Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW STAY WITHIN IOC TO OFFER DIFFERENTIATED RR PILE ON CSK’S BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH LIMITS FUELS, HYDROGEN-SPIKED CNG MISERY BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 5 HYDERABAD, TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable NIKHIL TO SERENADE ANUPAMA { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com GLOBAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 FIRST COMMERCIAL PASSENGER INDIA'S NAVAL ALLIANCE WITH BANGLADESH PM SENDS PUJA CASES PASS 4-CRORE MARK FLIGHT FROM UAE LANDS IN ISRAEL AUSTRALIA MAJOR SNUB TO CHINA GIFTS TO MAMATA BANERJEE he number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the planet has he first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the n a snub to China amid border tension, India today said Australia angladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent congratulatory Tpassed 40 million. The milestone was passed early Monday according TUnited Arab Emirates landed near Tel Aviv on Monday, further Iwould join the high-level Malabar naval exercises, which makes it the Bgifts to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion to Johns Hopkins University, which collates reporting from around the cementing a normalisation deal between the two countries. Etihad full "Quad" or quadrilateral coalition in the mega drill next month, along of Durga Puja, a government official said on Monday. The gifts were world. The actual worldwide figure of COVID-19 cases is likely to be far Airways Flight No. 9607 landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion international with the US and Japan. The Malabar exercises will take place in channelled through the protocol wing of the premier's office, an official higher, as testing has been variable, many people have had no symptoms airport just after 7 am. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed for Abu November-end in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Australia will in the prime minister's office, who was familiar with the process, said. and some governments have concealed the true number of cases. To Dhabi later Monday with an Israeli travel and tourism delegation on return to the joint manoeuvres after its participation in 2007 that drew The gifts have been sent through the Benapole-Petropole land route to date, more than 1.1 million confirmed virus deaths have been reported, board, according to an Etihad statement. Etihad said it plans criticism from China. Australia has been keen on joining the drill for be delivered to Banerjee through the Bangladesh although experts also believe that number is an regular passenger flights between the countries in years and both Japan and the US have been pressing for its inclusion. deputy high commission officials in undercount. The US, Brazil and India are reporting the future and was launching a dedicated In 2007, China had reacted sharply when Kolkata. Unconfirmed reports said by far the highest numbers of cases, although the Hebrew website. Etihad previously sent to Tel Australia had participated in the Malabar naval the gifts included a sari, sweets and increase in recent weeks has been driven by a surge Aviv an unmarked cargo plane flying aid to exercises and so, India had not repeated the invite flowers. The five-day long Durga in Europe, which has seen over 240,000 confirmed assist the Palestinians in fighting the despite Canberra's wish. Singapore had also Puja festival this year will virus deaths in the pandemic so far. coronavirus. participated in 2007. culminate on October 25. 70 killed in rains, saving lives our priority: KTR Rs 670 crore is initial estimate of losses in city n PNS HYDERABAD n 80 special officers deployed in KCR announces Rs 550 cr GHMC and surrounding The heavy rains have so far taken the lives of 70 people in municipalities the state, with a majority of the n 3 lakes have been breached – package for flood relief ops fatalities being reported in Gurram cheruvu, Palle cheruvu GHMC limits. In all, 33 per- PNS n HYDERABAD funds were released by the FM pushes large and APPA cheruvu n Rs 10,000 financial assistance sons have so far lost their lives State government to the to each flood-affected family CPSEs to meet 75 in GHMC and three persons n 18,700 ration kits distributed Chief Minister K Municipal Administration pc of FY21 capex are yet to be traced. Hyderabad Chandrasekhar Rao on Department. The authorities n Rs 1 lakh for each completely target by Dec suffered a loss of 670 crore. are yet to repaired, especially in Monday announced a have been instructed to damaged house and Rs 50,000 for MA & UD Minister K T south Hyderabad”, he added. financial package of Rs implement the relief each partially damaged house Rama Rao, at a press confer- As for surrounding munic- 550 crore to provide operations from ence on Monday, said, “Rs 5 ipalities, 43 colonies in immediate relief to Tuesday onwards and n Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia each for lakh each has been paid ex gra- Peerzadiguda, 15 in Badanpet, people residing in provide the financial families of 33 dead in floods 8 tia to 29 families and four of 26 in Meerpet, 12 in flood-affected areas of assistance to the needy MA & UD Minister KT Rama Rao addressing a press conference in n them are in the process. It is Hyderabad on Monday Peddamberpet, and 7 in Urban Local immediately. CM urges biz class and others to wrong to say that the govern- Turkyamjal colonies suffered Bodies The Chief donate generously to the CMRF ment doesn’t have a record of flooding over the next three when the water recedes, people losses. Mentioning that all (ULBs), Minister fatalities. Our priority is to save days. are moving away. After the first other GHMC programmes had including observed lives in the next three days, as The Minister said that thou- spell of rain, there was inunda- been suspended, KTR said that GHMC that peo- areas have suffered severe property damage can be recov- sands of people would be evac- tion in 17 colonies. But follow- 80 Special Officers had been and its sur- plelosses after rainwater entered ered or compensated. We will uated in the next three days and ing the rains on Saturday and deployed and 1,000 staffers rounding resid- their homes and caused go house to house and evacu- sent to relief camps. "We evac- Sunday, about 80 colonies put on alert for taking up res- munici- ing in extensive damage to essential ate people.” uated 37,000 people, but there across GHMC limits are still cue and relief measures over palities. low- commodities. Meanwhile, the IMD has are about 2,000 people in relief inundated. About 54 apart- the next 15 days. The lying 2 predicted heavy rains and camps. This is because, as and ment complexes and 164 DTRs 2 Be prepared for heavy AP sends boats to Hyderabad MEIL gives Rs 10cr PNS n HYDERABAD ‘Changes being rains, flooding: IMD Andhra Pradesh, despite reeling 2,540 persons rescued, for flood relief made in all sectors under rains itself, will be send- for country's PNS n HYDERABAD total disruption of transport in ing boats to Telangana to sup- 202 cellars cleared by DRF PNS n HYDERABAD the some areas of the port rescue operations in the growth’ Going by weather districts for some city, following multiple spells of PNS n HYDERABAD Megha Engineering and models, weathermen hours to a few days. heavy rains. Apart from Andhra Infrastructures (MEIL) anno- continue to predict On Monday Pradesh, Karnataka is sending Following the almost inces- unced a donation of Rs 10 crore 5 heavy rains for and Tuesday, 15 boats to ensure that the state sant rains since 13th to the Chief Minister's Relief Telangana, with the the state was can take up relief measures in October, the Disaster Fund to help people affected by IMD issuing an under orange the inundated areas. Response Force teams have heavy rains and floods. orange alert, ask- alert, with Chief Secretary Somesh ensured swift action on The MEIL responded instan- ing people to ‘be the Met Kumar spoke to his counter- complaints raised by citizens taneously to a call given by prepared’. The department stat- parts in AP and Karnataka on across the city. A total of Chief Minister K Met department ing that reservoirs would the dire need for additional 2,540 persons have been without drinking water, Chandrasekhara Rao asking witnessing massive historical predicts flooding overflow or reach great dan- boats. AP Chief Minister YS rescued so far, including food, and electricityl; DRF industrialists, traders, business floods in Hyderabad city and to and water logging ger level, with agricultural Jagan Mohan Reddy immedi- 890 on Sunday. teams have so far cleared 202 establishments and others to assist the government in the in many parts of low-lying area lands being submerged/crops ately responded to the request In all, 72 dewatering cellars and helped the elec- donate generously to the CMRF relief measures. in the districts of Telangana. damaged. For the rest of the of Telangana State and directed teams have been pressed tricity department personnel in a bid to help the flood vic- The company said it came This apart, IMD has alerted week, the IMD changed it to AP officials to send speed boats into action to clear water in restoring power to affect- tims and support the govern- forward to help the State gov- that there could be falling of yellow alert, forecasting light to Hyderabad for rescue and from cellars.