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In brief BJP'S 20-DAY MEGA EVENT Govt asks depts to TOKYO PARALYMPICS promote five-minute 5 cr postcards, hoardings to thank yoga break Pramod Bhagat wins he Centre has asked all its PM Modi on 20 yrs in public service departments to promote n Gold in Badminton T five-minute yoga break or PNS NEW DELHI booths across India to the Prime Hoardings, thanking PM Modi 'Y-break' among employees Minister to congratulate him for his "for free food grains and vaccina- working under them, with a view A 20-day mega event- "Seva and efforts as "party members commit tion for poor", will also be set up to refresh, distress and refocuses Samarpan Abhiyan" - will themselves to public service", as part of the campaign. them with enhanced efficiency at begin from Prime Minister said an official state- In a letter, the party members have workplaces, according to a 's 71st birth- ment. been told to hold special exhibitions personnel ministry order. The day on September 17 to mark dedicated to the life of the Prime Ministry of Ayush had designed his "20 years in public serv- Minister. The virtual events can also and developed five minutes ice", the ruling BJP has said. be attended on the NaMo App. duration yoga protocol, named Y- The party plans to hold "All public representatives will go break, for work place by an expert massive cleanliness and to ration distribution centres and committee in 2019 and the blood donation campaigns make video clips to thank the module was launched in January and multiple events as part respected Prime Minister," the 2020 on pilot project basis in six of the 20-day celebrations - party statement further shared. major metro cities (Delhi, BJP chief JP Nadda has The youth wing will also hold Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, issued instructions to all the blood donation camps. Hyderabad and ) with the state units for this. Five crore help of various stakeholders. postcards will be sent from the BJP 2 Feedback of the same was very encouraging, it said. ndia's Pramod Bhagat (SL3) final in Tokyo. Bhagat, first game in 21 minutes and Woman cop made Rs secured the country's the world number one player the second in 24 minutes. SC achieved 11% representation Ifourth gold medal at the in his category, won the final Shooters Avani Lekhara and 26 lakh over 6 years Tokyo Paralympics on in straight games, 21-14, 21-17, Manish Narwal and javelin Saturday when he defeated to clinch the gold medal. The thrower Sumit Antil had won selling items seized Great Britain's Daniel Bethell match lasted a total of 45 min- India's three gold medals prior woman police constable has of women with great difficulty: CJI in the badminton men's singles utes, with Bhagat taking the to Bhagat's victory on Saturday. been arrested for alleged PNS n A misappropriation of items NEW DELHI recovered in cases of theft in Vasai of Maharashtra's Palghar Expressing concern over the low ‘Good human being, district, an official said on presence of women in the judici- Manish Narwal wins Gold, Silver for Saturday. Constable Mangal ary, NV great judge’: Solicitor Gaikwad, who was in-charge of Ramana on Saturday said that Singhraj Adhana in 50m mixed pistol stolen items recovered in cases of "with great difficulty", the general on CJI Ramana theft at Vasai police station, had Supreme Court has achieved a ndian shooters Manish points to clinch the gold while Indians in the final as he was mere 11 percent representation of hief Justice NV Ramana is a INarwal and Singhraj Adhana Singhraj grabbed his second placed in the lead at the table indulged in fraud to the tune of C"good judge and a good human Rs 26 lakh with the help of a women on its bench. clinched the gold and silver medal of the Tokyo after the first 10 shots while The apex court presently has being", Solicitor General Tushar medal respectively in the P4 - Paralympics with 216.7 points. amassing 92.1 points. Manish scrap dealer, senior inspector Mehta said Saturday at an event Kalyan Karpe said. four women judges among the 33 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 final at The Russian Paralympic who finished seventh in the sitting judges. Highlighting that the CJI said after 75 years of inde- organised by the Bar Council of Asaka Shooting Range on Committee's (RPC) Sergey qualification, had a very jittery majority of women advocates pendence, India. 2 Saturday. The 19-year-old Malyshev won the bronze start to the final as he struggle within the profession, 2 Manish created the Paralympic medal. Singhraj Adhana gathered 87.2 in the 1st BJP MLA Soumen record as he amassed 218.2 started better of the two competition stage. Roy joins Trinamool Congress PANCHAMUKA VINAYAKA EC announces JP MLA Soumen Roy Saturday joined the B ruling Trinamool bypoll in WB Congress (TMC) and said he was sorry for having quit the state party two years ago. He is the and Odisha, fourth BJP MLA to have quit the party and joined TMC since the skips Huzurabad April-May assembly poll. With his n resignation BJP's strength in the PNS NEW DELHI 294-member House has reduced to 71. Mr Roy, who was elected Bypoll to the Bhabanipur assem- from Kaliaganj on a BJP ticket in bly seat in , from the April-May assembly poll in the where Chief Minister and presence of party secretary Trinamool Congress leader general Partha Chatterjee said he Mamata Banerjee plans to contest, was not comfortable in the saffron would be held on September 30, camp and wanted to take part in the Election Commission

the development initiatives by announced on Saturday. Singhraj Adhana Manish Narwal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Polling for three "deferred adjourned" elections -- in two assembly seats of West Bengal and one of Odisha -- will also be held TODAY on September 30. ALMANAC Elections in these seats -- Samserganj and Jangirpur in West KCR meets ; seeks more Month & Paksham: Bengal and Pipli in Odisha -- Shravana & Krishna Paksha Panchangam could not be held due to various Tithi : Trayodashi 08:20 reasons, including the death of candidates during electioneering IPS officers, infra in naxal areas Nakshatram: Ashlesha 18:07 earlier this year. PNS n NEW DELHI Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start Counting on all four seats will any important work) take place on October 3. EC said it Chief Minister K Rahukalam: 4:50 pm - 6:22 pm has kept "much stricter" norms as Chandrashekhar Rao met Union an abundant caution to safeguard Home Minister Amit Shah on Yamagandam: 12:14 pm - 1:46 pm from the COVID-19 pandemic. Saturday and requested him to Varjyam: 6:45 am - 8:22 am, The Bhabanipur bypoll will increase the number of IPS officers 12:00 am - 7:34 am allow Mamata Banerjee a chance for the state in view of the creation This year the city's most popular Khairatabad Ganesh is a 40- to become a member of the state of more districts and full funding of Gulika: 3:18 pm - 4:50 pm foot 'Panchamuga Rudra Mukha Maha Ganapathi'. Flanking Him legislative assembly. road works in Naxal-affected areas. Good Time: (to start any important work) are 15-foot Goddess Krishna Kali and Goddess Kala Banerjee had moved out of her Rao, who is on a five-day visit to Amritakalam: 4:29 pm - 6:07 pm Nagaeshwari. Around 120 skilled artistes shaped the Ganesh traditional seat in Kolkata's the national capital, met Shah at his Bhabanipur to fight in Nandigram residence here for about 45 minutes Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:50 am - 12:39 pm idols with materials procured from the state as well as , Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Designed by S. during the Assembly polls earli- and discussed in detail the need to er this year but lost to his former increase the strength of IPS cadre HYDERABAD Anbarasan and sculpted under the aegis of C. Rajendran, the close aide who from 139 to 195 in the state, WEATHER Ganesh idols have eradication of coronavirus as the theme. contested on a BJP ticket. according to the chief minister's Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with Union Home Minister Forecast: - Photo by SV Chary office (CMO). Partly cloudy 2 2 Amit Shah at his residence on Saturday. Temp: 27 Humidity: 92% Sunrise: 6:02 am Sunset: 6:26 pm Schools in T’gana India restores mobile Current Weather Conditions P Updated September 4, 2021 5:00 PM get 12 days for Backbenchers less susceptible to Covid services in Kashmir The infection risk is of 14) in the three back rows Dasara holidays 3 n correlated with seating (Fisher's exact test; p = 0.036)". CDC PNS SRINAGAR OBTUSE ANGLE did a study in California, where an proximity to the teacher: CDC unvaccinated teacher during lecture Mobile services in Indian infected about 26 students. Kashmir were restored late on NAVEENA GHANATE Despite being fully vaccinated, Friday, two days after they were n HYDERABAD three teachers reportedly tested suspended following the death of positive for Covid in Telangana. It a veteran secessionist leader in Backbenchers are always lucky. may be mentioned here that two the disputed Himalayan region, During exams, they choose to copy, teachers from a government second- a police official told Reuters. and, thanks to their 'background ary school in Mulugu district and However, curbs on mobile knowledge', they do get more marks another teacher from a government internet and restrictions on the than the ones obliging them. They primary school in Bhadradri movement of people in the are sooo fortunate! Even with regard Kothagudem district tested positive Kashmir valley would continue, to the Covid-19 pandemic, it for coronavirus on Friday. This police chief Vijay Kumar said. appears that they are a class apart. emphasising full vaccination of As per CDC, the infection attack comes though the government had India tightened curbs on Backbenchers are less susceptible teachers and staff, the two instances rate risk is correlated with seating mandated that teachers and staff movement of people in to Covid-19, while those on the of teachers testing positive in the proximity to the teacher. CDC said, without vaccination should not be Kashmir's main city of Srinagar front rows will get infected if the state has led informed circles to "The attack rate in the two rows seat- allowed entry in school. and elsewhere, teacher remains unvaccinated or is think about making proper seating ed closest to the teacher's desk was a carrier. Despite the government arrangement. 80% (eight of 10) and was 28% (four 2 2 HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 hyderabad 02 Vice-President Naidu calls for Is the BJP changing its stand on Jagan, KCR? fighting against divisive forces SNCN ACHARYULU near Vasanth Vihar. As per the Modi. n HYDERABAD original schedule, KCR was to In his letter to Modi, Jagan PNS n HYDERABAD should not divide us," he said. return to Hyderabad on sought an early appointment Reiterating Sri Aurobindo's The speed that Telangana September 3. But after reach- saying that he wanted to per- Vice President M Venkaiah vision for India's spirituality, Chief Minister K ing Delhi, the Telangana Chief sonally explain the options to Naidu on Saturday called upon Naidu said a reawakening needs Chandrasekhar Rao was able Minister changed his mind revive the VSP. the people to fight against divi- to come about in terms of the ‘Need to prevent avoidable blindness’ to get an appointment with and decided to meet the Prime It may be recalled in the sive forces that seek to divide country's rich legacy of spiritu- ice President M on Saturday the leading cause of blindness among patients Prime Minister Narendra Minister. recent monsoon session of society on the lines of religion, al wisdom which would need to stressed the need to prevent avoidable aged less than 50 years in India, accounting for Modi has led to questions He sought the appointment Parliament, while the YSR region, language, caste, creed or be recast into new forms and Vblindness by spreading awareness about eye 37.5 per cent of the cases and was the second whether the BJP is changing of the Prime and received it Congress Party MPs attacked colour. expressions to make it globally health and developing cost-effective eye care leading cause of blindness among patients above its stance vis-a-vis the two without any hassle. According the Union government on In the 75th year of the coun- relevant and in keeping with the solutions accessible to the rural population. The the age of 50 years," he said. regional parties ruling to TRS sources, the meeting various issues, the TRS MPs try's Independence, every Indian contemporary times. private sector can contribute in a big way in this by Expressing concern over the hardships faced by Telangana and Andhra between KCR and Modi last- played an almost neutral role. must take a pledge to further Observing that Bharat Mata bringing world-class health care facilities to rural people with visual impairment, the Vice President Pradesh. ed over 40 minutes. In recent days, YSRCP and strengthen unity and harmony needs to delve deep into her own areas, he said. "There is a dire need to prevent said the visually impaired face many challenges in The Telangana Chief Compared to this, Jagan BJP leaders were involved in in the country's hugely diverse treasures, he exhorted the coun- avoidable blindness. We need to spread awareness their life and all efforts must be made by everyone Minister was given appoint- had in the month of March heated exchanges. This may society, he said. try's youth to be independent about eye health and develop cost-effective eye to lessen their difficulties and help them surmount ment with Modi within a day sought the appointment of the have got something to do with Naidu, who was addressing and original in their thinking, care solutions which are accessible to our rural challenges. of his seeking one while it’s Prime Minister to lead an all- the delay in the Prime Minister the students and teachers of Sri drawing upon native sources population too," he said. Naidu was speaking He appealed to the government and private sector been five months since his party delegation which was to giving appointment to Jagan. Aurobindo International School instead of being content as poor virtually at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Sri to build disabled-friendly infrastructure like tactile Andhra Pradesh counterpart submit a representation However, YSRCP leaders here after inaugurating a photo- imitators of the West. Ramakrishna Sevashrama, Pavagada and the paving as it would benefit people with disabilities YS Jaganmohan has opposing the privatisation of insist that there is no compar- exhibition on the life of Sri He called for rewriting Indian inauguration of the new block of Sri Sharadadevi in a big way. The Vice President said every public sought audience with the the Vizag Steel Plant. Five ison between the appoint- Aurobindo, emphasised that history with an Indian perspec- Eye Hospital and Research Centre, an official building and utility must be equipped with facilities Prime Minister and is still months on, the Andhra ment given to the Bihar and bridging all divisions was neces- tive to instill a sense of pride in release said. Terming 'giving the gift of sight' as for differently-abled persons. "There are guidelines waiting. Pradesh Chief Minister is still AP Chief Ministers. While sary for the greatness of India's "our glorious cultural heritage one of the noblest acts, he called upon people to already in place for disabled friendly infrastructure, This has inevitably led to waiting for Modi to find time Nitish Kumar meeting was future. among the younger generation." overcome their hesitation and come forward to therefore all the local bodies and state rumours doing rounds in in his busy schedule. supportive of the Union gov- Highlighting the positive Naidu said GDP growth and donate their eyes after death. Referring to the huge governments must enforce them," he said. He political circles. Two days ago, Bihar Chief ernment's, Jagan was to meet aspects of religion, he said if wealth creation are not an end demand for corneal donors in the country, he said called upon the private sector to actively provide KCR reached New Delhi on Minister Nitish Kumar got the the Prime Minister and raise everyone follows one's religion in themselves, rather they are there is a need to encourage cornea donation in a employment to the visually impaired and other September 1 to lay the foun- appointment to lead an all- objections against the Centre’s in true spirit, there will not be means to bring happiness in big way. Drawing attention to the major health people with disabilities by implementing dation stone for the TRS office party delegation to meet decision to privatise VSP. any religious conflict, an official people's lives which should be challenge of corneal blindness, he quoted the reservation. On the increase in the usage of digital release said. the ultimate aim. National Blindness survey (2015-19) and said that devices during the ongoing pandemic, the Vice Responding to a student's Describing Sri Aurobindo as in India, approximately 68 lakh people suffer from President voiced concern over the rise in health question, he said reforms were a great revolutionary Yogi, corneal blindness in at least one eye, of whom problems due to the excessive usage of EC announces needed in the United Nations so philosopher, poet and freedom around 10 lakh are blind in both their eyes. technology. He said gadget addiction among that it becomes a truly represen- fighter, Naidu said he remains an "The National Blindness and Visual Impairment children is on the rise and this needs to be tative organisation where the eternal source of inspiration for Survey 2019 reported that corneal blindness was addressed by parents and teachers. bypoll in WB... soul and heart of the nations every Indian. come together. "Through his speeches and Continued from page 1 Expressing disapproval of writings, he not only kindled a of Independence, in 1947, he isation, he said building a pros- Vishwa Guru not to dominate some nations mentality to con- strong desire for complete inde- said that his words were of perous and united India will be the world but to give knowledge Adhikari is now the Leader of sider themselves as superior to pendence among the masses but great purpose and relevance at crucial for the rise of Asia. and to spread light." Opposition in the West Bengal others, he said equal respect for also focused on spiritual regen- the individual, national and Stressing that education is not The Vice President said the Assembly. After the election all is a prerequisite to bring unity eration of the nation," Naidu global level even today. just for employment but for establishment of Auroville at results, Sovandeb of mankind. said. Noting that Sri Aurobindo enlightenment, he called for Puducherry represents Sri Chattopadhyay, the TMC "Separate identities are going Referring to Sri Aurobindo's wanted Asia to regain a great role making India a Vishwa Guru Aurobindo's vision for world MLA from Bhabanipur con- to be there but these identities message to the nation on the day in the progress of human civil- again. "India should become unity. stituency vacated the seat to BoM holds MSME & allow Banerjee to contest from there. Banerjee had won from Bhabanipur twice since 2011. retail expo programme According to an Election KCR meets Amit... KTR opens free palliative PNS n HYDERABAD public sector bank in the Commission press note, the Continued from page 1 account of a new administra- country during the last finan- West Bengal chief secretary has tive set of police units, he said. Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), cial year and first quarter of informed that in view of "It is, therefore, requested to "Hence, a bare minimum Hyderabad Zone conducted the current financial year. administrative exigencies and treat the present IPS cadre increase of 29 senior duty care facility at Khajaguda MSME and retail expo pro- The zonal manager has public interest and to avoid a review as an extraordinary posts, i.e from existing 76 to gramme on Saturday at handed over sanction letters to vacuum in the state, by-elec- case for approval," Rao said in 105, with the resultant increase PNS n HYDERABAD Chandra Gardens in 85 customers amounting to tions for Bhabanipur, from a representation made to Shah. in total IPS cadre from 139 to Karmanghat. 213 crores which included where CM Mamata Banerjee He also sought complete that of 195 is being sought as IT Minister KT Rama Rao on The Expo was attended by retail, MSME customers. intends to contest elections, funding of road works in the a special case, keeping in view Saturday inaugurated the state-of- prominent builders, reputed AGM, CPC-C Mahesh Dange may be conducted. Naxal-affected districts In the the administrative require- the-art free palliative care facili- car dealers and more than 300 has explained critical role of She has to become a mem- meeting, the CM explained ment of the police department ty Sparsh Hospice at Khajaguda. MSME and retail customers. MSMEs in building the econ- ber of the state legislature by that the state government had and for discharging as per the Spread over 60,000 square feet, The inaugural address was omy of the country and vari- November 5. reorganised and created 33 Police Act," Rao said in the the facility has been developed at delivered by Zonal Manager R ous initiatives taken by BoM Referring to its decision to districts, two years after the representation. a cost of Rs 15 crore. The over one Jaganmohan, who highlighted for the support of MSMEs hold assembly polls in formation of a new state for This allocation will help in acre land for the facility was allo- the efforts taken by Bank and including LLMS, TReDS, clus- Samserganj and Jangipur of efficient delivery of welfare the posting of IPS officers as cated by the State government. In GOI to extended support ter financing, channel financ- West Bengal, and Pipli of and development pro- commissioners, superinten- 2017, the IT Minister had laid the MSME customers during post ing etc apart from regular Odisha where elections were grammes. dents of police, zonal DIGs foundation stone for the construc- Covid pandemic with the help products which were designed earlier deferred, EC said since The re-organised districts and multi zonal IGPs in vari- tion of the facility, which earlier of 37 branches spread across to cater the needs of every candidates and political parties have been recognised by the ous territorial units, he said, was located at Banjara Hills. 17 districts of TS and business community. for these three seats have central government. However, adding that currently, these "When I first visited Sparsh Hyderabad zone intends to The participating MSME already "availed" the campaign there is an "imminent need" to territorial units have no sanc- Hospice in 2014, I didn't know open atleast one branch per units which included women period from April 29 to May 3 create territorial posts on tioned cadre posts. anything about palliative care. from individuals and corpo- mortuary. district in Telangana. entrepreneurs, restructured this year, campaigning will Later, I came to know so much rates. It will provide free pallia- Dr Mahesh Kotbagi, Director, It was emphasised that Bank MSME units shared their only be allowed from about it and it is a great service tive care to terminally ill cancer Rotary International, Varaprasad of Maharashtra having all experiences on the platform September 20 in these seats. to humanity. The Government patients. The Sparsh Hospice will Reddy, Shantha Biotechnics India presence with nearly and thanked the Bank and GoI Based on inputs received 5 cr postcards, Backbenchers... of Telangana is actively consid- serve 82 patients, 150 home care founder-president, Vikas Ranka, 2000 branches spread across for its services and credit sup- from states where bypolls are ering entering palliative care patients and another 50 outpa- president of Rotary Club, all states and with the help of port during critical period. due, EC said it has decided not hoardings to... Continued from page 1 with partnership from private tients. In addition to cancer Banjara Hills, Dr M its estimated customers has Suggestions extended by cus- to hold by-elections in other 31 institutions," Rama Rao said. wards, the facility also has wards Subrahmanyam, Suresh Reddy, successfully moved ahead tomerswere also recorded. assembly constituencies and Continued from page 1 Officials have said that Responding to the requests for patients suffering from Jagadish Ramadugu, trustees, from small size bank to mid DZM Shri Prasanta Kumar three Parliamentary constituen- should there be more than made on behalf of Sparsh dementia, Parkinson's, Geriatric Ram Mohan Rao Yarrapothu, size bank and has been recog- Raju concluded the meeting cies in view of the Covid situ- In Uttar Pradesh, where elec- five cases in a school, it will Hospice, Rama Rao promised to etc. It is equipped with pediatric CEO of Sparsh Hospice, Jayesh nised as the fastest growing with vote of thanks. ation, floods and festival season. tions are due next year, the be declared as cluster and the exempt the facility from munic- palliative care, physiotherapy, Ranjan, Principal Secretary, party workers will hold a school shut and sanitized; ipal and water tax. library, gym, lounge, nursing Mahender Reddy, former DGP, campaign to clean river with tests being conducted The funds for the building dormitory, doctors' residence Krishna Yedula, SCSC Secretary, Ganga at 71 sites. on students. were raised through donations and exclusive Pharmacy and and others were present. "Intellectuals and famous An official said that since SC achieved 11% representation of personalities will be invited to the cases reported concerned attend events that focus on droplets, teachers had been PM Modi's life and his mandated to wear masks in women with great difficulty: CJI achievements. In various lan- school. The official said, India restores mobile services in Kashmir guages, opinions and articles "Physical distancing is being Continued from page 1 where soldiers patrolled the dition of anonymity. Continued from page 1 by prominent personalities followed in schools strictly streets to forestall any large- Despite the curfew there will be published to ensure the even in seating arrangement. With scores of armed soldiers scale protests and gatherings was violence in at least a One would expect at least 50 ‘Good human being, great judge’...: message reaches out to pub- Schools are following cus- fanning out ahead of prayers at mosques. dozen of places in Kashmir in percent representation for Continued from page 1 lic," the party statement said. tomised seating arrangement on Friday, a day after Syed Ali "More troops have been which one paramilitary women at all levels. Highlighting his efforts for to ensure physical distance is Shah Geelani was laid to rest. deployed in sensitive areas trooper was injured, the offi- "Very few women find rep- "I have known the Chief Justice of India not just as judge but also "Dalits, Adivasis, backward followed. Further, masks for Geelani, 91, died on and more roads have been cial said, adding that police resentation at the top. Even as a human being... He is good at being both," Mr Mehta said. communities, and farmers", teachers and students have Wednesday and was buried barricaded," a government had to use tear gas to disperse when they do, they still con- Praising the Chief Justice, the government's top lawyer also said: the BJP recalled the Prime been mandated. near his home in the city, official told Reuters on con- crowds. tinue to face significant chal- "CJI Ramana is not a god-fearing person but a god-loving person. Minister's election in Gujarat lenges. He is also legally brilliant and impartial. He is the 'karta', or 'one as the Chief Minister on "After 75 years of indepen- who acts', of our lawyer family." On a lighter note Mr Mehta also October 7, 2001, which dence, one would expect at took a self-deprecating dig at the legal community and said he explains why the 20-day event least 50 percent representa- owed the Chief Justice an apology - in reference to a speech given concludes on October 7. Dharani portal is a big blunder: Gudur tion for women at all levels, by Bar Council of India Chairman MK Mishra. "Though the function Health camps will be held but I must admit, with great was meant to felicitate the judge... BCI Chairman gave a long at districts levels while food PNS n HYDERABAD out the land transactions. With difficulty we have now speech on lawyers' grievances (during the pandemic)... us lawyers items will be distributed the absence of both, the farmers achieved a mere 11 percent have a habit of praying for relief whether we are in court or at an under 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Bharatiya state would be left in lurch, he said. representation of women on auditorium," he said. Kalyan Yojana' where women senior leader Gudur Narayana Narayana Reddy said that the bench of the Supreme leaders will play a key role. Reddy castigated the state gov- the government which was sup- Court," Justice Ramana said at oath of office at one go. Respect women colleagues ernment on Saturday for failing posed to correct the issues was a function organised by the The strength of the top and treat them with dignity. to correct the technical issues in negligent in the past 11 months. Bar Council of India to felic- court has now risen to 33, Respect the institution and the CHICKEN the Dharani Portal. With lot of He said that even though the itate him. including the CJI, out of the judges. You are the front line RATES `/KG technical glitches, the portal issues in the Dharani were taken He said some states, sanctioned strength of 34. of the legal system, and you proving to be a big blunder being to the notice of the concerned because of reservation policy, Justice Nagarathna is in must protect the institution Dressed/With Skin `210 committed by KCR government. officers there was no use. may reveal higher representa- line to be the first woman CJI from targeted, motivated and Without Skin `275 In a media statement, he said "The Chief Secretary who was tion but the reality remains in September 2027. mala fide attacks. It is inher- Broiler at Farm `130 that even though 11 months BJP leader Gudur Narayana Reddy along with Bandi Sanjay and supposed to address the issues that the legal profession still Sending a message to the ent to the bar that it speaks up have gone by since the inaugu- does not bother to take com- has to "welcome women into young members of the bar, the for what is fair and just,” he ration of the portal, it was hibited lands are yet to be He said that while the origi- plaints. He did not even answer its fold". CJI said at the function that said. EGG unable to function fully and car- addressed. Narayana Reddy said nal Pattadars were not given the the phone calls though he was The apex court presently they should never forget the Among those who attend- RATES `/100 ryout the transactions properly. that instead of settling the land pass books, the same have been not busy. Anyone who calls the has four women judges – age-old values of this noble ed the event were Union Law He said that due to the inef- related issues, Dharani Portal has given to persons who do not Chief Secretary was told to leave Justices Indira Banerjee, Hima profession and respect women Minister Kiren Rijiju, several HYDERABAD 405 ficiency of the government in become a tool in the hands of the own any land. Fake pass books a message and it will not be Kohli, BV Nagarathna and colleagues. sitting judges of the apex VIJAYAWADA 480 streamlining the functioning of fraudsters to get illegal certifi- are being generated through received," Narayana Reddy said. Bela M Trivedi. "Seniority has immense court, Solicitor General the portal, lakhs of farmers were cates. Land registration certifi- the Dharani portal. He said that present Chief History was created in the value in this profession. Give Tushar Mehta and office bear- VISAKHAPATNAM 470 in utter distress. He said that cates have been issued in the The BJP leader said that the Secretary Somesh Kumar was apex court on August 31 as for due regards to your seniors at ers and members of several RETAIL PRICE `4.05 issues relating to 20 lakh acres name of children even before Dharani Portal and the pass the most absurd CS the state the first time nine judges, the bar for their experience, bar bodies from across the (IN HYDERABAD) which were placed under pro- they are born. books are the yard sticks to carry ever had. including three women, took knowledge and wisdom. country.

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Five OU teachers to be honoured Four gates of Osman Sagar lifted on September 5 PNS n HYDERABAD The Hyderabad Metropolitan PNS n HYDERABAD Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has lifted Following widespread con- four gates of the Osman Sagar. sultations, Commissioner of Due to the continuous rains in Collegiate Education, the the last few days, the reservoir State government has is receiving abundant inflow announced and released the and the gates were lifted to list of teachers for the annu- drain the excess water into the al State Awards, 2021, which Musi River. will be held on Sunday, On Saturday, the water level September 5, on the occasion at the reservoir was recorded at Summer of Teacher's Day. 1,788.80 feet against the FTL of Dasara Christmas Sankranthi vacation 12 days A total of five teachers 1,790 feet. The reservoir capac- 7 days - 6 days 49 days October January from Osmania University ity is 3.90 TMC and on December April 24 6 to 17 11 to 16 including Prof V Appa Rao, Wednesday the water level was 22 to 28 to June 12 Prof GB Reddy, Dr Kameeda 3.62 TMC. The water body is Water Supply and Sewerage (IMD) has predicted rains for Managing Director Dana Bee, Dr B Madhuri Smitha receiving 1,100 cusecs of Board officials said in a press three more days, following Kishore asked people living and Prof A Karunakar will be inflow. release that the India which the decision to open the near the Musi catchment area to Schools in T’gana get 12 awarded on Sunday. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Meteorological Department gates was taken. HMWS&SB be alert. While public focus on Tollywood, usage days for Dasara vacation of drugs among youth goes unchecked PNS n HYDERABAD and 166 physical mode). The for SSC should be over by Jan summer vacation will be from 31. The SA2 for classes up to Three held for selling MDMA, marijuana, charas and LSD blots After a long break from the April 24 to June 12. ninth will be held from April DAVE BENNETT SILVERY area for that day. By night, physical classes, several School Education Secretary 4 to April 18. n HYDERABAD Shilpa takes another private schools across the state have Sandeep Kumar Sultania has The virtual mode of teach- bus to Goa and hands over the reopened on 1 September said that all schools in the aca- ing, which commenced on While the public's focus is on contraband to Satyanarayana. with thin attendance. demic year 2021-22 will work July 1, continued till August Tollywood's stars embroiled in On her return trip, she brings However, the schools have for 213 days - offering virtu- 31. The physical classes com- the drug controversy, the along MDMA and LSD blots been directed not to compel al teaching for 47 days and menced on September 1 Excise Enforcement team of from Satyanarayana and gives students to attend the offline physical classes for 166 days would last till April 23. Hyderabad seized MDMA, them to Shanker Reddy," said classes. - since reopening on High schools in the state Hyd ‘Disha encounter’ fake, marijuana, charas and LSD Anji Reddy, Asst Superinten- On the direction of High September 1. will work from 9.30 am to blots from three persons on The arrested persons have dent of Enforcement. Court, the government also The syllabus for SSC stu- 4.45 pm, while those in twin Saturday, indicating that the been identified as Mardi Shiva According to the police, left it to schools to decide dents should be completed by cities will work from 8.45 pm says father of prime accused illegal sale of narcotics goes on Shanker Reddy, 26, from Manikanth and Shanker whether to conduct only January 10 next year and to 4 pm. Upper primary PNS n HYDERABAD havulu, and Lakshmi, mother unchecked among the young- Kondapur, G Manikanth, 26, Reddy then sell the drugs to offline classes or only online teacher should thereafter schools elsewhere in the state of Jollu Naveen. sters of the city. from Balkampet and Shilpa their customers in Hyderabad. classes or both. focus on revision. The pre- will work from 9 am to 4.15 The father of the prime The case pertains to the One might expect that the Rai, 27, a native of West Bengal One gram of MDMA was sold According to the academ- final exams should be held pm, while they will work accused in the Disha rape and murder of a young lockdown and the pandemic residing in Tolichowki. at Rs 5,000 and one blot of LSD ic calendar for the year 2021- from 28 February, 2022. from 8.45 am to 4 pm in twin encounter case in Hyderabad veterinarian, on November might have reduced the narcotic Officials recovered 30 grams of was sold at Rs 2,000. The duo 22 which was released by the For other classes the syl- cities. All primary schools and has claimed that his son is vic- 27, 2019. The police had consumption or supply in the MDMA, 10 kgs, 50 grams of took a commission of Rs 500 School Education labus should be completed by primary section of upper pri- tim of a fake encounter. tracked down four persons city, but the continuous trend of charas and four LSD blots to 1000 per blot/gram before Department on Saturday, 12 28 February, 2022. The teach- mary schools will function On Friday, deposing before and arrested them. drug related arrests of suppliers from their possession. sending the rest of the money days have been given for ers should focus on revision from 9 am to 4 pm. the inquiry commission, On December 6 the same paints a different picture. "M Sathyanarayana, a native to Sathyanarayana. Dasara holidays, from classes, remedial teaching and The academic calendar also appointed by the Supreme year, all four accused were Preliminary investigation of Visakhapatnam, operated "On Saturday, while Shanker October 6 to October 17. preparing students for mentioned about celebrating Court, Pinjari Hussain, stated killed in an encounter at the into the drug smuggling rack- the drug peddling activity Reddy and Manikanth were on The calendar also states Summative Assessment test Bala Sabhas, quiz pro- that his son and prime crime spot near Shadnagar. et revealed that the main clien- from Goa and engaged all the their way to send off Shilpa that the Christmas vacation (SA) SA2 in March. grammes, Swachh School, accused, Mohammed Arif The police had claimed that tele of the trio are software three accused persons by pay- with the contraband to Goa, for missionary schools will be The formative assessment Telangana Formation Day, alias Ahmed, had been picked the accused tried to snatch professionals and students of ing commissions to them. Excise officials based on cred- for seven days from test-1 (FA) will be held for Telangana Basha Dinotsavam, up from their home by the their weapons and escape the city. Hyderabad over the Shilpa used to bring ganja ible information, apprehended December 22 to 28, while students of all classes, includ- National Mathematics Day, police, but was gunned down. which led to the killings. years has seen growth in both and charas from Araku in them and seized the drugs" Sankranti holidays will be ing SSC, will be held on school annual day, On Saturday, the kin of the The incident had roused the the number of young working Vizag by concealing them in said the official. for six days from January 11 October 5, while the first International Mother remaining three accused, who ire of human rights activists, professionals and students. her luggage in private buses. Officials have begun an next year. summative assessment for all Language Day and National were also killed in the police who approached the Supreme Pop culture that these youth She then contacts Shanker enquiry into the trio's client The last working day for classes will be held from Science Day. encounter, are to appear before Court. are heavily influenced by Reddy or Manikanth once she base and an investigation is the academic year 2021-2022 December 1 to 12. Sandeep Kumar Sultania the Sirpurkar Commission. Thereafter, the Sirpurkar endorses the usage of such reaches Hyderabad. The duo underway. Efforts are on to will be April 23, 2022 with the The FA2 for cases up to left the choice of the school They are Rajayya, father of Commission was appointed to narcotics and can easily be keep the contraband in OYO nab the main kingpin, total number of working days ninth will be held on head masters to plan co-cur- Jollu Shiva, Kurmanna, father conduct an inquiry into the linked to the rise in the usage rooms or at a room taken by Sathyanarayana from Goa, said to be 213 (47 virtual mode February 28, while the FA2 ricular activities. of Chintakuntla Chennakes- killings. of the drugs too. Sathyanarayana in Kondapur the police. Man arrested for RTC Hospital to be developed stealing vehicles Groundwater levels surge in Telangana NAVEENA GHANATE observed during August-2021, PNS n HYDERABAD on par with corporate hospitals n HYDERABAD as compared to May-2021; and the rise was observed in all The Mailardevpally Police PNS n HYDERABAD ambulances to the RTC Groundwater levels have districts. In flood-hit Nirmal, arrested a person involved in Hospital at Tarnaka. He also surged in the state with shal- groundwater rose to 7.13 m as 11 cases of vehicle theft on The newly appointed manag- discussed with the doctors low water levels (<5 metres compared to May 2021. Saturday. ing director of Telangana State about the medical equipment below ground level) occupying During the water year 2021- The arrested person was Road Transport Corporation and facilities in every depart- nearly 53 % of its total area. 22 (up to 31st August 2021), identified as Vishalgiri (TSRTC) VC Sajjanar has ment. As per the latest report of the the State received 734 mm Goswamy, 24, a labourer from emphasized on need to pro- He planted a sapling at the Groundwater Department, the rainfall against 593 mm of Katedan in Mailardevpally. vide the state-of-the-art med- hospital premises and average groundwater level in normal rainfall and it ranged According to the Police, ical facilities to the RTC expressed happiness over the the State during August-2021 from 375 mm (Jogulamba Goswamy did a recce of res- employees and solve the exist- greenery in the hospital saying was 5.63 m bgl and it varied (Gadwal) to 1,057 mm idential colonies and identi- ing issues in RTC Hospital at pleasant weather also plays from 2.64 m bgl (Jagityal) to (KomaramBheem Dist) and fied vehicles parked in seclud- Tarnaka. important role in the process of 12.52 m bgl (Medak). thus there was 24 % excess ed areas. He later returned Sajjanar made a surprise treatment. Out of 33 districts, in 18 dis- bgl, followed by 10-15 m bgl observed in 18 districts. rainfall during this period as and stole the parked bikes. visit to the hospital on Saturday The MD visited the Covid tricts the average water level water levels in 10 % of the state Minimum rise of 0.13 m was compared to normal annual He was allegedly involved and reviewed the issues being vaccination center in the hos- was <5 m bgl; in 13 districts, area during the month. observed in Mulugu district rainfall. in automobile theft cases in faced by the RTC employees in pital. The doctors explained between 5-10 m bgl; and in the A net rise of 0.72 m in and maximum rise of 6.38 m Twenty one districts Mailardevpally and the hospital. Later, he held a that over 28,000 employees remaining 2 districts, it was groundwater level was in Sangareddy district during received excess rainfall (21 % Bahadurpura. Following a meeting with the doctors and were administered two doses of >10 m bgl. observed during August-2021, the period. to 83 %) and the remaining tip-off, he was caught at management of the hospital. Covid vaccine out of the 48,000 In 35% of the area, water lev- as compared to August-2020 A net average rise of 3.56 m twelve districts received nor- Katedan cross road in Assuring to solve all the employees. els ranged between 5 and 10 m (i.e. by 11%), and the rise was in groundwater levels was mal rainfall (6 % to 19 %). Mailardevpally. He was pro- problems on priority basis, The hospital has taken up a duced before court. Sajjanar said that the health and special drive to administer Police apprehended welfare of the employees and Covid vaccine to the remaining Goswamy at Katedan cross- retired staff is the top priority. 20,000 employees. Cops seize 18 road in Mailardevpally on The MD has asked the Sajjanar inquired about the ‘WE CAN' fight child abuse Saturday. During interroga- authorities of the hospital to medical facilities they are get- tion, he confessed to all the prepare an action plan to pro- ting. He also visited all the tonnes of PDS bike theft cases, in which vide all facilities to conduct that no patient goes to private wings in hospital including PNS n HYDERABAD eight were from Mailardev- medical tests and scans inside laboratories or testing centres. OP, X-Ray, Pharmacy, rice, arrest 2 pally PS limits, one from the hospital, similar to that of Sajjanar said that steps would Scanning, blood sample room, Hyderabad Police's support PNS n HYDERABAD Bahadurpura PS limits. corporate hospitals to ensure be initiated to provide two lab center, ECG. centre for women and chil- dren, Bharosa, has flagged of The KPHB Police on Saturday a first-of-its-kind campaign arrested two persons who 'WE CAN' against child abuse. were illegally transporting The campaign is aimed at cre- PDS rice in a lorry. Officials Tollywood actor among 9 caught for gambling ating extensive awareness seized 18 tonnes of PDS rice towards stopping and pre- from their possession. PNS n HYDERABAD bling and playing poker attend a function at took them into custody. venting child abuse followed The arrested persons have on Saturday. the venue and Police seized Rs 1.5 lakh up by a strong action plan of helping victims recover from Addl. Commissioner of Police, been identified as Baba Patel, A Special Operations Team of One of the arrest- were playing and 10 mobile phones from making children aware of their the horrors and ensuring that Hyderabad. 28 and Ahmed Miya, 33. the Cyberabad Police con- ed nine persons was cards and plac- the spot. The accused were safety. the abusers are strictly dealt Miss India 2020, Manasa The duo are the driver and ducted a raid on a villa under Telugu actor-come- ing bets. later released on station bail. For the past five years with. “Bharosa Hyderabad will Varanasi has taken up the cleaner of the lorry. The Miyapur Police station limits dian Krishnudu. Based on a tip The Miyapur Police booked a Bharosa Center has been reach all the stake holders, cause of preventing and stop- accused persons and seized and apprehended nine per- The Police said that off, officials raided case and started investiga- working day and night to from schools to hospitals to ping child sexual abuse and rice were brought to the sons who were caught gam- the group had come to the premises and tion. tackle the issue of Child Abuse, orphanages, “said Shikha Goel, flagged off the campaign. police station. Painter damages deity, held Hyderabadis give thumbs up for eco-friendly Bappa this year! PNS n HYDERABAD reach home. He then took shelter at the Anjaneya Swamy PNS n HYDERABAD selling such idols is happy with Customers are also very area uses such Ganesha idols The Hayathnagar Police Temple at Hayathnagar. Later the sales of his clay Ganesha well aware of the eco-friend- only." "All festivals should be arrested a person who was in the night, Prem vandalised As Ganesh Chaturthi festival idols and highlighted its ben- ly nature of these idols and celebrated in an eco-friend- accused of damaging the idol the idols in the premises out is round the corner, many efits for the public and envi- have been purchasing them ly manner and the state gov- of a deity in a temple on of frustration, said the Police. people in Hyderabad have ronment. since a long time. "Lord ernment should frame and Friday. On Friday morning after he decided to bring eco-friendly "I have a shop in Himayat Ganesha idols made out of implement such norms from The arrested person has left the premises, some per- clay idols of Lord Ganesha to Nagar. I bring Ganesha idols clay are really good. It does time to time. The same been identified as Prem sons noticed the idols were their homes. from Solapur, Calcutta and not cause any pollution or should apply to political Chand Kushwaha, 25, a broken and informed the The need and vigour to Gujarat. The public prefer infection. I have been using functions as well, says Tripti, painter by profession residing police. On Saturday, based on conserve the environment has Ganesh idols made out of clay these idols for a decade," a techie in Hyderabad . at Lalapet. According to the CCTV footage, police identi- made people reject idols made over colored Ganesha idols. said a customer named Ganesh Chaturthi, a ten- police, on Thursday evening fied Prem Chand and nabbed out of chemicals, Plaster of There are some really nice Prakash. day festival that starts on the Prem had gone to BN Reddy him. Upon interrogation, he Paris, plastic, hot melt glue in designs. People are taking Another customer named fourth day of the Hindu Nagar in Vanasthalipuram admitted to damaging the favour of idols made of natural these idols home and later this idol. It is causing them a have been selling these idols Arun said, "I keep these clay lunisolar calendar month and while returning found idols. He was arrested and materials like clay. after the worship, they are lot of benefit and happiness. for the last 10-15 years," Ganesh idols at my home Bhadrapada, will start on that he did not have money to produced before court. Lakshman, a shopkeeper planting growing plants using Sales are really nice and we Lakshman said. every year. Everyone in my September 10 this year. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 05,2021 hyderabad 04

GOVT NOT CLEARING PENDING BILLS TRS leadership in dilemma Yatra will change fate Agencies borrow money on party panels PNS n RANGAREDDY of Telangana: Fadnavis

Constitution of the TRS com- PNS n HYDERABAD mittees in the district has to run mid-day meal become a tight rope walking Former chief minister of for the party leadership as Maharashtra Devendra SRINIVAS KARENGALA replacing the old committees Fadnavis asserted that ‘Praja n JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY · For several with new ones is likely to Sangram Yatra’ launched by years together brew discontent in the party. state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Pending clearance of bills by the Majority of the party lead- Kumar would definitely change government, agencies providing government did ers in the district are vying for the fate of Telangana. mid-day meals in government not clear the the posts of president and Addressing a public meeting schools are expressing their general secretary. Those who at Vikarabad district headquar- inability to feed school children. bills, yet it is are continuing as president and ters after participating in paday- They say that they cannot starve asking the secretary are replaced with atra, along with Bandi Sanjay, their families and to feed the new blood, it might trigger dis- the former chief minister of students. agencies to content. If the party allows the Maharashtra appealed to peo- State BJP president Bandi Sanjay gestures during a rally taken out as part of the The state government owed provide food to old guard to continue in their ple to bless the party to form a ‘Praja Sangram Yatra’ in Vikarabad district headquarters on Saturday. Former dues to these agencies since the students since present posts, the new crop of democratic, pro-poor and farm- chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis is also seen first wave of Covid-19. The dues leaders will confront the lead- ers' government in Telangana. piled up to several lakhs of the schools ership for an opportunity to People, including farmers, and questioned whether KCR TRS government for imple- rupees. These agencies made are reopened serve the party better. women and youth are extend- sat, along with farmers to know mentation of various welfare several rounds to government range of Rs 1.09 lakh to Rs 2.75 difficult for them to continue in Therefore, the TRS leadership ing support to ‘Praja Sangarsh their woes. He alleged CM for- schemes, including the con- offices and yet could not get lakh in seven mandals. the project. is in a dilemma. Yatra’, Fadnavis said adding that mulated new schemes sitting at struction of houses under their bills cleared. The mid-day meals project They said that they are buy- during the Covid-19 time as the The TRS was voted to power the way the yatra is getting over- his farmhouse and his col- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana For several years together funds are not being released ing firewood as the LPG cylin- schools remained shut for over for the second time two years whelming support from all leagues will work out how to fill and Pradhan Mantri Sadak government did not clear the from time to time. The wages der in the school kitchen gets 19 months. The lacunae in the ago. Those who are continuing walks of people clearly indicate up their pockets by embezzling Yojana, he wanted to know bills, yet it is asking the agencies to mid-day meals workers are exhausted. Cooking food with mid-day meals scheme is pos- in the party right from the days that they wanted a change in the public money. where this money has gone. to provide food to students not being paid on time. firewood is posing health prob- ing problems to students who of the Telangana movement Telangana as people are not Criticising the functioning of He appealed to people to sup- since the schools are reopened. Prices of pulses, edible oils lems to them, the women work- attend schools at least to have did not get suitable recognition happy with the KCR govern- the TRS government, Fadnavis port BJP to provide a corrup- In the Jayashankar and vegetables have increased ers said. a nutritious meal. in the party. Therefore, they are ment, Fadnavis said. The yatra said KCR has duped people of tion-free and transparent gov- Bhupalapally district, the gov- heavily. In this backdrop, it is Social activist Burra Women running the mid- expecting priority in getting the commenced from Bhagyalaxmi the state by not fulfilling his ernment to the people of ernment is yet to clear Rs 12.32 not easy to provide mid-day Rajababu Goud has maintained day meals project are preparing party posts filled. temple at the Charminar with promises. KCR has shown day- Telangana. “I heartily congrat- lakh dues to agencies in seven meals, say organisers Lakshmi that the onus is on the state gov- food borrowing funds from The party MLAs are the slogan of ‘Jai Sri Ram’, he said light dreams to the poor in the ulate Bandi Sanjay for his yatra mandals. The agencies appeal to Sujata. What she will get is only ernment and officials to build others. At some places, they are indulging in hectic exercise to adding that “nobody can stop name of double bedroom hous- and wish him success,” he said. the government to clear the Rs 1,000 per month working in kitchen shed wherever neces- running the show with the constitute various party com- this vibrant slogan now in the es and waiving of farmers loans, State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay dues to them immediately and the mid-day meals project. sary, sanction LPG stoves, clear help of the teachers. There is mittees with a mix and match state.” he alleged. Kumar said that the BJP govern- revise the menu tariff in the Anyone who works as casual dues from time to time and pro- criticism that not clearing the of the old guard and new State party chief Bandi Sanjay Disclosing the Central gov- ment would change the name of light of the increased cost of labour will earn at least Rs 500 vide quality food to students. mid-day meals agencies’ bills blood. They are also keeping in has launched the yatra to know ernment’s welfare programmes, Vikarabad district as Anantagiri essential commodities. The gov- per day. Women working in the Children from poor families will water down the objective of mind various social equations. the problems of people, farmers Fadnavis said the Modi govern- district after coming to power ernment owed money in the project say it has become very could not get nutritious food the project. Because of all these, it has and unemployed youth, he said ment has granted funds to the in 2023.

New In-charge Sridhar Babu lays stone Oral complaint Congress leaders’ slugfest Commissioner for for panchayat office against over ‘YSR Athmeeya Sammelan’ Ramagundam Coprn PNS n PEDDAPALLI PNS n JAYASHANKAR Aduvalapalli Gram Panchayat Komatireddy? K VENKATESHWARLU Jagan and Sharmila are trying BHUPALAPALLY Bhavan in the district on n HYDERABAD to cut the grown branches of Peddapalli RDO Shankar on Saturday, he said snatching PNS n HYDERABAD Congress. YSR’s aim in life was Saturday assumed the Office Former minister and Congress away the lands of the poor The tremors of YSR Athmeeya to make Rahul Gandhi the of In-charge Commissioner MLA D Sridhar Babu has being cultivated by them for The Telangana Congress Sammelan are being felt in the Prime Minister. Whether there of Ramagundam Municipal accused the TRS government several years was not advisable. lodged an oral complaint Telangana Congress party as would be a son, who stays away Corporation. The CPI lead- of snatching away the lands He dared the state govern- with the AICC against TPCC Campaign Committee from father’s Athmeeya ers called on him as a cour- given to the poor by the suc- Former minister and Congress MLA ment to extend Dalit Bandhu Bhongir MP Komatireddy chief Madhu Yashki Goud Sammelan, he doubted the tesy and presented him with cessive regimes in undivided D Sridhar Babu performs puja for the to all parts of the state and all Venkat Reddy for attending dared Bhongir MP Sammelan’s credentials. saplings to greet him on the Andhra Pradesh in the name construction of Aduvalapalli gram communities. Quoting the the YSR Athmeeya Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Recalling the words of occasion. of construction of electric cre- panchayat bhavan in Jayashanker elected people’s representa- Sammelan organised by YS to quit the party if he wanted, Vijayamma that Telangana According to the CPI lead- matoria and Palle Prakruti Bhupalapalli district on Saturday tives as saying, he said that Rs Vijayamma on September 2 but not to backstab it. might have not formed if YSR ers Gautam Goverdhan and Vanams. He advised the gov- 16 lakh being allocated to in the city defying the party He said that attending the was alive, Madhu Yashki Goud Maddela Dinesh, the CPI ernment to use its own lands Speaking after laying the construct panchayat buildings directive, it is learnt. ‘YSR Athmeeya Sammelan’ chief N Chandrababu Naidu.” asked whether Komatireddy urged the new incumbent for the purpose. foundation stone for was inadequate. The TPCC lodged this while defying the party's dik- However, Madhu Yashki would support Vijyamma’s officer to take urgent steps to complaint after taking a deci- tat means nothing but harm- Goud countered Komatireddy comments or not. If solve the problems of the sion in the Core Committee ing the interests of the party. Venkat Reddy saying “those Komatireddy wants to stay in people of the Municipal Centre’s meeting held on Saturday at It may be recalled that who don’t know the relation of the party he can and if he Corporation. Gandhi Bhavan. The TPCC Komatireddy Venkat Reddy a brother and sister are politicis- wants to leave the party he can They sought to ensure ‘anti-people Chit fund agent, wife held explained in its complaint couple of days ago has said, “I ing the issue of Seethakka leave. Speaking on the dais transparency and account- about the total development treated the late YSR as a broth- tying rakhi to Chandrababu which opposes the Congress ability in various sections of policies’ decried PNS n HANAMAKONDA ny and among them, one and sought action against er and YS Vijayamma as sister- Naidu.” party definitely harms the the Municipal Corporation to was credited into his Komatireddy whatever it in-law and what is wrong in He stated that Vijayamma’s interests of the Congress party, eradicate corruption. CPI PNS n NARSAPUR The police arrested the chit account while two cheques may be. Former MP MA attending the ‘YSR Athmeeya Sammelan is not an ‘Athmeeya he said. He said that the high district council members T fund agent and his wife for were bounced. Khan was also attended the Sammelan’ when nobody Sammelan’, but it is a political command will take care Ramesh Kumar, AISF city CPM Medak district commit- setting ablaze the owner of Enraged over the non- YSR Athmeeya Sammelan. points out Mulugu MLA Sammelan. Congress recog- whether to initiate action secretary E Ramchander and tee has charged the Centre a mobile repair shop on deposit of chit amount, Seethakka tying rakhi to TDP nised the services of YSR. against Komatireddy or not. others were present. with adopting anti-people’s poli- Friday. The accused couple Raju went to the residence cies and condemned the hike in Godugu Ganesh and his of Ganesh and had a heat- prices of essential commodities. wife Kavya were taken into ed argument over the Addressing the participants custody at Kashibugga bouncing of cheques. 3 illegal structures of the party protest programme crossroads in the Later, Raju rushed to the Mission Bhagiratha water here on Saturday, district com- Enumamula Agricultural Achala Chit Fund office mittee secretary Mallesh said Market area on Saturday. located at Nakkalagutta the BJP government under the According to police area of Hanamkonda and dismantled in Medak leadership of Narendra Modi is commissioner Dr Tarun staged a protest in front of to SCCL workers’ colonies looting the poor to pay the rich. Joshi, Ganesh was working the office. PNS n MEDAK Condemning the reckless in Achala Chit fund and Irked over Raju’s protest, PNS n PEDDAPALLI hike in prices of essential com- urged the mobile repair agent Ganesh and his wife Local bodies additional collec- modities, he accused the Centre shop owner Pittala Raju to went to the former’s shop In response to the agitation by tor Pratima Singh on Saturday of privatising crucial sectors of join chit worth Rs 5 lakh. after a heated argument the SCCL workers demanding warned builders of unautho- the economy like power, trans- He agreed and paid the they doused his body with drinking water supply, the RG- rised structures in the town port, agriculture, education, chit amount in install- petrol and set him ablaze 1 Area GM of the SCCL K that the civic authorities would medical and health giving a go- ments, however, after com- with a cigarette lighter. Narayana on Saturday com- have no alternative except cause financial loss to builders, by to the constitutional values. pletion of the chit period, During the interroga- menced 4-MLD filter bed-1 to pulling down such structures. she added. He alleged that the govern- Raju asked the manage- tion, the couple confessed supply drinking water to the She supervised pulling She appealed to those who ment got physically eliminated ment to pay his money. In to committing the crime. SCCL workers’ colonies through down of three buildings, build their houses to build leaders of the people’s organisa- the process, three cheques Later, they were produced the Mission Bhagiratha. which have deviations from them as per the permissions tions, intelligentsia, journalists, were issued by the compa- in court. Since the drinking water sup- the building plan, along with accorded to them. The author- who fight for the people’s rights. plied to the colonies for the last Municipal Commissioner ities would pull down the ille- Drinking water supply to SCCL workers’ colonies through the Mission Bhagiratha several days became unfit for inaugurated on Saturday Srihari. gal structures in Ramayampet, drinking, the old filter bed, hav- She expressed concern over Toopran, Narsapur municipal- ing 1.5 MGD capacity, was the builders violating the rules ities, along with those in repaired besides launching the The GM maintained that drinking water would be sup- time and again in spite of Medak, she said warning Officials told to work new filter bed as an alternative pure drinking water would be plied to the colonies with the repeated appeals to them builders or developers against solution to the problem. supplied to colonies by purifying help of the MLA, Mayor and against violating the rules. violation of the rules. Over a period of time, other the Mission Bhagiratha water. Municipal Commissioner. He She said violation of the rules She appealed to them to filter beds would be put to use He said that a trial run was asked the employees to use the would lead to posing problems build as per the rules and in tandem with MLAs supplying a total of 10 MLD to conducted on Friday successful- water very sparingly without to the government as well as cooperate with the district the colonies. ly in this regard. The purified wasting much. others. Moreover, it would administration. PNS n MEDAK

Grievances of the public in vil- lages can be redressed if the officials work in tandem with public representatives, opined Call to wean youth away from drugs Medak MLA Padma Devender Reddy. PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR ties, he said adding that semi- To groom the district as The MLA convened a nars, training programmes and free from drugs, precautions review meeting with officials, District Collector S Venkat awareness programmes would should be taken, students of sarpanches and MPTC mem- Rao has underlined the need be held in these institutions in schools and colleges should be bers on Nizampeta mandal for everyone from grassroots to the third and fourth weeks of sensitised against drugs, the development works at the the district level at the top to September. relevant laws should be imple- camp office. Speaking on the An official speaking on the developmental works at a review meeting in Medak strive for weaning away the Counselling teams would mented without fail, he said. occasion, sarpanches and on Saturday. TRS MLA Padma Devender Reddy looks on youth from drugs. be constituted at mandal level Local bodies additional col- MPTCs explained the prob- He called for sensitising to wean people away from the lector ----- (insert name) , lems in the villages to the villages to complete the works brought the issue to the notice people at the field level with the habit of drugs, he said asking District welfare officer MLA. In turn, she directed the immediately as funds were of the MLA alleging that coordination of police, revenue the teams to focus on prevent- Rajeshwari, officers to resolve the issues as granted for the construction. Transco AE was not perform- and excise departments to pre- ing people from taking drugs. DPRO U soon as the issues come to Sarpanches said there was no ing his duties properly. vent them from becoming They should prevent people Venakteswarlu and their notice. water supply to Vaikuntha DPO Tarun, DRDO PD drug-addicts. from relapsing to take drugs. others spoke. The MLA asked the officials Dhams in five villages in the Srinivas, Panchayati Raj EE Addressing the master train- District SP R Venkateswarlu Mandal level about the progress of mandal. Mission Bhagiratha Ramachandra Reddy, Mission ers as part of the Nasha Mukt said that identifying those who counsellors, mas- Vaikuntha Dhamas. Officials officials suggested that water Bhagiratha EE Kamalakar, Bharat programme held here take drugs, controlling the ter trainers and said that the work was not will be provided immediate- RDO Sairam, Panchayati Raj, on Saturday, he called for total supply, filing cases against ped- others were pre- completed in Nandagokul, ly as the funds were released Mission Bhagiratha Deputies control of peddling of drugs as dlers is important to control sent. Narlapur, Jatcharla Tanda, from the Mandal Parishad. Panduranga Reddy, Dinesh, the habit destroyed many fam- drugs. A cultural pro- Nagar and Nizampeta vil- Mandal Sarpanch Forum mandal level officers, ilies. Children should be prevent- gramme on Mukt lages. president Amara Sena Reddy, sarpanches, MPTCs and Plans have been prepared to ed to get addicted to drugs, he Bharat was presented on The MLA directed the MPP Siddiramulu and Vice- Panchayat Secretaries were sensitise students of junior, said asking parents to take the occasion to the delight of sarpanches of the respective MPP Indira Kondal Reddy present. degree colleges and universi- good care of the children. the gathering. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 nation 05 DABHOLKAR MURDER 3-day Kailash Yatra starts with Kerala main parties vying CBI seeks invocation of limited number of devotees to support PNS n BHADERWAH (J&K) Taliban: BJP The three-day-long pilgrimage UAPA against 5 accused PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM to the 14,700 feet high Kailash Kund commenced here Striking ‘terror among section of people’ Saturday with a limited num- BJP state president K ber of devotees accompanying Surendran on Saturday PNS n PUNE section of people in the society. that. So where does the ques- the holy mace for the second alleged that mainstream polit- So our argument in the present tion of terror arise?" he said. consecutive year due to Covid- ical parities in Kerala are The Central Bureau of case is that firearms were used He added that they sought 19 outbreak, officials said. vying to extend support to Investigation (CBI) has argued to murder Dr Dabholkar to exactly what charges the pros- The 'Charri Mubarak' (holy Taliban after the terrorist in a court that the five accused strike terror among a section of ecution wants to frame against mace) was taken out from group took control over in the 2013 murder case of people, here a group of people, Tawde as in the initial probe of 2100-year-old Vasuki Nag Afghanistan. rationalist Dr Narendra that is members of the the CBI, they had claimed that Temple at Gatha around 8.30 Both the ruling CPI(M)-led Dabholkar be tried under the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Sarang Akolkar and Vinay am and was joined by anoth- LDF and the Congress-head- Unlawful Activities Nirmulan Samiti (founded by Pawar had shot Dabholkar er mace from Vasuki Nag ed UDF opposition were play- (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for Dabholkar), so section 16 of dead and had termed Tawde as Temple Vasik Dhera ing a different sort of politics striking "terror among a section UAPA is attracted in the case," the conspirator, but later came Bhadarwah, officials said. second consecutive year. 19 infection," Gupta said. after the militants were back of people". he said. up with another theory before Former MLC Naresh Kumar Additional Deputy Com- According to local belief, in power in the neighbouring The arguments over framing He added that the CBI had the court that Andure and Gupta and senior leader Mast missioner, Bhadarwah, Rakesh Kailash Kund was the original country, he charged. of charges against the five received sanction from the Kalaskar had shot Dabholkar Nath Yogi also participated in Kumar said tight security arra- abode of lord Shiva, but he ga- He further alleged that accused - Dr Virendrasinh Dr Narendra Dabholkar state government to invoke dead, in which they again the rituals connected with the ngements were made for the ve it to Vasuki Nag before mo- those who take a pro- Tawde, Sharad Kalaskar, Sachin section 16 of the UAPA. named Tawde as the conspira- ancient yatra at Vasik Dhera. peaceful conduct of the yatra. ving to Manmahesh in Bharm- Taliban stand were the ones Andure, advocate Sanjeev spiracy), 120 B read with 302 Defense counsel Virendra tor. A good number of 'Nag 'Charri Mubarak' would our area of Himachal Pradesh. trying to whitewash the Punalekar and Vikram Bhave - (murder), relevant sections of Ichalkaranjikar, however, "How can this be the same? devotees' see off the holy mace reach the high altitude lake on The pilgrimage, which com- Moplah riots that occurred began before additional ses- the Arms Act and section 16 opposed the prosecution's There has to be only one the- of Kailash Yatra amidst strict Monday morning and the acc- mences on the 14th day after in the state in 1921. sions judge (special court (punishment for the terrorist demand to invoke section 16 of ory," he said. adherence to Covid-appropri- ompanying devotees would 'Shravan Purnima', is consid- "In Kerala, mainstream judge) S R Navandar here on act ) of the Unlawful Activities the UAPA. After hearing arguments ate behaviour, officials said. perform the traditional prayers ered as one of the toughest as political parities are vying Friday. (Prevention) Act. He pressed "We oppose the pressing of from both the sides, the court Thousands of devotees from there. pilgrims have to trek 21 Km with each other to extend sup- Special public prosecutor for section 16 of the UAPA and section 16 of the UAPA as the posted the matter for hearing across the country used to take "Due to Covid-19 threat, steep Kailash mountains range port to the Taliban. Political Prakash Suryawanshi, while argued how invoking it was jus- prosecution has been stating on September 7. part in the annual yatra which only holy Mace has been to reach the holy Kund (lake), leaders in the state are nurtur- arguing the case on behalf of tified in the case. since 2016 through their vari- Dabholkar, a well-known was hit by Covid-19. The adm- allowed to move towards where devotees take a dip in ing religious extremism by the CBI, said that the accused "The definition of section 15 ous documents that Dr Tawde anti-superstition crusader, was inistration decided to allow Kailash Kund. We hope that the ice-cold water to take the giving milk and honey," have been charged under IPC of the UAPA is to strike terror used to despise Dabholkar and shot dead in Pune on August only the holy mace to proceed Vasuki Nag will cure all our blessings of serpent God, Surendran said here in a press sections 120 B (criminal con- in the mind of the society or he had killed him as a fallout of 20, 2013. towards Kailash kund for the problems and vanquish Covid- Gupta said. meet. Congress seeks SC-monitored Supertech to file review petition INDIA CORNER against SC order on twin towers Karnataka cabinet decides PNS n NEW DELHI the towers were constructed as probe into JEE exam paper leak per the approval of the competent to ban online gambling Realty firm Supertech Ltd on authority conforming to the PNS n NEW DELHI conference, Congress the entire fraud under the exams in Haryana, JEE main Saturday said it will file a review Building bye-laws," Supertech he Karnataka Cabinet on spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, supervision of a sitting 2020 and the latest case. petition against the Supreme Chairman R K Arora said. He TSaturday decided to impose a The Congress on Saturday Delhi Congress leader Alka Supreme Court judge as this is "The only one thing that is Court order to demolish the said in a statement that the Apex ban on online gambling or demanded a Supreme Court- Lamba and NSUI national an issue related to the future of common in all these examina- company's twin 40-storey towers and Ceyane towers are not linked betting. However, lottery and monitored probe into the president Neeraj Kundan said our country," Vallabh told tions is that they have messed in Noida while asserting that the to or part of any ongoing project horse racing have not been alleged manipulation of JEE how can stu- reporters. up the future of students of our buildings were of the company. prohibited. "We are amending the Mains examination after the dents be "Is it not country. The 'Paper Leak constructed as per Supertech group is Karnataka Police Act, with an CBI arrested seven persons in assured that the responsi- Government' is answerable to the bye-laws with developing 10 crore intention to put an end to online this connection. such frauds bility that the every youth of our country approval of the sq ft across its pro- gambling, on the basis of the The Congress also demand- have not hap- government who is not able to get a deserv- competent author- jects, while Apex and High Court directions. The ed answers from the BJP gov- pened in should ensure ing job or seat in a reputed ity. Ceyane towers only cabinet has approved the amendments, it will be placed before the ernment, saying the Education other exams that every stu- institute due to endless paper Last week, the constitute a mere 6 assembly," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy Ministry and the National conducted by dent out of 22 leaks," he said. apex court had lakh sq.ft which is 0.6 said. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting here, he said Testing Agency (NTA) are the NTA. lakh appli- Lamba alleged that paper ordered to demol- per cent of the total the government has decided to ban online gambling. "The draft Bill responsible for conducting If one of cants who leaks are happening under BJP ish the twin 40- portfolio, he added. defines online games as, games involving all forms of wagering or examinations in a transparent the most appeared for governments and dubbed it as storey towers, which are part of "While we have already betting including in the form of tokens valued in terms of the money manner and why they are not prestigious entrance examina- JEE Main exams 2021 to get a the "Bechte Jao Paper" party the Supertech's Emerald Court refunded most of the customers paid before or after the issue of it or electronic means and virtual held accountable. tions of the country (JEE) is fair chance as their future is at where the future of students project in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. in this project after the Hon'ble currency, also electronic transfer of currency in connection The party's students wing, not spared by these frauds, stake," he said. and the country is at stake. "While we respect the Hon'ble High Court, Allahabad decision with any game of chance," the Minister said. NSUI, also announced protests then what is the quality of Citing the chronology of She also demanded that the Supreme Court order, we have passed in 2014 – we will further across the country on Monday future professionals generated, paper leaks, he mentioned guilty be brought to book as decided to re-present the matter comply with the Hon'ble on the issue. they asked. Vyapam, SSC-2017, CBSE fast as possible and a trial before the Hon'ble Supreme Supreme Court directions as per Addressing a joint press "We demand an inquiry into Class X and XII-2018, entrance held in a fast-track court. Court in a review application as the order passed," Arora said. ‘Amethi has become self-reliant in medical oxygen production’

methi was neglected for 70 years Beat constable most Don’t be content with silver medal, Aand there was not even one oxy- gen generation unit, but it has become self-reliant in medical oxy- important person who gen now with seven plants, Union aim for gold next time: Shah to Chanu Minister said on Saturday, in an apparent swipe at PNS n NEW DELHI ed to be done for athletes in the Congress whose leaders repre- makes democracy terms of providing them facil- sented the constituency for decades. Irani, on a two-day visit to her par- Union Home Minister Amit ities. liamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, inspected a trauma centre in PNS n NEW DELHI personnel from various cen- Shah on Saturday felicitated The BPR&D had earlier said Jagdishpur. "Amethi was deprived of various facilities for 70 years. tral, state and Union Olympic medallist Mirabai that this honour for the There was not a single oxygen plant in Amethi, but today there are seven Union Home Minister Amit Territory police forces, Shah Chanu here for bringing laurels Olympic winner was "a small oxygen plants.... In the area of medical oxygen, Amethi has become self- Shah on Saturday said the said the next decade is going to the country in weightlifting gesture to welcome her to the reliant," she said. "Amethi is my home, my family. I know how to look 'beat constable' deployed at the to be very important from and exhorted her not to be fraternity on behalf of the after the family. I do what I say. You have seen that during the COVID-19 lowest level of the police sys- the point of internal securi- content with the silver medal Indian police." pandemic. Initially samples had to be sent to Lucknow for testing, but tem is the most important per- ty as the country under and to aim for gold next time. Chanu had clinched a silver the government in UP made such a provision that son who makes a democracy Prime Minister Narendra The 27-year-old sportsper- medal in the 49kg category COVID-19 tests are now being conducted in Amethi," said Irani, who successful. Modi was taking giant leaps son, appointed as an addi- weightlifting that opened defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the constituency in 2019. Delivering the keynote in becoming a strong nation tional superintendent of police India's account at the recently- speech during the 51st foun- and economy. in her home state Manipur concluded Tokyo Olympics. dation day event of the Bureau He added that as many as after the recent win at the sum- India won a total of seven of Police Research and 3,700 armed cadre of various mer games, was honoured dur- medals at these games. Restrictions on assembly Development (BPRD), he said insurgent groups have surren- ing the 51st Raising Day cele- The home minister also gave democracy cannot be suc- dered before the Union gov- brations of the Bureau of Police "I thank her for her hard- should not be content with a away trophies and medals for of people continue in J&K cessful if law and order in a ernment in the last two years. Research and Development work and dedication," the silver medal but should now excellence in training to win- country is not good. Shah said an accord will also (BPR&D), a central govern- home minister added. aim for a gold. The entire ner states/union territories and estrictions on assembly of The beat constable, the cop be signed with a Karbi ment think tank. "When I met her on the country is waiting for it," Shah central police organisations Rpeople remained in force in-charge of the smallest unit Anglong group on Saturday Shah presented the athlete stage to honour her, I wished said. and forces, and seven authors in most parts of Kashmir under a police jurisdiction, is evening. with a shawl and memento. her success. Everyone, from the He acknowledged the "strug- who wrote on policing subjects Valley after the death of the main and the most impor- The minister asked the He said Chanu brought hon- prime minister of the country gles" undertaken by Chanu in Hindi. hardline separatist leader tant person who makes the BPRD, a central government our for the country by winning to the common man, has mentioning that she used to The BPR&D, an organisa- Syed Ali Shah Geelani while democracy successful, The think tank, to prepare the a medal at the Tokyo Olympic applauded her and rejoiced in take "lift" in trucks to reach the tion under the Ministry of mobile Internet services were Union home minister said. police forces as smart and games and is now a proud her victory." place where she trained. Home Affairs, was founded in suspended on Saturday Addressing officers and strong units. member of the police force. "I want to tell her that she Shah said much more need- August 1970. morning after being restored the previous night, officials said. Geelani, 91, died at his home in Srinagar on Wednesday night after a prolonged illness. The pro-Pakistan separatist leader, who spearheaded separatist politics for over three decades in Jammu and Kashmir, was buried at a mosque near his residence. Following his 8 held for conversion, charged with waging war on India death, restrictions were imposed in the Valley as a precautionary measure. Restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in PNS n LUCKNOW Unlawful Conversion of most parts of the valley but curbs on movement have been eased in Religion Act 2021. some parts, the officials said, adding the curbs were in place in Eight people arrested over The ATS had filed the plea in BJP's Brahmin outreach programme in Srinagar's Downtown (old city) and Hyderpora, the native area of alleged illegal religious conver- the special court, seeking the Geelani. sion in Uttar Pradesh have addition Sections 121A and been charged with conspiring to 123 of the IPC. run-up to UP polls draws Opposition flak wage war against the country. The ATS alleged the gang was Special judge Ram Gupta involved not only in illegal reli- PNS n LUCKNOW schemes the BJP governments at interests will be safeguarded if the HC asks Centre not to take allowed a plea by the anti-ter- gious activities but also con- the Centre and in the state have party comes to power. Like the rorist squad, which had arrest- spired to disturb the population The BJP's Brahmin outreach launched for the masses. Taking a BSP, the Samajwadi Party has also coercive steps against trust ed the eight in June, seeking the ratio in the country to promote programme in Uttar Pradesh drew potshot at the BJP, the BSP, which been holding a series of meetings addition of Sections 121 A enmity among different reli- Opposition flak Saturday with the started holding similar of intellectuals since August 23. he has directed the (conspiring to wage war against gions, thereby posing a danger BSP and the Congress alleging the programmes from July 23 in its With the BSP, the Samajwadi Party TCentre not to take any coercive step the country) and 123 (conceal- to the unity, integrity and sov- community faced "oppression" attempt to return to power with and now the BJP making clear against a charitable trust, formed for ing the existence of a design to ereignty of the country. through the past four years of BJP the support of all sections of their plans to go all out to woo upliftment of destitutes and leprosy wage war against the govern- Vindo alias Arslan, KausarAlam "The gang aimed to establish rule, and the party is remembering society as it did in 2007, accused Brahmins, who constitute 13 per patients, for not filing its annual return as ment) in the FIR. and Dr Faraj Babullah Shah. Islamic state in the country," the them now with an eye on the the ruling party of "copying" its cent of the state's population, the mandated under the Foreign Contribution While allowing the plea The accused were taken in ATS said on Saturday. upcoming state polls. The BJP has idea. The success of the BSP's Congress alleged these parties Regulation Act due to purported technical Thursday, the court also extend- judicial custody under Sections "During investigation of the announced a series of conferences 'Prabuddh Varg Sammelan' have started talking about the glitches on the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Justice Rekha ed the judicial custody of the 417 (cheating), 120B (criminal case, such evidence has been for the "enlightened class" in all the (meeting of intellectuals) has community just with election in Palli issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and asked accused till September 14. conspiracy), 153A (promoting collected which disclose com- 403 assembly constituencies of troubled the BJP, BSP president mind. "If the BJP, BSP as well as it to respond to the petition, and listed the matter for further hearing The accused against whom enmity between different mission of offences under sec- Uttar Pradesh beginning Mayawati said during the day. In a SP have so much love for on December 16. “Till the next date, no coercive action be taken by the offences were added were groups on grounds of religion, tion 121A and 123 of IPC September 5. During the significant symbolic move, the Brahmins, why don't they project the respondent (MHA) against the petitioner (trust) for non filing of its identified as Mohd Umar race, place of birth, residence), against the accused and hence programme, the BJP plans to BSP started its campaign, led by a Brahmin face as the chief return for the year 2019-20,” the court said. The petitioner, Destitutes Gautam, Mufti Kazi Jahangir 153B (imputations, assertions it is necessary to take remand of reach out to people from different its national general secretary ministerial candidate in the and Leprosy Patients Rehabilitation Trust, sought direction to the Alam Kasmi, Irfan Sekh alias prejudicial to national-integra- the accused under the added walks of life including teachers, Satish Chandra Misra, from upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly authorities to allow it to upload its form FC-4 on the ministry's portal, Irfan Khna, Salahudin alias tion) among other sections of sections also," ATS investigating engineers, doctors, litterateurs and Ayodhya to reach out to Brahmin elections," UP Congress media as mandated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), Jainuddin Sekh, Prasad the IPC, alongside those of officer Mohan Prasad Verma deliberate on the works and voters assuring them their convener Lalan Kumar said. 2010, to enable it to file its annual return for the financial year 2019- Rameshwar Kanware, Bhupriya Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of said. 2020 beyond the prescribed date of June 30, 2021. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5,2021 money 06 Equities likely to rise further but valuations cast concern

PNS n MUMBAI accelerate the rise of India's encouraging macro data and FPI inflows into the emerg- Head, Retail Research, key stock indices in the FPI inflows. ing markets, including India. Broking and Distribution, Persistent foreign capital upcoming week. Consequently, both the Nifty could take support Motilal Oswal Financial inflows on the back of buoy- Accordingly, FPIs expect NSE Nifty50 and S&P BSE from 17,153 while 17,480 Services. ant global cues as well as an accelerated economic Sensex closed the week at could act as a resistance in "Large caps offer better domestic macros are expect- recovery in India based on record high levels. the near term," he added. margin of safety in the cur- ed to fur- healthy macro numbers and The Sensex rose 3.6 per Lately, strong liquidity has rent environment and could ther monsoon rains. cent and the Nifty gained 3.7 boosted the domestic market continue to remain in focus They now await July per cent over last week, its with FPIs pumping in Rs in the near term as well," he industrial production second consecutive weekly 6,800 crore in the last few added. figures slated to be gain and the largest in seven sessions. Recent data points such as Government looks at revising coal released next Friday. months. "Going ahead, the market GDP, PMI and GST collec- However, market "US payrolls data has is likely to continue with its tions have indicated a observers cited come in much below expec- positive momentum as eco- healthy economic recovery. high valuations tations, fuelling anticipations nomic recovery and vaccina- "Strong domestic econom- stock rules to address fuel shortage along with that the US Fed will keep tion continue their north- ic numbers are supporting chances of profit providing enough stimulus ward journey. However, val- the upward movement in the PNS n NEW DELHI adequate or excess coal stocks. constraints. bookings as key to revive the US economy," uations are also moving market even in these high Lower coal stocks at certain The issues came up during factors that can said Deepak Jasani, Head of beyond the comfort zones levels of valuation. The In an attempt to address the plants had impacted power the minister's review meeting cap gains and Retail Research, HDFC and hence could lead to domestic front is awaiting issue of coal shortage being generation in the last few on Friday with the representa- flare up volatility. Securities. bouts of profit-booking and the release of a major eco- faced by certain thermal power months. tives from the Ministry of Last week, "This could sup- increase in volatility," nomic data -- the industrial stations, the government is The Power Minister also Power, Ministry of Coal, India's benchmark port said Siddhartha production data for July," looking at easing coal stock desired the ministry to hold a Central Electricity Authority indices registered Khemka, said. rules to allow diversion of fuel separate review of power plants (CEA), Railways and power strong gains aided to stations having critical level with captive mines to ensure PSUs. by positive glob- of stocks. maximum use of these mines Taking a detailed review of al cues, At a review meeting of ther- by the power plants. the coal stock position at the mal power plants, Union He also urged the ministry individual thermal power Power Minister R.K. Singh officials to look more into plants, Singh directed the offi- asked the power secretary to blending imported and indige- cials to work in a co-ordinat- look at the possibility of reduc- nous coal for better econom- ed manner to streamline the ing the benchmark of 14 days ics for the plants, in case stock and supply of coal, in of coal stocks to 10 days for importing was the require- anticipation of the rising ener- identifying and diverting coal ment for such plants. gy demand. to plants with extremely The minister pointed out Singh also reviewed the day- depleted stocks. that rising demand for energy wise status of power require- Once implemented, this augurs well for the economy. ment and withdrawal from could address the issues of a He told the officials that ener- the grid state-wise. He also number of thermal plants hav- gy demand is likely to rise, reviewed the status of coal ing critical level of coal supplies which will need to be factored stocks and hydro power gen- while others functioning with in as they address the current eration. Barbeque Nation FT MF gets Rs 149 crore from VI Stalin announces MONEY MATTERS raises Rs 100 cr cancellation of PNS n NEW DELHI The interest amount Grasim appoints appoints received from the telecom market levy on via preferential Franklin Templeton Mutual player will be distributed to Hari Krishna Agarwal as MD Fund has said it received a pay- unitholders of the segregated cotton issue of shares ment of nearly Rs 149 crore portfolio. ditya Birla Group flagship firm from Vodafone Idea Ltd as "This payment will be made PNS n CHENNAI Grasim Industries Ltd has PNS n NEW DELHI interest on its securities invest- by extinguishing 8.77 per cent Aappointed Hari Krishna Agarwal as ment, which will be distributed of the outstanding units of each A one per cent market levy on its Managing Director with effect from Restaurants chain Barbeque among investors of the segre- unitholder in the segregated cotton and cotton waste would December 1, 2021, following request Nation Hospitality Ltd on gated portfolios. portfolio. The proportion of be withdrawn and the relevant for early retirement by incumbent Dilip Saturday said it has raised "The interest amounting to units to be extinguished has legislation shall be suitably Gaur, according to a regulatory filing nearly Rs 100 crore through Rs 148.75 crore due from been derived by assuming a amended to give effect to it, by the company. The board of preferential issue of equity Vodafone Idea Ltd on total repayment of Rs 1,695.84 Chief Minister M K Stalin directors of the company at its meeting shares to three different September 3, 2021 for the crore (principal + interest) announced in the Assembly held on September 1, 2021 had investors, including Massach security...(Non-convertible from the issuer," the spokesper- on Saturday. Citing represen- accepted the request of Gaur for an usetts Institute of Technology. debenture /NCD) held in the Accrual and Franklin India The decision was taken after son said. tations from weavers and early retirement. Accordingly, "Gaur will The company's stakeholders' segregated portfolio of five Income Opportunities funds – the Supreme Court rejected Investors in side pocketed entrepreneurs, Stalin said the cease to be Managing Director and Key relationship committee appro- schemes has been received," a had made investment in the the telecom player's review units are repaid money as and levy of one per cent fee by the Managerial Personnel as well as Member of the Board of Directors of ved an allotment of 11,77,855 Franklin Templeton MF telco. plea related to over Rs 40,000 when it is recovered from debt market committee "is can- the company with effect from the close of business hours of fully paid-up equity shares of spokesperson said. The fund house created side crore adjusted gross revenue issuers. "For units held in phys- celled," and an amendment November 30, 2021," the filing added. Earlier in February this year, a face value of Rs 5 each at a Of the six debt schemes of pockets in the five schemes (AGR)-related dues to the ical/ statement of account Bill would be passed in the the board had approved the reappointment of Gaur as MD for a premium of Rs 844 by prefer- the fund house, which were holding bonds issued by government. mode, 8.77 per cent of the out- ongoing Assembly session. period of one year with effect from April 1, 2021. Gaur had joined the ential allotment, the company wound up in April 2020, five Vodafone Idea in January last Creation of segregated port- standing unitholding as on Under the TN Agricultural Aditya Birla Group (ABG) in 2004 after spending 24 years at said in a regulatory filing. It has schemes – Franklin India Low year, before the winding up, folios is a mechanism to sep- September 3, 2021 will be Produce Marketing Act 1987, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.The company further said its board has allotted 7,06,713 equity shares Duration, Franklin India Short and various securities issued arate distressed, illiquid and extinguished towards payment one per cent fee is levied on approved appointment of Agarwal, "as the Managing Director and to Massachusetts Institute of Term Income Plan, Franklin by the telecom player in the hard-to-value assets from and will be distributed to cotton and cotton waste - Key Managerial Personnel" for a period of two years with effect from Technology for subscription India Credit Risk Fund, schemes were segregated from other more liquid assets in a unitholders by September 8, based on the sale value- by the December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2023 subject to approval of amount of Rs 59,99,99,337. Franklin India Dynamic the total portfolio. portfolio. 2021," he said. market committee. shareholders. Zydus ropes in Katrina as brand FCL focusing on Digital First model Infosys inaugurates ambassador for ‘Sugar Free' PNS n NEW DELHI down, a new way of consump- ydus Wellness on Saturday said it has tion was adopted by Indian roped in Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif Expecting consumer behav- masses with e-commerce Silver Jubilee Block PNS n Zas brand ambassador of its low iour of shifting to online shop- becoming an integral part of NEW DELHI The block was inaugurated calorie sweetener brand 'Sugar Free'. ping due to the COVID-19 frequent daily basket shop- virtually by Vice-President M "Bringing Katrina Kaif on board as Sugar pandemic to remain in the long ping," it said. Infosys Foundation on Venkaiah Naidu. The grant Free's new brand ambassador is a step term, Future Consumer Ltd The company said it believes Saturday announced the inau- from Infosys Foundation was toward accelerating this growth and (FCL) is focusing on changing that "habits formed in current guration of the Silver Jubilee utilised to construct this block, strengthening our position as the market orientation of all business and times will tend to remain in the Block at Sri Ramakrishna which will accommodate spe- leader," Zydus Wellness Chief Operating brand activities to make them long term as well". Sevashrama, Pavagada, in cial units for eye care, two oper- Officer and Director Tarun Arora said in a Digital First, according to the It has been "agile to adapt Karnataka. The philanthropic ating theatres for surgical pro- statement. Katrina's passion towards company's annual report for itself to ensure your company's arm of Infosys provided a cedures, a high-tech diagnos- health and fitness resonates strongly with the company's brand 2020-21. portfolio commands leading grant of Rs 5.5 crore towards tic centre, an ENT centre and values, he added. "We want to build on her immense popularity and The year 2020-21 has been shares in the online basket", the the construction and develop- a cancer clinic, the statement following to reach newer audiences looking to take the first step an unprecedented year with company added. ment of this block, which will said. In addition, part of the toward fitness," Arora noted. As a part of this association, Kaif would COVID-19 bringing the entire "Your company is focusing aim to provide ophthalmolo- grant was also used to procure be the face of the parent brand Sugar Free and its extensions - world to a standstill...and the on changing the orientation of gy and ENT services, among necessary medical equipment, Sugar Free D'lite chocolates. Sugar Free has a strong presence in second wave of COVID-19 in all business and brand activi- other healthcare facilities, to furniture, computers, and air India with a 94 per cent market share of the sugar substitute March 2021 made the year end yet again, FCL noted in the "During these times, while ties to make them 'Digital patients, according to a state- conditioners required for oper- category, the company said. The brand is well distributed across the with significant disruptions report. footfalls at offline retail slowed First'. ment. ation theatres, it added. country, with a presence in 4.5 lakh outlets, it added. Zydus Wellness has various brands as well like Complan, Everyuth, Nycil, Glucon-D, Sugarlite and Nutralite. Headquartered in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the Zydus Wellness business spans over 20 countries and I-T refunds worth 3 continents. over Rs 67,400 cr ‘Delist non-dairy products claiming as dairy items’ PNS n NEW DELHI per the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, Dr Reddy's Laboratories inks issued in 5 mths Food safety regulator FSSAI on 2005, it added. Saturday directed e-commerce As per the general standards of this fiscal companies to delist immediate- for milk and milk products pact with Citius Pharma PNS n NEW DELHI ly the non-dairy and plant- under the Food Safety and r Reddy's Laboratories on based beverages that have label Standards (Food Products Saturday said it has inked The Income Tax Department claiming as 'dairy' products. Standards and Food Additives) Da pact with US-based on Saturday said it has issued The Food Safety and Regulations, 2011, the FSSAI Citius Pharmaceuticals to sell over Rs 67,400 Standards Authority of India said use of any dairy terms for a its rights to an anti-cancer crore worth (FSSAI), in a statement, said it product which is not milk/a agent. The drug firm said it refunds in has also directed states to inves- milk product or a composite has entered into a definitive five months tigate use of dairy terms on the milk product (e.g. plant based agreement with Citius to sell of the cur- labels of plant-based bever- products / beverages) is prohib- all of its rights to E7777 (an rent fiscal. ages and food products. ited and any such action is in engineered IL-2-diphtheria "CBDT "Since a lot of such products contravention of the said regu- toxin fusion protein) and certain related assets. Under the terms of issues refunds are sold through e-commerce lations. agreement, Dr Reddy's will receive USD 40 million upfront upon the of over Rs Food Business Operators However, exceptions are closing of the transaction, followed by approval milestone payment 67,401 crore to more than (FBOs), FSSAI has instructed permissible for usage of dairy of up to USD 40 million related to the CTCL (cutaneous T-cell 23.99 lakh taxpayers between all e-commerce platforms to terminology in the nomencla- lymphoma) indication approval and up to USD 70 million for 1st April, 2021 to 30th delist such products, which are ture of certain products like additional indication approvals, the Hyderabad-based drug maker August, 2021," the I-T depart- reported to be in contravention coconut milk, peanut butter etc said in a statement. Further, the company would receive certain ment tweeted. Of this, to the regulatory provisions in reference to the internation- sales-based milestones and tiered earn-out payments, it added. income tax refunds of Rs related to the application of online platforms are allowed of use of dairy terminology for given to FPOs to modify their ally accepted principle that In March 2016, Dr Raddy's had acquired the exclusive global rights 16,373 crore have been issued dairy 'terms' from their online for sale in the future as well. non-dairy or plant-based product labels in case of any dairy terms were being tradi- (excluding Japan and Asia) to the investigational anti-cancer agent in over 22.61 lakh cases and platforms, immediately," it A directive has been issued products by FBOs, it added. violation. tionally used in their nomen- E7777 from Eisai Co Ltd. "Addressing unmet patient needs in corporate tax refunds of Rs said. The FSSAI has further to state food safety depart- The Food Safety and These steps will ensure an clature and such products are oncology remains a prime focus area for us. E7777 has significant 51,029 crore have been issued directed that no such default- ments asking them to identi- Standards Authority of India appropriate enforcement action not substitutes for milk or potential as an important component of systemic therapy for CTCL in over 1.37 lakh cases. ing products listed on the fy and investigate for violation (FSSAI) said 15 days may be against such defaulting FBOs as milk products, it added. and other cancers. sunday magazine HYDERABAD, September 5, 2021

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FROM THE INSIDE Shelter for all? year-22, covid-22? Regressive policies & an over-inflated real The world has yet to recover from the estate market have made residential rentals an new variants of Delta, which is unviable proposition for businesses in India 8 9 keeping the Governments and citizens THE AMERICAN EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN & THE INDIAN CONUNDRUM

While bilateral exigencies demand diplomatic attention, it is essential for India to support Afghanistan as its strategic & developmental partner, writes CHAYANIKA SAXENA

“Afghanistan finds itself at the cross- roads once again”. n the last twenty years that the US has waged its war on terror in Afghanistan, this statement was written at least a hundred times over. However, the sheer frequen- Icy of its utterance did not necessarily signal that swift changes were occur- ring on the Afghan landscape. Contrarily, it demonstrated how little things had changed on the ground, so much so that this rhetoric became a stubborn editorial refrain. Today, the situation in Afghanistan reminds us more of the same. In fact, with the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, life has come a full circle for millions of Afghans. On the 15th of August 2021, as India marked its 75th Independence Day, a quiet Sunday became extraordi- narily eventful courtesy of Kabul’s easy and swift capitulation to the Taliban. Sitting in New Delhi, it was both shocking and tragic for me to witness the “imminent and inevitable” takeover of Afghanistan become a reality for this nebulous nation-state, expelling lakhs of people into spontaneous camps scat- tered across Kabul. But for all the safety they thought they might find in the national capital, it soon disappeared without a trace. The dissolution of defence and the infamous flight of Afghanistan’s political class, allegedly with a chopper full of cash, allowed the Taliban to walk into Kabul without fir- time of the so-called Afghan Jihad ble and reckless exit of the US, it has ry. Literally speaking, the Afghanistan that of Afghans. ing a shot. against the USSR in the 1980s to the become essential for India to weigh its of 2021 finds itself in the same position The so-called military victory and In what has been described as a present-day situation in which the writ bilateral and regional concerns vis-a-vis in which it was ‘found’ in 2001 — political takeover of Afghanistan by an “bloodless” takeover, the supposed vic- of the Taliban runs large, the interna- Afghanistan on their merit instead of under the de-facto rule of the Taliban. insurgent Islamist group are enough to tory of the Taliban revealed just about tional powers have been complicit in simply aligning itself with the ‘democ- While much has been written send India’s security concerns into a how shambolic the Afghan institutions manufacturing the ‘mess’ we are wit- ratic bloc’ as some might have suggest- about the (unfounded) claims of tizzy. The end of the longest and most were. Having spent trillions of dollars nessing in Afghanistan. The bloody ed. After all, if geography is destiny, we change in the Taliban’s outlook vis-a- expensive American expedition in the in trying to build a nation out of mess outside of the Hamid Karzai must learn to play by its rules instead vis women’s rights, inclusive govern- dead of night, after all, only reinforces Afghanistan, most of the international International Airport in Kabul where of picking up on cues decided else- ment and so on, it is not hard to see the epithet attached to Afghanistan as stakeholders, including the United as many as 170 Afghans and 13 where. that the so-called Taliban 2.0 and the the ‘graveyard of empires’. Moreover, it States, picked up their bags and left as American soldiers were killed in a sui- Thus, while it is true that New Taliban of the 1990s are not two differ- would not be too misplaced to believe if they had never marched into this cide attack executed by the Islamic THE RECENT SPATE OF Delhi has a tricky balancing act ahead ent species. It has just become better at that extremist and insurgent groups country in the first place. While some State of Khorasan (IS-K). The mess of EVENTS, WHICH of it, particularly as it seeks to establish image management and PR blitz. That worldwide, particularly in South Asia, departed onboard chinooks, others deprivation and humiliation we see an equilibrium between its regional said, it is also unfortunately true that are celebrating what they believe is a negotiated to stay back only to force spilling out in the streets of AMONGST OTHER aspirations, its responsibilities as a ris- the Taliban is currently the political strategic win against an imperial super- Afghanistan into another chaos that Afghanistan in the shape of famished THINGS, HAS ing power and the geopolitical calculus reality of Afghanistan, which would power. The Taliban’s return to Kabul resembles its unenviable past. human bodies of more than 3.5 million WITNESSED AN in the Indo-Pacific, India needs to not disappear even if the world chooses will likely provide ideological fodder to internally displaced Afghans. OPENNESS ON INDIA’S think and (re)act on Afghanistan in a to shut its eyes close to it once again. other radical outfits, including transna- THE AMERICAN MISADVENTURE IN But while the world exits from manner that is not entirely beholden to Prima facie, regional powers such as tional terrorist entities like the Al- AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan, Afghanistan has not exit- PART TO TALK TO THE an extraneous discourse. Instead, its China and Russia appear to have rec- Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent In a misplaced, misdirected war ed the world. On the world’s political TALIBAN, HAS policies and actions must chart an onciled to the new political arrange- (AQIS). For that matter, AQIS has that lasted twenty years, the American map, it continues to be there as a South DEMONSTRATED NEW indigenous course, mindful of India’s ment in Afghanistan, wherein dealing since renewed its agenda to debilitate invasion of Afghanistan did little to Asian country, even though it might be DELHI’S KEENNESS ON unique spatial, strategic and security with the Taliban is no longer just a India, demonstrating the same through create robust institutions that could in the wrong hands. Moreover, its loca- concerns vis-a-vis Afghanistan. strategic necessity but a diplomatic fait a conscious renaming of its online have sustained the momentum of tion on the periphery of a region of ADAPTING ITS AFGHAN- As the largest South Asian donor to accompli. India, too is alive to this pos- mouthpiece to Nawai Ghazwa-e-Hind nation and state-building in this war- which India is a part makes it even CENTRIC POLICIES IN Afghanistan, India has invested USD 3 sibility. or the new holy war against India. torn country. Instead, the once-blue- more critical for New Delhi to assess, VIEW OF THE EVOLVING billion in developmental projects, rang- As things stand today, the eyed boy of the West, and the (co) analyse and act on the evolving Afghan ing from infrastructural offerings (e.g. WAYS FORWARD immutable presence of the Taliban in author of what could have been a situation to prevent further implosion. SITUATION. HOWEVER, Salma Dam in Herat province) to The recent spate of events, which Afghanistan is bound to inflect the prophetic book called Fixing Failed It is not only crucial for India to do so INSTEAD OF BEING human capacity building. Focusing on amongst other things, has witnessed an course of India’s policies and actions States, Ashraf Ghani, left behind a lega- from the perspective of its massive (MIS)READ AS A assisting Afghanistan to transition into openness on India’s part to talk to the vis-a-vis this war-torn nation. While cy of debilitation, destruction and investments in Afghanistan’s or the DIPLOMATIC VOLTE- a robust nation-state, the Indian invest- Taliban, has demonstrated New Delhi’s these bilateral exigencies demand depletion of morale that would affect country’s strategic relevance to India’s ments were primarily concerned with keenness on adapting its Afghan-cen- diplomatic attention, it is equally essen- generations of Afghans to come. In a extra-regional aspirations. It is equally FACE, INDIA’S aspects like the rule of law and tric policies in view of the evolving sit- tial for India to support Afghanistan as cruel twist of fate, much of which was a humanitarian cause for New Delhi to OUTREACH TO THE strengthening of democracy. In fact, as uation. However, instead of being its strategic and developmental partner. manufactured by Western noncha- extend a helping hand to a nation of TALIBAN IS, IN FACT, AN the world’s largest democracy, it was (mis)read as a diplomatic volte-face, Its foremost priority must be to ensure lance, the situation in Afghanistan is people it has often described as its EXTENSION OF ITS only apparent for India to lead by India’s outreach to the Taliban is, in the safety and well-being of Afghans back to square one. Or, perhaps even ‘friend’. Yet, the room and time for example and offer instructive lessons fact, an extension of its larger bilateral who are currently staring at an uncer- worse. The gun-toting members of the manoeuvre available to India are only LARGER BILATERAL on democratic governance, federalism, template in which India has repeatedly tain future. Moreover, a new generation Taliban are roaming the streets of shrinking as another day goes by in TEMPLATE IN WHICH and the like. However, unlike its demo- maintained that it shall support any of Afghans born during the American major Afghan cities, breaking into jails sheer uncertainty that seems to have INDIA HAS REPEATEDLY cratic compatriots in the Western peace process that is “owned, con- stint has witnessed freedom, mobility, and even go-karting while 98 nations, become the by-name of our “contigu- MAINTAINED THAT IT world, India did not export or impose trolled, controlled and led” by the peo- and a semblance of security to which including many Western countries, ous” neighbour. So then, the objective its model of democracy on ple of Afghanistan. As such, it is critical India had also contributed. As such, it negotiate with them to allow their citi- for us must be to evolve and articulate SHALL SUPPORT ANY Afghanistan. It comes as no surprise not to read a riot act against India’s is only incumbent upon us to use a col- zens and “Afghans with authorised our position on Afghanistan as swiftly PEACE PROCESS THAT then that India, according to one attempt to talk to the Taliban for two lective moral preference for democracy travel documents” a safe exit out of and decisively as possible lest we miss IS “OWNED, Gallup poll conducted in Afghanistan, reasons. One, engagement in and of and development to create a conducive Afghanistan. But where it is one thing the bus again. CONTROLLED, was described as a country that played itself does not amount to recognising environment in Afghanistan that can to negotiate for a harmless exit, it is the “most positive role” in the rehabili- the Taliban. Two, this engagement anchor the Taliban down to political another to reconcile with an emergent THE INDIAN CONUNDRUM CONTROLLED AND LED” tation of this nebulous nation-state. might throw more weight behind the civility while giving Afghans a reason reality in which the Taliban will get to My intention is not to suggest that BY THE PEOPLE OF However, today, the political land- different non-Taliban Afghan con- to repose their faith in us once again. call the shots. we show haste in deciding on our AFGHANISTAN scape of Afghanistan stands in stark stituencies as they deal with this mili- The writer is a President Graduate The so-called military victory of stance on Afghanistan. We cannot pull contrast to the one that Afghans, and tant organisation. Thus, while it is wise Fellow and Final Year PhD Candidate the Taliban was metamorphosed into a an America on this war-torn nation, Indians, had once imagined it to be. for India not to reveal all its cards yet, it at the Department of Geography, political victory for it owing to the especially in the South Asian neigh- Despite its apparent pitfalls, the sem- is equally crucial for India to not National University of Singapore. Her tone-deafness of the international bourhood where each country is tied to blance of democracy, republicanism entirely dismiss the possibility of estab- doctoral research is on Afghan stakeholders who just wanted out of an the other at the hip for good and bad and other ideal political traits have lishing a direct line of communication refugees and migrants in New Delhi imbroglio they birthed. Right from the reasons. Instead, given the irresponsi- been consigned to the dustbin of histo- with the Taliban for its own sake and and Kolkata sunday magazine CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE EVEREST OF ALL PROBLEMS, THE THORNIEST CHALLENGE India&world 8 FACING HUMANKIND — LEWIS GORDON PUGH HYDERABAD, September 5, 2021

SHELTER SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION MIGRANT LABOUR Regressive policies and an over-inflated real estate market have made residential rentals an unviable proposition for businesses in India, write DHAVAL MONANI & PRASANNA SRIRAMAN, as they discuss SHELTERthe challenges in the affordable rental housing complex scheme in the first of four part series FOR ALL?

ental housing is an integral part of a robust housing market. Making rental housing accessi- ble and affordable can facilitate migration-led development and Rmovement of talent across the rural- urban spectrum. Europe sees a healthy inter-country and cross border migration with some of the largest percentages of rental housing with Switzerland leading the way at about 59%. India has always struggled with pro- viding rental housing solutions to low- income families. Regressive policies and an over-inflated real estate market have made residential rentals an unviable proposition for businesses. A high risk-free rate and high real estate prices reduce the net yield on residential rental to as low as 2-3% across the country as brought out in the Knight Frank-Khaitan & CO report circa 2019. The market relies largely on capital appreciation for returns. The problem is further magnified for the low-income seg- ment as the capital appreciation of such assets is much lower. This leads to high- er rental costs making it unaffordable for the urban poor, especially migrants, to find decent homes. As a result, informal settle- ments and overcrowded accommodation concessionaire is to upgrade, operate and Assuming `60,000 as debt at 10% for a per month as a cross-subsidy from the rental rates, the scheme falls short of being proliferate in cities across the country with maintain the building during the period tenure of 10 years, the cost would be `1,000 commercial portion, the concessionaire a more market-based intervention. It also millions living in inadequate dwellings. while collecting rent. per person per month. We estimate will still incur a loss of `3,000 per month falls short of recognising and fully account- While the situation has long been dire, In the second model, the concession- monthly housekeeping at a minimum of or `36,000 per person annually. To bridge ing for the high cost of business in the real the Covid-19 crisis brought these housing aire is given incentives to construct and `1,000 per person. Considering varied this gap, a Viability Gap Funding estate development sector, variable occu- inadequacies into focus, with decent shel- operate ARHCs on its own vacant land as occupancy levels and access issues, a pri- `36,000/per year would be needed. This pancy levels, location constraints and low ter coming to the fore in both public health greenfield developments. Greenfield vate entity would most likely set rental will amount to a VGF funding of `36,000 cost-to-benefit returns for private entities and families’ livelihoods. When lock- ARHCs are incentivised through 50% IN ITS CURRENT prices at `2,500 to `3,000 per person. With crore annually if the scheme aims to reach in an already low rental yield market. downs upended the informal economy, higher Floor Space Index and financed at most migrant workers earning an average 1 crore target beneficiaries. These are When millions of urban poor and workers’ need for stable housing, along lower interest rates through priority sec- FORM, THE ARHC monthly income ranging from `7,000 to important challenges in ARHC as the migrant labour rely on rental property to with job and income loss contributed to tor lending. Additionally, the concession- SCHEME FAILS TO `9,000, the expected rent structure would operator faces poor financial returns and fulfil their housing needs, albeit, with the largest reverse migration in decades. aire is allowed to commercially rent a cer- be unaffordable. the government faces an enormous sub- fewer choices, it is critical to continue Cognisant of the unfolding humanitarian tain portion of the complex to cross-sub- ACCOUNT FOR THE In the greenfield model, the conces- sidy requirement. developing comprehensive and effective crisis, the Government of India put for- sidise development. sionaire contributes land in addition to In conclusion, the ARHC scheme is an measures ensuring that they have a ward the Affordable Rental Housing The scheme marks an important shift COST OF undertaking construction and management important milestone in India’s housing pol- decent place to live. The government’s Complex (ARHC) scheme. in the governments housing policy to of the property. Assuming an FSI cost of icy that acknowledges the significance of increased commitment to supporting The scheme aims to increase the sup- rental housing models. However, the ade- IMPLEMENTATION `500 per sq. ft and construction cost of increasing the availability of affordable and strengthening the housing sector ply of affordable rental accommodation in quacy of incentives proposed in the AND IMPLICATIONS `1,500 per sq. ft - 150 sq. ft of built-up area rental housing for the urban poor and brings significant promise, and we urge urban and peri-urban areas. It intends to scheme is yet unproven to make ARHCs per person would cost `3,00,000. Assuming migrants. However, in its current form, it the reconsideration of the financial model achieve this by focusing on Public-Private- attractive to investors, developers and busi- ON REQUISITE 80% debt at 10% and 20% equity at 20%, fails to account for the cost of implemen- behind the ARHC scheme to address via- Partnership models, thereby minimising nesses. the cost per person would be `3,000 per tation and implications on requisite returns bility concerns and to achieve intended the impact on government finances. Let us consider the cost per unit for RETURNS FOR month. Adding maintenance costs of for private entities. The scheme is pragmat- outcomes. There are two models under the both models. We consider 150 sq. ft of `1,000 and a 20% margin, the rental per ic in mandating the local governments to Monani is Director of Affordable scheme. In the first model, the Urban Local built-up area per person including com- PRIVATE ENTITIES person works out to `5,000 per month. provide the necessary infrastructure, and Housing at Anant National University and Body provides existing government owned mon areas, and assume `500 per sq. ft as Here we consider 100% occupancy. putting existing property resources — Sriraman is a Senior Specialist — Market vacant houses to private entities through the cost for refurbishment. In the first If the ULB were to stipulate a rent of housing stock and land — to greater use, Systems at the Habitat for Humanity’s a concession agreement for 25 years. The model, the total cost per person is `75,000. `1,500 per month and we consider `500 but in allowing local bodies to decide the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter Update policies to build infrastructure Climate resilient development requires climate considerations to be mainstreamed into planning. Strategies must be integrated into building bye-laws & national construction codes to ensure large scale adoption, writes RUCHIE KOTHARI

he United Nations Majority of the efforts to mate change. While vulnerability Intergovernmental Panel on address climate change through profiles were prepared for 20 cities TClimate (IPCC) recently green buildings is focused on across India, it is necessary to pre- released the first part of its sixth reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) pare similar resiliency plans for all assessment report, Climate Change emissions. Measures to reduce cities across India to help reduce 2021: The Physical Science Basis. GHG emissions associated with India’s vulnerability to climate The IPCC report warns that the energy, transportation, water, change events. global average air temperature may waste and construction materials Climate resilient development rise by more than 1.5C over pre- are incorporated in green building requires climate considerations to industrial levels within the next 20 rating systems as well as national be mainstreamed into develop- years. The IPCC report also pre- building codes. These mitigation ment planning. Climate resilient dicts that India will see a rise in measures need to be supported strategies must be integrated into extreme weather events such as with sufficient adaptation mea- building bye-laws and national floods, cyclones and heatwaves sures to ensure that all new con- construction codes to ensure large over the years. struction is resilient to future scale adoption. As India is still Each extreme weather event extreme weather events. building a lot of its basic infra- heavily impacts the infrastructure Within the construction structure, we have the opportunity (public and private) of the country industry, designing for resilience to make the infrastructure climate creating stresses for developers and will mean that citizens are safer, resilient from the out-set. owners alike. Natural disasters business operations remain unin- Interventions in early design cause a loss of 2% of GDP every terrupted, workplace productivity and construction phases will year in India. An increasing num- is maintained, and supply chains reduce additional costs and help us ber of extreme events over the last are protected. Several frameworks avoid expensive retrofitting later. It decade has resulted in improve- have been established to help prac- will also be necessary to include ments in disaster response and titioners design and build climate strategies to re-design and recon- recovery systems within the coun- resilient infrastructure and build- struct existing infrastructure in cli- try. However, it is equally impor- ings. Frameworks such as Envision mate resilience plans to reduce tant to take steps to minimise the Sustainable Infrastructure Rating damages in vulnerable regions. effects of disasters before the event System, the RELi Rating System, These rating systems, policies occurs. This will reduce our vul- Strategies for Multifamily Building and development plans will help nerability to the impact of disasters Resilience — Enterprise Green provide the necessary know-how on property, livelihoods and lives. Communities etc provide strate- to building resilient cities, and Introducing climate resilience gies for short-term hazard pre- effective way of making a market level through appropriate actions. nerable to. Similar guides have Different city level interventions in need to be supported with appro- plans at a local, state and central paredness, monitoring and main- shift in the way buildings are For example, Enhancing Resilience been prepared for different cities areas such as institutional develop- priate institutional mechanisms. level is one way of doing this. tenance, community engagement, designed, constructed, operated in Boston, is a guide to help com- globally based on risk assessment ment, land use planning, drainage This includes necessary capacity Climate resilience is the ability mitigation and long-term adapt- and maintained. They can be easily mercial buildings in Boston adapt studies. and flood management, emer- building and training, improving to prepare for, recover from, and ability. Similar to green building adopted by different stakeholders to climate risks related to extreme In India, the 100 Resilient gency response systems, ecosystem engagement and coordination adapt to the impacts of climate rating systems, these frameworks globally and provide policy makers floods. The guide provides 32 Cities (100R) initiative supported strengthening, citizens awareness between all stakeholders, market change events. Climate resilience include strategies addressing trans- with a collection of actions that strategies to address vulnerabilities four cities — Surat, Chennai, Pune building and disease surveillance mobilisation and providing finan- actions integrate mitigation, disas- portation, energy, water, waste, can be integrated into building unique to Boston including actions and Jaipur — to develop a resilien- have been initiated that demon- cial support to build climate-proof ter risk reduction and manage- food production, health and diver- byelaws. to protect against and reduce dam- cy strategy to help the cities sur- strate practical ways to build infrastructure and buildings. ment along with climate change sity. Building rating systems and The impacts of climate change age from floods — an extreme vive, adapt and grow irrespective resilience of systems, sectors and The writer is Anant Fellow for adaptation approaches. frameworks have proven to be an must be addressed at a hyper local weather event that Boston is vul- of the stresses they experience. communities to the effects of cli- Climate Action HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 05, 2021 special 09 YEAR-22, COVID-22? The world has yet to recover from the new variants of Delta, which is keeping the Governments and citizens across the globe on their toes and looking for ways to avoid the next wave. But now, there is talk of COVID-22. The new strain might be a combination of the variants Delta, Beta and Gamma. SUPRIYA RAMESH speaks with experts to know in-depth about the new strains and whether the existing vaccines will be helpful

ew Year, new SARS CoV-2 variant. The gering in many parts of the world. Viruses 2022 year may come up with a super tend to develop into various variants with Nvariant — COVID-22. This, experts say, To protect ourselves from the emerging time and the major drawback would be could be even deadlier than the existing one. when in the next phase of this pandemic, We need to gear up the vaccination game as viruses, we have to update our vaccines Beta or Gamma variant would become more unvaccinated people could be the potential contagious. super spreaders. also. We don’t know when it might hit us “Once the strain is anywhere in the world The term ‘COVID-22’ flared on Twitter it spreads quite fast as we have seen with delta after a Swedish immunologist mentioned it in but we have to gauge its severity. The and delta plus, alpha strain, British strain, South an interview with a German newspaper, Blick vaccines might not be effective against it African strain and Brazilian strain. They do not last week. It is being said that the new strain take much time to spread. We haven’t yet start- would make up for a deadlier combination of ed international flights but we are also not total- Delta, Beta and Gamma variants and it is high- ly locked down and separated and people are ly impossible to escape the new strain. — DR SANDEEP NAYAR sticking to short-time travel,” Nayar tells you. Dr Sandeep Nayar, Senior Director and “Virus is not always mutating to cause more HOD, Centre for Chest and Respiratory Senior Director and HOD, Centre for Chest harm but it is mutating to protect itself. So, Disease, BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital, and Respiratory Disease, BLK Max Super sometimes it becomes less harmful and some- quoting the interview says, “COVID is such a times more. For example, if we have some med- notorious virus, by the time we come to know Speciality Hospital ication, the virus will have some mutation so about one variant, another variant starts play- that it has to protect itself from that particu- ing with us. Now we have got a highly infec- lar medication. This is happening with all tious and scarier variant that is COVID-22. The influenza viruses. What we have seen in the past virus is not going to stop mutating and there’s is alpha was worse than the normal COVID, also a report which says it has got combined VARIANT C.1.2 South Africa strain was even worse and now features of all three variants -- delta, beta and Delta,” he adds. gamma and it is going to be highly infectious.” At the moment, most of the COVID The first case of the new variant called C.1.2 KTREATMENT patients in the world are affected by the delta was detected in South Africa and is found in at As of now, the treatment is, giving support- variant and it is obvious that this strain will least six countries now. There is not much ive care till our own immunity kills the virus. mutate very soon but there are chances it might AS THE TIME COMES, AS THE known about the C.1.2 variant currently. “I wish there was a treatment for COVID but not become severe. Emphasising that mutation However, the technical head of the World Health even one and a half years down the line, the is not always bad, it can be for good as well, VIRUSES MUTATE, OUR Organization (WHO), Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, treatment of covid is with supportive care, we Dr Arunesh Kumar, Chief of Pulmonology, VACCINES WILL ALSO HAVE took to Twitter to give more insights on what have been treating the symptoms of the patient. Paras Hospitals, Gurugram says, “These virus- SOME OBSERVATION IN the WHO knows about the new variant. If a patient has low oxygen, we need oxy- es are going to mutate. There are a lot of vari- gen. There are some antivirals available but the ants that come under the category of variants BETWEEN. AFTER WE HAVE "The WHO has regularly been discussing with concern is they cannot be used for every of interest. There are variants of concern -- COVERED BOTH THE DOSES, WE South African researchers their work on patient. So, the treatment would more or less Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta -- which we are WILL BE NEEDING BOOSTER sequencing throughout the COVID-19 remain the same that is giving symptomatic already dealing with. The variants of interest pandemic. We are grateful for researchers in care,” Kumar says. are something we are still researching upon but DOSES FOR SURE. VACCINE’S South Africa who first presented their findings aren’t sure if they are variants of concern and EFFECTIVENESS GOES DOWN on variant C.1.2 to the WHO Virus Evolution KSYMPTOMS if they will cause harm.” VERY QUICKLY AS YOU GO Working Group in July '21,” Kerkhove tweeted. Nayar says that we can’t predict what the symptoms of the new variant would be as the KVACCINATION FORWARD. IN TWO TO THREE According to WHO, 100 sequences of C.1.2 first virus had symptoms like loss of taste, loss Vaccination and booster shots might MONTHS TIME, IT GOES DOWN have been reported worldwide. The first case of smell and as it started mutating and delta, become a need for the rest of our lives and rely- BY 30 PER CENT. IT IS was detected in South Africa in May this year. delta plus virus came, they have different symp- ing on one vaccination would not suffice in the Currently, Delta appears dominant from toms like heart problems, muscle pain and future as we only march into a deadlier vari- IMMINENT THAT THE THIRD available sequences. extrapulmonary symptoms. ant. Early identification of the emerging vari- WAVE WILL COME BUT IT On the contrary, Kumar tells you that signs ant is necessary and vaccine manufacturers WON’T BE AS BAD AS THE “Monitoring & assessment of variants is and symptoms would be more or less the same. would have to fasten the process of adapting SECOND WAVE AS OUR ongoing & critically important to understand He suggests that we keep checking our oxygen vaccines as the COVID-22 variant could be a the evolution of this virus, in fighting COVID-19 levels, monitor our fever, keep ourselves big risk. VACCINATION COVERAGE HAS & adapting strategies as needed,” she added. hydrated and seek early help if one thinks he “To protect ourselves from the emerging GONE UP FROM WHAT IT USED He states a fact that currently, Pfizer is the is becoming breathless. viruses, we have to update our vaccines also. TO BE TWO OR THREE most effective vaccine, which gives you around We don’t know when it might hit us but we have 92 per cent protection against delta if you are three months back. There is a sizable popula- KPRECAUTIONS to gauge its severity. The vaccines might not be MONTHS BACK fully vaccinated. Vaccine’s effectiveness goes tion that has been vaccinated as well and as peo- Precautions would be more or less the same. effective against it,” says Nayar. — DR ARUNESH KUMAR, CHIEF down very quickly as you go forward. In two ple are getting more aware after seeing the “Regardless of the mutation of the virus, all the COVID-22 strain is a part of viruses that OF PULMONOLOGY, PARAS to three months time it goes down by 30 per worse. People, hospitals and the Government SARS CoV-2 Virus spread through the air so, we would meet. Vaccines may not work and we cent. As we are seeing a new variant that keeps have been working on it. But it is imminent that if we use the covid appropriate behaviour, if we have to consider this strain as harmful but we HOSPITALS, GURUGRAM coming, very soon everybody will need boost- it will come but it won’t be as bad as the sec- wear masks, maintain social distance we are should also not get too paranoid. “As the time er doses. ond wave.” safe. Although, it will be different only in terms comes, as the viruses mutate, our vaccines will Talking about the third wave and its sever- of its wavelength, severity rate,” Kumar tells you. also have some observation in between,” says ity Kumar says, “Even if the third wave comes, KINFECTION RATE “And as far as these new variants are con- Kumar, adding that after we have covered both it won’t be as severe as the second wave and I Delta is currently the most transmissible cerned, it is too early to be scared about it. We the doses, we will be making booster doses for am sure about it as our vaccination coverage Coronavirus strain and is called COVID-21 just need to be careful and abide by the exist- sure. has gone up from what it used to be two or as it emerged earlier this year. It is still lin- ing safety measures,” he adds. kaleid scope backpage HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 Surviving 9/11 was ‘just the first piece of the journey’ rapped deep in the wreckage of the say they have gained resilience, purpose, settling into his workday on the 65th the south tower fell, and Stephan's fear TWorld Trade Center, Will Jimeno appreciation and resolve. “One of the floor of the trade center's north tower spiked anew. Had Joan been caught in lived through the unthinkable. Twenty things that I learned,” Jimeno says, “is to when one of the planes crashed about the collapse? Hours later, he finally years later, he's still living with it. A never give up.” 30 stories above . learned that she was OK. (At least one brace and a quarter-sized divot on his 'IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE Only after his roughly hourlong walk other couple, elevator operators Arturo left leg reflect the injuries that ended his REBORN' It wasn't Bruce Stephan's first down the crowded stairs did Stephan and Carmen Griffith, also survived; police career, a lifetime dream. He has incredibly close call. In 1989, his car got learn that another plane had hit the their story inspired a recent film, post-traumatic stress disorder. He perilously wedged on the San Francisco- south tower — the building where his “Lovebirds of the Twin Towers.”) keeps shelves of mementoes, including a Oakland Bay Bridge when the Loma wife, Joan, also an attorney, worked on “My experience from the first disaster cross and miniature twin towers fash- Prieta earthquake hit and the upper the 91st floor. Above the impact zone. was that it's a strangely happy moment ioned from trade center steel. He was deck collapsed while he was driving Unable to reach her by cell phone, when you know that you've survived," portrayed in a movie and wrote two across. Twelve years Bruce Stephan dashed to a payphone Bruce Stephan says. “It's almost like books about enduring the ordeal. “It later, the and called her relatives, who told him you're reborn... to know that you're alive never goes away, for those of us that engineer she'd gotten out. and that you still have a shot at life, and were there that day,” he says. and Then here's your chance to do Searches, sorrow in wake of Nearly 3,000 people were killed lawyer something.” when hijackers in Osama bin was Ida's destructive, deadly floods Laden's al-Qaida terror network rammed four commercial jets into olice went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up the trade center, the Pentagon and a Plists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastroph- Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001. ic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Yet an estimated 33,000 or more peo- The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the ple successfully evacuated the stricken U.S. is to the extreme weather that climate change is bringing. In its buildings. They navigated mountains of wake, officials weighed far-reaching new measures to save lives in smoky stairs in the World Trade future storms. Center's twin towers or streamed out of More than three days after the hurricane blew ashore in a flaming Pentagon. Some fled an other- Louisiana, Ida's rainy remains hit the Northeast with stun- worldly dust cloud at ground zero. ning fury on Wednesday and Thursday, submerging cars, Others willed their way out of pitch- REASONS swamping subway stations and basement apartments dark rubble. Sept. 11 survivors bear and drowning scores of people in five states. scars and the weight of unanswerable Intense rain overwhelmed urban drainage systems questions. Some grapple with their never meant to handle so much water in such a place in a tragedy defined by VIDEO GAMES short time — a record 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) an enormous loss of life. in just an hour in New York. Seven rivers in the They get told to “get Northeast reached their highest levels on over” 9/11. But they also record, Dartmouth College should be more widely used in school researcher Evan Dethier said. n an effort to cur- week and limits them to just On Friday, communities tail how much one hour per day on Fridays, VIDEO GAMES CAN HELP STUDENTS STAY IN STEM labored to haul away ruined time young people weekends and holidays. n 2020, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology found that the nation needs to create the STEM vehicles, pump out homes and spend playing The new rule took effect Iworkforce of the future. One of the reasons students drop or switch out of science, technology, engineering and math programs highways, clear away muck Ivideo games, China Sept 1, 2021. and other debris and restore is because of the difficulty of introductory courses such as calculus. The University of Oklahoma has developed a calculus game has banned students From my standpoint as a that can help students succeed in calculus. Research has shown student mastery of calculus increases when using a purposeful mass transit. from playing them video game designer and schol- designed learning game, such as Variant: Limits - another calculus game that was developed at Texas A&M University. Even after clouds gave way during the ar who specializes in game- to blue skies, some rivers and school based learning, I don't see a 1 streams were still rising. Part need to limit video game play THEY PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING of the swollen Passaic River in among students during the New Jersey wasn't expected to school week. Instead, I see a eaching students 21st-century skills, such as creative problem solving, is important for the future workforce, crest until Friday night. need to expand it - and to do Taccording to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Games such as DragonBox Algebra, so during the regular where students solve math problems in a fantasy environment, can help students master skills such as critical school day. thinking. In games such as Civilization, players can be a civic leader and direct the prosperity of nations. In ARTé: Video games Mecenas, learners can become members of the Medici family and become patrons of the arts and successful bankers. Students learn through doing and can gain skills and knowledge through experiential learning that might are one of the not be gained in traditional classrooms. most popular mediums of our 2 times. One esti- PLAYERS LEARN FROM FAILURE mate shows that by 2025, the ames are a natural way to allow students to fail in a safe way, learn from failures and try again until they global gaming Gsucceed. Some games, like Burnout Paradise make failure fun. In the game, players can crash their cars - and market will the more spectacular the crash, the higher the points. This allows players to essentially learn from their mistakes, amount to USD correct them and try again. The late video game theorist and author Jesper Juul wrote in his book, “The Art of 268.8 billion Failure,” that losing in video games is part of what makes games so engaging. Failing in a game makes the player feel inadequate, yet the player can immediately redeem themselves and improve their skills. annually - signifi- cantly higher than 3 the USD 178 billion Play Can Make Our Kids it is in 2021. Smarter.” STUDENTS GAMES The money spent A long history on gaming does not The use of video games in STAY MAKE just facilitate a virtual the classroom is nothing new. ENGAGED COMPLEX escape from the real Many people who went to IN KNOWLEDGE world. Scholars such as school in the 1970s through CONTENT FUN James Paul Gee, a long- the 1990s may recall the iconic time literacy professor, video game The Oregon Trail, 4he average time a student 5ducational theories state have repeatedly shown that which made its debut in a Tspends learning in a Ethat students cannot be video games can be used to classroom in 1971. classroom is only 60% of the given knowledge; they facilitate learning in the K-12 In the game, players lead a allocated class time. Extending construct knowledge in their classroom. Education writer group of settlers across the the school day to give students own minds. Learners build on Greg Toppo reached the same Midwest following in the foot- more time for learning has been previously learned concepts to conclusion in his critically steps of Lewis and Clark. The shown to be only marginally construct higher-level and acclaimed book, “The game came just before the effective. A more effective way to more complex knowledge to Game Believes in video game industry was estab- maximize time for learning is make it their own. Iron Man and Deadpool my You: How lished with the 1972 release of through engaged time on task. The periodic table of elements Digital the video game Pong, an elec- When students are interested is challenging to learn and favourite characters: Tony tronic version of table tennis. and care about a topic and it is remember for many students. relevant, they are curious and However, learning a complex s a fan of classic Marvel charac- Covid can worsen engaged. This provides a much three-dimensional matrix with Aters Iron Man and Deadpool, better learning experience. 27,624 values is easily Hong Kong star Tony Leung says In the classroom, teachers can accomplished by middle starring in a superhero movie was engage students. But when it school students playing the something that he always wanted to quickly at home comes to homework, educators popular video game Pokemon. do and he found the right project in have to rely on other ways to The essence of the game is "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ost Australians diagnosed also seek advice on wor- motivate students. One way is figuring out how to combine Ten Rings". Mwith COVID-19 recover rying symptoms to look Leaded petrol through games. Educational the 17 different types of Leung needs no introduction as he is at home, rather than in a quar- out for, and specific games can be designed to attack when battling other immensely popular for his many col- antine facility or hospital. information on how improve motivation and Pokemon. Each Pokémon has laborations with filmmaker Wong Kar- About 10% have required hos- and when to seek help. is gone – but engagement, providing students one or two types of attacks Wai that gave the world cinematic gems pital treatment. However, a With COVID-19, with more engaged time on task. they can use. such as "Chungking Express", "Happy handful have had worsening the natural course of lead pollution Together", "In the Mood for Love" and symptoms, did not receive the infection varies. "2046". The 59-year-old actor said he emergency care and died at What starts out with has seen films from the Marvel home. cold and flu-like symp- may linger Cinematic Universe (MCU) and always There appear to have been toms can lead to breath- wanted to work in one of them. two factors behind such ing difficulties within five s a scientist studying Philippines lifts travel ban "I watch a lot of Marvel movies, COVID deaths at home: worry days. Not all patients get Alead poisoning in and I have my favourite characters about the perceived costs and symptoms that warrant hospi- children once remarked: “it too. Deadpool and Iron Man are my risks of seeking official health tal care. But of those who do took two years to put lead into on India, 9 other countries favourite characters. I didn't expect care; and the sudden onset of go to hospital, this generally gasoline and 60 years to take it out”. he Philippines on Saturday are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri that I would have a chance to be a complications from a worsen- occurs around 4-8 days after The consensus around leaded fuel's unacceptable Tdecided to welcome trav- Lanka, Nepal, the United Arab member of the Marvel Cinematic ing infection. symptoms start. threat to human health was hard won, entailing a long ellers from India and nine other Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Universe," Leung said in a transcript Here's what to watch out for We know COVID-19 affects fight between scientists, regulatory authorities and countries from September 6, Malaysia and Indonesia, the shared with PTI by Marvel Studios. when symptoms worsen dra- the lungs as well as multiple industry. In a recent ray of good news, it seems the according to a Presidential official said. "Shang-Chi", which released in matically at home and when to organs, leading them to fail. world has finally turned a corner on the use of this Palace announcement. The International travelers com- India on Friday, is directed by Destin call an ambulance. This includes complications toxic chemical in fuel. announcement came even as ing from the 10 countries Daniel Cretton and features Chinese- What should I look out for? such as pneumonia, liver or The use of lead in fuel goes back to the 1920s, when the country recorded its second shall, however, comply with Canadian star Simu Liu as Marvel's As a GP I am asked this kidney failure, heart attacks, tetraethyl lead was added to petrol to reduce engine highest number of COVID-19 the appropriate entry, testing first Asian superhero. question often. Patients natu- stroke, blood clots and nerve knocking. From 1970 until the end of the century, it's cases with 20,310 infections on and quarantine protocols, Set after the events of "Avengers: rally want guidance on the damage. estimated that about 140,000 tonnes of lead was Friday, pushing the national depending on their approved Endgame" (2019), the movie follows signs to look out for so they This progress to more severe released into the atmosphere from tailpipes in the UK. tally to 2.04 million, The Manila 'listing,' Roque said. Shang-Chi who is drawn into the don't seek help too late or too disease happens as the virus Since 1999, using lead in fuel has been banned. Times newspaper reported. The Philippine government, clandestine Ten Rings organisation, early. This is called “safety net- triggers release of inflammato- Phasing out lead has proven more difficult in lower President Rodrigo Duterte in a COVID-19 update on and is forced to confront the past he ting”, and is guided by an ry proteins, called cytokines, income countries, particularly Algeria – the final approved the recommenda- August 13, had extended its thought he left behind. understanding of the natural flooding the bloodstream and hold-out. But as of July 2021, the world has officially tion of the Inter-Agency Task travel ban on India and nine It was Cretton who persuaded history (prognosis) of a disease attacking organs. eradicated leaded fuel according to the UN, meaning Force (IATF) to lift the cur- other countries until August Leung to come aboard the film and and its response to treatment. it's no longer sold for cars and lorries anywhere in the rent travel restrictions on 31. The presidential the actor said he felt he could trust People world. India and nine other countries spokesperson said the IATF the director. "I had a phone meeting Though petrol containing lead hasn't been seen at starting September 6, approved the adoption of with him and, of course, he couldn't station pumps in the UK this century, lead pollution is Presidential Palace spokesper- "Yellow" and "Red" tell me much about the story at that proving to be a persistent menace. A recent study son Harry Roque was quoted classifications, in time, so I had only little hints about showed lead lingering in airborne dust collected in as saying by the newspa- addition to the my character and the story. But I felt London between 2014 and 2018, nearly two decades per. "Green List" coun- very good talking after tailpipe emissions of the metal had ceased. The other tries/jurisdictions to him, and I The lead content in that study was measured in countries /territories. thought I could particles collected either at the roadside or at trust him," he rooftop height. The chemical fingerprint closely added. On the film's matched that of road dust and top soils, suggesting set in Sydney, that contaminated soil is acting as a reservoir Australia, Leung said that for 20-year old lead pollution, which is the filmmaker made him feel very continually returned to the atmos- relaxed and worry free. "He phere when disturbed. used to encourage me a lot after a take. He would say that my performance was perfect, or so good. It really made me build up a lot of confidence, especial- ly at the beginning of shooting.