Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer VIJAYAWADA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2021; PAGES 10+16 `5 RNI No.APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 Published From VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 292 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com Equities may rise P 8 held for coversion, P 5 reasons P amid volatile valuations 6 ‘waging war’ on India 5 video games... 10 In brief CJI ‘concerned’ over low Centre asks dept to Centre convenes meet with AP promote 5-minute representation of women yoga break PNS n NEW DELHI he Centre has asked all its to discuss bifurcation issues departments to promote Expressing concern over the low PNS n Pendency of T five-minute yoga break or VIJAYAWADA in the Act. Conducting a public hear- presence of women in the judici- 'Y-break' among employees ing in neighbouring Odisha and ary, Chief Justice of India NV Ra- working under them, with a view The Union government has convened Chhattisgarh related to the Polavaram mana on Saturday said that "with cases in courts to refresh, distress and refocuses a meeting on September 6 with the multi-purpose project, rescinding great difficulty", the Supreme them with enhanced efficiency at Andhra Pradesh government to the stop-work order on the Court has achieved a mere 11 per- workplaces, according to a review various long-pending Centre- Polavaram project, setting up of a cent representation of women on has become a personnel ministry order. The State coordination issues, particular- Petroleum University (in its bench. The apex court present- Ministry of Ayush had designed ly those listed in the AP Visakhapatnam), developing the ly has four women judges among and developed five minutes Reorganisation Act, 2014. Vizag-Chennai Industrial Corridor, the 33 sitting judges. challenge: Rijiju duration yoga protocol, named Y- Issues related to departments like expanding the airports in Highlighting that majority of break, for work place by an expert Steel, Water Resources, Petroleum Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and women advocates struggle within committee in 2019 and the and Natural Gas, Civil Aviation, Tirupati to international standards the profession, the CJI said after 75 module was launched in January Environment and Forests, Industry are some of the other issues that will years of independence, one would 2 2020 on pilot project basis in six and Internal Trade and Defence come up for review, according to the expect at least 50 percent represen- major metro cities (Delhi, Research and Development will be File photograph of Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Cabinet Secretariat's letter. tation for women at all levels. Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, reviewed through a videoconfer- The issue related to acquisition of "Very few women find represen- the Supreme Court," the CJI said Hyderabad and Kolkata) with the ence at 3.30 pm on Monday, the Kadapa district and a Greenfield ments. "This is the first time the land by the Naval Science and tation at the top. Even when they at a function organised by the Bar help of various stakeholders. Union Cabinet Secretariat informed crude oil refinery and petrochemical Centre is convening such a high-level Technological Laboratory, do, they still continue to face sig- Council of India to felicitate him. Feedback of the same was very the State government. complex (in Kakinada). official meeting to discuss the long- Visakhapatnam, for house plots, ille- nificant challenges. He said some states, because of encouraging, it said. Though more than seven years These two are among 13 issues that pending issues. Hopefully, some- gal constructions in Madhavadhara "After 75 years of independence, reservation policy, may reveal have elapsed since the bifurcation of will be taken up for review in thing comes out of it at least now," a village near Visakhapatnam, con- one would expect at least 50 per- higher representation but the real- Andhra Pradesh, many major prom- Monday's meeting. There are many top government official here said. struction of road through NSTL cent representation for women at ity remains that the legal profes- Woman cop made ises incorporated in the Act have not other issues that have not made any Interestingly, the issue of setting up connecting NH-16 and all levels, but I must admit, with sion still has to "welcome women Rs 26L selling items been fulfilled yet. headway in the last seven years, a new port in the State has not been Gopalapatnam and handing over great difficulty we have now ach- into its fold". Prime among them are the setting despite repeated representations to listed in the Monday meeting's agen- equivalent land to NSTL are also list- ieved a mere 11 percent represen- seized from thieves up of an integrated steel plant in the Centre by successive govern- da, though it is also a promise made ed in the agenda. tation of women on the bench of 2 woman police constable has been arrested for alleged A misappropriation of items recovered in cases of theft in Vasai of Maharashtra's Palghar Govt did not allow Covid to derail Social justice priority in district, an official said on Saturday. Constable Mangal Gaikwad, who was in-charge of its welfare agenda, says Buggana naming 481 directors to stolen items recovered in cases of theft at Vasai police station, had n indulged in fraud to the tune of PNS VIJAYAWADA corruption,” the Finance Minister said. He said that all the borrow- 47 Corporations: Sajjala Rs 26 lakh with the help of a scrap dealer, senior inspector FFinance Minister Buggana ings have been done as per the n Kalyan Karpe said. Rajendranath Reddy on Saturday FRBM limits, where the Union PNS VIJAYAWADA said that despite a fall in revenue Government permitted additional due to Covid-19, the YSRCP gov- borrowings of Rs 20,000 crore Adhering to its policy of social jus- Centre will protect ernment did not take a step back under Atma Nirbhar Bharat mis- tice, the State government has BJP MLA Soumen in implementing its welfare sion. appointed 481 directors to 47 rights of VSP workers, Roy joins TMC, schemes. The Minister stated that the Corporations prioritising women The Minister said that during the government has been prioritising and weaker sections. assures Purandeswari fourth to quit party previous government, the public welfare schemes, and spend- Releasing the details during a PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM JP MLA Soumen Roy Compound Annual Growth Rate ing accordingly while even paying press conference here on Saturday, Saturday joined the (CAGR) in 2014-19 was 10.03 interests to the borrowings of pre- Government Advisor (Public B ruling Trinamool percent, whereas with the Covid vious governments and clearing the Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna BJP national secretary D Pura- Congress (TMC) and said he was effect, in 2019-21, only 1.30 percent pending arrears left by them. Reddy said that Chief Minister YS ndeswari on Saturday assured sorry for having quit the state CAGR was registered. “This result- mal borrowings and left a huge pile Drawing comparison between Jaganmohan Reddy has once again that the Union government would party two years ago. He is the ed in a loss of Rs 7,947.07 crore. of debts. “At the time of State bifur- two governments, he said that shown his commitment towards protect the rights of the Visakh- fourth BJP MLA to have quit the During the first lockdown between cation, the total debt was only Rs Naidu had promised to waive all social justice and women empow- Ramakrishna Reddy said that apatnam Steel Plant workers. party and joined TMC since the April-May 2020, nearly Rs 4,709.24 1,18,544.34 crore, but between farm loans amounting to Rs 87,612 erment, by appointing 52 percent TDP supremo N Chandrababu “The Centre will take all neces- April-May assembly poll. With his crore in revenue loss was registered 2014 and 2019, it increased to Rs crore, but only waived loans worth women and 58 percent posts to SC, Naidu had used BC, SC, ST and sary steps and ensure good pack- resignation BJP's strength in the and the expected revenue fell dur- 2,57,509.85 crore. “Besides these, Rs 15,279.42 crore in five phases. ST, BC and Minorities in filling up Minorities only as a vote bank. ages also to the VSP workers,” the 294-member House has reduced ing 2021-22,” the Finance Minister through various corporations, the “In the last two years, the YSRCP the 481 posts. Unlike Naidu, Jagan always strived former Union Minister said. to 71. Mr Roy, who was elected said. TDP government had left a debt of government has spent Rs 83,102.18 Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan to uplift of weaker sections and Addressing the media here on from Kaliaganj on a BJP ticket in The State government has spent Rs 1,00,000 crore,” Buggana said. crore on welfare of the farmers. Reddy had personally made these wanted to bring them to the fore- Saturday, Purandeswari assured the April-May assembly poll in Rs 7,130.19 crore for providing He said that the YSRCP govern- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan appointments by considering all front, where they can be part of the VSP workers that no employ- the presence of party secretary treatment, developing medical ment is accountable for every sin- Reddy has spent Rs 17,029 crore on the aspects in a most transparent decision making, he said. ee would be affected in the strate- general Partha Chatterjee said he infra, testing, vaccination etc. to gle borrowing. “As on date, loans Rythu Bharosa, Rs 1,105.89 crore way that fulfils the distant dream Minister for BC Welfare, Ch gic sale of the plant. was not comfortable in the contain Covid-19 and this was amounting to Rs 1,27,195.81 crore for Zero-Interest crop loans, Rs of empowering weaker sections, Venugopala Krishna said that the Talking about YSRCP rule, she saffron camp and wanted to take done irrespective of the Centre’s have been taken and Rs 1,051,22.22 3,788.25 crore on crop insurance, Ramakrishna Reddy said. previous TDP government had said that the people of AP gave the part in the development initiatives support, Buggana said. crore credited into the accounts of Rs 1,055.19 crore on input subsidy The previous government had betrayed BCs and used them only party a huge mandate as they had by Chief Minister Mamata Taking a dig at TDP, he said that farmers and women during Covid and Rs 331.58 crore on Matsakara never taken up such a task and a as a vote bank during elections. high hopes from the party. Banerjee. the previous government had crip- crisis as financial support, all with Bharosa,” Buggana said. major chunk went to upper castes, pled the State finances with abnor- complete transparency and without he said. 2 TODAY 2 2 ALMANAC Class 10 girl gang Month & Paksham: Cabinet to meet on Sept 16 Shravana & Krishna Paksha raped in 6 IAS officers transferred in AP Panchangam PNS n VIJAYAWADA Tithi : Trayodashi 08:20 at 11 am in the Cabinet meeting Machilipatnam PNS n VIJAYAWADA AMRDA while G Rajakumari as hall of the Secretariat. Nakshatram: Ashlesha 18:07 Joint Collector, Development of Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan “Special Chief Secretaries / Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n VIJAYAWADA The government of Andhra Village and Ward Secretariats, Reddy will chair the AP Cabinet Principal Secretaries / Secretaries any important work) Pradesh on Saturday issued Guntur district. meeting to be held on September were requested to send the propos- Rahukalam: 4:50 pm - 6:22 pm A student of Class 10 was alleged- orders transferring six IAS offi- P Dharmachandra Reddy has 16 in the Secretariat at Velagapudi, als to the GAD for placing before ly gang raped by three men in cers. been posted as Kadapa RDO. according to a note issued by the Council of Ministers for con- Yamagandam: 12:14 pm - 1:46 pm Chinapandraka village Kruttive- Accordingly, K Vijaya has been Prithvi Tej has been transferred Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das sideration,” the note said. Varjyam: 6:45 am - 8:22 am, nnu mandal in Krishna district. posted as AMRDA commission- as Deputy Secretary, Energy on Saturday. According to sources, the Cab- 12:00 am - 7:34 am Though the incident took place er, Dr P Lakshminarasimhan as Department and the government The Chief Secretary informed all inet will discuss important issues recently, it came to light on commissioner CCLA Appeals. has handed over additional Departments of Secretariat that the including the financial crunch, Gulika: 3:18 pm - 4:50 pm Saturday when the father of the P Prashanthi was posted as responsibilities to Prithvi Raj as next meeting of the Council of implementation of welfare sche- Good Time: (to start any important work) girl lodged a complaint with the Additional Commissioner, AP Power Corporation MD. Ministers will be held on Thursday mes, three capitals and court cases. Amritakalam: 4:29 pm - 6:07 pm police about the heinous incident. Police identified the main Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:50 am - 12:39 pm accused as one Mahesh who took the girl to an isolated area in the VIJAYAWADA village and committed the offence. WEATHER His two friends Anta Babu and Huge response to JSP drive over bad roads Tarun also joined him. Forecast: Partly cloudy Temp: 30 The accused threatened the PNS n VIJAYAWADA Humidity: 83% girl to kill her if she revealed the posted lakhs of photos and videos Sunrise: 6:02 am incident to others. However, the through #JSPFORAP_ROADS on Sunset: 6:26 pm survivor’s parents suspected Bad, pathetic and pot-holed road the bad road conditions in the state something was wrong and ques- conditions and the plight of the of Andhra Pradesh. Current Weather Conditions tioned her. The girl informed the denizens who use these roads On the first and second day Updated September 4, 2021 5:00 PM parents about the heinous act. reverberated on several social 1,73,500 tweeted through #JSP- A case was registered under media platforms with Janasainiks FORAP_ROADS while 4,88,700 POCSO Act. and the general public in large twitter engagements were registered OBTUSE ANGLE numbers taking part in the “Digital from Ichapuram to Anantapur and Movement “ taken up by Pawan the plight of the bad road condition Kalyan’s Jana Sena. reached 192.90 million people in Janasena supporters and workers the digital movement. took to every available social media Pawan Kalyan pointed out that platforms like Twitter, Facebook, the videos and photos posted by WhatsApp etc., to bring the plight of people on social media show how roads across the State to the atten- negligent the government is in tion of the Jaganmohan Reddy gov- addressing the dilapidated roads. ernment. The #JSPFORAP_ROADS trending In a statement, the Janasena said reached first place in the State and that “lakhs of authentic photos and 50 in the country, he said. videos have been shared on Twitter Pawan Kalyan said that the and Janasena’s digital movement response proved that there is a pot- had trended top on Twitter across hole for every foot. He said that now the State and country”. the people are questioning the gov- Janasena president Pawan Kalyan tions in the state through the As per the call given by Pawan and people from Ichapuram in North ernment on how to travel on such said that lakhs of people came to three-day digital movement from Kalyan thousands of Jana Sainiks and Andhra to Anantapur took active pathetic roads and risking their life. know the plight of the road condi- September 2 to 4. Veera Mahilas along with activists part in the digital movement and 2 VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5,2021 vijayawada 02

Pendency of cases in courts TOKYO PARALYMPICS Pramod Bhagat wins has become a challenge: Rijiju Gold in Badminton PNS n NEW DELHI Minister appreciated the courts where we really need tant decision for supporting the judiciary but also to Supreme Court and the to look with urgency," he infrastructure building, support, to strengthen the Union Law Minister Kiren judiciary for setting an said. He said when a person especially in the lower Indian judiciary," he said. Rijiju Saturday said the example during the chal- from a humble background courts, and sanctioned at He said he would also pendency of cases has lenging times of Covid-19 expects justice, he gives up one go for the creation of take all necessary steps on become a "challenge" and it pandemic by taking up so everything for the sake of critical infrastructure for the issues related to lawyers is in the lower courts where many cases and delivering justice. court rooms, lawyers' halls, which were highlighted by "we really need to look several important judge- "And if that justice gets toilets, digital rooms and BCI chairman and senior with urgency". ments. delayed, then it is a big others. advocate Manan Kumar Rijiju said the govern- "But before ending my question mark on all of us," He said the BCI's pro- Mishra during the func- ment will always try to remarks, I will say that he said, "So, we have to active steps particularly tion. ensure not only the inde- people keep on raising one ensure that last mile per- towards the advancement Besides the CJI and pendence of judiciary but issue, the pendency of the son, the common man, of legal education and legal Rijiju, several sitting apex also to support and cases, which has become must be given the priority profession is praise-worthy court judges, Solicitor strengthen it. such a challenge for all of when we talk about justice and he would support the General Tushar Mehta, Speaking at a function us. We talk about the pen- delivery mechanism in our bar council in all possible office-bearers and mem- organised by the Bar dency in the Supreme country." manner. bers of several bar bodies Council of India (BCI) to Court and in the High Rijiju said that in the last "The government will from across the country felicitate Chief Justice of Courts but if you look Cabinet meeting, the gov- always try to ensure not were present during the ndia's Pramod Bhagat (SL3) final in Tokyo. Bhagat, first game in 21 minutes and India NV Ramana, the Law closely, it is in the lower ernment took some impor- only the independence of function. secured the country's the world number one player the second in 24 minutes. Ifourth gold medal at the in his category, won the final Shooters Avani Lekhara and Tokyo Paralympics on in straight games, 21-14, 21-17, Manish Narwal and javelin BJP'S 20-DAY MEGA EVENT Saturday when he defeated to clinch the gold medal. The thrower Sumit Antil had won AP sees 16 Great Britain's Daniel Bethell match lasted a total of 45 min- India's three gold medals prior Covid deaths in the badminton men's singles utes, with Bhagat taking the to Bhagat's victory on Saturday. in one day 5 crore postcards, hoardings to thank PNS n AMARAVATI Modi on two decades in public service Manish Narwal wins Gold, Silver for Andhra Pradesh reported 1,502 fresh Covid-19 cases, PNS n NEW DELHI also be attended on the NaMo App. distributed under 'Pradhan Mantri Singhraj Adhana in 50m mixed pistol 1,525 recoveries and 16 "All public representatives will go Garib Kalyan Yojana' where women ndian shooters Manish amassed 218.2 points to better of the two Indians in deaths in the 24 hours end- A 20-day mega event- "Seva and to ration distribution centres and leaders will play a key role. "All rep- INarwal and Singhraj clinch the gold while the final as he was placed in ing 9 AM on Saturday. Samarpan Abhiyan" - will begin make video clips to thank the resentatives will go to vaccine cen- Adhana clinched the gold Singhraj grabbed his second the lead at the table after The State's Covid-19 from Prime Minister Narendra respected Prime Minister," the party tres with an aim to spread awareness and silver medal respective- medal of the Tokyo the first 10 shots while chart showed a total of Modi's 71st birthday on September statement further shared. The youth and thank the Prime Minister," the ly in the P4 - Mixed 50m Paralympics with 216.7 amassing 92.1 points. 20,19,702 positives, 17 to mark his "20 years in public ser- wing will also hold blood donation party members have been told. Pistol SH1 final at Asaka points. The Russian Manish who finished sev- 19,90,916 recoveries and vice", the ruling BJP has said. camps. In Uttar Pradesh, where On Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, a Shooting Range on Paralympic Committee's enth in the qualification, 13,903 deaths so far. The party plans to hold massive elections are due next year, the massive cleanliness campaign will be Saturday. The 19-year-old (RPC) Sergey Malyshev had a very jittery start to A health department bul- cleanliness and blood donation cam- party workers will hold a campaign held and a public message will be Manish created the won the bronze medal. the final as he gathered 87.2 letin said the number of paigns and multiple events as part of to clean river Ganga at 71 sites. sent out, encouraging the use of Paralympic record as he Singhraj Adhana started in the 1st competition stage. active cases stood at 14,883. the 20-day celebrations - BJP chief "Intellectuals and famous person- Khadi and local products. SPS Nellore district JP Nadda has issued instructions to alities will be invited to attend events Children who have been orphaned reported the highest with all the state units for this. Five crore that focus on PM Modi's life and his due to Covid will be registered by the 260 fresh cases, Chittoor postcards will be sent from the BJP achievements. In various languages, BJP workers so that they can be ben- 208, East Godavari 191, booths across India to the Prime opinions and articles by prominent efitted with PM-Cares. Prakasam 152, West Minister to congratulate him for his personalities will be published to All gifts received by the Prime Godavari 146, Guntur 143, efforts as "party members commit ensure the message reaches out to Minister will be auctioned on the gov- Krishna 129 and Kadapa themselves to public service", said an public," the party statement said. ernment website- pmmemontos.gov.in. 113 in 24 hours. The official statement. Highlighting his efforts for "Dalits, The BJP's National General Secretary remaining five districts Hoardings, thanking PM Modi Adivasis, backward communities, Kailash Vijayvargiya, D Purandeswari, added less than 70 new "for free food grains and vaccination and farmers", the BJP recalled the Vinod Sonkar and Rashtriya Kisan cases each. for poor", will also be set up as part Prime Minister's election in Gujarat Morcha President Rajkumar Chahar Chittoor reported four of the campaign. as the Chief Minister on October 7, have been given the task to oversee the fresh fatalities, Krishna and In a letter, the party members have 2001, which explains why the 20-day events. West Godavari three each, been told to hold special exhibitions event concludes on October 7. All party workers have been told East Godavari and Guntur dedicated to the life of the Prime Health camps will be held at dis- to follow Covid rules while organis- two each, Kurnool and Minister. The virtual events can tricts levels while food items will be ing the events. Prakasam one each in a day. Centre will protect rights of VSP... Manish Narwal CJI ‘concerned’ EC announces bypoll in WB Continued from page 1 “However the people are now reviewing the over low and Odisha, skips Huzurabad YSRCP’s rule midway through its term and they PNS n NEW DELHI are disappointed,” Purandeswari said. She also representation... Banerjee a chance to become a alleged that YSRCP leaders were threatening offi- member of the state legislative cials for vested official favours. The BJP leader Continued from page 1 Bypoll to the Bhabanipur assembly. Banerjee had moved also criticised the previous TDP government, say- Huge response Govt did not allow... assembly seat in West Bengal, out of her traditional seat in ing that no development took place in the State The apex court presently has from where Chief Minister and Kolkata's Bhabanipur to fight in during N Chandrababu Naidu’s term. Continued from page 1 YSR Aarogyasri and increased four women judges – Justices Trinamool Congress leader Nandigram during the to JSP drive over the number of treatments to Indira Banerjee, Hima Kohli, Mamata Banerjee plans to con- Assembly polls earlier this year Similarly, giving priority to 2,346 by spending Rs 4,342.05 BV Nagarathna and Bela M test, would be held on but lost to his former close aide Social justice priority... the education sector, the State crore for treating 12.48 lakh Trivedi. September 30, the Election Suvendu Adhikari who contest- government has spent Rs patients. “The State govern- History was created in the Commission announced on ed on a BJP ticket. Adhikari is Continued from page 1 bad roads 25,914.13 crore on implement- ment is also providing financial apex court on August 31 as Saturday. Polling for three now the Leader of Opposition ing various schemes like assistance to those discharged for the first time nine judges, "deferred adjourned" elections in the West Bengal Assembly. He said that the Chief Minister had stood by the Continued from page 1 Amma Vodi, Vasati Deevena, patients during their recovery including three women, took -- in two assembly seats of West After the election results, weaker sections at all times and provided about Rs Vidya Deevena, Goru Muddha period through Aarogya oath of office at one go. Bengal and one of Odisha -- will Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, the 1,04,240 crore through DBT and another Rs 1,40,438 Alternative arrangements are also made for and Vidya Kanuka. “Towards Aasara and further rolled out The strength of the top also be held on September 30. TMC MLA from Bhabanipur crore through non-DBT schemes benefitting SC, ST, the success of the digital movement for those fee reimbursement, the previ- 1,066 new ambulances breath- court has now risen to 33, Elections in these seats -- constituency vacated the seat to BC and Minorities. Home Minister Mekathoti who were unable to send photos, videos. ous government had spent ing life into 108,104 services,” including the CJI, out of the Samserganj and Jangirpur in allow Banerjee to contest from Sucharita said that as always, the Chief Minister has Arrangements have been made to send it only Rs 13,420.65 crore leaving Buggana said. He said that sanctioned strength of 34. West Bengal and Pipli in there. Banerjee had won from given a lion's share to the women reflecting true through WhatsApp number 7661927117. a debt of Rs 2,012.03 crore. As while the TDP government Justice Nagarathna is in Odisha -- could not be held due Bhabanipur twice since 2011. empowerment. “Women make up 52 percent of the Through this WhatsApp number they part of women empowerment, provided pensions to only 39 line to be the first woman CJI to various reasons, including According to an Election directors. The Chief Minister has also prioritised received over 10,455 photos and over 5,000 the YSRCP government has lakh people until six months in September 2027. the death of candidates during Commission press note, the West women in nominated posts, State cabinet and even 2-minute videos, the Janasena chief said. spent Rs 17,608.43 crore before the polls, the YSRCP Sending a message to the electioneering earlier this year. Bengal chief secretary has provided the schemes like Aasara, Cheyutha, The digital movement was closely moni- through schemes like Aasara, government has been door young members of the bar, Counting on all four seats informed that in view of admin- Ammavodi focussing to empower women. All the tored by Janasena PAC chairman Nadendla Cheyutha, while the TDP gov- delivering pensions to about the CJI said at the function will take place on October 3. EC istrative exigencies and public 31 lakh house site pattas were given in the name of Manohar was on the forefront leading the ernment had betrayed them by 59.82 lakh people. “The previ- that they should never forget said it has kept "much stricter" interest and to avoid a vacuum in women,” the Home Minister pointed out. MP Jana Sainiks, Janasena leaders, activists, promising to waive loans about ous government had only the age-old values of this norms as an abundant caution the state, by-elections for Nandigam Suresh and MLA Meruga Nagarjuna laud- women and youth. Party secretaries, district Rs 21,479 crore,” the Finance spent Rs 26,403.57 crore in a noble profession and respect to safeguard from the COVID- Bhabanipur, from where CM ed the Chief Minister for ensuring social justice and presidents, and constituency in-charges also Minister said. span of five years, our govern- women colleagues. 19 pandemic. The Bhabanipur Mamata Banerjee intends to con- giving priority to weaker sections and women in the took active part in the movement to make He said that the State gov- ment had met an expenditure "Seniority has immense bypoll will allow Mamata test elections, may be conducted. appointment of directors to the corporations. it a success. ernment has also prioritised of Rs 37,461.89 crore in just 27 value in this profession. Give the health sector by revamping months. due regards to your seniors at the bar for their experience, knowledge and wisdom. Respect women colleagues and treat them with dignity. 28th edition of SIMBEX concludes in South China Sea Respect the institution and the judges. You are the front PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM (RSAF) also participated in the Commander Madhwal said the line of the legal system, and exercise during the air defence scale and complexity of the drills you must protect the institu- India and Singapore have carried drills. is a "testimony" to the interoper- tion from targeted, motivat- out a mega naval wargame in the It was the 28th edition of the ability achieved between both ed and mala fide attacks. It is southern fringes of the South Singapore-India Maritime Navies. inherent to the bar that it China Sea over the last three Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX). "This year's edition of SIMBEX speaks up for what is fair and days, in reflection of their grow- Initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is is also a special occasion as it takes just,” he said. ing congruence of interests in the the Indian Navy's longest uninter- place during the ongoing celebra- strategically key region. rupted bilateral maritime exercise tions of the 75th year of India's The Indian Navy deployed its with any foreign navy. "Sustaining independence," he said. CHICKEN guided-missile destroyer INS the continuity of this significant "The success of SIMBEX-2021 RATES `/KG Ranvijay, anti-submarine warfare engagement despite the chal- is yet another demonstration of corvette INS Kiltan and guided- lenges of the ongoing pandemic the mutual resolve on both sides Dressed/With Skin `210 missile corvette INS Kora and one further underscores the strength to strengthen the bilateral partner- Without Skin `275 P8I long-range maritime patrol of bilateral defence ties," Indian ship further in the years ahead," Broiler at Farm `130 aircraft for the 'SIMBEX' exercise Navy Spokesperson Commander he added. from September 2-4, officials said. Vivek Madhwal said. "Despite India-Singapore defence ties The Singapore Navy was rep- these constraints during the plan- remain a very significant aspect of EGG resented by formidable class ning stages, both navies could the overall engagement between RATES `/100 frigate RSS Steadfast, victory class achieve seamless and safe execu- the two countries. missile corvette RSS Vigour, one tion of several challenging evolu- Both navies have a representa- VIJAYAWADA 480 Archer class submarine and one tions including live weapon firing tion in each other's Maritime HYDERABAD 405 Fokker-50 maritime patrol air- and advanced naval warfare seri- Information Fusion Centres and craft, they said. als, including anti-submarine, have also recently signed an agree- VISAKHAPATNAM 470 Four F-16 fighter aircraft of the anti-air and anti-surface warfare ment on mutual submarine rescue RETAIL PRICE `4.80 Republic of Singapore Air Force drills," he said. support and coordination. (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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on pension Vijayawada-Central MLA Malladi Vishnu has said that disbursal the State government is plan- ning to develop sports infra- PNS n VIJAYAWADA structure in all the District Sports Authority (DSA) stadi- Vijayawada Mayor Rayana ums as part of the New Sports Bhagyalakshmi strongly con- Policy and the government is demned the false propagan- keen to provide accommoda- da on the distribution of tion for players at the stadiums. general pensions to the ben- He called upon the Krishna eficiaries and creating unrest District Sports Authority among them. (DSA) officials to prepare, In a statement on Saturday, plan and inspect opportunities Bhagyalakshmi said that on to provide accommodation September 1 itself 97 percent facilities at Indira Gandhi beneficiaries received the Municipal Corporation pensions. Chief Minister YS (IGMC) stadium and Jaganmohan Reddy had Makineni Basava Punnaiah increased the pension (MBP) stadium at Ajith APMDC mining ops amount to Rs 2,000 soon Singhnagar. after coming to power and at Vishnu formally inaugurat- ers got jobs in the Central gov- women are in the frontline in Krishna district Chief Coach present Rs 2,250 was being ed the two-day Handball ernment departments like rail- all the sectors compared to and Sports Authority of given to pensioners. Under-19 Girls’ Inter district way, income tax, postal and men. Girls should concentrate Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) During the TDP rule, 39 Tournament organised by the other State government depart- on sports to have a bright observer B Srinivasa Rao, Vikas commence in MP, lakh beneficiaries were Krishna District Handball ments, he said. The State gov- future. Bachelor of Physical Education receiving pensions and the Association (KDHA). ernment is giving utmost Andhra Pradesh Handball (BPEd) College principal Dr S government had spent Rs Speaking on the occasion, importance to sports and Association general secretary P Raju, Nunna Rural Sub- 500 crore on general pensions MLA Vishnu said that there are games, he said and appealed to Satyanarayana Raju, corpora- Inspector Hymavathi, KDHA while the YSRCP govern- a lot of opportunities for out- the youth to take the opportu- tor BHSV Janareddy, Vikas Krishna district secretary N ment was distributing pen- standing players in national nity to mould their future. educational institutions secre- Vamsi Krishna Prasad, Guntur Jharkhand, C’garh sions to 60 lakh beneficiaries and international level tourna- Vijayawada Deputy Mayor tary and correspondent secretary Bujji and others were by spending Rs 1500 crore, ments. A large number of play- Avuthu Sri Sailaja said that Naredla Satyanarayana Reddy, present. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Reddy said that the authorities ty in the State by extracting she said. should take necessary steps to mineral resources such as The Mayor said that in Andhra Pradesh Mineral steer APMDC, a public sector granite, beach sand, silica Vijayawada-West constituen- Development Corporation undertaking, on the path of sand, calcite and ball clay. cy there were 20,585 benefi- Conserve water, (APMDC) has started miner- further development. He said Many activities were being ciaries and Rs 4,49,89,000 was ‘DGP dancing to CM tunes’ al extraction in Madhya the government had appoint- carried out under the distributed, in Central con- people told Pradesh, Jharkhand and ed an experienced chairper- Corporate Social stituency there were 24,465 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Sawang for yielding the pow- Chhattisgarh. Minister for son to provide more support Responsibility (CSR) with beneficiaries and Rs ers and prestige of the DGP PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Panchayat Raj, Rural to the organization and stat- social responsibility in mining 5,91,20,500 while in East TDP National generals post to the tainted and Development and Mines ed that Shameem Aslam areas. constituency there were Secretary Nara Lokesh on unscrupulous Tadepalli palace. A two-day national webinar Peddireddy Ramachandra would act as a bridge between Venkat Reddy said that the 20,428 beneficiaries and Rs Saturday expressed concern Instead of giving proper clar- on ‘Water management laws - Reddy instructed the officials the government and the APMDC Foundation Trust 4,49,58,250 was being distrib- that the Director General of ifications, the DGP was mak- Life, livelihood and environ- to initiate measures for the organisation. was providing free modern uted to beneficiaries. The Police (DGP) of AP had mort- ing vague statements targeting ment’ being organised by the development of government- APMDC VC & MD VG medical services, free medical beneficiaries would give their gaged the entire police force in the opposition leaders. Damodaram Sanjivayya owned corporation. Venkat Reddy said that examinations and distribu- testimony on how the pen- the State to the ruling YSRCP Nara Lokesh advised the National Law University, got A review meeting on APMDC had already started tion of medicines to the peo- sion was being distributed leaders by surrendering to the DGP to educate and reform under way on Saturday. APMDC was held at the mineral extraction in Madhya ple of the areas surrounding now and before two- and-a- whims and fancies of Chief the culprits in atrocities cases. the Chief Minister who was Addressing the inaugural Secretariat in Velagapudi on Pradesh, Jharkhand and barytes mining in half years during the TDP Minister YS Jaganmohan The government was boasting bent on using the Disha Act for session, Rajendra Singh, Saturday. Chhattisgarh. He said that Mangampet. He also said that government. Reddy. of the Disha Act while it his political publicity stunts known as Waterman of India, APMDC Chairperson coal mining had started in APMDC had set up a modern She said that a negligible 1 Lokesh said that the DGP remained a non-existent law rather than realising the prac- said that science used with Shameem Aslam, Principal Suliyari coal mines and school at Mangampet offering or 1.5 percent of people, who should first create awareness for lack of the necessary tical difficulties involved in its technology and concern for Secretary, Department of APMDC was readying to start corporate level education were away from their native among the Chief Minister and approvals and amendments. implementation. Sawang was nature would not lead to any Mines, Gopalakrishna coal mining in Brahmadia. He accessible to hundreds of stu- place, were receiving their Ministers that the Disha Act In a statement here, Nara evading a direct reply when disaster or destruction to Dwivedi, APMDC VC & MD explained that APMDC was a dents. APMDC was operat- pension once in four to five was not yet an effective law. It Lokesh asked whether it was asked about what action was mankind. Water management VG Venkat Reddy, APMDC key player in the internation- ing RO mineral water plants months. She pointed out that was because of lack of such necessary for a senior IPS offi- taken under the Disha law and conservation of natural Advisor DLR Prasad and sev- al market through its barytes in 72 habitations in Kadapa the Central government had understanding that the Home cer to stoop to such lowest lev- against the culprits of the resources is the responsibility eral other officials participat- mineral extraction programs. and Chittoor districts to pro- made e-KYC mandatory for Ministers and Advisors were els for the sake of retaining the molestation case that took of all and it plays a key role in ed in the meeting. He also said that the compa- vide safe drinking water to the receiving all kinds of welfare daydreaming about giving DGP post. It would remain a place beside the CM's resi- everyone’s life, he added. Minister Ramachandra ny was expanding its capaci- people. schemes. death by hanging sentences to permanent scar in the career of dence. He said love for and confi- dence in nature would bring the real action to preserve nature. Indonesian Former Union Secretary AP Chambers explores biz EAS Sarma said that the CAG’s sample study on Indian rivers, official meets proved that several rivers are polluted and river water Harichandan avenues with Indonesia resources are depleted, result- PNS n VIJAYAWADA ing in a huge problem. He PNS n VIJAYAWADA Saptono said that India is the online meeting with the mentioned various laws, acts Consul General of the biggest exporter of sugar to members of AP Chambers to and judgments to protect Republic of Indonesia in The office-bearers of Andhra Indonesia apart from rice, explain to them about the vir- nature. Professor V Usha Mumbai Agus P Saptono Pradesh Chambers of meat, onions, red chillies and tual Trade Expo being organ- Kiran, Director, ICSSR – SRC called on Andhra Pradesh Commerce and Industry the volume of exports has ised by Indonesia in October and Prof S Surya Prakash, Vice Governor Biswabhusan Federation (AP Chambers) been steadily increasing over 2021. Chancellor, DSNLU, also Harichandan at Raj Bhavan held an interactive meeting the past few years. The president of AP spoke. on Saturday. Governor with the Consul General of He said that his role was to Chambers, KVS Prakash Harichandan discussed with the Republic of Indonesia at strengthen economic diplo- Rao,general secretary, Potluri the Indonesia Consul General Vijayawada to strengthen macy between the two coun- Bhaskara Rao and Executive Agus P Saptono the invest- bilateral trade relations tries. Committee member, Man rapes ment potential of Andhra between Andhra Pradesh and The Consul General said Velagapudi Sambasiva Rao Pradesh State having the sec- Indonesia. that Indonesia is organising participated in the meeting. ond longest coastline, abun- The objective of the meet- a Virtual Trade Expo in Both the parties discussed daughter, dant natural resources, ing was to discuss the possi- October 2021 and he invited the future collaboration investment-friendly environ- bility of exploring trade and members from AP Chambers between Andhra Pradesh and close relative ment and said that potential partnership opportunities to participate in this virtual Indonesia in different sectors investors from Indonesia may between Andhra Pradesh and event to showcase their prod- and agreed to first organise PNS n KAKINADA consider to explore the the Republic of Indonesia. ucts on the platform. He an online meeting this month investment opportunities The Consul General of the mentioned that they will with the members of AP In a shocking incident, a offered by the State govern- Republic of Indonesia Agus P soon organise an exclusive Chambers. man allegedly raped his ment. Governor Harichandan felicitates Indonesia Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Mumbai Agus P Saptono eight-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old close relative at Yeleswaram village. DSP S Murali Mohan told Governor recalls Paik Rebellion the media on Saturday that Harichandan, Jagan greet teachers the victims complained of PNS n VIJAYAWADA level with the initiative of Prime against the British rulers, which stomach pain to their family Minister Narendra Modi, by was appreciated by all circles. The members. PNS n VIJAYAWADA President of India. every successful person, a the birth anniversary of for- Governor Biswabhusan commemorating the bi-cente- Governor said Buxi Jagabandhu, When they enquired them Harichandan said Bharat teacher’s contribution is signif- mer President Bharat Ratna Harichandan participated as chief nary celebrations of the Paik who was the Commander-in- as to what had happened, the Governor Biswabhusan Ratna Dr Radhakrishnan was icant and notable,” he said. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. guest in the Webinar on Veer Rebellion in 2017. The bi-cente- Chief of the Gajapati Maharaja, girls told them that the man Harichandan has greeted the an exemplary academician, He appreciated the efforts of He said teachers play an Katha - celebration of 75th year nary celebrations of Paik could not tolerate the oppressive had raped them. The family teaching fraternity in Andhra scholar, philosopher, author teachers for fulfilling their important role in shaping the of India’s Independence, organ- Rebellion held at Vigyan Bhavan measures of the British rulers and members lodged a complaint Pradesh on the occasion of and statesman who stood for academic responsibilities by future citizens by igniting ised by FICCI FLO Bhubaneswar in New Delhi, were inaugurated brought together all the Paik with the Yeleswaram police Teachers’ Day on Sunday. high ethical values in life. conducting online digital their zeal towards wisdom in virtual mode from Raj Bhavan by the then President of India chiefs of the State and started the station. In a press release here on “Teachers are the architects classes, even in the face of the and guiding them in the right on Saturday. Pranab Mukherjee. bloody mass revolution of the The DSP said that the vic- Saturday, he said the birth of our society and they play an disruption caused by the path on a strong moral and Addressing the FICCI FLO Governor Harichandan said people of Odisha against the tims were shifted to the anniversary of Bharat Ratna important role in nation- Covid-19 pandemic. ethical foundation. members and other distinguished when he was the Cabinet British on March 29, 1817, giv- Government General Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, building. Without their con- Andhra Pradesh Chief “Our government believes guests who participated in the Minister in the Janata Party gov- ing rise to the first War of Hospital for medical exami- on September 5, is celebrated tribution, no society can Minister YS Jagammohan in the Right to Education Webinar, Governor Harichandan ernment in Odisha in 1997 he Independence fought by the nation. as the Teachers’ Day every develop. Teachers guide us by Reddy has extended his warm (RTE) and a level playing narrated the events that led to the held the portfolio of Culture common people of Odisha The police arrested the year in honour of the great imparting good values in life greetings to the teaching fra- field to all students and the Paik Rebellion led by Buxi and took the initiative to observe against the British rulers. He said accused. The DSP said that personality, who served the and devote their best efforts to ternity on the occasion of role of teachers is more ampli- Jagabandhu against the British the Paik Rebellion, which went the Paik Rebellion was a people’s two charge sheets would be country as the first Vice mould the students into Teachers’ Day celebrated on fied with the reforms,” he rulers. He said the Paik Rebellion on for eight long years, as the war fought by the common peo- filed separately against the President and the second responsible citizens. Behind September 5, commemorating said. was recognised at the Central- First War of Independence ple of Odisha. accused within seven days. Governor compliments Now, e-vehicles on rental basis at Vizag railway station PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM a diversified and exceptional medalists at Paralympics range of two-wheeler and four- The Waltair Railway Division wheeler on rent. The project was PNS n VIJAYAWADA event, adding to the gold has developed another passen- set up under non-fare revenue. medal already won by her. ger amenity e-cars and e-bikes One can go on a long ride and Andhra Pradesh Governor She became the first Indian on rent at Visakhapatnam rail- have an enjoyable trip for con- Biswabhusan Harichandan woman to win two medals at way station. While inaugurating secutive days by hiring their on Saturday congratulated the same Paralympic Games. the facility on Saturday, favourite bikes on rent. The Manish Narwal, winner of He also congratulated Divisional Railway Manager entrepreneur offers competi- Gold medal and Singhraj Harvinder Singh who won (DRM) Anup Kumar Satpathy tive pricing and optimum qual- Adhana, winner of Silver Bronze medal in Men’s said that it is for the first of its ity bikes that provide an exquis- medal in mixed 50 metres Individual Recurve Archery kind in Indian Railways. The ite experience for all. The cus- Pistol event at the Tokyo event. concept of e-vehicles on rent is tomer-oriented approach by the Paralympics. The Governor said the an environment-friendly move the station who can avail this public towards conservation of service provider enables it to ful- Governor Harichandan country and the people are with added facility to the pas- facility at nominal charges. The environment, the DRM added. fill the needs of the passengers also congratulated Avani proud of their achievements sengers visiting the city. concept of e-bikes and cars has A leading motorbike rental and the public who intend to Lekhara, who won the and wished them to contin- The rented bikes and cars has to promote environment-friend- company has set up the facility have a happy and joyful ride. Bronze medal in the women’s ue to win more laurels for the an excellent facility for the vis- ly consciousness among the at Visakhapatnam railway sta- The riders can choose to ride on 50 metres Rifle 3 Positions country in the future. itors, passengers and public at travellers and to encourage the tion at Gate No. 1 which offers an hourly and daily basis. VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 vijayawada 04 Venkaiah calls upon people to Is the BJP changing its fight against divisive forces stand on Jagan, KCR? SNCN ACHARYULU near Vasanth Vihar. As per the Modi. PNS n HYDERABAD come together. n HYDERABAD original schedule, KCR was to In his letter to Modi, Jagan Expressing disapproval of return to Hyderabad on sought an early appointment Vice President M Venkaiah some nations mentality to con- The speed that Telangana September 3. But after reach- saying that he wanted to per- Naidu on Saturday called upon sider themselves as superior to Chief Minister K ing Delhi, the Telangana Chief sonally explain the options to the people to fight against divi- others, he said equal respect for ‘Need to prevent avoidable blindness’ Chandrasekhar Rao was able Minister changed his mind revive the VSP. sive forces that seek to divide soci- all is a prerequisite to bring unity ice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday corneal donors in the country, he said there is a to get an appointment with and decided to meet the Prime It may be recalled in the ety on the lines of religion, of mankind. stressed the need to prevent avoidable need to encourage cornea donation in a big way. Prime Minister Narendra Minister. recent monsoon session of region, language, caste, creed or "Separate identities are going Vblindness by spreading awareness about eye Drawing attention to the major health challenge of Modi has led to questions He sought the appointment Parliament, while the YSR colour. to be there but these identities health and developing cost-effective eye care corneal blindness, he quoted the National Blindness whether the BJP is changing of the Prime and received it Congress Party MPs attacked In the 75th year of the coun- should not divide us," he said. solutions accessible to the rural population. The survey (2015-19) and said that in India, its stance vis-a-vis the two without any hassle. According the Union government on try's Independence, every Indian Reiterating Sri Aurobindo's private sector can contribute in a big way in this by approximately 68 lakh people suffer from corneal regional parties ruling to TRS sources, the meeting various issues, the TRS MPs must take a pledge to further vision for India's spirituality, bringing world-class health care facilities to rural blindness in at least one eye, of whom around 10 Telangana and Andhra between KCR and Modi last- played an almost neutral role. strengthen unity and harmony in Naidu said a reawakening needs areas, he said. "There is a dire need to prevent lakh are blind in both their eyes. Pradesh. ed over 40 minutes. In recent days, YSRCP and the country's hugely diverse soci- to come about in terms of the avoidable blindness. We need to spread awareness "The National Blindness and Visual Impairment The Telangana Chief Compared to this, Jagan BJP leaders were involved in ety, he said. country's rich legacy of spiritual about eye health and develop cost-effective eye care Survey 2019 reported that corneal blindness was the Minister was given appoint- had in the month of March heated exchanges. This may Naidu, who was addressing the wisdom which would need to be solutions which are accessible to our rural leading cause of blindness among patients aged less ment with Modi within a day sought the appointment of the have got something to do with students and teachers of Sri recast into new forms and expres- population too," he said. Naidu was speaking than 50 years in India, accounting for 37.5 per cent of his seeking one while it’s Prime Minister to lead an all- the delay in the Prime Minister Aurobindo International School sions to make it globally relevant virtually at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Sri of the cases and was the second leading cause of been five months since his party delegation which was to giving appointment to Jagan. here after inaugurating a photo- and in keeping with the contem- Ramakrishna Sevashrama, Pavagada and the blindness among patients above the age of 50 Andhra Pradesh counterpart submit a representation However, YSRCP leaders exhibition on the life of Sri porary times. inauguration of the new block of Sri Sharadadevi Eye years," he said. Expressing concern over the YS Jaganmohan Reddy has opposing the privatisation of insist that there is no compar- Aurobindo, emphasised that Observing that Bharat Mata Hospital and Research Centre, an official release hardships faced by people with visual impairment, sought audience with the the Vizag Steel Plant. Five ison between the appoint- bridging all divisions was neces- needs to delve deep into her own said. Terming 'giving the gift of sight' as one of the the Vice President said the visually impaired face Prime Minister and is still months on, the Andhra ment given to the Bihar and sary for the greatness of India's treasures, he exhorted the coun- noblest acts, he called upon people to overcome many challenges in their life and all efforts must be waiting. Pradesh Chief Minister is still AP Chief Ministers. While future. try's youth to be independent and their hesitation and come forward to donate their made by everyone to lessen their difficulties and help This has inevitably led to waiting for Modi to find time Nitish Kumar meeting was Highlighting the positive original in their thinking, draw- eyes after death. Referring to the huge demand for them surmount challenges. rumours doing rounds in in his busy schedule. supportive of the Union gov- aspects of religion, he said if ing upon native sources instead political circles. Two days ago, Bihar Chief ernment's, Jagan was to meet everyone follows one's religion in of being content as poor imita- KCR reached New Delhi on Minister Nitish Kumar got the the Prime Minister and raise true spirit, there will not be any tors of the West. to bring happiness in people's writings, he not only kindled a purpose and relevance at the indi- September 1 to lay the foun- appointment to lead an all- objections against the Centre’s religious conflict, an official He called for rewriting Indian lives which should be the ultimate strong desire for complete inde- vidual, national and global level dation stone for the TRS office party delegation to meet decision to privatise VSP. release said. history with an Indian perspec- aim.Describing Sri Aurobindo as pendence among the masses but even today. Responding to a student's tive to instill a sense of pride in a great revolutionary Yogi, also focused on spiritual regen- Noting that Sri Aurobindo question, he said reforms were "our glorious cultural heritage philosopher, poet and freedom eration of the nation," Naidu said. wanted Asia to regain a great role needed in the United Nations so among the younger generation." fighter, Naidu said he remains an Referring to Sri Aurobindo's in the progress of human civili- that it becomes a truly represen- Naidu said GDP growth and eternal source of inspiration for message to the nation on the day sation, he said building a prosper- ENC Vice Admiral tative organisation where the wealth creation are not an end in every Indian. of Independence, in 1947, he ous and united India will be cru- soul and heart of the nations themselves, rather they are means "Through his speeches and said that his words were of great cial for the rise of Asia. inspects Kakinada beach Ramayapatnam: Colonies to be built for displaced PNS n KAKINADA Eastern Naval Command Vice PNS n ONGOLE acquisitions for the crore was required for the acqui- for Rs.1,049.67 crore worth pack- should be completed by July Admiral Ajenra Bahadur Singh Ramayapatnam Port under Stage sition of land for the construction age to be extended to the 2022. He asked the revenue offi- visited the beach area here on Prakasam District Collector 1. He said that 547 acres of land of Ramayapatnam Port and the Veligonda project evacuees. cials to issue notice before launch- Saturday. Pravin Kumar has directed the should be acquired in the limits Collector examined the prelimi- “Initially the villagers of ing the land acquisition process. The Navy is preparing to officials to construct colonies for of Ravuru village. The land of 563 nary estimation in this regard. Gottipadiya and Sunkesula should “The compensation should be dis- display the Naval war plane the evacuees of Ramayapatnam families was acquired and they Pravin Kumar asked the offi- be shifted to the rehabilitation bursed to 3,728 families in the 11 TU-142 at the beach. Port. The Collector held a review should be rehabilitated. cials to focus on disbursing com- colonies. As soon as the money habitations transparently. We have Ajendra Bahadur Singh meeting on the land acquisition, The Collector asked the offi- pensation to those who are part- is released, house sites should be submitted a report to the govern- was welcomed by District rehabilitation of evacuees and R cials to acquire 31 acres of land to ing with their lands. Officials distributed to them”, the Collector ment seeking Rs 204 crore for the Collector C Hari Kiran and & R package of the construct colonies to accommo- should get approvals from the said. He said that under Stage 1, same. Providing amenities have Superintendent of Police M Ramayapatnam Port here on date 775 evacuees at a cost of Rs government to provide R & R the acquisition of 509.70 acres been completed by 25 percent and Ravindranath Babu. ed the work in progress for dis- Commissioner Swapnil Saturday. 20 crore and send the proposal to package to 7,318 Veligonda pro- should be completed by the rest of the works should be The Vice Admiral, along play of the TU-142 M war Dinakar and GUDA Chairman He directed the officials to the government for the same. ject evacuees. He asked the offi- November and the acquisition of completed by February 2022,” with the Collector and the SP, plane. K Subba Rao accompanied expedite the process of land The Collector said that Rs 658 cials to take steps to get approval 2,155.84 acres under Stage 2, Pravin Kumar said. visited the beach and inspect- Kakinada Smart City them. SHORT TAKES Man arrested for All set for UPSC exam stealing vehicles Union Min visits Vizag Port ‘Garuda Puranam’ recitation PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM PNS n HYDERABAD in Tirupati today Union Minister of State for from September 8 The Mailardevpally Police External Affairs and PNS n TIRUPATI protocol of physical distanc- TIRUPATI: The Tirumala arrested a person involved in Parliamentary Affairs V ing. The candidates should Tirupati Devasthanams 11 cases of vehicle theft on Muralidharan visited Tirupati RDO Kanakanarsa reach the exam centre well (TTD), as part of its Saturday. Visakhapatnam Port on Reddy on Saturday said elab- before the commencement of Parayana Maha Yagnam, The arrested person was Saturday. VPT Chairman orate arrangements were being the exam and entry gates has planned to start ‘Garuda identified as Vishalgiri welcomed the minister and made for the smooth conduct would be closed 10 minutes Puranam’ recitation which Goswamy, 24, a labourer from explained the harbour infra- of the Union Public Service before the scheduled com- will be performed at Nada Katedan in Mailardevpally. structure, imports and Commission (UPSC) exami- mencement time. Besides Neerajana Mandapam here According to the Police, exports from the port. nation on Sunday. sanitising the centres and the in Tirumala from September Goswamy did a recce of res- Later, the minister, along The RDO, after inspecting entire premises a day before 8 onwards. TTD EO KS idential colonies and identi- with officials, visited the port the arrangements made at the the exam, adequate stocks of Jawahar Reddy, at a fied vehicles parked in seclud- and witnessed the cargo han- examination centres here at SV hand sanitisers, face masks programme held here on ed areas. He later returned dling operations and develop- Arts College campus, said that and gloves would be made Saturday, said that after receiving a huge response for all its and stole the parked bikes. ment works in the harbour. the UPSC would conduct a available at the test centres. spiritual programmes including Parayanams, they would will start He was allegedly involved On the occasion, the min- recruitment test for the selec- Care was being taken to ensure yet another significant ‘puranam’ given to the mankind by Hindu in automobile theft cases in ister appreciated the Port tion of Enforcement Officer or strict adherence to the Sanatana Dharma, the ‘Garuda Puranam’ from next week. Briefing Mailardevpally and Bahadur- Management for the ongoing Accounts Officer in the COVID-19 guidelines, he said. about some important upcoming events in Tirumala, the EO said, pura. Following a tip-off, he developmental activities and Employees’ Provident Fund The exam will be held at 15 Sri Varaha Jayanti would be observed on September 9 and ‘Sri was caught at Katedan. cargo handling activities. Organisation (EPFO), centres in Tirupati in a single Ananta Padmanabha Vratam’ on September 19. Ministry of Labour and session from 10 am to 12 pm. Employment. As many as The RDO appealed to the 7,120 candidates would appear candidates to reach the exam- JC Rajakumari shifted for the examination, he said. ination centre one hour before KAKINADA: Joint Collector (Asara, Wedding in US, virtual blessings from Vinukionda He said frisking of the can- the scheduled time. Welfare) G Rajakumari was transferred to didates at the exam centres Joint Director of UPSC Guntur district as Joint Collector PNS n GUNTUR ried in Dallas in America on would be done away with this Subash Chand, Rahul Singh (Development). Previously, she worked Saturday. Due to the year to avoid physical contact and other officers took part in in EG district as DWMA Project Director. Digitization has brought rev- Coronavirus pandemic the in view of the COVID-19 the inspection. Later, she worked here as RDO. She was olutionary changes in every parents could not go to conferred the IAS but she continued to sector and now to convention- America. work as Joint Collector. She received an al marriages as well. However, they got a huge award from the State Governor for her The happiness of the par- digital screen erected at their 3 washed away, bodies fished out excellent performance during the 2019 ents of the bride and bride- house in Vinukonda and they PNS n KAKINADA Podiya Ganesh Dora (5) were elections. groom knew no bounds when witnessed the wedding on the washed away while crossing a they saw the marriage, held in screen virtually. The two cou- Three persons, including a canal on Friday. The bodies Dallas in America, on a digi- ples blessed their son and woman and her son, were were fished out on Saturday. tal screen at Vinukonda on daughter by watching the dig- washed away in a canal at Bad- Family members said that 224 kg ganja seized, 2 held Saturday. ital screen. Some of the rela- igunta village in Devipatnam the deceased woman, along KAKINADA: The police seized 224 kg cannabis while being Grishmant (bridegroom), tives also attended to watch the mandal on Saturday. All the with her son and some others, transported illegally in a car at Ethakota check post near Ravulapalem son of L Venkata Krishna Rao marriage on the digital screen three bodies were fished out. went to Devipatnam to com- on the national highway on Saturday and arrested two persons. The and Santha couple and Anujna and the atmosphere in their Police said here on Saturday plete the e-EKYC for their ganja was packed in 105 plastic bags and stuffed into seven gunny (bride), daughter of Vinukoda house looked as if that the deceased Netti Jyothi ration card and while coming bags with the total market value estimated to be Rs 4.48 lakh. The Kommalapati Sriramamurthy the marriage was being held (30), her son Netti Vamshi back to their village the three ganja was being transported illegally to Hyderabad, the arrested and Sobharani couple got mar- there. Dora (5) and another boy met a watery grave. persons told the police. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Shaik Khaza (26) and Syed Khader (25) – both from Hyderabad, police added. Cops seize 18 Candle light protest tonnes of PDS Row over women dancing at swearing-in VASIREDDY RAVICHANDRA the danseuses were seen danc- by TDP workers rice, arrest 2 n GUNTUR ing to the numbers of the GUNTUR: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) activists, led by Kovelamudi audience’s choice. Ravindra, organised a candle light protest against the attacks and Had it not been for women Interestingly, the programme atrocities on women in the party office here on Saturday.The TDP PNS n HYDERABAD dancing to popular Telugu and was held in the function hall activists, holding candles and flexi banners, raised slogans protesting Hindi film numbers amind which was located very close to the attacks and demanding punishment to the accused who killed The Kukatpally Housing raucous cheering, the swear- the SP’s office. B.Tech student Ramya. Board Police on Saturday ing-in ceremony of the Andhra The dancing by women at arrested two persons who Pradesh Meat Development the swearing-in function drew were illegally transporting Corporation (APDMC) flak by Opposition leaders stat- PDS rice in a lorry. Chairman M Sriramulu held in ing that the police are object- Officials seized 18 tonnes of the Yerramsetti function hall ing to all programmes citing PDS rice from their posses- here on Saturday could have the Coronavirus pandemic and sion. passed off as a formal occasion. wondered how they allowed The arrested persons The event raised many an such dances. have been identified as Baba eyebrow not for the pomp and They sought to know why Patel, 28 and Ahmed Miya, gaiety that marked the occasion the police are raising objections 33. but for the dance programme by to giving permission to per- The duo are the driver danseuses who tried to regale form pujas on the Ganesh and cleaner of the lorry. the participants. This was in no That the ‘grand’ event had Suresh, Mekathoti Sucharita, ‘cultural’ programme was Chaturthi day and why the The accused persons and way appropriate for an occasion taken place right in the pres- MP Brahmananda Reddy, organised in order to ‘infuse police had kept quiet when seized rice were brought to such as a swearing-in ceremo- ence of Ministers Buggana MLAs and MLCs goes to prove enthusiasm’ among the YSRCP such cheap dances were per- the police station. ny of a Corporation chairman. Rajendra Prasad, Adimulapu the audacity with which the activists in attendance. Worse, formed at a crowded function. VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 nation 05 DABHOLKAR MURDER 3-day Kailash Yatra starts with Kerala main parties vying CBI seeks invocation of limited number of devotees to support PNS n BHADERWAH (J&K) Taliban: BJP The three-day-long pilgrimage UAPA against 5 accused PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM to the 14,700 feet high Kailash Kund commenced here Striking ‘terror among section of people’ Saturday with a limited num- BJP state president K ber of devotees accompanying Surendran on Saturday PNS n PUNE section of people in the society. that. So where does the ques- the holy mace for the second alleged that mainstream polit- So our argument in the present tion of terror arise?" he said. consecutive year due to Covid- ical parities in Kerala are The Central Bureau of case is that firearms were used He added that they sought 19 outbreak, officials said. vying to extend support to Investigation (CBI) has argued to murder Dr Dabholkar to exactly what charges the pros- The 'Charri Mubarak' (holy Taliban after the terrorist in a court that the five accused strike terror among a section of ecution wants to frame against mace) was taken out from group took control over in the 2013 murder case of people, here a group of people, Tawde as in the initial probe of 2100-year-old Vasuki Nag Afghanistan. rationalist Dr Narendra that is members of the the CBI, they had claimed that Temple at Gatha around 8.30 Both the ruling CPI(M)-led Dabholkar be tried under the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Sarang Akolkar and Vinay am and was joined by anoth- LDF and the Congress-head- Unlawful Activities Nirmulan Samiti (founded by Pawar had shot Dabholkar er mace from Vasuki Nag ed UDF opposition were play- (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for Dabholkar), so section 16 of dead and had termed Tawde as Temple Vasik Dhera ing a different sort of politics striking "terror among a section UAPA is attracted in the case," the conspirator, but later came Bhadarwah, officials said. second consecutive year. 19 infection," Gupta said. after the militants were back of people". he said. up with another theory before Former MLC Naresh Kumar Additional Deputy Com- According to local belief, in power in the neighbouring The arguments over framing He added that the CBI had the court that Andure and Gupta and senior leader Mast missioner, Bhadarwah, Rakesh Kailash Kund was the original country, he charged. of charges against the five received sanction from the Kalaskar had shot Dabholkar Nath Yogi also participated in Kumar said tight security arra- abode of lord Shiva, but he ga- He further alleged that accused - Dr Virendrasinh Dr Narendra Dabholkar state government to invoke dead, in which they again the rituals connected with the ngements were made for the ve it to Vasuki Nag before mo- those who take a pro- Tawde, Sharad Kalaskar, Sachin section 16 of the UAPA. named Tawde as the conspira- ancient yatra at Vasik Dhera. peaceful conduct of the yatra. ving to Manmahesh in Bharm- Taliban stand were the ones Andure, advocate Sanjeev spiracy), 120 B read with 302 Defense counsel Virendra tor. A good number of 'Nag 'Charri Mubarak' would our area of Himachal Pradesh. trying to whitewash the Punalekar and Vikram Bhave - (murder), relevant sections of Ichalkaranjikar, however, "How can this be the same? devotees' see off the holy mace reach the high altitude lake on The pilgrimage, which com- Moplah riots that occurred began before additional ses- the Arms Act and section 16 opposed the prosecution's There has to be only one the- of Kailash Yatra amidst strict Monday morning and the acc- mences on the 14th day after in the state in 1921. sions judge (special court (punishment for the terrorist demand to invoke section 16 of ory," he said. adherence to Covid-appropri- ompanying devotees would 'Shravan Purnima', is consid- "In Kerala, mainstream judge) S R Navandar here on act ) of the Unlawful Activities the UAPA. After hearing arguments ate behaviour, officials said. perform the traditional prayers ered as one of the toughest as political parities are vying Friday. (Prevention) Act. He pressed "We oppose the pressing of from both the sides, the court Thousands of devotees from there. pilgrims have to trek 21 Km with each other to extend sup- Special public prosecutor for section 16 of the UAPA and section 16 of the UAPA as the posted the matter for hearing across the country used to take "Due to Covid-19 threat, steep Kailash mountains range port to the Taliban. Political Prakash Suryawanshi, while argued how invoking it was jus- prosecution has been stating on September 7. part in the annual yatra which only holy Mace has been to reach the holy Kund (lake), leaders in the state are nurtur- arguing the case on behalf of tified in the case. since 2016 through their vari- Dabholkar, a well-known was hit by Covid-19. The adm- allowed to move towards where devotees take a dip in ing religious extremism by the CBI, said that the accused "The definition of section 15 ous documents that Dr Tawde anti-superstition crusader, was inistration decided to allow Kailash Kund. We hope that the ice-cold water to take the giving milk and honey," have been charged under IPC of the UAPA is to strike terror used to despise Dabholkar and shot dead in Pune on August only the holy mace to proceed Vasuki Nag will cure all our blessings of serpent God, Surendran said here in a press sections 120 B (criminal con- in the mind of the society or he had killed him as a fallout of 20, 2013. towards Kailash kund for the problems and vanquish Covid- Gupta said. meet. Congress seeks SC-monitored Supertech to file review petition INDIA CORNER against SC order on twin towers Karnataka cabinet decides PNS n NEW DELHI the towers were constructed as probe into JEE exam paper leak per the approval of the competent to ban online gambling Realty firm Supertech Ltd on authority conforming to the PNS n NEW DELHI conference, Congress the entire fraud under the exams in Haryana, JEE main Saturday said it will file a review Building bye-laws," Supertech he Karnataka Cabinet on spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, supervision of a sitting 2020 and the latest case. petition against the Supreme Chairman R K Arora said. He TSaturday decided to impose a The Congress on Saturday Delhi Congress leader Alka Supreme Court judge as this is "The only one thing that is Court order to demolish the said in a statement that the Apex ban on online gambling or demanded a Supreme Court- Lamba and NSUI national an issue related to the future of common in all these examina- company's twin 40-storey towers and Ceyane towers are not linked betting. However, lottery and monitored probe into the president Neeraj Kundan said our country," Vallabh told tions is that they have messed in Noida while asserting that the to or part of any ongoing project horse racing have not been alleged manipulation of JEE how can stu- reporters. up the future of students of our buildings were of the company. prohibited. "We are amending the Mains examination after the dents be "Is it not country. The 'Paper Leak constructed as per Supertech group is Karnataka Police Act, with an CBI arrested seven persons in assured that the responsi- Government' is answerable to the bye-laws with developing 10 crore intention to put an end to online this connection. such frauds bility that the every youth of our country approval of the sq ft across its pro- gambling, on the basis of the The Congress also demand- have not hap- government who is not able to get a deserv- competent author- jects, while Apex and High Court directions. The ed answers from the BJP gov- pened in should ensure ing job or seat in a reputed ity. Ceyane towers only cabinet has approved the amendments, it will be placed before the ernment, saying the Education other exams that every stu- institute due to endless paper Last week, the constitute a mere 6 assembly," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy Ministry and the National conducted by dent out of 22 leaks," he said. apex court had lakh sq.ft which is 0.6 said. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting here, he said Testing Agency (NTA) are the NTA. lakh appli- Lamba alleged that paper ordered to demol- per cent of the total the government has decided to ban online gambling. "The draft Bill responsible for conducting If one of cants who leaks are happening under BJP ish the twin 40- portfolio, he added. defines online games as, games involving all forms of wagering or examinations in a transparent the most appeared for governments and dubbed it as storey towers, which are part of "While we have already betting including in the form of tokens valued in terms of the money manner and why they are not prestigious entrance examina- JEE Main exams 2021 to get a the "Bechte Jao Paper" party the Supertech's Emerald Court refunded most of the customers paid before or after the issue of it or electronic means and virtual held accountable. tions of the country (JEE) is fair chance as their future is at where the future of students project in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. in this project after the Hon'ble currency, also electronic transfer of currency in connection The party's students wing, not spared by these frauds, stake," he said. and the country is at stake. "While we respect the Hon'ble High Court, Allahabad decision with any game of chance," the Minister said. NSUI, also announced protests then what is the quality of Citing the chronology of She also demanded that the Supreme Court order, we have passed in 2014 – we will further across the country on Monday future professionals generated, paper leaks, he mentioned guilty be brought to book as decided to re-present the matter comply with the Hon'ble on the issue. they asked. Vyapam, SSC-2017, CBSE fast as possible and a trial before the Hon'ble Supreme Supreme Court directions as per Addressing a joint press "We demand an inquiry into Class X and XII-2018, entrance held in a fast-track court. Court in a review application as the order passed," Arora said. ‘Amethi has become self-reliant in medical oxygen production’

methi was neglected for 70 years Beat constable most Don’t be content with silver medal, Aand there was not even one oxy- gen generation unit, but it has become self-reliant in medical oxy- important person who gen now with seven plants, Union aim for gold next time: Shah to Chanu Minister Smriti Irani said on Saturday, in an apparent swipe at PNS n NEW DELHI ed to be done for athletes in the Congress whose leaders repre- makes democracy terms of providing them facil- sented the constituency for decades. Irani, on a two-day visit to her par- Union Home Minister Amit ities. liamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, inspected a trauma centre in PNS n NEW DELHI personnel from various cen- Shah on Saturday felicitated The BPR&D had earlier said Jagdishpur. "Amethi was deprived of various facilities for 70 years. tral, state and Union Olympic medallist Mirabai that this honour for the There was not a single oxygen plant in Amethi, but today there are seven Union Home Minister Amit Territory police forces, Shah Chanu here for bringing laurels Olympic winner was "a small oxygen plants.... In the area of medical oxygen, Amethi has become self- Shah on Saturday said the said the next decade is going to the country in weightlifting gesture to welcome her to the reliant," she said. "Amethi is my home, my family. I know how to look 'beat constable' deployed at the to be very important from and exhorted her not to be fraternity on behalf of the after the family. I do what I say. You have seen that during the COVID-19 lowest level of the police sys- the point of internal securi- content with the silver medal Indian police." pandemic. Initially samples had to be sent to Lucknow for testing, but tem is the most important per- ty as the country under and to aim for gold next time. Chanu had clinched a silver the Yogi Adityanath government in UP made such a provision that son who makes a democracy Prime Minister Narendra The 27-year-old sportsper- medal in the 49kg category COVID-19 tests are now being conducted in Amethi," said Irani, who successful. Modi was taking giant leaps son, appointed as an addi- weightlifting that opened defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the constituency in 2019. Delivering the keynote in becoming a strong nation tional superintendent of police India's account at the recently- speech during the 51st foun- and economy. in her home state Manipur concluded Tokyo Olympics. dation day event of the Bureau He added that as many as after the recent win at the sum- India won a total of seven of Police Research and 3,700 armed cadre of various mer games, was honoured dur- medals at these games. Restrictions on assembly Development (BPRD), he said insurgent groups have surren- ing the 51st Raising Day cele- The home minister also gave democracy cannot be suc- dered before the Union gov- brations of the Bureau of Police "I thank her for her hard- should not be content with a away trophies and medals for of people continue in J&K cessful if law and order in a ernment in the last two years. Research and Development work and dedication," the silver medal but should now excellence in training to win- country is not good. Shah said an accord will also (BPR&D), a central govern- home minister added. aim for a gold. The entire ner states/union territories and estrictions on assembly of The beat constable, the cop be signed with a Karbi ment think tank. "When I met her on the country is waiting for it," Shah central police organisations Rpeople remained in force in-charge of the smallest unit Anglong group on Saturday Shah presented the athlete stage to honour her, I wished said. and forces, and seven authors in most parts of Kashmir under a police jurisdiction, is evening. with a shawl and memento. her success. Everyone, from the He acknowledged the "strug- who wrote on policing subjects Valley after the death of the main and the most impor- The minister asked the He said Chanu brought hon- prime minister of the country gles" undertaken by Chanu in Hindi. hardline separatist leader tant person who makes the BPRD, a central government our for the country by winning to the common man, has mentioning that she used to The BPR&D, an organisa- Syed Ali Shah Geelani while democracy successful, The think tank, to prepare the a medal at the Tokyo Olympic applauded her and rejoiced in take "lift" in trucks to reach the tion under the Ministry of mobile Internet services were Union home minister said. police forces as smart and games and is now a proud her victory." place where she trained. Home Affairs, was founded in suspended on Saturday Addressing officers and strong units. member of the police force. "I want to tell her that she Shah said much more need- August 1970. morning after being restored the previous night, officials said. Geelani, 91, died at his home in Srinagar on Wednesday night after a prolonged illness. The pro-Pakistan separatist leader, who spearheaded separatist politics for over three decades in Jammu and Kashmir, was buried at a mosque near his residence. Following his 8 held for conversion, charged with waging war on India death, restrictions were imposed in the Valley as a precautionary measure. Restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in PNS n LUCKNOW Unlawful Conversion of most parts of the valley but curbs on movement have been eased in Religion Act 2021. some parts, the officials said, adding the curbs were in place in Eight people arrested over The ATS had filed the plea in BJP's Brahmin outreach programme in Srinagar's Downtown (old city) and Hyderpora, the native area of alleged illegal religious conver- the special court, seeking the Geelani. sion in Uttar Pradesh have addition Sections 121A and been charged with conspiring to 123 of the IPC. run-up to UP polls draws Opposition flak wage war against the country. The ATS alleged the gang was Special judge Ram Gupta involved not only in illegal reli- PNS n LUCKNOW schemes the BJP governments at interests will be safeguarded if the HC asks Centre not to take allowed a plea by the anti-ter- gious activities but also con- the Centre and in the state have party comes to power. Like the rorist squad, which had arrest- spired to disturb the population The BJP's Brahmin outreach launched for the masses. Taking a BSP, the Samajwadi Party has also coercive steps against trust ed the eight in June, seeking the ratio in the country to promote programme in Uttar Pradesh drew potshot at the BJP, the BSP, which been holding a series of meetings addition of Sections 121 A enmity among different reli- Opposition flak Saturday with the started holding similar of intellectuals since August 23. he Delhi High Court has directed the (conspiring to wage war against gions, thereby posing a danger BSP and the Congress alleging the programmes from July 23 in its With the BSP, the Samajwadi Party TCentre not to take any coercive step the country) and 123 (conceal- to the unity, integrity and sov- community faced "oppression" attempt to return to power with and now the BJP making clear against a charitable trust, formed for ing the existence of a design to ereignty of the country. through the past four years of BJP the support of all sections of their plans to go all out to woo upliftment of destitutes and leprosy wage war against the govern- Vindo alias Arslan, KausarAlam "The gang aimed to establish rule, and the party is remembering society as it did in 2007, accused Brahmins, who constitute 13 per patients, for not filing its annual return as ment) in the FIR. and Dr Faraj Babullah Shah. Islamic state in the country," the them now with an eye on the the ruling party of "copying" its cent of the state's population, the mandated under the Foreign Contribution While allowing the plea The accused were taken in ATS said on Saturday. upcoming state polls. The BJP has idea. The success of the BSP's Congress alleged these parties Regulation Act due to purported technical Thursday, the court also extend- judicial custody under Sections "During investigation of the announced a series of conferences 'Prabuddh Varg Sammelan' have started talking about the glitches on the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Justice Rekha ed the judicial custody of the 417 (cheating), 120B (criminal case, such evidence has been for the "enlightened class" in all the (meeting of intellectuals) has community just with election in Palli issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and asked accused till September 14. conspiracy), 153A (promoting collected which disclose com- 403 assembly constituencies of troubled the BJP, BSP president mind. "If the BJP, BSP as well as it to respond to the petition, and listed the matter for further hearing The accused against whom enmity between different mission of offences under sec- Uttar Pradesh beginning Mayawati said during the day. In a SP have so much love for on December 16. “Till the next date, no coercive action be taken by the offences were added were groups on grounds of religion, tion 121A and 123 of IPC September 5. During the significant symbolic move, the Brahmins, why don't they project the respondent (MHA) against the petitioner (trust) for non filing of its identified as Mohd Umar race, place of birth, residence), against the accused and hence programme, the BJP plans to BSP started its campaign, led by a Brahmin face as the chief return for the year 2019-20,” the court said. The petitioner, Destitutes Gautam, Mufti Kazi Jahangir 153B (imputations, assertions it is necessary to take remand of reach out to people from different its national general secretary ministerial candidate in the and Leprosy Patients Rehabilitation Trust, sought direction to the Alam Kasmi, Irfan Sekh alias prejudicial to national-integra- the accused under the added walks of life including teachers, Satish Chandra Misra, from upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly authorities to allow it to upload its form FC-4 on the ministry's portal, Irfan Khna, Salahudin alias tion) among other sections of sections also," ATS investigating engineers, doctors, litterateurs and Ayodhya to reach out to Brahmin elections," UP Congress media as mandated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), Jainuddin Sekh, Prasad the IPC, alongside those of officer Mohan Prasad Verma deliberate on the works and voters assuring them their convener Lalan Kumar said. 2010, to enable it to file its annual return for the financial year 2019- Rameshwar Kanware, Bhupriya Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of said. 2020 beyond the prescribed date of June 30, 2021. VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5,2021 money 06 Equities likely to rise further but valuations cast concern

PNS n MUMBAI accelerate the rise of India's encouraging macro data and FPI inflows into the emerg- Head, Retail Research, key stock indices in the FPI inflows. ing markets, including India. Broking and Distribution, Persistent foreign capital upcoming week. Consequently, both the Nifty could take support Motilal Oswal Financial inflows on the back of buoy- Accordingly, FPIs expect NSE Nifty50 and S&P BSE from 17,153 while 17,480 Services. ant global cues as well as an accelerated economic Sensex closed the week at could act as a resistance in "Large caps offer better domestic macros are expect- recovery in India based on record high levels. the near term," he added. margin of safety in the cur- ed to fur- healthy macro numbers and The Sensex rose 3.6 per Lately, strong liquidity has rent environment and could ther monsoon rains. cent and the Nifty gained 3.7 boosted the domestic market continue to remain in focus They now await July per cent over last week, its with FPIs pumping in Rs in the near term as well," he industrial production second consecutive weekly 6,800 crore in the last few added. figures slated to be gain and the largest in seven sessions. Recent data points such as Government looks at revising coal released next Friday. months. "Going ahead, the market GDP, PMI and GST collec- However, market "US payrolls data has is likely to continue with its tions have indicated a observers cited come in much below expec- positive momentum as eco- healthy economic recovery. high valuations tations, fuelling anticipations nomic recovery and vaccina- "Strong domestic econom- stock rules to address fuel shortage along with that the US Fed will keep tion continue their north- ic numbers are supporting chances of profit providing enough stimulus ward journey. However, val- the upward movement in the PNS n NEW DELHI adequate or excess coal stocks. constraints. bookings as key to revive the US economy," uations are also moving market even in these high Lower coal stocks at certain The issues came up during factors that can said Deepak Jasani, Head of beyond the comfort zones levels of valuation. The In an attempt to address the plants had impacted power the minister's review meeting cap gains and Retail Research, HDFC and hence could lead to domestic front is awaiting issue of coal shortage being generation in the last few on Friday with the representa- flare up volatility. Securities. bouts of profit-booking and the release of a major eco- faced by certain thermal power months. tives from the Ministry of Last week, "This could sup- increase in volatility," nomic data -- the industrial stations, the government is The Power Minister also Power, Ministry of Coal, India's benchmark port said Siddhartha production data for July," looking at easing coal stock desired the ministry to hold a Central Electricity Authority indices registered Khemka, said rules to allow diversion of fuel separate review of power plants (CEA), Railways and power strong gains aided to stations having critical level with captive mines to ensure PSUs. by positive glob- of stocks. maximum use of these mines Taking a detailed review of al cues, At a review meeting of ther- by the power plants. the coal stock position at the mal power plants, Union He also urged the ministry individual thermal power Power Minister R.K. Singh officials to look more into plants, Singh directed the offi- asked the power secretary to blending imported and indige- cials to work in a co-ordinat- look at the possibility of reduc- nous coal for better econom- ed manner to streamline the ing the benchmark of 14 days ics for the plants, in case stock and supply of coal, in of coal stocks to 10 days for importing was the require- anticipation of the rising ener- identifying and diverting coal ment for such plants. gy demand. to plants with extremely The minister pointed out Singh also reviewed the day- depleted stocks. that rising demand for energy wise status of power require- Once implemented, this augurs well for the economy. ment and withdrawal from could address the issues of a He told the officials that ener- the grid state-wise. He also number of thermal plants hav- gy demand is likely to rise, reviewed the status of coal ing critical level of coal supplies which will need to be factored stocks and hydro power gen- while others functioning with in as they address the current eration. Barbeque Nation FT MF gets Rs 149 crore from VI Stalin announces MONEY MATTERS raises Rs 100 cr cancellation of PNS n NEW DELHI The interest amount Grasim appoints appoints received from the telecom market levy on via preferential Franklin Templeton Mutual player will be distributed to Hari Krishna Agarwal as MD Fund has said it received a pay- unitholders of the segregated cotton issue of shares ment of nearly Rs 149 crore portfolio. ditya Birla Group flagship firm from Vodafone Idea Ltd as "This payment will be made PNS n CHENNAI Grasim Industries Ltd has PNS n NEW DELHI interest on its securities invest- by extinguishing 8.77 per cent Aappointed Hari Krishna Agarwal as ment, which will be distributed of the outstanding units of each A one per cent market levy on its Managing Director with effect from Restaurants chain Barbeque among investors of the segre- unitholder in the segregated cotton and cotton waste would December 1, 2021, following request Nation Hospitality Ltd on gated portfolios. portfolio. The proportion of be withdrawn and the relevant for early retirement by incumbent Dilip Saturday said it has raised "The interest amounting to units to be extinguished has legislation shall be suitably Gaur, according to a regulatory filing nearly Rs 100 crore through Rs 148.75 crore due from been derived by assuming a amended to give effect to it, by the company. The board of preferential issue of equity Vodafone Idea Ltd on total repayment of Rs 1,695.84 Chief Minister M K Stalin directors of the company at its meeting shares to three different September 3, 2021 for the crore (principal + interest) announced in the Assembly held on September 1, 2021 had investors, including Massach security...(Non-convertible from the issuer," the spokesper- on Saturday. Citing represen- accepted the request of Gaur for an usetts Institute of Technology. debenture /NCD) held in the Accrual and Franklin India The decision was taken after son said. tations from weavers and early retirement. Accordingly, "Gaur will The company's stakeholders' segregated portfolio of five Income Opportunities funds – the Supreme Court rejected Investors in side pocketed entrepreneurs, Stalin said the cease to be Managing Director and Key relationship committee appro- schemes has been received," a had made investment in the the telecom player's review units are repaid money as and levy of one per cent fee by the Managerial Personnel as well as Member of the Board of Directors of ved an allotment of 11,77,855 Franklin Templeton MF telco. plea related to over Rs 40,000 when it is recovered from debt market committee "is can- the company with effect from the close of business hours of fully paid-up equity shares of spokesperson said. The fund house created side crore adjusted gross revenue issuers. "For units held in phys- celled," and an amendment November 30, 2021," the filing added. Earlier in February this year, a face value of Rs 5 each at a Of the six debt schemes of pockets in the five schemes (AGR)-related dues to the ical/ statement of account Bill would be passed in the the board had approved the reappointment of Gaur as MD for a premium of Rs 844 by prefer- the fund house, which were holding bonds issued by government. mode, 8.77 per cent of the out- ongoing Assembly session. period of one year with effect from April 1, 2021. Gaur had joined the ential allotment, the company wound up in April 2020, five Vodafone Idea in January last Creation of segregated port- standing unitholding as on Under the TN Agricultural Aditya Birla Group (ABG) in 2004 after spending 24 years at said in a regulatory filing. It has schemes – Franklin India Low year, before the winding up, folios is a mechanism to sep- September 3, 2021 will be Produce Marketing Act 1987, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.The company further said its board has allotted 7,06,713 equity shares Duration, Franklin India Short and various securities issued arate distressed, illiquid and extinguished towards payment one per cent fee is levied on approved appointment of Agarwal, "as the Managing Director and to Massachusetts Institute of Term Income Plan, Franklin by the telecom player in the hard-to-value assets from and will be distributed to cotton and cotton waste - Key Managerial Personnel" for a period of two years with effect from Technology for subscription India Credit Risk Fund, schemes were segregated from other more liquid assets in a unitholders by September 8, based on the sale value- by the December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2023 subject to approval of amount of Rs 59,99,99,337. Franklin India Dynamic the total portfolio. portfolio. 2021," he said. market committee. shareholders. Zydus ropes in Katrina as brand FCL focusing on Digital First model Infosys inaugurates ambassador for ‘Sugar Free' PNS n NEW DELHI down, a new way of consump- ydus Wellness on Saturday said it has tion was adopted by Indian roped in Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif Expecting consumer behav- masses with e-commerce Silver Jubilee Block PNS n Zas brand ambassador of its low iour of shifting to online shop- becoming an integral part of NEW DELHI The block was inaugurated calorie sweetener brand 'Sugar Free'. ping due to the COVID-19 frequent daily basket shop- virtually by Vice-President M "Bringing Katrina Kaif on board as Sugar pandemic to remain in the long ping," it said. Infosys Foundation on Venkaiah Naidu. The grant Free's new brand ambassador is a step term, Future Consumer Ltd The company said it believes Saturday announced the inau- from Infosys Foundation was toward accelerating this growth and (FCL) is focusing on changing that "habits formed in current guration of the Silver Jubilee utilised to construct this block, strengthening our position as the market orientation of all business and times will tend to remain in the Block at Sri Ramakrishna which will accommodate spe- leader," Zydus Wellness Chief Operating brand activities to make them long term as well". Sevashrama, Pavagada, in cial units for eye care, two oper- Officer and Director Tarun Arora said in a Digital First, according to the It has been "agile to adapt Karnataka. The philanthropic ating theatres for surgical pro- statement. Katrina's passion towards company's annual report for itself to ensure your company's arm of Infosys provided a cedures, a high-tech diagnos- health and fitness resonates strongly with the company's brand 2020-21. portfolio commands leading grant of Rs 5.5 crore towards tic centre, an ENT centre and values, he added. "We want to build on her immense popularity and The year 2020-21 has been shares in the online basket", the the construction and develop- a cancer clinic, the statement following to reach newer audiences looking to take the first step an unprecedented year with company added. ment of this block, which will said. In addition, part of the toward fitness," Arora noted. As a part of this association, Kaif would COVID-19 bringing the entire "Your company is focusing aim to provide ophthalmolo- grant was also used to procure be the face of the parent brand Sugar Free and its extensions - world to a standstill...and the on changing the orientation of gy and ENT services, among necessary medical equipment, Sugar Free D'lite chocolates. Sugar Free has a strong presence in second wave of COVID-19 in all business and brand activi- other healthcare facilities, to furniture, computers, and air India with a 94 per cent market share of the sugar substitute March 2021 made the year end yet again, FCL noted in the "During these times, while ties to make them 'Digital patients, according to a state- conditioners required for oper- category, the company said. The brand is well distributed across the with significant disruptions report. footfalls at offline retail slowed First'. ment. ation theatres, it added. country, with a presence in 4.5 lakh outlets, it added. Zydus Wellness has various brands as well like Complan, Everyuth, Nycil, Glucon-D, Sugarlite and Nutralite. Headquartered in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the Zydus Wellness business spans over 20 countries and I-T refunds worth 3 continents. over Rs 67,400 cr ‘Delist non-dairy products claiming as dairy items’ PNS n NEW DELHI per the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, Dr Reddy's Laboratories inks issued in 5 mths Food safety regulator FSSAI on 2005, it added. Saturday directed e-commerce As per the general standards of this fiscal companies to delist immediate- for milk and milk products pact with Citius Pharma PNS n NEW DELHI ly the non-dairy and plant- under the Food Safety and r Reddy's Laboratories on based beverages that have label Standards (Food Products Saturday said it has inked The Income Tax Department claiming as 'dairy' products. Standards and Food Additives) Da pact with US-based on Saturday said it has issued The Food Safety and Regulations, 2011, the FSSAI Citius Pharmaceuticals to sell over Rs 67,400 Standards Authority of India said use of any dairy terms for a its rights to an anti-cancer crore worth (FSSAI), in a statement, said it product which is not milk/a agent. The drug firm said it refunds in has also directed states to inves- milk product or a composite has entered into a definitive five months tigate use of dairy terms on the milk product (e.g. plant based agreement with Citius to sell of the cur- labels of plant-based bever- products / beverages) is prohib- all of its rights to E7777 (an rent fiscal. ages and food products. ited and any such action is in engineered IL-2-diphtheria "CBDT "Since a lot of such products contravention of the said regu- toxin fusion protein) and certain related assets. Under the terms of issues refunds are sold through e-commerce lations. agreement, Dr Reddy's will receive USD 40 million upfront upon the of over Rs Food Business Operators However, exceptions are closing of the transaction, followed by approval milestone payment 67,401 crore to more than (FBOs), FSSAI has instructed permissible for usage of dairy of up to USD 40 million related to the CTCL (cutaneous T-cell 23.99 lakh taxpayers between all e-commerce platforms to terminology in the nomencla- lymphoma) indication approval and up to USD 70 million for 1st April, 2021 to 30th delist such products, which are ture of certain products like additional indication approvals, the Hyderabad-based drug maker August, 2021," the I-T depart- reported to be in contravention coconut milk, peanut butter etc said in a statement. Further, the company would receive certain ment tweeted. Of this, to the regulatory provisions in reference to the internation- sales-based milestones and tiered earn-out payments, it added. income tax refunds of Rs related to the application of online platforms are allowed of use of dairy terminology for given to FPOs to modify their ally accepted principle that In March 2016, Dr Raddy's had acquired the exclusive global rights 16,373 crore have been issued dairy 'terms' from their online for sale in the future as well. non-dairy or plant-based product labels in case of any dairy terms were being tradi- (excluding Japan and Asia) to the investigational anti-cancer agent in over 22.61 lakh cases and platforms, immediately," it A directive has been issued products by FBOs, it added. violation. tionally used in their nomen- E7777 from Eisai Co Ltd. "Addressing unmet patient needs in corporate tax refunds of Rs said. The FSSAI has further to state food safety depart- The Food Safety and These steps will ensure an clature and such products are oncology remains a prime focus area for us. E7777 has significant 51,029 crore have been issued directed that no such default- ments asking them to identi- Standards Authority of India appropriate enforcement action not substitutes for milk or potential as an important component of systemic therapy for CTCL in over 1.37 lakh cases. ing products listed on the fy and investigate for violation (FSSAI) said 15 days may be against such defaulting FBOs as milk products, it added. and other cancers. sunday magazine CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE EVEREST OF ALL PROBLEMS, THE THORNIEST CHALLENGE India&world 7 FACING HUMANKIND — LEWIS GORDON PUGH VIJAYAWADA, September 5, 2021

SHELTER SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION MIGRANT LABOUR Regressive policies and an over-inflated real estate market have made residential rentals an unviable proposition for businesses in India, write DHAVAL MONANI & PRASANNA SRIRAMAN, as they discuss SHELTERthe challenges in the affordable rental housing complex scheme in the first of four part series FOR ALL?

ental housing is an integral part of a robust housing market. Making rental housing accessi- ble and affordable can facilitate migration-led development and Rmovement of talent across the rural- urban spectrum. Europe sees a healthy inter-country and cross border migration with some of the largest percentages of rental housing with Switzerland leading the way at about 59%. India has always struggled with pro- viding rental housing solutions to low- income families. Regressive policies and an over-inflated real estate market have made residential rentals an unviable proposition for businesses. A high risk-free rate and high real estate prices reduce the net yield on residential rental to as low as 2-3% across the country as brought out in the Knight Frank-Khaitan & CO report circa 2019. The market relies largely on capital appreciation for returns. The problem is further magnified for the low-income seg- ment as the capital appreciation of such assets is much lower. This leads to high- er rental costs making it unaffordable for the urban poor, especially migrants, to find decent homes. As a result, informal settle- ments and overcrowded accommodation concessionaire is to upgrade, operate and Assuming `60,000 as debt at 10% for a per month as a cross-subsidy from the rental rates, the scheme falls short of being proliferate in cities across the country with maintain the building during the period tenure of 10 years, the cost would be `1,000 commercial portion, the concessionaire a more market-based intervention. It also millions living in inadequate dwellings. while collecting rent. per person per month. We estimate will still incur a loss of `3,000 per month falls short of recognising and fully account- While the situation has long been dire, In the second model, the concession- monthly housekeeping at a minimum of or `36,000 per person annually. To bridge ing for the high cost of business in the real the Covid-19 crisis brought these housing aire is given incentives to construct and `1,000 per person. Considering varied this gap, a Viability Gap Funding estate development sector, variable occu- inadequacies into focus, with decent shel- operate ARHCs on its own vacant land as occupancy levels and access issues, a pri- `36,000/per year would be needed. This pancy levels, location constraints and low ter coming to the fore in both public health greenfield developments. Greenfield vate entity would most likely set rental will amount to a VGF funding of `36,000 cost-to-benefit returns for private entities and families’ livelihoods. When lock- ARHCs are incentivised through 50% IN ITS CURRENT prices at `2,500 to `3,000 per person. With crore annually if the scheme aims to reach in an already low rental yield market. downs upended the informal economy, higher Floor Space Index and financed at most migrant workers earning an average 1 crore target beneficiaries. These are When millions of urban poor and workers’ need for stable housing, along lower interest rates through priority sec- FORM, THE ARHC monthly income ranging from `7,000 to important challenges in ARHC as the migrant labour rely on rental property to with job and income loss contributed to tor lending. Additionally, the concession- SCHEME FAILS TO `9,000, the expected rent structure would operator faces poor financial returns and fulfil their housing needs, albeit, with the largest reverse migration in decades. aire is allowed to commercially rent a cer- be unaffordable. the government faces an enormous sub- fewer choices, it is critical to continue Cognisant of the unfolding humanitarian tain portion of the complex to cross-sub- ACCOUNT FOR THE In the greenfield model, the conces- sidy requirement. developing comprehensive and effective crisis, the Government of India put for- sidise development. sionaire contributes land in addition to In conclusion, the ARHC scheme is an measures ensuring that they have a ward the Affordable Rental Housing The scheme marks an important shift COST OF undertaking construction and management important milestone in India’s housing pol- decent place to live. The government’s Complex (ARHC) scheme. in the governments housing policy to of the property. Assuming an FSI cost of icy that acknowledges the significance of increased commitment to supporting The scheme aims to increase the sup- rental housing models. However, the ade- IMPLEMENTATION `500 per sq. ft and construction cost of increasing the availability of affordable and strengthening the housing sector ply of affordable rental accommodation in quacy of incentives proposed in the AND IMPLICATIONS `1,500 per sq. ft - 150 sq. ft of built-up area rental housing for the urban poor and brings significant promise, and we urge urban and peri-urban areas. It intends to scheme is yet unproven to make ARHCs per person would cost `3,00,000. Assuming migrants. However, in its current form, it the reconsideration of the financial model achieve this by focusing on Public-Private- attractive to investors, developers and busi- ON REQUISITE 80% debt at 10% and 20% equity at 20%, fails to account for the cost of implemen- behind the ARHC scheme to address via- Partnership models, thereby minimising nesses. the cost per person would be `3,000 per tation and implications on requisite returns bility concerns and to achieve intended the impact on government finances. Let us consider the cost per unit for RETURNS FOR month. Adding maintenance costs of for private entities. The scheme is pragmat- outcomes. There are two models under the both models. We consider 150 sq. ft of `1,000 and a 20% margin, the rental per ic in mandating the local governments to Monani is Director of Affordable scheme. In the first model, the Urban Local built-up area per person including com- PRIVATE ENTITIES person works out to `5,000 per month. provide the necessary infrastructure, and Housing at Anant National University and Body provides existing government owned mon areas, and assume `500 per sq. ft as Here we consider 100% occupancy. putting existing property resources — Sriraman is a Senior Specialist — Market vacant houses to private entities through the cost for refurbishment. In the first If the ULB were to stipulate a rent of housing stock and land — to greater use, Systems at the Habitat for Humanity’s a concession agreement for 25 years. The model, the total cost per person is `75,000. `1,500 per month and we consider `500 but in allowing local bodies to decide the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter Update policies to build infrastructure Climate resilient development requires climate considerations to be mainstreamed into planning. Strategies must be integrated into building bye-laws & national construction codes to ensure large scale adoption, writes RUCHIE KOTHARI

he United Nations Majority of the efforts to mate change. While vulnerability Intergovernmental Panel on address climate change through profiles were prepared for 20 cities TClimate (IPCC) recently green buildings is focused on across India, it is necessary to pre- released the first part of its sixth reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) pare similar resiliency plans for all assessment report, Climate Change emissions. Measures to reduce cities across India to help reduce 2021: The Physical Science Basis. GHG emissions associated with India’s vulnerability to climate The IPCC report warns that the energy, transportation, water, change events. global average air temperature may waste and construction materials Climate resilient development rise by more than 1.5C over pre- are incorporated in green building requires climate considerations to industrial levels within the next 20 rating systems as well as national be mainstreamed into develop- years. The IPCC report also pre- building codes. These mitigation ment planning. Climate resilient dicts that India will see a rise in measures need to be supported strategies must be integrated into extreme weather events such as with sufficient adaptation mea- building bye-laws and national floods, cyclones and heatwaves sures to ensure that all new con- construction codes to ensure large over the years. struction is resilient to future scale adoption. As India is still Each extreme weather event extreme weather events. building a lot of its basic infra- heavily impacts the infrastructure Within the construction structure, we have the opportunity (public and private) of the country industry, designing for resilience to make the infrastructure climate creating stresses for developers and will mean that citizens are safer, resilient from the out-set. owners alike. Natural disasters business operations remain unin- Interventions in early design cause a loss of 2% of GDP every terrupted, workplace productivity and construction phases will year in India. An increasing num- is maintained, and supply chains reduce additional costs and help us ber of extreme events over the last are protected. Several frameworks avoid expensive retrofitting later. It decade has resulted in improve- have been established to help prac- will also be necessary to include ments in disaster response and titioners design and build climate strategies to re-design and recon- recovery systems within the coun- resilient infrastructure and build- struct existing infrastructure in cli- try. However, it is equally impor- ings. Frameworks such as Envision mate resilience plans to reduce tant to take steps to minimise the Sustainable Infrastructure Rating damages in vulnerable regions. effects of disasters before the event System, the RELi Rating System, These rating systems, policies occurs. This will reduce our vul- Strategies for Multifamily Building and development plans will help nerability to the impact of disasters Resilience — Enterprise Green provide the necessary know-how on property, livelihoods and lives. Communities etc provide strate- to building resilient cities, and Introducing climate resilience gies for short-term hazard pre- effective way of making a market level through appropriate actions. nerable to. Similar guides have Different city level interventions in need to be supported with appro- plans at a local, state and central paredness, monitoring and main- shift in the way buildings are For example, Enhancing Resilience been prepared for different cities areas such as institutional develop- priate institutional mechanisms. level is one way of doing this. tenance, community engagement, designed, constructed, operated in Boston, is a guide to help com- globally based on risk assessment ment, land use planning, drainage This includes necessary capacity Climate resilience is the ability mitigation and long-term adapt- and maintained. They can be easily mercial buildings in Boston adapt studies. and flood management, emer- building and training, improving to prepare for, recover from, and ability. Similar to green building adopted by different stakeholders to climate risks related to extreme In India, the 100 Resilient gency response systems, ecosystem engagement and coordination adapt to the impacts of climate rating systems, these frameworks globally and provide policy makers floods. The guide provides 32 Cities (100R) initiative supported strengthening, citizens awareness between all stakeholders, market change events. Climate resilience include strategies addressing trans- with a collection of actions that strategies to address vulnerabilities four cities — Surat, Chennai, Pune building and disease surveillance mobilisation and providing finan- actions integrate mitigation, disas- portation, energy, water, waste, can be integrated into building unique to Boston including actions and Jaipur — to develop a resilien- have been initiated that demon- cial support to build climate-proof ter risk reduction and manage- food production, health and diver- byelaws. to protect against and reduce dam- cy strategy to help the cities sur- strate practical ways to build infrastructure and buildings. ment along with climate change sity. Building rating systems and The impacts of climate change age from floods — an extreme vive, adapt and grow irrespective resilience of systems, sectors and The writer is Anant Fellow for adaptation approaches. frameworks have proven to be an must be addressed at a hyper local weather event that Boston is vul- of the stresses they experience. communities to the effects of cli- Climate Action sunday magazine VIJAYAWADA, September 5, 2021

I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress — Mila Kunis

FROM THE INSIDE Shelter for all? year-22, covid-22? Regressive policies & an over-inflated real The world has yet to recover from the estate market have made residential rentals an new variants of Delta, which is unviable proposition for businesses in India 7 9 keeping the Governments and citizens THE AMERICAN EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN & THE INDIAN CONUNDRUM

While bilateral exigencies demand diplomatic attention, it is essential for India to support Afghanistan as its strategic & developmental partner, writes CHAYANIKA SAXENA

“Afghanistan finds itself at the cross- roads once again”. n the last twenty years that the US has waged its war on terror in Afghanistan, this statement was written at least a hundred times over. However, the sheer frequen- Icy of its utterance did not necessarily signal that swift changes were occur- ring on the Afghan landscape. Contrarily, it demonstrated how little things had changed on the ground, so much so that this rhetoric became a stubborn editorial refrain. Today, the situation in Afghanistan reminds us more of the same. In fact, with the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, life has come a full circle for millions of Afghans. On the 15th of August 2021, as India marked its 75th Independence Day, a quiet Sunday became extraordi- narily eventful courtesy of Kabul’s easy and swift capitulation to the Taliban. Sitting in New Delhi, it was both shocking and tragic for me to witness the “imminent and inevitable” takeover of Afghanistan become a reality for this nebulous nation-state, expelling lakhs of people into spontaneous camps scat- tered across Kabul. But for all the safety they thought they might find in the national capital, it soon disappeared without a trace. The dissolution of defence and the infamous flight of Afghanistan’s political class, allegedly with a chopper full of cash, allowed the Taliban to walk into Kabul without fir- time of the so-called Afghan Jihad ble and reckless exit of the US, it has ry. Literally speaking, the Afghanistan that of Afghans. ing a shot. against the USSR in the 1980s to the become essential for India to weigh its of 2021 finds itself in the same position The so-called military victory and In what has been described as a present-day situation in which the writ bilateral and regional concerns vis-a-vis in which it was ‘found’ in 2001 — political takeover of Afghanistan by an “bloodless” takeover, the supposed vic- of the Taliban runs large, the interna- Afghanistan on their merit instead of under the de-facto rule of the Taliban. insurgent Islamist group are enough to tory of the Taliban revealed just about tional powers have been complicit in simply aligning itself with the ‘democ- While much has been written send India’s security concerns into a how shambolic the Afghan institutions manufacturing the ‘mess’ we are wit- ratic bloc’ as some might have suggest- about the (unfounded) claims of tizzy. The end of the longest and most were. Having spent trillions of dollars nessing in Afghanistan. The bloody ed. After all, if geography is destiny, we change in the Taliban’s outlook vis-a- expensive American expedition in the in trying to build a nation out of mess outside of the Hamid Karzai must learn to play by its rules instead vis women’s rights, inclusive govern- dead of night, after all, only reinforces Afghanistan, most of the international International Airport in Kabul where of picking up on cues decided else- ment and so on, it is not hard to see the epithet attached to Afghanistan as stakeholders, including the United as many as 170 Afghans and 13 where. that the so-called Taliban 2.0 and the the ‘graveyard of empires’. Moreover, it States, picked up their bags and left as American soldiers were killed in a sui- Thus, while it is true that New Taliban of the 1990s are not two differ- would not be too misplaced to believe if they had never marched into this cide attack executed by the Islamic THE RECENT SPATE OF Delhi has a tricky balancing act ahead ent species. It has just become better at that extremist and insurgent groups country in the first place. While some State of Khorasan (IS-K). The mess of EVENTS, WHICH of it, particularly as it seeks to establish image management and PR blitz. That worldwide, particularly in South Asia, departed onboard chinooks, others deprivation and humiliation we see an equilibrium between its regional said, it is also unfortunately true that are celebrating what they believe is a negotiated to stay back only to force spilling out in the streets of AMONGST OTHER aspirations, its responsibilities as a ris- the Taliban is currently the political strategic win against an imperial super- Afghanistan into another chaos that Afghanistan in the shape of famished THINGS, HAS ing power and the geopolitical calculus reality of Afghanistan, which would power. The Taliban’s return to Kabul resembles its unenviable past. human bodies of more than 3.5 million WITNESSED AN in the Indo-Pacific, India needs to not disappear even if the world chooses will likely provide ideological fodder to internally displaced Afghans. OPENNESS ON INDIA’S think and (re)act on Afghanistan in a to shut its eyes close to it once again. other radical outfits, including transna- THE AMERICAN MISADVENTURE IN But while the world exits from manner that is not entirely beholden to Prima facie, regional powers such as tional terrorist entities like the Al- AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan, Afghanistan has not exit- PART TO TALK TO THE an extraneous discourse. Instead, its China and Russia appear to have rec- Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent In a misplaced, misdirected war ed the world. On the world’s political TALIBAN, HAS policies and actions must chart an onciled to the new political arrange- (AQIS). For that matter, AQIS has that lasted twenty years, the American map, it continues to be there as a South DEMONSTRATED NEW indigenous course, mindful of India’s ment in Afghanistan, wherein dealing since renewed its agenda to debilitate invasion of Afghanistan did little to Asian country, even though it might be DELHI’S KEENNESS ON unique spatial, strategic and security with the Taliban is no longer just a India, demonstrating the same through create robust institutions that could in the wrong hands. Moreover, its loca- concerns vis-a-vis Afghanistan. strategic necessity but a diplomatic fait a conscious renaming of its online have sustained the momentum of tion on the periphery of a region of ADAPTING ITS AFGHAN- As the largest South Asian donor to accompli. India, too is alive to this pos- mouthpiece to Nawai Ghazwa-e-Hind nation and state-building in this war- which India is a part makes it even CENTRIC POLICIES IN Afghanistan, India has invested USD 3 sibility. or the new holy war against India. torn country. Instead, the once-blue- more critical for New Delhi to assess, VIEW OF THE EVOLVING billion in developmental projects, rang- As things stand today, the eyed boy of the West, and the (co) analyse and act on the evolving Afghan ing from infrastructural offerings (e.g. WAYS FORWARD immutable presence of the Taliban in author of what could have been a situation to prevent further implosion. SITUATION. HOWEVER, Salma Dam in Herat province) to The recent spate of events, which Afghanistan is bound to inflect the prophetic book called Fixing Failed It is not only crucial for India to do so INSTEAD OF BEING human capacity building. Focusing on amongst other things, has witnessed an course of India’s policies and actions States, Ashraf Ghani, left behind a lega- from the perspective of its massive (MIS)READ AS A assisting Afghanistan to transition into openness on India’s part to talk to the vis-a-vis this war-torn nation. While cy of debilitation, destruction and investments in Afghanistan’s or the DIPLOMATIC VOLTE- a robust nation-state, the Indian invest- Taliban, has demonstrated New Delhi’s these bilateral exigencies demand depletion of morale that would affect country’s strategic relevance to India’s ments were primarily concerned with keenness on adapting its Afghan-cen- diplomatic attention, it is equally essen- generations of Afghans to come. In a extra-regional aspirations. It is equally FACE, INDIA’S aspects like the rule of law and tric policies in view of the evolving sit- tial for India to support Afghanistan as cruel twist of fate, much of which was a humanitarian cause for New Delhi to OUTREACH TO THE strengthening of democracy. In fact, as uation. However, instead of being its strategic and developmental partner. manufactured by Western noncha- extend a helping hand to a nation of TALIBAN IS, IN FACT, AN the world’s largest democracy, it was (mis)read as a diplomatic volte-face, Its foremost priority must be to ensure lance, the situation in Afghanistan is people it has often described as its EXTENSION OF ITS only apparent for India to lead by India’s outreach to the Taliban is, in the safety and well-being of Afghans back to square one. Or, perhaps even ‘friend’. Yet, the room and time for example and offer instructive lessons fact, an extension of its larger bilateral who are currently staring at an uncer- worse. The gun-toting members of the manoeuvre available to India are only LARGER BILATERAL on democratic governance, federalism, template in which India has repeatedly tain future. Moreover, a new generation Taliban are roaming the streets of shrinking as another day goes by in TEMPLATE IN WHICH and the like. However, unlike its demo- maintained that it shall support any of Afghans born during the American major Afghan cities, breaking into jails sheer uncertainty that seems to have INDIA HAS REPEATEDLY cratic compatriots in the Western peace process that is “owned, con- stint has witnessed freedom, mobility, and even go-karting while 98 nations, become the by-name of our “contigu- MAINTAINED THAT IT world, India did not export or impose trolled, controlled and led” by the peo- and a semblance of security to which including many Western countries, ous” neighbour. So then, the objective its model of democracy on ple of Afghanistan. As such, it is critical India had also contributed. As such, it negotiate with them to allow their citi- for us must be to evolve and articulate SHALL SUPPORT ANY Afghanistan. It comes as no surprise not to read a riot act against India’s is only incumbent upon us to use a col- zens and “Afghans with authorised our position on Afghanistan as swiftly PEACE PROCESS THAT then that India, according to one attempt to talk to the Taliban for two lective moral preference for democracy travel documents” a safe exit out of and decisively as possible lest we miss IS “OWNED, Gallup poll conducted in Afghanistan, reasons. One, engagement in and of and development to create a conducive Afghanistan. But where it is one thing the bus again. CONTROLLED, was described as a country that played itself does not amount to recognising environment in Afghanistan that can to negotiate for a harmless exit, it is the “most positive role” in the rehabili- the Taliban. Two, this engagement anchor the Taliban down to political another to reconcile with an emergent THE INDIAN CONUNDRUM CONTROLLED AND LED” tation of this nebulous nation-state. might throw more weight behind the civility while giving Afghans a reason reality in which the Taliban will get to My intention is not to suggest that BY THE PEOPLE OF However, today, the political land- different non-Taliban Afghan con- to repose their faith in us once again. call the shots. we show haste in deciding on our AFGHANISTAN scape of Afghanistan stands in stark stituencies as they deal with this mili- The writer is a President Graduate The so-called military victory of stance on Afghanistan. We cannot pull contrast to the one that Afghans, and tant organisation. Thus, while it is wise Fellow and Final Year PhD Candidate the Taliban was metamorphosed into a an America on this war-torn nation, Indians, had once imagined it to be. for India not to reveal all its cards yet, it at the Department of Geography, political victory for it owing to the especially in the South Asian neigh- Despite its apparent pitfalls, the sem- is equally crucial for India to not National University of Singapore. Her tone-deafness of the international bourhood where each country is tied to blance of democracy, republicanism entirely dismiss the possibility of estab- doctoral research is on Afghan stakeholders who just wanted out of an the other at the hip for good and bad and other ideal political traits have lishing a direct line of communication refugees and migrants in New Delhi imbroglio they birthed. Right from the reasons. Instead, given the irresponsi- been consigned to the dustbin of histo- with the Taliban for its own sake and and Kolkata VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 05, 2021 special 09 YEAR-22, COVID-22? The world has yet to recover from the new variants of Delta, which is keeping the Governments and citizens across the globe on their toes and looking for ways to avoid the next wave. But now, there is talk of COVID-22. The new strain might be a combination of the variants Delta, Beta and Gamma. SUPRIYA RAMESH speaks with experts to know in-depth about the new strains and whether the existing vaccines will be helpful

ew Year, new SARS CoV-2 variant. The gering in many parts of the world. Viruses 2022 year may come up with a super tend to develop into various variants with Nvariant — COVID-22. This, experts say, To protect ourselves from the emerging time and the major drawback would be could be even deadlier than the existing one. when in the next phase of this pandemic, We need to gear up the vaccination game as viruses, we have to update our vaccines Beta or Gamma variant would become more unvaccinated people could be the potential contagious. super spreaders. also. We don’t know when it might hit us “Once the strain is anywhere in the world The term ‘COVID-22’ flared on Twitter it spreads quite fast as we have seen with delta after a Swedish immunologist mentioned it in but we have to gauge its severity. The and delta plus, alpha strain, British strain, South an interview with a German newspaper, Blick vaccines might not be effective against it African strain and Brazilian strain. They do not last week. It is being said that the new strain take much time to spread. We haven’t yet start- would make up for a deadlier combination of ed international flights but we are also not total- Delta, Beta and Gamma variants and it is high- ly locked down and separated and people are ly impossible to escape the new strain. — DR SANDEEP NAYAR sticking to short-time travel,” Nayar tells you. Dr Sandeep Nayar, Senior Director and “Virus is not always mutating to cause more HOD, Centre for Chest and Respiratory Senior Director and HOD, Centre for Chest harm but it is mutating to protect itself. So, Disease, BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital, and Respiratory Disease, BLK Max Super sometimes it becomes less harmful and some- quoting the interview says, “COVID is such a times more. For example, if we have some med- notorious virus, by the time we come to know Speciality Hospital ication, the virus will have some mutation so about one variant, another variant starts play- that it has to protect itself from that particu- ing with us. Now we have got a highly infec- lar medication. This is happening with all tious and scarier variant that is COVID-22. The influenza viruses. What we have seen in the past virus is not going to stop mutating and there’s is alpha was worse than the normal COVID, also a report which says it has got combined VARIANT C.1.2 South Africa strain was even worse and now features of all three variants -- delta, beta and Delta,” he adds. gamma and it is going to be highly infectious.” At the moment, most of the COVID The first case of the new variant called C.1.2 KTREATMENT patients in the world are affected by the delta was detected in South Africa and is found in at As of now, the treatment is, giving support- variant and it is obvious that this strain will least six countries now. There is not much ive care till our own immunity kills the virus. mutate very soon but there are chances it might AS THE TIME COMES, AS THE known about the C.1.2 variant currently. “I wish there was a treatment for COVID but not become severe. Emphasising that mutation However, the technical head of the World Health even one and a half years down the line, the is not always bad, it can be for good as well, VIRUSES MUTATE, OUR Organization (WHO), Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, treatment of covid is with supportive care, we Dr Arunesh Kumar, Chief of Pulmonology, VACCINES WILL ALSO HAVE took to Twitter to give more insights on what have been treating the symptoms of the patient. Paras Hospitals, Gurugram says, “These virus- SOME OBSERVATION IN the WHO knows about the new variant. If a patient has low oxygen, we need oxy- es are going to mutate. There are a lot of vari- gen. There are some antivirals available but the ants that come under the category of variants BETWEEN. AFTER WE HAVE "The WHO has regularly been discussing with concern is they cannot be used for every of interest. There are variants of concern -- COVERED BOTH THE DOSES, WE South African researchers their work on patient. So, the treatment would more or less Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta -- which we are WILL BE NEEDING BOOSTER sequencing throughout the COVID-19 remain the same that is giving symptomatic already dealing with. The variants of interest pandemic. We are grateful for researchers in care,” Kumar says. are something we are still researching upon but DOSES FOR SURE. VACCINE’S South Africa who first presented their findings aren’t sure if they are variants of concern and EFFECTIVENESS GOES DOWN on variant C.1.2 to the WHO Virus Evolution KSYMPTOMS if they will cause harm.” VERY QUICKLY AS YOU GO Working Group in July '21,” Kerkhove tweeted. Nayar says that we can’t predict what the symptoms of the new variant would be as the KVACCINATION FORWARD. IN TWO TO THREE According to WHO, 100 sequences of C.1.2 first virus had symptoms like loss of taste, loss Vaccination and booster shots might MONTHS TIME, IT GOES DOWN have been reported worldwide. The first case of smell and as it started mutating and delta, become a need for the rest of our lives and rely- BY 30 PER CENT. IT IS was detected in South Africa in May this year. delta plus virus came, they have different symp- ing on one vaccination would not suffice in the Currently, Delta appears dominant from toms like heart problems, muscle pain and future as we only march into a deadlier vari- IMMINENT THAT THE THIRD available sequences. extrapulmonary symptoms. ant. Early identification of the emerging vari- WAVE WILL COME BUT IT On the contrary, Kumar tells you that signs ant is necessary and vaccine manufacturers WON’T BE AS BAD AS THE “Monitoring & assessment of variants is and symptoms would be more or less the same. would have to fasten the process of adapting SECOND WAVE AS OUR ongoing & critically important to understand He suggests that we keep checking our oxygen vaccines as the COVID-22 variant could be a the evolution of this virus, in fighting COVID-19 levels, monitor our fever, keep ourselves big risk. VACCINATION COVERAGE HAS & adapting strategies as needed,” she added. hydrated and seek early help if one thinks he “To protect ourselves from the emerging GONE UP FROM WHAT IT USED He states a fact that currently, Pfizer is the is becoming breathless. viruses, we have to update our vaccines also. TO BE TWO OR THREE most effective vaccine, which gives you around We don’t know when it might hit us but we have 92 per cent protection against delta if you are three months back. There is a sizable popula- KPRECAUTIONS to gauge its severity. The vaccines might not be MONTHS BACK fully vaccinated. Vaccine’s effectiveness goes tion that has been vaccinated as well and as peo- Precautions would be more or less the same. effective against it,” says Nayar. — DR ARUNESH KUMAR, CHIEF down very quickly as you go forward. In two ple are getting more aware after seeing the “Regardless of the mutation of the virus, all the COVID-22 strain is a part of viruses that OF PULMONOLOGY, PARAS to three months time it goes down by 30 per worse. People, hospitals and the Government SARS CoV-2 Virus spread through the air so, we would meet. Vaccines may not work and we cent. As we are seeing a new variant that keeps have been working on it. But it is imminent that if we use the covid appropriate behaviour, if we have to consider this strain as harmful but we HOSPITALS, GURUGRAM coming, very soon everybody will need boost- it will come but it won’t be as bad as the sec- wear masks, maintain social distance we are should also not get too paranoid. “As the time er doses. ond wave.” safe. Although, it will be different only in terms comes, as the viruses mutate, our vaccines will Talking about the third wave and its sever- of its wavelength, severity rate,” Kumar tells you. also have some observation in between,” says ity Kumar says, “Even if the third wave comes, KINFECTION RATE “And as far as these new variants are con- Kumar, adding that after we have covered both it won’t be as severe as the second wave and I Delta is currently the most transmissible cerned, it is too early to be scared about it. We the doses, we will be making booster doses for am sure about it as our vaccination coverage Coronavirus strain and is called COVID-21 just need to be careful and abide by the exist- sure. has gone up from what it used to be two or as it emerged earlier this year. It is still lin- ing safety measures,” he adds. kaleid scope backpage VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 Surviving 9/11 was ‘just the first piece of the journey’ rapped deep in the wreckage of the say they have gained resilience, purpose, settling into his workday on the 65th the south tower fell, and Stephan's fear TWorld Trade Center, Will Jimeno appreciation and resolve. “One of the floor of the trade center's north tower spiked anew. Had Joan been caught in lived through the unthinkable. Twenty things that I learned,” Jimeno says, “is to when one of the planes crashed about the collapse? Hours later, he finally years later, he's still living with it. A never give up.” 30 stories above . learned that she was OK. (At least one brace and a quarter-sized divot on his 'IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE Only after his roughly hourlong walk other couple, elevator operators Arturo left leg reflect the injuries that ended his REBORN' It wasn't Bruce Stephan's first down the crowded stairs did Stephan and Carmen Griffith, also survived; police career, a lifetime dream. He has incredibly close call. In 1989, his car got learn that another plane had hit the their story inspired a recent film, post-traumatic stress disorder. He perilously wedged on the San Francisco- south tower — the building where his “Lovebirds of the Twin Towers.”) keeps shelves of mementoes, including a Oakland Bay Bridge when the Loma wife, Joan, also an attorney, worked on “My experience from the first disaster cross and miniature twin towers fash- Prieta earthquake hit and the upper the 91st floor. Above the impact zone. was that it's a strangely happy moment ioned from trade center steel. He was deck collapsed while he was driving Unable to reach her by cell phone, when you know that you've survived," portrayed in a movie and wrote two across. Twelve years Bruce Stephan dashed to a payphone Bruce Stephan says. “It's almost like books about enduring the ordeal. “It later, the and called her relatives, who told him you're reborn... to know that you're alive never goes away, for those of us that engineer she'd gotten out. and that you still have a shot at life, and were there that day,” he says. and Then here's your chance to do Searches, sorrow in wake of Nearly 3,000 people were killed lawyer something.” when hijackers in Osama bin was Ida's destructive, deadly floods Laden's al-Qaida terror network rammed four commercial jets into olice went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up the trade center, the Pentagon and a Plists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastroph- Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001. ic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Yet an estimated 33,000 or more peo- The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the ple successfully evacuated the stricken U.S. is to the extreme weather that climate change is bringing. In its buildings. They navigated mountains of wake, officials weighed far-reaching new measures to save lives in smoky stairs in the World Trade future storms. Center's twin towers or streamed out of More than three days after the hurricane blew ashore in a flaming Pentagon. Some fled an other- Louisiana, Ida's rainy remains hit the Northeast with stun- worldly dust cloud at ground zero. ning fury on Wednesday and Thursday, submerging cars, Others willed their way out of pitch- REASONS swamping subway stations and basement apartments dark rubble. Sept. 11 survivors bear and drowning scores of people in five states. scars and the weight of unanswerable Intense rain overwhelmed urban drainage systems questions. Some grapple with their never meant to handle so much water in such a place in a tragedy defined by VIDEO GAMES short time — a record 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) an enormous loss of life. in just an hour in New York. Seven rivers in the They get told to “get Northeast reached their highest levels on over” 9/11. But they also record, Dartmouth College should be more widely used in school researcher Evan Dethier said. n an effort to cur- week and limits them to just On Friday, communities tail how much one hour per day on Fridays, VIDEO GAMES CAN HELP STUDENTS STAY IN STEM labored to haul away ruined time young people weekends and holidays. n 2020, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology found that the nation needs to create the STEM vehicles, pump out homes and spend playing The new rule took effect Iworkforce of the future. One of the reasons students drop or switch out of science, technology, engineering and math programs highways, clear away muck Ivideo games, China Sept 1, 2021. and other debris and restore is because of the difficulty of introductory courses such as calculus. The University of Oklahoma has developed a calculus game has banned students From my standpoint as a that can help students succeed in calculus. Research has shown student mastery of calculus increases when using a purposeful mass transit. from playing them video game designer and schol- designed learning game, such as Variant: Limits - another calculus game that was developed at Texas A&M University. Even after clouds gave way during the ar who specializes in game- to blue skies, some rivers and school based learning, I don't see a 1 streams were still rising. Part need to limit video game play THEY PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING of the swollen Passaic River in among students during the New Jersey wasn't expected to school week. Instead, I see a eaching students 21st-century skills, such as creative problem solving, is important for the future workforce, crest until Friday night. need to expand it - and to do Taccording to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Games such as DragonBox Algebra, so during the regular where students solve math problems in a fantasy environment, can help students master skills such as critical school day. thinking. In games such as Civilization, players can be a civic leader and direct the prosperity of nations. In ARTé: Video games Mecenas, learners can become members of the Medici family and become patrons of the arts and successful bankers. Students learn through doing and can gain skills and knowledge through experiential learning that might are one of the not be gained in traditional classrooms. most popular mediums of our 2 times. One esti- PLAYERS LEARN FROM FAILURE mate shows that by 2025, the ames are a natural way to allow students to fail in a safe way, learn from failures and try again until they global gaming Gsucceed. Some games, like Burnout Paradise make failure fun. In the game, players can crash their cars - and market will the more spectacular the crash, the higher the points. This allows players to essentially learn from their mistakes, amount to USD correct them and try again. The late video game theorist and author Jesper Juul wrote in his book, “The Art of 268.8 billion Failure,” that losing in video games is part of what makes games so engaging. Failing in a game makes the player feel inadequate, yet the player can immediately redeem themselves and improve their skills. annually - signifi- cantly higher than 3 the USD 178 billion Play Can Make Our Kids it is in 2021. Smarter.” STUDENTS GAMES The money spent A long history on gaming does not The use of video games in STAY MAKE just facilitate a virtual the classroom is nothing new. ENGAGED COMPLEX escape from the real Many people who went to IN KNOWLEDGE world. Scholars such as school in the 1970s through CONTENT FUN James Paul Gee, a long- the 1990s may recall the iconic time literacy professor, video game The Oregon Trail, 4he average time a student 5ducational theories state have repeatedly shown that which made its debut in a Tspends learning in a Ethat students cannot be video games can be used to classroom in 1971. classroom is only 60% of the given knowledge; they facilitate learning in the K-12 In the game, players lead a allocated class time. Extending construct knowledge in their classroom. Education writer group of settlers across the the school day to give students own minds. Learners build on Greg Toppo reached the same Midwest following in the foot- more time for learning has been previously learned concepts to conclusion in his critically steps of Lewis and Clark. The shown to be only marginally construct higher-level and acclaimed book, “The game came just before the effective. A more effective way to more complex knowledge to Game Believes in video game industry was estab- maximize time for learning is make it their own. Iron Man and Deadpool my You: How lished with the 1972 release of through engaged time on task. The periodic table of elements Digital the video game Pong, an elec- When students are interested is challenging to learn and favourite characters: Tony tronic version of table tennis. and care about a topic and it is remember for many students. relevant, they are curious and However, learning a complex s a fan of classic Marvel charac- Covid can worsen engaged. This provides a much three-dimensional matrix with Aters Iron Man and Deadpool, better learning experience. 27,624 values is easily Hong Kong star Tony Leung says In the classroom, teachers can accomplished by middle starring in a superhero movie was engage students. But when it school students playing the something that he always wanted to quickly at home comes to homework, educators popular video game Pokemon. do and he found the right project in have to rely on other ways to The essence of the game is "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ost Australians diagnosed also seek advice on wor- motivate students. One way is figuring out how to combine Ten Rings". Mwith COVID-19 recover rying symptoms to look Leaded petrol through games. Educational the 17 different types of Leung needs no introduction as he is at home, rather than in a quar- out for, and specific games can be designed to attack when battling other immensely popular for his many col- antine facility or hospital. information on how improve motivation and Pokemon. Each Pokémon has laborations with filmmaker Wong Kar- About 10% have required hos- and when to seek help. is gone – but engagement, providing students one or two types of attacks Wai that gave the world cinematic gems pital treatment. However, a With COVID-19, with more engaged time on task. they can use. such as "Chungking Express", "Happy handful have had worsening the natural course of lead pollution Together", "In the Mood for Love" and symptoms, did not receive the infection varies. "2046". The 59-year-old actor said he emergency care and died at What starts out with has seen films from the Marvel home. cold and flu-like symp- may linger Cinematic Universe (MCU) and always There appear to have been toms can lead to breath- wanted to work in one of them. two factors behind such ing difficulties within five s a scientist studying Philippines lifts travel ban "I watch a lot of Marvel movies, COVID deaths at home: worry days. Not all patients get Alead poisoning in and I have my favourite characters about the perceived costs and symptoms that warrant hospi- children once remarked: “it too. Deadpool and Iron Man are my risks of seeking official health tal care. But of those who do took two years to put lead into on India, 9 other countries favourite characters. I didn't expect care; and the sudden onset of go to hospital, this generally gasoline and 60 years to take it out”. he Philippines on Saturday are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri that I would have a chance to be a complications from a worsen- occurs around 4-8 days after The consensus around leaded fuel's unacceptable Tdecided to welcome trav- Lanka, Nepal, the United Arab member of the Marvel Cinematic ing infection. symptoms start. threat to human health was hard won, entailing a long ellers from India and nine other Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Universe," Leung said in a transcript Here's what to watch out for We know COVID-19 affects fight between scientists, regulatory authorities and countries from September 6, Malaysia and Indonesia, the shared with PTI by Marvel Studios. when symptoms worsen dra- the lungs as well as multiple industry. In a recent ray of good news, it seems the according to a Presidential official said. "Shang-Chi", which released in matically at home and when to organs, leading them to fail. world has finally turned a corner on the use of this Palace announcement. The International travelers com- India on Friday, is directed by Destin call an ambulance. This includes complications toxic chemical in fuel. announcement came even as ing from the 10 countries Daniel Cretton and features Chinese- What should I look out for? such as pneumonia, liver or The use of lead in fuel goes back to the 1920s, when the country recorded its second shall, however, comply with Canadian star Simu Liu as Marvel's As a GP I am asked this kidney failure, heart attacks, tetraethyl lead was added to petrol to reduce engine highest number of COVID-19 the appropriate entry, testing first Asian superhero. question often. Patients natu- stroke, blood clots and nerve knocking. From 1970 until the end of the century, it's cases with 20,310 infections on and quarantine protocols, Set after the events of "Avengers: rally want guidance on the damage. estimated that about 140,000 tonnes of lead was Friday, pushing the national depending on their approved Endgame" (2019), the movie follows signs to look out for so they This progress to more severe released into the atmosphere from tailpipes in the UK. tally to 2.04 million, The Manila 'listing,' Roque said. Shang-Chi who is drawn into the don't seek help too late or too disease happens as the virus Since 1999, using lead in fuel has been banned. Times newspaper reported. The Philippine government, clandestine Ten Rings organisation, early. This is called “safety net- triggers release of inflammato- Phasing out lead has proven more difficult in lower President Rodrigo Duterte in a COVID-19 update on and is forced to confront the past he ting”, and is guided by an ry proteins, called cytokines, income countries, particularly Algeria – the final approved the recommenda- August 13, had extended its thought he left behind. understanding of the natural flooding the bloodstream and hold-out. But as of July 2021, the world has officially tion of the Inter-Agency Task travel ban on India and nine It was Cretton who persuaded history (prognosis) of a disease attacking organs. eradicated leaded fuel according to the UN, meaning Force (IATF) to lift the cur- other countries until August Leung to come aboard the film and and its response to treatment. it's no longer sold for cars and lorries anywhere in the rent travel restrictions on 31. The presidential the actor said he felt he could trust People world. India and nine other countries spokesperson said the IATF the director. "I had a phone meeting Though petrol containing lead hasn't been seen at starting September 6, approved the adoption of with him and, of course, he couldn't station pumps in the UK this century, lead pollution is Presidential Palace spokesper- "Yellow" and "Red" tell me much about the story at that proving to be a persistent menace. A recent study son Harry Roque was quoted classifications, in time, so I had only little hints about showed lead lingering in airborne dust collected in as saying by the newspa- addition to the my character and the story. But I felt London between 2014 and 2018, nearly two decades per. "Green List" coun- very good talking after tailpipe emissions of the metal had ceased. The other tries/jurisdictions to him, and I The lead content in that study was measured in countries /territories. thought I could particles collected either at the roadside or at trust him," he rooftop height. The chemical fingerprint closely added. On the film's matched that of road dust and top soils, suggesting set in Sydney, that contaminated soil is acting as a reservoir Australia, Leung said that for 20-year old lead pollution, which is the filmmaker made him feel very continually returned to the atmos- relaxed and worry free. "He phere when disturbed. used to encourage me a lot after a take. He would say that my performance was perfect, or so good. It really made me build up a lot of confidence, especial- ly at the beginning of shooting.