VOL NO. XI ISSUE NO. 333 PAGES. 8+8 ` /- 4 ENGLISH DAILY THE SOUTH INDIAEDITOR TIMES IN CHIEF: BUCHI BABU VUPPALA 25 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 PUBLISHED FROM: HYDERABAD, CHENNAI & BANGALORE www.thesouthindiatimes.com /facebook/thesouthindiatimes.yahoo.in / thesouthindiatimes.yahoo.in New Rajya Sabha members Afghan forces kill 31 Kerala sees dip in Covid cases nominated to different committees Taliban militants but Vijayan urges caution SHORT TAKES Hyd played pivotal and critical role in WOMAN AMONG SONIA, RAHUL PAY RARE TWO MAOISTS KILLED Indian Pharmaceutical Revolution : KTR IN ODISHA GUNFIGHT TRIBUTES TO NARASIMHA RAO TSIT BUREAU TSIT BUREAU Hyderabad, July 23 : Minister Bhubaneswar, July 24 : At TSIT BUREAU tribute to a most scholarly KTR participated in the 8th least two Maoists, includ- Hyderabad, July 24 :Con- and erudite personality. Af- #eConvocation programme ing a woman, were killed gress Interim President So- ter a long career in state and of National Institute of in a gunfi ght with secu- nia Gandhi and her son Ra- national politics, he became Pharmaceutical Education rity personnel in Odisha's hul Gandhi on Friday paid Prime Minister of India at a and Research (NIPER) Hy- Kandhamal district on tributes to late former Prime time of grave economic cri- derabad and addressed the Thursday, police said. The Minister P.V. Narasimha sis. Through his bold leader- students. Minister said Hy- gun-battle broke out after Rao in what is seen as a rare ship, our country was able to derabad has played a pivotal the left-wing extremists move by Gandhis. The top overcome many challenges and critical role in the Indian opened fi re on a party of leaders of the par ty, which successfully," reads her Pharmaceutical Revolution the state police's Special often faced criticism for message. "The Union Bud- which made the country not Operation on Thursday dumping the political legacy get of July 24, 1991 paved the only self- suffi cient in the evening. The security per- of the late leader, recalled way for the economic trans- medicine manufacture but sonnel returned the fi re, his services on the occasion formation of our country. also made it as the pharma killing two insurgents, of his birth centenary cel- forced the Telangana unit of popularly known, a scholarly Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao's capital of the world. said state DGP Abhay. ebrations organised by the Congress party to conduct and erudite personality. tenure was also marked by Hyderabad accounts for Two bodies (one male and Telangana unit of the party. a similar event. Both Sonia She also went on to call a number of political, social 40% of the total Indian bulk one female in uniform), This is perhaps for the fi rst Gandhi and Rahul Gan- him a very respected na- and foreign policy achieve- drugs and 50 % of the bulk an INSAS rifl e, a carbine time since Rao's death in dhi sent their messages on tional and international ments that have endured. drug exports. We are known and 2 country-made 2004 that the top party lead- the occasion and the same fi gure and said that the Con- Above all he was a dedicated as the Vaccine Capital of weapons were recovered ership paid tributes to him. were read out by Telangana gress party takes pride in Congressman who served the world manufacturing from the spot, he said in Telangana Chief Minister K. Pradesh Congress Commit- his many accomplishments the party devotedly in vari- more than 2 billion doses a tweet. "We once again Chandrashekhar Rao's move tee (TPCC) chief Uttam Ku- and contributions. "The ous capacities." Rahul Gan- of vaccines every year and appeal to Maoists to lay to launch the year-long birth mar Reddy. Sonia Gandhi birth centenary of Shri P.V. dhi congratulated the TPCC contributing to 1/3rd of the down arms and surren- centenary celebrations on described PV, as the late Narasimha Rao is an occa- for organising the birth cen- global vaccine output. der. Odisha government June 28 appears to have former Prime Minister was sion for us to recall and pay tenary celebrations. has a generous surrender and rehabilitation policy," he added. Hope PM won't give place to PRESIDENT FLAGS OFF RELIEF MATERIAL Anandiben to be Madhya 28 LAKH HIT, FOUR opportunists: Kamal Nath Pradesh acting Guv till MORE DIE AS ASSAM New Delhi, July 24 (UNI) FOR FLOOD AFFECTED STATES new appointment FLOOD SITUATION Amid the buzz of a cabinet New Delhi, July 24 WORSENS reshuffl e in the Prime Minis- (UNI) President Ram Guwahati, July 23 (UNI) The ter Narendra Modi-led NDA Nath Kovind on Friday fl ood situation in Assam fur- government, former Madhya fl agged off nine trucks of ther deteriorated on Thurs- Pradesh Chief Minister Ka- Red Cross relief supplies day with four more persons mal Nath in a letter to Modi for the fl ood affected losing their lives, taking the has said that he hopes the is a kind of earthquake in the people of Assam, Bihar toll to 93, even as the num- defectors will be not be given democratic setup and I doubt and Uttar Pradesh. The ber of people affected rose to a place in the cabinet and that at the centre of this is the President is also the Pres- 28.32 lakh across 26 districts, asked him to save the demo- Centre (Union government). ident of Indian Red Cross New Delhi, July 24 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh offi cials said. Offi cials of the cratic values. I hope my doubts are base- Society (IRCS). The nine Governor Anandiben Patel will continue to Forest Department and the The letter is an indirect at- less." He further alleged that trucks loaded with relief hold additional charge as acting Governor Assam State Disaster Man- tack on BJP leader Jyotirad- there is always an attempt material were fl agged off respective states. It said, "These items are meant state Red Cross branches of Madhya Pradesh until a new appoint- agement Authority (ASDMA) itya Scindia, who took oath as to destabilise the govern- by Kovind in the pres- the relief material includ- to safeguard and protect to the affected people. ment is made for the gubernatorial post, said that at least 123 wild Rajya Sabha MP on Wednes- ment through unfair means ence of Union Health ed items such as tarpau- health workers associ- Several districts of Bi- the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Friday. animals have died in fl oods day, and is likely to be in- wherever the opposition is Minister Dr Harsh Vard- lins, tents, saris, dhotis, ated with IRCS medical har, Assam and Uttar "Consequent upon the demise of Lalji and 150 rescued even as 92 ducted in the Union Cabinet in power. On Thursday, an- han. A statement from cotton blankets, kitchen services in these states Pradesh are affected by Tandon, Governor of Madhya Pradesh, per cent of the 430 sq km, after he led a successful revolt other Congress MLA resigned the Rashtrapati Bhavan sets, mosquito nets, bed as well as the volunteers fl oods. On the occasion the President of India is pleased to ap- world-famous Kaziranga Na- against Kamal Nath, which from the party, dashing the said that these relief sheets, buckets and two of IRCS who are at the of fl agging off, R.K. Jain, point Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar tional Park, home to more led to the fall of the Con- hopes of Congress of making supplies for the fl ood af- water purifi cation units. forefront of fl ood relief IRCS General Secretary Pradesh, to discharge the functions of the than 2,200 one-horned In- gress government in Madhya a comeback in the state after fected people of Assam, In further said that Co- and rehabilitation ef- apprised the President Governor of Madhya Pradesh, in addition dian rhinoceros, remained Pradesh. Attacking the Cen- the by-elections. The Con- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh vid-19 protection items forts," it said. The supply on the initiatives and the to her own duties, until regular arrange- inundated. The animals tral government, Kamal Nath gress is facing a similar revolt shall be carried from such as surgical masks, of the above materials is work done by the Society ments for the offi ce of the Governor of that have died in the deluge said, "It's not a matter of the in Rajasthan where 18 MLAs Delhi to the concerned PPE kits, gloves and face in continuation and in to serve the people af- Madhya Pradesh are made," a Rashtra- include 12 rhinos, 93 hog Congress government only, along with former Deputy states by train and will shields are also part of addition to the material fected by fl oods and Co- pati Bhavan statement read. Tandon, 85, deer, seven wild boars, four but the whole democratic Chief Minister Sachin Pilot be received by the state the relief material fl agged already provided by IRCS vid-19 in different parts passed away in Lucknow on Tuesday after wild buffaloes. According to setup has been shaken. There have rebelled. Red Cross branches of off by the President. to be distributed by the of the country. a prolonged illness. the ASDMA offi cials, of the 28.32 lakh people currently distressed, over 17.85 lakh are only in the state's fi ve In move against China, India tightens rules Rajasthan High Court orders status quo western districts of Goalpara (469,499), Barpeta (421,522), on disqualification notices by Speaker Morigaon (367,471), Dhubri on investments from neighbours (278,041) and South Sakmara NEW DELHI July 24: incoming foreign invest- Jaipur Jul 24: The Rajasthan (249,423).