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INDIA CROSSES MAHARASTRA DELHI TAMILNADU GUJARAT CASES: 5 lakh COVID cases, CASES: CASES: CASES: 30,158 Massive spike in 1,52,765 77,240 74,622 Maha, Delhi, TN 5,06,972 Telugu States compete with Pressure on AP, TS to send DPRs of irrigation projects each other, lead EoDB race „ Chairmen of river boards asked to write to govts „ AP, TS race ahead of other states in the country towards No. 1 spot PNS n HYDERABAD L VENKAT RAM REDDY among states to improve busi- Union Jal Sakti secretary UP n HYDERABAD ness climate in order to attract Singh expressed his disap- domestic and global investors. pointment with the chairmen Telangana and Andhra Governments are taking sev- of Krishna River Management Nadda attacks Pradesh States are racing ahead eral steps such as setting up Board and the Godavari River Cong for PMNRF of other states in securing No single window system for Management Board A 1 rank in Ease of Doing approvals to improve EoDB Paramesham and donation to Rajiv Business (EoDB) yet again. rankings. The parameters Chandrasekhar Iyer respec- Foundation TS and AP jointly topped include areas such as con- tively, over the Telugu states the “EoDB ranking 2015-16", struction permit, labour regu- failing to submit detailed pro- conducted by the Department lation, environmental regis- ject reports on new irrigation of Industrial Policy and tration, access to information, projects across the two rivers. 4 Promotion (DIPP), the wing of land availability and single Addressing them through Union ministry of commerce window system. The videoconference on Thursday, and the World Bank. The rank- Department for Promotion of UP Singh questioned them ings were released in October For 2016-17, the EoDB rankings were released Industry and Internal Trade “What are the chairmen doing 2016. (DPIIT) in collaboration with if the Telugu states do not 2014 should be regarded as the clear to UP Singh that the two For 2016-17, the EoDB in July 2018. For the second time in a row, AP the World Bank conducts an come forward to submit the new projects. All projects being states were asked to submit rankings were released in July outperformed all other states and UTS and annual reform exercise for all DPRs?” executed without obtaining the DPRs before June 10, but 2018. For the second time in a bagged the No 1 rank. TS lost the first rank to states/UTs under the Business He directed them to write to permission from the Central did not comply with the row, AP outperformed all other Reform Action Plan (BRAP). the Telugu states asking them Water Commission should be request. states and UTS and bagged the AP by a whisker and stood at second place. The report to be released to submit DPRs on new pro- treated as new projects. UP Singh offered to take the No 1 rank. TS lost the first rank this year will rank states for jects to the Central Water He directed his ire on the problem to the notice of Prime to AP by a whisker and stood tions in the country in April/ outbreak and subsequent lock- 2018. In the World Bank’s lat- Commission. He also direct- chairmen of two boards for the Minister Narendra Modi and at second place. May 2019. down across the country since est ‘Doing Business’ report, ed them to send the agenda for delay in collecting the DPRs Union Water Resources The EoDB rankings for The Union commerce min- March delayed the announce- India’s position improved to the Apex Council meeting in and sending them to the CWC Minister Gajendra Shekawat if 2017-18 that were supposed to istry was scheduled to release ment process. 63rd from 77th out of 190 the same letter. and to the Apex Council. the two Telugu states contin- be released in 2019 were not the ranks in March this year. The EoDB ranking is aimed economies. UP Singh said that all pro- Chairmen of the two river ued to fail to respond. declared due to general elec- However, the coronavirus at triggering competition 3 jects taken up after June 2, management boards made it 3 Atchannaidu NHAI suspends PM praises Navy inducts advanced Excess rains signal Adityanath says questioning GM for acting his efforts saved continues better times ahead ‘unilaterally’ 85k lives anti-torpedo decoy system PNS n VIJAYAWADA SUMIT ONKA PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM n VISAKHAPATNAM Interrogation of TDP senior Acting tough on erring offi- 5 The Indian Navy said on leader K Atchannaidu by the Even as Andhra Pradesh and cials, NHAI has suspended a Friday it has inducted an Anti-Corruption Bureau Telangana lock horns over senior official in AP for cre- advanced anti-torpedo decoy (ACB) in the ESI scam con- Krishna water, reservoirs, ating financial liability on system called 'Maareech' that tinued for the second day on including the three major and the Authority, an official said. is capable of being fired from Friday at the Government common ones across the river The NHAI suspended its all frontline ships. General Hospital, Guntur – Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar General Manager (T) AS Rao 'Maareech' has been here. Doctors conducted and Pulichintala – have for creating financial liabili- designed and developed endoscopy on Atchannaidu received better inflows com- ty on the Authority in two hi- indigenously by the Defence before the interrogation start- pared to the previous year. ghway maintenance projects Research and Development ed and shifted him to a spe- The excess rainfall in AP minor and other category in the state, the official said. Organisation (DRDO) and it is A model of the ‘Mareech’ Expandable Decoy. cial ward. with the onset of monsoon is reservoirs are filled to 34 per Rao without approval of capable of detecting, locating According to sources, ACB attributed to the better condi- cent of their capacity in the the competent authority and neutralising incoming tor- Naval Staff Qualification ment's 'Make in India' initiative sleuths questioned tions of the reservoirs in first month of the monsoon. allegedly extended the main- pedo. Requirements." and the country's resolve to Atchannaidu in the presence Andhra Pradesh. The state This is 13 per cent higher than tenance contract of two pro- In a release, the Navy said, This induction not only become 'Atmanirbhar' (self- of his lawyer and a doctor has received 88.75 mm so far previous year. The gross jects — 'Ichhapuram- "The prototype of this system stands testimony to the joint reliant) in niche technology, about the details of his (from June 1) against the nor- capacity of all the reservoirs in Srikakulam- Anandapurm installed onboard a nominat- resolve of the Indian Navy and the Navy said. wealth, assets owned by his mal of 84.32 mm which is 5 Andhra Pradesh is 982 tmc ft section' on NH 16 (old NH 5) ed naval platform had success- DRDO towards indigenous Bharat Electronics Limited, family and his role in the per cent excess. while 336 tmc ft are in storage and Gunduglanu- Kovur pro- fully completed all user eval- development of defence tech- a defence PSU, would under- multi-crore ESI scam as the The real-time data of the so far on June 26. ject — the official said. uation trials and demonstrat- nology, but has also given a take the production of this minister. reservoirs shows that all major, 3 3 ed the features as per the major fillip to the govern- decoy system, the Navy stated. 3 RBI Guv briefs about impact of monetary SC nod to CBSE, ICSE schemes steps International flights suspended till July 15 PNS n NEW DELHI March to contain the spread of circular by the Directorate for cancellation of board exams coronavirus. Domestic flights General of Civil Aviation 8 Commercial international resumed on May 25. (DGCA). PNS n NEW DELHI The top court permitted Examination (CISCE) said it flights to and from India shall "Scheduled international Civil Aviation Minister the Central Board of would upload the notification stay suspended till July 15, civil commercial passenger services Hardeep Singh Puri said last The Supreme Court on Friday Secondary Education (CBSE) within a week on its website. aviation watchdog DGCA has to or from India shall remain week that India will take a deci- approved the schemes of CBSE to issue the notification forth- A bench of Justices A M TODAY announced. The restriction suspended till 2359 hrs IST of sion on resuming internation- and ICSE for cancellations of with, with regard to cancella- Khanwilkar, Dinesh will not apply to international July 15, 2020... However, inter- al passenger flights in July if remaining board examinations tion of remaining board exam- Maheshwari and Sanjiv ALMANAC cargo operations and flights national scheduled flights may coronavirus behaves in a "pre- scheduled from July 1 to 15 inations of Class X and XII and Khanna perused the draft noti- Month & Paksham: specifically approved by the be allowed on selected routes dictable manner" and the entire due to COVID-19 pandemic assessment of marks, while fication and noted the scheme aviation regulator. suspended when the country by the competent authority aviation ecosystem and state and approved their formula for the Council for the Indian of the CBSE in its order. Ashadha & Shukla Paksha All passenger flights were went into a lockdown late in on a case to case basis," said the governments are on board. assessment of examinees. School Certificate 3 Panchangam Tithi : Saptami: 02:52 am (Next Day) Nakshatram: Purva Phalguni: 10:11 am Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start Covid-19 claims 10, Covid-19 victim’s body towed away on JCB any important work) n Rahukalam: 09:03 am – 10:41 am PNS SRIKAKULAM The deceased was identified Nivas suspended Palasa as KA Swamy who had worked Municipal Commissioner T Yamagandam: 01:57 pm – 03:34 pm infects 605 in State In disturbing visuals that went as a class IV employee in the Nagendra Kumar and sanitary Varjyam: 04:57 pm – 06:28 pm viral, the body of a 70-year-old Palasa municipality. inspector N Rajeev for the Gulika: 05:48 am - 07:25 am PNS n VIJAYAWADA tricts reported four fresh Covid-19 patient was inhu- The elderly man had been inhuman treatment of the body. Good Time: (to start any important work) deaths each and Guntur and manly towed away on an earth- unwell for the past few days. According to source, reports The Covid-19 graph contin- Visakhapatnam one each, mover at Udayapuram area Recently, a Covid-19 test was of the incident reached the Amritakalam: 01:59 am – 03:30 am ued its steep incline in according to the latest bul- under Palasa municipality in conducted on him as part of the CMO, and officials spoke to the Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:53 am – 12:45 pm Andhra Pradesh cross- letin. Srikakulam district on Friday. government's door-to-door district collector. ing the 11,000-mark An MLA of the rul- The sanitary staff of the drive to test senior citizens The government made it VIJAYAWADA on Friday with the ing YSR Congress con- municipality wearing PPE kits and people suffering from clear that discrimination shall WEATHER addition of 605 cases, tracted coronavirus in placed the body covered in a symptoms. not be shown towards Covid the single highest one Kurnool district and has cloth on the scraper of the JCB Since no one from the fam- victims. Meanwhile, KK Rao, Forecast: Clear with periodic clouds Temp: 34/27 day spike, while 10 deaths been sent to home quaran- and shifted it to the crematori- ily members of the deceased the son of the deceased, refut- took total fatalities to 146. tine, government sources said. um. Municipality staff use a JCB to shift the body of an elderly man who died of Covid came forward to conduct the ed reports that the family mem- Humidity: 73% in Udayapuram area under Palasa municipality in Srikakulam district on Friday. Sunrise: 05.44 am Kadapa district registered He is the second legislator in The locals said that the funeral, the sanitary staff with bers refused to conduct the Sunset: 06.54 pm 133 new cases in the last 24 the state to have been infect- deceased, an elderly man, had perform the last rites. the deceased, who is also a gov- JCB towed the body and shift- death rituals. He claimed that hours, the single largest spurt ed with the virus, after the one breathed his last at his residence Neighbours also demanded the ernment volunteer in the town, ed to the crematorium. the municipality authorities Current Weather Conditions Updated June 26, 2020 5:00 PM in any district. in Vizianagaram district. early on Friday and none of the body be shifted immediately. called the municipality staff to Later in the evening, asked them to not touch the Kurnool and Krishna dis- 3 family members were willing to One of the grandchildren of remove the body. Srikakulam district collector J dead body. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020 vijayawada 02 Set up Jr Red Cross units in schools: Guv

PNS n VIJAYAWADA the world and people are fight- n The Governor said that the He said the mobile app its kind in the country and ing the battle against an invis- Indian Red Cross Society, AP launched by the IRCS AP State helps Red Cross to enrol volun- Launching the mobile app for ible enemy. State branch as an auxiliary branch will help in mass enrol- teers, maintain centralised data- enrolment of volunteers He said: “This is the biggest organisation of the ment of youth volunteers and base and send SMS to volun- brought out by AP branch of public health emergency that maintaining communication teers. Indian Red Cross Society, requires to be handled collec- government, has extended with them. Dr A Sridhar Reddy, Governor Biswa Bushan tively as a society and as a com- support to the government He stressed the need to Chairman, IRCS, AP, Mukesh Harichandan said there is a munity.” The Governor said machinery with its army of spread awareness on health Kumar Meena, Secretary to need to establish Junior Red that the Indian Red Cross about 2,000 Volunteers in the safety measures such as physi- Governor and Vice-President of Cross and Youth Red Cross Society, AP State branch as an fight against Covid-19 during cal distancing, use of mask IRCS AP, Satish Chandra, units in schools and colleges to auxiliary organisation of the the 65 days of lockdown and frequent hand wash, which Special CS, Higher Education, Govt to sign inculcate the spirit of volun- government, has extended sup- imposed in the country from have now become an integral Prof K Hemachandra Reddy, tarism among the youth. port to the government March 25 to May 31 part of our daily activity. He Chairman, AP State Council of Addressing a gathering at a machinery with its army of emphasised on the need to Higher Education, Dr P programme at Durbar Hall in about 2,000 Volunteers, in the n improve sanitation in schools Shyama Prasad, Vice- MoU with Amul The Governor has said the Covid-19 has crippled the economy the Raj Bhavan here on Friday, fight against Covid-19 during and paralysed normal life across the world and people are and colleges and setting up of Chancellor, NTR Health n the Governor said that present- the 65 days of lockdown fighting the battle against an invisible enemy hand washing stations. He University, MM Naik, PNS VIJAYAWADA ly the world is passing through imposed in the country from directed officials of Red Cross Commissioner of Collegiate n The Chief Minister asked a difficult time that the March 25 to May 31. Volunteers to focus more on voluntary and Technical Education, The government will sign an officials to prepare the mankind has ever confronted in have been providing support to creating awareness among peo- necessary steps to establish blood donation and tree plan- Chinna Veerabhadrudu, MoU with Amul for the guidelines for the MoU the recent history due to the the frontline warriors by com- ple through community sur- Junior Red Cross and Youth tation as a regular activity. Commissioner of School development of dairy sector with cooperative giant Coronavirus pandemic. The plimenting their efforts by veillance, said the Governor. Red Cross units in schools and AK Parida, General Secretary Education, Harindra Kumar, by July 15, which will help the Amul and said that steps Governor has said the Covid- organising relief camps, distri- He urged the heads of School colleges and integrate them & CEO of IRCS AP State CEO, APCFSS, and K Petri dairy farmers to get a better should be taken for the 19 has crippled the economy bution of food packets, enforc- Education and Higher into the regular academic cur- branch explaining features of Selvi, Special Officer also par- rate by bringing in better wellbeing of livestock and and paralysed normal life across ing physical distancing and Education Departments to take riculum. the mobile app said it is first of ticipated in the programme. marketing facilities by putting modern technology to use. strengthening the During a review meeting cooperative sector to on dairy development and benefit dairy farmers. sugar factories in the cooper- n Nandyal mandal gets a ative sector here on Friday, Officials apprised the Lokesh fears of being exposed: Velampalli Chief Minister YS Chief Minister of the Balaji temple of its own Jaganmohan Reddy said that previous conditions in the PNS n VIJAYAWADA We are going to unearth all all modalities for signing the cooperative sector, while Chief Minister YS those letters and expose cor- PNS n VIJAYAWADA believes in collaborating with MoU with Amul should be the latter told officials that Neither Opposition leader N Jaganmohabn ruption. Chief Minister YS local communities to empow- ready by July 15 besides tak- farmers should not suffer Chandrababu Naidu nor his Reddy is the real Jaganmohabn Reddy is the A new Balaji temple was con- er them for a better future. I ing steps for the dairy devel- on any count son Lokesh ventured out of real Bahubali of the State as he structed by JSW Cements at feel blessed and privileged to opment, which provides dairy Hyderabad to meet the people Bahubali of the proved his commitment to Bilkalguduru village in have facilitated the creation of farmers a better price. n During the review meeting in the State during the pan- State as he proved deliver the welfare schemes and Nandyal mandal. The prima- a pious, safe haven of worship The Chief Minister asked with the cooperative demic situation, but out of fear his commitment to development activities in just ry architecture of the Balaji for the local community of officials to prepare the guide- sugar factories, the Chief of scams getting exposed, deliver the welfare a span of one year. The Chief temple embodies the long- Nandyal. Parth and I are lines for the MoU with coop- Minister said that units Lokesh rushed to meet the Minister is indeed fulfilling the standing tradition of Indian pleased to dedicate the new erative giant Amul and said should be revived and family members of schemes vision of Mahatma Gandhi temple typology and the Balaji temple to the local com- that steps should be taken for officials should draft a Atchannaidu and JC Prabhakar and taking steps for Grama design is based on the 10th munities and devotees of Lord the wellbeing of livestock plan and proposals for Reddy, who were arrested Swarajya, he said. century temple of the same Venkateswara. This temple is and strengthening the coop- under the charges of corrup- to the State fearing the pan- While other States are deity located at Tirupati. The designed to offer a tranquil erative sector to benefit dairy better sugar factories in tion and tax evasion, opined demic and were least bothered adopting the welfare schemes new Balaji temple at Nandyal and peaceful social space for farmers. the cooperative sector Minister for Endowments about people. But all of a sud- Velampalli Srinivas from Andhra Pradesh, TDP comprises two shrines of Balaji the local community mem- Officials apprised the Chief Velampalli Srinivas. den, Lokesh visited the family members are levelling false and Varaha Swamy in the bers. The area where this tem- Minister of the previous con- proposals for better sugar Speaking to the media here members of Prabhakar Reddy pathetic to see a former min- allegations against the gov- form of black limestone ziggu- ple was constructed has a nat- ditions in the cooperative factories in the cooperative on Friday, he criticised Naidu and Atchanaidu to pacify them. ister not even knowing the ernment to gain political rats. At JSW, the Balaji temple ural canal that had gone com- sector and they were told sector. and Lokesh for supporting the His sudden visit clearly reveals value of the minister’s signa- mileage. Lokesh has no right to project was led by Anushree pletely dry. We were very clear farmers should not suffer on Ministers Botsa leaders, who were facing cor- his fear about the scams, and ture. Today, Lokesh is saying talk about Raja Reddy, it is bet- Jindal and mandated by Indian that the new temple should be any count. During the review Satyanarayana, K Kannababu, ruption charges. For the last thus went to plead them not to that he has given 100 such let- ter if he talks only about his architect Sameep Padora of designed thoughtfully with a meeting with the cooperative M Goutham Reddy, three months, neither Naidu let out his name, he said. ters during his tenure, for grandfather NTR,” the minis- Sameep Padora and view to revitalise the canal and sugar factories, the Chief Agriculture Mission Vice- nor Lokesh dared to pay a visit The minister said, “It is which he has to be ashamed. ter said. Associates. bring its water back for the Minister said that units Chairman MVS Nagi Reddy According to Anushree benefit of local villagers resid- should be revived and offi- and other officials participat- Jindal of JSW, “JSW Cement ing in this area.” cials should draft a plan and ed in the meeting. Water treatment plant 5G workshop at SRM Vizag gets inaugurated Four held for smuggling ganja 3-star rating in University on June 27 PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA nication and overview of 5G. Four members of a gang were garbage-free Minister for Transport Perni Aloknath De, SVP/CTO- nabbed while smuggling the Venkataramaiah (Nani), The department of ECE, SRM Samsung India, will be banned ganja by the Nuzvid cities survey District Collector A Md University-AP, in partnership addressing the audience with police led by DSP B Srinivas. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Imtiaz and Joint Collector K with IEEE SRM Student insightful information on AI Speaking to the media persons Madhavi Latha inaugurated branch and IEEE Guntur sub- SRM invites for 5G, and Dilip Krishna here on Friday, the DSP said 40 Reckoning the port city’s water treatment plant at section will be conducting a Swamy, VP (New Tech R&D), kgs ganja worth Rs 4 lakh, two efforts, the Ministry of Housing Tarakaturu village near 5G workshop on June 27 at participants to Jio, Reliance, will spearhead the cars and three mobile phones and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Guduru in Krishna district 2.15 pm. The workshop will attend the session on 5G virtualised infra- were seized from their posses- awarded the Greater on Friday. The plant was provide a comprehensive workshop on the structure and applications. sion. On a tip-off, Visakhapatnam Municipal constructed at an estimated understanding of 5G services SRM University-AP invites Superintendant of Police Corporation (GVMC), on cost of Rs 45 lakh. for future generations. V path breaking tech participants to attend the Ravindranath Babu instructed Thursday, a three-star rating Speaking on occasion, Ch Udaya Sankar, assistant profes- that possesses the workshop on the path break- them to conduct checks on the based on its Garbage-free Cities Amareswara Rao, superin- sor, Department of ECE, capability to alter ing technology that possesses highway. While conducting (GFC) survey. tending engineer of RWS, informs, “During the work- the capability to alter the face checks at Edulagudem village Police personnel withthe seized ganja and cars in Vijayawada on Friday Earlier, the GVMC was said that the old slow sand fil- shop, the experts with a gamut the face of the of the world in the future. in Aagiripalli mandal of the given a one-star rating when tration unit needed to be of experience will deliberate on world in the future Online registration link: district, they found four per- and M Manoj from Vijayawada The DSP said that four were the results of the Garbage-free cleaned every three days. the benefits of the revolution- https://bit.ly/srmapieee sons transporting 40 kgs of and G Raju from Vizag arrested in the presence of Cities survey were first The new system would filter ary changes presented by the University-AP, will be inaugu- For details can visit: ganja to Vijayawada from Agency, on interrogation, P Aagiripalli tahsildar. He said announced in May this year. at five stages and cleaning 5G technology and its conse- rating the event. MH Kori, a https://srmap.edu.in/events/5g Visakhapatnam in two cars. Srinivas, the main person, dis- that a case was registered However, stating that the pic- could be done once a month quences in the field of wireless retired technical director of -workshop-collaboration-ieee- The culprits were arrested and closed that he receives the under Cr.No.142/2020 U/S tures of Construction and taking down the mainte- communication.” Alcatel in the field of commu- srm-student-branch. For more the ganja was seized. material from G Raju of Vizag 8(c) R/w 20(b) (ii) of NDPS Demolition (C&D) plant, nance cost. He said that oper- Prof D Narayana Rao, Pro- nication, will be speaking on details can contact: Uday over Ganja smugglers were iden- Agency, and they smuggle that Act 1985 against the smug- which is being operated at ators would be given neces- Vice-Chancellor of SRM evolution of wireless commu- 9663300497. tified as P Srinivs, M Suresh ganja to Vijayawada. glers. Kapuluppada, were not sary training for the water uploaded by the GFC survey plant maintenance. The water team, the city’s municipal cor- purification and quality and poration has submitted a rep- quantity would be increased resentation to the authorities in due course, he added. ZP DGP exhorts youth to ‘say no to drugs’ concerned for a re-evaluation CEO Suryaprakasa Rao, Coca-Cola, CARE of the rating. Following the re- RDO NSK Khaza Vali, PNS n VIJAYAWADA Speaking on the occasion, is printed on the medicine evaluation, the city has now DWAMA PD-cum in-charge the DGP said most of the time then the drug has narcotic been awarded a three-star rat- MDO GV Suryanarayana, to distribute dry ration To mark the International Day when people suffer from drug and should be used pre- ing. municipal commissioner S against Drug Abuse and Illicit cough, cold and fever go to the scribed by the doctor, or else it Along with Vizag,Vadodara, Sivaramakrishna, MDO P PNS n VIJAYAWADA Trafficking, DGP Gautam D nearest medical shop (pharma- would have an adverse effect Ahmednagar, Pune, Ballarpur, Venkateswara Rao, tahsildar Sawang spoke to police person- cist) rather than to the doctor. on the health. The quantity Noida, and Gwalior, too, Vanajakshi and others were With a focus towards support- nel, SPs, CPs across the State In those cases the pharmacist shall be sold as prescribed by received upgraded ratings after present. ing relief operations during the through Zoom app on Friday. should be careful while giving the doctor, he said. being deemed fit for a higher Covid-19 pandemic and mak- In his message, the DGP said DGP Gautam D Sawang the medicine, as high dose Tollywood actors rating. Announcing the same, VIJAYAWADA ing a difference, Coca-Cola has not to choose drugs and told to medicine might lead to addic- Chiranjeevi, Nani, Sai Dharam Secretary MoHUA, Durga partnered with CARE India to choose future and happiness by Psychiatry Government tion and chronic illness. A Tej, PV Sindhu, international Shanker Mishra tweeted, BULLION RATES provide immediate food secu- saying no to drugs as the youth Hospital Vijayawada, Raja few drugs such as Nitrazetam tennis player, Naina Jaswal, “Congratulations to Vizag , GOLD rity and other essentials to of the State are the future. Bhanu, assistant director drug tablets should not be sold international table tennis play- Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Pune, ` 50,390 (10 gm) underprivileged and vulnera- vulnerable people of our soci- CID Additional DG PV control administrator, Krishna without prescription, which is er, also spoke on the occasion Ballarpur, Noida, Gwalior, ` ble groups to benefit over 1.5 ety and that through our col- Sunil Kumar, Dr Vamshi, assis- district, and others took part in a serious offence. and appealed to people to say which have been upgraded in 180 lakh people starting from this lective efforts as a country, we tant professor department of the webinar. Raja Bhanu said that if NRX no to drugs. review as 3-Star SILVER month. As a part of the initia- will be able to steer ourselves ` 47,700 (1kg) tive, Coca-Cola and CARE out of these testing times.” ` 800 India will provide dry ration Nabesh Bohidar, Program kits with meticulously curated Manager, CARE India, said, food items to meet specific “The Covid-19 pandemic has ‘MSMEs should apply for Restart incentives’ CHICKEN nutritional needs of various brought forth fear, suspicion RATES `/KG marginalised groups such as and suffering. The daily wage PNS n VIJAYAWADA demic. of its requirements from last month to the industries, migrant workers, daily wage labourers, the poorer sections, He said that as part of conces- MSMEs. which have been pending for Dressed/With Skin `176 earners and people living with senior citizens and differently- MSME industrialists should sions, the fixed charges in the He informed the entrepre- long. Out of the incentive Without Skin `201 HIV/AIDS across various abled are all disproportional- apply for receiving incentives power bills for April, May and neurs to apply for the incentives arrears of Rs 904 crore to the Broiler at Farm `122 places. ly affected. Reaching out to under the Restart policy before June were waived. Likewise, the on or before June 30 by visiting MSMEs, Rs 450 crore has been Commenting on the initia- them with dry food ration is June 30, said Collector Md payment of power bills of the the website apindustries.gov.in paid in May and the rest of the tive, Ishteyaque Amjad, Vice- critical to soften the blows of Imtiaz. Addressing the commit- heavy industries was deferred by uploading their Aadhaar, amount would be paid on June EGG President, Public Affairs, Coca- Covid-19 spread and the resul- tee meeting of the District for three months. That means, PAN card, IEM Part-B for 29. `/ Cola India, said, “We are priv- tant slowdown in economic Industries Promotion Council the power bills of April, May and heavy industries and IEM Part- The Collector said that the RATES 100 ileged to collaborate with our activities. Kudos to the fearless on Friday, the Collector said that June could be paid in August, II for mega units. They should single desk has received 4,608 HYDERABAD 338 partner CARE India in provid- and committed staff and vol- the government announced var- September and October. also upload the power bills applications for establishing VIJAYAWADA 350 ing food and essential item unteers on the ground, who ious concessions under Restart The MSMEs would be pro- from October 2019 to January various industries and so far support to the most vulnera- carried out the activities, while policy on May 19 by issuing a vided capital of amount ranging ernment has earmarked Rs 200 2020 and GST bills wherever 4,450 applications were cleared. VISAKHAPATNAM 345 ble communities. We hope taking all precautions for their GO to the industries, which from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 8 lakh at crore, the Collector said and necessary. The committee has approved RETAIL PRICE `3.60 (IN VIJAYAWADA) that our joint efforts help own safety as well as of people were closed due to the lockdown an interest rate of six to eight per added that the government has He expressed happiness over various concessions to 56 indus- assuage the state of the most they distributed to.” caused by the Covid-19 pan- cent. For this purpose, the gov- decided to purchase 25 per cent the payment of incentive arrears tries.

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YSR app launched to Govt to pay crop insurance AP’s Covid fight earns PNS n VIJAYAWADA strengthen RBKs The YSR crop insurance will be PNS n VIJAYAWADA implemented collecting just Rs 1 from a farmer for this praise from UK diplomat Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan year, disclosed Chief Minister Reddy has launched YSR app YS Jaganmohan Reddy by n PNS VIJAYAWADA n Andrew Fleming, in a to monitor the services being clearing the insurance amount, rendered by Rythu Bharosa which was kept pending by the UK Deputy High tweet on Friday, Kendras (RBKs) to farmers previous government. Commissioner Andrew referring to a news from time to time. For the rabi season 2018-19, Fleming has lauded the strat- article pointed out that The app will give updates on the State a share of Rs 122.61 egy, approach and measures the world should learn government policies and crore, due by the previous gov- being taken by the Jaganmohan lessons from the state schemes or agriculture and its ernment, was released, along Reddy led government in of Andhra Pradesh in allied fields, the schemes being with the total claim, working Andhra Pradesh to battle containing the spread of implemented, the facilities avail- out to Rs 596. 36 crore benefit- Covid-19 crisis in the state. Coronavirus pandemic able at RBKs and their utilities ing 5.94 lakh farmers and from Andrew Fleming, in a tweet among others. The app will also this season onwards, crop Agriculture Minister K Kannababu said on Friday, referring to a news n Article documenting help in giving feedback to the insurance will be paid by the that the government besides clearing the article pointed out that the Andhra Pradesh success government on the various pro- government by collecting a previous government dues has been world should learn lessons in tackling Covid-19. AP grammes it has been imple- nominal Rs 1 from the farmer. from the state of Andhra has tested 14,049 per menting. The data of all the During a video conference helping farmers at every step from the Pradesh in containing the million, mobilised a activities of RBKs will be stored before interacting with farm- start of the agriculture season till spread of Coronavirus pan- network of 4.5 lakh in the app and it will be moni- ers, the Chief Minister said that marketing the produce by giving MSP demic. tored by the government at a e-Cropping will be in force at "Article documenting volunteers to work with high level. The app will oversee RBKs and the government Andhra Pradesh success in the Andhra Pradesh model to such as screening every house- 11,158 village the functioning of various RBKs will pay the premium immedi- um amount will be paid to culture season till marketing tackling Covid-19. AP has test- the world in battling the coro- hold and also conducting a secretaries & pioneered through the dash board, draw ately. The previous govern- farmers. The State has been the produce by giving MSP. ed 14,049 per million, navirus pandemic. "Dear Dr door-to-door survey through tech to monitor a comparison and suggest mea- ment did not pay the insurance giving Rythu Bharosa amount, Agriculture Minister K mobilised a network of 4.5 lakh Fleming Many thanks for rec- village volunteers. The State on quarantine compliance. sures of better performance. premium for rabi 2018-19 and setting up of RBKs, e- Kannababu, Agriculture Mission volunteers to work with 11,158 ommending the AP model to Friday tested 22,305 samples Lessons for the World Agriculture Minister K neglected the agriculture sec- Cropping, crop insurance Vice-Chairman MVS Nagai village secretaries & pioneered the world out there. where 570 people turned pos- (sic)," the tweet read Kannababu, Agriculture tor. Normally, one month besides other facilities to farm- Reddy, Special Chief Secretary tech to monitor quarantine Deployment of technology to itive for novel coronavirus Mission Vice-Chairman MVS before the agriculture season, ers like crop loans. Quality Poonam Malakondiah, compliance. Lessons for the mapping out every 50 persons cases. With new 570 cases, the Nagi Reddy, Agriculture Special the premium amount is paid inputs, like seeds, fertilizers, Agriculture Department World (sic)," the tweet read. in the state, first of its kind. total number of coronavirus There are 6,147 active coron- Chief Secretary Poonam but for the rabi season 2018-19, pesticides are being distributed Commissioner Arun Kumar Replying to the tweet, May the force be with all of us cases in AP stood at 11,489. avirus cases in the state till date. Malkondaiah, Agriculture farmers and Centre have paid through RBKs besides provid- were among others present at the YSRCP leader Potluri Vara (sic)," the tweet said. Till now, 5,196 Covid-19 Andhra Pradesh recorded 146 Commissioner Arun Kumar their share but the State had ing MSP to farmers. video conference. Prasad thanked Andrew Andhra Pradesh has adopt- patients have been discharged coronavirus-related deaths in and others were present on the failed to pay the amount of Rs The District Collectors Several beneficiaries said Fleming for recommending ed various innovative strategies from hospital after being cured. the state so far. occasion. 122.61 crore, thus the farmers should speak to bankers to that only in this government could not get their insurance ensure that the amount did they get a significant premium, he said. deposited is not adjusted to amount as insurance premium To avoid such inconve- other loans taken by the farm- and lauded the Chief Minister Solve Amarvati imbroglio, nience, the government has ers. Agriculture Minister K for his initiatives and welfare Naidu accuses govt of decided to pay the premium Kannababu said that the gov- schemes like Amma Vodi, amount on behalf of the farmer ernment besides clearing the Rythu Bharosa, English medi- and collect a nominal Rs 1 previous government dues has um and others and the amount farmers urge Dalai Lama from them and once the e- been helping farmers at every will be helpful in times of halting irrigation projects PNS n VIJAYAWADA Cropping is done, the premi- step from the start of the agri- Corona. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Amaravati farmers penned a let- ter to the Dalai Lama appealing Opposition leader N him to pay a visit to Amaravati Telugu States Chandrababu Naidu on Friday villages to know their plight as Atchannaidu accused the YSRCP government they pooled their lands for the compete with of causing irreparable damage construction of Amaravati. to the farmers by stalling works Amaravati Rajadhani questioning continues each other, on irrigation projects and by Sameekarana Raithu Samakya allocating meagre funds for the secretary Aluri Yugandhar and Continued from Page 1 when he was minister for labour. lead EoDB race irrigation sector. He said many leaders Puli Chinna, Sk Gouse, He said that ACB officials Continued from Page 1 parties have taken the reins in Dr T Radhika and K The ACB team led by DSPs held Atchannaidu responsible the past but nobody has stopped Varalakshmi in the letter Naidu was the Chief Minister. Prasad and Chiranjeevi reached for the purchase of kits, equip- The Commerce and the development works like the recalled that the Dalai Lama had They stated that nearly 25,000 the GGH at 11 am and contin- ment and medicines for exorbi- Industry Ministry has pre- present government. addressed the inaugural session farmers were small farmers ued the interrogation till 6 pm tant prices on the basis of his pared a blueprint to further Naidu alleged that all irriga- of National Women's having less than one acre land with a one-hour lunch break. three recommendation letters. improve India’s ranking in the tion projects in 13 districts Parliament organised by the AP and they had sacrificed their fer- The ACB officials said that He said that Atchannaidu World Bank’s ease of doing have been stopped and not a Legislative Assembly in tile lands, which was their only Atchannaidu cooperated with denied those allegations and business index with a focus single work has been started Vijayawada in 2017. livelihood. them during questioning the defended that he had no role in on six parameters, including after the YSRCP took charge. They reminded that during They stated that Amaravati interrogation will continue on the purchases as ESI directors enforcing contracts and start- In a letter to the Principal 10 per cent works of Kuppam Borewells are getting dried the address, the Dalai Lama said farmers had pooled lands with Saturday. The ACB officials have the powers to purchase ing a business. The govern- Secretary of Water Resources branch canal were still pend- up in the State and people are that making Amaravati as the the assurance from the then questioned him about the five goods, material and medicines ment is targeting to take and Irrigation Department, ing. He said that 121 kms of not able to get proper supply of new capital of AP is a welcome government about developing recommendation letters sent to required to ESI and it may not India among top 50 in the Naidu expressed concern over canal digging was completed drinking water, said Naidu and move and wished its develop- Amaravati as a world-class cap- ESI and forcing ESI officials to possible to purchase these things index in coming years. stopping the works on the and the remaining 2.2 kms added that people were literal- ment on all fronts, Amaravati ital, which will help the future purchase medicines, kits and through recommendation let- While AP is racing ahead Kuppam branch canal. work was in progress. ly stuck in a breathless situation heritage city has undergone a lot generations. equipment at exorbitant prices ters. by submitting the details of all He alleged that people and Naidu said that due to lack with Coronavirus problems of change over the years and the ARSRS leaders said that the that is part of the Rs 150 crore He said that ACB trying to the business reforms it is farmers are facing an acute of water to that region, toma- multiplying on the one hand economy would flourish when decision of present YSRCP gov- scam. implicate Atchannaidu in the implementing to the Centre, water crisis in Kuppam and to, vegetable, sericulture and and the YSRCP Government's there is peace. ernment to shift the executive Atchannaidu’s lawyer ESI scam which was happened TS is yet to submit few details. Palamaneru Assembly seg- horticulture farmers were left failures in providing irriga- Leaders of ARSRS said near- capital halted development Maguluru Hari Babu said that after shifting of the portfolio and As per the data provided ments. He recalled that during debt ridden. He demanded tion and drinking water creat- ly 30,000 farmers belonging to activities in Amaravati, farmers the ACB officials focused most- claimed that Atchannaidu was by DIPP, States were asked to the TDP regime about 90 per that the YSRCP government ing new problems on the other 29 villages had pooled 33,000 continuing their protest for the ly on the letters of recommen- not responsible for those exor- submit details on 187 para- cent works of Kuppam branch complete the Kuppam branch hand. He alleged that stalling acres of land under land pool- past six months demanding dation issued by Atchannaidu bitant purchases. meters on implementation canal were completed. He canal and all other projects in Neeru-Pragathi works was a ing (LPS) during earlier govern- the government not to shift cap- of various business reforms. pointed out that the remaining order to rescue the farmers. totally thoughtless act. ment when N Chandrababu ital city. AP and TS have submitted details of 184 parameters so Covid-19 claims 10, far which are under evalua- tion and are racing ahead among other states. Lokesh deplores YSRCP’s ‘witch-hunt’ against party leaders infects 605 in State The World Bank, along with the DIPP is involved in PNS n SRIKAKULAM n Calls on Atchannaidu’s behind the party leaders and Continued from Page 1 include 9,353 locals, 1,764 the process of reviewing the kin in Srikakulam activities against whom the from other states and 372 for- evidence submitted by TDP National General YSRCP is filing false cases. Till In the last 24 hours, 191 eign returnees. states/UTs regarding imple- Secretary and MLC Nara n Stating that the backward now, as many as 33 TDP lead- coronavirus patients were also The state now has 6,145 mentation of reforms for the Lokesh on Friday made a whirl- class leaders came under ers were implicated in fabricat- discharged from hospitals. active cases after 5,196 patients rankings. The rankings are wind visit to Srikakulam district severe attack now, he ed cases. Legal struggles would The 11,489 Covid-19 cases were discharged. expected by August. and called on the family mem- said Atchannaidu was be waged with greater focus. bers of the arrested former being harassed and Many leaders have already got minister Atchannaidu at their bail. ancestral house at Nimmada implicated in false cases The TDP MLC deplored village located in Kotabommali just because he that even senior leaders like Ch. NHAI suspends GM for acting ‘unilaterally’ mandal in Srikakulam district. courageously stood up Ayyannapatrudu, Yanamala Continued from Page 1 financial irregularity is tolerated. Gadkari said the government is Addressing a press confer- against the scams and Ramakrishnudu and The action has sent a stern taking steps to revamp NHAI ence later, Lokesh launched a mafia activities of the Chinarajappa were being tar- "It has come to the notice that warning among NHAI officials and large-scale reforms are need- scathing attack on the ruling party getted in a very heinous and AS Rao, GM (T), without prior to maintain a financial discipline ed. NHAI has been mandated Jaganmohan Reddy govern- condemnable way. The ugly approval of the Competent at all times and keep the trans- the task to develop, maintain and ment, warning that the TDP constitution rather than Atchannaidu was being nature of YSRCP mindset was Authority, created financial lia- parency of NHAI functioning manage National Highways, the was recording all the omissions Ambedkar’s Statute in the State. harassed and implicated in launched a witch-hunt out of evident from how Nirbhaya bility on NHAI in maintenance intact. arterial roads of the country, for and commissions of the ruling A day will soon come under false cases just because he political vendetta. The false case was lodged against works in Andhra Pradesh. As a When contacted, Rao refused inter-state movement of passen- party leaders and officials so this oppressive rule that any- courageously stood up against cases against the TDP leader Ayyannapatrudu, who was preliminary action, Rao has to comment on the issue. gers and goods. that all their atrocities would be body would be jailed even for the scams and mafia activities were unlawful and illogical known for his long years of been put under suspension with An NHAI spokesperson here The total length of National paid back with interest at the forwarding a message to his of the ruling party. There was and would not stand in the flawless public service. Just for immediate effect," the official also declined to comment on the Highways at present is abut 1.5 earliest opportunity. wife or his family members. no name of Atchannaidu in the court of law. attending a marriage, said. matter. lakh km, about 2 per cent of the He blamed Jagan for using Stating that the backward vigilance and enforcement Replying to a question, Ramakrishnudu and The official said the decision The move comes barely days length of all the roads, but they his grandfather Raja Reddy's class leaders came under severe report in the ESI scam but the Lokesh asserted that the TDP Chinarajappa were implicated has been taken by the Authority after Road Transport and carry about 40 per cent of the fanatical and faction-driven attack now, he said present government has would throw all its weight in fabricated cases. to ensure that not even a minor Highways Minister Nitin total traffic. Pressure on AP, TS to send DPRs... SC nod to CBSE, ICSE schemes for cancellation... Continued from Continued from Page 1 pandemic came into force from apply and seek admissions in examinations. students who have appeared in Page 1 March 25. Higher Education Institutions in It said that for candidates in the examinations in only three Excess rains signal better... The top court's order came on The CBSE notification record- India and abroad, based there- Class X, no further examinations subjects, the average of the If the two states fail a batch of pleas seeking relief, ed by the apex court said that on. will be conducted and the result marks obtained in the best two to send agenda to the Continued from Page 1 Nagarjunasagar, has a storage capac- including scrapping of remain- keeping in view the request It, however, said that for Class- declared by CBSE on the basis of performing subjects will be Apex Council, UP ity of 312 tmc ft and its current stor- ing exams of Class 12 scheduled received from various State gov- XII, CBSE will conduct an assessment scheme will be treat- awarded in the subjects whose Singh asked the chair- The fresh row between the age is 169 tmc ft on June 26. The from July 1-15, in view of ernments and the changed cir- optional examination in the ed as final. examinations have not been men of the two boards Telugu-speaking states started when flood caution storage is given at 142 increasing number of COVID- cumstances as on date, it has subjects whose examinations The CBSE's assessment conducted. to fix the agenda on AP issued a GO to divert Krishna tmc ft. 19 cases. Similar relief was been decided that the examina- were scheduled to be conduct- scheme approved by the top "There are very few students the basis of the min- water from Srisailam to Rayalaseema The new schemes proposed by the sought for the ICSE Board as tion for Classes X and XII, ed from July 1-15, 2020 as soon court said that for the students of class 10, mainly from Delhi, utes of the board meet- region via Pothireddypadu. TS took AP government include construction well. which were scheduled from July as conditions are conducive, as of both classes 10 and 12, who who have appeared in the ings and discussions an objection to this move. The of Rayalaseema lift scheme in order The CBSE class 12 exams had 1 to 15, 2020 stand cancelled. assessed and decided by the have completed all their exam- examinations in only one or held at the boards’ Krishna is an east-flowing river that to pump 3 tmc ft of water from started on February 15 and were It said the assessment of the Central Government. inations, their results will be two subjects. Their results will recent meetings. If the originates at Mahabaleshwar in Sangameshwara into Srisailam Right to conclude on April 3. The class performance of students in the Candidates whose results will declared based on their perfor- be declared based on perfor- agenda for the Apex Maharashtra and merges with the Main Canal, upgradation of 10 exams had started on cancelled examinations will be be declared based on the assess- mance in the exams. mance in the appeared subjects Council Meeting is Bay of Bengal, flowing through Pothireddypadu head regulator canal February 21 and were to end on done based on the assessment ment scheme will be allowed to It said that students who have and performance in decided, letters would Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana system to draw 80,000 cusecs of March 29. scheme as suggested by compe- appear in these optional exam- appeared in the examinations in internal/practical project assess- be addressed to CMs and Andhra Pradesh. Together with water from foreshore of Srisailam The ICSE Board had post- tent committee of the CBSE for inations to improve their perfor- more than three subjects, the ment," the CBSE scheme said, of the two states and its tributaries, it forms a vast basin reservoir and other upgradation poned its class 10 and 12 exam- declaration of result for both mance, if they wish so, the average of the marks obtained in adding that these students will the meeting would be that covers 33 per cent of the total various works in existing canal sys- inations due to a coronavirus class-X and class-XII. CBSE said, adding, that the best three performing subjects also be allowed to appear in the scheduled in Delhi area of the four states. tem of Galeru-Nagari project to draw outbreak and they were to end The board said that the results marks obtained by a candidate will be awarded in the subjects optional examinations con- according to the con- Coming to the three common another 70,000 cusecs of water from on March 31. However, the based upon the assessment in these optional examinations whose examinations have not ducted by CBSE to improve venience of the two major reservoirs between AP and TS, Srisailam. nationwide lockdown to contain scheme will be declared by July will be treated as final for those been conducted. their performance, if they desire CMs, he said. the spread of the coronavirus 15, 2020 so that candidates can who have opted to take these The scheme said that for to do so. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020 nation 04

Delhi govt will set up SHORT READS Nadda attacks Cong for PMNRF ICU beds at its 3 hospitals: Kejriwal donation to Rajiv Foundation n PNS NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Later, BJP spokesperson "One family's hunger Sambit Patra demanded a Delhi Chief Minister Arvind BJP president J P Nadda said for wealth has cost response from Congress pres- Kejriwal on Friday said his gov- on Friday the Prime Minister's the nation immensely. ident Sonia Gandhi, saying ernment will set up ICU beds C'garh CM seeks National Relief Fund donated If only they have she is "no queen" and should on a large scale at three state- extension of Centre's money to the "family-run" devoted their energ- explain the charge. He also run hospitals in wake of the ris- food scheme till Sept Rajiv Gandhi Foundation ies towards more alleged that Gandhi has writ- ing number of COVID-19 when the Congress-led UPA ten the script of corruption in cases in the national capital. RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief was in power, claiming it was constructive agenda. the country. Addressing an online media Minister Bhupesh Baghel has a "brazen fraud" and big betray- The Congress' The Congress has become briefing, he said Delhi has urged the Centre to extend the al of the people of India. Imperial Dynasty synonymous to corruption and reported around 74,000 cases 'Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Nadda, who on Thursday needs to apologise to conspiracy, he told reporters, so far; of them, 45,000 patients Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) till targeted the Congress and the the unchecked loot and alleged that the Gandhi have recovered. The rise in scale, he said, adding the Delhi September, an official here said Gandhi family for allegedly for self-gains!" the family floated "shell compa- number of cases is a matter of government has already set up on Friday. In a letter to Prime accepting donation to the foun- nies" like the RGF to become concern but there is no need to 3,500 beds for COVID-19 Minister Narendra Modi on dation from the Chinese BJP chief said "rich". panic as the COVID-19 situ- patients in hotels in the last 10 Thursday, Baghel said amid the embassy, also posted a photo- Hitting back, Surjewala said, ation is "still under control", days. COVID-19 pandemic, the graph of documents to back his The BJP and the Congress Totally reprehensible, disre- ple, he added. "The diabolical game of decep- Kejriwal asserted. The chief minister also said scheme has ensured availability fresh charge. are locked in a bitter war of garding ethics, processes and "One family's hunger for tion, diversion and disinfor- "We have increased our that COVID-19 patients under of food grains to affected But Congress chief words over the two issues. not bothering about trans- wealth has cost the nation mation is being played out by capacity of testing by three home isolation have been given families and it should be spokesperson Randeep "PMNRF, meant to help peo- parency," Nadda said on immensely. If only they have the BJP and J P Nadda to times and hence, cases are pulse oximeters and that this continued for the next three Surjewala accused BJP and ple in distress, was donating Twitter. devoted their energies towards divert the attention of the rising in the city," he said. will act as a "Suraksha Chakra" months, the official from the Nadda of playing a "diabolical money to Rajiv Gandhi Diverting the hard-earned more constructive agenda. The country from the Chinese In LNJP Hospital, Rajiv against the disease. public relations department game of deception" to divert Foundation in UPA years. Who money of the people of India Congress' Imperial Dynasty occupation of Galwan Valley, Gandhi Super Speciality He said the government has said. In Chhattisgarh, apart attention from the alleged sat on the PMNRF board? to a family-run foundation is needs to apologise to the Pangong Tso and now Hospital and GTB Hospital, got permission to conduct from 51.50 lakh ration card- Chinese occupation of Indian Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Who chairs not only a "brazen fraud" but unchecked loot for self-gains!" Depsang up to the Y-junction, the government is going to set plasma therapy on 200 patients holding families identified under territory. RGF? Smt. Sonia Gandhi. also a "big betrayal" of the peo- the BJP chief said. 18 kms inside the LAC." up more ICU beds on a large in the city. the National Food Security Act, the state government has been distributing food grains to 14.10 lakh ration card-holding DMK hits out at beneficiaries through its various Chinese up to 18 km inside schemes, he said. Moreover, ITBP chief visits newly created AIADMK govt Baghel also sought that these 14.10 lakh ration card-holding over father-son families also be covered under Covid-19 care facility in Delhi LAC: Cong leader Pallam Raju the PMGKAY, the official said. PNS n NEW DELHI ensured the withdrawal of the Although the coronavirus- PNS n NEW DELHI duo death Chinese forces to reclaim our induced lockdown has been PNS n CHENNAI Senior Congress leader and LAC. The current government gradually relaxed and economic Indo-Tibetan Border Police former Minister of State for unfortunately refuses to even activities were resuming in a (ITBP) chief S S Deswal on The DMK on Friday targeted Defence Pallam Raju on Friday acknowledge any incursion, phased manner, it will take time Friday visited the newly created the AIADMK government claimed that Chinese troops thereby weakening the morale for things to normalise, the COVID-19 care facility here over the death of a father-son had occupied Indian territory of our soldiers," Jitendra Singh letter had stated. with over 10,000 beds and duo after alleged torture by up to 18 km inside of the Line claimed. reviewed its preparedness, offi- police in Tuticorin district, of Actual Control in the The party said that satellite cials said. accusing it of allowing the per- Depsang plains. images suggested that China 3 militants killed in The large Radha Soami Beas sonnel to take "law into their Addressing a press confer- had made fresh transgressions encounter with security establishment in Chhatarpur own hands". DMK president ence, Pallam Raju said: "In an and new constructions area of the national capital, as M K Stalin also announced a alarming threat to our nation- between June 6 and June 24. forces in Pulwama per the officials, will have two solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the al security and territorial Asserting that the nation SRINAGAR: Three militants segments — a COVID care family of the two. The alleged integrity, China has now occu- stood with the brave Indian were on Friday killed in an centre (CCC) where asympto- brutal assault on the two men pied our territory up to 18 km Army, the party questioned overnight encounter with matic positive cases will be days ago by police was "a result inside the LAC, in the Depsang Both Raju and another "why was the Modi govern- security forces in Pulwama treated and a dedicated COVID Deswal, the officials said, ity, a senior officer said. of the AIADMK government plains, up to the Y-Junction or Congress leader and former ment demoralizing our brave district of Jammu and Kashmir, healthcare centre (DCHC). interacted with a team of doc- One thousand more ancillary allowing them to take law into the bottleneck, as per multiple Union MoS Jitendra Singh solders by issuing contradicto- the Army said. "Three terrorists The CCC will have 90 per tors and paramedics who and security staff will be deployed their own hands at a time when reports." said that Congress again asked ry statements". have been eliminated in Chewa cent beds, while DCHC will would man the facility and was at the facility to enable it to oper- they have to ensure the safety "The Chinese forces are now why the Modi government "This government's diplo- (Pulwama) operation," an Army have 10 per cent beds and the updated about the medical ate smoothly, he said. The cen- of the public during the lock- 7 km short of the Ladakhi was afraid to acknowledge macy is not helping in protect- spokesperson said. He said the latter segment will also have an and administrative protocols to tre will also have 75 ambulances, down," he allegd in a statement town of Burtse, on the Darbuk- Chinese incursion in the ing and restoring India's terri- forces have recovered two AK oxygen support system. be followed at the facility. he said. A huge assortment of air here. P Jayaraj and his on Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie Road. Galwan Valley and Depsang torial integrity," the party said. rifles from the encounter site The border guarding force A team of over 1,000 doc- conditioners, fresh mattresses, Fennix, arrested for 'violating' Reports also suggest that China plains. Both leader also questioned so far. The operation is in had taken over the centre on tors, nurses and paramedic pillows and toiletries has been lockdown norms over business has come as close as 25 km from "The Chinese had made what all had India gained from progress, the spokesperson Wednesday after being direct- staff of the ITBP and other placed at the facility named hours of their cellphone shop, the crucial airstrip of Daulat Beg incursions in Depsang plains the Prime Minister's personal added. The security forces ed by the Union Home Ministry paramilitary forces have been Sardar Patel COVID care centre died at a hospital in Kovilpatti Oldie (DBO), that is within their in 2013 also. The then UPA outreach to various countries in launched a cordon and search to act as the nodal agency. earmarked to work at the facil- and hospital. on June 23. artillery range," Raju added. government stood firm and general and China in particular. operation in Chewa Ular area of Tral in south Kashmir district on Thursday, following information about the presence of militants. The search Maha govt to verify Wanted killer nabbed after Employees launch ‘restore operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire at a search party of old pension' on Twitter the forces, who retaliated. The staff Covid-19 bills nine years in Gujarat n forces maintained a tight PNS NEW DELHI PNS n AURANGABAD trict. AIMIM leader and Lok PNS n AHMEDABAD cordon throughout the night to Sabha member Imtiaz Jaleel A large number of central and prevent the militants from The Maharashtra government raised the issue of shortage of After remaining elusive for nine state employees on Friday joined escaping. has asked the Aurangabad medicines, while Rajya Sabha years, a 36-year-old man was a Twitter campaign to demand Municipal Corporation (AMC) member Dr Bhagwat Karad arrested by the Gujarat Anti- restoration of the old pension to deploy its staff in the city's pri- demanded adequate number of Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday scheme, an organisation repre- Elderly man held for vate hospitals to verify the med- staff for the super specialty wing for his alleged involvement in five senting them has said. 'sexually assaulting', ical bills being charged from the of the Government Medical murders between 2008 and 2011. The ‘restore old pension' impregnating girl in TN COVID-19 patients. College and Hospital (GMCH), Based on specific inputs and campaign is being spearhead- Shiv Sena leader and Member a district official said. a three-month-long technical ed by the National Movement ERODE(TN): A 56-year-old man of the state Legislative Council Ambadas Danve, who is also surveillance, an ATS team for Old Pension Scheme NMOPS Delhi unit. was arrested for allegedly (MLC), Ambadas Danve, told Shiv Sena's district unit presi- nabbed Aslam Shaikh from his (NMOPS), a federation with Among other issues, the sexually assaulting and this to PTI. He said the instruc- dent, said, "The government home in Vesu area of Surat, said over 13 lakh government NPS or National Pension impregnating a school girl in tions were given to the AMC assured that issues related to deputy superintendent of police employees as its members. Scheme does not have the the district, police said on during a meeting of all-party medicines will be addressed in K K Patel. “Since January 2004, the provision for inclusion of Friday. The man, a dyeing representatives in Aurangabad a couple of days and orders to Shaikh had changed his name central government has revised dearness allowance in factory worker, had made false with Chief Minister Uddhav that effect have been issued. to Lalabhai Patel a few years ago, ple for just Rs 25,000 to Rs canals,A the senior official said. imposed a new pension system the pension, he said. promise of marriage to the 16- Thackeray on Thursday. The process to get the adequate married a nurse using his fake 30,000," Patel said. In one of the killings, Shaikh NPS for government employ- Whereas, the old scheme year-old girl, living near his The meeting, which was medical stqaff is also on. It was identity and fathered three chil- Between 2008 and 2011, had looted an entire truck car- ees recruited after December allowed employees to get ben- house in Lakkapuram, and held on Thursday night, was decided to increase the testing dren, the official said. Shaikh and his accomplices had rying five new tractors after 31, 2003 to replace the one efits of revision of dearness 'raped' her several times attended by state Industries and quarantine the number of Hailing from Balasinor town killed five persons, all drivers and throwing the driver into the under the Central Civil allowance announced twice a following which she became Minister Subhash Desai, state contacts of COVID-19 patients" of Mahisagar district, the accused cleaners, and decamped with canal, he said. While his accom- Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. year, said Patel, who works pregnant, they said. When the Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta On the issue of hefty fees being is the only child of an affluent their tractors and trolleys, which plices were nabbed in 2011, The new pension scheme does with the Delhi government. parents of the girl came to and others. charged by private hospitals, family, which used to own a they then sold for a small Shaikh fled to Goa and later not provide the guarantee of The NMOPS is against the know of her pregnancy, they The public representatives Danve said, "The state adminis- petrol pump and a tractor show- amount, he said. In all these returned to Surat, where he minimum pension on last share-market-linked pension lodged a complaint with the urged the government to take tration has ordered the AM to room, he said. "Despite his back- cases, Shaikh and his men over- took up a new identity and basic salary drawn by the system for the central and state police. The man was arrested necessary steps to control deploy its staff in private hospi- ground, Shaikh became a thief powered their victims, tied them started working in hospitals as a employees,” said Manjeet Singh government employees, he under POCSO Act on Thursday COVID 19 pandemic in the dis- tal to carry out the audit of bills." and did not hesitate to kill peo- up and threw them alive into helper, the official added. Patel, the president of the said. night. SC stays coercive action against TV What went wrong? Sushant Singh Rajput's anchor for remarks against Sufi saint death splits Bollywood, prompts soul searching PNS n NEW DELHI Senior advocate PNS n NEW DELHI this is that it takes double the tal- The Supreme Court Friday Siddharth Luthra, Rajput was ent, energy and hard work for an stayed any coercive action against appearing for Actor Sushant Singh Rajput's considered that rare outsider to convince the audience TV news anchor Amish Devgan death has exposed the deep actor, after Shah and the industry that he or she in multiple FIRs lodged in sev- Devgan, sought faultlines in the Hindi film indus- is as safe a box office bet as a eral states over his alleged defam- the relief and try with issues such as bullying, Rukh Khan perhaps, mediocre, unmotivated and enti- atory statements against Sufi said that the nepotism and discrimination to have transitioned tled establishment elite," he told saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. emerging from tinsel town's PTI. A bench comprising Justices journalist has rarely discussed dark corners into from television to Rajput was considered that A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh already issued a the spotlight of introspection and Bollywood stardom rare actor, after Shah Rukh Khan Maheshwari issued notices to clarification for debate. and his death perhaps, to have transitioned those who have lodged criminal The days since the death of the from television to Bollywood cases against the journalist, and his alleged tweet 34-year-old actor, whose body opened the stardom and his death opened also the state governments of was found in his Mumbai apart- proverbial can of the proverbial can of worms. Rajasthan, Telangana and Chisti' for the Sufi saint, inviting was actually referring to Muslim ment on June 14, have split the worms “Detective Byomkesh Maharashtra where the cases reactions from the Muslim com- ruler Alauddin Khilji and ended glamour industry down the mid- Bakshy!” was produced by have been lodged. munity. One of the FIRs was up naming Chisti. dle – between ‘insiders' and Yash Raj Films, which also Senior advocate Siddharth lodged at Pydhonie police station The top court, which has ‘outsiders', 'us' vs 'them', and also angry accusations at the big- change only if each and every one is welcomed," he said. backed Rajput's “Shuddh Desi Luthra, appearing for Devgan, in Mumbai against Devgan for fixed the plea for hearing in the those born to fame and those gies who call the shots. individual who is positioned Dibakar Banerjee, who direct- Romance”. As rumours swirled sought the relief and said that the allegedly hurting religious sen- first week of July, has ordered that who sweated for it. 'Outsider' Manoj Bajpayee well, who is established and ed Rajput in “Detective Byomkesh about unfair contract details, journalist has already issued a timents by referring to saint till then no coercive action That Rajput, who came from said the structural shift that powerful starts making efforts to Bakshy!”, added that outsiders the powerful production house clarification for his alleged tweet. Chisti in derogatory terms in the would be taken against Devgan. a middle class home in Patna and everyone in the industry wants make it healthy and democratic need to put in twice the amount and other industry bigwigs Errors cannot be construed as TV programme on the com- The FIRs and complaints made his mark in mainstream to see will begin once the pow- for all the talented people who are of work as compared to star chil- and star children such as Karan criminal offences, Luthra said. plaint of Arif Razvi, general sec- have also been lodged in Hindi cinema in what could be erful abolish the "insider-out- coming in," Bajpayee told PTI. dren to convince the industry, the Johar, Alia Bhatt and Sonam It was alleged that the journal- retary of Raza Academy. Rajasthan and Telangana also the classic fairytale, ended his life sider" divide. “We will have to work very public and the box office of their Kapoor faced ire from not just ist in his news show on June 15 However, later the news alleging that Devgan had used led to soul searching about power "Nepotism has been in the hard to turn this industry into a talent. the public but even some of had used the term ‘Lootera anchor tweeted saying that he word ‘lootera' for the saint. structures in Bollywood and debate for a few years now. It'll fraternity where each and every- "The biggest unfairness in all their colleagues. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020 nation 05 SHORT READS PM praises Adityanath says If China not enter our territory, how our 20 soldiers martyred his efforts saved 85k lives PNS n NEW DELHI n PNS LUCKNOW Modi said UP's popu- Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the Showering praise on Yogi lation of 24 crore is central government cannot Adityanath for his handling of same as that of four shirk its responsibility of secur- Thackeray writes to COVID-19 pandemic, Prime European countries ing our borders with China Minister Narendra Modi on and asked Prime Minister PM over cancellation Friday said the vast preparations put together but, in Narendra Modi to take the of examinations made by the Uttar Pradesh UP the death toll is nation into confidence on the chief minister saved at least 600 due to corona- situation in Ladakh. MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief 85,000 lives, something that was In a video message put out Minister Uddhav Thackeray has unthinkable before 2017. virus and lauded the as part of the Congress party's requested Prime Minister Modi, who launched the efforts of Adityanath campaign to honour the Army Narendra Modi to instruct "Atma nirbhar Uttar Pradesh in tackling the personnel who sacrificed their relevant apex bodies to cancel Rozgar Abhiyan" seeking to lives in Ladakh, she asked final year/semester examina- promote local entrepreneur- pandemic why the country's soldiers tyred," she asked. tions of professional courses in ship with industrial associa- were martyred when China She said while the Prime "The country view of the outbreak of the tions to provide employment, He referred to a stampede in crore is bigger than that of "If Yogiji and his team had has not captured any Indian Minister says there is no intru- wants to know if coronavirus. In a letter to Modi said Adityanath managed to Allahabad during the Kumbh many countries. The popula- not made proper preparations, territory, as claimed by the sion into Indian territory, China has not dated June 25, Thackeray said turn the epidemic into an Mela, when a former prime tion of England, France, Italy today 85,000 people would Prime Minister. experts after seeing satellite considering the current COVID- opportunity which the govern- minister was in power who was and Spain put together comes have lost their lives if we com- "Today when there is a cri- images talk of the presence of captured our land 19 situation, thestate Disaster ments prior to 2017 would also an MP from the city, saying to 24 crore but they saw 1.30 pare with other countries. We sis-like situation at the India- Chinese troops in our territo- Management Authority, in a in Ladakh, as have avoided. the PM made all efforts to brush lakh deaths due to coron- can say that the hard work China border, the central gov- ry confirming the intrusions. claimed by the meeting on June 18, decided The prime minister referred the "deaths of hundreds of thou- avirus," he said, adding that done by the UP government ernment cannot shirk its "When and how will the not to conduct final year/ to the pre-2017 period when sands" pilgrims under the carpet. these four countries lost more saved so many lives," he said. responsibility (of securing Modi government take back Prime Minister, semester examinations of non- the state was mostly ruled by Modi said UP's population of lives than UP even though they Modi, who interacted with them)," she said in a video from China our land in then why were professional as well as profe- non-BJP governments, saying, 24 crore is same as that of four are developed nations and villagers of six districts through message as part of Ladakh? Is our territorial ssional courses and award "Whichever government or European countries put togeth- have no dearth of facilities. common services centres and 'SpeakUpForOurJawans' cam- integrity being violated by our 20 soldiers degrees to students based on a martyred," Sonia formulato be decided by system was in place, the cir- er but, in UP the death toll is Referring to the scenario in krishi vigyan kendras , said this paign. China in Ladakh? Will the universities. Further, an option cumstances were such that 600 due to coronavirus and United States, he said, "You achievement has been man- "The country wants to know Prime Minister take the nation Gandhi asked would be given to students they would have avoided the lauded the efforts of Adityanath must have seen reports of aged when 30 to 35 lakh if China has not captured our in confidence on the situation who want totake examination challenge but the Adityanath in tackling the pandemic. America. They have every- labourers have returned to the land in Ladakh, as claimed by at the border?" Gandhi asked. swhenever they are held, he government took it seriously "UP's achievement is mas- thing but even then 1.25 lakh state by hundreds of shramik the Prime Minister, then why She said the government strength to the Army, saying said. At the meeting, it was also and worked on a war footing." sive... The population of 24 lives have been lost till now." trains. were our 20 soldiers mar- should give full support and "this will be true patriotism". decided to get the decision in respect of professionalcourses endorsedby the respective apex authorities since they regulate India should to hit back at China has occupied Indian land, Cong peddling ‘lies, these courses, the chief minister said. China instead of targeting PM's denial will only benefit it falsehoods': BJP after Shanta Kumar asks HP CM to withdraw his Congress: Adhir Ranjan PNS n NEW DELHI Sonia's video message escort facility PNS n KOLKATA Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked Prime Minister PNS n NEW DELHI DHARAMSHALA (HP): Senior Leader of the Congress in the Lok Narendra Modi to speak up and BJP leader Shanta Kumar has Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tell the truth to the country on The BJP on Friday accused the written to Himachal Pradesh Friday asked the government to whether China has occupied Congress of advancing Chinese Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur prepare to hit back at China and any Indian territory. propaganda and peddling "lies seeking withdrawal of his escort facility from July 1. recapture the territory lost in the He said if the Prime Minister and falsehoods" to lower the Kumar in his letter said that he Galwan valley instead of target- says no Indian territory has morale of armed forces, as it hit has been provided many ing the main opposition party to been occupied by China, while back at the opposition party after facilities as the former chief hide its own "strategic blun- satellite images show other- Sonia Gandhi asked Prime minister of Himachal Pradesh ders". He claimed China was wise, then China stands to ben- Minister Narendra Modi to take and thanked Thakur for that. taking advantage of the Modi efit from his statement. the nation into confidence on He, however, said that since he government's "indecision" over "If you (the PM) say Indian the border situation in Ladakh. able to offer any explanation to is also no longer an MP and retaliation. Chowdhury also land has not been taken by BJP spokesperson G V L people of this country who has moved away from active dared the BJP leadership to sub- tory, or else they would have China and it has actually been Narasimha Rao raised the issue have been wondering why the politics, the escort facility is stantiate its charge that the never said that Congress com- taken, then China will stand to by anyone and there has been together fight China and throw of alleged donation from the Congress is betraying India's needed no more. "I am no Congress party had ever compro- promised national security. benefit," Gandhi said. no intrusion, but satellite them out". Chinese embassy to the Rajiv interest by acting as a propagan- longer an MP and have been mised national security, and said "It was the Congress led by In a video message, part of images and experts say China "Prime Minister ji, speak up Gandhi Foundation (RGF) da arm of China," Rao said in a freed from active politics as he will resign as MP if the alle- Indira Gandhi which snatched the Congress party's has occupied Indian territory and do not be scared. You will when the Congress-led UPA was statement. Rather than answer well. Due to my age I will no gations are proved. away Siachen in 1984 by con- 'SpeakUpForOurJawans' cam- at three points in eastern have to tell the truth to the in power and said the Congress such serious questions, the longer be touring around. In "The BJP, to hide its own fail- ducting operation Meghdoot, it paign in honour of martyred Ladakh. country. Don't be scared to has not been able to offer any Gandhi family is continuing to such a situation, now I do not ures, its own Himalayan strate- was Congress which broke Indian soldiers, Gandhi said Noting that the entire coun- say that yes, China has taken explanation to people on this blabber lies and falsehoods to require an escort facility gic blunders, is targeting the Pakistan and created Bangladesh the Prime Minister had stated try is standing together behind our land and we are going to act extremely shocking and damag- lower the morale of armed anymore," the 85-year-old BJP Congress. The BJP leadership in 1971," Chowdhury said in a that not even an inch of Indian the Prime Minister, the former against them. The whole coun- ing revelation . forces and to advance Chinese leader said. has complete disregard for his- video message. territory has been taken away Congress chief said, "We have to try is with you," he said. The Congress has not been propaganda, he alleged. IAF helicopter makes BMTC conducts emergency landing on States, UTs should use PPE kits given for KGP expressway tests on crew Teachers are corona warriors says HC, CHANDIGARH: An Indian Air after 16 staff Force helicopter made an doctors, nurses optimally: Centre to HC fumes over non payment of salaries emergency landing on the test positive Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI expressway in Haryana on PNS n BENGALURU Friday following a technical The Centre has told the Delhi Teachers are being deployed on glitch, a police official said. All High Court that it has provid- The Bangalore Metropolitan COVID-19 duty and can be the personnel are reported to ed personal protective equip- Transport Corporation equated to corona warriors, be safe, he said. "The IAF ment (PPE) kits and N 95 (BMTC) has started con- despite that they are deprived helicopter made an emergency masks to states and union ter- ducting random coronavirus of their salaries since March, landing due to some technical ritories as per their requirement tests for its crew members said the Delhi High Court on snag. All Police Control Room and it is upto them to "optimal- after 16 employees contract- Friday while lamenting at the vehicles and police personnel ly utilize" the protective gear. ed the pathogen in the past authority in the national cap- were rushed to the spot. Later, The submission by the fortnight. ital which has not paid salaries IAF engineers attended to the Union Health Ministry has "We started the random to them since the lockdown chopper and it took off after been made on an affidavit testing of our crew members was imposed. of a petition filed on behalf of inherent powers and initiates two hours," Assistant Sub- filed in response to a PIL by an from Saturday after 16 mem- “This is a very sorry state of North Delhi Municipal a hearing on its own by taking Inspector of Sonipat Police NGO alleging that nurses in bers were found infected with affairs,” observed a bench of Corporation (DMC) teachers, cognisance of any matter. Sandeep Kumar told PTI over private hospitals were not COVID-19, since June 11," a Justices Hima Kohli and seeking direction to the “This is a sorry state of the phone. The chopper made being provided proper protec- said "The central government Distress Management BMTC official said. Subramonium Prasad, while authorities to pay their salaries affairs. Teachers belong to one the landing on the KGP or the tion equipment to guard is making available PPE kits, Collective, has said that it was Of the 16 only two had taking a strong note of the fact which were due since March, of the noble professions and as Eastern Peripheral Expressway, against COVID-19 infection. N-95 masks etc to states/UTs taking action against private fever and others were asymp- that even doctors and safai when the nationwide lock- they are made to do COVID- about 10-12 km from Sonipat. The NGO, in its plea, has as per requirements. It is the hospitals and nursing homes tomatic. Four have been dis- karamcharis are not being given down was imposed. 19 duty also, they can be equat- Kumar said police reached the alleged that nurses in private responsibility of the states/UTs which violate the COVID charged from the hospital their dues by the North DMC. The high court had convert- ed to COVID-19 warriors. spot and stopped the vehicular hospitals and clinics were to optimally utilise the kits," guidelines as and when such after their reports came out The high court, which con- ed the plea into a “suo motu Despite that, they have been traffic on the stretch of the road being given used PPE kits. The Delhi government, in its instances are brought to its negative following treatment, ducted the hearing through petition”. Suo motu cases are deprived of their dues since where the chopper had landed. The ministry in its affidavit, response to the plea by NGO, attention. he said. video conferencing, disposed those where the court uses its March 2020,” the bench said. Punjab CS shunted after row, Vini Mahajan CRPF personnel, SC seeks J-K's reply on plea of HC boy killed in becomes first woman to hold top job in state militant attack PNS n CHANDIGARH the then prime minister bar leader challenging his detention Manmohan Singh from 2005- in Anantnag Weeks after a showdown with 2012. PNS n NEW DELHI two Punjab ministers, Chief She had then handled matters In his appeal, PNS n SRINAGAR Secretary Karan Avtar Singh related to the finance, com- The Supreme Court Friday Qayoom said that was on Friday replaced by Vini merce, industry and telecom issued notice to Jammu and he has challenged A CRPF jawan and a minor boy Mahajan, who becomes the first sectors. Kashmir administration on a the May 28 order of were killed when militants woman to head the bureaucra- She was also part of the core plea filed by high court's bar attacked a security forces team cy in the state. team of the central government leader Mian Abdul Qayoom the Jammu and in Anantnag district of Jammu Karan Avtar Singh was shunt- that put together India's domes- challenging his detention Kashmir High Court and Kashmir on Friday, police ed just ahead of his retirement tic response during the global under Public Safety Act since rejecting his plea said. The militants fired upon a next month, the move following financial crisis, according to the August 7 last year. against his road opening party of the CRPF protests earlier by two ministers state government. A bench of Justices Sanjay 90 battalion near Padshahi Bagh over his behaviour at a meeting. She is currently the only Karan Avtar Singh, a 1984- Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai prolonged “illegal bridge in the Bijbehara area of While Mahajan, a 1987-batch Punjab cadre officer in the state batch IAS officer, has now been issued notice to the Union detention” under the south Kashmir district IAS officer, is now the top empanelled to hold a Secretary's posted as Special Chief Secretary, Territory's administration and the PSA in jails around 12 noon, a police offi- bureaucrat in Punjab, her hus- post at the Centre, a state govern- Governance Reforms and Public sought its reply by first week of outside the UT cial said. He said a CRPF per- band Dinkar Gupta heads the ment statement said. Grievances, the Punjab govern- the reopening of the top court. sonnel and an eight-year-old state police force as Director She was also the first woman ment order said. Senior advocate Dushyant boy were injured in the attack. General of Police. officer to be posted as Deputy Singh, picked by Chief Dave and advocate Vrinda while in detention at Tihar Jail. years' standing at the Bar and has Criminal Procedure and there- The injured were taken to a hos- Her last posting was as Commissioner in Punjab, when Minister Amarinder Singh in Grover, appearing for Qayoom, In his appeal, Qayoom said served as President of the J&K after, an order of detention pital in Bijbehara where both of Additional Chief Secretary, she was assigned Ropar district 2017 for the chief secretary's post, said that they have challenged that he has challenged the May High Court Bar Association for under the PSA was passed them succumbed, the official Investment Promotion, in 1995. is due to retire at the end of the order of the high Court 28 order of the Jammu and many terms, including from against him on August 7, 2019. said. The CRPF personnel has Industries & Commerce, IT and An Economics graduate from August. He found himself in the which had upheld his deten- Kashmir High Court rejecting 2014 till the present day. He said that on August 8 he been identified as constable Governance Reforms and Public Delhi University's Lady Shri middle of a row with ministers tion under the J-K Public his plea against his prolonged Qayoom said he was was taken to Central Jail, Agra, Shamal Kumar, while the boy Grievances. Ram College and a post-gradu- Manpreet Singh Badal and Safety Act. “illegal detention” under the detained on the intervening Uttar Pradesh, without any has been identified as Nihan She also headed the state's ate from the Indian Institute of Charanjit Singh Channi com- The bench also passed an PSA in jails outside the UT. night of August 4th and 5th, prior notice of intimation, Yawar, a resident of Yaripora Health Sector Response & Management (IIM), Calcutta, plaining about his behaviour at interim direction for providing He said that he is a Senior 2019, under the provisions of where he was kept in solitary area of the neighbouring Procurement Committee. Mahajan served in the office of a meeting on May 9. some daily essentials to him Advocate with more than 40 Jammu and Kashmir Code of confinement. Kulgam district, he said. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION China won’t back down It is making no pretence of diplomacy and pushing its territorial Why we slip into amnesia claims hard and fast by still amassing troops along the LAC y now, it is clear that China is no longer speak- ing with a forked tongue. In fact, it is making no It is imperative to examine why events are relegated in the universe of consciousness because Bpretence of diplomacy or nicety and pushing its territorial claims hard and fast as salami-slicing con- it has obvious implications in terms of follow-up/corrective action important to society tinues to be the only tool to aggravate India’s vulner- abilities. It is imperiously wresting its place in the neigh- bourhood by decimating the only rival claimant and currently the recipient of worthy attention from the US and the West — India. And if its continued aggres- sive pile-up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is any indication, then the 3,488-km Himalayan border is going to be hot for some time. Although both sides HIRANMAY KARLEKAR have agreed to simmer down at Galwan Valley, that’s just word play as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has amassed troops all along the LAC with artillery and missile oday is June 27. On May 27, support. Its military air bases at Kashgar, Hotan, Yarkand, Korla and Gor Gunsa are bat- a pregnant elephant col- tle ready. Its rhetoric on Galwan that India is being provocative points to an assumption lapsed in Velliyar river in Kerala’s Palakkad district that its presence there has always been legitimate though this has never been a point and drowned. She had bit- of dispute since the 1962 war. It has now significantly enhanced its presence in the Depsang Tten a coconut filled with explosives on area, closer to the Daulat Beg Oldie airstrip. This shows that the Chinese will never rec- May 12, suffering terrible wounds in her oral cavity. Unable to eat and drink oncile to losing the strategic advantage in Ladakh because of the DSDBO road that allows and in continuous, excruciating agony, India troop parity in this sector. It sees India’s ramping up of border infrastructure as she had, on May 25, come and stood harbouring ambitions in Aksai Chin and our economic disengagement, though not enough in the river. Efforts to treat her failed. Finally, weak and exhausted, she to dislodge Chinese superiority in supply chains in the short-term, as a prelude to a chal- could not stand any more. lenge against its imperialistic chokehold in the South Asian region. Here smaller nations, The incident had set off a global having fed off its investments, are now writhing in debt traps and financial takeovers. wave of outrage, compelling the Kerala Government, not known for its over- Most importantly, it is the unwanted US involvement in halting the narrative of creating flowing concern for animals under any a “Chinese dream” that is causing the dragon to spew fire, particularly its advocacy of dispensation, to order an investigation. India. Apart from the ongoing trade wars and human rights tirades against Uighurs, the One person was reportedly arrested US is now contextualising India as part of its offensive against China. It has declared and two were absconding. A month has passed. The print and electronic reviewing its global deployment of forces to ensure it is postured appropriately to counter media no longer report on the matter. the PLA, given the increasing threat posed by China to Asian countries like India, Malaysia, One does not know whether the two Indonesia and the Philippines. On its part, India has also turned aggressive, accusing absconders are still at large. Nor are people asking. Here is yet another China of turning the clock back to the hostile era of the 1990s. The 1993 agreement example of collective amnesia, which signed during the Narasimha Rao-Jiang Zemin era made it absolutely clear that both often allows outrages and their perpe- for a long time and with great Locked in intense competi- implications, the trend did not ambience that is entertaining, sides would scale down troops at the LAC to a “minimum level” as a confidence-build- trators to go unpunished. intensity. It remains as back- tion among themselves, they assume proportions threaten- so does the fact that they are It is important that the killers of ground memory in others and carried news that were sensa- ing serious discourse and total preceded, followed and punc- ing measure and strengthen bilateral ties by looking beyond the boundary arc. Clearly, the pregnant elephant are given deter- some forget it altogether. Even tional, titillating and exotic ephemerality in response to tuated by advertisements with Xi Jinping, who is also commander-in-chief of the PLA, and having earned the world’s rent punishment and the flourishing those belonging to the first cat- even if they were from afar and news items. This was because attractive visuals of products wrath over the Wuhan contagion, feels the time for goodwill hunting is over. Rather it is trade in illegal explosives, which egory are generally not moved did not connect with the lives the latter was dominated by the and models. It is not surprising enabled her killing and which is reg- enough to demand follow-up or of the readers. Such news items print media and the written that Postman considers enter- pointless. Besides, globalisation has been the biggest casualty of the pandemic and China, ularly used to kill wild boars, is punitive action where necessary. were read for lascivious enter- culture based on language, tainment to be “the supra-ide- which continues its economic acquisition spree across the world as the only country squelched. The Kerala Government, This also goes for groups. It tainment and forgotten there- which expresses and compre- ology of all discourse on tele- which can still afford to stay above the zero growth line, is, therefore, looking at expand- which, much to the chagrin of animal is imperative to examine why after. Amusement became an hends ideas symbolically and vision. No matter what is lovers, allowed the killing of wild boars this happens because it has important component of news- encourages reflection and depicted and from which point ing its hegemonic hold by threatening territories in its margins. Like Taiwan, Hong Kong, in May, laid down certain conditions. obvious implications in terms of paper reading. thinking. Postman observes, of view, the over-arching pre- the Philippines and now India, which it has slotted as a US ally, a proxy even, as opposed These, such as certification by the local follow-up/corrective action Neil Postman underlined an “Even the simplest act of nam- sumption is that it is there for to being a civilisational partner. authorities that the area concerned was important to society. Time has important result of this when he ing a thing is an act of think- our entertainment and plea- suffering crop loss on account of sus- almost always caused wounds wrote in Amusing Ourselves to ing — of comparing one thing sure.” The Modi Government, therefore, has to give up old templates of engagement and tained depredations by wild boars, and to heal and memories to fade. Death: Public Discourse in the with others, selecting some There are doubtless televi- deal with China in a transactional and robust manner. With better field experience and that the killing had to be by shooting The phenomenon has now Age of Show Business, “most of features in common, ignoring sion programmes that are now men, weaponry and infrastructure, Indian forces are quite capable of matching and and by someone from an empanelled acquired an unprecedented our daily news is inert, consist- what is different, (del comma) meant to provoke thought. But group of firearm owners, are merrily force because of the volume, ing of information that gives us and making an imaginary cat- these remain within the enter- even overwhelming the PLA in military manoeuvres along the LAC. In fact, with our forces ignored. They are killed by putting speed and the global nature of something to talk about but can- egory.” tainment genre. The commen- at strategic heights, the PLA would also be hit if it gets adventurous, unless it is ready explosives in the food used as bait. information flow and the cul- not lead to any meaningful The advent of photography tary is overshadowed by mov- to risk its numbers. So we must not look compromised but be prepared. And though While they do devour crops, illegal sale tural process that mediates our action. This fact is the principal further aggravated the process of ing figures on the screen; of their meat is a thriving business in internalisation of it. When news legacy of the telegraph. By gen- de-contextualisation and made besides, these have to be with Chinese exports to India may not be a big part of its trade basket, we have been a ded- some parts of Kerala. Not just that, flows in succession, one item is erating an abundance of irrele- a change in the cognition of real- the mandatory advertisements icated market for decades now, one that has growth potential. With most countries join- nothing can justify such a horribly pushed out of consciousness by vant information, it has dramat- ity. A photograph is recognised; which cover costs and yield ing the “make your own” bandwagon, many will be sieved out over the next decade. cruel way of killing. Besides, the the next, unless, as indicated ically altered what may be called a word is interpreted. Except to profit. Also, with India reorienting its manufacturing sector and other Southeast Asian nations explosives involved are also used to kill above, there is a special reason the ‘information-action ratio.’” those in the know, a photograph Finally, television breeds humans in inter-gang and inter-party to remember it. The process has been says nothing about a place where passivity as most people are already emerging as alternative sourcing hubs, the world’s largest factory floor may not political clashes. Yet, as their free use The process underwent a aggravated by what has been it has been taken or a chain of trapped in the flow of images be able to utilise its capacities. India has already held out against China’s Belt and Road indicates, nothing effective has been qualitative leap with the advent called de-contextualisation in events of which it represents a and sounds and are unable to Initiative or economic colonisation successfully. But China has encircled our immediate done to control their circulation. of the telegraph in the 19th cen- which newspapers present visual fragment. Thus, the image disengage or reflect, which alone No one talks about all this any tury, which made for instanta- events in isolation from their of the cardboard model of a can lead to action. This attitude neighbours by flooding them with largesse. Nepal is hostile, Bangladesh is silent and more. This, however, is not the only neous transmission of informa- contexts and without any expla- house on fire can be seen as an toward virtual reality also comes upset about CAA, Sri Lanka and Maldives have been taken over. So India has to build instance of its kind. Relegation from tion over vast distances. Much nation or reference to their actual house burning. to affect their approach to real- its own relevance in its peripheries rather than relying complacently on historicity. It needs the foreground of public consciousness of this massive flow was irrel- backgrounds to distant readers Then came television and ity itself, a process that is aggra- over time happens with most inci- evant to the lives of the recip- or viewers unfamiliar with with it a revolution in the cul- vated by hopelessness about to engage one on one with smaller South-east Asian nations, even ramp up socio-cul- dents, however convulsive their initial ients, who could neither do their context or significance. ture of responding to informa- their ability to change reality, tural ties from maritime history, and coalesce their collective anxieties about Chinese impact. Of course, an event affects anything about them nor They are read mainly for tion. The combination of mov- however harsh. Passivity design. It can try to dominate the Malacca Straits and make some noise on Tibet and people in varying degrees, depending understand their significance. amusement and curiosity with- ing images, sounds, music and becomes a way of life, the impli- on their ideology, social and religious Newspapers, which took to out serious engagement, lead- the vicarious experience of the cations of which are obvious. Xinjiang. That counterweight would work better than just relying on the US, which beyond values, intellect and/or whether they the telegraph with alacrity, ing to action in respect of exciting reality it provides is (The writer is Consultant the point of internationalising an issue, wouldn’t stay invested as it is too remote for its have personal reasons to be happy or played a critical role in initiat- their consequences. Despite rivetting. If all this lends to tele- Editor, The Pioneer, and domestic concerns. Besides, India needs to stay on the course of multilateralism and sad. Thus, some remember the event ing and perpetuating such flow. being most disturbing in its vision programmes with an an author) in a post-pandemic world, needs to build its own protective shield. S O U N D BITE Prime Ministerji, you will have Make no mistake, all of you The problem is that today’s We hope the Indian side meets No Board exams to speak the truth. There is who have been vocal about the multilateralism lacks scale, China halfway, avoids taking no need to get flustered. If need for a cultural shift in ambition and teeth. And actions that may complicate A more holistic evaluation of cancelled subject papers based you say no land was taken regard to the sale and endorse- some of the instruments that the border situation and takes away and the truth is other- ment of fairness creams in do have teeth, show little or concrete actions to maintain on a student’s performance at school has been mooted wise, it will be China’s gain. our country contributed. no appetite to bite. stability in border areas.

n what has got to be a huge relief for parents, who Congress leader Actor UN chief Chinese Ambassador were torn between worries over the academic future —Rahul Gandhi —Abhay Deol —Antonio Guterres — Sun Weidong Iof their offspring and concerns over their safety in the middle of a raging pandemic, the CBSE and ICSE boards have made their decision at last. Students who L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR appeared in the truncated Class X and XI Board exams Absurd logic will not have to take the remaining examinations that ations themselves have sought More questions than answers time to reduce dependence on were scheduled to be conducted from July 1. This deci- Sir — May be it’s because I am China. India will have to not sion sets to rest apprehensions of both the children not a twit that I don’t understand hen it comes to conduct in daily life, one is trag- only strengthen its entire busi- and their parents who had been stewing for months the way Twitter allows some ically used to sexist/misogynistic commentary. ness ecosystem but also start tweets and blocks/warns others, WWhether it is the many uncles in WhatsApp producing world class goods at over the uncertainty on the future course of action and including those from US groups, news anchors interviewing Sunny Leone or competitive prices. Any knee- the possibility of having to juggle entrance tests for President Donald Trump. Like leading politicians talking about a sensitive case, the jerk reaction may sound good at colleges and universities as well as the pending Board exams. This is a landmark deci- many, I have concerns about bar has been set too low. But the Karnataka HC drove the moment but will harm (un)social media and its ability to it further down. While granting pre-arrest bail to a rape Indian companies and industries sion as never before in the history of the CBSE or the ICSE Board have examinations spread views too easily, including accused, it noted that it was “unbecoming” of an alleged in the long-run. At a time when been nixed. But it has struck a fine balance between safety and aspiration. It was the those that are offensive. Racism, rape survivor to have slept after she was “ravished.” we are battling the worst eco- parents who had brought this issue before the court as they preferred to let their child for example, or the plain stupid- One had expected that the upholders of law and jus- nomic slowdown in decades, we ity shown by some who think Bill tice would stand for the right cause and bring some ramblings of a sexist WhatsApp forward, do we have should not act emotionally. lose a school year rather than risk their health. Gates is responsible for the sanity to the prevailing madness. much hope left? Courts are meant to uphold the law Bal Govind So what has been the workaround? THE CBSE will now rate the students’ ability in spread of COVID-19. The observations by a judge of the Karnataka High not only in letter but also in spirit. Judges are expect- Noida missed tests by assessing their performance over the last three tests conducted in their Twitter Inc’s warning notice Court are highly disturbing. Not merely because of their ed to nudge us towards a more liberal society and that to Trump for his tweet threaten- content but also due to the fact that they come from constitutes progressive judgments and observa- Misleading people schools. The results for both class X and XII will be announced on July 15. However, if ing “serious force” against pro- one of the more reputed offices in the country. Not tions. Such was the case in the triple talaq verdict. a student is not satisfied with the marks, he/she can appear for the exam later. But the testers in the US capital has con- only is it shaming a rape survivor, these questions fur- However, in India, it always seems to be a case of tak- dates for those tests have not been announced as yet. The board would most proba- fused many. Although there is a ther the already prevalent and unfortunate victim-blam- ing one step forward and two steps back. That cer- Sir — This refers to the editorial, bly play it by the ear and take a call on it based on the number of applications. Further, warning that this tweet refers to ing narrative: That the woman is responsible for the tainly seems to be the case with this Karnataka High “Ayurveda vs Ramdev” (June 26). “abusive behaviour,” one can assault, for hanging out late at night, wearing certain Court’s observation that granted bail to the accused. When scientists are working over- after these exams, no improvement paper will be held. The ICSE Board may hold option- still proceed to the tweet and types of clothes or drinking and partying with col- Javvadi Lakshmana Rao time to find a cure for al exams for class X students and its results would be out by mid-July. However, unlike read it in full. Twitter said it hid leagues. When the top courts of the country echo the Visakhapatnam Coronavirus and have not been the CBSE, it is yet to come out with the formula to calculate results. While questions Trump’s tweet behind its “pub- successful so far, the claim by lic interest” notice because it Ramdev to have found a “cure” is might be raised about the fairness of this evaluation method in the near future, and we included a threat of harm against but there is little clarity as to Think practically best way to deal with our hostile absurd. The yoga guru is misguid- might see someone rushing to the courts as well, how to go about this in an equitable an identifiable group. Surely, if what can actually be banned. neighbour. But this is easier said ing the public. The Broadcasting manner is not an easy question to answer. But as they say, extraordinary times require Twitter finds his tweet inappro- Twitter is working on this issue than done and may be a long- and Health Ministries must act to priate, it should remove it rather but there is a long way to go and Sir — This refers to the editori- term strategy. India has a huge check this. extraordinary solutions. However, students who are preparing for JEE Main, JEE Advanced than issue a meek response with the basic problem is what is al, “Hurting China or ourselves?” trade deficit with China. Hence, Kshitij and NEET 2020, are apprehensive about their entrance tests going a similar way. Should just a warning. offensive to some may be a view (June 26). Indeed, China needs calls to boycott Chinese goods Via email a more sustained and long-term assessment of performance finally get more credence The problem is that people supported by others. to be paid back but not necessar- may not hurt it much. Rather, have the apparent right to make Dennis Fitzgerald ily with offensive measures. back home, supply chains will be Send your feedback to: than a day’s competitive test? incorrect or offensive statements Australia Opting for the trade route is the disrupted. In fact, trade associ- [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Baby boom amid POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE PM’S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND WAS DONATING THE DIABOLICAL GAME OF DECEPTION AND DIVERSION a pandemic MONEY TO THE RAJIV GANDHI FOUNDATION IN THE UPA IS BEING PLAYED BY THE BJP TO DIVERT ATTENTION YEARS. WHO SAT ON ITS BOARD? SONIA GANDHI. FROM CHINESE OCCUPATION OF GALWAN VALLEY. Public and private healthcare set-ups are likely to —BJP CHIEF —CONGRESS SPOKESPERSON see a spike in demand for clinical family planning JP NADDA RANDEEP SURJEWALA methods and abortion services Take your business online VS CHANDRASHEKAR Unlike a brick-and-mortar business, the beauty of an online business is its instant reach to a ith the focus of the healthcare apparatus squarely on the pan- demic, troubling reports have begun to emerge on other fronts huge target audience, not only locally but across borders. But you need to carve a niche first Wof public health that are facing neglect. While such an out- come is somewhat expected, it is also important to track and analyse these developments in order to generate appropriate systemic respons- es, both during and after the crisis. One such area is the increased need for access to contraception, given that people are confined to their homes these days. A combination of increased sexual activity and decreased access to contraception will result in a surge of unin- tended pregnancies later this year. This, in turn, will lead to troubling consequences, such as women being forced to carry unwanted preg- nancies to term or resorting to unsafe abortions. It is critical for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to take stock of this situation and address it. In 2019, approximately 34 lakh women opted for sterilisation, 57 HIMA BINDU KOTA lakh went for Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUCDs) and 18 lakh chose injectable contraceptives from the public health system. Public OVID-19 has changed the world as we know it. We all have to get used to the new health facilities also distributed 32.2 crore condoms, 4.18 crore cycles normal, both in our personal and profes- of oral contraceptives pills (OCPs) and 25 lakh emergency contracep- C sional lives. Businesses have to reinvent and re- tive pills (ECPs). The MoHFW has advised States to suspend the pro- engineer themselves to face the challenges vision of sterilisation and IUCDs during the lockdown, with several States thrown up by the Novel Coronavirus. This is opting for suspensions days before this advisory. A large number of especially true of entrepreneurs who are the foun- couples access contraceptives from the private sector, which sells around tainheads of innovation and creativity. Now more 220 crore condoms, 11.2 crore OCPs and 36 lakh ECPs annually. The than ever, entrepreneurs need to think out-of-the lockdown has, therefore, put a big question mark on the availability of box to survive these unprecedented times. And these solutions for women, stifling reproductive choice across the coun- the first step towards this is to take advantage of try. Notably, despite exemptions for healthcare facilities and chemists, the technological advancements mankind has made and go online. Gone are the days when many establishments have closed their shutters for a variety of rea- there was a raging debate on the pros and cons sons (chief among which is the risk of contracting the virus). Among of online business versus an offline one. The ques- those open, most have reported a sharp decline in footfall anywhere tion now is how to convert an offline brick-and- between 30 per cent to 70 per cent, owing to movement restrictions. mortar business into a click-and-mortar one. Outpatient Departments (OPDs) in many public facilities have also report- Setting up an online business is by no means ed a sharp decline of 50 per cent. an easy task as cyberspace is a different sphere The overall impact is that a large number of sexually-active cou- altogether. It requires careful planning, which is ples under lockdown do not have adequate access to clinical meth- the same for any regular offline business. It needs ONE SHOULD KNOW ods of contraception. Meanwhile, restricted mobility has reduced access vision, access to funds, hard work and plain old grit and determination. However, unlike a brick- THAT SETTING UP A to over-the-counter contraception as well, since most consumers opt BUSINESS IN A to purchase items such as condoms away from their neighbourhoods. and-mortar business, the beauty of an online busi- ness is its instant reach to a huge target audience, DEPRESSED Clinical family planning services, sterilisations and IUCDs continue to not only locally but across borders. But to set up ECONOMY HAS ITS be suspended and the market is recovering at a slower pace due to a successful online business, you need to carve BENEFITS. supply chain bottlenecks and limited public transport. The spike in cases out a niche. For example, Amazon created a niche YOU CAN NEGOTIATE there are several online templates avail- many products or services do you The next step is to make cus- in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand due to returning migrant labour- for itself by offering the largest collection of book GOOD TERMS able to guide you. However, a well-writ- want to list? Do you want a website that tomers aware of your online business. ers means health services will continue to be preoccupied with COVID- titles (over one million), which was more than WITH YOUR ten business plan should answer the fol- changes frequently? What is the type of Search Engine Optimisation is one of 19 for a much longer time. 10 times the range of books in the largest phys- VENDORS; HIRE lowing five questions: What are your user interface needed? Discuss these the ways with which you can achieve According to an analysis, the pandemic has impacted the ability ical bookstores around the world. So, the first step KNOWLEDGEABLE business’ aims and goals? Why would aspects with your carefully-chosen this. The key is to make your website of over 2.78 crore couples to access their choice of contraception (12.8 is to develop a clear understanding of the niche your business satisfy or fulfil customer website developer, who is your partner visible to any Search Engine by adding you want to address as a business. STAFF OF OTHER needs? Where will you be present? Who in one of the most important aspects of unique content that would be picked up lakh IUCDs, 8.9 lakh sterilisations, 5.91 lakh injectables and 2.4 crore COMPANIES WHO over-the-counter contraceptive users). The demand destruction is esti- Next, try and identify your unique selling are your potential customers and your online business. You could consider pre- by the bots. For example, Google uses proposition (USP). Your business idea may not HAVE BEEN LAID OFF, target audience? And how are you going vious experience, technical knowledge, a software called Googlebot to examine mated to be to the tune of 50 crore condoms, 2.8 crore OCPs and be totally unique but a support environment can BUY SOME to launch and continue the daily oper- client portfolio, references from clients, the internet for useful content on web- 10.8 lakh ECPs. As a result, the expected impact could be over 29.5 make it exclusive. A great website, a good sales COMPANIES AT ations of your business? These five ques- commitment and workload as some of sites and accordingly ranks them based lakh unintended pregnancies and over 17.9 lakh abortions, many of pitch, innovative marketing strategies, smooth LOWER VALUATIONS tions will cover all aspects of the ven- the attributes of choosing a good web on that. Good quality content is very which are likely to be unsafe. Projections suggest this could result in supply chains and a responsive customer care can AND GET YOUR ture. development partner. If you are plan- attractive to any Search Engine which an additional 8.45 lakh births and 2,165 maternal deaths. This would do wonders for a business and help a start-up BUSINESS OFF THE Any business plan is not complete ning to capture customer data or receive can hope to satisfy the query of cus- be in addition to the mental and financial burden taken on by women carve a niche to take on well-established, deep- GROUND. IDENTIFY without market intelligence. payments online, you should take tomers. Connecting with your cus- as a result of being unable to exercise their reproductive choices. pocketed competitors. However, don’t become THE SILVER LINING Competition is a part of life and some- responsibility and accountability to tomers through various ways like Once movement restrictions are eased, private and public health- disheartened if you are unable to put a finger on where, someone would be having a sim- protect the information of your cus- forums, social media platforms, emails, your USPs, they will become obvious at the plan- IN THE DARK ilar product or service that you are plan- tomers by pursuing necessary and vital surveys or through telephone will help care set-ups are likely to see an increased demand for clinical family CLOUD, SET UP A planning methods and for abortion services. However, with the ever- ning stage. Entrepreneurs have the habit of try- ning to offer. So a competitor analysis checks and balances. build your reputation. Also, be sure to ing to do all things on their own. Don’t succumb STRONG ONLINE is an absolute necessity, in terms of the Once this is done, shop around to deliver on the claims and promises you looming threat of COVID-19, there will be an urgent requirement for to this habit. Delegation is as important as care- PRESENCE, BACK IT products/services offered, USPs, web- have the best payment gateway for your make on the website to gain their con- safeguards that protect healthcare workers and women from trans- ful planning. Take the help of experts wherever UP WITH A ROBUST site layout, quality of information to cus- business. Managing content is one of the fidence. Try and go over and above cus- mission of the virus. It is, therefore, imperative that the MoHFW and required in planning, development and deploy- OPERATIONAL PLAN, tomers, delivery times, packaging, cus- crucial aspects of online business. tomer expectation and aim for customer medical associations draw up revised guidelines for the provision of ment of your online business. A successful busi- DELIVER WHAT YOU tomer care, complaint handling and so Writing quality content takes longer delight. Remember under-promise and contraceptive and abortion services to address this changed context. ness person can make a distinction on where and PROMISED, LISTEN on. Addressing any drawbacks your than it sounds and would make the first over-deliver. A related factor that needs to be noted is that an overwhelming when to use external or expert resources and TO YOUR competitor has will make you popular impression on your customers. The So the big question is whether this majority of abortions (81 per cent) involve the use of Medical Abortion when to do things on their own. Developing a CUSTOMERS AND and increase your consumer base. ordering process and experience for the is the right time to launch your online drugs (MA drugs). Yet, recent years have seen several State drug con- website, systems administration, database devel- Start-up funding and investments customers has to be hassle-free, so make venture? Marred with the uncertainties opment among others can be such areas where RUN A SUCCESSFUL are an important requirement for any sure that the order pipeline is easy to unleashed upon the world by the pan- trol authorities impose unnecessary distribution barriers on the sale ONLINE BUSINESS of MA drugs, resulting in chemists not stocking them. A study by the external expertise is required. Employing a business. It would be prudent to com- navigate and customers do not leave demic, setting up a business, particular- third party to manage and maintain your web- bine some of the financing options avail- your website without spending. What ly an online venture, can be very dis- Pratigya Campaign for Gender Equality and Safe Abortion revealed that site is a good business decision, which will allow able like your personal savings, loan use is creating a wonderful website, heartening. no chemist in Maharashtra or Rajasthan stocks these drugs. A fol- time for focussing on your other USPs. You can from family and friends, bank loans, planning and launching the products or However, one should know that set- low-up study at the beginning of this year showed that most chemists surely run a successful online business even if you Government grants, angel investing services, if it is not monetised? ting up a business in a depressed econ- in Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu do not stock have no inkling of technology. Outsourcing your and venture capital. Projecting your Apart from the primary source of omy has its benefits. You can negotiate them, the primary reason being avoiding compliance hassles with the technical requirements will cost you but having income and expense is not one of the revenue, secondary sources like adver- good terms with your vendors; hire drug control authorities. Non-availability of MA drugs may force many a good website is like having a great start for your easiest tasks. We project our income and tising become important as you can take knowledgeable staff of other companies women to opt for unsafe abortions risking their health and lives. It is online business. expenses based on assumptions which advantage of the traffic you receive on who have been laid off, buy some com- vital for the Drug Controller General of India and MoHFW to issue guide- Just like any business, careful planning and tend to change. Be ready to adapt to your website. Running a successful panies at lower valuations and get your lines ensuring the availability of MA drugs, treating them like any adequate funds can make an online business suc- changing income and expense figures. online venture requires strong backend business off the ground. Identify the sil- Schedule-H drug. As with any disaster, the adverse impact is dispro- cessful. There are two reasons why a meticulous Once you have developed a careful plan, operations and a robust supply chain ver lining in the dark cloud, set up a business plan is necessary. One is to make your you are ready to execute it by establish- mechanism. A reliable supplier network strong online presence, back it up with portionately high on women. India’s healthcare apparatus needs to proposal attract funding and the second is to cre- ing the online avatar. is one of the most important areas that a robust operational plan, deliver what acknowledge this and undertake steps to address it. If not, the gains ate an internal blueprint to plan, launch and exe- To create a successful website, you any business should develop. Choosing you promised, listen to your customers made by the country’s family planning programme will be hit. cute your venture. Basically, you should devel- should be clear about what you want. a good supplier and managing good and run a successful online business. (The writer is Pratigya Campaign Advisory Group member and op a business plan for yourself. There are no rights Make a list of all your requirements. relations with them are the key to a suc- (The writer is Associate Professor, Chief Executive Officer, FRHSI) and wrongs in developing a business plan and How many pages do you need? How cessful online business. Amity) Economics behind Chinese politics in Ladakh After the Chinese built up a massive industrial base, they needed markets and raw materials and this has made them imperialist

in-Chief, Northern Command and like Siberia they are full of valuable the world’s colonies. Since Britain military measures, too, for coercion intrusion into Indian territory would face the Chinese alone and need to join noted defence analyst pointed out, the minerals and other natural wealth. and France had done their industrial- and they have built up a massive mil- be hampered. In view of what has been hands with the other major powers of Chinese have captured at least 40 This is the reason China has captured isation earlier, they had grabbed most itary. At present, they use salami tac- said above, it is highly unlikely that the the world. The US is already moving square kilometre of Indian territory. Tibet and also parts of Ladakh. Using of the backward countries and made tics, advancing step by step. Chinese will comply with the request its forces away from Europe and into Why? To understand this, one must go salami tactics, it has recently occupied them their colonies, i.e. markets and This explains what happened of our Lieutenant-General. It is high South Asia in an attempt to counter a little deeper and understand that pol- Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso, Hot sources of cheap raw materials and recently in Ladakh in the Galwan time now that our leaders realise this Chinese aggression. We should take itics is concentrated economics. So to Springs, Demchok and other parts of cheap labour. German industrialisation Valley and other places they have occu- and join hands with other countries advantage of this. Some say that the MARKANDEY KATJU understand politics one must see the Ladakh (having already occupied began later but soon caught up with pied. In future, too, they will keep nib- like the US and form a united front problem can be solved by diplomacy. economics behind it. Aksai Chin in the 1960s). These areas the British and French, and then they, bling away parts of Ladakh and other against Chinese expansionist imperi- This was the view of the then British China may have been socialist at have valuable minerals, needed by too, demanded more colonies. But the Indian territory, obviously with an eye alism, just like the united front formed Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, ll sorts of things are being said one time but today it is undoubtedly China’s growing industry and this is the British and the French were unwilling on the raw materials there (as they have by Russia, the US, Britain and other who thought that negotiating with about the happenings in capitalist and imperialist. In fact, it is real explanation behind the recent to part with theirs and this resulted in done in the South China Sea). countries against Hitler. That is the Hitler at the Munich Conference in ALadakh. Prime Minister expanding imperialism and, therefore, events. As stated above, politics is con- the war. Why did Japan invade China It is reported that on June 22 talks only way to prevent Chinese domina- 1938 would avert war, not realising that Narendra Modi initially said there was more dangerous and aggressive than centrated economics. There are certain and other countries ? To get raw mate- took place between a Lieutenant- tion over us and other parts of the appeasement only whets the appetite no incursion into Indian territory but defensive imperialism (just as in the iron laws of economics, which oper- rials and markets for its growing General of the Indian Army and a world. of the aggressor. So diplomacy will be later modified his statement when con- 1930s, Hitler’s expanding imperialism ate independent of any individual’s will. industry. Similarly, after the Chinese Major-General of the Chinese army, in It should be understood that useless. fronted with undeniable facts about the was more dangerous than British or For example, why did the British built up a massive industrial base, they which the former demanded a time- China is much more economically Our Government should do two Galwan Valley. So what is the truth? French defensive imperialism). conquer India? It was not for a picnic needed markets and raw materials and line for withdrawal of troops to two developed than India (some people say things immediately. It must expel all The truth is that satellite images have China has built up a massive or for enjoyment. In fact, the British this has made them imperialist. They kms from the Line of Actual Control it is five times so) and military strength Chinese companies operating in India shown that undoubtedly Chinese industrial base and with its huge $3.2 were miserable in the hot weather here. have entered Asia, Africa, South (LAC ) as it existed before the Chinese comes from economic strength. and ban sale of Chinese products in the troops have intruded into Galwan trillion foreign exchange reserve, it is They conquered India because, after America and even the developed intrusion. The problem is where is the China’s military is, therefore, undoubt- country. It must form a united front Valley, Pangong Tso, Hot Springs, hungrily looking for markets and raw their industries had grown to a certain countries. LAC? Whenever in the past the edly superior to ours (we can’t even with world powers and boldly confront Demchok and Fingers four to eight, materials and avenues for profitable level, they needed overseas markets, But at present the Chinese are Chinese were asked by the Indian side make our heavy weapons like artillery, Chinese imperialism. This alone can which were not earlier in their control. investment, like an imperialist power. raw materials and cheap labour. largely proceeding cautiously. They use to delineate the LAC on a map, they tanks, aircraft and so on while the thwart Chinese aggression. As Lieutenant-General Panag, Mountainous areas like Tibet and Similarly, what was the cause of the largely economic measures, not mili- refused to do so, obviously because if Chinese have developed the technol- (The writer is a former judge of the former General Officer Commanding- Ladakh, appear barren, like Siberia, but World War-I? It was for redivision of tary. However, they do sometimes use they did so, their designs for future ogy for it). So we will not be able to Supreme Court of India.) VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 27, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Chinese imports likely to continue ‘World waking up to China's true intentions’ till feasible alternatives emerge PNS n WASHINGTON PNS n NEW DELHI in some cases it may lead to The world is waking up to Currently, their being asked to pay more China's intentions to dominate Imports from China are companies based for the same product". the 5G telecommunications Sebi initiates expected to continue for the Similarly, Automotive field amidst the coronavirus time being till other feasible out of China Component Manufacturers pandemic, unrest in Hong process to recruit and cost effective alternatives continue to be the Association of India (ACMA) Kong, standoff with India and executive directors emerge, according to players in leading suppliers Director General Vinnie Mehta other efforts by Beijing to Indian automobile and phar- said the industry has started to "conceal, coerce and co-opt the NEW DELHI: Capital markets of automotive maceutical industries. take steps towards "deep local- world," a top American diplo- “It's really giving watchdog Sebi has begun the components for process for recruiting two Days after a deadly border isation" in order to de-risk mat has said. the political will to clash with China that saw 20 business from Chinese Under Secretary of State executive directors for faster the domestic government Indian soldiers losing their imports. "There is no denying for Economic Growth, Energy and more effective execution industry leaders around the of regulatory work. The lives, there has been a call from that the industry needs to be and the Environment Keith appointment of executive various quarters to cut imports 'Atma-Nirbhar' and the indus- Krach told reporters that world, and also to directors will be either on from the neighbouring coun- ponents from China is try and the government should Huawei's deals with the corporate leaders, contractual or deputation basis try. inevitable, he said, "Yes, unless together define a roadmap and telecommunications opera- said US diplomat for a period of three years, the Indian auto and pharma we can find alternative sources deliver accordingly," he noted. tors around the world are regulator said in a public industries import several crit- of imports and which do not Ease of doing buisness, cap- evaporating because countries notice on Friday. For this, the ical components and raw mate- worth USD 17.6 billion, of the product is not made in raise the prices to a level that ital availability at lower rates are only allowing trusted ven- Securities and Exchange rials from China. Currently, which 27 per cent -- USD 4.75 India, not available or what is consumers get hurt". and globally competitive logis- dors of 5G networks. tions to dominate 5G. And Board of India (Sebi) has companies based out of China billion -- were from China. made in India does not provide Bhargava further said: tics and energy costs are some “It's really giving the polit- Huawei's efforts are running invited applications for continue to be the leading Explaining the rationale the desired quality, or the "Remember the price of of the prerequisites that the ical will to government lead- out of steam,” Krach said. recruitment of two executive suppliers of automotive com- behind the imports from product made in India is too imports, ultimately who pays government should look into ers around the world, and In telecommunications, 5G directors. ponents for the domestic China, Maruti Suzuki India expensive". for it? Consumers. So, the to ensure growth of the domes- also to corporate leaders,” he is the fifth generation technol- industry. In 2018-19, India Chairman R C Bhargava told When asked in today's cir- same people who are boy- tic auto component industry, said during a news conference ogy standard for cellular net- imported auto components PTI that the reason is "either cumstances, if importing com- cotting have to remember that Mehta said. on Thursday. works, the planned successor “Following the pandemic, to the 4G networks which pro- Hong Kong, skirmishes at the vide connectivity to most cell- Indian border, and so many phones currently. other efforts by Beijing to Spanish multinational RBI Guv briefs about Continued decline in all-India power conceal, coerce, and co-opt the telecommunications company world, it's waking up the citi- Telefónica states in its digital zens of the world to the manifesto that security is para- Bosch to suspend impact of monetary steps demand affecting thermal capacity Communist Party's true inten- mount. operations at Bidadi PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI In May 2020, plant for 2 days Reserve Bank of India (RBI) A continued slump in power the all-India 60 GST registrations NEW DELHI: Auto component Governor Shaktikanta Das on demand in the country is energy demand major Bosch on Friday said it Friday briefed the board mem- affecting thermal capacity util- decreased 14.9 will temporarily suspend work bers about the impact of the isation, India Ratings and linked to Chinese national at its Bidadi (Karnataka) plant various monetary and regula- Research (Ind-Ra) said in a per cent year- for two days for cleaning tory measures taken by the report on Friday. on-year to BENGALURU: The commercial jurisdictions of the GST Act, in purposes. The company will central bank to deal with the The report highlights the 102.7 bn units Taxes department in Karnataka the name of a number of be closing its Bidadi plant for COVID-19 crisis. trends in the power sector, has unearthed 60 GST persons for online trading of two days starting June 26 for Besides other things, the with a focus on capacity addi- registrations linked to a Chinese Chinese made goods. deep cleaning and sanitisation, RBI's central board discussed tion, generation, transmission, power demand is affecting (down 13.5 per cent) and national from Wuhan and seized Most of the registrations were Bosch Ltd said in a regulatory the current macroeconomic tary, regulatory and other merchant power, deficit, regu- thermal plant load factor Tamil Nadu (down 15.1 per Chinese goods worth Rs four found irregular in filing of filing. The company utilises situation and evolving chal- measures taken by the RBI in latory changes and the recent (PLF). cent), it added. crore from an undeclared returns and payment of tax and a the Bidadi plant as a local hub lenges being posed by the the context of the COVID-19 rating actions by Ind-Ra. Ind-Ra has published the The decline in power warehouse here during a raid. majority of firms either filed nil for development of powertrain coronavirus pandemic, the pandemic," the RBI said in a In May 2020, the all-India May 2020 edition of its credit demand narrowed in May A total of 25,446 Chinese returns or did not file returns, solutions and manufacture of RBI said in a release after the statement. energy demand decreased 14.9 news digest on India's power 2020 (down 14.9 per cent), made electronic and Fast Moving the release said. automotive products such as meeting that was held through Among others, it also dis- per cent year- on-year to 102.7 sector. April 2020 (down 22.3 per Consumer Goods were seized The registration data showed common rail single cylinder video-conferencing. cussed the RBI's activities dur- billion units, while energy The power demand declined cent) due to the gradual lifting from the warehouse on Old that one business was registered pumps and high-pressure "At the outset, the governor ing the period (July 2019- supply fell 14.9 per cent, result- for May 2020 amid the of lockdown for certain eco- Airport Road during the recent in 2017-18, 43 in 2018-19, 14 in rails. and deputy governors briefed June 2020), the Budget for the ing in the energy deficit COVID-19-led lockdown on nomic activities, increase in raids, a department press 2019-20 and 2 in 2020-21, the the board about the overall next accounting year July 2020 remaining at 0.5 per cent as account of a decline in com- domestic consumption with release said. department said Most of the 60 macroeconomic conditions -- to March 2021 (aligned with against 0.4 per cent in May mercial and industrial demand the peak summer season and The man had obtained the firms were private limited both domestic and global; the government's financial 2019, it said. from major manufacturing increase in agricultural usage premises on lease, and over 60 companies and 24 persons were financial sector situation; and year), other policy and oper- The ratings agency said that states such as Maharashtra due to the onset of sowing sea- registrations had been made, interchangeably directors in 58 the impact of various mone- ational matters. continued decline in all-India (down 11.3 per cent), Gujarat son, the report stated. both under central and state firms. 2 Bajaj staff die Pulses trade body DGH cuts time from Indian economy in deep trouble: S&P donates 5,000 Of Covid-19, PNS n NEW DELHI One risk "Asia-Pacific has shown disaster relief kits over 140 infected discovery to production some success in containing NEW DELHI: Pulses trade S&P Global Ratings on now COVID-19 and, by and large, body IPGA on Friday handed PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday said Indian economy looming responded with effective over 5,000 disaster relief kits is in deep trouble with growth larger is yet macroeconomic policies," said to the West Bengal Bajaj Auto Limited has con- India's upstream oil regulator expected to contract by 5 per Shaun Roache, chief econo- government for distribution to firmed that two of the motor- DGH has pruned processes cent this fiscal. another mist for Asia-Pacific at S&P under-privileged citizens cycle manufacturer's employ- and procedures to allow oil "India's economy is in deep "balance Global Ratings. affected by the Cyclone ees who had tested positive and gas finds to be put into trouble. Difficulties in contain- sheet One risk now looming larg- Amphan in Kolkata. Each for Covid-19 at its production soon after they are ing the virus, an anemic poli- er is yet another "balance sheet relief kit contains 5 kg of rice, Aurangabad plant have suc- discovered. cy response, and underlying recession" recession" in which at least one 1 kg of masoor dal, 1 kg of cumbed to the infection. Issuing guidelines for early vulnerabilities, especially across important sector of the econ- sugar, 1 kg of salt and 1 litre Additionally, Bajaj has con- monetization of hydrocarbon the monetization of discovery the financial sector, are leading omy -- the government, firms, of edible oil. The India Pulses firmed that as many as 140 discoveries, the DGH said at an early stage within these us to expect growth to fall by Pacific losses near USD 3 2020, but grow by 6.9 per cent or households -- tries to bolster and Grains Association (IPGA) employees have tested posi- companies can straight away timelines; rather it would be in 5 per cent this fiscal year trillion as balance sheet reces- in 2021. its weak financial position by handed over the relief material tive at the Waluj plant in start commercial production the public interest that discov- before rebounding in 2021," sion looms', S&P projected This implies a loss nearing saving more, paying down to West Bengal Disaster Aurangabad. The two from any oil and gas discovery ery is monetized early as a step S&P said in a report. the region's economy to USD 3 trillion output over debt, and spending less, S&P Management Minister Javed employees who died, had without having to complete towards energy security of In its report titled 'Asia- shrink by 1.3 per cent in these two years. said. Ahmed Khan, an official underlying conditions of time-consuming paperwork. the country," DGH said. statement said. "Cyclone hypertension and diabetes, Timelines provided in con- It allowed companies to Amphan has created havoc in according to a latest state- tracts oil and gas companies develop and monetize early- Kolkata and the after-effects ment from Bajaj Auto. The sign with the government are stage discoveries before com- have been tremendous. People company however denied the maximum time allowed pletion of the appraisal, decla- Emami Q4 net profit down are still suffering and unable earlier reports that its man- for development and moneti- ration of commerciality to resume normal life. ufacturing facility at Waluj zation of discoveries. (DoC), and submission of the has been shut down. "There are no restrictions on development plan. 59.5 pc to Rs 23 crore PNS n NEW DELHI unemployment and a signifi- cant drop in demand from Homegrown FMCG firm low-income groups, the Sensex rallies Banks go for stress test to assess impact of Corona Emami Ltd on Friday report- Kolkata-based firm said. ed a 59.44 per cent decline in This led the consumers shift over 329 pts PNS n NEW DELHI nication from the RBI to banks flagged, it is imperative for its consolidated net profit to Rs towards more essential items is required in this regard, banks to also then conclude it 22.75 crore for the March like food, groceries and PNS n MUMBAI Banks have undertaken stress sources added. The exercise either ways in a reasonable quarter due to decline in sales hygiene products thereby tests to assess the level of bad requires building and report- period of time to ensure that because of coronavirus- affecting the sale of its discre- Equity benchmark Sensex loans or non-performing assets ing worst-case scenarios on appropriate actions are initiat- induced lockdown. 532.68 crore during the quar- tionary line of products. rallied 329 points on Friday, (NPAs) caused due to econom- asset quality side and subse- ed," KPMG India partner The company had posted a ter under review as against Rs “All these developments aris- led by gains in Infosys, HDFC ic slowdown triggered by the quent capital requirements, (Financial Services Advisory) net profit of Rs 56.09 crore 640.35 crore in the corre- ing out of an unprecedented Bank, TCS and Reliance outbreak of COVID-19, stress test to have a better sources said, adding, it pro- Sanjay Doshi said. during the January-March sponding period of the previ- and extraordinary environ- Industries amid positive cues sources said. view of the financial health, vides management and the Also, he said, timely inter- quarter of 2018-19, Emami ous fiscal. ment that prevailed across the from global markets. Since the quarter as well as banking sources said. regulator early warning about vention in such accounts will said in a regulatory filing. The pandemic and the lock- globe, impacted the company's The 30-share index settled the financial year has ended, it It is part of the routine the financial health. enable banks to protect and Its revenue from operations down led to a sharp decline in performance significantly in 329.17 points, or 0.94 per is prudent to undertake the process and no formal commu- "Once accounts are red- ring-fence good business. was down 16.81 per cent to Rs consumption due to rising Q4FY20,” the company said. cent, higher at 35,171.27, while the NSE Nifty surged 94.10 points, or 0.90 per cent, to 10,383. Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex Employees join ‘restore PepsiCo, Swiggy, NRAI join hands to pack, rallying around 7 per cent, followed by TCS, IndusInd Bank, ONGC, old pension' campaign HDFC Bank and HCL Tech. support lockdown-hit restaurant employees On the other hand, ITC, PNS n NEW DELHI December 31, 2003 to replace Bajaj Finance, Kotak Bank the one under the Central PNS n NEW DELHI each soft drink ordered to the restricted to just the purchase and Sun Pharma finished in A large number of central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, NRAI COVID-19 Relief of Pepsi, it added. the red. According to traders, and state employees on Friday 1972. The new pension Beverage maker PepsiCo has Corpus. “The restaurant industry is broad-based buying on the joined a Twitter campaign to scheme does not provide the launched a fund-raising initia- "This fund will be further an integral part of our ecosys- first day of the new month- demand restoration of the old guarantee of minimum pen- tive in collaboration with food used to provide meals (dry tem and has been severely ly derivatives series and pos- pension scheme, an organisa- sion on last basic salary drawn ordering platform Swiggy and ration) to restaurant workers impacted by the ongoing itive cues from global equi- tion representing them has by the employees,” said the National Restaurant who have served us and are health challenge. Both restau- ty markets lifted the bench- said. The ‘restore old pension' Manjeet Singh Patel.Among Association of India (NRAI) to suffering due to these chal- rants and restaurant workers marks. campaign is being spearhead- other issues, the NPS or render support to the restau- lenging times," said a joint are struggling,” said a PepsiCo "This was mainly influ- ed by the National Movement National Pension Scheme does rant industry employees who statement by PepsiCo India, India spokesperson adding enced by factors like the phe- for Old Pension Scheme not have the provision for are hit hard by the coron- Swiggy and NRAI. that it is an "endeavour to find nomenal rise in the coron- (NMOPS), a federation with inclusion of revised dearness avirus lockdown. The offer is valid on any various meaningful ways to avirus cases in the US and over 13 lakh government allowance in the pension, he PepsiCo's fund-raising ini- packaged soft drinks ordered provide support to the ecosys- India, the military stand-off employees as its members. said. Whereas, the old scheme tiative from restaurants listed on tem.” between India and China at “Since January 2004, the allowed employees to get ben- #PepsiSaveOurRestaurants is Swiggy platform which Earlier, liquor maker Diageo the border, and also with the central government has efits of revision of dearness aiming to provide approxi- includes carbonated soft India had announced a Rs 75- ongoing spat between China imposed a new pension sys- allowance announced twice a mately 2.5 million meals to dis- As part of the initiative, on Swiggy from June 25 to July drinks, packaged iced tea, crore programme “Raising the and the US on many issues tem NPS for government year, said Patel, who works tressed workers of the restau- whenever any consumer adds 19, Pepsi will contribute part packaged juices & packaged Bar” to support bars, pubs and including trade and the source employees recruited after with the Delhi government. rant industry. any soft drink to a meal order of the proceeds in respect of juice-based drinks and is not restaurants. of the pandemic," he said. 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Saturday June 27, 2020 PUTTING HEALTH

FIRSThe world is as a global platform, has legumes and sprouts, making increasingly sub- helped people in looking at a meat-free diet reasonably scribing to the what it really is. easy to follow. idea of a plant- Consequently, more Indians Apart from the more gen- T based diet owing are coming forward and eral nutrients that one can to its myriad signing up for a life that is derive from a plant-based health benefits. A healthy sustainable, ethical, healthy diet, plant proteins and plant-based diet serves as a and driven by compassion superfoods, specifically stand potent option when it comes with the help of a plant- out due to their unparalleled to curbing lifestyle diseases based diet. health advantages. Moreover, by 2025, it is expected to However, it is essential to walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, storehouse of protein, such made from fruits, vegetables, such as obesity and even the A balanced plant-based the plant protein market has reach $40.6 billion. Plant- mix up the sources so that chia seeds; whole grains such as broccoli, asparagus, spices, nuts, seeds, leaves more risky ones, such as car- diet should consist of grains, witnessed a substantial based sources of protein are no vital components are as teff, wheat, oats, buck- Brussels sprouts and corn. and other natural ingredi- diovascular disease, cancer, fruits, vegetables and growth globally. In 2019, the a win-win situation for both missing. Legumes such as wheat, serve as great sources There are many naturally ents. Plant-based supple- diabetes and more. This diet legumes. Moreover, tradi- market was estimated to be your health as well as the lentils, beans, peas, peanuts, of protein. One can also go growing superfoods that are ments are minimally is low in fat, and therefore, tionally Indian staple diet valued at $18.5 billion, and health of the planet. nuts; and seeds like almonds, for vegetables that are a great responsible for improving processed, thereby reducing reduces the chances of cho- includes pulses, cereals, the overall immune system the toxicity risk. lesterol, control blood pres- of the body. These include Plant-based ingredients sure and helps in losing spirulina, kale, acai berries, provide improved bioavail- weight. mushrooms, kiwi, beets, ability, which means the There is no denying the A plant- cauliflower, spinach, cacao, body can effortlessly handle truth that India is on its way ginger, cinnamon, green tea, and use the nutrients that it to becoming the breeding based diet to name a few. Superfoods receives. Also, plants are the ground of some deadly ail- are usually rich in antioxi- ultimate source of a com- ments, such as diabetes and dants that help in preventing plete range of vitamins, min- other cardiovascular dis- has many cancer and the fibre keeps erals, phytonutrients and eases. And many researchers diabetes at bay along with aromatic oils. All these claim that consuming a benefits digestive problems. nutrients tend to work plant-based diet will signifi- Although the Indian diet together and removing one cantly help in lowering the already contained most of of them will deprive the risk of such illnesses by as it is the superfoods, people have body from an overall about 40 per cent. As a now consciously started growth. They contain all the result, Indians are becoming primarily including them in their vital co-nutrients as they are aware of the benefits of a plant-based diets. They are directly extracted from the plant-based diet, which is also known to reduce plants. Additionally, since slowly entering the main- responsible inflammation, regulate they do not include any arti- stream. The trend is particu- metabolism, and shield the ficial flavours, chemicals, larly prevalent among people for organs from toxins. and fillers, the supplements who identify themselves as While it might be difficult retain the natural taste, environmentalists and ani- to get all the nutrients when which is also a great way to mal lovers. improving strictly on a plant-based check the quality. One of the main reasons diet, which makes it essen- While most of us like to why India is marching the overall tial to add plant-based sup- play safe while choosing our towards a plant-based diet is plements to ensure that the food, is it is equally impor- that the social media has immune body gets all the nutrition it tant to choose them wisely. played an unquestionable needs. These supplements Plant-based diet when cou- role in influencing the are known to offer various pled with plant-based sup- younger generation. The system of health benefits that are often plements can help in achiev- internet is strewn with influ- difficult to source from ing the desired health and encers who bust all the our body those which are loaded with warding off physical compli- stereotypes that usually artificial ingredients. To give cations. revolve around plant-based a brief overview, these sup- (The writer, Mihir Gadani diets. Therefore, the internet, plements are organically is the co-founder of OZiva.) Touch-free hand sanitiser dispenser, the new norm

he Coronavirus the Centre for Disease “There is a huge shift in hand rubbing. And guess pandemic Control and Prevention. consumer behaviour. Now what! It is operated on the spurred the Until recently, nobody more than ever, people are barest minimum consump- T demand for ever in their wildest conscious of the surfaces tion of electricity. It doesn't touchless tech- dreams was afraid of they touch. They are look- use a pump to dispense nology. In order touching common sur- ing for hands-free prod- sanitiser but operates based to cater to growing needs, faces, door handles. But ucts, contactless payments, on high-performance start-up company Emfact now, common surfaces are contactless transactions, Infrared Sensor, making it Embedded Systems based feared as potential sources tap-to-pay credit cards, easy to install and operate, in Hyderabad introduced of contagion. Corona and Door Activation Devices, and maintenance-free! Shodhan-L, a sensor-based other viruses can spread Touchless Switches, “The automatic sanitizer automatic, touch-free, through contact with Wireless entry control dispenser is electric pow- Hand Sanitiser Dispenser. shared surfaces. As the devices. All these add to ered and made of such It was developed as per the virus’s spread off late has the demand for the touch- composite material, which guidelines of the World accelerated, the need for less products,” shares SP is flame retardant. It is user Health Organisation and Shodhan-L arose. Chandu, Founder of the friendly, easy to use prod- company. uct. Every drop of sanitiser So how does it work? dispensed is controlled. The dispenser is equipped There is no spillage, leak- THE DISPENSER IS EQUIPPED WITH A with a sensor to detect age or wastage,” informs hands and is capable of dis- Chandu. SENSOR TO DETECT HANDS AND IS pensing exactly 2.5 ml of This lockdown jugad CAPABLE OF DISPENSING EXACTLY 2.5 hand sanitizer each time. product seems to ideal for As per CDC guidelines, to commercial establishments ML OF HAND SANITIZER EACH TIME. AS be effective, it has to dis- such as offices, shops, PER CDC GUIDELINES, TO BE EFFECTIVE, pense 2.4 to 3 ml. And malls, government offices, there is a time gap of 5 sec- industries, religious places, IT HAS TO DISPENSE 2.4 TO 3 ML. onds between each cycle of clinics, hospitals, apart- action. 25 to 30 seconds is ments, gated communities sufficient for the efficacy of and other establishments. 10

Vijayawada Saturday June 27 2020 what’s brewing? Justin Bieber sues women accusing him of sexual assault inger Justin Bieber has 2015, respectively. He is seeking “Danielle fabricated her sexual and hotel receipts to refute a sex- filed a $20-million $20 million in damages, and $10 encounter with Bieber at the ual assault claim posted last defamation lawsuit million for each story. Four Seasons Hotel because it week by a Twitter user under S against two women In the filing of the defamation was publicly reported that Bieber then name Danielle, whose who have accused him lawsuit, Bieber’s lawyers say the had dinner at the Four Seasons tweet and account were later of sexual assault. accusations against him are “fac- Restaurant on March 10, 2014 removed from Twitter. After refuting all the tually impossible, and disproven and presumed that Bieber was at “I don’t normally address allegations, Bieber is both by indisputable documen- the hotel because of the public things as I have dealt with ran- Sunny Deol: Every seeking legal tary evidence and the individu- reports of him dining at the dom accusations my entire recourse against two als’ own admissions”. restaurant. However, even career but after talking with my anonymous “Danielle claimed she was though Bieber went to the wife (Hailey Baldwin) and team producer initially women who sexually assaulted at the Four restaurant, he did NOT stay at I have decided to speak up on an accused him on Seasons Hotel on March 9, 2014, the Four Seasons Hotel,” it issue tonight,” Bieber, 26, wrote social media of however, Bieber did not stay at added. in a series of tweets on Sunday. rejected Ghayal sexual assault, that hotel in March 2014 and According to the suit, Bieber He added, “Rumours are reports there are multiple witnesses and and his then-girlfriend Selena rumours but sexual abuse is n 1990, when shown confidence and faith people.com. documentary evidence to dis- Gomez both attended his sur- something I don’t take lightly. I debutant film- in us, we had to work hard The singer, pute Danielle’s malicious lie,” prise performance at SXSW that wanted to speak out right away maker Rajkumar and made the film exactly 26, has filed read the lawsuit, filed on night. He was even pho- but out of respect to so many I Santoshi was try- the way we scripted,” suit against Thursday. tographed leaving the venue victims who deal with these ing to make recalled the actor. accounts belong- The lawsuit goes on to call with Gomez. They then went to issues daily I wanted to make Ghayal, he had Ghayal featured ing to Danielle and Kadi’s accusation “likewise factu- a rental property they were stay- sure I gathered the facts before I unsuccessfully approached Meenakshi Seshadri, Raj Kadi who each ally impossible, are contradicted ing at “along with several made any statement. Every claim several producers to back Babbar, Moushmi alleged they were by her own prior written state- friends”. of sexual abuse should be taken the project. Not many of Chatterjee, Amrish Puri victims, in ments, are supported only by fal- Before the filing, Bieber had very seriously and this is why them were keen to produce along with Sunny. 2014 and sified or faked texts”. produced screenshots of emails my response was needed. “ the Sunny Deol-starrer at Before the film’s theatrical that stage, till Sunny’s father release, the actor-director Dharmendra stepped in. kept a screening of the film The film was finally pro- for film critics and other duced by Dharmendra, and members of the fraternity. upon release on June 22, “I remember that 1990, went on to become a moment, since I am an Online searches for ‘Nepotism superhit. Sunny was also introverted person by jointly given a National nature. I used to feel awk- Award (Special Jury Award), ward in front too many peo- with Pankaj Kapur and ple, and standing in front of South Indian actress critics and receiving feed- Jayabharathi. back of my work that I am in Bollywood' spiked by 1993% In a chat with IANS, so emotionally attached to, Sunny recalled the making was tough. Ghayal is close he death of Bollywood” are trying to link stood at 3,961, 10,520, 36,292, with no links to the movie of Ghayal, a film that to our heart. Raj and I were Bollywood actor nepotism to the film industry. and 10,230 respectively. industry are making it big, cemented his position as an so nervous. After the Sushant Singh The study shows these In contrast, on June 14, the they will view Bollywood’s action hero. screening, before we came T Rajput has initiated searches spiked dramatically number of tweets made under productions in a more Sunny told IANS, “Back out to meet everyone, I told a wide discussion with Sushant’s sudden death. each hashtag was just 1, 0, 32, favourable light. As a result, then Raj was an assistant of Raj, ‘theek hai, ab bann gaya on enepotism in Following the spike, there was a and 0, respectively. The study the receipts earned by Govind Nihalani, and he hai, badal to nahi sakte (it's Bollywood amongst people. A dramatic fall in the number of highlights that many feel the the box office will was yet to make his debut as all right, we have made it recent study has revealed that times the keyword “nepotism film industry is tilted in increase”. a director. We knew each and cannot change it now). on June 14, the day Sushant in Bollywood” was searched. favour of insiders. other and he came to me to At least we made the film died by suicide, and June 15, On the June 15, 16, the number Speaking about the results narrate the story. I really with honesty. Fail ho gaye to searches with keywords “nepo- of times this keyword was of the study Fernando liked the story, so I promi- aage se aisi story nahi tism in Bollywood” spiked by searched fell to only 153 per Angulo, Head of sed him to make it. Of banayenge, aur kya (if we almost 2000 per cent. cent higher than average. Communications, SEMrush course, Raj was a new direc- fail, we won’t attempt this The study by SEMrush It also tracked data on said, “Our study should serve tor, so getting a producer sort of a story again in the tracked how often the word Twitter to understand what as a caution to Bollywood. was a task. Whoever we future)’!” laughed Sunny. “nepotism” was searched from impact Sushant’s suicide had Many who love its movies went to, with the story, The film went on to be May 2019 to June 2020. It on the microblogging site. It secretly aspire to stardom, every producer said that huge success and become shows that during this period, found a massive surge in the when these aspiring stars feel ‘yeh picture banao maat, one of the highest grossing it was searched an average of number of times tweets were they have no chance of realis- chalegi nahi (don’t make Bollywood ventures at the 62,458 times each month. added to ing their hidden ambitions, this film, it won’t work)’. box office that year. 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New record for Earth's Woman, 30, discovers After ‘Fair & Lovely’, Harry Potter — 23-yrs- Most longest lightening she's a man! more brands face anger old and counting air & Lovely" skin-care creams have been a mainstay of June 26, 1997, was just another ordinary day, but it brought single lightning flash stretched more than 700 kilometres or thirty years, she has lived a normal life with no something extraordinary that took the world by storm. On this Read Aacross Brazil last year - equivalent to the distance between Fcomplications, until recently, when doctors in Kolkata "Fbeauty aisles in stores across India and elsewhere in Asia for NEWS years. Not anymore. On Thursday, the company Unilever said it historic day 23 years ago, the first book of the Harry Potter Boston and Washington DC - has created a new world record for diagnosed her with a very rare condition that can be found in series was released. We were introduced to J. K Rowling's the longest reported distance of lightning, the UN's weather one out of 22,000 people. While treating her for abdominal would stop promoting skin "whitening" or "lightening," and rebrand the skin-care line in response to critics who say the character, Harry Potter, the wizard boy who wears a pair of agency has announced. A World Meteorological Organisation pain, doctors found that she was a "man" suffering from glasses, and the rest is history. Harry Potter and the (WMO) committee of experts said two new world records for the testicular cancer. Surprisingly, her 28-year-old sister, who products promote harmful stereotypes around beauty and skin tone. But it won't go as far as some have demanded: ridding Philosopher's Stone was the first novel that Rowling wrote. It longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a underwent necessary tests following the revelation, was also took the readers into a world they had never imagined existed. single lightning flash were set in Brazil and Argentina. The new diagnosed with "Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome" -- a stores of the creams and their connotations, no matter what they are called. Along with similar brands, Unilever's line has faced During the time when the Internet was non-existent and the records for extreme lightning bursts, or 'megaflashes', during condition in which a person is genetically male but has all social media a distant dream, it was through word of mouth, 2019, are more than double the size and duration of the previous physical traits of a woman. The 30-year-old woman, who is a renewed scrutiny in recent weeks, amid a global reckoning with racial injustice, for print, and electronic media record flashes. A resident of that Harry Potter's lightning flash that Bengal's promoting an image that white or lighter adventures were developed continuously Birbhum and disseminated across the over northern Argentina has been skin is more desirable than darker shades. seven continents. Potter on March 4, 2019 married for the became the favourite lasted a whopping last nine years, "We recognize that the use of the words 'fair', protagonist of children 16.73 seconds. A had visited the across the world, and in the second flash stretched Netaji Subhas 'white' and 'light' suggest a singular ideal same way Lord Voldemort more than 700 Chandra Bose became the most despised kilometres (400 miles) Cancer Hospital of beauty that we don't think is right, and we want to address this," Sunny Jain, the villain. And so, the legacy of across southern Brazil on October 31 last year. This was equivalent in Kolkata with severe pain in lower the abdomen a couple of Harry Potter began. This to the distance between Boston and Washington in the US, or months ago. Dr Anupam Dutta and Dr Soumen Das conducted president of Unilever's beauty and personal care division, said in a statement. Some activists say changing the name and branding year, Harry Potter fans will between London and Basel in Switzerland. The previous megaflash her medical tests and found her "true identity" during celebrate the 23rd distance record was 321 km (199.5 miles) in June 2007 across treatment. "From her appearance, she is a woman - starting is only a start.Poorna Bell, a writer who has been outspoken on the issue, told the BBC she found Unilever's announcement anniversary of the first the US state of Oklahoma, and the previous continuous duration from her voice, developed breasts, normal external genitalia. book's release. record was 7.74 seconds, reached in August 2012 in southern However, the uterus and ovaries have been absent since birth. "hugely disappointing" and called for the line to be discontinued France. She has also never experienced menstruation," Dr Dutta said. all together.

Wouldn't be possible without Liverpool’s wait is over Klopp: Captain Henderson AFP n LIVERPOOL

Chelsea play title deciders once again with 2-1 win over Man City to help iverpool captain Jordan LHenderson hailed manager Klopp’s men seal 19th league title with a record seven games remaining Jurgen Klopp’s transformational impact on the club to end a 30-year AP n LIVERPOOL far from “The Normal One” tag he wait to win the Premier League title “It’s just been a really exciting ride gave himself at his presentation at on Thursday. ürgen Klopp was two months from the first day I arrived and it is Anfield in October 2015 in reference Klopp arrived at Anfield in into his tenure as Liverpool man- not over yet, that’s the good thing. to Jose Mourinho’s self-styled 2015 with the Reds struggling just ager when he strode onto the The team all look like they have a “Special One” description. to qualify for the Champions J good few years in their legs but for Anfield turf, cajoled his players into Klopp already had charisma League on a regular basis via a top tonight we just enjoy this moment. It lining up with him at the edge of the is the best thing I can imagine, it’s and an aura about him from his time four finish. penalty area, and made them thank more than I ever dreamed of to be at Dortmund from 2008-15 — with The German led Liverpool to a fans in The Kop with an arm-swing- honest. We’ve been incredible.” his quirky appearance and one-lin- sixth European Cup last season and ing salute. — JURGEN KLOPP ers, he was regarded as one of has now ended an even longer wait The team had just scored in the European football’s great personal- to become champions of England. fifth minute of stoppage time to sal- “I’m just a little bit overwhelmed right ities — and also brought his trade- “I felt from day one when he vage a 2-2 draw against lowly West now, it’s just an amazing feeling and mark “heavy metal football” to came in the door he changed every- Bromwich Albion in the Premier just so proud of what we’ve achieved. Merseyside. thing,” said Henderson. just a bit overwhelmed right now, League. It was hardly a result wor- Another moment in our lives that we’ll While that saw Liverpool chal- “We followed him and believed it is an amazing feeling.” thy of such a reaction, and was never forget.” lenge City as the most watchable him. It’s been an amazing journey. Liverpool players and staff invariably the subject of widespread — JORDAN HENDERSON team in England across 2017 and ‘18, I’m hoping there is more, we just watched City’s defeat together in a ridicule. it is only since Klopp tempered his keep hungry, keep wanting more hotel. Yet it was typical of Klopp: “Since Jurgen came in, it has been gung-ho style that the Reds have been and following him. The biggest “When we won the Champions maverick, unconventional, passion- very positive all the way. He’s been capable of going toe-to-toe with City thing is no matter what we all fol- League we were on the pitch. It was ate, but also calculated. fantastic and he epitomises in terms of results. low him, believe in him and he’s a different experience watching the “Liiiiverpool, Liiiiverpool,” the everything that Liverpool stands for. I The game-changing six months took us to this point. This would- game,” Henderson continued. Kopites chanted back, a bond seem- think there will be plenty more days to came at the start of 2018, when n’t be possible without him.” “Then the final whistle going and ingly already forged with a bespec- look forward to as long as Jurgen is Liverpool was reinvented by the sale “It’s amazing to finally get over being with everyone together was tacled, cap-wearing, bearded there.” of attacking midfielder Philippe the line for the fans, the club, the amazing. It is another moment in German manager who was about to — SIR KENNY DALGLISH Coutinho to Barcelona in a deal whole city,” added Henderson. “I’m our lives we’ll never forget.” make them dream again. worth up to 160 million euros (then Four-and-a-half years later, “What a season. We’ve been $192 million) and the signings of A shaky defense was tightened a throw-in coach. Klopp has attained legendary status incredible. To be part of this group of center back Virgil van Dijk and up and Klopp hit upon a more solid Anfield is now a fortress again in this port city as the man who players and part of this journey is Alisson for $99 million and $85 mil- 4-3-3 formation. The result has under Klopp, who never fails to talk returned Liverpool to the top of the incredible and I am very proud to be lion respectively — record fees for a been spectacular: back-to-back up the power of the Liverpool fever- English game after a 30-year wait, able to call myself a Premier League defender and goalkeeper at the Champions League finals, winning ish home support that feeds off their securing a 19th league title. winner.” time. one and losing one; a 97-point manager’s energy. It makes it all the A man whose name will be slot- — VIRGIL VAN DIJK Klopp had earlier said he’d never league season — the third-highest in more tough to take that the fans have ted alongside those of other manage- splash those kind of sums — “Other Premier League history — that left not been allowed in stadiums to see rial greats at Anfield — Bill Shankly, “Obviously things are not as we clubs can go out and spend money Liverpool a point behind City in the the team finish off its title-winning imagined probably a few months ago Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish. Liverpool players celebrate after Chelsea’s win over Man City LFC/Twitter and collect top players, I want to do 2018-19 campaign; and now what campaign. Chelsea’s 2-1 win over or even a year ago how we imagined it differently,” he said in 2016 after could statistically go down as the With Klopp having a contract Manchester City on Thursday to win the Premier League, but we are everything and everyone followed stark after having his teeth whitened United bought Paul Pogba for $116 greatest ever top-flight season. through to 2022, there will likely be allowed Liverpool to clinch its first not going to complain and make a him.” In interviews and news confer- in late 2017 — now a staple part of million — but he eventually suc- The team’s fitness is second to many more magic moments for league championship since 1990, fuss. It’s something we’ve always ences, Klopp is equally at home mak- a Premier League weekend. cumbed to the realities of the mod- none under Klopp, while his desire fans to share with their leader who ending one of the most unforeseen dreamed of. As fans I think it’s ing jokes as he is talking politics and “The best word I can say to ern-day game. to cover all bases even saw him hire has put Liverpool back on its perch. droughts in British sports. something that will always be current affairs. He was one of the few describe this is: BOOM!” he said, remembered.” European champion, world club — TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD Premier League managers to divulge looking straight into the TV camera champion, and now Premier League his views about Brexit — “there was and with a broad grin, after champion. All in the space of 13 “Maybe we didn’t arrive with the not one time in history where Liverpool beat Man City in months and all under the watchful division creates success,” he March 2016. The reaction Kop joy: Liverpool fans flood Anfield same passion; Liverpool played every eye of an eccentric who has turned single game like it was the last chance told one interviewer — and has turned into a meme. n Liverpool from a thrilling yet brit- they have.” he did so in a calm and How different it all would AP LIVERPOOL Hillsborough memorial. tle team into a cold-blooded, trophy- — PEP GUARDIOLA thoughtful manner. have been if he’d decided to And as darkness eventually winning juggernaut. He holds strident opin- join Man United, with whom he sun had just set over Anfield engulfed Liverpool’s home on this More than that, Klopp has man- ions on player welfare, even he held talks in 2014 accord- T— and on a 30-year wait to be mid-summer’s evening, a red haze aged to achieve the nearly impossi- admiration for him. if that means openly criticiz- ing to his biographer, Raphael champions of England again — of smoke began to light the skies. ble in an era of increasing football It is easy to see why — and not ing governing bodies in the process. Honigstein. Instead, a year later, he when the fireworks started to Waving flares and flags, tribalism: he is almost universally just because of his infectious energy “As long as nothing changes I will chose Liverpool as his next step after explode into the twilight. Liverpool’s faithful found a way to liked. and passion on the touchline and his say something all the time,” Klopp leaving Borussia Dortmund, a A signal went out across share this moment together on Ask fans of Manchester United clear player-management skills. said this year, describing himself German club that has working- Merseyside. The drought was final- Thursday, even in a pandemic. It’s and Manchester City what they “No disrespect to the other man- mockingly as The Moaner from class roots, a strong heritage and a ly over for Liverpool. hard to stay apart when a three- think about the man who has rele- agers before him, but I felt it from day Liverpool. “It's because it’s about the passionate fan base — just like the At first there were just a dozen decade mission has been accom- gated their teams to Premier League one when he came in the door,” players, not one second about me.” team he was about to join as the supporters who watching on phones surrounded by a sea of thousands plished, even though the crowning also-rans this season and they’ll Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson Klopp is also fun, his loud laugh replacement for Brendan Rodgers. and listening on radios outside this snaking from the entrance to the moment came without Liverpool most likely speak of their respect and said about Klopp. “He just changed and flashing grin — made even more He has proved a perfect fit, and hallowed stadium. They were soon Kop past the The Albert Pub to the players being on the field. Momota recovers from India’s attack should give BAI plans SRH stint turning point car crash them hope in Aus: Atherton training camp AFP n TOKYO in my career: Bhuvi Atherton said. in Hyderabad apan’s badminton star PTI n KOLKATA The man who led England in PTI n NEW DELHI in 2014, I learnt to handle pres- JKento Momota on Friday 54 Tests, is impressed with India’s NEW DELHI: Top Indian shut- sure and that was a turning said he has completely ormer England captain fast-bowling pool. tlers, including world cham- ndian pacer Bhuvneshwar point,” Bhuvneshwar told recovered from the eye FMichael Atherton wants to see “One of the great things in the pion P V Sindhu, will be able IKumar says playing for IPL Deep Das Gupta on injury caused by a car acci- the gameplan employed by Indian last few years from my perspec- to hit the courts from July 1 side Sunrisers Hyderabad has Cricketbaazi show. dent and vowed to bring pace attack against an unortho- tive, I’ve seen this sea change real- if the Telangana Government been a turning point in his “I learnt new things, espe- home Gold at the post- dox batsman like Australia’s Steve ly, in terms of the quality of the allows the Badminton career as he learnt to handle cially handling pressure at poned Tokyo Games. Smith when the two teams square fast bowlers that you’ve pro- Association of India (BAI) to the pressure of bowling at the death bowling (during “I can see without any off at the end of the year. duced. organise a national camp in death. Sunrisers stint),” he said. problem while I’m play- Smith was serving one year “If I go back and think to Hyderabad. India’s fierce pack attack is Bhuvneshwar, who has ing,” the world number one, ball tampering suspension when when I played in India in 93, it While a bunch of Indian now one of the best in the taken 132 ODI and 63 Test who underwent surgery for India toured Down Under in was completely spin-based, you players have started practising world and Bhuvneshwar is a wickets, said he has been most an eye socket fracture in 2018-19 and won their maiden obviously had good fast bowlers at the Prakash Padukone key figure in the set-up along successful whenever he has February after the car crash, Test series 2-1 with David Warner as well but I don’t think that num- Badminton Academy (PPBA) with Jasprit Bumrah, managed to detach himself told reporters. also among list of banned players. ber in depth that you have now.” in Bengaluru after the Sports Mohammed Shami and from the outcome of the games “I’ve been able to give “I’ll be very interested to see As far as Smith’s batting tech- Authority of India (SAI) laid Umesh Yadav. like former India skipper 100% in practice,” he added. what India come up with (against nique is concerned, he feels that down rules for resumption of Bhuvneshwar said he Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The accident, which Smith). He (Smith) is a highly it is unique in its own way which training late last month, the always had the ability to bowl “Like MS Dhoni, I try to happened hours after the unorthodox player, but I enjoy makes the game eminently watch- elite players in Hyderabad yorkers but delivering in detach myself from the result 25-year-old won the watching and for that reason,” pace attack comprising Jasprit able. had no such luck. crunch moments is some- and focus on small things, Malaysia Masters, killed the Atherton said in a chat show on Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and “If everybody played the With Covid-19 cases thing that he learnt after join- which I also refer to as process. driver of the vehicle taking Sony Ten’s Pit Stop. Ishant Sharma makes it an even same way, it’s a boring game. I love surging in Hyderabad, the ing the Sunrisers squad back And this helps in getting the him to Kuala Lumpur air- “I think the game is a better battle for the visitors. the fact that Steve Smith is quite Telangana Government, as a in 2014. desired outcome. port. game when you’ve got people “What really should give unorthodox and he has success precautionary measure, “I always had the ability to “During IPL when I had a “I want to do my best who are very unusual in the way India fans hope I think Down because of that. extended the lockdown till bowl yorkers but then I lost it. couple of good seasons, I was every day towards the goal” that they play,” Atherton added. Under is the strength of the It makes it a more interest- June 30 but it meant the At Sunrisers Hyderabad, they in this zone. I was so focused of winning the Gold Medal But Atherton, one of the bowling attack. It’s very, very dif- ing game for me, but I don’t have resumption of the sport got wanted me to bowl at the start on my process, that the result at the Tokyo Olympics, he most respected voices of world ficult to win in Australia without any easy answers how to get further delayed for the top of the innings as well as at the had become secondary. And said. cricket feels that India’s world class a strong seam bowling attack,” Smith out.” players in the state. end. The 14 matches I played results were positive.” 12

Vijayawada Saturday June 27 2020 tollywood ANNAPURNA STUDIOS SIGNS LOSER DIRECTOR ABHILASH FOR A FILM ith Loser, his second College of Film and Media-from his writers now. He wants it to be The enormous success web show winning where he has a master’s degree in a breath of fresh air.” viewers and critical filmmaking. The source further adds that of Loser meant Abhilash W acclaim alike, director A source close to the develop- chances of the film going to floors Abhilash Reddy has ment confirms to us exclusively, are bleak this year because of graduates to feature become a hot property “The enormous success of Loser COVID-19 outbreak. “It will overnight. To this end, we’ve meant Abhilash graduates to fea- mostly roll early next year. Plus, it filmmaking up next and learnt that he has been signed on ture filmmaking up next and it is wouldn’t be a surprise if either of by the prestigious Annapurna also what he desires. The icing on Annapurna in-house heroes Naga it is also what he desires, Studios to helm a feature film. the cake for him was to be roped Chaitanya or Akhil Akkineni The studio has produced in by Supriya. He is working on boards it if Abhilash impresses finds NAGARAJ GOUD Abhilash’s Loser and also houses the story — character-driven them with the script,” the source his Alma mater Annapurna romantic drama — with a team of concludes.

Actor Adivi ilmmaker istering cyanide-laced Sesh accepts Adivi Sesh Rajesh tablet in the name of con- Touchriver’s next on serial Touchriver, traceptive pills. He would Green India F who has most- later flee with their gold Challenge by ly directed ornaments. accepts Green hard-hitting To be made in Telugu, anchor stories, is now set to tell Kannada and Malayalam killer Cyanide Mohan the story of serial killer simultaneously, the film Anusuya. He India challenge Cyanide Mohan, a physi- titled Cyanide is a pro- planted cal education instructor, duction venture of NRI who murdered 20 young Industrialist Pradeep saplings in women, as a crime- Narayanan under the thriller. A local court in banner Middle East Jubilee Hills Karnataka earlier this Cinema. The film will on Friday and week sentenced Mohan to roll after coranovirus life imprisonment after he scare ends, with shooting further was convicted for raping set to take place in challenged and murdering his 20th Bengaluru, Mangalore, victim 11 years ago, Coorg, Madikkeri, Goa, actress police said on Thursday, Hyderabad and sobhita 26 June. Kasaragod. Padmashree Mohan’s modus awardee Sunitha dhulipala and operandi was to feign Krishnan is acting as the love, entice young content advisor, while director women, and get into popular lensman Sadat Sasikiran. physical relationships Sainuddin will crank the with them in various hotel camera. George Joseph rooms in Karnataka, and will render the musical then kill them by admin- score. OTT can never compensate theatre going experience: Swaroop

ilmmaker Swaroop, who scored a super hit with his maiden film Agent Sai F Srinivasa Athreya last year, believes OTT platforms will co-exist with cinema but never topple the tried and tested theatre model. “There was excitement about OTT platforms in the first two months of the lockdown but it lessened in the past one month. OTT can never com- pensate the excitement of a family going to a film and enjoying it over some refreshments. Film viewing in theatres is a part of our culture, so the question of OTT toppling cinema experience doesn’t arise. Once normalcy returns, people will flock to cinema halls like interested to convert my feature film before,” the director tells us. ideas to web shows. If I have to write for He admits to have been approached a show, I have to start afresh again,” he for his digital debut but he is not taking points out, adding that if he were to it up. “I’m taking it slow. I want to make make his OTT debut, he wants it to be a my next move after assessing the situa- heart-warming comedy affair which tion three months from now. Plus, I lifts the mood of the people given the don't have any web content. Nor I’m prevailing conditions. — NG AK Entertainments SAMANTHA to turn Shadow reveals reason into a web series she loves yoga amantha Akkineni has a special reason for lov- nil Sunkara’s AK house’s Twitter handle on ing yoga. It is because she practices yoga along Entertainments, Friday. with hubby, Naga Chaitanya. which earlier this Anil Sunkara tweeted, Samantha took to Instagram, where she A year produced “You read about him in S shared a photoghraph of the couple trying a the box-office the 20th century. You complex yoga position. The actress captioned smash will now see him with the image: “Apart from gardening.. something I’ve been Sarileru Neekevvaru in the same attitude in really enjoying is Yoga especially because @chayakki- association with Dil 21st century”. Thanks neni and I do it together ... #mytimewithyou #cou- Raju’s Sri Venkateswara MadhuBabu garu for plesyoga .. also we have the super best trainer @fly_san- Creations, is foraying trusting in us to give a thosh who’s just insane. Chay isn't in this picture but I into digital space. The visual format for the am working on it.” production house biggest novel franchise of Actress Rakul Preet Singh commented: “Look at that.” acquired rights to adapt India. #SHADOWSERIES Actress Ruhani Sharma wrote: “Beautifully done.” Madhu Babu’s popular work (sic).” Actress Lavanya Tripathi questioned: “Is there any- Shadow into a web series. While the production thing you cannot do??” “Shadow series is being hasn’t let out the details on Samantha had earlier shared that she has started learn- designed to match the qual- Mr.Madhu who would direct it, buzz ing Isha Kriya and shared a few benefits of the medita- ity and writing of any inter- Babu, and bringing it to you doing the rounds indicate tion form with fans and followers. national series. Taking for- in the visual form.. SUPER that Raja Cheyyi Vesthe Work-wise, the actress has films lined-up with ward the legacy of the EXCITED! More details to director Pradeep Chilukuri Vignesh Sivan and Ashwin Saravanan. Her immediate biggest hero of our telugu be announced soon,” read a is the strong contender to release, however, would be The Family Man 2, which novels #SHADOW by post from the production direct the first season. marks her Hindi as well as digital debut.