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Jagan to AP Act doesn’t set limit on capitals: Centre to HC launch YSR Capital mentioned in AP Reorganisation doesn’t mean one single capital city, clarifies Union Government in its affidavit Aasara today SUMIT ONKA and had notified the same th- PNS n AMARAVATI n VISAKHAPATNAM rough a GO on April 23, 2015. Based on the said notifica- Chief Minister YS Rubbishing the claims of a High Court need not be in tion, the Survey of India incor- Jaganmohan Reddy will petitioner in the State High porated Amaravati as the cap- launch YSR Aasara scheme Court, the Centre on Thursday ital of Andhra Pradesh in the on Friday with the aim of made it clear that ‘a capital for latest political map of India handholding women’s Self the state of AP” mentioned in state's capital city, says MHA (English 9th Edition 2019 and Help Groups (SHGs) by the AP Reorganisation Act did Hindi 6th Edition 2020), the reimbursing their outstand- not mean one single capital. he AP High Court was on Thursday told that the notification of the President's Order on the MHA’s affidavit mentioned. ing dues. As many as 88 The affidavit also reinforced its Tconstitution of a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh, with the principal seat at Amaravati, could Sections 94 (3) and (4) of the lakh women in the State stance that the Centre can cre- A petitioner in a rejoinder versa in all Central Acts and re- not be construed as the Central government's decision to declare Amaravati as the capital of the state. AP Reorganisation Act only stand to benefit from the ate new states, but cannot inte- has claimed that the words ‘a gulations (unless there is any- The principal seat of the High Court need not necessarily be in the capital city of the state, the Centre provides for financial assis- scheme. rfere in the state’s capital plan. capital for the State of Andhra thing repugnant in the subject maintained. The Ministry of Home Affairs made this assertion in an additional affidavit filed in the state tance by the Centre for the cre- Fulfilling one more of his Undersecretary in the MHA, Pradesh’ in the AP Reorgan- or context). The Act also sta- High Court in the ongoing litigation against the state government's move to have three capitals for AP. ation of essential facilities in the election promises, the Chief Lalita T. Hedaoo, filed a addi- isation Act meant a ‘single tes that masculine gender shall Continued on Page 3 new capital and to further Minister will be releasing Rs tional affidavit in the AP High capital’ only. Terming the inter- be taken to include females. facilitate denotification of 6,792.20 crores in the first Court in the case (Writ Petition pretation ‘totally wrong’, the In the affidavit, the Union degraded forest land, if neces- tranche towards reimburse- No. 13204 of 2020) challenging MHA conveyed to the AP government made its stand the Centre had to set up an officer KC Sivaramakrishnan to it was sent to the State govern- sary, for the same. The Centre ment of outstanding loans of the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy High Court that as per Section clear that establishment of the expert panel to suggest a suit- study alternatives for a new ment on September 1, 2014. has to fund the construction of SHGs. The amount will be government’s decision to estab- 13 of the General Clauses Act, capital is the prerogative of the able place for the capital. capital for Andhra Pradesh. The then government, led by the Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, directly credited to the bank lish three capitals in the state 1897, words in singular shall state government alone. As The Centre had formed the The Committee submitted its N Chandrababu Naidu, had ch- High Court, Legislative accounts of 8,71,302 SHGs. for decentralised development. include the plural and vice- per the AP Reorganisation Act, panel headed by retired IAS report on August 30, 2014 and osen Amaravati as the capital Assembly and Council. Continued on Page 3 20% of population in AP immune to Covid, finds study PNS n VIJAYAWADA ulation (40+ age group and those with comorbidities), Close to 20 per cent of the 20.3 per cent acquired 5.34 crore population in AP immunity. has acquired immunity to Interestingly, the survey COVID-19, a Sero preva- revealed that 90 to 100 per lence study has revealed. cent of the positives were The Sero survey was con- asymptomatic -- Chittoor ducted in two phases last district turned out 100 per month with a sample size of cent asymptomatic, 5,000 in each of the 13 dis- Anantapur 99.5 per cent, tricts, establishing that 19.7 Krishna 99.4 per cent, per cent of people developed Guntur and Srikakulam 98.5 antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, per cent each and Kurnool the infection-causing virus. 98.3 per cent. Disclosing the survey find- Prakasam, which is on a ings, AP Commissioner for steep ascent, showed 90.9 per Health and Family Welfare cent of the positive cases to Katamaneni Bhaskar said be asymptomatic. 22.5 per cent population in "Sero surveillance pro- urban areas and 18.2 per cent vides estimates of antibody in rural acquired immunity levels against infectious dis- for Covid-19. eases and is considered a gold Of the total surveyed, 19.9 standard for measuring pop- women and 19.5 per cent ulation immunity. We have men developed antibodies, completed one round of sur- he told a press conference on veillance in all districts in two Thursday evening. phases," Bhaskar said. Among the high-risk pop- Continued on Page 3 P3: Casualties continue to dip, AP adds 10,175 cases

PIONEER IMPACT APPCB blank on storage violation PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM dangers the chemical storage posed to the Port City. The safety levels in industries A day after the Beirut in Visakhapatnam can be blast killed hundreds of gauged from the fact that people on August 4, The right until the massive blast Pioneer highlighted the triggered by the ammonium risks posed by the chemical nitrate stored in Beirut of stored in godowns in Lebanon, the authorities con- Visakhapatnam. cerned were unaware of the Continued on Page 3 TODAY Jagan asks ALMANAC CBI to probe Month & Paksham: Bhadrapada & Krishna Paksha Antarvedi Panchangam Tithi : Navami: 04:19 am (Next Day) chariot fire Nakshatram: Mrigashirsha: 03:25 pm PNS n VIJAYAWADA Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Chief Minister YS Jaganm- Rahukalam: 10:41 am – 12:12 pm ohan Reddy on Thursday Yamagandam: 03:15 pm – 04:46 pm decided to entrust to the CBI the probe into the Varjyam: 12:10 am – 01:50 am chariot burning incident at Gulika: 07:38 am - 09:09 am the famous Lakshmi Good Time: (to start Narasimha Swamy temple any important work) at Antarvedi in East Amritakalam: 06:00 am – 07:40 am Godavari district. Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:48 am – 12:36 pm The CMO said in a release that Jagan has VIJAYAWADA taken the issue "seriously." "In spite of this, and the WEATHER local investigation which Forecast: Partly cloudy the AP police have taken Temp: 34/26 as a challenge, some polit- Humidity: 67% ical parties and organisa- Sunrise: 06:03 am tions have been demand- Sunset: 06:22 pm ing a CBI investigation,” Current Weather Conditions the statement said. Updated September 10, 2020 5:00 PM Continued on Page 3 VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 vijayawada 02 Etching CM's name in the annals of revenue reforms hile introducing recall his observations in the The CM said: "We have posed Dharani web portal in the state, which was never the draft new past, when the Statewide TheChief Minister made a reference to launched Revenue Records will have data on two cate- done, not even in the Nizam WRevenue Act in Household Survey was certain previous attempts to bring in land rectification and updating gories of land namely,agricul- state. Total survey of the form of two Bills namely, launched and later when a reforms. It started under the rule of Sher program in a big way,though ture and non-agriculture Telangana state would be the Telangana Rights in Land gigantic Land Records rectifi- it had a lull halfway through lands. With one click one can undertaken. Along with the and Pattadar Passbooks Bill cation, updating and purifica- Shah Suri and in Emperor Akbar's period due to polls only to be restart- know the category of land. survey, coordinates for each 2020 and the Telangana tion programme was initiated Todar Mal brought in the land reforms. ed after a gap. For the past 3 The entire land transaction survey number with longitude Abolition of the Posts of and later carried out success- Survey of lands began under Sher Shah to 4 months, I, along with the can be done within five to ten- and latitudes will be fixed". Village Revenue Officers Bill fully. The CM observed that it Chief Secretary, Law minutes; registration, muta- With the new Revenue Act 2020in the state Legislative was only after 80 long years Suri; such a practice was not there before Secretary, senior CMO offi- tion and final documents of in place, it is no exaggeration Assembly on that such a unique survey was cials, others have done an the land would be ready. to say that CM KCR's name Wednesday,Chief Minister K undertaken in the State to put such a practice was not there in the Agriculture Land elaborate exercise. I also had Details regarding the land would be etched in the annals Chandrashekhar Rao a lid on endless, time-con- before. Under the British Raj, Ceilings Act. Several attempts discussion with the revenue transaction would be available of the revenue department for summed up the historical suming, criminal in nature Captain(Alexander) Read and were made by successive gov- employees. They were very onthe portal". bringing in such a greatre- importance, significance and land disputesand cumber- CaptainThomas (Sir Thomas) ernments to reform the rev- VANAM JWALA generous in saying that they "Under the new Revenue form. He would be remem- essentiality of these Bills in some land records-related Munro introduced enue administration. NARASIMHA RAO have no objection to bringing Act, no officer at any level is bered forever like Sher Shah CHIEF PUBLIC RELATIONS one heart-touching sentence. procedures. theRyotwari system, collection Although Information OFFICER OF CHIEF MINISTER a newAct". given discretionary power. Suri, Todar Mal, Captain "The happiness I am experi- TheChief Minister made a of land revenue from each cul- Technology (IT) made its OF TELANGANA The CM further said:"The Nobody would need to run Reed,Captain Munroe, Salar encingnow is similar to the reference to certain previous tivator. In our Telangana con- entry in the early twentieth Telangana State has 2.75 crore from pillar to post in the Jungand PV Narasimha Rao one I had experienced when attempts to bring in land text, Salar Jung I made sever- century, none of the earlier acres of landmass. Of this, the offices. Under the new Act, whenever the land reforms the Telangana state was reforms. It started under the al significant reforms during regimes, for reasons best enmitybetween the revenue cultivable land is 1.65 crore the registration system would subject is referred, read, men- formed". The Chief rule of Sher Shah Suri and in his time as the Prime Minister. known to them, ever bothered officials and the poor. Had the acres. There is about 66.56 not accept the registration of tioned, researched or thought Ministersaid the new Act Emperor Akbar's period In the 1940s Communist par- to integrate IT with revenue revenue administration been lakh acres of forest land in the public utility lands, as they all about for generations and would be simple, transparent Todar Mal brought in the ties have led movements matters, the CM said. This led integrated with IT, these State. There are other cate- would be locked. Once the generations. and citizen friendly. land reforms. Survey of lands against Jagirdars. In 1971, PV to large-scale corruption, unfortunate developments gories of land such as non- process of the Act is on, we It is highly pertinent to began under Sher Shah Suri; Narasimha Rao had brought emergence of the land mafia, would not have taken place. agriculture lands. The pro- will survey every inch of land (With VJM Divakar) Death count dips, AP British Airways adds 10,175 cases Legendary statistician flights from London PNS n AMARAVATHI The number of deaths due to CR Rao now a centurion to Hyd from Sept 12 coronavirus in Andhra PNS n NEW DELHI Pradesh has been showing a PNS n NEW DELHI in Hyderabad. Rajeeva declining trend over the past Karandikar, Director of the British Airways on Thursday few days though the positive Eminent statistician and math- Chennai Mathematical announced flights to Hyder- cases continue to increase by ematician C R Rao, known for Institute, said Rao was also abad from London Heathrow, over 10,000 daily, government his path-breaking contribu- instrumental in research and starting September 12. data revealed. tions to the field of statistics, training programmes at the ISI. As of now, the UK-based The Covid-19 tally turned 100 on Thursday. The For his contribution, he was carrier has only been operat- increased to 5.37 lakh in AP Department of Science and also awarded the Padma ing outbound flights from with the addition of 10,175 once the major Covid-19 Technology felicitated him on Vibhushan. Principal Scientific Hyderabad, the capital city of cases in 24 hours ending 9 am hotspot in the state, crossed Wednesday and the event was Adviser K VijayRaghavan said Telangana, under the bilater- on Thursday, the latest bulletin the 50,000 gross cases mark virtually attended by top scien- Rao's work has immensely al air bubble pact between said. but more than 45,000 of the tists, mathematicians and sta- benefitted the country. "Some India and the UK. Also, 10,040 patients got infected had already recov- tisticians. of Professor CR Rao's work has The airline will operate four cured and discharged while 68 ered. Describing him as an insti- had a deep impact on genetics flights a week on the route, succumbed in 24 hours, the Srikakulam district crossed tution builder, DST Secretary and that has great influence on British Airways said in a ing to Heathrow five times a bulletin said. the 30,000 mark, having over Ashutosh Sharma said Rao the work we do now," he said. release. week each from Delhi and From over 90 a day till a few 6,600 active cases, according to trained generations of scien- ahead of his times. He is not the US and worked for 25 years Bimal Roy, Chairman, Na- It is already operating out- Mumbai and four times a days ago, the state's Covid-19 the bulletin. tists, mathematicians and sta- only a scientist but also an at the University of Pittsburgh tional Statistical Commission, bound flights from Hyderabad week each from Chennai and mortality count has been just In 24 hours, East Godavari, tisticians. "While there are dif- institution builder. The coun- and the Pennsylvania State recalled that Rao's understand- to London following the open- Bengaluru, making it a total of around 70 per day this week Prakasam and West Godavari ferent verticals (fields) in sci- try and the world will always University. ing of statistics as a subject was ing up of Indian skies for spe- 22 flights a week from India to and on Thursday it further fell reported more than 1,100 ence, statistics is a horizontal be indebted to Professor Rao Rao is known for concepts not limited to that field alone, cial flights in August, the air- the UK, including flights from to 68. fresh positive cases while that cuts through all these for his pioneering contribu- like "Cramer Rao inequality", but he looked at it to find solu- line said. Hyderabad, the airline stated The overall mortality rate Chittoor had more than 900 lines," he said. Sharma said tions to the field of statistics," "Rao Blackwellisation" and tions in other disciplines as "British Airways, which is in the release. dipped to 0.87 per cent against additions. data is the "new water" and the Sharma said. "Rao metric". He has authored well. Pravin Srivastava, who already operating outbound Since scheduled interna- the national average of 1.68 With nine new casualties, future is going to revolve Born on September 10, 1920 around 475 research papers, retired as the Chief Statistician flights from Hyderabad to tional air passenger services per cent. Chittoor crossed the 500 mark around it. Industry 4.0 and in Huvinahadagali, Karnataka, that have been published in of India and Secretary in the London following the opening are suspended since late While the infection positiv- in overall toll, topping the state beyond is all about creating Rao received his MA degree in prestigious journals, and 11 Ministry of Statistics and up of Indian skies for special March, India has established ity has been constantly climb- chart. data, analysing data, building mathematics from the Andhra books. Programme Implementation, flights in August, will now be air bubble pacts with the US, ing up, reaching 12.27 per cent Kadapa and SPS Nellore on data and making great dis- University and another in sta- He was instrumental in said Rao tried to bring logical flying from London Heathrow France, Kuwait, Qatar, the on Thursday, the recovery districts also reported nine coveries with it, he said. tistics from the Calcutta establishing the C R Rao reasoning to areas of uncer- to Hyderabad as well, starting UK, Canada and Germany, rate too showed an improve- fresh fatalities each, Krishna "Professor C R Rao was University. He worked at the Advanced Institute of Math- tainty like quantum physics. He September 12," said the which allow overseas carriers ment to 81.02 per cent. and Prakasam seven each and working on the science of data Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) ematics, Statistics and laid the foundation of big data, release. from the respective countries Kurnool district, which was Anantapur six. 70 years ago and was much for 40 years. Later, he moved to Computer Science (AIMSCS) Srivastava added.. British Airways is also fly- to resume flight services. Govt taking the Jogi Ramesh refutes graft charges against YSRCP MLAs poor for a RBKs to provide multiple PNS n AMARAVATHI English medium from prima- Unlike in the ry school. He said that Lokesh ride: TDP Refuting the allegations of graft has no stature to talk about YS levelledby TDP leader N TDP regime, the Raja Reddy. PNS n AMARAVATI Lokesh, the YSRCP has dared State govt has "TDP leaders have no moral services for farmers him to prove the charges and right to speak on corruption, as TDP senior leader Alapati said he and his father N maintained they were neck deep in corrup- PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief MinisterYS Jaganmohan Rajendra Prasad on Thursday Chandrababu Naidu have been transparency by tion during their term. n The State government Reddy said, "We have set up over advised the YSRCP govern- shirking responsibility at the delivering the Nearly,Rs 65,000 crore was Ramping up the agriculture has set up over 10,500 10,500 RBKs across the State, ment to stop making baseless times of pandemic. spent by Chief Minister YS infrastructure in a bid to RBKs across the State, which is just the first step but in allegations and start distrib- Speaking to the media here welfare Jaganmohan Reddy on the wel- improving the lives of farmers, which is just the first order to double the income of uting the house sites that were on Thursday, MLA JogiRamesh schemes fare schemes directly benefiting the government will be setting step but in order to the farmers we need to ramp up not stuck in any sort of liti- refutedthe allegations of graft directly from the the four crore population," he up multipurpose facilities, offer- double the income of infrastructure around the RBKs, gation in the courts as of now. levelled against 40 MLAs as reminded. ing 13 kinds of services, at the farmers thereby increasing domestic He said that the courts baseless and challenged him to CM to the Unlike in the TDP regime, RBKs across the State. consumption as well as demand issued stay on only 4,000 out prove them. The government TDP leader KolluRavindra, the State government has main- These integrated facilities will forms, 4,796 threshers, 7,132 for quality produce across the of the total 40,000 acres while was functioning with utmost who was accused of murder, common man tained transparency by deliver- contain various services depend- cleaners, 1,861 graders, 15,167 globe." the remaining 36,000 acres transparency and all 151 MLAs but have not time to console the ing the welfare schemes direct- ing on the requirement based on dryers, 654 dal mills, 100 He further added that "the were free for house sites dis- stood by the people even dur- families, which lost their ly from the Chief Minister to crop patterns.A team of repre- turmeric boilers, 100 turmeric idea of setting up godown, cold tribution to the poor families. ing the Covid-19 pandemic. beloved in the fire mishap at fined to zoom and tweets only the common man with no sentatives from all the depart- polishers , millet processing storages, drying platforms The government should Opposition leaders N Swarna Palace Hotel, or those and they are responsible for involvement of any middlemen, ments involved proposed the units , 29 chillidryers and 816 andJanata Bazars wherever explain to the people why it Chandrababu Naidu and Nara common people, who are stalling the distribution of irrespective of their caste, creed, setting up of a total of 5,531 maize shellers. isnecessary and best efforts will was deliberately causing Lokesh were making a flying struggling in this pandemic cri- house site pattas to 30 lakh religion, or even the party they godowns/cold storages/collec- In the meeting held at camp be made in order to make the needless delay, the senior visit to the State only to console sis. The father-son duo is con- poor and implementation of belong to, he added.. tion centres, 4,147 drying plat- office Tadepalli on Thursday, lives of our farmers better". TDP leader said at a press conference here.

HYDERABAD Low-cost chip to detect Covid antibodies developed BULLION RATES SRM inks pact GOLD IANS n TOKYA facture and negates the need for of light, on a glass slide. a lab or trained operators, The researchers then modified ` 53,560 (10 gm) "The test doesn't just detect whether with Boston varsity To fight against Covid-19, increasing the feasibility of these gold nano spikes by attach- ` 270 Japanese scientists have devel- the antibodies are present or absent - nation-wide testing. ing a fragment of the SARS-CoV- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM students to get the benefit and SILVER oped a rapid, reliable and low- it also provides information about the And there's another distinctive 2 spike protein. This protein is enhance their career. ` 68,500 (1kg) cost antibody test that uses number of antibodies produced by the advantage of this newly-devel- crucial for helping the coron- SRM University in AP has Northeastern University is ` 1,450 portable lab-on-a-chip technol- oped platform."The test doesn't avirus infect cells and causes a formed a liaison with part of the world's top 5% of ogy to accurately measure the immune system. In other words, it's just detect whether the antibod- strong reaction from an infect- Northeastern University, universities, and this collab- concentration of antibodies pre- ies are present or absent - it also ed person's immune system. Boston, USA towards the oration will provide a possi- CHICKEN sent in diluted blood plasma. quantitative," said author Amy Shen. provides information about the In this proof-of-concept study, advancement of education bility for our students to visit, RATES `/KG Previous studies have found number of antibodies produced the scientists demonstrated the and research. learn, and explore from a top that Covid-19 antibodies, or - information that is crucial to The researchers avoided this by the immune system. In other principle behind how the test A MOU has been signed reputed university of the Dressed/With Skin `206 proteins produced by the guide public health policies, it trade-off between accuracy and words, it's quantitative," said detects antibodies by using arti- recently in this regard USA. Without Skin `234 immune system to neutralise the said. accessibility by developing an study author Amy Shen. ficial human plasma sample between the two universities. "Our students are the pri- Broiler at Farm `142 virus, are present in the later "Many existing platforms for alternative antibody testing plat- The antibody testing plat- spiked with Covid-19 antibodies This is a significant venture to mary beneficiaries of this stages of infection and can linger antibody tests are accurate and form that combines powerful form consists of a microfluidic that are specific to the spike pro- collaborate with top univer- MoU, as it provides a plat- in the blood after the infection reliable but they are costly and light-sensing technology with a chip which is integrated with a tein. sities such as Northeastern form for them to explore a EGG has cleared, allowing previously need to be carried out in a lab by microfluidic chip. fibre optic light probe. The chip Using a syringe pump, the University, which will lead the study abroad programme RATES infected individuals to be iden- trained operators. This means The chip provides results with- itself is made from a gold-covered sample is drawn through the university to the path of there, including getting a UG `/100 tified, the study published in the that it can take hours, or even in 30 minutes and is highly sen- glass slide with an embedded chip. As the plasma flows past the advanced research and edu- degree from a top-ranked VIJAYAWADA 485 journal Biosensors and days, to obtain results," said sitive, detecting even the lowest microfluidic channel. protein-coated gold nano spikes, cational programmes. US university. Other benefi- Bioelectronics said. study author Riccardo Funari clinically-relevant antibody con- Using an electric voltage, the the antibodies bind to the spike The MoU committee of the ciaries include faculty and VISAKHAPATNAM 500 Antibody tests are, thus, an from the Okinawa Institute of centration. team fabricated tens of thousands protein fragments. This binding SRM-AP is working aggres- scholars for whom joint HYDERABAD 485 important means of determining Science and Technology of tiny spiky gold structures, each event is then detected by the fibre sively to bringing top univer- research programmes could RETAIL PRICE `4.85 the full spread of the Coronavirus Graduate University (OIST). Each chip is cheap to manu- one smaller than the wavelength optic light probe. sities across the globe for the be enabled in the future." (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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The next step was to TYPHOID incidents on Hindu temples on Hindu temples and chariots in Andhra Pradesh along with in Bengaluru is all praise over allot one ‘green ambassador’, June to August 2019 - 8988 and their assets, the govern- Sunil Deodhar and GVL Narasimha Rao," said BJP nation- the results obtained by the who was a sanitation worker The AP BJP stepped up its ment is exhibiting a negligent al secretary Y. Satya Kumar. Andhra Pradesh government's and a local from the village to cases efforts to corner the YSRCP attitude in dealing with them," l Another party national secretary and co-incharge of pilot sanitation drive, ' Manam pick up waste from the hous- June to August, 2020: 355 government over the Antarvedi alleged a party official. the party's AP affairs, Sunil Deodhar, asked for the imme- Mana Parisubhratha'. Months es and dispose of them at the cases chariot fire on Thursday with Lending support to AP BJP diate release of arrested leaders in East Godavari district. of hard work resulted in a dras- waste processing units.” the party’s state unit president leaders, a few party senior tic decline in the number of All these villages have solid DECREASE OF 96.05 % Somu Veerraju leading a leaders replicated a sit-in the rest to judicial custody till issue. On behalf of Sri Lakshmi cases pertaining to vector- waste processing centres — MALARIA demonstration demanding a demonstration in Delhi. September 22. Narasimha Swamy temple borne diseases like malaria, where waste is processed to June to August 2019: 1203 comprehensive probe into the "Sat on a protest against a Only one the arrested peo- youth, we condemn this act," typhoid and dengue when make manure and then sold to incident. series of unabated attacks on ple was a local while the said a local youth associated compared to last year for the farmers in that area. The locals cases. "A comprehensive inquiry Hindu temples and chariots in remaining were non-locals with the temple. Byra Nagaraju, same period (June to August). in these villages were asked to June to August 2020 : 601 must be conducted on the Andhra Pradesh along with from nearby villages and even another temple youth appealed The official handle of the donate for the sanitation drive, cases. Antarvedi temple issue," a plac- Sunil Deodhar and GVL places as far away as Guntur, to the troublemakers not to Tata Institute of Genetics and on a voluntary basis. It start- ard held by Veerraju at the Narasimha Rao," said BJP did not slip out of control. Kakinada, Rajahmundry and create any rift among the local Sciences tweeted, 'It's no mean ed from as low as Rs 2 and ran DECREASE OF 50.04% party office said. national secretary Y. Satya On Tuesday evening, police others. One Tumuluri people who peacefully coexist. feat to achieve a drop in the into thousands. A total of Rs DENGUE The BJP party organised a Kumar. Another party nation- arrested 43 protesters who Lakshmi, 33, wife of Prasad, Another BJP party official number of cases of vector- 1.4 crore was collected in three June to August 2019: 944 one-hour protest sit-in from 10 al secretary and co-incharge of descended on Antarvedi village came all the way from Shaikpet alleged that the YSRCP govern- borne diseases like dengue & months, a part of which went am to 11 am, under the joint the party's AP affairs, Sunil to demonstrate against the in Hyderabad of Telangana ment ignored attacks on 15 malaria by 97.4% and 50.4% towards paying salaries to the cases banner of the party and its local Deodhar, asked for the imme- chariot blaze and also pelted state, 474 km away. Meanwhile, temples. Likewise, he accused respectively. Kudos!' sanitation workers” June to August 2020: 24 ally Jana Sena. diate release of arrested leaders stones at a local church and a group of local youth associ- the Chandrababu Naidu-led Speaking about the initia- The State government is DECREASE OF 97.4 % Veerraju was accompanied in East Godavari district. destroyed its compound wall ated with the temple released previous Telugu Desam Party tive, the Commissioner, concentrating on seasonal dis- by party leaders and members. However, a police official and window panes. a video message condemning (TDP) government of demol- Panchayat Raj and Rural eases despite the increased ACUTE DIARRHEA Considering the coronavirus had confirmed on Wednesday Of the 43 arrests made, 38 the church attack. "Some peo- ishing 17 temples in Development, Girija Shankar, workload due to the pandem- June to August 2019: pandemic, BJP gave a call for night that no leader was arrest- were men while five were ple who came to protest have Vijayawada. He claimed that said, “We picked villages from ic and the results it has shown 1,11,685 its supporters to conduct a sit- ed, but only prevented from women. Five of the accused pelted stones on a nearby Naidu said temples were use- all 13 districts. Our first step has been appreciated by peo- June to August 2020: in protest right in their homes. coming out of their homes, so received notice from the police church which does not have less and roads were more was to create awareness and ple across industries. "Even in the light of that the law and order situation while a local court remanded anything to do with the temple important. make sure that people learn to Therefore, the plans to expand 20,355 segregate wet and dry waste this initiative to the entire Fall of 81.77 % within their homes. We con- state are on. Sringeri Sarada Peetham team calls on CM 2 killed while learning driving PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA Tandava Junction as a part of 20% of their training in light vehicle dri- Miraculous escape for 3 The representatives of Sringeri Two siblings were killed on the ving. While returning one of population in Sarada Peetham called on the spot and the driving instruc- them lost control over the vehi- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan tor sustained serious injuries cle and hit a cashew tree. Both AP immune as bus falls into riverbed Reddy at his camp office when the car in which they the brothers died on the spot PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM bridge and fell into the regarding the inauguration of were travelling rammed a tree while the driving instructor to Covid... riverbed. Kumara Swamy temple project. near Natavaram, about 60 km Ankamreddy Vamsi sustained Three persons had a miracu- There were only three peo- The delegation met the Chief from Visakhapatnam. serious head injuries. He was Continued from Page 1 lous escape with minor ple on the bus, including the Minister here on Thursday The rural police said Asapu rushed to King George Hospital injuries when a bus fell into driver. A few hours later, local and gave a PowerPoint presen- Srinvias (28) and his younger where his condition was said to SPS Nellore had the lowest the Varaha riverbed near people retrieved the injured tation of Kumara Swamy tem- brother Hanuman Sai started be serious. The bodies were levels of Sero prevalence at Penugollu village under S persons from the overturned ple project being built under from their village Natavaram in shifted to Narsipatnam area 8.2 per cent, West Godavari Rayavaram mandal in bus and shifted them to Kumara Viharam in the the early hours and reached hospital for post-mortem. 12.3 per cent, Prakasam 17.6 Visakhapatnam district. Nakkapalle Area Hospital. famous Shaivite shrine Caption A representative from Sringeri Sarada Peetham felicitates Chief Minister per cent. The incident took place late The police said the driver Srisailam. YS Jaganmohan Reddy at his camp office in Amaravati on Thursday These three districts have Wednesday night. The local fell asleep while driving the The project coming up in an been witnessing a steep rise police said the bus was pass- bus as he was tired of long extent of 16 acres is aimed at Teertha Swami. Speaking on the Reddy, MPs V Vijaysai Reddy, in coronavirus cases over the ing over a bridge on the hours of work. All the three being completed by December occasion, the Chief Minister V Prabhakar Reddy, Sringeri APPCB blank on past few days. National Highway-16 when sustained minor injuries 2022. The project is being taken said that spiritual and devotion- Sarada Peetham representa- East Godavari, the state the driver lost the control and though the bus fell from a up with the blessings and direc- al feelings would help in lead- tives and a team of VB topper with over 72,000 cases knocked off the railing of the height of 10 feet. tions of Sringeri Saradadevi ing a peaceful life. Technocrats were among those and one of the highest infect- Peethadhipathi Bharathi Minister Balineni Srinivs present on the occasion. storage violation ed in the country, had a Sero prevalence of 14.4 per cent. Continued from Page 1 activity associated with stor- The district has been Minister evinces interest ing and handling of adding cases in excess of Jagan to On Thursday, a major fire Ammonium Nitrate until fur- 1,000 per day for the past few to partner with ITDC High Court need not broke out at the Beirut air- ther orders. weeks. port, bringing back memories Since Sravan Shipping Vizianagaram, which was PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM thrust areas of the govern- launch YSR of the incident and the sense failed to take appropriate the last district in the state to ment. of fear to the people. measures with regards to safe- report a Covid-19 case, had Minister for Industry, IT The Andhra Pradesh be in state's capital... Aasara today Following the report, the ty conditions, APPCB also the highest 30.6 per cent and Skill development government propos- APPCB wrote to the Chief directed the port authorities Sero prevalence, according to Mekapati Goutham es to enter into an Continued from Page 1 Pradesh for creation of essen- Continued from Page 1 Controller of Explosives, not to use the private player’s the survey report. Reddy has evinced MoU with ITDC tial facilities in their new cap- Nagpur seeking information service. Kurnool, once the major interest in partner- in the areas of The HC is currently hearing a ital and to further facilitate de- During his 3,648 km padaya- about the safety conditions The Zonal office of APPCB hotbed in the state, showed a ing with India comprehensive batch of writ petitions filed by notification of degraded forest tra, Jagan had promised provided at the godowns in (Visakhapatnam) has request- prevalence of 28.1 per cent. Tourism training to front- various stakeholders seeking land, if necessary, for the same. DWCRA women’s groups, Vizag. ed the Deputy Controller of “We hope the spread of Development line workers, as that the AP Decentralisation The provision only talks about which were cheated by the pre- It was only after this news- Explosives, to inform the ade- infection will now be lower in Corporation (ITDC). well as towards set- and Inclusive Development providing financial assistance vious government that went paper report that the Vizag quacy of safety for storage of these districts where the pop- In a meeting in New ting up of a Centre of of All Regions Act, 2020, be by the Central Government for back on its promise to waive all district administration and 20,000 tonnes of ammonium ulation showed a higher Delhi with G Kamala Excellence for Tourism and declared as ultra vires to the the new capital as chosen by the their bank loans and left them AP Control Board officials nitrate in the godowns of the growth of antibodies. The Vardhana Rao, Chairman and Travel curriculum. Constitution of India. The state and not for deciding a in default, to reimburse the visited the godowns owned by Sravan Shipping. Later, it also survey will help us under- Managing Director, ITDC, the The ITDC proposes joining HC, while ordering status quo capital by the Central govern- outstanding loan amount over Sravan Shipping Services sought the information about stand the spread of infection minister sought active assis- hands towards implementing on the implementation of the ment," the MHA averred. a period of four years. The gov- Private Limited. Even after the the safety measures provided and plan the management, tance and support of ITDC in some entrepreneurship mod- Act and also the AP Capital "The Government of ernment had earlier launched inspection, the district admin- at the godown from the Chief including targeting of tests to actualising their plans for els in the sectors to benefit the Region Development Andhra Pradesh had earlier YSR Cheyutha which gives an istration declared that the Controller of Explosives, yield better results,” Bhaskar building skill ecosystem in qualified young hospitality Authority (Repeal) Act, 2020, chosen Amaravati as the cap- annual financial assistance of storage was safe. However, Nagpur. said. ‘Hospitality and Tourism’, both professionals. posted the case for further ital of the state and had noti- Rs 18,750 to women in the age later, it was found that the In 2008, the MoEF had hearing to September 21. The fied the same vide their group of 45 to 60 years belong- officers concerned are unfa- given Environment Clearance Union Ministry of Home Government Order dated April ing to SC, ST,BC and miliar with the safety norms to Sravan Shipping Services Affairs had already filed a 23, 2015. Based on the said Minorities aggregating to Rs required for storage. for storing of the explosive counter-affidavit last month notification, Survey of India 75,000 in four years. The APPCB found that the material, it is learnt. Volunteers of Covaxin trials stable stating that the AP govern- incorporated Amaravati as cap- The social and economic Shipping service firm did not Officials with the state PNS n HYDERABAD constantly monitored and even jects who were picked where ment vide an order on April ital of Andhra Pradesh in the empowerment of women gets possess Fire Safety clearance Factories Department say the if there is slight change in their very healthy without any prior 23, 2015, notified that the latest political map of India an impetus with these two too. storage of the material is at a Amid the raising concerns health including a rash or any health issues or co-morbid capital city be named (English 9th Edition 2019 and schemes as the State has tied up On August 17, APPCB on warehouse and not at a facto- over vaccine trails, fortunate- symptom, it gets reported. So conditions. After administer- Amaravati. "It may be further Hindi 6th Edition 2020)," the with top business houses which observing the violation of ry thus it’s the task of the ly the volunteers who partici- far the condition of the sub- ing the vaccine the subjects are mentioned that the capital MHA added.The Centre said, will support the women and conditions stipulated in the Chief Controller of Explosives pated in Covaxin trails at jects has been stable”. The under observation until the city of the state is decided by "In pursuance of Article 214 of open up medium, small and Consents issued by it, direct- to oversee how it is stored by NIMS have not reported indigenous vaccine developed trails conclude. In case of the respective state govern- the Constitution and in exer- petty business opportunities ed the Sravan Shipping private players. The State adverse reactions. Sources in by Bharat Biotech was admin- AstraZenca, the patient report- ment. The Central govern- cise of powers conferred under and provide a stable livelihood. Services Private Limited to Disaster Response and Fire the hospital said that the sub- istered to volunteers at NIMS ed neurological disorder which ment has no role in it," the provisions of the AP Meanwhile, Municipal immediately stop further Service Department stays out jects do not have any compli- in two phases. is not reported in any of the Centre said in its counter-affi- Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Administration Minister Botsa operations of stevedoring of the loop. cations reported. “They are Sources said that the sub- patients so far. davit. President, vide an order dated Satyanaryana said that the "Section 94 (3) and (4) of the December 26, 2018, constitut- Jaganmohan Reddy govern- AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, ed a separate High Court for ment has given a welfare cal- only provides for financial the state of Andhra Pradesh endar and has been strictly fol- assistance by the Central gov- from January 1, 2019 with the lowing it by direct transfer of ernment to the state of Andhra principal seat at Amaravati." money to the beneficiaries. Why doesn’t KCR prefer a national party of his own? L VENKAT RAM REDDY as a National Party only if it ful- launch a national party of his n HYDERABAD fils any one of the following own. three conditions: KCR could not succeed in Jagan asks CBI to probe Though TRS supremo and The party wins at least two giving a shape to his Federal Telangana Chief Minister K per cent of the seats in the Lok Front even after touring vari- Chandrasekhar Rao recently Sabha (11 seats) from at least ous States and meeting leaders stated that he had no plans to three different States; or and CMs of various regional Antarvedi chariot fire enter national politics or At a General Election to Lok parties a year before 2019 LS launch a new national political Sabha or Legislative Assembly, polls. Continued from Page 1 party of is own at this stage, the the party polls 6 per cent of For these reasons, TRS buzz surrounding the KCR's votes in four States and in addi- sources say KCR will never As a full transparent govern- national politics entry refuses tion, it wins four Lok Sabha attempt to float a national ment, the Chief Minister has to die down within TRS and seats from any state or states; party but will try to pursue his directed the DGP to hand also in political circles. or A party gets recognition as Federal Front by bringing over the investigation to the KCR made this statement State Party in four or more regional parties together like he CBI, the CMO release said. after rumours were floated States. tried to do earlier before 2019 Accordingly, the DGP wrote that he is all set to launch his task. to launch a national party and As of now, TRS is confined Lok Sabha polls. a letter to the Union Ministry own national party in the name For this, KCR has to register get EC's recognition. to only Telangana State. If That too, it all depends on of Home Affairs, it added. of "Naya Bharat". his national party in four or With corona pandemic KCR wants to set up a nation- the outcome of Bihar and West The 60-year-old wooden TRS sources see no possibil- more states and in order to get across the country, the chances al party, he has to extend his Bengal Assembly polls sched- chariot of the Antarvedi tem- ity of KCR launching a nation- the EC recognition, it has to of launching any political activ- base to three more States and uled to be held in the next six ple was gutted in a mysterious al party of his own. Instead, win at least six per cent of votes ity in the country look remote secure required percentage of months. fire in the wee hours of Sunday. they opine he would take the in these states. at least till March/April 2021, votes. But the pertinent ques- If regional parties win these The 40-feet high chariot made initiative of forming a Front of It means, KCR's national when Covid vaccine is expect- tion being raised is which are polls, KCR would take a plunge of teakwood was parked in a incident and constituted an some groups alleging the lack- political parties like the one he party has to contest the elec- ed to hit the country and the three States where KCR can into national politics but if BJP shed on the temple premises. inquiry committee headed by adaisical attitude of the Jagan had mooted prior to 2019 Lok tions in at least four states and expected to ease the situation. contest elections and secure or Congress wins, it would The chariot is normally used the Endowments Additional Mohan Reddy government in Sabha polls in the name of secure the required vote per- In that case, KCR will be hard- required percentage of votes. become a stumbling block in only during the Radhotsavam Commissioner. safeguarding Hindu temples. Federal Front. centage before next general ly left with three years time to TRS opponents say, leave three the future moves of KCR in at the Lord's celestial wedding Opposition parties BJP, TDP State Endowments Minister The reasons TRS sources cite elections in 2024. launch national party and face States, KCR can't even secure national politics. festivities. and Jana Sena blamed the Velampalli Srinivasa Rao is launching a national party TRS sources feel that the general elections. even deposits even in neigh- The state government placed state government for the char- alleged that the chariot burn- and getting national party time will not be sufficient According to the Election bouring Telugu State Andhra the temple executive officer iot burning incident and it also ing could be a conspiracy by recognition from Election before 2024 Lok Sabha elec- Commission of India rules, a Pradesh and under these cir- under suspension over the acquired religious hues with the opposition parties to tar- Commission is a herculean tions to achieve all these tasks registered party is recognised cumstances will KCR dare to VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 telangana 04 2BHK scheme will be a Health Dept sanctioned 5,000 role model, says Pocharam

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Legislative Assembly Speaker posts during pandemic: Eatala Pocharam Srinivas Reddy accompanied by MA&UD PNS n HYDERABAD Minister, KT Rama Rao and KTR, Komatireddy Housing Minister, Vemula Health Minister Eatala Prashanth Reddy inspected Rajender on Thursday said the 2BHK dignity housing that the state government had engage in verbal spat project site at Kollur here on sanctioned 5,000 jobs during being implemented. Thursday. n the Covid-19 pandemic. The PNS HYDERABAD He exhorted the state The Speaker and Ministers Medical & Health Minister government to develop the reviewed the various amenities told the Assembly that a deci- Municipal Administration municipalities located in available at the high-rise sion on the recruitment of Minister KT Rama Rao and Congress MLAs' constituencies model township and also held Legislative Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy accompanied by MA&UD 11,000 staff would be taken Congress MLA Komatireddy too. Responding to the issue, KT a meeting with officials and Minister KT Rama Rao and Housing Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy inspects after the end of the Corona Rajagopal Reddy engaged in Rama Rao warned the contract agencies. the 2BHK dignity housing project site at Kollur on Thursday. period. Eatala stated that in the verbal spat on the fourth day of Opposition against spreading The MA&UD Minister said past, 4,000 people were recruit- the monsoon session of the rumours. Ever since the TRS was 1 lakh double bedroom digni- Reddy said that for the first Prashanth Reddy expressed ed while 10,000 jobs were noti- Assembly on Thursday. It all voted to power for the second ty houses were being con- time ever, a State government satisfaction over the fast fied. The rest of the vacancies happened when the Congress time, it regularly released Rs 148 structed by the government has taken up construction of progress of double bedroom came to a halt due to court MLA charged the state crore every month to out of which about 85 thou- such a major township which dignity houses construction cases. "Barriers to staff recruit- government with failing to municipalities promptly without sand dignity houses will be will provide housing to thou- works in Greater Hyderabad ment are also being removed", TS GOVT TO PROMOTE OIL PALM CULTIVATION provide basic amenities in fail. "How can the TRS romp handed over to the beneficia- sands of poor. "This project Municipal Corporation limits he said. countries like Malaysia and Munugode and Chunduru home winning 122 municipalities ries in GHMC limits by the will become a role model and said complete support Since 2014, Telangana gov- PNS n HYDERABAD Indonesia. Responding to municipalities. Raising the issue out of 130 in the state during the end of December 2020. when we talk about housing will be provided from ernment added additional 946 questions raised on oil palm during the Zero Hour, the recently concluded municipal Speaking after the inspec- projects in the country," he Housing Ministry in future MBBS and 365 PG seats. While Keeping in view of the demand for cultivation during the Question Congress MLA took a jibe at the elections? It would be better for tion, Pocharam Srinivas remarked. assignments. there were only 700 MBBS sea edible oils and increasing imports Hour in the Assembly on state government stating that the Opposition to stop spreading ts in 2014, now there are 1,640 from abroad, the State Thursday, Agriculture Minister S there are many municipalities lies and people would seats. Likewise in 2014, there government will be focusing on Niranjan Reddy emphasised the and municipal corporations in appreciation it if Congress MLAs were 563 PG seats and 108 promoting oil palm cultivation on need for crop rotation and the state apart from Siddipet and speak truth," he advised Cong leader super speciality seats, but now a large scale in the State. India cultivation of alternate crops like Sircilla. Therefore, he insisted Rajagopal Reddy. Taking HC notice to TS in 2020, there are 928 PG and had spent approximately Rs oil palm to increase yield and also that the government should give advantage of Speaker giving warns RGV 146 super speciality sea ts. 79,000 crore of its foreign cater to the market demand. He only those assurances which mike to the Congress during PNS n HYDERABAD Even the medical faculty has exchange last year to import pointed out that oil palm was the could be implemented. He Zero Hour, MLAs resorting to edible oils from abroad of which advised it against giving on plea over pay increas ed from 1,101 in 2014 only crop in the country with a herogiri is not advisable, KTR Former MLA and AICC sec- to 2,206 in 2020. over Rs 40,000 crore were spent buy back guarantee from the oil assurances which are far from felt. retary SA Sampath Kumar on "Before the formation of the for importing oil palm alone from companies. Thursday warned filmmaker PNS n HYDERABAD state of Telangana, there we re Ram Gopal Varma of serious many complaints that medical Release White Paper on consequences if he makes A single Judge bench of colleges should be set up in the All-party meeting demands insulting remarks against Telangana High Court head- state. We are trying to set up a Covid spending, says Cong Congress party. "I respect ed by Justice Abhinand Kumar medical college for the district. discussion on Revenue Bill gave no clarity in his statement Ram Gopal Varma as a cre- Shavili issued notices to the n We are bringing about radical Act. The meeting opined that PNS HYDERABAD issued in the Legislative Assembly ative film director but the way state government and asked it n changes in the medical field," PNS HYDERABAD there is a need for the on Wednesday. "Despite Covid-19 he insulted our nation and to respond to a petition filed the Minister said. "The Chief comprehensive discussion on the Telangana Pradesh Congress cases touching 1.5 lakh mark and the Congress party proves his by 73 outsourcing work Minister has already promised All-Party virtual meeting on Bill. The meeting urged the Committee (TPCC) Treasurer death toll touching almost 1,000, arrogance and egocentric atti- inspectors of Mission by one Jatothu Venkanna and to set up a medical college in t Thursday alleged that the state government to send the Bill to the Gudur Narayana Reddy on KCR is giving immature tude. Mr RGV, beware of the Bhagiratha programme. The 72 other now removed work he erstwhile Medak district government concentrated more Select Committee. The meeting Thursday demanded that the statements. Instead of giving a consequences and better outsourced work inspectors inspectors. In their petition, t but the state is waiting for on easing the land transactions also urged the government to State Government issue a White clear status on what measures mind your words," he said on urged the HC to issue direc- hey urged the HC to declare th Center approval," he further rather than providing rights on allow people, peoples unions and Paper on the amount it had spent were taken to combat Covid-19 his Twitter handle. tions to the state government e action of the state governmen added. After formation of state, lands to the farmers. The draft of political parties to participate in to combat Coronavirus. Alleging and how his government plans to It may be recalled that Ram for payment of their pending t to not pay their increased sal- six medical colleges have been set the new Revenue Bill shows that the debate on the new Revenue that Chief Minister was still in prevent further damage, CM is Gopal Varma, on his Twitter salaries since January 2020. aries, their work period salaries up in Mahbubnagar, Siddipet, no effort had been put to legalise Act to take their views to include deep slumber like 'Kumbhakarna', giving vague statements," he said. account criticized India, Shiv The government has disen- since January this year and Nalgonda, Suryapet, ESI- Sana the land rights of the farmers. The in the New Revenue Act. The he demanded that KCR wake up The Congress leader said that Sena, Congress party and gaged the services of the work their subsequent disengage- thnagar and AIIMS Bibinagar. government removed a few meeting was held under the immediately to prevent further the Chief Minister has claimed Arnab Goswami by saying inspectors from June 30 of this ment from service by the state These have led to inc rease in issues from court limits. The leadership of TJS chief Prof M damage. Narayana Reddy, in a that nearly Rs 4,500 crore have "No vaccine for Corona infect- year. The judge later adjourned government without serving medical college seats and are ab le farmers will be meted out with Kodandaram and CPI state statement, alleged that Chief been earmarked to deal with the ed India and no vaccine for the hearing of the case for two any prior notice on them as to provide better health care facil- injustice if the bill becomes an secretary Chada Venkat Reddy. Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao Covid-19 situation. Kangana infected Shiv Sena". weeks. The petition was filed illegal and unconstitutional. ities to people.

Four from TS NOBLE CAUSE LAWCET and Liquid oxygen tanks across State soon awarded at PGLCET on devices across the state in the PNS n HYDERABAD wake of complaints that med- Kaushalacharya ical equipment was not work- October 9 Minister Eatala Rajender ing in most hospitals. He asked 2020 on Thursday conducted a to hire the necessary staff to do PNS n HYDERABAD review meeting with the offi- the equipment maintenance. cials concerned over oxygen The Minister further said that Telangana State Law supply to Covid-19 patients. if one lakh cases were regis- Common Entrance Test (TS The decision to set up liquid tered, 15,000 people would LAWCET) 2020 (both 3YDC oxygen tanks at 22 places in the need admission, of which & 5 YDC) and TS PGLCET state has already been taken 10,000 would be treated in will be conducted on October and the progress of their works Hospital and Mahbubnagar government hospitals and 9. These examinations were has been discussed. Hospital. Oxygen supply to 5,000 in private hospitals. earlier scheduled to take place "Liquid oxygen tanks are Siddipet, Karimnagar He directed the authorities on October 4. The authorities already fully operational at Government Hospital will be to set up government isolation had recently declared that the Osmania, Gandhi, Kakatiya completed in another week centres for those who are less last date for online registra- Medical College, Nims, and full LOTs will be made likely to be at home isolation tion and submission of appli- Adilabad Rims and available in other places in and to ensure that all facilities cations for LAWCET and Nizamabad Government another three months," offi- are available in them as the PGLCET has been extended Hospitals. Oxygen tank cials told the Minister. number of people infected Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy flagging off the ambulances donated by Ministers S Niranjan Reddy, Eatala Rajender, with a late fee of Rs 4,000 up arrangements have been com- The Minister said a report with the corona virus in the vil- Vemula Prashanth Reddy and others under "Gift a Smile' campaign, in Hyderabad on Thursday to September 20. pleted at King Koti, TIMS should be prepared on medical lages is increasing day by day.

PNS n HYDERABAD Rains make a comeback in state BRAOU extends Ensure safety of Officials told to The Ministry of Skill last date for Development and expedite works Entrepreneurship (MSDE) PNS n HYDERABAD admissions advocate, DGP told on Thursday organised a dig- on 2BHK units ital conclave for the second The city, which has been wit- PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD comprising the Chief Justice of PNS n WARANGAL URBAN edition of Kaushalacharya nessing summer like weather the state Justice RS Chauhan and Samadar 2020. conditions over the last one Dr BR Ambedkar Open Taking a serious view at the Justice B Vijaysen Reddy passed District Collector Rajiv The trainers across differ- week, heaved a sigh of relief on University (BRAOU) on alleged threatening of the peti- these orders after PV Nagamani, Gandhi Hanumanthu direct- ent sectors were felicitated for Thursday with rains making a Thursday extended the last tioner advocate and her hus- whose letter regarding the cus- ed the officials of Roads and their exceptional contribution moderate comeback. More date for online direct admis- band by the state police in con- todial death had been convert- Buildings Department to in building country's skilling importantly, the rains are like- sions for undergraduate nection with alleged custodi- ed into a taken up PIl by the HC, speed up construction works ecosystem and preparing a ly to continue, not just in (BA/BCom/BSc), postgradu- al death of Sheelam Rangaiah told the HC that she and her hus- of double bedroom houses at future-ready workforce. Hyderabad but across ate (MA, MCom, MSc, in Manthani police station band Gattu Vaman Rao, who is Dupakunta here on Telangana bagged 4 awards Telangana, with the IMDhere BLISc, MLISc), PG diplo- from Peddapalle district, a also a practising advocate had Thursday. He along with R for their exceptional contri- issuing a weather warning, mas and certificate pro- division bench of the been constantly harassed by the & B SE A Nagender bution under the appren- stating that thunderstorms and grammes for the academic Telangana High Court on police. She said that the harass- inspected the ongoing works ticeship and long-term train- lightning were 'very likely' year 2020-21 up to Thursday directed the DGP of ment of the police began after the at Dupakunta. Speaking to ing categories. Under the across the State till September nights too had turned slightly Rajendranagar receiving the September 24. For further the state to ensure that neither order of the HC to her to file a the officials, he said that at state government & state 14. warmer with the minimum highest rainfall of 47 mm till 4 details, candidates can visit the advocate nor her husband counter against the confidential least 400 2BHKs should be public sector understanding, During the last one week, temperatures touching 25 pm, followed by Kachiguda university portal were threatened by any police report submitted by the completed by Dasara. TSRTC was qualified as sec- the day temperatures were degree Celsius. (42.8 mm), Attapur (40.5) and www.braouonline.in or con- officer and called to any police Hyderabad Police The remaining houses ond best establishment with hovering around 35 degree However, the skies opened Bahadurpura (40.3 mm), tact helpdesk numbers: station as long as the case filed Commissioner Anjani Kumar. should also be completed on 3,400 apprentices' engage- Celsius, which was five degrees on Thursday and several parts according to the Telangana 7382929570/580/590/600 or by her was sub judice before Kumar was directed to inquire war-footing as 1,000 2BHKs ment. P Srinivas was award- above normal. Apart from received rains, ranging from State Development Planning information centres 040- the court. into the alleged custodial death had been completed at the ed in state-non-engineering maximum temperatures, the light to moderate rainfall, with Society (TSDPS). 23680333/555. The division bench of the HC and submit his report by the HC. slab level. followed by V V Sailaja in state-engineering and P Srinivas in national sub-cat- egories respectively. PM con- gratulated all the awardees. The Yadadri temple closed for devotees amid Covid scare Karminagar traffic Skill Ministry's 'Kaushalacharya Samadar', an PNS n ALAIR Besides the special pujas, the ple works are going on at a annual event embraces and The Yadadri temple wore a temple priests performed brisk pace. Pillars have been jns to get makeover recognizes the contribution deserted look as the temple Sudarsana Narasimha Homam. built for the 'Kalyana Mantap' made by skill trainers in the authorities' suspended darshan A procession of the deity was of the temple. The slab works PNS n HYDERABAD ernised at a cost of Rs 40 lakh. vocational training ecosystem. of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha held and Sayanotsavam was would be through in two days. By 2022 it is estimated India swamy till Friday as the num- held towards the night on Meanwhile, the YTDA vice- Karimnagar Municipal “The court, bus stand and will need about 2.5 lakh train- bers of positive cases are on the Wednesday. chairman Kishan Rao asked the Corporation Mayor Y Sunil Mancherial junctions have ers across the skilling ecosys- rise in the district. On Later, Yadagirigutta munic- engineers and contractors to Rao on Thursday said all the already been developed and tem. Under its flagship pro- Wednesday, the temple priests ipal chairman Yerukala Sudha speed up the execution of traffic junctions in the town remaining junctions would gramme PMKVY has been conducted a special puja at the Hemender Goud said that a Yadagirigutta temple works. He will get a facelift as part of also be modernised by devel- working relentlessly to ensure Balalayam. Many devotees who voluntary lockdown would be inspected the temple works on Karimnagar Smart City pro- oping greenery and installing high standards of skilling for reached the ghat road were observed in the municipality Wednesday along with the tem- gramme. water fountains,” he said, trainers and on their capacity turned away by the police stat- till September 25 as the Corona ple executive officer Gita Reddy. The Mayor along with offi- adding that besides developing building, so they are able to ing that the darshan of the pre- positive cases are on the rise in tial commodities would remain the historic Yadagirigutta tem- He inspected the stone flooring cials on Thursday inspected traffic islands, traffic signals meet the demands of near siding deity has been suspend- the temple town. She, howev- open from 6 am to 12 noon. ple, Sri Parvatavardhini works in the Brahmotsava man- ongoing works at Gandhi would also be set up in all future. ed till Friday. er, said that shops selling essen- As part of giving facelift to Ramalingeswara Swamy tem- tap near East Rajagopuram. junction which has been mod- junctions. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS Nitish speaks to Naveen, seeks support for Rafale gives India edge over Rajya Sabha deputy chairman post PNS n BHUBANESWAR president has not been received so far, the source said. The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish monsoon session of Parliament entire region: French Minister Kumar on Thursday dialled is scheduled from September Odisha's Naveen Patnaik, seek- 14 to October 1. The election PNS n AMBALA ing his party's support for for the deputy chairman is like- NDA nominee Harivansh ly to be held on the first day of Manoj to be joint French Defence minister Narayan Singh for the post of the session. oppn candidate for Florence Parly on Thursday the Rajya Sabha deputy chair- The nomination filing said India will have an edge man, sources said. Harivansh, process began on September 7 RS dy chairman poll over the entire region in a Janata Dal (United) MP, and will conclude on New Delhi: Various opposition defending its people with the filed the nomination for the source at the Chief Minister's September 11. The election for parties on Thursday decided to induction of Rafale fighter jets. post on Wednesday. residence, 'Naveen Niwas',said. the post was necessitated as the field RJD leader Manoj Jha as Speaking at the induction of JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar Patnaik's BJD had support- incumbent Harivansh com- their joint candidate for the five Rafale aircraft into the requested Patnaik to extendthe ed Harivansh in the last elec- pleted his term as a member of September 14 election of the Indian Air Force, she said BJD's support to Harivansh tion as well, he said. the Rajya Sabha earlier this Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, India and France are writing a Narayan Singh for the post, a Further word from the BJD year. sources said. new chapter in defence ties. Five Rafale fighter jets were He will file his nomination She said the programme to formally inducted into the well as to the further integra- Earlier, a traditional 'sarva papers Friday in presence of deliver the 36 aircraft to India Indian Air Force at a ceremo- tion of Indian manufactures dharma puja' was performed. leaders of various opposition meant a lot. ny at the Ambala airbase. into our global supply chains,” A ceremonial water cannon parties. Jha will contest against “In military terms, it means Parly said `Rafale' literally she said. salute to the new France-made Start-ups incubated by NDA's nominee Harivansh of that India will acquire a world means a “gust of wind” or a She added that Make in jets and an aerial display by the the JD-U. Harivansh was the class capability, truly among “burst of fire”. “Both meanings India has been a reality for the aircraft also marked their RS deputy chairman till his the best in the world that express an incredible strength,” French industry for several induction into the 17 Squadron previous term was over. He has would give your air force an she said, adding, “It is also a years, particularly for defence of the IAF. DST generated 65,864 jobs since been re-elected from Bihar. RJD and JDU are arch- incredible sovereign tool,” she symbol of the strong ties equipment like submarines. Defence Minister Rajnath PNS n NEW DELHI rivals in Bihar where assembly said. between two countries.” “Many French companies Singh, Chief of Defence Staff supporting ideas to proto- elections will be held very “In strategic terms, it means She expressed French sup- and design offices are now Gen Bipin Rawat, Air Chief types, enabling transition from soon. Sources said a number India will have an edge over the port for Delhi's Make in India established in India and now I Marshal R K S Bhadauria, Start-ups incubated by the being innovators to start-ups, of opposition leaders, including entire region to defend itself plan. hope that others will come to Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, Department of Science and provision of timely seed fund- Leader of Opposition in Rajya and protect its people,” Parly “We are fully committed to offer their support and ser- and Haryana Home Minister Technology (DST) generated ing to the incubated start-ups, Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, added. the Make in India initiative as vices,” she said. Anil Vij were also present. 65,864 jobs as cumulative and support to scale up the Congress Deputy Leader Anand direct employment and creat- start-ups through focused Sharma, Congress's chief whip ed wealth of Rs 27,262 crores mentorship, partnerships, and in RS Jairam Ramesh and PM to address from 2014-19, according to a networks. It played a crucial others from TMC, left parties, report launched by the DST approach has leveraged the role in strengthening the aca- conclave on this week. technological strength of high- demic-led innovation and DMK, AAP and other parties. FCRA registration to Golden The report on the journey of er learning institutes to the start-up ecosystem in the school education the National Science and benefit of start-ups through a country in the last five years. under NEP-2020 Technology Entrepreneurship network of academic incuba- The collective strength and Pak Army shells temple pathbreaking move: Shah Development Board (NST- tors seeded and supported by power of NIDHI program, the forward areas in PNS n NEW DELHI EDB) in catalysing innovation, it. It has led to an effective DST's incubator network and PNS n NEW DELHI Sikh sisters and brothers," moment!" he said. entrepreneurship, and incuba- incubation support system that its start-ups was tested success- J&K's Poonch Shah tweeted. The FCRA registration has Prime Minister Narendra tion was launched by DST sec- led to success of these fledgling fully during the COVID-19 Jammu: The Pakistan Army Union Home Minister Amit "Sri Darbar Sahib's divinity been given in the name of the Modi will address a conclave retary Ashutosh Sharma at an start-ups, the statement said. pandemic through the Centre opened fire and shelled forward Shah on Thursday said the the gives strength to us. For 'Sachkhand Sri Harmandir on "School Education in 21st online programme earlier this Programmes like the for Augmenting WAR with areas along the LoC in three government's decision to allow decades, the Sangat world- Saheb Sri Darbar Saheb Punjab Century" under the National week, a statement by the DST National Initiative for COVID-19 Health Crisis sectors of Jammu and the Golden Temple in Association', a body set up in Education Policy-2020 (NEP- said. The NSTEDB, an institute Developing and Harnessing (CAWACH) program by sup- Kashmir's Poonch district on Amritsar to receive foreign 1925. 2020) on Friday through under the DST, aims to pro- Innovation (NIDHI) initiated porting various solutions to Thursday, officials said. funds is a pathbreaking Union Food Processing video-conference. mote knowledge-driven and by NSTEDB, aligning its activ- resolve the crisis, it added. The Indian Army retaliated move and it will once Minister and Akali Dal The Ministry of Education technology-intensive enter- ities with the national initiative “These efforts have been befittingly, a defence again showcase the leader Harsimrat Kaur is organising the two-day prises, it said. of Start-up India and Stand-up distributed across all geograph- spokesman said. "At about outstanding spirit of Badal thanked Shah for conclave, which started on The report also indicates a India have played a significant ical regions of the nation. 0530, 1145 and 1215 hours service of the Sikh granting the FCRA reg- Thursday, as a part of the five-fold increase in invest- role in energising the incuba- Besides, the nurturing of 3,681 today, Pakistan Army initiated community. istration to the Golden "Shiksha Parv", the Prime ments raised by the seed sup- tor-led innovation value chain, start-ups under incubation unprovoked ceasefire violation On Wednesday, the temple. Minister's Office (PMO) said ported start-ups as funding it said. This activation process through the network of 153 by firing with small arms and Home Ministry "Happy to share that in a statement. from angels, venture capitals, included a range of measures incubators created by DST, intense shelling with mortars approved registration of MHA has granted The "Shiksha Parv" (educa- and other stakeholders with like establishment of a network generation of 1,992 intellectu- along LoC in Mankote, Degwar Sri Harmandir Sahib approval under FCRA to tion festival) is being celebrat- significant valuation gains. of technology business incuba- al property (rights) has been and Mendhar sectors", the under the Foreign Sri Harmandir Sahib. This will ed from September 8-25 to Overall, the NSTEDB's tors, scouting innovations, reported. spokesman said. On September Contribution (Regulation) Act, enable the shrine to receive felicitate teachers and take the 2, a JCO was killed in ceasefire 2010, allowing it to receive for- wide was unable to serve there. 'sewa' from all over the world New Education Policy for- violation by the Pakistan Army eign funding. Modi Government's decision & go a long way in propagat- ward. along the LoC in Keri sector. "The decision on FCRA at to allow FCRA to the Sri ing Gurusahab's philosophy of Various webinars, virtual K'taka govt ropes in data entry the Sri Harmandir Sahib is a Harmandir Sahib deepens the 'sarbat da bhala'. I'm grateful to conferences and conclaves Farmers block Monsoon to stay pathbreaking one which will connect of Seva between the @AmitShah Ji for making this on several aspects of the NEP operators to fight Coronavirus NH in Haryana once again showcase the out- Sangat globally and the Sri possible," she tweeted on are being organised across the PNS n BENGALURU shortage of staff for COVID-19 longer in Delhi, standing spirit of service of our Darbar Sahib. A blessed Wednesday. country, the PMO said. control work and to register against farm withdrawal in Oct The Karnataka government patients under various pro- ordinances New Delhi: Monsoon is likely has given instructions to local grammesof the Health to stay longer in the national No complete administrations to rope in Department, so it is essential to PNS n KURUKSHETRA capital and start withdrawing ‘Chemical levels in cigarette, dataentry operators at gram provide data entry operators," only in the "initial days of panchayats to Primary and the circular said. According to The Bhartiya Kisan Union October", an India lockdown, Community Healthcare it, data entry operators work- and other farmer organisa- Meteorological Department beedi butts not toxic to humans’ Centres, whose smooth ing at the gram panchay- tions on Thursday blocked official said on Thursday. PNS n NEW DELHI and beedi butts fall within the says Mamata functioning has ats can be utilised one the national highway at Pipli The wind system had reached category of “toxic waste”. PNS n KOLKATA been affected due hour daily for the in Kurukshetra district of Delhi on June 25, two days Chemical levels in cigarette A Memorandum of to shortage of work at the prima- Haryana to protest the earlier than normal. and beedi butts are lower than Understanding was signed The state-wide complete staff, to assist in ry and community Centre's three farm ordi- "According to the extended the government-prescribed in October last year between lockdown on September 12 fight against the health centre that nances, which they claimed range forecast, monsoon rains limits and “not toxic to the Central Pollution Control has been withdrawn in the pandemic. The come under the were “anti-farmers”. will continue until September humans and environment”, Board (CPCB) and CSIR- interest of the students circular signed by panchayat limits. The Bhartiya Kisan Union end. The withdrawal is likely to according to a recent study by Indian Institute of Toxicology appearing for NEET, West Chief Secretary T The operators' work (BKU) claimed that the police happen in the initial days of Lucknow-based Indian Research to analyse chemical Bengal Chief Minister M Vijay Bhaskar at the panchayat will be resorted to lathicharge to October," said Kuldeep Institute of Toxicology threat to living organisms and and elemental composition of Mamata Banerjee announced dated Wednesday, has shortened by an hour for disperse the agitators. Srivastava, the head of the Research (IITR). ecosystem health. Some stud- various brands of cigarettes on Thursday. The decision given certain instructions in this purpose, it said adding, in Kurukshetra IMD's regional forecasting Cigarette butts are the most ies suggest cigarette butts are and beedi butts (both burnt was taken to help ease their this regard that need to be fol- case there are no panchayats Superintendent of Police centre. common type of litter on earth, toxic to microbes, insects, and and unburnt) and to see if travel to the centres for lowed until the health depart- here health centres are locat- Astha Modi said agitators with an estimated 4.5 trillion fish etc. they meet the required para- appearing in the all-India ment makes arrangements for ed, data entry operators from blocked the national highway. Don't take Covid of them discarded annually In April last year, the meters. exam, which is scheduled on staff at these centres. neighbouring panchayats can “Hundreds of farmers lightly; people need around the globe. National Green Tribunal Burnt and unburnt butts of September 13, she "At Taluk Primary Health be hired for the work. Asking managed to reach Pipli to wear masks: PM Most of the cigarette butts (NGT) directed the Ministry 10 cigarette brands and beedi said.However, the complete Centres and at Community Zilla Panchayat CEOs to issue Chowk and pelted stones on are discarded in dustbins, of Environment and Forests brands were used in the lockdown will be imposed on Health Centres, there is short- orders assigning duties, the the police personnel manning New Delhi: Prime Minister roadside, beaches or other (MoEF) to get a study con- study, according to CSIR- Friday as announced earlier, age of staff and is affectingnor- circular said taluk health offi- the barriers,” a police officer Narendra Modi on Thursday public places, posing a major ducted as to whether cigarette IITR. Banerjee said. mal functioning. There is a cers will train these addition- said. urged people not to take The police resorted to lath- coronavirus lightly and follow icharge to disperse the crowd, the rule of wearing face masks UP CM orders vigilance probe into the officer said. and maintaining social JEE-Mains: 74% candidates appear for Sept exam Later, the protesters sat on distancing till scientists develop a dharna on the National a vaccine. "I have certain properties of suspended IPS officers PNS n NEW DELHI year. September may have done well demand from a section of stu- Highway 22 to block the traf- expectations from you. That is According to statistics avail- in the January exam and hence dents and opposition parties to fic. Reports of traffic blocked to follow the rule of wearing a PNS n LUCKNOW ilance probe into properties of At least 74 per cent candi- able with the Ministry of did not feel the need to sit for postpone the exam in view of by the farmers at various mask and Do Gaj ki Doori (a the two officers," according to dates who had registered for Education, out of 8.58 lakh the exam this time. We are rising coronavirus cases. other roads around distance of two yards). Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister a statement from the Home JEE-Mains appeared for the applicants, 6.35 lakh appeared ascertaining those numbers," "Any further delay of the Kurukshetra have reached "Be safe and remain healthy. Yogi Adityanath on Thursday Department. A day after the exam last week amid strict for the engineering test from said Education Minister exams would not have been in here. Take care of senior citizens in ordered a vigilance probe into suspension of Allahabad SSP precautions in view of September 1 to 6. The exam Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' in the interest of our hardwork- Earlier, despite strict the family. These things are properties of IPS officers Abhishek Dixit for failing to COVID-19 even as the atten- was conducted after being a tweet. ing students and their plans for arrangements made by the important. Do not take Abhishek Dixit and Mani Lal control crime and corruption, dance figures dipped from deferred twice in view of the Last year, the attendance in college admissions. Our gov- district administration to pre- coronavirus lightly," Modi said. Patidar, suspended on various and maintain law and order, 94.32 per cent in the January COVID-19 pandemic. the January and April edition ernment has always been vent any farmer from reach- Modi also said, till scientists charges, including corruption. Mahoba SP Mani Lal Patidar session. "JEE-Main is held twice a of the exam was 94.11 per cent unwavering regarding student ing Pipli grain market to develop a vaccine for COVID- He has directed the UP was on Wednesday suspend- The Joint Entrance Exam year. The previous one was and 94.15 per cent respective- welfare & student safety. We participate in the 'Kissan 19, "this social vaccine is the DGP to investigate role of ed with immediate effect by (JEE)-Main for admission to held in January this year. ly. will always work for the inter- Bachao, Mandi Bachao' rally, best way to save ourselves other policemen in these cases. the state government on cor- engineering colleges across the Several students who did not The crucial exam has been ests of our youth," Pokhriyal many farmers managed to from coronavirus. "The CM has directed a vig- ruption charges. country, is conducted twice a appear for the exam in mired in controversy due to said. reach near the destination. Experts push for early breastfeeding initiation to fight malnutrition States need cash,

PNS n NEW DELHI Experts say in addition to 'suposhit' (well-nourished). is how to prioritize, plan and govt's letter of comfort these measures the focus must The first is to review the health budget health and nutrition PNS n NEW DELHI give a ‘Letter of As the country celebrates the also be on early initiation of and nutrition services being activities in the annual Gram Comfort' to the states national nutrition month, breastfeeding, spreading aware- provided by all departments Panchayat Development Plans. Senior Congress to borrow money to experts have recommended ness on importance of nutrition especially to pregnant women The first is breastfeeding, leader P bridge the GST early initiation of breastfeeding, at the panchayat level and pro- and infants and young children early initiation of breastfeeding Chidambaram on Compensation gap. spreading awareness on impor- moting use of locally available, and provide necessary sup- and exclusive breastfeeding up Thursday said the "What states need is tance of nutrition at the pan- affordable and safe nutrient port and corrective action," she to six months, second is com- Centre's reported pro- hard cash. Only the chayat level and promoting rich foods. said."The second is communi- plementary feeding after six posal of giving "letter of com- central government has mul- use of locally available, afford- Rachna Sujay, senior techni- ty awareness campaign by pan- months, third is dietary diver- fort" to states to borrow money tiple options and the flexibil- able and safe nutrient-rich cal advisor at NGO Alive and chayat leaders on right mes- sity for pregnant woman and to bridge the GST compensa- ity to raise the resources and foods as some of the measures Thrive, said to improve the sages on health and nutrition lactating mother to reinforce tion gap were "just words of pay the shortfall in GST com- to fight malnutrition. health and nutrition status of a practices," Sujay said. that she has to consume, fourth comfort" on a piece of paper pensation to the states," the Every year September is cel- gram panchayat, the sarpanch Third, according to Sujay, is is promoting kitchen garden that has "no value". former finance minister said. ebrated as 'Poshan Maah' to or mukhiya is the first respon- on-site visits to community- with green leafy vegetables, He asserted that the states If the states are forced to mark the country's fight against der to a large grassroots pop- based service delivery points by Vitamin A-rich vegetables and need "hard cash" and if they borrow, the axe will inevitably malnutrition. ulation. "By adopting following the leader of the panchayat to fruits and fifth is handwashing are forced to borrow, the axe fall on capital expenditure by Identification of severely plantation of nutri gardens, are Maah, the Women and Child four steps, they can improve ensure everything is in place, practices and now during will inevitably fall on capital the states which have already acute malnourished children being undertaken as focus Development Ministry has the situation of the gram pan- and to boost community's faith COVID practicing social dis- expenditure by the states. suffered a cut, he said. and their management and activities during the Poshan said. chayat and make them into these services and fourth tancing. "Government says it will Chidambaram has been VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Optics or business? Jaishankar meets Wang Yi, insists on peaceful solution. China may not want a war but will continue its pinpricks Smoke without fire onhomie visuals are always good but how much of that means anything at all? Will Russia, in the We must call out all instances where the rule of law is being compromised to Bend, be able to make the Chinese see reason, the risks of alienating India over its border imperialism and suit an agenda. Given the state of TV news, there’s a lot of damage to be undone the threats to a bipolar world order as it pushes more nations towards the US? At least it has nudged the two for another round of talks after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart hardly translated to any action on the ground. Instead it fur- ther aggravated the situation in Ladakh where India and China are at daggers drawn. Has External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, given the depth of his understanding of and experience with China as a career bureaucrat, convinced Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about the cost of Siachenisation at the icy heights? Of course, he is very hope- AJOY KUMAR ful of diplomacy winning at the end of the day on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting. He is betting big on linking the perceptional differences of n 1958, Peter Yarrow wrote a song called “Puff the Magic the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and sorting them out as central to bilateral relations, pri- IDragon” before he formed the marily the economic one. He is hoping to drive home the point that China had emerged popular band, Peter, Paul and as one of India’s biggest trade partners and had deeply penetrated Indian markets only Mary. The song gained wide- spread notoriety even years after because there had been peace and quiet on the LAC for over 30 years. Disturbing it would its release because it was mean hurting Chinese expansionism in business, a fact that has already been demon- rumoured to be about celebrating strated with the Government banning the highest revenue-yielding Chinese apps. But as drugs, particularly marijuana. Singapore and Hong Kong even multiple rounds of talks at both the political and military level, including that of Singh’s, went so far as to ban the song, have failed so far, and the Chinese are adamant about not going back to their earlier posi- fearing that it would promote drug tions in April, one wonders what will they extract for a breakthrough and what will India abuse. In reality, the song (which is a classic), was included by the have to yield without both sides looking bad to their domestic audience. Besides, China band in its album, Moving, as it won’t easily give up its newly-acquired spurs in the Pangong Tso region simply because thought it would be a good idea it doesn’t want India to have a strategic edge in monitoring its designs in the Karakoram, to include a children’s song. That by way of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and Aksai Chin. And it knows assumption came easy as the song was written in 1958, when Yarrow that Indian troop capabilities and ramped up border infrastructure are a big deterrence for didn’t even know what “pot” was. its covert incursions into and usurpation of our land. Besides, there is a history of trust The lyrics are about the loss of deficit, where the Chinese have changed the rules of disengagement almost overnight. childhood innocence and are glance on them. The charges the State Assembly. service reporting on this root actually inspired by an Ogden against Rhea Chakraborty seem In the case of drugs too, it cause rather than spending For example, the Chinese commander at Chushul had spoken to his Indian counterpart Nash poem that has nothing to do to (on the face of it) lack any is hardly ever the powerful most of its time on what can about following established protocol and ceasing movements at night. Yet, that very night, with marijuana. weight and will be rightly who are punished. Most drug only be called voyeuristic enter- People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops stealthily moved towards our posts. And with PLA On a completely unrelated examined by a court of law but DATA FROM arrests are on charges of con- tainment. note, in this past week, Rhea the trial in all respects has sumption of marijuana by At its core, all of these directly taking orders from Chinese President Xi Jinping, nothing could have higher offi- Chakraborty has been arrested by already been played out on our MUMBAI REVEALED watchmen, students and hard- episodes show that we as cial sanction. So, there is a possibility that China would settle for pin-pricks, just under the the Narcotics Control Bureau television screens. The only THAT THOUGH ly ever well-connected politi- Indians have slowly but surely escalatory threshold, and activate new flashpoints along our shared Himalayan border to (NCB) apparently on the allega- real consequence, I suspect, will cians or media moguls. In a descended to a state where tion that she procured marijuana be that officials will now be able CANNABIS study by the think tank Vidhi, political agenda trumps rule of stretch us out militarily. That it doesn’t want war stems from the understanding that it had for Sushant Singh Rajput and to scare individuals by just data from Mumbai revealed law. This cuts both ways. For sought a meeting with Singh in Moscow. But then given its current goodwill deficit and might have even consumed it talking about this entire episode CONSTITUTED JUST that though cannabis constitut- example, though Kangana India’s acknowledged compliance with the “rule of law” globally, it perhaps wants to show herself. The arrest came after Ms and extracting a larger bribe. `6.2 CRORE OF THE ed just `6.2 crore of the `60.6 Ranaut’s statements on Mumbai Chakraborty was being grilled for You, dear reader, might crore worth of drugs seized in being Pakistan-occupied that it is faultless about diplomatic behaviour, attempting negotiations but blaming India close to eight hours for three days say you have nothing to fear `60.6 CRORE Maharashtra in 2016, it Kashmir are ridiculous and for failure. Or it could continue to hold positions but cease provocations for the time being. straight and without any contra- and will, therefore, welcome WORTH OF DRUGS accounted for 87 per cent of would lead to sedition and Significantly, Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov before his meet- band actually being recovered. The scrutiny of my WhatsApp mes- arrests and convictions. This NSA charges in a State like inspiration behind the arrests sages or that of your children. SEIZED IN 2016, IT means that more serious drug Uttar Pradesh (going by how ings with the Chinese side. And though officially Russia has described the Ladakh stand- appears to be the WhatsApp mes- Maybe you have nothing to consumption, like that of hero- Kafeel Khan was treated), she off as a matter of bilateral concern, it is trying to bring some sort of an alignment within sages that allegedly referred to the worry about when it comes to ACCOUNTED FOR 87 in, opium and so on, easily slips is seen as a “nationalist.” the framework of the SCO. The Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral axis can hold off the US procurement and consumption of marijuana but are you sure that PER CENT OF through the cracks while minor However, the demolition of a and the West and maintain some sort of multi-polarity but Ladakh has jeopardised such marijuana. Before the arrest, cer- the State and these news chan- marijuana charges are picked part of her office by the tain “news” channels had already nels cannot find something ARRESTS AND up to show better statistics. The Bombay Municipal prospects. Particularly for Russia, its failure would rob it of its counterweight potential in declared her guilty with hashtags else to pin you on? Again on a nexus of politicians with dan- Corporation “smacks of mala world politics. While India has used the RIC to emphasise the need for respecting each like #ArrestRhea, were displaying completely separate note, let us CONVICTIONS. THIS gerous drugs like heroin is well fide” as noted by the High other’s sovereignty, China is pressuring Russia to scale down its defence supplies to India WhatsApp conversations and talk about pornography. There documented and this is with Court of Bombay and is anoth- extrapolating conspiracy theories is technically a ban on pornog- MEANS THAT MORE respect to not merely con- er instance of how the rule of in view of the border escalation. Caught in the middle, Russia is delicately trying to assuage on national television from morn- raphy in India. However, as per SERIOUS DRUG sumption but of widespread law has been treated as an both without upsetting the autonomous bilateral relationship each nation has harboured ing till late night as “political ana- statistics, India is a world leader CONSUMPTION, sale. However, all our attention inconvenience. The only way with it. Besides, it also needs India to counterbalance itself against Chinese heft and its lysts” gave their non-expert com- in the consumption of porno- has been on this 28-year-old forward, in my humble opin- mentary. After seeing the steep fall graphic material with close to LIKE THAT OF woman for allegedly smoking ion, is to course-correct and to mega ambitions. Already, it is in China’s economic trap with Beijing investing heavily in in standards of TV journalism 89 per cent consuming it on pot, while a Bill to regulate the call out all instances where the Russian infrastructure and gas lines, the latter already funded for a 30-year supply. China over the past few years, it may be their phones. If you enjoyed HEROIN, OPIUM use of cannabis is pending in rule of law is being compro- is also working with Russia on a mutually beneficial East-West transport corridor to Europe naïve for us to expect such chan- watching another person’s inti- Parliament. mised to suit an agenda. Sadly nels to follow rigorous (or even mate texts displayed all over AND SO ON, EASILY Even assuming the best of though with the state of TV and opening up the Arctic Circle route. So its hands are somewhat tied. Of course, it acknowl- lax) journalistic standards but it national television, I wonder if SLIPS THROUGH intent, that the Government is news as it is today, there is a lot edges India’s $5.4 billion S-400 deal but beyond defence and given India’s pro-US tilt, was amusing and a bit surprising you would feel the same about serious about drug consump- of damage to be undone and there has not been much growth in our non-defence trade. While we are aiming to scale to see viewers tuning in and even your internet search history. THE CRACKS WHILE tion, it would do well to note this goal may be a long time supporting such on-air antics. I say What is especially interesting that one of the primary reasons coming. So till then, please up trade to $30 billion by 2025, bilateral trade between Russia and China is already at surprising because if Rhea about the instances highlight- MINOR MARIJUANA young people are pushed to make sure that you are not lis- $110 billion. India has recently stepped up investment in the Russian far-east to strength- Chakraborty can be arrested in the ed above is that rarely are the CHARGES ARE drug consumption is unem- tening to “Puff the Magic en its economic footprint. The maritime corridor between Chennai and Vladivostok should manner she has been, parents rulers governed by the same ployment. Statistics on employ- Dragon” in your car stereo or should be seriously worried about rules as the ruled. PICKED UP ment generation are abysmal in public. Who knows what significantly boost bilateral trade and keep Russia invested in taking up our advocacy in their college-going children and Just look at the example of with the Mint reporting that may follow? current geo-strategic contexts. The challenge for India will be to not upset the US, which even themselves and should pon- the Laxman Savadi and CC India is witnessing its weakest (The writer is a former IPS keeps on extending a mediatory hand. If Russia, with its intent compromised beyond a der on when the State and its Patil, BJP Ministers who were hiring sentiment in 15 years. officer, a former MP and cur- point, isn’t able to convince China to simmer down, then we would still need the US to informal agents may turn their caught watching porn inside The media would do a great rently a member of AAP) fight our wanton neighbour. S O U N D BITE This induction (of Rafale With the final induction I've completed my If we had known earlier, The animals are gone jets) is important ceremony, the world's 87th year and stepped (that the virus was airborne) considering the kind of best combat proven 4.5 into my 88th but I we would have shut the state A species checklist shows that fish, birds, amphibians and atmosphere at our borders generation fighter plane feel 40! Like me, meaningfully earlier. We mammals have declined by 84 per cent since 1970 or the kind of atmosphere (Rafale) gets the world's I hope you all feel would have gone to a manda- best fighter pilots. positive about life. tory masking policy. he Living Planet Report 2020 has set off warning created at our borders. bells about the state of the global environment, one Defence Minister Former India captain Bollywood singer New Jersey Governor Tthat may impact our lives more severely than the —Rajnath Singh —MS Dhoni —Asha Bhonsle —Phil Murphy pandemic. It seems that the price of our burgeoning pop- ulation, unplanned and unthinking expansion, selfish con- L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR sumerism, senseless overconsumption of natural Well-prepared plan commonly used in high-end resources and greed is being paid by different species ‘Broomonomics' won't fix the economy parties. The police-peddler that we are supposed to share the planet with. However, nexus, watered by politicians, as compared to forest or marine species, it is the fresh- Sir —The resolution framework t was commendable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes for a flourishing drug water species that are at the highest risk because a gar- for Coronavirus-related stress found the time to interact via video-conferencing with trade. accounts of the Reserve Bank of Istreet vendors who got loans under the PM Street Slack laws aided by ineffec- gantuan 85 per cent of the Earth’s wetlands are already India (RBI) has been well-pre- Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme to tive border vigil encourage the lost. So fish, birds, amphibians and mammals have pared to cover as many as 26 tide over the financial hardships due to the pandemic unscrupulous to strike it big. industries. The prescribed ratios and the associated lockdowns. The one-time loan amount Sadly, the youth fall prey to the declined by a whopping 84 per cent globally since 1970, threatening one in three fresh- are realistic and suitable for these was pegged at `10,000, by all means a big amount for diabolical ways of the drug syn- water species with extinction. The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Zoological difficult times. The umbrella is so people living in penury. It is no small service at a time dicate. It is unfortunate that the Society of London track the abundance of 20,811 populations representing 4,392 species wide that it will cover majority of when the ruling elite wish to project India as a land of social media and films depict and borrowers in stressed sectors. affluence. Modi’s pledge to ease the problems of the breed drug consumption activ- based on a number of data sets available globally. But this edition has got to be their red The sanction and implementation poor must be translated into action. Time alone will reveal ities. Drug rings push youngsters alert finding. The report on India is pretty damning as the size of our wetlands has shrunk of restructuring will take time and what his promise to provide a new digital platform for into crimes when the latter run to 0.03 per cent of our total geographic area. Despite all the talk about protecting our water till then the moratorium has to be street vendors holds out for them on the ground. Given claim that his Government is focussed on easing their out of money. resources and raising awareness, nothing seems to have worked as the number of pol- extended. his fondness for digital technology, Modi's advocacy of problems is belied by the absence of any concrete mea- Paucity in vigil over poppy Further, the success of the res- digital transactions by street vendors is perfectly under- sure towards this end. Modi's suggestion to a broom- production areas and its deriva- luted river stretches went up to 351 in 2018 from 302 in 2016. As a result, there has been olution plan depends on timely standable. But a lot more is needed to improve their eco- making couple to recycle the “pipe” is unlikely to make tive heroin is an age-old issue. Of a decline in the population of endangered species such as the Gangetic dolphin. implementation and banks have nomic condition and quality of life. The “turnover” in their a big difference in their means of livelihood; still it could course, quick police cover-ups Worryingly, there is a 94 per cent fall in the species survivability index in Latin America to frame their own restructuring “business” is too meagre to make the transition from be done for what it's worth. when celebrities are caught red- policy within the ambit of the cash payment to digital payment worthwhile. On being told that the “pipe” too gets spoilt, the handed with drugs make sure the and the Caribbean, which, like us, are facing fragmentation by hydropower projects and RBI’s guidelines to take care of Street vendors have few material resources at their Prime Minister put the onus of keeping it unspoilt and mafia thrives well. A common abstraction of water. There has been a 45 per cent species decline in Asia and Australia. working capital requirements and disposal and subsist on very small incomes. They have returning it on the customers. The Indian economy is grouse against the police is that It is high time we begin taking our responsibility towards the environment seriously, if not current losses. The banks should to climb up many rungs to be put on a par with restau- not amenable to a simple-minded approach. they don’t act on complaints. make use of this opportunity to rant owners which Modi did. What Modi meant by “street “Broomonomics” falls far short of what is needed to be India has not lagged behind in for the sake of the creatures we are supposed to share it with but for our own selfish selves. obtain personal guarantees of vendors have access to easy capital” needs elaboration. done to boost the economy and battle the scourge of the fight against drugs. However, Because we may force the hapless species that inhabit this Earth into a corner because promoters even if they were not Normally capital is not a term associated with people who poverty. plugging every loophole in the of our careless actions but in the end we will have to pay with our lives too. Water, essen- taken previously. eke out a living by manual labour. Modi was right in say- G David Milton Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic M Raghuraman ing that the poor bear the brunt of any crisis. But his Maruthancode Substances Act should be the tial for life, will become scarcer if we continue to destroy our riverine systems, wetlands Mumbai Government’s aim. Beginning and oceans. As it is we have become a water-stressed world. As more species become with the definition of addiction. extinct, we will face scarcity of food from animal sources and zoonotic diseases like the Drugs Act loopholes and the mafia. The Narcotics dling, involving the high rollers. cian, many actors, businessmen Ganapathi Bhat Control Bureau (NCB), while In Karnataka, a filmmaker-cum- and sons of politicians in a drug Akola present Coronavirus and pandemics will become more frequent, killing millions of us each Sir — Many youngsters are investigating the death of actor scribe caused a huge sensation by scam. year while destroying the world economy. So it is up to us to decide if we want to con- trapped in the vicious cycle of Sushant Singh Rajput, revealed a implicating prominent film per- Drugs like MDMA, Ecstasy, Send your feedback to: tinue on this path of self-destruction. drug abuse, addiction, crime dangerous nexus of drug ped- sonalities, who include a musi- hash, weed and LSD are quite [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN A necessary POINTCOUNTERPOINT WOULD ANYONE, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE LOVED THIS PRINCESS OF PATRIARCHY, WHO NEVER DEALT evolution SOMEONE, ALLOW THE OTHER PERSON TO CONSUME WITH HER OWN RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH SUSHANT, DRUGS CLAIMING TO KNOW HIS MENTAL STATE? CLEARLY WANTS HER TWO SECONDS OF FAME. The vicious legacy of the Civil War, which —ACTOR —ACTOR AND VJ ended slavery but not ‘White Privilege’, is finally being dragged out into the open ANKITA LOKHANDE SHIBANI DANDEKAR Unite to survive GWYNNE DYER For world economies to get back up on their feet after this crisis, globally coordinated monetary o lose one parent...may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in policies become very crucial. Trade barriers and geo-political rivalries must be done away with This play, The Importance of Being Earnest, in 1895. In somewhat the same spirit, British journalist Robert Fisk wrote last week: “At some point in the next two months, we are going to have to decide whether we absolve the American peo- ple if they re-elect Donald Trump.” Losing one election to Trump is unlucky; losing two in a row may be saying something about the national character. Fisk has been the Middle East correspondent of various British newspapers since 1976, so he was not on familiar ground when he wrote that about the US in The Independent recently. On the other hand, he was expressing a mostly unspoken but HIMA BINDU KOTA widespread attitude among all Europeans except the extreme Right. Let me quote some more: “Like all snobs, we’ve taken he finance ministries and monetary author- the view that Trump did not really represent American values ities of some of the heavyweight nations, — any more than the Arab dictators reflect the views of their Tmembers of G20, were still battling the con- sequences of the 2008 economic downturn and people. We’ve hoped and prayed and fooled ourselves into believ- other financial emergencies caused by its after- ing this was only a temporary autocracy, a deviation, an old and shocks — like the Euro financial crisis of 2010-2012 reliable friend suffering from a serious but ultimately curable men- — when the Coronavirus pandemic hit the world. tal disease. Yet...I wonder how we are going to react to Americans They were absorbing the lessons, assessing and if the Trump years become the Trump era; or if his dreadful, understanding the impacts and side-effects, try- ambitious family transform themselves into the Trump ing to redevelop strategies and policies to create Caliphate....if the America we felt we could always ultimately a resilient financial sector but then their coordi- rely on — once they’ve straightened out their little Trump mis- nates changed. Due to the unprecedented world- adventure — turns into the nation we can never trust?” wide spread of the virus, all these designs have I grew up in Canada, and Canadians, like Mexicans, while stopped dead in their tracks. Consequently, the focus of the G-20 countries has shifted from cre- fond enough of individual Americans, are by nature mistrust- ating strong and buoyant but routine financial poli- SINCE THIS ful of the American State. “It’s like sleeping with an elephant,” cies and mechanisms to firefight and embrace as Pierre Elliott Trudeau put it. If it just rolls over or wakes up exceptional and extraordinary actions to fight the PANDEMIC IS cranky, you can get badly hurt. damage unleashed by this contagion. UNPRECEDENTED Europeans have a different perspective. Fisk grew up in the Since no country is in this pandemic alone, AND THE UK, which, like France, remembers (most of the time) that it and almost all of humanity is hit, it is essential for EXTENT OF IT IS would have lost both World War-I and II without American help. the world to act in coordination and cooperation, STILL UNCLEAR, Even if the US was years late to both world wars, it showed up with the G-20 playing a major role here. These INTERNATIONAL both times in time to save the day. And US troops stayed in unusual and unexpected times require exception- COOPERATION Western Europe to protect it from Soviet power throughout the al management and a strategy to create policies, AND THE ROLE OF interdependent monetary, fiscal and prudent Cold War. Most Eastern Europeans see the US as the instru- THE G20 ARE VERY strategies to sail through and be ever-ready for any CRUCIAL HERE ment of their liberation from the Soviet Union, even though it future uncertainties. first stage, the interplay between demand fications that are graver than the reper- just price stability. did not in the end involve a hot war. The economic aftermath will far outlive the IN PROVIDING and supply and any imbalance between cussions of the global financial crisis. The final step is to gradually de- So there is still a deep well of respect and trust for the US health consequences, forcing governments to LIQUIDITY TO them can lead to major concerns. Supply Long-term strategy for healing: leverage the global economy by reduc- in Europe. Fisk is probably right that a second Trump election develop a strong anti-COVID long-term strategy, GLOBAL shocks, caused globally during this pan- The impact of the shocks faced by the ing the debts and increasing the inter- victory would finally poison that well, which would be a pity. which should be more permanent in nature than ECONOMIES. demic, due to production delays caused global economies is expected to linger, est rates in a phased manner. This will Another four years would also see him complete the destruc- just a knee-jerk reaction to the present situation, THIS COULD by major lockdowns worldwide and both in the financial and other sectors be, by far, the most difficult step for any tion of the existing international order (without giving a single knowing that most of the world’s economies have BE ACHIEVED interruptions in supply chain and logis- of economies. There will be dampness country. It should be an important and thought to a replacement). Trump is, as Michael Moore noted been pushed back by more than a decade. THROUGH SWAP tics, have a domino effect and initiate in investment, consumption and growth coordinated effort to increase the inter- in 2016, “A wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and Nonetheless, some of the lessons of the last few ARRANGEMENTS demand shocks, in turn leading to dis- due to still existing uncertainties, dispar- est rates but at the same time ensuring decades can come in handy while creating new ruptions to cash flow and the entire pay- ity in resource allocation due to unem- that the liquidity does not dry up. full-time sociopath.” UNDER THE strategies, getting around earlier oversights, reduc- AUSPICES ment cycle. Some companies unable to ployment and firm closures. Therefore, Prudential policies, at the same time, But would two terms of Trump mean the end of American ing the risk of financial uncertainties and enabling face this short-term disruption will face this second stage should focus on help- should focus on capital and leverage democracy? Not necessarily. Not even likely. What Trump has a steady transition into the “new normal” after OF THE financial distress and as result, rise in ing individuals, companies and countries ratios. Clear fiscal measures should triggered — and somebody was bound to trigger it around now, ascertaining the damages caused by COVID-19. INTERNATIONAL unemployment is expected. resume normalcy in their operations and slowly reduce public debt and reverse any because every political niche, like every evolutionary niche, is Therefore, taking into consideration the experi- MONETARY FUND To help firms and people tide over any hope for growth. This stage will be excessive tax incentives. All these mea- always filled — is a final reckoning on the “race problem”, about ences of major countries, and the requirements of AS A DEDICATED this period, the central banks should longer than the first stage. sures should be implemented, keeping a 150 years after the American Civil War. handling these enormous jolts, monetary policy ALTERNATIVE infuse liquidity into the economy by cre- Here, fiscal policies take the lead definite finger on the pulse of the At the time of the Civil War (1861-65), Black Americans strategies should be narrowed down. The G20 FINANCING ating policies to drive commercial banks from monetary policies and would take nation’s economic condition. accounted for around 12 per cent of the total population and should step up and help develop these conceptu- ARRANGEMENT to provide loans to businesses and charge but with sustained support from Therefore, it can be inferred that for four-fifths of them were slaves. Whites accounted for almost al points and implement them as practical mea- FOR COVID-19 households alike. Liquidity is needed for monetary policies. Several measures the global economies as a single unit, the all the rest; only a quarter-million were Native Americans. African- sures. EMERGENCY, the securities market, too, which is like public expenditure, transfers, tax following strategies can be crucial to help A monetary policy, conventionally, has been ESPECIALLY FOR feeling the heat due to the turn of events reliefs will play a major role in this stage. them revive economically from the Americans still account for the same 12 per cent share of the used by governments around the world to control during the outbreak. Additional support The monetary policy must play a sup- COVID-19 pandemic. population today, and many of them are still victims of the same the money supply in the economy, which, in turn EMERGING by a slew of supplementary measures, porting role at this stage by keeping a First, the monetary, fiscal and pru- White fear, exclusion and official violence that their ancestors is used for adjusting inflation and stabilising prices. MARKET like decline in interest rates and an exten- close watch on liquidity and keeping the dential policies must work in a coordi- experienced (mainly because they were slaves) 150 years ago. During an economic slowdown or recession, there ECONOMIES sive credit support for SMEs, should be interest rates low. nated manner with the aim to achieve But since US immigration law changed in 1965, allowing peo- is a substantial decline in consumer spending. The AND LEAST provided by governments. Sole reliance on monetary policies financial stability. Second, at the global ple from the entire world to immigrate, the non-Hispanic White production levels dip due to general fall in DEVELOPED The monetary policies should be can be untenable, unproductive and very level, the indebtedness, which was share of the population has dropped to only 60 per cent. demand and low capital expenditure by compa- COUNTRIES well-supported by fiscal and prudential serious, with one of the grave problems already at the higher side before the com- That share will to drop to 50 per cent by 2044, according nies, unemployment increases as firms lay off the policies. Bad loans is one such area and being excessive inflation. In addition, mencement of the pandemic, would have to forecasts based on current birth rates and immigration trends. existing workforce to save costs and stop any fresh governments should make provisions for political frictions and trade barriers can further increased during stage two. So, This has triggered a huge panic among the working-class White recruitments, and foreign investments dry up. So, such requirements in their budgets. To create disruptions. One of the key roles financial instabilities will be here to stay there is an overall downturn in the economy in escape any financial meltdown, central of the G20 is to help resumption of eco- for a long term and governments have Americans, who often compete for the same jobs and used to terms of new investments and consumption. banks should also step in to buy bonds nomic integration among various coun- to be very careful in reducing leverages depend on their whiteness as a competitive advantage. Trump Governments have to respond to this situation and commercial paper. Since this pan- tries. The G20 can help by overseeing the in future, in stage three. is personally a racist, if his remarks and behaviour are any guide, through policy changes that have the responsibil- demic is unprecedented and the extent coordination by central banks of differ- For global economies to get back up but he is a cynical populist and would be exploiting White fears ity to reverse the prevalent situation. of it is still unclear, international coop- ent countries, leading to stable exchange on their feet after this pandemic, inter- right now even if he really loved non-White Americans. So, a monetary policy, which is essentially eration and the role of the G20 are very rates and reducing any potential curren- nationally coordinated monetary policies That is why the vicious legacy of the Civil War, which ended counter-cyclical and expansionary in nature, crucial here in providing liquidity to cy wars. become very crucial. Trade barriers, geo- slavery but not “White Privilege”, is finally being dragged out helps in increasing the money supply and boost- global economies. This could be achieved The new normal: This third stage political rivalries and hostilities must be into the open. Having been so exposed, it will probably finally ing the demand for products, building confidence through swap arrangements under the will be post the Covid crisis and a done away with. Although economic be extinguished — but not necessarily in time to thwart Trump’s and credibility and ensuring overall stability. auspices of the International Monetary revamp of the regular policies followed instability appears similar around the re-election. This is not the end of the US, nor the advent of a However, for a monetary policy to work effective- Fund (IMF) as a dedicated alternative for decades would require a hard rethink. world, it is, in reality, dissimilar, in nature ly, the central bank has to be independent of the financing arrangement for COVID-19 All the policies of a country — mone- due to different structural aspects of each new Hitler either. It is a necessary evolution of American his- elected Government. In addition, to the monetary emergency, especially for Emerging tary, fiscal and prudential — will have nation. Therefore, the role of internation- tory, for which some people living elsewhere may also pay a policy, the fiscal policy — public expenditure and Market Economies (EMEs) and Least to work in full coordination. al bodies like the G20 becomes very substantial price. taxation — is another tool for governments to try Developed Countries (LDCs). An action The role of the monetary policy important here. (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future and come out of an economic crisis. that is lacking or is wrong could spark should be two-pronged and should (The writer is Associate Professor, of Democracy and Work.’) Immediate actions to face the shock: In the a financial crisis that could have rami- include macro-financial stability and not Amity University, Noida) Bridge the gap between infrastructure and growth With a major push to road networks, the vision of development of backward areas like LWE-hit Gadchiroli can become a reality

Naxalism has flourished because it nectivity. This, in turn, affects literacy, Sironcha, was the only NH in the dis- Chhattisgarh border near Patagudam this road section has been taken up. conditions. A police station had to be touches the emotional chord of socio- healthcare and mobility of the people. trict. The network has since been ensure seamless inter-State connectiv- Construction of major bridges across set up in order to help construct the political and economic wrongs. It’s iron- But things have begun to change now. enhanced to 647 km after declaration ity to the neighbouring States. The NH- Perimelli, Bandia and Paralkota, too, bridge. It was an excellent manifesta- ical that in the name of revolution, In the last six years, the Ministry of four new NHs of 591 km length. In 930 connects Gadchiroli to Chandrapur has been taken up at cost of `194 crore. tion of commitment, political desire Naxals are collecting money and block- of Road Transport and Highways all, MoRTH has approved 44 road pro- district and the work of improving 81 The Wainganga river, which divides and coordination between various ing development and Government (MoRTH) has put development of road jects of 541 km with an outlay of `1,740 km of this road to two lanes with paved Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts, Government agencies and the securi- funds meant for tribal and rural devel- networks and enhancement of connec- crore for Gadchiroli district. The major shoulder (2L+PS) standards is in is one of the important rivers in ty forces. DANGE opment remain unspent or fall into the tivity in Naxal, tribal and backward infrastructure initiatives in Gadchiroli progress at a cost of `646 crore. Maharashtra. Due to the current nar- With a major push to infrastruc- VAIBHAV wrong hands. areas on the fast track. With the vision include a 855-metre major bridge Improvement of the 39.76 km-long row, low-level bridge, commuters face ture, the vision of development of back- naugurating and laying foundation The lack of connectivity within the of connecting every district with across the Pranahita River on the stretch of the Nagbhid-Armori section many difficulties, especially during ward areas like LWE-hit Gadchiroli can stones for road projects and bridges State and with other States has turned National Highways (NHs) and special Nizamabad-Jagdalpur Road (NH 63) of the NH-353D has been completed the monsoon season. To eliminate the become a reality. With an abundance Iis a routine activity for politicians. Gadchiroli into a hotbed of Naxal activ- emphasis on Naxalism-hit areas, the at a cost of `168 crore. Then there is at cost of `269 crore. This road now hardships of the people, a new 825- of natural resources like bamboo in the However, when Union Minister Nitin ities. Along with it, the adjoining dis- MoRTH has launched a special pro- the 630-metre, high-level bridge across connects Gadchiroli district with the metre bridge will be constructed at a district, Gadchiroli can become a hub Gadkari inaugurated and laid founda- tricts of Chandrapur, Gondia, Yavatmal, gramme for LWE affected districts. the Indravati River near Patagudam on city of Nagpur. The NH-353C, connect- cost of `99 crore near Asthi. for sticks used by incense manufactur- tion stones for various road projects in Bhandara and Nanded have also In Maharashtra, a LWE scheme the Nizamabad-Jagdalpur Road (NH ing Sakoli, Wadsa, Gadchiroli, Four new major bridges on the ers as the import of agarbattis has been Gadchiroli district recently, it had a spe- become prone to Naxalism. These dis- connectivity programme of 495 km 63) at a cost of `248 crore; a 30-metre Chamorshi, Alapalli and Sironcha, Perimilli, Bandiya, Pearikota and banned. More than 100 such units can cial significance. tricts are situated in the Left Wing length was announced with an invest- bridge near Lankachen on the links the remotest part of Gadchiroli Waingagana Rivers and 14 minor be set up, which would give employ- Located in the eastern-most cor- Extremism (LWE)-affected belt, ment of over `920 crore. This pro- Bejurpalli-Aheri Road; the improve- district with the old NH-6 and in turn bridges will ensure seamless transporta- ment to the local people. With these ini- ner of Maharashtra, Gadchiroli has seen stretching across Telangana, gramme comprises development of ment of Bejurpalli-Aheri Road (SH provides connectivity with the rest of tion in otherwise inaccessible areas of tiatives, job creation in Gadchiroli little development even after 73 years Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and road networks and bridges on Pranhita, 275) between Watra and Moyabinpeta the country. The Gadchiroli-Asthi sec- Gadchiroli. This remarkable progress will get a fillip as the Government has of Independence. Over 90 per cent of Madhya Pradesh. Indravati and Godavari, the major and the improvement of the Garanji- tion of this road is being improved to of infrastructure development is not a target of providing employment to the district is a designated forest area Gadchiroli is one of the least rivers of Gadchiroli. For the first time, Pustola Road. 2L+PS standards at a cost of `577 crore. a small achievement. We must compli- more than 10,000 youth within the next and almost 40 per cent of the popula- developed districts where people live the district is seeing infrastructure pro- These projects were inaugurated Strengthening other sections of this ment the engineers and contractors five years. This would be a fitting trib- tion is tribal. Inaccessible terrain and amid extreme violence and abject jects of high magnitude being taken up on September 6. The bridges across the road has also been taken up. The trib- who are working hard despite the con- ute of an aspirational district to the con- infrastructure deficiencies have hin- poverty. Dense forests and large peren- and completed within a span of five Pranahita River at the Maharashtra- al areas of Alapalli, Hemalkasa, stant fear of Naxal attacks. In fact, the cept of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. dered Government welfare pro- nial rivers criss-crossing the district years. Till recently, the NH-63, with a Telangana border and at Sironcha and Bhamragarh are now connected bridge across River Indravati was com- (The writer is Advisor, NHAI, grammes for the masses. Decades on, have posed a major challenge to con- total length of 56 km passing through the Indravati River at the Maharashtra- through NH-130D. Improvement of pleted under very trying and war-like under MoRTH, New Delhi) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 money 08

CAPSULE Time for industry to embrace new PM Modi launches Rs 20,050-cr scheme for fisheries sector tech, improve quality: Gadkari n PNS NEW DELHI and fisheries sector. PNS n NEW DELHI significantly at a time when it The PMMSY is a flagship was demanded to enhance the Prime Minister Narendra scheme for focused and sus- Union minister Nitin Gadkari original cost by about Rs 7,500 Modi on Thursday launched tainable development of fish- on Thursday said industry crore to Rs 11,000 crore. Rs 20,050 crore-Pradhan eries sector in the country ICICI Bank launches players should adopt innova- "A meeting was convened to Mantri Matsya Sampada with an estimated investment tive methods and new tech- deliberate on the specifica- Yojana (PMMSY) to boost of Rs 20,050 crore for its dedicated offering nologies to improve cost effi- tions which was attended by production and exports in implementation during 2020- for start-ups ciency and construction qual- about 150 developers, consul- the fisheries sector as part of 21 to 2024-25 as part of Mumbai: With an eye on the ity of infrastructure projects. tants and other stakeholders. I the government's aim to Aatmanirbhar Bharat pack- growing number of start-ups, The road transport minister had asked officials to reduce double farmers' income. age. The investment of Rs India's second-largest private also warned cement players the technical qualification cri- Through video conference, 20,050 crore under PMMSY is sector lender ICICI Bank on against cartelisation, black- teria besides financial qualifi- the Prime Minister also stock related issues and inau- the highest ever in the fisheries Thursday launched a new marketing and profiteering. cations without any compro- launched several other initia- gurated Semen Station with sector, the PMO said on offering, iStartup 2.0, for the "You need to reduce con- besides other material for use to ensure rain water harvesting mise on quality," he said adding tives in the fisheries and ani- state-of-the-art facilities in Wednesday. Out of this, an segment with improved struction cost and improve in infrastructure projects, the and recharge of ground water, that over Rs 4,000 crore was mal husbandry sectors in Purnea with an investment of investment of about Rs 12,340 features. Under the quality. Cost reduction should minister said. Plans are afoot to the minister said. saved due to it and the tender Bihar, a state which is heading Rs 84.27 crore on 75 acres of crore is proposed for beneficia- programme, ICICI Bank's be made without any compro- reduce bridge construction The dredging is done by the has been awarded. for the assembly polls in land made available by the ry-oriented activities in customers will get a current mise on quality," he said while cost through innovative tech- highways ministry free of cost Gadkari said the project for October-November. Bihar government. marine, inland fisheries and account in three variants that addressing an event on 'BITU- nologies like promoting steel in lieu of sand, deposits and which tenders were floated for Modi launched a mobile After the launch, the Prime aquaculture and about Rs will offer additional services, CON 2020: BITUmen and fibre in construction on the aggregates to be used for high- three times earlier was ulti- app e-Gopala that will provide Minister interacted with farm- 7,710 crore investment for including premium savings Road CONstruction Industry', pattern of Malaysia and if suc- ways construction, thereby mately won by Megha solutions to farmers on live- ers focusing on the livestock fisheries infrastructure. accounts for the promoters, organised by FICCI. cessful that alone could save Rs reducing cost. Engineering & Infrastructure salary accounts for employees Gadkari, who also holds the 25,000 crore annually in bridge, Gadkari said likewise tech- Ltd (MEIL). Among the three and a dedicated relationship MSME portfolio, said the Gadkari said. nical parameters were being bidders in the race including Sensex soars manager, the bank said. industry can play a significant Similarly, Niti Aayog has reduced to promote domestic Larsen & Toubro and Ircon China auto sales up 6% in Aug, The bank has tied up with role in boosting India's infra- given green signal to Buldhana players in infrastructure cre- International JV, the 646 pts as RIL vendors to offer a "concierge- structure through the aid of pattern of projects that have ation and cited example of Hyderabad-headquartered like" service, wherein the start- innovation and technology. changed the face of some parts Zojila tunnel, saying the gov- company had quoted the low- down 15.4% year-to-date ups can access various Industry players should look of Maharashtra, which entail ernment through change spec- est Rs 4,509.5 crore for the tun- hits fresh high services like company towards innovative methods of excavation or dredging of ifications has been able to nel project, stuck for over six registration, taxation, using waste like iron slag ponds in drought-prone areas reduce the cost of the project years now. PNS n MUMBAI compliance, logistics, facility management, staffing and Domestic equity bench- digital marketing. mark Sensex soared 646 States' startup ecosystem ranking to be released on Friday TAJ-GVK Hotels points on Thursday, boost- PNS n NEW DELHI UTs have been divided into ed by a rally in index heavy- two groups. While UTs except appoints Cherian weight Reliance Industries. The commerce ministry will Delhi, and all States in North The 30-share BSE index release the second edition of East India, except Assam are in as addl director ended 646.40 points or 1.69 ranking of states and union one group, all other states are per cent higher at 38,840.32. territories (UTs) based on placed in the other group," the PNS n NEW DELHI The NSE Nifty rallied their startup ecosystem ministry added. 171.25 points or 1.52 per tomorrow, an official state- The statement said that an TAJGVK Hotels and Resorts PNS n BEIJING half's 22.4% contraction. Total cent to 11,449.25. RIL jump 8.5 pc; ment said on Thursday. Commerce and Industry said evaluation committee com- on Thursday said its board vehicle sales were down 9.7% Reliance Industries was The rankings are based on in the statement. posed of independent experts has approved the appoint- China's car sales rose 6% in at 14.6 million. the top gainer in the Sensex market valuation the initiatives taken to devel- The ranking framework from the startup ecosystem, ment of Dilip Cherian as August over a year earlier as Auto demand already was pack as it zoomed over 7 touches nearly op the startup ecosystem for 2019, it said, has 7 broad carried out a detailed assess- additional director of the the industry's biggest market suffering before China shut per cent. The company's $200 billion promoting budding entrepre- reform areas consisting of 30 ment of responses across var- company. recovered from the coron- down factories and dealerships market valuation rose to Rs New Delhi:Continuing its rally, neurs. action points ranging from ious parameters. Many para- Cherian has been appoint- avirus pandemic, but pur- in February to fight the coro- 14,66,589.53 crore (USD shares of Reliance Industries "The DPIIT conducted the institutional support, easing meters involved getting feed- ed as non-executive inde- chases for the year to date were navirus. Consumers are 199.64 billion) in late after- Ltd on Thursday zoomed 8.5 second edition of the states' compliances, relaxation in back from beneficiaries, which pendent director with effect off more than 15%, an indus- uneasy about a slowing econ- noon trade. per cent and the company's startup ranking exercise with public procurement norms, was gathered through more from September 10, 2020, for try group reported Thursday. omy and a tariff war with On Wednesday, the com- market valuation rose to Rs the key objective to foster incubation centres, seed fund- than 60,000 calls made in 11 a period of five years, Sales of sedans, SUVs and Washington. pany had announced that 14,66,589.53 crore (USD competitiveness and propel ing, venture funding, and different languages to empa- TAJGVK Hotels and Resorts minivans rose to 1.7 million, Last year's sales fell 9.6%, US private equity firm 199.64 billion) in late states and Union Territories to awareness and outreach. thetically connect with bene- said in a filing to BSE. He is according to the China the second straight annual Silver Lake Partners would afternoon trade. On work proactively towards "To establish uniformity and ficiaries to ascertain the real the founding partner and Association of Automobile decline. That has hurt global buy 1.75 per cent stake in its Wednesday, it was announced uplifting the startup ecosys- ensure standardisation in the pulse at the implementation group chairman of Perfect Manufacturers. Total vehicle automakers that are looking to retail arm for Rs 7,500 that US private equity firm tem," the Ministry of ranking process, States and levels, it added. Relations. sales, including trucks and China to propel sales growth. crore. RIL stock jumped Silver Lake Partners would buses, rose 11.6% to 2.2 mil- It also squeezes cash flow at a 8.45 per cent to a record buy 1.75 per cent stake in lion. time when global and Chinese high of Rs 2,343.90 on the RIL's retail arm for Rs 7,500 Auto sales for the first eight brands are spending billions of BSE during the day. On the crore. The market heavyweight SIP inflow continues Saregama inks deal months of the year were down dollars to develop electric NSE, it gained 8.49 per stock jumped 8.45 per cent to 15.4% at 11.3 million, an vehicles under pressure to cent to a lifetime high of Rs a record high of Rs 2,343.90 improvement from the first meet government sales quotas. 2,344.95. on the BSE. On the NSE, it to drop in August gained 8.49 per cent to a with ShareChat, Moj lifetime high of Rs 2,344.95. PNS n NEW DELHI "SIP flows are reducing as In the previous session too, it well, it is clear that the retail PNS n NEW DELHI Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, had closed with nearly 3 per Investment in mutual funds investor is impacted due to the and Bhojpuri among others, it UA plans non-stop flights to India cent gain. RIL's market through systematic invest- current economic environent Music label Saregama on added. No financial details of PNS n NEW DELHI offer more nonstop services flights on the Delhi-Chicago valuation rose to Rs ment plans (SIPs) dropped brought on by COVID-19," Thursday said it has signed a the partnership were disclosed. from India than any other U.S route and the Bengaluru-San 14,66,589.53 crore (USD for the fifth consecutive said Jean-Christophe global licensing deal with ShareChat has previously United Airlines on Thursday carrier," the airline said in a Francisco route using its 199.64 billion) in late month to Rs 7,791 Gougeon, director homegrown social media plat- formed a similar alliance with said it will operate daily flights press release. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner air- afternoon trade on the BSE. crore in August, , Sharekhan by form ShareChat to license its T-Series. Saregama is India's on the Delhi-Chicago route United said it will operate craft. amid challeng- BNP Paribas. music catalogue. oldest music label and its cat- from December this year and ing economic He added As part of the deal, alogue spans across genres the Bengaluru-San Francisco environment that in such a Saregama will license its cat- like film/non-film songs, route from spring next year. due to the challenging alogue to ShareChat and Moj, devotional music, ghazals and "Together with the airline's COVID-19 economic envi- allowing over 180 million Indipop in more than 18 lan- existing services from New pandemic. ronment, retail active users of the two plat- guages. Delhi and Mumbai to New Besides, equity investors tend to forms to create their own With this partnership, users York/Newark and New Delhi mutual funds, which mainly reduce their SIP investments short video content using the would be able to use songs of to San Francisco, United will depend on SIP for flows, saw and reduce risk on their port- Saregama library, a statement legends like Lata Mangeshkar, a withdrawal of Rs 4,000 crore folios by selling equity MFs. said. Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rupee settles 9 in August, much higher than As per the data, the indus- The robust music library Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Gulzar, Rs 2,480 crore witnessed in the try raised Rs 7,791.6 crore offers thousands of songs in Jagjit Singh, RD Burman, Triumph Motorcycles launches Green signal paise higher at previous month, data from the through SIP route last month, diverse Indian languages like Kalyanji Anandji, Geeta Dutt 73.46 against USD Association of Mutual Funds lower than Rs 7,831 crore gar- Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Laxmikant Pyarelal and for Munger- in India (Amfi) showed. nered in July. Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, others. the all-new Rocket 3 GT Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 9 paise and PNS n NEW DELHI Bhagalpur NH settled at 73.46 (provisional) against the US dollar on proj in Bihar Insurance industry seeks central Amway India British premium motorcycle Thursday supported by weak brand Triumph Motorcycles PNS n NEW DELHI American currency and eyes five fold on Thursday launched its positive domestic equities. growth tourer model, the all-new The government on At the interbank forex market, repository for data sharing Rocket 3 GT in India priced at Thursday said it has approved the domestic unit opened at PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI Rs 18.40 lakh (ex-showroom) a Rs 971 crore highway pro- 73.42 against the US dollar, as it looks to create 'excite- ject in Bihar. "The MoRTH and finally closed at 73.46 The COVID-19 pandemic Direct selling major Amway ment' in the market which has has approved a proposal to against the American currency, has impacted sharing of data in India on Thursday said it is been reeling under the impact engine". construct 120 km Munger- registering a rise of 9 paise the insurance ecosystem and looking to scale up home deliv- of the coronavirus pandemic. "We are focussing greatly on Bhagalpur-Tirpety- over its previous close. there is a need to have a cen- ery orders by five times this The Rocket 3 GT is the how to continue to create Kahalgaon concrete road on During the session, the tral repository, say industry year and will invest Rs 30 touring variant of the Rocket excitement in this industry. national highway 80 in Bihar," domestic unit witnessed an players. “One of the important crore for strengthening its sup- 3R which was launched in The focus from our side is to MoRTH said in a statement. intra-day high of 73.16 and a fallouts of the pandemic is the ply chain and automation. The December 2019 and is pow- continuously give reason for Munger-Bhagalpur high- low of 73.50 against the ability to share the data. If you company, which started inte- ered by an all-new 2,500 cc customers to come to our way project will be a 2-lane greenback. The rupee had have to say one thing that we and CEO R M Vishakha said in the country; and between grating O2O earlier this year, engine, which the company showroom and buy our prod- road, which will also be 4- settled at 73.55 against the US definitely need is a centralised during a virtual panel discus- insurance companies if some- said it has witnessed a signifi- claims is "the world's biggest ucts," Triumph Motorcycles lane wide at certain stretch- dollar. Brent crude futures, the repository. We need a lot more sion organised by body wants to take a second cant shift to online sales from production motorcycle India Business Head said. es, MoRTH added. global oil benchmark, fell 0.86 data sharing,” IndiaFirst Life ETBFSI.com. At present, there policy, a fresh KYC has to be 33.6 per cent in February 2020 per cent to $ 40.44 per barrel. Insurance managing director is no centralised KYC system done, she said. to over 70 per cent at present. India to launch 11th city gas Working women feeling increased stress due to Covid licensing round soon: Pradhan PNS n BENGALURU Workforce Confidence Index, childcare, nearly twice as many a fortnightly pulse on the con- men (25 per cent)", it said. PNS n NEW DELHI The push for city gas expan- Nearly 50 per cent of India's fidence of India's workforce. The survey showed that only sion is part of the government working women are feeling Based on the survey one in five (20 per cent) work- India will soon launch a bid plan for raising the share of increased stress due to the responses of 2,254 profession- ing mothers rely on a family round to give out licences for natural gas in the country's COVID-19 pandemic, claimed als in India, findings from the member or friend to take care retailing gas in cities to help energy basket to 15 per cent by a survey conducted by online weeks of July 27 - August 23 of their children, when com- extend the coverage of envi- 2030 from the current 6.3 per prfessional network LinkedIn. reveal the pandemic's impact pared to 32 per cent men. ronment-friendly fuel to about cent. It revealed that the pan- on India's working mothers More than 46 per cent work- 500 cities, Oil Minister Pradhan said gas is cheaper, demic is taking a toll on the and wor ing women, and the ing mothers reported working Dharmendra Pradhan said on convenient, and environment emotional well-being of India's cautious optimism of free- till late to make up for work, Thursday. friendly and its greater use will working women as 47 per cent lancers towards personal and 42 per cent are unable to During 2018 and 2019, sec- help cut dependence on oil report they are experiencing finances and career prospects, focus on work with their chil- tor regulator PNGRB gave out imports. more stress or anxiety due to it said. dren at home, it said. licences to retail CNG to auto- round will be launched very The 11th bid round is being the The survey also underscored Findings show that about mobiles and piped cooking gas soon. PNGRB is preparing for planned around a new pipeline pandemic, LinkedIn said. the challenges of childcare one in four freelancers antici- to household kitchens in 136 it," he said at a virtual event being constructed from Angul For men, this number stood at during the pandemic, accord- pate an increase in their earned geographical areas or GAs. organised to commission 56 in Odisha to Mumbai in 38 per cent, pointing towards ing to a LinkedIn statement. working mothers as the survey five (17 per cent) working income (25 per cent) and per- This extended coverage of the CNG stations in 13 states and Maharashtra to ferry natural a disproportionate impact on The survey showed that showed that around one in fathers, the statement said. sonal savings (27 per cent), city gas network to 406 dis- one UT. "50-100 districts, par- gas between the east and west women in these testing times, India's overall confidence is three (31 per cent) working "Worryingly, more than two in while close to one in three (31 tricts and around 70 per cent ticularly in Chhattisgarh, coast. State-owned gas utility it said. LinkedIn on Thursday growing steadily. mothers are currently provid- five (44 per cent) working per cent) expect their number of the country's population. Madhya Pradesh, and GAIL has started work on the announced the findings of the Remote working has laid ing childcare full-time, when moms are working outside of investments to increase in "The 11th city gas distribu- Vidharba, will join the city gas Angul-Mumbai pipeline, he tenth edition of the LinkedIn out a tougher road for India's compared to nearly one in their business hours to provide the next six months. tion (CGD) authorisation network after the 11th round." said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Friday September 11, 2020 DECODING ‘POST COVID SYNDROME' he effect of the rious. However, those who the infection, says Dr Rahul ongoing pandemic have been critically ill, and Pandit, Director-Critical has rippled those who were treated for Care, Fortis Hospital, T through the whole prolonged periods in inten- Mulund. healthcare ecosys- sive care units may need a “It is observed that the tem; and health- few more months to recover virus not only affects the care workers continue to bat- fully, despite completing lungs but also has an impact tle on the frontlines to treat treatment for Covid-19. on one’s heart, brain, the as many patients as possible. There is significant evi- digestive system, and kidneys Many patients with Covid-19 dence that some people with amongst other organs. This needed intensive care, and relatively mild symptoms, new phenomenon that has with great support and who were treated at home, emerged is termed as the impeccable clinical acumen, may also have a prolonged Post Covid-19 syndrome,” patients have emerged victo- sickness, even after beating he says.

HE POINTS OUT THAT PATIENTS WHO HAVE HOW SOON, AND WHY Clinical Psychologist to diagnose it. The post-Covid-19 Syndrome and had a prolonged stay in the usually high. This is compounded DO THESE SYMPTOMS must be tackled through clinical hospital. These areas of focus will by steroids, which patient RECOVERED FROM COVID MIGHT EXPERIENCE: SHOW UP? HOW SOON CAN A PERSON assessment, psychological inter- help diagnose and treat the long receives. Especially in diabetics, vention and comprehensive reha- and short term complications patients may need a short course o Abnormal heart rate taste and smell START SEEKING POST The symptoms, especially COVID CARE? bilitative care. An expert panel of amongst Covid-19 survivors. of Insulin before returning to o Chronic fatigue o Reduced exercise fatigue, may be a continuation of doctors, at a dedicated post Covid- tablets; dosage may also need the recovery process and some It is important to seek post 19 OPD must help clinically assess alterations. Similarly, o tolerance HAVE PRE-EXISTING CONDI- Persistent diarrhea symptoms may be only noticed COVID19 care right from the 1st the patient. This is the first step TIONS? HERE'S HOW COVID Hypertensive patients may need o o Disturbed sleep after the patient is discharged. In follow up post discharge, or usual- towards helping the patient tackle IMPACTS YOU: altering of their medication Rapid weight loss almost 80 per cent of patients, ly around 2 weeks post discharge. the residual impact of the infec- regime, post Covid-19 and digestive issues patterns fatigue post illness stays for several Then as per requirements, clinical tion. Physical rehabilitation will Those with pre-existing condi- Tachycardia (a condition that o o Muscle weakness weeks and gradually resolves. Poor support, physical rehabilitation play a crucial role in assessing the tions such as Diabetes, makes your heart beat more than Mild to severe exercise tolerance, disturbance in and psychological support can be impact on mobility, decreased/ Hypertension, Obesity, etc. must 100 times per minute) may need inflammation in the o Neuropsychiatric sleep wake cycles are noticed usu- offered. increased exercise tolerance and be evaluated to gauge the serious- betablockers to be added to the brain implications like ally when the patient returns to muscle weakness. Also, psycholog- ness of the disease before, and routine medication. Similarly, confines of his home. The most REHABILITATION PROGRAM ical evaluation plays a big role in after contracting Covid-19. It is patients with Chronic Lung o Nausea Depression, difficult are the neuropsychiatric addressing Post Traumatic Stress noticed that due to the impact on Disease or Asthmatics may need Insomnia, etc. TO TACKLE POST COVID o and depressive symptoms; it needs SYNDROME: Disorder (PTSD) amongst those ACE 2 receptors during Covid- additional evaluation of the Loss of appetite, specialised training like that of a who have battled severe COVID19 19, the blood glucose levels are Pulmonary Function Test. Caring for our furry friends A compelling Lakshman Molleti, founder of the AWBP trust, believes take on ‘pride' pertinently that giving water is hursday saw the first-ever digital collaboration usually termed as ‘Sadaqah' in between Blenders T Pride Fashion our beautiful country because Tour and design- er extraordinaire Tarun animals need fresh water for Tahiliani to celebrate his 25 years in the industry. For their bodies to function. He talks years, Blenders Pride Fashion Tour set the bench- to SHIKHA DUGGAL on the mark for the fashion indus- try in India, collaborating importance of caring for and with the Indian designer community, promoting the feeding animals around us, to Indian design aesthetic. The tour has evolved over the make the world a better place to years from conventional runway shows to festivals of live in, not just for humans, but fashion and today, in these unique times, the digital leg, in collaboration with Tarun animals too. Tahiliani, celebrated a story of ‘My Identity, My Pride’. WBP trust is citizen- The evening showcased based group functions elements of Pride in his craft independently with a and heritage, being modern A sole vision of providing and having a ‘Stream of cautious drinking water Consciousness’ as an entity. for the androgynous The striking experience creatures round the clock through- uncovered the idea of out the year. An international civil ‘Infinite’ possibilities in one’s society of numerous volunteers lives by setting an example placed at diverse branches across for the world to follow. The the country, they believe in toiling one-of-a-kind hybrid fash- for community purposes instead of ion experience encapsulated turning out to be commercial. all the glamour and glitz “If you ask me, why animals, my with an impactful story answer to that is the drastic suffer- through an on-ground set- ing of animals that caught my atten- up brought alive through a tion. I believe they aren’t ours to digital premiere. experiment on, eat, wear, use for Weaving a seamless story entertainment, or abuse. This around Identity and Pride, notion was also a primary reason Tarun Tahiliani said, “There for me to turn vegan as well. When is nothing more important it comes to the feeling of being than one’s identity, an thirsty, an animal is no less than a expression that defines you human being moving around trying as being distinct from the to quench its thirst, sometimes world. This collaboration is resorting to sewage treatment water a celebration of my journey designed by Tarun Tahiliani, — that’s the horrifying condition of and the myriad and varied showcasing his 25-year jour- these animals, which needs to be influences that have inspired ney. The storytelling was a brought to the public eye. People its course over the years. I salute to the wheel of life, believe animals are of no use so why take immense pride in the designer’s inspirations, pay any attention to them or care and providing them with better we require people’s support for this. expressing who I am and the studio’s past and its evo- for them — an I attitude I con- treatment, something that they Animals can’t talk/reason so we try where I stand today, and in lution into the future — a demn. I am here for a purpose — I deserve. So how can you ensure the to extend that empathy, compas- my association with true representation of the don’t regret leaving the envelope of animals in your areas get water sion, and kindness towards them Blenders Pride Fashion Tour brand. The evening was an software development sector bowls? Well, all you have to do is through our various educational 2020, because it gives me the immersive experience show- because the welfare of animals is my contact them via the details avail- programs. It’s not just the killing of opportunity to celebrate my casing a compelling take on dead end in life,” shares the founder. able on their website, visit them, an animal tInstilluses suffering but identity with pride.” ‘pride’ with modern Indian At AWBP trust, they distribute and collect the water bowls free of also their living conditions too. Through a theatrical rep- pieces of clothing that were water bowls for animals to several cost to quench the thirst of the ani- Instill greater love and respect for resentation of fashion, 25 fully accessorised with mod- localities, as a small gesture of mals in your area. “We are trying to animals in every way possible,” muses donned 25 stunning ern-day versions of chotis, improving their living conditions, accomplish a major milestone and urges Lakshman. looks, both menswear and bindis and much more to womenswear, in a larger- add historical opulence to a than-life custom set more contemporary whim. 10

Vijayawada Friday September 11 2020 what’s brewing? ASHA BHOSLE AT 88: MY SPEED AND EFFICIENCY MAKE ME FEEL I'M 40 sha Bhosle is 88, but she says my 87 years I have always been honest She added, “It feels beautiful to be sur- she feels like 40. The playback in what I do, both at work and in life,” rounded by family. Normally everyone legend says she feels almost said the singer. is busy in their own life. But now, we A half her age because, she “I’ve completed my 87th and stepped are all together. Zanai ordered my believes in speed and efficien- into my 88th but I feel 40! Like me, I favourite food. Every moment today is cy above anything else. hope you all feel positive about life,” she a gift from God. I am so grateful. I “I think it is my speed and efficiency. posted on social media after her birth- want to be hale and hearty for years to I want to do my best and do it with day this year. come as well.” speed. For example, I cook really fast. Her birthday was a quiet affair with The iconic singer has started an ini- Others exit the kitchen as they cannot close family this year, owing to the tiative titled Asha Ki Asha where she match up with my speed (laughs). Ok, global pandemic. “Under this Covid-19 will provide opportunities to new tal- on a serious note, (I owe my) honesty situation, I have shot videos turning ent. She said she wants to broaden the to my music. Honesty is an integral hairstylist, makeup woman and design- space from only promoting singers to part of me. It has brought me pain too, er beside performer. I have enjoyed it to lyricists and others. but in the hilt. I have cooked many dish- “I have listened to so many talents es. I also spent my birthday with across the country that it will be tough my grandchildren Zanai and to choose the best. I am so happy and Ranjai and my son Anand and overwhelmed at all the faith and love daughter-in-law Anuja. I simply they have shown me. I will now broad- loved it.” en my search and give the opportunity After Kangana, show- to composers and lyricists as well. There are so many talented youngsters waiting in the wings,” signed off cause notice issued to the singer. Manish Malhotra for ‘unauthorised BHUMI PEDNEKAR: Salman Khan to shoot Audience appreciation for Bigg Boss 14, construction’ validates my choice Radhe... in October he Brihan-mum- unauthorised addi- bai Municipal tion and alteration of films and roles alman Khan is Earlier, a picture of Salman Corporation by way of erecting set to shoot the mopping the floor on sets of T (BMC) has partitions/cabins ver since her right films and picking the and Kitty just break all Bigg Boss 14 Bigg Boss 14 had surfaced issued a show- on the first Bollywood debut right roles. Every actor social conditioning. I premiere online. Colors had said in a cause notice to floor, unautho- in 2015, Bhumi wants their films to do just felt like this girl is S episode on statement, “Salman says eve- designer Manish Malhotra rised con- Pednekar has well and I'm glad that my truly a part of new India. October 1 and ryone is bored of shuttling for ‘unauthorised construc- struction of E managed to give films have worked,” This is exactly what new then resume the final between home and work. But tion’ at his residential two struc- several credible Bhumi said. India is.” schedule of his film not to phikar not as life is premises. “Under Section tures with performances. The actress She is hopeful that her About her character, Radhe: Your Most Wanted about to change with Bigg 351(1) of the Mumbai a brick says she is more than next Dolly Kitty Aur Woh she added, “We are vocal, Bhai reportedly. The Boss’s power-packed enter- Municipal Corporation Act, ma- happy that her hard work Chamakte Sitaare, co-star- we speak up for what we actor is said to have tainment coming for their res- 1888 and as per the sonry has impressed the audi- ring Konkona Sensharma, want, we are ambitious returned to his Bandra cue.” Notification dated April 4, wall ence. will also be well received survivors, we are go get- residence after spending Salman will then resume 2013, it has been notified and AC Bhumi made her debut by the audience. ters. But at the same time, several months at his the final schedule of Radhe: that Manish Malhotra has sheet in the 2015 film Dum “I hope Dolly Kitty Aur we are still connected Panvel farmhouse. Your Most Wanted Bhai, erected/commenced erection roof Laga Ke Haisha. Over the Woh Chamakte Sitaare with our roots, we are A Mumbai Mirror which was supposed to hit of a building/executed/com- on past five years, some of receives a lot of love from still connected with our report has quoted a source theatres around Eid this year menced executions of certain sec- her best roles have been in the audience, too!” she values and our culture as saying, “Bigg Boss is set but missed the release date work or changed the existing ond- Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, keeps her fingers crossed. and this character to go on air from Sunday, due to coronavirus pandemic. user at premises without per- floor terrace Saand Ki Aankh, Bala and Bhumi feels her charac- exactly signifies October 4. Usually, the “It’s a short schedule of 10-12 mission from the competent admeasuring Toilet : Ek Prem Katha. ter, Kitty, in Alankrita that.” premiere episode is days at Mehboob Studio in authority,” the BMC said in 4.80m X 3.70m X “I’m grateful to the Srivastava’s film is a true shot a day in Mumbai. The shot also the notice, a copy of which 2.50m and 3.80m X 3.50m X audience for showering so representation of an aver- advance so that includes a song featuring was accessed by ANI. 2.50m approximately, unau- much love on my films age girl in today’s new the identity of Salman and his leading lady, The BMC has given thorised construction of and me. An actor India. the contes- Disha Patani. The antagonist, Manish seven days to shed with MS angles and AC always wants to be She said, “Till now, with tants can be Randeep Hooda along with respond to the notice to sheet roof on second-floor appreciated for his the line-up of releases that kept under Jackie Shroff, who has a show sufficient cause as to terrace admeasuring 8.35m or her work and I had, these girls (charac- wraps. strong supporting role, will why the said building or X 3.50m X 2.50m approxi- their love is a ters played by Bhumi) still However, also be a part of this sched- work should not be pulled mately. huge validation fit the moral boundaries these are ule,” the source added. down. The changes pointed Earlier yesterday, the that I’m choos- that were set up. unprece- Radhe... is said to be the out by BMC in the building Bombay High Court stayed ing the But Dolly dented times remake of South Korean film include the following: unau- the demolition drive being and hence Veteran. 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Rules l Each row and column can contain each number (1 to 9) exactly once. l The sum of all numbers in any row or column must equal 45. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 sport 11 Down but NEVER out Serena rallies to win second and third sets in convincing fashion over Pironkova “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, right?” Williams said. Two more victories would allow her to claim a record-tying 24th Dominance personified Grand Slam singles title. “In the beginning, I was a lit- tle fatigued, for whatever reason,” Medvedev enters semis without dropping set Williams said. AP n NEW YORK was tough at the end,” Medvedev “Obviously, I can’t do that if I said. Vettel signs for want to keep winning, so I need to ot only had 2019 runner-up It’s been 60 years since a man figure that out.” NDaniil Medvedev not won this Grand Slam tourna- Racing Point How big an upset would this dropped a set in this US Open ment without ceding a set; Neale have been if Pironkova had held entering his all-Russian quarter- Fraser did so in 1960 at the event AP n LONDON on? Not only is she not seeded at final against long-time pal Andrey then known as the US Flushing Meadows, she doesn’t Rublev, but Medvedev hadn’t Championships. A year after los- our-time Formula One champion even appear in the WTA rankings allowed more than four games in ing to Rafael Nadal in a five-set FSebastian Vettel will drive for Racing Point at all — this was her first tourna- any set. final that lasted nearly five hours, starting next season. ment of any sort in more than So when Rublev grabbed a siz- Medvedev heads to his second The team, which will be renamed Aston three years, because she left the able lead in the opening-set career major semifinal. Martin, announced the move on Thursday, a tour to become a mother. tiebreaker on Wednesday and He will now face No 2 seed day after driver Sergio Perez said he was on “It’s unbelievable,” Williams three times was a single point Dominic Thiem for the title show- his way out. The team said Vettel has signed said about Pironkova’s impres- from closing it, the moment felt down place, who bulldozed 21st for the 2021 season “and beyond” but did not sive return to competition. momentous. Flushing Meadows. seed Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-2, 6- reveal the length of the contract. “Wow. I couldn’t even do Turned out it was. The No 3- The only concern for 4 in just 2 hours 4 minutes. “The signing of Sebastian is a clear state- that.” seeded Medvedev fought off that Medvedev in the latter stages was The other semifinal on Friday ment of the team’s ambition to establish itself When the players stepped out trio of chances for No 10 Rublev whether his body would hold up will be No 5 Alexander Zverev vs as one of the most competitive names in the onto the court, in the tiebreaker by reeling off five — he was dealing with cramps and No 20 Pablo Carreño Busta, who sport,” the team said in a statement. Serena vs Azarenka the stadium points in a row, and was on his needed his right shoulder mas- won quarterfinals on Tuesday. “As a four-time world champion, Live from 6:00am IST announcer — way to a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5) vic- saged by a trainer in the third set None of the remaining men has Sebastian brings a fresh mindset to the STAR SPORTS SELECT 1 & 2 announcing for tory to return to the semifinals at — but he did, indeed, hold on. “It won a Grand Slam title. team.” whom, exactly, One of the most successful drivers in F1, was something of a mystery — was the runner-up the past two Vettel is leaving Ferrari at the end of this sea- Serena Williams in action against Tsvetana Pironkova US Open/Twitter referred to Pironkova, a 32-year- years. son after he was not offered a new contract. old from Bulgaria, as “Alexander’s Williams last lost before the Aus Open chief hopes for He will be replaced by McLaren driver AP n NEW YORK a deficit that reached the scale of mom” and then to Williams as semifinals in New York in 2007, Carlos Sainz at Ferrari next year. a set and a break after 45 minutes “Olympia’s mom” during the pre- when Justine Henin eliminated her Vettel has won 53 grand prix races, a tally hey were just two particular of her quarterfinal against match introductions. in the quarterfinals. 25-50% crowds in 2021 only surpassed by Michael Schumacher and points from Serena Tsvetana Pironkova on a cloudy “It just shows me how tough On Thursday, Williams will Melbourne: Australian Open chiefs which is spectator free. “Under Lewis Hamilton. He won four consecutive TWilliams’ latest three-set Wednesday in empty Arthur Ashe moms are,” Williams said after- face Victoria Azarenka, who are hoping to see Melbourne Park’s what we expect the restrictive con- titles with Red Bull from 2010-13 and joined comeback at the US Open, yet they Stadium. ward. returned to the US Open semifi- stadiums up to half full at the open- ditions to be, 25% crowds would be Ferrari in 2015 with the aim to win another. were pivotal and consisted of the Williams needed both of these “You play a match and you go nals for the first time since 2013 ing Grand Slam of 2021 in the bottom end and 50% But he never had a car really capable of sorts of lengthy exchanges filled points during a five-game, home and you’re still chang- by overwhelming Elise Mertens 6- January. would be the top end,” he challenging Mercedes during his stint with the with athleticism and brilliance match-altering run — ing diapers,” said Williams, 1, 6-0 on Wednesday night. The fate of the tourna- told the Melbourne Age on Scuderia, where he lost his No 1 status as team- that in any other, non-pandemic along with 20 aces, her whose daughter turned 3 on Williams leads her head-to-head ment remains up in the air Thursday. mate Charles Leclerc came to prominence. year would be marked by thou- most in a match in eight Sept 1 and is a little older than series against Azarenka 18-4, with Victoria state battling a “But a lot’s going to “It’s a new adventure for me with a truly sands of folks rising to their feet years — to end up on the Pironkova’s son. including beating her in the 2012 second wave of Covid-19. depend on the condition of the legendary car company,” Vettel said. for delirious roars and raucous right side of a 4-6, 6-3, 6- “It’s like a double life. It’s and 2013 finals in New York. Australian Open chief Craig environment at that time. “I have been impressed with the results applause. 2 score after more than two hours really surreal.” The other women’s semifinal Tiley remains optimistic that the “I would be jumping up and the team has achieved this year and I believe She needed both of these to get to the semifinals at Flushing The American, who turns 39 on Thursday will be 2018 cham- Grand Slam will go ahead, with at down if that was the result,” Tiley the future looks even brighter. I still have so points, one of which included a Meadows for an 11th consecutive in less than three weeks, has won pion Naomi Osaka vs No 28 seed least some fans to cheer on the play- added. “That’s our aspiration. (But) much love for Formula 1 and my only moti- shot she hit left-handed, to reverse appearance. six US Open championships; she Jennifer Brady. ers, in contrast to the US Open anything is possible.” AFP vation is to race at the front of the grid.” Aus still searching for best ODI formula: Finch Srikanth, Sindhu are Thomas, Uber leads AUSTRALIA-EENGLAND IN ODIs we think we need to get to for PNS n NEW DELHI BAI cancels preparatory camp six-member selection commit- that 2023 World Cup. tee was earlier supposed to pick Venue P AW EW T/N/R “It’s about getting as much orld Champion P V been selected in the team along doubles. Youngsters Aakarshi the team on September 17. In Aus 71 45 25 -/1 information all the time to WSindhu and former World with Krishna Prasad Garaga. Kashyap and Malvika Bansod The Sports Authority of give us the best chance of win- No 1 Kidambi Srikanth will lead The women’s team were also included in India had proposed a prepara- In Eng 70 31 35 2/2 ning consistently. One-day a 20-member Indian squad for for Uber Cup will be led the 10-member tory camp in Hyderabad which In India 3 2 1 -/- cricket is a hard game, especial- next month’s Thomas and Uber by Sindhu, who made her- squad. was originally scheduled to start ly away from home.” Cup Finals, the Badminton self available for the tourna- Sindhu, Saina, on September 7 and conclude on In SA 2 2 - -/- The hard-hitting opening Association of India (BAI) said ment after initially decid- Srikanth, Laskhya September 27 for the event set In UAE 2 1 1 -/- batsman said his side’s victory on Thursday. ing to give it a miss. and women’s doubles for October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, In WI 1 1 - -/- in the third and final T20 With World The squad will be pair of Ashwini and Denmark. match in Southampton had Championships Bronze medal- further bolstered by Sikki will also partic- However, the camp was Total 149 82 62 2/3 been important, even though list B Sai Praneeth pulling out of the presence of former ipate in the two Super cancelled on Thursday after it D/N 70 43 25 -/2 they lost the series. the event due to knee injury, world No 1 Saina 750 events — Denmark became clear that players would But he warned England, Srikanth alongwith 2014 Nehwal and Open (Oct 13-18) and not get any relaxation on the Last 5 5 1 4 -/- ranked number one in ODIs, Commonwealth Games cham- Commonwealth Denmark Masters (Oct 20- seven-day mandatory quaran- Faisel Features had enviable firepower with bat pion Parupalli Kashyap and the Games Bronze 25) which will he held tine period and BAI then decid- and ball. in-form Lakshya Sen will take medallists after the Thomas and ed to announce the team. “They keep coming at you,” the onus of the singles events. Ashwini Uber Cup Finals. With the camp cancelled, England vs Australia some indifferent he said. “There’s no part in a 20- For the two doubles events, Ponnappa and With September 18 being the governing body asked the Live from 5:30pm IST cricket in other over game or a 50-over game men’s pairing of Manu Attri and N Sikki Reddy, the cut-off date for sending selected players to keep training SONY TEN 3 & SIX patches.” that you can take your foot off B Sumeeth Reddy and Dhruv who will be entries for the prestigious on their own and submit fitness Australian batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey in nets AP/File Picture The skipper told reporters the gas because there will be Kapila and MR Arjun have helming the biennial tournament, the certificate by September 17. on Thursday that it was impor- someone there to take the AFP n MANCHESTER years we’re still searching for tant that Australia got their opportunity away from you.” our best formula and our best “processes really rolling in one- “I think their form in SINGLES aron Finch said Australia is 11 players day in, day out in the day cricket” as they look ahead white-ball cricket has been Vaccines won’t be ‘silver 2020 EDITION OF AFC CUP CANCELLED Astill searching for their one-day format,” he said. to the 2023 World Cup in exceptional in both formats Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation's “best formula” in one-day inter- “I don’t think there’s been India. over the last few years,” he Executive Committee decides to cancel the 2020 edition national as they prepare to pit any secret to that. There’s been “I think it’s just finding a added. “Obviously their one- bullet’ for staging Olympics of the AFC Cup. The decision will be a blow to Chennai their wits against world cham- great opportunity that we prob- consistent selection formula,” he day game has probably been the City FC, who were set to make their first-ever appearance pions England. ably haven’t nailed in this for- said. “We did a lot of work on benchmark since probably 2016 Laussane: Amid uncertainty about held without fans in the venues as has in the competition having won the 2018-19 I-League. The two teams will lock mat. We’ve played some really how we think we can structure so it’s going to be a great chal- planning the Tokyo Olympics, IOC pres- become the global reality for sports in The AFC Champions League, however, will take place horns in a three-match ODI good cricket in patches and our one-day cricket and where lenge.” ident Thomas Bach said that progress 2020. with the East zone & West zone matches scheduled to series starting in Manchester on with vaccines and rapid testing for “We don’t know how the world take place in November & December respectively. Friday, following a T20 series in Covid-19 would not be the complete looks like tomorrow,” Bach said. Southampton, which England answer for staging the rescheduled “So how can you expect from us to RHODES TO TAKE OVER AS SWEDEN'S COACH won 2-1. ‘Oz need to find ideal No 3’ games. know how the world looks in 320 days Stockholm: Former South Africa international Jonty The match at Old Trafford Melbourne: Former Australia et ahead of the quadrennial according to the two-time “They will not be the silver bullet from today?” Rhodes will be moving to Sweden after the IPL to take will be the first 50-over contest captain Ricky Ponting feels event. World Cup winning skipper. but they can greatly facilitate the orga- He asked athletes to accept any charge as head coach of the country's national team. between the sides since England that the national team man- “They need to find some- “Whether that’s Marnus nization of the games,” Bach said at a demands made of them in traveling to Rhodes said he is excited about the fresh challenge he won last year’s World Cup agement needs to find an one that’s going to bat at No (Labuschagne) there (at No 3) news conference after an International and staying in Japan next year. will face in a country not known for its cricket. “I am semi-final on their way to lift- ideal “No 3” in ODIs, some- 3 for them for a long time. It’s and Smith at four, or whether Olympic Committee board meeting. “Nobody can just look at him or really excited to relocate to Sweden with my family and ing the trophy. one who will own that slot in such a pivotal role, they need it’s the other way round, who While the Japanese public has been herself and say ‘I do not want this’ or ‘I work together with the Swedish Cricket community. This Finch, Australia’s white- years to come. to find someone who’s going knows what it’s going to be.” skeptical about the July 23-Aug 8 games don’t think this is fair.’ You have to show opportunity has come at a perfect time and I am grateful ball captain, said his team had The next ODI World Cup to be a long-term player “We’ll see how the Aussie going ahead, Olympic Minister Seiko solidarity there in order to fight the to be able to invest my energies in a completely new made progress in ODI cricket is scheduled to be held in there,” Ponting said while boys go, but they’ve still got Hashimoto said this week “I feel we have virus,” Bach said. “If you need a quar- environment. I can't wait to get started,” said Rhodes. in recent years but there is still India in 2023 and Ponting talking to cricket.Com.Au. some work to do on their to hold them no matter what.” antine to ensure a safe environment for room for improvement. believes Australia have “work It could either be Marnus one-day cricket, I think,” Bach declined on Wednesday to all the participants of the games, then ‘LIVERPOOL FOCUSED ON IMPROVING SQUAD’ “Over the last couple of to do” on their one-day crick- Labuschagne or Steve Smith, Ponting said. PTI speculate on the Tokyo Olympics being you need to go to quarantine.” Liverpool: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said the Premier League champions do not need to sign too many players like other clubs and are different in their own way. Klopp told BBC Radio 5 Live: “We always want Akhtar in talks with PCB for chief selector’s post Hanuma trains for Down Under to improve the squad but there are different ways — one way is to sign new players and the other way is to work Karachi: Former Pakistan pacer et for long time. PTI n NEW DELHI you don’t have grounds open. I am together, improve the things you were good in and try to Shoaib Akhtar on Thursday con- “I am ready to get in the line batting on matting wicket during net nullify the things you are not good in,” he said. firmed that he is in discussions of fire. I will do it because I want t a time when his India team- session,” the reticent Vihari said. with PCB for a post in country’s to play a role in creating a pool Amates are gearing up for the The primary aim is to get NEIL IS SA HIGH PERFORMANCE BATTING COACH cricket set-up which is believed of players from the new genera- glitzy IPL more than 2500 miles adjusted to the extra bounce on Johannesburg: Former batsman Neil McKenzie has to be chairman of selector’s post tion who play with an aggressive away from Hyderabad, Hanuma Australian tracks and playing on been roped in as South Africa's high performance replacing Misbah ul Haq. mindset and without fear of fail- Vihari has his eyes trained on matting wickets helps as the deliv- batting head coach, CSA announced on Thursday. The The PCB has plans to remove ure.” something more challenging — the eries have a tendency to rear up 44-year-old McKenzie, who had stepped down from his head coach Misbah from chief Akhtar said that if he is marquee tour of Australia. awkwardly. position as Bangladesh's batting coach last month, is selector’s position and Akhtar is entrusted with the job, he wants Vihari is one of the two central- “The grounds are all closed and one of the seven appointees announced by Cricket South being considered for the role. to create match winners like ly contracted India players (the this is the resource available. The Africa as part of its High-Performance management “I will not deny it. Yes, I have Wasim Akram and Javed other being Cheteshwar Pujara) bounce is different and its a chal- team which will work in alignment with the national had some discussions with the Miandad, who would become not part of the Indian Premier lenge,” said the 26-year-old, who has men's and women's coaching staff. board and I am interested in play- brands on their own. League this year after being over- an average of 58 plus in first-class ing a major role in Pakistan “We need to start having looked by the eight franchises. cricket in 85 games. 'SUNFEAST INDIA RUN AS ONE' RAISES OVER `1 CR cricket. But nothing is decided as with PCB top bosses. players who have same mindset “It would have been great if I It is learnt that fielding coach New Delhi: The ‘Sunfeast India Run As One' movement, yet,” Akhtar said on Thursday “Yes there has been some dis- that our greats like Javed had been a part of IPL but I can’t Sridhar, who has watched Vihari which was initiated by Procam International on August during a YouTube show Cricket cussions. I can reveal only this Miandad, Wasim Akram or think about it,” Vihari, who has 552 from his junior days, is monitoring 15, has entered its last mile achieving significant Baaz. much but nothing concrete as yet. Mushtaq Mohammad had. runs from 9 Tests, said. his training sessions and also giv- success. Since its launch, the initiative has raised a Akhtar’s name has been But talks are still on. I have not “The fast bowlers should With the Covid-19 related ing him throwdowns. whopping amount of `1.18 crore in support of families doing rounds as the board is seri- said “yes” neither have they not have muscular gym-toned restrictions preventing full-fledged Sridhar’s presence will also impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and ously considering relieving head (PCB) said “yes”,” one of the most bodies but ones that is cricket spe- training, Vihari is doing his own net help the Indian coaching team, continues to gain momentum. Envisioned by Procam coach Misbah off his dual respon- controversial fast bowler of his cific. I want to have 15 players sessions with the help of none headed by Ravi Shastri, who will International, championed by ITC Foods Sunfeast sibility and also because of its new time said. who are brands and stars and this other than Indian team’s fielding have an idea about the progress of Biscuits, powered by GiveIndia and strengthened by Fit code of ethics policy. For Akhatr the motivation is can only be possible if they feel coach, R Sridhar, in their hometown. the non-IPL players and how they India, the initiative aims to break new grounds and finish Akhtar however refused to to build a pool of world class play- secure and can win matches “Yes, Sridhar sir is helping me are shaping up ahead of the big on a record high as registrations and fundraising divulge details of his discussions ers who will serve Pakistan crick- with their performances.” PTI in my training and due to lockdown, tour. continue up till September. Agencies 12

Vijayawada Friday September 11 2020 tollywood Chandrasekhar Yeleti Sakhi will be a part of me forever: Keerthy ctress Keerthy award winner, who is play- atrical release. That said I Suresh, who has ing a shooter in the can’t hang on to the film. As wrapped up the woman-centric feel-good a producer, my goal is to patch work drama, wrote on her see it reach a maximum shooting of her Twitter page. number of people and if TEAMS UP WITH A next, Good Luck Presently in post-produc- OTT is the way to go, then Sakhi with acclaimed film- tion, the film will be I’m willing to evolve,” she maker Nagesh Kukunoor, Keerthy’s second film on pointed out and added that said that her role in the film the trot-after Penguin-to get she is excited about the dig- will be a part of her forever. a direct digital release. ital route as it is the new “And that’s a WRAP! Thank Film’s co-producer and future. you so much to this lovely Keerthy’s bestie Shravya Devi Sri Prasad has team! It’s been a pleasure Varma had told us last scored the music for Good working with all of you. month, “The film being my Luck Sakhi, which is a pro- LOSER DIRECTOR Sakhi, now and forever a maiden one, I’m emo- duction venture of Sudheer part of me! tionally attached Chandra Padiri. The likes of NAGARAJ GOUD the latter continued to #GoodLuckSakhi to it, so is Jagapathi Babu, Aadi flesh it out further, he felt (sic),” the nation- the team Pinishetty, Rahul it can make for a al- and we Ramakrishna and nown for his captivating watch. The wanted a Ramaprabha have played seminal works like senior director, a the- supporting roles. Aithe and screenplay expert, is Anukokunda Oka also chipping in with his Roju, filmmaker inputs. As of now, the idea K Chandrasekhar is to write a 10-episode Yeleti is collaborating series, with each episode with Loser writer-director running into 30 minutes. Abhilash Reddy for his The story has been digital foray. Yeleti will locked, while Abhilash be producing the series and his team are giving from a script of Abhilash, final touches to the who won plaudits from screenplay.” The source the audience and critics further adds that no alike for the way he went streamer is attached to the about ZEE5 show Loser, project as things stand The Pioneer has exclusively now. “Once the screenplay learnt. A source close to is finished, Yeleti is the development planning to start pitching confirms, “The series it to different OTT is a thriller peppered platforms and then take it with family emotions. It from there. The director also covers a crime and the streamer’s name angle. Yeleti was impressed will be finalized by next Chandrasekhar Yeleti Abhilash Reddy with Abhilash’s idea and as month.”

n his bid to inte- grate Ramanaidu Suresh Babu Film School’s (RFS) Maruthi to alumni into main- I stream filmmaking, producer Suresh announces Babu on Thursday announced associate with two new projects with the school’s former students. Of the two, one project, a crime projects with thriller based on a small-time a small film crook, will be helmed by a debutant Satish Tripura, while the other will be directed by Ramanaidu Film Ashwin Gangaraju, who is already making his debut as a feature filmmaker with Aakashavani, which is five School students days away from a wrap-up. Ashwin’s project is a murder mystery based around a tech entrepreneur. Interestingly, both the films will see RFS students repre- senting various technical departments. Both Suresh Babu and his son Rana were instrumental in setting up the projects.

ilmmaker Maruthi, who hasn’t announced his next after the humongous success of Prathiroju Pandage, F will be associating with a small film up next. According to a source, the director has come up with a concept-driven humorous drama set in a realistic space and instead of directing it; he is keen on finding a director who would do justice to the script. He would also present the film. The source adds, “Having burned his fingers in the past by associating with some films as a co-producer and a writer, Maruthi is careful now. He is taking the effort of finding a director who would take his written material to the next level. He would share the profits with the producer who decides to invest money on it.” Sampath's next inspired by a true incident

annada actor Telangana, Ashok is giving Vasishta Simha, the film a complete realistic who played the touch. From avoiding the use Actor Paresh Rawal supporting role of of songs, which are a regular K Kamal in Yash- fixture in Telugu cinema, he appointed new chief of starrer box-office has asked his cast to shoot smash KGF: Chapter One, is sans make-up. It is being making his Telugu debut as a filmed on a non-stop sched- National School of Drama lead with Sampath Nandi’s ule. Besides familiar faces crime thriller Odela Railway like Hebah Patel, Sai Ronak eteran actor Rawal, 65, who comes Station. The film is a produc- and Pujita Ponnada, the film Paresh Rawal with years of experience in tion venture of KK also features Mahesh was Thursday both cinema and theatre, Radhamohan with whom (Rangasthalam fame), appointed told PTI he is looking for- Sampath made films like Bhupal, Sri Gagan, Divya chairperson of ward to the assignment. Bengal Tiger and Emaindi Ee Cyrus and Priya Hegde in V the National It will be challenging Vela earlier. However, unlike supporting roles. School of Drama (NSD), but fun. I will do my best his earlier associations, the India’s premier theatre because this is a field I filmmaker has restricted institute. know very well, he said. himself to penning the story, Unlike his earlier The post had been Rawal, a former BJP screenplay and dialogues of vacant since 2017. MP, has been appointed for the film this time around, associations, the “Renowned artiste a period of four years, said while his long-time associate filmmaker has Paresh Rawal has been Nitin Tripathi, advisor, Ashok Teja is making his appointed as Chairman of media, Ministry of Culture. directorial debut. restricted himself to National School of Drama con- The actor is known for Inspired by a real incident penning the story, by Rashtrapati Bhavan. I am gratulate his role in films such as which transpired in Odela screenplay and glad that students and him,” Union Culture Hera Pheri , Atithi Tum village, Peddapalli district of artistes will be able to take Minister Prahlad Patel Kab Jaoge and OMG-Oh dialogues of the film advantage of his talent. I said on Twitter. My God .