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Issuing an order utilise human and financial passengers and crew on board     ment on Friday kick-started a representative from the Chief in this regard, the Chief resources at all levels. overshot the runway here and the process for reorganising the Ministers Office will be mem- Secretary said the com- The Committee fell into a valley, breaking   districts in the state from 13 to bers of the Committee to study mittee would study var- will examine and sug- into two portions, on Friday  25 for bringing the administra- the restructuring of Districts in ious aspects relat- gest the broad princi- evening,police sources said.   tion at the district-level closer Andhra Pradesh while the ed to the cre- ples for determining the The mishap occurred at to the people with the objective Principal Finance Secretary ation geographical boundaries 1941 hrs.No fire was report- of improving the lives of the will act as the Convener. and administrative units con- ed at the time of landing, an citizens. The Committee has been stituting the proposed 25 dis- AIE statement said. Turning each Parliamentary asked to submit its report in tricts and the steps to be taken Police said 16 people were  constituency into a new district three months as Chief for ensuring that the expendi- killed in the accident. by dividing the existing one is Minister YS ture (both one-time and recur- The Civil Aviation Ministry statement said. A DGCA staet- an election promise of the rul- Jaganmohan ring) is kept to the minimum. said the flight IX 1344 oper- mentsaid after landing at ing YSR Congress as the pre- Reddy is said to " Among others, it will also ated by B737 aircraft from Runway 10, the plane contin- sent districts "are large in size be #$ study the optimal use of exist- Dubai overshot runway at ued running till the end of the and have become unwieldy to ing infrastructure and existing Kozhikode at 7.41 PM on runway and fell into the valley administer."   human resources and rede- Friday. "No fire reported at the and broke into two portions. Last month, the state   ployment at all levels for facil- time of landing," it noted. Kerala Chief Minister Cabinet gave the go-ahead     itating the smooth functioning There were 174 passengers, Pinarayi Vijayan expressed for the district reorganisa- of the restructured districts, the 10 Infants , 2 Pilots and 5 shock over the accident. tion plan and, according-      order said. cabin crew on board the air- CMO sources said Chief ly, a six-member commit-   There has, however, been craft, the ministry added. Minister spoke to Prime tee headed by Chief   opposition within the YSRC to "As per the initial reports (   3  Minister, Narendra Modi and Secretary Nilam Sawhney       the formation of new districts rescue operations are on and the latter assured him all help was constituted on with a Lok Sabha constituen- passengers are being taken to this regard," the ministry stat- and assistance from the Thursday to study the various     cy as the base. hospital for medical care. We ed. Help centres are being set Centre. aspects involved. %&     will soon share the update in up in Sharjah and Dubai, the > Chief Commissioner of >

    Vijayawada to host      Mortality rate low but room  !  !" official I-Day fete for improvement, Jagan says #$$$%    five to 10 beds are available at   the Primary Health Centre The Covid-19 positivity rate as (PCH) level and that clinical   The official Independence Day well as the mortality rate in protocol is being strictly fol- celebrations will be held at Andhra Pradesh is much lower lowed all over. As many as 265 inmates of Vijayawada on August 15 this ./!+!0 than the national average and Patients with fever and low the Rajahmundry Central year. the State Government is exten- oxygen levels are being imme- Jail have tested positive for It was widely expected that  !!""% sively carrying out the tests, diately admitted to hospitals. If Covid-19 till Friday. the YSRCP Government will particularly in containment the problems aggravates the As a precautionary mea- organise the festivities at   ! clusters. patient is being shifted to sure, Rajahmundry collec- , having This was the message that Covid hospitals, the officials tor Muralidhar Reddy has announced the port city as the 1!""" came across during a review said. ordered jail authorities to Executive Capital of the meeting on Covid-19 here on While the national average conduct Covid-19 tests on Andhra Pradesh.   Friday. Addressing the meet- centres — 104 and 14410 — so of positivity is 8.87 per cent, prisoners, following which Chief Secretary Neelam &'$#(## ing, Chief Minister YS that they function effectively. the State average has been samples of 900 prisoners were Sawhney on Friday issued Controversial TDP leader JC Jaganmohan Reddy said that The Chief Minister enquired 8.56 per cent while in taken on August 3. instructions to the authorities ###)* Prabhakar Reddy and his about 85 per cent to 90 per about the steps being taken to Karnataka, it is 9.88 per cent, The results which were to make arrangements for son Asmith Reddy were cent of the total number of further reduce the mortality Tamil Nadu 9.26 per cent, received on Friday confirmed conducting of the !%#+!  arrested within 24 hours after tests being conducted are in rate. The officials informed Maharashtra 19.36 and in that 247 prisoners were Independence Day celebra- being released from the containment areas. He told Jagan that for people with Delhi it is 12.75 per cent. infected. tions at Indira Gandhi  ' ! 0!& 1, )! Kadapa Central Jail, over officials to monitor the call severe respiratory problems > > Municipal Stadium, --12" "13  ) 30& / /' case filed with the Tadipatri Vijayawada, with limited gath-  "0' 13 4&"0  0"2!0 )"!, police under the Scheduled   ering strictly following the "3"2 !&   * 361) 3 Castes and Scheduled Tribes    Covid-19 guidelines. !00 ) )! 1'.0 /! /.! (Prevention of Atrocities) Earlier, Chief Minister YS 1 ()"!! &'! 0!!.1-6!3 Act.  AP crosses 2 lakh mark; 89 more dead Jaganmohan Reddy had "3 .. )! )&!! &!*"132 "3 The case was filed against instructed the authorities to 30)& & 0!2) 13. " ) )! them for their inappropriate   The state also saw 89 which 84,654 were active, 8.90 per cent. see that the Independence )!.- 1, (!3 & .. .1( !0 behaviour towards Tadipatri fresh coronavirus 1,20,464 recoveries and The recovery rate too Day  -" . ("  ."8! 6 &  "9 police station Circle Inspector  00&!22"3* -&!22 Riding on a rapid surge of deaths, the highest 1,842 deaths, the latest improved to 58.21 per cent but celebrations be held in a big Devendra Kumar. The TDP infections, Andhra Pradesh number in a day so government bulletin was way below the national way, including police parade (13,!&!3(! )!&!  "0' 2 "0 leaders along with 31 others on Friday crossed the two far, while 7,594 said. After 23,62,270 average of 67.98 per cent. and display of various tableau ) ,&16 )! )"!, "3"2 !& 1 also face a case under the  lakh-mark in the overall num- patients recovered sample tests, the The Covid-19 mortality rate highlighting the achievements "3"2 !&2 ..  .! 0!&2 Disaster Management Act ber of Covid-19 cases as anoth- from the pandemic. infection positivity stood at 0. 89 per cent against of the state government in the 6 0! -&!-1.. 22'& 3(!2 ) registered at the Tadipatri  )! 1'.0 31 () 3*! )! er 10,000-plus cases (10,171 to The state’s Covid-19 rate climbed further to the national average of 2. 05 last one year. police station for violation of   be exact) were added afresh tally on Friday showed 8.76 per cent, inching clos- per cent, according to the gov- >  -" .9 Covid-19 curbs.         for the third consecutive day. 2,06,960 over all cases, of er to the national average of ernment data. > >    !      !"#$ !%&( * !   +    "#! Sawhney’s tenure Central Tribal varsity location changed to Salur  "# % %+ !   !    *          -## !K#"/ ! as AP CS extended „  & % #/!K00#!   '!( 0- !K/ ! Salur. Jagan also gave approval released Rs 50 lakh as start-up   extended till September 30. for setting up a cluster univer- grant to begin the admission *  /# !10/ ! The AP government once The YSRCP government has sity in Kurnool and university process. *% " %   !    * Chief Secretary Nilam again sought extension of her finalised Salur in Vizianagaram of architecture in Kadapa. was # !  # !K#0-! Sawhney's tenure has been services by another three district as the location for the The CM directed the offi- entrusted with the responsibil- #+ (  ! ##/ !K#"/! extended for another months, and the request proposed Central Tribal cials to commence work this ity of mentoring the new Tribal three months, and she has been was University. year itself. Earlier, a compound varsity. The varsity began oper-      will now continue in approved by the While the TDP regime had wall was built in the land allot- ation from an engineering col-  office till December Centre. Principal identified Relli village under ted in Relli village. In the lege of Vizianagaram as a tem- 31, 2020. secretary to the Kothavalasa mandal in Araku as a more suitable place In the last review meeting Union Budget 2018-19, Rs 10 porary campus to commence 2   3   This is the second government (polit- Vizianagaram district as the site for the varsity. with higher education offi- crore was allotted for the uni- academic session in 2019-20. 4!05 time that the tenure of ical) (FAC) Praveen for the Tribal University, and Now, the State Government cials, Chief Minister YS versity and later, the MHRD Earlier, the Tribal University 6! //7 Sawhney has been Prakash issued GO also built a wall demarcating has made it clear that instead Jaganmohan Reddy gave the sanctioned Rs 420 crore. had submitted a detailed pro- 8 ! extended for three Rt: 1242 on Friday night the boundaries of the campus, of the Central Tribal University, nod to setting up two new uni- However, the funds lay ject report to the Union /8"/! months. issuing orders of extension of the YSRCP, soon after storm- it will set up a state tribal var- versities in Vizianagaram and unutilised, as the University MHRD department seeking        She was scheduled to retire Sawhney's services beyond ing to power in 2019, had sity in Araku and a tribal engi- Prakasam districts and a didn't start operations. Rs 952 crore for infrastructure     on June 30 but her tenure was September 30. made it clear that it considered neering college at Kurupam. Central tribal university in Even the State government development.   )+!' !(!)+ ,-././ 

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   '           %           /  " “In the absence of a vaccine to  % %   The Centre filing an affidavit       fight against the Covid-19,   in the court stating that they do      ",  " transfusion of Convalescent not have any role in the choice    plasma is a ray of hope for per-  (   of capital for the State is just a           1!/ % sons in critical stage of infec- way to shake off their respon-      tion. Hence, the Indian Council         sibility, alleged TDP MP Galla   of Medical Research (ICMR) %   Jayadev. He claimed that it was     permitted many government  % %   the Central government's deci-      Rajya Sabha member CM hospitals to conduct clinical tri-      sion to split the State, which      Ramesh is the latest politician als of plasma transfusion. In    ! forced the State to identify and  !!"#$#        to test positive for Covid-19. our State, too, Kurnool,   %   develop a new capital.            Ramesh, upon slight dis- Tirupati, Vijayawada and   Jayadev disclosed that it is        %     comfort, got himself tested Guntur GGHs are already contemplating in a big way to clearly mentioned in the AP discharged from Covid hospi-             &   for Coronavirus and the doing this procedure and are support the efforts of the State tals after recovering from infec-   ')*** Reorganisation Act passed by result returned positive. He getting encouraging results,” government in these plasma tions and maintain a Data Bank    (+ Parliament that the Central  %             then took to social media to disclosed BVS Kumar, Member donations. Dr A Sridhar of all these people, who are the   government would fund the   # confirm the news and say of AP State Blood Banks Reddy, Chairman of Indian potential plasma donors. development of new capital in that he was doing fine and Committee of Indian Red Red Cross Society, AP State “As per the guidelines of Andhra Pradesh. He further there was nothing to worry. Cross Society. branch, has written to all ICMR, 400 ml of plasma will be other persons, who are in crit- stated, "The amount provided Delhi. He claimed that the the capital unilaterally and As he has no major symp- Based on the successful District Collectors in the State taken from the donors, which ical stages of infection. by the Central government Centre is duty bound to help Amaravati was based on the toms, he has not been admit- recoveries in Covid patients, to appoint Red Cross Society as can be given to a patient in two Fortunately, we have a very for the development of the State develop a new capi- recommendations submitted ted to any hospital, but con- most of the State governments a Nodal Agency for plasma installments with a gap of 24 high rate of recovery and all Amaravati capital city is pub- tal, as mentioned in AP by the K Sivaramakrishnan fined to home quarantine. are encouraging plasma trans- donations. hours. This Convalescent plas- these persons are eligible to lic money. Is the Central gov- Reorganisation Act. Committee, consent of all par- Ramesh tweeted, “I have fusions to combat the Covid Red Cross Societies in most ma will accelerate the anti-bod- donate plasma,” he said. ernment act like a mute spec- He pointed out that Act ties was taken and Acts were tested positive for deaths. The State government of the districts started plasma ies in the patient body and can In Krishna district, people tator when its money goes also mentions "a capital" and passed in the Assembly before #COVID__19. has even announced an incen- donations, which were inaugu- successfully fight the virus. All who need plasma can contact waste,” he questioned? not three capitals. He ques- the GO was issued to notify the Whilst I am doing fine, I tive of Rs 5,000 for a plasma rated by those District recovered persons in the age the Red Cross Society office on The TDP MP said that the tioned whether the Central same. am being under isolation on donor, said BVS Kumar. Collectors. The district branch- group of 18 to 50 years can come the following phone numbers affidavit filed by the Centre in government was willing to He defended that farmers of the recommendation of doc- Andhra Pradesh branch of es of Red Cross societies will forward and donate the 0866- 2570082 / 2570083 and the High Court is nothing but fund the development of three Amaravati came forward and tors.” Indian Red Cross Society is collect the list of the persons Convalescent plasma and save 9989893346. washing their hands of their new capitals in the State, or donated their ancestral lands responsibility and claimed that not. He claimed that being a for the development of the new it amounts to criminal breach key stakeholder in the develop- capital city by following the of trust. He recalled that dur- ment of the capital of Andhra Constitutional and democrat-   !"#$%& #'("'( Q5 ! R ing the foundation stone lay- Pradesh, the Central govern- ic process in the capital selec- ing ceremony for Amaravati in ment's responsibility is equal to tion. He asserted that the fight   such as computer knowledge,  !! 2015, the Prime Minister that of the State. for Amaravati will continue till        life skills, mobility and employ- promised to develop Jayadev claimed that it is declared the sole capital of “In the era of online education, ability, she said.    Amaravati capital better than Amaravati was not finalised as Andhra Pradesh. students with visual impair-         “We divided the batch into ment should not be left behind.        two groups-each batch with 25 The monthly ‘Dial Your Empowering them to use var- candidates. Both the batches Executive Officer’ pro- ious mobile apps for reading, will have combination of stu- gramme by TTD Executive 3 !! writing and collecting different According to coordinator leadership of Jincy, Programme dents having laptop and not Officer Anil Kumar Singhal 3 !   ;  information from online Dr G Sahaya Baskaran, there Lead, Digital Literacy for Blind. having laptop in order to will be conducted on August %-!" sources, accessing online are 50 visually challenged stu- Due to the pandemic, visu- enable peer learning model (25 9 between 9 am and 10 am library for reading is the aim of dents, studying in Andhra ally impaired college students people having laptops, 25 not at the Conference Hall at     - 1"!!"% this month-long online train- Loyola College, SRR College, are in need of getting literate on having laptops). The course is TTD administrative ing,” said Shanti Raghavan, AC College, Hindu College, computer with screen readers. designed for 44 hours (22 Building. During the pro- 3  Founder and Managing Guntur, Sri Gayathri College, The training will focus on the working days, two hours per gramme, devotees could Director of Enable India, Acharya Nagarjuna University solutions available through day online classes). directly interact with the < 3 !   Bengaluru. She, along with and Vijaya Mary School for the various Android mobile apps. Principal of ALC Rev Fr TTD EO on 0877-2263261 Moses Chowdary, the project Blind joined the free training. “Our plan is to conduct vari- Victor Emmanuel, trainers and and give their suggestions Andhra Pradesh State director of Enable Vision, inau- It is offered by trainers from ous computer courses in mod- visually challenged students and tell problems. The pro-   Children’s Rights Protection gurated the online workshop Enable India, who are also ule wise in-order to fulfil their from Vijayawada and Guntur gramme will be telecast live Commission chairperson G over MS Teams. visually challenged, under the requirement in all the aspects colleges participated. by SVBC. As Srikakulam district has Hymavathi has been con- registered 10,000 positive cases ferred with honorary doctor- and 102 deaths till August 7, ate by the Central America- the district administration is based Swahili University,  " planning to start plasma ther- according to the university’s ! "     apy to treat the Coronavirus India resident representative 8  positive patients. Dr Rajesh Ramdas. District Collector J Nivas on He said in a statement here   "+"&  Medida Jahnavi, IAS (2018) has Friday visited Lions Blood (  33  :&  on Friday " '( been posted as the Sub- Bank and Red Cross Blood that the  !  The IAS probationers of 2018 #  Collector, Madanapalle Sub- Bank and held discussions honorary batch on completion of their Division, Chittoor district; with the technical persons. He     doctorate    Phase-II training are given $ #  Kalpana Kumari, IAS (2018) said therapy would be    was con- posting orders by Chief   has been posted as the Sub- launched in another two days.   ferred on Online Kalyanotsava Seva Secretary to Government  )*'' Collector, Nandyal Sub- The Collector also inspect-   her in commenced at Srivari tem- Neelam Sawhney on Friday. Division, Kurnool district; ed ELISA microplate reader, recognition ple at Tirumala on Friday Following are the newly    Ketan Garg, IAS (2018) has which has been installed in   of yeoman service being ren- with 118 couples taking part appointed officers-Prudhvitej   # been posted as the Sub- Red Cross Society Blood Bank    dered by Hymavathi for the in first of its kind Arjita Seva. Immadi, IAS (2018) has been    Collector, Rajampet Sub- and single donor platelet sep-  ! women empowerment and The kalyanotsavam is posted as the Sub-Collector, Division, Kadapa district. On arating equipment in Lions rights of the children for the hitherto performed in ‘ekan- Kadapa Sub-Division, Kadapa + transfer, services of MS Murali Blood Bank. He said the dis- "  last two decades through a vol- tham’ at the Srivari temple in district; Pratishtha Mamgain, ,  have been placed at the dispos- trict administration is making  # $ untary organisation ‘Nature’ in view of Covid-19 restric- IAS (2018) has been posted as al of Panchayat Raj and Rural all efforts to prevent deaths  %&  # the north Andhra districts. tions since the closure of the Sub-Collector, Nuzvid Sub- Development Department to due to the virus. He also said Hymavathi has been con- darshan on March 20. Ever Division, Krishna district; &3 !   IAS (2018) has been posted as post him as the Project Director, many patients, who recov-  #  ducting training to several sec- since darshan resumed on Himanshu Kaushik, IAS (2018) the Sub-Collector, DRDA, Chittoor district. ered from the Covid are com-  tions of people through vari- June 8, Kalyanotsava Seva is has been posted as the Sub- Vizianagaram; he will also hold Narasaraopet Sub-Division, It is informed that in view of ing forward to donate their ous government and non- being performed in ‘ekan- Collector, Amalapuram Sub- full additional charge (FAC) of Guntur district; Anupama the above postings, the Deputy plasma. government agencies at the tam’ only. Division, East Godavari district; PO, ITDA, Parvatipuram, Anjali, IAS (2018) has been Collectors working at Rajampet, Dr Srikant of Red Cross said 220 mg of plasma could district and state-level to Upon the request of the Amilineni Bhargav Teja, IAS Vijayanagaram district; posted as theh Sub- Collector, Narasaraopet, Kandukuru, Society said Covid positive be obtained from 400 ml of empower them. It may be devotees, TTD has com- (2018) has been posted as the Narapureddy Mourya, IAS Rajamahendravaram Sub- Nuzvidu, Nandyal, Tekkali, patients can donate plasma 28 blood. recalled that the government menced online Kalyanotsava Sub- Collector, Kandukur Sub- (2018) has been posted as the Division, East Godavari district; Narisipatnam Sub-Divisions days after they test negative. He said after the process of has appointed Hymavathi as Seva. The online bookings Division, Prakasham district; Sub- Collector, Narasipatnam Ganore Suraj Dhananjay, IAS are hereby transferred and they Those persons aged between plasma therapy begins with the chairperson of the AP commenced on August 6 Videh Khare, IAS (2018) is Sub-Division, Visakhapatnam (2018) has been posted as the are directed to report to the 18 and 45 and weighing min- success, he will think of mak- State Children’s Rights and TTD enabled the book- posted as Sub Collector, district; Sub-Collector, Tekkali Sub- General Administration for fur- imum 50 kgs were best suit- ing a Plasma Bank in the dis- Protection Commission in ings from August 7 till 31. Parvatipuram Sub-Division, Shrivas Nupur Ajay Kumar, Division, Srikakualam district; ther postings. able for donating plasma. He trict. 2017. On the first day on Friday, 118 devotees, who booked online for Kalyanotsavam #%  5 followed the instructions by !   #   !  priests of Tirumala, sitting right at their homes and +" participated in the holy event, which was telecast "11 !     live by the SVBC.           %   -    ())*  Adivasi Day would be cele- brated at all ITDA offices The research team of top Israeli        across the State on Sunday as defence scientists and health    $00% *6* per the information from experts on Friday returned         the State Tribal Welfare home after collecting thou-    Department on a low key sands of samples from Covid-    %    (  ! note, said T Vijay Kumar 19 patients in India.        0%8** Reddy, Ex-officio Secretary The research team from the   % % %  and Commissioner of Directorate for Defence  ;     Information and Public Research and Development, Relations Department. Ministry of Defence, accompa- +,+-   .  He said in a statement nied by scientists from the         9 During the special drive, here on Friday that the pro- Ministry of Health, arrived in   sanitiser manufacturing units gramme to distribute forest India on July 27 to develop a !""!# $%&'$( )*      / Officials of Special were inspected, including their land rights to the Girijans rapid testing kit for Covid-19. $%&+,%'$( )- Enforcement Bureau (SEB) licences, quality control and would be held on October 2. The joint research group India, Ron Malka, said."The Over the next few weeks, the       +$.! /%0/ 1 ))- have been conducting sur- sales. The state-level Adivasi Day has managed to collect over relations between India and researchers will know if they       prise checks as part of their About 303 awareness cam- celebrations, which should 20,000 samples from patients Israel continue to strengthen have been successful in their      special drive against misuse of paigns were organised against have been held on Sunday, within nine days. The samples even under this global pan- quest for reliable rapid tests for      sanitisers in the absence of consumption of sanitisers and were postponed due to the collected in India will be able demic," he added. the virus that will allow soci-     # liquor for the last three days. their ill effects. pandemic. However, the trib- to test and validate four Israeli According to the Israeli eties and economies to func- As many as 345 vulnerable The special drive against al welfare department has diagnostic technologies. Embassy, the data collected in tion until a vaccine is found.   places where there is possibil- consumption of sanitisers and issued instructions to all the "This cooperation against India will be corroborated with Also, the Israeli envoy took always Israel is keen to share its     ity of consumption of sanitis- enforcement work against ID ITDA offices to conduct at the Coronavirus as well as samples collected in Israel to to Twitter and wrote: "The most innovative technologies ers in the absence of liquor manufacturing areas will be their respective offices in collaboration in other areas can find an effective diagnostic most advanced Israeli med with its good friend India.       shops were identified and 144 continued, according to SEB which district officials and bring good news to India and solution and help both coun- eqp't found effective 4 fighting The friendship between Israel     2   3 vulnerable people were iden- Commissioner Vinith Brijlal in people’s representatives Israel, as well as to the whole tries in tackling the ongoing COVID-19 is ready to be deliv- and India is getting stronger tified and counselled. a release issued here on Friday. would participate. world," Israel's Ambassador to pandemic. ered 2 AIIMS hospital. As under COVID-19 pandemic."

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+./ * * ),  )**.  %"," %"  !% "1"!-  &    "  -"" -!  1""0  %  "!  !,       "-"   (       -.%  )     0*  Andhra Pradesh is one of the As there is a huge ambigui-       most important States in the  /  ty over the school fees col- In another freak incident  %   handloom industry with the  0 lection and online class involving sanitiser, four people   %  /  second-largest concentration   , rules, the Independent died after consuming sanitiser %     of weavers in the country, said ,  School Managements to get high at Scavenger Colony Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Association (ISMA) has in Tirupati on Friday.   $  Reddy in a tweet. Extending # $  sought clarification from About 40 people have died  %  his greetings on the National   Commissioner of School so far in the State consuming   %     Weavers' Day on Twitter on    Education V the sanitiser following the  123  Friday, he said: “We are proud %    Veerabhadrudu. The associ- liquor sale regulation in view %20  of our weaver community and    ation urged the of Covid spread. Many such    %  are making efforts to preserve    * Commissioner to issue deaths go unreported, accord-  425   the rich textile heritage of the instructions on collection ing to police. On July 31, just  #   State. YSR Nethanna Nestham       of tuition fee and flexibility seven days ago, 14 persons had #    6  has provided annual assis- families accounting for nearly    of number of online classes died after consuming sanitiser 22   %  tance of Rs 24,000 to all eligi- Rs 200 crore per annum. for Class VI and VIII stu- in Covid-19 hotspots of The deceased were identified way by East Town Police ble weaver families for two Despite the Coronavirus out- dents. Kurichedu and Pamur in as Veeraiah (50) working in the Station SI S Jayachandra. %%  consecutive years, positively break in the State, the govern- ernment had also cleared the In a letter addressed to the Prakasam district. While 11 Tirupati municipality, Kumara Meanwhile, Special     impacting the lives of all the ment didn’t back out on the dues of the previous govern- Commissioner, President of persons, including two beggars, Swamy (30) and other two Enforcement Bureau (SEB)      weavers, especially during the implementation of welfare ment to the tune of Rs 103 the Association K Sreekanth died at Kurichedu, three oth- people from the Scavenger officials conducted surprise  %  #  Covid-19 induced lockdown.” schemes and for the second crore to APCO taking the Babu said member schools ers reportedly died after con- Colony. All are addicted to inspections on sanitizer sales, As promised during his year in a row, aid was disbursed total amount spent during the possessed adequate infrastruc- suming it at Pamur. alcohol, hence, consumed sani- belt shops and herbal manufac-  6     3,648 km Praja Sankalpa Yatra, as part of Nethanna Nestham 13 months in office to about Rs ture, including playground, With the spate in tiser to get high. Soon after, turing centers across the state.     the Chief Minister launched on June 20, which is six 600 crore. safety and hygiene to the best Coronavirus cases, the sale of they fell sick and were rushed The team also identified 144     Nethanna Nestham on months prior to the actual Besides taking up the wel- levels and that the majority of alcohol has been regulated in to nearby hospital where they people who were drinking san- %    December 21 to provide finan- dateline. fare activities to boost the parents are from affluent fam- several districts in the State, died. itizer and gave counseling.         cial assistance of Rs 24,000 per Apart from the financial handloom sector in the State, ilies, with capability to pay the causing desperate alcohol- A case was registered by the Sanitizer manufacturing  %  year to weavers having a loom aid, in the times of Covid the Chief Minister brought an school fees. All the affiliated dependent persons to drink East Town Police Station based licenses were inspected and   4 and successfully done in for pandemic, the State govern- idea of e-Platforms, through schools across the country are harmful sanitiser in the hopes on a complaint lodged by warnings were issued. SEB     two consecutive years. Under ment had purchased cloth which marketing of handloom continuing transacting the syl- of getting high. Most of the Veeraiah’s wife Bharathi and officials have registered cases     the scheme, every eligible from APCO with an expendi- and handicrafts can be done labus as per the plan, but he sanitisers carry 70% of iso- Kumaraswamy’s mother against 76 people who were % % % weaver, who has a loom in the ture of Rs 109 crore and gave easily. The State government is feared AP students would fall propyl alcohol as instructed by Jayamma. A case was registered making sanitizers flouting the house received Rs 24,000 orders to women SHGs for planning to launch the initia- behind if online teaching was the government. and investigation was under- regulations incentive benefiting 81,783 making masks. The State gov- tive on October 2 this year. not resumed. #&&"&(#( Q     . *+* +** )"('$ *"(&+,#-       +,- $           cent as against the national average of 2.07 per cent, he   (-( (. % While Prime Minister Narendra The authorities concerned said. Modi on Friday hailed the New claimed that British diplo- The diplomats said that the There is no ammonium nitrate  ()&)# Education Policy (NEP) as the mats lauded the measures MoU recently signed with in the possession of Customs at /"(#'("(#( foundation of 21st century, being taken by the YSRCP AP Med Tech Zone for the Visakhapatnam- Gangavaram, #(#(#' Andhra Pradesh Christian government in public health manufacture of medical Kakinada and Krishnapatnam Leaders Forum (APCLF) termed and the effective manner in equipment will be useful for ports, a top Customs official 0"'#$1(#- ") it as a clear saffronisation of edu- organisations affiliated to the which tests are being con- Covid containment. The UK said here on Friday. "2(#)'## cation thrusting the ancient cul- RSS have openly claimed that at ducted for containing the will encourage start ups in In the light of the explosion 2)&#)#"  ture and ignoring the rights of least 60 per cent of their sugges- Covid-19. Officials said that this regard and will jointly of the chemical in Beirut and minority and their suggestions. tions have been accommodated, the UK diplomats invited work in containing Covid, the resultant fatalities and loss- ))0* To its dismay, the APCLF, acknowledgement of contribution Chief Minister YS they added. es on Tuesday, storage of such *"(&*&& which had raised an online peti- by minorities to education and the Jaganmohan Reddy to The partnership with substance in India has become #'*(#0#.1 tion with over 20,000 signato- role of minorities in policy mak- Britain after normalcy England’s National Health a cause for concern. The Chief imported by manufacturers +## #(#&31 ries against the drafts of the ing were also ignored. returns. Mission will help in mainte- Customs Commissioner and under licence NEP found that many crucial The new education policy, he During a video confer- like Telemedicine are being nance and following the good Central Tax, Visakhapatam All the manufacturers have # "&##1#' elements of the NEP 2020, said, did not make any mention ence with the Chief Minister implemented and the State is practices in running 104 and Zone, Naresh Penumaka, said to obtain a pre-shipment (& (#'(#- have been sugarcoated and of ‘Minority Educational here on Friday, acting British taking effective measures in 108 ambulance service and the import and storage of the import licence from Petroleum ()&)# # rephrased in a bid to show it as Institutions’. “This is nothing but High Commissioner Jan health, education and med- technology. They invited the chemical in Andhra Pradesh and Safety Organisations an unbiased document. clear encroachment over auton- Thompson and Deputy High ical fields,” they said. Chief Minister to UK after has been examined. (PESO), Nagpur, for importing 2.#&' “Many of the demands raised omy and role of minority insti- Commissioner for Andhra The Chief Minister told the pandemic is over and He said there was no ammo- ammonium nitrate. On by APCLF and other minorities tutions as NEP proposes to Pradesh and Telangana them that the government is normalcy returns. nium nitrate in the custody of the Thursday, Customs authorities were overlooked. The word 'sec- have various bodies, multi-level Andrew Fleming appreciated conducting about 62,000 In wake of the pandemic Customs and that the ports in in distant Chennai sought to had allegedly declared it as fer- ular' has not been mentioned even structures and overseeing the initiatives of the govern- tests per day and 90 per cent there is need for all countries Visakhapatnam, Gangavaram, allay fears over safety regarding tiliser grade although it was an once, leave alone the concept of authorities who will have final ment in public health. of the tests are in contain- to work in tandem and UK Kakinada and Krishnapatnam the storage of nearly 700 tonnes explosive grade, a Customs fostering religious harmony and say to achieve the goals “The government has been ment clusters, which results and India have been working have no such cargo. Penumaka, of ammonium nitrate at a con- official had said. However, the mutual acceptance - two vital enshrined in the document,” doing well by conducting in higher number of cases. together on this front with however, said there are regular tainer freight station the city. consignment, imported from components of the wellbeing of Oliver rued buttressing the fact high number of tests and Tracing, testing and isolating mutual cooperation in imports of ammonium nitrate at The chemical worth Rs 1.80 South Korea, was safe and an a nation,” said APCLF chairman that the rights for the linguistic identifying the positive cases, them is being done quickly as research, developing vaccine and the crore was seized from a Tamil e-Auction process was on to Oliver Rayi. and religious minorities are while keeping the mortality a result of which the mortal- and formulation of medi- entire import is bagged cargo Nadu-based importer, who clear it, he had said. He pointed out that while based on the Constitution. rate low. New initiatives ity rate is as low as 0.89 per cines, they said. 6  #&",, " % " &     "%0   !"!& "% ! - (!"%#1 &  %11!  #7#&"'$7#(( (! Continued from Page 1       Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 who tested positive on August 1 and Leaders from Srikakulam district, Continued from Page 1 ered outside the prison in As part of their conditional August 2, in GSL Hospital. One of including Assembly Speaker Tammineni large numbers created ruckus bail, the father and son duo Vijayan informed him that rescue On August 1, Covid-19 tests were them had escaped from the hospi- Seetaram, have voiced their opposition Prabhakar Reddy and there, in complete violation of came down to One Town operations were in full swing, the conducted on 75 persons, of which 24 tal. Later, GSL hospital manage- to the splitting of their district as it would Asmith Reddy were released Covid-19 guidelines. In a show Police Station in Anantapur to sources said. Vijayan has also asked all prison staff and nine prisoners test- ment discharged all prisoners and lose three important Assembly seg- from the central jail on of open defiance of rules, the present themselves and sign in government agencies to engage in res- ed positive. the jail authorities released eight ments. Thursday after their arrest in duo went to their home town the register there. The police cue operations using all government A total of 64 samples were tested prisoners on bail and the rest 10 They wanted the government to work forging documents and wrong- Tadipatri leading a rally of his officials were believed to have facilities. The CM has deputed state min- on August 2, where nine prisoners were being treated at Rajahmundry out an alternative plan so that the exist- ful registration of buses. supporters. questioned about his rude ister A C Moideen to coordinate the res- were found infected with Government Hospital. ing geography of Srikakulam district is The two, besides a few oth- During the rally, Prabhakar behaviour with the Dalit cue operations. An IG of police has been Coronavirus. There are currently Superintendent S Rajarao said not disturbed even after the reorganisa- ers, are accused of fabricating Reddy allegedly abused police inspector. deputed to oversee the rescue operations. 1,675 prisoners in the jail, out of that if 247 prisoners who were tion. documents to facilitate regis- inspector Devendra when the Security was beefed up in Fire and Rescue teams of two districts- which 265 prisoners tested positive found positive in the tests conduct- Similarly, there is opposition over tration of buses besides illegal- latter objected to their travel- Tadipatri town to prevent any - Kozhikode and Malappuram have been for Covid-19. ed on August 3 were to be shifted making Araku a new district as the exist- ly converting BS-III vehicles ling in a procession involving untoward incidents as there is engaged. According to information A total of 24 prison staff who test- to an outpatient hospital, there ing Lok Sabha constituency is spread into BS-IV vehicles in Kohima many people. The tempera- a high probability of the police from Kozhikode medical college, serious- ed positive were being treated in- would be a security problem, so to over four districts. There are several other of Nagaland using forged doc- mental leader not only registering at least four more ly injured people have been admitted home quarantine. avoid that a large number of beds Parliamentary constituencies that are uments. behaved rudely with the Dalit cases against JC Prabhakar there. The condition of a mother and The jail officials arranged treat- will be arranged in the central jail spread over two districts, division of At the time of their release inspector but even issued Reddy and his followers in this child injured in the accident was very ment facilities for the 18 prisoners for treatment. which could become a ticklish issue. from jail, their followers gath- threats to him openly. connection. serious, Health minister K K Shailaja said. ' (    ! )  4(#($#(2"(& 

Continued from Page 1 ment had made all the the stadium once visited on arrangements in August 13 and 14 to fine-tune & !&(15#-##$ Initially, there were reports Visakhapatnam. the arrangements. )# (# # that Jagan would unfurl the The Navy officials had con- The programme would be National Flag on the Beach ducted trials for the Republic telecast live for the people all Continued from Page 1 the functioning of kit and feedback should be Road in Visakhapatnam on Day parade and several school over the state.   '! 8#'" Telemedicine and asked the taken from Covid hospitals August 15 and address the children also took part in the The District collector said When it comes to mortal- officials to call back the as well, he said. gathering heralding the launch practice sessions. However, that there would be limited Continued from Page 1 Industrial Corridor and another ity rate, the national average users to get the feedback Details of hospitals pro- of the Executive Capital of the the programme was cancelled number of invitees in view of three clusters were planned under is 2.07 percent while the and take corrective mea- viding medicare should be state. He was expected to later at the last moment and the the corona. The tableaux “But, now they are not even Chennai-Bangalore Industrial state average is 0.89 per cent sures wherever there are displayed at Village in the day lay the foundation venue was changed to Indira would depict the activities coming forward to accept the TDP Corridor. Three mega cities, 14 while Karnataka recorded complaints. Secretariats and the ANMs stone for the executive capital Gandhi Municipal Stadium in that were undertaken to con- challenge to go for a fresh mandate smart cities, 3 international airports 1.85 per cent and “Medicines should be should be the referral point somewhere near Vijayawada. tain the pandemic. He ruled on three-Capitals decision. The and ports were on the anvil,” Naidu Maharashtra 3.52 per cent. available for emergency use. to Aarogyasri hospitals. The area. There were also specu- On Friday, State out the presentation of cultur- YCP leaders have cheated AP peo- said. The tests being conduct- There should be consisten- hoardings should display lations that the CMO would Endowments Minister al programmes. Later, the ple with their double standards. For He said that 12 out of the 15 ed per million population cy in the medicare and the as to what a person should also be partially shifted to Velampalli Srinivas Rao, officials discussed works to be this, they will pay a heavy price for Central government institutions was 43,059 in the districts officials should see to it that do once there are suspect- Vizag on the same day. MLAs, along with district undertaken in the stadium, a long time to come,” Naidu said. were given to backward regions of of Srikakulam, Kurnool, callers are satisfied ed symptoms. However, with the state Collector A Mohammad protocol to be followed, the He said that at least now, the CM Rayalaseema and North Andhra for Kadapa, Krishna, Nellore, with the service and if the MLAs should be part of High Court granting stay on Imtiaz and officials of various road map for the guests and should realise how important it balanced development in the State. West Godavari and system is working well,” the preventive measures of the shifting of offices till departments visited the stadi- other issues. would be to move ahead with a “These included Indian Institute of Chittoor, tests conducted Jagan said. Covid and create aware- August 14 following a petition um. Talasila Raghuram, coordi- vision for ushering in overall growth Technology, Indian Institute of were more than the state The officials said as per ness among the people. from the farmers of The minister told the media nator of the Chief Minister's in the State. Management and so on. Seema was average. the instructions of the Chief Deputy Chief Minister Amaravati, the Chief Minister that the Independence Day programmes, MLA Jogi The TDP chief pointed out that converted into a horticulture hub,” The Chief Minister Minister Help Desks were and Minister for Medical is learnt to have dropped the would be celebrated without Ramesh, municipal commis- during his rule, while 132 projects Naidu said. The former chief min- enquired about the food started at 110 Covid hospi- and Health Alla Nani, Chief idea of conducting any pomp this year in view of sioner Prasanna Venaktesh, were started in Amaravati, simulta- ister asserted that decentralisation and hygiene in the 138 tals. To this, Jagan said that Secretary Nilam Sawhney, Independence Day celebra- the pandemic situation. The police commissioner B neously 160 additional projects were was not a new concept and Covid Care hospitals to feedback should be taken DGP Goutham Sawang, tions at Visakhapatnam and Corona protocol would be fol- Srinivasulu, DCPs begun in all the 13 districts from Amaravati was actually visualised as which the officials said that on the SOPs to be followed Medical and Health Special sticking to Vijayawada. lowed while preparing Harshavardhan Raju and Srikakulam to Anantapur. a vibrant city to achieve the larger the menu was being strict- by Covid hospitals. Chief Secretary Jawahar It may be mentioned that arrangements for visiting peo- Vikrant Patil, I&PR joint direc- “Five clusters were visualised objective to ensure decentralised ly followed thereby main- Masks should be given to Reddy and other officials even for the Republic Day cel- ple and display of tableaux. tor P Kiran Kumar and oth- under the Visakhapatnam-Chennai development in AP. taining quality. students along with the participated in the review ebrations, the Jagan govern- He said that he would visit ers were present. He also enquired about Jagananna Vidya Kanuka meeting.   )+!' !(!)+ ,-././  %  %   ! ,,!"" -" ! -   12" 3(  -!""%-! %   -"  "          

    ' ,  India's COVID-19 management is marked by "two significant With a considerable increase in   0 achievements" of continuously the deployment of its war- 4  rising recovery rate among 013#"41  ships in the Indian Ocean     COVID-19 patients and a case Region (IOR), the Indian Navy fatality rate that has remained +."5)365 is providing strategic support  '2    much below the global average, )+-* '&6 )"!, !3 to its fellow services in the #   * according to the health ministry.   &  3! 6!  & ongoing activities related to the   While the recovery rate & 0!2) )"!, "3"2 !& 1*" border tensions with China. among coronavirus patients has 0"  3 ) )"2 1,,"(" . The Indian Navy is said to     risen to a record high of 67.98 &!2"0!3(! )!&! 13 4&"0 9 @ have increased deployment of   per cent, the fatality rate has gone  2 (1'& !2 6!! "3* warships in the IOR since the   down to 2.05 per cent, it said on /! !!3 )! 19 )! ()"!, border tensions with China Friday. "These two in tandem now account for 29.96 per cent, Centre, states and Union 6"3"2 !& -&!2!3 !0 6!6!3 1 began, government officials said. have enabled a higher and rising it said. Territories through focused and 1 )! &6 ()"!, 0'&"3* )! Some estimates indicate that the comprehensive maritime pic- merchant vessels passing resources of nearly 20 govern- difference of more than 7.7 lakh "Ramped up hospital infra- coordinated containment, wide- 6!! "3*@ 2 ! *1!&36!3 increase is almost 25 per cent. ture and respond to develop- through the Persian Gulf. ment agencies to draw an elec- between the number of recov- structure and emphasis on effi- spread testing combined with 1,,"(" . 2 "09  &  3! "2 "3 )! The officials said that past ing situations. "Being a network-enabled tronic fence over our coastline, ered patients and active cases in cient treatment of hospitalised supervised isolation and effective 2 ! ( -" . 1 "2" )! &6<2 100 days have seen the Indian At any time, there are war- force, the Navy maintains total to deter any 26/11-type incident. India," the ministry said. patients through the standard of treatment have ensured the !3 & . 166 30 Navy operating from Ladakh ships patrolling the Bay of awareness of the IOR by using After Chinese People With 49,769 patients recuper- care incorporated in the Clinical decline in percentage of active ! 0B' & !&29 (with its P-8I surveillance air- Bengal, the Malacca Straits, the the IFC-IOR (Information Liberation Army's activities in ating from the disease in 24 Treatment Protocol issued by the cases and rise of the percentage craft) in the north to Mauritius, Andaman Sea, the southern Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean eastern Ladakh increased in hours, the number of recoveries Centre, have effectively ensured of recoveries, the health ministry 7,000 km to the south, and and the central Indian Ocean Region), ships on Mission Based the months of May and June, have jumped to 13,78,105 on improvement in the recovery said. Registering a record 62,538  6" 3 4"0 from the Red Sea in the west to Region, the Gulf of Aden and Deployments, P-8I and Dornier culminating in June 15 clash- Friday. rate," the ministry said. cases in 24 hours, India's 09 5$" 5 the Malacca Strait in the east, the Persian Gulf. Additionally, surveillance aircraft and other es in which 20 Indian soldiers The recovery rate has It said the average daily recov- COVID-19 tally galloped past 20 a distance of nearly 8,000 km. following maritime security high-end surveillance tools," a were killed, the chiefs of the increased from 51.08 per cent on ered cases (seven day moving lakh on Friday, while the death :" "5"5 9 1 Indian Navy deploys ships incidents, a combat-ready war- senior government official said. , Navy and Air June 15 to 67.98 per cent on average) have increased from toll climbed to 41,585 with 886 on Mission Based ship has also been deployed on Near-coast surveillance is Force are meeting on a daily August 7, while active cases around 26,000 cases to 44,000 people succumbing to the infec-   ' 8"2 3" &11-2 Deployments at key locations Operation Sankalp since June also coordinated by the Indian basis to coordinate the joint which comprised 46.06 per cent cases in the last two weeks. tion in 24 hours, the ministry's "1. !0 )! (! 2!,"&! .13* )! in the IOR so as to build a 2019 for protection of Indian Navy by coordinating the response. of the total COVID-19 caseload Sustained efforts by the data updated at 8 am showed. "3! 1, 13 &1. > 1? "3  '* 6 2!( 1& 1,  66' 30  2)6"& 13 4&"0  / 1-!3"3* ,"&! 30" 3 -12" "132 3  ;"(("2# #( (  , '  <#-"(   &6 1,,"(" . 2 "09 ! 2 "0 /!," "3* &!2-132!  2 *"!3 1 )!  8"2 3" **&!22"139 '##)&( 8+% (#(8= ># L 8"2 3 "3" " !0 3   &    "  '3-&118!0 (! 2!,"&! "1. "13      >4? .13* )! 1 "3  '* 6     2!( 1& "3 '- & >0"2 &"( 1, The Centre accorded the high- Pitching for peace and stabil- 31& )  2)6"&? / ,"&"3* est priority for health and Chief Minister Arvind ity in Jammu and Kashmir, 61& &2 30 1 )!& ! -132M nutrition and the latest move Kejriwal on Friday launched the union territory's new )! 1,,"(" . 2 "09 )!&! !&! 31 to provide nutritious breakfast 'Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy' lieutenant governor Manoj &!-1& 2 1, 3 ( 2' . "!2 21 , &9 to school children announced under which his government Sinha on Friday said the in the new National Education will waive registration fee and administration would soon Policy 2020 is a welcome step, road tax, and provide incentive initiate direct dialogue with )"6>1"5$$ 5 ">( Vice President M Venkaiah of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for new the people to end the situa- : 0 "#$5"  Naidu said on Friday. Among the Centre's health cars in the national capital. tion of uncertainty and the crimination against anyone. 40 :'- 1 The recently announced and nutrition initiatives are the Addressing an online media menace of terrorism. Constitution will be Gita in education policy has a provi- Pradhan Mantri Matru briefing, he said the policy, Talking to reporters after that," he said.   ' 1 13*&!22 .! 0!& sion to provide a nutritious Vandana Yojana which has which aims to boost the econ- government will give incentive to implement the policy," taking oath, Sinha termed Sinha, who was adminis- "* 6/ &  6 13 4&"0  2 "0 breakfast to school children, benefited more than 98.16 omy, create jobs and reduce of up to Rs 30,000 for two- Kejriwal said. He said the gov- August 5 an important day in tered the oath of office at a ) ."8!6"30!0 - & "!2 2)1'.0 the Vice President said inau- lakh women, the POSHAN pollution level, has been noti- wheelers, autos, e-rickshaws ernment will also set up a 'State the history of Jammu and simple ceremony in the Raj (16! 1*! )!& 1 ,"*) )!  gurating a virtual consulta- Abhiyan, and rotavirus vacci- fied, adding that he hoped that and freight vehicles while for Electric Vehicle Board', adding Kashmir. "After years of isola- Bhavan, said the process of 2 ! 22!6/. !.!( "132 * "32 tion 'Science for Resilient nation, he noted. after five years, Delhi's name cars, it will provide an incentive that his government will set up tion, Jammu and Kashmir has direct dialogue with the peo- )! 9  6  )1 "2 )! Food, Nutrition and On farming techniques, the will be taken when there is a of up to Rs 1.5 lakh, he said. 200 charging stations in one joined the national main- ple will be start in a few days. ! 0!& 1, --12" "13 "3 1 Livelihoods: contemporary Vice President said, India is a discussion on electric vehicle He said the AAP govern- year and ensure that people stream," he said. "There should be peace and 22!6/. 2 "0 &!*"13 . - & "!2 challenges' organised by the treasure trove of traditional in the world. ment will also give low-inter- driving these vehicles can get Discussing the priorities of stability in Jammu and ."8! )!  ) & 2) &  0" MS Swaminathan Research wisdom in the field of agricul- The chief minister termed it est loan on electric commercial a charging station within the the administration, the 61- Kashmir. The situation of 16 3 8  &  )! 1 Foundation here. "This ture. "Instead of rejecting this a "progressive policy" of the vehicles. radius of three kilometers. year-old former Union minis- uncertainty should end, terror- 41& &0  &  > 4? .13* " ) (announcement in the NEP) is wisdom as archaic, we must country and said it also aims to "After launching this policy, The Delhi government will ter said, "We need to establish ism should end. Achieving all )!  ( 3 /! (132"0!&!0 ,1& a welcome step but much make every attempt to inte- constitute 25 per cent electric we expect five lakh new elec- give a ''scrapping incentive'' a dialogue with the common this along with accelerated )"2 '3"139 )! ,1&6!& 2 ! ()"!, more needs to be done in the grate the best of these tech- vehicles by 2024, which is cur- tric vehicles in the next five under the electric vehicle pol- people of Jammu and Kashmir. development will be our aim, 6"3"2 !& )1!!& 2 "0 ) " context of pandemic and prob- niques into agriculture along rently just 0.29 per cent in the years...the Delhi government icy, which will be first-of-its- "We don't have any agenda our mission," the lieutenant  2 )"2 -!&213 . 1-"3"139 @2 lems of hunger," he added. with modern technology." city. Under the policy, the Delhi will set up dedicated 'EV Cell' kind in the country. in that, there will be no dis- governor said. )! ()"!, 1, )! 13*&!22 .!*"2. 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The IGP (Patna) had (&"6"3 .2 1, )"()  ) ! officer of Chaubeypur who had nised as essential services and Superintendent of Police of written a letter to the city /!!3 /2(130"3* 1& ) 0 313 links with the gangster, audio that lawyers and their staff be Central Patna, has been exempt- municipal commissioner on / ". /.!  && 3 2 "22'!0 * "32 clips of his purported phone con- allowed to travel by local ed from quarantine protocols Monday, requesting him to )!6 2!3"1& -1."(! 1,,"(" . versations show. Three audio trains. On August 5, the sec- and allowed to return to his exempt Tiwari from home 2 "0 13 4&"0 9 ((1&0"3* 1 clips of Mishra's purported retary of the state Disaster home state, an official said. they are exempting the IPS quarantine protocols. !3"1& 2'-!&"3 !30!3 1, 1."(! phone conversations — one out. Asked about the audio check the veracity of the audio Management Relief and On Thursday, Bihar Police officer from quarantine norms. After this, the BMC had  . 3"0)"  " ) 3" )! !&! with then Superintendent of clips, Kanpur SSP Preetinder clips as well. During his first con- Rehabilitation unit had passed ADG wrote a letter to the The IPS officer, who was advised the Bihar officer to &&!2 !0 '30!& 2-!(" . 0&"! Police (Kanpur Rural) Brijesh Singh said the matter is being versation with SO Tiwari, DSP an order saying that it was not Mumbai municipal commis- under 'home quarantine' at carry out his work using digital < -!& "13 & ) &< 13 Srivastava and two with "looked into" and that it is too Mishra, who was posted as the possible at this stage to permit sioner, seeking the IPS officer's SRPF guest house in suburban platforms. In a letter sent to the )'&20  3"*) 9 3! 1, )!6 Chaubeypur SO Vinay Tiwari — early to say anything about the Circle Officer (Bilhaur), was lawyers and their staff to use exemption from quarantine pro- Goregaon for two weeks, is Bihar Police ADG on Thursday,  2 ."2 !0 613* 1-  have surfaced on social media. clips and the allegations made being apprised about a com- local train services and to tocols and facilitate his return to expected to return to Bihar the Additional Municipal *1132 )! 2 "0 00"3* ) $ After the killing of eight police- therein. Singh said that the plaint filed by Rahul Tiwari, a declare them as essential ser- Patna to resume his duty. later in the day. Commissioner of Mumbai said 1, )!6 ) ! /!!3 2!3 1 = ". men during the July 2 raid in commission headed by a former resident of Jadepur-Ghassa, vices, Advocate General Tiwari's presence is no longer Tiwari had reached Mumbai it was unfortunate to note that '30!& !( "13 ; 1, )! &9 Bikru village, Tiwari was sus- Supreme Court judge and the Chaubeypur. In the clip, Mishra Ashutosh Kumbhakoni said. required in Mumbai and his on Sunday to oversee investiga- a visiting senior officer, before )!  2 "0 $ !)"(.!2 ) ! pended and later arrested, while special investigation team head- asks Tiwari "whether or not the He told this to a division arrival period (in Patna) is with- tion into the FIR filed against proceeding to Maharashtra, has .21 /!!3 2!"!0 ,1& )! Kanpur Senior Superintendent ed by the Additional Chief crime occurred and charges bench of Chief Justice in seven days, the letter said. actress Rhea Chakraborty in the not acquainted himself with "1. 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(&#)#8>*    5"    #'&)# )('        Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh     may witness a temperature    The Supreme Court made clear increase of up to 6.9 degrees # %!&  Olympic gold medallist Abhinav to the Centre on Friday that it Celsius by the end of the cen-   -!6  Bindra is set to take part in the would not pass any order on the tury due to climate change,    .!6- fund-raising initiative 'Sunfeast plea seeking closure of cases according to a study which    # India Run As One', a "virtual against two Italian marines, warns that the glaciers in this event" which supports people accused of killing two Indian Himalayan region could shrink      affected by the COVID-19 pan- fishermen, without hearing the by 85 per cent if the projections     demic. The funds collected from victims' families who should be come true.   the registration fee of each "vir- given adequate compensation. The study, published in the  tual runner, will go on from A bench headed by Chief journal Climatic Change on August 15 to September 15. Justice S A Bobde allowed the When the bench insisted that July 29, predicted the impact of over the entire region of degrees Celsius by the end of 5 The initiative is aimed at Centre to file fresh plea making adequate compensation should future climate change in the Jammu and Kashmir, including the twenty first century under     providing support to vulnerable the victims' family members be paid to the family members Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, three different scenarios,     sections of society who have As One' campaign, we have an parties to its application for of the victims, Mehta said the Himalaya, by the end of the Gilgit-Baltistan, Aksai Chin respectively," Romshoo, lead been distressed and have lost opportunity to stand and run in seeking closure of Italian Centre will ensure that maxi- twenty-first century using an and other regions across the author of the research, said. their livelihoods due to the pan- solidarity with those who have Marines case. Solicitor General mum compensation is given to ensemble of 11 models under Line of Control (LoC)," noted The temperature increase of Romshoo added that if the demic. "Many of us have been lost their livelihoods or are in Tushar Mehta informed the them. At the outset, the bench three greenhouse gas emission Professor Shakil Ahmad 6.9 degrees Celsius for the current emission rates of lucky to have a phone or a lap- danger of losing their liveli- bench, also comprising Justices said it appreciates the steps scenarios. Romshoo, Dean of Research at Jammu and Kashmir greenhouse gases are sustained, top as we sit comfortably at hoods," he added. A S Bopanna and V taken by Italy to prosecute these It also highlights the changes the University of Kashmir. is way more than the global average temperature home. Others across the coun- The registrations for the event Ramasubramanian, that Italy marines but the court is on the in the distribution of the preva- "The average annual temper- the projected average rise in is likely to rise by nearly 5 try have not been so lucky," have already begun. The partic- has assured the Indian govern- issue of adequate compensation lent climate zones in the ature is projected to increase by the global and national tem- degrees Celsius by the end of Bindra was quoted as saying in ipation fee starts at Rs 99. ment that it would prosecute the which should be paid to the vic- region. 4.5 degrees Celsius, 3.98 peratures by the end of the the twenty-first century under a media release. Donations can be made beyond Marines. tims' family. "The study has been carried degrees Celsius, and 6.93 century. the worst case scenario. "With the 'Sunfeast India Run the registration fee.   )+!' !(!)+ ,-././  & 12" 3(  +    ! "!   ",!%-"  Q! -

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged young     "   IAS officers to treat their voca- # 06# 5$9   tion as a mission to bridge the Serum Institute of India (SII)  '' rich-poor, and urban-rural on Friday said it has entered     530 9:0 @ divides and be pro-active into a new partnership with :0 :05'+. change agents in building a international vaccine alliance    "new India". Gavi and Bill & Melinda Gates      +,') &8) 30 )"!, Addressing the valedictory Foundation to accelerate man-    "3"2 !& !6 3 1&!3 13 ceremony of the two-year ufacturing and delivery of up to 4&"0  2 "0 )"2 *1!&36!3  2 training programme for IAS 100 million doses of COVID-19     (166" !0 1 !3(1'& *! 2-1& 2 30 2-1& 2-!&2132 30 ".. officers of 2018 batch at Lal vaccines for India as well as    Bahadur Shastri National Urging the officer trainees to 1   other low and middle-income /&"3* 3! 2-1& 2 -1."( 21139    # )! ()"!, 6"3"2 !& 2 "0 )"2 , !& Academy of Administration keep learning, thinking and countries (LMICs). )! &!(!"!0 "3,1&6 "13 "3 )"2 through video, he said the innovating, Naidu said "good  #    "The collaboration will pro- in attaining full licensure and manufacturing and delivery of respond to the global health cri- " !& ) 30.! ) "3 !&3 "13 . socio-economic upliftment of governance is what we need     vide upfront capital to SII to help WHO prequalification, the up to 100 million doses of sis posed by COVID-19," Renu 16 3 ,11 / .. -. !&  3*" marginalised sections should today".   them increase manufacturing statement said. The Bill & future COVID vaccines for Swarup, secretary in the 1&!3  2 6 8"3* .! ,-. !2 be their main goal. He stressed that governance capacity now so that, once a vac- Melinda Gates Foundation, via India and low- and middle- Department of Biotechnology, Reminding the officers that has to be lean but efficient with   7 cine, or vaccines, gains regula- its Strategic Investment Fund, income countries in 2021," Government of India, said. ,1& 2'/2"2 !3(! ) 3/ 0<2   * *)6 & &! 9  8"3* 1 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel a system that is transparent tory approval and WHO pre- will provide at-risk funding of Serum Institute of India CEO India has a proven track " !& )! ()"!, 6"3"2 !& 28!0 dreamt of a civil service that and responds to people's needs ! '   #  qualification, doses can be pro- USD 150 million to Gavi, which Adar Poonawalla said. record of manufacturing safe )! ) 3/ 0 !-'  would work zealously to create and aspirations. It has to be a    duced at scale for distribution to will be used to support the SII Through this association, SII and cost-effective vaccines not 166"22"13!& 6 ) 38 & a new nation by fighting pover- system that delivers and creates   * India and LMICs as part of the to manufacture the potential seeks to ramp up constant only for India, but for the world, "3*) 1 )!.- )!& > 3*" ? 30 ty and discrimination, the vice conditions for growth and     Gavi COVAX AMC mecha- vaccine candidates and for efforts to save the lives of mil- she added. In a similar vein, president asked them to be development. nism as early as the first half of future procurement of vaccines lions of people from this dread- Indian Council of Medical )!& , 6". " ) *1!&36!3 "09  )! ()"!, 6"3"2 !& 2 "0 ) )"2 honest, disciplined, simple, The vice president said leg- 2021," SII said in a statement. for low- and middle-income ful disease, he added. Research Director General *1!&36!3 ".. 2113 /&"3* responsible, transparent and islature may make a number of The company has set an countries via Gavi's COVAX Serum Institute has a long Balram Bhargava said: "ICMR is 2-1& 2 -1."( 1 !3(1'& *! accountable. policies and laws, but ultimate- affordable ceiling price of USD Advance Market Commitment history of partnerships with deeply supportive of our cutting 2-1& 2 30 2-1& 2-!&21329 )! Calling former prime min- ly it is the actual implementa- civil servants to ensure that 3 (around Rs 225) per dose, it (AMC), the statement said. Gavi and pharmaceutical com- edge vaccine research and man-   2 "3,1&6!0 ) )! -. !& ister late Lal Bahadur Shastri as tion of those policies on people get their entitlements added. The funding will support "In an attempt to make our panies to manufacture vaccines ufacturing prowess, of which SII  2 -&!- &"3* - -!& -. !2 ,1& a remarkable leader, Naidu ground that matters. without delay. Whatever post at-risk manufacturing by SII for fight against COVID-19 that protect against meningitis, is one prominent example. This )!& ."!.")1109 said his hallmarks were integri- A government will be you hold, you should create a candidate vaccines from stronger and all-embracing; SII severe diarrhoea, pneumonia partnership signifies yet anoth- ty and humility, empathy and remembered by the delivery of record in good work so that AstraZeneca and Novavax, has partnered with Gavi and the and measles, the statement said. er step in India's efforts to bol- quiet efficiency, national pride the services, he underlined people will remember you later, which will be available for pro- Bill & Melinda Gates "We are very happy to see SII ster the fight against this glob- $#"0A "5 and indomitable courage. and said that it was the duty of he told the young civil servants. curement if they are successful Foundation to advance the enter this global partnership to al pandemic." .01B0"95 "5 @-) 4(#"-"#(#($# -*)-  ' ! 0!& 1, )! #''##((#)*-! 7- 5   & 13*&!22 "3 )! 18  /) 0)"&  3= 3 )10)'& 13 4&"0  21'*) 1 831 )  >*2!#( =    8    >#)#(#?'#('#$ '&6' &!2"*3!0 2 )! "!' !3 3 1!&31& 1,  66'     A  2)6"& 30 ..!*!0 )!  2(*# #)(    ,1&6!&  1,,"(!& - "0 )! -&"(! Prime Minister Narendra ,1& @!3 "3* )"2 "!2@9 )!     The Samajwadi Party on Modi will on Saturday inaugu- .!( "13 166"22"13 ) 0 13 Friday sought an apology from rate the 'Rashtriya Swachhata '. % 8!3 !(!- "13 1 BJP president J P Nadda on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kendra', an interactive expe- '&6'<2 &!-1& !0 &!6 &82 13 Friday cited some observations Yogi Adityanath over his rience centre on the Swachh )! "6"3* 1, -1..2 "3 )! '3"13 of the Supreme Court on a PIL, remark that he would not Bharat Mission. !&&" 1& 30 2 "0 "3 )! which sought a probe into the attend the inauguration of the A tribute to Mahatma (132 " ' "13 . 2()!6! 1, )"3*2 alleged 2008 agreement between mosque to be built in Ayodhya, Gandhi, the Rashtriya 13. )! -1.. - 3!. "2 ' )1&"2!0 the Congress and the replacing the demolished Babri Swachhata Kendra (RSK) was 1 0!("0! 13 2'() 6 !&29 Communist Party of China, to Masjid. first announced by the prime '&6' )1 B'" 2 )! seek explanation from Congress After the bhoomi pujan for minister on April 10 2017 on adhering to social distancing 1!&31& 1,  66' 30 president Sonia Gandhi and a Ram temple in Ayodhya, the occasion of the centenary protocols, an official state-  2)6"& 13 )'&20  ) 2 /!!3 party leader Rahul Gandhi. Adityanath had said on televi- son, however, refused to com- express my 'upasana vidhi' (way celebrations of Gandhiji's ment said. --1"3 !0 2 )! 3! "Even the SC is surprised at sion that “as a yogi and as a ment on the chief minister's of worship) and act according- Champaran 'satyagraha'. This will be followed by his 16- &1..!& 30 '0" 1& !3!& . the MoU signed by the Congress Hindu” he couldn't go for the remarks over the mosque. ly," Adityanath had said. After taking a tour of the address. The installations at > ? 1, 30" 9 @)! B'!2 "13 "2 party with the Chinese Gov... affected Indian businesses?" inauguration of a mosque. "If you ask me as a chief min- "I am neither 'vaadi or “pra- RSK, located near Raj Ghat, the RSK will introduce future ) )! 2 1,   A  ) 2 Mrs Gandhi & her son, who led Nadda tweeted. Reacting to the remark, the ister, I have no problem with tivadi' (petitioner nor respon- Modi will interact with 36 generations to the successful !30!&!0 )"2 &!2"*3 "13J the signing, must explain. Does The Supreme Court on opposition SP said he should any belief, religion or commu- dent). That is why neither will school students from Delhi, journey of the world's largest 1.'3 & 1& "32 &'( !0J this explain donations to RGF Friday refused to entertain a PIL seek an apology from the peo- nity. If you ask me as a yogi, I I be invited, nor will I go. I representing the 36 states and behaviour change campaign, )! )!& )! ) 2 /!!3 , ".!0 1 and opening Indian market for seeking NIA probe into the ple of the state. When contact- will definitely not go because as know, I won't be getting any union territories, at the the Swachh Bharat (clean )110"38 )! -!1-.! ) the Chinese in return, which alleged 2008 agreement. ed, a UP Congress spokesper- a Hindu I have the right to such invitation,” he said. amphitheatre of the RSK, India) Mission, it said. !!& )"3* "2 *1"3* )'38 01&J@ )10)'& !! !09 5" &= *+*()'#((& ( $0A "5 23 13   3  3   (+,!&" # 5 B :3# #0 :"         ;> @  "-)" (-!( )# ..( '  .! 0!& 2)"2) ,, -   )!. & 13 4&"0  (('2!0         '2) 3 "3*)  =-' <2     -2()1 )!& -"2 '2 3  .8!& Flood-like situation and land- The Central Vigilance 1,, 1, 2) &"3* 0! ".2 /1' slides continue to cause havoc in Commission (CVC) has halved )! 6!3 . )! . ) 1, )! . ! several parts of Karnataka that Delhi Employment Minister to one month the time for ( 1& 1 )! 6!0" "3 "1. "13 1, has been battered by torrential Gopal Rai said on Friday that reconsideration of its advice . 9 )!. & .21 28!0 ", 1,,  rains. 8.64 lakh job aspirants have reg- against government officials ,1&!"*3 3 "13 .  2 -& ( "2 Many places in Malnad, istered with the government's accused of corruption in cases "3* "3 30" "..!* .. 30 0!6 3 coastal and north interior regions 'Rozgar Bazaar' job portal where the department con- 0!0 ) 2)! /! -&1/!0 / of the state have been affected by which has set up a "new model cerned wants to have lenient or  &"1'2 *!3("!29  =-'  GH deluge, putting life and proper- of employment" in the nation- stricter view on the quantum of  2 ,1'30 ) 3*"3* "3 )"2 ties at risk. While most of the al capital. Addressing a press punishment recommended by it, 2'/'&/ 3 30& - & 6!3 13 rivers in these regions are swollen conference, Rai said there were according to an official order. '3! H "3 ) )! -1."(! 2  due to rising inflow because of Adding to this, the district too Tungabhadra dam in currently nine lakh vacancies The move comes after it was corrupt employees. Citing its of the commission's advice, said  2 ( 2! 1, 2'"("0!9 showers continuing in the catch- has been receiving rains, inun- Hosapete has reached the brim. available on the portal, where noticed that such proposals were earlier guidelines, the commis- the order issued on Thursday. @I'2) 3 2"3*)& =-' ) ment areas, there are reports of dating low lying areas and crops. There have been reports of 6,271 companies, including not received in the stipulated time sion said government depart- Considering the need for expedi- '2 3  .8!& 1,, "..!* .. landslips in hilly regions of In Uttara Kannada and mudslides near Botlappa and Flipkart, Amazon and HDFC period of two months, thus caus- ments are required to approach tious finalization of vigilance 2) &! '2) 3 <2 6!3 . )! . ) Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru. Shivamogga districts also there other places in Kodagu, also Bank have made registrations. ing delay in processing of vigi- the CVC for advice wherein a cases and to adhere to the time- 0! ".2  6!0" J  6"2*'"0! Flood like situation persists in is similar situation of swollen along ghat near The minister said around 22 lance cases. The CVC is consult- lenient or stricter view than that lines for its finalisations, the com- -1."(!J "0! 2!(&! 2J !& the border regions of Belagavi rivers and inundation of low Chikkamagaluru and Dakshina lakh vacancies had been post- ed by the government depart- advised by it is proposed to be mission on review of the existing & ( "(! "..!* .J  &3"3* (&1&!2J district, with rising water levels lying areas. Water is being Kannada. ed by employers at the job por- ments at two stages in vigilance taken in the vigilance cases. timelines, has decided that any "1. !0 !3 . )! . ) ( K in Krishna river and its tribu- released from several dams in the District in-charge Minister V tal so far, out of which 3.5 lakh cases -- advice is first obtained on Further, it was also prescribed proposal for reconsideration of its 1."(!L LL !3B'"& 1, taries due to rains in ghat areas state including Alamatti and Somanna has rushed to Kodagu were cancelled by the depart- investigation reports and second that such reconsideration propos- first stage advice should be made '2 3  .8!&  K '2 "(! of Maharashtra and water being Kabini by opening the gates as that has been ravaged by floods ment during scrutiny due to before a final decision is taken at als should be sent within two to it within one month of receipt ".. / 013!K@ )!. & !! !09 released from the dams there. inflow has increased. and landslides. doubling or other reasons. conclusion of proceedings against months from the date of receipt of the first stage advice, it said. #*##2($# #2   !        <&$#"'-)#   '4   36!         58   their companies/institutions Mumbai: Actor Rhea 9   :  from India," the national carri- Chakraborty, accused of abet- Air India is allowing travel er said in a statement. ting suicide of actor Sushant agents to sell seats only on ( 0  It added that it has also Singh Rajput, appeared before select flights under the Vande ( ';    been keeping fares at a very the Enforcement Directorate Bharat Mission and "other   reasonable level, in spite of the (ED) here on Friday in connec- inventories have been blocked", #   mounting costs due to several tion with the money launder- the Travel Agents Association      constraints in India and abroad ing case lodged by it. The ED of India (TAAI) has alleged. during the pandemic. has also summoned for ques- Asked about the matter, Air    "After opening sale of flights tioning Shruti Modi, who is India told PTI it has received sev-    to travel agents, Air India Chakraborty's business man- eral complaints from passengers  !!!  received several complaints ager, and Rajput's friend and about overcharging by agents or been blocked and selective withdraw its statements asking    # from passengers of overcharg- roommate Siddharth Pithani their sub-agents, especially on sectors are only being permit- the passengers to report any  # ( ' ing by agents or their sub- in connection with the money Mumbai at present and he his son's suicide, appeared sectors with a high demand, and ted. This is totally unfair and issue of overcharging by trav- agents, especially on sectors laundering probe stemming has said in various news chan- before the ED at the agency's consequently, it has been "com- biased," it added. el agents for flights under the   < with high demand. To address from a complaint filed by his nel interviews that he was office in Ballard Estate here on pelled to restrict access of distri- The TAAI has over 2,500 Vande Bharat Mission, the 4 05   the issue, Air India has been father with the Bihar Police in present in the Bandra flat on Friday after initially refusing to bution" on such sectors. In a travel agent companies as its TAAI demanded. "Such com- disseminating complete infor- connection with his death, June 14 when the 34-year-old do so, citing her appeal pend- statement late on Thursday members. "We once again munications (of Air India) are mation on country-wise crite- officials said. actor hanged himself. ing before the Supreme Court. night, the TAAI alleged that at request you (Civil Aviation demeaning to our member operating the Vande Bharat ria and documents required for They said the two are The IT professional, stated "In view of the fact that the a juncture when economies are Ministry and Air India) to agents in the trade who you call Mission flights under directions travel to make the exorbitant accused in their case and their to be living with Rajput for ED has informed the media trying to revive and come back ensure that accredited member 'Travel Partners'," it said. from the government to evac- service charges unjustifiable. statements will be recorded about an year, had earlier that the request to postpone on their feet, Air India contin- travel agents are given due The TAAI has written two uate Indian citizens stranded "For this, Air India has been under the Prevention of Money recorded his statement with her attendance is rejected, ues to play "monopolistic". respect and permitted to pro- letters on the matter -- one on abroad due to the cessation of compelled to restrict access of Laundering Act (PMLA) once the Mumbai Police as part of Rhea has appeared before the "After our repeated request mote and sell airline seats...on July 30 and another on August scheduled flight operations distribution of high-demand they appear on their scheduled their accidental death report ED office," her advocate Satish to your good-selves, agents all sectors that are being oper- 6 — to the Civil Aviation because of the COVID-19 pan- sectors to agents with the sole dates for Friday and Saturday (ADR) probe in the case. 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And, though a sanyasi, you sud- have been reborn as a dog and the role the latter play as sen- *     $  3    3          philosophy of the Upanishads and Asked why he had come, he said denly burst into anger! What was suffered much. But having seen tinels, whose barking alerts peo-   3           2564(.7    the narratives of the Vedas, Brahma he would relate the cause of his the fault of the dog that you hit you, I will now escape from my ple against the arrival of thieves, Sutra, the Puranas and the epics, sorrow to Ram if the latter him with a stick?” torment.” While everybody said robbers and terrorists/insur- 4S                  ( Ramayana and Mahabharata. granted him an audience. The ascetic replied, “I went that the sanyasi’s worldly posses- gents. Precisely for this reason,               2      Examples are many, but two well- Told of the dog’s request by to the town for alms after recit- sions have now increased, the terrorists in some areas of             (       8  known ones merit a mention. In Lakshman, Ram asked for the ing prayers on the banks of the dog said, “Have no doubt, who- Jammu & Kashmir and Maoists Mahabharata’s Mahaprasthanika dog to be brought before him Ganga during the whole day. ever becomes the king of in parts of central India have   )  *          P   Q  2  Parva (The Chapter of the Great forthwith. Arriving in Ram’s Begging for alms, the whole Kalinjar becomes a dog in his asked villagers to kill all dogs in P   Q  4          3 Departure), a small brown dog presence, he began to sing the body burning with hunger, I next birth.” He then did their areas.   ?       4  P  Q      P( began to follow the five Pandavas former’s praise with folded hands found the dog lying in front namaskar to Ram and walked In the present situation, and Draupadi as they began their and head bowed. Asked about occupying the whole road. I slowly to Varanasi where he fast- how many of India’s stray dog  Q # 3 %            ( final journey out of this world. One the reason for his coming, he loudly asked him go give way but ed to death and attained heav- haters have tried to understand    *   @   2       * #   77(  by one, Draupadi and four said, “A sanyasi (a mendicant he pretended not to hear. He was en because he had seen Ram. how the COVID-19 pandemic     A    )  *S          Pandavas fell dead as they climbed ascetic who has renounced the asleep with one eye closed and Ram’s statement that a “ter- has turned the lives of these         4 5          # 2  Mount Meru. Yudhisthir, the eldest world) has hit me for no fault of looked at me with the other. I rible hell is the punishment for canines completely upside Pandava, and the dog marched on. mine. Distressed and hurt after became angry and hit him on the a cruel and malevolent sanyasi” down? It has been said often         2           Suddenly Indra, the king of gods, being hit, I have come to your head with a stick. Now that I has an echo in a passage in enough to become common- 9          S         ( appeared in his flying chariot and court after starving for three have said all this before the court, Skanda V, chapter 26 of Srimad place knowledge that the closure          A S 0%    )  *    ( said that he had come to take days. The court should please ask you decide what punishment to Bhagavata: The Holy Book of of hotels, dhabas and restaurants Yudhisthir to heaven in his mortal the sanyasi what was my fault give me.” God. It reads, “God has given dif- have deprived vast numbers of        (          4      body. Assured that Draupadi and that he should have hit me with On being asked by Ram ferent forms of livelihood to them of their food. It is not just       )  *                his four brothers were already a stick?” Ram said that the about the punishment, the creatures. Some of these may go the left-overs thrown into 2   #        #   >   there and well, he asked whether the sanyasi should be brought courtiers said that the sanyasi against the interests of man. But garbage bins that they miss. dog could come with him. On being immediately before him so that should be barred from bathing man should not retaliate against Many of them, who had been fed                      (( told that heaven had no place for a the court could judge. How in the Ganges. At this, the dog these creatures for two reasons. regularly by the staff and own-           843)#92    ( dog, he refused to go without the could a sanyasi be cruel to an said that he should not be pun- They are not endowed with the ers of these eating places, have               latter. It was then that the dog animal? (All quotations are from ished but made the ruler of the capacity to know that they are now to fend for themselves — appeared in his true self as Dharma, Saptakanda Ramayana translat- kingdom of Kalinjar. The doing injury to man; and next, something to which they have the God of Virtue, and said this was ed from Bengali to English by courtiers laughed as Ram made man knows that they will be grown unused. Yudhisthir’s final test. He would not this author). the sanyasi the king of Kalinjar. injured if he retaliates. A person Finally, how many haters of / '5, ! have been able to enter heaven alive The dog, who accompa- Climbing onto the back of an who injures lower creations for stray dogs have any idea of the if he had agreed to abandon the dog. nied Ram’s messenger, identified elephant, his splendour selfish purposes goes to a pur- love and loyalty that most dogs       &!         & This account is widely known the sanyasi as he was brought enhanced by the royal sceptre, gatory called Andhakupa and unconditionally lavish on peo- and cited. Another incident is before Ram, who asked, “Why the sanyasi began travelling hap- there he will have to live in a low ple? Not surprisingly, Konrad        found in the Bengali translation of have you abandoned your dhar- pily towards Kalinjar as people type of body, attacked by the Lorenz writes in Man Meets Dog, the Saptakanda Ramayana (The ma and are cruel to animals? laughed at his attire — a loin- creatures he had injured. In “The whole charm of the dog lies         4    Ramayana in Seven Parts) by One who perpetrates adharma cloth — with the royal umbrel- darkness, without sleep, and in the depth of friendship and                ( Krittibas Ojha. It happened when has to live in hell. What kind of la over his head. restless, he will have to drag on the strength of spiritual ties # Ram, after defeating Ravan and renunciation is yours when your Asked by the courtiers as to a wretched existence.” with which he has tied himself             .0 ( sending Sita to sage Valmiki’s her- body is so full of anger? why was the kingdom given to (Translated by Swami to man.” Author of the landmark     B CD       mitage, was holding court in Castigation of others and malev- the sanyasi when the idea was to Tapasyananda). book On Aggression and perhaps 011111        #    ( Ayodhya with Lakshman guarding olence towards others are grave punish him, Ram directed them The passage quoted from the best-known authority on ani-   01111           4  the entrance. A white dog with red sins. 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The World Bank, too,              estimates that 12 million people in India could be #   C1    %$         pushed into poverty. While initially, the most visi-      .11        C1C.(CC 5 ble impact of the crisis was on the healthcare sec-                tor due to shortages of personal protective equip- % )   %$           ment (PPE), ventilators, critical medical supplies and  ./ <2   4  .0C  %$       healthcare professionals trained in the handling of .1/  %$        C1.7(C1 a contagion, its impact is now being felt on the free   5           movement of people, goods and services, too.        )  =   4   A circular economy is based on the principles           (     of reducing our waste and pollution throughout the lifecycle stages, keeping products and materials in                use for long and regenerating natural systems.   #       "     ( Circular economy-based concepts, such as cascad-          #    ( ed reuse of resources to design reusable masks to 4                    substitute single-use masks, supported by  sumers, we can ensure a continuous sup- vices that people are increasingly relying ers. Real-time tracking technologies pro-                 Government-formulated guidelines and awareness  ply of essential goods in vital sectors and upon. Such solutions could also help con- vide information on where a product ends             about the same, are steps in the right direction.  help improve resilience through stock tinue efforts to reduce the usage of plas- up and how it will be reused or recycled. 5           The global market for refurbished medical    availability and competitiveness while tics and styrofoam. Several initiatives by However, despite the many opportu-           $   ( devices is also predicted to witness significant  not giving up the commitment to achiev- various Fast Moving Consumer Goods nities that circular thinking presents,         <      growth. Recently, fuel cell manufacturer Bloom     ing the UN-set Sustainable Development (FMCG) companies and collaborations ongoing efforts in this direction have been               ( Energy started to refurbish ventilators to meet the   Goals (SDGs). involving various stakeholders have been hit due to the pandemic. For example, in supply gap in hospitals in the US. Due to COVID- In order to support the Atmanirbhar done across the globe to minimise single- the waste management sector where sig-              (   19, organisations preferred work from home (WFH)   Bharat Abhiyan, newer ecosystems need use plastics. nificant work was done to manage plas-   <      <        and educational institutes preferred to learn from to be envisaged that are based on local, In addition, enhancing material tic waste, many efforts have been halted                  home using virtual platforms for meetings and online 44 shorter and more distributed supply productivity also plays a significant role during the lockdown, particularly in the               classes, which led to an unprecedented surge in    chains via localised material sourcing. At in addressing the diminishing cost com- private recycling space.              ( demand for refurbished laptops. This cascaded use    the start of the pandemic in India, the petitiveness of industries (such as the Recycling plants are mostly shut or are               of refurbished laptops would also be critical in fill-   availability of PPEs was critically low, own- Indian automobile sector in comparison operating at limited capacity with a lot of        ( )3) )  (    ing the void that has emerged in supporting online  ing to non-availability of local manufac- to China, Singapore, Indonesia, and the informal sector workers, who played            (  education to rural and urban poor students.     turers, long gestation period to import Bangladesh) due to high material cost. The the role of aggregators (such as the junk               Measures like these will create new market oppor- 4  their machines and the high cost. In line circular economy emphasises reuse, and collectors) leaving urban centres for their     )  %   ,%-  5   tunities, increase the use of existing assets and reduce    with the spirit of ‘Vocal for Local’ and with through this has the potential to generate native places. Procurement of recyclable the pressure on the environment created by the    various Government initiatives, India is not only environmental benefits but cost waste has also become a challenge. # %      2%       * demand for virgin raw materials. today the second-largest manufacturer of benefits, too, and create new revenue Among plastics, virgin plastic may become <  ,*<5-     #      O  (  Integrating circularity in various governments’    PPE body overalls within a short span of opportunities. For example, the focus on even cheaper than secondary raw mate-        *<5      recovery agenda and strategies thus assumes impor- four months. There is also a need to manufacturing durable goods would help rial plastic due to falling prices of hydro-                tance. In April, the City of Amsterdam launched its    engage in collaborative consumption to them to generate income from rentals, carbon fuels resulting from the current low               Circular 2020-2025 strategy, which outlines the  share resources by replacing traditional repairs and refurbishment while reducing demand. This will also affect the econom-                 actions it would take to cut down the use of new raw  ownership of products with lending, bor- the environmental footprint. ic viability of many plastic recyclers.            O   ( materials to half by 2030. The local government also rowing and the availability of repair ser- In the COVID-19 crisis, digital solu- Efforts would be required to stimulate the    #            %$  considers this strategy to be the basis for econom- vices to facilitate reuse. This would help tions have promoted virtual workspaces, demand for recycled materials and close    H.         ic recovery from the effects of COVID-19. Similarly, reduce panic buying. For instance, the a mobile Government and a multitude of the price gap between virgin and recycled               ( the European Union (EU) and South Korea have assurance of the Delhi Government to platforms to monitor and trace infections. plastics. both adopted “Green Deals” as central pillars to their provide “Pulse Oximeters” for monitor- Digitalisation has not only been limited As countries step towards econom-        A         economic recoveries, both leveraging regenerative ing oxygen levels of patients undergoing to medical solutions or WFH set-ups but ic recovery after COVID-19, they should                ( models and circular economy principles. The home isolation is a positive step in this has been an instrument in supporting undertake circular economy strategies for             J 4S     deployment of idle railway coaches by Indian direction. Acceptance of such “pay for ser- online education modes, too. long-term sustainable development and               Railways as isolation wards during the surge of vices” rather than “owning facility options” Digital technology can play a role in for creating resilient economies. The  "             Coronavirus infections is adapting the approach to would gain momentum if hygiene is creating city and village systems that are BRICS nations recently acknowledged the A   = %          use existing infrastructure to an extent possible. This ensured. Local waste sites can be turned regenerative and restorative by offering de- heightening of social vulnerabilities and (          $!4 4  .. )  provides an opportunity for other governments to into resource centres that undertake materialisation opportunities, increasing job losses due to the pandemic and have ,  $   2  % A  A $   integrate resilience, low carbon and sustainable recovery and recycling of plastics. our knowledge and understanding of data emphasised on the need for improving the B  3  $   3  #  #    growth thinking into their recoveries by avoiding Circular innovations can address on the lifecycle of materials, people and environment and promoting the circular = -               short-term emission-intensive projects. manufacturing and supply chain shortages external conditions, allowing for more economy in national plans as steps Rethinking the mostly linear global supply chain within the healthcare sector, too, where cir- informed decisions based on accurate data. towards recovery. The time is ripe for us      9      (  ( systems by adopting a circular economy as a mode cular knitted fabric (washable and This would help close the loop of mater- to rethink our consumption patterns, to           )  >     ( of production can help economies withstand sup- reusable) can be used to produce non- ial cycles and contribute to keeping prod- build in resilience, circularity and an effi-   5        $!4     ply disruptions like those experienced in the cur- medical protective face masks. The need ucts/materials in use for a longer period cient rural-urban connection to reduce the               rent pandemic. This was particularly visible in the for investment in technology for design- of time. vulnerability of our economic and social  4S (          case of stressed food production and distribution, ing responsible packaging solutions that For example, digital technology can systems and move towards an        which was experienced during the hastily-imple- maintain food safety and quality standards help aggregate local marketplaces dealing Atmanirbhar Bharat.    mented lockdowns. By creating new and shorter sup- and prevent contamination can enhance in secondary and alternative materials and (Bakshi is Senior Fellow and Tewari is ply chain connections between producers and con- the sustainability of the home delivery ser- formalise the informal sector waste-pick- Fellow and Area Convenor, TERI)        <"-( ' )#'(#)-1"'"()-$()#"' ')#'#" ((# A23'+, 3/3

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To be balanced, people must   ital feeds will help you take action in as simple as using the technology at existing relationships by scheduling hit the gym but they can use digital schedule their downtime, off-screen he Coronavirus pandemic has serving others, hence, limiting your their disposal to make plans, manage regular chats online and using digital reminders and prompts to move and time, exercise time and fun time. This  '3 "3* 3 )&1-1.1*"2 2 made social distancing the new online time. their schedule, organise activities with devices to spread positive news, express exercise more — even if they are con- will form the core of their emotional 30 &!2! &()!&2 )! !.'2"! Tnormal and the majority of us are You may also minimise the under- others and even do online shopping at gratitude to the people serving us and fined inside a restricted environment. well-being and hold them in good ! " (13 "3'!2 1 (13,1'30 becoming increasingly dependent on standing of the situation and label all websites where they get to exert greater helping others. People can consider downloading a stead. 2("!3(!9 (1.1*"2  3"!. digital technology. Pushed into an those people, who err at the side of pre- choice. For instance, people can order nutrition app, exercise, mindfulness or People must remember not to  .1& ,1'30 & ". 1, uncertain future, we are spending caution, as hysterical and not abide by The key is to use digital technol- food and groceries online for friends, relaxation app. They must think about reach for their phone as soon as they more time to digitally connect with the safety rules. Thus, putting yourself ogy actively instead of letting them- family members and neighbours who how they can use digital technology to wake up. They must give themselves ,11 -&"3 2 0'&"3* T%G people, work, shop, keep ourselves and others in danger. If you freeze, then selves get passively guided by algo- are not digitally-enabled. Helping oth- improve exercise, sleep and diet the time to get ready, eat and then get 2! &() 1, )! &'3 /' informed and even entertained. you will lock yourself down and if you rithms. People must think of digital ers can give life more purpose and allay regimes. to their device. We should use technol- !!3 ' .. (13(.'0!0 ) " While a digitally-mediated daily fold, you will need support to uplift technology as a tool that allows them anxieties. Organise group chats and People can use digital technology ogy to increase our independence, fur- "2 61&! ."8!. 1 /! /! &9 life can keep us safe from the risk of your mental health. to extend their autonomy and makes regular virtual meet-ups — seeing a to be smarter about their information ther our well-being and harness our ! "2 2 ".. (1'& (13 &1!&2 infection, too much exposure to it can At all costs, people must keep their it possible for them to develop strate- familiar face, even on a phone screen, diet, too. Use fact-checking services to inner potential. Doing so will not only harm our mental health. There has digital activity healthy during the out- gies to cope better. For instance, peo- can be reassuring. People must use this counter conspiracy theories, unfound- help us get through the pandemic but 2 ! 2  &!(!3 . " ) )! been a lot of awareness raised about the break. Let us take a look at three evi- ple can consider limiting passive screen time as an opportunity to rebuild affil- ed rumours, urban legends and mis- will also ensure that we emerge /1& !0 "2" !- . ! & impact of exposing oneself to negative dence-based tips for a healthy digital time and balance passive viewing with iations with those who matter. information. Reduce information stronger from it.  2('.- '&!2 /' )! influences on social media and the diet during the outbreak. more interactive screen time — play- Be smarter: Our well-being is also intake to one or two trustworthy (The writer is Director of a Wellness .21 /112 1'&"269 news. The more information we receive Take control: It is natural to feel ing educational games, making influenced by our competence, ability sources. Most importantly, get infor- company and heads a foundation) >    !0" 1&" .?   )+!' !(!)+ ,-././ 

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Kospi edged 0.4% higher to BSE Sensex settled just 15.12 Bourses in Shanghai, Hong -!& (!3 0!(."3! "3 " 2 Investors were also awaiting 2,351.67. Hong Kong's Hang points or 0.04 per cent higher HCL Tech, Infosys, Sun Kong and Tokyo ended in the (1321."0 !0 3! -&1," 2 a US report on jobs later Friday Seng slipped 1.6% to 24,531.62, at 38,040.57. Pharma and M&M were red, while Seoul finished with C9C (&1&! ,1& )! B' & !& !30!0 for another gauge of the eco- while the Shanghai Composite Similarly, the NSE Nifty among the laggards. gains. '3! 2 2 .!2 30 (132 &'( "13 nomic fallout from the coron- lost 1.0% to 3,354.04. rose 13.90 points or 0.12 per According to traders, mar- Stock exchanges in Europe ( "" "!2 !&! 2 ..!0 /!( '2! avirus pandemic. US shares Chinese technology shares cent to finish at 11,214.05. ket sentiment turned choppy were trading on a negative note 1, )!  T - 30!6"(9  2 have been rising as investors were shaken by President Asian Paints was the top tracking weak cues from glob- in early deals. 3! -&1," 2 110 2 T9C wait for Congress and the down less than 0.1% to about the growing number of Donald Trump's decision to gainer in the Sensex pack, al indices amid reports that the Global oil benchmark Brent (&1&! "3 )! ! & *1 -!&"109 White House to reach a hoped- 6,025.79. coronavirus cases in some issue executive orders ban- spurting over 4 per cent, fol- Trump administration was crude was trading 0.86 per cent 1 . "3(16! ,!.. 1 2 G;T9G for deal on more aid for the US shares were set to drift areas, and the painful impact ning the popular messaging lowed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj considering a proposal to lower at USD 44.70 per barrel. (&1&! "3 )! ,"&2 B' & !& 1, )"2 American economy. lower with Dow futures down of lockdowns, especially in app WeChat and short video Finserv, IndusInd Bank and crackdown on Chinese compa- On the currency front, the ,"2( . ,&16 2 TG9 (&1&! "3 France's CAC slipped 0.2% 0.4% at 27,116. S&P 500 Southeast Asia. “The hope is app TikTok from the U.S. Maruti. nies listed in the US. rupee ended almost flat at )! (1&&!2-130"3* -!&"10 1, in early trading to 4,873.55, futures were also lower, down for a smooth recovery as lock- Shares in Tencent Holdings, On the other hand, Titan, Spiking COVID-19 cases 74.93 against the US dollar. )! -&!"1'2 ! & )! while Germany's DAX edged 0.4%, at 3,331.62. downs ease, but the fear is that owner of WeChat, plunged (16- 3 2 "0 "3 &!*'. 1& up nearly 0.2% to 12,611.50. Asian benchmarks appeared global 'second wave' risks and 10% but ended the day 5% ,"."3*9 !3* .'&'/ 2!0 1/) Britain's FTSE 100 inched to be still steeped in worries rising US-China tensions may lower. '% "2 .! 0"3* &! . !2 ! ,"&6 "3 +6@A< 3   )! (1'3 &9 ) &!2 1, )! "!: (16- 3 !&! & 0"3* 2 62!   6  H9G -"!(! '- 9H -!& *#'#- B (!3 ,&16 )!"& -&!"1'2 (.12!     3  ",!1 1 13 9 11"!-!" "" %D9? "- " -" -(%#")(   + F"         State-owned engineering firm TV Today Network on Friday     > ?         BHEL on Friday said it has reported a 74.99 per cent fall commenced civil works at in consolidated net profit to North Bengal University State-owned Coal India Ltd Export-Import Bank of India 660-MW Sagardighi super- Rs 12.76 crore for the first (NBU) in Siliguri will intro- (CIL) on Friday said it logged (Exim Bank) on Friday said critical thermal power project quarter ended June 30. duce Tea Sciences as a full- a 21.5 per cent growth in coal it has extended a USD 250- in West Bengal. It had posted a net profit of time undergraduate course allocation at 19.76 million million (about Rs 1,870 crore) Following the strategic Rs 51.03 crore in the year-ago $4 00" from this academic year, a tonnes (MT) under the four e- line of credit (LOC) to completion of pre-engineer- in Murshidabad district of period. The firm's total 5: $1 5$ senior official of the institute auction windows during the Mozambique for improving ing activities for the project West Bengal was placed on income declined by 32.64 has said. April-June quarter. CIL has allocated a total of power supply quality in the beforehand, ground breaking BHEL by West Bengal Power per cent to Rs 175.45 crore   ),' 1.0 -&"(!2 13 No other university in the In the corresponding quar- 6.66 MT during the referred country. has begun on zero date itself, Development Corporation during the quarter under 4&"0  &12! / 2 $; 1 2 country, having general sub- ter a year ago, the fuel alloca- period to this sector against 2.2 The agreement to this a BHEL statement said. (WBPDCL). review, as against Rs 260.5 ;;T -!&  *& 6 "3 ,' '&!2 jects in Arts and Science tion by the PSU under all the MT in the year-ago quarter, effect was signed on August This is a major achieve- The notice to proceed was crore in the same period a & 0! 2 2-!('. 1&2 (&! !0 streams, has Tea Sciences as four windows of e-auction with a volume increase of 3 through exchange between ment as conventionally it issued after obtaining the year ago. The total expenses ,&!2) -12" "132 13 ,"&6 2-1 a subject and NBU is the was 16.26 MT, a CIL statement 4.46 MT. Saroj Khuntia, general man- takes a few months after the necessary approvals like were down 18.92 per cent at 0!6 309 3 )! '. " trendsetter, Nupur Das, sec- said. Under spot e-auction, the ager, Exim Bank, and zero date to initiate civil environmental clearances. Rs 147.64 crore, as compared 16610"  () 3*! *1.0 retary of the varsity's under- The four categories of e- maharatna coal miner had Adriano Isaias Ubisse, works on-site, the company The package comprises to Rs 182.11 crore, it added. (13 & ( 2 ,1& ( 1/!& 0!."!& graduate council, said. auction are spot e-auction of offered 24.4 MT during the national directorate of trea- said. supercritical boiler and tur- In a separate filing, TV & 0!0 )"*)!& / 2 $; 1& "The Tea Sciences course raw coal, special forward e- first quarter of FY'21, up by sury, Ministry of Economy Valued at approximately bine generator along with its Today said its Board of 9G -!& (!3  2 ;;T will help generate employ- auction for power producers, 149 per cent from 9.8 MT in and Finance, Mozambique. Rs 3,500 crore, the turnkey auxiliaries, electricals, con- Directors has approved the -!&  *& 6 "3 /'2"3!22 ment opportunities for stu- exclusive e-auction for non- the comparable period of Exim Bank has now in order for Sagardighi trols and instrumentation, proposal to suspend print '&31!& 1, CHC% .1 29 4&!2) dents as several tea estates are power sector and special spot 2019. place 264 LOCs, covering 62 Thermal Power Project switchyard, flue gas desul- publication of its English -12" "132 /'". '- / located in north Bengal," she auction. However, amid the COVID- countries across regions Extension Unit-5 was won by phurisation (FGD) and daily newspaper 'Mail Today' - & "("- 3 2 .!0 1 )! &"2! "3 told reporters on Thursday. Booking by non-power sec- 19 led crimp in demand since including Africa, Asia, and BHEL against stiff interna- selective catalytic reduction with effect from August 10, *1.0 -&"(!2 3 .2 2 2 "09 "This will set an example. tor, under an exclusive e-auc- March, the actual booking Latin America, with credit tional competitive bidding. (SCR) systems, coal han- 2020, for now, given the via- 1.0 -&"(!2 & 0!0 9H -!& We don't have any informa- tion to it, witnessed a three- volume was marginally down commitments of around USD The order for the project dling plant and ash han- bility of print media in the (!3 )"*)!&  $9 tion about any other univer- fold rise during April-June at 6.9 MT as compared to 7.4 25.98 billion, available for located at Manigram village dling plant. current situation. -!& 1'3(! "3 ! 1&89 sity in the country offering 2020 over the same period in MT in the same quarter last financing exports from similar courses," she said. 2019. year. India.  !  &#& (! )A  (        "   ed,” said Emami. +P(# 0 (5 According to the Kolkata-     Mohana, senior scientist at   )("   3# 5940 Homegrown FMCG firm headquartered firm, supply DCR, who conceptualised and Emami Ltd on Friday report- -6!$    chain, sales improved consid- The Directorate of Cashew designed this app, said in a +915 ed a 1.17 per cent increase in  (*D  erably in May and in June and Research (DCR) in Karnataka release. He said a farmer or ..( '  "6.!& 30" its consolidated profit-after-tax 9    revenues were even better with has launched a mobile app that user of the app can upload and 166!&(" . !)"(.!2 >? (PAT) to Rs 39.58 crore for the a high single-digit growth over would provide information store images related to cashew 13 4&"0  331'3(!0 )! first quarter ended June.    the previous year. related to the crop's cultivation, and videos in My Cashew . '3() 1, '2!0 !)"(.! The company had posted a 3    “During the quarter, Emami market data and research for sub-section under the cultiva- /'2"3!22 < ) & !3 PAT of Rs 39.12 crore during    increased its gross margins by stakeholders, including the tion section.It was also possi- () 3*!9< 30!& )"2 the April-June quarter of the 230 bps at 66.5 per cent and farmers. cial said. ble to record the expenditure, ('2 16!& ( 3 !() 3*! '2!0 previous fiscal, Emami said in per cent to Rs 481.34 crore as EBIDTA margins by 490 bps at The "Cashew India" app of It gives comprehensive infor- observations and data of the (166!&(" . !)"(.!2 >2? 1, a regulatory filing. against Rs 648.64 crore in the performance with improved 25.5 per cent. Profit-after-tax DCR, which is under the Indian mation on cashew grafts, nurs- cashew farm. Real-time chat- 3 /& 30 ,1& '2!0 1& 3! However, its revenue from corresponding period of the margins in Q1FY21, defying increased by 1 per cent and council of agricultural research ery, cultivation, plant protection, ting is available for users under ) & !3 !)"(.!2 operations during the quarter previous fiscal. the challenging times that the PAT margins increased by 220 (ICAR) and located at Puttur in post-harvest processing, market the chat room section. 0! .!&2)"-2 (&122 30" 9 under review was down 25.79 “Emami posted a resilient COVID-19 pandemic present- bps. Dakshina Kannada district, is information and e-market ben- Mohana said it was possible ) & !3 () 3*! ".. available in 11 languages and eficial for farmers, researchers, to order for grafts online in -&1"0! /'!&2 " ) can be downloaded from developmental agencies and planting material section from ( &!,'..-"(8!0 -11. 1, '2!0 "1   Google play store, a senior offi- processors at one place, S the research stations in a state. &'(82 ) ) ! '30!&*13!       )1&1'*) B' ."  ()!(82 6 0!  ". /.! )&1'*) " 2  +" 3 "13"0! 0! .!&2)"- 9 /22   ?3 3;3  3! 1&8 )! (16- 3 2 "09 3 % L2 )! 3'6/!& 1, ) & !3         13!&2 & -"0. "3(&! 2!2 ! " # ' "8-0   33  ,!!. " "2 )! &"*) "6! 1 - )! 6 22"! -1 !3 " . Murugappa Group firm Tube  ' >  # Netflix on Friday launched its -&!2!3 !0 / )! '2!0 Investments of India Ltd (TIIL)   .%! &  user interface in Hindi, say-    (166!&(" . !)"(.! 2!*6!3 9 has agreed to invest Rs 700    !&. ing the move will enable ! .118 ,1& &0 1 0!."!&"3* crore in CG Power and members who prefer the lan- The rupee ended almost flat at ) & !3<2 2'-!&"1& B' ."  Industrial Solutions Ltd for a   guage to easily access their 74.93 (provisional) against the 2!&"(! 30 1 . (12 1, 51 per cent stake, the scam-hit   &&  + choice of Indian and interna- US dollar on Friday due to a  : 13!&2)"- > ? 1 3 !!3 company said on Friday. )    tional films as well as series. caution prevailing in the forex . &*!& ('2 16!& / 2!M 2 "0 Tube Investments of India had an engineering arm, had The Hindi user interface is market in view of mounting   8 6 &  6 3 *"3* Ltd will be issued 64.25 crore made a non-binding offer to    available across devices on coronavirus cases and US- ,!1 1B 0"&!( 1& 30 ()"!, !!(' "! shares at Rs 8.56 apiece aggre- invest in CG Power. mobile, TV and the web, it China trade tensions. 1,,"(!& > ? 9 )! '2!0 gating to Rs 550 crore, CG The board of CG Power at said in a statement. Starting off on a tepid note, Reserve Bank maintained a ,--! !)"(.! /'2"3!22 ".. Power said in a regulatory fil- its meeting on Friday approved other potential investors can "Netflix members can the rupee fell to a low of status quo in its policy rates. 2'--.!6!3 )! (16- 3<2 ing. the investment, the filing said. make a counteroffer subject to switch to the Hindi user 75.04, but recovered slightly Meanwhile, the US dollar     !"2 "3* 3! !)"(.! 2 .!2 Also, TIIL will also invest Rs The investment is, however, the first investor (TIIL) have interface from the Language thereafter and moved in a index rose 0.32 per cent to 610!. / 1,,!&"3* 3 !() 3*! 150 crore in the company over subject to TIIL being declared the right to match the counter option in the 'Manage narrow band throughout the 93.08. Analysts said forex mar- Homegrown diversified -. ,1&6  2 "09 )! the next 18 months in the form the winner of the Swiss chal- offer. Profiles' section on their session. It finally settled at ket sentiment was mainly group Mahindra & Mahindra !-!& 2 ) & !3 ".. .21 of buying warrants that can be lenge process to be undertak- The investment is also sub- desktop, TV or mobile 74.93, gaining 1 paisa over its guided by growing US-China on Friday reported 94 per 2'--1& '2!0 !)"(.! /'!&2 converted into equity shares. en by the lenders of CG Power ject to lenders accepting one- browsers. On Netflix, mem- previous close. trade tensions and mounting cent decline in consolidated >/1 ) "30""0' .2 30 The Rs 36,900-crore by August 28. time settlement and restructur- bers can set up to five profiles On Thursday too, the rupee coronavirus cases in the coun- profit at Rs 54.64 crore for (16- 3"!2?9 Murugappa Group, which also Under the Swiss challenge, ing of debt, the filing said. in each account,” it said. had closed steady after the try. June quarter 2020, adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company had posted a profit after tax of Rs @#0& (4@;)& ! -  Q 9 - 894.11 crore in the same period last fiscal, M&M said in a regulatory filing. )!1 %)))"    " O= Minister of state for railways Revenue from operations Suresh Angadi, Leader of during the quarter under Union minister Narendra P  Opposition in Maharashtra review stood at Rs 16,321.34     coupons," Sapre said. Franklin Singh Tomar on Friday flagged   assembly Devendra Fadanvis, crore as against Rs 26,041.02 Templeton shut six debt mutu- off the country's first 'Kisan  Maharashtra Minister Civil crore in the year-ago period, Franklin Templeton Mutual al fund schemes on April 23, Rail' train from Deolali in Supplies and Consumer down 37 per cent, it added. Fund's six shut schemes have citing redemption pressure Nashik to Danapur in Bihar,   Protection Chhagan Bhujbal The automotive segment received Rs 4,280 crore from and lack of liquidity in the through video-conferencing. ,  were among the dignitaries posted a revenue of Rs 6,508.6 maturities, pre-payments and bond market. As on July 31, Speaking on the occasion,    who attended the virtual cer- crore in the first quarter, down coupon payments since the while two schemes were the Union minister for agricul- emony. from Rs 13,547.84 crore in the announcement of their closure already cash positive, the bor- ture and farmers welfare said 4 'Kisan Rail' is a weekly ser- same period a year ago, the in April. The amount has been rowing levels in the other Kisan Rail will help in trans- vice that will depart from company said. Farm equip- received without the ability to schemes continued to come porting agricultural produce, Deolali every Friday at 11 am ment segment's revenue was efficiently monetise assets, the successful completion of down steadily, Sapre said. especially perishable com- Railways had operated 4,610 event, said Prime Minister and reach Danapur the next Rs 4,906.92 crore as against Rs Franklin Templeton Asset the e-voting exercise and the Franklin India Low Duration modities, at cheaper rates and trains on 96 routes, ensuring Narendra Modi had planned day at 6.45 pm. 6,077.9 crore in the same Management (India) President unit holder meets, he added. Fund and Franklin India aid farmers in getting the right supply of food items across the various measures to free farm- On the return journey, the quarter last fiscal. Revenue Sanjay Sapre said in a letter to "From April 24 till July 31, Credit Risk Fund now have an price for their crops. country amid the COVID-19 ers from years of bondage and train will depart from Danapur from financial services stood investors on Wednesday. 2020, the schemes have outstanding borrowing of only Tomar, who also holds Rural pandemic. these will make farmers of the every Sunday at 12 pm and at Rs 3,031.69 crore as com- The schemes will endeavour received Rs 4,280 crore from 1 per cent and 4 per cent of Development and Panchayati Railway Minister Piyush country "atmanirbhar" (self- reach Deolali at 7.45 pm the pared to Rs 2,822.03 crore in to accelerate monetisation post maturities, pre-payments, and their AUM respectively. Raj portfolios, said the Indian Goyal, who presided over the reliant) and prosperous. next day. first quarter last year. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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ctor Tahir Raj makers. This has led to my lenged me to stretch my Bhasin is an growth as an actor and as abilities as I was a staring outsider with a person. Every project has opposite an icon like Rani  no connections taught me to focus on Mukerji. The uniqueness in the industry. being true to the process. of the part made it a great He debuted What matters is making a one for me. From doing with Mardaani to show his part fun to watch and that to shifting gears in a acting prowess as a villain authentic. The next excit- light hearted college and since then, Tahir is ing turn of my career is drama Chhichhore and delighted about how his going to be equally chal- now to a romantic lead in career has been shaping lenging. Looop Lapeta is a Looop Lapeta is incredibly up. After making a mark thriller comedy and pair- fulfilling and gives me a in Mardaani, which earned ing up with a talent like sense of pride in the jour- him the Best Supporting Taapsee (Pannu) is some- ney so far,” he says. Actor and Best Villain thing I really look forward Tahir also reveals who awards, Tahir decided not to.” his biggest inspirations are. to look back. His powerful Tahir discloses his jour- “People who I count as performances in the subse- ney in cinema makes him mentors in cinema aren’t quent films like Manto, proud. “The part in YRF’s always the ones with me Chhichhore and many Mardaani on a day to day but are more made him grab pro- chal- magnetic people who I’ve    & jects like 83 and Looop briefly crossed paths with. Lapeta. He is thrilled It’s something they’ve said "  & about the fact that he has or did that left a deep shaped his own destiny in impression on me.      the Bollywood. Aamir Khan, who I “I’m very proud of the had a chance to meet 32 7 /8 journey I’ve had in soon after "     Bollywood. When you Mardaani, said — start from the scratch, you never be in a rush   value the recognition that and never be your work gets and the afraid to take opportunities you’ve chances. It seemed earned because they are cryptic back then lot of love stories spouse and still love them at built solely on the basis of but as time passes, it have blossomed in the same time? Well, the your talent. I consider the makes more and last few months of answer to this question is as parts I’ve done so far to be more sense. My other  the lockdown and tricky as the question itself a personal collage of expe- cinema mentor is the new couples and the users are no excep- 5# riences,” he says. Nawazuddin Siddique, are eagerly waiting tion. About 45.6 per cent of The actor credits the who I worked with in to meet their loved ones. directors he has collabo- Manto. His work teaches From the outset, it’s hard to people cheat their partners tion or while travelling. For rated with for having me to never underesti- judge when this global health because they want to try out 19 per cent of them, the best faith in him. “I’ve mate the power of crisis is going to leave the something new or spice up time is when their spouse is been fortunate the audience,” country but one thing is for their existing relationship. not at home or is out for a enough to work says Tahir. sure, love is unhindered from About 36 per cent of people business trip. Also, about 12 with some the outside surrounding and commit infidelity because per cent of the people are amazing blooming like never before. they are in love with some- willing to find new connec- film- A dating app, Gleeden, one else other than their tions within their office conducted a survey after the spouses, while for the premises, while the remain- beginning of ‘Unlock 1.0’ remaining 27 per cent, the ing 24 per cent of the total and found out that about 75 decision of committing infi- users are willing to try out per cent of its users are will- delity was taken when they multiple measures to find out ing to meet their love inter- realised that their current their love interest. ests if provided an opportu- partner is not the right nity. The survey was rolled match for them both emo- =33) '" (?(> out among 1,000 of its newly tionally as well as physically. joined users and was con- It seems that casual rela- ducted across metropolitan 4>(03 '" 2, tionships are the need of the cities like Mumbai, Delhi "13 ,'+1" hour for 38 per cent of the NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, app users, who would like to Hyderabad and Pune. The It has been found that peo- get into a new relationship findings from the survey are ple usually try to make new without making serious pretty exciting and it also them think that their shared Why partners cheat connections while attending future commitments. About addresses the untouched side intimacy won’t affect their Infidelity is considered as a social gathering or at a club 23 per cent of the users still of the reasons behind infi- current relationship, while 47 a taboo worldwide and there party; it can range from an believe in the old school delity. Here is a glimpse of per cent of them believe that are a lot of factors leading up office function to a reunion. romance and are looking for the same. they cannot share the same to the same. Lack of intimacy About 23 per cent of the future life partners. level of emotions with two and compatibility in a rela- people admitted that they Interestingly, about 39 per "13 13(" ' different people. A minute tionship are just the kick- look for new relationships or cent of users are only inter- (>8(/ ' 3/ 7.4 per cent are indecisive starters to the ultimate fate. flings in a party gathering, ested in one-time affairs and about their stand on shared Interestingly, it has been while 22 per cent of the peo- are not looking for anything Can you cheat on your intimacy with their spouses. found out that 37 per cent of ple would prefer it on a vaca- serious.     & 

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The acclaimed the- an impoverished boy in China, ‘100 Inspiring Author Award’ to deliver talks and sessions in atrical trailer of Pandemic 2020 ! 13   (&122 )! a helpless doctor in the United by T.I.A, was nominated for various schools, colleges, is available to be watched on his States, a stranded traveler in ‘Best Debut Author’ award by Literature Festivals, events, and website. So what are you wait- *.1/! )"2 - 22"13 1 2-! 8 Italy, and a blooming journalist ICMDR and was also bestowed seminars. He recently delivered ing for? Go grab a copy of in India,” shares Yash Tiwari. with the coveted TCC REX an International webinar in yourself, as Yash says, “rush”, 1 1'3*2 !&2 30 61&! Pandemic 2020 is a harrowing ‘Karamveer Chakra Award’ and Africa for the people of Nigeria, because they’re selling like hot- look at how the pandemic ‘GYLF Fellowship’ by iCongo in Cameron, Ghana, and other cakes!  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Bench of the top court  “That in Lalita Kumari Vs. even the State of Uttar aani Kapoor has been cast with- Pradesh reported in opposite Ayushmann out (2014) case. “The Khurrana in the upcoming little submission of the  Abhishek Kapoor directori- sup- petitioner that the al, which is pitched as a port entire cause of progressive love story. from action arose in Describing the yet-untitled pro- the Mumbai and the ject as “a lovely, heart rendering State of Bihar has no film”, Vaani said she is “thrilled” to jurisdiction to register act opposite Ayushmann. he Bihar govern- ments such as Inquest Report, Mumbai FIR is liable to be rejected “Ayushmann is one of the most ment on Friday Post Mortem report, FSL Police, the in view of the provisions talented actors of our generation informed the report, CCTV footage etc. to members of contained under section and I'm only thrilled about our first  Supreme Court the Patna Police despite sever- the SIT 179 Cr.P.C,” added the film together to be this beautiful that the Mumbai al requests made by the carried affidavit. love story,” she said. Police has been latter,” said the affidavit. out This is the first time Vaani will obstructing the investigation The Bihar government said share screen space with into the Sushant Singh Rajput Krishna Kishore Singh lost his Ayushmann. case by Patna police and have young, vibrant son due to act About working with Abhishek not supplied crucial docu- committed by the accused Kapoor, she added, “I have always ments connected with the persons including Rhea. wanted to work with Abhishek case. Hence, the Patna police Kapoor, being so inspired by his The affidavit has been filed has jurisdiction to regis- films. This feels like an amazing after the top court sought ter the FIR and the opportunity to be part of his response from the Bihar gov- court at Patna has vision.” ernment on the petition filed jurisdiction to try the About casting Vaani as by Rhea Chakraborty seeking offence as mentioned Ayushmann’s love interest, transfer of the case from Patna in the FIR registered Abhishek said, “I thought Vaani was to Mumbai. The case was filed with Rajeev Nagar fabulous in Befikre. She is beautiful by the late actor’s father accus- P.S (Patna). and a very committed actor. I am ing Rhea and several others The state gov- looking forward to having her and for abetment to suicide. ernment con- Ayushmann on set. I believe the “The non-cooperation by tended that combo will be electrifying.” the Mumbai Police with the when IPS offi- The film casts Ayushmann as a Patna Police, who is already cer Vinay cross functional athlete. 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The series was to be a The postponement also raises preparatory one ahead of the ?    doubts about the future of India T20 World Cup, which was orig- legends such as Mithali Raj and inally scheduled from October 18 olves battled into the quarter- Jhulan Goswami, who probably to November 5 in Australia, but Wfinals of the Europa League on would have played their last ICC has now been postponed. Thursday while Sevilla, Bayer tournament in 2021. “BCCI and ECB are in con- Leverkusen and Basel enjoyed far The decisions were taken by sultation with a view to confirm- more comfortable victories in the India to host 2021 T20 World Cup the IBC (the commercial sub- ing the 2021 schedules for an all- matches that brought the Europa League round of sidiary of the ICC) following an formats England men’s tour to 16 to a belated close. extensive contingency planning India to run from late January to Raul Jimenez scored the only goal from the exercise which took into account late March and for India’s Test tour penalty spot in the ninth minute and Wolves sur- the health, cricket and commercial to England due in the summer of vived a series of scares to edge Olympiakos 1-0 at '2 & ." *! 2 U 16!3O2 ;1!&  31 "3  impact of Covid-19 around the 2021,” the BCCI said in a state- Molineux for a 2-1 aggregate win in a tie that began world. The format of the post- ment. BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Athens on March 13.    confirmed that the T20 World Cup have absolute clarity on the future would have meant that they had to poned World Cup will remain as added: “The BCCI and ECB are At Molineux, Bobby Allain, the visitors’ Franco- 2020 that was postponed due to of ICC events enabling all of our host back to back ICC events it was for 2021. Five teams have working closely to finalise the day- Scottish goalkeeper, failed to control a back pass in ndia on Friday retained the Covid-19 will be held in Australia Members to focus on the resched- including the 50-over World Cup already qualified for the event wise schedule as we move towards the seventh minute. right to host the 2021 T20 in 2022. India will host the T20 uling of lost international and in 2023. That wasn’t a viable and that will stand for 2022. the resumption of cricket. Daniel Podence, who scored for Olympiakos at IWorld Cup while Australia will World Cup 2021 as planned,” the domestic cricket. option,” an ICC Board member The original global qualifica- The five-Test series to be Tottenham in September but moved to Wolves in conduct this year’s postponed edi- ICC stated in a press release. “We will now proceed as told PTI. tion event to determine the final hosted by India could be trimmed January, darted in and stole the ball. tion in 2022, the ICC announced The global body also con- planned with the Men’s T20 World However, it was a big setback three teams to contest the event to four to accommodate the Allain clumsily bundled his former clubmate on Friday after its board meeting, firmed that next year’s women’s Cup 2021 in India and host the for the women’s game with the was scheduled to be held in Sri white-ball games next year. over and Jimenez converted the penalty. straightening out a schedule that ODI World Cup in New Zealand 2022 edition in Australia.” much-awaited World Cup being Lanka in July this year, but was The Greek champions created a string of went topsy-turvy due to the Covid- has been postponed until The format of the 2021 T20 pushed by a year. postponed due to Covid-19. remain the situation for a number chances but were thwarted by good saves by Rui 19 pandemic. February- World Cup will remain as it was for Sawhney said the decision The qualification event will of the teams,” Sawhney spoke Patricio, a tight offside decision and their own inac- This year’s edition had to be (.7.789 March 2020 and all teams that qualified would “give players from every now be held in 2021. about the impact of the pandem- curate finishing. postponed because of the raging # 54561 2022 for that event will now participate competing nation, the best oppor- “There has been no women’s ic. Wolves, who began their Europa League cam- pandemic, which has severely  G A 8 because of in India in 2021. tunity to be ready for the world’s international cricket played since “Moving the event by 12 paign on July 25 last year against Crusaders in the impacted all sports calendars the impact A new qualification process biggest stage and there is still a the conclusion of the women’s T20 months gives all competing teams second qualifying round, will next face Sevilla at globally. the pandemic has had on cricket will be started for the 2022 edition global qualifier to complete to World Cup earlier this year and the chance to play a sufficient level Duisburg on August 11. “The International Cricket globally. ICC Chief Executive in Australia. “BCCI were never decide the final three teams. due to the varying impact of of cricket...So the integrity of the Sevilla were also in Duisburg on Thursday Council (ICC) today (on Friday) Manu Sawhney said: “We now keen to host the 2022 event which An ICC Board member said Covid-19 globally that is likely to tournament is maintained.” where they took the lead against Roma after 22 min- utes. Captain and right back Jesus Navas switched play with a cross-field pass to left back Sergio Reguilon that caught Roma flat-footed.  10/  &( 6  3!!0 1' ) 1 *! - 2  -1." Reguilon surged past two defenders and into the box before sliding a low shot past Spanish goal-     3 .   (against Napoli). And if Champions League, among other keeper Pau Lopez’s foot.   # ()4561 they do start, I am sure they precocious scoring milestones. Sevilla added a second on the counter-attack in arcelona coach   9 A 8 will be guaranteed to play With Lionel Messi and Luis the 43rd minute. ngland was bowled out for BQuique Setién says that he is well.” Suárez set to start in attack, Fati could Lucas Ocampos burst down the right and after E219, a 107-run first innings ready to count on youngsters Ansu The 20-year-old Puig has a get picked over fellow forward Lopez failed to cut out the low cross, Youssef En deficit, after losing six wickets Fati and Riqui Puig to eliminate good chance to earn his debut in Antoine Griezmann, who was cleared Neysri finished into an empty net from close range. to Pakistan’s leg-spinners on the Napoli and advance to the Europe’s top-tier club competition to play by team doctors on Friday Sevilla, coached by former Spain boss Julen third day of the first Test at Old Champions League final eight in and Setién values Puig’s pass- after having recovered from a Lopetegui, dominated as they stretched their Trafford on Friday. Portugal. ing and ball-control skills, right thigh injury last month. unbeaten run to 18 games in all competitions and At tea Pakistan stretched its Barcelona will be without which remind some Clement Lenglet was also kept on course to add to their record five Europa lead by another 20 runs to take midfielders Sergio Busquets, Barca fans of Xavi cleared by team doctors and will League titles. control despite Shan Masood’s Arturo Vidal and Arthur for Hernández and Andrés likely play with Gerard Pique in In Basel, defender Fabien Frei scored the only duck. Saturday’s second leg of their Iniesta, and rewarded the center of the defence with goal in the 88th minute as the home team won 1- Ollie Pope’s 62 was as good round-of-16 tie. The match will him with a bigger Samuel Umtiti still injured. 0 to complete an aggregate 4-0 victory over as it got for the England bats- be played five months after the role during the With only 13 first-team Eintracht Frankfurt. men, with the majority of those Spanish side earned a 1-1 draw at final stretch of the La players available, In Leverkusen, Moussa Diaby scored the only runs scored on day two, with Napoli before the pandemic brought Liga. Fati, 17, made Setién has called up goal after 51 minutes to complete a comfortable vic- Yasir Shah claiming 4-66 and most sports to a halt. a huge splash this seven members of tory for Bayer, who won 3-1 in Glasgow in March. Shadab Khan taking the last “Both Rique and Ansu are ready season by becom- Barcelona’s youth In the quarter-finals, Bayer will make the short two wickets. to play,” Setién said on Friday. “They ing the youngest squad, including trip to Dusseldorf to face Inter Milan on August 10, England resumed the day have performed and played pretty player to score in La American Konrad Basel will play Shakhtar Donetsk in Gelsenkirchen on 92-4 with Pope and Jos well and could perfectly well start Liga and the de la Fuente. the next night. 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Saina, who is based hour was little more than a trial reeling back and fending to 170-8t but had Stuart Broad to Praneeth and N Sikki Reddy, hit in Hyderabad, didn’t train on   ),' Wary of the Covid- training camp has resumed but for the home side. gully after the teenager got one thank for two tail-end stands the courts for training on Friday Friday, while the others, who 19 threat, Olympic hopefuls we will have to wait for a cou- Just nine runs came off the to kick viciously off the surface. that added 49 to the total. under strict safety protocols at had gone to their respective Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj ple of weeks before we take a bat in that time, outscored by Barring an early blow to the He finished unbeaten on the SAI Pullela Gopichand homes in March, and are yet to Rankireddy will wait for call on joining the camp,” the the 10 extras Pakistan con- helmet for new man Chris 29, with three boundaries in a Badminton Academy in return to the city. another couple of weeks before 23-year-old Shetty, who along- tributed, with the three- Woakes, the remainder of the row off Shaheen and a slog- Hyderabad, ending a four- On Friday, Sindhu was the deciding on joining the with Rankireddy won the pronged pace attack of session was better for England swept six off Yasir under his month-long coronavirus-forced first one to train with Gopi and national badminton camp, Thailand Open and finished Shaheen, Mohammad Abbas as they eased the score out to belt, but all-rounder Shadab did hiatus. foreign coach Park Tae-Sang which resumed in Hyderabad runners-up at the French and Naseem Shah working up 159-5. enough at the other end to see This was after the Sports separately. on Friday. Open last year, told PTI. a head of steam. Buttler had scrapped his off Jofra Archer and James Authority of India (SAI) decid- “Sindhu trained today from The men’s doubles pair is Shetty said the coron- Buttler edged the third way through to 38 but fell to his Anderson. ed to resume the national bad- 6:30am to 8:30am. Gopi and currently apart with Shetty at avirus threat is real and he ball of Naseem’s spell just short second ball after lunch, leaving Broad then chipped in minton camp for the eight Park were also present. She will his home in Mumbai and would not feel safe travelling of second slip but after that it a gap between bat and pad that with the ball, getting Masood Olympic hopefuls following =  ;      ; be training everyday at the same Rankireddy lodged at his base at this point. Rankireddy is was a string of plays and miss- allowed Yasir enough room to caught down the leg-side for a Telangana Government’s !   333 9   time this week. In the evening, in Amalapuram in Andhra based closer to Hyderabad, es. Somehow the duo reached part the stumps. duck to go with his career-best approval on August 1. D !6  <  2  she will have her fitness training Pradesh. which is just over 450km from the drinks break without any The experienced spinner 156 from the first innings. “I am very happy to have at Suchitra academy for agility “It is great to hear that the his home town. PTI crucial nicks and when both hit was buoyed by the success and Anderson should have our elite shuttlers back for on- Pullela Gopichand said. and endurance,” the Rio their first boundaries of the day made short work of Dom Bess, made it two down by tea but field training after this long The eight Olympic hopefuls Olympics Silver-medallist’s good shape but there are no have to be careful.” there was a small hope they had producing the turn and bounce Ben Stokes dived in front of break. We are fully equipped to also include London Bronze- father, P V Ramana said. tournaments till October, so After Sindhu, Praneeth and weathered the storm. that left Asad Shafiq with a div- Root and spilled the chance to resume training in a safe envi- winner Saina Nehwal, former “She has been training at she can afford to go easy, no Sikki also trained at the acade- Tentatively, the fifth-wick- ing catch at slip. He claimed his leave Pakistan 20 for one. ronment,” Chief national coach world No 1 Srikanth Kidambi, home so physically she is in point exerting too much. We my from 8:30 to 10:30 am.   Vijayawada Saturday August 8 2020 6        3 #*#3A  3 GA3#63# 

ilmmaker Nag Prabhas could’ve featured in  7. Ashwin, who got the the story. “There is no other nod of Prabhas for a actor who can shoulder the  pan-India project, story other than him presently. says that he is really Not just budget-wise… I’m   excited to take it in talking about someone headlin- front of the cameras. “Without ing the story as it’s filled with revealing the story or the intense emotions,” he had said. tar writer and half of the celebrated genre, all I can say is that it's Touted to be a futuristic sci- actor Paruchuri Paruchuri Brothers duo. going to be really exciting entific-thriller set against the Venkateswara Megastar Chiranjeevi, because I’ve been waiting for backdrop of an imaginary Rao’s wife who shares a long-standing this for a long time. It’s (the third world war, the as-yet Vijayalakshmi working relationship with film) very experimental in untitled film was supposed to passed away in Paruchuri Brothers, upon terms of story. Forget about the roll towards the year-end but Hyderabad on Friday morn- knowing the bad news budget and technical side, just with Prabhas’ Radhe Shyam ing following a heart attack. immediately rang the story idea itself is tricky. To delayed due to COVID-19 out- She was 74. “With grief I Venkateswara Rao and narrate it properly so that it break, Ashwin’s film, a announce the death of expressed his condolences reaches everyone is a chal- Vyjayanthi Movies produc- Paruchuri Vijayalakshmi to the writer and his family. lenge,” the director said in tion, will begin next year. due to a heart attack today “I share a good bond with a recent interview. Deepika Padukone has been morning,” team Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao’s family. I Earlier, speaking to 10 TV, signed on to romance Prabhas Gopalakrishna tweeted on wish Vijayalakshmi garu’s Ashwin said nobody other than in the film. Friday. Gopalakrishna is soul rests in peace,” he said. Venkateswara Rao's MAA too expressed its grief younger brother and one on her death. 0(131 4(4? 1'? ', ())3(> "2 1' A(, "2 (<2'  2 '(> +("13',+ 30(=3G

2, 1' 4'"1 (/ ometime back Megastar Chiranjeevi has stated that he is in talks with ike his colleagues Ram do to make my special day Meher Ramesh for a film. To this Charan and Jr NTR worth remembering. Since we end, the latest buzz is that the direc- sometime back, super- are battling a global pandemic tor is working on Tamil super hit star Mahesh Babu has this year, safety is indispens- Vedalam remake for Chiru. Word in appealed to his fans to able. I request all my fans to the corridors of Tollywood is that the steer clear of large- avoid any social gatherings on Megastar has shown interest towards scale social gatherings as they my birthday. Please stay safe the tweaks that Meher has made. celebrate his 45th birthday this (sic),” he wrote on Friday. He is With the status of Lucifer remake Sunday. The actor, who com- likely to ring in his birthday still hanging in balance, it is mands a following second to with family and close relatives said that Chiru wants to go none, took to Twitter and at his residence in ahead with Vedalam remake underscored the importance of Hyderabad. sometime later next year. safety in view of the present On the work front, While an official confir- times. “I feel blessed and Mahesh will be next seen in mation is awaited, KS thankful to have all of you. I Parasuram’s Sarkaru Vaari Ramarao and Anil truly appreciate all the good Paata. Announced on his Sunkara’s names are deeds father Krishna’s birthday on attached to the pro- you May 31 earlier this year, the ject as producers. project is a joint production The original venture between Mythri film, a pop- Movie Makers, 14 Reels Plus corn enter- and GMB Entertainment. tainer direct- While story details regarding ed by Siva, the film are under wraps, we’ve featured Ajith learnt that Parasuram drew as Ganesh, a inspiration from bank default- gangster- ers in the last five-six years and turned-cab dri- penned a fictional social ver, who secretly drama peppered with action. avenges the murders of “Obviously, the signature his sworn sister’s parents. It was Parasuram humour will be in set in Kolkatta. abundance. He’s also present- Interestingly, Chiru’s younger ing Mahesh in a romantic brother Pawan Kalyan was sup- avatar,” a source tells us. posed to feature in Vedalam There’s no produc- Telugu remake and the film — tion date under the direction of Tamil attached to filmmaker RT Neason — the pro- even had an official muhu- ject yet. rat but as the actor got busy in politics, it has ;1;; been put off. . 7 <.        -      

o far, filmmaker Prasanth Varma has managed to keep the lead actor "   of his next, a film on coronavirus pandemic, under wraps. But the he makers of Pranavam, featuring cat is out of the bag finally as Sree Mangam, Shashank, Avantika we’ve reliably learnt that his good Hari Nalva and Gayatri Ayyar in friend of years Teja Sajja is headlining the  the lead roles, are looking for a film, which is in the final stages of produc- direct-to-digital release for the film. tion. “It was intentional from Prasanth’s end A romantic thriller which marks to refrain from revealing the lead actor’s the directorial debut of G Kumar, the film's name. He wanted to use it as a promotional songs are already out. Expressing her happi- ploy and announce the lead actor’s name ness on the product, S Thanuja, who produced with the first look. The idea was to attract the film under Charitha and Goutham pro- more eyeballs towards the project,” points ductions banner, believes that Sree will prove out a source. himself as a lead actor with the film once This is the second time that Prasanth and again. “Although it’s the first film of Kumar, he Teja are teaming up for a feature project. The packed it with elements that audiences would latter has already spearheaded a whacky take a fancy for. It has been shot without love-story written by the former. Directed by compromising on the budget. The first copy is Naruda Donaruda fame Mallik Ram, its ready and we will release it on an OTT plat- filming is almost over. Prasanth’s film on form shortly,” she said. coronavirus pandemic has a lot of day-to-day The likes of Gemini Suresh, Naveena, funny life incidents incorporated into the nar- Jabardasth Baabi, Dorababu, Sameera among rative, making it a hilarious entertainer. The title others have played supporting roles in the will be unveiled today. film, a Padma Rao Bharadwaj musical.