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BIHAR MLA SPOTTED ON TRAIN IN FIVE ULTRAS HELD FROM CASE AGAINST C’GARH CM'S FATHER UNDERGARMENTS BOOKED FOREST FOR ALLEGED DEROGATORY REMARKS India’s Medals n MLA of the ruling JD(U) in Bihar, who hit the ive Naxals were nabbed by a joint team of the police and security aipur police have registered a case against Chhattisgarh Chief headlines for travelling by a New Delhi-bound train in forces in Chhattisgarh's , an official said on Minister Bhupesh Baghel's father Nand Kumar Baghel for Aundergarments and quarrelling with co-passengers FSunday. Three tiffin bombs were recovered from the five ultras Rallegedly making derogatory comments against a community, when they took umbrage, has been booked under various on Saturday by a joint team of the CRPF, DRG, CAF and police an official said on Sunday. After a controversy erupted over the sections of the IPC besides the SC/ST Act, officials said personnel out on a search cum area domination operation in the alleged remarks of his father, the chief minister said he was pained here on Sunday. They said the FIR was lodged on Saturday jungles of Kangodipara village in the Phulbagdi police station area, by such comments and asserted that nobody was above the law in at the GRP police station in Ara, based on a complaint Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma told reporters. A case his government and police will take an appropriate action in the lodged against the MLA Gopal Mandal. The complainant, under the Explosives Substances Act was registered against these matter. Following a complaint filed by the 'Sarv Brahmin Samaj', Prahlad Paswan, had recorded his statement at GRP New Naxals identified as Kalmu Sanna (36), Muchaki Pojja (31), Kalmu the D D Nagar police here registered an FIR late Saturday night 586 Delhi on Friday soon after the train reached its destination. Ganga (24), Muchaki Ayata (31) and Muchaki Ayata (31), he said. against Nand Kumar Baghel (86), the official said.

Gold Silver Bronze At 70%, PM Modi's approval rating South, West, North India 2012 LONDON 1 Medal 2016 RIO 4 Medals 2021 TOKYO 19 Medals The 22-year-old Nagar, seeded second, defeated to witness heavy rainfall Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai highest among 13 global leaders 21-17 16-21 21-17 in the men's singles SH6 class PNS n NEW DELHI ‘The highest Modi: 70% in next three days: IMD final to retain his unbeaten run at the Games Prime Minister Narendra ranking for López PNS n NEW DELHI Modi, whose approval rating, the country's Obrador: 64% according to a US think tank, top leader Draghi: 63% Several parts over south, west and had dipped to 66% in June Narendra Merkel: 52% north India are likely to receive 2021 marking a 20-point dip Modi in the Biden: 48% heavy rainfall during the next from his peak position in 2019, global Morrison: 48% three days with the revival of the Trudeau: 45% has not only covered his lost approval Southwest Monsoon, the Indian ground but has the highest Johnson: 41% Meteorological Department (IMD) approval rating among 13 of rating is a Bolsonaro: 39% said on Sunday. the world’s top leaders today. matter of Moon: 38% It said enhanced rainfall activi- As of September 2, Prime pride and Sánchez: 35% ty with fairly widespread and iso- Minister Narendra Modi’s honour for Macron: 34% lated heavy to very heavy rains is approval ratings were the high- the country’ Suga: 25% very likely over Karnataka, Tamil est among 13 world leaders Nadu and Kerala the during next surveyed by Morning Consult. three days and reduce in intensi- The survey data is updated ty and distribution thereafter. North Marathawada, north on a weekly basis. Amit Shah hails top rating of Modi Under the influence of west- madhya Maharashtra, north This week, at 70 per cent, PM nion Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday hailed the finding of a global northwestward movement of a Konkan, Gujarat Region is likely to Modi is ahead of Mexican Usurvey, which ranks Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader with the likely low pressure area or its receive rainfall during September President Andres Manuel highest approval rating, and said it reflected the "unwavering faith" of every Indian remnant cyclonic circulation, fair- 7-9. Tokyo Paralympics Lopez Obrador, Italian Prime in his works and visionary leadership. The data by Morning Consult, which ly widespread to widespread rain- Isolated extremely heavy falls are Minister Mario Draghi, regularly tracks popularity ratings of a host of global leaders, has put Modi with fall with isolated heavy to very also likely over north Konkan German Chancellor Angela 70 per cent approval on the top of a list which included US President Joe Biden heavy rains are very likely over during September 7-8, central Krishna secures gold, Merkel, US President Joe and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "Self-reliant India and its hard-working south Odisha, coastal Andhra Maharashtra and Gujarat Region Biden, Australian leadership are leading the world. Prime Minister @narendramodi continues to top Pradesh, Telangana, Vidarbha and on September 8 and Telangana on the list of world's most popular leaders with 70 % Global Approval Rating. south Chhattisgarh September 5- September 7. 2 7. 2 Suhas clinches silver PNS n TOKYO Games." Suhas ended his campaign Check fake Covid Fake websites of Krishna Nagar secured a second with a silver after going down Swaminathan Foundation hails gold medal in after fighting against top seed Lucas vaccine, Union govt Suhas Yathiraj claimed a silver Mazur of France in the men's popular brands as it turned out to be a Super singles SL4 class final. tells states Sunday for the Indian bad- The 38-year-old Noida dis- reforms in AP agriculture sector duping people minton contingent at the Tokyo trict magistrate, who has an PNS n NEW DELHI Paralympics here. impairment in one of his ankles, PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n NEW DELHI The 22-year-old Nagar, seed- produced an entertaining per- The Centre has shared a set of ed second, defeated Hong formance before narrowly going parameters with all states and UTs to In a shot in the arm for the Andhra Four people were arrested for alleged- Kong's Chu Man Kai 21-17 16- down 21-15 17-21 15-21 to enable service providers and moni- Pradesh government, the services ly running fake websites of multiple 21 21-17 in the men's singles two-time world champion toring teams under the national provided in agriculture and allied reputed brands and duping aspiring SH6 class final to retain his Mazur in the summit clash. COVID-19 vaccination programme sectors have come in for praise by businessmen on the pretext of getting unbeaten run at the Games Bhagat and Palak Kohli, how- to identify any fake COVID-19 vac- the Swaminathan Foundation them franchise, dealership and distrib- and join compatriot Pramod ever, lost 21-23 19-21 in mixed cines so that they are not adminis- which hailed them as number one utorship, police said Sunday. Bhagat in the gold medal win- doubles Sl3-SU5 class bronze tered in the country. in the country. The delegation, who They said the accused -- Vinay ning list. medal playoff. This comes days in the backdrop was on a visit to the Krishna dis- Vikram Singh (37), Vikas Mistri (24), Bhagat had claimed India's Nagar, who has a short of concerns flagged by the World trict in the State, visited the Rythu Vinod Kumar (27) and Santosh first gold in badminton in SL3 stature impairment, picked up Health Organization (WHO) over Bharosa Kendra (RBK). They Kumar (32) -- were arrested during class on Saturday. the sport after being encouraged counterfeit/falsified Covishield vac- praised the extraordinary services raids in Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, and "This is a dream come true. I by his cousin. cine being identified in the South-East provided by the Integrated Call Punjab. want to thank my father, moth- However, he started playing Asia and Africa region of WHO. Centers and the Rythu Bharosa They ran fake sites of reputed er, uncle, auntie, God, my coach- the sport seriously only four Currently, the Serum Institute of Kendra (RBK) Channel. brands such as Amul, Patanjali and es," said Nagar after winning years back and ended up win- India's Covishield, Bharat Biotech's Swaminathan Foundation repre- place and spoke to the farmers at Representatives of the foundation Haldiram by getting them registered India's fifth gold at the Games. ning a bronze at Para Asian Covaxin and Russian vaccine Sputnik sentatives Dr Ramaswami the centres. said that the call centre here was with similar sounding domain names "This is the first time that bad- Games before claiming a bronze V are being administered to eligible Rajkumar and Dr Gopinath, along Agricultural Technology much better than the call centre and promoting them through Google minton has been added to the and silver at 2019 World beneficiaries under the ongoing with the Integrated Call Centre Management Agency (ATMA) run by their foundation in Tamil Ads for higher ranking and online vis- Paralympics and I hope that Championships in singles and COVID-19 inoculation drive in the team, visited the Kesarapalli RBK Director Pramila explained the Nadu. ibility, a senior police officer said. India will keep winning and doubles respectively. country. at Gannavaram in Krishna district services provided to the agriculture doing their best at upcoming 2 "It was requested that the vaccines on Saturday. They inspected the and allied sectors in the state. 2 2 need to be carefully authenticated before use...the information on gen- uine COVID-19 vaccine labels and additional information of the Inflows rising at Prakasam Barrage COVID19 vaccines in use is being Experts: ‘Tunnel’ beneath PAGE 4 enclosed for reference of program PNS n VIJAYAWADA rainy season. managers and service providers One year on, So far, 215 TMC water was under the National COVID-19 Delhi Assembly building Floodwater inflows are gradually released from the Prakasam bar- Vaccination Program. Antarvedi increasing at Prakasam barrage due rage. In July, 43 TMC water was 2 to rains in the catchment areas released while in August 148 TMC needs to be investigated upstream and release of water was released. Similarly, 24 TMC chariot from the Pulichintala project. More water was released so far in PNS n NEW DELHI He also claimed that there was than 69,000 cusecs of water was September. TODAY an "execution room" at the site burning case released from the Prakasam bar- Meanwhile, 32 TMC of water Historians and heritage experts, where Indian revolutionaries were rage on Sunday and over 7,500 was stored in the Pulichintala ALMANAC including those from the ASI, brought to by the British. still a cusecs of water was released into reservoir. Water levels are fluctuat- Month & Paksham: have called for carrying out a sci- Many historians and heritage irrigation canals. ing in the reservoir after one of the Shravana & Krishna Paksha entific investigation of a tunnel experts, including those who have mystery The Prakasam barrage received gates broke and was washed away located beneath the sprawling done extensive research on the huge quantities of floodwater this in floodwaters last month. Panchangam building of the Delhi Assembly, multi-layered history of Delhi, Tithi : Chaturdashi 07:38 which has again captured the however, have expressed scepticism Nakshatram : Magha 17:51 imagination of the people. over the claims and suggested sci- The 'mystery tunnel', first entific investigation of the structure Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad reported around 2016, has sparked and the site. Vizag, V'nagaram to be turned into twin cities time to start any important work) multiple speculation, and experts A senior Archaeological Survey PNS n Rahukalam : 7:38 am - 9:10 am said it will be too early to draw any of India (ASI) official said that the- Visakhapatnam to the airport, the conclusion unless the structure is ories and conjectures abound in YSRCP heavyweight YSRCP MP said and disclosed Yamagandam : 10:42 am - 12:14 pm thoroughly examined from an absence of investigation. Court litigations and a plethora of and MP V Vijayasai that considering the vehicular traf- Varjyam : 1:36 am - 3:09 am archaeological standpoint or any "So, the structures beneath need objections from various quarters Reddy announced fic and other international stan- documentary evidence is found. to be seen archaeologically, first. notwithstanding, the State gov- dards, the Union Urban Gulika : 1:46 pm - 3:18 pm The subterranean structure's And, even if there are obstructions ernment is firm on shifting the that the government Development and National Good Time : (to start any important work) mouth lies just below the floor of due to metro and flyover pillars, Executive Capital of the State to had decided to turn Highways departments would sanc- the assembly hall of the iconic technology is there to investigate Visakhapatnam. Visakhapatnam and tion the funds for the proposed new Amritakalam : 3:29 pm - 5:04 pm building (Old Secretariat), which to test the theory. Without inves- While the government has initi- highway. Already, the Centre had Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:49 am - 12:38 pm was constructed in 1912 by the tigation, it would not be wise to ated a series of steps to develop the Vizianagaram into given its nod for the new highway. British after the imperial capital make comments," he told PTI. Port City, twin cities. Talking about the future water was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, Also, the Red Fort link theory YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) needs of the region, he said that VIJAYAWADA and it is being planned to be seems a bit implausible as the dis- heavyweight and MP V Vijayasai would be returned to the Indian works were in full swing to bring WEATHER thrown open to the public next tance between the 17th-century Reddy, announced that the govern- Navy. The present airport is a the Godavari waters from Forecast: thunderstorms year. Mughal monument and the ment had decided to turn it would be the centre point to both strategic base of the Navy. After the Purushottampatnam to Temp: 31/25 Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram British-era landmark is over six Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Bhogapuram Airport is ready, the Visakhapatnam. The government Humidity: 77% Niwas Goel on Friday had said that km, and with a low height, a tun- into twin cities with the develop- and both the cities would be devel- Navy would completely take over was very keen to develop Sunrise: 6:02 am historical significance of the tun- nel that long would be hard to ment centred around the oped further as twin cities in the the existing airport, Reddy said. Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Sunset: 06:25 pm nel is yet to be established but it is imagine as it would also be hard to Greenfield Bhogapuram Airport. State. To ensure a hassle-free road with highways, flyovers, and other Current Weather Conditions conjectured that the tunnel con- navigate, the official said. Interacting with the media on After the completion of the journey to the Bhogapuram airport, infrastructure facilities to meet the Updated SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 5:00 PM nects the assembly building to the 2 Sunday, Reddy said that once the Bhogapuram Airport, the existing the government had decided to lay challenges of the future, Vijayasai Red Fort. Bhogapuram Airport is completed airport in Visakhapatnam city a 70 m wide highway from Reddy said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 vijayawada 02 Monday Mirchi Andhra-Telangana water row so much so that cynics have started calling Struggle of a senior officer it ‘Darawni’ portal, fearlessly playing on its name. Time changes everything and those in Dharani-related grievances and issues power should always remember this. Take which have persisted due to lack of appro- may get further complicated for example the plight of senior IAS officer priate modules to correct them upon field VS Bhaskar who recently retired as addition- verification, particularly those concerning PNS n HYDERABAD also meeting the needs of the and TS in the ratio of 50:50 per projects. Pradesh has welcomed the noti- al chief secretary of the Assam government ownership, have become potent weapons in Krishna delta system. cent. The board, however, The water disputes between fication but with certain riders. and came to Hyderabad to meet officials in the hands of opposition parties. With both Andhra Pradesh The officials also told KRMB decided to retain water sharing the two states have their roots Meanwhile, Telangana's TRS the Telangana government. He is on an Hundreds of farmers and landowners, in and Telangana sticking to their that there was no other way for in the river between AP and TS in the pre-Telangana era. government has come under assignment to build a Bhavan for the Assam the process of going round revenue offices stand over sharing of river Telangana to meet its large in the ratio of 66:34 for the cur- Leaders of Telangana region in flak from opposition parties for government in Hyderabad and needs help in vain for redressal of their grievances, have waters, no end appears in sight requirement of power for its lift rent year like the last six years united Andhra Pradesh had what they call its failure to pro- from the Telangana government. But as understandably turned restive. No wonder, to the water war between the irrigation schemes. since bifurcation of undivided always complained about the tect the state's interests. They every officer in Telangana claimed to be the portal has become a frightening area of two Telugu states. Andhra Pradesh, on the AP. injustice meted out to the alleged that the TRS govern- ‘busy’, he could not meet anyone last fort- operation for babus engaged to fix its so- The walkout of Telangana other hand, wanted KRMB to AP and TS shared 811 tmc region in allocation of rivers ment did not present a strong night. He called and sent messages to a num- called teething troubles. from the KRMB meeting on take steps to implement its ft in the ratio of 512:299 tmc ft. waters and construction of case in favour of Telangana at ber of officers in Telangana only to draw a Going against the tide, Chief Secretary September 1 indicates that orders directing Telangana to Claiming that the agreement to irrigation projects by successive the KRMB meeting. blank. He is now wondering how to reach Somesh Kumar, who also heads the both states are not ready to stop power generation. share water in this ratio was governments. The Congress party has out to any of the concerned officers to dis- Department of Revenue and is the Chief yield and the dispute may get KRMB told Telangana that temporarily fixed for 2015-16, In fact injustice in allocation demanded immediate steps to cuss an inter-governmental issue. Since none Commissioner of Land Administration, further complicated in the power generation at Srisailam Telangana wanted the ratio of water resources, funds and stop Andhra Pradesh from of the officers concerned is responding, the has to take the bull by the horns. coming days. would be allowed only after revised to 50:50 till an award jobs was the slogan on which diverting Krishna water outside vexed officer is now trying to meet the Chief Despite being hard-pressed for time, the Though Union Jal Shakti meeting the water require- was delivered by the Krishna the TRS fought for separate the basin. They slammed Chief Minister’s chief advisor Dr Rajiv Sharma. Chief Secretary, though busy tackling the Minister Gajendra Singh ments for irrigation and drink- Water Disputes Tribunal-II. statehood to the region. Minister K. Chandrasekhar pandemic situation with its focus on vacci- Shekhawat exuded confidence ing water purposes in the It argued that the state's After TS gained statehood in Rao for not taking up the issue What is in the report? nation drive, keeping welfare schemes going last month that the tension Krishna basin. Its chairman requirement in Krishna 2014, the disputes over sharing during his meeting with Prime while implementing new ones like Dalit between the Telugu states will mooted a separate meeting to increased considerably after of water intensified as upper Minister Narendra Modi. Is there more to the Election Commission Bandhu, and reopening of key sectors one ease, the outcome of the KRMB discuss the power generation the completion of Kalwakurthi, riparian state Andhra Pradesh Rao, who was in Delhi to lay of India’s announcement on Saturday regard- by one to put the State economy back on meeting suggests that the row issue but the Telangana delega- Nettempadu and Bheema lift- was accused of drawing more the foundation stone for an ing by-poll dates for the Assembly con- track gradually, has apparently realized may hot up further. tion opposed the idea. irrigation projects. water by taking up illegal pro- office of TRS, called on Modi stituencies than meets the eye? Although that it was time he turned his attention to Telangana staged the walk- Rajat Kumar recalled that Andhra Pradesh also want- jects. and some central ministers many circles thought that Huzurabad would streamlining issues related to Dharani. out after KRMB refused to con- the Srisailam project was orig- ed the ratio to be revised to The July 16 notification by but he did not raise the river also go for by-polls, the EC surprisingly Last week he himself conducted an ori- cede its plea to be allowed to inally conceived to generate 70:30 per cent but the board the Jal Shakti Ministry added water dispute. "CM KCR's visit announced by-poll dates for the Assembly entation programme for newly appointed generate power at Srisailam hydel power by the Planning ruled out any revision. a new dimension to the ongo- to Delhi was for his personal segments in West Bengal and Odisha, while Collectors of 10 Districts on the working and hydel station. Commission and that 180 Telangana also demanded ing row. As per the notification, benefit and he did not bother skipping those in Telangana and Andhra importance of Dharani portal. Known to be Heated arguments between tmcft water should be released that the unutilised share of the from October 14, the manage- about the state's interests," said Pradesh. a taskmaster CS clearly instructed district the officials of the two states to Sagar dam. state in its water allocation for ment and control of irrigation former minister Nagam In fact, the Telangana government had collectors to see resolution to the Dharani were seen at the board meeting After staying away from a a year be carried forward to the projects on the Krishna and Janardhan Reddy. informed EC that it had no objection to the problems without delay. presided over by MP Singh. couple of meetings of the next year. The state did not use Godavari rivers will vest with TPCC Revanth Reddy alleged dates being considered by the poll panel. But Defending the power gener- KRMB, Telangana attended 45 tmc ft water in 2020-21 and the respective river manage- that KCR ignored the water issue based on the state government’s report, EC Trashing tahsildars ation, Telangana's Special Chief the 14th meeting to put forth 50 tmc ft in 2019-20. However, ment boards and not the state. and deliberately stayed away finally decided not to announce by-poll date Administratively speaking, tahsildars may Secretary of Irrigation Rajat strong arguments. Its officials KRMB rejected this demand. A total of 36 projects in the from KRMB meetings. for Huzurabad. have lost their mojo in the revamped revenue Kumar argued that this is being alleged that Andhra Pradesh Telangana was further irked by Krishna basin and 71 projects BJP state president Bandi Now BJP and Congress leaders are won- set-up in Telangana. That does not mean babus done only to evacuate water was raising the issue of power the board not accepting its demand in the Godavari basin will come Sanjay Kumar too targeted dering what is in the report that was submit- with political connections can ride roughshod from the reservoir to meet the generation to divert attention that the surplus water over and under the purview of KRMB KCR saying he stayed away ted by the Telangana government. They over them. An audio clip in which West state's irrigation and drinking from the RLIS and other pro- above 811 tmc ft be accounted for. and GRMB respectively. from the KRMB meeting to strongly believe that the report has men- Godavari District Collector Kartikeya Misra water requirements from jects being built by it illegally. It alleged that Andhra Pradesh was Telangana has objected to the cover up his failures. He alleged tioned something different that convinced is purportedly trashing his subordinates, Nagarjuna Sagar downstream. Telangana also raised the diverting surplus water during notification saying the states that Telangana's interests have the EC to skip the Huzurabad by-poll. Now specifically Grade One officers Tahsildars, as The water was anyway getting demand for allocation of flooding from the Pothireddypadu should have been consulted been mortgaged in getting the top political leaders are asking journos to get ‘useless fellows’ has gone viral, creating ripples stored at Nagarjuna Sagar and Krishna water between AP head regulator and Handri Neeva before issuing the same. Andhra Krishna water share. a copy of the report submitted by the among the babudom in Andhra Pradesh. Telangana government to the EC to find out Everyone is shocked to listen to the words used the ‘truth’. by Misra. People feel that most of the civil ser- vants, especially during their posting as a dis- West, North ‘Darawni Dharani’ trict collector, consider the district territory as Krishna secures gold, Suhas clinches... becomes CS’ priority their fiefdom and expect all their subordinates India to witness Dharani portal, despite its overarching to treat them as ‘Rajas’. The grades of officials Continued from Page 1 rally with a backhand return. Earlier, unseeded Suhas, the points and next pushed one at remit and support from Chief Minister K working with them do not count and respect Another backhand flick district magistrate of Gautam the backline to pocket the Chandrasekhar Rao, has continued to is a scarce item. heavy rainfall in The world No. 2 also won a sil- gave him three game points Buddh Nagar (Noida), became first game. plague officials and members of the public ver in Brazil and two gold and he sealed it when his the first-ever IAS officer to win However, Mazur dug in and with its seemingly never-ending problems -Yours truly next three days... medals in singles and doubles rival went to net. a medal at the Paralympics. lead at 6-5 in the second game Continued from Page 1 in Peru last year. Chu Man recovered to lead "I'm quite happy with the before Suhas again lead 11-8. He also claimed two gold 11-7 in the second game after performance but I should have The Indian maintained his Rainfall activity is very like- medals at the Dubai Para an initial close battle. The finished it off in the second lead at 15-12 but Mazur ly to increase with scattered Badminton International in Thai player stayed ahead and game," he said. grabbed nine of the last 11 Swaminatha Fake websites of popular... to fairly widespread rains April this year. eventually unleashed a smash "So I'm a little disappointed points to roar back into the over most parts of northwest Nagar, who last played Chu to take the match to the that I didn't finish it off contest. n Foundation Continued from Page 1 When she contacted on the India with isolated heavy Man Kai in the Thailand para decider. because I had a handsome lead Suhas rode on his flurry of given mobile number, she was falls over Himachal Pradesh, badminton two years ago, Nagar got his act together in in the second game. But con- smashes to make a superb Police said during investigation asked to fill some forms, submit Uttarakhand, north Punjab came into the match with a 2- the decider, cruising to 5-1 gratulations to Lucas. Whoever start to the decider but Mazur hails reforms they found the gang was linked documents and pay various and Jammu region and east 1 head-to-head advantage. lead before moving to 7-2 played better is the winner." again levelled at 9-9 before to around 126 cyber fraud inci- charges for verification, security Rajasthan during September It turned out to be a pulsat- with Chu Man struggling with In SL4 class, shuttlers have eking out a three-point lead at dents across 16 states and duped deposits etc and ended up being 7-9. ing contest as the duo fought his finishing. lower limb impairment/severe 17-13. He sealed the contest in AP... over Rs 1.1 crore from people so duped of Rs 11.74 lakh over a After recording deficient tooth and nail but the Indian The Indian led 11-7 with a and they play standing. when the Indian went to the Continued from Page 1 far. period of two months, the police rainfall in August, the IMD showed better nerves to come looping forehand return before In bronze medal play-off, net. The police got 17 bank said. has predicted above-normal up trumps in the end. moving to 13-8 after resump- second seed Tarun Dhillon, A computer engineer, Suhas The call centre had a staff accounts of the gang freezed, they When she was asked to pay precipitation in September. The duo played short rallies tion. However, errors crept in however, went down 17-21 went on to become an IAS offi- strength of 80 academics and said. another Rs 1.6 lakh on a flimsy The rainfall deficit until initially and Nagar managed to his game, allowing Chu Man 11-21 to Indonesia's Fredy cer and was at the forefront in a team of eight scientists. According to police, the mat- ground, she realised she has fall- August 31 was nine per cent. lead 4-2 and 8-6 before Chu to level at 13-13. Setiawan in 32 minutes. the fight against COVID-19 They said that 700 to 800 calls ter came to light after one of the en prey to a fraud in the name of The deficiency until Man clawed back and led 11- Nagar stepped up his game In his gold medal match, pandemic as a Noida DM. received every day reflects the gang's victims approached the Haldiram dealership, they added. September 5 was nine per 9 at the break after the Indian in the final stages and Suhas stepped it up on the big On the court, he has won excellent performance of the police telling them she was duped Deputy Commissioner of cent. hit wide. unleashed a series of smashes. stage and dominated the pro- gold medals at 2017 BWF call centre. by them. Police (Cyber) Anyesh Roy said While issuing its forecast Chu Man continued in the He grabbed four match ceedings early on. Turkish Para badminton Speaking further, the rep- In her complaint, she told the that during the course of investi- for September, IMD Director same vein and soon opened up points with another superb Suhas led 11-8 at the first championship in men's singles resentatives said that provid- police she wanted to run a gation, it was found that a large General Mrutunjay a 16-11 lead. But Nagar tight- return, squandered one before break. Playing with a smile, the and men's doubles. He also ing seeds, fertilisers, and pes- Haldiram outlet and while surf- number of fake websites are run- Mohapatra on Wednesday ened his net play and covered rushing into the arms of coach Indian controlled the pro- won gold in 2016 Asia cham- ticides to farmers at the vil- ing online, she came across a web- ning in the name of Haldiram, said the shortfall recorded the court well to draw parity at Gaurav Khanna in celebration ceedings with Mazur looking pionships, besides a bronze at lage level through RBKs was site claiming to be of Haldiram and all these websites are offering during August is likely to be 16-16 before winning another after his rival went wide again. jaded. He grabbed five game 2018 Asian Para Games. a very important and great and it offered franchise and deal- franchisee of Haldiram for huge compensated with excess gesture. The kiosk and digi- ership. amounts. rainfall in the current month. tal library at RBKs are also a very good service, they At 70%, PM... added. Experts: ‘Tunnel’ beneath Delhi The team also expressed V-P: Medical education and treatment Continued from Page 1 happiness over the manner in which RBKs have been trans- Prime Minister Scott Assembly building needs to be... formed into knowledge hubs. should be affordable for common man Morrison, Canadian Prime The team appreciated the Minister Justin Trudeau, UK Continued from Page 1 management of the RBK PNS n HYDERABAD essential while pointing out that to bridge the gap in doctor- Prime Minister Boris channel right from the 60 per cent of the country's pop- patient ratio in the country. He Johnson and Brazilian There are also multiple pas- Commissioner to the field Vice President M Venkaiah ulation lives in the villages, an said the doctor-patient ratio was President Jair Bolsonaro. sages to reach the Yamuna level officers. The beneficial Naidu on Sunday said that serv- official release said. 1:1,456 as against the WHO Besides, Modi has the lowest river from the Red Fort. programmes being aired ing in rural areas should be made "It (serving in rural area) norm of 1:1000. disapproval rating among Without investigation, it is which involved partnerships mandatory before granting the must be made mandatory. I Expressing his appreciation at adults. Of the adults sur- difficult to tell if the purpose from the model farmers to first promotion to doctors in the know that it will not be liked by the government's plan to estab- veyed in India, however, 25 of the tunnel in question was the common farmers were government sector. many. But, I feel that is the need," lish at least one medical college per cent disapproved of him. to escape or to store and if it truly commendable, they Speaking at the 11th annual Naidu said. in each district, he also pointed Last week too, PM Modi was built before the construc- said. Medical Teachers' Day Awards The Vice President stressed out that the urban-rural ratio of had the highest approval rat- tion of the early 20th century The team said that they function here, the Vice President the need to increase the number doctors was also highly skewed ing among the 13 global structure that stands over it, would bring the innovative said three to five years service in of medical colleges while refer- with more medical professionals leaders, according to experts said. programmes as envisaged by rural areas for young doctors was ring to the government's efforts opting to work in urban areas. Morning Consult's data. Another ASI official said no Swaminathan being under- communication has been taken here to the attention of received by the Archaeological "Another possibility is that this Living City of Old Delhi', feels the Centre through their Survey of India from the Delhi was a 'tahkhana' (a cellar) for stor- that it was "highly improbable" Foundation. The revolution- Assembly authorities on carry- age or hiding, given the British that such a long tunnel linked ary changes brought by AP in Check fake Covid vaccine, Union govt... ing out archaeological exami- had grown wary of the native the two buildings from two dif- the field of agriculture would nation of the tunnel. population after the 1857 Mutiny. ferent eras. serve as a role model at the Continued from Page 1 mentioned on the original texture honeycomb effect COVAXIN, green foil effect in Designed by architect E So, a safe passage or hideout may "The British documented national level, they said. vaccine and dark green alu- which is visible only at a spe- X of "Covaxin" and holo- Montague Thomas, the current have been built beneath the everything meticulously and if "The service providers and minium flip-off seal. cific angle. graphic effect on COVAXIN. assembly building initially building," she told PTI. there was such an arrange- monitoring teams for The font of the generic At strategic locations, the As for Sputnik, imported served as the Secretariat of the Liddle, author of ment, some archival record or CHICKEN COVID-19 vaccination may name is un-bold, honeycomb design has been products are from two differ- imperial government while 'Connaught Place and the map must have shown it. Also, RATES `/KG be informed about these (Recombinant) is printed at altered slightly and certain ent bulk manufacturing sites New Delhi capital was being Making of New Delhi' and for- logically, there seems no rea- details and to ensure due dili- the end of the generic name, additional special elements from Russia and, hence, there built. mer convener of the INTACH son as to why would they Dressed/With Skin `251 gence towards recognition of overprinted with CGS NOT added to the texture design are two different labels for Located in the prime Civil Delhi Chapter, also said that a build such a long underground Without Skin `271 counterfeit vaccines," FOR SALE. such that it is not visible to the both these sites. While all the Lines area, the handsome conjecture that the tunnel pre- passageway," she said. Broiler at Farm `139 Additional Secretary Manohar The SII logo is printed on layman, but people who know information and design are white-colour landmark, also dates the assembly building City-based conservation Agnani said in a letter to the adhesive side of the label the subtle changes can easily the same, only the manufac- housed the Central Legislative also does not seem very plau- architect and urban planner additional chief secretaries and at a unique angle and posi- check and verify the authen- turer name is different. Assembly when it was shifted sible, "as why would the British AGK Menon, however, said, if EGG and principal secretaries tion which can be identified by ticity of the label and vial. For all the imported prod- to the new Parliament House take the tunnel out in the it was secret tunnel, "of course, RATES `/100 (Health) of all states and UTs only a select few who are The anti-counterfeit fea- ucts till now, the English label near Raisina Hill in 1927. Ridge area". there will be no record of it". on September 2. aware of the exact details. tures in the Covaxin label is only available on the front Historian and author The Delhi ridge area was a "The tunnel is visible, now it VIJAYAWADA 422 A genuine Covishield vial The lettering is printed in include invisible UV helix and back of the carton of 5 Swapna Liddle also feels the site of major actions during the should be investigated thor- HYDERABAD 398 bottle will have the parameters special white ink to be more (DNA-like structure) which is ampoule pack, while for all Red Fort link theory remains First War of Independence in oughly and architecturally like the SII product's label clear and readable. According only visible under UV light, other sides, including the pri- a speculation as it has no 1857. examined before drawing any VISAKHAPATNAM 422 shade in dark green, the brand to the parameters, the entire micro text hidden in label mary label on the ampoule, it backing of archaeological or Rana Safvi, historian and conclusion or propounding RETAIL PRICE `4.22 (IN VIJAYAWADA) name with the trademark label has been given a special claim dots, which is written as is in Russian. documentary evidence. author of 'Shahjahanabad: The any theory," he added.

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, D.No. New 3-88, Old 3-22, Chandra Theatre, Gosala, Penamaluru Mandal, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 521 151, Executive Editor: Navin Upadhyay. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 vijayawada 03 Naidu to CM: Scrap GO 217, BJP politicising govt’s decision on Ganesh Chaturthi: YSRCP MLA restore rights of fishermen PNS n VIJAYAWADA had postponed Dr YSR Awards provoking the people by saying programme and Teachers Day that the State police were resort- Vijayawada-Central MLA celebrations keeping in view ing to the arrest of the Hindus. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Malladi Vishnu has alleged that steady progress of Covid posi- He recalled that during attacks the BJP leaders in the State are tive cases in the State. He also on temples, the Centre did not Leader of the Opposition N Pay compensation to kin of politicising the decision taken by said that the number of people respond to the demand for a Chandrababu Naidu on the YSRCP government on was restricted during the CBI inquiry and the BJP lead- Sunday urged Chief Minister Covid-hit teachers: Lokesh Vinayaka Chaturthi celebra- Independence Day celebrations. ers were shamelessly criticising YS Jaganmohan Reddy to tions. He pointed out that BJP He said that the government the government. withdraw GO 217 and restore PNS n VIJAYAWADA State president Somu Veerraju wanted to celebrate Vinayaka Praising the secularist princi- full fishing rights on tanks, and other leaders are hell-bent Chaturthi celebrations on a imposed. ples of Chief Minister YS canals, and reservoirs to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on slinging mud on the govern- lowkey at home in view of the The Vijayawada-Central Jaganmohan Reddy, Vishnu fishermen societies all over the national general secretary Nara ment on every issue. safety of the public. On the other MLA found fault with the BJP strongly condemned BJP State State. Lokesh on Sunday urged Chief Stating that the BJP govern- hand, mass gatherings were State leaders for not putting president Somu Veerraju’s com- In a letter sent to the Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy ment at the Centre had com- strictly prohibited by the police. pressure on the Centre to release ments and said that the CM had Minister here, Chandrababu to announce compensation for pletely ignored the release of He said that even during Covid vaccination stocks and a dip in Krishna river and even Naidu stressed the need for the suffering families of the funds it owed the State, Vishnu Ramzan and Bakrid festivals the Covid tests in the state. He said in the Ganga river apart from extending financial support to deceased teachers who said that the State government same Covid restrictions were that the AP BJP leaders were visiting several temples. the Backward Classes who Naidu recalled that in the succumbed to the deadly were leading their livelihoods past, 75 percent subsidy loans Coronavirus infection. Lokesh Andhra Pradesh Government. based on community profes- were given to fishermen extended his Teachers' Day Lokesh said that injustice was sions and handicrafts. The through the inland societies on greetings on the occasion of the done to the teachers and young government should take up nets, boats, ice boxes, mope- birthday celebrations of former teacher aspirants since the Jupudi slams TDP for remarks on DGP this responsibility. In the past ds, auto-rickshaws and vans. President Dr. Sarvepalli YSRCP came to power. The two-and-a-half years, the Women were given Rs 10,000 Radhakrishnan. The teachers' Chief Minister promised to take PNS n VIJAYAWADA take forward the poor and Chandrababu Naidu always socio-economic conditions of financial assistance. All such impact in the moulding of lives up mega DSC in the first year of weaker sections politically, eco- looked down upon the Dalits, the BCs had come under benefits were withdrawn in the and careers of the young his regime but he fell silent on Government Advisor (Social nomically and socially and and was now spewing venom threat. The dependents on past two-and-a-half years. generations would be significant this from the moment he won Justice) Jupudi Prabhakar has once again set Andhra Pradesh on the government with jeal- long-held community profes- Alleging a raw deal to the and long-lasting. All possible the elections. There were praised Chief Minister YS as a role model in implement- ousy, he said. sions were losing their liveli- BC communities, help should be provided to such instances of young aspirants Jaganmohan Reddy for imple- ing social justice. However, Prabhakar criticised hoods. Chandrababu Naidu asserted teachers during a pandemic who took their own lives after menting social justice and crit- the TDP, which could not Chandrababu Naidu and his Naidu said that over 16,800 that their party would strong- crisis like the present one. their dreams of becoming icised the TDP leaders for stand these good deeds being son Lokesh for cornering DGP BCs had lost their positions of ly oppose the GO 217 as it was In a statement here, Nara Government teachers got their remarks on DGP. a feudal force, was only trying Gautam Sawang, who belongs leadership in the local bodies aimed at threatening the exis- Lokesh recalled that many shattered. Nara Lokesh said that Speaking to the media on to irk the government. to the ST community. He asked after their decades-old politi- tence of the fishing profession. private teachers suffered from the government had no respect Sunday, he said the Chief He slammed Opposition them to mind their language cal reservations were cut down It was condemnable that the loss of incomes and jobs during for the profession of teachers. Minister had shown his com- leader N Chandrababu Naidu, while talking about the DGP, from 34 percent to 24 percent. Government was putting the Covid lockdown. Some At least, financial assistance mitment to social justice in the for neglecting the downtrod- and slammed them for The government was carrying tanks, canals, and reservoirs to teachers were even forced to should be given to save the recent appointment of 481 den and keeping them away demanding resignation espe- out a lot of publicity on the auction instead of allowing work as coolies. The present families of the deceased directors for 47 corporations, from political empowerment in cially from a person who has corporations that had no fishermen’s societies to hold government had not extended teachers from hunger pangs. by prioritising weaker sections minorities and 52 percent were his tenure. an excellent track record. funds and no duties. The BC their rights as before. The any support for their families. The affected families would face and embarking on a new gen- allocated to women, which Prabhakar demanded that He said that the Opposition sub-plan was undermined and GO 217 was like a noose Many other States had given greater suffering if the elected eration of politics. was never done by any state in Naidu answer what justice he TDP leaders had no moral the BCs were removed from all around the necks of the fish- special packages to the affected Government would turn totally “Of the total 481 posts history,” Pabhakar said. had done to the weaker sec- right to speak about social jus- platforms of decision-making ermen. It would reduce them sections of society but not the indifferent. announced, 58 percent were He said that the Chief tions and backward communi- tice for SC, ST, BC, and in the government. to coolies, he observed. given to SCs, STs, BCs and Minister had always aimed to ties during his rule. Minority communities. 3 members Removal of Valmikis from of gold Rajakas seek SC status smuggling PNS n VIJAYAWADA Tribal dept website flayed AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM ly objected to the move and gang nabbed Director and AP Rajaka demanded that Chief Minister Y Sangham leader Loigidi Former Tribal Welfare Minister S Jaganmohan Reddy intervene PNS n VIJAYAWADA Jayanna has said that Chief and TDP leader Kidari Sravan in the matter and upload the Minister YS Jaganmohan on Sunday strongly objected to Valmiki sub-sect in the official Police have nabbed three Reddy has been working for the removal of the Valmikis, one site. members of a gang involved the development and welfare of of the sub-sects of tribal groups, In fact, after several brain- in gold smuggling in Backward Classes which is the from the official website. Due to storming sessions, the Vijayawada for some time reason behind the establish- this lapse by the State govern- Government of India listed the now. The accused are being ment of Corporations for promised to give MLC posts, and that they had promised to ment, a large number of inno- Valmiki sub-sect in the tribal questioned by the them. other nominated posts as well arrange a meeting with CM cent students of Valmiki com- groups in 1950. Only the Suryaraopet police. The State-level meeting of as include the Rajaka commu- Jaganmohan Reddy and soon munity are unable to upload President of India and According to sources, the Rajaka (washerman) commu- nity in the SC category. He a delegation from the commu- their information to get the Parliament have the right to Task Force officials of the nity was held here on Sunday appealed to CM Jagan to fulfil nity would take their issues to government welfare schemes, make any changes in the list of Vigilance and Enforcement in which leaders of the com- his promises which would be the notice of the Chief Sravan pointed out. tribal groups. However, the State Krishna SP presents Department are investigating munity from 13 districts par- helpful to their community Minister. Speaking to the media, the government, without looking the case. Gold biscuits are ticipated and discussed their development in all aspects. The leaders of the Sangham former minister criticised the into the facts and laws, removed brought from Saudi to India issues. Jayanna said that recently further said that they were State government for trying to the Valmiki sub-sect from the via Qatar and Singapore ille- Jayanna recalled that CM they met Kadapa MP YS planning to conduct a State- damage the peaceful atmos- list of tribal groups, CPM State weekly rewards to cops gally through air and water- Jaganmohan Reddy, during his Avinash Reddy and other lead- level Rajaka Garjana in the phere among the tribal groups. secretary P Madhu said. ways. The smuggling gang Padayatra as Opposition leader, ers seeking resolution of issues coming days. He demanded that the govern- The CPM also demanded PNS n VIJAYAWADA the death of an old woman was selling gold biscuits ment immediately upload the that the government register whose body was found in a worth Rs 5 lakh for just Rs 4 Valmiki sub-sect on the official SC/ST atrocity cases on the offi- Constable G Ramakrishna decomposed state in a drain at lakh. The gang collects the site to ensure all the eligible stu- cials responsible for the removal attached to the Bandar Taluka Kalekhanpet within the money from the customers in dents and unemployed youth get of the Valmiki community from police station received the Bandar Taluka police station advance and delivers gold bis- their share of benefits. the list of tribal groups, he weekly best performance limits. Though no sufficient cuits after a month. Meanwhile, the CPM strong- added. reward presented by district clues were available, The gang has been into Superintendent of Police Ramakrishna successfully gold smuggling since 2018 Siddharth Kaushal on Sunday. cracked the mystery. The dis- and for the last four months, Ramakrishna was chosen trict police also presented the the smuggling has come to a for his outstanding perfor- best performance rewards to halt. Executive panel of mance in detecting a crime. RSI Satyanarayana of Armed It is alleged that the king- The district police select one Reserve, Machilipatnam, Head pin of gold smuggling is police personnel from home constable Panduranga Rao, Akula Venkata Raghavendra cycling body elected guard to Assistant Sub-inspec- Avanigadda, Swathi, woman Rao who was discharging tor of police ranks for the head constable Disha police duties in Railways and also as PNS n VIJAYAWADA tary, L Swathi as treasurer, T weekly reward. station, Machilipatnam, con- the Athletic Federation of Chiranjeevi, and K Naga Sai as The SP said constable stables Syam and Kishore of India Joint Secretary. He rep- Krishna District Cycling executive members unani- Ramakrishna successfully Kanchikacharla and Kaikaluru resented India at the Asian Association's (KDCA) new mously. cracked the mystery behind police stations. Games in Qatar. In 2018, he executive committee was elect- Advocate and senior came in contact with some ed unanimously at the gener- weightlifter BKV Ramani offi- gold smugglers. al body meeting held at Sri ciated as the election officer Since then, he has been Viswa Bharathi Vidyaniketan and Krishna District Sports into gold smuggling and was at Patamata in Vijayawada on Authority (DSA) Athletic OBC students urge accused in various cases, Sunday. coach K Vamsidhar and AP sources say. WG bags U-19 girls’ handball title A Sudhir Kumar was elect- Cycling Association represen- Railway and Durga temple ed as the new president and D tative V Kanakarao attended as PM to include quota employees paid huge PNS n VIJAYAWADA Krishna - Guntur Teachers’ Vijayawada Mayor Rayana Srinivasa Rao as vice-presi- observers. amounts for gold biscuits to MLC T Kalpalatha said that Bhagya Lakshmi, Sports dent. Senior Physical AP Cycling Association the smugglers. As many as 20 West Godavari district team the State government was giv- Authority of Andhra Pradesh Education Teacher K Suguna president RVR Ramana th employees of Railways have clinched the 7th Junior ing top priority to sports and (SAAP) observer and Krishna Rao was elected as general sec- Murthy and secretary P Murali laws in 9 Schedule paid Rs 6 crore to the smug- (Under-19) girls Handball games equally with education. district chief coach B Srinivasa retary, retired PET K complimented the newly- glers for gold biscuits. As championship which was con- Every student should partici- Rao, Corporator Malleswari Purushotham as joint secre- elected executive committee. PNS n VIJAYAWADA States/UTs to take necessary many as 12 Durga temple cluded at Vikas educational pate in at least one sport event Balaram, Vikas Educational actions for the uplift of the employees paid Rs 1.5 crore institutions at Nunna, near and playing games would help Institutions vice chairman The All India OBC Students Socially and Educationally to them. Vijayawada, on Sunday. improve their health, she said. Naredla Satyanarayana Reddy, Association (AIOBCSA) has Backward Classes (SEBC) and As the amount paid to the Visakhaptanam and Prakasam She said that the govern- Andhra Pradesh Handball written a letter to Prime the other, there is a cap on the smugglers was unaccount- districts girl teams secured ment had been implementing Association general secretary Minister Narendra Modi to reservation by the judiciary, he able money, they didn’t come second and third places in the sports reservation of 2 percent P Satyanarayana Raju, Krishna include all laws related to added. forward to lodge a complaint two-day inter-district tourna- in education and jobs, she district secretary N Vamsi reservations in the Ninth This legal hurdle for the against the smuggling gang. ment organised by Krishna added. Krishna Prasad, Vikas B.PEd Schedule of the Indian empowerment of the SEBC Police registered cases and District Handball Association. Later, prizes were distributed College principal Dr S Raju Constitution. must be addressed by placing started an investigation. Speaking on the occasion, to the winning teams. and others were presented. The historically neglected all acts related to reservation socially and educationally policy must be kept under the marginalised but numerically Ninth Schedule to the higher Other Backward Constitution, so that the law Classes (OBCs) are facing cannot be challenged as viola- Swarnim Vijay Varsh: Victory Flame arrives in ‘Pratigya Sthal’ severe difficulties in accessing tive of any of the fundamen- quality education and employ- tal rights contained in Part III PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM the presence of 1971 war vet- As part of the celebrations, ment due to lack of reserva- of the Constitution including eran Commodore M Sudhakar four Victory Flames were lit by tions or fewer reservations in Articles 15 and 16, and get As part of the ongoing Rao. the Prime Minister at the states like Madhya Pradesh, protection under Article 31B Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebra- The Induction Ceremony National War Memorial in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, of the Constitution. The reser- tions, Victory Flame arrived at was witnessed by Ch Srinivas Delhi on December 16, 2020, Odisha, West Bengal, and vations in is under Naval Station Rao, ACP (North Zone), and started their journey other states where there is less the Ninth Schedule of the Bheemunipatnam on Sunday. Visakhapatnam, other veter- around the length and breadth than 27percent OBC reserva- Indian Constitution. The Victory Flame was ans, Naval personnel, and their of the country. tions, said AIOBCSA presi- “We requested the Prime brought to ‘Pratigya Sthal’ families with great zeal and Earlier, the Southern Victory dent Gowd Kiran Kumar. Minister to take a progressive where it was received by enthusiasm. Flame was formally inducted The cap on 50 percent decision in order to strength- Station Commander, Naval The year 2021 is being at Eastern Naval Command reservation is the reason for en the process of social the jus- Station Bheemunipatnam and observed as ‘Swarnim Vijay after it was brought to not implementing the reserva- tice system in the country Commanding Officer INS Varsh’ by the nation on the Visakhapatnam from tions in such states. On the and do justice to the histori- Kalinga Commodore Neeraj occasion of ‘Victory of Indian Andaman and Nicobar Islands. one hand, Article 15(4) and cally neglected socially and Uday and Commanding Armed Forces’ over Pakistan in The Victory Flame also was Article 16(4) give special pro- educationally backward class- Officer INS Karna in the the 1971 Liberation war of taken to Sainik School, visions for the Union or es,” Kiran Kumar said. Captain Chetan R Upadhyay in Bangladesh. Korukonda, on Saturday. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 vijayawada 04

2 teachers from Antarvedi chariot burning AP state receive national awards case still remains mystery PNS n HYDERABAD Four teachers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were PNS n KAKINADA among 44 teachers who were presented national teacher The burning of the chariot of awards by President Ram Nath the famed Sri Kovind on Sunday on the occa- Lakshminarasimha Swamy sion of Teachers Day. temple at Antarvedi in EG From Telangana, P district is still green in the Ramaswamy of Siddipet and K memories of crores of devo- Rangaiah of Kumuram Bheem tees though one year has Asifabad district received the elapsed but the incident, national teacher awards. which hurt the sentiments of Ramaswamy is the head the devotees, still remains a teacher at Zilla Parishad High mystery. School Indranagar at Siddipet Unidentified miscreants while Rangaiah is serving as act- reportedly set fire to the ing head master at MPPS Red sanders worth Rs 2 cr, sacred chariot of the temple Sawarkheda of Kerameri man- on the night of September 5, dal in Kumuram Bheem 2020. Not a single person has Asifabad district. K Phani been arrested in the case Bhushan Sridhar and S Muni vehicles seized, 13 arrested which reflects the indiffer- Reddy from Andhra Pradesh ence of the officials. were the recipients of national At the same time, 14 peo- teacher awards. Sridhar is serv- PNS n TIRUPATI and R Hari Murthy. Piler urban police, conducted ple were arrested and they ing as teacher at Zilla Parishad While five among those arrest- vehicular checks near the were sent to jail for register- High School at Lingarajupalem The Chittoor district police ed belong to Kadapa and Ponthala Cheruvu crossroads ing their protest against the tion of duty. Further hurting the accused was killed in a cost of Rs 80 lakh which was in S Rayavaram mandal of arrested 13 interstate red Chittoor districts, eight others in the early hours on Sunday. incident. the sentiments of crores of road accident two months consecrated by Chief Minister Viskhapatnam district while sanders smugglers and seized arrested by the police belong During the checks, the spe- The burning of Sri Hindus, the suspended ago, raising many doubts on Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Muni Reddy is a teacher at ZP 3.5 tonnes of the precious to different parts of Tamil cial team caught three vehicles Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Executive Officer was given the burning of chariot inci- February 17, 2021. High School at M Paipalli in wood worth Rs 2 crore and Nadu. including a truck laden with a temple created a nation-wide posting and was appointed as dent. The local police regis- It has not been investigat- Irala mandal of Chittoor district. vehicles here at Ponthala Chittoor SP S large consignment of red sensation and leaders of all EO in a temple which is tered a case on the incident ed to establish whether there The Ministry of Education Cheruvu crossroads in Piler on Kumar, addressing the media sanders logs. political parties have con- equal to Assist Commissioner but no proper investigation was any conspiracy on the gives national awards to teachers Sunday. about the arrests, said that spe- Police seized 115 red sanders demned it. The BJP activists post. was held. burning of the temple chari- every year to celebrate the unique The arrested persons were cial teams were formed to logs weighing 3.5 tons and held agitations in protest Chief Minister Y S Moreover, the State govern- ot or it was an accident. contribution of some of the identified as K Surendra keep a strong vigil on the worth Rs 2 crore along with a against the burning temple Jaganmohan Reddy ment failed to fulfil its BJP media in-charge finest teachers in the country and Reddy (27), V Ashok Kumar movements of red sanders truck and two cars. chariot at Antarvedi. announced a CBI probe into promise of constructing a Malakondaiah said that the to honour those teachers who Reddy (40), A Murali (29), Y smugglers in the district under The SP appreciated the The then Executive Officer the burning of temple chari- new chariot to the temple the would launch an agitation through their commitment and Ramanjaneyulu (41), T the supervision of Special efforts put in by Piler CI A Chakradhar of the Antarvedi ot. But the CBI has not taken with its own funds. However, once again if the State govern- hard work have not only Vilkesh (26), S Sanjeev (24), G Enforcement Bureau (SEB) Sadik Ali and his team and the temple and six temple staff up the case for investigation the Endowments department, ment did not conduct a CBI improved the quality of school Vijayakumar, S Sakthivel, R Officer V Vidyasagar Naidu. SEB team for arrests and a were suspended from duties so far. Significantly, the per- with the CGF funds, con- inquiry into the burning of education but also enriched the Vijaya Kumar, D Yelumalai, M Acting on specific inputs, the large seizure of red sanders after the incident for derelic- son who was suspected to be structed the new chariot at a Antarvedi temple chariot. lives of their students. Vel Swamy, C Sriramulu SEB special teams, along with consignment. 8-year old emerges breadwinner Ministers inaugurate village Two ancient stone to blind parents, two brothers secretariat, school building idols of Hindu PNS n CHITTOOR PNS n ELURU

An eight-year-old boy B Ministers Mekathoti Sucharita, deities discovered Gopala Krishna Reddy, has Ch. Sriranganadha Raju and emerged as breadwinner to his Taneti Vanita inaugurated the PNS n ONGOLE blind parents and two younger newly constructed village sec- brothers and the boy earns retariat building, a school Two stone idols of Hindu money by selling provisions in building and other develop- deities were discovered an e-auto rickshaw at ment works which were car- while ploughing agricul- Gangudupalli village in ried out at a cost of Rs.3 crore ture land at Gannavaram in Chandragiri mandal. in Penumantra mandal in WG Veligandla mandal on Bandi Papireddy and district at various places on Sunday. Revathi are blind. Papireddy Sunday. According to official lost his vision during his child- The Ministers inaugurated the farmers. “Even the Coronavirus pan- sources, a farmer Ambaiah hood while Revathi lost her the newly constructed village “In the first phase, 15 lakh demic time, development was tilling his land for cul- vision a few years ago. The secretariat building, construct- houses are being constructed works are being carried out in tivation. He discovered two blind couple has three sons ed at a cost of Rs.35 lakh at for the houseless poor. 31 lakh rural areas. More such devel- idols of Hindu gods, Sri Gopala Krishna Reddy, Mallipudi village, a Rythu women were given house pat- opment works will be launched Krishna and goddess Himavanthu Reddy and Barosa Kendra (RBK) con- tas in a bid to fulfill their own in the coming days. The gov- Lakshmi Devi in his field. Ganapathi Reddy. Gopal structed at cost of Rs.21.80 house dream”, she claimed. ernment is committed to pro- The ancient stone idols were Krishna Reddy is the elder son lakh, a school building con- The Home Minister said that vide basic amenities to all the intact. Lord Krishna was of the couple. The blind cou- structed at a cost of Rs.15 lakh so far 46 lakh women had villages, the minister said. seen holding a flute while ple gets an old age pension and other works. downloaded the Disha app. Women and Child Welfare goddess Lakshmi Devi was from the government which is Speaking on the occasion, Housing minister Ch.Sri minister Taneti Vanita said seen in sitting posture in the only their financial source. Home Minister Mekathoti Ranganatha Raju said that that the government, after idols. Gopala Krishna Reddy, as an Sucharita said that the state development works, including overcoming the financial con- As the news of elder son, has taken the government was implementing newly constructed RBK build- straints, carried out the devel- unearthing idols Hindu responsibility of leading his somehow got an e- auto rick- family lives in a shed at the out- many welfare schemes, at the ing, school building, roads at opment works. Tahasildar Y deities in the field spread all family. He is studying third shaw and learned to drive. skirts. The villagers appeal to same, development works were various places were carried Durga Kishore, MPDO R over, a large number of class in the government high Now he sells provisions on his the government to extend also being carried out. She said out at a cost of Rs.3 and they Vijayaraj, Panchayat raj DE R devotees from nearby vil- school. e-auto rickshaw and earns some financial help to the that RBKs are being set up were inaugurated and made Rambabu and other officials lages rushed to the field and At a tender age, the boy money to lead his family. His boy’s family. across the state to better serve available to the people today. were present. started performing poojas. SHORT TAKES Auto driver killed by speeding Fortified rice supplied to schools: JC Ex-CBI JD visits M Agraharam biker, one person arrested PNS n KAKINADA flour and the flour would be KAKINADA: Former Joint blended in the rice in the rice Director of CBI Lakshminarayana PNS n HYDERABAD was driving a 250 CC KTM Joint Collector Dr. Lakshmi mills. However, people mistake visited Moolastana Agraharam in Adventure, in a rash and neg- Shah said that the fortified rice the fortified rice as plastic rice Alamuru mandal in Kothapeta A college student was arrest- ligent manner from is being supplied to schools and and pick up arguments with constituency. Village Sarpanch ed after he crashed his bike Barkatpura when he crashed anganwadi centres in order to the officials, she explained. Lanka Vara Prasada Rao and into an auto-rickshaw, killing into the auto-rickshaw, which enhance the nutrition among He said that a campaign was former Sarpanch Venkanna the driver of the auto in the was passing from YMCA the children and pregnant launched to create awareness welcomed him at the village. incident that occurred at towards Chikkadpally, at women. through the media among peo- Lakshminarayana interacted with Narayanguda crossroads late Narayanguda cross road. Addressing a press confer- ple on the fortified rice. The the villagers and knew the on Saturday night. The auto then flipped over ence here on Sunday virtually, fortified rice is nutritious and problems of farmers. He took 12 The deceased person was twice, throwing Raheem onto she said that there are 4,129 the same would be supplied to acres of land on lease in East identified as 27-year-old the road, resulting in grievous government schools and 5546 government schools for angan- Godavari and cultivated it. Abdul Raheem, an auto driver injuries. He was admitted to anganwadi centres in EG dis- rice which is cooked and fed to metric tonnes of rice is sup- wadi centres to be served by profession. Osmania General Hospital for trict. The Union government the school children under mid- plied to government schools under the mid-day meal and to Police officials identified treatment where he suc- has advised to provide nutri- day meal scheme and pregnant for mid-day meals. feed to the pregnant women. Woman axes hubby to death the motorist as Jashwanth, 20, cumbed to his injuries while tious food to the children and women at the anganwadi cen- The Joint Collector said Lakshmisha said that the for- KAKINADA: In a gruesome incident, a woman killed her husband by a resident of Nallakunta study- undergoing treatment. The pregnant women. tres. ordinary rice contains only tified rice is being supplied to attacking him with an axe when he was asleep at Gadimoga ing at CMR College. duo sustained minor injuries The Joint Collector said that He informed that every carbohydrates. In order to Vizainagaram, Srikakulam, panchayat in Tallarevu mandal on Sunday. The police said that the According to the police, in the incident. The police reg- at all the government schools month 4,000 metric tonnes of make the ordinary rice as for- Kakapo, Kurnool and deceased was Viswanathapalli Appa Rao (48) working as a labourer Jashwanth along with his istered a case and arrested and anganwadi centres were fortified rice is supplied to tified rice, iron, folic acid and Anantapur district from EG in a shrimp factory. The accused cut his neck with an axe, killing him friend who was riding pillion, him. being supplied the fortified anganwadi centres and 8,000 vitamin B1 are added to rice district. instantly. The accused Devi (45) was arrested and was sent to judicial remand. The body was shifted to the government general hospital for post-mortem examination. DSP Bhimarao and Kakinada Rural Circle Inspector Akula Muralikrishna visited the scene of offence and conducted a preliminary investigation. Sale of banned gutkha, khaini goes unchecked in Guntur PNS n GUNTUR are brought from Tamil Nadu banned tobacco products. But seize gutkha, khaini and other Youth washed away in canal and Karnataka states illegally. the SEB raids failed to deter the such products. But the police KAKINADA: A youth was washed away in Yeleru canal at Mukkollu Guntur district has earned dis- “Gutkha and Khaini sachets traders. do not conduct such raids on village in Kirlampudi mandal in the district on Sunday. Police said tinction for quality chillies and are available at all paan shops “Since the sale of gutkha, big godowns where huge that seven youths entered the canal for a swim and one of them was now the district has also earned and kiosks. There are lakhs of Khaini and other such prod- amounts of banned tobacco washed away and he was identified as Mahesh. According to locals, dubious distinction for indis- people who consume the ucts yield good profits in a products were stored”, a paan the youths were in an inebriated condition. Locals said that similar criminate sale of banned tobac- banned tobacco products. short time, many petty traders shop owner said. incidents took place earlier also. co products like gutkha and Some people are so addicted to are willing to sell by managing The police a few months ago Khaini. Gutkha and Khaini that they the police”, a paan shop owner conducted a raid and found The government has banned consume more than five said. banned tobacco products were Boy drowns in water pit the consumption of tobacco sachets per day” a youth who There is an allegation that a being made in a godown HYDERABAD: A five-year-old boy died after falling into a water pit at products like gutkha, khaini is addicted to Khaini told this noted political leader was allegedly owned by a ruling Idikudi of Chandur mandal in Nalgonda on Sunday. V Bhadri, son of and other such products. reporter. involved in the banned tobac- party MLA. There are allega- Venkatesh and Devakamma, died after failing into the pit that was dug However, they are available in In some areas the banned co products trade. The leader tions that the police connived for mixing pesticide in their agriculture fields. The pit was filled with the district everywhere and the tobacco products are sold tried to contest in the Assembly with the traders and that is why water due to the rains in the last two days. The couple, along with gutkha trade is thriving. openly in the paan shops and polls in the 2019 elections but the sale of gutka and khaini their son and daughter, went to their agriculture fields for cultivation The police recently seized kiosks without any fear of he was not given a ticket. A sachets is going unabated in the work. While they were busy with work, the boy accidentally slipped banned tobacco products police checking. The govern- case was registered against district, a petty trader said. into the pit while playing alone. Other farmers noticed it and retrieved worth crores of rupees during ment set up a Special him after the new govern- Significantly, doctors say that his body from pit and shifted him to a hospital, where doctors the raids at Chilakaluripet, Enforcement Bureau especial- ment formed in the state. the consumption of tobacco declared the boy brought dead. Dachepalli and Narasaraopet. ly to curb the illegal import and “The police conduct raids on products leads to mouth can- The banned tobacco products illegal sale of liquor and small and petty shops and cer. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 nation 05

1st ‘textile parcel' spl train flagged PM Modi's approval rating shows Cong leader claims 10 Indian sailors INDIA off from Surat in Gujarat to Bihar popular support to his policies: BJP stuck on ship in Northern Cyprus he first 'textile parcel' special train having 25 new modified goods wagons customised CORNERTto carry textile material left from here in Gujarat to Bihar with an aim to boost Surat's JP leaders on Sunday cited a global survey, which ranks Prime Minister Narendra Rajasthan Congress leader has claimed that 10 Indian Merchant Navy sailors have been stuck textile market through an economical, faster and safer mode of transport, Western Railway BModi as the leader with the highest approval rating, to assert that this shows popular Aon a ship anchored off a port in Northern Cyprus for a month and has sought the Centre's officials said on Sunday. Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Jardosh support to his pro-people policies. The data by Morning Consult, which regularly tracks intervention to rescue them. The sailors are among the 13 crew members of the ship and are not flagged off the train on Saturday from the Udhna New Goods Shed in Surat for Danapur popularity ratings of a host of global leaders, has put Modi with 70 per cent approval on being allowed to disembark, according to the family of one of them. Bundi-based Congress leader near Patna and Ram Dayalu Nagar near Muzaffarpur in Bihar, the Western Railway (WR) the top of a list which included US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Charmesh Sharma alleged that the company that originally owned the ship sold it to another firm, said in a release. "Textile traffic has been loaded for the first time in customised NMG (new Johnson. "The highest ranking for the country's top leader Narendra Modi in the global which is pressuring the crew to take it to Libya. In his appeal, Sharma sought the immediate modified goods) wagons at the Udhna New Goods Shed. In approval rating is a matter of pride and honour intervention of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of this direction, the textile parcel special train, consisting of 25 for the country. This is a result of people's bless- External Affairs to rescue the sailors. One of the sailors, Sanjeev Singh Rathod from Udaipur in NMG wagons, was run for the first time from the Udhna New ings to his welfare policies for the masses," BJP Rajasthan, recently called his wife on WhatsApp and told her about the grave conditions he and Goods Shed carrying textile material to Patna and president J P Nadda said. The party's chief other crew members are facing. He told her that there is a Muzaffarpur," said the release issued by WR chief public spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni scarcity of food and their lives are in danger, Sharma told PTI relations officer Sumit Thakur. "It will especially benefit the said India's prestige has risen in an unprecedent- on Sunday. Singh's wife Sweta said she last spoke to her textile market of Surat area as it's economical, faster and ed manner under Modi. BJP spokesperson husband on Saturday and he told her that the port authorities safer. This has in-turn provided an opportunity for tapping the Sambit Patra said, "Global leader with highest were going to block their mobile networks and internet huge potential of the textile market and will cater to the approval ratings, that's our Prime Minister connections. The crew members are not being allowed to transportation needs of textile industry godown hubs in and Narendra Modi ji with 70 per cent approval rat- disembark from the ship and are being pressured to take the around the Surat city," the release said. ings. Congratulations." ship to a port that is in a war zone in Libya, she claimed. Appointment of HC judges made Two health workers show symptoms of Nipah virus on the basis of seniority, merit: SC PNS n KOZHIKODE PNS n NEW DELHI high court is under a well Two more people have been known established process identified with symptoms The process of appointment of where the collegium of the high of Nipah virus infection, judges to high courts is court considers recommending Kerala health minister Veen through a well established the names and in case of judi- George said here on Sunday. process where the HC col- cial officers by seniority and on The two are among the 20 legium considers seniority, merits. Thereafter, the pro- high risk contacts of the merit and all inputs received by posed IB inputs and other deceased 12-year-old child, the government, the Supreme inputs are obtained and the she said. Court has said while imposing Government processes names. "We have identified 188 a cost of Rs 5 lakh on an advo- "The collegium of the contacts till now. The sur- cate for abusing the court pro- Supreme Court has the bene- veillance team have marked ceedings by trying to stop the fit of all the material before tak- 20 of them as high risk con- elevation of a judge. ing a call on whether to recom- tacts. Two of these high risk A bench of Justices S K mend the name or not. The contacts have symptoms. Kaul and M M Sundresh made appointment takes place there- Both are health workers. the observation while dismiss- after by issuance of warrants of One works with a private Nipah-infected child’s ing a plea filed by an advocate appointment. Thus sufficient hospital, while the other is a seeking directions to consider safeguards exist in the system," staff member of Kozhikode the representation submitted the bench said. Medical College hospital," last rites of done by him and take necessary The top court said the she told reporters after action with the proposal of endeavour of the petitioner is chairing a high-level meet- appointment of high court ing further with the proposal of harass him. and appears to be an abuse of to harass respondent No. 4 ing to take stock of the sit- following health protocol Registrar General A appointment of Reddy as a The bench said the high process of law and a coun- (high court registrar General) uation. Venkateswar Reddy as a judge judge of the Telangana High court registrar general, as a terblast to the series of crimi- and abuse the court proceed- She said all the 20 high PNS n KOZHIKODE entire area after the rituals. of the Telangana High Court. Court. responsible officer, only fol- nal complaints in which per- ings. risk contacts will be shifted Later the body was buried The three-member Supreme The petitioner made sever- lowed the direction passed by sons belonging to the 'so-called "We are of the view that to the Kozhikode Medical The 12-year-old boy who in a 12 foot specially prepared Court Collegium in a meeting al allegations against the high the high court judge. noble profession got involved'. appropriate imposition of costs College by evening, while passed away early this morn- grave. held on August 17 had court Registrar General and The apex court said the high “We are surprised as the seems to be the only solu- other contacts of the child ing due to Nipah virus infec- The boy from nearby approved the proposal for ele- stated that his recommenda- court opined that what the brazenness of the petitioner tion.We thus dismiss the writ have been asked to remain tion here was laid to rest at Mavoor died of Nipah at a vation of six judicial officers as tion should not be processed petitioner was attempting to do now filing the present petition petition with costs of Rs 5 lakh in isolation. nearby Kannambarath hospital here in the wee hours judges of the Telangana High for his elevation as a judge. was to seek an investigation under Article 32 of the to be deposited with the The pay ward at the Khabaristan by the health on Sunday. Court including Reddy. The petitioner advocate in into the allegation that the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court Advocates On Medical College Hospital department officials after fol- Samples of the boy, which The top court was hearing a his plea claimed that he was a evidence collected by the inves- aforesaid being the finding Record Welfare Fund within has been completely con- lowing complete health proto- were sent to the National plea filed by advocate B. Sailesh legal advisor for the family of tigating officer in criminal against him, to now somehow four weeks.We also think it verted into a dedicated col. Institute of Virology, Pune, Saxena seeking directions to a MP belonging to the Telugu complaints filed against him as see that the elevation of respon- appropriate that the Bar Nipah ward, she said. The officials, clad in PPE confirmed the presence of the the Centre, Telangana and Desam Party and legal counsel fabricated and that was found dent No. 4 does not take place Council of Telangana examines The boy died at a hospital kits, performed the last rites. virus. Registrar (Vigilance & for other politically connected to be nothing but a deflection on the account of these pro- the conduct of the petitioner as here early this morning. The Only a few close relatives Local authorities have Administration) of the High persons and alleged that an FIR towards derailing the course of ceedings initiated by the peti- a member of the 'Noble samples of the boy, which wearing similar gear, were in geared up to check further Court of Telangana to consid- at the instance of the Registrar investigation in the complaints tioner. Profession' and for that pur- were sent to the National attendance. spread of the virus in er the representation submitted was filed on July 31, 2017 in lodged against the petitioner. "This is gross abuse of pose a copy of the order be sent Institute of Virology, Pune, The Kozhikode corpora- Kozhikode and surrounding by him and take necessary pursuance to a direction issued The writ petition was found process of law.The process of to the Bar Council of confirmed the presence of tion health staff sanitised the areas. action as per law for proceed- by high court with a view to to be thoroughly misconceived appointment of judges to the Telangana," the bench said. the virus. st ‘Over 66.89 cr Formulate big plans for next MP: MBBS 1 year Covid19 vax students to now doses provided Olympics: Anurag Thakur to states, UTs’ PNS n BENGALURU and when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself speaks read about Hindutva PNS n NEW DELHI Union Minister for Youth to the sportspersons and Affairs and Sports Anurag encourages them, it has impact PNS n BHOPAL alities will inculcate values, More than 66.89 crore Covid Thakur on Sunday urged all on every section of the society, principles, social and medical vaccine doses have been pro- the sports federations to for- whether be it individual, cor- MBBS students in Madhya ethics in the students," Sarang vided to states and UTs so far, mulate big plans for 2024 and porate, sports associations or Pradesh will be lectured about told PTI. and over 1.56 crore doses are in 2028 Olympics so that India any other organisation," RSS founder KB Hedgewar, The next academic session the pipeline, the Union Health improves its position further. Thakur said. Prez confers national Bhartiya Jana Sangh leader for MBBS students is likely to Ministry said on Sunday. "All the sports federations The Minister recalled that Deendayal Upadhyaya, Swami start by this year-end. The ministry said over have to play an important role when he was in the flight, peo- Vivekanand and B R "The National Medical 4.37 crore balance and and we have to work together ple came and complimented award on 44 teachers Ambedkar as part of the first- Council (NMC) has said that unutilised covid vaccine to formulate a big project so him saying that India has done year foundation course, state ethical values should be the doses are still available with that in 2024 and 2028, India's well in the Olympics and PNS n NEW DELHI tions. Education Minister Vishwas part of the foundation course the states and UTs to be position improves further," Paralympics. "Such teachers strengthen my Sarang said on Sunday and in the first year (of MBBS). So administered. The vaccina- Thakur, who also holds the He said the response crick- President Ram Nath Kovind on belief that the future generation added the move is aimed at we thought of incorporating tion drive has been ramped Information and Broadcasting ment giving impetus to athlet- et used to get is now seen for Sunday conferred the National is safe in the hands of our well- instilling social and medical these great personalities for up through availability of portfolio, told reporters. ics, which resulted in India's Olympics games. Teachers' Awards on 44 teachers qualified teachers. Teachers have ethics among the students. building the character of stu- more vaccines, advance visi- Thakur is here to take part impressive performance in the India won seven medals in from across the country for their a very important place in every- Hedgewar, Upadhyaya, dents," he said. bility of vaccine availability to in a host of events including Olympics and Paralympics. the Tokyo Olympics including contribution to developing inno- one's life, people remember their Swami Vivekanand are part of The minister said states states and UTs for enabling interaction with the athletes. "The biggest thing is the one gold and two silvers, while vative methods of teaching. teachers lifelong. Teachers who the Hindutva pantheon of the finalise the content of the better planning by them, and According to him, the pub- changing attitude towards in Paralympics this year, the The national-level awards are nurture their students with affec- Sangh, believed to be the ide- foundation course. streamlining the vaccine sup- lic perception towards sports sports. When the government country won 19 medals includ- given on Teachers' Day to cele- tion and devotion always get ological mentor of the ruling Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, ply chain, the ministry said. has changed with the govern- is giving all sorts of facilities ing five gold and eight silver. brate the unique contribution of respect from their students," he Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). a surgeon, founded the some of the finest teachers in the said. The minister said the first Rashtriya Swayamsewak country and to honour those The President urged teachers year MBBS students will also Sangh in Nagpur in 1925, who, through their commitment, to inspire and enable their stu- learn about Maharshi based on the ideology of have not only improved the qual- dents to envision a golden future Charaka, one of the principal Hindutva. Deendayal Curbs eased, still security forces ity of school education but also and acquire the aptitude to ful- contributors to the Ayurveda, Upadhyaya was one of the enriched the lives of their stu- fil their aspirations. and sage Sushrut, known as prominent leaders of the dents. "It is the duty of teachers to the father of surgery in India. Bhartiya Jana Sangh, the fore- Noting that every child has dif- inculcate interest in studies in "The students of the first- runner of the BJP. remain deployed in Jammu, Kashmir ferent capabilities and talent, the their students. Sensitive teachers year course of MBBS "RSS first chief Hedgewarji, President said teachers need to can shape the future of students (Bachelor of Medicine, Upadhyayaji, Vivekanandji and PNS n SRINAGAR The police also said several focus on the all-round develop- through their behaviour, conduct Bachelor of Surgery) will be BR Ambedkarji were great social media platforms, including ment of students keeping in and teaching. lectured about Hedgewarji, visionaries and human beings. Restrictions were eased out in Kashmir Media Service which are mind their different needs and Noting the challenges posed by Upadhyayji, Swami Their lives were based on val- Kashmir, but security forces con- running from Pakistan, have been interests. the pandemic, Kovind said for Vivekanandji, Ambedkarji and ues. Their thoughts, conduct, tinued to remain deployed on the trying to spread fake news and "Teachers should pay special the last one-and-a-half years, other great personalities. and the very personalities are fourth day on Sunday following videos to instigate miscreants to attention to the fact that each stu- the whole world is going through Lessons on these great person- inspiring”, the minister said. the death of hardline separatist disturb peace. dent has different abilities, talents, a crisis caused by coronavirus. leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, offi- Even a few local media persons psychology, social background "In this situation, even when all cials said. and channels have been found and environment. Therefore, schools and colleges were closed, There are no restrictions on spreading fake news and the emphasis should be laid on the teachers did not allow children's movement of people in the Valley, police are observing them, main- all-round development of each education to stop. For this, teach- but barricades continue to remain taining evidence and appropriate child according to their special ers learned to use digital plat- in place along roads at several actions shall be taken against needs, interests and abilities," he forms in a very short time and areas, especially those leading to them, they said. said during the virtual award cer- continued the education process. Geelani's residence at Hyderpora While voice calling and fixed- emony. "Some teachers have devel- here in view of the fourth day of line internet services across all "The primary responsibility of oped remarkable infrastructure mourning for the separatist leader. operators were restored Friday combining the inherent talents of in schools with their hard work Security forces have been remained off the roads, officials under control, officials noted. night after remaining suspended the students lies with the teach- and dedication. I appreciate such deployed in strength in the city said. The police had on Saturday for two days, mobile internet ers. A good teacher is a person- dedicated teachers and hope and elsewhere to maintain law Few shops also opened in said several preventive measures services remained barred. ality-builder, a society-builder that the entire teaching commu- and order, they said. some areas of the city as well as had been taken to maintain law IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on and a nation-builder," he added. nity will keep on changing its The traffic movement has in other parts of the Valley, they and order, including preventive Friday said the services would be Kovind congratulated all the teaching methods according to increased across the Valley, but added. arrests of dozens of miscreants so restored on Sunday after a review teachers who received the award the changing circumstances," he most of the public transport The situation is normal and far. meeting. for their distinguished contribu- said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Stress on ‘learning’ Trouble signs India needs to be utmost cautious of the unfolding developments in Afghanistan in learning schools JS RAJPUT f all the countries in south and central Asia affected by the recent developments in Afghanistan, it is India that needs to be extra cautious as the various Taliban COVID-19 hastened the spread of digital education but the biggest challenge is to Ofactions and the Haqqani Network try to settle internal rivalries, tribal divisions and disagreements to form a government in the country. India’s stakes are the highest, given ensure learning in schools, and transform each one of these into a learning school the association with terror of these groups currently trying to put together a government. Equally challenging is Pakistan’s active role in reportedly ensuring that the government- lobal efforts to univer- salise basic education formation talks go on smoothly. Terrorist groups inimical to India’s interests exist in both have achieved a mile- the countries and it is too early to take the Taliban’s assurances about respecting peace- stone in terms of attitu- dinalG transformation: Practically ful relations with India at face value. Hardly did India acknowledge its first formal talks with the Afghan group than a spokesperson for the latter said that they have the right to every community, or people, is not only willing but also keen to send raise their voice for Muslims in Kashmir. To add to that, the terrorist group, al-Qaeda, its wards to school. It severely con- also said that liberating Kashmir was part of its greater trasts with the erstwhile tradition goal. Fighters of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba amongst most people in most and Jaish-e-Mohammad are said to be in Afghanistan, developing countries, India included, which were averse to opening up the possibility of using it as a base to launch schooling, particularly sending attacks against India. Then there is the Haqqani girls to school. The global litera- Network, which has been responsible for attacks on cy percentage for all males and the Indian embassy in Afghanistan and is a declared females is 90 and 82.7. It took more than 60 years to reach the Foreign Terrorist Organisation. Such an ensemble form- current situation when, on any ing a government under the supervision of Pakistan day, over one billion children is the biggest cause of worry for India. should be attending schools. In Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla saying this encouraging scenario, howev- er, there are several challenges. New Delhi’s engagement with the Taliban “has been According to an estimate, 11 per limited” but “reassuring” is the very minimum he could convey without detailing the wor- cent of primary schoolchildren ries. India is monitoring how the Taliban factions play out the government-formation game. and 20 per cent of lower-sec- The Taliban is an umbrella of various Pakistan-based “shuras”, and their office is in Doha, ondary children are not in schools. tion policy makers were busy Swami Vivekananda: ments becomes a fait accompli. Further, there are more non- finalising the new policy (after “Education is manifestation of The learning canvas shall Qatar. The Miramshah and Peshawar Shuras want their share in the power pie though learners in schools than outside 34 years) when the pandemic perfection already in man!” have to be explored very cau- the Quetta Shura appears to be calling the shots. The Miramshah Shura predates the schools. Access and participation struck. It was evident that edu- The world of education is mak- tiously. Learning to learn, and Quetta Shura while the Peshawar Shura is relatively new. Both have drifted away from deserve continuous attention and cation systems have to remain ing attempts to understand lifelong learning, would the main group to become autonomous power centres. The Quetta Shura has the expe- streamlining but the biggest chal- ever alert to such unforeseen this philosophy. The Delores become the life-sustaining lenge is to ensure learning in exigencies; NEP-2020 has sev- Commission Report of 1996, assets of every citizen to meet rience of running an elaborate setup complete with panels arranged like ministries cov- schools, and transform each one eral indications on alternative which made attempts to envi- the concerns being faced ering various departments. The Doha-based leaders handle the political office but the mil- into a learning school. The insis- strategies, including embedded sion the shape of global educa- nationally, and globally. itary commanders in association with the clerics are vociferous. Mullah Yaqoob, son of tence on learning, and not mere learning, which came as a great tion in the 21st century, titled Immediately after adopting Emirate founder Mullah Omar, is said to be serious about bringing in some commanders schooling, is no more the concern support when children were its report ‘Learning: The the global agenda for the sus- of academics and educationists confined home. Interestingly, Treasure within’. The Indian tainable development goals into the Cabinet. Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar, however, is pushing for political ele- alone. The NEP-2020 is con- what could have taken a cou- philosophical — yet fully prag- including SDG-4 (“Ensure ments. The Pashtun and non-Pashtun groups are staking their claim while the non-Pashtun scious of this new responsibility. ple of more years in utilising matic — basis is totally tilted inclusive and equitable quali- tribes and the Kandahar faction of the Taliban are sorting out their differences. All the fac- To imbibe learning, the learner digital on large technologies in THE TRANSITION towards learning, and it was ty education and promote life- tions understand they have to share power with the Haqqani Network, whose founder requires a conducive environ- education was achieved in FROM MERE beautifully articulated by long learning opportunities ment. Clean premises, mid-day months, the remotest places not Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore: for all” by 2030) in 2015, India was considered the mentor of Osama bin Laden. The Network has no experience in admin- meals, appropriate equipment, excluded. India salutes its TEACHING TO “Every child is blessed with two turned its attention to prepare istration and would settle only for “active” duties in the government. drinking water and sanitation teachers, who promptly famil- LEARNING IS boons at the time of birth; the a response education policy. arrangement are a must, but most iarised themselves with new power of ideas and the power The NEP-2020 was put to the PICTALK important is the “Teacher”, and gadgets and techniques. A MAJOR of imagination.” No child is dis- toughest of tests. The pandem- her/his own holistic learning and The challenge appears in its ADVANCEMENT criminated on this count. It is ic also showed how a school the values that were internalised enormity in most of the the transplanted system of edu- becomes a learning school. at the teacher preparation institute. Government schools that func- TOWARDS THE cation that has enslaved us in Innumerable schools and The transition from mere tion with deficiencies and inad- a system that makes every teachers have responded teaching to learning is a major equacies. They are to be con- KNOWLEDGE endeavour to impede the nour- through morally sound, ethi- advancement towards the knowl- verted into learning schools. SOCIETY. IT FINDS ishment of ideas and imagina- cally inspiring and culturally edge society. It finds place in most And they require an active, alert tion. One must hasten to add conducive initiatives. One must of the dynamic education policies, and conscious work culture A PLACE IN MOST that even earlier, the impor- also add that the inspiration and NEP-2020 is explicit about it. transformation. The teachers OF THE DYNAMIC tance of “learning” was point- and motivation that emerged It will have significant implications and teacher training institu- ed out in learned academic dis- from NEP-2020 has played a towards evaluation and examina- tions shall have to walk the EDUCATION course, but in practice the sys- great part as it has prepared tion reforms. The pandemic cre- extra mile, make such changes POLICIES, AND tem’s rigidity prevailed and not teachers for transformation. It ated unforeseen challenges before in the totality of the institution- much came out of it. Now that has revealed to them that every global education policies and sys- al functioning in the light of the NEP-2020 IS VERY NEP-2020 has proposed organ- school can become a learning tems. The most daunting among most prominent principle of isational and structural changes centre, adored and supported these is the prevailing uncertain- education taught to us by Sri EXPLICIT ABOUT IT of far-reaching consequences, by one and all. ty on how long it would take to Aurobindo: “Nothing can be the shift towards learning and (The author works in edu- arrive at the normal mode of face- taught!” Harmonise it with the an entirely new approach in the cation and social cohesion. The to-face schooling. India’s educa- eternal truth expressed by assessment of learning attain- views expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

STILL IN FULL SWING The institutions cre- People clear debris from outside Goldberg's Famous Deli in Millburn, New Jersey AP Sir — It was evident from the sea of Proud of our para athletes ated by Nehru are humanity at the Kisan Mahapanchayat in being sold by the Muzaffarnagar that the farmers’ move- ers. The colour of the medal did not matter BJP Government to ment for the repeal of the three farm laws much because the players fought their hearts give a fillip to the Peace pipe is still going strong, belying the out. They also proved that mental strength economy. Why this hatred for Government’s expectation that it would and willpower can help overcome physical Nehru? The Centre has signed a tripartite agreement fizzle out with the passage of time. It is disability. the rightness of their cause — and their Players like Bhavina Patel, who started Shiv Sena spokesperson with five rebel groups of Karbi Anglong firm belief in its rightness — that sustains off the tournament with a silver in table ten- — Sanjay Raut their movement in the face of the nis, and Sumit Antil, who broke the world fter a long time, there’s some good news from Assam, which had recently wit- Government’s callous disregard for their record in javelin throw thrice to win gold, to Nobody wants legitimate concerns over what the laws Avani Lekhara who won two medals in the COVID to be the nessed skirmishes at its border with Mizoram. A tripartite agreement has been virus that stole signed to end the cycle of violence and take the Karbi region towards develop- mean for their lives and livelihoods. same tournament, records were broken and A Prime Minister Narendra Modi never history was made. These milestones should Christmas, and we ment. Nearly 1,050 insurgents had in February pledged to shun violence, setting the tires of promising to double farmers’ he way the Indian Paralympics players be the beginning of the end of the taboo have a plan and the stage for the signing of this pact by five insurgent groups, the Assam Government and incomes, but he is unwilling to provide clinched the all-time greatest medal haul against the disabled people. India’s perfor- vaccinations available to ensure that's not the case. the Centre. The treaty has provisions for the rehabili- protection to farmers by legalising the Thas made the nation proud. India also mance in the Paralympics before the Rio Minimum Support Price (MSP). earned its all-time best finish at 24th with Paralympics 2016 has been below average. tation of the insurgents who have laid down arms. Australian Prime Minister Realising that it cannot dismiss the 19 medals in total, including five golds. This India had won only 12 medals in Paralympics — Scott Morrison Moreover, the Centre will make available a special devel- farmers’ movement as politically incon- is a marvellous year for India's sports his- before the Tokyo edition, therefore, this tour- opment package of `1,000 crore over the next five sequential, the Government has decided tory; India had earlier performed its best at nament is a special one. However, if these PVR's decision to years, which the State Government would use in the to launch ‘outreach programmes’ in the Tokyo Olympics and won its first indi- players are forgotten after the Tokyo screen the Tamil and Karbi areas. The agreement paves the way for greater poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and vidual gold in athletics. The Paralympics were Paralympics conclude on Sunday, the whole Telugu versions of Uttarakhand ‘to regain the support of also very special because of the enthusiasm purpose would be defeated. devolution of autonomy to the Karbi Anglong ‘Thalaivii' is a ray of farmers’. The Government could say the and the never-say-die attitude of the play- Kirti Wadhawan | Kanpur hope for the team as Autonomous Council (KAAC), protecting the identity, farm laws were needed to improve agri- well as all the cine-goers. language and culture of the Karbi people. The pact would culture but I don’t think farmers would bronze medals. polls, for decades now, political parties buy it. The Modi Government is well Avani, who was inspired by Olympic across the country have been magnan- Actor also ensure that the territory and administration of advised to see the writing on the wall and Assam are not affected, a win-win situation for every- gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, started imous in their assurances proffering — Kangana Ranaut repeal the pro-corporate farm laws. In a shooting in 2015. She was encouraged ‘material gifts’ to the masses to garner one. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that democracy, there is no loss of prestige in by her father to join sports and train in their votes. But with modernism pervad- For any sportsper- the Centre would implement the agreement in “letter and spirit”. Indeed, that would be acceding to people’s demand. shooting after an accident left her with ing every aspect these days, leaders have son, there is no high- G David Milton |Tamil Nadu the litmus test for the pact as unfulfilled promises would lead to a chaotic situation and complete paraplegia in 2012. This tour- begun having second thoughts over er achievement than nament has been her first and the best their parties’ appeasement tactics. winning a medal in the credibility of the Government will suffer. AGAINST ALL ODDS and looking at her capability and They have commenced re-writing the the Olympics or This agreement can go a long way in resolving such disputes and fulfil the aspira- Sir — It is said that man is a slave of cir- willpower, there is every possibility that very concept of ‘gratifying voters for their Paralympics. So this medal tion of local people by offering autonomy at the local level. Most cases of insurgency cumstances, but circumstances cannot she would continue to make the coun- support’ by turning their attention to means the world to me. stem from the fact that the administration is insensitive and does not take local sensi- curtail talent and hard work and, at the try proud in the times to come. The approaches that could alleviate problems Tokyo Paralympics, our para athletes “Golden Girl”, as the media calls her, for the common man. Already miffed by Para badminton player tivities into account. The Karbi Anglong movement, which has been going on for quite proved it. Avani Lekhara, India’s star proved that a strongwilled person can- the escalating prices of basic commodi- — Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj some time now, has a history of violence. The Karbi district, where most of the Karbis shooter, made this Paralympics special. not be tamed by physical inability. ties and fuel throwing their kitchenomics No one is above the live, had a set of demands including saving their culture, identity and recognising their She not only won a gold medal in 10m Devanand Ray | Delhi haywire, it is believed that efforts to tide law, even if that per- language. The Karbi insurgency is among several similar “movements” that Assam has rifle shooting, equalling the world record, over their hardships at the domestic front but also created history by winning a VOTERS’ INCENTIVE will be greatly appreciated by the aam son is my 86-year- seen in recent times. Songbijit, the self-styled leader of the People’s Democratic Council bronze in 50m women's rifle shooting, Sir — The freebie culture has moved aadmi. It is this mode of assistance that old father. His com- of Karbi Longri (PDCK), was allegedly involved in the killing of 69 tribals in December becoming the first woman player of the over from the ‘traditional’ to the more the present corps of think-tanks in vari- ment against a par- 2014 in Kokrajhar. Several cases are pending against him for allegedly killing non-Bodos country to win two medals in the same ‘unconventional’ varieties and, with ous political dispensations is looking at. ticular community has dis- turbed communal peace. and Adivasis between 2014 and 2015. Before forming the PDCK, Songbijit’s National Paralympics. Joginder Singh Bedi had elections in the offing, the political par- Pachu Menon |Goa earlier won three medals in the 1984 ties in Goa are making no bones about Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) was allegedly responsible for the killing of more Paralympics held in Britain and America, their plans to win over the electorate Send your feedback to: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister than 200 people, mostly Adivasis and Muslims, living in the tribal districts. in which he won a silver and two with a slew of such offers. Ahead of the [email protected] — Bhupesh Baghel VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN MONETISATION: China's dictatorship

WRONG CHOICE NISHTHA KAUSHIKI Blind privatisation, temporary or diplomacy in Myanmar permanent, is not a solution The policy of promoting pariah regimes and dictators increases China's strategic depth as such regimes are globally isolated and not accountable to their people

he recent news of China inaugu- SHIVAJI SARKAR rating its rail link to Myanmar may have been overlooked inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wants to monetise assets because of the Afghan mayhem. in 13 sectors including airports, railways, roads, shipping, sports TThe projectis a part of its sea-road-rail Fstadia and gas pipelines. Monetisation means transfer of man- link under OBOR which Myanmar had agement and privatisation means transfer of ownership. We may joined in 2013. It connects Chengdu to define monetisation as ‘temporary privatisation’ but how it would Lincang which is opposite Chin Shwe finally roll out is to be seen. Haw, a town in Myanmar's North East. The assets are currently valued at `1.6 lakh crore worth roads, over Myanmar's cities of Mandalay, Lashio and Hsenwi will now see rail connectivity with 400 railways stations, 90 passenger trains and other assets worth `1.52 other intersecting points with China. The lakh crore, 25 airports valued at `20,782 crore, power transmission assets larger purpose of this link is to connect of Power Grid and others pegged at `45000 crore and many more. China to the Bay of Bengal and finally to The government proposal comes with an irony. In the 1960s, many the Indian Ocean Region. private corporates sent their sick units for ‘temporary management’ to In early August, China had transferred the government sector for nursing them back to health as if public sec- more than $6 million for theseprojects. tor management ran ‘industrial hospitals’. The wheel has since come Further, in the early months of the mili- tary coup in Myanmar, the Chinese full circle and assets are being sent to the private sector with “owner- referred to the Junta chief, Senior General ship” in government hands. Min Aung Hlaing, as the “leader of Myanmar”which became “government" by the time Taliban took over Afghanistan.To understand this equation, one must be aware of China's 'dictatorship diplomacy' that it practices towards regimes such as AS CHINA TRIES a joint Communiqué that stressed pipeline running to Kunming in diplomacy’. In 1996, amidst the North Korea and some African states. TO RESHAPE on their common “choice” of social Yunnan Province. In 2007, China Western sanctions, Chinese compa- The policy of promoting pariah EXISTING development. Myanmar in return sealed an oil pipeline deal that nies purchased a 40 percent share regimes and dictators increases China's SECURITY always stood by China on Taiwan aimed to link Sittwe in Myanmar in the Greater Nile Petroleum strategic depth as such regimes are inter- ARCHITECTURES and ‘one China' policy. From 2014- with Kunming. The following year, Operating Company. In 2004, when nationally isolated and are not account- 16, China was the largest military Myanmar stripped New Delhi of its Iran was reeling under internation- able to their people. Their human rights IN ITS FAVOUR, supplier to Myanmar with its arms preferential buyer status and com- al pressure, Tehran agreed to sell to violations are brushed aside and labeled THE WEST TOO IS trade totalling US$ 440 million. mitted itself to sell its resources to a Chinese corporation $20 billion The PSUs in those days had delivered but would the private sector as “internal matters”. In 1955,China RECALIBRATING This 'dictatorship diplomacy' of China National Petroleum worth of natural gas per year. This adopted the principles of non-interfer- China may havehad two motiva- Corporation for the next 30 years was in addition to Beijing being the do the same today? ITS POLICIES. ence, respect for the sovereignty of oth- FOR INSTANCE, tions. The first relates to the access beginning 2013. In 2009, China largest purchaser of its crude oil It appears that the confusion induced by liberalization and global- ers, non-aggression and peaceful co-exis- to Indian Ocean by bypassing the announced the construction of an supplies. In the same year, China, ization of parting with built-in infrastructure by sending it to the private tence. Nevertheless,this never meant that DESPITE NOT Malacca Strait and the second is oil pipeline through Myanmar to opposed to the pressures on Iran, sector is still being considered as the panacea for all economic and indus- democracy had to be insisted upon. SUPPORTING possibly tolay hands on natural Yunnan. The larger objective of invited it to be a member of the trial ills. It must change. The political parties, including the Left and region- Beijing cleverly calibrated its foreign THE MILITARY resources Myanmar is known for. these pipelines is basically to avoid Shanghai Cooperation al forces like Trinamool Congress and Telugu Desam Party, have failed policy in contrast to the American poli- RULE IN China has nurtured the Junta the Malacca Strait as a transit for its Organisation. Similar approaches to come up with alternate suggestions. cies of promotion of democracy and MYANMAR, THE specifically to counter the Indian oil and other requirements. The have been made in Venezuela, human rights. presence in Myanmar.During late penetration of China can only be Zimbabwe and North Korea. The so-called free economy enunciated by the Narasimha Rao gov- Myanmar is no exception. Various US GOVERNMENT 1980s and early 1990s, India owing imagined when in 2017, the road As China tries to reshape exist- ernment meant creation of assets in all sectors. But Manmohan Singh, international reports cite simultaneous ANNOUNCED to its democratic principles had dis- construction project in Myanmar ing security architectures in its P. Chidambaram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia changed it to handing over Chinese arming of the ethnic military fac- HUMANITARIAN approved of Myanmar's military by an Indian company- C&C favour, the West too is recalibrating public assets to large private companies. The policy with minor changes tions of Myanmar with sophisticated AID WORTH regime; China took advantage of it. Constructions -- received a setback its policies. For instance, despite not was adopted by all subsequent governments. It is now 30 years of “pover- weapons. In the 1960s and 1970s, Beijing $50 MILLION The Junta had already leased Coco when Indian workers were abduct- supporting the military rule in ty management” of the nation's assets. Even in the present context, had adopted a policy of arming and train- and Greater Coco islands to China ed by the Arakan Army and build- Myanmar, the US government ing a few ethnic groups in Myanmar TO MYANMAR as also important military installa- ing material was damaged. announced humanitarian aid worth Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says he is not against National Monetisation owing to their affiliations with the IN ORDER TO tions near Yangon, Moulmein and From an internal security $50 million to Myanmar in order to Pipeline but asks why the sale should be confined to a selected few. Chinese Communist Partydue to their COMBAT THE Manaung and a listening facility in aspect, its support to the insurgency combat the Covid pandemic crisis. Most other parties share the view. ethnic backgrounds. Beijing found active COVID PANDEMIC the Ramree Islands (in Rakhine movements of India is another Finally, one has no hesitation The roads to be handed over are in good shape and the private sec- sympathisers in the Communist Party of Province). These speak of the objective of China. The pipelines are to put across the view that China's tor would only start exploiting them for maximizing their profits by increas- Burma (CPB) and incited them against depth of Chinese penetration. The accompanied by a road network. In state practice of dealing with pari- ing tolls, fees and seek remission of lease fees showing managed losses. their own government in Myanmar. installation of a signals intelli- 2015, China completed road con- ah regimes along with the demo- The railways started commercialising its assets in the 1990s. Little Later, General Ne Wi (Revolutionary gence (SIGINT) collecting facility struction from the Yunnan province cratic ones with the same ease Council government) was replaced by the at Zadetkyi Island (near Indonesia’s till the Pangsau pass on the border increases the challenges for the has been achieved. Only two of its 90 trains were leased out. Again noth- Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) Sabang Island) is disturbing as it is of Arunachal Pradesh citing trade world, especially India. Beijing has ing new because some private parties in the past also used to run pil- in 1974 and in the 1980s as pro-democ- barely 600-odd km away from the facilitation between India, Myanmar been able to carve an alternate grim or tourist specials for a fee. racy movement was brutally crushed. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and China. Apart from the trade, vision of the world order that pre- The Metro in Delhi ran into losses worth `1784 crore against a Western sanctions were imposed on and poses a serious threat to what can be the road for? In the past, sents before the extremist groups measly surplus of `1084 crore in 2019. All other metros have huge Myanmar, but China filled the military Indian interests. the porous Indo-Myanmar and and dictators a very lucrative losses, whether in Bengaluru, Kochi, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Noida. Are and financial void aiming not only to cut Currently, China faces its Indo-Bangladesh border have been source of gradual legitimization they awaiting privatization too? down on the Western influence but also Malacca Dilemma, named after the actively used by China to supply and recognition. The fundamen- to contain India's strategic outreach. strait, through which its major arms via Myanmar to fuel the tal principles of international law There is a myth that Air India and BSNL were devastated by the bureau- Throughout the 1980s, China actively (The writer is an share of exports and oil imports North-EastIndian insurgencies. The which stand for democratisation crats. Can the nation forget how under UPA rule, the then civil aviation vetoed UN and other resolutions against Assistant Professor at pass through. In order to overcome process that started after the 1962 and the respect of the wishes of the minister, Praful Patel, banned the national carrier from running in prof- Myanmar's Junta regime and was able to Central University of its fears of India’s control it made war also witnessed active training to people are gradually being erod- itable sectors in order to help private airlines profit? strategically converge with Myanmar by Punjab, Bathinda. The the Kyaukphyu port of Myanmar the Naga insurgents. ed which will threaten the exist- views expressed are Similarly, the BSNL was turned sick by forcing it to lend national phone labelling the US as an “interfering power”. personal.) serve as a terminal for a $1.5 billion Internationally, there are many ing security architectures across and internet infrastructure to create private sector giants. No one answers In 1994, China and Myanmar issued oil pipeline and second natural gas examples of China’s ‘dictatorship the regions. why VSNL was sold to its rival. Why was the sick Ruchi Soya taken over? Its study may reveal how monetisation will unfold to help consumers. POINTCOUNTERPOINT The FM says that the properties leased out would be taken back. This is possible in a rent agreement without a murmur but long-term JUST LIKE THE TALIBAN WANT AN ISLAMIC STATE, THE PAIN OF CALLING OUT RADICAL ISLAMISM lease of 30 to 60 years could complicate things. Handing over the THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT A HINDU RASHTRA. ACROSS THE GLOBE IS EVIDENT FROM control of such assets to private is not considered a wise step. Blind THESE PEOPLE ARE OF THE SAME MINDSET. @JAVEDAKHTARJADU'S BEHAVIOUR. privatisation, temporary or permanent, is not a solution. — LYRICIST — BJP MP (The writer is a senior journalist. The views expressed are personal.) JAVED AKHTAR MANOJ KOTAK Badri 313: The Taliban's special operations unit The question is how was the Taliban able to raise such a sophisticated force and who trained and armed its members? fter the unceremonious According to reports from Prophet Muhammad led a vic- sites in the city. It was report- Super Tucano light-attack air- aircraft. However, they do fall of Kabul there have the UN and NATO, the chief torious battle with 313 men. edly providing “security” at craft equipped with GBU-58 not have trained pilots and Abeen numerous reports contributors are drug traf- Elite Taliban units have been the Kabul Airport. On Twitter Paveway II laser-guided maintenance staff for the of Taliban Special Forces Units ficking and opium production, reported as being “critical to the they were mocked for show- bombing systems. They have attack helicopters for which patrolling the Afghan capital. kidnapping and ransom, tax taking over of Afghanistan”.The ing off their CIA training - access to “attack helicopters they may depend upon They are always dressed in tac- collection, and donations. Taliban also has another elite their index fingers were typ- and precision-guided muni- Pakistan and China. tical outfits ready for deploy- VASUDEVA According to the UN, the unit known as the Red Unit. ically not on the rifle triggers. tions”. They have captured six The biggest aircraft the ment at a moment’s notice PK revenue generated from These troops are ideolog- The unit was previously MI-24 heavy attack heli- Taliban now have access to is instead of the traditional ‘sal- opium production in 2020 ically aligned closely with al- featured in promotional mate- copters apparently gifted to the C-130 Hercules. They are war’ suit. Carrying US-made was estimated to be around be the primary reason for the Qaeda. Units termed “Army of rials distributed by the the Afghan Air Force by India capable of special operations M4 rifles, US-style night vision $460 million. The US itself ‘bloodless capture of Kabul.’ Badr” first carried out suicide Taliban, showing them to be in 2019. These formidable even from unprepared run- devices, body armour, tactical spent $8 billion to try and stop These units have the latest attacks and raids on positions equipped with modern mili- gunships are capable of fear- way and highly flexible for kneepads, and tactical radios, it but knowing the US's histo- arms and defence equipment. associated with the Islamic tary equipment. In July- some, low-level attack in even Special Forces opera- they are capable of achieving ry with drugs, especially It is evident that the Taliban got Republic of Afghanistan and its August 2021, the Taliban ground fire conditions. It is a tions. If the Taliban can get any objective with relative ease. opium, their true motivation the state-of-art equipment for allies in 2011, reported the released propaganda on Badri cause for grave concern that them off the ground, imagine The question is how was is highly suspect. According to the battalion from the depart- Long War Journal. The Badri 313 Battalion in local lan- 11 American MD-530F light- what this means for them. the Taliban able to fund such a report by the CIA in 2008, ing US Army. It is still an enig- 313 Battalion already took part guages, English and Arabic. armed helicopters designed Gilles Dorronsoro, a spe- a highly advanced group of the Taliban received $106 ma as to who trained them. in an attack on the Kabul Videos showed Badri 313 sol- for rapid, low-level attack cialist on Afghanistan at soldiers? The Taliban are not million in donations, mostly The Badri 313 Battalion is compound of G4S - the British diers wearing US military missions and for special oper- Sorbonne University in Paris, just some rag-tag group of (The writer is retired Senior from the Gulf States. currently an elite military unit multinational private security night-vision gear, bulletproof ations are now in their hands said these commandos, was rebels. They are among some Professor, International Trade The special forces have of the Islamic Emirate of company-- in November 2018. jackets in camouflage clothing in addition to 35 US Black part of a larger trend. “We've and Member, Vivekananda of the wealthiest and most International Foundation, been specially trained for oper- Afghanistan. The group takes The Taliban now report- and modern American rifles Hawk helicopters, 76 Russian seen a remarkable profes- powerful in the world. Their New Delhi. The views ations such as assault and its name from the Battle of ed that Badri 313 Battalion and driving Humvees. MI-17 utility helicopters, five sionalisation of the Taliban annual income is estimated to expressed are personal.) house storming with complete Badr, which happened on had secured the presidential The Taliban now boasts of Cessna Combat Caravan air- since the middle of the 2000s,” be around $1.5 billion. tactical precision, which could March 13, 624 AD, when the palace and other important a large cache of 22 EMB-314 planes, and 12 Pilatus PC-12 he said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 Money 08 Facebook sorry for MONEY MATTERS “primates'' label on video of Black men Nifty up 20% since April Covid shock M-cap of 9 of top-10 firms n NEW YORK jumps over Rs 2.93 L-crore Facebook has apologized for Flow of foreign funds is also recovering ine of the top-10 most- putting a “primates" label on valued companies a video of Black men, accord- PNS n MUMBAI On August 31, it hit the The recent surge in the domestic stock Rs 1 lakh crore for the second Ntogether added Rs ing to a report in the New 17,000 mark for the first time consecutive month, clocking 2,93,804.34 crore in market York Times. The Indian stock market has in its history. It was the fastest market has been largely on the back of Rs 1,12,020 crore in August valuation last week, in line with The newspaper said the not just been on a bull run off 1,000-point gain for Nifty50 2021. a record-breaking rally in video was posted by a tabloid late, but it has been scaling as it covered the journey gradual easing of the lockdown and The flow of foreign funds equities, with Reliance in June and showed Black new highs. The Nifty50, from 16,000 to 17,000 in just curfew measures, and improvement in is also recovering post the Industries Ltd emerging as the men in altercations with which has crossed the 17,000 28 days. impact of the pandemic in biggest gainer.The BSE 30- white civilians and police level, has witnessed a rise of The recent surge in the economic activities. April-May, which should fur- share benchmark zoomed officers. around 20 per cent since the domestic stock market has ther boost the Indian equi- 2,005.23 points or 3.57 per After the video ended, an middle of April when the sec- been largely on the back of Further, the receding August, IHS Markit India ties. So far in the first three cent last week. It scaled the automatic message popped ond wave of Covid-19 gradual easing of the lock- impact of Covid, as well as Services PMI showed on trading days of September, 58,000-mark for the first time on Friday. The Sensex last week only up that said “keep seeing wreaked havoc in several down and curfew measures, the accelerated vaccination Friday. The seasonally adjust- net foreign portfolio invest- went beyond the 57,000-level. The BSE benchmark soared over nine videos about Primates,” parts of the country and lock- and improvement in eco- drive, have lifted the growth ed India Services Business ments into the equities stood per cent last month.From the top-10 list, Infosys was the only according to the Times. downs and curfews were re- nomic activities. rate of Activity Index rose to 56.7 at Rs 4,787 crore, as per laggard. The market valuation of Reliance Industries Ltd zoomed Rs Facebook turned off the imposed. India's GDP growth rate India's (index reading) in August as NSDL data. 1,02,382 crore to reach Rs 15,14,017.50 crore. RIL's market artificial intelligence feature The country's financial for the April-June quarter of services against a reading of 50 in July. On Friday, the Nifty50 valuation jumped to a record Rs 15 lakh crore on Friday, becoming that showed the message, the capital, Mumbai, which hous- FY22 was 20.1 per cent output The GST collections have closed at 17,323.60, higher by the first domestic company to attain this historic feat. The market Times said, and apologized for es the bellwether stock due to low base and accel- in also been robust and 89.45 points, or 0.52 per capitalisation (m-cap) of Tata Consultancy Services jumped Rs what it called “an unaccept- exchanges, came under a cur- erated economic activity. remained above the psycho- cent, from its previous close. 44,832.5 crore to Rs 14,20,935.10 crore. Bharti Airtel's valuation able error” and told the news- few from April 14 due to the In 2020, the pandemic logical The BSE Sensex also closed rallied Rs 35,342.16 crore to Rs 3,61,540.16 crore and that of Bajaj paper that it would investigate surging number of Covid had battered the coun- mark of at its record high closing Finance rose by Rs 33,906.91 crore to Rs 4,54,207.76 crore. The further so that it doesn't hap- cases. Delhi was also put try's GDP, which had con- level of 58,129.95, higher by m-cap of Hindustan Unilever Ltd went up by Rs 20,712.29 crore to pen again. Facebook on under lockdown starting tracted by 24.4 277.41 points, or 0.48 per Rs 6,49,943.93 crore, and that of ICICI Bank gained Rs 17,373.55 Saturday did not respond to a April 20. However, the per cent dur- cent, from its previous close. crore to Rs 5,02,232.46 crore. State Bank of India added Rs request for comment. But a Nifty50 has risen 19.4 per ing Q1FY21. "Liquidity in the domestic 17,001.38 crore taking its valuation to Rs 3,85,007.74 crore. company spokeswoman told cent since its closing level of market has been strong for The valuation of HDFC Bank jumped Rs 14,954.74 crore to Rs the Times that even though 14,504.80 points on April 13, the past couple of days with 8,72,362.42 crore, and that of HDFC rose by Rs 7,298.81 crore to Facebook has made improve- 2021. On Friday, the Nifty FIIs putting in over Rs Rs 4,98,290.05 crore. In contrast, the valuation of Infosys declined ments to its artificial intelli- closed at 17,323.60 points, 6,000 crore in last four ses- Rs 3,457.12 crore to Rs 7,21,244.78 crore. Reliance Industries Ltd gence, “it's not perfect" and its highest-ever closing sions itself. Further, strong remained the most-valued firm, followed by Tata Consultancy has “more progress to make." level. service PMI data and Services, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever Limited, ICICI Artificial intelligence has In its last trading healthy GST collection Bank, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India and Bharti Airtel. mislabeled people of color session, it also numbers boosted market before. In 2015, Google apol- touched its all- sentiments," Motilal ogized after it labeled a time high of Oswal Financial Services' photo of two Black people as 17,340.10 Head of Retail Research India imports 7,500 tonnes of gorillas. points. Siddhartha Khemka said. soyameal mainly from B’desh ndia imported 7,500 tonnes of genetically modified (GM) Excise collection jumps 48% in April-July FPIs net buyers in Aug; Isoyameal, used as a raw material in the poultry feed PNS n NEW DELHI economy, the incremental col- industry, from neighbouring lections in the current year may Bangladesh in the last few The government's collections be over Rs 1 lakh crore when invest Rs 16,459 crore weeks, a senior government from levy of excise duty on compared with the previous PNS n NEW DELHI kumar, chief investment strate- official said on Sunday. petroleum products have year, industry sources said. gist at Geojit Financial Services. To boost domestic supply and jumped 48 per cent in the first In all, the UPA government Foreign portfolio investors For equities, he said "the arrest skyrocketing prices, the four months of the current fis- had issued Rs 1.34 lakh crore (FPIs) were net buyers to the momentum in the market and government had in early cal year, with the incremental worth of bonds (equivalent to tune of Rs 16,459 crore in the fear of missing the August permitted import of 12 mop-up being 3-times of the a sovereign commitment to Indian markets in August, momentum might have lakh tonnes of GM soyameal after the environment ministry and repayment liability of legacy oil pay in future) to state-owned with majority of investment brought FPIs back to equity in Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) cleared the air on the GM bonds in the full fiscal, official oil companies to compensate coming in the debt segment. August. The global scenario issue. Later, DGFT also issued necessary notification for import of data showed. them for selling fuel such as In equities, they invested also turned favourable with GM soyameal on August 24."According to traders, about 7,500 Data available from the cooking gas LPG, kerosene just Rs 2,082.94 crore while the Fed sending a dovish mes- tonnes of GM soyameal has been imported so far mainly from Controller General of Accounts and diesel at rates below cost. debt segment saw inflow of Rs sage that the economy has a lot Bangladesh," the official told PTI.Traders have contracted another 4.5 in the Union Ministry of Of this, Rs 10,000 crore is 14,376.2 crore between August more ground to cover and rate lakh tonnes of GM soyameal from Bangladesh, Brazil and the US, the Finance showed excise duty due to be repaid in the current 2-31, depositories data hikes are far away". official said.Out of 4.5 lakh tonnes of orders placed, about 1.25 lakh collections during April-July natural gas. Barring these prod- government has in the full year fiscal, according to the finance showed. The investment came tonnes of GM soyameal is expected to come from Bangladesh, while 2021 surging to over Rs 1 lakh ucts, all other goods and ser- towards repayment of oil ministry. The after the FPIs remained 75,000 tonnes from Brazil and the rest 2.5 lakh tonnes from the US, crore, from Rs 67,895 crore vices are under the GST regime. bonds that were issued by the First, Finance Minister quan- net sellers in July to he added. According to the official, "imports are taking place and should help arrest prices of soyameal in the domestic market". mop-up in the same period of The incremental collections previous Congress-led UPA Nirmala Sitharaman and then tum the tune of Rs In the domestic market, soyameal rates in the last few months had the previous fiscal. of Rs 32,492 crore in the first government to subsidise fuel. Oil Minister Hardeep Singh of 7,273 crore. risen from Rs 35 per kg up to Rs 100 per cent. However with the After the introduction of the four months of the fiscal year Bulk of excise duty collec- Puri had blamed the oil bonds invest- Besides, in the imports taking place, prices have softened a bit to Rs 85 per kg now, Goods and Services Tax (GST) 2021-22 (April 2021 to March tion is from the levy on petrol for limiting fiscal space to give ment in first three he added. Initially, the government had permitted import of GM regime, excise duty is levied 2022) is three-times the Rs and diesel and with sales pick- relief to people from fuel prices the debt seg- trading ses- soyameal only via Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), but later permitted only on petrol, diesel, ATF and 10,000 crore liability that the ing up with a rebounding trading at near record high. ment is highest sions of September, Mumbai Port and Tuticorin ports. However, industry experts believe in this calender FPIs have pumped it would be very difficult to achieve 12 lakh tonnes of GM soymeal year so far. in Rs imports as the window for importing is only till October 31. "The main rea- 7,768.32 Human Biosciences plans to son for FPI buying crore in 39 mining projects of debt is the rising Indian mar- launch 2 wound care products spread between the kets (both bond yields in US equity and debt). I-T Dept notifies forms for Coal India face delays PNS n NEW DELHI It added that the company and India. The US Shrikant Chouhan, "plans to launch two of its 10-year is below 1.30 executive vice president, equi- PNS n NEW DELHI delayed," Coal India Ltd (CIL) The US-based Human wound care management per cent and the Indian 10-year ty technical research at Kotak exemption for sr citizens said in its report. Biosciences (HBS) on Sunday products, 'Medifil' and 'Skin has risen above 6.2 per cent. Securities, added that the ris- he income tax State-owned CIL's 39 coal The major reasons for said it is planning to introduce Temp', in India soon". Also, the stability in INR has ing pace of domestic vaccina- department has notified mining projects are running delays in implementation of two wound care products in Some of its wound care brought down the cost of hedg- tions, a decent GST print for Tdeclaration forms to be behind the schedule on these projects are delay in the Indian market soon. products are already available ing. Expectations regarding July and a sharp increase in filed by senior citizens aged account of delays in getting forest clearances and posses- The two products are in India that are manufactured exchange rate also are August merchandise trade 75 years and above with the green clearances and issues sion of land and issues relat- named 'Medifil' and 'Skin at the company's unit in favourable. At these high val- contributed to market senti- banks to get exemption from related to rehabilitation and ed to R&R. Temp', the company said in a Ahmedabad, Gujarat, HBS uations in equity risk-reward ment even as PMI for August filing I-T return for fiscal resettlement (R&R). CIL's nine coal projects, statement. said. favour debt," said V K Vijaya weakened. year 2021-22. The 2021-22 This assumes significance in with a sanctioned capacity of Budget had introduced a the wake of the country's 27.60 million tonnes per year provision for exempting power plants grappling with and a sanctioned capital of Rs senior citizens of 75 years depleting stocks at their end. 1,976.59 crores were complet- and above having pension "114 coal projects with a ed with a total completion cap- income and interest from CIL initiates various CSR programmes fixed deposit in the same bank from filing income tax returns for the sanctioned capacity of 836.48 ital of Rs 1,958.89 crore dur- mty (million tonnes per year) ing 2020-21. Four of these pro- PNS n NEW DELHI livelihood generation and over- education amenities in remote Singrauli district. Giving fur- financial year beginning April 1. The Central Board of Direct Taxes and a sanctioned capital of Rs jects belong to Western all community development in villages, eight sets of Smart TV ther fillip to Swachh Bharat (CBDT) has now notified rules and declaration forms which senior 1,19,580.62 crore are in differ- Coalfields Ltd (WCL), three of State-owned CIL arm Northern Singrauli district. and computers were distributed Abhiyan, a garbage collection citizens would have to file with the specified bank who in turn would ent stages of implementation Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) Coalfields Ltd has launched A new road constructed to nearby government schools. vehicle was also flagged off and deduct tax on pension and interest income and deposit with the out of which 75 projects are on and two of Mahanadi various CSR schemes and pro- under NCL-CSR at a cost of Rs Advanced laboratory equip- handed over to the representa- government.Such exemption from ITR filing would be available only schedule and 39 projects are Coalfields Ltd (MCL). jects focused on village infra- 1.6 crore in Semuar Panchayat ment were also distributed to tive of the Naudhiya Panchayat. in case where the interest income is earned in the same bank where structure and education among benefiting about 10,000 vil- four government schools, help- This vehicle will ensure door to pension is deposited. The income-tax act requires all individuals others, amounting to Rs 2.25 lagers living in Pali, Semur ing more than 500 students to door collection of waste to having income exceeding the threshold limit to file their income-tax crore to benefit the villagers of and nearby places has also get practical knowledge in sci- pave the way for a hygienic liv- returns. While the threshold for senior citizens (60 years or more) Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh. been inaugurated as part of ence. Besides, four water cool- ing environment to more than and super senior citizens (80 years or more) is slightly higher, These pro-people programmes AKAM celebrations of NCL, it ers with RO machines were five thousand local people. crossing the threshold saddles one to file tax-returns. Non-filing of have been launched as part of said. handed over to the authorities Inauguration of boundary tax return not only attracts penalties and but one also gets subject to 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' To further empower local to ensure safe drinking water wall of a school built under higher rate of TDS.Nangia & Co LLP Director Itesh Dodhi said (AKAM) celebrations, the coal women/girls and make them for more than 1,000 school NCL-CSR located in village recognising the compliance burden on senior citizens, this year's ministry said in a statement. self-reliant, sewing machines children of the surrounding Bhowdar of Singrauli district budget brought in some relief to the senior citizens above the age of Inaugurating the pro- and skill certificates were dis- areas. and visit to the Khadi and 75. "The CBDT has notified the forms (Form 12BBA) for declaration gramme, Member of tributed to 27 women/ girls, During the programme, floor Handloom Centre set up by by the senior citizens to the banks and notified the reporting Parliament Riti Pathak lauded trained in the centres under the mats, play school slides, uten- NCL, where around 30 women requirement by the specified banks. With dedicated counters for the efforts of Northern ongoing skill development pro- sils were also handed over for are getting training were some senior citizens in all major banks and banks providing doorstep Coalfields Ltd (NCL) towards gramme of NCL. the children of 43 Anganvadis of the other highlights of the banking to senior citizen, this measure is expected to make life infrastructure development, As part of ensuring modern located in ten panchayats of function. easier for senior citizens," Dodhi added. Steel output expected to jump Global trends to guide markets in holiday-shortened week PNS n NEW DELHI the BSE benchmark soared over Financial Services Ltd. 9 per cent last month. "We are going to have a trun- The stock market is likely to The benchmark index has cated week as the markets will 18 per cent to 120 MT in FY22 continue with its positive gained 10,378.62 points or 21.73 remain closed on Friday on the momentum but may face bouts per cent so far this year. occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi," PNS n NEW DELHI Kulaste told PTI sharing his esti- of profit-booking amid lofty "Going ahead, market is like- Santosh Meena, Head of mates for the current financial valuations in this holiday- ly to continue with its positive Research, Swastika Investmart India's crude steel output is year. Under the National Steel shortened week, analysts said. momentum as economic recov- Ltd said. expected to soar about 18 per Policy (NSP) 2017, the govern- The trading sentiment will ery and vaccination continues "Domestically, economic cent to 120 million tonnes (MT) ment has set a production tar- be guided mostly by global their northward journey. Strong data such as manufacturing by the end of the ongoing finan- get of 300 MT by 2030-31. trends in absence of major liquidity and positive global output and industrial produc- cial year, Minister of State (MoS) Replying to another question domestic events, they said. cues are likely to support domes- tion could drive investor sen- for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste related to steel consumption, the Markets would remain closed tic markets to continue their timent this week. In absence of said. The demand is expected to minister said it will be more than on Friday for 'Ganesh movements to record levels. any other major event, Indian cross 100 MT during the current the lockdown necessitated to 100 MT in the current financial Chaturthi'.Industrial produc- "However valuations are also indices are expected to mirror financial year, he said. contain its spread. year 2021-22. tion data is scheduled to be moving beyond comfort zones global cues and move in tan- According to official data, "India's production of crude In the financial year ended released on Friday, which hap- and hence could lead to bouts dem with foreign bourses," the country produced around steel was at 37.527 MT, a growth March 2021, steel consumption pens to be a trading holiday. of profit-booking and increase Samco Securities Research said 102 MT steel in the financial of 44.6 per cent, in April-July stood at 93.43 MT, lower by 6.7 The BSE 30-share bench- in volatility," said Siddhartha in a note. Markets would also year 2020-21, registering a fall of 2021. This gives me confidence per cent over the previous year mark zoomed 2,005.23 points mark for the first time on The Sensex took just three Khemka, Head - Retail track movement in the rupee, 6.1 per cent over FY20, due to that we will produce around 115 due to the impact of the pan- or 3.57 per cent last week. The Friday to close at its lifetime sessions to go from the 57,000- Research, Broking & Brent crude and foreign insti- the COVID-19 pandemic and MT-120 MT in FY 2021-22," demic. benchmark scaled the 58,000- high of 58,129.95. level to 58,000 last week while Distribution, Motilal Oswal tutional investments. 9

Vijayawada | Monday September 6, 2021 what’s brewing? Angelina Jolie says she ‘fought' with Brad Hot on OTT: Coming Pitt for working with Harvey Weinstein ollywood star him,” she added. Angelina Jolie has Jolie revealed that she was revealed that she offered to star in Martin H once “fought” with Scorsese’s 2004 movie The up this week her former hus- Aviator but she declined as band Brad Pitt for Weinstein was involved in the working with disgraced project. “I was asked to do Here's a look at ous cosmic event wreaks Cast: Avika Gor, Rahul movie mogul Harvey The Aviator, but I said no havoc on the world below. Ramakrishna, Praneeta Weinstein. because he was involved. I highlight films, Patnaik; Direction: Bhargav Jolie recently opened up never associated or worked Macharla her life and experience during with him again. It was hard shows and It’s a Telugu drama web an interview with The for me when Brad did,” she series. Guardian in support of her said. series that are new book, Know Your Rights Jolie and Pitt started dating and Claim Them: A Guide for soon after they worked on the scheduled to Youth. 2005 movie Mr and Mrs Written in partnership with 1988 movie executive pro- the room, you think he Smith. The couple got mar- child rights lawyer Geraldine duced by Weinstein. In 2017, attempted but didn’t, right? ried in 2014 but in 2016, Jolie drop in the Van Bueren QC and Amnesty the producer was accused by The truth is that the attempt filed for divorce, which was International, the book is numerous women of sexual and the experience of the finalised in 2019. Pitt’s 2009 digital space dedicated to ensuring the assault and misconduct. attempt is an assault,” the film Inglourious Basterds was this week. rights of children around the Following the multiple Oscar-winning actor said in distributed and co-financed JJ+E (film on world. accusations, Weinstein was the new interview. by the Weinstein Company. Netflix,September 8) Starring Nani in the titular During the interview, Jolie fired by his own company. “It was beyond a pass. It Jolie alleged in the inter- character, Tuck Jagadish ran was asked about her experi- He is currently in prison was something I had to view that against her wishes, Cast: Elsa Öhrn, Mustapha Maestro (film on into controversy due to its ence of being disrespected in after a New York jury convict- escape. I stayed away and Pitt approached Weinstein to Aarab, Jonay Pineda Skallak; Disney+ Hotstar, decision to skip the theatrical Hollywood. ed him for the rape and sexu- warned people about him. I produce his 2012 film Killing Direction: Alexis Weak September 17) window. But it finally ended “Well, no surprise, Harvey al assault of two women. remember telling Jonny (Lee Them Softly. The Weinstein Elisabeth and John-John on a smooth note and the Weinstein. I worked with him Jolie had previously said in Miller), my first husband, Company ended up distribut- live in the same city, but they Cast: Nithiin, Tamannaah, film is all set to stream on when I was young,” she said. a New York Times piece that who was great about it, to ing the film. “We fought inhabit different worlds. Can Nabha Natesh; Direction: September 10 on the occa- Jolie was 21 when she fea- she had a “bad experience”. spread the word to other guys about it. Of course it hurt,” a passionate first love break Merlapaka Gandhi sion of the Vinayaka Chaviti tured in Playing By Heart, the “If you get yourself out of don’t let girls go alone with the actor said. through class and cultural Telugu black comedy festival. The producers of Untold: Breaking Point barriers? crime thriller is a remake of “Tuck Jagadish” made decent (show on Netflix, the 2018 film profits on this deal. September 7) Andhadhun. the film stars Said to a family entertain- A look at Bollywood’s female entrepreneurs Nithiin, Tamannaah and er, the film is directed by Cast: Mardy Fish; Nabha Natesh. Shiva Nirvana. Ritu Varma is odel and wellness Anushka Sharma Direction: Chapman Way, the main heroine. Jagapathi enthusiast Malaika At 25, Sharma set up a pro- Maclain Way Babu plays Nani’s brother. Arora recently duction house ‘Clean Slate Tennis player Mardy Fish Brother sentiment is the M launched her Filmz’ with her brother. tries to push through the main element. investment com- Known to have produced mental strain at the 2012 US pany, Malaika some incredible movies and Open quarterfinals but bows Arora Ventures, which has web series, she is actively out and is later diagnosed Mumbai Diaries: 26/11 invested in lifestyle and well- involved in the process, from with an anxiety disorder; he (web series on ness start-ups such as Sarva selecting scripts to finalizing goes public with his struggles Prime, September 9) and Nude Bowls. While the cast. The 33-year-old also to help athletes deal with Bollywood's leading ladies launched her apparel line mental health issues. Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, might be in the spotlight for ‘Nush’ in 2017, which is an Mohit Raina; their films and glamorous extension of her distinct style. Direction: Nikhil Advani fashion outings, there’s more A champion of animal rights, This thriller drama is also to them than meets the eye, the actress has also opened based on the unfortunate for starters most of them two rescue animal shelters events of the terrorist attacks have great business acumen tainable clothing line for hits Ventilator and The Sky Is outside Mumbai with her of 26/11 but focuses on what Lucifer Season 6 and are investing their time children ‘Ed-a-Mamma’ Pink. That’s not all; the husband Virat Kohli. the silent warriors like doc- (series on Netflix, and money into projects that catering to the age group of superstar became the face of Deepika Padukone tors, reporters, and police September 10) go beyond filmmaking. 2-14 years. The actress has dating app Bumble in 2018 force had to face during the From setting up funding invested in companies like and invested in the start-up With a super successful Into the Night Season 2 attacks. Cast: Tom Ellis, Lauren ventures to starting their Stylecracker and Nykaa and as well. You go, girl! career, more than a dozen (web series on Netflix, German, Kevin Alejandro; own businesses, the indus- has also launched a platform Katrina Kaif brand endorsements and an September 8) Direction: Tom Kapinos Dikkiloona (film on try's new wave of women ‘Coexist’ that works towards exciting international work Bored with being the Lord Zee5, September 10) entrepreneurs are making all animal and ecological wel- She kickstarted her graph, Padukone is on top of Cast: Pauline Etienne, of Hell, the devil relocates to the right moves, here’s a fare. innings as an entrepreneur her game. 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The brand of yoghurts, hobby- ence-fiction novel, 'The Old Tuck Jagadish (film on The film title is inspired by York to launching her own elaborate range of cosmetics based start-up FrontRow, Axolotl', this series was Amazon Prime Video, the word 'Dikkiloona' which With a career spanning vegan haircare brand is primarily aimed at cater- electric taxi enterprise Blu renewed for a second season September 10) was used by Goundamani almost 10 years, Bhatt has ‘Anomaly’, there's no stop- ing to the Asian skin tone Smart and aerospace start-up in July 2020. Passengers and and Senthil in the 1993 been a part of some spectac- ping this global trendsetter. and texture. It also happens Bellatrix. Padukone made her crew aboard a hijacked NET (web series on Cast: Ritu Varma, Aishwarya action film 'Gentleman'. 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It’s beautiful how Zoom stant pet hair around airborne when dis- creenwriter and these interesting moments being made for the OTT entered our lives, how our homes for the turbed and fall onto filmmaker that you get to create into a space. “The novel platform Google Meets, etc., has health and hygiene of lower surfaces, so start Jaydeep Sarkar is narrative in an ad film. I is making space for different made writing and prepro- everyone at home. And cleaning up high and known for his love telling stories through kinds of stories, voices, duction remotely possi- while we can see the finish on your floors. s stupendous work short films, they’ve been so diverse presentations, from ble. Yet, it’s a collabora- hair our pets leave Don’t miss out on your in popular ad cathartic to me as well. across social strata, and tive project and magic behind, there’s more to sofa or armchairs if films for Flipkart, Horlicks, While I haven’t worked on cities. It is democratising happens when you fur and fluff than meets your pets spend time Doy care, etc. He has direct- documentaries yet, I think entertainment, the visual meet in person. the eye. there. Soft furnishings ed some of the most award- real stories are riveting and narrative. I’m so glad I’m Filmmaking is a James McCrae shares can hold pet hair as well ed commercials for India’s I’m sure they’d be a great part of these and living dur- medium tips on how to keep as pet dander, dust largest brands such as learning experience. I’m a ing these exciting times.” through which your home pet-hair free mixes and other aller- Hindustan Unilever, ITC, fan of TV series and web Jaydeep recalls how he we feed ener- Glaxo Smith Kline, and Pepsi shows now, having the luxu- wished to be part of the film gy off each among many others. ry of telling stories for sever- Monsoon Wedding. “I other, there’s Jaydeep’s humanist style and al seasons is beautiful, some remember watching it when only so riveting performances in his even for years of my life - it’s I had just left Delhi and much you films have brought to life like you get to inhabit watched the film in a hall in can do over many stories, not just for another world for so long, Bombay. It was such a com- a computer brands but also for not-for- and the experience has plex film, I remember how screen. So profit organisations such as always been so enriching.” everyone felt so real, we felt while the dynam- ‘Action Aid’, etc. You defi- Talking about feature like we knew these people, ics have changed, and peo- nitely must have seen and films, the screenwriter says, it’s a special film that had a ple are discovering how loved his ad for Nobel laure- “I haven’t directed any yet very personal connect.” The technology is capable of ate Kailash Satyarthi’s but wrote some, the idea of filmmaker tells us that the creating energies off collab- Bachpan Bachao Andolan telling fine stories in 2 current project he’s working oration, I think it’s only that went viral days after its hours, to be able to capture on is a project he has always temporary and once release! His short film the audiences’ imagination, wanted to be a part of, a things are fine, we hope Nayantara’s Necklace with and know that people are story he wanted to tell, and to all go back to meet Konkona Sen Sharma and giving so much time in their is excited for it to come out and work in person.” Tillotama Shome in lead lives to this story you’re the soonest. We ask him if On a concluding note roles, opened to many rave telling, it’s such a privilege to he has a list of favourites we ask him to share his reviews and was screened be part of such projects. he’d always wanted to work biggest learnings so far, across international film fes- Somewhere it becomes a with, he replies, “I’ve got to he says, “Often times tivals. He who has lent his personal thing, you’re mak- work with some of the best we wait for inspiration creative genius to films like ing a film and then the film people till date. I’d also love to come to us, but it’s Drona, Tera Kya Hoga makes you too, influencing to work with Rekha, Mohan only when we put in Johnny, Shaurya and Khoya you as a person and your Lal, and so many such excit- the grind, things start How are pet hair gens. A mini-motorised Khoya Chand, etc., shares mind as an artist.” ing actors. But definitely, an to move. Irrespective different? tool is great for furni- exclusively what format of Asked to choose between ideal cast would be one that of what happens every day, ture you can’t put in the filmmaking he loves best: all writing and directing, goes with the script.” About you have to show up Pet hair shares many wash. of them, for the various Jaydeep is quick to answer, his upcoming projects, he everyday with your A- similarities with human Go slow with vacuum- challenges they present. “Ads “I love directing, when informs that some of them game. Magic may not hap- hair. But there are some ing demand that the story be you’re directing you’re writ- are in a very nascent stage pen every day, but it will key differences that Vacuuming slowly told in just 30 seconds or a ing too, you rewrite stories and that’s he’s working with when we show up no mat- make pet hair particu- gives the airflow and little more. I love that adver- during preproduction and a good bunch of people. ter what, instead of wait- larly difficult to clean. brush bar more time to tising speaks at many levels - production, and then again Talking about how the ing for inspiration to Animal hair stops agitate the pet hair and while it essentially talks at the editing table. I’m pri- pandemic has changed the strike and things to fall in growing as soon as it remove it from the sur- about the product you’re marily a director and I enjoy dynamics of pre-production place.” reaches a certain length face. Pet hair is more and sheds to be likely to clump on car- replaced by new hair pets or form tumble- and this can change weed on hard floor sur- between the seasons. faces than human hair. K RAMYA SREE For instance, dog Vacuuming little and breeds, like German often prevents excessive Shepherds, Collies and build-up of pet hair. If e have all had that Samoyeds, will shed you’re tight on time, one photograph more hair during spring using a robot cleaner to that makes us and autumn seasons to remove pet hair while pause and think. Telling touching tales make way for their you’re out will keep pet W Sometimes it also summer pelts, which hair under control speaks to our can explain why you between more thorough imagination and made us find pet hair constantly cleans. relive the story. In photogra- at certain times of year. Go 360o: vacuum in phy, storytelling, usually Pet hair has a tenden- different directions called a photo essay or photo cy to embed onto a car- Go over the carpet a story, is something that dri- peted surface or elec- few times in alternating ves passionate photographers THROUGH PICTURES trostatically “stick” to a directions to pick up to convey emotions and nar- hard floor surface. This more pet hair and agi- ratives through a few simple sex change to begin a new life The tale addresses another is where vacuum clean- tate some of those frames. of ‘Ameya’.” silent part: Abha insisting on ers come to the rescue. embedded ones loose. Monisha Ajgaonkar, a lead- About Abha’s journey to Mansi tying the rakhi too. Beyond the pet hair and But don’t forget, any ing wedding photographer Ameya, she opens up, “In the Monisha breaks it down, food you can see, there more than two or three and an LGBTQ+ activist, also beginning, it was difficult for “Being the younger child in is a host of microscopic times gives minimal has an award-winning photo- Abha to discover, talk the family with one elder sis- life that pets bring in increase according to graphic series titled Love through, and make her family ter and one older brother, the with them that’s invisi- our research. Matters India, to her credit. understand her reality. She younger daughter always feels ble to the naked eye. Pet Peel pet hair from She has now come up with left the house as she wasn’t that someone should have to dander is just one of surfaces another photo story, A sure who she was and was tie a rakhi to her, thinking those things. Composed Some vacuums are Raksha Tale. Directed and scared about being uncom- that even she has to be a pro- of tiny, microscopic, engineered with nylon conceptualised by her, A fortable in the environment, tector of the family. This par- skin particles shed by and carbon fibre bristles Raksha Tale highlights the and that it would affect the ticular part in the film focus- pets with fur or feath- at their cleaner head to journey of Abha to Ameya, family bond. She wanted to es on the overall thought ers. It can be shed onto disturb the hair and who undergoes a sex change find herself and started to process of the youngest sib- surfaces or transported peel it off the surface on and how she dealt with the love herself first so she could ling, especially of the through the air in which it’s electrostati- society throughout is a rivet- confidently face anyone any- youngest daughter in the household dust. cally stuck. Using a ing tale. time. She decided to live a life family.” When vacuum clean- cleaner head with a lint On how the idea of story- of her own and over the The pictorial story is sure ers are designed, the picker strip will stick telling through photographs years, when she decided to to create waves, but more companies test with the pet hair to it – a lint struck her, Monisha says, happily accept the fact, she importantly, provoke people dust from real homes roller can do the job in “Being a wedding photogra- decided to have a sex change, and families, especially, to and not just industry some cases, but it won’t pher, my job demands that I and began living a new life of think, love and protect, bet- standard material, be able to remove the visit a couple of families at ‘A m e y a’.” ter. because they are aware pet dander that causes their houses to sign projects. that organic matter like allergies. The entire concept of curat- strict family, it becomes chal- pet hair and dander is Wash your linen/ ing an animated video came lenging to make them under- often caught up in upholstery through the photos on the stand your situation, as you household dust and will Washing blankets, walls that I witnessed at these do know they may or may have a big impact on cushions and bedding – houses. I observed there were not accept your reality. In the how the machine func- wherever your pets some amazing family gather- end, every person has to find tions. spend the most time – ing photographs. I wanted to themselves and want to cre- How can we main- at 60o will help to break create a simple yet heart ate their own world even if tain a healthy down allergens and touching story for the view- the people around them are home while still reduce the amount of ers. It’s more like giving a not supportive. Through A sharing it with microscopic dander message to the audience on Raksha Tale, I wanted to man’s best friend? that dust mixes feed on. what goes behind curating recreate a 90s scenario and At the end of the wash, these happy moments that give a direct message to the Practise grooming make sure you remove get captured on a camera.” audience that yes, ‘we exist’. your pet regularly any pet hair out of the We ask Monisha if her per- Hence, we came up with a Pets shed fur all the drum. sonal life birthed this story, concept for this film where time as their hair reach- (The author, James and she says, for any individ- we portrayed ‘Abha’, who es the catagen phase – McCrae, is a senior ual belonging to the LGBTQ began knowing and loving the stage in a hair’s life mechanical engineer at community, it is very difficult herself and over the years, cycle stops growing – Dyson, a household for them to come out and their families. “When you came to a conclusion to more regularly than appliances company.) accept the reality in front of know you belong to a very accept the reality and have a VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 sport 11 BETTER THAN THE BEST

letes across five disciplines with again, this time with Silver became India’s youngest medal- coaches. India’s para-athletes four returning with medals medals, cementing their place list with a Silver in high jump This time, Gurjar was on soar high in best in the end. among all-time greats of Indian which came with an Asian the clock and also on the podi- There were sev- sports. record for the debutant, whose um. ever Paralympics eral firsts to cele- Nearly half (8) of India’s left leg is impaired. In fact, all of them, even the brate and the haul this time came from the Another shinning star was ones who didn’t win a medal, PTI n TOKYO euphoria lasted track-and-field arena with Sundar Singh Gurjar, who fin- are a personification of forti- the entire dura- javelin thrower Sumit Antil ished behind Jhajharia in javelin tude, having braved and beaten nspirational, incredible and tion of the Games. shining the brightest with a throw. circumstances that were difficult indomitable. Two athletes, Gold en route which he shat- Gurjar lost his left hand in at best and improbable at worst. I shooters Avani tered his own world record five an accident and in his maiden The performance was a India’s paralympians man- Lekhara and times over. Paralympics in Rio, he was dis- perfect end to India’s Tokyo aged to be all these and much Singhraj Adana, Antil was pursuing a career qualified after failing to register sojourn after able-bodied ath- Never been so happy & more in an epoch-making cam- finished on podi- in wrestling, as his family want- in time for his event. letes snared an unprecedented paign at the Tokyo Games um twice, creating ed, before a bike accident led to He slipped into depression seven Olympic medals last where an unparalleled 19 their own legacies in the amputation of his left leg, after the heartbreak and had month, including the first indi- disappointed at same medals, including five Gold, their debut changing the course of his life thought of never touching the vidual Gold in 13 years. helped them sign off 24th in the Paralympics. forever. javelin again but was convinced But the paralympians best- overall tally — the highest The 19-year-old At 18, Praveen Kumar into giving it another shot by his ed their tally by quite a distance. time in my life: Suhas ever. Lekhara became the Tokyo: Indian shuttler-cum- that at least.” The tally also included first Indian woman to bureaucrat Suhas Yathiraj was Suhas, who has an impair- eight Silver and six Bronze win a Games Gold (10m left with mixed feelings on ment in one of his ankles, said medals but most impor- air rifle) and later added Sunday after he ended his he hoped for the national tantly, it was a perfor- a Bronze in 50m rifle 3 Just want to live in Paralympic campaign with a anthem to play at the Yoyogi mance during which his- positions to ensure that Silver, saying he has never felt national stadium but it was not tory was scripted almost her name would now be so happy and disappointed at to be as the Gold medal slipped everyday with the contin- part of every India-centric this moment: Nagar the same time in his life. through his fingers. gent living up to the ‘Spirit Paralympic quiz. The 38-year-old Noida “As I said, I have never in Motion’ motto of the The 39-year-old Adana, PTI n TOKYO medals and we have won 4 District Magistrate produced been so disappointed and most Games. on the other hand, was a late medals. One or two perfor- an entertaining performance happy in my life, coming so Even on the last day of bloomer after taking a liking ndian badminton player mances was little up and down before narrowly going down close and yet so far but still competitions, the medal rush to the pistol while dropping his IKrishna Nagar said Sunday’s but we will improve on that 21-15, 17-21, 15-21 to two- winning a Paralympic medal is did not stop and Krishna Nagar nephew to the range. Gold medal at the Paralympics front in upcoming events,” the time world champion Lucas not a small feat and I am won a Gold after Noida’s His right hand impaired, was nothing short of a blessing 22-year-old said. Mazur of France in men’s sin- extremely proud for what I District Adana knocked off a 10m air as he was over the moon for “Competing is a big gles SL4 class summit clash. have done in last few days.” Magistrate Suhas pistol Bronze and 50m pistol just being able to compete in achievement in Paralympics “Very emotional A computer engineer, Yathiraj signed Silver to ensure that India had the Games. and we won a medal in the first (moment). I have never been Suhas became an IAS officer in off his brilliant more than one double-medal- Nagar defeated Hong edition itself. We are blessed, it so happy and so disappointed 2007 and was at the forefront run with a Silver to list in the same Games for the Kong’s Chu Man Kai 21-17, 16- is a great achievement.” in my life at the same time. of the fight against the Covid- complete a remark- first time ever. 21, 21-17 in the men’s singles Asked about his future Most happy because of the 19 pandemic as Noida’s DM. able badminton There was the first medal in SH6 class final to claim the sec- plans, Nagar said: “I just want Silver medal but most disap- On Sunday, Suhas became show. archery through Harvinder ond Gold medal in badminton to live this moment and don’t pointed because I missed the the first ever IAS officer to win The duo’s per- Singh (Bronze), impaired after after Pramod Bhagat. Nagar’s want to think about anything. Gold medal by a whisker,” he a medal at the Paralympics. formance was like wrong medication for dengue, disability classification is for It is a rare moment to get a said after losing the final “For every sportsperson, there icing on the cake for the first medal in table tennis by players of short stature. Paralympic medal and I truly match. is no higher achievement than the contingent which waist-down paralysed “Olympics or Paralympic believe if the universe has “But destiny gives what I Olympic or Paralympic, so found new heroes, cele- Bhavinben Patel (Silver) and medal is a huge thing. We com- given me so much, rest will also deserve and probably I deserve this means the world to me,” he brated some established also a remarkable two Gold mitted that we will win 5-6 be good.” Silver medal so I am happy for said. PTI ones and brought para- medals in badminton through sports firmly into spotlight in short of stature Nagar and a India. polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat. In all, 54 came to Tokyo Another shooting star rose and 17 of them left with medals on the horizon with Manish There couldn’t have been better gift for me on Teachers’ Day, says coach Khanna around their necks. Narwal, all of 19, already a Tokyo: Overwhelmed by the at the Paralympics where said during a virtual press medals.” months, we will have Asian It was an improved perfor- world champion and now a performance of his wards at badminton made its debut conference. Asked about the future Youth Games, and I am hope- mance no doubt but calling it Paralympic champion as well. the Tokyo Paralympics, this year. “The targets have been plans, Khanna said: “I am ful we will produce good just improvement would be an Not to mention the legends India’s para badminton “There can’t be a better achieved but I am a bit dis- feeling like as a coach, my results. understatement given that — Devendra Jhajharia (javelin national coach Gaurav gift then this. When I had got appointed because I expect- exam is over, the session is “I am working on some India’s overall Games haul throw) and Mariyappan Khanna on Sunday said he Dronacharya award, I had a ed medals from Tarun over, so what’s next now? new young and minor play- was a mere 12 before this Thangavelu (high jump). could not have received a bet- feeling which I couldn’t (Dhillon) and Palak (Kohli). “The Olympic cycle is ers and I am sure they will be edition. The two long-time flag- ter gift this Teachers’ day. express but this Paralympics We will comeback and take it over, for the next Paralympic in the limelight in few To put things in per- bearers of Indian para-sports, Indian shuttlers claimed with these medals, the feeling as a strong learning. If they cycle, that is, for 2028, 2032 months time and shine like spective, at the 2016 Rio who won Gold medals in 2016 four medals, including two is no less than that feeling. had won the medals, then we and 2036, we will have to the Paralympic Gold medal- Games, India had 19 ath- Rio, and finished on podium Gold, a Silver and a Bronze, I’m overwhelmed,” Khanna, could have delivered six look for youngsters. In few lists.” PTI Dubai as venue gives Pak advantage over India: Babar India stretch their lead to 346 4th Test. Day 5 long handle gleefully, adding an Ollie Robinson (32-7-105-2) number of occasions this sum- PTI n KARACHI Live from 3:30pm IST muscle to the already slower early and dispatched it mer. Umar Akmal makes SONY SIX NETWORK beefed up total. over long-on to reach 49 and In fact, the left hander akistan captain Babar Azam comeback after ban It did help that then a pull shot for a single curbed his instincts to charge Pis confident that familiarity PTI n LONDON the pitch became flat- helped him complete his fifty. down the track and played as of playing loads of matches in Karachi: Pakistan’s enfant ter- ter as the day pro- In fact a couple of his per merit of each delivery. Only Dubai gives his team an advan- rible batsman, Umar Akmal is hardul Thakur smashed his gressed and under straight drives came after when he was in his 30’s that he tage over India when they face- set to play competitive cricket Ssecond half-century of the bright sunshine, 50 and it was skipper Joe lofted Moeen Ali for a one off in their opening league for the first time since February match while Rishabh Pant strokeplay became Root, who finally had bounce four and in his 40’s games of the ICC World T20 on 2020 after being named in the showed required restraint while easier for both the him edge one in the charged out to slash James October 24. Central Punjab squad for the returning to form as India batters as they could slips to get England a Anderson (33-10-79-1) over Pakistan have had very lit- upcoming domestic season. reached a commendable 445 for hit through the line. breakthrough. By covers for a boundary. tle success against India in ICC Umar, who was recently Patel helps Kiwis stay alive 8 at tea on day four of the fourth While Shardul, then, he had hit seven His innings had 76 dot tournament save the 2017 allowed to resume playing club Test. who is fondly fours and a six. balls which showed that he had Champions Trophy final but at cricket in Lahore, was banned Dhaka: Left-arm spinner Ajaz in chase of New Zealand’s mod- India have now taken their called ‘Beefy’ by If Shardul’s learnt from his mistakes but he the Dubai International by the PCB last year for not Patel ran through Bangladesh’s est score of 128-5 when overall lead to 346 and anything team’s head coach 57 in the first was distraught when he failed to Stadium, they have played 36 reporting spot-fixing offers top order with a career-best 4- Mohammad Naim blasted Jacob in the range of 350 will be a Ravi Shastri for innings had get the elevation, offering a T20Is winning 21 of them. made to him during the 16 as New Zealand clawed their Duffy for two fours in the first Herculean task for the home his Ian helped the return catch to Moeen (26-0- “The side that will execute Pakistan Super League. PTI way back into the five-match over. team to chase down on a fifth Botham-like team reach a 118-2). their plans better and cash in on T20I series with a 52 run win on But the innings unravelled day track, which has shown exploits, is respectable In the first session of the most of the opportunities will dence and momentum to Sunday. from there. some signs of turn. reinforcing his total, his day, Virat Kohli (44, 96 balls) come out the winner,” Babar Dubai.” Bangladesh were bowled Mushfiqur Rahim tried to India did encounter anoth- value as a bowl- approach in showed promise with his cover said during a press meet ahead Babar agreed Dubai stadi- out for 76, their second-lowest salvage the chase but was left er mini middle-order collapse as ing all-rounder. the second drives but a beautiful slider of the seven T20Is against um conditions will also suit T20 total, with Patel and Cole standing alone on 20 after Colin they slumped from 296 for 3 to His three straight innings from Moeen saw his back as his England and New Zealand. Pakistan better than India. McConchie (3-15) bundling out de Grandhomme picked up the 312 for 6 in a space of 10 overs drives were as good ensured that forward defensive prod found “I know my team is oozing “UAE is like our second the hosts on a slow wicket at the final wicket. in the first session but Thakur as any of the shots Pant wasn’t the outside edge into the slip’s with confidence and looking home and we have won many Sher-e-Bangla Stadium. Earlier, Henry Nicholls top- (60 off 72 balls) and Pant (50 off that his illustrious in his usual- hands. forward to the 24 October T20 matches there and also Bangladesh were looking scored for the Blackcaps with 36 107 balls) joined forces to add seniors Rohit Sharma ly ‘harakiri’ But amid a good batting match. The seven T20Is against became number one world side. to secure their first-ever T20 off 29 balls, marshalling his 100 runs for the seventh wick- and Cheteshwar mode that performance, what struck like a New Zealand and England will So, yes, this is an added advan- series triumph over the team’s recovery in an unbroken et. Pujara hit on the brought sore thumb was vice-captain be crucial for us as we will like tage and will give further moti- Blackcaps after winning the first 66-run sixth-wicket stand with If that wasn’t enough Umesh third day. about his Ajinkya Rahane’s another failure to win most of them so that we vation and confidence to our two games. Tom Blundell (30) when New Yadav (13 batting) and Jasprit It was sight to downfall in what were the best batting can carry that winning confi- players.” They got off to a flying start Zealand were teetering at 62-5. Bumrah (19 batting) used the behold as he picked during a conditions so far in the series. US party over for No 1 Barty Bopanna-Dodig pair in last 16 Saina, Praneeth to New York: Veteran Indian one hour and 56 minutes on AFP n NEW YORK solving. I’m just so excited to be tennis player Rohan Bopanna Saturday night. lead Indian challenge moving on to the next round.” and his Croatian partner Ivan Bopanna and Dodig con- op-ranked Ashleigh Rogers will next face Dodig advanced to the men’s verted all three break chances New Delhi: Star Indian shuttlers alongside top-2 ranked pairs Barty was ousted by a 150th-ranked British qualifier doubles pre-quarterfinals with they earned and also saved Saina Nehwal and B Sai from the trials. Tstunning fightback from Emma Raducanu, an 18-year- a three-set win over the pair three of the five breakpoints Praneeth will lead the women The players, for the Thomas American Shelby Rogers on old who routed Spain’s Sara of Hugo Nys of Monaco and they faced. and men’s teams in the Thomas and Uber Cup and the Saturday while Novak Djokovic Sorribes Tormo 6-0, 6-1 in 70 Arthur Rinderknech of France They next face fourth and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled Sudirman Cup, were selected on moved within four matches of minutes. here. seeds Rajeev Ram of the USA in Denmark from October 9-17. the basis of their performances completing the first men’s sin- Djokovic, meanwhile, The 14th seed Indo- and Joe Salisbury of Great BAI also on Sunday named in the recently-concluded trials gles calendar-year Grand Slam marched toward a 21st career Croatian pair won 6-3, 4-6, 6- Britain, the Australian Open a 12-member Indian team for apart from the automatic selec- in 52 years. Grand Slam title, which would 4 over their unseeded rivals in runners-up this season. PTI the Sudirman Cup, which is slat- tions of the players/pairs, who World number one break the deadlock for the ed to take place from September are placed inside top-20 in the Djokovic defeated Kei men’s record he shares with Sakkari, a semi- Tokyo Olympic champion 26 to October 3 in Finland. world rankings. Nishikori 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-3, 6- Rafael Nadal and Roger finalist, ousted two-time Belinda Bencic, a 2019 US For the Thomas and Uber PV Sindhu has not been 2, taking his 17th consecutive Federer. Wimbledon champion Petra Open semi-finalist, defeated Cup, Saina will be accompanied included in the squad as she had victory over the Japanese star The 34-year-old Serbian Kvitova 6-4, 6-3, booking a US 23rd seed Jessica Pegula 6- by the top-3 singles ranks from requested not to consider her- and improving to 18-2 in their star advanced to a fourth- fourth-round match against 2, 6-4. the trials — Malvika Bansod, self for the selections. overall rivalry. round matchup on Monday 2019 US Open winner Bianca The Swiss 11th seed will Aditi Bhatt and Tasnim Mir — On the other hand, the 12- “I was very pleased with against 99th-ranked US wild- Andreescu. next face Polish seventh seed in the women’s team. member team for the Sudirman the focus,” Djokovic said. card Jenson Brooksby. Czech 10th seed Kvitova Iga Swiatek, last year’s French The 10-member men’s team Cup, top-ranked doubles pair “Maybe at some points I was- Wimbledon runner-up double faulted on the final Open champion, who beat also comprised of four singles from the trials Dhruv Kapila and n’t my best, but I was deter- games after dropping the first five prior meetings with Barty Matteo Barrettini, the Italian point to hand Sakkari the vic- Estonian Anett Kontveit 6-3, 4- players and three doubles pairs. MR Arjun have been named in mined and focused and that set, only for Rogers to capture but would not be denied, sixth seed, eliminated Ilya tory after 81 minutes. 6, 6-3. Alongside Praneeth and the the squad alongside Srikanth, made the difference.” five of the last six games for a breaking the Aussie as she Ivashka of Belarus 6-7 (5/7), 6- Canadian sixth seed “I was really happy with former World No 1 Kidambi Praneeth and doubles pair of With a fourth career US shocking 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/5) tri- served for the match in the 2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Next up is Andreescu improved to 10-0 at the way I played,” Bencic said. Srikanth, top-2 singles players Satwiksairaj and Chirag. Open trophy, Djokovic would umph. eighth and 10th games as the 144th-ranked German qualifi- the US Open, advancing over “It was nice tennis.” from the trials — Kiran George Among the women, top-2 complete the first men’s singles “I didn’t want to leave,” crowd went wild at Arthur er Oscar Otte, who beat Italy’s 104th-ranked Belgian lucky Czech fourth seed and Sameer Verma — have doubles pairs from the trials, sweep of major titles in the Rogers said. “I just said make Ashe Stadium. Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7- loser Greet Minnen 6-1, 6-2. Karolina Pliskova, this year’s secured spots in the team. Tanisha-Rutuparna and Ashwini same year since Rod Laver in balls, try to stay in this match, “I was just trying to stay in 5. “I’m very happy with my Wimbledon runner-up and a The country’s top men’s Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy have 1969. it can’t get any worse, you’ve the point longer than Ash,” performance,” Andreescu said. 2016 US Open finalist, beat doubles pairing of been selected alongside top-2 Reigning Wimbledon lost to her every time.” Rogers said. “I was happy with SAKKARI BEATS KVITOVA “For me to perform like this on Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6- and singles from the trials Bansod champion Barty won 11 of 14 Rogers had dropped all myself for sort of problem Greek 17th seed Maria this kind of stage it's an honor.” 3, 6-2. has been selected in the team and Bhatt. PNS 12

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‘IF THE SCRIPT IS Mahesh wishes GOOD, THE FILM Krishna on WILL BE GOOD’ Teachers' Day or every human, father who taught me to their parents are love, to be strong, to have ctress Meenakshi MY FUNDA TO BE Was she nervous about signing their first teach- discipline, compassion Chaudhary two more Telugu films before her ers. This and humility. Will always recently made her ABLE TO TAKE UP A first film released in Tollywood? F Teacher’s Day, be indebted to him and to A Telugu debut with PROJECT WAS “Not really,” says the actress, who actor Mahesh everyone who’s helped me Ichata then explains, “Every movie has Babu, who is gearing up learn and evolve in my Vahanamulu ALWAYS THE SCRIPT its own destiny. What I have in for the release of Sarkaru journey. #TeachersDay Niluparadu. She already control is to not expect anything Vaari Paata, took to his (sic).” had two more Telugu AND I WAS LUCKY from any project and do my best. social media handle to Meanwhile, the actor is films signed even before ENOUGH TO GET MY That is something that I will not wish his first teacher, his collaborating with the release of her first leave behind. Whatever happens father Superstar Krishna. Bollywood dancing star one, and she says that FIRST FILM WHICH will be a learning experience. He shared a heartwarm- Tiger Shroff for a TV she is clear about WAS CONTENT- Even if things don’t go the way ing note along with a pic- commercial. always taking up a film you expect them to be, you know ture of himself and his A video has been which has a strong BASED. I HAD A LOT that you have another day and father from his child- shared by the makers of story. TO SHOWCASE AS AN another chance to prove yourself. hood. The actor wrote, the commercial where the The actress, who So, it’s not about being nervous, “Here’s to the love of duo were seen shooting hails from Haryana, ACTOR AND NOT JUST it’s a constant learning process. I learning and growing for a mouth freshener made her acting BE A PRETTY FACE. am still very new and I need to each day! Thanking my advertisement. debut with the learn a lot as an actor.” web series Out Of Love she started out with a content- and is driven project. glad “My funda to be able to take up that a project was always the script and I was lucky enough to get my first film which was content- based. I had a lot to showcase as an actor and not just be a pretty face. So, strong story backing is something that I really love and I am very particular about,” the actress told a news agency. She adds, “I would give that preference and if that’s good, then the film will also be good. The audience has become very smart today. So, even the bigger actors and everybody else is taking the script to be a priori- ty. If the script is good, the film will be good. I have been fortunate enough to get good scripts at the very start of my career.” The actress will next be seen alongside actor Ravi Teja in Khiladi and with Adivi Sesh in Hit 2. SOHEL IS Kangana happy with multiplexes screening Mr Pregnant Tamil, Telugu versions of Thalaivii angana happy with on the life of late Tamil Nadu mas across the country to show- Jayalalithaa. igg Boss fame entertainer. multiplexes screening Chief Minister and former case Thalaivii to audiences, on Thalaivii showcases the varied Syed Sohel Whil actress Roopa Tamil and Telugu ver- actress J. Jayalalithaa, gets to see the big screen.” aspects of her life, tracing her Ryan, who Kodavayur of Uma sions of Thalaivii the light of day. The statement further read: journey as an actress at a young made his foray Maheswara Ugra K Actress Kangana “And I hope with talks, and a “Considering the severe impact age to becoming the face of B onto big screen Roopasya fame is the Ranaut has praised passion for the theatrical experi- of the ongoing pandemic on our as well as the rise after he made a leading lady, the film multiplex chains for screening ence, we can come together to business, PVR cinemas has of the revolutionary leader that promisable presence in also stars Suhasini the Telugu and Tamil version find a solution so that the Hindi already agreed to reduce the 8 changed the course of Tamil the controversial reality Maniratnam, Ali, of her upcoming film version can also find love and week theatrical window to 4 Nadu politics. show, is shooting for a Brahmaji, Raja Thalaivii. She calls it a ray of appreciation on the big screen weeks, for all films releas- Thalaivi is set to release romantic entertainer, a Raveendra, Harsha hope. @pvrcinemas_official - Lots of ing in the near future. in cinemas on September film that stars many big- Chemudu, Abhishek After hearing the news, Love, Kangana.” This is a temporary step 10. gies. The latest is that his Reddy, Avinash Reddy Kangana, who had earlier A statement on behalf of by PVR cinemas to film is titled Mr and others. Mr Pregnant taken to Instagram to Kamal Gianchandani, CEO, PVR assist our producer Pregnant. is directed by Srinivas request the multiplex Pictures Ltd, Chief of Strategy, partners in realising The title has been Vinjanampati who is a owners for Thalaivii’s PVR Limited read: “We are full commercial poten- raising many eyebrows, newcomer. Sravan screening, said she was thankful to Thalaivii team for tial of their films, while and speculation is that Bharadwaj is scoring moved by the decision offering a 4 week theatrical win- keeping the sanctity of Sohel might be seen as a music for the film. and penned a long note. dow for its Tamil and Telugu lan- theatrical experience, pregnant man in the Appireddy and She wrote: “PVR’s deci- guage versions. We are delighted intact.” film. The film is touted Ravireddy Sajjala are sion to screen the Tamil to be able to play Thalaivii in The film, to be a different genre bankrolling the project and Telugu versions of the Tamil and at our which will and novel, romantic on Mic Movies banner. film is a ray of hope for cinemas, however, we are disap- be Team Thalaivii as well as all pointed that for the Hindi lan- released those cinegoers who are guage version, Thalaivii team has in Hindi, waiting to rush back to their decided to offer only a 2 week Tamil favourite multiplex chain for a window.” and cinematic experience. I am per- “We would like to appeal to Telugu, is sonally moved by the kind Ms Kangana Ranaut, Mr Vishnu based on words used for me and Team Induri & Mr. Shailesh Singh to the life Thalaivii.” keep a uniform window of 4 of the The actress hopes that the weeks across all language ver- late Hindi version of the film, based sions and therefore allow all cine- Chay's next too, to be a love story? ctor Naga next. Chaintanya is This film too is touted awaiting the to be a love story. If release of his Love everything goes as per A Story, directed by the plan, makers of the Shekhar upcoming project, Kammula. Most of the actor’s which is still in the ini- hit films include love tales, tial stages of discus- right from , sion, will make an offi- Manam, Premam and Majili. cial announcement According to what we hear, soon. On the otherside, the actor is planning to team is shooting up with Majili producers for Thank You, that has Harish Peddi and Sahu Raashi Khanna is the leading Garapati once again for his lady.