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The state government has speeded up the process of drafting the new Telangana Revenue Act, 2020 with an aim to introduce it in the upcom- ('(& ing session of the Legislative cent about four weeks ago to Assembly that is scheduled to 1.78 per cent as of 14- begin from September 7. 20August. Although the state With corruption cases at Now it is official. Coronavirus reported a biggest spike ever of Mandal Revenue Officer-level spread is under control in 2,256 cases on 7August, since (Tahsildar) increasing in the " " " Telangana. Notwithstanding the then the number of cases has state and revenue officials #$%$% criticism over the number of tests, been on the decline and saw a often getting caught red-hand- the state has successfully reduced surge of 1926 on August20. ed by Anti Corruption Bureau average daily increase of positive This declining trend has to (ACB) sleuths while accepting percentage from 3.35 % to 2.2 % continue for the state to be huge bribes to do property & ' and reported a massive 77.30% among front-runners. mutations, the new Revenue recovery rate which is above Act is expected to strip the ( national average. Detailed study Impressive recoveries Revenue Department of muta- # ! of the trend of coronavirus spread The key to Telangana's suc- tion powers, let alone MROs. in Telangana revealed some inter- cess in its fight against COVID- The new Revenue Act is esting aspects of better manage- 19 is the consistently and expected to vest the Stamps ' & ) ment of the pandemic by the state sharply rising number of recov- and Registration Department administration. The Pioneer has eries reflected by the recovery with powers to do property analysed the coronavirus data for rate. The recovery rate of mutations. The registrars of given powers to do property the state and strongly believe that Telangana has been impres- Stamps and Registration mutations in the place MROs. the infection is very much under sive;it is among the Top 5states Department are expected to be control as of now. in the country. While the With 1,04,249 cases as on national average is 74.9percent, Sunday, in the country. The death toll has mounted to the way the state is progressing in Covid-19 cases is seeing a the recovery rate of Telangana % Q Telangana is preceded by Bihar 755 and the total recovery count in handling the pandemic. decline. Even though the num- is 77.30percent as on August22. with 1.19lakh cases and West has gone up to 80,586. Despite ber of cases has not seen an From 70.44percent in first R Bengal at 1.3lakh cases,respec- the low number of tests, a look Fresh Covid19 absolute decline but is stag- week of August, over the past tively. The total coronavirus at trends for the five-week peri- cases everyday gered, the percentage of daily three weeks, the recovery rate cases in Telangana apparently od 19July to 22 August, reveals In an indication of flattening cases has been on the decline has gone up by7points. crossed the one lakh mark. several encouraging trends in of the curve, the rate of increase so far. It dropped from 3.34 per !
&(&)& ! !! "# $ !! %& &+./01*.02 0 12 3.3 2 /-+/,- Apex Council 01*.0402 2 /-,/+- Sonia offers to quit, as cracks in 325&&37 30 4 meet postponed 0.10'02 - /, K-6/ Congress widen ahead of CWC meet 02080+702 -/ K +/ 7 !=8 04902 -7/, K -/- C N" ) OG - )- The Apex Council meeting Chairman, '310 - /. !-,/+. C8 D tory -- can remain an "integral involving Telangana and Managing &&7 325 3 4 ! part of a collective leadership". Andhra Pradesh states, sched- Director of TS 243010'02 - / K-7/ - Caught in the cross-fire of a In any case, the party is uled to be held on August 25, Genco, TS snowballing controversy over a "#$% " deeply divided on the leader- has been postponed once after Transco ;.393 .4.02 /., K +/ , letter written by more than 20 $ ship issue with a section as the Council chairman and Prabhakar Rao top party leaders calling for demanding a "full-time" chief Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra has ruled out scope for water #$% &'& sweeping reforms, 'introspection' party's top decision-making and another backing Gandhis Singh Shekhawat has tested entering the Srisailam hydel %& #% and a 'full-time visible leader- body - on Monday. The letter at the helm. Some leaders positive for coronavirus. The power plant from outside. ship'; Sonia Gandhi on Sunday questions the constitution of the called for Sonia Gandhi to Minister has been hospitalised. In a statement issued here $ / reportedly told aides that she present CWC and suggests that stay or Rahul Gandhi to take This is the second time that on Sunday, he said that a /, 8++ would rather resign as the party's the Gandhis -- who have led the charge again. the meeting has got post- Minister K Chandrasekhar committee has been appoint- 9 / +: interim president. According to party for most of its 134-year his- poned in a month's time. Rao. The Jal Shakti Ministry ed to probe the August 20 2 /-; -- sources, Sonia Gandhi, 73, will denied reports about Sonia offer- The Apex Council meet- had officially notified the incident in which seven engi- 2 /-; ,. either resign immediately or ing to quit. ing was originally sched- postponement of the meet- neers and two battery compa- ' ( ' give the party a deadline to find All of this comes ahead of a uled to be held on August 5, ing to both the governments ny representatives died due to ) * +,"+-+-./-- a new chief. AICC media chief meeting of the Congress but had to be deferred at the separately. fire at the powerhouse. Randeep Surjewala, however, Working Committee -- the behest of Telangana Chief TS govt ignores martyred healthcare staff CID begins probe into to take care of doctors and their families with insurance & term Telangana's response to the policy.” A section of the doctors Srisailam fire mishap deaths of Covid-19 warriors is even wore black badges and to handle the works assigned “disappointing”, according to demanded ex gratia sum for Dr in the power house. doctors representing various Naresh. Doctors are donating The Criminal Investigation Addressing these questions associations who want the state ! from their salaries as the Department(CID) tasked with are crucial because some say government to go beyond ! Telangana government has probing the Srisailam fire acci- that the fire started during the offering condolences. failed to respond. dent will pinpoint where and replacement of batteries, while While other states like Delhi ! IMA TS president Dr when the fire erupted, estab- others attribute it to short are announcing ex gratia pay- ! " Vijayendra Reddy said the lish whether Standard circuit. Besides, there are alle- ment of Rs 1 crore, the association had decided to Operating Procedures were gations that some inexperi- Telangana government has done give cheques for Rs 6 lakh to followed while carrying out enced persons were handling hardly anything, apart from rior, died after saving many from the govt about ex gratia the family of Dr Naresh, who various works, and assess the task of replacement of condoling the deaths. HRDA corona patients and 17 days past and financial support to his fam- died of Covid recently. whether the personnel con- batteries. said, “Dr Naresh, a covid war- still no official announcement ily. It's the govt's responsibility cerned had enough experience +$# & ', -./-0-0
The law permits only the Central and the State govern- ments to intercept phone calls to counter a public emergency or for ensuring public safety between the judiciary and the conversation involving Union ing protestations then but is after getting written permis- executive. ! Minister Gajendra Singh about now attempting to take the sion from the Home Secretary. Q Just in May, the Court had ! " " # horse trading. It raises the moral high ground by seeking As this communication if initiated contempt proceedings #" #" ! !! $ # " question about which was a the Prime Minister's inter- leaked would jeopardise the R against many social media !" " %" ' $ bigger crime: assault on per- vention. political interests of the gov- users, including ruling party %" # ) sonal freedom by the Congress Ramakrishna Hegde ernment, snooping is done supporters, for launching a tapping telephone or the BJP resigned as Karnataka Chief illegally. or the second time in a smear campaign against judges trying to bring down an elect- Minister in 1988 over charges Eight years ago, then CBI row, the YSR Congress in the wake of three judgments has junked these charges and violation of the fundamental ed government through dubi- of telephone -tapping. The joint director V.V. Ffinds itself locked in a delivered by it. The Court served notices on a newspaper right to privacy guaranteed ous methods. In 2001, the very same Congress, which Lakshminarayanacomplained row with the judiciary, cur- had ordered a CBI probe into for publishing the story on tap- under Article 21. party's then president Bangaru had plotted his ouster,showed to Hyderabad police thata rently over allegations of tap- the mishandling of a govern- ping judges' phones. It is not just the act of tap- Laxman was caught red-hand- no qualmswhen Finance newspaper and television ping judges' phones. This has ment doctor by Vizag police, Phone-tapping of adver- ping that is disconcerting and ed in a sting operation by MinisterPranab Mukherjee channel owned by Jagan's fam- erupted even before the storm hauled up top bureaucrats for saries is becoming an integral illegal if carried out without Tehelka. complained to the Prime ily had revealed the call data raised by abuse of judges in the defying its orders banning use part of ruling parties' strate- proper authority. The very $< = " Closer home, Chandrababu Minister in 2011 that his office records of his cell phones. social media has subsided. of YSRC party colours on gov- gies.Their targets could be criminality encompassing the 9 Naidu hadn't much to say was bugged. The CBI official, who was The controversy acquired a ernment buildings and, lastly, political rivals, suspects or mindset of spying on fellow when the Telangana Rashtra The issues here are twofold: then investigating a slew of new dimension last week when reinstated suspended IPS offi- even ordinary citizens. Police legislators without heed to the Samithi released tapes of a (a) the ease of snooping in this cases against the YSRC leader, the A. P. High Court issued cer A. B. Venkateswara Rao. in Kerala, under fire for col- damage it can cause to the police after arrest. It is thus conversation with nominated age of technology and lately (b) said the action was aimed at notices to the Centre, the Leader of the Opposition N. lecting call data records of democratic fabric is disturbing. taken for granted that laws can MLA Elvis Stephenson ahead the lenience towards those who demoralising him. Central Bureau of Chandrababu Naidu and the Covid-19 patients for contact We are an imperfect democ- be bent in offences like phone- of the Legislative Council elec- bug telephones for illicit polit- The High Court was right Investigation, telecom opera- ruling party's own MP Raghu tracing, claimedthat this exer- racy with low rankings in the tapping. tions in 2015 to wreck the KCR ical activity.Devices for tap- while making it clear that this tors and the Telecom Rama Krishna Raju lodged cise was limited to gathering indices of freedom. We have The BharatiyaJanata Party government.Naidu's party ping are freely available in the was a serious matter. The two- Regulatory Authority of India. complaints of phone-tapping tower location details. had the Kanpur gangster Vikas raised a hue and cry in then got shattered in market. Even calls from mobile judge bench, perhaps for Possibly, it may be inching with the Centre.The Jagan However, even collection of Dubey and Disha's killers in Rajasthan recently when the Telangana with no hopes of applications can be hacked stronger emphasis, said tele- towards a confrontation Mohan Reddy government call data records constitutes Hyderabad being shot dead by Congress released a phone revival. He made no convinc- through advanced tools. phone-tapping was not a joke. Rs.19.97, New Zealand Dollar: Rs.48.84, Kuwaiti C8 D she has made up her mind --- With a successful vaccine for Dinar: Rs.244.91, Omani Rial: I believe Rahul Gandhi should COVID-19 in sight and eas- Rs.194.80 and UAE Dirham: The Congress's Rahul Gandhi come ahead and be the ing of geo-political tensions Rs.20.39, Japanese Yen: -- who quit the party top post Congress President as country notwithstanding moderate Rs.0.71, Hong Kong Dollar: last year -- is firm on his stand faces the biggest challenge to irritants, the New York gold Rs.9.66. Cotton, paddy not to accept it again, sources save our Constitution - cooled down significantly In the domestic market, close to him told NDTV. Democracy," tweeted during the week ended due to incessant rains, cou- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also Rajasthan Chief Minister Saturday.Consequently, New pled with Covid-19 fear, clear she will remain as a gen- Ashok Gehlot. York gold showed a down- potential buyers preferred to acreage highest in TS eral secretary and not take on "Sonia Gandhi should con- swing and finally closed at US remain indoor for most of the a bigger role, sources said as the tinue as long as she wants; $ 1,919.50 (per ounce) while, time. Both the precious met- Congress, fresh out of the Rahul Gandhi should take over silver followed suit and closed als shed extra weight and Rajasthan crisis, found itself after her as he is fully compe- at $ 26.64 (per ounce). closed at much lower levels. Compared to other states, area <83++3+823''* caught in a huge controversy. tent," Amarinder Singh said. Platinum decreased and Standard gold (24 carats) of land cultivated under paddy &=4&>45>&&+ A letter by more than 20 lead- Sources, however, said Rahul closed at $ 891 (per declined by Rs.60 and closed and cotton in Telangana is the ers demanding an overhaul of wants to continue the role he ounce),whereas palladium at Rs.55,450 (per 10 gms). highest, according to statistics + the party leadership and its has been playing, taking on increased to $ 2,065 Ornamental gold too moved released by the Union 7 C + functioning -- written as like Punjab Chief Minister raise such an issue, given need Prime Minister Narendra Modi (per ounce) respec- in tandem and was quoted in Ministry of Agriculture. This - ) - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was Amarinder Singh and his for strong opposition against on a number of issues. tively. the range of Rs.50,730 - is attributed to bountiful rains -- ) - helping solve the Rajasthan cri- Chhattisgarh counterpart BJP-led NDA that was out to "Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also Other econom- 50,830 on the closing across the country leading to )-- - sis -- has become public. Bhupesh Baghel pledged sup- destroy country's constitution- clear she will remain as a ic parameters day. Silver (0.999) inflows into reservoirs. 5 >+ As Sonia Gandhi, the inter- port to her. Amarinder Singh al ethos and democratic prin- General Secretary and not take remained appreciatedby Rs.800 Compared to area of land 7 * 9 ( im chief of the party, said she also attacked the dissenters, ciples". A chorus to bring back on any leadership role of the strong. Brent and closed at under various crops in -- - -5 9 would offer to resign, leaders saying this was "not the time to Rahul Gandhi also started. "If party," the sources added. closed at Rs.67,800 (per vanakalm last year, the area - - -- US$ kg). this time has increased by - 44.36 COM- 8.56 per cent. .*1'' - 5 9 - - (per bar- MODITIES The total area of land under -- - * rel) while Crude MCX oil was The sentiment in princi- seven main crops cultivated in - ,0*''' - 5 Sonia offers to quit, as cracks in... quoted at Rs.3,174 (per bar- pal wholesale commodity vanakalam was 979.15 lakh 9 !() Continued from Page 1 former Haryana CM said, adding that the Gandhis rel).Gold MCX stood at markets in the twin cities hectares, but it increased to 105,$ ( * Bhupinder Singh Hooda. were the right fit for this role. Rs.51,462 (per 10 gms). The continued to remain strong. 1,062.93 lakh hectares during Punjab Chief Minister Opposing the bid to challenge Sonia Gandhi should contin- Continued from Page 1 MCX Silver moved down- Rythu Bazars and the vari- current season. Area of land - 5 Amarinder Singh, the Gandhi family leadership, ue to helm the Congress as ward and closed at Rs.66,820 ous commodity markets under cultivation of paddy - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said this was long as she wants," he said, The meeting was called (per kg), copper marched located in Begum Bazar, has increased by 11.71 per H - -- - Bhupesh Baghel, Rajasthan not the time to raise such an adding that Rahul Gandhi after the Telangana govern- ahead and closed at Rs.520.50 Kishangunj, Mukthyargunj, cent, pulses increased by 6.77 - 7 ; - Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, issue. should thereafter take over as ment had objected to the AP (per kg). Sensex and Nifty 50 Risala Abdullah, Mir per cent, millets by 4.35 per -- 1*0.1 H * Congress leader in Lok Sabha "The move by these he is fully competent to lead government's move to draw closed at 38434.72 and AlamMandi, Dilsukhnagar, cent, oilseeds by 14.09 per )- - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Congress leaders to demand a the party. Gehlot termed the 3 TMC water every day 11371.60 points. Kukatpally, Bowenpally and cent, sugar cane by 1.10 per ) ( 5 former ministers Ashwani rehaul of the party at this crit- letter as unfortunate and said from the Srisailam reservoir Leading foreign curren- General Bazar are strug- cent, cotton by 3.33 per cent Kumar, Salman Khurshid and ical juncture would be detri- the Gandhi family has kept the by augmenting the cies' exchange rates were: US gling to resume normal busi- and jute 1.68 per cent. hectares, of which Telangana KK Tewary backed the mental to its interests, and the party united. "I am not aware Pothireddypadu head regu- $: Rs.74.90, British Pound: ness activities. The NECC The rainfall recorded in the accounts for an increase by 26.56 Gandhis. The dissenting interests of the nation... What of any such letter, but if this is lator. The Apex Council has Rs.98.29, Euro: Rs.88.21, wholesale eggprice in country up to August 20 was 663 per cent. Seven states accounts for group included former minis- the Congress needs is a lead- true, then it is unfortunate. Jal Shakti minister as its Singapore $: Rs.54.66, Swiss Hyderabad appreciated by mm as against the normal aver- an increase in area under cotton ters Ghulam Nabi Azad, ership that is acceptable not They all have worked with the chairman and the Chief Franc: Rs.82.04, Australian $: Rs.15 and closed at Rs.375 age rainfall of 628.3 mm. The area by 9.78-lakh hectares. Telangana Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, just to a few but to the entire party for so long and the move Ministers of Telangana and Rs.53.67, Saudi Riyal: (per 100). under paddy crop in the coun- accounts for 62.47 per cent - 6.11 Mukul Wasnik, Manish party, through its rank and file, of the letter is uncalled for," Andhra Pradesh as its mem- try has increased by 39.67 lakh lakh hectares. Tewari, Shashi Tharoor and and the nation at large," he Gehlot said. bers. Telangana govt expedites new Revenue Act Continued from Page 1 smoke all over the place denied NTPC and a similar incident Continued from Page 1 Revenue Department to do their work done. While the Keshampet MRO Chief Minister K oxygen for engineers to sur- taking place in Tamil Nadu. mutation. The fact that over 1.16 lakh V.Lavanya in Rangareddy dis- Chandrasekhar Rao had When a fire mishap occurs, the vive. Due to lack of power sup- The Nagarjuna Sagar project Going forward, the new Act is Mutation is the change of mutation applications are trict was caught accepting Rs announced that the state gov- units should trip automatical- ply, ventilation too got was also producing hydel likely to stimulate registrars of title ownership from one per- pending with the Revenue 93.5 lakh cash on July 11, ernment would bring the new ly. But that did not happen on switched off and the emer- power due to heavy inflows the Stamps and Registration son to another when the prop- Department for years shows Keesara MRO Nagaraju was Revenue Act in April 2019. He Thursday. So, an inquiry was gency door failed to open. into the project. Department to do property erty is sold or transferred. how a few corrupt officials in caught on August 14 while he said it would be passed during on as to why the units did not The power plant had been The CMD said that the mutations along with proper- Although the existing norms department are using powers was accepting Rs 1.10 crore the Legislative Assembly ses- trip, he said. The assistance of producing 128 MW per day for demand for power had come ty registration and issue e- stipulate that property muta- to their advantage. bribe. Both these incidents sion in September 2019. NDRF and CISF teams was the past one month. There was down in the farm sector in Passbooks immediately to tions should be done within 15 The incidents of two MROs shook the state government However, it did not materialise. availed as the electricity no truth in the allegations view of heavy rains. property owners. days of the property transac- getting caught by ACB red- due to which it is now trying The delay had only fuelled cor- department could not handle that power generation had Prabhakar Rao said the At present, property registra- tions, the revenue staff inten- handed in state within a gap of to expedite the new Revenue ruption in the Revenue the crisis on its own. been suspended at the plant. death of nine persons in tions are done by the Stamps tionally keep them pending for one month to do property Act to immediately check cor- Department. KCR is reported- The fire accident affected He cited the instance of a Srisailam powerhouse was and Registration Department. years so that property owners mutations exposed the flaws in ruption in the Revenue ly firm on bringing the new Act power supply leading to dark- boiler blast that claimed the painful. He assured full sup- After this, it is referred to the are forced to pay bribes to get the existing mutation process. Department. at least in September 2020. ness in the plant. The prevalent lives of over 30 persons at port to the bereaved families. '#> 2 COVID UNDER CONTROL IN TELANGANA Continued from Page 1 replacement of the batteries. hours of rescue operation all Continued from Page 1 in enhancement of COVID-19 ducting 580tests per day per However, the state has been significantly showed a drop. There are around six units and the bodies were recovered. tests in the state. Just over million, Telangana is conduct- come under scrutiny for the However, from the time rapid More importantly, the equip- each unit consists of around 56 "The fire started at the cable Telangana is preceded by Delhi, Friday and Saturday, the state ing only426 tests per day per way it reports deaths as those antigen tests were used, posi- ment in the Srisailam Left batteries. A few days before in another floor battery when Haryana, Tamil Nadu and conducted 83,761 tests and a million, which meets the who died due to co-morbidities tivity rate doesn't hold good as Bank Hydel Power Station this accident, batteries of one replacement work was going Gujarat respectively. Of the total of 1.87lakh tests in the WHO standard of 140 tests per and Covid-19 are not account- RT-PCR was standard way of reportedly cost around Rs of the unit were replaced and on. Due to which when the 1.04lakh cases in reported in week of 16-22August. This is day per million. While the ed as Covid-19 deaths. As per measuring it. 7500 crore. There are six units, while replacing the batteries power tripped as the batteries Telangana, 80,586 persons have important for the state as the Tests Per Million in India the state, of the total deaths, each generating 150 MW fire started," said G Nagaraju, replacement work is going on recovered. Evidently, the gap number of tests were just about touched 25,574 on Sunday, only 46.13percentare only due Lowest reproduction rate power, or total of 900 MW. president of the Telangana the lights couldn't be brought between recovered patients 1lakh about a month ago. Yet, Telangana is at 25,099 the to Covid-19; the remaining Rt value, known as repro- The team, under the leader- Electricity Employees Union. back which forced them to and active COVID-19 cases is Telangana is among bottom 10 same day. are patients with comorbidities duction number, is the average ship of Additional Director Expressing a different opin- work in darkness. As there was immense. As a higher number states in the country reporting apart from the virus infection. number of people infected by General of Police - CID ion, Eshwar Rao from the no power, water also entered of patients recover, their per- low testing. Telangana has Low fatality rate a person at a time of the out- Govind Singh, has started Telangana State United into the premises delaying the centage rate continues to rise been at the receiving end for its The fatality rate of Telangana Positivity rate higher break. A Rt value of less than investigations. On Saturday Electricity Employees Union rescue operation," (sic) Rao steeply, along with a steady low number of tests with 9.31 has been low. Telangana has than national average 1 suggests that the rate of they visited the site and collect- said, "The fire started due to a added. "Inexperience and neg- decline in the percentage of lakh tests conducted so far in reported 755 deaths so far. Over the past two days, due infection is slow and epidem- ed samples for forensic analy- short circuit in a cable and ligence of the employee had active cases. the state. Ever since the state The case fatality rate of to the increase in testing, the ic is controlled. As per sis. The team is likely to record spread to fifth and sixth panel. cost their lives. It is the mistake increased the tests by adopting Telangana is 0.72percent, as positivity rate in the state for Covidtoday.in, Telangana is the statements of all those Some of them managed to get of the concerned officials to Gradually increasing Rapid Antigen kits, the num- against the national average of the first time was below the among the states with lowest who were present at the site at out and DE and AE tried to post the inexperienced number of tests bers have soared. While most 1.87percent. Telangana is wit- national average. Until Friday, reproduction rates. While the time of accident, including control the fire by that time it employees at the power house," While the state has been PHCs are conducting antigen nessing a trend of lower fatal- while the national positivity India's Rt value is at 1.06, the eight employees who man- went out of their hands." opined Nagaraju. "There is called out numerous times for tests, it is less reliable than the ities, especially over the last rate was at 8percent, Telangana Telangana is at 0.99. Telangana aged to escape from the site, as The smoke had engulfed high technology in place; if a its smaller number of tests, the traditional RT-PCR tests. Not three weeks, declining from was at 10.17percent. The pos- has the 5th lowest reproduction well as higher officials in the area, which blurred their person lights a cigarette also it rising daily tests during the all persons who tested negative 0.68 per cent in the week of 2- itivity rate of the state has rate preceded by Nagaland, charge of the project. vision, and nine persons died will alert the employees of past two days present a strong in antigen tests are taking RT- 8August to 0.48 per cent in the been declining from 15percent Andaman and Nicobar Islands, "The fire started during the due to asphyxiation. After 10 Vidyut Soudha." depiction of the progress made PCR tests. While India is con- week of 16-22August. on 26 July; the state now has Assam and Bihar respectively.
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Jagtial, Mahabubnagar, A))) 43 Telangana in view of Covid-19 According to festival organ- Nirmal, Gadwal and Mahab- 8 6 .0 pandemic. isers, the pandemic had direct- ubabad have more than 100 Charminar, 10 in Khairatabad, =- .3 The 10-day festival started ly or indirectly impacted liveli- !-1!7!8 !, zones. Nirmal and Sircilla have 10 in Serilinga-mpally, 9 in under the shadow of the pan- hood of three lakh persons in added most containment zones Kukatpally, 6 in Secunderabad 8 .1 demic, with the devotees con- Hyderabad and other parts of ; .. - over the past 4 weeks with 125 ! and 6 in LB Nagar Zones. fining the celebrations to their the state. 9 ) - - - and 124 zones respectively. Containment areas in .. respective homes. The size of Khairatabad - - ) - The data on the number of $ Charminar and Secunderabad #$ As authorities banned idol this year has been reduced ) - - containment zones in the state Zone have significantly A) #1 installation of idols in public to just nine feet in height. It was released for the first time reduced. Evidently these are #4 places, the puja and other fes- once used to be the tallest idol - 7C66* on July 28. An increase in -. the areas which are now 7 #4 tivities were restricted. in Hyderabad. It is the first .45 9 ) - number of containment zones reporting fewer cases. C ( -- #. The festival began on a time in its 66-year history - - in districts shows the rising Adilabad have reduced the Since July 28, when the list C ) #. lackluster note in Hyderabad, that the idol size has been - ( 59* 759* 7* 7 * * 75 5* spread of disease in rural areas. number of containment zones of containment zones was which ranks only after reduced. Every year, the organ- 55 5 ; - )) 5 9 7C66 - One of the reasons attributed since July 28. Currently five released for the first time, 11 #. Mumbai in terms of the scale isers used to increase the -) * -) * is because people rushed to districts including Bhadradri districts have not added or 8 ## of the annual festival. Ganesha idol's height by one - J -)) -* - ) - 9--* their natives fearing another Kothagudem, Bhupalpally, removed any containment C- #' For the first time in over foot. This year, the organisers 7 * J - ; - )) lockdown and inadvertently Medchal- Malkajgiri, Vikara- zones. These 11districts are C 3 four decades, no pandals or had planned to install a 66- - 6 * * * * ; * became carriers bad and Yadadri Bhongir have Bhadradri Kothagudem, A-)) ) ) 4 makeshift tents were erected at feet-tall idol. 9 - * 8-) * ; ) -* Hyderabad which is consid- zero containment zones. Jayashankar Bhupalpally, A- ) ' public places to display the Though the organising ;- * - 8- (* ) * - * ered as epicenter has reduced With the Coronavirus rapid- Kamareddy, Medchal- = ( ' Ganesha idols in the city. committee installed the idol, --) * - --* -* =- )* 7)* the number of containment ly spreading in districts, the Malkajgiri, Narayanpet, 7 " 7(+ ' Every year, thousands of big no public puja was conducted. -)) * 7) * ; * ) * -* K---* zones to 65. Sangareddy, containment zones have gone Nalgonda, Nizamabad, idols of the elephant god are Every year, the state Governor -) - - J ;- 5 9 Mahabubnagar, GHMC, up in 16 districts except for 6 Suryapet, Vikarabad, Warangal ! ( ' set up in markets, on roads, in used to perform puja on the 7C66 - - ) #$ Wanaparthy, Peddapalli and areas. Among these 14 are in Urban, Yadadri Bhongir. - ' colonies and other public first day of the Ganesha fete. .' - - ) &'5 *+ '* +, # #%# 13''570B54 ('&,- -./,!! '&*3+8>&+4&' - 0 12!!, 0! ( !# #!# &B2&&4>>'5 D -) H - - - - )- - - Governor Dr Tamilisai Faculty working in private Two persons died in a road ) 5 - I " H ( - Soundararajan on Sunday said educational institutions in the accident when the motorist A) - that the National Recruitment state, mainly in technical col- lost control over the bike and D - 7 - >7 Agency (NRA) is a milestone leges, is facing severe difficul- fell on the road divider at : <* 5 9 H in streamlining the recruit- ties due to pending salaries Malkajgiri on Saturday night. - C) + B- - - - )) =( - - - ment for the central jobs. during the pandemic. In addi- The victims were identified - -) + 1 ) 5 7 - Welcoming the initiative to tion to this, many lecturers as Radesham, 35, and Prem, * @9 - - launch the NRA, the Governor have lost their jobs owing to 26. - . -) -) - - 5@ said that it would save around the current economic crisis. According to the police, three crore aspirants from the The President of the Protection is also given to the Radesham and Prem were untold hardship of taking A > 2 @ ,! Telangana Schools Technical employees by the TS education travelling to Moula Ali from numerous tests all over the 2 Colleges Employees Act 1982, Sec.79. The institu- Lalapet on a two-wheeler country. Association (TSTCEA) tions are not caring for the when the incident occurred. ( 1 !"-"! !, The Governor was partici- divide in accessibility," she Santosh Kumar recently met implementation of such laws When the bike reached pating as the chief guest at the + added. MLC Alugubelli Narsireddy, and regulatory machinery is Moula Ali Flyover bridge, 4 ! !, ! inaugural of the 3-day interna- !!# ## The Governor pointed out and spoke to him regarding all failing miserably to control the the person who was riding tional virtual conference on # that majority of the students in the issues. He also informed institutions. the bike lost control over it - ; :;< - "Innovations for the new nor- " remote rural and tribal areas that while the teachers were A petition was filed stating and accidentally fell on a 9 ( - ; G mal," organised by the were not having access to being paid half their salaries that they were suffering, how- road divider, due to which - --) - - Government Degree College, internet, smart phones and initially, but now they have not ever nothing has come of it as both of them sustained bleed- - .45 9 " ) Parkal in Warangal district. ' other gadgets to take part in been paid anything in the yet. Responding to the issue, ing injury and died on the - ( --) - - She exhorted the academi- the online education. past two months. Narsireddy said that it was not spot. --) * 5 cians and educational institu- !# # Any infrastructure initia- Santhosh also informed the right for private educational Following the complaint tions to reach to those tive in this direction must be MLC that after the outbreak of institutions not to pay salaries. from their kin, Malkajgiri unreached students so as to '## aimed at providing them with Covid, the Telangana He promised that this issue police booked a case and facilitate their online learning. the equal access to quality Government issued a special will be brought to the notice further investigation is - 0!-1!7!8 !, Nobody should be left out of do not have access to the gad- online education. There must GO to all educational institu- of Chief Minister K underway. the online education. gets and internet connectivity not be any discrimination and tions stating not to terminate Chandrashekar Rao in the Both the bodies were shift- 9 - - 9 - 9 : 99< "If we fail to reach out to the to be part of the online learn- nobody should be left of the employees and also should forthcoming Assembly and ed to Gandhi Hospital 9 ;- -))- ) - underprivileged students, who ing, it will result in the digital education and online learning. pay salaries regularly. Legislative Council meetings. Mortuary for autopsy. - ) . -) ## ) - #5&' ) - 5 9 99 - D; 9 .'.' - ) ,5 9 " -) ## ) - # ) " -) .5&' ) - 45&' )5 #$%&'(% ) &' "!( #% ) blocks of stilt plus ten floors # !# " #% # patterns. The municipal corpo- 0+B&+77507+754 As many as 6,240 2BHK hous- ration is extending all support es at Rampally will be ready for to the agency executing the inauguration by September- works, he said adding that to **=3>3&*>34>2*0+>5* end and in addition to these expedite works, shear walls With the world slowly going another 75,000 2BHK units were constructed using tunnel back to normal, many students $ booked a ticket for August 23 will be ready by the year-end, form technology, which is first from Telangana are looking $# to Howrah and was staying at said Mayor B Rammohan. of its kind technology in the forward to go abroad for high- A fast food centre worker Sri Laxmi lodge in Appealing to the people not country. er education. hailing from Nepal died under Secunderabad. In the morning to approach any agents or Each 2BHK houses is cost- For several years, United ! suspicious circumstances at a he was found dead on the bed middlemen for allotment of ing about Rs 8.75 lakh and States of America has been the # # lodge in Secunderabad on in the lodge room," houses, he said the state gov- amenities provided in the site favourite destination for many Sunday. According to the Gopalapuram police said. ernment was adopting a trans- are on par with any private students who want to study police, Thipender, 27, was Based on a complaint, the parent process in allotment of +09& < 2 gated community. "There is a abroad. In fact, Hyderabad favorite. While there is no working at a fast food centre police booked a case and took houses wherein revenue shopping complex, play area, contributes the most number reduction in the number of in LB Nagar for the last two up the investigation. The body department will be identifying ment process is online and the Rammohan on Sunday school, stadium and a gas pipe of students who fly to USA students who want to study months. He was ill since last was shifted to the mortuary the eligible beneficiaries. beneficiaries' details are linked inspected the works at connection to houses is also each year, and is in the top ten abroad, many are looking for few days and planned to go to where it is preserved for post- "There is no scope for any with Aadhaar cards to avoid Rampally site where 6,240 being arranged for the conve- worldwide list. Canada, Australia, New his native place. "Thipender mortem examination. irregularity as the entire allot- any duplication," Mayor said. houses are constructed in 53 nience of residents," he said. However, this year experts Zealand as study locations." believe that USA is no longer Santosh Gupta, owner of the preferred study location for College Day consultancy, many. Given the current pan- shares, "UK, and other demic situation in USA, many European countries are also " parents are hesitant to send preferred by the students now. kids to the States. Those looking to do Masters Shares Sanjay Gupta Vasyaa in culinary arts or hotel man- ( hiked. "We had to increase the Group of Services, a consul- agement are also looking at consultation fees for many and tancy services for students Singapore. While students for a few the hike was double 0>1&B'3C37&85+ who wish to study abroad, who want to do research still With Covid-19 cases only the amount they were charging "USA has been very popular prefer US Universit-ies, those increasing every day, several before. That is causing a lot of with the students for a long looking to work for a good five businesses are struggling to financial issues." .3*=4305.&*=30'* time. to ten years abroad keep their shutters open. The business of multispe- However, are certainly looking Several multispecialty hospi- cialty hospitals is also affected - - - H - * Canada with to go to Canada or tals are facing financial crunch, greatly due to the pandemic 7- - 5 8 5 B its easy Australia." as doctors and nursing staff and not in a good way. ) - - - * @ immi- have hiked their salaries by Dr Sai Kumar, Managing - -* gration almost twice what they charged Director of Jeevan Hospital - H - - - ( policies before the pandemic. shares, "Those who can afford ) (5 - - - H is the Sharing issues being faced Coronavirus treatment new 7 - - C - - 5 by the multispecialty hospitals, expenses are going to the cor- )) 7 - * Managing Director of New porate hospitals, and those B A* * @9 - * Amma Multispecialty Hospital, for Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 per managing to stay afloat." who cannot are going to gov- - - -5 8 - - Faiaz Khan said, "We are hav- month. Similarly, the doctors Resonating the same, Dr ernment establishments like - 5 9 - ) - 5 ing huge problem paying the have tripled their fees. The cor- Srinivas, Managing Director of Gandhi or NIMS. Our hospi- - ) - * salaries of specialist doctors porate hospitals have a contract Spark Hospital, adds that many tals are only getting very few H )5 -* - - - 5 9 - and nursing staff. A nurse, who in place and also they can hospitals several doctors are patients and that too rarely, as -)- ) we would pay Rs 10,000 to afford high prices. It's a night- refusing to even visit the hos- many are not stepping out of - 5@ - -5@ 12,000 per month, is asking us mare for us. We are somehow pital is their charges are not their houses." +$# & ', -./-0-0 / 843>'45*5>&4+7554457;&37 , -
** 9& " farmers are undeterred with the ongoing Corona crisis. . ! ' ! More so, the farmers, this year The nationwide lockdown to ' $# increased cultivation area up to contain the outbreak of the 0 1.20 crore acres, thanks to Covid-19 pandemic in India bountiful rains. As if blow to businesses due to has brought economic activity " ## Ram Reddy, a farmer from lockdown wasn't enough, to a complete standstill. During # Nalgonda district, said that adding fuel to the fire, now the these times of crisis, when " they are doubling their agricul- shopkeepers in Hyderabad most sectors in the economy ture activity and least bothered have become most infected are in a slump, the agriculture - about Coronavirus. "We are with Coronavirus. Cloth mer- sector has risen to become a 1 busy with farming activity and chants, super market owners, beacon of hope and has the labour is demanding more mom-pop stores and small promise of leading the coun- wages. We are paying them in business have become try's economic recovery. crop cutting. They have to pay tune with their demand as we hotspots. With festive season With the novel virus taking a couple of thousand rupees to farmers have to do our activi- coming up, there is a kind of a toll on the people across the farmers, 1.32 crore agricultur- other daily wage labourers as shift their paddy produce to the ty on time," he said. fear among the businesses over world, many private organiza- al laborers including 54 lakh they need three to five loose market. The vehicle charge "We farmers remained as being safe and making a living. tions have resorted to lay-offs, MNREGA job card holders. workers to clear the 'varams', depends on the distance from owners of the land but never A cloth merchant in along with 3 of my staff mem- pay cuts and some organiza- The farmers increased the sprinkling fertilizers and distri- the village to the market. The became rich as we have to Moosapet, Nitin Kumar said, " bers. Even though we took tions have shut their shop. paddy sowing price from Rs bution of paddy saplings in the farmers are also providing invest the money in buying "Most of our customers are !# # precautions of checking tem- Many people, following the 2,500 (last Rabi or Yasangi field. Those daily wage work- livelihood to the fertilizer and seeds, fertilizers, laborers till from lower strata. Even though perature and providing sani- easing of lockdown rules, shift- season rate) to Rs 3,500 per ers are earning Rs 600 to Rs pesticide shop owners by pur- the crop is sold out in the mar- we made mask mandatory, $ tiser, may be some asympto- ed their base to their native acre and in some places, it is Rs 1,000 depending upon the chasing the needful from them ket. Sometimes, we fall into provide sanitiser, not sure how # $ # matic customer has infected places, and it includes agricul- 4,000 per acre. Now, the agri- demand and area. The farmers besides purchasing cultivating debts when the weather does- I got infected. This resulted in "" us. I inadvertently infected my tural labourers too. cultural labourers are earning are also arranging transporta- goods. n't cooperate and when pests me infecting 10 of family friends but fortunately, my However, the one and only anywhere between Rs 600 and tion to pick up and drop the This year, the prices of var- attack the crop resulting in members. We cannot demand wife and kid were safe. If sector undeterred by the ongo- Rs 1, 000 per day. Before sow- agricultural labourers from ious seeds have also increased huge losses. However, we have customers to keep distance !# customers get to know about ing crisis was agriculture sec- ing paddy saplings, the farm- their villages, which is addi- drastically but the farmers did- to pay all the laborers whether when it comes to buying 213 our infection, they will not tor. Despite the tough condi- ers are providing work to the tionally putting a burden on n't hesitate in buying them. we get crops or not. Workers clothes. They have to touch it. come to our store due to stig- tions, the farmers are provid- tractor drivers by paying over them. Also, few farmers are employ- will not be spared if the farm- If I stop them, I will be at a ma. After sanitising the store ing employment to the labour- s 5,000 per acre for plough- After three to four months, ing a worker for a period of 12 ers face losses. Here layoffs and chance of losing customers". to Covid-19. Grocers point we reopened it". ers by increasing their daily ing till sowing work. The farm- the farmers have to pay anoth- months by giving them around daily wage cuttings will not Retailers and traders in the that sale would be affected A retailer Naveen M from wage. The state has 56 lakh ers are also providing work to er Rs 2,000 per acre during Rs 1 lakh. Come what may, the work,” he explained. city have already suffered huge when customers get to know Kukatpally said, "In Nagpur, all losses and such infections will about their infection but efforts shopkeepers and staffers were further add to their woes. A are needed to curb the spread asked to get tests done irre- 0+9055+7* senior doctor in government of the infection spective of symptoms. We % / hospital also confirmed that a Kotte Praveen, owner of should also need such initiative lot of retailers were getting supermarket said, "I got by government with camps in *==&4& admitted in the hospitals due infected with Coronavirus various locations". !*=4&5* O( ! Telangana needs to ramp up "!! -7!"-17 , Coronavirus testing though 0+.5'7 the recovery rate in the state 0-,7-, !: "!/ # ! 0 Telangana BJP chief Bandi has improved, Union Minister B&4>.503+8 Sanjay Kumar on Sunday G Kishan Reddy said on + 9 6 - slammed Chief Minister K Sunday. He was speaking to the 7 - - -) > A ! 1 ! !!- Chandrasekhar Rao for media after inaugurating the =5&='5 allegedly taking sides. He Rotary Blood Plasma Bank at alleged that the state govern- Ameerpet. - - - ment imposed restrictions Speaking on the occasion, - - - 5 on the celebration of Ganesh the Minister said that, TJS president Prof M A 23-year-old person who ) 9* A & < =2 - -- ) festival only to satisfy a sec- "Recovery rate is good in 2 2 Kodandaram and CPI state tried to cheat public under tion of people and to get Telangana also. But, I feel the - -5 A secretary Chada Venkat Reddy the guise of additional secre- praises from Owaisi. Sanjay number of tests need to Testing needs to be enhanced - on Sunday tried to visit tary to Chief Minister K stated that BJP would extend increase." Noting that in five states and Telangana - "#$ - - 8 Gandhi Hospital, however, the Chandrashekar Rao was its support to the Telangana was at seventh place ! ' was among them, Reddy - - police didn't allow them arrested by the Karimnagar protest call from the bottom, among all # quoted Modi as saying. To a B - * inside. Speaking on the occa- task force police on Sunday. given by the states, in testing, Reddy wished query on the reported 5 - -* sion, they alleged that the The accused, D Sai Vishwa the state to move up in the list # % remarks of Telangana A Corona tests are not being Chandan, 23, created a fake Hindu as it was "rich and developed." Governor Tamilisai -- - - conducted properly in Gandhi demanded Chief Minister K letter head on the name of Parishath Kishan Reddy said that he Soundararajan on COVID-19 - 5 9 6 - 7 Hospital. Chandrasekhar Rao to con- Chief minister office (CMO) - - against the spoke to state Health Minister in the state, he said the she - !"#$ Kodandaram and Chada duct a review meeting on the issued by P Rajshekar Reddy government's Eatala Rajender on the mat- " has not made any criticism Venkat Reddy said that they Gandhi Hospital immediately. secretary to Chief Minister. # '" $$ restrictions on Ganesh ter and that the state govern- against the state government. 5 came to Gandhi Hospital to They also demanded the state In fake letter head it was Navratri celebrations. ment was also making efforts ! ! " Soundararajan, who is the 9 ) console the Covid-19 patients government to provide facili- written that he was appoint- He asked the party cadre to to step up testing. The Centre Constitutional head of the ) - 9 - and enquire the kind of treat- ties to Covid-19 patients, who ed as additional private sec- take part in protest by carry- has provided about 14 lakh state, is a medical doctor, 7 @ ! ; ) ment they are receiving in the have no home quarantine retary to Chief Minister's ing black flags on Monday at N-95 masks, about 2,40,000 Telangana. and she has made suggestions -- (@ hospital. They expressed anger facility. They asked the state family affairs. mandal head quarters, vil- PPE kits and 1,400 ventila- Prime Minister Narendra out of her experience, he - ) at the police for obstructing government to takeover pri- With credible information lages and where Vinayaka tors, among others, to Modi, who held a video con- said. Observing that even 7 them from entering into the vate hospitals and provide Karimnagar task force team mandaps were removed. He Telangana, the Minister of ference with Chief Ministers common people can make - hospital. treatment to the people. nabbed the accused and suggested the party activists State for Home said adding it of various states recently, has suggestions, he said it was - - - ( They alleged that there is a Kodandaram and Venkat handed over him to con- to participate by following was even ready to provide stressed on not compromis- also her responsibility as the 5 scarcity of nurses and other Reddy alleged that there are no cerned police station for fur- Covid-19 rules. more ventilators to ing on testing, he pointed out. Governor of the state. staff is in the hospital. They facilities in Gandhi Hospital. ther investigation. ='D*<& E2&455* / &-012 -33 &4&+0F53+ rounding districts, Nizamabad # $$ # at 77.30 per cent against the was the worst affected with 153 national average of 74.69 per G&BB3>5 Telangana on Sunday reported new cases followed by $# cent. The number of active 2,384 new Coronavirus cases, Khammam with 125, Warangal cases in the state stands at which took the state's overall Urban with 123 and Nalgonda )4 ! 22,908, including 16,379 in infections tally to 1,04,249. with 122 cases. home/institutional isolation. Five more rank and file of the This is one of the highest sin- Siddipet reported " Age wise coronavirus positive BJP tested positive for gle-day jumps in the number 92 new cases # details show that 65.3 per cent Coronavirus apart from the of new cases. The death toll and " $ of those tested positive were in BJP state unit general secre- currently stands at 755, with 11 Karimnagar the age group of 21-50 years. tary Prakash Reddy. In a lat- new fatalities. Health officials reported 75 1)546 Terming this as a susceptible est development, samples of said the fatality rate in the state new cases age group, authorities have 40 persons were tested for the stood at 0.72 per cent against while 91 a daily testing target urged them not to go out virus. Of them, five tested the national average of 1.87 per samples test- of 5,600 per day as unless absolutely necessary. positive for the virus. cent. Out of the total fatalities, ed positive in per the World Health They were advised to strictly The party unit has decided 53.87 per cent had comorbidi- Jagtiyal. Organisation (WHO) exercise precautions like wear- to implement Covid rules in ties. Officials said 79 benchmark of 140 per mil- ing face masks and maintain letter and spirit with many According to a media bul- cases were reported lion per day. The results of physical distancing. more of its rank and file test- letin issued from the office of from Peddapalli, 63 from 1,347 samples were awaited. Among positive cases, 24.71 ing positive for the virus. It the director of public health Suryapet, 59 from Jogulamba A total of 16 government per cent are above 51 years of may be recalled that the BJP and family welfare, the number Gadwal and 52 from Rajanna and 23 private laboratories are age. About 10 per cent were state office has been put under of cases in Greater Hyderabad Sircilla. conducting RT- aged below 20 years. Officials lock and key for about one rose to 472 from Saturday's During the last 24 hours PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT said 64.41 per cent of those week to ward off Coronavirus. 447. Medchal-Malkajgiri and ending on Saturday 8 p.m., types of tests while there are tested positive were male while Only a limited number of vis- Rangareddy district abutting authorities conducted 40,666 1,076 rapid antigen tests cen- the remaining 35.59 per cent itors are being allowed into the GHMC reported 149 and 201 tests. With this, the number of tres. During the last 24 hours, were female. According to the office as a precautionary mea- cases respectively. Sangareddy, tests conducted in the state so 1,851 people recovered from media bulletin, out of 20,396 sure. Meanwhile, the party another district bordering the far rose to 9,31,839. The sam- Covid-19, taking the total beds in government-run hos- management has been taking state capital, saw 72 new cases. ples tested per million popula- number of recoveries to 80,586. pitals, 17,986 beds were * O&'<=) C" # C +"-7 steps to sanitise the office. Outside GHMC and sur- tion mounted to 25,099 against The state's recovery rate stands vacant. ' -# -#" ',
$./# $" student and a brave girl. He Jagadish Reddy and TS said Uzma passed her engi- GENCO Chairman and Former Minister Mohammed # neering with distinction Managing Director D. C8 D Ali Shabbir, along with TPCC $ ) and got the job in the Prabhakar Rao for the inci- working president and MP A ' Energy Department under dent. He announced that he The Government of Telangana Revanth Reddy, met the fam- the 4% BC-E quota intro- would raise the issue in has sought more time from the ily members of Uzma Fatima, $ " duced by the previous Parliament seeking a CBI National Green Tribunal to the Assistant Engineer of TS $ Congress regime. Speaking enquiry. He said criminal raise objections on the pro- GENCO, who lost her life in !# to media persons after cases should be booked posed Rayalaseema Lift- the fire mishap at Srisailam meeting the family, Revanth against all those responsible Irrigation Scheme of Andhra Power Station on August 21. % Reddy reiterated the for the incident. Pradesh. Representing the Shabbir Ali and Revanth !# demand for CBI enquiry Revanth Reddy also con- Government of Telangana Reddy met Uzma Fatima's *2 "< < into the incident which demned Chief Minister K. before the Chennai Bench of a report stating that the project father Mohammed Zubair at ) $ " * = 2A= 'D" claimed nine lives. He Chandrashekhar Rao for not the NGT, Additional Advocate does not require environmen- his residence in Azampura, of at least 500 sq yards each alleged that the incident visiting the site of the incident General Ramachandra Rao tal clearance. Malakpet in the Old City on crores. He said all the employ- power staff to control the fire. besides giving suitable govern- occurred due to utter neg- or hospital to meet the injured said that the expert commit- The Government of Sunday and expressed their ees had the opportunity to Just like the soldiers who fight ment job to one member of ligence of the State employees. He said that neither tee report reached the govern- Telangana, Government of deep condolences. escape from the scene of the with the enemy at borders to their family. He said the vic- Government. He said tech- the Chief Minister, nor the ment only one day prior to the Andhra Pradesh and the Union Speaking to media persons, incident. However, they stayed protect the country, the staff tims, who lost their lives, could nicians had already warned Power Minister or TSGENCO trial. So, he sought more time Jal-Sakthi Department made Shabbir Ali said that the fire back and tried to douse the fire members confronted the fire not be differentiated as per the government about some CMD met any of the families to study the report and submit their submissions on the issue. mishap at Srisailam Power which was evident from the with the intention of saving their rank or post in payment glitches at the unit and also of victims. He said this kind of the objections of the Hearing the contentions, the Plant occurred due to the videos going viral on social precious public property. of compensation. He said all feared that they could lead behaviour would demoralise Government of Telangana. NGT reserved the judgement carelessness and mismanage- media. Similarly, he said Uzma Therefore, the state govern- families have lost their loved to an accident at the power all the employees in the State. A person, Gavinolla Srinivas, on August 11 asking the ment of the State Government. Fatima saved four lives before ment should treat all nine vic- ones and they must be paid Rs. unit. However, he said that He said that the CID enquiry approached NGT terming the Environment Ministry to decide However, the staff, including falling victim to the fire. tims as martyrs and pay them 1 crore each as compensation. the authorities simply ordered by the State Rayalaseema LI project as viola- whether the Rayalaseema LI Uzma Fatima, tried to extin- Shabbir Ali, who had earli- compensation of Rs 1 crore The Congress leader said ignored those issues by not Government was just an eye- tive of rules. The NGT-appoint- project needs to obtain iron- guish the fire to save the pub- er served as Energy Minister, each. Further, he said their that Uzma Fatima was a conducting any review. He wash and it would not produce ed expert committee submitted mental clearance or not. lic property worth hundreds of praised the efforts made by the families should be given a plot brilliant and meritorious blamed Power Minister any results. +$# & ', -./-0-0 . 7+ 8 7 3+3*4*551* '78-79:;<-78 *885*3&+*B4&2*>.&&'* ' *+ C8 D Q&+845**8& C8 D actions. Each question also BJP President J P Nadda said !0 -1-1 - 12 gives reference to the para- on Sunday that all three NDA 3+090*.0+ =-.,1--1 -0 The Ministry of Education has graph of NEP to which refers constituents in Bihar, the invited suggestions from to, to enable the teacher to read JD(U), LJP and his party, will ;54057 , 1--1+ school teachers and princi- the same for better under- fight the coming assembly (+ - - pals on the implementation of standing of the policy before polls in the state together with =5&='5R - +- - the new National Education uploading suggestions," said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 7) * Policy, Union Minister Ramesh School Education Secretary as the face of the alliance, and ?(+=; - - - Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Anita karwal. expressed confidence that it = ; C - - )- Sunday. "All suggestions received will emerge victorious. - - ) * ( "We believe that the teach- shall be examined by a team of Nadda's remarks at a virtu- + - -* - * 7 ers are the key to the imple- experts from NCERT. Though al meet of the Bihar BJP comes - - - - mentation of NEP 2020, and suggestions are being called in amid a bitter war of words can't rise above petty politics, - ) 7 ! + 8 hence we have decided to call a limited word format, howev- between Kumar's JD(U) and he added. - - " - 5 8 * - for suggestions from all school er, for gathering further infor- Chirag Paswan-headed LJP. He praised the Bihar gov- -( -5 7) teachers and principals from Teaching up to Class 5 in programmes and implement- mation, if required, teachers The BJP has been maintain- ernment's handling of the + - - -* - - across the country on how to mother tongue or regional lan- ing common norms for private whose suggestions are found ing that the ruling National COVID-19 pandemic and - ( - - ) - take the implementation guage, lowering the stakes of and public higher education useful for incorporating in Democratic Alliance is intact floods in the state. - * - +- - process of board exams, a single regula- institutions are among other National Curriculum frame- in the state and has stuck to The special package ) )- - - - - #NationalEducationPolicy for- tor for higher education insti- salient features of the new work or in the implementation Kumar's projection as its chief announced by Prime Minister ) ) -5 @9 - 5 @ -- ward," he tweeted. tutions, except for law and policy. plan, shall be individually con- ministerial face. N a d d a Narendra Modi has been -( >- - ) - ) The NEP approved by the medical colleges, and com- "To simplify the process for tacted," she added. also claimed that the opposi- implemented in "letter and - 6 9( - government last month mon entrance tests for univer- the teachers, the suggestions The ministry has requested tion in Bihar as well as else- spirit", he said, asking the state -( -5 - - replaces the 34-year-old sities are part of the sweeping are being called on each theme states and union territories to where has become a "spent BJP to go to people with its * - ) - National Policy on Education reforms in the new NEP. of the NEP related to school disseminate the call for sugges- force" and asserted that the BJP details. Nadda also shared -*@ C 5 - *@ ) 5 framed in 1986 and is aimed at Replacing the 10+2 structure education, through a question tions widely amongst all teach- is the only party which is details of the Modi govern- - * @ ) * ) - paving the way for transforma- of school curricula with a answer process. The questions ers in the state whether belong- being looked at by people with ment's work to boost health )- tional reforms in school and 5+3+3+4 curricular structure are framed in such a manner ing to government schools, hope. care measures to battle the ) - - * 8 higher education systems to corresponding to age groups 3- that teachers can relate to private schools, or affiliated to The opposition has neither pandemic and to provide relief ) - ) - - - make India a global knowledge 8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years them from their experience as different secondary school ideology nor vision nor any to people, especially the poor, - - )5@ - )- superpower. respectively, scrapping M.Phil teachers and classroom trans- boards. spirit to serve people, and it with several packages. - )- - - ) 5 +-! 22 / ! Q R !3 *( /() +>-// 8 /-.1" 12 12 -8! # ! "!- )! 2 7- 0!.7!0. 0 "! +66/R !# ! 42/ # C8 D C8 D (* + C8 D - ) )-* - ) Punjab Chief Minister Recoveries among COVID-19 )) * - " " Amarinder Singh has opposed Top Congress leaders, includ- patients in the country surged - * - the bid by some Congress ing Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday to 22,80,566 on Sunday, push- -) 7 ; leaders to challenge the requested the government to ing India's recovery rate to 9 () - * Gandhi family leadership in defer the all-India medical nearly 75 per cent, while the - 5 ;- the party, saying this is not the and engineering entrance case fatality rate reduced to - time to raise such an issue. examinations taking into con- 1.86 per cent — one of the ) )) -)) In a statement, Singh said sideration the concerns raised lowest globally, the Union number of active cases of * - - the need today is for a strong by a section of students and health ministry said. coronavirus infection by near- - -) -5 -) opposition against the BJP-led to the entire party, through its parents amid the coronavirus The constantly rising num- ly 16 lakh (1,572,898). The - - ) * - NDA which is out to destroy rank and file, and the nation pandemic. ber of recoveries has ensured national recovery rate has A -* - the country's constitutional at large," he said, adding that Rahul Gandhi said the gov- that the active cases of coron- increased to 74.90 per cent. &1 () -) ethos and democratic princi- the Gandhis were the right fit ernment must listen to the avirus infection, which is the The ministry said the aver- H * - ples. for this role. 'mann ki baat' of students and gesting that the exams be parents have raised concerns, "actual caseload" of the coun- age daily number of recover- - - The veteran Congress leader "Sonia Gandhi should con- arrive at "an acceptable solu- deferred, while Kapil Sibal then these should be taken into try, currently comprises only ies is on a "constant upward -) - - - said the NDA's success was tinue to helm the Congress as tion", while party general sec- said these needed to be post- consideration by the govern- 23.24 per cent of the total move" from 15,018 between )- * - attributable to the absence of long as she wants," he said, retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra poned. "GOI must listen to the ment and those conducting cases, it said. July 1 and 7 to 60,557 between ;- ; A 5 9 a strong and united adding that Rahul Gandhi sought the postponement of #StudentsKeMannKiBaat these exams." Chowdhury "This has also resulted in a August 13 and 19. - - Opposition. "The move by should thereafter take over as the National Eligibility cum about NEET, JEE exams and requested PM Modi to inter- gradually falling mortality The increasing recovery rate - - -- these Congress leaders to he is fully competent to lead Entrance Test (NEET) and the arrive at an acceptable solu- vene and postpone the exams. rate. Currently at 1.86 per and declining case fatality rate - -) 5 9 - demand a rehaul of the party the party. Some Congress Joint Entrance Examination tion," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. "The aspirants of national cent, India's case fatality rate have been made possible ) - :,.<* at this critical juncture would leaders, including ex-minis- (JEE) till the coronavirus situ- In a tweet in Hindi, Priyanka examination are under (CFR) is one of the lowest because of "comprehensive - ) )-* be detrimental to its interests, ters, have written to party ation improves in the country. Gandhi said, "The COVID-19 tremendous mental pressure as globally," the ministry said. and sustained effectiveness of ;-- :11<* - and the interests of the nation," president Sonia Gandhi for the Congress leader in Lok situation in the country is yet to how they could be remain With 57,989 patients recu- the Centre's policy of testing 7- :.3< " " he said. "What the Congress overhaul of the organisation- Sabha Adhir Ranjan to normalise. In such a situa- immune to the infection while perating from COVID-19 in a aggressively, tracking com- -) :.1< -) needs is a leadership that is al structure and changes to the Chowdhury wrote to Prime tion, if students who are tak- attending the examination day, recoveries have surged to prehensively and treating effi- * - " "- acceptable not just to a few but leadership. Minister Narendra Modi sug- ing NEET and JEE, and their physically. 22,80,566 and exceed the total ciently". - -) - * - 5 - * * " " - - 5 Q *5> '0#F 2 C " 0*157+&+3+73 > C -.,!,4 !"$ =043>3=0+*& 1=.,!" . G -!,.,1 1 '5052553+8R D7 ??(+9- - 767 ( &, - + CC Days after including India's - CBI sleuths on Sunday ques- most wanted terrorist Dawood 7 ; 6++ tioned actor Sushant Singh Another row over Hindi has Ibrahim on its new sanctions - - Rajput's friend Siddharth erupted in Tamil Nadu with list, Pakistan on Sunday tried * - 5 9 Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh the DMK alleging yoga and to wriggle out of its admission --( - and domestic help Deepesh naturopathy practitioners on his presence in the country &51' ) A - Sawant at the DRDO guest from the state were asked to by claiming that its notifica- - ) * -) .' () house here in connection with leave a virtual meet held by tions about the 88 banned -) H * his death case and later visited the AYUSH department if terror groups and their leaders - - ; the actor's flat in Bandra along they did not understand the were based on the details pro- + 5 9 - * with them, an official said. language and seeking action vided by the UN. -) 6 In the morning, Pithani, against officials concerned. Seeking to escape from get- ; Neeraj and Sawant arrived actor's residence at Mont Blanc house in Bandra to recon- The episode "exposed" the ting blacklisted by the chief Masood Azhar. Ibrahim as a Specially - - * - - separately at the DRDO guest Apartments in suburban struct the sequence of events BJP-led government's agenda Financial Action Task Force The Pakistan government Designated Global Terrorist. ) * - 5 house in Kalina are of Bandra around 2.45 pm, he before he was found dead. of imposing Hindi through its (FATF), the global money ordered the seizure of all mov- India has repeatedly asked the -* Santcaruz, where the CBI offi- said. Forensic science experts Another CBI team on officials, the Dravidian party laundering and terrorist able and immovable properties Government of Pakistan to - - cials probing the case are stay- were also part of the CBI team Saturday visited the state-run chief M K Stalin alleged while financing watchdog, Pakistan of these outfits and individu- hand over Ibrahim to India so - ing, an official said. which visited Rajput's resi- Cooper Hospital in the city, party MP Kanimozhi wrote to on Friday imposed tough als, and freezing of their bank that he can be prosecuted for 5 * These three persons, who dence, the official said. where autopsy had been per- AYUSH Minister Shripad financial sanctions on 88 accounts. Underworld don the crimes committed by him. - - were present in the flat when Mumbai Police officials were formed on Rajput's body. A Yesso Naik seeking an inquiry. banned terror groups and their Ibrahim, who heads a vast and It is reported that Ibrahim is * 5 .4" "- Rajput (34) was found hanging also present at the actors third CBI team had visited the It comes close on the heels of leaders, including Ibrahim, multifaceted illegal business, based in the southern port city - - -* in his room on June 14, were house, he added. On Saturday Bandra police station to meet Kanimozhi's recent claim that 26/11 Mumbai attack master- has emerged as India's most of Karachi. It is believed that - .," "- ) questioned for about five hours also, the CBI team accompa- Mumbai Police officials who a CISF Personnel had asked mind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa wanted terrorist after the 1993 the latest move by the Pakistan ) - + following which the CBI nied by Pithani, Neeraj and were investigating Rajput's her if she was an Indian as she (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and Mumbai bombings. government is part of its efforts - * - 5 sleuths took them to the late Sawant visited the late actor's alleged suicide earlier. could not speak Hindi. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) In 2003, the US declared to wriggle out of the grey list. * #! * !% ! # %#*( 0 / $%#$/!% "2#!#- #,'5 ! , ) 8"" D6 AC 8 ister raised his hand since he was a simple person. He was 8 C>9 C + ! Trump "needs no introduction" A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader asked as to when he got infect- and that "his name comes up in has alleged that Uttar Pradesh ed with the virus, to which he Aiming to woo the influential " almost every conversation." minister Chetan Chauhan, explained the entire matter to Indian-American voters num- He is the president of the who succumbed to COVID-19 the hospital staff. At that time, bering over 2 million, the United States of America "Mr in a Gurugram hospital, died another personnel asked Trump campaign has released Donald Trump", the prime not because of the disease, but Chauhan what do you do, to its first video commercial that " 9P minister says at the start of the due to carelessness in his treat- which he said he is a minister has short clips from Prime ; video, that has been concep- ment at the state-run SGPGI in the Yogi Adityanath govern- Minister Narendra Modi's < ) tualised by Al Mason, co- here. ment," Sajan said. speeches and US President chair of the Trump Victory Chauhan (73), who was He added that he was Donald Trump's historic + ! # Indian American Finance admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi angered by the behaviour of address in Ahmedabad. ! Committee. Postgraduate Institute of the hospital staff with Modi and Trump addressed $ # Modi is highly popular Medical Sciences (SGPGI) Upper House of the Uttar Chauhan. "When I could not a huge crowd in Ahmedabad among Indian-Americans. His after he tested positive for Pradesh Legislature, SP MLC control my anger, I told the during the US president's visit star appeal has attracted COVID-19, was shifted to the Sunil Singh Sajan alleged on doctor that Chauhan had to India in February this year. port from Indian-Americans!" the commercial soon became minister's visit to the US last record crowds. His address at Medanta hospital in Haryana's Friday that Chauhan received played cricket for India, to Trump was also accompanied Kimberly Guilfoyle, national viral on social media with over year wherein the leaders of the the Madison Square Garden in Gurugram when his condition poor treatment at the SGPGI. which the doctor said 'oh, he by his wife Melania, daughter chair of Trump Victory Finance 66,000 views on Twitter in the world's two largest democracies 2015 and then in the Silicon deteriorated. The cricketer- The SP leader also claimed is that Chetan'. After this, the Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Committee said in a tweet first few hours. made a joint address before a Valley two years later, both turned-politician died last that Chauhan and he were doctor and the other staff left," Kushner and top brass of his releasing the video commercial. Titled "Four More Years" strong crowd of Indian- attracting more than 20,000 week due to COVID-related admitted to the same ward of the SP leader said. The footage administration on his trip to The president's son Donald the 107-second video starts Americans numbering more people, making the prime complications, after being put the hospital. of Sajan's speech in the India. Trump Jr, who is leading the with the iconic footage of Modi than 50,000. minister perhaps the only for- on life support for nearly 36 "Once during a round, a Legislative Council went viral "America enjoys a great rela- campaign and is well connect- and Trump walking hand in Amidst cheering of thou- eign leader in recent memory hours. doctor and a nurse asked who on social media platforms on tionship with India and our ed with the Indian-American hand at the NRG Stadium in sands of his supporters in the to have addressed such huge Raising the issue in the is Chetan, to which the min- Saturday. campaign enjoys great sup- community, also retweeted it as Houston during the prime US, Modi is seen as saying that rallies in the US. +$# & ', -./-0-0 ! - #&' # $ --(5-)M - O9 ; - )5-)M - M .3+5*5>.5C54* , - = 0 9 9 6 )- - - ) -)5 9 - - - :: . + ) ! - - D - =- ) = ! 0 % ! ) ! !- + 8++ ! 0 - * 4" 3 ourbons, it is famously stated, ( - ;3(-< learnt nothing and forgot nothing. - ! It is heartening that the Sheikhs of !0 - * 0 Emirates have chosen to depart from that mindset. The United =: > * =" ? ArabB Emirates (UAE), in its 50th year of exis- 0 - tence, has decided to establish diplomatic / relations with Israel. One is reminded how the accursed “Palestinian cause” had prevent- & 0 ed India from entering into full diplomatic - - communion with the Jewish country until 1992. However, since then, India has gained immensely from its ties with Israel, where- ! - S as Palestine was an absolute drag upon us. 0 ! The UAE’s choice, of course, predicates & upon Israel’s decision to discontinue annex- ation of the West Bank (actually parts where ! Israeli settlers live). Still, it is a climbdown 0 ! - from the position maintained by the late 0 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918- 2004), the founding president of the UAE ) and a forceful critic of Israeli politics. 1 @ ! ! & Shortly after the outbreak of the second ! -99- Palestinian intifada in September 2000, the UAE had stepped up its monetary assistance Government that would include Bank, presents a sad picture of 150 years, the Emirates had no 0 - to the Palestinian National Authority (PA), representatives from Fatah and Palestinian politics. According to power to deal with foreign ( + 5 9 ; + ,3< led by Yasser Arafat (UAE Year Book, 2005, other parties failed. The list of a January 2020 report by France- nations except through Britain. 0 A ! page 27). Cabinet Ministers presented by 24, its doors are smashed, tables They had never been party to - . + ) Within 10 days of Sheikh Zayed’s Prime Minister-designate Ismail gather dust as 12 years of unread Arab League’s (estd.1945) cam- demise on November 2, 2004, Yasser Arafat Haniya on March 27, 2006, 9 6O * postal mails continue to pile up. paign to “wipe out Israel from 0 0 - also passed way in Paris on November 11. contained names of only Hamas Should the Arab countries the face of the globe.” + & Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, succeed- representatives. As though a B 6 * remain wedded to a commit- However, two key signato- ed Arafat as the new President of Palestinian Fatah-led presidency and ; 9 6; C ment that dead-ended? Their ries of the Khartoum Authority in the election held in January Hamas-led Government were official position is best encapsu- Declaration subsequently made %!- ) 2005. The event promised to open a new not a sufficient cause for friction, DO C lated in a line from the peace with Israel. Egypt on chapter of peace. In April 2005, Sheikh the US and the EU discontinued 9 C9C6 Khartoum Declaration March 26, 1979, and Jordan on Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the then their diplomatic ties and mon- (September 1, 1967): “No peace October 26, 1994, signed peace Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, issued etary assistance citing that CCI9 C B with Israel, no recognition of treaties with Israel, recognising 0 a statement on resolving the Palestine issue. Hamas did not recognise Israel’s 9 8 9 CA Israel, no negotiations with it, the latter’s right to exist. Both & 0 Hamdan noted that any solution to the con- right to exist. and insistence on the rights of these treaties, facilitated by the flict must be based “on the international and Hamas was not a part of the : 96DD ;9 the Palestinian people in their US, were signed in Washington legitimate resolutions that call for an end to Oslo Accords-I (1993) and II 8 D own country.” The UAE was not DC. the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian and (1994) signed between Israel and a participant in the Khartoum Even Israel and Palestinian ) 0 Arab territories and the establishment of a PLO, which contained assur- 99D D!<5 Conference (August 29- Liberation Organisation signed ) . + ) ( Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capi- ances on mutual co-existence, 9DD* 9 September 1, 1967) in which two treaties as a result of Oslo tal.” (UAE Year Book, 2005 Page 83). peace and dignity. It continues eight Arab heads of the State Accords viz, Washington & S 4?# 6#4B 6#! However, long before, the Palestinian to negate Israel’s fundamental D7 8C B 7 deliberated inter alia on their Agreement on Declaration of 6:# 6#6# 64 6:# 6#64 state itself turned into a chimera for no fault right to exist. 9 ; 9 C response towards Israel in the Principles of Palestinian Self- 66) ( 7 ! of Israel. Between August 15 and September The state of affairs within aftermath of the six-day war Rule (September 13, 1993) and 22, 2005, Israel withdrew completely from the Palestinian Authority dete- 7C9C (June 5-10, 1967). The six-day the Cairo Agreement on the ! the Gaza strip and adjacent Northern riorated sharply as a result of the war led to Israel capturing the Gaza Strip and Jericho (May 4, 0 0 Samaria. Some 9,000 Israeli citizens living growing Fatah-Hamas conflict. 9 D9 A Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip 1994). Interestingly, it was 0 C in 25 settlements in Gaza were evicted in the Hamas tried to raise its parallel K C 6D9C from Egypt, Golan Heights from Mahmud Abbas, the then process against their wishes. This was exact- security force for Palestinian Syria and West Bank, including Palestinian spokesperson on 5 !0 ! ) ly when the fissures within the Palestinian Authority as it failed to cut teeth D CC :#$#0" Eastern Jerusalem from Jordan foreign affairs, who had actual- - Authority became palpable. Fatah, a creation into existing security apparatus .''4<* 9 against the united strengths of ly signed the agreement along- of Late Yasser Arafat and which dominated loyal to Fatah. The situation spi- four Arab militaries. side Israeli foreign minister viz, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation ralled into a civil war, which split B 6CC> The Emirates of the UAE Shimon Peres in Washington. (PLO), felt increasingly challenged by the Palestinian Authority along ; C9 B 9 were then called the Trucial How can Abbas, as the President &5'*&=5+7&&4* Islamist group Hamas, which had gained regional lines. On June 14, 2007, States, which like neighbouring of the Palestine National prominence during the second Intifada. In Hamas conclusively seized Gaza 6 C Bahrain and Qatar, were British Authority, object to the UAE’s > ?8 - the first and till date, only the parliamentary strip, thus ending months of B B6D 9 Protectorates since the 1820s. It establishing diplomatic relations election of the Palestinian Authority held on rivalry and conflict with Fatah- was only in January 1968 that with Israel? Should they wait till - January 25, 2006, Hamas (running under the controlled paramilitary forces. B D the British suddenly announced eternity for the lost cause of the name “Change and Reform”) could secure Since that date, all the king’s ; D9 their intention to withdraw Palestinians? S 74 seats in a 132-seat unicameral legislature, horses and all of his men could- forces from the Persian Gulf (The writer is an author and putting Fatah into distant second spot with n’t put the Humpty of Palestine States in a phased manner. This independent researcher based in 45 seats. together again. The Parliament led to inter alia the birth of the New Delhi. The views expressed Talks about forming a national unity building in Ramallah, West UAE in 1971. Thus, for almost herein are his personal) 7 8 =;+ 8 )- ) - -O - - " - H - - -" ) * (- ( - - 8- * - - + 5 -) -* - - )-" - - )5 * O ) ) 5 - - 5 - - -- -O - - - - - 6 - O !"## ( - P 5 !"#$ -5 ) A5 (1" 1,! !, @ 88 4!, !8-0, 0 ,0 1" " ! (1" 10, 04!!, $ K ( 7 ( K7 ( K=- K ! % S& ' ( ! ) * + ,- , > + + + 7 ++ 8;+7 . + % / 0 ! Q the corner and the addition of someone like Dhoni to the BJP’s ) campaign would be a master- ! Sir — Indeed, arrangements and ) -" - * stroke. Modi is a seasoned politi- ( 1 & precautions to conduct the - ")( -- --( - -" cian: He is unlikely to extend such JEE/NEET examinations while - * - - - " gestures without reason. Dhoni is, / ! ensuring the safety of candidates - - - ) - - 5 and will likely remain, in the lime- are imperative. The Supreme O - -" -"- .$ light for a while, and the Prime & ! 2!### ) Court has mandated that the .& = * ) Minister’s fondness for the cam- exams be conducted, even in the - - .' ) - * ) - era is well-known. Modi’s affec- 0 ! ! & midst of a daunting pandemic, to - #4 ) - ) 5 " tion aside, if the former cricket 3 & ( + ! save student careers. Increasing - * ) "- 9" * " captain does decide to join poli- 4 "2 the number of centres with thor- - - - " -!". ( ) tics, then cricket lovers will hope - - 5 9 - " 5 ! 46!### oughly ventilated and sanitised that he has a fulfilling and grace- halls, social distancing, masks and * - - )-) )-) 8 -) - * filled innings, much like those ! % ! less crowding at the exam centres - * - 5 9 7 9) C ) - - 5 8 that have out on the field. ( # S and screening students are a - - " * 6 ; * >+ * 9 ) Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee ! must. Even a single case of 5 9 - * - -)) -- ) - - - " Faridabad COVID-19 among the candi- - O )) 5 * -"- ))" H ) 5 9 7 dates will be detrimental. -) - - - - - ( B * C -5 44 ! NR Nagarajan -5 9 - * ) C -)* A ! Sivakasi ) - 5 - O - - 5 - * - - ) ( * * - - )( - )- Sir — This refers to the editori- 0 - H - - 5 9 * --* ( al, “Gaps online” (August 21). The 4" ! - 5 - * - -)5 NCERT survey has flagged some ! 8 - ) - - 13*''' *, 4 , serious issues in present times Sir — Cricket is known as a gen- * ( - 6 5 when the whole education system +! tleman’s game and former skipper remains dependent on gadgets. ! of the Indian men’s team, MS Many from the middle class have Dhoni, embodied this descrip- does not make young people’s sports, then why is it that the edged by him? It would not be lost their jobs. How can the poor tion. But it was surprising that destiny but they make their own demise of two of the country’s unreasonable to summarise that buy these costly gadgets? & Prime Minister Narendra Modi names and their own destinies.” most valuable sportspersons — the Prime Minister’s display of Smita ! wrote a letter to Dhoni, calling Sports lovers will be aware Chuni Goswami and PK great fondness for Dhoni was Via email - him “one of the important illus- that the Prime Minister has, thus Banerjee, whose contributions purely politically motivated — trations of the spirit of New far, never really showed any inter- to India’s football legacy are after all, there are some crucial 2 / 8 India, where the family name est in sports. If he did care about immense — went unacknowl- State Assembly elections around !!,-7 -1!!,A28 )0-8 +$# & ', -./-0-0 # 4 #&' # $ <; + 7> - , 7 +,
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12+,, 8? " @; + ( ) 3 , $ ! S - ) 9 4"!### ! DPF ! Q P) ; < Q0 + 4B>B 9 - @ - 3- !3 ! H O P Q O - !) S 3 + 3 - ! , 3 P % Q+ 8 =; @> =7+? , ( ! 9 P Q ! he perennial deliberations on gender equal- , !3 ity and women’s empowerment have come , S Tto the fore again. The school of post-mod- S ! P$ ernism has witnessed and inundated us with + numerous opinions whether women are equal to & !Q3 men. This time the debate was kicked off when & ( 66 the food delivery company Zomato announced C up to 10 days’ paid ‘period leave’ per year for S ( women and transgenders. Announcing the deci- ! C sion, Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal stated, “There shouldn’t be any shame or " R S ! stigma attached to applying for period leave. You 0 should feel free to tell people on internal groups, / 3 ) or e-mails that you are on your period leave for 5 !% ! the day.” ( B ! ' Given this announcement, the social media ! ; was flooded with numerous opinions, for and < against the move. There are umpteen questions + ! ! doing the rounds. Is it a new wave of feminism + or a part of the existing activism for feminism? Or is it a corporate ploy to make women less 8!* 9 employable? However, this narrative should not C 9 D ( - ! - be allowed to make society digress from the dis- ( ! / course on gender equality, which is one of the B 9 6>9 C ) , ! Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 7 8 7C ! $ ! United Nations (UN). 8D 7 9 + 0S A startling UN study says that worldwide 7 !5 9 BD 9 ! ! women do 2.6 times more unpaid care and 8DD A DD faster rate than their urban counterparts. tain countries are exempted from work crimination yet again. It may ghettoise ## domestic work than men. According to the 9 Economic and cultural reasons can be during this time to a certain extent. women and create adversities instead of 3 6? International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) 6 6CC> 9 attributed to the disturbing trend in the However, discussing periods and advantage in the professional landscape. / report titled ‘Care work and care jobs for the future 6 C 9 employment landscape. Worryingly, leave sanction are not isolated compart- However, there is another school of of decent work’, data from 64 countries represent- " 6D96D India has fared badly in UN rankings ments. In fact, Menstrual Hygiene thought and some women have wel- ing two-thirds of the world’s working age popu- 7D65 9 9 like the Gender Development Index and Management (MHM), a holistic comed the move. They feel it will 7 lation show that 16.4 billion hours per day are Gender Inequality Index. approach to address women’s unmet break all taboos surrounding the issue ! spent in unpaid care work — the equivalent to 8DD 9>79 Talking about menstruation menstrual hygiene needs, is linked to the in the socio-cultural milieu. This act will % two billion people working eight hours per day C C 96 9 remains an age-old taboo in India, SDGs. According to the data produced destigmatise and deconstruct the dom- 3 ! with no remuneration. Were such services to be 9 7CC9 despite the fact that there have been a by UNICEF, 71 per cent of girls in India inant discourse and enable women to valued on the basis of an hourly minimum wage, 6 C few documentaries and movies made in are still unaware of menstruation until take a day off with dignity instead of ! they would amount to nine per cent of the glob- CD a bid to break the silence over the issue. their first cycle begins. Here again, the resorting to any pretension of sickness. ! al Gross Domestic Product or $11 trillion. 8 7C 9 9A There is no doubt that when a private urban and rural dichotomy is exposed. There is no iota of doubt that it is a start- According to the report, “Globally, women per- BB company is offering paid ‘period leave’ Hopefully the move to offer period leave ing point, which can re-define women form 76.2 per cent of total hours of unpaid care 89 >C9 even in these troubled times, it has will boost the process of MHM. empowerment, resulting in enhancing % F work, more than three times as much as men. In C 9 B forced several private and Government Surprisingly this move has been their health and efficacy. Asia and the Pacific, this rises to 80 per cent.” entities to consider this aspect. heavily criticised by a certain section of Due to the efforts of social activists O & 4B" !5 4B"?!-H 9C> Sadly, achieving gender equality has some- 9 C The encouraging aspect is that this women. The International Society of like Arunachalam Muruganantham, 4B?>O 4B>4 what slipped from the development agenda in is not the first time that something like Women Airline Pilots (ISWAP) has stat- the emergence and growth of activism - ' India. The National Crime Records Bureau ;9C C B this is being considered in the country. ed that 12.4 per cent of Indian pilots are in this direction has gained increasing C ! ) - 6#4:! (NCRB), in its latest data, points out that cases AC The Government Girls School in women and such moves will put a ques- importance. The inclusion of transgen- 9 of missing women, sexual violence and harass- Tripunithura, located in the erstwhile tion mark on the capabilities of women ders by Zomato in this dialogue sur- 9 ment at home and workplaces are on the rise. The princely state of Cochin (now in the workplace. rounding periods is praiseworthy, too, ) 9 . ' S number of sexual harassment cases in shelter Ernakulam district), had in 1912 Public figures in a gender-agnostic and adds more value to the announce- 3 homes has grown by 30 per cent. The cases relat- allowed students to take period leave structure termed the move for offering ment as this issue has never even been + O 9 ing to sexual assaults at workplaces, registered during the time of their annual exam- period leave as a discriminatory and considered. Society has been unfair to O S 9 with the National Commission for Women ination and permitted them to write it anti-feminist. They say that despite the them in this as it has been in every other (NCW), are increasingly a matter of concern. later. fact that menstruation can be very sphere of their lives. 3 Though India is the world’s fifth-largest econ- In 2017, a Mumbai-based digital painful and debilitating, most women However, merely doling out period 9 $ omy, the workforce participation rate of women company had also announced that it never make it an excuse to shirk work, leave may not improve the efficiency of ' 3 ! ! abruptly declined last year, the World Bank would offer ‘First Day of Period Leave.’ either in the workplace or the home. women. Understanding the demo- 0 ! reveals. While women constitute 48.1 per cent of The Bihar Government has been per- Many have contended that the policy graphic pattern, re-engineering the & ! ! the population of the country, only 23 per cent mitting women to take two extra days doesn’t give women a fair chance but value systems, social support and plac- ' 9 % , K of them are in the workforce. When India’s female of leave since 1992. A woman MP in acts as a hindrance in their battle for ing public policy at the right time are - ! workforce is compared with other countries, it is 2017 tabled a Menstrual Benefits Bill in gender equality. the need of the hour to overhaul the $ 35 per cent, 56 per cent and 61 per cent in Sri the Parliament, arguing for two days’ They believe that expanding such a domain of women empowerment into ) Lanka, the US and Canada respectively. ‘period leave’ for women each month. policy would not only mean lower an organised and organic one. ; L In the corporate world, Indian women occu- As per global data, around 26 per salaries for women, it would perpetu- (Biswal and Chakraborty are py only 15 per cent of the seats in boardrooms cent of the global population in the ate a hiring bias against women. It sets Assistant Professors at SIMC and SIBM 8< ( across the nation and only six per cent of Board reproductive age undergoes the men- the wrong precedent as it will only put respectively and are working at Symbiosis 3 5 chairs are women. Adding to the problem, rural struation cycle. And women in more work pressure on the male International (Deemed University), ;% S R% $, # - women are departing from the workplace at a Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and cer- employees, resulting in gender dis- Pune) . S< (#E -(#$ -! ! ! # / - !# # $ # #!#! /!%#" # #-! #!-2 # / <7; ?
age of the annual budget is allotted to go on to further radicalise an already unquestioning Pakistani citizens. In the careers.” The panel also proposed the per cent. And as has often been lament- education. Hoodbhoy is concerned radicalised nation. 1980s, this attempt was further bol- establishment of Textbook Boards to ed by most educationists, the quality of about the manner in which religious In a 2003 study on the state of edu- stered by an unprecedented addition in regulate textbook development. This education suffered too. This saw the studies are being suggested in the cation in Pakistan, Dr Nayyar and Dr the curriculum of religious studies, that was to be an evolutionary process and expansion of religious subjects and SNC. He fears the changes are not only Ahmad Saleem demonstrate that, from were to be learned through rote. What’s the country’s curriculum remained as more “Islamised” additions in Pakistan similar to the ones that were introduced 1971 onwards, school textbooks have more, Islamic content also seeped into it was since 1947, even though history Studies books. “Islamisation” was fur- 89 C;DO in the curriculum during the Zia-ul- increasingly promoted an artificial non-religious subjects which non- textbooks began to put more empha- ther enacted by the Sharia Act of 1991 Haq dictatorship but actually “are national and sectarian homogeneity, Muslims do not have the choice to skip. sis on Muslim eras of the region’s his- during the first Nawaz Sharif regime. >7 ;DCP , 9 deeper” than those conceived by that discouraged critical thinking and only In 1947, soon after the creation of tory, without leapfrogging the non- After 9/11, Musharraf tried to regime. By “deeper” he does not mean scantly acknowledged Pakistan’s ethnic, Pakistan, the country’s first Education Muslim ones. Religious studies were still introduce non-religious subjects in - - C* or almost a year, the Minister of more reflective. Because as another sectarian and religious diversity. In a Ministry announced that Pakistan to be taught at home, but public madrasas because they were seen as ( - - * Education, Shafqat Mahmood, physicist, educationist and author, Dr similar 2005 study by the educationist needed a new curriculum “in line with schools did begin to introduce some hotbeds of religious radicalisation. Not - - Fhas been trumpeting the Imran AH Nayyar, says, Islamic studies in and scholar Dr Rubina Saigol, she writes the requirements and ideals of the basic forms of Islamic studies. only did the move fail, this ploy also - - Khan Government’s plans to roll out a Pakistan are almost entirely based on that the tumultuous departure of East country.” But Pakistan largely followed In 1967, a permanent institution failed to take into account the possibil- revolutionary Single National rote learning, which eschews critical Pakistan in 1971 was understood by the the education policy inherited from responsible for curriculum develop- ity of radicalisation, emerging in private !"#$ ) 5 Curriculum (SNC) in 2021 that will end thinking. To paraphrase Dr Nayyar’s State as a consequence of not pursuing British India, which was based on the ment was formed. But not much could and public schools because of a curricu- 8 - - - “educational apartheid” in Pakistan and concern, the SNC, instead of bringing a more unified idea of Pakistani nation- ‘Education Dispatch of 1854’ that stat- be done by it because of political tur- lum heavily influenced by retrogressive -) see private and public schools and non-religious subjects to madrasas, just alism and of its majority faith, Islam. ed, “schools should be practically use- moil (1968-70) and civil war in East ideological biases and distortions. P - madrasas following a uniform curricu- might end up bringing the madrasas to Interestingly, this was also the narrative ful to the people of India in their dif- Pakistan in 1971. In 1972, when the ZA The SNC is a continuation of the - )) lum. But it is only now that a debate public and private schools. aired by religious parties. According to ferent spheres of life.” This meant an Bhutto took over, it recommended same ploy but it is now going the other around this has erupted in the media, The Harvard-educated Dr Mariam Dr Saigol, this narrative was first emphasis on the teaching of the sci- designing of curricula “relevant to the way. The overwhelming addition of -) ( largely triggered by an article in Dawn Chughtai, who is one of the architects woven into a new subject called ences, law and economics, whereas reli- nation’s changing social and econom- new religious studies in it suggests that, >! - ) by physicist, author and columnist, Dr of the SNC, insists that such fears are ‘Pakistan Studies’, which then mutated gious teaching was to be undertaken ic needs compatible with the ideology to make the madrasas agree to accept - ) - Pervez Hoodbhoy. unfounded because, basically, the SNC into becoming a study of the region’s privately. In 1959, at the start of the of the country.” The subject of Pakistan the teaching of non-religious subjects, )( ) - - Dr Hoodbhoy believes that the has adopted a curriculum that was history that leapfrogged from one Ayub Khan regime the Commission on Studies was introduced and so was the Government has decided to bring intention of the SNC to bridge the gap already in the works in 2006 and, sec- period to the other, nonchalantly ignor- National Education suggested design- Islamiat. Emphasis was also put on the madrasas to public and private -5 8 * between the standards of education ond, nothing is mandatory in it because ing those periods that were felt to negate ing of curricula “to focus on develop- “universal free education” for which the schools. This is akin to the State’s recent --( ( - received by rich and poor children is provinces and private schools will be the post-1971 ideological narrative. ing basic skills in reading, writing, and Government nationalised various pri- attempt at mainstreaming radical out- - - morally attractive, but the Government free to pick and choose from it what Dr Saigol believes it was a panic- arithmetic, creating a high sense of vate schools. fits by encouraging them to take part ) -5 does not have the resources to carry out they believe will suit their needs. In her stricken manoeuvre, which was then patriotism as well as a liking for work- According to the 1972 and 1981 in electoral politics. It is a ploy that most : such an ambitious plan, especially in a debates with Dr Hoodbhoy, she has wielded as an ideological tool to shape ing with one’s own hand and addition- census reports, literacy rates only experts would agree is not working. country where only a minute percent- refuted his allegations that the SNC will young minds into becoming model, al subjects for specific vocations and slightly improved but failed to cross 30 (Courtesy: Dawn) - < +$# & ', -./-0-0 5
4 Q&+!4507&&2>.3+&8455+ 23& 2@33 *.&&*3!*025>.0+3>0'45;&+7R C8 D As many as 412 infrastructure C8 D 3#$ ( projects, each worth Rs 150 % ! #-%/ crore or more, have been hit by - ! 0-8! Calling 'green shoots' of eco- ## # cost overruns of over Rs 4.11 / 88 4!,- -- nomic revival as a mechanical lakh crore owing to delays and rebound, former Reserve Bank # !#)%"#7 !#3( other reasons, according to a 8- ! 1 ! 0 Governor D Subbarao says $ .% #! report. The Ministry of Statistics 9 & (+9 " India's short and medium term -/ ! /!$% "-# and Programme ) - - growth prospects continue to 2 $! "# Implementation monitors infra- >- - -) remain grim and the govern- / 8 # $- ! structure projects worth Rs 150 ))( - - ment should not read too much crore and above. into the economic activity com- # #! ! !"! Of the 1,683 such projects, - %!$/() - - ing back from the depressed 412 reported cost overruns and + $ $ - ) -- - ) base of lockdown. 471 time escalation. ! ! % 9! - )) 5 Indian economy was in a ! " "Total original cost of imple- - ( - !"#$ troubled state when the pan- mentation of the 1,683 projects !# " " # 7 * ) -- demic hit the world. Before the was Rs 20,65,336.20 crore and # A # " >-* COVID-19 crisis hit India, the Asked whether he sees any their anticipated completion $ B # # ' - - * real GDP growth had moder- positive at all in this grim sce- cost is likely to be Rs 7 - ) ated from 7 per cent in 2017- nario, he noted that the rural 24,77,167.67 crore, which $ $ !! #'" 5 B ) - 18 to 6.1 per cent in 2018-19 ing to newer regions," he added. 2021) and remain elevated at economy has recovered better reflects overall cost overruns of -- and to 4.2 per cent in 2019-20. On India's medium-term 5.5 per cent in the following than the urban economy Rs 4,11,831.47 crore (19.94 per ) "I don't believe we should growth prospect, the former year. This compares to the 3.5 helped by several factors and cent of original cost)," the min- projects, 127 have overall delay are other reasons like delay in ( - =* ) read too much into the green RBI governor said that the per cent target set by the gov- the expanded MNREGA pro- istry's latest report for June in the range of one to 12 tie-up of project financing, - - >- : >< shoots that you refer to. What economy was in a troubled state ernment. vided a lifeline when most 2020 said. The expenditure months, 112 have delay of 13 to delay in finalisation of detailed ) + we've been seeing is just a when the COVID-19 crisis hit "Our medium-term needed. incurred on these projects till 24 months, 127 reflect delay in engineering, change in scope, 5 ; - mechanical rebound from the India. prospects will depend on how Subbarao said that another June 2020 is Rs 11,21,435.29 the range of 25 to 60 months delay in tendering, ordering ) - ( ) depressed base of the lock- "When the crisis is behind us effectively we resolve these big although less acknowl- crore, which is 45.27 per cent of and 105 projects show delay of and equipment supply, law and - - >- - down; it will be misleading to and I hope that is soon enough challenges," Subbarao said. edged positive is that the econ- the anticipated cost. 61 months and above. order problems, geological sur- 5 see it as a signal of a durable these problems are going to be With India's economic growth omy today has some basic safe- However, it said that the The average time overrun in prises, pre-commissioning recovery," Subbarao told PTI in much bigger. Fiscal deficit is in pre-COVID 2019-20 fiscal ty-nets in place. number of delayed projects these 471 delayed projects is teething troubles and contrac- an interview. going to be much higher, the slipping to the lowest in a decade, Citing an example, Subbarao decreases to 418 if delay is cal- 43.34 months. The brief reasons tual issues, among others, the He said the "short-term as debt burden much larger and global and domestic agencies said that 40 million urban culated on the basis of latest for time overruns as reported by report said. It also observed that well as medium-term prospects the financial sector in a worse have indicated a sharp contrac- labour went back to their vil- schedule of completion. various project implementing project agencies are not report- (for Indian economy) contin- shape," he said. tion in the GDP in the current lages post COVID-19 induced Further, it said that for 979 agencies are delay in land acqui- ing revised cost estimates and ue to be grim". The World Bank last week fiscal. The estimated contraction lockdown and despite that projects neither the year of sition, delay in obtaining commissioning schedules for "The pandemic is still spi- projected India's fiscal deficit to ranges from 3.2 per cent to 9.5 there have been no reported commissioning nor the tentative forest/environment clearances many projects, indicating that ralling, the number of daily rise to 6.6 per cent of GDP in per cent. This will be the first cases of mass starvation or gestation period has been and lack of infrastructure sup- time or cost overrun figures are cases is rising and it is spread- 2020-21 (April 2020 to March contraction in four decades. hunger. reported. Out of 471 delayed port and linkages. Besides, there under-reported.
"4 , - /-.1" -1-1!-/ 9!#/!2""#2:(!% A8, , > 2 7,-=!0 C8 D 9 & (+6 - ) " - .%-2 0 / , 23-00B C > ( Overseas investors have put in - - - - C8 D Rs 41,330 crore in Indian mar- COO at Groww said that -+ - - $*4'' * B ( kets on net basis in August so "after investing in bluechip - 7 ; - Seven of the top 10 valued far as the excess liquidity in stocks, FPIs are now starting .1* ) 5 domestic firms added a total Rs global markets found its way to to pick mid-cap and small-cap 9 &1 -+ #*#&$ 67,622.08 crore to their market emerging markets like India. stocks." () - * 7 valuation last week, with HDFC According to the deposito- Amidst concerns over - - 9 - Bank and ICICI Bank emerging ries data, foreign portfolio economy due to the pandem- as lead gainers. investors (FPI) pumped in Rs ic, FPIs headed either towards )5 @6 - 7 - Tata Consultancy Services 40,262 crore into equities and gold or bluechip stocks that - 9 - * (TCS), HDFC Bank, Hindustan Rs 1,068 crore in the debt seg- are more stable and have bet- 7 7 C > ( Unilever Limited (HUL), ment between August 3-21. ter capacity to deal with tough - - - - HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Prior to this, FPIs were net times. &1 ICICI Bank and ITC were the buyers for two consecutive Now, nearly four months -+ 7 ; gainers while Reliance months. They invested Rs after the lockdowns started, - 9 * .1 - Industries Limited (RIL), 3,301 crore in July and Rs we have a clearer picture of * .'.'*@ ) Infosys and Bharti Airtel wit- of Kotak Mahindra Bank Reliance Industries declined by 24,053 crore in June on net the economy which has 5 7 ; nessed a decline in their market increased by Rs 6,241.25 crore Rs 20,507.97 crore to Rs basis. economies. a good potential to generate turned out to be much better 7 + valuation. The market capital- to Rs 2,65,097.18 crore and 13,19,705.53 crore. According to Himanshu "Also, the US is printing better returns. than feared, he noted. - isation (m-cap) of HDFC Bank that of HDFC went up by Rs Bharti Airtel's valuation Srivastava, associate director - money constantly. The excess On the domestic front, According to Rusmik Oza, -* - jumped by Rs 28,183.55 crore to 1,858.87 crore to Rs 3,22,872.98 dipped Rs 4,855.45 crore to Rs manager research, Morningstar liquidity is finding its way into opening-up of the economy executive vice president, head 6 - ) 9 >- Rs 5,97,051.15 crore. crore. TCS added Rs 2,157.62 2,83,688.98 crore and that India, there has been excess liq- India as well as probably other and resumption in business of fundamental research at C 9-) * ICICI Bank added Rs crore in its valuation to Rs of Infosys went lower by Rs uidity available in the global emerging markets," he added. activities is a positive sign. In Kotak Securities, "due to pos- ; ;* B 21,839.67 crore to its valuation 8,43,611.13 crore. The market 1,972.11 crore to Rs 4,04,151.80 markets with many major cen- Srivastava said FPIs have addition to that, Indian equi- itive flows by FPIs and active
A ! A at Rs 2,55,929.73 crore while valuation of ITC rose by Rs crore. tral banks pushing aggressive turned their focus towards ties continue to be attractive- participation of local investors - 5 HUL's m-cap rose by Rs 492.18 crore to Rs 2,42,280.13 The 30-share BSE Sensex stimulus measures to combat emerging markets like India ly valued thus drawing the by way of direct equities, 6,848.94 crore to Rs 5,17,641.12 crore. advanced 557.38 points or 1.47 the coronavirus pandemic and because these markets have attention of FPI, he said. Nifty-50 has been trading crore. The market capitalisation In contrast, the market cap of per cent last week. support their dwindling been performing well and offer Harsh Jain, co-founder and above the 11,000 mark." ) ! 4/ &*2&3'2*& ' , 5+543+&=5 - "9 &- ,!E "-# /# #!( >045;*3+5** C8 D 7!-7 ! 1@ /-, C8 D C8 D = >; #$ > ,! ! Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance 9 & (+ - ( More than one crore passen- Packaging products maker (ABSLI) on Sunday said it is $ 2015* - - - gers were fined for travelling Cosmo Films is planning open to opportunities for con- =# !# >) 9-- - without a ticket in 2019-20, to enter into the pet care solidation as the sector is 340'.5043+8 &''"4'' - - earning the Railways a revenue business to tap the expected to undergo a churn as !C - - - 1> of Rs 561.73 crore -- a growth emerging opportunity, a result of business disruptions 20+70&4B&4 - ) - of around 6 per cent over according to a top compa- caused by the COVID-19 pan- $ - - ( 2018-2019, an RTI application ny official. demic. A $ $ # 0==50' has found. The Delhi-based com- In an e-mail interview to -* " C8 D > - The Railways has earned Rs pany is sensing a good PTI, ABSLI managing director 1,938 crore through fines opportunity in the pet and chief executive Kamlesh 5 9 -) & < - - imposed on ticketless trav- care business, which is Rao said data suggests that in nario, it was very difficult to The CBIC has asked GST H ellers between 2016-2020, a The Indian Railways has growing at a compound times of socio-economic crisis have a short or long-term field offices to conduct hear- - - rise of 38.57 per cent from laid down norms to curb tick- annual growth rate of 22 like this COVID-19, around are not in talks with anyone," view about the business, he ings in GST appeal cases via 5 @8 2016. etless travel. per cent. 30-35 per cent companies find he said. said adding ABSLI would video conferencing for their - - ) ( An RTI application filed by A passenger travelling with- It is expecting a higher it difficult to survive, while ABSLI is a life insurance continue to have a healthy expeditious disposal while -* - 1> Madhya Pradesh-based out a ticket needs to pay a growth in the business close to 15-20 per cent firms subsidiary of Aditya Birla mix of products with a focus ensuring social distancing. - )* - - activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur minimum fine of Rs 250 along led by factors like rise in outshine their peers in respec- Capital Ltd. on protection and guaranteed In April, the Central Board - - revealed the details. with the cost of the ticket. If a income, growth in number tive industries and emerge Rao said the company's solutions. of Indirect Taxes and - - *@ The Railways earned Rs passenger refuses to pay the of small families and lim- successful. business in the first quarter of Even in challenging times Customs (CBIC) had issued - ;95 ; - 405.30 crore as penalties from fine, the person is handed over ited social lives in the Based on the performance, the fiscal was good and it like these, the company has guidelines for conducting - - -) ticketless travellers in 2016-17. to the Railway Protection post COVID-19 era. "we hope to be in the list of 15- expects to continue the successfully launched two personal hearing in virtual - ( In 2017-18, it recovered Rs Force (RPF) and booked The company is going to 20 per cent companies that momentum. products ABSLI Child's mode for appeals under -* ) ( - 441.62 crore and it earned Rs under Section 137 of the start a pilot project in outshine their peers. If there The company, he said, is Future Assured Plan and Customs Act, and erstwhile 7 -5 530.06 crore in 2018-19. Railways Act. After that, the Delhi-NCR and has plans are opportunities of consolida- comfortably placed and cur- ABSLI Assured Flexisavings excise and service tax related 9 -) - In 2019-2020, 1.10 crore person is presented before a to extend it to other cities tion in the market which are rently not planning to raise Plan, catering to the seg- disputes. - - ( passengers were found travel- magistrate. The magistrate at a larger scale, once it worth evaluating, we will funds. ment of guaranteed savings In a letter to Principal -5 ling without valid tickets. can fine him for Rs 1,000. becomes successful. explore the same. Currently, we Under the current sce- and protection, he said. Chief Commissioners, the CBIC said the feedback received from trade and field formations on this indicated 9 !& , ! that the initiative has helped 20#" 0"00 in speeding up passing of C8 D Total consideration received for adjudication and appellate + ! # $ this sale was Rs 31.86 crore. proceedings, saving cost of World's leading spirits maker ; USL had said this move travel and time, and critical- Diageo incurred a loss of 2 mil- towards disinvestment of ly ensuring social distancing C8 D merchant banking sources lion pounds on sale of its # Four Seasons Wines was in in these challenging times. said. Indian wine business last year, line with its strategy to suc- Accordingly, the board has As many as five large banks, According to the sources, the company's annual report ! # # $ cessfully continue to mone- decided to make it mandato- including SBI, PNB and BoB, banks would get a better pic- has said. ## ! tise its non-core assets, ry for various authorities, are likely to sell shares to ture about their Non- Diageo-owned liquor firm 8" including subsidiaries. such as Commissioner institutional investors in the Performing Assets (NPAs), United Spirits Ltd (USL) had At the time of the sale, USL (Appeals), original adjudi- second half of this fiscal as one-time loan restructuring sold its entire equity stake in # ! said the Four Seasons Wines cating authorities and they look to shore up their and consequent ratings latest Four Seasons Wines as well as business was a niche but a Compounding Authority to capital base amid the coron- by the end of October. associated brands to Grover small part of the overall conduct personal hearing in avirus pandemic impacting Four to five large banks Zampa Vineyards and Quintela In January 2019, United Diageo India portfolio and virtual mode in cases relating the economy. like State Bank of India (SBI), Assets for Rs 31.86 crore. Spirits had entered into an the sale would enable the to Central GST and IGST, the Qualified Institutional Punjab National Bank (PNB), "The disposal of the Indian agreement for the sale of all the company to focus on its pre- CBIC said. "This initiative Placement (QIP) would be Bank of Baroda (BoB) and wine business has resulted in sumers who drink alcohol are spirits brands can offer quali- equity shares held by the com- miumisation strategy and would facilitate all stakehold- the most preferred way and Union Bank of India would an exceptional loss of 2 million increasingly choosing spirits ty and affordability. In more pany constituting 100 per cent grow core spirits business in ers such as suppliers under public sector banks are like- look at raising capital towards pounds," Diageo said in its over beer and wine. mature markets, premium core of the paid up equity share cap- India. GST, importers, exporters, ly to take a call on taking this the end of third quarter or Annual Report 2020. "This is a long-term trend. In and reserve brands offer choice ital of its wholly-owned sub- Earlier this month, Diageo passengers, advocates, tax route after finalisation of during the fourth quarter of Talking about consumption markets where spirits is a less and new experiences," the sidiary, Four Seasons Wines disclosed it had taken a write practitioners and authorised their second quarter results, this fiscal, they added. preferences, Diageo said con- mature category, mainstream company said. (FSWL), along with the brands. down of 1.3 billion pounds. representatives," it added. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer
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And not to wada, Mysore bhajji, and culinary background and opened the packet and put a Chennai to do something of chocolate tasting certifica- mention no tasting days, dosas, thanks to popular chocolate tasting was initially piece into my mouth. my own, however small or tion, which got him interest- which are rare, seems like a demand, opened its 4th a part of his previous job. Suddenly, I received an big it is. And the very obvi- ed. “They used to conduct a blessing to me,” he says with outlet at Minister Road, “Luckily, I don’t have a important email and got ous choice for me was choco- three-level certification a smile. Secunderabad! culinary background and occupied with it. All this lates because I thought that course and co-incidentally However, it was tough for Co-founders — chocolate tasting happened while, the chocolate this is the one area that inter- the level one certification was him to brave the stares when Govindlal and Meena just like that. After complet- remained on my tongue as I ests me and also there is a to happen in three weeks he decided to dig deep in the Bhattad, who’re expanding ing my masters in Retail forgot to chew it and in a gap in the industry in India. after I returned from the trip. business. “My family was their business are defying Management from the UK in minute or two, it tasted like Because what we get in the I did the course and I met supportive, but there were the Coronavirus pandem- 2006, I returned to India and different berries while melt- name of Belgian chocolates is people from 17 different people who laughed at the ic to tell the world that we got hired in a consulting ing into my mouth. I was just plain chocolate, but nationalities. It was an eye idea. Moreover, it was tough must keep moving and company who had Godrej as shocked, I picked up the because it is so much better opener since we all got to to quit at a time when you each one must contribute one of its clients. I was cho- wrapper to check in the than India chocolate we learn so much about choco- get a six-digit salary. But I to get our economy back sen as a consultant who flavours. To my surprise, it think it is the best. I thought lates. After the course, I start- knew I was not made for it. on the track. Started by a would help Godrej Nature’s was basic chocolate without that it is an opportunity per- ed taking chocolate tasting Everyone thought I was nuts. Rajasthani, Marwadi fami- Basket in setting up stores. In any added flavours. I loved haps,” he tells you. sessions and giving lecture to But I believe in taking risks ly, which traditionally the process, I got exposed to the chocolate so much that I To begin with, Chordia did keep the money flowing. The and had I not taken the risk doesn’t eat Idli, it was run good and bad chocolates immediately called up the a 20-day backpack trip to response was amazing and I back then, I wouldn’t be here without a name for a cou- 350 people, 100 pickups, have not been taken to,” because I was specifically concerned person and told Belgium to know all about continued it for six months. today. It was all worth it,” ple of years. Later, a gas and 100 takeaways! adds Ritesh. On what’s responsible for choosing him that there was a wrap- chocolates. “First four days Soon after Martin announced he says. cylinder delivery boy, a This new outlet promis- next, young entrepreneur what products will go on the ping mistake. He said no went into tasting different the level two and I went for For those, who want to Muslim by religion, es to be highly hygienic, says, “We want to expand shelf. I did lots of evaluation there are no errors, what you chocolates and the rest of the it. That was when I learnt know the difference between named it ‘Rambharose stomach-friendly, afford- further by opening 8 out- and for this I used to get var- just tasted is pure chocolate, time I began meeting manu- chocolate making,” he tells a good and the best choco- Bhandar’, meaning ‘deci- able dishing out super lets in next one year in ious samples of chocolates he was surprised how I got to facturers, visited retail stores you. late, Chordia has a few words sion is on Lord Rama’. tasty food. The taste is twin cities of Hyderabad from all around the world, taste the exact flavour and and attended chocolate relat- After getting the certifi- of wisdom for them. So what is so special said to be so good that and Secunderabad. We not a piece or two, but a big then I told him that it stayed ed social gatherings. One cate, Chordia, along with his “If you get to know the about this place? It is when patients don't like would like to have 100 box full of different choco- there in my mouth for some- thing that I got to know wife Poonam, came up with taste of cocoa beans and unique not for one but homemade food, they outlets by giving employ- lates. It was a dream job to be time. Then he told me that about them is that there is an institute called berries and you are able to many reasons. It catered choose delicacies from ment to 1,000 people in honest. That’s how I got edu- this is the right way of eating one big company that makes Cocoashala. understand the efforts of the to the cravings of 35 lakh here. “With the opening of the next five years. We cated about chocolates and chocolate. It is not to be chocolate and sells it to 2000 “A lot of students started chocolate maker, then you food lovers in the past 20 the new outlet, we are have even finalised our the chocolate making eaten like food but enjoyed different manufacturers who enrolling in the institute and are having the best chocolate. years. It is an adda for generating employment to plans to go international, process,” he tells you. and eaten slowly. I was left further just melt it, put it in a the most common query The more deep flavours you many millennials. The 15 people, 10 directly and which is on hold because This was not all, during his fascinated. That was my mould with all the add-ons that we received was why can taste, the better the small place is patronised 5 indirectly,” says Ritesh of the outbreak of stint as a consultant for introduction to good choco- and wrap it in their packag- don’t we have a chocolate chocolate is. Rest can fall in every day by more than Bhattad, the millennial COVID-19. Once the Godrej, he learnt how to eat lates,” Chordia recalls. ing and sell it to the end con- brand of ours if we are run- the category of good choco- who stepped into his economy settles after this chocolate the right way. “One From then on, Chordia’s sumer. They do all this in a ning an institute. We lates,” he tells you. father’s business. pandemic, we will take Its parcels are taken to Rambharose — Bhattad many cities across the Ki Idli Chain of Idli country. “I don’t know if Outlets to global markets Q/?996;,+/?;(66+ there is any popular town in the next couple of left out where our tiffins years.” 0457;0090*.0+3 04073 +9?'6//6,+6,A6/%D B023'.3>.40733&+0''7&5*+R50 7'330*4+3.&0+025B&40 f you are worried about your touchscreen usage. >&='5&B504*H054080*>'3+754 toddler being hooked to a The study followed them over the 75'354;&0 *'32;45'383&+ smartphone or a tablet, read next 2.5 years, bringing them into the on. 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Association-Pediatrics, the results are “There was no difference between important for the growing debate the user groups when the apple was around the impact of screen time on harder to find. What we need to know toddlers and their development. next is whether this attention differ- The use of smartphones and tablets ence is advantageous or detrimental to by babies and toddlers has accelerated their everyday life,” said another study rapidly in recent years. author Rachael Bedford. “The first few years of life are criti- It is important we understand how cal for children to develop the ability to use this modern technology in a to focus their attention on relevant way that maximizes benefits and mini- information and ignore distraction, mizes any negative consequences, early skills that are known to be Bedford added. important for later academic achieve- “We are currently unable to con- ment,” said study author Tim Smith clude that the touchscreen use caused from the University of Bath in the UK the differences in attention as it may To provide such evidence, Smith’s also be that children who are generally “TABLET Project” at Birkbeck’s more attracted to bright, colourful fea- Centre for Brain and Cognitive tures seek out touchscreen devices Development, recruited 12-month-old more than those who are not,” the infants who had different levels of authors wrote. 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Allen. Q/ A “We even have multiple iterations of the same story. By opening that (multiverse) D door, all of these stories and O AC characters can start to collide. It blows our minds the level of ilmmaker James Gunn John Cena plays the Pacemaker ctor Ezra Miller possibilities that exist with this introduced his ‘Suicide while Idris Elba essays the role of brought out the character and this story,” he Squad’ at a virtual event, Bloodsport. first glimpse of his added. and said that the film The actor-wrestler compared upcoming film, The film deals with time will be different from his role with Captain America, The Flash, and said travel, with Allen attempting any other superhero saying: “He’s like a douchey that the superhero to right the wrongs of his past, movie ever made. Captain America”. movie will delve into the con- which saw his mother getting The first inside look into the Gunn said that Peacemaker cept of the multiverse allowing murdered and his father get- world of Gunn’s Suicide Squad, would go to any length for peace. other heroes to interact in one ting jailed. which is being described as a For Elba, Suicide Squad is a narrative. “He is someone who has the 1970s gritty war movie, was “twisted fantasy of characters”, It is because of the concept power to change the events of unveiled at the virtual DC and said, “It’s like a massive, of the multiverse that Michael the past, but by doing so, can Fandome. graphic novel brought to life.” Keaton and Ben Affleck will deteriorate the fabric of the “The studio is overwhelmingly In the film, Margot Robbie make an appearance as space-time continuum,” said happy with the movie. The acti- will be reprising her role as Batman in the film. At the vir- Muschietti, who promised a on is great. It’s funny, and it’s rea- Harley Quinn, alongside Viola tual gala, the team showed film that will deliver both lly dramatic in the right places,” Davis (as Amanda Waller), Joel concept art for the character’s heart and humour. While talk- Gunn said while talking about Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and Jai new and improved suit. ing about the themes of the the movie. He also updated on Courtney (Captain Boomerang). “This film is immensely movie, he said, “It’s a time the post-production process for The film will also star Pete important because if you look travel story, which is very the film, which he described as Davidson as Blackguard, Michael around at the DC universe exciting. He’s someone who “by far the most fun I have ever Rooker as Savant, Peter Capaldi you have all these characters has the power of changing the had making a movie”. as The Thinker, Flula Borg as who exist in their own bub- events in the past but in doing 8 ! “It’s gonna be different from Javelin, David Dastmalchian as bles,” said Miller, who portrays so can change the space-time any superhero movie ever made,” Polka Dot Man, Daniela the role of speedster Barry continuum.” the filmmaker added. Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Nathan O#C Gunn also used the virtual Fillion as T.D.K., Mayling Ng as event to confirm the identities of Mongal, Alice Braga as Sol Soria the characters being played by and Sean 8 7 $ =# ' each of the cast members, with a Gunn as “roll call” video. Weasel. wayne Johnson is very likable. While many fans were all set to change “He’s a ruthless keeper hoping for a trailer the hierarchy of of justice. He is the judge, reveal, the director power in the the jury and executioner,” released a montage of superhero universe Johnson said while talking the behind-the-scenes irector Patty Jenkins with his Black about Black Adam. footage — teasing not is committed to Adam avatar. The The Black Adam panel just the characters but release her upcom- Hollywood star described began with an animated also the plot of the ing film, Wonder Black Adam as a ruthless sequence voiced over by movie. Woman 1984, in the keeper of justice. Johnson, which narrated In the clip, it was theatres. She says she Johnson pulled back the the origin story of the confirmed that is sticking to it. “It’s so great on curtain of his upcoming anti-hero. the big screen,” Jenkins said film Black Adam at the In the clip, he said, during the film’s panel at DC DC Fandome by sharing “5,000 years ago, Kahndaq FanDome. some concept art trailers was a melting pot of “We all worked so hard to for the film, which has not magic and powers. Most bring something that would be yet been shot. He said that of us had nothing except a big visual spectacular great he is in the “very early the chains around our time. So we’re going to stick it processes of this creation”. necks. Kahndaq needed a out. We believe in putting it in “I can promise you this, hero; instead they got me. the cinema, and I can’t wait for I give you my word. We I did what needed to be you all to see more today and I are going to go beyond doneaand they impris- can’t wait for the movie to your wildest expectations,” oned me for it. Now, 5,000 come out soon,” she added. said Johnson, who also years later, I'm free. And I The virtual DC FanDome confirmed that the film give you my wordano one also debuted a new trailer for includes Justice Society of will ever stop me again.” the Covid-delayed Wonder America characters Johnson loves that Black Woman 1984, giving a first Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Adam’s origins are of a substantial look at the film's Cyclone, and Atom slave as he said, “He’s felt villain Cheetah played by Smasher (played by Noah the burdens and pressures Kristen Wiig. Centineo). of a larger entity holding The preview showed Wiig’s “The superheroes have him down until he can’t transition from a jealous friend to exhibit a little bit of take it anymore. When to supervillain, giving the first restraint when it comes to you come from that place, glimpse of her character in a taking care of the bad it’s just a very different cheetah-print clothing. The guys. This idea that you energy and it informs how film also stars Gal Gadot, Chris could take all of Black he operates and delivers Pine, and Pedro Pascal. Adam’s powers and he justice.” The Warner Bros movie left does not practice restraint, Black Adam is the arch- its original June release date that makes for a really nemesis of the DC super- due to the Covid-19 pandemic powerful combination, hero Shazam. He is imag- and is currently scheduled to and one that’s explosive, ined as a complex antihero release on October 2, 2020. one that’s very dangerous, with a rich history of his and one that is ultimately own.
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England’s mammoth first against Pakistan will be the “It’s a pleasure to watch innings 583-8 declared. curtain-raiser “to a very spe- him from the other end,” But Azhar, who had only cial career” after sharing a huge Buttler told reporters. “He hits managed 38 runs in three pre- stand with his England team- the ball incredibly hard, has vious innings this series, was in mate during the second day of shots all around the wicket and sight of a hundred, having third Test. he’s a great kid to bat with. become just the fifth Pakistan Crawley converted an “It’s the start of a very spe- Q / batsman to have scored 6,000 overnight 171 not out, his cial career. He’s going to score Test runs. first Test century, into an a few more hundreds for Together with wicketkeep- innings of 267. England, no doubt. This will % , R R er Mohammad Rizwan (22 Together with Buttler, give him a huge amount of not out) he had shared an whose 152 was just his second confidence, but an innings of ( C8 D world-class bowlers India cur- unbroken stand of 83 after hundred at this level, he put on that magnitude will give him rently has, Gavaskar said, Pakistan had collapsed to 75- 359 runs — an England record so much more belief. He’s got egendary batsman Sunil “Definitely without a question, 5. for the fifth wicket. H 0 " " a level head too and he won’t LGavaskar has described the India has got such a varied At the age of just 22, I ' * get ahead of himself.” current Indian Test side under bowling attack today and that Virat Kohli as the best ever, is so essential. There is a say- The duo also halted that meant England had used saying that the lethal bowling ing that ‘if you don’t take 20 England great James up all three of their reviews in /* attack makes it more balanced wickets you won’t win a Anderson’s charge towards the innings. than the teams of earlier eras. match’. becoming the first paceman to There was no need for ( D is a lack of aggression, we are Under Kohli, India “We have got the bowling take 600 Test wickets. technology when Alam, whose not net bowlers, we are play- reached the top of ICC Test to take 20 Australian wickets It looked like the 38-year- near 11-year wait for a Test ormer Pakistan fast ing Test matches,” Akhtar rankings and the team is cur- on 1 run less than what India old was well on his way with recall ended with a four-ball Fbowler Shoaib Akhtar added. rently at number one spot in has scored,” said the 71-year- superb lunch figures of 4-21 duck in the drawn second Test slammed the team for their “Our players do not the World Test Championship old Gavaskar, who scored from 11 overs taking him to at Southampton, fell for 21. performance against England understand that when you do standings. The highlight of the 10122 runs from 125 Tests 597 Test wickets and leaving Pakistan were now 75-5 in the decisive third Test not have the right mindset, team’s success is the first Test between 1971 and 1987. Pakistan in the dire position of but Azhar clipped Archer off between the two sides under- you would not succeed. series win in Australia in While India have always 41-4. his pads for four to go to 6,000 way at the Ageas Bowl. Pakistan looked like a very 2018-19 tour. had skilled batsmen and great But Pakistan fought back Test runs and a sim- Pakistan looked to be in ordinary team, the way we “I believe this team is the spinners, it has been the devel- by scoring 117 runs for the loss ; & 8-# < ilar boundary saw control for much of the first are playing, it is looking like best ever Indian Test team in opment of a clutch of world- of just Fawad Alam in Sunday’s 4 $ ;=>>'$ the under-pressure two sessions of the first day we will face our biggest terms of balance, in terms of class fast bowlers like Jasprit second session. J skipper to a 137-ball before they lost control of the defeat on foreign soil since ability, in terms of skills, in Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, The 35-year-old Azhar, in fifty. match due to an epic 359-run 2006,” Akhtar said. terms of temperament. Can’t Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav his 81st match at this level, Both fours were applaud- stand for the fifth wicket Shoaib in a tweet also think of a better Indian Test and Bhuvneshwar Kumar that joined an elite Pakistan group ed by Azhar’s team-mates in between Zak Crawley (267) questioned the team’s deci- team,” Gavaskar said during has made it the world’s top featuring Younis Khan, the the Pakistan dressing room, and Jos Buttler (152). sion to send in Babar Azam the India Today’s e-Conclave team in recent years. current batting coach, Javed with this match, as has been “I have seen the attitude towards the end of the sec- Inspiration series. On the current batting Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq C * * the case with all internation- of aggressive bowlers, they ond day instead of a night- Gavaskar said what stands line-up, Gavaskar said the and Mohammad Yousuf to = * 0 * als in England this season, have the intent of taking watchman. Babar became out in the current team is the current Indian Test team can have reached the milestone of being played behind closed wickets. I do not know what the third man to fall to James “varied bowling attack” which score more runs than the likes 6,000 Test runs. balls Sunday to remove Asad a fearsome 91 mph ball from doors because of the coron- is being taught to the current Anderson and his wicket can win matches on any sur- of Australia, which leads the England, pressing for their Shafiq, the batsman’s poor fast bowler Jofra Archer that avirus. bowlers of Pakistan. There is was the last act of the day. face, irrespective of the con- ICC Test team rankings. first series win over Pakistan in series continuing when, on rose steeply. England’s imposing total no method, Naseem Shah “It is a very embarrassing ditions. “You need to score runs a decade at 1-0 up in a three- five, he limply edged to But umpire Richard was built on a fifth-wicket keeps on bowling at just one performance from Pakistan, “This team has the attack also. We saw that in England match campaign, resumed in England captain Joe Root at Illingworth’s not out decision partnership of 359 between area, there are no slower I was very hopeful of our side to win on any surface. It does- in 2018. We saw that in South total command with the first slip. was upheld when a challenge Zak Crawley and Buttler, balls or bouncers,” Akhtar performing well in the series. n’t need any help in condi- Africa in 2017 when we went tourists 24-3. England thought they had revealed the ball had brushed whose hundred was just his said on his Youtube channel. Pakistan is looking like a club tions...They can win on any there. We got 20 wickets every Anderson needed just six Azhar, on 21, caught behind off Azhar’s shoulder — a move second century in 47 Tests. “I don’t know why there team,” he said. surface. Batting-wise there time but we didn’t score were teams in 1980s that were enough runs. pretty similar. But they didn’t “But now I think we have - have the bowlers that Virat also got the batting to be able % - - ,( A has,” the former captain said. to score more runs than - Talking further about the Australians.” ( 6 Sthalekar is the 27th from Well done. You are an inspira- Australia and the ninth woman tion, not just in Australia also H - egendary South African all- player in the list, which includes in India (as she was born there). A < Lrounder Jaques Kallis, five from her country. Sthalekar represented G Pakistan batting great Zaheer In all, 93 players have been Australia in eight Tests, 125 ( C8 D my ability did not allow me Abbas and Pune-born former inducted so far under the sys- ODIs and 54 T20s. to do that,” Gavaskar told 9 & (+ Former captain Australian captain Lisa tem, which sees retired players “I am deeply humbled to ndian batting great Sunil India Today. Bhaichung Bhutia says Indian Sthalekar were on Sunday become eligible five years after receive this honour. Never in IGavaskar has said that he “But when I see the next football teams must strive to reg- inducted into the International playing their last international my wildest dreams did I believe would have loved to bat like generation doing it, I am ularly qualify for the Asian Cup Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame match. that I would ever get to join current limited overs vice- absolutely over the moon, I and FIFA youth World Cups if in a virtual ceremony. Gavaskar, who himself was such an illustrious group of captain Rohit Sharma. love watching the next gen- they are to become a force to reck- Among the finest all- inducted into the elite club in players,” she said. Gavaskar, who was the eration because there you on with in the continent. Bhutia rounders to play the game, 2009 and attended the virtual The third cricketer to be first batsman to reach 10,000 see progress. You see how stressed on the importance of con- Kallis represented South Africa $2* ! H F & "$* % 2 ceremony, spoke highly of feted in the ceremony was career runs in Test cricket, they are setting the bar high- tinuously producing quality play- in 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 I * #'' 9 $ #''8 Kallis. Abbas, hailed as the ‘Asian said that circumstances and er for the next generation.” ers for the national team by T20s between 1995 and 2014. “He is a colossus. The word Bradman’. a “lack of confidence” in his Gavaskar was known to focussing on the grassroots. “For The 44-year-old is Proteas’ ets in both Test and ODI crick- nised when one has succeeded fits him like a glove. No praise Abbas played 78 Tests and ability stopped him from put a price on his wicket, the national team, we need to keep highest run-getter in Tests and et. in the sport, it is nice to be is too high for this colossus. 62 ODIs for Pakistan, accumu- doing that in his playing playing long innings and producing good quality players. ODIs with 13289 and 11579 “It is something that I never recognised by people for some- Very well deserved to be in this lating 5062 and 2572 runs days. anchoring the Indian bat- We do have good players at the runs respectively. He also expected when I started play- thing that you have achieved in ICC Hall of Fame,” said respectively. He averaged over “The way you see a Rohit ting lineup during his illus- moment but if we want to com- picked up 292 and 273 wickets ing. I certainly did not play the the game, something that I am Gavaskar. 40 in both the formats. Sharma opening the batting trious career. Rohit on the pete with the best in Asia, we need in Tests and ODIs as a fast game for any accolades or any- really proud of.” Gavaskar was also all praise The 73-year-old is the only in one-day cricket, Test crick- other hand is known for his to keep producing bigger and bet- bowler. thing like that, I only wanted to Kallis is the fourth South for women’s cricket great player from Asia to have scored et, smashing from the first tendency to decimate bowl- ter players,” Bhutia told AIFF TV. Remarkably, he is the only win the games for whoever I African player to be inducted Sthalekar. at least a 100 first-class hun- over. That is what I wanted to ing attacks and is often rated “AIFF has focused on grass- player to score at least 10,000 was playing for,” Kallis said. into the Hall of Fame and “It is good to have another dreds and the first one to score play. Circumstances and of as the best limited overs bats- roots a lot. We need to be strong runs and take at least 250 wick- “But it is nice to be recog- Abbas the sixth from Pakistan. ‘Kar’ in the ICC Hall of Fame. three successive ODI hundreds. course lack of confidence in man in the world. at the grassroots and we are working on it. “Our target for the national teams should be quali- fying for the AFC Asian Cup and 6 $"8 $! " - the FIFA youth World Cups on a regular basis.” According to @ C Test return at Edgbaston. Derby before the first of three @ C8 A that will also be used for the happy with and probably the him, an increase in the number “I do like batting there, T20s in Southampton on US Open, which starts on thing I was most apprehensive of matches and exposure tours teve Smith on Sunday said unfortunately there’s going to September 4 in empty stadi- ritain’s Andy Murray made August 31. Former world No 1 about going into the match. My has helped the Indian football She’ll miss being jeered and be no crowd there to egg me on ums. They also play three ODIs Ba triumphant ATP come- Murray, now ranked 129th, tennis could have been better. team improve its ranking in heckled by English crowds and give me a bit more moti- at Manchester, with both back on Saturday, defeating suffered a pelvic injury at the I did some things well at the recent years. “We had fewer during their upcoming limited- vation,” he said at Sydney air- venues having hotels attached Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, Davis Cup last November and end, but I could definitely games in comparison and often overs tour, admitting the boo- port en route to Perth, from so they can remain in bio- 6-1 in his first match of 2020 that, combined with the pan- improve in terms of my game.” would get drawn against tough ing motivates him to do better. 2 2 F where the team will fly to secure bubbles. at the Western & Southern demic shutdown, kept him out Murray broke Tiafoe for a 2-0 teams in qualification games. The master Australian = #''8 England. “Still, there’s going to “I’m looking forward to Open. The 33-year-old of competition until he faced lead in the third set when the Players now are getting many batsman bore the brunt of the be plenty of eyes on the TV and getting back into it, obviously Scotsman advanced in hot and 22-year-old Tiafoe in a meet- American missed a volley, more matches and so much hostile English fans on their taunts and potshots, scoring an it is going to be great to be back it’s going to be a bit different humid conditions to a second- ing of wildcard entrants. “I broke again to 5-1 with a back- exposure. It has helped them to trip there last year after return- incredible 774 runs in four out there playing.” than what we’re used to being round date with German fifth thought I moved well today,” hand return winner and held at improve and get better over ing from a ban for ball-tamper- Tests, at an average 110.57, Australia’s 21-man squad in a bubble and playing with no seed Alexander Zverev at the Murray said. “That was prob- love to finish matters after two time,” he stated. PTI ing. But he thrived on the including twin centuries on his will initially quarantine in crowds,” Smith said. Covid-19 quarantine bubble ably the thing I was most hours and 28 minutes.