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www.dailypioneer.com Veteran journalist, CHANDAN MITRA ex-MP Chandan Mitra passes away A journalist who remained so in politics handan Mitra, former Rajya Sabha member and a veteran journalist, handan Mitra, the former known as "the Pioneer person" him elected to the Upper House who had been unwell for some time, died on wednesday night. He parliamentarian and Mitra was known as ‘the Pioneer person’ because because he eventually bought con- from Madhya Pradesh. His term renowned journalist who trol of that newspaper from the ended in 2016. He was an aide of was 65. He is survived by his wife Shobori Ganguly and two sons C he eventually bought control of that newspaper C passed away on Wednesday at the Thapar family. Mitra resigned as BJP veteran LK Advani. He con- Kushan and Shakya. "Since it is already out there; dad passed away late from the Thapar family. Mitra resigned as printer last night. He had been suffering for a while," tweeted his son Kushan age of 65, graduated from the La printer and publisher of The tested in 2014 from the Hooghly Mitra. President Ram Nath Kovind described him as an outstanding Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata. He and publisher of The Pioneer in June. He Pioneer in June. He continued to be Lok Sabha seat, but was defeated. journalist whose stint as a parliamentarian added to his reputation. "His was awarded a gold medal there in continued to be its Editor, despite poor health. its Editor, despite poor health. In 2018, he joined Mamata understanding of Hindi heartland and its history was profound. His demise 1971. From there, he went to St Mitra's colleagues and juniors have Banerjee's Trinamool Congress -- leaves a void in Indian journalism. My heartfelt condolences to his family Stephen's College, Delhi. pointed out that he was out and out a party he had once blamed for let- and friends," Kovind tweeted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the Thereafter, he went to the Oxford a political journalist who used to ting loose a "reign of terror" in death of the former BJP leader. "Shri Chandan Mitra Ji will be remembered University. In 1984, the Oxford As a columnist and raconteur, he Assistant Editor and then joined lead and support his team in every Bengal. He then told a news chan- for his intellect and insights. He distinguished himself in the world of University awarded him a doctor- was known for his sharp views on The Times of India in Delhi. Mitra way during elections. nel that he had made the choice to media as well as politics. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his ate for his thesis on 'Political politics and also his abiding love for had a stint in The Hindustan Times Mitra was a nominated member work for the "betterment" of the family and admirers. Om Shanti," PM Modi tweeted. Mobilisation and Nationalism old Hindi film music. Mitra start- as well, before he became the of the Rajya Sabha from August state. By choice he stayed away from 2 movement in India'. ed his career in the Statesman as an Editor of The Pioneer. Mitra was 2003 to 2009. In June 2010, BJP got active or tu tu main main politics. Rakul appearing today for ED inquiry HC strikes down plea on insider trading FIR Jagan, Sharmila pay PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n HYDERABAD In a major jolt to the YS 5 IAS officers rich tributes to YSR Actress Rakul Preet Singh is Jaganmohan Reddy government, appearing on Friday before the the Andhra Pradesh High Court PNS n VIJAYAWADA was visibly missing between Jagan Enforcement Directorate in con- on Thursday dismissed the case sentenced to and Sharmila. Soon after the sol- nection with the ongoing inquiry filed by Anti-Corruption Bureau After avoiding each other on July 8, emn occasion drew to a close, Sha- into the drugs-cum-money-laun- against former Advocate-General jail in contempt the birth anniversary of their father, rmila put out an emotional tweet. dering case. Dammalapati Srinivas and others Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan On July 8, the brother-sister duo Although she had been asked in the alleged insider trading in of court case Reddy, his sister and YSR Telangana planned their respective scheduled to attend on 6th September as per Amaravati lands. Party (YSRTP) supremo YS visit to YSR Ghat so that it won't the schedule, she had sought a A division bench of the High PNS n VIJAYAWADA Sharmila along with their mother clash with each other. Every year change in the date of her appear- Court headed by Justice YS Vijayalakshmi paid rich tributes since the passing away of Rajsekhar ance, saying she was unable to Manavendranath Roy quashed The AP High Court on Thursday and homage jointly to the late YS Reddy, it's been a practice for the attend on the date mentioned in the FIR registered against Srinivas, sentenced five IAS officers to Rajasekhar Reddy on his 12th entire family to come together and the notice served to her. his family members and others, imprisonment for terms ranging death anniversary at YSR Ghat in pay homage to him on both his But the Enforcement including daughters of the Chief from two weeks to one month and the family estate Idupulapaya in death and birth anniversary. Directorate team initially reject- Justice of India NV Ramana. fined them up to Rs 1 lakh hold- Kadapa district on Thursday. ed the request of Rakul Preet More importantly, the High ing them guilty of contempt for However, the family synergy 2 Singh. Court permitted Srinivas to take single judge bench of the High Later, the AP government with- "wilful disobedience" of the court She again requested the team legal action against the State gov- Court in January. drew its appeal against the High order of February 10, 2017 for fail- to advance the date of her appear- ernment for filing a false case The Supreme Court agreed Court order staying an investiga- ing to release compensation for ance to September 3 (Friday). The against him and others in the with the High Court that private tion into an FIR accusing Srinivas land acquired from one Tallapaka proposal was accepted by the name of alleged insider trading sale transactions cannot be crim- and several others of corruption Savitramma of Nellore district. Enforcement Directorate. and causing them mental agony. inalised and that insider trading, in the purchase of land in Three other IAS officers, includ- In the previous phase of the The Supreme Court had already which is essentially an offence in Amaravati. ing Chief Secretary Aditya Nath inquiry in 2017, Rakul was not dismissed the AP government's the stock market, cannot be cov- The Supreme Court asked the Das, were let off in the case as the there. Special Leave Petition challenging ered under the Indian Penal Code state High Court to consider the charge against them has been But, after actor Sushant's death, the staying of the FIR filed against (IPC) nor read into Section 420 of issue in case any further petitions dismissed. her name figured during inquiry alleged "insider trading" in land the IPC or any provisions in the were filed and dispose of the by the Narcotics Control Board, transactions at Amaravati, by the scheme of the IPC. matter within four weeks. 2 Mumbai. In that context, she has been summoned to attend the inquiry now in Hyderabad. Jagan to release 2nd YSRCP honorary president YS Vijayalakshmi, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and SC rap: CBI charge sheet on YSRTP president YS Sharmila, other family members and well-wishers pay homage to late tranche of MSME chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on his 12th death anniversary at YSR Ghat in the family man accused of abusing judges incentives today estate Idupulapaya in Kadapa district on Thursday. PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA and take strict action against on November 11, 2020 against 16 those responsible for it, Chief accused and taken over the inves- The State government will be YSR lives on in hearts On the day the Supreme Court Justice of India NV Ramana tigation of 12 FIRs from CID of releasing a second tranche of said that a section of the media expressed serious concern over AP in pursuance of the orders of incentives to MSMEs on Friday to gives communal colour to news fake news on social media includ- the state High Court in Writ help them return to normalcy bringing bad name to the coun- ing web portals and YouTube Petition No. 9166 of 2020. from the impact of Covid pan- of people, says Sajjala try, the Central Bureau of which he said “listen only to the The original FIRs were regis- demic. Investigation on Thursday filed a powerful voices and not judges tered on the complaints from the This will be in addition to the PNS n VIJAYAWADA principles, who strove hard for the PAGE 2 charge sheet against a man and institutions”. Registrar General of the AP High incentives provided to the development of weaker sec- accused of making derogatory “The problem is, everything in Court. It was alleged that the key MSMEs in May 2020 as part of Rich tributes were paid to for- tions across the state and left Centre delays posts on social media against this country is shown with a com- personnel occupying posts of the ReSTART package to help mer Chief Minister Dr YS an indelible imprint in the judges and judiciary. munal angle by a section of the prominence in Andhra Pradesh industries restart operations. Rajasekhara Reddy on his hearts of Telugu people. Speaking for the Supreme media. The country is going to get by intentionally targeting the In the wake of the global 12th death anniversary on Implementing various MNREGA Court bench hearing a batch of a bad name ultimately,” said the judiciary, made derogatory posts Covid-19 pandemic and its even- Thursday. welfare schemes for the petitions including the one filed bench. on social media platforms against tual economic impact on all sec- After paying homage to poor, YSR left his distinct payments in by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, seeking The charge sheet was filed by judges and judiciary following tors, industries in Andhra the legendary leader at party's mark by bringing in revolu- directions to the Centre to stop the CBI in the competent court at some court verdicts delivered by Pradesh have been reeling under Central Office here, Government tionary reforms in health, educa- Andhra Pradesh, dissemination of "fake news" Guntur against one Lingareddy the High Court. severe distress. Advisor (Public Affairs) Sajjala tion, and welfare sectors, related to last year's religious Rajasekhar Reddy of Kadapa. 2 2 Ramakrishna Reddy said that Dr Ramakrishna Reddy said. reveals studys gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz The CBI had registered a case Rajashekhara Reddy was a man of 2 TODAY Focus on vax booster dose, Jagan tells officials ALMANAC Month & Paksham: n Shravana & Krishna Paksha Night curfew to continue; officials advise restrictions on Ganesh processions Panchangam PNS n VIJAYAWADA received a single dose of vaccina- less than three in 10 districts across Tithi : Ekadashi 07:43 tion while 84,48,341 have been the State. Nakshatram : Punarvasu 16:42 Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan administered both doses. The offi- The officials said that there are Reddy on Thursday instructed cials were confident that by the end zero cases in almost 10,000 village Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad officials to focus on booster dose of of November, all those above 18 secretariats. time to start any important work) Covid vaccine and come up with an years will be provided with at least Keeping any possible Covid third Rahukalam : 10:42 am - 12:15 pm action plan after completing the a single dose of vaccination and the wave in view, the officials informed two-dose vaccination regime across entire task would be completed by that 20,964 oxygen concentrators Yamagandam : 3:19 pm - 4:52 pm the State. February 2022. and 27,311 D type oxygen cylinders Varjyam : 1:03 am - 2:43 am The Chief Minister chaired a The officials of the health depart- were made available and that oxy- Karvy CFO, COO arrested review meeting on the prevailing ment suggested precautions during gen supply will be in place in 95 Gulika : 7:38 am - 9:10 am PNS n HYDERABAD Bank, Hyderabad, a case was reg- Covid situation, vaccination and the festive season in view of the government hospitals by the end of Good Time : (to start any important work) istered with the Detective preparations being made to face the Covid conditions by limiting September. The Central Crime Station, Department of the Central Crime third wave. It was decided at the Vinayaka Chavithi celebrations to The Chief Minister directed the Amritakalam : 2:07 pm - 3:50 pm Hyderabad on Thursday arrested Station, Hyderabad. meeting to continue with the night authorities to study the effect of homes rather than public places. officials to complete the recruit- Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:50 am - 12:39 pm two persons from Karvy Stock According to the complainant, curfew that is being imposed from Covid after taking the vaccine and As they recommended avoiding ment process in government hos- Broking in connection with the Karvy Stock Broking Pvt Ltd 11 pm to 6 am, keeping the festi- effects on people infected with the immersion processions, the Chief pitals within 90 days and ensure case filed against the firm for its availed credit to the tune of Rs 137 val season in view. virus even after being vaccinated. Minister directed the authorities to that there is no case of deputation. VIJAYAWADA role in a Rs 137 crore loan scam. crore from the bank by pledging During the review meeting held He also instructed the officials to ensure all precautionary measures He told the authorities to mon- WEATHER Those arrested have been iden- securities/shares and personal at the camp office here, the Chief focus on booster dose and come up are followed. itor the attendance of the staff on Forecast: thunderstorms tified as Chief Operating Officer guarantee of Chairman and MD, Minister instructed the officials to with an action plan after complet- The authorities further informed a regular basis and ensure that there Temp: 31/25 Rajiv Ranjan Singh, 52, and Chief C Parthasarathi by suppressing the ensure Covid protocols are followed ing the two-dose vaccination the Chief Minister that there are is no difficulty in providing qual- Humidity: 77% Financial Officer G Krishna Hari, facts that the pledged securities in all educational institutions and regime across the state. currently 14,473 active cases, while ity medical services to the people. Sunrise: 6:02 am 63, of the firm's Hyderabad unit. belong to its clients whose consent public places with people maintain- The officials informed that so far around two lakh cases were record- Jagan stressed that drugs of Sunset: 06:30 pm The accused were produced it had not obtained and by misus- ing social distance and wearing 3,02,52,905 doses of vaccine have ed in May this year. The recovery WHO and GMP standard should Current Weather Conditions before a court for judicial remand. ing their power of attorney. masks. been received and were adminis- rate was at 98.58 percent, positiv- be kept in government hospitals Updated SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 5:00 PM Based on a complaint lodged by With regard to vaccination, the tered to 2,18,04,564 people. Of ity rate at 2.11 percent. They point- and told to conduct inspections fre- the Vice President of IndusInd 2 Chief Minister instructed the these, 1,33,56,223 people have ed out that the positivity rate was quently. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 vijayawada 02 Revamped GOI Scheme will help energise Power Distribution Network

ith the enactment of 2018-19. These losses in the As per the mandate of the Electricity Act of TABLE 1- STATUS OF TOP 5 AND BOTTOM 5 STATES/UTS any, 2) No regulatory assets in the Electricity Act western world are around 4 to future, it means gap between 2003, State Electricity Regulatory Commi- Wof 2003, which lib- 5% and the world average is State/UT AT&C State/UT ACS-ARR ACS and ARR should be eralized generation segment around 8.5%. ssion should ensure that Discom's average loses in % gap (Re per Unit) below zero 3) Govt subsidy, if for the private sector, huge In India, in 17 States/UTs, tariff (after adjusting subsidy from State Govt) any, in advance to Discoms investments came for adding AT&C losses range between Delhi 9.07 Assam -0.32 and mechanism to transfer new capacities in power gen- 20% to 55% and only in 2 must recover average cost of supply of power. Kerala 9.10 Delhi -0.23 subsidy to consumers eration. In 2002, when the States/UTs (Delhi and Kerala); If that is true and done, then why Discoms are Punjab 11.28 Maharashtra -0.19 through Direct Benefit country was facing power it is below 10% (Table 1). The financial distressed? The answer lies in the Transfer (DBT), 4) Action deficit in excess of 12%, it had only way to reduce these tech- HP 11.39 HP -0.07 plan to reduce aggregate tech- an installed capacity of nical losses is to upgrade age- practice that many Discom follow Gujarat 13.98 Punjab -0.07 nical and commercial losses. 1,05,046 MW. With liberal- ing (and less efficient) distri- Tripura 35.48 Telangana 1.38 These are very reasonable ization it went up to 3,86,88 bution infrastructure (wires, Unfortunately such better interest burden. The other MP 36.01 J&K 1.72 conditions in the interest of MW by July 2021. There is cables and transformers). But years rarely come in future. option (not a fair one) is to SURESH CHANDA creating efficient Distribution also marked improvement in that requires financial The result is most of the delay payments to power gen- IAS (Retd.) Nagaland 40.06 Andhra 2.67 network. Discoms should power availability to con- resources with Discoms. That Discoms are saddled with erating companies and work The author is a former Special Pradesh accept them willingly. But a sumers. Now, even in rural is the real problem. heavy accumulated losses contractors which although, J&K 49.94 Nagaland 4.09 very pertinent question also areas, one can see lights glow- As per the mandate of the waiting for the government to will affect these agencies very Chief Secretary, Telangana arises here. Why there is ing throughout night. Electricity Act of 2003, State bail them out. During 2018- adversely. As on March 2021, Arunachal 55.50 Arunachal 4.27 need for attaching conditions But the power sector per se Electricity Regulatory 19, only 8 States/UTs name- Rs.67,917 crore was due from Discoms put together in Pradesh Pradesh for giving financial assis- is still struggling with very Commission (ERCs) should ly Assam, Delhi, Gujrat, Discoms to power generating 2018-19 were Rs.52, 838 Telangana 19.99 tance? If reforms are good, high losses at power distrib- ensure that Discom's average Haryana, Himachal, Punjab, companies(NITI RMI Report crores (PFC Report August States should do it even with- ution level. As power, which tariff (after adjusting sub- Maharashtra and Tripura August 2021). 2020) and estimated at whop- Andhra Pradesh 25.67 out conditions. is generated at a few locations, sidy from State Govt) must Discoms were in plus and the Only in 8 States/UTs,the ping Rs.90,000 crore for FY Scheme offers subsidy for has to move long distances to recover average cost of sup- rest were in red. (NITI RMI gap between the average cost 2020-21 (NITI RMI Report Source: PFC Report on Power Sector Utilities for 2018-19 published in August 2020 procuring Pre-Paid Meters at reach the consumer end, a ply of power. If that is true Report August 2021- Turning of service and the average 2021). The result is that 22.5% or Rs.1,350 per meter part of the power is lost dur- and done, then why Discoms Around Power distribution realizable revenue (ACS- Discoms are not able to make scheme in July 2021 called nents of the scheme are, 1) whichever is lower, if installed ing transit in wires, cables and are financial distressed? The Sector). ARR) was below zero (gap required investments for Revamped Distribution Upgradation of Distribution by the year 2023. Financial transformers, which is a tech- answer lies in the practice The adverse impact of below zero is better) and in upgrading old ageing infra- Sector Scheme - A Reforms Infrastructure and Pre-Paid assistance for upgrading nical loss. There are other cat- that many Discom follow these regulatory assets is that the rest of the States/UTs, the structure and creating new Cum Result Linked Scheme, Smart Metering and System Distribution infrastructure at egories of losses, commercial (with the approval of ERC). Discoms face serious working gap varies from 2 paisa to 427 one. Finally, it affects adverse- to financially assist Discoms Metering 2) Training and 60% of approved cost. loses, like theft, inefficiency Discoms, in order to keep tar- capital shortage (as daily paisa.(Table 1). The national ly efficiency of distribution with a budgetary support of capacity building. It's a big opportunity for in billing, default in payment iff low, the deficit is post- receipts are lesser than daily average of ACS - ARR gap is system. Rs.97,631 crores.It aims at But the assistance is com- Discoms to improve their and inefficiency in collection. poned for recovery in future expenses). One option before a whopping 52 paisa per unit. To address the issue of reducing all India AT&C loss- ing to Discoms with certain Distribution network and The Aggregate Technical & (better)years. In the power the Discom to mitigate this That is the reason that the high AT&C losses and to es to below 12-15% and gap conditions (rightly so). These compliance with conditions Commercial (AT&C) losses sector, this deferment is called problem is to borrow from most of the discoms are in make Discom financial between ACS and ARR to zero conditions are 1) Action plan (which are not unreasonable) in India were at 22.03% in regulatory assets. banks. But it will add to red. Aggregate losses of all sound, GOI came out with a by 2024-25. The main compo- to reduce financial losses, if should not discourage them. 5 IAS officers Jagan, Sharmila... Centre delays MNREGA payments sentenced ... Continued from Page 1 You stood by me always, Continued from Page 1 encouraged me and took care However, this year both the of me. You used to shed tears The convicted IAS officers children of YSR paid homage when I was in pain, but now, in Andhra Pradesh, reveals study include Principal Finance to him on his birth anniver- I am not able to control my Secretary Shamsher Singh sary separately, breaking the tears. I love and miss you, Rawat, Chief Minister's tradition to the utter disap- dad", said Sharmila in a tweet. SNV SUDHIR of the muster roll. In case the rienced a delay of 30+ days. Additional Secretary Revu pointment of the followers of Jagan participated in a n VIJAYAWADA payment of wages is not made The NREGA payment Mutyala Raju, SPS Nellore dis- the late chief minister. prayer meeting held at the YSR within 15 days from the date of Sample size: 1 pc of all panchayats process broadly consists of trict Collector K V N It was on the same day that Ghat along with his family An investigation by Delhi- closure of muster roll, the wage each transaction took in Stage 2 two stages. Chakradhara Babu and former Sharmila launched her polit- members, relatives, Ministers, based Liberation Technology seeker, as per Para 29 of PNS n VIJAYAWADA of the payment process. After the work is completed, Collector MV Seshagiri Babu. ical outfit 'YSRTP' in MPs, MLAs and well-wishers. (LibTech) India, which is a Schedule II of the Mahatma "We calculated the average days a Fund Transfer Order (FTO) Mutyala Raju had also pre- Telangana. Later, he offered floral trib- team of engineers, social work- Gandhi National Rural A LibTech India team randomly it took to complete Stage 2 of is generated and digitally sent viously served as Collector of It is learnt that Jagan was utes and paid homage at the ers, and social scientists, Employment Guarantee Act is sampled 1 percent of panchayats the payment process for the to the Centre. This is called SPS Nellore district. Retired IAS against the idea of a political memorial along with his wife revealed that in the current entitled to payment of compen- in AP - 130 of 12,956 state. We also removed the Stage 1 and is the State govern- officer Manmohan Singh, who party in Telangana in the YS Bharathi Reddy, mother, Financial Year, the Union gov- sation at the rate of 0.05 per- panchayats. The team downloa- transactions that did not have a ment's responsibility. was the then Principal Secretary interest of people in Andhra sister and uncle YV Subba ernment is taking an average of cent of the unpaid wages per ded details of wage payments for credited date. Out of 3.95 lakh The Centre then processes (Revenue) in 2017, has also Pradesh while Sharmila went Reddy, and others. 26 days to process wage pay- day of delay beyond the 16th all the job cards that appeared downloaded transactions for the FTOs and transfers wages been convicted in the case. ahead and launched the party. Taking to Twitter the Chief ments to the beneficiaries day. for work in the current financial which the FTO was sent to the directly to the workers' Justice Battu Devanand pro- Since then, differences have Minister posted an emotion- under MGNREGA. Considering the fact that the year up to July 31, 2021. Centre, 34pc transactions were accounts. This is called Stage 2 nounced the order on a con- cropped up between the sib- al message later. Adding the average time 13th report of the Parliame- They also downloaded the FTO still unpaid as on August 10, which is entirely the Centre's tempt petition filed an agricul- lings. "YS Rajasekhara Reddy is taken during Stage 1, the total ntary Standing Committee on transactions for these panchayats 2021. Thus, we analysed 2.58 responsibility. turist Tallapaka Savitramma of "You inspired me to strive still in the hearts of the peo- time taken to credit wages Rural Development and other for all of FY 20-21 and FY 19-20. lakh transactions which were As per the guidelines of the SPS Nellore district. for achieving success despite ple as a member of our house- becomes 29 days, a gross vio- official documents reported They then calculated the paid across the 130 panchayats. Act, Stage 1 must be complet- Rawat and Singh have been being isolated; forge ahead hold, even though he physical- lation of the MGNREGA Act, no delay in compensation bein- difference between the date of All the data was obtained on ed in eight days and Stage 2 sentenced to one month impris- despite facing humiliation; ly left 12 years ago. His inspi- which states payments must be g paid in AP for Financial Years FTO generation (Transaction Date August 10, 2021 from within seven days. After that onment while others have been face troubles courageously and ration is the driving force of completed within 15 days. 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, - Date on which the FTO is sent https://mgnregs.ap.gov.in/Nregs," Stage 1 and Stage 2 together sentenced to two weeks impris- always share affection among every step and every thought It has also come to light that Lib Tech investigated the time from state to Centre) and the said a member of the LibTech should therefore be completed onment. A fine of Rs 1,000 has others. of mine," he said on Twitter. the beneficiaries were also not taken for the NREGA workers Date of Credit to see how long India team. within 15 days of closure of a also been imposed on each of paid compensation due to the of AP in getting their wages muster of work. them. delay in the payments. and the amount of money they August 10 2021, 34 percent of od so far this Financial Year. It also revealed that the time Justice Devanand, however, According to Section 3(3) of should have received in delay the sampled transactions were Nearly 3 percent of transac- taken by the state has steadily ordered suspension of the sen- Mahatma Gandhi NREGA compensation from the Centre still unpaid. Only less than 20 tions have taken more than 2 been decreasing - from 7.97 tence for a month to enable the YSR lives on in... Act, 2005, workers are entitled so far this year, and in the last percent of credited payments months to get processed. For days on average in FY 19-20 to convicted to go for an appeal, to receive their wages within a two financial years. have been completed within the transactions that are still 2.96 days on average in FY 21- according to the petitioner's Continued from Page 1 Vasireddy Padma and other fortnight of the date of closure The investigation revealed as the stipulated 15-day time peri- pending, nearly half have expe- 22. 2. lawyer C Vani Reddy. leaders. Savitramma filed a writ peti- Chief Minister YS At the Visakhapatnam Party tion in the High Court in 2017 Jaganmohan Reddy has been office, YSRCP General stating that her land measuring carrying forward the legacy of Secretary and MP V Vijayasai three acres was resumed by the his father and creating a new Reddy recalled the contribu- Veteran journalist, ex-MP... SC rap: CBI .... revenue authorities and allotted history in governance and fol- tions made by YSR, saying that to the National Institute of Me- lowing the footsteps of the the late leader will stay alive in Continued from Page 1 friends across the political tor of Hindustan Times. Mitra Continued from Page 1 Centre, said, "Not only com- ntal Health without any notice great leader to make a lasting the hearts of the people spectrum and made very mentored young reporters, munal but also planted news" or payment of compensation. impression on the aspirations through his welfare schemes Vice President Venkaiah Naidu learned speeches in the Rajya and relaunched The Pioneer. Action was also initiated by is there and the IT Rules have In December 2016, the of YSR, he said. and development initiatives. called Chandan Mitra's death Sabha. Apart from his profes- "His passing is a great loss. The CBI, after it had registered this been framed to regulate con- revenue authorities promised Later, Ramakrishna Reddy He stated that YSR had set "a personal loss". "Deeply sad- sional qualifications, his Press Club of India stands case to get objectionable posts tent online, including web to pay compensation to her inaugurated a blood dona- an example of how a true peo- dened by the demise of former knowledge of Hindi film music with his family in this hour of removed from the social portals. for the land and that was also tion camp and launched a ple's leader should be, stand- Rajya Sabha Member & veter- was awesome, which he used loss," it said. media platforms, public “The social media only lis- reported to the Lokayukta, book titled 'Apara ing by his words, ethics, and an journalist, Shri Chandan with great effect in his inter- Swapan Dasgupta, a journal- domains and a lot of such tens to the powerful voices and she said. Bhageeradhudu' written on promises made to the public. Mitra. He was an erudite ventions and writings, said ist and Rajya Sabha member, posts/accounts were removed several things are written Justice A Rajasheker Reddy the achievements of YSR and He said that YSR played a cru- &highly respected journalist Congress leader Jairam recalled growing up with from the internet. against judges, institutions of the High Court, on also distributed new clothes to cial role in the development of and parliamentarian. His death Ramesh. Chandan Mitra. "I lost my Lingareddy was arrested on without any accountability,” February 10, 2017, ruled in the women. North-Andhra on all fronts is a personal loss to me. Om His party colleague Shashi closest friend - Editor of July 9, 2021 at Kadapa and is said the bench which also favour of the petitioner and The event was attended by and standing by the people of Shanti!" Naidu tweeted. Tharoor had some memories Pioneer & former MP presently in judicial custody. comprised Justices Surya Kant directed the revenue author- Skill Development these backward districts. Ram Madhav, a senior to share too. "Deeply sad- Chandan Mitra - this morning. Searches were also conducted and A S Bopanna. ities concerned to pay com- Corporation Advisor Challa Taking inspiration from his member of the Rashtriya dened by this news. Chandan We were together as students at the residential premises of Speaking for the bench, pensation to her within three Madhusudhan Reddy, AP father, Chief Minister YS Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was my campaign manager in of La Martiniere & went on to the accused at Kadapa which Justice Ramana said, “I have months. Government Representative Jaganmohan Reddy has been remembered the late leader as my successful race to be St. Stephen's & Oxford. We led to recovery of incriminat- not come across where these In 2018, Savitramma filed in North America fulfilling every promise made a good friend and offered con- President of the St Stephen's joined journalism at the same ing documents. social media, Twitter and a contempt case in the High Pandugayala Ratnakar, Vice to the people and providing dolences to his family. "Very College Union Society, served time & shared the excitement On Thursday, the Supreme Facebook, respond to com- Court after the revenue Chairman of Navaratnalu transparent governance by sorry to hear abt demise of for- in my Cabinet and succeeded of Ayodhya & the saffron Court bench also agreed to mon people. They never authorities failed to imple- Programme Narayanamurthy, prioritising weaker sections, he mer MP n senior journalist Sh me. We remained in touch wave," Dasgupta tweeted. hear after six weeks the respond. There is no account- ment the court's order. Ministers Sidiri Appalaraju said. Chandan Mitra. He was a over the years, ironically till I West Bengal Chief Minister Centre's plea seeking transfer ability. About the institutions, In June this year, Justice and Kurasala Kannababu, Remembering the good good friend. Served on d India returned to Delhi& politics and Trinamool Congress chief of petitions to the apex court they have written badly and Devanand, while hearing the MLA Parthasarathy, MLCs governance and welfare activ- Foundation Board for many separated us. RIP," Tharoor Mamata Banerjee, said in a that are pending in High they do not respond and say contempt case, observed that Lella Appireddy and Dokka ities of Dr YS Rajasekhara years until his health forced tweeted. tweet: "Saddened by the Courts against the validity of that this is their right. They from the material available on Manikya Varaprasad, senior Reddy, MLAs, MPs, party him to withdraw from public The Press Club of India demise of Shri Chandan Mitra. new Information Technology only worry about powerful record, the revenue division- leaders Jupudi Prabhakar, functionaries paid rich tributes activism. Condolences to issued a statement condoling He will be remembered for his Rules which aims to regulate men and not judges, institu- al officer had submitted bills Ummareddy Venkateshwarlu, at their respective constituen- @kushanmitra n other near Mitra's demise. "Chandan contribution to the world of online content. tions or common man. That is to the accounts office on July Telugu Academy Chairperson cies. A mega blood donation and dear. Om Shantih" Ram Mitra was a stalwart editor journalism and politics. Solicitor General Tushar what we have seen. This is our 6, 2020 but they were not Lakshmi Parvati, Women's camp was organised at Kadapa Madhav tweeted. who also had fruitful innings Heartfelt condolences to his Mehta, appearing for the experience. cleared till March 30, 2021. Commission Chairperson by Doctors' Association. "Dr. Chandan Mitra had in The Statesman and as edi- family and loved ones."

CHICKEN RATES `/KG Karvy CFO, COO arrested... Jagan to release 2nd tranche of MSME .... Dressed/With Skin `242 Continued from Page 1 es entities and on 22 Continued from Page 1 be benefited to the tune of claims run by ST entrepre- tives for establishing and institutional network. Without Skin `262 November 2019, SEBI revoked Rs 436.13 crore. As many as neurs to the tune of Rs Industries, with special Under YSR Novodayam, Broiler at Farm `134 "The securities were trans- the pledge of securities with To help industries restart 1,697 MSME units pertain- 24.86 crore will be benefit- emphasis to MSMEs. The 1,08,292 MSME accounts ferred into the Demat account Banks/NBFCs and returned their operations and to sus- ing to 4,582 claims under ed. government has also were restructured with an of Karvy Stock Broking Pvt ltd the securities/accounts. The tain the existing ones, the general category entrepre- MSMEs contribute sig- released the 'Jagananna YSR amount of Rs 3,236.52 EGG and pledged before the com- complaint bank was left with government released an neurs will be benefited to nificantly to the GSDP of Badugu Vikasam' policy crore. In addition, 2,49,591 plainant bank for margin and no collateral and thereby KSBL amount of Rs 904.89 crore the tune of Rs 319.14 crore. the State and the govern- with a vision to provide MSME accounts have been RATES `/100 short-term requirement in the defaulted in repayments of under the ReSTART pack- Another 2,117 MSME units ment has taken a slew of additional thrust to indus- sanctioned an additional VIJAYAWADA 416 business of KSBL from 1 about Rs 137 crore as of 31 age towards pending incen- pertaining to 2,327 claims measures for supporting try, especially amongst the working capital loan of Rs HYDERABAD 398 March 2013. The accused March 2021," said S V Hari tives to 11,238 units. by SC entrepreneurs will be the sector. The government underprivileged communi- 5,973 crore under company became a defaulter Krishna, Asst. Commissioner In the second tranche benefited to the tune of Rs announced Industrial ties, including scheduled Emergency Credit Line VISAKHAPATNAM 410 by diverting the funds into its of Police, CCS, DD 4,222 MSME units pertain- 117.93 crore while 408 Development Policy 2020- castes, scheduled tribes, Guarantee Scheme RETAIL PRICE `4.16 (IN VIJAYAWADA) own and connected business- Hyderabad. ing to 7,351 claims would units pertaining to 442 23 extending various incen- through policy measures (ECLGS).

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I have no assets Tributes paid to YSR in Vizag: Vijayasai NTR, YSR: Claim to fame for 3 parties PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM SNCN ACHARYULU th n HYDERABAD YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on 12 death anniv general secretary and MP V After Telugu pride and Vijayasai Reddy on Thursday famous cine actor NT Rama PNS n VIJAYAWADA made it clear that he does not Rao, it is the late YS own any property in Rajasekhar Reddy who has The YSR Congress Party Visakhapatnam and he would become a mascot for not one, (YSRCP) leaders paid rich never support any person using but three regional political tributes to former Chief his name in any illegal activity. parties. Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara The MP condemned the alle- After NTR in the undivid- Reddy in various districts on gations levelled by the opposi- ed Andhra Pradesh State, YSR the latter’s 12th death anniver- tion parties that he was involved has been the only mass leader. sary on Thursday. in land irregularities in Both legends, NTR and YSR Home Minister Mekathoti Visakhapatnam. have made a lasting impres- Sucharita paid tributes to Participating in a programme sion in the hearts of the Rajasekhara Reddy at a pro- to observe the 12th death Telugu people with their gramme held at Etukuru vil- anniversary of YS Rajasekhara poor-oriented welfare lage in Guntur. She garlanded Reddy in Visakhapatnam, schemes. A section of Congress lead- Sharmila has launched her ernment into his hands. In the portrait of Rajasekhara Vijayasai Reddy said that only This is perhaps why region- ers did have differences with YSR Telangana Party, to cash 1995, NTR's wife Lakshmi Reddy and distributed fruits with instructions of Chief al political parties have been YSR, but the party is not in on her father's image Parvathi launched NTR TDP. and blankets to the children on Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, trying their best to lay claims ready to disown him since he among the people of In 1999, NTR's son the occasion. She recalled the he was overseeing developmen- on these leaders since they remains in the hearts of the Telangana. So YSR has Harikrishna launched Anna welfare schemes introduced tal activities in the north coastal know that this is a sure-shot people 12 years after his become leader for the TDP. For these three political by the Rajasekhara Reddy. Ramachandra Rao paid trib- Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the districts. He asked the YSRCP way to get public support. death. Congress, YSR Congress and parties, it was the name of In Bapatla, deputy Speaker utes and recalled the services YSRCP office in Ongole. They cadre to bring to his notice if Till the end of his life, YSR After YSR’s demise, his son YSR Telangana Party. NTR that mattered. Kona Raghupathi garlanded of Rajasekhara Reddy to the distributed fruits and blankets anyone misused his name in remained a staunch Congress YS Jaganmohan Reddy quit NTR launched the TDP in Thus, both NTR and YSR the portrait of Rajasekhara downtrodden. The leaders to the inmates of an old age land scams or any other illegal leader. It was his charisma the Congress and launched 1982 and became 10th Chief were claimed by three politi- Reddy and paid tributes to unveiled the statues of Y S home. activity. Vijayasai Reddy warned alone that the Congress YSR Congress Party in 2011. Minister of undivided Andhra cal parties. It’s another matter him. Narasaraopet MP L Sri Rajasekhara Reddy and Dr. B They garlanded the statue of that stringent action would be stormed to power in the 20O4 YSRCP’s existence depends on Pradesh in 1983. After a coup altogether that the NTR TDP Krishnadevarayulu and MLA R Ambedkar on the occasion. Rajasekhara Reddy at the initiated if anyone damages his Assembly elections and with YSR as Jagan claims his late in August 1995, N has merged with the YSRCP Ambati Rambabu were among The Deputy Chief Minister Church Centre and paid trib- name and reputation by misus- his welfare schemes, the party father as his leader. Chandrababu Naidu took and the Anna TDP disap- those who paid tributes. said that Rajasekhara Reddy utes. Similar programmes were ing it in illegal activities. retained power in 2009. Now, YSR’s daughter YS over the party and TDP gov- peared from the scene. In West Godavari district, would remain in the hearts of held at Chirala, Purchur, Deputy Chief Minister Alla people forever. Inkollu, Martur, Giddaluru, Y Kalikrishna Srinivas, Minister Balineni Srinivasa Palem, Singarayakonda and Denduluru MLA K Abbaya Reddy, MP Magunta Kanigiri. A slew of YSRCP Chowdary, AP Oil Palm Srinivasulu Reddy and other leaders participated in the pro- YSRCP rule pushed AP back by 20 years: Naidu Federation Chairman K leaders paid tributes to late Dr grammes. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Assembly segments, the TDP YSRCP to harass the Opposition Chintapalli police station for no chief stressed the need for high- cadres. Some police were becom- valid reasons. They tried to file Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lighting the failures of Chief ing victims because of ganja smuggling cases saying that national president and former Minister Jaganmohan Reddy Jaganmohan Reddy's atrocious Prabhakar was moving suspi- Chief Minister N Chandrababu among the people. By not paying decisions. AP people were not liv- ciously in the forest areas. The Naidu on Thursday expressed the pending bills of NREGS ing under a separate constitution. police were behaving as if they concern that Andhra Pradesh works, the rulers were taking Decrying the government's were not able to identify even a became a victim of mindless and sadistic pleasure like demons. 'arrogance', Chandrababu Naidu former MLA and elected repre- needless destruction in the past Now, one more scam was taking advised the Chief Minister to fol- sentative of the people. two-and-a-half years of YS place in the musters of NREGS low the constitution of India but The TDP said that the ruling Jaganmohan Reddy's regime. workers. YSRCP MP Vijay Sai not that of his own. For the past party was harassing the Naidu asserted that the State Reddy was resorting to land grab- two years, the TDP leaders were Opposition leaders by not paying went back by over 20 years and it bings in Visakhapatnam. persecuted with false arrests and their bills for the past two-and-a- had lost all that positive brand Chandrababu Naidu demand- fake cases. Jaganmohan Reddy half years. However, victory was image because of demolitions, vio- ed that the Chief Minister explain increasingly lawless and com- was trying to enjoy diabolical achieved by waging a legal agita- lations and lawlessness. The Chief why Vijayasai Reddy was allowed mitting all sorts of violations, he pleasure by perpetrating psycho tion. It had come to a pitiable sit- Minister had become totally intol- to disturb the people of said. attacks on the opponents. uation where the court had erant to criticism and questioning Visakhapatnam when he was in The TDP chief deplored that Fabricated cases and house arrests warned to send the IAS officers to voices against his regime's unlaw- no way connected with the steel the police were not abiding by the became a routine. Naidu asked jail since they did not pay bills ful activities. Above all, the AP city. A middleman like Sajjala laws and the Constitution. They how Chintamaneni Prabhakar despite the court orders. This debts had crossed Rs 5.35 lakh Ramakrishna Reddy was now should stop filing false SC, ST could be arrested when he just Chief Minister was politicising crore but there were no develop- threatening everyone as if he was atrocities cases on the TDP lead- held protests against the sky- each and every aspect of gover- ment works or projects anywhere the DGP of the State. The gener- ers to please their political boss- rocketing prices of petrol and nance, thereby creating unfore- in the State. al feeling in AP now was that the es. Private cases would be filed diesel and essential commodities. seen problems for himself and all Addressing a meeting of the Taliban killers were far better than against all those police officers When he went to a temple in others in the State, he added. party leaders of parliamentary and the YSRCP rulers. They were who were conniving with the Vizag, he was taken to the Vijayamma, Sharmila Solomon Wesley’s Naidu’s poll strategist Robbin betrayed AP services recalled brain behind Kejriwal’s prog voters: Varla PNS n ONGOLE was also present. Speaking on the occasion, SNV SUDHIR Sonu Sood also told those PNS n VIJAYAWADA Prakasam district the SP said that Solomon n VIJAYAWADA youngsters taking part in the Superintendent of Police Carney Wesley enhanced the virtual meet that Naidu was his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Malika Garg paid rich tributes prestige of the Police depart- It has emerged that poll strate- inspiration and asked them to politburo member Varla to Addanki Solomon Carney ment with his exemplary ser- gist Robbin Sharrma is the get inspired from his vision NIT-AP to begin Ramaiah on Thursday Wesley here on Thursday on vice in the line of duty and it brain behind AAP govern- and developmental politics. demanded that YS the occasion of his 12th death is a matter of great pride for us ment’s latest programme ‘Desh “Robbin’s brainchild “Desh Vijayamma and her daughter anniversary. that he belonged to Prakasam Ke Mentor’ that was launched ke Mentor” has been launched Sharmila explain to the AP Addanki Solomon Carney district. on pilot basis by Delhi Chief by Arvind Kejriwal where he physical classes people why they were not Wesley was one of the officers The SP assures support to Minister Arvind Kejriwal. has appointed Sonu Sood as raising their voice against who died in a helicopter crash his family members on behalf Actor and philanthropist mentor for youth to counter PNS n VIJAYAWADA I am sure you are in the posi- the ongoing 'destruction and while on duty as a security of the Police department. Sonu Sood has been appoint- different issues faced by them,” tion to make your future. I only suppression' of Andhra officer to the then Chief Kamala Wesley also paid ed the brand ambassador for a member of Showtime National Institute of request you not to waste time. Pradesh under the Minister Dr. Y S Rajasekhara tributes to her son. the programme. Sharrma, co- Sharrma was the chief Consulting told The Pioneer. Technology-Andhra Pradesh The things you will lose today Jaganmohan Reddy govern- Reddy. Additional SP B Ravi founder of the Prashant campaign head for the Another team member (NIT-AP) has welcomed First cannot be gained tomorrow ment. She placed a wreath of flow- Chandra, DSB DSP B Kishor-led Citizens for pointed out that the concept of Year M. Tech students to cam- because tomorrow, there will Ramaiah recalled how the ers at the statue of Solomon Mariyadasu, Ongole Traffic Accountable Governance- CAG driven 2014 Modi ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ was pus from September, 2021. be several other things to do.” mother-daughter duo went Carney Wesley, located at DSP Mallikharjuna Rao and CAG which was considered designed by Sharmma and he The physical classes will be Further Prof. Rao said, door-to-door in the 2019 Church centre. The mother of other police personnel partic- key to the successful Modi campaign ‘Chai pe was also instrumental in rop- commencing after two weeks “Swami Vivekananda had said elections, betraying the AP Carney Wesley Kamala Wesley ipated. campaign in 2014 and the Charcha’, Nitish ing in Sonu Sood. of mandatory quarantine peri- – ‘take up one idea. Make that voters with their countless lies Indian Political Action The programme will help od. The campus was closed for one idea your life - think of it, and false promises. Committee (I-PAC), has Kumar’s cycle students of Delhi government the students during the second dream of it, live on that idea. Vijayamma promised his- launched his own strategy campaign ‘Har Ghar schools find a mentor who wave. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, toric development under his consulting firm Showtime helps them unlock their poten- This year, two more special- every part of your body, be full son's rule but now AP had Consulting. He was hired by Nitishe, Har Man tial. isations have been added to of that idea, and just leave turned backwards and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Nitishe’ in 2015 in Bihar Children will find answers M.Tech courses, namely, every other idea alone.’ This is plunged into chaos, lawless- Naidu, to help his party reel- to their career related questions Bioprocess Engineering and the way success mantra will be ness, joblessness and retro- ing from the 2019 General by IPAC and others by mentors who sign up to be Chemical Engineering. A total successful in life. Try to inno- gression. Elections drubbing, revive its a part of the programme. The of 46 students have joined vate yourself. Problems need Addressing a press confer- fortunes. ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ initiative is M.Tech at NIT Andhra solutions and you are born to ence here, the TDP leader Kejriwal a few days ago campaigned for Naidu. a programme where mentors Pradesh this academic year find those solutions. asked whether the mother announced the details about Sonu Sood too was all prais- will take out some time every (2021-22). They are the second Remember, students, that suc- and daughter had no respon- the ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ and also es for Naidu during a virtual week to guide the students. batch of M.Tech. students in cess after failure is greater sibility to come to the rescue introduced Sonu Sood as the meeting held a few months ago Sharrma was the chief cam- the Institute with the first than the success at the begin- of the AP people in their hour programme’s brand ambas- by NTR Trust Bhavan. paign head for the CAG driven batch having classes in online ning.” of suffering and livelihood sador. The actor came into the “When I started my journey 2014 Modi campaign ‘Chai pe mode last year. Last year, M.Tech pro- crisis. limelight in recent times due to as an actor, I used to shoot in Charcha’, Nitish Kumar’s cycle Addressing the inaugural gramme was in six speciali- The whole State got stuck his philanthropic activities, Hyderabad. The city and its campaign ‘Har Ghar Nitishe, session, NIT-AP Director Prof sations, namely, Geotechnical in a debt trap, law and order especially during the Covid-19 neighbouring places look so Har Man Nitishe’ in 2015 in CSP Rao, said, “You will be Engineering, Computer crisis and all-round destruc- lockdown. beautiful; I was stunned by the Bihar by IPAC and also the studying different subjects in Science and Data Analytics, tion. Interestingly, both Sonu city’s growth and develop- IPAC’s ‘Khat Sabha’ campaign every semester. You have to Power Electronics and Drive, Everything was happening Sood and Arvind Kejriwal ment. Everyone around me for Rahul Gandhi in Uttar explore each subject of your Advanced Communication exactly contrary to what maintain a good rapport with used to talk about Naidu sir’s Pradesh in 2017. He also interest to its depth. Teachers System and Signal Vijayamma and Sharmila had Naidu. Kejriwal came all the contribution to Hyderabad’s worked briefly as campaign and parents can guide you but Processing, Thermal promised to all sections of the way from Delhi to Vijayawada growth,” said Sonu Sood dur- manager to Congress leader ultimately it will be you who Engineering, Manufacturing State prior to the elections. during the 2019 polls and ing the virtual meeting. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. will be designing your future. Engineering. ‘Karra-samu’ to wean Vizianagaram youth away from mobiles ECoR to use LHB coaches VKL GAYATRI As part of this exercise, the training centres to promote Being addicted to smart- for special express train n VISAKHAPATNAM administration has decided to ‘Katti Samu’ and ‘Karra Samu’ phones and e-games in the set up village/urban youth asso- arts in the district. The minis- absence of any other enter- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Aiming to wean the youth ciations to promote various ter opined that Vizianagaram is tainment avenues, the youth away from smartphones and e- traditional games and martial noted for several village arts. have developed a suicidal The East Coast Railway (ECoR) games, the Vizianagaram dis- arts. Incidentally, Vizianagaram However, due to lack of aware- tendency. The youth associ- has decided to introduce modern trict administration has taken is credited with being home to ness and poor patronage, they ations will be tasked with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) up a new initiative to engage several village martial arts have faded into oblivion. identifying the interests and coaches to Bhubaneswar- them in physical fitness activi- including ‘Katti Samu,’ ‘Karra “Katti Samu’ and ‘Karra skills of the youth and accord- Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar special ty. Due to the Covid-19 restric- Samu’ and several other village Samu’ training centres, ingly they will encourage express via Vizianagaram from sion operating the LHB coachers tions, most young people have arts. sought to be promoted by them to train not only in September 10. The LHB coach- in Visakhapatnam-New Delhi- become addicted to e-games Minister for Municipal Botsa Satyanarayana, will be ‘Katti Samu’ and ‘Karra Samu’, es, based on German technolo- Visakhapatnam AP Express, and smartphone usage. With Administration and Urban the core of the activity for the but also in a host of other gy, offer better riding comfort, are Visakhapatnam-Korba- this, the district authorities Development Botsa youth to keep themselves fit. games badminton,” lighter in weight, have higher Visakhapatnam express trains, have drawn up a plan to pro- Satyanarayana has already The village/urban youth asso- Vizianagaram District speed potential as well as higher Visakhapatnam-Tirupati-Kadapa mote traditional Andhra games directed the officials to prepare ciations are envisaged to fight Collector A.Surya Kumari carrying capacity. and Visakhapatnam-Nanded and martial arts. proposals to set up exclusive against the smartphone fever. told PNS. Presently, the Waltair divi- express trains. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 vijayawada 04

Flip-flop: Expedite vax programme, Gorantla not to quit TDP Collector to health workers PNS n VIJAYAWADA After threatening to resign PNS n ONGOLE from the party, TDP MLA from Rajahmundry rural and Prakasam District Collector veteran leader Gorantla Pravin Kumar on Thursday Butchaiah Chowdhary directed the health workers to appears to have softened his expedite the vaccination stance. After a closed-door e process in the district keeping meeting with TDP chief N in view the prediction of Chandrababu Naidu at the Covid-19 third wave. state party headquarters on The Collector paid surprise Thursday, Butchaiah inspections to the Rythu Chowdhary said that he was Bharosa Kendra (RBK) and vil- taking back his decision to lage secretariat at Hajipuram resign from the party. village in Hanumanthunipadu Talking to reporters, he mandal. He inspected the said that due to some situa- attendance register and imple- tion prevailing in the party, he mentation of welfare schemes. decided to quit politics. He went through other docu- However, he said after meet- ments in the centres and inter- ing the party supremo he acted with the staff. said he had withdrawn the 20 RTC bus passengers The Collector said that plans decision. It is learnt that were evolved to complete the Naidu had assured that he first dose of Coronavirus vac- will be given respect in the cine during the month of party. have miraculous escape September. He asked the about 45 years of age and were task force committees to work ple properly. Chowdary, who has been employees to conduct a survey suffering comorbidities, had efficiently and impose fine if He directed the revenue with the TDP since its incep- PNS n KURNOOL fered bleeding injuries and a few “Had the bus moved a few on secretariat wise and identi- been vaccinated. anybody is found without officials to ensure 100 per cent tion in 1982, last month sent bikes were damaged in the acci- metres forward, it would have fy those who are yet to be vac- Pravin Kumar directed the wearing a mask. e-cropping in the district. shockwaves across the party, As many as 20 passengers of an dent. The RTC bus was going to fallen off the bridge, leading to cinated. staff to ensure that all the He directed the officials to In-charge Tahasildar expressing his displeasure APSRTC bus had a miraculous Kurnool from Anantapur when a major accident,” the passen- The Collector said that dur- pregnant women are vacci- study at the ground level and Manjunath Reddy, MPDO N over being sidelined by the escape when the vehicle halt- the mishap occurred. gers of the bus told The Pioneer. ing the last few days 1.10 lakh nated. The Collector asked reach out to people. He asked Chandrasekhar, Panchayat Raj party leadership. He indi- ed after hitting the railing of a The driver of the bus lost Two youths who suffered people, who are above 18 years them to launch awareness pro- them to conduct surveys to SP Kondaiah and DWMA PD cated that he might resign flyover in Dhone town in control over the vehicle, result- injuries in the accident were of age had been vaccinated. 99 grammes on vaccination. He know whether the welfare S Reddy were among those from the party and quit pol- Kurnool district on Thursday. ing in it ramming the railing of admitted to a hospital and they percent of people, who were asked the mandal and village schemes are reaching the peo- present. itics on August 25. However, two persons suf- the bridge and coming to a halt. were said to be out of danger. Do not politicise Miscreants make vain bid to rob APG Bank PNS n ONGOLE The SP examined the secu- suggestions over the security rity standards in and around aspects. Later, the SP spoke to Disha Act, Home Unidentified miscreants made the bank and the CCTV cam- the women police personnel a vain bid to commit burglary eras set up. and told them to keep track of in the Andhra Pragathi She enquired the bank offi- strangers visiting the bank. Gramin Bank (APGB) at cials about the incident and The SP directed the bank Minister tells TDP Kunderu village under asked for details. She direct- officials to immediately reach Santhamaguluru police sta- ed the police officers to expe- the crime scene and see to it PNS n GUNTUR women. The charge sheets tion on Wednesday. dite the collection of evidence that the evidence is not dis- were filed in as many as 1,500 Superintendent of Police of the case registered and turbed and promptly inform Home Minister Mekathoti criminal cases in seven days, Malika Garg visited the bank on crack it quick time. the police officers from time to Sucharita termed the holding she informed. Thursday. The SP said that the The SP spoke to the bank time in case of any crime. She of dharnas in front of the “Though the Disha Act is burglary attempt had failed due officials about the need to ordered the officials to keep a Disha police stations unfortu- yet to get the President of to the installation of enhanced install new security devices, close vigil on habitual offend- nate and found fault with the India’s approval, we are security equipment in the bank alarm system using the latest ers and strictly enforce the beat Telugu Desam Party (TDP) drawing inspiration from Celebrate using new technology. technology and gave various system. leaders for giving a call to the Act. As soon as the Disha organise protests in front of Act gets the President’s nod, Vinayaka Chaviti the Disha police station. it will become an Act. We Talking to the media at her are ready to take suggestions at home: SP COURTESY VISIT camp office here on Thursday, from the Opposition parties Balineni opens 100-bed ICU at GGH she said that the government regarding the implementa- PNS n GUNTUR was striving to bring the tion of Disha Act,” the Home PNS n ONGOLE President of India's approval Minister said. District Superintendent of for the Disha Act in order to She lashed out at the TDP Police (Urban) Arif Hafeez Minister for Energy and provide protection to women leaders that they were ridicul- has asked the people of the Environment Balineni in the State. ing and belittling the Disha district to celebrate the Srinivasa Reddy inaugurated “All efforts are being made Act. She found fault with the Vinayaka Chavithi festival at the newly- constructed 100- to get the consent of the TDP leaders for giving a call their homes keeping in view bed ICU ward at the President of India for the to organise protests in front of the Coronavirus pandemic. Government General Disha Act. Some activists of Disha police stations. He asked the people not to Hospital here on Thursday. Opposition parties staged a Sucharita recalled that when erect pandals on the roads The Minister said that the dharna in front of Disha police the TDP was in power, attacks and assembly in groups. He ICU ward was constructed at stations which unfortunate,” on women took place and said that permission was not a cost of Rs 4.20 crore. The she said. she cited the attack on given to install giant Vinayaka ICU ward has all modern The Home Minister said Tahsildar Vanajakshi. She idols in pandals and use DJ facilities including Oxygen. that within seven days the asked the Opposition leaders sound systems at the public MP Magunta Srinivasulu police would file charge sheets, not to politicise the Disha places. Reddy, Collector Pravin if offences take place against Act. The SP asked people to Kumar, Mayor Sujata, Joint perform puja to Ganesh idol Collectors K Krishnaveni, made of clay. It is imperative RIMS Superintendent Dr. for all to wear face masks, Special Chief Secretary to Governor, RP Sisodia, met Chief Minister YS Jagan Sriramulu, deputy SHORT TAKES maintain social distance and Mohan Reddy at the CM's Camp Office on Thursday, on a courtesy visit. He took Superintendent Dr. Murali wash hands with sanitisers to charge recently. The Chief Minister is understood to have asked the Spl. CS to Dr. Venugopal Reddy were protect themselves from the ensure that all protocols are followed and necessary precautions are taken to among those who were pre- Coronavirus. keep the Raj Bhavan premises safe from the impact of Covid-19. sent. Toll plaza staff stop AWBI seeks probe into death of horse FIR filed against horse owner, management of Madras Talkies IAS officer’s car PNS n HYDERABAD Anajipur village on the outskirts of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, of Hyderabad. 1960, which authorises the use of PNS n ONGOLE was a government vehicle, the The Abdullapurmet Police regis- In the complaint, PETA alleged animals in films. AWBI had staff intercepted the vehicle for tered FIR against a production that the horse was overworked reportedly given pre-shoot per- State Education about 20 minutes and house following the death of a and mistreated leading to its de- mission to the makers of the Atul Bhat Commissioner Pola Bhaskar's obstructed the duties of the horse during the shooting of a mise and quick hushed up bur- movie to use 80 horses in the film vehicle was stopped by the IAS officer, demanding that Tamil feature film 'Ponniyin ial. Following the complaint, pol- 'Ponniyin Selvan'. Appreciation letters given to appointed staff at Medapi Toll Plaza in the toll fee be paid. The driver Selvan', reportedly directed by ice registered an FIR and began "In the age of computer-gener- Tripuranthakam mandal of of the car informed Mani Ratnam. an investigation. On Thursday, a ated imagery (CGI), production 51 cops, including 4 women RINL CMD Prakasam district while he Tripuranthakam Tahsildar V According to the Police, an FIR team of veterinary and forensic companies have no excuse for was on his way to attend a Kiran and SI Krishnaiah about was registered against Satyananda, experts, visited the burial site and forcing exhausted horses to play KAKINADA: Superintendent of Police M Ravindranath Babu gave PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM review meeting of education the incident. the Executive Producer, the man- exhumed the horse's body for at war until one of them drops away appreciation letters to 51 police officials, four women police officials to be held in Bhaskar ordered that cases agement of Madras Talkies and investigation, said the police. dead," said PETA India Chief personnel and other staff for discharging duties efficiently. The police The Government of India on Markapuram town on be registered against the toll the owner of the horse under The Animal Welfare Board of Advocacy Officer Khushboo officials were on security duty on August 15. Therefore, the SP Thursday issued orders Thursday. plaza staff for behaving in an Section 11 of the PCA Act, 1960, India has written to the district Gupta, adding that compassion- presented the appreciation letters to the officials on Thursday. appointing Atul Bhat, Despite the sticker saying it irresponsible manner. and Section 429 of the Indian collector of Hyderabad and the ate, forward-thinking filmmakers Additional SP (Admn.) Karanam Kumar and SB DSPs Ambika Prasad presently the CMD, MECON Penal Code, 1860. Police said that Animal Welfare Board asking would never dream of hauling and Venkateswara Rao were present on the occasion. as the new Chairman and based on a complaint by People them to conduct an enquiry into sensitive animals to a chaotic mo- Managing Director of for the Ethical Treatment of the death, reportedly after it was vie set and forcing them to 'act'. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Animals (PETA), an FIR was filed involved in a head-on collision PETA India is calling upon Mani TTD EO visits Venkateswara Limited (RINL). on August 18 regarding the inci- during the shooting of the movie. Ratnam to switch to modern and The orders will come into dent that reportedly occurred The AWBI is the prescribed humane CGI and other visual- Temple at Malleswaram force from the day Bhat on August 11 at a private land in authority under The Prevention effects technology," she explained. TIIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer assumes charge of his new Dr K S Jawahar Reddy on Thursday visited the Sri Venkateswara post. He will continue as temple at Vyalikaval, Malleswaram, Bangalore, a TTD subsidiary CMD, RINL till November temple. He was received with Purna Kumbha honours by the temple 30, 2024. officials and rendered Veda Ashirvachanam by pundits after he had Bhatt took charge as CMD BJP ‘begs’ for cause of AP students abroad darshan. A TTD release here on Thursday said that the EO, along with of MECON Limited on SVBC CEO Suresh Kumar, visited the premises of SVBC Kannada October 1, 2016. He is a PNS n GUNTUR for the students for their study. channel and also the TTD Kalyana Mandapam. Talking to the media, chemical engineer from IIT Rama Krishna said that he he said that the full-fledged SVBC Kannada channel would be and a post graduate in man- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would hand over the money, launched in October. He instructed the SVBC CEO to prepare agement from IIM. He also workers staged a novel protest collected by begging, to the programmes on ‘sankeertanas’ of Saint Purandara Dasa as part of worked as executive director by seeking alms on the road to District Collector. The stu- Kannada channel launch. (business development and register their opposition to the dents, who were studying in corporate planning) in delay in releasing funds for the various countries, were facing NMDC and was instrumen- SC/ST/BC and Minority stu- financial hardships. But the ‘Dial EO’ programme on Sept 4 tal in formulation of strategic dents who are studying government did not do any- TIRUPATI: The monthly ‘Dial your EO’ programme will take place on management plan 2025 for abroad. thing for them, he criticised. September 4 between 10 am and 11 am at the conference hall of the the company and was respon- The BJP workers, led by dis- Later, the BJP leaders staged TTD Administrative building. A TTD release here on Thursday said sible for all mergers and trict president Rama Krishna a dharna in front of the that the pilgrims could phone in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam acquisition activities of the and S Yamini Sharma, begged Collelctor’s office. The BJP (TTD) Executive Officer and talk to him directly on 08772263261 to company. on the road to register their leaders submitted a memoran- give their feedback and suggestions. Bhatt also served in protest. They demanded that dum to Joint Collector Vivek ArcelorMittal, and Tata Steel. the government release funds Yadav. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 nation 05

Vaccination norms relaxed for Minor rape victim flushes prematurely Privatisation of PSUs not in national interest, INDIA people visiting abroad urgently born foetus down hospital toilet will oppose Centre's policy: TN Chief Minister CORNERhe Punjab government will allow people travelling abroad urgently to take the second dose of minor girl, allegedly raped and impregnated by a 20-year old-man, flushed down the toilet her rivatisation of Public Sector Undertakings is not in national interest and the Tamil Nadu TCovisheild without waiting for mandatory 84 days. This relaxation for the administration of Afoetus which was prematurely born while she was in the bathroom of a private hospital here, Pgovernment would oppose the Centre's bid to privatise PSUs which are public assets, the second dose has also been extended to foreign nationals needing to return to their countries, police said. On Thursday, the man was arrested from Wayanad and brought to Kochi, a senior Chief Minister M K Stalin informed the State Assembly on Thursday. The PSUs of India are Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said in a statement on Thursday. For availing this relaxation in police officer told PTI and added that the accused will be, thereafter, produced before a magisterial public assets that are designed to nurture economic growth and provide job opportunities inoculation, the people needing to travel abroad for unavoidable reasons may be asked to pro- court. The whole issue came to light on Wednesday after the girl went to the private hospital with and these are also the bedrock of small and micro enterprises, Stalin said. "It is our view that duce a copy of travel documents such as visas, confirmed tickets and other documents justifying her mother for a check-up. While waiting, the girl went to the toilet where the foetus was prema- selling or leasing PSUs are not in national interest," he said. The public sector units the urgency for undertaking the travel, he added. This decision has turely born and instead of disclosing it, she flushed it functioned considering larger public good and welfare been taken “as several Punjabis travel abroad for studies or some down the toilet and went back to be scanned, the offi- and an objective of profit alone is not the goal of such other important reasons”, the minister said. In a bid to further jack cer said. However, the remains of the foetus were enterprises, he added. Hence, the Chief Minister said up the second dose of vaccination, the government has also decid- noticed in the toilet by someone else and the police he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ed to hold special sessions every Sunday at government centres was informed. Police officers who reached there found express his government's opposition to the union for the administration of the second shot. “Coverage of Covid-19 that the minor girl was the one who had flushed the government following a trend towards privatisation of vaccination or 2nd dose to beneficiaries remains critical for the foetus. On being questioned, she admitted what she PSUs, he said. Prime Minister Modi had months ago successful impact of the vaccination drive. So, it has been decided had done and also disclosed that she had an affair with said that the "government has no business to be in to earmark every Sunday for the Covid vaccination session at all the man and subsequently, based on a complaint by business." Barring four strategic areas, the Centre had government Covid vaccination centres only for administering the her mother a POCSO case was registered against the said that it was for privatisation of PSUs in all the second dose among due beneficiaries,” he said. Wayanad-based man, the officer said. other sectors. Documents given to CBI for probe Congress panel to plan sustained agitations on national issues against Anil Deshmukh, HC told PNS n NEW DELHI tions on national issues". Congress leaders Udit Raj, Congress president Sonia Ragini Nayak and Zuber Khan PNS n MUMBAI matter for further hearing after Gandhi set up a nine-member have also been named as mem- two weeks. panel of party leaders headed bers of the panel. The Maharashtra government The court reiterated that such Leaked CBI report giving clean by Digvijaya Singh on The constitution of the panel has handed over to the CBI the matters with regard to sharing Thursday for planning "sus- comes days after the leaders of documents pertaining to a of information for investigation chit to Deshmukh is genuine: NCP tained agitations on national 19 political parties, including report submitted by senior IPS purposes should be solved issues". the Congress, announced that officer Rashmi Shukla on alle- between the two agencies PNS n MUMBAI "If the report is presented in the Congress general secretary they will organise joint protests ged corruption in police trans- instead of bringing them to court, Anil Deshmukh will get Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Lok and demonstrations across the fers and postings for its probe court. The Nationalist Congress Party reprieve. Whatever is happening Sabha MP Uttam Kumar country from September 20 to against former state home min- The documents sought by the (NCP) on Thursday claimed that is all politically motivated," he Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP Ripun 30. ister Anil Deshmukh, the cen- CBI included the letter submit- a leaked CBI report which added. The CBI on Thursday Bora, Manish Chatratha and The Congress has been tral probe agency on Thursday ted by Shukla to the Director purportedly gave a clean chit to said it has arrested NCP leader BK Hariprasad are among attacking the government over told the Bombay High Court. General of Police - Maharashtra, former Maharashtra home Deshmukh's lawyer Anand Daga those named in the panel. issues such as the rise in the Additional Solicitor General which included a report on minister Anil Deshmukh for allegedly trying to A statement issued by the member panel with Singh as its petrol, diesel and LPG prices, Anil Singh, appearing for the alleged corruption in police in a corruption case subvert a Bombay High party said the Congress pres- chairman with immediate the asset monetisation pipeline Central Bureau of Investigation transfer and postings, annexures was genuine. Court-directed ident has constituted the nine- effect to "plan sustained agita- scheme and farm laws. (CBI), told a division bench of misuse of official position. of the report and the panchna- The Central agency preliminary enquiry Justices S S Shinde and N J The state government had ma that showed how the docu- has now claimed against the former Jamadar that the documents initially refused to hand over the ments had been transferred that the report was Maharashtra have been provided as assured documents claiming that the from one department to anoth- leaked after a bribe minister. by the state government. papers sought by the CBI did er. was paid and it has It has also arrested Modi govt mishandled Singh said the central agency not have any relevance with its The CBI, in its application registered a criminal CBI sub-inspector would go through the docu- probe against Deshmukh. filed last month, had said that it case in this regard, NCP Abhishek Tiwari for ments and check if the court However, the bench had last had written a letter to the State leader and Maharashtra allegedly receiving bribe from orders have been complied with. month asked the government to Intelligence Department (SID) minority affairs minister Nawab Daga, it said. A report of the economy, alleges Rahul The court was hearing an reconsider and directed it to tell seeking details of a communi- Malik told reporters here. preliminary enquiry purportedly application filed by the CBI, if it was willing to share some of cation sent by senior IPS officer But the Central Bureau of giving clean chit to Deshmukh PNS n KANNUR airports, roads and stadiums. claiming that the government the documents. Rashmi Shukla on the issue of Investigation is not stating that was leaked on Saturday night. Attacking the Centre over was not cooperating by refusing The state government then corruption in police transfers the report itself was fake, he The CBI started a probe into the Accusing the Centre of mishan- rising prices of fuel, Gandhi to hand over certain documents agreed to sharing some of the and postings, but the SID had said. "To save its face, it is leak and claimed later that dling the country's economy, said the government has come which the agency requires for its documents with the CBI. refused to provide them claim- saying that the report had been findings of the enquiry had Congress leader Rahul Gandhi up with a new concept of investigation against Deshmukh After hearing Singh, the court ing it was part of an ongoing managed," Malik alleged. been influenced. on Thursday said the nation GDP, wherein a rise in GDP over alleged corruption and on Thursday adjourned the investigation. was at a "critical crossroad" and means a rise in prices of Gas, the Congress, as a major oppo- Diesel and Petrol. sition party, has a moral duty to "While international prices fight the forces that threaten the for crude and gas has gone Former minister moves Bombay HC against ED summons very idea of India. down since 2014, there has "Modi Government has been huge increase in prices in PNS n MUMBAI Mohite Dere. leader on April 21 this year on educational trust controlled The apex court had, howev- clearly mishandled the econo- GDP in last 7 years. Rs 23 lakh However, Justice Dere charges of corruption and mis- by Deshmukh's family. er, refused to grant any relief my. And, what this country has industries: for example, crore has been earned by Former Maharashtra home recused herself from hearing use of official position. The ED has till now issued and said Deshmukh had alter- built over the last 70 years, is Railways which is the back- increasing prices of GDP in the minister Anil Deshmukh the application without assign- The ED's case is that while five summons to Deshmukh, nate remedies. The NCP leader being given away to select few bone of India. Congress party last seven years. Where has this approached the Bombay High ing any reason and said, “Not serving as the state home min- asking him to appear before it then approached the HC, chal- friends of Modi-ji", Gandhi must oppose this fire sale of money gone?" he asked. Court on Thursday, seeking to before me”. ister, Deshmukh allegedly mis- for questioning. However, lenging the summons. said, joining a function organ- our crown jewels at every The Congress leader alleged quash the summons issued to The application will be heard used his position and through Deshmukh skipped all the five The ED has so far arrested ised virtually on the occasion level," Gandhi said, slamming that while farmers, labourers, him by the Enforcement by another bench in due course dismissed police officer Sachin summons, claiming that he two persons - Sanjeev Palande of inauguration of the District the Centre's Rs 6 lakh crore small traders and informal Directorate (ED) in connection of time. Waze collected Rs 4.70 crore would be seeking appropriate (additional collector-rank offi- Congress Committee office in National Monetisation Pipeline sector, MSMEs, contract work- with a money laundering case The ED had initiated a probe from various bars and restau- remedy available under law. cial who was working as this north Kerala district. (NMP) that included unlock- ers, salaried class and honest registered against him. against Deshmukh and his rants in Mumbai. Deshmukh last month Deshmukh's private secretary) He said the Congress was ing value by involving private industrialists are being demon- Deshmukh's application associates after the Central The money was allegedly approached the Supreme Court and Kundan Shinde (Deshm- not against privatisation but its companies across infrastruc- etised, four-five friends of came up for hearing before a Bureau of Investigation (CBI) laundered to the Nagpur-based against the summons and ukh's personal assistant) - in privatisation plan had a logic. ture sectors – from passenger Prime Minister Narendra single bench of Justice Revati lodged an FIR against the NCP Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an sought protection from arrest. the case. "We didn't privatise strategic trains and railway stations to Modi are being monetised. Maha government to Madras HC keeps in abeyance its order BJP failed, SP will give due respect to Dalits, BCs, says Akhilesh Yadav get activist Navlakha mandating bumper-to-bumper insurance PNS n LUCKNOW successful completion of the Jankranti Yatra, he said, "The BJP PNS n CHENNAI told Justice Vaidyanathan that Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh will be wiped out from all dis- the IRDAI is the regulatory Yadav on Thursday said his party tricts of UP where this yatra has medically examined The Madras High Court has body and its main role is to will give due respect to dalits and passed. That is why we have given kept in abeyance, its order coordinate with both private other backward sections that the the slogan 'Abki baar 400 paar'.” PNS n MUMBAI over 150 witnesses to be exam- mandating "bumper-to- and public sector insurance BJP failed to do. Headed by Sanjay Singh Ch- ined, to continue to subject him bumper" insurance for five companies in respect of com- "SP allies will get justice, res- auhan, the Janvadi Party Socialist The Maharashtra government to incarceration till the comple- years for motor vehicles, fol- mon issues arising in the field pect and participation. The party has a strong hold among the Cha- told the Bombay High Court on tion of the trial would be extreme- lowing a submission from the of insurance business. will give the respect to dalits and uhan community, which has a Thursday that it will take jailed ly "unjust, harsh, and cruel". General Insurance Company Therefore, it is mandatory that other backward sections that the considerable presence across activist Gautam Navlakha, an The activist said he had always (GIC) that the direction could both GIC and IRDAI are BJP did not do," he said while ad- eastern UP. The party had start- accused in the Elgar Parishad- cooperated with the probe into not be implemented without impleaded as party respon- dressing 'Jankranti Yatra' of SP ed its yatra from Ballia on August Maoist links case case, for a the case and that he was a fit can- the approval of the Insurance dents to this appeal and heard. ally Janvadi Party Socialist here. 16 with a vow to make Yadav the medical check-up to the Tata didate for house arrest. Regulatory and Development He said that consequent to "When it comes to giving next chief minister of the state. Memorial Hospital in neigh- Navlakha's counsels Yug Authority of India (IRDAI) passing of the order, the Joint respect to your 'samaj' (commu- Speaking about the rallies of bouring Navi Mumbai on Friday. Chaudhry and Payoshi Roy also and that it would require 90 Last month, the Madras addition to covering the driver, Transport Commissioner had nity), SP will never back track. his party allies, the SP president Public prosecutor Sangeeta told the HC that they had already days to do so. High Court ruled that passengers and owner of the issued a circular on August 31 We assure you that we will not do said the yatras of Mahan Dal and Shinde, made the statement bef- written to the Taloja prison auth- Justice S Vaidyanathan, "bumper-to-bumper" insurance vehicle, for a period of five to all the Regional Transport the injustice done to you earlier. Janvadi Party Socialist have been ore a bench of Justices SS Shinde orities seeking a medical check up who passed the order on should be mandatory whenev- years, the court had held. departments of the state to SP will not hesitate to take for- completed, but senior party and NJ Jamadar after Navlakha for the lump in his chest, but were August 4, kept it in abeyance er a new vehicle is sold, from When the matter was taken ensure effective implementa- ward your 'samaj'," Yadav added. leader Indrajit Saroj has left with moved the HC earlier in the day, yet to hear anything from them. on Wednesday. September 1. This must be in up yesterday, the GIC counsel tion of the court order. Congratulating its ally for the another 'Janadesh Yatra'. seeking directions to They told the HC authorities of the Navi that Navlakha also Mumbai-based Taloja suffered from hyper- prison, where he is tension that he devel- currently lodged, to oped while in prison, Medicinal plants to be cultivated on 75,000 hectares get him examined for and several other ail- a lump developed in ments. PNS n NEW DELHI Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and plants on 75,000 hectares of land his chest in March The activist Pune in Maharashtra," it said. will ensure availability of medi- this year while in claimed the Taloja Medicinal plants will be cultivat- The campaign is the second cines and will be a big source of prison. prison was grossly ed on 75,000 hectares of land such event in a series of pro- income for farmers, he has said. In his plea, inept at treating seri- across the country as part of a grammes being organised by the This will make the country self- Navlakha, 69, also sought that he ous medical ailments suffered by campaign launched by the Ministry of Ayush as part of reliant in the field of medicines. be placed under house arrest as inmates. National Medicinal Plants Board "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav". Significantly, in the last one-and- part of his judicial custody, owing He also claimed the Taloja pri- (NMPB) that functions under In Pune, medicinal plants have a-half years, the market of medi- to his advanced age and a host son staff had been callous towards the Ministry of Ayush. been distributed among farmers cinal plants has increased in a big medical ailments that he suffers the health and other needs of The NMPB has launched the and those who were already cul- way not only in India but all over from. inmates in the past. campaign to promote cultivation tivating such plants have been the world. This is the reason that Navlakha cited the Supreme The Taloja prison authorities of medicinal plants in the coun- felicitated. Nilesh Lanke, MLA ashwagandha has been the third Court's order issued in May this had repeatedly acted in a "callous try as part of the "Azadi Ka Amrit from Parner in Maharashtra's best-selling product in the US, the year, whereby the apex court manner in the past, endangering Mahotsav" celebrations to mark 75 Ahmednagar district, Dr Asim Ali statement said. had dismissed his default bail plea, the lives of the inmates, including years of independence, the Ayush Khan, DG, Central Council for A total of 7,500 medicinal plants programmes. The farmers cultivat- seng (ashwagandha) and Indian Other events being held under but found merit in treating house the petitioner's co-accused in the ministry said on Thursday. Research in Unani Medicine were distributed to 75 farmers on ing medicinal plants were felicitat- blackberry (jamun). Separately, "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" arrest as an alternative form of case," Navlakha said in the plea. "This will help in increasing the (CCRUM), and Dr Chandra this occasion. A target has been set ed by Saini, the statement said. 750 jamun saplings were also dis- include the launch of the "Y detention, especially for such "Because of the negligence income of farmers and realise the Shekhar Sanwal, Deputy Chief to distribute 75,000 saplings. Medicinal plants were distrib- tributed to the farmers, the state- Break" app, distribution of prophy- undertrials who are aged or suf- and stubborn refusal of officials dream of Green India. Under this Executive Officer, NMPB, led the In Saharanpur, Minister of State uted for free to 150 farmers who ment said. lactic Ayush drugs, "Ayush Aapke fering from serious medical ail- of the Taloja prison, ailments and campaign, cultivation of medici- events from different locations, the for Ayush, Government of Uttar came from many nearby districts. According to Union Ayush Dwar" and a lecture series for ments. In his plea, Navlakha also medical concerns of inmates go nal plants will be done on 75,000 ministry said in a statement. Pradesh, Dharam Singh Saini, These included mainly five species Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, school and college students. The said that with 15 people accused undiagnosed and untreated for hectares of land in the next one Sanwal said "this effort will give along with Research Officer of the of plants -- night-flowering jas- the country has an immense lecture series and a webinar on the in the case, the charge sheet long periods of time," the plea year across the country. The pro- more impetus to the supply of NMPB Sunil Dutt and officials of the mine (parijat), golden apple (bel), potential in the field of medicinal "Y Break" app will be organised on spanning over 30,000 pages and said. gramme has been started from medicinal plants in the country". Ministry of Ayush participated in the margosa tree (neem), Indian gin- plants. The cultivation of such September 5. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Nepali migrants’ A matter of life Air pollution, a silent killer, eats away almost nine years of a person’s life in north India pleas in Afghanistan RISHI GUPTA he people of Delhi in particular and north India in general wake up to a dangerous reality. Air pollution is turning from bad to worse and is making them die early. An TAmerican research institute has said the average Indian in this region is going to The world has been evacuating respective citizens from Afghanistan, lose over nine years of his or her life if air pollution remains at the 2019 levels. The worst-polluted region is the Indo-Gangetic plain, including Delhi. About 40 per cent of but Nepal needs to do much more to bring succour to its nationals the population lives here. Delhi is the most polluted where air pollution is shortening life mid the Taliban’s takeover by nearly a decade. Uttar Pradesh is a close second at 9.5 years. Air pollution is envelop- of power in Afghanistan, ing this region like a coffin cloth. The WHO guidelines say that PM 2.5 (particulate mat- the leading global powers continue to repatriate ter less than 2.5 microns in diameter) should not go beyond 10 microns per cubic metre. theirA citizens from the strife-torn In 2019, the average concentration of PM 2.5 in India was 70 microns per cubic metre country. At the same time, geo- — the highest in the world. If these levels continue to hold, they will eat away people’s graphically smaller countries are juxtaposed to international coop- lives. These particles are ultra-fine and pass through eration in repatriating their citizens. the lungs and, carried by the bloodstream, expose In South Asia, Nepal is one such nearly all cells in the body. A Centre for Science and country, trying to repatriate its Environment report quoted research papers that these 1,500 citizens from Afghanistan. On August 15, the country’s Home particles cause “head-to-toe harm”, from heart and Minister Bal Krishna Khand con- lung disease to diabetes and dementia and cancer to vened an inter-ministerial meeting brittle bones, damaged skin and fertility. Air pollution chaired by the Chief Secretary of is said to have caused 1.8 million deaths in 2015, aver- the Government of Nepal under the chairmanship of the Heads of aging about the same since then. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa Three factors — garbage burning, construction divisions of the Ministry of and transportation — cause air pollution in India. Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Biomass burning pollutes the air in the rural areas Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Ministry of along with seasonal stubble burning. Experts have suggested that garbage burning Culture, Tourism and Civil be tackled first and in the short term. In most Indian cities, over three-fourths of garbage Aviation, Ministry of Health and is collected daily. If municipal efficiency is increased to lift the remaining garbage, Population, Nepal Police, and 1,500 are put on record because and strategic understanding On all these emergency burning would be avoided and that can reduce air pollution to some extent. Measures COVID-19 Crisis Management many Nepalese are engaged in acutely risks the lives of millions occasions, Nepal’s constant Centre and the Department of are being taken by the Government to check pollution on account of transportation the informal sector jobs and of migrants. In the last 11 reliance on the international Consular Services, to chalk out an missing documentation with years, 7,467 Nepalese workers community for rescue, repatri- and construction. The National Clean Air Programme is aimed at cutting particulate action plan to repatriate the the Government of Nepal. The have died in the host countries, ation and emergency respons- pollution by at least a third at the 2017 levels by 2024. If that is achieved, national Nepalese citizens. 2020 Nepal Migration Report and in many cases, families of es exhibits the lack of political The Government of Nepal has estimates that the most signifi- the deceased have failed to will in developing its own capa- life expectancy may increase by about two years and 3.5 years for residents of the created an online portal, northern region. However, these are massive exercises as the number of vehicles cant number of labour migrants afford a coffin or bear trans- bilities. The rising export of WhatsApp group and emergency from Nepal to Afghanistan was portation costs. Between 2008- human resources requires a continues to zoom and construction activity sees no contraction at all. On top of it, hotlines for its citizens to register deployed in security services. 2019, an estimated 21 migrants systematic post-departure violation of environmental rules is rampant. It is now imperative to reduce traffic- their repatriation requests. Since In the last two decades, have died in Afghanistan due to response and emergency assis- Nepal does not have a diplomat- Nepal has become one of the terrorist attacks and other tance. Political appointments in based air pollution by carpooling and sharing taxis, using bicycles and public trans- ic mission in Afghanistan, the port, owning CNG and electric vehicles, improving road signages for easier driving, largest exporters of human unknown reasons. There were foreign missions have become a Nepalese embassy in New Delhi resources worldwide, with the 13 Nepalese killed in the terror- trend in Nepal that creates a vac- lane driving and better roads to avoid jams, and shifting to solar energy. Western is assigned with the Afghan desk. majority working in India, IN THE LAST ist attack on Canadian embassy uum and weakens diplomatic countries also faced air pollution in the past but they made progress in the last decades In this process, the Nepal Malaysia, the Gulf countries and in Kabul in 2016. capabilities due to a lack of ded- Government has also sent formal the United States. Out of a total TWO DECADES, The earthquake of 2015, icated training in the field. not by chance but as a result of policy choices. That is what every Indian has to requests to the United Nations, the make because it is a life-and-death question. labour force of 7.5 million, an NEPAL HAS COVID-19, the Israel-Palestine Therefore, Nepal needs to devel- United Kingdom, Canada, estimated three million labour- Conflict and Afghanistan in the op an ‘Emergency Response Germany, the European Union ers were working abroad in BECOME ONE OF current scenario are such Team’ trained explicitly for such PICTALK and Japan to immediately rescue 2017-18, constituting 41.5 per reminders, demanding emergency missions evolving and repatriate the Nepalis work- cent of the total. Nepal’s econ- THE LARGEST improved capabilities and emer- army personnel, diplomats and ing in Kabul. omy has seen drastic changes EXPORTERS gency response from the Government officials. Nepal Notably, more than 100 due to increasing contributions Nepalese Government. For also needs to understand that Nepalese nationals were working made by the remittances into the OF HUMAN instance, as soon as the other diplomatic capabilities define at the United States embassy in GDP. In 2019-20 alone, Nepal RESOURCES countries began to close down one’s external outlook in glob- Kabul, and 200 more with the received a record 961.05 billion their borders due to the al affairs in the modern-day Canadian and German embassies. Nepali Rupee (NR) as remit- WORLDWIDE, WITH COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, world. Nepal has time and The first batch of Nepalese repa- tances, accounting for 22.5 per THE MAJORITY there was a surge of requests again asserted its position in triation took place on August 17 cent of Nepal’s current gross from migrant labourers, stu- world politics, especially on with the help of the United States domestic product of `4.26 tril- WORKING IN INDIA, dents and others stuck on for- international fora, but such Air Force. lion evaluated at the current eign soils to the Government of weaknesses work against its As of August 29, a total of 778 market prices. MALAYSIA, THE Nepal for repatriation. During aspirations. Nepalese citizens have been res- With extraordinary contri- GULF COUNTRIES the 2015 earthquake, Nepalese (This concludes the two- cued and taken to Kathmandu. butions made by the Nepali migrant workers had pleaded to part series on the Afghanistan India is also helping Nepalese migrants to the country’s econ- AND THE their Government to arrange for developments’ impact on Nepal.) workers to board its repatriation omy, missing capable repatria- UNITED STATES their repatriation after they (The author is a Research flights from Kabul. Meanwhile, the tion strength and aviation, could not return from the Gulf Assistant with the Vivekananda exact number of Nepalese stuck in coordination with the host countries due to confiscation of International Foundation. The Nepal is estimated to be between countries and missing legal passports by their employers. views expressed are personal.) 15,000 and 20,000. However, only LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE NEW JOINEE IN THE CONGRESS? It has been decided A BSF personnel helps a woman lift a bucket of water, near the LOC in the KG sector of Poonch PTI Sir — After Prashant Kishor's contribu- An era comes to an end to earmark every tion to the TMC's win in West Bengal, the Sunday at all Congress party showed its inclination to issues of national importance and gave read- Government COVID hire the poll tactician. But the Congress ers a new perspective. He was the editor- vaccination centres Pouring trouble is in a dilemma after Kishor asked for the in-chief of the esteemed daily The Pioneer. only for administering party membership. The party high-com- He was an approachable editor and always the second dose. Though the rain comes as a relief, the mand, the Gandhis, apparently are in encouraged people. favour of inducting the poll analyst into He helped many individuals transform Punjab Health Minister administration’s apathy is a reason for worry the party. However, some 'senior' leaders into fine journalists. His sudden demise not — Balbir Singh Sidhu are reluctant to see Kishor hog the lime- only shocked the media fraternity, but also t is raining cats and dogs in Delhi. That is correct: Delhi, not Mumbai. #Delhirains light in the party. Kishor has demanded left them sad. Senior journalist and MP, Our commitment is trending. The national Capital is witnessing one of the heaviest rains ever for the a “free--hand” to plan his strategy for the Swapan Dasgupta, shared an old picture of on the part of the Congress in future elections. him and Chandan Mitra on Twitter and last couple of days. The intermittent rains have played havoc with the civic ameni- United Kingdom I Evidently, if a newcomer gets a major expressed grief at losing his closest friend. to Afghanistan ties. According to the Meteorological department, Delhi has witnessed such rainfall say in the all important elections, where he demise of veteran journalist Chandan Many senior leaders and his fellow journal- remains. We need after 19 years and the fifth in an all-time high in a single day. Late monsoon rains have will they go? If Kishor reports directly to Mitra is saddening. He was an outstand- ists expressed condolences on social to adjust to the new reality. brought relief from the heat and sultry weather that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the Ting journalist, a well-respected name media. Chandan Mitra gave an unafraid voice importance of the ‘rebels’ in the party and a towering figure in the Indian media. to journalism when he was in his prime. British Foreign Secretary prevailed almost through August. It is time to welcome would further diminish. According to the His stint in Parliament added to his repu- Losing an unafraid voice like him is a loss — Dominic Raab the rains and brace up for the hardships it brings along seniors, Kishor had nothing kind to say tation. Chandan Mitra Ji will be remembered to the media fraternity. He will always be — waterlogging, traffic snarls; actually a nightmare about the Congress party a few years ago for his intellect and insights. He distin- remembered as a towering figure in the Gone too soon for the last three days, and even the fatal risk of elec- when he was working for another party. guished himself in the world of media as well world of journalism. Leaving behind a lega- But all this is common in politics, and may as in politics and always upheld the finest cy of excellence, with his demise, a chap- Siddharth trocution from the loose hanging electric wires. Twitter not cut ice with the shrewd Sonia Gandhi. professional standards. He had vast expe- ter of Indian journalism has come to an end. (Shukla)...you is flooded with pictures and videos of waterlogging. She knows that in the grand old party, that rience and insightful understanding of Ramesh G Jethwani | Bengaluru shall be missed. People are making videos while stuck in traffic for has been struggling lately, Kishor may be Condolences to hours. Somehow, it is the same old story every mon- a stabilising factor. After all, politics is may legislate on lines of observations countries on safe passage for evacuation the family. RIP about winning elections and the Congress Actor soon; authorities just cannot fix the city’s waterlog- made by Justice Shekhar Yadav to declare of foreign nationals. The new supreme leader knows this well. cows as national animal and to ban cow- Government will have to decide on — Salman Khan ging. Hundreds of crores of rupees literally go down Ganapathi Bhat |Nagpur slaughter. Justice Yadav denied bail to the allowing those Afghans who wish to the drain in the name of mending potholes and clean- man, saying he had slaughtered cows ear- leave the country. It means a lot to ing drains every year but, come rain, they stand exposed. However, this time it is even A DECISION WORTH A DISCUSSION lier, too, causing social disharmony. The The composition of the Government him when his team worse owing to the heavy rains. Boats were plying on Delhi’s roads on September 1. Sir — Justice Shekhar Yadav of Allahabad court concluded that if released, he will reveal if the Taliban keeps its takes a wicket. So I High Court deserves all ‘compliments’ for would commit the same crime again. promise of an inclusive Government want to show The rainwater entered several public buildings, throwing normal life out of gear. recommending in his order that cows Subhash Chandra Agrawal | Delhi with representation for all ethnic minori- Virat Kohli what it The Capital is already on ‘orange alert’ as the Indian Meteorological Department has should be declared as national animal and ties and tribal communities. The percep- means to us to get him out. warned of heavy rains and thunderstorms in the coming days. “Thunderstorm with cow protection to be kept as a fundamen- WHAT’S IN STORE FOR AFGHANISTAN? tion of the new Government will large- moderate to heavy-intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of most places tal right of Hindus. He further observed Sir — The Taliban are taking charge of ly hinge on how it dilutes religious fun- England bowler that if the culture of a country and its faith Afghanistan in the aftermath of its take- damentalism in general and treats — James Anderson of Delhi …” the IMD posted on Twitter. As Delhiites reel under the threat of heavy gets hurt, the country becomes weak. The over. It is all set to form and announce women in particular. By giving amnesty rains, they can have a sigh of relief on one count. After the onslaught of the second detailed court order highlighted that the the Government in coming days, mark- to those who worked for the previous Would be writing wave of Coronavirus, the city reported zero deaths and only 36 new cases on September right to life is above the right to kill and ing the beginning of a new chapter in US-backed Government, the Taliban can the right to eat beef can never be consid- the country’s history. The new Taliban demonstrate that it has mellowed over to Prime Minister 1. It is indeed good news as the schools have just reopened in the Capital: Though ered a fundamental right and the cow is Government will be keenly watched for the last two decades. It will invite the Narendra Modi not many children came to school, one for the apprehension of the third wave of COVID- useful even when it is old and sick. The how it responds to the UNSC resolu- charge of cultural crackdown if it takes against the Central 19 and second for the rains. Hopefully, things should ease in the coming days as the court order further observed that its dung tion, calling on it to ensure that decisions like banning certain forms of Government's plans monsoon normally retreats in September. Nevertheless, the civic authorities would and urine are very useful for agriculture, Afghanistan territory is not used by music as unIslamic. to privatise public sector medicines, and most of all, for worship- extremist groups to threaten or attack G David Milton |Tamil Nadu companies. do well to monitor post-monsoon diseases, such as dengue, and take appropriate ping as a mother. any country or give shelter or train mil- measures to ward off another spell of health emergency rather than press the panic Taking cues from the court verdict, it itants. Negotiations are said to be ongo- Send your feedback to: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister button after the damage is done. is right time that the Central Government ing between the Taliban and many [email protected] — MK Stalin VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN INDIA AT THE BLED A perspective on

STRATEGIC FORUM PRADEEP MULTANI India reaches out to key European Union Indian healthcare member-nations for strategic partnership It is time to focus on indigenous AYUSH system as the first line of treatment in healthcare as the sector must be spruced to grow further he Indian healthcare sector has KUMARDEEP BANERJEE been grappling with various issues for quite a while now and needs wo presidents, ten prime ministers, two European commission- an immediate address. Lack of ers besides a bunch of foreign ministers attended one of Europe’s infrastructure,T shortage of efficient and Tmost prestigious ministerial conferences this week in a town of trained manpower and high out-of-pock- central Europe, Bled in Slovenia. The Bled Strategic Forum, the European et expenditure, among others, are the per- thought leadership and networking platform frames global narratives ils to the growth of India’s quality health on key issues for the European Union. Some of the key agendas that infrastructure. Thoughproviding quality came up for discussion included the role of Europe in the Indo-Pacific healthcare facilities to a population of 1.4 billion in itself remains a Herculean task, region, transatlantic relations and the future of Afghanistan. That is it can be made possible with the efficient where India comes into the picture as external affairs minister S. working of the private sector with strong Jaishankar was perhaps the first Indian foreign minister to participate Government backing, by way of effective in this summit discussion. Incidentally, India has just come out as reforms in the health infrastructure the chair of UNSC, and the foreign minister visited two other key coun- domain. tries in the region in the wake of the changed geopolitics in India's There has been a severe shortage of vicinity. The fall of Kabul and ignominious exit of US and NATO allies trained manpower in the medical stream and this includes doctors, nurses and para- has at least temporarily changed the geopolitics of the region. China medics. There is scope for raising the capacity of existing teaching and training institutes while adding new ones in the long run. Similarly, deficient infrastructure in the form of lack of a well-equipped medical institutesis glaring. It is hoped that things THERE IS A NEED al medical systems. Of course, the the government has given attention enabled with a framework of pre- improve with the newly-constituted TO DEPLOY Allopathic system is bio-medicine on mainstreaming the Potential of ventive caregiving using clinical National Medical Commission (NMC), TECHNOLOGY based on experimental concepts due AYUSH in National Health Policy knowledge, access to clinical data, which has put forward the idea of doing WHEREVER to their remarkable information on 2017. The shift to AYUSH will and usage of new-age smart clini- away with the requirement of minimum POSSIBLE TO causation of diseases, their course, boost both revenue and employ- cal tools to enable predictability of five acres of land for setting up a med- prognosis, management of disease, ment in many sectors, particularly while deploying cutting-edge tech- ical college. A diligent move like this could STREAMLINE THE among others. but it is not the solu- the cultivation, collection and pro- nologies such as Artificial possibly change the equation when it PROCESSES tion to complete health, as here cessing of medicinal plants. Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning comes to setting up more medical teach- IN ORDER TO drugs are effective as long as you Medicinal preparations of AYUSH (ML), and Natural Language ing facilities in the country to curtail the take them. Allopathy treats a part system include single herb or poly- Processing (NLP). andits all-weather friend Pakistan have been the first countries to for- MANAGE shortfall of experienced medical doctors EFFICIENT and disease rather than eliminating herbal formulations with or with- As part of Government initia- mally welcome the infamous Taliban-led leadership in Afghanistan. and staff. the root cause of the ailment. out other natural active ingredients. tives towards improving the health- China and Russia, meanwhile, have refrained from a vote on the US- On the other hand, high out-of-pock- PATIENT FLOW. Health is not only the state of Smart technologies such as care ecosystemIn the past few drafted UNSC statement on Afghanistan. This fulfills the long stated et expenditure, even for basic health facil- IN ADDITION, being free from illness or injury. artificial intelligence (AI) are mak- years, the Union Government has strategic objectives of both nations including unfettered access to a ities, has been a cause of concern. Every THERE IS THE According to the World Health ing a world of difference in the way been rolling out a series of reforms treasure trove of nearly $1trillion in minerals and metals. Both coun- citizen has the right to access to basic CHALLENGE TO Organization (WHO), health is a health systems in developing coun- to achieve universal healthcare tries are not India's best friends and will use this opportunity to cre- health facilities and a possible solution to THINK BEYOND state of complete physical, mental tries work. For instance, in Brazil, through the implementation of the address the issue could be to increase the and social well-being and not Malaysia and the Philippines, AI is National Health Policy of 2017, the ate an atmosphere of threat on India’s borders, if not within the coun- adoption of health insurance, including THE OBVIOUS merely the absence of disease or being deployed to control various Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri try, and counter Indian charges of human rights violations in Afghanistan imparting knowledge and spreading AND PROMOTE infirmity. There are numerous fac- mosquito-borne diseases, including Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), with alleged violations in Kashmir. China wantsto use Afghanistan as awareness on the benefits of having health HOME CARE OR tors that have led to the widespread dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan its first step towards achieving a superpower status even as it harps insurance. Perhaps, the Government and TELEHEALTH and increasing appeal of Ayurveda among others. and National Digital Health on the misery and fall of a 'democratic' regime in Afghanistan.The deep private institutions both need to work SERVICES, and AYUSH medicine throughout And in other developing Mission (NDHM). military state of Pakistan run from Rawalpindi is more than happy to together for this. the world. The United States and nations, hospitals are using AI to Building digital infrastructure AYUSH is the acronym of Ayurveda, WHICH CAN BE European countries have advanced accurately predict a patient’s risk of for the healthcare sector through keep India busy with security threats using non-State Taliban play- Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and LEVERAGED TO and developed healthcare systems a heart attack seven years before it the National Digital Health Mission ers armed with sophisticated weapons. India’s outreach for finding Homeopathy. Over the centuries, many REDUCE THE based on Allopathy but failed dur- might occur. This way, resources (NDHM) initiated by the Prime a new bunch of partners, therefore, is a step towards establishing a medical systems have emerged in India. PATIENT-LOAD ing COVID-19. Interest in AYUSH and medicine can then specifical- Minister's Digital India movement new axis of strategic friendship in the region. India reached out to key Ayurveda is the ancient and sacred system BURDEN TO A medicines is particularly of those ly target people at the highest risk. will bring in reforms for improving of health care, originated in India over who have benefited from the The good part is India is also har- healthcare delivery to the lastmile diplomats of Europe and influencers of Europe during Jaishankar’s LARGE EXTENT tour of Slovenia, Croatia and Denmark. The issues deliberated upon 5,000 years ago. This was further enriched AYUSH concept of immunity dur- nessing the potential of AI in in the next few years. included future of Afghanistan after Western forces’ withdrawal, the by saintswith siddha and yoga practices. ing the pandemic. It is affordable, healthcare and facilities are being However, there is a need to Unani Tibb, which was known from the closely corresponds to the patient's upgraded in this regard. deploy technology wherever pos- march of China into Europe and India-EU. It may be the first time that period of Hippocrates, came to India dur- ideology, safety and efficacy - these People in rural and distant sible to streamline the processes in the Forumspent an entire day discussing some of these issues, under- ing the 8th century AD. Like Unani, are the popular reasons for the areas still lack access to basic order to manage efficient patient lining a growing level of engagement between European Union mem- Homeopathy, which is not of Indian ori- acceptance of AYUSH medicine. healthcare. There is a need for fill- flow. In addition, there is the bers and India. An EU report released in August highlights the high- gin, got blended with the Indian tradition- AYUSH medicines have demon- ing the gap in the last-mile deliv- challenge to think beyond the est number of trade defense measures taken against China for unfair al medical practice due to similarity in its strated efficacy in areas such as ery of patient care in remote loca- obvious and promote home care or trade practices in 2020. It also notes a new type of surreptitious trade holistic medical philosophy and principles. mental health, disease prevention, tions. As India aims to raise the telehealth services, which can be practice emerging from China, and it has “imposed countervailing duties Regardless of why an individual uses treatment of non-communicable stakes in digital transformation in leveraged to reduce the patient- it, AYUSH medicine provides important diseases, and improvement of the the healthcare system, companies or load burden to a large extent. on cross-border financial support given by China to Chinese-owned health care services in the prevention, diag- (The writer is Senior quality of life for persons living with even start-ups in the healthcare As aforementioned, the pan- companies manufacturing glass fiber fabrics and continuous filament nosis and treatment of an extensive range Vice-President, PHDCCI chronic diseases as well as for the domain can create and deploy demic has been a sort of eye-open- glass fiber products based in Egypt for export to the EU”. This means of ailments. The introduction of Allopathy and Chairman, Multani aging population. innovative technology to facilitate er for the healthcare ecosystem and that, for the first time, “the Commission addressed cross-border sub- (or Western medicine)which is based on Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Now it is time to focus on the last-mile delivery of services. various steps have already been ini- The views expressed sidies given by a country to enterprises located in another country biomedical concepts that provide fast are personal.) indigenous AYUSH system as the Overall, there is enough scope tiated to bring about changes in the for exports to the EU”. Clearly Europe is closely monitoring the China action led to the neglect of Indian tradition- first line in healthcare. This is why for the healthcare ecosystem to be long run. danger and India needs to get its narrative integrated with mutual eco- nomic benefits. The Indian trade minister has talked about possible free trade agreements with the EU. India’s interests with EU also con- POINTCOUNTERPOINT verge on many emerging areas such as Artificial intelligence, digital economy and therefore policy framework, cyber security and obvi- FOR THE BJP GOVERNMENT, THE RISE IN HERE’S WHAT RAHUL MEANS, G STANDS FOR THE GANDHI ously a flourishing trade relationship. India can wait out the near-term GDP STANDS FOR THE RISE IN THE FAMILY, D FOR HIS POLITICAL GURU DIGVIJAYA SINGH AND play on the Afghan front, but it has to play the strategic long-term, PRICES OF GAS, DIESEL AND PETROL. P MEANS P CHIDAMBARAM. loyal partner role with the EU to be in a safe place. — CONGRESS LEADER — MADHYA PRADESH HOME MINISTER (The writer is a policy analyst. The views expressed are personal.) RAHUL GANDHI NAROTTAM MISHRA FM on petro prices: In search of logic There is no international compulsion on the present BJP Government and yet it went on increasing the fuel prices inance Minister Nirmala Survey by India Today. It is crore on LPG subsidy. Thus, sible when the constantly due to coalition compulsions, national compulsion on Sitaraman said recently also motivated by Amit the BJP government over the increased prices of petro was more sensitive to the today’s BJP Government and Fthat reducing prices of Malaviya, head of BJP’s IT last six years saved an amount products factors a percentage public mood. This core aspect yet it went on increasing the petroleum products is not cell, the churning house of `1.15 lakh crore by constant- of price towards this end. of governance is missing from prices. The cost of oil bonds possible till 2026. The key fake news. I am surprised to ly reducing the subsidies on It is well known that a the current dispensation. The issued by the UPA govern- question is if collecting near- know the fact that the cell is petro products. whopping `18.11 lakh crore issuance of oil bonds was also ment was `2.38 lakh crore ly `22 lakh crore to repay just KONDURI more knowledgeable of pub- Another important rea- accrued to the central the result of policy frame between 2014 and 2026. If the `2.38 lakh crore dues is jus- VEERAIAH lic finances than the Finance son for the price rise is the Government by way of cen- work adopted by former pace of central excise duties tified? Let us juxtapose her Minister. ‘under recoveries’ argument. tral excise tax, reflecting a 400 finance ministers. The UPA continues till 2026, the accru- assertions with the data pre- In 2018, then minister for The reported under recover- per cent increase between wanted to reduce the burden als to the exchequer would be sented to parliament over petroleum and natural gas ies in 2012-13 stood at ` 1,029 2014-15 and 2020-21. of under recoveries to the oil to somewhere between `40- the years by the ministry of Dharmendra Pradhan argued crore and it came down to Approximately, another `12 marketing companies while 50 lakh crore. That means, the petroleum and natural gas. that the constant increase of `28,249 crore in 2017-18. lakh crore accrued to the reducing the price burden on central Government has She presented several fal- petro prices was inevitable as We could not see any amount states. Cumulatively the state the common man. With this designed a method that lacious arguments changing the Government wanted ucts. The central subsidy on mentioned against this head and central Governments dual goal the then central enables it to credit 200 times the goal post continuously, in funds to subsidise food secu- petrol stood at `85,378 crore in the latest annual reports of made a hole in the people’s Government issued oil bonds. higher amount than it is sup- tune with BJP’S empty rity. This contention is also in 2013-14 but came down to petroleum ministry. That purse to the tune of `32.66 Accordingly, consumers were posed to pay without any for- promises like depositing `15 false as the expenditure on `24,460 by 2018-19, amount- means over the period, the lakh crore of which `20.66 able to get the petro products mal policy announcement. lakh into the bank accounts account of food security was ing to a saving of nearly petroleum companies recov- lakh crore went directly to the at artificially reduced prices. This is the loot that was hap- of each Indian. Her statement reduced from `1,39,419 crore `60,000 crore. Same as the ered their dues in full. Thus, centre. The reason for this, However, the UPA pening in broad day light over is motivated by the fact that (The writer is former in 2015-16 to `1,08,688 crore case with the savings of an additional amount of `1.40 according to the BJP’s IT cell Government was compelled the last seven years. To justi- public at large is resenting the CWC member of All India by 2019-20. Moreover, the `25,000 crore from reduced lakh crore has been mobilised and the finance minister, is to to do so due to the reasons fy this, the finance minister Agricultural Workers perennial price rise that is Union. The views central Government saved a subsidies on kerosene sup- through day-to-day price repay the oil bonds raised by beyond its control over inter- brought in a fallacious logic reflected in the latest edition expressed are personal) good amount of money from plied through public distrib- manipulation of petro prod- the UPA Government. national oil prices. that cannot stand even min- of Mood of The Nation subsidies on petroleum prod- ution system and `30,000 ucts. This could only be pos- The UPA Government, There is no such an inter- imal scrutiny. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 Money 08

Axis Bank raises Sensex, Nifty surge to new peaks as USD 600 million via AT1 bonds bulls return; IT, FMCG stocks shine PNS n MUMBAI Axis Bank on Thursday said PNS n MUMBAI Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints and Narendra Solanki, Head- Equity mance of the market is also tempt- and realty indices advan ced as it has raised USD 600 million L&T were among the other Research (Fundamental), ing investors to shift to safer much as 1.56 per cent, while auto (around Rs 4,380 crore) Markets resumed their upward laggards, dropping up to 0.79 Anand Rathi. defensive sectors. All major sectors and oil and gas indices ended in through the sale of sustain- march on Thursday after a per cent. The market breadth Vinod Nair, Head of Research followed the market trend while the red. ability-focused AT1 bonds. day's pause as hectic buying in was positive, with 22 Sensex at Geojit Financial Services, the auto sector lost ground due Broader BSE midcap The dollar-denominated, IT, FMCG and bank stocks components ending in the said domestic indices climbed to weak sales," he added. and smallcap indices Basel III-compliant AT1 Adani Green raises USD propelled benchmarks to new green, while the remaining eight amid positive economic data, Sectorally, BSE spurted up to 0.93 per notes were finally priced at closing highs. nursed losses. FII buying and mixed global FMCG, IT, cent. World stocks ticked 4.10 per cent, 0.30 per cent The 30-share BSE Sensex "Indian markets started on a markets ahead of the release of consumer higher as investors digest- lower than the initial price 750 mn via green bonds rallied 514.33 points or 0.90 per positive note despite mixed US job data. durables, ed a raft of macroeconom- guidance, the bank said in a cent to finish at its fresh all-time Asian market cues which trad- "Economic data is nudging teck, basic ic data. In Asia, bourses in statement. PNS n NEW DELHI can draw up to USD 1,700 high of 57,852.54. Similarly, ed lacklustre as investors eye US the performance of core sec- materi- Shanghai, Hong Kong and Under the Basel-III capi- million (including the present the NSE Nifty surged 157.90 jobs data. During the after- tors like capital goods and als Tokyo ended on a positive tal regulations, banks glob- Adani Green Energy Ltd issuance) over the course of points or 0.92 per cent to record noon session, markets added to industrials while note, while Seoul was in the ally need to improve and (AGEL) on Thursday said it time subject to the covenants 17,234.15. the gains on the back of sus- the recent red. Equities in Europe were strengthen their capital plan- has raised USD 750 million of the structure, it said. TCS topped the Sensex gain- tained buying activities by high per- largely in the positive zone in ning processes. (around Rs 5,483 crore) The notes were rated Ba3 ers chart with a jump of 3.34 per traders," said for- afternoon trade. Meanwhile, This is the maiden USD through green bonds. (Stable) by Moody's, it stated. cent, followed by HUL, international oil benchmark AT1 bond by an Indian "AGEL... has priced its Earlier, AGEL had com- UltraTech Cement, Dr Reddy's, Brent crude rose 0.43 per issuer in a sustainable format maiden ListCo senior issuance pleted the tie-up of a USD 1.35 Nestle India, Kotak Bank and cent to USD 71.90 per bar- and first time that the bank of USD 750 million through a billion revolving construction Titan. TCS, Reliance Industries, rel. The Indian rupee settled has accessed international 3-year issuance under the framework arrangement for HUL and HDFC accounted for with a marginal gain of 2 bond markets after a 4-year 144A / Reg S format, at a fixed senior debt funding of con- around half of the benchmark's paise at 73.06 against the US hiatus. The bank said the coupon of 4.375 per cent," a struction stage projects. gains. In contrast, M&M was dollar. issue was oversubscribed 3.8 company statement said. With this USD 750 million the top loser, tumbling 2.29 per Foreign institutional times ahead of the final pric- The issuance was oversub- ListCo issuance, AGEL has cent after the automaker said it investors were net buyers in the ing announcement and was scribed by 4.7x. completed the final phase of its will slash output by up to 25 per capital market on Wednesday well diversified across geo- The funds shall be utilised capital management plan, and cent owing to the global semi- as they purchased shares worth graphies and nearly half of towards equity funding of the now has a fully funded pro- conductor shortage. Rs 666.66 crore, as per the bonds were allotted to capex for renewable projects gramme for both debt and Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finserv, exchange data. sustainability-focused under construction by AGEL. equity for its stated target of 25 investors. Under the structure, AGEL GW by 2025, it added. MONEY MATTERS Nestle, Jio campaign Rupee edges 2 Trai bars telcos from tarriffs Hiring activity in India on paise higher at which are not reported to it to encourage people steady recovery: Report 73.6 against $ egulator Trai on Thursday PNS n MUMBAI directed all telecom service PNS n NEW DELHI Rproviders to ensure that only to follow Covid rules The Indian rupee settled with tariffs that are reported to it are PNS n NEW DELHI constantly remind people Hiring activity in India has a marginal gain of 2 paise at offered through their channels, about the importance of fol- been on a steady recovery and 73.06 (provisional) against distributors or retailers, as it sought FMCG major Nestle India on lowing basic practices like the hiring rate in July this year the US dollar on Thursday to crackdown on discounts allegedly Thursday said it has part- masking, and encourage their was around 65 per cent above despite a sustained rally in being doled out by some channel nered with Reliance Jio for its loved ones to do the same for the pre-COVID level, a report domestic equities. partners to lure customers from campaign to encourage peo- a safe and better tomorrow," said. At the interbank forex mar- other networks. With this, the ple to mask up and follow it added. In order to drive According to the LinkedIn ket, the local unit opened at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has affixed the COVID-19-appro- further awareness, India – Labour Market Update 73.04 against the greenback responsibility of ensuring compliance of regulatory provisions and priate behaviour. Nestlé India (July 2021), there was a deep- and witnessed an intra-day guidelines squarely with the operators, for such cases. In its The company has said it has ening hiring dip in April 2021, high of 72.96 and a low of direction, Trai directed all telecom service providers (TSPs) to ensure launched its 'Face now also corresponding to the second 73.13. It finally ended at 73.06 "with immediate effect" that only the tariffs reported to the regulator of Hope' initiative, collaborat- wave of COVID-19 cases in against the American cur- are offered through their channel partners, distributors, retailers or under which the ed with India. Since then, it has been rency, registering a gain of just third-party apps. It also said asserted that the responsibility and packaging of Reliance Jio, recovering steadily. 2 paise over its previous close. accountability of ensuring compliance of Trai guidelines and Nestlé India's pop- including Compared to the pre- looks at the changes in hiring steady recovery, largely driven On Wednesday, the rupee provision will remain with the telecom service providers, where the ular products will encourag- COVID levels in 2019, the hir- rate between the month under by people switching jobs rather had settled at 73.08 against the operators' name or brand is used for marketing or selling products. be shown "masked ing a 'mask ing rate was 35 per cent high- review and the same month in than new entrants into the US dollar. up", and aims to up' er at the end of May 2021, 42 2019. workforce. On the domestic equity "reach and pledge. per cent higher at the end of "As large sectors such as IT, "Our data shows that much market front, the BSE Sensex encourage over "On June 2021, and now 65 per cent manufacturing, and hardware of the recent labour market ended 514.33 points or 0.90 Sebi: TCS, Wipro among 5 cos 250 million peo- the higher at the end of July 2021, begin to ramp up hiring after activity is being driven by per cent higher at a lifetime ple" via its packs and the dig- JioEngage app, there will be it said. a year of hiring freezes, we are people switching jobs and high of 57,852.54, while the shortlisted for data analytics ital campaign, the company in-depth details about this Hiring rate is a measure of hopeful that hiring will contin- ‘reshuffling' around, rather broader NSE Nifty advanced ebi has shortlisted five said in a statement. campaign and the procedure hires divided by LinkedIn ue to grow," the report said. than new entrants into the 156.90 points or 0.92 per cent companies, including Tata "The new packaging will for participating.” membership. This analysis It said hiring has been on a workforce," it said. to close at record 17,233.15. SConsultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro, for the implementation of the data analytics projects for tracking possible market Tomar urges manipulations like insider trading Housing sales in June jump Y-O-Y 2-folds and front running. Capgemini entrepreneurs to Technology Services India, Larsen & Toubro Infotech and NEC Corporation India too have been tap potential of shortlisted.These five companies "have been shortlisted for further in 8 cities; lower 19 pc from Mar this year process", the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a Dr Reddy's public notice dated August 31.The regulator, in June, had invited coconut sector PNS n NEW DELHI FY2012. expression of interest (EoI) from "reputed and reliable solution PNS n NEW DELHI "However, residential sales launches cancer providers for implementation of data analytics project and building of Housing sales in volume terms more than doubled when com- data models at Sebi".The move was part of the capital markets Agriculture Minister more than doubled to 68.5 mil- pared to the 33.7 million sq ft of drug in Canada regulator's effort to address and handle challenges arising out of Narendra Singh Tomar on lion sq ft year-on-year during sales recorded in the corre- technological advancements in the markets.While inviting EoI, the Thursday urged farmers and April-June of this fiscal across sponding quarter of the previous PNS n HYDERABAD regulator had said it was looking to leverage artificial intelligence, entrepreneurs to take full eight major cities on lower base year, Q1 FY2021," ICRA said. machine learning and deep learning to address critical challenges for advantage of the potential of effect, but demand fell 19 per With the increased focus on vac- Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. on data analytics impacted by the processing of a vast amount of data, the coconut sector. cent from the previous quarter cination by the government and Thursday announced the launch either structured or unstructured. The minister, on the occa- due to the second wave of the quick re-opening of the econo- of Reddy-Lenalidomide, a sion of the World Coconut pandemic, according to rating my, ICRA said sales are likely to generic equivalent to Revlimid Day, said India -- agency ICRA. recover to the earlier levels in the (lenalidomide) capsules, in which ranks "The sales in the resi- short-to-medium term. Canadian market following an ‘Use of imported components in third in the dential realty sector across The rating agency noted that approval from the Health world -- has the top eight cities of the the underlying demand trend Canada. Reddy-Lenalidomide, 25 telecom products eligible’ made great country in Q1 FY2022 has remained intact, driven by a cancer drug, is one of the first progress in the dropped 19 per cent to 68.5 factors such as multi-year low generic medications of its kind he Department of Telecom field of coconut, million sq ft from 84.7 mil- interest rates and need for more to launch in Canada, a press (DoT) has issued a list of 25 both in production lion sq ft in Q4 FY2021 due to residential space on account of release from the city-based drug Ttelecom product segments, and productivity. the second wave of the pandem- shift to hybrid working model. maker said. including satellite phones, The country's coconut pro- ic," it said in a statement. "The impact of the second "Our launch of Reddy- broadband equipment, optical fibre duction stood at 21,207 mil- The sequen- wave has been lower than that Lenalidomide represents our cable etc, which will qualify as local lion nuts during 2020-21, witnessed in the first wave due firm commitment to pro- products even if they use imported which is 34 per cent of the to various factors including the viding access to affordable components for domestic global production. The pro- continuing work-from-home medicines for Canada's manufacturing. The notification ductivity of 9,687 nuts per by many salaried employees, Multiple Myeloma and enables companies making telecom products to import components in public procurement projects of Bharatnet, BSNL, Railways etc in hectare is also the highest in more localised lockdown restric- Myelodysplastic Syndrome compliance with Public Procurement (preference to Make in India) the world, he said, adding tial drop of 19 tions and higher degree of cer- (MDS) patient population," order, 2017. "...it is hereby clarified that if printed circuit board that new coconut products per cent comes on a tainty regarding future income Vinod Ramachandran, Vice assembly (PCBA) and testing from imported/domestically and industries are growing high base of Q4 FY2021, levels and stability," said Kapil President and General manufactured parts and components using surface mount due to which farmers are get- in which the sector witnessed its Banga, Sector Head & Assistant Manager, Dr. Reddy's technology process is done in India then imported/domestically ting employment. second highest sales, since Vice President at ICRA. Laboratories Canada said. manufactured parts and components will be qualified for the purpose of local content," the notification dated August 31 said. Foreign vendors Nokia, Ericsson, Cisco etc in the past have demanded that they should be treated at par with domestic telecom gear makers. "This shall be reviewed when the semiconductor fab CAG calls for greater use of new age tech by auditors (electronic chip plant) in India is operational," the notification said. PNS n NEW DELHI olution', audit professionals, transfer to millions of people, need to be more agile and especially information tech- the CAG said. adaptive in order to cope with Comptroller and Auditor nology auditors, must prepare "These developments have the disruptions due to this STL names Paul Atkinson as General of India (CAG) Girish themselves to face multi- helped protect the people from transformation journey to the Chandra Murmu on Thursday faceted changes and challenges, poverty during the risks and fourth industrial revolution. stressed on greater use of new Murmu said in a virtual uncertainties of the COVID-19 INTOSAI Working Group CEO for optical networking biz age technologies such as data address to the Working Group pandemic. Such initiatives are on IT Audit is a working group terlite Technologies Ltd (STL) analytics, artificial intelligence on IT Audit (WGITA) of the now fundamental in making under the Knowledge Services on Thursday said it has and machine learning to enable International Organisation of the public service delivery effi- and Knowledge Sharing Sappointed Paul Atkinson as auditors make optimum use of Supreme Audit Institutions cient and transparent, as well as Committee of the International Chief Executive Officer for its optical resources. (INTOSAI). ensuring trust in public entities Organisation of Supreme Audit networking business. The latest Speaking at an event on 'IT The fourth industrial revo- and their governance," Murmu Institutions. appointment is in line with expanded Audit in the Era of Industrial lution has created an excellent said. The term 'fourth industri- This working group was set portfolio and global reach of STL's Revolution 4.0: Opportunities opportunity for INTOSAI al revolution' was first intro- up in 1989 to support member optical business, the company said in a statement. "STL...announces and Challenges', Murmu urged WGITA to equip its members duced by a team of scientists Supreme Audit Institutions the appointment of Paul Atkinson as the Chief Executive Officer for auditors to make far greater use with practical knowledge and developing a high-tech strate- (SAIs) in developing their its optical networking business," it said.Pointing to global mega- of these technologies for opti- work procedures for addressing gy for the German govern- knowledge and skills in the use trends of concurrent network build cycles including 5G and rural mising efficient use of their the emerging IT risks, Murmu ment. It was popularised by and audit of Information broadband, it said that optical solutions will be at the heart of these. own scarce resources. said. making and governance. In India today, the trinity of Klaus Schwab, executive chair- Technology (IT). An integrator of digital networks, STL said it has been widening its It will help effectively meet He further said India is wit- As of March 2021, India mobile telephony, unique bio- man of the World Economic The e-seminar was hosted portfolio and scale as well as globalising its optical business at a the needs of the stakeholders, nessing massive digital trans- has currently more than 750 metric identity and electronic Forum (WEF). by Agung Firman Sampurna, rapid pace. he said. formation in the spheres of million broadband subscribers, banking is being used for the Speaking about the chal- the chairman of the Audit In the 'fourth industrial rev- infrastructure, public policy- mainly mobile users. world's largest direct benefit lenges, Murmu said there is Board of Indonesia. 9 book’s Vijayawada | Friday September 3, 2021

turtle that nests on the beaches here. There is dis- Indian American central to BookBook onon AndamanAndaman IslandsIslands appointment for Samrat but there is also a sur- prise...,” the release said. the plot in Hillary’s book Through the story, the book sets out to raise to release on October the Russian mob; a bur- as a thriller writer was highlightshighlights environmentalenvironmental awareness about the oldest 12. geoning terrorist organ- The President’s group of reptiles, turtles. According to a pre- isation; and an Daughter, about a for- It also enlightens readers view of the novel avail- American government mer president and ex- about the Andaman and able on the Simon & set back on its heels in Navy SEAL, whose issuesissues surroundingsurrounding turtlesturtles Nicobar Islands and the Schuster website, the the international arena.” daughter is m which various environmental story begins with the The last bit sounds followed The President aradi Tales, a mental issues surrounding Sekhsaria’s first book for issues surrounding turtles election of a new U.S. too much like the pre- is Missing (2018), both children’s pub- turtles through its informa- children. through the informative President, who appoints sent state of the Biden in collaboration with lishing house, tive back matter, a release An environmental back matter, the release his political rival, Ellen administration. James Patterson, one of has come up from Karadi Tales said. researcher, he has earlier said. Adams, as his Secretary Pitted against this the world’s biggest-sell- K with an interest- The story is illustrated written The Last Wave and “The book beautifully of State (Hillary, “intricate, carefully ing authors. It was ing project, an exquisitely by Vipin Islands in the Flux among captures Samrat’s excite- remember, had contest- constructed conspira- released in June 2021. illustrated book that raises Sketchplore, it others. ment about the magic of ed in the Democratic cy” are three individu- Patterson, the for- awareness about the oldest said. “The story unfolds turtle nesting and will Party primaries against als sucked into this mer president's collabo- group of reptiles, turtles Waiting for on the small island inspire children to think of Barack Obama in the explosive situation: the rator, has written chart- through a story happening Turtles is of Tarmugli in the studying and working in run-up to the 2008 “passionate young FSO; topping books such as on the ecologically fragile Mahatma this field of science. The elections). a dedicated journalist; Alex Cross, Michael Andaman & Nicobar Gandhi National illustrations on every page And then comes the and a smart, deter- Bennett, Women’s Islands (A&NI). Park in the take you to the shores of text message to mined, but as yet Murder Club, Authored by Andamans. Tarmugli Island, where you Anahaita (who could be untested new secretary Maximum Ride, and Pankaj Sekhsaria, Protagonist can almost see the stars ormer with a “baffling text modelled after one of of state.” many other books a long time Samrat is and feel the breeze. This is United States from an anonymous Hillary’s closest aides, Will they be able to spanning across genres, researcher of the accompany- experiencing nature vicari- Secretary of source” received by an Pakistani American save the world? To find from romance to A&NI, the book ing Seema, ously. A must-read for F State Hillary Indian American Huma Abedin), which the answer, one has to thrillers and non-fic- also enlightens his turtle every child!” said Director, Clinton, fol- Foreign Service Officer was actually a coded wait for the book to be tion. readers about the researcher Environment Education, lowing in the (FSO), Anahita Dahir. warning. out. Hillary, like her hus- Islands and the var- mother, in WWF-India, Radhika Suri. footsteps of her hus- Hillary, who was What follows is a Hillary’s collaborator, band, has been a prolif- ious environ- the hope of It has also been pub- band, has embarked on trumped in the 2016 series of terrorist Penny, is best known ic writer, whose first seeing his lished in translation in her journey as a thriller U.S. presidential elec- attacks on American for her Quebec-based book was the best-sell- first nesting Hindi by Karadi Tales with writer. tion, has co-authored targets and the start of mystery novels centered ing It Takes A Village Green sea support of the Dakshin State of Terror is the book with the New “an international chess on the work of her fic- (1995), followed by Foundation and in Telugu Hillary Clinton’s York Times’ best-seller game involving the ... tional character, many others on differ- by Manchi Pustakam. upcoming international Canadian novelist, Byzantine politics of Francophone chief ent subjects, including political thriller, set in Louise Penny. Pakistan, Afghanistan inspector Armand her account of her the Byzantine world of The uncannily timed and Iran; the race to Gamache. tenure as the 67th US Pakistan, Afghanistan book, published by develop nuclear Former US president Secretary of State, Hard and Iran. It takes off Simon & Schuster, is set weapons in the region; Bill Clinton’s last book Choices.

Amitav Ghosh’s The Nutmeg’s Curse, a sharp critique of Western society

efore the 18th cen- precious commodity. Yet the the animist spirituality of Oreskes, a professor of the tary crisis until we acknowl- engaging with the vital aspects tury, every single bloody fate of the Banda indigenous communities History of Science. edge that the “great accelera- of life, in all its capaciousness, nutmeg in the Islands forewarns of a threat around the world, The “Ghosh challenges readers tion” of the past fifty years is and in doing so move past our B world originated to our present day. Nutmeg’s Curse offers a sharp to reckon with war, empire, part of a larger historical pat- long history of destruction around a group of Amitav Ghosh argues that critique of Western society, and genocide in order to fully tern of omnicide. and into true sustainability,” small volcanic the nutmeg’s violent trajectory and reveals the profoundly grasp the world-devouring “For centuries, the domi- Oreskes adds. islands east of Java, known as from its native islands is remarkable ways in which logics that underpin ecological nant global powers have seen Amitav Ghosh was born in the Banda Islands. As the nut- revealing of a wider colonial human history is shaped by collapse. It’s widely recognised Earth — its plants, its animals, Calcutta in 1956. He grew up meg made its way across the mindset which justifies the non-human forces. that the climate crisis is multi- and its non-white peoples — in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and known world, it became exploitation of human life and “What do you do when the dimensional, yet American as brute objects: mute, without India. immensely valuable — in 16th the natural environment, and subject matter of life on this cultural conversations about it agency, and available for the He studied at the universi- century Europe, just a handful which dominates geopolitics planet seems to lack . . . life? are mostly stuck in its scientif- taking and killing. The solu- ties of Delhi and Oxford and could buy a house. It was not to this day. Your read The Nutmeg’s Curse, ic, technological, and econom- tion to the climate crisis, published the first of eight long before European traders Written against the back- which eschews the leaden lan- ic dimensions. In this tour de Ghosh insists, is not injecting novels, The Circle of Reason, in became conquerors, and the drop of the pandemic and the guage of climate expertise in force, Amitav Ghosh defiantly particles into the stratosphere 1986. The first novel in his indigenous Bandanese com- Black Lives Matter protests, favour of the re-animating moves the conversation into to block the sun, or even to Ibis trilogy, Sea of Poppies, was munities — and the islands and interweaving discussions powers of mythology, etymol- the realms of history, politics build a bevy of solar farms (as shortlisted for the Man themselves — would pay a on everything from climate ogy, and cosmology,” says and culture, insisting that we important as the latter is). Booker Prize. He received the high price for access to this change, the migrant crisis, and Harvard University’s Naomi will never resolve our plane- Rather, the solution lies in re- Jnanpith Award in 2018. FUN

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Friday September 3, 2021 Poulomi Das to romance a girl

fter being a part of three-hit shows like Baarish, Paurashpur, TAKING A and Bekaboo on ALTBalaji, Poulomi Das is ready for another stint with the streaming giant. Poulomi Das has been roped in as a lead in hit fran- chise Hai Taubba 3. The first two seasons, released in the first half of 2021, became such a TABOOS massive hit that the makers were compelled to bring yet another season. All set to drop another season of Hai Taubba, the internet is buzzing with speculations surrounding the cast. The Kartik Purnima actress Poulomi Das plays the lead in one of the segments. Interestingly it’s a character that HEAD-ON she has never played before. screen. On the same day, she Chapter 3 is about women SHIKHA DUGGAL Talking about her character, revealed, “She is in a relation- breaking societal taboos. of are ‘Chattri’, ‘Topi’, etc. holds an important Poulomi said, “For me, Kesar is ship with a guy but in love with Women this time will walk out In the generic sense, a hel- essence to it towards somebody who is looking for a a girl. So, the story is about her of their boring married lives, omeone once met provides protection, the climax, he men- conclusion that she is not get- self-discovery, how things turn challenge the status quo, said: Jeans are and there’s the similar use tions! ting in her life. She is an old bitter for her, and changes the explore their individuality. easier to buy of a contraceptive too. On how he went beyond school girl who is trapped in dynamics of her relationships.” While these stories may be edgy S than condoms Hence, Helmet! What we the stigma, the research today’s time looking for com- Hai Taubba is a collection of for others, one cannot deny that in India — and need to focus on here, is that went into it, and mitment. However, she is stories that were distributed in life isn't perfect at the end of there’s so much how withdrawn the public what was he aspired to today’s girl.” two chapters. All these stories the day, and our imperfect lives truth to this. Tackling the is that they have to use show, he tells us, “I aimed For the first time, Poulomi had one common emotion of reflect that. And that is the contraceptive taboo in the alternative words rather to demonstrate the issues will play a bisexual character on love which is non-conformist. spine of the hit franchise! country has still a long than just simply saying around buying contracep- way to go for many of us. ‘Bhaiya ek condom do na’. tives in a pharmacy right And sometimes, introduc- To give it a twist in the near you, breaking down ing subjects like condoms film, we have the condom social barriers, how this in Indian communities, sellers in our film who taboo can continue to have to educate the masses, just sex-shy public that the where many a time, talking wear a helmet and sell an effect on our society — like his earlier films. He country constitutes of and about such matters may those!” all through an entertaining knew Aparshakti Khurana his thought on how they TV industry loses spiral into a controversy, The writer reveals he ride! Usually, when one was the right fit for it as he will perceive the movie, requires an innovative was immensely cautious hears about a story on had already worked with Rohan believes the Indian approach with a tinge of while penning down the contraceptives, they’ll him in Luka Chuppi! He society has always been cultural sensitivity. Cinema script because he has no wonder if it is going to be adds, “He is a phenomenal conservative and he is here is one of the best options. intentions of the film tak- a very somber film, how- actor, he understands com- to change that with his one of its finest actors Concurring the same, ing a controversial route ever, I was adamant on edy. When I met Pranutan screen-writing. He could writer Rohan Shankar, after its release this week. taking the comical route, for the very first time, do that in some parts of who has also penned the He clarifies that his inten- because seriousness some- shooting with her made the country through Kriti opular TV star and best known for his role in the Actor R. Madhavan wrote: recent hit on OTT titled tion is to only remove the times makes people lose me realise that she is very Sanon starrer Mimi and film actor Sidharth long-running TV serial Balika “Heartbreaking and tragic. Mimi that dealt with the stigma around it from our interest in the film.” delicate and hard-working people actually are giving a Shukla, who is also Vadhu is touted to be one of Rest In Peace brother. Just theme of surrogacy and communities, as it’s high Education and enter- at the same time. I under- thought about adopting the winner of Bigg the fittest actors in Television don’t have words to express the film Lukka Chuppi, time we did that. Let us be tainment are the two ele- stood that the world of surrogacy and embracing P Boss 13 breathed industry. He had even won my anguish.” that dealt with live-in rela- woke in the truest form ments of Helmet that are cinema is new to her! As it motherhood. “Helmet will his last on the reality show, Fear Factor: Actor Aftab Shivdasani tionships, has now come possible! Despite the sub- simultaneously going to is a fictional story, I had propagate sex-education in Thursday. Khatron Ke Khiladi 7. He also tweeted: “Extremely sad and up with a film talking ject he has chosen, he tells rock the OTT screens, and the utmost liberty to pen a satirical manner, I have a Sidharth was 40. The actor hosted Savdhaan India and shocking news of the passing about condoms, hilariously us that he played around the writer certainly and showcase what I want, feeling situations in the passed away in Mumbai’s India’s Got Talent. of #SiddharthShukla, life is so called Helmet. The film the script in such a distin- believes in the standard of to debar the censor board coming future seem to Cooper Hospital after suffer- Siddarth made his acting so fragile. My deepest condo- stars actors Aparshakti guished manner with a cine- technicalities. As a writer, chang as Gen Z takes over. ing a massive heart attack in debut with a lead role in the lences to his family in this Khurana and Pranutan pinch of humour that ma we must always be careful They are aware and wel- the morning. A 2008 show Babul Ka Aangann heartbreaking time. Prayers Bahl in lead roles. every member of the fami- that though we have the coming of such topics that Cooper Chootey Na. In 2014, he made for his soul. Om Shanti.” When asked about the ly can watch this comical freedom to write, we must are considered to be Hospital his Bollywood debut in a sup- Actor Kushal Tandon tale behind the title, the content-driven film. The make the story relatable taboos! We have welcomed spokesper- porting role in Humpty uploaded a picture with writer says, “While pur- film and ensure that the audi- movies like Padman, Luka son con- Sharma Ki Dulhania. Sidharth and tweeted: “Sad, chasing condoms, in order ences don’t term it to be Chuppi, Mimi, etc. And firmed the While the tinsel town is yet shocking, May God gives to imply the need, they as irrelevant and have now it’s time for Helmet news to PTI. to digest the fact that they lost strength to his mother, sister tend to use substitute comments like ‘this that is centered around a Shukla one of the finest actors of and family, RIP brother fly words out of which helmet doesn’t happen in conversation that needs to small screen, his friends and away into different world is one of them (laughs). real life’.” be talked about and colleagues expressed their peacefully Om Shanti.” Others that I Adding not be shy of,” he grief on Twitter. Director Hansal Mehta, am aware his opin- concludes. Actor Manoj Bajpayee pointed out how young he ion on took to Twitter to pay was. He tweeted: “No age to the tribute. He wrote, have a heart attack. No age to “OMG!!! This is So go. This is extremely sad and Shocking!!! Words disturbing. Hope this time for will fail to describe sadness, reflection and the shock and mourning does not get con- sense of loss of verted into a Tamasha by his near and dear some idiots.” ones !!! May he Actress Koena Mitra said: res in peace !!! No “Deeply saddened! @sid- yaar !!!!” harth_shukla , We met for just Actor and come- 14 days, we fought a lot and dian Sunil Grover parted ways. Never spoke tweeted: "”Shocked again. Your sudden demise and sad to know has taught me unconditional about Sidharth forgiveness! I forgive everyone Shukla. Gone too & seek forgiveness from who- soon. Prayers. ever I may have disappointed. Rest in peace.” RIP Sid. #SiddharthShukla”

lympics is one 2020 events can be algorithms in the system cap- such event that viewed via VR com- tures the 3D view of the ath- when announced, prising of - opening letes and closely records the O everyone is glued TECHNOLOGIES MAKING and closing ceremonies, motion while analyzing the to its launch. The gymnastics, track and biomechanics of the move- Tokyo Olympics field, beach volleyball, and ments of the athlete. The tech- 2020 is no different, and this ath- boxing. nologies behind this ultimate year before the games began letes, spec- AI-powered robot assis- success are AI and computer the curiosity of it adhering to TOKYO OLYMPICS A SUCCESS tators, media, tance vision which not only offer pandemic norms became the staff, and other people real-time analysis of athlete’s talk of the town. attending the event. The To avoid crowds in times performance but also give As we fight this pandemic, Wearable technology facial scanning technology of the pandemic and ensure a insights to the spectators of technology comes across as a eliminates manual ID checks, hassle-free user journey, how athletes are performing. game-changer in almost all IoT-powered wearable reduces waiting times, and Tokyo Olympics 2020 has Language translation walks of our life and the Technologies have been used restricts unauthorised access. deployed multiple robots system Olympics 2020 could not be to keep a track of athletes Additionally, facial recog- capable of assisting and guid- an exception. when the training grounds nition monitors and records ing spectators throughout the Since this global event is Geared with modern and weren’t operational due to the faces and movements of event. The robots attend to entertaining spectators from high-tech approaches and Covid-19. From force-sensing individuals and identifies the allowed spectators, guide all across the world, Tokyo innovations, Tokyo Olympics sensors in shoes, bike pedals Covid-19 carriers, tracks with the right directions to Olympics 2020 has put in 2020 is adorned with utmost offering a regular stream of their movements, and enables the destination, offer correct place, modern real-time security, innovation, and risk data to gathering data for taking immediate action. event information and other instant language translators. assessment. Leveraging tech- avoiding injuries has been VR experience details, and even transport The translators are installed nologies such as IoT, facial used for athletes throughout the luggage of the spectators on the user’s smartphone or recognition, VR experience, the Olympics events. Tokyo Olympics 2020 this and the athletes. other compatible devices. The 3D athlete tracking, self-dri- Olympic cyclists have used time has its own COVID- AI, ML, chatbots, and user can further select the ving cars, and more, Tokyo AR glasses that helped them inspired Olympic Virtual other advanced technologies target language or speak into Olympics 2020 becomes the with fidelity simulations of Series. Integrating virtual are being leveraged not only the device, and the language most memorable Olympic the actual track of the Tokyo reality (VR) and augmented across sports events, but busi- is changed to the desired one. Games in history. Olympics. Besides that, reality (AR), Tokyo Olympics nesses globally are lately reap- Tokyo Olympics 2020 Let’s dive deeper into how swimmers using wearables 2020 is supported by VR ing the benefits out of AI and unveils cutting-edge tech- different technologies have could measure movements experience. This technology ML. NeoSOFT has been nologies in multiple ways and given a makeover to the and biomechanical patterns is deployed to bring specta- working on AI/ML technolo- has marked an ideal example Tokyo Olympics 2020. throughout the training ses- tors closer to the action while gy along with the latest tech- in history for carrying out a Self-driving cars sions. also ensuring a secured envi- nologies with 22+ diverse global Olympics event safely Facial recognition ronment. industries. and in an organised manner The self-driving vehicle system The 360-degree view and 3D athlete tracking backed by next-gen technolo- system is playing a crucial spectators to the venue. cles have been deployed to (HSR) and Delivery Support adjustments assure a rich user gies during the Covid-19 role in the Tokyo Olympics to Picking individuals right tackle millions of tourists and Robots (DSR) have been The facial recognition sys- experience and minimize the For analysing the move- times. avoid crowd gathering, traffic from the airport to the athletes reaching the Tokyo installed for guiding specta- tem deployed at the event is dizziness experienced by VR ment of athletes, the 3D ath- (The author, Nishant Rathi, congestion, and transport Olympics venue in Tokyo, Olympics 2020. tors and merchandise. capable of identifying around users at times. Moreover, lete tracking system has been is the Founder & CEO of athletes, workers, media, and around 100 self-driving vehi- Human Support Robots 300,000 people including the numerous Tokyo Olympics deployed. The deep learning NeoSOFT Technologies.) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 sport 11

Kohli fastest to 23K runs India all out for 191 in international cricket n Shardul justifies selection with 36-ball 57 as others continue to disappoint PTI LONDON We’re the team everyone ndia skipper Virat Kohli on IThursday became the fastest Ashwin overlooked again to reach 23,000 runs in inter- wants to beat: Virat national cricket. PTI n LONDON been shared, which has been PTI n NEW DELHI announced at the toss that Kohli achieved the feat focussed in one direction India’s fourth highest wicket- in his 490th innings on ndia captain Virat which is to take Indian crick- couple of days back, taker in Test cricket would not day one of the fourth Test IKohli says his rela- et higher and in a better ARavichandran Ashwin be among the five best bowlers against England. tionship with head place than we found it,” said posted pictures on social who would be playing the The India skipper was coach Ravi Shastri is Kohli. media in which he was seen Oval Test against England. eventually dismissed by based on mutual “That was always our doing shadow batting. In one, Ravindra Jadeja, with two Ollie Robinson on respect and trust, some- aim and I think, along with he was playing the cover drive wickets from last three Tests, 50, his 27th in the thing that has helped the brilliance of the whole and in the other, he could be was persisted with for his longest format. them make this team team, the talent that we have seen practising leaving the left-handed willow wielding. Sachin the one that “everyone been blessed with, we have deliveries. “It’s something that we Tendulkar is the wants to beat.” been able to achieve that. Nothing was out of place thought is a good match-up leading run-getter “Our working “We stand as the team only that he was practising for Jadeja as well, because in international relationship, and off that everyone wants to beat left-handed and the accompa- mostly all our seamers bowl cricket with 34,357 the field as well, has anywhere we play in the nying tweet read “The desire over the wicket. It’s a nice lit- runs, followed by been built on mutu- world and that for us is a mat- to ignite something different tle spot for the left-handers as Kumar Sangakkara al respect and trust, ter of immense pride,” he everyday never burns out.” well. (28,016) and Ricky on a vision that has added. It was perhaps his way of “I think according to the Ponting (27,483). telling the world that may be match-ups, it fits perfectly for Kohli is num- The 32- formats. In 96 Tests, he has “left” would have been the our team — plus the balance ber seven in the year-old 13,646 runs, while in 254 ODIs, “right choice”. he is giving us with the bat as overall standings prolific he has accumulated 13,061 On Thursday, Indian well currently,” explained and is closing on scorer aver- runs. skipper Virat Kohli once again Kohli. Rahul Dravid’s record ages over 50 In 89 T20 Internationals, of 24208 runs. in all three he has 2272 runs. ing a left-right combination, at it and the catch was taken by said it all. wicket-keeper Bairstow. Craig Overton (11-2-30-1) Rahul, who had already hit Pressure will be more Indian W team ‘somehow’ getting by ended the Indian vice-captain’s three boundaries, was ready to misery with his opposite num- pounce on anything over- on India than us: Babar ber Moeen Ali taking a sharp pitched outside the off-stump in ‘tiny rooms’ of Govt quarantine low catch at third slip to increase before Robinson got one to jag on T20 WC clash PTI n NEW DELHI The players had an easier India’s woes. back sharply from length and time in the UK as they were Earlier, India’s openers Rohit the TV replays showed that the Karachi: Pakistan captain t is only day four of the allowed to train within the first Sharma (11) and KL Rahul ball would have clipped the Babar Azam feels pressure IIndian women’s cricket team’s week of their quarantine after (17), after showing initial bail. The on-field umpire's deci- will be more on the fancied 14-day hard quarantine in “tiny” spending two weeks in isolation promise, were done in by high sion was upheld. India when the arch-rivals hotel rooms in Brisbane but the in Mumbai. 4th Test. Day 2 quality seam bowling, while Kohli joined Pujara, who meet in the T20 World Cup on isolation is beginning to take a The squad arrived in Cheteshwar Pujara (4) got one was again defending dourly save October 24. toll on the players, a BCCI offi- Brisbane on Monday after Live from 3:30pm IST from James Anderson that could the one that got on his pads, After a meeting with the cial has said. change in tour itinerary due to SONY SIX NETWORK easily qualify to be the ‘ball of the which was clipped to the bound- Pakistan Cricket Board The official said that rooms Covid-19 related restrictions series’. ary. Chairman in waiting, Ramiz are too small at the in Sydney, Perth and England captain Joe Root However, Anderson (14-3- Raja, Babar said: “I think Government’s institutional Melbourne, the original venues PTI n LONDON the fast-rising Ollie Robinson Ajinkya Rahane (14)’s ejection called it right at the toss and 41-1), who has dismissed Pujara India will be under more quarantine facility with players for the series comprising three (16-9-24-2) got one to rear up as from the crease which pretty knowing India’s struggling bat- more times than his skipper, pressure as compared to somehow managing to do light ODIs, a Day-Night Test and kipper Virat Kohli couldn’t the Indian skipper closed his bat much summed up another bat- ting line-up, promptly put them bowled a delivery just in the cor- Pakistan during the World training. three T20s. convert his good start into face to provide Jonny Bairstow ting debacle. into bat. ridor of uncertainty. Cup match. “The rooms are way too All matches will now be Sa much-anticipated three- a regulation catch. Jadeja coming out at No 5 to Both Rohit and Rahul pun- Pujara played for the “We would like to start small. You barely manage to played in Queensland with the figure knock as India’s struggles The Joe Root dropped catch protect an out-of-form Rahane ished the loose deliveries from inswing but once it pitched, the our campaign by defeating move around and do some start of the series likely to be against a high quality England at slips off Chris Woakes’ (10-5- was bizarre and it didn’t take Anderson with 28 runs added ball took the outside edge into India.” training. There are no guards delayed by two days to seam and swing attack left them 19-2) bowling didn’t matter much time for Woakes to get within first 35-odd minutes Bairstow’s gloves. The arch-rivals are set to manning the place like the September 21. crawling at 122 for six at tea on much as Kohli, despite his eight him to nick one into the palms before Woakes was brought into After premier off-spinner clash in Dubai in the group players witnessed in the UK but The men’s cricket team, the opening day of the fourth well-timed boundaries, was once of Root. the attack replacing the senior- Ravichandran Ashwin’s exclu- stage of the World T20 Cup. it is very strict. which toured Australia this Test here. again consumed outside the For Rahane, the time is most pacer, who looked a bit sion, there was more surprise in Both teams have not “The food served though is year, was allowed to train for a Kohli (50 off 96 balls), who off-stump. simply running out after yet tight during that spell. store when Jadeja walked in with played any cricket against okay and there is change in limited period during its quar- looked a few notches above his On either side of Kohli’s dis- another failure and the fact that A delivery outside the chan- India at 39/3, perhaps to unset- each other since the World menu everyday. It will be a chal- antine. The women though are other batting colleagues, hit missals during the session was he needed to be hid behind nel with extra bounce saw the tle the bowlers with a left-right Cup 2019 in England when lenging two weeks,” the official confined to their hotel rooms some delectable cover drives but Ravindra Jadeja (10) and Jadeja under the pretence of hav- normally patient Rohit jabbing combination. India won comfortably. PTI said. for 14 days. India play 1-1 draw with Nepal Aruna withdraws from repechage Bhagat sails into semis Kathmandu: The Indian men’s football team played out a 1-1 due to suspected fracture PTI n TOKYO Germany’s Jan Niklas Pott and draw against Nepal in an inter- Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom national friendly on Thursday Tokyo: India’s Aruna Tanwar orld No 1 Pramod Bhagat in SL4 class respectively, second with Anirudh Thapa finding the was on Thursday forced to Prachi Yadav qualifies for Wsailed into the men’s sin- seed Krishna outwitted equaliser after the hosts grabbed withdraw from the repechage gles semifinals after beating Malaysia’s Taresoh Didin in SH6 the lead. round of the Paralympics Canoe sprint semifinal Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chyrkov in class. Anjan Bista scored for women’s taekwondo K44-49kg Tokyo: India’s Prachi Yadav on his second group A match of the Young Palak also overcame Nepal in the 36th minute before class because of severe injuries Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics badminton Turkey’s Zehra Baglar in her sec- Thapa netted one for the visitors sustained during her opening semifinals of canoe sprint event event on Thursday as the coun- ond women’s singles match of at the Dashrath Stadium here. bout of the Games despite in women’s Va’a single 200m at try’s shuttlers expectedly pro- group A. The two teams will play which she fought in the quarter- the Tokyo Paralympics. duced strong performances. The 38-year-old Suhas took another friendly on September finals. The 26-year-old from The 33-year-old Bhagat, just 19 minutes to see off Pott 21- 5. The matches kick start India’s Aruna was scheduled to Bhopal recorded a time of one also a reigning world champion, 9, 21-3 in a lopsided group A preparations for next month’s feature in the repechage round minute, 11.098 seconds — saw off Chyrkob 21-12, 21-9 in clash, while Tarun, 27, too did- SAFF Championships in later in the evening after she lost 13.014 seconds behind leader 26 minutes to top his group and n’t break a sweat, beating Maldives. PTI to fourth-seeded Espinoza Great Britain’s Emma Wiggs enter the last four in class SL3. Teamarrom 21-7, 21-13 in a Carranza of Peru in the quar- (58.084s) in class VL2 heat 1 at “I was in the groove today group B match that lasted 23 ters. the Sea Forest Waterway here. and played really well. Oleksandr minutes. All losing quarterfinalists The semifinal will be held Chyrkov is a good player and Krishna then prevailed 22- from the main draw make the on Friday. PTI played some good strokes in the 20, 21-10 over Didin in a 33- repechage where a player has to match. I am very happy that I minute group B match. win three bouts to clinch the fracture of left forearm and have reached the semi-finals,” In women’s singles SU5 111 & COUNTING Bronze medal. possible fracture of right foot.” Bhagat said. class, Kohli beat Zehra 21-12, But it turned out to be an The withdrawal form also “Things are going to be 21-18 in 27 minutes. She had lost Cristiano Ronaldo breaks all-time record anti-climax for the 12th seeded cited “severe pain and dysfunc- tough from here as the knock her opening match to Japan’s Indian as a possible hit on her tion due to the above injuries” out stages start. My focus is on Ayako Suzuki. right foot during her opening as the reason behind her deci- one match at a time and also the Other Indian shuttlers, Earlier in the day, the 19- of most goals in international football round 29-9 win over fifth seed sion to not contest any further last league game of the mixed including Suhas Yathiraj, Tarun year-old Kohli and her partner AFP n FARO/PARIS yards. Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia in the competition. doubles which is a do-or-die sit- Dhillon and Krishna Nagar also Parul Parmar, 48, went down 7- Antoine Griezmann drew curtains to her campaign. Aruna fought with the uation for us.” had a good day in office as they 21, 5-21 to second seeded ristiano Ronaldo became equalised when Dzeko’s head- The explanation given by injury in the quarterfinals and Bhagat and Palak Kohli will opened their men’s singles cam- Chinese pair of Cheng Hefang Cthe all-time top scorer in er at a corner struck the France the Indian delegation for was no match for her Peruvian play Siripong Teamarrom and paign impressively. and Ma Huihui in a group B men’s international football forward and bounced just over Aruna’s withdrawal from the opponent as she lost the one- Nipada Saensupa in mixed dou- While Suhas and Tarun women’s doubles SL3-SU5 class with two late goals as Portugal the line, but the hosts saw Jules repechage round was “probable sided bout 84-21. bles class SL3-SU5 on Friday. notched up easy victories over match. beat the Republic of Ireland 2- Kounde sent off for a reckless 1, while holders France drew 1- tackle early in the second half. 1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina France hold a four-point in 2022 World Cup qualifying lead at the top of Group D on Wednesday. above Ukraine, who conceded Stephens downs Gauff, Halep also wins A day after completing his a last-gasp goal in a 2-2 draw return to Manchester United, away to Kazakhstan. Finland AFP n NEW YORK Ronaldo had an early penalty are six points adrift but have saved by teenage goalkeeper two games in hand. efending champion Tsitsipas, Medvedev advance Gavin Bazunu in Faro before Erling Haaland scored his DNaomi Osaka advanced Ireland took the lead on the first World Cup qualifying to the third round of the US AFP n NEW YORK fourth sets but dominated stroke of half-time. goal in Norway’s 1-1 draw Open by walkover while 2017 after his extended toilet trip John Egan’s glancing head- against the Netherlands in champion Sloane Stephens tefanos Tsitsipas took to flush Frenchman Adrian er put Stephen Kenny’s side on Oslo. put up a masterclass to beat Sanother trademark long Mannarino 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 course for a famous win, but Haaland’s scrappy finish Coco Gauff in the second bathroom break then credit- (4/7), 6-0 at Arthur Ashe Ronaldo broke Irish hearts gave Norway the lead on 20 round on Wednesday on the ed it for advancing to the Stadium. with an 89th-minute equaliser (at Manchester United), in minutes, but Davy Klaassen rain-hit third day. third round while Russian Medvedev, this year’s — a goal that took him past the which I was happy to return levelled before the break as Osaka reached the third second seed Daniil Australian Open runner-up, Iranian Ali Daei’s record of 109. home,” said Ronaldo. “Scoring Louis van Gaal began his third round when 20-year-old Medvedev and fifth-seeded defeated Germany’s Dominik The 36-year-old Ronaldo goals, putting on a show and stint in charge of the Dutch Serbian qualifier Olga compatriot Andrey Rublev Koepfer 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. The then snatched all three points winning titles, that’s what I like national team. Danilovic withdrew due to ill- breezed into the third round Toronto champion had also for Portugal in the sixth minute the most.” One point separates the ness. of the US Open on beaten Koepfer on his way to of injury time, rising highest to Portugal sit top of Group leading four teams in Group G, Sloane Stephens, the 2017 Wednesday as a storm lash- the 2019 US Open final. power in a header from Joao A with 10 points from four with Turkey top despite blow- US Open winner who could ing New York forced the Russian fifth seed Mario’s right-wing cross. matches, although Serbia are ing a two-goal lead in a 2-2 meet Osaka in the fourth suspension of an indoor Andrey Rublev beat Spain’s “This record is mine and it only three points behind with draw at home to Montenegro. round, beat 21st seed Gauff 6- match. Pedro Martinez 7-6 (7/2), 6- is unique. I’m extremely happy a game in hand. Croatia, the 2018 World 4, 6-2 in an all-American 6-4, 6-2, taking her first win have split four career meet- The 23-year-old Greek 7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-1. He next and it’s another one for my The group winners quali- Cup runners-up, drew 0-0 showdown. “I’m really pleased in four tries against the ings. Muguruza won the most third seed was booed after faces 50th-ranked American career,” Ronaldo told RTP pub- fy automatically for next year’s away to Russia and remain with how I played,” Stephens German. She will next face recent in 2020 at Rome and taking more than eight min- Frances Tiafoe, who warns, lic television. finals in Qatar, with the run- above their opponents on goal said. two-time Australian Open again by walkover in this utes between the third and “I’m coming after him.” The five-time Ballon d’Or ners-up heading into the play- difference as leaders of Group Two-time Grand Slam champion and three-time US year’s Doha semi-finals. winner also equalled Sergio offs. H. winners Victoria Azarenka Open runner-up Azarenka, Romanian 12th seed thigh and a year of nagging Spain’s Rebeka Masarova 6-2, Ramos’s European mark of France, playing for the Daniel Wass and Joakim and Garbine Muguruza the 18th seed from Belarus Simona Halep, the 2018 injuries, Halep advanced on a 7-5. 180 caps. first time since losing to Maehle scored two quick-fire booked a third-round show- who defeated Italy’s Jasmine French Open and 2019 service winner after 68 min- A women’s match sched- “(The motivation comes Switzerland in the last 16 at goals as Euro 2020 semi-final- down. Paolini 6-3, 7-6 (7/1). Wimbledon champion, utes for her deepest US Open uled later at Armstrong, from) the desire I have to con- Euro 2020, fell behind in ists Denmark swept Scotland Spanish ninth seed “The next round is going replaced Osaka on Ashe and run since 2016. German sixth seed Angelique tinue playing football, also Strasbourg when Edin Dzeko aside 2-0 to make it four wins Muguruza, the 2016 French to be exciting for both of us,” dispatched Slovakian Kristina Ukraine’s fifth-seeded Kerber against Ukraine’s from this last contract I signed rifled in a low drive from 20 from four in Group F. Open and 2017 Wimbledon Azarenka said. Kucova 6-3, 6-1. Elina Svitolina, a 2019 US Anhelina Kalinina, was post- winner, beat Andrea Petkovic Azarenka and Muguruza Despite a bandaged right Open semi-finalist, ousted poned to Thursday. 12

Vijayawada | Friday September 3, 2021 tollywood Power Star rings in a Up close with Nani

PNS HYDERABAD moments, action powerful 50th birthday sequences, and music, making it a complete ovingly called a family entertainer — a Natural star, narrative not seen before The actor announces the release date of Hari one of the in Tollywood! most widely “This is very different Hara Veera Mallu. First look posters of films L known actors from what I have done of the southern before because this is the with Surender Reddy, Harish Shankar out, cinema Nani, who has an first time I am doing uncountable fan base, is something which writes K RAMYA SREE all set for his next Tuck includes a huge family. I Jagdish! But hey, another have only acted in films OTT release? When the where I have a small fam- Sastry, the song began announcement came by, ily or a boy who doesn’t ower Star trending in no time. his fans were a little puz- have anybody and then Pawan Three more interesting zled too, over why the various other characters Kalyan revelations too were superstar wasn’t coming but this is the first time I P ushered in made on his birthday. to the theatre screens. At am playing a guy who his 50th The makers of the actor’s a recent theatrical event belongs to a family of 20- birthday next, a heroic outlaw Hari in the city, heads turned 30 people. From the very on September 2 Hara Veera Mallu, when the star claimed beginning of my career, I and how! On his announced that the film that, “If the looming have had this love and birthday on will arrive in theatres on times are gone away, and support of family audi- Thursday, wishes April 29, 2022. yet his film takes the ences. I really feel this is poured in from Directed by Krish, Hari OTT route, then he is my gratitude towards friends, fami- Hara Veera Mallu is a them. This is my ly, well- periodic drama that is return gift to them, wish- being made on a big bud- something that they get. will all enjoy.” going to Another interesting self-ban himself observation that one from the Telugu cinema!” could notice is the title! with with director Harish Wanting to know more Tuck Jagdish – seems the Shankar once again after details on the same, The appealing as well as cre- actor holding their successful Gabbar Pioneer finds out from ates an atmosphere of The a gun. “Presenting Singh. On Thursday, the the star’s own mouth over inquisitiveness. We ers, and Pioneer has exclusively to you all our proud asso- makers of the film, which he says, “The deci- couldn’t hold ourselves fans, from every corner of learned that the actor has ciation with released a pre-look poster sion to release our film back and asked the actor the country. completed shooting for @PawanKalyan Gaaru for of the film without on OTT was not an easy about the same, to which The day saw a frenzy of 50 percent of the film. the prestigious revealing its title. one. It has been taken, he seemed fascinated too; celebrations with fans Nidhhi Agerwal is the #ProductionNo9 Bankrolled by Mythri keeping all the sides and he goes on to say, “In the conducting many charity leading lady of the film @SRTmovies Movie makers, rumours parties in mind. I village we show in the events. Not just that, as that is produced by Mega @itsRamTalluri are rife that Pawan empathise with the con- film, he is the only one many as 100 theatres Surya Productions. MM @DirSurender Kalyan will be seen as a troversial statements of who always tucks his across Andhra Pradesh Keeravani is on board to @VamsiVakkantham lecturer in the film. co-producers who lashed shirt in. Jagadish is a very and Telangana have re- compose music. #HBDJanaSenaniPawanK Music director Devi Sri out at me for opting for common name, so he’s released his blockbuster The Power Star will also alyan, (sic)” tweeted the Prasad will render tunes an OTT release. called Tuck Jagadish movie Gabbar Singh. be seen in Sye Raa production house. for this film. Theatrical release is my because of his identity in The team of his Narasimha Reddy fame Written by Vakkantham Harish Shankar is plan- first preference any day, that village. It is upcoming film Surender Reddy’s directo- Vamsi, this film is touted ning to launch the movie always!” explained in the second Bheemla Nayak rial venture, being pro- to be a social drama. on the occasion of With a delightful pres- half as to why he always unveiled the duced by Ram Talluri Further details about its Dussehra with a formal ence at the press confer- tucks his shirt in.” first song. under SRT movies ban- cast and crew are to be pooja ceremony and ence held for the trailer With really high stakes Composed by ner. announced very soon. shoot the first scene with launch of Tuck Jagdish, involved this time, Nani Thaman and The film, tentatively It has been in news for a Pawan Kalyan on the aus- the actor had so much to has his fingers crossed for penned by titled #ProductionNo9, while now that Pawan picious day of Vijaya talk about his upcoming this solid high-budget Ramajogayya released its first poster Kalyan is teaming up Dashami. project that he rightly movie! Even director believes will create an Shiva Nirvana is all hope- unspoken bond among ful for the film and finds the families and take the Natural star to be apt Abhishek Maharshi, has them on a nostalgic trip. for the role. He men- been titled Prem Kumar. K3 Kotikokkadu On his expectations tioned how family dra- The makers on Thursday Sudeep's from the film, he men- mas have an intrinsic thrilled movie lovers by tions, “We are very excit- feel-good factor and Tuck releasing the first ed. The film has come Jagadish surely will strike glimpse. out very well. It’s going to a chord with the audi- The first glimpse locks Dussera release directly come to Amazon ence and there would’ve shows a caricature of Prime Video because the been no better actor than Prem Kumar, introducing he makers of Kiccha Sudeep-starrer situation outside is not Nani to play the titular us to the key characters Kotigobba 3’s Telugu dubbed version titled clear. This is the best way role in the film! in the life of the actor in K3 Kotikokkadu have finally announced we could reach out to the Meanwhile, Nani is all a funny way, promising their release date. One the occasion of the audience. I am complete- set to rule the screens yet another entertaining T Eega actor’s birthday, they took to Twitter ly confident that this film again with his next titled treat. to share news: “The Most awaited will deliver what it Shyam Singha Roy for Rashi Singh who is @KicchaSudeep’s #K3Kotikokkadu is releasing in promised. Shiva has which he has wrapped up making her debut in the Theatres on Dussera @ArjunJanyaMusic made a very beautiful the shoot and the movie film is the leading lady. @MadonnaSebast14 @shraddhadas43 #ShivaKarthik Telugu family film. For is in its post-production Anant Sriklar is the @thegcgofficial @shreyasgroup @anandaudioTolly all families to sit at home stage. Looking for a aper Boy fame music director for the @Mymoviebazaar @shreyasmedia.” on a festival day and release somewhere Santosh film produced by Shiva The much-anticipated commercial entertainer, watch a film which was around November or Sobhan, after Prasad Panneru. Apart bankrolled by Surappa Babu, marks the directorial made for families, I think December, he is currently P the success of from this film, Santosh debut of Shiva Karthik. The movie casts Kiccha it’s a perfect combina- shooting for Ante his recent film Sobhan is busy with pro- Sudeep, Madonna Sebastian, and Shraddha Das in tion.” Sundaraniki which will Ek Mini Katha, jects like Sridevi Sobhan lead roles along with P. Ravi Shankar, Aftab Produced under the release early next year in

Prem Kumar has his hands full for the Babu, Manchi Rojulu Shivdasani, Nawab Shah, Danish Akhtar Saifi, banner of Shine Screens, the theaters. “I am really year and has lined up dif- Vachchayi, Anni Manchi Sudhanshu Pandey in supporting roles. The film and set in the tinsel town hoping things will ferent kinds of projects. Sakunamule. also has Ashika Ranganath making a guest appear- of Andhra Pradesh, the become nor- His upcoming film, being ance in a special song. Music for the film has been film narrates the life and mal very

is helmed by debutante composed by Arjun Janya while cinematography was journey of Jagadish soon. I have Santosh Sobhan done by Shekhar Chandru and edited by Goran Naidu essayed by Nani, two films Actress Ivanovic. The film has already created a pre-release as he traverses through under pro- buzz with its songs and trailers. the ups and downs in his duction which Sudeep is a known face in Tollywood, having ear- family life, thereby high- I am produc- lier done Raktha Charitra 1& 2, directed by Ram lighting the special bond ing and both Seerat Kapoor's Gopal Varma and SS Rajamouli’s directorial Eega. and conflicts between have completed The actor was also part of Baahubali — The siblings in his closely- close to 70 per Beginning and the Chiranjeevi-starrer Sye Raa knit joint family. cent work,” he pilates session Narasimha Reddy. His previous Kannada film, The movie has a concludes. Pailwaan, was also dubbed and released in Telugu. mixed bag of dra- The actor also has Vikrant Rona coming up and matic emo- inspires netizens the team released a first glimpse video, which treat- tional ed fans to a cool track — Deadman’s Anthem from eerat Kapoor is one of the most prominent actresses in the the film. The video has some cool slo-mo fight Tollywood industry. She has been growing by leaps and scenes that introduce Sudeep as being a one-man bounds ever since she commenced her career as an assistant army. choreographer for Imtiaz Ali’s film Rockstar. The actress made S a name for herself with her acting skills and dedication. Seerat etched her name in all our hearts with films like, Columbus, Okka Kshanam, Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma, and the Ravi Teja-starrer Touch Chesi Chudu. Seerat is known to be active on all her social media platforms and her videos and posts are always highly loved by fans. The actress is a fitness freak and recently, she took to her Instagram account to share a video of her pilates session with her gym trainer. The video shows the actress passing a small exercise ball back to her trainer while performing crunches. She is fully enthusiastic and in a playful mood for her regime. Seerat Kapoor’s gym video took the internet by storm as the actress’s all-black gym outfit allured many. Seerat Kapoor is truly an epitome of inspira- tion to all her fans and loved ones, to adopt a healthy lifestyle for a better tomorrow. On the work front, Seerat Kapoor’s grand Bollywood debut in the upcoming film Maarich along with the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and the handsome Tusshar Kapoor is being awaited by fans. Maarrich is being produced under the ban- ner of Tusshar Entertainments.