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RASHMIKA SINGS PRAISES ABOUT MIDDLE CLASS MELODIES { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com BJP blooms in Dubbak NDA RETAINS , CONG TRS loses its bastion by a whisker BJP candidate Raghunandan Rao spring a SPOILS TEJASHWI’S PARTY PNS n PATNA improved its vote share from 6.66 If the current trend continues, garnered more votes. While the per cent in 2015 to 9.46 per cent the NDA could end up with the BJP polled 19.39 per cent votes, surprise by by bagging 1,079 more votes The NDA looked all set to retain in this election, its strike rate this 122 seats required for a simple the RJD clinched 23.43 per cent. Bihar after a spirited fight put up time was less than 30 per cent as majority, but there could be many Hyderabad-based AIMIM is L VENKAT RAM REDDY date had by then secured work in favour of Sujatha. by the Mahagatbandhan that was against 66 percent a slip between the cup and the lip emerging as a surprise package, n HYDERABAD a majority of 1,079 votes. TRS appeared to be bogged down by the Congress, last time. with the opposition alliance winning four seats and leading in They declared BJP candi- confident of retaining the even as counting of votes contin- The grand old rapidly closing the gap. one other. The date M Raghunandan Rao seat by fielding Solipeta ued well into Tuesday night. party had contest- Not only has the RJD edged It had won a seat in a by-elec- scripted history in as the winner. Sujatha, wife of Ram- As of 11:00 pm on Tuesday, the ed in 70 seats this past the BJP in terms of tion in Bihar earlier, but appears on Tuesday by While the initial rounds alinga Reddy, whose ruling NDA maintaining a slen- time with its ally RJD numbers to be making significant inroads winning the Dubbak clearly went in favor of the death in August neces- der edge over the RJD-led Grand contesting in the but also in the Seemanchal region which Assembly bypoll, with the saffron party, the TRS nar- sitated the bypoll. alliance, winning or leading in majority seats. In 2015, has a large presence of Muslim ruling TRS losing its bas- rowed the gap by gaining The BJP's cam- 122 seats, the exact number need- the Congress had voters. tion by a whisker. momentum in the later paign was led by ed to retain power, while the RJD, contested in 41 In the triangular con- rounds -- from 13th to Minister of State the opposition alliance's spear- seats. ALLIANCE RESULTS CHANGE test, which saw TRS, BJP 17th. Till the final results for Home Kishan head, in 114 seats. The JD(U) has won and the Congress play for were announced, anxiety Reddy, while TRS Leading the Mahagatbandhan four seats and is lead- NDA 124 -1 high stakes, the BJP pulled gripped both TRS and BJP deployed its mas- fight, Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya ing in 37 places, in a off a victory by a wafer- camps as the voting could ter strategist and looked to have bagged major slide for the MGB 111 +1 thin margin of 1,079 votes have tilted either way. Finance Minister 77, the most number of seats party that had won over the ruling TRS in the In the final tally, T Harish Rao to while the Congress ahead in 19 71 seats when it LJP 1 -1 counting held till the last Solipeta Sujatha polled retain the seats. fought the Target: 122 OTH 7 +1

25th round. 61,553 votes, while seat in a The lacklustre show by the 2015 asse- R Interestingly, BJP was Raghunandan won the fiercely Congress in Bihar seems to have mbly 243 / 243 A leading by 1,431 votes till seat by securing 62,984 fought proven costly for the Maha- polls in 0 AWAITED the end of 23rd round. votes. Congress secured bat- gatbandhan, as it dragged down alliance H ASSEMBLY

However, counting had to only 22,054 votes. tle. the RJD too from the government with the I be stopped after the The BJP had pinned formation in the state. RJD. The ELECTIONS remaining four EVMs, in high hopes on Raghun- While the Congress lost VIP has won B which 1,669 votes had andan Rao although he ground in Bihar, it also suffered two seats been polled, faced glitch- had lost the 2018 significant electoral losses in and its can- es. Later, officials count- Assembly and 2019 Lok Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh didates are leading in two ed VVAT slips in two of Sabha elections. and , losing a majority of more, while the HAM has the EVMs in 24th and The Congress had field- bypolls in key states that saw the won the Imamganj seat and 25th rounds, after which ed Cheruku Srinivas BJP surging ahead. is leading in two con- BJP's majority was 1,079. Reddy (son of late former In Bihar, the Congress's tally stituencies. Thereafter, officials minister Cheruku dropped from 27 in 2015 to The NDA has won stopped counting of votes Muthyam Reddy), who nearly 20 as per the latest trends or is leading in 122 in the remaining two polled 22,054 votes. available that saw the RJD-led seats, just seven EVMs since there were Raghunandan's victory grand alliance narrowly lag more than the only 897 votes polled in clearly showed that the behind the BJP-led NDA. Grand them and the BJP candi- sympathy factor did not Though the Congress Alliance. Congress requires Our critics got Govt to spend Rs 600 crore a strong reply, Left and Right: overhaul, not repair AIMIM chief Red flag flies high for boundary marker stones PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n HYDERABAD drifting with no clear goal. The SNV SUDHIR party has nothing to claim, The All Majlis-e- CPI(ML) wins 5 seats in Bihar n VIJAYAWADA Given the outcome of the except the fact that it hap- Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, which Dubbak bypolls, the Telangana pened to be instrumental in was given tags like 'vote cut- PNS n NEW DELHI 8.30 pm on Tuesday, the Left The State Government will be Pradesh Congress Committee the grant of statehood to ter' and spoiler in the Bihar parties -- CPI(ML) has won spending around a whopping (TPCC), which once again Telangana. It is not able to have Assembly polls, appeared set With a win in five seats and five of the 19 seats they fought Rs 600 crore only to provide failed to make an impact, any demonstrable impact in to win five Muslim-dominat- leads in 11 others, the on and is leading in seven boundary stone markers to the requires an overhaul. Mere rit- politics. Whatever be the elec- ed seats on Tuesday and said CPI(ML) is all set for an seats; CPI(M) which compet- landholdings that are going to ualistic reshuffle is not tion, the party has been tast- its critics have got a befitting impressive performance in the ed on four seats has won one be resurveyed across Andhra enough. This is the gut feeling ing defeat after defeat. reply from the people. Bihar Assembly elections and is leading in one seat; and Pradesh as part of its land- of TPCC-watchers, consider- The TPCC had shifted gears With the election results on whose results will be declared the CPI which contested in six resurvey project. ing that top party leaders, in following the appointment of a knife's edge, AIMIM could late on Tuesday. seats has won one seat and is The State Cabinet that had spite of camping in Dubbak, Manickam Tagore as the play a key role in the forma- Inarguably the biggest gain- leading in two others. met recently has given admin- could not influence the poll TPCC in-charge. However, tion of the next government er in the Grand Alliance, the In the 2015 Assembly elec- istrative approval for the outcome. In stark contrast, the the outcome of the Dubbak in case there is a hung Asse- Communist Party of India tion, the CPI(ML) had bagged expenditure that will be Bharatiya Janata Party, despite by-elections is sure to put mbly, having captured a size- (Marxist-Leninist), often wor- three seats. It had won seven incurred for the resurvey pro- l 70 base stations are across the state, each such having a small force at the chest-thumping Congress able number of seats in the king in the margins of main- seats in the 2005 polls. The ject, which the State required for the survey and a stone costing around Rs 100, ground level, could stop the leaders and cadre in self- Seemanchal region, which stream politics, had 19 candi- party secured six seats in the Government says is taken up few are already being including transportation. The TRS in its tracks, say some defensive mode. was seen as a stronghold of dates in the fray, most of them 2000 election and in 2010, it for the first time in the state in established Government plans to procure insiders in the Congress. the grand opposition alliance. students and youth leaders. failed to get any seat. 100 years. these stones in two sizes, one The Congress seems to be 2 2 According to the trends at 2 Such a mammoth and a l Necessary steps were being with 60 cm in height and the comprehensive land survey taken to solve the pending other 90 cm tall. was done by the British in 1930 land disputes through mobile The other expenditure in the state. After that, no gov- courts in villages would be Rs 81 crore for ernment had taken up resur- engaging drones survey, Rs 100 Punish guilty in Salam vey. The government had esti- crore for Field equipment of MI beats DC to win IPL will also be mated that the total expendi- CORS network and GNS family suicide case: PK the first state in the country to ture for the lands resurvey will Rovers. Rs 21.21 crore will be A peerless Rohit take up such a grandiose com- be Rs 987.4 crore and out of it spent on training the survey PNS n VIJAYAWADA cide along with his entire fam- Sharma led defending prehensive exercise using lion’s share of the spending Rs staff, Rs 2.59 crore on logistics, ily. We all need to understand champions Mumbai hybrid technology including 600 crore will be on procuring Rs 182.4 crore was estimated to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan how much pressure and men- Indians to their fifth IPL drones, rovers, Continuous these border marker stones. be recurring cost. on Tuesday demanded the fa- tal stress they had experi- title with a one-sided Operating Reference Stations The Government needs at cts behind the suicide of Abdul enced from the fact that he demolition of Delhi (CORS) Network at one go. least six crore such stones 2 Salam and his family be made took the extreme step along Capitals here on public and stern action taken with his wife and children. The Tuesday, closing an against those responsible for suicide took place after Abdul immensely successful the most painful incident. Salam and his wife were bro- tournament that had to TODAY Centre releases Rs 6,195 cr to 14 states In a statement here, Pawan ught to the police station as be played in a PNS n NEW DELHI Pradesh, , Himachal Kalyan said while the actions part of an inquiry into a case. controlled environment ALMANAC Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, of the government appear to Is the inquiry taken up in such amid the raging Covid- Month & Paksham: The Centre has released Rs Meghalaya, Mizoram, be dramatic, they are bereft of a manner? Who created the 19 pandemic. Ashwin & Krishna Paksha 6,195 crore to 14 states as mo- Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, commitment. situation that led to an entire MI chased down a target of 157 in just Panchangam nthly instalment of post devo- , Tripura, “It is most unfortunate that family committing suicide? lution revenue deficit grant. Uttarakhand and . auto driver from Nandyal Facts have to come out,” he 18.4 overs. Tithi : Ekadashi: 12:40 am (Next Day) The 14 states are Andhra Abdul Salam committed sui- stated. Report on Page 12 Nakshatram: Purva Phalguni: 06:28 am, 2 Uttara Phalguni: 04:25 am (Next Day) Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Are Vizag-Vizianagaram the new twin cities? Trump challenges Rahukalam: 12:00 pm – 01:24 pm Yamagandam: 07:47 am – 09:11 am n Metro rail, flyovers, six-lane bypass drastically improve urban mobility, may bring 2 cities closer together Varjyam: 01:03 pm – 02:31 pm SUMIT ONKA mushroom towards property prices could force Joe Biden victory Gulika: 10:35 am - 12:00 pm n VISAKHAPATNAM Vizianagaram because of the people to buy apartments PNS n WASHINGTON state that gave Biden enough Good Time: (to start any important work) proposed Executive Capital. around its periphery or in electoral votes to win, the day Going by the rapid expansion Tagarapuvalasa, the border Vizianagaram. President Donald Trump will after U.S. Attorney General Amritakalam: 09:50 pm – 11:18 pm of Vizag city towards its north limit for the two cities, is like The proposed Executive push ahead on Tuesday William Barr told federal Abhijit Muhurtham: NIL it appears that not in the dis- halfway-mark along the NH. Capital would create direct with longshot legal prosecutors to look into tant future, Vizag and And, institutions, vehicle show- and indirect employment with- challenges to his loss “substantial” allegations VIJAYAWADA Vizianagaram will become twin rooms and residential plots in no time, according to to Democratic of irregularities. WEATHER cities, just like Hyderabad and have already sprung up owing Vizianagaram Chambers of President-elect Joe Trump for months Forecast: Sunny Secunderabad in Telangana. to the spontaneous develop- Commerce representatives. Biden in last week’s before the election made Temp: 30/23 This seems all the more ment of the business capital of The working population may election, as Republican repeated claims without Humidity: 74% possible after the YSRCP gov- Andhra, Vizag. stay in the neighbouring dis- officials at the state and fed- providing evidence that results Sunrise: 06.19 am ernment made known its plans Further, the Executive trict and juggle between the eral level lined up behind would be marred by fraud and Sunset: 05.41 pm on the Executive Capital, Vizag and Vizianagaram are National Highway. Well-placed Capital boost is credited with two cities. him. Pennsylvania Republican has kept up those unfounded Bhogapuram airport, flyovers around 60 km from each other sources say most of the govern- pushing up property prices in state lawmakers plan to call for allegations over the past week. Current Weather Conditions Updated November 10, 2020 5:00 PM and a ring road. and are located along the ment establishments could Vizag city. The skyrocketing 2 an audit of the results in the 2 VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020 vijayawada 02 Dubbak result leaves KCR repenting for weakening Congress rrespective of the outcome gious ‘vote bank’ — polarisa- Telangana since the party state Congress. To justify this, KCR places where Muslims have of the Dubbak Assembly tion of votes on the It may be safe to say that the unit had unanimously resolved claimed that he was ill-treated some political influence. Ibypoll, it is clear that lines of religion. political situation would have been for bifurcation of AP at its July by the Congress. In fact, many leaders had more challenges from the The BJP draws 13, 1997 state-level meeting in The TRS got a simple opposed separate Telangana, BJP await TRS president K. people to it by way of different had KCR not wilfully Kakinada. majority in the Assembly but saying that they feared any Chandrasekhar Rao in the taking up issues and While the BJP has always not satisfied with his party's possible upsurge of BJP would days to come. giving them a religious weakened the Congress. Resultantly, looked at the separate victory over the Congress, lead to religious polarisation Suffice to say, this situ- PIN touch. The Ram the TRS now faces a political rival Telangana issue from a polit- KCR set out to weaken the lat- and ultimately Muslims ation is of KCR’s own POINT Janmabhoomi move- that it would not be able to tackle as ical mileage angle, the party ter. With almost single-mind- becoming the target for making —he was the one ment, considered the had no hesitation to dump the ed dedication, KCR has almost Hindutva forces. With the for- who wilfully allowed the biggest-ever religiously easily as the Congress. This would issue for the support of TDP emptied the Congress mation of Telangana, BJP's BJP to expand its base in motivated programme, gath- ultimately leave KCR repenting his that won 29 seats in Legislature Party. This ulti- plans are being implemented Telangana by systematically ered steam only after the BJP the 1999 General Election. mately led to the Congress los- on these lines slowly, but weakening the Congress soon took it up. Religious fervour efforts of weakening the Congress Vajpayee’s Premiership hinged ing the status of principal steadily. This is evident from after taking over reins of the and an ‘easier to influence’ on TDP’s political support opposition in the Assembly. the political atmosphere that new state. populace makes making Rao (then member of the The BJP national leadership M D RATNA KUMAR and since Chandrababu Naidu This was the opening the prevailed in the run-up to the Not satisfied with a totter- inroads into Telangana easier Rajiv Gandhi Cabinet) from played a role in Parliament in Senior Journalist was an integrationist, the BJP BJP needed, and it set out to Dubbak Assembly bypoll. ing Congress, KCR continued for the BJP than in Andhra the Hanamkonda Lok Sabha getting the AP Reorganisation willingly agreed to put the sep- implement its strategy of reli- It may be safe to say that the his ‘mission’ in his second region. This was true even seat in 1984. Act-2014 passed by voice vote. arate Telangana issue on the gious polarisation to get votes political situation would have term, unwittingly creating when the state was undivided. While the downfall of the Thereon, it began seeking Sushma Swaraj began describ- back-burner. in its favour. been different had KCR not space for the BJP to grow and Jana Sangh, the earlier Congress has much to do with votes by projecting itself as a ing herself as 'Chinnamma' Subsequently, it had to face The reason behind BJP's wilfully weakened the emerge as a viable force. This avatar of the BJP, had legisla- the BJP’s rise in Telangana, it crucial player in getting the and started comparing herself severe criticism of double- hopes is the considerable pres- Congress. Resultantly, the TRS was clear from its victory in tors in the Assembly of the is not the only reason. The BJP dream of separate Telangana with UPA chairperson Sonia standard on the issue, but ence of the AIMIM in now faces a political rival that four Lok Sabha seats in 2019. undivided state half a century has painstakingly worked hard realised. To buttress this claim, Gandhi whom Congress cadre then again, public memory is Telangana, and Hyderabad in it would not be able to tackle Unlike the Congress, the ago — in 1967, C. Janga Reddy to implement its plans to grow it began saying that a separate addressed as 'Amma' who gave short. particular, that has been win- as easily as the Congress. This BJP is an ideology-based polit- won from Parakala in politically in south India, and Telangana state wouldn't have T-state. After bifurcation, the TRS ning the Hyderabad Lok Sabha would ultimately leave KCR ical outfit that has very suc- Warangal district. The same its backing of the separate been possible without its sup- The separate Telangana opted to contest the 2014 seat since 1984. The BJP realis- repenting his concentrated cessfully made inroads in state Janga Reddy defeated former Telangana agitation was one port in Parliament. movement came in handy for alone, instead of the much- es that there is much scope for efforts of weakening the after state by creating a reli- Prime Minister PV Narasimha such move. Prominent BJP leader the BJP to expand its base in expected alliance with the it to polarise Hindu votes in Congress. Our critics got Congress requires... Less than 40K cases reported in a a strong reply, Continued from Page 1 compared to the Congress, the AIMIM chief cadre and leaders of the saf- Manickam Tagore had fron party are far less. In spite Continued from Page 1 entrusted responsibilities to of it, the BJP displayed a fight- day for second time in November party leaders mandal-wise, ing spirit that is absent among AIMIM national spokes- including N Uttam Kumar the Congress leaders. PNS n NEW DELHI person Asim Waqar told PTI Reddy, Revanth Reddy and In the last minute, the that a final decision on who Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. Congress had allotted the The number of new coron- AP adds 1,886 new Covid cases the AIMIM could back in These leaders camped in their party ticket to late Congress avirus infections reported in Vijayawada: AP added 1,886 new coronavirus cases, saw 2,151 case of a hung Assembly will allotted areas and campaigned leader Cheruku Mutyam India in a span of 24 hours recoveries and 12 more deaths, the state government said on Tuesday. be taken by Owaisi, but ruled vigorously for the party can- Reddy's son Cheruku dropped below 40,000 for the Consequently, the total confirmed cases of the pandemic touched out supporting the BJP, didate. Yet, the poll outcome Srinivasa Reddy; yet, his entry second time this month, as 8,46,245 in the state so far. The total recoveries increased to 8,18,473 asserting that his party's fight has been hopeless for the did not have any impact on the India's Covid-19 caseload rose while the overall toll stood at 6,814, the latest bulletin for the 24 hours has always been against the grand old party. The state-level electorate. Besides, top lead- to 85.91 lakh while the total ending 9 am on Tuesday said. The state now has 20,958 saffron party. leaders failed to perform effec- ers of TPCC camped in number of recoveries neared 80 active cases. After 87.92 lakh samples were tested for the Ahead of the polling in the tively, if the Dubbak results are Dubbak but failed to achieve lakh, according to the Union Covid-19 infection, the overall positivity rate stood at third phase of the polls, the any indication. the desired results. Undo- Health Ministry data updated 9.62 per cent as against the national average of 7.18 per Congress had dubbed the The results have shocked ubtedly, this would tarnish on Tuesday. cent. Chittoor district reported 291 fresh cases, West AIMIM as the BJP's "B-team" the Congress cadre too. For, the image of the party further. The Covid-19 caseload Godavari 282, Guntur 275, Krishna 269 and East and had accused the party of increased to 85,91,730 with Godavari 227. Prakasam district added 111 more cases. colluding with the BJP. 38,073 new infections being Congress' Bihar unit chief reported in a day, while the that five villages in the district Madan Mohan Jha had said Are Vizag-Vizianagaram... death toll climbed to 1,27,059 4 villages in declared containment zones were declared Covid-free, since AIMIM will not have any sig- with 448 fresh fatalities, the no cases were reported from nificant impact on the Continued from Page 1 Coming to the road connec- data updated at 8 am showed. VIJAYAWADA: Krishna district of Y Kothapalem in Nagayalanka appealed to people not to come them over the last 28 days. Assembly polls as people will tivity, the National Highway The number of people who authorities have declared four mandal, R Gollapalem of out of their houses unless Munnaluru village in not "waste" their votes. Metro Rail connecting the linking the two cities have have recuperated from the dis- new places as containment zones Nelakurru in Machilipatnam absolutely necessary. Imtiaz said Kanchikacharla mandal, Asked about the assertion port city to the Greenfield air- been expanded and the fly- ease surged to 79,59,406 push- after fresh Covid-19 cases were mandal and LN Puram of Ilaparru that there are 3,140 active Podduturu in Kankipadu mandal, of the Congress and the port in Bhogapuram—north- overs will further reduce the ing the national recovery rate reported from these areas. in Nandivada mandal have been Coronavirus cases in 512 Angaluru in Gudlavalleru mandal, Mahagathbandhan calling it east to Vizag and just 17 km traffic woes. The travel time to 92.64 per cent, while the District Collector A MD Imtiaz declared as fresh containment containment zones in the district Buruguduem in Reddigudem a "vote cutter", Waqar said, from Vizianagaram — could between the cities will reduce. Covid-19 case fatality rate said that hamlets in zones. He said that the Covid and people should cooperate with mandal and Peddavaram in "Those calling us that have further make the mobility The six-lane bypass road stands at 1.48 per cent. Venugopalapuram of Salempalem regulations would be strictly the officials in containing the Tiruvuru mandal were declared got a befitting reply and their easy and convenient. Once this linking Anandapuram and The number of active cases in Koduru mandal, Mariiyapuram implemented in these villages and spread of the pandemic. He said Covid-free. mouths will now be shut in is ready, people would be able Anakapalle, which is expect- remained below six lakh for the the future as well." to travel between the two ed to be complete in another twelfth consecutive day. There It went past 50 lakh on 10,43,665 samples being tested 45,325 from Maharashtra fol- that more than 70 per cent of On whether his party was places in less than an hour. six months, will largely help in are 5,05,265 active cases of September 16, 60 lakh on on Monday. lowed by 11,410 from the deaths occurred due to likely to go with Mahagatban- Demand for land in and improving the mobility coronavirus infection in the September 28, 70 lakh on The 448 new fatalities Karnataka, 11,362 from Tamil comorbidities. dhan or the NDA, he said, around Bhogapuram has between the two cities. It will country as on date which com- October 11 and crossed 80 lakh include 85 from Maharashtra, Nadu, 7,350 from West Bengal, "Our figures are being recon- "The decision will be taken by already picked up. The prevent entry of heavy vehicles prise 5.88 per cent of the total on October 29. 71 from Delhi, 56 from West 7,231 from Uttar Pradesh, ciled with the Indian Council Asad (Owaisi) sahab, but the increase in property prices, in into Vizag city. caseload, the data stated. According to the Indian Bengal, 25 from Uttar Pradesh, 7,060 from Delhi, 6,802 from of Medical Research," the min- reality is that our fight is some places by over 20 percent The Visakhapatnam Met- India's Covid-19 tally had Council of Medical Research 22 from Kerala and 20 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,338 from istry said on its website, adding against the BJP and for the speaks volumes. The con- ropolitan Region Develo- crossed the 20-lakh mark on (ICMR), a cumulative total of Punjab. Punjab and 3,765 from that state-wise distribution of country. So the BJP and its struction of the road leading pment Authority will also play August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 11,96,15,857 samples have been Total 1,27,059 deaths report- Gujarat. figures is subject to further ver- alliance do not appear any- to the new airport has already a key role in the development and 40 lakh on September 5. tested up to November 9 with ed so far in the country include The health ministry stressed ification and reconciliation. where in our list." begun. of the region. Centre releases Left and Right... Provide rations Govt to spend Rs 600 crore... Trump Rs 6,195 cr to 14... for aged sex Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 with the poor in the state since Continued from Page 1 challenges Joe the 1990s, mainly with the l The entire survey will be held in three phases Based on the 15th Finance “The leads so far are on Dalits and the EBCs. We have workers, AP told The Government decided to Biden victory Commission interim recom- expected lines and we hope to played the lonely vocal oppo- PNS n VIJAYAWADA procure these stones at the loc- l All the survey details will be updated online on a regular basis Continued from Page 1 mendations, the Centre has catch up in three more seats. sition voice in the Vidhan al level wherever the survey is directly from the drones and rover along with a picture with a GIS tag released Rs 6,195.08 crore to This was a different kind of Sabha on the rights of the Vimukti and the State chap- being held with the specifica- Judges have tossed out 14 states on account of the election. This was more a poor. Over the last five years, ter of the Indian Leaders tions given by the authorities. l Across the state, the survey will be taking place in 1.22 lakh sq lawsuits in Michigan and eighth equated monthly people's movement. We we have built an image which Forum Against Trafficking “Every Survey Number or km, where 4,500 survey teams will be surveying simultaneously Georgia, and experts say instalment of Post Devolution banked on young candidates is based on goodwill and faith. on Tuesday appealed to the plot will be given a unique Trump’s legal efforts have lit- Revenue Deficit Grant, Office like student leaders, candidates Electoral victories are not just State Government to distrib- identification. Both digital tle chance of changing the of Finance Minister tweeted who were part of farmer strug- about numbers, it is about ute free ration as directed by boundary markers of latitude So far, a pilot survey project to solve the pending land disp- election result. on Tuesday. gles and working class people. chemistry. This election, wher- the Supreme Court to the and longitude and Physical is being conducted at utes. While 52,866 disputes are But Congress’s top Repub- A similar amount was That seemed to have worked,” ever the RJD and CPI(ML) aged sex workers as there was boundary marker Jagananna Takkellapadu in Jaggayyapeta pending in revenue courts, a lican, Senate Majority Leader released as grant in April- party general secretary have come together, the Grand no customer base for them Bhoo Raksha stones will be Mandal of Krishna district, drive has been taken up to rec- Mitch McConnell, on Mo- October period of the current Dipankar Bhattacharya said. Alliance has done well,” N due to their age. made available to the landown- with the latest technology. tify 79, 405 issues pertaining to nday lined up behind Trump, financial year. Party leaders highlight how Balaji, the national president of In a representation to the ers. The programme will com- The pilot survey project web land, the officials said. saying that he was “100% The Finance Commission cadres worked among the the party's students' wing Women Development and mence from January 1, and the revealed that the count of sur- In one of the review meet- within his rights to look into provides a mechanism for the poor, became first responders AISU said. Child Welfare department, entire resurvey programme is vey numbers was more than ings on the land resurvey pro- allegations of irregularities,” Centre to compensate for re- in crisis among their con- On the CPI(ML)'s decision they urged a new welfare envisaged to be completed by the landholdings. The land ject, the Chief Minister direct- without citing any evidence. venue loss incurred by states, stituents and led movements to go with the RJD despite scheme or plan to extend its June, 2023,” said a senior gov- holdings number has gone up ed officials to provide land reg- The dispute is slowing Bid- referred to as post devolution against unemployment, cor- being opposed to the party ear- support services to different- ernment official. from 182 to 631 while the istration services of Sub en’s work in preparing for the revenue deficit grant. ruption in education and farm lier, Balaji, said the party cur- ly-abled and those suffering This survey will not only be count of survey numbers went Registrar office in all Village work of governing, as a Trump rights to gain the trust of the rently led by Tejashwi Yadav from chronic diseases and done for agriculture fields but up to 829, the officials said. secretariats across the State for appointee who heads the VIJAYAWADA voters. and the one led by Lalu prasad also for the welfare and pro- village habitation sites in The officials said that nec- quick redressal and updating of office charged with recogniz- BULLION RATES “We have been working were two different entities. tection of aged sex workers. Municipal Areas as well. essary steps were being taken records. ing results has not yet done so. GOLD ` 51,380 (10 gm) ` 940 Clean fuel bid slowed by cooks' belief in firewood, finds study SILVER ` 61,000 (1kg) PNS n LONDON Environment and Society at the The University of cial burden that gave food an multidimensional wellbeing in ` 3500 University of Birmingham. Birmingham notes that India undesirable taste and feared a other settings this will help to India's transition to clean cook- "Whilst cooking is not sole- has more people relying on fatal canister explosion. increase our understanding of ing fuels may be hampered by ly a woman's job, the reality is solid fuels for cooking than any LPG users told researchers how social and cultural factors CHICKEN the users' belief that using fire- that, in rural India, women are other country in the world and that their fuel allowed them to come into play in transition to RATES `/KG wood is better for their fami- considered the primary cooks. providing universal access to maintain or improve social clean fuels,” added Dr Day. lies' well being than switching It is, therefore, critical to unrav- clean cooking fuels has been status, as well as making it eas- Researchers suggest that Dressed/With Skin `158 to Liquefied Petroleum Gas el how women see the relation- identified as one of the UN's ier to care for children and future interventions to promote Without Skin `180 (LPG), a study conducted in ship between wellbeing and Sustainable Development other family members. new fuels should actively Broiler at Farm `109 Andhra Pradesh has found. cooking fuel if India is to make Goals (SDGs), to which the Cooking with LPG freed up involve women who used solid Researchers at the progress in transitioning to country is a signatory. time which they could use to fuels and clean fuels, opening Universities of Birmingham in clean fuels," she said. Firewood users believed that work outside the home and discussion about the benefits of EGG the UK and Queensland in Those cooks using firewood cooking with this fuel earn money. They also enjoyed each and allowing cooks to Australia conducted focus know it causes health problems, improved their financial well- extra leisure time with their observe different cooking prac- RATES `/100 group discussions with women but feel that it contributes being because selling firewood family. tices. VIJAYAWADA 455 in four villages in the Chittoor using firewood. The scale of solid fuel use in rural more to wellbeing than cook- generated income, whilst col- “We have gained important Interaction programmes HYDERABAD 451 district of the State. researchers published their areas signals that widespread ing with LPG would, although lecting the fuel gave them an understanding of women's could inform firewood users Two villages mostly used findings on Monday in 'Nature uptake and sustained use of LPG users who previously opportunity to socialise and is views in this setting, but further about the positive wellbeing VISAKHAPATNAM 460 firewood whilst the other two Energy'. clean fuels is a distant reality," cooked with firewood claim a tradition they would like to research is needed to analyse outcomes of LPG, address con- RETAIL PRICE `4.51 comprised of mostly LPG "Despite India's aim of said study co-author Dr Rosie their new fuel has improved continue. the perceived relationship cerns, and promote learning (IN VIJAYAWADA) users, who had switched from switching to clean fuels, the Day, Senior Lecturer in wellbeing, the study found. They viewed LPG as a finan- between women's fuel use and from each other.

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VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020 vijayawada 03 CAPSULE Odisha women TDP demands NEW CGM FOR Police crack Guntur murder protest against NAVAL ARMAMENT illegal sand DEPOT CBI probe into supply to AP VISAKHAPATNAM: PJ Neware, mystery, arrest ex-boyfriend a 1988 batch of Indian Naval family suicide Armament Service Officer from PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Maharashtra, has taken over as PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief General Manager of the As there is a huge demand PNS n VIJAYAWADA Naval Armament Depot (NAD) The Guntur urban police Odisha man's bid to loot ATM foiled for sand in Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam. He replaced unravelled the mystery behind owing to shortage of it, TDP Chief N Chandrababu P Upadhyay, who is moving to the disappearance of a woman PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM BOOTY SEIZED FROM BURGLAR attempts are being made to Naidu demanded that the NAD, Mumbai. PJ Neware is an after two years. The lover of bring sand from Odisha. As probe into the Salaam family electrical engineering graduate the missing woman was arrest- A 20-year-old-man tried to loot an ATM of Central In another incident, police arrested a burglar A the mining of sand has suicide be handed over to the from Shivaji University, ed by the police. During inter- Bank of India, located at Midhilapuri VUDA Colony, Kalyan Kishore (23) and recovered stolen gold exorbitantly increased over Central Bubureau of Kolhapur. He has got expertise rogation the accused con- under PM Palem Police Station limits in Vizag city, ornaments worth Rs 1.75 lakh from him. the last year, women from Investigation (CBI) to bring on the maintenance of all kinds fessed to committing the but his attempts proved futile and he was nabbed by The accused Kishore gained entry into the house of some villages of Odisha the true facts to light. of armament and ammunition. police. one K Nooka Ratnam on November 9 night and heinous crime. bordering Andhra staged a He also demanded that a n Naidu said that the During his career of over 30 The spine chilling incident The arrested was identified as Lakshman Barik of decamped with gold ornaments when all were protest demanding the special court should be formed years, he had headed NAD depicted the gruesome murder Odisha's Khordha district. Lakshman is a barber by sleeping. The Kancharapalem police nabbed the authorities concerned to to deal with the Nandyal sui- government's (Sunabeda) for four years and of Neeraj Grover, a television profession. DCP (Crime) V Suresh Babu said on accused within 24 hours after the crime and take immediate action. cide case. The police respon- ruthlessness against was General Manager of NAD, executive working for Synergy November 8, Lakshman entered the ATM of Central recovered the stolen property. They also stopped all the sible for the family suicide Muslims was evident Trombay. He was serving as Adlabs, a Mumbai based pro- Bank of India and attempted to open the chest of the sand laden tractors. They should be dismissed from the from the pathetic the General Manager of NAD, duction house. He was found machine to steal the cash. However, the manager of TOBACCO PRODUCTS SEIZED alleged that the sand mined service. incidents involving Visakhapatnam since January, dead in May 2008, a crime for the bank got an SMS soon after the machine was The city task force police seized banned at the upper stream of the Addressing a meeting of Abdul Salaam in opened and in turn, he alerted the police. 2020 prior to the present which actress Maria Susairaj tobacco products worth Rs 6.5 lakh in two Bansadhara river, which the paty presidents of 25 Lok Nandyal, Abdul Sattar But, by the time the police reached the spot, the appointment. and her boyfriend Lieutenant separate incidents and nabbed three persons. meets the Bay of Bengal at Sabha constituencies here on family in Bommuru and person managed to flee. The police said that based Emile Jerome Mathew were Based on the specific information, they carried Kalingapatnam, is leading Tuesday, Naidu said that the minor girl case in on the CCTV footage, the accused was nabbed and arrested. Maria and her boy out the raids at Marripalem and Gajuwaka and to floods in their area and government's ruthlessness Rajahmundry CONSTABLE BOOKED friend Mathew cut the the accused has no previous history and he pollution. Andhra police against Muslims was evident committed the offence for easy money. seized over 93,000 sachets of the Gutkha n He asked the TDP Grover's body into pieces and and Khaini packets from the trio. have been seizing vehicles from the pathetic incidents FOR SMUGGLING dumped it after putting them transporting sand illegally involving Abdul Salaam in leaders to take out LIQUOR into polythene covers. from Odisha. Nandyal, Abdul Sattar family protest rallies and Addressing a press confer- The illegal quarrying and in Bommuru and minor girl candle light VIJAYAWADA: A constable was ence on Tuesday, Guntur the job. On May 25, 2018 sale of river sand along the case in Rajahmundry. demonstrations across caught red-handed while Urban SP RN Ammi Reddy Nazima on the directive of Andhra-Odisha Border He asked the TDP leaders to the State for the smuggling liquor bottles on said that 28-year-old Sk Nagur had come out of her (AOB) continues take out protest rallies and can- coming three days. Monday. Vatsavai police Nazima went missing from her home on the pretext of going unchecked despite a series dle light demonstrations across Special prayers should arrested the constable and home on May 25, 2018 and her to the marriage of her friend of enforcement measures the State for the coming three be offered for the seized 244 liquor bottles that mother Meerabi had lodged a and did not return. and has risen since the days. Special prayers should be deceased Salaam were being smuggled from the complaint with police, but the Nagur took her to his room shortage of sand in the offered for the deceased family neighbouring Telanagana in a investigation was pending. where the former had satisfied State. Check posts have Salaam family. He also asked car. Nandigama DSP D Recently, the case was his carnal desire while Nazima been also set up to curb party cadre to take out rallies Ramamanurthy told the media reopened and police led by demanded Nagur to marry sand smuggling. Sand is on Wednesday. Candles should year and this forced the fami- persons that Vatsavai Police DSP B Seetaramaiah with CI her. Heated arguments ensued being transported from be lighted in front of the hous- ly to commit suicide. He Station SI Someswar Rao and R Suresh Babu and SI T between the duo over refusal Odisha to Srikakulam along es on Thursday evening. demanded that Chief Minister his team were conducting Nagaraj team cracked the mys- of marriage proposal, enraged Guntur Urban Superintendent of Police RN Ammi Reddy addresses a press the border. Special Friday prayers should YS Jaganmohan Reddy tender checks at Bhimavaram cross tery behind the missing. Nagur assaulted Nazima and conferene in Guntur on Tuesday The AP government has be offered in mosques, he an apology to Muslims for roads and when they found Police during reinvestiga- hit her head to the wall and as ordered officials to curb said. harassing and carrying attacks that a constable of Chillakallu tion found Nazima and Sk a result she died on the spot. n Guntur Urban SP RN alias Nagur were graft in mining and trans- Stating that the Jagan rule is on minorities. Police Station M Peddasrinu Karim alias Nagur were class- Later, Nagur cut the body Ammi Reddy said that classmates while porting of sand, apart from like a 'stone in a mad man's Telugu Mahila State presi- was coming from Telangana in mates while studying poly- into pieces with an electric 28-year-old Sk Nazima studying polytechnic in ensuring that it is available hand, Naidu said that the State dent Vangalapudi Anitha said, a four wheeler and on checking technic in 2009 and their floor cutter and stuffed them went missing from her 2009 and their to people at a reasonable had never witnessed before "Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan the vehicle they found a huge friendship blossomed into love in a bag and threw it near home on May 25, 2018 friendship blossomed cost. Chief Minister YS such family suicides, gang Reddy, who describes himself quantity of liquor bottles in the while they were pursuing engi- Suddapalli Donka. After two and her mother into love while they Jaganmohan Reddy had rapes, murders,tonsures, sui- as a brother to minorities and car. They seized the car and the neering. days, Nagur went there and also stressed that everyone cides and molestation weaker sections, should explain Meerabi had lodged a were pursuing liquor bottles. A case was But parents of Nazima burnt the bag with petrol and engineering should be able to pay the attempts. So many countless how policemen could get bail registered against the refused to perform marriage spread rumours that Nazima complaint with police, prescribed amount in the false cases, false arrests and so easily. but the investigation constable. The DSP said that with Nagur after completion of had eloped. n Karim had murdered form of a challan and col- house arrests and harassments Anitha wondered why the was pending as per the instructions of SP studies and she had joined a SP Ammi Reddy said that Nazima when she lect sand at a fixed rate. were not there before under Chief Minister did not utter a Ravindranath Babu strict vigil private showroom as a recep- police arrested Nagur, who n Police during demanded him to marry He asked sleuths of the any regime. word of sympathy on the was laid by the police to check tionist where she had confessed to committing the reinvestigation found her. Later, he had Special Enforcement State president K Salaam family suicide despite liquor smuggling. Stern action befriended another employee crime. The SP congratulated Nazima and Sk Karim spread rumours stating Bureau to be vigilant and Atchannaidu alleged that the the fact that he always boasts of will be taken on illegal Rafi. Angry over friendship, police for cracking the murder that she had eloped curb sale of sand at exorbi- YSRCP leaders harassed the having total support of minori- activities, said the DSP. Nagur had forced her to leave mystery. tant prices. Abdul Salaam family for one ties and weaker sections." Vishnu Govt extends YSR Aarogyasri Pawan wishes YSR JALA KALA SCHEME takes part in bro Chiru a Drilling of free borewells ‘Prajala Kosam cover to more procedures speedy recovery Nadu-Nedu' PNS n VIJAYAWADA surgeries, are being given finan- commences across State cial help of up to Rs 5,000 per PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA The government has extended Chief Minister YS month during their resting PNS n VIJAYAWADA the YSR Aarogyasri services by Jaganmohan period. Special pensions up to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan The credit of implementing including more medical proce- Rs 10,000 per month are being wished his brother and Drilling of free borewells for 90 per cent of the welfare dures under its ambit and Reddy said, given for those suffering from Megastar to get irrigation has commenced schemes promised during bringing in six more districts "Perhaps Andhra chronic ailments like tha- well soon. Chiranjeevi was across the State from Tuesday. the padayatra goes to Chief under its cover where all treat- lassemia, cancer and kidney detected with Covid 19 recent- It may be recalled that on Minister YS Jaganmohan ments that cost over Rs 1,000 Pradesh is the only disorders. ly and informed that he will be September 28, Chief Minister Reddy, said Brahmin would be free. State, which has Also, 1,088 new ambulances going into self-isolation. "My YS Jaganmohan Reddy Corporation Chairman and While the scheme was being have been included in 108 and brother Chiranjeevi has not launched a scheme to drill two MLA Malladi Vishnu. implemented in seven districts brought Covid and 104 services this year and only taken many precautions lakh borewells free of cost for Vishnu on Tuesday took it was extended to Srikakulam, post Covid care recruited 9,712 medical staff for since the announcement of farmers in the agricultural part in a padayatra 'Prajala East Godavari, Krishna, SPS government hospitals like never lockdown but also created lands under the YSR Jala Kala Kosam Nadu - Prajala Nellore, Chittoor and under the purview before. awareness for everyone. He has scheme. This was to support Kosam Nedu' to mark three Anantapur to cover the entire of Aarogyasri, and The Chief Minister directed been taking up various service needy farmers, who do not The government aims at bringing years of Praja Sankalpa Yatra State, the number of procedures officials to pay special attention activities as a social responsibil- have irrigation water sources five lakh acres of agricultural land in the division 23 of the city. were increased by 234 taking all treatments that to the implementation of ity. Having complete knowl- other than borewell water. The He visited the area and spoke the total to 2,434. cost more than Rs Aarogyasri scheme and ensure edge about public health, he scheme was launched with an under cultivation through this to the residents about their Speaking on the occasion, that Aarogya Asara is being takes many precautions for his expenditure of Rs 2,340 crore scheme in the coming four years problems and later inspect- after the launch here on 1,000 is covered by paid to the patients during health too. In the process, we to be implemented in the next ed road and development Tuesday, Chief Minister YS their rest period. He told the are all shocked when four years. benefitting more than three lakh works in the division. Jaganmohan Reddy said, Aarogyasri" authorities to set up Aarogya Chiranjeevi was inflicted with Arrangements have been farmers under this scheme On the occasion, he said "Perhaps Andhra Pradesh is the Mitras in all Aarogyasri empan- Corona. There are no symp- made to start drilling work of that the government was only State, which has brought eled hospitals by December 10 toms, but it showed positive borewells in agricultural lands implementing welfare Covid and post Covid care lege and a teaching hospital and create awareness among the results. I pray to God for the in 162 constituencies exclud- more than three lakh farmers Ramachandrareddy on schemes and delivering them under the purview of would be set up in every par- public. early recovery of my brother," ing those in urban areas in the under this scheme. Tuesday said that till evening to all eligible beneficiaries Aarogyasri, and all treatments liament constituency. The Chief The Chief Minister launched said Pawan Kalyan in a state- State. As part of the pro- The government has made 4 pm 50 borewells have been across the State irrespective that cost more than Rs 1,000 is Minister stated that the govern- the Aarogyasria in English and ment. gramme, the local MLA will be all arrangements to provide dug. Till now more than one of party, caste, religion by covered by Aarogyasri." ment knows the real value of Telugu languages. Deputy Chief He also wished the experi- the chief guest for the first rigs for drilling bores, for each lank farmers have applied for rendering justice to every- The Chief Minister said that people's lives. Minister Alla Kali Krishna ments being carried out for borewell drilling in their Assembly constituency. free borewells across the State. one. He said that houses to the government is moving Aarogyasri has been made Srinivas, Minister Botsa Coronavirus vaccine to become respective constituencies. District authorities were The Chief Minister was the poor was all set for dis- ahead in strengthening the available in over 130 super-spe- Satyanarayana, Chief Secretary fruitful soon. "The whole world In addition to drilling the instructed to make all arrange- extending support to farmers tribution, but the opposition public healthcare system and cialty hospitals in Hyderabad, Nilam Sawhney, Principal is eagerly waiting for the vac- borewell free of cost, the gov- ments for the commencement in the State by providing var- TDP leaders were creating thus initiated to bring 16 new Bengaluru and Chennai cities. Secretary of Health Department cine. On the other hand, they ernment will also provide a of the drilling and clearly stat- ious schemes as per the hurdles by filing false cases medical colleges across the The government mooted to Anil Kumar Singhal, have been hearing the warnings motor, or pump set free of cost. ed that the first bore drilling promise made to them during in the court. The govern- State, with three cancer hospi- conduct free eye-checkups, Commissioner of Health and by the health experts that there The government aims at bring- works should be conducted the padayatra before the elec- ment has implemented 50 tals, two kidney centres and six along with high-end treatments Family Welfare Katamaneni may be a second wave of ing five lakh acres of agricul- under the auspices of local tions. Jagan was taking steps per cent reservation to multi-specialty hospitals in trib- for 95 per cent of families Bhasker, Aarogyasri CEO Covid. I appeal to people to be tural land under cultivation MLAs in their respective areas. towards transforming the State women in all sectors in the al areas. across the State. Under Aarogya Mallikarjun and other officials cautious in taking precautions," through this scheme in the Minister for Rural as farmer-friendly, said the State. He said that one nursing col- Asara patients, who undergo were present at the event. Pawan Kalyan said. coming four years benefitting Development Peddireddy minister. Vizag Navy School wins Mock drill conducted to handle chlorine gas leak PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Hinduja Power Plant actively Inter-NCS debate contest participated in the mock drill. The Visakhapatnam Steel Local residents of Madhina PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Plant has conducted off-site Bhag and village secretary, mock drill creating a scenario village president, participated Vizag Navy Children School won the overall of chlorine leakage from the in the mock drill enthusiasti- champion of the Inter-NCS Debate competition. toppled toner on the road. The cally. The online Inter-Navy Children School English drill was conducted under the The off-site mock drill was debate competition Disputandum was conduct- guidance of J Shivasankara well organised by the Safety ed by the NCS (Vizag). Six NCSs from Delhi, Reddy, Joint Chief Inspector of Engineering department of Goa, Mumbai, Kochi, Port Blair and Vizag took Factories (JCIF), at Madhina RINL/VSP. part in the competition. Students debated over Bagh, Islampet village near A review meeting was con- the topic 'Likes and Approvals from Social A student takes part on online Inter- Navy Children School Steel Plant. ducted at the spot by JCIF, Media Sites like Facebook and Instagram play English debate competition in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday The RINL/VSP provided along with GM(S&E) I/c, a major role in developing one's personality.' emergency services like check- MSV Krishnaiah, and valuable The competition consisted of proposition, temporary topic was admirable. Winners were ing and arresting of chlorine suggestions were given to vil- opposition and an additional round named judged based on their content, persuasive gas leakage, medical assis- lagers in handling the emer- Protestant. Venkat Syamala Rao, an education- skills and confidence. Harsh Chauhan, NCS tance, ambulance and FMD. gency situations. Factories alist, Aparna Jaiswal, an entrepreneur, and Capt Vizag, Pratyush Singh, NCS Delhi and Sourish The NDRF provided the department appreciated the R Desikan were the judges for the event. Panda, NCS Vizag have been adjudged as the search and rescue operation. efforts of RINL/VSP for organ- In spite of being conducted online, the enthu- best in proposition, opposition and protestor Mutual aid partners of ising a public awareness pro- siasm with which students debated on this con- respectively. RINL/VSP namely NTPC & gramme. Mock drill being conducted under the aegis of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in Vizag on Tuesday VIJAYAWADA| WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020 telangana 04 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Cops exchange fire Sales of dry fruits, gifts see boom with Maoists in TS PNS n HYDERABAD retaliated. Following the firing, the ultras escaped, the official PNS n HYDERABAD An exchange of fire took place said, adding no casualties between a group of Maoists occurred on both sides. With the festival of lights arou- Dos and don'ts for Diwali and police personnel in a for- Police searched the area fol- nd the corner, citizens pick up est area of Jayashankar lowing information that the most impressive hampers Hyderabad: With the cloud of Covid-19 pandemic hanging over Diwali celebrations, ophthalmologists in Bhupalpally district of Maoists with an intention to for their near and dear ones. Hyderabad have urged families to be cautious if they decide to celebrate by lighting firecrackers. Telangana on Tuesday, police create law and order problems From dry fruits, chocolates The eye-care specialists said that taking basic safety measures will go a long way in avoiding serious damage said. by threatening and extorting to creative festive hamper con- to eyes during lighting of the firecrackers. Dr Muralidhar Ramappa, senior cornea specialist, LVPEI said that According to a senior police money from businessmen and cepts, the seasonal Diwali gifts children must be supervised by adults when lighting firecrackers. Apart from urging people to avoid mass official, based on informa- contractors, was moving in the have garnered much attention. gatherings, public health officials have urged families to continue to take precautions like wearing masks, hand tion on presence of Maoists in forest area, the official said. The culture of giving gift hygiene and maintaining physical distancing. Pedhampet forest area, police Police seized one .303 rifle, boxes to friends, relatives, fam- parties were combing the eight kit bags, kitchen items and ily members and emplo.yees on Do's: Don'ts: region when members of the other articles from the scene.As the occasion of Diwali has n Buy fireworks only from authorised manufacturers. n Light crackers while holding them in your hand. banned outfit CPI (Maoist) many as 20 police parties were been going on for some years. Dry them in the sun for 2 days. n Bend over the crackers while lighting them. fired on the personnel, who searching for the escaped Maoists. Gift boxes are sent to them a n Never leave children alone while playing with n Light crackers inside a container, like a bottle, tin week before the festival. firecrackers. can or overturned pot. This can be very dangerous. This led to a surge in sales of after sanitising and thermal People are carrying gift boxes n Only one person should light a firecracker at a n Wait for a while before approaching crackers that dry fruits boxes in the Begum screening. in bulk," says Rajkumar, owner time; others should watch from a safe distance. do not light immediately. Bazaar wholesale market. "In the northern states there of Kashmir House. n Light crackers in an open area. n Store them near burning candles, diyas or Designed in beautiful packs is a culture of giving gifts dur- Gifts with personalised n Always use a long candle for lighting crackers. agarbathis. and sold in packs of 250, 500, ing the festival. Even in the city twists give in a different glitter n Keep two buckets of water handy. In case of burns, n Wear synthetic clothes; wear only thick cotton 750 grams. Prices range from right now, employees and mer- to the Diwali hampers. "It gives pour lots of water on the affected area. clothes, when lighting crackers. Rs 250 to Rs 3,000. chants are giving gifts. We a very unique look and the gifts Particular attention is paid to design and sell attractive pack- stand apart when you add in a hampers with her own themes planning to keep the dry fruits gift with handmade paper and packing due to the Coronavirus aging in various sizes to meet little creative touch," says Anita for family and friends. This in two small crystal glasses and paste two sparklers and a tea situation. Shop owners are the demand of the people in Gupta, who makes her person- year she has simple themes to present it along with a scented light on it, which are symbol- allowing the employees only city. Already sales are booming. alised gifting ideas for festive light up the hampers. "I am candle. My idea is to wrap the ic for Diwali," says Anita. KCR announces Covid recoveries outnumber ‘Be prepared for timely Rs 50L financial new cases, tally up to 2.52 L fire fighting measures' aid, job to kin PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD ities and preparedness of fire of slain soldier prevention for the 2020-21 fire The number of Covid recover- The Principal Chief Conser- season in the state. The com- PNS n HYDERABAD ies in Telangana outnumbered vator of Forests R Sobha on mittee also discussed the pre- new cases in the last 24 hours Tuesday released a new dedi- paredness of field staff to tack- Telangana Chief Minister as the state's overall tally cated helpline number le high and medium fire prone K Chandrashekhar Rao on increased to 2,52,455. 9803338666 on which infor- areas in the state for necessary Tuesday announced Rs 50 A day after the weekly drop mation pertaining to forest action after receiving fire alerts lakh financial assistance to in daily count of infections due fires can be reported. from Forest Survey of India. the family of an army jawan to fewer tests, the numbers This is in addition to regu- Since majority of fires occur from Nizamabad district, surged again on Tuesday. lar forest crime control toll free from January onwards, the who was killed in an anti-ter- ‘Form sub-committee to According to Director of help number 18004255364 staff was directed to be pre- ror operation in Jammu and Public Health and Family which also can be used by the pared to take timely fire-fight- Kashmir. Welfare, 1,267 new cases were public to provide any informa- ing measures, and to deploy Expressing shock over R detected. In the last 24 hours tion including complaints. quick response teams in vul- Mahesh's death, KCR said he focus on women safety' ending 8 pm on Monday, 1,831 Medchal Malkajgiri (109), The cumulative number of Public can use either number nerable areas. All fire preven- would be remembered in patients recovered, taking the Rangareddy (104), Nalgonda tests rose to 46,84,766. Samples to intimate any incident of tion activities like creation history as the one who sacri- PNS n HYDERABAD mittee to focus on specific total such cases to 2,32,489. (89), Bhadradri Kothagudem tested per million population fires and other forest offences and maintenance of fire lines, ficed his life for the country areas such safety of women at Four more patients suc- (85), Khammam (62), Karim- surged to 1,25,866. at any time. removal of hazardous mater- and the state government Chief Secretary Somesh home, work place, travel and cumbed to the virus, taking the nagar (53), Warangal Urban Out of total 2,50,331 positive The state level monitoring ial, intensive patrolling by would stand by and support Kumar,IAS., presided over others. The Chief Secretary state's death toll to 1,385. (45), Suryapet (42) and Niza- cases so far, 70 per cent committee on forest fire pre- staff and base camp watchers the family. meeting of Committee on agreed to the same and asked The state's fatality rate mabad (40). (1,76,719) were asymptomatic vention held in Aranya involving local villagers are to In an official release, KCR Safety and Security of Women them to come up with their stands at 0.54 per cent as According to Health and 30 per cent (75,736) symp- Bhavan discussed the modal- be taken up on priority. said one member of the fam- and Girl Children at BRKR recommendations. against the national average of Department bulletin, 42,490 tomatic. The data shows that ily would be offered a govern- Bhavan on Wednesday. The Secretary to Chief Minister 1.5 per cent. Health officials more samples were tested dur- 63.92 per cent of total cases ment job, based on the qual- Committee was constituted Smita Sabharwal, Secretary to said 44.96 per cent deaths ing the last 24 hours, of which were aged between 21-50, ification, besides a house site as per the instructions of SC Development Yogita Rana, were due to Covid and 55.04 41,004 were conducted in gov- 22.91 per cent aged above 51, to the kin. Besides, Mahesh, Chief Minister K Secretary to Tribal Welfare per cent due to comorbidities. ernment-run laboratories. while 13.18 per cent were three security force person- Chandrasekhar Rao. Christina Z Chongthu, The recovery rate now There are 18 government below 20. The bed status in 61 nel, including an Army offi- The women officers Commissioner of Family stands at 92.09 per cent, slight- and 47 private laboratories government-run hospitals cer, and three militants were explained various issues faced Welfare Karuna, Secretary to ly lower than the national conducting RT- treating Covid patients shows killed during a failed infiltra- by women and proposed cer- Women & Child Welfare average of 92.5 per cent. PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT that 7,398 out of 8,561 beds are tion bid by the ultras along tain actions for addressing Divya, OSD to Chief Minister Of the new cases, Greater tests. There are also 1,076 vacant. In 225 private hospitals, the Line of Control (LoC) in them. They also recommend- Priyanka Verghese and DCP Hyderabad accounted for Rapid Antigen testing centres 6,963 out of 8,587 beds are Machil sector of Jammu and ed forming certain sub-com- Sumathi attended the meeting. highest 201, followed by run by government. vacant. Kashmir on Sunday. Dalit activists disappointed Ajay Kumar: Yadadri bus FIREFIGHT ON BORDER station to be modernised Army pays tributes to martyrs over the high-level meeting n SRINAGAR The mortal remains of hailed from Reddivari Palle vil- PNS n HYDERABAD lage in Andhra Pradesh's DURGA PRASAD SUNKU chairman. In 2016, the govern- tation of provisions of the Act The Army on Tuesday paid the bravehearts were Chittor district and had joined n HYDERABAD ment brought out a GO con- and schemes of the rights and The Yadadri bus stand will be floral tributes to three soldiers, taken for last rites to the Army in 2003. He is sur- stituting adhoc state level high entitlements of the victims constructed in such a way that including a Captain, who were vived by his wife, son and Dalit activtists are not happy power vigilance and monitor- and witness in accessing jus- the spiritual aesthetics will be killed as troops foiled an infil- their native places, daughter, he said. with the state level high power ing committee. tice, relief and rehabilitation seen. At the same time for the tration attempt by militants where they would be Sepoy Maheshwar (25) vigilance and monitoring com- Speaking the gross injustice facilities provided to the vic- pilgrims who are coming from along the Line of Control joined the Army in 2014 and mittee meeting which was held to dalits, Batthula Ram Prasad, tims, prosecution of aces under different parts of our country (LoC) in Keran sector of laid to rest belonged to Komanpalle vil- four days ago. They allege that an activist said, "Although the the act and review of various and also from foreign coun- Jammu and Kashmir. lage in Telangana's Nizamabad it didn't serve the purpose for political members were elect- reports received by the state tries to visit Yadadri temple, decisions to modernise in a A BSF jawan and three mil- Commander, and all ranks district. He is survived by his which it has been constituted. ed, twice the government did- government should be dis- transportation will be spiritual sense. itants were also killed in the paid homage to the gallant sol- wife, he added. Importantly the state govern- n't get the time to appoint the cussed. But, during the meet- arranged with shuttle services Speaking on the occasion, firefight on Sunday. diers on behalf of the proud The spokesperson said the ment bypassed the SC/ST Chief Minister as chairman of ing various other matters were in coordination with YTDA, Ajay Kumar said that as per Tributes were paid to and grateful nation," he said. Chinar Corps, headquarters of Prevention of Atrocities Act the committee. This amounts discussed which are of no use. said Transport Minister the vision of the Chief Captain Ashutosh Kumar, Captain Kumar (24) was the Srinagar-based 15 Corps of and the meeting which had to to bypassing the SC/St act It was held to boast about Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Minister K Chandrashekhar Havildar CH Parveen Kumar commissioned into the Army the Army, also acknowledges be held twice a year was held provision and shows negli- achievements rather than dis- Tuesday. Rao, Yadadri temple is being and Sepoy Ryada Maheshwar in June 2018. He was an alum- the sacrifice of Constable Sudip after four years after the first gence towards the SC/ST. Six cussing the solutions to be Ajay Kumar along with renovated in a magnificent of 'The Madras Regiment' who nus of Sanik School, Sarkar of Border Security meeting in 2016 alleged years after the formation of the strictly implemented for vic- Minister for Roads and and holistic way and with laid down their lives in the Bhubaneshwar and the presti- Force (BSF), who laid down his activists. Telangana state, the meeting tims. The meeting was held for Buildings Vemula Prashanth that apt facility are being pro- operation in Keran sector in gious National Defence life in the same operation. According to the SC/ST was held only twice. According name sake. Reddy, Government whip vided. north Kashmir's Kupwara dis- Academy, Khadakwasla. "The mortal remains of the Prevention Act, Chief Minister to the Act, meetings should be An NGO, which works for Gongidi Sunitha, TSRTC He also said that the infra- trict, an Army spokesperson He hailed from Parmanpur bravehearts were taken for last K Chandrashekar Rao had to held twice a year, by now it social and ecological justice managing director Sunil structure will be developed in said. village in Bihar's Madhepura rites to their native places, preside the state level high should have completed 12 said, "In the last six years var- Sharma inspected the Yadadri such a way that there will be "In a solemn ceremony at district and is survived by his where they would be laid to power vigilance and monitor- meetings." He further added ious atrocities happened on Bus Station and took some night halts for 150 buses which Badami Bagh Cantonment, Lt parents, the spokesperson said. rest with full military honours," ing committee meeting as its that review on the implemen- dalits and tribals." constructive and immediate comes to Yadadri depot. Gen BS Raju, Chinar Corps Havildar CH Kumar (36) he said. How Amazon picked Hyd for data center? Couple held for Devout take part in Laksha cheating public NAVEENA GHANATE the government, there was no n HYDERABAD such mention in the final PNS n HYDERABAD Kumkumarchana virtually agreement. Amazon web services set aside Another brownie point for A couple was arrested on Tamil Nadu while considering the state was availability of land Tuesday for allegedly cheat- PNS n VIJAYAWADA to set up an AWS Region in banks. The land parcels were ing the public under the Hyderabad. Highly placed identified and finalized with- guise of operating a chit fund As the annual Karthika sources said that the cloud in just two weeks, which is business in Srirampur. Three Brahmotsvams are set to be computing firm's top choice nearly impossible in other more accused are still at performed in Ekantam at was reportedly Tamil Nadu. states where land acquisition is large. Tiruchanoor temple from Sources indicated that before often disputed. The three data Police said the accused November 11 to 19, Laksha finalising Hyderabad, the firm centres will come up on 132 were Mutyam Sudhakar, an Kumkumarchana has been scouted other places as well acres on the outskirts of employee of SCCL, and his performed in the temple on and have possibly evaluated Hyderabad. wife Sulochana, residents of Tuesday. Maharashtra and Karnataka. Digital Telangana initiative CCC in Naspur mandal. A total of 603 devotees Andhra Pradesh was report- apart from flourishing e-com- Their sons, Prithviraj, Sai took part in this ritual via vir- edly never taken into consid- merce and BFSI sector are Madan and Akhil, who were tual platform. The Grihastha eration for setting up a data apart from availability of land would incur if they have to use also reasons. also booked in the offence, devotees who took part in this Goddess Sri Padmavathi seat- purushas, this fete is usually center. However, the overall and customer base. backup power supply ever. According to official release are still at large. fete will beget one blouse ed in Sri Krishna Mukha observed to appease Mother atmosphere and offerings were Data centers are power Highly placed sources said AWS chose Hyderabad because Sudhakar and Sulochana piece, uttariyam, vermilion, Mandapam and Laksha Goddess to bless and carry more conducive for biggest intensive and need continuous that the Telangana govern- of the support provided by the confessed to collecting Rs 3 turmeric sachets, two holy kumkumarchana has been forward the annual mega fete ever FDI investment in power supply. In a bid to ment was willing to get government of Telangana, crore from 85 persons threads, sugar candy packet performed chanting the in a smooth manner. Hyderabad than any other ensure the investment comes to penalised if the company faced robust policy framework, and belonging to CCC and differ- and sacred rice Akshata divine namas of Goddess by TTD EO Dr KS Jawahar state. Telangana, the government power cuts apart from reim- because it best met the rigor- ent parts of Naspur under the through the postal depart- archakas from 8am till Reddy, JEO P Basanth Kumar, Being a power surplus state was reportedly open to reim- bursing the outage costs. While ous requirements for an AWS guise of running chit fund ment as 'Prasadam'. 12noon. DyEO Jhansi Rani and others was one of the key reasons burse the costs the company this reflects the confidence of Region. business. The utsava murty of According to the acharya also participated. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020 nation 05 We should respect sovereignty, Indian researchers working towards developing vaccine territorial integrity: PM at SCO PNS n BENGALURU Indian Institute of Science PNS n NEW DELHI claimed on Tuesday that The PM also hit out at those making researchers led by Raghavan In a stern message to China repeated attempts to "unnecessarily" Varadarajan, Professor at IISc's and Pakistan, Prime Minister Molecular Biophysics Unit, on Tuesday bring bilateral issues to the SCO in are working towards develop- said all member nations of the violation of the grouping's ing effective vaccine strategies SCO should respect each oth- foundational principles, in an against two viruses: SARS- ers' sovereignty and territorial CoV-2 and HIV. integrity. oblique reference to Pakistan In two studies published in The remarks by Modi at a the past week, they reportedthe virtual summit of the eight- design of a 'heat-tolerant' member SCO came in the issues to the SCO in violation the SCO spirit," Modi said. COVID-19 vaccine candidate Receptor Binding Domain tures as high as 100C. backdrop of the Sino-India of the grouping's foundation- Referring to COVID-19, and a rapid method to identi- (RBD) - the region that helps Such 'warm' vaccines can border row in eastern Ladakh, al principles, in an oblique ref- Modi said India will use its fy specific regions on the HIV the virus stick to the hosts cell. be stored and transported as also Islamabad's attempt to erence to Pakistan. capacity in production and envelopeprotein that are tar- It is being developed by without expensive cooling internationalise Kashmir issue were among the heads of gov- enhance connectivity it is "India has always been res- distribution of vaccines to help gete by antibodies, which can Varadarajans lab in collabora- equipment to remote areas for and indulge in cross-border ernments attending the sum- important that we move for- olute in working in sync with the entire humanity in fighting help design effective vaccines, tion with Mynvax, a startup co- mass vaccination - most vac- terrorism against India. mit, chaired by Russian ward while respecting one principles laid out in the SCO the pandemic. an IISc press release said. founded by him and incubat- cines need to be stored The Prime Minister deliv- President Vladimir Putin. another's sovereignty and ter- charter. But it is unfortunate In this difficult time of The studies were published ed at IISc, as well as several between 2-8C or even cooler ered the message in the pres- Referring to India's partici- ritorial integrity." that there have been repeated unprecedented epidemic, in the Journal of Biological other institutes. temperatures to avoid losing ence of Chinese President Xi pation in strengthening con- The PM also hit out at those efforts to unnecessarily bring India's pharma industry sent Chemistry and the "When tested in guinea their potency", it said. Jinping, and Pakistan Prime nectivity among nations, Modi making repeated attempts to bilateral issues in the SCO essential medicines to over Proceedings of the National pig models, the vaccine candi- Compared to newer types Minister Imran Khan, who said,"India believes that to "unnecessarily" bring bilateral agenda which is in violation of 150 countries, he said. Academy of Sciences respec- date triggered a strong such as mRNA vaccines, mak- tively, according to Bengaluru- immune response", the state- ing a protein-based vaccine based IISc. ment said. like this can also be scaled up The COVID-19 vaccine "Surprisingly, it also easily n India where manufac- SETTING NEW RECORDS candidate contains a part of the remained stable for a month at turers have been making sim- spike protein of the novel 37C, and freeze-dried ver- ilar vaccines for decades, IISc 15 of gang held over coronavirus called the sions could tolerate tempera- said.

auto-lifting racket BJP candidate N INDIA CORNER PNS n NEW DELHI Munirathna wins Fifteen members of a gang BJP wins 1 seat, Independent were arrested for allegedly RR Nagar bypoll stealing two-wheelers and later backed by BJP wins 1 in Manipur using it to commit robberies in Karnataka JP candidate Oinam Lukhoi and snatchings across Delhi, PNS n BENGALURU BSingh won the by-election to officials said on Tuesday. the Wangoi seat, while Y Antas The arrests were done after BJP candidate N Munirathna Khan, an Independent candidate it was observed that there was on Tuesday won the byelec- supported by the saffron party a nexus between auto-lifters tion to Rajarajeshwari Nagar bagged the Lilong seat in and snatchers, who were using was found to be stolen from assembly constituency in Manipur, officials said Tuesday. stolen motorcycles to commit Sultanpuri area, Koan said. Karnataka, officials said. BJP candidates Paonam Brojen crime in Outer District area. A They stole motorcycles from Munirathna, who joined Singh and Ngamthang Haokip total of 125 stolen two-wheel- Sultanpuri and adjoining BJP last year, defeated his were leading from Wangjing ers and six mobile phones have areas, and used these for com- closest rival Kusuma H of the Tentha and Saitu seats respectively, they said. Oinam Lukhoi Singh been recovered from different mitting snatching or robberies. Congress by a margin of over won the Wangoi seat by defeating his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Dare Devils Captain Dishant Kataria attempts to set the world record for the longest ramp jump with a motorbike by jumping locations, police said. They also lend these vehicles 57,000 votes, they said. Singh of the National People's Party by 257 votes, as per the ECI over 65 people, in Jabalpur on Tuesday The auto-lifters provided to other criminals involved in JD(S) ended up distant website. In the Lilong seat, Y Antas Khan won by defeating his stolen bikes to snatchers on stealing of two wheelers, third. The bypoll for RR nearest rival Mohd Abdul Nasir by 3,078 votes. Paonam Brojen rent or commission basis, snatching and robberies. Nagar, held on November 3, Singh was leading over his nearest rival Moirangthem Hemanta police said. They disclosed that they was necessitated after the Singh of the Congress by over 1,560 seats in the Wangjin Tentha ‘Priya Ramani made ‘defamatory' The team apprehended had parked many stolen vehi- seat fell vacant due to disqual- seat. In Saitu constituency, Ngamthang Haokip was ahead of three persons, riding on a cles at different locations in ification of the then Congress his Congress rival Lamtinthang Haokip by 4,297 votes. motorcycle at Old Macchi Sultanpur. They revealed that MLA Munirathna under Chowk in Sultanpuri, when they are members of a syndi- anti-defection law. statement out of vengeance’ they tried to flee during check- cate headed by one Sagar, This is the third consecu- PNS n NEW DELHI movement, Ramani in 2018 any evidence to prove her ing. They were identified as who is involved in 33 cases of tive victory for Munirathna Baroda: BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt accused Akbar of sexual mis- story,” the counsel said. Sumit, Ajay and Vikas, and the theft, snatching and auto-lift- since 2013 and his first as the Former union minister M J conduct around 20 years ago The counsel claimed that two-wheeler seized from them ing, the DCP said. BJP candidate. defeated by Congress nominee Akbar Tuesday told a Delhi when he was a journalist. Ramani wrote a fictitious piece ongress candidate Indu Raj court that journalist Priya Senior advocate Geeta in the magazine -- Vogue -- in CNarwal on Tuesday defeated Ramani did not make “defam- Luthra, appearing for Akbar, context of #MeToo move- his nearest rival and BJP atory” statements for the pub- told the court that, “Ramani ment with a mala fide inten- nominee Yogeshwar Dutt in lic good but out of vengeance. didn't make these statements tion as she “intended to tarnish TMC: After years, some now the Baroda assembly seat of Akbar made the statement (termed by Akbar as defama- the reputation of Akbar.” Haryana with a margin of over before Additional Chief tory) for the public good, she “Wreckless statements 10,000 votes, said officials.The Metropolitan Magistrate made them out of vengeance. against Akbar were put in a opposition Congress has (ACMM) Vishal Pahuja She didn't even apologise for a public place without any care started visiting Nandigram retained the Baroda seat. This through his lawyer during the factually incorrect statement.” or caution... The per se effect is the second time that Olympian wrestler Dutt has lost the polls final arguments in a criminal “Ramani didn't produce any of Ramani's statements was from this constituency. Dutt had lost the 2019 assembly poll by defamation complaint filed by landline records, parking defamatory, damaging the rep- PNS n NANDIGRAM (WB), The minister also said he would never about 4,800 votes to Congress candidate Krishan Hooda.The Baroda him against Ramani. receipts, no CCTV footage, utation of Akbar,” the counsel use the BUPC platform for "vested assembly seat fell vacant in April following the death of Hooda, who In the wake of #MeToo nothing. She didn't produce said. Amid speculation over his had won it thrice in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls future political move, West political interests". "The Nandigram Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja said with their decision, the Bengal minister Suvendu movement was a people's movement. people of Baroda have given a “befitting reply” to “anti-farmers and Adhikari on Tuesday took a I have been with the people of anti-labour forces”. “The victory of Indu Raj Narwal is a win of dig at the ruling TMC for Nandigram. After 13 years, a few farmers and labourers. I assure residents of Baroda that the Arnab Goswami organising simultaneous rally Congress will live up to their expectations,” tweeted Selja. here to mark "Nandigram people are now coming here as the Diwas", saying that a few peo- elections are approaching. ple are visiting the area after moves SC for bail 13 years as the assembly elec- Congress leader Udit Raj PNS n NEW DELHI tions are approaching. been with the people of backdrop of the TMC's Adhikari, who has been Nandigram. After 13 years, a announcement that it is questions reliability of EVMs Republic TV Editor-in-Chief maintaining a distance from few people are now coming going to hold a rally here to Arnab Goswami moved the the party's top leadership for here as the elections are mark "Nandigram Divas". fter the ruling NDA took an initial Supreme Court Tuesday seek- the last few months, was approaching. Posters of the chief minis- Alead from the grand alliance in poll No dispute ing interim bail in the 2018 addressing a rally to pay "I want to tell them if they ter and the party's flag were trends for Bihar, Congress leader Udit case of alleged abetment to respects to martyrs of Bhumi are coming before polls, they seen at the ground where the Raj on Tuesday raised questions on regarding NDA suicide of an interior design- Uchhed Pratirodh Committee will have to come after elec- TMC is scheduled to hold the reliability of EVMs asking why er. The Bombay High Court (Land Eviction Resistance tions too," Adhikari said at the arally later in the day to mark they cannot be hacked if satellites can leader in had refused to grant interim Committee), who died on BUPC rally that did not have the 13th "Nandigram Diwas". be controlled from the earth. He also bail to Goswami and two oth- this day in 2007 during the posters of Chief Minister "Whatever I will have to say asked if Donald Trump could have Bihar: Sanjay ers on Monday and asked police station, Mumbai Police anti-land acquisition move- Mamata Banerjee or the TMC regarding my next course of lost in the US elections had EVMs them to move to the local Commissioner Param Bir ment, and said he would flags. The minister did not action, I will say from a polit- been used. "If the direction of satellites to Mars and Moon can be PNS n PATNA, court for the relief. Singh and Akshyata Anvay announce his next course of take names of the party and ical platform," he said. controlled from the earth, then why can't EVM be hacked," Udit Raj The appeal against the high Naik as parties to his appeal. action from apolitical plat- its supremo, and said he West Bengal minister and said in a tweet in Hindi. "If elections were held in America with EVMs, With the NDA leading in 128 court order has been filed in The state government, form. The minister also said "never believed in using the senior TMC leader Firhad could Trump have lost," he asked. Dalit leader Udit Raj is the of the 243 seats in Bihar the top court through lawyer through advocate Sachin Patil, he would never use the BUPC platform of BUPC for his Hakim, who is scheduled to Congress party's national spokesperson. He was a former BJP MP assembly, BJP state chief Nirnimesh Dubey. has also filed a caveat in the platform for "vested political political gains". "I used to address the party's rally here from Delhi. In another tweet, he took a swipe at the BJP, saying it has Sanjay Jaiswal said there is no Besides the Maharashtra top court to ensure that no interests". "The Nandigram come alone during those days said, "It would have been been able to sideline Nitish Kumar with its performance in Bihar. dispute regarding who will government, Goswami who is order is passed on Goswami's movement was a people's and stood by the people," he good had Suvendu addressed Initial trends in Bihar showed the NDA taking the lead in the election lead the government if the in Taloja jail, has made the plea without it being heard in movement. It was not of any said. the rally under the banner of to the 243-member assembly. The BJP appeared set to outperform alliance returns to power in Centre, the SHO of Alibaug the case. particular individual. I have His comments came in the the TMC." its senior alliance partner JD(U) headed by Chief Minister Nitish the state. A party or a coali- Kumar, according to trends available so far. tion requires 122 seats to form the government in Bihar. "The issue has been cleared Cong flop show spoils Tejashwi-led alliance's chances Pre-wed photoshoot goes awry by Prime Minister and party chief J P Nadda much before PNS n PATNA as couple meets watery grave the elections," he said, while The Congress contested 70 seats, the responding to a query wh- The Congress today looked like most after the Rashtriya Janata Dal ragedy struck a 28-year old ether CM Nitish Kumar will the weak link as the Tejashwi Tman and his fiancee when lead the NDA government if Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan (144). As for the Left parties, CPM was they drowned in Cauvery river the alliance secures a major- seemed set for second place in given four seats, the CPI six and the following a mishap during a pre- ity in the assembly. the Bihar election despite exit CPI (ML), 19. Every party showed a wedding photoshoot in Talakad in Without naming RJD polls predicting an opposition Mysuru district in Karnataka, leader and Grand Alliance victory. better strike rate than the Congress police said. The mishap occurred chief ministerial candidate Did Tejashwi Yadav mess up as the 20-year old woman lost Tejashwi Yadav, Jaiswal took seat-sharing and end up giving balance and fell into the river a swipe at him, saying, the Congress more than it yes, there are things that need Minister) Narendra Modi. The while posing for a photo on a "People are intelligent enough deserved? to be done to strengthen our Congress is in no position to coracle and the man attempted to rescue her on Monday. o distinguish between truth The Congress contested 70 organizational machinery," said create any sort of dent to him According to police, civil contractor Chandru and Shashikala, whose and falsehood." seats, the most after the the party's mem- and the BJP. In fact, we know wedding was fixed for this month end, went to Mallikarjuna Swamy Earlier in the day, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (144). As ber Nasir Hussain. that RJD, after much push-and- temple at Mudukuthore for a pre-wedding photoshoot with their JD(U) exuded confidence for the Left parties, CPM was Congress leader Rahul winning 39 of 40 seats, and the Prominent Congress candi- pull, agreed to give the relatives and photographers. On their way back, they decided to take that the NDA will again form given four seats, the CPI six Gandhi campaigned in Bihar Congress got one. The RJD dates, including Sharad Yadav's Congress a maximum of 48 some photos in Cauvery river at Talakadu on a boat. Since the boat a government in Bihar under and the CPI (ML), 19. but it was not a patch on scored a duck. daughter Subhashini Sharad seats, but then political arm- was not there, they opted for a coracle ride, accompanied by Kumar. "I have been saying Every party showed a better Tejashwi Yadav's massive ral- "We have to acknowledge Yadav and actor-politician twisting got them more. We all Chandru's friend. In the middle of the river, Shashikala reportedly this for a long time that the strike rate than the Congress. lies. that the Congress is the small- Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv can see what Congress has stood up on the coracle. As she lost balance and fell into the NDA will form the govern- Among the major players, the Last year, their partnership er party in the state. Rahul Sinha, were trailing in count- done about it," said former river, Chandru jumped in to save her. Both did not know swimming ment under the leadership of grand old party was set to be flopped in the national election Gandhi ji did his bit by cam- ing. "It is clear that there is just Janata Dal United leader Pavan and drowned even as the coracle capsized in the melee, police said. CM Nitish limited to the fourth place. too - the NDA swept the polls, paigning across the state, but no alternative to (Prime Varma. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com op nion 06 facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Bihar tug of war Tejashwi chases BJP and Nitish to the finish line and proves he is Social justice & more here to stay. BJP scores with Modi magic all him an upstart, a late bloomer and a maverick but he has indeed been, to borrow an often used punchline, “sabse Tej.” An add-on to the identity politics in economic terms and a credible political CAnd as the cliffhanger called the Bihar election plays out, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has single-han- face to deliver it are important takeaways from the Bihar elections dledly and valiantly taken on the heft of the BJP and effected a change in Bihar’s political landscape. One that has made RJD the prime chal- loss of mineral-rich lenger of the BJP, sweating it out to the wire, squeezing victory mar- Jharkhand, empty coffers gins to less than a thousand in some seats. But in the end, there and the tattered administra- tion bequeathed by his pre- will be the wistfulness of an “if only.” What would the result have decessor. been if only Tejashwi had gone it alone than allocate 70 seats to the The much hyped econom- Congress, which has been nothing short of a drag on their alliance? ic growth of his era was not going to last long, with con- Could Tejashwi, as the face of anger against the establishment, indeed struction activities contribut- have led a raging revolution if the negative vote against the BJP-Janata Dal (United) combine had not ing substantially to this been fragmented by smaller, like-minded parties working at cross-purposes with each other? But as growth story without adding SATISH K JHA much in the manufacturing, things stand now, he has more than a pop-up value; he has created his space on his terms. Though agriculture and other key he is blessed with the mantle of legacy and the ear-to-the-ground wisdom of his father and social jus- he sight of a rattled sectors of the economy. The tice patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, he has also been aware of the costly burden of the latter’s incarcer- Nitish Kumar in result was that Nitish’s good his public appear- governance agenda floun- ation over corruption. Which is why he smartly played down the social justice card, acutely aware ances during the dered on generating employ- that those it empowered, namely the Muslims and Yadavs, would not turn back on Lalu. And he tried recently held ment, arresting migration to dissociate himself from the inherited legacy of “jungle raj” by promising economic justice to the AssemblyT election campaigns of workers and turning in Bihar intrigued many around agriculture and allied jobless youth, pledging 10 lakh jobs. In fact, he described his “economic justice” plank as a version observers because of his activities, which could have 2.0 of “social justice,” at once disconnecting himself from his father’s legacy while staying connect- image of a cool, suave and acted as the engine for ed to the movement he espoused. He swung the youth along, tried a rainbow umbrella by bringing in well-mannered politician, employment and economic who hardly ever breached the growth. The infrastructure upper caste candidates, brought in the Left parties to the forefront and made the elections about the decorum of public life. But in definitely improved, partic- right of all Biharis to aspire for their El Dorado. But he just needed to punch a bit more above his weight his speeches, he not only ularly the roads and electric- to cruise past the finish line. Or may be voters wanted someone with a clean slate, not weighed down lost his poise but also became ity. But this was not enough by questions of credibility. personal in his comments for the new aspirational class, against his adversaries. This which was in the making The BJP, which has had a good day at the office, considering it is likely to form the Government made people wonder as to among the backward castes, in Bihar and has mopped up most of the byelection seats to its satisfaction, had a decelerator thanks what went wrong with him, in particular, due to several to its ally and chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar. The anti-incumbency was so strong against given his reputation as a sea- factors, including the affir- soned and confident leader. order to survive in the State. Why did this discourse fal- mative action programme. him that the BJP was worried at one time. But the biggest takeaway for the party is that of Prime Minister These days though, the par- They rode on the high tide ter in adding economic con- Problems for Nitish fur- Narendra Modi emerging to be some sort of faith icon for voters in the heartland at least, managing ties and leaders actually get of Mandal politics with tent to the rhetoric of reser- ther got compounded when to cast a spell similar to 2019 despite the challenges thrown up by the pandemic. For all the fury over to know the real mood of the finesse and dismantled the vation and representation? he started vacillating politi- people only during election- cultural-political hegemo- It would be unfair to say cally in the aftermath of the reverse migration, the tyranny of the lockdown, the insufficient economic relief and a tanking GDP, eering due to defunct organ- ny of the upper castes in that the second generation Narendra Modi’s rise to the issues which hurt the voters the most, he still was trusted to steer the State out of its morass with isational networks and, there- Bihar’s social fabric. social justice politics based national scene. This took a Central inventions and packages. It means that the common voter has by and large endorsed his larg- fore, the sight of leaders los- Since Bihar had not wit- NITISH SEEMS TO on economic agenda did heavy toll on his political ing balance during the elec- nessed a social reform BE BOTH A not take off at all in Bihar. credibility and severely con- er economic relief packages and bought into his populism. Modi further seems to have supplanted tion should not surprise us. movement like some other Lalu, no doubt, will be fault- strained his manoeuvrabili- the need for a federal leader, shrinking the JD(U) and making its leader Nitish Kumar more dependent So, when post-COVID tra- regions of India during the BENEFICIARY AND ed for squandering the ty. The astute politician in on him. Bihar seems to be okay with the idea of becoming an extension counter of the Central Government vails of the people started colonial period, their politics opportunity. But this may him must have sensed that unravelling themselves in the struck a responsive chord VICTIM OF SOCIAL not apply to Nitish. He start- somewhere along the way he and being ruled by anybody it chooses, even if it is Nitish, as long as he is a BJP tag-along. The other midst of an election in Bihar, with the backward castes. ed his innings with a had lost the plot, with peo- big story of the election concerns the spoilers, the smaller parties that got about 18 per cent of the Nitish would have definitely The social justice politics, JUSTICE promise to take the politics ple restive about unemploy- vote and ended fragmenting the negative vote significantly to the BJP’s advantage, notable among them sensed the slide of his popu- which they spearheaded, POLITICS. HE AND of social justice to a higher ment in a resource-starved larity, the erosion and limita- resulted in the much-await- pedestal and add the miss- State, the populist and being the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which hurt both the JD(U) and the RJD. If the BJP indeed used tion of his brand of social jus- ed course correction in the LALU PRASAD ing economic content to it, majoritarian politics stacked LJP and its young Dalit leader Chirag Paswan to undercut JD(U) and make the latter beholden to it, as tice politics. Political analysts State and they became the without abandoning the against him and his advanc- is being speculated, then the strategy has worked. The AIMIM, led by Asauddin Owaisi, has similarly believed that it was Lok recipient of its political div- YADAV HAVE process of political empow- ing age not on his side. Janshakti Party (LJP) leader idends. But one day this BEEN ITS erment of the backward Does this mean that Bihar chipped away the Muslim vote to the RJD’s disadvantage. The biggest loser has got be the Congress, Chirag Paswan, who was politics had to hit its dead castes, which had been set in is heading for a post-social which has had the worst strike rate in converting seats contested to wins, with the Left stealing a march seen by many as the BJP’s end and if the people’s ire ARCHITECTS. motion. Rather, he tried to justice era in politics? over it while contesting in far lesser seats. One cannot discount the X-factor, the women, who turned proxy to keep him in check against Nitish, and this not TOGETHER, THEY make political empower- Though, looking at the cur- out more than men, by five per cent, and along with Nitish’s prohibition may have been swayed by and Rashtriya Janata Dal going out rightly in favour of ment more institutionalised rent election result, it is too (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav’s Tejashwi in the current and broad-based, compared early to write an obituary of Central schemes to swing the arc for the BJP-led combine. populist job promise that Assembly election, is any HAVE EVENLY to the Lalu era. social justice politics in the Does the verdict mean the end of the social justice era in Bihar where the BJP typifies changed unsettled him. But things indication, then it seems to SHARED THE He not only made the State. But in search of a new aspirations across classes and a stability that have taken the voters out of silos? Caste is still impor- appear much deeper and to have already reached that local bodies as new sites of meaning, the old style poli- understand the whole gamut moment. The COVID crisis RULING YEARS, empowerment by reserving tics based on pure caste tant but, as Tejashwi understood rather late in the day, it needed to graduate to the next level of eco- of it, one needs to take a only precipitated this political posts for extremely arithmetic of the Mandal nomic empowerment. Hence he made the unconditional offer of 10 lakh jobs. The BJP, while letting snapshot of Bihar politics, process by exposing the SETTING THE backward castes, women, era will not work. Tejashwi’s the public discourse be determined by what Nitish did or did not do, had worked armada-like on arith- particularly the period in underbelly of the State, with POLITICAL Mahadalits but also deftly failure to cash in on Nitish’s which the game of social the sight of lakhs of belea- dovetailed the agenda of sliding popularity, largely metic and last mile conversion. Significantly, it worked silently on increasing its own presence, letting justice got played out. guered migrant workers NARRATIVE AND development and good gov- due to his father’s legacy and the social justice forces battle it among themselves. It improved its prospects in areas like West Champaran Ironically, Nitish seems to parading and dying on the EVEN FORCING ernance with caste arith- RJD’s poor track record on and Seemanchal, while in Kosi, Mithila and Tirhut regions, it counter-polarised the votes. True, it did be both a beneficiary and vic- highways and their images metic. development and economic tim of social justice politics. going viral through social THE NATIONAL Therefore, his first five- justice, is indicative of that need Nitish at one time to widen its span across social and caste groups and win acceptability through He and RJD chief Lalu and electronic media. year tenure definitely held fact. Therefore, one can say them but now seems to have achieved some unanimity of appeal. But though it may harbour ambi- Prasad Yadav have been its But does this mean that PARTIES TO PLAY out hope for all and sundry that an add-on to the iden- tions of assuming chief ministership, it won’t hasten its run, being careful not to appear as an oppor- architects for the last three the politics of social justice, with the law and order tity politics in economic decades. Together, they have which promised both digni- SECOND FIDDLE improving in the State and terms and a credible politi- tunist. Unless Nitish wants to step down on his own. For Tejashwi, who has attempted to cross the evenly shared the ruling ty and livelihood to the the GDP hovering above the cal face to deliver it are comfort of RJD bastions and venture into the rural belt, the job is cut out. He started rather late in the years, setting the political under-privileged, has out- TO THEM national average. He even important takeaways from day but now needs to take his appeal deep into the soil and invest time and effort to convert the mag- narrative and even forcing lived its utility and has come lowered the anti-upper caste this election in Bihar. the national parties like the of age in Bihar? And to tirade of Lalu’s regime. And (The writer is Associate netism of optics to a bonafide verdict next time round. As for Nitish, this could be his last tenure of Congress and the BJP to what extent is Nitish culpa- this was not an ordinary Professor in Political Science, chief ministership given his age and perhaps that’s one of the reasons that the BJP may indulge him bend backwards and play ble in the derailment of this achievement, given his con- Aryabhatta College, awhile. Besides, Nitish’s soft image can act as a buffer for its ambitions. second fiddle to them in project of social justice? straints, which included the University of Delhi) S O U N D BITE Vaccine politics The BJP is a disciplined party, I will leave the presidential We have to respect the fact he functioning on the support of its palace and go to my (Virat Kohli) wants to be there for Trump is challenging the timing of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine as workers. The Congress is a party home. History and the the birth of his first child. We're run by leaders. In the coming Peruvian people will judge looking forward to seeing him politically motivated, says he is being robbed of credit due to him days, the Congress is going to the decisions that each here (in Australia) for seven out he vaccine that was supposed to hand a beleaguered US disintegrate more and more. one of us makes. of the 10 matches. President Donald Trump his second term in office is finally here BJP parliamentarian Peruvian President Cricket Australia CEO Tbut it is a tad too late to be of any help to him. Pfizer and German —Narhari Amin —Martin Vizcarra —Nick Hockley biotechnology company BioNTech have announced that their Coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective in phase L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR three large-scale clinical trials. It has been developed outside the White House’s Operation Warp Speed programme, although the ISRO launches EOS-01 processing industries by Trump administration placed an initial order for 100 million of the Battleground Bengal approving 21 projects, lever- Sir — The Indian Space aging investment worth `443 firm’s vaccine doses for $1.95 billion in July. Operation Warp Speed Research Organisation he Assembly election in West Bengal, scheduled crore supported with a grant pumped billions of dollars into six other pharmaceutical companies (ISRO) has launched an to be held in 2021, is going to be a fierce bat- of `189 crore under the intended to accelerate vaccine development. Even as there was a earth observation satellite, Ttle between the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool scheme for Integrated Cold EOS-01, along with nine Congress (TMC) and the BJP. The current political Chain and Value Addition. political storm over the timing of the announcement, President-elect customer satellites onboard situation indicates that the Left parties, which have Also, eight projects, leverag- Joe Biden, who made his criticism of Trump’s handling of the pandemic a centrepiece of his elec- its polar rocket from the ruled the State for about three decades before the ing investment worth `62 tion campaign, congratulated the “brilliant women and men” involved in the research. But he didn’t Satish Dhawan Space Centre TMC dislodged them, have lost the political ground. crore with a grant of `15 crore in Sriharikota. This is India’s And the party's condition under the scheme for go overboard and urged the nation to continue wearing masks and maintaining protocols as it would first space mission in almost is no better. This has fuelled BJP's ambitions to occu- Creation of Backward and be “many more months before there is widespread vaccination.” Biden’s appeal assumes signifi- a year. py the political space against the ruling TMC. Forward Linkages, were cance because Trump had repeatedly mocked the former for wearing the face cover during election With this, ISRO has suc- Buoyed by its impressive performance in 2019 approved. These are likely to cessfully overcome many general elections, winning 18 Lok Sabha seats and generate employment for campaigns. Many Conservatives even contended that masks infringed on their individual freedom. constraints to meet the securing 40.64 per cent votes, which were just three in terms of rate of development, law and order, cor- nearly 12,600 people and ben- This stubbornness to ignore the advice of experts on Corona protocols has been widely blamed for deadline during the ongoing per cent less than TMC, BJP is high on hopes to con- ruption, political murders and other key parameters. efit around 2,00,592 farmers. the fact that the US remains the worst-hit country in the world. COVID-19 crisis. quer the politically significant State in eastern India. The legacy left behind by the Left parties has been The projects are spread across EOS-01 is a Radar On the other hand, Banerjee's rule hasn't lived up continued by the Banerjee Government. In this con- 10 States — Punjab, Andhra Coming close on the heels of the mandate, the US President, who will be legally challenging Imaging Satellite (RISAT) to the expectations of the people. The catchy TMC text, West Bengal, which has a huge potential to grow, Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu and the vote count on the grounds of it being a fraud, will also be using the vaccine claim as part of a that will work together with slogan “Parivartan” (change) in 2011 Assembly elec- needs a change of Government. Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, conspiracy theory. In a renewed push to justify his victimhood, he felt that the US Food and Drug RISAT-2B and RISAT-2BR1 tions, promising a turnaround in the State, has proved N Sadhasiva Reddy Nagaland, Kerala, Punjab, launched last year and is hollow. Bengal hasn't witnessed substantial changes Bengaluru Uttarakhand, Telangana, Administration (USFDA) was politically motivated and should have announced it earlier to save lives. intended for applications in Nagaland. Of course, he disregarded the fact that the scientific community across the world had sworn that agriculture, forestry and dis- These will provide effec- they would not be compromised by political arm-twisting and would declare results after they were aster management support. Diwali gloom is the mainstay of the econo- pollution across India, the tive and seamless backward It will aid in providing all- my. Prior to the ban, products State Governments should and forward integration for absolutely sure of trials. The findings may have come in the natural and ethical course of proto- weather surveillance using Sir — The decision to ban fire- had already been shipped to have taken the decision before the processed food industry cols but Trump is not going to let go of the opportunity to claim he fast-tracked them and now Synthetic Aperture Radar crackers during Diwali by different States but payments the stocks even arrived in the by plugging the gaps in the was being cheated out of the credit due to him. Vice-President Mike Pence, too, was quick to point (SAR). several State Governments is were yet to be made. Now, market. supply chain in terms of avail- out that the vaccine was a result of the Trump administration’s “public-private partnership” initia- Also, there are indica- a welcome step. However, this with the ban being imple- M Raghuraman ability of raw material and tions that ISRO could be should have been done much mented, they would not Mumbai linkages with the market. tive. Be that as it may, the fact remains that Trump and Co are responsible for the Corona soup launching ten such satel- earlier as across the country, receive the due credit amount Farmer-friendly projects Amit Singh Kushwaha the US is in today and the verdict of the people was against that and the divisive policies based lites in this series in quick thousands of families depend and the workers will be left in Satna on ethno-nationalism. As far as Biden is concerned, the vaccine will be the cherry on the cake. succession. on this seasonal business for a lurch. Keeping in view the Sir — The Union M Pradyu their livelihood and in places rising number of COVID-19 Government is working Send your feedback to: But will he get rid of “Trumpism” that will dog every move he makes? Kannur like Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, it cases and the high level of air towards boosting the food [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN A fine mess in POINTCOUNTERPOINT IF THE DIRECTION OF SATELLITES TO MARS AND TIME TO STOP BLAMING EVMS. THERE HAVE BEEN Ethiopia again MOON CAN BE CONTROLLED FROM THE EARTH, THEN DOUBTERS IN ALL PARTIES, PARTICULARLY WHEN WHY CAN’T EVM BE HACKED? THE RESULTS DON’T GO IN THEIR FAVOUR. In only a week, it has worked its way up from local —CONGRESS LEADER —CONGRESS LEADER clashes to air strikes. This is so reckless that it makes US politics look demure by comparison UDIT RAJ KARTI CHIDAMBARAM Biden’s Bharat policy GWYNNE DYER The President-elect has always espoused India's cause in the US and lobbied for Indian mericans should congratulate themselves. Their election sys- tem is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so interests as an admirer of the world's largest democracy Awell that there’s unlikely to be another American civil war. The US, a federal country with a complex and decrepit voting sys- tem, has nevertheless just held a national election despite about a quarter-million of COVID-19 deaths. President Donald Trump is finding it hard to process his defeat, but the system itself worked fine despite the pandemic. Ethiopia, another federal country with one-third of America’s population but less than one-hundredth of the US’ COVID death rate, should have held its scheduled election this autumn too, but Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed postponed it “because of the Coronavirus pandemic.” That was a very serious mistake. The Government of the Tigray region of Ethiopia accused Abiy ANIL GUPTA of needless delay, and when he refused to change his mind, it went ahead and held the election in Tigray anyway. Abiy said the newly- f all goes well and President Donald Trump does elected Government of Tigray (same as the old Government) was not have his way in the courts, then on January illegal because he had postponed the elections. On its part, Tigray I20, 2021 the White House would have a new said the Federal Government was illegal because it had unilater- occupant. President Trump will vacate the same to ally extended its mandate instead of holding the elections, and both welcome President-elect Democrat Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States of America sides went to war. (POTUS). The US elections this time were followed In only a week, they’ve worked their way up from local clash- worldwide because of the impact incumbent es to air strikes. This is so stupid and reckless that it makes US President Trump had over global geopolitics with politics look positively demure by comparison. To be fair, though, his peculiar style of functioning. Ethiopia has only recently emerged from 45 years of revolution, Though Biden defeated him with a convinc- White and Red terror, renewed tyranny, more revolution, and prac- ing majority, Trump is unhappy and making wild tically non-stop civil and international war. Ethiopia is a really hard accusations of electoral fraud has approached the place to govern. When Abiy Ahmed was appointed Prime Minister courts. In all fairness, Biden will succeed and Trump two years ago by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s will have to concede. In the process Trump will be Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), he was the first Oromo remembered as the first sitting POTUS who failed to secure a second term apart from his numerous ever to govern the country, even though the Oromo are the largest controversial decisions. Biden will inherit an of Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups (a third of the population). They extremely divided US, a fallout of the “America First” have been unhappy for a long time, so that was a plus. policy of Trump. Soon, the process of transition will So was the fact that he was the son of a Christian-Muslim begin when the outgoing administration will hand marriage, useful in a country that is two-thirds Christian, one-third over power to the transition team of Biden, who, too, DESPITE Muslim. And Abiy’s intentions were good: He immediately set about will commence the process of announcing his trust- TEMPTATIONS to dismantle the stranglehold on power of the various ethnic mili- ed colleagues. The choice of members of his team AND tias that had fought and won the long war against the Derg, the will be the first indication of the mindset of the new PROVOCATIONS, previous Communist dictatorship. The most powerful of those mili- POTUS with relation to burning domestic and glob- INDIA HAS tias is the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). al issues. Biden, more than experienced at 77, will SO FAR not only decide the future of US citizens but would with India, cooperating with New Delhi radical jihadi organisations. Significantly, of US’ services imports from the world, Tigray, the country’s northernmost province, has only six mil- RESISTED also have the capacity, capability, authority and JOINING ANY on meeting global challenges as well as the Modi Government’s action against too. The US is the fifth-largest source of lion people, a mere five per cent of Ethiopia’s population, but Tigrayan responsibility to shape global destiny. It is no won- enhancing trade relations. He has many foreign-funded NGOs and banning Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India soldiers and politicians have dominated the EPRDF coalition and CAMP BUT der then that in India as well the election was fol- INSTEAD HAS remained a strong believer of the fact that of Amnesty International has not gone and the Indian stock market is already Government for most of the last 30 years because of their his- lowed very closely as it has traditionally enjoyed a India and the US are natural partners and down well with many Democrats. There showing a positive impact like the Wall toric role in the war against the Derg. bipartisan relationship with the US. CONTINUED had a stellar role to play in approving the are bound to be differences of opinion on Street. The Tigrayan political elite’s privilege was widely resented, and Though change of presidency in the US has not WITH ITS US-India civil nuclear deal in 2008. It was many issues just like during the Trump There may not be much change in the it was time for it to end. Last year Abiy tried to do that by merg- made much of a difference in the past irrespective STRATEGY OF during the Obama-Biden administra- Administration, but mutual discussions H1-B visa regime but the information ing all the ethnic militia-based parties into a single Prosperity Party, of the party in power, this time the situation is dif- NEED-BASED tion that the US, for the first time, would ensure that these do not affect the technology industry is likely to benefit. but the TPLF leadership wouldn’t play ball. They had always lived ferent because of the ongoing stand-off with an BILATERAL OR declared its support for the permanent cooperation between the two nations on Despite good personal relations between in the castle, and nobody was going to make them go and live expansionist and aggressive China as well as certain MULTILATERAL membership of India in an expanded and many critical issues of mutual importance. Trump and Modi, the much-awaited controversies at home leading to polarisation. reformed United Nations Security China’s expansionist policies, trade trade deal between the two countries could with the commoners. It is, alas, as simple as that, and perhaps a AGREEMENTS IN The nomination of Senator Kamala Harris as KEEPING WITH ITS Council. During the same administration, and certain global problems like terrorism not be finalised. Keeping in view the more accomplished civilian politician could have finessed it: Cabinet a running mate by Biden created a concern in the India was named as a “major defence part- and climate change are the issues of con- promised focus of Biden on rebuilding the posts, ambassadorships and/or fat lifetime pensions for the more NATIONAL power corridors in India due to her perceived anti- INTERESTS. ner,” making it eligible to be treated at par cern for India. There is no doubt that on COVID-hit economy of the US, chances flexible Tigrayan leaders, discreet but massive bribes for the greed- India stance and critical statements relating to abro- with closest US allies as regards advanced these issues the Biden administration and of expecting any concessions appear dim. ier ones, and a couple of fatal “accidents” for the hardest nuts to gation of Article 370 and the Citizenship WE MUST and sensitive technologies needed to India will have convergence. It is unlike- Biden, however, had been an advocate crack. Amendment Act (CAA). Incidentally, both Biden CONTINUE strengthen our armed forces. There are ly that Biden will release the pressure built of strengthening trade relations and India Abiy Ahmed, despite a background in Intelligence work that and Harris have a connection with India but it is ON THE fears that since more than 80 per cent on China by the Trump Administration. would expect restoration of the should have given him good political skills, is inflexible and con- highly unlikely that it would have any effect on their SAME PATH American-Muslims voted in his favour, But he favours a consensus-based Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) frontational. The cascade of threats, counter-threats and ultima- policy-making or relations with us. However, one Biden’s policies may be pro-Muslim. approach in dealing with Beijing as com- benefits from his Government. However, tums between him and the TPLF leadership is now culminating thing is certain, Biden is a friend of India and his However, any apprehension of the US pared to the confrontationist stance it remains to be seen if the new adminis- track record from his early days as a Senator till his interfering in Kashmir is highly unfound- adopted by Trump. tration uses the same as a leverage for its in what amounts to a Tigrayan war of secession. It could be a long Vice- Presidency under Barack Obama bears testi- ed as Biden and Harris have both spoken Biden is in favour of strengthening differences on certain issues with the Modi fight because Tigrayans are over-represented in the armed forces mony to this fact. out against human rights violations and the QUAD, the Indo-Pacific policy as well Government. Even Modi expressed the and much of the army’s heavy weapons and equipment, which Trump has left many problems for the new the Democrats have always been support- as providing support to Taiwan and same hope in his congratulatory message were based in Tigray because of the border war with Eritrea, has Government and naturally, Biden will prioritise the ive of India on Kashmir. Though in his Hong Kong. He wants to strengthen ties to the President-elect. He tweeted, “As the fallen into the TPLF’s hands. The TPLF has no air force, but it can sequence and manner in which he decides to resolve Agenda for Muslim-American with US allies, too, meaning the NATO (Vice President), your contribution to match the federal army in everything, up to and including mech- them. Going by the Democratic Party Platform (a Communities, Biden had condemned the and countries like Australia, Japan, the strengthening Indo-US relations was crit- anised divisions. document akin to manifesto) India is not in the pri- Narendra Modi Government’s new citi- Philippines and South Korea, proposing ical and invaluable. I look forward to Ethiopia is Africa’s second-biggest country, very poor but with ority list of the party. It refers to China, North Korea, zenship Act and a separate attempt to build a grand Indo-Pacific Alliance. He has also working closely together once again to take a fast-growing economy. The very last thing it needs is yet anoth- Iran, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific but does a population register that could provide committed to strengthening military India-US relations to greater heights.” er civil war, which in current circumstances could also lead to other not mention India specifically. However, the future justification to expel or target for- cooperation between the US and India. It India has embarked on the path of Democrats realised soon that ignoring India may eigners, at the same time he had also com- is important to note that both nations had Atmanirbhar Bharat to meet the challenges regions trying to secede. Even if the TPLF was trying to provoke cause them loss of critical Indian-American votes mitted to strengthening Indo-US ties. signed three agreements for closer mili- of a post-COVID era. Despite temptations a war (which looks quite likely), Abiy Ahmed’s first duty was to and the Biden campaign released a separate policy “The US and India will stand togeth- tary cooperation in the backdrop of the and provocations, our nation has so far avoid it at all costs. They gave Abiy Ahmed the Nobel Peace Prize paper on Indo-US relations. Considering India’s er against terrorism in all its forms and growing tension with China under Trump. resisted joining any camp but instead has last year for bringing Ethiopia’s 22-year border war with Eritrea to strategic location dominating the Indian Ocean, its work together to promote a region of Biden has a very different approach to cli- continued with its strategy of need-based a formal end but that award has been going downhill ever since size and economy, no Government can afford to peace and stability, where neither China mate change which is likely to benefit India bilateral or multilateral agreements in Henry Kissinger got one. They even gave one to Myanmar leader ignore it. nor any other country threatens its neigh- in terms of green funding. keeping with its national interests. We Aung San Suu Kyi, who now goes around condoning genocide. Significantly, Biden has always espoused India’s bours,” he wrote in an op-ed in an As far as trade is concerned, Biden is must continue on the same path. Maybe we also need a Nobel Booby Prize. cause in the US and lobbied for its interests as an Indian-American newspaper in October. going to be less obtrusive than Trump. (The author is a Jammu-based veter- (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future of admirer of the world’s largest democracy. He has also He is unlikely to change the American India already enjoys a trade surplus with an, political commentator, columnist, secu- Democracy and Work’) been an advocate of deepening strategic engagement stance on Al Qaeda, the ISIS and other the US. It accounts for nearly five per cent rity and strategic analyst) Accurate weather forecast a must There is information on how farmers gain because of data availability but there is no data on how much they have lost due to a wrong forecast FOREIGN EYE

ers, shutting down of power plants, ban helped gauge the economic impact of expenses were incurred by the farmers on diesel generator sets, bonfires and India’s investments in the National on labour for the same. These instances garbage burning in landfills and so on. Monsoon Mission (NMM) and High- spoil the credibility of the IMD and But apart from concerns about smog Performance Computing (HPC) facil- alienate farmers. In order to avoid these and the AQI in the winter months, ities. The findings showed that mitiga- conditions, the department must work weather forecasts are not so vital for city tion, risk-avoidance and precautionary on firming up its forecast ability and dwellers. In fact, during the monsoon activities undertaken on the basis of ensure that retractions are not com- season they are a butt of jokes owing weather information paid off for the monplace as they play havoc with the TV VIEWING IS SRIRAJ to the inaccuracy of predictions. farmers. farming community’s fortunes. KOTA But in other parts of India, away Similarly, the Indian Additionally, weather advisories are CHANGING from the towering skyscrapers and pol- Meteorological Department (IMD) in sometimes generic and lack district- TV viewing has remained or those of us living in metropo- lution, where the highest landmarks are association with the Indian Council for level specifications, leaving the grow- popular due to its ability to lises and other urban areas, weath- either trees or mountains, weather Agricultural Research (ICAR) sent ers confused whether or not to take create a community Fer forecasts are mostly a dreary forecasts are a vital source of informa- Agrometeorological Advisories to 22 action to protect their crop. The IMD experience when we are flow of information on temperature, tion. The farming community of India al community. Even as farmers with matters worse. Given these trying con- million farmers, through a network of must overcome this flaw so that agri- humidity levels and possibilities of rain- relies heavily on weather inputs and sizeable land holdings, access to funds, ditions, information on what the weath- 130 agro-met field units. It was found culturalists are able to derive full ben- isolated at home. fall. Urban dwellers are more worried growers plan their crop cycles, rotation quality seeds, livestock and farm equip- er will bring in coming days is truly a that 80 per cent of the farmers who had efit of a properly-issued forecast that is “Escapism” is a word often about pollution levels, the ambient Air patterns, pesticide use and so on, ment struggle to make a profit, the con- God-sent facility for all farmers. utilised these advisories could avoid high on both minutiae details and accu- used pejoratively, but small Quality Index (AQI) and whether the based on them. Thankfully, over the dition of small and marginal farmers Particularly given the fact that climate severe crop-related losses. However, the racy. There is information available on doses are necessary; they next few days will see the city decades, the dissemination of weather- remains abominable and seems to get change-related disasters are wreaking flow of information through these how farmers are gaining because of enveloped in choking smog. Keeping related information has made major worse with each passing year. Even havoc on the farm sector. In 2019-20, advisories is also not without problems. weather data availability but there is no make the larger bleakness abreast of the smog quotient is vital for progress. And owing to vast cellular net- decades of economic progress of the extreme weather events adversely In February 2018, the IMD issued comprehensive data on how much they easier to face. It is worth urban dwellers as it not only impacts works and affordable smartphone tech- nation do not seem to have improved impacted 14 million hectares of farm- storm and thundershower warnings for have lost due to a hastily-issued and noting that a fifth of the UK their health and outdoor activities but nologies, farmers in many remote the lot of these underprivileged farm- land in India. A recent survey by the Maharashtra’s Nashik belt, which is tra- retracted weather forecast or other fore- barely uses the internet. For would also mean kicking in of the parts of India have weather data liter- ers whose fragmented landholdings are National Council of Applied Economic ditionally a grape-growing region with cast-related negligence. No information them, the BBC and Channel Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), ally on their fingertips. unable to produce bumper crops. Research (NCAER) underscored the nearly 1,00,000 tonnes of grape export does not mean that it has not happened. 4 which includes measures such as pro- However, these conditions, as This ensures that the farmer importance of timely delivery of weath- to its credit each year. The advisory The Government must compile authen- are essential companions. hibition on entry of trucks, ban on con- heartening as they may seem, do not keeps getting deeply entangled in the er-related information to growers and compelled the grape farmers to advance tic data in this regard so that the extent What we are seeing may be struction activities, introduction of exist uniformly throughout the realm complex web of debt and falling pro- concluded that it had a significantly their harvest process to escape the of the problem is realised and counter- a redefinition of public odd and even scheme for private vehi- of Indian agriculture and some serious duce. Knee-jerk policies, such as the positive impact on their income. weather event. But soon, the IMD with- measures are taken. service broadcasting. cles, shutting of schools, closure of brick anomalies exist in the form of stark eco- recent farm Acts, that raise doubts The survey, based on interviews drew its forecast, resulting in premature (The writer is an environmental (The Guardian editorial) kilns, hot mix plants and stone crush- nomic disparities within the agricultur- about the welfare of the growers, make with nearly 4,000 agriculturalists, grape harvest in the region and heavy journalist) VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Money 08 States likely to cut capital outlay Sensex hits 43,000-mark for first time; Nifty tops 12,600 on infra due to pandemic: ICRA PNS n MUMBAI Extending its winning streak PNS n NEW DELHI for the seventh straight session, With Covid and the related slowdown equity benchmark Sensex Impacted by the COVID-19 in the economic activities, states are soared 680 points to scale pandemic states are likely to cut staring at a significant decline, which another lifetime high on capital outlay on infrastructure Tuesday, tracking a global by up to 40 per cent, rating in turn could push them to cut down on market rally driven by Pfizer's agency ICRA said on Tuesday. discretionary expenditure including COVID-19 vaccine trials data. States account for 37-40 per deferment of capital outlay After touching its lifetime cent of the total infrastructure peak of 43,316.44 during the capital expenditure, it said. day, the 30-share BSE index The rating agency said major cent of the total expenditure past, states had cut their capi- ended 680.22 points or 1.60 states together had a budgeted under NIP," the statement said. tal expenditure by an average per cent higher at 43,277.65. capital outlay of over Rs 5.7 Shubham Jain, Senior Vice- of 0.5 per cent of GDP to meet The broader NSE Nifty too TCS closed in the red. supported the rally, he added. lakh crore for 2020-21 as President and Group Head, fiscal deficit targets. touched a fresh intra-day high "Announcements by However, champions that against revised estimate of Rs Corporate Ratings, ICRA said "Given the current fiscal of 12,643.90. It ended at BioNTech and Pfizer about emerged during pandemic like 5.1 lakh crore in 2019-20. while on one hand states will position, it is likely that states 12,631.10, up 170.05 points or successful phase 3 trial of IT and pharma stocks wit- "However, with COVID-19 ing on the extent of addition- "Furthermore, of the Rs 111 generate lower revenues, they would cut the capex by a high- 1.36 per cent. COVID-19 vaccine instilled nessed sharp profit booking, he severely impacting revenues al borrowings, which is availed. trillion worth infrastructure would also need to increase er proportion in FY2021. Bajaj Finance was the top confidence among investors noted. of state governments, and addi- With COVID-19 and the investments planned under expenditure towards healthcare However, capex in health and gainer in the Sensex pack, and possibility of sustained Pfizer and BioNTech on tional expenditure towards related slowdown in the eco- the National Infrastructure and social welfare. education sectors could surging around 9 per cent, fol- economic recovery led sharp Monday said their vaccine healthcare and public welfare, nomic activities, states are star- Pipeline (NIP), about 40 per Various policy measures in increase,” Jain said. lowed by IndusInd Bank, L&T, buying in beaten down stocks," candidate was found to be the capital outlay on infrastruc- ing at a significant decline in cent is from state governments. response to COVID-19 could To bridge the shortfall, states' Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, SBI, said Arjun Yash Mahajan, more than 90 per cent effective ture by states could decline 10- their revenues, which in turn "NIP envisages the state's cost over 0.3 per cent of GDP. unconditional borrowing limit ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Head Institutional Business at in preventing COVID-19. 40 per cent in FY2021," ICRA could push them to cut down budgetary outlay on capital "Hence, to reduce the impact has been raised from 3 per cent ONGC and Axis Bank. Reliance Securities. Elsewhere in Asia, bourses said in a statement. on discretionary expenditure investments to be around 1.7 states are likely to curtail some of gross state domestic product On the other hand, Tech Favourable global markets in Hong Kong, Seoul and It said some states could wit- including deferment of capital per cent of GDP and states are revenue expenditure as well as (GSDP) to 4 per cent of GSDP Mahindra, HCL Tech, Infosys, and NDA's surprising lead in Tokyo ended with gains, while ness a steeper decline depend- outlay. expected to fund 24-26 per capital expenditure. In the for 2020-21, the statement said. Nestle India, Sun Pharma and Bihar assembly elections also Shanghai settled lower. Rupee falls 3 paise Adani, Piramal revise offers for DHFL MONEY MATTERS PNS n NEW DELHI A Committee of Creditors, overseeing the resolution plan, Gold tanks Rs 662, silver against US dollar Suitors for the troubled non- is expected to meet next week tumbles Rs 1,431 banking finance company to finalise the bidder. PNS n MUMBAI against the US dollar. Dewan Housing Finance The CoC was hoping to old prices tanked Rs 662 The dollar index, which Corporation (DHFL) have finalise the resolution plan by Gto Rs 50,338 per 10 gram The rupee depreciated 3 paise gauges the greenback's raised their offer price in the November 16 before it could in the national capital on to close at 74.18 (provisional) strength against a basket of six revised bids submitted for the send it to the RBI for review. Tuesday, according to HDFC against the US dollar on currencies, strengthened 0.17 company, sources said. ast month, the National Securities. In the previous Tuesday, as higher crude oil per cent to 92.87. Adani Group, Piramal Company Law Tribunal trade, the precious metal had prices and stronger dollar Meanwhile, Brent crude Enterprises, US-based Oaktree (NCLT) had allowed 90 days closed at Rs 51,000 per 10 against key global currencies futures, the global oil bench- and Hong Kong-based SC extension for the resolution gram. Silver prices also weighed on sentiment. mark, rose 1.34 per cent to Lowy have submitted 10-70 per process till January 5. tumbled Rs 1,431 to Rs The rise in crude oil prices USD 42.97 per barrel. cent higher price for either a ources said both Oaktree 62,217 per kilogram from Rs had a negative impact on the In the equity market, the 30- stake in the company or buy- Capital and the Piramal 63,648 per kilogram in the previous trade. "Correction in gold prices domestic unit, but robust share BSE Sensex ended ing out some of its assets. Group's offers factor in a little in India may attract festival buying ahead of auspicious domestic equities supported 680.22 points or 1.60 per cent Oaktree Capital has raised its under Rs 10,000 crore cash 'Dhanteras'," HDFC Securities Senior Analyst (Commodities) Tapan the rupee and restricted the higher at 43,277.65. It touched bid price for the entire portfo- from DHFL's books. Patel said. In the international market, gold was trading in the fall, experts said. its lifetime peak of 43,316.44 lio to Rs 33,000 crore from Rs Rs 50 crore for the slum rede- settle the dues with banks. Currently, DHFL has cash of green at USD 1,886 per ounce, while silver was quoting flat at USD At the interbank foreign during the day. 27,800 crore earlier, sources velopment book, they said. Wadhawan has written to the almost Rs 8,000 crore on its 24.31 per ounce. "Gold prices earlier witnessed sell-off on vaccine exchange (forex), the domes- Similarly, the broader NSE with knowledge of the develop- SC Lowy has upped its bid Reserve Bank of India-appoint- books, which is expected to rise hopes. However, prices recovered today on supportive tic currency opened higher at Nifty too hit a fresh intra-day ment said. for the non-SRA book to Rs ed administrator Subraman- to Rs 10,000 crore by March - fundamentals with dovish stance from central banks amid slower 74.04 a dollar, but could not high of 12,643.90. It ended at Piramal has significantly 2,300 crore from Rs 1,550 iakumar saying that their offer and this entire amount would economic growth and ongoing lockdown in Europe," Patel added. hold the momentum and 12,631.10, up 170.05 points or revised its bid for the retail crore earlier. he new bids have would ensure maximum value be used to repay lenders as per finally settled 3 paise lower at 1.36 per cent. book to Rs 26,500 crore from been submitted after the for the assets that have been the plans submitted so far. 74.18 against the greenback. "Rupee traded weak after Rs 15,000 crore offered earlier. lenders asked the bidders to put on the block. DHFL's liquidation value is uring the session, the the Reserve Bank of India Adani Properties has also revise their offer. Promoters hold about 39.21 expected to be around Rs Procter & Gamble and Health Q1 domestic unit reached a high (RBI) intervened in spot and raised its bid for the wholesale DHFL promoter Kapil per cent stake in DHFL. 25,000 crore, and the earlier of 74.02 and touched 74.30 at then paid in forward to neu- and Slum Rehabilitation Wadhawan had proposed to Bankers want promoters' stake offers were not significantly net up 85.51 pc to Rs 254 crore the lower end. tralise liquidity a kind of swap Authority (SRA) assets to Rs transfer the rights, title and to fall below 10 per cent after higher than the amount, rocter & Gamble Hygiene and On Monday, the rupee had seen when market needs to 3,000 crore from Rs 2,200 interest in at least 10 projects the stake sale as part of the res- prompting lenders to call for PHealth Care on Tuesday lost 7 paise to close at 74.15 balanced. crore earlier. It has also offered valued at Rs 43,879 crore and olution plan. revised bids. reported a 85.51 per cent jump in profit at Rs 253.86 crore for the first quarter ended September. The company had posted a profit IDFC net loss of Rs 136.84 crore in the year-ago Gonuts raises Rs 3.5 cr funding Sebi forms group period, it said in a regulatory filing. The company follows July- narrows to June financial year. Total income during the quarter under review stood at Rs 1,019.01 crore as compared to Rs 863.16 crore in the from Sweta Rau and 9Unicorns Rs 147 cr in to review norms year-ago period, a growth of 18.05 per cent. The company attributed the increase in profit to "focus on productivity, one-time PNS n NEW DELHI Sept quarter PNS n NEW DELHI hurt in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, and a one- PNS n NEW DELHI time help in the current quarter". Madhusudan Gopalan, Managing Gonuts, a celebrity commerce Markets regulator Sebi has Director, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd said: “We platform, on Tuesday said it IDFC Ltd on Tuesday report- set up an expert group to delivered strong top and bottom-line results in a challenging market has raised Rs 3.5 crore in seed ed narrowing of its consoli- review the framework of environment. With the easing of the lockdown, we are witnessing funding led by marquee dated net loss to Rs 146.68 share-based employee benefit gradual market recovery in the health and hygiene categories." investors, Sweta Rau and crore in the second quarter and issue of sweat equity. Shares of the company settled 10.91 per cent higher at Rs Archana Priyadarshini. ended September 30. The seven-member expert 11,344.20 apiece on BSE. 9Unicorns, AngelList, Lets It had posted a net loss of group would be chaired by Venture, Pankaj Chaddah Rs 407 crore in the corre- Sandip Bhagat Partner at S&R (Zomato co-founder) sponding quarter of the pre- Associates, an update with Ramakant Sharma, (LivSpace vious financial year. the Securities and Exchange Three shell firms detected in UP co-founder), IIM Indore Sequentially, the losses Board of India (Sebi) showed. Alumni Fund, Harshal Morde widened against Rs 26.46 he expert group would he Uttar Pradesh (Morde Foods) and other mar- crore in the first quarter revisit the framework of share- TCommercial Taxes quee angels and founders also ended June 30. based employee benefit and Department has unearthed participated in this round, a Gonuts has a long Ratnani. This gives users a However, Its total income suggest policy changes. three shell firms involved in statement said. diverse range of celebrities to during July-September 2020 urther, the panel has been bogus sale of mentha oil, an Founded by Vinamra term vision of creating choose from to convey person- grew 41.39 per cent to Rs mandated to revisit the frame- Other members of the panel official said on Tuesday. Pandiya, Mayank Gupta and India's largest alised messages to their loved 91.54 crore as compared with work of sweat equity regula- are Santosh Haldankar, com- Of these three bogus firms, Joji George in March this year, ones. he plan is to strengthen Rs 64.74 crore in the year-ago tions vis-a-vis the Companies pany secretary of HDFC Bank; two were from Bareilly and GoNuts aims to bridge the gap celebrity experience market leadership and follow period, IDFC Ltd said in a Act, and recommend any pol- Vikram Shroff of Nishith one from Shahjahanpur, the between celebrities and their e-commerce platform through on Gonuts' vision to regulatory filing. icy changes. Desai Associates and Narayan official said. Additional fans, and democratise talent to be Asia's largest and most Expenses during the sec- They have to suggest Shankar, company secretary of Commissioner of the Indian and expatriate influential celebrity commerce ond quarter of 2020-21 stood whether it is advisable to com- Mahindra & Mahindra. enforcement team RK Pandey said 18 firms in Shahjahanpur and Indian diaspora. his includes names like platform, Gonuts founder at Rs 55.70 crore, against Rs bine both the regulations. In Further, Pavan Vijay, Bareilly were probed by the department. "Two bogus firms in Bareily Gonuts has a long term Shankar Mahadevan, Hans Raj Vinamra Pandiya said. We aim 65.95 crore a year ago. case, these norms can be com- founder of Corporate -- MS Enetrprises and Shyam Traders -- and Hindustan Traders of vision of creating India's largest Hans, Shaan, Kailash Kher, to on-board over 5,000 of the On November 7, 2019, the bined, the panel would provide Professionals; M Sanaulla Shahjahanpur, existed only on papers. All the documents of the celebrity experience e-com- Sukhbir, Talat Aziz, Shibani most influential and celebrities group executed definitive draft rules in this regard. Khan, company secretary of these firms relating to sale and purchase are being probed," Pandey merce platform. It has a port- Kashyap, Hariharan, Sivamani, by the next financial year and agreements with Dharmesh Sweat equity shares, gener- Wipro; and Sebi's Chief said. folio of over 700 celebrities Shivin Narang, Jonty Rhodes, be the unicorn out of India in Mehta and other investors for ally, issued by a company to its General Manager Jeevan across categories like films, Sumeet Verma, Ranveer Brar this category for the rest of the the sale of its entire invest- employees at a discount or for Sonparote are also members of television, sports and music. Ashish Vidyarthi and Vicky world," Pandiya added. ment in IDFC Securities Ltd. consideration other than cash. the panel. Mitsubishi picks up minority stake in TVS Supply Chain Solutions

VS Supply Chain Solutions on Inflow in gold ETF’s drops 35 pc to Rs 384 cr in Oct TTuesday said Japan-based Mitsubishi Corporation has made investments for PNS n NEW DELHI investors because they antici- an 'undisclosed sum', picking up Instruments saw an inflow of Rs 922 pated gold prices to increase in minority stakes in the company. The Gold exchange-traded funds crore in July, Rs 908 crore in August, future," he said. investment in TVS Group company by (ETFs) witnessed an inflow of However, in subsequent Mitsubishi Corporation is through a Rs 384 crore in October, a drop Rs 597 crore in September and Rs months the prices have secondary market transaction allowing of 35 per cent from the preced- 384 crore in October, data with the remained between Rs 50,000 Tata Opportunities Fund to secure a ing month, as investors are opt- Amfi showed and Rs 52,000. This has 'partial exit,' a company statement said.The Tata Opportunities Fund ing to invest money directly impacted the inflows as which came on board as a minority partner in TVS in 2015, has into equities. investors have witnessed surge, made multiple rounds of further investments in TVS Supply Chain This also marked uninter- a coronavirus vaccine are push- ed into equities," he added. drop and volatility in gold, Solutions to further its growth. With the investment by Mitsubishi rupted inflow for the seventh ing investors to opt for riskier Harshad Chetanwala of which is very much like how Corporation, Tata Opportunities Fund would continue to hold a consecutive month, although investments, through direct MyWealthGrowth.com said the gold prices have behaved in the 'residual stake' besides remaining a 'key strategic investment the pace of investment into equities," said Gopal continuous surge in gold prices past, he added. partner' for TVSSupply Chain Solutions. "TVS SCS has successfully gold ETFs have been trending Kavalireddi, head of research at came to a halt in the first week old has the tendency to do pivoted into new segments and addressed opportunities arising out downwards since July. FYERS. of August. From there on, gold well during the crisis and then of COVID through customer-focused offerings...," company Such instruments saw an Gold, considered a safe prices started receding and remain flattish for quite some managing director R Dinesh said. "Our innovative solutions and inflow of Rs 922 crore in July, infusion in a gold exchange- pace has decreased consider- haven and a hedge against later remained range-bound time. differentiated approach make TVS Supply Chain Solutions a Rs 908 crore in August, Rs 597 traded fund or ETF category ably. This trend can be corre- other riskier asset classes, has for a couple of months. The inflows meant assets preferred supply chain partner to our clients. Through our crore in September and Rs has reached to Rs 6,341 crore lated with the trends in equi- taken a back seat at the current "In the last six months, under management (AUM) of partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation, we aim to accelerate our 384 crore in October, data in the first eight months ties. Increasing economic activ- time. August had seen the highest gold ETFs climbed to Rs 13,862 growth in the years to come," he added. The latest round of with the Association of Mutual (January-October) of the year. ity, buoyant equity markets, "After an excellent year in inflows in gold ETF as a drop crore at the end of October, investment (by Mitsubishi Corporation) would further strengthen Funds in India (Amfi) showed. "Though the net inflows uncertainty ending with US 2019 and in the first half of in the gold price was looked from Rs 13,622 crore at TVS Supply Chain Solutions' leadership position to a much larger With the latest inflow, net continue to remain positive, the presidential elections, hopes of 2020, capital flows have shift- upon as an opportunity by September-end. footprint, extending the complete suite of digital supply chain solutions and value added services, the statement said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Wednesday November 11, 2020 IS REFINED OIL REALLY FINE?

hen it comes to eat- most see every oil in the ing healthy, it starts market as edible and harm- with what are you’re less. We are bombarded The market is full of refined oils cooking with. With with different kind of W endless choices advertisements regarding telling you they’re good for your stored in shelves, it’s edible vegetable oils. Far gut. You also hear that unrefined hard to figure what to from educating us, they do choose. Butter, extra virgin a really good job at confus- oils are the best. But what's the olive oils or refined oils ing us! The expectations of truth? Dr Haseeb Jafferi, a like canola and vegetable most customers these days and what not! It’s a known are a specific golden pharmacognosist, in conversation fact that heating vegetable colour, odour-free and with The Pioneer’s SHIKHA o One of the reasons for the extensive increase oils lead to oxidation, flavour-free oil, which has DUGGAL, answers them all of cancer in the body can be attributed to which in turn forms into a long shelf life. But is that over-heated refined oil. trans fats or mega trans all? Are these preferences fats. These two fats are even right? o Preservatives added during the refining responsible for the genera- “When free-floating process are bad for our digestive system and tion of free radicals that fatty acids increase in our then the cell enters a state are pro-inflammatory as body, they distort many of decay called ‘lipo-apop- can potentially cause ulcers, gastric these fats are unsaturated. cells and one such vital tosis’. This leads to inflam- problems and tumours. When it comes to having function triggers dysfunc- mation and cell death, o a healthy diet the first and tion of the muscle cell. which is extremely danger- Increased oxidation and rancidity in edible foremost healthy transfor- When fatty acids interfere ous! It’s important to strike oil can affect our respiratory system. mation is done by chang- with the formation of the right balance between o ing the type of oil you use something called the your real food mission and The high temperature involved in the refining for cooking. Normally, ‘microtubule’, they are reality,” enlightens Dr process removes all the natural and where you start talking responsible for muscle Haseeb Jafferi, a pharma- beneficial substances from it increasing the about cooking oils, contraction. When micro- cognosist, who helps us whether it is refined or tubules are not built ade- understand the dangers trans-fats which is detrimental to your unrefined, most people quately inside the cell and and side effects of con- heart's health. react like it’s no big deal as fat build-up increases, suming refined oil. Now you know what to look for, when buying edible oils, one of them being, to definitely rule out refined ones! Smooth shift from ANAYA SHAH IN A ROMANTIC TRACK naya Shah, headlines for his spoof and it’s getting tougher by who was last content online. the day for me to hold boy-next-door to a Nagin seen in Anaya shares, “I am these butterflies inside Fikraan, will be very excited about this me.” A featuring in a opportunity. Featuring in The pain, the love and Raja, popularly known as Kalki Raja, synonymous with playing boy-next-door song sung by a song sung by Ankit sir is the feeling of wanting popular playback singer a dream come true. He someone is sure to make and soft characters, has now taken up the challenge of playing a male-Nagin , a Ankit Tiwari. No matter has a beautiful voice and listeners realise the beauty how hard we try to define the song is even more of this track. Anaya Shah, the word ‘love’, it's just beautiful. It will take lis- who has a huge social character he has never done before. Kalki, who also turned producer with Zee won’t suffice. More impor- teners on a nostalgia trip media fandom, looks K RAMYA SREE tantly, saying ‘I Love You’ and probably even make extremely gorgeous in the Telugu’s Nagabhairavi, talks to The Pioneer’s about his roles, to the one we want to, gets some of them shed crazy stills released from the even tougher, so thanks to tears. It’s going to be out video. The music video wanting to get into the film industry, the OTT platforms and more the thousands of romantic really will be directed by ace songs that make it easier soon director Sidhaant Sachdev alki, who grabbed ment in my acting skills. Kalki who plays a comic and Nagabhairavi gets the best to express what we can’t and is produced by Voila everyone’s atten- That’s how I bagged my first romantic role in Gundamma out of someone. We did do put into words. Digi. Only a song created tion with the roles serial Kranthi. Later, I went Katha is seen in an extremely the groundwork for each and Sometimes, all we need by such maestros can do K he plays on screen on to do many serials.” serious role, a Nagin’s charac- every character before getting is that right romantic wonders, adding that extra and rose to never- Sharing one of the encoun- ter, in Nagabhairavi. How into this. I’m so immersed in track to connect with our essence to it! before fame with ters with a fan of his recently, difficult was it for him to this character now that heart and Anaya Shah’s his comic-romantic role in the actor says, “I bumped shift to a role that’s poles sometimes even the people new song could be just the Gundamma Katha, is all into a woman recently and apart from the ones he around me are terrified by one for you. The song is pepped and excited about she called me Cherry. Cherry played before? He tells us, my looks and remind me that going to take you to a playing a contradictory role is the name of the character I “Even I wasn’t sure how well I’m Kalki and not a Nagin.” zone of two parallel emo- as a Nagin in Nagabhairavi. played in Muddhu Bidda, I was faring. But, I have done For most of the actors, see- tions — romance-cum- The urge to see himself on many years ago. She said she my homework. I watched ing themselves on the silver tragedy. It is currently screen has made him quit his named her son after my char- films like Punnami screen is an ultimate dream. being shot at Gorai well-paid job and join an act- acter. It was overwhelming to Nagu and Did Kalki too have any such Beach, Maharashtra. ing school. Taking us receive such love from learnt about dream? He tells us, “After The song also features through his journey, Kalki the audience. In fact, the expres- Mudhu Bidda, I took a two- renowned YouTuber shares, “After I finished my I almost forgot the sions of a year break and made my tri- Mahesh Keshwala, MA, I worked for ICICI. name of my char- Nagin, als to get into the film indus- who has been Despite having a well-paid acter until she and try. But somewhere I felt I making job, my heart was always reminded me.” the couldn’t succeed there and beating for acting. After I For Kalki, direc- returned with Gundamma saved some money, I joined a Gundamma Katha tor Katha to the small screen. I film institute run by late remains to be his of got a lead role in one of the Devadas Kanakala garu. best project so far. films and 60 per cent of the After undergoing training for It’s one of the top- film was done. Because of a month, I gave an audition rated serials in demonetisation, the film was for a serial. I got a call from the afternoon shelved. You need to get a the director of the serial say- slots currently. break to succeed in films. I ing, ‘Your audition is Ok, but The actor says also missed out on a few I found your features and the character good films because of date expressions suitable for a he plays, Ram, clashes with on-going serials. hero’s role.’ He said he would is so close to I don’t care if it’s a hero’s give me a month’s time and him as it sym- character or that of a villain, would hire me in the lead bolises him I will definitely give the audi- role if he finds any improve- off-screen. ence a good ride with my film in the future.” Speaking about OTT becoming new theatres, Kalki says, “OTTs have opened doors to many actors who couldn’t succeed on the big screen. It gave employment out of the to many people and became a haven for young directors and actors. Even the serials BOX that we miss on Television can be watched there. Serials aired on OTTs are also gain- ing good viewership now.” 10

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The injury isn't that bad. It was I just told the girls that these are It feels great to pick a fifer, but isn't nice really tough for me; while the last 20 overs of the to not be on the winning side. I worked fielding only I got hurt but you tournament. Because of the very hard on my bowling and I think it have got to be there for the COVID-19 situation we don't shows was playing consistently even in team. I tried my best but know when we'll come out next, the lockdown and I was in touch couldn't win it for the team so we wanted to give it our all Mighty MI win 5th title Mumbai Indians came out with a dominating show KXIP likely to stick with to win the IPL as the Rohit Sharma-led side beat DC KL-Kumble combo PTI n NEW DELHI would have been in play-offs. KEY HIGHLIGHTS “The good thing is a core ings XI Punjab are likely to group has been identified. Gaps 1. Marcus Stoinis first ball Kcontinue with the captain need to be plugged in the mid- duck off Boult. and coach combine of K L dle-order where the team needs 2. Trent Boult picks wickets Rahul and Anil Kumble even a power hitter and also a world in first two overs and after finishing sixth in a close- class fast bowler to support ly-contested 2020 Indian Shami,” the source said. then in last over. Premier League. After losing the six out of 3. Jayant Yadav inclusion in A team source told PTI that their first seven games, KXIP place of Rahul Chahar in the owners want Rahul and won five in a row to find them- playing XI, and he justified Kumble take the team forward selves in contention for a play- in the 2021 edition, scheduled off spot but lost their last by packing in-form in less than six months. league game against CSK to Dhawan's bag in 4th over Rahul, who captained the bow out of the competition. of the powerplay. team for the first team this sea- The last time KXIP made the 4. Pant back in form finally son, had another stellar season play-offs was in 2014. with a well deserved fifty with the bat, amassing 670 Maxwell, Cottrell likely to 5. runs at an average of 55.83. It be released Nathan Coulter Nile's break was Kumble’s first season with KXIP had paid big money through to discuss Pant the franchise. for the likes of Glenn Maxwell after fifty and then Axar i KXIP, who have never had (10.75 crore) and Sheldon n the final over. a settled unit, have finally Cottrell (8.5 crore) but both did 6. Jasprit Bumrah wicketless. found a core group of players not do much to write to home around whom a team can be about, especially the Australian built. who made 108 runs in 13 PTI n DUBAI Five IPL titles are certain to make Rohit the skipper exploded inside the That group includes Rahul, games at 15.42. The team had undisputed 'Numero Uno' player-cum-leader 'Ring of Fire' at the Dubai Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas bought back Maxwell after let- peerless Rohit Sharma led defending in the IPL Universe. This edition was made International Stadium, he was Pooran, Mohammad Shami, ting him go following the 2017 champions Mumbai Indians to an unpar- more challenging by the COVID-19 pandem- fighting a battle of his own. Chris Gayle and youngsters season. Aalleled fifth IPL title here on Tuesday, dis- ic and the bio-bubbles that players had to The cover drive was about his class, the to seven others. like Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep “Their performance was mantling Delhi Capitals in the summit clash with endure. whiplash behind square was his swagger and As Rohit had said earlier, it's not rocket sci- Singh. not on expected lines and it will his famously elegant batting and tactical shrewd- He has played way better knocks than this the so very familiar "Rohit Sharma pull shot" ence but investing in pure match-winners that The management wants to be tough to continue with ness. in the past and will play a few more special ones was an assurance to BCCI president Sourav has given Mumbai Indians such a menacing plug the gaps in the middle them,” the source added. If last year's one-run win over Chennai in the future. Ganguly that "All Is Well". look. order and bowling department, A call on their future will Super Kings was an absolute cliffhanger, But he might never play a more significant And to prove a point, he fetched those dou- Rome wasn't built in a day and neither a which has been an issue for a be taken at the team’s review Rohit's aristocratic 68 off 51 balls made it an one considering the little whirlpool of contro- bles, tap and run singles including a misjudged champion outfit that has now won five titles number of years. meeting. anti-climax with Mumbai Indians chasing the versy that his "once damaged and now on the one that saw Suryakumar Yadav (19) sacrific- out of the six finals it has played. “The owners are happy A lot also depends on the target of 157 in 18.4 overs. "We know it's a dif- mend hamstring" created. ing his wicket for his skipper and rightly so. If Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc in the with captain and coach. Rahul size of the auction ahead of the ficult time, everyone is stuck at home. We're The 'Hit-Man' has given an altogether new The carrom ball bowled by Ashwin was Qualifier one, Trent Boult (3/30) decided that was exceptional with the bat 2021 edition if it is held at all. lucky that we could come to work and enter- meaning to what has one known till now about deposited to point fence with a cracking final was his turn to inflict the damage and he and team scripted a remarkable If not a mega auction, KXIP tain people watching at home," said MI's star crushing pain barriers. square cut and the straight six off leg spinner did it with a first ball beauty that Marcus Stoinis comeback in the second half of would like to have a mini auc- pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who went wicket-less on Praveen Dubey was "Boss Man" written all over will remember for years to come. the season. Had that short run tion where they can solidify Tuesday but snared 27 overall this season. A hamstring injury can be very painful but it. There has never been an edition where a Rohit's batting only finished what looked not being called in the first their middle-order and death the manner in which India's regular white-ball team has looked in a different league compared inevitable but it was his captaincy that set it up. game (against DC), the team bowling. Khatun’s spell won Kohli's absence from Tests was expected: Hockley Amazon Prime bags the game: Mandhana India right for NZ cricket PTI n MELBOURNE he wants to be there for the birth of PTI n SHARJAH acrobatic effort was a good his first child." PTI n MUMBAI advertisement for women’s Cricket Australia chief executive "Clearly, (he is) one of the railblazers’ skipper cricket. She also took a CNick Hockley is not surprised by game's absolute superstars. We're mazon Prime Video on Tuesday TSmriti Mandhana says stunning catch in the cover Virat Kohli's withdrawal from three looking forward to seeing him here Aannounced its debut into live sports in she always believed in her region. Test matches here as he prepares for for seven out of the 10 matches," he India by acquiring the India territory rights for team’s potent spin attack to “There were 2-3 bril- fatherhood in January, taking solace said. the New Zealand Cricket through 2025-2026. defend a low total in the liant fielding efforts, espe- from the fact that the superstar will Hockley said both teams have With this announcement, Amazon Prime Women’s T20 Challenge cially Chantham. I have be there for a major part of the enough stars to ensure that cricket Video becomes the first Indian streaming ser- final, which her side won by not seen a girl field like eagerly-awaited showdown across fans will be hooked to the series. vice to secure exclusive live cricket rights from 16 runs against Supernovas that.” formats. "You've got a good number of a major cricketing board. here. Mandhana herself was Kohli and his actor wife players from both sides who played The multi-year deal between Amazon Despite a fiery start, played a key role in her Anushka Sharma are expecting their the last series in Australia which and the New Zealand Cricket Board will give Trailblazers could post only side's total as she stroked first child in January. The BCCI has India won. There'll be a huge Prime Video the right to stream all internation- a modest 118 for eight on her way to a brilliant 68. granted Kohli a paternity leave and amount to play for ... It will be fas- al cricket matches to be played in New Monday but Mandhana Talking about her own he will return to India after the cinating series." Zealand for both men's and women’s cricket, said she knew the slow innings, the captain said opening Test, scheduled from Hockley said it looks highly across ODI, T20 and Tests formats starting late nature of the surface would she was in good rhythm December 17 in Adelaide. unlikely that Kohli could get back to 2021. help her side. and all she needed was to Hockley, who is CA's interim Australia to play the latter part of the The deal also includes Team India’s tour of “t was an amazing per- find the gaps. chief executive, said that Kohli miss- series. New Zealand in early 2022, and a second tour, formance. We tried to get to “I was timing the ball ing a major part of the Test series "I think it's pretty challenged (for the dates for which will be announced later. The 130-140 but somewhere we well (even) in the last match was expected but he is glad that the him to return). Obviously a manda- rights for 2020-2021 season starting later this lost track. Wicket was but unfortunately I was stylish batter will be available for tory 14-day quarantine period," he month is intended to be syndicated by Amazon. tough to bat so I knew any finding the fielders but three T20 Internationals and as said. Gaurav Gandhi, Director & Country total around 120 would be today it was a conscious many ODIs starting November 27. always on the cards," Hockley told out for three ODIs, three T20s, the "Logistically it's very much more General Manager, Amazon Prime Video said a fighting total. We have effort to hit the ball in the "When they announced their Sydney radio station SEN. first ever day-night Test against complicated and being brutal it's the team is looking forward to bringing India’s good spin attack and I was gaps. That was the only pregnancy earlier, I think it was "We're thrilled Virat is coming India and we have to respect the fact much harder than normal." favourite game to the streamer. really positive from first thing I was thinking.” ball,”said a beaming Playing cricket after a Mandhana at the post long seven-month gap match press conference. obviously made the players Off-spinner Salma happy, she said. Babar replaces Azhar as Test captain Khatun took three wickets “We were looking to in the penultimate over, play and meet everyone. PTI n KARACHI ball formats in October following dismissing rival skipper We did not meet for 7 the decision by the board to sack Harmanpreet Kaur in the months, that is very rare. akistan Cricket Board on wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz process and Mandhana Last six months were tough PTuesday sacked Azhar Ali as Ahmed from all formats. acknowledged her effort. for whole world. It was captain of the Test team, replacing Azhar led Pakistan in eight “She was brilliant. worth to come and play. I the experienced player with white- Babar, 26, is Tests since last year but losing the Those spells win you thank BCCI for organis- ball skipper Babar Azam ahead of series in England this summer led matches. She is an ing this. Hopefully we the upcoming tour of New now Pakistan to his sacking although he scored experienced campaign- (will) keep playing, it Zealand. captain across a captain's century in the final Test. er. I just told her to keeps us happy,” she PCB confirmed the develop- all three "I want to thank Azhar Ali for believe in herself said. Pak whitewash Zimbabwe ment in a statement. stepping up last year by captain- and she deliv- Supernovas’ Babar, 26, is now Pakistan cap- formats and ing the side in what was a historic ered. Her senior player AP n RAWALPINDI 13 and finishing his debut tain across all three formats and his his first first home Test series in over a spell was the Shashikala T20 series with eight wickets. first assignment will be the ICC assignment decade. winning Siriwardene Pakistan thumped Pakistan raced to 130-2 in World Test Championship fixtures “I believe Azhar still has a lot spell,” she also thanked Zimbabwe by eight wickets in only 15.2 overs against a list- against New Zealand, which will will be the ICC of cricket left in him and Pakistan said. the BCCI for conduct- Elton Chigumbura’s farewell less Zimbabwe bowling be played in Mount Maunganui World Test cricket can continue to make the Thai cricketer ing the event in chal- international match and attack. and Christchurch from December Championship best use of his experience and Natthakan lenging times and swept the Twenty20 series 3- Abdullah Shafiq, promot- 26-30 and January 3-7. knowledge as a specialist top-order Chantham said the tournament 0 on Tuesday. ed on debut as an opener Azhar has been replaced fixtures against batsman moving forward,” said impressed one and was a great platform The 34-year-old ahead of captain Babar Azam, despite PCB in May backing him New Zealand Mani in a statement. all with her agility for tthe youngsters. Chigumbura received a guard went 41 not out, and as Test captain for the entire Talking about Babar, he said: on the field and it “We can play and of honor from the Pakistan Khushdil Shah, playing in 2020-21 international season. “Babar Azam was identified at a wasn’t a surprise watch in bio bubble, players when he came out to his fourth T20, smashed 30 Azhar, 35 and Pakistan’s most very young age as a future leader that Mandhana they have planned it, so bat for the last time. The vet- not out off 15 balls with three experienced Test player in the cur- and as part of his progression and picked her for spe- I thank BCCI. We have eran Zimbabwe batsman last- fours and three sixes. rent side with 81 appearances, has development, he was appointed cial praise. to do some sacrifice ed four balls before he was Zimbabwe captain always been seen as the fall-guy in ODIs from 2015-2017 before white-ball captain last year. Chantham due to COVID-19. Girls caught behind for just 2 runs Chamu Chibhabha achieved Pakistan cricket and he was deciding to step down due to poor “With his consistent perfor- was a live-wire on will be motivated to in a below-par total of 129-9. his top score in the series of informed about the PCB’s decision results. mance and leadership skills, he has the field. The come to sport and it Legspinner Usman Qadir 31, but his teammates were after meeting with chairman His removal came after he was demonstrated that he is ready to boundary she impacts women’s stunted Zimbabwe hopes of a outfoxed by Qadir’s googlies Ehsan Mani on Tuesday in Lahore. appointed as Test captain last take on the additional responsibil- saved with her cricket.” challenging total by taking 4- and sharp legspin. Azhar also led Pakistan in year and Babar captain in white ities of a captain.” 12

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The debutant director spoke to NAGARAJ GOUD on Rajasekhar discharged how his fascination for films from hospital began, bonding with ctor Rajasekhar, who has been battling COVID-19 for the past Ravikanth Perepu, one month at Citi Neuro Centre, Hyderabad, has been experience on Kshanam, A discharged from the hospital on Monday after his latest test landing Maa Vintha Gaadha proved to be negative. The actor’s wife Jeevitha extended her sincere thanks to the Vinuma and influences hospital for the care they’ve shown in treating Rajasekhar. “The hospital ensured that as a family we could monitor Rajasekhar garu round the clock. I extend my thanks to Krishna garu and the group of doctors who worked with him to help us facilitate it. We are leaving the hospital after a month of joining. In fact, Rajasekhar garu said that he will miss Krishna garu and other doctors,” she said. She added, “The hospital treated us like The best part of MVGV family. Rajasekhar garu is out of the biggest crisis and it was possible because of the hospital.” She also thanked fans, well- wishers, colleagues who prayed for the actor’s recovery. Post his complete recovery, the actor is set to start the filming of Joseph Telugu remake under Neelakanta’s direction. The is its simplicity: Aditya film will tell the story of a retired cop who is unexpectedly pulled into a criminal case rowing up, movies career trajectory of Perepu, of the same classroom. It involving organ harvesting. He is known on TV had a lot of who directed Kshanam from a takes nearly three years for for his investigative prowess. influence on script by Sesh? Smiling, he him to convince her to get Aditya Mandala, maintains, “It’s a crazy coinci- into a relationship with him. G the director of dence. Ravikanth always want- Any class has that one girl Siddhu ed to debut with a romantic- who is unapproachable for Jonnalagadda and Seerat comedy as romance is his boys and she is Vinitha in the Kapoor-fronted Maa Vintha forte, whereas I wanted to film. He does manage to woo Gaadha Vinuma (MVGV), debut with a dark and gritty her but then an impulsive who’s recently released teaser thriller. It happened that he and emotional decision by packed quite a punch on debuted with a dark and gritty them leads to a screw up that YouTube. The fact that his thriller and me with an easy- affects their lives. There’s also family would visit cinema breezy rom-com.” a social media angle we cov- halls in Visakhapatnam every Continuing in the same ered,” he shares. week to catch a new release breath, he goes on to explain, While he has a fetish for meant that Aditya was “quite “When something good is dark thrillers, Aditya has fascinated” with the world of happening, you let it happen, tremendous respect for the cinema. “Slowly, the seed right? During the process of work of and started growing inside me directing MVGV, I realised admits to have the legendary and I wanted to tell stories. I that story writing is a differ- writer-director’s influence on met Ravikanth Perepu when ent role to that of direction. him. He particularly is a fan I was 15. We both shared a To write a new story is of how Jandhyala coated his similar passion for filmmak- extremely difficult, let me be films with a social message or RASHMIKA sings praises ing and storytelling, becom- honest. Now, if someone discussed a taboo without ing friends quickly. After I comes up with a good story, I going preachy. “In Aha Naa- finished my fourth year engi- will not hesitate to take it up. Pellanta, he demonstrated about Middle Class Melodies neering in 2012, I packed my everyone had their task cut- something when Siddhu It will make my life easier on how greed for money can bags to Hyderabad along out. It was an important pitched them the story of sets. That aside, it gives me a take over a person, subtly. ashmika Mandanna, who with him to realise our film- learning curve. Among many MVGV to seek their feed- fresh perspective towards the There is a line that when you unveiled the trailer of Anand making dreams,” he remi- other things, the experience back. “Siddhu is a good nar- story. Instead of attaching laugh, you can learn. He used Deverakonda and Varsha nisces fondly in a conversa- helped me a lot to under- rator and his story cast a spell myself to the story that I’ve it on the audience. Through R Bollamma-starrer Middle tion with The Pioneer. stand work management, on me. It occupied my head written, emotionally, I can that film, he told the audi- Class Melodies along with The duo started to grab how to discharge duties as a space for the next two days, see the story from the lens of ence that there is more to life Vijay Deverakonda on any opportunity that came head of a department and driving me to dial him and execution. A great director than money.” Tuesday, sang praises about the film. their way by staying in how to tell a story grandly tell the impact it had on me. like Steven Spielberg has Another filmmaker who Taking to Twitter, she expressed her love Madhapur. And once Perepu under a compact budget,” Back then, he already narrat- never directed his own story had an influence on him is for the lead characters and congratulated was offered to direct Aditya informs, adding that ed it to a producer. However, in his storied career. On top Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. director Vinod Anantoju on a winner. “I Kshanam, headlined by Adivi he even chipped in on the 10 days later, he phoned me of it, the joy in directing oth- “In fact, I’m named after his loved it.. Best wishes to the team from the Sesh, Aditya joined the team sets of the recent hit Krishna and said, ‘Rey, I’m searching ers stories is immense.” time-travel adventure Aditya bottom of my heart. @ananddeverkon- as an associate director and and his Leela whenever for a director, will you direct The best part of MVGV, he 369. I’m a big fan of his daand @varshabollammaI love your film. later doubled up as a set Perepu needed more it?’ I immediately jumped at asserts, is its simplicity. other works like Michael I love your characters. I love you both. designer as well. manpower. the opportunity,” he recalls “From day one, our intention Madhana Kama Raju and And I'm confident that the audience “Kshanam gave me After gleefully. was to make an entertaining Pushpaka Vimanamu. Once will do too. Congratulations director a full-fledged Kshanam, Interestingly, while most film with which people can I was exposed to western on this winner.. God bless! Sic),” she opportunity to Perepu and young filmmakers tend to escape from their reality for a cinema, I was attracted to wrote. In another tweet, she said that work on a film. Aditya debut with their own stories in couple of hours. It is about an the dark thriller space. The she laughed a lot and the narration As it was shot were , Aditya chose engineering guy Siddhu blame goes to Quentin had all her attention. “I watched it.. on a shoe- work- to translate someone else’s (played by Siddhu) who falls Tarantino for it,” he con- Laughed a lot.. Was gripped by the string budget, ing on vision. Is he following the in love with Vinitha (Seerat) cludes, smiling. film.. Couldn’t believe two of my friends were actually on that big screen.. Watching them do their craft made me feel happy, protec- tive and loved (sic),” she posted. Set in Guntur and pro- duced by Bhavya Creations, Middle Class Melodies is a Sayyeshaa's slice of life drama surround- ing a multitude of charac- ters, their dreams, comeback with struggles and hopes narrated through a Balayya's next light-hearted lens. he suspense surrounding the leading lady of ’s T next with Boyapati Sreenu was finally answered on Tuesday. Malayalam Kajal invests actress Prayaga Rose Martin, who was the initial choice to play the female lead, has been replaced with Sayyeshaa Saigal. While Pragya in gaming app Jaiswal was rumoured to be the replacement, Boyapati seems to have KIE Gaming, a Founded by Jitin Masand, preferred Sayyeshaa, who after her Mumbai based OKIE Gaming is a self-fund- Telugu debut, Akhil, failed to land online gaming ed company under OKIE. other projects in spite of her poten- platform, is all set Working in line with Prime tial as an actor and dancer. O to receive invest- Minister Narendra Modi’s According to the grapevine, she will ment muscle and appeal to create games be seen as a mother to a toddler in celebrity star power as it wel- inspired by Indian culture, the film, which is on sets in comes on board actress Kajal the platform has unveiled a Hyderabad right now. Aggarwal as a strategic part- first of its kind ‘Desi Sports An action-entertainer ner. While the amount of the League’ for the Indian audi- with an underlying investment is not disclosed, ences. social message, she will be joining OKIE Commenting on the part- the film, an M Gaming as a board member nership, Kajal Aggarwal, said, Ravinder pro- and 15% equity stake in the “I am thrilled to have come duction, will company. aboard OKIE Gaming. The see Balayya in gaming industry is booming dual roles- of at this time, this is the right which one role moment to be part of it. A is that of an passionate gamer myself, we aghora. hope to bring the finest user Thaman is experience with our innova- the music tive and quirky games. With director. OKIE Gaming, I also hope to influence and open new avenues for women gamers in India.” The app will soon be avail- able for download from the Google Play Store for Android devices and Apple Store for iOS devices.