white. The film never quite ed roles, the perfect cuppa for her in- with a colleague at the party. Sinha does well to execute delves into the grey areas of toplined by laws early next morning. Amrita, on the other hand, is them with authenticity. Amrita and Vikram’s marriage. Taapsee For Amrita, according that expected not to make too much Yet, despite the film’s overall Still, Thappad resonates with Pannu’s career- advantage to Vikram would of the incident because, as her profundity, you get a sense that impact. It is without a doubt defining act. seem like a natural thing, main- mother-in-law (Tanvi Azmi) not everything about Thappad one of the finer films you will This film is an ly due to the superior stature of says, there are guests outside is perfect. The only man who see this year, simply because it urgent call for a world his family that is unsaid in the waiting to be entertained. seems to have a sense of gender tackles a difficult and powerful where there would be no script and yet subtly portrayed. Thappad digs deep to estab- equality is Amrita’s father subject with credibility. A cast battle of the sexes. She is okay with the idea of lish the fact that gender dis- (Kumud Mishra), but he does of proven talents excels in well- — IANS Stressed over board RADHIKA MADAN: exams? Spend 10 mins Clothes don't define us ctress Radhika Madan what she chooses to wear and how. choose not to feel awkward for our says she gets baffled I am glad to lend my voice to a bra straps showing. Straps don’t when she finds how thought provoking initiative like shame, so you shouldn’t also,” she women are still made to Baar Bra Dekho that lets women added. A feel “judged” for some- give back and be at comfort. Let’s Sharing her story, Radhika said: daily with nature thing like a bra-strap. celebrate this Women’s Day differ- “I was in school, and it was that The actress has come forward to ently and phase when you’re growing up and mid the ongo- of stress, anxiety, depres- time students should be “This is an opportunity lend her support to women, you start wearing new bras. I went ing board sion and other mental spending outside and what to challenge our thinking shamed for their peeking bra to school one day, wearing a exams, spend- health issues college stu- they should be doing while around what nature can straps. She has come on board as coloured bra. Ek ladka aaya mere ing as little as dents face. they’re there. be. It is really all around the face of Baar Bra Dekho, an pass and usne mujhe kaha, ‘arey, A 10 minutes in a “It doesn’t take much They found that 10-50 us: trees, a planter with unique initiative by MTV to your bra strap is showing’. natural setting time for the positive bene- minutes in natural spaces flowers, a grassy quad or a spread the word against strap “And at that time I realised, I like the neighbourhood fits to kick in — we’re talk- was the most effective to wooded area,” Meredith shaming and normalise conver- was so embarrassed. I went park can help students feel ing 10 minutes outside in a improve mood, focus and said. sations around it. home and decided that I will happier and lessen the space with nature,” said physiological markers like The impetus for this “Awkward stares, nasty now wear nude bras under my effects of both physical study lead author Gen blood pressure and heart work is a movement glances, unwanted touch - school uniform. But now and mental stress, say Meredith from the Cornell rate. toward prescribing time in almost all of us have been when I think about it, I feel researchers. University. “It’s not that there’s a nature as a way to prevent subjected to such instances like get a life dude, it’s just a The team from Cornell “We firmly believe that decline after 50 minutes, or improve stress and anx- while travelling in public bra strap. A bra strap — University in the US found every student, no matter but rather that the physio- iety, while also supporting transport or otherwise. It baf- that is it. You don’t have to that 10-50 minutes in nat- what subject or how high logical and self-reported physical and mental health fles me to see how women are be embarrassed about it, ural spaces was the most their workload, has that psychological benefits tend outcomes. still made to feel judged for it’s just there.” effective to improve mood, much discretionary time to plateau after that,” said something like a bra-strap Through the initiative, focus and physiological each day, or at least a few study co-author Donald showing that should have Radhika will be asking markers like blood pres- times per week,” Meredith Rakow. SPENDING 10-50 MIN been normalised long women to share their sure and heart rate. added. To enjoy the positive IN NATURAL SPACES ago,” Radhika said. stories of shaming to The study, published in For the findings, the effects of being outside, “Clothes don’t trigger attention and the journal Frontiers in research team reviewed students need only to be WILL IMPROVE MOOD, define us and it’s sim- awareness. Psychology, aims to provide studies that examined the sitting or walking, the two FOCUS AND PHYSIO- ply a woman’s call on — IANS an easily-achievable effects of nature on people primary activities the dosage that physicians can of college age (no younger researchers examined in LOGICAL MARKERS prescribe as a preventive than 15, no older than 30) an effort to provide acces- LIKE BLOOD PRESS- measure against high levels to discover how much sible recommendations. URE AND HEART RATE 10

Vijayawada Friday February 28, 2020 what’s brewing? Ashish Vidyarthi to make Eva Mendes wants to his debut on podcast

ctor Ashish The Journey. Begin The Journey itself is a play a Disney Villain Vidyarthi, who “I am an actor and a new journey for me as an works predomi- communicator who loves artist. I hope to connect with nantly in exploring different forms my audiences on a personal ctress Eva “Acting is something “So I’m basically like, A , Tamil, of communication which level as I share experiences Mendes has that I will always love. It’s ‘Disney, I’m all yours, Kannada, are exciting. Podcast, on this new medium,” Ashish revealed that just like now that I have Disney’. That’s all that’s Malayalam, Telugu and other today is a form which is said. A she would like children, I’m kind of left,” she said. languages, is all set to make finding a lot of traction The show will air on IVM to play a extreme. There’s just so And she prefers doing his podcast debut. He is com- and I am excited to explore Podcasts from March 2. Disney villain. many things I won’t do. the role of a Disney vil- ing up with the show Begin this new genre. My show — IANS In an interview to Like I won’t do most of lain, rather than that of a Entertainment Tonight, the movies I’ve done in princess. Mendes spoke about how the past. A lot of things “I’m more of the villain motherhood has limited are off that list. I don’t kinda type of girl. I’m her choices on screen, and want to do anything too more of the Ursula type ... also spoke of desire to do violent. Of course, I don’t I like the villains of the a Disney project, reports want to do anything too Disney movies. They’re femalefirst.co.uk. sexual or sexual at all. fun,” Mendes added. A.R. RAHMAN ON TURNING PRODUCER

scar-winning Asked if he was a regular composer A.R. on sets during the shoot, Rahman says he said, “I knew that if turning produc- some important scenes O er is like being needed to be expanded, I born again as a ensured I would be present new man. on set. Our executive pro- He has turned writer ducer would tell me that and producer with his we have time constraints movie . and will have to wrap the “I feel like I have been scene in a day while I was reborn since the time I keen on four because those have decided to turn pro- are the scenes that need ducer. It’s an entirely new love and complete justice. feeling,” Rahman said. It's an art to balance Opening up about the between creative and com- challenges of making a mercial. However, if you film, he said, “It’s like being get too creative then you born again as a new man. may have to sell your prop- When I started as a film erty.” music composer, I already “It is a first attempt and I had ten years of experi- hope we have done our ence.” best. My wife and daugh- “But as a producer, it felt ters have been a great sup- so new and seemed like I port,” he added. was starting all over again The movie is directed by and I wanted to leave no debutant director Vishwesh stone unturned in giving it Krishnamoorthy and will my best. Also, since I was release in three languages, working with other debu- including , Tamil and tants — the director and Telugu. 99 Songs will also the actor — I was remind- introduce Ehan Bhat. ed that I have a completely Presented by Studios, new team and we had a the film is produced by modest budget. I didn’t A.R. Rahman’s production want to spare any effort in company YM Movies and presenting it well and try co-produced by Ideal to make our own epic.” Entertainment.

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ndia entered the semifinals of the women’s T20 World Cup after IShafali Verma’s 34-ball 46 fol- THREE IN A ROW lowed by a superlative performance from the bowlers helped the team notch up a narrow four-run win over Shafali’s 46, bowler’s economical spell help Harman & Co book last 4 place with narrow four-run win over White Ferns New Zealand here on Thursday. Invited to bat, India posted a below-par 133 for eight in the group A match with Shafali top-scoring We read & handle situations with a 34-ball 46 and Taniya Bhatia chipping in with a 25-ball 23. better now, says Taniya They, however, produced a dis- ciplined performance with the ball to restrict New Zealand to 129 for six and register their third successive win in the tournament and seal a last-four spot. With this win, India topped Group A, having beaten Australia and Bangladesh in their last two out- ing. “It is a great feeling when your team is performing like that,” India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said after the match. “We did the same mistakes, we got a good start in the first 10 overs and we didn’t carry the momentum. We did bowl well in patches and some times, we were not up to the mark and have to focus on those areas,” she added. Defending a below-par total, India introduced spin straight away but Deepti Sharma bled 12 runs with Poonam Yadav celebrates with Taniya Bhatia after the later stumped out opposition player opener Rachel Priest (12) hitting her for two boundaries. PTI n MELBOURNE but we need to keep up the But experienced pacer Shikha momentum. If we do that, we will Pandey removed Priest in the next icket-keeper batswoman do well and hopefully we can win over when she had her caught at mid WTaniya Bhatia says the the final,” Bhatia added. wicket. Indian team has got better at read- Bhatia is optimistic that their With Shikha and left-arm spin- ing and handling different situa- batters will definitely come good ner Rajeshwari Gayakwad bowling in Indian team celebrate their win over New Zealand in their third game of Women's T20 World Cup in Melbourne AP tions, which was evident during in the remaining matches of the tandem, New Zealand played with the recent tri-series in Australia. tournament. caution to reach 28 for one. remove Green, who danced down the India on Thursday became “We’re playing well, it’s just Back into the attack, Deepti pitch only to end up with an outside the first team to seal a semifinal one or two odd games where our then cleaned up Bates with a beau- edge as Bhatia did the rest. spot at the T20 World Cup follow- batters failed to perform. Shafali ty of a delivery as New Zealand Radha then dismissed Martin to Aus thrash B’desh ing a narrow four-run win over is giving us a good start and the slipped to 30 for two. leave New Zealand at 90 for 5 in 16.3 New Zealand here. rest of us batters will take up Poonam Yadav and Radha Yadav overs. PTI n CANBERRA The partnership between “In the last 12 to 14 months, responsibility,” she said. then mounted the pressure on the Needing 44 off 21 balls, Kerr (34) Healy (83) and Mooney (81 not we have improved a lot as a unit. Bhatia said she is open to bat Kiwis and soon the Black Caps were blasted four boundaries to accumu- lyssa Healy and Beth out) is Australia’s highest for We’re in a really positive position. at any position for the team's 34 for 3 when the former dismissed late 18 runs in the penultimate over AMooney hit attacking half- any wicket at the Women’s T20 We’ve been playing well ever cause. skipper Sophie Devine (14). bowled by Poonam to bring the centuries in a dominating 151- World Cup. since the tri-series. I think we’ve “I can bat well up the order Maddy Green (24) and Katey equation down to 16 off six balls. run opening stand as Australia Australia’s 189 for one, the got a lot better as a team in work- and I know I’m capable of scor- Martin (25) then tried to resurrect In the final over, Heyley Jensen hammered Bangladesh by 86 highest total of the tournament, ing out how to handle and read ing runs there,” she said. the innings with a 36-ball 43-run (11) and Kerr cracked a four each but runs in their ICC Women’s T20 proved too much for Bangladesh situations well,” Bhatia said at the India will play Sri Lanka in stand. Shikha held her nerves in the end to World Cup match, here on who could manage only 103 for post-match press conference. their last Group A game on However, Gayakwad returned to ensure India’s win. Thursday. nine. “The results are in our favour, Saturday. Aggressive intent & clear mindset Prithvi skips practice with swollen foot PTI n CHRISTCHURCH Shastri was seen paying extra against pace will help us: Rahane attention to Gill’s session. At oung opener Prithvi Shaw one point, Shastri walked up to CHRISTCHURCH: Ajinkya Rahane wants to take at the Hagley Oval is being used to practice Ymissed Thursday’s train- Gill and was seen giving some on the New Zealand pace battery with more negating the awkward angles that Neil Wagner Jaffer advises Indian ing session due to a swelling on technical inputs about foot- intent in the second Test and his foolproof strat- and company can create. his left foot, increasing Indian work to Gill and what's required egy includes countering the awkward angles “That’s what I said: try and learn what mis- batsmen to score big team management’s worries to check his uppish drives. which became a nightmare for Indian bats- takes we did as a group, what ahead of the second Test against The Indian team manage- men during the first Test. can we learn. I think we have NAVI MUMBAI: Wasim Jaffer, a domestic crick- New Zealand beginning on ment is hopeful that the Rahane, who top-scored with 46 in to practice those angles. We et giant, says unless the Indian batsmen build Saturday. swelling will not be a serious the first innings of the opening Test, had a practice session and we on their starts and put a big total on the board, According to sources, Shaw concern for Shaw. is hopeful that a turnaround will have one more tomorrow. bouncing back in the Test series against New will undergo a blood test on The Mumbai opener didn't happen on a green top at the And you have to practice Zealand will be extremely difficult. Thursday to ascertain the rea- even take part in the customary plays a pull shot AP Hagley Oval, which he reckons will that and trust your ability in “Virat has a lean patch for a while, so I am son of the swelling. warm-up session where be better for batting compared to the middle,” Rahane said in a expecting him to come back stronger. Pujara In case the medical report players had a good the one they got in Wellington. reassuring tone. needs some runs under his belt. Most impor- is favourable, a call will be time playing touch Kiwis look to exploit “I am not saying (we have to be) more While net sessions are important, it’s tantly they need to convert their starts into taken during Friday’s rugby. aggressive but having that intent and clear the instincts in match situations that three figures, if that dosen’t happen and if we practice session on his Shaw had a sideways movement mindset will help us,” Rahane told counts, he said. don’t put score of 350-400 runs then it is dif- availability for the second poor outing in the reporters on Thursday. “But to change or adjust those angles ficult,” Jaffer told PTI. Test. If Shaw is not first Test in New Zealand pacers Trent Boult, Tim there are times you need to be instinctive “In 200-250 (runs) you can’t win a Test comfortable while Wellington, get- against Kohli Southee and Kyle Jamieson used the while you are batting. It can mean stand- match unless there is much help from the batting, he will not ting dismissed PTI n CHRISTCHURCH short ball liberally after coming wide of the ing on off-stump, or standing outside the pitch. When we bat first or bat second, we need make it to the playing XI. cheaply in crease with an angle that was disconcert- crease or staying deep inside the crease - like to score 400-450 runs,” Jaffer said. Shubman Gill had a both the irat Kohli will be itching to make a ing for the batsmen. if it is a pitch for cut shot then you can stand Jaffer also felt that the team getting bun- good net session on innings. Vcomeback in the second Test and the “I think they used that angle really well deeper in the crease. This is the mental side dled out for below 200 in the first Test was not Thursday and it is expect- best chance for New Zealand will be to in Wellington. Bowling wide of the crease or of the game,” Rahane said. beffiting of its number one rank in the ed that he would be asked exploit the sideways movement which can from the centre, they changed angles while “For me, as a batsman it is important you longest format of the game. to open the spell trouble for the Indian captain, feels bowling the short balls. I think their plan was show your intent to the bowler, if you stand “They kept our run-rate in check and kept innings along- opener Tom Latham. completely clear. in one spot then the bowler doesn’t need to our batsmen under pressure for long periods. side Mayank Kohli had an indifferent tour of New “As a batsman, if you going to think about a change anything. These are small things we I felt that in the first innings the conditions Agarwal if Shaw Zealand so far. He was out for 2 and 19 in particular shot, then you need to back yourself and have been working on in practice and how to were favourable for bowlers, but they worked is unable to the first Test in Wellington. play that shot. You cannot doubt yourself. We use the crease and the angles. Doesn’t mat- out an strategy of bouncers and we should make it. “When Virat comes out to bat we will be need to forget what happened in Wellington,” ter how much you practice you must trust or have batted better in the second innings. To During ready. He is a quality player and there is a the Indian vice-captain said. have the belief to be able to do it in the mid- get out both times under 200 is unlike the Thursday’s nets, reason why he is up around that No 1 rank According to Rahane, the two net sessions dle,” he added. PTI number one Test team,” he said. PTI head coach Ravi for such a period of time,” Latham said at the media conference on Thursday. “He has done it for long time and done it in all conditions. If the surface is conducive Warner back as SRH captain to sideways movement we will try and Warner, Finch power hunt Proteas PTI n NEW DELHI will host 2 exploit that,” said Latham. three for 23. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami Finch was named man of the xplosive might have had a below par game in series for his aggressive batting EAustralian bats- games of RR in IPL Wellington but Latham said they remain and astute captaincy. man David Warner PTI n NEW DELHI April, Guwahati!,” Rajasthan world class bowlers and the team would be “The guys have bought into was on Thursday Royals wrote on their official certainly wary of them. the roles they have been asked to reinstated as IPL he Barsapara Stadium handle. “We have played those guys really well play,” he said. franchise Sunrisers Tin Guwahati will host Last year, Rajasthan in the first Test. But they are World class per- It was the first time Warner Hyderabad’s cap- former champions Rajasthan Royals had made a request formers and we will be wary of them. and Steve Smith had played at tain, a position that Royals’ first two home to play few of their matches Certainly they would be on top of their game Newlands since both were banned he had to give up matches during the upcom- in Guwahati and have been and if we play well it will give us a good for a year after a ball-tampering after the ball-tam- ing edition of the Indian in talks with the chance. We need to be consistent for long scandal at the same ground two pering scandal in Premier League, the BCCI Cricket Association (ACA) periods,” he said. years ago. 2018. said on Thursday. for quite sometime. The Latham is sure that Neil Wagner’s come- South Africa were never in the The 33-year- “They will now play move, which is backed by back will add firepower to the side. game after Warner and Finch old Warner, who Delhi Capitals & Kolkata the IPL Governing Council, “I haven’t yet seen him but when he thrashed 120 for the first wicket off led the Sunrisers Knight Riders on April 5th was however challenged by rocks up for training he will be absolutely 74 balls. to the trophy in & April 9th respectively in a PIL at the Rajasthan High fizzing up to get going and obviously he will Apart from some powerful 2016, will take over Guwahati. Both games will Court earlier this year. be raring to go. He is been a quality per- Australian players pose with winners’ trophy after win in 3rd T20I AP hitting by both players, they forced from New Zealand David Warner walks back have an 8 PM IST start,” The reason behind such former for a number of years for us,” the South Africans into fielding skipper Kane to the pavilion AP BCCI secretary Jay Shah a move was Royals' unhap- Latham said. AFP n CAPE TOWN Warner (57) and captain Finch errors with their aggressive run- Williamson for the said in a release. piness with the ailing crick- The Hagley Oval surface will have (55), Australia piled up 193 for ning between wickets. season starting March 29. Rajasthan Royals will eting ecosystem in the state bounce and Latham expects Wagner to be avid Warner and Aaron five — three fewer than they made “It’s something we pride our- “I am thrilled to be given the captain- play their remaining five and also their poor relation more than a handful. DFinch launched a brutal in Johannesburg. selves on,” said Finch. cy for this coming IPL 2020. I’m extreme- home matches at their des- with the Rajasthan Cricket “It’s something that Neil has obviously assault on the South African They then bowled out South “It’s quite disappointing the ly grateful for the opportunity to lead the ignated home ground of Association (RCA). been so good at for so long and he is sec- bowlers to set up a comprehensive Africa for 96, just seven more than way we lost,” said De Kock. “We side once again,” Warner said in a video in The Royals also had ond to none in terms of accuracy. 97-run Australian victory in the the host country’s record low in have to keep our heads up and posted by the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Jaipur. been incurring losses due to “He is a short guy and that makes him series-deciding third Twenty20 Johannesburg. keep looking forward." “I’d like to thank Kane (Williamson) The Steve Smith-led reasons such as high harder to play. If the surface is up for that international at Newlands. As in Johannesburg, left-arm Although Finch said he would for the way you guys led the team Rajasthan Royals will open demands for free tickets and plan he will be looking to go round with In a near-repeat of Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled have batted if he had won because throughout the last couple of years and their campaign with an away mandatory allotment of that.” record 107-run win in the first De Kock, South Africa’s star bats- of the dryness of the pitch, De I’d be leaning on you guys for support and match against Chennai seats to RCA. The first day will be important reckoned match of the series in man, in the first over of the Kock said he would make the insight to the game as well,” he said. Super Kings on April 2. Inaugral edition win- Latham. Johannesburg, South Africa cap- home team’s reply. same decision to bowl again. “To the management thank you for “The Royals are bring- ners Rajasthan Royals had “Generally, it’s a good surface and sur- tain Quinton de Kock’s decision He followed up by dismissing He said he still thought chas- the opportunity and I’m sure I’ll be ing the IPL to the Northeast earlier played at Ahmedabad faces in NZ have been on the greener side to bowl first backfired spectacu- former captain Faf du Plessis in ing a target at Newlands was a pre- doing my very best to try and lead us and for the very first time, in 2010, and Ahmedabad at the start and then flatten out. So we need larly. the third over and was named ferred option, but admitted: lift again the IPL trophy this coming year,” expanding cricket’s footprint and Mumbai's Brabourne to do well on day one.” Led by opening batsmen man-of-the-match after taking “Australia were 20 runs above par.” he added. in the region. 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Vijayawada Friday February 28, 2020 tollywood ARJUN RAMPAL to make his T'wood debut The Bollywood model-turned-actor, who was last seen in Paltan, has been cast as the antagonist in Pawan Kalyan's next with Krish, finds NAGARAJ GOUD oining the likes of his col- come on board. He was offered film. “Jacqueline Bunny, Trivikram leagues like Boman Irani, Telugu films in the past but he was Fernandez has agreed Arbaaz Khan and Ronit reluctant to take them up because of to do a supporting J Roy, who have dabbled in language issues among other factors. role in the film. Some Tollywood in the recent However, he felt the role in Krish’s reports have claimed past, Arjun Rampal will film was something any actor would that she is the film’s to team up again soon be seen in a Telugu film. The give his arm and leg for and decided leading lady but it’s Pioneer has reliably learnt that the to simply trust the director with his not true,” informs the fter establishing 'non- about his father's ambitious digital model-turned- actor, who was last lines. He is excited to meet Pawan source. Baahubali' records at many foray. seen in JP Dutta’s Paltan, has been Kalyan in the second schedule A period-drama, the unti- territories across Telugu "The ad will talk about Aha being the cast as the antagonist in Pawan which will commence next month,” tled film is being made on a bud- states with Ala only digital platform which streams Kalyan’s next with Krish. The film confirms a source close to the unit. get of over Rs 100 crore by pro- A Vaikunthapuramlo, the com- pure Telugu content. It's been interest- was launched in a low-key ceremo- The source further adds that ducer AM Ratnam. bination of Allu Arjun and ingly conceived with Trivikram provid- ny in Hyderabad last month. Rampal, who is known for his roles Multiple sets have been erected Trivikram Srinivas will be coming ing his creative inputs. With Bunny “Discussions with Rampal went in films like Rock On!!, Raajneeti for the shoot at the Aluminum together again. Wait! Before you jump headlining it, expect the commercial to for over a month and it was only and D-Day, is the second noted face Factory in Lingampally. into crazy conclusions, the news is that grab eyeballs. It will be shot in recently that the actor has agreed to from Bollywood to have joined the — NG they will be teaming up for a commer- Hyderabad, before Bunny joins the sets cial to promote the latest streaming ser- of Sukumar's next on March 13. vice to hit the market, Aha. This OTT Samantha too will join the second phase platform is co-owned by the stylish of Aha promotions as she is doing a talk star's father Allu Aravind. With Vijay show for the app, whose glitzy launch is Deverakonda doing his bit for the app slated for Ugadi," says a well-placed in the first phase of promotions, it's source close to the development. now Bunny's turn to spread a word - NG

Kalyanram's plate is full et to shoot Mallidi uted most of the actor’s films in Vasisth’s fantasy Nizam territory in the recent drama shortly, past. “Kalyan agreed to do a S Nandamuri film for Raju a couple of years Kalyanram has lined ago and he will be honouring up interesting pro- his word later this year. jects for the next year. While Cinematographer-turned-direc- producer Mahesh Koneru, who tor Guhan has been chosen to produced the actor’s successful direct the film,” informs the film 118, a couple of years ago, source, further adding that the announced a new project with actor has recently been narrated the actor sometime back last an action-entertainer by Mythri year, we’ve now learnt that it Movie Makers. “He evinced his will be directed by Vi Anand of interest but is yet to take a call Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnadava on the project as his plate is fame. “The film will be a com- already full.” mercial entertainer but will be The actor, whose last release, set in an innovative space like Entha Manchi Vaadavuraa, was most Anand’s films. Work on the box office turkey, is also the script is in full-swing,” says producing his younger brother a source. Jr NTR’s next with Trivikiram Then there is another film Srinivas along with S Radha for Dil Raju, who has distrib- Krishna. Ruhani roped in for Naga Shaurya’s next hi La Sow fame A source close to the devel- part and the names behind the Ruhani Sharma, opment says, “Raja was project. So, she gave her nod.” who will be next impressed with Ruhani’s The source further adds that C seen in Friday nuanced role in Chi La Sow. As Mahesh has roped in Sameer release Hit, has the role of the film’s leading Reddy for cinematography and been signed on by lady has a lot of scope for per- Mahati Sagar for music. To be East Coast Productions for formance, he felt that Ruhani officially launched today in their next venture with Naga is a perfect fit. Producer Hyderabad, Dil Raju, Shaurya. To mark the director- Mahesh too echoed a similar Kalyanram and Harish ial debut of Raja, the project opinion. After she approached Shankar will grace the was announced earlier this with the role Ruhani was muhurat as guests. month. impressed with the story, her — NG ‘PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING QUALITY IN MOVIES' ctor Dulquer Kanulanu Dochayante, a had a nice experience haven’t been offered any Actor Dulquer Salmaan, who bilingual, is scheduled working with them. I epic period dramas. I Salmaan speaks is known for release today. love to interact with new don’t see myself in that A among the About the movie, he people and know about space yet. My choice of Telugu audi- says, “It is not my regular them. Desingh period movies would be to the media ence for his kind of movie. It has all Periyasamy is very tal- the ones related to pre or movies OK Bangaram the commercial elements ented and he presented post-independence of about his latest and Mahanati says that it like suspense, thrills, and the film in a unique way India. If I get a script like is always tricky to make love. It keeps the audi- that will keep the audi- that then I will take it movie Kanulu a movie simultaneously ence guessing until the ence engaged,” says the up.” My father used to do in multiple languages end with lots of twists actor. Dulquer says that peo- six to seven films a Kanulanu “Not all bilingual films and turns. It was shot in Dulquer is quite active ple are actively seeking year and I’m close to work well and it’s a tricky Tamil Nadu and I in the industry doing quality in movies, irre- Dochayante, his situation. The sensibili- dubbed for myself in more than five films a spective of the language. his numbers. I’m ties and tastes differ for both languages.” year. He says, “My father He says, “We are at a very choosy about wish to do more each region and the lan- “My team always helps used to do six to seven time where people are my scripts but I guage. Hence, I love to me when it comes to films a year and I’m close seeking quality content. than five films a learn new languages for learning a language. The to his numbers. I’m very There is a lot of content make sure I do at my films and expand my unit of Mahanati helped choosy about my scripts being generating every least five films in a knowledge to various me a lot with this and I but I make sure I do at year on various enter- year. Doing only two year, his take on dialects within a lan- trust them. Telugu is a least five films in a year. tainment platfoms. guage. Our films must beautiful language and I Doing only two or three People bother more or three films period movies convey something mean- love learning it,” he adds. films doesn’t feel I am about the quality of the doesn’t feel I am ingful to the audience Directed by Desingh doing justice to my work movie than about the doing justice to and more, reports and I’m very thankful to Periyasamy, actors Ritu so I try to do as many as lead roles. This is what I the Telugu audience for Varma and Gautham I can.” keep in mind when I go my work so I try V SATEESH encouraging my work,” Menon played in pivotal Speaking about his through scripts as I don’t to do as many as I says Dulquer, whose lat- roles in the film. “It is a interest to do period want to miss out on a can REDDY est movie, Kanulu very young team and I movies, Dulquer says, “I good story.”