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PNS n HYDERABAD In any eventuality, people can call 1912/100/local fuse call office or State on Tuesday wit- power control room 7382072104, 7382072106, 7382071574 CM reviews TS rain nessed nearly 9 times more rainfall than the normal, causing deluges in situation from Delhi various districts. According to ith no let-up in heavy rains TSDPS, the State's average rainfall Wlashing the State under the on 7 September, 2021 was 63.5 mm, impact of the low pressure area in against the normal 7.5 mm. the Bay of Bengal, Chief Minister K According to Eldorado Weather, Chandrasekhar Rao, who is still in Nizamabad was among the top 5 Delhi, on Tuesday reviewed the rainiest places in the world at 4th posi- situation in the state with Chief tion, with 182 mm rainfall on Tuesday, Secretary Somesh Kumar, and while Vishakapatnam was at 15th instructed that District Collectors position with 107 mm rainfall. and the entire State machinery The heavy rain phase has passed should be on high alert. KCR called for the state and the state will only upon people in areas impacted by witness light to moderate rain or heavy rain and flash floods and thundershowers at a few places over those in vulnerable places not to Telangana until 12 September. venture out and stay safe. According to IMD director Naga 2 Ratna, "The South West Monsoon has been very vigorous over Telangana for the past 24 hours. Municipal Commissioners on Rain occurred at most places in Tuesday morning, after learning Telangana. Extremely heavy rain that heavy rains since Monday i.e. greater than 20 cm occured at night had devastated colonies. 10 places in Telangana and very ‘Power supply uninterrupted’ heavy rainfall was recorded in 39 places in a few districts of TS and Chairman and Managing heavy rainfall was recorded at 61 Director of TRANSCO and places of the state. Heavy rainfall GENCO D. Prabhakar Rao said on was seen over Rural, mm against the normal 631.1mm". teams will assist the district admin- Monday evening inundated the District Collector Anurag Jayanti ed people. KTR directed the dis- Tuesday that all sections of power Warangal Urban, Jayashankar, istration in rescue & relief opera- low-lying areas and turned streets and Superintendent of Police Rahul trict administration to intensify consumers were being supplied , DRF teams sent to Siricilla tions in view of the incessant rains into cesspools. The usually busy Bus Hegde supervised the relief meas- relief efforts in view of the flood quality power despite the heavy Karimnagar, Peddapalli and The GHMC's Disaster Response and flooding. Stand, Pragati Nagar, Karimnagar ures in the affected areas. waters coming to the town of rains, though the distribution net- Rajanna Sircilla districts. Force teams were deployed with Heavy rains flooded Telangana's Road and other areas were flood- Municipal and Police personnel Sirisilla and reaching the colonies work had been affected due to About 40 per cent more rainfall boats and equipment in Sircilla on Sircilla town and some other parts of ed. Rainwater entered the District entered marooned houses sur- after three days of heavy rains. flooding and inundation. has been recorded starting from the the instructions of Minister Rajanna Sircilla district on Tuesday. Collector's office, causing severe rounded by flood water with the KTR held a teleconference with rainy season until 7 Sept, i.e. 885.5 MA&UD K T Rama Rao. The Massive downpour since inconvenience to employees. help of cranes and rescued strand- the District Collector, SP and 2 TRS party office KTR TO PARTY WORKERS, LEADERS Amit Shah to attend BJP's ‘Telangana Give fitting reply to badmouthing oppn leaders in GHMC soon ML MELLY MAITREYI Liberation Day' meeting on Sep 17 PNS n HYDERABAD n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD attended by Amit Shah as chief guest, said the TRS government has Municipal Administration Minister In a strong message to Telangana Union Home Minister Amit Shah not been celebrating the day though KT Rama Rao has said that anoth- Rashtra Samiti workers in the would be the chief guest at a public it is celebrated officially in neighbour- er office of the party specific to Greater Hyderabad Municipal meeting to be organised by BJP on ing and in Hyderabad leaders will be set up in Corporation area here on Tuesday, the occasion of 'Telangana Liberation the districts which were part of the GHMC soon. He said, "Identify Municipal Administration Minister Day' on September 17. erstwhile . land where Hyderabad party office and TRS working president K T The meeting, being organised to The TRS government has not will be set up. No other party will Rama Rao said that it was time to commemorate the sacrifices of free- been celebrating the day though the have such office, which will be a hit back at those who had been dom fighters who fought against the entire Telangana region got "liberat- stage for our leaders and karayakar- badmouthing TRS president Chief Nizam and Razakars, would be held ed from the Nizam", Reddy said. tas as support system and strength". Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at the district headquarters town of During the separate Telangana agi- It may be mentioned here and other TRS leaders. Nirmal near Adilabad. tation, TRS president and incumbent that TRS already has a party Speaking at Jal Vihar at a meeting Though the country got The BJP has been demanding that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar office in Hyderabad. KTR point- of TRS workers and leaders of Independence on August 15, 1947, the day be celebrated officially as Rao had demanded official celebra- ed out that there were 4,800 GHMC area comprising Hyderabad, TRS working president KT Rama Rao speaking at a meeting of TRS workers and leaders of GHMC the erstwhile princely state of 'Telangana Liberation Day'. tion of September 17, he said. It is colony associations in GHMC Ranga Reddy and Medchal- area comprising Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts at Jal Vihar on Tuesday. Hyderabad (under Nizam rule) was Telangana BJP general secretary G double standards on the part of Rao and 1,476 notified slums. So, Malkajgiri districts as part of the patience to the invective of opposi- stature as Telangana movement merged with the Indian Union on Premender Reddy, who issued a to go back on his stance after com- there was need to have 6,200 com- reconstitution of party committees, tion leaders targeting party leader leader and Chief Minister. September 17, 1948. statement on the meeting to be ing to power, he alleged. mittees, each with 15 members. KTR said: "We showed restraint and KCR unmindful of his age and 2 TS HC pulls up GHMC and CP 58 taken into custody over ‘temple desecration’ KCR meeting BJP brass for laxity on Ganesh idol immersion PNS n HYDERABAD It all began when PNS n HYDERABAD The High Court, which held a hearing on Ganesh immersion, In all, 58 persons were rounded up a Hanuman worries Bandi, Eatala and co The on commented that the Telangana following their unruly protests at temple, located on Tuesday came down heavily on the government did not seem to care a private property in Jubilee Hills the top of a hill in Fall-out on the impending Huz’bad Assembly by-elections laxity shown by the Greater about the issues pertaining to on Tuesday. a piece of private Hyderabad Municipal Corporation immersion. The Court vented its According to the police, those SNCN ACHARYULU short notice have worried the land, was being and the Hyderabad Commissioner ire as GHMC filed a report just 10 taken into custody belong to the n HYDERABAD BJP state unit. of Police towards the steps to be minutes before the hearing began. VHP and Bajrang Dal organiza- moved by the land This is evident from the com- taken for the immersion of Ganesh 2 tions. owners for At a time when the saffron ments made by Telangana BJP idols following Ganesh Chathurthi. It all began when a Hanuman developmental party's unit in the state has president and Member of temple, located on the top of a hill purposes. launched a no-holds-barred fight Parliament Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a piece of private land, was with the Telangana Rashtra over CM KCR's Delhi visit and the TODAY being moved by the land owners Samiti to win the impending saffron party's reading of the AP takes up asset for developmental purposes. spot and took them into custody safely in a makeshift temple. The Huzurabad Assembly by-elec- Election Commission's decision to ALMANAC The activists soon gathered at before the situation deteriorated. developers of the private land tion, the warm meetings which not hold by-elections to the Month & Paksham: monetisation project the spot and alleged that the The Jubilee Hills police said were in the process of moving the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Huzurabad Assembly seat on Bhadrapada & Shukla Paksha temple was being demolished and that the temple, which did not deity to another temple being con- Rao had with the brass of the saf- September 30 along with the PNS n AMARAVATI that the idol had been desecrated. have a roof, was being relocated structed by them as the entire fron party, including the Prime bypolls in West Bengal and . Panchangam They began a protest. However, to another place and that the idol property was being developed Minister and the Union Home as Tithi : Dwitiya 26:33 The govern- police personnel rushed to the of the shrine had been kept aside commercially. well as other ministers, at very 2 Nakshatram : Uttara Phalguni 15:55 ment too has begun efforts to monetize its non-productive Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad assets to generate the much- time to start any important work) needed extra revenue to tide over the grave financial situation. Farmers lay siege to Karnal secretariat Rahukalam : 12:13 pm - 1:45 pm In the first step, the government Yamagandam : 7:38 am - 9:10 am has decided to hand over a 3.26 PNS n KARNAL (HARYANA) towards the secretariat. Varjyam : 11:50 pm - 1:20 am acre site in the heart of Vijayawada “Our talks with administration city for commercial development Thousands of farmers started failed as they did not agree to our Gulika : 10:41 am - 12:13 pm over the next 24 months under the marching towards the district head- demands,” senior farm leader Good Time : (to start any important work) 'Mission Build AP.' Though the quarters here on Tuesday evening Joginder Singh Ugrahan said about expected revenue from the proj- after union leaders said their talks three hours later. Amritakalam : 9:04 am - 10:35 am ect has not been disclosed, offi- with the local administration had Farmer union leaders then urged Penna Sivaramakrishna Abhijit Muhurtham : Nil cial sources monitoring the proj- failed. the large gathering at the mahapan- ect estimate that the income Farmer unions had demanded chayat to march peacefully towards selected for Kaloji Award could be "substantial". action against officials over the the mini-secretariat, five kilometres PNS n HYDERABAD HYDERABAD "Importantly, the project will lathi-charge against protesters on away. The leaders told the farmers WEATHER create tens, if not hundreds of jobs, August 28 in Karnal. Otherwise, not to enter into any confrontation The will Forecast: Rain and boost the local economy," a top they had threatened farmers will lay with policemen, and squat in honour noted litterateur Penna Temp: 29/22 official pointed out. The 'Mission siege on the Karnal mini-secretari- protest wherever they are stopped. Sivaramakrishna with Kaloji Humidity: 83% Build AP' was launched in late at – a threat they appeared to be Thousands of protesters walked Puraskaram at a function to be held Sunrise: 6:02 am 2019 and the Jagan Mohan Reddy carrying out. Thousands of protesting farmers had gheraoed the mini-secretariat after the conclusion towards the secretariat carrying here on Thursday in connection Sunset: 06:24 pm government put some properties Farmers reached the New Anaj of the Kisan Mahapanchayat. farmer union flags. Several barri- with Prajakavi Kaloji's birth anniver- Current Weather Conditions on sale. However, it is now stuck Mandi for a mahapanchayat in the cades have been put up on the route. sary, according to Minister for Updated SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 5:00 PM in a legal tangle, with the High morning, riding tractors and there, an 11-member delegation tion to discuss their demands and Culture V Srinivas Goud. Court staying the proceedings. motorcycles. As they gathered was invited by the local administra- dissuade them from marching 2 2 HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 hyderabad 02 Jagan should focus on creation of assets in AP! hat mirrors that are readily ly potholes that may claim the headed by YS Jaganmohan Krishna Barrage (later named smooth admin- available. It has to go As per official data, the AP lives of road users. Yet, the Reddy got 86% of seats (151 after him) at Vijayawada in Wistration? What for mobilisation of government has deposited Rs.1.05 government is not in a posi- seats out of 175) of the total 1954. In fact, initially he got happens if welfare mea- funds on a large scale tion to repair even very badly strength of AP Assembly. a negative reply from then sures override real indi- to meet its require- lakh-crore of the Rs 1.27 lakh-crore it affected roads due to financial Every member of the ruling Prime Minister Pandit Nehru cators of development? PIN ments, often at borrowed, into the accounts of crunch. party, including its president, when he sought financial What would be the ulti- POINT exorbitant interest rates, As per official data, the may agree that their party help from the Centre for the mate scene once the from the Union govern- beneficiaries of various welfare Andhra Pradesh government would not get the same num- project. Still Prakasam had state government's finan- ment and external funding schemes in the state. Even a single has deposited Rs.1.05 lakh ber of seats (151) in the next his way finally. Jagan is in far cial resources get exhausted? agencies. Besides, the gov- crores, out of the Rs.1.27 lakhs elections even if it retains better position now. Does a welfare state mean ernment is desperately think- rupee would not come back to the crore it borrowed, into the power. People are no doubt getting giving everything free to ing of selling its lands in government from this huge amount. accounts of beneficiaries of He can still do wonders thousands of rupees for the some people in view of their prime localities of various various welfare schemes in the with his majority and make purpose of creating liveli- BPL status and making them cities and town. Funds total- state. Even a single rupee would the rest of his political jour- hood options for themselves. happy? These are the crucial ing thousands of crores of Endowments Department, the government had to M D RATNA KUMAR not come back to the govern- ney hassle-free. He has no They set up a small busi- questions that are uppermost rupees may be available with stated that thousands of acres enhance the retirement age Senior Journalist ment from this huge amount. opposition both within the ness establishment like gro- in the minds of those really this kind of indiscriminate of land worth Rs.4 lakh crore from 58 years to 60 years This amount of Rs.1.05 party and the government. cery shop or something else concerned about Andhra selling of lands. People gen- was available with the govern- mainly due to lack of funds to lakh crores is almost double Jagan would do well to take with the sum of Rs.30, 000/- Pradesh. erally think that the govern- ment. The officials and media pay their retirement benefits. the same people. the amount that is required up the Polavaram Project in given freely by the govern- An elected government ment is the custodian of pub- persons present were taken Freebies are slowly becom- Some observers say that for the Polavaram multi-pur- right earnest. Only by taking ment. They simply wind up naturally tries to bind to the lic properties like lands and aback. The same leader made ing hurdles on the road to freebies are going to cause pose project, which is consid- daring steps the state govern- those establishments once promises made by the ruling that it would protect them a vain bid to go further in that development. 'fiscal paralysis' of the state of ered to be the lifeline of ment can create assets. that amount gets exhausted party in its election mani- from encroachment by per- line of action later. Thanks to Many departments in the Andhra Pradesh in the back- Andhra Pradesh in the back- Creation of assets will be within days. Since there is no festo. sons enjoying proximity with public awareness in this government are forced to drop of the government's drop of the state's bifurcation. the real gift and service to recovery or question of repay- In Andhra Pradesh, one the rulers. regard, the government could divert funds meant for devel- borrowings for the imple- Imagine how pleasant it future generations. ment of that money to the could get an overall picture of If the present government not move freely in that direc- opmental works. For exam- mentation of welfare would be if the Polavaram Despite being hampered government by the beneficia- the state's financial position sincerely protects govern- tion. ple, the funds allocated to schemes. project is realised! The irriga- by financial crunch in the ini- ries, they are free to do any- just by looking into the ment lands in various Monthly borrowings have SC&ST Sub Plan get diverted There is dire need for bal- tion situation would be very tial years of the Andhra State thing. That means the gov- promises made in the places, then future genera- become common now to to populist schemes. ancing welfare measures and comfortable in AP with that was carved out of com- ernment is indirectly making YSRCP's manifesto. For, it is tions also would be able to meet the minimum require- The government often developmental schemes. For 'assured water' to every major posite Madras State in 1953, its own people shed respon- not possible for any govern- use public property. ments of the state, including defends its act of diverting instance, in view of the rainy and medium irrigation pro- the then Chief Minister of sibility and commitment. ment to implement such wel- A popular chief minister of payment of salaries to gov- funds, saying the funds are season, roads across the state jects across the state. Andhra State T.Prakasam laid Let us hope the AP govern- fare agenda using only funds yesteryear, at a review of the ernment employees. Earlier, being used for the welfare of are in a bad shape with dead- The present government the foundation stone for the ment becomes far-sighted.

KCR meeting T-Hub must be replicated by others: BJP brass... T'gana releases Rs 73 cr for Continued from Page 1 Parliamentary Standing Committee PNS n HYDERABAD State BJP leaders were hoping welfare of handloom weavers that the Huzurabad by-elec- The Parliamentary Standing tion would be held at the ear- Committee (Information liest and that they could PNS n HYDERABAD implemented accordingly. made by handlooms workers tioned to workers at the earli- Technology) led by Shashi make the most of the per- As per the instructions of to the minister, a meeting was est. Tharoor got a glimpse of ceived sympathy factor for The Telangana government Chief Minister K. held last month with Finance These government schemes Telangana's Innovation former health minister Eatala has released Rs 73.5 crore for Chandrasekhar Rao, measures Minister Harish Rao and are also helping the weavers Ecosystem on their study visit Rajender. But dashing their the welfare of handloom are being taken to ensure the senior officials from the have continuous work to THub on Tuesday. hopes, the EC deferred the weavers and ancillary workers monthly income of the work- Handlooms Department. The throughout the year, he added. The startups showcased Huzurabad by-election on towards various schemes that ers is over Rs 15,000, he said. minister on Tuesday conduct- KTR had detailed review of their innovative solutions and the basis of the state govern- are being implemented in the At a review meeting with ed another meeting and schemes which include the shared how the state's ecosys- ment's report. state, state Industry Minister Handloom Department offi- responded positively to the Telangana Handloom Weavers tem has enabled them create Amidst a politically charged KT Rama Rao announced on cials, the minister said that fol- requests made by handlooms Thrift Fund Saving and impact. atmosphere in Huzurabad, Tuesday. lowing the implementation of workers. Security Scheme (TFSSS), 20 Other members of the Standing KCR's meetings with Modi, He said the state govern- different programmes by the During the meeting, KTR, per cent Price Subsidy on Committee comprising Karthi Shah and other Ministers have ment was taking up measures state government, monthly as the minister is popularly hank yarn, dyes and Chidambaram, Tejasvi Surya, proved to be anti-climactic to ensure institutional and income of handloom and known, reviewed the progress Chemicals, Pavala Vaddi Jaydev Galla , YS Chowdary, Shashi Tharoor meets for the BJP state unit. Now they structural development of ancillary workers had and implementation of all the scheme, Marketing Support Gaddam Ranjit Reddy, Mahua are not in a position to speak handlooms sector in the state increased, and their living schemes. He said the depart- Schemes, Chenetha Mitra Moitra among others also inter- openly, unaware as they are and different welfare schemes standards have improved. ment would take all measures Scheme, and the Cash Credit acted with the ecosystem stake- Cong leaders for dinner about the details of the assur- and programmes are being Following a few requests to release the funds sanc- Support Scheme. holders and startups that show- ances made to KCR, who pre- cased their solutions including hashi Tharoor and the Speaking at the event, sented them with his wish list. SkyrootA, Gravton Motors EV, office bearers of All Shashi Tharoor thanked the KCR met Prime Minister Marutdrones1 , Merabill, Srija Professionals' medical professionals for Narendra Modi on 3rd Farmers lay Green Galaxy and Heamac CongressS (AIPC) their service during the September and the very next Heavy rains batter Telangana Health. Telangana met over dinner pandemic and said, "We day the Election Commission siege to Karnal... Tweeting about his experi- organised by former Kodad want professionals to be a announced the election sched- Continued from Page 1 ence, Karti Chidambaram said MLA and Secretary of part of India's policy mak- ule for the by-elections in Continued from Page 1 that the T-Hub model needs to AIPC Telangana ing. All India Professionals West Bengal and Odisha, while Flood water inundated the CM reviews TS rain situation from Delhi be replicated especially in Padmavathi Reddy on Congress is about policy, not deferring the Huzurabad by- Kothagudem Thermal Power Continued from Page 1 Municipal Administration, Earlier, BKU leader Rakesh Tamil Nadu. "T-Hub is a very Tuesday. polity." Among the atten- election. Station, Gopalpur and Uppal Panchayat Raj, Roads & Tikait told reporters that impressive and effective initia- The dinner meet, which dees were Nalgonda MP areas. Water from the Considering that several Buildings, electricity depart- they had demanded the sus- tive. This is a model which was attended by doctors Uttam Kumar Reddy, Garikavagu entered KTPC, streams and rivulets were in ment and their employees at pension of the IAS officer must be replicated, especially and chairpersons of phar- Sivaganga MP Karthi where officials had to crack a spate due to heavy rains in the field level should be put who was caught on tape in TN. It was enlightening to maceutical companies, dis- Chidambaram, AIPC South Give fitting reply compound wall to drain out several districts, the State on alert, he instructed. allegedly telling policemen interact with the T-Hub team cussed the organisation's Zone Coordinator & water. He appealed to people to government should prepare As major projects as well as to "break heads" of protest- and the startups that are incu- journey in the state and its Former Minister Dr J to badmouthing avoid getting in contact with the officers in affected and tanks and ponds were over- ing farmers. bated there." objectives. Geetha Reddy and others. electricity poles and vulnerable villages and man- flowing and causing floods in Rakesh Tikait, Balbir Along with the Chief Continued from Page 1 cables/conductor during rains. dals to take appropriate mea- various parts of the State, Singh Rajewal, Joginder Minister of Telangana K former CMs of united Andhra Reddy and termed the build- Sufficient coals stocks were sures so that people would attention should be paid to Singh Ugrahan, Darshan Pal Chandrashekhar Rao, he also Pradesh N Chandrababu ing as a 'world-class infra- Now onwards those resort- being maintained at the ther- not be subject to any hard- safety of people in low-lying and Yogendra Yadav were complimented the efforts of Naidu and YS Rajasekhar structure for IT in Hyderabad'. ing to cheap criticism and mal stations of TS-Genco and ships, he said. areas. Alternative measures among the senior Samyukt intemperate language should the hydel generation was going The condition of power must be taken to shift people Kisan Morcha (SKM) lead- be given a fitting reply in the on at Srisailam Left Bank sta- supply, electricity poles, to safe zones. Relief measures ers who had reached Karnal TS HC pulls up same vein". tion as the inflow to the reser- roads, nalas etc., should be should be taken up in inun- for the rally, being held days SBI, Hyderabad spent KTR, charting the 20-year- voir was in the measure of over watched and precautionary dated areas. Irrigation offi- after a huge mahapanchay- old journey of TRS party one lakh cusecs. It would be and corrective measures cials should be on alert, he at in Uttar Pradesh's GHMC and CP... founded by K Chandrasekhar continued as per the power taken by officials of the said. Muzaffarnagar. Rs 200 L on CSR in '21 Continued from Page 1 Rao, said in these two decades, requirements of Telangana, he Farmers from Punjab, the party had achieved the 60- said. "Due to visionary Chief We are maintaining power tricity poles during downpour. Haryana and Uttar Pradesh PNS n HYDERABAD District and also undertook The High Court was out- year-old dream of Telangana Minister K Chandrashekhar grid without disruption." he Farmers should be cautious, he have been protesting for various CSR activities at raged that Hyderabad State and emerged as Rao, we are supplying power said in a statement. warned. months over the three farm The managing director of Gadwal and Hyderabad. Commissioner of Police did 'Thriguleni Rajakiya Shakti' by without disruption. We antic- TS SPDCL CMD Raghuma In any eventuality, people laws enacted at the Centre, State Bank of India, Challa Amit Jhingran, Chief not have time to file a report virtue of its pro-poor and ipated this situation… Even Reddy also held a video con- can call 1912/100/local fuse claiming that the legisla- Srinivasulu Setty is on a visit General Manager said that about Ganesh immersion. farmer policies as well as wel- Gujarat state is facing supply ference with officials about call office or power control tion will lead to the erosion to Hyderabad Circle in con- the Bank has spent an amount The Hc reserved orders on fare and developmental pro- problem, but we are safe and power supply. He cautioned room 7382072104, of the minimum support nection with various official of Rs 200 lakhs during the cur- the Ganesh immersion sanc- grammes that were talked trying to give 24-hour supply. people against touching elec- 7382072106, 7382071574. price (MSP) system. engagements. rent financial year till date on tions. The High Court ques- about across the country. State Bank of India, various CSR activities and is tioned why the guidelines They got their posts cour- Hyderabad Circle has been committed to spend another issued by the state Pollution tesy KCR, who had achieved TOLLYWOOD DRUGS CASE undertaking CSR initiatives Rs 100 lakhs in this FY. Control Board were being Telangana. Previously, they with a vision to improve the As part of their CSR activ- ignored. The Court pulled up had been totally ignored by socio-economic well-being of ity, a computer lab, projector the government for not their leaders in the combined the society, particularly of the room, science lab (equipments speaking about the steps State, KTR observed. "These ED questions Calvin, actor Nandu less fortunate and under-priv- and furniture) was set up at being taken to prevent gath- leaders who could not match ileged members of the society Govt High School (Boys), ering of crowds. The state KCR in any way are criticiz- PNS n HYDERABAD were ques- software engineers, and even personalities who were ques- and enable them to live up to Chintalpet, Gadwal. government told the High ing him but people look at tioned since August 31. students of some corporate tioned as part of the investiga- their potential. Challa A fire protection system Court that it had arranged these opposition leaders as The Enforcement Directorate The ED had last month schools. Mobile numbers of tion. Sreenivasulu Setty, MD was presented to Rotary club immersion in 48 ponds and players in the circus whose job (ED) on Tuesday questioned issued notices to 10 persons some Tollywood celebrities Meanwhile, the ED also (R&DB) attended inaugural of Banjara Hills Charitable pools in GHMC. The govern- is to entertain people for a Tollywood actor Nandu, key connected to Tollywood and were allegedly found in their questioned Mascarenhas and ceremony to flag off SBI Trust-Sparsh Hospice, Centre ment stated that it was pro- while. People are not taking accused Calvin Mascarenhas, two others including a private contact lists. two other accused Abdul Sanjeevani in for their 80 bedded palliative moting clay Ganapatis and these opposition leaders seri- and two others in connection club manager as part of a The Excise Department had Wahed and Abdul Quddus Peddapothulupadu village, care unit at their new facility giving away lakh of idols for ously," he said. with a money laundering probe money laundering probe constituted SIT for a compre- who were caught with the Manopad Mandal, Gadwal at Khajaguda, Gachibowli. free. linked to four-year-old drug linked to the drugs racket. hensive probe. A total of 12 drugs, grilling them about case. Actors , Ravi cases were registered, 30 peo- their suspected financial trans- CHICKEN Nandu, who arrived at the Teja, Navdeep, Mumaith Khan, ple were arrested while 62 actions with some Tollywood RATES `/KG ED office in the morning, was Tanish and 's driver individuals including 11 peo- personalities. Penna... quizzed for more than eight Srinivas have also been sum- ple connected with Tollywood In another development, Continued from Page 1 Dressed/With Skin `241 hours. He was reportedly asked moned in connection the were examined by the SIT Central Crime Station (CCS) Without Skin `261 about his financial transactions drugs racket which was bust- under Section 67 of the police on Tuesday filed a The award comprises Rs and bank details. ed with the arrest of drug Narcotic Drugs and charge sheet in a drug case Broiler at Farm `133 1,01,116 in cash and a memen- The actor was summoned by peddlers in 2017. Psychotropic Substances booked against Mascarenhas in to. Since 2015, Kaloji award is the ED for questioning on The drugs racket was bust- (NDPS) Act and Section 161 of 2016. A city court accepted the being given by the state gov- EGG September 20. It was not clear ed on July 2, 2017 when cus- Criminal Procedure Code. charge sheet and ordered him ernment to honour scholars of if the ED officials summoned toms officials arrested The SIT had collected blood, to appear on October 11. RATES `/100 Telangana. In a statement on him early at his request or Mascarenhas, a musician, and hair, nail and other samples Mascarenhas was arrested Tuesday, Goud said that Chief HYDERABAD 413 wanted to question him before two others and seized drugs from some of those who with LSD in August 2016 by Minister K Chandrasekhar VIJAYAWADA 425 grilling others. worth Rs 30 lakh from their appeared before it for question Task Force police and a case Rao selected the name of He is the fourth Tollywood possession. and sent them for analysis. was registered at Boenpalli Sivaramakrishna, after going VISAKHAPATNAM 425 personality questioned by the They had reportedly told the It had filed a charge sheet in police station in the city. The through various names sug- RETAIL PRICE `4.13 ED. Director investigators that they are sup- eight out of 12 cases. It, how- case was later transferred to the (IN HYDERABAD gested by an expert commit- and actors Charmee Kaur and plying drugs to film celebrities, ever, gave clean chit to the film narcotics wing of CCS. tee.

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During the past two 2019 2950 1168 ed water, while the mosquito Vice President M Venkaiah months, over 5 lakh cases of 2020 1244 664 causing malaria breeds on sew- Naidu on Tuesday said that the viral fevers have been report- 2021 2508 609 erage water. Covid vaccination campaign ed from the state. Of them, 2 (Till today) City-based Continental should become a people's lakh cases were reported in July Hospital physician B Sowmya movement and appealed to and three lakh in August, advises patients with symptoms every eligible person to take according to the medical and of throat pain and fever are the required doses without health authorities. approaching the hospital. any fear or hesitation. Frequent rains, cool atmos- Currently, more and more Launching a free vaccination phere, lack of maintenance of dengue patients are approach- programme organised by proper sanitation have given ing the hospital. In dengue the Swarna Bharat Trust in rise the mosquito menace. temperature goes up to 102 and Hyderabad, collaborating with administered in the country till 'Further, in the spirit of Therefore, the viral fevers have 103 degrees Celsius. The fever Bharat Biotech International September 6, 2021, he 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', increased not only in villages will not respond to paraceta- Ltd and MediCiti Hospitals, expressed his happiness that India has exported vaccines but also in urban areas. mol. If it is Covid, the fever Naidu said there was no alter- more than 50 per cent of the around the world', he added. The health department offi- subsides after administering native to taking the vaccine. eligible people were vaccinat- Naidu suggested that people cials warn people that the con- the paracetamol. She warns Calling for countering the ed with at least a single dose. adopt healthy lifestyle choices, dition will be more or less the people against neglecting the misinformation on vaccines, Terming it as a collective such as practising yoga, main- same even in September too. dengue cases. Otherwise, it he urged the people's represen- and remarkable effort of the taining physical fitness and eat- On one side the Covid scare is could lead to death. tatives, film and sports celebri- Centre and states in the spirit ing healthy food to ward off not fully over and on the other Out of the 90 per cent cases, ties to take the lead in dis- of Team India, the Vice health problems. The free vac- the viral fevers are on the rise the hospital is advising treat- pelling myths and fears on President stressed that the cination programme was sending shivers down the In 2021, the number of cases Agency areas of the state. treating Dengue cases and col- ment under home care. The Covid vaccination. mission of vaccination should launched at three centres - in spines of the people. have gone up again to 1720 in The medical authorities say lecting at least Rs 1 lakh from patients are required hospital- Highlighting the media's not lose momentum until Hyderabad, Vijayawada and In August of 2019, 1026 August. Several dengue and that the viral fevers, including patients. While the private isation only if the platelet count vital role in creating awareness every citizen is vaccinated. Nellore. Vice President's dengue cases were document- malaria cases are being report- dengue and malaria have sur- hospitals advise platelets trans- drops to up to 50,000. and encouraging Covid appro- Naidu observed that when spouse Usha Naidu, Joint MD ed. However, in 2020, the num- ed in Hyderabad due to the passed government's projec- fusion even if they drop to In some cases, there would priate behaviour, the Vice even developed countries of Bharat Biotech Suchitra ber of cases has come down continuous rains in the city. tions. Meanwhile, patients have 50,000 in patients, the medical be no need to transfuse blood President said that every citi- struggled to cope with the Ella, former Captain of Indian drastically on account of severe In August alone, 116 malar- been approaching government experts say it will be okay to even if the count drops up to zen eligible for vaccination, pandemic, India successfully Hockey team, N Mukesh sanitation measures put in ia cases have been recorded, and private hospitals. treat the patients even if the 10,000. In cases of bleeding should deem it their duty to manufactured vaccines indige- Kumar and Chairman, Swarna place to contain Covid. The according to statistics furnished The private hospitals have platelet count drops to 10,000. and other dangerous symp- take the required doses of vac- nously, and conducted the Bharat Trust, Kamineni dengue has come down to by medical and health author- been minting gold by unneces- There would be no immediate toms, transfusion of platelets is cine. Mentioning that more world's largest free vaccination Srinivas participated in the mere 140. ities. These cases are more in sary transfusion of platelets in need to infuse platelets. necessary. than 71 crore doses were programme. event at Hyderabad. Case filed against ‘Focus on cleaner rehab centre for Sub-registrar, doc energy sources is assaulting toddler writer in ACB net need of the hour' PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD in which he stated that the The Karkhana Police on accused had demanded Rs Telangana State Pollution Tuesday booked a case Officials of the Anti-corrup- 75,000 to process documents Control Board (TSPCB) against a rehabilitation cen- tion Bureau (ACB) arrested a related to sale deeds that he along with Environment tre after a toddler in need of sub-registrar and a document had submitted. Protection Training and special care was assaulted writer from the Balanagar ACB officials then laid a Research Institute (EPRTI) during therapy sessions. sub-registrar office on trap and caught Ziauddin red has organised a workshop on According to the police, a Monday after they were caught handed. The chemical test Heavy rains in several parts of Telangana have inundated low-lying Tuesday on the eve of complaint was filed by the red-handed demanding and conducted on him tested pos- areas, paralysed normal life and snapped road connectivity in few International Day of clean air mother of the two-year-old accepting a bribe. itive. The cash was recovered RAINS WREAK districts on Tuesday. For a fourth consecutive day, rains continued to for blue skies. boy, who suffers from Autism The arrested persons have from him and upon interroga- lash the state, especially northern districts, flooding roads and This year's theme is Spectrum Disorder (ASD). been identified as Mohd tion, he admitted that he took HAVOC residential areas and affecting the road transport. 'Healthy Air, Healthy Planet.' The mother noticed that her Nijamuddin and Ziauddin. the money on Nijamuddin's The workshop highlighted child had marks on his body While Nijamuddin is a sub- instance. The duo were arrest- that, growing population and and was constantly crying registrar at Balanagar, ed and were produced before economy demands higher after returning from a ther- Ziauddin is a document writer. the ACB court in Hyderabad. energy usage in terms of apy session. The ACB officials received The police have begun an transportation, production When she approached the a complaint from Shaik Sharif, investigation into the case. and consumption cycles. management and tried to Hence, regulating our activ- question them, they denied ities towards a responsible anything of such sort, abused consumerism with more her and also refused to show focus on the non-convention- the CCTV footage from the al and cleaner energy sources premises. During the thera- is need of the hour for a sus- py session, the mother was tainable development. asked to wait out while the The workshop highlighted two-year-old boy was alone the importance of clean Air in the session for nearly two and the measures being taken hours. by the government. Fraudster nabbed for trying to Cops arrest two with 3 siblings arrested for stealing cheat suspended govt officials hash oil worth Rs 1L mom’s gold for her treatment PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD said sources. According to the 2.2 kg marijuana PNS n HYDERABAD police, based on a complaint The South Zone Task Force A habitual offender was arrest- from the erring official, the along with the SR Nagar police The Neredmet Police on ed by the Cyber Crime Police Cyber Crime Police of nabbed two persons selling seized from two Tuesday, arrested three siblings of Cyberabad on Tuesday, who Cyberabad began an investiga- hashish oil in Hyderabad and PNS n HYDERABAD of the same family in whose claimed to be an official from tion. Based on technical evi- Cyberabad on Tuesday. Police house the theft of valuables the Telangana secretariat and dence, police arrested Chary. seized 25 boxes of hash oil The Habeebnagar Police on worth Rs 25 lakhs was report- tried to fraud government offi- Police said that the list worth Rs 1 lakh from them. Tuesday apprehended two ed on Sunday. cials. The arrested person has included officials who were The arrested persons were persons and seized two kgs of The arrested persons have been identified as Bangaru trapped by the Anti identified as Mohd Ibrahim the banned narcotic, marijuana been identified as Suresh Kumar Chary, 48, a Corruption Bureau (ACB) or Khan alias Aijaz, 30, a labourer from their possession. Kundanapally Sudhakar Yadav, native of Karimnagar and a res- other suspended officials. He from Swaraj Nagar in Borabanda The arrested persons have been 50, a private employee by pro- ident of Banjara Hills in the city. from Chary asking them to pay targeted them hoping they and Mohd Khaja Mubeenuddin, identified as J Anil Singh, 47 and fession, Kundanapally According to sources, an money for their reinstatement would be eager to get reinstat- 22, a student from Yousufguda. J Shanker Singh, 42, both Prabhakar Yadav, 54, a official from the Ranga Reddy and a few got calls promising ed and pay him lump sum One suspect, Mohd Mahabub brothers from Mangalhat. plumber and Kashraboina secretariat received a call from promotions. To avoid being amounts. Ali alias Shooter Aiyaz, 32, was According to the Police, Anil and Nagalaxmi, 52. Chary who claimed to be an caught, Chary asked them to Chary had been arrested absconding. Shanker were walking with a bag According to the Police, on year-old Anasuya, is bed rid- not feeling well. At this point officer from GAD/Vigilance send money through either nine times earlier in various According to the police, when they noticed cops and Sunday, Nagalaxmi gave a den and is undergoing neuro of time, some unknown per- Department of Telangana GooglePay or PhonePe, citing cheating cases by the Nampally, Mahabub Ali and Mohd began running. Officials of the complaint to the Police in treatment. Her three children, sons entered their mother's Secretariat. Covid as the reason. CCS Hyderabad, Karimnagar I Ibrahim were involved in cases Habeebnagar police apprehended which she stated that burglars Prabhakar and Sudhakar and house at Keshava Nagar, Chary then demanded to However, wary persons Town and II Town, CCS, in Hyderabad and Cyberabad them and questioned them about broke into her mother's house Nagalaxmi, were not having Neredmet and attempted to provide a list of personnel made calls and realised that Visakhapatnam, KPHB, Cyber and arrested earlier too. About their whereabouts and the and stole 13.5 tolas of Gold, money to bear the treatment of burgel the house. Prabhakar whose reinstatement was they were being conned. As Crime Cyberabad, Banjara six months ago, Mubeenuddin contents of the bag. Marijuana four kilos of silver ornaments their mother and decided to noticed the burgled house on pending in the District along information about the fraud- Hills and Himayat Nagar Police met them and got habituated weighing around 2.25 kgs was and some cash, all worth Rs 25 sell their mother's jewellery. Sunday and informed his sib- with their mobile numbers to ster spread around, the official Stations. The accused had pre- to drugs. The three began then found in the bag. lakhs. Nagalaxmi said that her The trio then took 27.2 tulas lings about the same. The trio his WhatsApp number. The who made the list available to viously duped people in the procuring hash oil and supply- Preliminary investigation revealed mother Kundanapally gold, 1.336 kgs silver and Rs then hatched a plan to report official who assumed the call the fraudster, was allegedly name of providing jobs, getting ing drugs to customers. that the duo were into the ganja Anasuya, was recently shifted 1,88,000 cash without their the gold, silver and cash, to be genuine, forwarded the suspended for negligence on benefits of various govern- "The three were quite pop- business for a few months. They to her younger brother, mother's knowledge and spent removed by them, as stolen by list to Chary. After a while, per- his part and failing to verify the ment schemes and took money ular among customers and reportedly procured weed from Sudhakar's house at Neredmet the cash for her treatment. The the burglars whereas nothing sons on the list received calls caller before sending the list, from them. were receiving orders for drugs villagers and sold them to since she was not feeling well gold and silver ornaments was stolen during the burglary from many including young- customers in Hyderabad. and the burglary had hap- were kept at Sudhakar's house attempt. sters and students in particu- pened when no one was pre- to be disposed of later. The trio were arrested on lar," an official said, adding that hash oil from them. They were sent in the house. On 1st September, they charges of filing a false com- 2 youngsters end life Woman raped following a tip-off, the police handed over to the SR Nagar During the course of inves- shifted their mother to plaint and giving false informa- on promise of nabbed them and seized the police for further action. tigation, Police learnt that 71- Sudhakar's house as she was tion to the police. in separate incidents marriage in TS PNS n HYDERABAD declared him 'brought dead'. PNS n HYDERABAD Man ties car with ropes in flood-hit TS town The Alwal Police registered Two youngsters have commit- a case and began an investiga- The Banjara Hills police reg- PNS n HYDERABAD (GHMC) were rushed to Rajanna Sircilla district wit- ted suicide by hanging self in tion. istered a case against a 26- Sircilla for rescue and relief nessed unprecedented flooding two separate cases in city on In another case, a 28-year- year-old man who had cheat- A car owner in Telangana's operations. The teams were due to heavy rains. Monday night. old man, committed suicide at ed and raped a woman on the flood-hit Sircilla town tied it deployed with boats and equip- Usually, busy roads in the In the first case, a software his residence in Hakeempet. pretext of marrying her. with ropes to prevent it from ment. towns were submerged while engineer committed suicide by The man apparently posted a The accused Konda Babu getting washed away. The teams will assist the dis- residential areas were inundat- hanging himself at his resi- video on his WhatsApp status befriended the 25-year-old A video, which went viral on trict administration in rescue ed. The district administration dence in Alwal on Monday about his intentions before victim at their workplace. Later, social media on Tuesday, shows and relief operations in view of launched rescue and relief night. The deceased identified taking the extreme step. Babu proposed to her and a car in a flooded street with the incessant rains and flood- works. as 28-year-old Sushanth Junaid Iqbal Osmani, a raped her several times ropes tied to it. ing, said GHMC's Director of Police personnel were also Reddy, an employee at Infosys, B.Tech graduate, who was promising to marry her. When The owner tied the other Enforcement, Vigilance, and seen pulling out people from was staying with his parents depressed over unemployment questioned, he refused to ends of the ropes to concrete Disaster Management. the marooned colonies. and was working from home on Monday night, was found marry her. The victim learnt pillars on top of his house. He The teams were sent on the The rainwater also entered since the lockdown began. hanging from the ceiling fan that Babu married another came out with this idea as sev- direction of Municipal the newly-constructed collec- On Monday evening, his par- with a rope. Based on the com- woman. The police registered eral vehicles including cars got Administration Minister KT torate building. Ganesh idols ents found him hanging and plaint from his mother, the a rape and cheating case and washed away in the floods Rama Rao, who represents brought to the town for sale rushed him to the hospital. Banjara Hills police registered are on the lookout for the triggered by heavy rains in the Meanwhile, Disaster the Greater Hyderabad Sircilla constituency. ahead of the festival were also However, the doctors on duty a case. absconding suspect. region since last night. Response Force (DRF) teams of Municipal Corporation The town and other parts of washed away. hyderabad 04 HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 Govt gearing up for digital survey Leaders, activists jockeying PNS n HYDERABAD apply the Agriculture for TRS party positions Infrastructure Nidhi to the The State government is getting Agriculture allied industries. ready for the digital land survey Niranjan Reddy explained to M GOVERDHAN following the directive of Chief the Union Agriculture Minister n NAGAR KURNOOL Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, that the Telangana state has informed Minister for been moving forward intend- Several activists and leaders of Agriculture Singireddy Niranjan ing to increase the oil palm cul- the party are vying with each Reddy to the Centre. tivation up to 20 lakh acres by other to try their luck to get He said that the state will 2024-25 as part of the crop elected to TRS committees -- become a part of the Centre’s rotation as an alternative to right from village-level to dis- Digital Agriculture Policy after paddy. trict-level -- in the organisation- the completion of the Digital He said that the Telangana al polls. Survey process in the State. government will encourage the The TRS leadership has Singireddy Niranjan Reddy groundnut cultivation in the decided to constitute these com- Minister for Agriculture participated in a video confer- Rabi as part of crop rotation and mittees to give no room for dis- MLA B Harshavardhan Reddy S Niranjan Reddy ence conducted by Union Minister for Agriculture Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said that the this context the State govern- sidence in the party during the Agriculture Minister Narendra State government will become a part of the Centre’s Digital ment has to give mini-kits up to next Assembly or Lok Sabha only those who worked hard to leaders to protect their identi- Singh Tomar, along with Union one lakh acres as part of encour- elections. strengthen the party from village, ty, the senior activists of the Food Security Minister Piyush Agriculture Policy after the completion of the Digital Survey agement of oil seeds cultivation. The leaders at the grassroots mandal and district level would party, who are sailing with its Goel, Union Ministers of State process in the State He asked the Centre to remove are lobbying with their leaders be given priority to appoint since the party inception for Agriculture Kailash the limit and procure the puls- to get one party post or the them as presidents at various lev- appears to have become the Chowdhary and Shobha es 100 per cent with minimum other. The party leadership els. During the past four years, scapegoats. Karandlaje and several Chief Speaking on the occasion, 35.19 lakh farmers are eligible that the state received only support price to encourage gives priority to those leaders, there were no instances of the In Nagar Kurnool constituen- Ministers from various states, on Singireddy Niranjan Reddy for the Central government’s Rs.703.81 crore from the farmers in cultivating pulses. He who are well connected with the party leadership paying attention cy, the MLA and the MLC Tuesday, to discuss on sought more help from the Kisan Samman Nidhi with the Centre under the VIII phase of asked the Centre to provide people. The decision of district to strengthen the party. However, would not see eye to eye leav- Agriculture Infrastructure Centre for the farm sector. He new rules imposed by the this scheme. However, the extensive facilities like sorting, ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, upon coming to power for the ing the aspirants of the party Facilitating Fund, Pradhan said that Telangana has 63.26 Centre. He requested the Telangana government has processing, grading, and pack- ZP chairmen and municipal second time it appointed con- posts at various levels agonised. Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, lakh acres of agriculture fields Centre to relax the rules in the been giving Rs 15,000 crore to ing by introducing a special chairmen would be final on the veners and full-level committees. The TRS top leaders are mak- Kisan Credit Cards, Digital and 1.50 crore cultivated land. implementation of Kisan the farmers per year under the scheme with a subsidy to over- selection of the district president The differences between party ing efforts to iron the differ- Agriculture Policy, National Oil Over 91.48 per cent are Samman Nidhi and imple- Rythu Bandhu scheme besides come the problems of trans- of the TRS. leaders in Kollapur, Atchampet, ences and give the party posts Seeds, Millets, Oil Palm Mission, small and marginal farmers in ment the scheme for small encouraging the farmers in all portation to the exporters to Some TRS leaders are giving Nagar Kurnool, Kalwakurthy to the loyal workers. MLAs of Exports of Agri Products. Telangana. However, only and marginal farmers. He said aspects. He urged the Centre to increase the agri products. priority to their followers over constituencies of erstwhile Jadcherla, Mahbubnagar and the sincere party workers to the Mahabubnagar district reached Devara kadra are likely to com- party posts. The discontent a crescendo leading to the inter- pete with each other to grab the among party leaders in some vention of the party high com- district president post. Political Huge trees cut constituencies of the district has mand to resolve the problems. analysts feel that Devarakadra Team Revanth to meet Rahul today sparked curiosity among the The party activists are direc- MLA A Venkateshwar Reddy party leaders over the choice of tionless due to the differences would get priority over other PNS n HYDERABAD party high command has been the district president of the between former minister Jupali MLAs in appointing the district down by gang conducting this meeting with party. Krishna Rao and current MLA president of the party if MLAs PNS n MEDCHAL Telangana Pradesh Congress the TPCC new team for better Minister for Agriculture Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy. are allowed to contest the elec- MALKAJGIRI Committee (TPCC) new team coordination between the lead- Niranjan Reddy announced that In the attempts made by the tions. members will be proceeding to ers. The new team has been Unidentified persons cut Delhi on Wednesday to meet facing troubles from seniors down huge trees at nala former AICC chief Rahul and from within the team. near the double bedroom Gandhi. Some seniors are making open houses opposite Shiva Sai The TPCC chief and others criticism against the TPCC. Nagar Phase II and III near will attend a meeting con- On the other hand, the the Kapra lake. vened by Rahul on Wednesday TPCC representatives also According to locals, a at 12 pm. The TPCC new reportedly expressed their gang of 10 members committee members are meet- unhappiness over the one- chopped the trees with axes ing Rahul for the first time after upmanship of the new TPCC and tree cutters. their appointment. chief. However, one of the Initially, the residents According to Gandhi party leaders has stated that were confused as they Bhavan sources, TPCC chief A Mohd Azharuddin, Mahesh It is learnt that Rahul Rahul Gandhi may discuss assumed them to be munic- Revanth Reddy, CLP leader Kumar Goud, Anjan Kumar Gandhi will have a meeting with the TPCC leaders on the ipal workers, but later, when Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Yadav and various TPCC with all and also interact with ensuing Huzurabad bypoll and they confronted them, they TPCC working presidents Dr Committee chairmen will meet them personally. the strategies to be adopted in fled the spot. J Geetha Reddy, T Jagga Reddy, Rahul. According to sources, the 2023 elections. Safety mascot KAVACH unveiled at Ramagundam TEEN MAAR State BJP president Bandi Sanjay and BJYM National president Tejaswi Surya beating drums during PNS n PEDDAPALLI will remind employees, work- ers and stakeholders all the the Praja Sangaram Yatra in Sangareddy on Tuesday. Dubbak MLA Raghunandan Rao is also seen To enhance safety culture time about the important across the NTPC, safety mas- aspect of having a safe work cot ‘KAWACH’ was unveiled culture, he added. Echoing a at NTPC-Ramagundam Plant similar view, Sunil Kumar said Gate No-I on Tuesday. that safety mascot ‘KAWACH’ Collector directs Y Gangadhar Reddy, Deputy represents NTPC’s firm belief Chief Inspector of Factories, in workplace safety. It symbol- Karimnagar, along with Sunil ises NTPC’s constant endeav- LN Nagar villagers in Konjerla mandal of submitting a memorandum to Union Minister for Tourism Kumar, CGM (Ramagundam our to provide a safer working Vana Durga temple officials to remain alert G Kishan Reddy in Delhi urging the latter to resolve their land dispute.Telangana BJP leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy and Telangana), NTPC, environment and strive for PNS n WARANGAL is also seen unveiled the safety mascot. zero incidents at work. at Edupayala to In the next few days, three GM (TS) PK Laad, GM District Collector B Gopi on more safety mascots will be (O&M) Soumendra Das, remain closed Tuesday visited the flood-hit unveiled at Ramagundam Head of HR Vijaya Lakshmi PNS n MEDAK areas in Sangem and Padma Devender Reddy visits flood-hit areas Plant Gate No-2, Telangana M, DGM (Safety) Ashish Parvatagiri mandals and asked Project Gate and Township Sharma, office bearers of The Edupayala Vana Durga the district authorities to PNS n MEDAK Gate. Speaking on the occa- unions and associations, Bhavani temple, which is remain alert and accessible to sion, Y Gangadhar Reddy senior officials from CISF, located in Papannapeta man- the people since heavy rains are Warangal Collector B Gopi visits TRS MLA Padma Devender appreciated NTPC for its safe- safety officials and others were dal of . has lashing the district. rain-hit areas in Sangem mandal, Reddy on Tuesday inspected ty-first approach. ‘KAWACH’ present on the occasion. been closed as the Manjira In Sangem mandal, the along with RDO Mahendarjee, on the flood-hit areas at river was in spate. Authorities causeway overflowed its banks Tuesday Gandhinagar under Medak said the temple was being at Kanaparti village affecting Municipal Corporation limits. closed due to the possibility road transport. The district office in Parvatagiri mandal She spoke to the victims and of flooding due to the release Collector inspected the cause- and inspected the registration assured them that they would of water downstream from way and asked the officials to process underway. soon build pucca houses for the Singur. Apart from that, the take steps to restore the move- Speaking to Chief Secretary affected families. She directed Ghanapur project was also ment of the traffic. He asked Somesh Kumar, who held a Roads and Buildings and TRS MLA Padma Devender Reddy interacts with a resident of flood-hit areas overflowing with water due to the tahsildar to submit a report teleconference from municipal officials to be vigi- at Gandhinagar under Medak Municipal Corporation limits on Tuesday incessant rains. The decision on homes damaged fully or Hyderabad, the Collector told lant. Chandrapal, councillors RI Ramesh, VRO Gopal, party was taken as a precautionary partially in the mandal due to the Chief Secretary that five The MLA was accompanied Samiuddin, RK Srinivas, president M Gangadhar and Safety mascot ‘KAWACH’ being unveiled at NTPC-Ramagundam Plant Gate measure to avoid inconve- rains. mandals of the district received by Municipal Chairman Jayaraj, Kishore, revenue staff, others were present. No-I on Tuesday nience to the devotees. Later, he visited the tahsil heavy rains. Officials told to restore damaged Low-lying colonies in Warangal inundated with rainwater PNS n WARANGAL of various colonies during a encroachment of Nalas in power lines visit to the city to inspect 40- the city. On account of PNS n WARANGAL The heavy rains that have odd colonies flooded due to People living in low-lying the alleged Rains paralyse coal production at SCCL been lashing the state for the heavy rains that lashed the city areas of Siva Nagar, NTR Telangana State Northern past several days have inun- on August 17 last year, the colony, under bridge colony negligence by PNS n JAYASHANKAR Power Distribution Company dated several low-lying areas officials here seem to have not and other areas trembled officials and BHUPALAPALLY Limited Chairman in undivided Warangal dis- learnt their lessons. with fear of likely floods. Annamaneni Gopal Rao has trict, Khammam district and On account of the alleged The rains have damaged people’s Under the influence of rains directed officials of power util- Bhadradri-Kothagudem dis- negligence by officials and standing crops in thousands representatives, experienced all over the dis- ities to take precautions to rule trict. In the smart city of people’s representatives, sev- of acres in the district. several areas in trict, several streams are in out disruption to power supply Warangal, several colonies eral areas in Warangal and In the erstwhile Warangal spate. The rains have paralysed due to heavy rains and ensure were flooded with rainwa- Hanmakonda were inundat- district, Malluruvagu pro- Warangal and coal production in SCCL min- supply of quality power to ters. ed One has to wade through ject, Gandlavagu, Bhadrakali Hanmakonda ing areas and damaged stand- Police personnel sounded alert in the downstream villages and advised people consumers. In spite of Minister for knee-deep water on the main tank and Katakapur tanks ing paddy crops at several not to venture into the River Godavari as it is in spate He told them to restore Municipal Administration KT roads in the city, let alone the have been overflowing their were inundated places. Officials of various damaged power lines due to Rama Rao asking the miserable condition of peo- drains flooding the roads irrigation projects have been Standing paddy crops in the level of `16.17 tmc. The heavy rains and restore them Warangal district officials to ple living in low-lying areas. affecting the road communi- The tribal villages of discharging floodwater down- district were inundated at sev- inflow into the barrage is put on a war footing to put the take steps to prevent flooding This is attributed to the cations in their areas. Yelubaka, Padigapur, stream of the projects. The eral places in the district. at 3,93.300 cusecs, while the company on the road to prof- Oorattam and Gonepalli flash floods triggered by rains Pedda vagu and Peddampeta outflow is measured as its. Addressing officials at remained marooned severing affected road communication vagu are flowing menacingly 5,19,200 cusecs. The engi- Hanmakonda office here on communications with other facilities at several places affecting road communica- neering authorities have lifted Tuesday, he suggested to power parts of the district. In undi- besides marooning them. tions between Pegadapalli and 56 gates of the barrage to dis- consumers to contact the elec- vided Khammam district, The tank at Kanukanur vil- Kesavapur. Several tanks have charge floodwater. tricity department in case of several low-lying areas have lage in Mahamuttaram man- been full up to the brim in the Similarly, the water level in any problems dialling been affected by rains. As dal developed breach dis- district and the water from the Saraswati Barrage is measured 1818004250028/1912. water entered coal mines, charging the water from the tanks is overflowing the as 2.27 tmc against the full He asked the officials to coal production in SCCL tank. In Palimela mandal, sluices. reservoir level of 10.87 tmc. ensure that there are no hiccups coal mines has been affected. Lenkalagadda, Pankena, The River Godavari with The inflows into the reservoir in the power supply to the agri- Standing crops in hundreds Sarvaipeta and Modedu inflows of floodwater is in are measured as 476879 culture sector. He suggested to of acres have been affected in streams are flowing menacing- spate. The water level in cusecs, while the outflow is them to lay power lines in Dalit the district. The farmers have ly and also the streams in Lakshmi Barrage at 3,43,800 cusecs. Ten gates of colonies and tribal thandas. He been demanding compensa- Chityala, Tekumatla and Medigedda was measured as the barrage have been lifted to suggested providing an electric (Left) A lorry is halted in the middle of the road as it is flooded with rainwater tion for the crop loss. Mogullapalli mandals. 8.938 against the full reservoir let out the floodwaters. service connection to dobhi (Right) A road in a colony in Warangal city is inundated with rainwater on Tuesday HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 nation 05

HC reserves order on ICMR should look into complaints Over Rs 1.64 crore seized from INDIA Gadchiroli blast accused's plea against private labs, suggests HC drug peddler's kin in J&K's Rajouri CORNERaying the fundamental right to protection of life and liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of he Delhi High Court Tuesday said the ICMR should look into the complaints received against ver Rs 1.64 crore was recovered during a joint search operation by the police and the Sthe constitution applied to everyone, including prisoners, the Bombay High Court on Tprivate pathology laboratories and revoke licences in case of breach of conditions. It is the OArmy in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Tuesday said it will consider alleged Maoist leader Nirmala Uppuganti's plea seeking ICMR which gives licences to the labs and it cannot be sitting in ivory towers, the high court Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Sheema Nabi Qasba said the recovery was made transfer from prison to a hospice "from all angles" permissible under the law. A bench of said. “You have to look into it. You give licences to them. The whole year has gone by. The from two bags belonging to local resident Manzoor Ahmad in Saryah village. “A case under Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar reserved its order on Uppuganti's plea seeking such whole nation is suffering. The whole NCR is suffering,” Justice Najmi Waziri said. The high various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been lodged in police station transfer. An accused in the 2019 Gadchiroli IED blast case, Uppuganti had filed a plea in court was hearing a plea seeking contempt action against the authorities for not adhering to Nowshera in connection with the recovery and efforts are on to arrest Ahmad for further the HC earlier this month seeking that she be shifted from the the Delhi High Court's earlier direction to take action investigation,” Qasba told reporters. She said the joint Byculla women's prison to a hospice as she is terminally ill against online health service aggregators which are operation was carried out on credible inputs and the money with cancer. At least 15 security personnel of the Gadchiroli operating illegally and collecting samples for COVID- kept in the two bags amounting to Rs 1,64,70,600 was seized Quick Response Team and one civilian were killed in an IED 19 tests. The Indian Council of Medical Research in the presence of a magistrate. Ahmad is a relative of drug explosion triggered by Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli (ICMR) said that monitoring of the activities of online peddler Sikandar who was recently arrested under the district on May 1, 2019. In her plea filed through senior health service aggregators does not come under its Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act by a joint counsel Yug Chaudhry and advocate Payoshi Roy, Uppuganti purview. Advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi, team of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir Police from Nangal asked to be shifted to a hospice for palliative care so that she representing petitioner Dr Rohit Jain, argued that in Punjab. On September 4, Rs 29.5 lakh was recovered from will be "properly taken care of during her final days". On common people are dying and the ICMR is setting the house of Sikandar by a joint team of Punjab and Jammu Tuesday, Roy told the bench that Uppuganti's had metastatic guidelines but says that the issue does not pertain to and Kashmir police from his village Saryah in Nowshera cancer that had spread to her lungs and other organs. the research body. sector. Mehbooba questions claim of At Shikshak Parv, Modi launches key education sector initiatives normalcy, under house arrest PNS n NEW DELHI

PNS n SRINAGAR The teaching-learning process has to be constantly redefined PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and redesigned to make the edu- was put under house detention on cation sector in the country Tuesday and she claimed that the world-class, Prime Minister decision of Jammu and Kashmir Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. authorities to restrain her move- Noting that the transforma- ment had "exposed the govern- tions being undertaken in the ment's claims of normalcy". education sector are not just She also hit out at the Centre policy-based but also participa- alleging that while the govern- tion-based, the prime minister DU asked to reinstate texts ment was expressing concern for launched several initiatives in the the rights of the people in education sector which, he said, are not just policy-based but also by Mahasweta Devi, Bama Afghanistan, the same were being will play an important role in participation-based,” he added. denied to Kashmiris. shaping India's future. Prime Minister Modi praised PNS n NEW DELHI Sukirtharani is a blatantly casteist "I've been placed under house Addressing the inaugural the contribution of academi- act as it discriminates against arrest today because according to conclave of 'Shikshak Parv' cians, experts and teachers at Over 1,100 academicians, writers contemporary Dalit women admin (administration) the situ- through video-conferencing, he every stage in the formulation of and civil society members have authors in a core paper on ation is far from normal in expressed confidence that these the National Education Policy written to Delhi University's acting women's writing, Surely, to Kashmir. This exposes their fake measures will not only make our and its implementation. He urged vice-chancellor, urging him to delete, without any justification, claims of normalcy," Mehbooba, education system globally com- everyone to take this participa- reinstate the works of Mahasweta two living Dalit women authors is who is the last chief minister of petitive but also make the youth tion to a new level and also to Devi, Bama and Sukirtharani in a rare example of political the erstwhile state, tweeted. future-ready. involve society in it. the English (Honours) syllabus. disregard, omission and "GOI expresses concern for the ley following the death of pro- Jammu and Kashmir Police through its Twitter handle to "We have to constantly rede- "During COVID, we have all The petition came a few days after marginalisation of existing living rights of Afghan people but wil- Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah released videos of the funeral of show that Geelani was laid to rest fine and redesign our teaching- witnessed capabilities of our edu- the teachers of English in the writings... "Both Bama and fully denies the same to Geelani. Mehbooba has been Geelani, who died on September as per rituals in the intervening learning process in order to cation sector. There were a lot of university made the same plea Sukirtharani are contemporary Kashmiris," she added. Mehbooba vocal since his death and on 1 at his home after a prolonged ill- night of September 1 and 2. make our education sector challenges, but you solved all and accused the Oversight Tamil writers, is it not important posted pictures of a security Monday she accused the admin- ness. He was 91. "After the death of SAS world-class. In this rapidly chang- challenges swiftly. Online class- Committee of making a "complete to teach and know, in a central forces' vehicle blocking the main istration of turning the valley into A statement was also released Geelani, IGP Kashmir Shri Vijay ing era, our teachers also have to es, group video calls, online mockery of all democratic and university located in Delhi, the gate of her Gupkar residence. "an open air prison" where "the by the police clocking events Kumar met both of his sons at learn about new systems and exams - such terms weren't heard due processes" while drafting the regional diversity of India," the According to officials, dead aren't spared". after his death saying that its offi- their residence at 11 pm, condoled techniques rapidly. The country by many earlier," he added. syllabus. The petition has been petition questioned. Mehbooba had expressed a desire "A family isn't allowed to cers were made to wait for three them and requested for burial in is preparing its teachers for these Modi launched the Indian signed by the likes of writers Mahashweta Devi's short story to attend a family function in mourn and bid a final farewell as hours at the separatist's home the night for the larger interest of changes," he said in his address. Sign Language Dictionary (audio Arundhati Roy and Vikram Draupadi, which has been South Kashmir's highly volatile per their wishes. Booking Geelani when they went there for his bur- the general public due to poten- "If we are in the midst of a and text embedded sign language Chandra, actors Sharmila Tagore dropped from the syllabus, Kulgam district. sahab's family under UAPA shows ial. tial major L&O (law and order) transformation period, fortu- video for the hearing impaired, and Shabana Azmi, filmmaker and revolves around a Dalit woman The authorities persuaded her GOI's deep-rooted paranoia and Refuting rumours allegedly situations. Both agreed and asked nately, we also have modern and in conformity with Universal writer Adoor Gopalakrishnan and who is picked up by the police on not to go for the function as some ruthlessness. This is New India's being floated from across the bor- to wait for two hours until rela- futuristic new National Design of Learning)and Talking filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. the accusation of being a Naxal anti-nationals were still trying to Naya Kashmir," she tweeted. der, the Jammu and Kashmir tives reached," the police said on Education Policy. These transfor- Books (audio books for the visu- "The exclusion of Bama and and is then raped. vitiate the atmosphere in the val- However, hours later, the Police also released four videos its Twitter handle. mations in the education sector ally impaired). ED’s actions against IAS officer booked for Whatsapp text PNS n KOCHI ing legal advice on the seen, by such woman, or reply on the controversy. In the Maha leaders bid to issue. intrudes upon the pri- screenshots of the WhatsApp Kerala police on Tuesday reg- "We have regis- vacy of such woman. messages that were circulated, istered a case against IAS offi- tered a case under Prasanth, the the journalist could be seen ask- subdue govt: Pawar cer N Prasanth for allegedly Section 509 of the Managing Director of ing whether it was a good insulting the modesty of a Indian Penal Code," Kerala State Inland time to talk regarding a news PNS n PUNE Maharashtra in the past. One woman journalist by sending police said. Navigation Corporation story. action is going on against Khadse, her inappropriate stickers over The section deals with (KSINC), was caught in a To this Prasanth replied with NCP chief Sharad Pawar on another against Anil Deshmukh, WhatsApp while she reached the offence of insulting the political controversy early this just a sticker. When she replied Tuesday claimed the also against Bhawna Gawali. out to him for an official reac- modesty of any woman, utters year after the corporation saying the story was not to Enforcement Directorate's There is an attempt to encroach tion. any word, makes any sound or signed an MoU with a US firm harm him, and asked him to actions against various upon the state government's Police told PTI that a case gesture, or exhibits any object, on deep sea trawling. give a statement regarding the IIT-Jodhpur initiative Maharashtra leaders were an rights case and discourage the has been registered in the inci- intending that such a word or The reporter from a vernac- controversy, he replied with an attempt to encroach on the state opponents by using these agen- dent, which happened in sound shall be heard, or that ular daily texted Prasanth intro- inappropriate and obscene government's rights and dis- cies as tools." February this year after obtain- such gesture or object shall be ducing himself and sought a sticker. courage political opponents. To a question on the ED's raids to conserve, restore Notably, the ED is conducting at premises linked to Bhavana a probe into separate Gawali, Pawar said the money laundering issue is about education- NCB nabs Nigerian, three others UP: 5 killed in truck-car cases against for- al institutions. Thar desert mer state home "When there are in drug raids in Mumbai, Goa collision on Meerut Expressway minister and Anil allegations against PNS n NEW DELHI extremes, loss of diversity Deshmukh, NCP these kind of institu- MUMBAI: The NCB has arrested a Nigerian national and three other drug GHAZIABAD: Five people, including two minors, were killed in a head through extirpations and ulti- leader Eknath tions, the complaints traffickers in different operations in Mumbai and Goa, and seized a huge on collision between a truck and a car on the Meerut Expressway under The Indian Institute of mately an ecosystem collapse. Khadse. The cen- can be lodged before stock of heroin, cocaine among other narcotic substances, an official said Masuri Police Station area here, police said on Tuesday. The accident Technology (IIT), Jodhpur has This threatens the lives and liveli- tral agency last week the charity commis- on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, the Mumbai unit of the NCB on Monday occurred near Bhojpur town at around 9.30 pm on Monday when the launched a unique initiative to hood of the native inhabitants," also conducted raids at sioner. If not the charity raided the house of Mohammed Nasir Saifur Rehman Khan at Byculla and truck, being driven on the wrong side of the road, collided with the car conserve and restore the Thar said Mitali Mukerji, professor and multiple premises in commissioner, then there are recovered 27 kg of Codeine syrup, and arrested the accused and his aide in which seven people were travelling, they said. All seven passengers, desert, its minerals, medicines, head, Department of Bioscience Maharashtra linked to Shiv Sena state government agencies, but Mohammed Salman Shaikh, the official said. Following this, the NCB who were on their way to Ghaziabad from Haridwar, sustained serious flora and fauna by carrying out and Bioengineering. MP Bhavana Gawali in connec- here directly the ED was raided the house of one Ajay Nagraj at Mazagaon and recovered 7.5 kg of injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital in Ghaziabad, they said. ecosystem phenomics through Under this initiative, the tion with a money laundering involved," the former Union Codeine syrup, 105 gm of heroin, 400 gm (700 tablets) of Nitrazepam and Ashish (33), his wife Shilpi (30), and son Dev (1), residents of Azad transdisciplinary framework of researchers will use IOT enabled case. minister said. 250 gm of ganja, he said. In another operation, the NCB team conducted a Nagar of Aalam Bagh, Lucknow, alng with Sonu (35) and his daughter medical, engineering, environ- devices and Big Data analytics The NCP shares power with Asked about the possibility of raid at Foreign Post Office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai and seized a Pari alias Kavya (11) – hailing from Ratroi village in Aligarh -- mental and life sciences. framework to crowd source the Shiv Sena and Congress in a third COVID-19 wave, Pawar 60 gm of multi-strain buds (cannabis) on Monday, the official said. The succumbed to injuries, police said. Nidhi (28), wife of Sonu, and Shivi The initiative called Desert observations from the local Maharashtra. said, "I have seen many events buds were concealed in a box of chocolates, which had originated from (4), daughter of Ashish and Shilpi, are undergoing treatment, Ecosystem Sciences Guided by ecosystem to the regional level Talking to reporters here, happening where the (COVID- Canada, he said, adding that the multi-strain buds are worth over Rs 5,000 Superintendent of Police (Rural) Iraj Raja said. Truck driver Bablu was Nature and Selection (DESIGNS) keeping the cultural context and Pawar said, "Never heard of so 19 prevention) protocols are not per gm in the illicit market. Meanwhile, the NCB's Goa team nabbed David arrested and the vehicle impounded. An FIR under appropriate sections was launched under the aegis of traditional medicine knowledge many ED's actions in being followed." Chibuike Chisom alias Eze Chukwebuka Joshua, the official said. of the IPC has been registered, police said the Jodhpur City Knowledge in perspective. and Innovation Cluster. Researchers would also inte- According to officials, Thar is grate computer vision and a hot desert, unique to the Indian machine learning along with subcontinent and is characterised domain knowledge to infer links 37 pc students in rural areas, 19 pc in urban not studying at all by high maximum temperature between environment, pheno- with large diurnal variations, type and genotype at geo-spatio PNS n NEW DELHI this survey is absolutely dismal. In ner from September. used by working adults, and may scanty rainfall, extreme aridity, temporal scales and identify sig- rural areas, only 28 per cent of As per the report, the propor- or may not be available to school and intense UV radiations. natures of Thar DESIGNS for There have been "catastrophic children were studying regularly tion of children who were study- children, especially the younger This has been one of the early actionable intervention consequences" of the prolonged at the time of the survey, and 37 ing online regularly was just 24 per siblings (only nine per cent of all largest natural laboratories for strategies. school closure in the country due per cent were not studying at all. cent and eight per cent in urban SCHOOL survey children had evolving innovative 'designs' that "This knowledge generation to COVID-19, with over 37 per The results of a simple reading test and rural areas, respectively. their own smartphones)," it ensures adaptation and survival will result in providing a 'Desert cent of students in rural areas not are particularly alarming: nearly Lack of money, poor connec- explained. of its constituent species, their Ecosystem Knowledge Grid' that studying at all and 48 per cent not half of all children in the sample tivity, or no access to smart- Even among the underprivi- interdependencies and the con- could foster the cycle of engineer- being able to read more than a few were unable to read more than a phones were some of the reasons leged households, the figures servation of the entire ecosystem. ing- research-development-com- words, a recent survey has few words," it said. behind the "very limited" reach of were "much worse" for Dalit and "The impact of loss of natural mercialisation. claimed. The corresponding figures for online education among sam- Adivasi families than for others, deserts is immense as these habi- "This data grid will be helpful The School Children's Online students studying regularly, not pled students, the survey noted. be it for online education, regu- tats are rich in flora and fauna as in finding solutions for manage- and Offline Learning (SCHOOL) studying at all, and unable to read "One reason for this is that lar study, or reading abilities, well as minerals and medicines ment of diseases common and survey, titled "Locked Out: more than a few words in urban many sample households (about claimed the survey. that nurture and maintain differ- endemic to desert regions, novel Emergency Report on School areas were 47 per cent, 19 per cent half in rural areas) have no smart- For instance, only "four per ent life forms on earth. Often bioprospecting opportunities and Education", involving nearly 1,400 and 42 per cent, respectively, the phone. But that is just the first hur- cent" of rural SC/ST children considered as wastelands, deserts innovative bio-inspired engi- students from underprivileged survey claimed. dle: Even among households with were studying online regularly, in are crucial for stabilisation of cli- neering designs. It could also help households was conducted in The main findings of the a smartphone, the proportion of comparison to 15 per cent among mate. "Any shift evolve unique strategies for eco- August in 15 states and union ter- SCHOOL survey are focused on Schools and other educational pandemic. Following a marked children who are studying online other rural children. Barely half of in climate change or anthro- logical conservation and restora- ritories. It was released on the relatively deprived hamlets institutions across the country improvement in the COVID-19 regularly is just 31 per cent in them were able to read more than pogenic activity can lead to mal- tion that ensures sustained liveli- Monday. where children generally attend have been closed for over a year situation, several states are reopen- urban areas and 15 per cent in a few letters in the reading test, the adaptations for organisms who hood for its inhabitants," Mukerji "The picture that emerges from government schools. and a half since the onset of the ing the schools in a phased man- rural areas. Smartphones are often survey added. live at the ebb of physiological said. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION A tribute to Chandan, Right to sit After Kerala, TN is set to mandate seating facilities for salespersons during work hours a large-hearted man ASHOK K MEHTA shop worker sitting on a stool is not something many Indian customers are com- fortable with. The employers back the customers, insisting that standing sales- A multifaceted personality, he juggled many hats with aplomb and Apersons appear “respectable” and create a “good” impression. All that is going to change in Tamil Nadu, as it has already changed in Kerala. The Tamil Nadu Government has tabled a Bill in the Assembly to provide mandatory seating facilities for salesper- dexterity. But his soft, kind heart was easily his biggest asset sons during working hours. The Bill, seeking an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Shops first met Chandan when he and Establishments Act, 1947, proposes a new section: “The premises of every estab- was resident editor, Hindustan lishment shall have suitable seating arrangements for all employees so that they may Times, and I was the defence correspondent for SUNDAY take advantage of any opportunity to sit which may occur in the course of their work Imagazine, after I hung my boots. and thereby avoid (being) on their toes… throughout the working hours.” However, Those days, I was writing mainly the Bill does not have a punishment clause for the shop owners who violate the rule. book reviews for the paper till he asked me to send him the occa- Still, it is a beginning in righting the wrongs millions sional column which he published of shop workers suffer. In late 2018, Kerala brought on the news pages. I recall writ- in a similar law after a women workers’ organisa- ing a few stories on Nepal where tion, Asanghadita Mekhala Tozhilali Union, launched multiparty democracy had been introduced and elections were to an agitation for making the right to sit a part of func- be held. I met Chandan at the tional work ethics. Salespersons in Kerala today get Ashoka Hotel swimming pool, stools or chairs to sit when they are not required to where he used to swim, with a stand to attend to customers. On an average, sales- plan he had asked for to cover the Nepal elections. I did go to Nepal persons work for nine to 12 hours in shops, stand- but he told me, “although Nepal ing all the time. Most of them develop arthritis, knee is a very friendly country, few peo- problems, varicose veins, water retention in the lower ple are interested in it news-wise’, limbs and blood pressure over the years. hinting I should focus on some- thing else in my writing. “Arre The lack of seating arrangement is only one of the issues. Most shops do not General, aur kucchh likhiye.” My have toilet facilities and even where these exist, they are dirty or not suited for women story on Wangdung, Sumdurong employees. In most shops, they are under constant CCTV surveillance, subject to cam- Chu, in 1995 on what is the edit era abuse. The Tamil Nadu Bill is bound to lead to complaints from owners because page today and was a news page then — “Why are we withdraw- they realise that once the floodgates open, other, rightful, changes will follow. Arguments ing from our own territory?” — already exist that the right to sit cannot be universal because some types of work, created quite a stir, he told me. Kathmandu in 2003 where he Pakistan to set time limits for chali baat?” He replied, “Sara like assembly chain processes, cannot be done sitting. The point they miss is that A budding fashion celebrity became a star for his balanced itself.” The dialogue was organ- jhagda khatam hoi jaave.” related to me asked if she could and low-decibel views. He was ised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Chandan and I shared two workers must be handled with dignity and they need a comfortable work environment. meet Chandan. I gladly organised the only journalist from the As a Rajya Sabha MP, he loves: Dogs and Black Dog. I An assembly chain worker should get adequate breaks every four hours, just like a this tete-a-tete around the fireplace Indian side (there was none became the de facto leader of got to know his wonderful salesperson can sit when customers are not around. The progressive amendments at the Delhi Gymkhana Club. from Pakistan). He became a the Indian delegation for the wife Shobori who was handling in these two States should encourage national laws on workplace ethics. The UK has “You’ve introduced me to the most favourite of many Pakistanis. It annual event held outside India the books page. She was very spectacular fashion designer,” he turned out at some moments till the dialogue was suspend- kind to me with books and the most comprehensive such laws in the world, called the Workplace (Health, Safety would say. She became a regular on into a shouting match even ed due to COVID-19. obliging with use of space on and Welfare) Regulations, 1992. One of the primary rules is that employers “must the VivaCity page when he moved when notables like Sartaj Aziz, Chandan was a treat to listen her pages. We met once over a provide seats for workers who have to stand to carry out their work, if the type of as editor of The Pioneer. I wrote my Niaz Naik, Moinuddin Haider, THE FIRST to during the off-the-record, meal and I will never forget work gives them an opportunity to sit from time to time”. The rules are effective because first column for Pioneer when Ayesha Siddiqua from Pakistan free-flowing conversations how she took out from her Vinod Mehta had revived the and Satinder Lambah, G DIALOGUE after a hard day’s work laced handbag miniature idols of they have been framed by consulting the workers who know the problems related to paper after nearly eight decades, in Parthasarathy, Raja Mohan, with sturdy beverages. Track II Mukunda ji and placed them in work, health and safety that they face and help spot workplace risks. 1991. When Chandan took over among others, from India were WAS HELD IN is remembered more for all the front of her plate; then a pouch the paper, he offered me a column there. In 2013, before the Modi KATHMANDU IN leisure time talk than the offi- of chillies, her very own IED. which I have been writing uninter- Government came to power, cial exchange. Chandan was a When Chandan quit the PICTALK rupted for at least 20 years. I Indians and Pakistanis met in 2003 WHERE HE great raconteur and, when BJP, I was not surprised. He was remember Chandan commending Dubai. Chandan put the cards suitably inspired, would recite not cut out for the Modi-Shah me for the anchor story on the on the table squarely: “Atal BECAME A STAR Begum Akhtar’s epoch-making vision of India but was more in Palace massacre in Nepal titled “Ke Bihari Vajpayee said there FOR HIS BALANCED “Hamri ataraiya pe aao saan- the mould of Jaswant Singh, gardiye ko?” (What have you should be talks insaniyat ke waria…sara jhagda khatam Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley. done?) — these were King daayre mein. This was the most AND LOW-DECIBEL hoi jaave”. The story goes that We got a bit disconnected dur- Birendra’s last words after his son remarkable statement by any VIEWS. HE WAS when Prime Ministers Indira ing COVID though we were Prince Dipendra went on a ram- Indian PM. It was a unilateral Gandhi and Zulfiqar Bhutto conversing digitally. Chandan page during the weekly family royal offer of talks, not bound by THE ONLY met at the Simla summit after never said no to me. His large dinner after a heady mix of drugs treaty, letter or precedent. If we JOURNALIST FROM the 1971 war, Mrs G had gone heart always resonated with and Famous Grouse. I’m happy to adopt this attitude, everything is into the minutest detail about kindness. Chandan left early say that Chandan’s views on news- possible. People of both coun- THE INDIAN SIDE ‘bandobast’, including Bhutto’s and will be missed. I will miss ability of Nepal changed after this. tries are looking to lasting peace. favourite Scotch Whiskey, his “Arre General”. Chandan joined the Track II Humanity implies honour and (THERE WAS NONE Havana cigars and an after- (The writer, a retired Major circuit when India-Pakistan rela- dignity. But killings must stop FROM PAKISTAN) dinner recital by Begun General, was Commander, tions had plummeted following the across border. The minor issues Akhtari Bai Faizabadi. She IPKF South, Sri Lanka, and terror attack on Indian Parliament — Sir Creek, and so on — can sang the thumri Chandan founder member of the Defence in 2001. We were together among be solved in a minute if the loved. Bhutto congratulated Planning Staff, currently the the who’s who of the two countries. intention is sincere. It is impor- Begum sahiba for her rendi- Integrated Defence Staff. The The first dialogue was held in tant for the new Government in tion. She asked him, “Kaisa views expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

THE SUPREME COURT MUST INTERVENE We will fight the bypolls with full A ‘Nagar Kirtan’ to mark the 417th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, at the Golden Temple PTI Sir — It refers to media reports that a Fake vaccines pose a threat strength and will bust of late Ram Vilas Paswan has been stalled at a Government bungalow (New as well as deadly, that too on a large scale. win all the three Delhi) by the family of the deceased The COVID-19 inoculation drive by the Assembly seats. Deepening divide political leader even as the extended date Government, aimed to vaccinate citizens Mamata Di will face another for vacating the bungalow draws near. free of cost, could yield heavy damage due defeat in Bhabanipur. Evidently, it is a bid to retain the said to this racket. As the protesting farmers have thrown the bungalow for lifetime in the name of his Vaccination is essential to achieve herd West Bengal BJP president gauntlet, the Govt must seek speedy remedy memorial. The Directorate of Estate immunity and to contain the spread of the — Dilip Ghosh (Government of India) should immedi- virus. However, fake vaccines would only unday’s Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar re-energised the farmers’ protest which ately remove the statue before it becomes worsen matters. Therefore, the Government Bio-terror possibili- had seemingly lost steam in the last few months. Thousands attended the protest a political liability for the Centre to bow must ensure that no counterfeit or fake vac- ties may seem to the demand. cines are administered because the con- like the realm of Sas the farm leaders kept slamming the Government on the three controversial farm Earlier, all efforts of late Ajit Singh tent inside the vials could be anything. The science fiction, but laws. The Centre can now brace for impact as the farmers in large numbers charge to turn 12 Tughlak Road as Choudhary t is alarming that cases of fake vaccines warehouses where the vaccines are stored, we would be wise towards Karnal’s mini secretariat to gherao it after talks with the Haryana Government Charan Singh memorial were successful- Iare increasing rapidly. The police in should be monitored regularly. The doctors now to prepare for their poten- failed. The authorities, like they usually do, have sus- ly foiled by the Central Government. several States have captured a few mis- should check the vials before administer- tial use by non-state actors. Likewise, the Central Government firm- creants who are making money by selling ing a dose and the receiver, too, should be pended mobile internet and SMS services till midnight ly rejected the demand to turn 3, South fake COVID-19 drugs and vaccines. The watchful. The investigation authorities British Prime Minister to “avoid mobilisation of mobs”. Reportedly, farm lead- Avenue (New Delhi), as a memorial for World Health Organisation (WHO) has need to bust this racket because fake life- —Tony Blair ers including Rakesh Tikait and social activist Yogendra former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar. issued a warning on the use and sale of the saving drugs were sold during the oxygen Yadav were briefly detained by the forces and water This trend was started by the earlier UPA counterfeit COVID-19 vials. The WHO has crisis as well. The more fake vaccines are Cases have declined Government which allotted 6, Krishna identified a large number of forged vials of administered, the more complications cannons were used on protestors as they broke through in Maharashtra, Marg, to Babu Jagjivan Ram National commonly used vaccines, like Covishield, would arise from it, which we cannot afford requesting the Govt the barricades. These “bullish measures” to make peace Foundation to indirectly convert it into Covaxin and Sputnik V. The use and sale at the moment. to #openupcinemas with enraged farmers have never worked before and a memorial for the political leader. of duplicate drugs for money is unethical Kirti Wadhawan | Kanpur and save the dying Since political compulsions may not the ad hoc attempts by the forces are lamentable. The allow the Central Government to take film and theatre business. Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had earlier said that a strong steps, it is for the Supreme Court ping of special status and letting things been in a moribund state for the past few Actor case should be registered against IAS officer Ayush to intervene and put an end to this trend. drift into a situation difficult to manage. years. Due to the absence of an effec- — Kangana Ranaut Subhash Chandra Agrawal |Delhi The BJP may have its political compul- tive Opposition, negative forces are rul- Sinha for his alleged comment, telling the police to sions as a Hindutva-oriented party to ing in strength, especially in Kerala. The “break heads” of the protesting farmers in Karnal. The lathicharge by the police left 10 take a rigid stance on the Kashmir issue, sincerity, hard work and attainments in A lot of effort went ALL EYES ON THE VALLEY people injured late in August. The officer, however, has already been transferred. but it should not feel constrained by the polity can speak volumes about the into this win. All the Sir — Kashmir is once again in the spot- them to be stuck in limbo. An unresolved willpower of Sudhakaran, the strongman bowlers contributed The protest has certainly unsettled the BJP Government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh light. The takeover of Afghanistan by the problem can trigger a disconcerting turn of Kannur, Kerala and India. with the bat and the Assembly elections in 2022. The Opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party and Taliban following the withdrawal of the of events. The Government has to do The BJP is nurturing the interests of ball. So very happy. the Congress, have shown their support “digitally”. The BJP leaders never fail to claim US troops has fuelled speculation about what it needs to do to convince the world big corporates at the cost of farmers and that the protesting farmers are just “acting farmers” and actually belong to the SP, BSP a spurt in militant activities in the that it is not running roughshod over the common people, who are the real back- India pace bowler Valley. There are reports that there is a people of Kashmir and refusing to ful- bone of India. The Opposition leaders — Jasprit Bumrah and the Congress. It is now a question for the BJP whether to address the laws issue or surge in foreign ultras in Kashmir. The fil their legitimate aspirations. should occupy effective positions, in the just let the protest be. However, would they let the farmers’ agitation torpedo their UP Taliban, which is amenable to being G David Milton |Kanyakumari State and at the Centre, to fight against Yediyurappa’s tour poll prospects, and later the 2024 general elections, as BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has influenced by Pakistan, has already stat- negative forces and join hands with the ed that it will ‘raise voice for Kashmiri programme will promised to dethrone “foreign powers”? What is saddening is that even after nine months Congress in Kerala and at the Centre. Muslims’. It would be an inversion of the CONGRESS REVIVAL UNDER SUDHAKARAN The Congress leaders at the Centre have soon be fixed. We into the protest and several rounds of discussions, no conclusion has been reached. The truth to say that the people of Kashmir Sir — K Sudhakaran rose to his current to be in contact with their people in all will face the next governance of this sort is questionable, as they say, if you cannot convince; get con- have become less disaffected and less position through sheer hard work. the States and meet the necessary Assembly elections vinced, because it is the public that suffers the consequences. The Government should alienated as a result of the abrogation of There has been an eminent role of requirements to instal leadership there. under his guidance and leader- Article 370. Sudhakaran in re-establishing the TV Jayaprakash |Kerala ship of CM Basavaraj Bommai. realise that it is not a power tussle and considering the demands of the farmers would The Modi Government cannot mis- Congress in Kannur district. The best not make it any weaker. However, if the Government is waiting on the public to stage a construe the ‘calm and silence’ in the thing one can do is to cooperate with him Send your feedback to: Karnataka BJP president protest against the one currently going on, that the country certainly cannot afford. Valley as popular acceptance of the strip- to revive the Congress party, which has [email protected] — Nalin Kumar Kateel HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN DEMOCRACY: A Let all green initiatives

FAILED EXPORT SUDHANSHU MANI Forcibly altering a nation's governing not be just gas structure creates chaos Further electrification of India's rail tracks would actually result in higher CO2 emissions because electricity is majorly sourced from fossil fuels

rime Minister Narendra Modi said K KRISHNA SAAGAR RAO this Independence Day that India can achieve self-reliance in energy he world is not homogenous and can’t be made into one. The United through an economy of gas-based States has failed to understand cultural variables that drive gover- fuels,P electric mobility and bio- Tnance models across the world. It should have learned early that fuels/ethanol in petrol. Following up on the 'one size doesn’t fit all’. The modern world fancies democracy as the promise of National Hydrogen Mission only viable governance model, as they haven’t experienced better mod- announced in the 2021-22 Budget, he also els in the past. The intent of the West and especially the US to trans- launched this mission to facilitate gener- form nations into democracies is an unrealisableday dream. Successfully ation of carbon-free fuel from renewables, setting a target of 2047 for India to ageing democracies have strong cultural fundamentals of tolerance and achieve self-reliance in energy. He found defined social values. Nations with authoritarian and hybrid regimes nei- the right optics by saying that the coun- ther understand the spirit of democracy nor can implement democrat- try has had to take a pledge to become ic governance. India was not a democracy prior to 1947. However, 800 energy-independent in the 100th year of years prior to foreign occupation, it was ruled by kings democratic in independence. their outlook. India’s cultural fundamentals for centuries were of toler- Let us go back to another announce- ance, simplicity, divinity, self-sufficiency, universal harmony and knowl- ment by the PM on energy front; In the “Urja Sangam” conference in March 2015, edge. After 1947, ancient values of this civilization could easily allow he had proclaimed the objective of reduc- ing India’s oil import from 77 per cent of total consumption in 2013-14 to 67 per cent by 2022. Today, the dependence has actually increased with imports account- ing for 85 per cent of oil requirements. Whether the new national targets are UNLESS THIS pragmatic or not is a subject of a larger PROJECT IS Organization for Alternate Fuels), should have alerted IR about the cation of all tracks under the zero- debate. Days before the PM’s announce- TAKEN UP IN mandated for fixing standards, inefficacy of the project. Never emission policy, thus becoming the ment, there was a media splash that RIGHT EARNEST development, research and execu- mind, moreover, that these proto- first major railway-country in the Indian Railways (IR), with a view to kick- WITH ALL LOOSE tion in fuel and energy efficient and types were so constructed that the world to do so. This policy itself is ing off hydrogen mobility in India, had eco-friendly technologies for assim- solar panels mounted on top of the debatable. There is a view that fur- invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based ENDS ABOUT ilation in IR. After numerous roof offered air resistance and ther electrification of India’s rail trains. Whenever calling of bids, and not VIABILITY, experiments, sanctions, build-up of nearly negated the saving in fuel tracks would actually result in actual execution, by IR becomes news, the TENDERING FOR esterification plants, repeated news due to solar cells. It was another higher CO2 emissions because project usually ends in a whimper. We will, items, there is not one diesel train irrational project which seems to electricity is majorly sourced from India to adopt democracy and continue successfully as a vibrant and EQUIPMENT, therefore, confine ourselves to see the ORDERING, of IR which runs regularly on have died with the death of DEMUs fossil fuels and therefore India functional democracy. Afghanistan is the latest American mis-adventure country-wide status through a limited diesel+bio-fuel mix. themselves in the face of rapid elec- should first prioritise greening its to export democracy. Foreign entities cannot dictate governance mod- prism of what IR has done. Before that, DESIGNING THE We soon heard of initiatives of trification. electricity network by pursuing els for a nation and expect its citizens to follow them. Democracy is a however, a glance at electric mobility, par- VEHICLE AND a dual fuel mode, diesel with CNG, Nearly twenty years after its for- regenerative energy sources more mind-set. It could be the best possible governance model available to ticularly e-buses. RETRO FITMENT for diesel locomotives and diesel- mation, the IROAF website has this vigorously rather than electrifying the world now, and some democracies like the US, the UK, Germany Although diesel buses account for a SCHEMES, electric multiple units (DEMUs) to to state: “Except for minor projects its tracks. In any case, if the policy and France might feel it suits the entire world too. Only 49 per cent of small percentage of the total vehicular COMMISSIONING, reduce their tail pipe emissions. and showcase installations, IR have of 100 per cent electrification is population, they contribute to more than Some prototypes were made but the not aligned itself with the targets of indeed here to stay, why waste time nations have adopted democracy as a governance system. Nineteen per 50 per cent of air pollution and carbon TRIALS AND project was given up in favour of the 2022. There is very little that IR and energy on the hydrogen fuel cent of them seem to be truly functional democracies while 30 per cent emissions in India. State transport corpo- OPERATION LNG as CNG has limitation of is doing on its own to contribute to cell project? are flawed or dysfunctional. That leaves us with around 51 per cent of rations, mostly with poorly-managed TIED UP WITH lower energy density and thus the agenda set by the GoI. The steps Assuming that the project is an nations completely non-democratic. China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, finances, are known to run smoke-spew- CLEAR-CUT poses a space limitation for on taken so far by IR are not commen- effort to develop a standby technol- Jordan are among non-democracies that are still vibrant economies. China ing, rickety, diesel buses. The Union RESPONSIBILITIES, board fuel. LN Ghas comparable surate with the quantity of energy ogy, sourcing of hydrogen needs to with a differential governance, social and economic model other than a Government made an ambitious plan to energy density with diesel and that it consumes and the influence be settled simultaneously. All shift them to cleaner and sophisticated IT WOULD ALSO therefore is much less problematic that it can exert due to it being the hydrogen production in the coun- democracy, has even become a global super power. Altering a nation’s electric buses. It started with FAME END UP LIKE for on-board storage of fuel. The single largest buyer of petroleum try employs the Steam Methane character thinking that human aspirations are the same and can be (Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of ALL ITS LNG project lies in infancy for years and electricity.” Reforming process that utilises fos- achieved by a homogenized approach is flawed. (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India) that PREDECESSORS with no clear road-map. An honest admission. But this sils fuels because since the clean- This cultural and political prejudice can be a recipe for a huge dis- proved to be ill-conceived and came a The next to catch the fancy of is now followed by this hydrogen er method of Water Electrolysis is aster. President Joe Biden’s recent press briefing suggests the US has- cropper due to ambiguity and misuse of IR was multi-gen set diesel locomo- punch, supposedly in line with the not only expensive but also in the finally realized that democracy is not a ‘saleable commodity’. Nobody, the subsidy. It was later rejigged as tives, which with the option to PM’s declaration that green hydro- nascent stage. Will the project be not even the US, and with the best of intentions can shape the future FAME 2 for subsidy only to state trans- switch on and off one engine, are gen would give India a quantum- green enough if hydrogen is port corporations but the impact has so more energy-efficient. Two such jump in achieving its green targets. sourced from fossil fuels? course of a nation by forcefully altering its governance structures. Historic far been far from healthy; the penetration prototypes were made nearly ten According to IROAF, the project Unless this project is taken up failures in Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and recently Afghanistan of e-buses in the country languishes at years back but the project was fore- will commence on the 89 kilome- in right earnest with all loose ends show us that. I can understand a war destroying a nation. However, occu- around 2000 buses whereas the number closed due to the increased pace of tres-long Sonipat-Jind section with about viability, tendering for pying a nation to change its fundamental structure is a foolish enter- of buses in the country is over 17 lakhs. electrification of IR tracks and the retro fitment of hydrogen fuel cell equipment, ordering, designing prise. Mindless initiatives of ‘building nations’ has led many nations in If the bard’s “What’s past is prologue” IR perceived, belatedly, that these in two DEMU rakes. the vehicle and retro fitment recent times into horrifying chaos, violence and poverty. Afghanistan today is a lesson in history which sets the con- locomotives could not be prolifer- It is notable that IR has been schemes, commissioning, trials stands as a broken nation with no possibility of repair in the near future. text for the present, then IR’s report card ated. trying to acquire hydrogen fuel cell and operation tied up with clear- so far has been dismal and does not We also heard of Solar Panels technology for diesel locomotives cut responsibilities, it would also It is heartbreaking to see the plight of its innocent citizens trying to flee inspire any confidence in its ability to con- on roof tops of DEMU. A pilot pro- for a decade but in vain. Has there end up like all its predecessors. I their war-torn nation with their families. Images of hordes of people cling- tribute and complement the PM’s ambi- ject was completed on some coach- been any inquest before announc- hope these questions are settled ing on to the sides of an aircraft show the unprecedented desperation tious road map. (The writer is retired es of DEMUs and introduced in the ing this bidding process? In his and IR engineers work silently to General Manger, Indian of Afghan citizens. Developments like this impact not just a nation but The thrust started somewhat with bio- Railways. The views Delhi suburban area, touted funni- speech, the PM also said what IR make it successful instead of cre- also the neighborhood, region, sub-continent and even an entire conti- fuels and IR even set up a dedicated orga- expressed are personal.) ly as the first-ever in the world. If has been saying now for many ating another hoopla which would nent. The outcome of this mess is global and can destabilize political, nization in Delhi called IROAF (IR indeed it was a first-ever, that itself recent years: 100 per cent electrifi- turn a damp squib. social and economic course of many nations in the region. Situations like this also provide opportunities for nations with expansionist inten- tions to exploit it and ‘fish in shallow waters’ for their selfish geo-polit- POINTCOUNTERPOINT ical ambitions. The US, its formal and informal allies in Europe and else- where should realize that democracy is not an ‘exportable commodity’. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE CONTINUED THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE SP, BSP AND CONGRESS IN Unilaterally trying to impose this model on random nations will not only FOR 90 YEARS, SO I HAVE NO IDEA FOR THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. AS SHAHEEN BAGH BROKE fail but also lead huge global events that can displace and destroy HOW LONG THIS AGITATION WILL RUN. DOWN, SO WOULD THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. millions of lives across the world. — BKU SPOKESPERSON — UP DEPUTY CM (The writer is the Chief Spokesperson of BJP in Telangana State andan Organizational Strategist.) RAKESH TIKAIT KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA The ‘yes’ and ‘no’ of a caste census A caste count could cause fissures in the Hindu vote, which the BJP is assiduously working to reduce in recent years s there a need for a caste was strengthened by the draft justify the weaker among the Rajasthan, Kapus in Andhra and educational institutions. bhari, uski utni hissedari” The census? Will it give the proposal of the Justice G. OBCs. The Government, Pradesh and Jats in Haryana. Secondly, and more share in resources should be Iright kind of data on dif- Rohini-led commission rec- too, would benefit from the The poll-bound UP is a importantly, the BJP appre- proportional to the commu- ferent castes in the country or ommending sub-categorisa- enumeration of the caste cen- big prize for the BJP and other hends that a caste census nity’s numerical strength). open the Pandora’s box? Will tion of the Other Backward sus for the programmes. For regional parties. The chorus might harm its goal of unit- The party has recently it end up tearing the social Classes. instance, Bihar chief minister grows with other tiny region- ing Hindus. It is significant got legislation passed giving fabric as it did in 1990 when Union Minister of State and NDA ally Nitish Kumar al outfits, including Anupriya that amongst the numerous states the right to change the then prime minister V.P. KALYANI SHANKAR for Home Nityanand Rai had met Prime Minister Narendra Patel’s Apna Dal (Sonal), opponents of a caste census is castes in the OBC category in Singh decided to implement announced in Parliament in weaker sections. Modi along with a delegation vocally supporting him. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Parliament. The UP the Mandal Commission July that the Government has Politically, caste undeni- of all parties. Kumar argued Why is the BJP reluctant Sangh, the parent organisation Government has included 39 report? Will it perpetuate no intention of carrying out a ably is an essential tool in that the census will help bet- for a caste census that too of the ruling BJP. The BJP and new castes in the OBC cate- caste? These are some of the caste census. While India’s India. It plays a crucial role ter formulate and implement when it has mobilised many the RSS want to consolidate gory. questions that need answers decadal census has consistent- in every Indian election, from schemes for different social smaller OBC groups? The the Hindus. A caste count No doubt there is a case when there is a chorus to ly recorded the population of the village panchayats to the groups’ welfare. Secondly, BJP has argued that it would could cause fissures in the for caste census but when the include the caste census in the Dalits and Adivasis, it has Parliament. There is no sur- there would be clarity over the lead to the perpetuation of Hindu vote, which the BJP is country is facing too many next year’s decadal census. never counted OBCs since prise that several political percentage of the OBC pop- caste identities. It fears it assiduously working to reduce problems, including COVID There are powerful pro- and 1931. Since 1950, the parties have intensified ulation. Decades ago, the might lead to a messy situa- in recent years. and sliding economy, this is anti-lobbies for it. Government has reserved demand for a caste-based Mandal Commission estimat- tion similar to when the V P The BJP also apprehends not the time to raise another Despite pressure from jobs, college admissions and census. Samajwadi Party (SP) ed it at about 52 per cent. Singh Government imple- that the subsequent demand controversial issue. If nothing, NDA allies and the opposi- elected seats - from Village in UP, JD(U) in Bihar and Significantly, in the past mented the Mandal will be the fair share of it can raise the passions tion, the Centre has shelved councils to the Parliament - DMK in Tamil Nadu have few years, several OBC groups Commission report in the resources in proportion to among the people. Without the idea for now. During the for Dalits and Adivasis. This been most vocal in raising the have been seeking reserva- early 1990s. There were agi- their numerical strength. being blunt, the Modi (The writer is a senior recent Monsoon Session of journalist. The views was to rectify historical demand. tions. This includes the tations because it granted 27 Former UP chief minister Government was wise in post- Parliament, the chorus for expressed are personal.) wrongs that have denied them The supporters of the Marathas in Maharashtra, per cent reservation to OBCs Akhilesh Yadav is known for poning it. There are indeed caste census resurfaced. It equal opportunities for the caste census insist that it will Patidars in Gujarat, Gurjars in in central Government jobs his slogan, “jiski jitni sankhya other ways of getting votes. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 Money 08 Crypto not currency; needs to be Cairn CEO says $1bn refund offer regulated as asset: RBI ex official PNS n NEW DELHI

Former RBI deputy governor acceptable to firm, to drop cases R Gandhi on Tuesday made a case for treating and regulating PNS n NEW DELHI terms of litigation. We can do crypto as a separate asset class that within a very short peri- with a view to enabling gov- UK-based Cairn Energy PLC od of time, just a matter of a ernments around the world to on Tuesday said it will drop lit- couple of days or something," effectively deal with illegal igations to seize Indian prop- Thomson said. "So we are activities associated with virtu- erties in countries ranging preparing on the basis of get- al currencies. from France to the US, within ting this resolution quickly, After quite a lot of debate a couple of days of getting a all these cases being dropped, over the years, he said, people USD 1 billion refund resulting and putting all this behind." have fully understood that from the scrapping of a retro- He said all enforcement pro- crypto cannot be a currency spective tax law. ceedings brought because of because the fundamental ele- The firm, which gave India the Government of India's ment of a currency- that it its biggest onland oil discovery, refusal to honour an interna- should be a legal tender- is Council (BACC). crypto some 12 years back as termed "bold" the legislation tional arbitration award asking missing in this case. He expressed apprehension an asset was that it cannot be passed last month to cancel a it to return the value of money He said that in this case, one that there is a possibility of traced and taxed. 2012 policy that gave the tax seized to enforce the retrospec- cannot compel a crypto cur- using this virtual asset for "So the very idea of crypto department power to go back tive tax demand, will be rency to be accepted by anoth- criminal activity in absence of was that it should be anony- 50 years and slap capital gains dropped. er person as it is not a legal ten- regulation and there are mous, independent, and it can- levies wherever ownership had "Everything will be dropped. der. The general consensus numerous instances indicating not be taxed or tracked, so as changed hands overseas but There will be no more litiga- among many policymakers is that. So, he said, any jurisdic- I said every society will have its business assets were in India. tion, that will be it. It will clear that it should be deemed as an tion should have a clear frame- own rules, which expects com- The offer to return money the matter up," he said. asset, not as a currency, not as work by which any part of the pliance by all its members and seized to enforce retrospective Cairn in its half-yearly a payment instrument and not economic activity should not it penalises non-compliance," tax demand in lieu of dropping report on Tuesday said it will as a financial instrument as be seen as supportive of any he said. Last month, Finance all litigations against the gov- accepting the offer and moving years," he said. InBev, and Cairn. return up to USD 700 million there is no clear identified criminal activity. "So that is Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ernment "is acceptable to us," on. Seeking to repair India's About Rs 8,100 crore collect- out of the Rs 7,900 crore (USD issuer, he said. where the real difficulty comes had said proposed legislation Cairn CEO Simon Thomson "Some of our core sharehold- damaged reputation as an ed from companies under the 1.06 billion) it is supposed to "So once we have an under- in vis-à-vis a crypto assets as regarding cryptocurrency is told PTI in an interview from ers likes BlackRock and investment destination, the scrapped tax provision are to get from the Indian govern- standing and acceptance, that there is a possibility, and not pending before the Union London. Franklin Templeton agree (to government last month enact- be refunded if the firms agreed ment, to "shareholders via spe- it is an asset (not a currency), really a possibility, there has Cabinet. The inter-ministerial Cairn will drop cases to this). Our view is supported by ed new legislation to drop Rs to drop outstanding litigation, cial dividend and buyback." then it becomes relatively lit- been quite a bit of an anecdo- panel on cryptocurrency, under seize diplomatic apartments our core shareholders (that) on 1.1 lakh crore in outstanding including claims for interest Asked if the company would tle easier to have regulation tal evidence that crypto assets the Chairmanship of Secretary in Paris and Air India airplanes balance it is better to accept claims against multinationals and penalties. Of this, Rs 7,900 make a comeback to India, around it," he said at a virtu- have been utilised for increas- (Economic Affairs) to study the in the US in "a matter of a cou- and move on and be pragmat- such as telecom group crore is due only to Cairn. Thomson said India will al event organised by Internet ingly, or in large scale, for ille- issues related to virtual curren- ple of days" after the refund, he ic. Rather than continue with Vodafone, pharmaceuticals "Once we get to final resolu- become another potential and Mobile Association of gal activities like ransom cies and proposed specific said adding Cairn's sharehold- something negative for all par- company Sanofi and brewer tion, part of that resolution is investment destination once India (IAMAI) and attacks etc," he said. He said actions, has already submitted ers are in agreement with ties which could last for many SABMiller, now owned by AB us dropping everything in the issue is closed. Blockchain & Crypto Assets that the basis of origination of its report. Gigforce raises Dr Reddy's launches Minoxidil Cabinet may approve PLIS MONEY MATTERS $3 million from to treat female pattern hair loss Birla Corp's Rs 2K-cr cement PNS n NEW DELHI ever approval of the addi- Endiya Partners tional indication by the for MMF, technical textiles Drug firm Dr Reddy's Central Drugs Standard project to commission in Dec and others Laboratories on Tuesday said Control Organisation PNS n NEW DELHI scheme for these sectors. irla Corporation on PNS n NEW DELHI it has launched Minoxidil top- (COSCO) in India for the use The prime objective of the Tuesday said ical solution for the treat- of the product for the treat- The Union Cabinet is likely to scheme is to make manufac- Bcommissioning of its Rs On-demand staffing plat- ment of female pattern hair ment of female pattern hair approve on Wednesday a pro- turing in India globally-com- 2,450-crore Mukutban cement form Gigforce on Tuesday loss in India. loss (FPHL), it added. duction linked incentive (PLI) petitive by removing sectoral plant, which has been delayed said it has raised USD 3 mil- The company has launched Minoxidil topical solution scheme for man-made fibre disabilities, creating economies due to the COVID-induced lion (about Rs 22 crore) in prescription drug Minoxidil has been approved in India for segment and technical textiles of scale and ensuring efficien- disruptions, is expected by funding, led by Endiya topical solution USP 2 per the treatment of alopecia in with a financial outlay of Rs cies. It is designed to create a December. Due to flight of Partners. cent and 5 per cent for the men, the filing said. "This 10,683 crore over five years to complete component ecosys- migrant workers from the Existing investor Unitus treatment of female pattern marks the first-ever approval boost domestic manufacturing tem in India and make India project site, the commissioning Ventures and key angels also hair loss. The company will given to a first-line treatment and exports from the sector, an approved PLI schemes in 13 an integral part of the global of the Mukutban factory in participated in the pre-series sell its products under the option for female pattern hair official said. key sectors for enhancing supply chains. Maharashtra has been delayed by a few months, the company A round, a statement said. brand names Mintop 2 per loss, and truly fulfils a hither- The proposal is expected to India's manufacturing capabil- The scheme is expected to informed shareholders in its annual report. "Mechanical erection work Unlike classifieds, lead cent and Mintop Eva 5 per to unmet need," Dr Reddy's come up before the Union ities and exports. attract global investments, gen- is progressing well. Most of the equipment reached the site. sharing and job-search plat- cent, respectively, Dr Reddy's Laboratories CEO (Branded Cabinet meeting on After the approval, the tex- erate large scale employment Commissioning of the project got delayed due to lockdown and forms, Gigforce offers full- said in a regulatory filing. Markets- India and Emerging Wednesday, the official added. tiles ministry would come opportunities and enhance uncertainty created by the raging second wave of COVID-19. The stack staffing solutions and The launch follows the first- Markets) M V Ramana said. The Cabinet had earlier with detailed guidelines of the exports substantially. factory is now expected to be commissioned in December," an official provides pre-screened and said. The project proposes a 3.90-million tonne integrated cement pre-trained gig workers to factory with a 40 MW captive power plant and 10.60 MW waste heat various enterprises. recovery system. After the commissioning of the cement plant, the "The market is under- Rupee plunges installed capacity of the group will increase to around 20 million served today because of the Amazon inks pact with Guj to drive exports tonne. lack of suitable technology to 32 paise to close manage scale. India's top five PNS n NEW DELHI major's platform. staffing companies together Amazon will conduct train- manage a workforce of one Amazon India on Tuesday said ing, webinars and onboarding at 73.4 against $ Retailing firm Shoppers Stop million," Gigforce co-founder it has inked an agreement with workshops for exporters from PNS n NEW DELHI and CEO Chirag Mittal said. the Industries and Mines key MSME (micro, small and collaborates with Accenture He added that this is set to Department of Gujarat govern- medium enterprises) clusters The rupee plunged by 32 Raheja Group-owned change with strong tailwinds, ment to help drive e-commerce like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, paise to close at 73.42 (pro- retailing firm Shoppers including the proliferation exports from the state. Surat, Bharuch and Rajkot and visional) against the US dol- KStop has collaborated with of inexpensive smartphones, As part of the MoU others, the statement said. lar on Tuesday, tracking a global IT and professional ubiquitous Internet access (Memorandum of Under stand- The workshops will focus on strong American currency services company Accenture to for blue and grey collar work- ing), Amazon will train and sharing expertise and provid- in the overseas market and accelerate its digital commerce ers, maturing technology onboard MSMEs from the state ing training to MSMEs about muted trend in domestic transformation across retail platforms, simplification of on Amazon Global Selling, B2C e-commerce exports and equities. channels, a joint statement said labour codes, and the huge enabling them to sell their selling to over 300 million Forex traders said the fall on Tuesday. The programme growth trajectory that India unique Made in India products people worldwide through in the domestic unit was in aims to enhance customer will witness in the next 10 to millions of Amazon cus- and territories, a statement said. companies launch their brands Amazon's 17 foreign market- line with other Asian peers. experience and profitability, as years. tomers across over 200 countries Amazon Global Selling helps globally using the e-commerce places, it added. At the interbank foreign well as support Shoppers Stop's goal of being the go-to digital exchange market, the local destination, it stated. Shoppers Stop Managing Director and Chief currency opened at 73.12 Executive Officer Venu Nair said omnichannel commerce has been a and dropped to a low of huge focus area for the company. "By collaborating with Accenture, Gold down Rs 37; silver tumbles Rs 332 73.44 in the day trade. we want to further strengthen our digital commerce strategy for Logistics start-up COGOS raises The domestic unit finally greater reach and access and also improve the overall shopping PNS n NEW DELHI settled at 73.42 against the experience of our customers," he said, adding that the company aims greenback, down 32 paise to "achieve significant profitable growth" in the digital commerce $2 million in pre-Series-A funding Gold in the national capital on over its previous close. On revenues over the next three years. Tuesday fell by Rs 37 to Rs Monday, the local unit settled PNS n NEW DELHI Transworld Group and New COGOS co-founder and 46,417 per 10 gram amid weak at 73.10 against the green- York-based deeptech fund CEO Prasad Sreeram said, precious metal prices in the back. India Post Payments Bank, Logistics services start-up Worldquant Ventures, and "We are happy to have global international market, according Meanwhile, the dollar COGOS Technologies on includes other investors, logistic players and deeptech to HDFC Securities. index, which gauges the Tuesday said it has raised a COGOS said in a statement. VCs believing in the potential In the previous trade, the pre- greenback's strength against LIC tie up to sell home loans total of USD 2 million (around COGOS also announced of COGOS platform." Sreeram cious metal had closed at Rs a basket of six currencies, was ndia Post Payments Bank Rs 15 crore) in pre-Series-A that Transworld Group's Ritesh added that going forward, the 46,454 per 10 grams. Silver also ver was flat at USD 24.50 per trading 0.22 per cent higher (IPPB) has joined hands with funding, to expand the busi- S Ramakrishnan will be join- company will continue to pro- tumbled Rs 332 to Rs 63,612 per ounce. "Gold prices traded at 92.23. According to Dilip ILIC Housing Finance for ness and strengthen its tech- ing its board. In its seed fund- vide customised solutions to its kilogram from Rs 63,944 per weak on Tuesday following Parmar, Research Analyst, selling housing finance nology platform. ing round, COGOS had raised partners and push itself to kilogram in the previous trade. dollar recovery," according to HDFC Securities, the rupee products of the latter to its 4.5 The funding round was led USD 1 million from the IAN, further provide the best expe- In the international market, HDFC Securities, Senior depreciated in line with other crore customers, a statement by Dubai-based global ship- Emergent Ventures and some rience to the clients with its gold was trading lower at Analyst (Commodities), Asian currencies. "Profit said on Tuesday. Through its ping and logistics player high-net-worth individuals. technology-driven platform. USD 1,815 per ounce and sil- Tapan Patel. booking in domestic equities, robust and extensive network after touching lifetime high, of 650 branches and more than and dollar outflows weighed 136,000 banking access points, on rupee.” IPPB will make LIC Housing Finance Ltd's (LICHFL) home loan products accessible to its ‘Anti-dumping duty on Vitamin C from China for 5 yrs’ customers pan-India, the statement said. Under the strategic partnership, credit underwriting, processing, and disbursement for all PNS n NEW DELHI gins and profits of the manu- home loans will be handled by LICHFL, while IPPB will source the facturing firms. loans. The alliance with LICHFL is part of IPPB's strategy to expand The commerce ministry's According to global trade its range of products and services, and to cater to the banking and investigation arm DGTR has norms, a country is allowed to financial needs of diverse customers, especially unbanked and recommended the imposition impose tariffs on such dumped underserved, across the country. IPPB already distributes general and of anti-dumping duty on products to provide a level- life insurance products through partnerships with insurance Vitamin C, used by pharma- playing field to domestic man- companies. Credit products are natural extension for the customers at ceutical firms for medicine ufacturers. The duty is imposed the last mile, the statement said. production, from China to only after a thorough investi- guard domestic manufacturers gation by a quasi-judicial body, from cheap imports. such as DGTR, in India. The Directorate General of The imposition of anti- Trade Remedies (DGTR) has dumping duty is permissible Sterling Holiday adds 5 new resorts concluded in its probe that the under the World Trade PNS n NEW DELHI Holiday Resorts said in a state- idays in the hills, beaches, imports from China are enter- Organization (WTO) regime. ment. The new resorts are waterfronts and jungles to ing the domestic market at India and China are members Sterling Holiday Resorts on each at Alleppey in Kerala; Gir quick-breaks in drive-to desti- price below the level of the sell- of this Geneva-based organisa- Tuesday said it has added five in Gujarat; Kalimpong in West nations," Sterling Holiday ing price, and even the cost of tion, which deals with global new resorts with a total of 174 Bengal; and Madurai and Resorts Chairman and sales. The domestic industry from the date of the notifica- ed USD 3.2 per kg and USD a country or a firm exports an trade norms. rooms as part of its plan to Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Managing Director Ramesh has been impacted due to the tion to be issued by the Central 3.55 per kg duty on imports. item at a price lower than the The duty is aimed at ensur- double room inventory by the Nadu, it added. Ramanathan said. dumped imports, DGTR has Government, on all imports of The finance ministry takes the price of that product in its ing fair trading practices and year 2025. "Our new locations along The company will continue said in a notification. goods...originating in or final decision to impose the domestic market. creating a level-playing field for With the addition of these with our existing network is to expand using an asset-light "Accordingly, definitive anti- exported from China," it duty. Dumping impacts the price domestic producers vis-a-vis new resorts, the company now aimed at meeting the multiple model of taking up resorts on dumping duty...is recommend- added. In international trade par- of that product in the import- foreign producers and has an inventory of 40 resorts holiday needs of the Indian management contracts, the ed to be imposed for five years The DGTR has recommend- lance, dumping happens when ing country, hitting the mar- exporters. with 2,400 rooms, Sterling customer — from leisure hol- statement said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Wednesday September 8, 2021 NAVJYOT KEEPS THE FLAG FLYING HIGH son wears these glasses and SHIKHA DUGGAL standing book — ‘For the They have shared their stands at any bus stand, they Sikhs, to the Sikhs and by inspirational stories on will also be able to see the the Sikhs’! The book writ- social media, and most Guntur-origin advertisements at the bus ou probably did ten by Dr Prabhleen Singh, importantly, quite a few bay or in the traffic,” Sahil come across Administrative officer, successful influencers in informs, adding that he will news that Punjab University, Patiala, the country have appreciat- be launching a number of Navjyot covers the life, struggles, ed his body of work too, shows the way events, both in the United y Gurudutta was achievements and impecca- people say they can actually States and India, to intro- officially certi- ble works of the Sikhs in witness results after adopt- duce his inventions to the fied by the ‘Golden Book of our country from across ing his techniques. masses. World Records’ for waving various niches and indus- Navjyot shares with us in inventions Sahil is no ordinary lad. In the Sikh flag, ‘Nishan Sahib’ tries. the ultimate changing point 2016, he pursued his com- at about 13,000 feet above Navjyot, who recently in his life: “Since I’m pro- C PRADEEP KUMAR through drone technology. puter software engineering sea level. earned the title of the fessionally devoted to the “Understanding that the at the Young Wanks Coding Navjyot is delighted ‘Shining Sikh of India’ told rising digital marketing reforestation initiative was Academy. Not just acade- about the fact that he got us he goes by his own profession, it’s allam Sahil, a 17 too labour-intensive and I mics, in 2018 he completed featured on the list of tailored tagline that important to year old NRI from wanted to find a more effi- the Piano Level 4 course by world’s top 100 influential screams ‘I make meet people Guntur district in cient method and decided to 2018 at Dougherty Valley Sikhs alongside ‘the termi- people famous’. whom you are Meeting new people, grasp- allowed and it may stir a T Andhra Pradesh automate reforestation and High School and studied nator’ aka Harbhajan Singh, He wrote a book working with ing their set of knowledge controversy! Luckily, I met has pioneered began working on the pro- various research topics. among many others, in the only to teach to grow faster, and implementing that into someone with whom I was three software ject for both my communi- Under his leadership as the recently published and per- people the right some people my life at times helps me working and he allowed me innovations that had phe- ties in California and CEO of Locked Ready sonalised cover page of the way to grow on assume digital give a new perspective to to do it.” nomenal impacts in the Guntur, which have been Secure (LRS) Company, he out- social media. marketing is a life. Since childhood, I Unaware of the fact that Indian and American com- seeing adverse effects from set out to develop surveil- People seem to be service based dreamt of achieving a mile- he would receive fame of munities — he designed the deforestation,” he tells us. lance cameras to track the loving the company so once stone once in my life! And this kind, it helped him modern process of identifi- Sahil built multi-functional whereabouts of suspicious book! the deal is done, it that dream came true in the grow as a businessman too, cation and sowing of fertile drones, each performing dif- individuals and created just provides ser- form of skydiving for me. I and most importantly, soils with his software ferent tasks, one being the media applications for social vices but you wanted to do it differently, bloom as a good individual. knowledge of fallow lands, surveillance drone that scans media marketing agencies know and I wanted it to be This stint also opened the sharpened research with the the landscape to find opti- besides Technology promo- what? unique adding my own door to several opportuni- help of drones in the hilly mal locations to plant trees tion for many artificial intel- twist to it so that people ties, which he is forever areas of Telangana and using Machine Learning. ligence projects and quali- remember me. At the grateful for! Andhra Pradesh, and devel- The Dream Project for fied in the RoboRave beginning, I wasn’t even “For me, the flag stands oped software programmes Smart Cultivation with ‘E- International competition in sure if I would be able to do for peace and humanity. We pertaining to security Plantation’ with smart farm- Albuquerque in 2018 and it, because I was of the Sikhs believe that it is our arrangements, besides smart ing drones is how it works. secured third place. He par- opinion that waving the responsibility to help each glasses for the blind. The uniqueness of this pro- ticipated in the Solar Hawks ‘Nishan Sahib’ flag while other. The Sikh community Sahil’s first project was on ject is that it will be able to Artificial Intelligence Project skydiving wasn’t always aims to spread love, security after noticing the enhance the seed germina- undertaken with the Bemax even peace and kindness, and need for close surveillance tion capacity from the field Company and won. the same applies to me. and security arrangements in level rather than the tradi- Sahil then completed an When I look at the flag, it schools after a series of inci- tional agricultural sector. internship in Unified Sports reminds me of my dents in the USA where gun The goal of this software is as a web developer in responsibility to be culture prevails. “I created to automate the nature of the America, for India Artificial there for whoever software that could detect soil by surveying, selecting intelligence applications pro- needs me. I am hon- anyone on the school cam- seeds, and linking the germi- vide technical support to oured to be among pus with a firearm, such as a nation process to GPS. Mempage Technologies. such stalwarts of gun or a pistol or anything Another innovation was Sahil was a Semifinals Sikh community, unusual. I set up school the design of smart glasses Qualifier for the prestigious who are doing camera systems and was that give clarity of vision to Microsoft Imagine Cup exemplary work in praised by the faculty! the blind. These glasses by competition with his drone their respective Software-based micro-cam- Sahil are equipped with a Project. Apart from innova- fields and making era system was unveiled at camera, mic, sensor, and tive software programming our country proud. San Raman Dougherty speakers and are integrated he is loved for his generosity. Coming from a Valley High School in with a software programme. He helps people in need usual background, I California, where I studied, People who stare at them- through his NGO and was at have never imag- as an ‘integrated object selves can read the letters the forefront in helping peo- ined that I would detection project’. A con- written on the board in front ple during the Covid pan- conquer this mile- nected camera scans and of their eyes. “If a blind per- demic. stone. Getting fea- sniffs out any dangerous tured in a book deadly weapon that can be alongside Harbhajan secretly hidden by people Paaji is so unbeliev- roaming the designated able,” he added. area,” he shares. He was in All set to come up his 9th grade when he began with another book focussing on the wonders credited to his that can be done with vari- name, he is going to ous software elements. focus on the exclu- His next one was for the sive combo of entre- cultivation sector and Sahil preneurship and has developed a project mental health in the aimed at the reforestation of book, so watch out! forests all over the globe

he stunning Sidhika “One should never Do you have Zoom fatigue? Sharma is making a starve, it’s not good name for herself for health. It and has carved her should be like he other day, I T image in the heart having a meal or was in a master- of the audience. The small snacks class and we all actress has garnered good every 3 to 4 T decided that since attention in the Punjabi hours as it’s the it’s the last day, we industry through the song Na best for metab- must take a group Ji Na alongside Hardy olism. One photo. It was then that I dis- Sandhu. The actress will be should drink a lot covered something new. It also seen debuting in the of water, coconut was a ‘face touch up’. I could Punjabi film Fufadji alongside water, and add makeup, blush, reshape Jassie Gill. Sidhika Sharma high-fiber my eyebrows or use lipstick has a huge following and is meals. I add a and my choice of eye-make- very active on social media as lot of walnuts, up. Wow! I had never heard she updates her fans with berries, Greek of such a feature. Just as I was gorgeous and sexy pictures yogurt, beans, registering my surprise, and videos. grilled chicken, and someone asked me, “Hey, Sidhika is very particular fish. When a person where is the bindi setting? I DIET TO UNHEALTHY about her diet and fitness, is on diet one should really want your big bindi!” I you can figure that out from always remember to could all but barely stammer, the pictures of Sidhika add fiber and healthy “No, that’s not a setting, that’s Sharma on her social media. fat to their diet. Drink my own.” She is a fitness freak and has a lot of fluids and stay After class, I texted on the shared some of the tips and hydrated.” social media group asking secrets to keeping our bodies This shows the actress is why this feature ended up fatigue. not always be pleasant or This is the perfect way to healthy and fit. “I take nutri- very particular about what here. I mean, this is a meet- I don’t even remember welcome. Also, when the self inculcate etiquette on the tion very seriously as it she consumes, no doubt ing place for professionals, having to look at myself (we) becomes the object of internet. It could be the har- improves one’s life, it affects Sidhika has worked really students etc. The answer got when I taught, interacted attention and awareness, binger of more humane NA JI our mood. If you eat the hard to keep her body in me thinking. “How would with others, spoke at a con- there is heightened self- exchanges and less toxic fall- wrong things it increases the shape. On the work front, you feel if you had to stare at ference or sang at a party. accountability and we end up outs due to faux pas, trolling risk of illness. It’s okay to eat Sidhika was seen in Sau Sau yourself all day, every day?” I Today, here I am, well- closely monitoring our rages, and other low behav- the wrong things occasional- Wari Khat Likhe alongside realised that I too was sick of coiffed, trying hard not to behaviour, gestures, and gen- iours. ly, but I make sure that 90 Omkar Kapoor and her pre- seeing myself on screen for make funny expressions eral social standing. Social media fatigue is real, percent of the diet is good so vious singles have been out- hours, which is probably why while I listen or speak on a There is a sense of shyness, it happens to all of us. The I keep a regular checkup on standing too like Na Ji Na I would change my back- social media platform. I take embarrassment, and self-cri- good part is that we have my meals. I try to avoid carbs alongside Hardy Sandhu, ground, the lighting, the screenshots and balk at how tique. So, in the world of the become more conscious, self- from my diet. I eat a lot of Phulkari, Love Conquers, brightness etc. and now I had awful or how comical I seem. internet, where anonymity critical, conscientious, polite, green leafy vegetables, fruits, and Tauba Tauba. She the knowledge and the access Recent research says that makes one unaccountable for ethical, and self-accountable. and a protein diet. In the will be soon seen on to a feature that can change constantly seeing yourself their behaviour, a platform Well, hallelujah! evenings I avoid carbs and the Bollywood the colour of my lips and makes you more self-con- where one sees oneself could (The author Dr. Purnima junk and I make sure I’m screens, details of nails too! scious and heightens your make them more account- Nagaraja, is a consultant psy- done with my dinner before 8 which she says Psychologists call this sense of self-awareness, the able, which sounds like a chiatrist at Dhrithi Wellness pm,” she shared. she will dis-

social media fatigue or Zoom consequences of which may good thing. Clinic, Hyderabad.) SIDHIKA SAYS She further mentioned, close soon! 10

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Hyderabad Wednesday September 8, 2021 tollywood Most Eligible Bachelor to hit screens on Oct. 8 VD GEARS akers of the upcom- screen release. Pooja will be ing Tollywood seen as a standup comedian romantic film Most while Akkineni will be seen M Eligible Bachelor star- as an NRI in MEB. ring Akhil Akkineni The film will hit big screens and Pooja Hegde have just a few days before SS UP FOR HIS finally announced the film’s Rajamouli's RRR, which is release date after a lot of releasing on October 13. The postponements. The film is film holds crucial for Akhil as all set to release on October his last three films were disas- 8. Sharing about his film’s ters and with this, he is hop- release date, Akhil wrote, ing to strike a blockbuster. “#MostEligibleBachelor is Meanwhile, Akhil is shoot- NEXT WITH MarchingTowards Oct 8th.” ing for another upcoming The poster shows Akhil in film, Agent. Directed by 7 different looks, ranging and written from casual to formal. The by . The young actor looks the part in actor is leaving no stone all the avatars. Going by the unturned has gone under SHIVA NIRVANA poster, Akhil could play a massive body transformation multi-faceted character in the for his role in the film. an India star Vijay film. Pooja Hegde, on the other Deverakonda, who kept The makers of the film had hand, has 7 big films in the his promise and offered released the first teaser of the kitty. She will also be seen P a chance to Indian Idol film last year and it has set playing a cameo in 12 finalist Shanmukha high expectations among the and - Priya in his next film moviegoers. However, due to starrer Acharya. Kajal Liger, looks like he is gearing up the Covid-19 pandemic, the Aggarwal plays the female quick for his next. shooting of the film got lead role. Besides these, Pooja According to reports, the actor delayed and finally, Pooja also has Beast, co-starring is teaming up with director Shiva Hegde and Akhil Akkineni Thalapathy Vijay. Nirvana for a project. are gearing up for the big- Shiva Nirvana, who is awaiting the release of his next film, Tuck Jagadish, starring Natural star , , and Aishwarya with Liger.” Rajesh in the lead role, interacted The film is expected to start rolling with the media recently. Shiva after Vijay Devarakonda completes Liger. Nirvana dropped a big update on From the likes of it, we can expect the his next with fame movie to launch by this year-end or early Vijay Deverakonda. He said, 2022. “The preproduction work of my There hasn’t been any confirmation film with Vijay has started. The about the cast and crew in the movie, upcoming drama is loaded with there are few names that are being dis- entertainment. The movie will go cussed but nothing has been confirmed on the floor after Vijay is done yet. Yami, husband ‘don't believe in pomp and show’

ctor Yami Gautam, who tied the knot with film- A maker Aditya Dhar in an intimate wedding cere- mony in June, says even if there were no restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic the couple would have opted for a low-key affair. Gautam, 32, and Dhar got married in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh in the PK to resume shooting presence of 20 guests. Dhar, 38, had directed Gautam in the 2019 blockbuster Uri — The Surgical Strike. for Hari Hara Veera Mallu Their wedding most special day of their I assure you it would have announcement — posted life private was ideal for been the same wedding. on Instagram by the cou- them. Nothing would have been he shooting of the epic movie starring to release the film on April It is set in the 17th centu- ple —came as a surprise “It was as simple as different,” Gautam told a Pawan Kalyan in the lead 29, 2022. ry against the backdrop of for many. But the possible. Aditya and I are news agency. T starrer magnum role will depict the life of The film is the first col- the Mughals and Qutb Yuddham simple people and we For the wedding, the opus Hari Hara legendary war- laboration Shahis. The film has musi- actress said like to keep it like Gouravam actor wore her Veera between Krish cal score by M M keeping that. We are pri- mother’s sari, a nose ring, and Pawan Kalyan. Keeravani. the vate and and a dupatta given by rior Veera Mallu. reserved and her grandmother. The film is being made only wanted Gautam did her own Mallu is all set to resume on a grand budget. Main to share it make-up and had her sis- soon. Director Krish and scenes, songs, and action with the ter, Surilie, do her hair. producer A M Ratnam met scenes will be shot on world when She said the couple Pawan Kalyan recently dur- grand sets. It is to be noted the time didn’t feel any obligation ing which it was decided to that around 50 percent of was right. for “pomp and show” and commence the shoot of the shoot is already over. Even if hence were comfortable Hari Hara Veera Mallu once Produced by A Dayakar there with a traditional and works related to the actor’s Rao under the Mega Surya was no intimate ceremony. current project Bheemla Production banner, the pan- “It is just about those Nayak are over. movie will be presented by demic, moments, you don't have Directed by Krish, who A M Ratnam in Telugu, to prove anything to any- has carved a niche for him- Tamil, , Malayalam, one. It’s your day, your self in making period films, and Kannada. Plans are on family and it’s best when you can celebrate it with- out making it an obliga- tion. Both of us don't believe in pomp and t is known news that show. To each his own, Mega Power Star it’s your big day, what- Urvashi joins third Ram Charan and ever makes you happy. director Shankar are But we don’t like I teaming up for wastage of food, and schedule of The Legend #RC15. Kiara Advani never wanted a DJ wed- is the leading lady of the ding. We are both tradi- pcoming the film will also be shot in big-budget pan India film. The tional, we did our rituals Tollywood actress Iceland. In the video, makers of the film took to Twitter which we loved. We Urvashi Rautela is Urvashi is seen in her char- to officially announce the news of played traditional Pahadi all set to begin her acter, wearing a formal yel- the launch and that the upcoming and Kashmiri songs, U third schedule for low jumpsuit with a black #RC15 big-budget pan Indian project Punjabi folk tracks... her Tamil debut jacket, and white heels. She #RC15 will officially go on the floors There were just 20 people film, The Legend opposite captioned the video: “3rd with a formal puja ceremony on but it was really memo- legendary actor Savarna. She FILM SCHEDULE BEGINS September 8. We now hear that rable,” the actor added. has also stunned the world #THELEGEND #ICELAND actress Kiara reached Hyderabad Gautam is currently through her consistent HERE I COME “ for the photoshoot of #RC15. She gearing up for her latest efforts and acting skills. The The actress is also going to will also be attending the pooja adventure-horror-come- actress has made a name for appear in a bilingual thriller ceremony of the film. dy Bhoot Police, sched- herself in the Bollywood Black Rose along with the #RC15 will be shot in Tamil, uled to be released on the industry with her charismat- Hindi remake of Thirutu Telugu, and Hindi simultane- streaming platform ic personality and her love Payale 2. She recently got a ously. Disney+ Hotstar VIP on for acting. Today, she is blockbuster response for her The official cast and crew September 17. loved not only by Bollywood song Doob Gaye opposite are expected to be Directed by but also by audiences down Guru Randhawa and Versace announced soon as they Pavan south, thanks to the actress Baby opposite Mohamed will be joining the team Kirpalani, working for films in several Ramadan. Urvashi is starring on an opening day. the film fea- languages. in a lead role in Jio studio’s Butta Bomma fame tures actors Urvashi Rautela recently web series Inspector Avinash Thaman will score Saif Ali uploaded a video announc- opposite Randeep Hooda, music for the film and it will Khan, ing the schedule in which which is a biopic based on be bankrolled by Dil Raju Arjun she plays the character of a the true story of super cop under Sri Venkateswara Kapoor, and microbiologist. According to Avinash Mishra and Poonam Creations. Jacqueline Kiara Advani lands in the sources, some parts of Mishra. Hyderabad for Fernandez. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 sport 12 We always aim to be in present: Bumrah Buttler, Leach return for 5th Test AFP n LONDON captain, there may only be room for one of Jonny Bairstow ngland on Tuesday recalled or Ollie Pope. Eleft-arm spinner Jack Leach Silverwood and captain Joe and wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Root must decide whether Buttler to the squad for the final pacemen James Anderson and Test against India as they seek Ollie Robinson, who have both to level the five-match series. been ever-present in the series, The hosts trail 2-1 after can rally for one last crack at the their 157-run defeat at the Indians. Oval ahead of Friday’s decider “I think they (Anderson at Old Trafford but head coach and Robinson) have been Chris Silverwood has made exceptional. I’m proud of the only minor alterations to his way they have contributed to squad. the games, the way they Leach, who gives England have gone about their a second spin option alongside business and the effort off-spinning all-rounder they have put in for the ‘Poms too dependent Moeen Ali, has not played a team,” said Silverwood. Test since March despite “But it is something taking 28 Test wickets we have got to keep on help from pitch’ in six matches on an eye on.” tours of Sri Lanka Root’s men lost PTI n LONDON not make enough runs in their and India. a two-match series first innings and also ques- Buttler missed earlier in the season attle-hardened India tioned the shot selection of the the fourth Test to to New Zealand Bexposed shortcomings of batsmen. attend the arrival of and need a sharp England in all departments “England played some his second child reversal of fortunes to with their famous win in the poor strokes through lapses in but is ready to avoid becoming the fourth Test, reckons former concentration. Haseeb return and, if he first England side to skipper Michael Vaughan. Hameed chased a wide ball, for PTI n LONDON Bumrah said the team “We created a lot of pres- can be tired. My focus is on the reclaims his suffer twin defeats on India were on the backfoot example, and Moeen Ali top- completely shut the outside sure in the first hour and we present, concentrating ball by place as vice- home soil since 1986. initially but conjured up a edged one in the air when asprit Bumrah, one of the noise and was not overtly wor- realised that it was a flat wick- ball and get results in our favour.” comprehensive 157-run win at England were strolling the chief architects of India’s ried when they were down at et and but our job was to not the Oval on Monday to take a game. Those were poor crick- Jcomprehensive win in the 127 for 7 in the first innings. let the game slip away and we 2-1 lead in the five-match et shots. fourth Test, on Monday said his “Yes, the wicket was fresh are happy to do that.” Shafali retains series. “England lack pace and team’s success lies in the fact and we didn’t score much in the The IPL and the World Credit to India, they know Vaughan found faults in variation to make things hap- that it is a “happy bunch” that first innings. But we didn’t T20 are also approaching but every department of the game. pen in flat conditions. This lives in ‘present’ and doesn’t lose shape as a team and did- Bumrah doesn’t want to lose No 1 spot “The deficiencies of England Test team are depen- focus on negatives. n’t think about lot of things that focus on immediate goals. how to fight back: Silverwood Dubai: Indian teen star Shafali England’s Test team were laid dent on the pitch helping Bumrah’s response came are said and lot of things that “When you play a Test PTI n LONDON under the pump. Verma maintained her number bare this week in batting, them. When that happens they when he was asked if the news are written. match, you don’t realise what “If we’re being truthful, I one position among women’s bowling and fielding. They look like taking 20 wickets like of head coach Ravi Shastri “We wanted to fight till the has been done before or how he Indians know how to would like to have gone fur- T20 batters while New Zealand’s were beaten by battle-hardened they did at Headingley, other- and other support staff mem- end and that’s the character we many overs you have been Tfight back,” said England ther past them at that point, Sophie Devine is the new joint opponents who know how to wise they struggle.” bers testing positive in the wanted to show and things that able to bowl because right head coach Chris Silverwood that’s going to be the oppor- top-ranked all-rounder in the win the key moments,” Vaughan also found “lack middle of the Test match affect- are going outside is something now the focus was on doing as the Virat Kohli-led side tunity to really put pressure latest ICC rankings. Vaughan wrote in his column of intent” among England bats- ed them in any way. that we wanted to address the job for the team,” Bumrah, bounced back to stun the on the Indians,” Silverwood Verma is holding onto her for The Telegraph. men. “We focus on the good later.” who has taken 18 wickets in hosts in the fourth Test was quoted as saying by top rank with 759 ranking “It started with their catch- “The run out of Dawid things. We want to focus on His final figures were 2/27 151 overs so far in this series, despite conceding a 99-run ESPNCrininfo. points, ahead of Australian Beth ing on day one, continued Malan was a prime example. If controllable things and we as a in 22 overs on a flat deck and said. first innings lead. “We failed to do that so Mooney (744) and Smriti through their batting in the you are busy from ball one you team are bunch of individuals the key was building the pres- “I want to play longest India went on to make it’s something we’ll reflect on Mandhana (716). Meg Lanning first innings before their bowl- are alert to singles but Malan who are very happy and fun- sure, said the senior speedster. time for my country so I work 466 in their second effort to in the dressing room and is at fourth spot with 709 points ing was exposed on a flat was on his heels because he loving people, not always try- “In Test cricket, nothing is hard on gym, on my diet and set England a stiff 368-run talk about amongst our- while Devine also gains a place wicket over the weekend. was not expecting that call ing to find needles in all the easy. Even though it was a very everything I try to control. I target and scripted a sensa- selves. in the batting chart to jump up “I would like to know why from Hameed. That is a lack of things,” Bumrah said during good wicket, you have to bowl train really well and I have got tional 157-run victory on the “It would have been to number 5 with 689 points. in the last couple of years this intent. It was an insight into the virtual press conference. in right areas and that’s the ammunition inside me and back of their stupendous great to go maybe 190 past Devine showed her class in fielding team has not England’s mindset. They were It was Bumrah, who tilted message you want to commu- when I want to push, I can attack. them and really pile the the third T20I against England improved. They continue to just batting.” the match in India’s favour in nicate. We had decided, even if push hard. Silverwood said a lead in pressure on, but again cred- and that has enabled her to jump drop chances and should have The former captain also the post-lunch session on the wicket is on flatter side, we have “I am not thinking too far the vicinity of 200 would it to the Indians, they know up a spot and be the joint top- bowled India out for 125 in the did not like the way England final day of the fourth Test, to create pressure for the ahead about the IPL or World have given them the perfect how to fight back,” ranked all-rounder alongside first innings,” he said. chose their combination for with his two-wicket burst. longest time. Cup because then mentally you opportunity to put India Silverwood added. England’s Natalie Sciver. PTI Vaughan said England did the Oval Test. Sakkari beats Andreescu in epic battle confident of KKR Having played in UAE-like conditions Bopanna-Dodig pair qualification for play-offs in Oman will help in IPL: Yashasvi goes down fighting Dubai: Rajasthan Royals open- good preparation. I’m happy I improve on. PTI n ABU DHABI er Yashasvi Jaiswal reckons that could score some runs and win “It was good to see that a New York: Veteran Indian ten- having played in similar condi- some matches for my team.” legend like him was aware of my nis player Rohan Bopanna and t will be a herculean task for them but Kolkata tions to the UAE during Jaiswal also got the chance game, and it was certainly a very his Croatian partner Ivan IKnight Riders batsman Dinesh Karthik is con- Mumbai’s tour of Oman recent- to have a one-on-one session happy moment for me. I can’t Dodig fought their hearts out fident that his side can win six out of their ly will help him during the with his idol, batting great wait to keep implementing those before losing their men’s dou- remaining seven matches and qualify for the IPL upcoming second phase of the Sachin Tendulkar. things in my game and express bles third round to fourth playoffs. The two-time former champions did not IPL. Speaking after joining up myself better on the field,” he seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe have a great run in the first phase of IPL 2021 as The 19-year-old was a part with the Royals’ squad ahead of added. Salisbury at the US Open. they could manage just wins from seven of the Mumbai team that defeat- the IPL, as he quarantines in his Jaiswal also revealed the Bopanna and Dodig, matches. ed Oman in the One- Day hotel room in Dubai, he said, chats he had with another leg- seeded 13th, lost 7-6(4), They are languishing at the bottom half series in Muscat. “My idol has always been Sachin end Kumar Sangakkara, who is 4-6, 6-7(3) to the of the table as the IPL is set to resume in “I had a very good series Tendulkar, and I was really for- the Royals director of cricket, AFP n NEW YORK set in 29 minutes. Australian Open run- the UAE in a few days from now. against Oman and in similar tunate to have a conversation earlier this year. Djokovic broke in the sec- ners-up in a gruelling “We want to win six out of seven conditions to the UAE. I’m real- with him before the Oman “We have had so many ovak Djokovic struggled ond game of the second set, but contest that lasted matches (to qualify). It’s as simple as that. ly happy with the way I’m play- tour. chats on what I can do during Nbut advanced within three was broken in a electrifying 20- two hours and 30 As a team that’s what we’ll be looking ing my cricket at the moment, “I was over the the game — how I should matches of completing the first minute fifth game, netting a minutes on Monday to do. Take one game at a time but try and I can’t wait to replicate these moon when I first think, what my approach men’s singles calendar-year backhand on Brooksby’s sixth night. and win six out of seven matches,” performances in the IPL against heard he was will be against which Grand Slam in 52 years on break chance as the American With this defeat, Karthik told KKR website. much stronger line-ups,” the going to be pre- bowler, how I can change Monday by outlasting American raised his arms and jumped for India’s challenge has The 2020 edition of IPL saw youngster said. sent there, and the tempo of the game, etc. Jenson Brooksby at the US joy. ended at the last KKR lose out on a last-four berth Jaiswal, who had a tally of when I had the “I’m really fortunate to Open. But Djokovic broke back in Grand Slam of the owing to a not-so-healthy Net close to 300 runs in the one-day chance to speak have a mentor like him. In the late match of the day, the sixth game, ripping a cross- season. PTI Run Rate. and T20 series combined, said to him at I also feel the best 2019 US Open winner Bianca court forehand winner for a 4- “Last year when we were in it’s always better to have some length, he was thing about him Andreescu, the sixth seed from 2 lead, and held from there to 150th-ranked UAE, we missed it (qualifying cricket under the belt. really humble is that he’s always Canada, battled hard in an 2 take the 68-minute set. Raducanu ripped for playoffs) by a whisker. We “It was good practice for me and helped willing to listen hour 3 minutes epic but Greek In all, Djokovic won 15 of 43rd-ranked American won as many matches as the last before the big matches in the me on some and give his 17th seed Maria Sakkari pre- the last 20 games after the Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1 in team had won but still just missed it by a IPL. It had been a while I had skills time to the vailed in three sets. The match marathon broken serve, rolling 66 minutes. whisker. Two years on the trot, we have been played competitive cricket, and where he players,” the finished well past 2 am local to victory in the stamina test Raducanu is only the third fifth on the table. That’s something that still to play against an international thought youngster time in New York. after two hours and 59 minutes. qualifier to reach the US Open gnaws at me,” Karthik said. team like Oman is certainly I could said. PTI Sakkari won 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 Berrettini advanced by women’s quarter-finals after (8/6), 6-3 as Andreescu’s unbeat- defeating 144th-ranked German Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in 2017 en record in the main draw of qualifier Oscar Otte 6-4, 3-6, 6- and American Barbara Gerken Russell confirmed this Grand Slam came to a 3, 6-2. in 1981. Tokyo Olympians set to skip Tokyo show will help us produce close. Zverev, last year’s US Open World number one OLY CHAMPS WIN runner-up, reached his seventh as Hamilton’s new Djokovic rallied past 99th- Tokyo Olympic champions career Slam quarter-final and National Boxing C’ships better results in future: Tete ranked Brooksby 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, Alexander Zverev and Belinda fourth in the past five Slams. Mercedes teammate 6-2 to book a quarter-final Bencic advanced with straight- Zverev saved two set points AFP n LONDON New Delhi: The upcoming all likelihood, they wouldn’t world at the Tokyo Games. encounter with Italian sixth set triumphs, as did British 18- on his serve in the 12th game of national men’s boxing champi- compete,” a source said. “Our performance in Tokyo seed Matteo Berrettini in a year-old qualifier Emma the third set and three more in eorge Russell was Tuesday onship is unlikely to feature any The Nationals are due to be is slowly starting to sink in now. rematch of July’s Wimbledon Raducanu. the tie-breaker before Sinner Gconfirmed as Lewis of the five pugilists who com- held from September 15 in We were really dejected when we final. German fourth seed Zverev netted a forehand to end matters Hamilton’s new team-mate at peted at the Tokyo Olympics, Bellary, Karnataka. The Boxing lost to Great Britain in the “It’s going to be exciting,” stretched his win streak to after two hours and 25 minutes. Mercedes for next season after ruling them out of contention Federation of India has stated Bronze medal match, but now Djokovic said. “He loves the 15 matches by beating Zverev will next face 46th- Valtteri Bottas sealed a move to for next month’s world cham- that only the Gold-winners we are seeing the positives from big stage. Big serve, big game Italian 13th seed Jannik ranked Lloyd Harris of South Alfa Romeo. pionships in Serbia as well. from the national champi- the tournament,” Tete said. overall. I know what to expect. Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 Africa, who eliminated US 22nd The British driver, 23, Amit Panghal (52kg), onships will make the squad for “We may not have won a Going to try to prepare a (9/7). seed Reilly Opelka 6-7 (6/8), 6- earns the move to the Silver Manish Kaushik (63kg), Vikas the world event scheduled to medal, but we have certainly good game plan and hope for Swiss 11th seed 4, 6-1, 6-3. Arrows after three campaigns Krishan (69kg), Ashish start on October 26 in Belgrade. gained a lot of confidence from the best.” Bencic eliminated Swiatek beat Bencic in their with Williams. Chaudhary (75kg) and Satish the way we played in Tokyo and The 34-year-old Serbian Polish seventh seed only prior meeting in February’s He also impressed in a Kumar (+91kg) had competed FOREIGN COACHES EXTN it’s definitely going to help us to star would become the first Iga Swiatek, last Adelaide final, but the Swiss has- one-off appearance for at the Tokyo Games. All of The BFI has sought a grow as a team and produce man since Rod Laver year’s n’t dropped a set this week and Mercedes at last year’s Sakhir them lost in the preliminary three-month extension for its much better results in the in 1969 to sweep all French has been broken only three Grand Prix as a stand-in for rounds barring Satish, who foreign coaches, whose con- future,” she added. four major titles in Open times. Hamilton after he tested posi- went down in the quarters. tracts were expiring this When asked about the most the same year by champion, Bencic next plays tive for coronavirus. Of these, Vikas, Satish and month, saying a review will be important things that helped capturing his fourth 7-6Raducanu, a US Open debutant “It’s a special day for me Ashish are nursing injuries done after the World India perform exceedingly well career US Open (14/12), who hasn’t dropped a set in four personally and professionally,” and have withdrawn. There is Championships for men and at the Olympics, Tete said, “We crown. 6-3. matches and easily disposed of Russell said in a statement no word yet on what Amit and women later this year. New Delhi: The Indian women’s always found a way to push the An epic shocker the woman who ousted top- from Mercedes. Manish would do but a source Indian boxing has two for- hockey team has gained a lot of ball forward and attack our seemed possible ranked Wimbledon champi- “I’d be lying if I said I was- said they might also skip the eign recruits in men’s High confidence from its stellar dis- opponents in the Olympics. We when Brooksby, a 20- on Ashleigh Barty. n’t absolutely buzzing,” he tournament due to “lack of Performance Director Santiago play at the the Tokyo Olympics, created many goal-scoring year-old American wild- Czech fourth seed added. “It’s a huge opportuni- practice time”. Nieva of Sweden and his according to midfielder Salima opportunities and ensured that card who hadn’t played Karolina Pliskova, this ty and one I want to grab with “They have opted out of the women’s team counterpart Tete, who feels the side showed we utilized our Penalty Corners Djokovic before, broke year’s Wimbledon runner- both hands. Nationals because they haven’t Rafaelle Bergamasco from Italy. signs of a bright future despite well. in the second and up, beat Russian 14th seed “But I’m under no illu- been able to train well since Both of them came on board in not ending on the podium. “And also we gave every- sixth games and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova sions as to the scale of the coming back from Tokyo. One 2017 and their contracts were The Indian women’s team thing we had on the pitch and fired a service win- 7-5, 6-4. She next faces challenge. It’s going to be a or two might still consider it to end after the Tokyo fought tooth and nail against never gave up, no matter what ner to claim the first And Sakkari. steep learning curve.” closer to the tournament but in Olympics. PTI some of the top teams in the the situation was.” PNS