Farmers Reject Centre's Offer DCGI Denies EUA to Vaccine from Bharat

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RUSSIA: INDIA IN DCGI denies EUA to vaccine ANTI-CHINA GAME Farmers reject PLAYED BY WEST SRIDHAR from Bharat Biotech, Serum KUMARASWAMI | DC Centre’s offer NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 KANIZA GARARI The data submitted by found that the “data sub- Hospital, Nizamabad, said, with agency inputs both companies was found mitted of phase 1 and “Phase III trials are still The West, led by the US, is Threaten to intensify agitation, block Delhi HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 to be “insufficient” by the phase 2 trials was not suffi- not complete. They are cur- trying to engage India in Central Drugs Standard cient”. rently ongoing. Without “anti-China games” SANJAY KAW | DC In a setback to two major Control Organ-isation The DCGI said that Covid- data of these trials, the through its Indo-Pacific NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 pharma companies in the (CDSCO) of the DCGI in 19 vaccine candidates EUA cannot be given. strategies and is also try- race for the vaccine for terms of data on the trials should have “at least 50 per There is no concept of EUA ing to undermine Russ- Within hours of receiving Coronavirus, the Drug of Indian patients, accord- cent efficacy in phase III in India. This is for the first ia’s close and privileged the Centre’s draft propos- Controller General of India ing to sources. clinical trials” for it to be time vaccines are being ties with India, Russian als to amend the new agri- (DCGI) has not granted the The panel sought addi- widely deployed. taken up under this given foreign minister Sergey culture laws, the farmers’ Emergency Use Autho-risa- tional data on the safety The DCGI rules of 2019 the emergency of the pan- Lavrov has said, in unions categorically reject- tion permission (EUA) to and efficacy of their pro- state that there must be at demic. For this reason, sci- unprecedented remarks ed it on Wednesday and city-based Bharat Biotech posed shots. least 3,000 patients on entists and drug con- that have highlighted threatened to intensify and the Serum Institute of Due to lack of data on whom the vaccine has to be trollers are very cautious.” both Moscow’s proximity their agitation by blocking India (SII) for their respec- Indian patients, the CDSCO tested before approval. with Beijing and a grow- all entry points to Delhi if tive vaccines, Covaxin and subject expert committee, Dr Kiran M, senior anaes- ■ Page 3: Data submitted by ing unease over the India- their demands were not Covisheild. which met on Wednesday, thesiologist, Government firms found inadequate US strategic partnership. immediately met. They Addressing the Russian also threatened to capture International Affairs all toll plazas and hold “sit- Council, Mr Lavrov said: in” protests across the “It (the West) is trying to country. Opposition leaders Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram restore the unipolar Terming the proposal as Yechury, D. Raja and T.K.S. Elangovan present a memoran- TRS MLA abuses KCR greets Modi model of world order. ‘Po- “vague” and an insult to dum to President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan les’ like Russia and China farmers, Krantikari Kisan in New Delhi on Wednesday on the new Farm Bills. are unlikely to be subor- Union president Darshan — D. KAMRAJ on Central Vista dinate to it. However, Pal said: “We will block the Dalit journalist India is currently an Delhi-Jaipur highway and The farmers’ organisa- proposal, the Centre also DC CORRESPONDENT Wednesday conveyed his object of the Western Delhi-Agra expressway tions have also threatened assured the registration of DC CORRESPONDENT Patancheru police said HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 greetings to Prime countries’ persistent, and sit on dharna at all toll they will boycott all Jio all private mandis to stre- HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 that MLA Reddy was Minister Narendra Modi aggressive and devious plazas on December 12… products and Reliance ngthen Agricultural Prod- booked under section 504 It is too premature a signal on the eve of the occasion policy as they are trying No tax to be paid on that malls across the country. uce Market Committees. The Patancheru police of (intentional insult, with to view as a thaw in the of his laying the founda- to engage it in anti-China day at any toll plaza… We The Centre on With the farmers camped Sangareddy district on intent to provoke, breach mood of uncompromising tion for the Central Vista games by promoting Indo- will also gherao all district Wednesday proposed to out at Delhi’s busy border Wednesday booked a case of peace) and 506 (criminal political confrontation project in the national cap- Pacific strategies, the so- headquarters during our give a “written assurance” points, three of the Delhi- against the ruling TRS leg- intimidation) of the IPC. between the BJP and the ital. called ‘Quad’.” protest on December 14. We that the existing Minimum Haryana border points — islator G. Mahipal Reddy TRS, but merely a welcome have asked the people to Support Price (MSP) Tikri, Jharoda and Dhansa for allegedly threatening ■ Page 5: MLA threatens to break, Chief Minister K. ■ Page 5: Central Vista was ■ Page 7: Russia unhappy protest against every MP regime for procurement — have been closed for traf- and abusing a journalist. cut journo into pieces Chandrashekar Rao on long overdue, says KCR with close Indo-US ties and MLA of the BJP.” will continue. In a draft fic. c m y k c m y k

WEATHER AI’s non-stop Max: 30.1OC Min: 13.8OC Envoys study ways to get RH: 39% Rainfall: Nil Hyd-Chicago Forecast: Partly cloudy. Mist or haze likely. Max/Min temp. 30/14 ºC vaccine for their countries flight from Jan. 15 Hyderabad, Dec. 9: The Telugu diaspora Bharat Biotech presents vaccine update even as Centre denies authorisation National carrier Air India from the TS and AP COVID-19 would fly non-stop regions is one of the DC CORRESPONDENT from here to Chicago, fastest growing communi- HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 COVID-19 CASES USA, starting from ty in the US and a direct C UNT Experts worried as people January 15, the connectivity to the US The safety and efficacy of Hyderabad International from Hyderabad was long CASES DEATHS Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, GRADUALLY Airport announced on due, it said. that has been developed by Wednesday. “The launch of this (+26,348) (+338) Bharat Biotech was evalu- RISING IN CITY Prior to the suspension route brings two destina- ated by a delegation of 70 ignore Covid-19 protocol of international operations closer for all our 1,41,735 Ambassadors and High DC CORRESPONDENT tions in late March due to passengers who have 97,62,250 Commissioners at SANJAY SAMUEL ing are paramount. This is Virinchi Hospitals, said HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 the coronavirus pandem- been waiting eagerly for a covid19india.org Genome Valley on PAUL | DC even as experts from “People are frustrated ic, the disinvestment- direct flight from STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS Wednesday. HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 ICMR and IMA are warn- staying indoors. They Corona positive cases are bound Air India was oper- Hyderabad to the USA. The Ministry of ing of a second wave if have started believing that rising in Greater ating to Chicago from the We are constantly work- (+721) (+3) External Affairs facilitat- The city is back to normal people ignore preventive the threat is almost over Hyderabad Municipal city airport via Delhi. ing on linking more cities ed this discussion as or so it seems if one were measures. as there is a remarkable Corporation (GHMC) lim- Air India would be start- domestic and internation- TS: 2,75,261 1,480 Bharat Biotech has to go by the way people are Psychologists opine that improvement in the recov- its because people are ing the flight between al with focus on high applied for emergency use moving around giving a people are vexed with ery rate. But precautions crowding public places Hyderabad and Chicago standards of safety to (+618) in India. The delegates dis- damn to Covid-19 protocol. staying indoors and news cannot be neglected, par- and at social gatherings. effective January 15, 2021, serve our passengers,” (+3) cussed with the team of The people are assuming of the vaccine has boosted ticularly in gatherings GHMC limits recorded GMR Hyderabad said CEO, GMR scientists and researchers that coronavirus no longer their confidence levels. and when on the streets.” 123 new cases on Tuesday, International Airport Ltd Hyderabad International AP: 8,73,457 7045 from the pharma giant exists. This has become Sajida Khatoon, an assis- IMA State Secretary, Dr 119 cases on Monday, 102 said in a press release. Airport Ltd., Pradeep about the safety trials of more pronounced in the tant lecturer, said, “At the B Narender Reddy told each on December 5 and 6, The airline would Panicker. CASES AROUND THE WORLD phase 1 and phase 2. last two months. weddings that I attended, Deccan Chronicle “con- 109 (Dec 4), 114 (Dec 3). deploy its 238-seater Hyderabad is second Dr Krishna Ella, chair- Celebrations of festivals, people were without trary to perceptions, posi- Medical experts said that Boeing 777-200 aircraft home to many US-based 6,89,23,274 man and managing direc- GHMC election campaign, masks. Guests moved tive cases are growing but one should not take these with eight seats in first firms and as much as 70 tor of Bharat Biotech, pre- wedding ceremonies and around in close proximity. the actual number of fluctuating figures lightly, class,35 in business and per cent of the total IT DEATHS sented the update on the Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh This is prevalent even in cases remains unknown particularly because the remaining 195 in the exports to the United vaccine with its evalua- bear testimony to the man- family and festival gather- as many patients are going nights are increasingly economy class, the States is from Hyderabad, 15,69,873 tion on approximately ner people are making a ings. The government can to private labs, while some colder. release said. said the release. — PTI COUNTRIES, 1,000 subjects. The phase mockery of corona guide- only direct us. Everything are preferring self-medica- With the mask protocol AREAS WITH III human clinical trials, lines. A majority of people else depends on how tion at home taking the not being followed proper- CASES 218 which began last month, are without face masks responsible we are. Norms prescription from recov- ly, there is fear that the worldometers.info/ were conducted on 26,000 and social distancing has were also neglected dur- ered patients. People spread will be faster, they Data submitted by coronavirus volunteers from across the been thrown out of the ing the recent political ral- should note that the vac- warned. country. window. Medical practi- lies and dharnas.” cine is still not in our Senior consultant Dr It is a randomized trial tioners insist that wearing Dr Daljeet Kaur, consult- reach and its always better Prabhu C. states “People firms inadequate where one group of volun- masks and social distanc- ant psychiatrist at to avoid infections.” think that they can be iso- ASTROGUIDE teers will be given the vac- lated and the virus is mild. From Page 1 the request from these Sarvari; Dakshinayana cine and others are on But post-Covid 19 symp- two companies, including Tithi: Kartika Bahula Dasami placebo trial. The volun- toms are also leading to According to sources the vaccine subject expert till 12.48 pm teers and their treating lots of fatigue and health aware of the proceedings, committee, the technical doctors are not aware of Staying indoors may spread complications. Even young “the data submitted by a panel and the apex com- Star: Hasta till 10.48 am Varjyam: 6.07 pm to 7.35 pm the exact status and it is patients are suffering lung company to CDSCO in mittee. The first commit- Durmuhurtam: 10.19 am to known only to the inde- problems. Hence people order to get a EUA per- tee, SEC, has asked for 11.03 am; 2.42 pm to 3.26 pm pendent investigator of must not give up the proto- tained to data of overseas more data from the com- the company. Covid-19, caution experts col and care has to be patients by a company for panies, which means that Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm HIJRI CALENDAR According to sources in taken.” phase III human clinical the wait for the vaccine Rabbi-ul Akhir 24, 1442 AH the pharmaceutical indus- T.S.S. SIDDHARTH | DC told Deccan Chronicle. shut, meaning there is no Movement of people trials”. from these two firms PRAYERS try the vaccine evaluation HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 However, he adds, that cross-ventilation and all within the city, state and In case of another com- reaching people has got- by other countries is to this is just a scientific the people inside are country has seen a rise pany, recruitment of all ten much longer. Fajar: 5.31 am look at ways and means in As the days get colder in explanation of the virus’ breathing the same air. In and there is a fear that 26,000 volunteers is still The application by the Zohar: 12.19 pm which they too can pro- the city with the mini- characteristics. “Prac- such situations, there will this will further spread not complete, sources Indian arm of US phar- Asar: 4.06 pm cure doses for their coun- mum temperatures reach- tically speaking, when be a good chance of catch- the infection. said. Given these lapses it maceutical firm Pfizer Maghrib: 5.48 pm try. The Union ing 13-15 degrees Celsius, people are outdoors, the ing an infection. The only Telangana recorded 721 will take time for the EUA was not taken up for Isha: 7.02 pm Government is looking at the fear of contracting temperature might not way to avoid it is to wear a new cases taking the over- to be given to these com- deliberation on SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.36 AM the vaccination in coronavirus is rife. matter much. It is not mask indoors,” said all total to 2,75,261 and panies. Wednesday as the compa- SUNSET TODAY 5.42 PM Telangana and Rajasthan However, this can be man- because of the tempera- Mishra. three deaths increasing Experts argue that vac- ny sought more time for first. aged with due precau- ture in the winter season, As of Wednesday morn- the toll to 1,480. cine development takes making a presentation MOONSET TODAY 2.12 PM Suchitra Ella, joint man- tions, say scientists from rather what people tend to ing, the coldest places in Meanwhile, active cases time and evaluation of before the committee, MOONRISE TOMORROW 1.53 AM aging director of Bharat the Centre for Cellular do during the cold cli- the city were BHEL, are down to 7,661 as the data requires time. they said. Biotech, says, “Covaxin and Molecular Biology mate,” he said. Rajendranagar and recovery rate and dis- Dr Sanjay Reddy, senior The recommendations has garnered interest (CCMB). The sensation of One thing that people do Macha Bolaram. The min- charges have been high. pharmacist, said, “The by the SEC have been from several countries for feeling cold happens in winters is to stay imum temperatures With 753 recoveries on data generation will be approved by the DCGI,” COUNTER POINT supplies and introduction. because the air has cooled indoors. So, when there is recorded in these places Tuesday, the total number based on the dosage an official source was Countries looking for an down, which they say is indoor crowding, the were 11.8, 12.8, and 12.9 of recovered patients is at regime, time after doses quoted by PTI to have Indian vaccine to fight the ideal for the virus to trav- chances of infection are degrees Celsius, respec- 2,75,261 cases. Warangal and adverse effects, if said. pandemic is a morale- el. higher, he said. tively. In the state, the Urban recorded 47 mew any. These phases have to Bharat Biotech applied booster for us.” “Whenever the tempera- “If there is cross-ventila- coldest places were cases, Karimnagar 37 and be completed. Till it is to DCGI for EUA on ● THE PHASE III human ture is cold, the air gets tion or the windows are Ginnedari, Arli, Sirpur, Khammam. completed, it will not be December 7 for Covaxin, heavier and the droplets kept open then the and Bela. They recorded ● known where this vac- developed indigenously clinical trials, which began which contain the virus chances of catching the minimum temperatures MOVEMENT OF people cine can be administered by the firm in collabora- last month, were conduct- hang in the air, for a virus is difficult. But of 7.1, 8.9, 9, and 9.1 within the city, state and to people safely.” tion with the Indian ed on 26,000 volunteers longer duration,” Rakesh because of the cold winds, degrees Celsius, respec- country has seen a rise in Experts believe that the Council of Medical Rese- from across the country. Mishra, director, CCMB, the windows are kept tively. Coronavirus and there is a waiting period for EUA arch, while Pune-based fear that this will further will take at least another Serum Institute sought a spread the infection. State month, if not ore. There nod for its Oxford vac- recorded 721 new infec- are three committees cine, Covishield, on Plight of pensioners tions. which have to evaluate December 6.

SHORT TAKES FORMER SARPANCH HELD FOR FRAUD

DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, DEC. 9

The former sarpanch of Pedda Shapur area was arrested by the Shamshabad police on charges of cheating and forgery on Wednesday. According to the police, S. Isra Naik has allegedly used official rubber Pensioners are made to wait outside and forced to break Covid-19 rules at the Bank of India, Malkajgiri on stamps on permission letters Wednesday for their monthly pension. “This is how we are made to suffer,” said G. Malathi — DEEPAK DESHPANDE and issued building permissions on the names of his family members and others. He also cheated the poor and homeless in the gram pan- HC ADJOURNS BRIGHT | FUTURE 222 offers from 63 companies chayat by selling them such land, police said. “The suspect, S. Isra Naik, a PLEA AGAINST resident of Pedda Shapur thanda and village had ended LRS TO 5 WEEKS IIT-H students get his term as a sarpanch in 2011, but he allegedly cheated peo- DC CORRESPONDENT ple claiming he was still in the HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 post. He along with his associ- ates, identified as J. Raji Reddy The Telangana High record placements and others had grabbed land Court on Wednesday in the village and converted adjourned the batch of HARLEEN MINOCHA | ● ABOUT 500 students core sectors as well. them into plots and sold them petitions challenging the DC of various departments Phase II placements to people,” police inspector of Layout Regulation HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 will begin in January Shamshabad Y. Prakash Reddy Scheme (LRS) intro- and 116 companies have 2021, when more interna- said. duced by the Telangana Despite the Covid-19 pan- registered with IIT-H for tional offers are expect- Based on a complaint, the state government to five demic, Indian Institute of placements this year. ed, institute authorities Shamshabad police booked weeks. Advocate- Technology, Hyderabad stated. cases of cheating and forgery General B.S. Prasad (IIT-H), witnessed an between December 1 and Speaking about Phase I under sections 420, 468, and 471 sought more time to file increase in pre-place- 6. The job interviews campus placements, Dr of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) the counters on behalf of ment offers it has with IIT-H students had Pradeep Yemula, faculty and arrested Naik on the government which received for academic been held online. in-charge (Placements), Wednesday. the court considered it year 2020–21 compared to About 500 students of IIT Hyderabad, dis- ● and adjourned the cases. last year. various departments and closed, “We had antici- ACCORDING TO the police, In all, five PILs were IIT-H got 48 offers this 116 companies have reg- pated a slowdown in S. Isra Naik has allegedly used filed against the LRS. In year compared 37 during istered with IIT-H for placements due to the official rubber stamps on per- the earlier hearings, the the last year. placements this year. 206 pandemic. Accordingly, mission letters and issued court had directed gov- In all, the institute students have already we had asked our student building permissions on the ernment to file its expla- received total 222 offers received offers at the end teams to strengthen names of his family members nation on the issues from 63 companies, of Phase I placements, themselves and adapt to and others. He also cheated raised in the pleas. The including 30 from eight amounting to more than the changing scenario. the poor and homeless in the government has not filed international organisa- 75 percent offers for cir- However, we are glad to the counters in some tions based in Japan and cuit branches. Most of see that the placement gram panchayat by selling pleas and on Wednesday Taiwan during Phase I of them are from IT/ITES season at IIT-H has start- them such land, police said. sought more time. campus Placements held sector, with few from ed on a positive note.” CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 4

SHORT TAKES Birthday gift Local body representatives Today last day to apply for Haj online decry non-payment of salaries Hyderabad: Thursday is the last day to access the Haj DC CORRESPONDENT ● THEY ALLEGED that cent while it is only five per- Online Application, said HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 though the TRS government cent for MPTCs. Mohammed Masiullah Khan, has fixed a good amount, the The aggrieved representa- chairman, Telangana State Members of Zilla Parishad payment has been tardy. tives said that the funds Haj Committee. He asked Territorial Constituencies should be invested on devel- those who have not yet (ZPTC), Mandal Parishad rarium. The elected represen- opment activities and they applied to file their applica- Territorial Constituencies tatives of local bodies alleged invariably depend on the tions through Haj Committee (MPTC) Mandal Praja that though the TRS govern- state government for their of India website www.haj- Parishad presidents (MPP) ment has fixed a good expenses to tour their respec- committee.gov.in. Masiullah and sarpanches of Gram amount, the payment has tive jurisdictions. Khan also requested intend- Panchayats (GPs) are waiting been tardy. They pointed out that ing Haj pilgrims to bring nec- in vain for their monthly hon- They said that MPTCs, though the state government essary documents, such as orarium for the past six ZPTCs and MPPs do not have has included their honorari- passports, bank proof, add- months. There are 534 ZPTCs, any income-generating um in the state Budget they ress proof, and passport-size 5816 MPTCs and 534 MPPs sources to take up develop- never got them on a regular photos with white backgro- and 12, 771 village sarpanches ment activities in their basis. They said the govern- und, apart from debit or cre- in the state. respective jurisdictions. The ment had assured to allocate dit card to pay the online pr- The state government fixed GPs get 85 per cent share in funds to them from the state ocessing fee. Pilgrims must `10,000 for ZPTCs and MPPs the funds from the 15th financial corporation but it have a machine-readable pas- and `5,000 for MPTCs and Finance Commission and has not made any allocation sport with expiry date of sarpanches as monthly hono- ZPTCs and MPPs get 10 per till date. maximum January 10, 2022 to apply online for Haj – 2021. 30-yr-old techie MIM MLA holds meeting HC TO TS: FIX `13K Congress MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy along with Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Hanumanth Rao distributes AS MINIMUM PAY dies by suicide saris on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday in Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE Hyderabad: A software engi- with corporators, officials SCALE FOR SWEEPERS neer ended his life by suicide by consuming poisonous DC CORRESPONDENT provided by departments due DC CORRESPONDENT substances at his house in SR HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 to delay in constitution of HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 Nagar on Tuesday night. the new council. Police said K. Poornachandra Congress: Sack Malla Nampally MLA Jafar Jafar Hussain advised offi- Justice Abhinand Kumar Sh- Reddy, 30, was employed Hussain Meraj has held a cials to visit various areas in avili of Telangana High Cou- with a software company and meeting with officials of the constituency along with rt on Wednesday ordered the was residing at Yellareddy- departments dealing with present and incoming corpo- state government to pay the guda. “On Tuesday evening, public utilities and newly rators and resolve the issues minimum time pay-scale wa- he allegedly consumed some elected corporators for get- confronting general public. ges i.e. `13,000 to sweepers poisonous substance and on Reddy from Cabinet ting updates of ongoing Those present in the meet- working in government sch- coming to know about it, his works in his constituency. ing included former mayor ools under panchayat raj relatives shifted him to a pri- During the meeting, corpo- and corporator Majid wing. vate hospital at Somajiguda Party also demand action against MLA Mahipal rators asked officials of Hussain, representatives of Most of the sweepers have where he died in the night. GHMC, Transco and female MIM corporators, been working for years and Reddy’s family members told DC CORRESPONDENT Sravan said, “It is istered a case against in the state. HMWS&SB to complete all GHMC deputy commissioner their services were not regu- us he was having some per- HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 reported in the media the minister and his Sravan said pending works without wait- Khaja Inkishaf Ali, assistant larised. They were being paid sonal problems and slipped about the Minister’s son. “Patanchervu TRS ing for formation of the new Medical and Health officer around `4,000 only. About 40 into depression. He might AICC Spokesperson Dr alleged land grabbing He said “on the basis MLA Manipal Reddy council. The MLA told offi- Aijaz Qasmi, Transco such sweepers had moved the have ended his life over it,” Sravan Dasoju on issue and an FIR has of a complaint regis- also allegedly abused cials that public should not engineer K. Srinivas and High Court for seeking regu- said the police. Wednesday demanded been filed against him. tered against the and threatened a jour- suffer from lack of services others. larisation of their services. the dismissal of Labour So, we demand the Minister in a police sta- nalist for writing an minister C. Malla Chief Minister to tion, he must immedi- article on his land grab- MAN’S BODY Reddy for being immediately dismiss ately be thrown out of bing activities. So, he SONIA MUST BE IN involved in alleged land Malla Reddy from the the Cabinet and pun- must be punished FOUND WITH grabbing activities in Council of Ministers”. ished rigorously”. under the court of law.” Hyderabad. He said that based on He further demanded He suggested that to SYLLABUS, SHE STAB INJURIES He said that the minis- a complaint by the vic- stringent action aga- prevent illegal land ter, along with his son, tim that the Minister inst all land grabbers grabbing by public rep- GAVE TS: SRAVAN DC CORRESPONDENT allegedly threatened a had grabbed 20 guntas who are in the Cabinet resentatives, they HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 person whose land was of land, out of 2.5 acres, and also against MLAs should be brought DC CORRESPONDENT willfully grabbed and at his colleges located who have been threat- under the purview of HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 The body of an unidentified fenced by force. in Suraram, police reg- ening innocent citizens Lok-Ayukta. man with stab injuries was AICC spokesperson Dr found in a secluded place at Sravan Dasoju has requested Kishannagar in Shadnagar on Chief Minister K. the city outskirts on Wednesday KCR TO ADDRESS Chandrashekar Rao to afternoon. AICC begins exercise to include a lesson on AICC According to the police, the president Sonia Gandhi’s life person, aged around 40 years, s PUBLIC MEETING at the school syllabus level in suspected to have been killed Telangana. during a brawl. “The body was IN SIDDIPET select state party chief Speaking on the occasion of OBITUARY PAGDI found by area locals with stab AICC president’s 74th birth- WITH PROFOUND GRIEF WE injuries. Following a Dial 100 TODAY DC CORRESPONDENT mand and then the finals. day on Thursday, Sravan INFORM THE SAD DEMISE OF call, a team from the Shadnagar HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 AICC will appoint the Core Committee me- recalled KCR’s statement in police was ent to the spot and DC CORRESPONDENT new chief. He said that mbers including Uttam the newly formed State the body as shifted to the dis- HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 AICC in-charge for Tel- N Uttam Kumar Reddy Kumar Reddy, A. Legislative Assembly that trict government mortuary for angana Congress affa- will continue as the Revanth Reddy, Kom- there would have been “No post-mortem,” said the police, Chief Minister K. irs Manickam Tagore TPCC chief till his suc- atireddy Venkat Reddy, Telangana without Sonia adding that it was yet to be Chandrashekar Rao will on Wednesday said cessor is appointed. Mallu Bhatti Vikra- Gandhi”. ascertained if the victim was be going on a day tour of that the new Telanga- Stating that Uttam marka, T Jeevan However, until after six murdered at the spot or killed Siddipet on Friday. na Pradesh Congress Kumar Reddy has Reddy, Damodar Raja years of Telangana dream elsewhere and his body dumped Rao will reach Siddipet Committee (TPCC) pre- effectively carried out Narasimha, Vamshich- coming true, nothing great here. A case under Section 302 town at 11 am from sident will be selected his functions, he point- and Reddy, Madhu has been done in return by and two teams have been Begumpet Airport and after eliciting opinions ed out that Reddy has Yashki, Sampath Kum- the state government, he KOTHAKOTA SURYANARAYANA formed to nab the killers. will participate in vari- of senior leaders, never lost his temper ar, Ponnala Lakshm- pointed out. DOB: 4-4-1944 DOD: 9-12-2020 Smt. RUKMANI BELANI ous development pro- MLAs, MPs and former during his tenure and aiah and V. Hanu- The AICC spokesperson Chief Lab Supdt, CH/LGD (Retd) DOD: 07-12-2020 Last rites at Swarg Vatika, RTC Colony, Pagdi today due to covid situation all are grammes including the TPCC presidents. thanked him on behalf manth Rao participat- referred to the fact that the Trimulgherry, on 10-12-2020, requested to pray from home. MEDICOVER inauguration of one of Addressing the TPCC of AICC. Comparing ed in the meeting. AICC president had promised 11.30 am onwards In Grief: Belani Family, the largest double bed- core committee meet- the Congress with the After the core commit- to carve out separate BEREAVED FAMILY MEMBERS. Relatives & Friends Ph: 9849418002 Ph: 9885813139 room colonies in the ing, he said that he will Indian cricket team, he tee meeting, Tagore Telangana if the Congress HELPS RISKY NF (S/2021/D00925) state, which consists of take opinions of said though the Indian held one-on-one meet- Party came to power during PATIENT RECOVER around 2,460 units. around 100 to 150 lead- team loses one or two ings with some leaders 2004 parliamentary elections. 11th DAY CEREMONY The Chief Minister ers and submit a report matches initially, it to ascertain their As promised, Sonia Gandhi, ON 10TH DEC - 2020 DC CORRESPONDENT will lay the foundation to the party high com- always wins in the views on the new chief. the then chairperson of UPA HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 stone for IT park in government, convinced all Duddeda village of the political parties to officially Doctors at Medicover Hospi- district and inaugurate support formation of tals have succeeded in helping the Government Fight for stipend Telangana. The Telangana a patient recover from Medical College, Rythu Formation Bill was also Necrotising Fasciitis (NF), a Vedika and Telangana passed by the Parliament to rare disease that occurs only Bhavan (party office) create TS as the 29th state of in 0.8 of 1 lakh patients in apart from lunaching India with effect from June 2, India. The disease is an out- other schemes. 2014. Sravan underlined that come of bacteria entering the Rao will end his tour TS was formed despite huge body of uncontrolled diabetes with a public meeting at pressure against formation of patients, which destroys the 3 pm in at the the new state from certain Sri DEBBADI SRINIVASA RAO Inserted by Wife: D. Rukmini skin and subcutaneous tis- Government Degree sections. But Sonia Gandhi Sons: D. Vinay Kumar & D. Anjani, sues, threatening the life of College grounds in stood firm towards her com- D. Praveen Kumar & D. Anitha Grand Daughters: Rachana & Sanjana such persons. Siddipet. mitment given to the people Grand Sons: Varun Kumar & The 54-year-old male patient of Telangana. Akshath Kumar & was brought in by his family ● THE CHIEF DEBBADI FAMILY MEMBERS with blisters and wounds on MINISTER will lay the (S/2021/D00928) legs, which rendered him foundation stone for IT OBITUARY unable to walk. Medicover doctors said the patient required park in Duddeda village strong antibiotic treatment of the district and inau- and plastic surgery for the gurate the Government damaged skin. The patient is Medical College, Rythu recovering and out of danger. Vedika and Telangana But the person will require Bhavan (party office) BJP Yuva Morcha activists protest in front of the Directorate of Medical regular follow-up, as he is Education, Koti, in Hyderabad on Wednesday, demanding stipend for PG immune compromised. apart from lunaching other schemes. medical students. — S. SURENDER REDDY

Late MADASU OMPRAKASH FRAUD | ALERT Mutawallis of graveyards told not to collect money for burial DOB: 05-05-1959 DOD: 29-11-2020 May your soul rest in peace. Wife: MADASU UMALATHA AND FAMILY MEMBERS Venue: Arif Function Plaza, Opp. Asha Talkies, Shalibanda, Hyd. Wakf Board warns dargah on xenia Ph: 9866775432 DC CORRESPONDENT than what they can afford. ● THE BOARD chief not insist on specific juris- permission for HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 Those who cannot devote asked mutawallis and diction. The body of a construction and develop- the contractor-stipulated Muslim must be allowed ment of masjids and Telangana State Wakf funds are not being managing committees of to be buried at any graveyards. Board on Wednesday allowed to perform the graveyards to also not graveyard without insist- The board chairman warned all dargah con- customary rituals. collect amounts for ing on knowing the resi- announced that director of tractors against com- The board chairman burial. They must also dential area of the Minorities Welfare has pelling devotees to offer a maintained that none can not insist on specific deceased. approved the wakf board’s minimum fixed xenia force a devotee to offer jurisdiction. Mohammed Saleem said proposal to renovate the (fund for rituals). xenia. It is up to devotees the board has held a meet- Shahi Masjid at an esti- The warning was issued whether they want to offer any such complaints are ing wherein it decided to mated cost of `77 lakh. He by Wakf Board chairman anything. A devotee can received in future, xenia construct lavatories and clarified that though a Mohammed Saleem at a also make an offering in contracts of those dargahs bathrooms in different masjid comes under direct press conference after the accordance with his or her will be cancelled after a dargahs. The meeting management of Mino- organisation received financial position. due inquiry. dealt with 77 items on the rities Welfare Depart- complaints pertaining to Mohammed Saleem said The board chief asked agenda of which 23 per- ment, the board has decid- several dargahs where the board is holding a mutawallis and managing tained to formation of ed to improve facilities at contractors are forcing meeting with contractors committees of graveyards committees and six to various masjids. He hoped devotees to donate more of various dargahs in this to also not collect amounts appointments of mutawal- all such works will be com- funds into xenia hundis regard. He warned that if for burial. They must also lis. Board has accorded pleted before Ramzan. CITY/AP DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 5

IN BRIEF Green ride Toxins in food may have Woman rams car into shop, 5 injured caused the Eluru illness Hyderabad: A car crashed into a sweet shop causing DC CORRESPONDENT contaminated water. In such burn injuries to five workers VIJAYAWADA, DEC. 9 a case, their milk may con- when hot oil with which they JAGAN TELLS tain residues of pesticide. were preparing sweets, Even as the number of fresh Humans, who consume such spilled on them, near cases of “mystery illness” EXPERTS TO FIND milk even after boiling, have Shamshabad late on Tuesday has come down to 12 on a chance of getting infected night. According to the Wednesday and only 44 ACTUAL CAUSE with pesticide residues. police, Anjum Zia Uddin, 35, affected persons are still NCDC is also collecting a teacher at a private school, undergoing treatment, a DC CORRESPONDENT samples of crops like paddy rammed her car into the deadly combination of neu- VIJAYAWADA, DEC. 9 and others to test them for sweet shop in Shamshabad. rotoxins and organochlo- any presence of pesticide “She panicked and accelerat- rine are prime suspects for Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan remnants in them. This is ed the car instead of apply- the confounding disease Mohan Reddy on Wednes- because those who consume ing brakes, leading to the that has caught national day conducted a review food cooked with such crops mishap and injuring five men. and even international meeting in Eluru with offi- may get infected. It is also One of them sustained 60 attention. cials and medical teams on searching for warehouses, per cent bodyburns and oth- State health authorities Wednesday. where huge quantities of ers had minor burn injuries,” maintain that these sub- He directed them to con- pesticides are stored to said the police inspector of stances found in hydrocar- duct a through research check any chance of their RGIA, P. Vijay Kumar, adding bon pesticides such as DDT and find out the causes of leakage or spillage that may that they were rushed to a can turn poisonous, affect- the illness and affirmed find their way into drains, nearby hospital for medical ing nervous tissues in that the state government is canals and other water bod- attention. A case was human body. This could be offering good treatment to ies, especially owing to booked against the woman why affected people are people. The CM said this recent spell of heavy rains under section 337 (negligent developing convulsions for during a video conference and floods. Soil may have driving) of the IPC and start- a brief period, being getting with the authorities, doc- got contaminated with ed a probe. Pranay, a techie uses an electric unicycle to commute between his place of work at Hitec City and Dundigal on back to normalcy after some tors and experts from the residues of pesticides in the Wednesday. Pranay says he is against the use of fossil fuel-powered vehicles as they pollute the city. He fur- time. WHO, AIIMS, NIN, CCMB process. ther said he finds it easy to carry his vehicle everywhere. — R. PAVAN Several reputed central and the IICT. Health authorities say that agencies like All India all these grounds will be CENTRAL VISTA Institute of Medical already confirmed presence subject to a scientific scruti- Sciences (AIIMS), National of lead in the blood of ny. Truth can be established WAS LONG Institute of Nutrition (NIN), affected people in its prelim- once test reports from sever- National Centre for Disease inary report after testing 10 al central agencies are out. OVERDUE: KCR Control (NCDC), Centre for patients. It is, however, yet Health director Dr. T. Cellular and Molecular to come up with its report of Geeta Prasadini said, “We From Page 1 Cheated artist awaits Biology (CCMB), Indian analysing milk samples. will be able to know the Institute of Chemical NCDC has started its exact reason for the cause of In a letter to Prime Minister Technology (IICT) and investigations to find out mystery illness very shortly. Modi, which was shared on World Health Organisation reasons for the mystery ill- Several central agencies social media and to the media, (WHO) are working on find- ness. It is also collecting have collected samples of Chandrashekar Rao said, “I response from Qatar ing the source of such poi- samples from blood and blood, urine, water, milk join you with a sense of pride sonous substances entering urine of cattle, as they are and crops, among others. on the occasion of laying the the human body and affect- exposed to pesticide either These are being testing at foundation stone for the grand ing nervous system. through their feed or present and their reports project of Central Vista.” Qatar national had duped artist of 11 crystal paintings The AIIMS report has through consumption of are awaited.” Stating that the Central Vista NAVEEN KUMAR | DC said that the alleged project is “long overdue”, HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 accused was not a Qatari Chief Minister Rao said “the but a local from existing government infra- It has been almost two Hyderabad. 2 THEVES HELD, structure in the national capi- years and the 73-year-old “He is not present in tal is inadequate and associat- city-based artist is still the country anymore. We ORNAMENTS, ed with our colonial past.” waiting for justice as his have learnt that he shift- Career Chronicle Chandrashekar Rao, who case is pending with ed to Sharjah. We are was recently admonished by police. probing the case,” said CASH RECOVERED both the public and opposition Sayed Azmathullah, the official, adding that DC CORRESPONDENT parties when he had the who makes unique crys- they were yet to make HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 Secretariat building demol- tal paintings of well- headway. ished after a High Court known global personali- “My work was never The Mangalhat police reprieve and released grand ties, was conned by a meant to be commer- nabbed two men for new designs for a new building Qatar national, who cialised. I even wrote to house burglary and in the middle and peak of the posed as a Hyderabadi the Turkish Consulate in seized stolen property Coronavirus pandemic, in a and fled with 11 of his Hyderabad, which alert- worth `3.35 lakh from way echoing his own rationale paintings to showcase Crystal painting of Tim Crystal painting of ed the Qatar Embassy in their possession on for his actions, said to Mr them as his own in art Cook Sundar Pichai Turkey of Abdul's Wednesday. Modi, “the new Central Vista exhibitions and ‘gift’ the duplicity. However, there The accused were iden- project would be a symbol of same to leaders. ous Gulf-based media who uses Swarovski has been no response tified as Manohar self-esteem, prestige and Sharing his plight, houses have reported crystals imported from from the Embassy. After Kumavath, 23 and Vijaya national pride of a resurgent, Azmathullah said that he mentioning Abdul as the Austria for his paintings. repeated attempts to Kumar, 23, said the confident and strong India.” met the accused, Abdul artist of two paintings: Each work takes over a reach Abdul, I even police, adding that four Rao also hoped and wished Salam Al-Qadi, in 2017. the Dome of the Rock in week for completion. warned him before tolas of gold ornaments, for a speedy completion of the “He approached me the Old City of Two of the paintings, approaching the police. I a gold ring weighing 2.5 “prestigious and nationally posing as an art lover Jerusalem and another composed of crystals, am yet to receive an grams and net cash of important” project. This move from Qatar. Between of Turkish President were even allegedly gift- update from the police on `1.20 lakh was recovered will put the Telangana state October 2017 and April Reccep Tayyip Erdogan. ed to President Erdogan the status of the investi- from the men. BJP on the backfoot in criticis- 2018, he procured 11 I was invited to the UK by Abdul as a gift from gation” concluded a help- The arrests were made ing the pet new Secretariat paintings from me, stat- Parliament to showcase Qatar to Turkey. After less Sayed. following a complaint project of Mr Rao. ing that he would show- my work and they were learning about Abdul's Azmathullah has creat- from Suresh Bhati, a case them and also share the ones who informed alleged duplicity, Sayed ed crystal paintings of businessman, on profits with me,” said the me that someone else approached the Hussaini former president December 5, wherein he INTER DROPOUT artist, adding that after does similar artwork. It Alam police in 2019 to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, stated that he came getting paid for five was only then I realised lodge a complaint Prince Charles, K.T. home on the night of POSING AS DOC paintings, he was that Abdul had passed off against him. Rama Rao, Chief December 4 to find his blocked. some of my work as his When asked about the Executive Officers house ransacked and ARRESTED “Government officials own. Even my signature complaint, police (CEOs) of Apple and broken locks with valu- in the United Kingdom was replaced with his Inspector of Hussaini Google, and many other ables missing from the DC CORRESPONDENT informed me that vari- name,” said the artist, Alam, Ramesh Kotwal eminent personalities. locker. HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 The police teams analysed the CC cameras A 35-year-old intermediate in the area and noticed dropout who was running a AIG CHIEF GETS the duo vetting the area clinic posing as a doctor since by moving suspiciously. 2013 was nabbed by the U.S. SCIENCE MLA threatens to cut “After a thorough verifi- Rachakonda police on cation of about 50 CCTV Wednesday. Police said that he FELLOWSHIP cameras, we nabbed the used his experience of work- duo and they confessed ing at hospitals as an advan- DC CORRESPONDENT journo into pieces to the crime during tage to prescribe drugs and HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 investigation,” said the started a clinic near the From Page 1 ● BASED ON the com- (abusing his mother). police. Meerpet Crossroads. Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy, plaint, the cases were How dare you mention It was revealed during The accused, Polkampally Padma Bhushan awardee Cops booked the ruling my name in your report? the questioning that Sai Kumar, was caught follow- and chairman of Asian TRS legislator G. registered. The case is Do you even know my Manohar is a known ing a raid conducted at Sai Institute of Mahipal Reddy under under investigation, a level? You press guys acquaintance of Suresh Clinic by the police on Gastroenterology (AIG) the provisions of the senior police official will write anything.” and that he used to bor- Wednesday evening. “He is has been conferred the SC/ST (Prevention of said. “Anna, will you threat- row money from him. using fake MBBS and MD Fellowship of American Atrocities) Act also. en me if I write facts “Since Manohar knew degrees and colluded with one Association for The Dalit journalist media but is unverified, against the land grab of where the money and Sk Ahmed to run the clinic,” Advancement of Science. working in a local news- the MLA is heard say- your followers and TRS valuables were kept, he police said. “By charging `150 He is the first Indian doc- paper filed a complaint ing, “what happened partymen,” the Dalit hatched a plan to steal per person as a consultancy tor to have been elected with the Sangareddy Santosh? Who do you journalist is heard the same and asked his fee, he has successfully run the for the Fellowship of police, accusing MLA think you are? Come to pleading. friend to help him. The place since 2013. He had previ- 2020. Dr Reddy has done Mahipal Reddy of abus- my house now. If I come Based on the com- entire stolen lot was ously worked as an operation pioneering work in gas- ing and threatening him to your house, I will cut plaint, the cases were recovered from the theatre assistant from 2006 to troenterology, particular- over phone on Tuesday, your hands and legs. registered. The case is men,” added the police. 2012 and used that knowledge ly in therapeutic pancre- following a news report Record this call, are you under investigation, a to diagnose basic ailments. We atic biliary endoscopy. filed by him, in which even a man? I will mince senior police official ● THE POLICE teams seized a stethoscope, one blood He has heralded innova- exposed how the legisla- you to pieces. Call and said. None of the TRS analysed the CCTV cam- pressure checking machine, tions in trans-gastric tor’s followers were report to the cops, even senior leaders have con- eras in the area and nine prescription books, a rub- endoscopic surgery and involved in grabbing the commissioner or demned their party noticed the duo vetting ber stamp and some medicines made leading contribu- land in Ameenpur area. DGP, I am not afraid of leader and MLA for the area by moving sus- from his possession,” said the tions to advancements in In the purported audio anyone. Come here or I threatening a journalist police. gastroenterology. file going viral on social will come there. ***** or a Dalit. piciously.

CLASH | RAGES No data with modern medicine on how many crosspathy clinics are flourishing: Docs Indian med vs modern debate began in 1974 DC CORRESPONDENT Indian medicine doctors to tors, who gained confidence ● MODERN MEDICINE doc- ment or operations, leading patients being subject to HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 carry out surgery. But such by illegally practising tors will hold a protest on to disputes between such dangerous situations, allo- a practise amounts to ‘crosspathy’, are the reason Friday, December 11, sus- doctors and patients. “Such pathic doctors maintain. The ongoing clash raging endangering lives of peo- for the Union government pending work at out-patient cases are often settled ‘in It is the decision of between doctors practising ple,” a senior doctor, on con- not listening to allopathic departments from 6 am to private’”, remarked another National Medical Indian and modern medi- dition of anonymity, told doctors’ demand against doctor on condition of Commission that CII will cine has its origins in 1974 Deccan Chronicle. permitting Ayush doctors 6 pm. There will be no elec- anonymity. decide curriculum of when the former were Essentially, Ayush doctors to practise modern medi- tive surgeries carried out Failure to pursue such MBBS, which has led to an allowed access to laboratory had been allowed to practise cine and even perform sur- during the period. complaints to its logical has uproar among students. tests. allopathic medicine to meet geries,” says another doctor. only encouraged Ayush doc- Junior doctors are asking ‘Further, in the year 2000 the shortage of doctors and Dr Ravinder Reddy, chair- the Union ministry has pas- tors to freely practise allo- how an Indian system of and 2004 changes were also cut costs at govern- man of Telangana Medical sed these rules. We will not pathic medicine. That is one medicine can mix with made wherein doctors prac- ment hospitals. But such a Council and national vice- accept it,” he maintained. of the main reasons for modern science and tech- tising Indian medicine – thing amounts to Central president-elect of Indian Doctors state there is no CCIM passing the rule nology. Most doctors of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Council for Indian Medical Association (IMA) data with modern medicine allowing Indian medicine modern science say they Unani, Siddha, and Medicine (CCIM) interfer- from Telangana, says, on how many crosspathy qualified doctors to practise are not able to understand Homeopathy) – could study ing with modern science, “There are court judgemen- clinics are flourishing. On modern medicine, a doctor why the government is play- surgery medicine. These which is utterly against ts, which state that ‘crosspa- and off complaints are avers. Rule should be clear ing with medical education, changes over time and the ethics, says the doctor. thy’ cannot be practiced. being received about Ayush in black and white. Mixing which is an evidence-based recent one have allowed “A handful of Indian doc- Despite the court orders, doctors botching up treat- of systems will lead to practice. EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 6

10 DECEMBER 2020 Democracy and reforms: How much is too much? Subhani s there a connection between democracy and Niti Aayog? Or, not to put too fine a point on it, between India’s democracy and the government’s think tank on economic affairs that was created as the National Institute for Transforming IIndia (Niti) by dismantling the Planning Commission, which had planned to achieve balanced development of the various regions to remove poverty. Probably not, if putative observations of the Niti Ayog CEO, Amitabh Kant, made recently, are to be taken at face value. The transformation of India in the conception of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the chairman of the think tank he created in January 2015 through a mere cabinet decision and not the constitutional route, is to be achieved, fundamentally through de-regulation in all fields of economic activity. This means taking away any role for the government through “hard reforms” that Mr Kant spoke of while addressing an event virtually on Tuesday. The country’s major news platforms quoted the Niti Aayog operational chief as saying that “tough reforms” were very difficult in the Indian context because there was “too much democracy” in the country. He also noted that the Modi government had shown the The agri-laws were “political will” to drive hard reforms. He reeled off rammed through examples such as mining, agriculture and labour. LETTERS Parliament virtually The political meaning of this is obvious — that without discussion the rules, regulations and the culture of debate, dis- Boris’ fumbling holds NEW FARM LAWS — in an example of sent and protest in a democracy will not yield “tough reforms” needed to deliver economic pros- A solution to the farmers’ the ‘political will’ perity. This is a discredited notion and Mr Kant agitation seems unlikely in shown by the regime evidently ran for cover when the implication of his the near future with both remarks was revealed to him. He flatly denied say- the government and farming the words attributed to him though it is highly unlikely that all reputed media lessons for the world outlets would misquote him. The videos of his only underscore that his clarifica- ers are sticking to their tion and denials are to be regarded with a stiff dose of skepticism. Afghanistan. That proba- dency on Washington. guns. It is the responsibili- Mr Kant went to the extent of saying that India can compete with China only bly explains the sudden Instead of taking back ty of the government to through “hard reforms” and not through holding seminars. Seminars imply dis- £16 billion increase in control of his country’s cussion and debate. This China reference would also suggest that in the Niti Aayog Sunanda K. Britain’s defence budget destiny — the publicly ensure the agitation does CEO’s scheme, debates are not the way to push “tough reforms”, implying a fail- Datta-Ray over the next four years, reiterated reason for leav- not escalate and become ure of the well-known basis of democracy. Presumably, then, hard reforms can despite the pandemic’s ing the EU in the first unwieldy and anti-social only be achieved through bulldozing, the way it is done in China, a totalitarian calamitous damage to the place — Mr Johnson elements step in to take state where a single leader is all knowing and all-powerful. Reflections economy. Such gestures might end up by moving Examples of so-called “hard reform” (even when they undervalue public welfare appease the Americans, closer to the old joke of advantage of the situation. by privileging the market principle on an exclusive basis), pushed through the as do accusations of the Britain as the 51st state of The Centre could stop methods of democracy, have evidently eluded Mr Modi’s most powerful economic n important tracted divorce negotia- Kremlin trying to pene- the United States of bureaucrat. He could have recalled, for instance, that former Britain PM Margaret lesson for the tions with the European trate Britain’s secret sci- America. being adamant and Thatcher battled and debated in Parliament and the media to get her way in scut- pandemic- Union which suggest that entific research pro- Obviously, the pandem- address the apprehensions tling welfare measures of an earlier era to set her country on a new path. stricken world the Prime Minister, Boris grammes and promises to ic aggravates the impact of farmers. In fact, to make economic reforms non-sliding, acceptance by the widest sections to remember Johnson, did not think reveal Russia’s alleged of all other crises. Covid- S. Nageswara Rao of the people is a necessity, not a luxury, and the political principle of democracy asA challenge after chal- things through when he covert interference in 19 might also have caused provides for the most thorough means to install a new idea or practice. The present lenge casts its shadow on played up to domestic sep- British politics. less suffering and spread Hyderabad regime has failed to do just that, the most recent egregious example being the con- Prime Minister Boris aratists with his aggres- Initially, Mr Johnson less terror if a sane tentious agri-laws against which a storm is brewing. These were rammed through Johnson’s beleaguered sive Brexit agenda. With rejected pressure, approach had been fol- Many are at a loss to understand Parliament virtually without discussion — in an example of the “political will” government in London is time running out for the American as well as from lowed from the begin- why farmers are agitating when shown by the regime. that no opinion — not December 31 deadline, the rightists among his ning. Dr Hans Kluge, who the government strongly feels the even that of a suspected this week’s last throw of own Conservatives, to heads the World Health new farm laws are beneficial. adversary — should be the dice (as it’s called) in ban the Chinese technolo- Organisation’s European Government should make public dismissed or derided at a the negotiations may be gy company, Huawei, operations, says that lock- the benefits to farmers. Otherwise, The rise of Everest time of grave internation- heading for a breakdown from any role in building downs are unnecessary if Opposition parties will take undue al danger. rather than a break- the UK’s 5G infrastruc- 95 per cent of the popula- advantage of the situation. easured in 2005 by a Beijing survey to be 8,844 m, Mt Chomolungma (mean- More of that later. through. If so, it would be ture. He has since done a tion wears masks. This G. Vijay Kumar ing mother goddess) was a harder climb from the Chinese side, but also Immediate attention catastrophic for both par- volte face and now cites should have been far Hyderabad Mshorter by a good four metres. It prompted mountaineers to rush over to focuses on another aspect ties who cannot escape “sound technical rea- more widely and forceful- Nepal to summit Sagarmatha (literally, top of the world) whose height was gener- of the coronavirus crisis their interdependence. sons” for giving Huawei ly propagated when the ally acknowledged to be 8,848 metres. It cost the Communist country no small which inspired Britain’s While British waters are marching orders. But pandemic was exploding MOVIE THEATRES amount of Everest tourism. Agra-born business min- much richer in fish than although Huawei is said across the world. Sadly, The CM’s think tank should pro- Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal which left 9,000 dead, including some ister, Alok Sharma, to the seas surrounding to threaten British securi- many European and vide a proper solution to avert any climbers, the country’s survey department experts, fearing that the mountain had exult grandiloquently: Europe, British trawlers ty and is excluded from American leaders dis- rise in Covid-19 cases. We have become shorter, called for a fresh taking of measurement. So far, Nepal had been “In years to come, we will make their money selling the 5G network, Mr missed masks then as experienced the trauma of losing following the findings of the 1954 Survey of India, which had put out the second fig- remember this moment to the European nations. Johnson cannot be seri- politically unacceptable. many artistes, celebrities, leaders, ure. An American survey in 1999, however, had calculated Everest to be higher, at as the day the United As Mr Johnson contin- ously concerned since the As Britain and the EU doctors and other leaders to 8,850 metres. It added grist to speculations as to whether the young-fold mountain Kingdom led humanity’s ues to pander to the insu- eviction will become nations were going into Coronavirus. This is the worst sit- was still growing. charge against this dis- lar lobby by accusing the effective only over seven lockdown, Dr George Fu uation in medical history. With The speculators were correct. The two newest satellite aided surveys — Nepal’s ease.” He meant — as EU of riding roughshod years. Gao, director-general of people habituated to watching in 2019 and the one completed by China earlier this year — finally agree —the every British spokesman over British sovereignty, Neither this anomaly the Chinese Centre for movies and shopping on the net we height of Everest is 8,848.86 metres — the mountain having grown by three feet or repeats ad nauseam — Rachel Reeves, a senior nor the ban itself seems to Disease Control and do not need movies in theatres for 86 centimetres. It is 164 years after Radhanath Sikdar used trigonometry and that the UK is the first member of the Labour have attracted much pub- Prevention, China’s main the time being. So-called mega machines called theodolites to first calculate it on behalf of Sir George Everest to country to agree to use Party’s shadow cabinet, lic attention in Britain. public health body, cor- stars who slept all this while in be 8,839 metres, making it the highest peak of the world. the Pfizer/BioNTech vac- has warned that he The reason may be that roborated Dr Kluge’s their lavish bungalows now wake It wasn’t easy measuring the earth’s tallest mountain this time either. Surveyors cine against Covid-19. “needs to deliver the deal people are genuinely hor- view. Asked about the up and come outside like caterpil- had to climb the mountain with a GPS receiver. A Nepali surveyor who stayed at Not everyone is equally he promised the British rified by China’s oppres- mistakes being made by lars from chrysalis to do their busi- the summit for two hours lost a toe to frostbite. boastful. While the people”. He can’t ignore sion of the Uighurs, its other countries trying to ness. Bureaucrats must advise the Now comes the key question — can this increase be attributed to rock, or is it German ambassador her for Brexit has tightening grip on Hong control coronavirus, he CM to close movie theatres and merely icecap, as China once claimed? Yes and no, says Sridevi Jade, plate tecton- reminded listeners that exposed his reliance on Kong, the military replied that “the big mis- save lives. ics expert. The Himalayas stand on the boundary between the Indian and Eurasian the vaccine represents Labour votes in the assertiveness in the take in the US and Garlapaty Sitharamaiah plates. Jade calculates that the Indian plate is slipping under the Eurasian plate by collective European House of Commons. South China Sea and Europe, in my opinion, is Hyderabad about five centimetres a year. After accounting for erosion on the top, Everest is enterprise, the tiny oil- Neither can he ignore the muscle-flexing in Ladakh. that people aren’t wear- gaining about one centimetre every 10 years. So while the quake may have taken rich island kingdom of new Cold War against But the Brexit controver- ing masks”. off centimetres, replicating Hillary and Norgay’s feat just got harder. Bahrain quickly muscled China and Russia that US sy makes Britain vulnera- That opinion should High Court upholds into the limelight to share President Donald Trump ble, and succumbing to have been taken seriously Mulki rules Britain’s glory with its had launched with vehe- American pressure at even though China had DECCAN CHRONICLE own agreement with ment diatribes against this juncture may com- already been cast as the From our legal staff reporter pound London’s depen- adversary. According to KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR Pfizer/BioNTech. the so-called “Wuhan HYDERABAD, Dec. 9. 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s a parent, I dread Delhi win- November 28, 2020, there have been from low birth weight and premature pollution is a special concern because Children are more at risk from the ters, not just because of the 1,35,906 deaths due to the coronavirus birth — direct outcomes of mothers’ their immune system is not fully effects of pollution since they have cold, but because of the terri- in India. Globally, there have been 1.45 exposure to air pollution during preg- developed when exposure begins. faster breathing rates, and their lungs Able pollution in the air. We million deaths. Now, compare this to nancy. More than half of the infant Just like the arms and legs, the are still developing. live in the city with the worst air qual- the deaths caused due to pollution. In deaths were due to PM2.5 in outdoor largest portion of a child’s lungs will Children exposed to high pollution ity in the world. Air quality index is 2019, exposures to outdoor high aver- air and the rest were linked to house- grow long after he or she is born. are more likely to have reduced lung generally Moderate (101-200) between age levels of PM 2.5 caused 9,80,000 hold air pollution due to use of solid Eighty percent of alveoli develop after function as adults. Leher Sethi January and September, and then it deaths in India — nearly 60 per cent of fuels such as charcoal, wood and ani- birth. Children have more respiratory Long term exposure to air pollution drastically deteriorates to Very Poor all air pollution — attributable deaths. mal dung for cooking, as per the study infections than adults, which also may cause asthma and other health (301-400), Severe (401-500) or Globally, there were 4.14 million such that claims to be the first-ever compre- seems to increase their susceptibility risks, including cancer, in children. Hazardous (500+) between October deaths in 2019. Even if we were to dou- hensive analysis of air pollution's glob- to air pollution. Air pollution is one of the leading and December. ble the coronavirus-related deaths, al impact on newborns. There is a Furthermore, children don’t behave threats to child health, accounting for It amazes me how year after year, as they would still amount to just about growing body of evidence about the like adults, and their behaviour also almost one in 10 deaths in children the winter approaches, there is a huge 27 per cent of the deaths caused due to link between infant death and air pol- affects their vulnerability. They are under five years of age. outcry over pollution in the city and air pollution in India. Then, why is lution and several Indian and interna- outside for longer periods and are usu- Pregnant women exposed to air then it dies down its own natural this pandemic being ignored? tional studies have tried to explain it. ally more active when outdoors. pollution can hinder the development Is pollution death as the summer returns. There is What will it take for the authorities In 2019, India’s population-weighted Consequently, they inhale more pol- of the brain and lead to cognitive prob- no urgency to tackle this pandemic! and the government to wake up to its annual average concentration of PM luted outdoor air. They are also closer lems later in the children. Although some of us are still getting reality? Is it that the awareness of this 2.5 was recorded at 83.2 micrograms to the earth, where the pollutants are As per the World Health used to wearing masks, to many of us epidemic is only with the educated per cubic metre — seven times higher higher. Organisation, in Delhi, poor air quali- a greater with little children, this is nothing and urbane few, that it will only than the WHO’s safe standards of 10 As per a study titled “State of Global ty irreversibly damages the lungs of new because our kids have been wear- become important once the vote bank μg/m3 - and remained highest in the Air 2019”, the average life of a South 2.2 million or 50 per cent of all chil- ing masks for the past couple of win- of the poor make it an issue? world. (The “population-weighted Asian child growing up in the current dren. My child and your child could be pandemic ters. In my son's Montessori pre- As per the State of Global Air 2020 annual average concentration” is the high levels of air pollution will be part of that number! There is no way of school, it was made compulsory for report (SoGA 2020) released on average level of air pollution to which shortened by two-and-a-half years. sugarcoating this; as a parent, I am the little babies to wear masks to October 21, a report published by the a country's population is exposed.) This means that a child born today afraid for my child. school. Back then, it felt like I was US-based think-tank, Health Effects As per the American Lung will die 2.5 years sooner, on average. If this is not a national emergency, than Covid? entering a science fiction film set Institute, there were at least 1,16,000 Association, children face special That is a really scary prospect, and then what is? Our children are the every time I would go to school. Little infant deaths due to air pollution risks from air pollution because their one that makes me want to leave this future, and the future is at stake here! did I know that it would become the recorded in India last year. lungs are growing and because they city, and country, along with my child. new normal soon! For the youngest infants, most are so active and breathe in a great Doing a little bit of research on my Leher Sethi is an entrepreneur and As per the current data, as on deaths were related to complications deal of air. Children's exposure to air own, here’s what I found: social activist NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 7

SHORT TAKES Rajasthan PR poll results TAMIL TELEVISION ACTRESS CHITRA mandate on farm bills: BJP COMMITS SUICIDE DC CORRESPONDENT ● THE BJP won 353 of ning most seats in the Chennai, Dec. 9: Popular NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 636 zila parishads, 21 zila local polls in Rajasthan. Tamil television actress panchayatas and 1,990 of “This is a huge victory... Chitra was found dead at a Hailing the Rajasthan 4,371 panchayat samitis, This is farmers’ mandate hotel room here early on local body polls results as for farm reforms,” said Wednesday and she is suspect- “phenomenal,” the BJP on primarily in rural areas. the Union minister. ed to have died by suicide, Thursday claimed that the When asked about police said. results are farmers’ man- said the saffron party’s Congress leader Rahul The 29-year old actress, well date for Modi govern- win in Rajasthan symbol- Gandhi’s dig at the Union known among television audi- ment’s farm reforms and ises the trust the poor, government alleging that ence in Tamil Nadu was seen also people’s support for farmers and labourers “reform equals theft” for hanging from a fan at the hotel the party across the coun- have in Modi’s leadership, it, Javadekar took a jibe room — using her saree like a try. while senior party leader saying he does not want to rope — in suburban In Congress ruled and Union minister respond to a “non-per- Nazarethpet when they Rajasthan, the BJP won Prakash Javadekar forming politician.” reached the spot, police said. 353 of 636 zila parishads, stressed that people, espe- He said the Central gov- When examined, she was 21 zila panchayatas and cially farmers, have given ernment is holding talks already dead, an official said 1,990 of 4,371 panchayat it a “decisive” victory. with the protesting adding her fiance, who was samitis, primarily in He said all these polls farmer union leaders with with her before her death was rural areas. were held after an open mind and being questioned. The party also cited its Parliament enacted three expressed confidence that After a shoot at a nearby performance in the farm sector reform laws, a resolution will be location, K. Chitra arrived at recently held local bodies which have drawn protest reached. the hotel on the Bengaluru polls in Hyderabad, from a section of farmers, The minister pointed out bypass and had told the man Arunachal Pradesh and especially from Punjab. that these wins have come that she would be back after a Police keep vigil as Karnataka farmers participate in a protest rally in Bengaluru on Wednesday to press for repeal the Bihar Assembly polls Noting that the polls in for the BJP amid the bath and requested him to of the Centres agri-laws. — PTI to assert that the party Rajasthan were held pri- Covid-19 pandemic, eco- wait outside, police said quot- and the Narendra Modi marily in rural areas, nomic troubles caused by ing him. “He says he knocked led central government Javadekar said by opting it and “misinformation” on the door since she did not has support in every for the BJP, voters campaign by the opposi- come out for long. He says, he region of the country. reversed the trend of the tion against the BJP over then informed the hotel per- BJP president J.P. Nadda state’s ruling party win- the farm reforms. sonnel and police was informed at 3.30 am. He is Save India’s annadatas, being questioned. A probe is on,” the official said. The 32-year old man was recently engaged to her and he Nadda attacks TMC as was staying with her in the Opposition urges Prez hotel room. Chitra became more popular among lovers of soap opera after she donned Anti-democratic farm laws threaten food security, says Oppn he begins poll campaign the role of ‘Mullai,’ in the ongoing television serial DC CORRESPONDENT RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC ‘Pandian Stores.’ NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 BUSY FIGHTING KOLKATA, DEC. 9 The body has been sent to Kejriwal still under Kilpauk Government Medical Opposition parties, led by BJP president J.P. Nadda College Hospital for autopsy. the Congress and NCP, FOR OUR RIGHTS, on Wednesday attacked met President Ram Nath the ruling Trinamul Kovind on Wednesday and house arrest: AAP SAY FARMERS Congress in West Bengal THREE AL-BADR sought repeal of the three as a family-run party after farm laws against which New Delhi, Dec. 9: The The Delhi Police had New Delhi, Dec. 9: embarking on a two-day MILITANTS KILLED thousands of farmers AAP on Wednesday rejected AAP’s charge Caught between the visit to the state to set have been protesting on alleged that Delhi Chief against it as “totally base- Covid-19 pandemic and “dynasty politics” on the IN ENCOUNTER various borders of the Minister Arvind less”. Addressing a press the agitation for their agenda in next year’s national capital. Kejriwal’s movement is conference on Wednesday, rights, farmers protesting Assembly elections. YUSUF JAMEEL | DC The five-member delega- still “restricted” and the AAP spokesperson against the Centre’s new He also led a rally of Aar BJP national president J.P. Nadda flashes the victory SRINAGAR, DEC. 9 tion included former main gate of his residence Raghav Chadha said there farm laws said the fear of Noy Onnyay (no more sign as the party begins campaigning for West Bengal Congress president Rahul remains closed by the is an atmosphere of contracting the disease is injustice) campaign, a Assembly elections. — PTI A gunfight that broke out in a Gandhi, NCP chief Delhi Police, which denied “undeclared emergency” “not enough” to detract door-to-door outreach ini- remote village of Jammu and Sharad Pawar, CPI(M) the charge. around the Chief them from their fight. tiative of the BJP, on Kashmir’s southern Pulwama general secretary Sitaram The Aam Aadmi Party Minister’s residence. Thousands of farmers Girish Mukherjee Road in district overnight ended Yechury, CPI’s D. Raja and (AAP), which had on “I am telling you with camping at the Tikri bor- Bhowanipore, the home Didi says refugees around noon on Wednesday DMK leader T.K.S. Tuesday alleged that the full responsibility that the ders are largely seen turf and Assembly con- after the security forced Elangovan. Delhi Police put Kejriwal movement of Chief without the basic preven- stituency of Chief gunned down all the three mil- The Opposition’s memo- under house arrest after Minister Arvind Kejriwal tive measure against Minister Mamata itants who had been holed up randum to the President he met farmers protesting is still restricted at the Covid-19 — protective Banerjee, to make the saf- will not need CAA in a private house. The house said, “We urge upon you, against the Centre’s agri- behest of the (Union) masks. fron party’s presence felt owner was injured in the as the custodian of the culture reform laws at the home minister. The main “The government has there. RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC North 24 Parganas, clash, the officials said. Indian Constitution, to pe- city’s Singhu border, gate of the Chief already tied a noose On Thursday, the BJP KOLKATA, DEC. 9 “There are lot of refugees The Army and J&K police rsuade your government again claimed that it was Minister’s residence is around our necks with chief is likely to visit who live here after com- said that the slain men — all not to be obdurate and being done at the behest of still closed,” Chadha these laws… we cannot Diamond Harbour, the Desperate to get back the ing from Bangladesh. It is locals — belonged to Al-Badr, a accept the demands raised Union minister Amit alleged. afford to be afraid of base and Lok Sabha con- votebank of the Matuas, a your home like ours. pro-Pakistan militant outfit. by India’s annadatas.” Shah. — PTI Coronavirus,” Gagandeep stituency of the CM’s community of Hindu There is no need to get a Inspector General of Police “The new agri-laws, Singh, a farmer from nephew, Abhishek migrants in West Bengal, fresh certificate because (Kashmir range), Vijay passed in Parliament in an Bhatinda in Punjab, said. Banerjee, in South 24 from the BJP, Chief all of you are citizens. You Kumar, said that the civilian anti-democratic manner He has been protesting Parganas. Minister Mamata are being cheated in the who was caught in crossfire preventing a structured at the Delhi-Haryana bor- Inaugurating the state Banerjee on Wednesday name of the CAA. If it was immediately shifted to a discussion and voting, Elders determined der for the last 10 days. BJP election office in asserted that the refugees gets underway, your nearby hospital for treatment threaten India’s food secu- Demonstrating for 12 Hastings and nine district would not need the grandparents’ age proof and is said to be stable. Kumar rity, destroy Indian agri- straight days, the farmers party offices, Nadda, in an Citizenship Amendment will be sought. Can you said that the operation to flush culture and our farmers, have been demanding that oblique reference to Act (CAA) to stay as legal arrange it now?” out militants from Pulwama’s lay the basis for the abol- to keep up the fight the three laws be revoked. Banerjee’s residence at citizens here. She informed that all the Tiken village had been lau- ishment of the Minimum Sporting a long white Harish Chatterjee Street Accusing the BJP of 94 refugee colonies, under nched jointly by J&K police’s Support Price (MSP) and New Delhi, Dec. 9: “As far as I can remem- beard, Gurvasan Singh in Kalighat, which is also cheating the refugees in the state government, we- counterinsurgency Special mortgage Indian agricul- “Come home only after we ber, all generations in my said he was not afraid of the heart of the TMC, the name of the CAA in re legalised already to giv- Operations Group, the Army’s ture and our markets to win this fight”. His son’s family have depended on the disease that has said, “Karyalay is the cen- the poll-bound state, the e its residents citizenship 55 Rashtriya Rifles and Cen- the caprices of multina- words to him as as he left agriculture for their liveli- already killed over tre of culture and tradi- Trinamul Congress supre- “in exchange of nothing.” tral Reserve Police Force’s 182 tional agri-business cor- his village in Punjab for hood. My sons, too, are 1.4 lakh people in the tion. Interestingly, BJP is mo once again ruled out of “There were 250 more and 183 battalions. porates and domestic cor- Delhi ring in Gurdev farmers. I came to fight country. run from the Karyalay. allowing the National such colonies which exist- The police claimed that the porates,” it said. Singh’s ears and give the for the honour of our fore- “We are losing our But for other parties, Register of Citizens ed privately on central militants holed up in the area “We met the President 71-year-old the strength to fathers and the rights of rights. We do not have home is their Karyalay (NRC) and National government premises. We were given opportunity to sur- and informed him of our carry on with the protest my children,” Gurdev time to worry about from where they are run.” Population Register have legalised them also render. “However, they fired view regarding the three against the new farm laws Singh said, pumping his Coronavirus,” he said. He said, “To other par- (NPR) also here. to give citizenship to its indiscriminately upon the farm laws. We have asked — so what if he is still fists in the air. According to Sachin ties, party means one par- Her announcement residents. Remember, the joint search party which was for their repeal. We infor- recovering from a knee He had both his knees Kumar from Delhi’s ticular parivar (family) came in wake of the BJP state government, not the retaliated leading to an med the President that it replacement surgery. replaced just four months Uttam Nagar, the govern- and is restricted only national general secre- central government, holds encounter. Zamir Sadiq Lone is critical that they are ta- The doughty sardar from ago and can’t walk with- ment’s refusal to hear the within the parivar, which tary Kailash the main power. Work of in whose house the terrorists ken back,” Gandhi told the Nurpur village in out support but isn’t com- farmers’ demands proved is spread like a net from Vijayvargiya’s announce- the two governments is were hiding also received gun- media after the meeting. Punjab’s Jalandhar dis- plaining. “This trouble is that it was creating the top to bottom. And the ment that the CAA imple- different. The state gov- shot injuries.” He said the way the farm trict is just one of the sev- nothing compared to the fear of the virus to shut- TMC is no exception to it. mentation for the ernment decides who will laws were passed in Par- eral elderly people camp- issue we are protesting down the protest. It has also become a party migrants would get live in the state. So there liament, “we feel it was an ing at the Singur border about. Kumar, whose family of parivar. But the BJP is underway from either is no point in lying in the DRDO LABS ‘TALK’ insult to farmers and that for the last 13 days, deter- My elder son told me, has land in Uttar Pradesh a party which itself is a January or February. name of CAA. We will not is why they are protesting mined to keep up the fight ‘Come home only after we mocked, “It seems that the parivar. We are part of a Banerjee told a TMC allow the NRC and NPR to IN SUCCESSFUL in the cold weather again- for a repeal of the Centre’s win this fight’, and that is virus will infect us exclu- big parivar. This is evi- rally at the domain of the happen,” Banerjee st them”. He claimed that three new farm laws. what I plan to do,” the sively. What is shown on dent for us because Matuas in Bongaon of claimed. QUANTUM DEMO using the new laws, the It is getting colder by the farmer said as two men camera and the reality on Karyalay is not run from government wants to day and they are hundreds help him climb down from ground is different.” any leader’s home.” New Delhi, Dec. 9: The hand over the farming sec- of miles from home but a trolley. Meanwhile, traffic was Contrasting the front of Scottish Church your opponents. This is Defence Research and tor to the “friends of the the band of old men, Gurdev Singh’s two disrupted at border points Trinamul Congress supre- College — Cultivate the very much relevant to Development Organisation Prime Minister,” but the among the many thou- friends from Nurpur, with farmers agitating on mo with Asahishnuta, habit of discipline and tol- Bengal even today. If we (DRDO) on Wednesday suc- farmers are fearless and sands of protesting farm- Sajjan Singh and Pritam the Singhu, Tikri and Nadda argued: “On eration. Surrender not to look at Mamataji, intoler- cessfully demonstrated com- will not back off, and will ers, mostly from Punjab Singh, both in their late Ghazipur borders of December 7, 1935, Jan the convictions you hold ance thy name is Mamata. munication between its two continue with their peace- and Haryana, are not giv- 60s, echo his bravura spir- Delhi. Sangh founder Syama dear but learn to appreci- Intolerance is growing so labs using Quantum Key ful agitation. ing up any time soon. it. — PTI — PTI Prasad Mookerjee said in ate the points of view of fast here!” Distribution (QKD) technology, which is a “robust” way to share encryption keys, said an official statement. BACK | HOME Tigress was translocated to Satkosia reserve in 2018 RUSSIA UNHAPPY In the QKD technology, encryption keys are sent as Mehbooba Mufti qubits in a fibre optic cable. WITH CLOSE Quantum computing uses qubits as basic resources, similar ‘Sundari’ to relocate to MP INDO-US TIES to how bits are used as basic detained again resources in classical comput- RABINDRA NATH counterpart Naveen reserve has found that the country. From page 1 ing. The QKD is designed in a YUSUF JAMEEL | DC “Illegally detained today CHOUDHURY | DC Patnaik, Chouhan said wild animal was not fit to However, Mahavir was way that if an illegitimate SRINAGAR, DEC. 9 for the third time in less BHOPAL, DEC. 9 MP would take back live in the wild since she allegedly killed by locals a “The West is attempting entity tries to read the trans- than a fortnight. Too mu- Sundari. He, however, has become habituated to few months after his to undermine our close mission, it will disturb the Former chief minister ch democracy indeed.” S- Madhya Pradesh Chief indicated that it would human presence due to translocation. partnership and privi- qubits — which are encoded and People’s Democratic he also said, “If my move- Minister Shivraj Singh on take some time for reloca- her prolonged captivity in Later, Sundari killed 2 leged relations with on photons — and this will Party (PDP) leader ments are curbed due to Wednesday gave his nod tion of Sundari in Kanha the enclosure. humans in the tiger India. This is the goal of generate transmission errors, Mehbooba Mufti on ‘security concerns’ then for relocation of tigress tiger reserve. “It is learnt from media reserve, forcing the the US’ very tough leading to legitimate end users Wednesday said that she why are BJP ministers ‘Sundari’, translocated to “It has been decided to reports that rehabilitation Odisha forest department pressure on New Delhi,” being immediately informed. has again been placed allowed to campaign free- Satkosia tiger reserve in relocate Sundari in the of Sundari in the enclo- to shift her to a small Russian foreign “Secure communications are under house arrest, the ly in Kashmir while I’ve Odisha in a re-introduc- Ghorela re-wilding centre sure in Satkosia tiger enclosure in the reserve minister Sergey Lavrov vital for defence and strategic third time in less than a been asked to wait until tion programme in 2018, in Kanha tiger reserve to reserve was not done as forest. said. agencies world over and distri- fortnight. Taking a jibe at the culmination of DDC in Kanha National Park in make her fit to be released per provisions of wildlife Later, National Tiger Observers point out bution of encryption keys Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh elections?” On Tuesday, M P. in the wild. But, an Act, leading her to lose her Conservation Authority that the remarks high- from time to time is an impor- Kant, she said “too much she was barred from visit- Chouhan’s decision to orphan cub is currently natural wild nature”, the (NTCA) and Odisha gov- light Russia’s unease tant requirement in this con- democracy indeed.” ing the families, mainly restore Sundari to her being trained in the centre letter said. ernment requested the MP with India’s growing text... Quantum based commu- Kant had on Tuesday nomad Gujjars, evicted fr- original home in Kanha to restore its wild charac- A male tiger, Mahavir, government to take back proximity and strong nication offers a robust solu- said, “Tough reforms are om their dwellings in the tiger reserve has ended ter. Sundari could be relo- and a female big cat Sundari. strategic ties with the tion to sharing the keys very difficult in the Indi- government’s ongoing an- after almost an yearlong cated to the centre only Sundari, were translocat- A wildlife activist moved United States, with securely,” said an official state- an context. We are too ti-encroachment drive in impasse over relocation of after the tiger cub was ed within a gap of a couple Madhya Pradesh high whom Russia has had a ment. Defence Minister much of a democracy. For J&K’s central district of the wild animal with MP released in the wild”, the of months to Satkosia court seeking a directive sharply deteriorating Rajnath Singh congratulated the first time, the govern- Budgam. She uploaded a forest department hither- letter written in Hindi tiger reserve in 2018 from to the MP government to relationship. the DRDO for successful ment has had the courage video on Twitter in which to unwilling to take back said. Madhya Pradesh in a rein- take back Sundari. It also highlights demonstration of QKD-based and determination to she stands by the locked her contending that she Chouhan said an expert troduction programme. The court last month India’s challenge in con- communication between its carry out hard-headed entrance of her residence was not fit to be released team from MP which visit- This was the first experi- ordered the MP govern- tinuing to maintain two labs in Hyderabad, said reforms across sectors.” here and takes a jab at the in the wild. ed Sundari in her enclo- mental interstate translo- ment to relocate Sundari excellent ties with both the statement. The PDP chief tweeted, J&K administration. In a letter to his Odisha sure in Satkosia tiger cation of tigers in the in Kanha. Russia and the US. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 8

SHORT TAKES I-T RAIDS Employment plan CHETTINAD GROUP; `7CR RECOVERED gets Cabinet nod New Delhi, Dec. 9: The Income-Tax Department on Wednesday conducted raids at `23K-cr scheme aims to create jobs to benefit 58.5 L multiple locations of Chennai- based Chettinad group in con- DC CORRESPONDENT nection with a tax evasion NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 probe, officials said. The department on its offi- The Union Cabinet on cial Twitter handle said the Wednesday approved an action was being undertaken employment generation against a “prominent business scheme Atmanirbhar Bharat group of Chennai having var- Rozgar Yojana at an expendi- ied business activities.” ture of `1,584 crores for the “About 60 premises are being current financial year and covered in Tamil Nadu, `22,810 crores for the entire Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh scheme period i.e. 2020-2023. and Maharashtra,” an official The Atmanirbhar Bharat Union ministers Santosh Gangwar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said as he identified it as the Rozgar Yojana scheme, and Prakash Javadekar during a press conference in New Chettinad group. which aims to create more Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI They said over `7 crore formal jobs, to benefit “unaccounted”cash has been around 58.5 lakh employees, department has no data on employee strength is more recovered from “a key per- said Union minister Santosh the number of people who than 1,000 workers, the reim- son”till now and the raids Kumar Gangwar while brief- have lost jobs since Corona bursement will be restricted were still on. ing media after Cabinet virus-induced lockdown was to 12 per cent of the employ- The about 100-year-old meeting. The registration for imposed on March 24 this ees’ contribution, he said. Chettinad group has interests the scheme will be effective year. Under the programme, Union finance minister in several businesses like con- from October 1, 2020, to June the Centre will reimburse 24 Nirmala Sitharaman had on struction, cement, power and 30, 2021, the labour minister per cent, 12 per cent each for November 12 announced others. said, adding that the min- employees and employers, `2.65 lakh crore worth eco- istry will soon notify rules for two years for all new for- nomic stimulus package, ter- for the scheme. mal jobs created in enter- med as Atmanirbhar Bharat CJI’S MOTHER Though the government prises having up to 1000 3.0, comprising 12 big meas- claims that there are around employees between October ures to revive the economy DUPED OF `2.5CR, 10 crore labourers formally 1 and till June 30 next year, marred by Covid. These mea- registered with it, even as Gangwar said at the cabinet sures included the Atman- ACCUSED HELD there are more than 40 crore briefing. irbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana labourers in the country, his In an organisation where to generate employment. Nagpur, Dec. 9: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde’s mother was allegedly duped to the tune of `2.5 crore ANTI-COW by the caretaker of a family property here, the police said Cabinet approves on Wednesday. SLAUGHTER BILL The accused, Tapas Ghosh (49), was arrested on Tuesday PASSED IN K’TAKA night. A Special Investigation setting up of public Team (SIT) is looking into the Bengaluru, Dec. 9: Amid matter under the supervision bedlam, the controversial of DCP Vinita Sahu, said anti-cow slaughter bill was Nagpur commissioner of Wi-Fi networks passed in the Karnataka police (CP) Amitesh Kumar. Assembly on Wednesday, Mukta Bobde, CJI Bobde’s DC CORRESPONDENT ● THE PROGRAMME will be with the Congress members mother, is the owner of Seadon with agency inputs called PM-WANI and, under staging a walkout in Lawn near Akashwani Square NEW DELHI, DEC. 9 protest. which is rented out for mar- it, public data offices will The bill known as the riages and other functions, he The Union cabinet on establish and maintain Wi-Fi Karnataka Prevention of said. The Bobde family had Wednesday approved a pro- access points and deliver Slaughter and Preservation appointed Ghosh as caretaker posal to launch a Wi-fi broadband service to sub- of Cattle Bill-2020 seeks a of the property in 2007. access network in the coun- scribers. total ban on the slaughter of He was paid salary and also a try, wherein public data cen- cows in the state and strin- commission on bookings. tres would be opened to The proliferation of gent punishment to those Taking advantage of Mukta facilitate the process. No Broadband Services through who indulge in smuggling, Bobde’s advanced age and frail licence fee would be levied, public Wi-Fi is a step illegal transportation, health, Ghosh and his wife while registration would be towards digital India, atrocities on cows and allegedly kept her in the dark needed for the purpose, Prasad said, adding that this slaughtering them, BJP about transactions, and did which will be done within will have consequential ben- sources said. not deposit the entire rent seven days. efits thereon. “Yes, the bill has been amount which they collected, Announcing the decision, No License Fee for provid- passed in the Assembly,” the CP said. Union IT minister Ravi ing broadband internet serv- state law and parliamentary They also allegedly forged Shankar Prasad told media- ices using public Wi-Fi affairs minister J.C. receipts. The fraud came to persons that the proposal is hotspots will massively Madhuswamy said. Besides light when several bookings aimed at the growth of pub- encourage its proliferation cows and calves, the bill were canceled during lock- lic Wi-fi networks in the and penetration across also intends to protect buf- down for Coronavirus but the country, especially in the the length and breadth of faloes and their calves less customers could not get refund interiors of the country so the country, he further than 12 years of age. of the booking amount from that even people at the grass- added. There is a provision to set Ghosh, he said. roots level can have internet “No licence, no registra- up special courts for the After Mukta Bobde lodged a access. tion, and no fee would be speedy trial of the accused complaint of cheating in The programme will be applicable for the PDOs, people. August, an SIT consisting of called PM-WANI and, under which could be small shops It also makes provision for Economic Offences Wing offi- it, public data offices will or even Common Service setting up Goshala or cattle- cials was formed. All the book- establish and maintain Centres,” he said. sheds for the protection of ings from 2017 onward were Wi-Fi access points and App provider will be livestock. scrutinised which revealed deliver broadband service to responsible for developing Police have been given that Ghosh had duped the subscribers. application to register users powers to conduct check- Bobde family of `2.5 crore, the Further, official sources and discover WANI compli- ing. The law also gives pro- CP said. He had also not paid said that the proliferation of ant Wi-Fi hotspots in the tection to those who protect bills for solar system installa- public Wi-Fi will not only nearby area and display the these livestock. The bill was tion and some fabrication create employment but also same within the app for passed without any discus- work, Kumar added. enhance disposable incomes accessing the internet serv- sion as there was din in the in the hands of small and ice. A Central Registry will House. medium entrepreneurs and maintain the details of app The Congress later staged EX-BENGAL CM boost the GDP of the coun- providers, PDOAs, and a walkout in protest. BUDDHADEB try. PDOs. — PTI VERY CRITICAL Kolkata, Dec. 9: The health condition of former West NCB makes Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who was admitted to a hospital in south Kolkata, deteriorated 1st big arrest to “very critical” on Wednesday evening, officials said. Bhattacharya, 76, was put on mechanical ventilator sup- in SSR’s case port at the critical care unit of the private hospital where he SAURABH JOSHI | DC Keshwani, who was was taken to in the afternoon MUMBAI, DEC. 9 arrested for supplying as his breathing- related prob- Charas / Hashish. lems aggravated, they said. The Narcotics Control The charas seized in “Mr Bhattacharya’s RT-PCR Bureau (NCB) arrest- this case is’ Malana test showed he was Covid neg- ed a known bigtime Cream’ which is the ative and that is positive news. drug peddler from most desirable charas The CT scan of his brain Mumbai and seized a in the world. showed old lacunar infarcts. contraband to the tune The said charas is He is undergoing treatment at of `2.5 crore from him grown only in Malana the CCU,” a senior official of in connection with the Region of Himachal the hospital said. Sushant Singh Rajput Pradesh. The Repeated tests showed an suicide probe. International market accumulation of carbon diox- The NCB officials price of Malana ide and a lower pH level, fol- said that the accused Cream ranges from 40- lowing which doctors decided was the supplier to 50 lakhs per kg. to electively ventilate him one of the arrested “Preliminary probe after proper consent of family peddlers, who later revealed that Jain was members, he said. passed on the drugs to involved in trafficking “His condition is very criti- Rajput’s girlfriend of Hashish in Mumbai cal,” the official added. Rhea Chakraborty’s area. Another accused Bhattacharya’s pulse and brother Showik for Mohammad Azam blood pressure are stable and consumption. Jumman Shaikh was the veteran politician is on IV The seized contra- also apprehended and antibiotics, IV steroids and band is premium qual- 5 kg Charas was recov- other supportive medications, ity cannabis with mar- ered from him along said a statement released by ket name ‘Malana with small quantities the hospital. His oxygen satu- Cream’. of opium and ecstasy ration deteriorated to 70 per The arrested from his house in cent in the morning and he accused was identified Millat Nagar, became unconscious, follow- as Jinendra Jain alias Oshiwara,” said an ing which he was rushed to the Rigel Mahakal alias officer. hospital. Jeet who was arrested The officials said The veteran CPI(M) leader from Andheri’s that the seizure is a was initially put on non- inva- Lokhandwala area part of follow up of sive ventilation (BIPAP) at the from where the NCB Rhea Chakraborty hospital after which his oxy- officials also seized Case and this is the gen saturation improved to 95 the contraband. biggest haul of drugs per cent. The officials said seized in this case. However, his condition dete- that Jain was named Shaikh is the main riorated and he was put on in the statement by supplier of Charas mechanical ventilation. arrested peddler Anuj linked to this case. 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SHORT TAKES CHOPPER CRASH Biden picks retired Army IN FRENCH ALPS KILLS 5, 1 HURT general to lead Pentagon Washington, Dec. 9: US Paris, Dec. 9: Five members of President-elect Joe Biden a mountain rescue team were has announced retired Trump: Hopeful of killed and a sixth was serious- Army general Lloyd J. ly injured when their helicop- Austin as his nomination ter crashed in the French Alps, for Defence Secretary. If authorities said. The helicop- confirmed by the Senate, continuing as Prez ter was carrying the team on a 67-year-old Austin would training mission in the Savoie be the first African- Washington, Dec. 9: have denied any such region on Tuesday evening. American to lead the Days before the official fraud. The helicopter came down at Pentagon. certification of the Election officials have an altitude of 1,800 meters The nominee for the 28th November 3 US presiden- declared Biden as the (5,905 feet), the prefecture of Secretary of Defence tial elections in favour of President-elect as he Savoie said in a statement. The comes with a distin- his Democratic opponent received more than the surviving crew member was guished record of military Joe Biden, President required 270 of the 538 able to give the alert. service spanning four Donald Trump claimed electoral college votes. He has been transported to a decades. “General Austin that he would continue to The elections are official- hospital in the city of Gren- shares my profound belief hold the position as he has ly scheduled to be certi- oble, the prefecture said. that our nation is at its won the elections. fied next week. However, Weather conditions were par- strongest when we lead Trump has been making Trump is continuing his ticularly bad, local authorities not only by the example of unsubstantiated claims legal efforts to upend said. French President Emma- our power, but by the about widespread voter Biden’s victory. He has nuel Macron paid tribute in a power of our example. fraud and electoral mal- allowed the official start tweet overnight to rescuers Throughout his lifetime practice in the presiden- of Biden’s transition to who “to save lives, are taking of dedicated service — tial polls. State election power but has not yet con- all the risks.” and in the many hours officials and the media ceded defeat. — PTI Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony to mark the arrival of a plane of the international we’ve spent together in the courier company DHL, carrying over 1,00,000 of doses of the first batch of Pfizer vaccines which landed at Ben White House Situation GERMAN POLLS Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on Wednesday. — AFP Room and with our troops overseas — General U.S. TOP COURT REJECTS GoP BID TO TO BE HELD ON Austin has demonstrated exemplary leadership, SEPT. 26, 2021 character and command,” HALT BIDEN’S PENNSYLVANIA WIN Biden said while making Washington, Dec. 9 (AP) Governor Tom Wolf Berlin, Dec. 9: Germany’s UK body issues allergy the announcement on The Supreme Court has already has certified next parliamentary election, Tuesday. rejected Republicans’ last- Biden’s victory and the which will determine the “He is uniquely qualified gasp bid to reverse state’s 20 electors are to country's new leader after to take on the challenges Pennsylvania’s certifica- meet on December 14 to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s and crises we face in the tion of President-elect Joe cast their votes for Biden. long rule, will be held on current moment, and I Biden’s victory in the Biden won 306 electoral September 26, 2021. warning for Pfizer jab look forward to once again electoral battleground. votes, so even if Pennsyl- President Frank-Walter working closely with him The court without com- vania’'s results had been Steinmeier's office said as a trusted partner to ment on Tuesday refused in doubt, he still would Wednesday that the head of Caution was given after 2 NHS workers suffered allergic reactions lead our military with dig- to call into question the have more than the 270 state set the date in line with a nity and resolve, revitalise the certification process electoral votes needed to recommendation from the gov- London, Dec. 9: Britain's our alliances in the face of in Pennsylvania. become president. — AP ernment. It will be post-World medicines regulator on global threats, and ensure War II Germany's 20th parlia- Wednesday issued a the safety and security of mentary election Germany warning for people with Biden promises 100 mn the American people,” the architect of the effort to had been considered a holds elections every four “significant” history of Democratic leader said. defeat ISIS in Iraq and leading candidate for agri- years. allergic reactions to medi- An accomplished, respect- Syria, and working closely culture secretary in the The lower house of parlia- cines, food or vaccines to ed and trailblasing figure with Biden to bring nearly Biden administration. ment, or Bundestag, elects the not have the vaccine shots in 100 days in the US military history, 1,50,000 American mili- Her intended nomination chancellor. That may not hap- Pfizer/BioNTech jab, a Austin retired from the tary personnel home from was confirmed on pen until well after the elec- day after the first set of Washington, Dec. 9: US has claimed more than 1.5 Army in 2016 after over 40 Iraq, the transition said. Tuesday by three people tion, because the process of patients were adminis- President-elect Joe Biden million lives. MERKEL BACKS years of service. US President-elect Joe familiar with the decision putting together a governing tered their first of two has said that in the first Announcing his national The first African- Biden has also selected who spoke on condition of coalition can be lengthy. After doses of the vaccine 100 days of his adminis- health team, Biden asked American to serve as Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge anonymity to avoid pre- the 2017 election, it was nearly against Covid-19. tration, he would mandate the Trump administration TOUGHER VIRUS Commander of US Central as his housing and urban empting the president- six months before Merkel was The warning comes everyone to wear a mask, to act now to purchase the Command, Austin is a development secretary, elect’s announcement. sworn in for her fourth term after two National Health ensure 100 million Covid- doses it has negotiated RESTRICTIONS trusted and crisis-tested according to three people She enjoys the strong — a record. Service (NHS) workers 19 vaccinations and reo- with Pfizer and Moderna leader who has overseen familiar with the deci- backing of South Carolina experienced “anaphylac- pen the majority of scho- and to work swiftly to Berlin, Dec. 9: German some of the most complex sion. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the No. toid reaction” symptoms ols as he assured Amer- scale manufacturing for Chancellor Angela Merkel and impactful operations Fudge was first elected 3 House Democrat who ETHIOPIA DENIES shortly after being inject- icans that his “crisis-test- the US population and the advocated tougher restric- in the history of the to Congress in 2008 to rep- gave Biden a key nod of ed, but are now said to be ed” team of experts will world. tions on public life and armed services — includ- resent a district that support in the primaries. PROBES INTO recovering well. NHS deliver better healthcare “This can be fixed. If it pleaded with her compa- ing serving as the chief includes Cleveland, and — PTI England said all its trusts and revive the economy. does, my team will be able triots to cut down on TIGRAY CONFLICT involved with the mass The US is in the midst of to get at least 100 million socializing as the country vaccination programme a deadly pandemic that vaccinations done in my reported its highest sin- Nairobi, Dec. 9: Ethiopia’s have been informed and has infected almost 15 mil- first 100 days. Third, it gle-day death toll of the government is rejecting calls from Wednesday, all lion Americans and killed should be a national prior- Coronavirus pandemic on Pak lawmakers to resign to for independent investiga- patients scheduled to 2,86,000. Globally, there ity to get our kids back Wednesday. tions into the deadly conflict receive the vaccine will are 68.2 million Covid-19 into school and keep them Germany is gradually in its Tigray region, saying it be asked if they have a cases and the pandemic in school,” he said. — PTI moving toward a tighter “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.” history of allergic reac- lockdown, at least for a paralyse govt: PDM chief The declaration comes amid tions. limited period after international calls for more “As is common with new Christmas, as new virus Islamabad, Dec. 9: The transparency into the month- vaccines, the MHRA have cases remain stubbornly political crisis in Paki- PAKISTAN TO BUY RAJ KAPOOR’S long fighting between Ethio- advised on a precaution- Don orders vaccine high — and are even stan has deepened after pian forces and those of the ary basis that people with beginning to creep higher an 11-party Opposition fugitive Tigray regional gov- a significant history of — despite a partial shut- alliance announced that ANCESTRAL HOUSES IN PESHAWAR ernment that is thought to allergic reactions do not down that started on their lawmakers will resi- Peshawar, Dec. 9: Pa- Asghar, following a report have killed thousands, includ- receive this vaccination priority for America November 2. — AP gn en masse by the end of kistan’s Khyber Pakhtu- of the Communication ing civilians. after two people with a this month from parlia- nkhwa government has and Works Department, At least one large-scale mas- history of significant Washington, Dec. 9: US ● THE DEFENCE ment to paralyse the gov- determined the price of fixed the price of Dilip sacre has been documented, allergic reactions President Donald Trump Production Act allows a ernment and force Prime the ancestral houses of Kumar’s four Marla house and others are feared. Senior responded adversely,” has signed an executive U.S. SANCTIONS Minister Imran Khan to legendary Bollywood for `80,56,000 while that of government official Redwan said Professor Stephen order that prioritises president to force pri- call early snap polls. actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor’s six Marla Hussein told reporters on Powis, medical director Americans’ access to vate manufacturers to The decision was taken Raj Kapoor in the heart of house for `1,50,00,000. Tuesday evening that for the NHS in England. Covid-19 vaccines before ramp up production and HINDERING ACCESS after the Pakistan this city at `80,56,000 and Marla, a traditional unit Ethiopia will invite others for An anaphylactoid reac- the US potentially begins give the federal govern- Democratic Movement `1,50,00,000 respectively. of area used in India, assistance only if it feels that tion tends to involve a helping other nations. ment priority on any TO VACCINE: IRAN (PDM), an alliance of 11 The provincial govern- Pakistan and Bangladesh, “it failed to investigate.” skin rash, breathlessness If necessary, Trump orders it places. Opposition parties ment in September decid- is considered as equal to To assume the government and sometimes a drop in said, he is ready to invoke Tehran, Dec. 9: Iran’s formed in September this ed to purchase their 272.25 square feet or can’t carry out such probes blood pressure and both the Defence Production American companies, he President Hassan Rouhani year to overthrow Prime ancestral houses to con- 25.2929 square metres. “is belittling the govern- the NHS workers who Act to ensure that Covid- said, were the first to said on Wednesday that US Minister Khan’s govern- serve the historic build- The archaeology department,” he said. experienced this are said 19 vaccines first get to the produce a verifiably safe sanctions are making it dif- ment, held a marathon ings which are in dilapi- ment has sent a formal Frustration is growing as to have a history of seri- Americans. and effective vaccine. ficult for Iran to purchase meeting in Islamabad. dated condition and fac- request to the provincial the northern Tigray region ous allergies and carry The Defence Production medicine and health sup- PDM chief Maulana ing demolition threat. government for releasing remains largely cut off from adrenaline pens around Act allows a president to that his administration plies from abroad, includ- Fazlur Rehman The two buildings, locat- over `2 crore for purchas- the outside world, with food with them. force private manufactur- provided a total of $14 bil- ing Covid-19 vaccines need- announced on Tuesday ed in the heart of this ing both the historic and medicines desperately “We have been advised ers to ramp up production lion to accelerate Corona- ed to contain the worst out- night that a consensus northern Pakistani city, buildings, where the two needed by the population of 6 by MHRA [Medicines and and give the federal gov- virus vaccine develop- break in the Middle East. was reached on resigning have been declared as greats of the Indian cine- million — some 1 million of Healthcare products ernment priority on any ment and to manufacture President Donald from parliament. national heritage. Deputy ma were born and raised them now thought to be dis- Regulatory Agency] of orders it places. all of the top candidates Trump’s administration “All lawmakers will sub- Commissioner of in their early days before placed. two yellow card reports American companies, he long in advance. has imposed crippling sanc- mit their resignation let- Peshawar Muhammad Ali the Partition. — PTI that may be associated said, were the first to pro- As a result of this tions on Iran’s banking sec- ter to their party chiefs by with allergic reaction due duce a verifiably safe and “unprecedented invest- tor and its vital oil and gas 31st December,” he said, INDIA’S WEAPONS to administration of the effective vaccine. ment”, both Pfizer and industry since unilaterally flanked by PML-N leader believed that en masse gatherings held in Covid-19 BNT162b2 vac- “Together, we will defeat Moderna have announced withdrawing the US from Maryam Nawaz and PPP resignation is the only Gujranwala, Karachi, PURCHASE FROM cine,” Pfizer UK said in a the virus, and we will that their vaccines are Iran’s nuclear deal with chief Bilawal Bhutto way to bring the govern- Quetta, Peshawar and statement. “As a precau- soon end the pandemic, approximately 95 per cent world powers in 2018. While Zardari. ment on its knees and Multan. US AT $3.4 BILLION tionary measure, the and we will save millions effective, he said. the United States insists The exact timing of force it to call early elec- The Opposition parties MHRA has issued tempo- and millions of lives, both Pfizer has developed its that medicines and human- stomping out of assem- tions. succeeded in attracting a Washington, Dec. 9: India’s rary guidance to the NHS in our country and all vaccine outside of ‘Oper- itarian goods are exempt blies would be decided The PPP government in huge number of people weapons procurement from while it conducts an inves- over the world. And we’ve ation Warp Speed’, but is from sanctions, restric- later, said Rehman. Soon the Sindh province was despite hurdles created the United States jumped from tigation in order to fully already started,” Trump collaborating with the US tions on trade have made after the election in 2018, considered as a hurdle as by the government. Prime a meagre $6.2 million to a understand each case and said during signing the government on manufac- many banks and companies he had urged the Opp- it was not sure if that it Minister Imran Khan whopping $3.4 billion in the its causes,” it said. executive order on turing and distribution. across the world hesitant to osition leaders not to take would sacrifice its gov- rejected the demand to final year of the Donald Dr June Raine, the head Tuesday at a White House The UK on Tuesday began do business with Iran, fear- oath to join parliament ernment to help the Opp- step down or call early Trump’s administration, of the MHRA, told a joint event celebrating its vaccinations with the ing punitive measures from due to alleged rigging. But osition alliance. elections and consistently according to official data. select committee hearing ‘Operation Warp Speed’, first set of people injected Washington. his idea was overruled by The leaders also agreed advocated that Opp- As per the data released by on Tuesday that “real- his administration’s with their first of two The country is also cut off others, chiefly by the to go ahead with a rally in osition was protesting to the Defense Security time vigilance” will con- effort to produce and dis- doses of the from the international Pakistan Peoples Party Lahore on December 13 as put pressure to stop Cooperation Agency (DSCA), tinue throughout the vac- tribute safe and effective Pfizer/BioNTech jab. banking system, making it (PPP) and the The Pak- a show of power to the probes in corruption the jump in the sale of cine rollout process. vaccines for Covid-19. — PTI difficult to transfer pay- istani Muslim League- government. It will be the cases against their American weapons to India — PTI Trump told reporters ments. — AP Nawaz (PML-N). It is sixth rally after similar leaders. — PTI comes at a time when sale of weapons from the US to other countries has dipped to $50.8 billion in 2020 from $55.7 bil- MISSION | MARS Automatic engine abort occurred with just 1.3 secs remaining in countdown, no word on next flight lion in 2019. In 2019, the sale of US weapons to foreign countries was $55.7 billion. In 2017, it was $41.9 billion, it said. Major SpaceX aborts test Starship flight in last second buyers of American weapons in 2020 were India ($3.4 billion Cape Canaveral (US), eight miles (12.5 kilome- ● THE GOAL was to occurred with just 1.3 three Raptor engines. up from $6.2 million in fiscal Dec. 9: The first high- tres) — the highest yet — shoot Starship to an seconds remaining in SpaceX has taken over This year 2019), Morocco ($4.5 bil- altitude test flight of and then bring it back to altitude of eight miles the countdown. Boca Chica in the far image lion up from $12.4 million), SpaceX’s futuristic a vertical landing. But an southeastern corner of shows Poland ($4.7 billion up from Starship was aborted at automatic engine abort (12.5 kilometres) — the ● THE STAINLESS steel Texas, near the Mexican SpaceX $673 million), Singapore ($1.3 the last second in Texas occurred with just 1.3 sec- highest yet — and then version on the launch border, to build and test full-size billion up from $137 million), on Tuesday. onds remaining in the bring it back to a verti- pad on Tuesday was its Starships. The compa- Starship Taiwan ($11.8 billion up from SpaceX came close to countdown. cal landing. But an auto- ny intends to use SN8 rock- $876 million), and the United launching a prototype of SpaceX announced on the first to feature a Starships — the upper matic engine abort nose cone. et proto- Arab Emirates ($3.6 billion up the rocketship that com- its web broadcast it was stage atop Super Heavy type from $1.1 billion), the data pany chief Elon Musk is done for the day, and boosters — to deliver ma- before its showed. designing to carry people there was no word on flights, but these earlier, less steel version on the ssive satellites into orbit launch. Several countries reported a to Mars. when it might try again. simpler models have gone launch pad on Tuesday around Earth, and send — AFP drop in purchase of weapons The goal was to shoot SpaceX already has con- no higher than 490 feet was the first to feature a people and cargo to the from the US. Starship to an altitude of ducted five Starship test (150 metres.) 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SHORT TAKES HEAVY RAINS France unveils UK PM Boris jets to Brussels CAUSE FLOODS draft law to fight IN SLOVENIA in bid to save Brexit accord Ljubljana (Slovenia), Dec. 9: Islamist radicalism Heavy rains have battered parts of Slovenia and Croatia Paris, Dec. 9: A draft ● IN AN interview with Britain would ‘prosper mightily’ with or without agreement, says Johnson close to the Adriatic Sea coast, law aimed at arming the newspaper Le causing floods and landslides, France against Islamist Monde he said the Brussels, Dec. 9 : Prime blocking roads and disrupting radicalism was unveiled Minister Boris Johnson traffic. on Wednesday, a measure nature of a law is long- was headed for Brussels on Persistent rain in coastal promoted by President term and it would Wednesday, with hopes for Slovenia on Wednesday made Emmanuel Macron to apply to any political a post-Brexit trade deal the Dragonja river overflow its rout out what he calls ideology that threatens hanging on crisis talks banks along the border with “separatists” undermin- French values, “even if with EU chief Ursula von Croatia, blocking a key road in ing the nation. today it is radical der Leyen. the area and forcing closure of Parliament is expected Islamism that we try Johnson’s dash back to a border crossing. to open what is likely to the city where he made his A landslide brought down be a lively debate on the by all means to fight.” name as an EU-bashing trees in the area of the port draft law in the months newspaper reporter marks town of Koper and flooded ahead. The measure, long that neither Islam as a an almost final chance of a regional roads, while rising in the making and religion nor regular breakthrough before Brit- Adriatic Sea waters submerged refined until days before Muslims are targeted by ain leaves the EU single parts of nearby Piran. its presentation, has the draft law. Neither is market. “A good deal is still Authorities said more than gone through various named in the text made there to be done,” Johnson 2,000 households have been left name changes and is now up of about 50 articles told the UK parliament without power in the north- known by the delicate aimed at enabling better before setting off for west, including the coastal title “Supporting oversight of mosques, Brussels, while insisting town of Izola and remote Republican Principles.” associations, public serv- Britain would “prosper mountain zones where wet Prime Minister Jean ices and schools. mightily” with or without snow and falling branches cut Castex said those whose The aim is to reduce the agreement. cables, disrupting power distri- project is to “divide and space where radicals can Talks are blocked over bution. spread hate and vio- operate and ensure that the issue of fair competi- lence” are at the center of French values, including tion, with Britain refusing “separatism.” Separ- secularism, are guaran- to accept a mechanism that NZ MARKS atism is especially dan- teed. Among notable would allow the EU to gerous because it “is the measures is making respond swiftly if UK and ‘DEVASTATING’ manifestation of a con- school obligatory from EU business rules diverge scious, theorised, politi- age 3 with the ability to over time and put VOLCANO MISHAP cal-religious project with opt out in favour of home European firms at a disad- an ambition to make reli- schooling for special vantage. Pro-EU anti-Brexit protesters hold placards and EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Wednesday. Wellington, Dec. 9: New Ze- gious norms predomi- cases only. “Our friends in the EU — AFP aland Prime Minister Jacinda nate over the law,” he The measure is aimed are currently insisting that Ardern paid emotional tribute said at a news confer- at ending so-called clan- if they pass a new law in to victims of the White Island ence. destine schools run by the future, with which we volcano eruption Wednesday In an interview with fundamentalists with in this country do not com- on the first anniversary of the the newspaper Le Monde their own agenda. ply, they want the automat- EU wants to boost border disaster that claimed 22 lives. he said the nature of a Another article encour- ic right... to punish us and Almost 50 people, mostly law is long-term and it ages mosques to register to retaliate,” Johnson said. Australian tourists, were on would apply to any politi- as places of worship, so EU negotiator Michel the island, also known as cal ideology that threat- as to better identify Barnier and his UK coun- security against attacks Whakaari, in December last ens French values, “even them. Many of the terpart David Frost have year when a column of burn- if today it is radical nation’s more than 2,600 narrowed the gaps over Brussels, Dec. 9: The ago in which fighters who world’s most modern bor- ing ash and steam blasted from Islamism that we try by mosques currently oper- eight months but London European Commission had returned from Syria der management system," a volcanic vent. all means to fight.” ate under rules for asso- insists it will reclaim full wants member states to were involved, the EU has the commission said. Un- The eruption killed 22 and left Castex and others insist ciations. — AP sovereignty at the end of reinforce external border been repeatedly hit by der the Schengen Infor- dozens more with horrific the year after half-a-centu- controls and police coop- extremist actions. In 2019, mation System regula- Recep Tayyip Erdogan injuries, prompting a massive ry of close economic inte- eration to better protect seven jihadist terrorist tions implemented two medical operation that saw vic- gration. the 27-nation bloc from attacks were carried out years ago, national autho- tims treated in burns units If Britain leaves the EU extremist attacks. in the EU, and twice that rities are already required ERDOGAN across New Zealand and Aus- Iran ready for snap single market in three As part of its Counter- number of plots were to create alerts related to tralia. Ardern said the disaster weeks without a follow-on Terrorism Agenda thwarted by law enforce- terrorist offenses” and was “devastating” for all New Free Trade Agreement unveiled on Wednesday, ment. member states need to BRUSHES OFF Zealanders, as well as families (FTA) the damage caused the EU’s executive arm Member states should share information with of victims in Australia, return to nuclear by delays to travellers and said an efficient detection urgently complete the Europol. Despite the pro- EU SANCTIONS Britain, Germany, the United freight at its borders with of suspects at the bloc's modernisation of our gress made, more work is States, China and Malaysia. the EU will be compounded borders is crucial to guar- external border manage- needed,” said the commis- THREAT by import tariffs. antee European citizens' ment within the agreed sion, which plans to stren- deal compliance In Berlin, Germany’s security. Since the deadly roadmaps, with the ambi- gthen the EU agency for Ankara, Dec. 9: Turkish UN RAISES $370 Chancellor Angela Merkel Paris attacks five years tion of developing the law enforcement. — AP President Recep Tayyip Tehran, Dec. 9: Iran is been controlled by con- said there was still a Erdogan brushed off pos- MILLION FOR 2021 ready to return to full servatives since a chance for a deal. sible European Union compliance with a 2015 February election But she warned: “We per journalist in the early sanctions against Turkey EMERGENCY FUND nuclear deal with major marred by record low must not endanger the 1990s. on Wednesday, saying powers as soon as the turnout, passed a bill last integrity of the common But officials on both sides There is still chance they would not affect his United Nations, Dec. 9: The other parties honour week that threatens the market.” Merkel said expressed pessimism country. United Nations announced their commitments, Pres- prospects for a thaw in Britain would have to ahead of the last-ditch Speaking to reporters Tuesday it has raised more ident Hassan Rouhani relations with accept that as the UK and encounter. before departing for a than $370 million for its emer- said on Wednesday. Washington. EU legal systems move Barnier, meanwhile, gave for deal, says Merkel visit to Azerbaijan, gency fund to help respond to The agreement between The bill, which still has apart after Brexit there a downbeat briefing to Erdogan also accused the crises in 2021. Iran and major powers to be signed into law by must be a way to ensure a European ministers ahead Berlin, Dec. 9: German already know tomorrow if EU of acting “dishonest- More than 50 donors pledged has teetered on the brink Rouhani, would relaunch “level playing field for of Thursday's EU leaders Chancellor Angela Merkel we’ve been successful or ly” toward Turkey and of money to the UN Central of collapse since outgoing Iran's enrichment of ura- tomorrow and the day after summit, then tweeted: “We said on Wednesday she not — I can’t promise it — failing to keep its promis- Emergency Response Fund US President Donald nium to 20 percent purity tomorrow”. will never sacrifice our still saw a chance for a Br- but we’re still working on es. Erdogan’s comments (CERF), managed by the under- Trump pulled out of it in and threaten other future “Otherwise we'd end up future for the present. exit deal with Britain but it.” Merkel told the Bun- came ahead of a meeting secretary-general for humani- 2018 and reimposed crip- measures that would like- with unfair conditions for Access to our market warned that the bloc wo- destag lower house of par- in Brussels where EU tarian affairs, Mark Lowcock, pling unilateral sanc- ly sound the death knell competition which we can't comes with conditions.”A uld reject unacceptable liament that the bloc must leaders are scheduled to according to a statement. The tions. of the nuclear deal. ask of our companies,” she senior Europan source terms. maintain its red lines. address Turkey’s mis- donors were not identified. US President-elect Joe In a blow to the presi- said. said the question was Speaking ahead of “We are prepared for sions to explore gas “This fund is one of the Biden has expressed dent, the Guardian Johnson spoke by tele- whether the EU would crunch talks between conditions from the reserves in waters fastest ways to help people readiness to return to the Council, which arbitrates phone to Von der Leyen on respond automatically and British Prime Minister British side that we can- claimed by EU members trapped both in sudden-onset agreement but over the disputes between parlia- Monday to secure the last unilaterally if commercial Boris Johnson and EU not accept,” she said, even Greece and Cyprus, and and deteriorating crises, as past 18 months Iran has ment and the govern- chance dinner invitation standards diverge, or chief Ursula von der if it meant walking away could decide to impose well as underfunded ones that suspended the implemen- ment, approved the bill after negotiations between whether they would leave Leyen, Merkel expressed without an agreement. sanctions on Turkey. are not at the top of the world's tation of some of its own last week. Barnier and Frost broke off space to negotiate. cautious optimism about a She said the process of “Any decision to impose radar,” said UN Secretary- obligations, including But in his comments on without agreement. “The sticking point in the trade agreement. moving from a “har- sanctions against Turkey General Antonio Guterres dur- key limits to its uranium Wednesday, Rouhani He will travel by plane negotiations is the equiva- “There is still a chance monised legal system” won't be of great concern ing a videoconference of enrichment programme. appeared to suggest that and arrive late Wednesday lence clause requested by for a deal,” said Merkel, between Britain and the to Turkey,” Erdogan told donors held at the body’s head- “Just as soon as the 5+1 he would withhold his for talks at the Berlaymont, the EU to avoid distortions who holds the rotating EU EU to a time after Brexit reporters. At a summit in quarters. Created in 2005, the or 4+1 resume all of their signature from the bill. the EU headquarters build- of competition if the UK presidency, but warned when the systems “grow October, European lead- fund “has helped millions of commitments, we will “It is vital that we speak ing he once wrongly refuses to align itself over “we must not endanger more and more apart” req- ers warned Turkey to people get food, health care, resume all of ours,” with a single voice,” the reported was scheduled for time with EU tax, social the integrity of the com- uired a “level playing field withdraw its energy shelter and protection this Rouhani said. president told ministers. demolition when he cov- and environmental stan- mon market”. for tomorrow and the day research ships or face year,” Lowcock said. He was referring to the “People voted for a plat- ered Brussels as a newspa- dards,” he said. — AFP “I don’t think we’ll after tomorrow”. — AP punitive measures. — AP five veto-wielding perma- form... and they want nent members of the UN four years of action,” DUTCH CALLS FOR Security Council plus said Rouhani, who won Germany with whom re-election in 2017 with 43 REMANDED CRIMINAL PROBE Iran reached the nuclear more than 57 percent of Joint measurement of Mt. Everest marks deal. the vote. INTO EX-ING CEO “I've said it before — it Rouhani said Iran OVER HUMAN doesn't take time, it's just remained unable to pur- The Hague (Netherlands), a question of willing,” he chase Covid-19 vaccines new milestone in ties with Nepal: China TRAFFICKING Dec. 9: A Dutch court on said in comments to his because banks were Wednesday ordered prosecu- cabinet aired by state tel- unwilling to process the Beijing, Dec. 9: China on The world’s highest peak the decades-long dispute called, to be 8,778 metres IN SENEGAL tors to open a criminal investi- evision transaction for fear of Wednesday termed its is now taller by 86 cen- between the two neigh- in 1847. Mt. Everest stands gation into the former CEO of Defying criticism from falling foul of US sanc- joint efforts with Nepal to timetres, Nepal and China bours on the height of the on the border between Dakar, Dec. 9: A Sene- ING bank, Ralph Hamers, for Iran’s ultra-conserva- tions. Iran is the Middle measure Mount Everest’s jointly announced on world’s tallest mountain China and Nepal and galese judge remanded 43 his role in a money laundering tives, Rouhani reiterated Eastern country hardest- height as a new milestone Tuesday after they remea- that straddles their shared mountaineers climb it followers of an influen- scandal that led to a huge set- his determination to hit by the Coronavirus for the burgeoning friend- sured Mt. Everest at border. from both the sides. tial religious leader in tlement in 2018. seize the “opportunity” pandemic with more than ship between the two 8,848.86 metres, over six The exact height of Mt Mt. Everest is known as pre-trial custody on ING paid 775 million euros to presented by the change 51,000 deaths from nearly countries, with its official decades after India con- Everest had been contest- Sagarmatha in Nepal Tuesday for alleged settle the case, with the coun- of US president in 1.1 million cases, accord- media saying it is a cru- ducted the previous meas- ed ever since a group of while in China it is called involvement in human try’s financial prosecution ser- January. ing to official figures. cial step towards solving urement in 1954. British surveyors in India Mt. Qomolangma, the Ti- trafficking, one of their vice saying that the bank failed Parliament, which has — AFP few remaining bilateral The revised height of declared the height of betan name for the world’s lawyers said. for years to adequately imple- disputes. Mt. Everest puts an end to Peak XV, as it was initially highest peak. — PTI Police in the West ment a law aimed at preventing African state arrested the money laundering and the suspects late November financing of terrorism by not as part of an investiga- carrying out adequate back- TECH | TROUBLE Communist Party tightly controls what the Chinese public sees online tion into scooter thefts, ground checks on clients and which allegedly revealed not sufficiently investigating a trafficking network at suspicious transactions. Ham- “reform centres” run by ers has since left ING and is religious leader Serigne CEO of Zurich-based bank UBS. China blocks 105 apps including TripAdvisor Modou Kara Mbacke. He conceded at the time of Officers freed more the 2018 settlement that the Hong Kong, Dec. 9: ● TRIPADVISOR owns joint venture between (File) Shoppers than 370 people at the bank had failed to do enough to Companies including the a 40 per cent stake in TripAdvisor and its check out smart centres, located in the prevent money laundering. Chinese arm of Chinese partner Trip.com, phones at a store seaside capital Dakar, The Hague Appeals Court TripAdvisor Inc. have TripAdvisor China, with did not immediately whom they said had been Trip.com owning the in Beijing, China. upheld the settlement in a rul- been ordered by regula- respond to an email seek- Companies includ- illegally detained and ing Wednesday and called on tors to overhaul their other 60 per cent. ing comment. Following kept in deplorable condi- ing the Chinese prosecutors to open a case mobile phone apps in the removal of its app in tions. Mbacke belongs to against Hamers. “The facts are what the Chinese govern- It cited what it said were China, Nasdaq-listed arm of TripAdvisor the Mouride brother- serious, no settlement has been ment said is a crackdown public complaints about TripAdvisor’s stock price Inc. have been hood, a powerful Sufi reached with the director him- on pornography and other obscene, pornographic was down 1.68 per cent to ordered by regula- Muslim order, and is the self, nor has he taken public improper content. and violent information $29.59 at the market’s close tors to overhaul head of a political party. responsibility for his actions,” The National or fraud, gambling and in the US on Tuesday. their mobile phone His “reform centres” the court said in a statement. Cyberspace Administ- prostitution. The ruling TripAdvisor owns a 40 apps in what the across Senegal mainly The court considers it impor- ration ordered the Communist Party tightly per cent stake in Chinese govern- target wayward youths. tant that in a public criminal removal of 105 apps controls what the Chinese TripAdvisor China, with ment says is a Victims have alleged case the standard is confirmed including TripAdvisor public sees online and has Trip.com owning the other crackdown on that several people died that bank directors do not go from app stores this week, launched repeated crack- 60 per cent. Under the pornography and at the centres in recent unpunished if they have exer- although it gave no details downs on websites and partnership, the compa- other improper years, with the most cised effective leadership over of what each app was apps. nies share its travel inven- content. — AP recent death occurring in serious prohibited behavior.” accused of doing wrong. TripAdvisor China, a tories and content. — AP November. — AFP HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020 pg 11 quick  Centre for more focus on economic growth Mumbai housing sales up Govt may prod RBI for 135% since stamp duty cut BITES SANGEETHA G looser inflation target CHENNAI, DEC. 9 % After the stamp duty cut, INDICATORS residential sales in Sensex 46,103.50 1.09 SIDDHARTHA SINGH the central bank should Mumbai have more than Nifty 50 13,392.95 0.28 NOV. 9 FORCED STOP rather target core prices, doubled compared to last RBI keeps rate steady as inflation S&P 500* 3,694.24 -0.22 which strips out oil and year. The government is consid- hovers above its 6% tolerance limit food costs. Food carries The megapolis wit- Dollar (‘) 73.56 -0.04 ering recommending a ■ CPI on Oct 31, 2020 (R1) ■ Repurchase rate (L1) nearly 50 per cent weight in nessed cumulative resi- Pound Sterling (‘) 98.73 -0.57 looser inflation target for 7.5 the CPI basket. dential sales of 22,827 the central bank, allowing 6.0 RBI governor Shakti- units after the stamp has more than compen- Euro (‘) 89.24 -0.04 it to focus more on econom- 7.0 Inflation kanta Das said Friday that duty cut from September. November sales in last sated for lower duty. Gold (10gm)* (‘) 49,221▼118 0.23 ic growth despite price 5.0 a final call on what meas- The monthly run rate nine years (Mumbai) “The demand momen- pressures, according to 6.5 ure to target rests with the during September- tum in this market is Brent crude ($/bbl)* 48.75 -0.09 4.0 people familiar with the Rate Repurchase government and Parlia- November is approxi- Month Number of sale likely to continue till end 6.0 IN 10-Yr bond yield 5.917 -0.022 matter. 3.0 ment, although he doesn't mately 135 per cent high- documents registered of the year buoyed by the US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 0.944 0.031 A consumer-price infla- see a situation where they er than the monthly aver- Nov. 2012 4,247 low stamp duty regime. tion band tracked by the 2020 Feb Mar May Aug Oct will move away from track- age of 2019, as per the As income streams are * As of 8:30 PM IST Reserve Bank of India may Source: Bloomberg ing the CPI. estimates of Knight Nov. 2013 3,859 coming back to normal, be relaxed further from the The RBI has previously Frank India. Nov. 2014 5,001 we believe that more buy- current 2 per cent to 6 per its target range. The band-- tions when growth needs to faced criticism for largely The Maharashtra gov- ers will come to the mar- cent range, said the people, a broad range of 400 basis be pushed, the people said. overstating inflation, fore- ernment had cut stamp Nov. 2015 4,221 ket before the end of the Facebook India who asked not to be identi- points within which the A spokesperson for the casts that were then used duty on property regis- financial year to make fied citing rules. The gov- central bank has sanction finance ministry declined to underpin the MPC's trations by 3 per cent for Nov. 2016 3,838 most of this opportune ernment still needs to hold to operate is the widest in to comment, while the RBI hawkish policy stance in a period between Septem- Nov. 2017 6,230 time to buy their dream FY20 revenue up consultations with the cen- Asia, and only matched by didn't res-pond to an email 2018. Currently, a spike in ber 1 and December 31, homes,” said Shishir tral bank before finalising Turkey and surpassed by seeking comment. inflation has forced the 2020. Additionally, most Nov. 2018 5,190 Baijal, chairman and 43% at `1,277 cr a new framework some- Argentina. Economists like central bank to pause developers offered to Nov. 2019 5,574 managing director, time next year. The finance ministry is of Bloomberg Economics' interest-rate cuts despite absorb the remaining 2 Knight Frank India. Nov. 2020 9,301 Facebook India's revenues grew The current mandate, set the view that the RBI can't Abhishek Gupta have the economy needing more per cent. Apart from stamp duty, 43 per cent year-on-year to in 2016, requires the RBI to be saddled with a rigid argued in the past that the stimulus after entering an Mumbai started seeing sales in November were about Rs 1,277.3 crore in 2019- keep headline inflation at inflation targeting frame- headline inflation measure unprecedented recession. month-on-month growth Sales in units (Mumbai) in 2020 also augmented by the 20, while its net profit more the 4 per cent midpoint of work, especially in situa- used now is too volatile and —Bloomberg in residential sales since Month (2020) Units auspicious period of than doubled to Rs 135.7 crore, September. Sales grew November 9,301 Diwali and reduction of 112 per cent in home loan rate. Other as per regulatory documents. Its October 7,929 total income was Rs 893.4 crore September compared to measures by developers in FY19. Net profit rose 107 per August, 42 per cent in September 5,597 such as deferred pay- cent to Rs 135.7 crore in FY20 October and 17 per in August 2,642 ment plans, indirect dis- Brokerages cautious as Sensex tops 46000-mark counts and offers to versus Rs 65.3 crore. In Novem- November over the previ- July 2,662 ber, Google had made a similar ous month. June 1,839 negotiate on the final filing that showed its revenues RAVI RANJAN PRASAD Guarav Garg, head of In November, residen- price of the apartment from India grew 34.8 per cent MUMBAI, DEC. 9 STOCK MARKET AT NEW HIGH research, Capital Research tial sales also grew 67 per May 207 have helped entice home- Dec. 9 Global said, "One has to cent over the year-ago April - buyers. to about Rs 5,593.8 crore. 45000 Jan. 1 NSE Nifty As the market is scaling 41306.02 46103.50 15000 notice that it is a narrow period. Mumbai record- March 3,798 “Reduced stamp duty new highs everyday, top 40000 BSE Sensex 13500 Jan. 1 Dec. 9 rally. As markets hit record ed sales of 9,301 residen- February 5,927 for a limited period till brokerages have cautioned 12182.50 13529.10 high, investors may book tial units and this was December 31, 2020 has investors to tread carefully 35000 12000 some profits in long posi- the highest ever registra- January 6,150 played the role of a cata- Honda suspends as the market has reached 10500 tions.” tions in November over TOTAL 46,052 lyst. Many fence-sitters 30000 an extreme zone. 9000 "Since we are in an the last nine years. Source: Department of registrations and are taking the plunge as UK production The Sensex crossed the 25000 uncharted territory, sky's Even after the stamp stamps, Government of Maharashtra, home loan rates too are 46000-mark for the first 7500 the limit for our market; duty cut, the state gov- Knight Frank Research at very low levels, mak- time on Wednesday and 20000 6000 but in our sense, we have ernment’s revenue col- ing this a great time amid ship delays closed at a new record high Jan ------2020 ------Nov Jan ------2020 ------Nov now reached the extreme lections from stamp duty to buy a home in a of 46,103.50, gaining 494.99 Source: BSE and NSE KBK Infographics zone, at least for the cur- have increased to Rs 232 against Rs 176 crore in metro like Mumbai,” points. The NIfty-50 also rent vertical move,” said crore in October and Rs August. This shows that said Ram Raheja, direc- closed at a new all-time 135.15 points. Rs 3,564.23 crore net buying Sameet Chavan, a chief 288 crore in November the boost to housing sales tor, S Raheja Realty. high of 13,529.10, gaining The rally was powered by by FPIs. analyst at Angel Broking. MARUTI LAUNCHES India’s small investors ONLINE FINANCING Carmaker Honda has temporar- MICHAEL GONSALVES ily halted production at its PUNE, DEC. 9 plant in England after shipping flock to Tesla stock delays linked to the pandemic Maruti Suzuki, India’s and preparations for Brexit left ABHIRUP ROY biggest car maker, on it with a shortage of parts. The MUMBAI, DEC. 9 Wednesday launched its company said it was forced to KOTAK ARM TO OFFER US STOCKS multi-financier, online car make the decision because Indian small investors RAVI RANJAN PRASAD modities and forex financing platform Smart transport-related delays left it increasingly buying US MUMBAI, DEC. 9 round-the-clock in over Finance to boost vehicle short of parts. The factory stocks have been drawn to 135 markets. sales. relies on a just in time delivery a company that has no Kotak Securities has The shares bought by The firm would initially system, in which parts arrive as presence in India so far: tied up with US based clients are held by launch the Smart Finance they are needed for assembly electric carmaker Tesla Interactive Brokers to Interactive Brokers, a platform in 30 cities and not stored locally. Inc. offer a global invest- global custodian in mul- through its premium car Indians are placing big- ment platform for tiple jurisdictions. retail chain Nexa. ger-than-ever bets on US Indian investors and Jaideep Hansraj, MD The platform offers a stocks this year as the NRIs to invest in stocks & CEO, Kotak Securities bouquet of financing American stock market of US-listed companies. said, there is no mini- options to a customer. has recovered faster than Interactive Brokers mum ticket size for buy- “Under the Smart RTGS to be markets in India and provides automated ing and selling of shares Finance platform, current- other emerging nations trade execution and cus- in the US markets for ly hosted on the Nexa web- available 24X7 following a crash sparked tody of securities, com- investors. site, we have partnered by the coronavirus pan- with several popular fin- demic. anciers to provide custom from Dec. 14 While firms such as just created accounts to electric vehicles, even curated personalised loan The RBI announced that the Apple, Amazon and be able to invest in Tesla," though Musk has previ- offers for our customers,” Real Time Gross Settlement Facebook--which have a Vested's CEO Viram Shah ously flagged concerns said Kenichi Ayukawa, System (RTGS), one of the significant presence in said. "We would have around high Indian MD &nd CEO at Maruti methods used to transfer funds India--are popular among never imagined that a import duties. Suzuki India. online, will be available round- Indian investors ventur- company which is not Gaurav Jhunjhunwala, The digital service offers the-clock on all days from ing into US stocks, data even present in India 33, became a Musk fan easy financing options and December 14. The RBI’s deci- from brokerages shows would be the most popu- after reading his biogra- is totally transparent at sion to operationalise the serv- Tesla has emerged as a lar." phy and has even paid each stage of the loan ice 24x7 was announced new favourite. The frenzy around the $1,000 in booking fees to process, he said. A buyer recently. “India will become Indian brokerage Vested stock comes as Tesla CEO get Tesla's Model 3 elec- can customise the EMI by one of the few countries in the Finance said its accounts Elon Musk has signalled tric sedan whenever it choosing the loan tenure world to operate its RTGS sys- held $2.5 million worth of an India launch is launches in India. While and interest rate. tem round the clock through- Tesla stock in November, impending. Musk in that wait has been long, out the year,” the RBI said. up from just $76,000 at October tweeted the elec- he invested $100,000 in March-end. Another bro- tric carmaker will foray Tesla shares in May, and kerage firm, Stockal, said into India "next year for buys 30 shares every its clients' Tesla holdings sure", and had earlier other week. DR REDDY’S have quadrupled to $10 tweeted about a 2020 "I just like the way the Books on Hero, Flipkart, million during the period. launch. guy (Musk) thinks," ADR LISTS ON Japan inspection Tesla shares surged Tesla's plans of a possi- Jhunjhunwala said. "He around 450 per cent dur- ble launch come when is trying to make the NSE IFSC ing that time. India is becoming focused world a better place." HDFC in race for honours of Black Tiger "Some investors have on promoting the use of — Reuters New Delhi, Dec. 9: NSE International Exchange New Delhi, Dec. 9: Books BigBasket and The The jury comprised shrimps relaxed (NSE IFSC) has become on HDFC Bank's digital Moonshot Game: investors, entrepreneurs, the first international revolution and the jour- Adventures of an Indian CEOs and policy makers. In a relief to seafood exporters, bourse in Gift City to list neys of Flipkart, Venture Capitalist by The inaugural prize was Japan has completely eased American Deposi-tory BigBasket and Hero group Rahul Chandra. won in 2019 by Girish inspection of Indian Black Receipts (ADR), with the are among the six works "The last two decades Kuber for his book The Tiger shrimps after export con- Pharma sales flat in Nov. listing of ADRs of Dr shortlisted for the Gaja demonstrate that Indian Tatas: How a Family Built signments of this delectable Reddy's Laboratories. Capital Business Book business is telling new a Business and a Nation. prawn variety were found total- SANGEETHA G declined by 6.9 per cent in Revenue in acute thera- The secondary listing Prize 2020. stories and finding new Gopal Jain, managing ly free from any residue of syn- CHENNAI, DEC. 9 November. In October, vol- pies declined 1 per cent of Dr Reddy's American Instituted by equity firm paths. The chroniclers of partner at Gaja Capital, thetic anti- bacterial drug fura- umes were 0.9 per cent while that of chronic and Depository Receipts at Gaja Capital last year, the Indian business stories said business bookshelves zolidone. The decision was Pharma sales growth higher year-on-year. sub-chronic therapies rose NSE IFSC would provide Rs 15-lakh prize is award- endure painstaking are dominated by western conveyed by Food Inspection remained flat in Novem- According to India 4 per cent and 1 per cent. global investors an addi- ed annually to celebrate efforts to capture the stories of business and and Safety Division of Japan’s ber, as volumes declined Ratings and Research, Acute therapies such as tional venue to transact the best non-fiction books romance, struggle and entrepreneurship. Ministry of Health, Labour and year-on-year. lower sales of acute thera- vitamins and gastro wit- in their ADRs, the NSE on contemporary Indian joys of entrepreneurship. "As the Indian economy Welfare to the Indian Embassy The pharma market saw py products from a higher nessed growth of 6.6 per said on Wednesday. business. The Gaja Capital Business scales and the Indian in Japan, MPEDA and EIC. total sales of Rs 12,830 base in November 2019 and cent and 3.1 per cent Participants holding The shortlisted books Book Prize is created to entrepreneurial and crore for November, clock- rising Covid-19 cases, respectively in November. depository accounts are HDFC Bank 2.0 by honour these travellers, investor ecosystem mat- ing a growth of just 1 per which led to lower visits of As per the data of with either the Inter- Tamal Bandopadhyay; Big their journeys and their ures, we will have many Printed & Published by cent. In October, sales had patients to doctors, result- AIOCD-AWACS, growth in national Central Securi- Billion Startup: The chroniclers," the presen- more stories and lessons K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan grown by 9.6 per cent and ed in a decline in volumes. vitamins slowed down to ties Depository (Euro- Untold Flipkart Story by ters said. for the world, from India. Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at by 4.5 per cent in Sales of respiratory 6.6 per cent in November clear Bank, Clear- Mihir Dalal; Katherine According to jury chair- As Investors and entrepre- Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan September. drugs were down 6.9 per from 22.6 per cent in stream) or Depository Eban's Bottle of Lies: man Manish Sabharwal, neurs in the Indian mar- Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, cent, analgesics 5.2 per October. Respiratory medi- Ranbaxy and the Dark "The shortlist this year ket, we have witnessed Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, The tepid growth during Trust Company (DTC) Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. November was led by a vol- cent and gynaecological cines sales slumped at a will be able to transact Side of Indian Pharma; has multiple stories of tri- several such journeys Editor: T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg ume decline, while growth products, 4.3 per cent. steeper 6.9 per cent. on these ADRs. The Making of Hero: Four umph and tragedy yet first-hand," he said. No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights in price growth and new Performance of anti-infec- Cardiac drugs grew 8.7 "We invite all Indian Brothers, Two Wheels, and mostly reflects a new "We would like to make a reserved. Reproduction in whole or in product remained healthy. tives, which was just 0.2 per cent compared to 19.5 issuers of GDRs/ADRs a Revolution that Shaped breed of confident, ambi- small contribution in part without written permission of The Pharma prices grew by 4.7 per cent up, was impacted per cent in October, while to list their depository India by Sunil Munjal; T. tious and rising corporate encouraging Indian writ- Editor, Financial Chronicle ® is per cent and product by a 17 per cent decline in anti-diabetics recorded 1.9 receipts at NSE IFSC,” N. Hari and M S India." ers, journalists and entre- prohibited. launches by 3.2 per cent. the sales of cephalosporin per cent growth against 9.7 NSE’s CEO said. —PTI Subramanian's Saying No The winner will be preneurs to tell our sto- However, sales volumes category products. per cent in October. to Jugaad: The Making of announced in January. ries...for the world." —PTI GAMES pg 12 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2020

SHORT TAKES Injured Warner Ex Argentina coach Sabella no more Ronaldo bests Messi out of first Test Buenos Aires: Former coach Alejandro Sabella, who led the Sydney, Dec. 9: Australia’s 2014 World Cup runner-up star opening batsman Argentina team, died on Cristiano nets brace as Juve crush Barcelona 3-0 David Warner has been Tuesday at a clinic in Buenos ruled out of the first Test Aires suffering from heart dis- Barcelona, Dec. 9: against India, but will try ease. Cristiano Ronaldo struck to return for the block- He was 66 years old. twice from the penalty buster second instalment The former boss of Estudiantes spot to win his battle with on Boxing Day, Cricket de La Plata died at the rival Lionel Messi and Australia said Wednesday. Cardiovascular Institute of guide Juventus to a 3-0 Warner is recovering Buenos Aires, where he had win over Barcelona on from a strained adductor been admitted on November 25 Tuesday, earning the muscle that forced him to - the day soccer legend Diego Italians top spot in limp out of Australia’s sec- Maradona died — after suffering Champions League Group ond one-day international an arrhythmia. G. against India last month, David Warner The medical center said in a The former Real Madrid after a knock of 83. statement that Sabella was the striker and his Argentina “I feel I have made great will begin in Adelaide on victim of “secondary dilated counterpart traded Ballon progress in a short amount December 17, kicking off a heart disease and long-standing d’Or wins for a decade of time and it’s best for me four-match series. cardiotoxicity.” between 2008-2017 and to stay here in Sydney to It is not yet clear who will — AP were figureheads for the continue working on get- take Warner’s place in duelling Spanish giants, ting back to full fitness,” Adelaide, but Cameron but there was only one Warner said. Green’s century this week Ben Stokes’ father winner at the Camp Nou “The injury feels a lot bet- for Australia ‘A’ against a as they met for the first ter, but I need to be able to strong India ‘A’ attack — passes away at 65 time since Ronaldo’s satisfy in my own mind featuring Ravichandran departure for Juve in 2018. and to my team-mates that Ashwin, Umesh Yadav and Christchurch: England all- Juventus lost 2-0 at home it is 100 percent ready for Mohammed Siraj — has rounder Ben Stokes lost his against Barcelona in Test match conditions. put him in the running. father Ged, who died here on October without Ronaldo, “That includes running In contrast, Will Pucovski Tuesday after a year-long battle sidelined with Covid-19, between the wickets and and Joe Burns, in line to with brain cancer. but were greatly improved being agile in the field. form Australia’s top order, He was 65. and earned the first Right now I feel I am short both flopped in the warm- Stokes is currently with the Champions League away of being able to play at up match and Pucovski England team in South Africa win against Barcelona peak fitness and another 10 also had to leave the field for the limited over series. He since Bayern Munich tri- days will make a differ- with concussion symptoms had played all three T20Is and umphed in 2013. ence,” he added. after a delivery struck his was rested for ODIs, which was Both sides, tied on 15 The day-night first Test helmet. — AFP cancelled on Monday after mul- points, were assured of tiple cases of Covid-19 were qualification before kick- detected in the bio-bubble. off, but Juve’s three-goal Ged, a former rugby player and victory handed them a coach, had been suffering from superior head-to-head RAHUL CRUISES INTO brain cancer for some time and record. Cristiano Ronaldo (right) of Juventus lines up a shot to score his team’s third goal against Barcelona during their Stokes was there in Ronald Koeman, reeling UEFA Champions League Group ‘G’ football match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Tuesday. — AFP TOP 3 IN T20 RANKINGS Christchurch for more than a from Barcelona’s 2-1 month taking care of his ailing defeat by promoted min- Dubai, Dec. 9: India captain Virat Kohli moved up a father. nows Cadiz on Saturday place to eighth while K. L. Rahul broke into the top Stokes’ famous “bent middle in La Liga, reacted by three in the latest ICC rankings for T20 batsmen, after finger” gesture during the 2019 making four changes but their impressive performances in the three-match South Africa series was a trib- the hosts started badly. Racist slur halts PSG game series against Australia. ute to his father’s amputated It only took 13 minutes Taking the third spot in the chart, Rahul has bagged finger. Ged had to remove a for Ronaldo to break the Paris, Dec. 9: 816 rating points and is 55 points behind second-placed part of his finger in order to deadlock, slotting home Manchester United were Babar Azam in the current standings. continue playing. from the penalty spot after knocked out of the England batsman Dawid Malan (915 points) retained — PTI the referee deemed Ronald Champions League after a the top spot, while Australian limited-overs skipper Araujo’s challenge on him 3-2 defeat by RB Leipzig Aaron Finch slipped to the fourth spot. — PTI a foul. Juve’s did not on Tuesday, while Paris Former runner relent and their pressure Saint-Germain’s qualifi- led to a second goal, cation for the last 16 was Earnest is dead Weston McKennie volley- overshadowed by a racism ing home Juan row involving a match Hyderabad: Former middle Cuadrado’s sweetly official that caused their distance runner and secretary clipped cross in the 20th game against Istanbul Kohli rues DRS of Ranga District Athletics minute. — AFP Basaksehir to be suspend- Association B. Earnest Das ed for 24 hours. passed away on Monday night. Requiring just a point to He was 81. THE RESULTS advance, Ole Gunnar miss in last tie Das participated in the Indo- Solskjaer’s side fell German Athletics Test held in Juventus 3 behind to an Angelino Sydney, Dec. 9: Captain That lbw was a strange Hyderabad in 1965. An interna- (Ronaldo 13-pen, 52- goal inside two minutes in Virat Kohli wasn’t happy one because we were tional athletics official, he offi- pen, McKennie 20) Germany. Amadou that his team lost out on a still discussing whether ciated in the 1982 Asian Games Barcelona 0 Haidara soon added a sec- perfect DRS call just the ball was going down in New Delhi, 2002 Asian Grand ond and United and were because replay of the deliv- and within the 15-sec- Prix in Hyderabad and the 2003 RB Leipzig 3 trailing 3-0 heading into ery bowled to Matthew ond time, they showed Afro-Asian Games in (Angelino 2, Haidara the final quarter after a Wade was shown on giant the replay on the Hyderabad. He also served as 13, Kluivert 69) Justin Kluivert strike. screen before the permissi- screen. manager of the South Central Bruno Fernandes’s ble limit of 15 seconds. Railway Athletics team for 30 Manchester United 2 penalty and a deflected India lost the third T20 — VIRAT KOHLI (Fernandes 80-pen, years. Paul Pogba header gave Kylian Mbappe (third from right) of PSG looks on after the game was suspended International by 12 runs Indian cricket His son B. E. Stanley Jones is Pogba 82) United a lifeline but and one of the reasons amid allegations of racism by one of the match officials during the UEFA Champions captain Athletics Federation of India’s Leipzig, who reached the could be attributed to the Technical Committee chairman. Chelsea 1 semifinals last term, held League Group ‘H’ football match against Istanbul Basaksehir at the Parc des Princes fact that Wade, who could stadium in Paris on Tuesday. — AFP Telangana Athletics (Jorginho 28-pen) on to move top of Group have been adjudged leg “I had a chat with Rod Association general secretary Krasnodar 1 ‘H’ on 12 points. before off T Natarajan at a (Tucker, the umpire) and K. Sarangapani and Hyderabad (Cabella 24) Leipzig must wait until Players walked off in former Cameroon inter- repeatedly asking why a score of 50, got a lucky said: ‘what do we do in this District Athletics Association Wednesday to find out Paris amid allegations of national, was shown a red racist term had been used reprieve and added 30 situation’ and he said president Prof. Rajesh Kumar whether they finish first racism by the fourth offi- card during a fierce row to describe him. more runs. ‘nothing can be done. It’s a mourned the demise of Das and Borussia Dortmund 1 or second in the section, cial, in an unprecedented on the touchline with staff Turkish President Recep “That lbw was a strange mistake from TV’,” Kohli offered condolences to the (Piszczek 68, Witsel after the contest between incident in European foot- from the Turkish club Tayyip Erdogan said he one because we were still narrated the incident. family members. 78) last season’s runners-up ball’s elite club competi- appearing to accuse the “strongly” condemned the discussing whether the He said the Indian team Zenit Saint PSG and Turkish champi- tion. official of using a racist incident, while UEFA ball was going down and management had made its Petersburg 1 ons Basaksehir was inter- The row erupted after term. announced it would open within the 15-second time, displeasure clear with the Chess tourney (Driussi 16) rupted with the score 0-0 Basaksehir assistant Television microphones a “thorough investiga- they showed the replay on authorities, saying a mis- in the 14th minute. coach Pierre Webo, the picked up a furious Webo tion”. — AFP the screen. We decided to take of this magnitude in go for the review but the an international game is at the weekend umpire said they have unacceptable. “I thought Hyderabad: The Brilliant already shown the replay from the management per- Chess Academy is conducting on the screen,” Kohli said. spective, a message has to the 175th Brilliant Trophy Open KASHMIR INTO In fact had the review be passed that this can’t be chess tournament online on Mumbai hammer Chennaiyin 2-1 been taken, TV replays done at the highest level Saturday and Sunday. A total of showed that the umpire because in a very impor- `10,000 will be given to Top 20 Bambolim, Dec. 9: have been ahead in the straight at keeper Vishal spadework on the right SEMIFINALS would have been forced to tant game, it can be very places in the Open category. Mumbai City FC rallied second minute if it was Kaith. The rebound fell to before he played a low Kolkata, Dec. 9: Real reverse his decision. costly,” he said. — PTI Special prizes will also be given to eke out a 2-1 win over not for Sylvestr missing a Bipin Singh, but he could- cross from the byline to Kashmir and United SC to top two places in the Under Chennaiyin FC and sitter. Rafael Crivellaro n’t utilise the opportuni- find Sylvestr, who slotted secured their second suc- 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 age groups for record their fourth victo- delivered a perfect corner ty. it in. cessive wins to seal semi boys and girls separately. For ry on the trot in the which was flicked in by Chennaiyin were clear- Just when it looked like final berths from their further details contact J. Indian Super League here Enes Sipovic and found ly the better side in the Chennaiyin would walk respective groups in the Subrahmanyam on 9247399717. on Wednesday. Sylvestr, who missed the opening quarter creating into the breather with a 123rd IFA Shield here on Gopi delves into Adam Le Fondre target. numerous chances goal advantage, Wednesday. smashed in a 75th-minute Mumbai were not at through Lallianzuala Mumbai’s Santana had Fresh from a 2-1 win winner after Hernan their best and took time Chhangte, Sipovic and different plans. The over Peerless SC, the Live on TV Santana (45th) had can- to settle. But they did Crivellaro. The Chennai- Spaniard, who was Snow Leopards were athletes’ minds celled Jakub Sylvestr’s have their moments. The based side took the lead unmarked at the far post, caught unawares by the CRICKET first goal. home side’s best chance in the 40th minute. nodded in a Hugo aggressive brand of foot- DC CORRESPONDENT to athletes and assist them Big Bash League: Hobart The Sergio Lobera’s came in the 25th minute Sylvestr scored probably Boumous’ corner to ball by Aryan SC before HYDERABAD, DEC. 9 in monitoring and Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers from team maintained the top when Adam Le Fondre the easiest goal of the sea- restore parity post which they finally broke the analysing their state of 1.45 pm on Sony Six spot in the ISL table. had a clear sight on goal, son. they doubled the lead in deadlock with a Mason Badminton guru Pullela meditation in order to help Lanka Premier League: Jaffna vs Chennaiyin FC had a but his powerful drive Chhangte deserved the 75th minute through Robertson strike in the Gopichand has stepped up inculcate a champion’s Colombo from 3 pm; Galle vs perfect start and would from inside the box, was credit for his initial another set-piece. — PTI 72nd minute. — PTI his training by a notch, mindset. Kandy from 7.30 pm on Sony Six and has decided to delve “I am certain that these into the minds of his guided sessions will prove FOOTBALL trainees. On Wednesday, to be fruitful to anyone Indian Super League: East Bengal the champion coach wanting to become the best vs Jamshedpur from 7.20 pm launched Dhyana for version of themselves. In on Star Sports 2, 3 Parthiv announces his retirement Sports, an app that meas- sport, you need to be a war- Europa League: CSKA Sofia vs ures mental aspects via rior and possess killer Roma from 11.25 pm on Sony Ten New Delhi, Dec. 9: ney, I feel heavier with holding me in the forma- “I would always hold meditation and helps instinct. This is what we 3; Dundalk vs Arsenal from 11.25 Parthiv Patel, one of the gratitude for many,” the tive years of my young Sourav Ganguly as a achieve emotional fitness. talk about in the app — the pm on Sony Ten 2; Napoli vs Real youngest to have played 35-year-old Parthiv said in career,” Parthiv further leader in true sense with Vouching for its mecha- winning attitude,” the Sociedad from 11.25 pm on Sony Test cricket for India at a statement on his official stated. his man management nism, Gopi termed the chief national coach said, Ten 1; Sparta Prague vs AC Milan the age of 17, on twitter and instagram In fact, he played his skills. Sourav and Anil application a ‘game chang- adding, “I am so proud to from 1.30 am (Friday) on Sony Ten Wednesday announced account. first Ranji Trophy after he Kumble were great leader’ and stressed on the be associated with it.” 1; Tottenham Hotspur vs Antwerp from 1.30 am (Friday) on Sony Ten his retirement from all The left-handed batsman was dropped from the ers and they made me the importance of mental Athletics coach N. 2; Wolfsberg vs Feyenoord from forms of the game, three scored nearly 1700 runs India squad in 2004 due to kind of person I am,” training. As many as 10 Ramesh echoed Gopi’s 1.30 am (Friday) on Sony Six; month’s short of his 36th (1696) across formats with below-par glovework on Parthiv said. meditation sessions opinion. “This is a huge Leicester City vs AEK Athens from birthday. 934 runs (6 half centuries) tours of Australia and “I still have the Test cap designed, voiced by him- plus for track and field ath- 1.30 am (Friday) on Sony Ten 3 The baby-faced Parthiv, coming in the longest for- Pakistan. with my name wrongly self and inspired from his letes, who have very little who made his Test debut mat. He was thankful to all printed ‘Partiv’ that Dada on-ground training ses- time to recover between under Sourav Ganguly, In ODIs, he scored 736 his captains and “espe- gave me. The victories at sions will now be available the heats and the finals, cially Dada”, referring to Headingley (2002) and that’s when mental Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 aged 17 years and 153 runs with four half-cen- Parthiv Patel on the app that tracks days, played 65 interna- turies and a highest score BCCI president Sourav Adelaide (2003-04) and the mindfulness. strength comes into play,” Printed and Published by of 95. He effected 72 dis- and even before he made Ganguly. half-century opening the The 10 sessions in the he said. K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan tional games for the coun- Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed try, which included 25 missals in Tests, which his Ranji Trophy debut. Parthiv Patel called his innings at Rawalpindi ‘Dhyana for Sports’ section “Physical abilities can at Deccan Chronicle Press situated Tests, 38 ODIs and two T20 include 62 catches and 10 “The BCCI showed gen- first Test captain Sourav will be my favourite mem- in the app — Uniting Your make you a national cham- at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Internationals. stumpings. erous amount of confi- Ganguly a “leader in true ories.” Innerself, Forgive, Winner pion but if you want to Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri “Today, I announce Parthiv burst onto the dence and faith in a 17- sense” along with the leg- He said that retirement Instincts, Gratitude, excel on the international Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. retirement from all forms scene in early 2002, when year-old boy to play for endary Anil Kumble and was on his mind for the Stillness, Visualisation, stage and stay there, men- RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. of cricket and as I bring he was sent to England India. I have enormous said their influence in his last one year and that the Strengthen Discipline, Pre- tal ability is a must,” the Editor: Kaushik Mitter down curtains on this 18 after having played for gratitude towards them life went beyond the crick- timing couldn’t have been Workout, Post-Workout Dronacharya awardee year-old cricketing jour- India A in South Africa for guiding me and hand eting arena. better. — PTI and End of the Day — cater added.