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UNION MINISTER SMRITI IRANI DELHI UNIVERSITY VC SUSPENDED TPCC RULES OUT VIJAYASHANTI US SELF-STYLED GURU, GUILTY OF TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS BY PRESIDENT OVER ‘MISCONDUCT’ QUITTING CONGRESS PARTY LEADING SEX CULT JAILED FOR 120 YRS

nion Minister Smriti Irani has tested positive for he Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi, Yogesh Tyagi, has been ollowing a "courtesy call" on Telangana Pradesh "self-help" guru convicted of running a cult-like organization of sex slaves Ucoronavirus, she tweeted on Wednesday. It is rare Tsuspended on President Ram Nath Kovind's orders amid a controversy FCongress Committee campaign committee Awho were branded with his initials was sentenced to for me to search for words while making an over appointments, the union education ministry said on chairperson Vijayashanti, TPCC working president 120 years in prison by a New York judge Tuesday. The announcement; hence here's me keeping it simple - Wednesday. The education ministry had asked the President Kusuma Kumar said that she would not quit the effective life sentence for Keith Raniere, 60, comes I've tested positive for #COVID and would request to allow inquiry against the vice chancellor after a dispute Congress. Refuting media reports that after he was found guilty of coercing women into those who came in contact with me to get themselves over appointments to the university last week. On Tuesday Vijayashanti was inclined to join BJP, Kusuma having sex with him as the charismatic leader of tested at the earliest," she wrote. India's coronavirus night, the President allowed the inquiry against the vice Kumar said that Vijayasahnti had joined the Nxivm, a life-coaching group that attracted a coterie tally neared the 80-lakh mark on Wednesday, chancellor who was accused of "misconduct" by the Congress impressed by the UPA government's of rich and famous devotees. Followers signed up registering 43,893 new cases and 508 deaths ministry. In a letter to the university registrar, the education decision to grant statehood to Telangana. for $5,000, five-day self-help courses, but some in the last 24 hours. The country is fast ministry said that the vice chancellor was suspended till the "Moreover, she likes the leadership of Rahul were then financially and sexually exploited approaching the US in total infections inquiry is completed since he can influence the Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi". Because of and forced to follow a restrictive diet, as which is the world's worst-affected investigation while in office. Professor PC Joshi Corona virus, she had remained aloof Raniere -- known as "Vanguard" -- exerted nation with more than 87 lakh cases. will take over as vice chancellor for now. from election campaign, he said. control, his six-week trial heard.

Who created KTR TO BJP LEADERS: MIND YOUR LANGUAGE Property registration to Aarogya Setu? RTI body pulls ‘We too can abuse PM resume after 2 months up Govt Modi and Union Ministers' PNS n NEW DELHI KCR to launch Dharani today Millions of Indians have Minister lambasts BJP for using abusive language PNS n HYDERABAD installed the Aarogya Setu, a contact tracing app that the PNS n HYDERABAD state BJP leaders under control. BJP party, he observed: Lockdowns The Telangana State govern- government pushed as an In a chat with media per- "Telangana BJP leaders are changed consumer ment's shortfall in earnings essential tool in the fight Signaling that the pink party sons, KTR shared his feelings more active in social media through the Registration and against the coronavirus. But would not take lying down cer- on the unseemly political dis- than in society". buying behaviour Stamps Department crossed Rs while Aarogya Setu's website tain BJP leaders' intemperate course these days. He exuded Pointing to the economic 500 crore due to the suspension says it was developed by the remarks against Chief Minister his confidence that TRS would slowdown even before the out- on property registration for National Informatics Centre K Chandrashekar Rao, TRS win with a greater majority break of Corona pandemic, nearly two months. and the Information working president K T Rama than ever before in Dubbak. It KTR said, "The financial situ- Property transactions have Technology ministry, both Rao on Wednesday warned would not be a surprise if the ation has not been good at the been suspended across the state Uniform mutation fees for ULBs have denied knowledge of that, should TRS run out of Congress and BJP candidates Center for 24 months. Corona 8 since September 8 in the wake who created the app in patience, its leaders would not lost their deposits, he said. is not the only cause. of the Legislative Assembly The Telangana State government has decided to fix mutation fee response to a Right to hesitate to use similar language Coming down heavily on the 2 passing the new Revenue Act that would be uniformly applicable in all Urban Local Bodies, Information query. against Prime Minister and in line with the state gov- including GHMC, in the State. As per the G.O.Ms.No.184, the The Central Information Narendra Modi and Union ernment's decision to launch mutation fee would be “0.1 % of the registration value of the Commission has issued notice Ministers. Dharani portal for making all property transferred or Rs.1000/- in Municipalities and Rs.3000/- to the government for "evasive As for profanity, TRS won't property transactions complete- in Municipal Corporations, whichever is higher". 2 answers" on who created the tolerate it; still, if the situation ly online as a way to root out the Aarogya Setu app. "Denial of required, the pink party could deeply entrenched corruption in Chief Minister K 12.30 pm in Mudu information by authorities get far more abusive against the the Revenue Department and Chandrashekhar Rao will Chintalapally village of the cannot be accepted," the top saffron party leaders at appro- prevent irregularities in proper- launch the much-awaited Medchal-Malkajgiri district. RTI body says in the notice. priate time, KTR reasoned. In ty transactions. Dharani portal on Thursday at 2 2 the context, he recalled how the Chief Minister had pre- vented people from ridiculing (on social media) the Prime Minister during the lockdown. Oxford Covid vaccine may be ready by Jan’21 KTR advised Minister of State IT Minister K T Rama Rao receiving FTCCI team’s donation of Kishan Reddy to keep the Rs. 25,00,000 to CMRF on Wednesday PM slams ‘Yuvraj PNS n NEW DELHI of jungle raj', says The Oxford coronavirus vac- Ensuring two shots of vaccine poses a challenge KILLING OF NINE PEOPLE RJD has copyright cine produced by India's Serum NAVEENA GHANATE n HYDERABAD EC appoints police Institute could be ready as on kidnap early as December and the Considering experts' view that at least two doses of Coronavirus observer for first batch of 100 million doses vaccine are needed to ensure immunogenicity, there could be 24-yr old sentenced should be available by the sec- significant challenges and real problems in terms of logistics and Dubbak bypoll ond or third quarter of 2021, mass vaccination once a successful vaccine is out. Most of the 5 Adar Poonawalla, chief of the vaccine makers have announced that two doses are being used PNS n HYDERABAD to death by court Pune-based company told in clinical trials. Presently, vaccines of Bharat Biotech and Serum NDTV on Wednesday. Institute of India need to be administered in two doses and that The Election Commission of PNS n HYDERABAD "If we don't go for an emer- of Zydus Vaccine in three doses. Sources indicated that the India (ECI) on Wednesday gency license, our trials should government might go ahead with a single dose of vaccine appointed a police observer for In one of the fastest trials and be over by December and then initially, as it would facilitate quick control of the pandemic. the bypoll to Dubbak Assembly that too amid the COVID-19 we can maybe we can launch in 2 constituency. It has appointed pandemic, a 24-year old man India in January subject to the Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer was on Wednesday sentenced UK trial also being completed license if that's what the govern- not my place to do so - that's largest vaccine maker by num- Saroj Kumar Thakur as police to death by a court in which it's on the verge on being ment of India wants," he said. for the health ministry officials ber of doses produced, is work- observer to monitor the bypoll Telangana in the sensational completed," Poonawalla said. "That review could take to decide," he added. ing on several vaccine candi- to be held on November 3. The case of murder of nine people, "If the UK in the next two about two-three weeks I imag- Elaborating on the general dates for the novel coronavirus EC, in a statement, said that in including six members of a weeks were to unblind their ine and then you can have a availability of the vaccine, he - including the one from the exercise of powers con- family, in Warrangal in May study and share the data and be vaccine by December but all said, "We are aiming for 100 AstraZeneca- Oxford ferred on it by Article 324 of the this year. confident that it's safe, then we these would have to happen million available doses at first. University that has garnered Constitution and section 20B of Warrangal First Additional can, after two-three weeks, and I don't want to venture a This should be available by Q2- global headlines - as well as the Representation of the District and Sessions Judge K apply to the Indian regulator to guess whether that would hap- Q3 of 2021." developing its own. People's Act, 1961, Jayakumar awarded the capi- look at a possible emergency pen or not happen because it's Serum Institute, the world's 2 2 tal punishment to Sanjay Kumar Yadav after holding Many RTC buses him guilty under IPC section days since the date of the way past their age 302 (murder) and other rele- offence and as many as 67 Data Protection panel summons Jio, Airtel, Uber, Ola, Truecaller NO ‘FAKE NEWS' vant provisions. prosecution witnesses were PNS n NEW DELHI ent sittings on the panel separately on According to police, Yadav, examined during the trial held November 4. November 6. BJP MLA Raja Singh says a native of Bihar, killed the physically as per the lockdown The committee, chaired by Representatives of Representatives of nine people on May 20 by guidelines in view of COVID- BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, is Ola and Uber social media giants Sania involved in killing of ox mixing sleeping pills in their 19, public prosecutor M 4 examining the Personal Data have been called Facebook and food and then dumped them Satyanarayana Goud said. Protection Bill 2019. to appear before Twitter and e-com- PNS n HYDERABAD 'fake', on Wednesday BJP’s fire- in a well to cover up the mur- The chargesheet in the case According to the notice, the panel the next merce major brand MLA Raja Singh main- der of a woman with whom he was filed within a month of the TODAY representatives of Reliance Jio day. Amazon have already Although on Tuesday the police tained that tennis star Sania was having a live-in relation- killings and the trial was con- Infocomm and Jio Platforms Representatives deposed before the termed the 'news' regarding the Mirza was involved in the ship. ducted with the presence of ALMANAC have been called to depose of Airtel and Truecaller panel. shooting down of an ox at a killing of the animal. The judgement was deliv- just five people -- the Judge, Month & Paksham: before the panel on two differ- are scheduled to depose before 2 farm house on October 24th as 2 ered in five months and six 2 Ashwin & Shukla Paksha Panchangam Tithi : Dwadashi: 12:53 pm Hawala racket busted Nakshatram: Purva Bhadrapada: 09:11 am BCG will increase immunity in elderly: ICMR Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Rs 50 lakh seized PNS n HYDERABAD Rahukalam: 01:25 pm – 02:50 pm A recent study by ICMR found ‘Our data Household structure plays Yamagandam: 06:17 am – 07:42 am that BCG (Bacillus Calmette- nevertheless reveal at FM Club gate Guerin) vaccination induces Varjyam: 01:28 am – 03:16 am key role in Covid mortality enhanced innate and adaptive an important role for Gulika: 09:08 am - 10:33 am PNS n HYDERABAD immunity in elderly individu- BCG vaccination in ousehold structure plays an important factor in mortality due to HCovid19 as older people staying with their grown-up kids are at a Good Time: (to start any important work) als, which may prove beneficial boosting immune higher risk than those living separately. As per Lancet study Amritakalam: 06:38 am – 08:25 am The North Zone task force against Covid-19. In an ongo- team busted a hawala racket, ing study, scientists at the responses in the conducted in Stockholm, Sweden “Older adults living in the most- Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:36 am – 12:22 pm nabbed a person involved in it, council have found that the elderly population’ crowded households had higher Covid-19 mortality (73 deaths per and seized Rs 50 lakh from his vaccine induces increased 1,000 person-years) than those living in the least-crowded possession on Wednesday. memory cell responses and households (=60 m2 per individual; 22 deaths per 1,000 person- HYDERABAD Acting on a tip, the police total antibody production in years”. They study points that living in the most-crowded WEATHER initially intercepted a car near elderly. households was associated with an increased hazard of death from the Fateh Maidan Club, in the BCG shots are being given as both Covid-19 and other causes compared with living in the least- Forecast: Partly cloudy crowded households. Temp: 29/21 limits of Saifabad PS, and a protection against tuberculo- nisation programme. of these changes in the immune The study states, “Living in mixed-age households (as compared Humidity: 59% found huge quantity of unac- sis and leprosy, neonatal sepsis The authors of the study system, our data nevertheless with living with other older adults) was associated with higher Sunrise: 06.13 am counted money being illegal- and respiratory infections, thus said: “Our study reveals an reveal an important role for Covid-19 mortality, consistent with the previous suggestion of a Sunset: 05.45 pm ly transported in the vehicle lowering childhood mortality. effect of BCG in inducing BCG vaccination in boosting higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in these households through Current Weather Conditions and apprehended one This vaccine is administered to heightened total antibody lev- immune responses in the elder- indirect exposure to outside social groups”. Updated October 28, 2020 5:00 PM Abbagonolla Avinash Goud. babies at birth as part of the els. Although our study did not ly population. 2 2 government’s universal immu- examine the functional effects 2 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020 hyderabad 02

Hawala racket busted... GARBAGE PILE-UP RAISES Govt firm on creating infra Continued from page 1 in rural areas, says Puvvada The police took Avinash Goud, a 36-year-old realtor ALARM IN HYDERABAD PNS n KOTHEGUDAM and businessman, into cus- tody. Agency villages in Telangana During questioning, he PNS n HYDERABAD help us on a regular basis, and have been witnessing rapid disclosed that he was into real the wastage heap not just cre- development in the TRS rule, estate business in and around As the flood water recedes, it ates stink but there are many stated Transport Minister P Hyderabad and Coimbatore left behind tonnes of stinky fly and mosquitoes also are Ajay Kumar. He laid the foun- Dist, Tamilnadu State. garbage in the city. However, coming to our houses. Since dation stone for BT roads and "To develop his business, despite the GHMC cleaning the pandemic is also going on, bridges at various villages in he borrowed 50 lakhs of tonnes of garbage, much of it we are worried about our Manugur, Aswapuram and rupees from Ramesh hailing is still lying unattended in sev- health." Karakagudem mandals of from Srikalahasthi, Chittoor eral localities and roads. People have also been voic- Kothagudem district on Dist, Andhra Pradesh State. Several citizens have raised ing their concern on Twitter Wednesday. Speaking on the The lender Ramesh sent the the issue regarding the garbage and other social media plat- occasion he said Chief money through a Hawala not only stinking but also forms. Sharing the photo of Minister K Chandrashekhar agent by identification with being the hub of diseases. one of the localities, Serish, Rao was giving priority to unique code and the accused Iqbal Razvi, a resident of wrote, "Hyderabad needs help. create infrastructure in rural sought to know why maize was to educate the farmers that Abbagonolla Avinash Moghalpura said, "We have See the destruction in just one areas. Similarly, the State gov- grown in over 17,000 acres maize would not be procured received the net cash near heaps of garbage in our local- lane near the Falaknuma ernment was also providing despite restrictions. The officials by the government in the next Karachi Bakery, MJ Market ities that the GHMC hasn't Palace. The flood didn't basic facilities like drinking have to take the responsibility season and the crop would not with an intention to transport come to take. The issue is the destroy homes. It trashed them water supply under Mission if the maize was cultivated in fetch good price either, he the same to Tamil Nadu for GHMC vehicles come till the thoroughly. It dwarfs anything Bhagiratha even in remote vil- the yasangi season. There were noted. Though the maize was investment in real rstate busi- main road, and do not come to that I have seen (sic)." While lages in the State. chances of taking up maize cul- procured at Rs 900 per quin- ness. He failed to produce the smaller lanes. So, there is another user, shared a picture Later on the day, Ajay Kumar tivation in Aswaraopet and tal in other states, the govern- relevant documents pertain- a lot of waste accumulating of garbage on the city roads at reviewed arrangements made Dammapet mandals, hence the ment offered a price of Rs ing to the cash transactions," there. And no one bothers to various places. About 14,581 for 2020-21 paddy and cotton officials should educate the 1,825 per quintal in the last said K.Nageswar Rao, North come to collect it." a resident of Saroornagar, NGOs have been very support- rubbish piles have been procurement and Yasangi agri- farmers not to take up the crop. season. Agriculture officials Zone task force Inspector of At various places in the city shares, "The GHMC garbage ive and they have been helping removed from the affected culture action plan for Measures have to be taken to should educate the farmers to Police. citizens are relying on NGOs to vehicle didn't visit our area for us dispose our garbage. areas till Tuesday, under special Bhadradri Kothagudem dis- carry out an extensive aware- adopt modern and cost-effec- The apprehended accused collect their garbage. E Bahajaj, weeks. However, the local However, these NGOs can't sanitation drive by the GHMC. trict. Addressing the officials he ness campaign in the villages tive farming methods. was handed over to the Saifabad Police for further investigation. 24-yr old sentenced... Property registration to... We too can abuse... Uniform Continued from page 1 Kumar directed all the district e-challan towards stamp duty, Continued from page 1 the state. He said, "On what Continued from page 1 living in Warangal for the last collectors to ensure complete mutation and other charges, an basis did Kishan Reddy say mutation fees six years, had mixed sleeping Touted as the state's biggest e- preparedness in terms of staff appointment is booked. On the Now, the Finance Minister is that the Telangana govern- the public Prosecutor, defence pills in the food taken by the governance portal, Dharani is and infrastructure for effec- given date, the land seller, buyer saying that GDP is zero. ment failed in handling coro- counsel, bench clerk and the nine, and after they fell uncon- designed to radically transform tively rendering citizens services and witnesses have to arrive at Responding to the remarks of navirus pandemic? Did the for ULBs accused on most days besides scious dragged each of them the way land records are main- through Dharani portal upon its the Tahsildar office. 'Act of God' by Finance BJP-ruled states do better than Continued from page 1 the witnesses as and when and threw them into the well, tained and issued, with the launch. The data entry operator will Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Telangana? their presence was required, he police had said. The bodies of gamut of operations being made Under the new system, the enter the details of witnesses KTR said that BJP was run- BJP leaders are talking As per the GO, mutation said. the four people -- head of the online. The portal was initially Tahsildars of all the 570 man- into the website, along with ning WhatsApp University to about Hyderabad floods. Why fee would be collected in Pronouncing the verdict, family, 48- year-old Maqsood planned to be launched on dals will also function as the photo/biometric details send false messages to blame not talk about Bangalore all ULBs, including the judge observed that the from West Bengal who had Dasara (October 25), but had to joint sub-registrars for registra- obtained from them. The others when they mismanage. floods?" GHMC, at the time of reg- convict committed a heinous migrated to Warangal over 20 be postponed due to heavy tion of agricultural properties, Tahsildar and joint sub-registrar KTR said that BJP would give KTR said that he did not istration of immovable crime and termed the case as years ago, his wife, daughter rains across the state. while Sub-registrars will con- will approve the registration, fol- even Goebbels a run for his consider Revanth Reddy as an properties by way of sale rarest of the rare and therefore, and three-year old grandson - Official sources said that the duct registration of non-agricul- lowed which the process of money through its fake propa- actual leader. and gift. imposed the capital punish- - were retrieved from the well damage to the fibre optic net- tural properties through their printing, scanning and upload- ganda. "Yesterday he was in TDP, The order was passed to ment, Goud said. on May 21. work in some parts of state due respective offices in 142 loca- ing of the documents is com- KTR slammed BJP leaders today in Congress and might facilitate the process of Assistant Commissioner of A day later, the bodies of to heavy rains had delayed the tions across the State. pleted. Further, the Tahsildar for claiming that the Center soon join BJP. People do not "auto mutation", whereby, Police Shyam Sunder told PTI Maqsoods two sons, a friend completion of preparatory The registration, succession and joint sub-registrar will com- had been giving money for all care about him. Congress lead- whenever there is a trans- "Within one month, the charge and two other men, employed works relating to the Dharani and even partition of agriculture plete digital signing of the doc- welfare schemes taken up by ers would soon switch parties". action in respect of any sheet was filed with sufficient in the unit, were fished out of portal. The officials encountered lands has been simplified to uments as well as mutation, immovable property, the material and documentary the well. Investigations and problems during the trial run of ensure that the entire process is before all relevant documents mutation of such proper- evidence and extensive use of CCTV footage led police to the portal. In some cases, glitch- completed within a few minutes are handed over to the buyer. ty in municipal records technology". Yadav who told them that he es came up due to slow broad- and the e-pattadar passbook is The state government used to will take place automati- Mystery had shrouded the had murdered the nine as band service. The government provided to the land owners earn Rs 10 crore per day on an BCG will increase... cally and through online recovery of the nine bodies Maqsoods wife threatened to has already instructed officials immediately. The documents average through property reg- mode in Dharani portal, from the well on the premis- complain to the police about at the district and mandal lev- pertaining to registration, muta- istrations. Continued from page 1 nated group. After a month, the coinciding with the es of a gunny bag manufactur- her missing niece whom he els to get private broadband tion, succession, and partition Therefore, the government investigations showed the pos- process of registration ing unit in Gorrekunta village had killed on March 6 this connections exclusively for the too are provided on the spot. has lost over Rs 500 crore since Whether this translates to itive impact of BCG vaccination done by the sub-registrar of Warangal, sending shock year. He had killed the woman portal for installation of high- Initially, the citizen has to log September 8, when property improved protective immunity on various immunity cell, that concerned. waves in the town. after she came to know about speed broadband network con- into the Dharani portal and transactions were suspended to non–specific infections like included B cells and T cells or However, the police cracked him getting closer to her necting all MRO offices in 570 book a slot by filling applications pending launch of Dharani SARS243 CoV2 remains to be memory as well as total anti- the case and arrested Yadav on daughter, the prosecution had mandals. for registration, succession or portal upon updating all prop- determined”.From July 2020 body levels in those who were May 25.Yadav, who had been said. Chief Secretary Somesh partition. Upon payment of an erty records online. through September 2020, 86 given the vaccine shots. As per Household individuals were enrolled in the the authors of the paper that is study, with 54 in the vaccinat- yet to be peer-reviewed, “BCG structure plays... ed arm and 32 in the unvacci- vaccination was associated with Data Protection... nated arm. All the vaccinated enhanced innate and adaptive Continued from page 1 Who created Ensuring two ... individuals were followed up at memory cell 46 subsets, as well Continued from page 1 month 1 post vaccination with as total antibody levels in elder- However, the study also Continued from page 1 AIIMS Delhi, it will take at no loss to follow-up. There were ly individuals, suggesting its found high Covid-19 mor- Aarogya Setu?... Google and Paytm are sched- least a year to immunise the 34 males and 20 females in the potential utility in 47 SARS- tality in care homes.The uled to appear before the However, it will leave some whole country. Currently states BCG vaccinated and 15 males Cov2 infection by enhancing foregoing observations panel on October 29. sections of the population are strategizing on how to and 17 females in the unvacci- heterologous immunity.” were made not just in Continued from page 1 The Personal Data vulnerable, since the desired give those two doses. Dr. Sweden, but in Telangana Protection Bill was intro- level of immunity is achieved Sudhir Kumar, Senior as well. "None of the Chief Public The departments duced in Lok Sabha by usually with two doses. Consultant Neurologist, Senior officials from the Information Officers were concerned have been Minister of Electronics and Manohar Bhat, Director, Apollo Hospitals, said: "An Health Department con- able to explain anything Information Technology Ravi Medihauxe Pharma Pvt Ltd, effective vaccine is the most firmed that youngsters who regarding who created the asked to appear Shankar Prasad on December said, "The scale of adult vacci- important method of winning neglected Covid-19 norms app, where are the files, and before the commission 11, 2019. The bill seeks to nation distribution is vast… It over Covid-19 pandemic, as have infected many elderly. this is extremely preposter- provide for protection of per- has never been done before. there is no cure for it. So, Some of them have even ous." on November 24 sonal data of individuals and The double doses of vaccine, everyone would need this vac- succumbed to the virus due The departments con- establishment of a data pro- with a gap of one month in cine. Depending on its effica- to negligence of people who cerned have been asked to He had asked for details tection authority for the between, may add more com- cy, single or two doses per per- go outside. An official said, appear before the commis- like the origin of the pro- same. plexity to the distribution. son could be needed. For “Joint families living in sion on November 24. posal for the app, its The bill was later referred Besides it is the largest ever India, this translates to 135 bastis in small houses with Activist Saurav Das had approval details, the compa- to a joint select committee of vaccination program in the crore units of vaccine or 270 less facilities were also a complained to the infor- nies involved, individuals both Houses of Parliament. history of mankind. Another crore, if two doses per person reason for spread of infec- mation commission that and government depart- The proposed law seeks bar huge challenge will be avail- are needed". However, Union tion in the initial days. various ministries had failed ments included, and copies on storing and processing of ability of medical devices such Health Minister Harsha Vardhan There are several instances to provide information of communications between personal data by entities as auto disposable syringes, has said that India is expected to where one person infected about the creation of the private people involved in without the explicit consent needles required for delivery of receive and utilise 400-500 mil- 20 or 30 persons belonging app. developing the app. of an individual. the vaccine". According to lion doses by July 2021. to a family. This observa- tion was made not only in rural areas, but also in Hyderabad”. Oxford Covid Raja Singh vaccine... EC appoints police... HYDERABAD Continued from page 1 machinery and alleged that the the police with trying to plant says Sania... BULLION RATES Continued from page 1 police had framed the case by the cash bag at the residence of it has appointed Saroj Kumar planting money. BJP leaders only to implicate Continued from page 1 GOLD More than 150 potential Thakur as police observer for It all started on Monday them inelection-related cases. ` 52, 060 (10 gm) vaccines are being developed the Dubbak bypoll scheduled when some police personnel Although police claimed The shooting incident in ques- and tested globally, with 38 to be held on November 3. reached the house of that they had seized the tion took place at a farm ` 640 in human trials, and candi- Solipeta Sujatha Reddy from Ramgopal Rao, father-in-law amount from BJP leaders, house located in Damagudem SILVER dates from Moderna Inc, TRS, Madavaneni of BJP candidate in Dubbak party activists said that police forest area of Vikarabad dis- ` 62,400 (1kg) Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Raghunandan Rao from BJP bye-election M. Raghunandan came with the money and trict. Citing the versions of res- ` 0 Plc are already in late-stage and Cheruku Srinivas Reddy Rao, at Lecturers Colony in tried to plant it in house of idents there, Raja Singh said it trials. from Congress are in the fray. Siddipet town. The police Ramgopal Rao. They even was Sania who had shot dead There are no immediate The bypoll results will be claimed that they conduct- recorded police coming with the ox. The BJP MLA point- CHICKEN concerns about the safety of declared on November 10. ed raids on houses of eight per- money bag and how BJP ed out that the villagers were RATES `/KG the Oxford vaccines, Adar The move assumes signifi- sons and seized as much as ? activists tried to overpower also talking about the killing Poonawalla said, adding that cance in the backdrop of the 18.65 lakh cash. The police also them and seize the bag. In one of a peacock by Sania in the Dressed/With Skin `197 though early indicators are row over seizure of nearly Rs stated that they conducted video that went viral on social past in their surroundings. He Without Skin `224 all positive, it will take a year 18 lakh in cash by police and raids on the residence of TRS media, a party worker is seen demanded that the Telangana Broiler at Farm `136 or two to be certain that the revenue officials at the resi- leader and Municipal chair- snatching the money from the Government should order a vaccine candidate will have dence the of family members man K. Rajanarsu and could police and flashing it at the detailed investigation into the a long-term effect. of BJP candidate M not find any amount. camera. Following this, the killing of the ox. EGG "We cannot comment on Raghunandan Rao and subse- BJP workers confronted a opposition BJP and Congress Raja Singh’s latest allegations RATES the cost yet since we are in quent charges that the police policeman moving in a “suspi- candidates lodged complaints have surprised political circles `/100 talks with the government. had made attempt to 'plant' the cious manner” and claimed to with the EC, accusing the TRS as they come after so-called HYDERABAD 505 But I would say it would be money in question. have found that he was carry- government of misusing police preliminary investigations by VIJAYAWADA 529 in the range of a couple of Both TRS and BJP levelled ing money in a bag. They machinery to win elections the police into the ox killing hundred rupees with the allegations against each other alleged that the bag was and sought the appointment of incident and the official claim VISAKHAPATNAM 522 rest being absorbed by the over cash seizure. BJP accused brought from a neighbouring a police observer to monitor that the whole thing was 'fake RETAIL PRICE `5.05 government," he said. TRS of misusing police house. BJP workers charged the bypoll. news'. (IN HYDERABAD)

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CITY LIGHTS Speed up restoration, Adventure Academy opens The city is moving again! relief works: Minister at Dr MCRHRD Institute NAMRATA SRIVASTAVA around after so long," shares n HYDERABAD Geeta Rao, Administrative PNS n HYDERABAD al municipal workers have r MCR HRD Institute Officer of BM Birla Science been appointed to take up san- Director General B P Several people have started Centre. She adds, "We are Municipal Administration itation drives across the areas DAcharya on Wednesday moving out of the home and making sure that we check Minister KT Rama Rao held a apart from spraying disinfec- said participation in adventure travelling with the city after their temperature before allow- review meeting on Wednesday tants, collecting garbage, clear- sports and eco-tourism will remaining confined during the ing them in. The place is well with GHMC, HMWSSB, ing the puddles actively. empower officer trainees to pandemic and later due to sanitised and also we have Electricity, and Municipal Through the ongoing spe- face challenges in real life heavy rains. The footfall in kept hand sanitizer every- Administration department cial sanitation drive, 3500 boldly, and thereby emerge as major tourist attractions in where." officials to discuss the ongoing metric tonnes of waste has the best and the brightest civil servants.“Mere academic inputs are not city such as Golconda and The parks have also been a relief and restoration works in been collected, and so far, enough, true and everlasting learning takes place only when it is Charminar has increased in the place people have started to go rain-affected areas. about 18000 metric tonnes of accompanied with inputs from extra-curricular and out-door activities,” past few days. again. Several people have During the meeting, KTR waste has been collected Acharya said after inaugurating the office of Adventure Academy of The Nehru Zoological Park finally been able to go out and instructed the officials to through these drives, the offi- Telangana. The Adventure Academy will help All India Services and too has seen a lot of foot fall exercise in public parks. speed up the relief and restora- cials informed the Minister. Civil Services Officers, and other officers who attend the Foundation after the rains. Pranita J, a resident of tion works in GHMC and Minister asked the officials Courses, to develop a spirit of adventure, participate in trekking in N Kshitija, the curator of the Dommalguda said, surrounding areas. He asked to provide helpline numbers to Nilgiri Hills, with a sense of confidence, and thereby understand the zoo said, "We have been expe- ner of the zoo is cleaned prop- well. However, they had to "I couldn't go for daily the officials to work towards citizens through which they concepts of leadership, group dynamics, team building, decision riencing a great response. In erly. We haven't been able to close the area where the wall exercise for the time it rained. bringing back normalcy in can ask the GHMC to clear the making, among others in total frame of reference, he said. fact over the festival weekend open the safari or the train as had collapsed due to the tor- But after that I have seen an these areas. debris and flood related trash we welcomed nearly 4000 they are the worst affected rential rains. increase in the number of peo- GHMC officials informed which got accumulated during guests to the zoo. We have due to the rain. But, otherwise Apart from these places, ple in both KBR Park and the Minister that Rs 10,000 these heavy rains. KTR asked asked people not to create a the zoo is in a great shape." Birla Museum and art gallery Indira Park. Many come to assistance is being handed the officials to rope in resident CyberReady programme to crowd, but we can't keep polic- ASI officials confirm that the has also been attracting visi- walk or run. But I see several over to the rain and flood- welfare associations and ing around. The cleaning staff Golconda fort has been receiv- tors. "It's good to see so many people just come to take in affected families at a fast pace. NGOs for more assistance in impart skills to 10K people is making sure that every cor- ing encouraging footfall as people come in and look fresh air as well." They also stated that addition- providing relief measures. he Covid pandemic has forced many to Twork from home. There has been an ACB sleuths increased online SW monsoon withdraws from TS presence to get the open tainted work done. This has PNS n HYDERABAD also increased the official's bank incidence of cyber Southwest monsoon has with- attacks. Keeping in view locker drawn from Telangana and of the growing risk PNS n HYDERABAD also from the entire country on perception and security landscape, DIGITHON in association with Wednesday, according to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), USA supported by TITA has Telangana Anti-Corruption Meteorological Centre here. announced the launch of a one month 'CyberReady programme'. Bureau officials who opened Conditions are becoming Digithon has invited applications for new batch which will start from the bank locker of tainted favourable for commence- November 9. The training aims at preparing 10,000 people to protect Mahabubnagar municipal ment of Northeast Monsoon the cyber infrastructure and digital assets in TS. The programme will be commissioner found Rs 44.6 rains over parts of extreme offered in association with the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), lakh worth of gold, silver orna- South Peninsula today. Dry which is one of the top-rated universities in the USA. The roles in the ments and cash on Wednesday. weather is likely to prevail in maximum temperature of 34 perature of 17.5 degree cybersecurity realm include network administrator, junior IT auditor, penetration teaser, security specialist, security engineer, security It may be recalled here that, Telangana till November 2, degree celsius was recorded at Celsius in Hyderabad since analyst, threat intelligence analyst, application security analyst, incident SI, constable held on October 22, Mahabubnagar the bulletin said. The highest Adilabad and the lowest tem- the last 24 hours. response or handler and threat hunter among others. district municipal commis- sioner Vadde Surendar was caught red-handed at his office for accepting bribe by the ACB officials taking a bribe of Rs 1.65 lakh from a Guinness recognition for Grace PNS n HYDERABAD him. complainant Ali Ahamed Based on the complaint Khan to do an official favor. Foundation’s virtual cancer run Telangana Anti-Corruption from Santosh Reddy, ACB The trap amount of Rs 1.65 Bureau (ACB) sleuths nabbed sleuths set up a trap near lakh was recovered from his ity-based Grace Cancer Foundation has received recognition from a Sub-Inspector and police Gandhi Nagar police station possession. The accused was Guinness World Records for its virtual ‘Cancer Run’ held on constable working in Gandhi and nabbed Laxminarayana arrested and produced before COctober 10. The records acknowledged by Guinness World Nagar police station of red-handed while he was the court for ACB cases. Records were for accruing ‘Most live viewers for a female health Hyderabad commissionerate accepting the bribe amount of "In continuation of the awareness lesson on YouTube as part of Cancer Awareness Drive’ and for allegedly demanding and Rs. 30,000 through police con- investigation against Surendar for ‘Most videos of people running/ jogging uploaded to Facebook in accepting bribe of Rs 30,000 stable Nimmala Naresh from in graft case, a locker at the one hour as part of Cancer Awareness Drive’.. According to the Cancer for an official favour on the complainant Santosh Indian Overseas Bank in Foundation, the virtual cancer run, organised to spread awareness on Wednesday. Reddy. Hayathnagar, held in the name cancer, attracted one lakh participants from over 115 countries. The According to ACB sleuths, The accused officers per- of Surendar and his wife, was Guinness World Records was formally given to the Foundation by Rishi Laxminarayana, Sub Inspector formed their duty improper- opened on Wednesday. The Nath, Adjudicator, Swapnil Dangarikar, Official Adjudicator and Sonia of Police, demanded Rs 30,000 ly and dishonestly to obtain officials recovered Rs 27.44 Chadha Nihal, Commercial Account Manager – APAC and India, from M Santosh Reddy, who undue advantage. lakh net cash, 808 grams of Guinness World Records, in a virtual event on Wednesday. “I am was accused in a cheating Subsequently, the accused offi- gold ornaments valued at Rs humbled by Guinness acknowledging and presenting two titles for our case, for favouring him during cers were arrested and sent to 17.24 lakh and 71 grams of sil- achievements aimed at spreading awareness about cancer,” said Dr investigation and not booking judicial custody. Further inves- ver ornaments valued at Rs Chinnababu Sunkavalli, CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation said. further similar cases against tigation is underway. 1,280," said ACB.

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Principal Secretary of Urban Development Arvind Kumar inspects disinfection drive in city on Wednesday. Minister KT Rama Rao directed a ten-day intensive sanitation and disinfection drive to clean the accumulated debris and garbage, especially in the 230 localities that were inundated recently under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits. An additional 495 sanitation and 100 disinfectant spraying vehicles were deployed. Man gets life term Tipsy man falls for killing mother PNS n HYDERABAD asleep on bike A local court in LB Nagar on Wednesday PNS n HYDERABAD sentenced a 45-year-old man to undergo life imprisonment for killing his mother. Traffic police in Hyderabad The accused identified as B Kondaiah, found an inebriated man who was in financial crisis had insisted his asleep on his bike on the road mother to give money. As she refused to in the busy IT corridor of give money, he planned to eliminate her. Madhapur. On the wee hours of July 13, 2016, he According to Cyberabad knocked the door of his mother's room. Traffic Police, the man was "When his mother opened the door, he found sleeping on his Honda pushed her into the room due to which she Active on the road near IKEA fell down. He bashed her head to cot due underpass. to which she received grievous injuries to Satyanarayana, an office her head. Later, he strangled her to boy, was returning from a death," said police. After confirming her bank at Gachibowli on Centre observes in CCTV a death, he tried to portray it as an acciden- Tuesday in inebriated condi- man sleeping on his bike on tal death by burning the blood stained tion. He parked his bike by the mid road and alerts Madhapur clothes of her mother after changing her roadside and fell asleep. Traffic Police," tweeted clothes. He created a fabricated story that Cyberabad Traffic Comm- Cyberabad Traffic Police. she fell down and died due to head injury. and and Control Centre According to police, on Investigation officer Ch Ranga Swamy, observed the man on CCTV examination, his Blood Inspector of Police, investigated it and filed and alerted police station. Alcohol Content (BAC) read- a charge sheet. During the trail, the local "Booking of every drunken ing was found 334 mg/ 100 ml court in LB Nagar awarded him life drive case is prevention of a of blood. He was booked for imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2,000 on potential accident. Cyberabad drunken driving and also for Wednesday. Traffic Command and Control driving without documents. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020 hyderabad 04 Many RTC buses way past their age Seven held for kidnapping

PNS n HYDERABAD doctor for Rs 10 cr ransom The Telangana State Road RTC to extend cargo service PNS n HYDERABAD Transportation Corporation Behjat Hussain (TSRTC) requires 1,100 new PNS n HYDERABAD The chicken available in Ankapur Cyberabad Police on was rescued by buses, including 60 multi-axle has craze among food lovers in Wednesday arrested seven per- high-end buses and 150 The RTC parcel and cargo Hyderabad. Daily, the RTC parcel sons for kidnapping a city the police at Rajadhani a/c and other super services has earned Rs 2 crore and cargo services transport 30- doctor for Rs 10 crore ransom. Anantapur early luxury buses to operate its since June this year delivering 50 kg of Ankapur chicken from Hours after the doctor was res- buses to long distances. The over 5.2 lakh parcels to Ankapur in Nizamabad district to cued by police in Andhra on Wednesday APSRTC had already acquired customers in GHMC limits. The Hyderabad. Rs 650 per kg is Pradesh's Anantapur district, when a four- new buses to operate inter-state RTC has plans to extend the being charged to deliver Cyberabad Police member team of bus services. parcel and cargo services online. Ankapur chicken, which includes Commissioner VC Sajjanar However, many of the buses It is preparing to deliver the the RTC parcel charges. announced the arrest of seven abductors was acquired by the TSRTC - 1,000 goods at the door-step of the The demand for Ankapur accused while six others, taking him to buses four years ago and 300 customers. The goods delivered chicken would be very high including the main accused, a subsequently - became outdat- include the famed Ankapur especially during weekends. relative of the doctor, are Bengaluru in a ed. Therefore, it is forced to run of the buses have become dam- the financial crunch, the RTC chicken, Appalu and Sakinalu Many people will place their absconding. car worn out buses to long distance aged and need immediate is contemplating to acquire available in Siddipet, Sarvapindi order one or two days prior to Behjat Hussain, a 56-year- destinations. The RTC is forced replacement. The RTC requires these buses also under hire specifically available in the week-end. The parcels reach old dentist, was kidnapped to pay attention to acquisition at least RS 450 crore to aqcuire with the RTC. Many drivers of Karimnagar, handicrafts among Jubilee and MG Bus Station by from his clinic in Kismpatpur joined hands with Ganesh of the new buses. In the recent 1,100 buses. Since the RTC has the RTC have no work as other things. RTC special officer 10 am of the next day of placing under the limits of alias Guniya of Pune, and official level talks between the been facing fund shortage, the 3,500 of its fleet strength is Ramakant said that the RTC the order. Rajendranagar police station through him, hired other RTCs of the two states, the government has to provide under hire with the RTC. cargo services would deliver Meanwhile, the RTC parcel on Tuesday. He was rescued by from Australia after incur- accused Sumit Chandrakanth issue of acquisition of new either the grant or loan to the At least, 5,000 drivers are these products the next day if services is preparing the ground the police at Anantapur early ring huge losses and started Bhosale, Akshay Balu Vairekar buses figured in the talks. RTC. The multi-axle buses found to be surplus in the the order were to be placed the to deliver the parcels at the on Wednesday when a four- real estate business in and Vicky Datta Shinde, all The Garuda and Garuda cost the RTC Rs 1.5 crore, RTC. If buses under hire with day before. Nirmal toys, door-step of the customer as the member team of abductors Hyderabad and Pune. He, residents of Pune. The main plus bus services acquired by while Rajadhani buses cost RS the RTC are increased, many Pembarti handicrafts, demand for the parcel services was taking him to Bengaluru along with Mubashir Ahmed accused also joined hands the TSRTC in 2017 became 55 lakh and super luxry buses RTC drivers will become job- Pochampalli and Gadwal sarees evoked good response from in a car. While one abductor alias Khaled, who was his with Imran and his brother old. The high-end model of cost RS 36 lakh each. The less. At least 2,000 of the and their handloom textiles will customers, manufacturers and was arrested, the remaining business partner in Australia, Irfan who hail from multi-axle buses, belonging to ordinary express and Palle 5,000 idle drivers have been be delivered through the parcel businessmen. The RTC is managed to escape. hatched a plan to kidnap the Kukatpally in Hyderabad. Scania company, have five lakh Velugu buses costs between Rs provided with other kinds of services, he added. updating its website. Sajjanar said the police doctor for a ransom to make They formed two separate km on their odometers against 25 lakh and Rs 30 lakh. work. If the number of out of cracked the case within 12 easy money. teams for execution of their the targeted 7.5 lakh km. Some The buses under hire with work drivers is to increase, the hours with the cooperation by Mubashir, through plan, one for abduction of the of these buses require urgent the RTC are increasing. The RTC has no option except 1500 buses of the RTC will Therefore, he said that the their counterparts from Musthafa, took a flat on rent victim and the other 'escort replacement. RTC is acquiring the buses implementing the VRS. Raji soon become scrap. The RTC should buy more buses Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka from the doctor at Bandlaguda team' headed by Puneet of Currently, the RTC has 1,100 under hire with the RTC Reddy, employees' union gen- TSRTC has refused to and operate its services to 1.1 and Maharashtra. According and kept a close watch on the Udupi in Karnataka. His team own buses and 3,500 buses unable to acquire new buses. So eral secretary, appeals to the increase its distance of oper- lakh kms. The prestige of the to police, main accused movements of the victim comprised Sanjay, Siri and under hire with the RTC. far, the RTC has acquired the government to give a grant of ation by 1.1 lakh km is attrib- RTC will enhance only upon Musthafa, who is a relative of through housekeeper Prithvi, who all hail from Majority of the RTC own fleet high-end buses. Because of Rs 700 to the RTC. In fact, uted to shortage of buses. purchasing new buses. the victim's wife, had returned Mohammed Raheem. They Udupi.

Vijayashanti FUN TIME takes a dig at TS Corona cases surge to 1,481 PNS n HYDERABAD daily media bulletin released by Harish Rao the office of the director of PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana on Wednesday public health and family wel- reported 1,481 new Covid fare, 1,451 people recovered Congress TPCC president N cases, taking the state's tally to from the virus during the 24- campaign Uttam Kumar Reddy 2,34,152. After reporting daily hour period that ended 8 p.m. committee shares a light count of less than 1,000 for Tuesday. The state's recovery chairperson three days due to fewer tests, rate improved to 91.78 per cent Vijayashanti moment by playing the cases surged to over 1,400 as against the national average on Wednes volley ball with the as the authorities conducted of 90.7 per cent. day expressed youth of Cheekode 40,081 tests. The authorities The total number of active doubts whether the votes had drastically reduced the cases stands at 17,916 of which would be counted in Chief village amidst the number of daily tests due to 14,883 are in home or institu- Minister K Chandrasekhar hectic by-election week-end and Dussehra holi- tional isolation. During the last Rao's farmhouse once the campaign in Dubbak days and this had led to a big 24 hours, 40,081 samples were polling in Dubbak by-polls drop in number of cases. tested in 18 government-run are over. on Wednesday Four deaths during the last age of deaths due to Covid-19 highest number of cases at 138 laboratories, 46 private labora- Responding through social 24 hours pushed the death toll was 44.96 while the remaining followed by Rangareddy (111), tories and 1,076 Rapid Antigen media to Finance Minister T to 1,319. The fatality stands at 55.04 had co-morbidities. Khammam (82), Nalgonda test centres. According to offi- Harish Rao's remarks that the 0.56 per cent against the Greater Hyderabad reported (82), Bhadradri Kothagudem cials, 37,237 samples were test- Congress and the BJP would national average of 1.5 per 279 new cases. Medchal (79), Karimnagar (79) and ed in government-run labora- forfeit deposits in Dubbakl cent. Officials said the percent- Malkajgiri recorded the second Suryapet (47). According to the tories and 2,844 in private. by-polls, she said that the remarks of Harish Rao have been fuelling doubts whether the TRS has fixed match on 97.58% qualify in TS EdCET-20 the outcome of the polls. Marketing dept to procure In a message posted on Hyderabad: A total of 97.58 Papi Reddy at Osmania her Facebook account, she per cent (29,861) have quali- University. This year, Sara said that she was at a loss of fied out of 30,600 candidates Tulasi of Sangareddy understanding why Harish who appeared for Telangana (Biological Sciences), Lakshmi crops through its staff Rao has been taking so much State Education Common Gayatri Mallavarapu of pain to ensure the victory of Entrance Test 2020. The Hyderabad (English), Yedire PNS n HYDERABAD the TRS in the by-polls results of the entrance test Shravan Kumar of Vikarabad forced on Dubbak due to were announced by Telangana (Mathematics) bagged first The Marketing Department death of the ruling party State Council of Higher rank in their respective has decided to procure crops MLA. Education chairman Prof. T methodologies. through its employees and earn commission. Hitherto ‘Postpone 2nd phase the Marketing Department employees used to ensure that the agencies procuring crops of Eamcet counselling’ Cotton procurement from Oct 29 follow the rules. Therefore, the employees of the depart- PNS n HYDERABAD marks for the intermediate PNS n WARANGAL Reddy conducted a review tion). "The rice millers should ment will procure the crops students to appear for the meeting on the procurement of cooperate with the govern- from farmers and hand them the department its revenue to cures red gram, black gram The Telangana High Court on Eamcet counseling. Stating that the Cotton cotton and paddy for this ment make the paddy procure- over to the relevant govern- the tune of Rs 200 crore. To and green gram, soya beans, Wednesday directed the state The HC later adjourned Corporation of India (CCI) Vaanakalam season in ment a hassle-free affair and ment department for a com- make up for the loss of the rev- ground nut andother crops government, the Convenor of the case till November 9 of the will start purchasing cotton Warangal Urban and Rural ensure good price for the mission. Till September end, enue, the Marketing from farmers directly. They Eamcet-2020 to postpone the next month for further hear- crop from October 29, districts. "The State govern- farmers for their produce," he the Marketing Department Department has devised plans employ various agencies to second phase of the counsel- ing. The case was filed by an Ministers Errabelli Dayakar ment will purchase paddy till added. The officials were also used to collect commission to augment its revenue. As part visit villages and procure the ing to enable those aspirants aspirant of an engineering Rao and Satyavathi Rathod on the last grain. In view of this, asked to appoint an official from traders who procured of the plan, the department crops. The Civil Supplies who have cleared the Eamcet- course D Saketh Chaitanya. In Wednesday urged the farmers the farmers should not worry along with a police constable crops from the farmers at the employees on the lines of the Corporation and the NAFED 2020 entrance test but declared his petition, he urged the HC to bring their cotton produce about procurement," Dayakar at each procurement centre to agricultural markets. commission agents and traders will pay commission to the to be ineligible to attend the to declare Clauses 2c (in) and with low moisture content as Rao said, adding that farmers make the procurement process The Centre, through its new will procure crops fetched to agencies for procuring the admission counseling process. 5 of TS Eamcet-2020 notifica- prescribed to the procurement must bring the paddy with no hassle-free without any prob- Agricultural Acts made it clear the market by the farmer. crops from farmers in vil- A single judge bench of the tion issued in June 6, 2020 as centres. They also said that 'taalu' (chaffy grain). He direct- lems. According to the offi- that the traders need not pay Government agencies pro- lages. The women's self help HC passed these orders after illegal, arbitrary and violative paddy would be purchased ed the officials to work in tan- cials, cotton was sown in any commission to the cure the crops directly from groups and Primary recording the statement of of article 14 of the Indian con- from November 1 in erstwhile dem to ensure that there would 82,842 acres in Warangal Marketing Department while farmers at the MSP fixed by Agricultural Cooperative the advocate general of the stitution. He also urged the Warangal district. be no issues at the procure- Urban district and the expect- procuring the crops. The the state and central govern- Societies procure paddy on state government BS Prasad HC to issue directions to the The Ministers along with ment centres. He asked the rice ed yield is 79,114 MT. The pro- department, during 2019-20 ments. For example, the Civil behalf of the civil supplies cor- that the government would authorities to allow him to Rythu Bandhu Samithi presi- millers not to cut the weight in curement will be done through earned a commission of Rs 355 Supplies Department procures poration and hand over the issue orders in the next two attend the admission counsel- dent and MLC Palla Rajeshwar the name of 'tarugu' (deduc- 28 centres. crore. But the new laws deprive paddy and the NAFED pro- crop and earn commission. days relaxing the qualifying ing. Restoration of cyber data under way: Dr Reddy's TRS, BJP two sides of same

PNS n HYDERABAD “As of date, our investigation has not coin, alleges Congress Pharma major Dr Reddy's on ascertained if any data breaches in Wednesday said that recovery PNS n HYDERABAD Narayana Reddy said that peo- and restoration of all applica- the incident pertain to personally ple have been defeating the rul- tions and data is underway fol- identifiable information stored in the ing party since the election to lowing the last week's cyber- Telangana Pradesh Congress Graduate Constituency by attack. "On 22 October 2020, company's systems, it said Committee Treasurer Gudur causing the win of Congress we experienced an information Narayana Reddy on candidate T Jeevan Reddy in security incident and conse- Recovery and restoration of all YoY. "During the quarter we saw Wednesday said that Congress 2019. They would continue quently isolated the impacted applications and data is under- gradual recovery in the market will win the by-election in this practice in the Dubbaka IT services. way. All critical operations are demand across India, Russia permission to Dr Reddy's ulatory approval in India. In Dubbak Assembly Constitue by-election also. This incident involved a being enabled in a controlled and other markets after a low Laboratories for conducting another development, Dr. ncy with the support of the Cheruku Srinivas Reddy He said that Congress would ransom-ware attack. We manner," it added. demand in Q1 FY 21, although Phase 2/3 human clinical trials Reddy's announced that Parag voters. In a statement, he said would win the election. He said win the by-election under the promptly engaged leading out- Dr Reddy's had said imme- the demand is yet to fully of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Agarwal will be joining the that voters of Dubbak are that though the BJP and TRS leadership of Telangana side cybersecurity experts, diately after the cyber attack that recover to pre-Covid levels," Dr candidate, Sputnik V, in India. Company as Chief Financial ready to teach a lesson to the are trying to show the people Congress incharge Manickam launched a comprehensive it did not foresee any major Reddy's Co-Chairman and MD, This vaccine has been devel- Officer on November 2. The ruling TRS in the by poll by that they are competing with Tagore and TPCC president N containment and remediation impact on its operations due to G.V. Prasad. The company also oped by Russia's Gamaleya Board of Directors at their defeating its candidate. He each other, in fact they have Uttam Kumar Reddy. The effort and investigation to the incident. Meanwhile, for the launched Covid-19 treatment Institute and funded by RDIF. meeting on Wednesday made it clear that voters of the been helping each other. TPCC Treasurer said that for- address the incident," said the second quarter ended drugs Avigan (Favipiravir) and Last month, Dr Reddy's and approved his appointment effec- constituency would vote in He said that resentment mer minister Cheruku Hyderabad-headquartered September 30, Dr Reddy's Remdesivir. "We further RDIF had entered into a part- tive December 1, 2020. In a favor of Congress candidate among the people against the Muthyam Reddy has devel- firm. "As of date, our investi- reported profit of Rs 762 crore, strengthened our development nership to conduct clinical tri- career spanning over 33 years, Cheruku Srinivas Reddy. TRS government and the oped Dubbaka Assembly gation has not ascertained if up 32 per cent quarter on quar- pipeline for Covid-19 treat- als of Sputnik V vaccine and its Agarwal has held several lead- He said that though the development being done by Constituency by providing any data breaches in the inci- ter but down 30 per cent year ment drugs including the vac- distribution in India. As part of ership positions, contributing TRS and BJP, which are con- former MLA Cheruku building to the schools, -self- dent pertain to personally iden- on year. It also reported rev- cine candidate Sputnik V." The the partnership, RDIF shall significantly to the financial sidered to be two faces of the Muthyam Reddy in the con- help groups, ensuring laying of tifiable information stored in enues of Rs 4,897 crore, up 11 Drugs Controller General of supply 100 million doses of the performance of his organisa- same coin, are enacting dra- stituency would ensure hands roads in the rural areas and the company's systems. per cent QoQ and 2 per cent India. on October 17, granted vaccine to Dr Reddy's upon reg- tions. mas, the Congress candidate down victory to Congress. others. nation 05 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020

Kerala Oppn INDIA CORNER ups the ante PM slams ‘Yuvraj of jungle raj', COVID-19: Goa govt allows against CM casinos to reopen from Nov 1 PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM he Goa cabinet on says RJD has copyright on kidnap Wednesday decided to allow The opposition parties in Tcasinos to reopen in the state Kerala on Wednesday PNS n Muzaffarpur (Bihar), from November 1 by following mounted pressure on Chief the COVID-19 prevention Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Prime Minister Narendra Can anything be expected from the ‘Yuvraaj of guidelines. The coastal state has to quit after suspended IAS Modi on Wednesday launched jungle raj’? He ought to be evaluated on the six offshore and around a dozen officer M Sivasankar was a stinging attack on the oppo- onshore casinos, which have taken into ED custody, soon sition RJD in Bihar and its chief basis of a track record about which the people been shut since the outbreak of after a court rejected his ministerial candidate Tejashwi know much better than I do, said Modi COVID-19 pandemic in March this year. Talking to reporters here after anticipatory bail pleas in Yadav, asking voters to beware the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, "The state the gold smuggling case. of the "yuvraaj" (crown prince) cabinet has decided to allow casinos to reopen from November 1 Senior Congress leader of "jungle raj", and alleged the their offices and run away. the state," the prime minister- onwards." The casinos will have to operate at 50 per cent of their Ramesh Chennithala party had the "copyright over Extortion calls will be made by said. He cautioned people capacity and follow all the standard operating procedures laid down demanded the kidnappings". those patronised by the party against those who were respon- by the state Home department, he said. Sawant also said that casino resignation of the chief Addressing his second rally which has a copyright over sible for kushasan (bad gover- operators will have to pay the license fees before resuming minister after the officials of of the day in the poll- bound kidnappings," he said, appar- nance) in Bihar. "They are operations. As part of the unlocking process, the state government Enforcement Directorate state, Modi cautioned the peo- ently referring to the 15 years waiting for an opportunity to has allowed various commercial and tourism activities to resume in (ED) took Sivasankar into ple that a return of the "jungle of the RJD rule when the party make a comeback. If jungle raj the state to get the economy back on track. custody from a hospital raj" will bring a double wham- in power often faced accusa- returns amid the COVID 19 here. my for the state in the midst of raj? He ought to be evaluated Yadav's alluring promise of 10 tions of being in cahoots with pandemic, it will be a double "Without further jus- the COVID-19 pandemic' He on the basis of a track record lakh permanent government criminal gangs. whammy for the state." tifying Sivasankar, the CM asked the voters to view the about which the people know jobs if his party was voted to "The elections are an oppor- "It is a party which patron- DGCA extends suspension of should step down from the assembly elections as "an much better than I do," said power, the prime minister tunity to re-elect those who ised criminals and ensured the int’l passenger flights till Nov 30 post. It was the Chief opportunity to re-elect those Modi, without mentioning by said, "Forget about jobs in the pulled Bihar out of darkness. riches of one family grew," he Minister's Office that made who pulled Bihar out of dark- name the RJD or Yadav, the public sector. Even private The Centre has many plans for remarked, making a veiled ref- he suspension of scheduled all the moves to protect the ness". younger son and heir apparent companies giving jobs will Bihar which will bring more erence to the corruption scan- international passenger flights accused in the gold smug- "Can anything be expected of party president Lalu Prasad. flee." peace and prosperity with dals involving Prasad and his Thas been extended till gling case," he alleged. from the yuvraaj of jungle In an apparent reference to "Companies will shut down Nitish Kumar at the helm in family members. November 30 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Wednesday. Rajnath lauds "However, the international PM ignores unemployment Graft row: Trump scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the Army's handling competent authority on a case-to-case basis," the Indian aviation regulator said in a circular. The scheduled international passenger issue in his speeches: Rahul of current situation slams media services have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been PNS n BETTIAH (BIHAR) confronting our country such PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n Milwaukee (US) operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under the as unemployment," he said. bilateral 'air bubble' arrangements with selected countries since July. Congress leader Rahul He said the prime minister Defence Minister Rajnath US President Donald Trump has India has formed air bubble pacts with around 18 countries, including Gandhi Wednesday attacked and the Bihar chief minister Singh on Wednesday slammed the mainstream the US, the UK, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an air Prime Minister Narendra used to raise the issue of addressed top Army com- American media and big tech bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be Modi, saying he talks about unemployment earlier but no manders and lauded the force companies for blocking the operated by their airlines between their territories. other countries in his speech- longer now. for the way it is handling the alleged corruption charges es but not about the problems "Now, the PM does not say "current security environ- against his opponent Democratic facing India such as unemploy- in his speeches that he would ment", in a clear reference to challenger Joe Biden. ‘Twitter's explanation on showing ment. give two crore jobs. Because the border standoff with They have accused each stream media was not show- Gandhi, who arrived in the people of Bihar have China in eastern Ladakh. other of serious corruption ing corruption against Biden. Ladakh as part of China inadequate’ West Champaran district for realised that he had lied. The top Army comman- charges during the election “I think what is going on icroblogging site Twitter's his second round of cam- "I can guarantee that if the ders are carrying out a com- campaigning, with the presi- with all of those companies - explanations to a paigning in the ongoing state PM comes today and promis- prehensive review of India's dent alleging that Biden got - I think they've hurt them- Mparliamentary panel on elections, also attacked Bihar sion of Dusshera, and added es two crore jobs to youths, combat readiness along the USD 3.5 million from Russia selves very badly because showing Ladakh as part of China Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that it reflected the "anger" of perhaps the crowd would shoo Line of Actual Control with and it came through Russian they've been so restrictive… are inadequate and the act over unemployment and the youths and farmers. him off, telling him that he had China as well as the situation President Vladimir Putin when they don't want to show amounts to criminal offence issue of migration. "Youths and farmers of lied," Gandhi said. in Jammu and Kashmir at a because he was very friendly corruption, like you have with attracting imprisonment of seven Addressing his rally at Punjab and Bihar and youths Criticising the Centre over four-day conference that with the former mayor of Biden -- that's totally corrup- years, committee chairman Valmiki Nagar, the former of Uttar Pradesh are angry that the three recently passed farm began. The defence minister Moscow. Biden has denied the tion and everybody knows it Meenakshi Lekhi said on Congress president said he our PM keeps making speech- laws, he said its "pilot project" also said that the government allegations. Trump, before -- and they're trying to protect, Wednesday. Representatives of was pained to see that Prime es with Bihar Chief Minister was implemented in Bihar in will leave no stone unturned leaving for a campaign trail on because he can make them Twitter appeared before the joint Minister Modis effigy was and talks about other coun- 2006 when the mandi system to strengthen the "arms of our Tuesday, told reporters at the wealthier, whereas they under- committee of parliament on Data Protection Bill, 2019 and were burnt in Punjab on the occa- tries, but not the problems was abolished in the state. armed forces." White House that the main- stand me,” Trump said. questioned by the members on showing Ladakh as part of China, Lekhi said. "The committee was unanimous in its opinion that Twitter's explanation on showing Ladakh as part of China was inadequate," Lekhi told PTI. However, representatives of Twitter told the panel that the social media company respects the sensitivities of India, she said. "It is China criticises US' Merkel seeks limited lockdown not a question of sensitivities only, it is a matter of India's sovereignty and integrity, showing Ladakh as part of China amounts to criminal PNS n BERLIN also saw a further 27 COVID- a drop in new cases. offence which attracts imprisonment of seven years," Lekhi said. related deaths, raising its over- Owners of restaurants and Indo-Pacific strategy German Chancellor Angela all death toll to 10,098. bars planned to stage a protest Merkel is pressing for a partial Merkel meets Wednesday over fears that their establish- PNS n BEIJING lockdown as the number of with the governors of ments will be closed for sever- 5 BSP MLAs withdraw support newly recorded infections in Germany's 16 states and senior al weeks, further hurting China on Wednesday said its the country hit another record government officials say she Germany's already ailing hos- to party's RS nominee border standoff with India in high Wednesday. will demand they introduce pitality industry. n an apparent U-turn, five of the eastern Ladakh is a bilateral The Robert Koch Institute, measures to drastically reduce Schools across Germany 10 BSP MLAs who had issue, and asked the US to Germany's disease control social contacts, echoing her have also been preparing to Iproposed Ramji Gautam as the "stop" its Indo-Pacific strategy, agency, said 14,964 new cases repeated public appeals to cit- shift at least some of their party candidate for the Rajya terming it as an attempt to were recorded across the coun- total since the start of the out- izens over the past two weeks teaching online, in anticipation Sabha withdrew their support on impose American hegemony try in the past days, taking the break to 449,275. Germany that have so far not resulted in of possible partial closures. Wednesday, saying their in the region. signatures were forged. The remarks by the Chinese The five Bahujan Samaj Party Foreign Ministry came a day India are matters between the MLAs have given in writing that after Secretary of State Mike two countries." France braces for their signatures on the senior Pompeo assured India that the "Now the situation across Hong Kong bars AI flights again leader's nomination papers were US stands firmly with it to the border is generally stable possible lockdown forged, Vidhan Sabha secretariat sources said. confront threats to its sover- and the two sides are in resolv- But the dramatic development, a day after Gautam had filed n eignty. ing relevant issues through PNS PARIS nomination for next month's Rajya Sabha elections, triggered Pompeo's remarks came consultations and negotia- as passengers test Covid +ve speculation that the five Uttar Pradesh MLAs are planning to switch after the third edition of the tions,” he said, in apparent ref- France is bracing for a poten- sides. The five MLAs are Aslam Raini, Aslam Chaudhary, Mujtaba Indo-US dialogue in New erence to the military and tial new lockdown as the pres- PNS n NEW DELHI Kong government for bringing the journey, according to rules Siddiqui, Hakim Lal Bind and Hargovind Bhargava. The scrutiny of Delhi during which the two diplomatic level talks between ident prepares a televised passengers who tested positive issued by the Hong Kong gov- nominations is being undertaken Wednesday for the election on sides deliberated prominently India and China to resolve the address Wednesday aimed at Hong Kong has banned Air for the infection after arrival. ernment in July. November 9. The returning officer will look into the complaint about upon the Sino-India border standoff. stopping a fast-rising tide of India flights from Mumbai till Previous bans were on the Besides India, a pre-flight the forged signatures and take a decision, sources said. row and situation in the Indo- In a blunt criticism of virus patients filling French November 10 after a few pas- airline's Delhi-Hong Kong COVID-19 negative certifi- Pacific region. China, Pompeo cited the hospitals and a growing daily sengers on its flight earlier this flights during September 20- cate is mandatory for all pas- Reacting to the US push for killing of 20 Indian Army death toll. Many French doctors week tested positive for October 3 and August 18- sengers from Bangladesh, closer defence ties with India, personnel in the Galwan are urging a new nationwide COVID-19 post arrival, a August 31 and October 17- Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Chinese Foreign Ministry Valley in eastern Ladakh in a lockdown, noting that 58% of senior government official said October 30. Passengers from Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, spokesman Wang Wenbin told clash with the Chinese military the country's intensive care on Wednesday. India can arrive in Hong Kong the Philippines, Russia, South a media briefing here on and said the US stands firm- units are now occupied by This is the fourth time that only if they have a COVID-19 Africa, the UK and the US, Wednesday that "the border ly with India in confronting COVID patients and medical Air India flights from India negative certificate from a test according to the Hong Kong affairs between China and threats to its sovereignty. staff are under increasing strain. have been banned by the Hong done within 72 hours prior to government's rules. Tejashwi seeks probe into Kerala may rope in transgenders in SDMA PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Officials are mulling roping in the third gender Munger firing in its disaster management programme and PNS n PATNA The transgender community will soon play a key role in dis- utilise their services during the time of India still among countries RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on aster management in Kerala as emergencies besides strengthening their Wednesday demanded a the state government is gearing High Court-monitored probe up to make it inclusive of the emergency response capabilities with lowest Covid cases into the Munger incident in marginalised group, for the which one person was killed first time in the country. he noted. Under the initiative, ity, he said. "TGs are there in PNS n NEW DELHI world average of 148. India's tar- and over two dozen others, Authorities are mulling rop- differently abled people had our society always, But, still geted strategies in COVID-19 including security person- ing in the thirdgender in its dis- been given district-wise train- they are facing one or other With calibrated measures and management and the proactive nel, were injured in firing and aster management programme ing on various aspects to face kind of social exclusion and a focussed strategy of the Centre as well as calibrated public health stone-pelting during goddess and utilise their services dur- calamities- right from giving stigma is always attached to along with the states and UTs, response over the last several Durga idol immersion. ing the time of emergencies floods in consecutive years one and all are prone to risk, first aid to preparing emer- them. But, they are a very India has sustained its global months have resulted in such Accompanied by Congress besides strengthening their recently, already has a success- But, the truth is not like that. gency-kits. "Our disability empowered group and are position of recording one of the encouraging outcomes, the min- general secretary Randeep emergency response capabili- ful Disability Inclusive Disaster Vulnerable groups are more inclusive disaster model has willing to help others," the offi- lowest COVID-19 cases as well istry underlined."In the matter of Surjewala and other leaders ties and survival skills, official Risk Reduction model, which prone to risk. Children, won national attention as there cial said. As many as 58 trans- as deaths per million popula- total tests conducted, India is one of the Grand Alliance, Yadav sources said. had garnered wide national senior citizens, differently was no such prior model or genders had registered with the tion, the Union health ministry of the topmost countries. With made a scathing attack on In the wake of increasing acclaim. Recent natural dis- abled people, transgenders and guideline in the country. We government's emergency said on Wednesday. 10,66,786 tests in a span of 24 Chief Minister Nitish Kumar natural disasters in recent asters, especially the floods so on are more vulnerable to are planning the transgender- response team, formed after While the global figure for hours, the cumulative number of and his deputy Sushil Kumar times, the State Disaster Mana which had hit the state in the disasters," Joe John George, inclusive programme also on the recent floods, to volunteer COVID-19 cases per million is tests conducted has crossed 10.5 Modi, asking who gave per- gement Authority (SDMA) is years 2018 and 2019, have state project officer, SDMA, this model and it is also for the their service during the time of 5,552, India is reporting 5,790 crore," the Ministry said. mission to theMunger police contemplating implementation persuaded the SDMA to envis- said. first time in the country," he emergencies. The marginalised cases per million population. Widespread and comprehen- to act like "General Dyer". of a Transgender-Inclusive age a disaster management Keeping this in mind the said. Compared to differently- group was actively involved in USA, Brazil, France, UK, Russia sive testing on a sustained basis General Reginald Dyer is Disaster Risk Reduction pro- model involving people from southern state had brought out abled people, who need more various programmes in relief and South Africa are witnessing have aided the early identifica- known for ordering troops of the gramme in the state, which is all stratas of life especially the the country's first Disability physical help and support dur- camps including community much higher numbers. tion and timely effective treat- British Indian Army to fire their first of its kind in the country. vulnerable communities. Inclusive Disaster Risk ing the time of emergencies, kitchen and medicine distrib- The COVID-19 deaths per ment which has resulted in rifles into a crowd of unarmed The southern state, which "We generally think that Reduction model in 2015, to the TG community is facing utionduring the time of floods, million population in India is 87, higher recoveries and lower civilians in Jallianwala Bagh. had suffered two massive disasters equally affect every- help differently abled people, a different kind of vulnerabil- he said. substantially lower than the fatality rate, it said. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION It’s in the air Research has confirmed our worst fears, polluted air not only What makes Bengal unique? exacerbates COVID symptoms, it traps the virus around us he time for knee-jerk reactions is over and we bet- ter commit ourselves to cleaning up the air around It is politically very different from the Hindi heartland States as the people are Tus for good — through combined political will, implementable policies, lifestyle adjustments and sus- tainable practices — or else risk death. So latest sci- Bengali first and everything else, including religion, comes later entific studies have confirmed what common sense has been telling us for some time, the higher the concen- tration of solid particles suspended in the air that lies heavy and low around us, the greater the chances of the COVID-19 virus getting trapped in them, making us more vulnerable to contracting it. And given that high air pollution levels damage the lungs, inducing or aggra- vating health conditions such as asthma, obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, the disease burden could turn COVID-19 fatal. Imagine the fallout on Delhiites, whose disease resistance has already been compromised battling winter haze PRAFULL GORADIA every year. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that Delhi could he clash between BJP report around 15,000 cases daily this winter due to the prevalence of respiratory illness- party workers and the es that can worsen the symptoms of the disease. A Harvard University study has proved police on the west side of that an increase of only one microgram per cubic metre in a particulate matter or PM 2.5 the Hooghly river on October 8 was not is associated with an eight per cent increase in the COVID death rate. So, the surge of PM Tunusual for West Bengal politics. But 2.5 levels in Delhi could result in a spike in caseload besides exacerbating the severity of such clashes should not be taken as symptoms of those infected. Yet another study by the University of Cambridge in April estab- a measure of the State’s political ethos. The BJP is seeking to capture lished a link between patients living in a highly polluted area of England and the severity this bastion of the east but its lead- of COVID-19. Many parts of north India, especially Delhi, are already wrapped in a blan- ers rue that since the unfortunate ket of hazardous smoke. According to the 2019 World Air Quality Report, India has 21 of passing away of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1953, Bengal has not the 30 most polluted cities in the world, where air quality can be as much as 10 times produced a single leader who par- over the safe limits recommended by WHO. Over the past few weeks, PM 2.5 levels in ticularly cared for the Hindus. Delhi have averaged around 180-340 µg/m³ and on an extended basis, such saturation That’s because the State has always weakens the lungs and the body’s ability to fend off infections. Additionally, they can even prided its cultural identity over the religious one. act as a medium for the transmission of the virus as studies from Italy have recorded traces Also, there was nothing concrete of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on pollutants. Stubble burning, festive fireworks and low wind speed done for the Hindu refugees of East conditions along with vehicular and industrial pollution have already worsened matters. Bengal post-Partition and it was pretty much left to the State to han- Hence we need to permanently solve the problem of pollution and that means going dle the fallout. Instead of helping beyond tokenism. For starters, we need to stop stubble burning on an emergency basis them out, the then Prime Minister, across States, in mission mode to be precise. We must use the green cess collected so Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote several times to Chief Minister Bidhan Roy far to subsidise shredding equipment and maximise alternative uses of crop waste. We in this vein. To quote from the PM’s need a three-level combat strategy at the level of policy-making, economy and commu- letter, dated August 16, 1948, “There the Hindu Mahasabha won four Bengali? We are the majority in Pakistan. Most of the Muslims in recognise the difference between nity. Both the Centre and State Governments have already rolled out various policies to is no reasonable solution of the prob- MLA seats but only in Bankura Pakistan,” Jinnah was provoked Bangladesh were converted by the locals and the once outsiders. lem if there is a large influx from East district. The Jana Sangh and its to counter them. He asked them maulvis, who in turn had settled For instance, Khwaja address air pollution, one of the most recent ones being the National Clean Air Programme Bengal. That is why I have been ter- allies could win little electoral if Bengalis of East Pakistan had in Chittagong for generations. Nazimuddin, the second Prime (NCAP). It calls on 122 cities across India to develop city-level clean-up plans to imple- ribly anxious throughout to prevent support. Nor could they field a any notable exploits or achieve- These Muslim clergymen had Minister of Pakistan, belonged to ment mitigation strategies for ambient PM concentrations. However, it has failed to enforce this, whatever might happen... I single popular leader since the ments to their credit.The accompanied Arab traders since a family of settlers whereas think that it was a very wrong thing death of Dr SP Mookerjee. It is response to this was the first agi- the 11th century. Except for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a its targets and has remained ineffective. That’s because in the absence of a legal man- for some of the Hindu leaders of East true that Professor Haripada tation on the streets of Dhaka. being formally Muslims, the local ethnic Bengali, as is his date, the NCAP is toothless. Besides, ensuring compliance means appropriate monitor- Bengal to come to West Bengal.” On Bharati was a respected person Before long, Sheikh Mujibur inhabitants of the then east daughter. But Khaleda Zia, the ing and inspection and it lacks trained personnel for these tasks. Also, its budgetary allo- August 22, Nehru wrote another let- but he was not a vote puller. For Rahman, the father of Pakistan remained culturally previous Prime Minister, clearly ter and I am quoting only a high- this, the substantial reason lies in Bangladesh’s current Prime Bengali. Many of them wore dho- appears to be from a settler fam- cation is just not enough. Delhi has 38 real-time air quality monitoring stations while Uttar light: “If that (crossover) happened his Bengali genius as well as the Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned tis and the women mostly dressed ily. Pradesh and Maharashtra have 25 and 22 each, and Tamil Nadu has only five. This in turn on a mass scale it would be a disas- kindness of his heart. And this is from the Muslim League, inau- in saris. Incidentally, even in One cannot deny an under- causes data-related implementation hurdles, including poor data captured due to substan- ter of the first magnitude. I shudder something that the BJP needs to gurated the Awami League and Kolkata, Hindu gentlemen wore current of Hindu-Muslim differ- at the prospect.” When Nehru tried understand. led the movement for the asser- lungis at home. ences regardless of what I have dard monitoring stations and lack of appropriate methodology to leverage real-time data similar arm-twisting in Punjab, it Whether Christian, Muslim or tion of East Bengal and its even- When referring to their fellow described above. The word for reporting trends. In terms of policy, the Government needs to put a blanket ban on fire- was reported that his life was threat- Hindu, the people in this State are tual secession from what was the Muslims, the Bengali bhadralok Hindutva was believed to have crackers. We must realise that life needs to be celebrated more than festivals at the moment. ened. Bengali first and everything else, initial Aligarh dream of not only often called them “bechara been first used in a writing in Ironically, in the years before the including religion, comes later. a Muslim homeland but also a Musalman.” The explanation was 1863 by Raj Narayan Bose, the We also need to create a financial architecture where the private sector can help with cut- Partition and for a while thereafter, For example, to illustrate this con- new Medina. that the richer Hindus had maternal grandfather of Sri ting-edge innovations and unique technology solutions along with financing them. Having the Congress was known as a tention, the national anthem of The abolition of the Caliphate exploited and socially discrimi- Aurobindo. The Anushilan an investment fund with a dedicated green focus could catalyse the growth of such green Hindu party. All this goodwill Bangladesh is a song written by in 1924 by Mustafa Kamal Pasha, nated against the Muslims, espe- Samiti was founded in Bengal as industries along with addressing the problems of air pollution and climate change. Businesses drowned in the rivers of Bengal. The Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. the great moderniser of Turkey, cially in the villages. To the was Hindu Mela. Similarly, beneficiaries of the refugee voters in Reportedly, the finest singer of was a big blow to the momins of extent, when they were invited for whenever a Muslim thinks of a should now disclose the air pollution footprint of their products and implement a cap on the following decades were the Rabindra sangeet today is the Sunni Islam. The scholars at dinner to a Hindu wedding, Bengali Hindu and his socio-eco- emissions. This can help the consumers make an eco-friendly choice. The number of pre- communist parties, who had active- Dhaka-based Rezwana Aligarh University wanted they had to clear their own thalis nomic superiority, he resents mature deaths due to outdoor air pollution is predicted to increase from three million peo- ly supported the Partition. The Choudhury Bannya, who wears Pakistan to throw up a new and often clean them as well. The him. He expresses his resentment Jana Sangh, Rashtriya Swayamsevak a sari and a tika. Religion does Caliph. But the East Bengalis servants served only the Hindu by being more Muslim than ple in 2010 to six to nine million people globally in 2060. A study shows that approximate- Sangh (RSS) and the Hindu not inhibit her, like many other were not a party to these dreams. guests. In any case, most Muslims normally so. Otherwise, he looks ly 2.2 million schoolchildren in Delhi are growing up with irreversible lung damage. There Mahasabha tried hard to be of help Muslim women in Bangladesh. In fact, in 1946-47, Fazlur in East Bengal were treated like upon the Hindu as a fellow are various community-based solutions that can help the vulnerable sections. Researchers to the refugees but in Bengal of that The root of the Bangladesh lib- Rahman, who was the Chief serfs by the Hindu zamindars. Bengali. He does swing between time, they had very few workers and eration movement was language Minister of the eastern wing for They never dared to describe using akash paatal and asmaan from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have determined which trees are capable to put up fewer resources. They were com- more than anything else. In a few years and a popular peas- Hindus as kafirs even when talk- zameen (heaven and earth), as with the assault of particulate matter gaseous pollutants (nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide, pletely overshadowed by the com- February 1948, Qaid-e-Azam ant leader, and Abdul Rahim, ing among themselves. Most of has been noticed in Bangladeshi ozone) in the city’s urban pockets. Such information can be used by urban planners in munists. What a paradox! One-third Muhammad Ali Jinnah visited were negotiating with Sarat the offenders who abducted media. Given this backdrop, it is of the refugee voters became the Dhaka for the first time and hap- Chandra Bose, Netaji Subhas Hindu girls and created trouble clear that West Bengal is politi- managing urban forests. Thus, the academic community can help find innovative solu- eventual votebank of the Left Front. pened to address university stu- Chandra Bose’s elder brother, for to chase out Hindu property cally very different from say, the tions while communities in rural areas are made aware of the harmful effects of using tra- The sun virtually set on the Bengal dents. He asserted that Pakistan a united Bengal as the third owners during Partition were Hindi heartland States. ditional cooking stove. People need to follow small initiatives like “Red Light On, Gaadi Congress in 1977 over four decades would have one national lan- dominion after Independence. those who had come from out- (The writer is a well-known ago. guage and that was Urdu. When The other two dominions would side and settled in Bengal. columnist and an author. Views Off” at signals, a message that has caught on a bit. In the end, this pandemic is just the For a couple of general elections, the audience asked, “what about have been Hindustan and Even today, it isn’t difficult to expressed are personal) immediate threat and irreversible climate change may bring about far more infectious dis- eases that we can barely fathom now. The brown haze has just made us sick. Unattended, it may soon choke us to death. S O U N D BITE I expect that the South, the North The Kerala Government and the The Indian Army has been I have seen the current U-16 and the international community CPI-M have been trying their successful in addressing team and I believe that they are will leap over obstacles through best to thwart the present several challenges to the better than us and if they keep March for democracy dialogue and trust and broaden probe by various national security and sovereignty performing the way they have peace from the Korean Peninsula agencies but nothing can of this country since been, then they can qualify for Thailand’s continuous cycle of protests over the past to Northeast Asia. prevent it from going forward. Independence. the (U-17) World Cup.

decades shows no signs of ending South Korean President Union Minister Defence Minister Footballer he overall impression that many outsiders have of —Moon Jae-in —V Muraleedharan —Rajnath Singh —Vikram Partap Singh Thailand as an idyllic, sunshine-filled tourist des- Ttination, complete with beautiful beaches, pristine L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR reefs and a vibrant nightlife, is far from the truth. Visitors over the past decades have often noticed protestors, usu- Cold-blooded murder The publication of the data Young voters to seal Nitish Kumar's fate collated from the large-scale ally identified by the colour of their shirts, who have cham- Sir — Amid the nationwide third phase trial for review has to pioned various political goals, sometimes opposing the uproar over the rape-murder of ihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing a strong precede the approval for large- Government, sometimes supporting it and at other times a 19-year-old Dalit girl from anti-incumbency. That’s why the ongoing Assembly scale manufacture and roll-out of Hathras, we were shocked by the Belections are being billed as a referendum on his the vaccine for use among the standing up for the Thai monarchy and what not. Some news of a 21-year-old student, performance, especially since his third stint has been general population. Developing protests became so volatile and violent that normal life who was shot dead in broad a pale shadow of the first two. His image took a severe a vaccine is indeed a time-con- and tourism, the lifeblood of Thailand, was impacted. daylight in Haryana’s Ballabgarh beating with the lockdown and the hardships faced by suming process. A vaccine that by her stalkers. This led to a the returnee migrants. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), works for people of all ages However, the current movement for democracy has taken massive outrage in Faridabad which Nitish ditched to realign with the BJP in 2017, across the globe is needed to win on a completely new hue because the protestors, who have no overall leader, are not only with people demanding speedy has been quick to cash in on the palpable anger on the the battle against the pandemic asking for the removal of the current military oligarchy that runs the country but are also justice. The woman, a BCom streets. The main Opposition party has propelled the and return to some measure of final year student, was seen development deficit and unemployment as key election normality. It seems that the demanding monarchical reforms. Thailand is famous for its lese majeste laws, yet there coming out of Aggarwal College issues, but translating the momentum into votes is what Oxford vaccine is nearing the fin- appears to be significant anger against the actions of the new king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, after appearing for an exam counts. The Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) has further mud- ishing line. who succeeded his father late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2017. when the incident took place on died waters by fielding candidates against Nitish's party, 7.3 crore voters, the Bihar election is not only the first G David Milton October 26. After launching a making things even harder for the latter. major electoral exercise in India since the COVID out- Maruthancode Although the past 15 years have been defined by political protests, events took an manhunt, the police was suc- The caste arithmetic and shifting alliance configu- break but also the largest in the world so far. For the unusual turn in August, when a few students at a rally aired unprecedented criticism of cessful in arresting both the cul- rations are a hallmark of Bihar elections, a robust polit- Election Commission, its successful conduct would itself Importance of BECA the monarchy. The speakers boldly criticised the wealth accumulated by King prits. ical battlefield, but with historically a low voter count as a remarkable achievement. The victim’s family mem- turnout. The turnout would be of particular concern for N Sadhasiva Reddy Sir — India and the US have Vajiralongkorn, his influence and also the fact that he spends much of his time in Germany. bers have alleged that one every party this time, given the pandemic threat. With Bengaluru signed the Basic Exchange and Among their calls were a greater oversight of royal budgets and an end to the practice of among them had been harass- Cooperation Agreement for endorsing military coups by Thai monarchs. Shorn of the significant tourist income, thanks ing their daughter and that they geospatial cooperation, which had withdrawn the complaint justice is delivered to the victim’s The Oxford vaccine vaccine against the Coronavirus. will strengthen the military part- to the Coronavirus — although Thailand and the rest of South-East Asia are exemplars in filed against him in 2018 to pro- family. This is a clear case of The Oxford vaccine or AZD1222 nership between the two coun- managing the pandemic — the protestors have gained a lot of support from the youth, tect her name. A CCTV footage stalking which ended with mur- Sir — British drugmaker vaccine is made from a common tries. Washington can now share many of whom are jobless. The willingness by the military to suspend any “threat” from of the murder has surfaced with der. It is important that such AstraZeneca has stated that the cold virus found in chimpanzees advanced satellite and topo- political parties it feels will strip it of its importance is further fuelling the anger. Will the the visuals showing the perpe- cases are given due importance Oxford vaccine triggers similar with spike glycoprotein, a genet- graphical data for long-range trator getting out of the car and by the police, keeping the safe- immune response or immuno- ic material from SARS-CoV-2 navigation and missile-targeting protestors succeed? That depends on how much change the old Siamese Kingdom is pulling out his revolver. After ty of the victim as the priority. genicity among both the elderly added to it. The vaccine uses a with New Delhi. willing to accept. Some of the demands are rather strong but it is important that proper firing, an aide of the assailant is Police officials should be prop- and the young. It also triggers modified version of the virus to M Pradyu democracy is restored in Thailand and that the monarch deals with some of the issues seen pulling him back in the car. erly trained and taught how to lower adverse responses or reac- deliver genetic instructions to the Kannur They then fled the scene. The deal with such sensitive cases. togenicity among the older peo- cells to induce an immune raised by his subjects, many of which stem from the high levels of secrecy that surround State Government should look Bhagwan Thadani ple. Hopefully, it will accelerate response against the causative Send your feedback to: the palace and stories about the colourful past life of the king. into the case and ensure swift Mumbai the process of developing a viable agent of COVID-19. [email protected] HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Armenia in for POINTCOUNTERPOINT I WILL NOT CONTEST ELECTIONS OR HOIST THE THE NATION AND THE NATIONAL FLAG COME FIRST, major trouble TRICOLOUR UNTIL THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES AFTER THAT COME STATES AND POLITICAL PARTIES. ENFORCED ON AUGUST 5 ARE ROLLED BACK. THE NATIONAL FLAG IS OUR IDENTITY. Now the Azeri refugees will go home and —PDP CHIEF —PDP REBEL 1,50,000 Armenians will have to seek new homes in Armenia proper MEHBOOBA MUFTI HUSSAIN A WAFFA Dragon unscathed GWYNNE DYER Despite the severe fall in world trade and a strong anti-China sentiment, thus far it is he month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won business as usual, at least in the short run, for Beijing Tthe war, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed. Shortly after 8 am local time on October 26, Azeri troops gained control of the road through the Lachin Pass. That is the sole land route between Armenia proper and Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian enclave inside the borders of Azerbaijan that the whole war is about. A new road further to the north, offering a quicker link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, was opened in 2017, but it has been closed since October 1, shortly after the war start- ed, “for the safety of civilians (i.e. because of shelling from Azerbaijani territory). Until October 26, the Lachin road was crowded with Armenian refugees fleeing west to safety and Armenian troops and DIPALI SHUBHAM military supplies heading east to the war. YADAV KUMAR Apart from one or two big strikes by Israeli-made LORA quasi ballistic missiles (hypersonic, 400-km. range, GPS and television he world economy has witnessed a turbulent terminal guidance), the road was fairly safe. But now there are time ever since the pandemic began in Azerbaijani armoured vehicles across the Lachin road, and all of TDecember 2019. Leading economies like the US, Australia and the UK had directed a lot of anger Nagorno-Karabakh is cut off: No more reinforcements, and more and censure against China for the economic and than half the Armenian civilian population of 1,46,000 people still humanitarian crises it had triggered. The global there, trapped under constant shellfire and drone attacks. At least rumblings made it clear that the trade from China 2,000 people, most of them Armenians, have been killed in the fight- would come under wider sanctions and the world ing. The outcome of the war was inevitable once it became clear would seek alternatives in other export powerhous- that Russia was not going to intervene militarily to help Armenia, es. Plus, the present global order would lean towards despite the fact that both countries are members of the Collective a multi-polar world. Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). Azerbaijan is clearly the aggres- The estimates published by the Trade Map sor in this round of fighting, but it is a CSTO member too, so Russia reveal that despite such assertions and a seeming- had to make a choice. Azerbaijan has three times Armenia’s pop- ly sturdy worldwide dissent, exports from China showed remarkable resilience. Comparing the leather, metals, minerals and the trans- ulation and a great deal of oil, and Armenia is of no great strategic monthly Chinese exports data from December 2019 portation industry. While there is some- value, so Russia restricted itself to mediating futile ceasefires. The (the pre-pandemic level) to that of July this year, what stable world trade in agri-food prod- Azeris signed each time, but they knew they were winning and they Trade Map shows that overall exports seamlessly ucts, it has not been the case for China. never stopped their advance. resumed the pre-pandemic level. The data never- THE COSTS AND Whether it is fruits, nuts, meat, seafood The most recent (third) ceasefire was actually negotiated with theless uncovers how variegated were the retorts of GESTATION or foodgrains, exports have slowed down the help of the US and was supposed to come into effect at 8 am economies to the Chinese export basket during the PERIOD OF significantly with the exceptions of dairy on October 26, but the Azeris broke that one too. As usual, they global crisis. BRINGING produce, tea, coffee and spices. blamed the Armenians for having broken it within five minutes of Figure 1 shows that out of the 20 largest SYSTEMIC This decline in food exports is the its coming into effect (that is, at 8.05 am) — but they tweeted their importers, that comprise just about three-quarters CHANGES WERE result of increased trade barriers, the protest at 5 am, which rather undermined its plausibility. The Azeris of total Chinese exports, nine importers have already HUGE AND THE Corona outbreak and supply chain disrup- surpassed the pre-pandemic level. That includes the ABILITY TO MAKE tions, along with shifting consumer pref- did not commit to an all-out offensive until about 10 days ago, con- US, Australia and the UK. The three economies erences. The sluggishness in the metals fining themselves to probing attacks and random shelling until they THOSE which are far from the pre-pandemic level are India, ADJUSTMENTS and minerals industry comes from weak- were certain that the Russians would stay out. Then they sent an Indonesia and Singapore. The remaining are strug- ened industrial activities worldwide. The armoured column west along the Iranian border through territory gling but within a 10 per cent range of their pre- WAS WEAKENED headwinds in all the sub-sectors of the that had been emptied of its Azeri inhabitants in the 1994 war. The pandemic level. Figure 2 relooks at these numbers BY THE CORONA- transportation industry, including auto- Armenians, outnumbered, overstretched and outgunned, did what on the basis of year-over-year change in Chinese INDUCED WOES. motive, railways, shipping and aircraft, are they could, but by October 22, the Azeris had reached the Hakari exports. Most of the importing countries, includ- HOWEVER, THE due to the restricted community mobili- River valley. There they turned right and headed north up the val- ing all the nine importers who surpassed the pre- INCREASING Figure 1: Chinese imports in July 2020 compared to December 2019 ty because of the lockdown, and the slow- ley — and on the 26th they took Lachin. End of game. pandemic level, and Vietnam, Malaysia, Russia and COSTS OF THE Source: Trade Map, International Trade Centre ing down of economic activities in many It was a move that they would never have risked against a more Singapore perform better than the global average. PANDEMIC AND countries that led to limited spending on In this case as well, India and Indonesia perform MORE FOCUS ON capital-intensive goods. mobile and better equipped enemy. The Hakari runs through the nar- way below average. These numbers should be put So, is this fall in export of agri-food row strip of territory that separates Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia EQUITY, in the present context of slowing down of the world ENVIRONMENT products and other goods pandemic- proper, so they had Armenian-held territory on both sides of them, economy and wavering of international trade. induced? The answer is that the contagion and a 100-km supply line behind them that was overlooked by Except for China, no other major economy has AND GLOBAL is just part of the reason. A glimpse at the Armenian troops on the right-hand side all the way. Fortune favours shown a positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) HEALTH MAY year-over-year trend of these products the bold but it’s easier to be bold when you have total air superi- growth rate in the second quarter (Q2 April-June) LEAD TO indicates that the exports for many of these ority. Armenia has nothing to match Azerbaijan’s Turkish-built drones of this year as per data published by the International FURTHER products were already slowing down due and Israeli-supplied missiles and massive firepower on the Monetary Fund (IMF). Of all these, the two IMPLICATIONS IN to the trade wars and a mounting protec- ground. So now Azerbaijan holds the Lachin Pass, and all that remains worst-hit economies are the UK and India. From THE DYNAMICS tionist regime globally. The outbreak is for Armenia to negotiate the return of Nagorno-Karabakh to its the available data in Trade Map, we found that the BETWEEN CHINA just further accelerated this decline. UK, the US, Germany and France have nearly hit Despite the severe fall in world trade legal Azeri rulers (probably minus its Armenian residents). That will AND THE WORLD their pre-pandemic level in total imports. However, IN THE LONG RUN and a strong anti-China sentiment, thus be very painful for Armenians after a quarter-century of holding the for India, as the figures from the Ministry of far it is business as usual, at least in the territory but they have no way of taking it back. They were bound Commerce suggest, the total imports of July are still short run. Factors such as “first in, first to lose it in the end unless they could more or less match Azerbaijan’s lower than that of December 2019. A strict nation- out” from the pandemic, which exclusive- military spending, and they couldn’t; the Azeri military budget was wide lockdown (causing demand distress and slug- ly enabled China to ramp up production at least five times bigger, maybe more. gish supply), and a raging contagion are the main for COVID-19 essentials, along with var- Like the Balkan wars of the early 20th century, nobody is in reasons for such results. Interestingly, the relative ious comparative advantages such as rise of Chinese imports is steeper than the overall Figure 2: Chinese imports in July 2020 compared to July 2019 scale production, technology and higher the right in the various wars that have been waged in the Caucasus Source: Trade Map, International Trade Centre since the old Soviet Union collapsed. The ethnic groups were already imports for India. The maximum buoyancy for global exposure, impeded immediate numerous and hopelessly intertwined, and Soviet policy deliberate- imports, including Chinese imports, is shown by changes. The costs and gestation period the UK, despite a severe contraction in the quar- and what are those products? To answer In particular, exports of textile arti- of bringing systemic changes were huge ly made the situation even more complex. ter-on-quarter GDP growth. these questions, we explored the trends cles like rugs, curtains and kitchen linen and the ability to make those adjustments The Armenians drove over half a million Azeris out of the ter- So, are there “green shoots” all over for Chinese in the export basket over a one-year peri- more than tripled this year. Similarly, toys, was weakened by the Corona-induced ritory of Nagorno-Karabakh and large adjacent entirely Azeri provinces exports? Two economies — South Korea and od. At the outset, let us see the usual sus- right from dolls, figurines and pedal cars woes. However, the increasing costs of the in the 1992-94 war. Now the Azeri refugees will go home and Indonesia — tend to suggest differently. In terms pects that are driven by the upsurge in to video game consoles, too, registered a pandemic and more focus on equity, envi- 1,50,000 Armenians will have to seek new homes in Armenia prop- of their GDP growth rate, they are among the least- global demand and are mostly relating to big boost. Exports of miscellaneous ronment and global health may lead to er. With supply lines severed, civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh could affected major economies in the pandemic-induced consumer durables and essentials in the chemical products, including laboratory- further implications in the dynamics be cut off from food, running water and heat during the forthcom- contraction. For Indonesia, whether in terms of pandemic times. Mechanical appliances based and industry-based chemicals, between China and the world in the long ing Caucus winter. Furthermore, they may be denied a route by which attaining the pre-pandemic level or year-over-year like air conditioners and refrigerators; showed a consistent and significant run. Amid all these dramatic changes, par- to flee to Armenia. The result could be a humanitarian disaster in growth, imports from China fall short significant- electronic goods like televisions and med- growth. Meanwhile, the decline in world ticularly in the context of India’s socio-eco- which casualties of trapped civilians spike due to lack of food and ly. For South Korea, Chinese imports remain short ical equipment like ventilators and sur- trade marks a nearly one-fourth drop nomic difficulties since March, we can’t medical supplies, exposure to cold, and non-stop artillery bombard- of the pre-pandemic level but exceed the year-over- gical instruments sustained decent over- overall by the end of Q2 this year. Thus, but help think of the “Ides of March.” In year imports. Again, these results should not be a all growth. Their share in total exports there are some “brown shoots” visible in our case they have come … but not gone. ment. None of it is fair but that’s how it still works in much of the big concern for China as similar to India, Chinese increased from 45 per cent to 47 per cent the Chinese exports, too, as the nation is (Yadav and Kumar are Research world. imports for these two economies are also increas- during the year. Nevertheless, the biggest facing the brunt of the global downturn Scholars at the Indian Institute of Foreign (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future of ing faster than overall imports. winners were apparel, toys, chemicals and in some of its key sectors. The worst-hit Trade, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Democracy and Work.’) How did China manage to resume its exports pharmaceutical products. sectors are agri-food products, footwear, Management, Shillong, respectively.) Innovative farming needed to combat climate change Food production is critical to keep the wheels of the economy turning. We must not allow climate change to hijack our food security

the MSP (Minimum Support Price) through hurdles. The challenges there is an urgent need to innovate and needs to be shifted in consonance with The importance of agricultural will be impacted due to the entry of big thrown up by the environment in the evolve agricultural methods and initia- the changing weather patterns so that adaptation to climate change in the cur- players and whether the Government form of rising temperatures and errat- tives that are capable of rescuing them the crop is in tandem with the weath- rent period cannot be stressed enough will continue to buy farm produce at ic rainfall, too, need to be met and from the grip of climate change. There er trends. They recommended sowing as food security and nutrition levels the same price and quantity as before. responded to by the growers effective- is also a need to provide a sustainable at the end of July or the beginning of have been compromised exponential- With the only means of voicing ly and innovatively. The Government solution that can be amplified across August in order to improve the qual- ly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. their concern being protests, the grow- must enable farmers to deal with this the sector on a large scale. An exam- ity of crop and provide ideal crop matu- India accounts for 17.7 per cent of the ers have of late tried to convey their instead of giving the impression of ple of how this turnaround can be rity time. world’s population and a failure of the feelings and insecurities regarding the being callous about their welfare. affected is available in a study published The study is an essential tool that agricultural system in the form of yield Acts through demonstrations in Delhi, As politics rages over the Acts, in the journal Earth System Science. provides baseline observations for and quality deterioration at this criti- KOTA SRIRAJ Punjab and other parts of the country. worrisome developments are escaping The research focussed on rice ensuring future crop planning and cal juncture can present a catastroph- Sadly, their outcry has fallen on deaf the attention of policy-makers and the crops, which are the mainstay of South maximising yield that accounts for cli- ic scenario. The multiple challenges ears till now. This muted response from authorities concerned. A decade-wise India’s agriculture. Rice also happens mate variables, maximum and mini- posed by the environment, policy he rapidly worsening condition the Government has now increased the observation of rainfall patterns shows to be a major part of the diet of the mum temperatures, rainfall and solar issues and the long-standing systemic of the environment is increasing- farming community’s distress. This that from October to December, rain- southern population. The study con- radiation. The fact that the study was glitches can spell disaster for the agri Tly creating harsh terms for agri- angst is expected to reach a crescendo fall has been at a record low of 100.06 centrated on how the rise in temper- able to asses future crop yield projec- sector. Unless the writing on the wall culture in India. The sudden floods, in November when the agricultural mm for the 2010-2019 period as com- atures, followed by scanty rainfall, tion amid constant carbon dioxide and is understood and deciphered in time, such as those experienced by Telangana community is planning to scale up the pared to 106.29 mm during the simi- was impacting the rice yield in Kerala, meteorological values is crucial. India may be staring at a food crisis last week, and unexpected droughts in protests. lar period in 2000-2010. The average which was the chosen field of obser- Furthermore, the tool of Growing post the COVID-19 outbreak. many areas coupled with a sheer drop Already, the country’s farm sector post-monsoon rainfall has fallen below for farmers, who had to bend over vation. The participants, who includ- Degree Days (GDD) incorporated Food production is critical to in yield per acre are creating financial is besieged by chronic problems such 110 mm. Coupled with this, droughts backwards to take the yield out of the ed experts from Japan, recommended into the study helped provide robust keep the wheels of the economy turn- havoc for the farming community. as mounting debt, poor quality seeds are getting more frequent and pro- parched land. altering the varieties of rice to a more outcomes and observations. For the ing. We mustn’t allow climate change Moreover, the recently-passed farm and overuse of pesticides besides the longed each year. Mid-2018 saw heat- The adverse impact of the wors- heat-resistant strain that could with- uninitiated, GDD is a measure to esti- to hijack our food security. This is only Acts have added to the woes of the vagaries of the environment. However, waves fanning across India followed by ening environment on agriculture stand the fluctuating temperatures mate the growth and development of possible by being a step ahead of cli- already burdened growers. Farmers being a hardy community and the scanty rainfall in the same year and in cannot be reversed overnight but the and yet be resilient enough to deliver plants in the growing season. The study mate change complications. have become unsure of the future, espe- spine of the Indian economy, the 2019 as well. These circumstances exac- lot of the farmers cannot be allowed to an adequate crop yield. The experts also was conducted using the CERES-Rice (The writer is an environmental cially regarding the produce and how farmers have always fought their way erbated the already daunting challenges deteriorate further as well. Therefore, opined that the traditional sowing time Cropping System Model. journalist) HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020 money 08

MONEY MATTERS Dr Reddy s PAT down 30% at Report: Lockdowns changed Rs 762 crore in Q2 he profit after tax (PAT) of Dr consumer buying behaviour Reddys Laboratories Limited Tfor the quarter ended on September 30, 2020, was down PNSn NEW DELHI SBI General Insurance by 30 per cent at Rs 762.3 crore Prolonged compared to Rs 1,092.5 crore Coronavirus-induced lock- lockdowns during the corresponding quarter downs across the country have H1 PAT grows 53 pc last fiscal. The consolidated transformed consumers' buy- made revenue for the quarter under ing behaviour and hyperlocal PNSn MUMBAI network and diversified prod- discussion was up by two per distribution model, and distri- consumers ucts portfolio have enabled us cent at Rs 4,896.7 crore. It was Rs 4,800.9 crore in the second bution alliances and an omni- more health Private non-life insurer SBI to strike a growth rate of 17 quarter of FY '20, the drug-maker said in a filing with the stock channel strategy will be key to General Insurance reported a per cent against the industry exchanges. Commenting on the results, co-chairman and business growth, according to and socially 53 per cent growth in profit growth rate of 1.6 per cent. Led managing director of the company G V Prasad said, "We are a joint report by Deloitte after tax at Rs 300 crore for the by health, we expect to close pleased to report continued growth across all the markets and Touche Tohmatsu India and conscious, the first half of the current finan- this year with an overall improved productivity which is reflected in the healthy EBITDA FICCI. report said cial year. growth of 20 per cent," the (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) As per the report, called It had reported a profit bank's managing director and margin and RoCE (return on capital employed)." "Our research 'REBOOT', while the pandem- after tax of Rs 196 crore in the CEO P C Kandpal said in the teams are working on several potential remedies for COVID-19 in ic brought massive disrup- socially conscious," Deloitte tions in the future," Wahi said. same period of the previous release. addition to the already launched products," he said. tions across the value chain of India Partner Rajat Wahi said. The report said demand for need to build immunity have fiscal. Since August, there has the consumer sector, most He added that this has cre- consumer goods in rural mar- led consumers to buy home The company's gross writ- been an uptick in the motor companies adapted by building ated new opportunities for kets has increased due to the sanitation and immunity- ten premium (GWP) grew 17 segment, however it will still Deutsche Bank sees profit of agile business models and businesses to develop hyper- return of the migrant workers boosting products. per cent to Rs 3,658 crore in be some time before the seg- innovative marketing strate- local delivery models, use con- to their states due to the "As a result, these categories the April-September period, ment will come back to pre- $363 million as costs fall gies, along with expanding versational AI (artificial intel- COVID-19have seen major growth since from Rs 3,118 crore in the COVID level, he said. their presence through the ligence) and build omni-chan- pandemic."COVID-19 has led March 2020, and this is likely year-ago period, the insurer On back of massive increase eutsche Bank reported a online platforms to reach their nel retail to acquire and serve to massive reverse migration, to continue into 2021," the said in a release. in use of personal mode of third-quarter profit of 309 consumers."The prolonged customers."As brands adapt which in turn has driven up report said. It recorded an underwriting commute due to the pandem- Dmillion euros (USD 363 lockdowns have also dramati- to the 'new normal', the key to rural demand, favouring com- It pointed out that the com- profit of Rs 56 crore, as against ic, the company is expecting million), its third straight cally transformed consumer sustenance and growth is like- panies with strong rural distri- panies had to reconfigure their Rs 37 crore in the year-ago positive traction in the third- quarterly profit this year, as it buying behaviour while mak- ly to be an agile business bution," it said. The report also distribution models to explore period. party cover business, Kandpal saw fewer losses from selling off unwanted assets and ing them more health and model that minimises disrup- said health concerns and the omni-channel models. "Our strong distribution said. revenues rose at its investment bank. CEO Christian Sewing said the bank was continuing to make progress on a long-term restructuring aimed at improving profits by Rs 62-cr seized from hawala operatives shedding less profitable or riskier lines of business and cutting Financial conditions employee numbers. “Our more focused business model is paying n off and we see a substantial part of our revenue growth as PNS NEW DELHI The cash, in sustainable,” Sewing said in a statement accompanying the recover significantly The Income Tax Department crisp Rs 2000 earnings release on Wednesday.The profit compared to a loss of 832 million euros in the same quarter a year ago. Third-quarter has made a seizure of at least n and Rs 500 results were boosted by lower losses from the capital release unit PNS MUMBAI April,” it stated. It said the cen- Rs 62 crore in cash as part of aimed at exiting businesses and investments the bank no long tral bank's measures have its multi-city tax evasion oper- notes, was considers part of its long-term strategy. Financial conditions in India helped mitigate the large and ation against hawala or entry found stashed in have witnessed a speedy recov- broad-based economic dam- operators and individuals who ery from the COVID-19 pan- age caused by the pandemic. prepare fake bills, official wooden demic-led “harrowing abyss” However, it made it clear sources said on Wednesday. almirahs and Dr Reddy's Q2 profit falls 30 pc courtesy the Reserve Bank's that pockets of stress still They alleged that the interventions, domestic cred- remain, pointing to the weak money is unaccounted and furniture at Rs 762 crore it rating agency Crisil said. bank credit growth, wider has been seized from various While easy global monetary spreads on lower-rated corpo- premises including those r Reddy's Laboratories on Wednesday reported 30.22 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 762.3 crore for policies have helped, the RBI's rate bonds, and fundamental belonging to a person identi- crore. (hawala-like operation) and The Central Board of accommodative stance has pressures due to high govern- fied as Sanjay Jain. The cash, in crisp Rs 2000 generation of huge cash Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the DSeptember quarter 2020-21.The company had posted a profit of Rs 1,092.5 crore for the year-ago period, Dr Reddy's said in a filing contained short-run pressures ment borrowing. The agency The seizure is linked to the and Rs 500 notes, was found through fake billing", officials administrative authority for to BSE. Revenue stood at Rs 4,896.7 crore in the quarter under no less, the agency said, citing has used 15 conditions for searches launched by the stashed in wooden almirahs said. the I-T department. review. It was Rs 4,800.9 crore in the same period a year ago, it its newly-launched monthly constructing the FCI, which department at 42 premises in and furniture at the premis- In a statement issued on "The search has led to added. "We are pleased to report continued growth across all the FCI. “Financial conditions in includes monetary policy con- Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Punjab, es that were raided, they said. Tuesday, the Board had said seizure of evidences exposing markets and improved productivity which is reflected in the healthy India have staged a full-throt- ditions, money market, equi- Uttarakhand and Goa on The CBDT had earlier said that Rs 2.37 crore cash and the entire network of the EBITDA margin and return on capital employed (RoCE). Our research tle recovery from the har- ty markets, external finance Monday and the taxman had that the action was carried jewellery worth Rs 2.89 crore entry operators, intermedi- teams are working on several potential remedies for COVID-19 in rowing abyss they had been conditions, bank lending con- said that the alleged illegal out against "a large network was found along with 17 aries, cash handlers, the ben- addition to the already launched products," Dr Reddy's aboratories sent flailing into by the ditions and money supply in transactions point to a hawala of individuals running the bank lockers which are yet to eficiaries and the firms and Co-chairman & MD G V Prasad said.Giving an update on the cyber COVID-19 pandemic in the economy. racket worth about Rs 500 racket of entry operation be searched. companies involved. attack, the company said: "As of date, our investigation has not ascertained if any data breaches in the incident pertain to personally identifiable information stored in the company's systems".Recovery and restoration of all applications and data are underway. All critical GST collection operations are being enabled in a controlled manner, it added. On Piramal Enterprises Sensex plunges 600 pts; October 22, the company experienced an information security from centrally incident and consequently isolated the impacted IT services. This incident involved a ransom-ware attack, Dr Reddy's said. administered Q2 profit rises 14 pc Nifty cracks below 11,750 assessees rise PNSn NEW DELHI PNSn MUMBAI Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, BharatAgri raises funds from 021 UltraTech Cement and Tata PNSn KOLKATA Ajay Piramal-led Piramal Equity benchmark Sensex Steel. Capital, India Quotient, others Enterprises on Wednesday plunged 600 points on On the other hand, Bharti The GST collection in West reported a 13.95 per cent Wednesday, tracking heavy Airtel was the top gainer, ral- une-based startup BharatAgri on Wednesday Bengal from centrally admin- increase in its consolidated net losses in index majors Reliance lying more than 4 per cent, istered assessees has profit to Rs 628.31 crore for Industries, HDFC Bank and after the country's second Psaid it has raised funds from a clutch of investors, increased by 10.16 per cent in the quarter ended on ICICI Bank amid a massive largest telecom operator including Binny Bansal- September 2020 as compared September 30, 2020, driven by selloff in European markets. reported its highest-ever quar- backed 021 Capital and India to the same month last year, robust sales in the pharma seg- global environment. After hitting a low of terly consolidated revenue, Quotient.The company did not an official said. ment. Continuing to focus on 39,774.60 during the day, the helping it narrow losses in the disclose the amount raised by The collection from The company had posted a strengthening our balance 30-share BSE index ended per cent to close at 11,729.60. July-September period. it in this pre-series A round that also saw participation from existing Central Goods and Services net profit of Rs 551.37 crore sheet, over the past year, we 599.64 points or 1.48 per cent IndusInd Bank was the top Consolidated revenue rose 22 investors Better Capital and Ajay Prabhu (COO, Quest Global)."The Tax (CGST), Integrated GST for the corresponding period brought in Rs 18,000 crore of lower at 39,922.46. loser in the Sensex pack, shed- per cent to Rs 25,785 crore in company plans to use the fresh funds on product enhancement and and coal cess from centrally of the previous fiscal, Piramal capital and reduced our net Similarly, the broader NSE ding over 3 per cent, followed the September quarter, while net growth, besides expanding its footprint across India," the startup administered assessees stood Enterprises said in a regulato- debt-to-equity ratio to below tanked 159.80 points or 1.34 by HDFC, ICICI Bank, Tech loss narrowed to Rs 763 crore. said in a statement. BharatAgri was founded in April 2017 by IIT at Rs 1,377.04 crore in ry filing. 1x". In Financial Services, Madras alumni Siddharth Dialani and Sai Gole, and later joined by September 2020 as against Rs Consolidated revenue from "we saw early signs of recov- core team members Aman Verma and Tanmay Krishna in 2019. 1,250.06 crore in September operations of the company ery across the key sectors BharatAgri's technology solution provides personalised agriculture 2019, he said. stood at Rs 3,301.84 crore for that we lend to. Progressing Sugar intake This shows that a recovery the quarter against Rs 3,270.50 on the stated strategy of Rupee settles 16 paise and farming advisory to farmers. With over 3,50,000+ users, BharatAgri offers paid subscriptions to farmers for the consultancy is taking place in economic crore for the year-ago quarter. diversifying the loan book, stagnant in India services. Using BharatAgri's Krishi Doctor, an intelligent farm activities in the state, which "We have delivered a we will be launching our n advisor, farmers have witnessed over 40 per cent increase in yield had taken a hit in April, May resilient performance with multi-product retail lend- lower at 73.87 against $ PNS NEW DELHI and a significant reduction in management costs, it claimed. and June due to COVID-19 net profit of Rs 1,124 crore for ing platform in November outbreak, the official said. H1 FY21, despite adverse 2020," he added. The government on PNSn MUMBAI the domestic unit witnessed an Wednesday said there is a intra-day high of 73.64 and a need to address "myths and The rupee depreciated 16 paise low of 73.93 against the US misgivings" about sugar con- and settled at 73.87 against the currency. sumption in India, as the per Covid downturn to be deeper in S’pore US dollar on Wednesday as "The toxic brew of no US capita consumption of the heavy selling in the domestic fiscal stimulus and rapidly sweetener has remained stag- equity market and strengthen- rising coronavirus cases are nant for the last three years at PNSn SINGAPORE ing American currency dwindling market sentiments, 19 kilogram. Even though weighed on investor senti- especially ahead of the US Food Secretary Sudhanshu The ongoing economic crisis green lanes and ment. election event risk," said Rahul Pandey, after launching caused by the COVID-19 pan- At the interbank forex mar- Gupta, Head of Research- industry body ISMA's portal demic is “deeper and likely to travel bubbles ket, the rupee opened on a Currency, Emkay Global 'http://meetha.org' said India be more protracted” than past are being Airtel's India positive note at 73.70 against Financial Services. is one of the world's largest recessions in Singapore, the the greenback, but soon pared Gupta further said that the consumers of sugar but per city-state's central bank said in progressively the gains and closed for the spot is not breaking the psy- capita consumption has a report on Wednesday. rolled out, the metrics day at 73.87, registering a chological level 74, the odds of remained stagnant at 19 kg, Some sectors of the econo- revival of cross- decline of 16 paise over its pre- spot going beyond 74 remains much lower than the world's my, especially those that are strong in Q2 vious close of 73.71. high as market volatility has average per capita consump- travel-related, may not return border travel In a volatile trading session, started to rise. tion of 23.50 kg. to pre-pandemic levels by the may be hesitant PNSn NEW DELHI end of next year as the Singapore economy faces a due to recurrent Bharti Airtel has delivered “gradual but uneven” recovery, waves of Covid "solid" all round performance the Channel News Asia report- tor, the initial boost - due to the moving ahead. Improvements in the September quarter Titan's net profit falls 38 pc ed, citing the report by easing of distancing measures in the labour market will like- with revenue surpassing esti- Monetary Authority of in the third quarter - is expect- ly be “uneven and slow”, with expected to last into the fourth mates, while its India mobile Singapore (MAS). The travel ed to wane in the final three the resident unemployment quarter. metrics logged improvement sector is expected to see pro- months of the year, said MAS. rate – made up of citizens and “With most industries in key areas like growth in to Rs 199 cr in Sept quarter longed headwinds as borders “On the demand side, it permanent residents – likely to already reopened, the supply- total subscribers without reopen “very gradually”, said remains unclear whether the stay elevated in 2021, keeping side impetus to growth will ARPU dilution, and 4G addi- PNSn NEW DELHI Its total income for the quar- pared to the original sales MAS. Singapore may “lag the early rebound in the retail and wage growth low, said MAS. taper off in the quarters ahead,” tions, according to analysts. ter was Rs 4,389 crore, down forecast and availment of the global recovery in air transport F&B sectors from pent-up The pandemic and a “circuit the central bank said in its "Bharti's India mobile print Tata group firm Titan 1.72 per cent as compared moratorium offered on the given the absence of domestic consumer demand can be sus- breaker” implemented to curb report. shows marked improvement Company Ltd on Wednesday with the income of Rs 4,466 gold on loan. "This has led to flights,” cautioned the MAS. tained, as tourist arrivals will the spread of COVID-19 “At the same time, the shock in many areas such as growth reported a 37.81 per cent crore for the corresponding pre-closures of hedge con- Even though green lanes stay depressed and heightened dragged the Singapore econo- will continue to propagate in total subs without ARPU decline in its standalone net quarter in the previous year, tracts originally designated and travel bubbles are being economic uncertainty will con- my into a record slump in the through the demand side of the dilution which shows quality profit to Rs 199 crore for the Titan said in a regulatory fil- against sales in the subsequent progressively rolled out, the tinue to cap discretionary second quarter. The resump- economy as firms and house- of customer addition; lower quarter ended September 30, ing. During the quarter, Titan quarters and redesignation of revival of cross-border travel spending by households,” the tion of business activities fol- holds continue to be restrained churn rate increasing life-time on account of higher expens- recognised a loss of Rs 484 certain open contracts. may be “hesitant” due to recur- central bank said. lowing the end of the circuit by income loss and increased value of customers and contin- es.The company had reported crore, part of total expenses, as Consequently, these hedging rent waves of infection and Some of the sectors that breaker may have slowed the uncertainty, therefore holding ued delivery of 4G net add, a net profit of Rs 320 crore in a result of change in the cash contracts have been account- strict travel measures. have held up amid the pan- economic decline in the third back on investment and discre- which has now likely matched the corresponding period of flow hedging relationship due ed as ineffective hedges," the In the consumer-facing sec- demic could also moderate quarter, but this effect is not tionary spending.” the market leader," it said. the previous financial year. to an increase in sales com- company said. 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Thursday October 29, 2020 CHILDREN RISE TO HELP ANIMALS Following the lockdown call in March, several places, including Hyderabad's Nehru Zoological Park, were shut due to the Coronavirus pandemic. An obvious decrease in the revenue due to this led to children across the city coming forward to contribute to the love and care of animals in the Zoo, writes RACHEL DAMMALA

ll of 2-and-a-half, ‘Merry and little Akshay Magical’ to blind patients Chakraborty chose but saw they did have a good to help an Aldabra the zoo number of donors. When A giant tortoise more often daddy told me about the tor- when he was asked than other toise in the zoo not having a if he’d like to adopt one. kids. When he donor for a long time, we While he’s obviously tiny heard of reports of decided to adopt it for a enough to not grasp the con- the pandemic hamper- year,” 13-year-old Ananya cept of adoption yet, Akshay ing the process of feeding tells us. did want to contribute to the the animals, he was heartbro- On the spike in the num- care of the tortoise. “We’d ken. When we heard about ber of children adopting ani- take our son to the zoo often the adoption scheme, we mals in the zoo, N K when we taught him about decided on adopting a tiger Kshitija, IFS, Curator Nehru animals, their names and and gave the cheque and Zoological Park, says, “It’s kinds, soon Akshay grew came back,” informs inspiring when children take fond of them. He badly Chinmay’s father Siddharth note of things happening missed going to the zoo and Kantilal Shah. around us and want to do would keep asking us every News of adopting soon something about it. Children time we’d get ready to go out reached Akshay’s cousins, definitely missed the zoo. in the car if we’re going to the family friends, and slowly, We held an interactive ses- zoo. When we learnt about an more kids came forward to sion recently and had kids opportunity to be able to help adopt birds, rhinoceros, and ask us if we’re leaving the these animals, we jumped at other animals. “I’m sure some animals in the wild because it,” shares Avik Chakraborty, were aware of the scheme, but the zoo lacked funds. We father to the toddler. But why reminding that they can do had to explain to them how a tortoise? “He has a lot of something about the animals it works and that we weren’t tortoise toys, so I guess that’s brought many people to leaving the animals in the what he likes the most,” his adopt,” Shah tells us. wild and assured them good dad adds. Another set of cousins, care was being taken. It was The zoo’s adoption enables Tia Kumar and Ananya, who heartening to see them be so individuals, corporations, sell handmade greeting worried about the animals.” schools, clubs, families, and cards, lanterns, and diyas, Several other kids like groups to participate and were able to collect 25,000 Yaksha adopted birds, make a valuable contribution not find enough takers then. birthday by spending his rupees this year and wanted Akshita Haji adopted a to the care and enrichment of This year, saw many, mostly birthday budget on adopting to use that money for a lion for a year, Chinmay’s the animals living in the zoo. kids, adopting animals in the a Royal Bengal Tiger in the noble cause that would cousins adopted nocturnal Authorities believe that the zoo. zoo. Chinmay, who was asso- benefit animals. They heard animals, Aamira Khatoon adoption fee not only helps Several children like ciated with wildlife pretty about the zoo’s adoption adopted a few birds. the zoo to take care of the Akshay have been coming early on in life because of the scheme right in time and Apart from these children, animals but also goes towards forward amid the pandemic yearly trips his family would adopted the Galapagos Giant several adults and organisa- the protection of endangered to adopt animals in the Zoo take to the jungle, loves ani- Tortoise after learning about tions too are now coming species. Although the zoo after the lockdown brought a mals and couldn’t think of a them being an endangered forward to contribute to started the ‘Adopt an animal dip in the revenue. Chinmay better way to ring in his spe- species. “We initially wanted the care and health of these scheme’ first in 2014, it did Shah celebrated his 12th cial day. “He’d want to visit to donate the proceeds from animals. City's emerging hot favourite If you want to see all the culinary innovation that’s possible with handpicked Thai ingredients, spices, and regional flavours you have to hop over to Hyderabad's very own Devil's Pot on your next craving hullabaloo. What makes it awesome? SHIKHA DUGGAL writes about what's unique about this cuisine, their hit dishes, and more evil’s Pot is soon growing to become everyone’s hot D favourite in the city. It’s a home kitchen run by a close-knit family of four and like every art, their cooking also requires some thinking and innovation as they’re on a ‘Find your inner Durga,' mission to get you the best Goan-Thai gourmet! At a time when everyone’s trying to re-invent, this novel inter- urges Mughda Godse vention has decided to go back to coastal roots. It does- here is a sage about womanhood. tion of women and it’s the n’t stop there, what if an occa- strange We should celebrate the key factor that drives sion is approaching? 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There are a form of Halloween characters for Devil’s Pot at Banjara Hills time when the country is our own mythology is of slew of other qualities that such as bat wings, eyeballs, that fulfills the nostalgic feel- dine-in celebrating Goddess particular significance Durga embodies that are and witch fingers, we were at ing of home-cooked meals, experience but Durga through Durga simply because it reminds inherently present in the their service. Sending a per- and ensures that every bite menu and we listen to them Puja and celebrations in us of a society of the girl child, that we as care- sonalised seed paper note takes you to heaven. Janani very carefully and instantly for us, food is an the country, Mugdha boundless vigor and givers should be aware of with every meal, we make our tells us, “People are loving our get to work. They have also involvement. We Godse celebrates the tenacity of a woman. 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Our forte is a She had a powerful are if we are blessed with there weren’t girls on the It was the sheer passion of and it only pushes us to work thematic menu photo session on Navratri a girl at home. planet, there wouldn’t be a the mass communication harder. There are times our To make a deal with the sending out a strong mes- “Every day is a celebra- planet! graduate for cooking conven- customers have asked us to devil, contact them on — JANANI RAO tional food coupled with add certain dishes to the 7995864607 now! 10 coffee Hyderabad Thursday October 29 2020 A COFFEE

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Hyderabad Thursday October 29 2020 tollywood SHAURYA TO PLAY Pawan Kalyan to swing A SOFTWARE into action PROFESSIONAL straightaway The actor is impressed with the way Annish Krishna has etched his character in the still-untitled film. After being away from the klieg lights The first schedule will kick-off in December in for over seven months due to the Hyderabad, finds NAGARAJ GOUD pandemic, Pawan Kalyan will join the

aga Shaurya’s new Medarametla. He will rejoin the “He is excited about the way sets of his comeback film, Vakeel film with Ala Ela sets again in February and by Anish has designed the role — fame Annish March-end; he is looking to it’s something he hitherto played Saab, from November 1 Krishna was wrap up the entire shoot. The thus far. His love story with the N launched at his office makers are targeting a summer female lead will crack up the esuming last month which the shoot will come to an Ira Creations in release,” a source close to the audience,” the source informs. after six months of end. The December outing will Hyderabad on Wednesday. It production house tells us. Sai Sriram, who has shot coronavirus-induced witness his flashback portions was graced by Tollywood heavy The source adds that Shaurya Anish’s maiden feature Ala Ela, R break, Pawan Kalyan- alongside Shruti Haasan being hitters Koratala Siva, Anil will be essaying the part of a will be the cinematographer of starrer Vakeel Saab shot. For it, he has to cut a slight- Ravipudi, S Naga Vamsi and TS young software employee who this film, a Mahati Swara Sagar was shot for nearly 20 ly lean frame and needs to trim former minister P Mahendar has just joined a leading MNC. musical. days before the makers decided his beard as well,” the source Reddy among others. As to give a Dasara break. And now, informs. Shaurya’s friend Nara Rohith we hear the fresh schedule of The film, an official remake switched on the camera, three days has commenced in of Pink, will see Pawan as an Koratala sounded the clap- Hyderabad on Monday. eccentric lawyer who defends board for the first shot on According to a source, director three women (played by Nivetha Shaurya, while Ravipudi direct- Venu Sreeram has filmed Thomas, Anjali and Ananya) ed it. sequences which didn’t involve from trumped-up charges of A romantic family drama his lead star in the brief sched- assault and prostitution, while peppered with humour, the ule. “The next schedule will start using his legal acumen to make untitled film, produced by in Hyderabad on a larger comment about consent Shaurya’s mother Usha Mulpuri, November 1 with and violence. The women are will have the cameras rolling in Pawan partici- paying the price for com- December first week. “The first pating in it. plaining against a crime of schedule of 10 days will be shot An action sexual assault committed in Hyderabad, before Shaurya sequence by an influential and moves on to his other commit- will be shot entitled young man ments with Santhossh with him till and his friends. A joint Jagarlapudi and Souujanya November production venture 10, after between Dil Raju and which he is Boney Kapoor, it has required once musical notes by again in the Thaman. December sched- — NG A story of five senior citizens ule, with ven before his maiden feature, “It is the story of five senior citizens and Kanabadutaledu, a thriller, opens focuses on their journey to fulfill the goals in cinemas; director M Bala Raju that they couldn’t meet during their young has commenced work on his age. The story’s USP lies in what they can E sophomore untitled venture. To and cannot do at their age. The idea is to roll towards the year-end, it will begin filming it in a place like Narsipatnam be produced by Satish Raju under SS Films. before moving to 10-15 states across the country,” the director tells us. He adds that he is planning to sign on actors like Naresh VK, Rao Ramesh and Murali Sharma for the lead roles. Madhu Ponnas will compose music. — NG Netflix taps Krish and Nandini Reddy he Pioneer has previ- next year after all the aforemen- ously reported that the tioned directors complete their suits at streaming existing commitments. “Each T giant Netflix have story should last 30 minutes and approached Shiva they should be different to each Nirvana and Ajay other. The directors have the lib- Bhupathi for a Telugu love stories erty to choose a story of their lik- series (Sept 10). To this end, the ing,” a source tells us. latest we hear is that they have Right now, Krish is the final leg also tapped Krish and Nandini filming of his untitled next with Reddy as the other directors for Rakul Preet Singh and Vaisshnav the series-spanning four episodes Tej, while Nandini Reddy will be with original love stories. The teaming up with Samantha for a shoot of the stories will begin Telugu-Tamil bilingual. Mani Ratnam, Jayendra to present anthology Navarasa for Netflix ilmmakers Mani short films and raising Ratnam and money through them for Jayendra this cause was born on F Panchapakesan are one such brainstorming joining hands to evening. We were thrilled present the Tamil when the idea resonated film anthology titled well instantly with lead- Navarasa, based on the nine ing directors, actors and rasas or emotions for Netflix, technicians of the indus- the streamer announced on try that we approached”. Wednesday. “The idea of Navarasa The nine short films will was a spark when we dis- narrate stories across nine cussed it and the indus- emotions — anger, compas- try has come together to sion, courage, disgust, fear, make it glow, give it soul laughter, love, peace and and make it count wonder. for its peo- Directors Arvind Swami, ple. We Bejoy Nambiar, Gautham are happy Vasudev Menon, Karthik that Subbaraj, Karthick Naren, The proceeds from the nine short films, Netflix KV Anand, Ponram, spearheaded by Arvind Swami, Suriya, has come Rathindran Prasad and forward Halitha Shameem are on Prakash Raj, Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya to take board Navarasa to bring their Menen among others respectively, will go this con- distinctive perspective on fluence of each rasa. Swami, Suriya, towards the well-being of film workers in emotion, Prakash Raj, Vijay Sethupathi Tamil cinema impacted by coronavirus talent, and Nithya Menen are some people and of the names who will front press release said. “This time the brainstorm- the cause the stories. Ratnam and ing was for the cause of our to the The proceeds from the Panchapakesan said they own industry, to soothe and world,” the films will go towards the have always loved to brain- try and alleviate to some filmmakers well-being of film workers in storm and come up with extent the agony of our peo- said in a Tamil cinema impacted by unique ideas to raise money ple who had no work for joint state- the coronavirus pandemic, a for deserving causes. months. The idea of making ment. 12 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2020 KL Rahul 595 runs TODAY VS

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I took a bit of responsibility We still have two games. One We play MI next and RCB in I asked David how should I DUGOUT at the top of the order... It's win is all we need. We've been the last match and if we keep approach and he told me that tough to play orthodox waiting for that since last three playing the way we are, we will you should just bat freely. We MOTION PICTURE cricket in these conditions, games. This loss is definitely find it hard to win those games. needed to take chances in the so I have to open up 360 going to motivate us. I think we So we have to change things first six overs and since it clicked, degrees lost it in the powerplay itself and change them quickly we got the momentum our way CSK ready to play MI close in on playoff spot spoilsport for KKR RCB 164/6 (20 overs) ; MI 166/5 (19.1 overs) Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer and opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan pose for photo after gym session @DelhiCapitals PTI n DUBAI MATCHES 21 Kings XI Punjab. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS 13 If the top-order fires, KKR PTI n ABU DHABI lready out of play- KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 08 will be better served as incon- Aoffs reckoning, a sistency has hurt the team in the oung Devdutt Padikkal relaxed Chennai Super Kings are course of the season as has the con- pummelled the Mumbai ready to play party-poopers with an stant chopping and changing. YIndians attack into sub- aim to foil Kolkata Knight Riders’ The bowlers have done a good mission with a 45-ball 74 before desperate bid for a victory in an job so far, with Tamil Nadu’s mys- Jasprit Bumrah stopped Royal Indian Premier League game on tery spinner Varun Chakravarthy Challengers Bangalore at 164 for Thursday. being impressive and earning a spot six in an IPL game here on KKR with 12 points from 12 in the Indian T20 team. Wednesday. games would like to win the next two They need to be at the top of Put in to bat, Padikkal, who encounters to ensure a smooth pas- their game against the CSK batting plundered 12 fours and a six, sage while CSK, currently at the bot- unit that has been frustratingly added 71 runs for the opening tom of the eight-team table, are only inconsistent but is more than capa- wicket with Josh Philippe (33). Delhi Capitals’ Australian fast bowler Daniel Sams cuts cake to playing for pride. ble of being destructive on its day. However, the RCB then suf- celebrate his birthday with teammates Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant A possibility remains that mul- Against CSK, which is missing fered a middle-order collapse as and Shimron Hetmyer @DelhiCapitals tiple teams will end up on either 16 out on the play-offs for the first time Mumbai roared back into the or 14 points and a comprehensive ever, Kolkata’s batting faces a varied game with lead pacer Bumrah ROHIT NEEDS 2-3 WEEKS REST TO BE FIT victory at this stage of the tourna- attack which was boosted with the (3/14) doing the bulk of damage. Indian cricket team physio Nitin Patel had informed the ment, will bring the superior net run- inclusion of Mitchell Santner in the Padikkal began with a BCCI that opening batsman Rohit Sharm would require 2- rate into equation when the play-off last game and needs to step up. boundary over deep extra cover 3 weeks of rest to be fully fit and take part in India's tour spots are decided. CSK, on its part, will be aiming and then struck successive fours of Australia before the selection committee picked the It won’t get too easy for KKR to build on the win over RCB and off Krunal Pandya, as RCB squads. Patel also sent a detailed medical report on Rohit against CSK, who handed an eight- end the season on a high, apart from fetched 12 runs in the third over. Sharma to the board after consulting two other specialist wicket thrashing to Royal hurting the chances of play-off The two openers continued doctors who also advised three more weeks of rest for the Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Kieron Pollard celebrates the wicket of RCB batsman Ab de Villiers IPLT20.com 33-year-old. “Patel had submitted a detailed fitness report Challengers Bangalore in their pre- hopefuls. playing their shots, the highlight of every player. It's a normal procedure where the Indian vious outing. The CSK bowlers choked a being Philippe’s six over Trent team physio informs the board and selection committee KKR’s unsettled bat- strong RCB batting unit with a per- Boult's head in the fifth over. about which player is fit and which player is not. The ting order is a point of formance that reminded CSK of yore Padikkal then went on the selectors were informed that Rohit will not be available for concern for Eoin and that should be a worry for the offensive against James selection due to injury. He even submitted two expert Morgan, who would KKR batsmen short on consistency. Pattinson, collecting two fours, doctors' advice who both said Rohit needs rest for two to hope that for- For CSK, any win would be wel- as RCB raced to 54 for no loss in three weeks,” a BCCI official said. mer skipper come as they endured a forgettable six overs. Dinesh season which is just about However, leg-spinner Rahul WE'VE TO RESET RIGHT NOW: PONTING Karthik pro- to wind down. Chahar (1/43) pulled things Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting conceded that chasing duces his A England’s World back for Mumbai, removing is an area of concern for his team and it needs to hit the game when Cup-winning captain Philippe, who was stumped by “reset” button to seal an IPL play-off spot in the remaining it matters Morgan will hope to Quinton De Kock. Mumbai then took four two league games after enduring a third straight loss. After most. lead from the front Padikkal, who hit another wickets in quick succession, a flying start, the Capitals suffered a hat-trick of losses — Nitish but that would call two boundaries off Chahar, com- removing AB De Villiers (15), two of them while chasing — to slip to the third spot in Rana, who for a collective per- pleted his fifty with another Shivam Dube (2), Padikkal and IPL standings. “It's been a concern. When we decide to shone in the formance. four. Chris Morris (4), as RCB bowl first, we've given away big totals. We have to get win over There is a lot at Skipper Virat Kohli (9) per- slumped to 138/6. better at that, we need to be better at bowling first and at Delhi stake for the Knights ished early as RCB slipped to Gurkeerat Mann made a chasing totals because so far, it hasn't worked for us,” said Capitals and they would 95/2, but Padikkal continued his quick 14 but Mumbai, known for Ponting during the post-match press conference. “We had came a crop- settle for nothing onslaught against Chahar, ham- their effectiveness in the death, a rough idea from the start of the game on how many per in the sub- less than a big mering a six and two fours, as allowed RCB only 35 runs in the points one might need to qualify. We got to seven wins sequent loss to win. RCB got 16 runs in the 15th over. last five overs. Mumbai Indians share picture of Jasprit Bumrah dismissing Virat Kohli @mipaltan quite quickly, and now lost three in a row. We have to reset right now,” Ponting said. GANGULY OVER THE MOON WITH RATINGS India to play D/N warm-up game ahead of 1st Test SRH to ‘wait & watch’ on Saha’s groin niggle BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has been overwhelmed with the response which the ongoing edition of the IPL is PTI n MELBOURNE According to the release, the three- DUBAI: Wriddhiman Saha’s groin getting in terms of viewership and ratings. “Unbelievable match ODI Series will have matches at the injury is “not serious” but his IPL fran- and I am not surprised at all. When we were discussing he Indian cricket team will get an addi- Sydney Cricket Ground (November 27, 29) chise Sunrisers Hyderabad is expect- with Star and all the people concerned — if we have to do Ttional Day/Night warm-up game in and Manuka Oval, Canberra (December 2). ed to adopt a cautious approach after it this year and one-month prior to the tournament, we Sydney as a tune-up to the series-opening That will be followed by the three-match consultation with the BCCI’s medical were contemplating, whether this can happen or not, what Pink Ball Test against Australia in Adelaide T20 International Series at Manuka Oval, team as the senior wicketkeeper- will be the ultimate result of the bio-bubble and will it be from December 17, the host board Canberra (December 4) and the Sydney batsman is Australia-bound after the successful,” Ganguly said while speaking on Star Sports announced on Wednesday unveiling the full Cricket Ground (December 6, 8). T20 event. Cricket Live show. “We decided to move ahead with our schedule of the 69-day engagement. The Adelaide fixture will be the first Saha had picked up the niggle plan, because we wanted to bring normalcy in everyone's The tour will include a 14-day quaran- Day-night Test played between the two during his match-winning innings of lives and wanted to bring the game back. I am not tine-cum-training period in Sydney start- teams. 87 off 45 balls against Delhi Capitals surprised with the feedback. This is the best tournament in ing November 12 for the Indians who will Neither side has lost a day-night Test on Tuesday and didn’t keep wickets the world,” he added. fly in after the IPL final on November 10. previously, with the Australians winning all with substitute Shreevats Goswami The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will begin four twilight Tests in Adelaide against New replacing him. POINTS TABLE with a Day-Night encounter at the Adelaide Zealand, South Africa, England and “Unfortunately, he’s got a little Oval on December 17, followed by Tests at Pakistan, and India winning its only groin niggle but hopefully it isn’t too P W L NRR PTS the Melbourne Cricket Ground (December encounter at Eden Gardens versus bad,” SRH skipper Warner said at the 1 16 26), the Sydney Cricket Ground (January 7) Bangladesh in 2019. post-match presentation ceremony. before Sunrisers’ next game (vs RCB MI 12 8 4 +1.186 and the Gabba (January 15). Nick Hockley, CA’s Interim CEO, said Saha is part of India’s Test team on October 31). Let’s keep our fingers 2 RCB 12 7 5 +0.048 14 As per BCCI’s demands, there is a week’s that the Boxing Day Test might feature spec- which will play four games starting crossed,” the official said. 3 14 gap between the Boxing Day Test at the Australia stated. tators at the MCG as the board is coordi- mid-December during the tour, which There is a possibility that Saha DC 12 7 5 +0.030 MCG and the New Year’s Test at the SCG. “...CA can also confirm dates for tour nating with the Victorian State Government begins next month. may be advised to skip the next two 4 KXIP 12 6 6 -0.049 12 “India’s squad will arrive in Sydney on matches ahead of the Test series. India A will on the issue. A senior BCCI source said that all games and in case Sunrisers make it 5 12 November 12 subject to Australian Border take on Australia A at Drummoyne Oval “...We are working with the Victorian the franchises have been told to be a to play-offs, he would be fully fit. KKR 12 6 6 -0.479 Force travel authorisation and the appropri- (New South Wales) (December 6-8), and Government and the Melbourne Cricket bit cautious with regards to fitness of During an IPLT20.com interview 6 SRH 12 5 7 +0.396 10 ate departure-approvals. The team will India will play Australia A in a day-night Club on plans to safely host spectators at the national team players. with star spinner Rashid Khan, Saha 7 10 quarantine in Sydney prior to the first match match at the Sydney Cricket Ground iconic event with details to be confirmed in “It doesn’t look very serious at the said that he would “hopefully” soon RR 12 5 7 -0.505 of the series on November 27,” Cricket (December 11-13),” the release stated. due course,” Hockley said. moment but there is a three-day gap recover from injury. PTI 8 CSK 12 4 8 -0.602 8 Madrid in trouble despite late fightback Bartomeu resigns AP n MADRID A 0-0 draw at Shakhtar, German team’s winning streak winner in the 85th minute. FABINHO INJURY as Barca president during which Inter hit the in the competition with a bril- Marcos Llorente opened the Liverpool’s defensive woes ith one point from its crossbar twice, came a week liantly taken 79th-minute goal. scoring for Atlético before deepened as Fabinho was Drops European Super League bombshell Wopening two games, Real after a 2-2 draw with Leon Goretzka put Bayern Salzburg went ahead through forced off with a hamstring Madrid is facing another fight Mönchengladbach. ahead in the 13th, but the goals by Dominik Szoboszlai injury during the first half of AFP n BARCELONA to preserve its proud record of Madrid is in bigger trouble, champions gave up plenty of and Mergim Berisha either the win over Midtjylland. qualifying for the knockout though, in its 25th campaign in chances before Anton side of halftime. The Brazil midfielder has osep Maria Bartomeu stage in all of its seasons in the the Champions League, in Miranchuk finally took one in been filling in at center back Jresigned as Barcelona presi- Champions League. which the team has never been the 70th. SLICK CITY for Virgil van Dijk, who is like- dent on Tuesday, along with his It could have been a whole eliminated in the group stage. Bayern opened with a 4-0 Playing without a striker ly out for many months after board of directors, and left with lot worse for the record 13- Last season, Zinedine win over Atletico Madrid, didn’t stop Man City racking damaging cruciate knee liga- a bombshell admission that he time European champions on Zidane’s side started in almost which got its Group A cam- up the goals against Marseille. ments. With Joel Matip cur- had accepted a proposal for the Tuesday, though. identical fashion, losing its paign back on track by rallying Sergio Aguero is back on rently struggling for fitness, club to play in “a future Heading into the 87th opener — 3-0 to Paris Saint- to beat Salzburg the sidelines with a hamstring Liverpool has just one fit European Super League”. minute against Borussia Germain — and then drawing 3-2. injury and with Gabriel Jesus senior center half in Joe Bartomeu’s departure Mönchengladbach, 2-2 in its second match Joao also injured, City started at the Gomez. comes following mounting pres- Madrid was losing 2-0 against Club Brugge. Félix Stade Velodrome with Ferran A 19-year-old, Rhys sure from fans and his public and on course for four The overall standard of scored Torres then Raheem Sterling Williams, replaced Fabinho falling-out with Lionel Messi. straight losses in the its group is tougher twice, filling in as the makeshift and Liverpool was shaky at His resignation could affect Barcelona to play in “a future Champions League for this time round. champion for the first time. includ- center forward. times against the competition the future of Messi, who will European Super League” which the first time. “This is going to be Liverpool is the other team ing the Both of them scored, either newcomers from Denmark. now be given a new project after “would guarantee the financial However, goals by a difficult year for to have won both of its games side of a goal by Ilkay However, Jota scored in trying to leave in August. stability of the club”. Karim Benzema and then everyone,” Zidane said. so far, with Diogo Jota scoring Gundogan as City backed the 55th for a historic goal for “I want to communicate my An election for Bartomeu’s Casemiro — in the third Defending champion the club’s 10,000th goal of its up its 3-1 win over Porto Liverpool and substitute resignation along with the rest successor will take place with- minute of stoppage time — res- Bayern Munich is having no 128-year history to set up a 2- last week. Porto Mohamed Salah converted a of the board,” said Bartomeu in in three months, with an inter- cued a 2-2 draw for the Spanish such trouble, with a 2-1 victo- 0 home win over FC rebounded from that stoppage-time penalty. an official announcement. “It’s im board taking charge in the champions, who opened with ry at Lokomotiv Moscow Midtjylland. loss by beating Duván Zapata scored a composed and relaxed deci- meantime. a 3-2 loss at home to Shakhtar extending its winning run in Olympiakos 2-0 thanks twice in six minutes as sion, agreed with all my fellow Bartomeu’s six-year tenure Donetsk last week. the Champions League to 13 KIMMICH TO RES- to goals by Fábio Vieira Atalanta rallied for a point directors.” saw a dramatic decline in the Next up for Madrid is a games. CUE and Sérgio Oliveira. against Ajax, who went 2-0 However, it was his revela- performances of the team, cul- double-header against Inter Also on a maximum of six Bayern went It was the 100th victo- ahead thanks to Dušan Tadic's tion about a Super League minating in the 8-2 defeat by Milan, the team which was points is Manchester City after unpunished for a slop- ry for Porto in the European penalty and a scruffy goal which seems certain to make Bayern Munich in last season's supposed to be its toughest a 3-0 win at Marseille, as the py performance in Cup and Champions League. from Lassina Traoré. Atalanta the biggest waves beyond Champions League. rival in Group B but which is English team continues its lat- Moscow as Joshua Olympiakos opened with is two points behind Liverpool Catalonia. He then oversaw Messi, the also still without a win. est bid to become European Kimmich prolonged the a 1-0 win over Marseille. in second place. Bartomeu said he accepted club’s greatest ever player, trying a proposal on Monday for to leave for free.