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Twitter asks PLAYING SAFE Two more test positive for staff to work COVID-19 in India from home AP TO PASS RESOLUTION n Air India passenger, Italian tourist among fresh cases PNS SAN FRANCISCO Twitter staff across the world n board the Air India Vienna- were asked to work from PNS NEW DELHI n The Air India on Tuesday SEEKING NPR IN OLD FORMAT Delhi flight on February 25 home starting Monday in an With at least two more persons have been asked to follow gov- confirmed that a passenger effort to stop the spread of the - an Italian tourist and an Air ernment protocols. who flew on a Vienna-Delhi deadly new coronavirus epi- Questions proposed in NPR causing insecurity among minorities: CM India passenger testing positive, The advisory comes after the flight on February 25 had demic. The outbreak has the total number of confirmed airline informed crew of the tested positive for coronavirus. spread across the world since PNS n VIJAYAWADA quarters with respect to the cases of the dreaded novel flight on Monday to stay in iso- emerging in central China conduct of NPR exercise, fol- coronavirus (Covid19) in India lation at their homes for 14 days n An Italian tourist in Jaipur late last year, killing more The Andhra Pradesh govern- lowing clarifications are issued has gone up to seven. and watch for symptoms. The tested positive for Covid-19, than 3,100 people, infecting ment will pass a resolution in to all the District Collectors/ According to Union Health Boeing 787 aircraft, which ser- though his sample collected on over 90,000, and prompting the ensuing Budget session of Principal Census Officers in Ministry sources, an Italian viced the flight, had 120 people Saturday had tested negative a wave of travel restrictions. the state Legislature, requesting the shape of 'Frequently Asked tourist in Jaipur has tested pos- on board, including crew. The social media platfo- that the Centre maintain the Questions' (FAQ) for easy dis- itive for Covid19, though the "This is for the attention of rm's decision to ask its staff National Population Register semination to all concerned," sample initially collected from passengers who flew on AI154 to avoid the office follows (NPR) as it existed in the year General Administration the tourist on Saturday had test- Vienna-Delhi of 25th Feb 20. similar requests by govern- 2010. Department Secretary Shashi ed negative. As his condition One of the passengers has ments in virus hotspots. Chief Minister YS Jaga- Bhushan Kumar said in the deteriorated, a second sample tested positive for #coron- "We are strongly encourag- nmohan Reddy took to Twitter order issued on January 22. was collected, which tested avirus. Please follow the ing all employees globally to on Tuesday evening to spell out He said people are not positive on Monday. "Since protocol notified by work from home if they're the stand of the YSR Congress required to submit any docu- there was a variation in the the Ministry of able," Twitter HR chief Party on the NPR issue. Chief Minister said in the first machinery for the conduct of ment to the enumerators dur- reports, samples were sent to Health regarding Jennifer Christie "Some of the questions pro- tweet. the NPR exercise and Housing ing the NPR exercise. the National Institute of coronavirus," said in a Monday posed in the NPR are causing "To this effect, we will also Listing and Housing Census as "Enumerators are just Virology (NIV), Pune for test- Air India blog post. insecurities in the minds of introduce a resolution in the part of Census of India 2021 to required to record whatever ing," officials said, adding that tweeted. minorities of my state. After upcoming assembly session," be taken up for 45 days answers are given by the peo- it had tested positive. India on elaborate consultations within Jagan said in the second tweet. between April and September ple and not to press for any fur- The Air India on Tuesday Monday reported our party, we have decided to The Chief Minister's tweets 2020. ther answers to any query if confirmed that a passenger two new cases of request the Central Govern- came in the backdrop of his "In view of a number of they do not intend to give and who flew on a Vienna-Delhi the deadly coron- ment to revert the conditions governments recent order, apprehensions and doubts also not to ask for any docu- flight on February 25 had test- avirus, one from Delhi and to those prevailing in 2010," the gearing up the administrative being expressed in various ment," Kumar said in the order. ed positive for coronavirus. another one from Hyderabad. Hence, people who flew on- 3 Pfizer stock Local body elections within Jagan puts Coronavirus forces Indian Navy up over virus officials on cure reports one month, confirms Jagan high alert over to postpone MILAN-2020 PNS n WASHINGTON PNS n VIJAYAWADA MPTC, ZPTC, panchayat and tions as laid down by the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Delegates from Drug maker Pfizer saw its municipal elections within the Supreme Court and directed it coronavirus stock jumping nearly 13 per Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan time stipulated by the High to come up with a new quota PNS n VIJAYAWADA MILAN-2020, the multilater- 15 friendly cent after media reports Reddy on Tuesday said that Court. system for the polls. al naval exercise scheduled to foreign Navies claimed that the company has elections to the local bodies in On Monday, the state's High An ordinance has been pro- Chief Minister YS Jaganm- have been conducted by the had attended identified some antiviral Andhra Pradesh would be Court had pulled up the state mulgated to bring about ohan Reddy on Tuesday Indian Navy from March 18 to compounds that may treat held within one month as per government and scrapped a changes in the Panchayat Raj directed officials to take all 28 at Visakhapatnam has been the Final Pla- the new coronavirus the directions of the High Government Order (GO) that Act and also for completely preventive measures and cre- postponed taking into consid- nning Confere- (COVID-19). Court. sought to provide 59.85 eradicating the influence of ate awareness among the eration the safety of all partic- nce in Vizag The revelation came after Chairing a review per cent reservation for money and liquor in elec- people on coronavirus, a day ipants and travel restrictions US President Donald Trump meeting as part of SC, ST and BC commu- tions. The Chief Minister after neighbouring Telangana imposed by the spread of met executives from Gilead Spandana programme nities in the upcoming directed the police machinery state reported its first case. COVID-19. had generated a very enthusi- The Indian Navy thanked Sciences, Johnson & here, the Chief Minister elections. to be firm in the conduct of the Chairing a review meeting It may be noted that dele- astic response, with Navies the numerous navies from Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, said that officials conce- The High Court elections by taking it up as a here, Jagan said that the State gates from 15 friendly foreign around the world having near and far for having accept- Sanofi, Pfizer and other rned will approach the had asked the challenge. should be on high alert and Navies had attended the Final expressed their desire to par- ed their invitation to partici- manufacturers to discuss State Election state gov- He said that any person all necessary precautions Planning Conference held in ticipate; and in deference to pate in MILAN 2020, as also progress on vaccines and Commission on ernment to found distributing money dur- taken for any eventuality vis- the city. this interest, the Indian Navy for the unstinted support pro- antivirals to combat the Wednesday to follow the ing the elections would be à-vis coronavirus. He direct- In a press release, the Indian was looking forward toward vided in the run-up to this coronavirus which has killed inform it that 50 per cent debarred and also sent to jail ed officials to form rapid Navy said that the announce- scheduling MILAN at a later event. more than 3,000 people they are pre- cap on for a period of three years. response teams, while taking ment to conduct MILAN-2020 convenient date. 3 globally. pared for the reserva- 3 care to assure the people that there was no need for panic. The CM directed the offi- cials to ensure isolation wards Hyd court acquits Abdul Karim in the district hospitals are set CAA not in sync with international World Bank loan up and doctors trained on Tunda in terror conspiracy case how to handle coronavirus with the help of an action PNS n HYDERABAD covenants: UNHRC petitions SC plan prepared by experts. to clear liquor dues 3 A court in Nampally on PNS n NEW DELHI with India's commitment to the case, citing her mandate to Tuesday acquitted Abdul international covenants. protect and promote all human PNS n VIJAYAWADA Karim Tunda in the terror The UN Human Rights The application was rights and to conduct neces- conspiracy case, which has Council has moved an filed by Michelle sary advocacy established pur- The cash-strapped Andhra TODAY been pending against him intervention applica- Bachelet Jeria, the suant to the UN General Pradesh government would ALMANAC since 1998. tion in the Supreme UN High Assembly resolution."While seek Rs 1,783 crore loan from Month & Paksham: Tunda, an alleged bomb- Court criticizing the Commissioner for reducing the risk of refoule- the World Bank to clear dues maker of the terror outfit The court pronounced the Citizenship Amendment Human Rights (the High ment for certain communities, to distilleries that supply liquor Phalguna & Shukla Paksha Lashkar-e-Taiba, is facing judgment on Tuesday. Act, as it puts Muslim migrants Commissioner). the CAA unequally places to the state-owned corpora- Panchangam: charges that he conspired to He is currently lodged in at risk and also has issues of The High Commissioner other communities at such tion, Deputy Chief Minister K Tithi: Navami: 01:59 pm carry out bomb blasts at Ghaziabad prison. reasonableness and objectivi- has sought to intervene as risk. Narayanaswamy said on Nakshatram: Mrigashirsha: 11:23 am Ganesh pandals in the city. 3 ty, which may not be in sync amicus curiae (third-party) in 3 Tuesday. Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start He said the AP Beverages Corporation Limited, which any important work) procures liquor from the dis- Rahukalam: 12:27 pm – 01:55 pm tilleries, has no land to mort- Narayanaswamy Yamagandam: 08:03 am – 09:31 am Covid-19: Mask won’t necessarily protect you gage for securing a loan. said that the Varjyam: 07:48 pm – 09:24 pm "We will adopt other means government will Gulika: for securing the loan... We will 10:59 am - 12:27 pm ask the World Bank Good Time: (to start any important Virus can penetrate ‘protection', washing hands regularly could be helpful, say experts demand World Bank to lend Rs 1,783 crore for clearing to lend Rs 1,783 work) NAVEENA GHANATE A city-based pulmonologist Prevention) does not recom- dues to distilleries. Our gov- Amritakalam: 01:25 am – 03:01 am crore to repay n HYDERABAD said, "The diameter of coron- mend that people wear a face- ernment has no dues, but Abhijit Muhurtham: NIL avirus is apparently around 0.12 mask to protect themselves these are kept pending by the distilleries Although a surgical mask will microns. Surgical mask filters from respiratory diseases, previous TDP government," VIJAYAWADA not necessarily protect one particles of 2-10 microns capac- including COVID-19". Narayanaswamy, who also Reiterating that the state WEATHER from contracting coronavirus, ity. The N 95 respirators filter As per CDC, even the holds the Excise portfolio, government was committed to these masks are selling like hot- out most airborne particles patient does not need to wear told a press conference in the bring in prohibition in phas- Forecast: Partly Cloudy cakes at five times their origi- apparently up to 0.3 micron. a face mask while isolated. Secretariat here. es, Narayanaswamy slammed Temp: 36/23 nal price. According to doc- Masks are not as effective as they Patients with confirmed or He alleged 17 acres of the TDP supremo N Humidity: 44% tors, wearing a face mask is not are being propagated. Washing suspected Covid-19 should corporation land had been Chandrababu Naidu and his Sunrise: 06.32 an iron-clad guarantee that hands or using hand-rub in wear a face mask until they are encroached by a TDP leader in party leaders for "making Sunset: 06.23 you won't get sick as the virus combination of mask could be isolated in a hospital or at Vijayawada and steps were cheap remarks" over liquor Current Weather Conditions can still penetrate through helpful. (The US) CDC (Centers home. being taken to retrieve it, but transactions. Updated March 03, 2020 5:00 PM With one person from Telangana testing positive for coronovirus, face masks are masks. for Disease Control and 3 becoming increasingly popular in Hyderabad. did not name the person. 3 VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2020 vijayawada 02

The well- in that tragic incident. known saying, Properties of RIL were van- “Be cordial with dalised and those who were the persons you For Jagan, a friend’s friend is a friend arrested then found a place for meet on your way themselves in the AP up since Generally, national parties Rashid Alvi, a Bahujan Samaj books of Ambani. This may be Assembly. PIN you will have to bestow such opportunities to Party leader as his reward for detrimental to Jagan’s interests Unlike his father, Jagan POINT meet them again on their leaders for the larger To nominate an “outsider”, national dumping Mayawati. in the future in view of the DA wishes to have cordial relations your way down” will interests of the party and the parties first take a very close look at the However, the state-level cases he faces. with Ambani. This will be pos- be ideal for YSRCP president political scenario. situation, the strength of the local Congress leaders, including Interestingly, Jagan cosying sible with only one RS seat. YS Jaganmohan Reddy, con- Leaders of undivided AP YS Rajasekhara Reddy, initial- up to Ambani is a marked As per rumours doing sidering the favourable polit- like P. Shiva Sankar aspirants and also his or her position in ly opposed the proposal but departure from the stand rounds, a leader had to pay ical scenario he has been expe- (Congress), Bangaru the party before finalising the ticket finally agreed to the party's adopted by his father YSR. nearly Rs 50 crore for a RS riencing. Lakshman, GVL Narasimha decision. When YSR was the Chief ticket from YSRCP. While When the opportunity aris- Rao (both BJP) and Sitaram For Jagan, there are no such Minister, RIL tried its best to this may seem like an expen- es to bestow a favour upon one Yechuri (CPI-M) had got such To nominate an “outsider”, following the death of sitting restrictions. convince him to allow it to lay sive proposition, the fact is of the richest men in the an opportunity from the states national parties first take a member KM Khan. The From a business point of a pipeline for transporting gas that it is far cheaper than world, no one would hesitate of Gujarat, UP and West very close look at the situa- tenure of this seat was just view too, Jagan stands to ben- from the KG Basin to its pumping in Rs 100 crore on to cement friendship with a Bengal respectively. tion, the strength of the local two years by then. efit by obliging Mukesh refinery in Gujarat. YSR the Lok Sabha election and M D RATNA KUMAR business magnate like Mukesh Similarly, leaders like Rashid aspirants and also his or her Interestingly, at that time, Senior Journalist Ambani. Moreover it is pru- insisted that the gas available still being unsure of making Ambani. Alvi and Jairam Ramesh of the position in the party before the then Congress MLA dent for Jagan to be in the in the KG Basin must be it to Parliament. After keenly considering Congress had made their way finalising the ticket. They from Vijayawada (West) Jalil good books of Ambani, who allotted to cater to the needs Ignoring party leaders by the pros and cons of such a to the Rajya Sabha from AP, also tend to take the opinions Khan had to sacrifice his seat to the RS for his ‘sacrifice’. enjoys “most favoured status” of AP first, to which RIL was offering RS seats to “outsiders” move, Jagan is believed to while many worthy aspirants of party cadres. For example, to accommodate the CPI However, Jalil Khan rejected from Prime Minister Narendra in disagreement. may lead to disquiet among have decided to offer a Rajya from the state were overlooked Rashid Alvi was brought to candidate following a seat that offer for this particular Modi. Even before an outcome the YSRCP leaders, especially Sabha seat to Parimal by the party for reasons pure- AP in 2004. He accepted the sharing agreement between seat at it had only two years While Jagan may have suc- over this stand-off came, YSR since there is no precedence of Natwangi, a close associate of ly political in nature. offer made by then AICC the two parties. The then of the actual tenure of six cessfully managed to create a died in a helicopter crash in a region party doing this. The Ambani, whose tenure as However, Jagan’s decision President Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary in- years left. distance between his political Nallamala forests in Kurnool TDP has a history of allotting member of the Upper House regarding Parimal appears to accordingly, came and filled charge of AP affairs Gulam Azad tried his best to con- bête noire Chandrababu Naidu district. Soon after, rumours RS seats only to its cadre, but of Parliament will end this be purely personal and not the nomination papers for Nabi Azad assured Jalil Khan vince Jalil Khan, but when he and Modi, he realises that the spread across the state that the unlike Jagan, it does not face April. political. the RS seat that fell vacant that he would be nominated refused, the seat was given to TDP chief is still in the good private sector giant had a hand DA cases.

CAPSULE VIZAG ZOO CELEBRATES WORLD WILDLIFE DAY Think out of the ‘Focus on preventing forest fires’ box, trainees told n PNS VISAKHAPATNAM n As the wildfires ravaged Amazon rainforest, Indira Gandhi Zoological Park has cerebrated the World Indonesian forests and Wildlife Day here on Tuesday. Rameswaram areas, the 'Sustain all life on earth' is the Andhra Pradesh forest theme of the Day this year. department has initiated SVCMD Diamond On the occasion, the common a slew of measures to Jubilee fete marmoset monkeys received prevent fires across all from Alipore Zoological Gardens, divisions of forests in the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM that RINL has adopted sever- TIRUPATI: The prestigious fine Kolkata, were released into the State al technological advancements arts institutions run by TTD, Sri renovated marmoset enclosure in PK Rath, CMD, RINL-VSP, in its operations and exhort- Venkateswara College of Music the zoo in the presence of n Forest officials focussed formally inaugurated the ed them to learn the process- and Dance is all set to celebrate S Nagalakshmi, Chairman and more on the areas induction programme for the es of a steel plant and keep its Diamond Jubilee fete on Managing Director of APEPD- wherever fire occurs Management Trainees (MTs) abreast with knowledge. March 4 and 5 here. The two- CL. here on Tuesday. KC Das, Director day annual fete will commence frequently. Nallamala and Schoolchildren also partici- Seshachalam forest While congratulating the (Personnel), VV Venugopal at 3 pm on Wednesday and pated in the wildlife awareness management trainees for Rao, Director (Finance), DK zones are very sensitive there will be a series of cultural rally and Marmoset release pro- choosing RINL, Rath said that Mohanty, Director areas, as they are located activities staged by students gramme in the zoo park. Zoo Indira Gandhi Zoological Park officials and schoolchildren hold placards to create awareness among people on wildlife to steel industry is a back bone of (Commercial), KK Ghosh, and faculty up to 10 pm. curator Yesoda Bai, P Bhanu mark World Wildlife Day in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday in high altitude regions the economy and playing a Director (Projects), AK Principal of SVCMD Babu, assistant curators K Uma and groundwater levels vital role in the nation's devel- Saxena, Director (Operations) Jamunaraniand others are Maheswari, M Raja Rao were prevent fires across all divisions Forest officials focussed more making the forests susceptible are less. opment. in their address mentioned supervising the arrangements present and shared their views of forests in the State. on the areas wherever fire to wildfires. Summer is much He called up on them to that the new MTs should share for the celebrations, which are with the children. Uncontrolled fires affect the for- occurs frequently. Nallamala severe in these forests. There exhibit leadership qualities by their ideas, bring innovations set to take place at the college Forest fire is a threat to suste- est resources in various ways. and Seshachalam forest zones had been continuous drought working in shop floors with using the technologies for auditorium. nance of wildlife. As the wildfires After forest fire, thousands of are very sensitive areas, as they from the past few years. the pool regularly. Firelights team work and dedication. He enhancing the productivity. ravaged Amazon rainforest, hectares of forest land turns into are located in high altitude December to April is the peak maintenance was done by end said that safety aspects should They assured them a bright Series of festivals Indonesian forests and ashes causing loss of timber, ani- regions and groundwater levels season for wildfires. of winter, in the month of be given top priority, while future in RINL. A total 147 Rameswaram areas, the Andhra mal life and soil fertility. The fire are less. All reserve forests will have January. Fire watchers were working in the plant and MTs joined RINL in various in Tirupati shrine Pradesh forest department has also leads to depletion of ozone There is an increased mois- permanent firelights. The forest appointed to prevent fires in the advised them to inculcate safe disciplines in different batch- TIRUPATI: A series of festivals initiated a slew of measures to layer and global warming. ture stress on the vegetation staff cut the dry grass and burn forests. work culture. He mentioned es for the year 2019-20. have been lined up in March at Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple here. Procession of Andal Ammavaru in mada streets on Jagan anti-BC, March 6, 13, 20, 27, Pournami Cases being foisted on ALIET NSS Rich tributes paid Garuda Seva on March 9, alleges former Uttara Nakshatram procession unit holds of Sri Govindaraja Swamy on to GMC Balayogi March 10, procession of Sri women protesters, says TDP free dental TDP minister Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy PNS n AMARAVATI PNS n GUNTUR in mada streets, along with PNS n VIJAYAWADA camp Sridevi and Bhudevi on the Former Chief Minister TDP leader and former minister occasion of Sravana Amaravati Parirakshana PNS n VIJAYAWADA N Chandrababu Naidu on Nakka Anand Babu on Tuesday Nakshatram March 20, Samithi women's wing leaders Tuesday paid glowing tributes charged Chief Minister YS Procession of Sri Rukmini met Governor Biswa Bushan With a view to encouraging to former Lok Sabha Speaker Jaganmohan Reddy with main- Satyabhama Sametha Sri Harichandan at the Raj Bhavan students to serve society, GMC Balayogi in connection taining distance from BCs and Parthasaradhi Swamy in mada here on Tuesday and com- week-long NSS special camp with the latter's death anniver- Reddys. streets on the occasion of plained that false cases were was organised by Andhra sary. At a programme held at Speaking to the media here on Rohini Nakshatram on registered against the agitating Loyola Institute of the TDP office here on Tues- Tuesday, he charged the Chief March 30. women in Amaravati. They Engineering and Technology day, N Chandrababu Naidu Minister with spending crores of appealed to the Governor to (ALIET) at the NSS unit at paid floral tributes GMC rupees towards fee for hiring the Shortage of masks provide protection to them. Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi women's wing leaders sumbit a memorandum to their adopted village Ganguru Balayogi by garlanding his his duties as the Lok Sabha best legal brains but not putting Women wing leaders S Governor Biswa Bushan Harichandan at the Raj Bhavan in Vijayawada on Tuesday in Penamaluru mandal of portrait. Speaker. Though, he depart- forward on behalf of the State gov- at Gandhi Hospital Padmasri, Gadde Anuradha, Krishna district. Speaking in this connec- ed us 18 years ago, his mem- ernment in court on BC quota. Akineni Vanaja and others children and the YSRCP lead- In the week-long programme tion, he praised Balayogi for ories are still afresh, he said. It may be recalled that the High HYDERABAD: Attendants on n patients getting admitted to met the Governor. Amaravati women wing ers are repeatedly attacking to of NSS special camp, stu- setting an example for others He became a ray of hope Court ruled that under no circum- Gandhi Hospital are annoyed at Speaking to the media, leaders meet Governor create panic among women. dents on Tuesday participat- to emulate during his life time for Dalits, Naidu said exhort- stances the quota for the BCs in the severe shortage of N 95 Gadde Anuradha said that Biswa Bushan Padma said that the protest ed in clean and green drive as the education minister. ing the TDP activists to strive the local body polls should not masks, worn to prevent corona there is a good response to the Harichandan at the led by women in Amaravati is and later conducted a dental He called him as an embod- for realising his ideals. exceed 50 per cent as stipulated by virus, and have been protest being staged by women Raj Bhavan intensifying and women are camp. NSS volunteers went iment of moral values. TDP leaders Atchannaidu, the Supreme Court. demanding that the government of Amaravati, however, the playing a key role in the pre- door-to- door to invite vil- When he was the minister Rama Nadu, Chinnarajappa, Furthermore, he said that it was shift the carona treatment government was filing false SC, sent protest against the govern- lagers for dental check-up. for education, he resigned Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao, Jaganmohan Reddy's aide, who centre from the hospital to ST atrocity cases against the which were brought to the ment. To dilute and create Doctors from the owning moral responsibility Kuna Ravi Kumar, TD filed a petition in the High Court elsewhere. Even the hospital innocent women to scare them. notice of the Governor. panic among women, police Government Dental College for question paper leak. Janardhan, Satyanarayana on BC quota on the civic body personnel are wearing ordinary She said that the ruling She said that women were and the ruling party leaders are participated in the dental In a short span of time, he Raju, Anita, Anuradha and polls. The government should go masks because of the shortage party leaders were attacking fighting against the govern- resorting to false cases and camp and helped the NSS vol- earned praise across the nat- others were present on the to elections only after fixing the of the N 95 masks. them and filing false cases, ment for the future of their attacks, she added. unteers in check-up. ion by efficiently discharging occasion. quota for the BCs, he demanded.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES SCR campaigns for ‘gender-equal world' Render justice to GOLD n ` 42,020 (10 gm) PNS VIJAYAWADA n The South Central Railway, n Indian Railways has taken ` Vijayawada Division, several special measures BCs, demands CPI 160 'Each for Equal' is the theme SILVER of the International Women's launched International for the safety and security PNS n VIJAYAWADA demanding that the govern- ` 45,200 (10 gm) Day campaign launched by Women's Day campaign of women passengers, ment retain Amaravati as the ` 600 the South Central Railway, on March 1 along with exclusive CPI State secretary K capital. Vijayawada Division, on March facilities for them in trains Ramakrishna on Tuesday He questioned the Chief 1. The theme is to signify that n There are more than a advised political parties to meet Minister why he did not take n CHICKEN collectively each one of us can lakh women employees in Vijayawada Division has Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiative in the case of BCs `/KG help create a gender-equal Indian Railways and the more than 1,800 women and discuss Backward Caste whose population is about 50 RATES world. number is increasing employees working in (BC) reservations. per cent in the State and Dressed/With Skin `110 The main objective of this every day various capacities Addressing the media file case in the Supreme Without Skin `125 campaign was to highlight the here on Tuesday, he Court against the Broiler at Farm `76 importance of women empow- said that a plea should High Court decision erment to make them indepen- ing as RPF, Loco pilots, TTEs, "Such campaigns are neces- be filed in the against BCs. He said dent on all aspects and to technicians, clerks, guards, sary to bring social change and Supreme Court as the injustice was meted bring gender equality in the engineers, points women, sta- root out gender bias from decision given by the out to BCs repeatedly EGG social order of society. tion managers and helpers. society," he added. He also said High Court led to chaos. though their population `/ RATES 100 There are more than a lakh A woman loco pilot belonging to the South Central Railway, Vijayawada Divsion, Speaking on the occasion, P that Indian Railways has He further reminded that is about 52 per cent across the HYDERABAD 295 women employees in Indian giving instructions to railway staff Srinivas, Divisional Railway always taken special measures the government had hired country, he pointed out. VIJAYAWADA 340 Railways and the number is Manager, stated that women for women staff and passen- senior lawyer from Delhi for In the upcoming Budget ses- increasing every day. Indian along with exclusive facilities various capacities. employees are the real pride of gers to ensure secure and safe Rs 5 crore to contest against sion, the government should VISAKHAPATNAM 350 Railways has taken several spe- for them in trains. Vijayawada Apart from all women units, Vijayawada Division and they train journeys and the right farmers and women of 29 vil- pass a resolution stating that RETAIL PRICE `3.40 cial measures for the safety and Division has more than 1,800 Vijayawada Division consists of are excelling on all the fronts kind of environment at the lages in Amaravati, who filed they are against the CAA and (IN VIJAYAWADA) security of women passengers women employees working in many women employees work- with sincerity and dedication. workplace. cases against the government, NRC, he said.

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n PNS VIJAYAWADA n Minister for Mines P Ramachandra Reddy said ST panel visits VPT Minister for Mines P Ramachandra Reddy has asked that it has been observed VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra officials to blacklist contractors that sand is being Pradesh Legislative Assembly smuggling sand using fake bills booked time and again Committee on Schedule Tribes and register cases against them. on a single town planning headed by its chairman T In a meeting convened to permit and wanted it to Balaraju, MLA of Polavaram, review with officials here on be checked using along with other committee Tuesday, he said that it has technology members, visited been observed that sand is Visakhapatnam Port Trust on being booked time and again n He wanted the sand to Urs Committee members call on Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy at the Tadipalli camp office on Tuesday. Deputy chairman of on a single town planning per- be booked across the Tuesday to invite him for 423rd Urs celebrations of Hazrat Syed Shah Bukhari, slated for March 5 at VPT PL Haranadh welcomed mit and wanted it to be Kondapalli village in Krishna district. the committee and took the State round-the-clock checked using technology. He and asked officials to members for the port visit and asked the MPDOs to check the launch cruise. He later practice with the help of the explore linking it with VIJAYAWADA: The 423rd Hazrat to the Urs. On the occasion, he offer annadanam. Deputy Chief explained the port operations, building identity number. He the NREGs works, he said. Sand quarrying in sand Aadhaar card Syed Shah Bukhari Urs will be offered 'chadar' to Hazrat Syed Minister Amzat Basha, Ministers facilities and infrastructure celebrated at Kondapalli village in Shah Bukhari Baba. Hazrat Syed Velampalli Srinivas, Anil Kumar wanted the sand to be booked Officials have been asked to reaches in Jaggaiahpet and n Officials have been asked available. Deputy Chairman across the State round-the- sensitise people on mobile Nandigama in Krishna district Krishna district on March 5. The Shah Bukhari Urs Committee Yadav, Advisor to Government further explained about the to sensitise people on Urs committee members met chairman Md Altaf said that Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, clock and asked officials to application launched to pro- would be put on hold if neces- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan people from across the State will MLAs Hafeez Khan, Mustafa, capacities in handling of cargo, explore linking it with Aadhaar mote sand sales and trans- sary on allegations of illegal mobile application modernisation and launched to promote Reddy at the Tadipalli camp office take part in the Urs and Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy and card. portation to check smuggling transportation, he warned. here on Tuesday and invited him arrangements have been made to others were present. mechanisation, covered storage There should be no shortage of sand with people's support. Environmental permission sand sales and facilities, solar power, STP of sand for the NREGS works He put the total income for quarrying sand in 47 new transportation to check water treatment for industrial and allot exclusive sand reach- that will accrue to the govern- reaches have been received, he purpose, and internal usage, smuggling of sand with es for the works, he said. Out ment through sand sales is Rs said asking officials to com- people's support investment potential and zone of the required 8,95,283 tonnes 1,500 crore. Rs 2,39,03,373 is mence works in them. By June, CM conspiring of opportunities in exploring of sand to execute NREGs being paid towards wages of 75 lakh tonnes of sand should imports and export TDP leaders are improvements in works, only 2,50,585 tons could the AP Mineral Development be maintained at the stock yard. Surendra Babu, Mining against BCs, Visakhapatnam Port. The be supplied. So, he wanted the Corporation. The expenditure If no bidder comes forward Department Principal Secretary chairman was satisfied authorities to increase the daily being incurred on mobile par- for quarrying sand, the Ram Gopal, APMDC Vice- says Prattipati on the operations of the port supply of sand. At least two or ties is Rs 40,35,751. In all, 100 Collectors should allot works Chairman and Managing like drunken n and in up-keeping the port three sand reaches in each mobile teams are set up to on a nomination basis. Director M Madhusudhan PNS AMARAVATI clean and tidy. district should be allotted to check sand smuggling. Vigilance Director General Reddy and others took part. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan monkeys: Roja Reddy has been conspiring against the BCs to deny them PNS n AMARAVATI over 15,000 posts, alleges for- Covid-19: Mask won’t Canada keen to capitalise on mer minister Prattipati Pulla YSRCP legislator Roja on Rao Addressing media here on Tuesday called TDP leaders as Tuesday, Pulla Rao wanted the necessarily protect you drunken monkeys and N government to lodge a writ business potential of Vizag Chandrababu Naidu and petition in Supreme Court Continued from Page 1 being sold for about Rs 5 is Lokesh as the presidents of tip- seeking 59.5 per cent quota for now costing Rs25, thanks to PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM plers' association. the BCs in local body elections. The role of face masks is for the demand created due to Brand Canada, a first At a media conference held Police has been earning a patient source control, to pre- dearth of information. When Canada has reached out to of its kind day-long here on Tuesday, she noted bad name for the state if the vent contamination of the sur- asked about citizens facing dif- the business and trade com- that liquor almost flooded the DGP himself is appearing rounding area when a person ficulty in purchasing masks, munity of the city on road show was State during the tenure of N before the court was any indi- coughs or sneezes. Minister Etela Rajender said Tuesday in a bid to explore conducted by the Indo- Chandrababu Naidu. cation, he inferred. According to WHO, if you on Tuesday, "Not everyone various fields of potential Jaganmohan Reddy, who suc- Police have been terrorizing are healthy you only need to needs to wear a mask, only collaboration and invest- Canadian Business ceeded Naidu, curtailed the insulting remarks against the people in the name of SIT and wear a mask if you are taking those people who are in the ment, as well as how easy it number of wine shops and Village Secretariat volunteers. CID, he alleged. In the name care of a person with suspect- direct contact with patients was to do business with Chamber in bars by at least 40 per cent. The government has been of implementing partial prohi- ed 2019-nCoV infection. need masks". Canada. partnership with Air Displaying of liquor bottles inching forward towards bition in the state, the govern- WHO also advises people to Evidently, if members of Brand Canada, a first of its at TDP office was a shame on imposing total prohibition ment has been encouraging the wear a mask only if they are the public continue to pur- kind day-long road show Canada and supported the TDP, she felt. She accused and women's empowerment, sale of sub-standard brands of coughing or sneezing. Masks chase, a majority of the face was conducted by the Indo- Chandrababu of passing she remarked. liquor, he criticised. Cyril Borle, Consul and Trade by the Trade are effective only when used in masks and if hospitals can't get Canadian Business Chamber Commissioner for Science Technology Commissioner Service combination with frequent them to care for sick patients, (ICBC) in partnership with and Innovation, speaks at a programme hand-cleaning with alcohol- it puts the community and Air Canada and supported in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday based hand rub or soap and people at risk. by the Trade Commissioner of the Government of water. US Surgeon General Service of the Government growing in stature as busi- Canada in India ‘Jagan took U-turn on prohibition’ The pulmonologist pointed Jerome Adams on Monday of Canada in India. ness and education hubs. out that if one is likely to be in urged Americans to stop buy- A Canadian delegation led Speaking at the event, PNS n VIJAYAWADA unprecedented brands of liquor, Reddy regime, leaders like close contact with an infected ing, wearing masks amid coro- by Cyril Borle, Consul and Cyril Borle said, and steel plants have flour- which are unheard of in Botsa Satyanarayana person, a mask cuts the navirus and suggested that Trade Commissioner for "Visakhapatnam is the ished in the city as a result. TDP leader Bonda other States. emerged as liquor chances of the disease being hand washing, not wearing Science Technology and largest city in Andhra Subsequently, industries Umamaheswara Rao on He accused the don. Now, liquor passed on. masks, is the best way to pre- Innovation; Debjani Pal, Pradesh and the ninth rich- involving heavy machineries Tuesday charged Chief government of mafia is being run A surgical mask that was vent the spread of disease. Study in Canada; Carolyn est city in India with a GDP generate a lot of toxic residue Minister YS Jaganmohan making the YSRCP in the State under Glover, (Immigration growth $150 billion. Besides and our vision and leader- Reddy with taking a U-turn on MLAs brew adul- the leadership of Refugees and Citizenship that Visakhapatnam is also a ship in clean technology imposing complete prohibition terated liquor. Jagan, he alleged. Canada, IRCC) of the Port City, which renders it coupled with in the State. Furthermore, YSRCP volun- Jagan puts Coronavirus forces Government of Canada; favourable for driving busi- Visakhapatnam's industrial Addressing the media here workers upon con- teers are delivering S Arvind Air Canada, nesses from across the coun- acumen has the potential to on Tuesday, he said that Andhra sumption of adulterat- not pensions at peo- officials on Indian Navy... amongst others, emphasised try and around the world. culminate into a cleaner and Pradesh became the destination ed liquor are behaving ple's door-step but also Continued from Page 1 upon Canada's eagerness to Fishing and various heavy enhanced industrial blue- for adulterated liquor under the strangely, he observed. liquor, he criticised the govern- partner with Indian cities industries like petroleum print for the future." YSRCP role with selling During the YS Rajasekhar ment coming down heavily. high alert... Multilateral Navy Exercise, Continued from Page 1 MILAN is a congregation of littoral navies conducted bien- Awareness must be created nially by the Indian Navy CAA not in sync among the people on the pre- under the aegis of the Anda- Hyd court acquits cautions that need to be taken man and Nicobar Command World Bank loan to clear liquor dues with international to check the spread of the virus since 1995. MILAN provides Continued from Page 1 liquor shop by displaying various ner," Narayanaswamy said. and wide publicity should be an excellent opportunity for Abdul Karim Tunda... brands during a press confer- He said that the TDP leaders covenants... given, officials were told. the participating navies to Speaking to reporters here on ence. "They are levelling baseless are drawing flak for naming "Precautionary measures to come together to nurture Continued from Page 1 bomb blasts that have taken Tuesday, the Deputy Chief allegations that liquor is being involving village volunteers. Continued from Page 1 be taken should be displayed stronger ties besides fostering place in various parts of the Minister said, "The TDP leader- distributed through village vol- "Nearly four lakh volunteers at all village secretariats," Jagan co-operation through naval The 80-year-old accused was country. After investigation ship has been levelling baseless unteers and that commissions across the State have delivered Accordingly, the narrow said. Masks should be kept exercises and professional presented before the court agencies found his involvement allegations showing more con- are being taken from distilleries. pensions to the doorsteps of the scope of the CAA, which exte- ready for which orders have to interactions. This year, the through a video conference in terror activities, he fled the cern over liquor business while TDP leaders know no limits beneficiaries on Sunday, starting nds protection from return on- be placed immediately, the Indian Navy had announced during the trial process. The country. He was arrested on the we have been taking steps to dis- when it comes to levelling false early in the morning. When they ly on religious grounds and lim- officials were told. that the event would have Nampally criminal court acquit- India-Nepal border seven years courage consumption of liquor allegations. We don't have the are delivering pensions for the ited to the specific ethno-reli- Medical and health depart- been conducted Vizag, ted him after the prosecution ago. keeping the welfare of women in need to take commissions from welfare of the poor, TDP leaders gious groups, may not be suf- ment secretary Jawahar Reddy Andhra Pradesh in March failed to submit proofs in sup- Since then, he has been view." He said that Naidu seems distilleries and run the govern- are stating that they are deliver- ficiently objective and reason- explained about coronavirus to 2020 with an enhanced scope port of their charges against lodged in prison. There were to be making statements like the ment. Our Chief Minister has ing liquor. In fact, it is TDP lead- able in light of the broad pro- the district collectors and said of the exercise and increased Tunda. allegations that he ran camps in President of Alcoholics ethics and morals and he has ers who turned into liquor syn- hibition of refoulement under that the virus has spread to 64 number of participating coun- Syed Abdul Karim is alleged- Bangladesh to train youth for Association while his associates stood by the promise of the abo- dicates in the last five years," he international human rights law," countries so far. tries in the exercise. ly involved in as many as 40 terror activities. have turned TDP office into a lition of alcohol in a phased man- said. said the High Commissioner.

2 more test positive... Local body SPECIAL CLASS elections within Continued from Page 1 travel history, to Health KCR's ‘Maha Sammalen' to shake up administration Officials and Immigration offi- one month... Earlier, three positive cases cials at all ports. Techie's fam- L VENKAT RAM REDDY n Post Budget session, mega the nitty-gritty of the new n were reported from Kerala but ily, hospital staff under obser- Continued from Page 1 HYDERABAD meeting of all elected Municipal Act, new Panchayat all of them were discharged vation. Meanwhile, the health representatives, from gram Raj Act, and the new Revenue later from hospitals on recov- authorities in Telangana are The District Superintendents In a first-of-its-kind exercise in Act, among other things. ery. The Centre and several keeping a close watch on the of Police would be entrusted administration across the panchayat to Parliament, With all the key elections in state governments, particular- relatives of a software engineer with the responsibility of cur- nation, Chief Minister K under one roof Telangana, from gram pan- ly Telangana, Karnataka and who had tested positive for tailing the flow of liquor and Chandrasekhar Rao is all set to n Interactive and training chayat level to Parliament level, Delhi, have stepped up their COVID-19 and also on the staff money during elections. The hold a 'Maha Sammelan'of all sessions on duties and completed by February last, efforts to detect and check the of a private hospital who earli- services of Police Mitras and elected representatives, right KCR wants to focus on offer- infection which has killed over er attended on him. Mahila Police in the villages from a sarpanch to an MP, in responsibilities of about ing 'good governance' and 3,100 people worldwide. would be fully utilized for the Telangana soon. 20,000 elected representatives bringing revolutionary poli- With the threat of COVID- Call centres purpose. This congregation of elected cies and measures. 19 looming large, the authori- The Chief Minister under- representatives, numbering over third week of March. After becoming the Chief ties have tightened the entry Srikakulam: 6300073203 lined the need for electing a 20,000, will hold deliberations for The Maha Sammelan is like- Minister for a second term in conditions for the nationals of Vizianagaram: 08922 227950 person who has rendered ser- two-three days at the Hyderabad ly to be held either in March- December 2018, KCR Italy, Iran, South Korea and and 9494914971 vice to the people by being International Convention Centre end or in the first week of April. announced that he would fin- Japan with immediate effect. As Visakhapatnam: 9666556597 available to them instead of (HICC) here. The main aim of the meeting ish all the elections in a year per the revised travel advisory Guntur: 0836-2271492 electing a big shot who squan- Sarpanches of all gram pan- is to educate and train elected and ensure that no Model issued on Tuesday by the Union ders away money for getting chayats, chiefs of MPTCs and ed representatives in Telangana So, KCR, not unlike his yag- representatives on their duties Code of Conduct would come Health Ministry, new travellers Nellore: 9618232115 elected. ZPTCs, mandal presidents, from gram panchayat level to nas, will be creating a record of and responsibilities. Several in the way of bringing reforms from these countries will have Chittoor: 9849902379 Jagan said the ordinance chairmen of all mandal and Parliament level. sorts by convening and interactive and training sessions and implementing new to apply for fresh visas. YSR Kadapa: 08562-245259 was brought in to provide an zilla praja parishads, MLAs of Interestingly, there have been addressing a Maha Sammelan will be held as part of the Maha schemes in the state. The passengers of all the Anantapur: 08554-277434 opportunity to sincere and all constituencies, MLCs, chair- no previous instances of such of elected representatives. Sammelan. Through this meet- KCR wants to unveil his international flights entering Kurnool: 9441300005 devoted persons to get elected men of District Cooperative gatherings under one roof The event is likely to be held ing, KCR wants to lay bare his vision and plans for Telangana India from any port are as people's representatives. The Central Banks as well as Lok involving public representa- after the Budget session of the government's priorities and goals for the next four years at the required to furnish duly filled Kakinada: 8841361763 local body elections in the Sabha and Rajya Sabha mem- tives at all levels being State Legislative Assembly. for the remaining four-year Maha Sammelan and wants all self-declaration form (including Eluru: 08812-222376 state should turn out to be an bers will be invited for this addressed by the head of the The Budget session will tenure of his second innings. elected representatives to get personal particulars i.e. phone Machilipatnam: 9491058200 eye-opener to the whole coun- meeting. government in any part of the begin on March 6 and is In particular, elected repre- involved in helping the govern- no. and address in India) and Ongole: 9381470327 try, he added. There are over 20,000 elect- country. expected to continue till the sentatives will be coached on ment achieve its goals. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2020 nation 04

IN THE LOK SABHA COVID-19 SHORT READS Centre suspends visas Oppn keeps up pressure over riots to curb virus spread PNS n NEW DELHI immediate discussion. Congress leader Amid the uproar, Lok Sabha proceedings were Adhir Ranjan Parliamentary Affairs Minister disrupted for the second day Joshi said the opposition can on Tuesday as BJP and oppo- Chowdhury walked raise the matter during the sition members tried to shove over to the side of Zero Hour. Mayawati: Modi's each other amid unrelenting the Well facing the Emphasising that "restora- demands from the opposition tion of peace and normalcy" is tweet on social media for an immediate discussion Treasury benches, the top most priority of the was to divert attention on the issue of Delhi violence. which led to a government, Joshi said, "char- As Speaker Om Birla said cha keliye taiyyar hai (we are LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati the discussion would take commotion ready for discussions)". on Tuesday said people "feel" that place on March 11 after Holi between BJP and However, Opposition mem- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's festival, opposition members opposition members bers were not satisfied and announcement a day earlier that stormed into the Well demanded that there should be he was contemplating giving up demanding an immediate dis- an immediate discussion. In social media presence was cussion. motion between BJP and Minister Pralhad Joshi said members that issues can be response, Joshi said the meant to divert public attention from "shortcomings" of the As tempers in the House opposition members. the government was ready raised during the Zero Hour at Speaker should decide. PNS n NEW DELHI of UN and other International rose, Birla warned that mem- Amid the din in which BJP for a debate on the issue dur- noon and wanted to take up As opposition members bodies, OCI cardholders and air- government. Her statement bers from both opposition and and Congress members tried ing Zero Hour but the oppo- the Question Hour. showed placards and shouted A day after two fresh cases of crew from above countries are came before the prime minister treasury benches, who cross to shove each other, Birla sition sought an immediate Opposition members, slogans, Birla said placards the novel coronavirus were exempted from such restriction once again took to Twitter on over to the other side during adjourned the House for the discussion. including from Congress, would not be allowed in the reported in India, the Union on entry. However, their med- Tuesday, saying he will be uproar will be suspended for day. On Monday, the House As soon as the House met DMK, TMC and other parties, House, triggering protests Health Ministry on Tuesday ical screening is compulsory. handing over his social media the entire session. had witnessed acrimonious for the day at 11 am, members wanted the discussion on from the Opposition side. issued a travel advisory suspend- "Passengers of all interna- accounts to women who inspire However, Congress leader scenes with BJP and opposi- from the Congress, DMK and Delhi violence. DMK leader T A visibly peeved Speaker ing all regular visas/e-visas grant- tional flights entering into India and urged people to share Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tion members pushing and other Opposition parties were R Baalu said the government wanted to know from agitating ed on or before March 3 to from any port are required to stories of such women with him. walked over to the side of the shoving each other. on their feet, demanding a dis- is yet to respond on the issue members whether they want- nationals of Italy, Iran, South furnish duly filled self-declara- In a Hindi tweet, Mayawati said, Well facing the Treasury Earlier in the day cussion on Delhi violence. in Parliament while ed that placards should be Korea, Japan who have not yet tion form (including personal "The announcement made by benches, which led to a com- Parliamentary Affairs The Speaker told agitating Chowdhury demanded an allowed in the House. entered India. particulars i.e. phone no. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi In view of the emerging address in India) and travel that he plans to give up his global scenarios regarding history, to health officials and social media accounts on COVID-19 disease, in super- immigration officials at all ports. various platforms has made the session of all earlier advi- "Passengers (foreign and headlines. But, people are sories, the government issued Indian) other than those restrict- apprehensive that this step is, in the new travel advisory. ed, arriving directly or indirect- fact, meant to divert the public Six ‘high-viral load' cases detected in Agra attention from the shortcomings PNS n NEW DELHI The advisory also suspends ly from China, South Korea, visa on arrival (VoA) issued on Japan, Iran, Italy, Hong Kong, of the party and the A day after two new cases of or before March 3 to Japanese Macau, Vietnam, Malaysia, government." novel coronavirus that includ- and South Korean nationals Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, ed one from Delhi were report- who have not yet entered India. Singapore and Taiwan must Minister on stroll ed, the Health Ministry on Those requiring to travel to undergo medical screening at Tuesday said six cases with India due to compelling reasons, port of entry," it said. sans security robbed "high-viral load" were detect- may seek fresh visa from near- It said all Indian citizens are of mobile phone ed during sample testing in est Indian embassy/consulate, advised to refrain from travel to PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Agra and these people have said the advisory. China, Iran, South Korea, Italy Minister R Kamalakannan has been kept in isolation. Regular (sticker) visas/e-visas and asked them to avoid non- allegedly been robbed of his The six people had come in granted to nationals of China, essential travel to other COVID- mobile phone when he was contact with a 45-year-old issued on or before February 5, 19 affected countries. taking a stroll on the beach Riot victims return patient from Delhi, whose were suspended earlier. It shall The Health Ministry on road here, police said on case came to light on Monday, being sent to NIV, Pune for Mayur Vihar was shifted to a remain in force, it said. Tuesday said six cases with Tuesday. The Education and and they include his family confirmation. quarantine ward at Safdarjung The advisory said regular "high-viral load" were detect- Agriculture Minister, dressed in members. Contact tracing of the peo- Hospital on Sunday night. (sticker) visas/e-visas granted to ed during sample testing in a T-shirt and half-trousers, was home to assess loss According to government ple who came in contact with His other family members all foreign nationals who have Agra and these people have walking on Monday night sources, the man, who is a res- the six is simultaneously being have been asked to stay alert travelled to China, Iran, Italy, been kept in isolation. The six without any security, when a PNS n NEW DELHI in this connection. ident of Mayur Vihar, had vis- done through the Integrated and look out for symptoms. South Korea and Japan on or had come in contact with a 45- motorcycle-borne gang "We left on February 24 ited them in Agra. Disease Surveillance Program One accountant, who came in after February 1 and who have year-old patient from Delhi, snatched the phone away while A week after they were forced when mobs started violence The six have been kept in (IDSP) network, the ministry contact with the man and some not yet entered India stand sus- whose case came to light on he was speaking on it, the to leave their homes in Shiv and arson in Shiv Vihar, leav- isolation at Safdarjung Hospital said in a statement. of his family members, was also pended with immediate effect. Monday, and they include his police said. Cases have been Vihar in northeast Delhi due to ing everything, including in Delhi and their samples are Sources said the patient from quarantined, they said. It also said diplomats, officials family members. registered and the cyber crime communal violence, many res- important documents and police were examining CCTV idents sheltered at safer places money behind. Now, we need footage in the vicinity to track have sought help from police to go back and check if every- the alleged culprits. and other authorities to go back thing is safe or not," a Shiv and check on their houses. Vihar resident present at the Coronavirus: Gehlot asks officials to follow Centre’s protocol As unrest over the amend- helpdesk said. Mass death of ed citizenship law hit parts of Munna said dozens of fam- PNS n JAIPUR 20 tourists, is admitted at an iso- white-throated northeast Delhi last week, ilies from gali numbers 19 and Gehlot chaired a lation ward at the hospital. The many families from Shiv Vihar, 20 near Shamshan Ghat in As Rajasthan authorities await- other members of the group left laughing thrush one of the worst-affected areas, Shiv Vihar fled due to the vio- ed a crucial medical test report high-level meeting for Agra and then New Delhi, PITHORAGARH (U'KHAND): fled to safer places with noth- lence and were sheltered by to confirm if an Italian visitor on Monday night according to officials. Around 50 white-throated ing but the clothes on them. locals in Old Mustafabad. here has coronavirus, Chief after a 69-year-old Gehlot said the Health laughingthrush birds died A large number of such "Some of them tried to go Minister Ashok Gehlot instruct- Department should ensure that mysteriously in the forests of families sheltering in Old back and check on their hous- ed health officials to strictly fol- Italian tourist there is no fear in the public Berinag sub-division of Mustafabad now want to es but were stopped and low the Centre's guidelines on reported positive for about coronavirus. Pithoragarh district in return to their houses to check turned back by police and containing the disease. coronavirus There should be no shortage Uttarakhand. Berinag forest for damages or loss, said paramilitary personnel. Many Gehlot chaired a high-level of facilities for screening and range officer Manoj Sanwal Munna, a local volunteer in others are scared to go with- meeting on Monday night after following a test treating those suspected of car- confirmed the mass death, Old Mustafabad. out protection. A written per- a 69-year-old Italian tourist conducted at rying the virus, he instructed. saying they were being sent for a postmortem to ascertain the At a helpdesk set up by mission from authorities and reported positive for coron- Jaipur's Sawai Man In a statement on Tuesday, he some lawyers, many people police protection will help avirus following a test conduct- said those who came in contact cause of their death. The birds came to seek assistance to them a lot," he said. Sultan ed at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Since the two reports were to Jaipur airport last evening but Singh Hospital with the Italian tourist should be were found dead on Tuesday, visit their residences in Shiv Mirza, a local volunteer help- Hospital. contradictory, the SMS Hospital it could be sent to Pune in a screened after obtaining his he said. Eyewitnesses who Vihar. A draft of an application ing violence-hit people in An earlier test conducted at sent another sample to the cargo plane on Tuesday morn- received at NIV, Pune and the travel history. Those showing reported the matter to forest to the deputy commissioner of Brijpuri, said a shelter home the same government hospital National Institute of Virology in ing,” hospital superintendent Dr report is likely to come this symptoms of the disease should authorities said the birds either police of northeast Delhi has had been set up at Chaman had, however, cleared the man Pune. “The sample was dis- D S Meena said. evening,” he said. be kept in Isolation at home or fell dead from trees or died been prepared by the lawyers Park for Shiv Vihar residents. of the virus. patched from the SMS Hospital “The sample has been The man, part of a group of in hospital, he said. instantly after falling to the ground. "There are two possibilities behind the death of the birds in such large numbers. Either the group ate Centre to apprise HC on evacuation pesticide smeared food thrown Hundreds arrested for Delhi riots, social about by people in the forest or n they died of some infectious PNS NEW DELHI also cancelled the exams. disease," said well known bird The petition has also It said that students, some of sought directions to watcher and nature lover of the media being watched: Govt tells LS The Delhi High Court Tuesday whom are residents of Jammu area Ram Narayan. "This is the n PNS NEW DELHI sought the Centre's response on Ministry of External Affairs and Kashmir, have been advised first incident of mass death of Discussion on Delhi violence after Holi a plea by parents of Indian stu- to return to their countries. birds in the district. It may The government on Tuesday dents stranded in Iran due to to provide basic medical However, the Indian student aid and safety materials even be the first of its kind in said the Delhi Police has arrest- NEW DELHI: The government is taken up after the festival. coronavirus outbreak for evacu- were "shocked and surprised" Uttarakhand as I have never ed hundreds of miscreants for ready to hold a discussion on the Proceedings have been disrupted ating them. Justice I S Mehta issu- like masks and sanitisers when they found out that there heard of mass death of birds their alleged involvement in issue of violence in Delhi after in Lok Sabha over the issue of ed notice to ministries of home, to the stranded students till were no flights to India from during my 20-year stay in the the recent riots in the national Holi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Delhi violence as Opposition external affairs, health and avia- Iran, the petition has said. Himalayan foothills," he said. capital, while a close watch is Birla said on Tuesday. Amid members sought an immediate tion and asked them to file a sta- they are evacuated It also said that all efforts to Ram Narayan resides in being kept on social media uproar in the House by members discussion on the matter. Over tus report on the steps being seek help and support from the Sarmoli village of Munsiyari platforms to check rumours demanding an immediate 40 people have been killed and taken by them to evacuate the Indian Embassy in Iran "has sub division. White-throated and unfounded propaganda. discussion on the issue,the 200 injured in violence in students. Central government ter for further hearing on March The plea, filed through advo- failed". The plea has said that the laughingthrushes are local The Delhi Police has taken speaker said the matter can be northeast Delhi. standing counsel Anurag Ahlu- 11. The petition has also sought cate Miriam Fozia Rahman, has government had recently species of sub Himalayan hill several steps to control the law walia, who appeared for the directions to Ministry of External said that after the coronavirus arranged special flights to safely tracts and are mostly seen in and order situation in the ministries, accepted the notice Affairs to provide basic medical infection was detected in various evacuate Indian students from groups of 50 to 100. These national capital, Union Minister ten reply. Police officers along of the Central Armed Police and said a status report would be aid and safety materials like mas- Iranian cities, several universities China, Japan and Italy and has birds are partially white and of State for Home Nityanand with adequate force, including Forces, were deployed at vulner- filed on the steps being taken. The ks and sanitisers to the stranded there decided to close down the urged that similar steps be taken partially orange coloured below Rai said in Lok Sabha in a writ- 76 companies (7,600 personnel) able points, he said. court, thereafter, listed the mat- students till they are evacuated. colleges and hostel facilities and for those stranded in Iran. their neck. Haryana Congress MLAs try to corner BJP Kamal Haasan questioned by PNS n CHANDIGARH shown to him to clarify from too," Vij told them. where the Vidhan Sabha com- As the Congress legislators Congress MLAs on Tuesday dis- plex's boundary starts. rushed to the Well of the House, police over mishap on film set rupted proceedings of the Though the speaker told them Speaker told them not to break Haryana assembly after their that it was his verbal order that discipline. PNS n CHENNAI protest march was stopped by no one should be allowed to Hooda pointed out that the security personnel at some dis- carry posters, banners or hoard- security staff had not shown th- Actor Kamal Haasan was on tance away from the entrance to ing inside, the Congress MLAs em any written orders, to which Tuesday questioned by police the Vidhan Sabha complex. raised slogans, saying the govern- the speaker told him that if they in connection with an accident The legislators were taking out ment was "acting in a dictatori- had given prior intimation about on the sets of his upcoming a protest march against the BJP- al manner". In response to the their protest, he would have had film, 'Indian 2', which left JJP government when they were Congress protest, BJP MLAs time to issue orders in writing. three people dead last month stopped near the civil secretari- raised the slogan of "Bharat On the speaker telling the here. at parking by the security person- Mata ki Jai". Opposition that even some The actor-politician appeared nel. The security personnel said proceed when Leader of to being stopped at the gate near As the ruckus prevailed, Home members of the public could before the Central Crime they were ordered by Haryana Opposition Bhupinder Singh the parking lot, claiming it was Minister Anil Vij intervened and have entered the premises due to Branch police investigating the Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Hooda assured them that they "an illegal, undemocratic step". reminded the Congress MLAs the protest, Congress leader case in response to summons Gupta not to allow any protest- never intended to carry placards "We were not going to enter how during their rule, BJP leg- Geeta Bhukkal said, "It is a mat- issued by it and was quizzed for ing legislator carry any hoarding, inside the House. the House with placards and islators "were often named and ter of shame that this govern- nearly three hours. The film's (MNM), later described it as assistant Chandran and Madhu, banner or placards inside. As soon as the legislators en- posters, then why we were not allowed to enter the Vidhan ment, which has failed on the law director Shankar had been ques- an 'interaction' with the police a production assistant, were After being detained there tered the Vidhan Sabha, they dis- stopped there? You have to pro- Sabha". "Whatever happened and order front, thinks anti-social tioned by the police last week. on ways to prevent recurrence killed when a crane came crash- for nearly 15 minutes, the rupted the question hour for abo- tect our rights," he told the with you today is very good, you elements could mingle with the Haasan, founder leader of of such mishaps. ing down on the sets of 'Indian Congress MLAs were allowed to ut 20 minutes. Hooda objected Chair, demanding that a map be should remember your time legislators." the Makkal Needhi Maiam Assistant director Krishna, art 2' late on February 19. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS PROTECTING SMALL DEPOSITORS All B'deshis living in Bengal GOVT INTRODUCES BILL IN LS are Indian citizens: Mamata PNS n KALIAGANJ (WB) Those who have come from West Bengal Chief Minister Bangladesh are TO AMEND BANKING LAWS Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday all who came from citizens of India...they have got PNS n NEW DELHI Sitharaman saying that if the Bangladesh and have been citizenship. You don't need to opposition wants to deny the casting votes in elections were apply for citizenship again. The Government on Tuesday small depositors their rights Indian citizens and did not You have been casting your introduced a bill in Lok Sabha then "it is a shame". require to apply for citizenship votes in elections, electing PM Plan to bring medical which seeks to protect the inter- In her Budget speech, afresh. Banerjee also slammed est of small depositors by bring- Sitharaman had said that to the Modi government for its and CM...now they are saying education under ESA: ing cooperative banks under the strengthen cooperative banks, handling of the communal that you are not citizens...don't Maha minister RBI regulations. amendments would be brought riots in Delhi which has believe them MUMBAI: Maharashtra Introducing the Banking in the Banking Regulation Act claimed 42 lives so far, and — MAMATA BANERJEE Minister Amit Deshmukh on Regulation (Amendment) Bill, for increasing professionalism, asserted she will not allow West Bengal Chief Minister Tuesday said a policy would be Finance Minister Nirmala enabling access to capital and West Bengal turn into anoth- lic meeting here. She also formed to bring medical Sitharaman said the bill is the improving governance and er Delhi. asserted she will not let "even education under the Essential "need of the hour" to avoid a oversight for sound banking "Those who have come from a single person" to be driven Delhi will never be allowed to Services Act. The Maharashtra PMC Bank-like crisis in the through the RBI. Bangladesh are citizens of out of Bengal. The West Bengal happen here. We do not want minister for medical education future. Noting that the happen- The decision assumes signif- India...they have got citizen- chief minister said no refugee Bengal to turn into another was replying to a calling ings at the PMC Bank had icance in the wake of a scam in ship. You don't need to apply living in the state will be Delhi or another Uttar attention motion raised by "unfortunately" put a lot of developments in the banking ensuring sound banking the Punjab and Maharashtra for citizenship again. You have deprived of citizenship. Pradesh." MLC Jogendra Kawade. He small depositors in difficulty, sector through better manage- through the RBI. Cooperative (PMC) Bank been casting your votes in Hitting out at the central The BJP has often accused said the state was also keen to Sitharaman said there were ment and proper regulation of "Keeping in view develop- affecting lakhs of customers elections, electing PM and government over the Delhi Banerjee of "Muslim appease- start a cancer unit in JJ demands that the government cooperative banks with a view ments in the banking sector and who are facing difficulty in CM...now they are saying that violence, the TMC boss ment" and pandering to the Hospital. should do something about it. to ensure that affairs of cooper- regulation thereof overtime, it withdrawing their money due to you are not citizens...don't said,"Don't forget this is interests of the minority com- The proposed law seeks to ative banks are conducted in a has become necessary to restrictions imposed by the believe them," she told a pub- Bengal. What happened in munity for "vote bank politics". enforce banking regulation manner that protects the inter- strengthen provisions of the RBI. The PMC Bank was found Pak Army shells guidelines of the RBI in coop- est of depositors, it said. said Act as applicable to coop- to have given over Rs 6,700 crore areas along LoC in erative banks while administra- It further proposes to erative banks," said the loan to a single realty company tive issues will still be guided by strengthen cooperative banks by Statement of Objects and HDIL through alleged fraudu- TMC creates J&K's Poonch the Registrar of Cooperative. increasing professionalism, Reasons of the Bill. lent means and also hid the Sikh student asked JAMMU: The Pakistan Army The Bill proposes to bring enabling access to capital, The Bill was introduced in the stress from the RBI by creating fund for victims opened fire and shelled areas cooperative banks on par with improving governance and Lok Sabha amid din with separate books of accounts. along the Line of Control in to remove turban for of violence Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch PNS n NEW DELHI district in the early hours of Tuesday, drawing retaliation Couple stripped, The TMC is setting up a from the Indian Army, an Nothing to worry: Nath on hit to get them security check at exam fund to aid victims of "geno- official said. "At about 0330 PNS n DHAR cide" across the country, hours today, Pak initiated TMC MP Derek O'Brien unprovoked ceasefire violation allegations of ‘poaching’ by BJP to withdraw A Class 12 Sikh student was said on Tuesday, noting that by firing with small arms and rape complaint allegedly forced to remove his Rs 10 lakh has already been shelling with mortars along the PNS n BHOPAL The legislators are turban during a security check committed to its corpus. LoC in Mankot and Mendhar telling me that they before appearing for an exam Addressing a press brief- sectors", a defence Madhya Pradesh Chief PNS n MUMBAI at a school in Madhya ing, O'Brien termed the spokesperson said. The Army Minister Kamal Nath on are being offered so Pradesh's Dhar district. Delhi violence "genocide" retaliated befittingly, and the Tuesday asserted that there much money. I am telling the A 29-year-old woman and The state government has and said that the party firing and shelling have stopped was no threat to his govern- MLAs to take it, if they are her husband were allegedly launched a probe into the wanted the issue to be dis- around 5 am, the spokesperson ment. Nath's comments came getting this free money abducted, stripped and matter and the woman teacher, cussed in Parliament and added. when he was asked about thrashed by eight people to who asked the student to also demanded a — KAMAL NATH reports of alleged 'poaching' Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister force them to withdraw an remove his turban, has been Supreme Court-monitored attempts being made by the old rape complain in removed from the examina- probe into it. Coronavirus: Kejriwal opposition BJP in the state. Maharashtra's Ahmednagar tion duty, an official said on "West Bengal Chief calls urgent meeting "The legislators are telling polls," he said. district, police said on Tuesday. Minister Mamata Banerjee me that they are being offered After Digvijaya Singh's Tuesday. The incident took place on Later, his turban was is setting up a benevolent with health minister so much money. I am telling remarks on Monday, senior The incident took place Monday when the student removed and checked and he fund for genocide victims. NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief the MLAs to take it, if they are ity of his government in BJP leader and former chief on February 24 near the civil was appearing for an examina- was then allowed to appear in The AITC benevolent fund Minister Arvind Kejriwal on getting this free money," Nath Madhya Pradesh, he said, minister Shivraj Singh hospital in Aurangabad, tion at a centre set up at the the examination, the student will be used outside Bengal Tuesday called an urgent told reporters here on the "There is nothing to worry Chouhan accused the some 370 kilometres from Government Girls School in said. and it already has a commit- meeting with Health Minister sidelines of a programme. about." Congress veteran of making here, but came to light after Dhamnod, about 55 km from When asked about it, state ment of Rs 10 lakh," Satyendar Jain and other top Congress veteran Digvijaya Reacting to Nath's state- false statements to create sen- a video of the torment went the district headquarters. Tribal Welfare Development's said the MP. officials at 3 pm on the Singh on Monday alleged that ment, state BJP spokesman sationalism. viral on social media on The student, while talking deputy commissioner Brajesh He said that Rs 5 lakh has government's preparations to his party MLAs were being Rajneesh Agrawal said that "Speaking lies to create Monday, said an official. to reporters after the incident, Pandey said the matter was been committed from the deal with coronavirus, an offered "huge money by BJP his party has nothing to do sensationalism is Digvijaya's "When the couple was alleged that during the check- being inquired. royalty of the books written official said. The move comes a leaders" as part of the saffron with the allegations. habit. Probably some of his going home in an autorick- ing, a teacher asked him to "After getting information, by the chief minister and the day after a case of the novel party's "poaching" attempt to "In fact, these speculations (Digivijaya's) works were not shaw at around 8:20pm on remove his turban. the teacher in question has remaining Rs 5 lakh will be coronavirus was reported in the destablise the Kamal Nath and allegations are part of the done and he wants to create that day, a person seated He, however, refused to do been removed from the exam- contributed by the party national capital. Chief Secretary government. internal bickering of among pressure on the CM to get next to them subjected the and contacted the centre in- ination duty. We are further MPs, with a minimum Vijay Kumar Dev and top When Nath was asked Congress leaders to get nom- them done," Chouhan couple to inhalation charge, who also asked him to investigating the matter," contribution of Rs 10,000 officials of the Health about any threat to the stabil- inated for the Rajya Sabha alleged. sedation. follow the rules. Pandey said. from each. Department will be present at the meeting and will brief the chief minister about the Delhi government's preparations, the official said. No Muslim quota proposal before Maha govt: Uddhav Centre discussing PNS n MUMBAI ensure that a legislation to this sition to stop making a hue and ed when the issue comes before the same. Editorial responsibil- effect is passed soon. cry over the issue. us," Thackeray said. ity will continue to be handled There is no proposalon Muslim "No proposal has come to me "I also urge those who are cre- On his wife Rashmi by Sanjay Raut. "Saamana is Shiv reservation before Maharashtra regarding Muslim reservation. ating ruckus on the issue to save Thackeray's appointment as edi- Sena's mouthpiece. The paper NPR with states government, Chief Minister We will check its validity once your energy to use it when the tor of party mouthpiece will continue to reflect the Uddhav Thackeray said here on it comes to us. issue comes up for discussion. Saamana, Thackeray said he party's stand and my views. Punjab, Kerala, Tuesday. We have not taken any deci- The issue has not come up yet. had to quit the editor's post after There will beeditorial freedom Thackeray's remarks came sion yet on it," Thackeray told The Shiv Sena has not clarified the chief ministership "unex- too," he said. "The sort of lan West Bengal, Two Noida private days after Minority Affairs reporters at Vidhan its position yet. Let us see when pectedly" came to him. guage used in Saamana is our Rajasthan, Madhya Minister Nawab Malik Bhawan in south the proposal comes up," "Saamana, Shiv Sena and paternal language and it will Pradesh, Chhattis- schools shut after informed the Mumbai, where the bud- Thackeray said. Thackeray can't be separated. remain the same. Dont say later coronavirus scare Legislative Council that get session of the state leg- "When the issue comes upbe- We are one family. With Rashmi that Rashmi Thackeray criti- garh are some of the state government islature is underway. fore the government, we will becoming editor, there were cised Uddhav Thackeray. It the non-BJP ruled NOIDA (UP): Two private will provide five per He also asked the check the legal validity and take speculations if the language of could be the subject of some states which have schools in Noida cancelled cent quota to BJP-led a decision.My stand as well as the paper will change. I want to peoples interest. But most of the classes on Tuesday for the Muslims in edu- oppo- that of Shiv Sena will be decid- tell that the language will remain views expressed are mine, that apprehensions next few days as a cation. of the Shiv Sena and beyond about the NPR and precautionary measure over The NCP When the issue comes upbefore the government, we will check that, there is also this freedom critical towards the father of a student testing minister had of the press. Hence, Sanjay Raut positive for coronavirus, also said the the legal validity and take a decision.My stand as well as that of has been discharging the edito- the exercise officials said. The two schools state govern- Shiv Sena will be decided when the issue comes before us rial duty very well and he will- announced their closure in n messages sent to the parents. ment will — UDDHAV THACKERAY, Maharashtra CM continue to do that," he said. PNS NEW DELHI Commissioner Vivek Joshi One of the schools, where a recently met Punjab Chief student's father tested The Centre on Tuesday said it Minister Amarinder Singh positive, said it will remain was discussing with state gov- and apprised him about the shut from March 4 to March ‘Awaiting surgery in Singapore ernments the preparations for preparations for the census 6. Earlier in the day, the the update of the National and the NPR. Yogi pays obeisance at Mathura temple Population Register (NPR) Punjab Assembly has adopt- school said it was postponing n internal examinations hospital, will be back soon’ PNS MATHURA (UP) from April 1 to September 30. ed a resolution expressing scheduled for Tuesday due to Union Minister of State for opposition to the Citizenship n some "unavoidable PNS NEW DELHI he is alive, awaiting surgery. As Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Home Nityanand Rai said in Amendment Act. circumstances". The board compared to past medical Yogi Adityanath paid obeisance Lok Sabha that no document Joshi, who will supervise the exams are not affected, the Scotching rumours of issues, the present prob- to the principal deity of Ladli Ji will be collected during the census and the NPR exercise messages sent to the parents his death, former lem is nothing, he temple in Barsana here on exercise, which will be carried country-wide, is expected to made clear. The second Samajwadi Party said in the video Tuesday. Temple receiver out along with the house-listing meet chief ministers of all states school said it is suspending leader Amar Singh shot from his hos- Krishna Murari Goshwami said phase of Census 2021. critical of the NPR, sources said. classes immediately till has posted a video pital bed. Adityanath was offered a 'dupat- "The government is in discus- Several states, including March 9 and sanitising its titled "Tiger Zinda He said once ta', a Radha-Krishna idol and sion with the states having con- Kerala, has said they will coop- campus. Fumigation was Hai!!" on Twitter, the procedure is 'prasadam'. District Magistrate cerns in regard to the prepara- erate with the census exercise underway at both schools. A saying he is await- over, he hopes to Sarvagya Ram Mishra and SSP tion of NPR. The demograph- but not NPR. Health Department team led ing surgery in a return to India at the Gaurav Grover supervised the ic and other particulars of each Recently, after attending a by Noida's chief medical Singapore hospital earliest. There were security of the chief minister family and individual are to be meeting convened by the reg- officer had visited one of the and would be back soon. rumours on some social inside the temple. As a securi- period when Adityanath was a warm welcome by the updated/collected during the istrar general, Rajasthan Chief schools in the morning, an He said though many of his media platforms on Monday ty measure, the entry of pilgrims inside the temple, an official Goshwami Community exercise of updation of NPR. No Secretary D B Gupta said he official said. "well wishers" want him dead, that Singh was dead. remained suspended for a brief said. The chief minister received (priests). document is to be collected dur- and the representatives of a few ing this exercise," he said reply- other states raised objections to ing to a written question. a few questions to be asked by Home Ministry sources said enumerators to people during DELHI VIOLENCE: Curfew relaxed for 3 the central government has the NPR exercise. hours in some areas already started the outreach to "We said certain questions in allay the apprehensions of states NPR are impractical, like ques- Man who pointed gun at unarmed policeman arrested of Meghalaya capital by meeting chief ministers crit- tions related to the birth place of SHILLONG: Curfew has been ical of the exercise. parents. There are many people n PNS NEW DELHI AK Singhla said, "He remand," Singhla added. relaxed for three hours in some Punjab, Kerala, West Bengal, in the country who even don't (Shahrukh) was planning to In a video that went viral last areas of the Meghalaya capital on Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, know what was their birth place. A gun-wielding man, flee from Shamli but was week, Shahrukh (33) could be Tuesday following improvement Chhattisgarh are some of the I don't know what is the purpose Mohammed Shahrukh, who nabbed and later brought to seen pointing his country- in law and order, an order issued non-BJP ruled states which of such questions and we have was seen confronting an Delhi." made pistol at the policeman by the district administration said. have apprehensions about the told the meeting to remove unarmed policeman during "We are trying to recover the on the Jaffrabad-Maujpur road The curfew has been relaxed NPR and critical towards the such questions," Gupta said. violence at Maujpur in north- pistol used by him during the on February 24. from 12 noon to 3 pm in Police exercise. The NPR data will be The objective of updating the east Delhi last week was arrest- violence. The pistol used was of Police are also trying to Bazar area, and those under collected along with the house- NPR is to create a comprehen- ed from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli good quality. He fired three trace Shahrukh's family mem- Lumdiengjri police station and listing phase of the census to be sive identity database of every district, police said on Tuesday. rounds. He had gone alone in bers, who are absconding. A Cantonment Beat House in the conducted from April 1 to usual resident in the country. Addressing a press confer- the protest," Singhla said. college dropout, Shahrukh was state capital, an order issued by September 30. The database would contain ence, Additional Commissio- "He will be produced in interested in modelling and East Khasi Hills district magistrate As part of this outreach, demographic and biometric ner of Police (Crime Branch) court and taken into police used to make Tik Tok videos. Matsiewdor W Nongbri said. Registrar General and Census particulars. 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www.dailypioneer.com 06 facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ op nion PAPER WITH PASSION The contagion The Govt must ensure operational readiness and a healthy A sorry spectacle obedience of protocols if we are to beat the Coronavirus s the rapidly spreading Covid-19 has hit home with returning travellers picking The onus is on the people of Delhi to see through the designs of politicos and Aup the virus in transit or from the coun- tries they visit, India, like China, has a huge pressurise them to empower the police to operate without fear or favour challenge in arresting the contagion in dense- ly knitted communities. Except, unlike China, this is an uncharted territory administrative- ly and preventive behaviour requires human conditioning without setting off a panic econ- omy. The first hurdle is the nature of the virus itself, which can be asymptomatic in some cases, lying dormant in the host for up to a fortnight and yet infecting others before s/he can manifest full-blown symptoms. BHOPINDER SINGH Such carriers could easily make it past the airport thermal screens. Sometimes stensibly the best equipped, the carrier may have a relatively mild infection with generic symptoms — most staffed and trained police force Indians are known to tackle the flu virus comparatively better. This means that in the country, the Delhi Police many cases have not been counted and estimates could be flawed. Many hosts has had an unimaginably poor may be unaware and be in normal circulation. Yet others may be using medi- run and diminished perception inO recent times. If the Police Adequacy Index, cines to lower fever to avoid a 14-18 day quarantine. Which is why the World derived from national data, part of the Status Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) updated travel advisory said temperature screen- of Policing in India Report 2019, ranks it as ing alone at ports of exit or entry is not an effective way to stop the internation- the best-performing force, then its fate in the unseen and under-reported hinterland of the al spread of the virus. This is precisely what happened with the parent of a Noida nation is worrisome, to say the least. Even school student, who, on returning, hosted his child’s birthday party, resulting in before the gut-wrenching violence in Delhi’s that school now being sanitised and students in direct contact quarantined. Or northeast flared up, the police force was in the news for displaying selective bias in man- the man in Delhi who went to visit his family in Agra or the tourist dining at Delhi’s aging social unrest in universities across the Hyatt Regency. The second toughest barrier thus happens to be contact trac- capital. ing through an integrated disease surveillance programme. This involves iden- However, the cancerous “inner health” of the organisation was in full display a few tifying people that the infected person has come in touch with or within breath- months ago when police personnel protest- ing distance, screening, monitoring and isolating them and mitigating the domi- ed against their own senior leaders for their no effect. China has been pretty aggressive about mitigation procedures but in failure to defend the rank and file of the force. The top brass had a tough time pacifying the India, the normal behavioural tendency is denial rather than willful submission. police personnel, who wore black bands and That hiding and blending in can be India’s toughest obstacle in containing the sloganeered against them. An unprecedent- spread. For fear of quarantine may stop many people from voluntary health dec- ed and frightening portent emerged as the law enforcers exposed their own vulnerabil- larations on arrival or listing details. There needs to be an immediate awareness ity to society when they were expected to safe- drive to demystify health status checks as a preventive cure and eliminate fear guard the people from societal regression. An psychosis. The third weakest link in the chain is our stretched surveillance sys- embarrassing “acknowledgement” and recognise the constraints under other to the Indian Army. and respect. Requisitioning the “acceptance” of the demands of the person- which the Delhi Police functions. The awe-inspiring height of Army (as also suggested now) tem and a poor public health infrastructure, which may not allow for aggressive nel ensued, though the rot within the system It is susceptible to political pres- the colourfully-plumed Delhi should always be the absolute detection and compromise accuracy of data collection. While the Kerala tem- was obvious and was temporarily brushed sures of all hues, with conflict- Police marching contingent with “last call” as it is bad for the plate in tackling the deadly Nipah virus has been cited and adopted, the Coronavirus under the carpet, only to stare in the face ing interests. It is part of the turf exaggerated hand swings, that forces, for the Army and for the soon. war between the State and the would consistently walk away nation, too. It suggests an spread is multifarious and needs a unified protocol. With 15 laboratories under The promise of shanti, sewa and nyaya Central Government as the con- FOR FAR TOO with the trophy for the best unmanageable breakdown. the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) capable of identifying the virus, (peace, service and justice) collapsed and ran stitutional wiring ensures that it LONG, SYSTEMIC marching contingent in the Beyond all policing reforms the Health Ministry is planning to scale that number up to 50. hollow as the death toll in the communal riots falls under the Home Ministry, INEFFICIENCIES IN Republic Day parade, is a far cry and restructuring that are long India must ensure operational readiness and a healthy obedience of proto- that broke out in the northeastern parts of through the Lieutenant from the reality and perception overdue, if there is one change the city rose to well over 40. Beyond the stark Governor. It is delinked from the THE POLICE on the street. In an embarrass- that can unleash incalculable cols. Every basic healthcare unit staff needs to be trained in quarantine drills. statistics of the dead and the wounded, it is administrative services of the ing ode to the prevailing public doses of policing professional- There must be enough stock of protective gear, supporting drugs like lopinavir the failure of the Delhi Police in maintain- locally-elected Government. This SERVICES HAVE perception, a political party ism, it would be to structurally and ritonavir, and space for isolation wards, especially in areas underserved by ing a strict law and order situation over a spe- makes the Delhi Police waver BEEN ALLOWED openly asked Delhiites to make and meaningfully detach its cific area, for about three to four days in the between owning and disowning videos of police personnel ask- operational functioning from the health network. The Government has already stopped exports of paraceta- national capital, that is unfathomable. its actions to suit the political TO FESTER, ing for bribes and harassing political intrusion and allow it to mol and vitamins. We also need a military-like discipline on public hygiene pro- Something, somewhere was terribly amiss as narrative of political parties. PERPETUATE AND people — the accusation resonat- be “independent” like the judi- tocols for the virus can stay on metal, glass and plastic surfaces from two hours violence of this kind could not have been on Dangers of the larger, loom- ed and the public empathised ciary or the armed forces. account of the fact that the police force was ing crisis, of “institutional inde- WORSEN. with the taint. Equally, the current situation to nine days. Spreading trained medical personnel in the event of a massive out- either out-gunned (metaphorically), out- pendence” and its ramifications, REQUISITIONING On the recent Delhi vio- is a forewarning to these still rel- break could affect critical care in hospitals. As of now, the average Government numbered or out-trained by a disorderly are personified by the fate of the lence, videos of senior police offi- atively “independent” institu- allopathic doctor to population ratio is 1:10,926. Which is why community sur- mob, however violent. This at a time when force. The top echelons of the THE ARMY SHOULD cials standing pliantly behind tions of the fate that awaits security preparedness was at an all-time high police have “proximity” and ALWAYS BE THE politicians making hate speech- them if they were to surrender veillance and a first crisis responder system need to be developed. That’s why in the capital city, given the parallel visit of “vested interests” with the career- es complete the picture of polit- their functional “independence.” information dissemination has to keep pace with its absorption at the neighbour- US President Donald Trump. impacting politicos, whereas the ABSOLUTE LAST ical control and subservience. In The political blame-game among hood level. Over and above everything else, we need to keep calm and stop spread- It would be incorrect to assume that secu- main body of constabulary suf- perhaps a disturbing but hope- competing political parties in rity imperatives for the presidential visit fers from the lack of “voice”, “con- CALL AS IT IS BAD fully unrelated coincidence, a Delhi will only worsen with the ing untruths. Yes we have a sizeable older population, who are at the greatest sucked up or dried the Delhi Police’s cern” and “operational indepen- FOR THE FORCES, Delhi High Court judge, who stoking of even more polarising, risk and, therefore, we have to be especially vigilant about the chronically ill among resources from the violence-affected north- dence.” A contrast of the police FOR THE ARMY had rightfully slammed the distractive and untamed pas- them. Also, there must be a mechanism to sort coronavirus from ordinary flu east area to be concentrated in central soldier with that of the armed police force for inaction and inef- sions. The onus is on the people Delhi. For the resident resources are both ade- forces is self-explanatory. The lat- AND FOR THE ficacy against hate-mongers and of Delhi to see through the patients as the symptoms are mostly similar. Unnecessary overcrowding can quate and subject to additional requisition- ter is still relatively and struc- alluded to the 1984 riots, was designs of these politicos and overwhelm the healthcare delivery capacity of both the private and public sec- ing if required, especially when violence in turally more independent, less- NATION, TOO. IT transferred. pressurise them to empower the tors. Unless we have a targetted approach, those in need of real care might just the periphery of an all-important event is interfered with and allowed to SUGGESTS AN For far too long, systemic police to operate without fear or unacceptable to all. Supreme Court judge KM operate kinetically. It is not a inefficiencies in the police ser- favour. Else, the Delhi Police will get left out and more carriers could roam free. The virus is not as fatal as say Joseph succinctly summed up the situation function of individual superior- UNMANAGEABLE vices have been allowed to fes- continue to carry the can of an ebola but the difference between crisis and containment is a reasoned approach when he said, “If you act the way the law ity as much it is of institutional BREAKDOWN ter, perpetuate and worsen. The blame, both conveniently and a and a reorientation of personal healthcare as we know it. requires you to act, you will see the differ- ethos, circumstances and complete capitulation and melt- bit unfairly. ence.” Implicitly, the police force had not acted cocooning — the same family in down of the Haryana police (The writer, a military veter- enough, or in time. a village in Haryana sends one posse in Panchkula in 2017 an, is a former Lt Governor of A friend of India However, it is equally important to son to the Delhi Police and the could hardly inspire confidence Andaman & Nicobar Islands) Jack Welch’s legacy will be debated for decades to come S O U N D BITE but the iconic American businessman was good for us Modiji gave hints about I had such a great time in Iran condemns the wave of The Prime Minister's eneral Electric (GE), the firm that never giving up the social media. India. People were beyond organised violence against announcement to leave social forgot to remind us that it was found- The country will turn welcoming. I’ve never had Indian Muslims. Authorities media accounts is meant to peaceful if his bhakts this kind of a response. I was must ensure the well-being divert the public’s attention Ged by American inventor Thomas Alva follow him in quitting blown away. I thought I was of the citizens and not let from the shortcomings of the Edison, came to be known as The House that the social media. Beatles or something. senseless thuggery prevail. party and the Government. Jack Built in the last decades of the 20th cen- NCP chief spokesperson Australian actor Iran’s Foreign Minister BSP chief tury. Jack Welch was the man who took the —Nawab Malik —Chris Hemsworth —Javad Zarif —Mayawati company to new heights during his stint as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GE for two decades. The market value of its stock rose L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR from $14 billion to more than $400 billion, an eye-popping increase of 2,700 per cent. His Ace tennis player and despair. It will be very difficult Hate speeches amount to sedition for those, who have lost their loved management mantras became staple reading ones, to pick up the pieces and move at business schools across the world. Yet, after he retired, his high-handedness, Sir — Many will agree, tennis ssurances apart, the Citizenship Amendment Act on. The scars inflicted by commu- which included some obnoxious views on executive compensation and unem- player Maria Sharapova is retir- (CAA) was enacted either to incapacitate the poor nal violence will take a long time to ing too early after having spent an and the Muslims or to keep them in constant fear heal. But the Government is still not ployment as well as revelations about some of his decisions while he was at impressive career that spanned for Aand under check. However, gritty women assembled to in a mood to negotiate on the the helm of GE, would have tainted his reputation. His ruthless leadership style almost 16 years. Talent, skill, take part in peaceful anti-CAA sit-ins at Shaheen Bagh. Citizenship Amendment Act and penchant for slashing jobs had earned him the nickname of Neutron Jack. focus, determination and beauty, Over time, many Shaheen Baghs led by women sprung (CAA). One does not know where these were the rare attributes across the country. And it made the saffron outfits fume. things are headed for. The While there were 24,000 GE employees back in 1980, by 1995, that number that propelled fans to single out From the incendiary rhetoric of ‘Hindu jago varna katne Parliament session is likely to be had fallen to 6,720. His successor, Jeff Immelt, whom he hand-picked, eventu- Sharapova as a player to watch out ke liye taiyar ho jao’ (Hindus must wake up before it's heated and Opposition parties are ally spun off some of Welch’s more extravagant operations, including much of for. She won five Grand Slam too late), to the incitement of ‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, sure to put the Government in a titles — two at the French Open goli maaron saalon ko’ (shoot the traitors), to the igni- tight spot. GE Capital, the company’s financial services arm. and one each at the Australian tion of rage among the masses for unlawful actions, reg- with incendiary rhetoric that stigmatises and dehuman- Devendra Khurana However, no matter how his legacy is remembered in the business world, Open, Wimbledon and the US ular doses of incendiary rhetoric prepared partisan minds ises minorities, migrants, refugees, women and any so- Bhopal India will remember him as the man who took a punt on the Business Process Open. Indeed she has had a for fratricide and arson. Violence in Delhi cannot be seen called other.” Sadly, India is now an example to anno- superlative career. Outsourcing (BPO) sector with GE Capital. While this business was grown by as a sudden or transient occurrence. The United Nations’ tate this situation. Delaying tactic As is the case with many Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech had The law considers as sedition all those practices, very capable Indian lieutenants such as Raman Roy and Pramod Bhasin, it was sports women and men when they expressed worry on poisoning the thoughts: “Around which have the object to incite discontent or dissatisfac- Welch’s decision to establish the call centre business in the country and take retire, they are not remembered for the world, we are seeing a disturbing groundswell of tion, to create public disturbance, or to lead to civil war; Sir — It’s disappointing that the their achievements but for the Delhi High Court has sought to advantage of our huge untapped source of human capital that must be fondly xenophobia, racism and intolerance, including rising anti- to bring into hatred or contempt the sovereign or the flaws and the circumstances under semitism, anti-Muslim hatred and persecution of Government and generally, all endeavours to promote pub- defer the execution of convicts in remembered. Welch set into motion a series of events that allowed the country which they left their careers. It isn’t Christians. Social media and other forms of communi- lic disorder. It is surprising that hate speeches that trig- the Nirbhaya case for the nth time. to dominate the burgeoning Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) sec- surprising, therefore, that people cation are being exploited as platforms for bigotry. Neo- gered communal riots in Delhi are not treated as sedition. The accused, who evidently have no tor. Much of the BPO operation is today run by the spin-off company, Genpact, are talking much about Sharapova Nazi and White supremacy movements are on the march. Haridasan Rajan defence, have been allowed to use testing positive for meldonium Public discourse is being weaponised for political gain Kozhikode all possible tactics to prolong their but one could argue that the tremendous growth of this industry in Gurugram than her five Grand Slam titles. hanging. Guidelines need to be and Noida, seen at the turn of the century, is in no small part due to Welch. While Her doping ban had cast a strengthened on the number of shadow over her career. Yet, when The Russian ace silenced ers, has gotten her where she is Where are we headed? pleas a convict can file in a it is true that Indian companies such as Wipro and Infosys would have emerged she was dogged by a shoulder purists with her typical “look at my today. Speed and agility were her particular case. nonetheless, GE’s confidence in India gave countless American corporations the injury, she overcame all hurdles game, not my grunt” rebuff. A bril- forte and she added another potent Shivanshu K Srivastava confidence to use Indian firms to deliver back-end services. For this one fact with a smile. She recorded a grunt liant baseline player, Sharapova weapon, the drop shot, to her arse- Sir — This refers to the editorial, Lucknow alone, Welch should be remembered in New Delhi and Bengaluru as the American of 101 decibel in a tournament, the had a superb touch with her nal later. “Scarred childhood” (March 2). The highest sound intensity achieved angles. The tricky reverse fore- Ganapathi Bhat recent communal violence in Delhi Send your feedback to: who had an outsized impact, much more than any other. by any woman player. hand, generally used by men play- Akola has left a trail of destruction, death [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com 07 FIRSTCOLUMN analysis The personal POINTCOUNTERPOINT THINKING OF GIVING UP MY SOCIAL MEDIA EARNESTLY WISH YOU WOULD GIVE THIS ADVICE data time bomb ACCOUNTS ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & TO THE TROLLS, WHO ABUSE, INTIMIDATE, BADGER YOUTUBE. WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED. AND THREATEN OTHERS IN YOUR NAME. The need of the hour is to create an atmosphere —PRIME MINISTER —CONGRESS’ CHIEF SPOKESPERSON of trust and enable legal provisions ensuring protection of citizens’ data NARENDRA MODI RANDEEP SURJEWALA An unmitigated disaster SURAVI SHARMA The impact of the riots is not restricted to lost lives and economic opportunities. Its s the citizen database created from the National Population Register (NPR) and the Aadhaar card is being updated and reverberations have also been felt in the way in which the global community has responded Awork on a Personal Data Protection Bill is on, it is time that citizens and social activists question the acceptability of the right of Government bodies to eavesdrop on citizens and conduct mass sur- veillance. Awareness about the potential technical vulnerabilities of these databases and carefully-drafted clauses in the proposed data protection law is a great place to start. The citizen database gener- ation has met with opposition and resistance in many countries around the world for fear of breach of privacy, data misuse, Government agencies controlling personal data and overwhelming powers to the authorities. In India a database — the largest in the world at 1.3 bil- lion — has already been created and interlinked with other data sources for the purpose of good governance and e-services. As seen DEEPAK SINHA all around the world, data empower authorities to track, control and help/harass people out of social and political motivation. In the event istory tells us that the myth of Roman of lack of legal provisions for protection, citizens may land up in sit- emperor Nero fiddling while Rome was burning was just that, a myth. For one, uations of privacy breaches and bureaucratic tangles. Without a data H the fire that burned Rome to the ground privacy Bill conforming to global gold standards in place, the coun- occurred in 64 AD and the violin was invented try may see many more uprisings and seething groups of people in the 12th century, more than a thousand years with complains against the ruling party. after Nero’s reign. So, whatever Nero may have Beside the continued analysis of prudence of the exceptions played, if he really did play something, it certain- created in the Bill, the general apprehension is of data security. Massive ly wasn’t the fiddle. There is, however, no such databases always invite security breaches and a biometrics data- doubt about what Prime Minister Narendra Modi base interlinked with more than one data sources is a gold mine of was doing while Delhi burnt recently. His obse- sensitive data, vulnerable to exploitation. Such a data breach is not quious fawning over US President Donald just costly, it may be irreversible as you cannot change your finger- Trump and his family was there for all to see on prime television and along with Delhi’s reputa- prints or irises like you do your passwords. tion as a progressive Capital, Narendra Modi’s Incidents of leaks from various Government databanks, own standing as a statesman on the global stage including the Aadhaar card database and from public sector banks, turned to mud and ashes. are on the rise. Hence, linking these databases to social media sites Funnily enough, his fall from grace was best and other data sources for various Government programmes and reflected on American late night talk shows, such LEAVE schemes is alarming, even when implemented with the motive of as John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, where Modi ALONE OUR a greater community good. became a butt of low humour. Moreover express- INTERESTS IN The Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) and the State ing anger over the issue at this late stage, as some WEST ASIA, Resident Data Hub (SRDH) store acutely sensitive personal infor- papers suggest he has done, only adds to his cred- ibility problem, as trust is no longer a tradable WE SEEM TO mation of citizens, including their biometrics. Any individual or a body HAVE MADE having illegal access to this database can jeopardise the citizens commodity available to him. However, the seriousness of this tragedy can A MESS OF and national security. Citizenship database systems can also cre- best be understood once we look at the issue in THINGS CLOSER ate incentives for identity theft and be used for nefarious purposes its larger perspective. Forty-seven dead and HOME AS THE by criminals/terrorists. Identity theft in India has been one of the fastest- counting is the official death toll with over 250 BANGLADESH Modi was through a display of zealous of foresight with regard to timing. More to the Modi Government’s discomfi- growing White Collar crimes and each one of us, using the internet injured. And, as in most such cases, the likeli- GOVERNMENT fealty. Of course, for some of them, so, when the economy that is in the dol- ture. and being a part of the massive Government databases, is vulner- hood of gross underestimation cannot be ruled ATTEMPTS revenge was certainly a motive after the drums stares at a unique opportunity We really need not hold our breath able. Identity theft and cloning are two sides of the same coin and out. Even using official figures, the seriousness TO COME TO drubbing the BJP got in the Delhi to turn things around because of over how the Saudis will react to these can be used to steal financial assets as well as frame an innocent of the incident can be gauged from the fact that TERMS WITH Assembly Elections, despite the saffron Chinese manufacturing having been riots. In any case, we now have the citizen for a crime he/she did not commit. while over the last 70 years 90-odd souls have per- party’s best efforts. stymied by the effects of COVID19. But Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, ished in all the previous Hindu-Muslim confla- THE FALLOUT It was patently obvious to most, now the nation finds itself held hostage an extremely good friend of India, out Misconfigured databases and lack of end-to-end encryption are OF OUR common causes leading to breaches in massive databases which grations in Delhi, more than half that number except the politically-illiterate, that the by the very violence that was permit- rightly denouncing the violence by perished in just the 72 hours of rioting that we INTEMPERATE CAA was an ill-conceived attempt by ted to be unleashed. Unfortunately, the tweeting, “Iran condemns the wave of have been seen in India and in countries like Turkey, Ecuador and recently witnessed. Crucial 72 hours, in which ACTIONS. the BJP to win brownie points in impact of these riots is not restricted to organised violence against Indian a few others. All leaks were precipitated by erroneous technical main- the Delhi Police added to its glorious tradition ALL THAT Assam, after it had committed hara-kiri lost economic opportunities only, as its Muslims. For centuries, Iran has been tenance. of utter ineptness, shame and unprofessionalism WE NOW NEED in the manner that it went about reverberations have also been felt in the a friend of India. We urge Indian At the worst, such leaks may put children in danger of kidnap- as men in uniform waited for the murderous rage IS A DEMOCRAT organising the National Register of manner in which the international authorities to ensure the well-being of ping/extortion/abuse as addresses and other vital personal informa- of the unhinged to spend itself. If allegations are IN THE Citizens exercise there. The fact that the community has responded with out- all Indians and not let senseless thug- tion and details are disclosed. to be believed, some of them even joined in the WHITE HOUSE Home Minister continues to vociferous- rage, especially our friends in West Asia. gery prevail. The path forward lies in The possibility of generating national IDs and using them to mayhem. Certainly, they are undeserving of the AND MODI'S ly support the CAA suggests that the Given the fact that over the last few peaceful dialogue and rule of law.” enforce immigration laws has been another existing concern as minori- uniform they don, especially of the former Police obvious fact that the issue in Assam is years Modi had expended a fair amount Strong words indeed and while the Commissioner, whose inaction just days prior to CUP OF not about religious identity but ethnic- of energy on improving and expanding Government summoned the Iranian ties in countries like China, Germany and the European Union among JOY WILL others have been targetted. The principal source of data — its num- his retirement showed him up as wholly unwor- ity, has been beyond his comprehen- ties with both Saudi Arabia and its Ambassador Ali Chegeni and protest- thy of respect or that rank. Sadly, 40 years of a OVERFLOW sion. allies, as well as with Iran and its friends, ed his Foreign Minister’s condemnation ber and quality — depends on the country’s census. And in the wasted legacy to leave behind. It is only a matter of time before the violence has meant taking two steps of the incident maintaining that it was light of availability of fraudulent documents, right from Aadhaar card, As is often the case, violence, especially mob their wishful thinking that CAA will backwards. an “internal matter”, the truth is that the driving licence to ration cards, we are not sure the available data in violence, tends to be motivated by fear of the help them in the Bengal elections This attention to the region paid Government finds itself on the back the last census and surveys are all genuine or belong to lawful cit- unknown and a dread of the other. True to form, turns out to be a mirage, despite the handsome dividends when Modi decid- foot with the Foreign Minister becom- izens. False data and lack of right documentary proof from the peo- here, too, fear has been the key that has been used pathetic performance of the Trinamool ed to act in Jammu and Kashmir to ing a laughing stock as he attempts to ple applying to be incorporated in the legacy citizen database (digi- to divide communities, consolidate hate and final- Congress till date. As that old proverb abrogate Article 370, in all but name. defend the indefensible. tised database) in Assam were some of the major causes of fail- ly to destroy lives and livelihoods. goes, “for want of a nail a kingdom was While Pakistan attempted to exert Finally, leave alone our interests in ure of the NRC (National Register of Citizens) or the clause around Among politicians and even civil society, lost.” pressure in the international fora on the West Asia, we seem to have made a the foreigners issue of the Assam Accord of 1985. there are no innocents here. Many among the Just as following the money trail issue with the help of Malaysia and mess of things closer home as the Subsequent to the Assam experience, the general population Opposition parties, supported by the anti-BJP helps catch fraudsters, the body count Turkey, its actions were largely unsuc- Bangladesh Government attempts to set, went about stoking terror among minorities, clearly points to those who were cessful because of the position taken by come to terms with the fallout of our is now beset with the apprehension that the NPR will pave the way suggesting that the Citizen Amendment Act responsible for this conflagration. It is both Saudi Arabia and Iran. intemperate actions. All that we now for a nationwide NRC. The amended questionnaire of the updated (CAA) was just the first step towards their exclu- bound to haunt them for times to come, However, the ongoing detentions in need is a Democrat in the White NPR is somewhat in alignment with such thinking, as this is tilted sion from citizenship, without a shred of evidence despite all denials. What it does also Jammu and Kashmir and the anti-CAA House and Modi’s cup of joy will towards the ethno survey design as done in the US to identify ille- to support their accusations. They are as much reveal is that the leadership that permit- protests across the country finally overflow. gal immigrants. An ethno survey is designed to yield high quality to blame for the targeting of the Muslim com- ted such violence was utterly bereft of forced Saudi Arabia to accede to call- (The writer is a military veteran and multi-faceted data on the process of international/illegal migration. munity as those non-entities from the BJP, who common sense. To initiate such attacks ing a meeting of Foreign Ministers of consultant with the Observer Research It helps in sorting the immigrants living in a country to determine encouraged goons to resort to violence and whose when President Trump was visiting, the Organisation of Islamic Foundation and a Senior Visiting Fellow who are most likely to be unauthorised by looking at where they only claim to fame is being second generation with the Western media being focussed Cooperation (OIC) in April 2019, to with The Peninsula Foundation, were born, when they came to India, how old they are, how they politicians. Thus, their only hope of impressing on the country, shows a spectacular lack discuss Kashmir and the CAA, much Chennai) are related to other people in their households and so on. Besides big data sources — social media content, internet activ- ity and mobile phone-based sources — the country’s health sys- tems have been used as a source of data on undocumented migrants in various nations. Until 2010, the British Government introduced a Congress must seize the day series of measures to make access to public services difficult for migrants and the National Health Service was directed to enforce immigration controls, which included a requirement to inform immi- No clear leaders have emerged from the anti-CAA movement. However, the grand old party has not been gration authorities of people suspected of being in the country ille- able to take advantage of this opportunity and fill the leadership vacuum gally. This measure is now being withdrawn in the wake of human rights violation issues. Lastly and most importantly, the private sec- and so on, who became regional issue. And, even if the Government However, the Congress is unable remains divided and it will have to satraps later. Delhi Chief Minister decides to negotiate, with whom will to build on this and get support from counter the forceful campaign of the tor’s possession of the amount of personal data is alarming as it Arvind Kejriwal emerged from the it confer? No clear leaders have Opposition leaders. Its president Sonia BJP and the Modi Government, which holds no accountability. We need to be worried about the fact that Anna Hazare anti-corruption move- emerged so far. This is where the Gandhi convened a meeting of 19 could generate a Hindu backlash. The we have given away more personal data to multinational private cor- ment. Though the issue is emotive, so Congress Party is missing a golden Opposition parties before the Budget BJP has mobilised the Sangh Parivar to porations than to the Government and there’s no reason for us to far no leader of significance has opportunity. Despite being the oldest Session last month but major parties run counter campaigns to convince believe that private organisations will practice self-regulation and not emerged from the anti-CAA move- national party in the country, it has not like the TMC, the Samajwadi Party people about the need for the CAA. misuse the personal data that they possess. ment. In the absence of effective lead- been able to seize the moment and lead (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) The Modi Government is also trying Apart from technical giants like Google and Facebook that are ership and dedicated workers, it risks the protests. This is largely because of and even its ally, the Dravida Munnetra to counter the negative and unflatter- collecting our data, we give away private information every time we fizzling out. the leadership crisis within the party. Kazhagam (DMK), stayed away. ing publicity in the foreign media on swipe a credit card. This information is being used by commercial KALYANI SHANKAR While Prime Minister Narendra Second, it is unable to build a cred- Earlier, Sonia declared, “The the riots and other human rights organisations to categorically target users for advertisements. The Modi has accused the Opposition, par- ible secular narrative stressing the Congress Working Committee must issues. he anti-Citizenship Amendment ticularly the Congress, of instigating point that it was the Congress, which categorically declare that millions of It was not flattering that on the day worst we saw was the Cambridge Analytica scandal that revealed Act (CAA) protests have entered these protests, the grand old party has made a major contribution to the fram- Congress workers will stand shoulder of US President Trump’s impeachment that social media data is being used by political campaigners across Ta critical phase, with the courts not come to the forefront in a more ing of the Indian Constitution. It has to shoulder with the people of India in vote, the three most influential news- the world to influence voters, polarise people of different commu- taking cognisance of them. However, aggressive manner, like the Trinamool been unable to cash in on the freshness their struggle for equality, justice and papers — The New York Times, The nities and different political affiliations. I believe that the Government as is the case in India, the judicial Congress (TMC) and the Left parties given to the idea of secularism by lakhs dignity.” Washington Post and the Wall Street should definitely have the right to collect some personal data but process is taking time and most likely have. The Opposition parties now have of protesters reciting the preamble of The party also held flag marches Journal — had India on their front laws should be put in place to ensure that the data is used only for we have a long wait ahead of us the opportunity to use these protests the Constitution. on its 135th Foundation Day on pages with critical and unflattering sto- pattern recognition and not for individual profiling. Every company before a verdict is delivered. to take on the Modi Government. But Third, the Congress is not clear December 28. Congress MPs in both ries. that deals with high volumes of personal data should be mandat- So far, the protesters have remained they would have to play a more active about its ideological narrative while the Houses wore black badges while With the second part of the Budget ed to have a data governing body that ensures the firm’s compli- leaderless and without any organisa- role instead of giving the anti-CAA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been attending the President’s address to the Session beginning on Monday, there is ance with the law. They must ensure that the employees are ade- tional strength. But the brutal police protesters tacit support, the way they able to project its Hindutva ideology joint session. Sonia led a protest in the still no evidence of Opposition unity. crackdowns on the demonstrators in have been till now. It is clear that the successfully. Parliament complex to express solidar- Leaders like Mamata Banerjee and quately trained on sensitive data and a risk-management Delhi and elsewhere have earned them movement calls for a mature leadership Currently, the Congress is in power ity with the anti-CAA protesters. Mayawati are not willing to work strategy/contingency plan are put in place to deal with a potential the sympathy of the masses and helped to handle the issue in a pragmatic and in seven States, including Maharashtra, A high-level Congress delegation under the Congress’ leadership. Even loss/misuse of personal data. The need of the hour, during this time the agitation to expand to other parts peaceful way. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, called on the President and urged him the Left parties are unhappy with the of fear and apprehension around the CAA, NPR and a possible NRC, of the country. Though in some places Already Delhi has recorded 47 Puducherry and Rajasthan. It can eas- to intervene and withdraw the CAA. Congress for going to the President is creating an atmosphere of trust through communication chan- they are becoming violent, by and large deaths in the clashes between pro and ily make an impact at least in these But, the question is, whether these alone. It appears to be a missed oppor- nels and enabling legal provisions to ensure protection of citizens the demonstrations are peaceful but anti-CAA protesters, which also left States. Several non-BJP Chief efforts are enough and if they have tunity for the Opposition, including the to avoid any bureaucratic mess while dealing with the massive data- going nowhere. nearly 250 people injured. This mind- Ministers, too, have declared that they made any impact at all apart from the Congress, as the issue is emotive, sen- bases of the masses. The JP movement threw up many less violence is not going to take us any- will not implement the CAA and the BJP accusing the Congress of instigat- sitive, political and social and needs to (The writer is an author and a doctor) socialist leaders like Lalu Prasad, where as the Government is deter- National Register of Citizens (NRC) in ing the stir. be sorted out at the earliest. Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar mined not to back down on the CAA their States. The problem is that the Opposition (The writer is a senior journalist) VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2020 money 08

CAPSULE TACKLING COVID-19 ‘Stand Up India': Rs 16,712 cr Stocks snap 7-day losing loans sanctioned to women streak as RBI assures steps PNS n NEW DELHI "These schemes PNS n MUMBAI Women account for over 81 per cent of the total beneficia- have financially Snapping its seven-day falling Storage crunch: ries under the 'Stand Up India' empowered women streak, equity benchmark Punjab to shift scheme with loans worth Rs to lead a better life Sensex rallied 480 points on 16,712 crore sanctioned for and chase their Tuesday after gains in index rice to UP them in nearly 4 years time, the heavyweights Reliance NEW DELHI: Food Minister finance ministry said on dreams of being an Industries, ICICI Bank and Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday Tuesday. entrepreneur," the Kotak Bank amid positive cues said the government has In the past six years, the ministry said, from global markets. allowed Punjab, which is ministry has launched various After a highly volatile ses- facing storage problem ahead schemes which have special ahead of the sion, the 30-share index surged of wheat procurement next provisions for empowerment International 479.68 points or 1.26 per cent month, to shift 12 lakh tonnes of women. Women's Day on to end at 38,623.70 with 28 of of surplus rice to Uttar "These schemes have finan- for setting up a greenfield (PMMY), 70 per cent of the its constituents ending in Pradesh. Punjab's Food cially empowered women to enterprise. total loan borrowers are March 8 green. Minister Bharat Bhushan lead a better life and chase their "As on February 17, 2020, women. PMMY was launched The broader NSE Nifty global as well as domestic sit- have been experiencing con- Ashu, who met Paswan in the dreams of being an entrepre- more than 81 per cent account on April 8, 2015 for providing loans extended to women, jumped 170.55 points or 1.53 uation regarding the impact of siderable volatility, with the national capital here, sought neur," the ministry said, ahead holders under Stand Up India loans up to Rs 10 lakh to the thereby 70 per cent of the total per cent to close at 11,303.30. deadly coronavirus and ready spread of the coronavirus trig- central government's of the International Women's Scheme are women. 73,155 non-corporate, non-farm loan borrowers are women," Top gainers in the Sensex to take necessary action to gering risk-off sentiments and intervention to address Day on March 8. accounts have been opened for small/micro enterprises. These the ministry added. pack included Sun Pharma, ensure orderly functioning of flights to safe haven," the RBI storage problem in the state. The Stand Up India scheme women. Rs 16,712.72 crore Mudra loans are given by com- Moreover, Pradhan Mantri Tata Steel, ONGC, UltraTech financial markets. said in a statement. "There is a storage issue in was launched on April 5, 2016, has been sanctioned for mercial Banks, RRBs, small Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) Cement, NTPC and Global stocks also rallied on Spillovers to financial mar- Punjab. The state still has a to facilitate bank loans between women account holders and Rs finance banks, MFIs and was launched on August 28, PowerGrid. hopes of stimulus from policy kets in India have largely been rice stock of 38 lakh tonnes Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore to at 9,106.13 crore has been dis- NBFCs. 2014. The scheme envisages On the other hand, ITC makers to lessen the impact of contained. Growing hopes of from the 2018-19 crop year. least one Scheduled Caste (SC) bursed for women account "As on January 31, 2020, universal access to banking and HDFC Bank ended in the coronavirus on their coordinated policy action to We have given direction for or Scheduled Tribe (ST) bor- holders," the ministry said in a more than 22.53 crore loans facilities with at least one basic red. Domestic market senti- economies ahead of the talks mitigate a broader fallout to evacuating about 12 lakh rower and at least one woman statement. have been sanctioned since banking account for every ment got a was boost after the between G7 finance ministers economic activity has boosted tonnes of stock to Uttar borrower per bank branch of Besides, under the Pradhan launch of the scheme. Out of adult. It has 38.13 crore bene- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and central bank heads. market sentiment today, it Pradesh," Paswan told PTI Scheduled Commercial Banks Mantri Mudra Yojana this, more than 15.75 crore ficiaries. said it was closely monitoring "Globally, financial markets said. after the meeting. Export curbs on 26 pharma Sridhar Venkatesh Sebi revises investment GE Steam appointed as GSK manager eligibility Power bags ingredients, medicines India MD, VP $ 32 mn order PNS n NEW DELHI n norms for InvITs Vodafone Idea pays PNS NEW DELHI Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline PNS n NEW DELHI from CPRI Rs 3,043 cr to govt The government on Tuesday Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday PNS n NEW DELHI put export restrictions on 26 said it has appointed Sridhar Markets regulator Sebi has towards dues pharma ingredients and med- Venkatesh as managing revised its investment manag- GE Steam Power India on NEW DELHI: Troubled icines, including paracetamol, director & vice president of er eligibility norms for Tuesday said it has bagged a Vodafone Idea on Tuesday vitamin B1 and B12, amid the GSK India, effective April 1, Infrastructure Investment USD 32 million (about Rs paid about Rs 3,043 crore to coronavirus outbreak in China. 2020. Trusts (InvITs) and also per- 230 crore) order for supply- the telecom department With this, export of these He will succeed mitted fast-track rights issue ing two short circuit genera- towards deferred spectrum active pharmaceutical ingredi- Annaswamy Vaidheesh, who by REITs and InvITs without tor systems of 2,500 MVA to dues, sources said. Deferred ents (APIs) and formulations is set to retire from the com- filing draft offer document Central Power Research spectrum dues are essentially requires licence from the pany effective March 31, with the regulator. Institute (CPRI), Bengaluru. instalment payments that are Directorate General of Foreign 2020, GlaxoSmithKline The investment manager ered," the regulator added. CPRI is an autonomous made by telcos for airwaves Trade (DGFT), an arm of the Pharmaceuticals said in a needs to have an experience of Currently, InvIT regulations society under Ministry of bought in past auctions. The commerce ministry. statement. at least five years in fund require the investment manag- Power. move assumes significance as Earlier, there were no Venkatesh has more than management or advisory ser- er to have at least 5 years of The contract was awarded VIL has been under financial restrictions on outbound ship- "Export of specified APIs and 24 years of diverse experience vices or development in the experience in fund manage- to GE Power Systems India pressure and is confronted ments of these products. formulations made from these APIs... is in pharmaceuticals and infrastructure sector, Sebi said. ment or advisory services or Private Ltd (GEPSIPL) by with AGR (Adjusted Gross The country's API imports hereby restricted with immediate effect healthcare, and has a strong Alternatively, Sebi has also development in the infrastruc- CPRI, a company statement Revenue) liabilities of over Rs stood at around USD 3.5 bil- track record of success in allowed a combined relevant ture sector. Besides, the invest- said. 53,000 crore. VIL has so far lion per year, and around 70 and till further orders," the DGFT said in multiple roles within GSK, it experience of at least 30 years ment manager needs to have The scope of the project paid Rs 3,500 crore in two per cent, or USD 2.5 billion, a notification. added. of directors, partners and at least two employees, each includes supply, installation, tranches towards its AGR come from China. He is a registered pharma- employees of the investment with five years of experience in commissioning and testing of liabilities. The sources in "Export of specified APIs dients. countries. cist with a master's in phar- manager, even if it is a newly the infrastructure sector. two sets of 2,500 MVA short Department of and formulations made from India has exported APIs Apart from paracetamol, macy, the statement said. created entity. Amending the regulations circuit generators with super Telecommunications these APIs... is hereby restrict- worth about USD 225 million vitamin B1, B6 and B12, other "I warmly welcome Sridhar "For computing the com- on Monday, the regulator also excitation, driving and auxil- confirmed that the company ed with immediate effect and last year. APIs and formulations over to lead GSK in our next bined experience, only the said that REIT and InvIT will iary systems, ready for paral- has made the payment of till further orders," the DGFT Restrictions on the exports which the export restrictions phase of growth to serve the experience of the not be required to file draft lel operation in synchronisa- around Rs 3,043 crore said in a notification. are important as there would have been imposed include patients of India. I would also directors/partners/employees offer document with the reg- tion with the existing 2,500 towards deferred spectrum API is raw material for phar- be an increase in demand for tinidazole, metronidazole, acy- like to take this opportunity with more than 5 years of ulator in case of a fast-track MVA generator to yield short liability. maceuticals. these products in the country. clovir, progesterone, chloram- to thank Vaidheesh for his experience in fund manage- rights issue, "subject to the ful- circuit powers of 2,500 MVA, Although India is heavily The latest announcement phenicol, ornidazole, formula- leadership during the last 5 ment or advisory services or filment of the conditions as 5,000 MVA and 7,500 MVA, import dependent for APIs assumes significance on tions made of chlorampheni- years," GlaxoSmithKline development in the infrastruc- specified by the Board from respectively, the statement from China, it exports a lim- account of concerns over coro- col, clindamycin salts, Pharmaceuticals Chairperson ture sector shall be consid- time to time." said. ited quantity of pharma ingre- navirus spreading to many neomycin, and paracetamol. Renu Karnad said. Mercedes-Benz plans over 10 Tatas pay additional DoT to write fresh letters to telcos Rs 2,000 crore to product launches in India n Govt towards AGR on discrepancy in AGR dues math PNS BENGALURU NEW DELHI: Tatas have made PNS n NEW DELHI Mercedes-Benz plans to launch an additional payment of The move more than 10 products in the about Rs 2,000 crore to the The DoT will write fresh let- current calendar year in India telecom department on ad hoc ters to telecom companies assumes with a strong push towards basis towards their AGR questioning them about the significance as the SUVs substantially renewing liabilities, a source said. The variation in AGR dues assessed amounts paid by its portfolio, a senior compa- additional payment of over by firms themselves and its ny official said on Tuesday. and above Rs 2,197 crore it own calculations, according telcos so far, even They would cater to all seg- has already submitted to the to a source. those who have ments -- from electric car to government, is aimed at The move assumes signifi- announced full and super sports car, to SUVs, to covering any reconciliation cance as the amounts paid by final settlement, is limousine, said Mercedes-Benz next month, company officials differences, the source added. telcos so far, even those who India Managing Director and "We will have more said. The government estimated significantly less have announced full and final CEO, Martin Schwenk. than 10 product Schwenk said the company Tata's dues at about Rs settlement, is significantly less than DoT's AGR "It will definitely be a year would adopt step-by-step 14,000 crore. than DoT's AGR estimates. estimates. which has a strong push launches (in 2020). approach thereafter for subse- Bharti Airtel recently sub- towards SUVs." There is something quent EV launches and see mitted over Rs 18,000 crore to 14,000 crore. fresh letters to telcos seeking an "We will have more than 10 how customer demand, regu- DoT declaring it has made full Vodafone Idea has so far explanation on variation or dis- the court which wanted those product launches (in 2020). for everyone in the lations, infrastructure and and final settlement towards its deposited Rs 3,500 crore in two crepency between DoT's calcu- details. There is something for every- complete portfolio commercial environment AGR liabilities but the amount tranches to DoT but is still lations and dues received from On Saturday, telecom oper- one in the complete portfolio refresh which we develop for electric vehicles in is far less than over Rs 35,000 assessing its full dues. companies as final settlement. ator Bharti Airtel said it has refresh which we have planned have planned this India. crore that DoT estimates the According to the govern- The Department of Telecom made payment of Rs 8,004 this year. "We are clearly ambitious company owes it. ment's calculation, Vodafone (DoT) has also asked all tele- crore towards adjusted gross It's a very broad range and year. and we would assume electric Similarly, Tata Teleservices Idea Ltd owes Rs 53,000 crore com companies to furnish revenue (AGR) dues to the quite substantial renewal of our will be a major topic that will Gold rises has paid Rs 2,197 crore in AGR in AGR dues. names of their MDs and their government, an amount over portfolio," Schwenk told PTI. electric 'EQ' brand in India happen in India in future and marginally by Rs 6, dues whereas DoT estimated A source privy to the devel- addresses, sources said adding and above Rs 10,000 crore it The german luxury car- and plans to launch the EQC, we will play a major part in silver falls Rs 58 the liabilities to be about Rs opment said DoT will issue this had been a requirement of has already paid. maker has introduced the a luxury full electric SUV, that," he added. NEW DELHI: Gold prices on Tuesday rose marginally by Rs 6 to Rs 42,958 per 10 gram, Gaganyaan: SAIL supplies according to HDFC Securities. Usha Intl bullish on biz in Tier II, III cities In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs special grade steel PNS n CHENNAI 42,952 per 10 gram. Silver n (SAIL-BSP) CEO Anirban prices, however, fell by Rs 58 PNS BHILAI (CHHATTISGARH) "We feel that every customer, Dasgupta told PTI. Consumer durables major irrespective of whether he is working in to Rs 46,213 per kg from Rs State-owned SAIL has sup- A consignment of 40 tonne Usha International on 46,271 per kg on Monday. plied special grade steel plates of MDN 250 grade slabs rolled Tuesday said it is very bullish a metro or in Tier II or tier III or at "Spot gold for 24 karat in Delhi traded up by Rs 6 with produced at its Bhilai unit for into plates at BSP's plate mill on business in Tier II and III distant rural village are potential continuous rupee deprecation. the country's first human was flagged off by Dasgupta in cities and rural markets, which customers... The potential of Tier II and space mission programme -- first week of February. have 70 per cent of its cus- The spot rupee was trading III markets to contribute to sales of a around 24 paise weaker Gaganyaan, a company official The ambitious Gaganyaan tomers, as the potential was against the dollar during the has said. mission was announced by immense. brand is immense," he said. day," HDFC Securities Senior In addition, SAIL's Rourkela Prime Minister Narendra Usha International Analyst (Commodities) Tapan Steel Plant has also supplied Modi during his President, Electric Fans and III markets to contribute to ble this in two to three years," Patel said. In the international MDN 250 (maraging steel) Independence Day speech in Pumps Business, Rohit Mathur, sales of a brand is immense," he he said. market, gold was trading grade special steel for the 2018. "Stringent technological said the company was wit- said. To a query, he claimed that higher at USD 1,595 per ambitious project. norms were formulated and nessing a huge demand for its Noting that the company has Usha International has 21 per ounce and silver at USD 16.76 Steel Authority of India Ltd followed by entire collective of products in these markets. been witnessing huge demand cent market share in the fans per ounce. "Gold prices traded (SAIL) has contributed to the plate mill and other concerned "We are very bullish on for its products nationwide, he category and had also doubled up on growing expectations of Gaganyaan space mission and departments of SAIL along our expansion in these cities- He said 70 per cent of cus- tomer, irrespective of whether said they were looking at dou- its marketing spend to Rs 10 rate cut from US Fed and has successfully produced with several other associated the main reason being the tomers in Tier II, III and rural he is working in a metro or in bling revenues from rural mar- crore. monetary policy easing from plates to be used in the satel- departments. The slabs (were) growth consumption patterns, markets have always featured Tier II or tier III or at distant kets in two-three years. They were investing in var- major central banks," Patel lite launch vehicle (SLV) that supplied by Misra Dhatu where customers go deeper high on Usha's priority list for rural village are potential cus- "Currently the rural markets ious retail initiatives, including added. would launch the mission, Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI)," he within the categories", he told business expansion. tomers... contribute about 25 per cent of in-shop presence and brand- SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant said. PTI. "We feel that every cus- The potential of Tier II and the revenue and we aim to dou- ing, he said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Speaking to M SHREYA RAJ, Kathak Kalakshethra Anju Babu explains the DANCING HIS importance of Kathak and finishing something of WAY TO GLORY value in life athak is a dynamic and thrilling dance form where one wears K anklets and creates rhythm. When mas- ters perform, hands become an North extention of the face that show and as a love, joy, fear and sorrow. South Anju Babu, popularly known Indian, I as Kathak Kalakshethra Anju wanted to invent Babu for founding the a new style. Hence Kalakshethra organisation, is not the Deccani form Poetry, chants only a Kathak dancer but also a came into being,” said guru, an innovative choreogra- Anju Babu. pher and the sole torch bearer “Kathak is all about for Deccani style of Kathak from presentation and one has Hyderabad. He has received a to be conscious about bal- offer healing touch plethora of awards in his career ancing the movements. A and had also written a book on Kathak dancer should focus udi Sambaraalu, pre- mystic, divine taste of ‘Sant Vani’, Kathak called Kathak Nrutya on chakkars, which means sented ‘Sunaad’, an voices of saints that offered say- Vikaasam. rounds, and hand gestures so evening of ‘Mandukya ings, words that were rooted with He has won over 100 awards that it mesmerises the audi- Sant Vani’, by Tara spiritual and boundless wisdom. for his performances, including ence,” he adds. Kini. It was a conflu- Sunaad’s presentation was soul- the Nritya Bhushan award and “Classical dances like G ence of the Mandukya fully elevating and truly absorbing. the Silver crown award. He was Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi Upanishad and SantVani — the It was enriched by a beautiful vocal also felicitated by then chief have certain degree of move- poetry of saints across India — presentation of melody combined minister of undivided Andhra ment that has to be followed as as a combination of Dhrupad with skillful narration that leaves a Pradesh N T Rama Rao and then per rules. The hand gestures or music, theatre and movement lasting impact. Vice-President Krishnakanth. foot movements should not in the city on Sunday evening. The Dhrupad music presented Born in Guntur district of exceed a particular point in The Mandukya one of the in confluence with theatre and Andhra Pradesh, Anju Babu was these two forms. But the unique principal Upanishads that movement was a pure delight and drawn to dance since childhood. thing about Kathak is that it has explains the significance of the soothing to the ear and brought His mother, who is also his men- no such restrictions,” he said, syllable, A-U-M or Omkara, calmness to the mind. It was thera- tor, encouraged him to take up speaking of the movements and how it connects to the peutic as most of the audience dance on a more serious note needed in the dance. three states of wakefulness, members put it. and enrolled him in government “Many regret not having dream and dreamless sleep and Sunaad was started in 2002, with music college. He discontinued done something with their the fourth state called Turiya, the the intention of demystifying his undergraduation and learned lives. That is the reason I supreme bliss, which underlies all Hindustani Classical music and Kathak under the guidance of ensure to teach every stu- the three as the witness. make it accessible to the public. Guru Pandit Rama Krishna dent to learn something so For the packed audience at the Directed by Tara Kini, the music Shukla in Hyderabad. He then that they perform for at amphitheatre, it was an amazing for Sunaad had been composed by went on to give over 2,000 per- least 10 minutes on opportunity to get insight into the the renowned Gundecha Brothers. formances across the world and stage. I teach at least ancient scriptures. Sant Vani was presented in ten dif- has choreographed for over 40 one complete course Sunaad encompassed the rhyme ferent languages along with 12 dance dramas including TV pro- so that they don’t of some of the important saints verses in Sanskrit from Mandukya grammes and ballets. feel incomplete from the varied religious milieu. Upanishad sung in the Dhrupad While everyone focussed on when they dis- The 27 singers and four dancers style, in 16 ragas and 10 taals. academics, he focused on learn- continue,” he provided the audience with the — PNS ing Kathak. He started concludes. Kalakshethra to enhance the sig- nificance of Kathak in the South and invented a Deccani style of the dance form. Kalakshethra started 25 years ago and has cen- Speaking tres at Ashok Nagar, Jubilee hills and Madhapur. to V SATEESH “Kathak is promi- nent in the REDDY, television actor Karthik Mahesh speaks about his entry into industry, his love for negative roles, learning Telugu, celebrating ‘In the mood for negative roles’ birthdays in orphanages and more

annada-based actor 2014 in a lead role. Later, I did TV equal to cinema would love to Only entertainment Karthik Mahesh various serials like Mahakali, Karthik said that act in nega- Women roles usually carry entered the televi- Akka and more. Mahakali is a there is no differ- tive roles. negative shades and they sion industry in 2014 mythological serial and I acted ence between the He mostly play the villains too. with his Kannada as God Vishnu in it.” Kannada and adds, Speaking about its impact on K serial Khushi. He is Telugu tele- society, Karthik says, known for his acting stint in Learning Telugu vision “Cinemas and serials are only some of Kannada serials like Karthik could speak fluent indus- made for entertainment. We Khushi, Devi, Akka, among oth- Telugu by the time he pro- tries believe that audience won’t ers. He made his debut in gressed in his first serial. When Hyderabadis are very sweet and they receive take it for serious and they Telugu with Maate Mantramu asked about it, he says, “I don’t every one with equal love. I love Hyderabadi biryani. don’t imitate us in real serial in Zee Telugu and he has know a single word in I love the various cultures and traditions of this Pearl City. life. I request the been receiving positive reviews Telugu when I came audience to watch for his stint in the serial. here initially. I I’m honoured to be a part of Hyderabad and I will definitely serials and films but learned the act in many serials and cinemas to continue my not take them per- Childhood aspirations language in bond with the people here. Telugu audience sonally.” Karthik said that he was three interested in acting since his loved my acting and they approach me Love for biryani childhood and used to partici- TELUGU whenever I go out. They When asked about his pate in various cultural and ENTRY enquire about my role Hyderabad connect, he says dance activities during his Karthik got the opportunity that he loves the biryani here. schooling. He says, “During my to work in a Telugu serial in Star and future “I He says, “Hyderabadis are very schooling, I participated in Maa last year, but it didn’t take off due to projects. feel sweet and they receive every many cultural and dance some reasons. He adds, “After bad luck in my there is a one with equal love. I love activities. Many people first Telugu offer, I got a lead role in Zee Telugu’s lot of scope Hyderabadi biryani. I love the appreciated my skills Maate Mantramu serial. It is my first one in Telugu. In for acting in various cultures and traditions in dance and acting this serial, I replaced actor Ali Reza for the role of negative ones. of this Pearl City. I’m honoured and encouraged me to Vamshi. Before my entry as Ali, he was a bad to be a part of Hyderabad and I go further in the field. In boy who doesn’t care about anything. in will definitely act in many seri- my fourth standard, I took After my entry, the role completely terms of I believe that positive als and cinemas to continue my part in a comic role. I loved to changed and he becomes a reception, roles have certain bound- bond with the people here.” be a part of the theatre and did good guy. The role has production aries. I did one negative role in many roles to improve my act- two shades and I and others my Kannada serial Devi and Birthdays in orphanages ing skills.” loved doing it.” but added that I’m looking forward to do Karthik and his friends cele- Kannada television more.” brate their birthdays at orphan- Techie-turned-actor months actors get more name age. He says, “I, along with my After his graduation in BSc with the and fame because the friends, celebrate our birthdays Physics, Mathematics and help of my audience in Kannada treat with orphans and spend time Computer Science, Karthik got co-stars. Now, I television actors equal to with them. When we go a job as a techie. He says, “I got can speak Telugu cinema actors. Karthik there, the children treat us a chance to work as a techie in very well. Telugu also did two movies in well and they are like our Mysore after my graduation. audience loved my act- Kannada. friends. It gives us utmost But I left that to fulfil my acting ing and they approach me out of the satisfaction to celebrate our dream. After many auditions, I whenever I go out. They Love for negative birthdays with them. We also got my first opportunity in enquire about my role and roles donate money for their well Khushi serial in Kannada in future projects.” Karthik said that he BOX being.” 10

Vijayawada Wednesday March 4, 2020 what’s brewing? Hirani unites 8 B’wood Disha Patani stars for Gandhi video set to ilmmaker Rajkumar Hirani the idea of belief. Actor has brought together eight Ranbir Kapoor speaks on star leading Bollywood actors, peace. including Shah Rukh Khan, Actress Sonam Aamir Khan and Salman Kapoor then says, in Ek F Khan, for a brief video on “A h u m a n i s Mahatma Gandhi. made of their The black and white video was made thoughts, what Villian by the Lage Raho Munna Bhai director he thinks, that’s to celebrate Gandhi’s 150th birth what he sequel anniversary. becomes.” The over one-minute video begins Shah Rukh then ctress Disha with a Charkha (spinning wheel), then concludes the star-stud- Patani is set for comes Aamir talking about Gandhi’s ded video by talking about another action- idea of non-violence. faith. It closes with Vande packed outing Actress Alia Bhatt reads out the Mataram. on the big importance of the idea of courage. Conceptualised and directed by F screen with her Salman highlights Gandhi’s ideal of ser- Hirani, the video was launched by next project. She has vice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his come on board for the Actress Kanagana Ranaut focuses on official residence. sequel of 2014 sleeper hit Ek Villain. Reportedly, Disha will star in the sequel along with Aditya Roy Kapur and John Abraham, and the film, which is being directed by Mohit Suri, will have her essay a character Honey Singh inspired by Rosamund Pike’s role in the 2014 Hollywood film Gone unveils new Girl. “Disha is the first heroine who walked up party song to me and said, ‘I want apper Yo Yo Honey Singh has to do more action, beat unveiled a new party number. up people, perform Titled Loca, the track aims at stunts, kick some bu*t. setting the dancefloor afire. Just the way boys do it Loca, which means crazy in your films I want to R in Spanish, is sung by Honey be the hero’,” Mohit Singh with Simar Kaur. Honey Singh has also said. written the song along with Lil Golu besides On Disha’s character having composed it as well. in the movie, Mohit “Loca is an amazing track that will have said, “While Malang everyone dancing to it. I had the rough scratch brought Disha’s ready within minutes and the entire music freespirited avatar to piece was made in a matter of two minutes,” light, this one will Honey Singh said. “We used the Reggaeton showcase her as an inte- beats which is completely new and fresh for the gral part of the action- Indian audience. We shot at the Gugu boat in franchise.” Dubai which is considered to be the biggest Ek Villain, released in party yacht in the world. This has been shot on 2014, was an action a huge scale and I’m sure all my fans will love thriller and a tragic love it,” he added. story featuring Sidharth This is the artiste and the music label Malhotra, Shraddha T-Series’ latest collaboration after songs such as Kapoor and Riteish Makhna and Gur nalo ishq mitha. “We’ve had a Deshmukh. long and old association with Yo Yo Honey While Disha’s latest Singh. When he came to us with this song, we release Malang is see- immediately got on board. I was excited to pre- ing profits at the box sent Loca because this song has a Latin vibe to office, she will soon be it and it is something unique for listeners,” said seen doing a special Bhushan Kumar, head honcho of T-Series. dance number in Directed by Ben Peters, produced by Bhushan Baaghi 3. Later this Kumar’s T-Series along with Bobby Suri and year, she stars opposite Honey Singh himself, the track features Nicky Salman Khan in Radhe Picky opposite the rapper. and also has the film KTina coming up.

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Vasavada’s ton puts Saurashtra in command

PTI n RAJKOT Earlier, resuming the Bengaln storm into Ranji final after 13 years PTI KOLKATA day at 66 for five, Sakariya rpit Vasavada’s gritty and Vasavada were going ukesh Kumar ran through A139 propelled strong before their 90-run Karnataka’s second innings Saurashtra to set a challeng- sixth wicket stand was bro- Mwith a career-best six-wicket ing 327-run target for ken by a horrible mix-up haul as Bengal hammered their star- Gujarat on the fourth day between the two, which studded opponents by 174 runs to of their semi-final here on resulted in the former’s enter their first Ranji Trophy final in Tuesday. dismissal. 13 years here at Eden Gardens on Chintan Gaja’ fiery The hosts lost their Tuesday. spell had brought Gujarat sixth wicket on 105. Jani The low-profile pacer, who had back into contention on the then joined Vasavada and dismissed India regular K L Rahul in third day, but Vasavada’s played the perfect second- Karnataka’s first innings, became the seventh first-class hundred, fiddle as the hosts took hero in the second essay with his 6/61 and the third this season, lunch at 155 for six. as Bengal took less than two hours to swung the momentum in Post lunch, Vasavada dismiss Karnataka on day four. favour of the hosts. and Jani kept frustrating the Resuming their monumental chase Courtesy his ton and Gujarat bowlers. of 352 at 98 for three, Karnataka lost handy contributions from It was Gaja again, who their remaining seven wickets for 79 Chetan Sakariya (45), provided the crucial break- runs in 16.3 overs. The penultimate Chirag Jani (51) and through for the visitors by day’s proceedings lasted just 115 min- Dharmendrasinh Jadeja dismissing Jani in the 84th utes after which the hero-of-the-day (21), Saurashtra recovered over. Mukesh Kumar was seen carried on from a dismal 15 for five to The new ball did the his shoulders by Akash Deep. post 274 in their second trick for Gaja, as he bowled Bengal, who won their previous innings. in the Ranji title during Sourav Ganguly’s They had a 52-run Ranji Trophy Semifinal good Live from 9:30am IST debut season way back in 1989-90, had lead and hence the tar- STAR SPORTS 3 NETWORK length lost to Mumbai by 132 runs in their get set was 327. area and last final appearance in 2007. When stumps were Jani’s outside Bengal will face the winners of drawn, Gujarat edge flew to Gujarat and Saurashtra clash, under- were seven for Samit Gohel in way in Rajkot, in the final from one with open- the second slip. March 9 and it will be an away match er Priyank Vasavasa and for them. Panchal (0) Jani added 109 Bengal also halted a third treble back in the runs for the bid by Karnataka who recently were hut. seventh crowned the domestic one-day (Vijay wicket. Hazare Trophy) and T20 (Syed Gaja Mushtaq Ali Trophy) champions. Bengal pace trioka of Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Porel and Akash Deep celebrate after Bengal win over Karnataka in Ranji Trophy semifinal PTI took his seventh Karnataka’s last treble had come in wed an inswinger to trap the wicket- widish delivery over the off-side wicket when he 2014-15 when they had achieved the keeper-batsman. region, only to be caught by substitute removed Prerak feat twice on the trot. Talented 19-year-old Karnataka Shreyan Chakraborty. Saha boost for Bengal Mankad (1) at Mukesh Kumar, who had previous batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who was Known for his unique celebrations, the stroke of tea, which best figures of 6/62, looked at his omi- season’s leading run-getter in white the 21-year-old Porel, who is the PTI n KOLKATA Day/Night Eden Test against Saurashtra took at 222-8. nous best taking five wickets in just 60 ball cricket, was the lone crusader as youngest member of the side, was Bangladesh. After Jadeja fell, balls with an imperious spell that read Karnataka battled to avoid a third given a shoe-shine polish by 35- ndia Test wicketkeeper However, he was not included Vasavada upped the ante 9-4-28-5. semifinal defeat in a row. year-old Majumdar, the senior- IWriddhiman Saha was on Tuesday the playing XI in India’s recent 0- but perished in the process. He opened his account in the third Padikkal, who came in at most member showing the included in Bengal’s squad for their 2 debacle in New Zealand. In his 139-run innings, he over of the day with India batsman No 3 to accommodate Rahul at camaraderie in the side. Ranji Trophy final starting on March Saha last played for Bengal in blasted 16 fours and a six. Manish Pandey (12) edging it to the top, hit seven elegant Thereafter it was just a 9. the 2017-18 Ranji season where he Considering that it’s a Shreevats Goswami behind the boundaries but Mukesh had his matter of time before Akash Saha is likely to be included in averaged 38.33 from four matches. worn-out pitch, it would be stumps. say to dismiss the batsman en Deep (2/6) cleaned up the big- the lineup in place of opener The selectors also named a tough ask for Parthiv Then in his next over he dismissed route to his fourth five-wicket haul hitting Abhimanyu Mithun (38) to Abhishek Raman who is struggling uncapped batsman Sudip Gharami Patel-led side to chase the K V Siddharth (0) and S Sharath (0) from 21 first-class matches. complete the victory. for runs. with injured Koushik Ghosh and target on the final day. off successive deliveries to snuff out Krishnappa Gowtham (22) and Ishan Porel, who grabbed a five- India’s number one wicketkeep- youngster Golam Mustafa being Brief Scores: Saurashtra any revival hopes by heavyweights Abhimanyu Mithun counter attacked wicket haul in the first innings, took er Saha has recovered from a surgery the only two omissions from the 304 and 274 (Arpit Karnataka. Bengal with a quick 24-run stand for 2/58 that included the prized-scalp of on his right ring finger which he had 16-member squad, which beat Vasavada 139, Chirag Jani First the inform Siddharth fell to the eighth wicket but it only delayed Rahul with peach of an inswinger on sustained during the historic Karnataka in the semifinal. 51; Chintan Gaja 7/71) an away going delivery and was caught the inevitable with first innings hero Monday. v/s Gujarat 252 and 7/1. by skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran at the Ishan Porel breaking the partnership. Playing without the suspended wicket taker for last eight seasons, the once again was up for task, tak- Gujarat need 320 runs to slip, and on the next ball Mukesh bol- Gowtham tried to smash Porel’s pacer Ashok Dinda, their leading three-pronged Bengal pace attack ing all the 20 wickets on offer. win. Kohli indicates ‘mini transition’ of pace unit India retain top spot despite defeat PTI n DUBAI retained his top spot, holding a PTI n CHRISTCHURCH guys that can keep the stan- “Saini is one who has 25-point advantage over Kohli. dard up because you don’t come into the system. We ndia on Tuesday retained Smith’s apprentice Marnus ware that his star-studded want to feel a void suddenly if have two-three more that we Itheir number one spot and Labuschagne jumped one spot Apace attack isn’t getting a couple of guys miss out,” have an eye on,” he said. captain Virat Kohli remained to round off the top three, tak- any younger, India captain Kohli gave enough indica- “We need to be very care- static at second in the ICC ing the place of New Zealand Virat Kohli says the team’s tions that the management is ful and we need to understand rankings despite a dismal Test captain Kane Williamson. think-tank will need to have zeroing in new talents with an that this is one factor that has series against New Zealand. England all-rounder Ben the next crop of speed mer- eye on future. got us a lot of success and we India have 116 rating points, Stokes and India opener chants ready soon enough as With Indian team’s packed need to make sure that stan- six more than New Zealand with Mayank Agarwal moved a spot one can’t “squeeze the life schedule across formats, Kohli dards are kept high,” he added. third-placed Australia accumu- each and swapped places to out” of established names. said that it’s inhuman to Kohli wants the next rop lating 108 points. break into and fall out of the top While Jasprit Bumrah, 26, “squeeze the life out of individ- to replicate the kind of success Kohli remains in second 10 respectively. is expected to lead the pace uals”. that the trio of Yadav, Ishant position in the batting rankings Among bowlers, Tim pack for many more years, “That’s what happens in and Shami (Bumrah excluded) despite a forgettable Test series Southee’s Player of the Series Ishant Sharma, who will be 32 cricket. Mini transitions hap- has got over years. in which he made 38 runs in winning performance against this year, and Mohammed pen every now and then, and “We recognise and under- four innings. India took him into the top five, Shami (29) have already you need to be aware of them,” stand guys who can do a sim- New Zealand opener Tom with a jump of two places to No reached the peak of their Kohli said. “You can’t squeeze ilar job potentially as well as Blundell and his Indian counter- 4, while Jasprit Bumrah and prowess. the life out of individuals, and these, Umesh included.” part Prithvi Shaw and debutant The performance meant he Trent Boult returned to the top Not to forget Umesh when they are done, you have While Kohli didn’t name paceman Kyle Jamieson were was rewarded with a jump of 27 10, gaining four places each to Yadav, who will turn 33 this Jasprit Bumrah & Umesh Yadav bowl during India nets session BCCI/Twitter no back-up. I think we as a any other fast bowlers but the among the biggest movers in the places to No 46. Shaw, who occupy the seventh and ninth year. can replace them and ready up in the past two years, are indi- side are pretty aware that these ones in the pecking order for rankings. returned for his first series since positions respectively. “These guys are not get- and running as soon as possi- cators that this team has to be things are quite possible,” he red ball cricket include Blundell had a successful his Test debut against West But the biggest gainer was ting any younger so we need ble,” Kohli said. Ishant’s poor- ready for transition in the added. Mohammed Siraj of series against India, scoring 117 Indies in 2018, and made a Jamieson, who rose from No 80 to be very careful and very ly handled rehabilitation, pace department in the per- Navdeep Saini is already a Hyderabad, Sandeep Warrier runs in four innings, with one punchy 54 in the first innings of to 43. There was only one aware and accept that these are which saw a recurrence of haps the next couple of years. part of the set-up and there are of Kerala, Avesh Khan of half-century, which put him the Christchurch Test, rose 17 change in the top ten among all- situations that can potentially ankle tear, and the kind of “...We do need to recognise two or three more names in Madhya Pradesh and Ishant among the top two run-scorers places to No 76. rounders, with Southee drop- come up and have guys who workload that Shami has taken who are the next three-four the pipeline, the skipper said. Porel of Bengal. in the series. Australia’s Steve Smith ping a spot to No 10. Skip IPL if you feel Binga backs India to burnt out: Kapil make maiden final Harman & Co face England in Women’s T20 semis PTI n SYDNEY NEW DELHI: Former India captain Kapil Dev said PTI n SYDNEY when they have an off that India regulars can give IPL a miss if they day.” ndia will take on England in PERRY OUT think that the international calendar is too ormer Australia Only a special effort Ithe Women’s T20 World Cup cramped. Skipper Virat Kohli had mentioned Fpacer Brett Lee fore- from their opponents semifinals, it was decided on SYDNEY: Defending champi- earlier that they are getting closer to landing sees a “different” looking can stop India from Tuesday following the rained- ons Australia were dealt a at the stadium and playing straight. India making their reaching their maiden out game between South Africa heavy blow on Tuesday as star “If you think there is burnout then don’t maiden T20 Women’s final, feels Lee. and the West Indies here. player Ellyse Perry was ruled play IPL,” Kapil said on the sidelines of he fifth World Cup final and “They’ll go into the The abandoned game out of the rest of tournament edition of HCL Grant’s felicitation ceremony. attributed their rise to semi-finals full of confi- meant South Africa and West with a hamstring injury. “There you are not representing your coun- the emergence of star dence and it will take an Indies shared a point each which The world’s top-ranked try. So if you think you are burned out, you can players like 16-year-old excellent team to stop was enough to push the former women’s allrounder limped off always take a break during the IPL. When you Shafali Verma. them from reaching the to the top spot with seven in pain after attempting a are representing your country, the feeling Besides opener Final.” points, leaving England second. run out during Australia’s should be different,” he said. Shafali, experienced leg- Talking more about England, who finished with narrow win over New Zealand Kapil also said that when playing for their spinner Poonam Yadav Shafali, who has got 47, three wins and a loss in the on Monday. country, players need to be giving their best and has been the other 46, 39, and 29 so far, Lee group stage, face India on Cricket Australia said she a significant period of time,” this should not get compromised because they match-winner for India backed the teen sensa- Thursday in a repeat semifinal would miss the four-time team doctor Pip Ing said in a put a lot of energy in playing fran- in the competition. tion to make a bigger of the 2018 edition. champion’s semi-final in statement. chise cricket. “They’ve never score in the semifinal. Back then, England had Sydney on Thursday and the Australia’s head coach When asked about MS reached the final but this “Shafali Verma has beaten India before losing the final on Sunday if they get that Matt Mott said that he is Dhoni, the former Indian skip- is a different India team been excellent at the top final to Australia. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur with Meg Lanning (Aus) and Heather Knight (Eng) far. confident they had enough per said as a fan he would love from the one they’ve of the order, she’s India, who are aiming to was to get to the semi-finals,” ahead of the match in Sydney on So severe is the injury that depth in the squad to cover to see MS Dhoni play the seen before. They’ve brought a fearless ener- make their maiden final, topped said skipper Dane van Niekerk. Thursday. she will also be unavail- her batting and bowling. T20 World Cup in October combined match- gy to India’s batting and the group stage with four wins “Generally in these tourna- Earlier, qualifiers able for Australia’s tour “Ellyse is a key member of but it was completely the winners in Shafali been brilliant to watch. in as many games. ments, we’ve lost at crucial Thailand ended their inau- of South Africa later our squad and has been for a team management’s call. Verma and “You feel she can go times, whereas in this tourna- gural World Cup on a high, this month. long period of time and on a “As his fan (I would Poonam Yadav even bigger as well — SA TO FACE AUS ment, whenever we’ve been posting their biggest ever “Ellyse sustained a personal level we're disap- love to see him play the with consistent players she hasn’t reached 50 yet, In the other semifinal South down we’ve got up again. It’s nice T20I score before the heav- high-grade right ham- pointed that she won’t have T20 World Cup). But with both bat and ball,” which is both exciting Africa will face defending cham- that everything is slowly but ens opened and their clash with string injury that is expected the opportunity to finish the as a cricketer, it is dependent Lee was quoted as saying for those watching and pions Australia. The Proteas surely coming together.” Pakistan was also called off. to keep her out of the game for tournament,” he said. AFP on the management. If he by ICC. worrying for the needed to avoid defeat against South Africa have never They had lost all three of hasn’t played for one year “We’ve always bowlers. the already-eliminated West beaten four-time champions their previous games, with a what do you expect. I think he known they have some “We saw from the Indies to top Group B and with Australia. highest total of 82. Pakistan, who upset 2016 come here and play against the has to play more matches. of the best players in the opener against Australia the match in Sydney abandoned “What better way to do it But, after winning the toss champions West Indies in their big teams. I think it is good for “He should play more world but now just how good India can without a ball being bowled, (beat Australia) than in a World at Sydney Showground, they opening game before losing the us. We want to keep doing well. matches to be in the team. Harmanpreet Kaur has a be, and it’s no surprise they earned a point to ensure Cup semi-final. We’re not used stunned Pakistan with their next two, would have needed People at home will be happy, Otherwise you are being team around her that they’ve continued that that happened. to the bigger-stage games, but aggressive batting approach, their record run chase to win but same as us. They will be cheer- unfair to other players,” said can support the big play- form to top Group A,” he “I couldn’t have asked for hopefully everything comes racing to 150 for three off 20 didn’t face a ball. ing, said Thai captain Sornnarin Kapil. PNS ers, and fill in the gaps added. better, our first goal coming here together for us,” she added overs. “We had an opportunity to Tippoch.” 12

Vijayawada Wednesday March 4, 2020 tollywood Concept-driven films over commercial Sharwa, Kishore cinema for me: VISWANT Tirumala unite for a t was a call from his intense love story, mentor Chandrasekhar and Boyfriend for Yeleti that led Viswant Hire, a new-age Duddumpudi to sign romantic comedy. romantic thriller O Viswant is happy I Pitta Katha, which that over the years family entertainer releases this Friday. “He told me he forged a deep that he found the story to be good bond with Yeleti, and that director Chandu is look- who directed him in ing at me for the lead. I trust Manamantha. “He Yeleti garu blindly and accepted considers me as his Sharwa committed to this the film. I listened to the story family member. Last later. It’s one of a kind film told in year I’ve been to his project more than three months a perspective vision screenplay house for Diwali party. format. It’s purely a director’s I was surprised to see ago and the film will go to film. There are different shades to Keeravani garu, my character. It’s a role which is Rajamouli garu hang- floors later this summer, finds completely different from what ing out there. I was I’ve done until now,” he assures. welcomed with great NAGARAJ GOUD Despite featuring in a battery of love. Rama Rajamouli project more than three films, the Kakinada native hasn’t garu served dinner to romoting Jaanu tasted commercial success yet. me,” the mechanical months ago. “Besides last month, Sudhakar factor, Sharwa felt His last film too — engineer points out. Sharwanand had Tholubommalata — after opening The actor, who learnt Kishore’s story is right up his told us that he is alley, which is why he decid- to good reviews failed to click at screen writing in the US, following the the ticket outlets. Was he disap- informs that Yeleti is his ed to do it later this year-even P Akshay Kumar if it means that he will not pointed? “All the films I’ve done bouncing board. “When I template of allotting 50 days take a break,” adds the source. are labeled as good films and they get free time, I write stuff. Sudhakar confirmed the got me good reviews as an actor. He goes through them and doing multiple films in a The If I do a good film and if it and says its ‘utter trash’,” year. Staying true to his development when words, the actor, who is Pioneer contacted him. “The doesn’t do well, the box- he smiles, signing decide after Sharwa returns office doesn’t bother off. presently a part of twoand pro-Shree film is a family drama and jects — Sreekaram will mostly roll in May. A (from the US).” me much. I’m looking — NG Before starting this new at longevity as an Karthik’s untitled Telugu- major part will be shot around Rajahmundry,” the film, Sharwa, however, has to actor in the industry. Tamil bilingual — has green- Sreekaram, which is lit another film. It will be soft-spoken producer complete My brush with com- 20 days away from a wrap-up, mercial cinema can directed by Kishore Tirumala, informed. and will go to floors later this When asked whether buzz and Shree Karthik’s film, wait. I want to associ- which is halfway through. ate with concept-dri- summer. The project will be about Sai Pallavi being the produced by Sudhakar female lead is true, he clari- The actor is also in delibera- ven films for now,” says tions with Ajay Bhupathi to the actor Cherukuri, who produced the fied, “No actress has been but there actor’s Padi Padi Leche locked in do Mahasamudram whose next (PPLM) in 2018. The yet. We has been no significant films Manasu actor promised to do another will development on the pro- include ject for the last one Kadhal, film for Sudhakar after the month. an debacle of PPLM and he is honouring his word. According to a source, Sharwa committed to this

A spooky HEBAH'S first look of item number Regina in Red egina Cassandra’s next, a Telugu-Tamil bilingual, with Caarthick Raju, has been titled R as Nene Naa? Actor Varun Tej on Tuesday unveiled her look and the title by taking to his Twitter account. The film, a mystery drama laced with action, adventure, comedy and thrills, has gone to floors at Coutrallam, Tamil Nadu in January and a major chunk has been shot at live locations. Raj Shekar Varma, who is producing the film under Apple Tree Studios, said that the director has presented Regina in a complete new way, adding that audience will discover a new side of her. She will be seen as an archeolo- gist in the film, which also features Akshara Gowda.

ebah Patel is the latest surprise addition to Ram-starrer Red, whose female CHAY and supporting roster already includes Nivetha Pethuraj, Malvika Sharma H and Amrithya Aiyer. However, we’ve learnt that the Kumari 21 F Vikram team girl will be seen shaking a leg with Ram, one of the best dancers around, for an item song. “The filming of the song- under the supervision of Jaani master- up again has commenced on Tuesday night in RFC, Hyderabad and it will continue for another three nights. A special ith Parasuram still in deliberations with set has been erected for the pur- Mythri Movie Makers and 14 Reels, pose. The number is being shot on looks like Naga Chaitanya has moved on. a grand scale with 100 dancers in The actor was initially attached to star in the background. It’s a mass num- Parasuram’s next Nageswara Rao (tenta- ber that will see Ram at his W tive title) but with Mahesh Babu showing dancing best,” said a source interest to work with the director, there seems to close to the unit. The song is a be a lot of confusion on who is the director’s next big opportunity for Hebah who hero. However, Chay seems keen on not wasting is slowly climbing back to the any time further. He has recently heard a story top again in Telugu cinema. from Nandini Reddy. Close to 70 per cent of the Red’s filming is over except script is in place, while the actor is waiting for a for the ongoing song. The second narration to steer the project to pre-pro- makers have commenced duction. post-production works simul- And now, fresh buzz suggests that he is also taneously as the film is gear- in talks with Vikram Kumar for a new project. ing up to a release on April They’ve earlier teamed up for the super success- 9. An investigative thriller, ful Manam and were on the the film, directed by Kishore brink of doing another film Tirumala, narrates the con- a couple of years ago. fusion that arises among a Apparently, the story few cops when they find for this new film is out that the one accused in being penned by the murder of a youngster writer-turned- has a look-alike. It has director BVS Ravi, been predominantly shot with Dil Raju in Hyderabad and Goa till attached to pro- now. Its recently duce it. It remains released teaser has to be seen when garnered more this project will be than 5 million a reality soon, as views. Chay is likely to start — NG Bangarraju with dad Nagarjuna later this summer.