Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 Published From POST-IPO PERFORMANCE AMID RESERVE BANK TO MAINTAIN THANK YOU DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH RETAIL INVESTOR RUSH STATUS QUO ON INTEREST RATE SINDHU BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 258 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable JACQUELINE LOOKS THE PART IN VIKRANT RONA'S POSTER { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com INDIAN, CHINESE ARMIES SET UP MASOOD AZHAR LIVING IN PAKISTAN DALAL STREET INVESTORS RICHER BY J&K TO DENY SECURITY CLEARANCE HOTLINE FOR SIKKIM SECTOR AS STATE GUEST, CLAIM REPORTS OVER RS 31 LAKH-CR THIS FISCAL FOR PASSPORT TO STONE-PELTERS hotline has been set up between the Indian and akistan has ensured that 's most wanted terrorist quity investors have witnessed a wealth addition of he CID wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has ordered Chinese armies in the North Sikkim sector to further Masood Azhar, who has been charge-sheeted in more than Rs 31 lakh crore (Rs 31,18,934.36 crore) in the denial of security clearance required for passport and Aboost confidence along the Line of Actual Control in Pseveral cases from the 2001 Parliament attack to the Ethe first four months of the current fiscal, helped by an Tother government services to all those involved in stone- the region, officials said on Sunday. The hotline is between 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing, remains in a densely overall bullish sentiment in the market. The 30-share BSE pelting or subversive activities. In an order issued on the Indian Army in Kongra La, North Sikkim and China's populated area so that an operation similar to the one by Sensex has jumped 3,077.69 points or 6.21 per cent Saturday, the SS), CID, Special Branch (SB), Kashmir, People's Liberation Army (PLA) at Khamba Dzong in the US against Osama bin Laden is not possible, according during April-July this fiscal. The benchmark had reached directed all the field units under it to ensure that the person's Tibetan Autonomous Region, they said.The Army said the to a report by a newly launched Hindi news channel. The its all-time high of 53,290.81 on July 16, 2021. It closed at involvement in law and order, stone-pelting cases, and other hotline is aimed at furthering "the spirit of trust and cordial channel says it has "accessed undeniable visual evidence" its lifetime high of 53,158.85 on July 15. Thanks to the crime prejudicial to the security of the state be specifically relations along the borders". he opening of the hotline that confirms Pakistan's "deep state is still providing a safe optimistic investor sentiment, the market capitalisation of looked into during verification related to passport, service coincided with the PLA Day on August 1, it said. haven to terror masterminds" including Masood Azhar. BSE-listed companies have zoomed Rs 31,18,934.36 crore. and any other verification related to government schemes. 11 STATES GOT HEFTIER COVID RESPONSE PACKAGE THAN AP PV Sindhu n with her PNS HYDERABAD Territories, has Uttar Pradesh. The data was shared by Union received Rs 62.69 crore. The Centre Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Health Minister Mansukh women's Andhra Pradesh has so far received is still to release more than Rs Pradesh, Maharashtra and Assam Mandviya. He said, "Of the total singles Rs 62.69 crore as part of Covid-19 10,000 crore to too were allocated more than Rs allocation of Rs 12,185.30 crore, the badminton Emergency Response and Health the States. 100 crore. Narendra Modi government has bronze System Preparedness Package Andhra Other states including West released Rs 1,827.80 crore under the medal at a (ECRP-II) by the Centre, while 11 Pradesh reported Bengal, Odisha, Covid Emergency Response and ceremony other States in the country got a a very high case- Karnataka, Health System Preparedness pack- during the better allocation. load and has Tamil age to states. PM Modi has ensured Tokyo 2020 The package is aimed at giving always been Nadu, India fights corona unitedly". Olympic impetus to development of health among top five Gujarat On Saturday, Union Health Games at infrastructure across the country. states, in terms of respec- Secretary Rajesh Bushan chaired a Under this package, the State caseload, in the tively high-level meeting to review the was allocated Rs 696 crore of country. At least six were allo- Covid-19 situation in 10 States, Musashino which Rs 418 crore will be released States are to receive cated including AP, and they were asked Forest by the Centre and remaining Rs more than Rs 100 more funds to follow up on the implementation Sports Plaza 278 crore will be borne by the state. crore, with the high- than of the ERCP-II package. in Tokyo on Of the Rs 1,827.80 crore released est allocation of Rs Andhra Sunday so far to all the States and Union 281.98 crore going to Pradesh. 2 GST collections at Centre accepts AP’s proposal to over Rs 1.16 lakh- cr in tap seaweed cultivation potential July; second highest MEN’S HOCKEY this fiscal Second successive SNV SUDHIR monoline/tube nets. ies. India qualify for n VIJAYAWADA Seaweeds are macroscopic The Department of Fisheries PNS n NEW DELHI algae growing in the marine and has approved proposals to the Olympic semis Andhra Pradesh finally appears to shallow coastal waters and brack- tune of Rs 2,523.41 lakh for sea- In signs of acceleration in eco- Olympic medal for have woken up to the potential of ish water habitats. According to weed cultivation under the nomic activity, India's tax col- seaweed cultivation as an alterna- the National Fisheries Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada lections on goods sold and after 49 years tive livelihood to the fishers. Development Board (NFDB), Yojana for Andhra Pradesh, services rendered returned to Seaweeds are in demand in these seaweeds are wonder plants Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil over Rs 1 lakh crore in July ‘Sensational’ Sindhu n PNS TOKYO several industries and CMFRI of the sea, the new renewable Nadu and Union Territories of after the second wave of Covid- Andhra Pradesh unit, with an source of food, energy, chemicals Andaman and Nicobar Islands as related restrictions caused a PNS n TOKYO should I be happy that I won A determined Indian men's hock- office in Vizag, had also taken up and medicines with manifold well as Dadra and Nagar Haveli blip in the previous month. bronze or sad that I lost the ey team advanced to the Olympic the mapping of potential sites nutritional, industrial, biomed- and Daman and Diu during Goods and Services Tax Reigning world champion PV opportunity to play in the semifinals for the first time in 49 along the state’s coastline for ical, agriculture and personal 2020-21. (GST) mop-up grew 33 per Sindhu on Sunday became only final?" the 26-year-old said years, beating Great Britain 3-1 in seaweed cultivation. care applications. Seaweeds found along the cent year-on-year in July to the second Indian and the after the match. the quarterfinals here on Sunday, Importantly, the Andhra Seaweeds are also termed as Vizag coast can be used to treat over Rs 1.16 lakh crore, indi- country's first woman to win "But overall, I had to close off a triumph which leaves the side Pradesh government had recent- the ‘Medical Food of the 21st health ailments that are caused by cating that the economy is two Olympic medals, securing my emotions for this one match within touching distance of a ly submitted project proposals to Century’ due to usage as laxa- certain bacteria like E Coli and recovering at a fast pace. In July a bronze after a straight-game and give it my best, my all and medal that has proved elusive for the Department of Fisheries in tives, for making pharmaceutical Bacillus Subtilis like food poison- 2020, the collection was Rs win over World No. 9 He Bing think about the emotions. I'm over four decades. the union Ministry of Fisheries, capsules, in treatment of goitre, ing among others. 87,422 crore. Jiao of China in the badminton really happy and I think I've The eight-time former Animal Husbandry and Dairying cancer, bone-replacement thera- 2 women's singles third-place done really well. It's a proud Olympic champions scored three to establish seaweed rafts and py and in cardiovascular surger- 2 play-off here. moment getting a medal for my field goals through Dilpreet Singh Sindhu, who has returned country,” she said. (7th minute), Gurjant Singh with medals from each of the Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) big-ticket events such as the first and only other Indian to to seal the win. Commonwealth and Asian win two Olympic medals, fol- Great Britain's lone goal was Cinema halls back in business, with Covid rules Games and the BWF World lowing up his bronze at 2008 scored by Sam Ward from a Tour Finals in the last five Beijing with a silver at the penalty corner in the 45th C PRADEEP KUMAR vexed from watching movies on the Their apprehensions were not Exhibitors wanted assurances, years, outwitted eighth seed 2012 London edition. minute. n VIJAYAWADA small screen, has begun returning baseless — they were worried that and flexibility to change the tim- Bing Jiao 21-13 21-15 to add a She also became only the India will take on world cham- to the theatres to get the big screen the film lovers would put safety first ings, from the government. “Now, bronze to the silver that she had fourth player to win two con- pions Belgium in the semifinal on Cinema lovers are gradually return- experience. and be wary of making it to the cinema theatres will open accord- secured at the 2016 Rio Games. secutive medals in women's Tuesday. ing to theatres to enjoy histrionics In fact, the State government had halls. They were also worried about ingly,” said N Sarveswara Rao, pro- "It makes me feel really happy badminton singles across the India's last of the eight Olympic by their favourite actors on the big allowed theatres to reopen a few any possible resurgence of the prietor Sri Kamakshi Combines. because I've worked hard for so Olympic history. gold medals came way back in the screen after a long gap of three weeks ago as part of curfew relax- infections. He said that film exhibitors are many years. I had a lot of emo- 1980 Moscow Games but there months when the halls across the ations. However, film exhibitors Also, all cinema halls were facing huge losses amid the pan- tions going through me - 2 were no semifinals in that edition State were closed due to Covid sec- had postponed reopening, seeking allowed to reopen with only 50 per- demic, and many single-screen as only six teams participated in ond wave. various relaxations from the State cent occupancy in Andhra Pradesh. theatres have been either shut the event. Two new movies — government to enhance revenue, Add to this the curfew timing of 10 down, or on the verge of doing so. P-2: Governors, CMs of Telugu States hail Sindhu Thimmarusu and Ishq — were and also awaiting the release of new pm to 6 am still in place, the night 2 released on July 30 and the public, films. shows were out of the equation. 2

TODAY PEGASUS SNOOPING ISSUE ALMANAC Olympian Malleswari Month & Paksham: SC to hear on Aug 5 pleas seeking probe Ashadha & Krishna Paksha plans diverse courses PNS n NEW DELHI ware. Panchangam Besides the plea filed by Ram and Tithi : Navami 10:27 PNS n NEW DELHI The Supreme Court is scheduled to Kumar, two separate petitions on Nakshatram : Krittika 22:43 hear on August 5 the pleas, includ- the issue have been filed in the apex Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad While the Delhi Sports University ing the one filed by senior journal- court by advocate M L Sharma and time to start any important work) will take another two to three years ists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, who John Brittas. to be fully functional, its vice-chan- have sought an independent probe In his plea, Sharma has sought a Rahukalam : 7:35 am - 9:10 am cellor Karnam Malleswari plans to by a sitting or a retired judge into court-monitored probe by a Special Yamagandam : 10:46 am - 12:22 pm have courses that will help students the alleged Pegasus snooping mat- Investigation Team (SIT) into the Varjyam : 9:09 am - 10:58 am branch out in various sports-relat- ter. reports of alleged snooping. ed fields. According to the cause list An international media consor- Gulika : 1:57 pm - 3:33 pm It has been a little over a month uploaded on the apex court web- tium has reported that over 300 Good Time : (to start any important work) since Malleswari, 2000 Olympics site, a bench comprising Chief verified Indian mobile phone num- bronze medal winner in weightlift- Justice N V Ramana and Justice bers were on a list of potential tar- Amritakalam : 8:00 pm - 9:49 pm ing, was appointed as the VC of the Surya Kant would hear on August gets for surveillance using Israeli Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:56 am - 12:47 pm varsity. She has been functioning 5 three separate petitions seeking firm NSO's Pegasus spyware. out of a temporary office in probe into the reports of alleged “The targeted surveillance using Thyagraj Stadium. snooping by government agencies military-grade spyware is an unac- "We plan to have 2000 students will help them in their future on eminent citizens, politicians view of its wide ramifications. indirectly, to conduct surveillance ceptable violation of the right to VIJAYAWADA in the varsity-- 1000 male students course." and scribes by using Israeli spyware According to the plea, the alleged in any manner. privacy which has been held to be WEATHER and 1000 female students," she told Malleswari, the first Indian Pegasus. snooping represented an attempt by The petitioners have claimed a fundamental right under Articles PTI in an interview. woman to win an Olympic medal, On July 30, the top court had agencies and organisations to muz- that investigations involving sever- 14 (equality before the law), 19 Forecast: Partly cloudy "All of them won't reach the said the varsity could have cours- said it would hear next week the zle the exercise of free speech and al leading publications around the (freedom of speech and expression) Temp: 33/26 Olympics. Some will reach nation- es in sports medicine, sports train- plea filed by Ram and Kumar in the expression of dissent in India. world have revealed that several and 21 (protection of life and per- Humidity: 88% als, some internationals but only ing, sports management which matter. The petition also seeks a direc- Indians, including journalists, sonal liberty) by the Supreme Sunrise: 5:55 am selected athletes will reach will help the students in their Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, tion to the Centre to disclose if the lawyers, ministers, opposition Court,” said the plea, filed by the Sunset: 06:48 pm Olympics. future endeavours. appearing for the senior journalists, government or any of its agencies politicians and activists, have been two journalists. Current Weather Conditions So for the remaining students, had told the court last week that the obtained licence for Pegasus spy- identified as potential targets for Updated AUGUST 01, 2021 5:00 PM we need to have such courses that 2 plea needed an urgent hearing in ware and used it, either directly or surveillance using the Pegasus soft- 2 VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 vijayawada 02

11 states got Monday Mirchi Governors, Chief Ministers heftier Covid... Gyan from social media Municipal Corporation, has run into trou- Continued from Page 1 ble because she does not believe that the Regardless of the pitfalls of social media plat- 'wishes' of people's representatives should be of Telugu States hail Sindhu It may be mentioned here form, there are administrators who take a leaf deemed as 'commands' to her. that in March last year, when out of it for improving public policies. Naturally, corporators trooped to district PNS n HYDERABAD gratulated Sindhu. the country was faced with Conscription i.e. compulsory enlistment minister Gangula Kamalakar with a vocif- "Sindhu is a role model for the first wave of the pandem- for state service, typically into the armed erous demand that the Commissioner be The Governors and Chief sportspersons of this genera- ic, the Prime Minister had forces, is presently not in vogue in India, transferred. Ministers of the Telugu speak- tion. I wish she wins more in announced a Central Sector though the Indian Parliamentary Committee Their litany of complaints included charges ing states — Andhra Pradesh future and scales the pinna- Scheme. on Defence forces recommended in early that she did not take their representations on and — on Sunday cle of glory," the former chief In July, Phase-2 of the 2018 introduction of five years of compul- public issues into account, had not been act- congratulated star shuttler PV minister added. emergency package was sory military service to such aspirants who ing on property transfer applications even Sindhu for winning the Reigning world champion announced by the Centre, plan to join Central and State Government after six months, government schemes were bronze medal for India in Sindhu on Sunday became aimed at strengthening diag- Gazetted services directly. being implemented without their involve- women's singles badminton at only the second Indian and nostics, telemedicine hubs, Should India make two-year public service ment, tenders for even emergency works the Tokyo Olympics. the first woman from the transportation of critical compulsory for youth? This discussion was were not being invited on a war-footing, and, Telangana Governor country to win two Olympic patients, setting up of Covid triggered on Twitter after a post by Telangana most importantly, contractors' bills were not Tamilisai Soundararajan medals, securing a bronze care centres and paediatric CMO Secretary Smita Sabarwal. being cleared. hailed Sindhu and said in a after a straight-game win ICUs and oxygen supply. She proposed 'public service conscription', Observers say, when even the Greater tweet, "Heartiest over World No. 9 He Bing Jiao In July, States and UTs under which youth could be made to take Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has not Congratulations to of China in the badminton were asked to send their up activities like sanitation, greening, social been paying bills due to its precarious Badminton Champion P V women's singles third-place expenditure proposals at the service etc. in defined areas. financial position, such complaints need to Sindhu on winning the "It is a very proud moment cessive Olympics, a release play-off. earliest to enable expedi- However, Andhra Pradesh government's be taken with a pinch of salt. bronze medal for India in that Sindhu clinched the from CMO said here. Sindhu, who has returned tious approval and sanction- advisor S Rajiv Krishna disagreed with this women's singles badminton. bronze, becoming the only Extending his congratula- with medals from each of the ing from the Union govern- call, perhaps because of its totalitarian Department of stress @Pvsindhu1 becomes the Indian woman to win two tions to Sindhu, Andhra big-ticket events such as the ment. implications. According to him, what India first Indian woman to win individual medals in Pradesh Chief Minister YS Commonwealth and Asian The States were advised to needs the most is better education and health People don't face stress if their financial medals in two Olympic Olympics," he said. Jaganmohan Reddy wished Games and the BWF World conduct a quick gap analysis from the government, besides significantly position is sound. Same is the case with gov- games. India is truly proud of Telangana Chief Minister K her success in future events Tour Finals in the last five for various infrastructure reduced government involvement in the lives ernment finance departments. Once the you." Chandrashekhar Rao and to bring laurels to the years, outwitted eighth-seed components under the sec- of citizens. financial position weakens, those helming AP Governor Biswabhusan expressed his happiness at country and the state. Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 to add ond phase of the Emergency Ensuring more entrepreneurial ventures, finance departments know they are playing Harichandan hailed the shut- Sindhu creating history as the Andhra Pradesh Leader of a bronze to the silver that she Covid-19 Response Package increasing employment and the resulting with fire and those working in such depart- tler for winning the bronze in first Indian woman sportsper- the Opposition N had secured at the 2016 Rio (ECRP), including their IT poverty alleviation are more important. ments come across fire and brimstone. No the Olympics. son to win medals in two suc- Chandrababu Naidu also con- Games. infrastructure readiness. With many more such inputs from people, wonder, it is now clear that the most stress- Smita said that she would work on the model. ful job for AP bureaucrats is a position in the She thinks that social media responses will state Finance Department. be a durable policy input. With the spending on Covid-related works going up like a runaway rocket, rev- Second successive... Cinema halls back in business, Men in khaki not an exception enues have plummeted -- of course partly Continued from Page 1 Sindhu galloped to a 4-0 lead due to weak economic activity, fewer receipts early on but Bing Jiao started We know that in TS five top IAS officers from the Centre as part of tax devolution and Up against an opponent, who to engage her in rallies and have been on the 'waitlist' for months on end the munificent welfare programmes of the had beaten her nine times so waited for her to make errors. with Covid rules... for postings, after being asked to report to YS Jaganmohan Reddy government. far in the last 15 meetings, The rallies started getting the General Administration Department. It To put it mildly, it has become a night- Sindhu showed great determi- intense as Bing Jiao set up the Continued from Page 1 appears that men in khaki, even IPS officers, mare for officials to continue in the state nation to outplay Bing Jiao with points with her angled returns are not an exception when it comes to enlist- finance department. For, they are now her aggression to scoop India's and flat pushes to claw back at “Exhibitors in both Telugu ing in the waitlist. tasked with releasing funds for the priority third medal at Tokyo. 5-5. States have been seeking var- The TRS government recently transferred sectors 'judiciously', finding ways to improve Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu The Chinese didn't give ious relaxations from the some IPS officers. As part of this, Karimnagar revenue receipts, and raising loans from the has already gone back after col- Sindhu pace to play her power respective governments, to Commissioner of Police Kamal Haasan market for which they need to approach the lecting a silver, while boxer game but the Indian soon help lessen losses,” he said. Reddy was transferred and another IPS offi- Centre every now and then. Lovlina Borgohain is assured of worked her way around even as Telugu Film Chamber of cer was appointed in his place. But Kamal They do accompany Finance Minister at least a bronze so far. her opponent committed a Commerce (TFCC) president Haasan Reddy was not given any new post. Buggana Rajendranath during his visits to Sindhu showed great forti- few unforced errors. Narayandas Kishandas Narang He was asked to report to the DGP office. Delhi seeking funds, but without any relief tude as she recovered from her Sindhu ended another wrote a letter to Chief Minister Babus, both IAS and IPS, are at a loss to know to their own workspace. painful semifinal loss to World superb rally with a cross court YS Jaganmohan Reddy why even efficient ones among them are These officials need to also counter the No.1 Tai Tzu Ying and pro- smash and entered the interval demanding that the govern- Raj-Yuvraj theatres D Srikanth Several major Telugu films made to undergo such 'punishment'. 'misinformation' campaign of the opposition duced an aggressive show at the with another down the line hit ment increase the ceiling on said that two new movies hit which were lined up for the- They feel that being made to wait for a long parties on the state's debt position and the Musashino Forest Plaza on at 11-8. ticket prices. He also raised the screens after a gap of three atrical release from April 2021, time for fresh posting is a kind of punish- implications of loans taken. Those who have Sunday. The Indian stepped up the other concerns in his letter. months due to the Covid like Love Story, Virata Parvam ment in the government's view. survived this horror show for a year are won- "It was a fresh game altogeth- pace after the break to gather He said that the Chief Minister induced curfew and there was and Tuck Jagadish, had been One senior IPS officer commented that dering how long they can continue. er, we both had losses yesterday three more points and looked would take a call on the issues good response from the audi- postponed due to the alarming IAS officer Shashank and IPS officer Kamal and came back. For us, it was in total control to pocket the raised on August 15 and exud- ence. rise in Covid-19 cases at the Haasan Reddy have been moved in view of So-called tough ones and the very important in getting a opening game when her oppo- ed confidence that there would He said that four shows are time and the producers can the forthcoming Huzurabad bye-election. powers that be medal for the country and at nent went wide. be a positive response from the being screened per day with 50 start hoping again. Even if that is OK, the babus want to know the Olympics," Sindhu said. After change of ends, Sindhu government. per cent occupancy, maintain- Incidentally, Narappa, starring why such babus cannot be given proper post- It is not easy to secure modifications in "It's not easy. It's a big thing. continued her aggressive game, Narang said that with two ing strict Covid guidelines — and Priyamani, ing immediately. transfer orders issued already, unless one There were really long rallies egged on by coach Park Tae- small movies that were including wearing of face which was scheduled to release approaches the powers that be through right but I had to be patient and Sang from the sidelines, to released on Friday, theatres are masks inside the hall manda- in theatres in May, was recent- Grouse against upright IAS officer channels, call them tough or whatever. In calm. Even though I was lead- lead 4-1 with a cross court back into business. tory and thermal scan before ly released on the OTT plat- an intriguing development, orders modify- ing, I did not relax." return. In Vijayawada, manager of the entering. form. Some IAS/IPS officers bend over back- ing the transfers of some IAS officers effect- wards to please political bosses. Others ed 10 days ago were issued last week in AP. choose to go strictly by the rule book, know- This happened days after the issue of the ing fairly well that political leaders reward actual transfer orders. Apparently there are those who know how to circumvent such rule people in the AP CMO who can influence India qualify for Olympic... Olympic medallist... books. In any case, those sticking to the rule powers that be and get things done super fast. book often face the music. Continued from Page 1 In Sunday's tie, Great Britain the legs of opposition goal- Continued from Page 1 Elaborating further, she said IAS officer Valluri Kranthi, who is serv- enjoyed the early share of keeper Oliver Payne. that sportspersons struggled a ing as Commissioner of Karimnagar —Yours truly For a country that gave the exchanges, earning their first In the 35th minute, Gurjant Asked what drew her to the lot before they reach the world stalwarts like Major penalty corner as early as in the had another chance to extend concept of the varsity and national level and that's reason Dhyan Chand and Balbir third minute but India defend- the lead but his reverse hit why she agreed to come on "we are not getting medals in Singh Senior among others, it ed well to keep the danger from a tight angle was easily board, she said, "I was told Olympics". has been especially painful to away. saved by Payne. sports will be given more "See the examples of China watch the hockey teams' The Indians got their foot- Thereafter, it was all Great importance. I read their Act. and Russia. In weightlifting, Centre accepts AP’s proposal... Olympic debacles before this ing into the match as time went Britain as they pressed num- It's my dream to work at they will have at least 15 chil- edition. by and took the lead in the sev- bers in front in search of goals. grassroot level and I felt this dren for each of the categories Continued from Page 1 The last time India featured enth minute through Dilpreet, Leading by two goals, the would help me fulfil my and there will be minor differ- n Of 20,000 species in the annually utilising 1,518 tonnes in the semifinals of the who pushed the ball in past Indians dropped back and tried dream. ences between them. Some of In a first of its kind study world, 844 species are in India dry weight of red algae and Olympics was in 1972 Munich Great Britain goalkeeper after to defend the lead but the "If any child reaches nation- them would be playing in the conducted by a group of with a total standing crop of 2,285 tonnes dry weight of Games where they lost 0-2 to being fed by Simranjeet Singh. move proved costly as minutes al camp, they get every kind of Asian Championships, some researchers of the depart- 91,339 tonnes (wet weight) brown algae for the arch-rivals Pakistan. It was Simranjeet who cre- from the end of the third quar- support but at the grassroot in other events," she said. ment of marine living consisting of 6,000 tonnes of manufacture of agar, algin and It was the edition in which ated the chance after he stole ter Great Britain secured four level there is an issue." resources of Andhra agar yielding seaweeds and liquid fertiliser in India American swimming legend the ball from a Great Britain back-to-back penalty corners University around 11 vari- remaining edible and other n Tamil Nadu has the Mark Spitz won seven gold defender just outside the lat- the last of which was put into eties of seaweed that were seaweeds. maximum number of medals, a feat which was over- ter's circle. the back of the net by Ward. collected from Vizag coast n The world market of seaweed species with 302, shadowed by the massacre of Two minutes from the first With 15 more minutes were tested for antimicrobial seaweeds or seaweed products followed by Gujarat with 202, 11 Israeli athletes and coach- quarter, India custodian P R remaining and just a goal GST collections at over... activity to these bacteria. is more than 10 billion US Maharashtra -152 and es by Palestinian terrorists at Sreejesh made fine reflex saves behind, Great Britain went on Currently, commercial dollars. Andhra Pradesh has 78 the Olympic Village. to deny Great Britain. the offensive in the final quar- Continued from Page 1 below Rs 1 lakh crore in June seaweed cultivation is being n At present, industries are species. Belgium defeated Spain 3-1 The Indians didn't let their ter, throwing numbers into 2021 as the collections during done in Tamil Nadu and in another quarterfinal to seal rivals settle down and doubled their attacks as the Indians This is the second highest col- the month of June 2021 pre- Gujarat. Especially in Tamil begun the commercial sea- Parshottam Rupala told their place in the last four. their lead seconds into the sec- struggled to control the lection so far this fiscal after a dominantly related to the Nadu, it is taken up by weed cultivation involving Rajya Sabha recently. The other semifinal of the ond quarter through Gurjant. onslaught. record Rs 1.41 lakh crore mop- month of May 2021; and dur- women Self Help Groups in SHGs. The major industrial men's hockey competition will It was Hardik who created Great Britain succeeded in up in April. ing May 2021, most of the the northern side of “A project proposal applications of seaweeds in be played between Australia the opportunity by intercept- their efforts as they earned The finance ministry in a states/UTs were under either Rameshwaram. In received from the India are as a source of agar, and Germany. ing a pass just outside the Great three more penalty corners in statement said robust GST rev- complete or partial lockdown Rameshwaram, Government of Andhra agarose and carrageenan By virtue of this win, India Britain 'D' and then sent the the match but the redoubtable enues are likely to continue in due to COVID. With the eas- Kappaphycus seaweed is Pradesh at a total project used in laboratories, phar- now have a 5-4 win-loss record ball to an unmarked Gurjant, Sreejesh rose to the occasion the coming months as well. ing out of COVID restrictions, being cultivated on a large cost of Rs 186.00 lakh was maceuticals, cosmetics, over Great Britain in the who kept a calm head to put and pulled off saves after saves The gross GST revenue col- GST collection for July 2021 scale. approved during 2020-21 cardboard, paper, paint and Olympic Games. the ball into the net through to keep his side ahead. lected in the month of July 2021 has again crossed Rs 1 lakh In Rameshwaram, rough for establishment of 6000 processed foods. is Rs 1,16,393 crore of which crore, which clearly indicates estimates suggested that seaweed rafts and 1200 In India there are 46 sea- Central GST is Rs 22,197 crore, that the economy is recovering around 1,200 tonnes of dry monoline/tube net including weed-based industries, 21 State GST is Rs 28,541 crore, at a fast pace. The robust GST seaweed is produced annu- inputs for which the state for Agar and 25 for Alginate Integrated GST is Rs 57,864 revenues are likely to continue ally. Gujarat realised the Government has already production, but they are not New farm motors to save power crore (including Rs 27,900 in the coming months too," the potential of seaweed in 2012, identified the beneficiaries,” functioning up to their rated crore collected on import of ministry said in a statement. and Narendra Modi, the Union Minister for Fisheries capacity, due to short-supply PNS n VIJAYAWADA the PMBLDC system is around documentation /soft copy of goods) and Cess is Rs 7,790 In the current fiscal, GST then chief minister, had and Animal Husbandry of raw materials 15 to 20 years due to high grade simulations and working crore (including Rs 815 crore mop-up touched a record high The State Energy Department materials as compared to con- model to demonstrate the tech- collected on import of goods). of over Rs 1.41 lakh crore in is all set to bring in a new ventional AC motor life span of nology. The revenues for the month April, but fell to over Rs 1.02 CHICKEN advanced and globally around 10 years. Apart from the agricultural, of July 2021 are 33 per cent lakh crore in May after the out- RATES `/KG SC to hear on Aug 5 pleas seeking... acclaimed technology-enabled As a part of this endeavour, domestic pumping, this tech- higher than the GST revenues break of second wave. In June, farm motors that will help a joint venture company of AP nology can be utilised for air in the same month last year and collection slipped below the Dressed/With Skin `238 Continued from Page 1 it added. reduce power consumption. Power Utilities, AP State conditioners compressors, include GST returns filed psychological Rs 1 lakh crore Without Skin `258 According to the petition, hack- The new Permanent Magnet Energy Efficiency refrigerators, washing between July 1-31 as well as mark to Rs 92,849 crore fol- Broiler at Farm `131 The hacking of phones belonging ing of phones using the Pegasus spy- Brushless Direct Current Development Corporation machines, electric vehicles etc IGST and cess collected from lowed by a sharp rebound in to journalists, doctors, lawyers, ware constituted a criminal offence (PMBLDC) motors will be Limited (APSEEDCO) has to improve their overall effi- imports for the same period. July to Rs 1.16 lakh crore. activists, ministers and opposition punishable under Sections 66 (com- introduced soon in the agricul- entered into a Memorandum of ciency. GST tax collections had The GST collections in July EGG politicians “seriously compromises” puter related offences), 66B (pun- ture sector by the State power Understanding (MoU) with The APSEEDCO technical topped Rs 1 lakh crore market 2021 are primarily for supplies RATES `/100 the effective exercise of the funda- ishment for dishonestly receiving utilities. Andhra University (AU). team in coordination with for 8 straight months before the and sales made in June, when mental right to free speech and stolen computer resource or com- PMBLDC technology The project deliverables of Andhra University conducted onset of the second wave of the states were easing the lock- VIJAYAWADA 435 expression, it said. munication device), 66E (punish- improves motor efficiency by MoU are preparing the design webinar and discussed in detail COVID-19 infections led to the down restrictions. In the HYDERABDAD 496 Such an act has an obvious chill- ment for violation of privacy) and up to 90 percent against the document of the proposed the technicalities of the pro- re-imposition of lockdowns in months of April and May, most ing effect on expression by threat- 66F (punishment for cyberterror- existing efficiency of 75 percent project, manufacturing proto- posed technology and did different states, muting eco- states were under different lev- VISAKHAPATNAM 557 ening invasion into the most core ism) of the IT Act, punishable with with induction motor technol- col as per industry standards, comprehensive analysis of the nomic activity. els of lockdown, which reduced RETAIL PRICE `4.35 and private aspects of a person's life, imprisonment and/or fine. ogy. Also the life expectancy of complete operational manual, concept of PMBLDC. "GST collection... dropped business activity. (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, D.No. New 3-88, Old 3-22, Chandra Theatre, Gosala, , Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 521 151, Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 vijayawada 03 Jagan to inaugurate Mana Badi Construction of Jagananna colonies on at swift phase Nadu-Nedu phase-1 on August 16 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Collector J PNS n VIJAYAWADA all government schools to Nivas on Sunday reviewed the make English medium educa- progress of work on the hous- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan tion accessible even to poor es sanctioned under the YSR Reddy will dedicate the first children. CBSE syllabus will be Jagananna colonies (PMAYU) phase initiatives of Manabadi implemented in all govern- scheme. Nadu- Nedu to students of the ment schools to improve the The AP government has State on August 16. teaching and learning stan- sanctioned 1,67,541 houses He will on the same day dards in English medium from across the district to be built at launch the activities of the primary level to enable poor a cost of Rs 3,016 crore. second phase of the initiative, students to excel nationally In the district, 74,821 hous- while work on the third phase and internationally. es have been sanctioned for will be inaugurated in August As part of Jagananna Vidya Vijayawada division, 37,433 2022.With the revolutionary Kanuka every year, the govern- for Bandar division, 25,103 initiatives in the education ment provides English-Telugu division and 30,184 women to avail bank loans for nection, drainage and internet field till date, admissions into being conducted under the over three years, new buildings dents and teachers, green dictionary along with uni- houses for division. the construction of houses in facilities. schools have shot up by about supervision of schools and will be constructed for anoth- chalkboard, painting, English forms, school bags, textbooks, In all 1,116 layouts were pre- Jagananna colonies. So far, Krishna district collector J four lakh. parents committees, with full er 27,438 Anganwadis. lab, retaining wall and kitchen notebooks, workbooks, belts, pared for construction of loans to the tune Rs 56.09 crore Nivas on Sunday visited Mana Badi, Nadu-Nedu pro- transparency, commitment and Under the 'Mana Badi Nadu- construction. socks and shoes to the students 1,67,541 houses in the district, have been sanctioned to 11,419 constituency and gramme was started on quality. Nedu' programme, the State During the first phase, a total as soon as the schools start. on July 1, 2 and 3, the ‘ground- women belonging to various inspected the ongoing work at November 14, 2019. The State In addition to the moderni- government has ordered toilets number of 15,715 schools will The Andhra Pradesh gov- breaking’ ceremonies, sig- SHGs. Jagananna colonies. He said government at the time sation of about 45,000 govern- with continuous water supply, be revamped at an estimated ernment is the first and only nalling start of construction Henceforth, every 10 to 20 that the beneficiaries of announced that it plans to ment schools, 471 government safe drinking water supply, cost of Rs 3,996 crore. government in the country to activity for 1,00,039 houses people will form groups and a Jagananna colonies expressed renovate schools by spending junior colleges, 151 govern- making necessary repairs to the On the other hand, steps provide student kits with so were conducted started as part contractor or mason will be their happiness, as their dream about Rs 16,700 crore in three ment degree colleges and 3,287 school, fans and tubelights for have been taken to make medi- many items to school children of a mega coordinated exercise entrusted with the responsibil- of owning a house was on the phases. These activities are government hostels in phases each room, furniture for stu- um of education in English in like no other state. across the State. ity of construction of the hous- verge of becoming a reality. Apart from the sanctioned es. So far, 1,322 groups were A beneficiary, K Shyamala 1,67,541 houses in the district formed with 25,013 beneficia- said: “Earlier, we could not arrangements were made for ries and the construction work even imagine how we would be Use ill-gotten the sanctioning of an addition- is on. A proposal for Rs 2,713 able to source funds for the Accused in Pesaravai murders al 44,183 houses taking the crore was sent to the govern- construction of a house. After wealth to clear total to 2,11,724 houses in the ment for setting up of infra- land was allocated, the loan district. The government has structure in Jagananna was sanctioned by Indian Bank also made arrangements for colonies like CC roads, water with the help of the district threatening witnesses: Naidu AP's debts: 79,883 Self Help Group connection, electricity con- Collector.” PNS n VIJAYAWADA above reference. However, Lokesh to Jagan Accused No. 2, 3, 5, 10 and 11 Leader of the Opposition N are roaming scot-free in spite PNS n VIJAYAWADA One Maoist Chandrababu Naidu on of witnesses testifying that India will always be a Sunday expressed serious con- they were also part of this bru- TDP national general secre- killed in cern over the increasing threat tal act. “Further, the culprits tary Nara Lokesh on Sunday that the culprits in the are threatening the family strongly criticised the Governor not Pesaravai twin murders in members of the victims and Jaganmohan Reddy Govern voice of moderation: exchange of Kurnool district were posing are also threatening witnesses. ment for not fulfilling its to celebrate to the lives and property of the The threats are being issued to election promise to increase fire with cops complainant, witnesses and the complainant, witnesses pensions for 'avva tatalu' EAM Jaishankar PNS n HYDERABAD birthday this family members of the vic- and their family members (aged people) even after tims. directly and indirectly over entering third year of its rule. PNS n NEW DELHI A maoist waskilled on Naidu wrote a letter to the phone and physically,” the Lokesh asked why the Sunday in an alleged year also Director General of Police, murdered are brothers and are TDP supremo wrote. Chief Minister failed to stand India will always be a voice of exchange of fire (EoF) PNS n VIJAYAWADA urging him to immediately Vaddu Nageswar Reddy, aged He said that the accused, in by his promise to pay the old moderation, an advocate of between the ultras and police arrest the persons accused in about 55 years and Vaddu connivance with a section of age pensions to 5 lakh bene- dialogue and a proponent of in a forest area of Bhadradri- Governor Biswabhusan the ghastly double murder Prathap Reddy, aged about 52 the police, were posing serious ficiaries on August 1 itself. international law, External Kothagudem district, police Harichandan, whose birth- that took place in Pesaravai years. They were murdered by and grave threat to the life and “Every month, delay was Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. According to a senior day falls on August 3, has village, Gadivemula mandal the local YSRCP goons when property of the complainant, being caused in the name of said on Sunday as the country police official,special police decided not to celebrate it in Kurnool district on June 17. they were actually going to the victims’ family members and some technical problem or takes over the presidency of parties were combing in the this year too, due to the pre- Decrying the delay in tak- graveyard to offer their witnesses. “In this backdrop, other. If Jagan has the will, it the United Nations Security Kurnapalli-Bodhenalli area vailing Covid-19 situation. ing action, the TDP supremo homage to their younger it is appealed to immediately would not be that difficult,” Council for August. when the members of the Harichandan appealed to said in his letter to the DGP: brother Vaddu Mohan Reddy." affect the arrest of culprits and he said. External Affairs Ministry Samriddhi (prosperity)'. banned outfit CPI (Maoist) all concerned to not visit the "Such brutal, barbarous and Naidu told the DGP that in also extend protection and In a statement here, Lokesh Spokesperson Arindam The first working day of suddenly opened fire at the Raj Bhavan to wish him on gruesome violent acts have no this regard, a complaint was security to the complainant, asked why the State govern- Bagchi described it as a India's Presidency will be personnel, who retaliated his birthday. place in civilised and democ- filed and an FIR was registered witnesses and their family ment stopped after hiking just "momentous day" and referred Monday, August 2. resulting in the death of one The Governor appealed to ratic societies. The two people on the same day as cited in the members,” he wrote. Rs 250 when it had promised to the Sanskrit phrase India began its two-year maoist. all eligible to get vaccinated to increase the old pension to 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' tenure as a non-permanent "While combing the area as early as possible, as Rs 3,000 gradually. (the world is one family) to member of the UNSC on the police sighted10 armed Covid-19 vaccine can be “It was not proper to wait describe India's worldview. January 1. It is India's seventh Maoists at around 8.15 am. helpful in minimising the 2 escape from for loans to give benefits to "As we take over UNSC term on the UN Security They fired on the police and risk since it offers protection BJP condemns the elderly people. Where Presidency for August, look Council as a non-permanent during the encounter and against the virus. “As we are was the need for running forward to working produc- member. India has previous- one of them was killed. passing through the second petrol bunk around others for loans when tively with other members. ly been a member of the UN There were no casualties wave, health experts are Jagan himself has huge ill- India will always be a voice of Security Council in 1950-51, on the police side," Bhadradri already warning about the attack on activists gotten wealth? A 10 percent moderation, an advocate of 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78, Kothagudem District occurrence of a third wave without paying of J-tax collections would be dialogue and a proponent of 1984-85, and 1991-92. Superintendent of Police due to emergence of new PNS n VIJAYAWADA battling for their lives in hos- enough to immediately fulfil international law," Jaishankar Following its election to Sunil Dutt said. variants and in these circum- pital. PNS n HYDERABAD the promise on old age pen- tweeted. the global body, India said that The identification of the stances, it is mandatory to BJP state general secretary S He said that the YSRCP sions,” the TDP MLC said. Bagchi said India's tenure at it will promote responsible and maoist, who is in his mid 20s, follow Covid-appropriate Vishnuvardhan Reddy on with a vengeance attacked the Two motorcycle borne mis- Lokesh expressed doubt the UN Security Council has inclusive solutions to interna- was being ascertained, police behaviour by wearing mask, Sunday alleged that political BJP leaders as they left the creants escaped without whether the YSRCP govern- been guided by five 'S' --- tional peace and security and said. Police seized one .303 maintaining social distance, murders started in the State YSRCP and joined the saffron paying Rs. 200 at a fuel sta- ment was deliberately causing 'Samman (respect), Samvaad would pitch for a new orien- rifle and two kit bags from using hand sanitiser and only after the YSRCP came to party. Vishnuvardhan Reddy tion at Mehdipatnam on delay in payment of pensions (dialogue), Sahyog (coopera- tation for a reformed multilat- thescene. Searches are on, prevent spread of Covid- power. said that each BJP leader suf- Saturday night. to the elderly. tion), Shanti (peace) and eral system. they said. 19,” said Harichandan in a Addressing media persons fered about 10 knife injuries The incident happened message. Those who have at a programme in on the body. late in the night at a fuel sta- been vaccinated should also Visakhapatnam on Sunday, He said that the attack took tion located on the follow these guidelines to Vishnuvardhan Reddy said place after the BJP opposed Rethibowli road. The two protect themselves and their that the BJP strongly opposes installation of a Tipu Sultan persons who were wearing ISRO to boost ties with EU, Israeli agencies family members, said the the attack on seven party statue in Proddatur by local facemask came on a Pulsar Governor. activists who he said were MLA R Siva Prasad Reddy. motorcycle at the fuel sta- PNS n BENGALURU together in future including will enable use of ground sta- tion and asked the worker launch of Israeli satellites in tion to support each others Muneer to dispense Rs 200 The Indian Space Research Indian launcher and commem- spacecraft missions, was signed worth fuel in the tank. "After Organisation is in discussions orating 75thanniversary of recently. "They agreed to I filled the petrol they asked with European and Israeli Indian independence and 30 form thematic working groups Rainfall seven percent below me if they can pay through space agencies to enhance years of India-Israel diplomat- which will discuss to identify e-wallet, while I was picking cooperation and identify ic relations through an appro- potential opportunities for up the machine, the driver potential opportunities to work priate event in 2022, ISRO said. working together to further accelerated the bike. I caught together. The Secretary in the Sivan and Aschbacher enhance ISRO-ESA coopera- normal in July, reveals IMD hold of one them but they Department of Space and ISRO reviewed the progress of the reviewed the status of ongoing tion", the space agency added. managed to flee," Muneer Chairman K Sivan held virtu- ongoing activities including cooperation activities in earth "I place @ESA's cooperation PNS n NEW DELHI told the police. al meetings with Director cooperation in electric propul- observation, space science, with @ISRO high on the ESA A police patrol vehicle General of Israel Space Agency sion system for small satellites satellite navigation, space situ- international agenda. #India's After its vigorous revival in the which was passing the road (ISA) Avi Blasberger and and GEO-LEO (Geosynchron ational awareness and human space portfolio is expanding first week of July that saw on noticing the commotion Director General of European ous Earth Orbit-Low Earth space flight. thus many more cooperation floods, cloudburst and land- rushed to the fuel station. Space Agency (ESA) Josef Orbit) optical link. An ISRO-ESA Arrangement opportunities between our slides in several parts of the The police are enquiring Aschbacher last week. They also discussed potential concerning network and oper- agencies are on the horizon", country, the Southwest into the incident. Sivan and Blasberger opportunities of working ations Cross-support which Aschbacher tweeted. Monsoon ended with a seven per cent deficit for the month, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. The rainfall in July was 14th C Tamil inscription of Kakatiyas found minus seven per cent which comes to around 93 per cent of PNS n VIJAYAWADA the inscription slab was fitted the Long Period Average, IMD fall recorded for the month was reached Delhi on July 13 after into the west side wall of the Director General Mrutyunjay seven per cent less. a delay of 16 days and covered Incredible as it may sound, but temple during the renovation Mohapatra said. The IMD had predicted the entire country the same the fact remains that the in 16th century AD. Rainfall in the range of 96- normal rainfall in July. day. June received 10 per cent Kakatiyas also issued inscrip- Dr Sivanagireddy says that 104 is normal whereas precip- "We had predicted normal more rainfall than normal. Of tions in along- the gift of land was given to itation in the range of 90-96 is rainfall for July which was the four-month rainfall season, side Telugu in coastal Andhra conduct the Tiruvidaiyattam classified as below normal. somewhere around 96 per cent July and August receive the and Telangana. festival In the temple of July recorded extremely of the LPA. July brings maxi- maximum precipitation. This fact was disclosed on Rajanarayana Perumal for the heavy rainfall over coastal and mum rain over the country, Overall, the country has Sunday by Dr E Sivanagireddy, merit of the last Kakatiya central Maharashtra, Goa, but there was no rainfall activ- received one per cent less rain- archaeologist and CEO, Pleach Emperor, Prataparudra. Karnataka. Several towns and ity over north India until July fall than normal from June 1 India Foundation during his He said that the inscription cities in Maharashtra were 8 which could have been the to July 31. The deficit was ‘Preserve Heritage for Posterity’ bears significance as it is the deluged to very heavy rainfall reason behind the deficit," minus 13 per cent in the east exercise. Dr Sivanagireddy second and next to one more which resulted in catastroph- Mohapatra said. and northeast subdivision of along with R Dasarathrami Tamil inscription found at ic events like landslides claim- The Southwest Monsoon the IMD. Reddy, president, Motupalli Motupalli issued by Kakatiya ing scores of lives and damag- arrived over Kerala on June 3, Northwest India division Heritage Society were docu- Ganapatideva dated to 1244 ing property. two days after its normal which covers north India menting the dilapidated is dated to Saka 1230 (1st August, lakiyan alias Patinenbhumi- AD known as the Abhaya The north Indian states -- schedule. But it very rapidly recorded a two per cent deficit. Kodandarama Swamy temple 1308 AD) pertaining to the reign vanikaratittan, for the merit of Sasana, a charter that insures Jammu and Kashmir, covered the east, west, south The south peninsula divi- located in the outskirts of of Kakatiya PratapaRudra (1289- the king”. the life and goods of the Uttarakhand, Himachal and parts of north India by sion which covers the southern Motupalli, an international 1323) that registers the gift of The date and content of the seaborne trade. Pradesh and Ladakh -- also June 19. But after that it states received 17 per cent port town of the medieval land as Tiruvidaiyattam for pro- inscription was confirmed by Dr Sivanagireddy sensitised saw cloudburst events that entered into a phase that wit- more rainfall while the central period, when he chanced upon viding offerings to the deity Dr K Muniratnam Reddy, and revealed the historical the local people on the histor- claimed several lives. nessed a spell of no rainfall India division that comprises the Tamil inscription. Rajanarayana Perumal in Desi- director, epigraphy branch, importance. ical significance of the inscrip- The national capital too activity. It started reviving west and central India record- The inscription according to uyyakondan-pattinam alias Archaeological Survey of India, It is interesting to note that tion and appealed to the State recorded a very good rainfall from July 8. ed one per cent more rainfall him “is written in Tamil language Mottuppalli by Cattanthai- Mysuru who deciphered 813- Motupalli was mentioned as Government to protect the activity. But overall, the rain- The Southwest Monsoon than the normal. and Tamil and Grantha script, it Cemmanadiyal-valumpotha- year-old Tamil Grandha script ‘Desi Uyyakondapatnam’ and inscription for posterity. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 vijayawada 04

Prakasam Dist Collector TTD gets pat for filing GST returns in time PNS n TIRUMALA Govindaraja Swamy temple in suspends Tirupati. As part of festivities, The TTD received an appreci- daily Tirumanjanam and revenue officials ation from the Central Board Asthanam will be conducted of Indirect Taxes and Customs, for processional idols of Sri PNS n ONGOLE Ministry of Finance, Andal Ammavaru in ekan- Government of India for tham as per Covid guidelines. Prakasam District Collector prompt filing of GST returns Among others, Sri Praveen Kumar suspended and payment of Goods and Chakrathalwar Sattumora and China Ganjam Tahasildar K Services Tax, thereby substan- Sri Prativadi Bhayankara Vijaya Kumar for not imple- tially contributing to building Annan Sattumora will be held menting the lease agreement a strong and resilient nation. on August 8. Similarly, condition of a sand quarry. The Ministry of Finance is Snapana Tirumanjanam for The Collector also sus- honouring the taxpayers who utsava idols of Sri Govindaraja pended Podili Tahasildar A V have been a part of the GST tered under GST in June 2017 Board of Direct Taxes, accord- Swamy and Sri Andal Govt plans two more Hanumantha Rao, ARI success story on the eve of the in 11 states across the country. ing to a press release by TTD Ammavaru will be performed Shivarama Prasanna, completion of its four years. TTD has been filing the GST on Sunday. on August 11. Kambalapadu VRO Kamal Of the 1.3 crore registered returns and paying taxes in Andal Tiruvadipuram The TTD has, however, can- Kumar, Hanumanthunipadu persons under GST, only time without any default. Utsav: The TTD will be organ- celled the procession of both Tahasildar, RO and VRO for 54,439 persons have attained In this connection, the TTD ising a ten-day festival of Andal utsava idols up to Padala projects on Krishna dereliction in duty. eligibility to receive this appre- has received two letters of Tiruvadipuram Utsav from Mandapam at Alipiri due to The suspension of revenue ciation. The TTD has regis- appreciation from the Central August 2-11 at the Sri Covid restrictions. officials has become a hot topic in official ANU asked to study & report on environment circles.Meanwhile, the offi- ̈ cials said that Tahasildar's PNS n GUNTUR Penmaluru mandal 12 km together conduct the envi- suspension of Banners appear in agency areas against Maoists downstream of Prakasam bar- ronmental study on the pro- Hanumanthunipadu The Irrigation department has rage and another between jects, sources added. Tahasidar Sudhakar is unfor- PNS n KAKINADA created flutters in the district as asked the environment depart- in Krishna district Talking to the Pioneer, ANU tunate as he was suspended The flexi banners were put up in the they appeared after new SP N ment of Acharya Nagarjuna Bandikolanda in Guntur dis- environment department head on the same day he retired. The flexi banners were put up at Ravindranath Babu had assumed University to study and submit trict, 62 km downstream to the Swamy said that if the projects The Collector also suspend- various places in the agency areas Maoist-infested villages, including at charge. The SP immediately after a report on the environment Prakasam barrage at a cost of were constructed that would ed an RI and two VROs a few asking the Maoists not to destroy Rampachoadavaram and Chintoor taking charge undertook a visit to on the two new projects to be Rs.2,500 crore. help the expansion of agricul- days ago for irregularities in cellular phone towers and indulge the Maoist-infested areas. constructed across the river The irrigation officials asked tural land, do away the drink- maintaining the land records. in violent incidents, which creat- villages, asking the Maoists not to It may be mentioned here that Krishna downstream the the environment department ing water scarcity. ed common in the district. destroy cell phone towers, which six Maoists were killed in an Prakasam barrage. The of ANU to conduct a study on "The projects, if construct- The flexi banners were put up alleged encounter between Irrigation department wrote a the environment and the influ- ed, mainly will help to reduce in the Maoist-infested villages, working as a liaison between the Maoists and the Police in the AP letter in this regard to the ence of agriculture, and aqua salinity in the groundwater and including at Rampachoadavaram government and the tribal people and Odisha border area a few days University official.The irriga- sectors, if the projects are also help for the development and Chintoor villages, asking the ago. The Maoists are organising tion officials invited the ANU constructed. "The government of aqua and fisheries sectors. Maoists not to destroy cell phone the anniversary which will con- officials for a discussion on the will submit the report given by By raising forest in the barren towers, which working as a liai- tinue till the third week of August. issue. the ANU scientists to the land environment balances son between the government and girls, using them as labourers and which are against the Maoists ide- The SP warned of stringent action The AP government had National Green Tribunal," the can be maintained. We will the tribal people. torture them. "We will revolt ology", the Maoists were warned against the Maoists for kidnap- proposed to construct a project official source said. The pro- submit the report after con- The Maoists were also asked to against you (Maoists), if you in the flexi posters. ping minor girls and using them at Chodavaram village in fessors and PG students ducting a study", he said. stop the kidnapping of minor indulge in such violent incidents, Meanwhile, the flexi posters as labourers. CM thanked for funding ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ Janasena announces Chittoor district committee PNS n TIRUPATI appointed Gangadhar, N Tulasi Prasad, PNS n ONGOLE Rs.5,573 crore for the imple- many schemes. The govern- alleged that the erstwhile as district Jangala Sivaram and Akula mentation of Amm Vodi, ment is disbursing fee reim- TDP government disbursed Janasena Party has president Vanaja have been appointed Former Minister and YSRCP Vidyakanuka, and Manabadi bursement for every quarter- inadequate amounts for var- announced its Chittoor dis- of the as district general secretaries. leader Sidda Raghava Rao Nadu-Nedu. ly, he claimed. ious schemes. trict committee with three party. The The Janasena Party also thanked Chief Minister YS He said that a total of Rs. "No state is implementing He said the government is vice-presidents, six general new com- appointed ten secretaries. Jagan Mohan Reddy for 26,677 crore has been dis- the welfare schemes like the extending Rs.10,000 to ITI secretaries and ten secre- mittee has They are : Kothuru Batasari, releasing Rs.693.81 crore to bursed to the eligible poor AP government," he said. students in two instalments, taries. Janasena Party three vice- M Nazir, G Jabeed, Kalathur about 10.97 lakh students under various schemes. He The former minister Rs.15,000 for polytechnic President Pawan Kalyan has presidents Jayaprakash Reddy, Kuppala under the Jagananna Vidya said that the Jagan Mohan informed that the Jagan students. Rs.20,000 to the approved the new committee Shaik Lavanya Kumar, Devineni Deevena Scheme. Reddy-led government with Mohan Reddy government degree students for mess for Chittoor district to this Abdul Rahman, CL Yeswant, Potukuri Anand, Talking to the media here an aim of providing educa- has so far disbursed and other charges. He asked effect on Sunday. It may be Devakishore and Battina Gnanagiri Padmaja, Kalapa on Sunday, he said that the tional opportunities to every Rs.26,677.82 crore to the students to avail the recalled that Dr Pasupuleti Madhubabu. Daram Anitha, Ravi and Pula Chaitanya government has so far spent poor student implementing 1,62,75,373 beneficiaries. He schemes. Hariprasad has already been Pula Rajesh Yadav, Ch Mohan. SHORT TAKES Hundreds throng Kakinada beach AITUC: Deposit PF, PNS n KAKINADA The Kakinada beach assumed ESI amounts of a festive look as hundreds of people thronged there on Sunday to get a respite from scorching heat and high contract workers humidity. Since Sunday, being a hol- PNS n ELURU no municipal council for the iday, a large number of peo- past two years. He also ple across the district went to AITUC district vice-president demanded payment of the Kakinada-Vakalapudi- Bandi Venkateswara Rao has allowances to the employees Notorious criminal who Uppada beaches, had a dip demanded that the govern- who were deputed for election and enjoyed the breezes. ment should immediately counting apart from DA and duped 300 women nabbed However, the doctors and deposit the 14-month PF and HRA to the NMRs immedi- KADAPA: The police arrested a notorious criminal and recovered officials expressed concern ESI amounts deducted from ately. The corporation should Rs.1.26 lakh cash and 30 grams of gold jewellery from him. DSP B over people gathering in huge the wages of contract and abolish the contract system Sunil told the media here on Sunday that the police arrested numbers at one place ignor- outsourcing workers working and regularize the services of Chennupalli Prasanna Kumar (23) for cheating 300 women in the ing the Covid protocols. in Eluru Municipal the workers. name of giving them jobs. The DSP said that he confessed that he Corporation. Union general secretary A had cheated 200 girls and 100 women in Vijayawada, Hyderabad A meeting of the zonal Appalaraju demanded that the and Kadapa in the name of providing jobs. One of his victims municipal employees' union heirs of the outsourcing staff Srinivas lodged a complaint with the police and during the 10 kg ganja committee was held at who crossed 60 years, should investigation in offences had come to light. The accused Prasanna Suicide pact: 4 of a family jump Spoorthi Bhavan here on be given jobs and all the eligi- Kumar discontinued B Tech and started chain-snatching and seized, four Sunday under the chairman- ble contract workers should be burglaries to fund his vices. He was sent to prison in a criminal case ship of union general secretary promoted. He said the govern- but he was freed on bail. A suspect sheet was registered against arrested A Appala Raju. ment should stop the deputa- him in Proddatur III town police station. He used to befriend girls into Godavari, 2 bodies retrieved Speaking on the occasion, tion of employees to village and women using social media. He used to shoot videos when they PNS n KAKINADA Venkateswara Rao urged the secretariats and all the regular were in compromising positions and blackmail them. Many of his PNS n ELURU corporation to release the employees should assign the victims did not complain due to social stigma. The police recovered The police seized 10 kg of arrears of engineering and SR immediately. gold jewellery weighing 30 grams and Rs.1.26 lakh cash. He was In a tragic incident, four mem- cannabis and arrested four contract outsourcing workers Union advisor PV Ramana, being produced before the court, the DSP said. bers of a family allegedly commit- youths when they were ille- pending for the past 17 Union leaders Sanka ted suicide by jumping into the gally transporting on a months. Gourisankar, CH Someswara river Godavari at Chinchinada motorcycle at Manneru He lamented that the Rao, Shaik Ali, S Venkanna Supporters of pastors bridge in Yelamanchili mandal rivulet stream in Baddangi Commissioner is not resolving and others spoke on the occa- on Sunday and two bodies have police station limits. the pending issues as there is sion. clash in Guntur church been fished. The arrested persons were Police said that Kanchi Satish produced before the court. (34), his wife Sandhya (28), his Superintendent of police son Jashwin (4) and daughter Ravindranath Babu told the Durga (2) were suspected to media here on Sunday that have jumped into the river. The on a tip-off, a police team led family belonged to by DSP Bhima Rao con- Keshavadasupalem village. ducted a raid at a cremato- The police said that the rela- rium located behind the tives of the family lodged a com- APSRTC complex and found plaint with the Palakollu rural suicide note that Phanindra, his tion in the river Godavari with 12 ganja selling gang and police station, two days ago that elder sister Pavani and her hus- boats and fished out the bodies arrested them. the family had gone missing. band and parents were responsi- of Satish (34) and Bindu Sri The S P warned of strin- The police found a motorcy- ble for their death as they cheat- Durga (2) and the search opera- gent action against those who cle and a suicide note allegedly ed him in money matters. The tions were stopped as dark indulge in ganja sales and left by Satish. He alleged in the police launched a search opera- descended, police said. supply.

GUNTUR: The supports of pastors Elia and Paradeshi Babu clashed in the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church here on Sunday and the police pacified them. The two pastors have been on loggerheads for ‘Polam Badi' yielding result in promoting modern techniques the AELC Bishop post for the last few days. The heated arguments took place between Elia and Paradeshi Babu supporters in the West PNS n KAKINADA they do not have sufficient knowl- should water their crops and the explained on registering e-crop, Parish church last week. The supports of two pastors indulged in edge to use modern methods. The water management methods. using cow dung and urine as fer- heated arguments in the Church on Sunday and they even threw Though modern technology is farmers use the pesticide and fer- Agriculture officer A Gayatri tilizers. The objective of conduct- chairs on each other. At present Devasahayam is continuing as the ruling the world nowadays, the tilizers which the traders suggest Devi told 'The Pioneer' that the ing 'Polam Badi' is to reduce the church pastor with the patronage of Paradeshi Babu. But Elia group farmers in the state are still adopt- to them. officials explain to the farmers the investment of farmers on raising formed an ad-hock committee and Krian Babu, Mohan Babu and ing conventional methods in In order to sensitize the farm- utilization of modern agriculture crops", Agriculture Assistant Bujji Babu conducted prayers in the Church on Sunday. At the same farming. In order to sensitize and ers, the agriculture officials are equipment. Director G V Padmasri said. time, the two groups picked up arguments which led to jostling each create awareness among farmers conducting the 'Polam Badi' pro- "We conduct the 'Polam Badi' "Initially when we asked the other. Devasahayam group questioned when he was the pastor of on the modern farming methods, gramme. The agriculture officials for the farmers to sensitize them farmers to attend 'Polam Badi' the Church, how outsiders could conduct prayers. The Elia group the agriculture department is take the farmers to the fields and to various farming issues. We classes they ridiculed us stating argued that Devasahayam indulged in corrupt practices and that is conducting a "Polam Badi" pro- show them the pests which eat teach them the precautions to be that they live in the fields and they why a new ad hoc committee was formed. On the receipt of the gramme in the fields itself week- away crops. They also demon- taken from the sowing operations need no teachings on farming. information on the clash between two groups, police rushed there ly once. The farmers in East strate how to purify the seeds and to harvesting in the 'Polam Badi' However, after a lot of cajoling, and pacified both the groups. Godavari district are cultivating plough the field in the field itself. programme" she said. they started respective and attend- paddy in 2.32 lakh hectares. But The farmers are taught how they "The farmers are being ing Polam Badi class", she said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 nation 05

12 held for duping foreigners on Helicopter reaches HP's Lahaul to rescue Ready to withdraw FIR against INDIA promise of providing tech support remaining 66 people stranded in Udaipur Assam CM: Mizoram government CORNERwelve people who impersonated executives of an e-commerce giant were arrested helicopter on Sunday reached Himachal Pradesh's tribal district Lahaul-Spiti to rescue he Mizoram government is ready to withdraw the FIR filed against Assam Chief Minister Tfor allegedly cheating foreigners on the pretext of providing them technical support, Athe remaining 66 people stranded there for six days, a state disaster management official THimanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuango said on Sunday. Even Chief the Delhi Police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Mandeep Singh (39), said. State disaster management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said that the helicopter Minister Zoramthanga did not approve the inclusion of Sarma's name in the FIR, he said. Sattick Chakraborty (24), Harpreet Singh (30), Nitin Choudhary (26), Jobin George reached Lahaul this morning and will be rescuing the 66 people stranded at various places "In fact, our chief minister did not really approve of mentioning the name of the Assam chief (25), Hanumantu Rao (38), Mohit Gupta (30), Nitesh Kumar (32), Subhodeep in Udaipur. Of them, 37 are stranded at Jahlama, 15 at Shansha and 14 at Fooda, he added. minister in the FIR. He suggested to me that we should look into it," he told reporters. Bhattacharya (20), Moumita Majumdar (25), Diksha Khetarpal (28) and Shaba Khatun The helicopter was allowed to fly as weather was favourable on Sunday. Earlier, Chuango said that he will discuss the matter with police officials concerned and remove the (25), they said. According to police, they were informed it could not fly due to bad weather for two name of the Assam chief minister if there is no about some people running an international online cheating days, Mokhta added. So, 178 stranded people legal validity to substantiate the allegations against racket from Ramphal Chowk, Dwarka Sector-7. The were rescued through a zipline or ropeway as him. "I will hold discussion with the police officer accused were using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) a helicopter could not fly for evacuation due who filed the FIR, and if there is no legal fit, we calling bypassing the legal international long distance (ILD) to bad weather, he added. They were stranded would like to remove the name of Assam chief gateways. They were cheating people based in USA or at Udaipur in the tribal district after a minister from the FIR," he said, adding that he was Canada, they said. "On Saturday, police conducted raid on cloudburst over Tojing Nullah on Tuesday, he unaware of the development when the criminal the premises and found several people engaged in making added. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had on case was filed against Sarma. The chief secretary, or receiving the calls. Twelve people were apprehended Saturday visited flood-affected areas of the however, did not mention whether the cases filed from there," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Lahaul Valley to take stock of the losses due against six Assam officials and 200 unidentified Santosh Kumar Meena said. to flooding in Tojing Nallah on July 27. police personnel will be withdrawn. ‘Doors of SP open to all small NESAC to demarcate borders of N-Eastern states parties for 2022 UP polls’ PNS n NEW DELHI The Centre has decided to PNS n LUCKNOW demarcate boundaries of the Northeastern states through Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Amit Shah lauds Adityanath satellite imaging to settle inter- Yadav on Sunday said doors of his state border disputes that are party are open to all small parties on law and order in UP often becoming a cause of for an alliance ahead of the Uttar concern and sometimes even Pradesh Assembly polls next year PNS n LUCKNOW in 2021, I can say with pride leading to violence. and he will try that all such polit- that Yogi Adityanath and his Two senior government ical outfits come together to Ahead of the 2022 Uttar team have taken UP to the top functionaries said the task has defeat the BJP. Pradesh Assembly elections, spot in terms of law and order,” been given to the North He also asked the Congress Union Home Minister Amit he added. Shah said, “The BJP Eastern Space Application and the BSP, which have been Shah on Sunday praised the governments do not work on Centre (NESAC), a joint initia- and coming up with a scientif- injured when the Mizoram attacking the Samajwadi Party Yogi Adityanath government for the basis of caste, families, or tive of the Department of ic demarcation of boundaries Police opened fire on a team of (SP) on various issues, which side taking the state to the “top for the people who are close to Space (DoS) and the North between states. the Assam officials on July 26 they are on. spot” in terms of law and order. them. The BJP governments Eastern Council (NEC). The Shillong-based NESAC following clashes along the “These parties should decide Addressing a function after lay- work for the development of the The NESAC helps augment is already using space technol- two states' border. whether their fight is with the BJP ing the foundation stone of the poorest person and to revamp the developmental process in ogy for flood management in While the Mizoram govern- or SP,” Yadav told PTI. Uttar Pradesh State Institute of law and order.” Adityanath the Northeast region by pro- the region. ment claimed that a 509 On possible alliances for the Forensic Sciences here, Shah along with the Deputy Chief viding advanced space technol- Since there will be scientif- square-mile stretch of the upcoming state polls, the SP Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi should decide whom they are said BJP governments work for Ministers Keshav Prasad ogy support. ic methods in the demarcation inner-line reserve forest noti- president said, "Doors of our Party, which is also preparing to fighting,” he said. the development of the poorest Maurya and Dinesh Sharma The inter-state border dis- of borders, there will no scope fied in 1875 under the Bengal party are open for all small par- contest the polls on all seats, BSP chief Mayawati has often people. "For six years till 2019, I were present at the event. putes have come under fresh for any discrepancy and there Eastern Frontier Regulation ties. Many smaller parties are Yadav said, "We will try that all targeted the Samajwadi Party in travelled a lot in UP. Hence, I Terming the chief minister as focus recently after five Assam shall be better acceptability of of 1873 belongs to it, the already with us. More will come parties unite to defeat the BJP." her tweets. While accusing the know the earlier UP very well. 'yashasvi' (glorious) and 'safal' Police personnel and a civil- the boundary solutions by the Assam side insisted that the with us." In an interview to PTI, On ‘Bhagidari Morcha' led by BJP of using government machin- There was an atmosphere of (successful), Shah credited him ian were killed in clashes states, the government func- constitutional map and bound- he also lashed out at the Centre Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev ery to ensure its victory in the fear in western UP because of for effectively implementing along the Assam-Mizoram tionaries said. ary, drawn by the Survey of over the Pegasus spying row. Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) in recent panchayat polls, she had which people were leaving the development and welfare border. Once the satellite mapping India in 1993, was acceptable "They (NDA) have over 350 which AIMIM leader Assaduddin said these “tricks” were similar to area, women felt unsafe, the schemes in the state. "Today, in The idea for demarcation of is done, the boundaries of to it. seats in the Lok Sabha. The BJP Owaisi also took part, he said, the methods used by the previous land mafia was grabbing the 44 development schemes, UP is inter-state boundaries through Northeastern states could be After a massive tussle in is ruling in many states. Why and "There have been no talks with SP government. land of the poor people, inci- on the top spot in the country. satellite imaging was mooted drawn and the disputes could 2018, the border row resur- what was the government trying them till now." Congress chief Ajay Kumar dents of firing in broad daylight Making schemes is very easy, by Union Home Minister Amit be resolved permanently, they faced in August last year and to find through snooping? They The SP president also asked the Lallu has also attacked the SP and and riots were rampant,” Shah but implementing them, remov- Shah a few months ago. said. then in February this year. are helping 'videshi takatein' (for- other opposition parties, the had said the party leaders' state- said. “In 2017, the BJP ing the intermediaries, and Shah had suggested roping Five Assam Police personnel However, the escalating ten- eign forces) with this act," Yadav Congress and the Bahujan Samaj ments reflected frustration and promised that we will make UP ensuring the benefits reach the in NESAC for mapping the and a civilian were killed and sions were successfully defused said. Party (BSP), to decide which disappointment as people have a developed state and also beneficiaries without any bribe inter-state borders and forests over 50 others including a after a series of parleys with the Asked about his uncle Shivpal side they were on. "These parties rejected them. revamp its law and order. Today is very tough," he said. in the Northeastern region superintendent of police were intervention of the Centre. TN makes RT-PCR-v Indian Navy rescues 2 houses collapse in Brown sugar worth `14L seven fishermen MP after heavy rains seized in Bengal, 2 held Language of PORT BLAIR: The Indian Navy rescued seven REWA/SINGRAULI, Six people were killed MALDA (WB): Two persons were arrested report mandatory for fishermen from a distressed fishing boat, off and four others injured in two incidents of from West Bengal's Malda district after brown the coast of Car Nicobar, an official release house collapse due to heavy rains in Madhya sugar worth around Rs 14 lakh was seized intimidation won’t be said. INS Airavat was transiting through the Pradesh's Rewa and Singrauli districts on from their possession, police said on Sunday. strait at Car Nicobar on Friday night when it Sunday, officials said. In Rewa, a 35-year- Acting on a tip-off, a team of policemen on travellers from Kerala received a distress call from the fishing boat old man, his 60-year-old mother and two Saturday apprehended the two from Susthani which had developed a gearbox problem. It daughters, aged 7 and 8 years, were killed More area near National Highway 34, a senior tolerated: Thackeray n PNS immediately proceeded towards the distressed when their mud house collapsed in the officer said. Altogether, 697 grams of brown n vessel at its maximum speed to render assis- morning, police officials said.Rewa Collector sugar worth Rs 14 lakh was recovered from PNS MUMBAI “Thappad se dar nahi lagta (not The Tamil Nadu government tance and successfully established contact with Ilayaraja T said the incident took place in their possession, English Bazar Police Station scared of being slapped)” - the on Sunday said it was mandato- the fishing vessel, the release said. All crew Ghuchiyari Bahera village under Garh police inspector in-charge Asis Kumar Das said. The In a veiled attack on the BJP, chief minister said, “Nobody ry for people coming from members of the fishing vessel have been res- station area, about 50 km from the district arrested persons are residents of Shrirampur Maharashtra Chief Minister should speak the language of Kerala, to the state to carry a neg- cued and one injured person is under medical headquarters. and Jalua Bathan villages under the Kaliachak Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday slapping us as we will give back ative RT-PCR test report or vac- care onboard the INS Airavat. Police Station limits. said the language of intimidation such a tight slap that the other cination certificate of two will not be tolerated and a person will not be able to get COVID doses from August 5, in befitting reply will be back on his feet.” the wake of aspike in infections given to those Asking the benefi- in the neighbouring state. speaking it. ciaries of the chawls Addressing reporters, Medical Duty of society to offer opportunity to He made the redevelopment and Family Welfare Minister Ma Erode district, it is less. Special statement in the project not to fall Subramanian said, "From August focus will be given to districts wake of BJP leg- prey to allurement 5, concerned district administra- where people have low resistance ‘criminal’ to defend himself: SC Judge islator Prasad once the project tions have been directed to inten- against the virus, by increasing Lad's reported gets over, he said, sify surveillance and allow peo- vaccine doses and enhancing PNS n NEW DELHI Authority in Gurugram in has emerged as a "platform of Justice Lalit also inaugurated remarks that if "Marathi culture must ple from Kerala to enter the state medical infrastructure..," he said. Haryana. solution". the video conferencing facilities needed, the Shiv Sena be protected in the rede- if they possess an RT-PCR neg- The third Tamil Nadu Cross It is the duty of every member of “It is true that for an orderly All interactions, whether in all 22 DLSAs (District Legal Bhavan, the headquarters veloped constructions at any ativity certificate." Sectional Serosurvey in July, cov- an orderly society to offer every society a criminal must be through public offices or other Services Authorities) in the state, of Thackeray-led party in central cost as the chawls had a historic Officials in the bordering dis- ering over 26,000 samples possible opportunity to a "crim- brought to book, a criminal must modes, even entertainment and which will facilitate an interactive Mumbai, would be demolished. legacy, where revolutionaries had tricts have also been asked to revealed that at least 66.2 percent inal" to defend himself, Supreme be proceeded against, a criminal other things have gone for a toss platform to fill the communica- However, he had later retracted laid down their lives and also allow people if they have neces- of the population has developed Court judge U U Lalit said on must be punished for his wrong completely due to the pandemic tion gap between legal aid coun- the remarks and expressed regret were witness to the Samyukta sary documents to show that they antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the Sunday. deeds. situation, he said. sel and client. saying they were presented out of Maharashtra movement.” have received two doses of the virus which causes covid-19. He said that even though a "But at the same time, as an However, this situation has also He also inaugurated 'Kids context by the media. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who COVID vaccines. While the overall seropreva- criminal must be brought to orderly society, it is the duty of taught us to improvise, innovate Zones' in 18 DLSAs to cater to the Speaking at the inauguration was also present at the event, said On the serosurvey results lence was 66.2 percent, the high- book and punished for his wrong every member of the society to "and to sort of bring out the best needs of children who accompa- of the BDD Chawls redevelop- the legacy of BDD Chawls should released on Saturday, est sero-positivity was observed deeds for an orderly society, legal offer to him every possible oppor- within us. ny young couples whose cases are ment project here, Thackeray be protected and the Marathi- Subramanian said special focus in Virudhunagar district at 84 per representation is part of every- tunity to defend himself,” he "It has taught us that the vir- referred for mediation. referred to his three-party Maha speaking people must stay back would be on those districts which cent while Erode reported the one's fundamental rights. said. tual platform can be a platform Besides Justice Lalit, Punjab Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensa- in the redeveloped houses, which have reported people with low lowest at 37, according to the lat- Justice Lalit was speaking at the He said that during the last of solution, where many of our and Haryana High Court Chief tion as a “triple seat” government would be given as part of the pro- resistance power to the virus. est sero-suvrey conducted by launch of the year-long campaign year and a half, when the entire problems can get sorted out." Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and HC (with NCP and Congress being ject being overseen by "Virudhunagar has highest the Directorate of Public Health “Quality of services is key to humanity has been on the back Today all the courts are func- judges - Justice Jaswant Singh and the other constituents). Maharashtra Housing and Area seropositivity rate of 84 per cent, and Preventive Medicine in 888 access to justice for all”, organised foot because of the COVID-19 tioning through virtual modes, he Justice Rajan Gupta - also spoke Recalling a dialogue from Development Authority Chennai 82 per cent. But, in clusters across the state. by Haryana Legal Services pandemic, the virtual platform noted. at the occasion. Hindi blockbuster “Dabangg” - (MHADA). Cong ‘James Bond of spying' when in power; Pegasus a ‘fabricated’ issue: Naqvi PNS n NEW DELHI issues that are related to people not interested in participating in made a statement and they had an and expressed hope that the debate and discussion on people's opportunity to get a clarification Attacking the Congress which has impasse between the government issues. in Rajya Sabha. But instead of tak- Health Minister Mandaviya hits back at Rahul been protesting in Parliament and the Opposition will be bro- "They first said that we want a ing a clarification they created a demanding a discussion on the ken allowing Lok Sabha and discussion on corona but then ruckus and adopted a violent Gandhi for questioning vaccine availability Pegasus snooping allegations, Rajya Sabha to function smooth- later did not agree to it. They said attitude," he alleged. Union minister Mukhtar Abbas ly. we want a discussion on farmers Naqvi said most of the NEW DELHI: The vaccination month, Mandaviya said more saying "July is gone, but the Naqvi on Sunday said the party Both Lok Sabha and Rajya and then did not agree on that. Opposition parties are interested drive in the country is set to get than 13 crore doses were shortage of vaccine hasn't gone was "James Bond of spying" when Sabha have failed to transact any There has been the problem of in debate and discussion but a major boost this month, Union administered in July and the away." He used the hashtag in power and it now wants to significant business, except pas- floods in various parts of the unfortunately the Congress is Health Minister Mansukh drive is going to accelerate this #WhereAreVaccines. The waste Parliament's time over "fake sage of some bills, amid contin- country, they are not showing any trying to be their self-appointed Mandaviya said Sunday as he month. "More than 13 crore cumulative COVID-19 vaccine and fabricated" issues. ued protests by Opposition par- interest in that also or on the price head and in that attempt it is took a swipe at Congress leader doses were administered in India doses administered in the Naqvi, who is the Rajya Sabha ties over the Pegasus and farmers' and said there was no basis of such rise issue that they talk about," he "propagating its own negative Rahul Gandhi for questioning the in the month of July. It is going country has crossed 47 crore Deputy Leader, also accused the issues since the Monsoon session "rumours" as the session was to said. attitude as that of the Opposition". government's vaccine delivery to accelerate this month. We are with 60,15,842 doses being Congress and a few other of Parliament commenced on scheduled till August 13 and On the Opposition insisting on "They (the Congress) are try- programme. The minister asked proud of our healthcare workers administered in a span of 24 Opposition parties of working July 19. The Opposition and the business is listed till then. debating the Pegasus issue, Naqvi ing to hijack the thinking of even Gandhi to join everyone in for this achievement. "Now you hours, the Health Ministry said with the policy of "rant and run" government are locked in a stand- Asked if a middle path can be said they want to waste those opposition parties that are feeling proud about the work too should be proud of them and Sunday morning. More than 3 by making allegations and scoot- off with the former seeking a found to end the deadlock in Parliament's time on "fake and thinking on constructive lines. done by the country's health the country," Mandaviya said in a crore balance and unutilised ing off. debate over the Pegasus issue. Parliament, Naqvi said the fabricated issues that have no Congress is trying to become a self workers. In a response to tweet in Hindi in response to doses are still available with the In an interview with PTI, the The senior BJP leader also Congress and a few other identity" . appointed leader of the Gandhi's tweet questioning the Gandhi's post. Earlier during the states, union territories and Minority Affairs Minister said the rejected talk of the Parliament's Opposition parties are adopting "Without wasting time, IT Opposition," the Rajya Sabha MP availability of vaccines last day, Gandhi had tweeted in Hindi private hospitals, it stated. government is ready to discuss all Monsoon session being curtailed a "rant and run" formula and are Minister (Ashwini Vaishnaw) had said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION India: The country A new beginning? The AICTE plans to do away with mandatory maths and physics for the engineering exam of all seasons PRIYADARSHI DUTTA development in the field of education is raising some concern in the minds of peo- ple. The NITI Aayog has backed the proposal of the All India Council for Technical Predicting the timing and adequacy of monsoonal rain poses a challenge. The AEducation (AICTE) to revamp the national engineering entrance examination that no longer requires mathematics and physics as mandatory subjects in plus-two. Students British had realised that the subcontinent must be seen as a living whole will need to pass any three of 14 subjects, including mathematics, physics and chem- istry, in their plus-two examination. The logic given is that the industry and a section of etter late than never; the monsoon has finally the students want the option to pursue technical programmes like agriculture, biotech- arrived over Delhi-NCT. nology, electronics, or IT engineering that do not depend on physics and mathematics. Monsoonal precipitation isB the most important feature of The AICTE idea applies to the affiliated technical colleges and not to universities, IITs, NITs or IISERs. The move has been met with consternation. The alarmist view is that a Indian climate. One can hardly overestimate the importance of section of the students may benefit from this rule but it would destabilise the approach rainfall in a country where half the to technical education in the country, that there is no population is still employed in the engineering without mathematics and physics, that agricultural sector. The Indian bridge programmes make poor substitutes. Some even Meteorological Department (IMD) officially divides the year recalled how zero, trigonometry and some aspects of into (a) Winter Season (January- calculus were invented in ancient India, wondering how February), (b) Pre-Monsoon such a legacy could be junked. The critics view the (March-May), (c) Monsoon idea as a move to ensure the survival of engineering Season (June-September), and (d) Post-Monsoon Season colleges in the country. Private engineering and other (October-December), underscor- technical institutes are closing down by the hundreds ing the significance of monsoon. every year because the seats are not getting filled. The motto of the IMD, Adityaat jayate vrishti (Sun caus- Students do not opt for colleges where minimum es the rains), acknowledges the standards of learning and infrastructure are not main- tropical basis of the weather cycle. tained and the graduates do not get jobs. Thirdly, as aspirations grow, the students pre- Whereas the tropical calendar — fer either nationally acclaimed engineering institutes or diversify into new technical fields. like Gregorian — dissects the year Agastya Mula (a 6,2000-ft- of the character of the mon- of which there was no warn- into four seasons; viz. spring, high peak) to make hourly soon season was desired by the ing, compelled the IMD to Critics feel that the AICTE proposal can breathe new life into these colleges, though the summer, autumn and winter, question mark remains about the quality of education imparted. The debate about the observations on atmospheric Government. So the IMD develop a flood forecast sys- India actually has more number pressure, temperature, humid- introduced a system of daily tem. In 1885, the first forecast relevance of super subjects — mathematics and physics — can continue. The world of seasons. Whether it is the Rig ity and evaporation. telegrams of weather from all of south-west monsoon rains is changing fast and technology is speeding it up. The focus of education, especially in Veda Samhita, Charak Samhita or Meteorological observatories parts of India and Burma, and was made in the series of Ritu Samhara of Kalidasa, there were set up across India. publication of a daily weather annual monsoon forecast. the formative years, should emphasise on the applicational along with the theoretical. are six seasons: spring (vasanta), Technical education programmes are diversifying to as innovative as wine taster, cyber- However, in 1863, Thomas report from the whole of India Since monsoon (from summer (grishma), rainy (varsha), Glaisher prepared a report that for the Government. Blanford Arabic mawsim or season) security specialist, processed food specialist, site reliability engineer and growth man- autumn (sharad), fall (hemanta) advocated a general system of emphasised on the improve- denotes a sea-to-land wind ager. Linkedin came out with a list of emerging industrial jobs in India for 2020, only and winter (shishir). meteorological observations ment of the daily weather circulation — or onshore flow Weather science was not some of which have to do with engineering but with tangential links to mathematics or on a uniform plan. The devas- report by increasing the num- — one cannot have the com- unknown to Indians. However, as tating cyclone of Calcutta in THE RAJA OF ber of stations from which plete picture about this season- physics. The India Skills Report for 2021 says the employability of India’s youth has Varahamihira’s Brihat Samhita 1864, which laid waste of its daily telegrams were received; al reversal of wind without con- decreased of late, making it imperative that higher and technical education equips them shows, whatever little was known inland port and anchored ships, TRAVANCORE WAS increasing the number of sidering the seas. In 1888, the with skills necessary for in-demand career opportunities. Technology is a double-edged on the subject, was indiscriminate- followed by the Bengal famine observatories; collection of British Government in India ly mixed with astrology, proverbs THE FIRST INDIAN sword. It encourages automation. As it grows, jobs become obsolete. Elitist views about of 1866, underscored the neces- information of weather from sanctioned compilation of the and omens. The modern science sity for such a plan as an inte- RULER TO FUND AN the logs of ships entering into daily weather report and chart education are becoming archaic. A skills-based ecosystem is needed. A better move of meteorology is thoroughly gral part of governing India. OBSERVATORY. A ports of Calcutta and Bombay; of the India monsoon area than the AICTE proposal, for instance, is to introduce a system of apprenticeship that dependent on well-calibrated Between 1865 and 1874, and improvement of solar based mostly on marine mete- instruments. The British were five provincial meteorological BRANCH OF THAT observations to obtain accurate orological data. A formal sanc- makes the private sector responsible for imparting skills to the workers depending on the first to set up meteorological the basis of an annual revision of the skills shortage list. systems were established, cov- OBSERVATORY WAS measures of the sun’s heating tion was given for information observatories in India. They intro- ering one-third of India’s ter- power at the earth’s surface and obtained from the logs of ves- duced instruments like a whole ritory. These parochial sys- STARTED AT its periodic variations. sels and meteorological obser- PICTALK range of barometers and ther- tems, which worked without AGASTYA MULA By 1878, there were 103 vatories established in Persia mometers, rain gauge, wind gauge, any cohesion, failed to reveal observatories at work across and Arabia. These reports were anemometer, electroscope, elec- a true picture of India’s climate (A 6,2000-FT-HIGH India, and the number rose to of great interest, and were pub- trometer, ozonometer, cloud pattern. Thus, in 1875, the PEAK) TO 128 by 1885. Additionally, lished continuously until 1899. reflector, sunshine recorder and IMD was founded to devise an there were 22 observatories in Simultaneously, the pluviometer in the 19th century. integrated approach. HF MAKE HOURLY Bengal, established for collect- growth in information about The Colaba Observatory, estab- Blanford (1934-1893), the OBSERVATIONS ON ing the telegraphic weather Indian geography due to works lished in 1823, made valuable con- weather reporter to the Bengal reports from the provinces. of the Survey of India con- tributions to meteorology from Government, headed the ATMOSPHERIC The Climatological Atlas of tributed to understanding the 1842 onwards under George Buist, nascent IMD. Blanford was PRESSURE, India (1906), published by true path of the monsoon. Arthur Orlebar, Charles originally a professor of natur- the IMD, informs that a sys- Weather reports and charts Montriou, Fergusson, William al sciences at the Presidency TEMPERATURE, tem of telegraphic reports have played an important role Moreland and Charles Chambers. College, Calcutta. He played a HUMIDITY AND and storm warnings for the in India’s policymaking since The Raja of Travancore was seminal role in developing a larger ports on the west coast the late 19th century. the first Indian ruler to fund an systematic and uniform system EVAPORATION of India was established in (The writer is an author observatory in of meteorological observa- 1880. The destructive floods and independent researcher . A branch tions throughout India. in the lower valley of Narmada based in New Delhi. The views of that observatory was started at In 1878, a tentative forecast and Tapti rivers in July 1884, expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

HELP SAVE THE BIG CAT During the COVID Sir — The International Tiger Day is cel- No manual scavenging deaths? pandemic, Yogi ji ebrated annually on July 29 as a way to and his team did A crane lifts a dead dolphin at Bakkhali beach in South 24 Parganas district, on Sunday PTI raise awareness about this magnificent but deaths due to it uncounted. excellent work. The endangered big cat. Tiger enjoys the rep- The Government’s denial of these deaths BJP will return to utation of being the largest big cat in the has inevitably drawn comparison with its recent power with a massive majority world. The day aims to build a system denial of deaths of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the UP Assembly elections. worldwide to protect tigers and their nat- due to oxygen shortage. There is no denying Adieu, Babul style! ural habitats (‘Love these stripes’, August 1). that the Government has developed the habit Union Home Minister As for tigers in India, they often serve of denying unpalatable truths and painting a — Amit Shah The former Minister is upset after being ousted rosy picture of everything. It feels compelled as the poster animal for saving our We will hold the from the Modi Cabinet in the recent reshuffle forests. From being constantly hunted to to resort to falsehoods as all that it is worried multi-party general being brought back from the brink of about is its own hide, or so it seems. elections without fail abul Supriyo, a former BJP Minister, has announced on Facebook that he is obliteration in the early 1970s, and The attitude to centuries-old practice of and brief internation- from threats through poaching in the manual scavenging has to change. The regres- al delegates in the quitting politics. The two-time MP from Asansol and the face of the BJP in West 1990s to establishing the NTCA, tiger ctivist Bezwada Wilson called out the sive view that it is an “internal spiritual activ- near future on findings on the BBengal has finally said adieu to the party that once banked upon his charisma numbers have grown steadily. Union Government on its claim that no ity” should change. Those who say so should previous elections. as a singer to garner votes. He said he was leaving politics after due consideration With Indian tigers accounting for Aone died due to manual scavenging in the take it up themselves! The prevalence of man- more than 50 per cent of the world pop- last five years. He nailed the falsehood by ual scavenging as an inherited occupation Myanmar Commander-in-Chief with his family and that he would quit politics itself, not just the party or his Parliament ulation, restructuring the growing pop- asserting that at least 472 manual scavengers despite the ban even after 75 years since — Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing seat. He also wrote that he would not join any other ulation globally assumes greater impor- lost their life while cleaning human excreta dur- Independence mocks the kind of self-rule we party but later deleted that part. Babul has been can- tance. Gratifyingly enough, a bunch of ing this period and adding that it was a con- have had and invalidates the claim to moder- From day one, I had did in admitting that his decision has a lot to do with passionate wildlife enthusiasts are trying servative figure. nity. Provided it gets its priorities right and has to make the planet more habitable for decided that I would him being dropped from the Modi Cabinet. The party The Government was too clever by half the political will, the Government can put in never repeat a char- tigers. When tigers thrive in an ecosys- when it used the words “manual scavenging” place modern flush systems and other means acter. Actors get saw it coming or not, but the BJP’s Bengal unit is tem, it indicates that the ecosystem is in the narrow sense of cleaning dry latrines to for human waste disposal and “liberate” and typecast very quickly. in disarray. It does not have any popular face to por- thriving along. deny the deaths. Cleaning septic tanks and sew- rehabilitate manual scavengers and empower Ranganathan Sivakumar |Chennai tray. Babul had joined the BJP just before the 2014 ers too is manual scavenging as much as sur- them to earn a life with dignity. Actor elections and was the blue-eyed boy of the Prime face scavenging for the Government to leave G David Milton | Tamil Nadu — Rajpal Yadav MIZO-ASSAM BORDER FAR FROM NORMAL Minister. He served as a Minister of State with impor- Sir — Tension is rising at an alarming rate enforced the blockade, drawing sharp Beyond recognising a good story, hav- protests from the neighboring State. ing all-round knowledge and looking for The pressure will be tant portfolios in both terms of the Modi Government. on the Assam-Mizoram border as restric- on Australia as they People often leave and join parties but Babul’s res- tions on the movement of vehicles have Seven people from Assam, including facts, today’s journalists need to commu- are one of the high- six police personnel, were killed and more nicate their stories effectively using vari- ignation is different as he made no bones that he was entered the sixth day. The situation in and est-ranked teams. around Lailapur, which was rocked by than 50 injured in the violence. Assam’s ous mass media tools. Journalists’ roles We will be able to upset about being dropped from the Cabinet. deadly violence, remains tense with the Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj have evolved in the past half century, from play freely. Babul had it rough with the BJP’s State-level unit as well. He was not on good terms and Hailakandi share a 164.6-km border writing stories on a typewriter to editing CRPF troops patrolling National Indian women’s hockey team with State chief Dilip Ghosh and, indeed, the State unit of the party. Often he would Highway-306. Dozens of trucks with with Mizoram’s Aizawl, Kolasib and on a computer; and from jotting down Mamit districts. everything on paper to having recording chief coach be on social media airing his views, which were embarrassing for the central brass essential supplies, including COVID-19 — Sjoerd Marijne material, are waiting at the Kabuganj- Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai devices at their disposal. The recent years as well. Known for his short temper, Babul has courted controversy several times. Once Dholai stretch in Cachar district. have seen the burgeoning of journals and newer platforms of mass communication. `5 lakh will be he was caught on camera slapping his own party worker and, on another occasion, The organised blockade on roads lead- MODERN-DAY MEDIA AND JOURNALISM given to each family threatening a guy to break his leg at a function for the differently abled. He defeated ing to Mizoram was lifted and no group Sir — In the old days, a newsroom con- With the onslaught of technology and other inventions associated with the inter- whose house has Moon Moon Sen in the 2019 general elections but lost the Assembly elections by 50,000 is on the streets. But aggrieved civilians are jured up the image of a fading, old build- been damaged still stopping vehicles; so the trucks and ing, with a fan crankily spinning overhead net, getting acquainted with application votes. His opponents have called his resignation a “drama”, saying if he had to resign development and other new media tools more than 75 per other commercial vehicles are not taking in a hall with stacks of paper scattered on cent while `3 lakh as an MP he should have written to the Speaker. Instead, he took to Facebook to cre- any risk. Vehicles from the Mizoram side the desk as the editorial staff struggled to is necessitated. Therein lies the success of present-day media and journalism. will be given for houses dam- ate a storm in a teacup. Indeed, that might be the case as Babul may try to throw his are also not entering Assam and only offi- meet the deadline. The look of the news- aged below 50 per cent due to cial and security vehicles are plying. After Calicut Kris Jayanthimaniam |Mumbai weight around and bargain to retain his position. At the moment, it is a developing story. room may have changed, but the enthu- landslides and floods. the fierce gun battle between the two police siasm that comes with doing an interest- If it happens, it is indeed bad news for the BJP. Babul made little difference in the Assembly forces on a disputed border forest tract, ing story has not. This is what keeps jour- Send your feedback to: Karnataka Chief Minister polls but his replacement would be harder to find. various groups in the Barak Valley nalists on the go. [email protected] — Basavaraj Bommai VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN Post-IPO performance NAURU: SEABED SETBACK amid retail investor rush RANJITHA AJAY ARNAB SARKAR We may end up having to do deep-sea mining but still have to weigh the environmental costs It is no exaggeration that most investment decisions were influenced by the recent rally in the stock market, not by the fundamentals of companies he economy contracted in 2020-21 owing to the nationwide pan- demic lockdown last year and GWYNNE DYER resulted in a higher unemployment rateT in both the formal and informal sec- month ago, it seemed to be just another tale of ruthless miners tors.However, interestingly, during the and desperate, poor people conspiring to wreck the environment same period, there was an unprecedented Awhile slow-moving, distant regulators failed to get a grip. But it surge in trading and investment in the stock turns out to be more complicated than that, and rather more hopeful. market. The mining company was called DeepGreen, but is in the process Both benchmark Sensex and Nifty of becoming a larger entity called simply The Metals Company. The poor clocked in their highs during the pandem- people are the eleven thousand inhabitants of Nauru, a tiny independent ic period rising from the low that they hit in March 2020. The new entrants are retail island in the Western Pacific with no visible means of support. investors with their participation booming And the slow-moving, distant regulators are the Jamaica-based amid the pandemic situation. According to International Seabed Authority (ISA), a body created in 1994 under the the data from the Securities and Exchange UN Law of the Sea to govern activities on the seabed in the areas beyond Board of India (SEBI), the new Demat the reach of national laws (i.e. most of the planet). accounts rose to an all-time high of 10.7 In principle, the ISA controls mining on that seabed, but so far it has million between April 2020 and January only issued exploration permits. Nobody wanted to do any actual min- 2021. The recent data from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) shows that retail ing, and business has been slow. But vital new technologies, participation in the stock market's equity division constitutes 45 per cent of trading turnover. What was the reason behind such an influx of these new retail investors (a major chunk is the GenZ and millennials) in the stock market? Of course, the influence of Warren Buffet, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, or ANOTHER the movies like The Wolf of Wall Street and REASON FOR Harshad Mehta series acted as catalysts but SUCH A HIGH the major source of ignition arose from INFLUX IS THE through Initial Public Offerings Interestingly, even after 1.5 years, cent. But it is unfair to assume income uncertainty due to a significant INCREASE IN (IPO) took advantage of the increase IRFC shares have not picked up in everyone got the allotment of all number of job losses. Many opened their in the number of account holders in the secondary market whereas the these IPOs. So, from the listing Demat accounts during the pandemic, LIQUIDITY IN THE the stock market. This is because the RailTel IPO, despite being a govern- price, if we calculate the return, it reminding us of the Warren Buffet quote MARKET BECAUSE number of active investors increas- ment-backed company, performed is roughly 118 per cent. that "If your salary is your only source of OF FOREIGN es the probability of bidding which quite well both in the primary and An interesting inference that income, you are one step away from INSTITUTIONAL would further improve the proba- the secondary markets. can be drawn is that last year those from mobile phones and computers to batteries for electric vehicles and poverty".The ease of opening these INVESTORS bility of oversubscription, and even- It is very difficult to formulate companies which were listed with energy storage, have now created a huge demand for cobalt, nickel, cop- accounts also boosted the process. Discount tually, the listing will occur at the any strategy for the companies a higher price than the IPO price are (FIIS). AFTER per, manganese, and rare earths - all to be found in vast quantities in brokerage firms like Zerodha, Upstox, etc., highest price. From the new launching an IPO, as decrypting the all generating positive returns as of potato-sized 'polymetallic nodules' on some parts of the deep seafloor. helped the emerging investors to open the WITHDRAWING investors' point of view, an IPO is a mindset of the retail investors is July 16,2021. So, from a value So DeepGreen partnered with Nauru's president, Lionel Aingimea, accounts in a few hours. The investment ABOUT $6.4 BN IN faster profit-making option and almost impossible. But each IPO investing point of view, investors whose country has exclusive control of 75,000 sq. km. of seabed in awareness campaigns also promoted the THE MARCH 2020 requires much less research for was the talk of the town every time. feel, these companies are a good bet account opening with different sharebro- bidding. Only the general market Maybe because the new investors for them in the long term. the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the North Pacific (between Hawaii and QUARTER, FIIS kers. RE-ENTERED sentiment is enough to anticipate are very tech-savvy and they always However, there is a propensity Mexico), and told the ISA on 30 June that it wants to start mining the Another reason for such a high influx listing gains. The phenomenal par- kept an eye on the review and finan- for retail investors who get IPO area within two years. is the increase in liquidity in the market THE INDIAN ticipation of retail investors led to cial analysis of these IPOs through allotments to square off the position The beauty of this strategy is that if the ISA has not completed its because of Foreign Institutional Investors EQUITY MARKETS almost every IPO getting oversub- different mediums. Hence, the over- on the listing day itself with a mod- long-delayed 'Mining Code' within two years of getting such a request, (FIIs). After withdrawing about $6.4 billion IN THE JUNE scribed from the retail category. all response from the primary mar- erate listing gain. With news spread- the country making the request can just go ahead and start mining under in the March 2020 quarter, FIIs re-entered AND SEPTEMBER During the pandemic period, a large ket was beneficial for the issuing ing of some supernatural listing the Indian equity markets in the June and 2020 QUARTERS number of Indian companies raised companies. gains of some companies, for exam- the current (almost non-existent) rules. September 2020 quarters. The value of FII ?20,350 crore and ?31,265 crore in But what about the gain of the ple,Indigo Paints, which was listed You have to feel sorry for Nauru. It's only the size of Manhattan up investments in Indian equities reached $450 financial years 2020 and 2021, investors (the retail investors, as they with 109 per cent return, or to 42nd Street, and 80 per cent of it was strip-mined for phosphates by billion at the end of the third quarter of respectively, through IPOs. are the prime focus of the discus- Happiest Minds Technologies, colonial powers. Almost half its population has type 2 diabetes (70 per 2020. At this point the overall spending on The trending craze of IPOs was sion)? Well, it was a win-win situ- which was listed with 123 per cent cent are obese), and it has no resources left worth mentioning. consumables was low and the additional peculiar last year (the same trend is ation for both the investors and the returns, potential investors get the One feels less sorry for Vancouver-based DeepGreen, which just wants inflow of foreign currency increased the liq- following this year though). From companies. Talking about the list- motivation to enter the equity mar- to make a lot of money, but CEO Gerard Barron does know how to talk uidity in the market. So, for the middle- a general, preconceived notion, we ing gains, 29 out of 40 companies ket. At the same time, some active income group, investment in stocks was an can justify our rationale that those (excluding the recent IPOs that are investors tend to bid furiously for the talk: "The world is on a massive push to move away from fossil fuels, attractive option. companies with good financial not listed yet) gave an average of 42 the next IPO without proper analy- and what do we need if we want to do that? We need to build a lot of It is no exaggeration that most of the records and future growth oppor- per cent returns. And all the 11 sis. The first outcome is good for the batteries." investment decisions were influenced by the tunities should get impressive companies that couldnot generate economy. But the second scenario He calls the polymetallic nodules "batteries in a rock", but it's not recent rally in the stock market and not dri- responses from the primary market. listing gains are already giving is detrimental to investors' mindset quite that simple. The nodules would be sucked up in a seawater-sed- ven by the fundamentals of the companies. But if we look at recent IPO data, returns (as of July 15, 2021). This and leads to a gambling outlook iment slurry by huge undersea machines from as deep as 6,000 metres, The surge in the stock price of Bombay the retail subscription was almost 68 means every listing of last year gave towards the IPOs. So, the education passed up to the surface in a giant riser, then separated from the sed- Oxygen Investments Ltd (BOM) was one times for a loss-making company at least some returns (the minimum on personal financing and the stock of the prime examples of herding behav- (Arnab Sarkar is PGDM like Burger King or BBQ Nations profit figure is 29 per cent; SBI market, interpretation of the balance iment and seawater (which would be pumped back down to the bot- iour in the stock market. The price of BOM Student, Great Lakes (with 13 times oversubscription), Cards). The one-year return from sheets of companies for funda- tom). "We expect most of this sediment to resettle within hours-to-days skyrocketed when there was high demand Institute of Management, and the same was only about 3.6 the IPOs will be difficult to measure, mental analysis, and understanding within tens to thousands of metres from origin." for medical oxygen across the country but Chennai. Ranjitha Ajay is times for Indian Railway Finance as only one company came up with the due diligence of companies Assistant Professor of Major potential customers for deep-sea metals like BMW Group, Volvo the fun fact was that BOM was just a chem- Finance at GLIM, Corporation (IRFC) thatmakes an IPO in the first six months of last across sectors is something that the Group, and Samsung SDI (battery makers) have declared that they will ical company, not a producer of oxygen. Chennai. The views profit year-on-year and is expected year. So, if we consider last year's retail investors must know thor- not allow any seabed minerals in their supply chains until it's clear that Companies aiming to raise finance expressed are personal.) to improve its profitability further. IPOs, the average return is 202 per oughly. they are environmentally defensible. We may end up having to do deep-sea mining because shifting from fossil fuels to sustainable energy will certainly require a great deal of POINTCOUNTERPOINT those metals. But there's huge room for improvement in recycling, and if that's not enough we still have to weigh the environmental costs of WHETHER LEAVING POLITICS IS SOMEHOW WHO IS GOING WHERE, WHY WILL I COMMENT seabed operations vs. mining on land. CONNECTED TO LOSING MINISTRY…YES, ON IT? SOMEONE ENTERING OR QUITTING A moratorium is the right way to go, and DeepGreen has inadver- IT IS TRUE TO SOME EXTENT. POLITICS IS AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE. tently made it more likely. (Gwynne Dyer's new book is 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy — FORMER UNION MINISTER — WEST BENGAL BJP PRESIDENT (and Work) BABUL SUPRIYO DILIP GHOSH Cong uses ‘hit and run' policy, is ‘champion of commotion’ The party is trying to ‘hijack’ the positive thinking of those Opposition parties who are in favour of discussion and smooth functioning of Parliament he Opposition has once because the MPs wanted to members started throwing emergency Parliament session tinent to mention here that the creating illogical ruckus with- again disappointed the discuss the Corona crisis in pieces of paper at the Speaker on the Corona crisis just a trick hollownessof Opposition unity out understanding the mood Tcountry. After demand- their respective constituen- and the media. The House to divert the government's is getting exposed day by day. of the people of the country. ing a special Parliament session cies. The Congress' "new Reporters were not spared the attention? If their intention was When the Congress calls for a This time too, they will meet to discuss national issues friend", Shiv Sena MP and "torturous behaviour" of some for a discussion, then why is meeting, the Trinamool the same fate. including the Corona crisis, it leader Sanjay Raut, also reiter- Opposition parties. the Opposition running away Congress' MPs go missing The Government has has shown no interest in join- NAQVI ated the demand. The Opposition is using from it all this while? Or, and when the Trinamool lead- repeatedly it is ready for a dis- ing the proceedings for even a MUKHTAR ABBAS The Government said the the so-called "Pegasus issue"as isthe Opposition taking a U- ers meet other parties, the cussion on all essential issues single day during the ongoing entire administrative machin- and future steps to tackle the a shield for its "irresponsible turnfearing the Corona debate Congress keeps away. including the Covid-19pan- Monsoon session. It has ery was engaged in controlling Corona crisis,some leaders, behaviour".The concerned may "boomerang" on them The reality is that instead demic, farmers' issues, infla- already made it clear that the the second wave of Covid-19 including from Congress, Minister has already given state- since positive cases are increas- of becoming a "part of the tion, floods, etc. On the alleged session is "washed out" from and a gathering of MPs in asked why the meeting was ments in both Houses on the ing in states like Kerala and solution", some political par- Pegasus issue also, the their side. The media has also Parliament could be dangerous needed when Parliament was Pegasus issue.If the Opposition Maharashtraeven though the ties are involved in spreading Government issued a state- reported this. giventhe pandemic. The about to convene.Congress is dissatisfied with the minister's second wave of the Corona has "political pollution" during the ment in Parliament without The country's "grand old Opposition issued several itself had originally suggested statement, the best forum for it abated?Or, is the Opposition pandemic period. They tried delay. But the Congress is party", the Congress, is becom- statements criticising the convening an all-party meet- is the Rajya Sabha where there afraid that if a detailed discus- to use a "national calamity" as adopting a "hit and run" pol- ing a "champion" of such "irre- Government's stand. ing on the Corona crisis but is a provision to seek clarifica- sion is held,then its Chief a "political opportunity". icy. By labelling its "negative sponsible politics" committed Parliament is in session for such statements prove how tion from theminister. But the Ministers will get exposed? Is The Opposition is stalling and obstructive approach" as by some Opposition parties.In over a fortnight but the serious the Opposition was in Opposition's focus was to cause it that the leaders, who are work in Parliament on the pre- the "stand" of the entire early May, the Leader of the Oppositionhas not allowed it attending the session. an uproar during the minister's claiming Opposition's unity text of anunsubstantiated, Opposition, Congress is trying Congress in the Lok Sabha, (The writer is Deputy Leader, to work. When on thefirst day Itsseriousness vanished in statement and then snatch the against the Modi Government, baseless and fabricated issue of to "hijack" the positive think- Rajya Sabha &Union Minister Adhir Ranjan for Minority Affairs. The views Prime Minister Narendra the first week itself when paper from his hand. are afraid that this so-called Pegasus that has no relevance ing of those Opposition par- Chowdhury,requested the expressed are personal.) Modi invited Opposition lead- papers were snatched from a Opposition behaviour unity will be shattered during to the interests of the people of ties who are in favour of dis- President of India to convene ers to a special meeting to Minister in the Rajya Sabha. In raises some important ques- specific discussions in the the country. Earlier also, the cussion and smooth func- a special session of Parliament inform them about the current the Lok Sabha, Opposition tions. Was demanding an House? If so, it would be per- Opposition paid the price for tioning in Parliament. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 Money 08

Gadkari instructs RESERVE BANK TO MAINTAIN to open one side of Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala STATUS QUO ON INTEREST RATE PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI 2021-22 when the kharif har- vest arrives in markets, a recent Union Minister for Road Amid fears of a third wave of RBI article said. Transport and Highways coronavirus pandemic and Ranen Banerjee, Leader - Nitin Gadkari has instructed hardening of retail inflation, Economic Advisory Services, to open one side of the 1.6- the Reserve Bank is likely to PwC India said that given the km-long Kuthiran Tunnel in Bring petroleum products maintain status quo on inter- status quo stance taken by the Kerala. est rate and watch the develop- US FOMC as well as other This is the first road tun- ing macroeconomic situation major monetary authorities nel in the state and will dras- for some more time before tak- with the inflation being viewed tically improve connectivity in ambit of GST: PHDCCI ing any decisive action on as transitory, "we can expect a to Tamil Nadu and PNS n NEW DELHI serious challenge to the small monetary policy. similar status quo announce- Karnataka, according to an businesses to operate in the The RBI is scheduled to ment by the MPC too". official statement. Industry chamber PHDCCI difficult pandemic times. announce its bi-monthly mon- Growth concerns and weak "The 1.6-km-long tunnel is on Sunday urged the govern- These are impacting the etary policy review on August demand conditions owing to designed through Peechi- ment to bring petroleum prod- cost of production and reduc- 6 at the end of the three-day impact of second wave of Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary," ucts in the ambit of goods and ing price-cost margin of the meeting -- August 4-6 -- of the Covid on employment and it added. services tax (GST) soon, as producers and affecting their Monetary Policy Committee declining labour force partici- The road will improve con- high inflation in the fuel prod- competitiveness in the domes- (MPC). pation rate combined with nectivity to important ports ucts is not only stoking over- tic and international markets, The RBI Governor-headed wait-and-watch mode as it has because of the fuel prices, cent with a margin of 2 per cent nervousness of a possible third and towns in North-South all prices but also increasing Aggarwal said. six-member MPC decides on limited elbow room to which will get normalise (in on either side. wave, puts constraints on any Corridor without endanger- the cost of raw materials for "We urge the government to the key policy rates. The panel manoeuvre monetary policies," sometime), and the inflation Inflation ruled above the change in stance by the MPC, ing wildlife, it added. manufactured items. bring the petroleum products had left the rates unchanged opined Rumki Majumdar, pressure will ease," Revankar tolerance band during June- he said. PHDCCI President Sanjay in the ambit of GST, sooner last time citing concerns on Economist, Deloitte India. said. November 2020 and has again Further, tranches of GSAPs Aggarwal said the Wholesale than later. inflation. Shriram Transport Finance The Reserve Bank, which moved above the upper toler- and OMOs can be expected to Price Index (WPI)-based "High inflation in the fuel "Higher commodity prices Managing Director and CEO mainly factors in the retail ance threshold in May and June keep the yield on G-Secs from inflation has been in a double- products is not only stoking and rising global prices post the Umesh Revankar too said the inflation while arriving at its 2021. rising as there is a constant digit growth trajectory for the overall inflation but also robust recovery in a few indus- central bank will keep the repo monetary policy, has been The sense is that inflation upward pressure on it owing to past three months, stoked by increasing the cost of raw trial countries will have impli- rate at the present level despite mandated by the government will persist at these elevated higher borrowing programme high prices of fuel and power. materials for manufactured cations on production costs. higher inflation. to keep Consumer Price Index levels for some months before of government and inflationary He added that high com- products with its cascading We expect the RBI to be in a "The rise in inflation is (CPI) based inflation at 4 per easing in the third quarter of pressures, Banerjee said. modity prices are posing a impact," he said. Hyundai sales Smaller stocks in limelight; give MONEY MATTERS up 46 per cent Macrotech to meet Rs 9K cr in July at higher returns to investors this fiscal PNS n NEW DELHI property sales target in ’22 60,249 units Smaller stocks have rewarded ealty firm Macrotech PNS n NEW DELHI investors with high returns as Developers expects to the smallcap index jumped Rachieve its target of 50 Hyundai Motor India Ltd by 29.72 per cent so far this fis- per cent growth in sales (HMIL) on Sunday reported cal, outshining its bigger bookings this fiscal to Rs a 46 per cent increase in total benchmark gauge. 9,000 crore despite sluggish sales at 60,249 units in July. An analysis of the perfor- housing demand in April-May The company had sold mance of smaller stocks in the in view of second wave of the 41,300 units in the same Maruti reports 50 pc rise in first four months of the ongo- COVID-19 pandemic, a top month last year, HMIL said ing fiscal revealed that the BSE company official said. in a statement. smallcap index has zoomed Mumbai-based Macrotech Developers, which markets its properties Domestic sales were up 26 July sales at 1,62,462 units 6,137.29 points or 29.72 per under 'Lodha' brand, got listed on the stock exchanges in April this per cent to 48,042 units as PNS n NEW DELHI 19,685 units as compared to cent, while the midcap index year after raising Rs 2500 crore through its initial public offering against 38,200 units in July 17,258 units in the same has jumped 2,905.91 points or (IPO). It is one of the leading real estate firm in the country.In an 2020, the company added. The country's largest carmak- month last year. 14.39 per cent. on July 23, and the smallcap returns to investors in the interview with PTI, Macrotech Developers MD and CEO Abhishek Exports increased to 12,207 er Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Sales of compact segment, In comparison, the 30-share index reached its all-time high broader market." Lodha sounded confident of meeting the sales bookings guidance of units last month as com- on Sunday reported a 50 per including models such as BSE benchmark Sensex has of 26,895.93 on July 30. The Analysts said that pickup in Rs 9,000 crore for the current 2021-22 financial year as housing pared with 3,100 units in July cent increase in sales at Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno gained 3,077.69 points or 6.21 BSE benchmark had reached economic activities and ramp- demand recovered strongly after almost a washout in April-May.The last year, the auto major 1,62,462 units in July. and Dzire, rose to 70,268 units per cent. its lifetime high of 53,290.81 up of vaccination have also company's sales bookings stood at Rs 5,970 crore last fiscal year."Our said. The company had sold as against 51,529 cars in July "The sheer variety across on July 16. helped market rally. housing sales were badly impacted during April-May because of the The company's domestic 1,08,064 units in July last year, last year. Mid-sized sedan themes and sectors aided by a VK Vijayakumar, Cheif Last fiscal, the BSE smallcap second wave. sales in July were backed by Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Ciaz sold 1,450 units as com- low-base effect made them low Investment Strategist at Geojit index zoomed 11,040.41 strong performance of newly said in a statement. pared to 1,303 units earlier. hanging fruits as valuations Financial Services said, points or 114.89 per cent, launched model Alcazar and Domestic sales increased Sales of utility vehicles, vis-a-vis growth made a case "Market performance has been while the midcap jumped other products like Creta, i20 by 39 per cent at 1,41,238 units including Vitara Brezza, S- in their favour," said S incredible. In fact, the broad- 9,611.38 points or 90.93 per Skoda sales surge over 3- and Venue, Hyundai Motor last month as against 1,01,307 Cross and Ertiga, stood at Ranganathan, Head of er market has done much bet- cent. In comparison, the BSE India Director (Sales, units in July 2020, it added. 32,272 units last month as Research at LKP Securities. ter than the benchmark benchmark clocked 20,040.66 fold in July at 3,080 units Marketing & Service) Tarun Sales of mini cars compris- compared to 19,177 in the The midcap index zoomed indices. The outperformance points or 68 per cent gain last koda Auto India on Sunday Garg stated. ing Alto and WagonR stood at year-ago month, MSI said. to its record high of 23,207.51 is stunning, giving excellent fiscal. reported over three-fold Sincrease in sales in July at 3,080 units compared to 922 units in July 2020. The surge in MG reports two sales is fuelled by the launch of Centre relaxes procedure for compact SUV Kushaq which will fold jump in be one of the important growth drivers of the brand going forward, the Czech carmaker stated."Kushaq was launched with the filing anti-dumping applications retail sales vision of substantially growing our volumes in India, and it is very PNS n NEW DELHI encouraging to see our plan taking shape. Despite a challenging PNS n NEW DELHI environment, we have managed to have a really successful launch, MG Motor India on Sunday which is in line with our strategic focus and volume expectations," The government has simplified reported a twofold increase in Skoda Auto India Brand Director Zac Hollis said. Moreover, the new the procedure for filling appli- retail sales to 4,225 units for July. launch has enabled the automaker to build a strong momentum cations seeking anti-dumping The company had sold across the value chain, he added."We are seeing a surge in duty investigations by frag- 2,105 units in July 2020. dealership footfalls and customer enquiries. There is also a multi- mented industries, a move The car maker also record- fold increase in the requests for new dealerships from the dealer aimed at promoting ease of ed the highest-ever book- Paytm to hire 20,000 fraternity across India.” doing business and expediting ings and retail sales of ZS EV trade remedy measures for in July 2021. small and micro units. "A lot of people ask about field sales executives According to a notice of the EV potential in India and my IPOs fundraise tops Directorate General of Trade typical answer is: People are PNS n NEW DELHI The company is looking to Remedies (DGTR), where the ready and they need good hire youth and undergraduates industry is fragmented and solutions/ options from Digital payments and financial as FSE. "Paytm has started hir- Rs 27,000 cr in Apr-Jul consists of an excessively large As per the simplified proce- detailed examination of appli- OEMs (original equipment services company Paytm has ing FSEs. It is an opportunity s many as 12 firms have number of domestic produc- dure, all the domestic produc- cant domestic producers to a manufacturers). One proof started a process to hire open for individuals who have raised a staggering Rs ers, the application for ers in such cases would not be limited number of domestic point: We booked all-time around 20,000 field sales exec- either passed Class 10, Class 12 A27,000 crore through IPO antidumping or countervailing required to provide detailed producers," it added. high 600+ ZS EV in July utives across India to educate or are a graduate. It will help route in the first four months of duty investigation can be filed data like labour and per unit The directorate will use alone!!," MG Motor India merchants on digital adoption, in employment generation in the ongoing fiscal, and the by an association on behalf of power cost, instead, all such sampling methods under President and Managing according to sources aware of small cities and towns, espe- pipeline is pretty strong for the the domestic industry. producers will be required to which a limited set of produc- Director Rajeev Chaba said in the development. cially for those who have lost remaining part of the year However, it said, such file "basic injury information" ers would have to provide a tweet. Elaborating on the According to a Paytm hir- jobs during the pandemic. too.Further to this, initial share domestic producers must have such as turnover, installed complete data or informa- overall sales in July, MG ing advertisement, field sales "The company wants to sales of four other companies at least 50 per cent share in capacity, exports, and domes- tion. Motor India Director (Sales) executives (FSEs) would have encourage more women to Devyani International,Windlas Biotech, Krsnna Diagnostics and total eligible domestic pro- tic sales. Earlier all the applicants Rakesh Sidana said the the opportunity to earn as take up the opportunity to Exxaro Tiles are schedule to open on August 4.Hemang Kapasi, duction of the product, over "The authority (DGTR), for have to provide complete and Hector and ZS EV further much as Rs 35,000 and more help educate women mer- Head of Equities at Sanctum Wealth Management, said that as which antidumping duty is the purpose of determining detailed data with the applica- gained momentum during in monthly salaries and com- chants about digital payment," many as 40 initial public offers (IPOs) are lined up for rest of the being requested. injury margin may limit tion for such investigations. the month. missions. the source said. year looking to raise Rs 70,000 crore.Further, a lot of retail investors associated brands are going to list on the Indian bourses. The initial share sales of Paytm, Mobikwik, Policy Bazaar, CarTrade Tech, Delhivery and Nykaa will keep investors busy in the current fiscal, Kaushlendra Singh Sengar, founder and CEO at 1.74 lakh homes stalled in 7 cities: Report INVEST19, said. PNS n NEW DELHI seven cities. also 'adopted' some others Honda reports 12 pc rise in The MMR has 41,730 units specifically in NCR. Nearly 1.74 lakh homes, worth that are completely stalled Talking about both stalled around Rs 1.4 lakh crore, are (approximate value Rs 42,417 and delayed projects, Anarock domestic sales at 6,055 units completely stalled across seven crore) or 24 per cent of the total said: "Altogether, approx 6.29 onda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) major cities with Delhi-NCR affected stock. lakh homes are either com- on Sunday reported a 12 accounting for maximum 66 Pune, the other major west- pletely stalled or languishing Hyear-on-year rise in per cent, according to proper- ern market, has 9,990 stalled under heavy delivery delays domestic sales at 6,055 units ty consultant Anarock. units worth Rs 5,854 crore. across the top-seven cities." for July. The company had sold In its research, Anarock has In the southern cities, At least 71 per cent (about 5,383 units in the domestic taken into account only those Chennai has no stalled projects. 4.49 lakh) of these delayed or market during July 2020, HCIL housing projects that were Bengaluru has 3,870 stalled stuck units fall within the said in a statement.Exports launched in 2014 or before. units worth Rs 3,061 crore, price-sensitive Rs 80 lakh bud- stood at 918 units last month, Including both stalled and while Hyderabad has 4,150 get range. Just 18 per cent fall it added. "We achieved our delayed units, the consultant such units valued at about Rs in the premium segment, and production ramp-up from last week of July and have streamlined said the total number reached 2,727 crore. another 11 per cent in the lux- supplies in line with market activity. Barring few locations, dealer to 6,28,630 homes worth Rs industry, Anarock said the out- and head (research) at seven top cities currently Kolkata has mere 150 stalled ury category. outlets were mostly operational last month, albeit with lesser 5,05,415 crore across seven look for people who bought Anarock, said: "As of H1 2021- exceeds Rs 1,40,613 crore. units (valued at about Rs 91 "Launched in 2014 or before, capacity," HCIL Senior Vice-President and Director (Marketing & cities -- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai units in completely stalled pro- end, we have nearly 6.29 lakh In a city-wise break-up, the crore). Anarock noted that the the total value of the current- Sales) Rajesh Goel noted. He added that the market sentiment has Metropolitan Region (MMR), jects is "disastrous", while the units that are yet to be complet- Delhi-NCR property market Special Window for Affordable ly stuck/delayed housing stock improved amid prevailing lower coronavirus infection rate. "We Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, prospects for buyers in heavi- ed across the top-seven cities." has maximum stalled stock of and Mid-Income Housing exceeds Rs 5.05 lakh crore. expect the upcoming festive period will help the industry to Chennai and Kolkata. ly delayed projects are "bleak at Anarock said the overall 1,13,860 units (approximate (SWAMIH) fund has come to Nearly 28 per cent (about maintain this momentum." However, the company will keep a closer Given the huge funding best". value of the 1.74 lakh homes value Rs 86,463 crore) or 66 per the rescue of several projects, 1,73,730) of these units are watch on the challenges related to the pandemic and rising cost of crunch in the construction Prashant Thakur, director that are totally stuck across the cent of the total across the top- while state-owned NBCC has completely stalled," it said. acquisition of cars due to price hike from this month, he added. 9

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Monday August 2, 2021 THE FAN WHO GOT TO SHARE SPACE WITH THE F.R.I.E.N.D.S

SHIKHA DUGGAL that it keeps you optimistic; it makes you feel as if you are one among them. Every dia- ver wondered who is logue, every episode has the a true fan? Feeling a ability to strike certain kind of a very E empathy towards unique your favorite charac- chord ter of the show to some extent with characterises traits of being a you,” true fan. When there was the she massive announcement of reunion of the most popular sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S, every F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ fan ever wanted to talk about that common interest of sharing some cama- raderie with any of the most loveable characters on-screen. In no time, that longing turned true when there was another declaration of one true F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan being cast with them! Karishma Deora’s happi- laughs to herself. demand for the reunion of this saw herself on the screen, it ness knew no bounds The 90’s sitcom is sitcom fuelled ten times even turned out to be a pinching when she got to be so popular amongst more and the spot on fan moment for her! Monica being acquainted with the fact the Indian masses Karishma tells us why! the most relatable character for that she’ll be the only that most of the “Every personality in the sit- Karishma, she feels she’s like a Indian to share screen- urban youth must com is different from the other, soul-sister to every girl. “I’m DEDICATING LEADERS space with Dave and have binge-watched there are no recurrent person- totally in love with Monica, Nicole. How exhilarated it multiple times. alities. In fact, in the many whoever knows me in and out was she? The admirer, And, if you’re more years to come, we are still knows I am also just the way TO ENVIRONMENTAL who also happens to be anywhere between going to hold the same feelings Monica behaves in the show. the co-founder and CCO fifteen to thirty years about this show. The only Competitive, organised, love at Antigravity, shares, old, the topic of downtime that I felt was me having my group of pals over, “Firstly, sharing screen F.R.I.E.N.D.S was a not being able to meet the star the urge to have a relationship CUSTODIANSHIP space with few members must have discus- cast due the unprecedented around, supportive, etc. I had of the cast is a colossal sion. There is a rea- pandemic. The team decided to an embargo on me to not landmark on its own. I son why the manage with a fan video, how- reveal it to anyone regarding ow do we ensure that dents an awareness of the don’t think I have ever, my excitement knew no the videos of fans that were future generations fragility of our natural world been able to get limits when I got to know the being planned. Only I know work towards a sus- and a sense of appreciation of over it yet! The previous night of the episode how badly I was dying to tell tainable future, and the larger community that we sentiment being aired in the country that the world that ‘Hey, I'm going H use the precious inhabit. With a dedication to attached to it? my shot will be included too! It to be seen sharing screen space resources of the plan- achieve the highest standards of So, so, so surre- was my dance with my little with my favorite characters in et responsibly? The answer is, education, the school will keep al! It was a priv- one that enticed the casting the reunion episode’! The catch them young. Mobius the needs of the students at the ilege to be a part director to take it forward as instant all of my peers saw the Foundation is setting up World forefront so that they can flour- of F.R.I.E.N.D.S the only fan video to be includ- clipping, they went gaga over Environment School, the first- ish and find independence of — a show that ed in the sitcom! It was slightly it! Funnily, ‘was it really you ever such institution in India thought. continues to be heartbreaking for me but I who was there’ was their pri- and South Asia to take a leading Imbued with the magic of a part of our made peace with the fact that I mary reaction to it. In fact, I role in promoting Education for India, the students will be kept pop-culture and won’t be able to meet them in was surprised to see myself Global Citizenship and in touch with their local tradi- every now and person. Slowly everything too! Nonetheless, it is always Sustainable Development. tions and roots, so that they can then, people began falling in place when a going to stay with me and will Located in Kodagu, India, appreciate the heritage and cul- from all eras shot my video of myself and it be remembered forever,” she with the objective of creating tural richness of the country. want to watch turned out to be worth it to concludes. awareness among students and The school environment will the seasons grab many eye-balls out there,” So go back to your OTT providing quality education foster excellence by challenging repetitively, to shares the overwhelmed fan. channels, watch the iconic with respect to the environment, students to explore and find have a moment The only fan of the show, show with all the comfort food the school aims to provide themselves intellectually, physi- of hilarity and considered to be a stress buster you have because even after so value-based education in flexi- cally, creatively and spiritually. various other by many, to be chosen from many years, it happens to be a ble and innovative learning A creative and challenging emotions. The India, has her determined good binge-watching experi- spaces. It will have an interna- curriculum will allow students show is such favorites too! The moment she ence. tional curriculum with a region- to learn about the global issues al and global focus. that plague the environment, in WES will create leaders dedi- order to inculcate in them a cated to environmental custodi- compassionate mindset to stay anship, who will become global self-motivated and make a dif- citizens, empathetic in the use ference in the world. WES’s aca- of natural resources and totally demic spaces will be centred committed to the principles of around a state of the art library sustainability. With a focus on and learning centre. academic excellence, environ- The academic departments Reigning in eSports globally mental consciousness and char- will be divided into ‘pods’ for acter development, WES is Mathematics, Physical and committed to educating the Environmental Sciences; whole person in a school of English; Languages; Social pool that is on offer. ence which will help them propel warm-heartedness. Sciences; Design and Innovation Riot’s Valorant game, released their career. Other than India's WES will strive to nurture Centre; Expressive and in June 2020, currently has 44 own organisations, we have a lot tomorrow’s leaders through Performing Arts. There will be million users globally. of international teams who now experiential education, where comprehensive facilities like Manoj Kasyap, a post-graduate have teams formed around students achieve more than they spacious boarding houses, a from Harvard University, has Indian players, which gives great think is possible. It is open to all fully equipped medical centre, a been fascinated by gaming since hope to the young generation, students who wish to share the central dining room, a 500-seat- he was 10 years old. After dab- even though esports is not school’s vision. The school, set ing main hall as well as exten- bling with console games like directly recognised by the Indian alongside a lively community sive sporting and outdoor edu- Nitendo and Xbox, he tried his government. The players are and a natural setting, will cation spaces including a swim- hand at Counter-Strike tourna- employed by these organisations, extend a safe, stimulating envi- ming pool and indoor sports ments hosted by World Cyber and earn something in the same ronment that will instil in stu- centre. Games (WCG) in Hyderabad lines of regular sports.” and across other cities in India. Explaining to us how the eSports industry is faring over time, Kashyap shares, “With the advent of YouTube, Tiktok and Instagram, there has been a shift in how we consume content, this has been a boon for esports and every platform gives better opportunities so showcase the skills. Once a distant dream of representing India in esports has now become an everyday thing where India stands among the world\s best in games like counter strike, PUBG , Free fire, FIFA etc.” When asked about its percep- tion in India, he said, “India’s presentation has still been look- K RAMYA SREE ing at video games as a fun play streamer, Manoj Kashyap, has to teams from Thailand, Myanmar thing and has never understood its credit the longest unprece- and Singapore, among others, the competitive side of it. Off he e-sports industry dented streak of 24 wins, a VLT sentinel was ranked third in late, there has been some cover- offers a lot of career record which is yet to be broken. the SEA (Southeast Asia) region age in mainstream media which opportunities, not just It has become the first South and number one in India in is shedding light now.” T for the gamers but Asian team to have qualified for 2020. Career options in esports are also for casters, in- the Valorant Conquerors Valorant Conquerors now far better than before. He game observers, editors, produc- Championship (VCC), which is Championship is organised by explains, “You can choose ers, make-up artists, cameramen, scheduled to be held at the end US-based player-focused game between being a content creator analysts etc., for aspiring young- of August 2021. developer and publisher Riot or trying your luck to be a pro- sters to seriously consider. VLT sentinel’s team has played Games. The winner of this fessional player in either PC VLT sentinel, an Indian 13 of the 15 tournaments held in championship will bag the VCC esports or mobile gaming. No esports outfit floated by 33-year- 2020, emerging winners in all of Champions title along with a matter which option you choose, old entrepreneur-turned esports them. Outperforming top-notch lion’s share of the $33,000 prize India has the largest young audi- VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | AUGUST 2, 2021 sport 11

TOKYO TIMELINE SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS lBadminton: P V Sindhu beat He Bing Jiao (China) Thank you Sindhu 21-13, 21-15 in women’s singles Bronze medal match. lHockey: India beat Great Indian superstar wins Bronze to become 1st female Britain 3-1 in men’s quarter- final. athlete from country to win 2 Olympic medals lBoxing: Satish Kumar lost to Bakhodir Jalolov PTI n TOKYO (Uzbekistan) 0-5 in men’s SINDHU’S ACHIEVEMENTS Sindhu India’s pride, one of our most super heavy (+91kg) quar- eigning OLYMPICS outstanding Olympians: PM Modi terfinals. world l NSilver medal in 2016 Golf: Anirban Lahiri and Rchampi- New Delhi: Prime Minister mance by P V Sindhu. China's Chen Yu Fei celebrates after win Udayan Mane finished tied on P V NBronze medal in 2021 Narendra Modi on Sunday Congratulations to her on win- against Tai Tzu-Ying in women’s final AP 42nd and 56th at the end of Sindhu on WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS hailed ace badminton player P ning the Bronze at men’s individual stroke play Sunday V Sindhu as India’s pride after @Tokyo2020. She is India’s event. became only NGold medal in 2019 she won Bronze in the Tokyo pride and one of our most out- lEquestrian: Fouaad Mirza the second NSilver medal in 2018 & 2017. Olympics. standing Olympians.” Chen stuns at 22nd after cross-country Indian and the NBronze medal 2014 & 2013. He tweeted, “We are all Modi also spoke to Sindhu round in individual event- country’s first elated by the stellar perfor- on phone to congratulate her. ing. woman to win two Olympic ASIAN GAMES Tai for title medals, securing a Bronze after a NSilver medal in 2018 think about the emotions. I’m real- semifinal loss to Tai Tzu Ying and Tokyo: China’s Chen Yufei claimed IN ACTION TODAY straight-game win over world No NWomen’s Team bronze in 2014 ly happy and I think I’ve done real- produced an aggressive show. women’s badminton singles Gold l Hockey: India vs Australia 9 He Bing Jiao of China in the bad- COMMONWEALTH GAMES ly well. It’s a proud moment get- “It was a fresh game altogeth- on Sunday, denying Taiwan a sec- in Women’s Quarterfinal. minton women’s singles third- ting a medal for my country.” er, we both had losses yesterday ond straight night of success. (8:30am) place play-off. NSilver medal in 2018 Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the (Saturday) and came back. For us, Taiwan had bagged its first-ever lAthletics: Kamalpreet Sindhu, who has returned NMixed Team Gold in 2018 first and only other Indian to win it was very important in getting a Olympic badminton medal on Kaur in Women’s Discus with medals from each of the big- NBronze medal in 2014 two Olympic medals, following up medal for the country and at the Saturday night with Gold in the Throw Final. (4:30 pm) ticket events such as the his Bronze at 2008 Beijing with a Olympics,” Sindhu said. men’s doubles competition. Dutee Chand in Women’s Commonwealth and Asian Games ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Silver at the 2012 London edition. “It’s not easy. It’s a big thing. But Chen ensured there would 200m Heat 4. (8:00 am) and the BWF World Tour Finals NBronze medal in 2014. Sindhu also became only the There were really long rallies but be no repeat in the women’s singles, l Shooting: Sanjeev Rajput in the last five years, outwitted BWF WORLD TOUR FINALS/ fourth player to win two consec- I had to be patient and calm. Even beating world number one Tai and Aishwary Pratap Singh eighth seed Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 BWF SUPER SERIES FINALS utive Olympic medals in women’s though I was leading, I did not Tzu-ying 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 to cap- Tomar in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 to add a Bronze to the silver that N badminton singles history. relax.” ture the title. Positions. (8:30am) she had secured at the 2016 Rio Champion in 2018 Up against an opponent, who “I’m on cloud nine. I’m going In men’s singles, Denmark’s lEquestrian: Fouaad Mirza Games. NRunners-up in 2017 had beaten her nine times so far to enjoy this moment,” Sindhu world number two Viktor Axelsen in Eventing Jumping “It makes me feel really happy in the last 15 meetings, Sindhu said. “My family have worked hard overcame a nervy start to move into Individual Qualifier. because I’ve worked hard for so in the final?,” the 26-year-old said showed great determination to for me and put in a lot of effort so the final, ending Guatemalan (1:30pm) many years. I had a lot of emotions after the match. outplay Bing Jiao with her aggres- I’m very thankful. And my spon- underdog Kevin Cordon’s unlikely Eventing Individual going through me — should I be “But overall, I had to close off sion to scoop India’s third medal. sors have given me their best so I’d tilt at the title. The Dane will face Jumping Final. (5:15 pm) happy that I won Bronze or sad my emotions for this one match Sindhu showed great fortitude like to thank them and enjoy the China’s defending champion Chen Live on SONY TEN & SIX that I lost the opportunity to play and give it my best, my all and as she recovered from her painful moment,” she added. Long in Monday’s final. AFP Indian men’s hockey team qualify for Olympic SF Satish out after Tokyo: A determined Indian men’s hockey team advanced loss in quarters to the Olympic semifinals for ‘Players almost killed themselves in pursuit of win’ the first time in 49 years, beating Great Britain 3-1 in Tokyo: The Indian men’s today, everyone gave their ing a semifinal. Still, the busi- the quarterfinals on Sunday, a hockey team captain Manpreet 100 per cent today and they ness hasn’t finished yet. Still we triumph which leaves the side Singh on Sunday said his were dying and almost killed have two more games so we within touching distance of a players ‘almost killed them- themselves on the field,” need to focus, we need to have medal that has proved elusive selves’ in their efforts to secure Manpreet said. our feet on the ground and we for over four decades. an Olympic semifinal berth “Everyone played very well. need to focus on the next The eight-time former after a gap of 49 years, heap- We scored three outstanding match,” he said. Olympic champions scored ing praise on their commit- goals, the strikers made a good Experienced India goal- three field goals through ment during the 3-1 quarter- opportunity and the whole keeper PR Sreejesh pulled Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), final win over Great Britain. team played really well.” off some fine saves on Gurjant Singh (16th) and The skipper said self-belief Elated with the outcome Monday to play his part in the Hardik Singh (57th) to seal was key to success as India of Sunday’s match, Manpreet win, and Manpreet was full of the win. made the last four round of the cautioned his teammates praise for the stalwart. Gurjant Singh (jersey 9) celebrates after he scores India’s second goal against Great Great Britain’s lone goal Britain during men’s hockey quarterfinal match on Sunday @TheHockeyIndia Olympics for the first time against early celebrations, say- “Unbelievable. You can see he was scored by Sam Ward from after the 1972 Munich Games. ing the “business hasn’t fin- (Sreejesh) always gives us a penalty corner in the 45th the event. Olympics was in 1972 Munich “It was believing. ished yet.” life. That’s why we call him minute. For a country that gave Games where they lost 0-2 to Everyone believing in them- “We are so happy because ‘The Wall’. It’s always out- India will take on world the world stalwarts like Major arch-rivals Pakistan. selves and that was the key after a long time we are reach- standing,” he said. PTI champions Belgium in the Dhyan Chand and Balbir Belgium defeated Spain 3- India’s Satish Kumar exchanges punches with B Jalolov of Uzbekistan during their semifinal on Tuesday. Singh Senior among others, it 1 in another quarterfinal to By virtue of this win, India women’s hockey team’s grit the last-eight stage for the first men’s super heavyweight over 91-kg boxing match PTI India’s last of the eight has been especially painful to seal their place in the last four now have a 5-4 win-loss will be put through a severe time. Tokyo: A badly bruised Satish nected added to his pain, he Olympic Gold medals came watch the hockey teams’ round. record over Great Britain in test when it takes on Australia India finished their Pool A Kumar (+91kg) put up a gutsy was feeling it all through. The way back in 1980 Moscow Olympic debacles before this The other semifinal of the Olympic Games. in the Olympic quarterfinals, proceedings in the fourth performance against reigning Uzbek boxer is a special talent,” Games but there were no edition. the men’s hockey competition hoping to add another unex- place with six points, riding world champion Bakhodir he said. semifinals in that edition as The last time India fea- will be played between INDIA W VS AUSTRALIA pected win to a dream run on back-to-back wins over Jalolov on Sunday but it was The 32-year-old Army only six teams participated in tured in the semifinals of the Australia and Germany. On Monday, the Indian that has seen the side reach Ireland and South Africa. PTI not enough to upstage the man stood his ground in the rampaging Uzbek as the Indian biggest bout of his career, boxer made a quarterfinal exit occasionally managed to land from the Olympic Games. a shot with his right hand but Biles withdraws Taking the ring with mul- Jalolov dominated the pro- LAHIRI SIGNS OFF AT T-42 tiple stitches on his forehead ceedings all through, relying PTI n TOKYO week and ended 56th. from floor final and chin after sustaining cuts on his imposing demeanour Lahiri started the week in the pre-quarters, Satish lost and excellent counter-attacking ndian golfer Anirban Lahiri with a bogey on the first day Tokyo: Gymnastics great 0-5 but the scoreline was not game to sail through. Iended his second Olympic but ended it with a birdie. Simone Biles has withdrawn reflective of his brave perfor- What stood out about the campaign at Tied 42nd after On the final day, he had from the Olympic floor final, mance. Commonwealth Games Silver- carding a one-over 72 in the three birdies and four bogeys. leaving the American with just Satish, a two-time Asian winner was his resolve to fight fourth and final round on Mane had four birdies, one more chance of competi- Games Bronze-winner and it out. Sunday. one on the front nine and three tion at the Tokyo Games, USA multiple-time national cham- He did not hesitate to Lahiri, who began the on the back nine, besides five Gymnastics said on Sunday. pion, had scripted history by launch attacks despite the risk week with a superb 67 and was bogeys. “Simone has withdrawn just qualifying for the Games of his cuts opening up. inside Top-10, slid down the Xander Schauffele (68-63- India’s Fouaad Mirza, riding Seigneur Medicott, during the equestrian eventing from the event final for floor as he was the first super heavy- Satish’s forehead cut did ladder thereafter with rounds 68-67) became the first cross county competition at the Sea Forest Cross-Country Course in Tokyo AP and will make a decision on weight from India to achieve open up eventually during the of 72-68-72 over the next three American to win the Gold, beam later this week. Either the feat. third round but he fought days for a total of 5-under 283. while South African-born way, we’re all behind you, “He is a bit low right now through even with that. He had finished at 57th spot in Slovakian Rory Sabbatini (69- Mirza 22nd after cross-country round Simone,” USAG tweeted. but when he settles down, he With this the Indian men’s 2016 Rio Olympics. 67-70-61), with his wife Tokyo: Indian equestrian er on Monday will ensure Biles, the four-time will realise how big it was for boxing campaign came to an The other Indian in fray, Martina Stofanikova on the Fouaad Mirza picked up 11.20 that Mirza, India’s only eques- Olympic champion widely con- him to fight it out with those end in the Games. Udayan Mane, who got into bag, won the Silver with a penalty points and was placed trian at the Olympics in over sidered to have pushed the cuts,” Indian Boxing’s High Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) the field later as a result of record-breaking 10-under 61. 22nd after the cross-country two decades, and his horse sport to new limits, has said she Performance Director Santiago remains the lone pugilist in some withdrawals, also shot CT Pan (74-66-66-63), round at the Olympics on Seigneur Medicott remain in is struggling with the ‘twisties’, Nieva said. fray after having made the one-over 72 in the final round also with his wife Michelle Lin Sunday. the top 25 and make the a condition where gymnasts “The fight he gave despite semifinals to secure India’s after earlier rounds of 76-69- USA’s Xander Schauffele, left, celebrates as caddie, won the Bronze in a A good round in the indi- eventing individual jumping lose the ability to orientate the blows is praiseworthy. first and only boxing medal of 70. He was 3-over for the with his caddie after winning Gold AP seven-man play-off. PTI vidual show jumping qualifi- final in the evening. PTI themselves in mid-air. AFP Every punch that Jalolov con- the ongoing edition. PTI Zverev wins tennis Gold Dressel wins 5th yellow metal, Jacobs storms to 100m crown Tokyo: Alexander Zverev Gold after Steffi Graf in 1988, brushed aside Karen while Boris Becker and Tokyo: Lamont Marcell Jacobs Khachanov in straight sets Michael Stich took the men’s stormed to a shock victory in on Sunday to seal the Olympic doubles crown four years later. McKeon makes Olympic history the Olympics 100m final on men’s singles title and win The world number five is Tokyo: Caeleb Dressel banked Australia to the women’s med- Russian gymnast Maria Sunday to cap a golden double Germany’s first tennis Gold still waiting for a maiden two more titles to end his ley relay honours on the final Gorokhovskaya (1952). for Italy on a dramatic day of since 1992. Grand Slam title after several Tokyo campaign with five day of action. McKeon snared Gold in the athletics action at the Tokyo The fourth seed, who near misses, including when Golds on Sunday, as Australia’s It boosted her medal tally 50m and 100m freestyle, Games. ended Novak Djokovic’s he blew a two-set lead to lose Emma McKeon became the to seven — four Gold and 4x100m relay and the medley, Jacobs became the first Golden Grand Slam bid in the to Dominic Thiem in last first female swimmer to win three Bronze — surpassing the along with Bronze in the 100m Italian in history to be crowned semi-finals, produced a dom- year’s US Open final. seven medals at a single six won by East German Kristin butterfly and two further relays. Olympic 100m champion after inant display to win 6-3, 6- However, the 24-year- Olympics. Otto (1952) and American Like McKeon, Dressel took powering home in a blistering 1 after just 79 minutes at old can add this victory to The American machine Natalie Coughlin (2008). out the 50-100 free double, but 9.80sec, with Fred Kerley of the the Ariake Tennis Park. his 2018 ATP Finals tri- earned the title of world’s fastest McKeon also matched the also powered to the 100m but- United States taking Silver in “I couldn’t feel any- umph and his four swimmer with a lightning 21.07 record for the most decorated terfly title in world-record time, 9.84sec and Canada’s Andre de thing. I wasn’t playing Masters titles. seconds in the 50m freestyle female athlete at a single Games while adding 4x100m free and Grasse Bronze in 9.89sec. for myself. I was playing Earlier, Czechs Barbora before helping the US men ever, tied medley relay to thrust himself The 26-year-old Jacobs for my whole coun- Krejcikova and shatter their own world record with into rarified company. erupted as he crossed the fin- Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates after winning the final of men's 100-meters AP try,” said Katerina Siniakova in the 4x100m medley relay. He joins Americans ish line and leapt into the arms In the triple jump mean- Zverev, added the The unassuming McKeon Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz of compatriot Gianmarco while, Rojas did her best to who fell to women’s doubles was just as impressive, blasting and Matt Biondi, and Otto, as Tamberi, who only moments electrify a largely empty stadi- the Gold to their through the 50m in the only swimmers to win five earlier had clinched a rare um with a scintillating world ground in 2021 French 23.81 to win then or more Golds in one shared Gold medal for Italy in record with her last leap of celebra- Open title. spearheading Games. AFP the high jump after a duel with 15.67m, smashing the previous tion Krejcikova, Qatari world champion Mutaz best of 15.50m set by Ukraine’s after who also won Essa Barshim. Inessa Kravets in 1995. clinch- the Roland It was the final act of a pul- Yulimar Rojas celebrates after winning It was the first world record ing the Garros singles sating day three of track and the final of women's triple jump AP of the Tokyo Olympics athlet- win. earlier this year, field at the Olympic Stadium But the undisputed head- ics programme. Zverev and Siniakova which also saw a brilliant world line-grabbing performance of Earlier on Sunday, China’s becomes only the beat Swiss pair record-breaking Gold medal the night belonged to Italy’s Gong Lijao claimed gold in the second German Belinda Bencic and victory in the triple jump for Jacobs, who had never previ- women’s shot put after leading to win an Viktorija Golubic 7-5, Venezuela’s two-time world ously gone under 10 seconds the competition from start to Olympic singles 6-1. AFP champion Yulimar Rojas. before the 2021 season. finish. AFP 12

Vijayawada Monday August 2, 2021 tollywood RRR'S DOSTI CROSSES 10 MILLION VIEWS Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sita them. The song also offers a Ramaraju — played by NTR Jr brief glimpse of the lead actors, and Ram Charan, respectively. Ram Charan and Jr NTR, in the The song was released in five end, greeting each other and different languages, titled Dosti, joining hands. Kannada, Natpu, and Priyam in Releasing the song, director Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, SS Rajamouli tweeted, “This and . Composed by Friendship day, witness the MM Keeravani, the song is sung coming together of 2 powerful by Hemachandra, Anirudh opposing forces – Ramaraju & Ravichander, Vijay Yesudas, Bheem #Dosti.” Amit Trivedi, and Yazin The song has already crossed Nizar. The music 10 million views in most of video has the languages, and a whop- been shot ping 4 million in Telugu, at with all the time of writing this the five article! singers RRR is a fictional taking love story based on the the lives of Telugu Chiru-Sampath lead in freedom fighters Ram their Charan and Jr NTR. respec- The film also features tive lan- Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Nandi film on lines? guages Ray Stevenson, Alison with Doody, and Olivia ampath Nandi, one of Chiranjeevi for his next. Recently, music Morris. The film will the most popular direc- the Megastar announced that he director release in theatres globally tors of , wants to give chances to young fter much waiting, Keeravani on October 13. S known for helming directors in his second innings. the makers of the mentor- films like Racha, Bengal On the work front, Sampath grand RRR have ing Tiger, Goutham Nanda, Nandi is currently working for his A finally released the took to Twitter on Sunday to upcoming sport-based directorial much-talked-about share a heartfelt note for Mega venture Seetimaarr which has song of the film Star Chiranjeevi along with a self- Gopichand, Tamannah Bhatia, – Dosti. Aptly ie of the duo. The director-pro- and Digangana Suryavanshi in released on ducer wrote, “One more mega the lead roles. The movie is based Friendship day, memorable day in my life. Met on kabaddi, and has both the song, as the our god Megastar Chiranjeevi Gopichand and Tamannaahh as name suggests, garu today. Many more precious coaches. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi celebrates the conversations, priceless guidance, is busy with Acharya which is on friendship and moments to treasure. Cheers the verge of completion. Helmed between the to all the super good times by Koratala Siva, it has Kajal lead charac- ahead.” Aggarwal as the leading lady. He ters of the This post is doing rounds on will also be starring in the Telugu film — social media with fans quizzing if remake of Vedalam and Lucifer the director is teaming up with remake. Jacqueline looks the part in Vikrant Rona's poster n line with the grand revelations Producer Jack Manjunath says, “The that have been announced about story of the world’s new hero the upcoming Kichcha Sudeep- gets all the more exciting starrer Vikrant Rona, the film with the entry of I will be made in 3D and its mak- Jacqueline. We’re ers now unveil the first look of happy to Jacqueline Fernandez who will be seen share a essaying an interesting role in it. Displayed on billboards across Mumbai, glimpse the first glimpse reveals the Bollywood of what star’s character Raquel D’Costa Aka she brings Gadang Rakkamma in the pan-Indian 3D to the film and her look as well! movie. Her look in the film will have a fusion We’re on of multiple ethnicities. She plays our way to creat- ‘Gadang Rakkamma’ who runs a tavern ing an extravagant in a fictional place. She will be seen piece of cinema matching wits with Vikrant Rona, that will be remem- essayed by Baadshah Kichcha bered by generations Sudeep. to come and we’re Directed by Anup Bhandari, thrilled about the growing Vikrant Rona will release simultane- anticipation surrounding ously in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, it.” Director Anup Bhandari and Hindi. It also stars Nirup says, “It feels amazing to be Bhandari, Neetha Ashok, able to bring an element of sur- Madhusudan Rao, Ravishankar prise with each announce- Gowda, Sandesh Jain, Karthik Rao, ment. Siddu Moolimani, Dushyant Rai, Chitkala Jacqueline’s poster reveal Biradar, Priya V, Samhitha, and Vasuki was planned to convey the Vaibhav. Jacqueline inspired headlines as scale of the film yet again Aadhi inspires the word about her stepping aboard the and how invested we are in Mrunal Thakur’s first look in Vikrant Rona universe spread like fire. Not fulfilling the promise of only will the stunning actress be seen por- offering the audience a followers to Dulquer Salmaan’s next revealed traying a pivotal character, she will also be movie that will make their seen shaking a leg with Sudeep in the film. time in theatres worth it.” go green

reen India Challenge is gaining fame and name across the country Bujji Ilaa Raa G for a better future. Celebrities, politi- cians, and even the common public are actively taking part in the challenge initiat- poster out ed by MP Santosh Kumar. On Sunday, actor Aadhi Pinishetty took part in the Green India Challenge and planted the saplings. In a post on social media, the actor further nominated Akanksha Singh, Nikki Galrani, and Mithun Chakraborty. The actor who planted ctress Mrunal Thakur, The film produced by Ashwini three saplings urged people to who will soon be seen Dutt and Priyanka Dutt under continue the chain. Aadhi also with actor Dulquer Swapna Cinema is being made in thanked Rajya Sabha MP Salmaan in their yet- Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam. It Joginapally Santosh Kumar for A to-be-titled trilingual will be presented by Vyjayanthi initiating the Green India film, revealed her look Movies. Incidentally, Mrunal also Challenge, an effort to and character’s name on Sunday. celebrated her birthday on increase the green cover While Dulquer’s character is Sunday. She uploaded the first irector G Nageswara Reddy has Tamilarasan across the country. called Lieutenant Ram, Mrunal’s look and captioned it as: “Here’s a penned the story and screenplay of plays the heroine On the work front, Aadhi character has been introduced as gift from me to you on my special an upcoming film Bujji Ilaa Raa in the movie pro- Pinisetty will be next seen Sita. day! Thank you @swapnacinema D starring Sunil and Dhanraj in lead duced by playing the important role in Directed by Hanu for this! Here to conquer your roles. As the title poster and the Agraharam Nagi Reddy the young and energetic Raghavapudi, the teaser shows hearts with the lovely tagline indicate, Bujji Ilaa Raa is a and Sanjeeva Reddy under SNS actor Ram Pothineni in the Dulquer clicking a picture of @dqsalmaan!” psychological thriller. Garudavega fame cine- Creations LLP and G Nageswara Reddy Team upcoming untitled film, which is Mrunal as the two look at each The shooting of the film was matographer Anji turns director with the Work. Sai Karteek renders soundtracks for being directed by Lingusamy. other. recently wrapped in Kashmir. film, besides cranking the camera. Chandini the film that will go on floors soon.