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WEATHER Max: 32OC Min: 15OC `1,000 cr CM boost for Dalits PM defends farm RH: 65% Rainfall: Nil Funds to be allocated in Telangana’s state budget for 2021-22 Forecast: Mist or fog in the morning. Max/Min DC CORRESPONDENT ness of Nalgonda district, temp. 31/16 ºC HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Rao said if his government laws, slams Oppn CM lays foundation takes up projects, the Chief Minister K. Chandr- Opposition parties level ashekar Rao on Wedn- allegations that there are Angry Opposition walks out after Modi remark COVID-19 esday announced the lau- kickbacks. nch of the CM Dalit for irrigation projects He sought to know DC CORRESPONDENT C UNT Empowerment Scheme for whether the Nagarjuna NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 4-HOUR RAIL ROKO CASES DEATHS the upliftment and devel- DC CORRESPONDENT These included repair Sagar project, which was opment of Dalits. HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 works for water supply constructed during the Prime Minister Narendra ON FEBRUARY 18 (+12,201) (+95) Mr Rao, while address- via Nellikal lift irrigation Congress regime, was Modi’s response to the ing a public meeting at Chief Minister K. through distributaries taken up for kickbacks. motion of thanks on the Halia, said that `1,000 cro- Chandrashekar Rao on 8 and 9 from the LLC Rao also announced a President’s address in the BY FARM UNIONS 1,08,70,501 1,55,375 re would be sanctioned for Wednesday laid the foun- pump house to HLC dis- monetary aid of `186 crore Lok Sabha Wednesday SANJAY KAW | DC STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS this scheme in the upcom- dation for a set of lift irri- tributor. to strengthen municipali- was overtaken midway by NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 ing state budget 2021-22. gation schemes at Nellikal ties and local bodies in the angry Opposition protests (+157) (+1) “It is an irony that Dalits in Nagarjunasagar assem- ■ Page 4: CM studies maps erstwhile Nalgonda dis- as he referred to the farm Narendra Modi Days after ‘Chakka Jam’, continue to lag behind in bly constituency. related to projects trict. laws. The Congress, after the protesting farmers’ TS: 2,95,988 1,613 all sectors, even after the He also announced that a huge altercation, walked mum support prices unions on Wednesday country attained Indepe- the state government out shortly after he said (MSP) been stopped.” announced a four-hour (+50) (+1) ndence more than seven decided to launch a new fits of the scheme reach would soon invite applica- the slogan-shouting “was Modi again used the nationwide ‘rail roko’ decades ago. Any country scheme in the upcoming every Dalit across the tions for new Aasara pen- a planned strategy to “andolanjeevi” jibe to tar- (railway blockade) on AP: 8,88,605 7,161 or society progresses only budget. This scheme will state. We will sanction sions as well as new ration drown out reason and hide get protesting farmers, February 18 to intensify if all sections progress. be named after the Chief `1,000 crore for this cards across the state. the truth”. which he had used in his their agitation against the CASES AROUND THE WORLD The development should Minister. I will personally scheme,” he said. The protests started as speech in the Rajya Sabha three farm laws. be inclusive. To empower monitor its implementa- Blaming the Congress ■ Page 5: `20 lakh for 844 Modi, after speaking on earlier. There were strong The unions also decided Dalits in Telangana, I have tion and ensure the bene- party for the backward- gram panchayats Covid-19, switched to the words for the Congress, to make a toll free move- 10,76,17,237 farm laws, saying: “This which the BJP has repeat- ment of vehicles on high- DEATHS government and edly accused of instigating ways in Rajasthan from Parliament respects farm- the farmers. The PM said Friday. Samyukta Kisan 23,57,328 NO WATER WOES MPs TO KEEP OFF ers and will always contin- the Congress was a “divid- Morcha (SKM) leader ue to respect them.” ed and confused” party, COUNTRIES, National politics Darshan Pal said a series AREAS WITH The Opposition, which saying it was adopting dif- of events were planned to CASES 219 FOR FARMERS IN GHMC MAYORAL has shredded him over the ferent positions on vari- intensify the agitation worldometers.info/ past two days for com- ous issues in the Lok which was going on for coronavirus TS, SAYS HARISH ELECTIONS ments like “andolan jeevi” Sabha and Rajya Sabha as over two months at Delhi for KCR after and “parjeevi” (parasites) it had no clear-cut stand. borders. DURGAM SRINIVAS | DC MADDY DEEKSHIT I DC made during his last He said: “Such a confused The SKM is an umbrella COUNTER POINT HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 address, broke out in party cannot help the organisation of 41 farm- protests. As Speaker Om country or anyone else. ers’ unions which has Finance minister T. polls to 3 states Several Members of Birla repeatedly asked the You want to shout inside been negotiating with the Harish Rao said on Parliament (MPs) have members to calm down, Parliament, just as you do Centre over the new laws. Wednesday that water L. VENKAT RAM and May that Rao is keen- decided to stay away Modi said: “The farm laws outside, then please go Just a month ago, farm- flowed without a hitch REDDY | DC ly watching. from the Greater Hyd- will not bring down any ahead, but hiding behind ers had stopped toll col- for agriculture after the HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 These three states are erabad Municipal Corp- farmers. No mandi has lies will never get you any- lection at Hanumangarh, TRS government came to bigger and politically oration’s Mayoral voting been shut nor have mini- where.” Ganganagar and Bikaner. power. “Previously, even After his attempts to more significant for in order to reserve their power bills for water plunge into national poli- regional parties, while the vote in any unforeseen were being forcibly col- tics after March 2018 national parties — the situation in the vital lected from farmers by failed to materialise due BJP and the Congress — Warangal and Kham- the TD government to unfavourable political are playing relatively sec- mam municipal polls, under N. Chandrababu circumstances, TRS presi- ond fiddle, except for the which would be held HC allows male nurses to Naidu but no regular dent and Telangana Chief BJP which fancies its very soon. electricity was provided. Minister K. Chandra- chances in Bengal against Technically, the ruling Even the Congress said it sekhar Rao has decided Mamata Banerjee. TRS has no major gave free electricity, but to wait till the first The Election Comm- numerical obstacle in apply for Singareni posts there was no supply,” the week of May before decid- ission is likely to release the mayoral election. minister said. ing his next course of the schedule for assembly However, parties are DC CORRESPONDENT response to a writ petition Rules, 1996, and exclude Harish Rao pointed out action. polls in these five states keenly watching the HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 alleging discrimination anyone in the filling of that when K. Rosaiah The reasons being cited by this month-end and movements of newly based on gender in posts. INSIDE and N. Kiran Kumar by official sources in TRS results are expected to be elected corporators, Discrimination towards recruitments by the Singa- Unless and until a policy Reddy were chief minis- for this wait are upcom- announced by April-end. despite issuing a whip. male candidates by way of reni Collieries Company decision is taken to ■ CITY... PAGE 4 ters, electricity was sup- ing Assembly polls in Based on the outcome, The strange rule is restraining them from Ltd. reserve the posts exclu- plied in the middle of the West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Rao wants to take a deci- while voting in these applying for nurse posts is Justice Ponugoti sively for some category, Court gives reprieve to night to for agriculture and Kerala. sion on whether or not to elections is that if any unacceptable under the Naveen Rao said govern- the recruiter cannot move Raja Singh which led to several of Though Assembly polls plunge into national poli- corporator violates the law and this amounts to a ment recruiting agencies forward on the basis of the farmers dying due to are due in five states, also tics, around the first week whip issued by her or his violation of the Articles 14 cannot take shelter under existing rules, the court ■ NATION... PAGE 8 electrocution at night. including Assam and of May. party, the vote is valid. and 21 of the Constitution, Rule 22 and 22-A (Special stated. China, India to pull out Puducherry, it is the the Telangana High Court Reservations) of the troops simultaneously ■ Page 5: Farmers not results of Bengal, Tamil ■ Page 5: Foundation for ■ Page 5: Corporators has ruled. Telangana State and ■ Page 5: Singareni told to paid, says Harish Nadu and Kerala in April Delhi office after May 4 must explain whip violation The ruling was made in Subordinate Service accept applications Twitter refuses to shut accounts New Delhi, Feb. 10: In a blog post, Twitter Twitter said on Wedn- said it did “not believe esday it had blocked some that the actions we have accounts in India over been directed to take are comments on farmers’ consistent with Indian protests in New Delhi, but law”. “In keeping with the social media giant our principles of defend- refused to shut down oth- ing protected speech and ers despite the threat of freedom of expression, we criminal action by the have not taken any action government. on accounts that consist Officials last week of news media entities, demanded that Twitter journalists, activists, and block hundreds of users politicians,” the firm that have tweeted on said. “To do so, we demonstrations against believe, would violate proposed new agriculture their fundamental right laws, saying they were a to free expression under “grave threat to public Indian law.” But the firm order”. nevertheless said several Twitter initially com- accounts had already plied by blocking a num- been “permanently sus- ber of accounts — includ- pended”, while some oth- ing those of a prominent ers had been blocked but news magazine and only “within India”. farmer groups — but The Electronics and IT unblocked them several ministry tweeted later it hours later, prompting would respond “soon”, threats of “penal action” calling Twitter’s blog post from the government. “unusual”. — AFP PETROL, DIESEL PRICES AT FRESH HIGHS New Delhi, Feb. 10: fuel retailers. The Petrol and diesel prices increase took petrol price on Wednesday scaled new to an all-time high of highs in the country as `87.60 a litre in Delhi and rates were hiked for the to `94.12 in Mumbai. second day in a row. Diesel rates rose to `77.73 Petrol price was hiked per litre in Delhi and to by 30 paise per litre and `84.63 in Mumbai. Oil diesel by 25 paise a litre, minister Dharmendra according to a price noti- Pradhan ruled out any cut fication of state-owned in excise duty. —PTI CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 2 IMA: Mixopathy will lead to dangerous repercussions DC CORRESPONDENT Q Why is IMA protesting understood by doctors of camps are held regularly HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 against mixopathy? modern medicine as it is in rural and semi-rural D CTOR It must be understood part of their stream. belts. People are coming Senior doctors across that there are different AYUSH doctors will not be forward for treatment and Telangana along with med- SPEAK medical streams like mod- able to understand as their that is a significant socie- ical students and resident ern, ayurveda, unani, sid- teaching does not relate to tal change. doctors are participating dha and homeopathy. Each this aspect. Why should In this backdrop, mixing in a relay hunger strike stream has its own distinct modern medicine practi- all streams is not right. that began on February 1. method of teaching and tioners take a risk with AYUSH doctors want to Called by Indian Medical practice. Each has been in AYUSH doctors? It is not practice their medicine Association (IMA), the stir vogue for several decades justified. and they must be given is against mixing together and they have their own incentives for the same. modern medicine and pool of patients. The gov- Q Although, doctors have They have never said that AYUSH. Expressing soli- ernment notification to been continuously they want to practice mod- darity, doctors from all allow teaching surgery to protesting, people are ern medicine. over the state are con- AYUSH doctors is difficult clueless and in a state of demning the government to fathom. A modern medi- confusion. What is your Q Has there been any efforts to mix different cine surgeon studies take? response from the Centre medical streams. MBBS for five years and Yes there will be more following the nationwide Undeterred that there spends another three years confusion when mixopathy strike? has been no response from Dr P.R. Saikumar on super-specialty. Why is put into practice. If that There has not been any the Union Government, ENT surgeon must a doctor of another happens, chances of uned- response from the govern- IMA members are in no Past president of ENT discipline be trained in ucated people going to the ment till now. There is a mood to relent. On the con- Association surgery and that too with- wrong doctors are high. public interest litigation trary, they will keep edu- in six months? It is not Such a problem was pending in the Delhi High cating people about the Association, shares fair. noticed two decades back, Court and IMA is awaiting perils of ‘mixopathy’. insights and talks about when there were no its verdict. Till such time, ENT surgeon Dr P.R. the problems arising Q Do you foresee medical doctors in districts and we will continue our Saikumar with a 35-year because of mixopathy, dur- mistakes and complica- interiors. protests and engage people standing in IMA, and past ing an interaction with tions? Today, we have super-spe- against mixing diverse president of ENT Deccan Chronicle. The use of anesthesia is cialty doctors and medical medical streams. DIALYSIS PATIENTS SEEK `10,000 AID EVERY MONTH DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, FEB. 10

More than 20,000 dialy- sis patients under the Aarogyasri scheme want assistance of `10,000 every month from the state govern- ment. This is a long- pending demand and they have approached the health ministry as well as the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) as they are not able to bear expenses on trans- port and medicines. Ch. Mohan, president of Telangana Kidney Patients Welfare Residents of the L&T Serene County in Gachibowli hold dharna on Wednesday. Association, said, “The Andhra Pradesh govern- ment is giving Rs 10,000 to kidney patients. We want a similar arrange- Loud noise at Celkon’s worksite day and ment here. It is a long- pending demand and we have been asking them as we do not have proper night shatters serenity in L&T County jobs and the recurring expenses are high.” HARLEEN MINOCHA | DC past about two weeks. While the government HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 They said they made sever- has given them free bus al phone calls to the passes many complain Over 800 residents of the Raidurgam Police Station that it does not help as L&T Serene County in seeking police help. buses ply only from one Gachibowli have lost sleep, “The latest calls we made point to another. peace, and precious work to police were about two Patients are in the hours due to the non-stop days ago, at night, when nine-70 years age-group. bouldering and excavation the noise got too loud for activities of the Celkon us to bear with. The cops company on the nearby visited the site, but the land during day and night. problem was not solved. COVID CASES ON The work on setting up of Earlier the work used to Celkon director start around 10pm. These Gurumurthy's R&D office days, they wait until 1am THE DECLINE IN is ongoing since October of so that calls to the police 2019. At first, it was a might not be made,” said TELANGANA smooth affair, but eventu- resident Vasanth. ally the workers started “These people should be DC CORRESPONDENT loading and unloading con- penalised for carrying out HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 struction materials from the work at night close to 10:30pm to about 6 in the residential areas. We have Around 157 new cases of morning. The site of bouldering and excavation activities of the written to the GHMC zonal Covid 19 and one death The residents raised sev- Celkon company. commissioner, but saw no have been reported in eral complaints with the action,” said another resi- the state. The number of Raidurgam police and “It is not like we are cre- works at night. dent. active cases is declining even wrote to the GHMC, ating hindrance in their Celkon MD Gurumurthy Satish Manne, the AIPC and stands at 1,797 cases. seeking a halt to the works work. We told them they rejected the argument of social media convener, The number of tests during night time so that can carry out the work at the residents and said the made several representa- carried out is 29,666. The their sleep would not be night too but to a maxi- company had stopped tions to GHMC officials. "I daily tests count is disturbed. “We even went mum of 10pm or midnight, work at night for two suspect some illegal work reducing as the cases are to the site and requested but they would not listen,” months. “We cannot stop is going on. People are suf- less. In the Greater the supervisor to aovid added Shashi. work during the day if fering. So many of these Hyderabad Municipal loud noise at night. We The residents, along with that’s what they mean. residents working as IT Corporation (GHMC) were already hit by the some members of the All They requested us to stop professionals have devel- limits, new cases are at Covid-19 restrictions. For a India Professional it through the nights, and oped severe ailments due 27, while Medchal short while, they heeded Congress, are on a peaceful which we did so,” he said. to lack of sleep," said Malkajgiri recorded 11 our request, but then con- sit-in dharna for the last 56 Residents meanwhile Manne. Efforts by Deccan and Ranga Reddy 10. tinued with the distur- days and raising the issue provided proof that the Chronicle to elicit a com- The overall cases in the bances,” said Shashi via social media to force work was indeed ongoing ment from the GHMC did state are 2,95,988 and the Gupta, a resident. the company stop the late at night too for the not succeed. death toll is 1,613. ADVERSE | EFFECT Anganwadi teacher, sanitation worker victims 14,457 EMERGENCY EMPLOYEES TAKE 1 each in TS, AP die after jab COVID-19 VACCINE DC CORRESPONDENTS ascertain the exact cause ● KRISHNAIAH’S FAMILY His condition was moni- DC CORRESPONDENT KHAMMAM, TIRUPATI, of his death, the report said they suspected the tored for half an hour at HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 FEB. 10 said. vaccination was the rea- the booth. There were no The 27-year-old Padam son for his sudden death. sign of any adverse side- On the third day of the Two persons – one each Chinni was administered effect,” DM&HO Dr M. Covid-19 vaccination from AP and Telangana — the vaccine on January 21. Health department offi- Penchalaiah told Deccan drive for emergency died of suspected health She developed health prob- cials said it was also likely Chronicle. employees, 14,457 benefi- complications after they lems on Tuesday and was he died of a normal heart “He had a history of car- ciaries received the shot went in for the Covid-19 rushed to a hospital in attack. diac problems. However, as against the targeted vaccination, reports said Khammam but could not we will conduct an autopsy numbers were 41,850 on Wednesday. recover. Chinni’s husband stroke and fainted at home. to ascertain the cause of highlighting the reluc- A report from Padam Srinivas said she He was taken to the SVR the death. A group of spe- tance by many to take Kothagudem said angan- developed fever and start- Ruia government general cialist doctors would meet the jab. wadi teacher Padam ed vomiting three days hospital in Tirupati, but on Thursday to discuss While senior IPS offi- Chinni from Nandipadu ago. did not survive.” such eventualities follow- cials got the vaccination, village under Aswaraopet Aswaraopet medical offi- Krishnaiah’s family said ing the immunization,” the middle level employees mandal died on cer Rambabu said Chinni they suspected the vacci- DMHO said. abstained from drive. Wednesday, 20 days after suffered from acute blood nation was the reason for He said, “So far, more IPS officials who got vac- she took the Covid-19 vac- pressure and diabetes. his sudden death. Health than 30,000 beneficiaries cinated include Ravi cination. In the other “She had viral fever along department officials said it have been administered Gupta, principal secre- instance, it was reported with liver infection,” he was also likely he died of a the Covid vaccine in tary to government, from Tirupati that a 50- said. normal heart attack. He Chittoor district. However, Sandeep Shandilya, year-old male sanitation According to officials in had a history of heart dis- till date, nobody has com- Railways and Road safe- worker died on Wednesday, Tirupati, Krishnaiah (50) ease, hypertension and plained of any adverse ty and four others. a day after he was adminis- belonging to Mallamgunta diabetes. side-effect. There. Though, The total per cent of tered a Covid-19 vaccine Panchayat took the jab “Krishnaiah was admin- were a few cases of mild beneficiaries on there. The authorities around 11am on Tuesday. istered the Covid-19 vac- side-effects, but everyone Wednesday are only 35 ordered an autopsy to “Today, he suffered a heart cine on Tuesday morning. is normal now”. per cent. CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 3

ASTROGUIDE Police sports meet Sarvari; Uttarayana Tithi: Pushya Bahula Amavasya In 3 yrs, Alexa becomes till 12.37 pm Star: Sravanam till 2.07 pm Varjyam: 6.10 pm to 7.47 pm Durmuhurtam: 10.36 am to 11.22 am; 3.10 pm to 3.55 pm most loved voice service Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm HIJRI CALENDAR Jamadi- ul- Akhir 28,1442 AH Amazon to make Alexa more affordable, says expert PRAYERS DC CORRESPONDENT ● IT PARTICULARLY won Fajar: 5.43 am HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 many hearts by helping Zohar: 12.40 pm them to control their smart Asar: 4.40 pm Three years may not be a home gadgets such as Maghrib: 6.21 pm long enough period to Isha: 7.30 pm establish a product in the smart lights, fans, ACs, security cameras, air puri- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.44 AM market. Consumer prod- fiers, TVs and more with SUNSET TODAY 6.15 PM ucts typically take more time to establish them- just voice commands. In MOONSET 4.59 PM selves in the market, but 2020, customers asked MOONRISE 5.35 AM not for Amazon’s virtual Alexa to control a smart assistant Alexa. Representational image home gadget 8.6 lakh times Within three years of its every day. launch, Amazon India said as we learn from our cus- ic brands. SHORT TAKES “Alexa has grown to be the tomers and continue to add Contrary to the general scores, and other real-time most loved voice service” new features, improving practice of youth adapting information. in the country. Be it asking Alexa’s understanding on newer technologies faster It particularly won many SKELETAL REMAINS Alexa to play their topics that matter to users than the elderly across the hearts by helping them to favourite music or to con- locally,” Mr Kumar said, world, Alexa won the heart control their smart home OF HUMAN FOUND trolling their smart homes, adding that his company of users across genera- gadgets such as smart it has been an integral part would make Alexa afford- tions. “Many customers lights, fans, ACs, security INSIDE TRUNK of people’s lives. able, more accessible for shared that their Echo cameras, air purifiers, TVs “Be it the Echo device in customers. device at home is enjoyed and more with just voice DC CORRESPONDENT the living room, 100+ Alexa Starting 12 midnight by all family members, commands. In 2020, HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 built-in devices or your on February 15, Amazon from senior citizens to chil- customers asked Alexa to favourite smartphone, it is India said sellers on dren.” control a smart home Skeletal remains of a human heart-warming to see users Amazon.in will have block- Customers spoke with gadget 8.6 lakh times every were found in a wooden trunk across the length and buster offers for the next 24 Alexa throughout the day, d a y. box inside a furniture store at breadth of the country hours on best-selling Echo from playing music, man- And it’s not all. Alexa has SPR Hills of SR Nagar on across age groups find Devices, attractive smart aging to-do lists, setting gotten smarter. In 2020, Wednesday. On receiving value and adopt Alexa in home bundles and alarms, telling kids’ sto- Alexa helped many people information, the SR Nagar their daily lives,” said more. Customers can also ries, controlling smart shop on the Amazon Shop- police reached the spot and Puneesh Kumar, Country shop from the curation of lights and appliances, to ping App and responded to playing their Kindle and over 5.8 lakh requests every began investigating. Top: Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar plays a shot in the ongo- Leader for Alexa, Amazon smart-home accessories The primary investigations India. from some of India’s Audible audiobooks to ask- day to search for products, ing City Police Annual Sports and Games Meet against on Wednesday. He scored have revealed that the person “For us, it’s always Day 1 biggest consumer electron- ing for the weather, cricket best deals, and music. had died at least one year ago, 126 runs, the highest against a mtch withthe media. The cricket match was held said the police. in Sagar Plaza Indoor Stadium in Abids. (Above) Hyderabad City Police The furniture shop was Commissioner Anjani Kumar along with Anil Kumar, Addl. CP Traffic, D.S. under a temple and it was Chauhan, Addl. CP L&O, P. Vishwa Prasad, Jt. CP. Central zone, M. Ramesh IPS Jt. CRICKET taken on rent by one Pal, a CP. East Zone and other officers participated in the match. —BY ARRANGEMENT native of West Bengal, since BALL-SIZED 2017 to run his business. The monthly rent of the place was TUMOUR REMOVED paid as a salary for the tem- ELDERLY COUPLE ple’s priest. About one and a B. Pharmacy girl FROM SKULL half years ago, Pal had locked the place and moved away FOUND DEAD AT DC CORRESPONDENT without informing the owners HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 and also stopped paying rent, HOME IN CITY student attacked which affected the temple’s A tumour as big as a maintenance. DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT lated area in Jodimetla, cricket ball in the skull “The owners made several HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 the gang allegedly tried region of a 55-year-old calls to him asking for rent but to attack her to make woman was removed by in vain. They then decided to A couple in their 50s were A student who boarded her unconscious,” neurosurgeons at break open the place to move found dead at their resi- an autorickshaw from sources said. Medicover Hospitals. the furniture out and started dence in Mailardevpally Nagaram area in The victim, with torn The patient came to the shifting the items since on Wednesday morning. Keesara was allegedly clothes, was seen ask- hospital as she had diffi- Monday. On Wednesday morn- Preliminary enquiries by kidnapped and attacked ing for help from the culty walking, seeing, ing, they noticed a cockroach- the police revealed that by four men, including nearby locals after and also eating. Her infested wooden box and they allegedly consumed the driver of the ‘ escaping from their voice was painful and opened to find skeletal an unknown substance. vehicle on Wednesday clutches, following the family members, remains of a person inside,” According to the police, evening. which the Nagaram realising that there was said the police, adding that fol- the couple, Ramesh The victim was a police were called. something wrong, took lowing a complaint, cases were Joshi, 52, a businessman B.Pharmacy student of “Police then shifted her to the hospital. booked under section 302 and his wife R. Kanya a private college in her to a private hospital MRI test showed that (murder ) and 201 (hiding evi- Joshi, 50, of Brundavan Medchal. She was on for medical attention she had a tumour in the dence) of the IPC. The Colony in Mailardevpa- way to her house from and booked a case for skull region. Endoscopy remains were sent to the lly, were living by them- Medchal and alighted kidnap and attempt to was conducted through Forensic Science Laboratory selves while their chil- from the bus at murder after taking a the nose and the tumour for scientific examination. dren resided in other Nagaram in Keesara to statement,” added the was decompressed and parts of the city. “The engage an autorick- sources. removed. couple is suspected to shaw. “Upon noticing Senior police officials The patient has recov- ● THE PRIMARY investiga- have consumed food that she was travelling confirmed that she was ered and is tions have revealed that the mixed with poison with alone, the autorickshaw not sexually assaulted stable. an intention to end life by driver asked three and that she has provid- person had died at least suicide. The reason for men to board the vehi- ed clues about the auto ● THE PATIENT came to one year ago, said the the suspected suicide is cle and proceeded and the men. the hospital as she had police. yet to be ascertained,” towards Ghatkesar. Further investiga- difficulty walking, see- said the police. Upon reaching an iso- tions are underway. ing, and also eating. AIC IIIT-H incubation centre unveiled in Hyd DC CORRESPONDENT AIC-IIITH, invited HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 social startups to join AIC- IIITH family and help India An Atal Incubation Centre recover from Covid-19 pan- (AIC) for incubating and demic, apart from putting supporting tech-based the country back on the social enterprises in collab- path of achieving UN oration with International Sustainable Development Institute of Information Goals. Technology Hyderabad On the occasion, Somesh (AIC IIIT-H) was unveiled on Kumar congratulated AIC Wednesday by Telangana IIIT-H and said, “I hope chief secretary Somesh within this financial year, Kumar during the the whole startup sector in first T-Social Impact Telangana will grow and the Confluence organised by T- state will be able to attract Social Startups Network the best of talent.” (TSSN). Ramanan Ramanathan, AIC IIIT-H provides incu- Mission Director, AIM, NITI bation support to social Aayog, which supports AIC startups with dedicated and IIIT-H Foundation, partici- furnished 10,000 sq ft co- pated in the event virtually working space and and said, “It is social enter- facilities. AIC-IIITH’s 23 prises, which can bring social enterprises have power of innovations and raised `12 crore and gener- technology to society.” ated revenue of `2.7 crore, Others present at the event while creating employment included principal secre- for 380 in social-impact tary (Industries) Jayesh sectors like environment, Ranjan, agriculture secre- health, education and liveli- tary B. Janardhan Reddy hoods. Prof. Ramesh and T-Hub CEO Ravi Loganathan, Director of Narayan. Four held for stealing Metro VOGO vehicles DC CORRESPONDENT stealing VOGO rental HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 bikes from the Hyderabad Metro Rail stations in the The South Zone Task Force limits of Hyderabad and team along with Rachakonda Police Commis- Chikkadpally police arrest- sionerates and seized 38 two- ed a gang of four, all of them wheelers from their posses- pursuing their Intermediate sion. Three others, Syed course, involved in a series Ahmed Mehedi, 21 M.A. of automobile thefts and Aziz, 20 and Numan, were seized `30 lakh worth of reportedly absconding. stolen property from them. Officials also seized 16 According to the police, fake documents of vehicles, Md. Rizwan, 19, Md. Yaseen, two GPS trackers and 19, Mir Hamza, 19, and three smartphones from the Mohd. Wajeed, 24, were gang. CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 4

IN BRIEF Nights to get colder CM calls women dogs, CM studies maps related in northern dists Hyderabad: Nights are to irrigation projects expected to get colder in northern Telangana on terms BJP men beggars From Page 1 ● UNDER THE Nagarjuna stones for all these works Thursday, particularly in Sagar assembly segment, were laid by the Chief Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Foundation stone was laid in work was initiated for the CC Minister at Nellikal. The Kumrum Bheem-Asifabad Devarakonda assembly seg- Chief Minister examined the and Jagitial districts, the We will crush you, KCR warns opposition ment for the Pagilla lift irri- lining of Sagar Left Canal maps related to the works Indian Meteorological DC CORRESPONDENT gation, Kambalapalli lift irri- from 1.8km to 70.52 km. and collected information Department (IMD) has said. HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 gation, Sambapuram Pedda from the officials. The minimum night tempera- Gattu lift irrigation, Pedda to 70.52km. Under As per the local Banjara ture is likely to dip from TRS supremo and Chief Munagala lift irrigation and Huzurnagar, Kodad tradition, the auspicious Tuesday’s low of 9.4 degrees Minister K. AKBR lift irrigation schemes. Assembly segments, the “Karobar” band was put on Celsius in Adilabad to Chandrasekhar Rao lost Under Miryalguda assem- works were initiated for the the CM’s wrist by the local between seven and eight his cool and spit fire bly segment, work was initi- Muktyala branch lift irriga- Rangunla Banjara temple degrees Celsius on Thursday against not only the ated for the Dunnapothula tion, Jaanpahad branch dis- priest. Traditional puja was night. While the general opposition parties – the Gandi, Ballepally Chapla tributary CC lining, held at the foundation stone weather over Telangana is BJP and the Congress – Thanda lift irrigation, Muktyala branch canal, CC laying place. expected to be dry, mist and while addressing a pub- Kesavapuram Kondrapol, linking of other tanks and Addressing a public meet- haze are likely at isolated lic meeting at Nellikal in and Bothalapalem Wadapalli modernization projects. ing later, KCR vowed to com- places in the state. Nagarjnasagar lift irrigation schemes. Foundation stone was laid plete all these projects within Assembly constituency Under the Nagarjuna Sagar also for CC lining of the a year and a half. “If I fail to on Wednesday, but also assembly segment, work was Sagar left canal from 70.52km do so, the TRS will not seek 153 receive Kalyan women in the audience, initiated for the CC lining of to 115.4km and for develop- votes in the next assembly whom he termed ‘dogs’. Sagar Left Canal from 1.8km ment works. Foundation elections in 2023,” he said. Lakshmi cheques Rao warned sternly, Hyderabad: As many as 153 “BJP and Congress par- beneficiaries of Asifnagar ties are crossing all lim- mandal received cheques its while criticising me Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao lays the foundation for a set of lift irriga- 10th DEATH ANNIVERSARY totaling `1.6 crore under and my government. We tion schemes at Nellikal in Nagarjunasagar assembly constituency on Kalyan Lakshmi scheme on are tolerating all this Wednesday. Wednesday. MLA Karwan, nonsense. But there is a while directing police to tem. He further said, sion and begging at odd Kausar Mohiuddin, who dis- limit for everything. If “whisk away the dogs” “there are several dogs hours, ignorant of when tributed the cheques, said we lose our patience, we from the venue. like you. Police... take to beg. “our party’s aim is to ensure will crush you under our “I have seen so many them out. Take their Rao also said, “don’t that benefits of all schemes feet. Keep this in mind. I dogs like you. I don’t papers… whatever they resort to senseless activ- should reach the common warn BJP and Congress care if dogs like you want to give. They are ities. If you have any- people, irrespective of caste leadership… be in your bark at me. If you have just a handful of people thing to say to people, or creed. Such timely finan- limits.” any concerns or issues, here. We are a huge gath- you also hold a public Late A.V. KOTESWARAN cial aid brings relief to par- Rao lost his temper bring it to the notice of ering. If we retaliate, meeting. People will (Retd. SGT Asst., ZPHS, Mudfort) ents from economically poor again a few minutes the government through there will not be any decide. Coming to meet- DOB: 04.02.1947 DOD: 11.02.2011 “You left us, but your memories are always sections, who earlier took later, while addressing a proper channel. You trace of you. You will be ings of other parties and in our hearts.” May your soul rest in peace. loans against high interest the public gathering, cannot disrupt a meet- reduced to dust.” disturbing them is not Inserted by: A.K. USHA (Wife) rates or by selling their when some youth and ing being held by a Rao termed BJP lead- good culture. People will Naveen & Suhasini (Son & Daughter-in-law) properties.” Karwan corpora- women, allegedly BJP leader like me,” he said. ers “new beggars”, quot- teach you a lesson. I am Sangeetha & Saravan Kumar (Daughter & Son-in-law) and tor Swami Goud and others activists, obstructed him The TRS chief directed ing a Telugu proverb. He warning their leader to Kavish & Thanush (Grand Children) were present on the occa- by raising slogans police personnel on duty said these days BJP lead- be careful. There is a Mob: 9951512609 sion. against him and display- at the venue to “catch” ers are talking in a man- limit to our patience. If ing some papers. and take them away in ner akin to a beggar, you cross the limits, we He called them “dogs”, the public address sys- who is new to the profes- know what to do.” RAJA SINGH GETS HC RELIEF IN CPI: PM’s farewell Bandi attacks CM for to Azad a drama CRIMINAL CASE 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY Hyderabad: CPI national REMEMBRANCE DC CORRESPONDENT secretary K. Narayana Late REUBEN MANCHIKALAPUDI HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 has said Prime Minister Retired Nursing Superintendent, A.P. Govt. his ‘false statements’ Born: 1931 - Called to Glory 11-02-2020 Narendra Modi's tearful Proverbs 10:7a BJP MLA Raja Singh had a DC CORRESPONDENT farewell to Rajya Sabha Let your memories remain in our hearts sigh of relief on Wednesday HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 member Ghulam Nabi for the sacrifices you made to your APOLOGISE FOR HARSH COMMENTS family and many families you came after the Telangana high Azad is a drama intend- across in your life. Court suspended the one-year BJP state president ed to split the Congress Your services to humanity as a imprisonment awarded to him Bandi Sanjay Kumar on AGAINST YADAVS, BJP TELLS KCR party. He maintained professional and as a husband and father left unforgettable memories to all. by the special court dealing Wednesday criticised DC CORRESPONDENT defeated Rakasulu that no one believes in Your love for the Lord following His with criminal cases against Chief Minister K HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 (demons), and hence these tears shed in command, you fulfilled to preach Gospel MLAs and MPs. Chandrashekar Rao for dealing with Gokasulu Parliament. to all you came across. Inserted by: Julia Dalavai and Family Justice Gandikota Sridevi making “false” state- BJP spokesperson K. (those who herd cows) Narayana accused Modi Kezia Gandham and Family passed the order based on an ments against the BJP Krishna Sagar Rao has is no big deal for him,” of uttering lies after lies. Manchikalapudi, Sons, appeal filed by Raja Singh and giving out “empty condemned chief min- he said. Daughters-in-law and Grand Children. challenging his conviction. promises” to the people. ister KCR’s comments The BJP leader said The trial court had, on 29 “The CM said at the against Yadavs (goka- KCR made the state- ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY January 2021, declared him Nagarjuna Sagar elec- sulu), especially “his ment while he was OF THE LOSS OF OUR LOVED ONE guilty in a case linked to pro- tion campaign rally comparison of Yadavs attacking the BJP. visions relating to assault or that he would not seek with demons,” at a pub- “This meant that he use of criminal force to deter a votes in the coming lic rally in Halia on was making this state- public servant from discharge elections if he did not Wednesday. ment in a direct refer- of his duty, and criminal fulfill the promises he “KCR claimed that he ence to Hindus and intimidation. made to the people. He has dealt with and especially the Yadavs.” The case against the MLA made same promises was that he used foul language several times and has and criminal force against the not implemented CM SHOULD NOT HAVE STOOPED police and prevented cops them,” the BJP chief from discharge of duties dur- said. SO LOW, LAMENTS MALLU BHATTI ing a protest staged by the BJP Sanjay questioned as against the holding of a Beef to why KCR did not DC CORRESPONDENT the kind of mindset ONGOLE NIRMALA JYOTHI Festival at Osmania speak on the TRS lead- HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 he’s now having. KCR is 5th June,1966 - 11th February, 2020 University on December 10, ers' objectionable under tremendous pres- Memorial Service at 7:00 pm 2015. actions like land grabs Reacting to KCR’s sure with his diminish- Venue: 27-136/12, Rambrahma Nagar Colony, Old Neredmet. Challenging the lower court from tribals in remarks on Gokasulus, ing popularity and his Phone No: 9177425843 / 9177588593 order, Raja Singh filed the Nagarjunasagar. “It Congress leader Mallu unrest is evident in his appeal. In response, Justice would have been better Bhatti Vikramarka said bad temper. I pity him,” (CA-3529) Sridevi suspended the orders if the Chief Minister someone holding the he said. Senior SHRADHANJALI REMEMBRANCE issued against Raja Singh had answered the ques- post of CM should not Congress leader and Mrs AR SAVITRI - DOD: 11 JAN 21 and ordered that he will be on tion as to why 40 people stoop to such low Bhongir MP Shri MADAN J. ASNANI bail until the appeal is dis- had been jailed for two depths and use such Komatireddy Venkat 17th June 1951 - 9th February 2021 posed of. months, and about TRS filthy language. Reddy said he would MLA’s ninamis who “The people of advise the CM and his encroached the lands of Telangana are keenly family members to take PVT COLLEGES tribal farmers in observing the CM’s atti- care of KCR’s state of CHARGING FEES Gurrampodu.” tudes and have realised mind.

Dear Mom, ILLEGALLY: ABVP You left in a hurry. Heavens welcomed you to be with your 3 lovely DC CORRESPONDENT daughters there. Missing your lovely smile, laughter and welcoming cuisine of HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Uttam slams BJP for the best Mom in this World. Your loving husband, Rev A A Charles, Captain IN Johnson Manohar & Usha, Tension prevailed around the We will always miss you (9677197896) grandsons Akshay & Board of Intermediate Smt. Neelam Gianchandani Anmol, grand daughters-in-law Jemima Education building in breaking promises & Jacinth, great grandchildren Aidan, Nampally on Wednesday when and Family Ariana and family members. members from Akhil DC CORRESPONDENT tioned about two new farm laws have caused (S/2021/D01216) (S/2021/D01217) Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 All India Institutes of damage. Giving exam- OBITUARY OBITUARY (ABVP) staged a dharna and Medical Sciences, Mr ples, he said Telangana OBITUARY lay siege to the building alleg- Telangana Pradesh Reddy said a similar Chief Minister K. ing that corporate colleges Congress Committee promise was made for Chandrashekhar Rao, were collecting huge fees, and (TPCC) president and Telangana two-and-a- after meeting Prime that this should be stopped Nalgonda MP N. Uttam half years ago. He said Minister Narendra forthwith. Kumar Reddy has the AIIMS at Bibinagar Modi and Home There was a heavy deploy- strongly condemned was yet to become fully Minister Amit Shah, ment of police and many lead- the BJP government at functional and in- made an announce- ers were taken into preventive the Centre for not ful- patient services were ment that the state gov- custody. filling the assurances not yet started. ernment would be clos- Interacting with the media, given to Telangana at Mr Reddy demanded ing down all IKP and Shri C. NATESH DASS Regret to inform the demise of ABVP Hyderabad secretary P the time of its forma- that the Centre estab- PACs centers, which (S/o Late Shri C.Dass/Former Minister of AP) Smt.Usha Devi Tandon w/o Srihari decried that the state tion as per the AP lish a Military History procure agriculture who expired on 10/02/2021 Sri Mahender Bahadur. Funeral will NAVAL JAMSHEDJI GANDEVIA Funeral ceremony on 12/02/2021 at 11:00 hrs take place from Mahendra Nivas no. government has failed to con- Reorganisation Act, Museum in Suryapet. produce of farmers at at Mahaprasthanam, Jubilee Hills. trol corporate colleges from 2014. “The President talked minimum support Ex. Employee of Bank of India 1-5-605 New Maruthinagar Kothapet DOB: 11.4.1945 DOD: 6.2.2021 Inserted by: on 11.02.2021 at 10.00 a.m. and final collecting exorbitant fees even Opposing the ‘Motion about martyrs of the price. Inserted by: Pervin Naval Niranjani (Wife) rites at 11.00 a.m. at Whisper Valley. and Daughters during the Covid-19 lockdown. of Thanks’ on President Galwan valley. I was a “CM K. Gandevia (Wife) and Shahen 91E, RBI Officers Qrtrs, Begumpet, In grief: The education sector has Ramnath Kovind’s soldier. I have served on Chandrashekar Rao Naval Gandevia (Son) Hyderabd - 500016. Mahendras and Tandons been utterly neglected in the address in Lok Sabha China and Pak borders. has cited the new farm Mobile: 98490 31210 Phone Nos. 8500389389, 9052606078 Ph.Nos: 8309701883, 8374447352 state as the system is run by on Wednesday, Uttam Col. Santosh Babu, who laws as reasons for clos- (B/2021/D00119) (CA-3528) (S/2021/D01218) the corporate education mafia, Kumar Reddy said that was martyred on the ing down procurement 93rd BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE he said. the people of Telangana China border, belonged centres from this rabi Srihari said that colleges were highly disappoint- to my constituency, and season onwards in were collecting the entire ed with the President’s was an alum of the Telangana,” he said. year’s fee when only three Address. National Defence He demanded that the months remain in the academ- “What was assured Academy like me. In his conversations between ic calendar. He said that for Telangana and its memory, the govern- PM Modi and CM Rao despite not using them, col- people when the state ment should open a mil- be made public. leges were harassing students was created has not itary history museum Mr Reddy also said to pay the entire year’s hostel been addressed till in Suryapet,” he the PM Asha Scheme, fee. He demanded the state date. We expected there demanded. which was launched government to immediately would be some mention Criticising the three with much fanfare to V. GOVARDHAN RAO DOB: 11.02.1928 DOD: 29.06.2000 stop illegal collection of fees, of those promises in new farm laws, Reddy ensure MSP, was Sub. Inspector of Police (Retd.) and to file cases against the this address. The unful- said the controversial deprived of adequate PTO PETLABURGH HYDERABAD We miss you every moment in our life culprits and punish them. filled promises include legislations have funds. While `1,500 you are always there in our heart. a railway coach factory already started making crore was allocated in Inserted by: V. Raj Kumari (Wife) ● at Kazipet, a steel plant a negative impact on 2019-20, the allocation V. Kuppuraj Naidu - Kalpana THERE WAS a heavy V. Prem Raj/Nandu - Usha deployment of police and at Bayyaram and many lives of farmers. He was reduced to `500 E. Anuradha - Ethiraj Naidu many leaders were taken into others,” he said. said a few MPs have crore in 2020-21 and fur- J. Hemasundari - B. Janakraj Naidu ther slashed to `400 and Grand Childrens preventive custody. Stating that the asked the opposition to President has men- cite instances where crore in 2021-22. (S/2021/D01215) CITY/AP DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 5

SHORT TAKES `20 LAKH FOR MIM may enter mayoral fray 844 GRAM PANCHAYATS Owaisi-led party to have three options for mayoral elections ATHER MOIN | DC party will have three something the BJP has ing, party president From Page 1 HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 options. One is to support been alleging for long Asaduddin Owaisi BJP LIKELY TO FIELD TRS candidates, another in order to consolidate chaired a meeting of He announced `20 lakh each for An ally of the Telangana is to abstain from voting, its own base in local newly elected AIMIM 844 gram panchayats in the dis- Rashtra Samiti for sever- and the third is to field politics. corporators and RADHA REDDY FOR trict from the Chief Minister’s al years, the All India own candidates. Hence the AIMIM is explained to them the Special Fund. He also anno- Majlis-e-Ittehadul Having contested the considering the option of party’s strategy for MAYOR’S POST unced `30 lakh each for every Muslimeen is weighing GHMC Council elections fielding its own candi- Mayor, deputy mayor and mandal headquarters, besides its options on fielding its sans an alliance with the dates for the two top po- standing committee elec- DC CORRESPONDENT `10 crore for the Nalgonda own candidates for the TRS, the first two options sts. This line, some party tions. The AIMIM stand HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Municipality, `5 crore for Mayor and deputy mayor are not advisable to the leaders feel, would not is to have at least five Miryalaguda municipality and posts in the elections AIMIM. For, taking such only help keep the BJP at members in the 15-mem- The BJP here is likely to `1 crore each for the remaining scheduled for Thursday. stands during the voting bay but also enthuse ber standing committee. field RK Puram six municipalities in the dis- Some AIMIM leaders would give the BJP an those among the Muslim In the previous commit- Corporator Radha Dhiraj Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of India, Yerlan trict for their development. feel that if the BJP field- opportunity to blame the community who are not tee, AIMIM held six Reddy for the Mayor post. Alimbayev, flanked by Consulate General of the Republic of The Chief Minister vowed to ed its candidates for the AIMIM of having a secret happy with the TRS. seats while the TRS nine An announcement is Korea in Hyderabad, Suresh Chukkapalli, and Consul of end water woes of Nalgonda two posts, the Owaisi-led pact with the TRS. This is In the run-up to the vot- seats. expected on Thursday. Republic of Kazakhstan for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, district forever by pumping Party leaders including Dr Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, inaugurate the Consulate of water from Paleru reservoir un- N Ramchander Rao and Republic Kazakhstan in Hyderabad on Wednesday. der the Sitarama lift irrigation former MLA Chintala — BY ARRANGEMENT scheme in Khammam district Ramachandra Reddy met to the Devulapally balancing Corporators must explain whip 47 corporators at the pa- reservoir in Nalgonda district. rty’s state office on Wed- He said that estimates had nesday. BJP leaders dis- been prepared to take up the cussed the strategy for the project at a cost of `600 crore to violation within three days Mayor and Deputy Mayor Kazakhstan opens pump water from the Godavari elections though the party River to Krishna River, which From Page 1 soning why they have ission will hold re-elec- Bonthu Sridevi from might not win these seats has unreliable water flow dur- voted against their tions within 120 days. Cherlapally are also pin- based on the strength in ing some years. “As promised by A corporator, after defy- particular party’s guid- Numerically, the ruling ning hopes of winning the corporation. Consulate in city me during the statehood move- ing the whip, has to later ance. TRS does not even the post. The oath-taking Several corporators are ment, I laid the foundation sto- “explain” the “reasons” If declared ineligible to require the support of 32 ceremony of newly seeking the floor leader DC CORRESPONDENT ● KAZAKHSTAN ESTAB- ne for 13 lift irrigation schemes, for the “violation”. This continue as corporator ex-officio numbers from elected corporators will post. A decision is delayed HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 LISHED a strategic partner- which will be completed in the lacunae has been keep- by their party, they could its stable and the election be held at 11 am tomor- as party president Bandi ship with India in 2009 and is next one and half years, failing ing both the BJP and TRS challenge the decision in would solely depend on row, followed by the elec- Sanjay Kumar and Union Kazakhstan, the biggest sup- which, I will not seek votes in curiously engaged and courts. They can contin- the quorum size. Though tions for Mayor and minister of state for home plier of uranium to India, India’s largest trade partner the next Assembly elections,” tense. ue as corporator until the MIM has 10 and BJP two Deputy Mayor around affairs G Kishan Reddy may ink a new agreement in Central Asia, with last he said. The TRS, MIM and BJP matter is sub-judice. This members, these would be 12.30 pm. were busy with the parlia- with India with regard to year’s trade turnover have already issued was keeping both BJP largely irrelevant. The incoming corpora- ment session in Delhi. continuing the supply of standing at $2.4 billion. whips, which would and TRS tense, as both Against this backdrop, tors are asked to report After consultations with nuclear fuel to the country. POLICE ARREST make them ineligible if are wondering if the ot- Rajya Sabha member at the council hall at 10.45 these leaders, the party The Ambassador from India in 2009 and is India’s they vote against their her has poached any Keshav Rao’s daughter am, along with an identi- will announce the official Kazakhstan, Yerlan largest trade partner in MAN FOR POSING respective parties. “dissatisfied” corpora- Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, ty proof. They will also names for mayor, deputy Alimbayev, said that his Central Asia, with last year’s However, official tors. who won from Banjara have to carry a notice Mayor and floor leader country, over the last 10 trade turnover standing at AS ARMY OFFICIAL sources revealed to If such a situation does Hills, has already copy issued by the Presi- posts. Party sources said years, had supplied 9,000 $2.4 billion. He said Deccan Chronicle that not arise, the TRS techni- decked up a chariot and ding Officer inviting Union minister Kishan tonnes of uranium to India. Kazakhstan has been DC CORRESPONDENT elected corporators, irre- cally has a majority. The made a grand lunch them for the special Reddy is not able to attend A new contract, he said, was “receiving investments in HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 spective of their party BJP’s strength has come arrangement at her resi- meeting. the council meeting and under consideration it the areas of pharmaceuti- affiliation, can vote for down to 47, following the dence, with a hope that Seating will be cast his ex-officio vote for was possible that it would be cals, agriculture, food and The KPHB Police arrested a the mayoral candidate as death of Lingojiguda cor- she would be elected as party-wise. The election the mayor election. BJP signed in the run up to an medical device production, man who earlier failed to crack per their choice and give porator A. Ramesh Goud Mayor. Similarly, TRS for Deputy Mayor cannot has two ex-officio votes — expected India visit by and from Hyderabad, we the army entrance exam and a written explanation to on December 31, 2020. In Corporator from be started until the from Union minister Kish- Kazakhstan President already have Dr Reddy Lab’s started duping the public along the presiding officer view of the death, the Tarnaka, Mothe Srilatha Mayoral election is com- an Reddy and MLA Raja Kassym-Jomart Tokayev office in Kazakhstan and with his associates by posing within three days rea- State Election Comm- Shoban Reddy and pleted. Singh. in the second half of this more than a thousand phar- as a military officer. year. ma related companies from The accused were identified Alimbayev was speaking India.” as Nagaraju Karthikeya after inaugurating the The Kazakhstan Raghuvarma, 22, Deepak MANUU TO REOPEN Honorary Consulate of Ambassador also opened the Kumar Bora, 23, and Gaddam Abandoned kiosk Kazakhstan here in the city ‘Hall of Kazakh Literature’ Anil Kumar, 35, said the police, on Wednesday. Well-known in the Nizam Club’s library adding that Pyla Swamy 2ND PHASE FROM businessman and philan- on Wednesday. Satyanarayana and one Srinu thropist Mir Nasir Ali Khan According to Nasir Ali were absconding. FEBRUARY 15 is the Honorary Consul for Khan, India and Kazakhstan The arrests were done follow- Kazakhstan for Telangana shared many common inter- ing a complaint from DC CORRESPONDENT and Andhra Pradesh. ests. The Consulate in the Timmireddy Dileep, who stated HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Tokayev, during his pro- city will work to strengthen that he runs a business of pur- posed visit, is scheduled to people-to-people and busi- chasing second hand cars and Maulana Azad National visit New Delhi and ness relationships between selling them and he received a Urdu University’s Mumbai, and we will also Kazakhstan and Telangana call from Pyla Swamy (Manuu) has decided to explore the possibility of and Andhra Pradesh. The Satyanarayana on 27 January reopen the second phase him visiting Hyderabad with Consulate will enhance for mortgaging his car for from Monday in compli- his office, Alimbayev said. exports and imports from `15,000. “On February 1, a gang ance with the guidelines He also invited businessmen and to Telangana and of men posing as cops kid- issued by University Gra- from Telangana and Andhra Andhra Pradesh to napped him and took 50,000 nts Commission (UGC). Pradesh to visit Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan and lead a trade along with his phone and car Prof. Syed Alim Ashraf, Kazakhstan established a delegation to the country from him and further threate- Chairman, University Re- strategic partnership with from the two states. ned him to pay `5 lakhs for not opening Committee, said booking cases against before that in the second phase, letting him go,” said the police. research scholars register- Karthikeya Raghuvarma, a ed in various departments native of West Godavari, failed can start reporting on Feb- in the army recruitment in the ruary 15. In the first phase, year 2017 and had purchased the university was reo- Career Chronicle the uniform of an army man pened on January 27 only and went to his village to pose for research scholars from as an official. “He then collect- The ‘Feed The Need’ kiosk set up in partnership with the GHMC to help the poor and needy in Secunderabad the School of Sciences and ed money from the people by lies abandanoned. The kiosk was installed at a huge cost. — S. SURENDER REDDY School of Technology. threatening them and follow- ing a complaint, the police realised that he was disguising as an officer and placed him under arrest. Post his bail, he Farmers not continued to do the same in Foundation for Delhi Hyderabad.” SINGARENI TOLD paid, says Harish office after May 4 From Page 1 betterment of farm- TO ACCEPT ers,” Harish Rao said. From Page 1 ● TRS SOURCES say seats. “If a farmer died, no The minister said APPLICATIONS that Rao’s next moves The federal front, which rupee was given. But that after the forma- These reports took strong depended on neither the now, if a farmer dies, tion of Telangana, two From Page 1 roots within the TRS after in national politics will NDA nor UPA securing or we are sending a sum crore acres more of Rao took the decision to solely depend on the even coming close to a of five lakh by way of land were being brou- Justice Rao was dealing with a lay the foundation for a outcome of the majority, was a stillborn insurance sum to the ght under cultivation petition filed by Md. Fasiuddin TRS party office in New elections. baby; with Narendra Modi farmer’s house,” he every year. “Alternat- from Godavarikhani of Pedd- Delhi after May 4. leading his party to a mas- said. ive crops should be apalli district challenging the Party insiders see ● RAO UNVEILED his sive win by securing over The minister said the raised instead of con- employment notification Chandrashekar Rao drop- plans of entering 300 seats. Rao’s hopes TRS government has ventional crops. There issued by the Singareni Coll- ping hints at his next national politics first were dashed and subse- also allocated amount is a need to grow veg- ieries. The company had called course of action on time in March 2018, quently, he kept his plans for free electricity and etables and fruits on 20 for applications to seven cate- national politics in May on national politics on investment assistance lakh acres. Cultivation gories of posts, which included first week, coinciding when he announced a hold and remained con- to farmers through of vegetables and culti- the post of junior staff nurse. with the TRS office Federal Front would be fined to state politics. insurance. “Besides we vation of orchards are The notification had said only ground breaking ceremo- created against BJP and Recently, during the are also providing profitable,” he said. female candidates need send ny in Delhi. The Centre Congress in 2019 Lok GHMC polls in December Kalyana Lakshmi and The finance minister applications to fill the junior had allotted 1,100 square Sabha polls. 2020, Rao made another Shaadi Mubarak for pointed out that road staff nurse posts. The petition- metre of land in south attempt to play up the pos- the poor. We did a lot. works worth `200 crore er argued that there cannot be Delhi’s Vasant Vihar for sibility of playing a role KCR is also planning to have been sanctioned recruitments based on gender. the construction of party wants to make yet another in national politics. subsidise farm imple- for Sangareddy. “The J. Srinivasa Rao, counsel for office in October 2020. The attempt to bring together Addressing an election ments for the benefit of aim is to make the Singareni company con- TRS took possession of a front of non-Congress, meeting at LB Stadium, he farmers. The CM is Telangana number tended that there was the prac- the land in November non-BJP regional parties announced that he would always striving for the one.” tice in the company, since sever- 2020. before the 2024 Lok Sabha hold a national conclave al years, that the posts of jun- Though party leaders polls. with non-BJP parties in ior staff nurse were to be filled announced several times Rao unveiled his plans of Hyderabad, against what with women only. Counsel that Rao will lay the foun- entering national politics he dubbed Modi govern- argued that Under Rule 22 and dation for the party office first time in March 2018, ment’s “anti-people, anti- Two arrested for 22A of the Telangana State and whenever he visits Delhi, when he announced a farmer, anti-labour poli- Subordinate Service Rules, the it did not happen. Though Federal Front would be cies” and “disinvestment company has the power to Rao visited Delhi soon created against BJP and of PSUs”. make special reservations for after the GHMC polls in Congress in 2019 Lok But he halted his plans duping, extortion some posts. December 2020, the cere- Sabha polls. This did not yet again after the TRS Disagreeing with the con- mony did not take place. materialise after Rao dis- performed badly in the DC CORRESPONDENT identified as Kuncham tentions, Justice Rao stressed Rao has now taken a firm solved the Telangana GHMC polls and the BJP HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Basanth Raja and Pu- that, if so, a policy decision decision to start construc- Legislative Assembly in put up a stupendous per- vvula Bhargav Kiran, must be taken this way or nec- tion of office in May and September 2018, nine- formance. He rushed to The Cyberabad police who were arrested fol- essary regulation be incorpo- conveyed it to party MPs month before its tenure, Delhi soon after to meet on Wednesday arrested lowing a complaint rated to allow exclusive reserva- and other senior leaders. forcing early Assembly Prime Minister Narendra two men for posing as from Gudupudi Ven- tion. The court directed the TRS sources say that polls in December 2018. Modi and home minister members of Human kaiah Babu, said the Singareni Company to receive Rao’s next moves in After winning the Amit Shah. Post his Delhi Rights Animal & Envi- police. applications from eligible male national politics will sole- assembly polls with a meeting, Rao took a U- ronmental Protection They had totally candidates also. ly depend on the outcome landslide majority and turn and has neither criti- Cell to extort lakhs of extorted and cheated The court asked the compa- of the elections. If BJP retaining power for a sec- cised the BJP nor stood cash from the local the victims to the tune ny to extend the date of sub- comes to power in West ond term, Rao’s attempts with the other opposition businessmen and of `50-60 lakhs approxi- mission of application forms to Bengal, Tamil Nadu and to take forward his parties against the Modi builders citing viola- mately. make it convenient for eligible Kerala either on its own Federal Front did not government’s policies or tions. Police that the The accused applied candidates to apply for the or in alliance, Rao will materialise. Rao hoped to decisions. duo named local politi- 32 RTI applications and posts. However, the entire exer- drop his plans on national enter national politics by Rao is now looking at the cians and news 23 grievance com- cise of appointment for these politics and stay put in winning all 17 seats in upcoming assembly polls reporters who helped plaints in Kukatpally posts shall now abide by the Telangana. Telangana, and was por- in the three states to chart them mediate the circle of GHMC and result of the writ petition, the If non-BJP parties tending that the BJP his future course of deals. filed one PIL before the court said. emerge victorious, Rao would get around 170-odd action. The accused were High Court. EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 6

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To save public money, Subhani start to disinvest fast inance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement to privatise two public sector banks and a general insurance company marks a clear departure from a cautious approach adopted by the Narendra FModi government since 2014 over the disinvestment policy. This move reaffirms the government’s intent, announced last year, to exit all non-strategic sectors. Despite his stated belief in the concept of “less government and more gover- nance”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had done very little in terms of reduc- ing the government’s ownership of companies. In fact, the Department of Public Enterprise’s data shows that there are 339 CPSEs (excluding insurance companies) as on March 31, 2018, compared to 290 CPSEs on March 31, 2014. Several attempts to sell state-owned companies that have become a burden on exchequer were skilfully scuttled by conditions framed by bureaucrats. If the political leadership becomes successful in implementing its plan, it could prevent taxpayer’s money from being invested in running inefficient compa- nies, and that money could be fruitfully used It is time for the elsewhere. The core issue at the heart of the demand for government to move privatisation is not so much about the propri- LETTERS on and exit all sectors ety of the government’s role in businesses as it where private is about the uselessness of such presence. The siege within: India CRYING AT FAREWELL companies are When the Jawaharlal Nehru government decided to set up large state-owned industries, While the PM has every strong. If there are it was more a need of the hour than an ideolog- right to get emotional at a no buyers, the ical statement because private industrialists farewell speech, we com- government should had no financial muscle to bankroll such mas- moners are always in tears give handsome sive projects. This approach was also in tune and the ‘foreign hand’ after a visit to the petrol compensation to with the recommendations made by the coun- try’s eight top industrialists of the day, which social cohesion will be- ism in India on the US- employees and shut bunk (Teary-eyed Modi was referred to as the 1945 Bombay Plan. come even more fragile. India relationship,” praises Azad, will take his industries. Though Indira Gandhi’s decision to nation- The Global Risks pointed out Tanvi alise banks was dictated by her political Patralekha Report 2021 brought out Madan, director of the advice, DC, Feb. 10). agenda, it brought about confidence among people in the safety of their by the World Economic India Project and senior Neither the ruling or money deposited in banks. From the year 1934, when the Reserve Bank of Chatterjee Forum lists “social cohe- fellow at globally Opposition party leaders India was established to the time of bank nationalisation in 1969, over 1,500 sion erosion” among the renowned think tank banks had failed in the country, eroding people’s faith in the banking sec- highest-likelihood and Brookings, in a January are shedding any tears for tor. An implied sovereign guarantee to people’s money in banks resulted in Dev 360 highest-impact long- 2021 essay titled us. It’s a tear-jerker the greater formalisation of public savings which helped in creating capital term risks facing our “Democracy and the US- moment for them every for entrepreneurs. an tweets by alised world, nothing is pandemic-battered India relationship”. While the earlier government’s intervention in critical sectors had helped international local anymore? As world. “As public health “Often commentators day. the country in creating a strong industrial base, whereupon a new India was pop star Rih- protests erupted across gaps, digital inequality, argue there will either N. Nagarajan built, it is time for the government to move on and exit all sectors where pri- anna, teenage the United States follow- educational disparities be no effect because of Hyderabad vate companies are strong. If there are no buyers, the government should give climate acti- ing George Floyd’s death and unemployment — India’s utility for the US handsome compensation to employees and shut industries. vistC Greta Thunberg and at the hands of the police risks that result from a or major impact because Farewell to Ghulam Nabi Azad was To protect itself from allegations of selling family silver and also to create the other global celebrities on the streets of complex combination of of the incoming Biden not just a special one. It was also an base for future high-tech industries, the government should chip in to create in support of India’s Minneapolis, the Black existing inequalities and administration’s empha- inspiration for current leaders and the ecosystem required for semiconductor fab factories or high-tech medical protesting farmers de- Lives Matter movement the impact of the pan- sis on values,” Madan youngsters who would join this equipment companies or aircraft manufacturing using the Maruti model, stabilise this country of resonated around the demic — affect vulnera- added. “The answer is field. Appreciation for the good where the government invests money and the private partner brings in the over 1.3 billion people? world. Support for BLM ble groups the most, they likely to lie somewhere work should not just be restricted technology. If the government succumbs to pressure to continue with the sta- Or should we look led to demonstrations in may further fray social in between. A pragmatic to farewell speeches. They must be tus quo to please a few lakhs of PSU employees, it would be a great disservice within? Is foreign med- a number of countries. cohesion,” it says. Biden team will likely cherished and appreciated irre- to crores of Indians of the present and future generations. dling the real threat fac- In a more recent exam- Too many people have recognise that India will spective of party. ing us or is India’s real ple, the coup in little left to lose. The be key to their objectives Nithya Sarvepalli challenge the deepening Myanmar has been global recession, the vis-a-vis issues like the Hyderabad domestic polarisation on denounced by individu- report notes, is now Indo-Pacific and China, just about every front? als around the world, expected to force as climate change and glob- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Successive govern- including in India. many as 150 million al health security.” should have shed tears for farmers' Modi & Azad: Civility back ments in India have There is really no way more people into “However, questions deaths. They are protesting for ot often in the recent past has Parliament been invaded by an out- pointed at the “foreign we can prevent the rest extreme poverty, about India’s trajectory more than two months for repeal of break of civility. But when it did, as in extremely emotional speech- hand” in times of crisis. I of the world from taking increasing the total to 9.4 as a pluralistic democra- farm laws. Modi government Nes by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rajya Sabha entered journalism in interest in our domestic per cent of the world’s cy could directly or indi- should respect farmers. When Opposition Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, it augured well for the 1980s when one regu- affairs, especially if we population. This setback rectly affect the pace and farmers’ sense the laws were not a sense of dignity and decorum to be ushered back into India’s increas- larly heard of the invisi- wish to be at the high in the global develop- tone of the relationship designed for their welfare, the gov- ingly polarised polity. Before a Prime Ministerial image makeover, Modi ble “foreign hand” that table of the international ment agenda will height- — especially if they are ernment should have at least with- was stateliness personified, as in his opening speech as PM to both Houses was out to dismember community. If we so en vulnerability to accompanied by doubts drawn the laws. of Parliament. Since then, in a fractured political scene, he has been seen our country. In many of eagerly lap up foreign future shocks and about India’s capabili- Dr Polepaka more in confrontational mode, attacking opponents in India and when he her public speeches, praise, can we afford to threaten the erosion or ties, economic growth Hyderabad goes abroad and in the House too when he mocked Sonia Gandhi and her then Prime Minister be so prickly about the collapse of states, it and policies, and willing- son Rahul. Indira Gandhi spoke of foreign gaze when the warns. ness to play a balancing KHAP PANCHAYATS The spirit of give and take seemed to have evaporated in Parliament the dark spectre of for- comments are adverse? Our government also role versus China.” It is ironic that kisan mahapan- with many sessions lost to the “in the Well” attitude of the Opposition eign forces out to desta- If Indians rejoice at admits that the econom- India’s handling of the chayats that are protesting the ranged against the intransigence of the Treasury benches when it came to bilise India. going up the World ic shock caused by the ongoing farmers’ three farm laws have all along lending an ear to diverse points of view. Civil debates on national issues Rajiv Gandhi, who Bank’s ease of doing ongoing pandemic is protests has taken a lot been scorned by groups that called have been few and far between but the ruling BJP is not the only party came to power in 1984 business 2020 survey, severe. It is now hoping of sheen off the country’s themselves progressive. These guilty of reducing Parliament into a non-functional laggard. This could with a huge majority they can’t totally shrug for a V-shaped economic image, coming as it does panchayats hold deeply regressive change, much as it should, during the debate on the farmers’ stir and into after his mother’s assas- off slipping in the recovery. No such recov- on the back of many views about women, and even for- the future when political parties on sharply divergent ideological paths sination, also talked of Economist Intelligence ery will be possible with- other illiberal measures. bade girls from carrying mobile can be expected to only drift further apart thanks to the compulsions of the “invisible” foreign Unit’s 2020 Democracy out the vibrant pluralis- This is unfortunate for phones. These kulak’s power struc- poll politics and the seeming need for harsh language at the hustings. hand trying to derail Index’s global rankings. tic democracy that is key many reasons, including ture is feudalistic and is based on Clever interpretations of acronyms appear to be the current fad as politi- India’s development. The problems will not to India’s power. If the fact that India is get- caste. How could the so-called pro- cians attack each other, which is why such fulsome praise of opponents, Back then, there was go away simply if for- democracy is our calling ting a few things right gressive parties and NGOs align which Mr Modi and Mr Azad showered on each other on the eve of the for- no Twitter or social eigners stop talking card, we must also listen even in these fraught, themselves with them? mer Kashmir CM retiring from Parliament, is to be seen as a break- media or troll armies, about it. And as for us, to critical views and polarised times. Take Phaneendra V. through. Brushing aside cynical views of the use of words of praise being and no virtual slugfests. stopping and reversing voices without feeling India’s vaccine diploma- Hyderabad opportunistic and rare, we must wish that civility stays in Parliament But on government-run the current trend of the need to link them cy. India has supplied where government and Opposition members meet most often and in Doordarshan and All polarisation is vital, for with ulterior motives. low-cost coronavirus debates that make the legislature one of the pillars of democracy. India Radio and in sec- the simple reason that Getting prickly about vaccines to many coun- Politicians of all hues would do well to remember that cordiality costs tions of the print media, no country or society criticism will only tries across the world. 50 YEARS AGO IN nothing and that the nation and the Constitution always come first. there was no escaping can make real progress worry the whole world “With the US and allusions to these dark, if social cohesion starts even more. Europe preoccupied powerful and invisible eroding. “There is a debate with Covid-19 and many forces out to get us. Leaving aside the for- about the potential nations looking to India Cut to the New India. eign gaze for a moment impact of American con- for a Covid-19 antidote, DECCAN CHRONICLE The “foreign hand” is and looking within, we cerns about the state of Delhi can score valuable AP affiliated college back. The ruling BJP cannot but help notice a democracy and liberal- points,” as G. 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erala’s chief secretary yet to start work for bio-mining. identified “inefficient” employees. offices and directorates under it to Mr Faesal praised the PM’s Vishwas Mehta came The directive came while the tri- The state home department headed set up such panels at their level. radio programme and wrote that under fire from the bunal was hearing a case seeking by the chief minister has set up Previously, in 2017, the state gov- “communication can build KNational Green Tribunal direction to take effective steps for high-level committees to imple- ernment had announced to compul- solidarities…” (NGT) over the continued ineffec- infrastructure development for col- ment the order. sorily retire non-performing educa- The buzz around Mr Faesal’s Dilip Cherian tive solid waste management in lection, storage, segregation and According to sources, a commit- tion department officials, school plans has only grown, especially Kochi. disposal of tonnes of waste, termed tee headed by additional chief sec- headmasters and teachers after dis- when he quit Jammu and Kashmir According to sources, the tribunal legacy waste, that has accumulated retary of the home department appointing Matric and intermedi- People’s Movement, the political Dilli Ka Babu made scathing remarks against the over the years in Kochi’s Brah- Amir Subhani will deal with Group ate exams. But the decision was not party he had set up barely a few state government while criticising mapuram area. A employees of the department. followed through, say sources. Will months later. the affidavit filed by Mr Mehta and Ironically, the adverse comments The panel also includes special sec- it be any different this time? Interestingly, his resignation as threatened to prosecute officers come at a time when the state gov- retary Vikash Vaibhav, among oth- an IAS officer in January 2019 has responsible for ensuring that para- ernment claims that it is strictly ers. The other committee will be RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL? been kept in abeyance all this NGT hauls up meters of environmental safety are following the “green protocol” and headed by secretary of the home Is Shah Faesal, the former IAS offi- while. The government has not met. The tribunal lamented that the chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan department, K. Senthil Kumar, and cer from Jammu and Kashmir, accepted it, pending the investiga- chief secretary’s affidavit did not declared more than 11,000 govern- include joint secretary Bimlesh contemplating a return to the civil tion into some of his social media show any effective action being ment offices and public sector Kumar Jha, among other senior service that he had quit in protest posts. Kerala govt for taken on the ground, despite sever- undertakings as “green” on officials. It has been tasked with against “unabated killings” in That it was never accepted means al directives issued in the past two Republic Day! identifying the deadwood from Kashmir? A tweet by the ex-babu, that the door is still open for him to years. among Group B, C and D employ- who was the first Kashmiri to top rejoin the IAS. Watch this space for ignoring ‘legacy The tribunal, quoting a report by NITISH TO WEED OUT ees. Both committees will meet the civil service exam, in response updates! the State Pollution Control Board, HOME DEADWOOD every year in June and December to Prime Minister Narendra noted that the municipal authori- The Nitish Kumar government in to consider the proposals to retire Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat” program Share a babu experience! Follow waste’ directive ties in Kochi were continuing Bihar is moving ahead with its identified officers. Further, the seems to hint at a change of mind, [email protected]. Let’s unauthorised operations and were announcement last year of retiring department has instructed all say some observers. In his tweet, multiply the effect. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 7

SHORT TAKES Over 66K scavengers identified across India New Delhi, Feb. 10: As Sabha, Minister of State for compensation has been across the country. KANGANA RANAUT many as 66,692 m anual Social Justice and paid to 217 and partial com- The highest number of scavengers, including Empowerment Ramdas pensation has been paid to manual scavengers have WITHDRAWS SUIT 37,379 in Uttar Pradesh, Athawale said 340 people 47, according to the data been identified in UP at have been identified across have died while cleaning shared by Athawale. 37,379 followed by 7,378 in AGAINST BMC the country, the govern- sewers and tanks in the last According to the data, a Maharashtra, 6,170 in SHAHAB ANSARI | DC ment said on Wednesday. five years. total of 66,692 manual scav- Uttarakhand and 4,295 in MUMBAI, FEB. 10 In a written reply in Rajya Out of the 340 deaths, full engers have been identified Assam. — PTI

Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday withdrew the suit she had filed against the DECLINE IN Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over a demolition notice in connec- DAILY NO. OF tion with an illegal construc- tion of her house in 2018. She COVID CASES informed the court that she would file a regularisation DC CORRESPONDENT application before the BMC in NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 connection with the structure. ITBP and other agencies cut the loose ends of pipes and wires inside the Tapovan The HC permitted Ms Ranaut Tunnel as rescue operation continues in Chamoli district. - PTI The decline in daily to withdraw the appeal and numbers of fresh cases said that no coercive action be of Covid-19 continues taken by the civic body till the in India with the active application of regularisation caseload now dropping is considered and decided, and to 1.41 lakh on for two weeks thereafter to Glacier burst toll Wednesday. The pres- enable her to appeal in case of ent active cases now an adverse order on her regu- consist of just 1.30 per larisation application. cent of India’s total Now, the actress will apply positive cases. In the for regularisation of the struc- last 24 hours, 11,067 ture within four weeks and the 34; 200 missing fresh cases and 94 court has ordered the civic deaths were reported body to decide her application across the country. for regularisation expeditious- Rescue workers race against time As many as 33 states ly in accordance with the law. and UTs have reported Furthermore in case the to cut through the obstructions less than 5,000 active BMC order is against Ms cases in the last 24 Ranaut, she will get two weeks DC CORRESPONDENT hours. Daman and Diu, time to approach the court with agency inputs Dadra and Nagar again. The BMC had opposed NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 Haveli currently have it saying that no such relief Kin of missing zero active cases while can be granted. The ITBP, Indian Army, 19 states/UTs have not The court ordered this when NDRF and other agen- reported any death in Ms Ranaut’s lawyer Birendra cies continue cutting the the last 24 hours. These Saraf informed the court that loose ends of pipes and stage protest are Uttar Pradesh, the suit will be withdrawn wires inside the Tapovan Delhi, Rajasthan, within four days. tunnel as rescue work Raini (Uttarakhand), ● THE KIN OF around 40 Odisha, Andhra Senior counsel Aspi Chinoy continued on Wednesday Feb. 10: The families of missing workers Pradesh, J&K, had opposed Ms Ranaut’s plea to take out construction workers missing from engaged in a heated Jharkhand, pointing out the Supreme workers trapped since the Rishiganga hydel argument with the Puducherry, Manipur, Court order passed in actor the flash floods that fol- project site created a Nagaland, Sonu Sood’s application, lowed Sunday’s glacier ruckus here on authorities of the project Lakshadweep, which said that it be decided in burst. Wednesday accusing the for two hours, alleging Meghalaya, Sikkim, accordance with law by the According to the ITBP, authorities of not carry- lack of urgency in the A&N Islands, Ladakh civic body. the tunnel authorities ing out the rescue opera- rescue work. (UT), Mizoram, It may be recalled that Sood are also assisting in tions properly after the Arunachal Pradesh, had approached the court marking of the tunnel sudden flood in the face the wrath of the Tripura and D&D & against a BMC notice to demol- inside as the rescue Alaknanda river system families, said his help D&N. ish illegal portions of a resi- teams intensified efforts wreaked havoc. was not being taken by As many as 81.68% of dential building, which he had to reach the 30-35 men The kin of around 40 the administration to the new recovered converted into a hotel. trapped in a sludge- missing workers locate the missing. cases are concentrated choked tunnel. engaged in a heated The death toll in the in 6 states while Kerala Rescue workers are rac- argument with the disaster was 32 as on has reported the maxi- RECALL BEDI, ing against time to cut authorities of the proj- Tuesday with six more mum number of single through the obstructions ect for two hours, alleg- bodies being recovered day recoveries with PONDY CM URGES and reach out to trapped ing lack of urgency in during the day, officials 6,475 cases. 2,554 people people at the Tapovan the rescue work. had said as multiple recovered in PRESIDENT and Rishi Ganga power “It is four days since agencies raced against Maharashtra in the project sites even though the tragedy occurred but time to reach the work- past 24 hours followed New Delhi/Puducherry, hope to find survivors is all the focus is on restor- ers trapped inside a tun- by 513 in Karnataka. Feb. 10: Taking his fight with slowly dimming. ing connectivity. nel at the power project Lt Governor Kiran Bedi to the So far, 34 bodies have Rescuing the missing site and 174 people President of India, Chief been recovered and over people does not seem to remained missing. Minister of Puducherry V. 200 men are still missing. be the priority,” alleged a The missing people Narayanasamy on Wednesday An ITBP reconnais- man from Punjab, whose include those working at urged Ram Nath Kovind to sance team visited the brother Jugal worked at NTPC’s 480-MW recall the former IPS officer, glacier-break site that is the Rishiganga hydel Tapovan-Vishnugad saying she was running a suspected to have trig- project. “Jugal’s phone project and the 13.2-MW ‘tuglaq durbar.’ gered the massive flash rings when his number Rishiganga Hydel In a detailed memorandum floods even as its chief is dialed,” he said. Project and villagers presented to Kovind in New S.S. Deswal said the res- Rishiganga project whose homes nearby Delhi, Narayansamy said “ev- cue operation to locate manager Kamal were washed away. en during French regime, we the 30-35 workers Chauhan, who had to — PTI were not ill-treated like this.” trapped in the Tapovan He complained that Bedi was tunnel will continue till ‘autocratic’ and was interfer- it reaches a “logical con- ● A CAMERA-MOUNTED the Line of Actual ing in the administration, clusion”. drone flown inside the Control with China that besides ‘impeding’ the imple- Mr Deswal said they have been disconnected mentation of various propos- are “very hopeful” that tunnel on Tuesday also through the land route, als of the elected government. the workers in the 1,500- could not provide any as some bridges snapped The Chief Minister, who has metre-long tubular struc- leads to the rescue in and around the Raini been at odds with Bedi over a ture marked as “head teams. village, are in “contact” number of issues concerning race tunnel”, out of the and the 400 troops there the union territory since her total 2.5 km length, are inside the 22-25 feet high have rations and other appointment there in 2016, had safe with the help of pos- tunnel till now, but the essentials stocked with a half an hour meeting with sible air vents in the continuous flow of the them. the President. structure. silt is hampering their “In fact, troops of these He said he had presented the “We are very hopeful rescue efforts. border posts are ferrying memorandum containing the that we will be able to A camera-mounted food packets on their various schemes allegedly rescue them. The work- drone flown inside the back to about a dozen vil- impeded by Bedi and that he ers are stated to be locat- tunnel on Tuesday also lages that have been cut was accompanied by lone Lok ed at their workstation could not provide any off. My troops collect Sabha member from that is about 180 metres leads to the rescue these airdropped packets Puducherry V. Vaithilingam from the mouth of the teams. of food and other essen- and his cabinet colleagues M. Tapovan tunnel,” the The ITBP said some of tial items, after multiple Kandasamy and Malladi ITBP chief said. the challenges of the helicopter sorties, from Krishna Rao. “I can tell you that we operation were the nar- the Lata helipad being “The proposal of the govern- will continue our efforts row passage (20-25 feet) operated by us,” he said. ment to introduce 10 per cent till any length of time... of the tunnel that allows There are about 500 quota for students from gov- for whatever time it only one big earthmover houses in these cut-off ernment schools and holding takes to reach the logical to remove the debris at villages like Jugju, NEET certificates intending to conclusion and find the one go, and it comes back Juagoar, Gwar, Lata, do medical education had also workers. My boys are in reverse gear to dump Suki, Balgaoun, Tolma, been facing hurdles as the Lt determined to locate the slush outside to Fagti, Long, Rainipalli, Governor to whom the propos- those trapped there and make way for the res- Pang and Surai Thoha, a al was sent had forwarded it to we may reach that slip cuers to further go deep senior official present on the Centre”, he said. tunnel spot (where those inside. the ground said. In the memorandum, made trapped are said to be Mr Deswal said about Another officer based available to the media at located) by Wednesday 450 troops of the border- in Uttarakhand said a Puducherry, Narayansamy evening,” he said. guarding force, led by a fresh ITBP team is now told the President that “Dr A multi-agency team of DIG-rank officer and a looking for survivors in Kiran Bedi is running rescuers comprising the commandant, are camp- the Tapovan barrage Tughlaq Darbar in undemoc- ITBP, NDRF, state disas- ing in the area to run the area where the flood ratic (manner) and in viola- ter response force and operation across 24 waters hit on Sunday tion of Rules of Law.” the Army have cleared hours. He said about five leading to large-scale about 120 metres of slush ITBP border posts along damage to the structure. SC halts dismantling of INS Viraat PARMOD KUMAR | DC ● THE CENTAUR-CLASS Shree Ram Group is a The Defence Ministry had with agency inputs ship-breaking firm of told the High Court that NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, Bhavnagar in Gujarat Envitech Marine was in service with the which had bought it for Consultants Pvt. Ltd. could The Supreme court on Indian Navy for 29 years `38.54 crore in an auction in approach the buyer Shree Wednesday halted further before being July last year. Ram Group of Industries. dismantling of decommis- decommissioned in The top court on The Centre had in July sioned INS Viraat on a plea March 2017. Wednesday also agreed to 2019 informed the by a Mumbai-based examine the price at which Parliament that the deci- Envitech Marine which was decommissioned the ship can be bought by sion to scrap Viraat was Consultants Pvt Ltd seeking by India Navy on March 5, M/s Envitech Marine taken after due consultation to convert over six-decade 2017, a bench headed by Consultants Private with the Indian Navy. old aircraft carrier into a Chief Justice Sharad A. Limited. The centaur-class aircraft maritime museum & multi- Bobde and also comprising The Centre had earlier in carrier, INS Viraat, was in functional adventure centre Justice A.S.Bopanna and 2020 told the Bombay High service with the Indian The petitioner-firm has Justice V. Rama-subraman- Court that it was no more Navy for 29 years before offered to pay `100 crore for ian issued notice to the concerned with the warship being decommissioned in the ship so that it can be Centre and a Gujarat-based since after the bidder won March 2017. converted into a museum private company Shree Ram the auction, the sale process Viraat is the second air- instead of being disman- Group which had bought it was completed in craft carrier which is being tled. for scrapping and took it to September and the govern- dismantled in India. In 2014, Putting on hold the dis- Alang port in Gujarat for ment has received the Vikrant was dismantled in mantling of INS Viraat dismantling. money. Mumbai. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 8

SHORT TAKES PLA, Indian troops start IJU FLAYS ED RAIDS ON disengagement: China

NEWSCLICK PAWAN BALI | DC Hyderabad/Chandigarh, NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 Feb. 10: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has In an apparent break- US says will stand condemned the Enforcement through in nine-month Directorate raids on the digi- tense military standoff in tal news platform Newsclick eastern Ladakh, the and described them as contin- Indian and Chinese with its friends uation of the government’s armies have reportedly ongoing efforts to silence the started the process of dis- SRIDHAR mitted to supporting dem- media critical of its policies. engagement from the con- KUMARASWAMI | DC ocratic values, including a In a statement issued on tentious Pangong Tso sec- NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 free and open civil society Wednesday, K. Sreenivas Red- tor on Wednesday. and the strong rule of dy and Balwinder Singh Jam- This was announced by Signalling a consistency law”. mu President and Secretary the Chinese defence min- in American foreign poli- Pointing out that it “reg- General of IJU respectively sa- istry in Beijing, but there cy, the new Joe Biden ularly engages with the id that five journalists have be- was no response so far Administration said on Government of India”, en arrested in the country in from the Indian govern- Wednesday that it is “con- the US said the “shared the first month of 2021 creat- ment. cerned by Beijing’s pat- commitment to democrat- ing a record of sorts. They al- “The Chinese and Indian tern of ongoing attempts ic value is the bedrock for so recalled the recent sedition frontline troops at the to intimidate its neigh- the U.S.-India relation- charges against senior journa- southern and northern bours” such as India, ship” which is “in keeping lists who were covering devel- banks of the Pangong Tso adding that the United with India’s own demo- opments on the Republic Day. Lake start synchronised States “would stand with cratic values, its pluralis- The news portal Newsclick and organised disengage- (its) friends”. tic values, and its history has been closely covering the ment from February 10,” The US state department of tolerance”. ongoing farmers agitation Women and children ride a tractor on their way to take part in farmers protest against farm reform laws near said Senior Colonel Wu also described India as Asked about the phone against the farm laws. The Singhu border in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI Qian, the spokesperson of “one of the most impor- conversation late on raids by ED on a small news the Chinese defence min- tant partners in the Indo- Tuesday between US sec- portal and the immediate alle- istry, in a written state- Pacific region” of the US, retary of state Antony J. gation of `30 crore money ment on Wednesday. adding that it “welcomes Blinken and Indian Exter- laundering betray the designs This move is in accor- India’s emergence as a nal Affairs Minister S. of the government, the IJU dance with the consensus leading global power and Jaishankar, the US State leaders commented. Man wanted in Red reached by both sides at its role as a net security Department on Wedne- Raids by obliging central the ninth round of the provider in the region”. sday said that “Blinken agencies and FIRs by puppet China-India corps com- Describing its expressed concern over police in various states again- mander-level meeting, the Comprehensive Global the military coup and the st journalists are a clear and statement said. Strategic Partnership importance of rule of law brazen effort to silence the cri- Fort violence arrested There has been no for- with India as “both broad and the democratic proc- tical media by creating fear ps- mal statement from India as well as multifaceted”, ess in Burma (Myanmar), ychosis, the IJU leaders said. so far Wednesday since the US expressed “confi- adding that both foreign They demanded the govern- Iqbal Singh was nabbed from Hoshiarpur in Punjab Parliament is in session, dence that the strong and ministers “also discussed ment to desist from this kind but sources said tanks and upward trajectory of our regional developments, of tactics and help foster a me- BHASKAR HARI armoured vehicles are partnership will, in fact, including the value of dia friendly environment cru- SHARMA | DC CONG WILL SCRAP being moved back from continue”. U.S.-India cooperation cial to the sustenance of NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 Tikait: Not aiming the southern banks of Asked about human across the Indo-Pacific” democracy. Pangong Tso. rights issues, the US state and “looked forward to The Special Cell of Delhi LAWS IF VOTED TO There are also reports of department said that “this expanded regional cooper- Police on Tuesday night small troop disengage- applies not only to India ation, including through 96 ARRESTS IN 93 nabbed a man wanted in for change in power POWER: PRIYANKA ment moves from the but to every partner of the Quad, and to address connection with the vio- northern banks of the ours across the board” the challenges of Covid SEDITION CASES lence at the Red Fort on New Delhi, Feb. 10: BKU Addressing the protest- Lucknow, Feb. 10: lake. The disengagement and that the US is “com- and climate change”. Republic Day. The accused leader Rakesh Tikait on ing farmers at Singhu bor- Attacking the Centre over will happen cautiously in IN 2019: GOVT identified as, Iqbal Singh, Wednesday asserted that der, he said that the agita- the new farm laws, a phased manner and each was also carrying a the agitating farmers tion against the farm laws Congress leader Priyanka move will be verified. September last year. “agreed to push for an New Delhi, Feb. 10: As many reward of `50,000 on infor- were not aiming at any will stretch till the Centre Gandhi Vadra told a rally Defence minister It is learnt Indian troops early disengagement of as 93 cases of sedition were mation leading to his change in power at the addresses their issues. in western Uttar Pradesh Rajnath Singh is expected have not been moved the frontline troops” in registered in different parts of arrest. Centre but a solution to “We do not aim change that if voted to power to make a statement in the back from these strategic the eastern Ladakh. the country in 2019 in which 96 According to Sanjeev their problems as he said in power (at the Centre). her party would scrap Rajya Sabha on Thursday heights on Wednesday. Earlier in June, and then people were arrested, the Kumar Yadav, the Deputy many of their leaders will The government should them. on the “Present Situation “If India cedes its sole again in July, India and Rajya Sabha was informed on Commissioner of Police tour different parts of the do its work. We want it to At a kisan panchayat in Eastern Ladakh”, bargaining chip — China had agreed to Wednesday. (DCP), Special Cell, Iqbal country to spread the repeal the farm laws and organised by the party in according to a tweet from Kailash Range heights — mutually move back from Union minister of state for was nabbed from movement. ensure law on MSP,” he Saharanpur, the Congress the defence minister’s before China begins to roll the Galwan Valley, Gogra home G. Kishan Reddy said Hoshiarpur in Punjab on Tikait, who had earlier said. general secretary accused office. back all its land grabs, it Post, Hot Springs and chargesheets were filed again- Tuesday night by the said that police should Tikait said that the agi- Prime Minister Narendra The tanks of China’s will prove a big mistake,” Pangong Tso. st 76 people while 29 were acq- northern range of Special have shot those who tation will be long drawn Modi and other BJP lead- People’s Liberation Army tweeted strategic analyst However, it was only in uitted by the courts in 2019. Cell. unfurled flags at Red Fort and continue till govern- ers of insulting farmers (PLA) and the Indian Brahma Chellaney. the Galwan Valley that The highest number of 22 sedi- Earlier on Monday, the during the tractor rally on ment starts talks with far- who are protesting Army are placed in close As per reports, the both troops had moved tion cases in 2019 was register- Special Cell had arrested Republic Day, defended mer leaders. “The govern- against the laws. proximity to each other Chinese soldiers will also back to some extent. In ed in Karnataka where 18 peo- actor-activist Deep Sidhu, the act saying it was not ment should hold the tal- “The three laws are on the southern banks of move beyond the Finger 8 Pangong Tso, the Chinese ple were arrested, he said in a a “prominent player” treason and youths were ks. Our committee is rea- demonic. If voted to Pangong Tso in the area on the northern bank Army had then refused to written reply to a question. behind the violence at the being framed. dy to talk,” he said. — PTI power, the Congress will Chushul sector. of Pangong Tso and move back from the ridge- Reddy said 17 sedition cases Red Fort from Haryana’s scrap these laws,” she This is the area where Indian troops will be lines of Finger 4 and the were registered in Assam Karnal bypass. said. the Indian Army, in a pre- placed between Finger 2 whole of Finger 5 to 8 where 23 people were arrested. The Delhi police had for Buta Singh, Sukhdev tody by a city court. She said the party’s fight emptive move in August and Finger 3. Indian and area, which it had illegal- A total of 11 sedition cases announced a cash reward Singh, Jajbir Singh and On January 26, thou- will continue till the laws last year to the surprise of Chinese troops had bru- ly occupied in May. In the were registered in Jammu and of `1 lakh for information Iqbal Singh for allegedly sands of protesting farm- are scrapped. the Chinese side, had tally clashed in the area in Gogra Post and Hot Kashmir where 16 people were that can lead to the arrest instigating protesters. ers who reached ITO from The rally is the first in a occupied the strategic May 2020, with many sol- Springs areas too, there arrested. As many as 10 sedi- of actor Sidhu, Jugraj Of them, Sidhu, Iqbal the Ghazipur border series of such farmers’ heights which allowed it diers suffering serious was no clarity on China’s tion cases were filed in Uttar Singh, Gurjot Singh and Singh and Sukhdev Singh clashed with the police. meetings planned the to dominate the area. injuries. disengagement. Besides, Pradesh in which nine people Gurjant Singh who hoist- have been arrested. Police Many of them driving party in western Uttar The sector also saw the The Indian and Chinese in the Depsang plains, were arrested, he said. ed flags at the Red Fort or said raids are being con- tractors reached the Red Pradesh, a year before the first incident of firing in corps commanders had Chinese troops had been Replying to another question were involved in the act. ducted to nab the rest of Fort and entered the mon- assembly elections in the 45 years at the Line of held the ninth round of preventing the Indian on whether any step has been A cash reward of `50,000 them. Sidhu has been sent ument, where a religious state. Actual Control, as ten- talks on January 24, Army from conducting its taken to strengthen the sedi- each was also announced to seven-day police cus- flag was also hoisted. — PTI sions soared in early where both sides had patrolling. tion law (Section 124A of the IPC), the minister said the “amendment of laws is an ongoing process”. DIDI: BJP USING Navy’s largest war game TN CM NOT RATTLED BY ROADSHOW WILSON MOVES HC RATH YATRA TO HELD TO WELCOME SASIKALA G. BABU JAYAKUMAR expelled from the party to AGAINST ‘PLANTED DIVIDE SOCIETY & D. SEKAR | DC rejoin it. In an indirect CHENNAI, FEB. 10 reference to Sasikala, he EVIDENCE’ Raiganj/Malda, Feb. said that they would not 10: West Bengal Chief The grandiose roadshow allow the domination of SHAHAB ANSARI | DC Minister Mamata that marked the return of any family in the party. MUMBAI, FEB. 10 Banerjee on Wednesday expelled AIADMK gener- Only a party worker mocked BJP leaders for al secretary V.K. Sasikala could become Chief Activist Rona Wilson on travelling on raths “as if from jail on Monday and Minister and a single fam- Wednesday filed a petition in they are gods”, and her clarion call for unity ily’s control on the party the Bombay High Court seek- alleged saffron party’s have not made any impact would not be tolerated, ing dismissal of the case rath yatra is meant to on the party leadership, said Palaniswami, who against him in connection create division in the who remain firm on not had openly hit out at with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon society on the basis of reinstating her or any of Dhinakaran on Tuesday violence. His lawyer submitted religion. her family members with- night, pointing out that a digital forensic report from a Accusing the saffron out heeding to her call. he was thrown out of the Massachusetts-based forensic party of resorting to Sasikala, on her part, is party by J Jayalalithaa. firm Arsenal Digital which “lies” about Hinduism, also silent though she has There was a conspiracy mentioned that a hacker Banerjee said the des- been meeting functionar- to capture the AIADMK hacked Rona Wilson’s laptop peration to defeat her ies of the AMMK, the and whatever Dhinkaran and planted 10 letters right has stemmed from the party launched by her did he would not be able before Wilson’s arrest. BJP’s ambition to wipe nephew T.T.V. Dhinaka- to pull it off, he said and Advocate Sudeep Pasbola on out the last opposition ran after he was thrown called upon the party behalf of Rona filed the peti- bastion in the country. out of the AIADMK, and cadre to help realise the tion and also attached a digital Addressing two back- others at the house of her dreams of MGR and Jaya. forensic report from a to-back rallies in the niece Krishana Priya in T Reacting to rumours Massachusetts based forensic minority Muslims domi- Nagar, where she is now that Palaniswami and firm Arsenal Digital that men- nated Uttar Dinajpur put up. Sasikala were planning to tioned that a hacker hacked and Malda districts, But Chief Minister meet, fisheries minister Rona Wilson’s laptop and Banerjee appealed to the Edappadi K. Palaniswa- D. Jayakumar clearly said planted 10 letters right before voters to ensure victory Ships take part in Indian Navy’s largest war game — the biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise mi, speaking at a campai- that there was no scope Wilson’s arrest. of the TMC candidate (TROPEX 21) — which commenced in early January, in the Indian Ocean Region. The exercise will culminate by the gn meeting in Krishnag- for it in this lifetime. He Advocate Pasbola had and not waste their third week of February. The exercise is taking place at a time China has been making increasing forays into the iri on Wednesday, categor- was speaking to media approached the Arsenal votes by casting them in Indian Ocean region as part of its offensive military manoeuvre. — PTI ically stated that there persons at Saidapet on Digital to examine the elec- favour of “stooge of BJP was no scope for any one Wednesday morning. tronic copy of his client’s from Hyderabad”, in a laptop. swipe at Asaduddin These are the same letters Owaisi AIMIM. After which were first used by the impressive showing in MOVIE | BONANZA French filmmaker Jean Luc Godard receives Lifetime Achievement award Pune police and later by the the neighbouring Bihar, National Investigation Agency AIMIM is preparing (NIA) as evidence to show to fight Assembly elec- Rona’s complicity in Bhima tions in Bengal where Koregaon case. Muslim voters form a Kerala film festival adjusts to the new normal Relying on these letters the sizeable section of the Pune police in the past had electorate. SUPARNA SHARMA | DC out of 800 tested on Tuesday when we fail to react on ing, Godard said, “I am tral theme. This Is Not A director Mohammad claimed that the arrested “Rath yatra is a reli- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, turned out to be “positive” time to warning signs”. sorry for speaking in the Burial, It's A Resurrection, Rasoulof. It tells the story of accused were planning to gious festival. All of us FEB. 10 and are in quarantine — Directed by Jasmila tongue of the dominators which is part of the festi- a nation that enforces the assassinate the Prime have participated in this has adjusted well to the banic, Quo Vadis, Aida? is (English). Thank you very val’s International death penalty through four Minister Narendra Modi. festival. We know Lord The 25th edition of the Coronavirus-induced new based on recorded facts and much Kerala. Thank you to Competition section, tells men whose destinies are On January 1, 2018, the vio- Jagannath, Balaram and International Film Festival normal, but it continues to recalls in shocking detail the Kerala festival for the story of an 80-year-old loosely connected by their lence at Bhima Koregaon vil- Goddess Subhadra trav- of Kerala (IFFK) opened on strike a note of dissent the Srebrenica massacre of screening good and sensi- widow in Lesotho who is willingness or refusal to lage in Pune district left one el in those chariots. Wednesday all masked up, through the films it picks. July 1995. ble films. It is great that five making arrangements to assist in state-ordered dead and injured several oth- “But, the BJP leaders with strict adherence to The festival’s opening After the traditional inau- of my films are being die when the forced resettle- assassinations. ers, including 10 policemen. are using this rath yatra social distancing and to a film, Bosnia’s Oscar entry guration with the lighting screened there,” and in his ment of her village brings The IFFK is scheduled to Violence erupted after some for their own political note of warning. Quo Vadis, Aida?, which of the lamp, legendary quintessential style, lit a her to the forefront of a run between Feb. 10 and 14 people, reportedly with saf- purposes to divide the The IFFK, whose fumigat- had its India premiere on French filmmaker Jean cigar. movement to stand for land in Thiruvananthapuram, fron flags, pelted stones at cars society and pit one ed and sanitised auditori- Wednesday evening after Luc Godard received the Quo Vaids, Aida? (Where rights. and after that all films will heading towards the village against the other. BJP ums are running at just 50 chief minister Pinarayi Lifetime Achievement are you going, Aida?) leads Another “subversive” travel to Ernakulam (from for the commemoration of the leaders are travelling on per cent capacity and all Vijayan inaugurated the award. Greeting the audi- a long list of foreign and film in the International Feb. 17-21), Thalassery 200 years of Bhima-Koregaon raths as if they are delegates have to undergo film festival, is a cautionary ence from his home Indian films at IFFK that competition this year is (Feb. 23-27) and Palakkad war on New Year’s Day. gods,” she said. rigorous antigen tests — 70 tale about “what happens through videoconferenc- have dissent as their cen- There Is No Evil by Iranian (March 1-5). C WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | pg 9 I THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 N US keen to learn E Covid-19 origins Worst affected by pandemic, America M wants China, WHO to be transparent Washington, Feb. 10: origins of the deadly that we can understand It is imperative that the coronavirus pandemic. its origins and so, imp- world learns as much as On Tuesday, the team ortantly, we can prevent possible about the earli- dismissed that the virus future biological catas- est days of the Covid-19 could have leaked from trophes,” Price said. pandemic so that the a Chinese lab, a theory “I think the jury is still A world can understand its strongly supported by out. Clearly, the origins and prevent former US president Chinese, at least hereto- future biological catas- Donald Trump. fore, had not offered the trophes, the US has said The team members requisite transparency after international said that the deadly that we need and that experts investigating the virus was most likely to just as importantly, origins of the disease have transmitted from again, the international have dismissed as an animal to humans. community needs so unlikely a theory that “Broadly speaking, we that we can prevent the virus came from a have expressed our con- these sorts of pan- laboratory in China. cerns regarding the demics from ever hap- The US, which is the need for full transparen- pening again. worst affected country cy and access from This goes back to one from the pandemic, is China and the WHO to of the very first actions looking forward to all information regard- that President Joe receiving the report and ing the earliest days of Biden took as president the data from the inves- the pandemic,” State when he re-engaged tigation by the World Department Spoke- with the WHO,” Price Health Organisation’s sperson Ned Price told said. China reported the (WHO) team of experts reporters on Tuesday at first Covid-19 case in the into the origins of the his daily news confer- central Chinese city of Covid-19 in China’s ence. Wuhan and since then Wuhan city. “It’s imperative that the disease has snow- The WHO experts the world learns as balled into a pandemic, arrived in China last much as possible about affecting 1,06,880,652 month for the long- the earliest days of the people with 2,339,991 awaited probe into the Covid-19 pandemic so deaths globally. — PTI EU LAWMAKERS OK $815 BILLION RECOVERY PLAN

Brussels,Feb. 10: European lawmakers on Wednesday approved a 672.5 billion euro ($815 billion) recovery pack- age of loans and grants to help member states recover faster from the coronavirus pandemic. The regulation for the Recovery and Resilience Facility was adopted with 582 votes in favour, 40 against and 69 absten- tions. The RRF is the central pillar of the the bloc’s 750 billion euro ($910 billion) recovery plan that was adopted by EU leaders last year. “In the long-term, this money is going to bring about change and prog- ress to meet our digital and climate goals,” said Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, a lawmaker closely involved in the negotiations. “We will ensure that the measures will allevi- ate poverty and unem- ployment, and will take into account the gender dimension of this crisis. Our health systems will also become more resilient.” To receive their share of the money, which is linked to respecting the rule of law, the EU's 27 nations must submit their plans for the funds by the end of April. The funding will be available for three years and EU countries can request up to 13% pre-financing for their recovery and resilience plans. — AP WHO SLAMS U.S. COVID-19 INTEL TEAM AS EUROPE TIGHTENS CURBS

Wuhan, Feb. 10: A WHO expert sent to China to probe the Coronavirus hit out at US intelligence on Covid-19 as his team headed home with few answers about the origin of a pandemic that was forcing more clamp- downs in some of the hardest-hit parts of the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to seek an extension of strict virus curbs, as the European Commission chief addressed the stumbling vaccination rollout on the continent — which accounts for a third of the 2.3 million Covid-19 deaths world- wide. The Coronavirus has infected close to 107 mil- lion people, devastating the global economy, and questions over the han- dling of the initial out- break in central China have sparked an intense diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing. The WHO mission to the ground zero city of Wuhan wrapped up on Tuesday without any concrete answers.— AFP CINEMA WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 10 Huthis claim drone attack Plane set on fire at Saudi airport Riyadh, Feb. 10: A run Al-Ekhbariya tele- on Yemen. civilian plane was vision quoted the But the coalition engulfed in flames Riyadh-led military insisted that targeting Wednesday after coalition battling the the airport constituted Yemen’s Huthi rebels rebels as saying. “a war crime” and “put launched a drone strike “A fire that engulfed a the lives of civilian pas- on an airport in south- passenger plane due to sengers in danger”, ern Saudi Arabia, days the Huthi attack on according to the official after the US moved to Abha Airport is under Saudi Press Agency. delist the insurgents as control,” it added. The rebels appear to terrorists. The coalition did not be stepping up attacks Saudi authorities did say how the attack was on the kingdom and on not immediately report carried out, but earlier Riyadh-backed Yemeni any casualties from the in the day reported that forces after the United attack, claimed by the it had intercepted two States moved last week Huthis, the latest in a “booby trapped” drones to lift a short-lived des- series of rebel assaults in the south. ignation of the Huthis on the kingdom despite The Iran-backed as a terrorist group. a renewed American Huthis, who control The Huthis have res- push to de-escalate the much of northern umed an offensive to six-year conflict. Yemen, said they had seize the Yemeni gov- “A cowardly criminal struck Abha airport ernment’s last northern terrorist attack with four drones. Yahya stronghold of Marib, launched against Abha Sarie, spokesman for according to a govern- International Airport the Huthis’ armed wing, ment source, with in Saudi Arabia by the claimed the airport was dozens of casualties on Huthi militia,” state- used to launch attacks both sides. — AFP U.S. DEPLOYS Military raids Suu BOMBERS Kyi’s party offices IN NORWAY Yangon, Feb. 10: ● THE UNITED Oslo, Feb. 10: The Myanmar’s military STATES, which has United States is deploy- raided the Yangon led global censure of ing long-range B-1 headquarters of oust- bombers to Norway to ed leader Aung San the coup, on Tuesday train in the strategically Suu Kyi’s party late renewed its call for important High North in Tuesday, officials said, freedom of expression a new show of force as the United States in Myanmar — and for unseen in the region joined the UN in the generals to step since the Cold War. “strongly” condemn- down. “High North, low ten- ing violence against sions” goes an old say- protesters demanding would take action ing, describing the rela- a return to democracy. against demonstra- tively calm security situ- The latest assault on tions that threatened ation and diplomatic Myanmar’s civilian “stability”, and a new relations in the Arctic leadership came as ban on gatherings of for decades. anger at last week’s more than five people. But mounting tensions coup and the deten- The United States, between the West and tion of Suu Kyi by the which has led global Russia, particularly sin- generals has driven censure of the coup, ce the 2014 Crimea cri- hundreds of thou- on Tuesday renewed sis, has led both sides to sands of people into its call for freedom of beef up their militaries the streets, defying a expression in Myan even in the remote High junta ban on rallies. mar — and for the North, an area believed “The military dictator generals to step down. to be rich in natural raided and destroyed “We strongly con- resources and where the NLD headquarters at demn violence ice melt has opened up around 9:30 pm,” the against demonstra- new shipping routes. National League for tors,” US State Dep- This month, long- Democracy announ artment spokesman range B-1 bombers capa- ced on its Facebook Ned Price told ble of carrying large am- page. The party’s reporters, adding that ounts of air-to-ground short statement gave people in Myanmar weaponry will arrive at no further details. “have rights to peace- Norway’s Orland air The raid came after ful assembly.” “We base for several weeks of demonstrations erupt- repeat our calls for training missions with ed for a fourth the military to relin- the Scandinavian coun- straight day Tuesday, quish power, restore try’s air force, which with police using democratically elect- guards NATO’s north- water cannon in sev- ed government, ern border. eral cities, firing rub- release those detained “This deployment ber bullets at protest- and lift all telecommu- comes in the context of ers in the capital nication restrictions global military activities Naypyidaw and and to refrain from in the High North, deploying tear gas in violence,” he said. which have increased Mandalay. Price has previously significantly in recent The rallies came said US requests to years, both from the despite a warning speak to Suu Kyi had West and Russia,” noted from the junta that it been denied. — AFP Kristian Atland. — AFP UN: N. Korea stole $300M worth crypto to fund nukes Seoul, Feb. 10: North nctions on Pyongyang, nuclear and missile Korea has stolen more the report said the development, said the than $300 million worth country’s “total theft of report, which was seen of cryptocurrencies virtual assets from 2019 by AFP. through cyberattacks in to November 2020 is val- The North is known to recent months to sup- ued at approximately operate an army of tho- port its banned nuclear $316.4 million”, citing a usands of well-trained and ballistic missile UN member state. hackers who have atta- programmes, a confi- Financial institutions cked firms, institutions dential UN report said. and exchanges were and researchers in So- Compiled by a panel of hacked to generate rev- uth Korea and else- experts monitoring sa- enue for Pyongyang's where. — AFP Model to predict Indian monsoon in advance London, Feb. 10: Scie- ing of the monsoon in from the University of ntists, including those India’ s major agricul- Reading in the UK. of Indian-origin, have tural regions. “The forecasting developed a new system The scientists believe accuracy we identified which they say can pro- providing this informa- in India's main agricul- vide farmers in India tion to farmers could tural regions provides early forecasts of help them prepare ear- a clear opportunity for expected variations in lier for unexpected this system to make a the monsoon season, an heavy rainfall or positive difference to advance which may extended dry periods, people’s lives,” help reduce crop losses. both of which regularly Chevuturi said in a The researchers, destroy crops in India. statement. including those from According to the He believes a month’s the European Centre researchers, the Indian warning of a drought for Medium-range monsoon brings or deluge is a valuable Weather Forecasts around 80 per cent of time to understand the (ECMWF) in the UK, India's annual rainfall likely impact on water used their long-term with even small varia- availability and for the global weather forecast- tions in the timing of farmers to make provi- ing system to predict its arrival potentially sions to reduce the when the summer mon- having a huge impact threat to food supplies. soon will start, and how on agriculture. “Better forecasts save much rainfall it will “Accurately predict- lives, and this kind of bring. ing these year-to-year in-depth global analy- In the study, pub- variations is challeng- sis is only possible lished in the journal ing, but could be the dif- when the best scientists Climate Dynamics, ference between pros- and leading research they noted that the perity or poverty for institutes work togeth- model provided accu- many families,” said er for the benefit of the rate forecasts a month study co-author whole planet,” Che- in advance for the tim- Amulya Chevuturi vuturi added. — PTI HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 11

Over 27.86 tonnes of metal purchased NITI AAYOG STUDY TO ASSESS IMPACT Sebi fines NSE, former quick Gold bond demand OF SUPREME COURT, NGT DECISIONS chiefs in co-location case BITES New Delhi, Feb. 10: In New Delhi, Feb. 10: the high profile co-loca- rises 4-fold in FY21 Government think-tank tion case, markets regu- % Niti Aayog has commis- lator Sebi on Wednesday INDICATORS SANGEETHA G sioned a study to assess imposed a penalty of Rs 1 Sensex 51,309.39 -0.04 with agency inputs the "unintended" eco- crore on the NSE for fail- Nifty 50 15,106.50 -0.02 CHENNAI, FEB. 10 nomic impact of select ing to provide a level- S&P 500* 3,904.56 -0.17 decisions of the Supreme playing field for trading Despite rising prices of the Court and the National members subscribing to Dollar (`) 72.83 0.08 yellow metal, sovereign Green Tribunal and to its tick-by-tick (TBT) Pound Sterling (`) 100.67 -0.24 gold bond purchases have review if the stated data feed system. grown four-fold in this fis- objective behind the judi- In addition, the regula- Euro (`) 88.31 -0.07 cal comapred to the previ- cial pronouncements tor levied a fine of Rs 25 Gold (10gm)* (`) 47,576▼38 0.07 ous year. was met, according to a lakh each on NSE's for- Chitra Ramakrishna Ravi Narain In the 10 tranches of sov- project brief document. mer managing directors Brent crude ($/bbl)* 61.47 0.62 ereign gold bonds issued in Jaipur-based CUTS Int- and chief executive offi- of co-location services of information about every IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.010 0.00 FY21 till January, investors ernational has been cers Chitra Ramakrishna the NSE is to reduce change in the order book. US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.145 -0.012 purchased a total of 27.86 asked to examine the and Ravi Narain. latency for connectivity According to the regu- tonnes. This marks a more apex court rulings in Alleged lapses in high- to the exchange's trading lator, many trading mem- * As of 8:30 PM IST than four-fold increase in halting consultation of frequency trading offer- systems for Direct bers had repeatedly purchases against 6.13 Mopa Airport in Goa, ed through NSE's co-loca- Market Access, algo trad- resorted to accessing the tonnes bought by investors stopping iron ore mining tion facility came under ing and Smart Order secondary server with- in FY20. This fiscal has went up. exchange traded funds in Goa, and shutting the scanner of the watch- Routing. out any checks and bal- BoI net up 412% accounted for close to half According to Somasun- (ETFs), which was 45 per Sterlite Copper's Tuticor- dog after a complaint was In its 96-page order, the ances and actions on the of the total purchases daram P. R., managing cent higher than the pre- in plant in Tamil Nadu. filed in 2015. Sebi said unequal access part of the first- level reg- made since the launch of director, India, World Gold ceding month. The inflow CUTS International The National Stock was apparent at different ulator except for certain to `540 cr on low gold bonds in 2015. Council, several investors pushed the asset base of director Amol Kulkarni Exchange of India co- stages of the technology emails or advisories. In these six years, bet on the bullish trend in gold funds by 22 per cent to confirmed receiving the location facility allows process and the NSE as a The NSE flouted the provisioning investors have purchased a gold during the pandemic. Rs 14,481 crore at the end of mandate. stock brokers to take on stock exchange failed to principles underlying the total of 58.8 tonnes of gold “While there are pockets of January from Rs 14,174 "This study will ex-post rent specific racks and ensure a level-playing conduct of business of a Bank of India (BoI) reported a through the primary mar- distress due to Covid-19, crore at the end of examine the unintended co-locate their servers field for trading mem- stock exchange, pertain- 412 per cent jump in standalone ket in the form of bonds. there are pockets of sur- December, data from the economic consequences and systems within the bers subscribing to its ing to fair and equitable profit after tax at Rs 541 crore Each of the 10 issues of plus as well. People who Association of Mutual of key judicial/ quasi exchange premises. TBT data feed system. access to information, it in December quarter against Rs gold bonds in FY21 saw have uninterrupted Funds in India showed. judicial decisions and The primary objective TBT data feed provides said. —PTI 106 crore a year ago on impro- investors purchasing more income have not spent Himanshu Srivastava, review if the objective of vement in asset quality and than one tonne of gold. In much during the lockdown associate director manager the judicial decision was lower provisions. Consolidated the fourth series, investors time on vacations and lux- research, Morningstar met," according to the net profit came to Rs 610.37 cr- bought more than four uries and they are left with India said the gold prices CUTS International proj- ore against Rs 138.20 crore. Net tonnes and in the fifth investible surplus,” he have come-off its all-time ect brief document. interest income declined 9 per series, more than six pointed out. This surplus highs touched in August To highlight the eco- cent to Rs 3,740 crore from Rs tonnes. found its way into select last year. The month of nomic impact, five cases Hyderabad to get 1.5 GW solar plant 4,118 crore. Domestic net inter- Prior to FY21, only once investment instruments, January also saw fair bit of have been selected, of est margins declined to 2.81 per had the aggregate purchas- including gold, he added. correction in its prices. which three were decid- S. UMAMAHESHWAR and would produce 1.5 duce the latest generation cent from 3.45 per cent. es moved up beyond one Increased investor "This, along with expecta- ed by the Supreme Court HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 gigawatt of solar photo- products by incorporating tonne in a series. appetite for gold had tion that gold may do well and two by the NGT. voltaic cells and modules. Monocrystalline PERC The issue price of gold reflected in the demand for going ahead provided a "Judicial decisions Secunderabad-based solar The plant would be technology. This technolog- bonds remained above Rs gold ETFs as well. Gold good buying opportunity to have far-reaching eco- equipment maker Premier spread across 25 acres and ical change, along with the 4,500 per gm for all the ETFs largely saw inflows investors, which resulted nomic impacts which are Energies said it would set is expected to be commis- increase of wafer size to Non-basmati rice series in FY21. The issue during most of the months in net inflows for the cate- often not taken into up a new manufacturing sioned in the next two 182 mm and 210 mm, will price was the highest in the in FY21. Despite the lock- gory in January." account at the time of facility at E-City on the out- months. The current man- drive the industry towards exports more fifth series at Rs 5,334 per down in the June quarter, According to him, gold decision making. Some skirts of Hyderabad. ufacturing capacity of the a greener society. gm and the same series investment demand man- functions as a strategic of the recent judg- Speaking to reporters on company is 500 megawatt. "With the increased adop- saw the largest purchase at aged to stay just 11 per cent asset in an investor's port- ments/orders...indicate Wednesday, Chiranjeev "The new manufacturing tion of automation and than double 6.3 tonnes. This shows that lower in 2020 compared folio, given its ability to that the economic impact Saluja, the managing dire- unit will produce MCCE robotics, our new factory higher prices were not a with a 42 per cent drop in act as an effective diversi- analysis of judicial deci- ctor of Premier Energies, textured multi-crystalline will be on par with some of deterrent for gold bond jewellery demand. fier and alleviate losses sions is yet to gain broad- said the green-field factory cells as well as Mono PERC the leading companies in buyers. In fact, the demand Last month, investors put during tough market con- er acceptance.” — PTI would be built with an cells. The new plant facili- Asia, Europe, and the US,” was higher when prices in Rs 625 crore in gold ditions. investment of Rs 483 crore ties are designed to pro- Mr Saluja said. AMUNDI CEO STEPS NEW CEO TO CUT Aramco readies $10 bn DOWN AT HEIGHT Ikea aims to triple jobs via 8,000 JOBS AS Exports of non-basmati rice OF SUCCESS HEINEKEN FEELS more than doubled to Rs social entrepreneurship 22,856 crore during April- loan for pipeline buyers PANDEMIC EFFECT December 2020-21 against Rs HANNA HOIKKALA 10,268 crore in the year-ago DAVIDE BARBUSCIA & not respond to comment FEB. 10 period. "The exports of non- SAEED AZHAR requests. basmati witnessed a growth of DUBAI, FEB. 10 The planned pipeline Sweden´s Ikea wants to 122.61 per cent in rupee term sale would be similar to triple the number of jobs and 111.81 per cent dollar Saudi Aramco is prepar- infrastructure deals created in vulnerable com- terms," the commerce ministry ing a financing package of signed over the last two munities by 2025 by scal- said in a statement. India up to $10 billion that it years by Abu Dhabi’s Yves Perrier ing up its social entrepre- exports non-basmati rice to could offer to buyers of its national oil company neurship business. Nepal, Benin, UAE, Somalia, pipeline business unit, ADNOC, which raised bil- LUCCA DE PAOLI Having collaborated Guinea, US, among others. three sources said, as the lions of dollars by leasing FEB. 10 with social entrepreneurs oil giant seeks to extract its oil and gas pipeline since 2012, the furniture value from its assets in an assets to investors, Amundi SA chief execu- giant has provided work PHILIP BLENKINSOP era of lower oil prices. sources have previously tive officer Yves Perrier is for about 30,000 people, BRUSSELS, FEB. 10 Aramco is in talks with said. stepping down after more impacting almost 150,000 banks to provide “staple Aramco, the world’s than a decade atop the family members. It now SOCIAL STARTUP NETWORK LAUNCHED Heineken NV plans to cut SBI crosses financing”, which is a biggest oil company, com- firm he helped build into wants to reach 95,000 jobs about 8,000 jobs, the financing package provid- pleted the largest initial the largest asset manager by working with existing Hyderabad, Feb. 10: The network was Dutch beer group said on `5-L cr mark in ed by the seller that buy- public offering yet in late in Europe. and new partners. Telangana chief secre- launched at the Social Wednesday, seeking to ers can use to back their 2019, raising $25.6 billion. Perrier, 67, will become The initiative supports tary Somesh Kumar on Impact Confluence organ- restore operating mar- purchase. It later sold more shares, chairman of the French marginalised groups and Wednesday launched ised by the Telangana gins to pre-pandemic lev- home loan biz International investors taking the total to $29.4 firm he has led since its women in vulnerable com- Telangana Social Startup State Innovation Cell and els after a sharp decline State Bank of India said it has including BlackRock, billion. creation in a 2010 merger munities, helping them Network (TSSN), an ini- AIC-IIIT Hyderabad. in profit because of coro- crossed the Rs 5 lakh crore- KKR and Brookfield Asset Those funds were trans- of the asset-management make products such as tiative with a notion to One major activity, as a navirus restrictions. mark in its home loan business. Management, which ferred to the Public arms of banking giants hand-woven cushion cov- build a solid ecosystem part of the ecosystem, The world’s second- The real estate and housing could invest in the Investment Fund (PIF), Credit Agricole SA and ers, baskets and carpets. for social startups as an would be devising a largest brewer, which business (REHBU) unit of the pipeline business, are Saudi Arabia’s sovereign Societe Generale SA, Ikea supplies them with all-inclusive and cohesive Social Innovation Policy makes Europe’s top sell- bank has grown five times in also in talks with lenders wealth fund responsible according to an earnings materials including cotton body. The goal of the body to streamline the process ing lager Heineken as the last 10 years with an asset on possible financing, for transforming the statement on Wednesday. and banana fibre, and pro- is to create 5,000 startups social startups’ establish- well as Tiger and Sol, said under management (AUM) of said the sources, speaking economy, as society grap- He'll be succeeded as CEO vides expertise ranging in the state in the next ment, public procure- it would save 2 billion Rs 89,000 crore in 2011 to Rs 5 anonymously because the ples with climate change by his deputy Valerie from design and produc- five years, a release said. ment and the like. — PTI euros ($2.4 billion) over lakh crore in 2021. "This talks are private. and shifts from fossil fuel Baudson, who heads tion to improving working the three years to 2023 extraordinary feat is a testa- The loan could be up to towards lower carbon Amundi's exchange-traded conditions. The aim is to under CEO Dolf van den ment to customers' continuous $10 billion, said two of the energy. fund business as well as its promote financial inde- houses and online. Its "I'm very proud of what Brink’s “EverGreen” trust in the bank,” the bank's sources, covering much of The pandemic has dealt thematic investing unit. pendence and life-chang- partners include social we've accomplished, but I plan. chairman Dinesh Khara said. the value of the assets. a further blow to the fossil Amundi has more than ing opportunities. entrepreneur Rangsutra know that we can do much Savings will be achieved Aramco and Brookfield fuel industry by destroy- doubled its assets under The handcrafted prod- in India and the Jordan more," said Vaishali by redesigning its organi- declined to comment. ing demand. management on Perrier's ucts, which also include River Foundation, which Misra, who runs the Ikea sation, reducing the com- BlackRock and KKR did — Reuters watch to 1.73 trillion euros plant pots and tool bags, employs female refugees. Social Entrepreneurs plexity and number of its ($2.1 trillion). —Bloomberg are then sold in Ikea ware- Both make cushion covers. Initiative. —Bloomberg products and identifying its least effective spend- Maersk profit ing, Heineken said. The review of its opera- NO PROPOSAL TO IN| OVERDRIVE Made-in-India tyres get a fillip from import restrictions tions will result in about soars nearly 8,000 job losses—equating to 9 per cent of its work- six-fold for 2020 CHANGE E-COM force at the end of 2019— and a related 420 million Danish shipping giant AP FDI RULES: GOVT Bridgestone running 3 shifts to meet demand euro charge. Personnel Moller-Maersk posted a near expenses will be cut by six-fold increase in net profit New Delhi, Feb. 10: There MICHAEL GONSALVES well as the tyre industry 2020, banning import of urban market. about 350 million euros, it Parag Satpute for 2020, as demand during is no proposal to bring in PUNE, FEB. 10 in the country,” Parag any tyres from China and Bridgestone has laun- added. the pandemic rebounded changes in the foreign Satpute, managing direc- other countries, it had ched its first concept store, The brewer said ongoing strongly from an initial slump, direct investment (FDI) Bridgestone, the world’s tor at Bridgestone India given fillip to made-in- Bridgestone Select+. With restrictions on social sending freight rates soaring. A norms for the e-commerce second largest tyre told Financial Chronicle. India tyres. these concept stores, the gatherings and hospitali- shortage of containers in Asia sector, Parliament was maker, which reached the The company produces “Our passenger vehicle firm aims to create higher ty venues meant 2021 rev- during the pandemic has led to informed on Wednesday. pre-Covid sales level last 41,000 passenger vehicle tyre business is growing engagement with con- enue, operating profit and a surge in freight rates. For the In a written reply to the year, is running on full tyres and 2,000 tyres for fastest as the replacement sumers at tyre services. operating profit margin full-year 2020, Maersk record- Lok Sabha, minister of three shifts at its two fac- medium and heavy trucks tyre market is seeing Starting with Pune, would be below levels in ed a net profit of $2.9 billion state for commerce and tories in Indore and Pune. and buses daily. It has strong growth after Bridgestone plans to 2019. (2.4 billion euros) in its ongo- industry Som Parkash also The Indian arm of the invested Rs 2,000 crore imports were banned,” introduce these stores in It expects market condi- ing operations. said there is no proposal at Japanese tyre manufac- over the five year between Satpute said. “In fact, nor- multiple cities by the end tions to improve gradual- present to establish an e- turer said in the October- 2017 and 2021. malcy returned in our of this year. ly in 2021 and more into commerce regulator. December 2020 quarter it He said even during the business last September.” The process is enabled 2022, with a slow recovery Printed & Published by "There is no proposal to had clocked a sales Covid pandemic its off- both replacement market Satpute said as agricul- through an interactive in European bars and K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan bring in changes to FDI growth of 15 per cent. the-road, or OTR, busi- and retail were growing. ture was least affected digital kiosk where cus- restaurants, less than 30 Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at investment rules for e-com- Bridgestone, which is ness of supplying tyres He said both its facto- during Covid pandemic, tomers can pick between per cent of which were Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan merce sector in India, at among the top three pas- for the mining and con- ries in Pune and Indore, rural economy grew Bridgestone's array of open at the end of Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, present," he said. senger car tyre makers in struction business employing more than faster, fuelling vehicle choices. The store also January. Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, To a query on prices of India, competes with mar- remained steady. 3,000, were running on growth in tier- II and III offers customer demon- The operating profit Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: towns and cities. “Now strations to understand T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg steel and cement, he said ket leader MRF, Appolo, “This momentum of three shifts to cater to margin before one-offs No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights complaints regarding cart- JK and Ceat, among oth- growth is continued in growing demands. there is more growth the impact that each of should rise to 17 per cent reserved. Reproduction in whole or in elisation by cement compa- ers. January and February of He said since all tyres here which is higher than the tyre services provides by 2023, the company said, part without written permission of The nies have been received “The worst is behind us the first quarter of this were placed in restricted the Metros,” he said, and helps customers get versus 12.3 per cent last Editor, Financial Chronicle ® is and Competition Commi- and we are betting big calendar year,” Satpute category by the central adding that it would like- the best out of their tyres, year and 16.8 per cent in prohibited. ssion of India is the appro- growth for our brand as pointed out, adding that government since June ly grow faster than the he added. 2019. priate authority. —PTI — Reuters GAMES pg 12 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2021

SHORT TAKES Shame! HCA picks a sham State squad Serena shimmers DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, FEB. 10

The Hyderabad Cricket Advances to Oz Open 3rd round; Djoker on a roll Association put out its team for the national Melbourne, Feb. 10: domestic one-day champi- Serena Williams strolled onship amidst allegations into the third round of the of foul play on Wednesday. Australian Open on The senior men’s team Wednesday but former US for the Vijay Hazare Open champion Bianca Trophy to be held at Surat, Andreescu’s emotional Gujarat, from February 20 comeback from 15 months to March 1 has been picked out ended at the hands of by administrators and not Taiwanese veteran Hsieh selectors, it is learnt. Su-wei. The 22-man squad itself Williams, 39, continued looks skewed. There are her quest to equal three wicketkeepers in it. Agsara Nandini (right) of Margaret Court’s all-time Also, quite a few players, ● The squad has Telangana receives the Best mark of 24 Grand Slams who have no peformances three wicketkeepers Athlete award at the conclu- with a 6-3, 6-0 romp past of note in the HCA’s A-1 and quite a few sion of the National Junior 99th-ranked Serbian Nina Division league matches — Athletics Championships in Stojanovic in just 69 min- that were hurriedly organ- players who have Guwahati on Wednesday. utes on Rod Laver Arena. ised supposedly to select just not performed in “l wasn’t thinking as State teams — have made it the ongoing league. Nandini is best, much in the second (set), to the long list. M. Abhirath Reddy as I was in the first,” said And players who have (in pic) with scores Telangana 12th Williams, who hit 27 win- performed consistently ners in her 101st have been blatantly of 59, 100, 222, 157 DC CORRESPONDENT Australian Open match ignored. M. Abhirath not out, 131, 109 not HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 while again sporting her Reddy of Gemini Friends out does not find a unique, one-legged catsuit is one such sad example. place — shocking! The promising Agsara Nandini inspired by track legend The top order batsman has won the Best Athlete award as ‘Flo-Jo’. scored five centuries Tyagarajan, Abdul Ela Qureshi, Telangana returned from the But eighth seed including a double ton and Above: Serena Williams of United States makes a forehand return to Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic during their second Ashish Srivastav, Mickil 36th National Junior Athletics Andreescu, playing her a half-century this season. Jaiswal, Prateek Reddy (wick- Championships in Guwahati, first tournament since round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne on Wednesday. Serena won 6-3, 6-0. Not in team! Shocking! etkeeper), J. Mallikarjun (wick- Assam, with eight medals. October 2019 after a seri- Below: Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts after winning second round match against Italy’s Camila Giorgi at the Then there is G. Arjun, etkeeper), Shreyas Vala, The three golds, three silvers ous knee injury, could Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne on Wednesday. Swiatek won in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. — AP who has taken 42 wickets Rakshann Readdi, Yash Gupta and two bronzes placed the never cope with Hsieh’s in five matches. Not good (wicketkeeper), Satwik Reddy, state at 12th on the medals quirky range of shots and enough for Hyderabad. Bhagath Varma, Akhilesh table which was led by lost 6-3, 6-2 in one hour 23 SELECTED RESULTS That only goes to show Reddy, Mehdi Hasan. Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar minutes. Men’s singles second round: Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Frances that the league matches Standbys: G. Aniketh Reddy, Pradesh, Kerala and Kvitova, the former Tiafoe (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3; Dominic Thiem (AUT x3) have no meaning and it’s Surya Prasad, Alankrit Agarwal, Maharashtra in that order. Wimbledon champion and bt Dominik Koepfer (GER) 6-4, 6-0, 6-2; Nick Kyrgios (AUS) bt Ugo the vote that counts. The N. Anirudh Reddy, Aman Andhra Pradesh was 15th with Melbourne runner-up in Humbert (FRA x29) 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Alexander Zverev HCA authorities have to Sheron, Md Abdul Adnan. one gold, two silvers and two 2019, committed 44 (GER x6) bt Maxime Cressy (USA) 7-5, 6-4, 6-3; Diego answer, to the State, and Support Staff: Anirudh Singh Schwartzman (ARG x8) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 6-2, 6-0, 6-3; (coach), Zakir Hussain (assis- bronzes. unforced errors in her 6-4, Taylor Fritz (USA x27) bt Reilly Opelka (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 justify the selection with Nandini was awarded the Best 1-6, 6-1 defeat to Romania’s facts and figures, lest the tant coach), Shashank Nag (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Marton Fucsovics (HUN) bt Stanislas (fielding coach), T. Rajamani Athlete in the Girls U-18 catego- Sorana Cirstea. Wawrinka (SUI x17) 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (11/9); Milos Raonic (CAN custodians would’ve made (trainer), Madhusudhan Reddy ry for her timing of 13.83 sec- But seventh seed Aryna x14) bt Corentin Moutet (FRA) 6-7 (1/7), 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Pedro a mockery of the game. Martinez (ESP) bt Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); (assistant trainer), Bheeshm onds in the 100 metres hurdles Sabalenka was little trou- The team: Tanmay Agarwal Pratap Singh (physio), Srinivas that got her gold. She earned bled in going through 7-6 Dusan Lajovic (SRB x23) bt Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-3; Adrian Mannarino (FRA x32) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) (captain), B. Sandeep (vice Rudra (doctor), Sailesh Kumar 1040 points in the champi- (7/5), 6-3 against Russia’s 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x18) bt Alex Bolt (AUS) 7-6 captain), Tilak Varma, Himalay (video analyst), Syed Sajid onship. Daria Kasatkina. (7/1), 6-1, 6-2; Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP x15) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6- Agarwal, Mir Jaweed Ali, B. Hussain (massuer), Ajmal Asad Andhra Pradesh’s L. In the men’s draw, eighth 3, 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-4; Denis Shapovalov (CAN x11) bt Bernard Tomic Anirudh, C. V. Milind, T. Ravi (manager), Samiullah Baig Yashwanth Kumar was seed Diego Schwartzmann (AUS) 6-1, 6-3, 6-2; Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x20) bt James Teja, Ajay Dev Goud, Tanay (match observer). adjudged the Best Athlete in of Argentina wasted little Duckworth (AUS) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2; Aslan Karatsev (RUS) bt Egor the Boys U-20 thanks to his time in reaching the last Gerasimov (BLR) 6-0, 6-1, 6-0 13.92 seconds effort in the 32, brushing aside Women’s singles second round: Serena Williams (USA x10) bt Nina 100m hurdles event. He logged Frenchman Alexandre Stojanovic (SRB) 6-3, 6-0; Simona Halep (ROM x2) bt Ajla in 1081 points. Muller 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 in an Tomljanovic (AUS) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) bt Bianca On the concluding day on hour and 32 minutes on Andreescu (CAN x8) 6-3, 6-2; Garbine Muguruza (ESP x14) bt Wednesday, Jeevanji Deepthi of 1573 Arena. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 6-3, 6-1; Naomi Osaka (JPN x3) bt Telangana clocked 0:24.67 to Later Novak Djokovic Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-1, 6-0; Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x19) bt Rebecca Marino take silver in the Girls U-18 200 will look to continue his (CAN) 6-1, 7-5; Iga Swiatek (POL x15) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-2, 6- metres race. Melbourne Park “love 4; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x9) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Aniket Choudhary added affair” and march towards Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Ons another silver for Telangana, in a record-extending ninth Jabeur (TUN x27) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-3, 6-2; the Boys U-18 200m, by clock- title against young Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x7) bt Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; ing 0:21.71. American Frances Tiafoe. Ann Li (USA) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (8/6); Anastasia Potapova (RUS) bt Tmea Babos (HUN) 6-2, 6-4; Fiona Ferro (FRA) Nalubothu Shanumaga Djokovic demolished bt Elena Rybakina (KAZ x17) 6-4, 6-4; Veronika Kudermetova (RUS Srinivas of Andhra Pradesh France’s Jeremy Chardy x32) bt Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. bagged a bronze, in the Boys 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 on Monday as U-20 200m race in 0:21.60. the year’s first Grand Slam kicked off three night session against Austrian third seed Australian, Ajla the men’s doubles event, weeks late because of the America’s Maxime Cressy. Dominic Thiem, last Tomljanovic, in the night here on Wednesday. Dedeepya makes Coronavirus pandemic. The fifth seed is known year’s runner-up to session. Bopanna and his US Open champion for a short fuse and it Djokovic, is the highlight BOPANNA-BEN LOSE Japanese partner lost 4-6 Naomi Osaka will head- showed on Monday as he in the afternoon session singles quarters IN FIRST ROUND 6-7(0) to the Korean wild line the evening session smashed a racquet during on Margaret Court Arena card pair in one hour and Hyderabad: Y. Sai Dedeepya against France’s former a 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6- against Germany’s 70th- India endured a second 17 minutes. of Hyderabad has entered the world number four 2 win against another ranked Dominik Koepfer. successive disappointing Not having enough court quarterfinals of the AITA Caroline Garcia, with the Marcos Giron. Women’s second seed result at the Australian time due to hard quaran- M. Anusha Reddy (centre), Mahi Baldev (right) and B. Women’s Tennis Tournament Japanese star seeking her The tantrum-prone Nick Simona Halep appeared to Open with Rohan tine seemed to have an Srimukha (left) pose at the Girls U-16 Individual Time being played in Chennai. In the second Australian Open Kyrgios could also pro- have overcome a lower Bopanna and Ben effect on Bopanna’s sharp- Trial 12km presentation ceremony along with chief guest pre-quarters, she beat Sharanya title in three years. vide fireworks out on his back injury in 6-2, 6-1 McLachlan bowing out ness. McLachlan, on his and Telangana Finance Minister T. Harish Rao. Shetty of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-1. Germany’s volatile US favourite John Cain romp past wildcard after a close opening- part, struggled to negoti- Dedeepya had defeated Open finalist Alexander Arena against France’s Lizette Cabrera on round defeat to Ji Sung ate volleys and that hurt Ananya of Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-4 Zverev will close out the 29th seed Ugo Humbert. Monday and faces another Nam and Min-Kyu Song in them. — Agencies in the first round. However, Dedeepya lost the doubles Bhavya, Anusha quarterfinal. She and her partener Pooja Ingale of Maharashtra went down 2-6, 4- 6 to the Tamil Nadu team of Sai Tanay thumps ton in top division league pedal to golds Samhita-Tentu. DC CORRESPONDENT S. Rathnika (Hyderabad) 12:02:900. ■ Girls U-16 Individual Time Trial 12km: Sacheit, Roshan, Likith, Shashank, Shetty, Pratap, Rohan, Vinay, Nishanth, Bunny also shine HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 1. M. Anusha Reddy (Hyderabad) Handball tourney 23:38:706, 2. Mahi Baldev (Hyderabad, DC CORRESPONDENT 21x4). Points: Victoria 5, Time Hyderabad cyclists, espe- AMF) 25:12:266, 3. B. Srimukha (Nizambad) 27:44:625. HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 0. cially the ones from from Feb. 26 ■ ■ Girls U-16 Mass Start 24km: 1. M. New Star 366/9 in 90 overs Maxwell Trevor Cycling Anusha Reddy (Hyderabad) 47:35.121, Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Tanay Thyagarajan was (Muddassir 89, Yash Raj 79, Welfare Association, 2. Mahi Baldev (Hyderabad, AMF) District Handball Association is the top performer in the Vivek 4/60) bt Superstar 149 walked away with top hon- 53:05.145, 3. B. Srimukha (Nizamabad) in 53 overs (Mudassir 3/14, Md 53:47.450. conducting a tournament from Hyderabad Cricket ours in the 5th Inter-dis- ■ Latif 3/7). Points: New Star 5, Girls U-18 Individual Time Trial 18km: February 26 to 28 at Lal Association’s A-1 Division trict Road Cycling 1. V. Swetha (Siddipet) 28:33:265, 2. Superstar 0. Sindhuja (Siddipet) 32:34:541, 3. P. Bahadur Stadium in memory of one-day knockout tourna- ■ Pasha Beedi 198 in 72.2 Championship held at Shruthi (Karimnagar) 33:41:006. Ibrahim Khan, who was the ment matches played at overs (Kush Jog 37, Faiz Ranganayaka Sagar in ■ Girls U-18 Mass Start 24km: 1. V. founder and general secretary various grounds on Ahmed 34 n.o, Raghava Siddipet. Swetha (Siddipet) 59:05:248, 2. of the State association as well Wednesday. Local cyclists too Sindhuja (Siddipet) 1:05:22:375, 3. B. Pattapu 4/48) vs Deccan Harika (Siddipet) 1:12:46:741. as national federation for hand- The Budding Stars bats- Wanderers 69/1 in 16 overs punched above their ■ Boys U-18 Mass Start 60km: 1. ball. Interested teams should man thumped 152 in 138 Sacheit Binjrajka Likith Reddy Arvind Shetty Jai Rohan Kumar C. Vinay Kumar (Jawad Khan 42 n.o) weight and came up with Yashwanth K (Nizamabad, MTCWA) register their entries on or balls with the help of 11 ■ Sayi Satya 307 in 60.5 overs impressive shows in the 2:14:36:001, 2. Pranay Goud (Ranga Dayanand 186/5 in 47.4 overs Points: Young Masters 5, Reddy, MTCWA) 2:14:36:140, 3. Arnav before February 24, with S. R boundaries and six sixes Similarly, veteran Arvind bt Balaji Colts 214 in 72.3 championship. Chourasia (Hyderabad, MTCWA) Sanjeev Kumar (9848086188) to help his side to a strong Shetty’s 126 for Canara (Nitesh Reddy 42, Pragnay Canara Bank 0. overs (Karan Patnaik 71, Md M. Bhavya Reddy and M. 2:14:36:620. or S. Siva Kumar 349 for 5 against Union Bank went in vain as Reddy 32, B. Yathin Reddy ■ Nizam College 219 in 55.2 Saleh Amoodhi 52, Mudassir Anusha Reddy bagged two ■ Boys U-14 Individual Time Trial Pratap Reddy took 5 for 50 54) overs bt Khammam District 32, B. Sridhar Reddy 4/53, L. 12km: 1. Sai Charan (Medchal, MTCWA) (9848336484). Bank of India, which was ■ golds each, in the 22:16:361, 2. S. Koushik (Medchal, later bundled out for 151 to bowl Young Masters to Evergreen 257/7 in 40 overs 185 in 46 overs. (Vamsi 39, Shiva Rama Krishna 4/32). Individual Time Trial and Saichand 33, Roshan 6/47 — MTCWA) 23:14:214, 3. H. Arshid in 31.2 overs. victory. (Rahul Buddhi 94, G. Aniketh Points: Sayi Satya 5, Balaji Mass Start events in the (Siddipet) 25:12:218. 14-2-47-6). Points: Nizam ■ Sacheit Binjrajka and Jai Rohan Kumar of Reddy 55) bt Hyderabad Colts 0. Girls U-14 and U-16 cate- Boys U-16 Individual Time Trial Online chess Bottling 214 in 37.2 overs (A. College 5, Khammam 0. ■ 12km: 1. Aashirvaad Saxena Roshan led the performers Young Citizen was anoth- Vijay Hanuman 182 in 68.1 gories respectively. S. Sai Pranay 70, P. Praneet ■ Osmania 162 in 45.5 overs overs (G. Rayju 35, Vikas 36, (Hyderabad, MTCWA) 18:10:011, 2. Chirayush Patwardhan (Medchal, on Feb. 13, 14 in the A-2 Division (two- er centurion. His 122 in Reddy 49, G. Aniketh Reddy bt Oxford Blues 152 in 56.3 P. Karthik 3/22, B. Hishant Rathnika and N. Srinidhi day) league as both took 150 balls helped his side of Hyderabad were second MTCWA) 19:52:335, 3. Raghavendra 3/26) overs (Yash Bansal 31, Rahul 4/46, G. Pavan Kumar 3/17) (Nizamabad) 22:31:224. Hyderabad: The Brilliant Chess six wickets each to bowl milk a two-wicket win and third in the U-14 ITT ■ A-2 DIVISION (TWO-DAY) 32, C. Vinay Kumar 5/20 — lost to Medak District 183/8 in Boys U-18 Individual Time Trial Academy is conducting the their sides to victories. over Yadav Dairy. 6km while the second and 24km: 1. Utsav Battineni (Hyderabad, LEAGUE 16.4-7-20-5). Points: Osmania 60.1 overs (G. Pavan Kumar 31, 177th Brilliant Trophy Open Off-spinner Sachiet’s 6/18 Osmania’s C. Vinay 5, Oxford Blues 0. C. Sainath 89 n.o, C. Durgesh third places were reversed MTCWA) 35:34:927, 2. Arnav ■ ■ Chaurasia (Hyderabad, MTCWA) Chess Tournament online on helped Kosaraju beat Kumar (5/20), Postal’s Kosaraju 183 in 62.1 overs bt Yadav Dairy 228/9 in 90 4/54). Points: Medak 5, Vijay in the Mass Start event. 38:29:734, 3. Pranaav Vipin February 13 and 14. A total of Marrredpally CC in a low Nishanth Yadav (104 n.o) Marrredpally CC 141 in 54.1 overs lost to Young Citizen Hanuman 0. In the U-16 category, Mahi (Hyderabad, MTCWA) 38:32:453. `10,000 prize money will be scoring match while and J. Bunny (100 n.o) of overs (Arjun Reddy 232/8 in 62.2 overs (Jai ■ Sri Shyam 131 in 60.3 overs Baldev of Hyderabad took ■ Men’s U-23 Mass Start 84km: 1. Raj 62, Sacheit Binjrajka 6/18 — Rohan Kumar 122 — 150b, Kumar Ajmeera (Hyderabad, MTCWA) given to Top 20 places in the Roshan’s 6 for 47 paved the Victoria were the other (Mohammed Afzal Ali 65, silver while B. Srimukha 2:26:33:261, 2. Shiva Thammada Open category. Special prizes way for Nizam College’s performers. 13.1-7-18-6). Points: Kosaraju 14x4, Narsimha 34, Y. Chay Karthik 4/26, Ghazi Abbas of Nizamabad got bronze, (Hyderabad, MTCWA) 2:26:36:432, 3. will be given to top two places 34-run win over Brief scores: 5, MCC 0. 3/41, Rachit R 3/54). Points: 3/23) lost to Hyderabad in ITT (12km) as well as Lee Thomas (Ranga Reddy, MTCWA) ■ Deccan Blues 387 in 76 Young Citizen 5, Yadav Dairy Wanderers 132 for no loss in 2:30:16:240. in Under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 age Khammam District in A-1 DIVISION ONE-DAY Mass Start (24km) events. ■ Men’s Indian make cycle 24km: 1. Sri groups for boys and girls sepa- another low scoring overs bt Brothers XI 268 in 0. 27.2 overs (Varun Vinod 59 n.o, Siddipet girls V. Swetha, KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT 66.5 overs (Likith Reddy 129 ■ New Blues 289 in 89.1 overs Ram Nayak (Warangal) 59:18:629, 2. P. rately. For further details con- match. Ghazi Abbas 63 n.o). Points: Sindhuja and B. Harika Sampath (Siddipet) 59:18:900, 3. ■ — 146b, 17x4, 3x6, (Kunal Daswani 94, Eshwar S tact J. Subrahmanyam on Matches between Budding Stars 349/5 in 50 Sunith Wanderers 5, Sri Shyam 0. swept the U-18 Mass Start Jangam (Siddipet) 59:19:624. 54, Shashank 5/61 — 16-4-61- 67, Nadeem Khan 45) lost to ■ ■ Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial phone number 9247399717. Deccan Blues and overs (Tanay Thyagarajan 152 Future Star 249 in 84.1 (24km) event. Swetha and (138b,11x4,6x6), Akash Yadav 5, Srikanth Naidu 4/43). Postal 301/4 in 49.3 overs overs bt Saleemnagar 75 in 36km: 1. Sailendranath (Medchal, Brothers XI and Young Points: Deccan Blues 5, (Bhargav Anand 61, Mohd 26.5 overs. (Sathwik Pujish Sindhuja also made it 1-2 in MTCWA) 0:55:36:321, 2. Sidharth Masters and Canara Bank 52 n.o, Bhavesh Seth 43) bt the Individual Time Trial Bachloo (Ranga Reddy) 0:57:36:014, Union Bank 151 in 31.2 overs Brothers XI 0. Shakeer 76, Nishanth Yadav 3/12, Akram Arsalan 3/14). 3. Sam Solomon Naik (Ranga Reddy) threw up performers from (Ronald Roy Rodrigues 43, ■ Young Masters 524/6 in 90 104 n.o — 98b, 15x4, 1x6). Points: Future Stars 5, 18km as P. Shruthi of 1:01:35:362. ■ Live on TV all teams. Likith Reddy’s Tanay Thyagarajan 4/32, overs bt Canara Bank 324 in Points: Postal 5, New Blues 0. Saleemnagar 0. Karimnagar came third. Men’s U-23 Individual Time Trial 36km: 1. Damodar Mudiraj (Siddipet, 129 for Brothers XI could Aabid 4/49) 65.2 overs. (Arvind Kumar ■ Time CC 141 in 65.1 overs ■ Eklavya 567/5 in 90 overs Cyclists from Maxwell TENNIS MTCWA) 1:00:360, 2. Gautam Sriram not save his side from los- ■ AOC 183/9 in 50 overs Shetty 126 — 106b, 17x4, 4x6, (W. Tanay 37 n.o, V. Yashveer bt SN Group 247 in 52.2 overs. Trevor Cycling Welfare (Ranga Reddy, MTCWA) 1:13:240. Australian Open: First round ing to Deccan Blues, for (Sachin Shinde 39, T. Suresh 49, Madhu 3/31) lost to Victoria 145/2 in (Gaurav Mustapure 62, Association won 16 medals. ■ Men’s Elite Mass Start 84km: 1. matches from 5.30 am on Sony Six, whom Shashank took 5 for Sachinananda Pandey 49, M 34, Pratap Reddy 5/50 — 26.3 overs (Prabhat Gupta Nishanth Reddy 70). Points: THE RESULTS Parashuram Chenji (Hyderabad), from 1.30 pm on Sony Ten 2, HD 61 to turn the tide. 13.2-3-50-5, J. Harish 3/58.). 33, J. Bunny 100 n.o — 71b, Ekalavya 5, SN Group 0. ■ Girls U-14 Individual Time Trial 6km: 2:24:23:861, 2. Sam Solomon Naik Prudhvi 3/22) lost to R. 1. M. Bhavya Reddy (Hyderabad) (Ranga Reddy) 2:24:24:555, 3. 12:56:022, 2. S. Rathnika (Hyderabad) Sidharth Bachloo (Hyderabad) CRICKET Regd. No. HQ/SD/509/2021-23 13:48:102, 3. N. Srinidhi (Hyderabad) 2:25:02:533. Pakistan vs South Africa: First T20 15:08:587. ■ Women’s Elite Individual Time Trial: ■ from 6.30 pm on Sony Ten 1, HD Printed and Published by K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Girls U-14 Mass Start 6km: 1. M. 1. P. Hemalatha (Siddipet) 58:01:211. Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Editor: Kaushik Mitter Bhavya Reddy (Hyderabad) 11:49:926, ■ Women’s Elite Mass Start 24km: 1. P. 2. N. Srinidhi (Hyderabad) 12:01:150, 3. Hemalatha (Siddipet) 58:01:232.