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SRIDHAR K PENNA On top of the world n HYDERABAD Like millions of people from all over, those from the sports fra- Sindhu becomes first Indian to win World Championships ternity, including legends, tend to be extremely superstitious. PNS n BASEL (SWITZERLAND) to extend her score to 7 but PV Sindhu is no exception to YS Jaganmohan Sindhu sealed the issue on her the rule. Her fans, of which Ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu on Reddy (@ysjagan) first game point. In the second there is no dearth, are more so. Sunday became the first Indian game, Okuhara briefly kept pace Their 'third time' lucky prayers to win the BWF World Historical Victory! until the score was 3-2 in were answered by Sindhu, Championships, crushing Japan's Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 Sindhu's favour after which the whose obsessively aggressive Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in for becoming the first Indian to Indian took six consecutive 38-minute massacre helped end just 36 minutes in a one-sided win the gold medal at points to race to a 9-2 lead. an Indian jinx and won her the final. Sindhu's gold is the second Okuhara won two more points elusive World Championship medal that won at the #BWFWorldChampionships. but Sindhu kept her foot on the title. Incidentally, Sunday's BWF Worlds this year with Sai Dominated right from the start pedal and went into the interval World Badminton In a way, with the latest triumph she has actually Praneeth winning a bronze in and finished like a true with a 11-4 lead. Championships success at Basel broken though the silver jinx that haunted her no end. men's singles category. The last champion Okuhara went on to take just is her first title this season. A She had to rest content with a second best finish at the time Sindhu and Okuhara met in three more points in the second brilliant start, so to say. a World Championships period as Sindhu continued to For sheer audacity and dom- 2016 Rio Games, Gold Coast Commonwealth Games final was in 2017. In stark contrast to world No. storm her way to the title. Once inant performance, it was awe- Down Under and the Asian Games in Jakarta a pulsating Sindhu, the Japanese world No. again, she managed to get over some when taken under any encounter that last- 4 on Sunday looked completely the line on her first match point. yardstick. The first Indian, male ed nearly two at sea against the Indian star's This was the 16th match or female, to effectively pene- champion missed this year's edi- In hindsight, although it was hours and relentless attacks. between Sindhu and Okuhara. trate the impregnable Chinese tion. a historic first from the Indian involved a 73- Although Okuhara won the Sindhu now leads 9-7 head-to- Wall time and again, the 24- It is a remarkable irony that point of view, there is an over- shot rally, first point of the first game, head, including three victories in year-old toyed with her Japanese Sindhu after two bronze (2013, whelming feeling in the circles Okuhara Sindhu won eight straight points the last five meetings before opponent Nozomi Okuhara, 2014) and an equal number of that this has been achieved a tad emerged after that to race to a 8-1 lead. Sunday's clash. who had no clue to the thun- silver, Sindhu's fifth medal in too late. There are reasons for victorious Okuhara managed just one more Both players had not won a derous stroke-play that hit her. badminton's crème de la crème such conclusions as the lanky in the end. point before the interval with title this year. While Okuhara Sindhu's ruthless annihilation event, after the All England, puts Indian was always expected to Sindhu Sindhu leading 11-2. reached the final after a hard can be gauged from the lopsided her in the illustrious company scale exalted summits like the again The mauling continued for fought 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 win 21-7, 21-7 verdict that brought of China's Xhang Ning, as the All England, Olympics and the reached the much of the second period of the against Thailand's Ratchanok an anti-climax to the much- only two in its history to pock- Worlds, quite earlier. final in 2018, opener, which ended in just 16 Intanon, Sindhu swatted aside hyped women's championship et five singles medals in the cov- Nonetheless, it is always better only to go down minutes. Okuhara got a few con- China's Chen Yu Fei 21-7, 21-14 clash. The win marks Sindhu's eted championship. late than never. to Carolina Marín secutive points towards the end in her semifinal clash. majestic way of settling scores In a way, with the latest tri- What stands her apart is that of Spain. with her old foe, who had con- umph she has actually broken unlike Saina Nehwal, she stayed However, she quered the Indian after a 110- though the silver jinx that loyal to her mentor, Pullela finally broke the N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) minute marathon in 2017. The haunted her no end. She had to Gopichand, who can take par- jinx this time, My hearty congratulations to P.V. Sindhu for defending summit clash jinx haunted rest content with a second best ticular credit for making an brushing aside the Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy in women's singles. Proud of Sindhu last year when she failed finish at the 2016 Rio Games, astounding shuttler of the girl her opponent with to put it across an equally deter- Gold Coast Commonwealth who stands at 5'10''. a dominant show you. mined Carolina Marine. Games Down Under and the from start to finish. In Incidentally, the defending Asian Games in Jakarta. Continued on Page 4

MANN KI BAAT PM calls for Kodela booked Now, TG talks of four capital cities PNS n VIJAYAWADA not show interest in the con- movement struction of Amaravati. Instead, for diverting In a controversial statement on he hinted that Jagan might against plastic Sunday, Rajya Sabha Member T expedite the process of setting G Venkatesh stated that the up of four capital cities in the EC announces from Oct 2 House furniture YSRCP government was plan- four regions. While Venkatesh ning to have four capital cities has not made any negative n n Assembly PNS PNS AMRAVATI Siva Prasada Rao is at Vizianagaram, Kakinada, comments on YSRCP or Jagan, Guntur and Kadapa. he made the remarks as if he Prime Minister Former Assembly Speaker accused of illegally Speaking to The Pioneer, were disclosing a political secret. by-polls to on Sunday pitched for launch- Kodela Siva Prasad Rao and diverting the furniture Venkatesh said that the State The State is already in turmoil ing a "new mass movement" his son were late Saturday belonging to the Government was planning to set over Botsa's remarks over the four seats against single-use plastic from nigh booked by the police for government from up four Regional Development capital. Now, the latest statement PNS n NEW DELHI October 2, the birth anniver- allegedly diverting furniture Assembly premises to Boards and an equal number of He added that he had dis- Satyanarayana on the capital city by Venkatesh will plunge the sary of . In belonging to the Assembly to capital cities, which was pre- closed the matter to the BJP high of Amaravati. While Botsa State into further confusion The Election Commission his monthly radio address unauthorised places. unauthorized places and cisely the reason why Chief command but they had not stirred a hornet's nest by hint- and set off a new debate in polit- on Sunday announced by- '', the prime min- A case against Siva Prasad to a private showroom Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy responded. His statement comes ing that the capital city may be ical circles. Meanwhile, Botsa at elections to one assembly ister said when the country Rao and his son Sivarama belonging to Sivaram had allotted Deputy Chief in the wake of the controversial shifted from Amaravati to else- a meeting in Vizinagram on seat each in , observes the 150 birth anniver- Krishna was filed at Thullur Krishna Ministers posts to each of the remarks made by Municipal where, Venkatesh had opined Sunday yet again spoke in the , and sary of the Father of the Nation, police station in Guntur four regions in the State. Administration Minister Botsa that the Chief Minister might same language. Kerala. The bypolls for "we will launch a new mass district late on Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), movement against use of plas- Saturday on a com- ture belonging to Pala (Kerala), Badharghat tic". He also called for efforts to plaint filed by M the Assembly. Rao Bahrain pardons (Tripura) and Hamirpur ensure proper collection and Eswara Rao, an had earlier admit- (Uttar Pradesh) Assembly storage of plastic to save the officer of Andhra ted that while BJP's ‘TS Liberation Day’ bouncer on TRS seats will be held on environment. In his Pradesh shifting 250 Indian prisoners statehood agita- September 23. Independence Day address Legislative Assembly furni- PNS n MANAMA PNS n HYDERABAD tion days, he went back after The bypoll in Hamirpur also , Modi had urged citizens Assembly. ture and equip- coming to power, apparently was necessitated by the dis- to eliminate single-use plastic The case was ment to Amravati In an humanitarian gesture, the The BJP-led government at under pressure from AIMIM, qualification of BJP MLA and suggested that shopkeep- registered under from Hyderabad in Bahrain government on Sunday the Centre is making moves to which is the friendly party of Ashok Chandel. By-elec- ers provide eco-friendly bags to Sections 409 and 411 2016, some of it was pardoned 250 Indians serving declare September 17 as TRS. The BJP which is tions to 12 other Assembly customers. His push against (dishonestly receiving stolen taken to his office-cum-resi- sentences in the Gulf nation "Telangana Liberation Day" engaged in a fierce political seats in UP are also due as single-use plastic is being seen property) of the Indian Penal dence in Sattenapalli. He said during the maiden visit of and hold official celebrations battle with ruling TRS in most of the sitting MLAs as an effort to prevent envi- Code (IPC). Siva Prasada Rao this was done for the safety Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its own since the TRS gov- ministry. Amit Shah has Telangana, especially after it won the elections ronmental degradation. is accused of illegally diverting and maintenance as the fur- to the oil-rich country. The ernment is not holding official been invited to take part in put up a surprising perfor- this year. But the dates are the furniture belonging to the niture could have got spoilt in prime minister expressed his celebrations. the TS Liberation Day cele- mance by winning four Lok yet to be announced by the government from Assembly the temporary Assembly gratitude to the Bahrain lead- The move is aimed to brations in Telangana on Sabha seats in recent general poll panel. premises to unauthorized building. ership for the Royal pardon. embarrass TRS government September 17 organised by polls and after trouncing The Dantewada, Pala and places and to a private show- The Telugu Desam Party About 8,189 Indians are lodged and score political points for BJP on party's behalf and the KCR's daughter K Kavitha in Badharghat bypolls were room belonging to Sivaram (TDP) leader, who was defeat- in various prisons in foreign BJP to emerge as strong polit- party is expecting Amit Shah Nizamabad Lok Sabha seats, necessitated following the Krishna. They were booked ed in the last Assembly elec- countries, with Saudi Arabia ical force in Telangana. to make an announcement in now wants to rake up death of the respective sit- two days after Assembly offi- tions, also claimed that he having the highest number at The state unit of BJP has this regard. "Telangana Liberation Day" ting MLAs. While the noti- cials searched a motorbike wrote to Assembly Secretary 1,811 followed by the UAE at sent a request to home min- Though TRS chief K sentiment to gain its foothold fication for the by-elections showroom in Guntur. The asking him to take the furni- 1,392. It was not clear how ister Amit Shah in this regard Chandrasekhar Rao promised in Telangana and emerge as would be issued on August officials reportedly identified ture. He also offered to pay for many Indians are lodged in jails and is said to be in 'active con- to hold official celebrations on an alternative to TRS before 28, counting will be held on TODAY chairs, tables and other furni- the furniture. in the Gulf kingdom. sideration' of union home September 17 during 2023 Assembly polls. September 27, the EC said. ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Shravana & Krishna Paksha Tithi : Dashami: 07:02 am, Gold bars of Rs 1.11 cr seized from RGIA toilet Arun Jaitley cremated Ekadashi: 05:09 am (Next Day) Nakshatram: Ardra: 02:57 am (Next Day) PNS n HYDERABAD Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start The passenger, identified as Shaikh Abdul Sajid, with State honours any important work) A youngster from Hyderabad, noticed movement of Customs officials and the n Rahukalam: 07:37 am – 09:11 am in his early 30s, who was PNS NEW DELHI ters Nirmala Sitharaman, Smriti allegedly trying to smuggle Irani and Anurag Thakur; BJP Yamagandam: 10:44 am – 12:17 pm checking of baggage and dumped the gold bars foreign marked gold into the Former finance minister Arun MPs Vijay Goel and Vinay Varjyam: 12:01 pm – 01:33 pm country, was nabbed by the in one of the toilets near the arrival area and Jaitley was cremated at the Sahasrabuddhe; Congress lead- Gulika: 01:51 pm - 03:24 pm Customs officials at the Rajiv tried to walk away Nigambodh Ghat here with full ers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Good Time: (to start any Gandhi International Airport State honours on Sunday in the Kapil Sibal were among those important work) on Sunday. presence of leaders from across present at the cremation Amritakalam: 05:23 pm – 06:55 pm The passenger, identified as revealed that he carried the gold operator and the receiver sus- the political spectrum and ground. Abhijit Muhurtham: Shaikh Abdul Sajid, noticed bars in his hand baggage, but pect that he could have trav- scores of his admirers and Chief ministers of 11:53 am – 12:42 pm movement of Customs offi- after seeing customs officials, he elled to Sharjah in search of a party workers. Jaitley's son , , cials and the checking of bag- was afraid and dropped the job. But on his return, the Rohan performed the last rites. , and VIJAYAWADA gage and dumped the gold plan of carrying them outside operators offered him a free The 66-year-old BJP stalwart , Devendra WEATHER bars in one of the toilets near of the Customs wing at the air- ly pleaded innocence, but on the airport. ticket for his return and forced passed away at the AIIMS here Fadnavis, Vijay Rupani, B S Forecast: Mostly Cloudy the arrival area and tried to port, were conducting checks at thorough questioning, he Further inquiries revealed him to carry gold with him. He on Saturday. Vice President Yediyurappa, Nitish Kumar Temp: 32/26 walk away, but based on his sus- the area where passengers exit- admitted to the crime. Based on that the accused who landed in was told to hand over the gold Venkaiah Naidu, BJP veteran and Trivendra Singh Rawat, Humidity: 57% picious movements, he was ed through the green channel. his confession, 26 foreign an Indigo Airlines flight from bars to a person outside the air- LK Advani, party president respectively, were also there. Sunrise: 06.01 nabbed and the 26 gold bars Around an hour later, they marked gold bars weighing a Sharjah, was a carrier, who was port. The gold was seized and and Home Minister Amit Shah, Earlier, his body was taken to Sunset: 06.34 were recovered, said officials. noticed the accused Sajid mov- total of 2,992 grams worth Rs offered a free ticket by the oper- the accused was arrested. Defence Minister Rajnath the BJP headquarters from Current Weather Conditions Based on a tip-off, the sleuths ing suspiciously and intercept- 1,11,60,160, were recovered ators. Officials who are yet to Further investigation is under- Singh, party's working presi- where it was carried in a flower- Updated August 25, 2019 5:00 PM from the Air Intelligence Unit ed him. On inquiry, he initial- from the toilet. Inquiries ascertain more details about the way, said officials. dent J P Nadda, Union minis- decked gun carriage. VIJAYAWADA| MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 vijayawada 02

CAPSULE ‘Go vegan', the new 13 AD sculptures unearthed CLEAN UP DRIVE UNEARTHS at Anigandlapadu village EXCESSIVE PLASTIC PNS n VIJAYAWADA Vijayawada: Receding mantra for staying healthy Achaeologist and CEO of Cultural Centre of floodwaters of the River Krishna Two sculptures of Ganesha have exposed new heights of CH SHARMILA and Mahishasura Mardini Vijayawada and Amaravati (CCVA) damage and destruction in the n VIJAYAWADA dated back to 13th Century Dr Sivanagi Reddy appealed villagers and the capital city. Volunteers of AD were found on the premis- Amaravati Walkers and Runners People in the capital city have es of Sivalayam at government to preserve the sculptures Association (AWARA) were been coming up with more Anigandlapadu village in by providing shelter involved in cleaning of rivers ways to keep themselves Kanchikacharla mandal of unearthed a considerable healthy. As a part of this, many during the amount of plastic. As many as have been following the 'Go renovation of the temple holding a danta, laddu, para- in Guntur district) to Gods 150 volunteers participated in Vegetarian' formula to stay recently. su and ankush in his hands. Mulasthana Mallikarjuna and the cleaning programme of healthy and to avoid unneces- Based on the information The sculpture of Goddess Gokiswara. AWARA on Sunday. sary killing of animals. given by Gondi Suresh of Durga was standing in This evidently proves that Prof Ajay Katragadda, founder of Scientists and researchers stat- Chilukuru village, Dr E 'Alidhasana' killing the the sculptures were part of the AWARA, says "It is our duty to ed that a balanced vegetarian Sivanagi Reddy, archaeologist Mahishasura, the demon, and subsidiary shrines of the tem- promote eco-friendly jute, cloth lifestyle is much healthier and CEO of Cultural Centre of holds different weapons in ple complex. Dr Sivanagi and paper bags in a phased alternative to meat eating. Vijayawada and Amaravati each hand and was adorned Reddy appealed villagers and manner. People will suffer due to Going vegetarian is a great (CCVA), inspected the sculp- with ornaments. the government to preserve the dumping of polythene covers, opportunity to learn more tures on Sunday as a part of the Dr Reddy also noticed three sculptures by providing shelter. plastic bottles and other waste about nutrition and cooking, as awareness programme inscriptions dated back to 1194 President of Andhra Arts plastic material in the side drain well as to improve one's diet. 'Preserve Heritage for AD and 1209 AD, recording Academy Golla Nararayana and in the rivers by denizens. Abdul Moseen, a software Posterity'. the gift of the land to God Rao, journalist and writer These plastic material are employee, opines that one He said that both the sculp- Pandiswara by Ketinayakudu Ghanta Vijaya Kumar and choking the flow of water, which should first realise that vege- tures represent the Kakatiya and Mahamandaleswara President of AP Society for is the root cause of many tarianism is probably not the n n style of art and the Ganesha, Kesavaraju ruling from Preservation of Buddhist problems in the city". Abdul Moseen, a software employee, According to G Ram, an MBA student, goal. The goal is to reduce ani- opines that one should first realise that vegetarians have a lower risk of heart disease and devoid of any headgear, was Evanikandravati (present-day Heritage Subhakar Medasani mal suffering, make oneself seated in Lalitasana, while Emani village near Duggirala participated in the programme. healthier, or to oppose indus- vegetarianism is probably not the goal. have low cholesterol levels compared to others trial food production. "How to The goal is to reduce animal suffering, because vegetarian diet has high fibre content become a vegetarian literally make oneself healthier with the necessary vitamins and minerals depends on your mind. In Public Diplomacy order to master something, you Chhattisgarh have to be committed and that fruits and raw vegetables Division to hold have patience. You won't find M Sravani, a medical student, believes take 45 minutes or less to SPANDANA it difficult if you are making that fruits and vegetables have many digest, while meat can take up Inter-school quiz PROGRAMME TODAY food that is yummy and filling to three hours or more. Fruits downs Andhra Colts to you. Take it one step at a nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that and vegetables can be fully PNS n VIJAYAWADA Vijayawada: District Collector competitions Andhra Colts made Md Imtiaz informed the media time, try out new vegetable our bodies crave. While fruits and raw digested throughout your dishes, and find out new food entire system within 18-24 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chhattisgarh defeated Andhra 156 in 42.2 overs on Sunday that a special vegetables take 45 minutes, or less to Spandana programme will be that you like that are vegetar- hours, on the other hand, meat Colts by seven in the and in reply organised at the sub-collector's ian. It helps to eat and spend digest, while meat can take up to can take two to three days to The Public Diplomacy Sir Vizzy Trophy tournament meeting hall on Monday. time with other vegetarians or three hours or more fully digest. She adds, "After Division and Branch held simultaneously in Chhattisgarh The Collector said that the vegans. They can help you becoming a vegan for only two Secretariat, Hyderabad, Vizianagaram and overhauled the target Spandana programme would be find food that is satisfying and weeks, I saw a big change in my Ministry of External Affairs, here on held as usual at all revenue healthy for you", he said. away from unhealthy food that think that a vegetarian diet is skin, not a dramatic change Government of India will Sunday. in the 29th over by division and tahsil offices across According to G Ram, an can cause weight issues. A more beneficial to the human since that could take up to a organise an Inter-school Quiz In Vizianagaram, Andhra the district. He said that district MBA student, vegetarians have low-fat and plant based diet body. Making a simple change few months. Doctors and der- competition on the topic Colts made 156 in 42.2 overs losing three wickets officers would participate in the a lower risk of heart disease will help you reduce weight in in your diet can add a few more matologist, who tell you that 'India and The World' for stu- and in reply Chhattisgarh Spandana programme and and have low cholesterol levels a healthy way. Eating equal years to your life," he said. diet doesn't play a role in your dents of Class IX and X overhauled the target in the Pradesh 249 for four in 42.2 appealed the people to submit compared to others because amount of fruits, vegetables M Sravani, a medical stu- acne or your facial beauty, are studying in schools at 29th over by losing three wick- overs (Yash Duley 106, Parth their applications at the sub- vegetarian diet has high fibre and whole grains help satisfy dent, believes that fruits and wrong because if they knew Hyderabad, Vijayawada and ets. Sahani 58). collector's office, revenue content with the necessary vit- hunger. People, who do not vegetables have many nutri- you found out about the truth, Guntur regions. The initial In the other three matches, Association of division offices and tahsil offices. amins and minerals. "Being a consume meat have a lower ents, minerals, and vitamins then they would all go out of rounds for schools in , Puducherry Puducherry 284 for eight in 50 vegetarian will help you stay body mass index. I always that our bodies crave. She says business". Vijayawada and Guntur and Baroda posted wins. overs (Paras Dogra 85, S region will be held today at The scores: Andhra Colts Suresh 35) bt 173 in 11am at PV Siddartha Public 156 in 42.2 overs (K 38.3 overs (Sairaj Patel 67, School, Mogalrajpuram, Khamruddin 35, Pankaj Rao Chinmay 38, S. Singh three for Vijayawada. four 44) lost to Chhattisgarh 37, Fabid three for 29). Gold continues to be in good demand The valedictory function of 160 for three in 28.4 overs Indian Oil Corporation 155 the quiz programme will be (Rishabh 46, S. Sigh 44, S. in 36.4 overs (Y Jaiswal 46, PNS n HYDERABAD Mandi, Dilsukhnagar, held at 2pm on the same day Chandarkhar 41). Ninad Rathore three for 20, Barring Friday, when Kukatpally, Bowenpally, and will be attended by ACA Secretary 248 for eight Swapnil three for 35) lost to US Fed-reserve, after a meet- gold price took a halt, General Bazar witnessed Siddarth Jain, Commissioner in 50 overs (P Girinath Reddy Baroda 156 for three in 29.5 ing and after soliciting the moderate business. Industries, Government of 83, CR Gnanaeswar 64, Vinay overs (Yusuf Patel 72 no, Kedar views of stakeholders, is on all other days in the To cope with the increase in and Dr Kumar 38, Kartikeya Sharma Devdhar 31, Aamir Gani three shortly expected to announce festival demand, the govern- Gajarao Bhupal, IPS. three for 42) lost to Madhya for 52). the interest rates. Speculation week, New York gold ment has built up huge is rife that there would not be buffer stock of essential any change. Therefore, despite hovered around US commodities. However, high price, the yellow metal $ 1,500 (per oz) due to the recent continued to be in good floods in Divorce rate among newly demand. Barring Friday, Maharashtra, when gold price took a halt, the annual import Karnataka and on all other days in the week, of some 800 tons, Madhya New York gold hovered in the current Pradesh, onion married couples going up around US $ 1,500 (per oz). fiscal year, prices have Expo organiser Mahesh Jaju addressing the media in Vijayawada on Sunday Finally, gold closed at US $ the imports shot up by 76 Family Court in Vizag city receiving 1,529.20 while silver, also fol- are likely to WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW per cent. The lowed suit at $ 17.53 (per be about 10 impact of ris- Ounce). Platinum and per cent less. Many of the ing prices of onion will be felt on an average 120 divorce cases in a month Two-day silver Palladium closed at US $. buyers who need to purchase throughout the country. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM In most of the divorce cases, 863.20 and Rs. 1,465.76 gold for jewellery, due to During the week, common Of the 100 cases in she observed, the women are respectively. Copper closed at higher prices, would try to pulses such as tuar dal, The institution of marriage is a month, over 80 not compatible with their hus- Rs.440.45 (per kg). economize by selling old moong dal, urad dal and apparently going through a bands. There are many cou- expo inaugurated Other economic parame- household jewellery, thereby masoor dal remained steady rough patch. There is a spurt per cent cases ples, who have ruined their ters, except Brent and Crude substituting the demand. at the previous week's closing in divorces cases with the related to the young lives due to lack of under- PNS n VIJAYAWADA oil, moved northward. Brent During the week, Standard levels; so also edible oils and Family Court in Vizag city standing of the family system. Jaju stated that a wide closed at US$ 59.34 (per bar- gold (24 carats) appreciated vanaspati. The prices of com- receiving on an average 120 couple, who get Of the 100 cases in a month, A two-day expo displaying a variety of silver articles rel) while Crude oil was quot- by Rs.130 and closed at mon vegetables increased divorce cases in a month and married through over 80 per cent cases related wide range of silver articles ed at Rs. 3,870 (per barrel). Rs.38,100 (per 10 gms) . substantially due to heavy that too over petty reasons. to the young couple, who get from Samrajya Kingdom was ranging from spoons Gold MCX stood at Rs.38,822 Ornamental gold too, moved rains in the vegetable-growing In many cases, just within a matrimony columns, married through matrimony inaugurated here on Sunday. to sofas are available (per 10 gms) and Silver MCX up in tandem and was quot- areas. Common vegetables year of their marriage, the and find it difficult to columns, and find it difficult Speaking on the occasion, at Rs.44,593 (per kg). Sensex ed in the range of Rs.36,160 such as cabbage, cauliflower, young couples are trying to go to stay together after couple of expo organiser Mahesh Jaju at the expo, besides and Nifty 50 closed at - 36,260 on the closing day. ribbed guard, snake guard, for legal separation. With over stay together after months of their marriage, she said that Samrajya was gold-coated 36,10701.16 and 10,829.35 Silver (0.999), too, appreciat- lady fingers, cucumber, pota- 5,000 pending cases, at least couple of months of added. formed by the members of the points respectively. Leading ed by Rs. 700 and closed at toes, onions, tomatoes and four to five cases come to the Expressing that the rate of Rotary Club of Midtown silver jewellery foreign currencies' exchange Rs.44,500 (per kg). The sen- French beans, along with family courts on every day in their marriage divorce cases in the Family Vijayawada, numbering at rates were: US $: Rs.71.80, timent in gold and silver is other leafy vegetables, record- Vizag city for divorce. Courts has increased by over around 750. gold-coated silver jewellery in British Pound: Rs. 88.15, likely to remain strong during ed an increase in prices in the Interestingly, seven out of ten 30 per cent when compared to He said that there were 200 the showroom. He added that Euro: Rs. 80.70, Singapore $: a couple of weeks from now. range of 40 per cent to 60 per divorce cases were filed by her husband. She had tied the previous years, President of shareholders in Samrajya and the Rotary Club of Midtown Rs.51.76, Canadian $: cent due to the increased women only in the city, said knot in February 2018, but Visakhapatnam Bar the main aim was to sell sil- was one of the biggest clubs Rs.53.85, Swiss Franc: COMMODITIES supplies. legal fraternity. Advocates also wanted divorce because her Association (VBA) G ver articles with a less margin across the globe and that Rs.73.68, Australian $: The sentiment in principal In Hyderabad, the NECC said that compared to previous husband used to pass com- Maheswara Reddy said that in and achieve maximum they participate in several Rs.48.48, Saudi Rial: Rs. wholesale commodity mar- wholesale egg-price declined years, the Family Court in ment on food prepared by her. some cases, parents of the turnover on par with corpo- social service activities. 19.15, Kuwaiti Dinar 236.08 kets in the twin cities was by Rs.27 and closed at Rs.310 Vizag receiving more divorce And the woman complained young couple (either side of rate business organisations. YSRCP leader B Nageswara and UAE Dirham: Rs.19.55. moderate. Rythu Bazars and (per 100). The highest price of cases for the past few years. that her husband was not giv- the bride or groom) are seen Jaju stated that a wide vari- Rao, showroom CEO Daram At home, business is yet to the various commodity mar- Rs.370 was recorded at A couple of weeks ago, a ing enough time to her in playing a major role in break- ety of silver articles ranging Chandragupta, Directors pick up. Due to high prices, kets located in Begum Bazar, Lucknow, while Hospet working woman approached weekends, said a senior advo- ing the relationship of from spoons to sofas were P Anil, B Rahul, K Krishna imports are likely to be Kishangunj, Mukthyargunj, closed at the lowest price of the Family Court in Vizag city cate P Anuradha, who deals the young available at the expo, besides and others were present. adversely affected. As against Risala Abdullah, Mir Alam Rs 290 on the closing day. seeking legal separation from with divorce cases. couple. AP ASICON annual conference concludes RTO conducts surprise drive on NH-16 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Experts explained Krishna of Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, submitted a paper PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM The special drive focused on The three-day conference of the latest developments on 'Splenogondadal fusion, a The special drive adhering to speed limits as inter- Association of Surgeons of and techniques very rare case report was the RTO officials in the city conduct- focused on adhering to state vehicle drivers had been India State Chapter AP ASI- best of the submitted 550 ed a surprise drive on the National found overspeeding within city lim- CON concluded here on in laparoscopic paper presentations. On the Highway 16 near Gajuwaka limits speed limits as its to reach their destination soon- Sunday. Nearly, 1,500 surgeons surgeries in different occasion, organisers felicitated and Aganampudi Toll Plaza in the inter-state vehicle er. "During the special drive, we from across the State, 1,200 10 senior surgeons. ASI -AP wee hours of Sunday. noticed a driver, who was driving medicos and 1,000 delegates entities through a president Officials registered 32 cases drivers had been found his car after consuming a consid- attended the conference. PowerPoint Dr KRC Naidu, President- against private buses and imposed overspeeding within erable amount of liquor. Our men Experts explained the latest elect Dr K Tirumala Prasad, Rs 1.56 worth fine on the vio- handed him over to the Duvvada developments and techniques presentation honourable secretary Dr DSVL lators. Speaking to the media, city limits to reach their police and booked a drunken dri- in laparoscopic surgeries in dif- Narasimham, treasurer Dr G RTO of Gajuwaka V Siri Anand destination sooner ving case against him. During the ferent entities through a On the concluding day of the Rammohan, organising chair- stated that many accidents had check, we also inspected the med- PowerPoint presentation. conference, organisers man APASICON-2019 Dr TJ been taking place during the wee ical box, first aid kit and documents Scholars presented 550 papers announced the best paper pre- Prasanna Kumar and others hours, either due to negligence or technical failures. To avoid such ed a surprise check, inspecting over els and enquired about their con- of vehicles and booked 32 cases and and posters at the conference. sentation and Dr Kolla Vamisi were present. rash driving of drivers, or due to incidents, RTO officials conduct- 100 buses belonging to private trav- dition and records. issued a check report", he added.

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he National Institute of VH the long-distance runner Technology-Warangal's 17th Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao Tconvocation celebrated recently turned 74, but his hectic recently was a standout day for NEW COLOUR AT CONVOCATION party-related work can shame a graduating students as is the norm, youth half his age. The other day, VH but quite unusual in some other TDP had kept scribes, PR pros and largest campus, the company show- ly occupied post-retirement and ting bitter with both parties grabbing surprised the police by venturing into respects. All freshly-minted grad- such others on their toes hopping cased its voice assistant Alexa. Home REPORTERS’ there is also age-limit for further edu- any available opportunity to go for the Nallamala to meet the Chenchus uates were advised to wear 'tradi- from one government event to minister and chief guest Mahmood cation, it make sense for retired pro- each others' throats. This week BJP who are likely to get affected by pro- tional attire'. No, not the tradition- another to stay on top of the Ali was invited to ask Alexa anything. fessors to do a course or two that state chief K Laxman and TRS work- posed uranium mining. In a casual al Telangana attire; they were asked goings-on and in the loop. It was a So he asked: "Alexa, industrial poli- D ARY equips them for part-time jobs. A lot ing president KTR sparred over their chat with the Congress leader, a scribe to wear whites with a 'saffron backbreaking time. In contrast, cy of Telangana." she may of college professors are finding out party membership drives. While said he appreciated VH's very hectic dupatta' thrown on the shoulders. the YSRCP regime has maintained be, but Alexa continued unapologet- that being an HR or Business ana- KTR mocked the saffron party say- and busy schedule despite his age and Students however were all game for a low profile for its own reasons, ically: "Sorry I don't know". While the lyst can be very lucrative proposition. ing BJP is a "missed call party", prayed for his wellbeing. More than the 'change of colour' and enjoyed leaving info-hungry scrolling sites awkward moment left the audience "Customers asked this question, So, no matter their background - Laxman retorted saying TRS enrolls the long miles, it's the 'mileage' that the proceedings at the institute to know if there is anything worth- in splits, the minister was advised to 'Who's the Chief Minister of Andhra arts, science, English, chemistry, members by either inducements or he likes more, said the veteran leader, which was till the other day known while that they could cover. Things ask simpler questions like "the Chief Pradesh'! Whew, Ms Alexa had more engineering et al - scores are sign- outright threats. Looks like the fight in true blue politico style. to be slightly left-leaning or neutral. do happen once in a while, but Minister of Telangana?". Now, that than covered up for some gaps in her ing up for an MBA course. That's might end in a tie - for while TRS Silence of fan vs buzz of cycle there are too few and far between. was bang in Alexa's territory, so knowledge. quite a business strategy in itself! claims it has notched up a mammoth (PV Kondal Rao, Sumit Onka, Alexa knows quite a bit prompt came the reply: "Kalvakuntla Ex-Professors eyeing analyst jobs Whose claims are fake? 60 lakh new members, the BJP Naveena Ghanate, Sushma It's been either too much or too Chandrashekhar Rao." Then, very claims it is anyway the world's polit- Nagaraju, Deepthi Nandan, little. Till a few months ago, the At the inaugural of Amazon's helpfully she even offered more info: While it is best to remain fruitful- Enmity between TRS and BJP is get- ical party. Kolishetty Venkateshwarlu) CAPSULE Commercial division of APSRTC WOMAN, DAUGHTER FOUND MURDERED Vijayawada: Two women were found murdered at to blame for ticket controversy Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district in the early G RAVI KIRAN was to take advantage of an n hours of Sunday. The deceased VIJAYAWADA advertisement on RTC tickets belong to the same family and before the elections. The offi- were identified as Balusu The furore over a religious cer, who finalised the adver- Madhavi(45) and her daughter advertisement displayed on tisement, knew well enough Balusu Karuna(18). East the back side of APSRTC tick- that these rolls could not be Godavari SP Adanan Nayeem ets for shuttle services between used after the election notifi- Asmi, who is on the spot in Tirupati and Tirumala appears cation. Ramachandrapuram, said head to be due to the negligence of Knowing that the poll code Workers removing the boat stuck in the Prakasam Barrage on Saturday injuries were witnessed on the commercial division of the would go within a few days, bodies and a hammer was State-owned transport compa- the commercial division went reportedly used to hit them on ny APSRTC. ahead with the printing of the their head. The weapon was Sources said that the inci- advertisements on the rolls. Boat extricated found at the place of the offence. dent was not a conspiracy by This was the first mistake "We suspect family dispute the TDP, or a failure on the committed by the RTC. part of the ruling YSRCP, Interestingly, the APSRTC did behind the murder. Police are n Sources said that the n The division had taken an n After the elections, investigating the case and the rather it was due to the negli- not receive the payment for the from Prakasam incident was not a conspiracy advertisement on 'Jerusalem Yatra' the division started son and the husband of Madhavi gence and lack of vision on the advertisement from the are being interrogated. As the part of APSRTC's commercial by the TDP, or a failure on the from the Minority Ministry during using the old rolls on Ministry of Minority Welfare family members are daily wage division. part of the ruling YSRCP, rather the previous TDP government's rule which advertisements till date. it was due to the negligence in March and duly printed the same. relating to 18 Barrage gate earners, we are not suspecting The division had taken an After the elections, the property issue as the motive for advertisement on 'Jerusalem and lack of vision on the part But, due to the election code schemes by the TDP YSRCP assumed power but all the murder", the SP said. Yatra' from the Minority of APSRTC's commercial coming into force, rolls were kept in government were the TIM rolls printed by the PNS n VIJAYAWADA recalled that two boats were Ministry during the previous division stores printed TDP government still swept away in the floodwater at TDP government's rule in remained. The commercial The iron boat that got stuck in Pavitra Sangamam. While one TEACHER ENDS LIFE March and duly printed the division went ahead with the the 68th gate of the Prakasam boat passed through the open Vijayawada: In a macabre same. But, due to the election Nellore, Prakasam and TIM rolls, assuming that it Barrage was finally disentan- gate at the Prakasam Barrage incident, a school teacher code coming into force, rolls Chittoor. The rolls were dis- After the elections, the YSRCP would be a waste of money if gled on Sunday, thanks to the on August 14, the other got working at Delhi Public School were kept in stores. After the tributed all over the State the rolls were withdrawn. efforts of experts drawn in stuck in the gap between the in Nidamanuru committed elections, the division started through zonal offices. If the assumed power but all the TIM rolls However, the mistakes com- from Visakhapatnam, apron of the barrage and its suicide at . She is using the old rolls on which advertisement was not reli- printed by the TDP government still mitted by the APSRTC had Kakinada and other places. 68th gate. learned to have jumped into a advertisements relating to 18 gious in nature, the controver- remained. The commercial division incurred the wrath of BJP and The experts extricated the NDRF and SDRF teams lake to end her life at Marlapalli schemes by the TDP govern- sy might not have arisen at all. Hindutva Groups in the State. 14-tonne boat without causing tried to disentangle the boat, village in Gannavaram. Police ment were printed. If it was a political advertise- went ahead with the TIM rolls, YSRCP leaders launched an any damage to it. Local irriga- but in vain. Technicians were identified the deceased as The roll with the advertise- ment from the TDP govern- assuming that it would be a waste of immediate inquiry about the tion officials could have also called to cut the boat with Pushpalatha, a native of ment on 'Jerusalem Yatra' had ment, it might have led to a issue and found that the inci- removed the boat sooner, but welding machines, but that Chodagiri of Eluru in West gone to Tirumala from political uproar. money if the rolls were withdrawn dent had occurred due to the the delay was caused as the gov- was called off. Godavari district. Police found Nellore, the zonal headquar- The printing of TIM rolls negligence of the APSRTC's ernment did not want the boat After floodwater levels came her two-wheeler and handbag on ters for three districts of had taken place on March 2019. It was clear that the intention of the government commercial division. to be damaged in any way. down, all the gates of the bar- the banks of the lake. They Officials appreciated the rage were closed except the registered a case and shifted the team that worked hard to extri- 68th gate, which continued to body to a hospital for post- cate the boat without causing be open until the boat was mortem. Tele-film artiste held for Mystery shrouds techie's death any damage to it. It may be extricated. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Now, registration making video against The body of a woman was for kids at govt schools found in a lake at Marlapalem near Gannavaram in Krishna PNS n VIJAYAWADA purpose. Sasidhar clarified in district on Sunday. his statement that supply of Anil Kumar Yadav She used to reside at The State government has ration would not be stopped for Ramnagar in Gannavaram decided to arrange Aadhaar eligible card-holders due to PNS n VIJAYAWADA Kumar Yadav's role in han- and worked in a software registration and thumb verifi- non-completion of upgrada- Bathukamma dling the flood situation. company Algorithm, Medha cation for students at govern- tion of e-KYC process. Tele-film artiste K Sekhar, The controversial video was Towers. She was identified as ment schools. The arrange- As children have to wait for saree who made and posted a posted on YouTube and Pushpalatha belonging to ment has been to avoid serpen- hours for registration of their video on social media using other social media platforms. Eluru, the woman married her tine queues at Aadhaar centres thumb impression online with abusive language against the I&PR Chief Digital Director lover Anil Kumar, also a res- for e-KYC upgradation. the Aadhaar server, the govern- production State government and Devendar Reddy complained ident of Eluru, eight years ago. Secretary of civil supplies ment had decided to provide Minister for Water Resources to DGP Gautam Sawang However, she divorced her department Kona Sasidhar in Aadhaar centres at schools gathers pace Anil Kumar Yadav, was against the video on husband following domestic Body of Pushpalatha was floating in a lake at Marlapalem near Gannavaram in a press release here on Sunday itself, Sasidhar said and dis- arrested by the Suryaraopet Thursday. disputes. Krishna district on Sunday (inset) Deceased during her happier days said people were facing a lot of closed that they would train PNS n HYDERABAD police here on Sunday. Acting on the instructions Initially, she had worked as inconvenience due to long two teachers at every govern- During the 2019 general of the DGP, the Vijayawada a teacher at the Delhi Public her mother that she was going the woman might have com- queues and the deadlines set up ment school for the purpose Of the required 1 crore elections, Sekhar had acted police arrested Sekhar and School in Vijayawada after she to meet a friend. mitted suicide by jumping for thumb impression registra- and the exercise would be Bathukamma sarees, weav- in TDP's advertisements. started investigation into it. started living separately. Later, Her handbag and scooty into the lake. But later, know- tions for ration cards. completed at the the institutes. ing of over 60 lakh sarees has After the elections, he Police are learnt to have she took up job as a software (two-wheeler) were found at ing about her marital prob- Therefore, the government Sasidhar appealed officials, been completed. So far, made a short film against the asked Sekhar to disclose the engineer at Algorithm in the Marlapalem lake. The lems, they are not ruling out had taken the decision to employees and village volun- around 25 lakh sarees have YSRCP government and names of persons, who had Gannavaram. police searched the lake and the possibility of her murder. extend the deadline and also teers to inform the same to the been sent to districts and donned the role of a farmer, given him the contract to She left her house on found her body. A case was registered and provide more centres for the people. there are plans to send at where he criticised Anil make the video. Saturday evening informing Police first suspected that investigation is on. least 50 lakh sarees by month-end. The district administra- tion has been working hard to Have time? Help out kids in school distribute the sarees prior to Situation not normal in Kashmir: CPI the festival keeping in mind PNS n KHAMMAM the delay that had taken place PNS n HYDERABAD last year because of the early To overcome shortage of elections to State Legislative CPI National General teachers in government Assembly. This year, the tar- Secretary D Raja, who came to schools, the State govern- get is to produce 6.84 crore Telangana for the first time ment has introduced a metres of cloth at a cost of Rs after becoming the General scheme called '' to 320 crore. As of now, the Secretary of the party, alleged encourage retired employ- power looms have finished that the NDA government led ees, teachers, old students, weaving 4.67-crore metre by Prime Minister Narendra NGOs, subject experts and length of the cloth. Of the Modi has made Kashmir issue, activists of voluntary organ- 23,000 power looms in the which was a bilateral issue till isations to teach on a part- textile town of Sircilla, weav- now, into an international time basis in schools. ing is going on 17,000 looms. issue. Education Commissioner Textiles meant for distri- He said that the Modi gov- Vijay Kumar issued orders in bution among the Muslims ernment is stepping ahead to this regard on August 13. In on the occasion of Ramzan transform India into a Hindu fact, 533 teacher posts and among Christians for nation. As part of it, the Modi remained vacant in govern- the X-Mas are being woven government abrogated Article ment schools in the district. in Sircilla. Besides, the cloth 370, which provides CPI National General Secretary D Raja addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Sunday Since the teacher recruit- Under 'Vidyanjali’ scheme, retired employees, for school uniforms is being autonomous status to Kashmir. ment is not full scale, the gov- manufactured here. Moreover, the Modi govern- in the news published in the CPI National General and Kashmir Division Bill ernment wants to use services teachers, old students, NGOs, subject experts During the past three ment is making it clear that it media that Kashmir is peace- without taking the opinion of of experienced teachers for and activists of voluntary organisations can years, the powerlooms here abolished Article 370 only to ful after the abrogation of Secretary D Raja Assembly and against the some time without putting got orders for over Rs 900 fulfil their idealism of making Article 370. The Centre is alleged that the Jammu & Kashmir people. burden on the government. teach on a part-time basis in schools crore, benefiting 9435 work- India as Akhand Bharat. He spreading false news about This Act is against the Those who prefer to spend ers. The average earning per alleged that the abrogation of Kashmir. The Prime Minister abrogation of Article Constitution's Federal Spirit, time teaching, they should month of each weaver is Article 370 is undemocratic himself is telling lies and the 370 is undemocratic he slammed. He alleged that choose their favourite time in the office of the MED and The retired employees and increased to Rs 26,000 as and unconstitutional. people of Kashmir questioning BJP is suffering from slot. In the designated portal, DEO. At various celebrations subject experts can coach against the below Rs 8,000 Participating in the to tell as to whom they believe and unconstitutional Islamophobia. the candidates should choose and at national festivals, these students in sports and games, earlier. The NIFT experts "Indrajith Gupta Centenary in, he said. Ambedkar never supported relevant school. Having reg- volunteers, who opted to culture, finearts like music, designed sarees in attractive birth Anniversary Ridiculing Union Home will stick to actual Line of Hindu State and the nation istered their names, the teach in schools, will be felic- theatre, craft, dance, comput- 80 hues. This year, the sarees Celebrations at Maqdhoom Minister Amit Shah's state- Control. He alleged that RSS would be destroyed if it hap- enthusiasts to teach will be itated in an appropriate man- er education and moral sci- meant for the aged and senior Bhavan here on Sunday, Raja ment that Kashmir means Pak and BJP are speaking lies and pened, he said. He called upon welcomed by school head ner. ence and so on. citizens would have a golden delivered a speech on occupied Kashmir (PoK) and they never stand by the side of people to protect Parliament, master and mandal education These teachers are not enti- DEO P Madan Mohan border, while the sarees 'Abrogation of Article 370- China-occupied-Aksai Chin, truth. democracy and constitution as officers concerned. Their tled to any allowances like exhorted those who are keen meant for the young women Consequences in Kashmir". but Union Foreign Minister Jai He alleged that the Modi the Modi government violat- names would be put on dis- transport allowance or any to teach should make use of would have fancy designs. He said that there is no truth Shankar is stating that India government passed Jammu ed all. play in the school concerned other allowances. the facility. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 region 04

3 in custody for tribal B Tech students open for woman's murder BAI cash rewards for PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Grama Sachivalayam jobs

Araku Valley police have taken PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM three persons into custody in connection with the murder of Sindhu, Sai Praneeth The desperation for employ- 20-year-old tribal woman Killo ment in the State can be Pushpa. It may be recalled that PNS n NEW DELHI gauged from the fact that Pushpa's body was found in a around 20 percent of appli- pool of blood, with her head The BAI announced a cash cants for the recently notified smashed in, among the bushes reward of Rs 20 lakh to PV Grama Sachivalayam posts are near the Government School at Sindhu following her historic from engineering graduates. Araku Valley on Saturday win at the World As many as 21,69,814 applica- morning. Championships in Basel on tions have been received for Pushpa was a resident of Sunday where she etched her 1,26,728 vacancies across var- Chinalabudu village and was name in record books by ious posts. Moreover, 42 per- working as a Data Operator at becoming the first Indian to cent of the applicants were Grama Sachivalayam the Mee-Seva Centre in the win a gold medal. post- graduates. records, 93,581 candidates, region. She was married to P Sindhu, who was in magnif- According to the CM dash posts are from highest among all districts, Mahesh, a resident of Bosibeda icent form through-out the board, 21,69,814 applicants are from Anantpur, followed village under Araku Valley week put on a flawless perfor- applied for 19 posts, cate- engineering graduates. by 93,230 aspirants from East Mandal and a driver by profes- mance as she defeated Japan's gorised into various divisions As many as 21,69,814 Godavari and 88,731 aspirants sion. According to the police, Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in like Panchayat Secretary from Visakhapatnam. Pushpa is Mahesh's second a one-sided affair. (Grade-V), Village Revenue applications have been After various rumors spread wife. He had married Rajeswara Congratulating Sindhu on Officer (VRO) Grade-II, received for 1,26,728 about the Grama a few years back and the couple her momentous achievement, ANMs -only female (Grade- Sachivalayam recruitment's , had two children. The police BAI President, Himanta Biswa III), Animal Husbandry vacancies across AP Principal Secretary of suspect that Rajeswari and her Sarma said, "It has been a Assistant, Village Fisheries various posts Panchayati Raj clarified on relatives might have killed great week of top-class bad- Assistant, Village Horticulture his twitter handle that there Pushpa, as she had allegedly minton, with an incredible Assistant, Mahila Police and would be no interview round developed a grudge on her performance by PV Sindhu. B Women & Child Welfare Secretary (Grade-II) and Ward and that the selection process after the marriage. Sai Praneeth's medal (bronze) Assistant, Engineering Welfare & Development secre- would completely depend on Inspector Pydaiah and Sub- in the men singles category Assistant (Grade-II), tary (Grade-II). written marks. Inspector Arun Kumar are after 36 years is also another Panchayat Secretary (Grade- Exams were scheduled for Kona Narayana Rao, a PhD investigating the case from var- memorable achievement. It's VI) Digital Assistant, Village September 1 to 8, according to graduate from ious angles to establish the rea- an absolute moment of pride Surveyor (Grade-III), Welfare the respective categories. Vishakhapatnam, said that it sons behind the murder of the for India badminton and the and Education Assistant, Ward 12,54,071 candidates applied had been a long time since a woman. Condemning the bru- entire nation as we celebrate Administrative Secretary, under Cateogry -I, while recruitment of this kind had tal murder, relatives, friends these triumphs." 1983 to win a medal at the she defeated proven champions Praneeth played to win a Ward Amenities Secretary 1,33,822 applied under been notified for such huge and family members of the He announced Ts five lakh World Championships. on course to her medal. Credit bronze medal. I would like to (Grade-II), Ward Sanitation & Category II (A) and 1,55,173 vacancies. "We hope the State deceased took out a massive cash reward for Sai Praneeth Ajay K Singhania, General to national coach Gopichand congratulate both the shut- Environment Secretary under Category II( B). As Government will conduct this rally in Araku Valley on Sunday, who created history by becom- Secretary, BAI, heaped praise and foreign coach Kim Ji Gung tlers as such performances are (Grade-II), Ward Education & many as 6,26,748 candidates in a transparent manner," he demanding that the police nab ing the first men's singles play- on both. "Sindhu has shown for their relentless efforts, also true inspirations for the Data Processing Secretary, applied under Category III. added. the accused immediately. er since Prakash Padukone in imperious performances as not to forget the way Sai upcoming players." Ward Planning & Regulation According to the official NCBC chief to review plea on inclusions in OBC

PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM various communities urging mentioned about the recognized by the State ing recruitments. the Union Government to Spandana being conducted Government and the Centre, He emphasized that the The National Commission bring them under BC com- by the district officials on we are reviewing social, benefits of various welfare for Backward Classes munity umbrella. He held a every Monday to receive the financial status and other schemes meant for SC, ST (NCBC) member, Achary meeting with district officials complaints from the public. aspects for the various com- and OBC reach eligible can- Talloju, received memoran- at Circuit House in the city. Addressing media person- munities," he pointed out. didates and wanted the caste dums from various commu- District Collector V Vinay nel, Talloju, a senior BJP He also directed the dis- based reservation issues being nities seeking inclusion in Chand explained about the party leader, said all the gov- trict officials to ensure that faced by the state and central backward classes here on implementation of various ernment schemes made for BC students receive the cen- government employees. Sunday. state government schemes BC community people tral government's BC schol- The people from backward He was on a two-day visit being implemented as part of should reach the beneficiries. arships and appealed them to districts like Srikaulam and to Vizag district to look into Navaratnalu program for the "As there is a mismatch stick to the 27 percent reser- Vizianagaram should get spe- the requests received from BC communities. He also between OBC communities vation for BC candidates dur- cial focus, he remarked. When ‘recommendations’ dominate Hail the MR & MISS INDIA INTL RUNWAY MODEL 2019 shuttle queen! A CANDIDATE IS SURE TO GET A SEAT IF HE OR SHE IS Continued from Page 1 Aspiring models showcase talent ARMED WITH THE LETTER FROM A MLA OR MINISTER Now that she has brought home the medal that every PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM national finale to be held in He said this was a unique badminton player craves for, Hyderabad on October 12, concept, especially those in TRS PNS n NIZAMABAD the brazenness of the politi- The enthusiasm of around 30 2019. the 17 to 28 years age-group. cos will come to the fore, all aspirants made for a lively Gracing the occasion were Visakhapatnam was the best misleading A seat in BC hostels for poor over again. atmosphere in the eagerly NHRC Chairperson for platform for them, he said, students has become hard to States will vie with one awaited Mr & Miss India South India and former adding that it could gradual- get without recommenda- another to announce mind- International Runway Model model Smriti Simha and ly elevate its standards to that people: BJP tion of elected people's rep- boggling rewards to the 2019 Vizag Auditions here on actress Sindhu Reddy, both of prevalent in Mumbai, resentatives or Ministers. undisputed poster girl of Sunday. whom were in the jury, and New Delhi PNS n HYDERABAD Elected representatives send- Indian sport. These hon- The best eight models, according to the main orga- Auditions are also being ing recommendation letters ourable gentlemen are including male and female, nizer and founder of IRFW, held at Bangalore, Pune, Goa BJP vice president and mem- for a seat in the hostels for averse to support up-and- will qualify for the pageant's John Paul. and . bership drive in-charge M their candidates has attract- coming promising talents Dharma Rao slammed the ed enough criticism. but do not hesitate one bit to TRS for belittling BJP's mem- A candidate is sure to get offer mindboggling amounts bership drive. a seat if he or she is armed to champions, who are any- "TRS working president with the letter. The officials way entitled for hefty prize KT Rama Rao and other set aside the rules and give money. Nizam Sugar factory leaders have been trying to him or her priority. On One is not complaining mislead people on BJP's account of this practice, the against the Sindhus, Sainas membership drive. They are eligible candidates are not and Sanias for the staggering saying that BJP is giving getting the seats. earnings they make and the lands encroached upon memberships through There are 13 post-Metric subsequent endorsement mobiles as no one is showing hostels for BCs in the district, deals they rightfully com- PNS n BODHAN interest to become members. including seven for BC girls. mand. It is unfortunate that KTR Each hostel has 100 seats. However, one should spare The threat of encroaching the and TRS leaders could not Because of many colleges are a thought to the ground real- Nizam Sugar Factory at understand the significance located in the city, demand hostel at Mirchi Compound Warangal. ities-their successors are wait- Bodhan is looming large. Some of online and mobile mem- for seats in hostels in the city in the city, around 74 have To apply for a seat in hos- ing in the wings but cannot of the lands of over 16,000 bership campaigns, while skyrocketed. applied for 23 seats. At least tels, students should have knock on the doors because acres given by the erstwhile everyone all over the country In the district headquar- 50 students have been denied studied in government col- of want of financial support in Nizam to the sugar factory, are appreciating it. TRS lead- ters, there are only two hos- seats. The same is the case leges or schools. The allot- the absence of godfathers and which is located on a 20-acre ers are making this mislead- tels each for BC boys and with the girls' hostel at ment of seats should be pure- patrons. It is these future site, have been encroached. ing propaganda, as they are girls. There is only one seat Dubba, near here. For 40 ly on the basis of merit. But, hopefuls who need to be Thanks to the lack of records unable to digest the response available in the boys' hosel at seats in the hostel for BC the BC welfare officials reassured that help is round of the Nizam Sugar Factory BJP's membership drive is Namdevvada (BC-A boys' girls, 220 have applied. shelved the rules rendering the corner even if they fail to lands with the Revenue receiving from people," said hostel) for which at least There were no vacancies in injustice to poor but merito- make the TOPP and Gold Department, which is coming Dharma Rao.“TRS leaders 170 have applied. These the girls hostel at rious students. The elected Quest grade. in handy for the encroachers. have enrolled members by include, 20 recommended Subhashnagar. people's representatives issue For now, let us celebrate Purchase of factory lands, Following the the factory lands. The light luring and threatening peo- by people's representatives. Students pursuing educa- recommendation letters, but PV Sindhu, who is to be registration, and other deals railway line developed on 188 ple. But BJP is enrolling only The hostel authorities got tion in the city hail from dis- rarely mount pressure on accorded a grand welcome by are often turning out to be con- privatization of acres later become a road. In those who are voluntarily 20 seats sanctioned addi- tricts such as Kamareddy, government to increase the Pullela Gopichand troversies with a lack of pucca the lands in 2002, the factory was priva- joining impressed by party's tionally and allotted them to Nirmal, Jagityal, Rajanna number of seats in the BC Badminton Academy on records with the Revenue tized and the management polices,” he said. the candidates. In the other Sircilla, Adilabad and hostels. arrival in Hyderabad. Department. Recently, some 2002, a core purchased valuable lands in the vested interests tried to committee has vicinity of the factory. By the encroach 2.30-acre land worth time the factory was closed on several crores of rupees next to been appointed December 23, 2015, the vest- cane yard in the sugar factory. to protect ed interests eyed on the valu- Nizamsagar project yet to receive inflows When the encroachers the lands able lands of the factory. In deployed JCB to level the Shakkar Nagar, under the con- ground in the land, some trol of the core committee, AGAINST THE FRL OF 17.80 TMC, THERE IS ONLY 0.13 TMC AVAILABLE IN THE PROJECT youth living in Hanuman agriculture farms. there are many valuable lands, Tekdi objected to it. Since 1992, the sale of fac- some of which are suspected to PNS n NIZAMSAGAR released to Nizamsagar. Going In Nizamsagar and Following the privatization tory lands is going on. About have been encroached. by the availability of water in Banswada mandals, paddy is of the lands in 2002, a core 8,500 acres have been distrib- The lands distributed The recent heavy rains have Singur project, it is clearly being transplanted in an extent committee has been appoint- uted among the landless poor among the landless poor brought more than enough understood that not a single of 30,000 acres. Transplanting ed to protect the lands. The under the state government's through various corporations inflows into Sriramsagar, drop is going to be released of paddy has been completed million-dollar question is what land purchase scheme and under the land purchase Pocharam, Singitam, Kalyani, into the Nizamsagar project. in respect of 1.50 lakh acres in the committee has been doing another 3,500 acres have been scheme ended up in controver- Nallavagu, Kaulas Naala irriga- Following the recent heavy Nasrullahbad, Birkur, Kotagiri, when the sugar factory land is sold through public auction. sy at many places. Some ben- tion projects but not into the rains, farmers transplanted Varni, Rudrur, Bodhan, being encroached upon? Records of the core committee eficiaries have been given the Nizamsagar project, which is paddy at many places. But, on Yedapalli, Renzel, Nizamabad, When the factory was set up indicate that 1,292 acres have land, but no pattta and vice described as the boon of undi- account of lack of inflows into Armoor and Balkonda man- in 1938, the erstwhile Nizam been allotted to the factory versa. On Mondays, represen- vided Nizamabad district. the Nizamsagar and Singuru dals. Some of the farmers who earmarked 16,000 acres for the employees who retired from tations of this nature are sub- Lands cultivated in the projects from upper catch- transplanted paddy are depen- sugar factory. These lands service voluntarily for their mitted to the RDO office as catchment area of the ment areas of neighbouring dent on bore wells while a spread across Bodhan, housing. part of Praja Vaani. There are Nizamsagar and Singur project Karnataka, the transplanted majority of them transplanted Yedapalli, Renzel, and The poor have raised their at least 500 cases of irregular- is around 2.08 lakh acres. paddy is withering away. When paddy hoping that there would Koagairi, Varni, Mesra, houses on the factory lands, ities. Nizam Sugar Factory Against the FRL of 17.80 tmc, Karimza stream is in spate in be inflows into the Nizamsagar Chandur and other mandals. dumping yards, schools, core committee officer Khalid there is only 0.13 tmc in ity is 29.90 tmc while the water As per government order, if Bidar and Maharashtra region, project. If the rains continue to Sugarcane cultivation has been shrines, social welfare hostel Ali said that he received at least Nizamsagar. Similarly, the available in the project is at 0.45 there is 10.5 tmc of water in there will be inflows into play truant for another week, encouraged by promoting 16 buildings have been built on 350 such complaints. Singur project's storage capac- tmc. Singuru project, water is Singuru. these farmers will be in soup. VIJAYAWADA| MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS Book to detail ‘rise Rahul wants single- Cong leaders flay Swamy's window for papers to and fall' of Nirav flood-hit people PNS n NEW DELHI NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi statement on The story of the fugitive dia- has written to Kerala Chief mantaire Nirav Modi will fill Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, PNS n CHANDIGARH the pages of an upcoming seeking setting up of a single- book, "Flawed: The Rise and window system for reissuance Several Punjab Congress lead- Fall of India's Diamond Mogul of documents lost or damaged ers, including two state cabinet We are committed to Nirav Modi". during the recent devastating ministers, on Sunday hit out at Hitting the stands on floods in the state. Gandhi, in BJP MP Subramanian Swamy August 31, the book written by Nirav Modi his letter to Vijayan, flagged for his remarks that the work complete it: Pakistan journalist-author Pavan C Lall that many flood-affected on the Kartarpur corridor will laid bare details of one of The book claims families in his constituency lost should be stopped in the inter- PNS n ISLAMABAD Firdous Ashiq Awan in a the India's biggest financial essential documents such as est of the nation. series of tweets said that scandals and profile the man to expose the ration cards, Aadhaar cards, The senior Congress leaders, Pakistan is committed to Kartarpur is a sacred place allegedly behind it. Modi, 48, incredible twists school or college certificates, including eight party MLAs, complete the Kartarpur cor- for Sikhs and is the perfect currently lodged in a prison in land titles, registered castigated Swamy and said his ridor project for Sikh pil- example of interfaith har- London, is wanted in India in and turns of the documents, birth certificates, comments on the Kartarpur grims ahead of the 550th mony. She dismissed reports connection with the nearly Nirav Modi story death certificates, tax receipts, corridor had hurt sentiments of power rather than working for They also said the Sikh birth anniversary of Baba that Pakistan had stalled USD 2 billion Punjab National pan cards. The flood victims the Sikhs. Sikh interests." Panth would never forgive the despite the ten- work on the corridor due to Bank (PNB) fraud. mantaire, Modi, moved from are forced to visit multiple In a joint press statement, The Congress leaders further SAD-BJP "for creating obsta- sions in relations with India, fresh strain in ties with India. "It traces Nirav Modi's early Belgium to India and with offices requesting for Punjab ministers Sukhjinder added that the silence of the cles" in fulfilment of the long- a senior aide to the Pakistani She said irrespective of years and his roots in the busi- time became an astute busi- reissuance of lost or damaged Singh Randhawa and Bharat SAD on various issues, includ- cherished wish of Sikhs. Prime Minister said on India-Pakistan relations ness to his association with his nessman whose firm grip over documents, he said. Gandhi Bhushan Ashu besides MLAs ing the GST on gurdwaras Swamy had on Saturday said Sunday. Pakistan's doors are open to uncle Mehul Choksi and the an intercontinental supply suggested that instead of Harpratap Singh Ajnala, Kuljit and the opposition to the cor- the work on the Kartarpur The Kartarpur corridor Sikh pilgrims visiting the phenomenal success he chain saw his branded jew- expecting flood victims to Singh Nagra, Amarinder Singh ridor by a BJP leader, "proved corridor should be stopped in will connect Darbar Sahib in Darbar Sahib Kartarpur. achieved till his taste for the ellery stores dotting not just approach many offices, a nodal Raja Warring, Fatehjung Singh that it was hand in glove with the interest of the nation and Pakistan's Kartarpur with In the world of growing high life led to circumstances every Indian metropolis but officer at the office of the Bajwa, Barindermeet Singh the BJP in this sin". there should be no talks with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in extremism and intolerance, that are any entrepreneur's also marquee locations in for- district collector may be Pahra, Kulbir Singh Zira, "It was part of a deep-root- Pakistan on any issue. Gurdaspur district and facil- Kartarpur corridor resonates worst nightmare," said pub- eign lands like London, New designated to receive Balwinder Singh Laddi and ed conspiracy that Swamy gave "In my view, in the interest itate visa-free movement of the message of respect and lishing house Hachette in a York and Hong Kong. consolidated application from Santokh Singh Bhalaipur said this statement in Chandigarh. of the nation, the work (on Indian Sikh pilgrims, who tolerance, she was quoted as statement. Modi's diamond-encrusted the affected families with the BJP-ally Shiromani Akali Now, the cat has come out of Kartarpur corridor) should will have to just obtain a saying by Radio Pakistan. Based on personal encoun- designs were worn by stars like details of lost documents. Dal (SAD) must clear their the bag and the Punjab BJP not move ahead. Whatever permit to visit Kartarpur Awan said the white colour ters, incisive interviews and Kate Winslet, Rosie stand on the issue. leadership must clarify their work has taken place (on the Sahib, which was established in the Pakistani flag repre- meticulous research, the book Huntington-Whiteley and Child dies after They said, "The entire position as to whether they are project), let it stop there," in 1522 by Baba Guru Nanak. sents minorities and it is as claims to "expose the incred- Naomi Watts, while the manjha slits throat Punjab, especially the Sikh cir- in agreement with the state- said Swamy talking to Special Assistant to dear to the government as the ible twists and turns of the Bollywood star Priyanka cle, knows it too well that the ment of their party leader or reporters on the sidelines a Pakistan Prime Minister green is. Nirav Modi story". Chopra-Jonas appeared in NEW DELHI: A four-and-a-half- Badal family loves to cling to not," they said. seminar here. A third-generation dia- advertisements for the brand. year-old girl, who was travelling on a motorcycle with her parents, died after her throat was slit by a glass-coated Banned drugs Baby-feeding manjha in Khajuri Khas area, Give specific timelines for 8 vehicles of Sule's police said on Saturday. The victim was identified as Ishika, worth Rs 400 cubicles at all a resident of Sonia Vihar. The baby was admitted to JPC cleaning of Yamuna: NGT crore seized convoy booked UP bus stations hospital where doctors PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n IMPHAL PNS n LUCKNOW declared her brought dead, the PNS n MUMBAI police said. The family was on The National Green Tribunal In one of the largest drug The Uttar Pradesh State its way to the Hanuman Mandir in Jamuna Bazar when the has directed stakeholders to seizures in , the police Eight vehicles, which were Roadways Transport accident occurred. Ishika was give specific schedule for have seized banned party part of NCP MP Supriya Sule's Corporation (UPSRTC) will sitting in the front while her cleaning the Yamuna, while drugs worth Rs 400 crore in convoy, were fined after being set up baby-feeding cubicles father Girish Kumar was riding noting that repeated timelines the international market from found parked in a no-parking at all bus stations of the state the motorcycle, police said. A have not been adhered to in Thoubal district, a senior area in Maharashtra's Solapur in a phased manner, an offi- case under section 304A of the the last 30 years and pollution police officer said on Sunday. city, police said on Sunday. cial said on Sunday. IPC has been registered and of the river was still continu- Acting on a tip-off, a police Sule on Tuesday evening The step is aimed towards further investigation is ing. A bench headed by NGT team with a help of local civil participated in an event called making the state's bus sta- underway, the police added. chairperson justice Adarsh associations detained a mini 'Sanvad Taishi', a mass out- tions "lactating mother and Kumar Goel made it clear that truck at Phoudel Keirambi reach campaign ahead of the NCP MP Supriya Sule newborn baby friendly", the the tribunal will finalise fresh Makha area of Thoubal dis- state Assembly polls, at the official added. Man dies under police timelines with clear adverse such information and suggest serious concern as it was high- trict on Saturday, Indian Medical Association's not removed, he said. In a statement, UPSRTC custody in UP consequences of violating such extended timeline wherever it ly contaminated with indus- Superintendent of Police, hall at Dufferin Chowk in Subsequently, eight vehi- Managing Director Raj revised schedules. has expired. trial effluent and sewage. Thoubal, S Ibomcha Singh Solapur, located around 400 cles, including some SUVs, Shekhar said: "The need and AMETHI (UP): A 35-year-old "Such pollution needs to be The green panel had earlier It had also asked the said. The seized truck was km from here. which were part of Sule's con- requirement was very much man, who was arrested on the controlled at the earliest for said that failure of authorities Pollution Control brought to the Thoubal police As the programme started, voy, were fined under relevant felt by the UPSRTC in last charges of theft, died under protection of environment and is affecting life and health of Board to conduct a study of station. During search of the there was traffic jam in the provisions of the Motor few years. Now looking into mysterious circumstances in citizens, and threatening the water quality and the flow of police custody here on Sunday, public health and having truck the police recovered 40 area following which the Vehicles Act, the official said. the importance and the an official said. Ram Avtar Pasi, regard to unique significance existence of a major river like Yamuna at the point it enters lakh contraband ampheta- police asked the event organ- These included a four- requirement of this, the 35, was arrested by a patrol of the Yamuna river, which is Yamuna. Haryana, and submit the list of mine-based World is Yours isers to remove some vehicles wheeler registered in the UPSRTC board has approved team Saturday night and he a major tributary of the Ganga The tribunal had earlier also industries located in the catch- (WY) tablets, populary known parked in the no-parking area NCP's name and another vehi- the project of setting up of died in the custody at Inhauna river," the bench said. expressed dissatisfaction over ment area. as party drug, valued at Rs 400 outside the premises, a traffic cle in which Sule, the Lok Breast-Feeding outpost in the early hours of The tribunal directed all the cleaning of the Yamuna The green panel had noted crore in the international mar- police official said. Sabha member from Baramati Cubicles/Kiosks (Baby Sunday, Superintendent of authorities to submit time- river and directed Delhi, that almost 67 per cent of the ket, the SP said. However, despite repeated (Pune district), arrived for Feeding Cubicles) in each Police (SP) Khyati Garg said. lines for the actions to be Haryana and Uttar Pradesh pollutants that enter the "The red-coloured tablets warnings, the vehicles were the event, he said. bus station of UPSRTC." Deputy Superintendent of Police undertaken in terms of orders governments to submit a per- Yamuna would be treated by were kept concealed under- Tiloi Rajkumar Singh has been of the NGT and directed formance guarantee of Rs 10 two sewage treatment plants at neath carpets in the mini asked to investigate the matter, Additional Solicitor General crore each within a month. Delhi Gate and Najafgarh truck," Singh said, adding she added. Garg said the body Sanjay Jain, appearing for the The green panel had said under the first phase of the that the drugs were smuggled has been sent for post-mortem. Delhi government, to compile pollution in the Yamuna was of Yamuna Revitalisation Project. in from Myanmar. BRO DG reaches The exact cause of Pasi's death will be ascertained once the post-mortem report is out, she added. Art show on Lord Krishna’s life Ladakh on 5-day visit PNS n JAMMU 13 injured in clash PNS n NEW DELHI sculpts and conceptual instal- Lt Gen Singh will visit the strategic and between two groups in The exhibition is lations. Border Road Organization administratively critical roads that are The legend of Lord Krishna's a beautiful Simple yet soulful, the allur- (BRO) Director General Lt UP's Muzaffarnagar life, and his triumph over ene- ing divine collection has not Gen Harpal Singh arrived in vital for Army movement in the region MUZAFFARNAGAR: Thirteen mies, which captivates most affiliation where experimented too much with the Leh township of Ladakh on people were injured after a people across the country, is the viewer is colours as one finds the central Sunday to take stock of con- this month. A spokesperson of eastern sector of Ladakh where clash broke out between two now the central theme of an privileged to colour palette blue only, the struction activities of various the BRO said Lt Gen Singh will he will take stock of the devel- groups over taking water from ongoing art exhibition show- colour usually associated with strategic road networks that are take stock of all construction opment of roads vital for the a public hand pump, police said casing god in vari- view enchanting lord Krishna, the eighth incar- vital to Army movement in the activities of various strategic movement of troops. on Sunday. The incident took ous avatars. sculptures nation of lord Vishnu. region. road networks constructed Ladakh is the most strategic place on Saturday in Sakoti "Divine Intervention", held Also, almost impossible to The BRO chief's visit to the and maintained under Project region as it borders the coun- village, which comes under the at Art Spice Gallery, The ignore, the paintings depict a strategically important region Himank and Vijayak in try with Pakistan and China. jurisdiction of Jhinjana police Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, by deep child-like innocence in assumes significance as it came Ladakh sector during his five- "During his visit, the station, said Dinesh Kumar, in- artists P Gnana and G The exhibition is a beautiful all of its portrayals -- be it of at a time when relations day visit. General will also interact with charge of Chosana police Subramanian has on display affiliation where the viewer is lord Krishna, Buddha, between India and Pakistan are He will visit the strategic and the top Army brass and local outpost. Injured persons were around 50 paintings and sculp- privileged to view enchanting Ganesha or Hanuman -- under strain following the administratively critical roads administration to discuss var- rushed to a nearby hospital, he tures of Lord Krishna -- along sculptures and beautiful paint- cherishing your devotion to the beside being richly charac- Centre's move to scrap special that are vital for Army move- ious issues involved in the said. Meanwhile, security was with other gods -- connecting ings. sublime but will also provoke terised by bursts of joyous status to Jammu and Kashmir ment in the region, the official development of road connec- tightened and extra police force the viewers to the deepest "It will not only take you on viewer's senses," said colours and having recurring and its bifurcation into union said. tivity which is required to was deployed in the village, human chord of emotive a spectacular visual journey Singapore-based Gnana, wide- leitmotifs of the bird and a territories of Jammu and The spokesperson said the meet the development of the Kumar added. capacity. between master and creator, ly known for his paintings, long-stalked lotus. Kashmir, and Ladakh early General is likely to visit the region," the spokesman said. Man held for kidnapping 3 girls Minority Affairs Ministry team for Kashmir PNS n NEW DELHI efforts to set up schools col- The team will explore development possibilities -- leges, polytechnic, engineering to implicate police officers A Minority Affairs Ministry where schools, colleges, skill development centres colleges and hospitals," Naqvi team will visit the Kashmir can be opened said. PNS n NEW DELHI Valley for two days from MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI "Because of Article 370, Tuesday to identify the areas to Union minister there were many things which A 38-year-old NGO worker implement centrally-sponsored we wanted to do, but could not was arrested for allegedly kid- development projects after pro- do it. Now it can be done," he napping three minor girls to visions of Article 370 were was no going back. and Ladakh, Naqvi said, and said. falsely implicate two assistant abrogated, Union minister "It is (Narendra) Modi's gov- emphasised that the revocation Asked about the reaction to sub-inspectors of Kalindi Kunj Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. ernment. Everybody knows of Article 370 has opened up the government move, Naqvi police station who had arrest- He also asserted that those that in this government, deci- possibilities of large scale devel- said "some opposition friends" ed him earlier, police said on opposing the government's sion is made after a lot of think- opment there. had hopes that the country will Saturday. withdrawal of J&K's special sta- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi ing, but there is no question of Naqvi also said the Pradhan be "set ablaze" with the Article Bimal Kumar, a resident of tus, acting as per their "politi- a rethink after a decision has Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram 370 move, but the opposite Noida Sector-5, was arrested cal prejudice", will also come The minister also said "pre- been made," he said. (PMJVK) will also be applica- happened, and the move was from Khadda Colony in Jaitpur around to support the move cautions" taken in J&K are Asked if people of the ble in all areas of J&K and welcomed. area, said Chinmoy Biswal, after seeing its impact. targeted at a "handful of sepa- Kashmir Valley were support- Ladakh. "It was welcomed in Jammu, deputy commissioner of police "A team of senior officials, ratists" who can mislead the ive of the government move, The PMJVK is a centrally- Kashmir and Ladakh. Article (southeast). including the Secretary, will be people. "It is the job of a Naqvi claimed that they were sponsored scheme that seeks to 370 has not given anything to Kumar was previously sad. Kumar approached them cy to extract revenge on the visiting the area (Kashmir responsible government to not "absolutely supportive". improve the development of the people there, but has taken arrested on June 30 on the and asked the reason for their two Kalindi Kunj police station Valley) on August 27-28. The allow any misinformation cam- Earlier this month, the gov- minority concentration areas away from J-K and Ladakh. charge of breaching peace by sadness. They told him that ASIs who had arrested him. He team will explore development paign to be run," he said. ernment had revoked J&K's through creation of socioeco- Over 100 laws on education, two SIs and since then, he they are sisters and their par- decided to frame them for kid- possibilities -- where schools, Naqvi said the team will also special status under Article nomic infrastructure, provision employment, human rights, wanted to take revenge from ents have died, police said. napping the girls, police said. colleges, skill development cen- visit Jammu and Ladakh at a 370 of the Constitution and of basic amenities, and other minority or child rights, were the police officials, another They told Kumar their Kumar convinced the girls tres can be opened," Naqvi told later date. divided the state into two measures. not applicable there. So, the senior official said. uncle, with whom they now he will take care of them and PTI in an interview. The Minority Affairs Union territories -- Jammu "Now the ministry will be people realised that Article On August 16, he saw three live, does not love them, they also help them get their share The team will look at all pos- Minister ruled out reconsider- and Kashmir, and Ladakh. active in the entire region -- 370 was a big impediment in girls, residents of Khadda said. of property from their uncle, sibilities of social-economic ation on abrogation of Article The focus of the ministry is Leh, Ladakh, Kargil, Jammu their path to development," he Colony, who appeared to be Kumar hatched a conspira- police said. development projects, he said. 370 provisions, saying there now on Jammu and Kashmir, and Kashmir. We will make said. VIJAYAWADA| MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Booster shot Can Sitharaman’s announcements be the energy drink that Old is still gold the Indian economy needs to wake up from its slumber? he Government is right about something, the Indian economy is still growing. But The Govt’s decision to abruptly remove 10-year-old seed varieties from the market may Tthe problem is nobody believes that it is doing so or that it is catching up as fast do more harm than good. It must phase them out gradually and earn farmers’ trust as it should and this lacklustre conviction is the Government’s fault. Growth numbers have been manipulated and uncomfortable figures massaged, others have been withheld to spin a particular narrative. But not all numbers can be fudged. Declining sales and growth fig- ures for publicly listed companies do come out as does Government data. These num- bers are painting a grim picture. And while Union Finance Minister Nirmala INDRA SHEKHAR SINGH Sitharaman may be right in arguing that India too will be impacted as the world itself is headed towards a cyclical slowdown, the fact is that the Indian econ- he Government is about to make omy is still largely based on domestic consumption. This makes arguments a terrible mistake with its seed policy. The Ministry of from the likes of former vice chairman of Niti Aayog, Arvind Panagariya — Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare which essentially went (with due apologies to Marie Antoinette) “let them export” has decided to withdraw certi- Tfied/notified varieties of seeds that are older when he was talking of the troubles faced by the Indian automotive industry than 10 years from the market. The — belie an understanding of the situation. But at least someone in the Government system, backed by the Indian Government, maybe even the Prime Minister, saw that private sector invest- Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), ment in our country was hurtling downhill. This, coupled with little or no major cancelled the indent of seed producers, who have requested for popular varieties foreign investment, will worsen the job crisis further. India, which mind you between 10-15 years old. needs to create a million jobs a month over the next decade to absorb its “demo- Several small and medium seed com- graphic dividend,” might actually start losing them. panies across the country obtain breeder seeds from ICAR every year and take up At least the realisation has dawned that unless domestic consumption is the production of foundation seeds and cer- enhanced, there can be no short-term growth. So the measures announced by tified seeds to distribute them to the the Finance Minister, crucially about bank recapitalisation and associated issues farmers. Older varieties, between 10 and 15 years, are still very popular among the as well as the Government paying back its dues to ease working capital crisis farmers. In fact, they demand varieties that alongside, are a good start. It is the cup of coffee that many people have to start are older than 25 years, too, because of their their day. It is, however, not a full meal and one hopes that the Government thinks adaptability, resilience and high-yielding capabilities under adverse conditions. The of some other radical new measures to boost the economy. While cutting tax sudden disappearance of the seeds from the rates is an anathema to Indian Governments — whether on the personal side market will rob the farmers of freedom, or on products — it might become essential to boost spending because when their right to choose the seeds he/she wants to grow and the market of laissez-faire prin- people are worried about the state of the economy, they will not spend unless ciples. Besides, this conservative policy one actually puts money in their hands. Cheaper loans will not make an iota of decision may also cause extreme chaos difference if people do not want them. At the same time, the Government has to among the farming community, disrupt the rein in motormouths inside the official structure, who have actively gone and harmed seed economy and impact crop production Gond farmers of Madhya Old is gold, there is no bet- uration point may be reached and understand market trends negatively. Pradesh may not even know ter adherent to this adage than way beyond the 25-30 year to bring transformative industries with comments that have been out of line. Many of those remarks have Any sound agriculturist will tell you about the many Government Indian farmers. General con- period. There are many exam- changes. This policy needs to be come from motivated individuals inside policy-making institutions and others, that diversity breeds resilience, delivering schemes and seeds, given they sensus on a good seed is built ples. PBW-343 (1996), WH-147 reviewed on a case-to-case who hold important roles. There is no doubt that this Government, or any Indian both higher yields and immunity for the are remotely located. on how it performed last year (1978) in wheat, Varuna (1976) basis. plants from diseases and pests. This can be It can be concluded from or when some farmers get for mustard, Pusa Basmati 1 While less popular varieties government, will have major social sector priorities but if economic growth fal- achieved through breeding and introduc- historical evidence based on the higher yields or less disease. (1989), Govind (1989) in paddy can be phased out after 10-12 ters, the aim to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty will remain a pipe-dream. tion of newer varieties to maintain pace spread of Green Revolution in The approach to buying seeds among others are still the farm- years, more popular varieties The situation is frankly quite critical and while one should not go as far as to say with natural evolution among pests and India that there are three is very conservative. Mostly, ers’ favorites and they have con- may continue up to 20-22 pathogens. With time, older varieties need groups — Core areas, covering varieties that have proved tinuously given yields and per- years. Preparing for the replace- that the survival of the modern Indian nation state depends on competent han- replacement as they become vulnerable to Punjab, Haryana, Western themselves over a season or two formed optimally. If suddenly ment drive of a variety of seed, dling of the situation, anyone who makes such an argument today will have the biotic and abiotic factors. Seeds bred for dis- Uttar Pradesh, Andhra in the region are sold. Smaller they are removed from the the Government can use digi- attention of many. We are hoping that this stimulus will lift sentiments and ener- ease resistance may lose those traits as Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; periph- farmers do not gamble with market, with no alternative to tal media to showcase effi- pests/diseases keep evolving, depending on ery, covering eastern Uttar new varieties. Medium/large the farmers, this may lead to ciency, using farmer-friendly gise the equity market. Others still want the big bang reforms, not a nudge. agro-climatic conditions, among other Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, farms may experiment with discontentment among the videos in regional things. This results in decreased efficien- Kerala; and remote, covering newer varieties but it takes agrarian community. languages and live crop demon- cy of the seed or requirements of more crop North-Eastern and hilly States, two to three seasons before the This will also encourage strations. protection or artificial boosters to maintain Goa and Puducherry — when intended advantage is delivered. black marketing, hoarding of This campaign can be Cong’s inner voice sustained yields. So when it comes to sci- it comes to the spread of tech- Farmers need to trust a trusted varieties as the farmers strengthened by efforts of Krishi ence, the Government is making an objec- nological innovation in agricul- variety before they adopt it. will not gamble. Besides, it mitra/village-level agriculture Seniors are against ‘demonising’ Modi or drawing comparisons tive decision, a scientific one. ture. And given the climatic varia- may give birth to a shadow seed officers. The Government can but want the party to fight the government cogently on issues But a one size fits all approach does not The time of adaptation or tions and water scarcity, it may economy. Instead of aiding the supply new varieties to the work in the farm sector. And why should even a variety being accepted by take a longer time for the seed farmers, the Government may farmers directly so that they can t would perhaps be easy enough to conclude it? The category of the Indian farmer is one zone differs to a great to perform ideally. Hence, the well push them to act complic- sow them in small patches in that some senior Congressmen leading the occupied by many — starting from the for- degree. After the commercial- time of adaptation increases, itly with black marketers. The their region. Once the farmers est-dwelling Santhal farmers of isation of a variety, it may take depending on the area. rural economy will suffer and see the new varieties perform I“stop demonising Modi” chorus have been to the progressive cereal farmers from around one to three years for it The harshest truth of the the seed economy along with better, they will develop trust coopted by prevalent nationalist thinking and Punjab, the Gond farmers growing corn in to be widely accepted by core seed world is that its economy the markets will see a decline, for new seeds and, thus, natur- are in a rebellious mood as the party goes adrift central India, the Assamese farmer culti- areas such as Punjab and is based on the choices made by which may translate to a al demand can be created. The vating paddy in the fields of North-East, the Haryana. For the same variety the farmers. The market is dri- decrease in crop production. Government must not only every day. Some would say the simmering desert farmers of Ladakh and Thar and the to trickle down to eastern Uttar ven by demand and is based not But the Government can make the best use of scientific down of the attack could perhaps be influenced coastal farmers from Kerala. The list can Pradesh, it may take another only on science but farmers’ still steer the moment towards principles but also keep in by the severity of government probes against go on and on. three to four years and for it to intuition. They trust their logic creating a positive impact. It mind economic forces of The Indian farmers are a diverse group reach remote areas like over and above the may begin by allowing varieties demand as for many farmers, fellow Congressman P Chidambaram. But what with different qualities and limitation but Jharkhand, six to eight years. By Government/seed retailer or till 15 years to be produced old seed is still gold. senior leaders like Bhupinder Hooda, who has have one common requirement of certi- the time farmers across these the labelling. To cultivate through the ICAR system. (The writer is Programme refused to critique the abrogation of Article 370, fied/superior seeds. While farmers in zones gain confidence in the demand for a particular variety Then, it should do a detailed Director for Policy and Outreach Punjab are very progressive and quick to variety and raise demands, the of seed, therefore, may take ten study to get an estimate of mar- at the National Seed Association or Jairam Ramesh said of appreciating the gov- adapt to newer schemes and seeds, the 10-year period is already over. years or more. In India, the sat- ket penetration of new varieties of India) ernance of the Modi regime when it did right, is perhaps indicative of what could repair the Congress. If one looks back at the party’s heady days of winning cru- cial heartland polls last December and the slide within months in the Lok Sabha S O U N D BITE polls this summer, then one could find the answers. For the Assemblies, the Opposition parties could She (Mira) is creative and has a For many years China (and In the interest of the nation, the Congress campaign relied strongly on regional CM faces, an issue-based counter have visited Srinagar and great sense of clothes and is many other countries) has work (Kartarpur corridor) must and practical alternatives to the existing governance. In contrast, the party’s nation- told the truth to the coun- very good with food, too. Having been taking advantage of the not move ahead. Whatever try. It would have built said that, she is pretty comfort- US. As President, I can no work has been done (on the al election campaign played into the personality cult war that Team Modi had set confidence among people. able in front of the camera, too. longer allow this to happen. project), let it stop there. up with “Modi versus Who,” and the Congress atrociously relying on a catchy but self-defeating tag of “Chowkidaar Chor Hai.” Given the Congress’ own bur- Chief Minister Actor US President BJP MP —Ashok Gehlot — Shahid Kapoor —Donald Trump —Subramanian Swamy den of corruption, it was no doubt easier for Modi to rightfully project himself as a vigilante of the nation’s interests and turn the nomenclature on its head. Undoubtedly, the negative campaign against Modi only ended up lionising him. Many senior leaders had then murmured privately that the party was just not cut L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR out for a presidential style contest and needed a different sales pitch. It could have countered “sabka vishwas” with its own broad-based alliance of varied inter- Welfarist approach “political vendetta” ought to be Healthy criticism is a must for democracy dismissed. Whether the charges ests and regional aspirations, one which it failed at. And by the time it unfurled levelled against him are true or NYAY as its vision document and policy statement, it had missed the bus. It com- Sir — The Bombay High Court t last, some Opposition parties, including Congress not is for the judiciary to deter- pletely misread the nationalist surge after Balakot and would now want to bury has asked the Reserve Bank of leaders, have come out in the open to highlight mine. Nobody is above the law. India (RBI) to file a reply on a APrime Minister Narendra Modi’s success in the “eco- Ultimately, corruption in high the Rafale allegations with the ghosts of history. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) nomics of governance.” A section of the Congress’ senior places must be weeded out. While the Young Turks have set their terms of engagement, refusing to crit- filed by the National Association leadership, including Jairam Ramesh, Abhishek Manu J Akshay icise the Government’s Kashmir policy for the sake of it and wanting to strength- for the Blind, seeking the Central Singhvi and Shashi Tharoor, has said that “demonising” Bengaluru en their network in States where Assembly polls are due, some saner seniors bank’s assurance that sizes of the Prime Minister will not help the Opposition’s cause currency notes will not be and accepted that he “talks in a language that connects Custody blues have claimed the “nationalist” tag of the INC. They are urging the leadership to changed in future as visually him with the people.” The lingering impression among develop a template on issues that have been mishandled by the Modi regime challenged people take time to get the citizens, too, is that the rabid “anti-Modi” stance familiar with new-sized notes. adopted by the Congress led to the Modi Government’s Sir — This refers to the editori- rather than just being a petulant noise-maker. Jairam Ramesh, although consid- The subject came to light resounding victory in 2019. Demeaning and demonis- al, “Chidambaram in a spot” ered a close inner circle member, at least knows that true loyalty is not about after the size of `100 and `500 ing the Prime Minister of a country, despite public opin- ganging up against him, it must re-evaluate its campaign (August 22). It is indeed ironical acquiescence but about showing the mirror to the leadership so that it under- notes were gradually changed ion to the contrary, cannot bring laurels to the strategy to emerge victorious. With Rahul Gandhi gone that Congress leader P after demonetisation. The RBI Opposition. When a leader is denounced on a consis- and Sonia Gandhi at the helm, she must enthuse the spir- Chidambaram has had to spend takes a much-needed course correction. He was pragmatic enough to admit that should give an assurance that in tent basis by any party, it tends to lose acceptability and it of party workers, rebuild the organisation, reviving com- time in custody of the Central Modi’s “economics of governance” and the Ujjwala Scheme to provide cooking the future, if notes are required to trustworthiness even if the condemnation is genuine. munication strategy in order to connect with the mass- Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at gas connections to BPL households did generate a groundswell that no rhetoric be changed, it will be done simul- Though Modi 1.0 could not dissect the problems es and sharpen the economic critique. Instead of criti- the very guest house that was could check. In fact, continued attacks would only make the Congress look like taneously for notes of all denom- faced by the nation and find a long-lasting solution, cit- cising the Government for the sake of it, it must take inaugurated by him. Whether the inations. The problem also izens still reposed faith in it. Even the economic slow- recourse to healthy criticism. charges against him in the INX a vituperative irritant and not the serious national party it is. Besides, focussing extended to coins. down did not change their standing. The Congress brass Ganapathi Bhat Media case are true are not, it on Modi would automatically draw attention away from the gravity of issues and Visually differently abled peo- must take note of Jairam Ramesh’s remarks. Instead of Akola cannot be denied that the modus the Prime Minister, too, would be happy with that. What the Congress must realise ple face the same problem when operandi adopted by the CBI to new `2 coins of exactly the same Law is supreme arrest him was deplorable. It is that a responsible Opposition means that its criticism is worth respecting and size, shape and weight of the then Investigation (CBI) had unnec- scores. A look at all such cases, also defies logic as to why paid heed to instead of becoming the subject of an internet joke fest. If such mus- prevailing old `1 coins are circu- essarily rivetted the nation to its where high-profile leaders are Chidambaram had to knock the ings do inspire a change of thinking, then maybe the party will actually look towards lated. The RBI should also ensure Sir — This refers to the editor- television sets. involved, points to a similar court’s door numerous times if that similar sized coins in differ- ial, “Chidambaram in a spot” Any top politician getting outrage and hullabaloo sur- indeed he is not guilty? working on issues and develop an alternate matrix of governance. The Congress ent denominations are not in cir- (August 22). The ugly spectacle arrested — be it Lalu Prasad of rounding their arrest, though the Shubham Kashyap supreme leader can be powerful not by entitlement any longer, certainly not by culation simultaneously. We must of a former Union Home Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the merits of allegations in each Via email individual charisma but by drawing on organisational strength and giving hope be sensitive in policy-making. Minister going through unseem- fodder scam in 1997 or M case may vary drastically. SC Agrawal ly contretemps and evasions to Karunanidhi in 2001 — becomes So, the Congress’ charade Send your feedback to: to the rank and file. In short, giving Congressmen a workable narrative. Delhi dodge the Central Bureau of a premise for settling political that Chidambaram is a victim of [email protected] VIJAYAWADA| MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Greenland's POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE MEASURES ANNOUNCED BY THE FINANCE MINISTER THE NATION IS REELING UNDER RECESSION. THE MODI gamble WILL FACILITATE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS, IMPROVE GOVERNMENT IS ONLY DOING HALF AND INCOMPLETE DEMAND AND BOOST THE OVERALL ECONOMY. ROLLBACK OF THE PROVISIONS IT IMPOSED. It makes little difference to Greenlanders whether —PRIME MINISTER —CONGRESS CHIEF SPOKESPERSON foreign investment comes from Denmark, China or the US, so long as they have political control NARENDRA MODI RANDEEP SURJEWALA Integration wasn't won in a day GWYNNE DYER The fight for total mainstreaming of J&K with the rest of India began with the ight from his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals birth of the All Jammu & Kashmir Praja Parishad in 1947 Rhave always been plagued by bad timing. The US could prob- ably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the US Virgin Islands from the Danes), but it’s a century too late now. Nevertheless, the US President’s latest bad idea does give us an incentive to catch up with what’s been happening in Greenland and it’s quite interesting. Trump may not know this, since he rarely reads intelligence reports, but in November 2017 Greenland’s pre- mier, Kim Kielsen, led a government delegation to Beijing to seek Chinese investment. Greenland, the world’s biggest island, is not yet fully indepen- dent but it is autonomous from Denmark in everything except for- eign affairs and defence. Kielsen was looking mainly for Chinese ANIL GUPTA investment in mining enterprises but he was also interested in attract- ing a Chinese bid to build three modern airports on the island, which he political movement headed by Sheikh currently depends on World War II-era airstrips. Abdullah, that originated in Kashmir in 1931, This set off a security panic in NATO, involving implausible night- Tto some extent remained unsuccessful in gain- ing the support of Jammu, especially the Hindu- mare visions about Greenland getting so deep in debt to Chinese dominated areas. Its genesis, growth and ideolog- banks that it would end up letting China (which has comically declared ical moorings made it suspect in the eyes of Dogra itself a “near-Arctic nation”) operate military aircraft from those air- nationalists who viewed it as something alien and ports. The US military, which has a large air base at Thule in north- unacceptable. Pandit Prem Nath Dogra led the All ern Greenland, then took fright. Washington strongly urged the Danish Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Hindu Sabha as the main government, which provides two-thirds of Greenland’s budget rev- opposition party. It merged with Praja Parishad enue, to nip this threat in the bud. Copenhagen had previously refused which was formed in Jammu immediately after the to fund the new Greenland airports but late last year it suddenly tribal invasion in November 1947. came up with very low-interest loans for them. End of panic. The struggle for total integration of Jammu and By then Kielsen’s government in the tiny capital of Nuuk (pop- Kashmir (J&K) with India began with the birth of the All Jammu & Kashmir Praja Parishad, popu- ulation 17,000) had collapsed but his Siumut Party came out ahead larly known as Praja Parishad. It opposed Abdullah’s in the election last April and he is back. And the issue of Chinese major policy planks such as abolition of landlords, mines in Greenland is still on the table. In fact, there already is one anti-Dogra drive, attempts at framing a separate con- in southern Greenland, producing uranium and rare earths for a stitution for J&K, a separate flag and so on. MANY MAY Chinese-Australian consortium. Other projects potentially involving Sheikh Abdullah became the Prime Minister ARGUE ABOUT Chinese capital and workers are under discussion, including an open- of J&K in March 1948. He abhorred opposition and THE RELEVANCE cast iron-ore mine near Nuuk, a zinc mine in the north, and both wanted to become de facto ruler of the state. As an OF THIS ARTICLE offshore and onshore oil and gas leases. advocate of a one-party State, he forced the then UNDER THE For the 56,000 Greenlanders, 90 per cent of whom are Inuit Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to introduce CHANGED (Eskimo), the geo-strategic implications of Chinese investment are Article 370 in the Constitution of India to ensure Kashmiri Muslim domination. After, that he began CIRCUMSTANCES, irrelevant and they are probably right about that. What worries them, annihilation of the opposition. His cronies chant- BUT IT IS and occupies a central place in Greenlandic politics, are the cul- ed slogans like, “ek rehnuma (mentor), Sheikh IMPERATIVE FOR tural and social implications of foreign investment by anybody, Mohammad Abdullah, ek tanzeem (organisation) THE PRESENT Chinese or not. National Conference, ek jhanda (flag), Halwala, ek GENERATION TO article under the changed circumstances in keeping with his habit of double-speak, indulged in competitive communalism The Greenland Inuits are one of the few indigenous societies manshoor (manifesto) Naya Kashmir, which BE AWARE OF THE but it is imperative for the present gen- he implemented the agreement only in and worked towards the establishment of in the world that have full or almost full control over their own des- alarmed the pro-integration Dogras of Jammu. STRUGGLES AND eration to be aware of the struggles and part to further his agenda of autonomy. an independent Muslim majority-state tiny but the impact of the modern world on their traditional culture Prem Nath Dogra and his colleagues felt this was SACRIFICES MADE sacrifices made by their predecessors On January 15, 1952, he delivered a speech claiming that India was not secular has been as destructive as it was for all the others: depression and dangerous for democracy and would fulfill BY THEIR which acted as the enabler of the present at an official function at Gandhi Memorial enough. The Parishad opposed it tooth other psychological illnesses, rampant alcoholism and drug use, Abdullah’s totalitarian ambitions. PREDECESSORS landmark achievement. College, Jammu and hoisted the NC’s flag and nail and accused Abdullah of not and an epidemic of suicides. So they face a choice. Do you go on Moreover, Abdullah’s policies were exclusive- The Parishad tirelessly tried to unite alongside the Tricolour, asking the stu- being Indian enough. Abdullah was ly confined to the welfare of Kashmiri Muslims and WHICH ACTED AS the people of Jammu with a view to foil dents to salute it but they objected. This finally arrested in August 1953 after he trying to preserve what is left of the old Arctic hunting and fishing ignored the sentiments and interests of the peo- THE ENABLER OF the attempts of those who either favoured infuriated Abdullah and he ensured that made secessionist speeches at RS Pura on culture, although it’s already so damaged and discouraged that the ple of Jammu and Ladakh. His animosity towards THE PRESENT autonomy or tried to separate the state they were penalised. April 10 and on July 13. island has the highest suicide rate on the planet? Or do you seek the Maharaja transformed into hatred for the LANDMARK from the Indian Union. It also opposed This was followed by a 38-day After this, the Praja Parishad salvation in full modernisation through high-speed economic growth, Dogras of Jammu. Unfortunately, he had clout with ACHIEVEMENT OF the setting up of a separate Constituent hunger strike by students in 1952. On movement largely subsided and it final- while keeping your language and what you can of your culture? the ruling party at the Centre which had a Kashmir- ABROGATION OF Assembly and favoured the application of February 8, 1952, the people of Jammu ly merged with the Jana Sangh in 1963. What’s remarkable about Greenlandic politics is how aware the centric inclination. This was a major cause of con- ARTICLE 370 the Indian Constitution. came out in solidarity with them that led Ever since then, Jana Sangh and later its players are of their dilemma and their options. “If you want to become cern for the people of Jammu. Praja Parishad was Despite being opposed to a separate Abdullah to impose curfew and get PN successor, the rich, it comes at a price,” says Aqqaluk Lynge, one of the founders committed to full integration of J&K with the constitution for the state, a special session Dogra arrested. The intense public (BJP), had been struggling and agitat- of the Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People) party that ran the Indian union and safeguarding the legitimate of the party held on May 8, 1951, decid- pressure that followed this forced Delhi ing for ending J&K’s special status, government until 2013. Lynge and many others didn’t want to pay democratic rights of the people of Jammu. ed to contest the elections to the to act and ensure the release of Dogra which not only promoted separatism, Consequently, it became popular in Jammu, Constituent Assembly. Because of large- and others. It soon turned into a pub- religious militancy but was the major that price, and under the Inuit Ataqatigiit administration, all mining including among Muslims there. Its growing pop- scale rejection of nomination papers of its lic movement against Abdullah’s despo- cause of rampant corruption and poor was banned in Greenland. Quite apart from the environmental costs ularity irked Abdullah who resorted to suppress- candidates and nefarious manipulation of tism and his anti-national activities. The development. The re-entry of Sheikh of large-scale mining operations, they believed, the many thousands ing its growth. Several activists, including the the elections by Abdullah, the party movement found support nationally in Abdullah in state politics in 1975 under of foreign workers they would bring in would have a devastating author’s grandfather, Bishan Das Mahajan, were decided to boycott the elections. In spite the form of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, an agreement with the then Prime impact on the already very fragile Greenlandic culture. expelled from the state. Praja Parishad leaders were of its strong support base, it did not have which was formed in 1951. Minister Indira Gandhi and the subse- The decision was made in 2013, when the Siumut Party took also put behind bars in February 1949 and by mid- a single member in the Constituent Another mass movement was quent Rajiv-Farooq accord and Rahul- power. It believes that modernisation has gone too far to turn back 1949, Abdullah imprisoned as many as 294 of its Assembly, which under Abdullah’s lead- launched by the Parishad in November Omar bonhomie gave a new fillip to the now. Better to gamble on solving the current huge social problems workers. In May 1949, the Parishad began a protest ership, framed a constitution that promot- 1952 against the separatist and commu- demand for autonomy and saw the rise by enabling everybody to live fully modern, prosperous lives. If you’re for the release of Prem Nath Dogra. ed the concept of “State within a State.” nal politics of Abdullah. In December of jihadi and radical forces in Kashmir. no longer marginalised and poverty-stricken, you’ll feel better about Abdullah finally yielded to the combined pres- The NC and Abdullah did everything 1952, Jan Sangh president Syama Prasad The historic decision of August 5, sure and intervention of some nationalist leaders to ensure that all party members were part Mookerjee announced the launch of a 2019 is the result of the struggle and yourself. Let us hope so but the die is cast. Greenland will mod- in Delhi and released him from jail in October of the J&K Assembly. Abdullah dubbed nation-wide agitation for the abolition of sacrifices of three generations of Praja ernise, and in due course, we will find out if that helps. It makes 1949. However, the persecution did not end there the Parishad as communal, ignoring the Article 370. On May 8, 1953 he decided Parishad, Jana Sangh and BJP workers. little difference to Greenlanders whether the foreign investment comes and Abdullah’s hatred for the nationalists was fur- fact that many Muslims were also contest- to enter J&K, thus violating the prevalent The BJP, as a successor of the Jana from Denmark, China or the US, so long as they have political con- ther aggravated by the fact that the Parishad’s ing on its tickets. Slowly, the Parishad permit system and was arrested by Sangh, remained focussed and commit- trol — but they certainly don’t want to become Americans. The demand for full integration clashed directly with turned into a mass movement and played Abdullah as soon as he set foot in the state. ted to abolition of Article 370 and J&K’s “Greenland Purchase” is not going to happen. As Soren Espersen, the National Conference (NC) demand for com- a key role in opposing separatist and com- He was jailed and tortured at Srinagar, full integration with India. Many foreign affairs spokesman of the Danish People’s Party, said last plete autonomy for J&K. As many as 15 youths munal politics in J&K. which led to his mysterious death on June accused the party of using it only as an week: “If (Trump) is truly contemplating this, then this is final proof were shot and some others injured at various places Emboldened by the support he 23, 1953. An estimated 10,000 activists election plank to woo voters in the that he has gone mad.” for hoisting the Tricolour. The agitationists even enjoyed from Nehru and after signing of were imprisoned in Jammu, Punjab and heartland but all of them have included the demand for abolishing the permit sys- the Delhi Agreement, Abdullah began Delhi, including Members of Parliament, been proved wrong. (The writer’s new book is Growing Pains, the Future of tem for entering or leaving J&K. hoisting the NC flag at official functions leading to an uproar in India. (The author is a Jammu based Democracy and Work) Many may argue about the relevance of this and atop government buildings. However, Blinded by his ambition, Abdullah political commentator and columnist) The great surrogacy debate The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, which prohibits commercial surrogacy but allows it for altruistic purposes, has once again put the spotlight on reproductive autonomy, women's rights and the extent to which the State should intervene a child who is mentally or physically chal- Hong Kong and Vietnam, in most of the with this Bill is that the following aspects child passed by a magistrate’s court. monitor altruistic surrogacy. There is lenged or suffers from life-threatening dis- neighbouring countries it’s either banned are missing from it and must be addressed. However, the Bill lacks any review or enough evidence that families can also be order or fatal illness. This apart, the cou- or there are no regulations governing it. First, the reason for not having a com- appeal procedure in case of rejection of the exploitative towards women who may be ple must also fulfill other conditions that After widespread reports of Indian women mon position on surrogacy as outlined in application. coerced to become surrogates for close rel- may be specified by regulations. travelling to Nepal once India enforced the Assisted Reproductive Technology Fifth, the surrogate mother is required atives. Thus, the argument that the altru- The Bill was introduced to clamp visa restrictions for foreigners commis- (Regulation) Bill, 2017 is not having an to be a close relative of the intending cou- istic surrogacy cannot be an exploitative down on rampant commercial surrogacy, sioning surrogacy in India in 2013, the integrated approach towards the use of ple. However, the “close relative” or the arrangement does not stand. with India fast becoming a hub. Surrogacy Supreme Court of Nepal ruled against assisted reproductive technologies. nature of this relationship is not defined. From a surrogate mother’s perspective, is a $400 million a year business with an commercial surrogacy in August 2015. Second, as per the definition of “infer- While it provides flexibility to the there are several concerns like prevention CHAUHAN estimated 3,000 fertility clinics in major To date, however, normative standards tility”, the Bill excludes women who con- intending couple to broaden the choice of of coercion or any other form of exploita- NEHA Indian cities, says a 2012 UN study. on surrogacy have been relatively limited. ceive but are unable to carry a child surrogates, it may also be subjected to per- tion, legal counselling for the implications he newly-introduced Surrogacy Worldwide, it is estimated that around The UN international human rights through the period of the pregnancy due ceptional scrutiny at the time of receiving of surrogacy on health and lives, informed (Regulation) Bill, 2019, passed by 15 per cent of reproductive-aged couples mechanisms have not yet taken up the to miscarriage, fibroids, hypertension the certificate of essentiality. consent, access to remuneration for sur- Tthe Lok Sabha, has once again are affected by infertility. According to the issue of surrogacy in a focussed or uniform and diabetes. In some countries like The Sixth, the eligibility criterion that rogacy, nature of the relationship with the stirred the big debate regarding reproduc- World Health Organisation (WHO), the way. The UN Special rapporteur on the Netherlands, South Africa and Greece specifies that the couple should be mar- legal family of the child, among others. tive autonomy, women’s rights and the infertility rate in India is between 3.9 to sale of children, child prostitution and medical conditions that permit altruistic ried for at least five years stops the cou- The Bill violates the fundamental extent to which the State should intervene. 16.8 per cent. Infertility rates vary from child pornography has addressed the surrogacy are well-defined. ple from deciding the size of their family rights of surrogates and potential parents. The Bill prohibits commercial surrogacy State to State. While it is 3.7 per cent in issue and highlighted the lack of regula- Third, the Bill includes a sub-clause as per their requirement. It’s not clear that The banning of surrogacy will make it but allows it for altruistic purposes. It man- Uttar Pradesh, and tion of commercial surrogacy. It has for National Surrogacy Board to define once infertility is established, why a cou- more discreet and underground, putting dates that the intending couple should Maharashtra, it’s 5 per cent in Andhra called upon countries to adopt legislation “any other condition or disease” for which ple should be made to wait for five years. a lot of these women at further risk. have a “certificate of essentiality” and a Pradesh and 15 per cent in Kashmir. to protect the rights of women and chil- surrogacy may be allowed. For a robust Seven, the criteria of not having Despite all the intricacies of the Bill, “certificate of eligibility” that are issued Hence, there’s a big population that dren and develop and implement interna- implementation, the eligibility criteria “been a surrogate mother earlier” cannot it leaves us with these questions — Where upon fulfillment of certain conditions. needs help starting a family but the new tional standards. should not be left to regulations but be part be monitored until there’s a centralised sys- is the choice of surrogate women? Will For instance, the couple must be law will make surrogacy inaccessible for Coming back to the Bill, another stick- of the law. tem to record pregnancies in the country. banning commercial surrogacy address all Indian citizens and married for at least five this cohort. There are arguments for easy ing point is that surrogacy remains only Fourth, as part of the certificate of Eight, the purpose of imposing a focus these pressing issues? Why ban surroga- years; the wife should be between 23 to 50 availability of the option for adoption in for the married heterosexual couples and essentiality, the Bill outlines the following on “altruistic surrogacy” is an assumption cy and not regulate it? years of age and the husband between 26 India, but in the end, the state shouldn’t completely excludes singles, live-in part- conditions, a certificate of proven infer- that it will not be exploitative or coercive. (The writer is Senior Technical Advisor, to 55-years-old. They must not have any decide how couples expand the family. ners and same-sex couples. tility of one or both the partners from a With commercial surrogacy, there is at Advocacy and Accountability at surviving child (biological, adopted or sur- While this Bill makes altruistic surro- The other problem that various sec- District Medical Board; an order of least an option for stringent contract and International Planned Parenthood rogate). However, this would not include gacy legal in India just like South Korea, tions of women groups and activists have parentage and custody of the surrogate legal provisions but it will be difficult to Federation, South Asia) VIJAYAWADA| MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 money 08 Seven of top-10 firms lose FPIs withdraw Rs 3,014 cr from capital markets in Aug Rs 86,880 cr in m-cap For G7, ‘too PNS n NEW DELHI Overseas investors have pulled early' to out a net amount of Rs 3,014 l crore from the Indian capital ITC takes biggest knock markets this month so far, but reintegrate the trend may reverse following PNS n NEW DELHI the removal of enhanced sur- In a weak broader Russia charge on FPIs, experts said. Seven of the 10 most valued market, Reliance PNS n BIARRITZ According to depositories domestic companies cumula- Industries Ltd (RIL), data, foreign portfolio investors tively lost Rs 86,879.7 crore in HDFC Bank, HDFC, G7 leaders back strengthen- (FPI) withdrew a net amount of market valuation last week, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ing cooperation with Russia Rs 12,105.33 crore from equi- with FMCG major ITC taking after its expulsion from the ties, but pumped in Rs 9,090.61 the biggest hit. ICICI Bank and SBI group in 2014 but believe it crore into the debt segment dur- In a weak broader market, were the other firms is too early to reintegrate ing August 1-23. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which witnessed a Moscow and return to a G8, This has translated into a total domestic equity investors FPIs, confidence in the market HDFC Bank, HDFC, Kotak drop in their market diplomatic sources said net outflow of Rs 3,014.72 crore imposed in the Budget. is likely to be restored, analysts Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank capitalisation (m-cap), Sunday. "The leaders of the from the capital markets (both Prior to the announcement of said. "One can now expect and SBI were the other firms while TCS, HUL and G7 are in favour of reinforc- equity and debt). enhanced super-rich tax in the reversal of the FPI selling. The which witnessed a drop in ing coordination with Russia "Out of 15 trading sessions, Union Budget for 2019-20 in market is likely to look up their market capitalisation Infosys finished with on current crises (but)... it is foreign investors were net buy- July, FPIs were net buyers for from now on. However, sus- (m-cap), while TCS, HUL and gains too early for reintegration," ers in only two sessions. The sell five consecutive months. tained rally in the market will Infosys finished with gains. said a diplomatic source, who off in equities continued due to FPIs had infused a net Rs happen only when we have vis- The m-cap of ITC dropped asked not to be named. a mix of factors including US 10,384.54 crore in June, Rs ibility on good earnings growth by Rs 20,748.4 crore to stand at 15,084.5 crore to Rs 8,08,836 crore. (HUL) added Rs 7,176.31 crore Russia was thrown out of Fed rate cut, US-China trade 9,031.15 crore in May, Rs 16,093 and reversal of the slowdown Rs 2,89,740.59 crore. 2,55,484.91 crore. In contrast, the to its m-cap to reach Rs what was the G8 in 2014 after war and the post Budget tax crore in April, Rs 45,981 crore underway in the economy It was followed by SBI whose HDFC's valuation fell valuation of TCS 4,02,512.28 crore. it seized Ukraine's Black Sea hike on high income investors," in March and Rs 11,182 crore in which requires more reforms. market cap tumbled Rs by Rs 9,921.2 crore to Rs zoomed Rs 31,538.79 In the ranking of top-10 peninsula of Crimea, an said Harsh Jain, co-founder February into the Indian capi- "The Finance Minister has 17,715.4 crore to Rs 2,41,946.22 3,52,202.72 crore and that crore to Rs firms, Tata Consultancy annexation never recognised and COO of Groww. tal markets. However, the posi- announced that she will come crore. of Kotak Mahindra Bank 8,43,367.22 crore and Services (TCS) led from the by the international com- The Centre on Friday tion reversed in July, when FPIs back with more reforms soon. The m-cap of HDFC Bank dipped Rs 5,155.85 crore to Rs that of Infosys jumped Rs front followed by RIL, HDFC munity. The G7 now brings announced a slew of measures turned net sellers to the tune of So, there is hope," said V K tanked Rs 17,335.3 crore to Rs 2,81,185.14 crore. 11,746.94 crore to Rs Bank, HUL, HDFC, Infosys, together Britain, Canada, to revive growth momentum, Rs 2,985.88 crore. Vijayakumar, chief investment 5,91,490.98 crore and that of The m-cap of RIL went 3,44,419.45 crore. ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, including rollback of enhanced Now, with the withdrawal of strategist at Geojit Financial ICICI Bank declined by Rs down by Rs 919.16 crore to Rs Hindustan Unilever Ltd ICICI Bank and SBI. and the United States. super-rich tax on foreign and the enhanced surcharge on Services. CAPSULE Investors, lenders don’t Assets under gold ETFs Glenmark recalls want tycoon Gautam jump to Rs 5,000 crore Thapar as CG Power chief PNS n NEW DELHI products from US l First 4 months of FY20 PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Assets managed by gold exchange traded funds rose to Pharma major Glenmark is Investors and lenders of power Rs 5,079.22 crore in the first four recalling over 31,000 tubes of New measures by equipment maker CG Power months of the current fiscal, a anti-fungal Clotrimazole and govt to boost leather & Industrial Solutions Ltd period during which stock mar- Betamethasone Dipropionate want tycoon Gautam Thapar ket dropped 3 per cent as cream from the US market, as industry: CLE to be removed as chairman of investors turned to the yellow per a report by the American NEW DELHI: The measures the company after an investi- metal amid economic head- health regulator. The compa- announced by the government gation unearthed a multi- winds. Data from Morningstar ny's US-based arm is recalling to push economic growth will crore financial scam in the showed that assets under man- the lots. According to the lat- firm, sources privy to the agement (AUM) of gold ETFs est Enforcement Report by the According to the help attract investments and latest Enforcement boost exports of leather development said. (Exchange Traded Funds) have US Food and Drug sector, CLE said on Sunday. The company had in a reg- been rising since April this Administration (USFDA), Report by the USFDA, Council for Leather Exports ulatory filing on August 20 investors, at whose behest the year. In contrast, the 30-share Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Glenmark (CLE) Chairman P R Aqeel stated that an investigation probe was launched, now want Sensex has fallen 1,191.79 points Inc USA is recalling 31,224 Pharmaceuticals Inc Ahmed said the stimulus instituted by its board had Thapar and Neelkant to be or 3 per cent during the April- tubes of Clotrimazole and USA is recalling measures have come at the found major governance and removed from their posts to July period. The BSE's bench- adding that the global economy In this financial year, gold has Betamethasone Dipropionate 31,224 tubes of right time, as leather, leather financial lapses including enable a thorough cleanup of mark index suffered a massive has been facing headwinds in given spectacular returns to cream USP, 1 per cent/0.05 per Clotrimazole and products and footwear some assets being provided as the company affairs. drop of nearly 5 per cent in July the recent times, gold has once investors and has outperformed cent, 15 gram tubes, manu- Betamethasone industry is currently facing collateral and the money from An email sent to Thapar compared to the previous again found its safe haven stock markets handsomely, he factured by Glenmark the loans siphoned off by seeking his comments on the month. appeal. In April, gold ETFs added. Pharmaceuticals Ltd at its Dipropionate cream challenges in the global USP market. Exports from the "identified company person- scam and move by investors "For a long time, investors AUM stood at Rs 4,594.06 crore He also noted that gold Baddi facility in Himachal sector have declined by 4.90 nel, both current and past, remained unanswered. have stayed away from invest- and rose to Rs 4,606.69 crore in would continue to attract buy- Pradesh. The ongoing volun- per cent during April–June including certain non-execu- While the regulatory filing ing in gold ETFs/funds, as gold May. It further climbed to Rs ers as economic uncertainties tary class III recall is on 2019, primarily due to tive directors." Also, some lia- had not named anyone prices, after making a high 4,931.16 crore and Rs 5,079.22 prevail and fearful investors account of "Temperature "in which use of or exposure reduction in exports to bilities and advances to relat- involved in the scam, the around 2012, has retracted and crore in June and July, respec- shy away from financial assets. Abuse: complaints received to a violative product is not Europe, which is the major ed and unrelated parties had sources said the investigation remained range-bound since tively, as per the data. Regarding stock markets yet of liquidy texture," it added. likely to cause adverse health market, accounting for about been understated. had found strong links to the then. However, there has been V K Sharma, Head PCG & to give positive returns in the The recall is a nationwide consequences". 53 per cent of exports. While the board had on present management. a reversal in trend this year, with Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC current fiscal, Lakshmi Iyer, within the United States, the Lupin's arm, Lupin May 10 sent CEO and Though the company with gold prices again moving up," Securities said the US-China Chief Investment Officer (Debt) USFDA said. Clotrimazole Pharmaceuticals Inc, is also Managing Director K N 8,000-plus employees and Himanshu Srivastava, Senior trade war, plunging bond yields and Head Products at Kotak and Betamethasone recalling 39,216 bottles of Neelkant on leave pending an manufacturing units at 21 Research Analyst and Manager and fears of recession have Mutual Fund Company, said Dipropionate cream is used on Lisinopril and investigation into some "sus- locations worldwide has an Research, Morningstar attracted safe haven buying in there has been a global trend of the skin to treat fungal infec- Hydrochlorothiazide tablets pect, unauthorised and undis- excellent track record and a Investment Adviser India said. gold. risk aversion, which has meant tions of the feet, genitals, inner USP, 10 mg/12.5 mg, 100 closed" transaction, Thapar strong order book, the alleged While gold as an asset class Gold ETFs are passive invest- less money into risk asset class thighs and buttocks, arms and tablet bottle manufactured at has continued as the compa- irregularities had led to it acts as a hedge against inflation, ment instruments that are based like equities and money flow legs and other body parts. its Pithampur facility from ny Chairman. becoming over-leveraged, it is also a safe haven in times on price movements and invest- into safe haven asset class like As per USFDA, a class III the US market, the report The sources said some investors and lenders felt. of economic turmoil, he said, ments in physical gold. fixed income and gold. recall is initiated in a situation said. Nalco gets Dun & Bradstreet Award for excellence Insolvency proceedings begin against Today Homes Direct MF: Paytm Money expects BHUBANESWAR: Aluminium major NALCO has bagged the PNS n NEW DELHI The tribunal prove default" against the com- Dun and Bradstreet PSU award rejected the pany, the tribunal directed the 2019 for excellence in export The NCLT has initiated insol- erstwhile promoters, directors 50% increase market share submission of the performance. The award was vency proceedings against real estate firm and employees of Today NCR-based real estate firm Homes Noida to "provide every PNS n NEW DELHI expect it to go to 50 per cent presented in recognition of the that it has got four- stellar role played by Navaratna Today Homes Noida Ltd on a assistance and cooperation" to in next 5-6 months," Pravin NALCO among the public petition filed by a group of year extension IRP in managing the affairs of Digital investment platform Jadhav, whole-time director sector undertakings (PSUs) in homebuyers. from UP RERA to the company. Paytm Money expects its mar- at Paytm Money, said. He said the Indian economy as well as A two-member NCLT complete the The National Company Law ket share in direct mutual regular MF, in which com- in the wider socio-economic bench, headed by President project Tribunal (NCLT) also granted fund subscriptions to go up to mission is charged by the sell- development, a company Justice M M Kumar, has it protection from the lenders 50 per cent in six months er, accounts for 85 per cent of release said. Union Minister of appointed an interim resolu- by prohibiting them to recov- with a 'Switch' option that it total market share and direct Heavy Industries and Public tion professional (IRP) to take The tribunal rejected the realty law. er the amount for a certain plans to start in a fortnight, a to switch from regular MF to MF is around 15 per cent. Enterprises Arvind Sawant over the management of the submission of the real estate Today Homes Noida Ltd period. top company official said. direct MF, from banks, stock "We expect direct MF share presented the award at the company. firm that it has got four-year had contended that UP-RERA The tribunal order came Currently, its market share brokers, distributors and asset in the market to increase to 25 PSU Award ceremony held There are many companies extension from UP Real Estate has extended its timeline till over a batch of petitions filed stands at around 40 per cent of management companies to per cent in 2 years. In the direct over the weekend in New in Delhi-NCR which are facing Regulation Authority (RERA) June, 2021 to complete the by home buyers of the real total such subscriptions. Paytm Money. MF segment, Paytm Money Delhi. NALCO clocked export insolvency proceedings, to complete the project, saying Ridge Residency housing pro- estate firms, who are now a The company is planning to "Currently, we have 40 per contribution will reach around earnings of Rs 4,792.71 crore including Jaypee Infratech, that Insolvency and ject in sector 135, Noida. financial creditor of the com- start 'Paytm Switch' option for cent of total direct mutual 50 per cent in 5-6 months from in 2018-19. because of default to home Bankruptcy Code (IBC) over- Observing that there is pany following amendments in mutual funds (MFs) in 10-15 fund subscribed from our plat- 40 per cent at present," Jadhav buyers and bankers. rides provisions under the "overwhelming evidence to the IBC. days that will enable customers form. With Paytm Switch, we said.

RBI REINVENTS GREENSPEAK From ‘Panglossian countenance' to ‘floccinaucinihilipilification' PNS n MUMBAI ficulty," he remarked. The dic- ber of the MPC and is a profes- The Mint Road mavens, from RBI chief tionary meaning of 'Panglossian' sor of economics and planning Mother Dairy to Whether it is in employing one Shaktikanta Das to panel member Chetan is "a way of life characterised by at the Indian Statistical Institute launch Orange Barfi of the longest English words or Ghate, seem to be borrowing a leaf or two one of extreme optimism". The in the national capital. NAGPUR: This Ganesh recalling a character in French from the lexicon of legendary US Federal expression refers to Professor If we look at the central bank Chaturthi, Mother Dairy is set philosopher Voltaire's novel in Pangloss, a character in languages elsewhere, especially to launch Orange Barfi here, a order to cheer an otherwise Reserve chair Alan Greenspan, who was once 'Candide, ou l'Optimisme' or in the US, there is something local delicacy made using gloomy economic countenance, described as someone practicing the art of 'Candide: Optimism' — a satire called the Fedspeak aka orange pulp and milk sourced the RBI's messaging between ‘constructive ambiguity’ written by Voltaire in 1759. Greenspeak, which was full of from farmers, on a call given continuous rate cuts is leaving Earlier this month, the MPC indecipherable delphic dialects. by Union Minister Nitin central bank observers scurry- unanimously voted for a rate cut Those were usages that Alan Gadkari. "The sweet is ing for their dictionaries. The Oxford dictionary reams of academic papers on and with a 4:2 majority chose an Greenspan, one of the longest prepared with 25 per cent The Mint Road mavens, from defineseconomics and monetary poli- unconventional 35 basis points serving US Federal Reserve orange juice and milk. RBI chief Shaktikanta Das to ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification' as cy, on August 19 left the Mint — the first in the history of the chairmen, popularised and were Therefore, it will help orange panel member Chetan Ghate, an "action or habit of estimating Road watchers and bankers Reserve Bank, while the other even derided as "a turgid dialect growers as well as dairy seem to be borrowing a leaf or something as worthless". The scrambling for dictionaries to two voted for a 25 bps reduction. of English", a parallel to the farmers," Gadkari said in New two from the lexicon of leg- 29-letter word, one of the decipher his remarks at a bank- The central bank has slashed 'newspeak' language portrayed Delhi. The Road Transport & endary US Federal Reserve chair Shashi Tharoor's usages have tunately been subject to a fair longest, is based on four Latin ing summit in the financial rates four times in a row. in George Orwell's novel '1984'. Highways and MSME minister, Alan Greenspan, who was once been lessons in vocabulary and degree of floccinaucinihilipilifi- terms that mean "at little value" capital. Das invoked the French Maybe given the complex Greenspan was known for who is a MP from Nagpur, said described as someone practicing one of them found its way in ref- cation. Notwithstanding this, — flocci, nauci, nihili and pili. philosopher and novelist way the Street and the real making wordy, vague, and the dairy brand would launch the art of "constructive ambi- erence to the growth forecast by growth is likely to pick up," he Governor Das, a history grad- Voltaire in a speech on the economy have been behaving, ambiguous statements and the the 'Orange Burfi' on Ganesh guity". Monetary Policy Committee said during the previous three- uate and unlike his immediate economy. "I am not saying we policy wonks are trying to deci- strategy was used to prevent the Chaturthi. Closer home, Parliamentarian member Ghate. "The estimates day MPC meet, as per the min- predecessors Urjit Patel and maintain a Panglossian counte- pher more meaning into the cri- financial markets from overre- and erudite speaker-writer of economic growth have unfor- utes released on August 21. Raghuram Rajan who have nance and smile away every dif- sis. Ghate is an external mem- acting to his remarks. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Monday August 26, 2019

On an otherwise dull and cloudy Sunday morning, 25k people took to the streets to take part in the Airtel marathon. The runners had an exhilarating time as they had scores of citizens and musicians to goad them on 9TH EDITION OF AIRTEL MARATHON TEEMS WITH 25K RUNNERS

arathons have lined the entire route. Anjani Kumar, IPS, become an integral Athletes received their prizes Commissioner of Police, part of weekends for at GMC Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad and 4,516 runners many in the city. Gachibowli from Mr Abhijeet took part in the Half Marathon M And this Sunday Madnurkar, race director, Mr flagged off by Shri M Dana was no less as people Avneet Singh Puri, CEO, Bharti Kishore, IAS, GHMC came out in large numbers to Airtel Andhra Pradesh & Commissioner at People’s Plaza. cheer over 25,000 runners par- Telangana and Mr Murali The 10K run saw 8,292 runners ticipating in the 9th edition of Nannapaneni, President, and was flagged off in the pres- the Airtel Hyderabad Marathon. Hyderabad Runners Society. ence of dignitaries from the gov- Over 12 music bands kept the A total of 1,235 runners par- ernment, corporate houses and runners in high spirits while ticipated in the Full Marathon the organising team from sports enthusiasts and citizens which was flagged off by Shri Hyderabad Runners Society.

r 9,181 RUNNERS REGISTERED IN 5K FUN RUN r 8,292 TOOK PART IN 10K RUN r 4,516 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN HALF MARATHON AND 1,235 IN FULL MARATHON r MORE THAN 1,200 RUNNERS PARTICIPATED FOR CHARITIES r OVER RS 30 LAKH RAISED BY 150 PARTICIPANTS RUNNING FOR 50 CHARITY ORGANISATIONS AND NGOS r 250 PARAMEDICS | 21 MEDICAL STATIONS | 5 FULLY-EQUIPPED AMBULANCES WERE DEPLOYED AT THE SITE FROM CARE HOSPITALS ‘Producers were not casting me because I am sheer bad luck' aapsee Pannu, who is Times quoted her as saying. Taapsee are still her support system. now one of the most further said that she was extremely “Everything has a good and a bad critically acclaimed discouraged by people, who had rig- side (to it), but I only saw the bad side Bollywood actresses, orously cautioned her about casting being portrayed very gloriously, every- T was once shunned away couch and other negative aspects of where. When I entered the film indus- from South industry as the industry. However, she remained try, there were experiences that weren’t she was considered to be “bad luck”. focussed, and achieved heights with- great but I had some people who were Currently basking in the success of out compromising on her morals. genuine, and they’re still with me on Mission Mangal, Taapsee did not have “When you’re not from a film back- my journey,” the actress said. a smooth journey initially. The actress ground, and work to carve a niche, After the success of multi-starrer shared a few incidents from the past people try and paint a different image Mission Mangal, Taapsee will next be that had almost ended her career in about the film industry. I was told, seen in films like Saand Ki Aankh and the industry. ‘Everyone will pounce upon you or Tadka. “The producers were not cast- take advantage of you’. And if you ing me because they thought my enter the industry, you’d have to bend five scenes and two songs in the backwards or do things against your film made a hell lot of differ- morals. It was a scary image for a girl ‘I WAS EXTREMELY Taapsee Pannu Taapsee ence to the film’s result who was sitting in Delhi having a mid- DISCOURAGED BY Sitara's YouTube entry because I’m sheer bad luck. dle-class life. Thankfully, the image That was really hurtful and didn’t turn out to be true and I didn’t PEOPLE, WHO HAD t seems like the two-star kids, ing games and doing some activities. With scary because it ques- compromise on my ethics, or bend Mahesh Babu’s daughter Sitara just two videos on air, their YouTube chan- tioned my credibility and rules to fit in,” she added. RIGOROUSLY CAUTIONED and Vamshi Paidipally’s daugh- nel has already crossed 25,000 subscrip- existence at a point. But The actress further asserted that ME ABOUT CASTING ter Aadya are making their tions with their debut video crossing three thank God, that part every industry has positive and neg- I mark on social media by start- lakh views until today. didn’t take over me and ative sides, but she is blessed to have COUCH AND OTHER ing their YouTube channel Actor Mahesh Babu, wishing their suc- I survived,” Hindusan some people from the industry who NEGATIVE ASPECTS’ Aadya&Sitara (A & S). The little duo post- cess, tweeted, “Some fun time for these lit- ed their debuted video ‘3 Marker tle girls!!! Enjoy ur YouTube stint Wishing Challenge’ in which they showcased play- you two all the very BEST (sic).” 10 celeb talks Vijayawada Monday August 26, 2019

ong the subject of rumor, butreports confirmed that theto exist Breaking just this Bad The New York Times will week, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, EMMA STONE Lmovie, officially titled debut on Netflix in October. The title comes from the vehicle Jesse used to escape in in the final minutes of the series finale. GOES ‘PUNK An official announcement from the streaming service is expected NYT reports the film will be released on to arrive today, but October 11. Written and directed by series creator Vince Gilligan, ROCK' FOR the film is described as follows, “In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in” CRUELLA order to forge some kind of future.” Emmy winner BreakingAaron Paul Bad will reprise his role for the film, calling it “a chapter of ctress Emma Stone will be bringing the story that he didn't realise he wanted. “And now that I have it, I'm so of one of Disney's greatest villains, Cruella de happy that it's there,” he added. Paul revealed that the idea first AVil, on the big screen with Cruella, and she came to him from Gilligan about two years ago as they were says it comes with a fresh approach and is very talking about the tenth anniversary of the series' premiere. “At the “punk rock”. Disney on Saturday shared a first look very end of the conversation he mentioned that he had an idea of of the actress as the iconic villain at the D23 Expo where to take it from here, and he wanted to hear my thoughts here. Stone could not attend the event, but shared Breaking Bad universe information about the project through a video on it. I quickly told Vince that I would follow him into a fire.”NYT It's unclear what other characters from the message, in which a dalmatian also made an will appear in the series, though one photo included in the appearance. “Since you're such huge Disney fans, write up on the story features recurring character Skinny Pete, we wanted to let you know a bit about the story,” now with a full head of hair. Stone said, adding, “1970's set in London, it's The Emmy Award-winning series aired on AMC before seasons punk rock”. In the first look of the live-action were later made available on Netflix. Vince Gilligan credited the project, Stone as Cruella is seen with short streamer for its contribution to the show's success in his 2013 permed hair with de Vil's signature black Emmy acceptance speech, sayingBreaking that he thinks Bad ended Netflix its helped and white colour-blocked hairstyle. She is keep the show on the air. AMC's wearing a black leather checkered jacket, critically acclaimed five-season run with a finale that brought in a and is holding onto three leashes attached series record 10.3 million viewers. It was followed by the to three dalmatians. Her henchmen Jasper prequel series Better Call Saul, focusedsmall-time on Bob Odenkirk's lawyer Jimmy and Horace (essayed by Joel Fry and Paul McGill, which just got Walter Hauser) are in the background. A renewed for a non-Dalmatian puppy can also be spotted fifth season. in the back. The film also stars Emma Thompson. BREAKING BAD MOVIE Cruella first appeared in 1961's animated feature 101 Dalmatians, in which she TO DEBUT ON kidnaps dalmatian puppies with an aim to use their fur to make coats. The character was voiced by Betty Lou Gerson in the animated version. Glenn Close played the NETFLIX IN OCTOBER villain in a 1996 live-action reboot and its 2000 sequel, 102 Dalmatians. Disney's Cruella will delve into the backstory Cruella, and try to find an answer to the EVELYN SHARMA question — “How did IN AWE OF BAHUBALI STAR she get this way?” Directed by Craig MUMBAI: Actress Evelyn Sharma said she is a huge fan Gillespie, Cruella of Bahubali and that she got too excited when she was is slated to offered a role in Prabhas-starrer Saaho. release in “Being a huge fan of Bahubali', you can imagine 2021. how excited I was to work with Prabhas. When I got the call from Sujeeth asking me to join Saaho to play the role of Jennifer, there was only one answer: yes,” Evelyn wrote on Instagram. Along with it, she posted a photograph in which she can be seen sharing smiles with Prabhas. Saaho, a Sujeeth directorial, is scheduled to release in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil on August 30. It also features Shraddha Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh. KIT HARINGTON BOARDS ‘THE ETERNALS', GEMMA CHAN ALSO JOINS FILM

arvel Studios president KevinThe Eternals Feige has movie. announced Harington that actoris the Kitsecond Harington star from has boardedHBO's the star-studded cast of who is set to make his Marvel Cinematic Game of Thrones, Mepic fantasy show, Universe (MCU) debut after fellow-actor Richard Madden joined the film's team earlier this year. Madden is leading the cast which also boast the names of Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, and Barry Keoghan. “We have assembled a giant cast for you.... We pull back the cosmic curtains on MCU in ways that you can'tThe Eternalsimagine,” is Feige set millions said at theof years D23 Expoago when here. theCreated by Jack Kirby in 1976, the story of cosmic beings known as the Celestials genetically experimented on humans to create super- powered individuals known as the Eternals along with the villainous Deviants. About Harington's character, Feige said he is playing “non-Eternal” Dane Whitman, who goes by the name of Black Knight in the comics. Though Harington was not present at the event, the rest of the cast joined Feige on the stage, standing in front of concept art sketches of their respective characters. Madden has been confirmed to portray the film's lead, the all-powerful Ikaris, while Jolie will essay the role of fierce warrior Thena. Hayek will be playing the wise and spiritual leader Ajak. Ridloff makes her debut as the first deaf hero in the MCU. She will portray the super-fast Makkari. Nanjiani will star as cosmic-powered Kingo. Henry has been cast as intelligent inventor Phastos; McHugh as the eternally young, star Gemma Chan is set to start her old-soul Sprite; Keoghan asCaptain aloof loner Marvel Druig; and Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh. Feige also confirmed that The Eternals. The actor will portray the role of second innings in the MCU with humankind-loving Sersi. is scheduled to Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Chloe Zhao isThe attached Eternals to direct the movie from a script by Matthew and Ryan Firpo. release on November 6, 2020. SONG THERAPY SOUND OF MUSIC, VISION OF STARS ollywood heartthrob fame also features in the over four-minute Kiara Advani strategically came before the singer Payal Dev's Ishqa. well as the face of their project. Alia Bhatt is currently video that is more like a movie oozing love release of their film, Kabir Singh, ideally to Asked what made her take up a non-film “It's good to see the importance being given rocking the internet and betrayal. whet fan curiosity about the actor's first-time song, she told IANS, “In today's time when to non-film songs. It would have been better and the music When busy new-age stars as Alia and Vicky pairing with the budding actress. digital platforms are grabbing so much had those non-film songs' videos featured Bchannels with her take out time to foray the non-film music But mostly it is about catching instant public limelight, I don't think it matters if you do a singers instead of actors. There are songs in scorching appearance in the video territory, it signals a trend. It has been attention, as Nora Fatehi of Pachtaoge, who non-film song or a film song. Good content films for actors, so they get to showcase music video of the single titled happening for a while now, with a few other has carved a niche as a dancer lately, would sells on whichever platform you may show it. their skills there. Non-film songs, on the Prada. The peppy number is GenNow stars going the music video way. tell you. Payal Dev's voice is wonderful — it's classy, other hand, give facial recognition to sung by The Doorbeen, of Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor did it a “This year the audience gets to slowly see husky and has a folk-peppy feel which has composers like us,” popular composer Lamberghini fame, with while back for Yo Yo Honey Singh's Dheere my acting abilities with projects such as made the song sound so amazing. Combine Tanishk Bagchi said. newcomer Shreya Sharma. dheere se meri zindagi mein aana. Tiger Batla House and the forthcoming Street it with Mudassar's choreography and Raj “If you look at previous songs like Silk Alia's presence has done Shroff has done it more than once. He was Dancer 3D! I've been waiting for such Ashu's beats and we definitely have a Route's Dooba dooba or Lucky Ali's O wonders for the song as seen with Disha Patani in the Befikra opportunities to come my way as I've always winner.” sanam, the singers had featured in the well as its singers. It video, filmed on the song sung by Meet wanted to be an actress. With a project like Of course, filming a song on a star naturally videos, too. Those songs were big hits. I pitches the two-member Bros, Aditi Singh Sharma and Natalie Di Pachtaoge, I got to purely showcase my means there is a chance that the singer — hope that phase returns,” added Tanishk, band, The Doorbeen, as Luccio. Tiger also filmed Arijit Singh's non- acting skills to another level,” said Nora. the real artiste of the creation — will get who along with actress-singer Zara Khan well as their co-singer film hit Chal wahaan jaate hain with Kriti The new generation of stars getting into sidelined. Ever since Prada released, for recently released a single, Khud se zyada, Shreya, to a league Sanon. Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani did a music videos, however, are merely instance, most of the talk about the song has featuring them. where their names will peppy dance number to Yo Yo Honey Singh's following the footsteps of older actors. been around Alia's presence. Yes, there are films for actors but Neetu now draw automatic non-film recreation of Urvashi. Taapsee Before bursting onto the Bollywood scene, The song's budding singer Shreya Sharma, thinks it is a fantastic opportunity for them to recall. If their earlier Pannu and Saqib Saleem featured in Tum ho John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor and Bipasha asked if this made her feel a little left out, be able to feature in music videos. hit Lamberghini toh, Amaal Mallik's song featuring Shaan. Basu showed their acting skills in pop music points at the fact that star power is “They take their own path nowadays and are made The Doorbeen There are more instances. videos. This was in the nineties. Amitabh important, adding that Alia's lip-synching to loved by audiences. There are so many non- a household name Why do stars of the big screen get into the Bachchan was at the peak of popularity her voice is more than enough. filmy songs which are huge hits, have among music buffs, world of music videos, which gives them when he appeared in Adnan Sami's music Lamberghini was a huge success and it crossed millions of views, and have changed Alia's presence in their footage of a mere few minutes? The reasons video Kabhi nahi in 2002. Sami was a made sense to stick with the same theme. an actor's life,” she said. new music video underlines the fact that the could be varied for different stars. For Hrithik, trendsetter of sorts in the early 2000s, Also, the song is doing really well and Alia “Music and dance are essential in our industry is now taking them seriously. a hit video during a phase of hiatus between casting stars like Govinda and Rani Mukerji Bhatt has performed on my vocals. I don't country and along with films, it gives us This year's National Award-winning actor releases let the actor stay in the limelight. in his song videos. think I could have asked for anything more, actors a chance to do different things. It Vicky Kaushal has also taken the “non-filmy” Tiger Shroff's videos mostly happened in his If top stars are at it, lesser celebrities will Shreya told IANS. helps us grow in different ways, explore path. In singer Arijit Singh's new single, early years — they were a good supplement naturally do it, too. Earlier this month, the While some singers might be open to having ourselves as dancers and emote on Pachtaoge, Vicky plays a passionate man, to his early releases, to endear him to a Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! actress Neetu a Bollywood face fronting their song's video, someone's singing,” added Neetu. who is madly in love. Nora Fatehi of Dilbar larger fan base. Shahid Kapoor's video with Chandra added oomph to the music video of there are others who wish to be the voice as — IANS 11 tollywood Vijayawada Monday August 26, 2019 ADDALA's dry run ends as RAM okays script Although names like Kamal Haasan, Venkatesh and Sharwanand were rallied around for his next Kuchipudi Vari Veedhi, nothing concrete has emerged until now, writes NAGARAJ GOUD

ne colossal flop can derail a reputed director’s career and that is exactly what happened BUNNY's new BEAST to Sreekanth Addala after o Brahmotsavam. It’s been over lready an owner of there is only one thing on my made headlines for his pur- four years since his last film three high-end mind . Gratitude. #rangerover chase of new vanity van worth released and he is still waiting to get a nod from A SUVs, actor Allu #aabeast (sic).” almost Rs 3.5 crore. A techno- an A-lister to get going with his next project. Arjun has added For those who are late, this logical marvel, it was trans- Although names like Kamal Haasan, another beast to his is the brand new model of formed in a way that it looks Venkatesh and Sharwanand were rallied car collection. And he aptly Range Rover that Bunny, who like a home on the inside, around for his next, nothing concrete has titled it as ‘Beast’. The actor, has two films in the pipeline matching with the tastes of emerged until now. The Pioneer has learnt who shared an image of the besides the on-sets one Ala the actor. According to that Addala has managed to get a nod vehicle on his Twitter handle, Vaikunthapuramlo with sources, the renovation by a from Ram, who is currently basking in the wrote, “New Car in the Trivikram, has acquired for an Mumbai automotive designer success of iSmart Shankar, with the story- House. I named him BEAST. approx of Rs 2.3 crore. had costed him another line of Kuchipudi Vari Veedhi. Everytime I buy something... The actor has recently Rs 3.5 crore. A source close to the development shares, “Addala has met Ram’s uncle Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and pitched the story of Kuchipudi Vari Veedhi. The veteran who liked the script had suggested some changes and Addala agreed to them. Later, Ram heard the narra- tion and said he is interested. As things stand now, Ravi Kishore is likely to produce the film under Sravanthi Movies.” The source further adds that after the success of iSmart Shankar, POOJA HEGDE to Ram was looking at a mass entertainer to consolidate on his market further but we hear nothing caught his fancy. “He had to overlook Thadam remake and a script from Rahul Sankrityan, director of Taxiwala to continue with the winning streak. He believes Addala might star opposite Akhil? not be a commercial entertainer, but has elements to attract a large section of the audience, which is why he has was keen on doing it,” iven their reputation and experience, getting the the source concludes. nod of a happening actress alongside Akhil Akkineni for their next with Bommarillu g Bhasker, has turned out to be an arduous task for leading production house Geetha Arts. The as-yet-untitled film, a romantic comedy, has gone to sets sometime back without a heroine and it seems the mak- ers have finally convinced someone to be the film’s lead- ing face. Although names like Kiara Advani, Priyanka Arul and Rashmika Mandanna were considered, with whom the story was even narrated, they couldn’t be a part of the film over conflicting schedules. And if the word in the corri- dors of Tollywood is anything to go by, then producer Bunny Vaas has got the nod of Pooja Hedge and it seems he had to agree to pay a bomb for her participation. “The female lead part has equal importance to that of the male lead and Bhasker was on the lookout for a performer who is an A-lister as well. The sentiment was echoed by the pro- ducers and Akhil. And so, the casting rigmarole went on Office-bearers of and on,” notes a source. We tried reaching out to Vaas for a confirmation on the development but he didn’t get back Telangana film chamber to us till the time of going to press. — NG Ramakrishna Goud, AM Ratnam, Gururaj, R Ravindra Gupta and Ali Bhai were on Sunday elect- ed President, Chief Advisor, Vice-president and p Secretaries respectively for Telangana Film Chamber of Commerce (TSFCC). Speaking later, Goud said, he would strive hard to come up with lands for the construction of new building for the body and a cultural centre. He also noted that he would see that the workers of 24 crafts of filmmaking would get work on a regular basis. He said he would be meet- ing Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in this regard.

lose on the heels of green-lighting Shiva Digangana Kandukuri’s next with debutante Vaidehi c Chandrasekhar, Hippi girl Digangana Suryavanshi has signed another film. This ON A time it’s alongside a debutant Laksh and the film, a sus- pense thriller, will mark the directorial debut of Ramesh Kadumula. Production house Sri Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Films, which released films like ROLL Bichagadu and Tik Tik Tik in Telugu in the past, is bankrolling the film, which had its The actress muhurat over the weekend. A Shekar Chandra musical, the VETERANS boost untitled film features a bevy of will star noted faces like Ravi Prakash, Ravi Varma, Noel Sean and Chitram alongside Srinu in supporting roles. an anthology Meanwhile, the shooting of debutant Digangana’s film with Shiva will commence in US in Laksh October first week, with a month schedule fol- DRAMA in a lowed by an Indian outing of 10 days. suspense sther Anil who was seen as Venkatesh’s daughter in thriller Drishyam and Naina e Ganguly of Vangaveeti fame are headlining new director Teja Marni’s Johar, an anthology drama produced by Sandeep Marni under Dharma Surya Pictures banner. The likes of acclaimed faces Subhalekha Sudhakar, Easwari Rao and Rohini are playing other key roles in the film, which has completed its shooting for- malities. “The entire story will revolve around five lives with four stories and are affected by one strong deci- sion or a superior lie,” the team said about the film’s core. Shot in Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Varanasi, the film is being edited by Siddharth, who directed the damp squib Bhairava Geetha last year, while noted face Chaitanya Prasad penned the dialogues. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 26, 2019 sport 12

SINGLES IND BLUE CONCEDE LEAD TO INDIA RED Bengaluru: Maharashtra batsman Ankit Bawne made an unbeaten 121 but could not prevent India Blue from conceding a 30-run lead to India Red on the third day of Stokes keeps Ashes alive the Duleep Trophy match here on Sunday. After bowling out India Blue for 255 in 83.2 overs, India Red (285 in 1st innings) extended the advantage by moving to 93 for Ben’s historic innings help hosts chase 359 with 1 remaining to beat Aus in Headingley Test 2 at stumps, a lead of 123 runs. At stumps, Nair was on 43 (55 balls, 7 fours) while Kalsi was on 21 (34 balls, 3X4), looking to be a lot more positive than in his first-innings ton. India Red hit back after a wicketless first session with right-arm paceman Avesh Khan (4 for 58) and left-arm medium-pacer Jaydev Unadkat (3 for 52) and Vidarbha spinner Akshay Wakhare (3 for 32) helping the team pull things back. WAQAR APPLIES FOR BOWLING COACH JOB Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has applied for the bowling coach role with the national team as he is not mentally prepared to take charge as head coach for the third time. Waqar, 47, who has twice worked as head coach of the Pakistan team in 2010 and in 2014-2016, applied for the bowling coach position with the PCB's application deadline ending on Sunday. "I have applied for the position of bowling coach because I think I can contribute a lot in this area. Frankly speaking, I am not averse to being the head coach but this time, to be honest, I am not mentally prepared for it," Waqar said from Australia. "Would prefer to work in the bowing department if the board shows faith in me," he said. HURKACZ BEAT PAIRE, WIN 1ST ATP TITLE Los Angeles: Poland's Hubert Hurkacz upset top seed Benoit Paire in three sets at the Winston-Salem ATP tournament to clinch his first career title. The towering 22-year-old became the first Polish player to win a tour singles event since Wojtek Fibak lifted the WCT Chicago crown in 1982, winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Hurkacz recorded five service breaks en route to victory in 2hr 9min against “I have no sister but if I did I’d the 30-year-old Frenchman. Hurkacz is the 14th player to want her to marry Ben Stokes.” become a first-time tournament winner on the ATP Tour Smith set for tour match return — GRAEME SWANN in 2019. Saturday's win completed an impressive week AFP n LONDON for Hurkacz, who knocked off 16th seed Feliciano Lopez, “ARISE SIR BEN STOKES.” 10th seed Frances Tiafoe and second seed Denis teve Smith is set to make his —ENGLAND’S BARMY ARMY Shapovalov en route to his maiden title. Sreturn to action in a tour match SUPPORTERS GROUP. against Derbyshire after the Australia WERNER EXTENDS LEIPZIG CONTRACT star batted against bowlers for the first “I’ve seen some remarkable cricket Munich: Bayern Munich transfer target Timo Werner time on Sunday since being con- moments in my life but that is the best has signed a four-year contract extension at RB Leipzig, cussed. I've seen in over 50 years. @benstokes38 the Bundesliga club confirmed on Sunday. The He is expected to return to action saved the Ashes and gave a magical announcement, which was made just before Leipzig's in a three-day tour match at Derby inspirational innings. Even better than his first home game of the season against Eintracht starting Thursday with a view to being World Cup performance.” Frankfurt, ends speculation that Bayern would sign available for selection for the fourth —GEOFFREY BOYCOTT Werner on a free transfer in 2020. "I am happy to have Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, that extended my contract. It was a long process, but I begins on September 4. “Hi, my name is Ben, Ben Stokes!” wanted to be completely sure that I could make the next “Steve Smith batted against — KEVIN PIETERSEN. steps in my development at this club," said Werner. The bowlers for the first time today 23-year-old striker had previously held firm against all (Sunday),” said an Australia team “That was special from Ben Stokes. new contract offers, and openly hinted at his interest in a spokesman. Single handedly winning the test match. move to Munich last season. “The session lasted 25 minutes. Great viewing.” He also did some high intensity run- —VIRENDER SEHWAG DABANG DELHI BEAT UP YODDHA AFP n HEADINGLEY (LEEDS) improbable than England’s celebrated ning.” New Delhi: Naveen Kumar was once again the star for 1981 Ashes Test success at Headingley The spokesman added: “He will “One of the best innings of test match home side Dabang Delhi as they beat UP Yoddha 36-27 en Stokes was the hero yet again as when they won after following-on. continue to be assessed but is expect- cricket you will see, well played in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Sunday. The 19- his incredible unbeaten century This was only the fourth time a team ed to play in the tour match at dal in South Africa. @benstokes38. What a game, what a test year-old raider picked up a Super 10 (16 points) for the Bsaw England to a thrilling one- had made more than 300 to win in the Derby.” He made 144 and 142 in match.#ashesaliveandkicking. Both teams seventh consecutive time this season as Dabang secured wicket win in the third Ashes Test at fourth innings of a Test at Headingley. Smith has made a spectacular Australia’s 251-run win in the first so close together. Go the Aussies for the an important victory to keep their record of 100 per cent Headingley on Sunday. “It was a very special feeling. Stokesy return to Test cricket in what is the Test at Edgbaston and 92 at Lord’s, next test.” win at home intact and push them to the top of the England — all out for a woeful 67 in was unbelievable. It was like nothing I’ve former Australia captain’s first series having retired hurt on 80 when —DARREN LEHMANN Season 7 points table. Meraj Sheykh got a place in the their first innings — were 286-9, still ever seen before. And the crowd was since he completed a 12-month ban struck on his unprotected neck by starting seven for Dabang Delhi after his influential needing 73 more runs to reach a victo- insane,” admitted Leach. for his role in a ball-tampering scan- Archer. “The greatest ever innings by an cameo in their win against Bengaluru Bulls in the ry target of 359 when bespectacled No Australia captain Tim Paine said: “It’s Englishman.” previous outing while there was no Rishank Devadiga in 11 Jack Leach walked out to bat to join hard to take, losing that from that posi- —ALASTAIR COOK the seven for UP Yoddha who went in with Monu Goyat Stokes at the crease. tion but you tip your hat sometimes. Stokes then hoisted the next two balls drive Lyon for a six that just cleared as their chief raider. Elsewhere, Rohit Kumar's Leach, however, held firm with “Ben Stokes played an unbelievable for six. Marnus Labuschagne at long-on and “You cannot do that Ben Stokes .....” impressive show helped defending champions World Cup final winning batting star innings and in the end he was too good He rode his luck when a sliced two England needed two to win. —NASSER HUSSAIN. Bengaluru Bulls beat league toppers Jaipur Pink Stokes’ astonishing 135 seeing for us.” off Cummins was dropped by a diving A colossal mix-up between Stokes Panthers 41-30. England complete their highest success- As Leach looked on, all-rounder Marcus Harris at third man. and Leach should have seen the No 11 “Wow, just Wow. The Ashes is something else. England and Australia INDIA FINISHES WITH 12 MEDALS ful fourth innings chase as they squared Stokes went into one-day mode by dri- Stokes, however, commandingly run out but Lyon fumbled the return. Basel: the five-match series at 1-1. ving off-spinner Lyon for two straight pulled and drove Cummins's next two Lyon then had an lbw appeal against keeping test cricket alive. The rest of the India's Pramod Bhagat made a strong comeback “There’s nothing like being out there sixes and then produced a stunning balls for for four to leave England just Stokes turned down by umpire Joel world MUST come to the party now...” to defeat England's Daniel Bethell and clinch his third title in the end and getting your team over the reverse against him that sailed high over nine runs shy of victory. Wilson only for replays to suggest it —ALVIRO PETERSEN in the men's singles SL3 category at the BWF Para line. I didn’t get nervous till we needed deep point. would have been out. Badminton World Championships on Sunday. It was single figures, I didn’t know what to do Stokes’s extravagant scooped six off RUN-OUT CHANCE But Australia had used up all their a boundary to seal an astounding tri- world No 1 Bhagat's second Gold in this World then,” admitted Stokes. Cummins reduced the target to 40. But a single left Leach on strike with reviews. umph. Championships having won his men's doubles SL3-4 Australia, who would have retained Despite Australia captain Tim Paine two balls left in the over. England still needed two to win but The left-handed batsman faced 219 title on the penultimate day of the competitions. the Ashes had they won, missed a clear having scattered all his fielders to the The first of those sailed over Leach’s Leach, who made a career best 92 as balls in total, with 11 fours and eight sixes Interestingly in that match, he and his partner Manoj chance to run Leach out when Nathan boundary, Stokes pulled Josh Hazlewood head and the next saw Australia waste a nightwatchman in a recent Test win over in a superbly paced five-and-a-half hour Sarkar came from a game down to defeat compatriots Lyon failed to gather a throw and then for four to complete a remarkable 199 review for a ball that pitched outside leg Ireland, was on strike to Cummins. inninngs. Nitesh Kumar and Tarun Dhillon 14-21, 21-15, 21-16 in paid dearly for squandering a review. ball-century — his second in a row after stump. Leach though managed a single It seemed England’s chances had the final. Overall, India finished with 12 medals, including that tied the scores as he got off the mark evaporated when they lost three wickets three Gold. Though the total number of medals is same All-rounder Stokes eventually played his 115 not out in the drawn second Test England now needed eight — or two as in 2015 Worlds, but back then India had four Gold, fast bowler Pat Cummins for four to seal at Lord’s — featuring eight fours and five boundaries — as Stokes faced Leach. after 59 minutes at the crease. for just 16 runs after lunch to be reeling making it the best ever show. a famous victory arguably even more sixes. The third ball of the over saw Stokes And Stokes then cut Cummins for at 261-7. AGENCIES Rahane, Vihari take India ahead Watling, CDG put Kiwis on front PTI n NORTH SOUND to keep the scoreboard ticking. Holder now made it all-spin attack jinkya Rahane remained on course by introducing John Campbell from Ato score his first Test century in the other end. Holder ‘extremely disappointed’ two years while Hanuma Vihari hit a As soon as the new ball was avail- fluent fifty as India tightened their grip able, pacers Kemar Roach and over the West Indies in the series-open- Shannon Gabriel operated in tandem with Windies top-order failure er, here on Sunday. but before that West Indies part- Vihari (57) and Rahane (90) raised timers had bowled 41 overs in this PTI n NORTH SOUND chase down the total," he added. an unbeaten 100-run partnership for innings alone. Holder spoke after Virat Kohli (51) the fifth wicket after India lost skipper While Roach and Gabriel bowled ot standing up to a challenge has and Ajinkya Rahane (53) propelled Virat Kohli, taking India to 287 for four a few testing deliveries, it largely Nbecome a “common thing” for India to a commanding position with at lunch on the fourth day for an over- remained an untroubled stay for both West Indies’ top-order batsmen, their unbroken 104-run partnership all lead 362. Rahane and Vihari. lamented an “extremely disappointed” for the fourth wicket, extending the Rahane, who scored 81 in the first Opener Mayank Agarwal (16) was captain Jason Holder. visitors' overall lead to 260. innings, has not scored a Test hundred the first wicket to fall for India in the Holder expressed his disappoint- He lauded his pace attack, espe- since his 132 against Sri Lanka in second innings, trapped by Chase in ment after West Indies were bowled cially Kemar Roach, for his consisten- August 2017. the 14th over although TV replays out for 222 in reply to India's first- cy. For Vihari it's only his second Test showed the ball was innings total of 297 all out in their "Bowlers are doing an exception- fifty. missing the leg opening World Championship Test al job. India is scoring at two and a half Resuming at 185 for three, stump but the match. runs per over, we are fighting very India lost Kohli (51) when batsman didn't "Extremely disappointed... It has hard. The body language has been AFP n COLOMBO partnership of 143 with Tom Dimuth Karunaratne, who his leading edge off go for review been a common thing for our batsmen right up there. We got early wickets Latham, who hit 154. strained a muscle of his left leg Roston Chase flew to ion Saturday. now. We have not been able to step up and they built a partnership in the first ontrasting half-centuries Off-spinner Dilruwan and will be unable to bat until John Campbell, who After as a top-order, the middle and lower innings. We just need to play smart Cfrom BJ Watling and Colin Perera broke the marathon the fall of the fifth wicket, and took the catch on Agarwal's depar- order have done an exceptional job," cricket in the remaining match. de Grandhomme helped New stand after trapping Latham leg wicketkeeper Niroshan second attempt. ture, KL Rahul (38) Holder said. "Kemar has been brilliant. We, as Zealand lead by 138 runs in before on a delivery that Dickwella. That ended and Chesteshwar "We are behind the eight ball a fast-bowling group, have done a their first innings against Sri pitched and hurried on to the Angelo Mathews is the the fourth- Pujara (25) added 43 because we did not bat well in the first good job. Kemar keeps you guessing, Lanka on day four of the rain- batsman’s pad. stand-in-captain and substitute wicket part- runs for the second innings," he said during a media con- there is never a situation in which he hit second Test on Sunday. Latham, who started the Dinesh Chandimal is keeping nership wicket to take India ference at the end of third day's play. gets predictable. It is a plus having Only 48 of the scheduled day on 111, registered his fifth wicket in the absence of between forward. "The boys are fighting, the effort Kemar in this side. He makes some- 98 overs were possible as New 150-plus score in Tests. His Dickwella, who sustained a cut Kohli and Rahul, however, was exceptional, we have been in the thing happen with the ball. Zealand reached 382 for five at career-best 264 not out also on the little finger of his left- Rahane that gave away his wicket, match with the bowling effort. We kept "Yes, Ishant got five wickets in the stumps. The tourists resumed came against Sri Lanka in hand on day three. yielded 106 bowled by Chase. He toiling away, it is not a surface on first innings, but in my opinion, the day on 196-4. The first ses- Wellington last year. The Kane Williamson-led runs for went across which you can bowl out a side cheap- Kemar has been the standout bowler sion was washed out by rain No 7 De Grandhomme New Zealand will be looking India. his ly. We hope to restrict India and then in this match," he added. and a wet outfield at Colombo’s attacked hitting the home to bat only once and then let The other stumps P Sara Oval. bowlers around the ground, their pace duo of Tim Southee overnight bats- while going De Grandhomme scored smashing five fours and five and Trent Boult have a crack man Rahane was for a sweep, nect the ball. innings in reply to 297 with Ishant 83 in an unbeaten 113-run sixes. at the Sri Lankan batsmen in joined by only to expose all An over later, Roach went through Sharma returning with best figures of stand for the sixth wicket with Watling, who started the a bid to square the series. Vihari, who the three stumps Pujara's defence to reduce India to 81 5 for 43. Besides Ishant, Mohammed Watling, who finished the day day on 25, played a patient Play will get under way at easily worked and the West Indian for three. Shami (2/48) and left-arm spinner on 81. knock during his 208-ball stay. 9:45 am (0415 GMT) today, the ball spinner stuck as the Before that, India bowled out West Ravindra Jadeja (2/64) scalped two Watling also played the Sri Lanka were without the final day of the match, around in gaps batsman failed to con- Indies for 222 in 74.2 overs in their first wickets a piece. supporting role in an earlier captain and opening batsman weather permitting.