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NUMBER GAME MATTERS TO ADIVI SESH { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com E-RUPI A FUTURISTIC REFORM: MODI BABUL SUPRIYO TWEAKS PLAN AFTER SHIV SENA WORKERS VANDALISE ADANI POWER EMPLOYEES TO HOLD PROTEST LAUNCHES NEW PAYMENT SYSTEM NADDA MEET, SAYS HE WILL ‘STAY MP’ AIRPORT SIGNBOARD IN MUMBAI OVER ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT BILL rime Minister Narendra Modi today launched e-RUPI -- day after he announced his decision to quit politics -- group of Shiv Sena workers allegedly ransacked a ower sector employees and engineers will be holding a the government's digital payment solution meant to and his Parliamentary seat -- former Union Minister neon signboard with ''Adani Airport'' written on it near four-day 'Satyagrah' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi Pensure delivery of welfare services, which, for now, ABabul Supriyo has rescinded on the second. The Athe statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj close to the Pfrom Tuesday against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill will be used to push vaccination efforts. The platform will Bollywood-singer-turned-politician today said he will airport in Mumbai on Monday afternoon, a police official 2021. On the call of National Coordination Committee of go live for the first time at a Covid vaccination centre in "continue to discharge his constitutional responsibility" said. They shouted slogans against the signboard when the Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE), power Mumbai. Developed by National Payments Corporation of without being politically active. Supriyo's re-calibrated airport is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Some employees will hold the 'Satyagrah' against the unilateral India, e-RUPI is a cashless and contact-less instrument position emerged following his meeting with BJP chief JP of the workers later came on to the Western Express announcement of central government to pass the Electricity that's based on QR code or SMS-based e-Voucher, which Nadda on Monday. On Saturday in a Facebook post Highway located nearby due to which traffic movement on (Amendment) Bill, in current monsoon session of is delivered to the cellphones of beneficiaries. This can be announced he has decided to quit politics. He however the city's arterial north-south road was disrupted for some Parliament, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) redeemed directly with the service provider. clarified that he would not be joining any other party. time, the official said. Chairman Shailendra Dubey said here. SC advises mediation over 12L families to get Rs 10L each through Dalit Bandhu: KCR Krishna water dispute ML MELLY MAITREYI n HYDERABAD PNS n NEW DELHI CM sanctions Rs 150 crore for ‘I belong to both the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar The Supreme Court on Monday Rao on Monday made it clear that the Nagarjuna Sagar constituency suggested mediation to Andhra states. If the matter TRS government will continue to Pradesh and Telangana for set- can be settled in tread on the development path and tling their dispute over sharing mediation, please do implement all the programmes it has Hence I thought a lot and decided on ‘Dalit of Krishna river water, saying it envisioned for the State notwith- Bandhu’ and this government will spend Rs 1 did not want to interfere unnec- that. We can help standing the desperate efforts of essarily. with that. Otherwise opposition parties to make light of its lakh-crore. No one demanded this scheme. I A bench headed by Chief I will transfer this to achievements and programmes. will supervise the implementation of the Justice NV Ramana was hearing another bench," said “We are getting the support and scheme personally and I will make a point to the plea of Andhra Pradesh which blessings of the people and we will everyone by implementing this scheme has alleged that Telangana has CJI NV Ramana continue our welfare and develop- deprived it of its legitimate share ment agenda, including the latest — K CHANDRASEKHAR RAO, Chief Minister of Telangana of drinking and irrigation water. Dalit Bandhu,” asserted KCR at Halia "I don't want to hear this mat- Pradesh along with lawyer in Nagarjuna Sagar constituency of Noting that Nagarjuna Sagar did not ter legally. I belong to both the (lawyers representing the two Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, sought Nalgonda district on Monday. develop to the extent needed, KCR said all states. If the matter can be settled states) convince your govern- time for seeking instruction. He said that political leaders who steps would be taken to develop the in mediation, please do that. We ments and settle the matter. We do The bench then kept the plea had not done any good work were segment on par with other constituencies can help with that. Otherwise I not want to interfere unnecessar- for further consideration on ridiculing ‘Dalit Bandhu’ as it would will transfer this to another ily," said the CJI who was heading Wednesday and senior advocate transform the lives of about 17 lakh bench," the CJI, who hails from the bench also comprising Justice CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for Dalit families in the State. The Chief Andhra Pradesh, observed during Surya Kant. Telangana, agreed to this. Minister added that about 12 lakh Facing problems due to Centre’s the hearing. Senior advocate Dushyant Dalit families, comprising 70 to 80 "I wish that both of you Dave, appearing for Andhra 2 percent of the community, would get Rs 10 lakh financial assistance direct- anti-TS stance, AP’s Dadagiri: CM ly from government. “Those parties hief Minister K Chandrasekhar waters. If that is complete, who have no intention of doing good CRao on Monday came down Nagarjuna Sagar ayacut will Rainfall in Aug, Sept Covaxin effective against to people either ridicule or pick holes heavily on Union government, also be saved. We will take in the government's far-reaching accusing it of adopting an ‘anti- measures accordingly and to be on higher side programmes,” KCR said. Telangana stance’ and also Andhra ensure that the problem is He announced that this year, Rs Pradesh’s ‘dadagiri’ over sharing of solved forever." PNS n NEW DELHI Delta Plus: ICMR study 1,200 crore would be spent towards Krishna River waters. Speaking at The Chief Minister also for the PNS n HYDERABAD individuals full doses of BBV152 Dalit Bandhu scheme on 100 fam- Hali in Nagarjuna Sagar first time reacted to the Jal Rainfall during August and vaccine, Covid-19 recovered cases ilies in each constituency and from constituency, KCR said, "Be it the Shakti Ministry issuing a gaz- September, the second half of the Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine with full dose vaccines and break- next year, large scale funds would Centre's anti-Telangana behaviour ette notification bringing 107 four-month rainfall season, is Covaxin (BBV152) is effective through cases post-immunization be allotted for the scheme. “No one or Andhra's Dadagiri, everybody is irrigation projects under the juris- likely to be on the higher side of against Delta Plus (AY.1) variant of BBV152 vaccines against Delta, has ever taken up such a pro- seeing the way they are building diction of Krishna and Godavari normal, the India Meteorological the coronavirus, according to a Delta AY.1 and B.1.617.3.," the gramme and hence some were get- illegal projects on Krishna. We will River Management Boards. He Department (IMD) said on study published in bioRxiv by the study said. ting palpitations with the thought face problems related to Krishna assured the people that the TRS Monday. Indian Council of Medical and The recent emergence of the that if TRS government imple- water in the coming days.” government will take all measures In another forecast for August, Research (ICMR). SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.617.2 mented the scheme, they would KCR added: “From Paleru reservoir to ensure that farmers do not face IMD Director General Mrutunjay The study is a pre-print and has (Delta) variant with its high remain losers forever,” KCR said. to Peddadevullapalli, a survey is any troubles due to lack of Krishna Mohapatra said monsoon is also not been peer-reviewed. transmissibility has led to the sec- being conducted to bring Godavari River waters in future. likely to be normal in the month. "Here, we have evaluated the IgG ond wave in India. 2 antibody titer and neutralising 2 potential of sera of Covid-19 naive 2 ZIKA VIRUS Centre releases Rs 628.6 cr Eatala undergoes knee Child labour increased in TS during pandemic Centre rushes surgery; wife may under SDRF to Telangana resume padayatra NAVEENA GHANATE ber had dropped to 935 and in 2019- high-level team n HYDERABAD 20, it fell to 214 children. PNS n HYDERABAD released the SDRF amounts with- PNS n HYDERABAD Across the country, 54,894 chil- out waiting for the utilisation cer- The apprehensions of child rights dren were rescued in 2019-20 to Maharashtra The Union government has so far tificate. Keeping in view the spread Former health minister Eatala activists and concerned members while in Financial Year 2020, this PNS n NEW DELHI released Rs 628.6crore under SDRF of Covid-19, the Union govern- Rajender underwent knee sur- of the society that there would be number had climbed to 58,289. for Covid relief measures to ment allowed States to utilise up to gery on Monday at a corporate an upsurge in child labour due to As per the data tabled in The Union Health Ministry has Telangana. 50 percent of their annual hospital in Hyderabad, where he the Covid-induced pandemic Parliament, the number of children rushed a multidisciplinary team During Financial allocation of SDRF for would be recuperating for at appear to have proven true, going rescued from AP saw a dip. to Maharashtra to monitor the Year 2020-21, an Covid-19 containment least one week. by the number of children rescued Minister of State for Labour Zika virus situation and support amount of Rs 449 State measures. Due to the surgery, there are from Telangana. and Employment Rameswar Teli the state government in the man- crore was released can use 50% The Centre also question marks whether the BJP As many as 300 minors, includ- told the Lok Sabha on Monday that agement of cases. A case of Zika to Telangana advised the States to leader would ever resume the ing girls, were rescued from child had been witnessing a downward the Covid-19 pandemic has virus has been reported in Pune under the Central of the amount for use the funds to padayatra. labour in 2020-2021, rehabilitated trend since 2018 but saw an uptick impacted all sections of the socie- district recently, the health min- share of SDRF. In Covid containment meet the cost of oxy- However, the Telangana BJP is and mainstreamed under National in 2021. While in 2018-19, as many ty, including children. istry said in a statement. addition, for the gen generation and hoping that Eatala’s wife Jamuna Child Labour Project (NCLP). as 2,137 children from Telangana The three-member central financial year 2021- measures storage plants in hos- Reddy may step into his shoes The number of children rescued were rescued, in 2019-20 the num- 2 team consists of a public health 22, first instalment of pitals, procurement of and complete the remaining leg expert from the office of Regional Central share of SDRF ventilators, strengthening of the padayatra. Director, Pune; a gynecologist Rs 179.60 crore was released ambulance services as well as According to sources, from Lady Hardinge Medical in advance to Telangana on April Covid-19 hospitals and Covid-19 Jamuna Reddy may announce TODAY CENTRE TO SUPREME COURT College, New Delhi; and an ento- 29, 2021. care centres purchasing consum- her decision on Tuesday, after mologist from National Institute Normally, the first instalment of ables, thermal scanners, personal speaking to the doctors who ALMANAC States responsible for cases under of Malaria Research (NIMR), SDRF is released in June. However, protective equipment, testing lab- performed surgery on her hus- Month & Paksham: ICMR, New Delhi. considering the immediate need of oratories, and testing kits. baand’s knee. Ashadha & Krishna Paksha scrapped Section 66A of IT Act 2 States due to Covid-19 second 2 2 Panchangam wave, the Union government PNS n NEW DELHI Tithi : Dashami 12:59 In the affidavit filed Nakshatram : Rohini 25:44 As 'police' and 'public order' are before a bench headed Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad state subjects under the by Justice R F Nariman, On copious inflows, gates of Sagar, Pulichintala lifted time to start any important work) Constitution, the primary respon- sibility for implementing the 2015 the Centre said that PNS n HYDERABAD Rahukalam : 3:33 pm - 5:09 pm judgement which scrapped state law Yamagandam : 9:10 am - 10:46 am Section 66A of the IT Act lay with With continuous inflows into the enforcement Varjyam : 4:43 pm - 6:31 pm them and their law enforcement projects in Krishna basin, agencies, the Centre has told the agencies are Nagarjuna Sagar project is almost Gulika : 12:22 pm - 1:57 pm Supreme Court. responsible full with water level reaching Good Time : (to start any important work) The Centre has stated this in an 587.3 feet as against the Full affidavit to the apex court in for taking Reservoir Level of 590 ft. Amritakalam : 10:08 pm - 11:56 pm response to a plea of an NGO, action With inflows at 3.13 lakh Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:56 am - 12:47 pm 'People's Union for Civil Liberties' against cusecs, water was being released (PUCL), alleging that the steps downstream at the same rate by taken by the Central govern- offenders lifting 22 crest gates up to 10 feet. ment for ensuring effective imple- related As against the full storage level of HYDERABAD mentation of the verdict “far to cyber 312 tmc ft, the present storage is WEATHER from adequate”. at 305.68 tmc ft. Under the scrapped Section a crime Pulichintala downstream Forecast: Partly cloudy person posting offensive messages Nagarjuna Sagar is getting inflows Temp: 29/22 could be imprisoned for up to at 3.2 lakh cusecs and the outflow Humidity: 71% three years as also fined. are responsible for taking action was at 3.54 lakh cusecs. The water The authorities opened 17 gates lifted, people living downstream Copious inflows continue to Sunrise: 5:55 am In the affidavit filed before a against offenders related to level reached 172 ft as against FRL of the project on the Guntur- were alerted about rising water come into upstream projects of Sunset: 06:48 pm bench headed by Justice R F cyber crime. level of 175 and present storage is Suryapet border. As much as levels. The water level at Prakasam Jurala and Srisailam. Current Weather Conditions Nariman, the Centre said that at 41.24 tmc ft as against full stor- 8,000 cusecs is allotted for power barrage also increased as the gates Updated AUGUST 03, 2021 5:00 PM state law enforcement agencies 2 age capacity of 45.77 tmc ft. generation. Before the gates were of Pulichintala were lifted. 2 HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 hyderabad 02

n July 26, Prime Soon after coming to Minister Narendra power, Modi reviewed imple- OModi, in a meeting mentation of many welfare with Education Minister schemes and improved the Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP– A ray of hope for the OBCs functioning of organisations Health Minister Mansukh like BC Development. Mandaviya and Health, Law, OBCs in medical education. Currently, a majority of Commission on Backward He ensured that OBCs get Social Welfare and Education The decision paved the way Of the 18 crore who joined the biggest the CMs of BJP-ruled Classes was given loans, scholarships, hostel Secretaries, asked them to for making available 4,000 political outfit in the country – the BJP – 50 states belong to Constitutional status. amenities etc., and more review the quota for the seats for the OBCs in medical the OBC cate- The Commission improved basic amenities are OBCs and economically courses. percent hail from the OBC category. gory as also a TRULY has all the powers of available for them. He gave backward classes in medical The Congress has no regard Moreover, in elections to State Assemblies, majority of SPEAKING a civil court and is priority to skill development education on an all-India for the OBCs. Ever since the BJP allots the highest number of seats MPs and MLAs empowered to take among the OBCs. basis. Modi, who hails from OBC of the BJP. In fact, action against those The people are aware of the After three days, on July 29, category, came to power at the to BCs and other downtrodden sections. 113 OBCs have been who cause damage to the priority OBCs, Dalits and the Centre announced a 27 Centre, the Congress, which Schemes being implemented by the Modi elected to the Lok interests of the BCs. It can other downtrodden sections percent quota for OBCs and represented the interests of gov t give priority to OBCs. Sabha on behalf of the BJP. make suitable recommenda- are given by the Modi govern- 10 percent for EBCs in the All the upper castes, has made That was why the PM tions for development of BCs ment. India Quota Scheme for public its jealousy umpteen inducted 27 OBCs into his studying their living condi- It is a wonder that the Medical Education. The All times. less sacrifices made by the father sold tea at a small rail- Cabinet in the recent reshuf- tions. Opposition parties did not India Quota consists of 15 During the 2014 election downtrodden sections play a way station called Vad Nagar Y SATYA KUMAR fle. The BJP started encourag- Of the 18 crore who joined realise that it is not easy to percent of total available campaign, Congress leader crucial role in the country and lived in a small house that BJP National Secretary ing Kurmis, Kushavaha, the biggest political outfit in face Modi who works for the undergraduate seats and 50 Priyanka Vadra accused Modi attaining dizzying heights,” had no windows and tap con- Lodhi, Koyiri communities – the country – the BJP – 50 welfare and development of percent of the total available of practising politics of Modi said. nection. Congress. Thakor set up ‘Ekta small non-Yadav BC commu- percent hail from the OBC the poor, BCs and downtrod- post-graduate seats in govern- debasement. In 2017 elections to Gujarat How can the OBCs support Manch’ to unite OBCs, SCs nities in addition to the OBCs category. Moreover, in elec- den sections. ment medical colleges. Responding to it, Modi Assembly, senior Congress the Congress which insulted and STs. He criticised the enjoying the fruits of welfare tions held to State Assemblies, During its rule, the In 2007, the Supreme Court said: “Yes, I hail from a lower leader Mani Shankar Iyer a person like Modi? Congress for insulting him and development schemes in the BJP allots the highest Congress protected the inter- introduced a 15 percent quota caste. But I dream of building likened Modi with an insect The people of Gujarat and accused it of backstabbing society. number of seats to BCs and ests of the upper classes, land- for the SCs and 7.5 percent a united India. That is why the that we find in a ditch. rejected the insulting remarks him. To enable these sub-castes other downtrodden sections. lords and investors loyal to it. quota for the STs in the AIQ politics that I practise for the Those who went through against Modi and voted the What does the Congress to get more benefits, the Modi Schemes being implement- The same Congress regards scheme. benefit of BCs constitute biographic work on Modi are BJP to power. OBC leader in offer OBCs, who constitute government amended Article ed by the Modi government the BJP as a party that protects But no government till the backward class politics.” well aware that the PM hails Gujarat Alpesh Thakor, prior more than 50 percent of the 340 of the Constitution and give priority to OBCs and the interests of the upper present dispensation paid “Perhaps many are not from a OBC community and to joining the BJP in 2019, country’s population, except appointed a commission too. other downtrodden sections castes because it is not only attention to the quota for aware of the fact that the self- was one of eight children. His resigned from all posts in insults? Moreover, the National of society. blind but also deaf.

SC advises mediation Child labour CM sanctions Rs 150 crore for increased... over Krishna water... Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, He said, “Ministry of Labour In July, Andhra Pradesh gov- directions of KRMB, and and Employment also decid- ernment had moved the top directions of government of ed to relax the norms in Nagarjuna Sagar constituency court claiming that the India," it said. respect of functioning of the Telangana government "This has caused immense Special Training Centres, and ML MELLY MAITREYI demic and his own indisposi- Gurrampadu village as per was going on and once com- He said a committee led by refused to follow the decisions hardship for people of Andhra the financial grants under n HYDERABAD tion due to the coronavirus, the request of MLA to bring pleted, Nagarjuna Sagar aya- district Collector would regu- taken by the Apex Council Pradesh as availability of water National Child Labour the Chief Minister said the 10,000 acres under cultivation. cut would be safe,” he said. larise those living in quarters constituted under the Andhra has been seriously prejudiced Project from April 2020 to Keeping his promise of visit- TRS MLA gave him a long list He said that over all, 15 lift The other decisions were to belonging to Irrigation depart- Pradesh Reorganization Act, by depletion in the Srisailam September 2020 were ing Nagarjuna Sagar con- of things to be done for the schemes were sanctioned for upgrade all the primary ment in Nandikonda and also 2014, the directions of Dam project as well as other released with relaxed norms stituency for a follow-up on constituency. the district in Devarakonda, healthcare centres in those who constructed hous- Krishna River Management projects such as the Nagarjuna in view of the Covid-19 pan- the assurances given during Noting that Nagarjuna Nakrekal and Huzurnagar. All Nagarjuna Sagar constituency es in land belonging to Board (KRMB) formed under Sagar Project and the demic.” the by-election, Chief Minister Sagar did not develop to the the LI schemes would be com- along with the government's Irrigation department and pat- this Act, and the Centre's Pulichintala Project," it added. He added that under the K Chandrasekhar Rao on extent needed, KCR said all pleted in one-and-a-half years. decision to set up medical col- tas will be given. directives. The petition urged the top NCLP Scheme, children in Monday announced a pletho- steps would be taken to devel- Referring to ‘anti- leges in 33 district headquar- Recalling that he had The petition said the funda- court to direct the Centre to the age group of 9-14 years ra of projects for the seg- op the segment on par with Telangana’ attitude of the ters in the coming days along promised to sanction a degree mental rights including right take control of the common are rescued / withdrawn from ment, including Rs 150 crore other constituencies. “We will Centre and highhanded with 500-bed hospitals in college in Nagarjuna Sagar to life of the people living in reservoirs of Srisailam, work and enrolled in the for the development of Halia show you what is development behaviour of AP government every college. constituency, KCR said he Andhra Pradesh was "serious- Nagarjunasagar and also NCLP Special Training and Nandikonda municipali- in Nagarjuna Sagar con- with regard to Krishna waters, After the pandemic struck, would sanction funds for the ly impaired and infringed" Pulichintala reservoirs along Centres to provide bridge ties. stituency,” he said, promising KCR said everyone was wit- the lack of adequate health building and staff. upon as they were being with all their outlets and oper- education, vocational train- Addressing the review to visit again and sanction ness to construction of illegal infrastructure came into focus. A mini-stadium would also deprived of their "legitimate ate them as per the rules in ing, midday meals, stipend, meeting of development works more required works. He also projects on the River Krishna The government has now be sanctioned for Halia, the share of water" due to "uncon- vogue as per the binding healthcare, etc. before being in the Nagarjuna Sagar con- sanctioned Rs 15 crore each to and it could create problems made available 18,000 oxygen Chief Minister said. stitutional, illegal and unjust" award. mainstreamed into the for- stituency at Halia on Monday, Halia and Nandikonda munic- to Telangana in the coming beds in all state-run hospitals On Podu lands issue, he said acts of the Telangana govern- If necessary, with the help mal education system. KCR thanked the people for ipalities for development days. “Thus as a precaution, even as seven more medical as per the old Central Act, the ment and its officials. of police protection, operate Children in the age group electing TRS candidate works including drains, roads, there was a need to link colleges were sanctioned. issues of all those who were "The present petition is both the common reservoirs of 5-8 years are directly linked Nomula Bhagath. culverts and causeways. Peddadevulapally tank with Even in Hyderabad four cultivating podu lands till the being moved because the state of Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar to the formal education sys- Admitting that his promised The Chief Minister also Godavari water of Paleru more super specialty hospitals cut off date in the Act would of Telangana is refusing to fol- and also Pulichintala reservoir tem through a close coordi- visit to the constituency was sanctioned one more lift reservoir. Steps would be would be established, the Chief be resolved and the action low decisions taken in the without causing prejudice to nation with the Samagra delayed due to Covid-19 pan- scheme for the constituency at taken for this and a survey Minister said. would be initiated soon. Apex Council constituted Andhra Pradesh, it urged. Shiksha Abhiyan. On copious inflows, gates Centre releases Rs 628.6 cr... 12L families to get Rs 10L each through... Continued from page 1 released in advance to all States on April 29, 2021.” of Sagar, Pulichintala lifted Continued from page 1 expressed by some about Dalit jects, gave 24x7 quality power years, KCR said that the State, It may be mentioned here Centre decided to treat Continued from page 1 and outflow at 4.36 lakh Bandhu, KCR recalled that no and became a model for the which was once ridiculed as an that several states like Covid-19 as a notified disas- cusecs. Speaking at the Pragathi review one ever believed Telangana entire country. The TRS gov- agriculturally backward region Maharashtra, Odisha and ter for the purpose of provid- The authorities have opened The authorities lifted 10 meeting at Halia on the assur- State would be achieved. “These ernment is giving pensions was today producing 3 crore Punjab requested Prime ing assistance under SDRF 36 gates to release water gates to let water out down- ances given to electorate during Congress leaders had not and ration cards, and has tonnes of paddy and has Minister Narendra Modi to towards containment mea- with inflows at 2.9 lakh stream and power generation the by-election to Nagarjuna resigned and sat at home while reduced pension eligibility to become the rice granary for the release SDRF funds so that sures in the States. cusecs and outflow at 2.63 is on from both right and left Sagar constituency with people’s TRS leaders and workers along 57 years,” he reminded. country. “The region which they could take measures to It may be mentioned here lakh with present storage is bank power houses. representatives from sarpanch with me believed in the move- The same leaders who could faced power crisis in the undi- address the challenges posed that the Union Government at 7.13 tmc ft as against full The projects on Godavari to MPs, KCR said that Dalits ment and brought pressure on not digest progress achieved by vided State today is the leading by the second wave of the pan- provides funds for meeting the storage capacity of 9.66 tmc basin – Singur, Nizamsagar, remained backward even after the political leadership at the the Telangana State are mak- State in per capita power con- demic. expenditure on relief provid- ft. The water level is at Sriram Sagar, Mid Manair, 70 years of Independence. Centre and achieved ing irrelevant comments, but sumption at 2,070 units,” he Minister of State for Finance ed to the affected people under 1,040.75 ft as against FRL of Lower Manair, Kaddam and “Hence I thought a lot and Telangana,” he said. people knew better, he said. said. Pankaj Chaudhary said in Lok the (SDRF) to the States for the 1,045 ft. Yellamapally have had good decided on ‘Dalit Bandhu’ and The Chief Minister said that “That is why you elected TRS KCR recalled that Jana Reddy Sabha on Monday that notified disasters, in accor- Srisailam project too is up inflows and most of the pro- this government will spend Rs Congress leaders had mort- candidate Nomula Bhagath in had once in the Assembly chal- “During Financial Year 2020- dance with the approved items to its brim with water level jects are almost full. The 1 lakh-crore. No one demand- gaged the interests of the Nagarjuna Sagar by-elec- lenged that if the TRS govern- 21, an amount of Rs 22,262.43 and norms. almost reaching the FRL level inflows however have ed this scheme. I will supervise Telangana region under the tion. We will continue to strive ment gave 24x7 quality power crore was released to the States The Centre contributes 75 of 885 ft and at present it is reduced with Yellampally get- the implementation of the combined State and gave mis- for welfare of the poor and supply, he would also campaign under the central share of percent of SDRF allocation for at 883.61 ft with present ting maximum inflows at scheme personally and I will leading accounts to the people. farmers with schemes like for the party. “Of course he went SDRF. In addition, for the general category of states and capacity at 207.85 tmc ft as 8,178 cusecs and outflow at make a point to everyone by “The TRS government on the Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima” the back on his word and contest- financial year 2021-22, first 90 percent for special catego- against full storage capacity of the same rate as the water implementing this scheme,” he other hand implemented Chief Minister said. ed on behalf of Congress and instalment of Central share of ry states including the North- 215.81 ft ft. The inflows into level reached 483.46 ft as said. Mission Bhagiratha drinking Citing the progress of people gave him a fitting reply,” SDRF amounting to Rs eastern States, Uttarakhand, the project are 3.1 lakh cusecs against FRL of 485.56 ft. Referring to scepticism water scheme, irrigation pro- Telangana State in the last seven KCR quipped. 8,873.60 crore has been Himachal Pradesh and J&K. Covaxin Centre rushes... Rainfall in Aug, Sept to be on higher side Continued from page 1 Ministry's action plan for Zika Continued from page 1 Himachal Pradesh are likely to south Gujarat, northeastern most likely to be normal (95 to September period rainfall over effective... management is being imple- receive below normal rainfall in states, Bihar are likely to receive 105 per cent of Long Period the country as a whole for the The team shall work closely mented. It will also recommend West Madhya Pradesh and August, Mohapatra said. above-normal rainfall during Average or LPA) with a tenden- years 1961-2010 is 428.3 mm. Continued from page 1 with the state health depart- necessary public health inter- adjoining Rajasthan, some Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, the month, he added. cy to be on the positive side of Every year, the IMD issues ment, take stock of the situation ventions for the management of parts of interior Maharashtra, Telangana, Rayalaseema region "The 2021 August to the normal," Mohapatra said at forecast for the second half of Covaxin, a whole-virion on the ground and assess Zika virus cases in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, of Andhra Pradesh, Konkan September rainfall averaged an online briefing. the Southwest Monsoon, for inactivated SARS-CoV-2 whether the Union Health statement said. some parts of Punjab and and Goa, central Maharashtra, over the country as a whole is The LPA of the August to August and September. vaccine used for mass immu- nization in the country, showed a 65.2 per cent pro- tection against the Delta variant in a double-blind, States responsible for cases under... Eatala undergoes knee surgery; randomised, multicentre, phase 3 clinical trial. Continued from page 1 Chief Secretaries and 2015 judgement, scrapping comprising K M Joseph and B Administrators of all states and Section 66A of the Information R Gava, had said while issuing wife may resume padayatra “Police and public order order UTs to direct all police stations Technology Act, which has still notice to the Centre on the CHICKEN are State Subjects as per not to register cases under been used for arresting persons NGO's plea. Continued from page 1 the advice of local doctors, would have to stay in the hos- RATES `/KG Constitution of India and pre- Section 66A to ensure compli- for offensive social media posts, The NGO, in its rejoinder Eatala was admitted to Apollo pital under their observation vention, detection, investiga- ance with the top court's judge- are “far from adequate”. affidavit filed through National Eatala launched his 300-plus Hospital the next day where for at least one week. Dressed/With Skin `230 tion and prosecution of crimes, ment in the Shreya Singhal The bench, which scrapped General Secretary V Suresh, km padayatra on July 19 from tests revealed that he needed According to sources, Eatala Without Skin `250 and capacity building of police case. the controversial provision from dealt with the steps taken by the Bathinivani palle in Kamalapur knee surgery. would have to rest his leg for Broiler at Farm `126 personnel is primary responsi- The Centre said it has also statute book by its verdict in the Centre to implement the verdict mandal in Huzurabad con- Meanwhile, BJP MLA Raja a few months. bility of States. requested them for submission Shreya Singhal case, had on July and gave a slew of suggestions stituency. He has already com- Singh announced after meet- Due to the unexpected “The law enforcement agen- of reports to the IT ministry on 5 expressed shock after PUCL for its effective implementa- pleted a 222 km, touching 70 ing Eatala at the hospital that development, Jamuna Reddy EGG cies take legal action as per pro- the number of cases booked filed an application alleging tion. villages in 12 days. However, the former minister would be may complete the remaining RATES visions of law against the cyber under Section 66A of the IT Act, misuse of the scrapped provi- “The steps taken by the on reaching Kondapaka village discharged on Monday and leg of the padayatra. She inci- `/100 crime offenders and according- and directing them to withdraw sion by authorities across the Ministry of Electronics and in Veenavanka village on June would resume his padayatra dentally had stated that either HYDERABAD 426 ly the law enforcement agencies any prosecution invoking 66A. nation. Information Technology (MeitY 30, he developed high fever, “very soon, after making a full Eatala or she herself would VIJAYAWADA 524 share equal responsibility to Responding to the Centre's “Don't you think this is amaz- ) towards ensuring effective forcing a halt to the padayatra. recovery”. contest the Huzurabad by- comply with the said judge- affidavit PUCL told the apex ing and shocking? Shreya implementation of this Court's The doctors stated that he This was in marked contrast poll. If she does take up the VISAKHAPATNAM 557 ment,” the Centre said. court that the steps taken by the Singhal judgement is of 2015. It's Judgment in Shreya Singhal v. was dehydrated, his blood glu- to the opinion of the doctors padayatra, Jamuna Reddy may RETAIL PRICE `4.26 The government also told the Centre for ensuring effective really shocking. What is going Union of India... are far from cose levels shot up to 265 and who performed the knee be able to meet the people in (IN HYDERABAD) top court that it has directed the implementation of the historic on is terrible,” the bench, also adequate,” the affidavit said. BP dipped to 90/60. Following surgery, who said that Eatala the remaining villages.

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Phone: 040-23322341, Hyderabad Office: F-502, Diamond Block, Lumbini Rockdale, Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 500 082. Telangana. Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, Plot No.19, IDA Balanagar , Hyderbad-500037, Medchal -Malkajgiri District, Telangana. Chief Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 hyderabad 03 Old City sports festive look Multiple complaints in same PNS n HYDERABAD The Old City on Monday sported a festive look with sev- eral processions that were case add to troubles of cops taken out by temple commit- tees. PNS n HYDERABAD some of the persons are mov- In the same case, another The procession taken out by ing court to force the police to complaint was lodged with Akkanna Madanna temple at The police are scratching their register a case. CCS on July 14 in connection Hari Bowli was one of the heads with complaints in dif- In a recent development, a with a land dispute in Shaikpet biggest held on Monday. To ferent police stations pertain- case was registered with the by Sri Sai Constructions MD witness the event, several peo- ing to the same case that are Banjara Hills police station, Vikramdev Reddy. He com- ple thronged the bylanes of being lodged. While one case while another was lodged with plained against Najib Ahmed, Hari Bowli. is directly lodged at the police the CCS. Sudhakar Reddy, Krishna Ghatam is a copper pot, dec- station, the other case is lodged Police officials say that both Reddy and some others. orated in the form of the with another police station at the accused and defendant It was registered by the CCS Mother Goddess. The Ghatam the behest of the court. should register the case only at police giving it the crime num- is carried by a priest, who One person figured as the one police station giving all the ber 0110/2021. wears a traditional Dhoti, and complainant in a case lodged facts. If the complainant fur- The police point out that whose body is smeared with panied by mounted horses placed on the elephant which with one police station being nishes false information, action some of the persons lodging turmeric. The Ghatam is taken and models depicting headed to Simhavahini figured as the accused in the would be taken against him or complaint with the police sta- into procession from the first Akkanna and Madanna. It Mahankali temple at Lal case lodged with another police her. Lodging two complaints is tions in West zone, the com- day of the festival until the last ends in the evening with a glit- Darwaza from Akkanna station. adding to the woes of the plainants have been registering day when it is immersed in tering procession and display Madanna temple. Moreover, the civil cases are station. Sometimes, they trans- cases. According to it, two police. The police authorities a civil case into a criminal case. water. The Ghatam is usually of much pomp and show fol- "People who did not visit the being converted into criminal fer it to CID. cases are registered about the say that the wrong doers, in In Banjara Hills division, accompanied by beating of lowed by immersion of temple can get a glimpse of the cases. The conduct of the com- The police investigate the same case in two police sta- spite of playing gimmicks, will such complaints surfaced lead- drums. Ghatams at Nayapul. Goddess during the proces- plainants is giving head ache to case and submit evidence to the tions. One goes to the police have to face the legal action. ing to the SP ordering CID The festival concludes with Gajalakshmi Menaka, the sion," said a person taking care the police, who have to face court. In each case, while per- station directly and lodges In a land dispute case, one probe into such cases. immersion of the Ghatam. 34-year-old elephant, which of the procession arrange- many problems during the son figures as an accused the complaint whereas another Najib Ahmed on July 28 lodged There are allegations against The Ghatam of Haribowli's shot to fame after featuring in ments. The procession was course of the investigation. other person figures as defen- person lodge another com- complaint against M Pavani, the police that they are helping Akkanna Madanna Temple 'Baahubali' movie, was a major held among heavy police ban- The general practice is com- dant. Sometimes, both the par- plaint about the same case in Vikramdev Reddy, MAS the complainants to lodge two leads the procession, placed attraction on Monday. dobast and para military plaining about incidents of ties complain against each another police station. Rayudu, G Jaganmohan, M separate cases. The police atop an elephant and accom- The idol of the Goddess was forces. crime with the police and the other in the same police station Both the groups are well Venkata Sivaram Reddy, were reported to have regis- police registering the com- leading to the police register- aware of where to lodge the Prasad, Venkata Lakshmi, tered a complaint after two plaint after going through it. ing two separate cases. complaint, but hiding facts Manoj Kumar Naidu, Prasanti, days when a Tahsildar lodged Depending on the seriousness Apart from this, a new trend they are registering two cases. Venugopal Naidu and others in a complaint. However, the 2 MBA graduates of the issue, the police transfer has begun in the city with In some instances, if the police Banjara Hills PS at the behest police are responding quickly 2 schools in city enter the case to the central crime regard to registering of the fail to register a complaint, of the court. in private complaints. held for indulging in chain-snatching Asia Book of Records 25-year-old BDS PNS n HYDERABAD 7K certified on cyber safety in two hours student kills self Two MBA graduates, both PNS n HYDERABAD the end of the module, stu- friends, were arrested in dents completed a quiz that Warangal district on Sunday WNS Cares Foundation checks for assimilation fol- over depression for allegedly indulging in (WCF) on Monday lowed by a certificate to those PNS n HYDERABAD snatching chains to meet announced that Delhi Public who successfully completed it. their expenses, a senior police School (DPS), Nacharam and "Our mission, through A 25-year-old BDS student of official said. Mahendra Hills from CyberSmart portal, is to Army College of Dental Three gold chains and two Hyderabad, entered the Asia ensure that every single child Sciences here allegedly died bikes were seized from them. Book of Records as 7,201 stu- in the country is empowered by suicide, police said. While one ran a paan shop, dents accessed the cyber safe- with the wherewithal to fight The woman, a fourth-year the other was a medical rep- ty module on WCF's cyberbullying and other dan- BDS student, was found resentative, Warangal Police CyberSmart portal and got gers lurking on the internet. It hanging from the ceiling fan Commissioner Tarun Joshi certified within the span of is heartening to see that the in her hostel room on the col- said. two hours. platform is being used widely lege campus on July 31, her The men, both aged 32 and WCF CyberSmart is India's across the country to meet this father told police in a com- alcohol addicts, used to spend first gamified, free-for-all ambitious goal," said Keshav R. plaint. their income lavishly and cyber safety education portal, Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS. The complainant, who hatched a plan to earn quick supported by NASSCOM. “CyberSmart uses a unique resides in Haryana, was money through chain snatch- Through the portal, students blend of online and offline informed about the death by ing as they were unable to from both schools were famil- methodologies to drive home the college staff. meet their expenses, police iarized on the perils of the the message of cybersafety. He suspected his daughter said. Going around on bikes, dark web and equipped with Our vision to make every child might have been depressed they targeted women walking knowledge on practicing in India cybersmart hinges on and resorted to the extreme alone in rural areas and cybersafe behavior. Each stu- the enthusiastic participation of step. snatched their chains. dent accessed an age-appropri- schools such as DPS Nacharam She had secured admission Police nabbed the duo on ate module on the portal and Mahendra Hills. I hope to in BDS in 2016-17 and was suspicion when they tried to which uses a combination of see more such records created suffering from depression as BRINGING BACK escape after noticing vehicle videos and other interactive in the future," said Shamini she could not get admission THE GLORY checks were being conducted. formats to educate children. At Murugesh, Chief Mentor, WCF. to the MBBS course. Later she was treated by a psychiatrist Over 400 floral medallions and was doing well, he said. were restored at the Last week the woman's Muhammad Qutb Shah's mother had spoken to her mausoleum based on in-situ Tributes pour in for designer about a marriage proposal evidence found on removal of and the woman had also inappropriate 20th century spoken over video call with cement. This mausoleum is her family members and she being conserved by Aga Khan of Tricolour Pingali Venkayya looked fine, her father said. Trust for Culture in A case was registered with partnership with Telangana PNS n HYDERABAD Jawaharnagar police station. government. On Monday, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Telangana FRIENDSHIP DAY ENDS IN TRAGEDY Chief Minister K Chandrashe khar Rao, Governor Tamilisai 26 give measurement to Soundararajan and other lead- ers paid homage to valorous Drunk driving: 1 killed, three freedom fighter and designer of National flag, Pingali receive prosthetic limb Venkayya on his birth PNS n HYDERABAD pandemic with assistance pro- anniversary. injured as car hits boulders vided through free artificial Born in 1876, the Indian PNS n HYDERABAD were working in private firms, Abhishek and Satyaprakash, Narayan Seva Sansthan organ- limb camps and ration kit freedom fighter had also been Ashritha, from Tellapur, was who were seated in the front ised a free measurement of distribution camps across the architect behind the design Friendship day ended in a pursuing MTech in Canada. escaped with minor injuries as artificial limbs, aids and appli- India. of the Indian national flag. tragedy for four friends when Abhishek picked the others the airbags in the car got acti- ance camp on Monday for dif- The NSS has lined-up a With today marking 145 years the car they were traveling in from Tellapur and went to a vated. Ashritha, who was seat- ferently-abled and needy at series of programmes, which since his birth, countless neti- went out of control and pub in Kondapur in the night. ed on the backseat on the right Esamia Bazar, Koti, in which will be held in many States in zens have taken to social crashed into the boulders on They are suspected to have side fell on the road as the 26 people underwent a mea- the coming months. The media platforms to honour his and the youth should how a part of the construction of the roadside at Madinaguda partied, where Abhishek is door opened," said an official. surement to receive prosthet- Sansthan will organise its 36th contributions. about his efforts for the Navbharat by bringing to the killing Ashritha, an engineer- believed to have consumed She suffered grievous bleed- ic limbs. mass wedding campaign in In 1916, the Gandhi ideol- National flag and should study forefront the youthful ideals of ing student studying in alcohol. After having dinner, ing injuries on the head and “Prior to the Covid, NSS Udaipur for 21 differently ogist had published a book it. "My humble tributes to the Venkayya's patriotic, proac- Canada, here on Sunday mid- they left the place around other parts of the body and conducted 4,24,050 corrective abled and underprivileged with thirty possible designs designer of the Indian flag and tive, creative ideas and mod- night. Police suspect drunk 11:30 pm. was immediately shifted to a surgeries, 698 artificial limb couples. The mass wedding that could be made into the great freedom fighter, Shri est life, he said. driving led to the mishap. Police said while returning, private hospital, where she camps and has distributed ceremony will be conducted Indian flag. For several years, Pingali Venkayya, on his birth Born on August 2, 1876, at According to the police, Abhishek who was driving was declared brought dead. 2,73,553 Wheel Chairs," pres- strictly following social dis- he had repeatedly brought up anniversary today. He was a Bhatlapenumarru near Abhishek, a third year student the car in an inebriated con- Tharuni, who suffered griev- ident, Narayan Seva Sansthan, tancing protocols amidst the and pushed the idea of a sep- true Gandhian and a zealous Machilipatnam in Andhra from a business school in dition towards Kondapur, lost ous injuries is in critical con- Prashant Agarwal. Covid pandemic. arate Indian flag before the patriot. The nation will always Pradesh, Pingali Venkayya Shankarpally and a resident of control of the steering wheel dition. The Gachibowli police Overall, around 3,58,197 During the Covid pandem- Congress. Eventually in 1921, be grateful to him for giving was also known as 'Jhanda Madinaguda, along with his and went on to crash into the booked a case for negligence people underwent surgeries to ic and lockdowns, the his design is believed to have us the national flag. #Pingali Venkaiah' and he was a friends Satyaprakash, Tharuni boulders on the right side of causing death and injuries receive prosthetic limbs from Sansthan conducted several been approved by Mahatma Venkayya," tweeted the Vice- staunch follower of Mahatma and Ashritha, all former col- the road. against Abhishek, who is yet to various States in the country. initiatives like delivery of free Gandhi. President sharing a photo. Gandhi. lege mates at a business school, "After crashing, the car be arrested. The Sansthan has been work- corona medicine kits, food dis- Naidu said believing that As a soldier, freedom fight- He had studied the flags of had met for dinner. While rolled multiple times before The body was shifted to the ing towards the upliftment of tribution and free of cost the National flag alone has the er, multilingualism, agro-min- 30 countries before making Satyaprakash and Tharuni falling on the roadside. hospital for autopsy. those who have been hit by the ration kits across India. power to unite the nation eral researcher, I aspire to be the Indian Tricolour flag. SCR cancels SCR completes doubling of Chicken lovers couldn't go ‘desi' for Bonalu 4 DEMU trains Umdanagar-Shadnagar line PNS n HYDERABAD Exorbitant prices, limited supply keep country chicken away from Hyderabad PNS n HYDERABAD The project was sanctioned Due to non-interlocking for for a distance of 85 km in PNS n HYDERABAD Most of the chicken centres their immunity and to save doubling works between As part of the Doubling and 2015-16 at an estimated cost of in Hyderabad sell country themselves from Coronavirus. Umdanagar-Timmapur- Electrification Project under- Rs 774 crores. The section On account of Covid, country chicken along with broilers As a result, the demand for Shadnagar on August 2, the taken by the South Central between Secunderabad and chicken has become scarcer. and layers. But during the past country chicken has gone up authorities at South Central Railway, the doubling of a sec- Umdanagar for a distance of People who wished to have one month, the chicken cen- and a kilogram of it sells at Rs Railway have decided to can- tion between Umdanagar- 28 km is excluded in the chicken on their dining table tres that sell country chicken 600, said a chicken trader in cel four DEMU trains run- Shadnagar for a distance of 29.7 above project and is undertak- for Bonalu festival lunch or complain of lack of supply Hyderabad Gafoor. ning on the route. km was completed and com- en as part of MMTS Phase I dinner were left disappointed from villages. The outskirts of GHMC, To ensure the safety of the missioned on August 2. This and II which has already been because of lack of supply or at Even in villages, country Karimnagar, Medak, passengers, train number will enhance the rail connectiv- completed. the exorbitant price. chicken is being sold at Rs 350 Nalgonda, Rayalaseema dis- 07790 (Mahbubnagar to Kac- ity between Hyderabad and The work in Umdanagar - As it was customary to have to 400 per kg. Their prices will tricts constitute the supply heguda), 07791 (Kancheguda cities such as Mahabubnagar, Mahabubnagar section is pro- chicken during Bonalu festi- go up when they hit markets line of the country chicken to to Nadikudi), 07792 Kurnool, Anantapur, Bengalu- gressing at a fast pace - out of val, people have come forward in Hyderabad. the city. But people are (Nadikudi to Kacheguda) ru, Kadapa, Tirupati, etc., towa- which the section between to buy chicken, especially Country chicken is loaded devouring more on country and 07789 (Kacheguda to rds the south. The project is Shadnagar and Gollapalli for country chicken, even if the with more nutrients. The chicken in villages, towns and Mahbubnagar) scheduled on being executed by the Railway a distance of 29 km is com- cost burns a hole in their demand for country chicken Greater Hyderabad Municipal Moreover, the people are districts, paralysing the supply August 2 has been cancelled. PSU, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited. pleted. pockets. has gone up in the limits of Corporation (GHMC). devouring chicken to boost to the city. hyderabad 04 HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 Harish Rao says none can stop Illegal transportation of PDS rice goes on unchecked in TS SRINIVAS KARENGALA TRS victory in Huzurabad by-poll n JAYASHANKAR BHUPALA PALLY

TADURU KARUNAKAR The rice meant for Public n HUZURABAD Distribution System (PDS) is becoming a major source of Minister for Finance Tanneeru income for middlemen and the Harish Rao has challenged vigilance officials, who have to that no one can stop TRS from check the clandestine opera- winning the Huzurabad by- tions, are becoming a part of elections and the party is going the trade. As a result, the to come with flying colours unauthorised transportation with a thumping majority of of PDS rice is going 50,000 votes. unchecked. Though the offi- Addressing a meeting of the cials claimed seizure of PDS important cadre and in-charges rice at one or two points, it is of Huzurabad rural and town just a drop in the ocean. The up near the Sironcha taluq in Mulug, Warangal rural and at the TRS party office here on accused is allowed to go scot- Maharashtra another side of Mahabubabad districts. They Monday, he said the contest free even after they were the Godavari river is the mas- are approaching the beneficia- will only be between TRS and caught with just a meagre fine. termind in the illegal trans- ries to buy directly from them BJP and called upon the party The charge is that there is no portation of rice. Tens of vehi- by paying Rs 7-9 per kg as workers to make TRS win the specific mechanism to stop the cles and autos are transporting against its actual price of Re 1. poll and gift it to Chief Minister illegal trade. PDs rice from Telangana to The PDs rice collected in the KCR. Stating that the welfare workers must sensitize the Huzurabad, he said and asked so far given 1.32 lakh jobs and growth path and an urban The Telangana government Maharastra. But, even the offi- villages is being transported schemes being given by the government's welfare schemes why he did not build 4,000 a notification will be issued development committee will be is providing subsidized rice for cials have no clue about the clandestinely with autos and Telangana government are such as 24/7 power, Rythu houses for the poor though soon for another 70,000 jobs. instituted, he added. just Re 1 to 90.50 lakh families illegal trade as they don't take DCM vehicles. An agent on the going to every household, Bandhu, Rythu Beema, they were sanctioned. The Minister said about Minister Gangula and 2.88 crore people as part any steps to curb the trans- condition of anonymity said Harisha Rao appealed to the Kalyana Lakshmi, Asara pen- The BJP government has 15,000 new industries have Kamalakar, Husnabad MLA of the food security. It is spend- portation. the agents in Maharashtra are workers to take these schemes sion, pension for people above failed in all spheres as they come up in Telangana till now Voditala Sateesh Kumar, Y ing about Rs 2,766 crore per According to the eye-wit- paying Rs 16 per kg as they are to the people by knocking on 57 years, Dalit Bandhu and promised but failed to provide and the state Cabinet has Sunil Rao, SC Corporation year on the scheme. The nesses account, the PDS rice is gaining double the profit in the their doors. The fruits of Mission Bhagiratha. 2 crore jobs per year and approved recently to provide chairman banda Srinivas, scheme has been diluting with transported to Maharashtra illegal trade. The local people Kaleswaram have reached first Harish Rao said ignoring the deposit Rs 15 lakh into the jobs and educational opportu- TRSV student wing president greedy middlemen and cor- in the wee hours from 5 to 20 are turning into PDS agents to to Huzurabad and water had development, Eatala Rajender bank accounts of every poor nities even to people who have Gellu Srinivas Yadav, BC rupt officials, a local social every month. The scamsters make money. So, the illegal flowed for nine months during had benefited from the TRS in person. Shall we vote for BJP an annual income of Rs 8 lakh Commission former member worker Rajababu Gowd said. have an agent network in every trade is flourishing everywhere the last summer through the last 17 years. He had built for increasing gas, petrol and through EWS. Efforts would be Vakulabharanam Krishna It is alleged that the PDS rice village in Karimnagar, in Telangana. The response Kakatiya canals and the cred- his houses at Kamalapur, diesel prices, he asked. He said made to bring Huzurabad and mohan Rao and others were is crossing the state borders Peddapalli, Manchiryal, from the police to curb the ille- it goes to KCR. The party Shamirpet, Musaipet and the Telangana government has Jammikunta towns into the present. and a owner of the rice mill set Jayashankar Bhupalapally gal trade is minimal. Decks cleared for Raja Singh offers TS tops in paddy cultivation to quit if special SC woman alleges Rs 300-cr hospital surpassing Punjab: Sabitha package declared osrtracisation PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR old collector office building PNS n RANGAREDDY for Goshamahal PNS n NARSAPUR and he agreed. He thanked the All is set for construction of a Chief Minister for sanction the Telangana has surpassed PNS n HYDERABAD A woman who belonged to the super-speciality hospital in hospital. Punjab in paddy cultivation Mala community of Scheduled Mahabubnagar as Minister He said there is already one and the state has created a BJP MLA from Goshamahal Caste lodged a complaint with for Sports, Excise, Cultural and government hospital in record by producing three T Raja Singh has said that he the Narsapur police against the Tourism Srinivas Gowd on Mahabubnagar and the people crore tonnes of paddy with the is ready to tender resigna- village elders for ostracizing Monday handed over the site of the combined district will be effective measures taken by tion to his MLA position if her from the caste. Mucherla of the old collector office to the benefited from the new super- Chief Minister K Chief Minister K Anuradha of Narsapur filed a Medical and Health depart- speciality hospital. A lift facil- Chandrasekhar Rao in the Chandrasekhar Rao complaint with the police that ment. ity will be arranged for the state, Minister for Education announces a package to his some persons have boycotted Speaking on the occasion, patients directly entering the Sabitha Indra Reddy said on Assembly constituency. her from the caste. Minister Srinivas Gowd said hospital from the bus station. Monday. He said that the Chief She told reporters on Mahabubnagar will be devel- Earlier, people used to rush to She inaugurated Rythu Minister will remember SC, Monday that some village oped as a medical hub. Chief Osmania and NIMS hospital Vedika buildings at Begumpet ST, BC and minorities only elders of her caste have pres- Minister K Chandrasekhar in Hyderabad from the district and Gummadavelli village ahead of by-elections. surized to take back the civil Rao has taken steps to build an and there are instances where panchayats at Rs 22 lakh in He announced special case filed by her in a dispute. integrated building complex in the patients died during the Kandukuru mandal of the bank accounts of farmers trict. The Education Minister packages to win the She said she does not know the the social boycott, they are also every district to house all the journey with the breakdown of Maheswaram Assembly con- under the Rythu Bandhu said Chief Minister KCR is Huzurabad by-poll. reason either for not taking the resorting to physical attacks on offices in one place. As part of ambulances, he said. stituency on Monday along scheme in the district and Rs striving to complete Palamuru- The people are demand- case back or not obeying their her, she alleged. it, a new Collector office is Srinivas Gowd said founda- with MLC Surabhi Vanidevi 15,000 crore in the state. About Rangareddy project like ing their respective MLAs in orders, they declared that she In her complaint, Anuradha coming up in Mahabubnagar tion stone will be laid for the and district rythu Bandhu 2536 farmers received Rs 126 Kaleswaram to provide irriga- social media to tender res- has been ostracized from the said how far it is fair to impose town. Proposals have been hospital by calling tenders convenor Vangeti Lakshma crore towards Rythu Beema in tion water. ignations for the sake of caste. If anyone talked to her, caste ostracizing and she prepared at a cost of Rs 1 crore soon. District Collector S Reddy. She also laid the foun- the district and about 10,940 The Chief Minister's com- packages, he said, requesting they will be levied Rs 25,000 feared that there is a threat to to set up a children's hospital Venkat Rao, district SP R dation stone for a CC Road farmers have been benefited so mitment was to provide irriga- the Chief Minister to fine and 25 slaps with chap- her life from her caste people. in the old Collector office Venkateswarlu, GGH superin- and underground drainage far under the loan waiver in the tion water to every acre of land announce the package to pals. She said they prepared an When asked SI Gangaraju when Ronald rose was the dis- tendent Dr Ramkishan, works to be taken up at Rs 12 district, she said adding that in the Telangana state. About SC, ST, BC and minorities of agreement to this effect and said they have registered a case trict Collector. DM&HO, municipal chair- lakh at Gummadavelli Thanda. Chief Minister KCR took a 19,165 acres will get irrigation Goshamahal constituency. she was forced to sign on the as per the complaint given by He said later, he spoke to the man KC Narsimhulu, vice- Speaking on the occasion, decision to waive loans up to water in the Maheswaram con- "I am ready to tender resig- agreement papers. They have Anuradha. Action will be Chief Minister to build a chairman Ganesh, Tahasildar Sabitha Indra Reddy said The Rs 50,000 from August 15 stituency if the Palamuru- nation if the Chief Minister also taken signatures from taken after a thorough inves- super-speciality hospital at Rs Parthasaradhi and others were Telangana government is onwards. About 20,000 farm- Rangareddy project is complet- announces a package for some other people of the same tigation into the case, the SI 300 crore by dismantling the present. depositing Rs 686 crore into ers may get benefits in the dis- ed, she added. the constituency", he said. caste. Apart from ordering added.

Hyd Congress plans Sanjay padayatra postponed strategy for Muslims Bonalu is symbol of TS culture: MLA PNS n HYDERABAD where the by-poll is due. to the Telugu people. He also PNS n PATANCHERU an official affair after the However, the party postponed stated that there would be Union PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana state is formed. The The Telangana BJP Chief and the Padayatra to August 24 due to Tourism Minister G Kishan Joy and religious fervour Bonalu festival is being cele- Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay the ongoing Parliament monsoon Reddy's 'Ashirvada Yatra' after Hyderabad City Congress marked the celebrations of brated across the world and it Kumar's padayatra has been session and in view of important the Parliament session. As part Committee (HCCC) Bonalu in Patancheruvu on is a symbol of the Telangana postponed to August 24 from bills to be passed in the of Ashirvada Yatra, Kishan Minorities Department Monday as the devotees took culture and tradition. earlier announced August 9. Parliament, he said. Sanjay post- Reddy would visit two Telugu Chairman Sameer Waliullah out a procession with vehicles Later, the MLA participated BJP state general secretary poned his padayatra because the states. The party high com- on Monday informed that a carrying food to be offered to in the Bonalu at Edu Gulla Gujjula Premender Reddy said party issued a whip to their MPs mand has directed the Union fresh strategy was being the Goddess. GMR Yuvasena Pochamma temple and the party earlier decided that stating that the MPs have to Ministers to visit other than their chalked out to re-connect led the procession from Yadavas Bonalu. Corporator Bandi Sanjay Padayatra will be attend ongoing monsoon own Lok Sabha constituencies the party with the minority Mahankali temple which was Mettu Kumar Yadav, CI from Charminar Bhagyalaxmi Parliamentary sessions without first. Following the directions of communities in Hyderabad. flagged off by legislative coun- Venugopal Reddy, former Ammavari Temple from August fail. Speaking to the media at the the party high command, The problems of Muslims, cil chairman Bhupal Reddy Corporator Sankar Yadav, TRS 9 onwards. Padayatra was state BJP office on Monday, Kishan Reddy will tour Tirupati, Christians and other minor- and local MLA Gudem senior leaders Adarsh Reddy planned for 55 days for 750 km Premender Reddy has described Vijayawada, and Bhadrachalam ity communities in Telangana Mahipal Reddy on Monday. Teenmar steps. Special prayers occasion, MLA Mahipal Reddy and Yadagiri Yadav, Market and ends on October 2 with a G Kishan Reddy's elevation as directly going there from Delhi have multiplied under the MLA GMR surprised the are offered to the Goddess on said Chief Minister KCR has committee director Ashok and public meeting in Huzurabad Cabinet Minister as an honour after the Parliament session. TRS regime, he said. devotees by dancing with the occasion. Speaking on the declared the Bonalu festival as others were present. Indravelli Congress meet facing Rains help aquaculture thrive in Telangana A CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO Vanadurga projects are full to n SANGAREDDY their brim. rough weather amid AHPS threat In Sangareddy district, the As all the major water bodies number of tanks and ponds are K VENKATESHWARLU reached to its brim level, the less compared to Siddipet and n HYDERABAD Telangana government is plan- Medak. The district has 686 ning to develop fisheries to tanks and about 189 fishermen The Telangana Congress has provide a livelihood to the societies are active with 9,000 been making serious efforts to fishermen and other caste- fishermen as members. make the Indravelli public based crafts. With the launch The projects Narinja, meeting a big success. The of Mission Kakatiya, almost all Singuru and Kalpaguru and party leaders are striving at the village tanks have regained check-dams have received ground level. Leaders like their last glory and ponds and waters to their full level. The Mulugu MLA Seethakka and check-dams received heavy eries sector in all the districts ing fish seeds in the district. In Medak district, there are officials made ready 3.45 crore former MLC Premsagar Rao inflows with torrential rains by supplying fish seeds as all A total of 3.72 crore fish 1,636 tanks which are managed fish seeds to release in the pro- and others have shouldered chief A Revanth Reddy in this who went to Indravelli to lashed for the past fortnight. the tanks and ponds are full of seeds had been dropped in by 270 fishermen societies jects. The fish seeds will be responsibility in this regard. regard. He had a heated argu- examine the arrangements of The projects like Rangana water following heavy rains Ranganayaka Sagar, Konda having 15,700 members. The released in a week in the com- However, the party has been ment with Revanth in the the public meeting, faced yaka Sagar, Konda Pochamma battered in the season. All the Pochamma, Tapaspalli and fisheries officials are making bined Medak district. The facing troubles since the meeting held on July 31. objections from the Adivasi reservoir have reached their reservoirs in the Kaleswaram Thotapalli reservoirs across arrangements to release 5.33 development of the fisheries announcement of the On the other hand, the Hakkula Porata Samithi. brim level with Godavari project also received a heavy the district last year and the crore fish seeds in 1,636 tanks sector is amazingly moving Indravelli public meeting pro- Telangana party is also facing However, Seethakka made it waters. The officials of the flow of floodwaters. district has yielded 17,745 as against last year's 4.23 crore forward across the erstwhile posed to be held on August 9 problems from the tribals, clear that the party will con- Fisheries Department are mak- The government aims to tonnes of fish products. fish seeds in 1,211 tanks. The Medak district. from inside and outside the who made it clear that they will duct the meeting in August at ing preparations for releasing provide a livelihood to fisher- Plans are afoot to drop 4.13 tanks and check-dams are Details of district-wise fish party. The AICC programme obstruct the Congress' pro- any cost. She said that the party fish seeds in the tanks and men, Mudiraj and the fish crore fish seeds in Sanigaram overflowing in the district and seeds to be released in ponds, implementation committee posed Indravelli public meet- admitted that the firing at reservoirs. The combined rearing families in Siddipet mid-level irrigation project apart from it, Pocharam and tanks below. chairman A Maheshwar Reddy ing. Rumours are agog that the Indravelli during the Congress Medak district has 3,794 tanks district and convert it into a apart from 1,472 tanks and has been opposing the venue party leaders have been pro- regime was a mistake. But the and 737 fishermen societies ideal district in the state. reservoirs in the district this DISTRICT-WISE TANKS & FISH SEEDS from the beginning of its voking the tribal organiza- party will go ahead accepting with 45,051 members. The offi- Minister T Harish Rao has year. Siddipet has about 278 announcement. He alleged tions like Adivasi Hakkula its mistakes and then only it cials have taken steps to release issued directives to the fisheries fishermen cooperative soci- DISTRICT TANKS FISH SEEDS (Cr) that the party didn't consult Porata Samithi (AHPS) as its will do good things for the 13 crores of fish seeds this year. officials to release fish seeds eties with 20,351 fishermen Siddipet 1,472 4.13 him before announcing the leaders already stated that they people. The Indravelli meeting The Telangana government min all the ponds and village members. The officials believe Medak 1,636 5.33 venue as it appears that he was will obstruct the meeting. is for the sake of tribals and is striving to achieve a blue rev- tanks. The process of tenders that they would get a year-long Sangareddy 686 3.45 not happy with the TPCC On Monday, Seethakka, Dalits only, Seethakka said. olution by developing the fish- has already commenced releas- livelihood. TOTAL 3,794 12.91 HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 nation 05

Maha rains: Over 18,700 families Need to work on permanent solution Spurious pesticide manufacturing INDIA affected in Mahad, Poladpur in Raigad to flood crisis in Maha: Thackeray unit busted in Delhi, two held total of 18,751 families in Mahad and Poladpur talukas in Raigad district were ith heavy rains last month causing deluge in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister he Delhi Police have busted a spurious pesticide manufacturing plant in the national capital's CORNERAaffected by flooding and other rain-related incidents on July 22 and 23, a district WUddhav Thackeray on Monday said there is a need to devise a "permanent solution" to TMundka area and arrested two men, officials said on Monday. The arrested accused, Mohan official said on Monday. As per the survey done by the state revenue department, the frequent flood crisis in the state and take some stringent steps towards it. The chief Lal and Aman, had rented two godowns at Hiran Kudna village two months ago for 18,000 families belong to Mahad and 751 to Poladpur, while 562 farmers have also minister reached the flood-hit Sangli district in western Maharashtra where he visited manufacturing the fake pesticides. They had made an initial investment of Rs 9 lakh, they said. incurred losses due to flooding, he said. "While 30 houses in Mahad and eight houses in Bhilwadi, Ankalkhop, Kasbe-Digraj and various other areas to take stock of the situation, and A complaint was received from the representative of a pesticide manufacturing company Poladpur are fully damaged, the number of partially reviewed steps taken by the administration towards flood management. "We have to work alleging that someone was infringing the firm's trademark by producing spurious products in damaged homes stands at 8,121 in Mahad and 552 in on two fronts - providing immediate relief to its name, the police said. A raid was conducted on July 30 and a large quantity of spurious Poladpur. A total of 28 cattle shelters were destroyed. people affected by floods, and that work is going material bearing the names of several companies was found stacked at the manufacturing plant So far, 3,082 families have received relief from the state on. The administration acted in advance and in Mundka, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Parvinder Singh said Mohan Lal, government by way of rice, wheat and kerosene" the evacuated people to safety," he said. "Besides Aman, Vijay and Rajender were engaged in official said. He informed that the number of survey providing immediate relief, we will have to work manufacturing and selling spurious pesticides and teams of the revenue department in Mahad stood at 48, on a permanent solution to the frequent crisis of fungicides with the branding of different companies. with 30 of them stationed in the non-town areas of the floods in the region and for that, we will have to They also used to sell seeds of different crops taluka. A release from the Maharashtra State Electricity take some stringent steps," the CM said. treated with these fake pesticides. Fake raw material Board said 1,078 transformers in 345 villages were Thackeray said if some constructions are causing found at the plant and machinery used for damaged during the heavy rains that the area witnessed obstacles to the natural flow of water, they need manufacturing these spurious products was seized, recently, of which 261 had been repaired. to be removed. he said. Continued Opposition protests over HM trying to find solution to tensions: Guv Haribabu PNS n NEW DELHI Babu is scheduled to meet killed and more than 50 people Pegasus force adjournment of LS Home Minister Amit Shah later injured, including the police Amid tensions between Assam in the afternoon. Talking to chief of the district of Cachar, in PNS n NEW DELHI and Mizoram over the recent reporters in Parliament after a fire-fight between the police of Rahul calls for border clash, Mizoram meeting the prime minister, the two states on a disputed Lok Sabha proceedings were Governor K Haribabu met Babu said the incident was stretch of their boundary, near adjourned for the day as Oppn meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi "very unfortunate". Dholai in Cachar district on opposition members contin- on Monday and said the Centre "The home minister is trying July 25. ued their protest over the is trying to find a solution to the to defuse the tension and he is Tension along the border Pegasus spyware controversy over Pegasus row issue. trying to find the solution. Both with Mizoram in Cachar and and other issues on Monday. Meanwhile, BJP MPs from chief ministers (of Assam and Hailakandi districts of Assam Before Ram Devi, who was PNS n NEW DELHI Assam, including Union Mizoram) have committed that have been escalating since in the Chair, adjourned the Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, peace will be restored," he said. October 2020 with frequent proceedings till Tuesday Amid the ongoing stalemate in are also meeting the prime At least six Assam Police per- incidents of burning of houses morning, the House passed Parliament, Congress leader minister in the afternoon. sonnel and one civilian were and encroachment of land. the General Insurance Rahul Gandhi has invited leaders Business (Nationalisation) of opposition parties to a Amendment Bill with voice- breakfast meeting at the vote. When the House re- Constitution Club on Tuesday to assembled at 3.30 PM, the chalk out a joint strategy on the RS lauds Sindhu’s bronze opposition members contin- Pegasus snooping issue. ued their protest as Finance Sources said the meeting is PNS n NEW DELHI The members responded by sportspersons, Sindhu took to Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being held to forge unity among thumping tables when refer- badminton when she was just said she wanted to respond to the opposition ranks on the The Rajya Sabha on Monday ences were made to Sindhu 12. She along with her father the concerns raised by the issue. All opposition MPs and congratulated badminton ace and her family. used to travel 120-km daily for Leader of the Congress party, floor leaders of various parties P V Sindhu for winning a "With her spectacular per- training, he said. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. have been invited for the bronze medal at the Tokyo formance, Sindhu has scripted "Personally known to me, I As the din continued, the meeting. The opposition has Olympics, saying that she has history by becoming the first have been witness to her hard minister sought passage of RS proceedings adjourned till Tuesday morning been demanding a discussion in scripted history by becoming Indian women to win two work, perseverance and sheer the bill, and the House Parliament on the Pegasus row the country's first woman to Olympic Medals and that too dedication towards her pas- approved it by a voice vote. PNS n NEW DELHI When Rajya Sabha reassembled Bhubaneswar Kalita, who was in and its leaders have been giving win two individual Olympics in successive editions," Naidu sion," Naidu said. "It is appro- The proceedings of the at 3.36 pm, the government the Chair, tried to pacify the adjournment notices everyday. medals. said. "This feat of Sindhu high- priate to take note of the role House were first adjourned Rajya Sabha proceedings were moved two Bills for protesting members, but in vain. The government has been saying When the House met for the lights the consistency at inter- of Sindhu's parents and fami- till noon, then till 2 PM and adjourned for the day as consideration, but Opposition As sloganeering continued, he that the opposition is creating a day, Chairman M Venkaiah national levels that are expect- ly in her spectacular rise and again till 3.30 PM as an unre- Opposition MPs continued their members, some of them carrying adjourned the proceedings for "non-issue" and the IT minister Naidu congratulated Sindhu ed of our sportspersons in the achievements in badminton lenting opposition refused protest over the Pegasus placards, kept raising slogans in the day. The House will has already given a reply in both for her gritty performance on international arenas." that brought her laurels for our to end its protests. snooping row and other matters. the Well of the House. reconvene at 11 AM on Tuesday. Houses of Parliament. behalf of the House and himself. Born in a family of country," he added. SC dismisses Jaishankar ‘Minorities have plea of rape HC expects street vendors to get likely to attend to be treated as survivor to vaccinated to avoid Covid 3rd wave swearing-in of marry assaulter PNS n NEW DELHI cannot afford other shops. recently,” Justice Rekha Palli said. ities' decision to open malls and Iranian Prez weaker sections’ Presently, due to COVID-19 The court made it clear that it markets but not weekly markets. PNS n NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court Monday restrictions, the Delhi government was not asking the Delhi govern- Advocate Rajat Wadhwa, rep- PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI not violate the rights of members said it is expected that street ven- has allowed weekly markets to ment to allow all weekly markets resenting the association, said of Hindus or other communities. The Supreme Court Monday dors will take proactive steps to open but only with 50 per to operate and the authorities restrictions on other activities External Affairs Minister S The National Commission for "It is submitted that the dismissed the plea of a rape sur- get vaccinated so that the third cent of vendors and one shall consider the issue were relaxed on June 13 and these Jaishankar is likely to repre- Minorities (NCM) has told the schemes being implemented by vivor from Kottiyoor, Kerala, wave of COVID-19 could be market in each munic- and then take a decision. vendors who belong to the poor- sent India at the swearing-in Supreme Court that minorities the Ministry are to reduce the who moved the Supreme Court avoided and the national capital ipal zone. It also observed that est of poor class are suffering. ceremony of newly elected have to be treated as the “weak- inequalities among the minority seeking permission to marry her is not faced with a surge as wit- “It is expected that the government can put When the court said opening Iranian President Ebrahim er sections” in the country, where communities and to improve assaulter - a defrocked priest nessed recently. DDMA will consider conditions so that there is of these markets would lead to Raisi in Tehran on August 5, majority community is so “pre- the level of education, participa- who is now undergoing 20 The high court also asked this aspect in its right no crowding at these mar- increase in crowd, the counsel said people familiar with the dominant. tion in employment, skill and years imprisonment. Delhi government to consider in perspective. It is also expect- kets. if only one weekly market is development said on The NCM said despite the entrepreneurship development, The top court also dismissed a right perspective the issue of ed that street vendors will also The court issued notice to the allowed to be open in a munici- Monday. safeguards provided in the reducing deficiencies in civic a separate plea of the defrocked allowing more weekly markets to take pro-active steps to get vacci- Delhi government and asked it to pal zone, there will be more Raisi, a hardliner and Constitution and the laws in force amenities or infrastructure. priest seeking bail on the ground operate as there is a strata of soci- nated so that we can avoid the file reply to the petition by crowd because there are people known to be close to Iran's there persist amongst the minori- "The schemes are not in con- that he wanted to marry the sur- ety which only purchases things third wave and the NCT of Delhi Saptahik Patri Bazar Association who buy goods only from these Supreme Leader Ayatollah ties a feeling of inequality and dis- tradiction to the principles of vivor, who was a minor at the from these markets since they is not faced with a surge as faced which has challenged the author- markets. Ali Khamenei, won the pres- crimination. equality as enshrined in the time of rape had given birth to idential election in June by a “In a country like India where Constitution. These schemes are a child. landslide. the majority community is pre- legally valid as they are only A bench of Justices Vineet Woman trampled India has already accepted dominant, the minorities have to enabling provisions so as to Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari an invitation by Iran for the be treated as the weaker sections achieve inclusiveness and do not told the former priest, “The high to death by 6 held in Gujarat for tonsuring event, which is likely to be within the meaning of Article 46,” suffer from any infirmity. The court has taken a decision con- attended by leaders and rep- the NCM said in support given to sciously and we would not like tusker in Odisha resentatives of a number of an affidavit. disadvantaged/ to interfere with its finding”. countries. In 40-page affi- underprivileged It told the victim that she may PNS n BARIPADA widow, man over alleged affair Last month, the external davit, it stated that children/candi- knock on the door of trial court affairs minister called on “numerically dates of minori- with her plea to marry the for- A 60-year-old woman was tram- PNS n AHMEDABAD registered, Sub Inspector PP Jani said a man who she knew and was President-elect Raisi during a smaller or weaker ties communi- mer priest. pled to death by a wild elephant of Gambhoi police station said. married to the sister of the one of stopover at the Iranian capi- classes are bound ties through Advocate Amit George, at a forest in Odisha's Four men and two women were "Vadansinh Chauhan, Rajuji the accused, had offered her a lift tal on his way to Russia. to be suppressed these schemes appearing for the former Mayurbhanj district on Monday, arrested in Gujarat's Sabarkantha Chauhan, Kalusinh Chauhan, on his motorcycle when she was Jaishankar also held exten- and overpowered cannot, there- priest, said the high court had police said. The incident hap- district for allegedly tonsuring a 30- Rakeshsinh Chauhan, Surekha returning after some bank relat- sive talks with his Iranian by the dominant fore, be faulted passed sweeping directions in pened at the Tiakati forest in year-old widow after accusing her Chauhan and Sonal Chauhan ed work on July 30. counterpart Javad Zarif in majority groups” with," the affi- the case with regard to the Badampahad range of the of being in a relationship with a mar- were arrested for assaulting a Four of the accused stopped Tehran covering a range of if special provi- davit had stated. marriage, which is a funda- Rairangpur forest division, they ried man, police said on Monday. woman with an intent to outrage them near Raigadh village and key issues including the fast- sions and The Centre mental right. said. Sukhi Baskey went to the The incident took place in her modesty, criminal intimida- beat them up, and later took the evolving situation in schemes were not framed by the had said the welfare schemes are The bench asked George forest to collect mushrooms Sancheri village near tion and rioting. They had duo to Sancheri where all six Afghanistan. government. meant only for the economical- what is the age of the victim and when the tusker attacked her, Himmatnagar town, some 116 accused the victim of having an accused hit them and tonsured His visit to Iran coincided The submission was made in ly weaker sections/underprivi- the former priest to which he Range Officer Ramakanta Majhi kilometres from here, on July 30 affair with a married man who the widow as well as the man who with Iran's hosting of an an affidavit filed in response to a leged, children / candidates / replied that he is 49, while the said. The woman died on the and the six accused were held on has four children," Jani said. had offered her a lift, police said intra-Afghan dialogue in the petition which said welfare women of the minority commu- rape survivor is around 25. spot, he said. August 1, a day after an FIR was The victim, in her complaint, quoting the complaint. country. schemes cannot be based on reli- nities and not for everyone gion. belonging to a minority commu- Article 46 states that "The nity. State shall promote with special In addition, the scholarship care the educational and eco- scheme, coaching schemes etc Newly discovered frog species named after plant geneticist nomic interests of the weaker sec- have academic merit, as well as tions of the people, and, in par- earmarking for girl students, it PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM a confusing group of Indian frogs ciation of his tremendous support vegetation at multiple localities in ticular, of the Scheduled Castes added. genus Minervarya (common and encouragement for setting-up Kerala and Tamil Nadu, while sur- and the Scheduled Tribes, and The petition, filed by Neeraj Researchers from the University name: Minervaryan frogs), carried of the Systematics Lab at veying amphibians during the shall protect them from social Shankar Saxena and five others, of Delhi have named a newly dis- out over a period of nearly 10 University of Delhi where monsoon season. This species is injustice and all forms of exploita- had said the petitioners are being covered frog species from Western years, they said in a release. research leading to the discovery also among the smallest known tion." unconstitutionally deprived of Ghats region after the former Vice The new species was identified and description of nearly one- Minervaryan frogs, which is prob- The NCM also contended benefits available to similarly Chancellor and renowned Indian based on multiple criteria, such as fourth of all known Indian ably one of the reasons it was over- that it was founded with objec- situated members of religious Plant Geneticist Prof Deepak external morphology, DNA and amphibians has been carried out," looked until now," says Dr Garg, tive to integrate minority in the minorities in violation of their Pental. calling pattern. says Prof Biju, under whose lead- the lead author of the study and main stream to improve their fundamental right. University of Delhi researchers The study has also resolved the ership the current study was pub- a postdoctoral researcher at social and economic status. “The petitioners and other Professor S D Biju and Dr Sonali identity and taxonomic status of lished. University of Delhi. It also clarified that it does not members of Hindu community Garg on Monday said they have all known members of the genus Biju established the Systematics This study and the authors were administer any scheme nor pro- are suffering because they have just discovered a new species of from Peninsular India, in addition Lab in 2006, and is the Head of the funded by University of Delhi; vides grant to any community been born in majority commu- frog belonging to the family to clarifying the geographical Department of Environmental Department of Science and and in fact it is the government nity. The State cannot promote or Dicroglossidae from the globally ranges of species and providing Studies and former Dean of the Technology, Government of India; which runs schemes for them. give any benefit to any religious recognised Western Ghats biodi- numerous new distribution Barcoding and Systematic Review international journal Asian Faculty of Science at University of Council for Scientific and Earlier, the Centre had told the community whether minority versity hotspot and it has been records based on morphological- of Minervaryan Frogs Herpetological Research. Delhi. The new species, named Industrial Research, Government top court that welfare schemes for or majority keeping in view the named as "Minervarya Pentali." ly and genetically identified sam- (Dicroglossidae: Minervarya) of "It is a great privilege to name Minervarya Pentali, is endemic to of India; Critical Ecosystem part- religious minority communities secular ethos embedded in the The discovery was made dur- ples from a vast region. Peninsular India: Resolution of a a frog species after Prof Deepak the southern Western Ghats, the nership Fund, USA and Global are “legally valid” which aims to Constitution of India,” the peti- ing a comprehensive study on a The findings are published in taxonomic conundrum with Pental, the former Vice Chancellor release said. Wildlife Conservation, USA, the reduce the inequalities and does tion said. considerably large, common, yet a scientific article titled 'DNA description of a new species' in the of University of Delhi, in appre- "We discovered it from wayside release said. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Politics and the Power play Ignoring Indian protests, Pakistan is trying to legitimise its occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan military don’t gel DEEPAK SINHA n what India claims is a violation of its natural right over Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, the Imran Khan Government gives shape to a law to award the region the status of a It would be in the interest of the political establishment to desist from I‘provisional’ province. Khan had made that promise last November. This is an attempt by Islamabad to legitimise its illegal occupation by applying the provisions of Pakistani law and the election commission to the region. India has lodged a strong protest over politicising the military, lest it creates an uncontrollable monster the decision, asserting once again that Gilgit-Baltistan, along with the entire Jammu and he former President of the United States, Donald Kashmir and Ladakh, is an integral part of India by virtue of its legal accession. The region, Trump, has always had the or the provisional province which it may soon be, is of immense strategic importance reputation of being a man Tof questionable moral and ethical to India, Pakistan and China. It is Pakistan’s only territorial frontier with China. It meets China’s Xinjiang autonomous region at that point. It is also a land route between the two integrity with close connections to the radical right. Yet, there were provinces. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes through it. Its neigh- those who voted for him in 2016 bours also give Gilgit-Baltistan a vantage location: because they genuinely believed Afghanistan is to its west, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that he was the lesser of the two to its south, and Jammu and Kashmir to the east. Till evils, and strongly felt that only an “outsider” like him was capable of a decade ago, it was a nameless region — merely called draining the “Washington Swamp”, Northern Areas — and administered from Islamabad, a phrase alluding to the seeming- unlike Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with its own ly all-pervasive corruption sur- Constitution and Assembly. That changed with the Gilgit- rounding the Washington power elite. They would certainly have Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order been disappointed by his insipid of 2009 that introduced the legislative Assembly in the performance as President, especial- region in place of the Northern Areas Legislative Council. ly the extent of his chicanery and selfishness. These have been laid The reason why Pakistan never annexed the region bare in a recent book by two is because it did not want to weaken its internation- Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington al case for a plebiscite in Kashmir by annexing Gilgit-Baltistan or, for that matter, Pakistan- Post journalists, investigative staff occupied Kashmir. It hopes that if ever a plebiscite is held, the votes in Gilgit-Baltistan writer Carol Leonnig and former White House Bureau Chief Philip would become vital to influencing the result. This explains why the region’s provin- Rucker, on Trump’s final year in cial status is ‘provisional’. India has begun to assert afresh its right over the region power, titled “I Alone Can Fix It”. since Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to it in his Independence Day speech in A fitting sequel, and as perceptive strength of character. Marshal Manekshaw and a few through the process of “deep 2016. Previously, Indian Parliament passed a resolution in 1994 re-affirming its right and illuminating, is “A Very He then initiated action to more of that vintage who have selection”, as some allege, they Stable Genius”. over the region. In 2017, the British Parliament also asserted that Gilgit-Baltistan, under ensure that the military was not displayed spine and opposed may well be biting off more One of the most fascinating dragged into the political sphere, Government directions, but than they can chew. If there is Pakistan’s control, belongs to India. Gilgit is crucial to China’s expansion of its land aspects of their latest book pertains despite Trump having appoint- these have been few and far anything to learn from histo- trade routes across the Himalayas. Without the control of Gilgit, the Gwadar port that to the manner in which the ed his own lackeys to key posi- between, and restricted only to ry, it is that once the military establishes a direct access to the Indian Ocean via the CPEC is of little value to China. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of tions within the Pentagon. If the professional matters within their gets sucked into politics, it will Staff, General Mark Milley, The whole idea of China’s $46 billion CPEC is to have surface transport and pipeline authors are to be believed, he purview. Moreover, till recent- not be satisfied acting as a responded to President Trump’s went so far as to compare ly, the military’s senior leader- mere handmaiden of those in connectivity between Gwadar and Xinjiang via Gilgit, extending China’s sphere of influ- brazen attempts to overturn the Trump to Hitler and refer to the ship has been quite circumspect power. As General Milley so ence to Gilgit-Baltistan and right up to Hormuz Strait. Even as Pakistan makes the election results by peddling his “Big January 6 insurrection as the in ensuring that its actions were eloquently put it, they are the region a province, it cannot deny that it ceded control over the region to China and Lie” that the elections had been “Reichstag Moment” for the IT IS INCONCEIVABLE completely unbiased, apoliti- ones with the guns! We just “stolen” by the Democrats resort- the Chinese Army. The latest development poses a challenge to India’s claim to the US. On Trump’s attempts to THAT OUR cal, secular and within constitu- need to look closely at our own ing to widespread fraud. Despite his cling to power through force, he tional parameters. In fact, it was neighbourhood for examples. whole of Jammu and Kashmir and brings closer home the threat of China’s presence legal challenges being summarily reportedly told his colleagues in SENIOR MILITARY their adherence to such behav- It would be in the interest in Gilgit. Pakistan has made its move and the ball is in India’s court now. dismissed, he continues to peddle the Joint Chiefs: “They may try, HIERARCHY CAN, iour that made the military the of the political establishment these allegations to this day. There but they’re not going to most popular and respected to desist from politicising the PIC can be little doubt that his incite- f@@###g succeed…You can’t do OR EVER WILL, institution within the country. military. Creating an uncon- TALK ment of his supporters culminat- this without the military. You ADOPT SUCH A Unfortunately, while the trollable monster, that will go ed in a violent but abortive attempt can’t do this without the CIA bulk of our military remains on to bite the hand that feeds on January 6 to disrupt proceed- and the FBI. We’re the ones with CONFRONTATIONAL apolitical and secular, the it, is nothing but sheer stupid- ings at Capitol Hill to formalise the the guns.” ATTITUDE TOWARDS actions and public statements ity. The Government and the election results. His actions have lessons that of the Chief of Defence Staff, legislative would do well to put Prior to this, one may recall, our military leadership would THE LEADERSHIP OF General Bipin Rawat, have rules in place that prevent General Milley had been excoriat- do well to imbibe. It is incon- A DEMOCRATICALLY created perceptions that the members of the military and ed by military veterans, politicians ceivable that our senior military military’s senior leadership even the Civil Services from and the media for having unwit- hierarchy can, or ever will, ELECTED has become excessively politi- joining politics without an tingly dragged the military into pol- adopt such a confrontational GOVERNMENT, cised. Then there is the fact appropriate cooling- off peri- itics by being present, in uniform, attitude towards the leadership that some very senior officers od. That would go a long way at Trump’s infamous “Bible photo of a democratically elected WHATEVER BE have taken the plunge into in insulating them, especially op” at the St John’s Church, imme- Government, whatever be the THE PROVOCATION, active politics immediately on the military, from politics. diately after peaceful protestors had provocation, or however uncon- shedding their uniform. (The writer is a military been forcefully evicted while stitutional be their actions. The OR HOWEVER While some within the veteran, who is a Visiting Fellow demonstrating for racial equality. aloofness displayed by the mil- UNCONSTITUTIONAL ruling elite may see this turn with the Observer Research Indeed, that he then went on to ten- itary during the 1977 of events as advantageous to Foundation and Senior Visiting der a public apology for his error Emergency is a case in point. BE THEIR ACTIONS their ideological cause, and in Fellow with The Peninsula of judgement speaks volumes of his True, there have been the likes fact encourage this shift with- Foundation, Chennai. The forthrightness, integrity and of General Thimmayya, Field in the military hierarchy views expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

HAS DELHI LOST ITS WARMTH AND DIL? I have directed People bathe at Prabhatpuri Ka Khola waterfall after monsoon rains in Jaipur PTI Sir — Nowadays, we often hear about the Kerala must not be vilified the Assam Police northeastern people being harassed in to withdraw the the national Capital. These unfortunate 0.49 per cent, indicative of its success in sav- FIR against K incidents pain me somewhere because I ing lives. The State has succeeded in keeping Vanlalvena, Hon’ble The Kerala crisis have always regarded Delhi as my sec- the fatalities low through early detection, time- MP, Rajya Sabha, ond home. I was there for the most part ly hospital admission and better medical care. from Mizoram. After the distinction of being the first COVID-free of my early childhood, from 1994 to Lives do matter more in God’s Own Country. 1999. Since my father used to travel fre- A new study conducted by the researchers Assam Chief Minister State, Kerala is now caught deep in the quagmire quently, my mother and I were in a quar- in India, Canada and the United States has put — Himanta Biswa Sarma ter which we can term “Mini India” as India’s real death count between 31 and 34 erala wakes up every morning to an eerie silence. The State was the first to there were people from various States. lakh. The studies have also found that the actu- What is their declare itself free of COVID-19 on the 100th day of diagnosing the first pan- We used to exchange our local food al death toll in Kerala is 1.4 times the official (Taliban militants’) with their delicacies. The aunties would figure. Computed on the estimate of the demic case in the country. But the last week saw Kerala diagnosing 20,000 change? They K ‘kidnap’ me to take me along on their he State of Kerala continues to detect over uncounted deaths, the national fatality rate have become new cases per day with an average Test Positivity Rate of 13. The death toll is surg- evening walks and sometimes to 20,000 COVID-19 cases daily through would be 9.78 per cent of the total cases report- more cruel, more ing at an unprecedented rate. When Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared on May mandirs, gurudwaras and mosques. My Tmore than 1.5 lakh tests. There seems to ed and Kerala’s would come to 0.69 per cent. oppressive, more 8, 2020, that the State was COVID-free, Kerala mother, who would go to the bazaars be no let-up in the furious spread of the Delta The shortage of oxygen or non-availability of non-Muslim. alone, never faced any untoward inci- variant of the virus in the State. Yet, the cam- a hospital bed or ventilator, or shortage of a rejoiced and sang paeans to former (and then) Health dent; in fact she was helped by people paign against the State Government’s COVID life-saving drug has never been the cause for Afghanistan President Minister KK Shailaja. But it did not take long for the with her bags. What has happened to the management using the pretext of the latest any death in the State until now. Pampa, the — Ashraf Ghani façade of the success of the “Kerala model” to col- Capital now? Has it been hijacked by surge needed to be contested. Though Kerala’s holy river, has been flowing serenely; it never lapse. “Kerala was known for its good healthcare sys- hooligans? Delhi earned the title of overall tally of 34.11 lakh cases accounts for had to bear the sorrow of carrying bloated, “Dilwalo ki Dilli” for a reason but such 10.76 per cent of the total cases reported in abandoned dead bodies. The Kerala model of When it comes to tem at low cost. The colonial masters and the Royal incidents are bringing shame to it and to the country, the death toll of 16,837 is 3.96 COVID-19 management has been successful trolling, it is at Family of Travancore, who were the rulers till 1947, the real ‘Dilwalas’ of Delhi. I urge the per cent of the total number. Against the coun- in saving countless lives. times scary how a nameless, faceless have to be feted for this. The State’s good climate Government to be more strict on this try’s fatality rate of 1.34 per cent, Kerala’s is Haridasan Rajan | Kozhikode front so that our northeastern people individual could say and availability of pure water and air had laid a strong keep feeling safe and loved, like my fam- anything about anybody hours, as per the Government on She had scaled the mountain of without getting caught! foundation for an excellent public health infrastruc- ily did in the national Capital. Monday. The total number of cases cur- expectations, beating China’s He Bingjiao ture,” says Dr SS Lal, an internationally renowned Noopur Baruah |Tezpur rently stands at 3,16,95,958 and the death 21-13, 21-15 to clinch the Olympic Actor expert on contagious diseases. He has been alert- toll at 4,24,773. The number of active bronze medal. She is now the first — Tiger Shroff ing the authorities about the danger which they were going to face. But the doctor BEWARE OF THE THIRD COVID-19 WAVE cases in the country is 4,13,718. Less than Indian woman to clinch back-to-back Sir — India will witness another alarm- 50,000 daily new cases have been report- medals at the Olympics. Sindhu had her says that the policymakers had become prisoners of their own image. ing rise in COVID-19 cases in the mid- ed in 36 days, which is the result of sus- Chinese opponent scrambling around I showed the team a The Government failed to co-opt the services of private hospitals, where 80 per cent tained and collaborative efforts by the the court and a couple of authoritative movie about staying dle of August with the third wave peak- in the moment and I of the State’s doctors are employed. The Kerala Government Medical Officers Association’s ing, and nearly 1,50,000 infections a day Centre, the States and UTs. shots put the Indian 11-8 ahead and she Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai never looked back. think that made a plea to appoint 1,000 doctors on a war footing fell on deaf ears. The unscientific lock- is the worst scenario. A study by a group big difference in this of researchers led by Mathukumalli In the end, Sindhu’s power and match against Australia. down rules and the failure to operationalise the existing infrastructure worsened the sit- Vidyasagar and Manindra Agrawal at the CAST IN HAPPY BRONZE guile proved just too much. Bingjiao uation. The RTI probes have revealed that the authorities suppressed details about 7,000 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Sir — After missing the glorious chance began to engage Sindhu in longer rallies Indian women’s hockey coach COVID-19 related deaths. There were instances of COVID patients committing suicide Hyderabad and Kanpur predicts that if of bagging the gold, Pusarla Venkata in the second game to control the — Sjoerd Marijne tempo of the game, but the Indian was in these hospitals because of the failure of the authorities to attend to them. An inter- the third wave occurs, it will hit us some- Sindhu settled for the bronze medal with time around the middle or end of a clinical performance at Tokyo prepared. She finished points early and The BJP’s end is esting point is the fewer number of cases being reported from Idukki and Wayanad, the August and continue increasing till Olympics 2020. PV Sindhu fixed her hair, derived great success from her ferocious near and those who districts atop the Western Ghats, apparently because of the hardworking lifestyle of the October. shuffled her feet thrice, leaned forward forehand cross-court smashes. Thus, cast an evil eye on people there. Vijayan’s decision to bring in personalities like filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan This peak can be of two types. If the and muttered “come on” as she took up Sindhu cast her name in bronze in a the party headquar- variant is more infectious, the peak can the challenge and settled for a bronze. fierce battle for supremacy. ters, will be found and a bishop as members of a committee to advise the Government on how to tackle CK Subramaniam |Navi Mumbai be more like the first wave. If it is not that She took a deep breath before letting the floating in the Worli gutters. the COVID menace evoked laughter. No wonder, the State is adding 50 per cent of the infectious, the cases will not be that high. shuttle sail over the net. The point ended new patients to the daily national tally. It once again underlines the fact that we should India reported 40,134 new cases of with a thunderous cross-court smash, Send your feedback to: Shiv Sena president have the right people for the right job even during the pandemic. COVID-19 and 422 deaths in the last 24 and she let out a scream. [email protected] — Uddhav Thackeray HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN EDUCATION IS NEXT Power reforms — a

CALAMITY IN MAKING UTTAM GUPTA The current learning gap and reduced social distant dream skills can lead to a widening knowledge gap Unshackling of discoms will take away the leverage parties enjoy to serve their populist goal of giving cheap/free power to people at election time

ince last year, there have been sev- SHUBHANG RATHI eral announcements regarding the reformation of power distribution here is a calamity in the making in the field of education, espe- companies (discoms). They include cially school education, in the time of the COVID-19 pandem- Sthe Electricity (Amendment) Act, Tic. The pandemic has affected every stake holder, be it the par- 2020,Reforms-Linked, Result-Based ents, teachers, students, and school administrators. Innovative ways Scheme for Distribution (RLRBSD), and a and technical tools are being developed to make students come close special loan of `90,000 crore(subsequent- to get the feel of classroom teaching. According to Azim Premji ly raised to `130,000 crore)to discomsin Foundation, more than 60 per cent of children cannot access online 2020, and the new draft National Electricity Policy, 2021. education and around 90 per cent of students with disabilities are The key reform measures included (i) unable to participate in online classes. Delhi-based NGO, Child Fund developing an efficient market for electric- India, says as many as 64 per cent of children in rural India are fac- ity distribution; (ii) de-license the distrib- ing the prospect of being dropped out of school. For students, the ution business, bring in competition, and biggest challenge is the absence of physical interaction with peers give the consumer power to choose sup- and teachers. Primary school students cannot even comprehend what plier (or “open access”); (iii) direct bene- is happening to them. Not only are learning standards affected, phys- fit transfer (DBT) of subsidy; (iv) putting a cap on the hike in power tariff; (v) link- iological pressure on senior students is becoming immense. There ing payments by discoms to letter of cred- it (LoC); (vi) denying grants or loan to loss- making discoms, etc. An overwhelming share of power generated by PSUs such as the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), etc., independent power producers (IPPs), besides generating stations of State electric- BY FIXING THE ity boards (SEBs) is procured by discoms SURCHARGE AT A mented within five years of its to do under the present regime to arrangement, the banks guarantee (these are mostly owned and controlled by enactment, i.e., by 2008, the choice cross-subsidize supplies to pre- that a buyer’s payment to a seller will State governments) under power pur- HIGH LEVEL AND was given to the bulk consumers ferred users. With direct cash trans- be received on time and for the cor- chase agreements (PPA). Most of these NOT BOTHERING (having consumption more than 1 fer, discoms can be freed from state rect amount. If the buyer is unable PPAs are long-term contracts up to 25 TO REDUCE IT megawatt) to choose their supplier. control which will help them reduce to pay, the bank will be required to years. A mere five per cent of the electric- (AS MANDATED But another provision in the Act costs including by reining in theft. cover the full or remaining amount, ity is traded. UNDER THE ACT), required such customers to pay an Under this regime, it will also be eas- which, in turn, it will recover from The State governments order discoms ‘open access surcharge (OAC)’ to the ier to implement “open access”. the buyer using all available legal to sell electricity to some preferred con- THE STATE concerned SEB they wanted to Despite these positive spin- means. Here, the buyer being the sumers, viz., poor households and farmers, GOVERNMENTS leave. offs, the Union Government has not discom - owned by the State -it will either at a fraction of the cost of purchase, ENSURED THAT State governments used this shown the gumption to imple- be a daunting challenge for the is little physical activity because local parks and school playgrounds transmission, and distribution, or even free. POST-SWITCH, lacuna to the hiltto shield the SEBs ment the DBT. In fact, following bank.As for (vi), denial of loan to are also shut. Students in X, XI and XII are irritated about the new On the units sold to these groups, they THE EFFECTIVE who are prone to charging exorbi- strong protests from farmers’ lead- loss-making discoms will not make methodology of exam evaluation. For parents, it is challenging to teach incur colossal under-recovery. This is tant tariffs from industries. By fix- ers on its inclusion under the them feel the heatas experience aggravated by aggregate technical and COST OF POWER ing the surcharge at a high level and Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2020, shows that help reaches them by different concepts and methods to their children every day. Parents commercial (AT&C) losses - most of it is TO THE not bothering to reduce it (as man- it has even promised that the sta- hook or crook. are juggling between house chores, office work, and handling the plain theft. In flated tariff allowed to CONSUMER — dated under the Act), they ensured tus quo will continue. If the exist- To conclude, measures such as education needs of their children. One parent of my school said: “If IPPs/PSUs under a cost-plus formula TARIFF CHARGED that post-switch, the effective cost ing system of supplies at heavily those mentioned under (iv), (v), and this year it is online classes, I am shifting back to my village as I (under the PPAs) adds to the revenue short- BY THE NEW of power to the consumer — tariff subsidized tariff or even without (vi) are merely cosmetic while the am here in the city only for my children’s studies.” Parents who have fall. charged by the new supplier plus charge to farmers has to continue, political brass does not have the SUPPLIER PLUS suffered financially due to COVID-19 are taking extreme steps to cut A deadly cocktail of these three factors OAC — is higher than what they then, logically, the same should gumption to act on other measures OAC — IS HIGHER down on education expenses. Unfortunately, it is also their first contributes to persistent and increasing pay to SEBs. That rendered the apply on supplies to householdsas —as discussed under (i), (ii), and losses of discoms. In 2015-16 it was THAN WHAT THEY switch uneconomical. you cannot have two different (iii) — which are real reforms. This response, resulting in a heavy blow to the child’s future. For teach- `52,000 crore, Ts. 17,000 in2017-18 (this They have not even spared the methods of delivering subsidy to is because it will requirethe unshack- ers, the biggest challenge is teaching by using technology and under- PAY TO SEBS. reduction has to do with a massive bail-out THAT RENDERED Railways which spends over `12,000 different sections of the society. So, ling of discoms and that will take standing students’ body language. Old and experienced teachers face given in November 2015 under Ujwal crore annually on the purchase of there is no hope of the DBT ever away the leverage that all parties issues related to online teaching. Teachers are dissatisfied with learn- Discom Assurance Yojana), `30,000 crore THE SWITCH electricity. Under the Railways Act, seeing light of the day. currently enjoy to serve their pop- ing outcomes after putting in extra effort. in 2019-20, and `58,000 crore in 2020-21. UNECONOMICAL it is allowed to distribute and sup- As for (iv), discoms can recov- ulist goal of giving cheap/free elec- I see a calamity coming: Many students have left any formal In this backdrop, let us analyze the ply power and is a “deemed” licensee er only up to 15 per cent of under- tricity to the people who matter at form of studying in 2020-21. Something needs to be done to recti- reform measures: (i) A pre-requisite for the as it is buying electricity for its con- recovered power supply cost from election time. No wonder that we development of an efficient market for elec- sumption and is exempt from pay- other consumers. Simply put, if their hear proclamations about reforms fy the situation. For instance, when we return to work after a gap of tricity distribution is that a major chunk of ment of the surcharge. Yet, it has to under-recovery from supplies to only to justify mammoth capital 10 days, we feel we have to start work from scratch even though power should be available for sale in the pay OAC as States will not give’ farmers/households is say, ‘X’, then infusion whenever discoms need we have been doing the same work for the past several years. Imagine open market. But, with 95 per cent of elec- NOC’ - a requirement for availing they will be allowed to recover only salvaging. how will a child in the 5-10 age group cope with a break of over 18 tricity tied to PPAs, that too long-term, this exemption. 0.15X by hiking tariff on supplies to Under UDAY (2015), discoms months and still attain previous academic levels? Even though we is unthinkable. Coming to (iii), under DBT, the industries and businesses.This will were givena package worth have the infrastructure to teach children, what we lack is continuity. About (ii), considering that the entire State Government gives subsidies end up further bloating the losses `400,000 crore but are still saddled It might become difficult for students to remember the past concepts distribution network — transmission lines, directly to the target beneficiaries, of discoms (though industries will with under-recovery of `0.42 on feeder lines, transformers (that caters to even as discoms fix tariff in a man- face a modest hike in tariff vis-à-vis every unit of electricity sold and a and relate them to the new ones. It is a challenging task to bring the households), industries, etc. — is owned ner as to fully recover their cost of the existing scenario of no cap). But debt of about `450,000 crore as on students back to their previous academic levels. There is already a and controlled by discoms, any talk of let- purchase, wheeling, and distribu- this will not prompt them to set March 31, 2021.Under RLRBSD, the fear of many small schools closing down because of the spiraling ting in private entities is a misnomer. tion, thereby avoiding any under- their house in order all the more government will be spending running costs. The administrators are bogged down by unpaid fees As for ‘open access’, a provision was (The writer is a policy recovery on such sale. They also when they know that eventually, the anotherRs 300,000 crore but with no made even under the amended Electricity analyst. The views need not charge more from indus- Government will bail them out. hope of trimming under-recovery. in spite of the Supreme Court’s verdict. The current learning gap, expressed are personal.) reduced social skills, and poor handling by educators can lead to a Act (2003). Under this policy, to be imple- triesand businesses which they have As for (v), under the LC The vicious cycle will continue. widening knowledge gap of students when offline classes commence again. This can create an educated but unskilled and incapable work- force in the future. We are also looking at an education divide between POINTCOUNTERPOINT the rich and the poor and urban and rural. We require the govern- ment’s intervention to come up with a plan to allow students to visit THESE PEOPLE (CONGRESS) WERE THE JAMES BOND NO GOVERNMENT ALLOWS OTHERS TO SNOOP ON their schools once or twice a week while continuing their online class- OF SPYING (WHEN IN POWER). THEY SPIN A ITS PEOPLE, BUT THIS WAS ALLOWED TO AN ISRAELI es. A hybrid model to clear doubts and reduce the physiological pres- WEB OF SPYING WHEN IN GOVERNMENT. COMPANY. IS SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY SAFE? sure of the students will be most welcomed by schools. — CONGRESS LEADER (The writer is the owner of a private school in Morena, — UNION MINISTER Madhya Pradesh. The views expressed are personal.) MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE Thirty years later, ‘reform' yet to happen Liberalisation was not voluntary but was egged on by global lenders who would not lend without a firm Indian commitment on ‘reforms’ hirty years and India is reforms that meant losing gov- mindset and a preference for lakh crore), Waqf Board land escalate to 16.2 per cent by sales of goods and commodi- still waiting for the ernment assets to the private government control on the (`1.5 lakh crore), September 2021 as borrowers ties. People’s purchasing power Tdream to become real. sector started with a “bang” but pretext of “concern for people’s Commonwealth Games are saddled with unpaid dues. collapsed, delaying the post- The liberalization of the econ- did not bring the private sec- welfare”. (`70,000 crore), Telgi stamp Repeated reorganization pandemic industrial, real estate, omy in 1991 is erroneously tor to par with the government. The “reforms” worked a (`20,000 crore), Satyam and mergers of banks have not and market recovery. It might taken as being limited to The reforms initiated by the bit. But the pandemic impov- (`14,000 crore), and Hawala boosted confidence. The lat- lead to years of moderate to divesting government assets SARKAR then finance minister, erished 80 crore people. scandal (`100 crore). est move to sell four major slow post-pandemic growth and holdings in industry. SHIVAJI Manmohan Singh, were not a Growing joblessness during Scams of such magnitude banks and LIC is not being and that means a severe Liberalisation was not a roaring success but a piece of the lockdown pushed the had never happened since seen as a happy event. Many resource crunch. Thirty years voluntary decision but was confusing policy that has middle class to the edge of Independence. Every divest- buyers could be from the list since the reforms, the power nudged by major lenders, the dumped subsequent govern- account convertibility was poverty. This is reflected in ment deal was also ques- of 50 major defaulters. sector is in a mess again and IMF and World Bank, who ments into a policy quagmire. introduced, business process- the slow growth of the GDP. tioned. While the large private Since 1991, government agriculture remains the main- threatened to stop lending While liberalizing the soci- es were eased, and the GST was In 2020-21, India’s economic houses acquired these assets assets worth `3.63 lakh crore stay of the economy. without a firm commitment to ety from licence-permit raj introduced. growth slowed and contract- with loans from public sector were divested. During 2014- Have we made progress? “reforms”. The country went was welcomed, the process of But disinvestment of pub- ed by 7.3 per cent, the banks, it also opened up an era 19, `2.79 lakh crore worth Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a foreign exchange cri- doing so gradually became lic assets caught all attention. NCAER says. of high bank losses (NPAs) asserts were disinvested. The says his government is working sis in the late 1980s and 1990s complicated. Changes were Every government took pride Liberalisation in 1991 was particularly after the Lehman target set for 2020-21 is `2.1 for a targeted $5-trillion econ- and family jewels were pawned made in industrial policy, in selling assets or being seen followed by a series of `7 lakh meltdown in 2007-08. The lakh crore. The money omy. But former PM because forex reserves plunged monopolies law was annulled, doing that. Still, the private sec- core scams - Harshad Mehta RBI Financial Stability Report received is adjusted in bud- Manmohan Singh says that to unexpected lows. In July import licensing was abol- tor is suspect in the eyes of the to Ketan Parekh, UTI, LIC (FSR) says despite banks writ- getary expenditure and is not the future economic path is 1991, the RBI pledged 46.91 ished, India joined WTO and bureaucracy. (about `2 lakh crore), and a ing off `23,786 crore loans in known to have been used for tougher than in 1991. Either tonnes of gold with the Bank TRIPS, quantitative restric- It is still a mystery why a series of banks, leading to a 2019-20, enabling the PSU building assets. way, the country must bite the (The writer is a senior of England and Bank of Japan journalist. The views tions on import of manufac- partial opening up was consid- JPC probe. The top scams are banks to show lower NPAs, In 2016, demonetization reforms bullet and recast its to raise $400 million to meet its expressed are personal.) tured goods and farm products ered revolutionary. India is coal allocation (`1.86 tril- banks could go into severe shook the economy. The cash policies keeping in mind international obligations. The were removed, and current still not free of its socialist lion), 2G spectrum (`1.76 stress as it fears the NPAs may flow was severely hit, affecting growth in the next 30 years. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 Money 08 July manufacturing output zooms PNS n NEW DELHI months. "Hence, we expect the RBI to keep interest rates India's manufacturing sector unchanged in its August meet- activities witnessed the ing as it continues to support strongest rate of growth in growth," Lima said. three months in July amid The RBI is scheduled to improved demand conditions announce its bi-monthly mon- and easing of some local etary policy review on August COVID-19 restrictions, a 6 at the end of the three-day monthly survey said on meeting -- August 4-6 -- of its Monday. Monetary Policy Committee The seasonally adjusted IHS (MPC). Markit India Manufacturing Experts believe, amid fears of Purchasing Managers' Index a third wave of coronavirus (PMI) rose from 48.1 in June pandemic and hardening of to 55.3 in July, pointing to the retail inflation, the Reserve strongest rate of growth in Bank is likely to maintain sta- No proposal under consideration three months. tus quo on interest rate and In PMI parlance, a print watch the developing macro- above 50 means expansion economic situation for some to waive farmer loans, says Govt while a score below 50 denotes more time before taking any contraction. decisive action on monetary PNS n NEW DELHI Debt Relief Scheme (ADW- of the people engaged in agri- "It's encouraging to see the policy. The survey further DRS), 2008'. culture, including those Indian manufacturing industry noted that, Indian firms fore- The government on Monday "There is no proposal under belonging to Scheduled Castes recover from the blip seen in Lima further noted that "Although marginal, the rise increase in input costs. Output see output growth in the year said there is no proposal under consideration of the and Scheduled Tribes. June. Output rose at a robust "should the pandemic contin- in employment was the first charges rose only slightly, how- ahead, with the end of the pan- consideration to waive loans of Government of India to waive He cited schemes like inter- pace, with over one-third of ue to recede, we expect a 9.7 since the onset of COVID-19. ever, as several companies demic and rising sales expect- farmers, including Scheduled off the loans of farmers includ- est subvention for short-term companies noting a monthly per cent annual increase in With firms' cost burdens con- absorbed additional cost bur- ed to support the upturn. Caste and Scheduled Tribe ing Scheduled Caste and crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh, expansion in production, amid industrial production for cal- tinuing to rise, however, and dens amid efforts to boost "The overall level of positive farmers. In a written reply to Scheduled Tribes farmers in RBI's decision to raise the a rebound in new business and endar year 2021." signs of spare capacity still evi- sales. "Policymakers will wel- sentiment rose from June's 11- the Lok Sabha, Minister of the country," the minister said. limit for collateral-free agricul- the easing of some local On the recruitment front, dent, it's too early to say that come evidence that inflation- month low, but remained his- State for Finance Bhagwat Karad also listed major ini- ture loan from Rs 1 lakh to Rs COVID-19 restrictions," said there was a marginal increase such a trend will be sustained ary pressures are starting to torically subdued as some com- Karad said the Centre has not tiatives taken by the govern- 1.6 lakh, and direct income Pollyanna De Lima, Economics in employment in July that in coming months," Lima said. abate. Firms signalled the slow- panies were concerned about implemented any farm loan ment and the Reserve Bank of support of Rs 6,000 per year to Associate Director at IHS ended a 15-month sequence of On the inflation front, there est increases in input costs and the path of the pandemic," the waiver scheme since India to reduce the debt bur- farmers under Pradhan Markit. job shedding. was a softer but still sharp output charges for seven survey said. 'Agriculture Debt Waiver and den of farmers and for welfare Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. MONEY MATTERS Markets march higher on global cues Bliss GVS Pharma gets GMP PNS n MUMBAI TCS, Maruti and Infosys. Modi, Head-Strategy at Relia- aided original equipment man- HDFC gained 0.88 per cent nce Securities. ufacturers (OEMs). He noted Equity benchmarks opened the after the country's largest mort- Further, modest recovery in that most key sectoral indices certificate for Palghar facility week with robust gains on gage lender reported a 31 per financials, IT and pharma also traded in green, while volatility rug firm Bliss GVS Monday as strong corporate cent jump in its consolidated net supported market, he said, index broadly stood flat. Pharma on Monday said results, supportive macroeco- profit at Rs 5,311 crore for the adding that realty stocks were in On the macroeconomic front, Dit has received good nomic data and a bullish trend June quarter. focus after sharp improvement India's manufacturing manufacturing practice (GMP) overseas turbocharged senti- On the other hand, Tata Steel, in property registrations in sector activities witnessed certificate from the Ministry of ment. Auto stocks were pro- Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Mumbai for July, while decent the strongest rate of Industry & Trade of the pelled by recovery in July sales NTPC, Dr Reddy's and HDFC improvement in growth in three months Russian Federation for its numbers, while IT counters also Bank were among the laggards, monthly auto in July amid improved facility in Palghar in saw brisk buying. shedding up to 1.66 per cent. sales vol- demand conditions and Maharashtra. The Russian Birla offers to hand over The 30-share BSE Sensex ral- Domestic equities recovered ume easing of some local GMP certificate is for the lied 363.79 points or 0.69 per sharply as positive cues Covid restrictions, a company's manufacturing unit in Palghar in compliance with the cent to finish at 52,950.63, while from global equities and monthly survey said on requirements of the rules of Good Manufacturing Practice, Bliss GVS the broader NSE Nifty surged strong rebound in auto Mond-ay. The seasonally Pharma said in a regulatory filing. "Russia being a key member of VI stake to government 122.10 points or 0.77 per cent to supported bench- adjusted IHS Markit India Eurasian Economic Union, this GMP approval opens the access for PNS n NEW DELHI VIL alongwith Bharti Airtel 15,885.15. marks, said Binod Manufacturing Purchasing Bliss GVS to Russian Pharmaceutical market along with other had approached the Supreme Titan was the top gainer in the Managers' Index (PMI) rose member CIS countries," Bliss GVS Pharma Managing Director Harsh Aditya Birla group Chairman Court for correction in the Sensex pack, spurting 3.25 per from 48.1 in June to 55.3 in Sharma said. The company intends to launch products in Kumar Mangalam Birla has government calculations but cent, followed by M&M, July -- the strongest rate of Gynaecology, Urology, and Anti-Haemorrhoidal segments across offered to hand over his stake their plea was rejected. Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, growth in three months. these markets, he added. Shares of Bliss GVS Pharma closed at Rs in debt-laden Vodafone Idea In the letter, Birla, who "Tracking global senti- 126.80 per scrip on BSE, up 17.84 per cent from its previous close. Ltd (VIL) to the government holds around 27 per cent stake ments, vibrant domestic sectors or any other entity that the in VIL, said investors are not like realty, auto, IT and chem- government may consider willing to invest in the compa- icals provided an edge to worthy to keep the company ny in the absence of clarity on Indian equities. Recovery is Ashok Leyland sales up 81 operational. AGR liability, adequate mora- seen in July auto sales and an The billionaire business- torium on spectrum payments improved outlook for real pc at 8,650 units in July man made the offer in June in and most importantly floor estate due to a surge in prop- a letter to Cabinet Secretary pricing regime above the cost erty registrations helped these induja Group flagship firm Rajiv Gauba. of service. sectors to trade higher. "USD Ashok Leyland on Monday According to official data, Without immediate active 1 trillion infrastructure spend- Hreported 81 per cent VIL had an adjusted gross rev- support from the government ing package in the US provid- increase in total vehicle sales at enue (AGR) liability of Rs on the three issues by July, the ed better prospects to the core 8,650 units in July. The 58,254 crore out of which the financial situation of VIL will economy, aiding global mar- company had sold 4,776 units company has paid Rs 7,854.37 come to an "irretrievable point kets to start the month on a in July 2020. Total domestic crore and Rs 50,399.63 crore is of collapse," Birla said in the strong footing," said Vinod vehicle sales stood at 8,129 outstanding. letter dated June 7. Nair. units last month as against 4,283 units in the year-ago period, registering an increase of 90 per cent, Ashok Leyland said in a statement. Rupee gains 8 Medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCV) sales in the Construction of 6L housing units NHAI’s borrowing rises domestic market were at 3,473 units last month as compared to 1,500 units in July 2020, it added. Light commercial vehicle sales in paise to close at the domestic market last month stood at 4,656 units as against to Rs 3.06 L-cr in March 2,783 units in the same month last year, the company said. valued at Rs 5 L-cr facing delay PNS n 74.34 against $ NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI PNS n MUMBAI The total borrowing of Construction of over six lakh National Highways Authority The rupee gained 8 paise to TVS registers 10 pc growth homes valued at over Rs 5 lakh of India (NHAI) increased to close at 74.34 (provisional) crore is either fully stuck or Rs 3,06,704 crore in March against the US dollar on delayed across seven Indian 2021 from Rs 74,742 crore in Monday, supported by a firm with sales of 278,855 units cities as of mid-2021, as per a March 2017, Parliament was trend in domestic equities VS Motor Company report by a realty consultant informed on Monday. and a weak American curren- registered a growth of released on Monday. These Replying to a question in cy. Forex traders said the T10% with sales of 278,855 units are in projects in seven the Rajya Sabha, Road rupee is trading in a narrow units in July 2021 as against cities, which were launched on Transport and Highways range as investors are awaiting sales of 252,744 units in the or before 2014, the report by Minister Nitin Gadkari said date, there are 140 arbitration the RBI's monetary policy month of July 2020. Anarock Property Consultants Since 2017, NHAI has availed cases pending before various meeting outcome for further Two-Wheeler Total two- said. external borrowing to the arbitral tribunals, wherein cues. wheelers registered a growth The report classified 1.74 SWAMIH fund has come to 1.13 lakh units in totally stalled tune of Rs 3,000 crore. an amount of Rs 91,875.70 At the interbank forex mar- of 8% with sales of 262,728 lakh homes valued at Rs 1.40 the rescue of several projects projects having a value of Rs The minister informed that crore of the contractors/ con- ket, the local unit opened at units in July 2021 as against lakh crore as “totally stuck” and but did not specify the exact 86,463 crore, followed by the amount of interest paid by cessionaires claims and Rs 74.38 against the greenback sales of 243,788 units in July added that two-thirds of these help tendered by the scheme. Mumbai Metropolitan Region NHAI in 2020-21 was Rs 44,600 crore of NHAI's coun- and witnessed an intra-day 2020. Domestic two-wheeler registered sales of 175,169 units in units are priced below Rs 80 Delhi-National Capital with 41,730 units worth Rs 18,840 crore. terclaims is involved for adju- high of 74.30 and a low of July 2021 as against sales of 189,647 units in July 2020. lakh. It said the government's Region leads the chart with 42,417 crore, the report said. He also said that as of dication. 74.43. Motorcycle registered sales of 138,772 units in July 2021 as against sales of 106,062 units in July 2020. Scooter sales of the Company registered 74,351 units in July 2021 as against sales of 78,603 units in July 2020. The Company's total exports registered a growth of 65% with sales of 103,133 units in the month of July High GST, acquisition cost slowing down car demand 2021 as against 62,389 units in July 2020. Two-wheeler exports registered a growth of 62% with sales of 87,559 units in July 2021 PNS n NEW DELHI cars to "largely because the cost demand, increasing customer as against sales of 54,141 units in July 2020. The demand in the of acquisition by consumers preference towards personal export market continues to be robust, and container availability is High cost of acquisition due to has increased due to various mobility and a good demand improving. a variety of reasons, including reasons like regulatory changes, from non-urban markets," higher GST than all other depreciation of the rupee, Ayukawa wrote in his address. major countries, is slowing increase in cost of raw materi- On the road ahead, he said, Policybazaar files Rs 6,017.5 down car demand in the coun- als and taxes imposed by State "Although the country is nav- try and unless the Centre and governments". igating through tough times, its states take steps to reduce it, the "The GST on cars, based on economic prospects appear to crore IPO papers with Sebi industry is unlikely to experi- the past rates of excise duty, is be promising over the medium B Fintech, which ence reasonable growth, much higher than the GST (or term. With support from SMC operates online according to Maruti Suzuki equivalent) in all other major in terms of relevant products Pinsurance platform India Chairman R C Bhargava. countries of the world. It is and technologies, the compa- Policybazaar and credit Addressing shareholders in unlikely that the car industry ny will continue to work on all comparison portal the company's Annual Report will experience reasonable rates the enablers to cash-in on the Paisabazaar, has filed for 2020-21, he said after the of growth unless the central opportunities." preliminary papers with devastating second wave of and state governments consid- Moreover, SMC, in its recent market regulator Sebi to raise Rs 6,017.50 crore through an initial the coronavirus pandemic hit- er how to reduce the initial mid-term plan, indicated to public offer (IPO). The IPO comprises a fresh issue of Rs 3,750 ting the first quarter of FY22, acquisition cost of car," offer relevant products such as crore worth of equity shares and an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs the performance in the next Bhargava asserted. Utility Vehicles (UV) to 2,267.50 crore by existing shareholders, according to draft red three quarters will largely Yet, Maruti Suzuki India strengthen MSI's product line- herring prospectus (DRHP). As part of the OFS, SVF Python II depend on how effectively peo- lockdowns and restrictions in Emphasising that the future Bhargava further said, "If we Managing Director and CEO up, promote the penetration of (Cayman) will sell shares worth Rs 1,875 crore, Yashish Dahiya will ple get vaccinated and observe most parts of the country," he outlook hinges on how the can avert the third wave, or Kenichi Ayukawa said in the hybrids and introduce EVs, shares worth Rs 250 crore and some other selling shareholders will safety protocols. wrote. virus is contained, he said, substantially reduce its effect, second half of 2020-21 there Ayukawa added. also offer shares. The firm may consider raising around Rs 750 "In March 2021, we were Production and sales again "The performance in the next and there are no further waves, was growth after a big contrac- "The partnership between crore by way of a private placement of equity shares ahead of the quite optimistic about the out- dropped and the recovery that three quarters largely depends economic activities and sale of tion in Q1 due to COVID-19 Suzuki Motor Corporation and IPO. Proceeds of the fresh issue will be used towards enhancing look for FY2021-22. The sud- had started in the previous on how effectively all our citi- cars can improve significantly as "the demand for cars also fol- Toyota Motor Corporation will visibility and awareness of the company's brands to look for new denness and ferocity of the sec- quarter suffered a set-back. zens follow the government's over what was achieved last lowed the path of economic help the Company in gaining opportunities to expand growth initiatives to increase the consumer ond wave of the pandemic Q1 sales were limited at advice to get vaccinated and year." He also attributed the recovery". "The demand for access to hybrid technology," he base including offline presence. was a surprise to all, and led to 3,53,600 units, Bhargava added. observe safety protocols." slowing down in the demand of cars was driven by pent-up said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Tuesday August 3, 2021 OTT TRUMPING TV?

SHIKHA DUGGAL

TT platforms in India are growing rapidly in terms of subscribers mainly due to digital O media; the youth, especially, have led to the increase in OTT viewership. In fact, the drop in prices of smart phones has also enabled a large chunk of the population to Good parenting can gain more access to online plat- forms. However, all of this had a substantial impact on the televi- sion industry. put smoking at bay On one hand, there was the pandemic delaying the produc- tion of television programs while e’ve always known on the other hand, there was the through experience that boom of OTT content that lured good parenting and every consumer to actually Meghna Raami opinion-shaping can switch to key OTT players for W ensure children grow to unsullied content! From negative be responsible adults, impact on revenues to employ- fitting around their increasingly then are very curious to know and keep away from harmful ment issues, both — struggling hectic lives. Now, the concept of what's going to happen in the habits. A recent study has con- actors as well as the established television may have episode that airs on Monday firmed something very similar. ones — had to face evils at that become an old prac- episode! Children who set goals for their tive factors. There was no link point in time. With digital revo- tice for many, but “Are the rural audiences future and those with strong between social support or school lution on our heads, will televi- popular televi- used to something like parental support are less likely to connectedness and the use of e- sion take an exit from the back- sion artist Amazon Prime Video? use e-cigarettes and other tobacco cigarettes. All four protective fac- door? Telugu television actor Kaushik of Nope. ETV and products, revealed a study by tors were associated with a lower Syed Anwar, know for his roles Aadadhey Gemini are the chan- Kaushik UPMC Children’s Hospital of prevalence of smoking or use of in serials like Mr Mallanna, Aadharam fame nels they can easily Pittsburgh and the University of other tobacco products, but none shares, “Every medium has its resolutely access and relate to! Pittsburgh School of Medicine were linked to intent to quit using own spectators; it has taken years believes that OTT could be damag- physician-scientists. tobacco products. This suggests to build that. TRPs are key evi- even today, peo- ing the business of the The research suggested that that once young people begin to dence here, that our audiences ple in South movie strategies to prevent youth vaping use tobacco, quitting may be more haven’t gone down. Currently, India wait till indus- may be different from what works difficult to promote. The many shows, at the moment, are Friday for the try a bit, but for home-makers, destroy the lives of television to dissuade youth from smoking researchers note that these find- gaining immensely high TRP, it episodes to watching television is a still stars. cigarettes. “The use of e-cigarettes ings should be explored to devel- shows viewers are definitely finish must activity, while going Actress Meghana Raami of by young people is at epidemic op improved youth tobacco pre- hooked onto television masala, and about their chores. Kalachakram fame informed, proportions, with 27 percent of vention efforts, but that it isn't despite the arrival of OTT. Other What the television “One more lockdown, trust me, youth surveyed saying they’d surprising that the results for vap- than Aha Video, I don’t think industry can do is we would have been on the vaped in the last 30 days,” said ing weren’t exactly the same as for there is another medium that take a diverse con- roads. According to me, our lead author Nicholas Szoko, MD, a smoking. our telugu audiences will shift to, tent route because daily soap actors are also daily fellow in the Division of “E-cigarettes are positioned in terms of sitcoms. Telugu tele- many a time, wage workers and we couldn’t Adolescent and Young Adult and marketed differently than vision serials or reality shows today’s population have survived another lockdown. Medicine at UPMC Children’s. tobacco cigarettes. They’ve been run purely on the number game, gets sick of the simi- I’m only preparing to be extra “And a lot of the traditional popularised as tools for smoking OTT may have a dissimilar lar ‘saas-bahu’ saga. We're seeing cautious on the sets and outside, methods we think of for coun- cessation, and previous research approach, but we’re inclined television channels up north, too. I got my parents and myself selling youth on the dangers of has found the various flavors and towards the indispensable form trying out new concepts, we vaccinated, focussing on having tobacco and drug use may not trendy ads for vaping are attractive of content. Absolutely, societal must too! That’s more relevant healthy food and being responsi- apply to vaping. Paediatricians to youth,” said Szoko. “We also changes are happening but that these days; we should take a ble when I’m heading out to and parents need a better under- know that vaping primes adoles- can be adjusted online. For break from showing women as work. I blame the sheer negli- standing of what motivates adoles- cents to transition to smoking cig- example, the star group has both ‘damsels in distress’ or the vamps gence and stupidity of people for cents to eschew e-cigarettes,” arettes and other substance use. its satellite channel and OTT that we see. That doesn’t happen the surge in the cases earlier. added Szoko. So, it stands to reason that we may platform. Every subject also in real life! Television will always Honestly, we were serious and Szoko and his colleagues need different approaches to keep draws some cons with it. OTT hold a place in everyone’s cautious for only a few days after analysed anonymous question- kids from vaping, than we use to has probably turned out to be a hearts.” the lockdown. We were given naires administered in partnership stop them from smoking,” added boon for many of us. Now, we Even though, in Covid-19 insurances, sanitisers, with the Allegheny County Health Szoko. Senior author Alison have the alternative of a new this digital world, masks and what not! But throw- Department and completed by Culyba, M.D., PhD, M.P.H., assis- medium to explore our acting where we have the ing the masks all around, 2,487 high school students in tant professor of paediatrics, pub- abilities. Another instance I flexibility of con- neglecting sanitisers and other Pittsburgh Public Schools. The lic health, and clinical and transla- would like to highlight is the suming content safety protocols, being overconfi- surveys asked questions to ascer- tional science at Pitt, noted that petty politics that occur amid anywhere and dent and then blaming the gov- tain if and how often the students frameworks already exist to help local television industries. I don’t anytime, the rela- ernment will not help.” used e-cigarettes or other tobacco clinicians use future orientation think that will be the case with tionship with televi- It may appear that the audi- products, and to determine if any and encourage parental monitor- online streaming platforms, with sion will always remain ence is moving away from televi- of four “protective factors” validat- ing when providing health care to commitment to only one channel unchanged. It’s not totally sion, however people in the busi- ed by previous research were asso- young people, which bodes well because you’re the lead there proven that digital content will ness believe that’s not the case. In ciated with a lower likelihood of for developing e-cigarette inter- when it comes to TV! It’s a for- supersede television content and fact, according to a recent report, vaping or smoking. vention programs to strengthen tune, if my show runs for more that we’ll lose our good old there has been a massive televi- In the study, positive future ori- these protective factors. “And we than five years straight, will I be friend in the form of television sion audience base while the entation and high levels of can help parents to navigate their able to discover more characters daily soaps. Mostly, the actors we lockdown was on. parental monitoring were both roles as their children become on television at the same time? Syed Anwar spoke to, feel that TV cannot Therefore, one may switch linked with a 10 percent to 25 per- pre-teens and teens and help I’ll have to think about it.” fade away! However, we did see between apps but chances are cent lower prevalence of recently encourage open conversations The audience is hungry, they the dominant medium come to a they'll return to their television or ever vaping, compared to peers with their kids about what they’re constantly want entertainment halt when the pandemic tried to sets. with lower scores on those protec- encountering,” concluded Culyba.

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Hyderabad Tuesday August 3, 2021 what’s brewing?

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Hyderabad Tuesday August 3, 2021 tollywood NUMBER GAME Rakshasudu 2 to be made MATTERS TO with Rs 100 cr ellamkonda Sreenivas and Ramesh Varma’s Rakshasudu was released in 2019 and minted huge money at the box office. Nearly two years after its release, producer Koneru ADIVI SESH B Satyanarayana announced Rakshasudu 2 with the same director. On Monday, the producer revealed that ctor Adivi Sesh, bet on you,” Sesh shares. the film and its Rakshasudu 2 will be made at a mammoth budget known for giving Reacting to Major’s upcoming sequel, of Rs 100 crore. “The idea of Rakshasudu 2 is as hits like money game, Sesh adds, does not feel any good as the first one. It will have many more com- A Kshanam, Evaru, “Major is made on large pressure of writ- mercial elements than the first one and also be and Goodachari, scale and a much bigger ing the story in more thrilling. Rakshasudu 2 will be on par is currently gear- budget than my previous any kind of Hollywood films. We are going to make it on a ing for the final touches of films. hurry. Do these pan-India level and will be casting a very big hero his upcoming bilingual I am happy that the sales theories about in the second part,” Producer Koneru film Major. The actor, who on which the film is doing Goodachari 2 Satyanarayana said. has so far had a string of are on par, if not better, affect how he “We are going to make it with a budget of 100 commercial successes, feels and are safeguarding the shapes up the Crore and will entirely be shot in London. The money matters of any film emotional and financial story? He film will have many action elements,” Koneru are important to a certain investment. Beyond that, answers, Satyanarayana added. extent. the number game doesn’t “The Indian The producer is currently making Khiladi with Major is a biographical interest me.” audience Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja which is again directed drama based on the life of Once he finishes shoot- largely tends by Ramesh Varma. 26/11 martyr Sandeep ing for this bilingual film, to call films Koneru Satyanarayana was supposed to remake Unnikrishnan. Reports he will dive straight into either commer- Rakshasudu in Bollywood but Covid-19 played a have suggested that the the shooting of Hit 2, post cial or noncom- spoilsport. “Akshay Kumar has approached us to film’s international rights which the much-awaited mercial. I don’t give the rights to Pooja Films and we readily gave and satellite rights have sequel to Goodachari know if Goodachari, away the rights as we felt he would be perfect for been sold at a whopping should get rolling. in any way, is a mys- the role. Since we could not do the film, we gave amount already. The 2018 action thriller tery film. If you look away the rights. Ramesh Varma will be making his “For me, numbers matter Goodachari had made at Kshanam or Evaru, I Bollywood debut with the movie,” he told. as much as it reflects on Sesh’s game stronger. look at those more as how you keep your produc- Ever since, movie buffs mystery and suspense. ers safe. Today, I am an have been eager for the Goodachari for me is like actor because some pro- sequel to release, with a spy franchise. It’s sort of ducer chose to bet on me. I some even guessing where like a fun action film. So, I think a film begins with M. Gopi (Sesh)’s mission don’t feel any sort of pres- the producer and ends with goes next. sure for Goodachari 2.” the audience. For the audi- While the internet is Major is being made in ence to see that end prod- afloat fan theories, Sesh, Telugu and Hindi and will uct, it takes a producer to who is also the writer for be dubbed in Malayalam.

Pushpa's first song to be out on Aug 13 ollywood music icon Devi Sri #PushpaFirstSingle on AUG 13th, (sic)” Prasad turned 42 on Monday. tweeted the makers. Pushpa is set to The composer is currently release in five languages. T busy rendering tunes for his Following RRR’s Dosti, this song dear friend Allu Arjun’s pan- Odu Odu Aadu from Pushpa will also India film Pushpa, directed feature the vocals of five different by Sukumar. The director-composer singers in the five languages. Benny duo has struck gold 7 times in the past. Dayal, Shivam, Vishal Dadlani, Vijay On Monday, the birthday boy DSP Prakash, and Rahul Nambiar will announced the release of the first single croon the song in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, of Pushpa and details of the song. The Kannada, and Malayalam respectively. first song will be released on August 13. This song will be aired in all five lan- As the film follows the life of a smug- guages on August 13. Last month, the gler from tribal people, the glimpse of Pushpa star Allu Arjun has surprised the song sounds much like a primitive DSP with a lovely name board of neon tribal music-based song. lights. The stylish star might have gift- “5 Languages, 5 singers & One ed him after hearing the Pushpa Rocking Tune by @ThisIsDSP soundtrack. Fans are eagerly waiting to Icon Staar @alluarjun’s lend ears to the first single.

overwhelming response from movie lovers. Saranga Dariya, a Telangana Love Story gets a folk song from the film has achieved a team flies to Europe unique feat. The peppy fold num- RRR ber has crossed 100 million S Rajamouli has that is being made on an views on YouTube. Love nearly wrapped up extravagant budget. Producer new release date Story also stars Posani the shooting of his DVV Danayya is said to have Krishna Murali, Rao S period drama RRR, spent Rs 300 crore on the kkineni Naga Chaitanya the theatres have reopened across the Ramesh, Rajeev except for one song. film. RRR also stars Alia and Sai Pallavi starrer, Love state, the makers of Love Story are Kanakala, A few days ago, the Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Samuthi Story, directed by Sekhar planning to release the film on Devayani, Easwari production house DVV rakani, Olivia Morris, Alison A Kammula, has postponed September 10. An official confirma- Rao, Satyam Entertainments shared an Doody, and Ray Stevenson. its release in theatres mul- tion regarding the same is yet to be Rajesh, and update about the movie’s film- The upcoming much-hyped tiple times and it was made made. Love Story is produced by Thagubothu ing. The makers also movie is a fictional story set clear that the film will release only on Amigos Creations in association with Ramesh in announced that lead actors in the 1920s pre-independent the big screens. After Thimmarusu Sree Venkateswara Cinemas. The teas- important Ram Charan and Jr NTR have era and it is based on the lives and Ishq’s positive response, the latest er of Sekhar Kammula’s directorial roles. completed their dubbing por- of two celebrated freedom we hear is that the makers of Love venture Love Story was released on tions in two languages. fighters — Alluri Sitarama Story have locked the release date.As January 10, and it has received an According to the latest report, Raju and Komaram Bheem. the team of RRR left for East The first song Dosti released Europe on Monday to shoot on Sunday clocked 20 million the final song. views in just a few hours of its RRR is a pan-Indian film release. BROMANCE KISHAN’S OFF-SCREEN SETHUPATHI-SUNDEEP

ijay Sethupathi and Sundeep Kishan have teamed up for an exciting project, to be directed by Ranjith Jeyakodi. The two are coming V together for a big-ticket pan-India film and amidst the excitement, Sundeep Kishan shared a few photos with Vijay Sethupathi that have taken social media by storm. One can see Sundeep Kishan giving Vijay a tiny adorable peck on the cheek and we cannot get enough of their picture. Sharing the photos, Sundeep tweeted, “The Big Brother Love...The one and one “Makkal Selvan" @VijaySethuOffl Loading Soon…" The film will reportedly be presented by The Family Man makers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, and produced by Bharath Chowdary. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | AUGUST 3, 2021 sport 12

n TOKYO TOKYO PTI TIMELINE brave and determined A movie on self-belief & staying MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS Indian women’s hockey Ateam etched its name in l Hockey: India beat the history books by entering the in the moment did trick: Marijne Australia 1-0 in women’s Olympic Games semifinals for HISTORYMAKERS Tokyo: Watching a movie on believing and that’s what I told quarterfinal. the first time, stunning three- self belief after three consec- the girls. The most important lAthletics: Dutee Chand time champions and world No utive losses rebuilt the Indian thing is to stay in the moment. 7th and last in women’s 2 Australia 1-0 in an intense last- In a first, Indian women’s hockey team enter Olympic women’s hockey team’s shat- I showed them a movie and 200m Heat 4; fails to qual- eight tie here on Monday. tered morale and helped it to that movie is about being in ify for semifinals. A day after the Indian men’s semifinals with a stunning 1-0 win over Hockeyroos ‘aim for the clouds’, the side’s the moment and I think that Kamalpreet Kaur sixth in team entered the Olympic semi- Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne was really helpful. Against women’s discus final with finals following a 49-year gap, revealed on Monday after Ireland we kept on referring to a best throw of 63.70m. the world No 9 women’s side Rani Rampal and Co entered that movie,” he said. l Shooting: Aishwary also produced a phenomenally their maiden Olympic semifi- He said all he asked the Pratap Singh Tomar 21st gritty performance to make it nals here. team to do was to aim for the and Sanjeev Rajput 32nd way into the last four. The Indian team bounced highest. in men’s 50m rifle 3 posi- Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur back tremendously in the “In India you must think tions qualification; fail to rose to the occasion when it tournament after successive big and that’s what I said to the qualify for final. mattered and converted India’s losses and Marijne said the girls. If you aim for the high- l Equestrian: Fouaad lone penalty corner in the 22nd movie helped psychologically est, for the clouds, you will fall Mirza 25th in eventing minute to surprise the ahead of the must-win pool on the highest mountain. If jumping individual quali- Australians. game against Ireland but did you aim for the mountain you fier; 23rd in final. “We are so happy, it is the not reveal its name. will fall on the ground,” he result of hard work that we put “The difference is believ- explained. IN ACTION TODAY in for several, several days. In ing in ourselves and believing “We went for the clouds 1980, we qualified for the Games in their dreams and then it’s and I said whatever happens lAthletics: Annu Rani in but this time, we made the about going back to reality after it doesn’t matter, but women’s javelin throw semifinals. It is a proud moment focussing on your past. I think that’s where we have to aim Qualification Group A. for us,” Gurjit said after the that is the main thing and for.” (5:50am) match. that’s what we did,” Marijne India captain Rani Tajinderpal Singh Toor in “This team is like a family, said after upsetting Australia Rampal too credited the men’s shot put we have supported each other in the quarterfinals. movie for the turnaround of Qualification Group A. and found support from the “If you lose you don’t stop fortunes. PTI (3:45am) country as well. We are very l Hockey: India vs happy,” she added. emotions that were on display the 1980 Moscow Games where Belgium in men’s semifi- But the Indians, determined after the final hooter went off. they finished fourth out of six nal. (7:00am) to prove a point, produced a The players screamed, teams. In that edition, women’s lWrestling: Sonam Malik strong and brave performance to hugged each other, and got into hockey made its debut in the vs Bolortuya Khurelkhuu eke out the narrow win over the a huddle with their Dutch coach Olympics and the sport was (Mongolia) in women’s Hockeyroos. Sjoerd Marijne with tears of joy played in a round-robin format. 62kg. (8:30am onwards) How much it meant for the rolling down their faces. The Rani Rampal-led side Live on SONY TEN & team and Indian hockey in gen- India’s best performance in will play Argentina in the semi- SIX Network eral could be gauged from the Indian players celebrate after Gurjit Kaur (jersey No 2) scores India’s only goal against Australia during women’s hockey quarterfinal match @Tokyo2020hi the Olympics came way back in final on Wednesday.

Tokyo: Handling the immense Belgium 3-2 during their burden of expectations would Europe tour. In fact, in their Kamalpreet finishes perhaps be the key when the Belgium stand b/w India & final last five matches against Indian men’s hockey team takes Belgium, the Indians have on world champion Belgium, defeated Belgium 2-0, 3-1 and registered four wins. aiming to secure a place in the 5-1 in the three games during However, the last time both 6th in discus final Olympic finals and with it, a that tour. the sides met each other in the Tokyo: Discus thrower strapped, Kaur began with a medal for the first time in 41 In the most recent outing Olympics, Belgium came out 3- Kamalpreet Kaur finished a 61.62m effort before fouling her years here on Tuesday. in March this year, India beat 1 winners in Rio. PTI creditable sixth in her first next attempt. That put her With 11 Olympic medals, Olympics in a rain-interrupted under pressure and on the eight of them Gold, in its kitty, final while sprinter Dutee verge of being eliminated as she India has a rich history in the Keep emotions in check, avoid Chand ended her campaign on was ninth just before her third Games and the Manpreet a disappointing note by failing throw. Singh-led side seems on course to qualify for the 200m semifi- But she gave her best and to resurrect that glorious past. cards: Reid tells his team nals here on Monday. came up with a 63.70m, that The Indians achieved the Tokyo: India men’s hockey Belgium. The 25-year-old Kaur, who saved her and put her in the semifinal slot by beating Great team chief coach Graham Reid “The things we can learn has qualified for the final as sec- sixth position as the bottom Britain 3-1 in the quarterfinals has told his players to keep from last night (Sunday) is that ond best on Saturday, was never four out of the 12 finalists were on Sunday, and are now in their emotions in check and there is a difference between in the running for a medal in eliminated after three rounds. touching distance of a medal. avoid cards against a strong passion and emotion. the eight rounds of competition Not much changed in the The Graham Reid-coached opponent like Belgium in Sometimes, we let our emo- which was interrupted by rain position of the throwers in the current side knows very well in their second pool match and Besides being current ranked third in the world. semifinals. tions take over. for more than an hour. final three rounds. Kaur fouled that another good outing come Tuesday, Manpreet and world champions and world The recent head-to-head While Reid expressed that “We need to keep 11 play- Her best throw of 63.70m the fourth throw and then had against Belgium on Tuesday his teammates would look to No 2 side, Belgium are also the record also favours India. he was happy with the 3-1 vic- ers on the pitch. The problem in the third round saw her fin- a 61.37m in her penultimate would etch its name in the his- continue the momentum. reigning European champi- India and the Red Lions tory against Great Britain in is that we played a lot of our ished at sixth and equal 2010 attempt before sending the dis- tory books in golden words no But it would be easier said ons. played each other three times the quarterfinal on Sunday, he game against Great Britain Commonwealth Games Gold cus out of sector in the final matter the colour of the medal. than done as in Belgium, India Going by rankings, how- in 2019 during their tour of highlighted that getting two with 10 men on the pitch. We medallist Krishna Poonia’s per- one. The Indians are on a four- face a tough opponent, which ever, there is hardly anything the European nation and the green cards and one yellow can’t do that against Belgium formance in the 2012 London American Valarie Allman match winning streak after the has improved leaps and bounds to separate between the two Asian side came out victorious card in the game is something and think that we can be vic- Olympics. took the Gold with a first 1-7 drubbing against Australia in the last few years. sides as India are currently in all the matches. India they must avoid against torious,” asserted Reid. PTI Throughout the competi- round throw of 68.98m while tion, Kaur looked nervous and Kristin Pudenz (66.86m) of short of confidence as she Germany and reigning world lacked international exposure. champion Yaime Perez Sonam to begin India's Shooters finish She has taken part in World (65.72m) of Cuba won the Mirza 23rd in individual eventing University Games in Silver and Bronze respectively. wrestling campaign 2017, her lone interna- In the morning session, qualifying eventing rounds with without medal tional competition. sprinter Dutee ran her sea- Khurelkhuu is more experi- a spectacular dressage round by Tokyo: Indian shooters It was a tough son’s best in 200m but that enced than Sonam and has taking the ninth place on Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar competition for all the was not enough for a semi- stood on the podium on both Saturday. and Sanjeev Rajput failed to participants as rain finals berth as she made a the occasions she took the mat On Sunday, Mirza picked up qualify for the finals of the started pouring down disappointing exit this season but the Indian is not 11.20 penalty points in the chal- men’s 50m rifle 3 positions towards the end from the intimidated. lenging Sea Forest Cross event at the Tokyo Olympics of the second Olympics after Sonam came into Olympics Country Course to be placed here on Monday. round and a finishing last after recovering from a right 22nd. Tomar finished 21st in the few throwers in her heat knee injury that did not let her Mirza and Seigneur fin- qualification while Rajput was taking their race. The fly to Russia for training in ished the cross country run in placed in 32nd position at the attempts 25-year- Tokyo: Young Indian wrestler build-up to the Games. just over eight minutes after Asaka Shooting Range as the in spite oldSonam Malik was on Monday “I am fine. There is no pain starting a bit late owing to a tech- Indian shooting team returned of slip- clocked placed in the challenging bottom in my knee. It’s neither tough nor nical issue. without a medal for the second pery 23.85 half of the women’s 62kg draw, easy draw for me,” Sonam, who In the final qualifying event, straight time at the Olympics. circle. seconds where she will open her earned a name for herself by Mirza knocked two fences in the Only the top 8 athletes Rain to fin- Olympics campaign against defeating Rio Bronze-medallist Tokyo: Equestrian Fouaad 12.40 penalty points for an over- jumping round to incur eight qualify for the final. stopped after an ish Asian Silver medallist Bolortuya Sakshi Malik four times, said Mirza on Monday finished a all 59.60 that included the points penalty points en route to finish- Tomar shot a total of 1167 hour but the sev- Khurelkhuu from Mongolia. after the draw ceremony. creditable 23rd in eventing after from the three rounds of qual- ing 25th with an overall 47.2 with 63 inner 10s in the qual- humidity seemed enth The 19-year-old will be the If Sonam manges to cross he became the first Indian to ifying events — dressage, cross penalty points. ification over the stages of to have affected the and sole Indian wrestler in action on the first hurdle, she will most reach the final of the event here country and jumping. The final was once again a kneeling, prone and standing, throwers’ perfor- last in Tuesday. Relatively new to the likely find 2018 world champi- on Monday. It was a creditable perfor- jumping round where the top 25 while Rajput, appearing in his mance and they Heat 4 big stage, every single bout will on Taybe Mustafa Yusein from Mirza and his equine mance for the 29-year-old competed. third Olympics, aggregated have to be cautious and be a test of character for Sonam, Bulgaria in the quarterfinals. Seigneur Medicott sneaked into Bengaluru rider Mirza, who Germany’s Julia Krajewski 1157 with 55 inner 10s. as the approach area 38th who qualified for the Tokyo The draw is such that the the top-25 in the morning to was the first equestrian to qual- won the Gold in the event, The cut was made at 1176. to the circle was wet. overall Games by making the final at the repechage route may open up make the jumping finals and ify for the Olympics since Imtiaz making her the first female With this, Indian shooters With her right out of 41 Asian Qualifier in April in for Sonam if she does not go become the first Indian to do so. Anees in Sydney 2000. Olympic champion in eventing’s failed to win a medal for a sec- shoulder heavily competitors. Almaty. deep on her own. PTI In the final, Mirza incurred Mirza started off the three history. PTI ond successive Olympics. PTI I was blank, my coach was in tears: Sindhu after win Concussed Mayank Tokyo: Reigning world champion P V Sindhu on Monday said she was completely blank after out of 1st Eng Test winning a second successive Olympic medal and Park felt pressure after being it took her a while to realise the enormity of her Nottingham: India’s opening historic achievement in the ongoing Games. assigned to train Sindhu batsman Mayank Agarwal was The 26-year-old Indian on Sunday etched on Monday ruled out of the first her name among the all-time greats after win- Tokyo: His phone hasn’t hired to train the men’s singles coaching the national Korean Test against England after being ning badminton’s women’s singles Bronze stopped buzzing ever since P players but started working team, said during a virtual concussed by a short ball from medal to add to the Silver she won at Rio de V Sindhu claimed the Bronze with Sindhu after the abrupt press conference. teammate Mohammed Siraj Janeiro five years back. medal at Tokyo Olympics but departure of Kim Ji Hyun, fol- “When I first started during a training session here. “...I was blank, my coach was literally in India’s foreign badminton lowing the World teaching Sindhu, she was While facing Siraj, Agarwal tears, it was a big moment. I hugged him and coach Park Tae-sang says he Championship in 2019. already a big Olympic star. I saw the ball thudding into his said ‘Thank you’. I didn’t know what to do for did feel ‘little pressure’ after “I’m really happy because felt little pressure but I tried. helmet when he took his eyes off 5-6 seconds, I shouted, so all emotions came being suddenly asked to train this is the first time my play- My Korean players also didn’t a short delivery. together at that moment,” she said during a vir- the star shuttler for the er has got a medal in my get an Olympic medal, so I The first Test starts here on Mayank Agarwal leaves the field after tual press conference. Games. coaching career,” Park, who thought I can try to get her a Wednesday. he gets injured during nets @BCCI In the third-place play-off, Sindhu beat The 42-year-old from competed at the 2004 Athens Gold. We failed but Bronze is “Opening batsman Mayank China’s He Bing Jiao. The win came after a South Korea was initially Olympics before taking up also a very big medal. PTI Agarwal was hit on the helmet Rahane was asked about the fit- painful loss in the semifinals to world No 1 Tai while batting during India’s nets ness of all players, he did say that Tzu Ying. venue in Tokyo. GOPI SIR CONGRATULATED, SAINA ‘NO’ session at Trent Bridge in Agarwal sustained a head injury. Sindhu said coach Park Tae-sang’s encour- Sindhu said it was one of the best decisions, P V Sindhu said she received congratu- Nottingham on Monday,” BCCI “Mayank Agarwal got hit on agement helped her to recover from the semi- especially since drift played a role during the latory message from chief national bad- secretary Jay Shah was quoted as the head. The medical team is final loss and claim the Bronze for the coun- Games at the Musashino Forest Plaza. minton coach Pullela Gopichand but she has saying in a media release. looking after him. All others are try. “Yeah, from the beginning there was no not got any such gesture yet from senior shut- “The BCCI Medical Team fit,” Rahane told mediapersons. “After semis, I was really sad, I was in tears controversy, I mean, we had this opportunity tler Saina Nehwal. assessed him, and a concussion After being hit by Siraj’s but my coach said it is not over yet. There were to play in conditions similar to Olympics, so Asked if she received any communication test was conducted. He has delivery, Agarwal was seen in mixed emotions, if I should be sad or happy but from February we have been playing there, it from Gopichand and Saina after her win, shown signs of concussion and some discomfort as he removed Park told one thing. He said ‘there is a lot of dif- PV Sindhu hugs her coach Park Tae-sang after winning has really helped us because drift played a big Sindhu said: “Of course, Gopi sir wished me is ruled out of the opening Test the helmet and sat on the ference between a fourth position and a Bronze’ women's singles badminton Bronze medal match PTI role and I learnt a lot in Gachibowli, I learnt to congrats. That’s all. I haven’t seen the social against England. The 30-year- ground with physio Nitin Patel and that really hit me,” she said. control the shuttle better. medal. I am slowly replying to everybody. old is stable and will remain attending to him. He was then “I went with the mindset that I have to give decided to move out of the Pullela Gopichand “It had international standard courts with When further probed, Sindhu said: “Gopi under close medical observa- seen pressing the back of his my 100 percent and get that medal.” Academy and train at the Gachibowli indoor air conditioners, which was important. So I feel sir messaged me, Saina no. We don’t talk tion,” Shah further stated. head while leaving the nets, A lot of questions were raised when Sindhu stadium which had bigger halls similar to the it was the best decision...” much, so....” When vice-captain Ajinkya escorted by Patel. PTI