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PARLIAMENT RESTRICTS ENTRY PRIVATE JET HIRED TO FLY CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMS ON NO NEW GOVT SCHEMES FOR A YEAR OF PERSONAL ASSISTANTS OF MPs PETS FROM DELHI TO MUMBAI OCTOBER 4, ANNOUNCES UPSC CENTRE CUTS BACK AMID COVID CRISIS he Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday restricted the entry of the personal or private chartered jet is all set to fly six pets from Delhi to Mumbai in he civil services preliminary examination 2020, postponed due to the o new government schemes will start for a year, the Finance Tprivate assistants of the Members of Parliament during the upcoming Amid-June. The coronavirus-induced lockdown left a number of people Tcoronavirus pandemic, will be held on October 4, the Union Public NMinistry said today, in a move to tighten spending amid rising monsoon session. The Lok Sabha Secretariat in a release said: "In view of stuck in different parts of the country. Several pets were also left stranded Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Friday. It also said the coronavirus cases. All ministries have been told to stop sending prevailing pandemic situation due to Covid-19 and to ensure the safety and away from their owners due to travel restrictions imposed to curb the personality test of the candidates selected through the last year's civil requests for new schemes to the finance ministry. Spending security of Members, the entry of PAs of Members needs to be spread of the virus. According to Mumbai Mirror, entrepreneur and cyber services preliminary and mains will resume from July 20. This year's will only be allowed in the PM Garib Kalyan Package restricted." It took the step as it felt that more than security researcher Deepika Singh has now set in motion a preliminary test was earlier scheduled to be held on May 31, and the announcements made under the Atmanirbhar 800 PAs presence will make the situation vulnerable. plan to help some of these pets reunite with their but was deferred due to the nationwide lockdown to contain Bharat package recently. "It may be appreciated that in "In compliance of the social distancing norms, it owners. The 25-year-old from Mumbai said the the spread of coronavirus. Personnel Minister Jitendra Singh the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an is decided to restrict the entry of PAs of idea of an ‘all-pet' private jet came to her when told PTI that the announcement of fresh date for the unprecedented demand on public financial resources Members inside the Parliament House till she was arranging a jet to fly relatives from Delhi, civil services exam would allay apprehensions in and a need to use resources prudently," a finance further orders," the release said. but some of them refused to travel with pets. some quarters of it being cancelled. ministry note said. India records 70,000 Covid-19 cases in 1 week to become sixth worst-hit ̈ Poised to overtake Spain ̈ Too early to open up malls, religious places, feel experts PNS n HYDERABAD India saw a record and curbs when their health ministry data. down basically is used to pre- single-day jump of Covid-19 graphs either Lockdown-1, which was pare for the pandemic and Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy launches the country’s first online Waste With a jump of 70,000 Covid- 9,851 coronavirus flattened or dipped, first clamped on March 25 halt the spread," said Dr Vikas Exchange Platform from his camp office in Tadepalli on Friday. 19 infections in the past one cases and 273 according to statistics and spanned for 21 days, had Maurya, Director and Head, Keeping the week, including the 9,000+ deaths on Friday, shared on Twitter by registered 10,877 cases, while Department of Pulmonology environment reported at the time of filing pushing the Congress leader the second phase of the curbs and Sleep Disorders, Fortis of this report, India became nationwide Rahul Gandhi. that began on April 15 and Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. Waste management clean after the worst-hit nation in terms infection India's stretched for 19 days till May “Increase in cases will be Coronavirus passes of overall case count, after the tally to Covid-19 3, saw 31,094 cases. there when unlocking is done US, Brazil, Russia, the UK and 2,26,770 (9,010 curve has been The third phase of the lock- in phases, but what is impor- goes digital in State Spain, overtaking Italy. cases reported till steadily rising down that was in effect for 14 tant is to be mindful that the Going by the number of 10.30 pm on 2,36,001 throughout the days ending on May 17, situation should not spiral PNS n VIJAYAWADA Corporation (EMC) will 2 cases reported over the last Friday taking the lockdown period recorded 53,636 cases till 8 am out of control, as if it does, implement the programme week, it is poised to overtake total to 2,35,732 CASES with a massive spike of May 18. then lockdown will have to be The Andhra Pradesh govern- with the concept of '6Rs' Spain on Saturday to move to and 6,642 deaths), in cases in the Last Friday, the number of re-imposed," Maurya told ment on Friday launched what Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, the fifth position. While Italy according to the fourth phase of the Covid-19 cases stood at PTI. it claimed to be the country's Refurbish, Redesign and has recorded 2,34,000+ cases Union health lockdown that 1,65,799, while a week before Noted lung surgeon Dr first online Waste Exchange Remanufacture. so far, Spain has registered ministry. There ended on May 31 that on May 22, there were Arvind Kumar said that it was Platform to ensure 100 per "The online platform 2,41,000+ infections. has been a and afterwards. 1,18,447 cases. Therefore, the important to ensure that peo- cent safe disposal of industri- ensures proper tracking, India has seen, Covid-19 record spike in The fourth spike in the last one week has ple continue to have a "self- al toxic wastes. scrutiny and audit of the cases rising exponentially with cases for three phase of the been of 60,971 cases, while the imposed" lockdown and fol- Chief Minister Y S (industrial) waste. It will also a jump of nearly 70,000+ consecutive Coronavirus- increase in the number of low the "four golden princi- Jaganmohan Reddy launched encourage utilization of wastes cases in the past one week, days now. triggered lock- infections in the week before ples" -- don't go out unless the programme on the occa- through co-processing. It has and medical experts feel that Most countries down, which began that was 47,352. necessary, always wear a sion of World Environment been so designed to be a win- if the situation spirals out of like Spain, Germany, on May 18, saw “Whenever lockdown is mask, keep distance and keep Day. win for all the stakeholders," a control, the lockdown may Italy and the UK, lifted 85,974 Covid-19 cases till opened in phases, there will washing hands. The newly-floated AP senior official of the EMC said. have to be re-imposed. their respective lockdowns 8 am on Sunday, according to be a spurt in cases. A lock- 3 Environment Management 3 India’s forex reserves at USD 493.48 bn FIR against Jr NTR Mild tremors rock Govt only manu- Ongole, no damage facturing jumlas PNS n MUMBAI During the week ended May reserves continued to decline 29, foreign currency assets, a and were at 32.682 billion, fans in Meera case PNS n VIJAYAWADA and slogans: Cong The country's foreign exchange major component of the over- lower by USD 97 million as reserves surged USD 3.43 bil- all reserves, increased by USD compared with the previous PNS n HYDERABAD Mild tremors were felt for two lion to a fresh all-time high of 3.50 billion to USD 455.21 bil- week, the central bank said. minutes in Ongole town of USD 493.48 billion for the lion, data from the RBI In the reporting week, the Telangana IT and Industries Prakasam district in Andhra week ended May 29 on a hand- showed. special drawing rights with Minister KT Rama Rao has Pradesh on Friday morning, 5 some accretion of the core Expressed in dollar terms, the International Monetary responded to actress Meera leading to people running out currency assets, the Reserve the foreign currency assets Fund (IMF) were unchanged at Chopra's police complaint of their homes in fear. Bank of India (RBI) said on include the effect of apprecia- USD 1.43 billion, while India's against fans of Junior NTR, Fortunately, no loss of life Friday. tion or depreciation of non-US reserve position with the IMF who she alleged had abused or property was reported. The reserves, which are demic, had risen by USD 3 bil- units like the euro, pound and also rose by USD 31 million to her online besides threatening Some locals said that they felt counted as a key strength as the lion to an all-time high of USD yen held in the foreign USD 4.16 billion during the with gang rape and acid the tremors in Gaddalakunta, country faces the economic 490.044 billion in the previous exchange reserves. reporting week, the sdata attacks. Chopra had tweeted tagging Devudi Cheruvu and even in impact of the COVID-19 pan- week. Total value of the gold showed. In a tweet response to the KT Rama Rao and former Mamidipalem village of actress on Friday, the minister Nizamabad MP K Kavitha as Prakasam district. said he had requested the well, saying that the According to the National Telangana DGP and the Hyderabad City Police had Centre for Seismology, a mild Monsoon to Hyderabad City Police filed an FIR in the case and earthquake with a magnitude AP, TS to submit DPRs of Commissioner to take stern that she was hoping that this of 4.7 on the Richter Scale action as per law against those would be 'investigated thor- was felt in Ongole city of reach State responsible, based on her oughly' for the sake of the safe- Prakasam district on Friday complaint. ty of women. morning. Godavari projects by June 10 in 2-3 days Later on Friday, Meera 3 3 PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

Sensex rallies 307 AP and Telangana states on The south-west monsoon is pts; SBI soars over Friday agreed to submit DPRs very likely to enter Ap in the Dr Sudhakar can be released 7 pc post Q4 show of the new projects taken up next 2-3 days. by them on Godavari River for This year monsoon made appraisal by GRMB/CWC and an early onset over Kerala. for sanction by the Apex However, cyclone Nisarga from mental hospital, say HC Council as stipulated in the induced winds took away PNS n VIJAYAWADA It may be recalled that 8 Andhra Pradesh rain-bearing clouds from the anaesthetist Dr Sudhakar Reorganisation Act, 2014 southern peninsula. The Andhra Pradesh High was suspended after he before June 10, 2020. According to latest predic- Court on Friday agreed to the demanded protection gear TODAY This was the outcome of the tion of the IMD, conditions discharge of Dr K Sudhakar for the doctors working on Godavari River Management are becoming favourable for Rao from the mental health the frontline of the ALMANAC Board (GRMB’s) ninth meet- The Kaleshawaram project. further advancement of care hospital in Vizag. Coronavirus fight. Month & Paksham: ing held at Jalasoudha in Southwest Monsoon into The decision came after Later, the police allegedly Hyderabad on Friday. made it clear to the GRMB sider Kaleswaram and some more parts of Central the Court heard a habeas cor- manhandled the doctor Jyeshtha & Shukla Paksha However, Telangana state that the state didn’t take up Pranahitha projects as new Arabian Sea, Southwest and pus petition filed by before admitted him to the Panchangam irrigation department princi- any new project on Godavari projects. East-central Bay of Bengal. Kolaventi Kaveri Bai, moth- mental health care hospital. Tithi : Pratipada: 10:32 pm pal secretary Rajat Kumar River and asked it not to con- 3 3 er of Dr Sudhakar Rao. 3 Nakshatram: Jyeshtha: 03:12 pm Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Rahukalam: 08:59 am – 10:37 am 138 new Covid cases Balaji temple to reopen for darshan from June 11 Yamagandam: 01:52 pm – 03:29 pm Varjyam: 10:51 pm – 12:23 am, 01:42 pm – 03:12 pm in AP; tally at 4,250 Only 6,000 devotees per day to be allowed entry as against the normal rush over 60,000 Gulika: 05:44 am - 07:22 am PNS n VIJAYAWADA Of the fresh cases, 84 came PNS n TIRUPATI Children aged shrine, said. years and elderly people above Good Time: (to start any important work) from other states and four The ban on entry of devo- 65 would not be allowed into Amritakalam: 06:57 am – 08:27 am As more and more people are from abroad, the latest health The famous hill shrine of Lord below 10 years tees, enforced on March 20, the shrine, thronged by devo- Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:48 am – 12:40 pm coming into the state department bulletin said. Venkateswara at nearby and elderly was being lifted from June 11 tees from across the country from various parts of Two more deaths were Tirumala will reopen for devo- people above and less than 500 people per and overseas throughout the VIJAYAWADA the country and also reported in the tees from June 11 but with very 65 would not hour would be permitted entry year, they said. abroad, Andhra state, taking the tally to limited number of visitors for 13 hours from dawn to All TTD employees involved WEATHER be allowed into Forecast: Mostly cloudy Pradesh is witness- 73 so far. being allowed darshan per day, dusk every day, TTD in regulating devotees would be Temp: 39/29 ing a spurt in In the state, more than 80 days after pub- the shrine Chairman YV Subba Reddy, wearing personal protection Humidity: 41% Coronavirus cases 4,23,564 Coronavirus lic darshan was stopped due to Executive Officer Anil Kumar equipment (PPE) suits. Sunrise: 05.40 with the total num- tests have been con- Coronavirus pandemic, top Singhal and Additional Before permitting devotees, Sunset: 06.48 ber of infections climb- ducted so far and the pos- temple officials said on Friday. entry and Covid-19 precau- mask, would be strictly fol- Executive Officer AV Dharma TTD would study their travel ing to 4,250 on Friday with itivity rate turned out to be one Only 6,000 devotees per day tionary measures, including lowed, officials of the Tirumala Reddy told a joint press confer- history and randomly conduct Current Weather Conditions Updated June 5, 2020 5:00 PM the addition of 138 new cases per cent, the government said. as against the normal rush six feet distance between each Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), ence at Tirumala. Covid-19 screening. in the last 24 hours. 3 over 60,000 would be allowed other and wearing of face which administers the ancient Children aged below 10 3 VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 vijayawada 02 Keeping the environment clean after Coronavirus passes he COVID-19 pan- ed effects when road capaci- projects/programmes to the then the first step would be to ble to tackle intractable issues demic has had unin- ty is increased to reduce air In the city of Christiansfeld, Denmark lowest level divide the local streets into connected to the environ- Ttended effects - clean pollution. social zones were created by removing (individual/household or two types of zones -- traffic ment. Ideally, this is achieved Ganga and clean air in Delhi The reasoning is that a locality/ward). Only those, and social. by closing all pollution gen- within 30 days! wider road (includes flyover) traffic signals and road markings which the lowest level is In traffic zones, vehicles erating activities. In reality, This 'miracle' was the result leads to smooth flow of traf- unable to satisfactorily per- will enjoy precedence. In however, such a cessation of of closure of all sources of fic, which, in turn leads to form are "delegated" to the social zones, pedestrian all activities at a single point pollution at the same time. Is less exhaust gas from auto- the increased construction built environments at the next level (e.g. village, city). movements, children's play of time is not possible. As the it possible to mimic these mobiles and, thus, reduced activity adds to air pollution local/city level have effects on This process of upward del- and social activities will causative factors are distrib- effects, without cessation of air pollution. What is over- in the short-term. In the individuals and households. egation is repeated at the come before vehicle move- uted over several geographi- all economic activity? looked is the change in dri- long-term, the new commer- The fact that interventions next level and so on. Thus, ment. In the city of cal levels, the idea of sub- Typically, problems in pol- ving behaviour of car owners cial activity leads to greater and their side effects occur at subsidiarity is a step-wise Christiansfeld, Denmark sidiarity offers a tantalizing icy-making are described as due to enhanced road capac- vehicular traffic. multiple levels (e.g. individ- process of gradually moving social zones were created by possibility to design and a mismatch between an exist- ity - wider roads induce peo- We notice from the above ual, household, local, city/dis- up the levels. This approach removing traffic signals and implement multi-level inter- ing situation and the state as ple to start making certain example that the enhance- trict, state, national) is often is a mix of top-down and bot- road markings. ventions starting from the it should be. trips that they would other- ment of road capacity and its ignored in conventional pol- tom-up approaches because Pedestrians, buses, cars and smallest area (locality to ward SAMEER SHARMA, IAS Resolving the problem wise avoid during peak traf- counter-effects occur at dif- icy-making. The miracle of policy is made at the top, but trucks used eye contact to to village/city, and so on). starts with a search for the fic times, or using alternative ferent levels. Road widening the lockdown was due to the priority for implementing negotiate the junctions (much In this way, it is possible to causes for the mismatch fol- routes to get to work. is implemented at the local simultaneous closure of pol- of bottom-up and top-down projects/programmes is given like Indian towns). One of the mimic the positive effects of lowed by interventions to Less traffic on roads also level (e.g. junction improve- luting sources at multiple initiatives. This is best accom- to the lower levels. results was reduction in traf- COVID-19 on the environ- bridge the gap between the attracts people, who were ments) or at the city-level levels. plished by relying on the It would be interesting to fic jams. The reduced prece- ment. existing and desired situation. earlier using public transport, (e.g. flyovers); however, the If pollution control has to idea of subsidiarity. The idea see an example of a project dence given to motor vehicles (Author is a PhD from Ordinarily, interventions to start using their personal induced effects (e.g. which be successful, then policies of subsidiarity is founded on being conceived and imple- in social zones would reduce USA and a DLitt from directly act on a few causes to vehicles. In the medium- route to take while going to have to address causal factors a process of 'reverse delega- mented at the lower levels. If pollution as well be aligned to Kanchi University. The arti- control them. Interventions term, the improved road work or market), is an indi- operating at multiple levels. tion'. pollution caused by vehicles the local context. cle is based on his research also generate after-effects. attracts builders to locate vidual or a household deci- One way of doing this is to Reverse delegation starts has to be controlled and the The learning from and practice and views are Let us consider the unintend- commercial activity on it and sion. Thus, interventions in craft policies that are a blend with assigning all starting point is the locality, COVID-19 is that it is possi- personal) Amma Vodi, a boon for poor children Gadikota Srikanth terms C PRADEEP n 3,580 children are having par- n Most importantly, the incentive, the government is contributing VIJAYAWADA to the education of children under Amma Vodi scheme, which ents or guardians but were kept TDP rule as ‘barbaric’ away from the family atmos- Amma Vodi, which is being the mother of every child that is being sent to government phere in CCIs. But now, the PNS n VIJAYAWADA implemented by the govern- schools are paid Rs 15,000 annually, to discourage the parents scenario has changed as the n Srikanth Reddy said that ment, turned out to be a boon from putting their children to work in order to supplement their government is upgrading the Chief Whip Gadikota Srikanth Chief Minister YS to some children, who were family income and to stop school drop outs in the State infrastructure, quality of edu- Reddy flayed TDP chief N Jaganmohan Reddy is forced to stay in Child Care cation on par with corporate Chandrababu Naidu for n n relentlessly working for Institutions (CCIs). Krishna District Child After enforcing lockdown, and private schools. terming the YSRCP gover- weaker sections and spent This came to light during the Welfare Committee Chairman holidays were declared for Most importantly, the incen- nance as ‘vicious’ and stated over Rs 42,000 crore in a lockdown as the normal life BVS Kumar speaking to The schools, hostels and CCIs were tive, the government is con- that the TDP rule was barbar- span of one year towards came to a grinding halt and Pioneer said that there are advised to send the children to tributing to the education of ic where every single person in welfare activities. people staying in various places 91 licensed CCIs home to stay with their children under Amma Vodi the State had witnessed that were sent to their native places, in Krishna parents/guardians. As many as scheme, which the mother of during the Naidu’s tenure. n While Naidu who had including children staying at district with a 586 children remained in CCIs every child that is being sent to Speaking to the media here worked as the Chief CCIs. government schools are paid on Friday, Srikanth Reddy said total of 4,166 while the rest were went to Minister for 14 years, had As a Fundamental Right Rs 15,000 annually, to dis- that Chief Minister YS failed to develop one such children have the right to grow children their homes courage the parents from Jaganmohan Reddy is relent- in a family atmosphere, for this putting their children to work lessly working for weaker sec- n While Jagan is being termed as project or initiative that reason, Adoptions and Foster needed on a for schools, hostels and CCIs in order to supplement their tions and spent over Rs 42,000 one of the best Chief Ministers in benefits the public. Instead, care policies stipulated in has granted licences to thou- social investigation report were advised to send the chil- family income and to stop crore in a span of one year the country, Naidu is making he always relied on Juvenile Justice (care and pro- sands of CCIs in the country, about the child and his/her par- dren to home to stay with their school drop outs in the State. towards welfare activities. “Our cheap remarks against the showing graphics, diverting tection of children) Act 2015 these CCIs are supposed to ents/guardians. parents/guardians. As many He said most of the parents Chief Minister brought many government out of jealousy, he funds, the Chief Whip was brought into force. The house Children in Need of Krishna District Child as 586 children remained in are claiming incentives under remarkable initiatives like pointed out. alleged main objective of adoptions Care and Protection (CNCP) Welfare Committee Chairman CCIs while the rest went to Amma Vodi and keeping their Rythu Bharosa, Nadu-Nedu, and foster care is to provide a as per the orders of Child BVS Kumar speaking to The their homes. wards in CCIs. In such a con- Amma Vodi, Vidhya Deevena family to even an orphan or Welfare Committees, which Pioneer said that there are 91 He said that those who need genial climate, children should and many more within one Naidu is making cheap nance. We are ready to discuss children of incapacitated par- are empowered to decide a licensed CCIs in Krishna dis- real care and protection are 586 stay back with their year of forming the govern- remarks against the govern- the facts with figures and chal- ents and to allow the child to child, whether the child comes trict with a total of 4,166 chil- as they do not have anyone to parents/guardians and enjoy ment. While Naidu who had ment out of jealousy,” he point- lenging Naidu to come for dis- grow in a family atmosphere. under CNCP or not on inter- dren. After enforcing lock- take care of them during hol- their legitimate right to grow in worked as the Chief Minister ed out. cussion with us starting from Meanwhile, the government action with the child and if down, holidays were declared idays while the remaining a family atmosphere. for 14 years, had failed to He challenged TDP chief to his own constituency Kuppam. develop one such project or come for a discussion about Naidu is making false allega- initiative that benefits the pub- the funds utilised for welfare tions against the State govern- lic. Instead, he always relied on schemes during both the gov- ment without knowing the Certified One dies after showing graphics, diverting ernments. “Nearly four crore ground reality. People are not Govt to fill 3,795 Gram funds and corruption at all lev- people were directly benefited going to fall for his words and disinfectant consuming els. While Jagan is being with government schemes and they are certainly waiting to termed as one of the best are quite elated over the trans- reject him in next elections yet formulation Revenue Officers posts stale meat Chief Ministers in the country, parent and hassle-free gover- again,” he predicted. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM launched PNS n VIJAYAWADA to all Districts Collectors over PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Secretary of the eligibility requirements for A 45-year-old man died of Malayappa The government, which has the Revenue Dept these posts. Accordingly, Chief suspected food poisoning, Plant saplings to protect Tranquiil specialty products, already recruited candidates has instructed the Secretary of the Revenue while over 25 others were Swamy dons country’s first and only certi- for VRV (Grade-II) posts in Department V Usharani has admitted to hospitals after fied disinfectant formulation, village and ward secretariats, is Chief Commissioner instructed the Chief they consumed stale meat at environment: TTD chief hits the retail market. Amid the now all set to start the recruit- of Land Commissioner of State Land Donkinivalasa village in ‘Muttangi pandemic scare and many not ment process for 3,795 Gram Administration to Administration to announce Ganneruputtu panchayat PNS n TIRUMALA so effective disinfectants that Revenue Officers (VRO) the district-wise vacancies and under Hukumpeta police Kavacham’ have been flooding the market, Grade-II posts in the revenue announce the select eligible VRAs on a station limits in Vizag On the occasion of World PNS n TIRUMALA Tranquiil brings preventive department. district-wise seniority basis. Agency. The deceased was Environment Day, TTD chair- solutions that are not only envi- Earlier, the government has vacancies The eligibility criteria are identified as S Venkata man YV Subba Reddy said that As a part of the ongoing ronmental friendly but also agreed to consider the appeals that the candidates must have Ramana. The body was shift- planting of saplings was a crucial annual three-day FDA approved. from all the Village Revenue a minimum qualification of ed to a hospital for post- part of environmental protection Jyestabhishekam in Tirumala Speaking during the launch, Assistants (VRA) to pro- ing for the eligibility to Intermediate or equivalent. mortem. The remaining 25 activities. temple, Sri Malayappa Rushang Shah–Founder/CEO mote them as VROs serve as Village VRAs must have completed people were admitted to the Speaking to the media after Swamy donned Muttangi Tranquiil Products Private on a one-time basis. Revenue Assistants five years of service by January two government hospitals planting Mahogany saplings near Kavacham on Friday after Limited, said, “We are living in Now, the govern- (VRAs) for many 1, 2020. Those who have a at Hukumpeta and Paderu. Swarna Tirumala Rest House, he ‘Abhideyaka Abhishekam’. uncertain times and it is imper- ment has given years on a one- degree and PG without study- Sub-Inspector of said Lord Venkateswara had cho- Earlier during the day, Sri ative we take sufficient precau- permission to all time basis. Even ing Intermediate are also eligi- Hukumpeta police station, sen His abode in Seshachala Malayappa flanked by Sridevi tion to safeguard us, our envi- the respective though the rev- ble. Previous orders pertaining Appala Naidu said that a ranges, which is home to enchant- and Bhudevi was brought to ronment, our families and our District Collectors enue department to employees having to take group of people had con- ing flora and fauna. He said TTD TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy Sampangi Prakaram at employees with the right solu- to recruit 3,795 has earlier issued prior permission if they wished sumed the meat of a dead has taken up sandalwood plan- watering a sapling after planting it in around 7.30 am. At 8 am, tions. It is time, which warrants VROs with eligible orders to this extent, to study any course will hence- goat on Wednesday. They tation in over 100 hectares in the Tirumala to mark the World Enviroment priests performed us to stay in hygienic condi- VRAs, who have educa- the recruitment was forth be not taken into consid- complained of vomiting and Seshachala forests. TTD has also Day on Friday ‘Mahashanti homam’, fol- tions. While it is also equally tion qualification equivalent to delayed due to technical rea- eration. On a one-time basis, other complications on taken several, innovative steps for lowed by ‘Abhideyaka important to have such disin- Intermediate. sons. the government will allow all Thursday and one of them environmental protection and Phani Kumar Naidu, FRO Shiva Abhishekam’ between 9 am fectants that are non-toxic and At the same time, various Now, the revenue depart- the eligible VRAs to be select- died on Thursday night, he preserve the wildlife and biodiver- Kumar and other forest officials and 11 am amidst the chant- eco-friendly.” associations have been appeal- ment has issued internal orders ed as VROs. added. sity of the regions.TTD DFO participated. ing of Vedic hymns. Later, the Lord was decked with Muttangi (Armour VIJAYAWADA made of pearls) kavacham. BULLION RATES L&T supports govts TTD Trust Board Chairman Women worship Corona as Goddess YV Subba Reddy, EO Anil GOLD Kumar Singhal, Additional PNS n RANCHI ` 48,830 (10 gm) in the form of cyclones due to EO AV Dharma Reddy and in fight against Covid Goddess Coronavirus. Nothing officials took part. ` 350 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Coronavirus has now turned into has been done to pacify the SILVER L&T is a goddess among the supersti- Goddess. She is taking a big ` 48,450 (1kg) L&T Holdings Director and accelerating its tious women of Jharkhand. The shape. We have worshipped to ` 450 Senior Executive Vice- number of Coronavirus cases is calm down Goddess President MV Satish said in a efforts to support increasing in the State every day. Coronavirus' anger." statement on Friday that they the govt in Twenty two more cases have Jharkhand reported its ninth CHICKEN have the capacity to build a providing rapid been detected taking the total Coronavirus death on Friday. RATES `/KG 300-bed hospital in a record number to 864 in Jharkhand by The State has, however, put the three to four months time. He relief to people Friday. The virus has claimed death toll at seven. A government Dressed/With Skin `231 said that buildings and facto- nine lives in the State. official, who died in Delhi and a Without Skin `262 ries would be converted into to support the government in On Friday, women gathered in labourer, who died in Bengal, Broiler at Farm `159 health care Covid centres. He providing rapid relief to peo- large numbers at Namkom and have not been included in the list said marriage halls, schools ple through the most critical Tatisilve in Ranchi, Bagbera by the State government. and hotel rooms can be con- health care infrastructure. ground in Jamshedpur and at appease the Coronavirus have worshipped Coronavirus Coronavirus cases have surged EGG verted into isolation centres L&T has contributed Rs 150 two places in Dhanbad and Goddess. However, while pray- Goddess so that our family with the return of migrant and medical infrastructure for crore to the PM Cares Fund worshipped Goddess ing, the women forgot about members will remain safe from labourers. Now everyday 100 RATES `/ Covid-19 related facilities. and provided cash and infra- Coronavirus. Women gathered, social distancing. "We have it" said Naina Devi, a resident of Jharkhand is witnessing on an HYDERABAD 370 He said that in Delhi, Bihar, structure to several States that along with puja material like sin- taken shelter under Goddess Namkom who was part of the average 30 more cases. The VIJAYAWADA 380 West Bengal and many other have worked for the welfare of door, flowers, ladoos and water Coronavirus. She will be pacified group. Jharkhand government has places in the country, they 1.60 lakh workers. In addition, in pots. They sat around a tree with worship. The doctors have Echoing her view Kabita issued fresh directives related to VISAKHAPATNAM 350 have converted many struc- L&T also provided PPE, N95 and worshipped the Coronavirus failed to treat patients and scien- Mahto said: "The country has Unlock 1. All the religious places Sri Malayappa Swamy donned RETAIL PRICE `3.80 tures into health care centres. masks and diagnostic kits Goddess. tists have also failed to develop witnessed two natural calamities in the State will remain closed till Muttangi Kavacham at Tirumala on (IN VIJAYAWADA) L&T is accelerating its efforts worth Rs 40 crore, he added. They also sang a song to a vaccine to cure coronavirus. We in West Bengal and Maharashtra further orders. Friday after ‘Abhideyaka Abhishekam’

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VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 vijayawada 03 Approaching PCB first will smoothen 13 arrested for murder of rowdy-sheeter path for investors, advises Jagan PNS n VIJAYAWADA Pandu and his group manhan- dled Rajesh and Sagar who PNS n VIJAYAWADA He said that the previous gov- The Police on Friday arrested were there. “Industries ernment talked tall but has not 13 persons on charges of mur- After coming to know about Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan generate clear dues to a tune of Rs 4, 000 dering Sandeep, a former the attack, Sandeep called Reddy on Friday said that along employment for crore towards incentives. “We rowdy-sheeter who was bru- Pandu and on the same day with focus on industrial parks have cleared Rs 450 crore to tally killed at Patamata in evening 4.30 they met at the and clusters, the focus of the future generations MSMEs in the first tranche and Vijayawada on Sunday. ground adjacent to Grace administration should be on but at the same will pay the remaining soon,” the The police also arrested 10 Church in Patamata. Both the facilitating industries to start on time they should be Chief Minister said, adding that others belonging to Sandeep’s groups were armed with time. 75 per cent reservations should gang for attacking KTM knives, rods, sticks, stones. During a review meeting on environment be provided to locals and youth Pandu in the fight that led to lakh for the construction. In Both the groups started attack- State Investment Board held friendly,” the Chief are being trained to become Sandeep’s death. the process of recovering his ing indiscriminately on each here on Friday, the Chief Minister said skilled manpower he said. Speaking to the media per- investment difference broke other leaving Sandeep with Minister said that any new pro- Deputy Chief Minister Pilli sons here, Vijayawada Police out between Pradeep Reddy stab injuries. Sandeep died posal for setting up of industry Subhash Chandra Bose, Commissioner Ch Dwaraka and Sridhar. To recover the while undergoing treatment should be sent to State Pollution icy. After the appraisal by con- “Industries generate employ- be unveiled, also came in for dis- Ministers Peddireddy Tirumala Rao said that all the said amount Pradeep Reddy on May 31. 5.50 pm, said the Control Board, which in turn cerned Corporations and con- ment for future generations but cussion during the review meet- Ramchandra Reddy, Mekapati 13 people arrested in connec- approached B Nagaraju. Commissioner. will take the advice of the sidering the Company's cre- at the same time they should be ing. Gautam Reddy, Botsa tion with the murder of For settlement of the The police recovered three experts it has tied up with and dentials, permission will be environment friendly,” the Chief “We will provide the Satyanarayana, G Jayaramulu, Sandeep belonged to the gang amount Pradeep Reddy, B bikes, variety of knives, rods, send its recommendations accorded by the State and sin- Minister said. Industries with land, water, Balneni Srinivas Reddy, K led by Manikanta alias KTM Nagaraju, D Sridhar, T blades and snap cutters from accordingly. gle window system will come The State will focus on indus- power and manpower besides Kanna Babu, Chief Secretary Pandu. Sundeep, K Manikantha the culprits. Police have Then the investors will have into play, he said. trial parks and clusters and will being proactive. These should be Nilam Sawhney, Industries The arrested accused were (Pandu) met on May 29. booked cases under the peo- an interactive session with By following this procedure, suggest the location to avoid any considered while drafting the Special Chief Secretary K identified as R Prashanth (19), Sandeep threatened Pandu ple from Pandu gang under Investment Board officials who the risk factor to the industrial- issues in future. The new new Industrial Policy,” Jagan Valavan and other officials A Ravi Teja (22), P Prem over phone for intervening in sections 143, 148, 302, 307, will spell out the Industrial pol- ists will be reduced. Industrial Policy, which is yet to said. attended the meeting. Kumar (22), P Prabhu Kumar the issue when he was trying 324 of Indian Penal Code (20), Banavat Srinu Naik (29), to broker a settlement. Within (IPC). L Venkatesh (21), B Bhaskar no time, the conversation The commissioner told that Rao (20), Pratap Sai Praveen turned into a dispute. stern action will be taken on Kumar (24), P Sai (21), S On May 29 mid-night the culprits and see that these Naidu calls upon people to Keep sand stock Santhosh (22), Y Tirupathi Sandeep, Jagadish and others kinds of group clashes will not Rao (22), O Durgaprasad (19) went to Pandu’s house and repeat. and O Ajay (20). threatened their family mem- DCP Harshavardhan raju, The Commissioner said that bers of dire consequences. central ACP P Nagaraja agitate against YSRCP govt in yards: Jagan Pradeep Reddy and D Sridhar On learning about Sandeep Reddy, Patamata Inspector R took up construction of group threatening his mother, on Suresh Reddy, Penamaluru PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA houses at Kanuru in 2018 and May 30 Pandu along with his Inspector S Satyanarayana, n A large number of trees in 2019 the construction activ- group went to Balaji Steels Machavaram Inspector Vinay TDP chief N Chandrababu were destroyed in a Chief Minister YS ity was completed. Pradeep owned by Sandeep. As Mohan led the teams to nab Naidu on Friday gave a call to radius of many Jaganmohan Reddy has Reddy invested about Rs 40 Sandeep was not in the shop, the culprits. people to agitate against the kilometres around LG instructed officials to pile YSRCP government's 'willful Polymers following the enough stock in sand yards destruction' of the environ- gas leak tragedy. He and said bulk orders should be ment in the State in the last one sought adequate steps monitored by the Joint Maternal uncle year. Speaking on the occasion Collector. Pawan launches ‘Mana of World Environment Day that were needed to During a review meeting impregnates celebrations here on Friday, revive and protect the here on Friday, the Chief Naidu said felling of man- greenery there now Minister said that the availabil- 19-year-old Nudi Mana Nadi’ campaign grove forests in Kakinanda n Naidu recalled how their ity of sand at all depots should were closed but now the situ- and indiscriminate sand min- be ensured and bulk orders ation has improved and in 10 PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM PNS n VIJAYAWADA ing were examples of govern- that instead of taking strong government had should be removed from the days three lakh tonnes of sand ment’s destructive activities. measures to prevent pollution implemented Neeru- portal. will be procured. A 19-year-old girl was raped by Jana Sena Party basic theory is A large number of trees of the environment, the Chettu and urban There is need to define bulk There should be a facility to her maternal uncle for months. to protect the environment, were destroyed in a radius of YSRCP regime was encourag- forestry in a massive order and it should be moni- book sand through village The incident came into light said party founder Pawan many kilometres around LG ing destruction of the environ- way tored by the rank of Joint and ward secretariats as well after her parents found that she Kalyan. He wished nature Polymers following the gas ment in the surroundings of Collector, he said. There should and sand should be supplied was pregnant. The incident lovers on the occasion of leak tragedy. He sought ade- populated areas. be no complaints about bulk only from depots and the took place at Marikavalasa World Environment Day on quate steps that were needed to Naidu recalled how the pre- over 2,141 sq kms. He claimed orders taking away the stock booking time should be from area under PM Palem police Friday. In a statement, he said revive and protect the green- vious TDP government had that 'Wealth from Waste' recy- once the portal is opened. 12 pm to 6 pm, he said. station limits in Vizag city. that nature is the precious ery there now. implemented Neeru-Chettu cling plants were opened and If sand is needed for govern- For smaller needs, people The victim, along with her par- wealth that is invisible to the The TDP chief deplored and urban forestry in a massive LED bulbs were used in a big ment works, engineers con- can draw sand from local ents, lodged a complaint against eyes. that even now, the victims way. He claimed that farm way and these protective pro- cerned and Joint Collector sources after registering with the accused on Thursday. Pawan said as a part of pro- A part of protecting were dying weeks after the poi- ponds dug up all over to grammes helped the State to should sit and finalise, he sug- panchayat secretary and it Inspector of PM Palem tecting the environment, the the environment, sonous gas leak at LG Polymers recharge the groundwater table get national awards in environ- gested. Officials said that due should not be misused, he police station A Ravi Kumar party has come up with a cam- the party has in Visakhapatnam. He alleged and forests were developed ment protection programmes. to Corona all sand reaches said. said that the girl is a native of paign ‘Mana Nudi Mana Nadi’, come up with a campaign Vijayawada city and had come everyone can take a pledge to to her maternal aunt's house in do something to protect the ‘Mana Nudi Mana Nadi’, Vizag city in August 2019 and environment. The campaign everyone can take a 138 new Covid cases Balaji temple to reopen for darshan from June 11 she stayed a few months in her will be taken forward in both pledge to do something to house. the Telugu States, he said. protect the environment. Continued from Page 1 devotees opting for it can staff, officials and some of lockdown four days later. However, a few weeks ago, As part of the programme, The campaign will be in AP, tally at 4,250 register themselves for the the local public from June The Centre in its recent the girl was taken to the hos- plantation drive will be taken Continued from Page 1 Those found having time slot at designated 8 to test the system ahead "Unlock 1" guidelines has pital after the victim com- up on a large scale in order to taken forward in both the symptoms such as fever places here, including of the regular darshan. allowed opening of temples plained of stomach pain. protect the environment and Telugu States, he said. Of the 4,250 positive cases, 700 were from would be immediately sent Alipiri at the foothills of It had on March 20 for public darshan among After examining the girl, will protest against the indus- — PAWAN KALYAN, other states and 123 foreign returnees. for quarantine, the officials Tirumala. barred entry of devotees other relaxations. doctors informed her parents tries polluting the environ- Jana Sena party founder In all, 2,556 patients recovered and got said. A total of 3,000 special The online ticket sales into the temple for a week A temple official told that she was pregnant. On ment, he disclosed. He discharged, including 258 from other states darshan tickets each priced would commence from in the wake of the PTI that during the lock- questioning, the victim nar- appealed to people to protect and four foreign returnees, leaving 1,621 at Rs 300 would be available June 8. Coronavirus scare and later down so far, the over 2000- rated that her aunt's husband the environment. ment is a treasure invisible to active cases. In Krishna district, two persons online daily. The remaining TTD has already extended it after Prime year old shrine incurred a P Vasu (36) lured and raped “If we protect the forests, the eyes and this treasure died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and 3,000 quota would be set announced it would con- Minister Narendra Modi loss of about Rs 500 crore her when she was alone in rivers and hills, they will indi- should be carried forward to took the state toll to 73, the bulletin said. apart for free darshan and duct a trial run with its own announced the nation-wide revenue. the house. rectly protect us, the environ- next generations,” he said. India records 70K Mild tremors AP, TS to submit DPRs of Dr Sudhakar may Covid-19 cases in FIR against Jr NTR rock Ongole, be released from 1 week... fans in Meera case no damage Godavari projects by June 10 mental hospital, Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Enraged by her response, Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 lodged a complaint with the After the meeting, Rajat say HC fans of Jr NTR reportedly tar- GRMB asking the latter to stop Kumar said that the then Chief Continued from Page 1 “Right now the situation The actress also thanked geted her on social media, The tremors were felt at AP special chief secretary the Chanaka Korata, Rajpet, Minister N Kiran Kumar does not warrant a reimposi- KTR for his prompt response trolling her to the hilt, prompt- Ambedkar Bhavan, NGO Adithyanath Das and engi- Pimparad barrages construct- Reddy said in the Assembly Kaveri Bai filed a habeas tion of the lockdown, but if stating, "Thanks sir, it really ing the actress to approach the Colony, Sharma College, neer-in-chief Narayana Reddy ing on Penganga river, Pakala that Telangana would get corpus petition which stated the situation spirals out of means a lot. This is very Hyderabad police with an Sundaraiah Bhavan road in however refused to say much Diverstion Scheme from 967.14 tmc ft of water as per that Dr Sudhakar Rao was not control, then we would have important for women's safety. online complaint. Ongole city. According to to the media, except stating Ramappa Lake. Bachawath Tribunal Award. arrested by either the police or to go back to a lockdown," he These people should not be The Hyderabad cyber crime the information by the that the version of the GRMB GRMB chairman Das and AP engineer-in-chief the CBI. "Then why he was said. left free to do crimes on police have registered a case locals, a low-intensity trim- chairman was their version. Chandrashekhar Iyyer said after Narayana Reddy countered confined in the hospital," she Kumar, who works at the women!," (sic). and also ensured the removal mer is felt in the district It may be recalled that there the meeting that it was held in this claim by saying that questioned. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Meera Chopra, a relative of abusive tweets against once in a while due to wide- is no dispute in between TS a cordial atmosphere. “We Telangana’s share in Godavari Advising the doctor to coop- Delhi, also asserted that it was of actress Priyanka Chopra, Meera Chopra. The police spread mining activity. and AP in regard to projects asked both the states to submit river is 967.14 tmc ft and not erate with the investigation of too early to allow religious has filed a complaint against have already identified the Around the same time, across the River Godavari. agenda points for Apex Council a drop more. They also asked the CBI, the High Court made places and malls to open as the fans of Jr NTR for abus- twitter accounts of those who parts of Jharkhand and However, AP lodged a com- meeting. We asked Telangana to the Telangana officials to show it clear that he could be dis- there are not enough checks ing and trolling her on social made objectionable comments Karnataka felt the effects of plaint with the GRMB alleging respond on the objections the special allocations made to charged whenever he wanted. to ensure that people will not media. The trouble for the and registered cases under the earthquake. The earth- that Kaleswaram, Seetharama, raised by the Andhra Pradesh Telangana by the Bachawath Meanwhile, the CBI sleuths flout norms. 'Vaana' fame actress started section 67 of the Information quake occurred at 6.55 am Devadula Phase-III, state,” Iyyer said. Tribunal. continued the investigation Dr Vivek Nangia, Director following her interactive ses- Technology (IT) Act and sec- at Jamshedpur and Thupakulagudem, Mission Chandrasekhar Iyyer, Rajat Making it clear that and enquired with the munic- and Head Pulmonology, sion on Twitter on Tuesday. tion 509 of the Indian Penal Jharkhand with a magnitude Bhagiratha projects did not Kumar, Andhra Pradesh Bachawath Tribunal alloca- ipal commissioner Krishnaveni Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, To a question from a netizen Code (IPC). of 4.7. No casualties were have permission after Irrigation Department Special tions were standard alloca- at Narsipatnam. They even also said that the rapid rise in about Jr NTR, the actress Whoever shares abusive reported till now. On Telangana had moved the Chief Secretary Adithyanath tions, the officials from AP went to the hospital where Dr cases was worrying. replied that she is not a fan posts and tweets would face Thursday, June 4, Delhi was KRMB against Pothireddipadu Das, and engineers-in-chief argued that there was no spe- Sudhakar Rao worked and It is still early to open of him and that she likes stringent action, the Cyber rocked by a low-magnitude and Rayalaseema Lift of the two states participated in cial mention of allocation of went through the attendance malls and religious places as Mahesh Babu. Crime Police asserted. earthquake. Irrigation Scheme. AP also the meeting. waters to Telangana. register. if congregations start to hap- pen, then things could spiral out of control, he said. The Union Health Monsoon to Waste management Ministry on Thursday issued Insolvency law amended Govt aims to build 30 standard operating proce- reach State goes digital in State dures to be followed by reli- Continued from Page 1 gious places, shopping malls, via ordinance lakh houses in five years restaurants, hotels and offices in 2-3 days PNS n NEW DELHI Insolvency proceedings The Chief Minister said a to contain the spread of Continued from Page 1 would not be initiated for new legislation, the AP PNS n VIJAYAWADA ent manner as per the Land members are making false Covid-19 as India gears up to The government on Friday "any default arising on or Environment Improvement Act, Acquisition Act. “The market allegations against the gov- reopen the economy. Entire South-east Bay of promulgated an ordinance to after March 25, 2020 for a 2020, would soon be enacted for The government has targeted value of the land is Rs 7 lakhs ernment stating that we are The preparations for Bengal and some parts of West- amend the Insolvency and period of six months or such safeguarding the environment. to completing the construction per acre and as per the guide- selling the houses and reopening the economy, central Bay of Bengal may Bankruptcy Code (IBC) further period, not exceed- According to officials, this is of 30 lakh houses for the poor lines of the Acquisition Act we indulging in corruption. which has been severely hit cover during next two to three wherein fresh insolvency pro- ing one year from such date, the first such online exchange to across the State in five years but are subjected to pay around Rs “There is no scope for us to by the coronavirus-trig- days. AP is off West-Central ceedings will not be initiated as may be notified in this handle industrial waste in the the opposition is levelling false 43 lakh. Since we need a large sell the houses as only 29 lakh gered lockdown, from June Bay of Bengal. The normal for defaults on account of the behalf," the ordinance said. country. allegations against the gov- piece of land at a single iden- people have applied for hous- 8 comes amid mounting monsoon arrival date of mon- coronavirus pandemic. Under the Insolvency and Environment and Forests ernment over the acquisition of tified space for building es, while the government is on cases and death toll in the soon over AP is June 4. A low Default on repayments Bankruptcy Code, an entity Minister Balineni Srinivasa lands, lamented Minister of colonies, we offered to pay Rs a mission to provide 30 lakh country. pressure area is likely to devel- from March 25, the day when can seek insolvency pro- Reddy, Chief Secretary Nilam Finance Buggana 45 lakh. But opposition leader houses to the poor. During the The nationwide curbs were op over eastern parts of West- the nationwide lockdown ceedings against a company Sawhney, Special Chief Secretary Rajendranath Reddy. N Chandrababu Naidu is stat- TDP rule in five years, only 7.5 first announced by Prime Central Bay of Bengal around began to curb coronavirus even if the default is only one Neerabh Kumar Prasad, Addressing a press confer- ing that we can get land with- lakh houses, including those Minister Narendra Modi on June 8. Monsoon entered infections, would not be con- day. This is subject to the Pollution Control Board ence here on Friday, the min- in Rs 10 lakh and we are ready with Union government March 24 for 21 days in a bid Karnataka bringing widespread sidered for initiating insolven- minimum threshold of Rs 1 Chairman B S S Prasad, mem- ister stated that the government to accept it for that price if he grants, have been constructed to contain the spread of the rain in coastal and central cy proceedings for a certain crore. Earlier, the threshold ber-secretary Vivek Yadav and went ahead with land acquisi- can provide the land,” he said. and handed over to the bene- novel Coronavirus. regions of the southern state. period of time. was Rs 1 lakh. other officials were present. tion for housing in a transpar- He further stated that TDP ficiaries,” he reminded. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 nation 04 Fashionova designs world's Central team visits cyclone-hit SHORT READS areas of Bengal, faces protests 1st PPE kits suitable for sari PNS n KOLKATA A central team visited several PNS n SURAT/GUJARAT n 'Fashionova' is the first-of- areas ravaged by Cyclone Twitter its-kind Design Development Amphan in South and North Surat-based Fashion Design handle Centre in the Textile City 24 Parganas districts of West Development Centre Maan Ki Surat. It provides its associ- Bengal on Friday to assess the Yuvraj apologises for Fashionova has developed Baat ates a strong platform to damage caused by the world's first personal protec- Update showcase their creativity and extremely severe storm but casteist remark tive equipment (PPE) kit takes innovations. It is a budding faced protests by the affected against Yuzvendra ‘Kovid Nari Kavach' that can start-up making all possible in some areas. notice of NEW DELHI: Former India star be worn on a Sari. The kit has innovation efforts to provide help in The seven-member team, been approved by Sitra. these tough times. headed by Anuj Sharma, joint Yuvraj Singh on Friday Speaking on this innova- n SITRA Earlier the Fashionova had secretary (cyber and informa- apologised for making a tion Ankita Goyal, Director, approves provided garments to Surat's tion security) in the Ministry North 24 Parganas faced protes- "The relief provided to us is casteist remark against Yuzvendra Chahal during an Fashionova, said, “The PPE ‘Kovid Nari Civil Hospital for Corona of Home Affairs, divided into tors standing on both sides of very less. We don't have prop- kits currently offered to our patients. Surat COVID in- two groups and visited the roads in Minakha and er drinking water. We request instagram chat, saying he Kavach' "unintentionally" hurt public Corona warriors cannot be PPE kits charge Dr Mahendra Patel, Patharpratima in South 24 Malancha blocks with placards the central team to ensure we worn of Sari whereas many Civil Superintendent Parganas and Sandeshkhali which said they were not getting get relief as early as possible," sentiments. It was during one of the instagram live sessions women health professional Preetiben Kapadia, Dean in North 24 Parganas, an offi- enough relief. said a Minakha block resident. with Indian vice-captain Rohit prefers to wear Sari. Recently Considering this situation, 5,000 PPE kits daily.” Bhrahambhatta Sahab, Ketan cial said. Shouting slogans against the The teams were accompanied Sharma that Yuvraj made the Kerala Government made it fashion designer at Twitter handle ‘Mann Ki Nayak and Ashok Goyal, The team arrived in Kolkata state government, they demand- by the concerned districts' offi- offensive comment about mandatory for covid care Fashionova Saurav Mandal Baat Updates' posted an Rajiv Omar, Subhash Rawal on Thursday evening on a ed more relief and food mate- cials and toured several devas- Chahal while talking about his staff to wear t-shirt or shirt decided to develop PPE kits update on this innovation, and Shalini Shethi from Seva three-day visit to a red carpet rials and asked the members of tated villages and embankments regular social media posts. In which has created trouble that can be wore on Sari. which was retweeted by Foundation were also present welcome by the state govern- the central team to take note of of Patharpratima and fact, an advocate from Hisar for women staff. Currently centre is producing Smriti Irani. on this occasion. ment. The team that visited their problems. Sandeshkhali blocks. filed a police complaint against India's twin World Cup hero, who was forced to issue an apology on his twitter page. "I Cong in K’taka sets up Prioritise in disaster risk reduction, Khattar urges people to understand that while I was having a conversation with my friends, I was misunderstood, take a pledge to which was unwarranted. panel to screen people climate change adaptation: NGO However, as a responsible Indian I want to say that if I n PNS NEW DELHI conserve environment have unintentionally hurt aspiring to join it anybody's sentiments or n Child rights body Save the PNS CHANDIGARH feelings, I would like to express n PNS BENGALURU of the committee of which Children has called for prioritis- regret for the same," he wrote. leaders like V Muniyappa, ing and including children in dis- On World Environment Day, A 12-member committee has Ajaykumar Sarnaik, aster risk reduction and includ- Haryana Chief Minister been formed by the Congress Abhayachandra Jain among ing child sensitivity to further Manohar Lal Khattar has Court dismisses in Karnataka to screen lead- others are members. strengthen programmes and urged the people of the state ers wanting to join or rejoin Shivakumar on Friday said policy frameworks. to take a pledge to conserve interim bail plea of the party and give its recom- several people who had quit In a statement, the child rights the environment and main- AAP MLA Jarwal mendations. Congress in the past and NGO underlined some of the tain ecological balance. "On NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court Karnataka Congress those from other par- focus areas that need to be pri- World Environment Day, let's Friday dismissed the interim President D K ties have sent in oritized as identified by children take a pledge to make our bail plea of AAP legislator Shivakumar has applications for themselves. It called for ensuring contribution towards con- that water can be saved for Prakash Jarwal, arrested in constituted the party member- that schools remain safe so that serving the environment,” future generations,” he said. connection with a case of committee head- ship and have met education is not interrupted, grammes and policy frame- individuals, organisations, com- Khattar said in a tweet. He said that climate change alleged suicide of a doctor in ed by former state him. making child protection a prior- works by bringing child sensitiv- munities and most importantly of Stressing upon the need to has become another global south Delhi in April, sought on unit chief Allam "...as it is not ity before, during and after a dis- ity into them," it said. children are being challenged maintain ecological balance, issue today. “Due to climate account of the demise of his Veerabhadrappa. right on my part to aster, making community infra- With 68 per cent of India's continuously demanding new in another tweet, he said, change, our seasons are father-in-law who was The panel would take unilateral deci- structure safe, and relief and land prone to drought, 60 per solutions and creative thinking," “Earth provides enough to changing, the temperature is suspected to be Covid-19 decide whether to allow sion, the committee has reconstruction must help reduce cent to earthquakes, 12 per cent Bidisha Pillai, the CEO of Save the satisfy every man's needs, increasing and the ground- positive. Additional Sessions leaders who had earlier quit been constituted," he told future risk. to floods and 8 per cent to Children, said. but not every man's greed." water level is falling. Due to Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal said the Congress and wanting to reporters here. "Save the Children reiterates cyclones, India is one of the most "In the ongoing situation of Earlier in a message to changes in the trend of mon- that the chances of the return and others wishing to The committee will process for a stronger commitment from disaster-prone countries in the extreme disaster, as we approach mark World Environment soon, natural disasters like accused influencing the join and submit a report to the application and seek governments, donors and agen- world, affecting overall 85 per development, climate and disas- Day, the chief minister laid floods, droughts, earth- witnesses cannot be ruled out. the KPCC, Shivakumar said opinion from district and cies to provide appropriate plat- cent of Indian land and more ter risk and preparedness, emphasis on water conserva- quakes, tsunamis, and other The court said the body of in a release on Thursday block level units also and take forms and meaningful engage- than 50 million people, accord- response and recovery and tion. cyclonic storms are becoming Jarwal's father-in-law has night. them into confidence to avoid ment for children in pro- ing to the statement. resilience as a continuum, it is “Keeping this in mind, the very frequent. Interference already been handed over to Senior party man and for- any "misfire" at the ground grammes related to resilience "We are witnessing an unprece- important that we rethink what Haryana Government has with nature will lead to short- the kin of the deceased for mer legislator Hasanabba B A level later, because of some- and climate change adaptations. dented time as a lived collective children think and want for a recently started the 'Mera age of clean water and air,” he cremation on Friday. has been made the convenor one joining the party. Further, to strengthen pro- experience. Our resilience as secure future," she said. Pani Meri Virasat' scheme so said in the message. Woman fed liquor, gangraped; Five, MNM launches people's movement to U'khand's Ensure arrangement of sanitisers, including hubby held THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a COVID-19 tally shocking incident, a 25-year- cater to COVID-19 hotspot Chennai at religious places, orders UP CM old woman was allegedly rises to 1,199 PNS n LUCKNOW forced to drink liquor by PNS n CHENNAI PNS n DEHRADUN herhusband and gang-raped by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister four of his friends in front of Actor and Makkal Needhi Uttarakhand's COVID-19 tally Yogi Adityanath on Friday their five year-old child near Maiam (MNM) President rose to 1,199 on Friday, with directed officials to ensure that here. All of them were taken Kamal Haasan on Friday 46 more people testing positive at a time only five persons are into custody RPT taken into launched 'Naame Theervu' for coronavirus. allowed at a religious place, custody on Friday, a day after (We are the solution), a peo- The fresh cases were report- which should also have arrange- the incident, police said. The ples' movement to help this ed from Almora (5), Chamoli ment of sanitisers, infrared ther- child is suspected to have city, one of the top COVID-19 (2), Champawat (2) Dehradun mometer and pulse oximeter. beaten up by the accused. The hotspots in the country with (15), Haridwar (1), Pauri (1), Chairing a review meeting of Kerala State Women's over 18,000 cases. Rudraprayag (14) and Tehri 'unlock 1', he said before the reli- Commission has on its own The initiative would address (6), a state health department gious places open for public, registered a case into the rape. people's health issues, espe- bulletin said. their managements should be should be made to keep back those who are still strand- The woman told police that her cially when they would step out Most of the new patients told about all the necessary pre- footwear outside," he added. ed by arranging trains for them. husband had taken her and of their houses post lockdown have a travel history to cautions that should be main- At the meeting, the chief The chief minister said petty their two childrento the beach and aims to transform Chennai Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon, tained at the venues. minister emphasised on break- vendors should be trained about at nearbyPuthucurichy on into a COVID-19-free safe and people's contribution, we About 25 to 30 doctors have it said. A total of 309 people "At all the religious places, ing the COVID-19 chain and digital payments and digital Thursday and later to a friend's zone. The veteran actor, who can seek a simple solution to been roped in for the initiative have recovered so far, while there should be arrangement of said precautions should be taken banking for contact-less pay- house nearby,where she was enrolled himself as the first every problem. This is putting and more would join, Haasan eleven have died. However, the sanitisers, infrared thermome- at all levels, social distancing ments. forcefully fed alcohol and member of the programme, into action the thought that has said and appealed to NGOs cause of six deaths was other ter and pulse oximeter. It norms should be maintained The Union Health Ministry sexually assaulted in front of which seeks the participation of fuelled us through such tough and all like-minded persons to than COVID-19 as the should be ensured that there and police patrolling should be released SOPs to contain her elder son. "The woman was rescued by a young man who Chennaiites, said the initiative times. We are creating an army join his movement. patients were suffering from should be only five persons at ensured. COVID-19 spread at religious found her in an inebriated state would resurrect Chennai that of volunteers who will find Medical assistance, safety other diseases too. While the a time inside," a statement quot- He said skill mapping of places on Thursday, saying along the road. He took her in nurtured the dreams of many solutions to people's prob- equipment, sanitisers, food cause of one death could not ing the chief minister said. migrant labourers should be places of worship inside con- his car to her home and then people, including himself into lems," he said addressing and ration would be provid- be ascertained, the cause of "No one should touch statues, done to provide them jobs. tainment zones shall remain informed police about the areality. reporters through a virtual ed to those requiring them, four deaths is still awaited, the religious book inside the reli- Adityanath asked officials to closed for public and those incident," a police officer said. "With your participation press conference. he said. bulletin said. gious places and arrangements contact other states to bring outside will be allowed to open. Sugarcane farmer's Cong names Kharge as candidate As cases spike in Delhi, suicide triggers protests for RS polls from Karnataka recovery rate descends PNS n MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP) PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n BENGALURU Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, A farmer hanged himself from Kharge (77), had also also state party leaders for As coronavirus cases in the a tree here allegedly after fail- The Congress on Friday been a minister in choosing him as the candidate national capital have spiralled ing to sell his sugarcane crop to announced veteran party several Congress for the Rajya Sabha polls. in the last 10 days, the recov- a government mill amid the leader Mallikarjun Kharge as "I will try to reach up to their ery rate has dipped to 39.58 coronavirus lockdown, his sui- its candidate for the June 19 governments in the (leadership) expectations...it's per cent as reported on June 4, cide triggering protests. elections to the four Rajya state in the past and a good opportunity to work in according to official figures. Local farmers and family Sabha seats from Karnataka. had also served as Rajya Sabha," he said. According to the Union members blocked a road on "Congress President Sonia Asked about his entry to Ministry of Health and Family Friday over Om Pal's Singh's Gandhi has approved the can- KPCC President and Rajya Sabha for the first time Welfare data, Delhi also has suicide and refused to cremate didature of Shri Mallikarjun Leader of the after having been elected the highest number of active a spike of 990 cases, Delhi has his body for hours, demanding Kharge as Congress candidate Opposition in the directly by the people for long, cases — 14,456 cases — in the been recording over 1,000 the registration of a case against for the ensuing biennial elec- Karnataka Assembly he said, "for 47 years I worked country after Maharashtra fresh cases every day from sugar mill officials for their “fail- tions to the Rajya Sabha from as a representative directly (41,402). May 28-June 4, the highest ure” to procure sugarcane. a tree later in the day. Karnataka," All India Congress elected by the people, but With regard to the death being 1,513 on June 3. They called off the protest His family told police he was Committee said in a release. known as "Solillada Saradara" Kharge (77), had also been because of special efforts by toll, Delhi stands third (650) As many as 9,898 patients after district authorities depressed over his inability to The four seats represented (a leader without defeat) faced a minister in several Congress central and state BJP leaders, I after Maharashtra (2,710) and have recovered, been dis- announced financial assistance sell his sugarcane crop because by Rajeev Gowda and B K his first electoral loss in his governments in the state in the was defeated this time. Gujarat (1,155) respectively. charged or migrated so far, of Rs 10 lakh for Singh's fami- of the lockdown to combat Hariprasad of Congress, political life spanning several past and had also served as That's (LS defeat) a closed This is the first time in the while there are 14,456 active ly. The family conducted the last coronavirus. Authorities, how- Prabhakar Kore of BJP and D decades against BJP's Umesh KPCC President and Leader of chapter. Rajya Sabha is a new past two weeks that the recov- cases, the Delhi health depart- rites in his native Sisoli village. ever, rejected the claim that he Kupendra Reddy of JD(S) will Jadhav in Gulbarga by a mar- the Opposition in the chapter." ery rate has fallen below 40 per ment said in its bulletin a day Congress general secretary committed suicide due to this. fall vacant on June 25 with gin of 95,452 votes in the 2019 Karnataka Assembly. While ruling BJP with 117 cent. earlier. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took District Magistrate their retirement. June 9 is the Lok Sabha polls. His son Priyank Kharge is members (including Speaker), Delhi recorded 1,359 fresh This pegs the recovery rate to Twitter to criticise the state's Selvakumari J said preliminary last date for filing nominations. A nine-time MLA and two- currently MLA representing can ensure victory in two seats, coronavirus cases on as reported on June 4 at 39.58 BJP government, accusing it of investigations revealed that the The Congress, with 68 term Lok Sabha member, he Chittapur constituency and the JD(S), with just 34 seats in Thursday, taking the COVID- per cent. Prior to that the rate not paying sugarcane dues to farmer killed himself due to a MLAs in the assembly, can win had served as Congress' floor had served as a Minister dur- the assembly, is not in a posi- 19 tally in the city to over varied from 48.18 per cent on farmers. family dispute over land. one of the four seats easily on leader in the previous Lok ing the previous Congress and tion to win a Rajya Sabha seat 25,000, and the death toll due May 25 to 40.35 per cent on Singh had left home for his She said there had been no its own, so Kharge's victory is Sabha, and also as Union coalition governments. on its own, as a minimum of to the disease mounted to June 3, according to the figures fields on Thursday and his stoppage in the procurement of said to be certain. Railway and Labour Minister Kharge thanked Congress' 44 votes are required for a can- 650. shared by the Delhi health body was found hanging from sugarcane by mills. Kharge, who was popularly in the UPA government. national President Sonia didate to win. Barring June 1, when it saw department in its bulletins. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 nation 05 SHORT READS Why not consider RAHUL SAYS THIS IS Nalini's plea?: HC PNS n CHENNAI ‘FAILED LOCKDOWN’ The Madras High Court on PNS n NEW DELHI Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government whether it can Questioning the government's ‘Shramik Special' with consider on humanitarian lockdown strategy to counter grounds the request of life con- COVID-19, Congress leader 1,501 stranded migrants victs in the Rajiv Gandhi assas- Rahul Gandhi compared arrives in Dimapur sination case to make video India's disease graph to other Remote Arunachal calls to their kin. countries to say this is "what DIMAPUR (NAGALAND): A Nalini Sriharan and her hus- a failed lockdown looks like". 'Shramik Special' train band Murugan, the convicts, Gandhi, who had earlier district near China carrying 1,501 Nagaland wanted to make the calls to his said that India is the only residents stranded in mother and sister in Sri Lanka video calls for at least 10 min- country to have relaxed the Bengaluru due to the and London, but the state gov- utes daily. When the plea came lockdown when COVID-19 border cut-off coronavirus lockdown arrived ernment was firm in refusing up for hearing on Friday, the cases are rising, also shared here on Friday, officials said. them to make such communi- prosecutor reiterated the stand graphs of Spain, Germany, PNS n ITANAGAR people travelling between The train, which had departed cation. of the state that the duo cannot Italy and the UK, which had Mechuka and Aalo were also from Bengaluru on June 2, "Leave alone law, we would be permitted to make calls to a shown a decline in cases after Road connectivity to the left stranded. reached the Dimapur railway like to know from the govern- foreign country. the lockdowns. "This is what a failed lockdown looks remote Shi-Yomi district in Expressing serious concern station around 2 pm, they ment whether they (Nalini and Natarajan further suggested "This is what a failed lock- Arunachal Pradesh snapped over the incident, state said. A total of 757 residents like," he said on Twitter, while taking a Murugan) can be permitted to the court on its own implead down looks like," he said on swipe at the government. The former after a bridge was washed Assembly Speaker Pasang D of Dimapur were transported make the calls on humanitari- the Union home ministry as it Twitter, while taking a swipe away in the floods triggered by Sona, who represents the dis- to the Agri Expo site from an ground," a division bench of would be the appropriate at the government. The for- Congress president had earlier too termed incessant rains over the last trict, has urged the Border where they will be sent to Justice N Kirubakaran and authority to take a decision. mer Congress president had couple of days, officials said on Roads Organization (BRO) to various quarantine centres the lockdown in India as "failed" which Justice R Hemalatha said and Opposing the same, petition- earlier too termed the lock- has not helped see a decline in cases Friday. restore the bridge on war foot- following mandatory asked the state public prosecu- ers counsel A Radhakrishnan down in India as "failed" Shi-Yomi district, bordering ing. protocols, the officials said. tor A Natarajan to get instruc- submitted that prisons are sub- which has not helped see a China, was cut-off from the In a letter to the chief engi- The rest were screened by a tions from the government. ject matter of the state govern- decline in cases. health ministry. wave of coronavirus which rest of the country after the neer of Project Brahmank of medical team at the railway station and sent to their The issue pertains to a plea ment concerned and the Union India has seen a steady India stood seventh among will be "extremely devastat- RCC bridge (reinforced the BRO based at Pasighat in respective districts, they said. moved by S Padma, mother of home ministry has nothing to rise in the number of cases the nations worst hit by the ing". cement concrete) near Yapik East Siang district, the speak- Food packets donated by Chief Nalini, seeking direction to the suggest in the issue. ever since the lockdown has COVID-19 pandemic after "We want to ask the gov- village on the Aalo-Mechuka er said the Aalo-Mechuka Minister Neiphiu Rio and his prison authorities to permit her Recording the submissions, been relaxed since June 1. the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, ernment, what is their strat- Road was washed away on Road "is the key and strategic family were provided to all the daughter and her husband the bench adjourned the hear- India saw a record single- Spain and Italy. egy as far as India's opening Wednesday night, they said. road for movement of people, returnees, the officials said. Murugan to make video call to ing to June 12. Besides Nalini day jump of 9,851 coron- Gandhi had earlier said up is concerned and what pre- Transportation of people transportation of essential his mother and sister. and her husband, the others avirus cases and 273 deaths that if the government func- cautions they are going to and essential commodities to commodities, life-saving Murugans father died in Sri convicted in the case are A G on Friday, pushing the nation- tions haphazardly and takes take, how are they thinking the remote district would be drugs, construction material, Lanka in April last. Therefore, Perarivalan, Santhan, wide infection tally to ad-hoc measures during the and how they are going to badly affected as it is likely to and movement of defence PM's participation in the couple wanted the author- Jayakumar, Ravichandran and 2,26,770 and the death toll to non-lockdown period, the support the migrants and our take days to restore the bridge, personnel in the entire Shi- Yoga programme in ities to permit them to make Robert Pyas. 6,348, according to the Union country will face a second states?" he had asked earlier. the officials said, adding that Yomi district". Leh doubtful: AYUSH NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to take part in an International Yoga Govt only manufacturing jumlas and slogans: Cong Govt staff must report to work Day programme on June 21 in Leh, but due to the COVID- PNS n NEW DELHI Similarly, his exhortation to 19 pandemic, his travel there industry to push 'Made in is doubtful, the AYUSH The Congress on Friday India, Made for the World', to once a week or face pay cut ministry said on Friday. In dubbed Prime Minister expand globally, not be depen- March, ministry officials had Narendra Modi's "vocal for dent on another country in the PNS n MUMBAI If an employee remains said that Leh will be the venue local" call and the economic strategic sector, did not have a absent during the assigned for the main event for the stimulus package to make the clear roadmap as to how this The Maharashtra government day, he/she will lose pay for an International Yoga Day on country self-reliant as yet goal should be achieved, the on Friday said it was manda- entire week, it warned. June 21 and Prime Minister another jumla to divert the former union minister said. tory for government employ- However, in case an employee Modi will attend it. However, attention of the people from The Rs 20 lakh crore ees to be present in office has to be present in the office asked if the prime minister "real issues". 'Atmanirbhar' package does once a week during the for more than a day every will participate in any Yoga Addressing a virtual press not lead to expansion of gov- COVID-19 lockdown, failing week, his salary would be cut Day event, AYUSH Secretary conference, senior Congress ernment expenditure, as it which they will have to face only on the days he remained Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said leader Kapil Sibal asked how includes measures already salary cut. absent, the notification said. no public event will take can India become self-reliant announced by RBI and the As per a notification issued The order will come into place. "It is not yet decided, till it creates innovation and budget and amounts to less by additional chief secretary leave, will need to be in office effect from June 8. The coron- as to whether the prime intellectual property in its uni- 'jumlas', statements and slo- Sibal said while the prime than 1 per cent of GDP, as (finance) Manoj Saunik, all for one day in a week compul- avirus-triggered lockdown is in minister will participate in a versities. gans. That is the only thing we minister calls for "Atmanirbhar against 10 per cent claimed by government departments have sorily," the order read. force till June 30. The notifica- programme. Earlier, it was "This is an act of self decep- make in India and we are Abhiyaan", his government the government, he noted. been asked to prepare a roast- Disciplinary action will be tion was issued after it came to decided that he will go to Leh, tion. This is another 'jumla' masters at that under this gov- has failed to help make the "The reality is that Modi's er of officers and employees taken by department heads light that employees were not but now due to the COVID-19 (rhetoric) that you sell to the ernment," he said, taking a poor, the farmers, the migrant 'Atmanirbhar' idea is merely a affiliated to them. against those who leave the reporting to work during the crisis, it is not yet decided people of the country," he said. swipe at the BJP-led govern- workers, the industry or the slogan like innumerable oth- "All employees, except those office without permission dur- lockdown and some had even whether he will go to Leh or "We are only manufacturing ment. states to become self-reliant. ers," Sibal said. on sanctioned leave or medical ing the lockdown, it stated. left for their hometowns. not," the official said. The main event will be a big event, but it will be digital, he said. Woman IPS officers targeted with abusive, Farmer's suicide in HC declines to interfere with Muzaffarnagar triggers protest Centre's order on air fare limits obscene content on Twitter; FIR lodged n MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A PNS NEW DELHI n farmer committed suicide by PNS NEW DELHI "We all CAPFs officers hanging himself from a tree in Some woman police officers condemn abusive posts and Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar The Delhi High Court has posted at a premier training comments against lady IPS Pradesh allegedly due to non- declined to interfere with a institute for bureaucrats in procurement of his sugarcane central government order fix- Mussoorie have been targeted officer & demand strong produce amid the coronavirus- ing minimum and maximum with abusive and obscene con- legal action be taken against induced lockdown, according airfares of various sectors for tent on Twitter prompting the such perverted minds. to his family. The suicide three months till August 24, authorities to approach the local triggered a protest by farmers saying it was a policy decision police, officials said on Friday. Shame on such person," they on Friday who demanded that a and a "stop gap arrangement" An FIR has been lodged by said on twitter case be registered against during the Covid-19 crisis. the police based on a complaint sugar mill officials for their A bench of Chief Justice D by the administration of Lal failure to procure sugarcane N Patel and Justice Prateek Bahadur Shastri National (IFS) officers, demanding expe- cerned police agencies will do also strongly condemned the from farmers. The angry Jalan further said that the May airlines agency," the bench ment in joints. We are, there- Academy of Administration ditious investigation into it to thorough investigation to expe- abusive and derogatory remarks farmers staged a road blockade 21 order of the Ministry of said in its order delivered on fore, not going into the merits (LBSNAA) and the investigation bring the culprits to book. ditiously bring culprits to book. on social media against woman and refused to cremate the Civil Aviation for a period of Thursday. of this case," it said. is underway, they said. Besides them, all cadre offi- We solemnly resolve to protect IPS officers. “Strong action must body till their demands were three months clearly stated The bench said that in the The observations of the “Today some lady IPS officers cers of the central armed police the dignity of lady officers,” the be taken against these cowards,” met. Congress general that a minimum fare was fixed present situation of the bench came while disposing of have been targeted with abusive, forces (CAPFs) have also IPS (central) association tweet- it said. secretary Priyanka Gandhi to restrict travel only to the COVID-19 pandemic, the a plea challenging the May 21 derogatory and obscene content demanded strict action against ed. The IAS (central) association Some senior IPS officers have Vadra took up the matter and performance of essential jour- exercise of this power by the order of the ministry by Veer by certain twitter accounts. The such “perverted minds”. has asked Twitter to remove also come in support of their criticised the BJP government. neys. government "cannot be said to Vikrant Chauhan, who was academy strongly condemns "We all CAPFs officers con- such posts and handles from its colleagues in the matter. "Seeing his sugarcane crop "It ought to be kept in mind be arbitrary or unreasonable". aggrieved by the minimum cap this malicious and derogatory demn abusive posts and com- platform. “Each and every human drying in the field and not that, in the present circum- It further said that it has to on the air fare. tweet and has lodged an FIR ments against lady IPS officer & “We agree and condemn abu- deserves respect. Women espe- getting the slip, a sugarcane stances when various restric- be kept in mind that problems Chauhan, represented by with Uttrakhand Police in this demand strong legal action be sive posts and comments against cially because they are still con- farmer from Muzaffarnagar tions have been placed on the being faced during the pan- advocate Vishal Gohri, had regard,” the LBSNAA had said taken against such perverted #IPS officers and demand strong sidered second class citizens. committed suicide...Imagine airline operations, and maxi- demic are unique and requires contended that there should be in a tweet on Thursday. minds. Shame on such person," action be taken against such per- We lady officers are on target the plight of these sugarcane mum limit for air fare is given experimental solutions. no minimum limit on airfare The news has evoked sharp they said on twitter. verted minds. We have report- because we stand for a cause and farmers' families not getting by the government, the mini- "There cannot be any math- so that there would be compe- reactions from the associations “We strongly condemn the ed such handles and request they can't digest it. Thanks fr sup- their dues during this financial mum fare is also prescribed so ematical solution for a problem tition between airlines and a of Indian Police Service (IPS), abusive & derogatory remarks @TwitterIndia to remove such port Smiling face with smiling crisis," she said and questioned as to strike a balance between like this. Government has to be much lesser ticket price would Indian Administrative Service on Twitter regarding lady IPS posts and handles,” it tweeted eyes we will be more strong now,” the government's silence. the passengers as well as the given a degree of free move- be available. (IAS) and Indian Forest Service officers. We believe the con- The IFS officers association tweeted IPS officer Aslam Khan. Good rainfall activity expected next week: IMD BJP leader slaps official for indecent n PNS NEW DELHI “Conditions are becoming favourable for remarks against her; video goes viral Rainfall activity in central and further advancement of Southwest south India is likely to pick up Monsoon into some more parts of central PNS n CHANDIGARH Khattar take action? Will the pace from next week due to a media still remain silent? he cyclonic circulation which is Arabian Sea, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, A video showing Tik Tok star tweeted. likely to form over the Bay of Puducherry and Karaikal, southwest and and BJP leader Sonali Phogat The BJP leader, however, told Bengal and aid in the progress east central Bay of Bengal, entire slapping a Market Committee media persons in Hisar that she of the monsoon, the India official from Hisar and later beat- had gone to meet the officials of Meteorological Department southeast Bay of Bengal and some parts ing him with a slipper for report- the district Market Committee said on Friday. of west central Bay of Bengal during next edly making derogatory remarks on Friday pertaining to some IMD director general 2 days,” the IMD said against her, went viral on social grievance of farmers. Mrutunjay Mohapatra said a media on Friday. She said an official was show- low pressure area is likely to In the video, the BJP leader ing her the place in the form over the Bay of Bengal southeast Bay of Bengal and A western disturbance is a from Adampur in Hisar is seen Balsamand area of Hisar district and move towards Odisha next some parts of west central Bay cyclonic circulation that orig- slapping the official and later hit- Twitter handle, Congress chief where a shed could come up for week. fall during the next week,” on its normal onset date. of Bengal during next 2 days,” inates in the Mediterranean ting him with her slipper in full spokesperson Randeep Singh the convenience of farmers when A low pressure is a cyclonic Mohapatra said. “Conditions are becoming the IMD said. Sea. It crosses central Asia and public view. Phogat and others Surjewala said, Exploits of the he started passing indecent and circulation and the first stage Monsoon had hit Kerala on favourable for further advance- According to the IMD, the brings in rains to hills and present with her are not seen leaders of the Khattar govern- derogatory remarks against her. of any cyclone. However, it is June 1 on its normal onset date. ment of Southwest Monsoon country as a whole has received north Indian plains after it wearing masks in the video, even ment. The BJP leader from Phogat claimed the official not necessary that every low The IMD had earlier predict- into some more parts of cen- 9 per cent more rainfall than comes in contact with the as the Haryana government has Adampur in Hisar is beating the also made some comments pressure intensifies into a ed that the monsoon would be tral Arabian Sea, Karnataka, the normal since June 1. The Himalayas. made it mandatory to wear Market Committee official like against another woman official cyclone. delayed by four days, but Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and north Indian plains will also East Uttar Pradesh and east masks in public in the wake of animals. of the Market Committee and a “This will help advance Cyclone Nisarga helped push Karaikal, southwest and east witness rainfall due to a west- Rajasthan are also likely to wit- coronavirus pandemic. Is doing government job a woman minister in the Manohar monsoon and bring good rain- the monsoon to reach Kerala central Bay of Bengal, entire ern disturbance, the IMD said. ness rainfall, the IMD added. Sharing the video on his crime? Will (Chief Minister) Lal Khattar-led cabinet. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Delhi reeling Witnessing a surge in COVID cases, the Delhi Government Learning in times of crisis has put in place new triage rules but this may not be enough ncreasing instances of potential Coronavirus patients lying for hours out- The COVID pandemic has impacted education the most, compelling nations to embrace Iside the hospital before admission or even dying before they see a doctor in Delhi are e-learning. India needs to invest in infrastructure and put right policies in place being shared on social media. This has grabbed media attention, too. Unfortunately, some are using such instances to score political points about Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s handling of the pandem- ic. 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All kinds of social and nurses being at the forefront of treatment across the world, Indian health- religious gatherings and public events, too, care itself is all but a flaky shell. were banned. With a sudden shift from the As such, India should have begun large-scale testing weeks ago when classroom to e-learning, many wondered whether the adoption of online education more testing kits were made available. While testing numbers have grad- would continue to persist post-pandemic ually increased now, given the country’s population, it remains woefully inad- and how such a shift would impact the edu- equate. Those who want to be tested are denied one. Even those patients cation market. Indeed, in India, too, physical classrooms who need to go to a hospital for other emergency procedures are not being have replaced online classes. The transition tested, either at admission or when discharged. The Delhi Government’s has mostly been smooth in private univer- decision to “triage” all those patients who show signs of COVID-19 symp- sities though public institutions are yet to adapt to the changes. This has led to wide- toms will not be effective until more tests are done. This will also help it spread debates on the future course of class- understand the future course of action. Should school yards and stadia be es — whether they should be conducted turned into treatment centres or not? To what extent should the lockdown online or not. Realising the long-term be eased? Where should non-critical patients be sent? And if there is a sub- impact of COVID-19, faculty members, too, are finding it hard to conduct online class- stantial number of asymptomatic carriers, can Delhi or any other city con- es with ease. On the other hand, students sider opening up of malls and restaurants and add to a bursting bulge? There have been left clinging on to their mobile is a prevailing anxiety as doctors and virologists warn that public engage- phones, laptops and computer screens. wide survey of villages conduct- require introspection? And what data storage across several oper- ways for the students to do their What, however, is certain is that a post- ed by the Ministry of Rural does this mean for the students ating platforms. Amazon cloud homework, going far beyond ment should be minimal in the viral storm months of June and July. The COVID world must gear itself to adapt to Development in 2017-18, 16 per going forward? drive offers 5 GB of free storage just a paper and pen. fact of the matter is that in India and in other countries across the world, some changes. Being physically present in cent of India’s households Most universities are now and provides a straight forward The time has come for us to the response by Governments to the pandemic has been woeful. Of course, a classroom may not be the only learning received one to eight hours of offering web-based file-sharing web-based interface for upload- adapt to new and innovative option anymore — not with the rise of the electricity daily, 33 per cent services to their faculty members ing and retrieval of files. teaching methods. So, what hindsight is 20-20 (ironically) but many things should have been and could internet and new technologies, at least. As received 9-12 hours and only 47 and research communities. Similarly, GoogleDocs allows next? Most experts and have been done differently. One thing that can still be done differently and long as there is access to a computer with a per cent received more than 12 However, there are several other for the uploading of entire fold- researchers across academic that should be done is to test, test and test to establish a pattern. At the robust internet connection, students can hours a day. Further, according ways to make multimedia ers to the cloud, making remote institutions agree that there is a attend live sessions or watch pre-recorded to data collected by the National resources accessible over the storage of a set of organised files need to create standardised same time data must be used to calibrate further actions. There will be many classes. Does this mean that online educa- Sample Survey as part of the internet. Certainly, the most quite easy. online education platforms. more cases in the next few days of people dying from the virus and many tion will soon replace classroom education? Survey on Education (2014), familiar one is YouTube, which Make the digital transition: Besides students and teachers more tragic stories will be written about. The question that Kejriwal and, in It should be kept in mind that even though only 27 per cent of households though ubiquitous and easy-to- Technological prospects for must be trained to get accus- there have been huge technological advance- in India have some member use, does present challenges to classrooms have evolved in tomed to using digital technolo- fact, every other Chief Minister in India needs to ask is: When will these ments, they aren’t flawless. E-learning comes with access to internet. Access to classroom use that must not be remarkable ways since the gies. Others highlight the neces- stories end? By July or by 2021? with its own set of challenges. internet does not necessarily ignored. The most glaring one COVID-19 pandemic. We have sity to introspect on the nature Challenges and possibilities: In the case mean that a household actually is the comments section. The witnessed the successful intro- of these platforms and how stu- of traditional classrooms, lack of engagement has internet at home. instructor can take it for grant- duction of smartphones that are dents must be taught using dif- is problematic for teachers and students alike. While increasing ethernet ed that some comments will not capable of running audio-visu- ferent online tools and methods Unlike online education, here, they cannot connectivity should be the larg- be suitable for projection on a al clips and interactive language while keeping accessibility and Cong crisis in Gujarat pause or rewind the classes in case they miss er goal, in the short term, data classroom screen. drills; tablets are now replacing the challenges in mind. out certain chapters. On the other hand, on mobile phones must be sub- Similarly, advertisements the laptop as an essential class- To look for possibilities, online education is not as easy as speaking sidised. Device ownership, too, found lining the video could be room gear; and there has been there is lack of clarity among Party loses more MLAs before Rajya Sabha polls, a steady into the microphone at the one end and con- is a problem and for this, the a problem, too. Regardless of the a rich array of online dictionar- teachers and researchers about slide since it won 81 Assembly seats in 2017 necting a laptop or phone and listening on Government must provide for product being promoted, the ies. Further, news media and the plan of action, especially with the other. There are other challenges with this cheap smartphones for students classroom need not be turned to unicode blogs are now search- respect to teaching, examination, he Congress, for all its attempts to appear form of education that have to be faced by to get on with the business of a search service in order to able in original scripts; a sea of results, internships and place- as a responsible Opposition, is not quite both — faculty as well as students. While the teaching. Organisations such as access multimedia resources. websites are dedicated towards ments. Challenges are many former will have to put in extra labour to gen- the National Institute of Open To avoid this, a number of web the study and dissemination of that need to be overcome. Some Tbeing able to hold on to its own mem- erate lectures, it will be difficult for the lat- Schooling (NIOS), National browser extensions are available literature. The worldwide pop- students without reliable inter- bers and convince them of its leadership or ter to make sense of it online. Then, how will Council for Promotion of Urdu that provide for an unsullied ularity of Facebook, Twitter, net access and technology strug- its political capital. Just as the party was recov- this form of education compensate for the Language (NCPUL), IGNOU viewing experience, hiding com- Instagram, Google classroom, gle to participate in digital learn- academic loss suffered by students? and other such bodies offering ments, menu side bus and adver- Zoom, Cisco Webex and the ing. This gap is seen across ering from the exit of Gandhi loyalist and aspi- Practically speaking, there is no alternative distance education as well as the tisements from the view. A user-centred design of web has countries. Education is going to rant leader Jyotiraditya Scindia over a Rajya to classroom activities. Government must assess current number of cloud-based tools, addressed concerns of language be digital in the foreseeable Sabha ticket, its MLAs in Gujarat have resigned Most important of all, even after so and future infrastructure too, are available that allow files use. Even mini tablets are now future. We will be better pre- much digitisation, rural India will face requirements for digital age and to be stored and shared across a equipped with built-in digital pared to handle it only with the in quick succession days before the Rajya unprecedented challenges due to poor con- bridge the gap. remote host, which at the very camera. In fact, they allow stu- right kind of infrastructure and Sabha polls. Two legislators, Akshay Patel and nectivity and frequent power cuts that But what if e-learning least offer the instructor the flex- dents to use audio and video policies in place. The Jitu Chaudhary, resigned on Wednesday. And would affect the productivity of the class- becomes the way of life for ibility to adapt. Foremost among editing software immediately Government must pay heed. yesterday, it was Brijesh Merja, the MLA from room. Talking about access to electricity, education? What would be the these are Dropbox, which is a file upon recording. All of these (The writer is a linguist, according to Mission Antyodaya, a nation- major issues and areas that hosting service that offers free advancements offer promising author and columnist) Morbi constituency. The latter even gave up primary membership of the Congress. With this, a total of eight Congress MLAs have resigned since March. Before the polls S O U N D BITE were announced, the Congress had 73 MLAs in the Gujarat Assembly and was We are only manufacturing People have had the time to Issues of human dignity will In the context of China, they looking to win two of the four seats. Now that looks remote. The ruling BJP, jumlas, statements and introspect and understand not abide standing on the (the Congress) started finding which has 103 MLAs in the Assembly, is now eyeing a third seat. What is sad slogans. That is the only that there is no planet B. sidelines. To the Black fault without realising that thing we make in India and This is the only world we community — we see you. China is a baggage left by is the Congress had put up a determined show against an ascendant BJP, win- we are masters at that have and it’s our only You matter and your lives Rahul Gandhi’s great grandfa- ning 81 seats in the 2017 Assembly elections, notching up its best performance under this Government. chance at survival. matter. ther Jawaharlal Nehru. in the State in years. Although the BJP had won, the Congress did deliver a Congress leader Actor Apple CEO Union Minister psychological blow back then. It was expected to consolidate after this boost- —Kapil Sibal —Bhumi Pednekar —Tim Cook — Jitendra Singh er shot but since then the party has only seen a steady stream of exits, losing 16 MLAs. It is all too easy to blame the BJP for poaching MLAs but then the ruling party has made no bones about Operation Lotus or its attempt to avenge L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR and wrest the psychological edge the Congress had in 2017. Knowing this full well, the Congress should have been vigilant and proactive, considering it want- Cowardly act cure for COVID-19 but like every A turning point for America other microbial onslaught till ed to make Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State, a prestige issue. date, we have to pay a heavy price. Instead it rested easy on the verdict without realising that the BJP’s mammoth Sir — This refers to the editori- eorge Floyd, an Afro-American, had been living in When will mankind learn the Lok Sabha showing and its near decimation would require more groundwork al, “Elephantine problem” (June Minneapolis for several years after moving there universal tenet of simple living 4). It was heart-wrenching to Gfrom his native Houston, Texas. Handcuffed at gun- and high thinking as advocated in State units and at least holding on to them. The rural vote did work for the know about the horrific death of point, he was pinned to the ground as the police offi- by our rishis of yore? Gujarat Congress then but it didn’t build on it by breaking into Thakor voters for a pregnant elephant in Kerala’s cer, Derek Chauvin, kept his knee pressed hard on his R Narayanan instance or work on the aspirations of its MLAs. Palakkad district after she ate a neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. “I can't breathe,” Navi Mumbai Congress leader Rahul Gandhi may be crafting an image change in the mid- pineapple filled with firecrackers he cried repeatedly but his cries fell on deaf ears. About that was allegedly left by some six minutes into that period, Floyd fell silent. Why did Mired in confusion dle of a pandemic, appearing to contribute to the national revival effort by hold- locals. Amid the Corona crisis, Chauvin do the unthinkable? Years ago, Rohith Vemula, ing conversations and dialogues with eminent men friendly to him, but it’s not one had expected that this would a Dalit PhD candidate at the University of Hyderabad, reaping results on the ground. Particularly at a time when capable leaders of be the time for nature to reclaim found himself ousted from the hostel and was forced Sir — This refers to the editori- its lost space. The death of a wild to live in a tent. A distraught Vemula committed suicide. al, “Trump’s expansionism” (June the Congress have proved their mettle as Chief Ministers in the battle against elephant in Kerala serves as a In the searing note he left behind, he said, his “birth was of feeling. I had a member of my family killed but he was 4). US President Donald Trump’s the disease spiral, be it Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot or Punjab’s Amarinder Singh. reminder that we humans have his fatal accident.” Floyd was Black, born to parents of killed by a White man.” He was referring to his slain broth- call to transform G-7 into G-11 It would have worked had he focussed on COVID-19 management in Gujarat, long forgotten what humanity is. African origin in a racially divided America. His birth, too, er John F Kennedy. It calmed the crowd, albeit temporar- lacks clarity. He has failed to con- In Kerala, which boasts a lit- “was his fatal accident.” ily. Floyd was no Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, the killing vince nations on the need to one of the worst-hit States, and done more on-the-grounds, like he did with eracy rate of 93.91 per cent, it is Martin Luther King Jr, the redoubtable civil rights in cold blood highlighted the deep-rooted prejudices per- upgrade the grouping. He has migrants. Even his think tank-like advisories seem too tutored and self-serving a practice for locals to use explo- leader, reached Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968, sisting in American society. And for US President Donald only said that it has become out- than well-meaning. He may want to rebrand himself as a serious ideologue but sive-laced traps to get rid of wild to support the striking African-American city sanitation Trump, Floyd’s death “on the streets of Minneapolis” was dated. Besides, an analysis needs animals, especially boars. And workers, who were facing crass racial discrimination there. just “a grave tragedy.” His open threat to deploy the US to be done on the failures of G- webinars and conversations with public intellectuals will not help him if he wants this wasn’t the first time that such He was shot when standing in the hotel balcony the next military reservists of the National Guard against the angry 7. Given that the US would be to stay relevant in electoral politics. It is not that Gandhi hasn’t tried to strip down traps have claimed the life of an day. Addressing an angry crowd, Senator Robert F anti-racism protesters to “dominate” the streets, was, by going to polls in November, it his dynastic entitlements but he needs to be seen as a leader who has a grasp elephant here. Kennedy said, “For those of you who are Black and are no means, a healer’s touch. Perhaps, this may well be a remains unclear how this would Though one arrest has been tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injus- defining moment for America’s racial politics. shape up. India has taken the on issues. More importantly, he must make himself available to local units. Both made in the present case, it is a tice of such an act, against all White people, I would only Haridasan Rajan right step by showing willingness the Scindia and Gujarat fiascos have shown that he needs to keep the party travesty of justice that the maxi- say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind Kozhikode to attend the G-7 summit but it herd immune from political inducements. What Rahul and his strategists must mum punishment for the mur- must be impartial as it has till now derers would be just seven years Reconnect with nature on international affairs. do is to diminish the trust deficit in him as a deliverable leader, build on his nat- in jail. There’s an urgent need to spread of the virus, it was more er. Containment through isola- Manisha ural strengths like when he did padayatras and entered people’s homes and strengthen animal and wildlife than evident that even countries tion was seen to be the lone Via email localise his appeal. The Congress is not short of advisors, he needs to show protection laws, too. Sir — Coronavirus has elicited with the best medical and public weapon. Tushar Anand varying degrees of response from health infrastructure could find By virtue of the progress Send your feedback to: that he can be a leader of the masses, not of the podium. Patna nation-states. Weeks after the no match to this biological invad- made in science, we may find a [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Firms need a POINTCOUNTERPOINT DELHI GOVERNMENT RE-TESTED 30 SAMPLES FROM RML IT IS NOT RIGHT TO DO POLITICS OVER THE COVID-19 HOSPITAL WHICH WERE DECLARED COVID-19 POSITIVE. SITUATION IN DELHI AS IT WEAKENS THE FIGHT new perspective THE RESULTS OF 12 SAMPLES WERE NEGATIVE. AGAINST THE DISEASE. Business processes will change due to the —AAP SPOKESPERSON —UNION HEALTH MINISTER pandemic and so should the way valuations of RAGHAV CHADHA HARSH VARDHAN companies are done Give back to ‘city makers’ HIMA BINDU KOTA oronavirus cases are rising exponentially in India even as The absorption of jobless migrant workers in newer fiscal activities with dignity would significantly the country is in the midst of unlocking the economy. With depend on the nature and type of Government policies put in place to jumpstart economies of cities Cthe Government allowing almost all sectors to restart, com- panies are faced with the new challenge of valuing their business- es as a consequence of the pandemic. Nothing is the same now. The financial markets, the economy, real estate and almost all sectors have seen major turbulence and the uncertainty will not end anytime soon. According to the 2020, Brand Finance India 100 report, during the pandemic, the combined valuation of India’s top 100 brands dropped by $25 billion as compared to the start of this year. The uncertainty in future cash flows is now a hard reality. Organisations have to renew ways of measuring risks asso- ciated with the cash flow of their businesses as the categories of risk may have increased in the light of COVID-19. The elements which are a part of the discount rates used in ARJUN KUMAR valuations, including the risk-free rate and unsystematic risks, may have changed, altering the way businesses approached valua- ymmetric to global trends, COVID-19 has tions before the crisis. All business valuations are done on pro- had multi-dimensional impacts on the jections. However, in these unprecedented times, there is every SIndian economy and society. Amid rising chance that these projections might change. It has become dif- concerns over the lives and livelihoods of the ficult to quantify the short-term and long-term financial projec- poorer sections of the population due to the nationwide lockdown, the Government tions and the shape of economic recovery is also uncertain. It announced seemingly bold economic packages. may be ‘V’ shaped, ‘U’ shaped or even ‘W’ shaped. Moreover, However, with a few exceptions, lack of coordi- some industries may bounce back faster than the others. Even nation in the official sphere at the ground level though governments across the world are providing economic has had appalling consequences, especially on the stimulus, the fact remains that consumer demand may still be millions of “city makers”, the urban informal slow and may possibly see a paradigm shift in the long-term. workers, who represent a significant share of the So, during these times, selecting a valuation model relevant workforce and contribute in multiple ways to the to one’s own business is imperative. All three valuation meth- economy. ods — income, market and asset — are available to business Employed mostly in the unorganised sector managers and analysts. However, in the present situation, some and living in informal settlements in cities, they have borne the major brunt of the lockdown. methods may be more appropriate as compared to others. For They have no job contracts, no regular work, are example, of the two income-based approaches that are used to often employed casually and are without any value a company, one may be more appropriate than the other social safety nets to support them and their fam- now. The first method, the Capitalisation of Cash Flow (CCF) ilies during exigencies. Moreover, their livelihood method is used by mature firms, which are relatively stable in opportunities are constrained by multiple bar- their growth expectation and cash flows. Under this method, the riers that include deplorable housing conditions, valuator assumes a steady growth rate, picks a single income inadequacies of urban services, in-built socio- IN THE US, A SUM stream and predicts future income based on historical numbers. economic disparities relating to caste and gen- der and also the policies and practices of govern- OF $300-$400 IS start economies of cities. This can Regarding their awareness on eligi- poorest sections of the population are On the other hand, the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method BEING GIVEN is more flexible and allows for more variations in the future cash ments. mostly be done by providing boosts to bility for Government support pro- able to fulfil their dietary require- The challenges during the lockdown: An WEEKLY TO THE local businesses and small and micro- grammes, only 37 per cent of the ments, each identified needy person flows based on varying growth rates, changes in the interest rates IMPRI survey to understand the impact of the UNEMPLOYED enterprises. respondents thought that they were eli- must be provided with a dollar a day of debt repayments and any other factors that may change in future lockdown on the lives of migrant workers AS AN ALLOWANCE. The challenges: A defining chal- gible for benefits under the Pradhan (around `2,000 per month). and could affect cash flows. Given this rising economic uncer- revealed that almost three-fourth of the 3,121 THEREFORE, lenge for devising appropriate mitigat- Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (having Further, for everyone to be vigilant tainty and market disruption, DCF, with its flexibility to allow mod- respondents from over 50 cities of India were TO ENSURE A ing policies for the city makers is the an outlay of `20 lakh crore for the about the spread of COVID-19, digital elling of performance of future years of a business individually, engaged in informal employment, i.e. daily DIGNIFIED lack of data about them both prior to COVID-19 response). However, only 34 literacy for children belonging to poor with varying growth rates and cash flows till businesses stabilise, wage work, petty trades/business and as tempo- ASSISTANCE and during any kind of emergency. So, per cent of the respondents could avail families, and smooth transfer of digital may be a more useful method. This method will not be devoid rary workers without any social security bene- TO THE POOR, preparedness and early action by the benefits like cash transfers and free payment of welfare schemes, poor of challenges as valuators may still have to consider multiple sce- fits. It was found that six out of 10 workers had communities are essential. To benefit ration under this scheme. households should be provided an lost their jobs during the lockdown, with unem- THE GOVERNMENT from any Central and State Government The solutions: In the light of the Android phone either for free or at a nario analysis to capture the growing uncertainty in the next 18 OF INDIA CAN to 24 months. ployment being highest among the casual relief measures — both cash and non- above evidence, it becomes extremely subsidised rate through PDS shops. In labourers and self-employed respondents. A AFFORD TO GIVE $1 cash — people must possess important to think of precise policy addition, the private sector (under the Organisations can value their business using other methods whopping 74 per cent of the casual labourers lost (ABOUT `75) A DAY Government documents (ration card, improvements to tide over the crisis. To CSR component) should come forward as well. However, additional considerations need to be applied their jobs while 67 per cent of the self-employed TO EACH POOR Aadhaar card), bank account and be start with, the stringent Aadhaar- and provide free SIM and data coupons in doing so. For example, if a company was using the market workers could not pursue their economic activ- PERSON. enrolled in different Government wel- requirements for accessing different to Below Poverty Line households. It is approach of valuation earlier, it needs to make relevant adjust- ities due to the lockdown. IF WE GIVE fare schemes and so on. schemes must be relaxed for at least the the most opportune time to ensure dig- ments in the financial parameters now. It may not just use an aver- The workers, who had no other option but `2,000 PER MONTH The survey revealed that coverage next six months. Another option could ital literacy among the people. age of the previous three or five-year period, as it may not be to remain confined within their houses without ASSISTANCE TO of and eligibility for Government sup- be a job assurance programme that In the US, $300-$400 are being applicable in these uncertain times. So usage of previous years’ any work, could neither realistically practise social 12 CRORE PEOPLE port programmes was a major concern, would give needy households livelihood given weekly to the unemployed as an financial metrics during these times needs more analysis and distancing, nor could they afford it. The inabil- as evident from the possession status of security during health crises. allowance. Therefore, to ensure a dig- ity to earn during the shutdown translated into (THE BOTTOM various important documents by the Essentially, the COVID-19 crisis nified assistance to the poor, the adjustments. QUARTILE Cash flows and the ability of a business to continue its oper- 54 per cent of the people being unable to pay rent respondents. requires extremely localised and coor- Government of India can afford to give for their accommodation. POPULATION IN THE About 23 per cent of the respon- dinated responses. So, city govern- $1 (about `75) a day to each poor per- ations and generate cash flows are important for business val- The loss of jobs had a spillover impact on the URBAN ECONOMIC dents did not have ration cards, 32 per ments and their elected representatives son. If we give `2,000 per month assis- uation. In addition, cash balance and the rate at which money is education of children, too, as most city-makers LADDER), IT WILL cent did not have zero-balance Jan Dhan should decide on vigorous delivery of tance to 12 crore people (the bottom being used by an organisation also determine its survival and abil- send their offspring to Government schools. In TRANSLATE TO bank accounts and on an average only basic urban services that might be the quartile population in the urban eco- ity to continue doing business. So any changes that help a firm the prevailing new normal of online teaching `24,000 CRORE one out of 10 respondents were covered most effective in their contexts. nomic ladder), it will translate to to preserve capital and cash flows, now and in the near future, methods and reliance on digital modes of learn- A MONTH AND under the Government of India’s flag- Financially-empowered city govern- `24,000 crore a month and `72,000 will help in the valuations as it can give a good idea of how long ing, education has become a distant dream for `72,000 CRORE ship public health as well as life insur- ments with clear functional domain and crore for three months. This is certain- a company can survive in these turbulent times. the children of migrant labourers because they FOR THREE ance schemes — Ayushman Bharat, PM adequate institutional capacity can ly doable. The longer-term prospects of any organisation are also impor- have no smartphones for accessing such educa- Jeevan Jyoti Bima and PM Suraksha respond rapidly and contain the out- Moreover, if we can give an Android tion, forget about computers. MONTHS. THIS IS Bima Yojna. break of COVID-19. phone in a graded manner to around tant in assessing its value. However, every dark cloud has a sil- CERTAINLY DOABLE ver lining and tough times help some companies to thrive or re- With 88 per cent of the city makers depend- About 65 per cent of the surveyed It is equally important to improve five crore people (prioritising the elder- ing on household income, savings, financial help respondents were aware of the and expand the coverage of the Public ly, women and children going to engineer themselves, like grocery and food delivery, manufac- from relatives and friends and so on, for meet- AarogyaSetu App and among them 62 Distribution System (PDS). Bridging the Government schools) in the cities, it turers of PPE and digital businesses. These and similar other busi- ing their health-related expenditure, this tempo- per cent reported use of the app. Only awareness gap regarding available would amount to around `30,000 crore nesses by virtue for their relevance in these times, or because rary job loss has added to their anxieties that any 38 per cent respondents were aware of Government support programmes, (cost per handset around `6,000). of timely reinvention, are actually booming during the outbreak. kind of health emergency, including COVID-19, State WhatsApp helplines. For other especially the PDS, through timely Overall, this would amount to `100,000 With world economies going through disruptions and maybe per- would exacerbate. apps and e-initiatives, the awareness lev- and reliable information and expand- crore and would be crucial as India manent changes in consumer behaviour, some companies would What they want: Quite understandably, most els of the respondents were very poor. ing the coverage of such programmes moves into the “unlock” phase. Such take advantage of the situation and do better than pre-pandem- people want to return to work and almost three- Roughly about 20-30 per cent of the to the needy but non-registered seg- provisioning is certainly doable and ic times. Going forward, due to the unpredictability of the busi- fourth of the respondents said that they would respondents were aware of State e- ments via certain temporary forms of would just need a reorientation of the ness environment and future cash flows, valuations cannot be join the same job in which they were engaged coupons for rations, State e-pass or authentication as alternatives, can be Budget 2020-21. And to this, the `35 done by just numbers. Stories of survival, tales of flexibility and prior to the lockdown, if possible. In other words, other different State apps and use of very useful. lakh crore worth of forex reserves this loss of jobs or livelihood options was con- these apps among them turned out to The last Economic Survey (2019- could be rightly utilised to pay for the the ability to either scale up or scale down at a short notice should sidered as a temporary phenomenon. be even more pathetic. 20) spoke of “Thalinomics”, which says war against COVID-19, as it would help be definitely part of valuations. Many things may not remain the However, the absorption of jobless migrant Lack of access to smartphones and that a good vegetarian and non-vege- distribute the pain similar to the same in the aftermath of the outbreak. Business processes will workers in newer fiscal activities with dignity unstable internet connectivity were the tarian platter costs a minimum of `25 Keynesian tenets during World War-II change and so should the way valuations of companies are done. would significantly depend on the nature and major impediments in using the apps minimum and `40, respectively. and create a better society. (The writer is Associate Professor, Amity University, Noida) type of Government policies put in place to jump- and portals. Therefore, in order to ensure that the (The writer is Director, IMPRI) Enlarge role of local govts in handling crisis The lockdown exit plan will gradually give way to decentralised responsibilities to panchayats and municipalities. The sooner this shift takes place the better it will be

executive orders. In fact, the subject main function of these local self-gov- mandated to carry out “relief, rehabil- operational. As a result, the process of guidelines of the National Authority arrangements with remarkable coop- “disaster management” is not specifi- ernments is to make the people under- itation and reconstruction activities” decentralised planning is hampered and a select consultation with the dis- eration of all State Governments and cally mentioned in all the three lists of stand what change or innovation ben- only under the “directions of the and associated capacity-development trict and local authorities. public servants and security forces have the Seventh Schedule of the efits them, why it does so and how it District Authority.” The DM Act stip- is completely denied. Penal provisions in Chapter 10 of been enforcing the lockdown effective- Constitution. Therefore, the can be introduced. It is for the com- ulates, under Section 25, the setting up On the other hand, the DM Act the DM Act pave the way for securi- ly. The lockdown exit plan will grad- Parliament exercised its power to munity to participate in all the activ- of a ‘District Disaster Management is unambiguous in assigning powers ty personnel to take coercive measures ually give way to decentralised respon- enact a law on the subject. ities which lead to such change or Authority’ under the stewardship of a to Union and State Governments. against offenders. However, medical sibilities to panchayats and municipal- Other entries like “Public Order” innovation. District Collector/Magistrate, who is Section 62 of the Act stipulates extra- professionals are not covered under ities. The sooner this shift takes place and “Public Health” were included in Panchayats and municipalities assisted by the chairperson of the dis- ordinary powers to the Centre by this provision. Recent incidents of the better it will be. VN ALOK the State List when the Constitution were brought into the statute book to trict council in the capacity of co-chair- which any authority in Union stone pelting and misbehaviour with The Government has prominent- was framed. Further, consequent upon promote better living for the commu- person of the district authority. Ministries, statutory bodies and State doctors and nurses compelled the ly pronounced the role of local self- iven the seriousness of the the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the nity with the active participation of the Further, Section 31 of the DM Act Governments is bound to take direc- Government to introduce penal pro- governments to combat COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, the Constitution in 1993, “Public Health” community. Here, the word “commu- provides for a “plan” by the district tion from the nodal Central Ministry. visions protecting healthcare person- which can only be prevented by GGovernment imposed a nation- found place in the 11th and 12th nity” means a local society in a geo- authority in consultation with local In addition, a national plan is drawn nel and their property against violence. changing human attitudes and behav- wide lockdown by invoking provisions Schedules. As a result, panchayats and graphical rural or urban area, cutting authorities subject to approval by the up under Section 11. For the purpose, an Ordinance was iours. Local governments and the of the National Disaster Management municipalities have been assigned across caste, religious and economic State. The provision is akin to Article At the State level, under Section promulgated on April 22 to amend the community are best placed to bring Act, 2005 (DM Act). The law was civic powers to render “public health” differences. 243 ZD, a mandatory constitutional 14, a State Disaster Management Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 in the this change and inculcate social dis- enacted by invoking entry number 23, to citizens in their respective jurisdic- Ironically, these key institutions provision, which envisages a district Authority is required under the chair- light of the current pandemic. This tancing on a sustainable basis. Hence, namely, “Social Security and Social tions. have not found their rightful place in planning committee (DPC) for spatial manship of the Chief Minister of the could be a permanent provision to the role of local governments must be Insurance; Employment and Rightly so, as democratic and the DM Act. A passing reference is planning, infrastructure development State. This authority is assisted by a maintain the morale of the healthcare prominent, at least, in the DM Act. Unemployment” in the Concurrent cooperative organisations at the local made to “local authorities” under and environmental conservation. State Executive Committee headed by professional and discipline miscreants. (The writer is faculty, Indian List of the Constitution. Hence, it level are arguably the best to render Section 41 of the DM Act. As per the States have given the provision of the Chief Secretary of the State. The It may be observed that the pan- Institute of Public Administration, empowers Union and State preventive and prophylactic measures section, these panchayats, munici- DPC in their respective Acts but committee prepares the State Disaster demic till date is being controlled New Delhi. The views expressed are Governments to frame rules and issue like inoculation and vaccination. The palities and cantonment boards are seem to be reluctant to make them Management Plan after following the through centralised institutional personal) VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | JUNE 6, 2020 money 08

CAPSULE Govt clear about Gati to return SBI reports four-fold privatisation of to profitability PSUs: Sanyal next quarter, PNS n NEW DELHI says Allcargo jump in Q4 profit The government is clear and unapologetic about privatisa- PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI tion of public sector enterpris- es as part of reforms, Principal Allcargo Logistics expects The country's largest lender Economic Advisor Sanjeev Gati, the express courier ser- SBI on Friday reported over Sanyal said on Friday. Last vices firm it recently Sun Pharma four-fold jump in standalone month, Finance Minister acquired, to return to prof- net profit at Rs 3,580.81 crore Nirmala Sitharaman had itability next quarter, after initiates clinical for March quarter 2019-20. announced that there will be having been stalled by the trials for COVID-19 State Bank of India (SBI) a maximum of coronavirus lockdown in the treatment drug had registered a profit of Rs four public current quarter. 838.4 crore during January- sector Sensex rallies 307 Allcargo Chairman Shashi New Delhi: Drug major Sun March period of 2018-19, the compa- Kiran Shetty also expects a Pharmaceutical Industries on lender said in a regulatory fil- nies in brighter future for the ing. strategic Hyderabad-based subsidiary Friday said it has commenced pts; SBI soars over 7 phase-2 clinical trials on Income of the bank during sectors as it is awaiting a tax write- AQCH, a plant-derived drug, March quarter of the last finan- while state- back of Rs 50-60 crore cial year rose to Rs 76,027.51 owned firms through the ongoing dispute for potential treatment of crore from Rs 75,670.5 crore in in other segments pc post Q4 show settlement scheme and thus COVID-19. The company the same period of 2018-19, State Bank of India (SBI) had will eventually be privatised. close the fiscal year with a received approval from the SBI said. This will be part of a new PNS n MUMBAI healthy bottomline. Drugs Controller General of On the asset front, gross non registered a profit of Rs 838.4 crore coherent Public Sector After hitting a "We've applied for the India (DCGI) for conducting performing assets (NPAs) of during January-March period of Enterprises Policy to be for- Equity benchmark Sensex ral- high of Vivad Se Vishwas scheme, the trials of the the bank improved at 6.15 per mulated to push reforms in lied 307 points on Friday, pro- under which the government phytopharmaceutical drug in cent of gross advances as on 2018-19 central public sector enterpris- pelled by gains in index-heavy- 34,405.43, the is encouraging taxpayers to April this year, Sun Pharma March 31, 2020 as against 7.53 es (CPSEs), she had said while weights HDFC Bank, ICICI 30-share index end their disputes with tax- said in a statement. "The per cent by the same period of announcing the fifth and last Bank and SBI. men through negotiated set- clinical trials will be conducted 2019. 31, 2020 as compared to 3.01 SBI stock was trading at Rs tranche of over Rs 20 lakh After hitting a high of settled 306.54 tlement. across 12 centres in India on Net NPA or bad loans stood per cent by the year-ago same 178.70 on the BSE, up 2.67 per crore 'Amtmanirbhar Bharat 34,405.43, the 30-share index points or 0.90 "Gati has a disputed tax 210 patients. The treatment at 2.23 per cent as on March period. cent from the previous close. Abhiyan' package. settled 306.54 points or 0.90 per claim of Rs 150-160 crore and duration for patients will be 10 cent higher at 34,287.24. per cent higher we hope to settle it at half... days. The results of the Similarly, the NSE Nifty rose at 34,287.24 and thus will be able to write clinical trials are expected by 113.05 points or 1.13 per cent back at least Rs 50-60 crore by October 2020," it added. IMF asks Pak to 10,142.15. December," Shetty told PTI. Human safety study of AQCH Centre to pick 5 new blocks State Bank of India (SBI) was one-year high in intra-day After its open offer, has already been completed to freeze govt the top gainer in the Sensex trade. The company Allcargo now controls close and the drug has been found pack, surging around 8 per announced sale of 1.85 per cent to 47 per cent in Gati, and safe at the recommended cent, after the country's largest stake in its digital unit Jio Shetty expects the integration dose for phase-2 study, Sun employees' with all clearances for auction lender reported an over four- Platforms to Abu Dhabi-based of the two companies over Pharma said. "This is the first PNS n NEW DELHI fold jump in standalone net sovereign investor Mubadala the next 16 months. Allcargo phytopharmaceutical drug salaries profit at Rs 3,580.81 crore for for Rs 9,093.60 crore. had appointed turnaround approved for clinical trials by The Centre has asked each the March quarter. According to traders, besides experts Alvarez & Marsal to the DCGI as a potential PNS n ISLAMABAD state having mineral resources Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, stock-specific action, persistent revive Gati and improve the treatment for COVID-19. to identify at least five new min- HDFC Bank, NTPC, Axis foreign fund inflows and pos- best practices between the AQCH has shown anti-SARS- The IMF has asked cash- ing projects for auction with Bank and ICICI Bank also itive cues from global markets two companies. CoV-2 effects in in-vitro strapped Pakistan to freeze pre-embedded clearance on a ended with firm gains. led to bullish sentiment here. studies conducted in salaries of government pilot basis with a view to expe- On the other hand, TCS, "The current week has been a collaboration with ICGEB, employees and adhere to the diting the sale process as well as HUL, Bajaj Auto and Infosys good one for the global markets Italy," Sun Pharma MD Dilip fiscal consolidation path by operationalisation of the blocks. were among the laggards. as major frontline markets Shanghvi said. showing a nominal primary The Mines Ministry has Reliance Industries (RIL) posted a strong rally," said deficit in the new budget due released guidelines for the auc- succumbed to profit-booking, Sanjeev Zarbade, VP PCG to the unsustainable public tion of mineral blocks with pre- ending flat after touching its Research, Kotak Securities. debt that is set to hit 90 per embedded clearances as it cent of the total value of the explores ways to address the key national economy. issue of delay in mining pro- Pakistan is finding it hard duction due to lack of various to concede to the two approvals such as forest and Alkem Laboratories Q4 net demands but the IMF is insist- environment permissions. The identified blocks would be ing that the country should The identified blocks would Mahindra Finance to continue to follow the fiscal be auctioned along with other auctioned along with other blocks profit up 12 pc at Rs 191.54 cr consolidation path due to the blocks without pre-embedded without pre-embedded clearances raise up to Rs 86 cr high and unsustainable pub- clearances. PNS n NEW DELHI eration as against Rs 1,853.03 via NCDs lic debt, the Express Tribune Under the guidelines, the crore for the same period year reported on Friday. Owing to Centre has asked states to set up reforms in the mining sector as the mines ministry said, "It has Drug firm Alkem Laboratories ago, it added. New Delhi: Mahindra & the prevailing tight fiscal sit- a project monitoring unit part of the over Rs 20 lakh been decided that states should on Friday reported a 12.34 per Net profit for the fiscal Mahindra Financial Services uation, growing public debt (PMU) to complete the crore stimulus package to implement this mechanism cent rise in consolidated net ended March 2020 stood at Rs Ltd (Mahindra Finance) on and Pakistan's decision to preparatory work for obtaining boost growth and job cre- on pilot basis in respect of profit to Rs 191.54 crore for the 1,149.31 crore as against Rs Friday said it will raise up to seek debt relief from G-20 requisite clearances, approvals ation. She had announced the identified mineral blocks, quarter ended on March 31, 773.64 crore for 2018-19, Rs 86 crore through issuance countries, the International and related work. The unit auction of 500 blocks and which could be auctioned with 2020. Alkem Labs said. of debt securities. "A meeting Monetary Fund has asked would obtain all the clearances introduction of a seamless pre-embedded clearances... The company had posted a The company posted Rs of the duly authorised Islamabad to freeze salaries of for starting a mining project. composite exploration-cum- Each state should identify at net profit of Rs 170.50 crore for ing. 8,344.36 crore as revenue from committee was held today, i.e. government employees, the Finance Minister Nirmala mining-cum-production least five mineral blocks for the corresponding period of Revenue from operations operations for 2019-20. It was on 5th June, 2020, approving daily reported, citing sources Sitharaman last month had regime. In the guidelines on auction with pre-embedded previous fiscal, Alkem also rose to Rs 2,048.99 crore Rs 7,357.19 crore for the year the allotment of 860 secured in the Ministry of Finance. announced various structural the auction of mining blocks, clearance." Laboratories said in a BSE fil- for the quarter under consid- ago fiscal, it added. redeemable principal protected non-convertible market linked debentures (NCDs) aggregating to Rs 86 crore," the company said in a BSE Rupee settles on a MSMEs facing difficulties in Calls for moratorium on filing. Face value of the NCDs will be Rs 10,00,000 each, aggregating to Rs 86 crore. flat note, slips 1p to accessing relief packages: SSI import of natural rubber The maturity tenure of the securities is 731 days from PNS n BENGALURU the deemed date of allotment, PNS n COIMBATORE it added. Mahindra Finance 75.58 against dollar MSMEs are seriously con- stock traded at Rs 153.75 on cerned about the implemen- The United Planters the BSE, up 3.33 per cent PNS n NEW DELHI at 75.38, but later pared gains tation of the emergency Association of Southern India over previous close. and finally settled at 75.58 COVID-19-related packages (UPASI) on Friday sought an The rupee surrendered all against the US dollar, down 1 meant as relief for industry as immediate moratorium on intra-day gains to provisional- paisa over its last close of they face innumerable diffi- natural rubber (NR) import ly close on a flat note at 75.58 75.57. culties in accessing benefits at for a minimum period of two against the US dollar on "The USD/INR spot the level of banks, according years. Friday as investors has been trading in a to Karnataka Small Scale The NR sector has been in looked for cues to very tight range 75- Industries Association (KAS- a crisis due to the fall in move forward and 75.65 as investors SIA). prices over the last eight years. lockdown turned out to be a take positions. await catalyst to For one, guidelines issued the repayment of installments accessing the schemes. The prices have been far double whammy as NR pro- Forex traders said move forward and under the Emergency Credi and interest as well as other We, therefore, would like to below production cost, the duction came to a grinding positive domestic take positions," said Link Guarantee Scheme compliances. While some seriously urge the govern- reason being unrestricted halt and the present situation equities, sustained for- Rahul Gupta, Head of (ECLGS) are not uniform and banks may be transparent ment to immediately ensure surge in cheap imports into is threatening the existence of eign fund flows, revival of Research- Currency, different banks have framed and forthcoming, a number of that uniform guidelines are the country from South-East the sector, he claimed. business activities and weak Emkay Global Financial their own guidelines leading others are unsure and place issued and followed by all the Asian regions, UPASI presi- The opening stock of NR in US dollar supported the local Services. Currently, the spot is to confusion and hardship in hurdles in the way of the Banks and other institutions dent AL RM Nagappan said in the country, estimated at 3.4 unit, but there were still a slew in indecisive market and going making use of the schemes at MSME customers in accessing as otherwise a large number of a letter to the Union lakh tonnes [as on April 1, Kiran Shaw of risks, including US-China forward the focus will be on a time when industries are in these benefits, he said. MSMEs, accounting for Commerce and Industry and 2020], roughly translates to six trade tiff, that weighed on the Jio-Mubadala deal related dol- dire straits, KASSIA President KASSIA has received a approximately 30-35 per cent Railways Minister Piyush months of production, which named EY currency. lar flows, US-China trade spat R Raju said in a statement. number of complaints and of the units, may have no Goyal. further reiterates the need to At the interbank forex mar- and whether there is a second The same confusion exists representations from its mem- option but to shut down for The spread of COVID-19 declare a moratorium on World ket, the rupee opened strong wave of infection. with regard to moratorium on bers about the difficulties in want of succour, Raju added. pandemic and the consequent import, he said. Entrepreneur Making PNS n NEW DELHI Atlas Cycles shuts ops at last unit PIO pharma boss banned workplaces Biocon Executive PNS n NEW DELHI CEO N P Singh Chairperson Kiran for price-fixing in UK Mazumdar-Shaw has been Atlas Cycles - a name that Rana, however, healthier, greener named EY World became a synonym for bicycles PNS n LONDON competition law. And the PNS n NEW DELHI Entrepreneur of the Year in India - has shut its last man- insists the CMA is determined to protect 2020 at a virtual award cer- ufacturing unit in Sahibabad, shutdown is only An Indian-origin pharmaceu- the public from directors who State-run EESL in partner- emony, the company said in just outside the national capi- tical industry chief has signed fail to do so," said Michael ship with US Agency for a statement. tal, citing lack of funds to run temporary, and undertakings that ban him Grenfell, the CMA's Executive International Development's She was selected from the factory. will resume ops from holding a director role at Director of Enforcement. MAITREE program among 46 Entrepreneur of Its CEO N P Singh Rana, any UK company for the next "Today's action should act as a launched an initiative that will the Year country award win- however, insists the shutdown five years, in connection with warning to those in manage- pioneer ways to make work- ners from 41 countries and is only temporary, and the gates that read: "... the compa- his role in companies that ment positions – the CMA will places healthier and greener. territories, it added. company will resume opera- ny had been passing through were allegedly involved in ille- not stand by when your firms Market Integration and "I am truly honoured to tions once it is able to raise a financial crisis for several gal arrangements such as price- break the law and take advan- Transformation Program for receive the prestigious EY around Rs 50 crore by selling years and had exhausted all its fixing of drugs. Amit Patel, a tage of customers," he said. Energy Efficiency is aimed at World Entrepreneur of the surplus land. funds to keep the factory former director at the pharma- From September 2014 to May accelerating the adoption of Year Award 2020. At its core, The company shut the fac- afloat. But now, there are no ceutical companies Auden 2015, when Patel was director cost-effective energy efficien- entrepreneurship is about tory on June 3, which ironical- dance daily. the last operational plant of the funds left. We are facing dif- McKenzie and Amilco, was the at Auden McKenzie, the CMA cy measures as a standard solving problems. The great- ly was also happened to be the While he did not elaborate Atlas cycle with a monthly pro- ficulty in arranging funds for subject of a UK Competition investigation found that Auden practice within buildings, and est opportunities often arise World Bicycle Day. It laid off on the payment to employees, duction of over two lakh bicy- our day-to-day operations. and Markets Authority (CMA) McKenzie and King specifically focuses on cool- at the toughest times, and 431 remaining employees, "lay-off wages" typically equal cles. We are also unable to buy raw investigation, which conclud- Pharmaceuticals Ltd had ing.MAITREE is a part of the that's been my experience though Rana insists they con- to 50 per cent of basic salary Employees claimed the unit materials. In these condi- ed with the ban on Thursday. shared out between them the US-India bilateral Partnership throughout my entrepreneur- tinue to be on the roll of the and dearness allowance. was shut without notice. tions, the management is not "Company directors have a supply of the drug nortripty- between the Ministry of ial journey," Mazumdar- company and will be paid "lay- The plant, the biggest in the On Wednesday, a notice in a position to operate the responsibility to make sure line to a large pharmaceutical Power and Shaw said. off wages" upon marking atten- country, started in 1989. It was was pasted on the factory factory." their companies comply with wholesaler. USAID. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Saturday June 6, 2020 A NEW LEASE OF LIFE? hild: “Tell me the one the nefarious normal are in huge on our planet,” says he. our safety doesn’t act as a burden about the virus again. numbers.” The question of meeting our for the environment.” Then, I’ll go to bed. On this World Environment Day, Delhi-based environmental current needs without compromis- We can make sustainability pos- C That one’s my activist and entrepreneur, Jai Dhar ing the ability of future generations sible now through a paradigm shift favourite.” let’s pledge to use this crisis to do Gupta agrees and says, “Human to meet their needs is sustainable in our concept of development Adult male: “Okay! memory is very short. They won’t development. But this is something from a greed-based model to a Snuggle down my boy, though I remember after a while what disas- that we do not pause and think need-based one. We need to revisit know that you know full well... things differently and build back a ter they have caused to the environ- about. Jai Dhar says that of course what Gandhiji had exhorted — the “It was a world of waste and ment. The basic human nature is to the right approach is to find a more planet has enough for every man’s wonder, poverty and plenty. Back better world that is more be selfish. We will only be con- sustainable way. He adds: “But need but not enough for every before we understood why hind- cerned about our economic sur- before looking for solutions let us man’s greed. Manu says, “This con- sight’s 2020. You see, the people sustainable, resilient and inclusive, vival which is at stake now. We will see what those mistakes are? One cept of development must migrate came up with companies to trade use the fossil fuels at the same rate of the big problem is that 60 per away from its current anthropocen- across all lands but they swelled says Sakshi Sharma and will bounce back to the old cent people light their chulha using tric viewpoint and encapsulate all and got much bigger then we ever ways because people don’t change bio fuel — wood or dried cow life forms and forces that support could have planned. We’d always that easily.” He adds that the subset dung, which is the largest source of them. Our model of economics had our wants but now, it got so smile, started clapping to say thank predicted to be the doomed year, We saw a lot of examples that of people, who are environmental- air pollution. How is that going to shouldn’t be an impediment in the quick, you could have anything you you and calling up their mums. nobody believed it. Neither the made it evident that nature was ists, is very small. Their hopes or go away? The people using them path of ecology, but should protect dreamed of in a day and with a And while the car keys gathered eponymous film, nor the predic- balancing itself as humans were aspirations don’t even matter. are either too poor or live in it. Nations must join forces to pro- click. We noticed families had dust, they would look forward to tions. They seemed too bizarre for locked indoors — clear water in the Now that earth has become remote areas and neither the peo- mote cleaner forms of energies, stopped talking. That’s not to say their runs. With the skies less full of so many calamities to take place Venice canals, pigeon flocked the cleaner, albeit temporarily, how can ple at large, nor the government reduce the population, destruction they never spoke but the meaning voyagers, the earth began to brea- together, all of a sudden. Well, streets of Connaught Place in Del- we make sure people don’t repeat seem to try hard to change that. I of rainforests and dumping of cont- must have melted and the work-life the. The beaches bore new wildlife 2020, has been acting much like hi, flamingoes were sighted by hun- the mistakes that they have been don't think even our Environment aminants into our ecosystem.” balance broke. The children’s eyes that scuttled off into the seas. Some 2012, only a more exaggerated ver- dreds in Mumbai, Gangetic Dolph- making since decades? Well, Manu Minister knows what the word ‘sus- We can use this crisis to do grew squarer and every toddler had people started dancing, some were sion of it. It started with Amazon ins were spotted near Kolkata ghats believes that the worst kind of pol- tainable’ actually means, it is blind things differently and understand a phone. They filtered out the singing and some were baking. and Australia bushfires, followed by after almost 30 years while resident lution is not air, water, soil or noise leading the blind. Our forest minis- the power and change that one per- imperfections but amid the noise, We’d grown so used to bad news the Coronavirus pandemic, of Jalandhar, Punjab and its sur- but pollution of consciousness. We ter has done everything possible to son can bring about. While Jai they felt alone. Every day the skies but some good news was in the cyclones, locusts attack, blood- rounding areas were thrilled with abuse ourselves, our fellow sentient destroy the environment to pro- Dhar’s only ray of hope is today’s grew thicker till you couldn’t see making. So when we found the sucking ticks attack, tsunami (near the clear views of Himalayan peaks beings, and nature because we have mote growth. We are compromis- youth, Manu says that this predica- the stars. So we flew in planes to cure, and were allowed to go outsi- Russia), landslides (in Assam), which weren’t visible for decades. polluted our consciousness by ing on health and government. We ment is born out of our current find them, while down below, we de, we all preferred the world we earthquakes and what not, have All these incidents have made us investing in ego and greed instead have been doing it for years.” lifestyles and we must radically and filled our cars. We’d drive around found to the one we’d left behind. taken a toll on the world. reflect on our actions and earth’s of love, compassion and care. “The Talking about sustainability in consciously alter it. He adds, all day in circles. We’d forgotten Old habits became extinct and they The year of keeping in touch sustainability. Now that the lock- entire creation is a web of intercon- the current times, he further asks, “During this crisis, we have wit- how to run. We swapped the grass made way for the new. Every sim- with our loved ones on video calls, down is relaxed and later when life nectedness and the moment we “What is it that people are buying nessed first hand how vehicular for tarmac, shrunk the parks till ple act of kindness was now given virtual meetings on account of a gets back on track, will pollution start acting as if we’re separate from in large numbers numbers?” and and industrial emissions affect our there was none. We filled the sea its due.” lockdown has definitely many and other man-made disasters it, we start behaving like carcino- then answers, “it is the masks and natural systems and what horrors with plastic because our waste was Child: “But why did it take a drawbacks. But it has been a bless- resume or is there a sense of reali- gens who grow only for the sake of PPE kits. Does anyone of us know are unleashed by the diabolic ani- never capped. Until, each day, virus to bring people back ing in disguise for our ecosystem as sation among the people? Manu growth, destroying the ecosystem how to use and throw plastic masks mal flesh trade. Thus, we can when you went fishing you’d pull together?” it has considerably slowed down says: “Let’s not imagine that this that nourish us — and eventually and PPE kits? How pledge and join forces to make the them out already wrapped. While the vicious cycle of unnecessary will, in anyway, remain the case, destroying ourselves. We need to will they decom- necessary lifestyle changes to miti- we drank, smoked and gambled, Adult male: “Well, sometimes human consumption and nature once the lockdown is lifted. We slow down and feel the treasures of posed? Is their any gate the disastrous effects of these our leaders taught us why it’s best you’ve got to get sick, my boy, has been flourishing. Manu Singh, have turned ourselves into reactive nature within and without, re- authority that will industries at least. Finally, I’ll quote to not upset the lobbies, more con- before you start feeling better.” Chief Mentor, and Environmen- zombies, who will again resume the establishing our regulate the waste Gandhiji again, ‘Be the change you venient to die. Tom Roberts’ poem, The Great talist, Varenyum says, “The result rat race and individualism without connection with that will be pro- want to see in the world.’” “But then, in 2020, a new virus Realisation, is a bedtime tale about of the lockdown has been clearer giving any conscious thought to life. We need to duced? Well, Post self-realisation, we need to came our way. The governments pre-pandemic life that falls apart skies, purer rivers, thriving flora these learnings. People who have realise what we these are the actively engage other people and reacted and told us all to hide away. when a virus hits, and yet, the — a and fauna and an astronomical come to this realisation and will act are losing as questions we transform this into a continuous But while we all were hidden, ami- world where people are kinder and decrease in pollu- upon it are a miniscule minority, this alone can movement, ensuring that our elec- dst the fear, people dusted off their understand the reality of life. tion.” whereas the ones itching stop us from need to ask the tions are fought over it so that we instincts. They remembered how to Years ago, when 2012 was to get back to wreaking government build back a better world that is havoc so that more sustainable, resilient and inclusive.

The Coronavirus pandemic has shaken everyone across the Chicken to boost our immunity world. While doctors, medicare 1) How can we build immunity. Apart from Anushka Baindur: tein. Adding chicken in kids for a healthi- our immunity by protein, chicken is also a There is no scientific evi- the diet can help meet er immune sys- staff, and the police are working eating chicken? good source of various dence stating that chicken daily protein needs. It tem? What are the ele- other nutrients, like intake should be avoided helps in faster wound Anushka Baindur: A hard to fight the pandemic, it is ments that chick- Retinol (an active form of in the summer. Although healing due to its high diet chart is always indi- en consists that Vitamin A) Vitamin B B3, one needs to take care protein and zinc content. vidualized and can vary very important for the public to helps boost the Vitamin B9, Zinc, etc. that it is cooked well to Being a good source of from person to person. immunity of peo- that also have some or the eliminate any chances of niacin it boosts brain Hence, there is no "one take care of themselves too. That ple across all age other role to play in stomach infection which function, protects the size fits all" diet chart groups? immune functioning. can be more prevalent in skin from sun damage, even for kids. But for a can begin by consuming healthy Anushka Baindur: Our the summer season. and can ease symptoms of healthier immunity immune system has sev- 2) Is it advisable to osteoarthritis. Moreover, include protein foods like food for a stronger immune eral components like anti- consume chicken 3) How much quanti- a bowl of warm chicken eggs, chicken, fish, bodies and immune cells during summer ty of chicken is soup is comforting and paneer, dal, and pulses, system. Kids below 10 years and that depend on protein. since many feel advisable to con- can alleviate cold symp- nuts, etc. in their daily Hence, protein is a quin- chicken increas- sume in a week toms as it may contain diet. Kids can be given a the elderly have to be more tessential requirement for es the amount of and in what form? substances that have anti- concoction or kadha or our immune system. heat production inflammatory properties. kashaya made by boiling cautious and maintain a healthy Chicken being a source of in our body not Anushka Baindur: The onions, tulsi leaves, gin- high-quality protein can, knowing whether quantity and frequency of 5) If not chicken, ger, and spices like pep- diet to fight the virus. Chicken is therefore, help in its a myth or consumption in a week what is the sub- per, cumin, coriander, boosting a fact? depends on a person's stitute food one turmeric with some one's requirement and also can consume for moong, soya milk, and added honey. Ensure ade- something many say, will provide activity level. An athlete their vegetarian milk products like paneer, quate vegetable intake in or a person doing high- diet? nuts, tofu, etc. It is imper- forms acceptable by kids the body with required proteins intensity workouts can ative for a vegetarian to like a palak, methi or take it more often than a Anushka Baindur: include these sources in drumstick leaves paratha, and help maintain a better sedentary person. Also as Chicken is a good source their daily diets. mixed vegetable and pro- The Pioneer protein intake corre- of high biological value, tein cutlets, pasta or noo- immune system. 's sponds to a person's body which means it has all the 6) What is the best dles made in a healthy weight, intake can vary essential amino acids pre- dish that goes way with plenty of added K RAMYA SREE speaks to from one person to sent in it. Vegetarian along with chick- veggies. Nuts and dried another. Also, use health- foods do not have any en? fruits like almonds, pista- ier methods like boiling such source, but a combi- chios, rains, dates, etc. Anushka Baindur, Senior Dietician, and grilling rather than nation of cereal and Anushka Baindur: can be eaten as such or deep fat frying. pulse, e.g. rice and dal Chicken can be paired made into milkshakes, Fortis Hospital, to find out ways to together will have all the with wheat/ millet rotis, chikkis, ladoos, etc. build a stronger immune system 4) What are the ben- essential amino acids, rice, or even with just a Include 2-3 servings of efits of having making it a complete pro- bowl of vegetable salad. fruits daily. Maintain by eating chicken, other diets to chicken? tein. There are numerous good hydration using protein sources even in 7) Can you share water, buttermilk, Anushka Baindur: the vegetarian diet like all the diet chart to coconut water, traditional follow, and more... Chicken is a source of dals, whole pulses like be followed by beverages like kokum, high biological value pro- channa, rajma, green and bael ka sharbat. 10

Vijayawada Saturday June 6 2020 what’s brewing? AN ODE TO THE UNSEEN HEROES heartfelt cam- Distributors, Sales Force, delivery executives who bring joy to millions of con- paign, aptly titled Retailers, and Delivery ensure that the snack reach- sumers in India. #HEARTWORK is Executives, whom we don’t es the consumer. Ritu Nakra, WPP India an emotional ode always get a chance to thank Explaining the idea Lead — PepsiCo Foods said A to people who in person. Through this film behind the special ode, “#Heartwork is our latest work behind the the brand extends its sincere Dilen Gandhi, Senior endeavour acknowledging scenes. appreciation and gratitude Director and Category Head the tireless spirit of all the One of India’s favourite to them on behalf of the — Foods, PepsiCo India people who are behind the potato chip brand, Lay’s company and every con- said, “Every step of the jour- scenes who have ensured the launched the campaign to sumer who enjoys the prod- ney from farm to finger is uninterrupted supply of share gratitude towards it’s uct. filled with countless stories LAY’S to the consumers.” unsung heroes’ who have From applauding the of people who face tough She added, “This communi- brought joy to millions. The Indian farmer who puts in challenges but overcome ty spirit inspired Team WPP campaign is an ode to each utmost care and love in them with dedicated efforts to create a warm and touch- hero in the brand’s supply growing the best quality and with a smile on their ing story of deep gratitude. chain who work relentlessly potatoes to the factory face. They might be working LAY’S helps build and cele- against all odds to ensure workers, who work day and behind the scenes, but they brate connections and with the brand brings joy to mil- night to ensure its produc- are the real heroes of the this film we expand the nar- lions across the country. tion. It recognises the efforts story. With the #HEART- rative of heartfelt connec- The campaign film signi- of the truck drivers who WORK campaign, we want tions to the unsung heroes.” Home barista: The fourth fies that each pack of crisps often drive long miles across to extend our sincere grati- The brand works with is a celebration of the the country, to deliver the tude & appreciation to each over 24,000 farmers, 4,300 #HEARTWORK of unseen shipments. And, last but not one of them.” factory workers, 2,400 dis- heroes; Farmers, Factory the least, the film expresses It is thanks to their tributors, 6.5 lakh retailers, wave of coffee culture Workers, Truck Drivers, gratitude to the retailers and efforts that LAY’S is able to and 5,000 sales staff in India. rom the begin- brewed single serve coffee ning of global or just tear, anchor and trade to our brew the perfect anchor F cozy coffee coffee into your mug. houses, a cup of “Today the knowledge coffee has never THE HISTORY and the eagerness to learn just been only a “cup of have progressed intensely, coffee”. The history behind BEHIND THAT and people are keen to that one-cup of humble ONE-CUP OF learn new techniques or brew is as rich as the bever- follow new ways of work- age itself. HUMBLE BREW ing on things. People have Today coffee culture has increasingly noticed the evolved; the pandemic has IS AS RICH AS rise in the coffee culture, altered the everyday rou- THE BEVERAGE and they all have been tine. Does this mean that intrigued to know how can there has been a change in ITSELF they do it on their own,” the beverage that we drink states Jain. every morning and after safe has led to this change feels Jain. Coffee shops/cafes have every meeting? Indeed the across cultures. Why would Adding, “Enjoying and turned into a social hub fourth wave of the coffee someone risk going to a brewing your delicious cof- today in most of the city culture has come, believe cafe and drinking at a spot fee is not difficult; it is life, where people gather to Samayesh Khanna and where he/she is not com- almost therapeutic; with share ideas and stories. Rahul Jain, co-founders of fortable sitting, why would innovation, you can now They have become part of Beanly Coffee. someone order a latte with begin each day with a cup daily routine, and people “A coffee experience, a risk of the glass being of freshly brewed coffee.” feel the importance of which will be uncompro- touched by several people. A lot of coffee drinkers social interaction and mised, which will be avail- Being this paranoid for that have their equipment at exchange in such places as able in an instant and an one cup can easily trigger home; they either use a viable. experience which will go mental wellness, he adds. pour-over Chemex or a “The beverage offers a where ever, you go. Home “It’s an exciting time for French press for their per- space for dialogue, art, cul- barista is what will be the coffee in India, it’s growing fect cup of coffee or these ture, promotion, business fourth wave of coffee, and lively, and it brings days you can get involved deal, relationship and much where sitting at the comfort opportunity for a country with pour-over or dip cof- more. Bringing that culture of your home without any to evolve in a more cul- fee in the single-serve to your homes will only equipment you can enjoy a tured way. Brewing a coffee avatar and can become give rise to an open culture freshly brewed coffee,” says at your house and making your home barista. of trusting your instincts Khanna. your kids learn the same How easy the world be if while you sit at home and The urgency of curating and passing it on to genera- you can soak, stir and sip your favourite coffee,” things on your own to be tions will be an evolution,” squeeze your freshly concludes Khanna.

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AFP n LIVERPOOL Werner close to remier League leaders Barca confident Messi can face Mallorca Liverpool could claim a Chelsea move AFP n BARCELONA essary risks with just eight Pfirst title for 30 years at days remaining before Barca Anfield after the ionel Messi has sustained a finally get back initial batch of fix- L“minor” thigh injury, but to playing match- tures of the restart Barcelona remain confident es,” a club state- was announced on he will be fit for the team’s first ment read. Friday. game back against Mallorca on “He should Jurgen Klopp’s June 13, the club said on be able to rejoin men, with a com- Friday. his team-mates in manding 25-point Messi has not trained with a few days’ time.” lead at the top of the rest of the squad since Messi has endured an the table, were just Tuesday after working sepa- injury-interrupted season. The two wins away from clinching rately in the gym on both 32-year-old was out for six the title before coronavirus Wednesday and Friday, while weeks between August and forced the suspension of foot- on Thursday all the players September with a calf injury ball in March. AFP n LONDON were given the day off. and then at the end of Liverpool’s first match back Barcelona said Messi September missed another is against Everton on June 21. helsea are closing in on a should return to training “in a week with a problem in his left The Merseyside derby is due to Cdeal to sign striker Timo few days’ time”, but his absence thigh. take place at Goodison Park, Werner from RB Leipzig, raises doubts over his fitness Barca added the team will less than a mile from Anfield, British media reported on ahead of the trip to Mallorca. three-month break due to the train on the pitch at Camp Nou but a venue has not been con- Thursday. Like all La Liga teams, coronavirus pandemic. on Saturday as coach Quique firmed by the Premier League. The 24-year-old had been Barca will have had only 10 “Leo Messi has a minor Setien “works to get his play- Crystal Palace will then thought to to be attracting days to train together when right quadriceps injury and ers ready for the return to foot- visit Anfield three days later. interest from Premier League competitive matches resume trained in isolation, doing spe- ball, but with games being Wins in both of those champions-elect Liverpool but on June 11, following the cific exercises to avoid unnec- played behind closed doors”. matches would guarantee Sheffield United in the first it appears Chelsea have in fact Liverpool’s first English top- match of Project Restart, fol- met the German’s reported flight title since 1990. LIVERPOOL COULD lowed by Arsenal’s trip to City release clause of some £53 But if Manchester City lose on June 17. million ($67 million). Barty wary of at home to Arsenal on June 17, Manchester United’s visit to Were Chelsea to bring Paes wants to complete the Reds would be champions Tottenham will spearhead the Werner to Stamford Bridge it if they beat Everton. first full round of matches would be a major feather in the US Open return Liverpool City Council’s WIN TITLE AT ANFIELD spread over four days from cap of the west London club. 100 Slam appearances safety advisory group will meet June 19 to 22. For the past year there has SYDNEY: World number one next week to make a decision Premier League chief exec- been speculation linking Ashleigh Barty voiced caution NEW DELHI (PTI): Leander Paes is on whether the game can go Premier League announce schedule utive Richard Masters said: Werner with a move to Anfield on Friday about resuming ten- just three shy of completing a ahead at Goodison or should “We know it won’t be the same but time appears to be running nis too soon, saying she needed century of Grand Slam appear- be moved to a neutral venue. for first three match days without our loyal supporters in out for the Reds, with the for- more information before com- ances but is now unsure whether All remaining 92 Premier stadiums but, together with our ward’s release clause expiring mitting to the US Open in uncertainty caused by Covid-19 League games this season will The only other match that turn up outside Anfield” on the broadcast partners, we are able on June 15 — two days before August.The Australian, who pandemic will allow him to be played behind closed doors, could be moved to a neutral day Liverpool’s long wait for a to ensure fans can watch or lis- the Premier League is set to surged to the top of the rankings complete the coveted milestone but there are fears that hosting venue from the first three league title was ended. ten to each match live from restart. last year and has stayed there or for that matter compete at the the game in Liverpool could rounds of fixtures is Liverpool’s That has been disputed by home.” The Germany internation- since, said it was not just her but next year’s Tokyo Olympics. encourage supporters to con- visit to City on July 2. the club, who said they have “I am delighted we are al has scored 31 goals for her entire team she must consid- Paes had announced that gregate around stadiums. The mayor of Liverpool, engaged with supporters’ able to take another positive Leipzig in all competitions. er in the wake of the coronavirus 2020 would be his last season as Palace’s trip to Anfield will Joe Anderson, voiced fears that groups to make sure social-dis- step towards the season return- Chelsea have already pandemic.“It’s exciting that ten- a professional player but his plan kick off at 2015 local time (1915 “there would be many thou- tancing guidelines are followed. ing in just under two weeks’ agreed a deal to sign Ajax nis is being talked about again to bid adieu on a high with a GMT). sands of people who would Aston Villa will host time,” he added. winger Hakim Ziyech. and things are moving in the record eight appearance at the right direction for us to start Olympics, was stalled by the competing,” she told the Sydney pandemic, which has wrecked Further talking about his Morning Herald.“But I’d need to the sporting calender. plans, Paes said there one piece Coppa Italia semis on June 12-13 understand all of the informa- “Olympics is still far away. is statistics he would like to get. India to host 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup tion and advice from the WTA As of now, I find it difficult to “I have played 97 Grand MILAN: Italian football will not yet officially released the and the USTA before making a believe that sports will start by Slams so far and if I play 3 more, PTI n NEW DELHI resume with the second legs of schedule, Juventus is expected decision on the US events.”Barty July or August. Would it start it will be 100 so that moves me. AIFF invites bids for new the Italian Cup semifi- to host AC Milan on said she is concerned about October or November, who Also getting to the eighth he Asian Football nals on June 12 and 13. June 12 followed by travel exemptions for her sup- knows. But my team and I are Olympics to make sure India is TConfederation has awarded I-League clubs Sports Minister Napoli vs Inter Milan a port staff. While players could be very well prepared that when the forever on the top as the most the hosting rights of the 2022 Vincenzo Spadafora day later. exempt from a 14-day quaran- lockdown opens up, we will number of Olympics played by Women’s Asian Cup to India for NEW DELHI: The All India able to purchase the invitation announced on Thursday Juventus and Milan tine period, it remains unclear revaluate then and look at One a tennis player. That is the the first time since 1979. Football Federation (AIFF) on to tender from the Football that the competition can drew 1-1 in the first leg whether that also applies to Last Roar as season whether we benchmark I would like to push. In a letter to the All India Friday invited bids for new House in Delhi between June resume one day earlier while Napoli beat Inter 1- their teams. “It’s not just me, it’s should look at 2021 or not,” Paes But even if I don’t get there, still Football Federation, Dato clubs who would take part in 10 and June 20 upon payment than previously scheduled. 0. The final is scheduled for my team I have to consider,” she told table tennis player Mudit I’m happy with what I’ve done Windsor John, General the Hero I-League from 2020- of `4 lakh. While league officials had June 17. said. AFP Dani on his chat show Sportlight. and the career I have,” he said. Secretary, AFC wrote: “The 21. The previous season of the Committee awarded the hosting The bids have been invited I-League saw 11 clubs, includ- rights of the AFC Women’s from non-Hero I-League cities ing AIFF’s developmental out- ICC should wait for a ‘suitable Asian Cup 2022 Finals to the All and includes names of several fit Indian Arrows, take part in India Football Federation.” cities like New Delhi, Ranchi, the competition. time’ to host T20 WC: Akram PCB to seek Govt clearance for prep camp The tournament will likely Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, However, champions be held in the second half of the Lucknow and Ahmedabad, Mohun Bagan are set to merge PTI n KARACHI PTI n KARACHI and a list is being finalised but before year. In the 1979 edition, India amongst others, according to an with ATK and will play in the it is announced the board wants to cre- had finished as runners-up. AIFF media release. Indian Super League (ISL) next akistan pace legend he Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ate a proper bio-secure environment at “I need to thank the Asian Prospective owners will be season. PTI PWasim Akram cannot Twill seek Government clearance the high performance centre so that Football Confederation for find- visualise a T20 World Cup before setting up a training camp for its everyone is safe from Covid-19,” the ing us suitable to host the AFC cerned,” he added. Women’s World Cup. happening behind closed players to prepare for the tour of official said. Women’s Asian Cup in 2022,” The tournament will feature The tournament comes as doors and believes the ICC should wait England in July amid the rising threat The players and officials, once AIFF President, Praful Patel 12 teams, expanded from the the latest boost to AIFF as India for a “suitable time” to host the big-tick- of the Covid-19 pandemic. they move into the high performance said. “The tournament will gal- previous slot of eight teams. are slated to host the FIFA U-17 et event after the Covid-19 pandemic Top PCB officials are busy formu- centre, will not be allowed to go out or vanise the aspiring women play- India qualify directly as Women’s World Cup next year. subsides. lating a plan to make the training camp meet anyone including their family ers and bring in a holistic social hosts. The event will also serve India had also hosted the “Personally, I don’t think it’s a good possible at a time when the cases and members because of the bio-security revolution as far as women’s as the final qualification tourna- AFC U-16 C’ships in 2016 and idea. I mean, how could you have a crick- deaths from Covid-19 are on the rise measures. football in the country is con- ment for the 2023 FIFA the FIFA U-17 WC in 2017. et World Cup without spectators,” Akram in Pakistan. A reliable source in the board said told The News on Thursday. “Different plans are being looked at some players had told Misbah that they “A World Cup is all about big but the most important thing is that the would prefer to have a short training crowds, spectators coming from all board will have to get the final nod from camp in Lahore. SA ‘not far away’ from a parts of the globe to support their the Government before it goes ahead “Some players are reluctant to stay teams. It’s all about atmosphere and you with the tour to England or even the away for a three-week period in Lahore WC win: Phehlukwayo cannot get it behind closed doors,” he training camp,” an official in the board and then again for more than two said. said. months in the UK,” the source said. IANS n JOHANNESBURG “So I believe that they (ICC) should The High Performance Centre in The board has said that it has left wait for a more suitable time and once Lahore where the board is planning to problem for the officials. it on the players to decide whether they outh Africa cricketer Andile Phehlukwayo this pandemic subsides and restrictions keep the players and officials does not “Head coach and chief selector, want to tour England or not and if any- Sbelieves Proteas aren’t too far away from are eased then we can have a proper have the capacity to house 20 players Misbah-ul-Haq understandably wants one makes himself unavailable, there ending their World Cup drought despite their World Cup,” he said. at one time and this is causing a big at least 25 players in the training camp will not be any disciplinary action. woeful performance in the showpiece event in England and Wales last year. South Africa managed to win just three matches out of nine and crashed out in the Burns expecting league stage itself with just seven points. Mortaza hurt by ‘rush Phehlukwayo, who was part of the South Africa World Cup squad in 2019, feels the ‘stiff test’ against WI younger generation is hungry to perform on to push’ him out the biggest stage and that might turn their for- LONDON: England is brac- had handed Joe Root’s men the game was offered to him. tunes around at the multi-national ICC events ing up for a “stiff test” in the a 2-1 defeat when England “Secondly, they were pre- in the future. three-match series against travelled to the Caribbeans pared to spend BDT (Bangaldesh “I really believe it will happen. Maybe it the West Indies next last year. “The last time we Taka) 2 crore for that match. From didn’t look like it at the 2019 World Cup, month, according to open- played each other, they an ethical point of view it is not where we really didn’t look after situations that er Rory Burns who is wary won, so they’re no slouch- right considering our first-class Tokyo to skip one-year on normal occasions we would take care of, of the visiting team’s potent es certainly,” Burns said. cricket players are not getting paid but if you look at the current generation, it’s pace attack. “Their bowling attack enough,” he added. a lot of new players who are really hungry to Former India star Yuvraj Singh on Friday apologised for making a “They’ve got a lot caused us a lot of problems. The 36-year-old, one of the Olympic countdown perform,” Phehlukwayo was quoted as say- casteist remark against Yuzvendra Chahal during an Instagram of good cricketers They’re very skilful; they’ve most popular captains in ing by ESPNCricinfo. chat, saying he “unintentionally” hurt public sentiments. It was there and it’s going to got some pace. I remember Bangladesh cricket history, had a TOKYO: Tokyo will scrap events mark- “Even in our current rebuilding phase, we during one of the Instagram Live sessions with Indian vice-captain be a stiff test no mat- walking around on the horrible 2019 World Cup where ing a year to go until the postponed have managed to beat strong teams who Rohit Sharma that Yuvraj made the offensive comment about ter who comes,” pitch of the first Test he got only one wicket in the 2020 Olympic Games, organisers said already have their formula set. It’s all about Chahal while talking about his regular social media posts. In fact, Burns said on and seeing their entire tournament. on Friday, citing the “current econom- the mindset. Our brand is work in progress an advocate from Hisar filed a police complaint against India's twin the Sky Sports bowlers going Recently coach Russell ic situation” caused by the coronavirus but we all know where we want to be. We are World Cup hero, who was forced to issue an apology on his podcast The and thought, Domingo had said that Mortaza pandemic. fully committed.” Twitter page. The veteran of 304 ODIs, 58 T20Is and 40 Tests also Cricket Show. ‘this is going to be is not in his plans going forward. The Games have been pushed The 24-year considers himself to be an clarified that he has “never believed” in any kind of discrimination. West Indies quite tasty!’. PTI “All of a sudden there was this back until July 23, 2021 because of the all-rounder, despite him doing rush to push me (out). All I know disease outbreak, though it remains better with the ball in recent is that I have given my life to crick- unclear whether even that delay will times. In 58 ODIs, he has DHAKA: Former Bangladesh cap- et even though I was torn apart be sufficient. managed to score just 563 Cricket is nothing without diversity: ICC tain Mashrafe Mortaza has and bleeding inside,” Mortaza Last year, the city and organisers runs while he has scalped accused the country’s cricket said. held a series of events to mark the one- 69 wickets. In 27 T20Is, he DUBAI: The International Cricket The England team that won the humour in the situation we were in board of trying push him into “I have played cricket by giv- year countdown, including unveiling has scored just 92 runs but Council on Friday said “cricket is ODI World Cup had an Irishman at times was pretty cool,” Morgan retirement after a couple of under- ing my life and maybe I could not the newly designed medals. picked 35 wickets. nothing without diversity” as racism captain (Eoin Morgan) at the helm. had said back then, referring to the whelming series, claiming that he become such a great player. But at But given the global crisis, organ- “I believe I’m a remained a topic of global debate The best performer was a New Super Over bowled by Archer. was even offered a farewell match. least I expect some kind of isers ruled out a similar celebration. genuine all- following the death of African- Zealand born all-rounder (Ben World’s leading cricketers Mortaza said he has been left respect.” “In view of the current econom- rounder because I American George Floyd in Stokes), spinners were of Pakistani including West Indians Chris Gayle hurt by the “lack of respect” He didn’t want to divulge the ic situation, Tokyo 2020 will not be can win games Minneapolis. origin (Moeen Ali & Adil Rashid) and two-time World T20 winning towards his achievements. details but Mortaza admitted that holding any events to mark the new with bat or ball, The ICC on Friday posted and the innings got a headstart from skipper Darren Sammy have spoken “Honestly speaking, it seemed he thought of hanging up his one year to go milestone for the but I understand a 90-second video clip of the an opener of South African heritage about racism in the game. that there was a rush to bid me boots after Bangladesh’s last World Games,” the organisers said. that those argu- final moments of England’s (Jason Roy). Sammy had even urged the ICC farewell and it was certainly hurt- Cup game against Pakistan at the “But we will consider what we can ments about 2019 World Cup victory with In fact, Morgan after World Cup to come out in support of the black ing,” Mortaza told Cricbuzz. Lord’s. do to show our solidarity with the peo- the kind of Barbados-born Jofra Archer triumph spoke about how the team cricketers. “Right now, if the crick- “Firstly, they had to arrange “I wanted to retire after the ple.” player some- bowling the thrilling Super found unity in diversity which et world not standing against the a match to bid me farewell and it last game in the World Cup but The confirmation came after one is would Over against New Zealand. became the secret of its success. injustice against people of color after was not a normal match — a nor- it did not happen. I don’t want to reports in the Japanese media that look at the “Without diversity, cricket “It actually epitomises our team. seeing that last video of that foot mal bilateral series is something go into the details of why I didn’t organisers would scrap the event, stats,” is nothing. Without diversity, you Quite diverse backgrounds and cul- down the next of my brother you are and arranging a special match in do it there but I had put forward fearing it was inappropriate given the Phehlukwayo don’t get the full picture,” read tures and guys grow up in different also part of the problem,” Sammy a hurry is something else,” he said my intention (of retiring) in global pandemic and the ongoing risk said. ICC’s message on Twitter. countries and to actually find had said on Tuesday. PTI without divulging when exactly England.” PTI of infection inside Japan. PTI 12

Vijayawada Saturday June 6 2020 tollywood Vijay Deverakonda helps over 17,000 families through his Middle Class Fund elugu superstar when I am 60 and you are 30, Vijay Deverakonda 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, oops. has reached out This corona will also be a with essentials to memory, it’ll be a strange inci- T over 17,000 middle class families amid the lockdown. Vijay took to Instagram and WITH HIM ARE shared the “final report” of the 8,515, WHOM HE work done in the past one month by his non-profitable CALLS HIS “MIDDLE organisation, The CLASS FAMILY”, AND Deverakonda Foundation, which marked its origin in “535 VOLUNTEERS”, April 2019. WHOM HE CALLS The foundation, up till now, has successfully aided 17,723 “ROWDIES” middle-class families with their groceries and basic dent that scared us, shut us essentials, spending down, stopped us from shak- Rs 17,121,103, ing each others hands, hug- with the help ging, where the sound of a of his cough seemed like an explo- sion.. “It’ll be memory of some- thing we as a world shared together, how many such memories do we have?. Some Exploring the traits of will laugh thinking about it, some will become emotional thinking about how hard it was, most will do both..” “And then, we will also remember how many, who were strangers, came together Middle to help us like we were their Class own.” Fund With him are 8,515, whom (MCF). Vijay he calls his “middle class fami- also shared a let- ly”, and “535 volunteers”, ter for his “Middle whom he calls “rowdies”. TRUE Class Family”. Right now, Vijay shared, He wrote, “In 30 MCF is put on “rest mode”, years from what with the onset of today, Lockdown 5.0, which comes with several relaxations. “Today we put the MCF into Rest mode. As families get back into work, as the cities come back to life, as we spent all the funds we were given responsibility of.” Vijay in his letter added, “II LOVE say rest mode because the Debutant filmmaker Jonathan Edwards speaks to NAGARAJ GOUD MCF is a support system that we have created for a lifetime, Amaram Akhilam Prema it will be activated, up and about his journey to filmmaking, debut film running if ever a situation backed by Sukumar, support from the industry and more calls for its need.”

ith pleasant visu- Jonathan followed his first mercial cinema,” he exults. financial woes, he mentions als and a catchy short with more short films. Despite being busy as a that that it talks about true number, the teaser In 2009, he toyed with the filmmaker, Sukumar always love and its characteristics. W of Amaram idea of shooting an indie remembered Jonathan, ring- “It’s about a girl (played by Akhilam Prema film, Prayanikudu, a dark ing him occasionally and Shivshakti Sachdev) who is managed to strike crime drama, with Canon 7D even helping him with trying to mend her relation- a chord with everyone upon cameras. In fact, he was the finances at times. “On Dec ship with her father (Srikanth its release five months ago. first director to have shot a 31, 2015, sir rang me and Iyengar) after she commits a The fact that it is backed by test video with those cameras said he has a producer and if blunder during her teenage, Sukumar means that there — much before filmmaker I like the hero, I can go post which he stops speaking will be a general inquisitive- Ram Gopal Varma embarked ahead with a film with my to her. The blunder makes ness around it as and when on making a feature film own story. I was in desperate her realize there is nothing it opens. Debutant filmmak- Dongala Mutha with them. need to do something at that called as love between a boy er Jonathan Edwards is Prayanikudu premiere was point of time. And when I and a girl and that only par- pleased as punch with the attended by Sukumar and P saw the hero Vijay Ram, I ent’s love towards their chil- response, saying that the Rammohan, the latter of who felt he was apt for the story dren is permanent. She later film would’ve been released produced content-rich cine- idea I had and decided to decides to pursue civils to by now if not for the lock- ma like Astha Chemma, take up the project,” he fulfill her father’s wish. Into down. Starting his career as Golconda High School and shares, adding that later he his scenario, enters a male a graphic designer, the direc- Uyyala Jampala among oth- would narrate story develop- character (Vijay Ram) who tor has set his sights on film- ers. “Impressed with the ments to Sukumar frequent- falls for her and tries to woo making goals when he was short film, Rammohan garu ly to get his stamp of her,” he explains. 13. He was heavily drawn offered me to direct Tanu approval. “He didn’t like the The film has been pro- towards the films of Martin Nenu and Soggade Chinni first narration of Amaram duced by the VEVKDS Scorsese, Krzysztof Nayana,” the director remi- Akhilam Prema. He was dis- Prasad who is one of Kielowski, Joel Coen, Mani nisces. appointed so much so that Sukumar’s closest friends. Ratnam and Ram Gopal After Sukumar, it was he felt like giving a story of Prasad passed away in early MARUTHI is a Varma. “After moving to superstar Nagarjuna who his own to me. I was almost April due to what is believed Hyderabad from Bengaluru changed Jonathan’s life for in tears that day but asked to be a heart stroke. in 2006, I made my first good. “Post the screening of him to give me a week’s time Remembering his producer, short film by taking a loan Prayanikudu, Nag garu to rework on it. He liked the Jonathan shares, “If things proud father from bank. I didn’t know the spoke to me for 45 minutes second narration, but want- didn’t go accordingly on sets, basics of filmmaking back and it was another turning ed me to change the second I would vent my frustration ilmmaker Maruthi daughter @Hiya2576 is super then but I had certain visu- point in my life. He said the half of the story in a particu- on Prasad anna. He would, is ecstatic and the happy & says John wick DOP als in mind and I wanted to film is a bit slow but liked lar way. As we were strug- however, never lose his reason for his hap- dan laustsen liked her pho- capture them. Sukumar sir the way it was shot. He felt gling to crack his proposed cool and would say, ‘I piness is attributed tography on insta She cap- happened to watch the film that I have an artistic side to change, we sat with him for respect you and I know F to his daughter tured the photo with cell while he was travelling to me but emphasised the need 45 minutes one day and you well as a person. So I Hiya’s feat. A pas- phone light. Proud of my Chennai. The actor who fea- to think on commercial lines everything was set. From wouldn’t get mad at you’. sionate photographer, Hiya’s child,” the director, whose son tured in it was a cabin crew because of market factors. those 45 minutes, I learnt For his age, he was a bundle recent work-a picture cap- is a drummer, posted on member of Air India. Sir Till then I was more influ- the art of screenplay from of energy, extremely pas- tured with only cell phone Twitter on Friday along with rang me sometime later and enced by the cinema of for- him. He wasn’t teaching sionate and would put in the light-was liked by none other the concerned photo. lauded the film, before ask- eign. His words had a deep me per se but I was able hard yards. I’ve always than Shape of Water and John ing to meet him personally. impact on me. Later, I start- to grasp it.” told him, ‘Anna if you’ve Wick 2 cinematographer That’s how my journey with ed exploring Telugu cinema While the film, shot in landed a good film years Dan Laustse on him began,” Jonathan, who is more, particularly commer- Hyderabad and Kakinada, ago, you would’ve been a Instagram. “My originally from Nellore, tells cial cinema. Over time, I took its own sweet time to be producer like Dil Raju’,” us fondly. developed a pulse of com- wrapped up due to some he concludes. Seerat Kapoor THALAIVI gets Rs 55 crore from reveals positives streaming rights of staying in ith so many films going audience. The direct to OTT, bypassing way the film is ctress Seerat Kapoor is looking at the bright side of the lock- traditional theatrical made, it is down. “A change or two is very minuscule for the magnitude W release, there was a buzz in very digital- of this revolution. In disguise, the lockdown is gradually sections of the media that friendly. They A revealing to me my potential as a human being, in entirety,” Kangana Ranauts much-anticipated have recovered she said. “Well, on a personal front I am replenished with film, Thalaivi might also take the huge costs internal strength, derived from the quality of time that I same route. However, going by what through digital have spent with my family. The diverse conversations at home the actress has to say about the issue itself. So, it have been enriching and its outlook will be carried into every- in a pinkvilla.com report, it is clear depends. The thing I do, moving forward,” she added. Seerat is best that the film is cut out for a big- Pinkvilla report known for working with superstar Nagarjuna in screen release. also quoted her as Telugu film Raju Gari Gadhi 2 and Allu Asked about her opinion on the saying, “For Sirish in Okka Kshanam. She will direct-to-OTT trend, and if she is Thalaivi, it is a bilin- be next seen in the upcom- okay with the idea, Kangana said, “It gual film. As a matter ing film, Krishna depends. For example, a film like of fact, the film is sold and His Leela. Thalaivi just can’t release on digital to both Netflix and because it is such a massive scale Amazon in both Hindi and film, neither a movie like Tamil for around Rs 55 crore. Manikarnika is a digital space film. They also have satellite rights to But yes, films like Panga, sell for both languages and also dis- Judgementall Hai Kya caters to that tribution rights.”