Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW WILL PRIVATE LOCKDOWN LED TO SUBDUED PANDYA NO PATCH ON KAPIL: BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH SECTOR STAND UP? ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: SBI CHIEF RAZZAQ BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 201 HYDERABAD, SATURDAY MAY 02, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable RAM CONTINUES TO LORD HINDI DUBBING MARKET { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com AIRED AGAIN AFTER 33 YEARS, FIRST TIME IN 123 YEARS, RK MISSION MALAYSIA TO REOPEN MOST RAJASTHAN LEADER SAYS RAMAYAN SETS WORLD RECORD CANCELS FOUNDATION DAY PROGRAM BUSINESSES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ALCOHOL KILLS CORONAVIRUS amanand Sagar's Ramayan, after 33 years of its release, is still ruling the or the first time in the more than 100-year history of the Ramakrishna Math alaysia will allow most economic sectors and business activities to ajasthan Congress MLA Bharat Singh has written to Chief Minister Ashok RIndian television and how. A recent tweet shared by Fand Mission, its foundation day programme could not take place on Friday Mreopen Monday, days before a two-month lockdown is scheduled to RGehlot requesting him to open liquor shops in the state highlighting the fact Doordarshan India stated that the re-telecast of Ramayan has due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The foundation day programme is end. After coronavirus infections fell sharply in recent weeks, Prime that if alcohol can kill corona after being applied on hands, it will also "kill become the most "watched entertainment show in the held on May 1 every year at the Belur Math, global headquarters of Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says there is a need to revive the corona inside the body when consumed". In his letter to world." The tweet also stated that the show recorded a Ramakrishna Math and Mission, in Howrah district and the Balaram economy as the country has lost 63 billion ringgit (USD 14.7 Gehlot, the Sangod legislator on Thursday, wrote: "It's viewership of 7.7 crore on April 16. "Rebroadcast of Mandir, the house of a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, at billion) since a partial lockdown began March 18. It is due better to open liquor shops than to see people dying in Ramayana on Doordarshan smashes viewership records Baghbazar in North Kolkata. "In the wake of the emergent to end May 12, but Muhyiddin says most businesses, state by gulping down handmade liquor." He was worldwide, the show becomes most watched entertainment situation due to coronavirus outbreak, there will be no 124th including restaurants, can open their doors beginning referring to an incident in Bharatpur where two people show in the world with 7.7 crore viewers on 16th of April," foundation day programme on May 1 either at Belur Math Monday with strict social distancing rules and health died after consuming handmade liquor recently. "Open the read the tweet. The show returned to TV in March and it or Balaram Mandir," General Secretary of Ramakrishna Math guidelines in effect. That includes health screening for liquor shops. There are people who have been longing airs on DD National twice a day. and Mission, Swami Suvirananda, said. staff and customers, and registering details of visitors. to have alcohol. LOCKDOWN 3.0 TILL MAY 17 n Centre lists relaxations for less-affected areas n Districts falling in the green and orange zones get exemptions PNS n NEW DELHI

Citing "significant gains" of the Red Zone: Those with big ongoing restriction across the clusters of infection country, the Union Home KCR’s Ministry on Friday extended proposal, QE the countrywide lockdown for a further period of two weeks and helicopter with effect from May 4 to con- Orange Zone: Where the tain the Covid-19 outbreak. pandemic appears to money The third phase of the lock- down will continue till May 17, have been reined in and was announced ahead of the lockdown 2.0 ending on May 3. The government took the 2 decision after a comprehensive Green Zone: No confirmed review, and in view of the lock- down measures having led to sig- case in the last 21 days ‘One-off’ special train ferries nificant gains in the Covid-19 sit- uation in the country, it said. In A view of deserted Moazzaam Jahi Market during the nationwide lockdown in the an order issued by the Ministry wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Hyderabad migrants from TS to J'khand under the Disaster Management STATES RED ZONE ORANGE ZONE GREEN ZONE Act, 2005, it is mentioned that Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Nagarkurnool, PNS n HYDERABAD were bachelors and natives of The government took the decision after a Hyderabad, Telangana Jogulamba Gadwal, Mulugu, the lockdown is being extended Suryapet, Jharkhand. They were shifted comprehensive review, and in view of the Nirmal, Nalgonda, Bhadadri- for a "further period of two Rangareddy, Almost 40 days after the pas- in 57 buses from IIT Adilabad, Sangareddy, Kothagudem, weeks beyond May 4". lockdown measures having led to Medchal-Malkajgiri, senger train services were Hyderabad, where they were Kamareddy, Asifabad, Mahabubad, The MHA also issued new Vikarabad, and suspended in a bid to combat employed by L&T for the significant gains in the Covid-19 situation Nizamabad, Siddipet, guidelines to regulate different Warangal Urban the spread of novel coron- construction of the IIT cam- in the country Mahbubnagar, Jagtial, Warangal Rural, activities in this period, based on Rajanna Sircilla, Wanaparthy and avirus, the Indian Railways pus, to Lingampally Railway the risk profiling of the districts Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, Yadadri- deployed the first special train station on Friday morning. of the country into red (hotspot), limited number of activities tions, hospitality services, includ- Medak, Jangaon, Bhuvanagiri are on Friday to ferry stranded The special train arranged Narayanpet and the districts orange, and green zones. will remain prohibited ing hotels and restaurants, places classified as migrants from Telangana to by the South Central Railways, Mancherial, Peddapalli The guidelines have permit- throughout the country, irre- of large public gatherings, such green zones. Jharkhand. The train set off to comes after the Central ted considerable relaxation in spective of the zone. These as cinema halls, malls, gymna- Hatia in Jharkhand early on Ministry of Home Affairs the districts falling in the green include travel by air, rail, metro siums, sports complexes etc, AP Kurnool, Guntur, West Godavari, YSR Vizianagaram Friday morning with more asked the states to allow Won't stop and orange zones. "No other and inter-state movement by social, political, cultural and Krishna, Chittoor, Kadapa, East Godavari, than 1,200 migrant workers stranded migrant labourers activity is permitted within the road, running of schools, col- other kinds of gatherings, and, SPSR Nellore Srikakulam, on board. According to the and students to return back to clinical trials of Visakhapatnam, Containment Zones." leges, and other educational and gatherings at religious places/ Anantapur, Prakasam Sangareddy Rural Police, all their native places. plasma therapy: Under the new guidelines, a training or coaching institu- places of worship for public. 1,239 persons aboard the train 2 Kejriwal Covid vaccine in 9 Prashanth KTR pitches for bold reforms, 5 suspends two months: Bill Gates PACS secys strong labour and bankruptcy laws PNS n SAN FRANCISCO PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD n Urges Centre to promote While it appears that only a Roads &Buildings and Hyderabad Pharma City and COVID-19 vaccine may take Legislative Affairs Minister Telangana IT and MA & UD Kakatiya Mega Textile Park as us back to normal, its develop- Vemula Prashanth Reddy Minister K T Rama Rao has projects of national importance ment may take at least nine suspended secretaries of two urged the Centre to promote months to two years, billion- PACS on Friday, and took a Hyderabad Pharma City and n Wantsborrowing capacity of aire philanthropist Bill Gates series of action Kakatiya Mega Textile Park as has said. for ensuring projects of national impor- SMEs to be raised by 50 per cent Even though several drugs "Most of the drug candi- fool-proof tance and has pitched for bold so that they can pay salaries to are also being tested to treat dates right now are nowhere procurement reforms and strong labour as their employees on time for the COVID-19, Gates believes the near that powerful. They could of paddy. He well as bankruptcy laws. next three to four months perfect drug that might help save a lot of lives, but they warned that In a letter to Union Minister Five more states the world go back to the way aren't enough to get us back to severe action for Commerce and Railways Group to identify and follow things were in December normal," the Microsoft co- would be initiated Piyush Goyal, KTR asked the up on investment opportuni- join ‘One before the coronavirus pan- founder wrote in his Gates against officials found to be central government to take ties with Central Govt, state Nation-One Ration demic is far from sight. Notes blog on Thursday. lax in discharging their duties 'bold reforms' and upgrade 20 in the world rankings; let's and honour consistency in govts, industry leaders, for proper procurement of labour and bankruptcy laws. update our dated labour laws state policies to investors". He bankers, economists and pol- Card' scheme paddy amid tough times. "Imbibe all best practices in and bankruptcy laws; and, underlined the need for consti- icy experts. Rs 1000 cr labour fund 2 EoDB to propel India into top more importantly, guarantee tuting an Empowered Strategic 2 8 diverted: Uttam Owner aware of symptoms, TS to seek review of SC order PNS n HYDERABAD and Other Construction 44% patients TODAY Workers (BOCW) cess kept open kirana shop Telangana Pradesh Congress imposed on contractors and discharged: Etela ALMANAC Committee (TPCC) presi- builders. The State PNS n HYDERABAD The officials sealed the entire on tribal teacher quota HYDERABAD: Six new Covid- Month & Paksham: dent & Nalgonda MP Capt. Government has diverted place and declared it a contain- PNS n HYDERABAD N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Rs. 335 crore to the Civil A kirana shop owner and two ment zone. According to sources, 19 cases were reported in Vishakha & Shukla Paksha alleged on Friday that the Supplies Corporation and more men tested positive for the shopkeeper, Dinesh Agarwal, Telangana state on Friday, of Telangana Women and Child Panchangam TRS government has divert- the remaining to other Coronavirus on Friday, with as was aware of his symptoms, but which 5 are from GHMC area Welfare Minister Satyavathi Tithi : Navami: 11:35 am ed nearly Rs. 1,000 crore departments. many six more persons suspect- still kept his store open. and one from Rangareddy. Rathod on Friday confirmed The total number of corona Nakshatram: Magha: 11:40 am fund collected from Building 2 ed to be infected in the locality. 2 that the State government is cases in the state has preparing to file a comprehen- Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start increased to 1,044. In the sive review petition in Supreme any important work) state, 22persons were Court against its earlier order discharged on Friday, taking Rahukalam: 09:03 am – 10:38 am Lockdown halves TS power demand quashing 100 per cent reserva- the total number of those tions for tribal teachers in Yamagandam: 01:48 pm – 03:23 pm discharged to government schools in Damodaram Sanjivaiah Varjyam: 12:22 pm – 01:53 pm L VENKAT RAM REDDY demand fell to a record lowof 464 corona. Scheduled Areas for tribals. Samkshema Bhavan in n TS power demand, which was There are Gulika: 05:53 am - 07:28 am n HYDERABAD 4,200 MW on April 27 and on A Bench of the Supreme Hyderabad on Friday with higher ever at 13,168 MW on Feb currently Good Time: (to start any important work) May 1 it hovered around 6,678 Court had on April 22 quashed Special Secretary and tribal The overall demand for power 28, fell to 4,200 MW on April 27; MW, which is less than half the 552 active GO MS No 3 issued by the welfare commissioner Amritakalam: 09:24 pm – 10:55 pm in Telangana has dipped to currently hovering around 6,670 anticipated demand. cases in government of undivided AP Christina and additional Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:47 pm – 12:38 pm record low levels due to the MW The demandincreased the state. seeking to reserve teachers director Sarveswar Reddy, Covid-19-induced lockdown slightly with the government So far, 28 posts in tribal schools. Satyavath Rathod said that since March 22. n Discoms stare at huge losses permitting partial industri- people have The SC order came on a consultations were under- HYDERABAD died due to corona and no With all industrial and com- due to steep drop indemand; 60% alactivity in orange and green petition filed by Chebrolu way with legal experts, peo- WEATHER mercial operations coming to zones with restrictions. deaths were reported on Leela Prasad and others ple’s representatives and shortfall in realization of March Friday. Health Minister Etela Forecast: Partly cloudy a grindinghalt, the demand for Discoms earn good rev- against the state of AP and the prominent tribal leaders to bills issued to consumers Rajender said that 44 per cent Temp: 34/26 power has fallen steeply in all enues with increased power- Bench dismissed the Go as prepare a comprehensive of the total corona cases have Humidity: 61% consumption and regular bill invalid on the basis of the review petition to be filed by sectors. However, the demand been discharged, which has Sunrise: 05:49 am for power from domestic con- steep drop inpower consump- Although power utilities payments.Presently, discoms no parallel in the country. quota crossing the 50 per cent government of Telangana Sunset: 06:36 pm sumers has not changed much. tion besides non-payment of anticipated demand of 13,500 are incurring losses on both threshold set by it earlier. along with Andhra Pradesh Current Weather Conditions The TS power discoms are March bills by consumers MW per dayin the peak of fronts. 2 In a meeting to discuss in the SC. Updated May 01, 2020 5:00 PM staring at huge losses due to across categories. summer (April and May), the 2 future course of action at 2 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 hyderabad 02

elangana Chief Minister As part of aggressive liquid- K Chandrasekhar, in his ity management, the central Tletter of April 11, 2020 to KCR's proposal, QE and helicopter money bank may have to buy more the Prime Minister, had asked and more government bonds. for central support to fight the But there comes a point when corona crisis. Letters from rate at which it can grow with- wants to increase liquidity, it management typically government bonds are nearly chief ministries to the prime out triggering inflation. Every If RBI feels that growth is slowing, but will buy bonds. In the example deployed during a pervasive exhausted; yet, confidence in minster seeking financial sup- economy obviously wants to given above, RBI will buy the financial crisis when people the economy has not been port in times of crisis are not raise the potential growth rate, inflation is not an immediate Rs.1 crore bond from Canara feel poorer because they have restored. At this point, the cen- unusual. What stands out in with the government prefer- concern; it will try to stimulate the Bank.RBI gets the money for lost their savings and their tral bank has to continue KCR's letter is that not only did ably using fiscal and other this by printing it. RBI is the wealth. So, they cut back on pumping in liquidity, though he ask for money, but also sug- policies. RBI controls mone- economy by encouraging lending only agency in the economy spending. This will trigger a the standard way of doing that gested to the PM that addition- tary policy. Monetary policy and borrowing authorized to print money. cutback on spending by facto- - buying government bonds - al resources could be generat- can't raise the potential growth We can see that in the first ries as are no buyers. has closed. In such a situation, ed through quantitative easing rate. All it can do is to ensure transaction between the gov- Businesses scale down. Jobs are the central bank goes beyond (QE) and helicopter money that that growth and inflation money from it overnight. By uidity in the system. There are ernment and Canara Bank, no lost. People spend even less. buying just government bonds. like what even advanced are in balance within the limit setting this single overnight certain ways in which RBI additional money was created; This vicious cycle takes the It starts buying other securities economies - like US, Europe, set by the potential growth rate, RBI expects to influence does this. money just changed hands economy into a recession. like corporate bonds, securities China etc. - have done. rate. the entire interest rate struc- We know that the Centre from one account to the other. To prevent the economy issued by local governments Let us look at some of the If RBI feels that growth is ture in the economy including, and states borrow money to DUVVURI SUBBARAO However, when RBI bought from sliding into a recession, and municipalities, mortgage- options proposed in KCR's slowing, but inflation is not an for example, the rate of inter- meet the fiscal deficit in their Former Governor, the bond from Canara Bank, the central bank has to stim- backed securities etc. And it letter: What is QE? What is immediate concern; it will try est you are charged on your budgets. When the central Reserve Bank of India the amount of money in the ulate the economy. That is, it buys them in much larger helicopter money? Can India to stimulate the economy by housing loan or the rate of government wants to borrow system increased by Rs.1 crore. has to encourage banks to quantities than usual. All of this do QE and helicopter money? encouraging lending and bor- interest you earn on your fixed money, it issues bonds in the and the government gets Similarly, if RBI wants to lend, and encourage people to constitutes QE. During the Even if it can, is it advisable for rowing. If RBI feels that infla- deposit. The other instrument market which are called G- money. The bond has a fixed reduce liquidity, it will sell the borrow and spend. One way of global financial crisis of 2008, the RBI to go that route? Does tion is a concern and growth available to RBI is liquidity Secs. These bonds are bought tenure. During the tenure of bond back in the market and doing this is to do more this is what central banks in the RBI have the power to do needs to be slowed in order to management. RBI uses the by banks, mutual funds, insur- the bond, the government withdraw liquidity of Rs.1 aggressive liquidity manage- rich countries did. The first to this? reduce inflation; it will try to repo rate and liquidity man- ance companies, provident pays interest to Canara Bank. crore. RBI does not have to sell ment. The expectation is that jump into QE was the US discourage lending and bor- agement to manage the econ- funds etc. Suppose Canara At the end of the bond's it back to Canara Bank only;it as more money becomes avail- Federal Reserve - the equiva- Growth and inflation rowing. omy at the macro level. Bank wants to lend Rs.1 crore tenure, the government repays can sell it to anyone who able, banks will feel more lent in America of our RBI. One of RBI's responsibilities There are typically two If RBI wants to stimulate the to the government; it buys a G- Canara Bank and the bond wants to buy in the market. comfortable about lending and America was followed by the is to manage growth and infla- instruments available to RBI to economy, it will increase liq- Sec worth Rs.1 crore and stands redeemed. people will feel more comfort- UK, Japan and Europe. tion in the economy. Every do this. One is the repo rate - uidity in the system. Vice transfers Rs.1 crore to the RBI comes into the picture Liquidity management able about borrowing since the [The author is a former gov- economy has a potential - the rate RBI charges com- versa, if it wants to slow the government's account. In other when it uses G-Secs as a way Quantitative easing is an cost of borrowing, that is the ernor of Reserve Bank of India) growth rate - the maximum mercial banks for borrowing economy, it will reduce the liq- words, the bank gets the bond of managing liquidity. If RBI extreme version of liquidity interest rate, comes down. (To be continued) Dhabhas struggle to resume ops Post lockdown, masks likely PV KONDAL RAO is likely to witness huge losses as n WARANGAL the newly-opened hotels and to become the new normal dhabas have spent huge sums for BAKKA TENNYSON Even though the Union Home providing lavish facilities for the n NALGONDA Ministry allowed 'dhabas' customers. The stretch between alongside highways to remain Siddipet and Karimnagar got The lockdown may end once open, the scene at the ground about fifty odd hotels and the threat of Covid-19 eases level is different. The dhabas, eateries and they are the worst but wearing and making of hotels are not in a position to affected parts in the present masks is here to stay in the open though the administra- lockdown conditions. From coming days. If one goes by the tion announced that these the commuters and drivers preparations in the in tailoring eateries would resume working point of view, the eateries and units and garment centres, in the next few days. There are their fresh operations are masks preparation is in full no adequate facilities along unlikely to provide the same swing in major chunk of the the 140-Km stretch stuff in the coming days. The units run by the SHGs in the Hanamkonda- Hyderabad social distancing pattern of districts. highway. The dhabas along the Hanamkonda- Hyderabad highway remains closed on Friday seating and the hygienic main- For the past fifteen days, There are about twenty to tenance of hotels may be given each SHG is keen on prepar- thirty small and medium atively and since the Rajiv food facilities for the com- However, the villagers enroute top priority and it would be ing thousands of masks from dhabas in this stretch till Aler National highway was older muters, especially lorry drivers. this stretch connecting the state made mandatory in the coming their tailoring units and the in Yadadri Bhongir district. than the highway connecting The first and second phase of capital to the main road dhaba days. A major eatery owner in authorities supervising these And there are about five major Hyderabad with Hanamkonda, lockdown has almost led to the rural parts shun providing even the Siddipet belt says that they units say that these units would hotels and dhabas which the the hotel business between suspension of transportation the vegetable supplies to the would have to remodel and continue to produce masks as commuters rely on. Truck dri- Hyderabad and Karimnagar facility on the main highways lorry operators in certain areas. modify the seating and wash a regular garment. produce fifty lakh masks in a masks may become costlier in vers, travelers and others used fetched hefty sums for the but with the resumption of the In some places, the villagers pro- areas specifically if they have to People will have to wear month from the SHGs for the the small garments stores, he to rely on these dhabas for food operators. paddy transporation from the vided food but they prevented attract more number of visitors masks in the post lockdown regular utilisation process. opined. Major malls are like- and they sometimes take rest Similarly, the stretch con- IKP centres to the district-level them from staying in their in the coming days. "Otherwise period also at least for the next These masks may be useful for ly to sell the present stocks at during the late nights. necting Hyderabad with godowns and the resumption localities. Lorry drivers say that both the hotel operators and the two years. It is this aspect that the people residing in the vil- offer rates in the next few The stretch between Mahbubnagar and the stretch of groceries transportation the situation will continue like- commuters in the stretch starve has prompted us to continue lages as they are not attracted months since the mainte- Hyderabad to Karimnagar via going through the Suryapet from the state capital to the dis- ly for a few more months. The for business and food respec- with the preparation of cotton to the virus and remained nance part in the shops lacked Siddipet has got more number belt to Vijayawada has also got trict headquarters, the need of hotel business along the highway tively," Devender Reddy of a and local made masks on a asymptomatic till date. The during the lockdown period. of eateries and hotels compar- a number of eateries providing eateries aroused. in Hyderabad -Karimnagar belt dhaba said. large scale, says Thallapalli number of masks production A major mall owner in Renuka, a member of self help is likely to swell in the coming Bhongir says that the ready- group in Nalgonda district. months as the government, made garments would face the Her opinion apart, almost all Medical and Health loss index, while the cotton TS to seek the villages in the 'green zones' Department may make it a and handloom clothing price ‘One-off’ special train... across the state are guided by must for all the people cutting would increase as they form review of SC... the Medical and Health across all the age groups. part of masks. "Masks thus Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 decided to stop the work and Department to take to the Some tailoring units own- play a vital role both on the head back home. The work- mask wearing as mandatory. ers say that the readymade health front and even on the She said that the govern- The Telangana government ers alleged that they were not A cursory glance reveals garments kept unsold for the business aspect too," ment of Telangana would has initiated the special train even paid their wages for two that the present south past 40-odd days are likely to Narsimha of Bhongir not compromise in safe- service after mutual consent months, all culminating in a Telangana districts are likely to be sold on seasonal offers. The |said. guarding the rights of SCs between the two state govern- form of a protest on and STs. Satyavath Rathod ments. Wednesday morning. The was emphatic when she said According to the railway incident saw heavy criticism that the state government officials, it is a non-stop train of L&T, the company that Prashanth would protect their interests that has been operated as a employed the workers, as it Rs 1000 cr labour at any cost and take steps for 'one-off' service on Friday had earlier made a sizable suspends... their comprehensive develop- morning. The train left the donation of Rs 150 crore to Ex- MP K Kavitha donating blood on Friday ment. A report is being Lingampally station at 4:50 the CM's Relief Fund. Continued from page 1 compiled on filing the review AM. It will reach Hatia in Following the MHA's fund diverted: Uttam petition on the GO. Opinion Jharkhand around 11 PM. orders, a special train was On the instructions of the of all stake holders would be In a press release, RPF arranged on May 1. The RPF Minister, the secretaries of Continued from page 1 sion of International Labour Kavitha donates blood gathered soon in connection Director General Arun Kumar ensured that the migrant Honnajipet and Day celebrations at Gandhi with the filing of review peti- said the train has 24 coaches labourers boarded the train in Navipetprimary agricultural "These funds were exclu- Bhavan. PNS n HYDERABAD Thalassemia patients and tion. In 2000, undivided and in every coach 54 people a queue. In order to maintain cooperative societies Ganga sively meant for the welfare of Uttam said that the TRS others in medical emergen- Government of Andhra are there. He said that the social distancing inside the Narsaiah and building and other construc- Government was neglecting Acting on the call given by cies. She said that each and Pradesh issued GO MS No 3 migrants have been provided coaches, a specific seating Nareshrespectively were sus- tion workers. Many States welfare of labourers in the TRS working president KT every section of Telangana's to fill teacher posts in food, water by the railways. arrangement was made and pended for negligence. Memos have transferred up to Rs. State, even during a crisis like Rama Rao, former MP K society has benefitted with Scheduled Areas with tribals. RPF personnel deployed on the RPF guided the migrant were issued to 16 rice millers for 3,000 to each of registered Covid-19. Kavitha on Friday donated the developmental and wel- Satyavath Rathod said that board will maintain the social labourers about it. delayin unloading. One weigh- building and other construc- This being so, MLC S. blood at her residence. fare measures introduced by she has sought the coopera- distancing norms. The SCR commercial staff bridge at Gundaram village was tion workers during the lock- Ramulu Naik said that he had Minister KTR had earlier KCR. tion of Union Tribal Welfare On Wednesday, more than also issued tickets, food and seized for under weighment. A down from this fund. raised a query under RTI asked his party members to "It is a rare feat for any polit- Minister Arjun Munda in 2,000 workers at IIT- water was provided by the transport operator was fined However, instead of helping from the BOC Workers donate blood marking the ical party to achieve its single- protecting the interests of Hyderabad staged a protest state government officials to Rs.50,000 for not sending the workers, TS Chief Minister Welfare Board regarding the 20th formation day celebra- point agenda of achieving a tribals. She appealed to the demanding facilities which the migrant labourers. Escorts trucks in time to the procure- K. Chandrashekhar Rao has diversion of fund. Further, a tions of the party. separate state and later leading tribals not to be worried over soon took a violent turn, from RPF and Government ment centre. The Minister diverted this fund for other complaint has been lodged After donating blood, it on the path of all-round the SC quashing the GO as injuring two policemen. After Railway Police also accompa- noted that procurement of purposes," Uttam said. with the State Human Rights Kavitha took to micro-blog- development that it has Telangana Chief Minister was the construction company nied the migrant labourers in paddy in Nizamabad district He was speaking after hoist- Commission regarding misuse ging site Twitter to state that promised to the people," committed to the tribal wel- failed to provide even the their journey to their home- was going on effectively. ing INTUC flag on the occa- of the funds. blood donation can help Kavitha stated. fare. basic needs, the workers town, said officials.

Owner aware of ‘44% patients KTR pitches for bold reforms... Lockdown halves... discharged’ symptoms... Continued from page 1 for Rs 203crore and till date Continued from page 1 tance," he stated. Information Technology to four months and thus avoid Power consumers across around Rs 90 crore has been Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 KTR wanted the Centre to Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, layoffs. These loans should be categories failed to pay power collected. With the govern- The TS IT minister said aggressively improve the coun- KTR suggested a series of interest-free for three to four bills for March, predictably ment deferring bill payment to Etela said that exemptions in In a press note, the TS Health that it was very important to try's export competitiveness measures to help SMEs in the months and at least 12 months due to the impact of lockdown industries, the ones whichsuf- various zones of state would Department said that the focus on creating world-class in priority sectors like pharma, IT sector as a follow-up to their should be given to the compa- on domestic budget. Besides, fered losses on account of be in line with the Centre's three men contracted the industrial infrastructure in a aerospace, textiles, leather as interaction on Thursday. KTR nies to repay these loans, KTR in view of the lockdown, dis- production halt due to lock- guidelines. He said, "There is virus from two persons from mission mode over the next well as IT &food processing. pointed out that it was for the suggested. The Telangana IT comsskipped meter reading down have failed to pay their no barrier to agricultural Jalpally in Hyderabad's one year. Large self-contained The measures include scouting Centre to come to the rescue of Minister suggested that the and asked consumers to pay power bills. Prior to lock- activities in the green zones. Pahadishareef area who had industrial parks, corridors, for markets, creating a deal bet- SMEs in the IT sector. Centre should immediately online March 2020 bill on the down, Telangana recorded The relaxations to be given been working in the world-class ITIs & polytechnics ter than what competing Mentioning that Hyderabad pay Income Tax and GST basis of bill issued in March highest ever power consump- will be discussed by CM in MalakpetGunj. The shop- (2-4 for every state),capacity nations offer, soft loans for has six lakh employees in the refunds to SMEs. If the refund 2019. Less the half the con- tionof 13,168 MW on the cabinet meeting". Etela keepers' families have alleged- building in infra & skills were procuring quality machinery, IT sector, KTR said they were amount is Rs 25 lakh, it should sumers have done it. February 28. In the process, announced that Telangana is ly contracted the virus from vital in this direction."If we international training of staff affected either directly or indi- be released fully. If the amount Under TSSPDCL, the Telangana broke even the- ready to provide medical services them. With the area report- have to compete for manufac- and attractive incentives on rectly by the Covid-19 pan- is above Rs 25 lakh, at least 50 domestic bill demand for highest ever power demand of even for one lakh people. He said, ing several COVID-19 cases, turing opportunities, we need exports.He proposed bailout demic.Since small companies per cent of the amount should March was Rs 623 crore and 13,162 MW recorded in com- "Telangana would have been the market was temporarily to scale up; economies of scale for SMEs; direct financial assis- are likely to be hit hard, they be released immediately.For, the moneycollected is less bined AndhraPradesh on another Kurnool if the lockdown closed earlier this week. It was will help us with competitive tance for SMEs in worst-affect- could be given certain exemp- due to the uncertainty with than Rs 300 crore. Under HT March 23, 2014. However, the was not implemented strictly." shifted to larger premises in edge. Mega industrial parks ed sectors, easy & very soft tions. The borrowing capaci- regard to some GST category, thebill demand was power demand witnessed a The Minister refuted allegations Patancheru, where social dis- such as Hyderabad Pharma credit for others, deferment of ty of SMEs could be raised by exemptions announced Rs1,390 crore and the amount steep fall soon after lock- made by opposition parties that tancing was ensured. The City and Kakatiya Mega Textile dues as well as prioritized gov- 50 per cent, so that they can by the Centre, several compa- collected is about Rs 300crore. downwas imposed.The power Telangana had been doing less authorities have since shut the Park need to be promoted as ernment orders. pay salaries to their employ- nies had paid their taxes in Similarly, under TSNPDCL, demand did not cross even testing due to which fewer cases market for a week. projects of national impor- In a letter to Union ees on time for the next three full. the domestic bill demand was 8,000 MW thereafter. were showing up.

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RIME Telangana sets itself UoH extends CORNER Exodus of migrant workers deadline for Another cop tests audacious goals and submission of positive for applications Coronavirus to hit TS industries hard achieves them: KTR nother police constable from PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Acity police was tested positive PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana Chambers of for CVoronavirus on Friday and Commerce and Industry, said. IT Minister KT Rama Rao on The University of Hyderabad as many as 15 of his colleagues Various segments of the indus- According to him out of 100 Friday participated in a webi- (UoH) on Friday extended were asked to be kept under try in Telangana are likely to be people employed in every nar with the leadership and the last date for submission quarantine. According to the hit hard by the exodus of the MSME in Telangana, 80 are members of Public Affairs of online application forms police, the police constable, migrant workers, who consti- migrants. They are mostly Forum of India (PAFI). PAFI for the entrance examina- identified as Lingala Saideep, 26, tute a major workforce in the from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, is a non-partisan, not-for- tions till May 22. a constable working with the state. Bihar and some from MP. profit Society comprising of The date has been extend- crime branch of Medipally police, As the workers, majority of Similarly, the migrant organisations working in the ed considering the existing was tested positive for them belonging to northern labourers constitute 90-95 per field of Public Policy & situation in the country due coronavirus after he started and eastern states, begin to cent of the workforce in infra- Corporate Affairs. to the Covid-19 pandemic. showing symptoms. "We have return home, industrial units in structure projects and rice During his initial remarks KTR appraised the The dates for the entrance asked the rest of the staff who worked with him to go under different sectors are keeping mills and over 70 per cent in Minister KTR outlined how PAFI team about examinations will be quarantine and conduct tests as their fingers crossed on its the construction sector. An Telangana state is combating the healthcare informed in the due course, impact and whether they will overwhelming majority is the Corona pandemic. He the university said in a well. We are ascertaining the infrastructure that cause and origin of his infection. ever come back. employed in and around appraised the PAFI team about release. The man is a residence of Industry representatives are Industrial units in different sectors are Hyderabad while the migrant the healthcare infrastructure the state has This year, a total of 2,451 Chennareddy Nagar Amberpet" unanimous that the return of keeping their fingers crossed on its labourers in districts are that the state has readied to readied seats are being offered for said the police inspector migrants will hit different sec- employed in brick kilns, gran- deal with any eventuality. admissions to 132 courses. Medipally, B Anji Reddy. tors, especially construction impact and whether they will ever ite, construction of power Talking about how Telangana This includes 16 integrated and manufacturing but are come back projects, fertiliser plants and has progressed over the last six try, we have already demon- courses, 41 PG courses, 15 divided over the degree of rice mills. Inani said despite years, Minister said that under strated to the world our M.Phil, 10 M.Tech and 46 Cop injured while impact. While some expect all the efforts by the state gov- the leadership of Chief strengths in the manufactur- Ph.D. programmes. Last things to return to normal in Minister had also announced workers is more than eight ernment to take care of them, Minister K Chandrashekhar ing front in Pharma, in year, the university had trying to avoid a couple of months, others 12-kg rice and Rs 500 for lakh. Trade union leaders the workers want to go home. Rao, Telangana always dreams Electronics and also in the IT offered 119 courses with hitting dog foresee a long-lasting impact. every migrant worker and claimed that the government's After the state government big, sets itself audacious goals & IT Services sector. He said intake of 2,170. After the lockdown began in asked the employers to give help has not reached majority extended lockdown by May 7, and achieves them. The the Central government constable was injured when March, Telangana had them shelter and provide them of the workers, forcing many of they started fearing another Minister stated that the should utilise the opportuni- Ahe fell off his bike while trying announced a series of measures all necessary facilities. The them to set on the risky jour- extension and grew restless. Coronavirus crisis also opens ty to carry out bold reforms to avoid hitting a stray dog near to look after the migrant work- state authorities claimed to ney of walking towards their He, however, hopes that they up new avenues for Indian and help unleash the inherent Esamia Bazar on Thursday in the ers. Chief Minister K have identified 3.5 lakh states. "The impact will be will come back in 2-3 months. industry. He said now is the potential of the Indian indus- fourth such incident in the last Chandrashekhar Rao assured migrant workers through a severe, especially in unskilled "They have to come back. time to dream big and build try. The representatives of one month. The injured cop was that no one will starve and survey. However, following segments in construction, The unemployed go wherev- on our strengths. Minister PAFI then interacted with the identified as N Murali Krishna, a termed the migrant workers criticism from various quarters infrastructure, MSMEs, er there is employment and opined that India should seize Minister on a range of topics constable working with the members of Telangana family they revised the numbers. cement and steel plants," since nobody mistreated them the emerging opportunities including the steps to be taken Security Wing of Hyderabad City and partners in the state's The industry bodies say the Ramakanth Inani, Senior vice here, they will come that a post COVID world pre- to restart the economy, once Police. According to the police, development. The Chief actual number of migrant president, Federation of back." sents. He said that as a coun- lockdown is lifted. Krishna was going home after duty in the morning. As he reached Esamia Bazar, a stray dog rushed towards his Major fire MIM corporator motorcycle. Krishna lost his Talasani talks tough on 1,200 ration kits balance while trying to avoid hitting the dog and fell on the breaks out in booked road. As he was wearing a PNS n HYDERABAD distributed in villages helmet, he survived without head Kondapur illegal meat shops in city injuries, the police said. He was PNS n HYDERABAD The Madannapet Police on rushed to a private hospital PNS n HYDERABAD Friday booked a case against where he is undergoing around RGIA A major fire broke out at a a corporator of AIMIM party treatment. Earlier, a constable cooler manufacturing factory Minister for Animal for allegedly obstructing two PNS n HYDERABAD and a home guard died while one in Kondapur village of Husbandry Talasani Srinivas constables near a mosque at constable escaped with injuries, Medchal district on Friday. A Yadav on Friday expressed con- Chawni Nade Ali Baig. The Covid-19 pandemic and all in separate but similar fire official was injured in the cern over selling meat in the According to the police, the resulting total lockdown accidents involving stray dogs. operations that took five hours city by outlets without any two policemen were standing have brought India virtually to to control. According to fire licence and asked the district near the mosque as part of a standstill position. In this Man commits officials, a call was received officials to take stern action bandobast when the corpora- crucial time, many poor peo- about a fire at around 11 against such outlets. He asked tor Murtuza Ali came to the ple are stranded in their homes suicide AM, which broke out at PBC the officials to submit him a spot and picked up an argu- and are facing many chal- hree days after a person went cooler manufacturing compa- report on the unlicenced meat ment with them. He alleged- lenges. Tmissing after having an ny located in Kondapur village outlets and unauthorised Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav during a review meeting on Friday ly pushed a constable when In these testing times, GMR Mamidipally (Badangpet argument with his father due to of Ghatkesar mandal in slaughter houses in and around he tried to cover his name Hyderabad International Corporation); 120 kits in Rs 1 lakh taken by the former Medchal District. According the city. are not wearing face masks. ing rules of initiating stringent badge with his hand. Airport Limited (GHIAL) RanganayakulaThanda from his home, his body was to the Cherlapally fire officials, The Minister was reviewing Some persons, who have no action against them. A video was released on stepped in to help those in (Badangpet Corporation); 75 found hanging to a tree on the four fire tenders were rushed with officials at his office in outlets, are selling meat on Besides the unlicenced meat social media showing how need in villages surrounding kits in Charinagar outskirts of Wanaparthy town on to the spot. Two from Masab Tank here on Friday the roadside. The Minister asked shops, he wanted the officials to the men gathered the consta- Hyderabad International (Shamshabad Municipality). Friday. Shiva (29), a resident of Cherlapally and one each sale of meat at exorbitant rates the officials to launch a special pay attention to unauthorised bles and threatened them to Airport. With the help of its Apart from this, dry ration Nagavaram village of Wanaprthy from Malkajgiri and HPCL. in the city and other relevant drive against unlicenced ven- slaughter houses. He would show order papers to conduct Corporate Social including 200 kg rice, dal, town had a fight with his father The fire was finally brought issues. The Minister blamed dors and take stringent action not mind taking steps to amend their duties. It was also heard Responsibility wing, GMR cooking oil, soaps and other on April 28, after he had taken under control at 4 PM. middlemen for increase in meat against them and also motivate the relevant laws to check unau- and seen in the video that the Varalakshmi Foundation essentials were supplied to Rs 1 lakh from his home and Preliminary investigation prices and called for checking them to take licences. thorised slaughter houses. men were trying to forceful- (GMRVF), GHIAL has dis- the residents of 'Aram Ghar'- was taken to task from his father. revealed that the cause of the their activities. The officials There should be complete Further, he insisted that precau- ly see the name plates of the tributed around 1,200 dry A home for the handicapped The youngster left home and had fire was due to an electrical who conducted raids on meat sanitiation in the outlets and tions should be adopted while two men, who were Hindus, ration kits among these vil- and specially privileged, not returned. short circuit. outlets in the city made presen- they should also display prices transporting meat to outlets and further asked them to go lages from April 20 - 27. These Shamshabad. Local leaders tation to the benefit of the on boards in front of their from the slaughter houses. and conduct their duties in a kits contained rice, dal, cook- participated in the distribution Minister and other officials shops, he said. The raids con- GHMC chief Veterinary officer temple but not around the ing oil, tamarind, table salt, of the dry ration kits and wel- exhibiting various photos on ducted over 101 shops, 73 Abdul Vakil, animal husbandry mosque. "A complaint was soaps and other essentials. comed the efforts of GHIAL to IIT-H to collaborate irregularities detected during shops were found to have no department secretary Anita made by the police constable They distributed 500 kits in help the poor during this cri- the raids. licence at all, he said attributing Rajendra and director Laxma and a case registered against Airport colony (Shamshabad sis. Earlier too, GHIAL had They told the Minister that it to lack of effective supervision Reddy, additional director Murtuza Ali," said SVN Municipality); 300 kits in helped the migrant labor who with Hong Kong firm some shops are not using sani- on the outlets by officials. He Ramchander and others took Shivaram Sharma, ACP Gollapally (Shamshabad were stranded in Hyderabad tisers and some shop-keepers warned the meat outlets violat- part in the meeting. Santoshnagar. Municipality); 200 kits in due to lockdown. PNS n HYDERABAD Frontier Capital Management to establish an office at the IIT Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad campus. Hyderabad is going to collab- Speaking about this collab- Home Minister distributes orate with New Frontier oration and its benefits to Capital Management, a finan- innovation and entrepreneur- Cut used masks prior to disposal: TSPCB essentials to 500 people cial firm based in Hong Kong ship ecosystem at IIT with offices in Tokyo and Hyderabad, Prof BS Murty, PNS n HYDERABAD to disposal to prevent reuse". TSPCB gave 25 guidelines PNS n HYDERABAD and said, Goshamahal corpo- Singapore, to establish a glob- Director, IIT Hyderabad, said, Used masks On the other hand, Waste which includes dedicated vehi- rator is working for the wel- al network for ventures as "IIT Hyderabad incessantly With the usage of masks should be kept in generated from home-care sus- cle, with separate label, should Home Minister Mohammed fare of his area and he is well as to create a venture encourages the entrepreneur- increasing, it has imperative for pected patients has to be collect- be used to collect Covid-19 Mahmood Ali on Friday dis- showing much interest to ecosystem. The core objective ship ecosystem with its unique people to dispose the marks paper bag for a ed in yellow bags and shall be ward waste and such Vehicles tributed essential commodi- complete the construction of this partnership will be to BTech minor in entrepreneur- properly. On Friday, TSPCB has minimum of 72 handed over to authorised should be sanitised with sodi- ties to the poor and the of double bed room houses. promote innovation, research ship and it's tech incubators like issued guidelines over safe dis- waste collectors engaged by um hypochlorite or any appro- needy in Goshamahal area. "The Telangana and incubation. i-TIC and CfHE. With a surge posal of masks for public and hrs prior to local bodies and Urban Local priate chemical disinfectant Goshamahal corporator Government, under the lead- An MoU was signed by in start-up culture globally, we Health care establishments. As disposal of the Body. TSPCB advised health after every trip. The agencies Mukesh singh, Muneer and ership of KCR has decided to Prof BS Murty, Director, IIT have taken a major step for- per the guidelines, "Used masks care facilities to avoid use of operating Sewage Treatment others have participated in distribute essential commodi- Hyderabad and Shigeki Usuki, ward and have signed an MoU and gloves generated from same treated water. During the peri- Plants should continue to the programme. The essential ties to the poor people over Chief Executive Officer, New with an established venture home quarantine or other od of Covid-19 pandemic, util- ensure disinfection of treated commodities have been dis- 87 lakhs holding white ration Frontier Capital Management, capitalist, NFCM, which has a households should be kept in isation of treated wastewater in wastewater as per prevailing tributed to 500 people. On card and also to those who do to facilitate this collaboration. worldwide presence including paper bag for a minimum of 72 same as general waste. It is utilities within HCFs may be practices to inactivate corona the occasion, the Home not have ration card, free of This MoU will also enable New in Tokyo and Singapore. hours prior to disposal of the advisable to cut the masks prior avoided. viruses. Minister spoke to the media cost for one month,” he said. Phase II rice distribution begins Series of events mark Guru Viswa PNS n HYDERABAD On first day over 4 The second phase of distribu- lakh beneficiaries tion of free rice started on received the free Spoorthi's 80th birthday in Telangana Friday. Civil Supplies Corporation chairman rice and red gram PNS n HYDERABAD Mareddy Srinivas Reddy along all over the state with Khairatabad legislator Conveying birthday wishes, Danam Nagender formally observing mass meditation, launched the distribution at a decided to distribute free rice practising yoga, pranayama, ration shop in Panjagutta. On 12kg to each person and Rs discussions on "Man-Mind- the first day over 4 lakh bene- 1,500 to each card holder. the Change" and distribution of ficiaries received the free rice Even than if any one facing essential commodities to over and red gram all over the problems it should brought to 10,000 poor, shelterless orphans state. the notice of the local public and migrant workers in AP, Speaking on the occasion, representative. The govern- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Mareddy said that the ration ment is also providing free Maharashtra, Odisha and will be distributed till month- Mareddy Srinivas Reddy and Mayor Bonthu Rammohan distributing rice on Friday food to 1.75 lakh needy Karnataka marked the 80th end and there is no need to be through Annapurna free meals birthday celebrations of reli- panic and appealed the people daily. Further, the Mayor gious and scientific saint Guru to take ration as per tokens to ensure that no one goes hun- in other districts as and when appealed the citizens to co- Viswa Spoorthi. located all over the world greet- sion was based on Religious caste, colour and creed. The dis- issued by following social dis- gry, the government is also giv- stock arrives. operative and follow with the Celebrating the event in a ed the guru on the occasion. Humanity and Practical ciples distributed food, fruits, veg- tance. ing free ration i.e. 12-kg rice Mayor Bonthu Rammohan measures taken by govern- novel way, about 5,000 disciples The celebrations began with Philosophy concept. How to etables, rice, wheat flour, sugar, Further he said that Rs 1,500 and Rs 1,500 to the poor peo- said, "We all came to see the ment in containing Covid-19 of the Guru took part in the chanting of OM at 4.30 am. Later apply the guru's teachings in prac- pulses, edible oils and soaps is adjusted in banks / post ple. The government is distrib- distribution of ration by ensur- virus. Later, the corporation mass meditation and the dis- the disciples greeted their guru. tical life came up for discussion. among 10,000 persons who con- offices and card holders can uting rice worth Rs 1,200 crore ing social distance. As per chairman, Mayor, MLA and cussion from their respective After a session of yoga and Several disciples said that they stituted the poor, the migrant take Rs 1,500 at post office or to the poor. At present, dal is instructions of the Chief local area corporator Kavitha residences and received the pranayama up to 6 am, a two- groomed their lives under the workers and the shelterless at bank while following social being supplied in some dis- Minister K Chandrashaker Reddy felicitated the sanitation blessings of the Guru. The hour discussion on Man-Mind- direction of their Guru, who orphans in southern states and distance. Further, he said that tricts and will also be supplied Rao, the government has workers. members of Spoorthi family the Change was held. The discus- sheds love irrespective of the also in Maharashtra and Odisha. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 hyderabad 04 Opposition is in TPCC likely to get new chief post lockdown K VENKATESHWARLU ‘isolation': Harish n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD The novel Coronavirus is tak- ing a toll on the people across Ministers T Harish Rao and the globe. In India, the dead- Talasani Srinivas Yadav on ly virus has claimed over 1,000 Friday lashed out at the oppo- lives. Normal life came to a halt sition parties and said that the due to the lockdown imposed Congress and BJP are in 'iso- ‘Observe lockdown in the country. Except for lation'. The Ministers stated essential services, everything that while they were extending came to a grinding halt. help to the needy by reaching for some more time’ Even the political parties out to the people, the opposi- have confined their activities to tion party leaders were busy in PNS n PALAKURTHY He said that the prices of the Corona related and are making baseless allegations vegetables and essential com- extending help to the needy against the state government Panchayat Raj Minister modities are under control and the poor who got affected by sitting in the AC rooms. Errabelli Dayakar Rao on and also the Corona virus. with the lockdown. The ruling They dared the opposition Friday embarked on a whirl- However, he asked the people and opposition parties' criti- command will appoint new pointed with the delay in parties' leaders to roam among said that the Ministers were Narayanakhed, Zaheerabad wind tour of the constituency to bear with the administra- cism and counter criticism chief within the days as the appointing the new TPCC the people if they have guts. reaching out to the people. markets. He alleged that the greeting NREGS workers, tion and observe the extend- confined to corona and tack- party appointed new chief to chief. However, the conditions Giving memorandums to Claiming that the farmers are Chhattisgarh government is farmers and people and dis- ed lockdown. Explaining ling the spread of the virus. Karnataka Congress. are not in favor to the party Governor is not enough, the having no problems, Harish purchasing farmers' produce tributed essential commodities efforts being put in Chief However, the ruling party has However, the Centre high command to do any- Ministers ridiculed asking the Rao said "the farmers would by putting ceiling and hence among the poor at various Minister K Chandrasekhar benefited to some extent from imposed lockdown as the thing due to the present con- opposition parties' MLAs to ask us if there are any problems the boarder villagers are com- places. Earlier he greeted Rao to rein in the the impact of Corona by meet- number of Corona positive ditions. I hope the party may learn the facts by reaching out to them as we are roaming ing to sell their produce in workers on the occasion of the Coronavirus, he said the gov- ing the people in the name of cases started to increase. The appoint new chiefs to to the needy. "We are in peo- among them every day. The Telangana. May Day. ernment would procure the instilling confidence. Congress didn't appoint any Telangana besides appointing ple and we are among the peo- opposition parties' leaders are He said that no govern- Later, the Minister called last grain available with the However, the opposition new chief to any state though new chiefs to Maharashtra, ple," the Ministers said. shedding crocodile tears by sit- ment, except Telangana gov- upon the people to observe the farmers and asked them to parties' leaders have failed to it was contemplating to Chhattisgarh, Odisha after On Friday, Finance Minister ting in AC rooms in ernment across the nation is lockdown for some more days have patience as there were meet the people on par with appoint new chiefs to lockdown." T Harish Rao said that the TRS Hyderabad". There is gunny purchasing paddy, jowar, to drive away the Coronavirus many hurdles to overcome. the ruling party leaders. The Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bhongir MP Komatireddy government is farmers-friend- bags problem and trucks prob- Bengal gram, green gram and from the country's soil. At At Kundaram in Janagoan opposition parties didn't get Odisha and Telangana due to Venkat Reddy, a serious aspi- ly. However, the opposition lem. The MLAs officials and black gram. There is no lock- Kundaram, he interacted with district, Dayakar Rao enquired chance to do their political Corona lockdown. Even the rant of TPCC chief position, parties are in 'isolation', he IKP staff is working hard even down to the farmers though the NREGS workers. At the NREGS workers about activities similar to that of aspirants forgot the issue and speaking to The Pioneer said pointed out. in corona lockdown days, he the lockdown is there across Yellarayani Torrur, he distrib- the works in which they are ruling parties in the state and concentrated on issues related that the party may appoint "No state in the country is said. the state. Animal Husbandry uted commodities among the engaged and the livelihood Centre. Telangana Congress to Corona lockdown. new chiefs to Maharashtra, purchasing produce from Harish alleged that the farm- Minister Talasani Srinivas workers. At Palakurti, he inter- opportunities they have. He too faced troubles with the However, the Congress high Chhattisgarh, Odisha and farmers similar to Telangana ers were facing lot of troubles alleged that leaders from oppo- acted with the vegetable ven- advised them to work while Corona impact similar to other command appointed Mukul Telangana after the lockdown. state. The state government is in BJP and Congress ruled sition parties are making base- dors. observing social distance. He opposition parties. Vasnik as the in-charge gener- Meanwhile, present TPCC taking steps to ensure that they states across the nation. He less allegations against the He halted his whirlwind said that the daily wages of The BJP has appointed al secretary of the Madhya chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy do not face any trouble during said that the opposition parties' state government for their tour at paddy procurement NREGS workers was increased Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Pradesh, where the party had completed five years as the these testing times. The state leaders were criticising the political survival. He said that centres in Palakurty and other from Rs 221 to Rs 237. The Kumar as its president for the lost its power with self mistakes party president. Even Uttam government is purchasing the state government only for the Chief Minister K places and interacted with revised wages are applicable Telangana BJP days before the giving chance to BJP's Shivaraj intensified his political activ- produce of the farmers at min- political gains. Chandrasekhar Rao is treating the farmers. He distributed from April, he said. imposition of lockdown. Singh Chouhan to rule the ity by criticising the TRS gov- imum support price," the He said that the BJP govern- the people as his own children masks to them. In Kolanpalle At Yellarayani Torrur, the However, Congress national state at the cost of Chief ernment. It is learnt that he is Finance Minister said. ment in Karnataka is not pur- but opposition leaders are not and Mylaram villages, he dis- Minister financially support- party failed to appoint new Minister Kamalanath. hopeful that the party high Speaking at Rangampet vil- chasing ground nut and hence in a position to see it. The tributed essential commodi- ed a poor woman and distrib- chief to the Telangana An aspirant of position of command may continue him lage in Kulcharam mandal in the farmers from Bidar are sell- opposition leaders are behav- ties and masks among the uted masks among the people Congress though the party TPCC chief on condition of in the position for more Medak district, Harish Rao ing their produce in ing irresponsibly, he said. poor. gathered there. leaders expected that the high anonymity said, "We disap- time. Minister TRS hits back at High Court modifies order in Online puja facility in distribute Revanth Reddy Prabhas farmhouse case seven more temples essentials PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Revanth’s claims The Telangana High Court, The Endowments Department Labour Minister Mallareddy The ruling TRS leaders are false. His while dealing with an appeal has extended online puja facil- and Medchal district collec- launched a scathing attack on filed by the state government ity to seven more temples in tor Vasam Venkateswarlu on Malkajgiri MP Revanth Reddy. comments on against a trial court order grant- the state taking the total num- Friday distributed essential TRS spokesperson Krishank KTR's brother-in- ing ad interim injunction in ber of temples offering the commodities among the san- Manne asked the MP to protect law are ridiculous, favour of Magnum Opus facility to 19. Last month, the itation workers of his family first from debts. 'Baahubali' actor Prabhas viz-a- state government has decided Peerzadiguda Municipal "Revanth’s allegations are says Krishank viz a 2,083 square yards plot to offer the online facility in 12 Hundi service is also launched Corporation on the occa- false. His comments on KTR's located at Raidurg in temples for devotees who were for these temples to help devo- sion of May Day celebrations. brother-in-law are funny. Just Serilingampally mandal of not able to physically attend tees send their offerings. Greeting the workforce on because he is director of the Reddy needs to protect his own Ranga Reddy district, has and offer the puja in the tem- The department is offering the occasion of May Day, the company, doesn't mean he is sci- families as they are bankrupt. passed an order restraining the ples as entry into temples was the facility to temples through Minister said that all ameni- entist. Golconda pharma and Revanth's Reddy's co-father- state government authorities restricted from March 20 due Mee Seva Portal. Devotees ties are being provided to the chemical company has two in-law got auction notice from from interfering with the pos- The division bench of the HC made it to the threat of Coronavirus. can access Telangana Mee sanitation workers and essen- directors, Anumala Krishna Syndicate Bank, Bank of session and enjoyment of actor The seven temples are Sri Seva Portal (URL: tial commodities to the poor Reddy Anumala Kondal Reddy Baroda, SBI and Union Bank. Prabhas over the property. clear that the possession of such Kaleshwara Mukteshwara ts.meeseva.telangana.gov.in) so that they would not face who are brothers of Revanth He couldn't repay money and so A division bench of the High property should not be with the actor Temple, Kaleshwaram, and then get their names reg- difficulties during the current Reddy. Are they Nasa scientists, assets have been auc- Court comprising of the Chief Anjaneya Swamy Temple, istered. Then the devotee can crisis. The District collector why are they manufacturing tioned. How will Justice of the state Justice Tadbund, Secunderabad, book puja or seva of his or her eulogised the sanitation medicines, Revanth Reddy they pay almost Raghavendra Singh Chauhan trial court to immediately deal observations made by this Jogulamba Temple, Gadwal, choice through online. The works for taking all risks should answer," he said. He 114crores?". On and Justice P Naveen Rao, with the vacate application filed court. The trial court of the Sri Ramalingeshwara Swamy Puja or seva will be performed while working in contain- also asked Revanth Reddy to Thursday, Revanth however, made it clear that the by the government for vacating 15th additional District and ses- Temple, Keesara, in the name of the devotee and ment zones. The Minister protect his co-father-in-law Reddy alleged that the possession of such property the injunction order by decid- sions Judge cum 15 metropol- Venkateshwara Swamy temple, SMS will be sent on the mobile and District Collector had Goluguri state and Centre should not be with actor ing the case on its merit. It told itan sessions judge cum 2nd Srinagar colony, Hyderabad, confirming the performance community lunch with the Venkata are two sides Prabhas, whose full name is the trial court that the said additional family judge of Sri Parwati Jadala of the puja or seva. The sanitation workers. Reddy. He of the same Uppalapati Venkata vacate application should be Kukatpally granted the injunc- Ramlingeswara Swamy Endowments Department has Additional Collector Samson, said, coin. Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju. heard and decided on its mer- tion in favour of Prabhas while Temple, Cheruvugattu and Sri urged all the devotees to utilise Peerzadiguda Mayor Jakka "Revanth The division bench of the its as expeditiously as possible responding to his petition seek- Venkateswara Swamy Temple, the facility and gain the divine Venkat Reddyand others High Court also directed the uninfluenced by any of the ing the same on March 31 2020. Jamalapuram, Khammam. E- blessings of the presiding deity. were also present. Vijaysen to be sworn in as HC judge GWMC to distribute HC summons Gajwel RDO Minister buys PNS n WARANGAL the advocates, officers and Chief justice of staff of the high court can masks free of cost PNS n HYDERABAD The senior Advocate of the the state watch the swearing in ceremo- PNS n WARANGAL corporation except GWMC is State High Court B Vijaysen ny live through a web link handing over the masks to its Taking serious view at the bananas directly Reddy will be sworn in as the Justice RS hosted on the website of the Since the government made residents free of cost in the action of Gajwel RDO for Telangana High Court judge Chauhan will High Court. The swearing in wearing masks mandatory for State, according to the officials. forceful eviction of the fami- on Saturday morning. ceremony of Vijaysen Reddy is those who venture out of the While the officials estimated ly members of the petitioners The swearing in ceremony administer the being held after his appoint- houses in the wake of the that there is a need for 3, of Mamidyala and from farmers will be held in the first court oath of office to ment by the President of Covid-19, the Greater 60,000 masks, it has decided to Bahilampur villages under of hall of the High Court. The India. The union ministry of Warangal Municipal stitch and distribute 1, 82,000 Kondapochamma Sagar reser- PNS n HYDERABAD chief justice of the state Justice Vijaysen Reddy law and justice issued notifica- Corporation has decided to masks in the first phase. The voir in Siddipet district, the RS Chauhan will administer tion on Friday notifying the distribute two masks to each task of making the masks was Telangana High Court on Women and Child Welfare the oath of office to Reddy. The appointment of Reddy as the household in the city at free of entrusted to the 13 Town Friday directed the district Minister Satyavathi Rathod registrar general of the High Court in a statement said that Telangana high court judge. cost. No other municipality or Level Federations (TLF). judge to immediately visit the on Friday took measures for said villages to record state- purchase of bananas directly ments of the affected families from farmers and supply them and to submit report before it. to the expectant mothers and POST LOCKDOWN SCENARIO The court summoned the children of Anganwadi Gajwel RDO to appear before Centres. As soon as she learnt it on May 7 2020 and give that farmers are finding it Charity to change the face of politics in TS explanation. A division bench difficult to sell bananas else- of the High Court compris- where, she made arrange- PV KONDAL RAO charitable units run by politicians tive areas survive the threat of the ing of the Chief Justice of the ments for buying bananas n WARANGAL were among the units that offered pandemic. They further feel that state Justice RS Chauhan and from them to supply to groceries to the needy during the below poverty line is helped Justice A Abhishek Reddy Anganwadis. The novel Corona, its implica- these testing times. These units by the governments but the gen- passed the orders while deal- Earlier, Tribal Welfare tions and repercussions may be are undertaking activities in uine middle class in the segments ing with a petition filed by 25 Department used to purchase wiped out in the next few addition to the service rendered may be compelled to face the residents of the two villages. bananas and supply them to months, but the politics in the by some apolitical groups that wrath of the economic crisis that The petitioners have filed schools being run by ITDAs. state post lockdown may revolve took up the distribution process is intended to spell their doom the cases urging the court to As the schools remained around the charity that has been on a large scale in the rural in the coming weeks. The intel- issue orders to the state govern- closed because of lockdown extended by the leaders during Telangana districts. ligence of the law enforcement ment to provide full rehabili- conditions, the farmers have to the lockdown period in many Though the politicians and the agency is also observing the tation and resettlement bene- sell the bananas elsewhere. areas across the state. groups carrying out the charity developments both in the polit- fits as per the provisions of the The Tribal Welfare and The charity and service activ- term the service they're were ren- ical and service angle and the land acquisition Act 2013. Last Woman and Child Welfare ities conducted in at least seven- dering was taken up with a officials say that the reports month, a division bench of the Departments worked with ty assembly segments spread humanitarian motto, the politi- reveal the aspiring leaders of rul- Telangana High Court settled coordination and purchased women and 7,000 children. across the erstwhile districts of cal observers in the districts feel ing party were more active in the claims of oustees from bananas from farmers benefit- They get bananas and other Telangana have shown their it as a stepping stone for their rendering the charity in their Mamidyala and Bahilampur ing farmers as well as expec- nutritious food through 400 impact on the public who by now entry into the arena in the next respective zones in order to villages in Siddipet, who have tant mothers and children. Anganwadi kendras. She concluded that the coming few ities have been run by the fami- years. few months. stake their claims. Even the lost their houses owing to the The Anganwadi centres give appreciated the efforts of weeks would prove more crucial lies of political leaders, public rep- A cursory glance at the activ- The leaders and their families experts say that the charity would Kondapochamma Sagar reser- milk, eggs, dal and bananas Tribal Welfare and Women for the organisers of the charity. resentatives and certain aspi- ities undertaken in the rural carrying out the service activities play a pivotal role in the coming voir, which is part of the too to pregnant women and and Child Welfare Surprisingly, the charity organ- rants who are vying to enter the Telangana districts reveal that maintain that they were keen on days of post lockdown in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation children. Under Utnoor ITDA Department officials for work- isations undertaking these activ- political arena in the coming about 80-odd foundations of seeing the public in their respec- rural parts. Project (KLIP). limits, there are 4,500 pregnant ing with coordination. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS COVID-19: Maharashtra legislative council Won't stop clinical trials of polls on May 21, announces EC PNS n NEW DELHI

Paving the way for Maharashtra plasma therapy: Kejriwal Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to enter the state leg- n PNS NEW DELHI "We are not going to islature as a member, the Election Delhi govt sets up 4 Commission on Friday Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stop clinical trials of announced holding polls to nine dedicated helplines for on Friday said the Delhi gov- plasma therapy. We seats of the state legislative coun- ambulance services ernment will not stop clinical cil on May 21. trials of plasma therapy to are getting good The polls were deferred on NEW DELHI: The Delhi treat severally-ill COVID-19 results of the April 3 due to the coronavirus government announced four patients as its initial results are therapy. However, it outbreak. dedicated helpline numbers on good. Thackeray, who was sworn in Friday to ease the pressure on The announcement came is on trial basis. The on November 28 last year, has counting of votes will be held on The poll panel also decided the ambulance helpline 102. days after the centre said that results of this thera- time till May 27 to get elected to May 21 evening, an hour after that the Union Home Secretary, State Health Minister Satyendar plasma therapy for treatment py are not final yet. the state legislature, failing which the conclusion of polls at 4 pm who is chairperson of National Jain tweeted details about the of coronavirus patients is at an he will have to step down. as per usual practice adopted for Executive Committee in ex-offi- numbers. "To reduce the experimental stage and it has We hope that we will Maharashtra Governor B S Rajya Sabha and legislative coun- cio capacity under the Disaster pressure on the 102 the potential to cause life- soon find a solution," Koshyari had requested the cil polls. Management Act, 2005, should Ambulance Helpline No., we threatening complications. Kejriwal said Election Commission on In a statement, the poll panel depute an officer of suitable have come up with four Addressing an online media There was confusion over said that those who have its Thursday to declare polls for said in cases of former prime seniority to ensure that the pre- dedicated Helpline Numbers -- briefing, Kejriwal said a plasma therapy after the cen- permission to conduct plasma nine vacant seats to the state ministers P V Narasimha Rao in ventive measures are put in 7291000094, 7291000071, COVID-19 patient, whose tre's statement, he said, adding therapy trials can go ahead but Delhi reported 3,515 Legislative Council. These seats 1991 and HD Deve Gowda in place in keeping with the provi- 7291000093, 7291000078," he condition was serious, has that he got phone calls enquir- others, who don't have the nec- COVID-19 cases till Thursday fell vacant on April 24. 1996; and several chief ministers sions of the Act for the smooth said. "Apart from this, DM and been discharged from hospital ing whether Delhi govern- essary permission, should not night of which, 1,100 people The decision to hold the polls including Ashok Gehlot conduct of the electoral process. CDMO can be called for an after undergoing plasma ther- ment will stop its trials. do it, the chief minister said. have been discharged hospitals on May 21 was taken by the "full (Rajasthan in 1991), Rabri Devi The statement said the EC had ambulance on 1070, 1077," he apy and that the Delhi govern- "We are not going to stop He appealed to 1,100 people, and there are currently 2,362 Commission" with Election (Bihar in 1997), Vijay Bhaskar received a letter on Thursday added. The government's aim ment has got permission from clinical trials of plasma thera- who have recovered from the active cases, while 59 people Commissioners Ashok Lavasa Reddy (Andhra Pradesh in from the state chief secretary in is to cater to every citizen of the centre to conduct trials at py. We are getting good results novel coronavirus, to donate have died so far, he said. and Sushil Chandra in Delhi 1993), it had conducted by- which the official pointed out the Delhi, the minister said. LNJP Hospital. of the therapy. However, it is on their plasma to save lives. "When we see this number, being joined by Chief Election elections to fulfil similar consti- various measures taken to con- He also said that the num- trial basis. The results of this "I am happy that almost all it seems that cases are rapidly Commissioner Sunil Arora over tutional requirement. trol pandemic and that in the Spl Kerala-Odisha ber of coronavirus cases in the therapy are not final yet. We of those recovered from increasing in Delhi. It is hap- video from the US. "The Commission noted that state government's assessment, train to be run for national capital is high due to hope that we will soon find a COVID-19 are ready to donate pening because we are con- While a notification will be this has been the consistent elections to the nine seats of large scale testing being carried solution," Kejriwal said. their plasma. I want to thank ducting tests on a large scale in issued on May 4, nominations practice in the past," the state- MLCs by MLAs could be held in migrant workers out by the Delhi government. The central government has all of them," he said. Delhi,” he said. can be filed till May 11. The ment said. a safe environment. KOCHI: The first special train from Kerala carrying 1,200 migrant workers to Bhubaneswar in Odisha will Yediyurappa appeals to 100 singers unite for anthem Conduct rapid antibody leave from the Aluva railway station near here on Friday evening, state Minister V S migrant workers to stay tests for surveillance: HC Sunil Kumar said. The migrant dedicated to frontline warriors workers from Odisha PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NAGPUR accommodated in camps in Ernakulam District since the back in Karnataka In one of the biggest collabo- The Nagpur bench of Bombay COVID-19 lockdown will be PNS n BENGALURU rations by artistes for a noble High Court has asked the brought to the station in state- cause, a group of 100 singers, Maharashtra government to run corporation buses as per A day after giving the nod for including the legendary Asha undertake rapid antibody tests the protocol announced by the their one-time movement Bhosle, Kumar Sanu and Sonu with reliable kits provided by government, he said. Official towards their destination, Nigam have come together to Indian companies since the sources said the train was Karnataka Chief Minister B S record an anthem for the front- Indian Council for Medical scheduled for 6 pm departure. Yediyurappa on Friday appealed line warriors fighting the coro- Research (ICMR) has recog- to migrant workers to stay back navirus pandemic and in the nised the utility of such tests for in the state and co-operate with aid of PM Cares fund. the purpose of surveillance and the petitioners, told the court the Police helps special the government to resume eco- The anthem ‘One Nation "On this occasion when all Kumar Sanu, Mahalakshmi prevention of COVID-19 out- ICMR, in its letter dated April nomic activities. One Voice', recorded in 14 dif- of us are fighting against the Iyer, Mano, Pankaj Udhas, S P break. 27, had said rapid antibody test woman in cremation "It is my sincere request to all ferent languages, will be ded- coronavirus pandemic as ‘One Balasubramanian, Shaan, Sonu Justice Manish Pitale was kits of two Chinese companies of her father the migrant workers to stay commerce and industries in this icated to the nation by Lata Nation' ably led by Prime Nigam, Talat Aziz, Udit hearing a petition filed by ought not to be used, but that the MATHURA (UP): The police in back in the state and co-operate regard. "The government has Mangeshkar on behalf of Minister Narendra Modi, we Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, Citizens Forum for Equality letter did not disclose any poli- Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district with us to resume the econom- appealed to the employers to pro- Indian Singers Rights 100 singers of the country Jasbir Jassi among others. through its president Madhukar cy decision of the ICMR to do helped a differently-abled ic activities once we receive tect the interest of their workers Association (ISRA) on May 3. under ISRA decided to express Sanjay Tandon, CEO of Kukde and other petitioners. away with such tests. woman in the cremation of her directions from the Union gov- and pay salaries," he added. The It will be released across over our love for the nation and ISRA said, “One Nation One The court was on Thursday Assistant Solicitor General father when no one responded ernment," he said in a statement. Karnataka government on 100 digital platforms such as dedicate this song as ‘One Voice in aid of PM Cares is a informed that rapid antibody Ulhas Aurangabadkar, appear- to her cries for help amid fears Extending greetings on the Thursday had decided to allow TV, Radio and on social media. Voice',” she said. dedication from ISRA where tests were not being conducted ing for the Union government, over the novel coronavirus. occasion of May Day, he said, we migrant workers, tourists, stu- Commenting on the initia- The artists, who are a part of 100 artists pay tribute to all the on the directives of the Union said the rapid antibody tests Acting on a call, Constable Nitin intend to resume economic activ- dents and others stranded in dif- tive, Bhosle said that singers the anthem include Asha people in the forefront of the government despite kits being could be used for surveillance, Mullick reached her house in ities soon and the government ferent parts of the state due to the are the artists who have Bhosle, Anup Jalota, Alka battle against the coronavirus available. adding that the best test for the Vrindaban along with a home has already held meeting with ongoing lockdown to return to always expressed the feelings Yagnik, Hariharan, Kailash and all the people at home who However, advocate Tushar diagnosis of COVID-19 contin- guard on Wednesday. The representatives of associations of their native places. of the public. Kher, Kavita Krishnamurthy, have supported the lockdown." Mandlekar, appearing for one of ued to be the RT-PCR swab test. teenager, Mohini Chhatra, narrated to Mullick about the demise of her 60-year-old Ajay Tirkey 5 ITBP personnel father and her inability to Ensure UP borders Australia restricts use of saliva, sweat to perform his last rites. According to Chhatra, after the takes charge as test positive for death of her father, she cried are sealed to stop shine ball under COVID-19 guidelines for help but nobody responded secretary in COVID-19 apparently due to the COVID-19 PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI scare, prompting her to take WCD ministry n entry of coronavirus the assistance of the police. PNS NEW DELHI Five personnel of the Indo- Australia will not allow the use of PNS n LUCKNOW can be coronavirus carriers," Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) saliva or sweat to shine the ball IAS officer Ajay Tirkey on an official release issued here have tested positive for the once cricket training resumes in C'garh: Rly health Friday assumed charge as sec- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath quoted Adityanath as saying. novel coronavirus and at least the post COVID-19 world, says retary in the Ministry of on Friday asked officials to He said the state govern- 90 have been quarantined over a framework released by the fed- dept official caught for Women and Child Develop- ensure that Uttar Pradesh's ment is committed to the the last few days, officials said eral government regarding the bribery by ACB ment (WCD). He is 1987- borders remain sealed welfare of labourers on Friday. These are the first staged return of sports amid the batch IAS officer of Madhya so that people who and has initiated a cases of the viral infection in the pandemic. There is speculation RAIPUR: A 54-year-old railway Pradesh cadre. He succeeds maybe "coron- number of mea- border-guarding force, which is that use of saliva to shine the ball official was arrested by the Anti Rabindra Panwar who retired avirus carriers" sures in their trained in mountain warfare. will be stopped to cut down the Corruption Bureau for allegedly on superannuation on Thurs- cannot enter the interest. Three personnel, involved in risk of the highly contagious demanding and accepting a day, the ministry said in a state- state. "The govern- essential services at a base of the infection with reports suggesting bribe of Rs 30,000 in Raipur in ment. Before assuming charge He gave the ment is taking paramilitary force in the Tigri that the ICC is considering the guidelines, restricting the use of than a week from now, restric- Chhattisgarh from a contractor, of secretary, Tirkey was hold- directions at a steps to ensure area of the national capital, have possibility of allowing the use of saliva and sweat to shine the ball. tions will be moved to "Level B" an official said on Friday. Chief ing the post of special secretary review meeting. return of labourers tested positive for coronavirus artificial substances to polish the The framework, which out- which will allow the following: Health Officer Subhashish in this ministry. He worked as "It should be stuck in other states in and have been isolated at a facil- red ball under the supervision of lines a staged return to play, has "Nets — batters facing bowlers. Sarkar, posted in Raipur railway joint secretary in the depart- ensured that the borders of a phased manner," he said. ity in Delhi. In another case, an umpires. According to three stages — Level A, Level B Limit bowlers per net. Fielding division, was caught red- ment of School Education and the state remain sealed. There The chief minister reiterat- infected sub-inspector and a ESPNcricinfo, Australian Institute and Level C. Currently, restric- sessions -- unrestricted. No warm handed while accepting the Literacy in the HRD ministry should be alertness in border ed that four lakh migrant head constable-rank official of of Sport (AIS) in consultation tions on sport are outlined as up drills involving unnecessary bribe amount from a sanitation in 2017 before joining as addi- areas. No one should enter the labourers from Delhi and the 50th battalion of the force with medical experts, sporting being at "Level A", which restricts person-person contact. No shin- contractor, SP (ACB) Manish tional secretary in the WCD state without permission as 12,000 from Haryana have were sent to the AIIMS in bodies and federal and state gov- all training except that of the indi- ing cricket ball with sweat/saliva Sharma said. ministry, the statement said. there is a possibility that they returned to the state safely. Jhajjar for isolation 2 days ago. ernments, has come up with vidual kind. But in little more during training." India serves as source, destination LOCKDOWN OFFER point for various trafficked reptiles Adopt cobra @ Rs 2k/per annum, PNS n KOCHI elephant @ Rs 1.75 lakh at Bengaluru zoo India functions both as a source n and a destination point for dif- PNS BENGALURU "The animal adoption a record 23,000 people on a sin- ferent species of trafficked rep- gle day on January 1 this year. tiles, a new global analysis of Wish to adopt an Indian cobra programme is an The animal adoption initiative wildlife trafficking seizures in air for as low as Rs 2,000 per annum opportunity for you to is part of the BBPs outreach pro- transport said. or Asiatic elephant for Rs 1.75 get involved in gramme as people are not able to "India's involvement in the ille- lakh ? Bengaluru's Bannerghatta supporting feed and visit the zoo due to the lockdown. gal reptile trade is so significant Biological Park (BBP) has come In other times, interested peo- that recent reports estimate that out with a programme during the veterinary care ple sign up to adopt animals dur- around 11,000 turtles and tortois- lockdown period for those look- expenses for zoo ing their visits to the zoo, she said. es are trafficked through the ing for an opportunity to con- animals with provision Vanashree said post the lock- country each year", says the serve wildlife and adopt animals for Income Tax rebate down, the zoo would not be report released by TRAFFIC, an Endangered Species (ROUTES) 2017, two individuals were at the zoo. under 80G. There are opened immediately. NGO working globally on trade Partnership. According to it, detained with 210 Indian star tor- Certain privileges such as gift BBP would study the situation, in wild animals and plants. India functions as both a source toises in their checked-in luggage voucher for zoo visit and display 21 elephants which put in place social distancing, dis- The report titled "Runway to and a destination point for differ- at Chennai Airport. of name in adoption board can be adopted infectants and hygiene protocols Extinction: Wildlife Trafficking in ent species of trafficked reptiles. The tortoises were hidden would be extended for adopting The BBP has released a list of 50,000, Hippopotamus Rs online!" say zoo in place, among others, before tak- the Air Transport Sector," details Noting that one Indian species within two plastic boxes and an animal, depending upon the animals that can be adopted. One 75,000, and Bengal tiger and officials ing a call to throw open the zoo how traffickers operating in every in particular, the Indian star tor- beneath chocolates", it said. In adoption amount. can adopt the likes of King cobra Giraffe a flat Rs one lakh, among for public. It would come out with populated region of the world, toise has been in high demand as the past few years, however, "The animal adoption pro- and Indian rock python for Rs others. a dos and donts list, and a revised rely on similar trafficking meth- an exotic pet south east asia, the Indian star tortoise seizures have gramme is an opportunity for 3,500 per year, and jungle cat and "The purpose of the adoption on Friday. "We dont run this pro- strategy in terms of admission ods and utilise the same vulner- report said most trafficking decreased markedly. you to get involved in support- Assamese Macaque for Rs 5,000. programme is to create aware- gramme with profit motive." capacity and related things. abilities within air transport sec- instances involving the species Local news reports suggest this ing feed and veterinary care Adoption of black buck and ness and connect with people The zoo, which sees an annu- An online survey would be tor as traffickers of other illicit smuggled from Chennai in may be because of increased expenses for zoo animals with sambar will cost you Rs 7,500 per involved in conservation activi- al footfall of around 15 lakh, has held to understand issues around goods. The report is produced by checked-in luggage to Malaysia awareness and enforcement provision for Income Tax rebate year, Emu Rs 10,000, spot-billed ties, not just generating rev- been closed since the middle of fears of the public in visiting the C4 ADS as part of the USAID or Bangkok and usually involved activity at common origin air- under 80G. There are 21 ele- Pelican Rs 15,000, Golden jack- enues," the Executive Director of March following lockdown zoo and their expectations from Reducing Opportunities for hundreds of hatchling tortoises. ports, which has allegedly forced phants which can be adopted al Rs 20,000, Indian leopard and the government-run BBP, declared in the wake of the the BBP, among others, Unlawful Transport of "For example, in December of traffickers to use maritime routes. online!" say zoo officials. sloth bear Rs 35,000, Zebra Vanashree Vipin Singh told PTI COVID-19 pandemic. It received Vanashree said. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Makeover too late Well-meaning yes, but Rahul Gandhi needs to convince people with hands-on leadership than online conversations Frailty of man vs animal t is tough to be in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s shoes these days. For no matter what Ihis best intentions are, nobody buys his attempt As the debate continues over the origin of Coronavirus in Wuhan’s wet markets, the fact is to mean serious business in COVID-19 times. Or his effort to be a credible determinant of nation- such places must be banned altogether given future threats to humans and animals as well al revival as a concerned citizen-volunteer. The timing of the makeover is a tad too late, howso- ever eager and convincing he might want to appear. Even if he does get the Congress’ reins, there’s a long way before he gets taken serious- ly as a national alternative. The way he handled the last Lok Sabha debacle of the Congress, bare- ly able to demonstrate proof that his leadership did work in reinvigorating India’s grand old party, hasn’t been lost on people’s minds, even among those willing to HIRANMAY KARLEKAR give him the benefit of doubt. Recalcitrance, of the kind he demonstrated by resign- ing and hiding in the woods of Wayanad simply because the old guard didn’t go hile a contentious debate rages as to whether the along with him, didn’t show him up as a leader who could rebuild. Or take every- COVID-19 virus body along step by step despite the odds. Rather he was seen as a quitter who emerged from a “wet” had plunged the Congress into a cesspool of stagnation topped by the residue of market selling live ani- Wmals, including exotic ones, and their meat dynastic politics. Over months of absence from political life and pushing himself in Wuhan, China, or escaped/let out of a into an abyss of irrelevance meant he became the subject of public ridicule. Loyalist virology laboratory at the same place, the partymen may have tried projecting him as their prince but his wilful transgressions case for banning such markets in every over the months have only lent credence to the BJP’s campaign of him being a country needs to be pursued vigorously. Simply put, these should not exist. There “Pappu.” So though he is crafting an image change in the middle of a pandemic, are two main reasons for this. Animals — appearing to contribute to the national revival effort, it’s not reaping results. Particularly including crocodiles, deer, raccoons, pan- at a time when capable leaders of the Congress have proven their mettle as Chief golins and dogs — suffer horrendous cru- elty. They are kept in utterly cramped and Ministers in the battle against the pandemic, be it Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot or Punjab’s most unhygienic conditions, which cause Amarinder Singh. Both incidentally are the old guard. So though Rahul has been them stress 24/7, and are grossly underfed. making the right projections about the COVID-19 crisis in India since February and The stress factor is heightened by the fact that they often have to watch others of their justifiably raised some questions before the Government on social media, his party species kept with them being slaughtered colleagues on the ground got all the attention. Besides, the Opposition Chief Ministers, in their presence and their meat sold. In too, are going out an arm and a leg to contain the disease spiral and Rahul, at this fact, wet markets owe their nomenclature to the blood spilled on the floor when ani- point of time, doesn’t seem hands-on enough. Even his think tank-like advisories mals are killed. Many in India, who have seem too tutored and self-serving than well-meaning. bought chicken meat from often-illegal But to his credit, his recent attempts have been at least sincere. He performed roadside stalls, have seen it. Many buyers have also witnessed their feathers being expressed by Aristotle in Politics. soul survived after death. Since the majority of the cities of clear that harping on animals’ creditably at a recent press conference, too, where he refused to be baited by jour- plucked from them even when they are He wrote that nature made all animals lacked the capacity to Europe there existed throughout lack of reason is a rationalisation nalists into commenting on the shortcomings of the lockdown. The Congress’ lat- alive, with them screeching in agony. animals for the sake of man and reason, he claimed that their the Middle Ages and the of unpardonably cruel way in est plan to rebrand him as a serious ideologue and a thinking leader will see him All this is nothing secret. Worse, it that it was permissible to enslave souls, unlike human souls, did Renaissance a place of detention which humans have been treat- comes at the end of the long journeys in people who did not possess rea- not survive after their death.” reserved for the insane…” There ing them. It is not just animals. participate in a series of online conversations with public intellectuals, the idea being the worst possible conditions of confine- son as it was to enslave animals. As it has been repeatedly have been many definitions of There are implications for to strip down his dynastic entitlements and project him as a leader who has every ment involving dehydration and starvation. Saint Augustine wrote in The City shown, the characterisation of madness. This writer believes humans. Patterson points in issue in his grasp. The first of these publicised dialogues got off with economist The inhuman manner of prolonged trans- of God, “when we read ‘Thou rationality as the defining that it is best considered as exis- Eternal Treblinka, “Since vio- portation, as well as the abominable con- shalt not kill’, we do not under- attribute of humans, is untenable. tence in a separate, personal real- lence begets violence, the and former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Not entirely a bad one as Rajan made ditions in which they are kept in the mar- stand this phrase to apply to People are equally prone to irra- ity very different from, and enslavement of animals inject- some specific observations about a post-COVID scenario, like an infusion of `65,000 kets, weaken their immune systems and bushes, because they have no tionality. Otherwise, they would inconsistent with, what is accept- ed a higher level of domination crore for the poor. But the point is Rajan has already made revival recommenda- leave them most vulnerable to diseases. sensation, nor to unreasoning not have supported creeds like ed by the masses of people. The and coercion into human histo- tions on various fora and will probably be heard and consulted. He won’t need Rahul’s Besides, keeping wild animals along with animals that fly, walk or crawl, Nazism and Fascism — or any of behavioural manifestation of ry by creating oppressive hier- domesticated ones enables viruses to jump because they are not associated the fundamentalist religious doc- madness lies in a person’s reac- archical societies and unleash- forum to establish his credentials. On the other hand, when Rajan asked him to species, including transmutation to affect in a community with us by rea- trines of our time — and voted tion, which can be violent and/or ing large-scale warfare never compare the response to COVID in India and the US, all Rahul could come up with humans, which has happened in the case son…Hence it is by a very just Hitler and Mussolini to power. disruptive when there is a clash seen before.” He further quotes was the social inequity in our country in getting treatment. Clearly, his critics made of COVID-19. Not surprisingly, a number ordinance of the Creator that Besides, rationality can hardly be between his/her and the society’s the historian Keith Thomas as of epidemics, including that of SARS, have their life and death is subordinat- regarded as a supremely laudable version of reality. Thus, a person believing that domestication of mincemeat of him for not seeing through the US oversight of the situation, Trump’s originated from such markets and will ed to us.” Given such views, it is faculty in itself. It is an instrument may consider himself to be Jesus animals created a more author- flip flops and absurd theories and that nation’s own discriminatory tests. Perhaps emerge again if the latter are not closed hardly surprising that Matt for drawing conclusions from Christ and fly into a rage if peo- itarian attitude since “human Rajan was a bit taken aback, too. And if the Congress had thought that appropri- worldwide. Carmill writes in A View to a premises. The capacity for rea- ple laugh at his claim. rule over the lower creatures Apart from the medical consequences Death in the Morning: Hunting soning, which is central to it, can Questions arise. What if a provided the mental analogue ating Rajan would mean taking on the BJP, the economist himself was reasonably for humans, the existence of wet markets and Nature through History, “ani- be used to justify both moral and person’s separate reality is the on which many political and careful not to fall into that trap and said things like they should be at this moment raises fundamental questions relating to mals were routinely treated with immoral ends. Also, not all per- true one? There have been peo- social arrangements were of crisis. The Congress shouldn’t try to make Rahul look “sharp” and then land their future. These exist because people not a mixture of brutal indifference sons are equally capable of rea- ple in advance of their ages, such based.” only eat meat but believe, consciously or and sadism” in the Graeco- soning. Does one, who is less as Nicolaus Copernicus, whose Clearly, human beings can- with a PR disaster. Experts from India feature in world institutions and the Government sub-consciously, that they can treat animals Roman world. capable than others, deserve to be model placed the sun rather not escape the adverse conse- could requisition their services anytime in rebuilding the nation. Rahul’s conversa- — which exist for their benefit — any way The attitude continued treated with the kind of horrify- than the earth as the centre of quences of their own inhuman- tions won’t change that. But what he and his strategists must do is to diminish the they want to. This, in turn, springs from beyond it. In Eternal Treblinka: ing savagery that is reserved for the universe and who held that ity be it in respect of themselves the belief that they can treat nature, of Our Treatment of Animals and animals? If the answer is yes, the the earth spun on its axis and or other living beings. We are in trust deficit in him as a leader and build on his natural strengths like when he did which animals are a part, just as they desire, the Holocaust, Charles Patterson question arises as to what is that orbited the sun annually. His the midst of the devastating con- padayatras and entered people’s homes. Perhaps, he could lead a pan-India Congress which, again, lies at the root of the envi- quotes Saint Thomas Aquinas, level of rationality below which doctrine, however, was pro- sequences of COVID-19 pan- community kitchen and health camp project to help the poor and migrants and rebuild ronmental crisis which threatens perhaps the greatest exponent of such treatment to humans is per- nounced heretical in 1616 and demic. What next? Two telling humankind with extinction. medieval Scholasticism, as say- missible? the Inquisition in Rome forced lines by a Carter Family song, the human touch that he had lost over the last few months. Perhaps, he could take Clearly, one needs to examine ing that it was all right to kill ani- Historically, madness, which Galileo Galilei to recant his quoted by James Baldwin at the up cases of starting up local economies. He has enough advisors, too, he just needs humankind’s attitude to both animals and mals because “the life of animals came to be designated as men- support of the Copernician view beginning of The Fire Next to show that he can be a leader through such simple connects. nature. The belief that animals are inferi- …is preserved not for themselves tal illness at the end the 18th cen- on June 22, 1633. In our time, Time, run, “God gave Noah the or to humans and meant for their benefit but for man.” He denied not only tury, has been considered as we have seen dictatorial regimes rainbow sign/ No more water and, hence, can be treated in the cruellest rationality but afterlife to animals. something that puts a person like the Soviet Union silencing but the fire next time.” Will it be manner, is a result of the Graeco-Roman, Patterson further points out, beyond society’s pale. As Michel a dissident by proclaiming a virus instead of fire? Judaeo-Christian and post-Renaissance- “Like Aristotle, whose work he Foucault points out in Madness him/her insane and dispatching (The writer is Consultant Redoubling Reliance Enlightenment mindset which dominates incorporated in his theology, and Civilisation: A History of him/her to an asylum. Editor, The Pioneer, and After a boom run lasting decades, is Reliance Industries modern discourse. Its essence has been best only the reasoning part of the Insanity in the Age of Reason, “in From this angle, it is quite an author) finally admitting that growth is slowing down? f there is anything like a sure shot on the Indian S O U N D BITE bourses, it is the Reliance Industries’ scrip. Even Migrants sneaking into the I will always remember how I hope countries will follow Incidents and comments after being pummelled by the Coronavirus lock- State in the second phase of you (Rishi Kapoor) made me the remarkable example of against Muslims are bound I the lockdown are posing a feel, Chintu uncle. Your love, South Korea, which has to attract negative reactions down and crashing oil prices, its share price has real threat. There is little the encouragement, humour and been extremely successful abroad. It is more important recovered smartly over the past few trading ses- Government can do about honesty. Some losses are too in addressing the to change the domestic reali- sions as investors believe that India’s largest pri- such clandestine travels. personal to discuss publicly. Coronavirus pandemic. ty than do damage control. vate company will emerge from the crisis stronger Bihar Health Secretary Actor UN chief Congress leader than before. That faith was redoubled after —Sanjay Kumar —Abhishek Bachchan —Antonio Guterres —Shashi Tharoor American technology giant Facebook made an unprecedented $5.7 billion investment into Reliance Jio, the telecommunications arm of the L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR conglomerate. So why is the firm raising `53,125 crore from the markets through the largest rights issue in Indian history? Personal loss Modi Government seems to have Stuck between the devil and the deep sea kept aside an enormous amount On the face of it, things are not going too bad for the company as despite the neg- of money for development pro- ative economic sentiment even before the Coronavirus impact, its consolidated prof- Sir — It has been a terrible week weary World Health Organisation (WHO) declared jects — the Central Vista and bul- it was stable and revenues rose by over five per cent. for Indian cinema with the sud- COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11 and rough- let train projects are examples. den deaths of actors Irrfan Khan Aly two weeks later, India ordered a nationwide lock- Decisions that affect the citizens Well, Mukesh Ambani has stated time and again that he wishes the Reliance and Rishi Kapoor. The feeling of down to check its brutal swoop on countrymen. The inter- directly can be justified only Industries reduces its debt load. After the Government first stalled the potential $15 grief is such that it will not go vening days presented the ruling Government precious when the Government is in a real billion investment in Reliance’s uber-profitable oil and gas business by the Saudi away too soon. For the fans, who time to study the pathogen and its pace, formulate a com- financial crisis. But it is clear that may not have any shared any prehensive strategy and make foolproof arrangements. the Government prefers its devel- Arabian oil major, Aramco, it was speculated that things might not be all kosher close moment with them, the loss When the lockdown came into effect, India had just 618 opment projects more than the between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ambani. While that is just speculation, is quite personal. confirmed positive cases and had reported only 13 deaths. people. This is condemnable. the fact is that today, with a collapse in oil prices, Saudi Aramco may not be able Undoubtedly, Kapoor was These numbers have gone up to 35,000 cases and 1,147 TK Nandanan an evergreen romantic hero and deaths now. Maps of India based on infected numbers Migrant workers deserve to be treated with digni- Kochi to invest in Reliance in the first place. And while Reliance can raise debts across a wonderful human being. The and deaths then and now are totally different. Both the ty. An action plan for the journey of the stranded, the world, even in India, with its stellar record of repayment, Ambani realises that greatest thing about him was that ruling Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhausted and those longing to return to their native Mounting grief it will likely be easier for him to capitalise on his company’s reputation to raise funds he made a distinct mark in are in a Catch-22 situation, which is either to extend the homes, as also a financial package to save them from Bollywood amid a galaxy of lockdown beyond May 3 and face a rebellion or unlock penury, are not avoidable options. The work for a much more easily. At the same time, raising money from investors will not increase superstars such as Amitabh the country and expect an apocalyptic turn in the hotspot National Register of Migrants (NRM) should begin forth- Sir — In this crucial time when the debt burden on the company, particularly when the economy will most likely Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, States. This virus crisis is not amenable to cosmetic exer- with to afford them a sort of identity. It is important we are fighting a dreadful virus, be fragile over the next few quarters. At the same time, Ambani also likely realis- Vinod Khanna and Sanjeev cises. It calls for a structured strategy, one which is saga- for us to introspect as images of workers, men with the sad demise of actors Irrfan Kumar, all of whom were his con- cious, thoughtful and fair, and which is free of theatrics headloads and women holding infants on the highways Khan and Rishi Kapoor has dou- es that the world is pivoting away from oil and plastics, the two cornerstones of temporaries. Kapoor charmed and rhetoric. Further, a strategy that ignores the are not great advertisements for the “sovereign social- bled the grief. Irrfan was a bril- his business. The current pandemic might just be a turning point as to how the millions with hit films like Mera strengths and skills of the federal States in the Indian ist secular democratic republic ” the Constitution had liant performer and a magnifi- public consumes these products. Raising money now will likely keep Reliance’s Naam Joker, Bobby, Chandni and Union can never enlist the success expected either. And guaranteed to usher in. cent actor and did justice to every Amar Akbar Anthony. a formula suitable for Maharashtra or Gujarat is unlike- Haridasan Rajan role he was given. He would have war chest ready as the company starts new consumer ventures over the next few Irrfan was a distinguished ly to test positive in Karnataka or Kerala. Kozhikode contributed tremendously to the years and prepares for a new world, a more sustainable one. But what impact will and charismatic actor who made film industry had he survived. Reliance Industries’ rights issue have on the overall capital market? It will almost his name in both Bollywood Set priorities right Rishi Kapoor was the superstar and Hollywood. He stunned the economy by stopping all projects this decision. Congress leader of his time. It is an irreparable certainly reduce the appetite for any new public issue over the next few quarters audience with audacious roles in that are not essential in the short Rahul Gandhi pointed out that loss. May they rest in peace. as it will suck a huge amount of money out of investors’ pockets. That would have movies like Paan Singh Tomar, Sir — The Coronavirus pan- run. Instead, the Centre has the Government should have put Shambhavi been the case in a healthy market, but in this market, it means that any other pub- Life of Pi and The Lunchbox. Both demic has impacted the world decided to freeze the hike in dear- on hold the Central Vista project Via email actors enriched our lives so well. economy and India is no excep- ness allowance for Government instead of taking away money lic offering will probably have to offer a deeper discount than earlier planned to get Ramesh G Jethwani tion to this. In this hour of crisis, employees. Unsurprisingly, the from the middle class. 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www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN The world needs POINTCOUNTERPOINT CHINA WILL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO HAVE ME LOSE CHINA HAS NO INTEREST IN INTERFERING IN THE new leadership THIS RACE. BEIJING WANTS JOE BIDEN TO WIN THE US PRESIDENTIAL POLLS. BEIJING HOPES THAT ELECTION TO EASE TRADE PRESSURE ON IT. AMERICANS WILL NOT TRY TO DRAG CHINA INTO IT. We need to produce powerful leaders, who —US PRESIDENT —CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN have the qualities of clear thinking, decisiveness and courage of conviction DONALD TRUMP GENG SHUANG Will private sector stand up? VK BAHUGUNA n normal times, leadership is generally discussed only in terms Till now only Government healthcare professionals are combatting the pandemic. of governance and influencing a large chunk of people to a par- Iticular way of thinking. In this century, we have missed produc- Where are the other stakeholders in the healthcare sector? ing leaders in social and spiritual fields, who see human beings as a part of a larger cosmic ecosystem. Right now, the world needs leaders who can visualise ways to find solutions to everybody’s needs and problems. Mahatma Gandhi, who was the source of inspi- ration for freedom from colonialism for millions in the world and who used to say, “The world has enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed”, was one such world leader of the last century. Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Junior were among the other luminaries who are remembered for providing leadership for ending apartheid in South Africa and civil liberties in America, respectively. SAKHI KRITIE Many believe that it was the reckless killing of live animals like JOHN PASRICHAA bats and snakes in China’s hotels/restaurants that led to the trans- mission of the Coronavirus to humans. And now, the world is col- iven India’s resource limitations and con- lectively paying the price for this unsatiated greed for animal meat straints, both at the Centre and State level, from non-traditional sources and for disturbing nature’s balance. Git is amply clear that the measures to battle The Coronavirus is reminding humanity that “howsoever, small I the Coronavirus require more than just State efforts. There is a need for a comprehensive public may be, I can play havoc with your lives and prove your science health national policy to make adequate capacity helpless in dealing with me.” This outbreak is also an indication available, in true letter and spirit, till the grassroot that nature has its own way of striking an equilibrium among the level. When the clock is ticking and much remains different components of the ecosystem. Nature cannot be taken to be achieved to handle an unprecedented pandem- lightly because in the past it has banished highly-evolved civilisa- ic, it is the time for the private sector to stand up tions like the Indus Valley, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and so on. and be counted and open up for the public. The pandemic and the resultant global lockdown have thrown The present scenario: On the one hand, we hear up some challenges to the present civilisation to act and think of that the pandemic will last up to 2024 and on the providing new leadership to the world which is in harmony with other, we are told that the virulence of the strain will IF THIS WERE nature and the cosmic world. We should, therefore, also see some be low but infectiousness high. This gives rise to so A WAR AND ALL of the positives that have come out of this outbreak and learn lessons many questions. Is herd immunity the only answer THE SECURITY for us? Who are the major players in India who are from this. Any adverse situation always brings some opportunity FORCES WERE protecting the country from the shackles of this dis- NOT A PART OF IT for leaders to rise to the occasion and devise new policies and strate- ease? We all know that the task at hand is humon- gies and the Corona crisis has also given us some food for posi- OR DOING ENOUGH, gous as we have to manage a population of 1.3 bil- NOBODY tive thought. The first positive is its impact on the environment. Even lion, discipline them, take care of their basic needs the most polluted cities like Delhi are now clean and people are breath- and provide them with appropriate healthcare. Even WOULD HAVE ing fresh air after a long time. Even the countryside has been reju- the fastest-growing trillion-dollar economy in the SPARED THE venated and the tops of the Himalayan ranges are now visible from world will need help at a time like this. There is an GOVERNMENT. far and wide. There has been a resurgence in wildlife and animals old adage that, “Charity begins at home.” Hence, the THIS IS A are coming into urban and rural human settlements all over the world, private sector, which gains a lot from the SIMILAR reminding us how selfishly we have behaved and cornered all the Government, must stand by it now and provide equal SITUATION. JUST support to the country’s infirm and powerless pop- space and resources of the world for ourselves. All our rivers, includ- THAT THE ulation. WARRIORS it comes to the support that is actually private practitioners now? If they cannot massively to control the pandemic surge ing the dying Yamuna and Ganga, have become crystal clean. The role of the health sector: The Corona-war- required on the ground to fight the pan- open their clinics to help the nation in its in healthcare systems. Without this the More significantly, today we are united as a nation. Indian cit- ARE FROM THE riors, hailing from the Government sector mostly, MEDICAL demic. This is the time that India Inc. time of need, why can’t they work in these number of deaths cannot be contained. izens have shown unprecedented unity — barring a few instances are giving their all in the fight against the pandem- should give with both hands to support PHCs? Primary healthcare workers are Achieving it once can give us the confi- that were sparked out of sheer desperation for survival — to fight ic but the resources are limited. Some private hos- FRATERNITY. the populace and country which has made already scanning zones for Corona-pos- dence to fight resurgence later, if any. this. The bureaucracy and civil society are working together like pitals have come forward and they have been includ- WHETHER them what they are, in the first place. Sadly, itive cases. It is time for the specialised lot Capacity-building to empower the never before. We have also discovered that Indians have better immu- ed in the list of hospitals approved by the A WAR HAPPENS there are very few examples emerging to come in and offer their services. Government by private hospitals is nity and this has left the world scientific community puzzled. It could Government for COVID-19 testing and treatment. OR NOT, THE from this direction. There is going to be an absolute dearth required. Simple things being done reli- be due to our food habits, innoculations, culture and so on. We are They have the exact modules to be followed for treat- MILITARY IS Also, now that the Government itself of ventilators, beds, ICU set-ups, nurses giously right in a controlled and quick going back to our roots like never before and our ancient Ayurvedic ment and submit daily data to the Director, TRAINED FOR IT. has a PM Cares Fund dedicated for the and doctors. COVID-19 has impacted manner is required. Surveillance of the dis- Preventive Medicine. However, the big question is COVID-war and is open to accepting all hugely the supply of medical aids, be it ease, followed by contact tracing and then prescriptions are coming back in use for immunity boosting. SIMILARLY, THESE where are the others? Till now only Government ARE THE CSR funds, it needs to be decided whether electrical, mechanical, pharmacological or quarantine, needs all private hospitals, Governments the world over must treat this as an opportuni- healthcare professionals are combatting the disease. these funds must be merged in the economical. The increasing demand pharmaceutical companies and IT giants ty for establishing a world which is in harmony with nature’s fun- SITUATIONS FOR Where are the other stakeholders in the healthcare WHICH Central repository or used for welfare needs to be taken care of and planned for, to step up together. The quicker and wider damental values of respecting all living and non-living forms. We sector? If this were a war and all the security forces measures in States. There is a need for a both in terms of availability and supply we screen, the better we can control the must collectively try and bring the world’s precious ecosystems were not a part of it or doing enough, nobody would DOCTORS/NURSES centralised system which will reduce logistics. In an economic slump, how will devastating outcomes. This will in turn back to normal in consonance with our own sustainable develop- have spared the Government. This is a similar sit- ARE HELPED, duplication of efforts and make the funds the expenses be met, and on what oppor- relax social distancing measures once we ment goals and those set by the United Nations for the world to uation, just that the warriors are from the medical GIVEN RESOURCES immediately available for use without dis- tunity costs? Pharmaceutical giants need are down the slope for positive cases. follow. fraternity. Whether a war happens or not, the mil- AND EDUCATED turbing the already planned projects. to step in and take full responsibility for The credibility and accessibility to itary is trained for it. Similarly, these are the situa- TO SERVE Major challenges: COVID testing, making supplies available with logistics, antibody test screening needs to be wide- All good leaders should think that way and give able leader- ` ship in this difficult time. However, let us think of producing new tions for which doctors/nurses are helped, given even at subsidised rates and a cap of 4,500 whereas the hospitals need to provide ser- ly made available to understand zero- resources and educated to serve. What about the per test, is a luxury even for the middle vices and make operations smooth. prevalence and to start with the concept leaders by using the present synergy the world and our country Hippocratic Oath that doctors take? If not in these class, let alone the underprivileged. Hence, The Coronavirus crisis at the moment of herd immunity. If the private sector will has achieved. We must rewrite the norms of governance, social situations, then when is a doctor supposed to pro- the people who are most susceptible to dis- has an unclear path. Actions will depend not help now, it will become very difficult fibre and spiritual attainment. Let us evolve into a balanced, peace- tect patients? It’s the same “Do or Die” situation for ease will not have affordability or acces- on a hypothetical acceptance of either a to restart the economy. The vicious cycle ful society marching ahead silently in harmony with nature and the both, soldiers and medical professionals. It is the sibility to these tests. How many tests can delayed recovery or a prolonged contrac- needs to break. cosmos. We need to produce effective and powerful leaders in all same threat to life and a family to provide for. It’s be done daily? And how many days will tion. Delayed recovery if we see a count Corporate Social Innovation via phil- fields, who have the much-needed qualities of clear thinking, deci- the same as keeping the country before self. It’s the it take to screen the whole population? The rise till April, followed by control through anthropy, media advocacy, social respon- siveness, courage of conviction, tolerance for dissent, passion, humil- same selfless and unconditional love for the coun- Indian healthcare workforce of around social distancing, when the testing is fast sibility tasks and shared values by the pri- ity and compassion. trymen that should be the guiding principle for four million is majorly employed in the and the virus is seasonal, will give an opti- vate sector will need to leave a positive The future leaders should equip themselves with facts about healthcare professionals in the private sector now. private sector and that, too, mainly in mistic public approach by April. impact not only for the present but also what they are in-charge of and then prepare an action plan with The private sector hospitals should rise to the occa- metro and Tier-I and II cities. Or else the prolonged contraction for the future, when all will be well. It can sion now and take the responsibility of training This lopsided availability needs to be phase where peak is not achieved until also be taken as brand development. the involvement of all stakeholders. One of the most important attrib- healthcare staff, organising sessions and making their addressed once we are on our way to fight- May, with ineffective testing and failed If the private sector doesn’t come to utes of a leader is that s/he must be positive in his/her approach infrastructure available for the nation to fight this ing COVID-19 throughout the country. social distancing, and the virus is non-sea- the aid of the nation on its own, then the and create a team to execute his/her plan, particularly during a cri- Corona war. The World Health Organisation (WHO) sonal, the virus will trail till the end of the Government will have to take over hos- sis. S/he must lead from the front, not panic in the face of adver- The same goes for pharmaceutical giants. All standard of 22.8 doctors and nurses per year keeping all engaged and resources pitals and laboratories for some time for sity nor allow others to panic. grants, permissions, compensations and concessions 10,000 population is met by India, keep- exhausted. In both the scenarios, the role creating ICUs, isolation wards and testing S/he should always be in touch with the people and the out- were made by the Government to bring them to this ing aside the distribution patterns. A of the private industry and pharmaceuti- samples. Universal healthcare is everyone’s side world and keep all in good perspective and motivated. As an stature. So what about their responsibility towards whopping 70 per cent of the population cal giants is large, with immediate action right and the Government will need to old saying goes, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn the nation? How come everyone is selling masks and lives in rural India, which is backed by only required. At the moment, the major ensure its availability across all strata of more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” George Bernhard sanitisers at double the cost? Where is the person- 33 per cent of the healthcare workforce. challenges that are apparent are bridging population throughout all geographical Shaw once said, “A life spent making mistakes is not only more al obligation and commitment to the country? Aren’t The Primary Healthcare Centres the gap between knowing and doing. That boundaries. It is time to double up the we meant to give back to the country in times of (PHCs) are the ones on whom the onus the COVID-19 has an exponential growth responsibilities. After all, we are all in this honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” No need? What about the Corporate Social of care lies in these testing times. These is easy to know but tackling it is difficult together. matter what, leaders make mistakes down the road but they learn Responsibility (CSR) of these pharmaceutical com- centres, which have been made outdated unless similar experiences were seen and (John is faculty member a the Public from them. They must show decisive leadership skills and be remem- panies and corporate hospitals? In spite of the pre- by private practice, now have to be at par lessons were learnt in the past. Health and Hospital Management bered for their deeds. New India must produce such leaders. sent Financial Year 2020 CSR estimate of `2,000- to combat the disease. So where are the Response management: Private hos- Department, Jamia Hamdard and (The writer is a retired civil servant) `3000 crore, this is only a drop in the ocean when privileged and fund-surplus clinics and pitals need to start planning critical care Pasrichaa is a research scholar) India must strike while the iron is hot We must act fast to capitalise on the flight of firms from China. Initial indicators are suggesting that we are unable to project ourselves as an alternative to China and Japan has already made a move in this direction by offering major incentives

for the country to take advantage of itself as the manufacturing hub for the and foremost, Indian manufacturers ogy, for which the Government and However, policymakers should income levels and so on, but this will this spell, it would require major ini- global economy and it is also posi- must start thinking globally. private players, both, must come for- understand that tax rates are just one remain in theory only till the time tiatives and that too, at a fast pace. tioned as the first-tier supplier in the Integration with the global sup- ward. among the various factors which a policy interventions grab the eyeballs COVID-19 has provided the much- overall global supply chain. Even ply chain is the key to this and instead Some sort of additional tax person looks at before committing his of investors. needed elbow room to the political India is hugely dependent on China of just setting up assembly lines, our incentives should be considered as a resources. As per a Nomura report, If we lose this opportunity, then leadership to push for transformation, for raw material, chemical and engi- companies should start thinking of stimulus for local players to start out of 56 companies which have we will lose out for at least the next more particularly land and labour neering goods. Our telecom, pharma- developing industrial clusters where investing in these areas. Friendly decided to shift operations from three decades and provide millions of reforms. If a Communist China can ceutical, power and mobile acces- India can be a first-tier supplier in the nations like Japan can be our poten- China, only three have decided to employment opportunities to our SHASHANK SAURAV serve the economic interests of the sories sectors are largely dependent global supply chain. It is worthwhile tial technology ally and this would come to India. Asian peers. capitalist West, then India is even bet- on China for raw material, semi-fin- to understand the difference between serve the economic as well as politi- We can either continue to blame India must take a host of mea- he lockdown has been extend- ter positioned to do that. ished goods and skilled manpower. first-tier and second-tier supplier. All cal interests of both the countries. the bureaucracy or India Inc. can sures and do it fast while the iron is ed yet again although this time Now, more than ever, global It would not be easy for any the entities and activities in the sup- However, under all circum- realise that it is high time to get the still hot, to convince Western Tthere is a relaxation of some firms are aware of the dangers of country to replace China and posi- ply chain are dependent on the first- stances India must act fast to capitalise bull by the horns. investors to come here and position restrictions to enable economic activ- putting all their eggs in one basket tion itself as an alternative to it, but tier supplier and, therefore, placing on flight of firms from China. Initial In 2017, Deloitte research iden- itself as an alternative in the global ity. It will be interesting to see how the and they must implement strategies we can start leveraging our compet- India as one will provide sustainable indicators are suggesting that we are tified five countries, which it dubbed supply chain. Initially our manufac- Government as well as the industry to reduce that risk. It is quite surpris- itiveness in areas like information economic development which can be unable to project ourselves as an alter- the MITI-V (Malaysia, India, turers can supplement the Chinese negotiate this challenge. ing that the risk-governing frame- technology, to gradually move in this enjoyed for decades. native to China and Japan has already Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam) as global supply chain but we should Despite the doom and gloom sce- work of all these corporates didn’t direction. The world order is expect- This is a long-term task and apart made a move in this direction by an alternative to China in which India think of establishing ourselves as an nario in the country right now due highlight the concentration of man- ed to change and diplomacy will play from structural reforms (like land, offering major incentives. was positioned at top. alternative to China for all time to to the lockdown, the fact remains that ufacturing in one territory as a key a key role in establishing India as an labour, sanctity of contracts, tax cer- India is lagging despite lowering We have our advantage in terms come. the current Corona crisis has provid- risk and even their boards overlooked alternative, low-cost manufacturing tainty and so on), this will require income tax rates last year, which has of a young population, cheap labour, (The writer is a Chartered ed an opportunity, too, for India. But this aspect. China has established destination. For this to happen, first skilled manpower and latest technol- increased the competitiveness. domestic consumer market, rising Accountant) HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 money 08

CAPSULE Polaris appoints Lockdown led to Five more states join ‘One Lalit Sharma as head of Indian subdued economic Nation-One Ration Card' scheme operations activity: SBI chief PNS n NEW DELHI tweet. tem (PDS), also called ration states after assessing their tech- On January 1 this year, 12 shops/fair price shops, he nical preparedness. The state PNS n KOLKATA Five more states, including states were integrated among added. officials were given technical PNS n NEW DELHI I think the SynPhNe to raise Bihar and Punjab, have joined each other and now 17 states "About 60 crore beneficiaries assistance and training for the The coronavirus-triggered lockdown has the 'One Nation-One Ration are on integrated management from 17 states and UTs can same. Polaris India, a wholly-owned lockdown has saved the coun- saved India from a USD 5.25 mn for Card' system, taking the total of the public distribution sys- benefit from the ration card The five states have been subsidiary of the US-based try from "a lot of agony", ration card portability to 17 portability and they can pur- asked to immediately begin off-road vehicle maker notwithstanding the subdued lot of agony and expansion states and Union territories chase the subsidised food- monitoring of the new system, Polaris Industries, on Friday economic activity during the the number of Under the New Delhi: Digital helping 60 crore beneficiaries, grains using the existing ration it said, and added that the said it has elevated Lalit period, State Bank of India cases is under neurological therapeutics firm Food Minister Ram Vilas initiative, eligible cards," an official statement Centre is pursuing with other Sharma to head its business (SBI) Chairman Rajnish control, Rajnish SynPhNe on Friday said it is Paswan said on Friday. beneficiaries said. states to join the ration card in the country. Kumar said on Friday. He said looking to raise USD 5.25 Under the 'One Nation-One Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, portability system at the earli- Sharma replaces, Pankaj the nationwide lockdown Kumar said million (over Rs 38 crore) Ration Card' initiative, eligible would be able to Gujarat, Maharashtra, est. There are over 81 crore Dubey who after 10 years in should only be lifted once the through institutional investors beneficiaries would be able to avail their Haryana, Rajasthan, beneficiaries in the country the company has moved on situation is fully under con- to fund expansion in India. avail their entitled foodgrains entitled Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya registered under the NFSA for to pursue other career oppor- trol. "More patience is of. The company is currently under the National Food Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand subsidised foodgrains of 5 kilo tunities. required. We cannot lower the The SBI chairman also said building its distribution Security Act (NFSA) from any foodgrains and Tripura are 12 states per person at Rs 1-3/kg. Sharma, who is currently guard without being confident complete easing of the curbs network in India by Fair Price Shop in the country from any where ration card porta- Recently, the Supreme Court heading Product, Parts that we are in complete con- is still some time away. establishing franchising and using the same ration card. Fair Price bility has been imple- had asked the Centre to con- Garments and Accessories, trol of the situation and the "I think we are few days away distributor channels all over The food ministry is aiming mented. The beneficia- sider the feasibility of 'tem- has been appointed as spread of the virus is fully con- when the lockdown can be the country, SynPhNe said in a to implement this facility Shop in the ries can lift 50 per cent of porarily' adopting the 'one Country Manager Polaris tained," the top SBI official completely lifted. Some states statement. The network will be across the country from June country their entitlement. nation, one ration card' scheme India, effective April 20, told PTI. are in a bad shape. It also has first established in the 1. "Today, 5 more states -- According to the during the ongoing coron- Polaris said in a statement. "I think the lockdown has to be ensured that the number metropolitan cities followed by Bihar, UP, Punjab, Himachal statement, the avirus lockdown period to "I could not be more excit- saved India from a lot of of green zones across the coun- tier-II and tier-III towns, it Pradesh and Daman and Diu ministry has enable the migrant workers ed to see the business thrive agony and the number of try increases," he said. Kumar added. "We are planning to -- have been integrated with decided to and economically weaker sec- under Sharma's direction cases is under control," he said if people continue to main- raise USD 5.25 million this One Nation-One Ration Card integrate tions (EWS) get subsidised despite current challenges in said. tain discipline during the lock- year through institutional System," Paswan said in a the five foodgrain. the economy and market Kumar said as long as down, the curve can be flat- investors. Since inception, we place," Polaris EIMEA Vice the lockdown contin- tened quickly and an expo- have raised USD 5 million, out President Rene Basei said. ues, economic activity nential rise in the number of which USD 1 million came Sharma brings significant will remain tepid, but of coronavirus cases pre- through Research Grants and Sebi levies Rs 34L fine on 2 Fraudulent experience from the automo- "demand should be vented. the rest USD 4 million from tive industry with competen- there in the economy" "We are getting results, the Angel Investors. We plan cies in cross- functional team and the ques- as the recovery rate is to use these proceeds for share case: 6 leadership, after sales and tion of logis- more than 25 expansion," SynPhNe India entities for violating norms supply chain management, he tics can be per cent," he Pvt Ltd Director and CEO entities settle added. taken care added. Abhijeet Pandit said. PNS n NEW DELHI matters Markets regulator Sebi has imposed a total penalty of PNS n NEW DELHI Gangwar about Rs 34 lakh on two per- ‘FMCG sector clocks sons for violating insider trad- Six entities have settled with reschedules ing norms and disclosure laps- regulator Sebi cases of London court es, among others, in the mat- alleged fraudulent trading in lowest growth in eastern webinar with ter of Incap Financial Services. ECE Industries Ltd's shares, dismisses In two separate orders on by paying over Rs 1.5 crore trade unions ArcelorMittal Thursday, the regulator levied towards settlement charges. region during Jan-Mar’ a fine of Rs 19.7 lakh and Rs 14 The entities are Prakash PNS n NEW DELHI appeal lakh on Arvind Babulal Goyal Shares and Takeovers) regula- fraudulent trading and created Kumar Mohta, Prakash PNS n KOLKATA al trade channels while mod- London: The Court of Appeal and Pooja Arvind Goyal, tions. false appearance of trading in Kumar Mohta (HUF), ern trade channel accelerated Labour Minister Santosh in London has dismissed an respectively. It was further revealed that the scrip of Incap and manip- Jayantika Jatia, Maitreyi The fast-moving consumer growth," it said. Gangwar has rescheduled a application filed by The regulator conducted a both of them failed to make ulated trading volumes by exe- Kandoi, Moulishree Gani goods (FMCG) sector regis- The growth in the eastern webinar to mark ArcelorMittal seeking probe between December 2010 disclosure for change in share- cuting synchronised trades, and Pratibha Khaitan. tered a 2.6 per cent growth zone during the period was the International Workers Day permission to appeal against and February 2011 in the holding as PAC, thereby violat- self–trades and reversal of They were alleged to have during the January-March lowest while South India wit- with central trade unions for the London High Court's shares of Incap. ing the insider trading norms trades and violated the norms violated the Delisting of quarter in the eastern region nessed an expansion of 8.8 per May 6. judgment that refused a During investigation, Sebi (PIT), Sebi said. of PFUTP (Prohibition of Equity Shares Regulations which was under "maximum cent, the highest among four Earlier this week, 10 cen- worldwide freezing order found that Arvind and Pooja In addition, Arvind failed to Fraudulent and Unfair Trade and the Prohibition of stress" in the period as com- regions. However, a closer look tral trade unions had urged against the parent company of were 'person acting in concert' implement the Model Code of Practices). Fraudulent and Unfair pared to other zones, accord- shows that the eastern region's the minister to reschedule the Essar Steel Ltd and members for acquiring shares in Incap Conduct for prevention of In a separate order, Sebi Trade Practices norms, Sebi ing to a data analytics compa- growth was led by value while tripartite webinar on May 1 of promoter family. "The Court and had the obligation of mak- insider trading norms and fur- imposed a fine of Rs 7 lakh on noted in separate settle- ny report. the southern states saw a sharp due to paucity of time. of Appeal's decision given by ing an open offer, but failed to ther did not provide informa- stock broker Artha Vrdhhi ment orders. The sector grew by 6.3 per volume expansion, according to "We thank you for consid- Lord Justice Newey on April do so. tion with respect to non-imple- Securities Ltd for misutilisation Sebi noted that ECE cent during the first three the report. In the east, the value ering our request and fixing 21, 2020, concluded that Thus, they failed to comply mentation of the code of con- of clients' funds, thereby violat- Industries came out with months of the current calen- growth was at 2.2 per cent in the a separate meeting with the Arcelor Mittal USA's (AMUSA) with the norms of SAST duct thereby, violating the PIT ing the SCRA (Securities buyback and delisting offers dar year in the country, and first quarter of the current cal- central trade unions from appeal had no real prospect of success and there was no (Substantial Acquisition of norms. Also, he indulged into Contracts Regulation Act). for its shares during 2016. the growth was impacted in endar year, while the Southern 11.00am to 1.00pm on May other compelling reason for March with the initial effect of region showed a volume expan- 6", a joint statement by the the Court of Appeal to hear it," COVID-19 outbreak, the mar- sion of 6.4 per cent. unions said in a letter to the Essar said in a statement. The ket insight firm Nielsen said in The growth for the FMCG minister. high court order of March 30 its note. The FMCG sector had sector in north and west was 4.7 "We will participate with came as steelmaker EPCES urges Haryana govt to allow partial operations grown by 7 per cent during the per cent and 5 per cent respec- our suggestions on the agen- ArcelorMittal looked to enforce last quarter of 2019, it said. tively. "Among the four zones of da of the webinar. This would a USD 1.5 billion arbitral PNS n NEW DELHI and are facing severe cash Karnal. ly in seven districts, depend- The FMCG sector includes India, the east zone was under provide us required time to award stemming from a crunch to fulfil their obliga- Haryana has a number of ing on cases, he said. non-durable household goods maximum stress in Q120 while put forth our views," the let- soured supply agreement. In Exporters' body for special tions for existing orders. such zones and units. Because of non-receipt of such as packaged food, bever- the south zone continued to sus- ter said. an 81-page judgment, High economic zones EPCES on In a letter to Haryana Chief EOUs and SEZs have lost 50 permission from local admin- ages, toiletries and other con- tain growth. North and west The unions had informed Court Judge Andrew Henshaw Friday sought permission to Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, per cent of exports orders and istrations, EOUs and SEZs are sumables that are sold at a rel- zones stabilised after slowdown the minister that they would had found no merit in the case resume at least partial opera- Export Promotion Council for are literally bleeding due to losing orders, he added. atively low cost. The slowdown in previous quarters," the report be busy with their prior fixed being brought by ArcelorMittal tions at manufacturing units in EOUs & SEZs (EPCES) Vice dried cash flow, he said adding Seth sought permission was steeper in the urban mar- said. There were "distinct signs programmes on May Day. to enforce a worldwide freeze certain districts of Haryana. Chairman Bhuvnesh Seth said that such units are fighting for from local authorities to start kets compared to the rural of recovery in January and The 10 unions are on Essar's assets to protect The EPCES said special eco- that EOU in Kundli is not yet survival. operation with at least 30 per markets, across the four zones, February", which were consid- INTUC, AITUC, HMS, them from "dissipation" while nomic zones (SEZs) and operational despite the fact Seth requested the state cent workforce and by follow- the report said. "The slow- ered as a pre-Covid period for CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, the former pursues parallel export oriented units (EOUs) that it is far away from government to allow EOUs ing the standard operating down in Q120 (January- the India market, according to SEWA, AICCTU, LPF and legal remedies. have lost half of their orders hotspots at Sonipat, Rasoi and and SEZs to function partial- protocol of the government. March) was led by tradition- the analysis. UTUC. Ramesh Babu V takes over as NCLT transfers 8 members IDFC First Bank to raise Rs 2,000cr director operations at NTPC with immediate effect from promoter, Warburg Pincus PNS n NEW DELHI ager and strategic planner has PNS n NEW DELHI the notification said. PNS n NEW DELHI with Cloverdell Investment Ltd, led several initiatives for The tribunal has a strength both Warburg Pincus LLC State-owned power giant improving reliability and effi- In an organisational reshuffle, of 23 Judicial members includ- Private sector IDFC First Bank Group entities, together holds NTPC on Friday announced ciency of power stations. the National Company Law ing its Acting President and 25 will raise Rs 2,000 crore equity 47,72,64,867 equity shares con- that Ramesh Babu V has His experience in power Tribunal (NCLT) has trans- technical members, as per capital by issuing shares to its stituting 9.92 per cent of the pre- assumed charge as director sector includes senior manage- ferred eight members to differ- NCLT website. promoter, and four non-pro- 1, 2020 approved to issue issue shareholding and operations at NTPC, effective ment level exposure as a ent benches across India with Besides, NCLT in another moter entities, including 86,24,40,704 equity shares on 56,35,08,937 equity shares con- May 1. "Business Unit Head" of NTPC immediate effect. notification said it will form a Warburg Pincus and three insur- preferential basis for a total stituting 9.93 per cent of the post Babu graduated as a Talcher Kaniha and NSPCL According to a notification new bench for Cuttack, com- ers, the private lender said. amounting to Rs 2,000 crore issue shareholding of the bank. mechanical engineer from NIT Durgapur. issued by the NCLT Registrar prising its Judicial Member Warburg Pincus affiliate Dayside which to the five entities includ- The total number of paid up Srinagar and completed his As director (operations), on Thursday, the list compris- Sucharita R and Technical Investment Ltd and insurance ing its promoter IDFC Financial equity shares of the bank will be masters in thermal engineer- Babu will be responsible for the es four judicial members and Member Satya Ranjan Prasad. firms ICICI Prudential Life Holding Company Limited. 567,23,43,720 post the issue, it ing from IIT Delhi, a compa- areas of operations and main- overall planning of safe, reliable four technical members. "This bench shall sit at Insurance Company, HDFC The promoter will acquire said. ny statement said. tenance, renovation and mod- and efficient operations of all "The members shall move to NCLT Cuttack on alternate Life Insurance, and Bajaj Allianz 34,49,76,282 shares and ICICI "The networth of the bank He joined NTPC as an exec- ernisation of old units as well power generating stations of the their new stations of posting, Wednesday, Thursday and Life Insurance will infuse capi- Prudential Life 25,87,32,212 post the issue and as added to utive (trainee - 12th batch) in as in the domains of efficien- NTPC Group while ensuring after lockdown restrictions on Friday, per fortnight till further tal in the lender. shares. The rest of three investors the networth as of 31st 1987 and has more than 32 cy and systems improvement fuel security and environmen- movement are withdrawn by orders," it said adding that it The lender in a regulatory fil- will buy 8,62,44,070 shares each. December 2019 will be Rs years of experience in manag- of thermal plants. tal compliance of these power the central government and the would come into force from ing said that the board of direc- IDFC First Bank said that 17,240 crore," IDFC First Bank ing large power stations in the Babu as a professional man- stations. respective state governments," May 4. tors in a meeting held on May Dayside Investments Ltd along said. Pakistan to Padam Dugar elected CREDAI Audi to give complimentary vehicle service operate direct n flights to US PNS NEW DELHI Audi customers Chennai chapter President German luxury car manufac- who are leading PNS n ISLAMABAD turer Audi on Friday the battle against PNS n CHENNAI vide incentives to home buy- announced complimentary For the first time, Pakistan's ers by reducing stamp duty and disinfection and general COVID-19 from the cash-strapped national flag car- Real estate developers body registration charges." check-up of vehicles for the front line can rier has been given permission Confederation of Real Estate "At present, we all observe customers engaged in fighting to enter America. A commu- Developers' Association of our safety and safety of those the coronavirus pandemic avail of a nique issued by the US India (CREDAI) on Friday around us, it is essential that in from the front line. complimentary Department of Transportation announced the appointment of order to do so, we must con- Audi customers who are disinfection/cleani allowed Pakistan International Padam Dugar as new president tain ourselves to curb this leading the battle against Airlines to operate 12 flights in of its Chennai chapter. pandemic," Dugar who is also COVID-19 from the front ng of interiors, a month. The permission will Dugar succeeds W S Habib the vice-chairman and manag- line can avail of a complimen- exterior expire on April 29, 2021, Dawn and would be holding the post Abhishek Mehta has been ing director of Dugar Housing tary disinfection/cleaning of News reported. Previously, the till March 2022, a press release elected the new treasurer, it Ltd said. interiors, exterior cleaning 19 Warriors' initiative in grat- across the country will priori- PIA had to pass through secu- said. said. According to him, the com- and general check-up of their itude of the services rendered tise vehicle servicing for extended warranty and ser- rity checks at airports in Europe Mehul H Doshi and Commenting on taking up mittee would play an impor- Audi, along with a courtesy by essential workers, it added. essential workers," Audi India vice plans in India for all the and Britain before entering Mohammed Ali have been the new role, Dugar said, 'the tant role in working closely car pick-up and drop, Audi "As we continue to battle Head Balbir Singh Dhillon customers whose extended the United States – owing to the elected Vice- Presidents while foremost priorities of the com- with government departments India said in a statement. this unprecedented crisis, we said. warranty or service packages latter's security regulations, the M Arumugham is the new sec- mittee this year will be to to give shape to a robust real- The offer is being made are pleased to announce that The company has were set to expire during the Express Tribune reported. retary. urge the government to pro- ty industry post lockdown. under the 'Salute to COVID- all Audi India dealerships announced an extension of lockdown period. 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Born in UP and raised

aneesh Asthana, in Delhi, Maneesh moved to Hyderabad along Asthana, like many M with his wife and children in 2001 others, has made when he switch his job as an IT professional. Hyderabad his home. I come from a small town in UP Soon after landing in the city, and the environment I grew up the couple fell in love with For Maneesh, the in was such that everyone knew this place and it took them no time to call Hyderabad their safe environment the me. It’s a place where people home. identify you when you walk Maneesh had moved to city is synonymous down the lane. When I came to Hyderabad with his children, then toddlers, and tags his with, and the chilled- Hyderabad, I felt the same. Its a family as true Hyderabadis. modern city with a small town “Basically I belong to UP attitude. Now I got out of that but I have spent most of my out vibes it gives, life in Delhi because my complex and have my father was a Naval officer made him choose neighbours and kirana shop and was posted there. My guys greeting me. I love this schooling and college was in Hyderabad over Delhi. I moved to Hyderabad about this place and that is one after I got a job opportunity others. He speaks to of the main reasons for making in Satyam Computers in this my home 2001. At that point of time, K RAMYA SREE my job required me to travel in and out of Hyderabad and about his association time flew by. Eventually my wife and I started falling in with Hyderabad, local love with the city. After hear- ing a lot of negative news cuisines, people and about Delhi, the place I have grown up, I was disturbed and my wife and I decided to more live here as we felt Hyderabad is safer and better being from the North, when Hyderabad, I felt than many other cities. We we go to Delhi to attend any the same. Its a purchased a house for our- family events now, we eagerly modern city with WITH selves in 2006 and that’s wait to return. We fell in love a small town atti- A BIG CITY when we started calling with this place,” he said tude. Now I got Hyderabad our home.” adding, “If anyone asks me if out of that com- Speaking about their initial I would want to go back to plex and have my days in Hyderabad, Maneesh Delhi, I would say an neighbours and said, “We used to live in emphatic NO.” kirana shop guys Secunderabad Cantonment as Telling us the reason for greeting me. I that place had many North making Hyderabad his home, love this about HYDERABAD, SMALL WORLD CHARM Indians and we felt it was a Maneesh says, “I come from a this place and good option for us. We have small town in UP and the that is one of the main rea- Tu aa, main kartuun is the his initial days here and how ple are progressing, they are ing IT firms back then. We biryani’, are two things that now become localites here environment I grew up in was sons for making this my attitude people have here. You memories built with the aware of their responsibilities. were allowed to express our will not fade away. This year, and are proper Hyderabadis.” such that everyone knew me. home.” know your work will get done changes over time, he says, They aren’t shunning their views. I had to travel a lot and my family is very upset that “My daughter was three It’s a place where What he loves the most sooner or later,” he gushes. “When we moved here ini- old beliefs, and neither are was away from my family haleem is not being sold here. years old and my son was people identify about this place you ask? Despite not knowing a tially, my wife’s uncle was they rejecting the new quite a bit. And this is why I But one thing I am upset hardly a year you when you Well, its the laid back and word in Telugu, Maneesh says working at the University of changes. This is a big city love this city more as I knew about is that most of the old when we walk down the “chill out” attitude. “People he is happy that people here Hyderabad. So when we with small world charm,” he my family was safe here and restaurants in Hyderabad are moved here. lane. When are really relaxed and chilled don’t look down upon any- wanted to visit him one day, reiterates. that’s how it helped me in my going the north Indian way. Despite I came to here. I love the environment. one. “I haven’t learnt a word he asked us to start before 3 Hyderabad is now an IT career by giving me mental Restaurants with local in Telugu in the last 20 years. pm and leave before 6 pm as Hub is the known fact, but peace.” cuisines are vanishing. This is Still anyone can survive here. the route was not very safe how has the city supported When asked about the something I want because I People know what true back then. Now, the city is on Maneesh’s career 20 years Hyderabadi delicacies he want to head out with my friendship is.” the move 24/7.” ago? He said, “I was lucky to loves, he says, “‘Gandipet ki family and enjoy local Reminiscing about one of “Although the city and peo- work with one of the happen- paani and Hyderabad ki cuisines.”

Due to the lockdown, the number of subscribers for OTT (over the top) platforms are increasing every day. Experts say that cinema industry is ARE OTT PLATFORMS going through a tough time and it would take some time to get things back to normalcy, reports V SATEESH REDDY THE FUTURE? OTT is a big game and it Due to the lockdown, needs long term OTT platforms have approach and vision to ho has benefitted He adds that lockdown helped industry. First, people must get percent of theatrical revenue, many producers will be willing become our only most during the lock- people learn more about OTT rid of the fear of Coronavirus, movie budgets will also come to do that. But most of the pro- enter the platform. I don’t down? Any guesses? platforms. In the film industry, only then will people come out to down. Meanwhile, OTT revenue ducers tie up with OTT plat- choice to watch think many producers W It’s the over the top he shares, “Cinema is always cin- watch films in theatres.” has increased by 20 per cent. forms to recover losses. Cinema movies at home. We (OTT) platforms. ema and I believe that OTT plat- Director and producer, Producers who are in association industry changes its exhibition will be willing to do that. With people left with forms can’t do any damage to Madhura Sreedhar Reddy says, with OTT platforms can cover till things get normal. Many can watch it on our But most of the no option but to stay home, OTT movies. We don’t get the cine- “Due to the pandemic, about 40 20 percent of their losses.” small screens and one-time mobiles or can producers tie up with platforms have become the matic experience while watching per cent of revenue decreased for When asked if the present sit- watchable methods are being connect them to our inevitable choice of entertain- them on online platforms. We are theatres. We now get Rs 60 uation could lead to Telugu pro- introduced to engage the audi- OTT platforms to recover ment. Various OTT platforms habituated to watching movies where previously we got Rs 100. ducers introducing their own ence at community places and television to watch losses. Cinema industry like Netflix, Amazon Prime, with large gatherings in theatres Most of us are also comfortable OTT platforms, he adds, “OTT is apartments. Very small screens with family. OTT Zee5, Voot, Hungama, MX and this can never happen with watching movies at homes. I’m a big game and it needs long hosting over 50 or 100 people changes its exhibition till Player, Aha, and others wit- OTTs. But it will take time for hoping theatres would open in term approach and vision to would be soon be introduced in platforms also have a things get normal. Many nessed great growth in terms of things to get right for the film six months. With a loss of 40 enter the platform. I don’t think the future.” little more freedom subscriptions during the lock- small screens and one- down period. when compared to time watchable methods According to recent reports, theatres and the lockdown resulted in a 60 are being introduced to per cent rise in content con- televisions. We can engage the audience at sumption in India. Netflix also narrate some sensitive community places and announced that it has added issues in these more than 15 million subscribers apartments. Very small over the globe in recent times. platforms because screens hosting over 50 Almost all OTT platforms wit- only those interested nessed 50 per cent new sub- or 100 people would be scribers during the lockdown can watch them. soon be introduced in the period. But many experts believe that the rise will slow down once future. the lockdown is lifted and the — THIRUVEER — MADHURA SREEDHAR cinema industry will be back to ACTOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER normal. The Pioneer spoke to a few people from the industry to understand what changes are inevitable for filmmakers after the lockdown and how the cine- ma industry will overcome. Actor Thiruveer, known for movies like Ghazi, George Reddy, Palasa 1978, and the Telugu web series shares, “Due to the lockdown, OTT platforms have become our only choice to watch movies at home. We can watch it on our mobiles or can connect them to our television to watch with fam- ily. OTT platforms also have a lit- tle more freedom when com- pared to theatres and televisions. We can narrate some sensitive issues in these platforms because only those interested can watch them.” 10 coffee Hyderabad Saturday May 2 2020

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Rules l Each row and column can contain each number (1 to 9) exactly once. l The sum of all numbers in any row or column must equal 45. 11 tollywood Hyderabad Saturday May 2 2020 ‘BHANUMATHI RAMAKRISHNA WAS ONLY MEANT FOR WEB’ n a clear departure tor Srikanth Nagothi insists in the IT sector before he certain degree. Our prep from regular mode that from the word go; the decided to pursue his passion helped and by the time, he of theatrical exhi- film was meant only for web. for telling stories. He did a landed on the shooting I bition, Naveen “It was not like we made a couple of corporate videos, a spot, from his gaze to walk, Chandra and film and as theatres are shut, music video, ads and a short he was the character that I Salony Luthra- we decided to release on OTT film and honed his skills. “I wrote on paper,” Srikanth starrer Bhanumathi platforms. In terms of narra- believe every story has a soul. recalls. Ramakrishna will be releasing tive, I shot the film imagining Many situations around us Srikanth wanted to shoot on a prominent OTT plat- for web medium. We pro- inspire but we can’t react to the film on roads to keep it form shortly. Debutant direc- duced it ourselves and everything. So, I felt filmmak- as real as possible but with Sharrath Marar sir happened ing is an ideal platform to Naveen’s entry, he felt his to watch it. Impressed with it, express my emotions. It has plans needed a major over- Debutant his production house been there since my child- haul. “When we are thinking Northstar Entertainment is hood,” he notes. on how to go about it, director Srikanth presenting it. The banner is He was introduced to Naveen said let’s stick to the When Taapsee tried also helping to us to close a Naveen through a physical original plan. He was up for Nagothi insists deal with OTT platforms,” trainer of his and remained any kind of challenge. I Srikanth tells us in an inter- in touch ever since. When wanted Ramakrishna to be VR for the first time that from the view. he began his hunt for a pro- one among people. We’ve It’s the film’s content that fessional actor who could shot outdoors schedules in t was a disori- tried virtual reality (VR) word go; the led the director to think web pull off Ramakrishna, Tenali literally on roads. We enting experi- for the first time. as the rightful space for its Naveen got a wind about it would drop Naveen in a ence for actress On Thursday, Taaapsee film was meant release. “If I have to tell a and told Srikanth that he bazaar, conceal our cameras I Taapsee Pannu took to Instagram to speak story like Bhanumathi and get our shot before any- when she about how technology can only for web, Ramakrishna in cinema halls, one could notice. We had a take us over. I need to sugarcoat it, which I SRIKANTH WANTED lot of fun shooting for the “Trying VR for the first finds didn’t felt the need. In terms film. It was completely time on a holiday was of our approach towards shot TO SHOOT THE filmed in Hyderabad and quite disorienting. NAGARAJ making and scene composi- Tenali in 37 days,” he states. Bumping into walls n tion, the film was made for FILM ON ROADS TO The director initially want- people around made GOUD web medium. Plus, I believe KEEP IT AS REAL ed much-in demand Gary to me feel how technolo- the web gives you a lot of scissor the film but as he was gy can take us over n freedom narrative-wise. You AS POSSIBLE BUT busy with other commit- make us run into a don’t have to sell your con- WITH NAVEEN’S ments, Kshanam director wall, literally! And tent, being the principal one. Ravikanth Perepu stepped in. losing the level in Our film is a slice-of-life ENTRY, HE FELT HIS “When we showed the the end didn’t really drama which narrates the PLANS NEEDED A footage to Ravikanth, he redeem technology story of titular characters, liked it and agreed to edit it. for me,” she wrote. both of who are in their 30s MAJOR OVERHAUL I never thought he would Along with it, but still single for different want to do it but he did. He Taapsee shared a pic- reasons. They work in a BPO knows every aspect of film- ture that shows her in Hyderabad. It’s a simple would enact the part. making and gave me the best wearing a VR love story and the viewers “Discussions cut headset. will get to see a dash of old- about the story and his possible with the avail- school romance. The film is role followed for the next able resources,” the an attempt to put a smile on two-three days and I even director informs, fur- viewers faces for its running asked him one day, why is ther revealing that he time of 1 hour 40 minutes,” he doing it? He replied, say- and Perepu are work- he reasons, adding, “There ing that he wanted to take ing on a script right was a proposal from Sharrath home something as an actor now. “It’s a drama. sir to release it in a couple of and role was an opportunity He is penning the multiplexes, but I politely for him. I felt motivated by screenplay, while I opposed it.” his joining. I had a different will direct. We are Born and brought up in version of Ramakrishna by in the first draft Hyderabad, Srikanth worked then but I tweaked it to a right now.”

Ram continues to lord Hindi dubbing market ore than nine months after its theatrical release, iSmart Shankar is continuing to fetch actor Ram laurels. The Hindi dubbed ver- sion of the Puri Jagannadh directorial has M hit 100 plus million views recently. The actor’s earlier three films Nenu Sailaja, Vunnadi Okate Zindagi and Hello Guru Premakosame (all dubbed) crossed more than 100 million views in the Hindi market on YouTub e. With iSmart’s latest feat, the actor achieved a rare distinction of being the first South star to have four consecutive movies with 100 plus million views and 1 million plus likes. The actor is presently awaiting the release of action-thriller Red, which is a remake of Tamil hit Thadam. Produced by Sravanthi Movies and directed by Kishore Tirumala, the film was supposed to release earlier this April but it has been post- poned indefi- nitely in the wake of Natti’s son turns script novel coron- avirus out- break. writer for his acting debut ranthi, con- Academy. I even trained troversial pro- THE FILM TELLS under Vizag Satyanand ducer Natti in acting. This is my first K Kumar’s son, THE PROBLEMS film as a hero and I hope is debuting as A MIDDLE-CLASS the audience will bless a leading man me,” the actor, who has with the film Surya. YOUTH written the film’s story Natti’s daughter Karuna ENCOUNTERS and screenplay, said. is producing the venture, Karuna, who has a a love story, which marks AFTER HE FALLS psychology degree from the directorial debut of IN LOVE Gitam University, said Uma Maheshwara Rao. the film tells the prob- Kranthi says that child. “It is the reason lems a middle-class while his dad has been why I balanced studies youth encounters after a producer for long, he and worked as an associ- he falls in love. Prior to developed interest to ate director. Afterwards, the announcement of the pursue a career in the I learnt acting and direc- lockdown, a portion of industry when he was a tion from Newyork Film the film was shot. ‘CINEMA HALLS MAY REMAIN SHUT FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS’ ormer Telangana in the air. Like malls, function the shootings will not begin. my theatres. I can maintain were slotted for summer. Rao Film Development halls and restaurants, cinema “My guess is that films will be my halls for another six mentions that producers are Corporation halls will take time to recover. back on sets in six months months if the current situa- not willing to part their big Chairman and My joint production Love from now. Patch work can tion continues. Theatre man- films for such platforms as it’s F producer P Story has more 15 days to go be shot with a limited agement can bear Rs 10 lakh not a viable revenue proposi- Rammohan Rao to complete its shooting crew but as long as the running expenses for a year. tion for them. believes that unlike other part. We planned to release fear prohibits people But we want electricity “Cinema business is differ- industries, film industry will it for summer but the cir- from visiting cinema charges to be bracketed under ent to that of OTT business. take more time to pull cumstances have changed halls, I see shootings not industrial category than that Unless it’s an emergency for through from Covid-19 scare. overnight. We have to wait commencing,” he adds. of commercial category. We some producers, 90 per cent “My estimate is that cinema until people are convinced The producer, who even want exemption from films will not favour a direct halls will remain shut until of visiting cinema halls,” the owns some cinema halls minimum charges. Such mea- OTT release. 20 films are January next year. Theatres producer says. in Telangana, is expecting sures will help us,” he states. ready in the market but will attract footfalls only He foresees that as long as some incentives from the With theatres shut, there is financial issues are a part of when the situation comes to a the atmosphere is conducive government in this hour of a demand from OTT plat- every business in these times,” stage where there is no panic for 100 people to be on sets, crisis. “I’m not getting rent for forms to acquire films that he notes. — NG HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | MAY 2, 2020 sport 12 PANDYA NO PATCH ON KAPIL: RAZZAQ Oz knock off India from top spot PNS n NEW DELHI rankings were launched in 2003. PTI n NEW DELHI The closest for the top three teams was in ndia lost the top spot in the ICC Test rankings January 2016, when India had led Australia and ormer Pakistan all-rounder Ito Australia on Friday, dropping to third after South Africa by a single point. Abdul Razzaq says Hardik their stupendous 2016-17 record was eliminated South Africa have suffered the biggest rating FPandya is nowhere near the from the annual update as per rules. fall of eight points, which sees them drop below league of Kapil Dev and needs India yielded the top spot in Test rankings for Sri Lanka into sixth place. to work harder to become a the first time since October 2016 but continue to They had won three series in the period world-class cricketer. lead the ICC World Test Championship, a league culled, while lost eight of their nine Tests since Razzaq also clarified that his comprising six series played by each of the top nine February 2019, playing against Sri Lanka, India “baby bowler” comment against sides. and England. lead India pacer Jasprit Bumrah India dropped in the ladder largely because In the ODI team rankings, reigning world was misconstrued. the record of 12 Tests victories and just one Test champions England (127) have increased their lead One of the most prolific all- defeat in 2016-17 was removed in the latest chart, over India from six to eight points. rounders to have come out of the ICC said in a statement. New Zealand remain in third place, three Pakistan, the 40-year-old also Virat Kohli’s men had won all five series dur- points behind India. The top ten rankings remain said India will continue to enjoy ing that period including against Australia and unchanged. an unbeaten record against his England. On the other hand, Australia had lost In contrast, the updated T20I team Rankings team at the World Cup, as to South Africa as well as to India in the same peri- see plenty of changes. Australia (278) top the list Indians handle the pressure of od. for the first time since the T20I rankings were the big game much better. The latest update rates all the match- introduced in 2011. Talking about Pandya, who es played since May 2019 at 100 Pakistan, who had overtaken New Zealand has been battling fitness issues per cent and those of the pre- to reach top position in January 2018 and then of late, Razzaq feels the 26-year- vious two years at 50 per cent. spent 27 months there, are now fourth with old doesn’t seem to be working Australia not only moved to 260 points. hard enough. the top of the Test rankings England have moved into second position “Pandya is a good player but but also grabbed the No 1 spot with 268 points while India are up one place he can be a much better all- in the T20I list for the first time to third, just two points rounder. It is all about hard while England continued to lead behind. work. When you don’t give the men’s ODI rankings after the Afghanistan are enough time to game, it drifts annual update, which eliminates down from seventh to away from you,” Razzaq said. results from 2016-17. 10th while Bulgaria “He has to prepare better Australia now have 116 are the biggest gain- mentally as well as physically. As Hardik Pandya receives his maiden ODI cap from former Indian captain Kapil Dev Hardik Pandya/Twitter points and are followed by ers, up 12 places to you have seen, he has been get- New Zealand (115) and India 51st in the 84-country ting injured a lot of late (under- “Kapil paaji and Imran bhai comments were misconstrued. into any team. May be too league stage and India are (114). list of teams that went back surgery last year). were in a different league,” said “He is heading towards much T20 cricket is responsible favourites. Our players are not With only two points played the requisite When you earn a lot of money, Razzaq, who played 46 Tests, 265 becoming a world-class bowler. for this decline,” he said. able to absorb the pressure that separating them, this is six matches in the you tend to relax. For every play- ODIs and 32 T20Is. But in our times, the bowlers Pakistan were the stronger comes with this game. the second closest the past three years. er it is the same. Mohammad Razzaq had courted contro- were of much higher calibre. Not team in the 90s but India have “We used to win a lot top three teams have Amir did not work hard enough versy last year by calling Bumrah many can dispute that.” enjoyed an upper hand over the against India in Sharjah, beat been since the Test and his performance dipped.” a “baby bowler” in comparison The standard of cricket has arch-rivals in the last decade. them in Canada twice. I remem- Pandya, who made his India to the fast bowlers of his times. gone down, according to India have also extended their ber the 1999 World Cup, people debut in 2016, has drawn com- The Indian pacer has gone on to Razzaq. unbeaten World Cup record and media put pressure on the parisons with the great Kapil, but become one of the world’s lead- “You don’t feel the same against Pakistan to 7-0. players before the game and we Razzaq said it is way too prema- ing bowlers across formats after pressure facing the current crop “India will continue to wilted. It has stayed like that Beating India at home ture. making his debut in 2016. of pacers. Overall, there is a bad maintain that record,” said unfortunately. “Kapil Dev and Imran Khan “I do not have anything per- patch in world cricket. We are Razzaq, who played in three “The pressure builds on the are the best all-rounders of all sonal against Bumrah. I was not producing world class play- Indo-Pak World Cup games players though it is like any other time. Hardik is nowhere near simply comparing him with the ers the way we used to 10-15 (1999, 2003, 2011). match. The players are not con- dream goal: Langer that league. Even I was an all- likes of Glenn McGrath, Wasim years ago. “It is rare that India and fident about beating India in rounder but it doesn’t mean that Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Shoaib “You had Tendulkar, Zaheer, Pakistan play each other in World Cup,” he said, adding MELBOURNE: Reclaiming the top “You can only judge yourself I would compare myself with Akhtar. It would have been Sehwag, Ganguly in the same knock-out matches of ICC Pakistan had the best chance of spot in Test cricket has brought as being the best if you beat the Imran bhai. much tougher to face them. My team. They would have walked events. They most play in the beating India in the 2011 edition. smiles back on their faces but best and we’ve got some really Australia coach Justin Langer tough opposition to come,” says beating India in their own Langer put his priorities in den remains the ultimate test place. Bale would be Taylor wins Kiwi Aussies put corona and their numero uno status will The team he insists needs to be put to test when they clash get better as now others will interested curb on ball with the Virat Kohli-led team. come gunning for them. cricket’s top gong After a tumultuous transi- “Getting to No 1 is a great PTI n NEW DELHI infection with reports suggest- tion phase post the ball-tamper- thing, but when you’re No 1, playing is MLS PTI n WELLINGTON ing that the ICC is considering ing scandal, Australia on Friday you’re always the hunted,” ustralia will not allow the the possibility of allowing the displaced India as number one have we performed well on the Langer said. “We’ve been the AFP n MADRID eteran batsman Ross Taylor Ause of saliva or sweat to use of artificial substances to side in Test format but Langer is field, but also off the field,” hunters for a while, now we’re Vbagged the prestigious New shine the ball once cricket polish the red ball under the aware that it does not take long Langer added. the hunted and we need to get areth Bale has said he would Zealand Cricketer of the Year training resumes in the post supervision of umpires. for situation to change. The former left-handed better and better.” Gbe interested in playing in award on Friday, winning the Sir Covid-19 world, says a frame- According to ESPNcricinfo, “We recognise how fluid opener underlined what he felt Langer also hoped that Major League Soccer in America Richard Hadlee Medal for the work released by the federal Australian Institute of Sport these rankings are, but at this will be the ultimate test of char- white ball team under Aaron if he leaves Real Madrid. third time for excelling across Government regarding the (AIS) in consultation with time it was certainly nice to put acter. Finch will win the World Cup. Bale has not been a regular formats. staged return of sports amid the medical experts, sporting bod- a smile on our faces,” Langer told “Certainly a goal for us has “I know how hard it is to in Zinedine Zidane’s team this In what has been a season of pandemic. ies and federal and state Cricket Australia website. been the World Test C’ship ... But win World Cups ... Everything season and the 30-year-old milestones, Taylor leapfrogged There is speculation that Governments, has come up “We’ve got lots of work to do ultimately, we have to beat India has to go right. One day, I’d love almost departed last summer, Stephen Fleming as New use of saliva to shine the ball with guidelines, restricting the to get to be the team that we in India and we’ve got to beat to see Aaron Finch with all his before a move to Chinese club Zealand’s leading run-scorer in will be stopped to cut down the use of saliva and sweat to shine want to be, but hopefully over them when they come back (to mates lift that T20 World Cup Jiangsu Suning fell through. Test matches and became the risk of the highly contagious the ball. the last couple of years not only Australia). above his head.” PTI Any MLS club keen to sign first cricketer from any country Ross Taylor poses with medal Bale would likely have to over- to play 100 International match- come the huge financial impli- es in all three formats. achievement. cations of a deal. Bale’s Madrid He scored 1389 runs in the “I’ve followed your career BWF gives Oly July contract ends in 2022 and earns last season in all formats and was since 2006 as I was part of the Sanga urges Eng, Oz to tour Pak him close to 30 million euros an integral member of the New selection panel when you played ($33 million) a year before tax. Zealand team which reached the your first ODI and then Test a precursor to that.” “I really like the league,” said World Cup final in July. match,” Hadlee told Taylor via The MCC had won a 20- 2021, settles for Nov Bale, speaking to the Hat-Trick “It’s been full of ups and video link. over match against Lahore podcast presented by the ICC, in downs. A World Cup final, los- “I’ve watched your progress Qalandars before losing by five PTI n NEW DELHI be the first time that the presti- an episode released on Thursday. ing that final. The Boxing Day over the past 14 years and I just wickets to the Pakistan Shaheens gious event will be conducted in “I think it’s grown so much Test which was such a proud want to congratulate you on all in a 50-over fixture two days he badminton world cham- the Olympic year. over the years. When we moment to be part of and to your performances and records later. Tpionship slated for August The decision to postpone come over and play have so many Kiwis there sup- to date. England last played a Test next year in Spain will now take the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and them in pre-season, porting us was something I’ll “You’ve been a wonderful series in Pakistan in 2005 and place from November 29 to Paralympic Games to 23 July to the games are difficult, never forget,” Taylor told performer, you’ve got a fantas- since then Pakistan have played December 5, the sport’s apex 8 August and 24 August until 5 the standard is reporters as the three-day virtu- tic record and on behalf of New their home series at neutral body said on Friday, postponing September 2021 only confirmed getting a lot bet- al awards ceremony concluded. Zealand Cricket I’d just like to venues against prominent teams. its showpiece to avoid a clash this move, the BWF said. ter. The clubs “The biggest thing, I think, say thanks very much for your Sangakkara said a full- with the Olympics. The decision means reign- are improving, is the hunger and the mental contribution, not only to New LONDON: MCC President Kumar legend had travelled to Lahore fledged tour was not possible at “The Badminton World ing champion P V Sindhu will the facilities are motivation to keep getting bet- Zealand cricket, but to world Sangakkara has advocated a for Marleybone Cricket Club’s this stage. Federation (BWF) and Spanish get a chance to defend her title improving, the ter, if that’s still there then age is cricket.” revival of international cricket in Pakistan tour for a documentary “I don’t think you are ever Badminton Federation (FESBA) when the tournament is held at stadiums are just a number,” the 36-year-old Pacer Tim Southee on Pakistan, calling on powerhous- called MCC: On tour in Lahore. going to see in the near future a can confirm the BWF World the Carolina Marin Stadium, the improving. added. Friday followed his best bowler es like England and Australia to “It doesn’t matter an Asian five-Test match series coupled Championships traditionally arena named after the three-time “I think it’s a Taylor also said he would award with the Test Player of the take the leading role in this side going there or a secondary with a one-day series played scheduled for August 2021 will world champion in her native league that’s on remain with the Black Caps as Year recognition. endeavour. side in terms of world promi- back-to-back. now take place at the end of 2021 city of Huelva in Spain. the up and still long as he felt he deserved his Southee scalped 25 wickets Sangakkara was part of the nence when it comes to having “I think it will be more a from Monday 29 November to FESBA president David rising. spot and was contributing to the at an average of 16.4 in the four Sri Lankan team, which was security measures in place,” case of you play two Test match- Sunday 5 December,” the BWF Cabello said: "We hope the I think a lot team. Test matches that New Zealand attacked by terrorists in 2009 Sangakkara told The Cricket es, you take a break, you go back said in a statement. World Championships in more players “I’ll see if I can get to (age) won during the awards period. near the Gaddafi Stadium in Show on Sky Sports Cricket. and play three one-dayers,” he The world championship Huelva will be a special occasion want to come 38 or 39, which will be the next “To perform in the format Lahore, but he says returning to “I think it’s important that said. has traditionally been an annu- for badminton in Spain and the over to America World Cup, and we’ll see from is very pleasing and the stats are Pakistan and playing cricket for England or Australia, even South “A strong Pakistan side play- al event, which is however not world. “We are satisfied that now and play. I there,” he said. nice, but at the end of the day the MCC, which is the custodi- Africa, make up their minds to ing in front of their home held in an Olympic year. But, moving the championships to would defi- Hadlee, regarded New there’s a lot of work from your an of cricket laws, was a good actually tour when security is crowds is one of the best things with the 2020 Tokyo Games the end of the year will allow us nitely be inter- Zealand’s greatest cricketer, teammates that go into those decision earlier this year. assured and they have those dis- that can happen to world crick- postponed to next year owing to to deliver the best tournament ested in it.” congratulated Taylor on the numbers,” said Southee. In February, the Sri Lankan cussions; the MCC tour will be et,” he added. PTI the Covid-19 pandemic, it will possible.” PL re-states commitment to finish season F1 looks for isolation to launch new season AFP n LONDON welcomed the Government’s AFP n VIENNA around it,” he added. “For support.” Serie A clubs unanimous in instance, there will be no remier League clubs on The British Government is ormula One managing direc- motorhomes, but there will be PFriday reconfirmed their due to review a nationwide Ftor Ross Brawn said the full catering facility laid on that commitment to finish the lockdown on May 7 and Prime desire to complete season Austrian Grand Prix’s remote the circuit has. 2019/20 season subject to coro- Minister Boris Johnson openness to a dialogue with the location makes it a logical choice “We can contain everyone navirus restrictions being lifted promised on Thursday to pro- MILAN: Italy’s Serie A clubs on Government from a construc- as the opening race of a season within that environment and in Britain despite fears expressed vide a “roadmap” towards eas- Friday reiterated their unani- tive and collaborative perspec- heavily interrupted by the coro- therefore once we are there it is by players. ing restrictions. mous desire to complete the tive, obtaining on this position navirus pandemic. appealing to have another race The English top flight faces Liverpool are on the brink football season interrupted the full agreement of all the Organisers are aiming to the following week.” an eye-watering estimated loss of their first league title for 30 amid the coronavirus crisis. clubs”. The top flight clubs start the championship, which The Austrian Grand Prix of around £1 billion ($1.25 bil- years with a 25-point lead at the The emergency Lega Serie have repeatedly insisted that was put on hold in March hours will only be given the green light lion) if no more football is resuming the season at a meet- top of the table. A assembly via video of the 20 they want to finish the 2019-20 before the scheduled season- on the condition it is raced played due to the global pan- ing on Friday. However the Premier top flight clubs came after campaign which has been sus- opener in Australia, with consec- behind closed doors, the coun- demic. “The league and clubs are League is keen to avoid poten- Sports Minister Vincenzo pended since March 9 amid the utive races at the Red Bull Ring try’s health minister told organ- Playing the 92 remaining considering the first tentative tial legal challenges over the Spadafora this week said the health crisis. in Spielberg on July 5 and 12. isers on Wednesday. games behind closed doors moves forward and will only awarding of much more tightly chances of restarting were Clubs would like to resume “One of the logistical chal- “Unfortunately it will be would mitigate that loss, avoid- return to training and playing contested European places, rel- “increasingly narrow”. training on May 18 at the lat- lenges is getting everyone test- to find the right sort of races without fans, which is a great ing the need to repay hundreds with Government guidance, egation and promotion if the Lega Serie A president est and start playing again in the ed and cleared to enter the rac- early on where we can control shame, but we still feel we can of millions to broadcasters. under expert medical advice and season cannot be completed. Paolo Dal Pino stated “his weekend of June 13-14. AFP ing environment,” Brawn told the environment well enough to take the race out to all the fans But the Premier League after consultation with players Key to any restarting of the F1 Nation podcast. ensure the safety of everyone. and watchers on TV and other faces huge logistical difficulties and managers,” the Premier matches in the Premier League ber of sports on Friday. the basis of expert medical “Once we do that, it’s very “Austria fits that bill very means,” said Brawn. in its attempts to return to League said in a statement. is Government support. Oliver “We just kicked off first of advice,” Dowden tweeted. attractive to keep everyone in well. It has a local airport right Organisers also announced action, with Britain one of the “The clubs reconfirmed Dowden, the Secretary of State many detailed meetings to plan However, players are ques- that environment, within that next to the circuit, where peo- on Friday the Hungarian Grand countries worst-hit by Covid-19. their commitment to finishing for Digital, Culture, Media and for a safe return of elite sport tioning whether they are being biosphere that we want to cre- ple can charter planes into. It’s Prix on August 2 will be staged The league and clubs dis- the 2019/20 season, maintaining Sport, struck a positive tone after behind closed doors when, and rushed back into action to save ate, for another race. not too close to a metropolis.” without fans in response to the cussed possible steps towards integrity of the competition and a meeting with leaders of a num- only when, it is safe to do so on the clubs money. “It’s also pretty challenging “It has a great infrastructure health crisis.