Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW UNENDING DEFENCE REFORMS TO STEER INDIA LONDON BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH LADAKH STORY TOWARDS ‘ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT' DREAMS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 301 HYDERABAD, MONDAY AUGUST 10, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SATYADEV ‘HUMBLED' WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO UMUR { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com KANIMOZHI SAYS CISF OFFICIAL SALMAN KHAN SET TO SRI LANKAN DON POISONED TO NOTEBAN, ‘FAULTY' GST, LOCKDOWN ASKED IF SHE WAS INDIAN RETURN WITH ‘BIGG BOSS 2020' DEATH BY REVENGEFUL WOMAN? ‘DESTROYED' INDIA'S ECONOMY: RAHUL

MK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday alleged that a CISF official asked her if uperstar Salman Khan will soon return with the next season of the hit he question whether Amani Thanji, who had been living with the Sri ongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the Modi D"she was an Indian" as she could not speak Hindi, following which the Sreality show "Bigg Boss", the makers have announced. TV channel Colors TLankan don Angoda Lokka, poisoned him to death to avenge the killing Cgovernment's decision of demonetisation and its "faulty" airport guarding force ordered an inquiry. The incident is understood to shared a promo of the series Saturday on Instagram, writing that the "scene of her husband in the island nation, is doing the rounds among the police implementation of GST and the lockdown have "destroyed" the have taken place when Kanimozhi was at the Chennai will change" as the show gears for its 14th edition. Shot at and public. The suspicion arose after a postmortem economic structure of the country. His attack on the international airport to take a flight to Delhi. "Today at Salman's Panvel farmhouse, the promo features the 54-year- report revealed that the finger and toe nails of the government came as the Congress' youth wing the airport a CISF officer asked me if "I am an Indian" old actor farming. "The lockdown has become a speed breaker deceased gangster were bluish indicating poisoning, launched a "Rozgar do" campaign with the objective to when I asked her to speak to me in Tamil or English as to everyone's normal life. Which is why I am growing rice and police sources said. Police said they suspect the raise the voice of the youth against alleged I did not know Hindi," Kanimozhi said on her official riding a tractor. "But now the time has come for the scene to don was killed as media reports in Sri Lanka unemployment prevailing in the country. "When Twitter account. "I would like to know from when change," Salman says in the video as the logo of "Bigg Boss" indicated that Lokka, wanted by the Interpol and the Narendra Modi became the prime minister, he being Indian is equal to knowing Hindi," she 2020 appears on screen.The "Bharat" star has been Lankan police for various crimes, was poisoned to promised the youth of the country that he will tweeted with the hashtag "hindiimposition". hosting the reality show since its fourth season in 2010. death in India in early July. give jobs to two crore youth every year”. Centre eyeing grip over all Good ties with AP fine, but TS interests first: KTR river water management PNS n HYDERABAD KTR made it clear Minister for Industries KT that the State KCR sees gameplan in AP-TS water dispute, shares with officials Rama Rao has hinted at yet Government will another tranche of huge invest- fight for its rights L VENKAT RAM REDDY This is the gut KCR discussed the implica- ments coming into the state in Krishna waters. n HYDERABAD tions of the Union Jal Shakti and said that a formal feeling of KCR, who Minister Gajendra Singh announcement in this regard The Government has been watching Covid impact: The Union Jal Shakti Ministry's Shekawat writing a letter to would be made soon. already filed a directive on Saturday to with consternation Chief Ministers of TS and AP In the course of his respons- Special Leave Funeral services Telangana and Andhra on Saturday, stating that the es to Ask KTR on Twitter plat- how the Centre has Petition in the become pricey Pradesh states, asking them to Apex Council meeting to form on Sunday, KT Rama refrain from proceeding with been collecting resolve water disputes between Rao made it clear that the State Supreme Court irrigation projects not cleared complete details of TA and AP would be held Government would fight for its by the Apex Council, has to be all irrigation projects soon and that the agenda of rights over Krishna waters. The Covid-19 pandemic has treatment as the state govern- seen in the larger context of the the meeting would be decided The Government had already underlined the need for initi- ment has provided all ameni- 3 Centre's gameplan to gain full by the Centre and the river filed a Special Leave Petition in ating several measures to ties for treatment of the virus control over the entire river management boards of the Supreme Court. The state update the medical and health in government hospitals. water management set-up Krishna and Godavari. government has cordial rela- sector in the state. The state He appreciated the services across the country. This in itself amounts to the tions with Andhra Pradesh government has initiated dis- being rendered by Gandhi This is the gut feeling of Centre snatching away powers Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan ciplinary action against two Hospital personnel in treating Chief Minsiter K of the state governments on Reddy. The state government private hospitals for irregular- Covid-19 patients. Currently, Chandrasekhar Rao, who has resolving water issues so as to would not compromise when ities in Covid-19 treatment. He 23000 samples are being test- been watching with consterna- take control over irrigation it comes to protecting the advised people to go to govern- ed. tion how the Centre has been projects in states. He reported- interests of the state. ment hospitals for Covid-19 2 collecting complete details of ly termed the Centre's move as all irrigation projects and water 'anti-federal' and intended to availability in the Krishna and dilute the federal character of Godavari basins on its own, the Constitution. State alerts 36 hotels PM launches bypassing the official appara- KCR reportedly cited the tus of the state governments of examples of the Centre's Rs 1 lakh cr Telangana and Andhra ing details. ongoing Srisailam water dis- attempts to set up a ‘Single serving as Covid centres Pradesh. Confirming Having keenly watched the pute between TS and AP to Tribunal’ for the entire coun- KCR's suspicions in this Centre's overt and covert eventually take control over try for resolving all inter-state NAMRATA SRIVASTAVA lation. Yesterday a fire accident Agri-Infra Fund regard, officials of the Union moves, KCR on Sunday shared river water disputes by amending n HYDERABAD has occurred in a hotel PNS n NEW DELHI Jal Shakti Ministry have been with top officials concerned water management not only the existing the Inter-State (COVID Care Centre) in ‘Modi to present directly calling project officials his view that the Centre has in Telugu States but across the River Water Disputes Act. In view of the Vijayawada fire Viiayawada, which resulted Asserting that the govern- new outline for self- in both the states and gather- been trying to exploit the country. 2 incident, the Telangana public in loss of lives," the notice ment's agri-reforms are health authorities have issued mentioned, adding, "In focussed on empowering reliant India on a mandate to all hotels view of this, as a man- small farmers, Prime August 15’ serving as Covid Care dated that all Minister Narendra Modi on Gandhi specs Centres in the state to Hospitals/COVID Sunday launched a financing take all precautions. care centres are facility of Rs 1 lakh crore emerge at 10 patients killed in fire at They have been told to instructed to see that under the Agri-Infra Fund 5 follow all fire-safety the COVID Care Centres that will help create post-har- UK auction norms and warned that any (Hotels), where their patients vest infrastructure in villages Covid facility in Vijayawada violation of fire-safety norms are kept in isolation, follow all and generate jobs. PNS n LONDON would be viewed seriously. fire-safety norms. Any viola- He also said the country C PRADEEP KUMAR Presently, there are 36 hotels tion of fire-safety norms will does not face problems in A pair of gold-plated specta- n VIJAYAWADA functioning as Covid Care be viewed seriously." farm production but in post- cles believed to have been Centres attached to various Meanwhile, officials of the harvest losses, and therefore worn by Mahatma Gandhi In a ghastly accident, as many hospitals in Telangana. Greater Hyderabad Municipal efforts are being made to and presented as a gift in the as 10 patients died on Sunday "It is to inform that many Corporation officials revealed strengthen post-harvest 1900s have emerged on the after fire ravaged through the private hospitals are utilising that 90 per cent of private hos- infrastructure facilities and UK auction circuit, estimat- Hotel Swarna Palace in hotels as "COVID Care pitals in Hyderabad do not ensure better income for ed to fetch between 10,000 Vijayawada, converted to a Centres", where patients with have No Objection Certificate. farmers. pounds and 15,000 pounds. coronavirus treatment centre. mild symptoms are kept in iso- 2 2 East Bristol Auctions in According to sources, 31 Hanham, south-west persons were undergoing treat- England, said on Sunday that ment in the hotel for they were pleasantly sur- Coronavirus and 10 of them prised to find that the spec- died due to suffocation as they 743 TTD staffers test positive tacles, dropped through their were trapped in thick smoke. letterbox in an envelope, may Ramesh Hospitals had taken Rescue operations underway at Hotel Swarna Palace in Vijayawada on Sunday Purplle aims at $ have such a rich history the Hotel Swarna Palace locat- for Covid, 3 have succumbed 100 mn sales in behind it. ed in Vijayawada on lease and The smoke swiftly spread floors. It's a huge find of great his- transformed it into tempo- through the three floors of the As there was only one main PNS n TIRUPATI employees succumbed to the FY'21, looks for torical importance. The ven- rary Covid Care Centre. The hotel, leaving patients gasping stairway, the panicked patients dreaded contagion and about acquisition dor had presumed them to be hotel was housing Covid-19 for air. tried to escape to safety using As many as 743 staff of the 402 personnel have recovered interesting, but of no value patients who were mildly According to sources in the the stairway after they noticed Tirumala Tirupati so far from infection while 338 and did tell me to dispose of symptomatic and those who AP Disaster Response and the smoke. Devasthanams (TTD) includ- people were undergoing treat- them 'if they're not worth did not require hospitalisation. Fire Services Department, the "They should have actually ing including some priests of ment at different COVID care 8 anything', said auctioneer The sources said that flames fire apparently broke out due used a different stairway on the the Lord Venkateswara shrine facilities here, TTD Executive Andy Stowe of East Bristol erupted in the hotel at about to an electrical short circuit in rear side and that would have at Tirumala have tested posi- since June 11, a top TTD offi- Officer Anil Kumar Singhal Auctions. 4.45 am and fire tenders start- the hotel's front lobby and saved their lives. tive for COVID-19 and three cial said on Sunday. told reporters here. TODAY 2 ed rescue operations at 5 am. spread to the first and second 2 have succumbed to the virus Of the 743 infected, three 2 ALMANAC Month & Paksham: AYODHYA RAM TEMPLE Shravana & Krishna Paksha 740 tn amm nitrate Panchangam Hindu, Muslim artisans cast 2.1-tonne brass bell Tithi : Shashthi: 06:42 am to be moved to Hyd Nakshatram: Ashwini: 10:05 pm PNS n JALESAR (UP) The bell is not just year-old says, revelling in his PNS n CHENNAI achievement. Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start brass, but made of any important work) Dau Dayal has been making The bell is not just brass, but Ammonium nitrate weighing bells of varied shapes and sizes “ashtadhatu”, a made of "ashtadhatu", a com- Rahukalam: 07:36 am – 09:11 am 740 tonnes stored in 37 con- for more than 30 years, but combination of eight bination of eight metals -- Yamagandam: 10:46 am – 12:21 pm tainers at a container freight what he and his team has gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, metals -- gold, silver, Varjyam: 05:36 pm – 07:24 pm station (CFS) here is being pulled off this time has sur- tin, iron and mercury. moved to Hyderabad in a prised everyone in Uttar "This piece, which is one of Gulika: 01:56 pm - 03:31 pm copper, zinc, lead, phased manner, said an official Pradesh's Jalesar town -- a bell tin, iron and mercury the largest bells in India, will be Good Time: (to start any important work) of the CFS. weighing 2,100 kg for the Ram donated to the Ram temple," Amritakalam: 02:00 pm – 03:48 pm "The first 10 containers of temple in Ayodhya. says Vikas Mittal, the chairman Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:55 am – 12:46 pm ammonium nitrate have left Interestingly, the person who Success in such tasks is by no of Jalesar municipal council in the CFS on Sunday and the plans, 10 containers will be designed it is a Muslim crafts- means guaranteed. The whole Etah district and the owner of HYDERABAD balance will be moved over sent out daily in order to man -- Iqbal Mistri. effort goes to waste even if there the workshop where the bell the next two days. All one has avoid bunching and increasing "Our Muslim brothers have is a delay of five seconds in has been manufactured. WEATHER to do is to load the containers the risk enroute. expertise in designing, grind- pouring the molten metal into The Mittals got the order to Forecast: Light drizzle onto a truck as the ammoni- A consignment of 740 ing and polishing," Dayal says. the mold, according to Mistri. prepare a 2,100-kg bell from Temp: 28/22 um nitrate was imported in tonnes of ammonium nitrate Dayal and Mistri say this is "What's unique about it is the Nirmohi Akhara -- a liti- Humidity: 95% containers and impounded in 37 containers was import- the first time they have worked a fourth-generation bell maker, "What excited us was that we that it is just piece, from top to gant in the Ayodhya title dis- Sunrise: 05.57 am by the customs," an official ed by the Amman Chemicals on a bell of this size. says. "It's really hard to ensure were making it for the Ram bottom. It doesn't have multi- pute -- immediately after the Sunset: 06.44 pm told IANS preferring in 2015 as fertiliser from "When you work on a bell of you don't make a single mis- temple, but fear of failure also ple pieces welded together. matter was decided last Current Weather Conditions anonymity. Korea. this size, the difficulty levels take in the months-long remained at the back of our This is what made the task November, paving way for the Updated august 9, 2020 5:00 PM He said that as per the 2 increase manifold," Dayal, 50, process." mind," he says. much more difficult," the 56- construction of the temple. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 hyderabad 02 LESS OF SCIENCE, MORE OF EVOLVING ART for as many years as possible Gallup, Inc. founded by es. are propagating the ‘divi- time, Chandrababu was is the sole motive, people too As a journalist with over three decades of George Gallup in 1935, Another recent study con- sional’ theories. It may not be treated as equal to Bill have start accepting that the work experience, I feel I can throw some light known for its public opinion firmed the difference in vot- to your liking, but that exact- Clinton and Bill Gates as ultimate goal of politics is polls conducted worldwide. ing pattern between resi- ly is what is happening at the both had visited Hyderabad power. Accordingly, political on some of the important aspects of politics Starting in the 1980s, Gallup dents of a big city and sub- ground level. And the polit- and sat beside Naidu for parties and leaders have which is a science, according to Aristotle. He, transitioned its business to urbs. The study displayed ical leaders who stopped photo-ops. My seniors in evolved their strategies -- who was considered as the ‘Father of Political focus on providing analytics the clear ideological divide learning anything after some journalism cautioned me, any of my fellow jour- some populist, some divi- and management consulting between urban and suburban time find it ‘unruly’ and saying that I must see the Mnalists, friends in differ- sional, some left, some right Science', considered Political Science as the to organizations globally. areas. Same thing applies to ‘undemocratic’. Wonder what ‘sympathy wave’ born out of ent spheres of life often con- and so on. It is always master of all sciences Now companies like Oxford India, where rural voting is is 'democratic', as the very the Alipiri incident and pic- fer with me about the polit- intriguing to find out what Analytics have taken that to different from that of the word 'democracy' during its ture of Naidu with a hand in ical situation in the country theory (rather myth) would unbelievable levels in under- cities. And astonishingly, the early days refused to extend sling. But Naidu bite the in general and its nuances in people accept in the election. be sharing my experiments Germany, who showed the standing the mindsets of dif- suburban and rural popula- voting rights to women? It is dust at the hustings in 2004 Telangana and Andhra Political leaders across the and experiences with readers, world the strength of being a ferent groups of people in a tion is increasingly moving only after the First World elections and could not win Pradesh in particular, think- globe are struggling a lot to starting this Monday. student of political ‘science’. particular society. towards ‘right-wing’ think- War, that women suffrage even in Hyderabad city ing that I get to know and figure out what they can sell Unfortunately, may be after I strongly feel that it is a Are any of you aware that ing! There is an increasing could see the light in USA, which he claims to be his have more 'inside' or insight- to people to win and keep the advent of socialism in the “science” because political people exposed to entertain- trend across the globe that the so-called heaven of brainchild. Same thing was ful information. I often have their support. 20th century, political lead- scientists strive to derive ment television and daily people now detest ‘globalisa- democracy! As we are in the repeated in 2019, when to frankly admit that I know As a journalist with over ers started to believe that it is answers through scientific serials are more likely to tion’, which was once touted middle of an evolving Telugu Desam Party lost as much as they do. three decades of work expe- not a science, but an art. reasoning and this is espe- vote for populist politicians? as panacea for all human democracy, there would be most of the seats in Over a period of time, I rience, I feel I can throw Believing that, every political cially true today, where sta- According to a new study co- difficulties. more changes, more surpris- Amaravati capital region, have noticed the urge in peo- some light on some of the leader started ‘performing' tistics are coming to fore to authored by Queen Mary The latest thinking of peo- es to political parties which despite the fact that his govt ple to know varied, interest- important aspects of politics the art in their own style, for- help find the currents of University of London, people ple clearly exposes most of refuse to ‘unlearn’ their old made the area as AP capital ing aspects of politics. Not which is a science, according getting the original dynamics public mood. who are older (55+) and our political leaders’ inabili- theories and ‘relearn’ the new region and started building many really know what pol- to Aristotle. He, who was of the politics. Of course, The western democracies viewers of entertainment ty to update themselves to dynamics that are influencing many structures. Political itics is inside out. They think considered as the ‘Father of many of them had to con- are older than ours and had stuff in TVs are more vulner- ground reality. How many the present-day democracy. tapestry is vivid, complex, politics is all about change of Political Science', considered clude their careers abruptly, experimented on quite a able to ‘unrealistic’ populist leaders in India are aware When I wrote about ruthless and everchanging. power. Political Science as the mas- unlike some leaders like number of issues much doles! This age group voted that people are now thinking changing perception of peo- So, to stay afloat, all political As all political parties and ter of all sciences. Here, sci- Mahathir Mohamad of before India could even think an average by 10 percentage that immigrant workers are ple and imminent fall of leaders should be ready to their members are strongly ence means a body of system- Malaysia, Sheik Hasina of of them. For example Gallup points more to political par- the reason behind their Chandrababu Naidu in 2003, update themselves. believing that coming to atized knowledge arranged Bangladesh, Vladmir Putin of surveys. An American ana- ties whose manifesto is full of unemployment! They are after the Alipiri blast, every- power and staying at the top on certain principles. I would Russia and Angela Merkel of lytics and advisory company ‘unrealistic’ welfare promis- supporting the leaders who one laughed at me. At that — B Krishna Prasad 740 tn amm No respite for TS as cases rise in dists nitrate to... Precious metals PV KONDAL RAO districts registered rise in cases ing process reveal that asymp- Continued from page 1 n WARANGAL subsequent to the return of tomatic cases are on the rise migrant labourers from and the home isolation kits dis- However, as the importer on cloud nine Since the past few days, the Gujarat, Maharashtra and tribution process has been did not have the necessary PNS n HYDERABAD MCX Silver moved up and numbers of Corona positive other states. Some labourers, undertaken on a large scale. licence, the Customs closed at Rs.74,160 (per kg), cases are on the rise. Even as most of them from Hyderabad In Chilpur mandal in Department confiscated the Amidst the hot and cold rela- Copper marched ahead and Hyderabad registered a dip in have tested positive for the Jangaon district, the PHC entire consignment and had tionship between the US closed at Rs.502.05 (per kg). the number of Coronavirus virus, the tests which were located in the Malkapur village it stored in Sattva CFS, along with its allies including Sensex and Nifty 50 closed at cases, the state's single-day conducted at Primary Health has started to register double Manali, here. India on the one side and 38,040.57 and 11,214.05 tally revealed a further spike in Centres and Community digit numbers and a panic like It may be recalled that China on the other, all the points respectively, following districts. Although the Greater Health Centres spread across situation has prevailed in this 2,700 tonnes of ammonium precious metals have been on the retreat by Indo-China Hyderabad area continues to the regions. part. Sources say that the nitrate stored at the Beirut cloud nine since apart from forces on the borders. contribute to Telangana's daily In Jangaon district, about 70 increase in the rapid antigen port in Lebanon exploded on overt investors, covert-ones Leading foreign currencies’ tally, recent updates show a villages registered rise in pos- test in the next few days may Tuesday, killing 135 persons too, have taken a big jump to exchange rates were, US $: substantial dip in the capital itive cases during the past one witness more number of cases and injuring thousands. grab the maximum of these Rs.75.04, region. week and people, especially the occurring in the rural parts and Following that concerns metals. However, the rise in num- elderly have started showing if such a situation arises, vol- were raised about the safety Consequently, the COMMODITIES bers of positive cases in dis- virus symptoms. Mandals like untary lockdown may be risk of storing 740 tonnes of markets witnessed a The sentiment in tricts is sending shivers down their native places. Following shifted their base from the Station Ghanpur , Zaffargadh clamped in many parts. ammonium nitrate at the mad race among pre- principal wholesale the spine of people. Districts rumours of another lockdown city to their native places. and Chilpur have started reg- In the urban and semi urban CFS. cious metals. New commodity mar- across the state continued to in Hyderabad, many people About 700-odd villages in istering rise in numbers of parts too, the situation is slow- The Customs had auc- York gold broke the kets in the twin register positive cases, thanks returned to their native places. the erstwhile Warangal, positive cases. A cursory glance ly but steadily reaching alarm- tioned off the ammonium psychological cities con- to the people who returned to Some have even completely Karimnagar and Khammam at the PHCs and the rapid test- ing levels. nitrate. barrier of US tinued to $ 2,000 and WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW remain finally closed strong. at US $ 2,034.80 (per ounce) Rythu Bazars and the various State alerts while, silver followed suit commodity markets located in Good ties with AP 10 patients killed in fire at... and closed at $ 28.32 (per Begum Bazar, Kishangunj, 36 hotels... ounce). Platinum and Mukthyargunj, Risala Continued from page 1 shifted to Ramesh Hospitals they sustained minor injuries. Palladium also marched for- Abdullah, Mir AlamMandi, Continued from page 1 fine, but TS interests... for treatment. As the hotel is situated in the ward and closed at $ 960 (per Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, Unfortunately, they used the Since there was no other centre of the city, the news ounce) and $ 2,031 (per Bowenpally, General Bazar Before issuing NOC, the Continued from page 1 get recognition as the city main one in a moment of panic option, fire and NDRF person- about the fire mishap spread ounce) respectively. are slowly but steadily return- fire safety department looks with the highest number of and were trapped in the fire," nel used ladders to bring down swiftly and relatives of the Other economic parame- ing to normal business activ- into means of escape in case The number of tests will CCTV cameras, he said. There a fire official said. other people, stranded inside patients rushed to the hospitals ters remained strong. Brent ities. The NECC wholesale of a fire incident, setback soon increase to 40,000 per was a need to increase CCTV The fire department entered the hotel, to safety. to know about the condition of closed at US$ 44.40 (per bar- egg-price in Hyderabad space, and fire safety equip- day, he added. He refused to cameras in the city to bring the room by breaking open the Meanwhile two persons their beloved. Krishna District rel), while Crude MCX oil recorded an increase of Rs.10 ment, duly following the Fire draw a parallel between down the crime rate. The cable window panes and rescued jumped from the second floor Fire Officer Sreenivasa Reddy was quoted at Rs.3,095 (per and closed at Rs.345 (per 100). Safety Act. The source also Telangana and other states on suspension bridge across 21 persons by bringing them to save their life. Their condi- said, around eight to 10 peo- barrel). Gold MCX stood at The highest price of Rs.430 revealed that these hospitals the number of tests being Durgam Cheruvu would be down using ladders. They were tion was said to be stable as ple are feared dead. Rs.54,789 (per 10 gms). The was recorded at Asansol. also deviated from the build- done in Telangana to diagnose inaugurated in the third week ing plan. Before the lock- Covid-19. of August, he said. He said down, notices were issued to Compared to the that the fatalities due to Covid these hospitals, but only a few Ayushman Bharat Scheme of was less than 1 per cent. The Gandhi specs 743 TTD staff responded. Talking about the the Centre, the Arogyasri recovery rate of Corona safety precautions being being implemented in patients was 72 per cent in emerge at UK... Centre eyeing grip over... test positive ... taken by various hotels- Telangana was a better health Telangana --the best in coun- turned-COVID Care Centre, scheme, he said. He predict- try, he said. Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 jects. However, the Centre's directed that no state should Continued from page 1 Sampath Tumalla, Joint ed that the maiden vaccine for He wanted the people to unusual practice of collecting take up new projects on Secretary of Telangana State Corona would be from the soil give recognition to the good I think he nearly fell off his A bill to this effect "Inter- details of all irrigation projects Krishna and Godavari rivers The famous Lord Hotels Association, says, of Telangana. However, he work being done by govern- chair when we presented our State River Water Disputes directly, without consulting without the approval of the Venkateswara temple in near- "Initially the state's tourism said, he would be happy even ment health institutions apart valuation. It's a really great (Amendment) Bill, 2019" was the state governments con- Apex Council constituted by Tirumala governed by the department was connecting if other countries invent the from paying attention to the auction story and one that we introduced and passed in the cerned, has fuelled suspicions under the AP Reorganisation TTD had re-opened on June major hospitals to good vaccine first. negative publicity against these all dream of, he said. The Lok Sabha in August 2019 that it is trying to take control Act to resolve the inter-state 11 for public after being close hotels. However, later many The state government would institutions. In spite of the glasses, which have already and is awaiting Rajya Sabha of all irrigation projects in the water issues. for two and a half months hospitals started contacting give additional incentives to pandemic, the state govern- attracted an online bid for approval, which is being country and things may come The Union Minister said owing to the coronavirus- the hotels individually. The industries that provide jobs to ment implemented many more 6,000 pounds, are said to have opposed by the opposition to such a pass in future that all that the Apex Council would induced lockdown, he said. star-hotels which have been locals. KTR said. The programmes and succeeded in been in the family of the parties. the States would have to take call for another meeting soon Singhal denied reports in tied by big hospitals are safe. Telangana State Building reducing infant and maternal unnamed elderly gentleman Normally, States do not seek the Centre's permission to to resolve pending issues. The sections of the media and on However, there are a few Permission Approval and Self mortality rates. Five new med- vendor in England, who was any permissions from the construct any irrigation pro- meeting was supposed to be social media that TTD had smaller hotels and OYO Certification System (TS- ical colleges have been started told by his father that they Centre to build irrigation pro- ject. held on August 5, but KCR reopened the hill shrine after rooms too, which are acting bPASS) would stand out as a and ICU units have been set up were a gift to his uncle when jects unless it requires the Shekawat, who wrote sepa- expressed his inability to attend the coronavirus lockdown as COVID care centre, there benchmarch in urban reforms, in many Area Hospitals. In he was working for British Centre's financial assistance to rate letters to KCR and Jagan, the meeting due to prior for the public with an inten- I am not sure how the facili- he said. It was indeed a mat- fact, the government estab- Petroleum in South Africa mobilise huge funds or for expressed his displeasure over engagements, including a cab- tion to fill its coffers. ties would be.” ter of pride for Hyderbabad to lished over 40 dialysis centres. between 1910 and 1930. constructing inter-state pro- the river water disputes. He inet meeting.

ome have unfurled the PM launches battle flags while others Shave undertaken the fire- COURT AND CONTEMPT: STORM IN A TEA CUP! Rs 1 lakh cr... fighting exercise following the apex court taking suo motu of the sudden now only after towards them. Otherwise, how made to clarify as to why he the subsequent offences with- Continued from page 1 cognizance of the contemptu- the initiation of contempt pro- Even in the past, several advocates, dare the veteran lawyer Shanti kept mum all these years even out any exception. Indeed, ous tweets by the celebrated ceedings against Prashant Bhushan could file the when he was the Law Minister ‘unbridled’ legal horses need to Legal hurdles are being public-spirited advocate of the Bhushan! If the Contempt of including a sitting judge of the High impleading petition in the of the country and a responsi- be controlled effectively if the removed and major push for Supreme Court Prashant Courts Act is the main culprit, Court, have had the taste of the severe Supreme Court sermonising ble senior advocate of the real rule of law has to prevail. agri-reforms are being given Bhushan. Surprisingly, this is then nothing would have the apex court about the Supreme Court. to encourage investment in not the solitary instance of the stopped the protagonists of provisions of the Contempt of Courts virtues, honesty, integrity and Considering the prevailing ̈ Can't barter land for job: rural India for creating post- apex court hauling up an advo- freedom of expression and Act, 1971. what not. He must be at least situation, wherein some vested TSHC harvest linkages, he added. cate for his contemptuous beholders of the rule of law to aware that the contempt pro- interests are hell bent upon In a remarkable judgment Modi launched the behaviour. Even in the past, register their concern all these ceedings are concerned only deriding the judicial system delivered on August 4, Justice Agriculture Infrastructure several advocates, including a years since the passing of the the contempt law. In scot-free. Had it been in some with the contemnor and the and insulting the coveted posi- P.Naveen Rao of the Telangana Fund through a video confer- sitting judge of the High Court, said Act in 1971. Even if fact, Courts in other country, the judiciary third party cannot implead in tions of judges, it is high time High Court held that a contract ence on 'Balram Jayanti. have had the taste of the severe some small fries India are so would have taken to the task such proceedings. that about 50 years old law on between a Village Panchayat Agriculture Minister Narendra provisions of the Contempt of attempted their bit to much such people, including those This is such a simple thing contempt of court is revised and a citizen to provide job to Singh Tomar and farmers Courts Act, 1971. Some of voice their concern lenient towards the who showed disrespect to its which even the fresher at the and made more stringent the latter against the land from some states also partic- them were reprimanded and let against the statute of contemnors that in verdicts such as on the issue of court knows very well. against the contemnors. In given/gifted to the Panchayat is ipated in the video conference. off, while other less fortunate contempt of courts, the name of the free- Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. However, nobody can stop any particular, the maximum pun- illegal and null and void ab ini- The prime minister reiterated ones had to pay through their they did not receive any LEGAL dom of expression Unfortunately, the elite lobby father to go to the rescue of the ishment of 6 months of impris- tio. that India has a huge oppor- nose heavy fines and even be support from any elite under Article with obvious hidden agenda in son who is in the soup. onment should be enhanced to In a case on hand, the Court tunity to invest in post-harvest the guests of the prison. quarters for the reasons ROUNDUP 19(1)(a) of the order to weaken judiciary Branding some of the former at least 3 years for the first was dealing with the grievance management solutions like Obviously, not many eye- unknown to them. Constitution of India, through brow-beating methods judges, including the Chief offence and 5 years for subse- of an employee of the Gram warehousing, cold chain and brows were raised at all these Now, a hue and cry has even the sworn ene- has been by and large embold- Justices of India, as ‘corrupt’ by quent offences besides the fine Panchayat who had secured the food processing, and build a instances, then one wonders been raised against the so- mies of the country like Tukde- ened by the soft and sympa- Shanti Bhushan cannot be of Rs.50,000/- for the first job against the donation/gift of global presence in areas such whether heavens have fallen all called ‘dreaded’ provisions of Tukde gang and jehadis go thetic attitude of the judiciary taken lightly and he should be offence and Rs.1 lakh each for his land to the Panchayat. as organic and fortified foods.

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IN BRIEF EFLU VC Suresh Kumar Corona impact: Funeral appointed UGC member he Union government has appointed TProf. E Suresh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, services become pricey English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, as a member of the PNS n HYDERABAD University Grants Commission (UGC). A gazette notification to this effect was issued The Coronavirus has impact- ‘JNTU-H lenient with by the Ministry of Human Resource ed various sectors of economy Development on August 7. According to the adversely, including the funer- notification, Prof. Kumar is appointed as a al services sector too. member of the UGC with immediate effect, for a term of three The performance of last college managements' years or till further orders, whichever is earlier. rites has become a big business during the current turbulent n period of Corona pandemic. No uniform service rule for all Before the Coronavirus sit- affiliated colleges, says TTIEA uation, the funeral expenses FLO holds plantation drive of a normal death have never NAMRATA SRIVASTAVA never submitted any service exceeded Rs 15,000. But the n HYDERABAD rules documents. As many as agencies performing funeral 7 are closed and 67 have not as part of Haritha Haaram services have now increased Despite much hue and cry to-date submitted anything. s many as 25 members them to Rs 25,000. from education and teachers' The university on the other Aof FICCI Ladies The near and dear attend- association, many teachers hand is still in the process of Organisation (FLO) ing funeral services of a per- working for Jawaharlal Nehru drafting a uniform rule for all." Hyderabad Chapter son are attending them only Technological University, He further adds, "These participated in a tree to catch the last glimpse of the Hyderabad (JNTU-H) affiliat- service rules cover everything plantation programme person. They are not even ed colleges are yet not being from salaries to termination held at Jubilee Hills in staying at the burial ground paid properly. Some of the conditions including leaves. Hyderabad on Sunday, in till the last rites are complet- teachers have nothing received Since the JNTU management partnership with GHMC. It ed. as their salaries since April. is least interested in looking was planned as part of The funeral services agen- conducted for them separate- burial grounds are demanding being held with little or no Various technical college into these things, many col- Haritha Haaram, a large- cies shift body to burial ly, it costed the family Rs between Rs 15,000 and Rs families, even when the victim associations feel that JNTU has leges are harassing them and scale tree-planting ground. One has to pay Rs 80,000. In rural areas, the 25,000 after showing the face has not died of Covid-19. been very lenient with the col- not paying them peanuts. Even program implemented by 5000 more in burial ground to funeral costs are aggregating of the dead person on the The guidelines permit only lege managements, which has during the pandemic, teachers the state government to the agencies for cremation. to Rs 50,000. funeral pyre. 20 people with physical dis- resulted in the teachers being are suffering to keep their increase the amount of The 15 square feet of land The Greater Hyderabad There are many complaints tancing for non-Covid funer- harassed. Dr V Balakrishna kitchens running." green cover in the state. as the final resting place of a Municipal Corporation about personnel at burial als and only five people for the Reddy, Founder President of A Santhosh Kumar, state Haritha Haaram is the loved one may cost anywhere (GHMC) is conducting the ground in Erragadda extort- rituals of those who have TTIEA shares, "The University President of TSTCEA, shares, biggest green initiative more than Rs 25,000. If the cremation of those who die of ing huge sums from the died of Covid-19. doesn't have a uniform service "The service rule should not taken up the state departed soul wished to be Coronavirus. It is asking the bereaved family members. They also prohibit bathing rule for all the affiliated col- just be shared with the univer- government. Over the buried close to his relative's families not to pay anything to On the other hand, the coro- or embalming the corpse of a leges. Before February this sity, but also the employees. At three years since its inception, 87 crore saplings have been planted grave, the kin would have to the burial ground personnel. navirus pandemic has funda- Covid-19 victim and ban rel- year, each college had its own least four to five copies of these in and around the twin cities. Chairperson of FLO Hyderabad shell out much more. However, the personnel at mentally altered the way atives from kissing or hugging service rules and submitted documents should be made Usharani Manne said, "FLO is very happy to take part in this drive In the family of a trader, burial grounds are demanding funerals are being held. No the body. There are strict these documents to the uni- available in college library for that too in these times of pandemic. As an Organisation with two persons died within a gap huge sums from the bereaved longer are they elaborate norms for the process itself versity. Of more than 200 col- the entire teaching and non- members spread out across India, we feel it is our responsibility to of one week. If the funeral was families. The personnel at grieving affairs, with funerals involving Covid-19 victims. leges affiliated to JNTU, 74 teaching faculty.” participate in social initiatives such as this. Telangana was the first State in the Country to embark on such a flagship greening program to rejuvenate the degraded green cover in urban spaces and forest areas." "As members of FLO, we are happy to pledge our support to this meaningful endeavor", Usharani Manne added. Hyd’s street food business in IIIT Hyderabad to start jeopardy due to Coronavirus online pedagogy course PNS n HYDERABAD The Hyderabad's popular s educational street snacks, which used to be IIT Hyd to resume Ainstitutions embrace Mayor: Expedite works relished by people cutting online teaching, the across community and class campus activities approaches, pedagogy barriers, have no takers now models, techniques, tips at Begumpet graveyard during the pandemic, throw- in phased manner and tricks are still elusive. ing street food vendors and IIITH's certification course PNS n HYDERABAD poration is providing ameni- roadside stalls out of business. PNS n HYDERABAD on introduction to online pedagogy addresses all these challenges. ties like bathrooms, toilets, Till some time back, street Based on experiences in the last few months, enriched by insights Mayor Bonthu Rammohan parking, internal approach food was a thriving business, As the unlock process start- from the various IT in education initiatives at IIITH. This short on Sunday instructed the roads and avenue plantation. but since the coronavirus out- ed across the country, the course, which will take place between August 17 and 23, will cover GHMC officials to expedite About 150 lorries of debris break, many vendors have Indian Institute of basic models for online pedagogy. IIITH will go through and complete the develop- is cleared apart from 50 loads returned to their native places Technology, Hyderabad approaches for preparing and delivering engaging online lectures. ment and beautification works of wild growth and bushes while others are staring at an (IITH) is also preparing to Tools and skills required for recording lecture videos and creating under progress at Begumpet from the work site. uncertain future. tion from 6 am have lost busi- Some others are running their resume academic activities on interactive content on popular Learning Management systems will graveyard. As part of development The Coronavirus has ness because of poor customer carts borrowing money from campus - albeit in very mea- be covered. One of the most important aspects of online teaching The Mayor along with MLA works, four platforms are to be brought problems to street turn out. Some of the street others. Services of experienced sured steps. is evaluation and grading, for which various options will be Madhavaram Krishna Rao, built and there is a proposal to vendors and tiffin vendors in vendors have closed their sho- cooks and those who serve The decks have been presented. Taken by IIITH faculty Vishal Garg, Aftab Hussain and GHMC zonal commissioner S construct an electric cremato- the city. The street food points, ps, while others converted food at the carts are being cleared for the first batch of Lalitha Vadlamani, will take the participants through pedagogical Srinivas Reddy, inspected the rium at a later stage. Works mushroomed all over the city, them to grocery shops. retained by paying them huge 70 doctoral scholars to return principles in an online setting, delivering engaging classes and works which were being taken pertaining to planting of have been facing rough weath- Some vendors are some- advances. to the campus from August tutorials, selecting hardware tools for online teaching: simple home up at a cost of Rs 2 crore. The avenue plantation, aromatic er as no one is buying anything how pulling on their business Chefs and workers at vari- 10. setup, simple classroom setup and creating and sharing course graveyard is spread over five plants, roads and toilets are from outside. Also the tea and hoping that their businesses ous food courts have returned IITH Director Prof BS material in a structured fashion on LMS, among other things. acres and the municipal cor- already completed. tiffin centres that used to func- would be back on rails soon. to their villages. Murthy said, "It is the 'thrust on research' which has placed IIT Hyderabad as one of the prominent and promising Bank staffer institutions in the country. To KTR to open Bairamalguda flyover today Property offender killed enable our PhD students to goes missing carry out their experimental PNS n HYDERABAD to increase considerably in the research amid this pandem- PNS n HYDERABAD coming years and is estimated due to previous enmity ic situation, we have decided The Bairamalguda RHS flyover to be 18,653 PCU by 2034. to invite them, particularly A bank employee has been constructed as part of the The facility will enable free PNS n HYDERABAD those in their final year, to the reported missing from his Strategic Road Development flow of inner ring road traffic Special teams were campus." house in Chandanagar since Programme (SRDP) will be from Secunderabad to Owaisi A property offender was mur- formed to nab the The PhD students whose Saturday. Shiva Naik who inaugurated by the Municipal and Srisailam road ends. dered at Chaderghat due to work is mostly computation- works for a private bank is Administration and Urban GHMC officials said precast previous enmity on Saturday. culprits suspected to al have been advised to work suspected to have left the Development Minister KT and post tensioned technolo- The victim Sajid, a resident be property offenders from home. In view of trans- house on his will without Rama Rao on Monday. gy was adopted in major elem- of Chaderghat who was previ- portation curbs due to the informing his family. Constructed at a cost of Rs ents of substructure and super ously involved in several prop- Covid lockdown, faculty have Based on the complaint 26.45 crore, the Bairamalguda structure by casting them in a erty offences, was sitting along was rushed to a private hospi- initially identified students from his family on Sunday, RHS flyover will help in one- yard and installing them at the with his associates at the rail- tal where doctors declared hailing from Telangana and the police booked a case and way traffic flow from LB Nagar site. RCC technology was used way tracks near Azam func- him brought dead. The body nearby states. Only students took up investigation. "We end towards Owaisi junction in minor elements of structure. tion hall when few persons was shifted to Osmania willing to reside on campus checked his tower location end. The flyover is 780 metres This helped in limiting the approached him to resolve a General Hospital mortuary. are being allowed to return. and call data record. His last long and 12 metres width with work at the site to installation dispute between them. Soon The Chaderghat police reg- As per IITH plans, the location found was the lake in the length of viaduct portion and stressing activity. This the two groups clashed during istered a case and are investi- first batch will initially spend Gopi Nagar. Our team which being 400 metres. apart, form work and staging which Sajid was attacked with gating. The police formed sp- two weeks in self-quarantine went to the lake found his The structure was construct- tion where the peak hour recorded as 11,875 in 2015 and were avoided at the site for pier, surgical blades, the police said. ecial teams to nab assailants in designated quarters on chappals at the water body," ed to facilitate smooth flow of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) after Metro, it was 7,481. The pier cap, deck slab and crash The man sustained bleeding who are also suspected to be campus before moving to police said. traffic at Bairamalguda junc- prior to Hyderabad Metro was volumes of traffic is expected barriers, officials said. wounds in the incident and property offenders. their own hostel rooms. Firms drawing up strategies to RGIA steadily gaining back passengers, flights PNS n HYDERABAD few weeks starting to around nected with 47 destinations 15,000 + passengers in July across the country out of the 55 attract consumers amid Covid The world is steadily opening 2020." domestic destinations Pre- up and battling the ongoing Not just has the passengers covid times." This corresponds PNS n HYDERABAD their health especially boost Covid-19 pandemic. While all travelling from RGIA to more than 85 per cent their immunity. Therefore, the human efforts are on for a vac- increased, the number of flight reconnect compared to that of The rural economy will recov- marketing agencies say that the cine, the focus of every nation operating out of the airport is Pre-covid times. er within six months leading to rural economy will revive is also to revive the economy. also more than when the flying The airport is operating consumer goods improving soon. The festival season will Civil Aviation sector being recommenced. with a safe and healthy envi- their market soon. improve marketing prospects one of the key drivers of eco- "The airport has also seen ronment offering a robust Studies undertaking by var- of various consumer goods, it nomic growth, the Central more than four times growth contact-less boarding experi- ious marketing agencies have is predicted. government is opening up the in daily domestic Air Traffic ence for the passengers flying indicated that several changes The purchase pattern and sector in a calibrated manner Movement from around 40 out of the Hyderabad. have taken place in markets taste for goods have undergone with domestic being the first to domestic air traffic movement "We have contact-less self due to the Covid-19 fear and sea change due to impact of get opened up on May 25. The (arrivals and departures) dur- check at departures forecourt, subsequent lockdown. On one hand the companies Covid on people's lives. government has also allowed ing first few weeks starting airport entry, check-in, secu- Several companies who have have been providing perma- The Earnst and Young India domestic flights to be increased till boarding gate for safe trav- and healthy environment offer- 25th May (the day of recom- rity check, boarding and retail lost their market are trying to nent security to their shopping conducted a survey recently on to up to 45 per cent of pre- el of passengers. ing a robust contact-less board- mencement of domestic oper- and F&B options. We are try- regain the consumer confi- complexes, offices, warehous- future consumer index reveal- covid numbers. Giving the details, a source ing experience for the passen- ations) to around 160+ ing to take as much precau- dence by bringing out various es and so on and on the other, ing various aspects of con- Since, its recommencement from RGIA says, "Hyderabad gers flying out of the domestic Air Traffic tion as we can to enhance pas- products that improve hygiene strengthening ties with third- sumer behaviour in the back- of domestic operations on May recommenced its domestic Hyderabad. The airport has Movement in July 2020," the senger experience while keep- and health. The producers of party e-commerce industries. drop of Covid-19. The compa- 25, Rajiv Gandhi International operations from May 25 witnessed more than five times source says. ing them safe and abiding by various consumer goods have Even the villagers are nies have been bringing out Airport is providing a fully onwards after a gap of two growth in daily passenger foot- He further adds, "We are the mandatory protocols been adopting to changed focussing on products used to various products in tune with sanitised and touch-less board- months of Covid-19 infused fall from around 3,000 domes- steadily gaining back its announced by the Central environment with drawing up sanitise their houses, maintain the changing tastes of con- ing experience for passengers nation-wide lockdown. The tic passenger footfall (arrivals domestic connections across government amid the pan- new strategies. personal hygiene and improve sumers. right from the departures ramp airport is operating with a safe and departures) during first the country. We have re-con- demic outbreak." HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 hyderabad 04 SCATHING ATTACK Telangana reports 1,982 Cong to up the ante against new cases, 12 deaths PNS n HYDERABAD

Telangana reported 1,982 new Covid-19 cases, taking the govt over Corona situation overall infection tally to 79,495, while the death toll mounted PNS n HYDERABAD to 627 with 12 more fatalities. KCR mortgaging TS Mount pressure The declining trend in new Telangana Pradesh Congress interests: Bhatti positive cases (observed dur- Committee (TPCC) president on govt: Jagga ing the last several days) con- and Nalgonda MP N Uttam HYDERABAD: CLP leader Mallu HYDERABAD: Congress MLA tinued in the Greater Kumar Reddy exhorted the peo- Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday from Sangareddy Jagga Reddy Hyderabad Municipal ple to get inspiration from the alleged that Chief Minister K urged CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Corporation (GHMC) with Quit India Movement to reject Chandrashekar Rao is Vikramarka to make Congress 463 fresh cases being reported. the tyrannical and anti-people mortgaging Telanganga state for MLAs and MPs visit all Medchal-Malkajgiri (141), regimes. Speaking on the occa- his personal needs. He lamented government hospitals to know Rangareddy (139), Karimnagar sion of 78th anniversary of Quit that South Telangana will turn the ground reality in the state (96) and Jogulamba Gadwal India Movement at Gandhi into desert if Andhra Pradesh and to chalk out an action plan (93) were at the top in positive Bhavan on Sunday, Uttam said goes ahead with Pothireddypadu to mount pressure on the cases, a state government bul- that the teachings of Mahatma project. Speaking to the media Governor to solve the letin said on Sunday, providing bulletin said 22,925 samples PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT Gandhi and the path adopted by on Sunday after CLP meeting problems prevailed in data as of 8 pm on July 8. The were tested on August 8. testing facilities in the govern- him to dethrone the British through Zoom app, Bhatti said hospitals. While participating GHMC has been the epicentre Cumulatively, the number of ment were 16 and 23 in the pri- were highly relevant in the pre- that they will explain in detail in CLP meeting held on of the virus spread in the state. samples tested was 6,13,231. vate sector. It also said 323 sent circumstances. He said that about the irrigation situation in Sunday through Zoom app, Districts, including The state government last rapid antigen testing centres the Quit India Movement, also TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy both states by meeting Union Jagga Reddy said that the Rangareddy, Medchal- week decided to increase the have been set up by the gov- known as the August Movement, announced that the Congress party Jal Shakthi Minister and for it people are facing severe Malkajgiri, Karimnagar have number of samples to be test- ernment. was launched at the Bombay ses- would ‘expose’ the Chief Minister K Congress representatives will go financial troubles in the state. also been reporting a consid- ed daily to 40,000. On age and The bulletin provided a list sion of the All India Congress to Delhi. He also said that the He suggested the CLP meeting erably large number of cases in gender wise COVID-19 posi- of laboratories, rapid antigen Committee by Mahatma Gandhi Chandrashekhar Rao and fight against Congress team will meet Union to mount pressure on the the state. tive details, it said 65.6 per cent testing centres, details on on 8 August 1942 demanding an the injustice to people Social Justice Minister to government to include corona According to the bulletin, were male, while 34.4 per cent the status of beds in govern- end to British Rule of India. He explain about the alleged attacks treatment in Arogyasri scheme the case fatality rate in the state were female. The highest per- ment and private hospitals, said this movement united the on Dalits in the state. The team besides waiving off house tax, was 0.78 per cent, while it was centage of positive cases the lists of containment people and played a crucial role Rs. 3 lakh crore in the last six KCR and fight against the injus- will lodge a complaint with the power bill and house rent. He 2.03 per cent at the national among various age groups zones in GHMC and in dif- in getting freedom for the coun- years. He is silent on Andhra tices being done with people of President Ram Nath Kovind and said that there is a need to the level. The total number of continues to be in the 31-40 ferent districts. The bulletin try from British Rule on August Pradesh stealing 11 TMC of Telangana. SC Commission, he said. The Congress MLAs and MPs to people who have recovered group which was 25 per cent said the government has 15, 1947. water every day from Uttam said that KCR govern- CLP leader also demanded the take up one day deeksha to from the infectious disease so (male-17.7 and female-7.3). made elaborate arrangements It was the Congress party Pothyreddypadu Project. ment has completely failed to government to close belt shops mount pressure on the far was 55,999, while 22,869 On comorbidities status for treating COVID-19 which granted statehood for He is helping the AP govern- handle the Coronavirus situa- immediately or else the government. The Congress has were under treatment. The among deaths, it said the per- patients and that sufficient Telangana as it wanted the peo- ment execute expansion of tion. He blamed the negligent Congress will launch a to give a call for state bandh in recovery rate was 70.44 per centage of deaths due to beds are available in govern- ple of this region to prosper Pothyreddypadu Head attitude of KCR for the rise in movement against belt shops. case the government fails to cent in the state, while it was comorbidities was 53.87 per ment hospitals. The call cen- without any hindrance. Regulator and construction of the number of cases and deaths. The government has to include respond in this regard. He 68.32 per cent in the country. cent. The percentage of deaths tre number for helpline, However, he said that Chief Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation He expressed concern over the Corona treatment in Arogyasri asked CLP to address letters to The number of individuals due to COVID-19 was 46.13 telemedicine and grievances Minister K. Chandrashekhar Scheme which will deprive spread of the deadly virus in scheme, he demanded urging Chief Minister, Governor and in home/institutional isola- per cent. The number of vacant is 104. People can contact Rao has shattered the dream of Telangana of 6.3 TMC of rural areas and demanded that the government to set up at Chief Secretary asking them to tion was 16,112. The number regular, oxygen and ICU beds 9154170960 on WhatsApp Telangana. "KCR has ruined all Krishna River water," he alleged. the State Government take mea- least one isolation centre in each include Corona treatment in of asymptomatic cases (of were 11,643 and 4,352 and for any grievances pertaining the resources of Telangana and He announced that the sures on a war-footing basis to Assembly constituency. Arogyasri scheme. those under home isolation) 1,889 respectively, the bulletin to private hospitals/laborato- pushed the State in debts of over Congress party would expose save people's lives. was 84 per cent, it said. The said. It said RT- ries, the bulletin added. KCR indirectly helping Keshav Rao assures HMT COURTESY CALL AP, alleges Revanth Praga Tools workers of all help PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Hyderabad to set up their units here, he questioned the TPCC working president Malkajgiri Lok Sabha relocation of the unit elsewhere and Malkajgiri MP A Constituency TRS in-charge in the country. Revanth Reddy on Sunday Marri Rajasekhar Reddy on How the workers accus- alleged that Chief Minister K Sunday exhorted chairman of tomed to life style here can Chandrashekar Rao is the parliamentary committee on adjust to conditions in other extending his support indi- industries K Keshav Rao to take states, he wondered. He said rectly to the illegal projects steps to save HMT Praga Tools that the problems was taken of Andhra Pradesh state and division here. He along with the to the notice of the TRS writing letter for the post- union leaders of the HMT leaders and appealed to them ponement of Apex Council Praga Tools Division called on to come to the rescue of the meeting scheduled for Keshav Rao and informed him workers. In case, relocation is August 5, is the best exam- that the management served the Centre. The HMT Praga necessary they should be ple for it. there is no matter in the case notices on workers to move to Tools Division is located on a given the option of the VRS. The Congress MP alleged filed by the TRS govern- the company units in other sprawling 195 acre site with a Keshav Rao responded to that the TRS government is ment against Rayalaseema states. They told him that the total work force of over 100, he the issue addressed a letter to not even constructing legal Lift Irrigation Scheme. future of the workers would be said expressing concern over the concerned ministry and projects though the Andhra Revanth questioned the TRS in peril if they were to be relo- relocating the unit to else- assured the delegation to Hyderabad Cricket Association president Mohammad Azaharuddin with Sports and Cultural Minister V Srinivas Goud, in Pradesh government is try- government to reveal as to cated elsewhere. where. take measures to ensure that Hyderabad on Sunday. Azharuddin thanked the Minister for restarting sporting activities in the State and also discussed on ing to construct illegal pro- why it stopped Narayanapet- They urged Keshav Rao to At a time, many world class injustice is not done to any the new phased re-opening protocols for playing cricket jects. He pointed out that Kidangal Lift project. take the issue to the notice of industries are looking towards worker. TS ramped up testing, says CS Two children Ministers not accessible to common people: Cong drown in PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD "A minister should be avail- connect with the ministers to publicity," he said. The able for people at his office and get their problems solved," he Congress leader pointed out Dr Vinod Kumar Paul, Member, Sangareddy Telangana Pradesh Congress home all the time or he/she alleged. that not all citizens were capa- Niti Aayog along with senior Committee (TPCC) Treasurer should have fixed timings He said that KTR was han- ble of using Twitter or other officials of the Government of PNS n HYDERABAD Gudur Narayana Reddy on when common people can dling several important port- social media platforms. "Not India interacted with the Chief Sunday asked IT Minister KT meet to make representa- folios including Municipal everyone knows how to post Secretary of Telangana Somesh Two children drowned in a Rama Rao to share his office tions. But no TRS min- Administration & their complaint in a limited Kumar and other officials of the fish pond in an agriculture address, along with the timings, ister has a perma- Urbannumber of characters. The poor state government on the man- field at Potlapally village of where people could meet him to nent address. Chief Development, people look for someone who agement of Covid 19 situation Jharsangam Mandal on express their grievances on the Minister K. Industries and could listen to their grievances in the state. Sunday. The victims were problems being faced by them. Chandrashekhar Information and resolve them. But the KCR Speaking on the occasion, identified as Harshavardhan Reacting to the #AskKTR Rao lives in a Technology. Govt has deprived the people Chief Secretary informed that (10) and Vishalbabu (11). campaign undertaken by palace called Therefore, KTR the opportunity to express their the Chief Minister K testing facilities, hospital infra- resources, he added. Home iso- The boys, residents of Minister KTR on social media Pragathi Bhavan must start acting in grievances. They have no option Chandrasekhar Rao has been structure, and availability of lation of the patients is being Potlapally, ventured into the platform Twitter on Sunday, where no one, includ- a matured manner but to suffer in silence. On the monitoring the situation per- oxygen beds. Further adequate monitored through the Home agriculture field in a playful Narayana Reddy said that the ing Ministers and and provide easy access other side, KCR, KTR and taining to the pandemic daily stock of all key consumables and Isolation Telemedicine and mood. Harshvardhan and campaign was a publicity stunt MLAs, has no access. There is to the common people, he other Ministers make one-sided and under his guidance the state equipment has been ensured. Management app. The health Vishalbabu got into the pond to grab a headline in the news- no Secretariat. Some Ministers demanded. "Instead of con- tall claims that their govern- government has achieved con- About 4,000 posts of health care department is being assisted by unaware of the danger. Since papers. While most of the are operating on a part time necting with the people, KTR ment was doing fine," he said. siderable progress on all para- professionals have been sanc- a team of senior officers for sup- they did not know swim- questions were posted from basis from temporary offices in is focused on doing some He advised KTR to learn to meters. tioned since March this year to port on key thematic areas of ming, they drowned. A case fake IDs, KTR gave the replies different parts of Hyderabad. stunts on social media which behave like a public represen- The state has ramped up address the issue of human pandemic management. has been registered. were selective and pre-decided. There is no way people could could get him some cheap tative and not as an actor. Rs 30L worth Search for WFH jobs up 442% in India States taking cue from TS: Puvvada ganja seized PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n KHAMMAM PNS n KOTHAGUDEM Amid the Covid-19 Job searches for remote work pandemic, many As part of the Integrated The police arrested a person or work from home in the jobs have rapidly Fisheries Development and seized ganja worth country have increased by over become work-from- Scheme (IFDS), Transport about Rs 30.60 lakh from 442 per cent between February home jobs at least Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar his possession at and July, the highest globally, on Sunday released fishlings Bhadrachalam in the dis- according to a report. Amid the temporarily and with into a tank at trict on Sunday. Covid-19 pandemic, many jobs the flexibility and a Raghunathapalem in the dis- Bhadrachalam Inspector have rapidly become work- variety of career trict. Speaking on the occasion, of Police (CI) K Vinod from-home jobs at least tem- options, it has the Minister said that Kumar informed that the porarily and with the flexibil- become more Telanagana is leading by exam- town Sub-Inspector of ity and a variety of career ple in 'Blue Revolution' and Police Mahesh and team options, it has become more popular than ever, thus changing the lives of fish- intercepted a car moving popular than ever, global job global job site ermen by improving their suspiciously on Kunavaram site Indeed said in a report. Indeed said in a financial status. road. When they inspected Earlier, IT employees and During February-July this sectors have increased mani- report "The State government has the car they found dry ganja employees of other sectors year, Indians searched Google for fold, the Indeed study said. It been implementing many ment has planned to release 82 would be released into around weighing around 204 kilo- used to search Google for working from home opportuni- identified that the opportuni- schemes for the welfare of crore fish seeds by spending 1,694 water bodies in erstwhile grams. work from home options. ties. Because of increased pro- ties for delivery persons and IT Following cyber attacks on fishermen. No other state in around Rs 52 crore and it Khammam district at 100 per The accused identified Because of Covid-19, employ- ductivity, good results and active managers have increased man- individuals and firms, the job the country is implementing would generate an income of cent subsidy, he added. The as Vankudoth Bala Kumar ees working in every other sec- participation of employees, the ifold. opportunities for cyber securi- schemes especially for fisher- around Rs 1,100 crore. In Minister, along with the of Kolkata thanda in Gudur tor are wishing to work from managements and top executives In July, the number of jobs ty personnel have increased men. Chief Minister K Khammam, it about 3.45 crore District Collector RV Karnan mandal of Mahabubabad home. Unable to predict the of companies are bent on increas- in software, medical and health enormously. Therefore, the Chandrashekhar Rao's initia- fish seeds would be released in inspected the construction district was transporting cycle of the virus in the coun- ing work from home opportuni- sector, marketing has number of job notifications in tives meant to promote caste around 963 tanks," he said. works of Rythu Vedika, which the substance to Hyderabad try, many industries are allow- ties, the report said. increased. If the same trend this regard has increased and based avocations has been Similarly in Kothagudem was being built by him with an after procuring it from ing their employees, especial- Therefore, the work from were to continue in future, the the job searches for cyber appreciated by many states in district 1.78 crore fishlings expenditure of Rs 40 lakh at Chatti in Odisha state, the ly the IT units, to work from home opportunities in soft- job opportunities are likely to security expert posts increased the country," the Minister said. would be released into 691 Raghunathapalem mandal CI said. home even for a short duration. ware, health care, marketing increase in other sectors too. by 30 per cent. "This year, the state govern- tanks. In all 5.24 crore fishlings headquarters. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS ‘Modi to present new outline for Record 7 lakh Covid tests self-reliant India on August 15’ conducted in a day PNS n NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra PNS n NEW DELHI Modi will present a new out- The number of line for a self-reliant India in Scaling up testing capacity, recoveries too his address to the nation from Kiran Bedi: People's over seven lakh samples have the ramparts of the Red Fort been examined for COVID-19 has surged to on August 15, Defence representatives must in a day taking the cumulative 14,80,884 with Minister Rajnath Singh said on follow Covid norms tests conducted so far to 53,879 corona Sunday. 2,41,06,535, the Union Health The defence minister said PUDUCHERRY: Lieutenant Ministry said on Sunday. virus patients various departments and min- Governor of Puducherry Kiran The number of recoveries having recupera- istries of the government are bedi on Sunday said political too has surged to 14,80,884 working seriously to imple- leaders and people's with 53,879 coronavirus ted and dischar- ment Modi's initiative for a representatives should follow patients having recuperated ged in 24-hours self-reliant India and that it is norms for safety from COVID- and discharged in 24-hours, an attempt to give a fresh 19 and set an example to the the highest in a day so far, dimension to Mahatma respect and sovereignty at any duction. public. She said there were pushing the recovery rate to the per-day testing capacity has of recoveries has surged to isolation or in hospitals," the Gandhi's push for 'Swadeshi'. cost," he said. He said big weapons systems photographs and reports in the 68.78 per cent. The fatality rate increased over five lakhs," 14,80,884 with 53,879 coron- ministry said. Singh was speaking at an "Prime Minister Narendra will now be produced in India media that some of the people's has further dropped to 2.01 per Scientist and media coordina- avirus patients having recuper- From 7.69 per cent on April online event organised to pay Modi will present before the and the country will look for representatives were seen cent, it said. tor at ICMR, Dr Lokesh ated and discharged in 24- 5, the recovery rate improved tributes to revolutionary free- nation a new outline for a self- their export to make it a hub violating the guidelines The ministry said the num- Sharma said. hours, the highest in a day so to 26.59 per cent on May 3, dom fighter Udham Singh. reliant India in his address for defence manufacturing. introduced to fight the ber of single-day tests has been Such elevated level of testing far, pushing the recovery rate 48.37 per cent on June 7 and to Talking about the from the ramparts of the Red In a major push to promote pandemic. "There are umpteen growing exponentially and will also lead to high number to 68.78 per cent. The fatality 68.78 per cent as on date, it 'Atmanirbhar' initiative, the Fort on the Independence the domestic defence industry, pictures daily in the media India has been testing over six of daily positive cases, the rate has further dropped to said. "The widening gap defence minister said that the Day," Singh said. Singh on Sunday morning showing social distancing being lakh samples daily for several health ministry said, adding 2.01 per cent, the ministry between recovered and active coronavirus pandemic has Referring to the defence announced restrictions on violated by people's days. "A record 7,19,364 sam- states have been advised to said. cases, indicative of the higher shown that a country may not ministry's decision to ban import of 101 weapons and representatives themselves and this is despite being few of them ples have been tested on firmly focus on comprehensive "The number of recovered number of recoveries as com- be able to effectively protect its import of 101 military military platforms including having tested positive for the Saturday, the highest in a day tracking, prompt isolation and cases has touched another high pared to those either in hospi- sovereignty if it is not self- weapons and platforms, Singh light combat helicopters, trans- virus," she said. In her whatsapp so far. India is conducting effective treatment, following of 2.36 times the active cases. tals or in home isolation, is reliant. said major and tough decisions port aircraft, conventional sub- message, Bedi said unless around 500 tests for detection the Centre-led strategy of 'test, All patients are all under med- 8,52,137 at present," the min- "Our government will not are being taken to promote marines and cruise missiles by political leadership shows of COVID-19 per minute and track and treat'. The number ical attention either in home istry said. allow any harm to India's self self-reliance in defence pro- 2024. respect for whatever they want the public to do, the war against COVID-19 would be a case of taking two steps forward and PM releases Rs 17,000 Congress must find full-term ‘Agri Infra Fund to benefit three steps backwards. Actor Natasha Suri cr to 8.5 cr farmers under president, says Tharoor farmers, create jobs, tests positive for Covid PM-KISAN scheme PNS n NEW DELHI MUMBAI: Actor and former develop rural economy’ Miss India World Natasha Suri PNS n NEW DELHI The Congress must expedite on Sunday said she has tested the process of finding a full- PNS n NEW DELHI positive for COVID-19 and is Prime Minister Narendra term president to arrest the currently quarantining at her Modi on Sunday transferred growing public perception that Union Home Minister Amit home. Suri, 31, said she had Rs 17,000 crore directly into the party is "adrift and rudder- Shah on Sunday expressed gone to Pune earlier this month the bank accounts of 8.5 crore less", senior Congress leader gratitude to Prime Minister and fell sick on her return to farmers under the PM-KISAN Shashi Tharoor said on Narendra Modi for launching Mumbai. "I had gone to Pune scheme. Sunday. a Rs 1 lakh crore Agriculture taking all the necessary He said the scheme has Tharoor also said that he Infrastructure Fund and said precautions. When I came been successful in its objective certainly thinks Rahul Gandhi it will generate new employ- back, on August 3, I fell sick. I to provide financial support to has the "mettle, capability and ment opportunities and had fever, sore throat so I got farmers without any involve- aptitude to once again lead the strengthen the rural economy. myself tested and it turned out ment of middlemen. party", but if he does not wish In a series of tweets in COVID-19 positive," the actor The Centre provides Rs their Aadhaar verified bank to do so then the party must ment as interim president last That is precisely what the Hindi, Shah said agriculture is said. Suri, who made her big 6,000 per year in three equal accounts with the press of a "take action" to elect a new year, but I do believe it's unfair Congress needs to urgently the foundation of the Indian culture will become world screen debut with the 2016 instalments under the button", an official statement chief. to her to expect her to carry address by expediting the economy and the Modi gov- class in the times to come," he Malayalam comedy "King Liar", Pradhan Mantri Kisan said. The amount was trans- His comments assume sig- this burden indefinitely," process of finding a full-term ernment has been striving to said. said her sister and Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) ferred to farmers at a function nificance as they come just Tharoor said. president, through a participa- strengthen it for the last six The home minister said the grandmother have also been scheme that was launched in organised through video con- ahead of Sonia Gandhi com- "We also need to arrest the tory and democratic process years. Shah said many agriculture infrastructure fund tested. "My family members December 2018. ference to launch financial pleting one year as interim growing public perception, that will offer the winning unprecedented steps have been will accelerate creation of also started feeling sick so I am The prime minister facility of Rs 1 lakh crore chief on August 10, with the fuelled by a dismissive media, candidate a legitimate mandate taken to double the income of many infrastructure projects strictly quarantining at home, "released the 6th installment under the Agriculture party yet to find her successor. that the Congress is adrift and and the credibility that will be farmers and for the develop- such as cold storage, collection taking medications. They have under the PM-KISAN scheme Infrastructure Fund. "No mid- "I certainly believe we rudderless, incapable of taking indispensable in ushering in ment of the agriculture sector. centres, processing units so also undergone tests, their of Rs 17,000 crore to nearly 8.5 dlemen, no commisison. The should be clear about our up the challenge of a credible much needed organisational "I am confident that due to that the hardworking farmers reports are awaited," she said. crore farmers. The cash ben- amount was transferred direct- leadership going forward. I national Opposition," the for- and structural revival of the the untiring efforts of PM can get the true value for efit was transferred directly to ly to farmers," Modi said. welcomed Sonia ji's appoint- mer Union minister said. party, Tharoor said. Narendra Modi, Indian agri- their produce. 12 Naxals surrender in C'garh, 5 of them carrying cash rewards Patna's R-Block flyover ED grills Rhea Chakraborty's brother overnight RAIPUR: Twelve Naxals, five of them collectively carrying a opens for traffic after reward of Rs 6 lakh on their in money laundering case; calls her again today heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada PNS n MUMBAI district on Sunday, police said. inauguration by Nitish for a few hours on August 7 as The cadres turned themselves well. On the same day, his sis- PNS n PATNA in before police and the CRPF The Enforcement Directorate ter and prime accused in the Politicisation of Sushant case a officials in Dantewada town (ED) questioned Showik case Rhea (28) was questioned saying that they were The R-Block flyover in Patna Chakraborty, brother of actor by the agency for the first opened for traffic on Sunday Rhea Chakraborty, for about 18 time for about eight hours. conspiracy against Maha: Raut impressed by the rehabilitation n campaign being run by the after its inauguration by Bihar hours in connection with a Rhea and her father Indrajit PNS MUMBAI local police and disappointed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. money laundering case linked Chakraborty have been sum- with the hollow Maoist The 960-metre-long flyover to the death of actor Sushant moned to appear before the Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut ideology, Dantewada in the heart of the city was Singh Rajput, officials said on agency again on Monday. on Sunday claimed "pressure Superintendent of Police built for Rs 106 crore in five Sunday. On Friday, the ED had ques- tactics" were being used in the Abhishek Pallava said. years, officials said. Showik left the central inves- tioned Indrajit, Rhea's chartered case of actor Sushant Singh Dantewada MLA Devti Karma The R-Block flyover con- Commuters will be able to tigative agency's office here in accountant (CA) Ritesh Shah Rajput's death and the issue was also present on the nects Hardinge Road with access the Digha Bridge and the Ballard Estate area around and business manager Shruti was being politicised as part occasion, he said. Of these Veerchand Patel Path and the Ganga Path via the new 6:30 AM after an overnight Modi, who also worked for of a conspiracy against ultras, Chanduram Sethiya, Mithapur flyover and it will flyover once it's linked with the questioning session that began Rajput. The agency is under- Maharashtra. who was active as a member of reduce traffic near the state R-Block-Digha Road, he said. around noon on Saturday. stood to have questioned Rhea, It is wrong to see the unfor- platoon no. 26 of Maoists, was Legislative Assembly, they Ganga Path is a 20.5-km- Officials said Showik's state- who stated in her petition to the ing around Rhea's income, tunate suicide of the actor The CBI recently took allegedly involved in three said. long driveway being built ment was recorded under the court that she was in a live-in investments, business and pro- from a political angle, Raut over the probe in the case, Naxal attacks, including in The R-Block-Digha Road along the river to connect Prevention of Money relationship with Rajput, about fessional deals, and links. said in his weekly column based on a Patna police FIR Bhusaras-Chingavarm in 2008, will be connected with the new Digha Patna to Didarganj.The Laundering Act (PMLA) and her friendship with the late Also under the ED's scanner 'Rokhthok' in the party related to alleged criminal wherein 23 policemen and two flyover near the GPO, chief minister asked the offi- he was asked about his person- actor, business dealings and the is a property located in the mouthpiece 'Saamana'. conspiracy and abetment to civilians were killed, he said. Additional Chief Secretary of cials to connect the R-Block- al businesses, income, invest- developments that took place city's Khar area and another in Rajput, 34, was found suicide against Rajput's girl- Sethiya was carrying a reward Road Construction Depart- Digha Road with the new fly- ments and financial dealings over the last few years between Navi Mumbai, both linked to hanging at his apartment in friend and actor Rhea of Rs 2 lakh on his head, ment, Amrit Lal Meena, was over through an elevated road, with his sister and Rajput. them. The ED's line of ques- Rhea, for the source of pur- suburban Bandra on June 14. Chakraborty. Pallava said. quoted as saying in a release. the release said. He was grilled by the agency tioning, officials said, is revolv- chase and ownership. INDUS WATER TREATY MEETING Shekhawat slams Gehlot over India suggests video-conf, Pakistan deaths of 11 migrants from Pak insists on meeting on Wagah border PNS n NEW DELHI “The deceased include two men, four women PNS n NEW DELHI meeting at Attari JCP or New Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra On Pakistan's Delhi as desired by Pakistan,” Singh Shekhawat on Sunday and five children. One India has suggested to Pakistan request, a meeting a source said. slammed the Rajasthan govern- after other, very frightening incidents that the talks for discussing was scheduled in The Indian Commissioner ment over deaths of 11 members pending issues under the Indus also requested the Pakistan of a Hindu migrant family from reflecting the Water Treaty (IWT) be held last week of March side to consider holding a vir- Pakistan, saying the incident deteriorating situation through video-conferencing in to discuss pending tual meeting as a viable option reflects the “working style” of of the state, are view of the coronavirus pan- issues under the to discuss the pending and new Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. coming to the fore. demic, but Islamabad has been issues, sources added. Eleven members of a Hindu The government insisting that the parleys be Indus Water Treaty. They noted that even the migrant family from Pakistan should swing into conducted at the Attari check However, it was diplomatic talks with other and belonging to the Bhil com- action and clear the post, sources said on Sunday. countries have been taking munity were found dead at a picture," Shekhawat In a letter last week, the Indus deferred due to place through virtual meet- farm in Rajasthan's Jodhpur Commissioner of India told his current pandemic ings and the Indus meeting district on Sunday. The government should swing tweeted Pakistani counterpart that it is can take place in a similar "The deaths of nearly a dozen into action and clear the picture," not conducive to hold the meet- manner. refugees from Pakistan put a Shekhawat tweeted. night," said Jodhpur's ing at the Attari Joint Check Post demic. video conference or any alter- “The Indian Commissioner The Kishenganga project question mark on One member of the migrant Superintendent of Police (Rural) due to the pandemic. Considering the fact that it native means, sources said. responded stating that the sit- had been in operation since @ashokgehlot51's working style family, however, was found alive Rahul Barhat. "We are yet to On Pakistan's request, a may take some time for the sit- In response, the Pakistan uation in India is still not con- 2018 while work on Ratle “The deceased include two outside the hut they lived at ascertain the cause and means of meeting was scheduled in last uation to normalise and inter- Commissioner, in his letter ducive for travelling of his del- stands abandoned since 2014 men, four women and five chil- Lodta village of Dechu area, an death. But apparently, all the week of March to discuss pend- national travel to resume, the sent in last week of July, insist- egation and holding the meet- due to a contractual dispute dren. One after other, very official said in Jodhpur. members appeared to have com- ing issues under the Indus Indian Commissioner, in the ed on holding the conven- ing at Attari JCP as proposed between the Jammu and frightening incidents reflecting "But he claimed to have no mitted suicide by consuming Water Treaty. However, it was first week of July, proposed to tional meeting at Attari Joint by his counterpart and may Kashmir government and the the deteriorating situation of idea about the incident, which some chemical in the night," deferred due to current pan- hold the meeting through Check Post instead. take some time to allow such contractor. the state, are coming to the fore. believed to have happened in the Barhat said. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Tragedy in Kozhikode The crash of an Air India Express Boeing 737 at Kozhikode Unending Ladakh story is an unfortunate disaster but could it have been avoided? ndian air crash investigators examining the wreckage of Air India Express flight 1344, The Modi Govt is in a fix today, not because of the negligence of previous regimes but because Ia Vande Bharat Mission flight from Dubai to Kozhikode, are likely to have witnessed sim- of its own deliberate neglect of the military. We have failed to learn lessons ilar scenes just a few short years ago. Another shown even a modicum of inter- Air India Express Boeing 737-800 overran a est in national defence and kept their eye on the ball. Modi finds runway at Mangalore airport, just a few hun- himself in an extremely difficult dred kilometres north of the current site. situation, not because the Thankfully, while that crash saw few survivors, Manmohan Singh Government it appears that, at the time of writing, a large was negligent, which it certain- ly was, but because of his own majority of the passengers on board this plane deliberate neglect of the military survived the slide down the end of the run- since 2014. He made all the right DEEPAK SINHA way. This is probably because the pilot turned off the engine to avert fire. noises but had no time for the military, except for where it Investigators will have several tools at their disposal from weather reports, radar n interesting anecdote doing the helped his own political fortunes. displays and even the plane’s own Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder. rounds among military veterans’ Similarly, General Rawat However, the similarities between the two accidents bring to mind the risks of groups on social media pertains would not have found himself to an incident just after the 1971 caught in this controversy today operating at such “tabletop” airports. Both Kozhikode and Mangalore airports war. A young officer performing if he had not been appointed the are carved into the Western Ghats, leaving pilots little room for error. The infor- Aduties of the Regimental Adjutant, the prin- Chief of Defence Staff after pan- mation available at this time has revealed that the pilot had already made one cipal staff officer to the Commanding Officer, dering to Modi’s wishes. He can- was approached by an extremely engaging not escape responsibility for hav- missed approach to the airport. Landing in the monsoon in India, when runways and popular ex-serviceman — who was ing sabotaged the Mountain are wet, is always a risk and runway “excursions” are common due to the lower employed by a well-known corporate — for Strike Corps (MSC) midway braking action available on the slippery tarmac, as any motorist on the roads an authority letter to continue drawing can- through its raising while he was teen stores from his unit. This was a common Chief of Army Staff. One may would be quite aware of. While Kozhikode airport’s runway was clearly long enough occurrence in those times when smart cards recall that it was after the ingress at 9,000 feet for a Boeing 737 to land safely in most conditions, the distance were yet to make an appearance. However, by the Chinese in the Depsang needed for a landing in extremely wet conditions with a tailwind might have been on a hunch, the officer decided to obtain ver- Sector in 2013 that the dysfunc- ification of his antecedent prior to signing the tional Manmohan Singh an ask too far for the aircraft. And unlike Cochin airport, a hundred or so kilo- certificate from the office that maintained Government understood the metres to the south, this one, by its very layout on the top of a plateau, had lit- departmental records. seriousness of the issue and tle runoff area and no soft concrete surface at the end of a runway for planes Surprisingly, it turned out that the indi- sanctioned the raising of the vidual was a deserter from the Army and had MSC. Its raising was given full to sink into. Now that the crash has happened, every oversight and lapse is being absconded from his unit during the Sino- attention by the Army Chief and called into account. As it turns out, civil aviation experts had warned of the air- Indian conflict of 1962 while his unit was was of immense concern to the port’s risk factors about nine years ago. In a letter sent on June 17, 2011, to deployed in the combat zone. On receipt of Chinese because they clearly the then director-general of civil aviation, Capt Mohan Ranganathan wrote, “An this information, as was expected, the ex-sol- understood the shift in the intent dier was apprehended and questioned. He of the Indian armed forces from aircraft landing on runway 10 in tailwind will experience poor braking action due accepted his guilt and explained that after his a purely defensive posture to a to heavy rubber deposits … All such flights … are endangering the lives of all unit was overrun by the Chinese, he success- One wishes that those responsi- aster clearly showed. There was temic failure.” In this case, the more pro-active one. It changed on board.’’ While no accident happened until now, the report got buried. Even fully evaded them and escaped to Bhutan ble for derailing the military and no reason why Atal Bihari current border management the concept of Sino-Indian con- where he got himself a job. One thing led to forcing it and this country to live Vajpayee’s attempts at engaging practice that ensures a rather ventional deterrence. now the Government has claimed that hundreds of flights have landed there in another and he settled into civilian life and through years of ignominy of Pakistan should have led to opaque division of responsibili- Thus, one can imagine their the recent past, overlooking the need to reassess the lay of the land. never rejoined the Army. As is customary, he defeat had also been meted out complacency on the part of ties between the Army and the utter joy when the Modi-Doval- There are six tabletop runways in India where landing flights is somewhat was brought before a court-martial; was found justice in a similar manner. The either the intelligence or the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Rawat combine put the spanner guilty and sent off to serve time in jail. sad truth is that they got away security establishment. It was all One can be certain that they in the works and put the MSC difficult as there is no additional space on the runway. Since there are many issues However, the commanding officer being a without being held accountable very well to have blamed it on will manage to avoid being held into forced hibernation. This pertaining to safety of aircraft, crew and passengers, many international flights kindly soul and displaying immense empa- as neither resignations — like that “systemic intelligence failure” to account this time as well. Not was allegedly done because of and Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 do not land at these airports. The Kozhikode thy for the convict, convinced his company of Krishna Menon or General but why nobody thought it nec- least because of the way Prime budgetary constraints, some- to retain him on the rolls, while also arrang- Thapar, the Army Chief — nor essary to ask the question: While Minister Narendra Modi has thing that apparently had no airport’s runway end safety area was expanded in 2018 to accommodate wide- ing to look after his family till he had served deprivation of further promotion, the intelligence agencies may attempted to change the narra- impact on the unbridled expan- body aircraft. Though it meets United Nations international civil aviation require- his sentence. Thus, on his return, the former as some others faced, can be have failed to discern Pakistan’s tive by denying any ingress or loss sion of the Central Armed Police ments, the agency recommends a buffer that is 150 metres longer than what soldier not only got his job back but was also called punishment enough. At intentions, how was it that the lat- of territory and instead promot- Forces. It is obvious that purely able to finally shed his sense of guilt and the minimum, those responsible ter occupied our territory with- ing through his minions “differ- defensive actions on our part will exists at Kozhikode airport. Some reports also suggest a laxity about routine tests. apprehension that had haunted him all should have certainly faced dis- out detection by the Army? ing perceptions of the LAC never restore the status quo ante, Apparently no friction test was done at the airport, as is mandatory on runways those years. ciplinary proceedings, maybe Instead of taking it to task, we between both sides” to fudge the which we are insisting upon, in and taxiways, especially those affected by rains. Flying in India has been incred- This is a simple straightforward tale of even have had their pensions made much of our top military issue. He hopes — and not with- the foreseeable future. If we do being held to account for one’s misdeeds, stopped, as was the case with brass, treating them as heroes for out good reason given the blind nothing, the loss of territory ibly safe over the past decade even as air traffic has exploded with hundreds of which fortuitously ended well for the soldier General AAK Niazi after he sur- reclaiming — at great cost one support he enjoys — this will will be a body blow to our rep- new aircraft and millions of first-time passengers. But air travel, while being inher- and his family, despite all the trials and tribu- rendered in Dhaka. After all, sur- might add — what we should not allow him and his Government utation in the region and inter- ently safe, does have an ability to shock us when something goes wrong. One lations that he must have faced. A contrari- rendering 37,000 square km of have lost in the first place. Of to carry on as if it is business as nationally. an view would suggest that in all likelihood, the territory that we claimed as course, the Government of the usual. Unfortunately for him, the In the long run, as happened expects this accident to be thoroughly investigated and faults if any to be recti- he had probably been traumatised by his ours to the Chinese was no day could not have acted in any unexpected appearance in the with Nehru, it will be the ruina- fied, even if that means closing down of certain airports in India or restricting world collapsing around him when his unit small matter. Yet, how did we other manner as that would public domain of the Ministry of tion of Modi. His reputation will large jet aircraft from flying there. Ranganathan has flagged Patna and Jammu disintegrated in battle, leaving him to fend for respond to this humongous dis- have been seen as a blemish on Defence report on the ingress by suffer, his ability to stay in power airports as accident-prone and sitting ducks that need immediate upgrades. Aviation himself. Given his experience and mental state aster? Shamefully, to say the its performance as well. the PLA — though now with- will be constrained and he will be — where there was no sufficient ground for least, the Government did trans- Naturally, we are again wit- drawn — does suggest that there reduced to a caricature. Ironically, is a vitally important transportation option in a country as large as India where mitigation — should he not have been fer the individual entrusted with ness to this sordid cycle as the are those within the Government while Nehru continues to shoul- millions make their living outside Indian shores. The safety and security of this absolved of all wrongdoing? Of course, the defence of India, the then Chinese once again make fools who have serious reservations der much of the blame for prob- industry is not only of paramount importance but also a strategic necessity for while this question may draw differing con- Defence Secretary O Pulla Reddy, out of us. The same cliched about his actions and have no lems that afflict us today, Modi clusions, depending on one’s point of view and but subsequently nominated him excuses are being trotted out that compunction in showing him up and his minions will not have this nation. interpretation of the law, what cannot be dis- as the founding Vice Chancellor unfortunately, the “Wuhan- for dissembling. that advantage. They will have to puted is that he was guilty of fraudulently of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Mamallapuram spirit” made our Normally, in a bureaucratic bear the consequences for their attempting to obtain benefits authorised only University. Talking of second security establishment compla- and hierarchical system such as actions. There is something to be to military veterans. He deserved to be held chances. cent and we were, thus, caught ours, it is often the case that those said for poetic justice and that old Breaking stereotypes to account. Ironically, the account does not Our unwillingness and wrong-footed as intelligence left holding the baby, so to say, are adage, “As you sow, so shall you make clear whether the latter aspect was inability to fix the blame for acts agencies were unable to detect not necessarily the ones respon- reap.” UPSC toppers come from fairly modest backgrounds and glossed over or even considered. of commission and omission at Chinese movers or gauge their sible for its procreation in the first (The author, a military veter- have shown how the ordinary can manage extraordinary feats But here is the thing that the young sol- the highest levels have ensured intentions. The security establish- place. We would certainly not an, is a consultant with the dier was undoubtedly an insignificant cog in that no lessons are ever learnt. We ment hopes to save itself the have found ourselves in the pre- Observer Research Foundation he recently published results of the Union that vast military machine and yet, he was held have also gone on to perfect the blushes by pushing the blame on sent situation if the previous and a Senior Visiting Fellow with Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil to account for the error he had committed. art of deflection as the Kargil dis- its favourite whipping boy, “sys- Government, and this one, had The Peninsula Foundation) Tservices examination, 2019, have thrown up some powerful stories of triumph, surpass- S O U N D BITE ing gender, caste, economic and religious bar- riers. Stories of grit and inspiration abound as There have been no signifi- If a new actor is launched If Democrats continue to With MS Dhoni in the IPL, I cant reforms in education for today, even if in a small film, hold this critical relief don’t see much difference. In most candidates who have made the cut have the last many years. As a they (public) should support hostage, I will act under my fact, the conditions that we have done so under challenging circumstances and result, our society started pro- them, write good comments authority as President to get are just perfect for Dhoni, where modest means. While some never gave up moting herd mentality instead on their posts and stop cry- the American people the it’s going to be about the mind and not just power hitting. despite repeated failures, there are others who of imagination and curiosity. ing nepotism, nepotism. relief they need. had to overcome physical as well as family Prime Minister Actor US President Former India batsman limitations to prove that courage is the only —Narendra Modi —Gurmeet Choudhary —Donald Trump —Sanjay Manjrekar mark of success. The topper, Pradeep Singh, though already an IRS officer, is the son of a farmer from Sonipat. Surprisingly, Jatin Kishore and Pratibha Verma, too, not satisfied with their earlier results, reappeared for the exams and have L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR now become the second and third rankers and the top scorers among women. China cannot be trusted ratio has been increased to 90 per Overall there are three women candidates in the top 10 list. But setting a new Raging rainforest a climate threat cent. This will pave the way for a record are 12 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir, including Nadia Beig, the robust rise in the quality and youngest officer from Kupwara, at a time when young people in the blacked out Sir — Despite several rounds of he rainforest region of Brazil, Amazon, recorded quantity of loans. While extend- talks between India and China, 6,800 incidents of fire in July, up from 5,318 last ing forbearance, it is imperative State are suffering on account of lost opportunities. In yet another example of no solution appears to be in Tyear, the same month. Amazon has been a talking for the banks to be diligent and perseverance, a son of a petrol pump worker from Madhya Pradesh has bagged sight with regard to the border point for most experts because it comprises more than cautious to prevent good money the 26th position. Neither financial struggles nor a missed opportunity last year, crisis along the Line of Actual half of the world's wetlands. Continued dry spells are a from turning into NPAs. Control. Clashes at Galwan were threat to the forests. Raging fires in the region may not Shivansh when he failed to make it to the list by just one slot, could deter this young offi- proof enough that China cannot entirely be attributed to natural causes such as lightning, Via email cer. Aishwarya Sheoran, who bagged the 93rd position, has become a classic be relied upon. It attacked Indian heatwave or the eruption of volcanoes. Cattle ranching example of beauty with brains. A former Miss India finalist, she has broken the soldiers without any provocation. is the largest driver of deforestation. In the months Deal with compassion To top it all, China’s expansion- between July and September, farmers are known to clear stereotype that models aren’t smart enough by clearing the exams in her first ist tendencies and greed for grab- their lands for cattle farming and soil fertilisation. Illegal attempt. A former child actor, too, is an inspiration for he is a COVID warrior and bing weaker landlocked territory mining in Amazon rainforest, too, has become an “epi- Sir — The Kashmir problem is ready to become an officer. And Purana Sunthari, a 25-year-old visually impaired through unfair means are a never- demic.” Artisanal mining for gold and other minerals in needs to be tackled with sensitiv- ending phenomenon. India’s rela- Amazon forests and rivers has been a problem for tent of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone pre- ity. The people of Jammu and woman from Madurai, has proved just how no vision can be out of sight. tionship with Russia, though on decades and is usually illegal. cursors let alone nitrogen oxides and organic materials Kashmir have suffered enough. Caste and gender barriers continue to be broken. Of the total qualified can- an even keel, cannot be ignorant Critics of President Jair Bolsonaro have placed the — all of which are detrimental to the climate. In 2019, All possible aid should be provid- didates, 304 belong to the general category and 78 from the reserved (SC, ST of the former’s support to China. blame at his doorsteps and his “anti-environment,” “pro- the forest fire was termed as a “global crisis” by world ed to them. Kashmir should be It is doubtful if Russia will extend agriculture” and pro-industry” policies. The pro-devel- leaders. President Bolsonaro's attempt to crack a whip transformed into a world-class and OBC) quotas. The gap is still wide but there is some progress. Women have us any help in case of a conflict. opment image of Bolsonaro has angered conservation- on “offenders” was too late to bear fruit. This season tourist destination. Establishing pushed their way creditably into the top 10 list but overall, the number of women It is, thus, imperative that India ists, who feel he is not doing enough to save the forests in Brazil is expected to be drier than the corresponding good colleges and other techni- joining the services is still less than 25 per cent, according to Government data. forges a military pact with the US from man-made disasters. Species of plants and ani- period in 2019. The fires may only get worse in the cal institutes will help the This year, it is 23.7 per cent women, an improvement on the 2018 figures. The to keep a check on China’s mals in the rainforests slow down global climate warm- months ahead. Kashmiri youth compete equal- assertiveness, aggressiveness and ing. Rainforests contribute to a healthy maintenance of Ganapathi Bhat ly with the rest of the nation as biggest takeaway is that the young and hard-working achievers have broken many other nefarious activities. the ecosystem. In contrast, wildfires emit a high con- Akola they are talented and given to myths surrounding one of the toughest examinations in the country — that it is Rashmi innovation. By setting up good meant for the intelligent, those who have excellent academic records, that it is Via email medical colleges and hospitals, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are stressed due to the pandem- The Monetary Policy public health needs can be taken easier for those from engineering and medical fields to clear the exams, that one Debt restructuring would come up with another rate ic. Indeed, a rate cut at this junc- Committee has also called for the care of, too. needs to devote more than 16 hours of the day to do so and that one needs to cut but it left it unchanged at four ture would have meant little. appointment of an expert com- Ashok Malik spend money and time on coaching classes. Yet everybody on the toppers’ list per cent. Instead, the Central Unless demand is generated, mittee to frame a window under Via web Sir — In view of the COVID-19 bank has allowed financial insti- units will continue to gasp for sur- the prudential norms for speedy this year is a regular youngster. Each has been high on motivation, effort and pandemic having battered the tutions a special one-time dispen- vival despite the repayment resolution of stressed loans. Send your feedback to: focus. The mindset has won in the end. economy, it was expected that the sation to restructure loans which breather. 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www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN October surprise POINTCOUNTERPOINT JAMMU AND KASHMIR WAS A BROKEN STATE. NOT A SUBRAHMANYAM AND HIS TEAM ARE LEAST EXPECTED awaits the US? SINGLE SOUL CRIED OVER THE DETENTION OF POLITICAL TO KNOW HOW THE PEOPLE FEEL. TO QUOTE GANDHI, AND SEPARATIST LEADERS IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. THEY ARE RULING J&K FROM THE 500TH FLOOR. Maybe Trump will arrange the premature —J&K CHIEF SECRETARY —PDP LEADER AND FORMER J&K MINISTER certification of a COVID-19 vaccine, so he can roll it out just before the Nov 3 election BVR SUBRAHMANYAM NAEEM AKHTAR Nip the NPA crisis, now

GWYNNE DYER The Govt and the RBI must urgently reassess the moratorium policy and limit it only to n “October Surprise” in the US is now almost inevitable, because that will be US President Donald Trump’s last chance the hardest-hit, address the delays in IBC resolution and not drive away depositors Ato get re-elected legitimately. Trump might try to cling to office even if he loses the vote, but it would be a lot easier and neater if he actually won a majority in the Electoral College on November 3. In US political jargon, an “October Surprise” is a news event deliberately created or timed to influence the outcome of an elec- tion, particularly one for the US presidency and usually involves foreigners or a threat to the nation. It is planned such that all other issues are forgotten, Americans rally around the flag and the incum- bent wins on a surge of patriotism. Or that’s the theory, at least. The same thing happens elsewhere, too, of course and not necessarily in October. That’s when it needs to happen in the US GOVIND BHATTACHARJEE to win a presidential election. For instance, a “July Surprise” hap- pened recently in Belarus because of the August 9 presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman who rules Belarus, fter the release of the Reserve Bank of “discovered” Russian mercenaries in his country. It matters lit- India’s (RBI’s) half-yearly Financial tle that they were unarmed and on their way to Istanbul, but AStability Report (FSR) on July 24, shares President Lukashenko told his people that there was a plot. “So of banks and finance companies were battered far there is no open warfare, no shooting, the trigger has not yet at the stock market. Though the private banks (PVBs) like ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, Bandhan been pulled, but an attempt to organise a massacre in the cen- Bank got seared, the public sector banks (PSBs), tre of Minsk is already obvious. Only I can save our country. Vote too, bore the brunt of the bloodbath on the bours- for me,” was Lukashenko’s impassioned plea to his citizens. es. The mayhem exposed the structural weak- Trump will need something like that because otherwise the nesses of the Indian banking system and the Coronavirus is going to kill him politically. This was not true as severity of the Non-Performing Asset (NPA) cri- recently as early June, because up until then the US was not per- sis looming over them. THE forming especially badly in dealing with the pandemic. It looked As the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das RECAPITALISATION a lot worse because of Trump’s bizarre behaviour — the end- emphasised (and his sentiment was echoed by BOND ROUTE BY less, shameless lies, the narcissism, the suggestions that peo- the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission) WHICH THE ple should inject bleach and so on — but in terms of COVID-19 the soaring NPAs and the consequent capital ero- sion of the banks would need immediate recap- GOVERNMENT deaths per million people, the US fatality rate was still lower than italisation of both PVBs and PSBs. ISSUES BONDS TO other major Western countries, except for Germany and Canada. To alleviate the pandemic-created stress on THE BANKS, WHICH The US was late to go into the lockdown, but so were they borrowers, the RBI has already placed a mora- PROMPTLY INVEST all, at least compared to most Asian countries. Until recently, if torium on the payment of loan instalments and THEM IN you were a Trump supporter, you could still believe he was doing deferment of interest payments till August 31. GOVERNMENT a good job. It was Trump’s rush to end the lockdown, not all the However, the banks are fearing — as articulat- SECURITIES, IS earlier nonsense, that did the real damage. He believed that he ed by the HDFC Chairman — that even solvent NOTHING MORE would lose the election if the economy didn’t revive, but by open- borrowers may take advantage of this relaxation THAN AN ing up too fast he managed to revive the pandemic at the same and not repay their loans. This would further worsen the financials of the banks. ACCOUNTING time. TRICK. APART The numbers tell the tale. This week the US will record its The FSR has also acknowledged that there — which was so assiduously pursued in Government securities, is nothing of spillover effects from the NPAs of is a major risk that the moratoriums may have FROM INCREASING by the RBI during the last few years. more than an accounting trick. Apart NBFCs, which are still unable to recov- 1,65,000th death from COVID-19. That’s almost a quarter of all serious implications on the financial health of the THE This has seen a steady decline in their from increasing the Government’s er from the IL&FS shock of 2018. Bank the Coronavirus fatalities in the world. Much worse, US deaths banks. Overall, about 50 per cent of all loans — GOVERNMENT’S GNPA ratio from 11.5 per cent in interest liabilities, it rarely addresses the lending to NBFCs had increased dra- are still going up while casualties elsewhere in the developed world 65 per cent of Micro, Small and Medium INTEREST March 2018 to 8.5 per cent in March deeper structural problems of the matically from `3 lakh crore in have fallen steeply. That’s almost entirely due to Trump. Enterprises (MSME) borrowings and 56 per cent LIABILITIES, IT this year. Though this reduced their banks. December 2016 post-demonetisation to Take Canada, for example. It is very similar to the US in its of retail loans — were under moratorium as on RARELY CRAR, however, it still remained above While the GNPA ratio of PSBs may `8 lakh crore in May this year. Any economy and demography but different in social and political terms. April 30, against only 39 per cent of corporate ADDRESSES THE the Basel III-compliant RBI norms. increase to 15.2 per cent under the base- increase in their NPAs will automati- Canada has universal healthcare and a much less drastic divide loans. The PSBs have a larger share — 58 per cent, DEEPER Now, the loans are likely to rise to a 20- line scenario (16.3 per cent under the cally trigger a contagion, leading to fur- between the rich and the rest, for example, which probably explains 82 per cent and 80 per cent respectively for cor- year high as a result of the crisis trig- worst-case scenario), the ratios of the ther deterioration of the banking sys- porate, MSME and individual loans, as against STRUCTURAL gered by the pandemic. PVBs and even the foreign banks are tem. The gravity of the situation can- why the US’ cumulative death rate per million is 484, while Canada’s PROBLEMS OF THE is only 237. The history is, therefore, an American death rate twice 20 per cent, 43 per cent and 34 per cent respec- As the RBI Governor said in the likely to increase to 7.3 per cent and 3.9 not be overemphasised. tively for the PVBs. BANKS. WITH LOW foreword to the FSR, “The financial sys- per cent, respectively. Erosion of the The structural problems with the as high as Canada’s: Not great but structurally inevitable. By now, As far as Non-Banking Financial Companies CREDIT OFFTAKE tem in India remains sound. capital will shrink the system-level recovery of bad loans have remained however, Canada has managed to get its casualties down to ten (NBFCs) are concerned, 56 per cent, 61 per cent AND HIGHER NPAS, Nonetheless, in the current environ- CRAR of the banking sector as a unresolved even after operationalisation a day, whereas the US is back up to around a 1,000 fatalities a and 46 per cent of the loans are under morato- BANKS WILL BE ment, the need for financial interme- whole from 14.6 per cent in March to of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy day. rium respectively for these categories. The sce- FORCED TO diaries to proactively augment capital 13.3 per cent by next March under the Code (IBC). Of the total claims of `3.52 Even allowing for Canada’s much smaller population, that is nario is really disquieting. The RBI has assumed FURTHER LOWER and improve their resilience has baseline scenario and to 11.8 per cent lakh crore from 190 companies (till ten times worse. This is what coming out of a lockdown too early a contraction of the Gross Domestic Product THE DEPOSIT acquired top priority. In the evolving under severe stress conditions. December 2019), `1.52 lakh crore (43 did to the US, and it is all down to President Trump. The pan- (GDP) by 4.4 per cent, gross fiscal deficit of 10.9 INTEREST RATES milieu, while risk management has to Five banks will fail to meet the min- per cent) has been recovered, which of demic is raging once again in the US and there may be a quar- per cent and Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) of be prudent, extreme risk-aversion imum prescribed CRAR level of nine course was a significant improvement 4.1 per cent as the baseline scenario assuming — ALREADY AT would have adverse outcomes for all.” per cent by March 2021 — five more over the earlier recovery rate of 10 per ter-million deaths there by election day in November. US “deaths THE ROCK-BOTTOM per million” are going up three per day, which means that the US steady recovery from the second-half of the cur- Under the current crisis, risk aver- will be close (under 10 per cent) with- cent. But only two cases — Bhushan rent fiscal. The GDP contraction and fiscal deficit — AND DRIVE sion, both by banks and borrowers, is out merger or recapitalisation which Steel and Essar Steel — accounted for will overtake Chile (now at 509 casualties) in less than one week, numbers may be a tad too optimistic, given the DEPOSITORS only to be expected as evidenced by the might increase their systemic resilience. 49.5 per cent of the overall recoveries. Italy (582) in a month, Spain (609) in five weeks. It might even severe economic disruptions with no end in sight. TOWARDS THE banks parking their excess liquidity However, mergers of PSBs, now prac- Given the huge number of case- catch up with the UK (682) by election day. The FSR has stated that the Capital to Risk- EQUITY MARKET with the RBI instead of lending. Credit tically stalled because of the lock- loads — 1,961 as of December 2019 — Most of those newly-dead Americans will be over 60, so prob- Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) of Scheduled OR GOLD. THIS IS demand has not picked up despite the down, have their own problems. The and the time taken for disposal by the ably they would have been Trump supporters. Their relatives and Commercial Banks (SCBs) stood at 14.8 per cent HARDLY A RECIPE easing of the lockdown and financial NPAs of the State Bank of India (SBI) National Company Law Tribunal friends are bound to notice eventually. As it is, Joe Biden’s lead while their Gross Non-Performing Asset (GNPA) FOR REVIVAL vulnerabilities are likely to be amplified, worsened after its merger with associ- (NCLT), the system is already getting over Trump in the polls has already widened to 10 per cent. How ratio stood at 8.5 per cent in March. But it pro- leading to a further deterioration in the ates two years ago, with write-offs and clogged like never before. With low could Trump turn that around in the remaining 82 days? His only jected that the GNPA ratio may worsen further asset quality of the banks due to the pil- persistent slippages eating into profit credit offtake and higher NPAs, banks hope is to manufacture an “October Surprise” involving China, a to 12.5 per cent by March 2021 under the opti- ing up of mountains of bad loans. and capital both, besides impeding the will be forced to further lower the restaged “Tonkin Gulf Incident” i.e. the one real and one phan- mistic baseline scenario and may escalate to 14.7 As a 90-day window is given for growth of credit. deposit interest rates — already at the per cent under a severely-stressed scenario. paying the loan instalments to keep the Other mergers — Bank of Baroda rock-bottom — and drive depositors tom firefight that embroiled the US in the Vietnam War. The implications of these numbers are loans from being classified as NPAs, the (BoB) with Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank towards the equity market or gold. This Or perhaps he could manufacture a terrorist “threat” so humon- indeed very serious. As of March, the total NPAs exact position would be known only in and Punjab National Bank’s (PNBs) is hardly a recipe for revival. The gous that it would give him a pretext to declare martial law nation- of SCBs stood at `8.62 lakh crore; at the base- December after the expiry of the mora- 1993 merger with the New Bank of Government and the RBI must urgent- wide. Or maybe Trump will arrange the premature certification of line scenario which seems a bit hopeful, this torium on August 31. But there is an India also faced many problems. It is ly reassess the across-the-board mora- a COVID-19 vaccine so he can roll it out just before the November would rise to around `13 lakh crore and at the urgent need to recapitalise the banks — unlikely that the current mergers of torium policy and limit it only to the 3 vote. If it kills a lot of people later on, who cares? He won. Trump worst case scenario to `15 lakh crore, at which both PSBs and PVBs — for building healthy banks with weak banks will hardest-hit, address the delays in IBC knows that if he loses the November election, he will spend the level, all undercapitalised and overleveraged stronger buffers for them to be able to improve the health of the banking sys- resolution and not further alienate rest of his life in court, possibly even in jail. He will do whatever banks would cease to be going concerns. absorb the losses. tem as a whole; in any case, they will and drive away the depositors. it takes to win. It isn’t over yet. In fact, the pandemic has wiped out all the The recapitalisation bond route by not cause any significant reduction of (The writer is a former Director (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future of work done so far by the SCBs by using a large which the Government issues bonds to the NPA ratios of the amalgamated General at the office of the CAG of India part of their capital to correct their balance sheets the banks, which promptly invest them banks. Then there is the added danger and an academic.) Democracy and Work.’) Did an Islamic State ever exist? The modern State is a fairly recent European construct and has been borrowed to project a retrospective interpretation about what an Islamic State meant

State fully emerged in Europe. Between retain their wealth and power. concept of State separately and, in fact, and Islamic scholar Abul Ala Maududi. word deen approximately has the scriptures were treated as an all- the 17th and 19th centuries, the idea The State as we know it today, is puts more emphasis on faith and how Ahmad writes that, as a young man, same meaning which the word State encompassing political constitution was expanded and developed in the thus a comparatively recent construct it can operate as a moral guide. Maududi was associated with The has in the contemporary age.” Noting and that such a State fell away because works of philosophers like John Locke, and a product of political and econom- Ahmad writes, “to impose the mod- Muslim, a daily that took an anti- that the modern State regulates almost of corruption and needs to be re-enact- Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques ic modernity. So what do concepts ern concept of the State on 7th centu- British, pro-Congress Party position every facet of people’s lives, he contem- ed. Interestingly, this is the narrative Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham and Karl such as “Islamic State” or “Riyasat-i- ry Arab society is misleading.” Because and promoted Muslim-Hindu unity plated the creation of an Islamic State popularised by the Imran Khan Marx. By the 19th century, the concept Madina (State of Madina)” really of infrastructural weaknesses, the and a secular set-up in India. However, that would regulate every aspect of its Government. Though Maududi’s the- of the State as we know it today, had mean? Such terms are often used by State could not have expanded its after 1937, Maududi changed his citizens’ lives according to laws laid sis was inspired by largely European NADEEM PARACHA been practically established in various ideologues and politicians in Muslim- scope beyond a handful of duties, even stance, especially when Jinnah’s down by the Islamic scriptures. ideas of the State, this does not both- regions of Europe. majority regions. The thinking behind if it wanted to. Muslim League began to press for a Maududi understood the Muslim er those who take the revisionist his- he roots of the concept of the According to the noted political them is that Islam is inherently polit- The Syrian academic and histori- separate Muslim-majority State. League as a secular Muslim national- torical claims of his theories as fact. State lie in the political ideas for- anthropologist Professor Irfan Ahmad, ical and its sacred texts lay out a blue- an Aziz Al-Azmeh, in a widely-debat- Ahmad writes that all major political ist organisation. So, to neutralise Ever since the 1980s, whenever Tmulated in ancient Greece and till the 17th century, “the State gov- print for a State run by laws prescribed ed 1990 essay Utopia and Islamic players in British India had become Maududi’s criticism, Pakistan began to there are claims and promises made by the Roman Republic. Greek philoso- erned by not governing.” Seldom did by Allah. Those who hold this view Political Thought, demonstrates that smitten by the concepts of the State and borrow his ideas. Yet, Maududi’s own a variety of ideologues and leaders in phers Plato and Aristotle write of the it interfere in most affairs of its sub- insist that such a State came into being there is no political theory (about a nationalism introduced in the region party could not gain much traction the Muslim world, about working “polis” (the city State) as an ideal form jects. Its main interest was to extract with the arrival of Islam that actively State) in classical Islamic political by the British colonialists. The Muslim among voters. This was probably due towards an Islamic State, it is assumed of association, in which the religious, levies and taxes. Its administrative regulated every political, economic and thought. Fact is, those who insist that League began to speak about a Muslim to the aforementioned ploy by the State that it is rooted in the workings of a cultural, political and economic needs scope was limited. The French philoso- social aspect of the community. there is, are simply projecting the mod- State, the Congress about a post-colo- and, more so, because from the mid- 7th century Islamic realm. According of the citizens can be satisfied. The pher, Michel Foucault, claimed that the Irfan Ahmad writes that till the ern concept of the State on ancient and nial secular Indian State and the 1970s, even non-religious parties to Ahmad, objective history does not ancient Roman idea of res publica is scope of the State began to expand 16th/17th century, the working of the medieval Islamic polities, reimagining Leftists about a socialist State. began to adopt ideas from Maududi support this. As Egyptian scholar more similar to the modern concept from the 16th century. The idea of the State, even in powerful Muslim these polities as Islamic states which Rejecting all these concepts as and fused them with their secular out- Nasr Abu Zayd says, “Religious scrip- of the State. The res publica was a legal State in non-Western regions was no empires, was as limited as it was in influenced almost every aspect of the ungodly, Maududi came up with the look. His ideas in this context reached tures are at the mercy of the ideology system, the jurisdiction of which different. According to Irfan Ahmad, non-Muslim realms. He adds that the lives of their citizens. According to theory of Government of Allah or completion as an elaborate theory in of its interpreter. For a communist, extended to all Roman citizens, secur- the nature of the State in Muslim- idea of an Islamic State is actually not Ahmad, such projections are the result Islamic State. He then set out to for- his 1979 magnum opus, Four they would reveal communism, for a ing their rights and determining their majority regions and in regions being more than a 100 years old. According of ideas that first emerged in the early mulate a new political theology, by Fundamental Concepts of the Quran. fundamentalist they would be funda- responsibilities. ruled by Muslims was also static. It was to the works of Egyptian scholars Ali 20th century. interpreting Islamic scriptures in the The theory suggested that an mentalist text, for a feminist it would However, it wasn’t until the 16th only interested in gathering taxes and Abdel Raziq and Sa’id al-Ashmawi, One of the pioneers in this respect context of the State. In a 1941 essay, he Islamic State existed during the early be a feminist text, and so on ...” century that the modern concept of the aiding the monarch and his vassals to theologically, Islam treats faith and the was the prolific South Asian ideologue writes, “In reality, the classical Arabic days of the faith because the sacred (Courtesy: Dawn) HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Defence reforms to steer India Unichem: Need to boost local API production for India towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat' PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI rate budget head has been cre- Drug firm Unichem ated with an outlay of nearly Laboratories has called for India Inc on Sunday said the Rs 52,000 crore for domestic measures to step up local pro- ‘Amazon Easy' Centre's decision to impose capital procurement in the duction of raw materials to restrictions on import of 101 current financial year," the produce drugs in order to stores now in weapons and military plat- Defence Minister tweeted. reduce the country's depen- all-new avatar forms, and creation of a sepa- Welcoming the initiative, dence on imports, especially rate budget for domestic cap- CII Director General from China. BENGALURU: Online retailer ital procurement in the current Chandrajit Banerjee said the Sharing information with Amazon on Sunday launched financial year is a 'path-break- defence minister's announce- shareholders in company's an upgraded 'Amazon Easy' store format that integrates its ing' reform towards becoming ment of negative import list of annual report for 2019-20, the multiple services through a self-reliant and will boost defence systems and plat- drug firm said the ongoing single touchpoint. The format indigenous defence manufac- forms marks the launch of a coronavirus pandemic calls would offer a touch-and-feel turing. new glide path for for concentrated efforts to drome surely calls for prompt ics market, Mody said. product experience through a In a major reform initiative 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. build upon capacities for active treatment, Mody noted. The drug firm's strategic physical product display, the to boost the domestic defence "Announcement of Rs pharmaceutical ingredients "Over-dependence of the investments in two pharma company said in a statement. industry, Defence Minister now ready for a big push to embargo on imports is planned 52,000 crore for domestic (APIs) in the country. Indian pharmaceutical indus- companies engaged in research Customers can also place an Rajnath Singh on Sunday #AtmanirbharBharat initia- to be progressively implement- capital procurement coupled "Our country is heavily try on imported APIs exposes and development, marketing order on Amazon.in with announced restrictions on tive," Singh said on Twitter ed between 2020 and 2024. with the list of 101 items for dependent on China for it to raw material supply dis- and distribution of APIs will guided assistance from the import of 101 weapons and while making the announce- "MoD has also bifurcated import embargo gives a import of most of its APIs. ruptions and pricing volatility," help meet the demand of store staff and either pick up military platforms, including ment. the capital procurement bud- tremendous boost to India needs a healthy and Mody said. exports for incremental the order from the store or get artillery guns, assault rifles He said the Ministry of get for 2020-21 between Atmanirbhar Bharat and financially strong ecosystem to While the government is growth, he noted. it delivered at their doorstep, it and transport aircraft. Defence (MoD) has prepared domestic and foreign capital indigenous defence manufac- boost manufacture of APIs to working on developing bulk Unichem offers a broad said. The store owners can "The Ministry of Defence is a list of 101 items for which the procurement routes. A sepa- turing," he added. remain self-reliant in the years drug manufacturing parks to portfolio of APIs across vari- now leverage Amazons last- to come," Unichem boost local production and ous therapeutic areas. It has mile delivery program 'I Have Laboratories Chairman and reduce dependence on three manufacturing facilities Space'to deliver packages to Managing Director Prakash imports, the company, at its to cater to the segment. customers in their area as well Chingari A Mody said. end, is focusing on efficiency The Mumbai-based firm as facilitate pickups. The first IBBI lists out potential red flags to The present health crisis and backward integration by also has a sizable presence in such exclusive Amazon Easy attracts $ 1.3 calls for proactive measures to ramping up its capacities in finished drug formulation seg- store is now operational in step up economies of scale in APIs and intermediates, he ment. Mahalakshmi layout here. production of intermediates added. The global API market is detect avoidance transactions million and other key materials, with The company is looking to projected to reach USD 268 PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n BENGALURU focus on research and develop- use these APIs for captive billion by 2026 from USD 182 ment for APIs, he added. consumption, which will give billion in 2019, growing at a Pre-dominance of cash trans- Indigenous short video-shar- The procrastination syn- it an edge in the global gener- CAGR of 6 per cent. actions, independence of direc- ing app Chingari has attract- tors and frequent changes of ed a funding of USD 1.3 mil- auditors are among the poten- lion in a seed round. tial red flags for insolvency The round was led by ven- Shelf-life of professionals in detecting avoidance transactions. the need to look at whether the ture capitalists, including ONGC cuts debt by 35 avoidance transactions dur- Against this backdrop, the corporate debtor is present at AngelList India, Utsav skills now Micro enterprises ing insolvency proceedings, Insolvency and Bankruptcy the address that is given in the Somanis iSeed, Village according to an IBBI docu- Board of India (IBBI) has corporate affairs ministry Global, LogX Ventures, and pc to Rs 13,949 crore confident of ment. come out with the detailed records. It also noted that Jasminder Singh Gulati of only 2-3 yrs recovery Under the Insolvency and document titled 'Avoidance non-existence of an office of NowFloats, said a statement PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n BENGALURU NEW DELHI: Despite several Bankruptcy Code, resolution Transactions - Red Flags'. the corporate debtor at such an from Chingari. businesses remaining closed professionals and liquidators IBBI Chairperson M S address is also a red flag. The funding, said the com- State-owned Oil and Natural Chairman of IT-BPM indus- during the lockdown, 81 per are required to determine Sahoo told PTI that the insol- "Predominance of cash pany officials, would be used Gas Corporation (ONGC) has try body NASSCOM, U B cent of micro enterprises whether corporate debtors vency law frowns on alien- transactions generally under- to hire more talent to accel- cut its debt by more than Pravin Rao, said on Sunday polled are confident of a concerned were subject to ations of property prior to the taken by the entity is a poten- erate product development, one-third but faces an uphill that the shelf-life of skills is recovery post COVID-19 avoidance transactions. commencement of the insol- tial red flag indicator. ramp up the platform and challenge to meeting planned now only two to three years whereas 57 per cent reported The Code provides for a vency proceeding, if it vitiates According to the document, an make it more engaging and expenditure during current as he stressed the need for not having any cash reserves time-bound and market-linked the sanctity of equitable distri- insolvency professional should consumer focused, and fiscal due to oil and gas prices continuous, lifelong learn- to survive, according to a resolution of stressed assets. In bution and maximisation of assess the independence, capa- engage a larger consumer falling below sub-optimal lev- other bank balances) of Rs 968 ing. As corporates are rein- survey. Initial results of a six- case, the resolution does not the value of the assets of a cor- bility and competence of the base by offering a seamless els, according to company crore as on March 31, 2020, up venting themselves, individ- month survey that is materialise, then the entity porate debtor. Such alienations, directors as well as under short video entertainment officials and regulatory fil- from a record low of Rs 504 uals also need to reinvent underway by GAME (Global concerned goes for liquidation. which vitiate an insolvency whose instructions they are experience."Were delighted ings. ONGC's outstanding crore a year back. themselves to stay relevant, Alliance for Mass Resolution professionals and proceeding, are called avoid- usually accustomed to act, that investors saw the debt of Rs 21,593 crore as on Standalone debt-equity ratio said the Chief Operating Entrepreneurship) in liquidators can also facilitate ance transactions, he noted. and that presence of name- immense potential in our March 31, 2019 has come at the end of March 31, 2020 Officer of Bengaluru-head- association with LEAD at Krea claw-back or disgorgement of The 22-page document lists sake directors might also be a vision and chose to join the down to Rs 13,949 crore as on is only 0.07 which is consid- quartered IT major, Infosys University covering 1,500 value, if any, lost through out various factors, including red flag. Chingari journey," he said. March 31, 2020, as it used rev- ered comfortable. Ltd. "Shelf-life of skills is micro enterprises also reveal enue from better operations to "While we ended the 2019- becoming short, 2-3 years", that 40 per cent tried to retire some of the borrowings, 20 fiscal year with a comfort- said Rao, who was the chief borrow money to cover according to the company's able financial position, we guest at an online graduation expenses. However, only 14 regulatory filings. face an uphill challenge dur- ceremony for approximately per cent of the overall ArcelorMittal resort to cost-reduction measures Out of this debt, long-term ing the current 2020-21 finan- 2,800 learners, hosted by borrowing was from formal borrowings account for Rs cial year. The pandemic has online higher education com- borrowing sources. As per the PNS n NEW DELHI Moving forward, as eco- 2,245 crore which are due for played havoc on oil prices and pany, upGrad in partnership revised criteria, any firm with The world's nomic activity recovers the maturity in December 2029. government mandated gas with 'The International investment up to Rs 1 crore Hit hard by the COVID-19 largest company will respond by The company had cash and price is way below cost of pro- Institute of Information and turnover under Rs 5 crore pandemic, global steel steelmaker had increasing production, cash equivalent (including duction," a senior official said. Technology Bangalore'. is classified as a "micro" giant ArcelorMittal is leading to the return of enterprise. focussing on cost-reduc- logged a net loss some fixed cost," the com- tion initiatives to protect of USD 559 pany said in its latest profitability in view of an million for the report. uncertainty around pace second quarter The easing of lockdown Purplle aims at $ 100 mn sales of recovery. The world's measures has seen activi- largest steelmaker had ended June 2020 ty levels improving, never- logged a net loss of USD theless the demand 559 million for the second remains significantly in FY'21, looks for acquisition quarter ended June 2020 tory. initiatives to protect prof- below normal and the pace and termed it as the most "The company continues itability as it navigates the and profile of recovery is PNS n KOLKATA The e- difficult period in its his- to focus on cost reduction evolving demand backdrop. uncertain, it said. Lupin, Sun Pharma Online beauty and personal commerce recall drugs in the care platform Purplle is look- firm is US market ing to double its sales to USD exploring Lockdown 100 million during the current opportunities NEW DELHI: Leading drug DGTR recommends CVD on fiscal, as it is bullish on grow- makers Lupin and Sun hits UltraTech ing demand in the e-com- for acquisition Pharma are recalling different merce space in the wake of the in brands, products in the US, according coronavirus pandemic, a com- to the US Food and Drug certain steel product imports hard pany official said. technology Administration (USFDA). The PNS n NEW DELHI and injury, pending completion PNS n NEW DELHI The e-commerce firm, and content Mumbai-based drug maker of the investigation. "The author- which has raised USD 35 mil- space to fuel Lupin is recalling 11,688 The Commerce Ministry has ity recommends imposition of Leading cement maker lion of funds from global bottles of Lisinopril tablets growth recommended imposition of provisional countervailing duty UltraTech Cement expects a investment bank Goldman Manish Taneja USP, 10 mg, which is used to provisional countervailing duty on the imports...originating in or "subdued performance" in Sachs and other investors, is treat high blood pressure, in (CVD) on certain steel prod- exported from the subject coun- the wake of weak real estate exploring opportunities for the US market, as per the ucts from Indonesia to guard try (Indonesia)," it said. and overall slowdown in the acquisition in brands, technol- see some speed breakers in the expected to happen in the latest Enforcement Report by domestic manufacturers from The domestic industry has The duties recommended are economy coupled with the ogy and content space to fuel long term," he said. second half of the current fis- the US health regulator. subsidised imports. suffered material injury due to 22.31 per cent, 22.65 per cent and impact of the coronavirus growth, Purplle co-founder Purplle achieved USD 50 cal. "Consolidation will happen USFDA said the company is The ministry's investigation subsidisation of the product 24.83 per cent on different pro- pandemic. The nationwide and CEO Manish Taneja told million in gross merchandise in this industry in the second recalling the specific number arm Directorate General of and therefore it is necessary to ducers of Indonesia. The finance lockdown, amid the coron- PTI in a telephonic inter- value in 2019-20. half of the year. Some small of bottles due to presence of Trade Remedies (DGTR) in its recommend imposition of pro- ministry will take the final call avirus outbreak, will have a view. "In the current fiscal, we firms and start-ups will find foreign tablets. Lisinopril preliminary findings has rec- visional countervailing duty on to impose these duties. In significant near-term impact "The coronavirus pandem- expect USD 100 million sales, difficulties to tide over the cri- tablets USP, (20 mg) were ommended the duty after con- these imports, the DGTR has October last year, the direc- on the cement industry, how- ic had worked in our favour. In out of USD 7 billion beauty sis, and raising money is get- found in a 1,000 count bottle cluding in its probe that 'Flat said in a notification. torate initiated the probe into an ever, the Aditya Birla Group the short term, demand will industry in the country," he ting difficult now. We are open of Lisinopril Tablets USP (10 Products of Stainless Steel' It said that the directorate is of alleged subsidised export of cer- firm is "confident of its abil- continue to be robust as peo- said. for acquisitions," he said. mg), it noted. The tablets have have been exported to India the view that imposition of pro- tain steel products by Indonesia, ity to weather the storm" ple prefer to stay indoors and Taneja said the consolida- The company concluded a been manufactured at Lupin's from Indonesia at subsidised visional countervailing duty is following complaints by domes- and come out stronger given online purchases. Given the tion in the online beauty and mega sale programme on Nagpur facility. prices. required to offset subsidisation tic industry. its healthy credit profile. economic situation, we may personal care segment is Saturday. Smartworks takes over 6 lakh Plan to convert Reliance into new energy firm PNS n NEW DELHI bon recycling and circular The brokerage said RIL is RIL has a 15- economy is a multi-trillion looking to make CO2 as a recy- sq ft office space on lease Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's yr vision to opportunity for India and the clable resource, rather than Reliance Industries Ltd has a build itself as world. treating it as an emitted waste. PNS n NEW DELHI 3,000 desks. The co-working 15-year vision to build itself as one of the The brokerage said a key While the company will facilities at Pune and a new energy company that focus for RIL is renewable remain a user of crude oil and Co-working player Hyderabad are slated to be aims to recycle CO2, create world's energy, and for that it intends natural gas, it is looking to Smartworks has taken a total launched within this fiscal value from plastic waste and leading new to build an optimal mix of embrace new technologies to of over 6 lakh sq ft of office year. A Smartworks spokesper- has an optimal mix of clean energy clean and affordable energy convert CO2 into useful prod- space on lease in Mumbai, son declined to comment on and affordable energy, ana- company with hydrogen, wind, solar, ucts and chemicals. Pune and Hyderabad to set up the leasing transactions. lysts said. fuel cells and battery. "One viable application RIL new centres as part of its plan In October last year, While the oil-to-chemical "It intends to use proprietary has found for such 'end of life- to expand business despite the Smartworks had announced conglomerate has in recent throughput, focus on cost by material companies. It also technology, recycle CO2, cre- cycle' plastic waste is in road COVID-19 pandemic. over 2 lakh sq ft area each in raising of USD 25 million times seen focus on con- leveraging deep petrochemical intends to be a net carbon zero ate value from plastic waste; construction. Road construct- Founded in April 2016, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad (about Rs 175 crore) from sumer business, RIL's core integration and continue to company by 2035. To achieve RIL is also looking to make its ed with post-consumer, non- Smartworks Coworking Spaces since March this year to set up Singapore's Keppel Land Ltd to oil-to-chemical (O2C) busi- focus on domestic fuel market- this, the company is open to operations cleaner and more recyclable plastic waste ensures Pvt Ltd, currently has 31 co- three new large co-working fund its expansion plan and ness is well placed to gener- ing," it said. work with global financial customer-centric," it said. enhanced durability, higher working centres, comprising centres, targeting big corpo- touch 1 lakh seating capacity. ate sustained free cash flow, Future of O2C is new ener- investors, reputed technology Reliance has the largest sin- resistance to deformation, about 60,000 seats and 40 lakh rates. The company's founder BofA Securities said in a gy company and partnerships. partners and start-ups working gle site refinery at Jamnagar in increased resistance to water sq ft area, across nine cities. The centre at Times Square Neetish Sarda had said that it report. "RIL has a 15-year vision to on futuristic solutions," it said. Gujarat with crude processing induced damages and According to sources, building in Mumbai is likely to was the first round of external "Until demand normalises, build itself as one of the world's This new energy business capacity of 1.24 million barrels improved stability and Smartworks has taken on lease start from next month with funding. RIL is looking to maximise leading new energy and new based on the principle of car- per day. strength," it said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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When the Union Cabinet had, on July 29, 2020, approved the National Education Policy 2020 AA STEPSTEP TOWARDSTOWARDS that represents a major service of teaching processes in Indian education, from the pre-primary level to higher education, Twitterati TRANSFORMATIONTRANSFORMATION went beserk with some heaving a sigh of relief, and others, raising several doubts and issues. The Pioneer's SHIKHA DUGGAL

NEP 2020 attempts to address a few of these NEP 2020 OROR BADBAD EXECUTION?EXECUTION? by talking to eminent people from hen the NEP 2020 encouragement towards start- Government. For those who of developing artists, etc., and ary goals for students. “It’s an different walks of life in the city. was announced, the ups and blend of technology want to get into teaching, that’s just not enough. “Of approach towards elitist audi- draft came under with education will help pro- M.Phil. has been an important course there’s an aspect of a ences. Exclusion of the English W criticism for propos- mote free thinking along with medium to shape their research policy encouraging extracurric- language until 5th grade can ing a three-language flexible entrepreneurship cours- mind and further an important ular activities but do we have create barriers for vocational College is the stage where libraries and the reduction of formula. Some es. “There is a lot of focus on qualifying asset to apply for the necessary resources for it? education. The affluent are any- young people drop out or school drop-out rates by means believe this new policy is an developing soft skills among teaching jobs. But I believe the As a local citizen associated way going to hire a tutor for change track. The exit options of volunteering and peer-to- urban-centric approach and students. All of this will greatly ‘research’ part which is sup- with student association fora their ward, but guess who’s sound good- a certificate after peer teaching. I believe, that in while others feel it’s going to encourage start-ups. posed to be the crux of the long time now, I have witnessed going to suffer amidst all this? year 1, a diploma after year 2, some ways, there is an addition bring approximately 2 crore Establishing National entire NEP program, will be that a majority of the educa- The destitute, causing further and a multidisciplinary degree of ‘contemporary’ to our tradi- children back to schools! There Education and Technological taken care of by the four-year, tional institutions here run on imperialism. Coming to the after four years. The NEP has tions and the idea to use these will be more e-courses in Forums will bring in technolog- research-oriented UGC pro- commercial profits. Students aspects of inclusion of coding envisioned the combination of traditions and folklore in teach- regional languages and virtual ical convergence and encourage gram. Now, it is for the educa- are pushed into a singular class from the sixth standard, how sciences and humanities. This ing is actually progressive and a labs will be developed, accord- the use of technology in educa- tional institutions to ensure the like a flock of sheep having bare do you expect a child striding will undoubtedly improve the great way to keep children con- ing to this new draft. tion. It aims at equitable and students complete their minimum facilities. It’s an over- onto regional languages to calibre of graduates if they are nected to the Indian heritage. A inclusive education for every research projects in core areas ambitious policy — there’s understand coding? A student permitted to study subjects of fine balance here would ensure PRIOR ATTENTION TO child in the country with a spe- that significantly contribute to greater centralisation probably with an established English their choice rather than the a comprehensive and all- MULTIDISCIPLINARY cial focus on socially and eco- innovations and inventions,” going against the federal poli- background may land job rigid combinations imposed by embracing learning experience STUDY nomically disadvantaged explains Rini Anweshi, SI for cies. If we want to become a prospects globally. There are colleges. Anupama Dalmia for students. The only thing I’m groups,” adds Navin Mittal. A Excise department and a Ph.D. developed nation, we must blue-collar internships available Barnwal, an influencer parent unsure about is the suggestion This policy will unfold an free education system cannot aspirant. If the NEP provision increase our allocation for edu- too, poor students may get from the city of Hyderabad of using the regional language immense opportunity for the flourish without a free society! applies to all MPhil pro- cation substantially. The centre inclined towards those, hence it feels positive about one of the as a mode of teaching and in new generation. Having a firm grammes, regardless of a will have to convince states that comes back to the same old cir- newly added steps with the help text-books as this may pose grasp on the current socio-eco- TERMINATION OF researcher or practitioner’s it’s going to be a beneficial one,” cle of educational likelihood. In of which, students can take a challenges in many cities. The nomic landscape and the MPHIL PROGRAMME focus, there will be important adds the TDP student wing an ideal world, if properly break from the undergraduate demand for education is yet to prospect of future uncertainty, implications to it. member. implemented, the freedom to course and come back again be channelised into an institu- education for a new generation Among several proposed choose subjects flexibly without within a specified period with- tional change,” adds the of learners will be necessarily changes, one provision that EXPENDITURE 3-LANGUAGE POLICY, the restriction of streams is a out missing the credits earned Karmaveer Chakra awardee! engaging with the increasing stands out is the discontinua- ON EDUCATION CODING & BLUE-COLLAR healthy move. But with the pre- during the previous session. dematerialisation and digitali- tion of the MPhil programme. INTERNSHIPS sent infrastructure, only ICSE “Our education system was in We should be grateful for an sation of our economies. Navin What does this mean? “NEP is Member of a Hyderabad’s schools and elite CBSE schools dire need of an overhaul and I admirable draft for focussing Mittal, the commissioner colle- a revolutionary movement student association, Ram What about those who grad- can do that,” opines the personally think that the new on the right questions. There giate education and technical towards streamlining the entire Kumar asserts that this new uated already? What do they graduate. education policy is definitely a sure is much to discuss, but the education for the Government education pattern and practices policy indeed wants to increase have to say about these changes step in the right direction. I am hope is that with this, our edu- of Telangana, believes the due in India that were untouched the GDP percentage by six to the education system? Let’s MULTIPLE EXIT OPTIONS extremely happy with the talk cation policy can be trans- for the past 34 years despite the units, however, the policy does- hear it from Avinash of more formed into a treat and constantly changing scenario of n't aim to focus on enhancing Denduluri, Mass not another trick. global education. The decision existential resources like skills Communication and to scrap M.Phil. which was a of unemployed youth, better Journalism graduate who con- bridge between Masters and the training support for athletes, siders the new education policy Ph.D. program comes as an increase in the number of plat- a blatant attack on classism and exorbitant measure by the forms to showcase the creativity casteism despite having vision-

Anupama Dalmia Barnwal

EDUCATION FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LEARNERS WILL BE NECESSARILY Navin Mittal ENGAGING WITH THE INCREASING DEMATERIALISATION AND Ram Kumar DIGITALISATION OF OUR ECONOMIES. Avinash Denduluri Mrs Rini Anweshi

o fan one of the Usharani Manne, most important Chairperson, FLO discussions Hyderabad Chapter and needed today, Founder-Director Polmon T FICCI FLO Group of Companies said, Hyderabad WOMEN IN POLITICAL “It was enlightening to hear Chapter the views of veteran politi- organised a cian Rita Bahugunaji on conversation how we can can carve out a on the topic positive enabling environ- ‘Women in ment alive with gender Political Leadership equality in terms of access - Then to Now’ with and opportunities, distribu- noted politician and tion of resources to ensure academician Prof. Rita we create, encourage and Bahuguna Joshi, MP, empower women politi- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh LEADERSHIP cians. It has been 100 years and SwethaKesineni, since the first woman could Mayoral candidate for vote. The number of women Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh active in politics globally as a part of the Power Hour and in India is growing sig- series. nificantly. Mentoring and The discussion captured training programs prepare the emergence of women in women for political work politics in India spanning and enhance their skills. decades to today’s context FICCI FLO is working to where a growing number of imbuing leadership qualities women leaders are working in women.” towards influencing the Manne outlined FLO political agenda and the laws Hyderabad’s Incubation and to improve the lives of mil- Mentorship activities in col- lions. The freewheeling con- laboration with WE Hub & versation that captured the as part of the discussion, erment phase. Today’s can start with social activity ment. I am happy to note the political domains in both IIIT-Hyderabad’s CIE. FLO personal and political jour- said, “I have seen several women are empowered. As and local-level positions that that the activities of FICCI US and India, dwelt on the Hyderabad’s active participa- neys of Rita Bahuguna Joshi decades right from the con- far as politics stands, women can equip women with the FLO are aimed at the differential aspects of the tion in the Ministry of was laced with many person- servative phase then came still have to prove themselves skills necessary for higher empowerment of women at two. She also spoke about Textiles’ Handloom Day pro- al anecdotes on the chal- the phase of the struggle a lot more than men to be levels of public office and all levels.” her understanding of the motion and Government of lenges faced and successes when women were going considered worthy of the job. careers in regional and Swetha Kesineni, TDP current political climate for Telangana’s ‘Haritha Haram’ achieved. through a kind of emancipa- Political mentoring is essen- national politics. Women mayoral candidate for youth leaders. program too, were brought Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, tion, then I saw the empow- tial to prepare women. We need support and encourage- Vijayawada, with her work in Speaking on the occasion, to the fore by her. 10

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WHAT YOU NEED: A PUNCH o Unsweetened cocoa powder: 1 heaped tbsp o Jaggery (or sweetener of choice): 1 inch square 2020 is unlike any year we have o Water: 1 cup seen and in parts of the country HOW TO MAKE: o Mix the cocoa powder into room temperature water this monsoon is unlike any we o Mix till there are no lumps remaining o Add the jaggery or sweetener and simmer on low heat have seen. Staying healthy is for about 5 minutes essential to staying happy; and o Once it starts to boil down, reduce to about 3/4 cup OVERNIGHT CHIA PUDDING o Switch off when you think its thick enough o Sprinkle with Chocolate Powder and serve hot while we are well versed with o I call this a pudding because it truly tastes like one. Chia the power of the mind for seeds are filled with fiber, antioxidants essential fatty acids and good quality protein; add to this the humble SUPER SEED POWDER wellness, or the ‘top-down’ curd and you have a good dose of probiotics, protein o Seeds are a nutritional powerhouse and a must include and fats. Fruit adds fresh sweetness and flavour along for everyone. Especially for vegetarians and vegans, approach as some call it, with phytonutrients and essential vitamins. Cinnamon due to their plant based protein and omega 3. They are however, one shouldn't adds flavour and you get its medicinal properties too — a brilliant source of protein, healthy fats, fiber, minerals antioxidants and anti-inflammatory. and vitamins. Each seed has its unique benefits which underestimate the ‘bottom up WHAT YOU NEED: is why my recipe uses a mix to ensure we get a little of all the important ones. I grind the to ensure max o Chia seeds: 2 tbsp approach’ either. With the rains o absorption. Curd: 6-8 tbsp o How to use it? Just add it to your overnight oats, atta comes the common cold and o Chopped mango: 3/4 cup o dough or sprinkle on your curd. This is a versatile Cinnamon powder/vanilla essence (optional): 1/2 tsp recipe you should make ahead and use daily for cough, flu and viral fevers, in o My seed powder (optional): 1tsp o everyone in the family. Think of it as your multi- addition we have COVID-19 to Coconut ( optional): 6 - 7 thin slices vitamin. HOW TO MAKE: WHAT YOU NEED: deal with as well. If you get sick, o Mix all the ingredients together the night before and you o Flax seed: 3/4 cup are good to go in the morning o your immunity is lowered o Hemp seeds: 1/2 cup The yogurt / curd mixture should be runny like a o Mixed seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, making you more suspectable to milkshake or dosa batter. o watermelon): 1/2 cup Store it overnight in the fridge o o Cacao nibs: 1/4 cup virus. Our mood, health, energy Before serving top with the chopped mango and the o Turmeric (haldi): 1 tsp and reactions are heavily coconut slices o Ground pepper: 1/2 tsp FLAVOUR OPTIONS HOW TO MAKE: influenced by our second brain; o One small banana + half an apple chopped small o o Mix all the seeds One small banana + half mango + coconut meat o our gut, which is a result of what o Use the chutney jar of the grinder One small banana + 1 tsp instant coffee powder 1/2 cup o Ensure its completely dry we eat. Try these simple recipes strawberries o o Do a quick pulse, open and mix One small banana + 1 tbsp cocoa powder + toasted o Do short pulses to reach a powder consistency. Do not to help get super charged with almond slices o over grind or it will turn into a a clumpy mess the nutrients you need. Pina colada - Coconut Milk + Pineapple o Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator

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Hyderabad Monday August 10 2020 tollywood RANA AND MIHEEKA TIE THE KNOT IN A PRIVATE WEDDING

Actor Satyadev ctor Rana the Baahubali star’s best Daggubati tied friend Ram Charan and the knot with his wife Upasana, and fiancée actor Allu Arjun, were ‘humbled' with the A Miheeka Bajaj among the 40 guests who in a close-knit received invites. Sharing a ceremony held at picture with the bride and Ramanaidu Studios, groom on his Twitter pro- Hyderabad on Saturday file, Ram Charan wrote, acknowledgement night. With COVID-19 “Finally my hulk is mar- scare all around, the guest ried wishing @ranadaggu- count was kept minimal bati #miheeka a very UMUR with only immediate fam- happy life together!! to ily and close friends of the (Sic).” Celebs like Akshay actor and Miheeka grac- Kumar, Mahesh Babu and s soon as it dropped on Further stating that he is left ing it. Nani too congratulated Netflix more than a with a feeling of gratitude, the Madhie steps in for PS Vinod While Rana cut a dash- the newly-weds. week ago, Uma actor, addressing the people who’ve opting for a South Indian One notable absentee Maheswara Ugra embraced the film, added, “I’m on Sunday as Mahesh at his home in light gold pancha with a from the event was A Roopasya (UMUR) humbled by this entire acknowl- rung in his 45th birthday. Hyderabad. Thanking pattu border and a full- Venkatesh’s eldest daugh- fronted by Satyadev and edgement and the manner in In the poster, the actor is TRS MP Santosh for the sleeved lalchi, Miheeka ter Aashritha, who is mar- directed by Venkatesh Maha, which all of you have owned the seen flipping a one-rupee initiative, he posted on Bajaj looked glittering in ried to Vinayak Reddy, received acclaim from audiences film. All I am left with is a feeling coin and wearing a thread Twitter, “There couldn’t a Anamika Khanna ivory the grandson of and critics alike. With industry of gratitude and a renewed sense of which has an ‘Om’ locket, be a better way to cele- lehenga, pairing it with a Hyderabad Race Club personalities too giving it a purpose.” as the title track plays in brate my birthday piece of heavy Polki jew- Chairman R Surender thumbs-up and praise especially UMUR — an official remake of the background. The #GreenIndiaChallenge I ellery, matha Patti, nose Reddy. Commenting on a going to the way Satyadev enacted Malayalam hit Maheshinte poster doesn’t have the pass this on to ring and traditional wedding post of the part, the actor, one of the Prathikaaram — tells the story of actor’s face but for his @tarak9999, @actorvi- kalirey worn with the ban- Samantha, Aashritha brightest talents, couldn’t have an Araku-based studio photogra- fans, the 44-second long jay& @shrutihaasan. Let gles. wrote, “Picture perfect! asked for more. Extremely glad pher owner (played by Satya) who video was enough to the chain continue and Besides members of the I’m going to Photoshop with the reception that is coming publicly vows that he will not wear make them happy. transcend boundaries I Daggubati clan, including me and V (her husband his way, the actor, in a statement, his slippers again until he has On Sunday, Mahesh request all of you to sup- Rana’s aunt Lakshmi who Vinayak Reddy) in this at said, “Thank you! Although I do avenged the humiliation that he also participated in Green port the cause. One step flew down from Chennai, some point.” say that phrase often I feel I have has been meted out to by a neigh- n a fresh attached to the project India Challenging initia- towards a greener world! under-used it in the last few days. bouring village resident who suf- development, despite it being tive and planted a sapling (Sic).” All the kind words and apprecia- fers from anger management ace cinematog- announced more than tion we have been receiving ever issues. Maha has tai- I rapher PS two months ago, Vinod since the movie was lored the original Vinod, who was left with no option released have not to suit Telugu was initially but to consider other only been over- nativity. signed on for superstar offers. Madhie, who has whelming but also Mahesh Babu-starrer shot Mahesh-starrer brought us Sarkaru Vaari Paata, has Srimanthudu five and half echoes of joy made way for Madhie. years ago, was immediate- and delight The new poster of the ly approached and as he that are film indicates the change. had not committed to truly While there’s no official other projects, he said yes. end- word from the unit on Meanwhile, the motion less.” what led to the change, poster of Sarkaru Vaari reports suggest that Paata, a joint production Vinod’s other commit- venture between Mythri ments prompted him to Movie Makers, 14 Reels exit the project on good Plus and GMB terms. It is believed that Entertainment, was with no production date unveiled by the makers

ctor Naga Shaurya is the latest Here's how Johaar Tollywood celebrity to have Aparticipated in the Green India Challenge. He planted a sapling at the premises of his house in Hyderabad during landed at aha the weekend before praising and extending his thanks to MP Santosh Kumar for thinking eja Marni’s debut film, Johaar, which drops on aha this Independence Day, was initially acquired by prominent distributor and producer of such an initiative. He nominated actors T Abhishek Nama for an outright price after he saw the film. “The deal Jagapathi Babu, Nara Rohith and director was signed before COVID-19 outbreak. But the scenario changed Nandini Reddy to take the challenge forward. post pandemic, with Nama later dissolving the agreement. Marni understood it. The director put his father’s sav- ings into the film and his father’s business too was reeling under the effects of coronavirus, he started looking for OTT platforms to recover money. He Haven't thought of initially landed a good offer from Netflix but as the streaming giant wanted to release it after a theatri- working with my cal roll out, the deal couldn’t move forward. With theatres continuing to remain shut and lack of clarity in sight, Marni later approached aha. family in a film: Shruti The think-tank of aha liked the film and decided to purchase it. Marni is happy with ctress Shruti Haasan says that working with the way it is being promoted,” said a her family in a film will not necessarily source close to the development. make it a great film. Featuring Subhalekha Sudhakar, A Shruti is the daughter of veteran actors Easwari Rao, Rohini, Naina Ganguly and Kamal Haasan and Saarika. Her sister Esther Anil in the lead roles, Johaar, Akshara is an actress, too. She says she inspired by real incidents, narrates how has not thought of working with all of them five lives are affected due to the con- together. struction of a statue. Filmed across “I tell you why because that doesn’t Rajahmundry, Kakinada, determine that it will make a great film. Visakhapatnam and Varanasi, Everybody from the same family. That’s Priyadarshan Balasubramanian absolutely not what’s going to deter- has composed the film’s mine that at all,” Shruti said. music. The actress believes that a “great film is that a film chooses to be great and the people working on it”. She added, “I think films have a life of their own, which is really wonderful and then we kind of become a conduit to the energy and destiny of the film, and that can be with anybody. I don’t necessarily think that it would be with my family.” The actress, who will be next seen in Ravi Teja-star- rer Krack, recently signed Pawan Kalyan-starrer Vakeel Saab. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | AUGUST 10, 2020 12

Museum on RK Narayan’s Cops return wallet stolen Russia unearths its largest Naked man chases Most fictional town opens in a train 14 years ago ever color diamond laptop stealing wild boar he Indian Railways has brought RK Narayan's fictional town of A man, who lost his wallet containing ? 900 in a local train in he stunning gem aged from 120 to 230 million years was naturist in Germany got much closer to nature than he Read TMalgudi to life by developing a railway station in Shivamogga in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in 2006, was contacted by the police Tmined in Arctic Yakutia. The precious discovery was made by Abargained for after a wild boar ran off with his laptop bag.

NEWS Karnataka, where the popular television serial 'Malgudi Days' was who said they have found it after 14 years. They returned part workers of remote Ebelyakh mine on river Anabar in the extreme According to the BBC, there is a strong tradition of naturism in shot into the 'Malgudi Museum'. The museum developed at the of the amount to him. Hemant Padalkar had lost his wallet north of Yakutia, not far from shores of Laptev Sea and some Germany, where it is common in the summers to strip in parks Arasalu railway station was opened on Saturday and an while travelling in a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus- 1,211km north-west from Yakutsk. The mine belongs to and other public places. The back-to-nature movement is known inauguration was held with Union Minister of State for Railways, Panvel local train in 2006, a Government Railway Police (GRP) Diamonds of Anabar, part of ALROSA Group. The rough as Freikorperkultur - or "free body culture". One nudist, however, Suresh Angadi appearing via weblink. "Iconic TV series Malgudi official said. In April this year, he received a call from GRP, diamond is of deep amber colour, its dimensions are 47x24x22 left fellow sunbathers in splits after he was filmed running after Days shot in Agumbe, Shivamogga district comes to life with Vashi, informing that his wallet was found. However, he could mm. The decision hasn't yet been made as to whether it'll be the laptop-stealing boar and her two piglets. The incident took "Malgudi Museum" at not go to sent to Alrosa's in- place on Wednesday in Arasalu station. Thank collect it house cutting and Berlin, reports The Local. you Piyush Goyal ji for because of the polishing division, or Photos of the naked man immortalising the lockdown amid sold rough. 'Such a chasing the boar were legendary work of RK coronavirus large natural color shared on Facebook by Narayan, Shankar Nag pandemic. rough diamond is a Adele Landauer, an actor and for reviving After the unique discovery. "Now, and life coach. She said memories of millions," easing of the stone is at they were taken at Karnataka Chief restrictions, Mr ALROSA's United Teufelssee, which is a Minister BS Padalkar, a Selling Organization popular bathing spot. Yediyurappa tweeted. resident of being studied and evaluated by our specialists. After that, we will While sharing the The television series was directed by the late actor and director Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai township, recently went decide whether to give it to our manufacturers for cutting or sell hilarious pics on Facebook, where they have gone viral, Ms Shankar Nag based on the heartwarming short stories written by to the GRP office at Vashi where he was given part of the it as a rough. 'Of course, cutters in any country will be interested Landauer said that she had shown them to the nudist and had his novelist RK Narayan. The stories were set in the fictional town of money. "My wallet at that time contained ? 900, including a ? in such a diamond, as it has the potential to give several high permission to share them online. "I then showed the photos to the Malgudi and Shankar Nag decided to shoot the television 500 note which was later demonetised (in 2016). The Vashi quality polished diamonds," said Pavel Vinikhin, head of man, he laughed soundly and authorised me to make them adaptation in Shivamogga. The series was an adaptation of the GRP returned ? 300 to me. They deducted ? 100 for stamp ALROSA's cutting and polishing division. The Ebelyakh mine has public," she said. The post has gone viral with nearly 10,000 heartwarming short stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi. paper work and said the remaining ? 500 would be returned produced several brightly-coloured rough diamonds in the past 'shares' and hundreds of amused comments. In the comments, Shankar Nag chose Agumbe and nearby areas in Shivamogga as after exchanging the scrapped currency note with a new one," several years. In summer 2017 alone a crimson, a pink and an Ms Landauer revealed how the chase finally ended. The man the locations for the serial due to the rustic ambience. Mr Padalkar said. intense yellow stones were found within a month. "made some noise, then the sow dropped the bag," she wrote. NUMBER GAME Pirlo is new With a brace against Chelsea, Robert 66Lewandowski is now the outright fourth-highest scoring Juve boss player in Champions League history, with 66 goals AFP n TURIN Chelsea's 7-1 defeat on aggregate to Bayern Munich ormer Italy and Juventus star Andrea Pirlo was 7was the second-heaviest Fappointed the Italian champions’ new coach, just inflicted on an English team in CL hours after Maurizio Sarri’s sacking with the club history, behind only Arsenal's 10-2 promising a “new chapter in world football”. aggregate defeat in the last 16 in Sarri, 61, leaves Juventus after just one season, 2016/17, also against Bayern a day after the Italian giants crashed out of the Munich Champions League in the last 16 to French club Lyon. Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, embraces Napoli's goalkeeper David Ospina after the end Robert Lewandowski was of Champions League round of 16, second leg soccer match AP The 41-year-old Pirlo, with no previous top- involved in all seven of level coaching experience, recently took over the Koulibaly, linked Champions League’s top- 7Bayern's goals against Juventus U-23 side and arrives on a two-year con- with a move to several scorer, bagged his 12th Chelsea this season (3 goals, 4 tract. elite European clubs this and 13th goals in Europe assists). He was the first player to “The choice is based on the belief that Pirlo has summer, endured a par- this season and played a register 3+ goals & assists against what it takes to lead from his debut on the bench, ticularly disappointing part in all four Bayern an opponent in a season since Luis an expert and talented squad to pursue new success- night. goals in Munich on Figo in 2004/05 vs Roma es,” Juventus said. Yet Barcelona will Saturday. Lionel Messi has scored “Today, begins a new chapter of his career in the have to improve signifi- Leading 3-0 from the against 35 different world of football: from Maestro to Mister.” cantly to match Bayern, who first leg at Stamford Bridge in 35clubs in the CL; two Pirlo’s swift appointment, a day after their advanced after putting seven February, before the coronavirus more than the next best Cristiano Champions League exit, is again a bold choice for past Chelsea over two legs and pandemic halted the competi- Ronaldo club president Andrea Agnelli. are arguably favourites to win tion, Bayern progressed 7-1 on Robert Lewandowski has Other former players have turned to coaching the tournament. aggregate. scored 53 goals in 44 such as Zinedine Zidane, Frank Lampard and “It’s going to be very compli- “We can be pleased, it was 53appearances in all Gennaro Gattuso, but Pirlo does so without expe- cated,” admitted Setien ahead of our first game for a month and competitions this season, finding rience. the quarter-final on Friday. it’s not easy to keep the rhythm,” the net in 36 of those 44 matches The former midfielder does, however, know Messi now has four goals in added Alaba. (82%) Juventus and its players well after an impressive four- London dreams his last three games and in a “We have prepared for this year spell from 2011 to 2015. Lorenzo Insigne is the first Bayern's Robert Lewandowski celebrates one-off match in Lisbon, the for the last two weeks and you “Pirlo has had a leg- Argentinian is capable of any- could see the result.” Italian player ever able to endary career as a with teammate Leon Goretzka after scoring Lewandowski scripts another dominating scored at least one goal at his team's first goal from penalty spot AP thing. Lewandowski netted a 1 player. In his four Bayern win over London club, this time But Bayern have their own penalty with just 10 minutes Bernabeu vs Real Madrid and one years at the centre AFP n BARCELONA trump card in Robert gone at the Allianz Arena. goal at Camp Nou vs Barcelona in of the Juventus against Chelsea to set up Barca clash Lewandowski and a more com- Winger Ivan Perisic then the UCL history midfield, he won ionel Messi scored a bril- plete team that makes them doubled Bayern’s lead before as many league titles, liant solo goal as Barcelona left them hanging on for a 3-1 behind Real Madrid in La Liga, heavy favourites to reach the England striker Tammy Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of a Coppa Italia and two Lsaw off Napoli on Saturday win on the night, 4-2 on aggre- Barca resumed in the semis. Abraham tapped home a loose 17 Champions League goals in Italian Super Cups,” but they are likely to need some- gate. Champions League with doubts ball to give Chelsea brief hope. 2013/14. Juventus said. thing even more special from “A second goal would have hanging over the form of the 7-11 IN TWO LEGS However, replacement mid- “It’s not a goal of mine,” He also won two their captain to beat Bayern given them a feeling of eupho- team and the future of their At Allianz Arena, treble- fielder Corentin Tolisso put the said Lewandowski when asked Champions Leagues and Munich in the Champions ria that can hurt you,” said coach. chasing Bayern Munich seal a 4- result beyond doubt when he about Ronaldo’s record. “We two league titles with League quarter-finals. Barca coach Quique Setien. And victory against Napoli 1 home win over Chelsea in the fired home a Lewandowski pass have a few more games in AC Milan. Messi’s weaving run and “It’s normal to get a little eases the pressure but the per- last 16, return-leg tie after with 14 minutes to go. the knock-out round and At Juventus, finish came between an early nervous.” formance will not inspire confi- Robert Lewandowski netted “I am really happy with how I am just as happy creat- Pirlo will now find Clement Lenglet header and a In winning the penalty, dence, even with Messi seeming- twice to . we played over the 90 minutes, ing goals as scoring them.” himself coaching Luis Suarez penalty, also won by Messi took a heavy kick from ly rejuvenated after three weeks “The anticipation is enor- the first 30 minutes we shut The Poland star was some of his for- Messi, as Barca stormed into a Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and rest. mous. Barcelona has a good Chelsea out,” said Bayern head also coy when asked about mer teammates 3-0 lead in the first half at needed treatment. Napoli, whose own league team with very good players, but coach Hansi Flick. a rivalry with Barcelona such as Camp Nou. “It was a heavy knock,” said season only finished last week- if you look at the last few weeks, This was a world-class dis- star Lionel Messi. “We have Juventus But Lorenzo Insigne gave Setien. “It will have to be treat- end, should have had the advan- we can fly to Portugal with a lot play from Lewandowski who to perform well and show our goalkeeper Napoli hope just before the ed but I don’t think there is a tage of rhythm but a disastrous of confidence,” said Bayern added a late header to his pair of quality as a team against a Giangluigi interval and an unconvincing problem.” opening half an hour left them defender David Alaba. assists. good Barcelona side, it’s a big Buffon, a year second period from Barcelona After finishing five points with too much to do. Lewandowski, the He is now four goals short of game for everybody.” older at 42. Verstappen wins BCCI may start domestic Root hails Poms mental strength after ‘brilliant chase’

AFP n MANCHESTER Silverstone race season from Nov 19 Stokes out of series for ‘family reasons' NEW DELHI: The BCCI is mulling ngland looked all but beat- AFP n SILVERSTONE November 19 as tentative date for start Een when they stumbled to PTI n MANCHESTER miss England’s two Test of domestic season with Syed 117-5 in their pursuit of a 277- matches against Pakistan at ax Verstappen delivered Red Bull’s first victo- Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament but run target set by Pakistan at ngland’s star all- the Ageas Bowl start- Mry at Silverstone since 2012 on Sunday when Indian players in various IPL teams Old Trafford but captain Joe Erounder Ben ing on Thursday 13 he made the most of a superior strategy in sizzling won’t be able to play first few rounds Root felt confident about his Stokes will miss the August and Friday 21 conditions to beat both Mercedes and claim victo- due to quarantine protocols in place. team’s battling qualities. remainder of the August,” the ECB said ry in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. The delay in the beginning of the “We knew it would take three-match Test in a statement. It was the Dutchman’s first domestic season due to pandemic something special but after last series against He will be flying victory of the season and the means that only Mushtaq Ali trophy summer it is very hard to Pakistan due to fam- to Christchurch — ninth of his career and the first and Ranji Trophy (Dec 13 - March 10) stop believing. It’s a real strong ily reasons, the where his parents Ged time a race had been won by a comprising of 245 games (across trait of ours,” he said. country’s cricket board and Deb live. driver who did not start on pole formats with 38 teams) will be played. Almost a year on from Ben announced on Sunday. Stokes’ father — a for- position in seven races since last There will be no Vijay Hazare Stokes’ heroic batting display The England and Wales mer rugby league interna- year’s Mexican Grand Prix. Trophy, Duleep Trophy or Challenger “That’s an issue primarily for the to stun Australia in the 2019 Cricket Board (ECB), how- tional — was hospitalised Verstappen owed his victo- Series this year and as of now there uncapped players, who would be with Ashes at Headingley, Jos ever, did not specify the days ahead of England's ry to a team decision to start the is no provision for Irani Cup also. the squad and would like to play some Buttler and Chris Woakes exact reasons for his pull- Boxing Day Test against race on hard compound tyres “This is a tentative list that has cricket. Now even a player’s team is combined to deliver a counter- out. South Africa in December while his main rivals all been prepared and it has gone for knocked out before play-offs, he attacking display in a 139-run “Stokes will leave the last year, and has since been launched from the grid on approval of president Sourav Ganguly won’t be back before November 3 and sixth-wicket stand. UK later this week and trav- recuperating at home in mediums, the two Mercedes and secretary Jay Shah,” a senior BCCI till Nov 17 will be in quarantine. Buttler (75) was trapped Chris Woakes returns to pavilion after el to New Zealand. He will New Zealand. men struggling to manage tyre- official told PTI. “For those whose teams are in leg-before with 21 runs still he guides England to win in 1st Test AP wear throughout the race. While this is a draft schedule, it play-offs and may reach finals, they required and the second new lads,” Root said. of it, calculating risks, manip- During the race, Red Bull is being asked how the Indian play- will have to miss the first few rounds ball due, but Woakes (84) man to seal a famous victory. “Jos, it shows the mental ulating the spinner, brilliant asked him to ease off, but he replied saying “I don’t ers, who will return from IPL, will play in that case. But again this is a draft stuck it out, edging the win- “It was a brilliant chase. I strength, to play that situation innings, and Chris was mag- want to drive like a grand-ma” before the team relent- since they will have to be in a 14-day proposal and there could be some ning boundary down to third couldn’t be more proud of the and manage different passages nificent too. ed. quarantine as per Government rules. tweaks in it,” the official said. Akram criticises Ali's captaincy Serena fit & ready to play LEXINGTON: Serena Williams on six-month hiatus caused by the “But I am not planning for PTI n MANCHESTER Akram was particularly as his leadership is concerned,” Saturday said that she is press- Covid-19 pandemic. the future, as tournaments got critical of Ali’s decision to the former Pakistan captain ing ahead with plans to play in Williams, who was one of cancelled I was just like, ‘Let me ast bowling great Wasim under-bowl pacer Naseem said. the US Open despite a wave of the first players to commit to the just work on today and see what FAkram has come down Shah, who was used for just 13 Akram felt with England player withdrawals from the US Open despite the pandem- happens.’” heavily on Pakistan captain overs out of 82 in the second reduced to 117 for five, the upcoming Grand Slam event ic, said her plans remain Williams revealed that she Azhar Ali for his decisions innings while defending a tar- need of the hour was to put over coronavirus fears. unchanged, adding that she was had been practicing on her own during the first Test against get of 277. pressure on Buttler, who was The 23-time Slam winner tentatively planning to go to court, built with the same hard- England, saying he “missed a “It will hurt. It will hurt the “Winning and losing is fighting for his Test spot, and returns to tennis next week at the Europe for the rescheduled cout surface used at the US trick quite a few times” in the Pakistan team and the cricket part of cricket, but I think our Woakes, who averaged just inaugural Top Seed Open WTA French Open. Open. She has also stayed fit visitors’ three-wicket defeat lovers in Pakistan,” Akram was captain missed a trick quite a 5.22 with the bat in his previ- event in Lexington, Kentucky, “I see myself doing it all if it asked about her schedule during with construction of a home here. quoted as saying by Sky Sports. few times in this game, as far ous six Tests. relaunching her season after a happens,” Williams said when a virtual press conference. gym.