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Gmail suffers outage, DRONES OVER NAIDU'S Govt faces uphill task restored to foot bill for freebies NEW DELHI: Google's enter- prise Gmail for businesses RESIDENCE SPARK ROW MOHAMMED SHAFEEQ suffered an outage on Friday but services were restored PNS n VIJAYAWADA With a series of sops soon after. Some users in l Tension prevailed at the announced during the past India faced problems while Tension prevailed at the resi- TDP Chief's residence as cops two-and-a-half months need- refreshing, sending and receiv- dence of TDP Chief N cane TDP workers ing a whopping Rs 50,000 ing emails on the secure, pri- Chandrababu Naidu at crore, the YSRCP government vate and ad-free email service. Undavalli on the banks of l Security personnel of faces an uphill task of raising "Gmail service has already River Krishna on Friday as the Naidu spotted two persons - the additional resources. been restored for some users, police resorted to lathi-charged Devendar Reddy and Venkata With the resource gap and we expect a resolution for to disperse TDP activists, who Reddy - shooting pictures at already at Rs 45,000 crore, the all users within the next 1 were staging a protest against the residence of Naidu, the freebies announced since May hour. Please note this time the use of drones to shoot pic- 27 may further add to the bur- frame is an estimate and may tures of the flooded house of Lingamaneni Guest House, den on the public exchequer, change," the company said in their leader. with drones deepening the fiscal crisis. an email sent to users. In a war of words that l Janardhan, a TDP leader, The YSRCP government has Apart from the enterprise ensued between the ruling and and other leaders questioned announced many schemes to blaming the previous govern- Gmail edition, which is a part the Opposition parties, TDP implement its poll promises, With the resource ment for the current financial of Google's GSuite, it is not yet alleged that the YSRCP the duo. The drone operators but it has not come out with gap already at position. Presenting Rs 2.27 replied that they were known if any other service by Government had deliberately TDP workers arguing with a policeman when he tried to disperse them at the plans to mobilise the required Rs 45,000 cr, lakh crore welfare-oriented the Internet giant such as delayed floodwater release at residence of TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu in Vundavalli on Friday shooting Naidu's residence resources. budget last month, Finance Google rive or YouTube was Prakasam Barrage with the carrying out the instructions of Analysts say controversial the freebies Minister affected by the disruption. ulterior motive of allowing carrying out the instructions of the police vehicle from moving. the irrigation department. moves like reserving 75 per announced since B Rajendranath said the fis- Naidu's residence to be inun- the irrigation department. However, the police dispersed When they were asked to cent jobs for locals in all indus- May 27 may cal position the YSRCP gov- dated. Refuting the charge, When they were asked to pro- the mobs by resorting to latchi- tries, review of Power Purchase ernment inherited compelled YSRCP leaders, including min- duce the letter, they cited the charge and took away a few produce the letter, they cited Agreements and terminating further add to the it to make some very hard Govt to receive isters, said the TDP is playing name of Kiran, in-charge of the TDP workers in the police the name of Kiran, in-ccharge one of the contracts for burden on the choices between wealth cre- drama only to divert the atten- CM's residence. TDP leaders van. Former minister Devineni of the CM's residence Polavaram project may further public exchequer, ation and welfare programmes. first tranche of tion of the public from the recorded their explanation. Umamaheswara Rao and other affect the investment climate He pointed out that the issue of illegal constructions in Meanwhile, the police leaders reached there and con- and impact the efforts to gen- deepening the State's debts, which stood at Rs the flood zone. appeared on the scene and put demned the police highhand- zone, they have delayed the erate revenue. fiscal crisis 1,30,654 crore in 2014-15, RBI surplus Earlier in the day, security the drone operators in their car edness towards TDP cadre. release of floodwater in a The development of capital reached a whopping Rs NEW DELHI: The Finance personnel of Naidu spotted two to be taken to the Tadepalli They alleged that the police planned manner. They are not city Amaravati is no longer a 2,58,928 crore by 2018-19. Ministry is likely to receive the persons - Devendar Reddy police station. TDP leaders TD had behaved rudely with TD focusing on the rescue opera- priority for the government bills in Parliament, the State "There is a resource gap of first tranche of the RBI's sur- and Venkata Reddy - shooting Janardhan, Devineni Avinash Janardhan and Devineni tions". The Water Resources and the works awarded to var- may find the going even around Rs 45,000 crore to ful- plus money towards pictures at the residence of and others insisted that the Avinash. Department of Andhra ious companies coming to a tougher to tide over the finan- fil the commitments under December after its central Naidu, the Lingamaneni Guest police arrest Kiran and inter- Umamaheswara Rao said, Pradesh has released a press halt, investors may be reluctant cial crisis. Budget 2019-20 Vote on board discusses and approves House, with drones. rogate the drone operators in "The former Chief Minister has note stating that they instruct- to put in their money. "The State needs huge funds Account presented in the report finalised by the Immediately, they informed their presence. However, the Z Plus security. On Thursday ed the drone operators to shoot As the Centre is in no mood to implement poll promises. If February. This resource gap is Bimal Jalan panel. Janardhan, a TDP leader. He police ignoring their demand, itself, the High Court has the flood-affected areas to to reconsider its stand on the the Centre fails to lend a help- further amplified by the bud- The six-member panel led came there, along with other tried to take them to the instructed the State govern- monitor the flood situation. Special Category Status despite ing hand then the situation get necessary for our new pro- by former RBI Governor Jalan, leaders and questioned the Tadepalli police station. Soon, ment to take care of his secu- The drones have been in oper- YSRCP's unconditional sup- may slip out of hands of the grammes", Rajendranath had constituted to assess the ade- duo. The drone operators a large number of TDP work- rity. But, what are they doing? ation for the last three days, port to the Narendra Modi government", says political said in his budget speech. quate size of capital reserves replied saying that they were ers gathered at the place and Just to prove that Lingamaneni they added. government over various analyst P Raghava Reddy. that the RBI should hold, has shooting Naidu's residence staged a dharna preventing Guest House is in the flood Continued on Page 4 issues, including contentious YSRCP has confined itself to Continued on Page 4 finalised the report which is likely to be submitted to the RBI central board meeting later this month for discussion Mohandas Pai Reservoirs and approval. Economic ‘No first use' N-policy depends Pressure on me to Affairs Secretary Atanu finds fault with show surplus, Chakraborty is the govern- rainfall normal ment director on the RBI on circumstances: Rajnath PPAs review merge Jana Sena with ‘a Central Board. The govern- PNS n MUMBAI n n ment is hopeful of receiving PNS NEW DELHI Rajnath Singh PNS VIJAYAWADA the first tranche of the RBI sur- major party’: Pawan The monsoon rainfall plus in this calendar year, said Defence Minister Rajnath (@rajnathsingh) Mohandas Pai, co-founder of moved to normal and the a source. Singh declared on Friday that Pokhran is the area which Akshaya Patra, former PNS n VIJAYAWADA reservoir level of large river India's commitment so far to witnessed Atalji's firm resolve Director of Infosys and cur- basins into significant sur- a 'No first use' doctrine in its rent Chairman of Manipal In a sensational disclosure, plus, a Kotak report said on nuclear policy will depend on to make India a nuclear power Global Education, made seri- Jana Sena Party (JSP) Chief Friday. However, it added Rahul's largesse circumstances in the future. and yet remain firmly ous remarks against the YS Pawan Kalyan alleged a major that rainfall has been weak Singh posted a tweet from committed to the doctrine of Jaganmohan Reddy led gov- mainstream political party has in eastern and northern for 18K families Pokhran, the test site of India's 'No First Use'. India has strictly ernment on Friday. been exerting pressure on him India. nuclear weapons, after paying adhered to this doctrine. What Commenting directly to the to merge his party with it. The report stated the in Wayanad homage to former Prime Chief Minister's twitter han- Addressing Vijayawada overall status of rainfall Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee happens in future depends on dle, the Karnataka-based Parliamentary Constituency among the 36 sub-divisions WAYANAD: Rahul Gandhi, on his first death anniversary. the circumstances industrialist stated that 'gov- leaders at the party's office in across India had nine of as promised, has started dis- "Pokhran is the area which ernment terrorism' was still Mangalagiri on Friday, he them receiving deficient tributing kits to witnessed Atalji's firm resolve after attending the closing cer- continuing in Andhra made it clear that he would not rainfall, 19 normal, and over 18,000 to make India a nuclear power emony of the International cy, but it had to be spelt out Pradesh. yield to any such pressure eight with excess rainfall. families and yet remain firmly com- Scouts Masters Competition clearly. Singhvi said, "If by "Even after the valuable tactics and ruled out merger of to re-energise the cadre. "Till August 14, cumula- affected by mitted to the doctrine of 'No that concluded on Friday. this somewhat ambiguous suggestion of Japan, the Jana Sena with any party. The Pawan has interacted with the tive rainfall was 0.1 per the floods. First Use'. India has strictly statement, the defence minis- Government of Andhra party was founded to promote cadre and leaders of Jana Sena cent above long-term aver- His office adhered to this doctrine. What Spell out policy ter either intends to keep us Pradesh was keen to review national integration and pro- on the present status and age with the weekly rainfall secretary happens in future depends on guessing or seeks to announce the Power Purchase tect human values. preparation for the ensuing 45.1 per cent above long- Byju said that the circumstances," Singh clearly: Congress a change in policy, then the Agreements (PPAs). If they The talk of Jana Sena's local body elections. He asked term average, due to heavy in the next two tweeted. Responding to Rajnath's country would be happy to do like this, how can they merger has started after Pawan the cadre to interact directly rainfall across western and days, every family in his con- Singh's statement comes tweet, the Congress said the know what the new policy is. expect industries to come to Kalyan's meeting with BJP with him. "If you have any central India," the report stituency, who had to face the amid belligerent statements government should spell out its Not in ambiguous half phras- the State," he tweeted. general secretary Ram problem, please inform me. stated. flood fury and had to move by Pakistan on Jammu and nuclear policy and remove es, but in a full one paragraph Many entrepreneurs and Madhav in the US during the Making public statements or But the sowing status was out of their homes, will get a Kashmir and ahead of a any ambiguity over it. declared policy." business leaders have also TANA meeting. After winning posting comments in social still lower than last year, full kit of basic food items, a 'closed-door' meeting at the Congress spokesperson Singhvi said the govern- been finding fault with only one MLA seat in the elec- media are not allowed," he Kotak noted. "As of August cleaning kit and dress materi- UN on the issue of the abro- Abhishek Singhvi said his party ment should refrain from Jagan's decision on PPAs, the tions, leaders of Jana Sena were added. He instructed party 8, the total kharif acreage als including a blanket. gation of special category sta- and the entire country would "word play" on something as reverse tendering on demoralised. workers to take part in rescue was 5.3 per cent lower than The first kit consists of 5 tus to the state. stand behind the government vital and important as nuclear Polavaram and the stoppage Pawan Kalyan is conducting operations in the wake of the same period last year," kilogram of rice, sugar, puls- Singh travelled to Pokhran on the country's nuclear poli- policy. of several government works. constituency-wise meetings floods to River Krishna. the report said. es, tea, coffee, oil, and a few other basic provisions which would be good enough for a week, besides essential dress- es and undergarments. Krishna, Godavari in spate; 4,200 shifted ED attaches assets of TODAY PNS n AMARAVATI l Barrage, downstream man- A second warning was dals like Tadepalli, Duggirala, Nowhera Shaik worth ALMANAC More than 4,200 people have issued at the Prakasam Kolluru, Bhattiprolu and Month & Paksham: been moved to relief camps as Barrage across the River Repalle in Guntur district Shravana & Krishna Paksha the River Krishna is in spate, Krisha in Vijayawda, which have been largely affected. Rs 299.99 crore Panchangam causing floods and affecting was carrying over seven Also, the low-lying areas in life in severals mandals of lakh cusecs of waters Vijayawada city, villages in PNS n HYDERABAD Tithi : Dwitiya 10:48 pm Guntur and Krishna districts Thotlavalluru and Nakshatram: Sthatabhisha 01:56 pm on Friday, according to l The National Disaster Avanigadda mandals in Officials of the Enforcement Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start authorities. Response Force and State Krishna district were Directorate (ED) attached any important work) A second warning was Disaster Response and marooned. assets worth Rs 299.99 crore of issued at the Prakasam Fire Services personnel The SDMA said 537 hous- Nowhera Shaik of M/s Heera Rahukalam: 09:11 am – 10:45 am Barrage across the River es were marooned in Guntur Group of Companies and Yamagandam: 01:54 pm – 03:28 pm Krisha in Vijayawda, which have been deployed in district and 315 in Krishna. related others, spread across Varjyam: 09:07 pm - 10:55 pm was carrying over seven lakh Krishna and Guntur Crops have been inundated multiple states, under provi- districts for rescue and Gulika: 06:02 am - 07:37 am cusecs of waters. in 935 hectares and 678 sions of the Prevention of River Godavari also saw a relief operations hectares in Krishna and Money Laundering Act, 2002 mercial complexes and bank Good Time: (to start any important work) revival in flood surge on Guntur districts respectively (PMLA) in a ponzi fraud on balances. Amritakalam: NIL Friday with 7.34 lakh cusecs according to the SDMA. Friday. Investigations under the Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:54 am - 12:45 pm of water flowing into the Sir alert in the two districts. and relief operations. Guntur district were affected Meanwhile, after receding The Enforcement PMLA Act were initiated by Arthur Cotton Barrage at The Puligadda aqueduct at Authorities opened eight relief by the flood. From for the last four days, flood in Directorate attached 96 ED on the basis of FIRs regis- VIJAYAWADA Dowaleswaram. Avanigadda is overflowing, camps in Guntur district and Pulichintala, 8.01 lakh cusecs Godavari increased suddenly immovable properties based in tered by the Central Crime One person was reported cutting off the road network shifted 1,619 persons while 10 of water was being discharged on Friday, trapping scores of Telangana, Kerala, Station, Hyderabad, Telangana WEATHER dead in Guntur district in the in the Diviseema region of were opened in Krishna dis- downstream resulting in an villages in Devipatnam and Maharashtra, Delhi & Andhra and Andhra Pradesh Police Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms Krishna flood, according to Krishna district. trict for 2,677 people, the inflow of 7.57 lakh cusecs at Polavaram mandals in East Pradesh worth Rs 277.29 crore against Nowhera Shaik of M/s Temp: 36/26 the State Disaster The National Disaster SDMA said. the Prakasam Barrage. and West Godavari districts in and movable assets of Rs 22.69 Heera Group of Companies Humidity: 78% Management Authority. Response Force and State Dachepalli, Machavaram, From the barrage, 7.63 lakh water. With more water flow- crore totaling Rs and related others on the alle- Sunrise: 05.59 The flood flow is expected Disaster Response and Fire Gurazala, Atchampeta, cusecs of water is being let out ing from the upstream, the 299,99,16,291. The attached gation of illegally collecting Sunset: 06.40 to cross eight lakh cusecs on Services personnel have been Amaravati, Tulluru mandals into the Bay of Bengal. flood level in Godavari was properties include agricultur- deposits from lakhs of Current Weather Conditions Friday night and, according- deployed in Krishna and in the downstream of Dr KL Consequent to the flood expected to increase, officials al lands, commercial plots, investors on promise of very Updated August 16, 2019 5:00 PM ly, authorities have issued an Guntur districts for rescue Rao Sagar Pulichintala in surge at the Prakasam said. residential buildings, com- high returns. 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CAPSULE Officials expect eight MOVE TO SAFER LOCATIONS, MOBILE LIBRARY COLLECTOR TELLS PEOPLE ENTERS SMC VIJAYAWADA: Students union n of Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala lakh cusecs by dawn PNS VIJAYAWADA in association with Bhakti n Vedanta Institute organised a PNS VIJAYAWADA Already flood water has District Collector Md Imtiyaz mobile library on the college entered the huts, sheds on the on Friday asked the residents premises on Friday. The The intensity of the flood has river banks. near Bhavanipuram and mobile library was organised increased on Friday leading to Avanigadda, Mopidevi, Punnamighat to safer locations to create spiritual awareness riverbank areas and Lanka vil- Nagayalanka and other areas as said the floodwater inflow among students. Books of all lages of Krishna river near the were affected with flood. was increasing. He also warned kinds such as Telugu Academy Prakasam Barrage inundated Majority of the paddy field them not to wait until the last books, devotional books both with floodwater. on the riverbank from Krishna minute. in Telugu and English, books Already seven lakh cusecs of to Guntur district were inun- The Collector visited the dealing with science and floodwater have reached the dated with floodwater. flood-affected areas and religion were displayed. barrage and the authorities TDP leaders alleged that advised them to move imme- College principal M. Nalini released 7.3 lakh cusecs down- the government has delayed diately to safer locations. He said that the students were stream. the release of floodwater inten- informed that 400 people near losing their self-confidence in Officials are expecting eight- tionally to damage Amaravati, Punnamighat under 27th divi- the competitive world by lakh cusecs of water reaching the new capital city, including. sion were relocated to nearby District Collector Imtiyaz shifting children to a safe place on a boat in Vijayawada overtly depending on the barrage by early Saturday Naidu’s residence. function hall and ordered the on Friday electronic gadgets. “Reading morning. Former minister Devineni officials to provide food and these books will help get a “The flood level was down Umamaheswara Rao said: other arrangements to them. The Collector visited Sri Krishna Chaitanya Seva semblance and transform on Thursday. But from Friday “Jaganmohan wants to damage He also visited Sri Krishna them into a perfect human morning, the river is witness- the capital city of Amaravati, Chaitanya Seva Trust Trust Children’s Home and found the home was being,” she added. Students ing more discharge,” says an TDP leaders alleged that the Chandrababu Naidu’s home, Children’s Home and found surrounded by floodwater. He chided the home Union convener A Nagajyothi, official. government has delayed the lakhs of acres of fields and the home was surrounded by administrators for not shifting the children to a G Padmaja, K Shashi, Dr Two days ago, the water release of floodwater intentionally houses of the poor. This is floodwater. He chided the Manjula, Sneha, and others level at the barrage was 12 foot. ridiculous.” home administrators for not safer place were present. Now, it has crossed the 15-foot to damage Amaravati, the new TDP leaders alleged that in shifting the children to a safer level. The officials have capital city, including. Naidu’s 2009, as many as 13.5 lakh place. by a rubber boat. About 100 Nagar. He ordered officials to ACA SECRETARY'S XI announced the second level of cusecs of water were released The collector swung into children were shifted to anoth- arrange food and other essen- danger signal for the riverbank residence in a phased manner and there action and shifted the children er children’s home at Gandhi tials to the children. POSTS WIN areas. was no flood threat as it is now. GUNTUR: ACA Secretary’s XI Madduru, Kolluru and other Several acres of paddy field in there is every possibility that “Not taking the decision until defeated ACA President’s XI by villages are severely affected these villages have come under areas of karakatta, including August 13 a clear cut conspir- five wickets in the ACA u-19 and the bridge between a sheet of water. former chief minister Naidu’s acy. They want to see Naidu BJP recalls Vajpayee’s ‘People starving women Inter-State T-20 Madduru and Amaravati is If the in-flow of water cross- residence, may witness water suffer and also damage probables match at ACA witnessing the water flow. es eight lakh cusecs tonight, entering the house. Amavarti". Women’s Academy in JKC due to closure of College campus here on Friday. Batting first, President’s XI made service to nation Anna Canteens' 116 for five in the allotted 20 Pavitrotsavam PNS n VIJAYAWADA Vijayawada: Former Water overs and in reply Secretary Xi Former PM should be VMC sets up nine rehab centres Resources Minister Devineni reached the target by losing five poster Bharatiya Janata Party I-Hub remembered for Umamaheswara Rao on Friday wicks in the 19th over. PNS n VIJAYAWADA convenor Kanuri Balakrishna raised serious allegations against The scores: President’s XI 116 released Mohan (Balu) on Friday paid changing the face of the YSRCP government stating for five in 20 overs (V. Ramya Vijayawada Municipal rich tributes to former Prime the nation with his that over 1.2 crore people in the Deepika 29, B. Harshitha 27, P. Corporation has set up nine reha- TIRUPATI: Tirupati JEO P Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on State were starving due to clo- Vinni Suzen two for 11) lost to bilitation centres and has provid- Basant Kumar released a his death anniversary. policies such as sure of Anna Canteens. Rao, Secretary Xl 117 for five in 18.5 ed accommodation to1820 per- poster on the annual Paying floral tributes, he said expansion of railways, along with other TDP leaders overs (M. Anusha 26, K. sons affected by floods in city.on. Pavitrotsavams to be held at the former PM should be and workers, participated in Mahanthi Sri 23, A. Sireesha The people living in Sri Konetiraya Swamy tem- remembered for changing the telecom development protests at various places in 23). Krishnalanka and on the banks of ple at Palamaneru at his face of the nation with his poli- and several welfare Mylavaram constituency in the river were shifted to these cen- chambers in the TTD cies such as golden quadrilater- response to the call given by for- ANANTAPUR tres. VMC Commissioner V. administrative building on al, expansion of railways, telecom schemes for the poor mer Chief Minister N RESTRICTS VIZAG Prasanna Venkatesh is monitoring Friday. The annual fete will development and several welfare Chandrababu Naidu. He stat- the rescue activities and food Vijayawada Municipal Corporation employees distributing food at a relief camp be celebrated from August schemes for the poor. “Vajpayee ed that injustice was being ren- TO 160 arrangements at these centres. in Vijayawada on Friday 26 to 28 with won the hearts of the world with the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in dered to the disadvantaged VENKATAGIRI: Anantapur Venkatesh said that as flood Ankurarpanam on August his statesmen approach and 1998. "He also sought to improve people in the State due to the restricted Visakhapatnam to intensity was increasing and many danger”. citizens, women and children. 25. Temple deputy executive several memorable speeches ele- diplomatic relations with winding up of Anna Canteens. 160 in 75 overs at the end of more people will be shifted to res- He said all these centres were He also reviewed the electrici- officer Elleppa and temple vated the image of the country". Pakistan by travelling to Lahore He alleged that cases were foist- the first day’s play in the cue centres. “We are trying to con- equipped with medical help to ty supply, drinking water and san- inspector Mohan were also He said during his tenure as by bus to meet with Prime ed on 17 TDP activists in three-day semifinal of ACA u- vince people about the impending tackle the health issues of senior itation facilities. present on the occasion. prime minister, India carried out Minister Nawaz Sharif". Mylavaram. 16 inter-district cricket tournament here on Friday. At the draw of stumps, Anantapur made 48 for two in 22 overs. The scores: Let lorries transport sand, demands Medall’s preventive healthcare Vishakhapatnam 160 in 74.5 overs (V.S.N. Dinesh 33, S. Srujan 25, B. Bhargav three for 24, G. Mallikarjuna three Lorry Owners Association screening in Chittoor from Aug 17 for 23, Tanveer Jamal two for PNS n VIJAYAWADA loans are suffering as they are 39) vs. Anantapur 48 for two unable to pay the interest”. PNS n CHITTOOR in 22 overs (M. Jaya Krishna Andhra Pradesh Lorry Owners He said those who bought 28 n.o.). Association General Secretary vehicles on private finance Medall - India's largest inte- Y.V. Eswara Rao on Friday stat- were the hard-hit as the grated healthcare diagnostics FREE HERNIA CAMP ed that the decision to prevent financiers were taking away the chain, is set to organise a first of lorries from transporting sand vehicles as interests were due. its kind preventive healthcare AT HARINI HOSPITAL across the State had hit the Eswara Rao said the recent screening package 'SASH'-Stay VIJAYAWADA: Free laparoscopic transport sector badly and floods in river Krishna has Aware, Stay Healthy, at four cen- hernia health camp will be held using only tractors for sand inundated several sand reach- tres in Chittoor from August 17. at Harini Hospital till August 31, transportation had rendered es and advised the government SASH is a unique screening according to hospital Chairman several jobless. to excavate sand through boats package, covering over 57 care- and Managing Director N Participating in a dharna to be shifted to tractors for the fully chosen, relevant tests to Tirumala Rao here on Friday. organized by sand lorry own- benefit of the end-users. monitor functions of eight Speaking to media persons, he ers at Dharna Chowk here on “Though the new sand pol- major body systems- vitals, car- said the first 400 persons can Friday, he said that the gov- icy is going to be implement- diac, diabetes, thyroid, liver, avail a lot of benefits through the ernment was unnecessarily ed from September 5, the kidney, bone, and blood. camp. “This camp makes sure implementing curbs on the Members of Andhra Pradesh Lorry Owners Association staging a dharna in entire state is suffering for Priced as low as Rs 640 for that people who cannot afford sand and advised them to Vijayawada on Friday want of sand for nearly 75 days. the entire screening, SASH is a When you get your SASH The green column is the can get access to treatment”. make sand freely available for All the development activities part of Medall's initiative to cre- health screening done, the healthy zone. The report He said that If hernia was not the benefit opf the real estate previous and present govern- workers associated with the in the State have come to a halt ate awareness on the impor- report comes to you in the form explains the implications of treated in time, it may cause life- and house construction pur- ments were treating sand on vehicles were shifting to other owing to sand scarcity”. tance of preventive healthcare of a Healthscore in which results each individual's Healthscore, threatening complications like poses. par with gold and diamond, jobs. He said the State screening and make it more for all 57 parametres are slotted possible health risks and sug- bowel obstruction and gangrene. “The Government can take and thus creating artificial “Already the sector is suf- Government, instead of affordable and accessible to into green, amber and red gestions to address them. The He said all details regarding steps to fortify the state borders scarcity paving the way for fering owing to a shortage of encouraging trades and busi- people across all income groups. columns. reports are easy to understand hernia will be explained to the to prevent smuggling and can black marketing. qualified drivers. The owners nesses which bring in revenue SASH also offers a Those in the red column and are also provided in Telugu public and they will be given free levy an appropriate tax for Rao said thousands of lorries are suffering for want to busi- to the exchequer, was impos- Healthscore for people to mon- need immediate action and to facilitate the patients to consultations on surgery. He revenue generation,” he said. were kept aside in all districts ness and several of them who ing unnecessary curbs and itor, take action, and improve those in the amber column are understand and be aware of his said surgery will be performed He also added that both the and drivers, cleaners and other bought the vehicles on bank restrictions. upon their health periodically. areas for improvement. /her health. for those in need at a concessional rate. Training offered to SC Judge offers Firemen, RTC drivers, cops VIJAYAWADA prayers at Tirumala BULLION RATES PNS n TIRUMALA GOLD SC law graduates: JC awarded for good work ` (10 gm) Supreme Court Judge 38,000 n n ` PNS VIJAYAWADA Eligible SC graduates Justice Vineeth Saran PNS VIJAYAWADA 60 offered prayers at the hill Uma Mahendra Raj, SILVER The eligible Scheduled Caste law can apply for the shrine of Lord Special Chief Secretary JSV a social worker and ` 43, 900 (1kg) graduates are invited to apply for training and the Venkateswara here on Prasad as part of the ` 800 the training in the administration Friday. The Judge was Independence Day celebra- Counsellor of Green of Justice, according to Krishna shortlisted candidates received by Special Officer tions at VIT University felici- Valley Foundation of District Joint Collector K Madhavi will be paid Rs 1,000 AV Dharma Reddy at the tated three fire servicemen, CHICKEN Latha here on Friday. main entrance of the tem- three RTC drivers, three con- Visakhapatnam, was RATES `/KG She said eligible SC graduates per month for 36 ple before he went for dar- stables and an NGO with awarded for her can apply for the training and shan. He was rendered mementoes and rewards for Dressed/With Skin `128 months as a stipend the shortlisted candidates will be Vedasirvachanam by a team discharging their duties with exemplary work on Without Skin `135 paid Rs 1000 per month for 36 of Vedic scholars inside the responsibility on Friday. drug abuse Broiler at Farm `88 months as a stipend and also Rs rejected. She said that the appli- Ranganayakula Mandapam He presented them with 6000 for books and furniture. cations were available at the Joint and the SO offered Certificates of Appreciation She informed that the candidate’s Director, Social Welfare prasadam and a laminated for their yeoman service. for her exemplary work on EGG family income must be less Department, and the Assistant photo to him. He also paid Firemen - MN drug abuse. Her belief is help- `/ than Rs 2 lakh per annum. Social Welfare Office. Latha a visit to the TTD Satyanarayana of Tuni, Ch Sri ing a drug abuser recover was RATES 100 She said that the interested informed that the filled applica- Annaprasadam Complex in Ramulu Reddy of rewards. D Subramanya Raju managed to save the lives of the equal to saving a generation. HYDERABAD 315 law graduates should submit tions should reach the Joint Tirumala. Temple deputy Rajamahendravaram and (Puttur), P Immanuel (Podili) passengers by parking the bus Prabhakar on behalf of late VIJAYAWADA 334 Class X marks list, caste certifi- Director, Social Welfare office, on executive officer B Syam Prasad of Kakinada, and S Narayanappa (Kuppam) safely,” Prasad said. D.Subramanyaraju, RTC dri- cate, degree provisional, law or before August 20 at 5 p.m. She Haridaranth and others took the honours. suffered a severe heart attack Uma Mahendra Raj, a social ver, receiving a memento from VISAKHAPATNAM 352 patta, Bar Council acceptance also informed that the applications were also present on the The bereaved family mem- and passed away while on worker and Counsellor of JSV Prasad, Special Chief RETAIL PRICE `3.34 (IN VIJAYAWADA) certificate. She informed that can also download from occasion. bers of three APSRTC drivers duty.“All three unmindful of Green Valley Foundation of Secretary, in Vijayawada on improper applications will be https://krishna.nic.in// website. were given mementoes and his their failing conditions Visakhapatnam, was awarded Friday.

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CAPSULE CM's US Governor pays visit to sojourn GRAND PLANS FOR begins today RAJIV GANDHI BIRTH New Govt Hospital PNS n VIJAYAWADA ANNIVERSARY PNS n VIJAYAWADA Hyderabad: TPCC Chief N Uttam Governor Biswa Bhusan Kumar Reddy has directed his Chief Minister YS Harichandan visited the New party leaders to organise 75th Jaganmohan Reddy's tour of Government Hospital at birth anniversary celebrations of US will begin on August 17. Gunadala here on Friday former Prime Minister Rajiv According to the schedule where he interacted with Gandhi on grand note on August released by the State govern- patients and doctors. He visit- 20. He directed the leaders in the ment on Friday, the Chief ed the departments of anaes- meeting that all the leaders have Minister will visit Dallas on thesiology, general surgery, to make the party cadre to August 17, Washington DC pathology and radiology as participate in celebrations on August 18 and 19, and well as the blood bank and met actively. Uttam held a meeting Chicago on August 21 -22 their heads Dr Siva Shankar, with the party leaders on Friday before returning to the State. Dr Saila Bala and Dr at Gandhi Bhavan on the issue. During his tour, the Chief Lankeswari. Later, Uttam said that party DCP Vijaya Rao produce the accused, who beheaded Manikranti recently, before the media in Minister is expected to meet The Governor directed the senior leader V Hanumantha Rao Vijayawada on Friday renowned industrialists, rep- hospital superintendent to Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan interacting with a patient at New will organise 'Sadbhavana Rally' resentatives of commercial keep sufficient stock of various Government Hospital in Vijayawada on Friday from four different places in twin establishments and the US blood groups at the Blood n n cities of Hyderabad and diplomats. Bank at all times. He visited the The Governor directed He visited the surgical Secunderabad- from Mahathma On August 17 at 2 pm (IST surgical general ward and the hospital general ward and enquired Gandhi Statue, James Street, 12.30 am), Jagan will reach enquired with patients whether superintendent to keep with patients whether they Secunderabad; from Jawaharlal Two arrested for Dallas and attend a pro- they were satisfied with facil- sufficient stock of various were satisfied with facilities and Nehru Statue, Abids, Hyderabad; gramme at Bailey Hatchinson ities and services provided at blood groups at the Blood services provided at the from Babu Jagjivanram Statue, Convention Centre from 6 the hospital. He inspected the Bank at all times hospital Nizam College, Hyderabad and pm to 7.30 pm. Aarogya Sri ward, operation from Dr BR Ambedkar Statue, On August 18, the Chief theatres, surgical wards, and tion over the facilities at the tained well and added that Tank Bund, Hyderabad. The run beheading woman Minister will meet the North surgical ICUs and spoke to government hospital. He cleanliness and greenery at begins at 7.30 AM on August American Telugu commu- patients at the third block in enquired with the doctors over hospitals are essential for the 20th from the four places and n PNS VIJAYAWADA n Pradeep Kumar, along n Bhavani Prasad is a cab driver nity and later hold discus- the hospital. He also inspect- the treatment given to the well-being of patients. will be culminated at Rajiv sions with a few other indus- ed dialysis and ultrasound sec- poor and appreciated the Secretary to Governor with his friend, hatched a and friend of main accused Gandhi Statue, Somajiguda, In a major breakthrough, the trialists in Washington DC. tions and made some sugges- arrangements at the special Mukesh Kumar Meena, Joint Begumpet, Hyderabad at 9.15 police have taken into custody plan to kill his wife for Pradeep Kumar, who had On August 19, 20 and 21, tions. wards for patients. Secretary Arjuna Rao and AM. On the other hand, various one Pradeep Kumar, who is the sending him to jail helped him in the murder. the Chief Minister will spend Speaking to the media, the They stated that the hospi- other officials from the Raj TPCC wings will organise accused of beheading his wife time with his family. Governor expressed satisfac- tal premises was being main- Bhavan were also present. programmes from 11AM in the Manikranti, taking the help of Gandhi Bhavan and across the his friend Bhavani Prasad in The DCP said: "The accused had state. The Youth Congress will thrown the knife (the one used to cut organise a blood donation camp the city recently. on grand note at Gandhi Bhavan Addressing a press confer- tender coconuts) and the head of his ence here on Friday, DCP on the day with nearly 1,000 wife into the canal. We have tried to Kanna decries YSRCP cadre attacks on Oppn workers activists. Uttam asked Youth Vijaya Rao produced the PNS n GUNTUR Congress state president Anil accused before the media and trace them with the help of NDRF and The government is proposed to be staged against Kumar to organise the disclosed details of the case. SDRF teams. But, unfortunately, due the alleged illegal mining in programme actively. The Youth Cases were registered against BJP State President Kanna forcibly trying to get rid Gurajala, had been postponed the duo under Sections 498A, to the floods, we were unable to trace Lakshminarayana warned the to August 26 due to the flood Congress will conduct essay of their opponents writing competitions at Nizam 302 and 201 read with 34. them in the last five days” YSRC government that it situation in the State. College on Rajiv Gandhi life. The DCP said Bhavani would meet the same fate as from the villages, "We do not support illegal In the evening, TPCC general Prasad is a cab driver and the TDP government if it com- mining. Have you filed any secretary Afzal will conduct friend of main accused Pradeep had thrown the knife (the one were unable to trace them in mitted more mistakes. alleges BJP Chief cases against illegal mining in several programmes like Kumar, who had helped him in used to cut tender coconuts) the last five days". Speaking to mediapersons in the last four months? We have speeches of former Chief the murder. Both had done a and the head of his wife into The DCP said that during Guntur on Friday, Kanna stat- way of doing things? You will come to know that only per- Minister K Rosaiah, Prof K recce on August 10 and execut- the canal. We have tried to trace investigation, the accused con- ed that YSRCP activists were against the victims. "The gov- face the same fate as TDP," he sons handling mining activities Nageshwar, senior journalist K ed their plan on the following them with the help of NDRF fessed to have resorted to the carrying out attacks on ernment is forcibly trying to get said. have changed in Gurajala, but Ramachandra Murthy on Rajiv day at SN Puram. and SDRF teams. But, unfortu- murder to take revenge on his Opposition workers and that rid of their opponents from the The BJP State President also not the illegal mining itself," he Gandhi. The DCP said: "The accused nately, due to the floods, we wife for sending him to jail. the police were filing cases only villages. Is this a democratic said that the dharna that was stated.

Two farmers Notorious criminal Special Special officer inspects Village Secretariat electrocuted in trains to clear exams from in Madhira extra rush museum at Tirumala Sept 1 to 8 Suryapet PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n TIRUMALA PNS n SURYAPET PNS n VIJAYAWADA police custody To clear extra rush of passen- Special Officer AV Dharma Two farmers were electro- gers, South Central Railway is Reddy on Friday inspected Sri The State government is all cuted in separate inci- PNS n VIJAYAWADA notorious running 20 special trains Venkateswara Museum at set to conduct examinations dents in Nalgonda district Dandupalayam between Hyderabad and Tirumala where he instructed for filling the 1,26,728 vacant on Friday. Kavuri Vijay, a Notorious criminal gang that was Rameswaram via Guntur and Chief Museum Officer Col posts in various categories at 35-year-old farmer, died Potluri Ankama involved in over 35 Renigunta. Accordingly, Chandrasekhar Manda to Village Secretariats. The of electrocution at Rao (35) alias Raju cases. Hyderabad-Rameswaram spe- revamp the museum's appear- exams are scheduled to be Adavidevulapally when was taken into cus- Potluri Rao is cial train will depart Hyderabad ance before the annual held in morning and after- he accidentally touched a tody by Madhira now in the custody at 2.30 pm on August 23, 30, Brahmotsavams that will com- noon sessions on September live electric wire in an police in of Madhira police September 6, 13, 20, 27, mence from September 30 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. agriculture field. He had Khammam district in connection with October 4, 11, 18 and 25, onwards. Officials are leaving no gone to his friend's field at on Friday. He was the investigation of arrive/depart Secunderabad at He inspected the galleries in scope for the applicants to 6 am to switch on a pump arrested on a murder case. Six 3 pm/3.05 pm and arrive indulge in mass copying or set on the request of his February 24 by the months ago, he was Rameswaram at 12.05 am on Dharma Reddy malpractice by installing friend, who was hospi- Nuzvid police in a identified as an the second day. In the return Special Officer AV Dharma Reddy on Friday inspecting Sri Venkateswara Museum CCTV surveillance cameras talised after suffering rape case. Later, accused in a mur- direction, Rameswaram- directed the museum’s at Tirumala on Friday at the examination halls. injuries in a road accident. they found that he der case that took Hyderabad train will depart head to display Government employees will While switching on the was also involved place at Torrapdu Rameswaram at 5 am on the museum and directed the instructed the officer con- officiate as invigilators and pump set, the victim acci- in other rape cases, in Madhira man- August 25, September 1, 8, 15, boards that depict the Museum Chief to display cerned to make use of the police personnel are making dentally came in touch where he and his associates dal, where a body was found 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20 and historical importance of boards that depict the histor- availability of space in the special arrangements for the with a live wire. When targeted lovers visiting lonely in subabul fields. The Madhira 27 and arrive/depart ical importance of the antique museum and set up 3D image safe custody of question Vijay did not return even places. The police also found police brought Rao from the Secunderabad at 10.15 pm/ the antique articles articles for the information of displays to grab the attention papers and OMR sheets in after a few hours, his fam- that he was member of the Nellore jail. 10.20 pm on the next day. the visiting pilgrims. He also of the pilgrims. strong rooms. ily members went to the As per the notification, field and found him dead. the candidates selected as Adavidevulapally Sub- Grama Sachivalaya volun- Inspector Naresh said the PEOPLE ENJOY GUSHING WATER teers will be placed on proba- body was shifted to Area PD Act invoked tion for a period of two years Hospital in Miryalaguda and paid a monthly salary of for postmortem. A case has Rs 15,000. Subsequently, the been filed and investigation government will also imple- was taken up. In another against fraudster ment the applicable pay incident, Pavanagundla scales. Shiva (28) died under sim- PNS n PEDDAPALLI amount to farmers with ilar circumstances at promise of clearing the Gajalapuram of Ramagundam Police remaining amount after some Madgulapally mandal in Commissionerate officials time. He, however, never paid the district. He died of invoked Preventive Detention the balance amount to farmers. electrocution when he (PD) Act against Tanguturi Since 2014, he was involved in switched on a pump set at Sathish Reddy alias Sathish 13 cheating cases in his agriculture field. He fell Kumar Reddy for cheating Ramagundam and Khammam unconscious when he farmers. A native of police commissionerates, switched on the pump set Venkatapuram in Nellore dis- Kumram Bheem-Asifabad dis- which was wet. Shiva died trict of Andhra Pradesh, trict and Nellore in Andhra while he was being shifted Sathish Reddy runs SKRT Pradesh. to Miryalaguda for treat- Enterprises in Scientist Colony, Sathish Reddy cheated 80 BJP alternative ment. Madgulapally Sub- Habsiguda, Hyderabad. farmers and denied payment of Inspector Nagaraju said a Sathish Reddy, who used to Rs 76 lakh in Dharmaram for TRS: case had been filed based purchase paddy from farmers, mandal followed by Rs 62 on the complaint lodged by sold it to rice mills and agro lakh in Bompalli, Rs 46 lakh in Dattatreya the victim's wife and inves- industries. While procuring Ramakrishnapur and Rs 20 tigations were on. Prakasam Barrage is the favourite spot for denizens to relax these days. It has emerged as a new selfie point as people want to capture the gushing floodwater racing to hit the crop, he used to pay some lakh in Sirpur mandals. PNS n MEDAK the Bay of Bengal. They had to wait for a decade to witness Krishna at its full flow. Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya on Friday assert- ed that the BJP was emerging PJTSAU FACULTY TO STUDY ‘GYAN KISAN'APP IN AUSTRALIA the sole alternative for the TRS. He was speaking during PNS n HYDERABAD Cherlabuthkur and orienta- this App at one of the FPO at the preparatory meeting of The mobile App is under pilot tion was given to 200 hun- Veldandamandal of Sangareddy municipal elec- Two faculty of Professor dred farmers (fifty each) from Nagarkurnool district with tions. He visited the Manjeera Jayashankar Telangana State testing at four test beds these 4 selected villages. The the help of SERP, Telangana Barrage near Sangareddy and Agricultural University, (villages) namely Vallapuram, baseline survey and data of shortly. said the two barrages of Rajendranagar have left to farmers was collected with The crop husbandry data Singur and Manjeera have Australia on Friday to study Thallapusalapalle, Nandivaddeman the help of scientists of three of crops like Paddy, Maize, dried up as the government and validate Mobile and Cherlabuthkur and orientation KVKs- Wyra, Malyal, Palem Groundnut, Cotton, Castor, was not taking necessary "GyanKisan" App in farmer's was given to 200 hundred and one DAATTC - Redgram, Chillies, Tomato, steps to cater to the require- field condition of Western Karimnagar besides the help Bhendi, Brinjal are uploaded ments to fill those resources. Sydney University (WSU). farmers (fifty each) from these 4 taken from AEO's of in the App for the benefit of He demanded that the The visit is a collaborative selected villages Agriculture department and farmers. government celebrate activity as a part of tripartite Change Gurus The farmer wise crop September 17 as Telangana MoU signed between WSU (Representative of river calendar is created in the Liberation Day officially. He Australia, River bridge ven- this App is to explore the sci- capabilities that can be effec- extension services. The lages) namely Vallapuram, bridge venture) by using App along with the said the leaders from various tures (RV), India and PJT- entific expertise in tively combined to enhance mobile App is under pilot Thallapusalapalle, interview schedule. Pest/Disease pictures, parties were making beelines SAU. The development of Agriculture domain and its and transform agriculture testing at four test beds (vil- Nandivaddeman and It is also planned to test Weather updates. to join the BJP. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019 region 04

CAPSULE Import, export Waltair Rly Commissioner warns traders of Division rakes in DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SHIPPING clearance at VPT to be Rs 7,979 crore PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM VISITS VPT Visakhapatnam: Director imprisonment for GST evasion reduced to three days The Waltair Railway Division General of Shipping Amitabh under East Coast Railways Kumar, along with his team, PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM also taking up outreach pro- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM achieved a remarkable per- visited the Visakhapatnam Port grammes to assist the people formance index of 34.90, Trust (VPT) on Friday. The DG Chief Commissioner of who face a tough time to file Vizag Customs will introduce a with a gross working expens- was taken for a cruise ride, Customs and Central Tax, the returns. Directorate new mechanism to bring down es of Rs 2,785 crore and where the Deputy Chairman PL Naresh Penumaka, stated that General of Analytics and Risk the clearance time for the gross earning of Rs 7979 Haranadh, IRTS, briefed him tax evaders could be jailed if Management (DGARN) is importing and exporting of crore in 2018-19. about the operations, facilities they failed to file the GST analysing the data to find the commodities at the Divisional Manager and infrastructure available at returns by the month end. GST evaders, and soon, we will Visakhapatnam Port from an Chetan Kumar Shrivastava the Port. He expressed his More than 80 per cent of get the list of the evaders," he average of seven days to three stated that apart from various satisfaction over the upkeep and traders under the GST umbrel- added. days. innovative measures adopted operations of the Port. The la are yet to file the tax returns The Chief Commissioner The mechanism will ensure Customs officials by the Division, which were Secretary, Chief Mechanical of 2017-18, for which the final stated that during the year that document checks and stated that the the first of its kind in the Engineer, Deputy Conservator, date is August 31. The traders 2018-19, 62 cases were regis- physical inspections for goods Indian Railways, it could Heads of Departments, and were warned of imprisonment tered against GST taxpayers and commodities take place mechanism would be achieve its best performance Senior Officers of Visakha Port for tax evasion, as some were involving GST of Rs 297.73 only if the exporters or the introduced under the due to the committed and Trust also accompanied them on found to have been diverting Customs and CGST Chief Commissioner Naresh Kumar Penumaka briefing the crore, of which 221.41 crore importers have a 'dubious' back- devoted workforce who the occasion. the GST collected from cus- media GST office in Visakhapatnam on Friday was recovered. Up to June this ground. For others , the goods Turant Customs braved the difficult geograph- tomers for their own busi- year, 18 cases of enforcement and commodities will get scheme ical structure of the Division. GIRL WASHED AWAY ness. action were already taken cleared only through online DRM announced cash The Chief Commissioner, The Chief Commissioner, who had against evaders involving Rs submission. "Although World awards to the performers. IN RIVER KRISHNA? who had recently assumed recently assumed charge at Vizag 109.54 crore. A focused and Customs Organization recom- clearance timing to three days Shalini Shrivastava, Secretary, VIJAYAWADA: A 10-year-old girl charge at Vizag zone, said that targeted approach is being fol- mends that the average clear- by the end of this fiscal year," East Coast Railway reportedly drowned in River many businesses were collect- zone, said that many businesses lowed in registering cases ance time for a port should be said DK Srinivas, Women's Welfare Krishna when the boat in which ing GST from the people and were collecting GST from the against tax evaders. The below three days, last year we PrincipalCcommissioner of Organization (ECoRWWO), she was sailing to Chevitikallu using it as capital by not filing department is using data-min- maintained an average clear- Vizag Customs. along with other members, from Kanchikacherla in River it as tax to the government. people and using it as capital by ing and pattern matching tech- ance time of seven days. This Customs officials stated that distributed health drinks Krishna on Friday turned turtle "Traders are creating fake not filing niques to identify evaders and year we had improved our per- the mechanism would be intro- and fruits to patients on Friday. According to sources, invoices to get the Input Tax those engaged in the genera- formance and maintained an duced under the "Turant at Railway Main the boat overturned mid-stream Credit, and by law, they can be tion of fake invoices and ficti- average clearance time of four Customs" scheme introduced Hospital, and also donated due to heavy inflow of jailed. The GST is an indirect and the businessman. Some "If traders have any problem tious entities involved in clan- days. Hopefully, with this mech- by the Union government for three Advanced Digital floodwater into the river, tax and it should reach the gov- people are keeping it as work- they can visit the office, and destine supplies without pay- anism in place, we would be speedy clearance of goods at air Monitor BP Machines to the resulting in the 10-year-old ernment, not the mediators ing capital," he said. our staff will help them. We are ment of tax. able to improve our average and sea ports. hospital. Gowthami Priya being washed away. However, the other five persons, who fell into the river, were rescued and brought to AU VC to be chief safety. Search is on for the girl. DRONES OVER NAIDU'S ‘Clay Ganesh idols for a Infant's body patron of Vizag found in garbage RESIDENCE SPARK NOW Film Society greener ‘Ganesh Chaturthi' Hyderabad: The body of an Continued from Page 1 drama, he lashed out. Naidu Mangalagiri MLA Alla infant boy was boy in a garbage had been asked to vacate the Ramakrishna Reddy lambast- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM bin at Vengal Rao Nagar under However, they did not men- place, as it is in a flood zone. ed TDP for politicising floods. SR Nagar Police station limits on tion the name of any compa- Without following the govern- Meanwhile, TDP President N Vizag Film Society Secretary The Paryavarana Margadarsi Friday. According to the police, a ny or person to whom they ment's instructions, TDP lead- Chandrababu Naidu sought to Narava Prakasa Rao met Vaisakhi (PMV) and Green passersby noticed the body have entrusted the responsi- ers are making baseless allega- know why permission was Andhra University Vice Climate Team, led by environ- amongst the garbage opposite to bility of drone operation in the tions. given for operation of drones Chancellor Prof PVGD mentalist JV Ratnam on Friday the Drug Control Administration area. He said "Naidu had stated in a high-security zone. "Who Prasad Reddy at his chamber launched a campaign for the building in Vengal Rao Nagar at Minister for Water Resources that the residence does not is Kiran to order drone shoot- on Friday, to hand over a let- making and free distribution of around 11 AM in the morning. Anil Kumar Yadav said that as belong to him. Lingamaneni ing of my residence," he asked. ter explaining that he has clay Ganesh idols in the city. The police rushed to the spot and part of their rescue operations Ramesh had earlier said that During a teleconference been elected unanimously as One such camp was held at AS sent the sent the body for post to combat flood situation, the guest house was given to with TDP leaders from the Chief Patron of the VFS. Raja Mahila Junior college, mortem. Officials of the SR Nagar drones are being used as per the Naidu. If the guesthouse does Hyderabad to review the sit- The decision was made at the MVP Colony in the city. police have registered a case and directive of the department. not belong to any of them, uation at Undavalli, he asked VFS's annual general body Speaking on the occasion, are investigating by verifying Only to divert the issue from why are they staging protests?" TDP leaders to complain meeting held recently, Ratnam, along with Principal G CCTV footage of the nearby illegal construction in flood he wondered. about the issue to the presided over by Prof P Narayanarao, stated that idols areas. zone, TDP is resorting to high Tadikonda MLA Sridevi, Governor. Viswanadham. made from Plaster of Paris Prakasa Rao stated that the (POP) were harmful to the VFS had been functioning environment as well as the since 2003 with active sup- water resources. They appealed Govt faces uphill port of Andhra University, to the audience to make use of AS Raja Mahila College students making clay Ganesh idols on the college BJP to sound poll bugle and had been its tradition to clay idols, made with the seeds premises in Visakhapatnam on Friday Photo-Tirupathirao G have the Vice Chancellor of of 21 varieties of medicinal task to foot bill AU as its Chief Patron. plants, for Ganesh Chaturdhi ship idols these days. The idols made of biodegradable materi- for freebies Prof Reddy accepted the and put the idols in pots or gar- are made with synthetic colours als," said Ratnam. for municipal elections proposal and said that AU den after the celebrations. After that are harmful as per the "Even while submerging clay Continued from Page 1 would always help and sup- a few days, the medicinal plants norms of the Central Pollution idols, all the ornaments on the n port VFS by all means, and would germinate and the clay Control Board (CPCB) guide- idols must be removed. One JP Nadda to address public meeting in Hyd on Sunday Though the Centre and added that he had full knowl- would act as a major nutrient for lines. The CPCB had proposed should not pollute the water various industry bodies and edge of the activities of VFS. the saplings. a way to combat the situation bodies. From 2006 onwards, PNS n HYDERABAD rating agencies found fault He advised them to organize "It is time for us to think long back in 2010. They suggest the civic authorities in Pune with the cancellation of workshops and talks with about our role in the protection that the usage of POP idols have been preparing small tanks BJP is planning to sound poll Power Purchase Agreements film personalities to help the of the environment by taking should be stopped immediate- across the city for the immer- bugle for municipal elections (PPAs) entered into by pre- younger generation. small steps. Many people wor- ly, and the idols should be sion of idols. in Telangana on August 18. vious government with pro- BJP's newly appointed nation- ducers of renewable energy, al working president JP Nadda Jagan claimed it is a pro- will address a public meeting industry move. at Exhibition Grounds in "This is a tough decision Visakh Refinery- GVMC Swachh Bharat Fortnight Hyderabad on Sunday and we had to take, the renego- also guide Telangana BJP tiation of PPAs will go on to PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM up by the Visakh Refinery to cadres on the strategy to be fol- instil confidence among the bring awareness among the lowed for municipal elections investors, though in the The Hindustan Petroleum The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited general public on Swachh during his visit to the state. short run there could be Corporation Limited (HPCL) Bharat. Saffron party's Telangana some concern from the Visakh Refinery has been (HPCL) Visakh Refinery has been observing Nageswara Rao, APRO- chief K Laxman oversaw international community", observing Swachh Bharat Swachh Bharat Fortnight from August 16 to GVMC was also present in the arrangements being made at he said. The Chief Minister Fortnight from August 16 to occasion. MKVL Exhibition Grounds for JP explained that if power dis- 31, as per guidelines given by 31 as per guidelines given by the Ministry of Narasimham, Manager-PR Nadda's public meeting. "BJP Laxman said that about Rao highlighting failures of tribution companies are to the Ministry of petroleum and briefed the various activities to is gaining in popularity in 25,000 leaders and cadres from TRS government. "KCR is nei- buy power at a higher rate, Natural Gas (MOP & NG). As petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP & NG) be undertaken by HPCL in Telangana and people from all TDP will be inducted into the ther releasing funds for the burden will be passed on part of Swachh Bharath coordination with GVMC cov- sections are joining in the party in Nadda's public meet- Arogyasri scheme nor allowing to the consumers and the Pakhwada, the refinery has ering all 8 Zones of GVMC. party in huge numbers during ing. "You may say 'joinings' or PM Narendra Modi's new investors will feel the been organizing various activ- good of the society. He also the pamphlets, flute boards, Senior Officials of Visakh the membership drive. Even 'merger' but all the remaining Ayushman Bharath to be pinch. Justifying the legisla- ities to promote awareness on explained the activities being placards, auto rickshaw stick- Refinery, PVB Rao, CGM- leaders from Congress, TDP leaders and cadres in implemented in Telangana. tion enacted recently to pro- cleanliness and Swatchh taken up by refinery during ers and door stickers on Maintenance, Y Sriramulu, and TRS are joining in BJP in Telangana will join in BJP KCR is obstructing Ayushman vide 75 per cent jobs in all Bharat in association with the the Swachh Bharat Fortnight Swatchh Bharat, to be distrib- CGM-Minor Projects, R large numbers. Many more during JP Nadda's visit. TDP Bharat scheme as he does not industries to locals, Jagan GVMC. celebrations, including orga- uted/displayed in areas in and Ramakrishnan, CGM- former Ministers and MLAs state committee members, dis- want PM Modi to get popular- pointed out that even in the While addressing the gath- nizing kiosks at various around Visakhapatnam. He Operations, N Ramachandran, will join the BJP on August 18 trict presidents, former minis- ity. Due to KCR's mistake peo- US, the slogan is jobs for ering, V Ratanraj, Executive GVMC and Zilla Parishad mentioned that the HPCL was CGM-Finance, K Appa Rao, in the presence of JP Nadda. ters and ministers will join BJP ple of Telangana are deprived locals and it is a worldwide Director-VR, emphasised on High Schools and hospitals for actively seeking to build the DGM-HR, BN Rao, DGM- Besides addressing public in the presence of JP Nadda." of health care. phenomenon. the commitment of HPCL- bringing awareness among the clean India as dreamt by HR, Srinivas, Head-IT and meeting, JP Nadda will guide Later in the day, speaking The situation is so pathetic Analysts, however, say Visakh Refinery as a corporate general public on health and Mahatma Gandhi. large number of employees, our cadres on the strategy to be from BJP state office in that government hospitals are Jagan faces a tough task in citizen towards the Swachh cleanliness. Simhachalam, Zonal Mobile Science Labs Staff, followed for municipal polls," Hyderabad K Laxman came facing severe problems and allaying apprehensions of Bharat Mission, and stated He flagged off 10 Swachh Commissioner GVMC and Mobile Medical Units Staff said K Laxman speaking at down heavily on Chief state has turned into 'Fever the industry and attracting that they would continue to Raths, two Mega Digital Dr Hemanth, CMO, GVMC and Daan Foundation (NGO) Exhibition Grounds. Minister K Chandrashekar Telangana'. new investments. support the GVMC for the Screen Vehicles and released applauded the initiatives taken staff participated. Fitness drive for agricultural varsity students BJP keen on reorganisation process PV KONDAL RAO cies, as per the BJP leaders, PNS n HYDERABAD used to sensitise the students n WARANGAL According to could be spread over 17 parlia- Based on the on how to balance between mentary constituencies and as The Health and fitness Club at studies and health. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources, the BJP per the analysis of the experts, College of Agriculture, health profile of Appropriate initiatives such as is on top gear to spread its wings is planning to each of the MP seat would now Rajendranagar, the students, healthier menu in the hostel, in Telangana and is moving promoting the get an addition of two seats each Professor Jayashankar diet will be encouragement to use gym meticulously in that angle while in the changed circumstances. Telangana State Agricultural facilitie, marathon runs, jog- encouraging the defections into proposal for The post-parliament elec- University (PJTSAU) has initi- planned in the ging, playing sports, healthier the party. A team of leaders were reorganisation of tion scenario boosted the ated a fitness drive for the stu- university habits, personal hygiene, specifically deployed for attain- morale of the BJP in Telangana dents. Under this, as a first step, healthier surrounding etc will ing the goal of engineering constituencies State and the abrogation of all the students on the campus hostels, said be taken up on the campus. defections in Congress and TRS Article 370 in Kashmir has set will get their health profile Vice-Chancellor The whole initiative is free of bastions in the rural Telangana. the tempo for the increase in done at the newly renovated cost for the students. This is for According to sources, the team ground realities before recom- the constituencies in almost all university Health Centre. V Praveen Rao the first time that the students is preparing a confidential report mending the party as well as the States whereever the The health centre has a diag- after launching are offered such services by the to guide the national party to government to take a step in the requirement is there. nostic lab well equipped with University on such a large initiate necessary steps for angle wherein the constituen- Since the BJP is likely to latest equipments handled by the drive scale. The Dean of Student increasing the number of con- cies are increased in the next enjoy a considerable clout in the an expert lab technicians. Vice Affairs, Dr V Vishnu Vardhan stituencies in the Telangana elections. The BJP initially has coming days in Telangana, the Chancellor Dr V Praveen Rao, Reddy, Dean of Agriculture, Dr State. not shown any interest towards leadership is keen on promot- launched the programme here activities as well as best health all the student's health profiling further said that, the database J Satyanarayana, Associate The groundwork of course is the increase in the number of ing the proposal of reorganisa- on Friday. After launching the center, sports equipment and will be done at the university with respect to their blood Dean, Dr Seema, Medical systematically undertaken by existing 119 assembly segments tion of constituencies in fitness drive, Dr Praveen Rao gym facilities for the students. health center. Based on the group, blood profiling, other Officer Incharge, Dr G E C H the team of experts who know in Telangana State, though Telangana state and this prepo- stated that, the university is pro- The main objective is to ensure health profile of the students, crucial parameters would be Vidya Sagar, Medical Doctors, the facts and figures of the seg- there was a talk that the num- sition is likely to take place viding world-class infrastruc- good health to the students, he diet will be planned in the uni- documented. staff and students were present ment wise details and they are ber could be increased to 153. sooner or later in the next six ture in teaching and research said. As part of this initiative, versity hostels, said the VC. He This information will be on the occasion. reportedly taking a look at the The additional 34 constituen- months. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS MACT awards Centre to take call on Justice Shiv Sena welcomes over Rs 17 lakh to victims of Modi's push for road mishap Akil’s elevation in a week: SC PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI "Having regard to all relevant population control factors, the Collegium is of the A Motor Accident Claims The Centre on Friday told the considered view that Justice PNS n MUMBAI Tribunal (MACT) has award- Supreme Court that it would A.A. Kureshi is suitable in all ed over Rs 17 lakh as com- PM wishes Kejriwal take a call within a week on the respects for being appointed as A day after Prime Minister pensation to victims of a 2015 Collegium's May 10 recom- Chief Justice of the Madhya Narendra Modi made a pitch road accident, which had left on his 51st birthday mendation to elevate Justice Pradesh high court. The for smaller families to combat a 20-year-old man dead and NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Collegium resolves to recom- population explosion, BJP ally two others injured in Najafgarh Narendra Modi on Friday Madhya Pradesh High Court. mend accordingly.” Shiv Sena on Friday welcomed here.A car had hit the tractor wished Delhi Chief Minister A bench of Chief Justice The GHCAA has sought a his remarks saying that late Bal in which the three were travel- Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A direction to the Centre to imple- Thackeray always advocated it. ling, leading to the death of 20- and prayed for his good health Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer was ment the collegium's resolution. In his Independence Day year-old Amit Kumar besides and long life. "Birthday told by Solicitor General Tushar The petition highlighted that address on Thursday, Modi injuring Rinku and Kuldeep , greetings to Delhi CM Shri Mehta that the Centre would 18 other additional judges of dif- voiced concern over "popula- all residents of Najafgarh. @ArvindKejriwal. Praying for take a call within a week on the ferent high courts have been tion explosion", stating that it MACT Presiding officer top court collegium's recom- appointed after May 10. leads to many difficulties. He Paramjit Singh asked Oriental his good health and long life," We are happy that the Modi tweeted. The Aam Aadmi mendation. The association contended also said that keeping one's Insurance Company, insurer Party (AAP) convenor, who "I have instruction that with- that the reluctance of the Centre families small is an act of patri- Modi government is of the offending vehicle, to turned 51 on Friday, responded in a week some decisions will be The Centre, however, did not clear the to appoint Justice Kureshi as otism. taking forward the pay a total of Rs 17.3 lakh by thanking the prime minister. taken in this regard," Mehta said file for appointment of Justice Kureshi chief justice of the Madhya Talking to reporters here, policies of the Shiv along with interest from the "Thank u so much PM sir for ur and requested the court that the Pradesh HC is against the pro- Sena MP and party Sena...Late Bal Thackeray date of filing of petition, to matter be taken up after a week and on June 7 came out with a cedure laid down in the spokesman Sanjay Raut said, the victims and the next of good wishes," he tweeted. Modi always advocated the need and Kejriwal have often been at as the Centre was going through notification appointing Justice Ravi Memorandum of Procedure "We are happy that the Modi kin of the deceased man. loggerheads with each other. the files sent by the collegium on (MoP) and amounts to a viola- government is taking forward for population control "It is evident that deceased the judge concerned. Shanker Jha as acting chief justice of tion of Articles 14 and 217 of the the policies of the Shiv — SANJAY RAUT Amit Kumar sustained fatal The bench adjourned the the Madhya Pradesh High Court, it said Constitution. Sena...Late Bal Thackeray Sena MP and party spokesman injuries and died while Rinku SC clears Char Dham hearing on the matter and indi- The lawyers' body said the always advocated the need and Kuldeep sustained highway project, cated that the next date for hear- inaction on the part of the for population control." injuries in the accident due to ing will be fixed on the admin- The lawyers' body alleged Shanker Jha as acting chief jus- Centre is an attack on the inde- "The NDA government powers than the Centre? The rash and negligent driving of forms fresh committee istrative side. On August 2, the that the Centre has cleared the tice of the Madhya Pradesh pendence of the judiciary and under Modi is espousing the Modi government has the offending vehicle which NEW DELHI: The Supreme top court had asked the Centre appointment of Chief Justices of High Court, it said. diminishes the primacy of the policies of the Shiv Sena. This removed it," he said referring was insured with Oriental Court has cleared the decks for to take a decision in the matter other high courts. Appointment of Justice judiciary in the matters of is in national interest," he to the abrogation of Article Insurance Company Limited the ambitious Char Dham by August 14 after Mehta had The plea had said that Justice Kureshi as chief justice of the appointment and transfer of added. Raut added that the 370, which accorded special at the time of accident. highway project for all-weather informed the bench that the col- Kureshi name has not been Madhya Pradesh high court judges to the high courts and the triple talaq legislation is a status to Jammu and Kashmir. "Accordingly, issue is decid- connectivity to four holy towns legium proposal was under notified by the Centre even was recommended by the col- Supreme Court. step towards enacting the Meanwhile, Dhanraj ed in favour of petitioners and of Uttarakhand and constituted consideration. The top court after the collegium has recom- legium on May 10 this year. GHCAA president Yatin Oza Uniform Civil Code. Mahale, former Shiv Sena against respondents," the a fresh high-powered was hearing a petition filed by mended his name on May 10. The collegium's resolution had reportedly said that Justice Sena president Uddhav MLA, who had contested the court said. The court clubbed committee to address the Gujarat High Court The Centre, however, did had stated: "Justice A A Kureshi Kureshi was being singled out Thackeray, who was also pre- Dindori Lok Sabha seat on together three pleas on behalf environmental concerns. A Advocates Association not clear the file for appoint- is the senior-most judge from for an order passed by him in sent there, said there was no NCP ticket earlier this year, of the victims and awarded bench comprising Justices (GHCAA) seeking direction to ment of Justice Kureshi and on the Gujarat high court and at 2010, remanding current Union need to bring religion into the returned to the saffron party varying compensation amounts Rohinton Fali Nariman and the Centre to notify the eleva- June 7 came out with a notifi- present is functioning, on trans- home minister Amit Shah in issues of national interest. on Friday in the presence of to the affected persons based on Surya Kant modified the tion of Justice Kureshi. cation appointing Justice Ravi fer, in the Bombay high court. police custody. "How can a state have separate Thackeray and other leaders. the injuries suffered by them. National Green Tribunal's September 26, 2018 order by constituting the high-powered committee. "However, the Committee is to be headed by Scrapping J-K special status milestone: Shah Prof. Ravi Chopra, who will replace Justice U C Dhyani, and PNS n JIND (HARYANA) will be the Chairman of the Committee. "In addition to this, Union Home Minister Amit Kashmir schools to reopen next we add a representative of the Shah asserted on Friday that Physical Research Laboratory, scrapping the special status of week, normal functioning in J-K Department of Space, Jammu and Kashmir is a "big SRINAGAR: Offices of the Jammu and Government of India, milestone” for the unity and Ahmedabad; a representative of Kashmir government were functioning integrity of the country and will normally in the Valley on Friday while the Wildlife Institute of India, ensure development of the Dehradun, a representative of schools will reopen next week, Jammu and state. Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R MoEF, Regional Office Shah also said Prime Dehradun and a representative Subrahmanyam said. Addressing a press Minister Narendra Modi's conference, Subrahmanyam said there has of the Ministry of Defence PONZI SCAMS announcement on dealing with Border roads, not been no loss of life or major injury since Independence Day on creating restrictions were imposed on August 5, below the rank of Director. We the post of Chief of Defence direct MoEF to constitute the when the special status given to Jammu Partha Chatterjee, Staff will strengthen the coun- and Kashmir was abrogated and the state was bifurcated into two High Powered Committee try's defence manifold. Union Territories. The chief secretary also said 12 districts in Jammu within two weeks from the date The creation of the post, rec- of this order," the bench said. and Kashmir were functioning normally while there was limited ommended after the 1999 I want to tell the country that after removal of Article 370, restrictions only in five districts. Rajeev Kumar Kargil War, is aimed at having whatever stumbling block in the development and Bajrang Punia a better synergy among the progress of Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and Ladakh was three services, and between the and 35A is a big milestone for development and progress of nominated for Khel government and the military. there, has now been removed the unity and integrity of India. Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and Ratna award grilled by CBI The CDS acts as a single-point —AMIT SHAH, Union Home Minister We had been saying that Ladakh was there, has now PNS n KOLKATA New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Asian military adviser to the prime Kashmir was an integral part of been removed." and Commonwealth Games Both Chatterjee and minister on key defence and India, but Article 370 was giv- He also praised Haryana gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Senior Trinamool Congress Kumar went to the strategic issues. Constitution would help devel- coming to power in its second ing some sort of message that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Punia was on Friday nominated leader Partha Chatterjee and agency's Salt Lake Addressing a public rally in op Jammu, Kashmir and term, he slammed the previous something is still incomplete," Khattar for eradicating cor- former Kolkata Police Jind, known as the heartland of Ladakh, and make the region Congress-led governments for he said. ruption and bringing trans- for the country's highest office in the sporting honour — the Rajiv Commissioner Rajeev Kumar the Jat community, ahead of free of terrorism. not doing it in their 72 years of "From Jind rally, I want to parency in recruitment for Gandhi Khel Ratna award. His went to CBI office here on afternoon after the Haryana polls, the BJP presi- Saying that the Modi gov- rule because of "vote-bank tell the country that after government jobs in the state. name was finalised by a 12- Friday on summons issued to two were dent said the revocation of pro- ernment scrapped the special greed". removal of Article 370, what- Elections in Haryana are member selection committee them in connection with summoned by the visions of Article 370 of the status of J&K in 75 days of "Abrogation of Article 370 ever stumbling block in the due in two months. on the opening day of a two- Saradha chit fund and Rose Valley cases respectively. CBI on Friday in day meeting. The panel connection with the comprises the likes of Both Chatterjee and Kumar AYODHYA CASE Bhaichung Bhutia and M C went to the agency's Salt Lake two separate cases, Mary Kom among others. office in the afternoon after the a senior officer UP STF arrests "Bajrang has been nominated two were summoned by the confirmed for the Khel Ratna award. His CBI on Friday in connection Pictures of deities on pillars at name was a unanimous with the two separate cases, a choice," a source close to the senior officer confirmed. MP and party spokesperson wanted gangster development said. The source "Yes, both Mr Chatterjee Derek O'Brien in connection disputed site: Ram Lalla counsel also said that the 12-member and Mr Kumar have reached with the probe into the Saradha the CBI office and investigating scam on August 9. "Chatterjee's PNS n NEW DELHI The court commissioner had panel may add another athlete The counsel handed for the top honour on Saturday officers in the respective case name appeared during last inspected the disputed site on from Haryana besides finalising the names for will talk to them," the officer week's questioning of Mr The advocate for Ram Lalla out a map found in April16, 1950 and his report the Arjuna and Dronacharya said. O'Brien. We got his name in Virajman, one of the parties in Ayodhya with a describes presence of pillars PNS n NOIDA (UP) Between 1999 and awards. "I had the Chatterjee, secretary gener- connection with alleged fund- the politically sensitive Ram description of with images of Lord Shiva, said 2012, Sangwan was al of the TMC and considered ing of the party's newspaper, Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid the lawyer to SC. These images The Special Task Force (STF) achievements to deserve this images carved on involved in at least award. I have always said that to be a close aide of Chief Jago Bangla," the source said. case, on Friday told the the of deities on pillars of the struc- of the Uttar Pradesh Police on awards should go to the most Minister Mamata Banerjee, Incidentally, Chatterjee is Supreme Court that there were pillars and also the ture are not found in mosques Friday arrested a notorious eight criminal cases deserving ones," Bajrang told chose not to answer questions the editor of the newspaper and several pictures of deities found inspection report of and found in temples, the coun- gangster wanted in multiple in Haryana PTI from Georgia where he is put to him by the media in this O'Brien is its publisher. CBI on pillars at the disputed site in the site, dating sel for the deity told SC. cases of murder and attempt to currently training. Bajrang had regard. Chatterjee is also the sources said that Kumar, who Ayodhya. The submissions back to 1950 to the The counsel handed out a murder from neighbouring Ghaziabad, the Noida unit of last year won the gold medal in Education Minister and the had been earlier been interro- were made during the seventh map found in Ayodhya with a Haryana's Faridabad district, the STF got an input about the 65-kg freestyle event at the Parliamentary Affairs Minister gated by CBI sleuths in con- day hearing in the case. bench description of images carved on officials said. Sangwan's movement near the Asian Games held in Jakarta. of the state. nection with the Saradha ponzi Senior advocate C S pillars and also the inspection Yogesh Sangwan alias Seetu, metro station in Bahadurgarh. He had also won the gold Sources in the agency said scam, has been asked to appear Vaidyanathan, for deity 'Ram Ranjan Gogoi. The senior report of the site, dating back to 40, was nabbed from The Noida unit sprung into medal in the same category at that Chatterjee's name had sur- before the agency officials to Lalla Virajaman', made the lawyer read out the report of the 1950 to the bench. He said it Bahadurgarh in Faridabad action and reached the spot in the Gold Coast Commonwealth faced during the CBI's ques- ascertain his role in the multi- arguments before a five-judge commissioner appointed to showed that the site held reli- around 2.30 pm by the Noida time to arrest him," he said. Games. tioning of TMC Rajya Sabha crore Rose Valley scam. bench headed by Chief Justice inspect the disputed site. gious sanctity for Hindus. unit of the STF, a senior offi- Sangwan, a native of Jhajjar, cial said. "Between 1999 and was once arrested by the Delhi 2012, Sangwan was involved in Police and jailed for some at least eight criminal cases in time. He got involved in a Haryana, murder case in Ghaziabad in SC decries filing of defective pleas on Article 370 Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. He 2011 after his release from has been booked for murder prison, he said. PNS n NEW DELHI if he knows how many petitions and attempt to murder, among He was absconding arrest in What kind of petition is this? It could have been on J-K issue are in the apex court other cases, and has also another criminal case of 2012 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed but there are 5 other pleas with the and are under defects? been booked under the Arms under the Gangsters Act, expressed anguish over "defec- registry which are under defect The bench told him that six Act and the Gangsters Act," Mishra said."Sangwan has tive" petitions on the issue of — JUSTICES S A BOBDE AND S A NAJEER petitions have been filed on the deputy superintendent of been handed over to the Sihani scrapping of provisions of issue. "In the matter of this seri- police, STF, Raj Kumar police station in Ghaziabad Article 370 of the Constitution. ousness people are filing defec- Mishra, said. where further proceedings are A bench headed by Chief adjourned the hearing. The bench enquired from its tive petitions," the bench said. "Probing a matter related to underway," the DSP said. Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the The bench also noted that it apex court registry and found The National Conference, the petition by advocate M L was hearing the petition on that the defects were cured on main political party of Jammu Sharma has "no meaning". Article 370 by breaking the Wednesday evening. and Kashmir, has also filed a The CJI said he spent 30 min- combination of judges which The bench said the defects petition posing legal challenges 7 injured as bus hits utes reading the petition but was hearing the sensitive were cured on Wednesday in the apex court to the changes could not make out anything Ayodhya matter. evening and Thursday was a made in the constitutional sta- tree in HP's Kangra and also could not understand During the hearing, advocate holiday. Then how did he tus of J-K, contending that these PNS n SHIMLA giving pass to a motorcycle in what was the prayer. Shakil Sabeer said he was the expected the listing of his peti- have taken away rights of its cit- Jhungadevi village, he said. "What kind of petition is ting aside the Presidential order. petition by Sharma, who had resident of J-K and had filed the tion today? izens without their mandate. Seven people were injured Twenty-five people were this? It could have been dis- What is the prayer it is not clear. filed it on August 6, a day after petition against the scrapping of "Why did you file a defective Arguing that the legislation when their bus collided with travelling in the private bus, missed but there are 5 other It can be dismissed on technical the Centre had abrogated Article 370 which has led to the petition in the matter of this approved by Parliament and a tree in Himachal Pradesh's the officer added. pleas with the registry which are grounds. Jammu and Kashmir's special creation of union territories of importance," an anguished orders issued by the President Kangra district on Friday, an The seven injured, includ- under defect," the bench also "In a matter of this nature if status. J-K and Ladakh. bench asked the lawyer. subsequently were "unconstitu- official said. ing the bus conductor, were comprising Justices S A Bobde this is the petition, there is no The apex court asked lawyers He said he had cured the "You file a defective petition tional", the petition prayed for The accident took place taken to a nearby hospital for and S A Najeer said. meaning," the bench said. to cure defects in their six peti- defects but the petition was not and trouble my officers," the CJI these to be declared as "void and when the driver lost the con- treatment. They were dis- "You are not praying for set- The court was hearing the tions on Article 370 and listed. said. The bench asked the lawyer inoperative". trol over the vehicle while charged after first aid, he said. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Will the CDS help? Jointmanship won’t have a cascading impact unless we The food trap upgrade the basic infrastructure and tech edge of our forces fter pitching a nationalist campaign fore- grounding the valour of our forces post- Human activity had wiped out, between 1970 and 2014, 60 per cent of all animals ABalakot, the Modi 2.0 regime was con- sidered as cold-shouldering them when it slow- with backbones — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals pedalled their concerns on One Rank One Pension, cut their disability pension before retracting it and generally didn’t talk anything about reforms or shortage of infrastructure. So although Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) post in his Independence Day speech, it was long overdue and almost HIRANMAY KARLEKAR a necessity in the time of short-term, intense but technology-driven and multi- pronged warfare. What this essentially means is creating a single point-of-con- he International Panel on Climate tact in coordinating with the three armed services to synergise functioning, train- Change’s (IPCC) latest report, ing, logistics, planning and procurements among the forces and evolve a uni- released earlier this month and stat- ing that the process of producing fied and targetted crisis response module. What this practically works out to is and making food available better utilisation of existing limited resources, better harvesting of intelligence for accountsT annually for a quarter of global a unified approach to preparedness (the demand for CDS emerged after we were greenhouse gas emissions, requires serious attention. The second in the series of the taken quite unaware in Kargil) and given the worsening nature of conflicts world- organisation’s specially-focussed reports and wide, build a robust expert advisory that can guide the political executive of the entitled Climate Change and Land, the valid- day on swift and decisive action. Of course, the fact that the post will become ity of its observations is hardly in doubt. Agriculture cuts both ways. As the operational nearly 20 years after it was first conceived or that we are among the report says, it accounts for 37 per cent of all last nuclear weapon States to do so and well past our time, is not registering greenhouse gas emissions if one takes into yet. The bigger question to answer is whether joint service command is allowed account both the percentage generated by global food production and activities like to function the way it should or serve to be another bureaucratic front. What our transportation and the work of energy and forces need to look into urgently, particularly in times of technology-driven war- food processing industries. On its part, climate fare, is to upgrade fleet, equipment, weapons systems and infrastructure and change adversely impacts agriculture by manpower, the essential requisites for developing strategic depth, some of which affecting cropping pattern and reducing crop output through changing temperatures have attained a critical mass of deficits. With a chronic crunch in funds, the lack and unpredictable weather fluctuations. of standardised indigenous systems and an overt focus on Army deployments, Worse, a quarter of the food produced is lost there needs to be a shift of balance to the Air Force and Navy requirements, Balakot or wasted and, as the report further points out, “global food loss and waste contributed 8 to exposing the chronic need to have state-of-the-art fighter jets. No matter how 10 per cent of total anthropogenic (man- able, empowered the CDS is, it cannot take a call on such policy issues. made) GHQ (greenhouse gas) emissions” Elizabeth Kolbert had written in critics argue that the human September, 2019, the UN Have we learnt enough lessons from Kargil, where in the absence of air sup- during 2010 and 2016. The Sixth Extinction: An mind will, through technology, Secretary General, Antonio Besides agriculture, a number of land- Unnatural History (first pub- find a way of preventing this. This Guterres had said in Abu Dhabi port, our soldiers were almost faced with hand-to-hand combat? Have we enough based activities like forestry, cattle-rearing and lished in 2014), “Very, very occa- is laughable. Technology would on June 30 that climate change rifles and ammunition to save our soldiers who make for easy fodder even now? urbanisation have contributed to the carbon sionally in the distant past, the remain a formulation on paper was advancing at a rate that was The Navy is saddled with outdated aircraft carriers. Even though India has induct- load. While noting this, the report also takes planet has undergone change so if the environment in which it has outpacing efforts to address it. into account the manner in which climate wrenching that the diversity of life THE SUBJECT OF to be applied disappears. While lauding the Paris agree- ed the Arihant as a nuclear submarine and has leased an Akula-class subma- change impacts these. It further argues that has plummeted. Five of these MASS EXTINCTION Humankind has evolved, and is ment, he said that the world rine from Russia, China’s navy has built a fleet of attack submarines as well as measures like reduction in food wastage, sus- ancient events were catastroph- sustained by, support from a wide would face a catastrophic three several ballistic missile submarines with which they can contain India. We have tainable agricultural practices and the con- ic enough that they’re put in their HAS BEEN range of plant and animal species degrees Celsius rise in tempera- sumption of more plant-based rather than own category: The so-called Big CAUSING WORRY providing it with food and habi- ture by the end of, century. only 11 destroyers, China has 36, all commissioned after 1999 or Kargil. China animal-based food could reduce the emission Five. In what seems like a fantas- tat. No technology can sustain it Things would start becom- may not match the smart American Navy but in a short time has emerged as of greenhouse gases estimated to be about 49 tic coincidence, but is probably FOR QUITE SOME if these disappear. ing worse even earlier. The the second-most powerful Navy in the world. Unrealistic planning, a socialist mind- billion tonnes of CO2 annually. no coincidence at all, the histo- Particularly severe will be the Special Report on Global It will not be easy to implement the ry of these events is recovered just TIME. IAN impact of mass extinctions on the Warming of 1.5°C, released by set towards protecting PSUs in the defence sector without upgrading or revamp- report’s recommendations. It will take a huge as people come to realise that they JOHNSTON human mind, which Paul IPCC on October 7, 2018, had ing them and corruption in defence deals have meant that we continue to be the exercise of will by several billion human are causing another one.” WRITING IN THE Shepard writes in Thinking observed that at the current world’s largest importer of military hardware when we should be making and beings. Dietary habits, evolving ever since There is no reason why Animals: Animals and the rate, the global mean tempera- humankind appeared on earth, will be dif- humans can escape the process. INDEPENDENT IN Development of Human ture — which is already one customising our own. And if we could make our space programmes work, there ficult to change. These, however, will have A major cause is the population Intelligence, is at the centre of degree Celsius above the pre- is no reason why we cannot sharpen our defence capabilities with affordable to, particularly since options are available. increase under way. Referring to 2017, CITED humanity’s pride in its indepen- industrial revolution level — is and innovative technologies. For example, much like other advanced military nations, The alternative can be as drastic as the it, Desmond Morris predicts in SCIENTISTS dence “from animals and animal- likely to rise to the 1.5-degree extinction of the species. The Naked Ape: A Zoologist’s ity.” According to him “the mind mark sometime between 2030 India has proven anti-satellite capabilities. But more resources have to be poured The danger is very real. Other species Study of the Human Animal, WRITING IN A and its organ, the brain, are in and 2052. It further stated that into research and development of military potential. There needs to be far more have been disappearing at an alarming rate. that a time will come when “the SPECIAL EDITION reality that part of us most warming, even if limited to thought and money put into building up India’s military preparedness. Even if a A report by the World Wildlife Fund’s densities we are now experienc- OF THE dependent on the survival of ani- 1.5°C, would not reduce the risks war isn’t around the corner, we should not fall back decades behind and not antic- (WWF) conservation group, titled Living ing in our major cities would mals. We are connected to ani- and impacts of climate change. Planet, said human activity had wiped out, exist in every corner of the MAGAZINE, mals not merely in the conve- Sea levels will continue to rise ipate scenarios. India’s chest-thumping nationalism will not have much dare if between 1970 and 2014, 60 per cent of all ani- globe. The consequences of all nience of figures of speech — a beyond 2100, threatening coastal we don’t develop real power and build ground-up rather than a fancy imposition mals with backbones — fish, birds, amphib- this for all forms of wild animals NATURE, THAT zoological equivalent of ‘flowery ecosystems and infrastructure. top-down. Our military mediocrity is the reason why even the neighbourhood is ians, reptiles and mammals. Referring to such is obvious. The effect it would HUMANS WERE speech’ — but by sinews that link Flooding, drought and extreme activity, the WWF International’s director- have on our own species is speech to rationality, insight, weather events will wreak havoc not convinced of our potential strategic weight and gets drawn by China’s assumed general, Marco Lambertini, has said that hunt- equally depressing.” CAUSING THE intuition, and consciousness’. on communities around the superiority. As the CDS decision shows, it comes after a prolonged debate on ing, shrinking habitat, pollution, illegal trade Morris adds shortly there- SIXTH MASS Animal images and forms play a globe. Many species will contin- political consensus. Modi may not have a consensus problem anymore but then and climate change had been too much for after, “Long before our popula- critical role in the shaping of ue to be driven toward extinction them to overcome. tions reach the levels envisaged EXTINCTION OF human “personality, identity, and and marine ecosystems could that consensus should now set the compass of course correction. The subject of mass extinction has been above we shall have broken so social consciousness. They are face “irreversible loss.” causing worry for quite some time. Ian many of the rules that govern our LIFE ON EARTH basic to the development of The September meeting of Johnston writing in The Independent of the biological nature, that we shall speech and thought.” the UN Climate Action Summit United Kingdom in 2017, cited scientists writ- have collapsed as a dominant The situation is grim. has its work cut out. Fly over North Pole ing in a special edition of the magazine, species….Many exciting species Addressing a preparatory meet- (The writer is Consultant Nature, that humans were causing the sixth have become extinct in the past ing of the UN Climate Action Editor, The Pioneer, and an Air India becomes first Indian airline to take the mass extinction of life on earth. Earlier, and we are no exception.” Morris’ Summit scheduled to be held in author) Arctic fly path and save us miles t a time when its privatisation and strate- gic disinvestment only highlight the S O U N D BITE Amorass our national carrier has crashed In last 65-66 years, it is for the I was prepared for a long I think the longer the trade Pakistan is becoming a laugh- into, Air India has done the country proud by first time that the issue of hard struggle. The thought of war goes on, the weaker ing stock all over the world. Kashmir is being taken up at the failure didn't even occur to China gets and the stronger India will not be harmed by conquering an uncharted path. On UN. This is a very big diplomatic me, even though I knew the we get. And I think the longer these moves but they will Independence Day, it became the first Indian failure of the Government. odds I was battling. it goes, the stronger we get. adversely impact Pakistan itself. airline to fly over the North Pole, making the Congress leader Actor US President BJP general secretary world look much smaller than before and in —Abhishek Manu Singhvi —Naseeruddin Shah —Donald Trump —Ram Madhav climate-challenged times, minimising carbon footprints and cutting costs on aviation fuel. An Air India flight first flew over the North Pole 13 years ago when Captain Amitabh Singh took L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR an unconventional flight path after taking the delivery of a brand new aircraft and Poll reforms tion.” The abrogation of Article bringing it back from Seattle to New Delhi. The difference this time round was Spare a thought for Kashmir 370 did just that. that AI 123 from Delhi to San Francisco had 243 passengers, making it a fully SC Panda commercial flight. This may just be one of the last laurels to the Maharaja’s cred- Sir — This refers to the editorial, his refers to the article, “Lost art of development” Bhubaneswar “Map of India” (August 16). Prime (August 14) by Ashok K Mehta. Life has indeed it before it unburdens the state exchequer and parcels itself to private players. Minister Narendra Modi in his Tbecome tougher for people in the Valley in the wake A solution to deluge But the silver lining is that in its supposedly last feat, it has achieved a new avi- address to the nation on indepen- of the abrogation of Article 370. The administration ation milestone by adopting one of the oldest tricks, one used by many interna- dence day once again made a fresh is still to actualise the promised relaxation of restric- pitch for simultaneous polls to the tions. With no tourists around in popular holiday des- Sir — This refers to the editorial, tional carriers, to give the passengers the bonus of not only smoother flights but Lok Sabha and State Assemblies tinations, local residents are deprived of a major source “Nature’s fury” (August 14). The also some breathtaking views of the vast sheets of Arctic ice. So now, instead but did not elaborate on how it can of income. Confined to their houses, it must be diffi- catastrophic impact of monsoon of flying over Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and Japan before crossing the Pacific be done with an outdated poll sys- cult for them to live under constant curfew enforced rainfall has not just impacted tem. It is essential that Modi takes by legions of troops. With the shutdown of telecom- Kerala, Karnataka and to reach the US, the aircraft would fly over Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, the the initiative for consolidated and munications and internet, people are cut off from the Maharashtra but torrential rains in Arctic Ocean, Canada and then descend in the US, thus cutting travel time by massive poll reforms, which have rest of the world. We must also spare a thought for other States like Gujarat, Bihar and 90 minutes. On the Atlantic side, we do not have to bother about the frequent been deferred for decades in the the Kashmiri children, who have been sitting at home are Indians and our compatriots, we should not leave Madhya Pradesh, too, have creat- name of political consensus. instead of going to school. them in the lurch. Whether the revocation of autono- ing havoc. While the respective closure of the Pakistani airspace. The advent of this transpolar flight also offers A Chief Minister (or the If we are truly altruistic or patriotic, we must imag- my was intended to gobble up the Valley or not, it was State Governments were pro-active multiple benefits ranging from a reduction in fuel consumption cost to reduction Prime Minister) should be simul- ine ourselves in the place of Kashmiris and empathise certainly not a move to affirm the right to self-deter- in providing relief operations, it’s in damage to the environment. Statistically, it is expected to yield fuel savings in taneously elected with the Speaker with them. We should ask why the Kashmiris should mination of the people of Kashmir. time we ask some tough questions and Deputy Speaker by secret and lose their land and culture, which they are going to, G David Milton about their preparedness to deal the range of 2,000 to 7,000 kg per flight and also reduce carbon emission — compulsory votes through EVMs consequent on the abrogation of Article 370. If they Maruthancode with floods. While such extreme in the range of 6,000 to 21,000 kg, per flight.\However, flying commercial jets equipped with VVPAT on nom- weather-related events can be over the Arctic Circle comes with its own risks and herein, lies the challenge. inations signed by at least 34 per attributed to climatic factors we, cent of the House’s members. The Kashmir problem the Valley to become refugees in But the root cause of militan- too, have failed to do our bit in Pertinent among them relate to passenger’s safety infrastructure and logistics. Such elected incumbents their own country. This point is cy was not analysed objectively. understanding the monsoon and Thanks to technological advancements, what was once considered to be too may be removed only through conspicuously absent in Gen Despite Article 370 being in place finding ways to deal with its fury. challenging a path is now being conquered by newcomers. The area of mag- the same process but only after Sir — This refers to the article, Mehta’s article. for seven decades, a section of The vagaries of weather netic unreliability, limited choices for diversion to alternative airports, solar radi- an alternative leader is named in “Gambling for high stakes” Further, Gen Mehta quotes Muslims refused to mainstream demand cooperation between the same motion. This is the only (August 13) by Deepak Sinha and Haseeb Drabu, former Finance themselves. In this connection, it States and all stakeholders, ation, fuel freezing possibilities, passenger and aircraft retrieval in case of diver- way to prevent hung legislative “Lost art of development” Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, will be apt to quote what including the Jal Shakti Ministry. sions, are some specific factors requiring active mitigation to ensure equivalent bodies and unstable (August 14) by Ashok K Mehta. who said that linking Article 370 American economist and and Bal Govind levels of safety. Specialised crew training, weather monitoring, alternate selec- Governments and pave the way A major point made by Sinha to the “lack of development was social theorist, Thomas Sowell, Noida for simultaneous elections. was that Kashmiriyat died the misplaced” and that “the lack of said: “When people get used to tion and aircraft serviceability, too, will have to be of the highest standards to SC Agrawal very day the Hindu minority public and private investment was preferential treatment, equal Send your feedback to: ensure viable operations. New Delhi was targetted and forced to flee due to militancy and violence.” treatment seems as discrimina- [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Against the spirit POINTCOUNTERPOINT TILL TODAY, OUR NUCLEAR POLICY IS ‘NO FIRST THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND CANNOT BE of democracy USE.’ WHAT HAPPENS IN FUTURE DEPENDS COMMUNICATED IN AMBIGUITY. I URGE THE ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. GOVERNMENT TO COME CLEAR. The Government’s decision to abrogate Article —UNION MINISTER —CONGRESS SPOKESPERSON 370 has blighted the hope of the Kashmiri people for developing working relations with the Centre RAJNATH SINGH ABHISHEK SINGHVI Bring transparency to the table Extra-budgetary resources translate to about 2.3 per cent of the GDP. Had they DEEPAK JHA f the level of democracy in a state is measured on the crite- been included, the FD for 2018-19 would have been 5.7 instead of 3.4 per cent ria provided by Abraham Lincoln — “Government of the peo- Iple, by the people and for the people,” today’s Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) will score lowest or may even be disqualified to get recognition of a democratic state. Anyway it is now a Union Territory. The abrogation of Article 370 is an insidious inflexion point in India’s history. The State that had already weakened by the malicious intentions of our neighbouring country, which left no stone unturned in fuelling militancy, is now jolted by some forceful decisions taken by the Government. The most diaboli- cal among them is the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A with- out even taking the State’s Legislative Assembly’s consent. On the pretext of improving the State’s economy, depriving the local UTTAM GUPTA people of their rights is not an economic correction but a polit- ical crime. ll through its tenure beginning 2014, the Not so exclusive: Under Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Modi Government demonstrated a high Constitution, people of J&K were conferred upon with some spe- Adegree of sensitivity to millions of poor and cial rights, including their choice to accept or reject the revoca- downtrodden and spent prodigious sums on pro- viding basic amenities such as affordable hous- tion of Article 370. And as per the agreement signed between ing, electricity, sanitation, toilets, fuel and lique- Maharaja Hari Singh and the then Indian Government, the Article fied petroleum gas (LPG), health care, education could be scrapped or amended only after the approval of the State’s etc to improve their lot. Constituent Assembly. But these special rights do not make J&K In the last five years, it built 1.5 crore afford- unique as similar provisions are provided to 10 more States/Union able housing units and nine crore toilets, gave 2.6 Territories of India under Article 371, which includes Nagaland, crore and seven crore electricity and gas connec- Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Mizoram and Manipur. In addi- tions respectively and assured free medical treat- tion to the above mentioned States that enjoy special Constitutional ment up to Rs 500,000 that covered 10 crore fam- features, there are five more States viz, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, ilies (or 50 crore people). Goa, Odisha and Rajasthan that have demanded the special cat- Under Modi 2.0, the government has vowed egory status. Residents of other States cannot buy property in to build 1.9 crore houses by 2022, give 1.4 crore electricity connections and provide safe drinking Himachal and Sikkim but usually, people of Kashmir are target- water to all homes under the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’. ted as inequality mongers across the country. It is also investing Rs 100 lakh crore in build- THE CAG HAS Blot on democracy: Despite being a Muslim-majority State, ing infrastructure such as irrigation facilities, RECOMMENDED leaders here decided to stay with India and went against the two- roads, national highways, expressways, railway THAT THE nation theory in 1947. Their hope got shattered when a myopic projects, ports, airports, waterways etc that GOVERNMENT Government at the Centre scrapped their special rights without would indirectly help improve the quality of life SHOULD PUT IN envisaging its ramifications. Articles 370 and 35A acted as a strong of millions of citizens. For instance, a vast net- PLACE A POLICY bonding force between the Centre and the State and it is because work of rural roads enables farmers to carry their produce to the market with ease and in lesser time, FRAMEWORK FOR of this that successive Governments at the Centre could not repeal REINING IN EBRS the said articles for the last 70 years now. The Government’s thereby improving price realization and augment- ing income. WHICH, AMONGST decision has forced a group of intellectuals comprising doctors, These are welcome measures that have OTHERS, SHOULD In the infrastructure sector, the any returns for the Union Government. table (read: EBRs by PSUs and other journalists, academicians and a retired Air Vice Marshal to sign helped millions extricate themselves from pover- ALSO INCLUDE National Highways Authority of India Even spending on infrastructure fails to agencies), there would be less effort in a petition condemning the revocation of Article 370. ty. Indeed, this was a major factor that enabled DISCLOSURE TO. (NHAI) borrowed Rs 61,000 crore for generate adequate revenue to fully garnering the support and involvement Leaders of the ruling party, who claim that one of the pur- Modi to secure a resounding mandate to be at the THIS executing highways projects; Indian amortise the investment, as a sizeable of the latter. poses to withdraw Article 370 is to ensure the return of Kashmiri helm of affairs of the country for another term. LACKLUSTRE Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) chunk of the services and utilities There is an urgent need for bring- Pandits to their homeland, will be shocked to know that these But, there’s a flip side to it, which relates to financ- APPROACH borrowed Rs 52,297 crore to fund offered through these projects are ing about transparency in funding of Kashmiri Pandits, Dogras and Sikhs belong to the group of 64 ing of these investments that are being done in WON’T DO. MODI implementation of railway projects and underpriced. A few cases in point welfare schemes and investment in members, who called this act as “unconstitutional and in viola- an ‘opaque’ and ‘non-transparent’ manner. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) took being, power to farmers and poor infrastructure. All loans taken on behalf During 2018-19, the National Bank for SHOULD GO FOR a loan of Rs 97,000 crore to finance gov- households, subsidised rail fare for of the sovereign government, irrespec- tion of the historical promises.” They expressed their concern COMPLETELY and anger in the following words, “We reiterate the fact that we Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) ernment-sector power projects. passengers and toll-free roads, etc. tive of who borrows, should appear on raised Rs 30,000 crore to finance the Union DOING AWAY All these loans or Extra-Budgetary This inability to make even inter- its books and be included in the FD. the people of Jammu and Kashmir were not consulted and no Government’s rural affordable housing, sanitation WITH THE Resources (EBRs), though taken by est payments and the ever-increasing This will give a true and fair view of the decision about our future, taken without our consent can be termed and irrigation projects. The Housing and Urban PRACTICE OF PSUs, other state agencies and fertilis- gap between available resources and Centre’s finances and enable investors as legitimate. We condemn and reject this unilateral, undemoc- Development Corporation (HUDCO) and OFF-BUDGET er manufacturers under SBA are on actual requirement having to be met by to make credible assessment and take ratic and unconstitutional imposition on us.” National Housing Bank (NHB) provided Rs FINANCING behalf of the Union Government and more borrowings, leads to debt pile-up informed decisions. Economically non-viable idea: According to BJP, the fore- 20,000 crore to finance affordable urban hous- backed by sovereign guarantee. The to ‘unsustainable’ levels. What makes the The government will be forced to most rationale of abrogating Article 370 is giving a boost to eco- ing projects. Likewise, the Rural Electrification Union Government is solely responsi- scenario appalling is that this debt is not shed populism and restrict welfare nomic development in the Valley and promoting tourism activi- Corporation (REC) and Power Finance ble for discharging these liabilities, yet, even seen on the balance sheet of the schemes only to the most deserving. It ties in the State. They claim that Article 370 was a blockade in Corporation (PFC) raised Rs 19,331 crore to fund it decides not to reflect this on its bal- Union Government. It seems that the will also have to carry out long-pend- Kashmir’s way to prosperity as industries were reluctant to invest the Centre’s rural electrification schemes which ance sheet. As such, these debts are not Centre is sitting on an ‘invisible’ fiscal ing reforms in key sectors such as food, in the region without any right to purchase property. But these include free electricity connections to households. included in the reported Fiscal Deficit volcano which could erupt without any fertilisers, fuel, power etc to allow for an The Food Corporation of India (FCI) bor- (FD). warning, and cause widespread devas- increased role of market forces with a are baseless claims as statistics provide somewhat a different rowed Rs 70,000 crore from the National Small All put together, the EBRs add up tation of unimaginable dimensions in view to reduce cost and enhance effi- proposition. In comparison to the national average, J&K’s pover- Savings Fund (NSSF) to finance the shortfall in to a whopping Rs 407,628 crore that the process. ciency in operations and give subsidies ty ratio was almost half, ie, of 21.92 per cent and 10.35 per cent food subsidy allocation vis-à-vis the actual translates to about 2.3 per cent of the A government hiding its real state only via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). respectively. Additionally, on many developmental indices, J&K requirement (including loans taken during 2016- Gross Domestic Product (GDP). of fiscal health gives wrong signals to This, together with increasing tax col- has surpassed even the Prime Minister’s model State — Gujarat. 17 and 2017-18 which were not paid back despite Had they been included, the FD for various stakeholders, including for- lection (we are still far from realizing the For instance, the Infant Mortality rate in J&K was 24 per 1000 the Centre’s commitment to do so. Incidentally, 2018-19 would have been 5.7 per cent eign investors. It can prompt them to full potential of the Goods and Services in 2016, whereas it was 30 in Gujarat. the FCI’s cumulative borrowing from the NSSF instead of 3.4 per cent reported in the review their decision to invest in India Tax) will help in garnering the required Democracy under siege: Since acquiring power in politics, is around Rs 200,000 crore). Union Budget. During 2017-18 also, (the plan to go for overseas sovereign resources for infrastructure and welfare Prime Minister Narendra Modi always tried to resolve the Kashmir Similarly, fertiliser manufacturers borrowed according to the Comptroller and borrowings — announced in the Union of the poor, even while sticking to the issue through fascist policies to suit his ideological origins. He Rs 33,000 crore from commercial banks under Auditor General (CAG), the FD was Budget for 2019-20 — could be in jeop- fiscal target. a special banking arrangement (SBA) to fund the suppressed by 2.4 per cent, courtesy the ardy). The greater damage will be The CAG has recommended that did nothing except escalating terror in the Valley with his unami- shortfall in budget provision for fertiliser subsidy EBRs. inflicted by way of further postpone- the government should put in place a able attitude and stern decisions. Soon after getting an overwhelm- as against the actual need. Most of the off-Budget borrowings ment of long-pending reforms in cru- policy framework for reining in EBRs ing majority in the Lok Sabha in 2014, he turned Kashmir into Likewise, in the case of fuel subsidy, the Public are meant for financing current con- cial sectors like food, fertilisers, power, which, amongst others, should also a battleground. One shouldn’t forget that extremism is key to Sector Undertakings (PSUs) involved in market- sumptions like subsidies on food, fer- fuel etc, which otherwise have huge include disclosure to the Parliament. Pandora’s box and suppression of people can never help in pla- ing of LPG and kerosene, for instance Indian Oil tilisers, fuel etc or investment for a bet- potential for expenditure saving. This lacklustre approach won’t do. cating them. People in the Valley are now feeling jilted and alien- Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum ter life for millions of poor families by For funding the `100 lakh crore Modi should go for completely doing ated. The abrogation of Article 370 has blighted the hope of Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan providing them affordable housing, investments, in infrastructure in five away with the practice of off-budget Kashmiri people for developing working relations with the Centre. Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) took free electricity connections, free gas con- years, the government is banking a lot financing. (The writer is a political analyst) loans to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore during 2018- nections, toilets and so on. These on participation of the private sector. If, (The writer is a New Delhi-based 19 to make up for unpaid dues by the Centre. expenditure or investments don’t yield the former keeps an easy option on the policy analyst) A scribe, a poet and a towering statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee showed how a non-Congress government could not only rule the country but also provide a strong and stable alternative, says SUMEET BHASIN wo consecutive Augusts have showed how a non-Congress gov- India post the tests, however, he In many ways, Prime Minister the 70-year-long conflict. Another 1980s as student leaders and he tions remained separate through- brought only bad news for ernment could not just rule but appealed to Non-Resident Indians Narendra Modi’s programmes are a parallel can be drawn when one asked if we were hungry. We said yes out their career. Often when they Tthe country, the BJP and provide a strong and stable govern- (NRIs) to invest or remit to India logical extension of NDA-I. Be it considers the Indo-US relations and to our surprise, he cooked disagreed during party meetings or thousands of admirers of two of the ment. to help mitigate their impact. To the investments in infrastructure, focus nurtured by Vajpayee and strength- khichdi for all of us; that was his sim- later in Cabinet meetings, they’d most sophisticated, refined and The first time he became the surprise of many, Indians settled on education and delivery of pub- ened by Modi. The fact that these plicity. In one interview he men- meet for dinner and discuss respected leaders of our times. One PM, his government lasted just 13 abroad rallied to the cause and sent lic goods, Modi has amplified the relations were nurtured by Vajpayee tioned Chilli Chicken as his movies. The Modi-Shah partner- the mentee (Sushma Swaraj) of the days and during the trust vote he huge amounts of money. scale of these programmes and despite the US imposing sanctions favourite food. The surprised inter- ship is very similar to their part- other, while the other being a shared an important flaw in India’s The other achievement was the strengthened Vajpayee’s legacy. He post Pokhran-II tests reflects his viewer asked him if it was the most nership and has built upon this mentor to perhaps thousands of us. public discourse. In his concluding defeat of Pakistan during the Kargil has re-established ‘good-governance’ pragmatic foreign policy as he reit- prudent answer given that he was a political movement to make it the On this day last year, India lost speech, he asked political parties to conflict. Vajpayee became India’s in the country. If Vajpayee showed erated that US and India were nat- Brahmin. He replied, “If we aren’t world’s largest political party. one of its most progressive prime think about the interest of people first serving PM to enter an active India that a non-Congress coalition ural allies. honest to the people, then why are The fact that despite Vajpayee ministers, Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari and work together in the event of war zone as he visited soldiers in could provide a strong govern- However, Vajpayee was beyond we even in politics?” being away from public life since Vajpayee, the reformer in chief and fractured mandates rather than Kargil to boost their morale. ment, Modi has shown that a non- politics and it was perhaps his After becoming the PM, he 2008, last year saw an entire nation the original architect of a 21st look at petty political interests. He During the 1999 elections, the Congress government can emerge humble nature combined with clas- became concerned by the number stand still and mourn the loss of the Century India. He started his career pointed out that parties and govern- National Democratic Alliance, with a majority on its own and help sic wit that made him one of India’s of restrictions on his personal free- charismatic statesman, speaks vol- as a journalist, but destiny had other ments would come and go but the under the leadership of Vajpayee India attain newer heights. most adored leaders. For instance, dom. Fond of street food, it was per- umes about the impression that he’s plans and he found himself in pol- democratic set-up must be strength- secured a sizeable number of seats However, Vajpayee’s most it was very rare for him to say ‘no’ haps this that he missed the most, left on all of us. A careful study of itics. As a parliamentarian, he spent ened, even as he resigned. and a stable government was important legacy was in terms of his to matters that were brought under along with his ability to cycle with his life reveals how his politics was decades in the Opposition, which As no other political party formed. Over the course of the next diplomatic efforts and success in sta- his consideration. His style was to his best friend, LK Advani, riding governed by simplicity, honesty gave him the unique opportunity to managed to provide a stable gov- five years, India saw unprecedent- bilizing South Asia. He made sev- ask others to think more on the sub- pillion. Post 2004, he retired from and integrity. While it is rare to find identify and, more importantly, ernment, elections were held again. ed focus on developing a strong eral efforts towards mending rela- ject as he navigated complex issues active politics and was away from statesmen like him, India would be highlight problems successive gov- This time too, the BJP emerged as economy, public infrastructure and tions with all neighbours, including with ease. Throughout his career, he public life from 2008 onwards. lucky if more leaders take inspira- ernments created since the single-largest party, and he was rural road networks. Be it the over- Pakistan, and even Modi, in his first was known as the right man in the There are very few partner- tion from the life and times of Independence. re-elected as PM. His short 13- haul of the Public Distribution term worked extensively to put in wrong party to which he respond- ships in politics that stand the test Vajpayee. This experience came handy month stint as PM was highlight- System or the Sarva Shiksha place a dialogue process. The fact ed by asking how could he be right of time. The dynamic duo of Atal- (The writer is national con- once he became the Prime Minister. ed by two major achievements. Abhiyaan, the focus was on making that political instability in Pakistan if he was in the wrong party and Advani was one of those where venor of Project Samagra Atal ji, Even though he got the post thrice, First were the Pokhran-II tests, India a modern country. It comes as derailed it is a separate issue, but the how could the party be wrong if he both leaders stood side by side as director at Public Policy Research and was destined to complete only which were successfully conduct- no surprise that one of the most suc- fact that genuine attempts were was right? they built a political movement. Centre and was a member of the one of those terms, still, in an era ed despite international pressure. cessful disinvestment drives hap- made by both will go down in his- A poet, at heart, I remember They both often disagreed but social media election committee for earmarked by coalition politics, he Though sanctions were imposed on pened under his leadership. tory as a sincere attempt to resolve once we went to his place in the late their political and personal equa- BJP in 2019 elections) VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019 money 08 CAPSULE ‘Weak investment, GST India probing jump in imports of Malaysia palm oil n collections big challenges’ PTI NEW DELHI The petitioner The government has initiated a has claimed PTI n NEW DELHI "I should add that weak probe into alleged jump in significant Jain Irrigations Q1 investment, muted monetary imports of a particular variety of Notwithstanding India's transmission and slow GST palm oil from Malaysia, follow- decline in profit falls 74 pc at progress on growth and infla- collections still continue to be ing a complaint from Solvent production, sales Rs 22 cr tion, some of the big challenges big challenges for the Indian Extractors' Association of India. and capacity for the economy include weak economy at this point," she Commerce ministry's inves- NEW DELHI: Jain Irrigations investment, muted monetary added. tigation arm Directorate utilization for the Systems Ltd (JISL) has transmission and slow GST According to Mishra, the General of Trade Remedies product reported 74 per cent decline in collections, according to average GDP growth in India (DGTR) has said after exam- consolidated net profit at Rs Goldman Sachs. over this decade has been ining the application filed by imports have caused or are The application for the 22.14 crore for the June 2019 India's GDP growth about 7 per cent. Three-fourth the petitioner, it has prima threatening to cause serious probe was filed by the Solvent quarter. The firm had posted a increased from an average of of that is actually attributable facie found sufficient evidence injury to the domestic pro- Extractors' Association of India net profit of Rs 85.18 crore in 6.7 per cent during 2010 to to consumption and only one- that the imports have increased ducers," the DGTR has said in on behalf of domestic produc- the year-ago period. Total 2014 to 7.3 per cent during fourth to investment. significantly and that has a notification. ers. It has alleged that increase income during the June 2015 to 2019, while, average Mishra further said that caused serious injury to If found that the jump in in imports of the oil from quarter fell to Rs 1,950.17 inflation has declined from 10 Goldman Sachs clients are domestic producers. imports have impacted domes- Malaysia is causing serious crore from Rs 2,152.82 crore per cent to 5 per cent during concerned about whether the In the probe, the directorate tic players, the directorate injury or there is a threat of in the same period last year, a the same period. government has an appetite for would see whether the imports would recommend safeguard serious injury to domestic pro- regulatory filing said. JISL, its "Despite growth being radical structural reforms, par- of 'Refined Bleached duty on the palm oil. Finance ducers. subsidiaries and associates India's GDP growth increased from an are engaged in manufacturing strong, overall, the investment ticularly in the area such as Deodorised Palmolein and ministry takes the final call to The petitioner has claimed of micro irrigation systems, climate was pretty weak," said average of 6.7 per cent during 2010 to land, labour, export promotion Refined Bleached Deodorised impose the duty. significant decline in produc- PVC pipes, HDPE pipes, Prachi Mishra, India Chief 2014 to 7.3 per cent during 2015 to and privatisation. Palm Oil' has increased sig- The investigation is being tion, sales and capacity uti- Economist, Goldman Sachs in "They're asking how likely is nificantly and has caused seri- carried out under India- lization for the product. They plastic sheets, agro processed 2019, while, average inflation has products, renewable energy a podcast wherein she dis- an accelerated reform scenario, ous injury to domestic pro- Malaysia Comprehensive have also stated that market solutions, tissue culture cussed the drivers of India's declined from 10 per cent to 5 per which can really put India on ducers. Economic Cooperation share of Indian industry has plants, financial services and economy. cent during the same period a growth trajectory, higher "It is considered appropriate Agreement (Bilateral Safeguard declined whereas market other agricultural inputs. Goldman Sachs did a macro growth trajectory close to dou- to initiate (the probe) in order Measures) Rules, 2017. The share of imports has tour earlier during the year ble digits. And this is some- to determine whether the agreement is a kind of free increased. The period of with a large group of investors and Delhi to analyse investor were muted monetary trans- thing we are watching on close- imports of the product under trade pact under which both investigation has been taken including policymakers, mar- concerns. mission and slow goods and ly in terms of any big policy consideration from Malaysia countries have reduced cus- as January 2019 -June 2019. It ket participants, bankers and Some of the concerns which services tax (GST) collections, announcements going for- constitute increased imports toms duties on several goods would also consider the political analysts in Mumbai were raised during the tour she said. ward," Mishra said. and whether the increased traded between them. import data of 2016-19.

Cathay Pacific says NMDC iron ore Gold climbs Rs 475 on buying, silver gains Rs 378 CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned PTI n NEW DELHI Globally, gold On Thursday, the bullion output jumps witnessed selling after market was closed in the NEW DELHI: Cathay Pacific Gold prices on Friday surged national capital on account of announced the shock Rs 475 to Rs 38,420 per 10 US retail sales data 'Independence Day'. resignation on Friday of its gram at the bullion market showed strength, signalling In the national capital, gold CEO Rupert Hogg, days after 37% in July here, on fresh buying from retail consumption growth. of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 the Hong Kong carrier was jewellers, according to the All purity on Friday surged Rs 475 censured by Beijing because The improved investment PTI n NEW DELHI India Sarafa Association. sentiment supported higher each to Rs 38,420 and Rs some staff had supported pro- Tracking gold, silver also 38,250 per 10 gram, respec- democracy protests in the city. State-run miner NMDC on gained Rs 378 to Rs 44,688 per trade in global equities tively. In a statement posted on the Friday announced no change kg on increased offtake by lowering demand for safe Sovereign gold held flat at Hong Kong stock exchange on in its iron ore prices for August industrial units and coin mak- haven in gold Rs 28,700 per eight grams. Friday, Cathay said Hogg had month and reported a 37 per ers. —TAPAN PATEL Silver ready rose Rs 378 to resigned "to take responsibility cent jump in production to Pick-up in demand from HDFC Securities Senior Analyst (Commodities) 44,688 per kg, while weekly- as a leader of the Company in 1.95 million tonne in July local jewellers at the domestic based delivery advanced by Rs view of recent events".He has 2019 compared to 1.42 million spot market led to the rise in lower at USD 1,513 an ounce retail consumption growth. Analyst (Commodities) Tapan 594 to Rs 43,824 per kg. been replaced by Augustus Tang, a veteran of the Swire tonnes in the year-ago month. gold prices, analysts said. in New York and silver was The improved investment sen- Patel said. Silver coins were in good Group conglomerate, Cathay's NMDC has kept the prices They, however, added that down at USD 17.26 an ounce. timent supported higher trade However, public unrest in demand and traded higher by main shareholder. of lump ore and fines the weak global trend restrict- "Globally, gold witnessed in global equities lowering Hong Kong and trade war wor- Rs 1,000 at Rs 90,000 for buy- unchanged at Rs 3,100 per "The prices ed the gains. selling after US retail sales data demand for safe haven in ries may limit the fall in inter- ing and Rs 91,000 for selling tonne and Rs 2,860 per tonne, effective from Globally, gold was trading showed strength, signalling gold," HDFC Securities Senior national gold prices, he added. of 100 pieces. respectively, with effect from August 3, 2019, August 3, according to a reg- ulatory filing. are excluding "The prices effective from royalty, DMF, Lendingkart August 3, 2019, are excluding NMET, cess, royalty, DMF, NMET, cess, Panacea Biotec Q1 loss narrows to Rs 28.27 cr NCLAT orders forest permit fee and other forest permit fee raises Rs 21 cr PTI n NEW DELHI This performance is expect- liquidation of taxes," NMDC said in a sepa- and other taxes," Revenue from ed to continue in future peri- rate filing. NMDC said in a from Sistema Drug firm Panacea Biotec has ods as well, he added. Amtek Auto The company on June 29 reported narrowing of its con- operations stood During the quarter, the com- NEW DELHI: The National had fixed the rates of lump ore separate filing Asia Fund solidated net loss to Rs 28.27 at Rs 125.78 pany received United States Company Law Appellate and fines at Rs 3,100 per crore for the quarter ended crore for the Food and Drug Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday tonne and Rs 2,860 per tonne, dropped 1.77 per cent to close PTI n NEW DELHI June 30, 2019. Administration (USFDA) ordered liquidation of debt- respectively, with effect from at Rs 102.80 on BSE. The company had posted a quarter under approval for Oncology ridden Amtek Auto as it the same day. NMDC, under the Ministry Fintech company Lendingkart net loss of Rs 35.26 crore from review as against Parenteral Formulations facil- declined lenders' request for In a separate filing, the of Steel, is the country's single- Technologies on Friday said it continuing and discontinued Rs 99.28 crore for ity at Baddi in Himachal extension of insolvency company informed the bours- largest iron ore producer. It has raised Rs 21 crore in fresh operations for the corre- Pradesh for the manufacture resolution process deadline. es that its iron ore production produces about 35 million equity from Sistema Asia Fund sponding period of the previ- the same period a and supply of Azacitidine Amtek Auto was among the rose by 37 per cent to 1.95 mil- tonnes of iron ore from three (SAF).With the latest infu- ous fiscal, Panacea Biotec said year ago injection 100 mg/vial in the US first list of 12 companies lion tonne in July 2019 com- mines in Chhattisgarh and sion, the equity funding in a regulatory filing. market and has launched this which were referred by the pared to 1.42 million tonnes in Karnataka. raised by Lendingkart stands Revenue from operations tion measures have now start- growth and earning positive product in US, Panacea Biotec RBI in 2017 to respective the same month last year. Besides iron ore, NMDC is at a total of USD 146 million, stood at Rs 125.78 crore for the ed paying off. The company earnings before interest, taxes, said. banks for initiation of Sales during the month involved in the exploration of a statement said. quarter under review as against has registered impressive depreciation and amortiza- Shares of Panacea Biotec insolvency process for under review were at 2.41 minerals including copper, The valuation of the com- Rs 99.28 crore for the same financial performance dur- tion (EBITDA) of Rs 26.9 were trading at Rs 144 per scrip defaults. UK-based Liberty million tonnes (MT), showing rock phosphate, lime stone, pany was not disclosed. period a year ago. ing the quarter ended June 30, crore," Panacea Biotec MD on BSE, down 2.64 per cent House was selected as the a growth of 24 per cent com- dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, "The latest funding round "The company's remedia- 2019 with 28 per cent topline Rajesh Jain said. from the previous close. highest bidder by the pared to 1.94 MT in July 2018, magnesite, diamond, tin, tung- with the help of the existing committee of creditors (CoC) the filing said. sten, graphite, beach sands partners have signalled a of Amtek Auto. Shares of the company etc. strong support and trust in Lendingkart's vision of finan- cial inclusion and digital Deepak Fertilisers Q1 profit ShareChat raises accessibility for everyone," Lendingkart Technologies co- Orbo AI raises $1.6 mn in funding founder and Managing down 71 pc at Rs 10.7 cr PTI n MUMBAI based research efforts to "We will be using the funds Director Harshvardhan Lunia PTI n NEW DELHI $100 mn in series D remain a step ahead of futur- to provide superior technolo- said. Last week, Lendingkart The company had Orbo.ai, an AI-powered imag- istic market demands and fur- gy solutions to our customers Technologies had said it has Deepak Fertilisers and posted a net profit ing and visual enhancement ther create a seamless and along with expediting our received an equity funding of Petrochemicals Corporation of Rs 37.23 crore from Twitter, others startup, on Friday said it has automated visual enhance- expansion and hiring plans Rs 212 crore (USD 30 million) Ltd (DFPCL) has reported a 71 raised USD 1.6 million (about ment stack, it added. across verticals such as R&D, from Fullerton Financial per cent decline in consoli- in the year-ago PTI n MUMBAI Rs 11.3 crore) in funding led Set up in 2015 by Manoj engineering, product devel- Holdings, Bertelsmann India dated net profit at Rs 10.7 period, DFPCL by YourNest Ventures and Shinde, Orbo uses deep learn- opment, sales and market- Investments and India crore for the June quarter on said in a Regional social media plat- Venture Catalysts. ing powered technology to ing," Orbo.ai CEO Manoj Quotient. In the current lower sales. form ShareChat on Friday The pre-series A round saw improve imagery and pro- Shinde said. round, the company has The company had posted a regulatory filing said it has raised USD 100 mil- participation from industry vide enhanced resolutions for The firm is in advanced raised Rs 233 crore (USD 33 net profit of Rs 37.23 crore in lion in its series D funding veteran Vinod Dham and John pictures and videos on automation trials with a num- million) so far. Since its incep- the year-ago period, DFPCL Set up in 1979, as an with participation from Ason (Jet.com investor) as mobiles, laptops or display ber of global brands, tech tion, Lendingkart Finance said in a regulatory filing. ammonia manufacturer, microblogging site Twitter well as existing investors, devices. companies and partners and (the NBFC arm of Total income during the DFPCL is now into industri- and private equity firm including Refex Capital, a Its solutions are used across hopes to announce around 3- Lendingkart Group) has dis- period under review fell to Rs al chemicals, bulk and spe- TrustBridge Partners. statement said. industries, including media 5 more deals in the display bursed over 60,000 loans to 1,131.45 crore as compared to cialty fertilisers, technical Existing investors including Orbo will use the new and entertainment, retail and and e-commerce space, he more than 55,000 micro, small Rs 2,233.78 crore in the year- ammonium nitrate, and value Shunwei Capital, Lightspeed investment to ramp up its AI- e-commerce. added. and medium enterprises. ago quarter. added real estate. Venture Partners, SAIF Capital, India Quotient and Morningside Venture Capital With this new round of fund- also participated in the fund- ing, we are positioned to take ing round. the next leap in our growth Turkish army pension fund to buy British Steel To date, ShareChat has story. As we scale up, our focus raised a total of USD 224 remains to help the ShareChat PTI n ANKARA while an estimated 20,000 more million, it said in a statement. community better express The exclusivity deal gives OYAK time have links to the firm's supply "This new round of funding themselves in the comfort of The Turkish military pension chain. will help ShareChat strength- their native language," fund OYAK said Friday it had to hold talks with customers, There had been fears of en the technology infrastruc- ShareChat CEO Ankush signed a provisional deal to buy suppliers, employees and trade major job losses after the group, ture for its platform as the Sachdeva said. British Steel after the UK steel- unions, and carry out a detailed which had been owned by company looks to scale its Commenting on the invest- maker was forced into com- Greybull Capital, failed to business. Additionally, ment, Twitter India managing pulsory liquidation in May. inspection, due to be completed by secure a full financial rescue. ShareChat will acquire talent director Manish Maheshwari "As part of its regional September Greybull blamed Brexit to help propel the exchange of said, "Twitter and ShareChat growth ambitions in steel strains for its financial collapse. ideas among its strategic part- are aligned on the broader industry, OYAK, the biggest Ataer Holding already has ners," it said. purpose of serving the public complimentary pension fund steel producers sought to buy and metallurgy division, Toker interests in the steel industry, To accelerate the internet conversation, helping the in Turkey, signed an exclusiv- it, OYAK said. Ozcan, said his priority would as the largest stakeholder in ecosystem in India, the com- world learn faster and solve ity agreement to buy the indus- The exclusivity deal gives be "to increase the production Turkey's Erdemir. pany will also be introducing common challenges." try symbol British Steel that has OYAK time to hold talks with capacity and to invest in clean OYAK was set up in 1961, a more features to make the This investment will help operations in UK, France and customers, suppliers, employ- steel production in British year after the first military experience seamless across ShareChat grow and provide the Netherlands," OYAK said in takeover by Ataer Holding -- After British Steel entered ees and trade unions, and carry Steel". coup in modern Turkey, and devices, it added. the company's management a statement. wholly owned by OYAK -- insolvency, UK authorities put out a detailed inspection, due British Steel, Britain's sec- has 362,968 members. "This is a very exciting time team access to Twitter's exec- The Ankara-based fund would happen by the end of the company up for sale and to be completed by September. ond-biggest steelmaker, The fund's total assets were for us at ShareChat as we see utives as thought partners, he added that it hoped the 2019. nearly 80 bidders including The head of OYAK's mining employs around 5,000 people worth $19.3 billion in 2018. our platform growing rapidly. said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Making a documentary is not an easy task. My project wasn’t a natural A MEDIUM TO director-subject relationship. I interacted with the professor and made sure to spend at least two hours a day observing and capturing her lifestyle. She treated me as her student and helped me complete the film. I want to direct all INSPIRE kind of movies including Ramana Dumpala's National Award-winning features and short films. Cinema is a great documentary, Glow Worm In a Jungle, explains the medium of lifestyle of an 80-year-old Botany professor Hema communication and we should make movies that Sane who has chosen to live in a forest without would inspire people relying on electricity, finds V SATEESH REDDY RAMANA DUMPALA he recent National capture the essence of her movie will reach new heights Awards brought a lifestyle. “It is not easy to live with this award. new wave of hope without electricity in this fast- Ramana completed his film T to Tollywood, as paced generation. However, course at Film Television we raked in seven Hema made it possible thanks Institute of India (FTII), awards in the fic- to her care for nature,” he Pune. Glow Worm In a Jungle tion section thanks to the says, adding, “I was a nature was done as part of his cur- wonderful cast and crew that lover since childhood and that riculum for the final project at make the industry. However, is the reason why I made this the institute. Talking about his the fictional content wasn’t film.” institution, Ramana says, the only one to highlight the The award-winning direc- “FTII is a great institute for talents in Tollywood. tor explains that the entire film enthusiasts. People of Hyderabad-based Dumpala process wasn’t a straightfor- various cultures and tradi- Ramana won National Award ward affair. “Making a docu- tions share their ideas and for his documentary film mentary is not an easy task. make them in to better ones. Glow Worm In a Jungle in the My project wasn’t a natural We learnt many things at the Non-Fiction Category at the director-subject relationship. institute, especially since it is a recent award ceremony. His I interacted with the profes- world of cinema.” film narrates the story of an sor and made sure to spend at Apart from documentary 80-year-old retired botany least two hours a day observ- making, Ramana is also good professor Hema Sane who ing and capturing her with scripting. He worked for decided to live in a jungle lifestyle. She treated me as her director Sujeeth Sign for without using electricity. student and helped me com- Saaho’s scripting. “I want to Naturally, Ramana is excit- plete the film.” He informed direct all kind of movies ed. “This is my first docu- that every youngster dreams including features and short mentary film and I’m very to live amidst nature after films. I don’t want to limit happy about the award. Before retiring from their monoto- myself to one type. Cinema is awards, my film was screened nous professional life as a great medium of communi- at various prestigious film fes- Hema did. The youngster cation and we should make tivals across the world.” For mentioned that Hema was movies that would inspire the the film, he travelled with the very happy to see him win people,” says he, on a conclud- professor and made sure to the award, adding that this ing note.

A paradigm shift from general NEED FOR A CONSULTATION PATTERN he scene physicians to specialist doctors is no Tdif- SREENATH S KURUP rashes and address issues rang- manifestation of many things health care. If not cured, they energy in furthering their ferent in India’s n HYDERABAD ing from pregnancy to mental and a doctor specialised in a would go to doctors and spe- research and special interests. best-performing health. They are the epitome of particular stream of medicine cialists.” GPs, on the other hand, know state with emember the good the saying ‘Jack of all trades’. might get confused.” A lecturer from a a lot about the patient because respect to health old days when there Dr Hari Kishan Boorugu, Dr Mohammed Ayub Ali, a Hyderabad-based medical col- they interact with them over a index, Kerala. was a belief that consultant physician at Yashoda paediatrician and senior gener- lege said, “There is a small shift long period of time. They However, the state R ‘One Doctor cures Hospital opines that in the al physician who works with happening in the medical col- understand the basics of a lot of has begun initiatives all’? That trend United Kingdom under the various hospitals across the leges, owing to the increase in diseases and have a good to curb such patterns seems to have National Health Service(NHS), city said, “It is only a small private medical institutes. Since understanding of the bigger of consultation. Dr V changed now as people prefer one must first consult a GP and group that goes to specialists independence, the situation of picture. However, they Jayasree, District Medical visiting a specialist doctor for a visit a specialist only if the GP directly and they belong to a government health institutes need to inspire confi- Officer, Kozhikode, particular treatment. deems it necessary. “However, particular class — highly edu- have remained the same. Due dence in the patient, observed that even though There are people who direct- in India, anybody can go meet cated, super-rich and urban to an increase in private insti- by keeping better most people in the state are con- ly take an appointment with a specialists directly. Everything elites or someone who knows tutes, there is a shift taking place records, so the scious about health, they prefer to cardiologist for something as is fine if the patient knows what the doctor very well. However, where many people are opting patient knows visit a super speciality hospital than small as a chest pain. This the issue is, but it is best to visit people who hail from the poor for specialised courses. On par that he is in going to an MBBS doctor. “To change this might be because of a feeling a GP initially to get a broader and lower middle class who with this, the quality of medical safe hands.” trend, the government of Kerala has taken the concept of instilled in them that visiting a outlook. For example, a joint consists of a major chunk of practitioners is also on a down- family physician from western countries and tried to specialist would be cost-effec- pain can mean multiple things, society mostly go to a fall.” adopt it here. In the process, we have converted many tive and he would give better from chronic infection, arthri- Registered Medical Practitioner Dr Aniruddha Malpani primary health centres to family health centres. treatment. But such diagnosis tis, to heart issues. Joint pains (RMP), who does not have an writes on The Health Site, These family health centres have been able to often lead people into murky can be a MBBS degree but can “Specialists should actually be diagnose basic diseases and their treatments. waters. General physicians (GP) provide called partialists, because of the Patients are further referred to secondary treat problems of all age basic limited view they have of the and tertiary health care if required. In India, anybody can go meet groups, look at your bro- patient. They see lots of The government has taken up this specialists directly. Everything is fine if ken bones, treat your patients with a particular initiative to help people save the patient knows what the issue is, but disease and invest money and time on all their time unwanted diagnosis.” it is best to visit a GP initially to get a and broader outlook. For example, a joint AGE OF SELF pain can mean multiple things, from DIAGNOSIS chronic infection, arthritis, to heart issues. Joint pains can be a he internet also helps in many ways as you get information on your fingertips, manifestation of many things and a but the proliferation of information has made it more chaotic. Yet, people feel T might be discouraged from spending money to see a doctor only for him/her to make doctor specialised in a particular stream the “same diagnosis” as a web search would make. The next time you try to do self-diagnosis keep in of medicine might get confused mind that a pain in the head can range from a normal headache to a brain tumour. Dr Hari Kishan says, “These days even a layman can post things on the internet posing as an HARI KISHAN BOORUGU expert on the subject. First of all, make sure that the website belongs to an authentic medical firm. What people lack is common sense and faith towards medical practitioners. Half of the problem is caused by an anxiety they incur from reading such things. I have had cases where people self-diagnosed themselves, took an MRI scan and came to me for treatment. Such things have been mixed in to our culture where we have our own pre-conceived notions. When we ask someone with fever to take buttermilk, the patient reasons that it is harmful to drink it during fever, whereas in reality, fluids like buttermilk improve one’s condition. Dr Ayub said, “In urban areas when a symptom arises people search about it on internet and go directly to pharmacists, especially for basic diseases. I have been practising for many years and there are many who wouldn’t take medicine without the touch of a doctor.” Medical students also agree that they mostly opt for specialisation owing to the number of super specialities hospitals that have come up and due to the remuneration and the value that one gets for it. Very soon, there will come a time when there are more specialists than general physicians, who have knowledge, understanding MEDICAL STUDENTS ALSO AGREE and a broader outlook in terms of diagnosis and treatment of the entire human body. THAT THEY MOSTLY OPT FOR SPECIALISATION OWING TO THE NUMBER OF SUPER SPECIALITIES IN HOSPITALS AND DUE TO THE REMUNERATION THAT ONE GETS FOR IT 10

Vijayawada Saturday August 17, 2019 what’s brewing? PARTY

Suresh walked away with the best actor (female) A STAR-STUDDED trophy for Mahanati. Sukumar bagged the best director award for Rangasthalam. Samantha and Vijay Deverakonda were honoured with best AFFAIR actors’ critic’s choice for their portrayals in ag Ashwin’s Mahanati was declared the Rangasthalam and Geetha Govindam best Telugu film at the eighth edition of the respectively. A battery of noted faces — Allu Npopular SIIMA (South Indian International Aravind, Raadhika Sarath Kumar, Yash, Shriya Movie Awards) awards. The ceremony, which Saran, Sai Kumar, Sandeep Vanga, Shanvi went on with much pomp and show, was held in Srivastava, Nidhhi Agerwal, Manvitha Kamath, Doha, Qatar on Independence Day. Ram Charan Priyadarshi, Rahul was adjudged the best actor for his act in Ramakrishna, Sudheer Rangasthalam, which Chiru Babu, Kalyaan Dhev with accepted on his son’s wife Sreeja among others behalf, while Keerthy — attended the event.

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l Yash, with the best actor award Yash, l l Chiranjeevi

l Keerthy Suresh receiving the best actress award from Raadhika Sarathkumar

l Keerthy Suresh taking blessings from Chiranjeevi after winning the best actress award

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l Priyadarshi l Director Sukumar (centre) and Allu Aravind (right) l Shanvi Srivastava l Sudheer Babu FUN TIME

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Vijayawada Saturday August 17, 2019 tollywood THIPPARAMEESAM LANDS IN BIG PROFITS ith Brochevarevaru back and the release was held along with G Srinivas, with an With Asian Cinemas Raa landing its pro- back to avoid clashing with agreement of sharing profits (50 ducer Vijay Kumar Brochevarevaru Raa. Moreover, per cent) upon its success. The expressing their interest in the Manyam some- the makers were keen on seeing deal has been confined to the W ` where around 5-6 how much the Vivek Athreya two Telugu states alone, leaving movie, and with Zee buying crore profits, atten- directorial makes, which would out rest of India and the US. tion around Sree Vishnu’s work in favour of their film’s They will distribute it along with the Hindi rights, movies is at an all-time high. business. Suresh Productions under their Which is why, Asian Cinemas, “Asian Cinemas had joint entity Global Cinemas. the top Nizam distributors, expressed their interest in Both the premier production Thipparameesam makers have who also holds a chain of the- Thipparameesam since it went houses will decide upon the satellite rights of the film was bank. With the actor’s US In the Krishna Vijay direct- atres and multiplexes, have to floors and after release of the film, which is cur- brought by Zee for `2 crore market expanding day by day, ed film, which has also been already entered profit zones, acquired the rights of his forth- Brochevarevaru Raa’s enormous rently in DTX mixing,” con- three months ago. The budget the film is expected to get shot in Kannada, Vishnu will be coming film, Thipparameesam, success, they were quick to firmed a source close to the of the film is `3 crore, so all in somewhere around `1.5 to 2 seen in a role with multiple lay- finds NAGARAJ GOUD for a fancy price. The emotion- grab it. They paid `2.75 crore to development. all, Vishnu and team are crore from US distribution ers. It is also dotted with a moth- al drama was wrapped up long Rizwan who produced the film The source added, “Hindi laughing all the way to the rights.” er-son sentiment.

Shraddha still ‘happy' about Jodi The movie, supposed to be the actress' Telugu debut, will finally open in cinemas on September 6, after crossing Actor-turned- a lot of hurdles politician Pawan lagued by production issues, Aadi and Shraddha Srinath-starrer Jodi, which THAMMUDU's was launched in 2017, will finally be seeing the light of day, as it will open Kalyan will be in cinemas on September 6. This was announced by the film’s team in P Hyderabad on Thursday evening. A romantic family entertainer carry- ing a social message, the film marks the directorial debut of Vishwanath A introducing the who earlier assisted for films like Vaana, Maska and Cinema Choopista voice-over Maava. He said that despite the setback the film has seen, Aadi, Shraddha and produc- greatness of er Vijaya Lakshmi stood by the project, as they believed in its content. He added that he travelled with Vijay Deverakonda for a couple of months with the story. “It happened before Narasimha Reddy his Pellichoopulu released. He believed in the content as well and thus he introduced me to the producer,” the director noted. in Sye Raa for ANNAYA The film was supposed to be original U-Turn girl Shraddha’s Telugu debut but as the shoot got delayed her second Telugu film, Jersey, released first. “I’m still happy about Jodi. ith the teaser of by his side, the power star Kurnool-based freedom fight- It’s a two-year-long journey. I believe that all the struggles and frustration that Vishwa megastar dubbed for the voice-over at a er Uyyalawada Narasimha went through is worth it. It’s time for him to shine,” she said. Chiranjeevi starrer prominent studio in Reddy who led an armed rebel- On Aadi, she said he is the easiest guy to work with, chilled out and never threw W Sye Raa Narasimha Hyderabad recently. Pawan, lion against the British in 1846, any star tantrums. “I love that about him; it’s a great quality to have,” she informed. Reddy days away, who was seen in the recently more than a decade before the Aadi mentioned that he liked the plotline that Vishwanath shared with him. mega fans got released making video having sepoy mutiny took place in “Vishwa took eight months to completely flesh it out and the full content excit- another reason to rejoice. Jana a word with Bollywood super- Meerut. The film is ed me. I was looking for a role, which kept me real, and this film came at the Sena leader and Chiru’s star Amitabh Bachchan, will be Chiranjeevi’s dream project, a right time. I felt happy when he said he got Shraddha on board for the pro- younger brother Pawan Kalyan introducing the greatness of reason for his son Ram Charan ject, as I loved her in U-Turn. She is a thorough professional who knows gave the period pace a voice- Narasimha Reddy in the film. deciding to produce it under her craft well. She is going to be a big heroine,” he said. — NG over. With his brother and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy his Konidela Production film’s director Surender Reddy charts the epic story of Company.

Raju offers a film for Sesh eading producer Dil Raju, Sesh informed there’s a small con- The idea was to make a stylish The who distributed Adivi nection between Evaru and Dil Sesh and Regina-starrer Raju’s Yevadu. “I’ve tried in vain to producer is Evaru, a murder mystery, be the antagonist of Yevadu. L in Nizam territory, said However, when he rang me yester- film: Sharwaa on Ranarangam ready to the film is carrying posi- day (Thursday) morning and asked hile the opin- narrative. The idea was on the morning show tive reports all over. “I don’t think a me when I’m doing a film under his ion might be to make a stylish action was divided, while make film like Evaru, which is packed banner, I was happy. Although I’m divided, film and we achieved the matinee shows reported with twists at every turn, has visited not much into numbers, Evaru has W Ranarangam purpose 200 times. okay. “The first show new-age our cinema halls of late,” he said. collected three times more than that has emerged Technicians Divakar was average while the Lauding Sesh, the producer added, of Goodachari on opening day,” asMani, art director second show was above concepts, “He started as a character artiste and revealed Sesh, who is also involved Sharwanand’s top gross- Ravindra and action average. Talk has has now carved a separate identity for with the scripting of the film along er to date. According to master Venkat helped increased with each even though himself. He is an example that one can with director Venkat Ramji and his the makers, the the purpose,” he passing show in favour make it big without any background favourite writer Abburi Ravi.— NG Independence Day declared. of the film and that’s a in the industry. Talent coupled with release, directed by He further said that good sign. If the talk he mentions hard work will take one to places.” Sudheer Varma, has while his films are usu- was bad, it would've Raju also offered a film for the I’ve tried in vain to be the grossed `8.1 crore. ally lapped up by ‘A’ had an effect on the sec- that he is a actor-writer under his prestigious Sri antagonist of Yevadu. Naturally, the team is centres to begin with it, ond show but it didn’t.” Venkateswara Creations. “I’ve asked However, when he rang elated. Speaking at an it was different this time He also thanked Kajal better judge him if he can do a film like Evaru for event in Hyderabad on around. “The ‘C’ centres Aggarwal for playing a us. I’m not a judge of thrillers loaded me yesterday (Thursday) morning Friday, Sharwaa admitted reported full first, fol- small role in the film. of family with twists, as I’m better off with fam- and asked me when I’m doing a that the film lacked a lowed by ‘B’. ‘A’ centres “The role had more ily dramas and love stories. I’m ready film under his banner, I was happy strong story. “Many peo- are slowly beginning to scenes but they had to be dramas and to make new-age concepts and Sesh ple pointed it out to me get more footfalls. That sacrificed at the edit table is more than welcome to join our ban- ADIVI SESH but frankly we wanted it way I’m happy,” he said for a crisp running time,” love stories ner,” the producer noted. to be a screenplay-based and added that the talk he noted. VIJAYAWADA| SATURDAY | AUGUST 17, 2019 sport 12 Shastri reappointed as Indian head coach PTI n MUMBAI have taken the opinion of the INDIA UNDER RAVI SHASTRI whole team).” avi Shastri was on Friday re- Among all the candidates, appointed head coach of the Format P W L N/R T Success% Shastri’s record was unmatched as RIndian men’s team by the Test matches 21 11 7 3 - 59.52 the team reached the No1 ranking Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory in Test matches under his guidance Committee (CAC), which unani- One-Day matches 60 43 15 - 2 73.33 and won a series in Australia for the mously felt that the incumbent’s Twenty-20s 34 22 11 1 - 66.17 first time in 71 years. “communication skills and under- Since he came back in July, standing of team issues” stood out. Total 115 76 33 4 2 68.69 2017 replacing Anil Kumble, whose Shastri, who had the public Faisel Features differences with Kohli came out in backing of captain Virat Kohli the open, Shastri’s coaching record even before the short-listing was has been phenomenal. initiated, has been reappointed for India have won 11 out of 21 a two-year period, ending with the Tests, 43 out of 60 ODIs and 25 T20 2021 T20 World Cup in India. Internationals out of 36 on his “We have unanimously decid- watch. ed to appoint Ravi Shastri as the “If somebody knows players (head) coach of the Indian cricket well and can communicate well, he team as you all were expecting,” has an advantage,” Gaekwad said CAC head Kapil Dev told media- about Shastri’s candidature. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane PTI/File Picture persons after the completion of the Kapil, however, clarified that candidates’ interviews that took their committee is not aware of the place through the day. terms of appointment and Shastri’s The three-member CAC also remunretion. Rahane, Pujara, comprised former India coach He also stated that their terms Chairman of BCCI Advisory Committee Kapil Dev flanked by members Anshuman Gaekwad and Anshuman Gaekwad and ex AP of reference, while conducting the women’s captain Shantha Shantha Rangaswamy address a press conference to announce the selection of head coach interviews, was not based on their Bumrah ready Rangaswamy. tain said, implying that Lalchand “I felt his (Shastri) communi- previous performance but on the This will be Shastri’s fourth Rajput and Robin Singh were far cation skill was better and she “presentations” given and what stint with the national team, hav- behind in the race. (pointing at Shantha) might have the coaches felt about the way for- ing served briefly as the Cricket The candidates were primari- felt something else. We were given ward for Indian cricket. for game time Manager (2007 tour of Bangladesh), ly marked on five aspects — coach- a marksheet and we filled it up Gaekwad also insisted that the Team Director (2014-2016) and ing philosophy, experience, achieve- without discussing with each other,” process was “completely transpar- PTI n COOLIDGE head coach (2017-2019). ments, communication and knowl- he said. ent”. Shastri pipped former New edge of modern tools. Gaekwad felt that Shastri was Kapil refused to divulge the est specialists Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Zealand coach Mike Hesson, A ‘very good’ had a 20-mark “well versed with the Indian crick- details of Shastri’s presentation, TRahane along with a well-rested Jasprit Australian Tom Moody and former weightage while good carried 15. et system, and knew the boys and which was made over a viedo call Bumrah will be aiming for some quality game India teammates Robin Singh and Average was 10 and poor was five. their problems well being the cur- from Antigua and was the last of the time when India take on West Indies Cricket Lalchand Rajput to the post. “Everyone of us gave marks rent coach.” day. Board XI in a three-day warm-up game starting Former West Indies and and honestly we never discussed Once Kohli openly backed “That’s confidential. He gave a today ahead of two-match series. Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons which one of us gave how many Shastri’s candidature at the pre- presentation of what he achieved in With skipper Virat Kohli sustaining a right pulled out of the race, citing per- marks. When we calculated, it was departure media conference before the last two years and how the team thumb injury during the third ODI, the team sonal reasons. a very close race, I can tell you. I am the ongoing West Indies tour, it was can improve further. He sought management would like to exercise precaution While Robin, Rajput and not going to get into the details as expected that the former India cap- more time from the board to make and may be rest their best player before World Hesson gave in-person presenta- to how much was the difference but tain would be a favourite to retain this team stronger in the days to Test championship opener. tions, Moody spoke to the panel it was a very small number (mar- the position. come.” Kohli has been in phenomenal form and has over Skype from Australia. gin),” said Kapil. However, Kapil reiterated that “All of them gave presentations led India from the front in the limited-overs “After doing all (interviews), In fact, the 1983 World Cup the committee never sought the on what’s the way forward and we series. After scoring 106 runs in the three T20s, Tom Moody was third after our winning captain said that for him, Indian skipper’s opinion. weighed it along with the past per- Kohli garnered 234 runs, including two centuries, marking and Mike (Hesson), an his former teammate Shastri’s “Certainly not (sought Kohli’s formances and that swung it in Ravi in the two ODIs while the first one-dayer was intelligent, young boy from New “communication skill” was one of opinion). Agar unko puchte toh Shastri's favour,” Shantha called off due to rains. Zealand was a close second. It was the highlights during his presenta- puree team ko puchte (If we would Rangaswamy gave the concluding After whitewashing West Indies 3-0 in the a very close,” the former India cap- Ravi Shastri bowls during India’s practice session Ravi Shastri/Twitter tion. have asked Kohli, then we would reply. T20 International series, India continued their winning spree and pocketed the three-match ODI rubber 2-0. A win in the Test series starting August 22 will be the first time that India would have won across all formats on Caribbean soil. Watling puts Black Caps in front Archer’s strike hold Aus to 80-4 For one of India’s batting mainstays in longest format, Pujara will be playing a competitive red AFP n GALLE pair shared a 54-run stand to AFP n LONDON ball game after a good six months having last turn the game in New Zealand’s appeared in the Ranji Trophy final for Saurashtra fighting half-century by favour. ngland fast bowler a good six months back. Awicketkeeper-batsman BJ Sri Lanka were sloppy on EJofra Archer marked Rahane, skipper Virat Kohli’s deputy in this Watling helped New Zealand to the field with Southee dropped his Test debut with a wick- format, didn’t exactly set the English County on take a lead of 177 at stumps on three times. Lasith et as Australia suffered a fire scoring only 307 runs in seven games with day three in the first Test match Embuldeniya provided the top-order collapse at Lord’s a hundred and a fifty and sub-par average of against Sri Lanka in Galle on much-needed breakthrough on Friday. 23.61. Friday. when Southee gave him the Australia lost three Rahane has had a prolonged bad patch in New Zealand, who trailed charge and was stumped by wickets for 11 runs on the Tests also and this tour will be crucial for the Sri Lanka by 18 runs in the first Niroshan Dickwella. He made way to reaching 80-4 when Mumbaikar and a good hit in the warm-up is the innings, finished on 195 for 23. It was Embuldeniya’s fourth rain forced an early lunch kind of start he would be looking at. seven and a target around 200 wicket in the innings. on the third day of the sec- Bumrah, who had a strenuous six months could prove tricky for the hosts. Watling who has six Test ond Test. till World Cup has now freshened up and the Spinners have long ruled the hundreds and posted a career That left Australia 178 practice game would be more about hitting the roost at Galle and towards the best unbeaten 142 against Sri runs behind England's straps and getting some rhythm back after a tail end of the game they tend to Lanka was again being a thorn first-innings 258. month-long rest. Tim Southee congratulates BJ Watling become even more threatening. AP in their flesh with an unbeat- Archer, on the ground The practice game will give a chance for the The highest successful run for scoring a half century en 63 that came off 138 balls where he bowled the Super players who are already here in the West Indies chase in here is 99 by Sri Lanka finished unbeaten on 63. with five fours. Over that saw England to shift from limited overs to five-day format and against Pakistan in 2014 and New Zealand had slumped Earlier, after resuming on seal a World Cup final from white-ball to red-ball cricket. armed with a three-pronged to 25 for three losing top bats- 227 for seven, Niroshan win over New Zealand last Jofra Archer celebrates after taking the wicket of Cameron Bancroft on day three of the 2nd Ashes Test AP On the batting front, Rohit Sharma and spin attack, New Zealand should men Ross Taylor (3) and Kane Dickwella top scored for Sri month, had fine figures of Rishabh Pant would desperately look for runs be already feeling comfortable. Williamson (4) cheaply and at Lanka with 61 as they went one wicket for 18 runs in five not out and Usman have Bancroft lbw for 13. wicket to Khawaja, after a below-par limited overs leg. Rishabh for It was a thrilling day’s Test 124 for six with only a lead of onto post 267. Dickwella and 13 overs. Khawaja 18 not out follow- The 24-year-old induced an outside edge to one would be more keen on a hit as his under- match with both teams fighting 106 runs and four wickets Suranga Lakmal were involved But Australia star bats- ing a lively opening spell Sussex paceman's celebra- wicketkeeper Jonny study Wriddhiman Saha has already hit two half tooth and nail for the initiative remaining, they were playing in a crucial 81 run stand for the man Steve Smith was still by Archer, in for the tions were put on hold as Bairstow that saw the left- centuries in the A games and is no doubt con- and at stumps on day three New catch up. eighth wicket that enabled there on 13 not out, with injured James Anderson, Bancroft reviewed. hander caught behind for sidered a far better keeper. Zealand emerged on top thanks But Watling found an ideal them to take a lead. Lakmal Matthew Wade unbeaten England's all-time leading But replays showing 36. Mayank Agarwal is certain to open in the to the efforts of Watling, who partner in Tim Southee as the made 40. on nought. Test wicket-taker, late on the ball would have Australia were 71-4 Tests but it will be a toss up between Hanuma Australia, 1-0 up in the Thursday. clipped the top of the when Broad had Travis Vihari (originally a middleorder batsman) and five-match series after Khawaja struck two stumps meant Aleem Dar, Head lbw for seven, KL Rahul, who has not been in best of forms in their 251-run win in the offside fours in as many equalling Steve Bucknor's although England had to this format. first Test at Edgbaston, balls when first-change record of 128 Tests review Dar's original not Pacers Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma too Bajrang nominated resumed on 30-1 having Chris Woakes dropped umpired, saw his decision out verdict, with technol- would look to impress the team management seen Stuart Broad dismiss short. upheld. ogy indicating the ball with a fine show in the practice game ahead of David Warner cheaply for But England altered There were some boos would have smashed into the two Tests. the third time in as many the momentum of the as Smith, fresh from twin the left-hander's middle India’s spin department is expected be led by for Khel Ratna innings this series. morning with two wickets hundreds at Edgbaston in and leg stumps. the duo of off-spinner Ashwin and left-arm spin- Play resumed under for no runs in four balls as his comback Test following All-rounder Ben ner Ravindra Jadeja. always been on my performance and not gloomy skies, the flood- Australia's 60-1 became a 12-month ball-tamper- Stokes thought he had Since it will not be an official first-class game, PTI n NEW DELHI awards. But the recognition does come your lights on at full beam, with 60-3. ing ban, came into bat. Wade lbw for a duck but all the batsmen in the Indian squad are likely to way when you do well,” Bajrang said from conditions difficult for bat- Archer had his first He could only watch the batsman's review spend some time in the middle to have a feel of sian and Commonwealth Games Gold- Georgia, where he is training for the World ting. Test wicket when he as Woakes, with England revealed the ball had the red ball. All the bowlers likewise will also roll Amedallist wrestler Bajrang Punia was on Championships. Cameron Bancroft was nipped one back sharply to at last bowling over the pitched outside leg stump. their arms to get used to the longer format. Friday nominated for the country’s highest “I had the achievements to deserve this sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel award. I have always said that awards should go Ratna award, a year after he threatened to to the most deserving ones.” move court for not getting his due. Punia is a two-time medallist at the His name was finalised by a 12-mem- world championships and a strong medal Sindhu working on fitness, defence for World C’ship Gold ber selection committee on the opening hope for India at next year’s Tokyo day of a two-day meeting. The panel com- Olympics. PTI n NEW DELHI Sindhu said. the first round and will open prises the likes of Bhaichung Bhutia and While Bajrang won a Bronze in 60kg “It is important to know her campaign against either M C Mary Kom among others and is in 2013 World Championships, he bettered lympic Silver medallist P V which strokes to play at the Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po or headed by Justice (Retd) Mukundakam his feat last year by bagging a Silver in the OSindhu said on Friday that right time, sometimes you can Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri. If Sharma. 65kg category. she has been working on get tired and you can go blank she wins, Sindhu is likely to “Bajrang has been nominat- He welcomed the recognition, improving her fitness and but as a player you need to meet Beiwen Zhang of USA in ed for the Khel Ratna award. but Bajrang said he doesn’t con- defence in search of an elusive know which strokes to play in the third round while Chinese His name was a unanimous sider it a motivation ahead of the Gold in the showpiece World tough situations,” she said. Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying is likely to choice,” a source said. the World Championships to be Championships next week. Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi wait for her at the quarterfinals. The source also said held from September 14 to 22 at Sindhu has been the most was the one player who “At World Championships, that the panel may add Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. consistent performer in the stopped Sindhu twice with an it will not be easy from the first another athlete for the “My focus has always been World Championships in the aggressive game plan in the last round itself. If you see the draw, top honours on on preparing for the big stage last few years with two Silver two tournaments of the year in I am playing a Chinese Taipei Saturday besides final- but yes, recognition makes and as many Bronze medals but Indonesia and Japan. player and then Beiwen Wang, ising the names for the you happy. It is certainly a a Gold has still eluded her. Asked if the new World No she is not an easy players and Arjuna and good news weeks before the The 24-year-old Indian ace 1 Yamaguchi will be the biggest if I can win, I will be against Tai Dronacharya awards. World Championship,” he will once again be the biggest threat to her World Tzu Ying in quarters. I have to Bajrang had threat- said. hope as she spearheads the Championships Gold hope, focus on each match, because ened to move court after “I don’t need motivation country’s challenge at the Sindhu said: “I don't think so. you never know.” he was snubbed for the from outside, I am motivated World Championship which I played well against her in Since claiming the World Khel Ratna award last to do well at the World begins in Basel, Switzerland on Indonesia but she was good. Tour Finals in December last year despite being a Gold- Championships in Kazakhstan. August 19. She was attacking well and she year, Sindhu has not been able medallist in both the It (award) does not make any She lost to Nozomi is also a rally player. to win another title this year. PTI/File Photo Asian and Commonwealth difference to my preparations. Okuhara of Japan and Carolina PV Sindhu attempts to return a shot during Indian Open tournament “I was not surprised by her Two semifinals finishes at Games. Putting on quality performance Marin of Spain respectively in make it third time lucky, defence, physical fitness and aggresion. I was ready but it India Open and Singapore On getting the nod on Friday, is my focus and it will remain.” the summit clash of the last two Sindhu replied: “Well, I have also on-court skills. We do have happens, may be had I won the Open are all she had to show Bajrang asserted that he is a Bajrang is only the fourth editions of the World trained hard and I hope I can all kinds of strokes but to first game, things could have before she produced a superla- deserving candidate of the award. wrestler to be finalised for the Khel Championships in 2017 and do well. I have to perform well improve we have to keep train- been different,” Sindhu said. tive display to finish runners- “My job is to train hard and Ratna award after Sushil Kumar, 2018. but there is no pressure.” ing. So I have to do it all the Sindhu, who has been up at Indonesia Open last compete hard. My focus has Yogeshwar Dutt and Sakshi Malik. Asked if she is hoping to “I been working on my time to make myself perfect,” seeded fifth, received a bye in month.