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‘Instead of fighting, P Sugar exports touch P Raju Gari Gadhi 4 is on, P Centre should work with states’ 5 4.25 mn tonnes so far this year 8 says Ohmkar 11 In brief Finance Minister to CM to take up surprise visits after June 19 FDA rejects emergency ML MELLY MAITREYI Pragathi Bhavan on June 13 with the State. After complete abatement of chair GST Council n HYDERABAD Additional Collectors of all Districts, the pandemic, another round of meet today District Panchayat Officers to review Palle Pragathi and Pattana Pragathi Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar field level works under the Palle programmes would be taken up. inance Minister Rao will go on surprise inspections Pragathi and Pattana Pragathi pro- KCR instructed officials to will on Saturday chair the meeting in various parts of the state after grammes, he said. a chart for preventive measures that F of the GST Council, which is approval to June 19 to know firsthand the sta- The Chief Minister held a review could be taken up to curb seasonal expected to decide on tax relief for tus of developmental works taken here on Friday with senior officials diseases. Every department should COVID-19 essentials and black fungus up in towns and villages and assess on the implementation of different prepare an advanced action plan and medicine. The 44th GST Council No EUA to Covaxin in USA: FDA recommends the functioning of the Municipal programmes in villages and towns. implement it. It should become of a meeting will be attended by Minister of Biologics Licence Application route for approval No impact on vaccine Administration and Panchayat Raj He said that corona virus was on the part of work culture, he said. State for Finance Anurag Thakur, departments' officials. wane and the positivity rate had 2 besides finance ministers of states and programme: Govt A meeting will be organized at come down to 4.7 per cent in the n Union territories and senior officers PNS HYDERABAD Ocugen regarding : With the US FDA from Union government and states, the the Master File. rejecting emergency use Union finance ministry tweeted on In setback that could potentially The company had authorisation to 's Friday. The Council will discuss the delay the launch of Bharat previously submit- PK meets Pawar Covaxin, the government Friday Health experts suggest PM report of the Group of Ministers, headed Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine ted and recom- said it respects the decision but by Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Covaxin in USA, the Food and mended that asserted it will have no impact raises political heat Conrad Sangma, on GST concessions Drug Administration there has Ocugen pursue a whatsoever on India's vaccination n to follow TS vax strategy on COVID relief items like medical grade "recommended" Ocugen Inc, the BLA submission PNS MUMBAI programme. In what could oxygen, pulse oximeters, hand US partner of the Indian vaccine instead of an EUA NAVEENA GHANATE potentially delay the launch of sanitisers and ventilators, among others. maker, to go for Biologics Licence application for its The Man of the Moment in contem- n HYDERABAD Application (BLA) route with vaccine candidate Covaxin in the US, the Food and porary politics, poll strategist additional data, nixing hopes of and requested Drug Administration there has Prashant Kishor, armed with recent Telangana's well-thought-out Make right to health Emergency Use Authorisation. additional infor- "recommended" Ocugen Inc, the successes in Bengal and Tamil strategy of prioritising vaccina- Ocugen in a statement on mation and data," US partner of the Indian vaccine Nadu, met with Maharashtra politi- tion of high-risk groups, instead Fundamental Right: Thursday announced that as rec- Ocugen said. maker, to go for Biologics Licence cian Sharad Pawar for lunch in of rushing ahead with age-wise ommended by the FDA, it will Application (BLA) route with Mumbai on Friday. The three- inoculation, has been endorsed by Kailash Satyarthi pursue submission of a biologics 2 additional data, nixing hopes of hour meeting at the Nationalist experts from the Indian Public obel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on licence application (BLA) for emergency use authorisation. Congress Party (NCP) chief's home Health Association (IPHA), Friday urged the government to Covaxin. Responding to a question on the has fired buzz about his 'Mission Indian Association of Preventive N make right to health a BLA is a "full approval" mech- denial to Covaxin, NITI Aayog 2024' or the next General Election. and Social Medicine (IAPSM) fundamental right and allocate funds to anism by the FDA for drugs and member (Health) V K Paul said In the evening, Prashant Kishor also and the Indian Association of meet health and education needs of vaccines. each country has its own called on actor at Epidemiologists (IAE). at present, instead of inoculating children, especially in view of the The development may delay the regulatory system which India his home "Mannat". Details of that In their latest report to Prime mass population, including chil- respects and hoped that the COVID-19 pandemic. On the eve of the Covaxin launch in the US, meeting are not known, but sources Minister , the dren". World Day Against Child Labour, NGO manufacturer will be able to Ocugen said. comply with it by doing whatever say the actor wanted his inputs for expert groups, without character- This group of public health Bachpan Bachao Andolan, in association "The company will no longer charity work. Officially, it is a izing it as Telangana model, stat- experts, members of the coron- with the Kailash Satyarthi Children's requires to be done. "Each country pursue an Emergency Use has its own regulatory system. thanksgiving trip related to the ed:"The present situation of the avirus National Task Force, and Foundation, organised a “Consultation Authorization (EUA) for Covaxin. Bengal and Tamil Nadu elections. pandemic in the country doctors of AIIMS have warned on Elimination of Child Labour amid The FDA provided feedback to 2 Sources close to Prashant Kishor say demands that we should be guid- that mass, indiscriminate and COVID-19 Pandemic”. Giving a clarion he will meet every leader who had ed by the logistics and epidemi- incomplete vaccination could call for 'Team India Against Child extended support to Mamata ological data to prioritize vacci- trigger emergence of mutant Labour', Satyarthi urged all ministries, Banerjee and MK Stalin -- the big nation rather than opening vac- strains, PTI reported on institutes and the civil society to work GO on revised pay scales issued winners of the recent state elections. cination for all age groups at this Thursday. together with a shared objective. Heavy rains stage…Vaccinating those vulner- PNS n HYDERABAD 2 able and at risk should be the aim 2 Forex reserves cross predicted in TS The State government issued USD 600 bn mark for IMD issues orange alert orders on Friday for fixation of the first time for 19 districts government employees' pay as per the revised pay scales with 30 per CJI arrives in Hyderabad to he country's foreign exchange PNS n HYDERABAD cent fitment as against the 7.5 per reserves crossed the USD cent fitment recommended by the T 600 billion mark for the first The Indian Meteorological Pay Revision Commission. time after increasing by USD 6.842 Department has declared an The revised pay scales 2020 grand welcome on maiden visit billion in the week ended June 4, RBI 'Orange alert' in Telangana from shall be deemed to have come into PNS n HYDERABAD data showed on Friday. The reserves June 12 to 14. force on and from July 1,2018 and Karimnagar, Khammam, surged to a record USD 605.008 An Orange alert indicates the monetary benefit will be from Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad, Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. billion in the reporting week, helped by water-logging in many parts of April 1, 2020 and the arrears from Ramagundam and Warangal; and Ramana was Friday accorded a a rise in foreign currency assets (FCA), low lying areas in the identified April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 in rest of the towns where the pop- warm welcome on his arrival in a major component of the overall districts of Telangana, disrup- will be paid at the time of super- ulation is between 50,000 and two Hyderabad. reserves, as per weekly data by the tion of rail/road transport in a few annuation of the government lakhs, it is 13 per cent of the basic Telangana Governor Dr. Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In the areas of the districts for a few employee or to the legal heirs in pay as per Census of 2011. Staff in Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief previous week ended May 28, 2021, hours, electricity supply disrup- case of demise of the employee. the district headquarters with less Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao the reserves had swelled by USD tion and other social disturbances The arrears for the period from than 50,000 population too will get extended a warm welcome to the 5.271 billion to USD 598.165 billion. for a few hours, drainage clogging April 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021 will HRA of 13 per cent and those in Chief Justice of India at the Raj and crop damage. be paid during the financial year other places with less than 50,000 Bhavan, where he will stay for three ICMR plans national As per the warning, thunder- 2021-22. The salary as per the population will get 11 per cent of days. storms accompanied with light- revised pay scales will be paid from basic pay as HRA. This is Ramana's first visit to sero survey in June to ning and gusty winds (30-40 the month of June, 2021 payable in The HRA rates will be increased Hyderabad after assuming the kmph) are very likely to occur at July. to 27 per cent, 18.5 per cent 14 per office of the CJI in April. CJI NV Ramana and his wife N Sivamalai being greeted at the Raj Bhavan by Governor Tamilisai assess Covid spread Soundararajan and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao upon their arrival in Hyderabad on Friday. he ICMR's fourth round of isolated places over Telangana. There is no ceiling on house rent cent and 11.5 per cent respective- The Governor and the Chief national-level sero survey Heavy rainfall is very likely to allowance and it has been fixed at ly for the above categories when Minister presented bouquets to the T to assess the intensity of occur at a few places and very 24 per cent of the basic pay in the the DA exceeds 50 per cent of the CJI and his wife and extended a extending a grand welcome to Secretary Somesh Kumar, Secretary the spread of COVID-19 in India will heavy rainfall is very likely to occur cities with more than 50 lakh basic pay, the GO said. warm welcome to the couple. Ramana, who is on his maiden visit to Governor K. Surendra Mohan begin this month, but all states/UTs at isolated places in Nizamabad, population i.e. GHMC area, at 17 The maximum limit of retire- Soundararajan's husband, and to Telangana after his taking over also welcomed the CJI. should also be encouraged to conduct 2 per cent of basic pay where pop- ment gratuity is raised from exist- renowned nephrologist Dr. P. as the CJI. Telangana Law Minister 2 them so that information from all ulation is more than 2 lakhs i.e. ing Rs.12 lakh to Rs.16 lakh. Soundararajan accompanied her in A. Indrakaran Reddy, Chief geographies can be collected, the Centre said on Friday. At a press conference, NITI Aayog member VK Paul said the Covid situation in the For third wave, TS earmarks Permanent solution for inundation, overflowing nalas country appears to be stabilising with decline in daily and active cases and n Plan to rehabilitate poor living on City-based Animal Husbandry the positivity rate coming down to 6,000 beds for children encroached nalas in DBR houses and Cinematography Minister almost 5 per cent. He, however, urged Talasani Srinivas Yadav, along with n people to continue following the Covid PNS n HYDERABAD GHMC officers, people's representatives Home Minister Mohammed appropriate behaviour and social to inspect nalas over the next week Mahmood Ali and Mayor Gadwala Nearly 6,000 beds have been ear- Vijayalakshmi, held a meeting with distancing norms. "ICMR will begin n KTR to chair workshop next month on nala work for the next sero survey this marked for treating COVID-19 development works, diversion of flow GHMC officials to review the month which will help assess the positive paediatric patients in ongoing desilting of nalas as part of intensity of spread of Covid,” Paul said. Telangana government hospitals. the monsoon season preparedness The step has been taken in antic- PNS n HYDERABAD in the GHMC here on Friday. ipation of the third wave of Covid- As encroachments on nalas has TODAY 19 that experts fear could see With encroachment on nalas Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood become a major obstacle in the children being major victims. (storm water drains) becoming a Ali and Mayor Gadwala Vijayalakshmi at a review on the ongoing desilting of nalas on Friday. maintenance and development of When contacted, officials said, treating COVID-19 children to major issue for those entrusted with nalas, it was decided to remove the ALMANAC "Reports are expecting a rise in 6,000 as a precautionary measure". their maintenance and develop- plan for rehabilitation of the poor removed at a cost of Rs.45 crore illegal dwellings constructed by the Month & Paksham: COVID-19 positive cases among Officials pointed out that even ment, the Government on Friday living on encroached nalas before from the total 1,360-km-long nalas poor by providing them with alter- Vaishakha & Krishna Paksha children. It could even be a myth. in district hospitals, area hospitals, asked the authorities of the Greater going ahead with the nala develop- in the city, the monsoon season native housing elsewhere. Panchangam Nevertheless, we have increased Hyderabad Municipal Corporation ment works. brings in its wake same issues of the number of beds allocated for 2 to come up with a comprehensive Although every year silt is being inundation of low-lying areas. 2 Tithi : Dwitiya: 08:17 pm Nakshatram : Ardra: 04:57 pm Time to Avoid : (Bad time to start any important work) Congress PM Modi meets Shah, Nadda amid Cabinet reshuffle buzz ED conducts Rahukalam : 09:00 am – 10:38 am PNS n NEW DELHI next. There has been no official searches at TRS Yamagandam : 01:53 pm – 03:31 pm protests against word from the party on these Varjyam : NIL Prime Minister Narendra Modi on deliberations. MP Nama’s offices Gulika : 05:45 am - 07:22 am fuel price hike Friday held deliberations with The BJP has of late engaged in PNS n HYDERABAD Good Time : (to start any important work) Home Minister and BJP the review of its organisation and PNS n HYDERABAD president J P Nadda amid specula- government works in different Enforcement Directorate officials Amritakalam : 05:56 am – 07:42 am tion about a reshuffle in the Union states. on Friday conducted searches at Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:49 am – 12:42 pm Congress in Telangana held cabinet, an exercise Modi has not Nadda had also held a meeting some of the offices of Madhucon protests on Friday against the rise undertaken since forming the gov- with the party general secretaries Group belonging to TRS MP and in prices of petrol, diesel and ernment for a second time in May where, besides the relief work car- its Lok Sabha floor leader Nama HYDERABAD cooking gas and demanded that 2019. ried out by the saffron organisation Nageswara Rao, sources said. The WEATHER the Centre and State govern- There is also a growing buzz during the COVID-19 pandemic, searches are related to alleged fund ments take steps to ease the bur- about the Cabinet expansion in its performance in the recent diversion of Ranchi Expressway Forecast: Mostly cloudy den on the common man. Uttar Pradesh after Chief Minister assembly polls were reviewed. Limited, a Madhucon Group com- Temp: 30/23 State Congress president and Yogi Adityanath met the BJP top With the party now gearing up pany, they said. The searches were Humidity: 73% MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy, who brass during his two-day visit to the late, and Nadda has also been Shah also met party allies from for the next round of assembly polls conducted at Madhucon offices in Sunrise: 05:41 am led the protest at a petrol pump national capital. present there. Uttar Pradesh, including Apna in five states early next year, includ- Jubilee Hills here and residences of Sunset: 06:50 pm near the State Secretariat here, Sources, however, added that The deliberations among the Dal's Anupriya Patel who was a ing in all important Uttar Pradesh, some of the directors, sources said. Current Weather Conditions Modi has been meeting Union top BJP leaders at the prime min- minister in the first Modi govern- it is expected to take various meas- Updated JUNE 11, 2021 5:00 PM 2 ministers in different batches of ister's residence came a day after ment but was not inducted in the ures to bolster its social equation. 2 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 hyderabad 02 What Corona has taught us about living esearch on people liv- Over time, however, the People who are prone to worry in normal According to Barbour, our the future and help us concen- are - prepare a time-table to ing in the lockdown mood of introverts does lives consist of snapshots of trate on the practical business attend to these later during Rhas thrown up some improve. times (neurotics) are beset with greater experiences like the frames of of survival in the present the day and get over the interesting findings. These As expected, the moods of anxiety and show higher levels of depression a film. Each snapshot is a par- when confined to our homes common habit of checking results are useful in making extroverts - people who love ticular arrangement of expe- during the pandemic. the smartphone as soon as living meaningful during to meet and be with people during home-stay periods. On the other hand, riences. Because these snap- Continuous exposure to one wakes up. lockdown, retirement, and - gets worse during lock- people who are open show higher levels of shots occur in a sequence online environments brings Routines enable one to in-between switching jobs. down; however, as these peo- anxiety, though not depression they give the impression of the past and future to bear on pay attention to the "is-ness" Let us look at how different ple have a cheerful disposi- time passing. the present. of surrounding when engag- personality types cope with tion, they still have a better The static frame (now) This generates massive ing in habitual activities, home internment. mood overall. occurring in sequence gives amounts of information, mak- such as taking a bath, med- The common expectation is People who are prone to position - helps combat anx- structure to the endless days the impression of a linear ing it impossible to create and itation, visualization, read- that introverts who like to be worry in normal times (neu- iety and depression. when they have to work and flow of time. follow routines. Under these ing, and exercise, as well as left alone would show rotics) are beset with greater In case people with agree- study remotely. DR. SAMEER SHARMA We need to have a sense of circumstances our personality basic things as having your improvement in moods dur- anxiety and show higher lev- able personalities love to meet This enables them to use linear time in order to organize type (e.g. introversion, neuroti- cup of tea, talking to the ing lockdown. els of depression during people and socialize, the pos- their time well. They get up, our experiences and make sur- cism) takes over and reduces family, and taking a short Surprisingly, a meta-review home-stay periods. itive effects are enhanced. get ready, and work according Such routines work on the vival possible. our ability to cope with pan- walk. done by Andreas Kluth has On the other hand, people Conscientious people show to a schedule - day in and day mind by affecting one's idea of If the past, present and future demic-induced home-stay. By regulating our access to found that that shy people, who are open show higher the most effective coping out doing productive and sat- time. According to the start to exist at the same time, In order to reduce the online environments, one is who are lone wolves, find levels of anxiety, though not behavior. These people are isfying work. German philosopher the humungous level of infor- prodigious levels of informa- able to design and follow themselves more lonely, anx- depression. organized, focused, well-pre- Conscientiousness unleash- Immanuel Kant, time is a mation would make it impossi- tion accessed from online routines - perhaps the best ious and depressed during Such people engage in pared and disciplined. This es the power of routine. As creation of our minds, which ble to concentrate on the present environments, one should way to cope with any form of lockdown. abstract, creative and lateral personality type exhibits high Kilian Markert says, routine is we need to provide some and make living impossible. allocate a fixed, short time to induced home-stay. One reason could be that thinking (openness) and are levels of self-discipline. a sum of small habits - assem- order to our experiences. So our consciousness has social media, messages, TV, during lockdown, all family able to imagine what could go They are less anxious and bling small habits (e.g. brush- We impose it on the world, the ability to screen the past etc. (Author has a PhD from members are staying in the wrong; therefore, are able to depressed when confined to ing teeth, reading newspaper) as part of our "apparatus of and future and focus exclu- One useful way of doing the USA and a DLitt from house the entire day, and soli- imagine the future crises more their homes, as compared to to follow, selecting their order perception". Julian Barbour, a sively on the present. this is to keep the phone Kanchi University. The arti- tude-loving people find it vividly and get troubled. other personality types. and then running them on British physicist, provides And, this is where routines away, as this will prevent one cle is based on his research annoying that they have to be Agreeableness - being helpful, Such people are able to auto-pilot as a seamless another view of time in his come in - they "switch off" from reaching out to it every and practice and views are with them most of the time. kind and having a sunny dis- craft routines that provide a process. book 'The End of Time'. attention from the past and 3-5 minutes. Some useful tips personal) Despite Corona, upward trend among FDA rejects emergency... Continued from page 1 "This differentiated vac- cine is a critical tool to No impact on vaccine Ocugen is in discussions include in our national arse- programme: Govt TS students planning to study abroad with the FDA to understand nal given its potential to the additional information address the SARS-CoV-2 Continued from page 1 PNS n HYDERABAD dents from the state, found that Germany, the Netherlands and Engineering, Automobile tainly slow down the study required to support a BLA variants, including the delta 90 per cent of the students are Ireland are also popular among Engineering, Aerospace abroad aspirants' plans last submission. variant, and given the Some parameters might be Despite the Covid-19 pan- keen to study abroad. the rest of the students. Engineering, and Chemical year, but it is evidently not The company anticipates unknowns about what will common while some might be demic, there has been an Around 8,000 students went Computer Science is still Engineering. the case in 2021. We have that data from an addition- be needed to protect US different which we respect. Our upward trend in the number of to study abroad from the most popular course with Yocket has also found out witnessed an upward trend in al clinical trial will be population in the long term," country's regulatory system students from Telangana plan- Telangana in 2019. The num- about 50 per cent of students that the majority of the stu- the number of students will- required to support the sub- he added. also takes decisions in a similar ning to study abroad. ber went up by 17 per cent in planning for it. Courses with a dents from Telangana are ing to study abroad from mission. "All applications have to manner. The scientific A survey by Mumbai-based 2020 and surprisingly there is mix of management and tech- planning to fund their educa- different states with "Although we were close follow the biological license framework is the same but Yocket, one of India's largest a huge spike in the number of nology like Management tion by the means of an edu- Telangana leading. Lots of to finalising our EUA appli- application process, which is nuancing is on context... These platforms for study abroad students to 62 per cent in Information Systems (MIS) cation loan. About 55 per students who had planned cation for submission, we the standard process for vac- are scientific considerations aspirants, found out that many 2021, as compared to 2019. are also gaining popularity in cent of students have pre- but were unable to travel in received a recommendation cines. Data from an addi- specially in those countries students who wanted to study The US, the UK and Canada recent years, as per the survey. ferred to take loans for their 2020 have deferred their from the FDA to pursue a tional clinical trial will be where science is strong and for abroad in 2020 but could not are the most popular destina- Other popular courses range study abroad plans while 30 plans to 2021 and 2022 BLA path. While this will required to support the mar- us manufacturing is strong," he go due to travel restrictions and tions for Telangana students. from Information Technology per cent of students are will- intakes. We will definitely see extend our timelines, we are keting application submis- said. "We expect that our financial instability, have Over 90 per cent of the stu- to varied engineering courses ing to arrange it by them- a major increase in these committed to bringing sion for Covaxin," the vac- manufacturer will be able to deferred their plans for 2021. dents are going to these three like Electrical Engineering, selves and 15 per cent of stu- intakes as things get better," Covaxin to the US," Dr. cine maker said. comply with it by doing The survey, based on a sam- countries. Australia and Mechanical Engineering, Civil dents want a scholarship. Yocket co-founder Tumul Shankar Musunuri, No vaccine manufactured whatever requires to be done. It ple size of about 30,000 stu- European countries like Engineering, Industrial "The pandemic could cer- Buch said. Chairman of the Board, or developed from India has will have no impact whatsoever Chief Executive Officer and ever received EUA or full on our programme clearly," co-founder of Ocugen said. licensure from USFDA. Paul added. Sravan castigates Central Uttam Kumar: High taxes main CJI arrives in... ED conducts searches at... govt for rise in fuel prices Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 114.000 to km 277.500 in Jharkhand on Design, Build, PNS n reasons for rise of fuel prices HYDERABAD Committee (AICC), the Senior judges, judicial offi- The Central Bureau of Finance, Operate, Transfer Telangana Pradesh Congress PNS n HYDERABAD petrol and diesel. The TPCC people were in utter distress cers, and police officers were Investigation (CBI), in March (DBFOT) Annuity basis. Congress national spokesper- Committee (TPCC) has has taken up the programme due to the apathy of the among those who were pre- 2020, booked the promoters of The directors allegedly son Dr Dasoju Sravan Kumar organised protests at several Telangana Pradesh Congress as part of nationwide central and state govern- sent at Raj Bhavan. Earlier, the Ranchi Expressway Ltd, indulged in fraudulent acts to has come down heavily on the petrol bunks in Hyderabad Committee president and protests being held by ments. Both the Modi and Ramana was accorded a including its CMD K Srinivasa get a total loan amount of Rs Narendra Modi-led BJP and other parts of the state on Nalgonda MP N Uttam Congress party. KCR governments at the rousing welcome at the Rao, for allegedly causing a loss 1,029.39 crore released by the Government at the Centre Friday. Congress cadres led by Kumar Reddy on Friday Addressing the leaders central and state level respec- RGIA on his arrival from of over Rs 1,000 crore to a con- consortium of banks but no holding it responsible for the Dr Dasoju Sravan held an demanded the Central and and workers of the party, he tively have made life miser- Tirupati. Chief Justice of sortium of banks led by Canara progress was made on the pro- steep hike in the petrol and off-beat thought provoking State governments to reduce said that the high taxes being able for the people. Telangana High Court, Bank. Ranchi Expressway ject with the loan becoming a diesel prices. He breathed fire protest titled 'flower in the ear' the prices of petrol, diesel levied by the BJP govern- He said that the price of Justice Hima Kohli, state Limited had been incorporated non-performing asset in 2018, on PM Modi Sarkar saying where activists wearing and gas and ease the burden ment at the Centre and TRS petrol has crossed Rs 100 per ministers K. T. Rama Rao, in the year 2011 as a special pur- CBI had said. On January 31, that the BJP was sucking the Narendra Modi masks on the common people. government at the state level liter mark in several places of Mohammed Mahmood Ali, pose vehicle promoted by 2019, the NHAI terminated its blood of the people of the adorned peoples' ears with He was speaking at the are reasons for the steep rise the country. He said that the Sabita Indra Reddy, Madhucon Infra Limitedand contract with the company and country. flowers, symbolising how PM protest demonstration at a of petrol and diesel prices. petrol prices have risen by Rs Indrakaran Reddy, P. Ajay Madhucon Projects Limited to forfeited Rs 73.95 crore by way Responding to the call given Modi has been fooling people petrol pump near secretari- He lamented that lives of 25 and diesel by Rs 23.90 in Kumar, T. Srinivas Yadav carry out the four-laning of of encashment of the perfor- by the All India Congress with his misrule. at against spiraling prices of the poor and middle class just one year. and senior officials received Ranchi-Jamshedpur Highway mance bank guarantee with the CJI. section of NH-33 from km Canara Bank. For thirdwave, TS earmarks... CM to take up surprise... Continued from page 1 staff crunch, the state is going mulling to buy the medicines Continued from page 1 should he notice any derelic- to train staff and alert people. required for the third stage in tion of duty by any employee Permanent solution for inundation... The government is improving However, officials pointed out advance. Apart from focusing The CM said the government during his surprise visits, they Continued from page 1 pared for the nala development Director Viswajit to study the paediatric wards and ICUs that there are already enough on paediatric care, to cater to was releasing Rs.339 crore would not be tolerated, he works, he said. As the govern- machinery and equipment used also. The Paediatric centre at staff who can handle a third the adults infected in the third every month for Gram warned. KCR said the charts The Enforcement Wing should ment was spending Rs.45 crore in other States and countries for Niloufer has 1,000 beds, which wave, especially in districts. If wave, the government is Panchayats and Rs.148 crore of Palle Pragathi and Pattana take measures to remove the for removal of silt from the desilting of nalas. The Minister will be officially declared as the required, the authorities would increasing oxygen beds. for development of municipal- Pragathi be prepared separate- encroachments, Talasani said. nalas every year, the GHMC said from next Monday (June nodal center if there is a rise in hire more personnel. Officials Officials said that by the end ities. The government had ly on the implementation of A list of the poor living on should think of mechanizing 14) to Saturday, the GHMC cases among children. are estimating that the number of June, all beds in government appointed staff from lower to various works related to green- encroached nalas should be the operation by purchasing officials, engineers, accompa- Even in Gandhi Hospital of active cases in children will hospitals would be equipped the highest level under the ery, sanitation, drinking water prepared for their rehabilitation modern equipment. He instr- nied by the local people's rep- there are three paediatric units not be more than the highest with oxygen facilities. Panchayat Raj system. One supply, survival of saplings, in the double-bed room hous- ucted GHMC Commissioner resentatives, including MLA, where more than 1,000 kids number of cases reported in There are nearly 15,000 beds should know why the PR conduct of grama sabhas etc., es which are getting ready for Lokesh Kumar to constitute a MLC and corporators, should have been treated for Covid so single day in the second wave. which need to be equipped employees were not discharg- payment of bills, salaries, col- occupation and also a compre- committee of technical experts make field visits to understand far. To ensure that there is no The government is also with oxygen. ing their responsibilities and lection of taxes etc. hensive report should be pre- under the Enforcement the problems related to nalas.

HYDERABAD BULLION RATES Health experts suggest... Congress... Heavy rains predicted in TS PK meets Pawar raises... GOLD Continued from page 1 has taken a novel approach Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Bengal coasts with the asso- Continued from page 1 the 2024 election and the ` 50, 300 (10 gm) to vaccinate high-exposure, ciated cyclonic circulation talk of a joint opposition "Opening all fronts simulta- high-risk occupational cate- Alleged that heavy taxes Jayashankar Bhupalapally, extending up to mid-tropos- All told, speculation is rife candidate to challenge ` 330 neously will drain human gories, irrespective of age & levied by the NDA govern- Mulugu, Bhadradri pheric levels persists. It is like- that the discussions have a Prime Minister Narendra SILVER and other resources and we are covering both urban ment at the Centre and the Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, ly to become more marked larger context related to Modi. ` 77, 100 (1kg) would be spreading it too & rural areas. This category TRS government in Warangal (Rural),Warangal during the next 24 hours ` 1000 thin to make an impact at the includes cab/auto drivers, Telangana are responsible (Urban), Sangareddy, and move west-northwest- population level", they point- fruit/vegetable vendors, food for the steep rise in petrol Kamareddy and heavyrain fall wards across Odisha". ed out. delivery guys, FPS dealers, and diesel prices. is very likely to occur at a few During the last 24 hours, CHICKEN It may be mentioned here journalists & others who are The poor and middle- places in Kumaram Bheem highest rainfall of 111.2 mm RATES `/KG that Telangana launched on at risk of high exposure as classes are in distress due to Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, was recorded at Narayankhed May 28th a mass Covid19 part of their occupation". the apathy of the Central and Jagtial,Rajanna Sirsilla, (Sangareddy) in state, while Dressed/With Skin `177 vaccination drive. More than The expert group also rec- State governments, he Karimnagar, Peddapally, in GHMC highest rainfall of Without Skin `201 30 lakh people under high- ommended that there was no alleged. Vikarabad and Medak among 31.3 mm was recorded at exposure category have been need to inoculate those who Saying that the price of the districts of Telangana. Patancheruvu (Circle No. 22, Broiler at Farm `122 identified and their vaccina- had already been infected by petrol has crossed Rs 100 per The monsoon was active Ramachandrapuram & tion is under way in coronavirus. In their report, litre at several places in the over Telangana on Friday. Patancheruvu). EGG Telangana. On Sunday, IT the experts said:"These peo- country, he claimed that the This is because of a trough Maximum temperatures RATES Minister K T Rama Rao ple may be vaccinated after price of petrol rose by Rs 25 that runs from low-pressure are expected to be in the `/100 found fault with vaccinating generating evidence that vac- in just one year. The Modi area over North West Bay to range of 34o to 36oC while HYDERABAD 508 based on age criterion. He cine is beneficial after natur- government has got the Telangana over Odisha. As the Minimum temperatures said, "This age category vac- al infection," they said. dubious distinction of rais- per IMD, "A low pressure are expected to be in the VIJAYAWADA 524 cination is in fact strategical- Vaccine is a strong and pow- ing the prices of petrol and area formed over northwest range of 24o to 26 oC for next VISAKHAPATNAM 557 ly misplaced in my opinion. erful weapon against the diesel for 43 times in one Bay of Bengal and adjoining three days over many dis- RETAIL PRICE `5.08 The Telangana government novel coronavirus. year. Odisha & Gangetic West tricts. (IN HYDERABAD)

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Even July and August student visa With the monsoons arriving at though municipal authorities appointments from June 14. the state people living in the and environmental depart- "Our capacity remains lim- Industrial areas in the city are ment officials had been warn- ited for the health and safety of spending sleepless nights as ing the pharma managements, our staff and customers, and to last year's images of roads they were turning a deaf ear to do our part in reducing the and homes flooded with water such instructions. spread of Covid-19," the contaminated by chemical Indeed, Industry managers Consulate General tweeted. wastes released directly into must transfer the wastewater "Facilitating legitimate stu- the sewers by some of the local produced by their companies dent travel to the United States pharma companies, visit them to Jeedimetla Waste Chemical remains a top priority for the with every splash of shower Treatment Plant or common US Mission to India. Prior to websites and social media ment date may result in a hitting their roofs. effluent treatment plant. your visa interview, please pages for updates on our oper- potentially late start, please Right now, the residents of But to save money, some review your I-20 program start ating status," it said. reach out to your school to dis- the Jeedimetla Industrial area industry owners have set up date. Students beginning a "Continuing students may cuss options," the Embassy are getting suffocated daily by gangs locally to dump waste new program with a program also resume their programs on added. It also advised students pungent odour of chemicals. chemicals into tanks at night. start date on or after August 1 or after August 1, and travel 30 to keep monitoring its website Even if they dug a hole for For this, they are reported- may travel to the United States days before their program https:// ustraveldocs. com/IN/, installing a bore well they had ly giving fifty thousand rupees up to 30 days prior to the pro- resumption date. We are unable for appointment availability. been coming face to face with for one night. Although the gram start date and do not to approve expedite requests The Consulate General had contaminated coloured water Pollution Control Board need to submit a request for a for Fall 2021 students with cancelled all routine visa ser- as the groundwater had been (PCB) has received com- national interest exception. scheduled appointments in vices from May 3 in view of contaminated with the File photo of streets in an industrial area in Hyderabad covered with froth plaints, there are allegations Please keep a close eye on our July or August. If your appoint- Covid situation. untreated wastewater released that it does not care. In the directly into the sewers by skin and breathing problems. It is reported that these due to last year's floods and past however, the officials of some pharma companies. Authorities initially esti- polluted waters finally went to more badly due to water con- Pollution Control Board had Residents at Dharani Nagar mated that about 50 MLD of the Kukatpally canal after tamination. acted against Simon Labora- 22-year-old held in Alwyn X Colony of industrial waste was leaking passing through some areas. With the onset of the mon- tories Pvt. Ltd., Sripathi IIIT-H war room comes Hyderabad wake up to find into the drainages under- During the monsoon last soon season this year people of Pharma, Vijaya Sri Chemicals, for blackmailing toxic waste from the Chemical ground. These pharma wastes year, the water in the canals the area are afraid. They are at Atulita Chemicals and some industries of Jeedimetla indus- were released unofficially and flooded the colonies in a loss as they do not know how other chemical companies due trial area flowing into the intentionally by companies Jeedimetla industrial area. The to save themselves from chem- to these unlawful water cont- to rescue of corona-hit women teachers nearby canal, if it is monsoon. that wanted to save money chemicals in the water also got ical contaminated flood waters. amination acts. But nothing PNS n HYDERABAD of resources and verifies its PNS n HYDERABAD Due to water contamination required to treat waste water into the houses and people These are the problems that the concrete had happened and availability. The verified infor- in this area, many people had before releasing them into the were seriously troubled. Many people around Jeedimetla are the people of the area contin- The Covid war room com- mation is then relayed back to The Rachakonda CCS cops fallen ill and have had severe canal or the sewer. people were affected badly having with the management ued to suffer. prising of IIIT-Hyderabad the attendant for immediate on Friday arrested a young- alumni and students, has saved action. ster on charges of harassing many precious lives during the "We take the request, calm female faculty members of an second wave of Covid pan- the attendant down and ask education institution with SCR to set up demic. them to spend time with the morphed photos and extort- All CETs likely to be postponed in TS The Covid War Room was patient. Once we source the ing money. baby feeding set up in response to a deluge request, we verify the details, The arrested person iden- PNS n HYDERABAD state and other CETS have to of appeals for crucial assistance set up the bed, ambulance or tified as Tamil Selvan, 22, be finalised depending on the for Covid patients during the oxygen support and organize was pursuing MSc and a res- kiosks at rail Due to the ongoing pandem- available slots of TCS. second wave in April-May. crowd-funding, if the person ident of Urapakkam in Tamil ic condition prevailing in the The Higher Education The team comprising alum- is unable to pay, as per the Naidu. The police received a stations in TS state, Engineering and Medical Board plans to complete all the ni and students of International need," explained Sriharsha. complaint from two women PNS n HYDERABAD Common Entrance Test and CETS by the end of August. Institute of Information IIITH's alumni, IT whiz- faculty of an educational ins- other major CETs in the state However, depending on the Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT- kids, working professionals, titution stating that uniden- A baby feeding kiosk to facil- which are scheduled to be availability of slots with the ser- H) has so far resolved 1,107 start-up founders and college tified persons had posted itate nursing mothers was held in the next month are like- vice provider, it is working to requests and processed over Rs students came together to their morphed pictures on inaugurated at Lingampalli ly to be postponed. complete it within the first 40 lakh in financial aid. work as a team. The group also social media, following which Railway Station on Friday by The state government had week of August, beginning CWR founder Sriharsha has doctors, IIITH engineers, they were getting calls and Secunderabad Divisional already cancelled the board from July 25. The admission Karamchati created a techni- parents who are nodal officers, being harassed. Railway Manager Abhay exams for Intermediate sec- process for engineering cours- cal eco-system of support NGO heads, hospital owners Following technical clues, Kumar Gupta. ond-year students. Similarly, tions, which have severely On the other hand, National es is planned to be taken up through a volunteer army and and IAS officers. Selvan was traced to his house The kiosk is located on the higher secondary education affected the families of the stu- Testing Agency (NTA) is yet to after August 15 and classes will crowd-sourced data and fund- The backend processes were and nabbed. According to platform no 1 at Lingampalli authorities had also called for dents and their studies too. conduct the JEE Mains sched- start from September 1. ing. "Our basic purpose is to conceptualized and designed the police, Selvan randomly Railway Station which is an the cancellation of EAMCET A revised schedule is likely uled during April-May. NTA It also decided to postpone take the mental load off the by core team member Mohit browsed internet for details of important rail hub and one of and other exams too. to be issued soon. A top offi- postponed the second phase of the PGECET to be conducted patient's attendant and give Jain, IIITH alumnus and women including their phone the busiest railway station on The postponed exams were cial of the Higher Education the JEE due to this corona pan- from 19 to 22 and the ECET to him/her precious time with Sudhir Yarram, a Ph.D schol- numbers and e-mail Ids. SCR. Maternal and childcare to be held in July - on 5th and Board said that a final decision demic only. NTA postponed be conducted on July 1. The the patient, while we provide ar working in the computer He morphed explicit pho- being one of the focus areas 6th for agriculture and on 7th, would be announced shortly the mains exam scheduled to ICET to be conducted on remote assistance and hand- vision space. "We used a Ziffy tos of the victims and sent of passenger amenities, 8th, and 9th for the engineer- after discussing the matter be held on July 3. August 19 and 20 for admis- holding till the problem is platform to set up the them on Telegram and Railways are planning to set ing stream of studies. with the state government. The date of these exams is sions to MBA and MCA cours- resolved," he said. helpline," informed IIITH demanded money via cryp- up more such kiosks in var- The decision for postponing The exam dates will be yet to be announced. TCS is es, LAWCET to be conducted The CWR processes the alumnus Anupriya Inumella of tocurrency and if the victims ious important railways sta- the EAMCET is made consid- finalised depending on the the exam conducting body in on 23rd of the same month and requests for hospital beds, Microsoft, who put together declined his demands, he tions across Telangana and ering the time available for stu- slots available with TCS, an the state on behalf of NTA. In EDCET to be conducted on 24 ventilators and oxygen support the call center to process used to post their phone Vijayawada with the assis- dents to prepare after getting online exam management this context, the dates of the and 25 of the same month have devices, medicines or blood, requests from across the numbers on various groups tance of Rotary Club. out of the pandemic condi- company. respective examinations of the also been postponed. through its extensive data base nation. and harass them. Free Covid vaccination Youths booked 150 cm hairball removed for dancing with camps for transgender from 17-yr-old's stomach PNS n MEDCHAL MALKAJGIRI people to be on the alert in swords in public spite of receding Coronavirus PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD At the initiative of District spread. Collector Sweta Mohanty, Meanwhile, Medicover A group of youngsters were Surgeons at Osmania General Qutubullahpur MLA KP Hospitals in collaboration with booked by the Habeebnagar Hospital (OGH) have saved Vivekanand along with Prajwala on Friday organised police for allegedly dancing the life of a 17-year-old girl District Additional Collector an exclusive free Covid vacci- with swords and daggers who was suffering from an John Samson on Friday inau- nation drive for members of during a birthday celebration, extremely rare medical con- gurated vaccination centre for the transgender community by gathering in large num- dition known as Rapunzel transgender community in and individuals who were res- bers during the lockdown Syndrome, in which a huge Urban Health Post at Suraram cued from trafficking. Around hours. The incident which ball of hair stays in the stom- in the district. 200 individuals from the occurred on Wednesday ach for a long time and trig- The state government has LGBT community and per- came to light on Friday, after TRIAL RUN gering associated health com- come forward to get the trans- sons who were rescued were a video clip went viral on plications. gender community vaccinated vaccinated. The hospital said social media. Lighting takes a centre stage at The medical condition abdomen pain for the past against the virus considering the special vaccination drive Police said a joint celebra- Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy occurs when a person has a three months and multiple them under the high-risk was conducted in a safe envi- tion was organized in view of temple in Yadadri district as the hairball in the stomach due to episodes of vomiting. The groups. They would be admin- ronment by strictly following the birthdays of Sai Ram and Yadigirigutta Temple Development the habit of chewing and swal- doctors said the patient had a istered vaccine for about one Covid appropriate behavior Arjun, from Mangar Basti Authority (YTDA) conducted a trial lowing the hair. The medical history of plucking her hair week, he said exhorting the and protocols. area, by their friends. run of lighting arrangements. The condition is also known as and eating them, for the past "The birthday celebrations Chief Minister K Chandrshekhar Trichobezoars, which forms a five to six months. were organized, defying the Rao will finalise the light designs ball of hair in the stomach with The OGH surgeons con- pandemic rules and lock- after taking a look at it. a 'tail' that extends into the ducted the surgery on June 2 down guidelines. During the intestine. The 17-year-old girl and retrieved a mass com- party, the duo along with Poojitha Mandala, a resident posed of hair and other foreign their followers danced while of Gaganpahad, Shamshabad, materials of 150 cm length and displaying weapons in pub- presented all these medical weighing about 2 kg. Out of lic," said an official. conditions when she visited the 150 cm length of hair ball, A case under sections of OGH. about 30 cm of hair was in the the Indian Arms Act and The girl had recently recov- stomach while 120 cm of hair Epidemic Act was booked ered from Covid-19 and visit- ball was in the small bowel, and being investigated. ed OGH with complaints of surgeons said.

PILOT SURVEY IN SELECT VILLAGES Government calls for EoI from digital land survey agencies ML MELLY MAITREYI ensure credibility of the exe- and their prior experience in ister, accuracy statement (vil- n HYDERABAD cuting agencies, sources said. The state government decided to executing such work. lage wise), discrepancy state- The Department of Survey, call for EoI on the prescribed format As the state government is ment (if any) etc. The state government of Settlements and Land Records planning to take up the digital The agencies were asked to Telangana against its earlier invited the proposals from the to bring in transparency on the land survey across the state, it quote the cost per acre includ- decision to select those digital eligible and interested agencies capabilities and expertise of the wanted the pilot survey to be ing all costs associated with the land survey agencies with and joint ventures in executing done in a most professional project including cost of survey proven experience for the pilot the project 'Pilot Survey of agencies and their prior experience way by reputed companies equipment, drone/aerial photo, work in select villages has villages, preparation of Digital in executing such work with technical and financial satellite image, cost of man- called for Expression of Interest Land Parcel Map and wherewithal to deliver the out- power, cost of processing the (EoI). Preparation of Records of comes prescribed by the gov- data and preparation of the An EOI is a first step in a Rights' as a pilot project in TS. part of the evaluation of the and the list of shortlisted agen- ernment such as description of data in the final format and any multi stage tender process. The sources said that once tender. Only those who were cies will be released on June 14, control points, coordinates in other cost. They should also The government for its main the EoI is received from the shortlisted by the department officials said. each village, village map in disclose the technology to be digital land survey project will prospective agencies with their will be awarded the work. The state government decid- Hard copy and soft copy in GIS deployed, number of skilled be calling global tenders and techno-commercial proposals The agencies will have to ed to call for EoI on the pre- shape files, Land parcel maps personnel ready for deploy- hence decided to the select the for the pilot project, their tech- submit their EoI by 9 pm on scribed format to bring in in Hard copy with linear mea- ment and estimated time frame agencies even for the pilot nical capabilities to execute June 12 and they will be transparency on the capabilities surements and Geo coordinates for completion of village, project on the basis of EOI to the project will be assessed as opened on June 13 at 11 am and expertise of the agencies in each village, Field land reg- sources said. hyderabad 04 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 OP services begin at Warangal ‘KCR striving to develop Telangana as an ideal state’ KMC super-specialty Hospital PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR Chief Minister K PNS n WARANGAL speciality hospital apart from the Chandrasekhar Rao was mak- recruitment of doctors, para- ing all efforts to develop With the initiative of Minister medics and staff nurses. The Telangana as an ideal state in for Panchayat Raj, Rural Minister said the OP services the country and the state has Development and RWS came into effect in cardiology, achieved much more progress Errabelli Dayakar Rao, the cardiothoracic surgery, urology, in different spheres, Minister out-patient services at the gastroenterology, pediatric for Excise, Sports, Cultural super-speciality hospital con- surgery, neurology, neurosurgery and Tourism Dr V Srinivas structed at a cost of Rs 150 and radiology wings. In view of Gowd said on Friday. crore on the premises of corona conditions, the super-spe- While disbursing the Chief Kakatiya Medical College in ciality hospital was brought into Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) many strides in different sec- Function Hall at Veerannapet Warangal began on Friday. service for non-Covid patients. cheques to 15 beneficiaries tors and the Chief Minister was at Rs 13 lakhs and CC roads at It may be recalled that The Minister said apart from with Rs 11.16 lakhs at the MLA striving for the welfare of all TT Gutta Chourasta at Rs Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao the people of the erstwhile camp office here on Friday, the sections of the society, he said 17.50 lakh. District Collector recently visited the newly- Warangal district, people from Minister said many poor peo- and added that under Mission S Venkat Rao, Municipal build super-speciality hospital the neighbouring districts would ple were given financial assis- Bhagiratha, drinking water Chairman KC Narasimhulu, and directed the health officials while the super speciality hos- ical staff and technical staff Friday. The appointment of also get free medical assistance tance under CMRF starting would be supplied soon as the Municipal Commissioner to start medical services imme- pital could be used for non- members was underway for the security staff, sanitation work- and appealed to the people to from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh issue of motors at Yelluru Pradeep Kumar and others diately. The hospital was built Covid patients. Acting on the hospital. As part of it, the ers and supervisors would be utilise the medical services in the for the health and welfare of reservoir was resolved. were present. with all modern facilities and directives of the Minister, the selection of three civil sur- completed soon, she added. new hospital. The local people the people. Earlier, people Earlier, the Minister laid Later, Srinivas Gowd flagged all arrangements have been health officials launched out- geons, RMUs, 16 super-special- Errabelli Dayakar Rao said thanked Chief Minister KCR, used to face difficulties for the foundation stone for off two buses with isolated ICU made to extend services. The patient (OP) services in nine ity doctors, 7 broad speciality with the initiative of Chief Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao medical treatment when they drainage works to be taken up and oxygen facility donated by Minister has advised the offi- departments. experts and 134 staff nurses, Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and others for bringing quality were fallen ill-health. at Rs 12 lakh at Bhagiratha Raj Prakash Paul of Lord cials to use the MGM hospital Meanwhile, the selection was completed, KMC principal all facilities have been arranged medical services to the Sper-spe- After Telangana state was colony here on Friday, also for Church in the MBC church for treating the Covid victims, process of doctors, para-med- doctor Sandhyarani said on to treat the patients at the Super- ciality hospital. formed, the state has achieved Muslim graveyard at HN premises in Mahabubnagar. Medak to get SI suspended over suicide traffic PS soon, by lady cop’s husband Padma PNS n KAMAREDDY Devender Reddy PNS n MEDAK A sub-inspector who had an illicit relationship with a female In a bid to improve the traf- constable was suspended for fic system, the government allegedly causing the suicide of was planning to set up a traf- her husband. The Nizamabad fic police station in Medak, range IG issued orders on MLA Padma Devender Friday suspending Sivaprasad, Reddy said on Friday. SI of Indalvayi police station and While laying the founda- he has been one of the accused tion stone for construction in the suicide of Sivaji Rao, hus- of CC roads, drainages and band of a lady constable. He was other development works booked under Section 306 of a to be taken up at a cost of Rs non-bailable case in the Maharashtra married a woman tance of 50 km and they contin- 60 lakh as part of the Gandhari police station in of Madhavapalli in 2005. They ued their relationship. Sivaji progress of the Medak town, Kamareddy district. The police were residing in Madhavapalli Rao and his second wife used to the MLA said after the are likely to take Sivaji Rao's wife since then and they had a son. quarrel over the issue frequent- Telangana state was formed Santhoshini and SI Sivaprasad When his wife died in 2008, on ly. He reportedly told her to Chief Minister KCR has into custody in connection with the advice of the elders, he mar- sever ties with the SI and more- taken up many welfare pro- GEAT READY FOR RAINY the case. ried his wife's younger sister in over, it was alleged that the SI grammes and 'Palle Pragathi' The police sources said 2010 and they had a two-year- used to harass Sivaji Rao. programme was launched SEASON Sivaprasad who was working as old daughter. Sivaji Rao's second Facing it as humility over his for the development of rural SI in Nizamabad district had an wife secured a job as an AR con- wife's illicit relationship, Sivaji areas and 'Pattna Pragathi' GWMC Commissioner Pamela affair with a female constable stable in 2018. While undergo- Rao committed suicide at for development of urban Satpathi is inspecting removal of and unable to bear the insult, ing training in Hyderabad, she Madhavapalli. Enraged by the areas. silt in drainage along with her husband Sivaji Rao(35) met one probationary SI and it suicide, the villagers demanded As part of Palle Pragathi, engineering officials in Warangal committed suicide. The incident led to an illegal affair between the arrest of SI blaming him for dump yards, Vykunta on Friday. occurred at Madhavapalli in them. the suicide. They squatted on dhamas, nurseries and other Gandhari mandal of Later, he was posted in the road in protest for more works were taken up and to Kamareddy district on Nizamabad district, while the than two hours. Gandhari SI augment the drinking water Wednesday. Sivaji Rao of woman got posting in reached the spot and convinced supply, Mission Bhagiratha Degloor mandal in Kamareddy district within a dis- them to withdraw stir. was launched. Stop selling Congressmen protest Govt lands: fuel prices hike Ashwathama Strive to reach 5 lakh litres of Left parties PNS n MEDAK PNS n HYDERABAD Reddy to join The BJP government which milk per day: KMPCL chief Both Communist parties came to power by making CPI and CPM demanded false promises to reduce the BJP along PNS n KARIMNAGAR that the government should petrol and diesel prices for the withdraw the decision of common people was sucking with Eatela Karimnagar Milk Producer selling government lands in the people's blood by putting Company Limited (KMPCL) the auction. CPM state sec- a heavy burden on them, PNS n HYDERABAD Chairman Ch Rajeshwara Rao retary Thammineni Medak District Congress Party has called upon the milk pro- Veerabhadram demanded president Kanthareddy As expected, former ducers numbering over 75,000 the state government to Tirupati Reddy has criticised. TSRTC Telangana Majdoor to rededicate themselves to release a whitepaper on the As part of the call given by Union (TMU) general sec- increase the milk production to government lands in the the AICC and TPCC, the Modi, KCR looting poor: Revanth retary Ashwathama Reddy fulfil the goal of reaching 5 lakh state. CPI state secretary Congress activists organized a decided to join BJP along litres of milk procurement and Chada Venkat Reddy said protest at the IOC petrol bunk PCC working president year due to the corona, but with former minister Eatela sales per day. He exhorted the that the decision of selling here on Friday against the and Malkajgiri MP A the government has Rajender in New Delhi on employees to accord impor- government lands was not unprecedented hike in petrol TRevanth Reddy has increased Rs.25 on petrol June 14. According to tance to their health and strive proper. and diesel prices. Speaking on alleged that both state and and Rs.26 on diesel in 10 sources, BJP leaders intro- for the welfare of the farming white revolution in the integrat- of the farming community and The state government the occasion, DCC president central governments were months. Instead of helping duced Ashwathama Reddy community. ed Karimnagar district for the also the employees. The was not considering the Tirupati Reddy said even when troubling the poor by increas- the people during corona to Telangana BJP in-charge The dairy farmers and past two decades and empow- Karimnagar Dairy had won lands as a source of income. the crude oil price stood at 100 ing the prices of petrol and time, the governments were Tarun Chug at Eatela employees on Friday greeted Ch ering the farming community to accolades in the country for The idea of auctioning off dollars, petrol was sold at Rs 75 diesel every day. While partic- looting the people indiscrim- Rajender's residence on Rajeshwara Rao, Chairman of take up dairy units for a regu- introducing several welfare land to cover government per litre. But now, the crude oil ipating in a protest pro- inately, he alleged. Friday. It is learnt that Karimnagar Dairy on his 66th lar and alternate source of schemes for the farmers and deficits was absurd, he prices have come down to gramme at Ghatkesar on Stating that 'Modi at Delhi' Ashwathama Reddy birthday on Friday. The farm- income. He is instrumental in their milch cattle apart from deplored. half, but the petrol price has Friday, Revanth Reddy alleged and 'KD at Gulli', he said the expressed his willingness to ers held celebrations by cutting making the Karimnagar dairy launching different dairy prod- In a statement, Chada reached Rs 100 per litre. It was that both Prime Minister PM was selling the petrol at join BJP unconditionally. cakes, plantation of saplings, dis- the number one in Telangana in ucts to attract customers. alleged that the land records a testimony for the failure of Narendra Modi and Chief Rs.100 instead of selling the He also assured BJP leaders tributing food to the orphans terms of milk procurement and Employees of the Karimnagar were full of mistakes and the the state and Central govern- Minister KCR were looting same at Rs.35, he alleged. that he was ready to take up and also the simians in the sales. Dairy celebrated the birthday of real estate businessmen and ments, he lamented. the poor by hiking the prices Modi was collecting Rs.33 any responsibility assigned forests. He had transformed the loss- their chairman Rajeshwara Rao others were selling the lands The Congress leader said the of petrol and diesel. and KCR was collecting Rs.32 by the party and was ready Mr Rajeshwara Rao, who is making Karimnagar dairy into by planting saplings at all the of tanks, lakes, temple, wakf BJP government became a The people have lost their in the name of taxes on to contest the elections from popularly known as the a profit-making unit by intro- Bulk Milk Cooling units and bhoodhan to others puppet in the hands of the cor- employment for the last one petrol. any constituency. 'Milkman of Telangana" and ducing reforms with a vision to (BMCU) in the integrated creating fake records. porate powers and as part of it, visionary for launching the ensure all-round development Karimnagar district. Temple union seeks Somasila turns tourist destination with onset of monsoon MALLEOALLI GOVERDHAN filling of AEO posts n NAGARKURNOOL Owing to the onset of the PNS n KARIMNAGAR Hyderabad. monsoon, tourists are making The EO of the temple was a beeline to witness nature's Upadhyaula Chandrasekhar, instructed to take the advice of real beauty at Somasila, which newly elected president of Sri the standing council of the is located 16 km from Raja Rajeshwara Swamy tem- SRRD temple and appoint Kolhapur in Nagarkurnool ple employees union on Friday AEOs, he said and added that district of Telangana. Somasila demanded filling of three AEO he would strive to get the became a best tourist destina- posts in the temple. vacant AEO posts filled up by tion in the pleasant mon- Stating that he would strive ad-hoc promotions of eligible soon. towards the welfare of the temple supervisors for the Apart from the beautiful temple employees, smooth functioning of the greenery and the scenic beau- Chandrasekhar said a case SRRD temple. ty of Nallamala forests, the regarding the seniority of the He expressed condolences area is gaining popularity temple supervisors was pend- to the families of the temple with sounds of gushing government, facilities like AC faraway places. attained devotional signifi- for five days, people could boarding and lodging facili- ing in the High Court and the employees who died due to Krishna waters and mesmer- boat, food, lodging and visit of Somasila tourism spot has cance with temples like high- have darshan in the temples ties. With the onset of the government must fill the three corona and other health issues. izing boat rides amid a devo- temples and sight-seeing have a speciality of a confluence of ly revered Lalitha Semoswara and enjoying nature's beauty. monsoon, Krishna waters AEO posts in the Vemulawada Efforts would be made to see tional atmosphere. In fact, been provided for the visiting seven rivers such as Swamy, Sangameswara The Tourism department flooding into the Srisailam temple which were lying that the families of the the Somasila area is attracting tourists. Having ancient tem- Tungabhadra, Krishna, and Swamy, Akka Mambadevi has made arrangements for dam from Almatti and vacant. He said he would take deceased would get all the tourists only after the recent ples built during the 7th cen- Malaharini and its Dwadasa Kota and Ankallamma Kota the tourists to have darshan of Narayanapur projects. These it to the notice of The benefits they were entitled to Krishna pushkarams. With tury, the Somasila area is also Jyothirlngas are attracting the were among the 15 temples. Mallaikarjuna Swamy temple waters are certainly an eye Endowment commissioner in get, he added. the initiative of the Telangana attracting pilgrims even from pilgrims. The place also Travelling on the tourist boats at Srisailam by providing feast for the visitors. nation 05 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021

Fake invoice Every Covid case may not lead ‘Instead of fighting, Centre supply racket in busted in Maha to complications for diabetics should work with states’ PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NAGPUR PNS n NEW DELHI Every COVID-19 infection Centre ‘abusing' some The Directorate General of may not necessarily lead to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind GST Intelligence (DGGI) has complications in case of a dia- Kejriwal on Friday said instead state govts:Sisodia arrested a supplier of fake betic person, Union minister of abusing and fighting with invoices and detected fraud- and renowned diabetologist state governments, the Centre Deputy Chief Minister Manish ulent transactions of Rs 55 Jitendra Singh said on Friday. should work with them. Sisodia on Friday accused the crore, an official said on Delivering the inaugural Kejriwal tagged a media Centre of "abusing" some Friday. After a series of address as the chief guest at the report according to which governments instead of searches at the premises of a Diabetes India World Union minister Ravi Shankar supporting them.Sisodia also prominent manufacturer in Congress-2021, he said even Prasad blamed the Kejriwal said that the BJP has become the iron and steel sector as after the COVID pandemic is government over allegedly fail- 'Bharatiya Jhagda Party', well as its suppliers, the rack- over, the discipline of social till two decades ago prevalent against target organ damage, ing to provide ration and oxy- following the Centre's objection et, which involved fraudulent distancing and avoiding mostly in South India, is today which are otherwise also prac- gen to the people. to the Delhi government's Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs droplet infection will act as equally rampant in North tised in diabetes, are equally In response, Kejriwal said doorstep ration delivery 11.09 crore, was busted, the safeguard against many other India and at the same time,it applicable even during the pan- the country will progress when scheme. "The Centre does not Nagpur zonal unit of DGGI infections, particularly for has also moved from metros, demic, the statement said. 130 crore people, all the state have any other job apart from said in a release on Friday. those who have underlying cities and urban areas to rural He emphasised, what is governments and the Centre abusing some state "The manufacturer was diabetes. "There is need for hinterland, the minister said. important to understand is work together as 'Team India'. fighting the state governments state governments and the governments. The whole availing fraudulent ITC on more public awareness about Singh said diabetic patients that while every diabetic need "Today people want to see all day, takes everyone along. Centre work together as Team central government and the the strength of fake invoices the correlation between are immuno-compromised, not necessarily get COVID, at such a leadership at the Centre "The country will progress India, Abusing so much is not BJP is targeting CMs of three- from its suppliers without Diabetes and COVID, as there and hence more vulnerable to the same time every COVID which, instead of abusing and when 130 crore people, all the good," Kejriwal tweeted. four states. receipt of any goods. are certain misgivings about infections like coronavirus as infection may not necessarily the cause and effect relation- well as consequent complica- lead to complications in case of ship between the two," said tions. This, he said, may lead to a diabetic. Singh, the Minister of State for vulnerable situation when a In his address, Dr Akhtar INDIA CORNER Personnel, also a diabetologist. patient suffering from diabetes Hussain, President-elect, He said that over the last two also has kidney involvement or International Diabetes Centenarian woman beats COVID in SC says fixing June 16 for decades, India has seen a surge diabetic-nephropathy, chronic Federation said that India is in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, kidney disease etc, it said. the second most affected coun- 11 days, leaves hospital in Kerala which has now acquired pan- However, Singh hastened to try after China so far diabetes holding INI CET-21 is arbitrary Indian proportions, a state- add that there is no room for is concerned and the number centenarian woman has ment issued by the Personnel panic, because the basic rules of of patients is witnessing a con- beaten COVID-19 in 11 PNS n NEW DELHI tors seeking admission in PG are vying for 815 seats in the Ministry said. strict glycemic control of blood tinuous surge in the past few Adays and left hospital in medical and challenging the national level examination Type 2 Diabetes, which was sugar levels and safeguards years. northern Kannur district of The Supreme Court Friday notification of fixing June 16 as which is being held by AIIMS. Kerala, infusing a fresh vigour termed as "arbitrary" the fixing date of INI CET 2021. The 815 seats are spread to the overworked health of June 16 for conducting INI The bench said that having across 8 institutes of AIIMS fraternity in the state which is CET 2021 and directed All regard to the difficulty faced by and JIPMER, Puducherry, BJP MP falls striving to contain the infection. India Institute of Medical the candidates due to the NIMHANS, Bengaluru and Will continue as CM The condition of the 104-year- Sciences (AIIMS) to hold the examination and many placed PGIMER, Chandigarh. old Janaki Amma was critical post graduate medical entrance far way due to COVID duty The INI CET 2021 was ini- victim to credit when she was admitted to the government medical test after one month. from the examination centre, tially scheduled to be held on college hospital at Pariyaram on May 31, health department A vacation bench of Justices the exam needs to be post- May 8 but was rescheduled to for next 2 years: BSY card fraud sources said. She was rushed to the medical college ICU from the Indira Banerjee and M R Shah poned. June 16 due to the COVID PNS n RAIPUR dedicated COVID care centre at Taliparamba, where she was disposed of a plea filed by doc- Around 80,000 candidates pandemic. PNS n HASSAN (K'TAKA) from the district, he said, "it admitted earlier, following a dip in the oxygen has been clarified that BJP's Rajya Sabha mem- level. Janaki Amma's daughter-in-law and her mother are BJP national general secretary Yediyurappa will continue for ber and former still under treatment for the virus infection. Pariyaram Medical Arun Singh's statement ruling the remaining two years and Chhattisgarh minister College principal-in-charge, Dr S Ajith and other hospital staff wished Fuel prices: out his replacement has given with the cooperation of every- Ramvichar Netam has her all the best when the centenarian left the hospital on Friday, a Adityanath meets him "more strength", one I will focus on develop- become a victim of cred- health department statement said. Health Minister Veena George MP Congress Karnataka Chief Minister B S ment and tour across the state, it card fraud as an greeted Janaki Amma, who had beaten the odds, irrespective of her Yediyurappa said on Friday and will make honest efforts to unidentified person age. "Janaki Amma's confidence at this age is an protests and asserted that he will work do a good job." allegedly misused it and inspiration for all to fight the disease," she said. n PM amidst rift talk PNS BHOPAL for the development of the Amid speculation about made a transaction of PNS n NEW DELHI state during the remaining leadership change in around Rs 37,000, police The Madhya Pradesh Congress two years of the term. Karnataka, Singh, said on Friday. File reply on plea over use of coal with on Friday protested against the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister The 78-year-old who is BJP's A complaint in this rise in fuel prices and asked the Yogi Adityanath called on Lingayat strongman national general regard was lodged by higher ash content: NGT to Centre Narendra Modi government to Prime Minister Narendra also said his secretary in- the MP's relative at he National Green Tribunal on find a solution to the issue and Modi here on Friday. responsibility has charge of the Telibandha police sta- Friday granted one more save people from the distress of Adityanath met Modi at his increased because of state, on tion in Raipur on Topportunity to the Centre to galloping inflation. In a protest residence, a day after meeting reshuffle in the state. the trust shown in Thursday had Thursday night, a police file response on a plea against a at a petrol pump in New Market Union Home Minister Amit During his meeting with him by the BJP high ruled out replacing official said. notification issued by the Ministry here led by Congress Rajya Shah. The Prime Minister's Shah, Adityanath presented a command. "Arun Singh the Chief Minister "Unidentified conman of Environment and Forests Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, party Office tweeted a picture of the copy of the report 'Solution of who is Karnataka in-charge and asserted that Yediyurappa has made a transaction (MoEF) which allowed thermal workers held placards denounc- meeting. Migrant Crisis'. His visit to the has said will continue in the top post. of USD 508.92, around power plants the use of coal with ing the Centre and highlighting Later, Adityanath also met national capital started a day that there is no question (of Yediyurappa in response to Rs 36,844 in Indian cur- higher ash content than permitted the excessive taxation on fuel. BJP president J P Nadda. after Jitin Prasada quit the leadership change).. it doesn't a question said that Singh's rency, by misusing an earlier. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Petrol prices have jumped The chief minister is on a Congress and joined the BJP. arise and that Yediyurappa statement has given him "more SBI credit card issued in Goel said that no response has been filed by the MoEF and the from Rs 91 per litre in two-day visit to the national After Adityanath met Shah, will remain (CM) for the next strength". the name of MP ministries of mines, power and coal even after nine months. January to Rs 104 now, which capital from Thursday to meet Prasada called on the Uttar two years and complete the "Hundred per cent, when Ramvichar Netam. The “We give one more opportunity and direct that necessary response in turn has fueled inflation, the BJP top brass. Pradesh chief minister here. term-- where does that ques- our Karnataka in-charge has transaction was made may be filed within one month failing which concerned joint and our party wants the His visit comes close on the BJP MLC A K Sharma, a tion arise," Yediyurappa said in said there is no change for the on February 24 this Secretaries of MoEF and Ministries of Mines, Power and Coal may Centre to bring the situation heels of the party holding a former IAS officer who is response to a question. remaining two years and good year," said Station House remain present in person by video conferencing to show cause as to in control immediately, said series of review meetings in seen as a trusted hand of Speaking to reporters after work is happening under my Officer (SHO) of why adverse action be not taken for their failure, in accordance with MP Congress spokesperson Lucknow, which had fuelled Modi, is also in Delhi to meet a review meeting with officials leadership, my responsibility Telibandha police sta- law,” the bench said, adding that the response may be filed by e-mail. Bhupendra Gupta. speculation of a ministerial party leaders and allies. and public representatives has increased. tion, Sonal Gwala. The NGT asked the secretaries of the four ministries to ensure the response is filed within the stipulated time. The Central Pollution Control Board may file further response about the impact of the impugned policy on the environment, the green tribunal said while ‘No link between genetic risk factor & Covid’ posting the matter for hearing on August 18. Rajnath inaugurates PNS n NEW DELHI genetic variants responsible for COVID-19 severity among Four family members among 5 The major genetic risk factor for Europeans may not play a role two BRO centres COVID-19 severity in in disease susceptibility among killed in Patiala due to heavy rains European population may not South Asians. PNS n NEW DELHI roads, 56,000 metres of our members of a family increase the susceptibility to the "In this study, we have com- bridges, 19 airfields and four and a motorcyclist were disease among South Asians, pared infection and case fatal- Defence Minister Rajnath tunnels in the eastern Fkilled in Patiala district as according to a study that used ity rates with South Asian Singh on Friday inau- and north-western rains and strong winds lashed data from India and genomic data over three differ- gurated two centres of parts of the coun- Punjab and parts of Haryana, Bangladesh. Since the beginning ent timelines during the pan- excellence of the try, officials said. police said on Friday. The four of the pandemic, scientists have demic. We have especially Border Roads The two cen- members of a migrant workers' wondered why some people looked into a large number of Organisation which tres have been family, including two children, experience more severe symp- populations from India and have been set up to established at the died when the brick wall toms and adverse outcomes Bangladesh," Thangaraj. foster growth in the BRO's headquar- adjoining the room they were living in collapsed in Saidkheri village, from COVID-19 than others. sent in 50 per cent of South "Our result reiterates the construction of roads, ters in the national Superintendent of Police Sandeep Kumar Garg told PTI over phone. In An earlier research done on Asians as compared to 16 per (BHU), Varanasi, analysed the unique genetic origin of South bridges, airfields and tun- capital. another incident in Patiala district, a motorcyclist who had taken European population suggest- cent of Europeans. role of this DNA segment in Asian populations. A dedicat- nels as well as to ensure road "These Centres have been shelter under a stationary container on the roadside died after it tilted, ed variations in a specific seg- A team of scientists, led by determining COVID-19 out- ed genome-wide association safety. established to achieve excel- trapping him under it, SHO, Kheri Gandian, Patiala, Inspector ment of DNA, or genetic mate- Kumarasamy Thangaraj, from comes among the South Asian study on South Asian COVID- One of the centres will insti- lence in road safety as well as Kulwinder Singh said. High-velocity winds accompanied by heavy rial, is strongly associated with CSIR-Centre for Cellular and population. 19 patients is the need of time tutionalise the knowledge foster growth in construction rains lashed several places in Punjab, Chandigarh and parts of Haryana severe COVID-19 infection Molecular Biology (CCMB), The finding, published in the for us in the Asian sub-conti- gained by the BRO over the of roads, bridges, airfields and on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. In Patiala and a few and hospitalisation. Hyderabad and Professor journal Scientific Reports on nent," said Chaubey, first years in the development of tunnels," the defence min- other places, trees were uprooted and electric poles damaged. Giving This DNA segment is pre- Gyaneshwer Chaubey, from Friday, concluded that the author of the study. almost 60,000 kilometres of istry said. details of the wall collapse incident, the SHO said the family was living in a room which had a tall brick wall on its side. “The storm was heavy and there was heavy rainfall. The wall collapsed trapping the family U’KHAND DISASTER under it,” he said. 21 Maha districts get excess rains Chamoli tragedy due to massive rock and ice avalanche Pilot refutes Rita Bahuguna Joshi's PNS n NEW DELHI extraordinarily large and sensing were crucial to get a in first 10 days mobile debris flow that trans- bird's-eye view of how the claim of him joining BJP of June The February 7 disaster in the ported boulders 20 metres in event unfolded," said study ormer Rajasthan deputy chief Chamoli district of diameter, and scoured the val- co-author Shashank Bhushan, n minister Sachin Pilot on Friday PNS MUMBAI Uttarakhand, that resulted in ley walls up to 220 metres a doctoral student at the Frefuted claims made by BJP over 200 dead or missing, was above the valley floor, the University of Washington in leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi that she As many as 21 out of 36 dis- the result of an avalanche that researchers said. the US. "We worked with our had spoken to him about joining the tricts of Maharashtra got 60 dropped about 27 million cubic The finding will help French collaborators to coor- saffron camp. "Rita Bahuguna Joshi per cent excess rains in the metres of rock and glacier ice researchers and policymakers dinate satellite collections with- claimed that she had spoken to period between June 1 to 10 from the nearby Ronti Peak, better identify emerging haz- in days of the event and rapid- Sachin. She might have spoken to thanks to heavy showers in according to a study by an ards in the region. ly process the images to derive Sachin Tendulkar. She does not have the first week, the India international team of The study used satellite detailed topographic maps of the courage to speak to me," Pilot told reporters during a protest Meteorological Department researchers. imagery, seismic records, and the site," Bhushan said. organised by the Congress in Jaipur against fuel price hike. Joshi told (IMD) said on Friday. The region experienced a eyewitness videos to produce The team compared the a TV channel that she had spoken to Pilot about joining the BJP. The rainfall in these dis- humanitarian tragedy on computer models of the flow. images and topographic maps Pilot's statement came amid reports of his discontentment with the tricts during June 1 to 10 February 7 this year, when a Initial hypotheses for the from before and after the event Congress leadership. The Congress leader had openly revolted against was "largely excess", that is, wall of debris and water bar- cause of the event suggested a to document all of the changes the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July last year, and 60 per cent more than the relled down the Ronti Gad, those from Jawaharlal Nehru journal Science on Thursday, glacial lake outburst flood. and reconstruct the sequence after a month-long political crisis, the party high command assured average rainfall during the Rishiganga and Dhauliganga University in New Delhi and suggests that climate change is However, there are no glacial of events. him of resolving the issues raised by him and formed a committee. period. river valleys. Indian Institute of Technology contributing to such events lakes large enough to produce "We tracked a plume of dust The Pilot camp, however, says that the issues are unresolved and Besides Mumbai, the To investigate the cause, Indore, determined that the happening more frequently, a flood anywhere near the site, and water to a conspicuous nothing was done by the committee. In the protest outside a petrol coastal districts of Thane, scope, and impacts of the dis- flood was caused by falling and highlights risks of increas- the researchers noted. dark patch high on a steep pump in the Sanganer area, Pilot targeted the central government Raigad and Palghar, all aster, a global team of 53 sci- rock and glacier ice that melt- ing development projects in "Our access to high-resolu- slope," said study lead author over inflation and hike in fuel prices. "Economic slowdown, inflation densely populated, are in entists came together in the ed on its descent, and not by a fragile environments. tion satellite imagery and Dan Shugar, associate profes- and unemployment have hit the country hard during the coronavirus the list of the districts which days following the tragedy. lake or diverted river. The rock and ice avalanche research software, and our sor at the University of Calgary pandemic. witnessed heavy showers. The researchers, including The study, published in the rapidly transformed into an expertise in satellite remote in Canada. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION India and Af: The Stumbling block USFDA rejects Covaxin’s application for emergency Taliban conundrum HIRANMAY KARLEKAR use approval, putting it under pressure ovaxin, the anti-COVID vaccine made by Bharat Biotech and already adminis- tered to 2.9 crore Indians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has failed New Delhi must consider what it can do to prevent the Taliban from Cto get emergency use approval (EUA) in the US. The country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cited lack of required data as the reason. It has since closed coming to power because that would be to the advantage of Pakistan the doors for re-application for EUA, asking Ocugen, Bharat Biotech’s American part- ith the complete ner for Covaxin’s supply in the US, to take the full-fledged approval route in the future. withdrawal of The FDA has recently issued a new guideline that it will no longer grant EUA to new American troops applications. The FDA has asked Ocugen to conduct a new, local trial of Covaxin on from Afghanistan scheduledW to happen by the basis of which it will re-evaluate the vaccine. If Covaxin gets approval based on September 11, India needs to seri- a local trial, it will become eligible for full approval. The development puts Bharat Biotech ously ponder the consequences, under tremendous pressure to seek international approval. It has invited criticism at particularly that of the Taliban home for not making public details of the phase three coming to rule that country. This, of course, will happen only clinical trial. It had received EUA in India without any if they defeat the democratically phase three trial data, owing to which it faced vac- elected Afghan Government’s cine hesitancy. Covaxin is India’s milestone indige- forces militarily. The question nous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in asso- arises whether they can do so and, if they can, what would that ciation with Indian Council of Medical Research. It mean for this country. is a whole-virus . The company Militarily, the Afghan has placed requests for approval also with the World National Army, the ground-war Health Organisation (WHO) and is said to have sub- arm of the Afghan National Security and Defence Forces mitted at least 90 per cent of the required documents. (ANSDF), has, despite serious For international recognition of a vaccine, it has problems of desertions and to receive approval either from WHO, European Union unwillingness to enlist, become a or foreign health regulators like the FDA. The fate of the WHO application in face of battle-hardened force capable of confronting the Taliban and other rejection by FDA is yet to be known. Bharat Biotech’s case floundered at the begin- terrorist organisations. Its com- ning itself when the health regulator of Brazil refused to issue a “good manufactur- mando units and special forces ers of the IC-814 on December lend depth to Pakistan’s ning, India must do its best to ing practices” certificate to the Indian company’s facilities and said it would not allow have been especially impressive. 24, 1999, which was eventual- defence against India. A press foil Pakistan’s bid and prevent Covaxin’s import into Brazil and the case was resolved only after Bharat Biotech agreed Further, 80 to 90 per cent of the ly taken to Kandahar. Without release published in Pakistan’s the Taliban from capturing air support, which has played a that, the hijackers would not Daily Times on July 4, 2017, power in Afghanistan. The to strict conditions for its import. Brazil, however, reduced the number of doses from critical part in the ANA’s opera- have been able to extract the headlined “General Beg question is: What can it do? In the original 20 million to just four million. Eleven countries have given regulatory approval tions against the Taliban, is now release of Masood Azhar, explains his view of strategic the short run, it can enhance for Covaxin so far. They are Iran, the Philippines, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Guyana, provided by the fledgling Afghan Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and depth doctrine,” cites an article the capabilities of the ANSDF Zimbabwe and Paraguay, besides India. But approvals from the international bigwigs Air Force (AAF). Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh— by Raza Rumi in the same by helping in the maintenance The Taliban have doubtless before releasing the hijacked paper of July 3, which quotes of the AAF’s planes and heli- matter most. The FDA rejection puts millions of Indians who took the dose in a spot. established their sway over much aircraft and its passengers. the former Pakistani top brass, copters — the foreign contrac- The company and the Government have the immediate task to remove doubts from of countryside and some cities, Pakistan’s Directorate-General Mirza Afzal Beg, as saying that tors doing it now will depart the minds of people about Covaxin’s efficacy. Indian virologists are saying that from besides inflicting a number of of Inter-Services Intelligence it was unthinkable for him to with the US forces — and pro- emerging data it looks like inactivated vaccines give less protection, but that does not severe defeats on Government (ISI), which was also deeply PAKISTAN’S articulate a defeatist concept of viding such armaments as troops. But at least some of the involved, established the Jaish- withdrawal to “Afghanistan they might need. It must also mean Covaxin will not protect because it has a different adjuvant. The Government defeats at the beginning of 2020 e-Mohammad in 2000 with SEARCH FOR for territorial depth against impose heavy costs on should immediately go in for independent vaccine effectiveness studies to rule out all were due to operational con- Masood Azhar as its chief. STRATEGIC DEPTH Indian military ingress”. Pakistan by economic and misgivings. It should ask Bharat Biotech the reason for non-release of the trial data. straints — such as going on the Trying to reach out to the According to him, addressing other means to hamper its sup- The vagueness surrounding Covaxin has the potential to undermine public confidence defensive — the Trump admin- Taliban will be futile. Even if HAS MEANT A NO- officers at the army’s GHQ on port to the Taliban. istration imposed on them in the they want to respond to Indian HOLDS-BARRED August 25, 1988, as Chief of Simultaneously, it must spear- further, particularly after the FDA fiasco. interest of its peace negotiations overtures — which is highly Army Staff, he had spoken of head an international cam- with the Taliban. It had also arm- unlikely — Pakistan, which EFFORT TO KEEP three countries — Pakistan, paign against the Taliban’s twisted the Afghan Government controls them, will stop them. INDIA OUT OF Iran and Afghanistan — as regressive ideology, repressive PICTALK into conceding the Taliban’s Besides its pathological obses- moving towards a common attitude towards women, and demand of releasing 5,000 of its sion with avenging the rout it AFGHANISTAN AND destiny and forming the strate- the fact that under them fighters from Afghan jails as a suffered at New Delhi’s hands ESTABLISHING THE gic depth of the Muslim world. Afghanistan would once again pre-condition for talks. Many of in the 1971 war, Islamabad is Pakistan’s search for strate- become a base for terror strikes these fighters have taken up loath to permit any Indian TALIBAN IN POWER gic depth has meant a no- against the West. The US, arms again despite the Taliban’s influence over Afghanistan THERE. IT WILL holds-barred effort to keep with the history of 9/11 behind promise to the contrary. because it believes that control NOT STOP DOING India out of Afghanistan and it, and European countries Simply put, India must con- over the latter is essential to its establishing the Taliban in which have suffered signifi- sider what it can do to prevent the securing a “strategic depth” IT WHEN IT CAN power there. It will not stop cantly from terrorist attacks, Taliban from coming to power. against this country. USE AFGHANISTAN doing it, particularly when it can must be strenuously remind- The Taliban, fundamentalist The concept of “strategic use Afghanistan as a launching ed of what can happen. Despite Islamists who hate India patho- depth” has become a fixation AS A LAUNCHING pad for terror strikes against the COVID-19 pandemic, this logically, have close ties with ter- with Pakistan. Its origin is PAD FOR TERROR India. All this is besides the fact must be a priority with the ror outfits like the Lashkar-e- traceable to Aslam Siddiqi’s that India will lose the huge Government. Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and book, Pakistan Seeks Security STRIKES AGAINST investments it has made in that (The author is Consulting Hizbul Mujahideen. Recall its which states that fusion with INDIA country if Islamabad has its way. Editor, The Pioneer. The views complete support to the hijack- Iran and Afghanistan could Hence, as said at the begin- expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

RISING FUEL PRICES RING AN ALARM GDP crashing, Farmers plant paddy in a field, at a village on the outskirts of Jalandhar PTI Sir —Aggressive Congress leaders and unemployment A tale of two defections soaring, fuel prices party workers on Friday held symbolic skyrocketing. In cated politician like Jitin Prasada, who under- protests at petrol pumps in several parts of how many more the country, demanding a complete roll- stands that secularism is antithetical to the BJP’s ways is Suspense back of the fuel prices which are increas- Hindutva, to join the saffron party. Maybe, he has #BJPLootingIndia? ing at an alarming rate on a daily basis for been a supporter of Hindutva at heart. There could Amid the COVID scare, will it be a good idea the last three weeks. be many more Jitin Prasadas in the Congress, Congress leader Under the Congress-led UPA but certainly not to the extent of deserving the — Rahul Gandhi to go ahead with the Amarnath Yatra this year? Government, the tax on petrol and diesel communal tag. The Gandhis cannot be faulted for stood at `9.20. Now, it is `32.The their loyalists and aides jumping ship. Jitin Today we are s the Shaivites and other devotees of Lord Shiva keep their fingers crossed regard- Government should stop imposing excise Prasada is a lightweight to be placed as a coun- back outside ing the Government’s nod to the Amarnath Yatra this year, scheduled to begin on duty on petrol and diesel. It should come terweight to Yogi Adityanath, widely perceived to Parliament. But the June 28, the signals emerging from the administration are not too encouraging. It under the purview of the Goods and favour Thakur domination in UP politics, though pandemic is still A far from over, so appears that the pilgrimage, organised annually by the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, will Services Tax. The people of India demand itin Prasada’s desertion of the Congress for he, as the party’s new Brahmin face, may fit in a complete rollback of fuel price hike. At the BJP and Mukul Roy’s ghar wapsi or with the caste equations in the State. we will keep our not fructify this year after having been cancelled last year, too, on the shoulders of the least `25 can be reduced in fuel prices sim- Jhomecoming, a euphemism for defection Mukul Roy’s return to the TMC has noth- numbers as low as possible. rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. Though the authorities are still busy weighing the pros ply by cutting excise duty. from the BJP to the TMC smack and stink of polit- ing to do with principles and everything to do and cons before making any announcement, no harm would be done if it is cancelled Where are all those who once used to ical opportunism at its worst. Both these self-seek- with the lure of power. It would not have mate- Swedish environment activist another year. Under the prevailing circumstances, and especially having had the unsavoury criticise the UPA Government over the fuel ing and self-serving politicians are marginal play- rialised if the TMC had not returned to power. — Greta Thunberg price hikes? With rising fuel prices, con- ers without any mass base of their own to make Mukul Roy claimed that he was back where he experience of the second wave unleashing due to the sumer goods are also getting expensive by any difference to any party’s electoral fortunes. belonged. But before this wisdom dawned on carelessness and negligence of the common populace, the day but these people have become They have shown themselves to be men without him, Mukul Roy did all the damage to the TMC Unfortunately, I it would actually be a good decision to err on the side silent and mute spectators. Petrol prices ideological fidelity. For them, self-promotion is that he could. It may be a setback for the BJP wasn’t the first of caution. Already, we have seen how the insouciance have crossed the `100 per litre-mark all the name of the game. They profess public ser- in Bengal. Perhaps this loss in Bengal cancels choice for the film over India and diesel is also touching `100 vice for self-advancement. One fails to understand out the gain in UP. (Haseen Dillruba) of the general public at large — eager to step out of per litre, which will have a direct impact how it becomes possible for a young sophisti- G David Milton | Kanyakumari and it came to me their premises after staying cooped inside for months on all essential commodities due to the after all their options were exhausted. on end, but without observing the necessary COVID- increase in the transportation costs and it park their funds in banks as a sort of sav- if all the remaining 22 of the G23 leave the appropriate protocol such as wearing masks proper- will put a very heavy burden on common ings and should not tax them if the cus- party. Floor crossing in all directions will Actor people’s pockets. tomer utilises the same bank’s ATM under now resume as some State elections, cul- — Taapsee Pannu ly, washing hands and using sanitiser frequently and Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai maintaining — has taken a severe toll. a set limit of transactions. minating with the Lok Sabha elections in ATM TRANSACTIONS GETTING EXPENSIVE In fact, it is a blessing in disguise for the 2024, are in the pipeline. Only in politics I just think it is Then there were other, totally avoidable events like banks to have an abundant liquidity posi- is it possible to change one’s colours ram- going to be a lot of the Assembly election rallies and the Mahakumbh con- Sir — The decision of the RBI to allow only tion if the customer draws money in pantly and unashamedly, putting the fun there playing in gregation that have served as nothing short of super- five free ATM transactions from the instalments. Not only this, even the counter chameleon to shame. In fact, comparing the the final. I am just respective bank’s machines is unfair. There going to enjoy and spreaders and brought upon us untold miseries, loss of employment and revenue and service in bank branches gets reduced to a present-day politician to this environ- should not be any limit for such transac- great extent and the services of the bank ment-friendly creature may be taken as an fight until the end. even the tragic loss of the lives of our loved ones. Besides, no God is so inadequate or tions because it should be noted that the staff can be utilised for loan monitoring and affront by its reptilian community. customer’s money is continuing to be made selfish that He would mind the absence of teeming crowds at his place of worship. If recovery of loans, which are becoming an Back home, we are yet to see the ben- Czech player available for the bank’s productive lending everyday problem for the banks. efits reaped by DK Aruna, Jitender Reddy, anything, He would be empathetic and proud of the wisdom of his disciples. There already policies all the time. — Barbora Krejcikova are several voices of sanity emerging from various social and religious bodies in Jammu Katuru Durga Prasad Rao | Hyderabad and now Eatala Rajender, claiming to Therefore, it is certainly a benefit for the strengthen the BJP. Now, it remains to be that say that the final decision on the matter should be taken keeping the ongoing COVID- bank to increase its income in a fair man- TURNCOATS DON’T MATTER TO COMMON MAN seen who will join which party and who will BJP is a sinking 19 situation in mind. In a related development that also exhibits a sense of maturity, the ner by prudent lending measures. The bank, win or lose in doing so. People have insu- boat, whosoever Odisha Government has already announced that the annual Puri Rath Yatra, dedicated of course, can levy charges from the Sir — Jitin Prasada’s entry into the BJP after lated themselves from these machinations wants to ride on it account holder if the customer uses anoth- abandoning his closest pal Rahul Gandhi is welcome to do to Lord Jagannath, will be held while following the COVID-19 guidelines of the Supreme and see them more as a time pass event. er bank’s ATM card more times than the will be a non-starter as the saffron party is D | Hyderabad so, but I will not Court. However, this year’s Yatra will be held without the participation of devotees from prescribed limit, say three transactions per getting saturated with turncoats. The ride on it. the public; only those servitors who have a COVID-19 negative report or are fully vacci- month. The RBI as well as the Central Congress, which seems to be a sinking ship, Government should motivate people to may feel “less luggage, more comfort” even Send your feedback to: SBSP president nated will be allowed to take part in the Yatra. [email protected] — Om Prakash Rajbhar HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN For India, lives and ‘SEVA BHAAV' OUR GUIDING CREDO GOURAV VALLABH Modi has dedicated himself to win the war livelihood are same on the virus and is leading it from the front In a nation where incomes and survival are related to a large extent, keeping the wheels of economic activities moving is necessary ith well over 14 months into the Covid-19 health and economic crisis, the first instinct of nations VIJENDER GUPTA has been on saving as many lives Was they can. One of the crisis management he once-in-a-century COVID-19 pandemic is one of the mechanisms resorted to by almost all nations biggest challenges the Narendra Modi government has faced has been locking down movements and activ- Tsince 2014. Adhering to the spirit of 'seva', the Prime Minister ities. The rationale behind lockdownshas has dedicated himself to win the battle against the virus. He has been to break the chain of infections. been at the forefront ofmobilising resources on a war-footing. While there are a lot of ifs and buts India's pharma sector, industries, armed forces, doctors and other involved in evaluating whether lockdowns are related stakeholdersare working together in tandem with the Modi the best way to handle a crisis like Covid-19, government to reach out to people in need in the shortest pos- what is certain is that it didnot just affect lives, it affected livelihoods too. What the lockdown sible time. Within days, the oxygen production jumped and meant was that the street hawker you used to increased from 5700 MT/day in August, 2020 to 9,446 MT/day buy tea from outside your office was now in May, 2021.The Indian railways set in motion Oxygen Expresses. locked inside his house, registering zero sales. Till June 2, 2021, 23,741 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) The autorickshaws that used to take you to were delivered by more than 593 Oxygen Expresses to various your nearest metro station didn't have anyone parts of the country.The armed forces pitched in to support the to cater to. The tailor who operated out of a country. Dr. Devi Shetty, a renowned cardiac surgeon, has praised shack, outside your apartment complex, was now out of work. In a developing and resource the government for moving "heaven and earth" to get oxygen. constrained nation like ours, are life and liveli- Since 2020, multiple measures have been taken to ramp up hood truly unrelated? healthcare facilities. On March 25, 2020, India had 10,180 iso- While the first wave of Covid-19 came as lation beds and today, over 14 lakh. The number of ICU beds a sudden shock to the economic system, there increased to over 81,000 as of April, 2021 as compared to just is a line of thought about how we could have 2,168 in March, 2020. The number of hospital beds stands at cushioned the impact of the second wave. We IN INDIA, WITH had examples of nations that have experienced CLOSE TO 90 PER the second wave well before we did and even CENT OF THE our expert committee on health had warned ENTIRE the government of a second wave. While our WORKFORCE entire nation went in for a lockdown for at least 68 daysbetween March and May 2020;in the EMPLOYED IN THE second wave, it was left on states to tackle the INFORMAL rise in infections. SECTOR, Maharashtra has been under a strict lock- LOCKDOWNS ARE down since April 14 and Delhi since April A KILLER. WHILE day on an average ever since our the only option to tackle this Lockdowns do help bring the 19.Most of the other states have gone in for a SALARIED PEOPLE vaccination drive started. Even if health crisis, it will no longer curve of infections down, but similar lockdown starting April.While in the HAVE SAVINGS we look at the average of the last remain a health crisis. If Maruti when the low-income groups are first wave, we didn't have any protection TO FALL BACK seven days, we have only man- Suzuki manufactures 71 per cent forced to stay at home, their 18.52 lakh. This timewe were equipped with “Made in India” against this deadly virus, we did have three ON IN CASE OF aged to administer close to 25 less cars in May, 2021 as com- incomes are shunted to zero. vaccine. In the first phase of India's vaccination drive, three crore important tools or cues before the second A JOB LOSS OR lakh doses per day. If we look at pared to April, 2021, it has a trick- The nutrition quotient in their doctors, nurses, healthcare and frontline workers took the jabs. Covid-19 wave: Vaccines, a heads-up and the INCOME CUTS, other affected nations in propor- le-down effect. The suppliers food goes down, their children benefit of experience. THE INFORMAL tion to their population, we will that supply parts and raw mate- are forced to drop out of school These early strides helped secure lives of India's frontline work- In India, with close to 90 per cent of the WORKERS FEED be the only nation to not be able rials and employ hundreds of and their misery deepens. Their ers. Till May 31, 2020, India has administered more than 21 entire workforce employed in the informal sec- ON DAILY to vaccinate our adult population contract workers would record lives are in any ways hampered. crore doses. India has also fast-paced its manufacturing of essen- tor, lockdowns are a killer. While salaried peo- EARNINGS. completely by 2021. lower manhours and in turn With expectations of a third tial medical supplies. Production of drugs such as Remdesivir ple have savings to fall back on in case of a job THE MORE The USA has administered lower incomes for the workers. As wave sometime later this year, it rose from 37 lakh in April, 2021 to 1.20 crore by May. Nearly loss or income cuts, the informal workers feed PROLONGED close to 30 crore doses and 89 far as the first wave was con- is on the government to either 38,103 ventilators were supplied to states, UTs and government on daily earnings. The more prolonged the THE PERIOD OF doses per 100 people. That has cerned, it was a sudden stop. send our middle class and lower institutions. India has already become an exporter of PPE kits period of lockdowns are, the higher the pop- LOCKDOWNS ARE, ensured that restaurants are The impact of the second income groups unvaccinated and ulation slides below the poverty line. opening up again, concerts are wave is on the hands of the gov- enforce lockdowns again to save and N95 masks. From just one lab in January, 2020, we now THE HIGHER According to PEW research, India's mid- THE POPULATION coming back, vaccinated people ernment.The Indian airline indus- lives and kill livelihoods or vac- have 2,463 testing facilities with a combined daily testing capac- dle class shrunk by 3.2 croreand 7.5 crore peo- are allowed to step out and busi- try is set to lose $8 Billion by 2020. cinate the entire population ity of 15 lakh. The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, SLIDES BELOW ple were pushed below poverty line in 2020. THE POVERTY ness is coming back to usual. As Without complete vaccination, before that and save both lives covering 80 crore Indians, has been extended. Last year, `1.7 Much of this will be attributed to the lock- LINE a result of the momentum in their airports will continue to witness and livelihoods. If we do not take lakh crore PM Garib Kalyan Package was announced to help downs and closed economic activities. Even if vaccination drive, the jobless lower traffic. Its impact is visible heed, middle class will continue the most vulnerable sections of the society. The government we look at the second wave alone, close to 73.5 claims in the US have also come on the ground. By September to lose jobs, poverty will deepen has augmented manpower by allowing medical interns to be lakh jobs were lost in April, 2021 and 1.5 Crore down from close to 70 lakh in 2020, there was a 33 per cent its roots and lives would in any jobs were lost in May, 2021. Even if the econ- April, 2020 to 4.4 lakhin May, reduction in ground handling case be affected, when liveli- deployed with full safety protocol and payment of internship. omy recovers, it is going to be slow. On top of 2021.Economists expect the con- staff and a 28 per cent reduction hoods are affected. In a nation, The PM-CARES fund has been a critical resource in the fight. that, not all jobs lost will come back.The GDP sumer spending to go up by 2.7 in airport staff. These jobs would where incomes are related to A part of the fund is being used to install 551 oxygen generat- per capita in 2020-21 has fallen to Rs 99,694 per cent for 2021. So, vaccination continue to be gone from the sys- survival for a large extent, keep- ing plants across India. It is in addition to already approved 162 and as per CMIE, 97 per cent of the people does allow the liberty for keeping tem until normalcy returns. Most ing the wheels of economic activ- oxygen plants. The DRDO, too, would be installing 500 addi- have seen either an income reduction or no the economy open and ensuring of these would be middle to low- ities moving is necessary.The tional medical oxygen plants, taking the total to more than 1,200. change at all. a quicker recovery. income employees who will not only recovery we will be able to Ventilators procured from the fund have been instrumental in The main weapon that we could have On the other hand, close to find employment elsewhere. register will be a K-Shaped recov- wielded aggressively to protect both lives and five months into our vaccination Normalcy can only return when ery, where the divide based on strengthening healthcare infrastructure in states. A special fund, livelihood was vaccination.Among the nations drive, we are still being forced to cases are under control, there are economic prosperity will contin- PM Cares for Children has been instituted for the children who worst hit by Covid-19, almost all started their The author is National resort to lockdowns to curb the no lockdowns which is possible ue to get wider with rich getting Spokesperson, Congress have lost their parents to COVID-19. From ventilators to vac- vaccination drives a month before we did. We party. The views spurt in infections.14 months only when large population has richer and the poor falling off the cines, the states and UTs are being provided all the necessary have vaccinated close to 15.6 lakh people per expressed are personal. into the crisis, if lockdowns are the safety net of vaccinations. radar completely. resources, including supplies received from other nations, at the Centre's disposal proportionately without political consid- erations. It is another story that the opposition has not left any POINTCOUNTERPOINT stone unturned in turning the national crisis into an arena for political mudslinging and doing politics over dead bodies. Modi ‘JUMLA’ has taken many brickbats, even when others failed to do their WE WERE NOT LEGALLY BOUND TO DO SO, YET WE HOME DELIVERY OF RATION IS ALSO A . duty, but that has not stopped him from doing what is best for SOUGHT THE CENTRE’S APPROVAL (ON DOORSTEP THE DELHI GOVERNMENT IS UNDER THE the country. His ‘seva bhaav’ continues to be the guiding light RATION SCHEME) FIVE TIMES TO AVOID ANY DISPUTE. CONTROL OF THE RATION MAFIA. of his governance and political legacy. — DELHI CHIEF MINISTER — UNION MINISTER (The author represents the Bharatiya Janata Party ARVIND KEJRIWAL RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD from the Rohini Assembly constituency in Delhi. The views expressed are personal.) as a propaganda tool To assess propaganda, a few key questions are important: Verifying the source, understanding the content and inferring its intent and outcome hy should we dled in severe cold, holding party in the war. Ultimately, propaganda in the key questions are important - dismissing others - historical think that cover- their ground. They had been While old school propa- long term hopes to generate verifying the source, under- unpredictability of pandemic, age of India's trained to tune out the propa- ganda comprised posters, support for a metanarratives. standing the content of the mes- global geo-locationality of cri- COVID-19 disas- ganda. China could not manip- speeches, pamphlets as tools for The biggest threat to pro- sage, and inferring the intent sis, and India's developing Wter is part of a propaganda strat- ulate the cold, but it could spreading disinformation or paganda meta narrative is from and outcome of the communi- country status. The intent seems egy? Afterall, our numbers are manipulate the 'perception' of misinformation, i.e. the source post-modernists. cation. Common goals of pro- to be primarily allocation of increasing and hit highest inci- SHWETA SINGH cold, of its severity, of sheer and information are not verifi- Postmodernism perceives real- paganda communication are to blame for problem on the gov- dence rates in last two months. futility of our soldiers staying up able; the social media new age ity in relativist position and create a sense of chaos, demor- ernment, highlight tragic core Across media platforms and to defend the nation against the is one of forming mispercep- argues that relativism is the alize, allocate blame for a prob- with pictures of cremation publications, we saw our enemy. Propaganda in this tion. Misperception is about only key to fairness and social lem, and flood the communi- despite flak, and alienation of tragedy find centre space as it instance failed to impress the creating impressions of truth justice. A counter to post- cation gateway with a type of individuals from the state and unfolded. We also saw plat- psyche of the Indian soldiers. and facts. It requires verifiable modernism can be seen in the information. The India Covid- government. At this point, forms cum publishers like Since before World War I sources, and valid informa- rise of 'conspiracy theory' work 19 coverage particularly in more than 300 articles have Twitter become a real space for and extensively in World War tion, to then create a message effective propaganda tool in - that questions anyone who international left to centre- been published on India's curating emergency requests for II, wars were fought on four that appears on the face of it to perception wars is presence of questions source and intent of affiliated media when reviewed Covid-19 crisis in these outlets. bed, oxygen and medicine. footings, political, economic, be true and universal. That is verified sources sharing large- meta narratives or proposes from the point of lockdown in How does one fight a war of Reflecting on a compara- military and propaganda. why the framing of the message ly factual stories. So much so that metanarratives are the second wave is a good perception? Well, identifying it tive, a few months back, on yet British propagandists won the becomes critical. that only a media literacy expert designed to benefit a few. illustration of this. They draw as a war is a first step and ensur- another skirmish initiated by war for the allies. Through The Social Media platforms can discern how the choice of Either way, the fight for manip- on verifiable data and experts ing that media literacy is a China on the Indian border, The author is a narrative using unknown sources to permit easy distribution and images and headlines create a ulating the perception of real- - mostly researchers in US or norm for the larger population Chinese loudspeakers blared policy analyst and a prove they were winning the access to numerous multi- false impression. Thus, the ity has escalated in this centu- UK universities - their content is the second one. The aware- stories, songs, and speeches deconstruction expert. war and to create a threat per- media content facilitates cre- take-home message is delivered ry and in COVID-19, it has highlights core concepts - poor ness that rational, emotions, The views expressed designed to demoralize Indian are personal. ception for USA that eventual- ation of engaging information- without any risk of being held taken the shape of a war. governance, hiding data, vac- identity, or experience, are not troops. The troops stayed hud- ly broke US resolve to not be a als, videos, write-ups. The most accountable as a propagandist. To assess propaganda, a few cine mismanagement whilst enough by itself to be convinced. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 Money 08 Sensex, Nifty jump to all-time highs Sugar exports touch 4.25 mn tonnes so far this year World shares higher PNS n NEW DELHI Sugar mills in India have exported 4.25 million tonnes of after US inflation up the sweetener so far in the PNS n BANGKOK agenda is helping countries ongoing 2020-21 marketing recover from the coronavirus year ending September, with Shares were mostly higher in pandemic, which has killed maximum shipments to Europe and Asia on Friday more than 3.7 million people Indonesia, trade body AISTA after the S&P 500 index notched and wrecked economies. said on Friday. another record high despite a The G-7 leaders are meeting Mills have contracted to surge in US consumer prices in for three days at a British sea- export 5.85 million tonnes of May. Benchmarks rose in Paris, side resort. It's the first such sugar so far, as against the 6 Frankfurt and Hong Kong but gathering since before the pan- million tonnes quota assigned fell in Tokyo and Shanghai. demic. by the food ministry in January On Thursday, Wall Street Investors will get to see next this year, All India Sugar Trade PNS n MUMBAI 15,799.35. supported benchmark indices. logged gains while bond yields week how the Fed is reading the Association (AISTA) said in a Dr Reddy's was the top gain- Expectations of sharp recovery mostly fell despite the much- latest inflation barometer and statement. million tonnes of sugar from said. Equity benchmark Sensex er in the Sensex pack, rising over in economic activities and indi- anticipated report showing what monetary policy changes, About 1,50,000 tonnes of January 1 till June 7, 2021. "The US has withdrawn oil climbed 174 points to close at its 3 per cent, followed by cations from government to consumer prices rose 5% in if any, the central bank may sugar is left to be exported Of the total exports under- restrictions on Iran and there all-time high on Friday, tracking PowerGrid, TCS, HCL Tech, roll out capital expenditure pro- May, the biggest year-over- consider. The Fed's policymak- under the quota and some taken so far, maximum exports are chances of sugar exports to gains in index heavyweights Infosys and . gramme for FY22 faster lifted year increase since 2008 and ing committee is due to deliv- sugar mills are finding it dif- have been undertaken to Iran. India's highest sugar Reliance Industries, Infosys and On the other hand, L&T, sentiments, he added. more than economists had er its latest economic and inter- ficult to locate small quantities Indonesia at 1.40 million exports were to Iran last year," TCS amid a largely positive IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in expected. est rate policy update next left with mills, it said and tonnes so far this year, followed AISTA Chairman Praful trend in global equities. and Bharti Airtel were among Shanghai and Tokyo were in the Investors also reacted posi- Wednesday. requested the government to by Afghanistan at 5,20,905 Vithalani told PTI. After touching a record intra- the laggards. red, while Hong Kong and Seoul tively to more data that showed Germany's DAX gained less publish the unshipped export tonnes and the UAE at Maharashtra has failed to day peak of 52,641.53, the 30- "Domestic equities extended ended on a positive note. continued improvement in the than 0.1% to 15,577.14 and the quota left with mills as on May 4,36,917 tonnes and Sri Lanka sell in the domestic market the share BSE index ended 174.29 gains with key benchmark Equities in Europe were largely labour market. CAC 40 in Paris added 0.4% to 31. at 3,24,113 tonnes. allotted quota in a month. points or 0.33 per cent higher at indices Nifty and Sensex record- trading with gains in mid-ses- Markets will be tuning in this 6,572.01. Britain's FTSE 100 The sugar marketing year About 3,59,665 tonnes of There can be more than 2 mil- 52,474.76. ing fresh all-time highs," said sion deals. International oil weekend for any developments advanced 0.5% to 7,124.05. US runs from October to sugar is under loading. An lion tonnes of additional Similarly, the broader NSE Binod Modi, Head - Strategy at benchmark Brent crude was at the summit of the Group of futures were little changed. September. additional 4,98,462 tonnes of unsold stock at the end of the Nifty advanced 61.60 points or 0.39 Reliance Securities. A sharp trading 0.22 per cent higher at Seven in Britain. The contract for the S&P 500 According to AISTA, mills sugar is in transit and delivered sugar year ending September per cent to its lifetime peak of rebound in IT, metals and RIL USD 72.68 per barrel. At the top of the leaders' was flat at 4,228.80. have exported a total of 4.25 to port-based refineries, it 2021, he added. MONEY MATTERS Dodla Dairy's Rs 520 cr-IPO to open on RBI extends RBIA to HFCs Rupee slips 1 Passenger vehicle sales Jun 16; price band set at Rs 421-428/share PNS n MUMBAI paisa to close at PNS n MUMBAI around Rs 7.15 crore. The Reserve Bank on Friday As of December 31, 2020, extended the risk-based inter- 73.07 against $ in India dip 66 pc in May Hyderabad-based Dodla the company had a total debt nal audit (RBIA) system to PNS n MUMBAI assenger vehicle Dairy is planning to hit the of Rs 87.37 crore comprising select housing finance compa- wholesales in India capital markets on June 16, term loans, working capital nies to enhance the quality and The rupee on Friday fell by 1 Pwitnessed a month-on- and has set its price band at Rs facilities and NCDs. effectiveness of their internal paisa to end at 73.07 (provision- month decline of 66 per cent 421-428 per share for a Rs 520 "The cost of production audit system. al) against the US dollar amid in May as lockdowns across crore initial public offer (IPO). went up following the pan- In February this year, the strengthening of the American various states impacted The total issue size of the demic leading to around Rs RBI had issued a circular man- currency against key rivals and dispatches to dealers, auto company's IPO is Rs 520 crore. 200 crore or 10 per cent loss dating the RBIA framework for rising crude oil prices. industry body SIAM said on The issue will close on June 18. of topline. We expect to retain select non-banking financial At the interbank foreign Friday. Passenger vehicle Dodla Dairy IPO offer the status quo similar to the companies (NBFCs) and urban the organisation's internal con- ence to legal and regulatory exchange market, the rupee wholesales in May stood at comprises a fresh issue of up previous financial year in co-operative banks by March trols, risk management and requirements, which might opened at 72.97 per dollar as 88,045 units, as compared to 2,61,633 units in April. As per the to Rs 50 crore and an offer for FY22. The company will con- 31, 2022. governance-related systems not be sufficient in a changing against its previous close of latest data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers sale of up to 1,09,85,444 equi- tinue to target a growth of 15- On Friday, the RBI, through and processes. scenario. 73.06. It hovered in the range of (SIAM), two-wheeler dispatches to dealers dropped by 65 per cent ty shares by promoters and 20 per cent going forward," a circular, extended the provi- As per the RBI's February A shift to a framework that 72.91 to 73.09 during the day to 3,52,717 units, compared to 9,95,097 units in April. Motorcycle investors. Dodla Dairy Managing sions issued for NBFCs to circular, the internal audit focuses on the evaluation of before ending at 73.07. The sales declined 56 per cent last month to 2,95,257 units, as against The offer for sale consists of Director Sunil Reddy told housing finance companies function should broadly assess the risk management systems domestic currency has lost 27 6,67,841 units in April. Similarly, scooter dispatches to showrooms 92 lakh equity shares by reporters at a virtual press (HFCs) also. The provisions and contribute to the overall and control procedures in var- paise in the last four trading ses- were down 83 per cent to 50,294 units, from 3,00,462 units in April investor TPG Dodla Dairy conference. will apply to all deposit-taking improvement of the organisa- ious areas of operations, in sions. Meanwhile, the dollar this year. Three-wheeler sales declined by 91 per cent to 1,251 units, Holdings, and 4,16,604 equi- He said the company will HFCs, irrespective of their tion's governance, risk man- addition to transaction testing, index, which gauges the green- as compared to 13,728 units in April. Vehicle sales across categories ty shares by Dodla Sunil also consider acquisition if it size, as well as non-deposit- agement, and control process- will help in anticipating areas back's strength against a basket witnessed a dip of 65 per cent to 4,42,013 units last month, as Reddy, 10,41,509 equity shares gets a good value and oppor- taking HFCs with asset size of es using a systematic and dis- of potential risks and mitigat- of six currencies, rose 0.15 per against 12,70,458 units in April this year. by Dodla Family Trust, and tunity in the existing market. Rs 5,000 crore and above, the ciplined approach. ing such risks, the central cent to 90.21. 3,27,331 equity shares by Dodla Dairy is present central bank said. Such HFCs The function is an integral bank had said. "The USDINR spot is hov- Dodla Deepa Reddy. across five states including have been asked to put in place part of sound corporate gover- In February the Reserve ering around 73 zone, and fears The funds raised through Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, an RBIA framework by June nance and is considered as the Bank of India had said that all of rising international crude oil MFIs 30-plus delinquency the IPO will be utilised for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 30, 2022. An effective RBIA is third line of defence, it had deposit-taking NBFCs; all non- prices is leading to importers repaying debts of Rs 32.26 Maharashtra, operating under an audit methodology that said. Historically, the internal deposit taking NBFCs with demand. In spot, the immedi- may rise to 14-16% in June crore availed from ICICI brands like Dodla Dairy, links an organisation's overall audit system at NBFCs/UCBs asset size of Rs 5,000 crore and ate resistance lies around 73.20- ith the collection Bank, the Hongkong and Dodla and KC+. risk management framework has generally been concentrat- above; and all UCBs having an 73.30, only a consistent trading efficiency impacted due Shanghai Banking Currently, the company has and provides an assurance to ing on transaction testing, asset size of Rs 500 crore and above that can push prices Wto the COVID-19 related Corporation (HSBC) and 370 outlets and is planning to the Board of Directors and the testing of accuracy and relia- above under will have to towards 73.60-73.75 zone while disruptions, microfinance HDFC Bank, and for capital add a couple of 100 more this senior management on the bility of accounting records implement the RBIA frame- 72.70-72.50 will act as a crucial institutions (MFIs) may feel expenditure requirements of year, he said. quality and effectiveness of and financial reports, adher- work by March 31, 2022. support," said Rahul Gupta. asset quality pressures and their 30+ portfolio at risk (PAR) may rise to 14-16 per cent in June, Crisil Ratings said in a Gold jumps report. In the absence of a loan moratorium this year, more MFIs SAIL posts 31 pc jump in Mar are likely to opt for permitting restructuring under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Resolution Framework 2.0 announced last month, Rs 441; silver and continue with higher provisioning, the report said.“A hit to collection efficiency of microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs) owing qtr net profit at Rs 3,469.88 cr zooms Rs 1,148 to protracted COVID-19 curbs will increase asset-quality pressures PNS n NEW DELHI in the sector. “Loans in arrears for over 30 days - or the 30+ PNS n NEW DELHI portfolio at risk (PAR) - could rise to 14-16 per cent of the portfolio Gold prices rose Rs 441 to Rs this month from a recent low of 6-7 per cent in March,” the agency Steel giant SAIL on Friday 48,530 per 10 gram in the said.This number had surged to 11.7 per cent in March 2017, in the posted a 31 per cent jump in national capital on Friday, aftermath of demonetisation, it added. its consolidated net profit at Rs according to HDFC Securities. IREDA invites bids for setting 3,469.88 crore for the quarter In the previous trade, the pre- ended March 31, 2021, main- cious metal had closed at Rs up solar manufacturing units ly on account of higher 48,089 per 10 gram. Biophore applies to DCGI income. Silver also jumped Rs 1,148 to PNS n NEW DELHI Photo Voltaic (PV) modules. The company had clocked Rs 71,432 per kg, from Rs The last date for submitting Rs 2,647.52 crore net profit 70,284 per kg in the previous State-owned Indian Renewable applications is June 30. The for Covid drug approval during the January-March trade. In the international mar- Energy Development Agency selection process for the success- iophore India period of fiscal year 2019-20, On a standalone basis, to Rs 11,675.87 crore in ket, gold was quoting marginal- Ltd (IREDA) has invited bids ful bidders is to be completed by Pharmaceuticals on Friday Steel Authority of India Ltd SAIL's net profit grew to Rs January-March 2020. ly lower at USD 1,896 per ounce from solar module manufactur- July 30. Bsaid it has applied to the (SAIL) said in a regulatory fil- 3,443.80 crore, from Rs "The COVID-19 pandem- and silver was flat at USD 28.15 ers for setting up solar manufac- "IREDA, a PSU under the Drugs Controller General of India ing. 2,725.16 crore in the same ic outbreak and measures to per ounce. HDFC Securities turing units under the Centre's Rs Ministry of New & Renewable (DCGI) for obtaining emergency- During the quarter under period of 2019-20. curtail it had caused significant Senior Analyst (Commodities) 4,500-crore production linked Energy (MNRE), has invited use approval for Aviptadil, used review, the company's total In January-March 2021, disturbances and slowdown Tapan Patel said, "Gold prices incentive (PLI) scheme. bids from solar module manufac- in the treatment of moderate to income rose to Rs 23,533.19 total income of the company of economic activities, as a traded marginally down with The MNRE has appointed turers for setting up solar man- severe cases of COVID-19. The crore, from Rs 16,574.71 crore rose to Rs 23,606.06 crore, result of which the company's spot prices at COMEX (New IREDA as the implementing ufacturing units under the cen- Hyderabad-based firm said it has in the year-ago period. Total from Rs 16,628.80 crore in the operations had to be scaled York-based commodity agency for the scheme. The tral government's Rs 4,500 crore developed the product which is backward integrated with its in- expenses were at Rs 18,829.26 year-ago period. down during; the first quarter exchange) trading at USD 1,896 Union Cabinet had approved Rs PLI scheme," a Ministry of New house API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient). The company plans crore, as against Rs 11,682.12 Its expenses were at Rs of financial year ended March per ounce on Friday." 4,500 crore scheme to boost & Renewable Energy (MNRE) to commence commercial production of the product immediately crore a year ago. 18,831.16 crore, as compared 31, 2021," the filing said. domestic manufacturing of solar statement said. after the approval is received, it added. Aviptadil is a synthetic form of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) that, when administered, results in rapid clinical recovery in patients with severe SARS-COV- 2 infection. These observations are based on results of multiple After petrol, trials of Aviptadil against COVID-19 globally in patients with G-7 nations gather to pledge 1B vax doses for world respiratory failure and the same have been submitted to DCGI for their review. PNS n ENGLAND for the Biden administration, The official summit busi- diesel at almost which has proposed a global ness starts Friday, with the cus- World leaders from the Group minimum tax as a way to pay tomary formal greeting and a Rs 100-mark of Seven industrialized nations for infrastructure projects, in socially distanced group photo. ED issues FEMA notice to are set to commit at their sum- addition to creating an alterna- Later the leaders will meet in Rajasthan mit to share at least 1 billion tive that could remove some Queen Elizabeth II and other cryptocurrency exchange coronavirus shots with strug- European countries' digital ser- senior royals at the Eden PNS n NEW DELHI he Enforcement gling countries around the vices taxes that largely hit U.S. Project, a lush, domed eco- Directorate on Friday said world — half the doses coming tech firms. tourism site built in a former After petrol, diesel is now at Tit has issued a show from the US and 100 million For Johnson, the first G-7 quarry pit. The G-7 almost Rs 100 per litre mark cause notice to the country's from the UK. summit in two years — last leaders have faced mounting in Rajasthan as oil firms largest cryptocurrency Vaccine sharing commit- year's was scuttled by the pan- pressure to outline their glob- raised fuel prices yet again on exchange for undertaking ments from President Joe demic — is a chance to set out al vaccine-sharing plans, espe- Friday. transactions worth over Rs Biden and British Prime his vision of a post-Brexit cially as inequities in supply Petrol price was hiked by 2,790 crore in alleged violation Minister Boris Johnson set the “Global Britain” as a midsized around the world have become 29 paise per litre and diesel by of the Foreign Exchange stage for the G-7 leaders' meet- country with an outsized role more pronounced. In the U.S., 28 paise, according to a price Management Act ing in southwest England, in international problem-solv- there is a large vaccine stock- notification of state-owned (FEMA).WazirX, registered where leaders will pivot Friday the US in outlining their vac- formally embrace a global min- ing. pile and the demand for shots fuel retailers. The hike -- the under the company named Zanmai Labs Pvt Ltd, was incorporated from opening greetings and a cine donation commitments at imum tax of at least 15 per cent It's also an opportunity to has dropped precipitously in 22nd since May 4 -- took fuel in December, 2017 as a domestic cryptocurrency star-tup and its “family photo” directly into a the three-day summit. The G- on corporations, seconding an underscore the UK-US bond, recent weeks. prices across the country to directors Nischal Shetty and Hanuman Mhatre, along with the session on “Building Back 7 also includes Canada, France, agreement reached a week ago an alliance often called the Biden said the US will historic highs. Petrol is retail- company, have been named in the notice issued by the central Better From COVID-19.” Germany, Italy and Japan. at a meeting of their finance “special relationship.” donate 500 million COVID-19 ing above the Rs 100 per litre probe agency after completion of investigation.The agency issued a “We're going to help lead the The leaders meeting in the ministers. The minimum is After a meeting with Biden vaccine doses and previewed a mark in six states and union statement saying that it stumbled upon the transactions of the world out of this pandemic resort of Carbis Bay hope to meant to stop companies from that both sides hailed as a suc- coordinated effort by the territories -- Rajasthan, company during an ongoing money laundering probe into the working alongside our global energize the global economy as using tax havens and other cess, Johnson said he prefers advanced economies to make Madhya Pradesh, Maharas- "Chinese-owned" illegal online betting applications.The show cause partners,” Biden said, adding well. tools to avoid taxes. the term “indestructible rela- vaccination widely and speed- htra, Andhra Pradesh, notice is for transactions worth Rs 2,790.74 crore, the ED said. that the G-7 nations would join On Friday they are set to It represents a potential win tionship.” ily available everywhere. Telangana and Ladakh. 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Saturday June 12, 2021 AMYRA TURNS INTO A ‘PUNJAB Giving back to the city that DI KUDI'! made him what ctress Amyra Dastur innocence of young adolescent has now stepped into love, and there’s surely nothing he is today, the illustrious world purer than a relatable story of of music videos and your first love! orthodontist Dr. A is all set to feature in Amyra says, “At a time like Zee Music’s song, this, people could use some Praveen Pind, which was released on positivity to refresh themselves June 8. 'Pind' is a romantic and what’s better than music for Kurapati number picturised on Amyra, the soul. Pind is a heart-touch- who essays the character of a ing project for me and a really introduced simple Punjabi girl from a vil- exciting one as well because I lage on the outskirts of get to go absolutely de-glam and Hyderabad to Chandigarh. The song and its portray a rural Punjabi girl, Invisalign, the Helping Hyderabadis video depict the beauty and which I haven’t done before.” magic that invisible braces can do to your smile. He talks SMILE BROADLY The to he latest advance- any misaligned teeth, it has made my treatment plans more Pioneer ment in dentistry has now become easier and very accurate and precise. It’s giving 's to be the invisible predictable. Clear aligners are my patients more confidence in braces that are medical-grade plastic replicas getting their orthodontic treat- SHIKHA T changing the market of your teeth. Wearing them ment done! The time duration dynamics as a key puts gentle pressure on the of treatment has also reduced as DUGGAL factor to depict tremendous teeth, making them virtually compared to conventional growth in the city of invisible and allowing an indi- braces. A lot of Hyderabadis about ditching Hyderabad! A revolutionised vidual to inconspicuously come to me with the request of orthodontic treatment intro- achieve a healthy and beautiful a total makeover to their smile the duced for the first time by Dr. smile.” and they choose these clear Praveen Kurapati in the state of With Dr. Praveen Kurapati’s aligners — invisible, comfort- conventional Telangana, Invisalign braces breakthrough development in able, and those that will not will allow anyone to transform the city, also providing you with affect the lifestyle of an individ- their smile discreetly and com- the platinum Invisalign, dental ual at all,” he adds. braces, and how fortably! treatment has become more It’s a wonder to notice how a It uses a series of virtually comfortable and less conspicu- gap posed a business opportu- Hyderabadis are invisible custom-made aligners increasing number of invisible ous with the development of nity for Praveen to provide to gradually straighten the teeth orthodontics is a covenant to these transparent aligners. As Hyderabadis with platinum loving this without the need for metal the case that oral health and clear aligners are invisible, invisible or clear aligners — an wires or brackets. Praveen dental aesthetics are growing locals aren’t feeling conscious idea popularised in the West by innovation. implemented his state-of-the- reputation and influence. “As an about wearing them, thus mak- San Jose-headquartered Align art practice and better patient orthodontist from the city, I ing them feel more confident Technology. “The future of have an opportunity to trans- and comfortable around people, orthodontics is clear in form patients’ lives by giving he informs. And, the adoption Hyderabad! Maybe in fifty them the desired smile they of dental treatment has escalat- years, no one will be wearing want. Initially, in order to cor- ed with clear aligners due to its those braces that were so com- rect gaps, crooked or straighten removability, comfort, and mon among our grandparents’ the teeth, it would get problem- hygiene maintenance! generation. Our city already has atic to get treated with conven- “The digital workflow of technology that can shorten tional braces. With the evolving clear aligner system has treatment by as much as half, technology in dentistry, we reduced the number of clinical the town is opening its doors to evolved from analog to digital! visits for patients and improved dental digitisation so swiftly. After introducing invisible clinical efficiency by using People today know who an wisdom for everyone who braces especially with a clear high-end technology in ortho- orthodontist and what he does,” walks into dental clinics! The aligner system that can treat dontics across the city, which he concludes. What'sWhat'sWhat's ononon youryouryour plate,plate,plate, woman?woman?woman? diet and exercise may be the care professionals for customsz- (The paper, ‘Customization of first line of defense against men- ing dietary plans to promote Diet May Promote Exercise and tal distress in mature women, exercise and improve mental Improve Mental Wellbeing in said Begdache. well-being in mature adults, said Mature Adults: The Role of “Fast food, skipping breakfast, Begdache. It could also provide Exercise as a Mediator' was pub- caffeine, and high-glycemic a new perspective for the lished in the Journal of (HG) food are all associated research community when Personalized Medicine) with mental distress in mature assessing the role of women. Fruits and dark green diet on mental dis- leafy vegetables (DGLV) are tress. associated with mental well- The researchers are being. The extra information we also conducting a par- learned from this study is that allel study with young exercise significantly reduced men and women, the negative association of HG looking at diet quality food and fast food with mental in addition to sleep distress,” added Begadache. and seasonal change This research provides the variables from a longi- framework needed for health- tudinal perspective. ou are what you eat, wellness studies at Binghamton 30 years and older, as well as being. “We found a general rela- they say. Well, the University, had previously pub- studied the different dietary pat- tionship between eating healthy, proverb holds true a lished research on diet and terns in relation to exercise fre- following healthy dietary prac- little more for mood that suggests that a high- quency and mental distress. tices, exercise, and mental well- Y women’s mental quality diet improves mental The results suggest that being,” said Begdache. health, according to a health. She wanted to test women’s mental health has a Begdache added, new study. Women’s mental whether customisation of diet higher association with dietary “Interestingly, we found that for health likely has a higher associ- improves mood among men and factors than that of men. Mental unhealthy dietary patterns, the ation with dietary factors than women ages 30 or older. distress and exercise frequency level of mental distress was men’s, according to new Along with research assistant were associated with different higher in women than in men, research from Binghamton Cara M. Patrissy, Begdache dis- dietary and lifestyle patterns, which confirmed that women University, State University of sected the different food groups which support the concept of are more susceptible to New York. Lina Begdache, assis- that are associated with mental customising diet and lifestyle unhealthy eating than men.” tant professor of health and distress in men and women ages factors to improve mental well- Based on this study and others, 10 health Hyderabad Saturday June 12, 2021

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Hyderabad Saturday June 12, 2021 tollywood Raju Gari Gadhi 4 Payal refutes rumours about BB5 Telugu

igg Boss is back in This is the second time news again on Payal Rajput responded to who will be con- the rumor. A few days back, testing in its 5th the Disco Raja actress also B season. According issued a clarification when is on, says to sources, there was gossip that she Nagarjuna is planning to would be a part of make his comeback as a Nagarjuna starrer upcoming host with this show. horror and comedy-drama Recently there was a strong Bangarraju, a sequel to buzz in the film industry Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna- that Payal Rajput of RX 100 starrer Soggade fame would enter the Bigg Chinninayana. She con- Boss 5 Telugu house as a firmed that she is not part contestant. Clearing air of the project. about the same, the actress The first season was host- OHMKAR took to her Twitter and ed by Jr NTR whereas the announced, “I am second season was hosted not going to be by Natural star and K RAMYA SREE the show.” a part of Bigg the third and fourth season For the uninitiated, “One second” Boss 5 was hosted by Wild Dog has become so popular that the dia- Telugu. It’s a fame Nagarjuna. opular TV host-turned-film- logue was used by some big fake news. , Kaushal maker Ohmkar, whom every- Tollywood celebrities in their films It’s a humble Manda, , one fondly calls ‘Ohmkar to produce humour. request, and Abhijeet Duddala have p Annaya’, has seen many highs Speaking of the show, the anchor- please don’t emerged as the winners of and lows in his life. He made producer says, “Each time, the experi- drag such the first four seasons of Bigg a successful comeback into ence will be new with the show. It’s a rumors.” Boss Telugu respectively. Telugu television with his game show mind game, keeping contestants . and audiences thrilled as to While he proved himself as a success- what will happen next and if ful producer and host with the show, he the contestant will get proved to be a successful director with money. In this season, in the Raju Gari Gadhi franchise. order to get even closer to In an exclusive conversation with The every household in the Pioneer, Ohmkar revealed his plans to Telugu states, I changed the start working on Raju Gari Gadhi 4. concept by 30 percent, keep- He says, “I don’t want to stop the ing its originality intact.” Raju Gari Gadhi franchise at any cost. “We have introduced ‘guess Although I have plans of doing other the switch’ and ‘guess the films, my first priority would be RGG4 weight’ challenges. Guess the once the Covid pandemic settles down switch includes home appliances and films start to release in theatres.” and guess the weight includes After Dance+, Ohmkar is set to objects we use in the kitchen in our return to the small screen with another daily life,” he adds. exciting season of the much-awaited Ohmkar is called Annaya (older thriller show Sixth Sense. brother) and showered with love from Sixth Sense is one of the popular people across the two Telugu states for game shows of Telugu television indus- various reasons, be it for his down-to- try with the highest TRPs and one of earth nature, or his ever-helping hand. the most successful shows of Ohmkar. He says, “As long as I’m alive, I want to The game demands contestants to make help as many people to my capacity a guess based on their instinct and they through whatever I earn, because I will be rewarded if their decision is believe when I am gone, I am not going right. His catch-phrase "One Second" to carry a single penny with me. I from Sixth Sense is quite popular. want to put my hard-earned money Ohmkar says the concept of One to good use and I am not very Second has been used consciously. He social about my charity work.” says, “Being a director, we try to use a People who follow his shows phrase or a dialogue to gain more popu- clearly know how much of a larity. I felt why not use such stuff in help he does to people in need. game shows too. In the process, I realised “one second” is something we (Starting today, Sixth Sense use in our everyday life multiple times. season 4, will be aired every I wanted to stress that term and use it in Saturday and Sunday at 9 style to create some tense situation on pm, only on .)

t is known that pandemic, people out popular there are in agony run- Bollywood ning about to arrange actress Urvashi life-saving medications, BALAYYA-SON TO I Rautela is mak- ICU beds, ventilators ing her debut in and, most crucial, oxygen with the to save their loved one. upcoming film Black Arranging these essen- Rose. To be helmed as a tialities is arduous today Hindi-Telugu bilingual, because the availability of ACT IN ADITYA 999 the story and the screen- all these things is way less play of the female-orien- than what the country tated emotional thriller actually requires to win n the occasion of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s are provided by Sampath this battle.” birthday, the actor-politician not only Nandi. Mohan Bharadwaj “With Covid-19 infect- made a big announcement about his next will be making his direc- ing about four lakh peo- film directed by Gopichand Malineni, but torial debut with this pro- ple on a daily basis, these o also spilled the beans about his son ject. The actress has been concentrators can really Mokshagna’s Tollywood debut and the actively helping people help the Indian health- father-son duo's collaboration for Aditya 999, the during these unprece- care system from disinte- sequel to Aditya 369. dented times. grating. To my knowl- When the Legend actor was asked about Aditya Recently, Urvashi edge, concentrators can 999, Balakrishna replied, “Aditya 999 is very much Rautela Foundation has operate and produce oxy- on. My son and I will be acting in it.” Not just this, donated 47 oxygen con- gen 24 hours a day con- Balayya babu also hinted that he will be directing centrators, she said in the tinuously, and may last Aditya 999. Speaking about his son’s launch in social media post. up to five years. I and my Tollywood, he said, “I am going to launch my son Opening up on the team hope to ensure that in the film industry, and the script work of the film subject, the actress no one loses his or her is underway right now. If the final script shapes out shared: “India is grap- life due to oxygen deficit,” well, an official announcement regarding pling with the Covid-19 the actress added. Mokshagna’s debut with more details will be announced very soon.” Meanwhile, Balakrishna is playing the lead role in the action thriller drama Akhanda, which is being directed by Boyapati Srinu.

Kriti Sanon excited about working for Tollywood n an ‘Ask Me Adipurush. Kriti remarked that role of Lord Ram, Saif essaying Anything’ session on it's one of her “most exciting the character of Ravan. Kriti Instagram, actor Kriti projects” and that it's a totally Sanon in Adipurush will be seen Sanon expressed “different experience” for her. as Sita. It is scheduled to release I excitement about her “Loving every bit of it,” she in theatres on August 11, 2022. upcoming movie, wrote. Not only this, but she Kriti was also asked about her Adipurush, alongside superstar also made an appeal to the first co-star Mahesh Babu. The Prabhas. director of the film, Om, and duo worked together in the The Nenokkadine actress will wrote, “Can we please resume 2014 action thriller, 1: be seen on Telugu screens after soon.” Nenokkadine directed and writ- almost 7 years alongside Adipurush will be a multilin- ten by . Sanon went on Prabhas in the much-awaited gual period drama that will be to call him the “best, humble

Urvashi Rautela's Urvashi Rautela's Adipurush. The actress recently shot in Hindi and Telugu and and amazing” and hoped that indulged in an ‘Ask me will release in Tamil, she gets to work with Mahesh charity melts hearts Anything’ session on Instagram Malayalam, Kannada as well, Babu again. Produced by Ram and fans dropped several ques- and the tagline on the film Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, tions for her. Amid her interac- poster read, “Celebrating the Anil Sunkara, 1: Nenokkadine, tion, a user requested her to victory of good over evil.” The was very well received by critics reveal something about film will see Prabhas playing the and the audience. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2021 sport 12

FIRST FINAL IN GRAND CHELEM Anastasia, Krejcikova to Beaten in 2020 semis, Tsitsipas will play for the title on Sunday after beating Zverev fight for maiden Slam AFP n PARIS Aryna Sabalenka, former number one Victoria AP n PARIS hand. Azarenka as well as doubles partner Elena Zverev winced and nastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Rybakina, all in three sets. tefanos Tsitsipas went from Tsitsipas raised his right fist. AKrejcikova, two of the most unlikely Grand Rybakina had knocked out Williams in the way ahead to suddenly stuck Fifteen minutes later, Slam finalists of the modern era, meet in last-16. Sin a five-set struggle against Tsitsipas earned his first match Saturday’s French Open title match at the conclu- Krejcikova is bidding to become just the sec- Alexander Zverev at the French point, and while he needed sion of a shock-heavy tournament. ond Czech women’s champion in Paris, 40 years Open on Friday before emerging five of them to close the pro- World number 32 Pavlyuchenkova has after Hana Mandlikova triumphed. to earn his first berth in a Grand ceedings, he eventually did reached this stage for the first time at the 52nd The 25-year-old is already a Grand Slam Slam final. convert one with an ace. attempt, 10 years after making a first Slam quar- champion, having captured the women’s doubles The fifth-seeded Tsitsipas Tsitsipas will be the first ter-final in Paris. with Katerina Siniakova at Roland Garros and entered with an 0-3 record in player from Greece in a Grand Krejcikova, ranked one place lower, has long Wimbledon in 2018. major semifinals and it seemed as Slam singles final and youngest been labelled a doubles specialist and this is just Her late blossoming as a singles specialist, if he might let this one slip away, man to appear in the title her fifth appearance in a main draw singles at the however, means she has yet to play in the main too, until a late surge carried him match at the French Open since Slams, having never previously got beyond the last draw at both the All England Club and US Open. to the 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 vic- Nadal won the 2008 champi- 16. However, both women have capitalised on a Indeed, she won eight doubles titles before lift- tory after more than 3 1/2 hours onship five days after his 22nd draw where the top seeds fell and just kept falling. ing a maiden singles trophy on clay in Strasbourg at Court Philippe Chatrier. birthday. World number one and 2019 champion on the eve of the French Open. On Sunday, Tsitsipas will And this is not some out- Ashleigh Barty hobbled out in the second round. Krejcikova should break the top 20 with vic- face 13-time Roland Garros of-nowhere ascension. Tsitsipas Serena Williams was knocked out in the tory on Saturday having finished 2020 at 65 in the champion Nadal or top-seeded has been building toward this fourth round, world number two Naomi Osaka world. Novak Djokovic for the champi- over the past couple of seasons, withdrew after one match while 2018 champion In her marathon semi-final win over Maria onship on the red clay. reaching three major semifinals Simona Halep never even made it to Paris. Sakkari, in the second-longest match of the Nadal and Djokovic were in a row and leading the ATP in Pavlyuchenkova is bidding to become the tournament, Krejcikova saved a match scheduled to face each other for total match wins (39 now) and fourth Russian champion at Roland Garros point and needed five of her own to seal the 58th time later Friday. clay-court wins (22) in 2021. after Anastasia Myskina (2004), Svetlana the deal. Tsitsipas regained control of Three of his seven career Kuznetsova (2009) and Maria Sharapova Sakkari was just one of four players his semifinal on a cloudy after- tour-level titles came on clay, (2012 and 2014). ranked higher seen off over the last two noon in the late going thanks to including a pair this year — at Always considered to possess the weapons to weeks, including fifth-seeded Elina a combination of more solid the Monte Carlo Masters and win a major — she has 37 career wins over Svitolina in the third round. returning by him and a succes- Lyon. top 10 players — Pavlyuchenkova was It has been a knife-edge sion of groundstroke unforced Zverev's loss makes him 0- often written off as ‘too nice’ to succeed run. Ahead of her last-16 win errors from the sixth-seeded 10 against members of the Top when it mattered most. over Sloane Stephens, the Czech Zverev, a 24-year-old from 10 at Grand Slam tournaments, was so paralysed by fear that she Germany. an especially confounding sta- ‘LOOKING AFTER ME’ locked herself in the physio’s The fifth set began with a key tistic when viewed in contrast At the French Open in 2011, office and wept. service hold after Tsitsipas dou- to his 31-30 mark against such she was a set and 4-1 up on Should she win on ble-faulted to fall behind love-40. opponents in any other setting. defending champion Francesca Saturday, Krejcikova will cast a From there, he won five consec- He hadn't faced a seeded Schiavone but faltered and a glance to the heavens and say utive points, including one with player en route to the semifi- semi-final place slipped away. a quiet ‘thank-you’ to Jana a cross-court forehand passing nals, including two matches “I’m nice to people but I’m Novotna, the former Wimbledon winner that he celebrated by against qualifiers and a quarter- not nice at all,” she said. champion who died of cancer at shaking his racket as the crowd final victory over 46th-ranked “I mean, obviously I’m the age of just 49 in 2017. chanted, "Tsi-tsi-pas! Tsi-tsi-pas! Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. respectful but when I’m on the Novotna mentored Krejcikova, Tsi-tsi-pas!" Tsitsipas, meanwhile, was a court, I’m doing my job and I now on an 11-match win streak, in Then Tsitsipas broke to go up facing a fourth consecutive fight, and I want to kill my oppo- her earlier career. 3-1 with plenty of help from seeded foe, after wins over No. nent every time I play.” Zverev, who double-faulted, then 2 Daniil Medvedev, No. 12 That steely attitude has Women’s Final missed a backhand, followed by Stefanos Tsitsipas, left, hugs Alexander Zverev after their semifinal match of the French Open tournament at the Roland Garros Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 31 served her well in Paris this Live from 6:30pm IST a forehand and another back- stadium in Paris on Friday AP John Isner. year where she defeated third seed STAR SPORTS NETWORK Bale ‘not worried’ about Brazil favourite to defend title shortpasses AP n SAO PAULO With the likes of Neymar on board, and midfielders Leandro Paredes and SCOTLAND TO TAKE KNEE Wales goal drought coach Tite expects not only to defend Giovani Lo Celso are now trusted to LONDON: Scotland's players will take a knee at razil’s International players were the title lifted in 2019, but also use the break the opponents’ lines. Up front, the European Championship before the game AFP n BAKU 2006 but his Breluctant to play in the Copa America next 30 days to prepare for the 2022 Lautaro Martínez and Sergio Agüero against England in London on June 18 but will goalless run Wales vs Switzerland on home soil. Now that they’re commit- World Cup in Qatar. bring the same respect. stand ahead of matches in Glasgow against the ales captain Gareth Bale said on Friday stretches back Live from 6:30pm IST ted, they’re favored to win it. Many tests are expected. Alisson is And that means Messi, who turns Czech Republic and Croatia. The England team Whe was unconcerned about his 11 matches. SONY TEN 2 NETWORK Argentina still looms as a threat to no longer the team’s unchallenged goal- 34 later this month, doesn’t need to be has been doing the anti-racism gesture since last International goal drought on the eve of his Wales Brazil’s title defense, but now as a visit- keeper, with Ederson getting more part of every play for Argentina to win. year. side’s Euro 2020 opener against coach Robert Page, who will take charge ing team. The Copa America will kick chances to start. Argentina hasn’t won a major title Switzerland. of the side during the tournament as off on Sunday with defending champi- Captain Casemiro is yet to find since the 1993 Copa America. SPAIN VACCINATES EURO TEAM Bale, 31, last scored for Wales against Ryan Giggs is facing trial in England, on Brazil against Venezuela at the out whether he will play as defen- Colombia has improved since MADRID: Worried that a coronavirus outbreak Croatia in October 2019 but has creat- backed his star player. Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. sive midfielder next to Douglas the return of coach Reinaldo could derail its chances at the European ed four goals in his previous seven “It’s not the end of the world. If he’s The final will be on July 10 at the Luiz, Fred or Lucas Paqueta. Rueda and Copa America could Championship, Spain sent in the army on Friday appearances. not scoring he’s supplying goals,” Page Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, one And four options appear up further enhance the team, which to vaccinate the national football team three days “It doesn’t matter. I’ve made assists. said. of the Covid-19 epicenters in Brazil, front to work with Neymar: will not have midfielder James before its opening match at the tournament. I’m still contributing. I’m not wor- “If he’s not scoring it’s important he’s where more than 480,000 have died Gabriel Jesus, Roberto Rodríguez because of fitness ried,” he said. setting up goals, and he’s doing that.” from the coronavirus. Firmino, Richarlison problems. VINESH REACHES FINAL “If the chances arise to The Euro 2016 semi-finalists rested No spectators will be allowed to and Gabriel Barbosa. Uruguay has struggled WARSAW: Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat score, hopefully I can take it,” Aaron Ramsey for two friendlies ahead of the attend any Copa America matches Argentina placed despite counting on Luis proved that her preparations for the Tokyo he added. competition and the Juventus midfielder sat because of restrictions in place for the third in the 2019 Suárez and Edison Cavani, Olympics were on track as she progressed to the Bale’s side start their cam- out Thursday’s training session. pandemic, which has already delayed Copa America, but who will return to the team 53kg final of Poland Open with two contrasting paign in Azerbaijan on Ramsey, 30, also missed the Italian club’s the tournament by a year. the team has after a two-match suspen- wins on Friday. Saturday in the competition five final games of the Serie A campaign And if South American World Cup improved under sion in World Cup quali- that has been delayed by a with fitness issues. qualifiers are anything to go by, the Copa coach Lionel fiers. Uruguay hasn’t won MOSTOVOY TESTS POSITIVE year due to the coronavirus “There are no issues with Aaron what- America title is Brazil’s to lose. Brazil has Scaloni. any of its three latest MOSCOW: Russia winger Andrey Mostovoy was pandemic. soever. He didn’t train yesterday. That was won all six of its games and is six points Defender matches on the road to cut from the national team for this year's The Real Madrid for- always part of the plan,” Page said. clear of second place Argentina. Cristian Romero, Qatar. European Championship on Friday after testing ward, who spent last season “We worked backwards from positive for the coronavirus. on loan at Tottenham, has Switzerland. Aaron has always been part scored 33 goals in 92 of the process. SAI SACK COACH International appearances “He said yesterday he’s in a good NZ nose ahead NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) since making his debut in place. That’s great news for us,” he added. Adaptability will be key on Friday announced that it has relieved Georgian in 2nd Test wrestling coach Temo Kazarashvili for non- performance since none of the Greco Roman in WTC final: Ashwin AP n BIRMINGHAM wrestlers could qualify for the Tokyo Games. Denmark take on underdogs Fins PTI n SOUTHAMPTON an Lawrence and Mark Wood ANSHU MALIK WITHDRAWS Dhelped to push England to 303 WARSAW: Olympic-bound young Indian wrestler AP n COPENHAGEN well-planned and knit New Zealand runs in its first innings before New Anshu Malik on Friday withdrew from the Poland Aside with two Tests against England Zealand bowled out the hosts on the Open after catching fever and will be in isolation inland goalkeeper Lukas under their belt will come into the second morning of the second test at as a precautionary measure till she gets her FHradecky didn’t sugar coat World Test Championship final with an Edgbaston on Friday.Wood, resuming Covid-19 test report. things when summing up the advantage and the Indian team will have on 16 not out, swung away and enter- difference between his team to adapt and be ready for challenge, feels tained a lively home crowd with six MANIKA AGREES TO ATTEND CAMP and Denmark at the European senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. boundaries before edging a delivery NEW DELHI: Indian table tennis contingent's Championship. The WTC final will be a culmination from Matt Henry (3-78) onto his Olympic preparations got a much needed boost “They have better players of two years of hardwork, filled with emo- stumps to finish on 41. That got on Friday when star paddler Manika Batra agreed than us in every position,” tional moments and lot of learnings, said England to 288-8, adding 30 runs since to join the national camp in Sonepat to train with Hradecky said bluntly ahead Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami, play resumed.England reached 303-9 mixed doubles partner and veteran Sharath of Finland’s major tournament on their part, as the Indian bowling unit's on Lawrence’s four after Stuart Broad Kamal. debut at Euro 2020. Finland, though, showed senior pros spoke about the biggest match lasted just four balls for his 37th duck Then the Bayer great cohesiveness in qualify- Denmark vs Finland of their lives. in test cricket.Trent Boult (4-85) fin- NO WARNER IN THE HUNDRED Leverkusen goalkeeper ing for its first major tourna- Live from 9:30pm IST “I expect a well planned and knit ished off James Anderson leg before MELBOURNE: Star Australian opener David touched on the one thing ment under coach Markku SONY TEN 2 NETWORK New Zealand team to come at us. Having wicket after the original call was over- Warner and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis have that could speak in his team’s Kanerva. That’s in part played two Tests definitely come with an turned on review. England's most- pulled out of the inaugural edition of 'The favor going into Saturday’s because the core of Kanerva’s And Denmark is already advantage so we have to adapt to that,” capped test player scored four runs Hundred' as the ECB gears up for more Group B game in team has been together since looking even further ahead Ashwin told ‘bcci.Tv’, referring to the For India’s craftiest swing bowler from 16 balls.Lawrence, who had withdrawals in wake of the challenges posed by Copenhagen. he led them to the Under-19 than that. Because while many Black Caps’ ongoing series against Shami, the Australia series win achieved resumed on 67, was unbeaten on 81 to Covid-19 pandemic. “But we have shown European Championship in of the current Denmark play- England where the first Test has been without the senior pacers was the “best match England opener Rory Burns' before that the sum of all the 2009. ers weren’t even born in 1992, drawn. feeling” even though he sustained a wrist runs total from Thursday.In reply, MESSI IN SQUAD parts in our puzzle is greater With that kind of tight- that improbable title run For Ishant, the only man with 100 fracture in the first Test in Adelaide. New Zealand was 43-1 at lunch with BUENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero than what people think,” he knit bond, Finland could clearly still lingers in their col- Tests under his belt in this current team, “It’s about giving 110 per cent as this Tom Latham (6) falling lbw to Broad. and Ángel Di María are headlining the Argentina said. spring a few surprises at Euro lective minds. termed it as a great effort, considering the is last ditch effort of our two years of hard- squad that will head to Brazil for the Copa 2nd Test. Day 3 Few would argue with 2020. And Denmark, of Denmark has the added rule changes due to COVID-19 pandem- work. It's important that we give it our Live from 3:30pm IST America, seeking their national team's first major either of Hradecky’s assess- course, knows all about advantage of playing all three ic. all and double our effort for sometime. SONY SIX NETWORK title since 1993. ments. springing an upset at this group games at its Parken “It’s been a practical as well as emo- “The best feeling for me is that with- While the closest thing tournament — having won Stadium in Copenhagen, tional journey, and this is an ICC tour- out us seniors, our youngsters achieved SARAH RELEASED FROM SQUAD Finland has to a star is the 1992 European where about 15,000 fans will nament which is as big as 50 over WC in Australia, new boys put their hands up LONDON: Pacer Freya Davies and bowling all- Norwich striker Teemu Pukki, Championship in one of the be on hand against Finland. final,” Ishant said, looking back at the start to be counted emerging as new stars. Its rounder Sarah Glenn were on Friday released Denmark has an impressive sport’s biggest shocks. That number could increase of the WTC journey in the West Indies also a learning process and it helps you from the England women's squad for the one-off spine that runs from goal- Now Denmark has to deal to 25,000 for the next two back in 2019. boost your confidence and the bench- Test against India, starting June 16. keeper Kasper Schmeichel up with the status of being a big games against Russia and “Virat (Kohli) has said this is not our mark that has been set,” Shami said. through the center-back pair- favorite — at least for one Belgium after the sweat and hardwork of just one month Ishant too agreed with Shami's asser- SA GROWS LEAD TO 108 ing of Andreas Christensen game. Russia and top-ranked Government on Thursday but over a period of two years. We had tion. GROS ISLET: Quinton de Kock pushed SA’s lead and Simon Kjaer to Belgium are also in the group, announced it would ease pan- to work harder because of COVID, then “I think the belief that we can come past 100 against WI in the first test on Friday. De Tottenham midfielder Pierre- which means a win against demic restrictions. rule change happened and we were back from anywhere was huge. It helped Kock was 44 not out at lunch on the second day Emile Hojbjerg and Inter Finland is probably a must if It will be the first time under pressure and then we won a tough Indian cricket enter the next phase. Even in St. Lucia and SA’s main hope of a sizeable first- Milan playmaker Christian Denmark is to advance to the Denmark plays a major tour- series in Australia. We came back against though I wasn’t a part, I felt that series innings advantage as it ended the session on Eriksen. round of 16. nament game at home. England as we had to win 3-1,” said India’s gave a different kind of self belief,” 205-5. latest member in the 300-wicket club. Ishant added. Agencies